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[00:22:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:22:58] <exec> 08└─Never is a very very long time.
[00:22:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:22:59] <exec> 08└─.95/.0004 * 61/1000= 145x more CO2 in the martian atmosphere than in earths. Mars atmosphere also has only 1/206 the volume of Earths so that means the CO2 is 30,000x denser there. Still, it can't retain heat?
[00:23:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:23:01] <exec> 08└─What I call an atmosphere on Mars has 30,000 times more CO2 molecules per cubic meter than in Earth's atmosphere.
[00:23:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 663 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:23:04] <exec> 08└─sry. i argue like so: a dewar flask is a closed container inside another container holding the first container surrounded by a vacuum whatever is inside the central container keeps its temperatur for a long time. the astronaut is the "whatever" inside a spacesuit (central container) inside a dewar w...
[00:23:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 663 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:23:06] <exec> 08└─Here's a factoid, as drilled into us by the Navy. 30-30-30, or, at 30 degrees F, in a 30 mph wind, it only takes 30 minutes for exposed flesh to freeze. So, yeah, as temps drop below zero, you're going to have a lot less time to act before the cold starts killing you. I'm pretty sure that somewhere,...
[00:23:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:23:08] <exec> 08└─.95/.0004 * 61/1000= 145x more CO2 in the martian atmosphere than in earths.
[00:23:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:23:10] <exec> 08└─https://youtu.be/GQ98hGUe6FM [youtu.be] No, I don't like the guy, but he is practical as opposed to Mars' types. FF to about 14th min.
[00:23:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 225 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:23:13] <exec> 08└─I'm using surface pressure as a proxy for total number of molecules. Earth has 1000 mbar atmosphere with .04% CO2. Mars has a 61 mbar atmosphere of 95% CO2. This works out to 145x more CO2 molecules in the Martain atmosphere.
[00:23:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:23:15] <exec> 08└─So began the great way to make all your base are belong to us!
[00:23:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:23:17] <exec> 08└─You keep bringing them up, almost like it is an issue dear to your heart.
[00:23:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:23:19] <exec> 08└─Trolly troll troll troll, hoppin' on the trolling trolley with a lolly taken from a baby named Holly
[00:23:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 1117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:23:22] <exec> 08└─Look to history, for your bustling colonies. Columbus arrived, with his fellow diseased Europeans. Plagues swept the land, decimating the native populations, and worse, repeatedly. Euros arrived, in trickles, to find strange lands, in which they didn't really know how to survive. A dozen Euros here,...
[00:23:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:23:24] <exec> 08└─Maybe we just need rich people to sponsor poor people for the trip. Or just send the desperate, and repeat history. [wikipedia.org]
[00:23:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:23:26] <exec> 08└─Reality is a mean troll. Downvote!
[00:23:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:23:28] <exec> 08└─So your science understanding is lacking. c0lo already explained above, so my take is you are trolling in order to make some kind of "gotcha" with CO2 not being the problem here on Earth.
[00:23:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:23:31] <exec> 08└─If we fill one water bottle up with Earth air and another up with Mars air, the latter will contain 30,000x more molecules of CO2.
[00:23:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Decades-Old Pollutants Melting Out Of Himalayan Glaciers - 157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:23:52] <exec> 08└─The earth/moon/sun system could probably be modeled as closed, the earth by itself, lol, nope.Or is the def of closed system redefined and I missed the memo?
[00:24:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Copyright Lawsuits Could Come To Regular Internet Users Under A New Law - 15 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:24:36] <exec> 08└─May be at hand.
[00:24:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Copyright Lawsuits Could Come To Regular Internet Users Under A New Law - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:24:37] <exec> 08└─Wow. Thanks for the comprehensive reply. Does that mean all those people had a hand in writing the bill? Or is it another one of those industry written things?
[00:26:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03shortscreen [2252] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Chinese Characters Are Futuristic and the Alphabet Is Old News - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:26:53] <exec> 08└─Is it "breadth range width"?
[00:26:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Chinese Characters Are Futuristic and the Alphabet Is Old News - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:26:54] <exec> 08└─also in hell they use predictif text to program assembler ... which nobody knows how it came into being.
[00:26:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Chinese Characters Are Futuristic and the Alphabet Is Old News - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:26:56] <exec> 08└─In the previous version of the chat software we used to use it would suggest emoji from text. That was lost in an upgrade.
[00:30:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Advertising is a Cancer on Society - 843 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:30:04] <exec> 08└─There's so much wrong with the piece. Such as the author claiming that advertising can't be resisted and that there should be "trust" in markets in the absence of advertising (right there, are two warning signs that maybe they're already heavily compromised), conflating a bunch of practices and phen...
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[01:22:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06World's Largest Nuclear Fusion Experiment Clears Milestone - 238 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:22:15] <exec> 08└─The name of the place is the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor. Isn't thermonuclear the same as a hydrogen bomb? That's really scary and will kill us all. We shouldn't build it. I hope they have a good PR team.
[01:22:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06World's Largest Nuclear Fusion Experiment Clears Milestone - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:22:16] <exec> 08└─It's OK, this is clean radiation.
[01:22:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06World's Largest Nuclear Fusion Experiment Clears Milestone - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:22:18] <exec> 08└─So according to you hydrogen bombs don't leave fallout when they blow up?
[01:22:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03ilPapa [2366] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Most Internet Service Providers are Gone. Sonic Has Survived - and Thrived - 187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:22:26] <exec> 08└─But where would they get the money to start Sonic? Doty had an answer: He opened up a drawer with paychecks from his campus job and remarked that payroll had been asking him to cash them.
[01:22:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Most Internet Service Providers are Gone. Sonic Has Survived - and Thrived - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:22:28] <exec> 08└─but when (year) did they get to connect to tier one directly :) ?
[01:23:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:23:24] <exec> 08└─How long did it to take modern man to ruin the Earth? Now that we know what we're doing I bet it only takes 1/4 of the time for us to ruin Mars.
[01:23:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:23:26] <exec> 08└─What I call an atmosphere on Mars has 30,000 times more CO2 molecules per cubic meter than in Earth's atmosphere.
[01:23:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:23:28] <exec> 08└─Global warming is completely decoupled.
[01:23:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 406 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:23:30] <exec> 08└─Yes because the average surface temperature is determined by the air pressure, distance from the sun, rotation rate, and rate at which the system heats/cools. For well mixed systems like the Venus and Earth atmospheres we need only consider pressure and insolation. Up high in the Venus atmosphere at...
[01:23:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:23:32] <exec> 08└─Exactly. A planet full of incels on musky couches. The headline is correct. Rei will know what to do.
[01:23:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:23:34] <exec> 08└─This requires at least 100 mbar pressure atmosphere, so doesn't work with Mars: https://arxiv.org [arxiv.org]
[01:23:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:23:37] <exec> 08└─And your point is? Homework: list the 3 major specific differences between Earth and Mars.
[01:23:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:23:39] <exec> 08└─The point is that IR photons are 30k times more likely to encounter a CO2 molecule on Mars than on earth.
[01:24:18] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03ikanreed [3164] 02 - 06Copyright Lawsuits Could Come To Regular Internet Users Under A New Law - 128 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:24:18] <exec> 08└─Republicans are terrible, but slightly more dems cosponsored this shitshow. More than one thing can be wrong with our democracy.
[01:24:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Copyright Lawsuits Could Come To Regular Internet Users Under A New Law - 312 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:24:46] <exec> 08└─"Trump represents an existential threat to corrupt the RINO and DINO system." I needed a good laugh, thanks! Oh, now that I finished laughing and started typing I guess you could say Trump is an existential threat just as any other dictator is a threat to the status quo. Sanders 2020 if you want a b...
[01:24:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Copyright Lawsuits Could Come To Regular Internet Users Under A New Law - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:24:47] <exec> 08└─I prefer legislating for freedom, though a Johnny Mnemonic type of future does sound exciting.
[01:24:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Copyright Lawsuits Could Come To Regular Internet Users Under A New Law - 1106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:24:50] <exec> 08└─Swap "corrupt" and "the" in my quote. Sanders has an Epstein problem. Did you not notice that he was controlled during the 2016 election cycle? He was not allowed to compete fairly because he plays in the same corrupt system. Interesting how many houses he has for a public servant who has never done...
[01:25:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Scientists Create Fabric That Smells Better The More You Sweat - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:25:34] <exec> 08└─It's Redjac! Beam him into space at maximum dispersion.
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[02:22:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06World's Largest Nuclear Fusion Experiment Clears Milestone - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:22:25] <exec> 08└─Whew! That's good news then.
[02:22:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06World's Largest Nuclear Fusion Experiment Clears Milestone - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:22:27] <exec> 08└─30 years of 6 1/2 years away. So far NEVER any positive energy balance. A nice play field so far and nothing more
[02:22:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06World's Largest Nuclear Fusion Experiment Clears Milestone - 718 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:22:29] <exec> 08└─The problem is that governments are backing ITER and calling it a day. ITER's timeline is insane even before delays. https://fortune.com [fortune.com] America has six private-sector fusion projects underway, according to a new report by the research firm Thi...
[02:22:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06World's Largest Nuclear Fusion Experiment Clears Milestone - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:22:31] <exec> 08└─How much certifying the existence of the Higgs boson impacts on your everyday life?
[02:22:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06World's Largest Nuclear Fusion Experiment Clears Milestone - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:22:33] <exec> 08└─Well hydrogen bombs just create a bunch of rain as long as there is sufficient oxygen available. What you got against rain pal?
[02:22:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Most Internet Service Providers are Gone. Sonic Has Survived - and Thrived - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:22:44] <exec> 08└─Can you imagine there was actually a time when people got paychecks and didn't have to immediately cash them in order to survive day to day?
[02:22:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Most Internet Service Providers are Gone. Sonic Has Survived - and Thrived - 1731 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:22:46] <exec> 08└─ISPs became notorious for clingy behavior. You couldn't quit them, baby. I don't know what it was about them, but seemed almost the whole damned industry was infected with this. There's the infamous AOL account cancellation that just couldn't get done: https://www.youtube.com [yo...
[02:22:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Most Internet Service Providers are Gone. Sonic Has Survived - and Thrived - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:22:48] <exec> 08└─I guess I somehow didn't get the message on how my parents could get my education for free (or next to nothing).
[02:23:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:23:52] <exec> 08└─They are the scourge of our civilization, and they want to go interstellar. They have to be put down.
[02:23:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:23:54] <exec> 08└─And so...? (Did you do your homework yet?)
[02:23:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:23:56] <exec> 08└─It's starting out "ruined".
[02:23:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:23:58] <exec> 08└─Better to upload yourself into a quantum computer and enjoy the native environment.
[02:24:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:24:00] <exec> 08└─Pretty much anything that humans could do to Mars would be an improvement. Including nuking it.
[02:24:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 408 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:24:03] <exec> 08└─So how is this not trapping the heat? Homework: 1) Mars has a high CO2 atmosphere 2) Mars has no magnetic field 3) Mars has a thin atmosphere 4) Mars is farther from the sun 5) Mars is cold 1) Venus has a high CO2 atmosphere 2) Venus has no magnetic field 3) Venus has a thick atmosphere 4) Venus is...
[02:24:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Decades-Old Pollutants Melting Out Of Himalayan Glaciers - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:24:26] <exec> 08└─And? The grand minimum hasn't happened yet. Looking at the data I see lower lows and lower highs: http://www.sidc.be [www.sidc.be]
[02:24:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06Decades-Old Pollutants Melting Out Of Himalayan Glaciers - 20 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:24:27] <exec> 08└─Get rid of this guy.
[02:24:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Farkus888 [5159] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Decades-Old Pollutants Melting Out Of Himalayan Glaciers - 888 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:24:29] <exec> 08└─So much obsession with if humans caused global warming or not. It doesn't matter. Almost none of the problems or solutions change. Breathing diesel smoke is no fun, doesn't matter if it makes earth hotter. Pesticides in melt water is bad, doesn't matter why it melted. Simply focusing on the things t...
[02:24:40] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03deimtee [3272] 02 - 06Copyright Lawsuits Could Come To Regular Internet Users Under A New Law - 551 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:24:40] <exec> 08└─Nice try, but do you think the 'Copyright Claims Officer' is going to pass claims against the rich and powerful? Your "bee stings" are going to be dismissed as fair use or unproven. Fines are only for the peasants. From TFA As Public Knowledge points out in their analysis of the bill, knowledgeable...
[02:25:02] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] 02 - 06Copyright Lawsuits Could Come To Regular Internet Users Under A New Law - 5185 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:25:02] <exec> 08└─High confidence that this was rhetorical, but... can't.... help........ myself! As to the supporters... https://copyrightalliance.org [copyrightalliance.org] (and one should easily figure out who might be in support of a bill which subve...
[02:25:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03pdfernhout [5984] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Copyright Lawsuits Could Come To Regular Internet Users Under A New Law - 4766 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:25:18] <exec> 08└─From a satire I sent to the US DOJ in 2002 of a speech given by a hypothetical future US president: https://pdfernhout.net [pdfernhout.net] "My fellow Americans. There has been some recent talk of free law by the General Public Lawyers (the GPL) who we all know hold un-American views....
[02:25:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03stretch611 [6199] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Copyright Lawsuits Could Come To Regular Internet Users Under A New Law - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:25:20] <exec> 08└─More seriously, those R and those D don't work for for the people who elected them...
[02:30:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Advertising is a Cancer on Society - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:30:49] <exec> 08└─I know the older Acta senatus weren't used for advertising, but I thought the diurna did tout various things. Don't have references offhand, it's been a long time since I had to read about them.
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[03:22:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06As Many As 100,000 IBM Staff Axed In Recent Years As Big Blue Battles To Reinvent Itself - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:22:24] <exec> 08└─This kills the company...
[03:22:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06As Many As 100,000 IBM Staff Axed In Recent Years As Big Blue Battles To Reinvent Itself - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:22:25] <exec> 08└─People straight out of school cost less.
