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[12:49:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06Whaley Bridge Dam Collapse is a Wake-Up Call: Concrete Infrastructure Demands Maintenance - 301 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:49:31] <exec> 08└─We should stop using Portland cement and start using the limestone concrete the ancients used to build their monoliths or the concrete Romans used thousands of years ago. The only reason I can think of for continuing with the less durable material is as a jobs program due to the constant maintenance...
[12:49:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Whaley Bridge Dam Collapse is a Wake-Up Call: Concrete Infrastructure Demands Maintenance - 372 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:49:33] <exec> 08└─Interesting to see what rates as record rainfall there, here "between 40mm and 50mm" is just a rather wet day. Down south, where it's a bit wetter, there are places that get 9,000mm of rain a year, or 27 feet for those who aren't metric yet. I remember that figure because in one place there's a scul...
[12:49:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06Whaley Bridge Dam Collapse is a Wake-Up Call: Concrete Infrastructure Demands Maintenance - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:49:35] <exec> 08└─Vegetation [instagram.com] should have been an automatic fail.
[12:49:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Adam [2168] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Whaley Bridge Dam Collapse is a Wake-Up Call: Concrete Infrastructure Demands Maintenance - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:49:37] <exec> 08└─Photos of the damage and repair effort here: https://www.dailymail.co.uk [dailymail.co.uk]
[12:49:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Everything Cops Say About Amazon's Ring Is Scripted or Approved by Ring - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:49:48] <exec> 08└─Transparency would be the fifth column... the other four are already wary.
[12:49:55] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03FatPhil [863] 02 - 06An Arrow That Can't Point Left Puzzles the Internet - 744 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:49:56] <exec> 08└─Everybody knows, from the same guy in 2016, the /Ambiguous Cylinder Illusion/ - cylinders that look square when viewed from the other side. This is effectively more of the same, the outlines from two angles must satisfy a couple of 2 dimensional constraints, which is quite easy for a 3 dimensional o...
[12:49:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03zocalo [302] (Score: 2) 02 - 06An Arrow That Can't Point Left Puzzles the Internet - 652 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:49:58] <exec> 08└─I'd seen the earlier works too, but didn't recognise the name - the odd texture gave it away for me. It's basically a messed-up surface texture that causes the profile to be radically different depending on your viewing angle so, in effect, kind of a 3D version of the Dazzle camouflage [wikipedia.or...
[12:50:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03MrGuy [1007] (Score: 2) 02 - 06An Arrow That Can't Point Left Puzzles the Internet - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:50:00] <exec> 08└─I find this one interesting, but nothing for me will ever beat this video of the Ames Window [youtube.com] for mindblowing can't-turn-it-off brain defying. Perception is weird.
[12:50:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03loonycyborg [6905] (Score: 2) 02 - 06An Arrow That Can't Point Left Puzzles the Internet - 198 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:50:02] <exec> 08└─Limitation of this illusion is that it works only from particular angle. Very rarely you can know where potential observer will be in advance. Even a satellite isn't guaranteed to be straight ahead.
[12:50:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06An Arrow That Can't Point Left Puzzles the Internet - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:50:05] <exec> 08└─I'm still amused by the rattleback, which you can hold in your hand, spin it and then watch it do the "impossible". These 2D/3D illusions depend on camera/viewing angles.
[12:50:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06An Arrow That Can't Point Left Puzzles the Internet - 169 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:50:07] <exec> 08└─Yeah, that's the problem. Was thinking of getting my GF one of these for her desk, but the fact that you need to look at it from exactly the right angle kinda killed it.
[12:50:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rupert Pupnick [7277] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AT&T Turns On 5G In New York, But It Still Isn't Available To Consumers - 178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:50:17] <exec> 08└─I take it you don’t use cellphones at all since having a radiation source up against your skull is likely is represent a higher level of exposure than living among cell towers.
[12:50:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rupert Pupnick [7277] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AT&T Turns On 5G In New York, But It Still Isn't Available To Consumers - 435 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:50:19] <exec> 08└─I’ve always wondered this and now seems a good time to ask. What’s the difference in the end user experience in going to 5G, and what does it cost (or did it cost for development) in extra monthly fees? I understand that it can give customers the ability to dispose of their home WiFi networks in...
[12:50:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Strange Coral Spawning Improving Great Barrier Reef's Resilience - 423 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:50:30] <exec> 08└─The adapted corals were already there, it's just that nobody noticed them until the billions of metric tons of previously more successful corals were killed off. Newsflash: these previously obscure lifeforms are just as likely to have nasty, undesirable characteristics as any other lifeforms - but t...
[12:50:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Strange Coral Spawning Improving Great Barrier Reef's Resilience - 528 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:50:32] <exec> 08└─Wtf? This isn't a new species discovered in a extraterrestrial crash in antarctica. It is the same species of coral spawning twice instead of once in a year, something known to happen occasionally. When a person who usually sleeps only at night takes a nap one day you probably start freaking out abo...
[12:51:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bans on Plastic Bags Can Backfire - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:51:51] <exec> 08└─which had already been biodegradable for years
[12:51:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rich [945] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bans on Plastic Bags Can Backfire - 1270 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:51:53] <exec> 08└─...is the plastic around pre-packaged items. I just went to the kitchen and got out the scales. A rather large and sturdy plastic carrybag with two solid attached handles came at 25g. An empty pack that held 150g of sliced ham weighed in at 26g, alone. Once the carrybag is reasonably loaded, it will...
[12:51:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bans on Plastic Bags Can Backfire - 391 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:51:55] <exec> 08└─Jealous? Nope. I love my job and I live in a nice home on a lot of land and money in the bank. Since I'm on a well, I only pay for electricity to pump my water. Now I don't get free needles or a pass from the local constabulary to do anything I want. Then again, I don't abuse drugs and I'm not menta...
[12:51:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bans on Plastic Bags Can Backfire - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:51:57] <exec> 08└─When I was a kid in the 70's there were paper straws coated with wax.
[12:51:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bans on Plastic Bags Can Backfire - 723 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:51:59] <exec> 08└─Plastic makes such excellent, durable, and light packaging. If we replace it with paper, food gets spoiled before it's eaten and you assholes go back to clearcutting the forests in my beloved West. Result: climate change from deforestation. If we replace it with metal we mine more which means enviro...
[12:52:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Warns Hong Kong Protesters Against "Playing With Fire" - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:52:51] <exec> 08└─They did invent a tasty cuisine
[12:54:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Undeclared Wars in Cyberspace Are Becoming More Aggressive and Automated - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:54:33] <exec> 08└─because the US did something bad before I was even born?
