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[00:09:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Enterprise Ethereum Alliances Releases V3 Client and V1 Off Chain Specifications - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:09:07] <exec> 08└─I won't invest in any more blockchain technology unless it has endorsement from a rapper, because rappers know what's what.
[00:10:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A WhatsApp Call Can Hack a Phone: Zero-Day Exploit Infects Mobiles with Spyware - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:10:04] <exec> 08└─Never mind, they hung up.
[00:10:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linux Kernel Prior to 5.0.8 Vulnerable to Remote Code Execution - 11 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:10:48] <exec> 08└─Fedora FTW!
[00:11:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Vintage Computer Federation East 2019 -- Brian Kernighan Interviews Ken Thompson - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:11:10] <exec> 08└─I'm not laughing with you, I'm laughing at you.
[00:11:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Artemis: NASA to Receive $1.6 Billion for 2024 Manned Moon Landing - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:11:45] <exec> 08└─There is nothing that private company can do that the government can't do worse.
[00:11:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Artemis: NASA to Receive $1.6 Billion for 2024 Manned Moon Landing - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:11:46] <exec> 08└─I have worked in the private sector for the last 35 years or so, and can tell you that private industry is no more efficient than government.
[00:11:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 2, Touché) 02 - 06Artemis: NASA to Receive $1.6 Billion for 2024 Manned Moon Landing - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:11:48] <exec> 08└─and can tell you that private industry is no more efficient than government.
[00:11:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Artemis: NASA to Receive $1.6 Billion for 2024 Manned Moon Landing - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:11:51] <exec> 08└─It turns out he's diverting Pell Grant money
[00:11:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Artemis: NASA to Receive $1.6 Billion for 2024 Manned Moon Landing - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:11:53] <exec> 08└─Not only scientific but very scientific
[00:13:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Your business passed the GDPR challenge — but SCA is next - 1563 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:13:17] <exec> 08└─Sorry man, but fuck that. I understand why TMB is philosophically against it. If somebody wanted to delete the information associated with the account, like username, hashed password, email address, and settings, that should be okay. However, this site does not allow you to either edit or delete com...
[00:13:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Your business passed the GDPR challenge — but SCA is next - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:13:19] <exec> 08└─You don't need to have a say in deleting what other people's opinions and comments say.
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[01:08:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Stan Lee's Ex-Manager Charged with Elder Abuse - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:08:52] <exec> 08└─if-they-win-at-trial,-would-they-be-called-Avengers?
[01:08:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Stan Lee's Ex-Manager Charged with Elder Abuse - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:08:54] <exec> 08└─Avenger's 4 should have him in what may be his last cameo. https://finance.yahoo.com [yahoo.com]
[01:09:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Impacts SQLite - 361 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:09:12] <exec> 08└─You darn atheists think that vulnerabilities arise from mistakes or malice while the programmer is working, but in fact they are like angels in heaven that sometimes come down to populate the software. This vulnerability was flying over sqlite and saw a place called "WINDOW" function. Thinking "I fe...
[01:09:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Impacts SQLite - 477 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:09:13] <exec> 08└─That explains why it evaded SQLite extensive testing : SQLite is very carefully tested prior to every release and has a reputation for being very reliable. Most of the SQLite source code is devoted purely to testing and verification. An automated test suite runs millions and millions of test cases...
[01:09:26] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03takyon [881] 02 - 06To Reinvent the Processor - 610 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:09:26] <exec> 08└─In addition to what has been said above, there's still room for improvement: At least two more major node shrinks can be done with known transistor designs.Both AMD and Intel are moving to "chiplet" design which keeps yields high while boosting core counts.Stacked DRAM on chips and memory controller...
[01:09:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06To Reinvent the Processor - 297 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:09:42] <exec> 08└─If I understand correctly, the argument is not against parallelization or pipelining itself, but that the CPU is making the decisions on how to do that on the fly, rather than exposing the functionality to be optimized by the compiler, with the much greater contextual information at its disposal.
[01:09:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rich [945] (Score: 2) 02 - 06To Reinvent the Processor - 1462 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:09:43] <exec> 08└─They seem to count cycles against an x86 simulator, but I guess that's a bit away from the opaque ways a modern desktop CPU really works internally. I wonder what workload you imagine that couldn't be handled with 100 MHz at one 32 bit IPC and the option to parallelize out?! Postscript rendering its...
[01:09:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06To Reinvent the Processor - 220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:09:45] <exec> 08└─A lot of stuff cannot be decided before run-time. The range of possibilities is just too big. So you still need the run-time hardware. Shouldn't prevent compilers from getting better, but you can't displace the hardware.
[01:09:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06To Reinvent the Processor - 444 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:09:47] <exec> 08└─Care to give an example? The time it takes a CPU to complete an instruction is pretty much written in stone - at least for any given CPU. The time required to retrieve data from RAM is more variable, especially for a parallel processor, but optimizing around some worst-case-scenario assumptions with...
[01:09:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06To Reinvent the Processor - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:09:49] <exec> 08└─You cannot "optimize around" things designed to not be predictable.
[01:09:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06To Reinvent the Processor - 884 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:09:52] <exec> 08└─I agree. Some of the CPU's running optimizations are pretty much hardware / microcode specific, for instance, the compiler can't do branch prediction, pretty much by definition. I've felt for many years that there's a bit of a tug-of-war between compiler optimizations and CPU enhancements. My hunch...
[01:10:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linux Kernel Prior to 5.0.8 Vulnerable to Remote Code Execution - 335 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:10:53] <exec> 08└─What version of mint? I may be on the wrong version because I dont see any options to go to 5.x and it has been my experience that a major change on kernel version typically requires a major change to the rest of the OS. I thought I was on the most recent, but in retrospect it may have been 6 months...
[01:11:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Artemis: NASA to Receive $1.6 Billion for 2024 Manned Moon Landing - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:11:53] <exec> 08└─Not only scientific but very scientific
[01:11:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Artemis: NASA to Receive $1.6 Billion for 2024 Manned Moon Landing - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:11:55] <exec> 08└─3 billions aircraft and stuff 5 billions kickbacks all the rest: realtime 3d modelling and CGI to make the footage of the mission look like the one of the fake moon landings of '69.
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[02:09:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Stan Lee's Ex-Manager Charged with Elder Abuse - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:09:08] <exec> 08└─I wouldn't be surprised if they filmed dozens of potential cameos to just be dropped in to random MCU movies. For the next two decades.
[02:11:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03epitaxial [3165] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linux Kernel Prior to 5.0.8 Vulnerable to Remote Code Execution - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:11:05] <exec> 08└─Switch to FreeBSD, its so much nicer and less bullshit.
[02:12:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Artemis: NASA to Receive $1.6 Billion for 2024 Manned Moon Landing - 272 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:12:09] <exec> 08└─SpaceX hasn't been to the Moon yet. SpaceX hasn't even been out of low-Earth orbit yet. But yes. SpaceX is doing some really cool stuff for a lot less money than United Launch. Who are Boeing and Lockheed Martin, but that's not NASA's fault, that's because of corruption.
[02:12:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Artemis: NASA to Receive $1.6 Billion for 2024 Manned Moon Landing - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:12:10] <exec> 08└─SpaceX did send a payload to the Moon. Unfortunately, it was an Israeli missile.
[02:12:20] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03canopic jug [3949] 02 - 06Swedish Prosecutor to Reopen Julian Assange Investigation - 851 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:12:20] <exec> 08└─I figure he'll arrive in Stockholm and go straight from the plane head first into a sack and across the tarmac to another plane standing by with the engines running. The Swedes have had this case open three times now over, what, nine years already. Neither woman was interested in pressing charges,...
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[03:09:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Fluffeh [954] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Stan Lee's Ex-Manager Charged with Elder Abuse - 287 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:09:00] <exec> 08└─If his last cameo is in Endgame, it's actually a very fitting send-off. A large passing of the torch so to speak and a very good place for it to be the final one - but if they did prepare a bunch of other cameos, that's actually not bad at all and would certainly make me have a chuckle.
[03:09:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06To Reinvent the Processor - 380 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:09:54] <exec> 08└─Except that happens entirely invisibly to the program, and unless I'm very much mistaken, should not be relevant to optimization. Putting executables in random places in memory has negligible effect on memory access times (instructions access patterns within an executable or library are the same, on...
[03:09:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06To Reinvent the Processor - 947 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:09:55] <exec> 08└─Of course the compiler can do branch prediction, you just need to do performance profiling first. Heck, that was something any decent coder used to do by hand as a matter of course: Any performance-relevant branch statement statement should be structured to usually follow the first available option...
[03:09:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06To Reinvent the Processor - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:09:58] <exec> 08└─That should have been >...so that the pipeline wasn't disrupted by an unnecessary conditional jump
[03:11:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linux Kernel Prior to 5.0.8 Vulnerable to Remote Code Execution - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:11:02] <exec> 08└─Why don't you just blacklist RDS and drop the whole address and protocol family in firewall? You probably aren't using RDS anyway.
[03:12:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Artemis: NASA to Receive $1.6 Billion for 2024 Manned Moon Landing - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:12:08] <exec> 08└─Oh yes. I forgot about that. To be fair to SpaceX, it wasn't their fault that mission failed.
[03:12:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Artemis: NASA to Receive $1.6 Billion for 2024 Manned Moon Landing - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:12:09] <exec> 08└─SpaceX hasn't been to the Moon yet.
[03:12:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Artemis: NASA to Receive $1.6 Billion for 2024 Manned Moon Landing - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:12:11] <exec> 08└─Haven't been out of LEO? How about that car in Mars transfer orbit?
[03:12:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Artemis: NASA to Receive $1.6 Billion for 2024 Manned Moon Landing - 219 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:12:13] <exec> 08└─The point I was making is that private enterprise is not some magic efficiency fairy. Yes, I agree, SpaceX seems to be good at putting things into LEO cheaply. Yes, the US government is corrupt. My point still stands.
[03:12:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Magic Oddball [3847] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Swedish Prosecutor to Reopen Julian Assange Investigation - 355 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:12:59] <exec> 08└─She consented to have sex with him, but made it extremely clear that she wouldn't willingly have unprotected sex, and refused to do anything until he put a condom on. She then woke up the next day to find him actively screwing her bareback in direct violation of her wishes, i.e. without her consent,...
[03:14:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hermeus Announces Plan to Build the Fastest Aircraft in the World - 379 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:14:26] <exec> 08└─For reference, I believe the Citation X is (or recently was) the fastest available civilian jet - approximately 350 copies sold for approximately $23M a piece since it was introduced approximately 25 years ago. https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] If they can keep the Mach...
[03:15:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Matrix Sequel Reboot Unboot Overdrive Something V4.0 New Movie may be Coming - 1150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:15:37] <exec> 08└─It depends on the relationship. Many relationships can't survive gender transition, and others do. My impression of the legal situation before we got free Obamacare gay marriage was that gender transition was the only way to wind up gay married since the legal construct of the marriage sort of gets...