[03:22:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06As Many As 100,000 IBM Staff Axed In Recent Years As Big Blue Battles To Reinvent Itself - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:22:27] <exec> 08└─No problems, you won't even realize you lost anything if you don't know what you don't know :)
[03:22:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06As Many As 100,000 IBM Staff Axed In Recent Years As Big Blue Battles To Reinvent Itself - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:22:30] <exec> 08└─I met an alleged, younger IBM employee. He didn't acknowledge the layoffs or the company being in trouble. Must be living in a bubble.
[03:22:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06As Many As 100,000 IBM Staff Axed In Recent Years As Big Blue Battles To Reinvent Itself - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:22:32] <exec> 08└─> Must be living in a bubble More likely in his Mom's basement.
[03:22:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03coolgopher [1157] (Score: 2) 02 - 06World's Largest Nuclear Fusion Experiment Clears Milestone - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:22:47] <exec> 08└─Anyone taking bets on the ITER being sabotaged just as it's about to achieve its mission?
[03:22:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06World's Largest Nuclear Fusion Experiment Clears Milestone - 458 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:22:48] <exec> 08└─ITER is just the beginning. After ITER there is DEMO [wikipedia.org] and PROTO [wikipedia.org], with commercial fusion well after 2050. One or more companies like Helion Energy, Tri Alpha Energy, General Fusion, General Atomics, LPPFusion, or Lockheed Martin will create working fusion long before...
[03:22:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06World's Largest Nuclear Fusion Experiment Clears Milestone - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:22:50] <exec> 08└─I see you have drunk the kool aid.
[03:22:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06World's Largest Nuclear Fusion Experiment Clears Milestone - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:22:52] <exec> 08└─And you drank the toilet water.
[03:22:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03coolgopher [1157] (Score: 2) 02 - 06World's Largest Nuclear Fusion Experiment Clears Milestone - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:22:55] <exec> 08└─Private fusion. What could possibly go wrong? And yet that seems the preferable path overall.
[03:23:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03ilPapa [2366] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Most Internet Service Providers are Gone. Sonic Has Survived - and Thrived - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:23:06] <exec> 08└─My tuition and housing bill in 1993 was ~$15k in contemporary dollars at a state school.
[03:24:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:24:18] <exec> 08└─So how is this not trapping the heat?
[03:24:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03zeigerpuppy [1298] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:24:20] <exec> 08└─Siberia in the summer is very hot (and quite humid too). It's not unusual to have 35 deg C days
[03:24:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 291 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:24:22] <exec> 08└─That still depends on what's on there. You can colonise somewhere because (a) it's easy, (b) there's stuff there you want, or preferably both. With Mars we don't have (a), and we currently don't know whether we have (b). Both of which would indicate there'll be no rush to move people there.
[03:24:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 358 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:24:24] <exec> 08└─You may want to add to your list: Earth radius: 6,371 km Mars radius: 3,389.5 km. Ratio between the cross-sections Mars/Earth: 28% Consider this with the consequence of different distances to the Sun - solar flux: Earth 1353 W/sqm Mars 586 W/sqm, ratio Mars/Earth: 38%. You'll get a ratio between the...
[03:24:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:24:26] <exec> 08└─The lesser known fact about all these survival factoids is that Nazi Germany actually researched a lot of it, using Jewish victims to verify the results.
[03:24:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:24:28] <exec> 08└─Look to history, for your bustling colonies.
[03:24:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:24:31] <exec> 08└─Feeling of my nuts, this is more likely to happen than colonizing Mars. FTYY
[03:24:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:24:33] <exec> 08└─OMG no teh government rules! Mars needs to be a libraterrian youtopia.
[03:24:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 15 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:24:35] <exec> 08└─Ditto for 50 C.
[03:24:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:24:37] <exec> 08└─You need to be sent to a Martian reeducation camp.
[03:24:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 4 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:24:40] <exec> 08└─FTYY
[03:24:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:24:42] <exec> 08└─Hopefully they'll run into some natives to barter with / learn from reeeeal f'n quick.
[03:24:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 436 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:24:44] <exec> 08└─Outside of weekly random executions, conditions on Earth will be always better than on a remote, frozen sandy planet without air. Rights that are natural on Earth - air, water, acceptable temperature - will not be available on Mars for free. Poor people, often with no usable skills and less than exc...
[03:24:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 392 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:24:46] <exec> 08└─Because water has a high heat capacity which slows the rate of warming/cooling, ie there is more thermal inertia. Compare to the moon with no atmosphere that quickly gets both much warmer and colder than the Earth and Venus where the difference between day and night temperatures on are nearly zero,...
[03:25:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Decades-Old Pollutants Melting Out Of Himalayan Glaciers - 187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:25:12] <exec> 08└─And you're presenting cyclical data with a fraction of a fraction of a percent variation to explain away a long term trend that it doesn't align to at all because you're fucking retarded.
[03:25:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Decades-Old Pollutants Melting Out Of Himalayan Glaciers - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:25:13] <exec> 08└─Not to mention that the water sources they do have in India are polluted as hell. Some are so bad that they have a 80% risk of causing disease from exposures as small as 15 ml.
[03:25:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Decades-Old Pollutants Melting Out Of Himalayan Glaciers - 629 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:25:16] <exec> 08└─Thermodynamics originally had two categories of "open" and "closed." However, that was turned on its head by the discovery of mass/energy equivalence. The preferred (but not common usage) is that what used to be "open" is still "open" and "closed" became "isolated." A "closed" system, under the new...
[03:26:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pi In The Sky As ESA Starts Testing Encrypted Comms On International Space Station - 752 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:26:18] <exec> 08└─There's a whole pile of WTFs around this which indicates it's more someone at the ESA playing than any real experiment. Firstly, if you're going to do something like this then you run a hardware and software combination that's likely to endure in that environment, e.g. a TMS570 + FreeRTOS, not a toy...
[03:28:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Chinese Characters Are Futuristic and the Alphabet Is Old News - 510 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:28:27] <exec> 08└─소프트웨어가 중재 한 방식으로 중국어가 텍스트를 입력하는 방식이 승리 할 것이라고합니다. 실제로, 그것은 이미 이겼다. 우리의 전화는 이제 예측 텍스트와 자동 완성 기능을 가지고 있습니다. 그것은 서양인에게 당신이 제...
[03:28:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Reziac [2489] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What the Brains of People With Excellent General Knowledge Look Like - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:28:50] <exec> 08└─You can make a fishhook from a piece of bone or even a wood splinter -- anything that can be swallowed and gets stuck inside the fish..
[03:29:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Reziac [2489] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Proposed US Law would Ban Infinite Scrolling and Autoplaying Videos, Limit Daily Use - 1322 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:29:41] <exec> 08└─Yeah, all that -- and as I read the bill, I had these thoughts: Too much of whatever, according to whose definitions? where's the defining limit of social media -- any site that allows comments? So which research on "human psychology or brain physiology" shall we take as gospel for purposes of this...
[03:29:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Reziac [2489] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Proposed US Law would Ban Infinite Scrolling and Autoplaying Videos, Limit Daily Use - 220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:29:43] <exec> 08└─To my eye, the bill reads like someone scratching a personal itch -- family member with internet-addiction problems, perhaps. So obviously everyone has the same problem and we must all be frog-marched to the timer gulag.
[03:29:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Reziac [2489] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Proposed US Law would Ban Infinite Scrolling and Autoplaying Videos, Limit Daily Use - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:29:45] <exec> 08└─Good points. However, citizens who are aware of and raise hell about crappy legislation are part of why some of the dumber ones don't get passed.
[03:29:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Reziac [2489] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Proposed US Law would Ban Infinite Scrolling and Autoplaying Videos, Limit Daily Use - 157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:29:47] <exec> 08└─Here I was peacefully reading Hillary's emails, which scroll on and on and on, and every 30 minutes this damned popup reminded me that I was wasting my time!
[03:29:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Reziac [2489] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Proposed US Law would Ban Infinite Scrolling and Autoplaying Videos, Limit Daily Use - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:29:49] <exec> 08└─And how does any of this prevent the user from just closing the browser window? It's not like they've been clockwork-oranged to the screen...
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[04:22:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06As Many As 100,000 IBM Staff Axed In Recent Years As Big Blue Battles To Reinvent Itself - 323 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:22:27] <exec> 08└─Was there actually any strategy attached to this maneuver? Or was the entire plan something along the lines of "Our profits are not impressive. If we replace our staff with young adults, our profits will skyrocket." Clearly it's not because the three letter suite mismanaged the company, by, say, fir...
[04:22:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06As Many As 100,000 IBM Staff Axed In Recent Years As Big Blue Battles To Reinvent Itself - 1116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:22:28] <exec> 08└─I was hired straight out of university at IBM 20+ years ago during LVG's ("Computer chips, potato chips, what's the difference?") time. They were doing strong hiring for their service division; while they often drew from local schools (Marist, SUNY New Paltz, Vassar) getting the children of current...
[04:22:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mykl [1112] (Score: 2) 02 - 06As Many As 100,000 IBM Staff Axed In Recent Years As Big Blue Battles To Reinvent Itself - 291 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:22:30] <exec> 08└─I wonder if IBM are already feeling the pain of the self-inflicted knowledge drain they have created by this dick move. I look forward to hearing the court outcome and, hopefully, the crippling fines and sanctions placed against a company so blatantly breaking the law on this massive scale.
[04:24:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:24:26] <exec> 08└─Earth is of similar size to Venus so this doesn't help much.
[04:24:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03coolgopher [1157] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 12 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:24:27] <exec> 08└─That's nuts!
[04:24:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Acabatag [2885] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 551 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:24:29] <exec> 08└─I was going to bring up Unit 731, which was Japanese. But what they did was in some ways far worse than the Nazis. They used US Prisoners of War, not just Chinese civilians, for their experiments. Which included a lot of vivisection. But they also did things like air-drop biological warfare vectors...
[04:24:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 1070 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:24:32] <exec> 08└─>The Earthly problems will follow you to Mars. Well, aside from plague, war, global environemental catastrophes, etc. Of course, Martians will have their own versions (well, war might take a while), but they'll be largely separate from the Earthly versions. Right now we're one especially virulent in...
[04:25:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Decades-Old Pollutants Melting Out Of Himalayan Glaciers - 572 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:25:01] <exec> 08└─Not sure what you are looking at but during these grand minimums the number sunspots drop to near zero for decades which is associated with the sun's magnetic field retracting to within the photosphere. This results in 200 fold differences in sunspots, 500 fold differences in solar magnetic flux at...
[04:25:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Copyright Lawsuits Could Come To Regular Internet Users Under A New Law - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:25:51] <exec> 08└─Does that mean all those people had a hand in writing the bill? Or is it another one of those industry written things?
[04:25:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Copyright Lawsuits Could Come To Regular Internet Users Under A New Law - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:25:53] <exec> 08└─Agreed. This is all disturbing. A couple clarifications: *The notion that expert witnesses are explicitly banned from the proceedings.
[04:26:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Pi In The Sky As ESA Starts Testing Encrypted Comms On International Space Station - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:26:07] <exec> 08└─I'd tell you to shove it right now, but I'm assuming you don't know where your own backdoor is either.
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[05:22:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03XivLacuna [6346] (Score: 1) 02 - 06The Law Isn't Ready For Psychedelic Medicine - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:22:24] <exec> 08└─We must also kill the livers of people with medication. It is the American way.
[05:22:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06World's Largest Nuclear Fusion Experiment Clears Milestone - 1369 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:22:58] <exec> 08└─Fusion solves all of the stated problems with current energy production. But it wrecks the unstated goals of the Green movement, the forced deindustrialization of the West, massive depopulation worldwide and a general return to the standard of living of a few hundred years ago for most of the surviv...
[05:23:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06World's Largest Nuclear Fusion Experiment Clears Milestone - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:23:00] <exec> 08└─10 more years 10 billion more dollars 10000 newly minted grad students. then we'll have this fusion thing licked. said every decade for the last 60 years.
[05:24:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 279 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:24:41] <exec> 08└─Mmmm... on my last visit there, I can't remember to be seeing free water on the surface of Mars; and whatever water exists is closer to the poles (thus low incidence cosine). Maybe that's one cause for which Mars is colder, in spite of a higher CO2 amount? Could there be others?
[05:24:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:24:42] <exec> 08└─Of course Venus being about the same size of Earth doesn't help Mars, did you expect it to?
[05:24:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03EJ [2452] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 233 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:24:44] <exec> 08└─The day we have a bustling metropolis like New York City at the South Pole, I'll give more than a disinterested yawn at the concept of a Mars colony. Antarctica is infinitely more habitable than Mars, and yet we haven't colonized it.
[05:24:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:24:46] <exec> 08└─7) No water on Mars 7) No water on Venus Mars cold, Venus hot. Sorry, lack of water doesn't explain it.
[05:29:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Chrontius [5246] (Score: 1) 02 - 06LightSail 2 Spacecraft Successfully Demonstrates Flight by Light - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:29:00] <exec> 08└─Can they try for it anyway, and see if it works? Independent of orbital coordination issues, is it physically possible?
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[06:22:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Alarming Surge in Drug-Resistant HIV Uncovered - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:22:16] <exec> 08└─Cool story, bro. Cure for AIDS is in one particularly old book. I have no sympathy for those who who become afflicted.
[06:22:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06As Many As 100,000 IBM Staff Axed In Recent Years As Big Blue Battles To Reinvent Itself - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:22:37] <exec> 08└─I wonder if IBM are already feeling the pain of the self-inflicted knowledge drain they have created by this dick move.
[06:24:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 20 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:24:43] <exec> 08└─send corpses to Mars
[06:24:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 20 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:24:44] <exec> 08└─7) No water on Venus
[06:24:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:24:46] <exec> 08└─How about some construction robots and a solar oven to bake some glass for the biodome?
[06:24:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 214 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:24:49] <exec> 08└─It is a psychological need to distance himself and I don't even know what it means, but living in a basement without sunlight that sounds like what used to be the stereotype of us nerds until computers became cool.
[06:24:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 517 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:24:51] <exec> 08└─The general argument is dumb. Earth for the most part is less lethal than Mars (though there's bits of Earth that will kill you faster than generic areas on Mars can), but almost everywhere is lethal to the "improperly dressed". The solution, of course, is to properly dress when exposed to Mars's (a...
