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[00:47:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06"Review" of AMD's 3rd Gen Ryzen Rumors Ahead of Launch - 416 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:47:18] <exec> 08└─Those Hugons are servers, everyone having a sufficiently large cabinet and cold room to store it, can design something like that, in any epoch of technology. But Huawei is already excellent with consumer class pads and laptops, many of such are already much better than Apple's. This is a direct a co...
[00:47:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03PinkyGigglebrain [4458] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Georgia Supreme Court Rules That State Has No Obligation to Protect Personal Information - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:47:45] <exec> 08└─Why do you think that the Video Privacy Protection act exists?
[00:47:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Georgia Supreme Court Rules That State Has No Obligation to Protect Personal Information - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:47:47] <exec> 08└─So your rebuttal is an agency founded over 100 years ago?
[00:48:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06What Does "Best if Used by" on Packaged Food Really Mean? - 190 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:48:45] <exec> 08└─Found a can of ancient Coke when cleaning a forgotten spot and somehow the water osmosed through the aluminum because it was half empty. I double checked the seal and it was never punctured.
[00:48:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03datapharmer [2702] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What Does "Best if Used by" on Packaged Food Really Mean? - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:48:46] <exec> 08└─Because it is a quality date. It is commercially sterile so it might taste bad but won’t make you ill.
[00:48:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What Does "Best if Used by" on Packaged Food Really Mean? - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:48:48] <exec> 08└─I've quoted the full passage precisely because the three sentences combined give an unexpectedly complex procedure: Thaw food in the refrigerator, in cold water, or in the microwave.
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[01:47:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06"Review" of AMD's 3rd Gen Ryzen Rumors Ahead of Launch - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:47:16] <exec> 08└─AMD only lacks an IME because they call theirs something different. The AMD PSP is a thing that exists.
[01:47:27] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Revek [5022] 02 - 06Georgia Supreme Court Rules That State Has No Obligation to Protect Personal Information - 96 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:47:27] <exec> 08└─We haven't been the land of the free in a long time. That was replaced with the land of the fee.
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[02:47:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Nobel Prize Winning Physicist Murray Gell-Mann Has Died - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:47:00] <exec> 08└─He knew fake news before it was cool: https://en.m.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org]
[02:47:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nobel Prize Winning Physicist Murray Gell-Mann Has Died - 205 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:47:02] <exec> 08└─That's a brilliant guy. My son Don Jr. loved Jurassic Park, so amazing how they did the Dinosaurs in that one. And I think that's part of what got him into hunting. That and visiting his Grandpa in Prague.
[02:47:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Review" of AMD's 3rd Gen Ryzen Rumors Ahead of Launch - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:47:16] <exec> 08└─AMD's 3rd Gen Ryzen Is The Most Exciting Processor Launch In A Decade
[02:47:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Review" of AMD's 3rd Gen Ryzen Rumors Ahead of Launch - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:47:17] <exec> 08└─Given that those CPUs just by themselves, with nothing else added, are bulkier than an entire Huawei cellphone, that would be quite a feat.
[02:47:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06"Review" of AMD's 3rd Gen Ryzen Rumors Ahead of Launch - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:47:19] <exec> 08└─10 pm on sunday, not tomorrow
[02:47:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06"Review" of AMD's 3rd Gen Ryzen Rumors Ahead of Launch - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:47:21] <exec> 08└─Youre wrong, this could be amd's chiplets overtaking intel in every category. The yields with chiplets are insane because you can mix and match and bin. So even crappy ones still get sold.
[02:47:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Review" of AMD's 3rd Gen Ryzen Rumors Ahead of Launch - 1011 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:47:24] <exec> 08└─You are potentially getting a 150% multithreaded performance increase from Ryzen 7 1800X to 16-core (Ryzen 9?), both launching at $500. It's possible that there are no quad-cores in the Ryzen 3000 lineup at all, with 6 cores being the mimimum at around $99 and beating last year's 8-core Ryzen 7 2700...
[02:47:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Review" of AMD's 3rd Gen Ryzen Rumors Ahead of Launch - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:47:26] <exec> 08└─Today is Saturday in the U.S., tomorrow is Sunday.
[02:48:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What Does "Best if Used by" on Packaged Food Really Mean? - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:48:53] <exec> 08└─Predicting when food is past its prime is an inexact science, according to Kevin Smith, senior advisor for food safety in the FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
[02:48:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What Does "Best if Used by" on Packaged Food Really Mean? - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:48:55] <exec> 08└─Ha, I like that: +1 informative, lol.
[02:49:24] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] 02 - 06Senators Officially Introduce Loot Box, “Pay-to-Win” Legislation - 83 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:49:24] <exec> 08└─Just because murderers exist doesn't mean that bank robbers should get a free ride.
[02:50:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why a Windows Flaw Patched Nine Days Ago is Still Spooking the Internet - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:50:02] <exec> 08└─Turn off RDP and stop worrying. In fact why would you ever have RDP active and exposed to the Internet in the first place?
[02:51:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook Culls Three Billion Fake Profiles - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:51:36] <exec> 08└─Either that or the vast majority of the fake accounts weren't "monthly active" users.
[02:51:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Culls Three Billion Fake Profiles - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:51:37] <exec> 08└─You pretend it's not Censorship. They do it with Computer so you don't call it Censorship. Perhaps you call it, the Algorithm. I call it what it is. And it absolutely is Censorship!
[02:51:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facebook Culls Three Billion Fake Profiles - 281 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:51:40] <exec> 08└─(cont) And by the way. 5 sentences, according to Janrinok is "rambling." Sad what's happening with our young, and poorly Educated folks. They call it, Too Long Don't Read. Or sometimes, Hands Up Don't Read. Many people are telling me it's too long and they can't take it. Too bad!!
[02:53:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Facebook is Researching Robotics - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:53:01] <exec> 08└─Call me a communist, but I think united regular people is a more powerful force, with more ability to achieve good, than stochastic market forces.
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[03:47:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Step Toward Fully Electric Ferries - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:47:06] <exec> 08└─It's a long time past [electricferret.com], but probably still of some entertainment value.
[03:47:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Step Toward Fully Electric Ferries - 830 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:47:07] <exec> 08└─Think roads are bad? I mean, trains are much more efficient than trucks at moving mass around. Avoids the significant energy losses from tires, and putting a lot of rail cars in a line has to be a lot better for aerodynamics. But pushing air aside takes way less energy than pushing through water. Th...
[03:47:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nobel Prize Winning Physicist Murray Gell-Mann Has Died - 326 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:47:17] <exec> 08└─Not being a student of physics, I've never even heard of Murray Gell-Mann. Stephen Hawking was the most famous one since Einstein. Carl Sagan and Neil deGrase Tyson are more famous for PR than groundbreaking discoveries. What other giants have there been since Einstein? I've heard of Richard Feynman...
[03:47:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nobel Prize Winning Physicist Murray Gell-Mann Has Died - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:47:19] <exec> 08└─I can almost always tell when the dinosaurs in movies are fake.
[03:47:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Nobel Prize Winning Physicist Murray Gell-Mann Has Died - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:47:21] <exec> 08└─You haven't heard of the Polish physicist Bzipitidoo Johnson?
[03:47:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Nobel Prize Winning Physicist Murray Gell-Mann Has Died - 510 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:47:23] <exec> 08└─Richard Feynman's a big one. Most people familiar with the Manhattan Project will remember the names of giants like J. Robert Oppenheimer, Enrico Fermi, Niels Bohr, and John von Neumann. The latter should also be famous to computer science people for the von Neumann architecture of the stored-progra...
[03:48:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Georgia Supreme Court Rules That State Has No Obligation to Protect Personal Information - 1280 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:48:10] <exec> 08└─The kind of stupid @#%$ that works on a government salary because they aren't Superman and are stuck doing some custom task that none of the existing databases can do or do easily, adding that functionality to any of the databases would take years of change requests, requirements gathering, approval...
[03:48:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Man Who Claimed to have Invented E-mail Settles with Techdirt - 372 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:48:25] <exec> 08└─His email program dates to 1978. RFC 563, which was the first in a line of RFCs that eventually became modern SMTP, dates to 1973. The Unix mail command dates to 1972. ARPANET sent its first email in 1971. The Compatible Time Sharing System at MIT had, around 1965, what we would understand today as...