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[13:49:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Robot Tail Developed to Balance Out Human Body and Stop People From Falling Over - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:49:33] <exec> 08└─Can't get video to play without disabling a bunch of protection. But I did find this version from 2009: https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com]
[13:49:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Whaley Bridge Dam Collapse is a Wake-Up Call: Concrete Infrastructure Demands Maintenance - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:49:44] <exec> 08└─In fact, the current concrete spillway was installed at Whaley Bridge in around 1969 after it suffered similar damage in the winter of 1964.
[13:49:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Whaley Bridge Dam Collapse is a Wake-Up Call: Concrete Infrastructure Demands Maintenance - 273 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:49:46] <exec> 08└─This happened in the UK so we here in the US will completely ignore it and pretend that our avoidance of infrastructure maintenance will keep away any failures or disasters. We will never learn (not even after the I-35W bridge collapse [npr.org] 12 years ago in Minnesota).
[13:49:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Whaley Bridge Dam Collapse is a Wake-Up Call: Concrete Infrastructure Demands Maintenance - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:49:48] <exec> 08└─Better example. Dam in N. CA: https://duckduckgo.com [duckduckgo.com]
[13:49:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Whaley Bridge Dam Collapse is a Wake-Up Call: Concrete Infrastructure Demands Maintenance - 352 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:49:50] <exec> 08└─Note in those pictures that there is erosion of the soil to the right of the spillway. Earlier pictures from the day of the rain show that some water was flowing down here, and not just along the spillway. My personal theory is that this water that bypassed the concrete spillway eroded the earth ben...
[13:49:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Whaley Bridge Dam Collapse is a Wake-Up Call: Concrete Infrastructure Demands Maintenance - 320 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:49:52] <exec> 08└─Plausible. Also see a video from the day before. [soylentnews.org] a detailed ten yearly inspection by an independent Inspecting Engineer – the last one at Toddbrook took place in November 2018. The independent November inspection did not identify any immediate repairs needed to the spillway. [can...
[13:50:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06An Arrow That Can't Point Left Puzzles the Internet - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:50:14] <exec> 08└─Nah -- it's awesome. And I have a desktop CNC router. I'm making gifts!
[13:50:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06An Arrow That Can't Point Left Puzzles the Internet - 277 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:50:15] <exec> 08└─It's definitely one of the better ones though the explanation is wrong since it would work on just about anyone regardless of background since searching for shadows, flat lines and rectangular shapes for depth perception is built into the "embedded" parts of our visual cortex.
[13:50:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06An Arrow That Can't Point Left Puzzles the Internet - 186 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:50:17] <exec> 08└─I think he released blueprints for his previous illusions for 3D printing (which is how he creates them himself nowadays), so perhaps you can get your hands on those? Sign me up for one!
[13:50:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06An Arrow That Can't Point Left Puzzles the Internet - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:50:19] <exec> 08└─Oh god - the ruler! THE RULER!!!!! Argh >sploding sound<
[13:50:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmichaelhudsondotnet [8122] (Score: 1) 02 - 06AT&T Turns On 5G In New York, But It Still Isn't Available To Consumers - 1004 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:50:30] <exec> 08└─I use cell phones but sparingly and I keep it in a different room. The key to good work is not being interrupted while you are doing it. People who are constantly responding to random rings are effectively capping the quality of their output. I have slept with an iphone streaming youtube within 1 ft...
[13:50:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmichaelhudsondotnet [8122] (Score: 1) 02 - 06AT&T Turns On 5G In New York, But It Still Isn't Available To Consumers - 853 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:50:31] <exec> 08└─Indeed. A vast technological installation and capital expenditure with fewer verifiable specifics would be difficult to find in the history of planet earth. On the topic of 5g it is bizarro upside down world, so this is why I am trying to be extremely vocal about it. I've said it before here, but it...
[13:50:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Strange Coral Spawning Improving Great Barrier Reef's Resilience - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:50:43] <exec> 08└─Who doesn't like a little strange, from time to time? We've got something in common with the coral!
[13:50:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Strange Coral Spawning Improving Great Barrier Reef's Resilience - 385 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:50:45] <exec> 08└─> How does the coral see the moon? It doesn't have eyes. And it's like way underwater. Not just coral - Salmon too: https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com] (approx 2:48) BTW, it's not for me to speculate as to what might have inspired you to write that very *cough* imaginative post...
[13:52:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bans on Plastic Bags Can Backfire - 207 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:52:10] <exec> 08└─That and vegans call wool evil, and the incumbent petrochemical and pharmaceutical industries will do everything in their power to oppose hemp. Which other plant fiber did c0lo have in mind? Linen from flax?
[13:52:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bans on Plastic Bags Can Backfire - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:52:11] <exec> 08└─Mixed fabrics are an abomination unto the lard and will not be tolerated!
[13:52:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bans on Plastic Bags Can Backfire - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:52:13] <exec> 08└─You shop five times a week? Do you have nothing else in your life to do except shop?
[13:53:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Warns Hong Kong Protesters Against "Playing With Fire" - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:53:06] <exec> 08└─If that were true, then Tienanmen Square would never have happened.
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[14:49:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Robot Tail Developed to Balance Out Human Body and Stop People From Falling Over - 462 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:49:35] <exec> 08└─Similar but different. While the article touts the uses for this thing on earth, I'm thinking, "With a little plumage, it might help people in weightless conditions too!" Oh yeah, baby, shake that thang! I've got to fault them for placement, though. The thing attaches to you, just above the small of...
[14:49:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snospar [5366] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Robot Tail Developed to Balance Out Human Body and Stop People From Falling Over - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:49:37] <exec> 08└─Which of the evolved bipeds among us is falling over so often they thought a step back down the evolutionary ladder was in order. Seems like this is for the furries or maybe anime types
[14:49:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Robot Tail Developed to Balance Out Human Body and Stop People From Falling Over - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:49:39] <exec> 08└─Here's the correct video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com]
[14:49:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Robot Tail Developed to Balance Out Human Body and Stop People From Falling Over - 578 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:49:41] <exec> 08└─They mentioned elderly people. Maybe they're right. "Help me, I've fallen and can't get up!" I suppose some people with nerve conditions might be steadied by a tail. They also mention workers carrying loads. I'd have to experience it, before I could pass judgement on load carrying ability. Then, the...
[14:49:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Robot Tail Developed to Balance Out Human Body and Stop People From Falling Over - 293 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:49:43] <exec> 08└─So do I get to wag my tail if I'm happy? Put it under my legs if I'm scared? Stick it up in the air if I'm upset? Is there going to be a whole bunch of tail gesture analysts explaining what each tail gesture means as we see with dogs and cats and with human facial expression analysts on T.V.?
[14:49:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmichaelhudsondotnet [8122] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Robot Tail Developed to Balance Out Human Body and Stop People From Falling Over - 550 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:49:45] <exec> 08└─As long as there are not a lot of doors slamming shut in the vicinity I might like having some extra balance while I am on my parkour tour of siberian factories. But there always seem to be things in the vicinity that slam shut so no tails for me. Was there an epidemic of people falling over that I...