[06:24:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 614 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:24:53] <exec> 08└─Water that stays evaporated isn't contributing to the thermal inertia other than via increasing the air pressure like adding any other molecule would do. In the jungle its all the water evaporating during the day and condensing at night that stabilizes the temperature. And your 25,000 K temperature...
[06:26:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Copyright Lawsuits Could Come To Regular Internet Users Under A New Law - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:26:14] <exec> 08└─oh noes you mean i can't pirate justin bieber anymore?
[06:28:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03hwertz [8141] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Chinese Characters Are Futuristic and the Alphabet Is Old News - 531 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:28:38] <exec> 08└─Korean has a fairly small set of consonant and vowel characters (and a few accent marks, there's 24-40 depending on how they are counted); they are combined usually 2 or 3 characters into a single symbol (usually by just stacking the symbols on top of each other), with each symbol representing one s...
[06:29:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06LightSail 2 Spacecraft Successfully Demonstrates Flight by Light - 472 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:29:11] <exec> 08└─I don't know, you'll have to ask them. I suspect it depends on the control over the deployed surface's orientation, the drag in low Earth orbit, the orbit's plane... The solar wind always blows the sail away from Sun. Assuming an equatorial orbit, on the sunny side of the orbit, if the sail is orien...
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[07:22:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Warning Issued Over Google's Chrome Ad-Blocking Plans - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:22:19] <exec> 08└─It's like Wolf-brand chicken wire. You deserve to lose all your chicken.
[07:22:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmichaelhudsondotnet [8122] (Score: 1) 02 - 06The Law Isn't Ready For Psychedelic Medicine - 5037 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:22:34] <exec> 08└─Globally TPTB treat the entire psychedlic movement as a threat and they are infiltrating it. Essentially drugs like psylocibin and lsd act like truth serum and so they want to gather what this truth is about you and trap you into crimes while you are intoxicated that you otherwise might not commit,...
[07:22:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Farkus888 [5159] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Law Isn't Ready For Psychedelic Medicine - 770 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:22:35] <exec> 08└─Homeopaths and other similar hucksters set society back here. So many claim the same benefits for crystals or vortexes and other complete snake oil. This embeds a societal fear of things that aren't fresh out of a lab. You can see the science that shows it works, they have beakers and everything. Th...
[07:22:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Farkus888 [5159] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Law Isn't Ready For Psychedelic Medicine - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:22:37] <exec> 08└─MDC reincarnated already?!? Welcome back, we missed you. Please get more help earlier this time around.
[07:22:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06As Many As 100,000 IBM Staff Axed In Recent Years As Big Blue Battles To Reinvent Itself - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:22:52] <exec> 08└─I am surprised that IBM is still around. I can only guess old banks with their old-ass mainframes are keeping them alive.
[07:23:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06World's Largest Nuclear Fusion Experiment Clears Milestone - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:23:15] <exec> 08└─You mean, like, not Brawndo? The stuff in the toilets? Ewwww! It doesn't have any electrolytes!
[07:25:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:25:07] <exec> 08└─Mars temp if it had 1000 mbar atmosphere would be about 288*(1/1.52)^0.5 = 234 K. As Venus shows, 95% CO2 or .04% CO2 makes no net difference.
[07:25:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 415 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:25:08] <exec> 08└─We have research colonies in Antarctica, staffed year-round. The only reason it's not full of companies looking for ways to get to resources under the ice cap is because there's an international agreement and we've actually stuck to it pretty well. If it weren't for that, we'd have penguins covered...
[07:25:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:25:10] <exec> 08└─Hugo Drax will be contacting you...
[07:25:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03hwertz [8141] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 1102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:25:12] <exec> 08└─First I'll define hard science fiction types.. if unfamiliar with the term, they like to ensure the technology in their works is at least possible; if you had hard sci-fi star trek you'd have no transporters, no replicator (or if you do it's a 3d printer kind of thing), no tractor beams, and if ther...
[07:25:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmichaelhudsondotnet [8122] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Decades-Old Pollutants Melting Out Of Himalayan Glaciers - 269 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:25:42] <exec> 08└─Is there a measurable amount of matter somehow emitting into space from the earth, leaving some trail as the planet moves through space? I supposed every light too beams out for about infinity. There is a time for quibbling and I don't think this is one of them though.
[07:32:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmichaelhudsondotnet [8122] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Advertising is a Cancer on Society - 397 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:32:17] <exec> 08└─I don't think you got what I said. I'm saying we use their tools against them. The marketers and propagandists are literally .000001% of people trying to pretend go tbe 10000000 people. If 10000000 people start doing what they are doing, it will break the systems they are using to manipulate things...
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[08:22:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Warning Issued Over Google's Chrome Ad-Blocking Plans - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:22:19] <exec> 08└─Or PaleMoon "No, No-Script for You!" browsers. They are sooooo fucked.
[08:22:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Warning Issued Over Google's Chrome Ad-Blocking Plans - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:22:21] <exec> 08└─Not every [noscript.net] version of palemoon..
[08:22:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Warning Issued Over Google's Chrome Ad-Blocking Plans - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:22:23] <exec> 08└─Wolf-brand chicken wire
[08:22:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03rigrig [5129] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Warning Issued Over Google's Chrome Ad-Blocking Plans - 207 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:22:25] <exec> 08└─You want a fence which protects your chickens from wolves, but you buy the fence from a wolf. So in this case: You want a browser which protects your privacy from advertisers, but you use Chrome from Google.
[08:22:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Law Isn't Ready For Psychedelic Medicine - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:22:42] <exec> 08└─LSD would be a winner here except the hippies ruined it
[08:25:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:25:14] <exec> 08└─And your 25,000 K temperature on Mars w 1000 bar atmosphere is nonsense.
[08:25:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:25:15] <exec> 08└─OMG no teh government rules!
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[09:22:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06The 99% Got a Bigger "Raise" than Previously Estimated - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:22:22] <exec> 08└─can these results be traced to particular policies, or would they have appeared no matter who was in the Oval Office, or had the majority in congress or the senate?
[09:22:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The 99% Got a Bigger "Raise" than Previously Estimated - 243 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:22:23] <exec> 08└─While some average number might have gone up, how was the plunder divvied? Everybody certainly didn't take equal cut... The truth of course is the fat cats got even fatter and slim ones disappeared from sight for good. As always in capitalism.
[09:22:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Warning Issued Over Google's Chrome Ad-Blocking Plans - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:22:35] <exec> 08└─You want a fence which protects your chickens from wolves, but you buy the fence from a wolf.
[09:22:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06New Warning Issued Over Google's Chrome Ad-Blocking Plans - 226 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:22:36] <exec> 08└─I used to own chickens but the fox came. so I bought sheep thinking the fox is too small, and the wolf came. so I bought a cow thinking the wolf's too small, and the bear came. so I bought an elephant. still no omlette though.
[09:23:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06World's Largest Nuclear Fusion Experiment Clears Milestone - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:23:34] <exec> 08└─You know the fbclid click id. I thought SN wasn't corporate whores.
[09:23:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06World's Largest Nuclear Fusion Experiment Clears Milestone - 347 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:23:35] <exec> 08└─LOL, somebody just confused chemistry with physics. Bad mistake pal! Hope you were aiming for humor... The hydrogen in a hydrogen bomb isn't burned (i.e. combined with oxygen to form water) but instead it fusions into helium. In the process some tiny fraction of the mass disappears and is turned int...
[09:23:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06World's Largest Nuclear Fusion Experiment Clears Milestone - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:23:37] <exec> 08└─Your medication only helps when you take it. Psychosis is not something to toy with.
[09:23:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Most Internet Service Providers are Gone. Sonic Has Survived - and Thrived - 210 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:23:50] <exec> 08└─We recently had a talk where the speaker had dug out a copy of the invoice for Google's first 'datacenter'. It was for 33 machines and indexed pretty much the whole web. Barriers to entry were a lot lower then.
[09:25:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nuke [3162] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:25:36] <exec> 08└─Will it happen in my lifetime, or even my son's lifetime? Certainly not. ... In 1000 years? I can almost guarantee it
[09:25:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nuke [3162] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:25:37] <exec> 08└─So there are nudist beaches in Siberia then? Some pictures would prove it.
[09:27:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Copyright Lawsuits Could Come To Regular Internet Users Under A New Law - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:27:02] <exec> 08└─Sorry, but I could read your comment fine without downloading a photo. ;-)
[09:29:01] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03kazzie [5309] 02 - 06Chinese Characters Are Futuristic and the Alphabet Is Old News - 189 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:29:01] <exec> 08└─Predictive text is also thoroughly useless if you're bilingual, and expect to be able to type in a minority language. I've been ignoring predictive text since the days of T9 dictionaries...
[09:29:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Chinese Characters Are Futuristic and the Alphabet Is Old News - 355 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:29:27] <exec> 08└─Okay so that is a sai to the left of a table with a pot with a lid. So let's translate Sai = killing or penetration or death Table = storage or bench space or furniture Pot = food or meal or water Lid = covering or disk to throw So this symbol 幅 means "killing food on your table" meaning "home coo...
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[10:22:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score: 4, Informative) 02 - 06The 99% Got a Bigger "Raise" than Previously Estimated - 759 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:22:28] <exec> 08└─Can't find the link now, but recently I read that the Rayndian MO of "Slash taxes for the rich in order to stimulate the economy" typically DOES result in an uptick in jobs, wages, spending etc. However that uptick is invariably shortlived, and followed by massive debts and a huge crash. IIRC Califo...
[10:22:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The 99% Got a Bigger "Raise" than Previously Estimated - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:22:29] <exec> 08└─I haven't received a raise in years and this year doesn't look good either - does this mean that I'm a 1%er now?
[10:22:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mer [8009] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Warning Issued Over Google's Chrome Ad-Blocking Plans - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:22:43] <exec> 08└─I'll admit the drama between the Noscript devs and the Palemoon devs is idiotic but why do you need Noscript when Palemoon has µmatrix?
[10:25:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Humans Will Never Colonize Mars - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:25:41] <exec> 08└─"Dem Nutz!" Or, when you add some Meth:
[10:29:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Chinese Characters Are Futuristic and the Alphabet Is Old News - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:29:32] <exec> 08└─One day they will switch from Chinese to emoji. It is one of the Signs of the End of Times.
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[11:22:29] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] 02 - 06The 99% Got a Bigger "Raise" than Previously Estimated - 759 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:22:29] <exec> 08└─Can't find the link now, but recently I read that the Rayndian MO of "Slash taxes for the rich in order to stimulate the economy" typically DOES result in an uptick in jobs, wages, spending etc. However that uptick is invariably shortlived, and followed by massive debts and a huge crash. IIRC Califo...
[11:22:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The 99% Got a Bigger "Raise" than Previously Estimated - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:22:32] <exec> 08└─Hate to burst your bubble but the lowest quarter income-wise have been seeing the lion's share of the recent income gains.
[11:22:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The 99% Got a Bigger "Raise" than Previously Estimated - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:22:34] <exec> 08└─Excuse me for not trusing Buzzard Statistics. Got a citation?
[11:22:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The 99% Got a Bigger "Raise" than Previously Estimated - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:22:36] <exec> 08└─Again? Do I need to put it in my sig or something? Fine, here [epi.org].
[11:22:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The 99% Got a Bigger "Raise" than Previously Estimated - 259 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:22:38] <exec> 08└─Wage != income. Those stats you linked exclude medium and large business owners. Basically, they're saying the middle and upper class are making less money while the lower class are doing better. But they say nothing about the 1% who actually owns everything.
[11:22:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Alarming Surge in Drug-Resistant HIV Uncovered - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:23:00] <exec> 08└─Wave around the bible = don't get laid = don't get AIDS.
[11:23:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06As Many As 100,000 IBM Staff Axed In Recent Years As Big Blue Battles To Reinvent Itself - 685 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:23:28] <exec> 08└─Though you are correct, tech changes so fast that a lot of the legacy knowledge that is lost may not be very valuable to IBM. If IBM, or any of their clients with older systems, need experienced people the companies will just hire who they need as contractors. I'm not justifying IBM's actions, just...
[11:23:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06As Many As 100,000 IBM Staff Axed In Recent Years As Big Blue Battles To Reinvent Itself - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:23:29] <exec> 08└─He didn't acknowledge the layoffs or the company being in trouble. Must be living in a bubble.
[11:23:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06World's Largest Nuclear Fusion Experiment Clears Milestone - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:23:55] <exec> 08└─Private fusion. What could possibly go wrong?
[11:23:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06World's Largest Nuclear Fusion Experiment Clears Milestone - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:23:57] <exec> 08└─Dude, Kermit the Frog already told us that it isn't easy being green. You're getting dangerously close to copyright infringement.
[11:26:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Coward, Anonymous [7017] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Decades-Old Pollutants Melting Out Of Himalayan Glaciers - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:26:29] <exec> 08└─Or fear-mongering eco-stuff. Science needs to come to terms with a fundamental conflict of interest that is not disclosed: Public fear drives funding.
[11:26:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Decades-Old Pollutants Melting Out Of Himalayan Glaciers - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:26:31] <exec> 08└─If humans didn't cause it, why would people do things differently?
[11:26:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Decades-Old Pollutants Melting Out Of Himalayan Glaciers - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:26:33] <exec> 08└─the problem is indians and pakistanis have nukes. I think those can take down a wall.
[11:30:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What the Brains of People With Excellent General Knowledge Look Like - 670 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:30:16] <exec> 08└─You don't need especially wonderful lumber to work with to manage a hundred years. You just need to follow best practices, not cut any corners, and take it if an opportunity arises to do a bit of overkill. Mind you, you also need residents who are going to do the proper upkeep (clean gutters regular...
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[12:22:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Three-Dimensional Map of the Milky Way Using classical Cepheid Variable Stars - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:22:24] <exec> 08└─Interesting article with no mention of Nazi, Alt-White Supremacists anywhere. Is this an imposter, has Ari's account been hacked?