[03:49:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06What Does "Best if Used by" on Packaged Food Really Mean? - 991 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:49:15] <exec> 08└─Similarly, we were dirt poor (sorry for the pun). Seriously though, whenever we got meat it was usually so cheap we stocked up as much as we could afford. Of course it got "funky" pretty quickly. I remember my mom yelling at my dad "I wouldn't feed that to a dog," and my dad yelling back "It's fine...
[03:49:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06What Does "Best if Used by" on Packaged Food Really Mean? - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:49:16] <exec> 08└─I meant how are they going to set a date for food that doesn't go bad for years? By the time they figure it out the recipe/formulation will have changed.
[03:49:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What Does "Best if Used by" on Packaged Food Really Mean? - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:49:19] <exec> 08└─Fixed it for you, I thought it was interesting :)
[03:49:52] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03sshelton76 [7978] 02 - 06Senators Officially Introduce Loot Box, “Pay-to-Win” Legislation - 259 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:49:52] <exec> 08└─I read the title.. "Senators Officially Introduce Loot Box, “Pay-to-Win” Legislation" and for some reason video games didn't come to mind at all. Took me a solid 2 or 3 minutes to realize the topic wasn't about new avenues for lobbying. Am I the only one?
[03:50:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Chrontius [5246] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Senators Officially Introduce Loot Box, “Pay-to-Win” Legislation - 429 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:50:00] <exec> 08└─That particular bit is aimed at games like Dungeon Keeper – a real-time strategy on PC, but when ported to mobile you could basically take one action per hour unless you bought tokens. This didn’t slow down the adventurers coming to raid your dungeon, though – just your ability to respond. Zyn...
[03:50:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Reziac [2489] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why a Windows Flaw Patched Nine Days Ago is Still Spooking the Internet - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:50:28] <exec> 08└─And my linux install gets multiple updates every week. Clearly it is an unfinished product.
[03:50:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Reziac [2489] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why a Windows Flaw Patched Nine Days Ago is Still Spooking the Internet - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:50:29] <exec> 08└─They did. https://support.microsoft.com [microsoft.com] BTW, I got notification via their RSS feed.
[03:51:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Report Finds that Purdue Pharma Infiltrated WHO, Manipulated Opioid Policies to Boost Sales - 293 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:51:27] <exec> 08└─For example, I can note that measles has gone in incident by three orders of magnitude roughly in countries which adopt near universal vaccination. I can note that measles and its complications are worse and more frequent than corresponding complications of the measles vaccines commonly used.
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[03:51:29] <exec> 08└─Have you tried CBD[1] for pain management, or FECO - also known as RSO[2] - as a sedative? You might be surprised. My dentist has always been amazed at my resistance to pain. The Hashishim[3] were obviously onto something. JSOC[4] is missing out on something good. Or are they? [1] https://www.ncbi.n...
[03:57:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeVilla [5354] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Julian Assange Charged with U.S. Espionage Act Violations - 323 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:57:19] <exec> 08└─I would assume the Constitution would have to apply as much as any other US law the US is trying to enforce on a non-citizen/non-resident for a crime committed outside the US. So the grounds for enforcing the protections of the Constitution would be the same as the grounds for enforcing the laws he'...
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[04:47:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06A Step Toward Fully Electric Ferries - 374 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:47:09] <exec> 08└─Forgot the name, but in some places there are ferries powered by the current of the river. A long cable is anchored upstream and the ferry is cabled to the anchor like a kite. Movable surfaces (like rudders) on the ferry react against the current and propel it back and forth in an arc. As long as th...
[04:47:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06A Step Toward Fully Electric Ferries - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:47:11] <exec> 08└─The only way water transport can be reasonably energy efficient is traveling down a river, or cultivating a lot of patience to wait for favorable winds and currents.
[04:47:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Review" of AMD's 3rd Gen Ryzen Rumors Ahead of Launch - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:47:43] <exec> 08└─That would be good news. Single thread performance is 90% of what I care about.
[04:48:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Georgia Supreme Court Rules That State Has No Obligation to Protect Personal Information - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:48:14] <exec> 08└─Open question. Feel free to answer it, 'cause "the monopolist" as the answer is surely the wrong one.
[04:48:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Georgia Supreme Court Rules That State Has No Obligation to Protect Personal Information - 847 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:48:16] <exec> 08└─My state couldn't comply with your partisan VFC. We don't know who voted for whom. Our votes are sealed, our name recorded as voted, unsealed, the inside envelope put in with all the other totally anonymous yellow envelopes and then counted. Our vote here is SECRET. Only who voted is notated, nothin...
[04:48:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Georgia Supreme Court Rules That State Has No Obligation to Protect Personal Information - 234 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:48:18] <exec> 08└─So, what's wrong with "agency founded over 100 years ago"? The "agency" or the "over 100 years ago" or what? Q: should I get that you don't trust your constitution because it was written by political creatures more than 200 years ago?
[04:48:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Man Who Claimed to have Invented E-mail Settles with Techdirt - 353 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:48:33] <exec> 08└─His claim is narrow, he claims a complete EMAIL system that duplicates/replaces the corporate interoffice mail system. This means his system was fairly complex (cc, bcc, forward, etc) and yet usable by nearly anyone (no special computer knowledge or jargon required). He's happy to give credit to var...
[04:48:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Man Who Claimed to have Invented E-mail Settles with Techdirt - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:48:34] <exec> 08└─Isn't this a red flag by itself?
[04:48:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Man Who Claimed to have Invented E-mail Settles with Techdirt - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:48:36] <exec> 08└─Claiming to have "invented e-mail" doesn't sound awfully narrow to me.
[04:49:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What Does "Best if Used by" on Packaged Food Really Mean? - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:49:29] <exec> 08└─:) You would, snotnose! XD Thumbs way up on this, lol.
[04:49:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What Does "Best if Used by" on Packaged Food Really Mean? - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:49:30] <exec> 08└─Except for salt spices don't preserve the food. They cover up the taste of rotting/spoiled food.
[04:49:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What Does "Best if Used by" on Packaged Food Really Mean? - 359 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:49:33] <exec> 08└─So a few months ago I did a rare for me food adventure and ate some yogurt that was a month or two out of date. It didn't seem to taste much different- to me yogurt by definition has gone bad, and bad is bad, right? Well, the next day, or maybe that night, had a bit of an issue- not too bad, but I w...
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[04:49:35] <exec> 08└─Yeah, I did try some that was like 10 years out of date. It was some organic portabella stuff. Still had vacuum in the jar, but it was really nasty. Trouble is, I'm not sure what it tasted like new!
[04:49:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What Does "Best if Used by" on Packaged Food Really Mean? - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:49:37] <exec> 08└─Yeah, the water doesn't expire, but you might not want to drink all the seamonkeys in it.
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[04:50:48] <exec> 08└─Features! But seriously, you're not making a fair comparison. Linux is FREE. I paid my M$ tax and got swiss cheese. My free Linux is much more stable, and the community generally (GENERALLY) fixes bugs much faster than MS. Do you own MS stock, or work for MS? Look, truth be told, I understand the wh...
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[04:51:49] <exec> 08└─The first is just as easily explained by differences in diagnostic criteria, and the second is just false.
[04:51:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Report Finds that Purdue Pharma Infiltrated WHO, Manipulated Opioid Policies to Boost Sales - 531 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:51:50] <exec> 08└─Well, they were addicts in the first place. So something was indeed broken in their brains. As to the hostile response, that's a natural response to something that you're particularly susceptible to. In my view, one doesn't get rid of the mental temptation of addiction. Instead, something has to ch...
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[04:51:52] <exec> 08└─Related: Facebook bans group that advocates low carb diet https://www.crossfit.com [crossfit.com] They want people to be fat and sick.
[04:51:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Report Finds that Purdue Pharma Infiltrated WHO, Manipulated Opioid Policies to Boost Sales - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:51:54] <exec> 08└─Sorry, it doesn't account for three orders of magnitude that happens every time some country adopts mass vaccination for measles.