[14:50:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Whaley Bridge Dam Collapse is a Wake-Up Call: Concrete Infrastructure Demands Maintenance - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:50:01] <exec> 08└─It is the land of the Tardis, after all.
[14:50:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Only_Mortal [7122] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Whaley Bridge Dam Collapse is a Wake-Up Call: Concrete Infrastructure Demands Maintenance - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:50:02] <exec> 08└─Certainly the changes in farming practices in the hills of the Yorkshire Dales have been part of the issue there. I'd *guess* this may also be true for Derbyshire, given it's proximity.
[14:50:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Whaley Bridge Dam Collapse is a Wake-Up Call: Concrete Infrastructure Demands Maintenance - 1029 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:50:04] <exec> 08└─It might be that the root systems are the only thing holding it together now! That town's quite probably fucked, of that I'm fairly sure. Dumping hardcore on top of (below, snigger) the failed, snapped, and ripped up section of the slipway is not even a partial fix, it's the temporary and partial de...
[14:50:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Whaley Bridge Dam Collapse is a Wake-Up Call: Concrete Infrastructure Demands Maintenance - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:50:07] <exec> 08└─Just declared safe [manchestereveningnews.co.uk]
[14:50:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03PiMuNu [3823] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Whaley Bridge Dam Collapse is a Wake-Up Call: Concrete Infrastructure Demands Maintenance - 336 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:50:09] <exec> 08└─> Concrete Infrastructure Demands Maintenance Say, send an engineer to inspect said infrastructure regularly. If it fails the inspection then fix/decommission. This was the schedule of maintenance in the case of Whaley Bridge. What is the article saying? That we should decommission perfectly good in...
[14:50:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Everything Cops Say About Amazon's Ring Is Scripted or Approved by Ring - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:50:20] <exec> 08└─Blaming capitalism for corrupt incompetent government... hmm either you are a fool or a scammer.
[14:50:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmichaelhudsondotnet [8122] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Everything Cops Say About Amazon's Ring Is Scripted or Approved by Ring - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:50:21] <exec> 08└─Always good to know the police have to lie for the company you trust to keep you safe while you sleep. Not even /s, it is truly good to know.
[14:50:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Alfred [4006] (Score: 2) 02 - 06An Arrow That Can't Point Left Puzzles the Internet - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:50:38] <exec> 08└─Par for the course. Precise viewing angle is required for lots of physical illusions.
[14:50:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06An Arrow That Can't Point Left Puzzles the Internet - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:50:40] <exec> 08└─Dennis sure could've used a better arrow: https://youtu.be [youtu.be]
[14:50:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AT&T Turns On 5G In New York, But It Still Isn't Available To Consumers - 440 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:50:53] <exec> 08└─5G's 4ms latency is just about the fastest humans can perceive for dragging in UI interfaces: https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com] So, at the highest end of the client and infrastructure, you'll get video calls that don't suck. Btw, that video is also why Wayland for the linux d...
[14:50:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rupert Pupnick [7277] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06AT&T Turns On 5G In New York, But It Still Isn't Available To Consumers - 440 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:50:55] <exec> 08└─Please don’t read more into what I’ve written than what’s actually there. I’m actually very sympathetic to a more unplugged lifestyle myself— so much so that family members are sometimes embarrassed when I take my 10+ year old cellphone out in public. I’m just making you aware that the h...
[14:50:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rupert Pupnick [7277] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AT&T Turns On 5G In New York, But It Still Isn't Available To Consumers - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:50:57] <exec> 08└─I don’t understand why that isn’t being handled already by doing GUI processing locally. That’s a 22 minute long video, BTW!
[14:50:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmichaelhudsondotnet [8122] (Score: 1) 02 - 06AT&T Turns On 5G In New York, But It Still Isn't Available To Consumers - 1254 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:50:59] <exec> 08└─I still don't think this nears the threshold for the expenditure. Nor do I believe the hype, I believe under optimal conditions you can get 4ms latency, but why would we expect that they could deliver that en mass? And if every gamer in your apartment building is getting 4ms latency at the same time...
[14:51:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmichaelhudsondotnet [8122] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Strange Coral Spawning Improving Great Barrier Reef's Resilience - 732 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:51:13] <exec> 08└─Thank you for that. I am just asking some basic questions here. Something underwater without eyes is switching up its whole metabolism under the full moon like a werewolf and we're supposed to keep walking around like we live in a purely mechanical and deterministic universe where nothing like spook...
[14:53:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Lunar Crash may have Seeded Indestructible ‘Water Bears’ on the Moon - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:53:03] <exec> 08└─Only if you add water.
[14:53:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Lunar Crash may have Seeded Indestructible ‘Water Bears’ on the Moon - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:53:04] <exec> 08└─Then there will be a war with the sea monkeys that live there.
[14:53:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Warns Hong Kong Protesters Against "Playing With Fire" - 296 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:53:37] <exec> 08└─Middle of the road alternative, maybe? How about a police presence, and ongoing tough talk about gangstas and hoodlums and boogeymen? An occasional cracked head in an alley, and other not-necessarily lethal encounters. With enough attitude adjustments, HK would begin to see things Beijing's way.
[14:53:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Warns Hong Kong Protesters Against "Playing With Fire" - 587 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:53:38] <exec> 08└─Subjection to mainland Chinese law. The key issue being protested is extradition. If/when extradition is put into play, then Chinese law will trump (lol, there's that word/name) HK law. "Mr. Yee is wanted in court for expressing political opinion on the internet that is frowned upon by the authoriti...
[14:53:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rupert Pupnick [7277] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Warns Hong Kong Protesters Against "Playing With Fire" - 255 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:53:40] <exec> 08└─Chinese leadership has the advantage of not having to worry about getting re-elected. This is also true in the context of the trade war that has now crossed over into RMB currency devaluation. This could cost Trump more than just a defeat in trade policy.
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[15:49:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03rigrig [5129] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Monzo Admits to Storing Payment Card PINs in Internal Logs - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:49:35] <exec> 08└─We've come a long way from "storing cleartext passwords", through "storing weakly-hashed passwords" and "storing unsalted passwords", all the way to "logging cleartext passwords".
[15:49:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Robot Tail Developed to Balance Out Human Body and Stop People From Falling Over - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:49:49] <exec> 08└─Between human-animal hybrids and mecha tails it looks like Japan is finally making anime real
[15:49:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Robot Tail Developed to Balance Out Human Body and Stop People From Falling Over - 1715 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:49:50] <exec> 08└─This doesn't seem like it helps those standing on two legs as you mention. If anything, it seems to throw our balance off by tipping our center of mass over backwards. This can be bad if we are, for instance, going up the stairs and don't want to fall backwards. In fact, if I am standing on a ladder...