[12:22:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The 99% Got a Bigger "Raise" than Previously Estimated - 178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:22:45] <exec> 08└─From TFA. Corporate profits declined 2.9% in the first quarter of 2019 even as wages grew at an annual rate of 10.1%. This sure sounds like an economy that is benefiting the 99%.
[12:22:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The 99% Got a Bigger "Raise" than Previously Estimated - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:22:47] <exec> 08└─did you even read the title?
[12:22:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The 99% Got a Bigger "Raise" than Previously Estimated - 15 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:22:49] <exec> 08└─Wage != income.
[12:22:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The 99% Got a Bigger "Raise" than Previously Estimated - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:22:51] <exec> 08└─when you look at the global situation, very likely
[12:22:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06The 99% Got a Bigger "Raise" than Previously Estimated - 15 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:22:53] <exec> 08└─Wage != income.
[12:23:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03schad [2398] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Warning Issued Over Google's Chrome Ad-Blocking Plans - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:23:08] <exec> 08└─No, you're right. In the US it's also foxes-chickens (esp. hens) and wolves-sheep. This is just a mixed metaphor.
[12:23:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Alarming Surge in Drug-Resistant HIV Uncovered - 190 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:23:17] <exec> 08└─Use long term dosing to make sure they are taking proper daily dose https://www.designindaba.com [designindaba.com]
[12:23:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rupert Pupnick [7277] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Law Isn't Ready For Psychedelic Medicine - 306 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:23:29] <exec> 08└─If the law can deal with the problem of addictive and potentially lethal pain killers (which it can— the social impact is another question), it can deal with hallucinogens. Why the inflammatory question that equates doctors with drug dealers? Doesn’t seem like a way to encourage thoughtful discu...
[12:24:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06World's Largest Nuclear Fusion Experiment Clears Milestone - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:24:15] <exec> 08└─Unpossible. You can't get water that way.
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[13:22:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Three-Dimensional Map of the Milky Way Using classical Cepheid Variable Stars - 3239 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:22:36] <exec> 08└─Follow up to this article [soylentnews.org]. We haven't actually seen all of the stars in the Milky Way in great detail. The Gaia [wikipedia.org] mission will help fill in the gaps by characterizing around 1 billion stars. LSST [wikipedia.org] will also help, especially with finding the dimmer objec...
[13:22:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Spacex Falcon 9 Launch of Amos-17 Satellite Scheduled for Sat/Sun Aug 3/4 or Maybe Not? [UPDATED] - 346 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:22:44] <exec> 08└─This satellite is not the replacement for Amos-6. This satellite was planned well before the loss of Amos-6. Another satellite, Amos-8 is being built by the same Israeli firm that built Amos-6 to replace Amos-6 and will be launched in the future. Originally the replacement was to be built by Loral b...
[13:22:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Spacex Falcon 9 Launch of Amos-17 Satellite Scheduled for Sat/Sun Aug 3/4 or Maybe Not? [UPDATED] - 1285 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:22:46] <exec> 08└─https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-falcon-9-block-5-second-expendable-launch/ [teslarati.com] *SPOILER* (click to show) *SPOILER* (click to hide) In a small way, Falcon 9 B1047’s premature demise could easily be viewed as a sort of symbolic eye-for-an-eye sacrifice. Although not a literal 1:1 replac...
[13:22:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Spacex Falcon 9 Launch of Amos-17 Satellite Scheduled for Sat/Sun Aug 3/4 or Maybe Not? [UPDATED] - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:22:48] <exec> 08└─SpaceX delays expendable Falcon 9 satellite launch for an unprecedented second static fire test [teslarati.com] They don't want to blow up another AMOS.
[13:23:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03jon3k [3718] (Score: 1) 02 - 06The 99% Got a Bigger "Raise" than Previously Estimated - 422 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:23:08] <exec> 08└─You should consider a new job. Unemployment is at historic lows and it is a seller's market. I have lots of friends who have taken new jobs that included huge raises, RSU and sign-on bonuses within the last couple of months. Employers are desperate. I know I am. Finding quality employees is nearly i...
[13:23:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Warning Issued Over Google's Chrome Ad-Blocking Plans - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:23:24] <exec> 08└─And now it is impossible to stop firefox from auto updating too. Disgusting.
[13:23:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Warning Issued Over Google's Chrome Ad-Blocking Plans - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:23:26] <exec> 08└─Weird, I'm using noscript in palemoon right now. I guess your fanny got flustered by a warning message that used leftover default mozilla scary text they didn't change.
[13:23:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Warning Issued Over Google's Chrome Ad-Blocking Plans - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:23:28] <exec> 08└─The elephant would attract poachers.
[13:23:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Alarming Surge in Drug-Resistant HIV Uncovered - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:23:39] <exec> 08└─It's all well and good until airborne AIDS escapes the CIA and infects even the most pious and least hypocritical Bible thumpers.
[13:23:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03exaeta [6957] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Law Isn't Ready For Psychedelic Medicine - 202 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:23:51] <exec> 08└─Would prescribing a psychedelic drug simply to promote empathy or increase "life satisfaction" fall within the scope of legitimate medicine—or would these practices render the physician a drug dealer?
[13:23:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Law Isn't Ready For Psychedelic Medicine - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:23:53] <exec> 08└─Essentially drugs like psylocibin and lsd act like truth serum
[13:24:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rupert Pupnick [7277] (Score: 2) 02 - 06As Many As 100,000 IBM Staff Axed In Recent Years As Big Blue Battles To Reinvent Itself - 502 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:24:12] <exec> 08└─Near as I can tell from their advertising, IBM is moving the business into service offerings. One of the big ones is AI based customer service that seems intended to replace call centers and sales teams, etc. If true, outside the team of developers, many IBM employees are essentially going to be AI...
[13:24:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06As Many As 100,000 IBM Staff Axed In Recent Years As Big Blue Battles To Reinvent Itself - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:24:13] <exec> 08└─Not as long as you have lots of government contracts and keep paying the lobbyists...
[13:29:09] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03jbruchon [4473] 02 - 06Chinese Characters Are Futuristic and the Alphabet Is Old News - 821 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:29:10] <exec> 08└─Predictive keyboards are great for mobile devices because they have garbage keyboards (as in touchscreen-only) and long abandoned hardware keyboards. What I can bang out in SwiftKey today is slower than what I could bang out with my HTC Dream and its 5-row physical keyboard. The entire problem with...
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[14:22:35] <exec> 08└─Even the ancients have forgotten. Or maybe they just lost their powers of explaining... Yes, I RTFA. No, still don't know.
[14:22:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score: 2) 02 - 06ASCII Table and History; Or, Why does Ctrl+i Insert a Tab in My Terminal? - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:22:36] <exec> 08└─I wrote my first CNC programs on punch tape. Gives a certain appreciation.
[14:22:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06ASCII Table and History; Or, Why does Ctrl+i Insert a Tab in My Terminal? - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:22:39] <exec> 08└─would not know this stuff. Oh, wait ...
[14:22:46] <exec> 08*** new score 5 comment: 03The Archon V2.0 [3887] 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 333 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:22:47] <exec> 08└─Yep, if I was going to smuggle a bomb into a graduation ceremony, I'd stick lights on it and put it on my head, rather than in my clothing. Hell, pop in and get your robe then make an excuse to go back outside and you could smuggle in anything smaller than a compact car. We have learning nothing sin...
[14:22:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 328 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:22:49] <exec> 08└─They destroyed it even after they knew it was innocent and fun? Assuming the article got the timeline right, the police destroyed that guy's arduino, 7-segment display and 9 volt battery AFTER they cleared him and let him proceed in (with a replacement hat). AFTER they knew that it was just a bit of...
[14:22:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Touché) 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:22:52] <exec> 08└─Either they’re idiots or they were just bored and wanted to destroy something. I’m leaning toward maybe it was both.
[14:22:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03BsAtHome [889] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:22:54] <exec> 08└─Everybody knows that bombs tick and beep and have a timer display. I saw it in the movies!
[14:22:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:22:56] <exec> 08└─He's lucky they didn't leave it on his head when they destroyed it..
[14:22:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 1719 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:22:58] <exec> 08└─Higher Ed used to be for kids of royalty to get them to do something useful between wars until they were old enough to take something over. So it was high status. Then it converted to vocational training for ultra high paying jobs. Hey ladies this is where you get your Mrs. degree when you meet a ni...
[14:22:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 458 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:23:00] <exec> 08└─Was it ticking? Actually throwers don't worry about ticking 'cause modern bombs don't tick. Sorry, throwers? Baggage handlers. But, when a suitcase vibrates, then the throwers gotta call the police. My suitcase was vibrating? Nine times out of ten it's an electric razor, but every once in a while......
[14:23:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 456 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:23:03] <exec> 08└─What annoyed me most I think, was the student's response (from the second article in TFS): Cevik got his hat back, but Moss said bomb technicians took apart the Arduino device as a precaution. "I don't really care that much because it wasn't that expensive and that's their job to make sure the commu...
[14:23:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03srobert [4803] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 407 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:23:05] <exec> 08└─"While that seems very innocent and looks very innocent, it also has the potential to scare people," Moss told local Fox affiliate WSVN. "A police officer spotted it and took the necessary precautions." Meanwhile, people were permitted to attend the event openly carrying firearms which, as all Flori...
[14:23:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:23:07] <exec> 08└─If you're a foreigner you don't want to open your mouth too wide
[14:23:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Three-Dimensional Map of the Milky Way Using classical Cepheid Variable Stars - 199 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:23:17] <exec> 08└─also used to judge distances between stars. Also used in "Looks like the left boob is JUST a wee bit bigger than the right!" https://en.m.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org]
[14:23:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheGratefulNet [659] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The 99% Got a Bigger "Raise" than Previously Estimated - 309 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:23:47] <exec> 08└─been at my job over 1.5 years and have not seen ANY wage increases. this is typical for me; I'm over 50 in the bay area and lucky to have a job at all, truth be told. still, its insulting to not even have a cost-of-living increase each year ;( the econ is not doing well for real people. not from whe...
[14:24:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Warning Issued Over Google's Chrome Ad-Blocking Plans - 233 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:24:07] <exec> 08└─I assume you're on windows since you'd probably update via package management otherwise. It is still possible to prevent it from updating, just not from within the browser. You need to toggle a group policy [ghacks.net] for that now.
[14:24:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Warning Issued Over Google's Chrome Ad-Blocking Plans - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:24:09] <exec> 08└─Thanks for that link, I've been using autoconfig for years and wasn't aware of the GPO efforts. There's also some useful lockPref settings discussed in the comments.
[14:24:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Warning Issued Over Google's Chrome Ad-Blocking Plans - 542 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:24:11] <exec> 08└─In the old days I ran privoxy, like when it was new around turn of the century. Now I rely mostly on in browser blockers. Sounds like in the future its back to privoxy. Not really seeing a huge impact. I see there haven't been many recent updates on privoxy. Once it gets a couple million new users,...
[14:24:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Chocolate [8044] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Warning Issued Over Google's Chrome Ad-Blocking Plans - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:24:13] <exec> 08└─uMatrix works. Most of the core addons I used to use in Firefox work. What me worry?
[14:24:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Alarming Surge in Drug-Resistant HIV Uncovered - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:24:24] <exec> 08└─There will never be airborn hiv, it needs to be transferred directly from one cell to another.
[14:24:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Law Isn't Ready For Psychedelic Medicine - 998 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:24:40] <exec> 08└─What's the diagnosis of the person? What's the action of the drug doing to either reverse the diagnosis or alleviate the symptoms of it? What deficiency is being treated by the issuance of the prescription - what a "legitimate medical purpose" is to anyone who's bothered to study it at all? While th...
[14:25:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06World's Largest Nuclear Fusion Experiment Clears Milestone - 1778 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:25:30] <exec> 08└─i am kindda excited abou this. it's giving many smart people the chance to manufacture something outrageous (some part of iter) that might not ever get produced if it were just profit oriented. maybe in the process something new pop up. however what is rather enthusiasm dampening is the fact that th...
[14:31:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Chinese Characters Are Futuristic and the Alphabet Is Old News - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:31:28] <exec> 08└─"yi" There you go. What's yer problem?
[14:31:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06What the Brains of People With Excellent General Knowledge Look Like - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:31:53] <exec> 08└─"People with a very efficient fibre network had more general knowledge than those with less efficient structural networking." Gee... Who would have thunk?
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[15:22:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03hman [2656] (Score: 2, Informative) 02 - 06ASCII Table and History; Or, Why does Ctrl+i Insert a Tab in My Terminal? - 257 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:22:34] <exec> 08└─Because CTRL clears the seventh bit (subtract 64), so from I = 73 you get HT = 9 = tab character. Pressing Control+i (lowercase) would mean sending “)”, which is not very useful. So most terminals interpret this as Control+I (uppercase), which sends HT.
[15:22:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03iWantToKeepAnon [686] (Score: 2) 02 - 06ASCII Table and History; Or, Why does Ctrl+i Insert a Tab in My Terminal? - 293 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:22:36] <exec> 08└─Because the control codes are not mnemonic (T=tab), they are numbered, A=1, B=2, CDEFGH=etc, I=9. Therefore Ctl+I is the 9th control code which equals HT (horizontal tab). Ctl+J, Ctl+M are 2 other very important codes to a programmer. Figuring out why is left as an exercise to the reader. :-p
[15:22:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06ASCII Table and History; Or, Why does Ctrl+i Insert a Tab in My Terminal? - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:22:38] <exec> 08└─Pressing Control+i (lowercase) would mean sending “)”, which is not very useful.
[15:22:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06ASCII Table and History; Or, Why does Ctrl+i Insert a Tab in My Terminal? - 495 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:22:40] <exec> 08└─Look at the table at the end of the article. Specifically, look at the four "binary" columns. Note how the "binary" columns are themselves divided into two columns. Note the patterns in the "binary" columns as you scan across any given row from left to right or right to left. Then Note where in colu...