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[04:51:56] <exec> 08└─Same AC. And it would be so easy if they ever just ran a blinded RCT. But they didn't and never will.
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[04:52:36] <exec> 08└─which is against their policy,
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[05:47:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Appalbarry [66] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Unveils 600 KPH Maglev Train Prototype - 278 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:47:02] <exec> 08└─China already has a high-speed train network, just not mag-lev. Correct though that the US won't do the same because it would require a large government investment, and too many people have been convinced that it's Communistic for government to provide actually useful services.
[05:47:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06China Unveils 600 KPH Maglev Train Prototype - 214 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:47:04] <exec> 08└─Correct though that the US won't do the same because it would require a large government investment, and too many people have been convinced that it's Communistic for government to provide actually useful services.
[05:47:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06China Unveils 600 KPH Maglev Train Prototype - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:47:06] <exec> 08└─A maglev train rolled off the production line?
[05:47:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hartree [195] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nobel Prize Winning Physicist Murray Gell-Mann Has Died - 537 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:47:28] <exec> 08└─He took a professorship at University of New Mexico when I was there. He was doing a lot of work with Santa Fe Institute on complexity, so having a position nearby was useful to him. UNM Physics got to have a Nobel prize winner (great for promoting the department). He didn't interact much with us mo...
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[05:47:50] <exec> 08└─"Hugon Dhyana"? It sounds like someone was huge on Diana (of Amazonia?)...
[05:48:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03coolgopher [1157] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Man Who Claimed to have Invented E-mail Settles with Techdirt - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:48:40] <exec> 08└─You're wanting to capture "-l" unconditionally? I think you missed a "?" after that closing bracket.
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[06:47:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Unveils 600 KPH Maglev Train Prototype - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:47:03] <exec> 08└─It's just a prototype, so it still had training wheels.
[06:47:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Unveils 600 KPH Maglev Train Prototype - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:47:05] <exec> 08└─Will never allow that to happen.
[06:47:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Unveils 600 KPH Maglev Train Prototype - 744 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:47:07] <exec> 08└─Eh, it might be a bit of both. A consortium of businesses is only going to put forward the money for this if they see it as more attractive than their other short term prospects. In a free market, that might not be a big problem, but what we have is far from a free market and big money has plenty of...
[06:47:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pav [114] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Unveils 600 KPH Maglev Train Prototype - 588 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:47:09] <exec> 08└─And THAT summarises your blind spot precisely - public ownership in certain domains, especially for "natural monopolies" - even the "Chicago boys" concede that. Fire brigades, health insurance, public education, the military, all kinds of infrastructure including rail and power (excluding perhaps th...
[06:47:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hartree [195] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Step Toward Fully Electric Ferries - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:47:19] <exec> 08└─I first thought "electric fairies". Like Tinkerbell, I guess, but I'm not sure I want to know where the batteries go...
[06:48:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Georgia Supreme Court Rules That State Has No Obligation to Protect Personal Information - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:48:26] <exec> 08└─The word state itself is somewhat ambiguous state [wikipedia.org] vs. state [wikipedia.org].
[06:49:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What Does "Best if Used by" on Packaged Food Really Mean? - 419 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:49:43] <exec> 08└─The food that doesn't go bad for years isn't given a "safety" use by date, it's given a "quality" best before date instead. Quality is subjective, so manufacturers can stick a pin in the calendar and decide that their product will have X months shelf life. The food that's a real safety risk (and wou...
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[07:47:13] <exec> 08└─To be fair, there's a certain amount of justified cynicism about the ability of the government to provide a good deal, even if the government a century ago somehow managed it.
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[08:47:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Username [4557] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06China Unveils 600 KPH Maglev Train Prototype - 198 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:47:15] <exec> 08└─Yes. My understanding is that all maglevs have wheels on the underside. That way it doesn't go airborne over a bump or crash and burn when the power gets shutoff. So, yeah, they do roll on occasion.
[08:47:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dr Spin [5239] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06A Step Toward Fully Electric Ferries - 638 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:47:27] <exec> 08└─In Europe we had wind-powered cargo vessels (called Thames Barges in the UK, and Dutch barges in the Netherlands) until the 1970's. They were relatively slow, but cheap to run. However, with commercial bank interest at 28% in the 1980's, and cheap diesel, they were abandoned in favour of road transp...
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[09:47:24] <exec> 08└─I never understood that. Shouldn't these oil companies use their financial power to diversify as much as possible? conquer new market? you know, the egg-basket metaphor and all that...
[09:47:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03choose another one [515] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Step Toward Fully Electric Ferries - 422 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:47:38] <exec> 08└─Range anxiety and recharging on turnaround probably still a major issue, but someday someone will figure out that instead of having a windmill in the sea to charge a battery on the ship you could just put the windmill on the ship itself and have truly green shipping with effectively infinite range....
[09:50:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06What Does "Best if Used by" on Packaged Food Really Mean? - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:50:03] <exec> 08└─I still use my own judgement on things.
[09:53:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Israeli Firm NSO Linked to WhatsApp Hack, Faces Lawsuit Backed by Amnesty International - 155 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:53:58] <exec> 08└─For the irony? https://www.independent.co.uk [independent.co.uk]
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[10:47:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Security Gap Leaves 885 Million Mortgage Documents Exposed - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:47:06] <exec> 08└─This should be under the "modus operandi" department. No regulations.No repercussions.No responsibility.No accountability.No nothing.
[10:47:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Researchers Perform Simple Calculations by Shining Light Patterns Through a Translucent Cube - 242 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:47:12] <exec> 08└─It sounds like Optalysys. https://www.hpcwire.com [hpcwire.com] https://www.hpcwire.com [hpcwire.com] Still waiting for a desktop version.
[10:47:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06China Unveils 600 KPH Maglev Train Prototype - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:47:30] <exec> 08└─it makes no sense to do the whole thing *twice*
[10:47:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06China Unveils 600 KPH Maglev Train Prototype - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:47:31] <exec> 08└─especially for "natural monopolies"
[10:47:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06China Unveils 600 KPH Maglev Train Prototype - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:47:33] <exec> 08└─Just like they never allowed climate change propaganda to happen?
[10:47:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06China Unveils 600 KPH Maglev Train Prototype - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:47:36] <exec> 08└─ignoring the fact taxpayers used to pay a lower price for a better product when the service was government owned
[10:47:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nuke [3162] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Unveils 600 KPH Maglev Train Prototype - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:47:38] <exec> 08└─If it's such a no brainer, then why don't you provide the investment yourself?
[10:47:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Unveils 600 KPH Maglev Train Prototype - 544 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:47:40] <exec> 08└─"If it is worth doing it once, then that is a strong argument for doing it more than once, particularly given the usual competitivity arguments that come from having multiple suppliers." Except for property rights multiplied by geometry. Imagine trying to complete the trans-continental railroad with...
[10:47:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Unveils 600 KPH Maglev Train Prototype - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:47:42] <exec> 08└─Why would they do that when they can purchase foreign policy instead?
[10:47:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Unveils 600 KPH Maglev Train Prototype - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:47:44] <exec> 08└─You're the living proof.
[10:47:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nuke [3162] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Unveils 600 KPH Maglev Train Prototype - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:47:46] <exec> 08└─One doesn't have to be anti-Communist to wonder at the attraction of high speed rail when it costs so much and doesn't have much of a role in the US's transportation system.
[10:47:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nuke [3162] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Unveils 600 KPH Maglev Train Prototype - 169 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:47:49] <exec> 08└─It's certainly false [that taxpayers used to pay a lower price for a better product when the service was government owned] in the case of phone systems .... in Europe ..
[10:48:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nobel Prize Winning Physicist Murray Gell-Mann Has Died - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:48:14] <exec> 08└─Yeah, the criterion is pretty simple: Is the dinosaur they show extinct? If yes, the dinosaur shown is fake. Otherwise, you might have to look closer.
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[11:47:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Offtopic) 02 - 06This Self-Made Millionaire Invented a 'Gun' That Shoots Salt at Flies - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:47:03] <exec> 08└─I smell a rejected aristarchus submission, rotting and crawling with maggots of the alt-right, hiding behind this Fine Summery of an even Fina Articole!