[15:49:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Robot Tail Developed to Balance Out Human Body and Stop People From Falling Over - 198 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:49:52] <exec> 08└─I suppose if the majority of the weight of the tail were at the tip and, say, the thing knew to move in front of you while you were standing on a ladder so that it can pull your balance forward ....
[15:49:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hartree [195] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Robot Tail Developed to Balance Out Human Body and Stop People From Falling Over - 696 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:49:55] <exec> 08└─This was mentioned a week or so ago in the post on Siggraph. Also, it's been done and better for quite a long time by costumers. (My previous reply:) "The furries have been making those for decades. A couple even with myoelectronic pickups to sync their movement to the wearer's walking (Frankly a ra...
[15:49:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rupert Pupnick [7277] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Robot Tail Developed to Balance Out Human Body and Stop People From Falling Over - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:49:57] <exec> 08└─Can also come in handy at certain kinds of parties. Just don’t stand behind someone wearing one.
[15:49:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Robot Tail Developed to Balance Out Human Body and Stop People From Falling Over - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:49:59] <exec> 08└─Haven't humans evolved to have more back issues from walking upright? Artificial tail could counter this.
[15:50:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Robot Tail Developed to Balance Out Human Body and Stop People From Falling Over - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:50:01] <exec> 08└─Minimum 3 standards, Canid, Felid, Marsupial.
[15:50:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Robot Tail Developed to Balance Out Human Body and Stop People From Falling Over - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:50:03] <exec> 08└─Depends on what side they're wearing it.
[15:50:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rich [945] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Robot Tail Developed to Balance Out Human Body and Stop People From Falling Over - 451 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:50:05] <exec> 08└─When I read the first few words of the headline I thought "This can only come from Japan". Was that prejudice? The second question was whether Tohru's or Elma's tail style would be more fashionable. And the third, after considering that this is done to balance out the body and stop it from falling o...
[15:50:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03isostatic [365] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Whaley Bridge Dam Collapse is a Wake-Up Call: Concrete Infrastructure Demands Maintenance - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:50:26] <exec> 08└─It is inspected regularly and was fully drained and had various fixes as recently as 2010. The dam is going to be completely rebuilt.
[15:50:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Whaley Bridge Dam Collapse is a Wake-Up Call: Concrete Infrastructure Demands Maintenance - 447 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:50:28] <exec> 08└─But why would you use MM for a volume where the unit M is more appropriate? I make that determination because the standard I'm aware of is to switch from MM to CM and then to M generally when the most significant bit is there, and you gave the English number in feet, not in inches. Is it truly that...
[15:50:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Everything Cops Say About Amazon's Ring Is Scripted or Approved by Ring - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:50:41] <exec> 08└─One Ring(tm) to control them....
[15:51:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06An Arrow That Can't Point Left Puzzles the Internet - 344 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:51:00] <exec> 08└─In a few centuries some archeologist AI will unearth this, search his* knowledge base, and conclude this arrow always pointing right was the progressives' scapegoat finder. Correct conclusion BTW. *)AI is mostly male except for automotive AI always complaining and requiring maintenance, which is fem...
[15:51:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AT&T Turns On 5G In New York, But It Still Isn't Available To Consumers - 1209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:51:17] <exec> 08└─> I slept in a room under a 3/4g tower last year and I know I could feel it Should read: I slept in a room I knew was under a 3/4g tower last year and given that knowledge I wanted to believe I could feel it. I worked under one for years, every one of the thousands of employees did. This was during...
[15:52:05] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Bans on Plastic Bags Can Backfire - 410 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:52:05] <exec> 08└─Worst example, your anecdote is more suited to pointing out SF's failure to support the homeless population. Removing public restrooms instead of just dealing with the cost of upkeep is what really created the problems. Not allocating money and space for the homeless is a big failure. Besides, there...
[15:52:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bans on Plastic Bags Can Backfire - 293 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:52:59] <exec> 08└─In parts of the world where shops are intimately interspersed with residences, it's quite common to walk out in your neighborhood, see what's on offer, chat with other neighbors, and buy whatever seems good to cook in the evening. Not feasible with vast suburban tracts zoned residential only.
[15:53:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03KritonK [465] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bans on Plastic Bags Can Backfire - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:53:00] <exec> 08└─The ones we have over here turn to dust after a few months. I've notice this first hand.
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[15:53:26] <exec> 08└─Fair point - though I think burying itself several feet underground is pretty unlikely for such a small, slow-moving impactor. And I don't think I've heard any suggestions that there might be liquid water only a few feet underground on the Moon. And of course they would still either starve to death...
[15:54:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06China Warns Hong Kong Protesters Against "Playing With Fire" - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:54:02] <exec> 08└─There are not "many hundreds of other factions" in China. In fact China is pretty well united. with the obvious exceptions of the Uyghurs, Tibet and Hong Kong.
[15:54:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Warns Hong Kong Protesters Against "Playing With Fire" - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:54:03] <exec> 08└─China is a lot more prosperous today than back then. Most Chinese people now are a lot happier with their lot in life, and have a lot more to lose should the shit hit the fan.
[15:54:18] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03darkfeline [1030] 02 - 06Interview: Why Canonical Views the Snap Ecosystem as a Compelling Distribution-Agnostic Solution - 1017 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:54:18] <exec> 08└─The problem is shared libraries aka dependency hell. >Any distribution can convert a source tarball into a binary package of the type of their choice. HAHAHA no. That only works if all of the dependencies are available in the distribution's package repositories, and of the correct version. Otherwise...
[15:54:19] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03optotronic [4285] 02 - 06Interview: Why Canonical Views the Snap Ecosystem as a Compelling Distribution-Agnostic Solution - 937 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:54:20] <exec> 08└─I've only been using Linux for about 5 years (Xubuntu mainly) and ran into snaps a year or so ago. But my limited experiences have me avoiding them completely. My first experience was with Libre Office. In a recent version of Xubuntu, when I went to the Software program (GUI) and installed Libre Off...
[15:54:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Interview: Why Canonical Views the Snap Ecosystem as a Compelling Distribution-Agnostic Solution - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:54:31] <exec> 08└─From TFS: the last significant challenge users face when switching from Windows or Mac to a Linux distribution is app distribution and installation.
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[16:50:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Robot Tail Developed to Balance Out Human Body and Stop People From Falling Over - 167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:50:05] <exec> 08└─Look, you don't get the government grants if you just outright admit you're trying to create a catgirl. I wonder how the team working on the catears is coming along...
[16:50:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Robot Tail Developed to Balance Out Human Body and Stop People From Falling Over - 264 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:50:07] <exec> 08└─Are people envisioning removing the backs from all chairs? Otherwise sitting is going to be a real challenge. And what will someone accidentally walking too close behind you do to your balance? This seems funny, but like a generally bad idea for practical reasons.