[15:22:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03isostatic [365] (Score: 2) 02 - 06ASCII Table and History; Or, Why does Ctrl+i Insert a Tab in My Terminal? - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:22:42] <exec> 08└─Get off my lawn^H^H^H^H^H shared open space (can't afford a house)
[15:22:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:22:59] <exec> 08└─it also has the potential to scare people
[15:23:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 219 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:23:00] <exec> 08└─Remember little Clockmed who took apart an LCD digital clock to take to school in a case with it looking like a bomb? [gellerreport.com]? This guy could easily have been Clockmed version 2! Guess this guy wasn't muslim.
[15:23:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 547 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:23:02] <exec> 08└─When reading the summary, I was pretty convinced this was going to be Alachua County's finest at the University of Florida, but, no, it's FIU in Miami... the Miami cops I interacted with in the 80s and 90s were corrupt pigs, power drunk, and sometimes good guys, but they were never this dumb. I'm gu...
[15:23:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 1034 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:23:05] <exec> 08└─Looks like Clockmed is out of ideas. Ahmed’s family no longer lives in Texas. They moved to Qatar in October. But in June, they returned to Irving for summer vacation. That’s when they hired Hutchinson & Stoy, the Texas firm also representing a Baylor University student who claims the school ign...
[15:23:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:23:07] <exec> 08└─ultra high paying jobs
[15:23:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:23:09] <exec> 08└─What a bunch of uneducated fools.
[15:23:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:23:11] <exec> 08└─I believe you have just given police an excuse to have all graduation ceremonies naked.
[15:23:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:23:14] <exec> 08└─And yet it is one that as population continues to grow and grow you will be exposed to more and more. There is less room to be free in.
[15:23:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 755 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:23:16] <exec> 08└─If they couldn't identify this as not being a bomb immediately, they are grossly incompetent. Just because something has a power source and wires, does not mean that it's a bomb. This reminds me of that asinine response to those Cartoon Network figures made of blinky lights from years ago. I've got...
[15:23:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 424 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:23:18] <exec> 08└─>> A police officer spotted it and took the necessary precautions. No, it wasn't necessary you knuckleheads. There's a reason why Georgia (and specifically Atlanta) is now the South East region's tech center -- the reason is in the subject line If your company needs a constant stream of engineering...
[15:23:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 1346 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:23:21] <exec> 08└─Obviously the terrorists want us to be in suspense, not merely surprised. We are now having a very innocent little chat. Let's suppose that there is a bomb underneath this table between us. Nothing happens, and then all of a sudden, "Boom!" There is an explosion. The public is surprised, but prior t...
[15:23:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The 99% Got a Bigger "Raise" than Previously Estimated - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:23:59] <exec> 08└─Keep America Great!
[15:24:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The 99% Got a Bigger "Raise" than Previously Estimated - 849 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:24:01] <exec> 08└─Thanks for that source. It showed that from the 10th-80th percentile that from 2000-2018 the highest percentage gain was 12% and the midline was around 5%. Meantime between 2000 and 2016 the differences in annual average inflation (source [bls.gov]) showed a 39.53% increase. The 2007-2018 sourcing w...
[15:24:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The 99% Got a Bigger "Raise" than Previously Estimated - 241 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:24:03] <exec> 08└─I have a friend who is currently in the market. At least from what he is saying, it doesn't sound like hiring is at all desperate. He is an experienced programmer, but he needs to practice random puzzles online to get past a first interview.
[15:25:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06As Many As 100,000 IBM Staff Axed In Recent Years As Big Blue Battles To Reinvent Itself - 211 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:25:12] <exec> 08└─At 118 years old, and the veteran of BOTH SIDES of more wars than most employees have seen birthdays, "hip'n'cool" is going to be a bitch to pull off. The octogenarians at the nursing home may have more success.
[15:28:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Decades-Old Pollutants Melting Out Of Himalayan Glaciers - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:28:16] <exec> 08└─Do you know what a sunspot actually is? I wish to remind you that you're fucking retarded.
[15:29:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Copyright Lawsuits Could Come To Regular Internet Users Under A New Law - 1078 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:29:11] <exec> 08└─As AthanasiusKircher said, although as you note legislation can actually be drafted by industry as well and slipped to aides to be inserted. Not saying that's what happened here. In the end it is the legislator who puts his name on the bill as the sponsor and primary co-sponsors and it is those legi...
[15:31:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Chinese Characters Are Futuristic and the Alphabet Is Old News - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:31:42] <exec> 08└─So did your mother back in the day Hi Son!
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[16:22:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score: 2) 02 - 06She Was Arrested at 14. Then Her Photo Went to a Facial Recognition Database. - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:22:34] <exec> 08└─They should not be doing everything to fight crime.
[16:22:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03mordac [6108] (Score: 1) 02 - 06ASCII Table and History; Or, Why does Ctrl+i Insert a Tab in My Terminal? - 244 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:22:51] <exec> 08└─The article explains why ctrl+I sends ASCII 0x09. I think I figured out the relationship between upper case, lower case and control characters when I was about 14. I was hoping for the reason why TAB is ASCII 0x09 as opposed to any other value.
[16:22:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03pkrasimirov [3358] (Score: 2) 02 - 06ASCII Table and History; Or, Why does Ctrl+i Insert a Tab in My Terminal? - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:22:53] <exec> 08└─help my keyboard is posessed it types alone^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H No, it is not. Nothing to see here. Move along.
[16:22:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03crb3 [5919] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06ASCII Table and History; Or, Why does Ctrl+i Insert a Tab in My Terminal? - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:22:55] <exec> 08└─Careful, looks like you're leaking backspace into meatspace...
[16:22:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06ASCII Table and History; Or, Why does Ctrl+i Insert a Tab in My Terminal? - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:22:57] <exec> 08└─the author doesn't know shit about the history of ASCII
[16:22:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06ASCII Table and History; Or, Why does Ctrl+i Insert a Tab in My Terminal? - 983 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:22:59] <exec> 08└─As far as I know there was no specific significance to 9 = tab specifically. However the characters were not just randomly assigned; there was a scheme to it. If you picture the usable space as an array it looks something like this: https://en.wikipedia.org You'll no...
[16:23:14] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03hemocyanin [186] 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 456 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:23:14] <exec> 08└─What annoyed me most I think, was the student's response (from the second article in TFS): Cevik got his hat back, but Moss said bomb technicians took apart the Arduino device as a precaution. "I don't really care that much because it wasn't that expensive and that's their job to make sure the commu...
[16:23:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:23:28] <exec> 08└─How did this get modded Funny instead of Informative?
[16:23:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:23:30] <exec> 08└─Police departments have a maximum IQ ceiling requirement.
[16:23:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:23:32] <exec> 08└─email the url of this soylentnews story to FIU administrators and police to show them how they embarrassed their school and state
[16:23:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Fnord666 [652] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 328 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:23:34] <exec> 08└─They destroyed it even after they knew it was innocent and fun? Assuming the article got the timeline right, the police destroyed that guy's arduino, 7-segment display and 9 volt battery AFTER they cleared him and let him proceed in (with a replacement hat). AFTER they knew that it was just a bit of...
[16:23:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:23:36] <exec> 08└─Police departments have a maximum IQ ceiling requirement.
[16:23:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:23:39] <exec> 08└─Any foreigner knows after a week in this country that when asked "how do you like it here?", honesty is not the best policy. The right answer is "it's great!", then move on.
[16:23:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03SemperOSS [5072] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 20 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:23:41] <exec> 08└─Yup, one word: Sigh!
[16:23:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03pkrasimirov [3358] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:23:43] <exec> 08└─www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJlvvMnwteE SOMEBODY SET UP US THE BOMB!
[16:24:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Spacex Falcon 9 Launch of Amos-17 Satellite Scheduled for Sat/Sun Aug 3/4 or Maybe Not? [UPDATED] - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:24:02] <exec> 08└─Not the replacement, just the free launch.
[16:24:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The 99% Got a Bigger "Raise" than Previously Estimated - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:24:28] <exec> 08└─Why wouldn't you just link to the WSJ for that Opinion piece?
[16:24:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The 99% Got a Bigger "Raise" than Previously Estimated - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:24:29] <exec> 08└─They can be traced to the recovery from the 2008 financial crisis. Trump loves to brag about things he inherited: his wealth and a great economy
[16:24:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The 99% Got a Bigger "Raise" than Previously Estimated - 794 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:24:31] <exec> 08└─Don't let buzztardo fool ya, from the conclusion of his citation "Rising wage inequality continues to be a defining feature of the American economy. Because of the recent uptick in wages for the 20th through 40th percentiles over the last year on top of steady increases over the last few years at th...
[16:24:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The 99% Got a Bigger "Raise" than Previously Estimated - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:24:33] <exec> 08└─> in the bay area > real people
[16:24:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Warning Issued Over Google's Chrome Ad-Blocking Plans - 391 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:24:56] <exec> 08└─Pale Moon with eMatrix, UBlock is great on desktop, no problemo. What is nasty is Android, which I use all the time, has open source Chromium based Kiwi Browser with extension suppott, uMatrix and uBlock work perfectly, and the advertising assholes will fuck it up. Fitefox on Android is worse and Mo...
[16:24:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Warning Issued Over Google's Chrome Ad-Blocking Plans - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:24:57] <exec> 08└─Use firefox for developper on android. It is significantly better than regular Firefox 🦊
[16:24:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06New Warning Issued Over Google's Chrome Ad-Blocking Plans - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:24:59] <exec> 08└─But an omelette is made with SCRAMBLED eggs
[16:25:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Warning Issued Over Google's Chrome Ad-Blocking Plans - 919 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:25:02] <exec> 08└─Automatic updates are putting a tremendous amount of faith into the software maker to not do horrible things to your system since they already have a foothold there. While it is arguable that they can do that anyway, in this case they arguably already have your trust and have embedded their software...
[16:26:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06World's Largest Nuclear Fusion Experiment Clears Milestone - 280 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:26:17] <exec> 08└─It might be overruled by someone higher in the chain of command: Corporal Punishment; General Confusion; Sargent Slaughter; some Petty excuse for an Officer; Gunny; Captain Planet; Major Pain; a very Model, Major General; General panic; and of course the Reality TV Star in Chief.
[16:29:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Copyright Lawsuits Could Come To Regular Internet Users Under A New Law - 208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:29:49] <exec> 08└─no, no. If there's anyone who deserves to be locked up in the bilge until being used as a girl by the gun crew it would be that scurvy scourge Bieber. Oh, you were talking about filesharing piracy. nevermind.
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[17:22:30] <exec> 08└─Then I took an arrow to the knee.
[17:22:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06She Was Arrested at 14. Then Her Photo Went to a Facial Recognition Database. - 692 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:22:31] <exec> 08└─That's an interesting statement, but leaves me wondering what you're thinking, what would you envision for a better society? I personally think policing has gone too far, but it seems that it's been going too far, since, well, forever. But I don't know how to fix it. I think too many cops get into t...
[17:22:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03donkeyhotay [2540] (Score: 2) 02 - 06She Was Arrested at 14. Then Her Photo Went to a Facial Recognition Database. - 598 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:22:33] <exec> 08└─The police argument would be on firmer ground if the technology were more reliable. Of course, it is not. We're becoming a society where people trust that whatever the computer tells them is the truth. Indeed, it seems that the more stupid a person is, the more likely they take as fact, whatever a s...
[17:22:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06She Was Arrested at 14. Then Her Photo Went to a Facial Recognition Database. - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:22:35] <exec> 08└─When the parents are hoods... Why not?
[17:22:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06She Was Arrested at 14. Then Her Photo Went to a Facial Recognition Database. - 292 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:22:38] <exec> 08└─Sadly I have to agree. There used to be a popular saying: "garbage in, garbage out". People need to remember that and be less sure of the computer. Some great examples are people following a GPS mapping system to the letter, without thinking, and driving into lakes, etc. Common sense needed.
[17:22:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06She Was Arrested at 14. Then Her Photo Went to a Facial Recognition Database. - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:22:40] <exec> 08└─Yes, only privileged criminals disguised as state are legitimately unpunishable by laws they write.
[17:22:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06She Was Arrested at 14. Then Her Photo Went to a Facial Recognition Database. - 3235 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:22:42] <exec> 08└─I'm not him but; "I personally think policing has gone too far, but it seems that it's been going too far, since, well, forever." Sure, it's a dialectic, society needs someone empowered to keep the peace, to protect life liberty and property from criminal actions. Yet the people so empowered are the...
[17:23:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03pkrasimirov [3358] (Score: 2) 02 - 06ASCII Table and History; Or, Why does Ctrl+i Insert a Tab in My Terminal? - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:23:03] <exec> 08└─Lol that's a good one :) Sir, I believe this site could benefit tremendously if you post here more often.
[17:23:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06ASCII Table and History; Or, Why does Ctrl+i Insert a Tab in My Terminal? - 280 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:23:04] <exec> 08└─This may be the closest you are going to get for the "why" is Tab ascii 9 ? https://web.archive.org [archive.org] A Google search of the Web for "Father of ASCII" currently yields some 100 hits, all referring to this author.
[17:23:14] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03BsAtHome [889] 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 90 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:23:15] <exec> 08└─Everybody knows that bombs tick and beep and have a timer display. I saw it in the movies!
[17:23:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:23:41] <exec> 08└─Dont insukt them. Dont scare them. Dont confuse them. Or you goto the pokey.
[17:23:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheFool [7105] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:23:42] <exec> 08└─Will no one stop this madman?
[17:23:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 519 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:23:45] <exec> 08└─The family demanded $15 million from the school. That suit was dismissed in 2017. Then they sued the news guys for defamation. And that suit was dismissed in 2017. Then they sued more news guys in a different court. And that suit was dismissed in 2017. And then they sued the Irving Independent Schoo...
[17:23:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 363 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:23:47] <exec> 08└─> "While that seems very innocent and looks very innocent, it also has the potential to scare people," Moss told local Fox affiliate WSVN. What I want to know is what they told other news outlets -- AP News, CNN, MSNBC, ABC, NBC, CBS, etc? Or (please correct me if I'm wrong), does Faux News have a m...
[17:23:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03nobu_the_bard [6373] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 844 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:23:49] <exec> 08└─I will note, one article said they "destroyed" the cap, but the other merely said they dismantled it. Technically dismantling it could be called destroying it I guess, but it suggests a rather different amount of gusto on the part of the police. Additionally the first more excited article says they...