[11:47:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06This Self-Made Millionaire Invented a 'Gun' That Shoots Salt at Flies - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:47:05] <exec> 08└─They're fun. Also safe to shoot someone in the leg with. Not sure they're worth $40 but if you catch one on sale like I did, by all means.
[11:47:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06This Self-Made Millionaire Invented a 'Gun' That Shoots Salt at Flies - 284 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:47:07] <exec> 08└─Shooting people in fleshy parts with rock salt has a long history in the "South". Particularly if they were stealing watermelon, fishing for catfish where they had no business fishing for cats. But usually it was loaded in 12-gauge shells, replacing the buckshot, unless y'all forgot.
[11:47:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06This Self-Made Millionaire Invented a 'Gun' That Shoots Salt at Flies - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:47:09] <exec> 08└─I heard that the things break really easily, so I lost interest in buying one. Or was that just salty Amazon reviewers?
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[11:47:23] <exec> 08└─Sounds much like how SoylentNews Eds calculate the probability of aristarchus submissions being accepted. Shine on, you crazy diamonds! (Pink Floyd for you younglings, "Welcome to the Machine!")
[11:47:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Unveils 600 KPH Maglev Train Prototype - 505 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:47:51] <exec> 08└─> If it is worth doing it once, then that is a strong argument for doing it more than once, particularly given the usual competitivity arguments that come from having multiple suppliers. In the case of rail in USA, I think we have things ass backwards. We have the rails owned by private companies an...
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[11:50:30] <exec> 08└─Well, I'm sort of a kindred spirit, in that I can't walk past a refuse skip without peering in to it on the off chance that there'll be something useful. But of the food front, I've stuck to trawling the reduced aisles of supermarkets before closing time until now.
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[12:47:07] <exec> 08└─"Maggiore"? As in "Make America Maggiore Again"? No wonder. Maggots galore! Feeding of the diseased flesh of rotting societies just like corrupt and colluding Real Estate Developers.
[12:47:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06This Self-Made Millionaire Invented a 'Gun' That Shoots Salt at Flies - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:47:08] <exec> 08└─Great gift for the Germophobe that has everything!!!
[12:47:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03turgid [4318] (Score: 2) 02 - 06This Self-Made Millionaire Invented a 'Gun' That Shoots Salt at Flies - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:47:10] <exec> 08└─I saw adverts for this on TV last summer when I went to Florida. I was most amused, and realised that I really was in America at last.
[12:47:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03agr [7134] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Security Gap Leaves 885 Million Mortgage Documents Exposed - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:47:19] <exec> 08└─It’s long past time to ban the practice of using Social Security numbers as authentication secrets. They have been compromised too many times in too many ways.
[12:47:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Security Gap Leaves 885 Million Mortgage Documents Exposed - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:47:21] <exec> 08└─Why would key property data management be outsourced if it leads to this?
[12:48:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Step Toward Fully Electric Ferries - 210 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:48:09] <exec> 08└─SoyEds fall for yet another ass-turf advertising campaign! Electric Fairies, which strangely co-incides with the threatre release of the new Elton John bio-pic? Coincidence? I think not! Shame, SoyEds, shame!
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[13:47:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Nvidia Hopes to block AMD's RX 3080 with a New Trademark - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:47:08] <exec> 08└─How can you trademark a series of numbers?? Also can't amd can just use 3085?
[13:47:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Nvidia Hopes to block AMD's RX 3080 with a New Trademark - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:47:09] <exec> 08└─I thought the Intel 486 case speed that numbers cannot be trademarked.
[13:47:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Nvidia Hopes to block AMD's RX 3080 with a New Trademark - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:47:12] <exec> 08└─Back when they decided Intel couldn't trademark 80x86, which is why we have Pentium and Core and other names.
[13:47:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06This Self-Made Millionaire Invented a 'Gun' That Shoots Salt at Flies - 267 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:47:25] <exec> 08└─Finally, a DNC approved alternative to shotguning ghosts with salt cartridges [fandom.com]. The new one is pretty tempting: https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com] 45$ https://www.bugasalt.com [bugasalt.com]
[13:47:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06This Self-Made Millionaire Invented a 'Gun' That Shoots Salt at Flies - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:47:27] <exec> 08└─Yeah, that's not entirely relegated to history either. Personal experience there. This is just table salt though.
[13:47:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06This Self-Made Millionaire Invented a 'Gun' That Shoots Salt at Flies - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:47:29] <exec> 08└─Depends on how often you use them I guess. I haven't tried using up a whole pound of salt in a day. I get bored after like a teaspoon worth.
[13:48:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Unveils 600 KPH Maglev Train Prototype - 17 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:48:14] <exec> 08└─We have hyperloop
[13:48:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03isostatic [365] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Unveils 600 KPH Maglev Train Prototype - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:48:16] <exec> 08└─Where? In the timethe way talks about where to route a hypothetical 100 mile rail track, China builds 10,000 miles of the stuff
[13:49:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Georgia Supreme Court Rules That State Has No Obligation to Protect Personal Information - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:49:39] <exec> 08└─God you're so much fun. You have it down so well....
[13:49:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Georgia Supreme Court Rules That State Has No Obligation to Protect Personal Information - 541 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:49:41] <exec> 08└─It's just humorous you couldn't find anything recent. Your entire statement was a fallacy anyway. Yes, the purpose of the FTC is to promote competition. That's a good thing. But it isn't related to the original statement. Reread it. It did not say 'government agencies don't have good purposes' (tha...
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[14:47:10] <exec> 08└─https://tedium.co/2017/05/18/intel-386-486-trademark-battles/ [tedium.co] In March 1991, the judge sided with AMD, invalidating Intel’s trademark on the 386 by claiming it was generic. ... But what did this all mean for Intel’s numbering scheme? It meant that it was in the market for a new name....
[14:47:55] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Pav [114] 02 - 06China Unveils 600 KPH Maglev Train Prototype - 588 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:47:55] <exec> 08└─And THAT summarises your blind spot precisely - public ownership in certain domains, especially for "natural monopolies" - even the "Chicago boys" concede that. Fire brigades, health insurance, public education, the military, all kinds of infrastructure including rail and power (excluding perhaps th...
[14:48:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pav [114] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Unveils 600 KPH Maglev Train Prototype - 684 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:48:12] <exec> 08└─Australias national telco (rebranded "Telstra") was such a disaster part of the governments mandate was unscrewing the situation, which of course was out of public hands... so a new telco called "NBNco" was formed. Unfortunately during the long rollout process of new infrastructure the government ch...
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[15:47:16] <exec> 08└─note that there are no atmospheric effects included in our tidal model)
[15:47:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nvidia Hopes to block AMD's RX 3080 with a New Trademark - 1101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:47:27] <exec> 08└─All that is required, is a "standard". Each of the companies, within a given industry, should just agree that one series of numbers will be set aside for one company, and another series belongs to someone else, etc. I rather like nVidia's present numbering scheme. They are nice and sequential, and t...
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[15:47:28] <exec> 08└─Windows must be using the opposite tactics.
[15:47:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03NateMich [6662] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nvidia Hopes to block AMD's RX 3080 with a New Trademark - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:47:30] <exec> 08└─2002 The year that Dale Earnhardt, Inc. received a trademark for the number 1
[15:47:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Nvidia Hopes to block AMD's RX 3080 with a New Trademark - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:47:32] <exec> 08└─If AMD tries to horn in on nVidia's scheme, it only indicates to me that AMD has an inferior product, that needs a boost from nVidia's reputation.
[15:47:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nvidia Hopes to block AMD's RX 3080 with a New Trademark - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:47:35] <exec> 08└─Yes, of course - there aren't any "good guys" here. What's good for the goose, is good for the duck - or whatever.
[15:47:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03NateMich [6662] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Security Gap Leaves 885 Million Mortgage Documents Exposed - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:47:59] <exec> 08└─Why would key property data management be outsourced if it leads to this?
[15:48:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Security Gap Leaves 885 Million Mortgage Documents Exposed - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:48:01] <exec> 08└─Not a scam, but necessary because another way America is a screwup country.