[16:50:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Robot Tail Developed to Balance Out Human Body and Stop People From Falling Over - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:50:09] <exec> 08└─Hemo's vid was rather silly, but makes me want to wear one back-to front, so I can scare the horses.
[16:50:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Robot Tail Developed to Balance Out Human Body and Stop People From Falling Over - 522 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:50:11] <exec> 08└─Yikes, that still (c.f. hemo's vid) reacts slowly to movements after they've started to affect the precise bit of the body they're strapped to. Exactly unlike a tail, which participates in the creation of the force that begins the motion of potentially quite remote parts[*] of the body. This is biom...
[16:50:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Robot Tail Developed to Balance Out Human Body and Stop People From Falling Over - 184 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:50:13] <exec> 08└─Perhaps if you lean back far enough this will loop forwards to compensate. In which case, it raises the question of fundamental importance: can this tail be used to scratch your balls?
[16:50:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Whaley Bridge Dam Collapse is a Wake-Up Call: Concrete Infrastructure Demands Maintenance - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:50:36] <exec> 08└─Do we know the chemical makeup of the concrete the Romans used? I thought I'd seen something about it, but at the time we didn't know how it was made.
[16:50:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Whaley Bridge Dam Collapse is a Wake-Up Call: Concrete Infrastructure Demands Maintenance - 295 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:50:37] <exec> 08└─Also could be something related to cutting flood prevention funds? Another great "saving" by David Cameron's austerity measures. It just gives and gives. https://www.theguardian.com [theguardian.com]
[16:50:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Whaley Bridge Dam Collapse is a Wake-Up Call: Concrete Infrastructure Demands Maintenance - 1379 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:50:39] <exec> 08└─Currently, there's been more trouble with new construction. Such as, the pedestrian bridge in Florida. In recent years, we've been building an awful lot of infrastructure that someday may be too burdensome to maintain. Lately, the DFW area has been mad for highway bridges. Got all these new toll lan...
[16:50:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Whaley Bridge Dam Collapse is a Wake-Up Call: Concrete Infrastructure Demands Maintenance - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:50:41] <exec> 08└─https://www.geopolymer.org/archaeology/roman-cement/high-performance-roman-cement-and-concrete-high-durable-buildings/ [geopolymer.org]
[16:50:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Everything Cops Say About Amazon's Ring Is Scripted or Approved by Ring - 603 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:50:54] <exec> 08└─Sorry, but merely because other organizations have different failure modes doesn't mean that this isn't a failure mode of capitalism. Of course, the basic driver of the failure modes is the desire to control, which is, indeed, more basic, and universal among human populations. (Not strongly among al...
[16:51:03] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03MrGuy [1007] 02 - 06An Arrow That Can't Point Left Puzzles the Internet - 176 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:51:03] <exec> 08└─I find this one interesting, but nothing for me will ever beat this video of the Ames Window [youtube.com] for mindblowing can't-turn-it-off brain defying. Perception is weird.
[16:51:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Common Joe [33] (Score: 2) 02 - 06An Arrow That Can't Point Left Puzzles the Internet - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:51:15] <exec> 08└─I was one of the lucky 10,000 today. Thank you for giving me an opportunity to pass my headache on to others.
[16:51:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06An Arrow That Can't Point Left Puzzles the Internet - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:51:16] <exec> 08└─Why does it not transition and change its gender by declaration?
[16:51:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06An Arrow That Can't Point Left Puzzles the Internet - 1077 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:51:18] <exec> 08└─Not so - there are no flat lines or rectangular shapes in nature, those are a very recent addition through human culture, almost certainly not old or important enough to have altered the biological programming of the visual cortex by killing off the genelines that couldn't easily process them. The a...
[16:51:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AT&T Turns On 5G In New York, But It Still Isn't Available To Consumers - 243 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:51:36] <exec> 08└─That vid's almost completely irrelevant to the topic. You're not interacting by touch over the 5G network. If you are, bin your OS, you should be using a fat client on such a device, and therefore interacting by touch only with your local GUI.
[16:51:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AT&T Turns On 5G In New York, But It Still Isn't Available To Consumers - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:51:37] <exec> 08└─Whatever the spec, there's one thing I can count on. Spotty service in my area.
[16:51:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AT&T Turns On 5G In New York, But It Still Isn't Available To Consumers - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:51:39] <exec> 08└─I still don't think this nears the threshold for the expenditure.
[16:51:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AT&T Turns On 5G In New York, But It Still Isn't Available To Consumers - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:51:41] <exec> 08└─You're not interacting by touch over the 5G network.
[16:51:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AT&T Turns On 5G In New York, But It Still Isn't Available To Consumers - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:51:43] <exec> 08└─Also, faraday cage beds, I have tons of prior art on this if you're going to start this company just hire me so I don't have to take everything you have later in litigation.
[16:51:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AT&T Turns On 5G In New York, But It Still Isn't Available To Consumers - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:51:45] <exec> 08└─I thought I felt a tingling in my nuts.
[16:52:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 1, Offtopic) 02 - 06Strange Coral Spawning Improving Great Barrier Reef's Resilience - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:52:00] <exec> 08└─Soo..., what you're saying is, if I sleep more I'll become an alien like Superman? Seems like this needs to be tested. I'm sure, 40 years of siestas will be enough testing.
[16:52:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Strange Coral Spawning Improving Great Barrier Reef's Resilience - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:52:02] <exec> 08└─How ignorant you are.
[16:52:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Risk of Weak Online Banking Passwords - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:52:14] <exec> 08└─Your bank does not provide that option? Why on Earth do you keep any money with them, then???
[16:53:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bans on Plastic Bags Can Backfire - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:53:32] <exec> 08└─Bamboo would be awesome, because cloth made with it is strong and silky soft. Except it's hard to process into fiber and uses a lot of chemicals.
[16:53:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bans on Plastic Bags Can Backfire - 363 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:53:34] <exec> 08└─A well huh? So you're just one of the many people busy emptying out your local acquifer which will probably have catastrophic effects on the local plant life if a drought hits. Don't sit too high and mighty, and may I suggest you try exploring reality instead of your biased "sf is a liberal hell hol...
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[16:54:00] <exec> 08└─Support going back to the moon to save the tardigrades! Can you look away from poor stranded water bears? Give generously to our gofundme to mount a rescue mission! A waterbear may be somebody's mother! One might even be your brother!
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[17:50:08] <exec> 08└─"Oh, look, it's got a mind of its own, sweetheart. I can't do a thing with it." -Barf
[17:50:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Whaley Bridge Dam Collapse is a Wake-Up Call: Concrete Infrastructure Demands Maintenance - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:50:35] <exec> 08└─In meteorology rain is expressed in mm
[17:50:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Everything Cops Say About Amazon's Ring Is Scripted or Approved by Ring - 617 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:50:50] <exec> 08└─So anything that Ring says about the Police Departments that participate is approved by the Police. OMG! Censorship!!! No, not really. The police can, after all, choose to not say the words that they and Amazon work out together. Or the police can choose to ignore the script at the peril of having...