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[04:11:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Vintage Computer Federation East 2019 -- Brian Kernighan Interviews Ken Thompson - 540 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:11:46] <exec> 08└─Wernher von Braun might have been guilty of crimes against humanity [archive.is]. For reasons best known to von Braun, who held the rank of colonel in the dreaded Nazi SS, the prisoners were ordered to turn their backs whenever he came into view. Those caught stealing glances at him were hung. One s...
[04:11:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Vintage Computer Federation East 2019 -- Brian Kernighan Interviews Ken Thompson - 293 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:11:47] <exec> 08└─Bell System, at one time was so huge in U.S.A. Said, monopoly. Even though certain places were GTE. Google, in this Age of Cyber, is amazingly big. They have their cyber on 85% of the Cell Phones -- of our entire World!! Some people are saying, monopoly. Even though iPhone is very successful!
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[05:09:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Builds New Type 002 Mega Carrier as the Age of Sea Power Wanes - 157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:09:04] <exec> 08└─Carriers will not be obsolete for a very long time. In a full out war against other high tech militaries they will probably be a liability, but not obsolete.
[05:09:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Builds New Type 002 Mega Carrier as the Age of Sea Power Wanes - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:09:06] <exec> 08└─They're also very handy when you're invading a much less militarised country.
[05:09:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Builds New Type 002 Mega Carrier as the Age of Sea Power Wanes - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:09:08] <exec> 08└─You don't pick a fight with someone who might beat you.
[05:09:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Intel MDS attacks: RIDL and Fallout - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:09:15] <exec> 08└─For a while now, Intels hardware has been heavily RIDLed full of exploitable holes.
[05:09:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Funny Man Tim Conway Passes Away at 85 - 347 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:09:23] <exec> 08└─I heard it on the radio today, but was left wondering who the fuck he was. I'm not the youngest, but they mentioned his work on the Carol Burnett show. I've seen the show but definitely wasn't old enough to remember much besides the fact I did. I don't know if he did much in the 80's and later, but...
[05:09:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Stan Lee's Ex-Manager Charged with Elder Abuse - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:09:34] <exec> 08└─Shush!!!! You just greenlighted the infinitely cgi'd Lee!
[05:10:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06To Reinvent the Processor - 260 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:10:32] <exec> 08└─Cache access can be pretty unpredictable for certain applications. Floating point operations when denorms are possible can vary in execution time. Just those off the top of my mind. If scheduling was easy, processors likely would all be modeled off of itanium.
[05:11:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linux Kernel Prior to 5.0.8 Vulnerable to Remote Code Execution - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:11:38] <exec> 08└─Yup, pretty sure the last Tron movie showed how that idea goes.
[05:14:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Your business passed the GDPR challenge — but SCA is next - 298 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:14:19] <exec> 08└─You act as if there's something wrong with not wanting to be tracked 24/7 by governments and mega-corporations. No, privacy is more important than ever in the age of mass surveillance, not less. You have chosen to surrender completely to the surveillance state, which makes you part of the problem.
[05:14:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Your business passed the GDPR challenge — but SCA is next - 999 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:14:20] <exec> 08└─> The right to be forgotten is a perfectly valid right Not really, no. Does Hitler have a right to be forgotten? Does a criminal have a right to be forgotten? Do you have a right to go into everyone else's brain and erase any memory they have of you, or prevent people from talking or writing about w...
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[06:09:15] <exec> 08└─And remember: "Never get involved in a land war in Asia" and "Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line!"
[06:11:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linux Kernel Prior to 5.0.8 Vulnerable to Remote Code Execution - 477 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:11:44] <exec> 08└─Why are you speculating about the origin of the code instead of looking at git blame? You bothered to look at the patch itself so I don't get why you didn't just put another ten seconds on analyzing it. The vulnerability was introduced in commit 467fa15356acfb7b which is Oracle code from 2015 and ju...
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[06:11:45] <exec> 08└─No it doesn't, it was introduced in 2015. It's also in an obscure module you very likely haven't loaded so this is not a big thing. Look at the git log.
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[07:09:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Builds New Type 002 Mega Carrier as the Age of Sea Power Wanes - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:09:16] <exec> 08└─What 'obsolete' means: not enough profit margin and/or cashflow for MIC.
[07:09:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06China Builds New Type 002 Mega Carrier as the Age of Sea Power Wanes - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:09:18] <exec> 08└─That would be inconceivable!
[07:09:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Funny Man Tim Conway Passes Away at 85 - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:09:34] <exec> 08└─Yes, this guy was famous back in the Sixties, when most soylentils were in their teens? How old is this place?
[07:09:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Funny Man Tim Conway Passes Away at 85 - 384 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:09:35] <exec> 08└─He didn't make it over the atlantic, so I've never heard of him - I've only barely even heard of Carol Burnett. However, I did some googling, and it does seem like they did have great comic chemistry; this cracked me up: http://www.youtube.com Which raises the question why so man...
[07:11:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linux Kernel Prior to 5.0.8 Vulnerable to Remote Code Execution - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:11:52] <exec> 08└─https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108283 [securityfocus.com] This link begs to differ, which lists all the kernel issues since 2.4.
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[07:16:29] <exec> 08└─Do not forget Aliens.
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[08:08:58] <exec> 08└─The ordinance makes it plain what the intent and concern is behind the new law by referring to all such efforts as "surveillance technology." After it has reviewed all the reports, the Board will decide which technologies are appropriate and change the ordinance in response.
[08:08:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06San Francisco Effectively Bans Municipal Facial Recognition - 273 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:08:59] <exec> 08└─The ordinance also will require all departments to provide a report listing any and all technologies and software in use to "collect, retain, process or share" a person’s data "audio, electronic, visual, location, thermal, biometric, olfactory or similar" within 60 days.
[08:09:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06San Francisco Effectively Bans Municipal Facial Recognition - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:09:02] <exec> 08└─Homeless... homeless... homeless... Google hipster... homeless...
[08:09:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Herbicide Linked to Human Liver Disease - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:09:10] <exec> 08└─When the washing machine is broken, the clothes are not washed, is the conclusion.
[08:09:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Herbicide Linked to Human Liver Disease - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:09:12] <exec> 08└─Vegetarianism is healthy they say. Yeah.
[08:09:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Builds New Type 002 Mega Carrier as the Age of Sea Power Wanes - 207 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:09:24] <exec> 08└─If the reports are true then new weapons developed by US Russia and China would render a carrier next to useless due to the range and speed. Any place on land could hit any place on the water ala Red Alert 2
[08:09:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Builds New Type 002 Mega Carrier as the Age of Sea Power Wanes - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:09:25] <exec> 08└─Still good for projecting power in Africa or something. You could also see countermeasures. On-ship lasers, etc.
[08:09:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03damnbunni [704] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Funny Man Tim Conway Passes Away at 85 - 202 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:09:42] <exec> 08└─He was on TV a lot in the '70s and had some pretty good comedy specials in the '80s and early '90s that were on VHS, so they tended to get watched when we were looking for some standup or sketch comedy.
[08:10:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06To Reinvent the Processor - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:10:50] <exec> 08└─Of course the compiler can do branch prediction, you just need to do performance profiling first.
[08:12:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Vintage Computer Federation East 2019 -- Brian Kernighan Interviews Ken Thompson - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:12:23] <exec> 08└─He started in 2006. These were still "Don't be evil" times.
[08:14:27] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03ledow [5567] 02 - 06Your business passed the GDPR challenge — but SCA is next - 2401 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:14:27] <exec> 08└─You're not going to avoid this. GDPR is the start and affects anything you do that touches Europe. Soon the US will follow suit. The right to be forgotten is a perfectly valid right, and as others point out, you just overwrite data, not remove it. "[[[[[This comment has been removed because the orig...
[08:14:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Your business passed the GDPR challenge — but SCA is next - 868 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:14:41] <exec> 08└─I'm a Brit. We have GDPR. I work in IT. What's on public display is a very different question to what's in an encrypted historical record, and you seem to miss that you are merely a custodian of other people's data, only with their permission. Data protection has always been held in high regard in t...
[08:14:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Your business passed the GDPR challenge — but SCA is next - 2603 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:14:42] <exec> 08└─Soylent does delete spam. They have banned users and removed their comments. Thus the facility exists. It may not be on a GUI but try arguing that to a judge... this is exactly my point. The first time you get a proper legal request, you can cry to mommy about how it's absolutely impossible if you l...
[08:14:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Your business passed the GDPR challenge — but SCA is next - 978 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:14:44] <exec> 08└─If you call me, say, a paedophile, that's libellous. I would sue. I'm not rich, nor powerful. If you go and do such things to people without cause, fact or stating that it's an opinion (*cough* Elon Musk *cough*), it's a court case to decide if they are true or not. In the meantime I may well ask yo...
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[09:09:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Herbicide Linked to Human Liver Disease - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:09:16] <exec> 08└─And apparently the other compounds always present in the pesticides you can buy are even worse than glyphosate.
[09:09:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Kell [292] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Builds New Type 002 Mega Carrier as the Age of Sea Power Wanes - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:09:31] <exec> 08└─And don't invade Moscow in the winter.
[09:12:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Zappy [4210] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Linux Kernel Prior to 5.0.8 Vulnerable to Remote Code Execution - 186 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:12:09] <exec> 08└─According to RedHat the bug was introduced with commit bdf5bd7f21323493dbe5f2c723dc33f2fbb0241a dated 19 Mar 2018. So it's introduced in the 4.14/4.15 era and not all the way back in 2.0
[09:12:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Zappy [4210] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Linux Kernel Prior to 5.0.8 Vulnerable to Remote Code Execution - 155 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:12:10] <exec> 08└─According to RedHat the bug was introduced with commit bdf5bd7f21323493dbe5f2c723dc33f2fbb0241a dated 19 Mar 2018. So it's introduced in the 4.14/4.15 era.
[09:12:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Linux Kernel Prior to 5.0.8 Vulnerable to Remote Code Execution - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:12:13] <exec> 08└─The module isn't even loaded in default debian installs.
[09:13:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03isostatic [365] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Artemis: NASA to Receive $1.6 Billion for 2024 Manned Moon Landing - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:13:25] <exec> 08└─All walls get melted by zombie dragons
[09:13:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03isostatic [365] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Artemis: NASA to Receive $1.6 Billion for 2024 Manned Moon Landing - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:13:27] <exec> 08└─While it's Nixon's signature on the moon, I suspect most people think of JFK.
[09:13:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03isostatic [365] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Artemis: NASA to Receive $1.6 Billion for 2024 Manned Moon Landing - 187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:13:29] <exec> 08└─If Trump came in through the front door, wet and dripping and said it was raining outside, I'd still have a look through the window to make sure. I'd reach for the suncream. Or a shotgun.