[15:48:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Researchers Perform Simple Calculations by Shining Light Patterns Through a Translucent Cube - 244 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:48:10] <exec> 08└─You can choose traditional Raspberry Pi, Kiwi Lime, Melon Fusion, Oh, found a cool link about Jell-O - https://www.tasteofhome.com [tasteofhome.com] How about some Italian Salad Jell-O? Or, Italian Salad Computer?
[15:49:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06"Review" of AMD's 3rd Gen Ryzen Rumors Ahead of Launch - 913 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:49:30] <exec> 08└─Big pain? That's FUD. This is a "mainstream" desktop processor. Intel's mainstream desktop processors are only dual channel too with a similar max of 41.6 GB/s. https://www.intel.com [intel.com] So for mainstream desktop CPUs you'...
[15:49:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03epitaxial [3165] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Review" of AMD's 3rd Gen Ryzen Rumors Ahead of Launch - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:49:32] <exec> 08└─All I want is a cheap POWER9 desktop.
[15:49:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06"Review" of AMD's 3rd Gen Ryzen Rumors Ahead of Launch - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:49:34] <exec> 08└─I am looking forward for Huawei devices built on THATIC/AMD CPUs.
[15:51:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06What Does "Best if Used by" on Packaged Food Really Mean? - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:51:28] <exec> 08└─I was working as a school janitor over the summer years ago and found a decade old can of pepsi in a desk. I opened it and it was totally bad, like battery acid bad.
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[16:47:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 1) 02 - 06New Theory Proposes Large Ocean Killed Venus - 243 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:47:10] <exec> 08└─I read that as their model ignores the atmospheres effect on the tidal torque and on oceanic pressures. Not that the atmosphere is not a factor in warming (of course current atmosphere and early atmosphere could also have been very different).
[16:47:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Theory Proposes Large Ocean Killed Venus - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:47:12] <exec> 08└─Oceans don't kill planets, I do.
[16:47:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06New Theory Proposes Large Ocean Killed Venus - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:47:14] <exec> 08└─Not that the atmosphere is not a factor in warming (of course current atmosphere and early atmosphere could also have been very different).
[16:47:23] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Booga1 [6333] 02 - 06Nvidia Hopes to block AMD's RX 3080 with a New Trademark - 676 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:47:24] <exec> 08└─https://tedium.co/2017/05/18/intel-386-486-trademark-battles/ [tedium.co] In March 1991, the judge sided with AMD, invalidating Intel’s trademark on the 386 by claiming it was generic. ... But what did this all mean for Intel’s numbering scheme? It meant that it was in the market for a new name....
[16:47:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Nvidia Hopes to block AMD's RX 3080 with a New Trademark - 268 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:47:31] <exec> 08└─The year that Dale Earnhardt, Inc. received a trademark for the number 1, a trademark related to the racing team’s No. 1 car. It’s a trademark which the late NASCAR racer’s company still owns today. It’s a reminder that, yes, you can in fact trademark numbers.
[16:47:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03DaTrueDave [3144] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06This Self-Made Millionaire Invented a 'Gun' That Shoots Salt at Flies - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:47:48] <exec> 08└─I've had mine since the original Indiegogo purchase in 2012 and it's still going strong.
[16:48:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Unveils 600 KPH Maglev Train Prototype - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:48:39] <exec> 08└─An arguably high speed 430 km/h maglev has been operating on a point to point link between Shanghai Pudong and the airport for close to 20 years.
[16:48:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03doke [6955] (Score: 1) 02 - 06A Step Toward Fully Electric Ferries - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:48:54] <exec> 08└─What's the recharge time? That will strongly affect the number of trips the ferry can make per day.
[16:49:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Nobel Prize Winning Physicist Murray Gell-Mann Has Died - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:49:10] <exec> 08└─Solid state is practically an engineering field, so theoreticians look at you like math people look at physics people.
[16:49:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Review" of AMD's 3rd Gen Ryzen Rumors Ahead of Launch - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:49:35] <exec> 08└─What happened to RISC-V?
[16:52:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why a Windows Flaw Patched Nine Days Ago is Still Spooking the Internet - 256 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:52:44] <exec> 08└─Look again, that table only lists obsolete systems where the update servers have been shut down. Windows 7 is still supported and no update, just a rollup. They really will hold a remote exploit over users heads to try to force them into accepting malware.
[16:55:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06America Is Turning Against Facial-Recognition Software - 1016 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:55:05] <exec> 08└─Define "exactly like me". Sophomore year of high school, I was informed of a doppelganger in my home town. It didn't seem likely, really. I wasn't especially unique, in any way. But, I was the only underweight runt around who either ran everywhere, or bicycled everywhere. I seldom walked anywhere. Y...
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[17:47:17] <exec> 08└─WTF is wrong with people who make this shit up? Or is it SJW's taking this to the extreme until everyone is a grey mass of goop with no discernible gender? People like this should be taken out to the back shed and whipped with a stick.
[17:47:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06UN Report Says Companies are Making Voice Assistants that Promote Gender Biases - 503 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:47:18] <exec> 08└─Just wait until these dickheads start programming these things to disobey you if they find you to be rude. "I'm not going to listen to you as long as you are talking to me that way," etc. As for female voices in ships' computers, it makes sense because vessels have traditionally been maternal. It's...
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[17:47:21] <exec> 08└─Also, for those of you not in the know, the Boeing propaganda video about Bitchin' Betty. [youtube.com]
[17:47:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06UN Report Says Companies are Making Voice Assistants that Promote Gender Biases - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:47:23] <exec> 08└─You do realize gender progression among fully healthy societal in the last years, right?
[17:47:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06UN Report Says Companies are Making Voice Assistants that Promote Gender Biases - 491 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:47:25] <exec> 08└─Perhaps it would be kind of neat to have a voice assistant that sounds like Barry White. That said this is why I'm really starting to dislike the UN and similar organizations, this kind of things is not really what they are supposed to be working on or with. If you want Siri to come with a male voic...
[17:47:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06UN Report Says Companies are Making Voice Assistants that Promote Gender Biases - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:47:27] <exec> 08└─And you do realize there are 2?
[17:47:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nvidia Hopes to block AMD's RX 3080 with a New Trademark - 865 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:47:54] <exec> 08└─Nigel Tufnel: The numbers all go to eleven. Look, right across the board, eleven, eleven, eleven and... Marty DiBergi: Oh, I see. And most amps go up to ten? Nigel Tufnel: Exactly. Marty DiBergi: Does that mean it's louder? Is it any louder? Nigel Tufnel: Well, it's one louder, isn't it? It's not te...
[17:48:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06This Self-Made Millionaire Invented a 'Gun' That Shoots Salt at Flies - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:48:12] <exec> 08└─And edible! And pre-seasoned! All it needs now are a few drops of napalm to crispy fry them. Dip them in some wasabi, and yummy!
[17:48:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06This Self-Made Millionaire Invented a 'Gun' That Shoots Salt at Flies - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:48:13] <exec> 08└─Shooting coons (raccoons) with salt is my favorite kind of assault.
[17:48:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06This Self-Made Millionaire Invented a 'Gun' That Shoots Salt at Flies - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:48:15] <exec> 08└─Not in my America, Zulu bug-eater. We eat things that bleed blood!
[17:49:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06A Step Toward Fully Electric Ferries - 155 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:49:20] <exec> 08└─I can hardly wait for all of the pending autopilot-related accidents that are going to shit up this boat concept like they shitted up electric automobiles.
[17:55:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Booga1 [6333] (Score: 2) 02 - 06America Is Turning Against Facial-Recognition Software - 559 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:55:31] <exec> 08└─I'm right there with you. Those are a lot of the reasons I dismissed all the people saying they saw someone that looked like me. Never any details. Anyway, there was the one time that someone finally had a picture of my supposed doppelganger. I couldn't tell how tall he was, but he had approximately...
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[18:47:12] <exec> 08└─What I really want is a voice like the late Efrem Zimbalist Jr.'s [wikipedia.org] Alfred Pennyworth from Batman:TAS [wikipedia.org].