[17:23:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:23:51] <exec> 08└─Moss said officers were concerned that someone in the crowd might be scared if they saw it from a distance.
[17:23:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:23:53] <exec> 08└─Is this really what we've come to? An entire country of cowards?
[17:23:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:23:56] <exec> 08└─They should "go back where they came from"... their mother's vaginas! Because all they say is whaaaah!
[17:24:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Three-Dimensional Map of the Milky Way Using classical Cepheid Variable Stars - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:24:07] <exec> 08└─Well, at least the galaxy wasn't named the "Semen Way" after Alexander the Great or somebody.
[17:25:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Warning Issued Over Google's Chrome Ad-Blocking Plans - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:25:13] <exec> 08└─Ah, not a problem, forget it then. Milk spilled under the bridge and all that.
[17:25:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Warning Issued Over Google's Chrome Ad-Blocking Plans - 238 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:25:14] <exec> 08└─The problem isn't so much the software vendor (not that I disagree with you on that point), but more that anybody who gains control over the update pipeline will gain control over everybody hooked into the botnet forced automatic updates.
[17:29:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Decades-Old Pollutants Melting Out Of Himalayan Glaciers - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:29:09] <exec> 08└─It is amazing how idiotic the people worried about "climate change" are... just look at yourself.
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[18:22:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06Sorry, You’re Not Getting $125 From the Equifax Settlement, FTC Says - 169 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:22:26] <exec> 08└─In a free market equifax would be sued to bankruptcy, this "fine" is just moving money from one pocket to the other of the people who control the government and equifax.
[18:22:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sorry, You’re Not Getting $125 From the Equifax Settlement, FTC Says - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:22:27] <exec> 08└─And look at Equifax stock price, it is practically at all time highs...
[18:22:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sorry, You’re Not Getting $125 From the Equifax Settlement, FTC Says - 256 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:22:29] <exec> 08└─FTC needs to hire some mathematicians or buy a calculator before choosing settlement amounts I didn't sign up for the class action (no need for me to opt out if I didn't sign up right?) so I'll have to look into suing in small claims to cover for my losses
[18:22:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmichaelhudsondotnet [8122] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Sorry, You’re Not Getting $125 From the Equifax Settlement, FTC Says - 931 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:22:31] <exec> 08└─come see the injustice inherent in the system if you are one cent or one second late, you get the full force of the law if they hand a knife to someone trying to stab you in the back, their christmas bonus isn't affected. why would you trust the same kind of people to protect your credit? it seems t...
[18:22:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sorry, You’re Not Getting $125 From the Equifax Settlement, FTC Says - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:22:34] <exec> 08└─Congratulations on avoiding the credit scam. Now, pay rent to absentee landlords for the rest of your life.
[18:22:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sorry, You’re Not Getting $125 From the Equifax Settlement, FTC Says - 3254 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:22:36] <exec> 08└─Marked you insightful, but in this case it wouldn't have needed to be sued with the settlement proposed. I put down below the stats from Yahoo! Finance (here [yahoo.com]) - the numbers should still be OK despite being Yahoo. What they show is that the proposed settlement would have been enough to ta...
[18:22:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sorry, You’re Not Getting $125 From the Equifax Settlement, FTC Says - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:22:38] <exec> 08└─Rent vs mortgage + taxes + insurance is the same thing. I'd rather pay a bit more and be able to leave within a year.
[18:22:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sorry, You’re Not Getting $125 From the Equifax Settlement, FTC Says - 246 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:22:40] <exec> 08└─Shit, even if you gave me a free house in a state like Illinois I would sell it asap and use the proceeds for rent elsewhere before they increase their attempts to entrap homeowners to perpetuate the ponzi schemes the government has been running.
[18:22:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sorry, You’re Not Getting $125 From the Equifax Settlement, FTC Says - 695 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:22:42] <exec> 08└─Equifax's market cap is $16.71 billion. The cost of this settlement if everybody gets a payout is $18.38 billion. So what should happen is: 1. Each victim gets as close as possible to the settlement, which works out to approximately $113.80 per person affected. 2. Equifax files for bankruptcy. The r...
[18:22:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sorry, You’re Not Getting $125 From the Equifax Settlement, FTC Says - 375 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:22:45] <exec> 08└─Rents are usually about 5-10% more because you're paying the landlord for the time their property is unoccupied and their intrinsic american right to profit. 20-25% more if you have a corporate landlord, since they get your income, and tabulate how much they can squeeze you for before moving out is...
[18:22:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06She Was Arrested at 14. Then Her Photo Went to a Facial Recognition Database. - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:23:00] <exec> 08└─I can still dredge up a little sympathy for those GPS fuckups, but I got quite a bit of Schadenfreude when someone told me they saw a young guy walk off a pier playing the augmented reality Pokemon game.
[18:23:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06She Was Arrested at 14. Then Her Photo Went to a Facial Recognition Database. - 1094 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:23:01] <exec> 08└─How about requiring the police and prosecutors to actually get it right, rather than just getting *someone*? To clarify, this means that when police and prosecutors arrest/try the *wrong* person, they are penalized. For a first offense, loss of vacation days and a note in their personnel record that...
[18:23:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03arp242 [8331] (Score: 1) 02 - 06ASCII Table and History; Or, Why does Ctrl+i Insert a Tab in My Terminal? - 262 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:23:25] <exec> 08└─The point isn't to explain a full comprehensive overview. Indeed, it's explicitly mentioned that many details have been omitted or simplified. Instead, the goal is to give exactly enough background information to understand "why can't I remap Control+I in Vim?!"
[18:23:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06ASCII Table and History; Or, Why does Ctrl+i Insert a Tab in My Terminal? - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:23:26] <exec> 08└─why can't I remap Control+I in Vim? Cos you should be using Emacs
[18:23:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06ASCII Table and History; Or, Why does Ctrl+i Insert a Tab in My Terminal? - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:23:29] <exec> 08└─I was hoping for the reason why TAB is ASCII 0x09 as opposed to any other value.
[18:23:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06ASCII Table and History; Or, Why does Ctrl+i Insert a Tab in My Terminal? - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:23:31] <exec> 08└─I was hoping for the reason why TAB is ASCII 0x09 as opposed to any other value.
[18:23:41] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03MostCynical [2589] 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 68 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:23:42] <exec> 08└─He's lucky they didn't leave it on his head when they destroyed it..
[18:23:46] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03srobert [4803] 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 407 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:23:46] <exec> 08└─"While that seems very innocent and looks very innocent, it also has the potential to scare people," Moss told local Fox affiliate WSVN. "A police officer spotted it and took the necessary precautions." Meanwhile, people were permitted to attend the event openly carrying firearms which, as all Flori...
[18:23:59] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DannyB [5839] 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 53 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:23:59] <exec> 08└─How did this get modded Funny instead of Informative?
[18:24:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Codesmith [5811] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 620 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:24:15] <exec> 08└─Well, they can certain ask him to show the device, but removing it and destroying is at very least theft of property under color of law. Possibly deprivation of rights under color of law. I'm sorry but your system of justice is no longer that and now has more in common with the various authoritarian...
[18:24:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 295 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:24:17] <exec> 08└─One is a clock, with some wires and a battery. The other is a display, with some wires and a battery. Yet one was clearly intended to look like a bomb but the other was just a fun DIY project. Hmm..... I wonder what difference between the two people separates the bomb maker from the DIYer. ....
[18:24:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:24:19] <exec> 08└─Or laugh and say, "oh well, morons gotta suck it." Catering to the lowest common denominator is demoralizing.
[18:24:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:24:21] <exec> 08└─Have you looked at the furnishings of the School of Business classrooms? I think you might be surprised at how opulent they are.
[18:24:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:24:23] <exec> 08└─Compared to working at McDonalds, the salaries look great. When you then subtract the ongoing student loan burden however, McDonalds doesn't sound so bad.
[18:24:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:24:26] <exec> 08└─One was a grade school kid, the other was graduating from college...
[18:24:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:24:28] <exec> 08└─Unfortunately, a lot of "the people" have been conditioned to worship authority. They are somewhat selective about which authority, but not intelligently selective.
[18:24:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 199 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:24:30] <exec> 08└─FIU, aside from crushing the creative spirit, is the same university where a focus on aesthetics for a pedestrian bridge connecting student housing to campus, actually crushed people to bloody pulps.
[18:25:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The 99% Got a Bigger "Raise" than Previously Estimated - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:25:20] <exec> 08└─https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/economic-policy-institute/ [mediabiasfactcheck.com] OTOH, I don't know the bias of the mediabiasfactcheck.com site.
[18:25:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The 99% Got a Bigger "Raise" than Previously Estimated - 468 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:25:21] <exec> 08└─Even the title is pulling a fast one with the stats. That claim that the 99% got a bigger raise is not supported by the evidence presented in the OPINION piece. (Since when are we posting opinion pieces to the frontpage?) This statement says nothing about who received the raises: Wages and salary fi...
[18:25:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The 99% Got a Bigger "Raise" than Previously Estimated - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:25:24] <exec> 08└─Typical use of stats by our resident dumbass.
[18:25:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The 99% Got a Bigger "Raise" than Previously Estimated - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:25:26] <exec> 08└─How much of those increases went to the 1%?
[18:25:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The 99% Got a Bigger "Raise" than Previously Estimated - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:25:28] <exec> 08└─No, I'm simply pointing out the claim is not supported by the evidence presented.
[18:26:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Alarming Surge in Drug-Resistant HIV Uncovered - 418 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:26:07] <exec> 08└─The AIDS virus is a rapid mututor, and highly prolific. Expect it to "interpret censorship as damage" and "route around it". The only thing I can think of to do is identify those fragments of the code that viable versions do not alter, and target them, but that requires a lot more precision than I b...
[18:26:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Alarming Surge in Drug-Resistant HIV Uncovered - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:26:08] <exec> 08└─If HIV mutates so fast how come the vast majority of new infections are caused by only a single variant?
[18:26:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmichaelhudsondotnet [8122] (Score: 1) 02 - 06The Law Isn't Ready For Psychedelic Medicine - 314 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:26:25] <exec> 08└─I follow the 10 commandments of logic, the first of which is in case you need review: Thou shalt attack the argument and not the person making the argument. If that is the most intelligent response you have then really you should remain silent until you have something to contribute to a serious disc...
[18:26:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmichaelhudsondotnet [8122] (Score: 1) 02 - 06The Law Isn't Ready For Psychedelic Medicine - 290 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:26:26] <exec> 08└─It's not an oversimplification it's a reduction. One of the effects is that it is more difficult to lie and that is essentially what is most useful to the police state. Don't nitpick, it's rude and anti-intellectual. It's also something actual cops due to break up and prevent discussions.
[18:26:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Law Isn't Ready For Psychedelic Medicine - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:26:28] <exec> 08└─Alternatively, we could simply let the law off the hook entirely: legalize them.
[18:26:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Law Isn't Ready For Psychedelic Medicine - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:26:30] <exec> 08└─Psychedelics are some of the safest drugs around, so yes.
[18:26:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03tekk [5704] (Score: 2) 02 - 06As Many As 100,000 IBM Staff Axed In Recent Years As Big Blue Battles To Reinvent Itself - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:26:52] <exec> 08└─Of my grad student friends who didn't push on for doctorates, IBM grabbed every single one. They're good at what they do, at least, but they're not exactly thrilled about working there.
[18:30:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Decades-Old Pollutants Melting Out Of Himalayan Glaciers - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:30:01] <exec> 08└─Yes, yes, I know, expecting you to know the first goddamn thing about sunspots while bullshitting on them is indeed idiotic.
[18:30:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Decades-Old Pollutants Melting Out Of Himalayan Glaciers - 290 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:30:02] <exec> 08└─I could answer your question about sunspots, just like I responded to "fraction of a fraction of a percent" and then you'll just go on to some other thing and call me a retard instead of recognizing that you have been wrong in every single post in this thread. I mean, you are mentally ill.
[18:30:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Decades-Old Pollutants Melting Out Of Himalayan Glaciers - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:30:04] <exec> 08└─The effect on insolation, is indeed, less than a tenth of percent. You're retarded. Like utterly brainless. Devoid of conscious goddamn thought.
[18:30:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Decades-Old Pollutants Melting Out Of Himalayan Glaciers - 691 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:30:06] <exec> 08└─Let's get a little more specific for Here's the pseudo-academic who first proposed your dumbass theory [john-daly.com], with a 1998 update containing a whole section on "my bad, my original prediction is we'd get rapid cooling by 1990 towards an ice age in 2030 and I was just wrong about which sunsp...
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[19:22:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sorry, You’re Not Getting $125 From the Equifax Settlement, FTC Says - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:22:47] <exec> 08└─Not from what I've seen, mortgages are usually 50% of the rental price. I'd say 20-25% and 40-60% would be more accurate numbers.
[19:22:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Sorry, You’re Not Getting $125 From the Equifax Settlement, FTC Says - 1778 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:22:48] <exec> 08└─I'm really confused by this comment. I'm even more confused about why it was repeatedly labeled "insightful." Here are a few concerns: (1) I have absolutely no clue what this has to do with "socialism." (2) While we have a regulated market in the U.S., it is definitely quite "free" compared to a lot...
[19:22:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dale [539] (Score: 4, Insightful) 02 - 06Sorry, You’re Not Getting $125 From the Equifax Settlement, FTC Says - 333 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:22:50] <exec> 08└─They already have my address history, debt history, and everything else anyone needs to steal my identity. They should just send me a check automatically. Just like in voting, the whole system is rigged around people not participating. When people actually participate, it breaks what they've careful...
[19:22:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Osamabobama [5842] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sorry, You’re Not Getting $125 From the Equifax Settlement, FTC Says - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:22:52] <exec> 08└─$380 Million of that was apparently for settlements and lawyers fees. The numbers might be wrong but the way I read that the people get $31 million and the lawyers got $350 million.