[09:15:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Supreme Court Rules Against Apple in App Store Price Fixing Case - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:15:15] <exec> 08└─But if you did, you would have more customers.
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[10:08:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Facebook US Settlement Could Impose 20 Years of Oversight - 1245 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:08:57] <exec> 08└─Other companies have leaked similar amounts of data and got nothing as severe: https://www.cnet.com [cnet.com] https://www.reuters.com
[10:08:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook US Settlement Could Impose 20 Years of Oversight - 483 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:08:59] <exec> 08└─I would have simply put a disclaimer in the front page: warning, every activity inside here (posting and peeking at posts) is to be considered public. Facefook will comply with authorities in case of investigations. Then I would have touched no content. Then I would have invoked common carrier statu...
[10:09:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03rigrig [5129] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Facebook US Settlement Could Impose 20 Years of Oversight - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:09:01] <exec> 08└─Might turn out that not many voters were influenced by such ads - they were going to vote for Trump anyway instead of Clinton.
[10:09:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Builds New Type 002 Mega Carrier as the Age of Sea Power Wanes - 687 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:09:34] <exec> 08└─From the very article linked at that point in the summary: So here’s an alternative explanation: China’s carrier-centered navy is not designed so much to challenge U.S. maritime supremacy as to inherit it. […] If China inherits U.S. leadership in Asia, it won’t need a fleet as big as America...
[10:11:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03shrewdsheep [5215] (Score: 1) 02 - 06To Reinvent the Processor - 247 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:11:02] <exec> 08└─"What effect will the CPUs designed to optimize deep learning algorithms have?", ... I am wondering on what? Isn't the really interesting question: "What will be the effect of deep learning algorithms used to optimize CPUs?" (on their performance)
[10:11:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03dltaylor [4693] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A WhatsApp Call Can Hack a Phone: Zero-Day Exploit Infects Mobiles with Spyware - 178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:11:21] <exec> 08└─Is the proper mechanism to back up your apps and data, full factory reset the device, then restore apps and data, or is the phone permanently compromised, as well as the backups?
[10:15:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Your business passed the GDPR challenge — but SCA is next - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:15:03] <exec> 08└─Cheers. I'm a big fan in general. I'd have preferred his definition of responsibility but it's too long for a sig.
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[11:08:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Vodafone to Launch 5G Network in UK on 3 July 2019 - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:08:55] <exec> 08└─I know this may be a stupid question, but has the 5G spec actually been finalized and published?
[11:08:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Vodafone to Launch 5G Network in UK on 3 July 2019 - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:08:56] <exec> 08└─I know this may be a stupid question, but has the 5G spec actually been finalized and published?
[11:08:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Vodafone to Launch 5G Network in UK on 3 July 2019 - 224 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:08:58] <exec> 08└─Vodafone has become the first UK operator to announce the official switch-on date for its 5G network, revealing it will go live for consumers and businesses in seven cities on 3 July. Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow...
[11:09:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06San Francisco Effectively Bans Municipal Facial Recognition - 439 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:09:16] <exec> 08└─The whole thing is bullshit. They didn't ban facial recognition but created a board, which is not under control of the voters, to make decisions on what's allowed or not. In other words, the board can simply agree with whatever law enforcement suggests and nothing has changed except another middlema...
[11:09:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06San Francisco Effectively Bans Municipal Facial Recognition - 157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:09:17] <exec> 08└─It didn't create a new board, it gives the existing Board of Supervisors authority over surveillance tech. And the Board of Supervisors *is* an elected body.
[11:09:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Herbicide Linked to Human Liver Disease - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:09:27] <exec> 08└─Vegetarianism is healthy they say. Yeah.
[11:09:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Herbicide Linked to Human Liver Disease - 752 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:09:29] <exec> 08└─You've got it backwards. If you put a clean load of laundry through the wash and the outtake water is clean, that doesn't mean the machine is broken. If you put dirty clothing through and get dirty water, the machine is working. If you put dirty clothing through and you get dirty water and a broken...
[11:09:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Intel MDS attacks: RIDL and Fallout - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:09:52] <exec> 08└─I notice a sudden surge of vulnerability stories. Linux kernel, WhatsApp, SQLite, and now Intel. Do we have Vulnerability Wednesday?
[11:10:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Funny Man Tim Conway Passes Away at 85 - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:10:03] <exec> 08└─He was great on the CB show: was VERY good at ad-lib comedy... easily the high-light of the episodes he was in. REALLY loved winding up Korman.
[11:10:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Funny Man Tim Conway Passes Away at 85 - 9 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:10:04] <exec> 08└─A genius.
[11:15:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Your business passed the GDPR challenge — but SCA is next - 314 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:15:15] <exec> 08└─I pay all of my bills in cash and in person every month, thanks. Twice a month I spend an hour in the morning driving around town and exchanging cash for receipts. It's even enjoyable if it's not raining for the getting out of the house aspect and the socializing so that you're not a faceless ledger...
[11:15:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Your business passed the GDPR challenge — but SCA is next - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:15:16] <exec> 08└─Soylent does delete spam.
[11:15:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Your business passed the GDPR challenge — but SCA is next - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:15:18] <exec> 08└─If you call me, say, a paedophile, that's libellous. I would sue.
[11:15:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Your business passed the GDPR challenge — but SCA is next - 443 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:15:20] <exec> 08└─Killing all existing cookies and not allowing anyone from a California address to log in again would probably be better. That could be done in the load balancer if you're coming from a California address range without the rehash code ever needing to deal with an unhashed IP address (beyond hashing i...
[11:15:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Your business passed the GDPR challenge — but SCA is next - 304 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:15:22] <exec> 08└─Yes, that would be exceedingly easy to implement. And it would make the value of the affected conversations pretty much nonexistent. Being able to delete data that you've made public isn't a privacy issue, it's a rewriting history issue. I appreciate the hell out of privacy but this isn't about priv...
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[12:09:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Vodafone to Launch 5G Network in UK on 3 July 2019 - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:09:15] <exec> 08└─Wouldn't you think that companies making hardware for this are working from specs that they are involved in developing?
[12:09:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook US Settlement Could Impose 20 Years of Oversight - 205 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:09:25] <exec> 08└─If Facebook was already "under oversight" and had recurrent lapses, it would seem like the oversight needs to be stronger, more invasive of Facebook's business practices, if it is expected to be effective.
[12:09:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06Facebook US Settlement Could Impose 20 Years of Oversight - 210 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:09:27] <exec> 08└─It may be maneuvering by Facebook too. They could have simply not agreed to the settlement. That creates a precedent for any competitors to also be subject to oversight by federal regulators - barrier to entry.
[12:09:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook US Settlement Could Impose 20 Years of Oversight - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:09:29] <exec> 08└─I don't have an agenda. Does Zucky and his backers?
[12:09:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook US Settlement Could Impose 20 Years of Oversight - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:09:31] <exec> 08└─Which agency has the nous and capability to police such an enterprise?
[12:09:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Herbicide Linked to Human Liver Disease - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:09:53] <exec> 08└─What, we can't use the trade name here for the most common glyphosate-containing weed killer? It's the Kleenex of weed killers.
[12:10:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06China Builds New Type 002 Mega Carrier as the Age of Sea Power Wanes - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:10:10] <exec> 08└─If China inherits U.S. leadership in Asia, it won’t need a fleet as big as America’s.
[12:10:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06China Builds New Type 002 Mega Carrier as the Age of Sea Power Wanes - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:10:11] <exec> 08└─If the reports are true then new weapons developed by US Russia and China would render a carrier next to useless due to the range and speed.
[12:10:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Intel MDS attacks: RIDL and Fallout - 245 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:10:20] <exec> 08└─RIDL attacks were independently discovered and reported by: Stephan van Schaik, Alyssa Milburn, Sebastian Österlund, Pietro Frigo, Kaveh Razavi, Herbert Bos, and Cristiano Giuffrida at VUSec. Giorgi Maisuradze at CISPA.
[12:10:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Intel MDS attacks: RIDL and Fallout - 684 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:10:23] <exec> 08└─Almost forgot: MDS-class vulnerabilities were also reported by (in alphabetical order): Dan Horea Lutas' team at BitDefender. Daniel Gruss, Michael Schwarz, Moritz Lipp at TU Graz and Jo Van Bulck (imec-DistriNet, KU Leuven) You can find more details about their...
[12:11:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06To Reinvent the Processor - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:11:47] <exec> 08└─I'd estimate the "lowest overall effort" sweet spot...
[12:11:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06To Reinvent the Processor - 861 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:11:48] <exec> 08└─20 years ago there was a new buffer overflow vulnerability just about every week. The solution was not to get rid of buffers, or switch everything to fixed size buffers, or even to switch to bounds checked languages (although many programmers did that anyway). The solution was just to stop writing b...
[12:14:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Artemis: NASA to Receive $1.6 Billion for 2024 Manned Moon Landing - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:14:19] <exec> 08└─The point I was making is that private enterprise is not some magic efficiency fairy.
[12:14:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Artemis: NASA to Receive $1.6 Billion for 2024 Manned Moon Landing - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:14:20] <exec> 08└─The problems NASA is having with getting a launch vehicle up and running seems to be a problem with the private industry they have contracted to do the job.
[12:14:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03PiMuNu [3823] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Artemis: NASA to Receive $1.6 Billion for 2024 Manned Moon Landing - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:14:22] <exec> 08└─An assertion was made with no evidence and now you refuse to back up the assertion with evidence. So I call bulls**t.
[12:15:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Swedish Prosecutor to Reopen Julian Assange Investigation - 257 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:15:09] <exec> 08└─Well, it has been this way for a very long time. Back in Ye Olde days, if you threatened the king's power, you got drawn and quartered and your remains hung in a gibbet to warn everyone that you don't mess with the king. The same power dynamic exists today.
[12:16:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Your business passed the GDPR challenge — but SCA is next - 251 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:16:04] <exec> 08└─We do have unique personal identifiers and email addresses stored. The unique personal identifier is just an auto-incrementing bigint column but it technically fits the definition. The email address is stored but doesn't have to be true. Compliance...
[12:16:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Your business passed the GDPR challenge — but SCA is next - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:16:05] <exec> 08└─You're not going to avoid this.
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[13:09:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Vodafone to Launch 5G Network in UK on 3 July 2019 - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:09:03] <exec> 08└─I struggled to get a decent stable 3G connection, let alone a 4G one.
[13:09:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06Facebook US Settlement Could Impose 20 Years of Oversight - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:09:17] <exec> 08└─But then, I don't have an agenda.
[13:09:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook US Settlement Could Impose 20 Years of Oversight - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:09:19] <exec> 08└─it would seem like the oversight needs to be stronger, more invasive of Facebook's business practices,
[13:09:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03coolgopher [1157] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook US Settlement Could Impose 20 Years of Oversight - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:09:21] <exec> 08└─Well we can't let anyone get away with having foresight!