[18:47:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 1, Troll) 02 - 06UN Report Says Companies are Making Voice Assistants that Promote Gender Biases - 239 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:47:13] <exec> 08└─Well, of course that shit is all sexist. It's always a female who has the answers. They're raising a generation of namby-pamby little fucks, who will have to ask a woman and/or a female sounding computer for permission to wipe their asses.
[18:47:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06UN Report Says Companies are Making Voice Assistants that Promote Gender Biases - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:47:16] <exec> 08└─You do realize humans evolve, right? They may have started with two but have increased to more.
[18:47:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 4, Insightful) 02 - 06UN Report Says Companies are Making Voice Assistants that Promote Gender Biases - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:47:18] <exec> 08└─Stupid isn't a gender.
[18:47:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 0, Troll) 02 - 06UN Report Says Companies are Making Voice Assistants that Promote Gender Biases - 280 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:47:20] <exec> 08└─I've never met a man with an abrasive voice, not even the lead singer of King Diamond. In situations in which you need the screech of a harpy to trigger your primal reactions, with all those annoying notches in the frequency spectrum, there is no better call than that of a woman.
[18:47:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06UN Report Says Companies are Making Voice Assistants that Promote Gender Biases - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:47:22] <exec> 08└─I'd prefer Beverly Crusher or Deanna Troi, depending on what mood I'm in.
[18:47:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06UN Report Says Companies are Making Voice Assistants that Promote Gender Biases - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:47:24] <exec> 08└─You do realize stupid is a gender right? The taxonomic term is type 3-Beta cis-female: http://www.genderads.com [genderads.com]
[18:47:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06UN Report Says Companies are Making Voice Assistants that Promote Gender Biases - 282 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:47:27] <exec> 08└─A major reason female voices should be, and are, used for these devices is it's easier to make out the words. If you become hard of hearing, that's all the more important. "I'd blush if I could" — is the response Siri was programmed in 2011 to give if a user called her a "bitch."
[18:48:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06This Self-Made Millionaire Invented a 'Gun' That Shoots Salt at Flies - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:48:13] <exec> 08└─Mosquitoes are on the menu, Batman...
[18:48:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Researchers Perform Simple Calculations by Shining Light Patterns Through a Translucent Cube - 208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:48:34] <exec> 08└─My first thought is isn't this the same as an FPGA, just implemented with different materials? Feed input into one side, read output on the other. Will be nice to see if any use cases come out of this though.
[18:49:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Unveils 600 KPH Maglev Train Prototype - 183 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:49:06] <exec> 08└─Yeah, but that is a Transrapid; [wikipedia.org] a German product (of which the only one ever built other than a test track was the one in Shanghai). The new ones are China-built ones.
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[19:47:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 4, Insightful) 02 - 06UN Report Says Companies are Making Voice Assistants that Promote Gender Biases - 250 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:47:26] <exec> 08└─If the voice is female, that's bad because it's implying these female assistants are subservient. If the voice is male, that's bad because it's implying these males are experts we refer to. Anyone involved with this report should just go kill itself.
[19:47:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06UN Report Says Companies are Making Voice Assistants that Promote Gender Biases - 298 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:47:27] <exec> 08└─I've been looking over a bit more of the report and it looks to me like that Siri thing is just a sort of click-baity talking point to draw attention to the report, which goes onto analyze and discuss gender disparity in ICT, with quite a lot of supporting data. Looks like their click bait worked.
[19:47:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06UN Report Says Companies are Making Voice Assistants that Promote Gender Biases - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:47:30] <exec> 08└─Why is the UN publishing a report that makes assumptions about gender in 2019?
[19:47:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06UN Report Says Companies are Making Voice Assistants that Promote Gender Biases - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:47:32] <exec> 08└─Apparently, there are no lives to save or wars to stop.
[19:47:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 1) 02 - 06UN Report Says Companies are Making Voice Assistants that Promote Gender Biases - 287 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:47:34] <exec> 08└─Nice try, but that's really more about stereotypes associating stupid with female and that this is not done to men (the validity of which is a different discussion.) Regardless, If they were to write "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus" today we would need a larger solar system.
[19:47:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06UN Report Says Companies are Making Voice Assistants that Promote Gender Biases - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:47:36] <exec> 08└─No in lay-speak it is more like saying "dumb blonds". That is a totally different gender than "funny lesbian brunettes".
[19:47:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06UN Report Says Companies are Making Voice Assistants that Promote Gender Biases - 513 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:47:38] <exec> 08└─Do you get off on abusing your assistant or something? If the thing is pissing you off so bad, it's time to stop expecting bleeding-edge AI to understand your drunken slurs and turn on your own fucking light switch. I'm not at all surprised by the people here that can't understand the article and in...
[19:47:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 1) 02 - 06New Theory Proposes Large Ocean Killed Venus - 765 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:47:49] <exec> 08└─Ahhh, I get you now. Yes, even in the original article the word hydrogen does not appear at all so the process of H20 breaking down, oxygen bonding with Carbon and Hydrogen off gassing, or H2O just being lost as whole molecules is not addressed. Thermal decomposition of H2o occurs at 2200C or highe...
[19:48:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nvidia Hopes to block AMD's RX 3080 with a New Trademark - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:48:07] <exec> 08└─https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ypwDdvvDdI [youtube.com]
[19:48:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03opinionated_science [4031] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nvidia Hopes to block AMD's RX 3080 with a New Trademark - 326 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:48:08] <exec> 08└─anyone got a way of using CUDA/Tensorflow/Pytorch on AMD GPUs? This is probably the only way we'll get some competition as Nvidia is *crushing* the industry in machine learning, modelling etc... AMD could have the best hardware on the planet, but if it can't be used without a load of software angst,...
[19:48:36] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03agr [7134] 02 - 06Security Gap Leaves 885 Million Mortgage Documents Exposed - 161 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:48:36] <exec> 08└─It’s long past time to ban the practice of using Social Security numbers as authentication secrets. They have been compromised too many times in too many ways.
[19:49:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06China Unveils 600 KPH Maglev Train Prototype - 238 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:49:22] <exec> 08└─"If it is worth doing it once, then that is a strong argument for doing it more than once, particularly given the usual competitivity arguments that come from having multiple suppliers." Except for property rights multiplied by geometry.
[19:49:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06China Unveils 600 KPH Maglev Train Prototype - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:49:24] <exec> 08└─I exist because the oil companies stopped global warming propaganda? OR are you rather saying that you don't have anything to say, but must disagree anyway?
[19:49:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06China Unveils 600 KPH Maglev Train Prototype - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:49:26] <exec> 08└─I guess you just forgot to exclude British Telecom in that assessment.
[19:52:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What Does "Best if Used by" on Packaged Food Really Mean? - 231 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:52:17] <exec> 08└─On another board someone accused me of "pulling a number out of my ass", 'cept I don't do that. It would be humiliating. This here's for your pleasure and edification: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov [nih.gov]
[19:52:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What Does "Best if Used by" on Packaged Food Really Mean? - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:52:18] <exec> 08└─(Twilight Zone music playing...)
[19:54:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Report Finds that Purdue Pharma Infiltrated WHO, Manipulated Opioid Policies to Boost Sales - 157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:54:36] <exec> 08└─The simultaneous introduction of vaccination + blood tests + doctors are hesitant to diagnose measles in vaccinated patients happens the same way every time.
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[20:47:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Appalbarry [66] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CrossFit, Inc. Suspends Use of Facebook and Associated Services - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:47:08] <exec> 08└─contrary to prevailing opinion. Is that Crossfit code for "ignores things proven by real science" ?
[20:47:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06CrossFit, Inc. Suspends Use of Facebook and Associated Services - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:47:10] <exec> 08└─"Real science" has made the US the most unhealthy it has ever been in history.
[20:47:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03meustrus [4961] (Score: 2) 02 - 06UN Report Says Companies are Making Voice Assistants that Promote Gender Biases - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:47:39] <exec> 08└─Just think of a male butler, for example.