[19:22:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sorry, You’re Not Getting $125 From the Equifax Settlement, FTC Says - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:22:55] <exec> 08└─Yeah, but mortgages don't include taxes, HOA fees, and upkeep(though lol at absentee landlords doing this one, we're a nation of soon-to-be slums). I was trying to be generous.
[19:22:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sorry, You’re Not Getting $125 From the Equifax Settlement, FTC Says - 339 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:22:57] <exec> 08└─I'm not at all defending Equifax or the FTC here (as noted in my post above). However, I'd just note one important caveat even listed in the summary: The agency noted that consumers who had to pay out-of-pocket expenses due to the breach are still entitled to reimbursement if they submit a claim, as...
[19:22:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sorry, You’re Not Getting $125 From the Equifax Settlement, FTC Says - 261 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:22:59] <exec> 08└─Equifax's market cap is $16.71 billion. The cost of this settlement if everybody gets a payout is $18.38 billion. So what should happen is: 1. Each victim gets as close as possible to the settlement, which works out to approximately $113.80 per person affected.
[19:23:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sorry, You’re Not Getting $125 From the Equifax Settlement, FTC Says - 283 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:23:02] <exec> 08└─The best is when the state owns the property and makes it a crime to fix anything yourself by claiming that would be "tampering with government property". Then a fluorescent light won't stop flickering and you have a seizure, so basically you have a choice between seizures and jail.
[19:23:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sorry, You’re Not Getting $125 From the Equifax Settlement, FTC Says - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:23:04] <exec> 08└─(1) I have absolutely no clue what this has to do with "socialism."
[19:23:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sorry, You’re Not Getting $125 From the Equifax Settlement, FTC Says - 2392 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:23:06] <exec> 08└─I could well be wrong, but I associated the "socialism" aspect with class action status. It forces a shared risk and reward that may not be justified, all because the court system does not want to be overwhelmed by individual actions. Instead of permitting each and every defendant their day in court...
[19:23:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Alfred [4006] (Score: 2) 02 - 06She Was Arrested at 14. Then Her Photo Went to a Facial Recognition Database. - 256 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:23:23] <exec> 08└─I don't think this is any secret that how much police and the state care about your rights is directly correlates to their own self interest. It's not like they care about your privacy since they are the "good guys" and you shouldn't have anything to hide.
[19:23:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06She Was Arrested at 14. Then Her Photo Went to a Facial Recognition Database. - 1356 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:23:24] <exec> 08└─Agreed on all points. I think you can call on state cops if the locals are giving you trouble, but you might not be able to if they handcuff you. Then the FBI. > And who's going to police *them?* Well, it's supposed to be We The People. But wait, we're not allowed to. "Move along, nothing to see her...
[19:23:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06She Was Arrested at 14. Then Her Photo Went to a Facial Recognition Database. - 706 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:23:27] <exec> 08└─A great deal of the big-data driven analysis we're seeing now is encoding arbitrary features into a database, then looking for patterns with only perfunctory quality checks using an algorithm that has only been proven in an extremely limited context. A cop saying "All of this minority group look the...
[19:23:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06ASCII Table and History; Or, Why does Ctrl+i Insert a Tab in My Terminal? - 11 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:23:54] <exec> 08└─+1 inciting
[19:24:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:24:47] <exec> 08└─Because there are so many grade-school aged bombers! Young adults seem more likely to be the bomb makers to me.
[19:24:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Osamabobama [5842] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:24:49] <exec> 08└─It looks like the Funny leaked down onto your comment, replacing the Interesting that I would have expected.
[19:24:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 305 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:24:51] <exec> 08└─Pickup work as a journeyman apprentice for any kind of construction, plumbing, HVAC, electrician, auto mechanic, etc. has much lower cost and time of education and pretty good hourly rates, with just as much "upward mobility" to management and business ownership potential as the average MBA graduate...
[19:24:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:24:53] <exec> 08└─It's Florida. The same place where a Florida Toyota dealership is selling a $58,361 Toyota Supra for $200,000.00... $150k over MSRP.
[19:24:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Alfred [4006] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:24:56] <exec> 08└─That's not nice to retards
[19:24:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:24:58] <exec> 08└─they are grossly incompetent
[19:25:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The 99% Got a Bigger "Raise" than Previously Estimated - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:25:52] <exec> 08└─Remember when Obama was President and all these economy numbers were FAKE NEWS? Pepperidge Farm remembers.
[19:25:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The 99% Got a Bigger "Raise" than Previously Estimated - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:25:54] <exec> 08└─Unemployment numbers still are. Wage numbers a less so.
[19:25:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The 99% Got a Bigger "Raise" than Previously Estimated - 320 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:25:56] <exec> 08└─There's no evidence presented at all. I think they're allergic to hyperlinks, so I'll link it [bea.gov] for everyone. Mind you, you'll need to hit the interactive tables here [bea.gov] and do some digging if you want to see what's really what. They're not fans of Palemoon, by the way. Spoof your use...
[19:26:07] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03rigrig [5129] 02 - 06New Warning Issued Over Google's Chrome Ad-Blocking Plans - 207 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:26:07] <exec> 08└─You want a fence which protects your chickens from wolves, but you buy the fence from a wolf. So in this case: You want a browser which protects your privacy from advertisers, but you use Chrome from Google.
[19:26:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Alarming Surge in Drug-Resistant HIV Uncovered - 308 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:26:38] <exec> 08└─So few people who use the Bible as a weapon actually know what it says! So it's refreshing that you're aware of Leviticus/Deuteronomy's prohibition on eating bush-meat such as monkey, which is likely how humans were exposed to AIDS. As a good Christian I'm sure you also don't eat pork or shellfish p...
[19:26:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Law Isn't Ready For Psychedelic Medicine - 290 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:26:59] <exec> 08└─I'll "nitpick" all day if you mischaracterize hallucinogens. The police don't really need drugs to get people to talk. Most people will do it voluntarily. Those who don't can be nailed by other means, because most criminals are dumb. That leaves widespread surveillance for people like you.
[19:27:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06As Many As 100,000 IBM Staff Axed In Recent Years As Big Blue Battles To Reinvent Itself - 211 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:27:22] <exec> 08└─They don't need to worry about being happy at IBM. In a couple of years they'll be "too old" to keep IBM's attention and will be replaced by younger employees. It's kind of like outgrowing Jeffery Epstein's eye.
[19:27:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06World's Largest Nuclear Fusion Experiment Clears Milestone - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:27:54] <exec> 08└─And people said we have a shortage of helium. Sounds like we can make plenty!
[19:28:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Most Internet Service Providers are Gone. Sonic Has Survived - and Thrived - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:28:08] <exec> 08└─Can they make me a sandwich?
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[20:22:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06Oldie but Goodie -- Cartoons in Vintage Tektronix Schematics - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:22:29] <exec> 08└─For their VAX systems, Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) went against the norm of providing a time-of-day clock (TOD clock) and had, instead, a time-of-year clock (TOY clock).
[20:22:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Oldie but Goodie -- Cartoons in Vintage Tektronix Schematics - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:22:31] <exec> 08└─That's fun, in a nerdy way of course. "Microfortnights" - that's awesome. I've always been amused by speed measured in: "furlongs per fortnight".
[20:22:50] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Dale [539] 02 - 06Sorry, You’re Not Getting $125 From the Equifax Settlement, FTC Says - 333 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:22:50] <exec> 08└─They already have my address history, debt history, and everything else anyone needs to steal my identity. They should just send me a check automatically. Just like in voting, the whole system is rigged around people not participating. When people actually participate, it breaks what they've careful...
[20:22:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sorry, You’re Not Getting $125 From the Equifax Settlement, FTC Says - 318 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:22:58] <exec> 08└─Class action lawsuits never force people to join the class. There is always, by both law and long-standing precendent, an opt-out period after settlement, where you can choose to sue separately, even if you're one of the original litigants of the class action case. Failure-to-inform should be(and I...
[20:23:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sorry, You’re Not Getting $125 From the Equifax Settlement, FTC Says - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:23:01] <exec> 08└─> no need for me to opt out if I didn't sign up right? Yeah, about that... You might want to double check your assumptions there.
[20:23:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sorry, You’re Not Getting $125 From the Equifax Settlement, FTC Says - 434 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:23:03] <exec> 08└─Too big to fail is actually a thing... Whatever moron came up with $125 per claimant needs to be disbarred. Also telling: $31M for the claimants but the total settlement is over 22x that large, meaning that the lawyers decided that the 147 million affected parties are only due 4.4% of the settlement...
[20:23:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sorry, You’re Not Getting $125 From the Equifax Settlement, FTC Says - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:23:05] <exec> 08└─oh man, that is some funny shit so tell us! we have obviously all had the wool pulled over our eyes by Red Rosa and the bolsheviks! what is capitalism? bonus round: what is property?
[20:23:18] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Arik [4543] 02 - 06She Was Arrested at 14. Then Her Photo Went to a Facial Recognition Database. - 3235 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:23:18] <exec> 08└─I'm not him but; "I personally think policing has gone too far, but it seems that it's been going too far, since, well, forever." Sure, it's a dialectic, society needs someone empowered to keep the peace, to protect life liberty and property from criminal actions. Yet the people so empowered are the...
[20:23:20] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03NotSanguine [285] 02 - 06She Was Arrested at 14. Then Her Photo Went to a Facial Recognition Database. - 1094 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:23:20] <exec> 08└─How about requiring the police and prosecutors to actually get it right, rather than just getting *someone*? To clarify, this means that when police and prosecutors arrest/try the *wrong* person, they are penalized. For a first offense, loss of vacation days and a note in their personnel record that...
[20:23:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06She Was Arrested at 14. Then Her Photo Went to a Facial Recognition Database. - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:23:26] <exec> 08└─Absolutely. I mean, it's not like we pay these people to do this job -- oh, wait.
[20:23:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06ASCII Table and History; Or, Why does Ctrl+i Insert a Tab in My Terminal? - 12 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:23:53] <exec> 08└─+5 exciting!
[20:24:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 432 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:24:53] <exec> 08└─The POLICE are the teerorist in this conversation. They showed the complete stupidy and then follow through to show yup it was BOMB so the public be scared. The police are saying, "Change your ways! All people with X ARE TERRORIST! See we AHD TO DESTORY A BOMB!". Define a "terrorist"? Their goal is...
[20:24:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03exaeta [6957] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 628 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:24:55] <exec> 08└─As somebody who works in Atlanta as a software engineer, I will say only that this is not a tech hub by any stretch of the imagination. Yes, it's probably one of the better spots in the southeast, but this state is anything but tech savy. You'll have better luck up in Tennessee, I suspect. Also the...
[20:25:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Three-Dimensional Map of the Milky Way Using classical Cepheid Variable Stars - 471 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:25:06] <exec> 08└─If you are interested, there are several planetarium programs out there, often free-ware. One of my favorites is Stellarium [stellarium.org], and one thing you can do is change the "Starlore" to different culture's views of constellations and whatnot. The Chinese put the Dipper in Sagittarius! Polar...
[20:25:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The 99% Got a Bigger "Raise" than Previously Estimated - 528 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:25:54] <exec> 08└─there's 'jobs' (placeholders that aren't filled so that h1b can be used) and then there are jobs that only pay what a newly minted college graduate would accept the place that I work at changed their vacation policy so that new employees get an extra week of vacation to make the work-life-balance be...
[20:27:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Osamabobama [5842] (Score: 2) 02 - 06As Many As 100,000 IBM Staff Axed In Recent Years As Big Blue Battles To Reinvent Itself - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:27:21] <exec> 08└─IBM has been doing this for a long time. Ever since they sold their laptop business to Lenovo they've been in slow motion liquidation.
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[21:22:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Heat Wave Results in Highest U.S. Electricity Demand Since 2017 - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:22:24] <exec> 08└─Wow, 2017 was a long time ago. That was like five cell phones ago.
[21:22:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Quicksilver [1821] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Heat Wave Results in Highest U.S. Electricity Demand Since 2017 - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:22:25] <exec> 08└─So the best science news today was electric use is just like 2 years ago. (Did anyone yell, "Stop the presses" or something?)
[21:22:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Heat Wave Results in Highest U.S. Electricity Demand Since 2017 - 1002 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:22:27] <exec> 08└─I'm in a 1 bedroom apartment. 3 years ago my electric bill was around $20. Last month it was $54. That's before I started running the air and some fans. SDG&E has this stupid policy that, if you use energy between 4 and 9 PM they're gonna bend you over, swap out the lube for wasabi, and who else you...
[21:22:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Oldie but Goodie -- Cartoons in Vintage Tektronix Schematics - 284 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:22:37] <exec> 08└─Many of their high end bike frames are made from "Moron Tubing" -- it has more on the ends (commonly known as butted or double-butted tubing -- thicker on the ends for joining). Photo at the bottom of this page, https://forums.thepaceline.net [thepaceline.net]
[21:23:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sorry, You’re Not Getting $125 From the Equifax Settlement, FTC Says - 300 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:23:08] <exec> 08└─The best is when the state owns the property and makes it a crime to fix anything yourself by claiming that would be "tampering with government property". Then a fluorescent light won't stop flickering and you have a seizure, so basically you have a choice between seizures and jail. Citation needed.
[21:23:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03SunTzuWarmaster [3971] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sorry, You’re Not Getting $125 From the Equifax Settlement, FTC Says - 256 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:23:10] <exec> 08└─But here's the rub - I have totally spent ~9+ hours freezing and unfreezing my credit with the THREE bureaus. I've spent that much time ON TELEPHONE HOLD, alone. I paid $15/agency ($45) for the pleasure. I've documented none of it. I don't think I'm alone.
[21:23:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sorry, You’re Not Getting $125 From the Equifax Settlement, FTC Says - 18 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:23:12] <exec> 08└─CItation: My life.
[21:23:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06She Was Arrested at 14. Then Her Photo Went to a Facial Recognition Database. - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:23:33] <exec> 08└─I mean, it's not like we pay these people to do this job -- oh, wait.