[13:09:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06San Francisco Effectively Bans Municipal Facial Recognition - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:09:32] <exec> 08└─A citation wouldn't hurt. Just sayin'.
[13:10:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Builds New Type 002 Mega Carrier as the Age of Sea Power Wanes - 1152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:10:04] <exec> 08└─You do need to know where it is, yes. Carriers are relatively large objects, when in operation they and their activities are visible for many miles. It's hard to imagine any significant national military unable to find the carrier that's bothering them. "countermeasures" There aren't many effective...
[13:10:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Builds New Type 002 Mega Carrier as the Age of Sea Power Wanes - 191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:10:05] <exec> 08└─> You don't pick a fight with someone who might beat you. Well, there was "The Mouse That Roared", they managed quite well! https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org]
[13:10:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Builds New Type 002 Mega Carrier as the Age of Sea Power Wanes - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:10:07] <exec> 08└─Let's wait and see if this thing floats, long range weapons might not be necessary if it sinks all by itself. Isn't there some history of this problem with Chinese-built warships?
[13:10:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Intel MDS attacks: RIDL and Fallout - 387 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:10:18] <exec> 08└─Will there be software fixes? (yes, microcode and OS). Does it affect AMD, or ARM? (no, at least not yet). How much performance will it cost? (no idea). Do you need to disable hyperthreading? (Yes, at least for some CPUs). How serious is this really? (Intel says not too bad, others say it's serious)...
[13:10:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Intel MDS attacks: RIDL and Fallout - 234 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:10:19] <exec> 08└─I got an Intel Microcode update yesterday for my Linux Mint system; I'd guess this is the reason (I unfortunately didn't think of checking what it fixes before installing, and I have no idea how to access that information afterwards).
[13:10:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Intel MDS attacks: RIDL and Fallout - 425 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:10:21] <exec> 08└─ZombieLoad: Cross Privilege-Boundary Data Leakage [cyberus-technology.de]. Is this vulnerability related? Also Intel tried to dismiss and bribe the researcher that discovered this fault (Dutch Original) [www.nrc.nl] (google translate) [google.com]. According to the VU, Intel tried to downplay the se...
[13:12:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A WhatsApp Call Can Hack a Phone: Zero-Day Exploit Infects Mobiles with Spyware - 606 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:12:05] <exec> 08└─We can see what it can do, but is it the same access which WhatsApp already has, or is it more, or even persistant i.e. if you uninstall WhatsApp, the spyware remains? I thought Android is supposed to be good at compartmentalising apps. If the spyware remains after removing WhatsApp, then doesn't th...
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[14:08:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03jasassin [3566] (Score: 2) 02 - 06F-16 Flies into Its Own Bullets - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:08:59] <exec> 08└─STOP HITTING YOURSELF! STOP HITTING YOURSELF! STOP HITTING YOURSELF! MOMMMMMMMMM MAKE HIM STOP!
[14:09:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Ralph Nader: Engineers Often the First to Notice Waste, Fraud and Safety Issues - 2392 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:09:06] <exec> 08└─Whistleblowing is not an after-the-event practice. You whistleblow *as you notice* the problem, not after. Hence, there needs to be a new term: One that describes whistleblowing AFTER you've had reasonable cause to believe something might happen AND it actually does happen AND you then get blamed fo...
[14:09:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ralph Nader: Engineers Often the First to Notice Waste, Fraud and Safety Issues - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:09:08] <exec> 08└─also they are the first ones to be threatened to be fired and usually are under some kind of bullshit NDA
[14:09:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Vodafone to Launch 5G Network in UK on 3 July 2019 - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:09:20] <exec> 08└─This is true...I must be slipping, I hadn't considered that...
[14:09:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook US Settlement Could Impose 20 Years of Oversight - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:09:37] <exec> 08└─Apparently, nothing good ever works, on the left.
[14:10:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06China Builds New Type 002 Mega Carrier as the Age of Sea Power Wanes - 253 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:10:23] <exec> 08└─You do need to know where it is, yes. Carriers are relatively large objects, when in operation they and their activities are visible for many miles. It's hard to imagine any significant national military unable to find the carrier that's bothering them.
[14:10:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Builds New Type 002 Mega Carrier as the Age of Sea Power Wanes - 1332 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:10:24] <exec> 08└─Rail guns sound like they can meet that challenge. Especially rail gun rounds that correct their flight, on the way to the target. If they work as advertised. If they can match or exceed the rate of fire that existing guns can maintain. Of course, both the offense and the defense from those offensiv...
[14:14:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Artemis: NASA to Receive $1.6 Billion for 2024 Manned Moon Landing - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:14:35] <exec> 08└─Establish a defends post on Leibnitz mountains and you deny that estate to make an expensive target for any intruder
[14:16:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Spamalope [5233] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Supreme Court Rules Against Apple in App Store Price Fixing Case - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:16:33] <exec> 08└─I'd be economically viable to add more features, more complex features, or produce one that'll attract a smaller audience. That's still a consumer win.
[14:16:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Spamalope [5233] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Supreme Court Rules Against Apple in App Store Price Fixing Case - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:16:34] <exec> 08└─It'd not I'd. Sigh. Not enough caffeine...
[14:16:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Spamalope [5233] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Supreme Court Rules Against Apple in App Store Price Fixing Case - 972 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:16:36] <exec> 08└─Apple tried to escape the suit via a technicality, and wasn't able to despite success in the lower courts. That's all that's been decided. Apple actively prevents you from installing software from any source other than the store. They even prevent you from loading software you wrote. If you succeed...
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[15:09:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Revek [5022] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06F-16 Flies into Its Own Bullets - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:09:11] <exec> 08└─It happened early on with the first supersonic fighters. The pilot just messed up.
[15:09:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06F-16 Flies into Its Own Bullets - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:09:12] <exec> 08└─The gun is traveling at plane speed when fired so the rounds will have bullet_speed + plane_speed. There is no way the plane can accelerate fast enough to catch them.
[15:09:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06F-16 Flies into Its Own Bullets - 423 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:09:15] <exec> 08└─The bullets slow down due to air resistance, and the geometry of the firing solution can put the plane into the path of the bullets. For example, imagine the plane is flying level and shoots it's gun. The bullets start to drop. Now imagine the pilot drops the nose, so the plane is making a beeline t...
[15:09:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06F-16 Flies into Its Own Bullets - 245 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:09:17] <exec> 08└─Your question is answered elsewhere, but here's a neat aside: The muzzle velocity of high-powered military assault rifles, like the AK-47 is about the same as maximum airspeed of the F-16. "A speeding bullet" isn't that fast by modern standards.
[15:09:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03deadstick [5110] (Score: 2) 02 - 06F-16 Flies into Its Own Bullets - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:09:19] <exec> 08└─Exactly right. It's a low-probability event, but this is at least the third such incident since the 1950's.
[15:09:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06F-16 Flies into Its Own Bullets - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:09:21] <exec> 08└─First a story is posted on a site like Ars -- a couple days later, Slashdot will post the story -- I can always count on Soylentnews to repost a story days to weeks later so I don't miss a thing
[15:09:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ralph Nader: Engineers Often the First to Notice Waste, Fraud and Safety Issues - 632 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:09:31] <exec> 08└─Scientists, engineers, tradespeople, security, and janitors get paid to understand and react to reality, and to accomplish work in the world. Marketing, public relations, sales, human resources, politicians, and management get paid to say whatever they need to in order to get other people to behave...
[15:09:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ralph Nader: Engineers Often the First to Notice Waste, Fraud and Safety Issues - 216 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:09:33] <exec> 08└─On the subject of politicians forcefully being bent to reality even as they spew bullshit, Nader's case here is entirely argument by anecdote, with just a dash of "professional organizations have ethics codes? whoa!"
[15:09:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ralph Nader: Engineers Often the First to Notice Waste, Fraud and Safety Issues - 273 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:09:35] <exec> 08└─Still living in a dream world. How many whistle blowers are unemployable, today? It's alright, if you got halfway or more to being wealthy, before you blew your whistle. Then you might invest your savings into your own business. But, no one hires a whistle blower, do they?
[15:09:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ralph Nader: Engineers Often the First to Notice Waste, Fraud and Safety Issues - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:09:37] <exec> 08└─Paul Combetta, "stonetear", chose to comply instead of being a whistleblower. He lived and was even granted immunity. Seth Rich did not comply. He is dead now.
[15:10:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06San Francisco Effectively Bans Municipal Facial Recognition - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:10:20] <exec> 08└─They didn't ban facial recognition but created a board, which is not under control of the voters, to make decisions on what's allowed or not.
[15:10:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06San Francisco Effectively Bans Municipal Facial Recognition - 1204 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:10:21] <exec> 08└─Those 'murikkka hating socialists in San Stalingrad want to take every bit of power from free people and concentrate it in the hands of a bunch of pinko, freedom-hating apparatchiks who hate our way of life and seek to destroy our great nation from within! That's why they're allowing the police stat...
[15:10:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Herbicide Linked to Human Liver Disease - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:10:35] <exec> 08└─It says Roundup in the TFS.
[15:10:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03CZB [6457] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Herbicide Linked to Human Liver Disease - 697 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:10:36] <exec> 08└─As a farmer who uses roundup, I keep expecting one of the robot projects to take off, but so far, nobody has made one work. Ultimately, it needs to move through irregular ground, identify weeds from crop, and pluck them. But a minimum viable product only needs to see a plant and pluck it. Roundup is...
[15:10:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Herbicide Linked to Human Liver Disease - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:10:38] <exec> 08└─Or maybe the people with unhealthy livers are not as effective at getting rid of the glyphosate. There's no way to conclude cause and effect here.
[15:10:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Herbicide Linked to Human Liver Disease - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:10:40] <exec> 08└─I'm assuming you meant Roundup. From the summary: where animals either were or weren't fed Roundup or glyphosate directly
[15:11:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Builds New Type 002 Mega Carrier as the Age of Sea Power Wanes - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:11:04] <exec> 08└─The US has one advantage
[15:11:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Builds New Type 002 Mega Carrier as the Age of Sea Power Wanes - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:11:06] <exec> 08└─You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
[15:11:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06China Builds New Type 002 Mega Carrier as the Age of Sea Power Wanes - 913 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:11:08] <exec> 08└─Twenty? Would you care to name them? And, those in mothballs don't count - all you have to start with is the keel and the deck - and they may scrap the deck. Heh - my own search offers a near hit at the top of the list: "There are 20 active aircraft carriers, 11 of which are American . . . " Now, if...
[15:11:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Builds New Type 002 Mega Carrier as the Age of Sea Power Wanes - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:11:10] <exec> 08└─Sorry, forgot to give you the link to the list of active US aircraft carriers - https://247wallst.com [247wallst.com]
[15:11:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Builds New Type 002 Mega Carrier as the Age of Sea Power Wanes - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:11:12] <exec> 08└─There are two types of ships, submarines and targets.