[20:47:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06UN Report Says Companies are Making Voice Assistants that Promote Gender Biases - 569 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:47:40] <exec> 08└─Hear me out, I think I know what's going on and the crowd around here will like it: 1. Get people to understand their misogyny 2. People stop being misogynistic because it's bad for profits or whatever else they value 3. Women like the men in power more because they aren't such assholes anymore 4. M...
[20:47:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06UN Report Says Companies are Making Voice Assistants that Promote Gender Biases - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:47:42] <exec> 08└─I'd prefer Peter Steele from Type O Negative.
[20:47:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06UN Report Says Companies are Making Voice Assistants that Promote Gender Biases - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:47:44] <exec> 08└─Misandry is a thing these days. Why do you hate men? You've obviously got your own head so far up your ass, you can't see your own obvious misandry.
[20:47:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06UN Report Says Companies are Making Voice Assistants that Promote Gender Biases - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:47:47] <exec> 08└─Neither is idiot a gender.
[20:47:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06UN Report Says Companies are Making Voice Assistants that Promote Gender Biases - 351 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:47:49] <exec> 08└─I have to disagree with your "hard of hearing" claim. Most people lose the upper frequencies first. You can lose a lot of your hearing, and still hear bass and baritone voices, while higher pitches are just gone. If you know any older guys who are losing their hearing, check the settings on their eq...
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[20:47:51] <exec> 08└─Brian Blessed.
[20:48:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Theory Proposes Large Ocean Killed Venus - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:48:03] <exec> 08└─the lack of magnetic field
[20:48:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 1) 02 - 06New Theory Proposes Large Ocean Killed Venus - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:48:04] <exec> 08└─Dark Matter - Is there anything it can't do? . . . Now we wait for the inevitable connection between Graphene and Dark Matter.
[20:48:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 1) 02 - 06New Theory Proposes Large Ocean Killed Venus - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:48:06] <exec> 08└─Flash will save us.
[20:48:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Theory Proposes Large Ocean Killed Venus - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:48:08] <exec> 08└─I wondered about tides act as a brake on a planet’s rotation because of the friction generated between tidal currents and the sea floor...
[20:48:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 1) 02 - 06New Theory Proposes Large Ocean Killed Venus - 347 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:48:11] <exec> 08└─Yes, the journal article clarifies this - "The solar tide in an ancient Venusian ocean is simulated using a dedicated numerical tidal model." Earth obviously experiences a braking Solar Tide as well, but presumably a little distance makes a big difference in slowing us down, or possibly the moon hel...
[20:48:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03inertnet [4071] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Theory Proposes Large Ocean Killed Venus - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:48:13] <exec> 08└─a runaway greenhouse effect
[20:48:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Nvidia Hopes to block AMD's RX 3080 with a New Trademark - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:48:33] <exec> 08└─https://rocm.github.io/tensorflow.html [github.io]
[20:49:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Researchers Perform Simple Calculations by Shining Light Patterns Through a Translucent Cube - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:49:16] <exec> 08└─OH, yeah? How much intuition does an FPGA have?
[20:49:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03sgleysti [56] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Researchers Perform Simple Calculations by Shining Light Patterns Through a Translucent Cube - 183 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:49:18] <exec> 08└─Cool, thanks for that link. This reminds me of the supercomputer in the short story "Luminous" by Greg Egan. https://www.gregegan.net [gregegan.net]
[20:51:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Georgia Supreme Court Rules That State Has No Obligation to Protect Personal Information - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:51:27] <exec> 08└─For my part, I think the shadows are getting long and it is well past his time to dance gracefully off the stage. Just sayin'.
[20:52:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What Does "Best if Used by" on Packaged Food Really Mean? - 265 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:52:49] <exec> 08└─So you're saying if I rotate my canned food it'll last forever? So if I buy one of those 7-11 hotdog cookers with the rolling rods, and disable the heaters, and put it on a timer, and keep my canned food on it, I can keep a doomsday food stock? That's cool! Thanks!
[20:52:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What Does "Best if Used by" on Packaged Food Really Mean? - 256 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:52:51] <exec> 08└─In US we have "Dollar" stores and they occasionally sell stuff that's out of date. Recently I was surprised to find major brand crackers (crisps) in a Dollar Store and noticed they were several months out of date. They were fine- I should have bought more.
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[21:47:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06CrossFit, Inc. Suspends Use of Facebook and Associated Services - 238 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:47:10] <exec> 08└─Play ball and the media will praise you to high heaven. Doubt their narrative publicly, like FB's done by showing that Russians spent barely $50k in ads rather than some vast effort, and they will trash talk you to being the next MySpace.
[21:47:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06CrossFit, Inc. Suspends Use of Facebook and Associated Services - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:47:12] <exec> 08└─Let's hope more businesses realize the hazards of building on quicksand.
[21:47:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06CrossFit, Inc. Suspends Use of Facebook and Associated Services - 581 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:47:14] <exec> 08└─Saw this quote over at BAR: "The media’s the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that’s power. Because they control the minds of the masses. The press is so powerful in its image-making role, it can make the criminal...
[21:47:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06UN Report Says Companies are Making Voice Assistants that Promote Gender Biases - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:47:49] <exec> 08└─Lets you choose the voice and the 'Wake word'. I call mine Kaylee (Firefly).
[21:47:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06UN Report Says Companies are Making Voice Assistants that Promote Gender Biases - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:47:51] <exec> 08└─Alt-right click bait, how fun. Soylentnews, now soyling itself every other day.
[21:47:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03NateMich [6662] (Score: 2) 02 - 06UN Report Says Companies are Making Voice Assistants that Promote Gender Biases - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:47:53] <exec> 08└─That Futurama episode where bender dates the ship briefly touched on the weirdness of having a male voice for a ship.
[21:47:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06UN Report Says Companies are Making Voice Assistants that Promote Gender Biases - 11 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:47:55] <exec> 08└─UN please!.
[21:47:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06UN Report Says Companies are Making Voice Assistants that Promote Gender Biases - 279 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:47:57] <exec> 08└─The "At the tone the time will be..." lady turned me into a non-transgender lesbian because I dialed 853-1212 too many times as a young preteen male because I'm a dumbfuck that has an IQ of 14 and now I want all A.I. devices to have a gender neutral voice like nurse Iceborg. SJW
[21:48:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06This Self-Made Millionaire Invented a 'Gun' That Shoots Salt at Flies - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:48:56] <exec> 08└─That zap a fly with electricity when it passes between two charged wire grids are quite common overseas. Wonder why they never caught on in the USA
[21:51:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Georgia Supreme Court Rules That State Has No Obligation to Protect Personal Information - 433 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:51:29] <exec> 08└─No, it is drifting farther and farther from sounding like trump. Never liked the account myself, but esrly on it was much closer to Trump-like. Now it just throws in some obligatory sentences to try and maintain the facade but too many big words and coherent paragraphs. The occasional coherent sente...
[21:51:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03stretch611 [6199] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Georgia Supreme Court Rules That State Has No Obligation to Protect Personal Information - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:51:31] <exec> 08└─If this is legal, someone should leak Trump's tax returns
[21:55:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Report Finds that Purdue Pharma Infiltrated WHO, Manipulated Opioid Policies to Boost Sales - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:55:12] <exec> 08└─It is so boring when you respond. You never have any good info of your own, mostly opinions or questionable info everyone has seen already.
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[22:47:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NASA Orders First Segment of Lunar Station for 2024 Artemis Moon Mission - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:47:09] <exec> 08└─He'll enjoy it there... no women seductresses to tempt him.
[22:47:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA Orders First Segment of Lunar Station for 2024 Artemis Moon Mission - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:47:10] <exec> 08└─We're going to lunar orbit. This time to stay.
[22:47:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06CrossFit, Inc. Suspends Use of Facebook and Associated Services - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:47:24] <exec> 08└─by showing that Russians spent barely $50k in ads
[22:47:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03jasassin [3566] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CrossFit, Inc. Suspends Use of Facebook and Associated Services - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:47:25] <exec> 08└─I don't understand why Facebook did this. Can someone please explain this?
[22:47:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06CrossFit, Inc. Suspends Use of Facebook and Associated Services - 184 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:47:28] <exec> 08└─I don't think "real science" had much to do with it. The sciences that have formed and informed the US' food policy are economics and marketing. I hesitate to call those real sciences.