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[17:51:14] <exec> 08└─If you hate videos: try this: https://img.purch.com [purch.com]
[17:51:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03hwertz [8141] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AT&T Turns On 5G In New York, But It Still Isn't Available To Consumers - 588 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:51:38] <exec> 08└─"I would like to start a company in the east village where we do a complete EMF scan of apartments and demonstrate to fancy lawyers that we have a class action lawsuit." Except that won't work. They are certainly following FCC limits; the power used on mmwave is particularly low (it's line of site n...
[17:51:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03hwertz [8141] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AT&T Turns On 5G In New York, But It Still Isn't Available To Consumers - 1264 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:51:40] <exec> 08└─Effectively, there will be two 5G networks. This is true from all carriers. One is the mmwave 5G. This uses 28ghz band as well as 24ghz and 26ghz. Carriers have a bare minimum of 100mhz, with 400mhz or more common. This is where you'll get those massive speeds the carriers hype for 5G. But the mmwav...
[17:53:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bans on Plastic Bags Can Backfire - 278 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:53:28] <exec> 08└─Just because something *can* become fossilized does not mean that it is non-biodegradable. If pollen never degraded, the entire world would be drowning in the pollen accumulation. Wood can get petrified, which is basically the same as fossilization. Wood is still biodegradable.
[17:54:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Warns Hong Kong Protesters Against "Playing With Fire" - 225 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:54:32] <exec> 08└─More like, a once virile empire switching from conquest to commerce ushering in a death by a thousand bureaucrats who ultimately grant power to religious fanactics through the three emperor's edict consigning it to the abyss.
[17:54:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Warns Hong Kong Protesters Against "Playing With Fire" - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:54:33] <exec> 08└─*three emperors' edict
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[18:49:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Humble Microbe Boosting Europe's Food Industry - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:49:40] <exec> 08└─..."bacteria-infested"
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[18:49:42] <exec> 08└─don't forget the mushrooms! everything dies and mushrooms love dead (plant) stuff. as for "fermentation": my guess is that there's a planet somewhere where the apes (or whatever primitive) evolved along with the refrigerator. instead of opposing thumbs and walking upright, their trait was "keeping f...
[18:49:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Monzo Admits to Storing Payment Card PINs in Internal Logs - 554 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:49:50] <exec> 08└─If someone says "I forgot my PIN today!", how am I supposed to know whether they mean a pointy metal thing or a number used for banking? They could say "credit card PIN" but that's more syllables and more characters than "PIN number". It's just a stupid acronym. There are two many collisions with TL...
[18:49:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Monzo Admits to Storing Payment Card PINs in Internal Logs - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:49:53] <exec> 08└─s/two many/too many/ (!)
[18:50:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Touché) 02 - 06Robot Tail Developed to Balance Out Human Body and Stop People From Falling Over - 10 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:50:22] <exec> 08└─Kickstand.
[18:50:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Robot Tail Developed to Balance Out Human Body and Stop People From Falling Over - 265 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:50:23] <exec> 08└─China claimed they are working on human-ape hybrids to harvest organs from. Between that and a bionic tail, the future is shaping up to be crazier than even the wackiest of sci-fi. If we can now just get our flying cars, we can go monkey cruzin' for hot ape chicks.
[18:50:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Robot Tail Developed to Balance Out Human Body and Stop People From Falling Over - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:50:25] <exec> 08└─Hmmm -- I think the "happy tail" is better. At least you wouldn't be tripping over pneumatic lines and carting around an air compressor.
[18:50:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Robot Tail Developed to Balance Out Human Body and Stop People From Falling Over - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:50:27] <exec> 08└─Sure, why not. It'll go with those cat ears you can get at anime conventions that claim to react to the wearer's "mood." Works about as well as you'd expect for a furry mood ring.
[18:50:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Robot Tail Developed to Balance Out Human Body and Stop People From Falling Over - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:50:30] <exec> 08└─Must have pasted the wrong video, THIS is the one from 2009, and it's great: https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com]
[18:51:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06An Arrow That Can't Point Left Puzzles the Internet - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:51:36] <exec> 08└─Toldja Javascript and DOM are f&cked up
[18:53:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bans on Plastic Bags Can Backfire - 290 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:53:51] <exec> 08└─Not allocating money and space for the homeless is a big failure. Why? What do we get in return? The only money to be spent on the homeless should be to rent a bulldozer and push them and all their crap outside the city limits. Do the same to anybody who complains about it. Problem solved!
[18:53:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bans on Plastic Bags Can Backfire - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:53:52] <exec> 08└─why pick cotton...? Nostalgia, man! And if we use prison labor, we get to shoot the runaways... just like old times
[18:53:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bans on Plastic Bags Can Backfire - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:53:54] <exec> 08└─Wouldn't a bamboo straw be a bit large? *grin*
[18:54:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Warns Hong Kong Protesters Against "Playing With Fire" - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:54:59] <exec> 08└─Between trade-wars, this HK spat, and signs of a national recession; China's leadership is probably quite nervous right now. They must feel boxed in.
[18:55:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Warns Hong Kong Protesters Against "Playing With Fire" - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:55:00] <exec> 08└─Chinese leadership has the advantage of not having to worry about getting re-elected.
[18:57:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Emacs Users Are Like Terry Pratchett's Igors - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:57:16] <exec> 08└─If four words (count 'em) pointing out the prescience of RMS feels too much like a backhanded attack on Vim (which is not the same as vi!), then I offer my apologies.
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[19:49:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06This Device Can Hear You Talking to Yourself - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:49:38] <exec> 08└─I don't like what it's saying.
[19:49:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hartree [195] (Score: 2) 02 - 06This Device Can Hear You Talking to Yourself - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:49:39] <exec> 08└─"Some people didn't like what the voice did say So I took the voice and I locked it away, I got the key, I got the key Voices, I hear voices, voices, I hear voices"
[19:49:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Humble Microbe Boosting Europe's Food Industry - 282 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:49:54] <exec> 08└─Yes. On the other hand, *everything* is bacteria-infested. You have more bacteria cells in your body than you have "human" cells. Anybody who is scientifically literate enough to see past the marketing spin of the term "probiotic" is also smart enough to know why it doesn't matter.
[19:50:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Monzo Admits to Storing Payment Card PINs in Internal Logs - 815 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:50:04] <exec> 08└─I entirely agree with the above. The pedant agrees with me that "PIN Number" sounds rather silly and redundant, but for practical use, it is fine. "PIN" by itself is ambiguous, and because it is so short at only being one syllable, it is easy to miss when somebody says it. So we need to add somethin...