[15:11:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Funny Man Tim Conway Passes Away at 85 - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:11:37] <exec> 08└─Wait. Someday someone will tell you, "Yes, the Kardashians were famous back in the 2000s, when you were in your single digits, wow you're old!" on whatever platform is around then. If you're lucky enough to be around then.
[15:11:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Funny Man Tim Conway Passes Away at 85 - 635 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:11:39] <exec> 08└─The show was filmed live (I think they did two shows in a day). Conway was well known for ad-libbing and making the other performers struggle with staying in character, and even when he was delivering the lines he was supposed to say, sometimes just the way he said them or looked cracked them up. Th...
[15:12:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Impacts SQLite - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:12:12] <exec> 08└─Just 'cause an angel appeared doesn't mean it came from heaven.
[15:12:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Impacts SQLite - 1377 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:12:13] <exec> 08└─If your webapp or deskapp application code allows an attacker to "send specially crafted code to SqLite" then your code is broken at the script-kiddie level of competence. If you've exposed a DB engine in general, again, that's incompetent. If your system has been pwned some other way (or you are le...
[15:12:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06To Reinvent the Processor - 505 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:12:56] <exec> 08└─If companies would invest in competent programmers and give them enough resources to work in efficient languages, applications would be a fraction of the size they typically are today and run much faster. Then apps wouldn't need to be pushing the processors so hard, and a simpler architecture would...
[15:13:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Only_Mortal [7122] (Score: 1) 02 - 06A WhatsApp Call Can Hack a Phone: Zero-Day Exploit Infects Mobiles with Spyware - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:13:18] <exec> 08└─It's not like medicine is brain surgery. Oh hang on...
[15:14:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03cosurgi [272] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Linux Kernel Prior to 5.0.8 Vulnerable to Remote Code Execution - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:14:13] <exec> 08└─So, `lsmod | grep -i rds` and we are good to go.
[15:14:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03pTamok [3042] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Linux Kernel Prior to 5.0.8 Vulnerable to Remote Code Execution - 759 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:14:14] <exec> 08└─(1) You are unlikely to have this particular protocol enabled on your OpenWrt device. (2) The 4.9 series of kernels are on Long Term Support. This bug is very likely to be backported. (3) OpenWrt 19. is due "any day soon now", most probably with kernel 4.14., again which is likely to have a backport...
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[16:09:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Adobe Warning of Legal Problems for Users of Old Versions of Creative Cloud - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:13] <exec> 08└─I can definitely get behind this feature: "Non-destructive editing throughout the complete workflow, your original images are never modified."
[16:09:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Adobe Warning of Legal Problems for Users of Old Versions of Creative Cloud - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:14] <exec> 08└─Last version I've installed for those occasions where I need to use Adobe for anything, for reasons your favourite search engine will disclose..
[16:09:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Adobe Warning of Legal Problems for Users of Old Versions of Creative Cloud - 307 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:16] <exec> 08└─On the other hand, you can offload a lot of liability issues onto the provider, if you demand a better contract, which I doubt anybody does. Oh well, Photoshop 7 still works perfectly (so does Pagemaker), and the desktop icons work... If you wanna go all modern and stuff, CS6 is the last "local" ver...
[16:09:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Adobe Warning of Legal Problems for Users of Old Versions of Creative Cloud - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:19] <exec> 08└─have no business editing images. Too much of ugly stuff made even uglier litters the intarwebs as it is.
[16:09:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Adobe Warning of Legal Problems for Users of Old Versions of Creative Cloud - 368 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:21] <exec> 08└─"Non-destructive editing" also means you can make changes to lower layers and have the upper layers automatically reapply filters and reflect those changes. Adobe Photoshop has had adjustment layers since version 4. (That's not CS4, just 4, released in November 1996.) GIMP 2.10 still doesn't [pixls....
[16:09:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06F-16 Flies into Its Own Bullets - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:35] <exec> 08└─i do not read ars, so thank you soylentnews!
[16:09:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03SunTzuWarmaster [3971] (Score: 2) 02 - 06F-16 Flies into Its Own Bullets - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:36] <exec> 08└─Some facts. AK47 muzzle velocity is 710 m/s. F16 max speed is 670 m/s. F35 max speed is 536 m/s.
[16:09:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06F-16 Flies into Its Own Bullets - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:38] <exec> 08└─I have to confess, if "modern" also includes modern politicians and modern military-industrial graft, it is a lot less impressive.
[16:09:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06F-16 Flies into Its Own Bullets - 209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:40] <exec> 08└─The story said "shells" not bullets. I'm thinking they flew into the expended shells. 'A bullet is only the projectile. The complete thing is called a round or a cartridge. A shell is a synonym for cartridge.'
[16:09:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06F-16 Flies into Its Own Bullets - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:42] <exec> 08└─He only hit the side of the aircraft and parts got ingested in the engine. For the pilot, it could have been much worse. It could have hit his foot.
[16:10:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06San Francisco Effectively Bans Municipal Facial Recognition - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:10:38] <exec> 08└─Good points! Their new mayor is pretty kickass, local woman who actually cares about her city.
[16:10:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Herbicide Linked to Human Liver Disease - 311 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:10:55] <exec> 08└─We barely have Roombas / Automated Lawn Mowers and those are much simpler than a weed picking robot. Definitely wouldn't want Johnny 5 to be plucking the good crops. It's much easier to have a lawn mowing robot than it is to have a robot that can tell the difference between this green shoot / plant...
[16:11:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06China Builds New Type 002 Mega Carrier as the Age of Sea Power Wanes - 541 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:11:26] <exec> 08└─The whole point of the F-35B, and the AV-8B Harrier II before it. It might not be legit to say that there are 20 active aircraft carriers in the world. That disqualifies small American ones, while counting foreign ones of the same size. Nearly all of the foreign ones are about the size of those litt...
[16:11:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Builds New Type 002 Mega Carrier as the Age of Sea Power Wanes - 186 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:11:27] <exec> 08└─Good point. I didn't bother to compare the sizes and capabilities of the carriers. As for the VTOL, isn't the UK the only nation actually doing VTOL? That was my impression, at any rate.
[16:11:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03fliptop [1666] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Funny Man Tim Conway Passes Away at 85 - 277 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:11:54] <exec> 08└─He was a master at making the others break character, but my favorite character from "The Carol Burnett Show" is the recurring office scene [youtube.com]. Also The Apple Dumpling Gang [imdb.com] stands out as a particularly funny favorite. His work w/ Don Knotts was hilarious.
[16:11:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Funny Man Tim Conway Passes Away at 85 - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:11:56] <exec> 08└─I forgot about that, I mostly remember him from McHale's navy reruns and as Dorf. https://en.wikipedia.org(character) [wikipedia.org]
[16:13:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06To Reinvent the Processor - 744 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:13:15] <exec> 08└─I had to learn electronics on my own but processor design was part of my CS program. It was very basic but one day I picked up a book from the library. Sat down and 4 hours of skip-reading I was caught up with the state of the art until at least 1999. I promise it's not voodoo check it out. https://...
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[17:08:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Huawei Boosted the UK Economy by £1.7 Billion in 2018 - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:08:56] <exec> 08└─"A study by Oxford Economics, commissioned at the end of last year" commissioned by ???
[17:08:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Huawei Boosted the UK Economy by £1.7 Billion in 2018 - 236 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:08:58] <exec> 08└─Unnecessary. Just ask yourself "Is there a government that I would trust to not force resident major electronics companies to build at the very least backdoor surveillance into its products?" and all the other questions are fairly moot.
[17:09:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hyperturtle [2824] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Adobe Warning of Legal Problems for Users of Old Versions of Creative Cloud - 1475 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:10] <exec> 08└─What a brave new world. Not upgrading will become illegal subject to enforcement by 3rd parties? That's crazy. It's not like they sold stolen property. Punishing the consumer for agreeing to the EULA shouldn't make them financially liable for Adobe's missteps. The fact people SUBSCRIBE to this softw...
[17:09:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Adobe Warning of Legal Problems for Users of Old Versions of Creative Cloud - 877 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:11] <exec> 08└─The poster to whom you responded was talking about Darktable, not GIMP. On the other hand, destructive editing has the advantage of requiring fewer resources. I prefer GIMP to non-destructive editors (even those which are open source) for that reason and because of a few basic features it offers, wh...
[17:09:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Adobe Warning of Legal Problems for Users of Old Versions of Creative Cloud - 295 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:13] <exec> 08└─We are finally seeing the true end game. Licensed software has a place, but mostly companies are moving into the rent seeking space. It won't end well, this is simply a less stratified version of ye ole aristocracy. Fundamentally we need to reevaluate how personal freedom and society intersect.
[17:09:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Touché) 02 - 06F-16 Flies into Its Own Bullets - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:32] <exec> 08└─I dont read slashdork so fuck beta!
[17:09:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06F-16 Flies into Its Own Bullets - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:33] <exec> 08└─You gotta get on the Military-Industrial-Congressional Welfare Queen Train. It's where all the secret slush funds are.
[17:09:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06F-16 Flies into Its Own Bullets - 331 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:36] <exec> 08└─'Shell' is also used to refer to a projectile that delivers a secondary payload, such as an explosive. See https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] A quick look at the 20mm Cannon commonly used on the F-16 leaves both interpretations as possible. https://en.wikipedia.org
[17:09:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ralph Nader: Engineers Often the First to Notice Waste, Fraud and Safety Issues - 7617 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:49] <exec> 08└─Well said. This is exactly the sort of training and wisdom that was (and still is?) not thought important in college engineering programs. Last I heard, education in engineering still focuses exclusively on the technical. Engineers have to deal with non engineers who don't really understand that eng...
[17:10:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook US Settlement Could Impose 20 Years of Oversight - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:10:20] <exec> 08└─That's why we cut their foreskins off in infancy.
[17:10:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06San Francisco Effectively Bans Municipal Facial Recognition - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:10:36] <exec> 08└─They didn't ban facial recognition but created a board, which is not under control of the voters, to make decisions on what's allowed or not.
[17:10:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06San Francisco Effectively Bans Municipal Facial Recognition - 199 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:10:37] <exec> 08└─Sure, but I'd say your reply was better suited to the GP. Buncha wacky "gov baaad" users round these parts. Like everything else in life the government can be good or bad depending on how it is used.
[17:11:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Builds New Type 002 Mega Carrier as the Age of Sea Power Wanes - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:11:26] <exec> 08└─With UAVs like the X-47B, it should be possible to operate from smaller decks with higher G forces.