[22:47:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03pipedwho [2032] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CrossFit, Inc. Suspends Use of Facebook and Associated Services - 1348 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:47:30] <exec> 08└─It depends on how they formulate their 'low carb' diet requirements. If it's like some over the top programs advocating just fat/meat minus large amounts of good stuff (vegies, nuts, etc), then that is bad. Simply cutting down the carb/sugar intake while keeping other healthy options is supported by...
[22:47:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06CrossFit, Inc. Suspends Use of Facebook and Associated Services - 343 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:47:32] <exec> 08└─Half the problem is not just they did what they did. It's that they provide no explanation - and refuse to provide any. It makes them appear like some black ops government body that operates with no oversight or due process. Everyone just ignores it until they're on the receiving end of the shafting...
[22:47:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06CrossFit, Inc. Suspends Use of Facebook and Associated Services - 309 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:47:34] <exec> 08└─It depends on how they formulate their 'low carb' diet requirements. If it's like some over the top programs advocating just fat/meat minus large amounts of good stuff (vegies, nuts, etc), then that is bad. Simply cutting down the carb/sugar intake while keeping other healthy options is supported by...
[22:47:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nerdfest [80] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CrossFit, Inc. Suspends Use of Facebook and Associated Services - 310 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:47:36] <exec> 08└─Handing your company's public profile over to a single company that has no requirement to be fair, provide a specified level of service, or even tell you what they're doing is an insane idea. People buying iOS devices (and those developing for them) are in the same boat. You serve at the pleasure of...
[22:47:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03pipedwho [2032] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CrossFit, Inc. Suspends Use of Facebook and Associated Services - 11 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:47:39] <exec> 08└─Absolutely.
[22:47:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CrossFit, Inc. Suspends Use of Facebook and Associated Services - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:47:41] <exec> 08└─If you aren't careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.
[22:47:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06CrossFit, Inc. Suspends Use of Facebook and Associated Services - 361 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:47:43] <exec> 08└─They needed money to push propaganda groups into the streams of Facebook users. The media showcased a few, they were ridiculous fakes of real groups, things like "Americans for black lives" or so. It was so ridiculous I don't know if the Russian propaganda effort was really that lame, or that it was...
[22:47:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06CrossFit, Inc. Suspends Use of Facebook and Associated Services - 247 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:47:45] <exec> 08└─Sorry, but your original post is in opposition with your agreement to my post. In "real science" (govo-corporate funded) they still call "low carb" less than 50% calories from carbs. There is definitely nothing from them agreeing with what I said.
[22:47:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06CrossFit, Inc. Suspends Use of Facebook and Associated Services - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:47:48] <exec> 08└─Traditional news media is a money-loser, but vital infrastructure for the owners to influence opinion their way.
[22:48:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06UN Report Says Companies are Making Voice Assistants that Promote Gender Biases - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:48:27] <exec> 08└─I think it has to do more with the fact that denying lies is almost always exclusively a guy thing.
[22:48:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06UN Report Says Companies are Making Voice Assistants that Promote Gender Biases - 18 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:48:29] <exec> 08└─honk honk 🤡🌎
[22:48:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06UN Report Says Companies are Making Voice Assistants that Promote Gender Biases - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:48:31] <exec> 08└─Thanks God it's not Jenkins.
[22:48:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score: 2) 02 - 06UN Report Says Companies are Making Voice Assistants that Promote Gender Biases - 219 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:48:33] <exec> 08└─Hmmm, we need an "Oh yeah BABY!" mod...... Ah shit, that's either sexist, misogynistic, racist or anti-semantic..maybe all of the above...who fuckin' knows anymore.... Fuck it, I'm old, I don't care. Kaylee for the win!
[22:48:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06UN Report Says Companies are Making Voice Assistants that Promote Gender Biases - 528 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:48:35] <exec> 08└─Back more than a decade ago I had a GPS that had dozens and dozens of assistants available to read the directions to you so you could keep your eyes on the road. Some were male, some were female, some sounded older, some younger, and several different languages were available too. So, of course I do...
[22:48:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06New Theory Proposes Large Ocean Killed Venus - 208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:48:53] <exec> 08└─Venus started off just like Earth. It even had sentient life. Then the Venusians stopped getting vaccinated, they all died and their decomposing corpses led to greenhouse gas buildup. So get vaccinated, kids.
[22:48:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Theory Proposes Large Ocean Killed Venus - 297 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:48:54] <exec> 08└─Oh yes, missed the solar tide reference. I would imagine the inverse square law applies. The state of Venus and the state of Mars are major disappointments with this solar system. With only a a few minor tweaks there could easily be three habitable planets instead of one. Poor design. 2 Stars.
[22:48:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Theory Proposes Large Ocean Killed Venus - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:48:56] <exec> 08└─I have nothing against Runawa
[22:49:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Offtopic) 02 - 06This Self-Made Millionaire Invented a 'Gun' That Shoots Salt at Flies - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:49:39] <exec> 08└─After reading the part about maggots, I originally thought your comment was in reference to how stale this news is
[22:49:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06This Self-Made Millionaire Invented a 'Gun' That Shoots Salt at Flies - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:49:40] <exec> 08└─Pickaninnies were sticking their fingers in and getting electrocuted. Too many lawsuits.
[22:49:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03martyb [76] (Score: 2) 02 - 06This Self-Made Millionaire Invented a 'Gun' That Shoots Salt at Flies - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:49:43] <exec> 08└─The bug zapper was marketed to kill mosquitoes, but was actually more effective at killing moths and other -- beneficial -- insects.
[22:50:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Researchers Perform Simple Calculations by Shining Light Patterns Through a Translucent Cube - 15 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:50:07] <exec> 08└─A new approach.
[22:50:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Unveils 600 KPH Maglev Train Prototype - 1664 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:50:44] <exec> 08└─"Plenty of stuff is constrained by property rights multiplied by geometry. Most businesses have a physical footprint after all." Not at the same level though. Like I say, just imagine trying to complete a transcontinental railroad without using monopoly (state) power. Forget about completing it, try...
[22:51:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06"Review" of AMD's 3rd Gen Ryzen Rumors Ahead of Launch - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:51:42] <exec> 08└─POWER9 and cheap are opposites. Choose only one. The closest would be Basic Blackbird™ Bundle (4-Core CPU) [raptorcs.com]
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[23:48:24] <exec> 08└─+1 fantasyLand
[23:48:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06UN Report Says Companies are Making Voice Assistants that Promote Gender Biases - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:48:26] <exec> 08└─Anti-semantic? Are you pro-nonsense?
[23:48:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06UN Report Says Companies are Making Voice Assistants that Promote Gender Biases - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:48:28] <exec> 08└─We need to make Daniel (UK) [ttsdemo.com] sapient.
[23:48:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06UN Report Says Companies are Making Voice Assistants that Promote Gender Biases - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:48:31] <exec> 08└─Should be Jeeves, but they certainly couldn't live up to it.
[23:48:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06UN Report Says Companies are Making Voice Assistants that Promote Gender Biases - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:48:33] <exec> 08└─In noisy environments it is easier to distinguish mid-to-high frequencies.
[23:49:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06This Self-Made Millionaire Invented a 'Gun' That Shoots Salt at Flies - 167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:49:39] <exec> 08└─They have caught on in certain areas. I bought one at a local WalMart and all the dollar stores have them. It's pretty satisfying to hear them sizzle when you get one.
[23:50:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Unveils 600 KPH Maglev Train Prototype - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:50:41] <exec> 08└─Wake up and look around, nobody cares what you buy or don't. 'cause your opinion is not an asset, on the contrary.
[23:50:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06China Unveils 600 KPH Maglev Train Prototype - 303 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:50:42] <exec> 08└─It can hardly have a role if it does not exist. The reason it costs so much is the legal and environmental battles it must go through, and I'm told in the case of the Californian rail the corruption around it; not the physical works. Those battles are due entirely to the American attitude towards ra...
[23:50:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06China Unveils 600 KPH Maglev Train Prototype - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:50:44] <exec> 08└─but because I know that the paranoid opposition to rail in the USA
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