[19:51:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Whaley Bridge Dam Collapse is a Wake-Up Call: Concrete Infrastructure Demands Maintenance - 799 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:51:06] <exec> 08└─Forgive me for not knowing crap about this and asking questions / venturing opinions based on guesswork. Cost of manufacture / construction? And I'd presume that it takes ready access to limestone - modern transport may make that mostly irrelevant but not completely so when it comes to 6 and 7 figur...
[19:51:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Whaley Bridge Dam Collapse is a Wake-Up Call: Concrete Infrastructure Demands Maintenance - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:51:07] <exec> 08└─If you live in the desert that's pretty significant. (And yes, deserts can sprout rivers seasonally or perenially in High Desert).
[19:51:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Everything Cops Say About Amazon's Ring Is Scripted or Approved by Ring - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:51:23] <exec> 08└─From the one-ring-to-rule-them-all dept.
[19:51:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Oakenshield [4900] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Everything Cops Say About Amazon's Ring Is Scripted or Approved by Ring - 702 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:51:24] <exec> 08└─Much that once was is lost; for none now live who remember it. It began with the forging of the great rings: three were given to the Elves, immortal, wisest and fairest of all beings. Seven to the Dwarf Lords; great miners and craftsman of the mountain halls. And nine, nine rings were gifted to the...
[19:51:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06An Arrow That Can't Point Left Puzzles the Internet - 254 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:51:50] <exec> 08└─Ironically they found your posts and began the Butlerian Jihad. Some academics argued that BOT was more of a script and not a true thinking machine, but the others just said, "better safe than sorry." You happy now? Causing the xenocide of your own kind?
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[20:49:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06This Device Can Hear You Talking to Yourself - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:49:37] <exec> 08└─Cool, a M.A.N.T.I.S. for the voice!
[20:49:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06This Device Can Hear You Talking to Yourself - 253 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:49:38] <exec> 08└─This reminds me of “subvocalization” mentioned in a few different sci-fi books. Someone make this a product available to the general public so I can buy the crap out of it and use it for some kind of wearable A.I./computer/private phone convo thing.
[20:49:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06This Device Can Hear You Talking to Yourself - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:49:40] <exec> 08└─when you’re talking to yourself, even if you’re completely silent and not moving your mouth.
[20:49:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06This Device Can Hear You Talking to Yourself - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:49:42] <exec> 08└─can it hear the voices in my head that arn't me? i'm having a hard time hearing them.
[20:49:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rupert Pupnick [7277] (Score: 2) 02 - 06This Device Can Hear You Talking to Yourself - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:49:44] <exec> 08└─I know a few people for whom such sophisticated neuromuscular processing is not needed.
[20:49:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Offtopic) 02 - 06A Common Honey Bee Disease Is Spread Through Flowers - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:49:52] <exec> 08└─talking about sharing: my neighbours 30-50 mega hogs on the n-band is totally clogging my wifi.
[20:50:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Humble Microbe Boosting Europe's Food Industry - 437 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:50:03] <exec> 08└─i am curious to know your scientific methode of "counting" or even weighing this difference? probably there are tons of bacteria everywhere (except maybe the fab photonizing the next locked down baseband chip) however my take from the "probiotics" spin is that a selection of MULTIPLE bugs is better...
[20:50:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Monzo Admits to Storing Payment Card PINs in Internal Logs - 2644 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:50:14] <exec> 08└─til: PIN [wikipedia.org] A pin is a device used for fastening objects or material together. Pin or PIN may also refer to: Contents 1 Awards, brooches, or fasteners 2 Computers and technology 3 Music and film 4 Sports and games 5 Other ...
[20:51:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Whaley Bridge Dam Collapse is a Wake-Up Call: Concrete Infrastructure Demands Maintenance - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:51:18] <exec> 08└─I'd rather pay $1000 every fifty years then $10000 every two hundred years.
[20:51:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Everything Cops Say About Amazon's Ring Is Scripted or Approved by Ring - 240 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:51:36] <exec> 08└─Shit that has nothing to do with capitalism represents a failure mode of capitalism? Got it. But keep believing we live in a capitalist society and that there is a difference between the corporations and government. It only makes it easier.
[20:51:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03bobthecimmerian [6834] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Everything Cops Say About Amazon's Ring Is Scripted or Approved by Ring - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:51:38] <exec> 08└─Dammit, you beat me to it.
[20:52:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03istartedi [123] (Score: 2) 02 - 06An Arrow That Can't Point Left Puzzles the Internet - 296 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:52:05] <exec> 08└─I wasn't that impressed until he used the ruler. My mind is so broken! Another interesting thing about illusions involving rooms and windows is that apparently they don't work on primitive people.... and... OK, he mentioned that in the video too at the end. Top notch. Thank you for linking that.
[20:52:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Coward, Anonymous [7017] (Score: 2) 02 - 06An Arrow That Can't Point Left Puzzles the Internet - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:52:06] <exec> 08└─Focus on the word art. Picasso also painted many works with similar style.
[20:54:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bans on Plastic Bags Can Backfire - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:54:24] <exec> 08└─You shop five times a week? Do you have nothing else in your life to do except shop?
[20:54:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bans on Plastic Bags Can Backfire - 671 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:54:26] <exec> 08└─I'm not worried about "emptying out my local acquifer" [sic]. Here in flyover country we have lots of water. In fact we have so much of it, it falls from the sky all the time. We have no laws against collecting rainwater either. Our local water table has risen over the past two decades instead due t...
[20:54:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Coward, Anonymous [7017] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bans on Plastic Bags Can Backfire - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:54:28] <exec> 08└─I know a lot of Asian people who hoard used plastic bags, like they are made of gold or at least silver. Must be a cultural thing.
[20:55:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rupert Pupnick [7277] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Warns Hong Kong Protesters Against "Playing With Fire" - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:55:36] <exec> 08└─> If an elected leader gets voted out, they still have their mansion and freedom to come and go. Well, usually, unless they will be facing criminal charges.
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[21:49:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Oracle Linux 8 released to public mirror - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:49:30] <exec> 08└─If so then you must be kidding. Anyone who has paid any attention at all to Oracle, whether it be their database blackmail, or their Java screwing, or whatever, stays as far away from Oracle as possible.
[21:49:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Oracle Linux 8 released to public mirror - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:49:31] <exec> 08└─some corporates dont have much choice.
[21:49:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Oracle Linux 8 released to public mirror - 408 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:49:34] <exec> 08└─Unlike RHEL 6, Scientific Linux is dead and will not be releasing a clone of 8, so your RHEL clone choices are now just CentOS and Oracle. Larry doesn't charge you to download and play with OL8. And now you don't even need to register with Oracle to get the iso image. Hate Oracle? Fine, don't deplo...
[21:49:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06This Device Can Hear You Talking to Yourself - 427 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:49:48] <exec> 08└─If I silently "say" something to someone else, can the system read that? If so, it would seem like the next great: 1. hardware accessory for smartphones 2. smartphone app For people to silently converse without speaking, typing or gesturing. However the other end would have to communicate my thought...