[17:11:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03rigrig [5129] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Intel MDS attacks: RIDL and Fallout - 328 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:11:40] <exec> 08└─$ apt changelog intel-microcode (...) intel-microcode (3.20190514.1) unstable; urgency=high * New upstream microcode datafile 20190514 * SECURITY UPDATE Implements MDS mitigation (RIDL, Fallout, Zombieload), INTEL-SA-00223 CVE-2018-12126, CVE-2018-12127, CVE-2018...
[17:12:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Impacts SQLite - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:12:32] <exec> 08└─Vulnerability acknowledged, but you are using it wrong if a remote code execution is possible. Give me an example for using SQLite remotely.
[17:13:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06To Reinvent the Processor - 939 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:13:16] <exec> 08└─That was viable back then in a way that it isn't now. Hardware is just that much more complicated. There was a time when you could build your own computer completely from the ground up, it would be more expensive and physically larger, but not necessarily that much slower. These days, there's no way...
[17:13:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06To Reinvent the Processor - 603 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:13:18] <exec> 08└─That was then, this is now. I'm not necessarily suggesting that we need to do this, but these days it's viable to put more than one processor on a single chip. Had Intel been able to do that, there would have been a far greater likelihood of success in this venture. It would have been a temporary la...
[17:13:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06To Reinvent the Processor - 2429 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:13:20] <exec> 08└─It depends on which way you are looking. My guess is that if you measure bits processed per second you wouldn't see any change, but would you want to run an accounting program on a Turing machine? So. If you're using an algorithm that is inherently "embarrassingly parallel" on a single threaded mach...
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[18:09:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Joins Australia's Piracy Crackdown by Tweaking Search Results - 246 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:09:14] <exec> 08└─Google disappears torrent terms from autocomplete search results [theregister.co.uk] Google removes ‘Kodi’ from search autocomplete in anti-piracy effort [theverge.com] Google Downranks 65,000 Pirate Sites in Search Results [torrentfreak.com]
[18:09:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Huawei Boosted the UK Economy by £1.7 Billion in 2018 - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:09:23] <exec> 08└─How much did Al Capone boost the US economy during prohibition? Or, Jack Kennedy, for that matter - the Kennedy family made it's fortune by bootlegging alcohol into the US.
[18:09:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Huawei Boosted the UK Economy by £1.7 Billion in 2018 - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:09:25] <exec> 08└─Is there a corporation you would trust to not install a backdoor before anyone even asked for it?
[18:09:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Huawei Boosted the UK Economy by £1.7 Billion in 2018 - 228 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:09:27] <exec> 08└─Agreed. I fail to see what making a bunch of money has to do with failing to preserve national security*. They really seem to be implying it's perfectly OK so long as it would be bad for the economy to make them stop. *allegedly
[18:09:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Huawei Boosted the UK Economy by £1.7 Billion in 2018 - 650 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:09:30] <exec> 08└─This press release was purposefully written in a way to disincentivize finding and reading the original "study". But it's not actually hard to find [oxfordeconomics.com]. Being that this isn't peer reviewed academic research, and is in fact, published by "economic consultants" it doesn't have the ty...
[18:09:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03EvilSS [1456] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Adobe Warning of Legal Problems for Users of Old Versions of Creative Cloud - 464 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:09:44] <exec> 08└─Anytime you use a software package, there is always the chance, small as it might be, that something in that software will later be found to violate someone's patent or copyright, and the IP holder can come after you, the user, for fees. Hell, it's not just software. Anyone remember the patent troll...
[18:09:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Adobe Warning of Legal Problems for Users of Old Versions of Creative Cloud - 376 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:09:45] <exec> 08└─You cannot trust it to continue working for you long-term. You cannot trust it to function properly. You cannot trust it to be secure. You cannot trust it to protect your privacy (indeed, you can pretty much guarantee the opposite). If you're relying on it to do anything more important than entertai...
[18:09:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Alfred [4006] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Adobe Warning of Legal Problems for Users of Old Versions of Creative Cloud - 272 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:09:47] <exec> 08└─Like with the installed base of flash falling, adobe has fallen out of favor with the NSA and they need to inroduce more vulns so they will remain in the NSAs good graces. To get those vulns out quickly they need to bring everyone up to the current NSA favorable version.;
[18:10:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Alfred [4006] (Score: 2) 02 - 06F-16 Flies into Its Own Bullets - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:10:09] <exec> 08└─I know someone will be able to leverage this to prove the earth is flat.
[18:10:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ralph Nader: Engineers Often the First to Notice Waste, Fraud and Safety Issues - 574 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:10:23] <exec> 08└─There are plenty of other instances of disaster accurately predicted by engineers who had their warnings ignored by upper management, e.g. the Challenger. Nader highlights a couple of cases in TFA, but it's not a simple argument from anecdote as you are trying to claim. Heck, the instance that made...
[18:10:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ralph Nader: Engineers Often the First to Notice Waste, Fraud and Safety Issues - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:10:24] <exec> 08└─Ralph Nader discovers Dilbert homepage circa 1993. (Bookmarked it in Navigator)
[18:10:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ralph Nader: Engineers Often the First to Notice Waste, Fraud and Safety Issues - 636 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:10:26] <exec> 08└─I see your point, that's an interesting anec-- wait a second, here! No really, I do get your point, that engineers are going to exposed to the nitty gritty detail oriented problems which makes them more able to report. But there's plenty of non-engineer cases out there of whistleblowers. Off the top...
[18:10:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ralph Nader: Engineers Often the First to Notice Waste, Fraud and Safety Issues - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:10:28] <exec> 08└─And heaven help you if you whistleblew on Bush, Obama, or Trump. Enjoy your foreverjail(or life in exile).
[18:10:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ralph Nader: Engineers Often the First to Notice Waste, Fraud and Safety Issues - 507 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:10:31] <exec> 08└─Someone who is great at quantitative thinking could become a theoretical physicist pushing the boundaries of human knowledge, or could become an attorney who helps rich people cheat on their taxes. Someone who is good at writing could become an investigative journalist who helps whistleblowers expos...
[18:11:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook US Settlement Could Impose 20 Years of Oversight - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:11:02] <exec> 08└─They already settled on this BS once before then failed to meet the conditions of the settlement. That's why the punishment has grown larger.
[18:11:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06San Francisco Effectively Bans Municipal Facial Recognition - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:11:20] <exec> 08└─2018 San Francisco Board of Supervisors Election [wikipedia.org]
[18:11:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Herbicide Linked to Human Liver Disease - 283 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:11:39] <exec> 08└─The simplicity of the Roomba is driven by the cost sensitivity of the market. A fancier machine that does more would be more expensive. There *are* a few, but they're basically technology demonstrators, not a consumer product. And "If you have to ask the price, you can't afford it".
[18:12:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03biffulator [5417] (Score: 1) 02 - 06China Builds New Type 002 Mega Carrier as the Age of Sea Power Wanes - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:12:12] <exec> 08└─They've been obsolete (for all-out sea warfare) for decades. To a submarine(r), all surface vessels are targets.
[18:12:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06China Builds New Type 002 Mega Carrier as the Age of Sea Power Wanes - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:12:13] <exec> 08└─Carriers are very good for occupying territory in the South China Sea. [cfr.org]
[18:12:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Intel MDS attacks: RIDL and Fallout - 416 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:12:28] <exec> 08└─Of advanced exploit R&D. While I probably sound like a conspiracy theorist, this is what happens when you collude with a country like Israel in the ways America has and let a single technology company become an effective monopoly on a major facet of the marketplace. Given how long America has been s...
[18:15:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Vintage Computer Federation East 2019 -- Brian Kernighan Interviews Ken Thompson - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:15:47] <exec> 08└─Kernighan talking about grep: https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com] That is a great YouTube series if you like this computer history stuff.
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[19:08:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Joins Australia's Piracy Crackdown by Tweaking Search Results - 1794 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:08:59] <exec> 08└─It's amazing how many still just don't get it about copying. Piracy should be decriminalized, not stopped. Why? Piracy is impossible to prevent, but that's not the main reason why. It's that sharing of knowledge is nothing less than the foundation of our civilization, our rise to the top of the anim...
[19:09:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Joins Australia's Piracy Crackdown by Tweaking Search Results - 544 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:09:00] <exec> 08└─So how will artists and scientists be fairly compensated for their work without a legal framework that protects their work? Or how do you otherwise propose to protect their work so that they are fairly compensated? On the one hand you're saying they deserve fair compensation, but on the other hand y...
[19:09:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Joins Australia's Piracy Crackdown by Tweaking Search Results - 594 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:09:02] <exec> 08└─Soylent Search Engine? Because everybody knows websites are powered by people! It's the green alternative to coal! :) Seriously though, maybe it is time to start a companion non-profit project to do web spider and results aggregation, but headquartered in a country with more lax IP laws and subcontr...
[19:09:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Google Joins Australia's Piracy Crackdown by Tweaking Search Results - 288 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:09:04] <exec> 08└─Trying to impose artificial scarcity on knowledge is folly. Maybe so, but up until now it has proven to be incredibly successful. I guess it's easier to play *cat and mouse* than it is to seek out and vote for people that could change the law and maybe make it respectable in the process.
[19:09:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dr Spin [5239] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Huawei Boosted the UK Economy by £1.7 Billion in 2018 - 301 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:09:17] <exec> 08└─The [UK] Government has since said no decision has yet been made over Huawei's presence in 5G networks. This may be the only true statement they have made in 2019. The present government is incapable of taking a decision of any kind. They probably would not know a decision if they swallowed it whole...
[19:09:29] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Hyperturtle [2824] 02 - 06Adobe Warning of Legal Problems for Users of Old Versions of Creative Cloud - 1475 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:09:29] <exec> 08└─What a brave new world. Not upgrading will become illegal subject to enforcement by 3rd parties? That's crazy. It's not like they sold stolen property. Punishing the consumer for agreeing to the EULA shouldn't make them financially liable for Adobe's missteps. The fact people SUBSCRIBE to this softw...
[19:09:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Adobe Warning of Legal Problems for Users of Old Versions of Creative Cloud - 457 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:09:36] <exec> 08└─Ok, I haven't touched adobe shit in a long, long time, but I was under the impression that the ENTIRE POINT of this creative "cloud" shit was so they could flip a switch and disable access to their software to enable their subscription nonsense. If someone can continue using old versions of software...
[19:09:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Adobe Warning of Legal Problems for Users of Old Versions of Creative Cloud - 248 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:09:38] <exec> 08└─CS6? I thought that version dialled home, ISTR a place I worked at getting a rather snotty letter from Adobe about their less than legal copy, suggesting strongly that they purchase a subscription to the cloudy service, lest the BSA get involved...
[19:10:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06F-16 Flies into Its Own Bullets - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:10:00] <exec> 08└─If the pilot did this four more times could he be credited as a Self Ace?
[19:10:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ralph Nader: Engineers Often the First to Notice Waste, Fraud and Safety Issues - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:10:19] <exec> 08└─Yes, that's terrible. Clinton would mercifully allow you to suicide with six shots to the back of your head.