[21:25:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Florida University Graduation Blinky Hat Scare - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:25:03] <exec> 08└─'you suspect'? -- you don't need to talk about things that you don't know about - save your opinions for the tmz comment area
[21:25:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Three-Dimensional Map of the Milky Way Using classical Cepheid Variable Stars - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:25:16] <exec> 08└─Better coverage at Phys.org [phys.org].
[21:26:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The 99% Got a Bigger "Raise" than Previously Estimated - 270 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:26:04] <exec> 08└─Yeah, my stock market gains look really impressive when played on a 10 year timescale, instead of 12. Also, that title "99%" - like hell. Between the unemployed and those not seeking employment, nowhere 99% have actualized increased income greater than they anticipated.
[21:26:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The 99% Got a Bigger "Raise" than Previously Estimated - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:26:06] <exec> 08└─the lowest quarter income-wise have been seeing the lion's share of the recent income gains.
[21:26:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The 99% Got a Bigger "Raise" than Previously Estimated - 723 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:26:08] <exec> 08└─My "lot in life" has been improving on the usual curve, and I'm better off now than I was 30 years ago for all kinds of reasons. However, in the bigger picture, people who started out 50 years ago (like my dad) had a much easier go of it for their first 30 years of working and retirement prospects....
[21:26:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The 99% Got a Bigger "Raise" than Previously Estimated - 1249 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:26:10] <exec> 08└─The media has done much to build and foster a narrative in which the right and the left just can't get along. They make strawmen of one side, and invite the other side to beat them up and burn them down. When you join in the name calling, you play into this. I'm not crazy about another fake left cor...
[21:26:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03donkeyhotay [2540] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Warning Issued Over Google's Chrome Ad-Blocking Plans - 240 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:26:39] <exec> 08└─I don't have an Ad blocker, I have a malware blocker. We have collectively made a mistake by calling them "Ad blockers". The problem was never the ads. The problem was the malware in the ads. I wish we would stop calling them "Ad blockers".
[21:27:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06As Many As 100,000 IBM Staff Axed In Recent Years As Big Blue Battles To Reinvent Itself - 347 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:27:39] <exec> 08└─When was Microsoft started? How many decades ago? Why is their OS the only one on the planet that has a C drive? What is a C drive? (rhetorical question, I know the CP/M answer) Can you still execute MS-DOS apps on Windows 10 at a command prompt? PCs start up in 8086 real mode. IBM mainframes can st...
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[22:22:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06TV Networks Stuff in More Commercials Despite Vows to Cut Back - 220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:22:26] <exec> 08└─These folks make money by showing ads. If they want to make *more* money, they need to show more ads. It's the nature of the business. It's a simple proposition. cf. The Scorpion and the Frog [wikipedia.org] for details.
[22:22:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06TV Networks Stuff in More Commercials Despite Vows to Cut Back - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:22:28] <exec> 08└─Notice more TV ads lately? You’re not imagining it.
[22:22:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06TV Networks Stuff in More Commercials Despite Vows to Cut Back - 305 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:22:30] <exec> 08└─I remember the early 80s and glorious commercial free cable TV. It was their main selling point! Then a few 'here and there to keep the bill down'. Fast forward to now and it is a total shit show. We wanted unbundled and basically streaming. Netflix had it about right for awhile, but not so much any...
[22:22:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06TV Networks Stuff in More Commercials Despite Vows to Cut Back - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:22:32] <exec> 08└─"Long-term, it’s a very bad decision, but..."
[22:22:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06TV Networks Stuff in More Commercials Despite Vows to Cut Back - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:22:34] <exec> 08└─Yeah, me either. I don't even have my rabbit ears hooked up any more.
[22:22:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06TV Networks Stuff in More Commercials Despite Vows to Cut Back - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:22:36] <exec> 08└─Really, who would watch this: https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com] And think about how the same thing is being done via facebook, etc to manipulate the simple minded...
[22:22:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Offtopic) 02 - 06Heat Wave Results in Highest U.S. Electricity Demand Since 2017 - 312 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:22:47] <exec> 08└─What they don't tell you is that global average temperatures have been dropping steadily since Trump was elected. The temperature always (100% of the time since 1880) rises with democratic presidents for some reason: https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu [c...
[22:22:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Heat Wave Results in Highest U.S. Electricity Demand Since 2017 - 396 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:22:50] <exec> 08└─Your problem has more to do with your apartment building than the electrical company. They most likely built cheaply and with no regard to heating/cooling efficiency (because those costs are passed to you). Some of it might also be due to building codes requiring/banning certain techniques and mater...
[22:22:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Heat Wave Results in Highest U.S. Electricity Demand Since 2017 - 721 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:22:52] <exec> 08└─Man, my summer electricity bills are never south of $200 even if we're having unseasonably cool weather. You do not turn off or even down your AC in the south during summer unless you're a full-on hillbilly or cajun who's never even had air conditioning. If you're personally unacquainted with why, i...
[22:22:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Heat Wave Results in Highest U.S. Electricity Demand Since 2017 - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:22:54] <exec> 08└─They are the party of hot air
[22:23:18] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Thexalon [636] 02 - 06Sorry, You’re Not Getting $125 From the Equifax Settlement, FTC Says - 695 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:23:18] <exec> 08└─Equifax's market cap is $16.71 billion. The cost of this settlement if everybody gets a payout is $18.38 billion. So what should happen is: 1. Each victim gets as close as possible to the settlement, which works out to approximately $113.80 per person affected. 2. Equifax files for bankruptcy. The r...
[22:23:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sorry, You’re Not Getting $125 From the Equifax Settlement, FTC Says - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:23:37] <exec> 08└─Just like the courts too. Everybody is supposed to take a shitty deal instead of going to court. The system would implode.
[22:23:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sorry, You’re Not Getting $125 From the Equifax Settlement, FTC Says - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:23:39] <exec> 08└─I'm sure your entirely incorrect worldview has lead to great success.
[22:24:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06She Was Arrested at 14. Then Her Photo Went to a Facial Recognition Database. - 380 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:24:02] <exec> 08└─A more accurate system would be even worse, though, because an accurate system is unlikely to experience as much pushback. Then, they would be free to continue conducting mass surveillance on the populace, only with the complete support of the ignorant, authoritarian masses who don't care one bit ab...
[22:24:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06ASCII Table and History; Or, Why does Ctrl+i Insert a Tab in My Terminal? - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:24:32] <exec> 08└─Completely unlike with tab!
[22:26:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The 99% Got a Bigger "Raise" than Previously Estimated - 908 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:26:38] <exec> 08└─To clarify a bit more, he has been working in the industry for ~18 years, for 4 employers, a good number of professional references who work at the companies he is interviewing at and can testify to his skills and character. The vibe in town is that the companies are looking for people. To get invit...
[22:26:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The 99% Got a Bigger "Raise" than Previously Estimated - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:26:39] <exec> 08└─...not paying their employees, looting the pension funds, and cashing in hugely on insider trading deals.
[22:26:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The 99% Got a Bigger "Raise" than Previously Estimated - 476 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:26:42] <exec> 08└─How else would you like to view it other than percentage-wise? Any other way is going to be chosen strictly because the person doing the choosing is looking to lie without lying. They're full of shit. They know they're full of shit. And they'll consciously use a dollar amount rather than a percentag...
[22:27:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Warning Issued Over Google's Chrome Ad-Blocking Plans - 187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:27:12] <exec> 08└─NO, the ads are the malware. The problem is the ads. We want to block ads. Blocking malware, and tracking and profiling, are just side benefits. Perhaps you are too young to remember the
[22:32:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Copyright Lawsuits Could Come To Regular Internet Users Under A New Law - 567 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:32:22] <exec> 08└─Ah, your reply was by far better researched than mine. I only listed the initial sponsors of the bill. Yours is a comprehensive list of "who NOT to vote for." Of course, that just means a new batch of evildoers is elected..... "There are two parties in Washington, the stupid party and the evil party...
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[23:22:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06TV Networks Stuff in More Commercials Despite Vows to Cut Back - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:34] <exec> 08└─https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWNUTTPGKwQ [youtube.com]
[23:22:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06TV Networks Stuff in More Commercials Despite Vows to Cut Back - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:35] <exec> 08└─Hopefully that is produced by netflix.
[23:22:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06TV Networks Stuff in More Commercials Despite Vows to Cut Back - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:38] <exec> 08└─Almost all TV advertising recently contains a long list of possible side-effects, and warnings not to use the product if you are pregnant, which seems unlikely given the demographic.
[23:22:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06TV Networks Stuff in More Commercials Despite Vows to Cut Back - 645 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:40] <exec> 08└─... And inflation happens, too. But the whole proposition of raising prices doesn't get much traction, either. Ads are bought on the premise of X many eyes watching the program. If X is shrinking then it is very hard to justify charging more for that. It is easier to pack in more ads per hour. Whic...
[23:22:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06TV Networks Stuff in More Commercials Despite Vows to Cut Back - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:42] <exec> 08└─More and more ads, fewer and fewer eyeballs. Outside live events like sports and maybe news/politics, "TV" is on borrowed time.
[23:22:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06TV Networks Stuff in More Commercials Despite Vows to Cut Back - 167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:44] <exec> 08└─Hmm, if this type of low quality, ham handed social messaging is what the competitors are going to be doing as well... I am going to have to take another look at NFLX.
[23:22:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06TV Networks Stuff in More Commercials Despite Vows to Cut Back - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:47] <exec> 08└─They sped it up to cram more commercials, sounds like they're on crack. I counted 4 minutes of the show followed by 3 minutes of ads.
[23:22:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06TV Networks Stuff in More Commercials Despite Vows to Cut Back - 707 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:49] <exec> 08└─The only "live" TV I watch nowdays is the local news. Everything else is from elsewhere, where either the ads are already cut out or I can skip them easily. They're killing themselves. The more ads they show the more people tune out. The more people tune out the more ads they need to show to "get th...
[23:22:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06TV Networks Stuff in More Commercials Despite Vows to Cut Back - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:51] <exec> 08└─The local "news": https://soylentnews.org [soylentnews.org]
[23:22:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03SpockLogic [2762] (Score: 2) 02 - 06TV Networks Stuff in More Commercials Despite Vows to Cut Back - 402 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:53] <exec> 08└─News and sport too for. "live" TV but when the local MLS soccer game was broadcast the commentator started reading adverts while the game was playing. WTF - Zap - Off, I won't put up with that pollution. Even though I have access to OTA and streaming channels I download TV series from usenet that ha...
[23:22:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06TV Networks Stuff in More Commercials Despite Vows to Cut Back - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:56] <exec> 08└─Noticed the same trend with NPR/public radio stations. They keep calling themselves "commercial free", but about 1/3 of their air time is sponsor promotion and pledge begging.
[23:23:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Heat Wave Results in Highest U.S. Electricity Demand Since 2017 - 323 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:23:09] <exec> 08└─Actually, no. They built this unit with pretty good insulation, there are maybe 30 days of the year I need to turn on the heater, and 30 days I want to turn on the air. The problem is SDG&E is too farukin expensive for what they provide. $50/month for a refrigerator, TV, PS4, and assorted clock radi...
[23:23:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Heat Wave Results in Highest U.S. Electricity Demand Since 2017 - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:23:11] <exec> 08└─It is possible the oil companies are spewing hot air on purpose at the climate stations when democrats are president.
[23:23:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Heat Wave Results in Highest U.S. Electricity Demand Since 2017 - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:23:13] <exec> 08└─Maybe your house is bugged?
[23:23:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03fido_dogstoyevsky [131] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sorry, You’re Not Getting $125 From the Equifax Settlement, FTC Says - 288 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:23:59] <exec> 08└─...This story is about a government agency doing what the free market should be doing, very, very poorly to the detriment of all except the connected insiders who either own or are on the boards of corporations like equifax and have the bribed regulators and politicians in their pockets.
[23:24:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sorry, You’re Not Getting $125 From the Equifax Settlement, FTC Says - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:24:00] <exec> 08└─It has, thank you. Yours?
[23:24:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sorry, You’re Not Getting $125 From the Equifax Settlement, FTC Says - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:24:02] <exec> 08└─You get wifi in prison?
[23:24:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06She Was Arrested at 14. Then Her Photo Went to a Facial Recognition Database. - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:24:26] <exec> 08└─Ah the old "executing a bad idea well" problem.
[23:27:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The 99% Got a Bigger "Raise" than Previously Estimated - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:27:03] <exec> 08└─Direct links don't work unless you pay. We aren't all going to pay. Also, they could change the article after posting it. The archive won't do that.
[23:27:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The 99% Got a Bigger "Raise" than Previously Estimated - 443 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:27:04] <exec> 08└─That was previous decades. Wages were kept down by outsourcing and immigration and low tariffs. Inflation was up partly due to costly regulation. As the summary says though: "Even after adjusting for inflation, that is 4.1%." (and that is in the article, verbosely) The really inexplicable thing that...
[23:27:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The 99% Got a Bigger "Raise" than Previously Estimated - 239 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:27:06] <exec> 08└─As George Orwell noted after fighting a war supporting communists in Spain, the overwhelming majority of socialists don't love the poor, they hate the rich. It is jealousy that they aren't the dictators, not compassion for the downtrodden.
[23:27:20] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Mer [8009] 02 - 06New Warning Issued Over Google's Chrome Ad-Blocking Plans - 136 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:27:20] <exec> 08└─I'll admit the drama between the Noscript devs and the Palemoon devs is idiotic but why do you need Noscript when Palemoon has µmatrix?
[23:27:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mer [8009] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Warning Issued Over Google's Chrome Ad-Blocking Plans - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:27:38] <exec> 08└─Even a static image ad with no hidden script is not okay. It's malware for your brain.
[23:28:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Law Isn't Ready For Psychedelic Medicine - 304 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:28:13] <exec> 08└─In a very scientific study, we gave text subjects access to all the heroin they wanted. [N]early ninety-eighty percent reported that their experiences "increased their current sense of personal well-being or life satisfaction 'moderately' or 'very much'"—effects that persisted for more than a year...
[23:32:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Copyright Lawsuits Could Come To Regular Internet Users Under A New Law - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:32:50] <exec> 08└─"When 'our people' get to the point where they can do us some good, they stop being 'our people.' " --M. Stanton Evans
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