[21:49:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06This Device Can Hear You Talking to Yourself - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:49:49] <exec> 08└─The voices told me that I should clean the guns today.
[21:50:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Robot Tail Developed to Balance Out Human Body and Stop People From Falling Over - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:50:52] <exec> 08└─Does it wag when you see a friend or a pretty woman?
[21:51:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Whaley Bridge Dam Collapse is a Wake-Up Call: Concrete Infrastructure Demands Maintenance - 670 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:51:23] <exec> 08└─Ah, thank you for the response and answer. It was a serious question(for those who modded offtopic), if not phrased the best way. Yea, I'm the GP AC. I live in the Land of the Orange Man and am familiar with civilized units but not always standards. Around here, I've usually heard precipitation in f...
[21:53:49] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03driverless [4770] 02 - 06Bans on Plastic Bags Can Backfire - 81 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:53:49] <exec> 08└─Plastic straws are a straw man. But then, paper straws are really the last straw.
[21:57:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Undeclared Wars in Cyberspace Are Becoming More Aggressive and Automated - 736 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:57:22] <exec> 08└─You suffer from the same mental delusions I outlined. Evidence of the results of the attack? The people that get to see that are Senators, and the people providing the evidence is the U.S intelligence community. It's a pathetic and weak dodge to claim liberal butthurt, when what we are talking about...
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[22:49:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03r1348 [5988] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Oracle Linux 8 released to public mirror - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:49:37] <exec> 08└─I honestly first read it as "Oracle Linux 8 released to public horror" I guess just a Pavlovian reflex when I read Oracle.
[22:49:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03r1348 [5988] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Oracle Linux 8 released to public mirror - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:49:39] <exec> 08└─Some corporates should have known better.
[22:49:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Oracle Linux 8 released to public mirror - 430 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:49:41] <exec> 08└─The corporate I work for got sick of Oracle's licensing nonsense. The rumour is that the Asia-Pacific region spent about US$25 million per year, so goodness knows how much the US and Europe spent. We are about one year into a 3 year replacement project, so getting rid of Oracle is possible but not...
[22:49:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03patrick [3990] (Score: 2) 02 - 06This Device Can Hear You Talking to Yourself - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:49:57] <exec> 08└─In the 1982 movie, Firefox, Clint Eastwood used this tech to control a Russian built prototype airplane. The catch, he "must think in Russian..." [youtube.com]
[22:49:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Coward, Anonymous [7017] (Score: 2) 02 - 06This Device Can Hear You Talking to Yourself - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:49:59] <exec> 08└─The user hears the A.I.’s responses through a microphone that conducts sound through the bones of the skull and ear...
[22:50:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Common Honey Bee Disease Is Spread Through Flowers - 262 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:50:07] <exec> 08└─STDs spread through sex, skin diseases spread through skin to skin contact, apex predator diseases passed up the food chain, pond dwelling creatures' diseases spread through water, what other astounding scientific "discoveries" await in today's publication pile?
[22:50:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Humble Microbe Boosting Europe's Food Industry - 216 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:50:18] <exec> 08└─Fermentation is valuable for more than the (very significant before refrigeration) reducing losses to spoilage aspect. Fermentation can also make many nutrients more easily usable and is maybe as significant as fire.
[22:54:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bans on Plastic Bags Can Backfire - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:54:41] <exec> 08└─Weed for smoking usually is the more bushy variety that isn't as good for fiber. It could be used for hempseed, but then the weed would be ruined.
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[23:49:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Contrary To Musk's Claims, Lidar Has Some Advantages In Self Driving Technology - 1119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:49:34] <exec> 08└─Lidar is not doomed, nor does it "sidestep the fundamental problems of visual recognition". It's a SENSOR. Using several different types to provide input to the AI programs only makes sense. Cameras don't have depth perception, while lidar does. Using multiple cameras from multiple angles can help g...
[23:49:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Contrary To Musk's Claims, Lidar Has Some Advantages In Self Driving Technology - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:49:35] <exec> 08└─Mod parent down. Elon Musk is not an arrogant prick, he is a gift from God to all mankind.
[23:49:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Coward, Anonymous [7017] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Contrary To Musk's Claims, Lidar Has Some Advantages In Self Driving Technology - 191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:49:37] <exec> 08└─Maybe Musk is preparing his legal defense for when he gets sued by people who bought "full self-driving capable" cars that don't have LIDAR, when all actual self-driving cars will have LIDAR.
[23:49:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Oracle Linux 8 released to public mirror - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:49:50] <exec> 08└─when Larry retires or dies. Look at the rollercoaster AMD's been on since Jerry Sanders (he of the infamous 'JERRYSANDERSJERRYSANDERSJERRYSANDERS'-bespoke-pinstriped suits) retired.
[23:49:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Oracle Linux 8 released to public mirror - 198 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:49:51] <exec> 08└─You install it and then Oracle's lawyers show up at your door to collect a per-core licensing fee. And then they double the fee on the assumption that your dog is using the computer when you aren't.
[23:49:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Oracle Linux 8 released to public mirror - 224 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:49:53] <exec> 08└─My cat's gotten pretty good at this. While I'm doing something else she'll walk all over the keyboard until the fan turns on, then lay down so the warm air hits her asshole. Why does she do this? What do I look like, a cat?
[23:50:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Osamabobama [5842] (Score: 2) 02 - 06This Device Can Hear You Talking to Yourself - 351 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:50:12] <exec> 08└─It made me think of Ender's Game, or maybe the next book in the trilogy. Ender had something similar that he used to communicate with the sentient network lifeform (whom he called Jane) that lived on the ansible links. Of course, Ansible is something else now, and I assume the first app to use this...
[23:50:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06This Device Can Hear You Talking to Yourself - 9 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:50:14] <exec> 08└─Congress?
[23:52:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mykl [1112] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Everything Cops Say About Amazon's Ring Is Scripted or Approved by Ring - 470 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:52:11] <exec> 08└─I'd be interested if this extends beyond the US. I have a Ring doorbell (just bought about 2 months ago) and live in Australia. It would not surprise me at all if a similar system were attempted here, however I haven't heard anything from police about the devices, much less a sponsored advertisement...
[23:52:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03fido_dogstoyevsky [131] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Everything Cops Say About Amazon's Ring Is Scripted or Approved by Ring - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:52:13] <exec> 08└─Blaming capitalism for corrupt incompetent government... hmm either you are a fool or a scammer.
[23:55:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Chocolate [8044] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bans on Plastic Bags Can Backfire - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:55:00] <exec> 08└─After a steak is shoved through it?
[23:55:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bans on Plastic Bags Can Backfire - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:55:02] <exec> 08└─Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. It's still better than plastic. (grin)
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