[19:10:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ralph Nader: Engineers Often the First to Notice Waste, Fraud and Safety Issues - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:10:21] <exec> 08└─And still reading it in Navigator.
[19:10:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ralph Nader: Engineers Often the First to Notice Waste, Fraud and Safety Issues - 959 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:10:23] <exec> 08└─I'm glad you believe a stupid conspiracy theory about a shitty candidate. It makes it so helpful to invent and believe fake bullshit about someone who has done a ton of terrible real bullshit. It's just so great that one person can monumentally misread an autopsy report, and then for the next 30 fuc...
[19:10:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ralph Nader: Engineers Often the First to Notice Waste, Fraud and Safety Issues - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:10:25] <exec> 08└─You whistleblow *as you notice* the problem, not after
[19:10:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ralph Nader: Engineers Often the First to Notice Waste, Fraud and Safety Issues - 461 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:10:27] <exec> 08└─You think a physicist doesn't have to play internal politics or that a journalist is free to pick his own stories and go after *anybody*? Look, as long as you have a boss who controls your funding because THEY have someone who controls THEIR funding, you are not going to be free to do *whatever* you...
[19:10:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dr Spin [5239] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Vodafone to Launch 5G Network in UK on 3 July 2019 - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:10:40] <exec> 08└─they claim they'll be rolling out 5G? For some definition of rolling. Probably this program will rely heavily on those guys that roll cheese down hills.
[19:10:49] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] 02 - 06Facebook US Settlement Could Impose 20 Years of Oversight - 205 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:10:50] <exec> 08└─If Facebook was already "under oversight" and had recurrent lapses, it would seem like the oversight needs to be stronger, more invasive of Facebook's business practices, if it is expected to be effective.
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[20:09:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SpaceX to Launch 60 Starlink Satellites: 90min Window Opens 2230EDT May15 (0230 UTC May16) - 1433 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:10] <exec> 08└─SpaceX reveals new Starlink satellite details 24 hours from launch [teslarati.com] 227kg per satellite, but the satellites don't have the inter-satellite laser communication that a future version will have. Article says that could add 10% more mass. Minor service could begin after a few launches. De...
[20:09:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SpaceX to Launch 60 Starlink Satellites: 90min Window Opens 2230EDT May15 (0230 UTC May16) - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:11] <exec> 08└─Jesus, what do you even need that much mass for? Solar panels? Antennae?
[20:09:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Joins Australia's Piracy Crackdown by Tweaking Search Results - 276 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:23] <exec> 08└─Your search - anything - did not match any documents. Suggestions: * Make sure all words are spelled correctly. * Try different keywords. * Try more general keywords. * Give up on this crufty old search engine and go elsewhere.
[20:09:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Google Joins Australia's Piracy Crackdown by Tweaking Search Results - 2414 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:25] <exec> 08└─So how will artists and scientists be fairly compensated for their work without a legal framework that protects their work? There are a bunch of non-draconian solutions to having and enforcing copyrights and patents, but they miss the REAL point of IP law, which is to create government entitlements...
[20:09:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 4, Informative) 02 - 06Google Joins Australia's Piracy Crackdown by Tweaking Search Results - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:27] <exec> 08└─Ouch, seriously, Kodi is a legitimate piece of software. As far as I know the creator isn't actively supporting "piracy" and Kodi has legitimate use beyond "piracy".
[20:09:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Joins Australia's Piracy Crackdown by Tweaking Search Results - 184 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:29] <exec> 08└─Google got too big, and as they say "power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely." The bigger and more "powerful" a company becomes, the bigger the temptation for corruption.
[20:09:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Joins Australia's Piracy Crackdown by Tweaking Search Results - 1661 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:31] <exec> 08└─Not-for-profit copyright infringement should be decriminalized. For-profit copyright infringement should remain criminalized, but it also needs harsher penalties for pro-copyright groups who then commit infringement. I am thinking of when the RIAA pirated software or the BSA was using unlicensed med...
[20:09:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Joins Australia's Piracy Crackdown by Tweaking Search Results - 286 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:33] <exec> 08└─Even better, make it decentralized and hook it up to darknets like TOR, Freenet, etc. Don't make it purely piracy, or black market based either. Search terms and domains that are blocked by governments should be covered by the service (with the exception of the nasty bullshit like KP).
[20:09:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Joins Australia's Piracy Crackdown by Tweaking Search Results - 1651 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:35] <exec> 08└─First, since this article was in the context of copyright and since copyright and patents are nothing like each other, I'm going to stick with copyrights. The devil would be in the details. First, you assume the publisher is the copyright holder. That can happen, certainly, but is by no means guaran...
[20:09:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Joins Australia's Piracy Crackdown by Tweaking Search Results - 1569 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:37] <exec> 08└─Already attempt some level of that, metasearch, distributed search, etc. Apache Solr(?) can do per site search results and network together for aggregated results I believe. As much as I would like to see a fully decentralized search network, it is more likely to succeed as a non-profit driven proje...
[20:09:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Joins Australia's Piracy Crackdown by Tweaking Search Results - 1233 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:39] <exec> 08└─"Not-for-profit" in the eyes of whom? "I don't mean to make anything for this, so I should have the right to copy it and give it away, thus destroying the profits of the company who has the license for that right and paid for its production." Doesn't fly. And if there is no profit to be made at some...
[20:09:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Joins Australia's Piracy Crackdown by Tweaking Search Results - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:42] <exec> 08└─You already have DuckDuckGo. The only problem is it sucks as a search engine when lined up alongside Google.
[20:09:53] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03ikanreed [3164] 02 - 06Huawei Boosted the UK Economy by £1.7 Billion in 2018 - 650 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:53] <exec> 08└─This press release was purposefully written in a way to disincentivize finding and reading the original "study". But it's not actually hard to find [oxfordeconomics.com]. Being that this isn't peer reviewed academic research, and is in fact, published by "economic consultants" it doesn't have the ty...
[20:10:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Adobe Warning of Legal Problems for Users of Old Versions of Creative Cloud - 158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:10:15] <exec> 08└─our updated policy on our website which you agreed to adhere to by the very nature of double clicking a desktop icon that launches the software you use daily.
[20:10:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Adobe Warning of Legal Problems for Users of Old Versions of Creative Cloud - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:10:16] <exec> 08└─the IP holder can come after you, the user, for fees.
[20:10:26] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Snotnose [1623] 02 - 06F-16 Flies into Its Own Bullets - 423 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:10:26] <exec> 08└─The bullets slow down due to air resistance, and the geometry of the firing solution can put the plane into the path of the bullets. For example, imagine the plane is flying level and shoots it's gun. The bullets start to drop. Now imagine the pilot drops the nose, so the plane is making a beeline t...
[20:10:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06F-16 Flies into Its Own Bullets - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:10:41] <exec> 08└─Makes absolutely no sense. If the shells are ejected (and I wouldn't bet on it) they would slow down almost instantly and be far behind- certainly could not be moving forward.
[20:11:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Vodafone to Launch 5G Network in UK on 3 July 2019 - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:11:19] <exec> 08└─i haven't had the time to thoroughly investigate the concerns regarding health risks. any wireless nerds want to explain how 5g is safe or not safe?
[20:11:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook US Settlement Could Impose 20 Years of Oversight - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:11:39] <exec> 08└─Which agency has the nous and capability to police such an enterprise?
[20:11:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook US Settlement Could Impose 20 Years of Oversight - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:11:40] <exec> 08└─Personally, anything is better than being subjected to insight.
[20:12:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Builds New Type 002 Mega Carrier as the Age of Sea Power Wanes - 386 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:12:51] <exec> 08└─Guess it's my own fault for trusting a website by the name of "foreignpolicy.com" (the last non-Wikipedia link in the summary) when they made a big graphic with "20" in it. There was a vague whiff of contempt towards China that I detected in the article, which I guess should've been a tip-off. Wikip...
[20:12:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Builds New Type 002 Mega Carrier as the Age of Sea Power Wanes - 216 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:12:53] <exec> 08└─Now, if you're counting marine landing craft with helos, you'll get closer to 20, but you don't launch fighters and bombers off those decks. Wasp size decks can't accomodate today's aircraft, unless you go with VTOL.
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[21:08:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03ataradov [4776] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06SpaceX to Launch 60 Starlink Satellites: 90min Window Opens 2230EDT May15 (0230 UTC May16) - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:08:58] <exec> 08└─Fuel for orbit corrections.
[21:08:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snow [1601] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06SpaceX to Launch 60 Starlink Satellites: 90min Window Opens 2230EDT May15 (0230 UTC May16) - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:08:59] <exec> 08└─I'm guessing here... Thrusters, fuel, batteries?
[21:09:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06SpaceX to Launch 60 Starlink Satellites: 90min Window Opens 2230EDT May15 (0230 UTC May16) - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:09:01] <exec> 08└─and God speed! may the one true monopoly ISP be born without complications!
[21:09:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06SpaceX to Launch 60 Starlink Satellites: 90min Window Opens 2230EDT May15 (0230 UTC May16) - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:09:03] <exec> 08└─And the stench of MuskNet permeates the room.
[21:09:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SpaceX to Launch 60 Starlink Satellites: 90min Window Opens 2230EDT May15 (0230 UTC May16) - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:09:06] <exec> 08└─Article speculates 25-50 kg of xenon or krypton. That's nearly 11-22% right there. As for the rest of the mass, putting networking equipment in space isn't trivial.
[21:09:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SpaceX to Launch 60 Starlink Satellites: 90min Window Opens 2230EDT May15 (0230 UTC May16) - 827 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:09:08] <exec> 08└─They want each satellite to do 20 Gbps. If it's the same for 12k satellites at 3 different orbits, that's 240 Tbps total. https://bgr.com [bgr.com] Average U.S. internet speed is 26 Mbps. The Starlink target could be 1000 Mbps (I'd expect lower spe...
[21:09:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SpaceX to Launch 60 Starlink Satellites: 90min Window Opens 2230EDT May15 (0230 UTC May16) - 235 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:09:10] <exec> 08└─If you'd prefer to be touched by Cheating Bezos, you can sign up with Amazon/Blue Origin's Project Kuiper. And then there's OneWeb and others. These will be competing directly with cable, DSL, fiber, etc. since latency will be similar.
[21:09:18] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] 02 - 06Google Joins Australia's Piracy Crackdown by Tweaking Search Results - 1794 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:09:18] <exec> 08└─It's amazing how many still just don't get it about copying. Piracy should be decriminalized, not stopped. Why? Piracy is impossible to prevent, but that's not the main reason why. It's that sharing of knowledge is nothing less than the foundation of our civilization, our rise to the top of the anim...
[21:09:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Joins Australia's Piracy Crackdown by Tweaking Search Results - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:09:32] <exec> 08└─The Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuture: Your search - anything - did not match any documents.
[21:09:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Joins Australia's Piracy Crackdown by Tweaking Search Results - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:09:34] <exec> 08└─Piracy should be decriminalized, not stopped.
[21:09:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Google Joins Australia's Piracy Crackdown by Tweaking Search Results - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:09:36] <exec> 08└─So how will artists and scientists be fairly compensated for their work without a legal framework that protects their work?
[21:09:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Joins Australia's Piracy Crackdown by Tweaking Search Results - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:09:38] <exec> 08└─And with this move, piracy has now ended once and for all. Once and For All! At this moment there are a bunch of Somalis in search of a new occupation.
[21:09:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03rigrig [5129] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Joins Australia's Piracy Crackdown by Tweaking Search Results - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:09:40] <exec> 08└─Kodi has legitimate use beyond "piracy".
[21:09:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Joins Australia's Piracy Crackdown by Tweaking Search Results - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:09:42] <exec> 08└─...accessing media without paying a subscription fee...
[21:10:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Adobe Warning of Legal Problems for Users of Old Versions of Creative Cloud - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:10:17] <exec> 08└─Whenever you need to use Adobe, disconnect from the internet to stop it phoning home. Super inconvenient but better than a lawyer letter.
[21:10:50] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Thexalon [636] 02 - 06Ralph Nader: Engineers Often the First to Notice Waste, Fraud and Safety Issues - 632 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:10:50] <exec> 08└─Scientists, engineers, tradespeople, security, and janitors get paid to understand and react to reality, and to accomplish work in the world. Marketing, public relations, sales, human resources, politicians, and management get paid to say whatever they need to in order to get other people to behave...
[21:11:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ralph Nader: Engineers Often the First to Notice Waste, Fraud and Safety Issues - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:11:05] <exec> 08└─You think a physicist doesn't have to play internal politics or that a journalist is free to pick his own stories and go after *anybody*?
[21:12:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Herbicide Linked to Human Liver Disease - 199 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:12:18] <exec> 08└─fluoride? you mean the industrial waste biproduct of aluminum manufacturing that they pass off as fluoride and put it into kids toothpaste so they don't have to pay to dispose of the hazardous waste?
[21:14:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Impacts SQLite - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:14:01] <exec> 08└─exactly. and big companies hire the most disgusting sub contractors just b/c some other dumb ass company hired them. fuck all the suited whores.
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[22:09:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Twitter Accidentally Shared User Data With Advertising Partner - 235 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:09:06] <exec> 08└─Twitter users: "How dare this site share information like my location with advertisers?" Also twitter users: "Here I am at my home at 233 Real Location Drive, with my mother(her maiden name was Bridges) and my new social security card"
[22:09:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Joins Australia's Piracy Crackdown by Tweaking Search Results - 435 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:09:49] <exec> 08└─As the author of a book who makes money on copyrights, I feel I should speak up here. First, I found the grandparent poster's proposal interesting and, at first look, quite workable. Perhaps even better than the publishing deals I've managed to get (and I haven't done too badly). First, since this a...
[22:09:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Google Joins Australia's Piracy Crackdown by Tweaking Search Results - 532 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:09:50] <exec> 08└─Copyright is a fairly recent invention. Like, maybe a few hundred years old at most? Throughout history being able to make copies of written works was seen as fundamental truth and the way things should be. So yes, I agree with you. The reason given for governments (us, we the people) granting copyr...
[22:09:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Joins Australia's Piracy Crackdown by Tweaking Search Results - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:09:52] <exec> 08└─Kodi has legitimate use beyond "piracy".
[22:09:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03corey [2202] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Joins Australia's Piracy Crackdown by Tweaking Search Results - 318 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:09:54] <exec> 08└─While I completely agree with you, and everyone else here would, this issue isn't about big sky concepts like human freedoms and rights, it's about capitalism and that alone. IP is there so the artist can make money from their creations. Actually in this case, it's the leeches in the middle trying t...
[22:09:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03corey [2202] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Joins Australia's Piracy Crackdown by Tweaking Search Results - 193 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:09:56] <exec> 08└─Is that this will have negligible effect on piracy. All the pirates are using dedicated search engines, not Google. Google knows this, it's a "we'll scratch your back if you scratch ours" move.
[22:09:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Joins Australia's Piracy Crackdown by Tweaking Search Results - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:09:58] <exec> 08└─Once a politician IS elected, voters cannot do a thing, except say goodbye to their rights being auctioned off to lobbyists.
[22:10:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Huawei Boosted the UK Economy by £1.7 Billion in 2018 - 198 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:10:12] <exec> 08└─To be fair, the current ruling party in the UK is at war with itself and should probably split up into two separate parties, maybe. Hard to make a decision when everyone is yelling past each other.
[22:10:40] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03jasassin [3566] 02 - 06F-16 Flies into Its Own Bullets - 95 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:10:40] <exec> 08└─STOP HITTING YOURSELF! STOP HITTING YOURSELF! STOP HITTING YOURSELF! MOMMMMMMMMM MAKE HIM STOP!
[22:10:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06F-16 Flies into Its Own Bullets - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:10:59] <exec> 08└─Aircraft mounted M61s are typically double-feed, ie spent casings are returned to the magazine.
[22:11:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ralph Nader: Engineers Often the First to Notice Waste, Fraud and Safety Issues - 346 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:11:24] <exec> 08└─Well said. But, the unreality-weavers will actually come to believe their BS. They break their own understanding of reality, over time. From what I've experienced, spending a lifetime detached from directly interacting with reality (building things, making things work) warps and corrupts the thinkin...
[22:11:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ralph Nader: Engineers Often the First to Notice Waste, Fraud and Safety Issues - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:11:25] <exec> 08└─It's a simple formula [youtube.com], really.
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[23:08:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Salon Media Sold After Facing Imminent Bankruptcy and Liquidation - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:08:55] <exec> 08└─Good Ridance to that piece of shit femi-nazi rag.
[23:08:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Disagree) 02 - 06Salon Media Sold After Facing Imminent Bankruptcy and Liquidation - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:08:56] <exec> 08└─Get woke, go broke.
[23:08:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03NPC-131072 [7144] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Salon Media Sold After Facing Imminent Bankruptcy and Liquidation - 459 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:08:59] <exec> 08└─Hello frens, We on the morally superior left must deplatform all profitable news outlets [dailycaller.com] immediately or we risk never realizing glorious socialism. Soon there will be no leftist media outlets around [thecut.com] to fight white supremacy. [salon.com] Our brave journalists can't all...
[23:09:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Alfred [4006] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Salon Media Sold After Facing Imminent Bankruptcy and Liquidation - 14 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:09:01] <exec> 08└─uh... #MeToo?
[23:09:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Salon Media Sold After Facing Imminent Bankruptcy and Liquidation - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:09:03] <exec> 08└─Who would have thought that tiny little SN was that much more profitable than Salon? Well, besides everyone on the planet who puts fiscal reality ahead of ideology, I mean.
[23:09:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Twitter Accidentally Shared User Data With Advertising Partner - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:09:12] <exec> 08└─Like Canucks "accidentally" spear baby seals... Like Hindus "accidentally" chomped down a t-bone steak... Like Israeli Jews shoveling down pork chops...
[23:09:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Twitter Accidentally Shared User Data With Advertising Partner - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:09:14] <exec> 08└─A person who gave you enough money.
[23:09:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Twitter Accidentally Shared User Data With Advertising Partner - 216 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:09:16] <exec> 08└─I use more than one account for Twitter for IOS and opted in for precise location feature in one account. Am I at risk? I read the summary a few times (apparently more than the editors did) and can't find the answer.
[23:09:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03DavePolaschek [6129] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Twitter Accidentally Shared User Data With Advertising Partner - 285 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:09:18] <exec> 08└─Another reason why I find I’m generally happier using the website or a third-party app. Plus, with third party apps for Twitter, you can see an actual reverse-chronological timeline of only things the people you’ve actually followed have tweeted with no ads inserted. Pretty crazy!
[23:09:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03SpockLogic [2762] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SpaceX to Launch 60 Starlink Satellites: 90min Window Opens 2230EDT May15 (0230 UTC May16) - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:09:34] <exec> 08└─I might sit in my front porch and watch the rocket go up. Makes a change from Disney's fireworks.
[23:10:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Joins Australia's Piracy Crackdown by Tweaking Search Results - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:10:09] <exec> 08└─You already have DuckDuckGo. The only problem is it sucks as a search engine when lined up alongside Google.
[23:10:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Joins Australia's Piracy Crackdown by Tweaking Search Results - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:10:10] <exec> 08└─I think rigrig may have been trying to make a joke. Fell flat, whatever it was.
[23:10:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Joins Australia's Piracy Crackdown by Tweaking Search Results - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:10:12] <exec> 08└─Or how do you otherwise propose to protect their work so that they are fairly compensated?
[23:10:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Joins Australia's Piracy Crackdown by Tweaking Search Results - 273 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:10:15] <exec> 08└─If I go to google.com.au and search for 'the pirate bay' not only is it the top result, but the suggestion box on the side says: People also search for: KickassTorrents - RARBG - YIFY 1337x - EZTV - ExtraTorrent I think these are all torrent sites too. :)
[23:10:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Huawei Boosted the UK Economy by £1.7 Billion in 2018 - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:10:29] <exec> 08└─Plenty. Doing so loses them money. Profit motivation is a motivation you can trust almost completely.
[23:11:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Username [4557] (Score: 2) 02 - 06F-16 Flies into Its Own Bullets - 412 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:11:18] <exec> 08└─All media should do this. Wait for someone to verify the story then run it. If the story gets debunked, can run one about the fake news going around social media. Would solve a lot of issues. Being first means nothing if you're not credible, and sites like Ars have used up much of their credibility...
[23:11:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06F-16 Flies into Its Own Bullets - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:11:19] <exec> 08└─Was the pilot vaccinated as a child?
[23:11:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ralph Nader: Engineers Often the First to Notice Waste, Fraud and Safety Issues - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:11:47] <exec> 08└─You mean Mosaic right? I mean, if you are going to be OT, at least get your dates right.
[23:11:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Farkus888 [5159] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ralph Nader: Engineers Often the First to Notice Waste, Fraud and Safety Issues - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:11:48] <exec> 08└─Wow, you got modded troll for calling out the troll. I did my part for justice. By chance do you have a newsletter I can subscribe to?
[23:13:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Builds New Type 002 Mega Carrier as the Age of Sea Power Wanes - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:13:37] <exec> 08└─The targets will work just fine until two major powers go to war.
[23:13:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Builds New Type 002 Mega Carrier as the Age of Sea Power Wanes - 3653 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:13:38] <exec> 08└─Rail guns don't solve the problem. The problem is one of aim. You're trying to hit an extremely small target which is going extremely fast. Of course slower projectiles make this even harder, but it's still plenty hard with lasers. Light speed isn't instantaneous, computing ballistics isn't instanta...
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