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[00:49:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06Contrary To Musk's Claims, Lidar Has Some Advantages In Self Driving Technology - 999 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:49:36] <exec> 08└─I listened to the press conference where Musk and his team made these claims (cameras and radar only). He's already killed three of his customers in accidents that should have been easy to avoid by a normal, alert driver. OF course, he may have also saved a number of his customers by the poorly-name...
[00:49:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Contrary To Musk's Claims, Lidar Has Some Advantages In Self Driving Technology - 986 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:49:37] <exec> 08└─Musk should take at least a brief look at warships. The typical warship has radar, of course, but looking more closely, there is repetitive redundancy obvious in the masts. Multiple straight antennae, along with multiple radar domes, each with intimidating name. Ships have several radio antenna on t...
[00:49:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03PinkyGigglebrain [4458] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Contrary To Musk's Claims, Lidar Has Some Advantages In Self Driving Technology - 734 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:49:39] <exec> 08└─What happens when two or more LIDAR systems of the same or different make/model operate within range of each other? Can/do they interfere with each other? How susceptible are they to interference or jamming? How would they affect someone taking a picture*? All the IR lasers would be visible to the c...
[00:49:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Contrary To Musk's Claims, Lidar Has Some Advantages In Self Driving Technology - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:49:41] <exec> 08└─Lidar adds approximately $10 to $100,000 to the cost of the vehicle.
[00:49:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mykl [1112] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Contrary To Musk's Claims, Lidar Has Some Advantages In Self Driving Technology - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:49:43] <exec> 08└─Am I right in assuming that you meant $10,000 to $100,000?
[00:49:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Oracle Linux 8 released to public mirror - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:49:59] <exec> 08└─Why does she do this? What do I look like, a cat?
[00:50:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Oracle Linux 8 released to public mirror - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:50:01] <exec> 08└─mainstream linux is too shitty now that oracle, m$ and the like fucked the thing with only-for-corporations forced "features" like systemd, wayland and related stuff. fuckers are even trying to destroy package managers ffs
[00:50:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03PinkyGigglebrain [4458] (Score: 2) 02 - 06This Device Can Hear You Talking to Yourself - 869 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:50:22] <exec> 08└─When I think about how this kind of tech could have helped Hawking and others who can't use their own voice to communicate I think "Wow! this is awesome!" Then I think about how this will be misused by various organizations/agencies and it isn't that awesome anymore. It become frightening. Consider...
[00:50:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06This Device Can Hear You Talking to Yourself - 546 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:50:24] <exec> 08└─And I know a few that really need it -- older folks with very faint voice due to age, such that I can barely hear them. Sort of the opposite of hearing aids, these old people need "speaking aids" to be heard and understood. This is particularly important in medical settings where the doctor or nurse...
[00:50:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03pipedwho [2032] (Score: 2) 02 - 06This Device Can Hear You Talking to Yourself - 522 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:50:26] <exec> 08└─Actually, the art of lying to someone else is first by lying to yourself. The sort of dystopian use of this technique that you describe would be even easier to fake out in situations where it actually mattered. For example, when asked a question, "are you a Russian spy?" Your first pre-programmed an...
[00:50:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03pipedwho [2032] (Score: 2) 02 - 06This Device Can Hear You Talking to Yourself - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:50:28] <exec> 08└─And in the cell across the way: PLA: "What is your affiliation with the Tibetan separatists?" Tibetan Buddhist monk: "Aum....... Aum........ Aum........"
[00:50:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Common Honey Bee Disease Is Spread Through Flowers - 907 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:50:38] <exec> 08└─Exactly, just like it's obvious that fire rises, earth sinks, air is the substance of life, and water allows motion. Just look around you. Less facetious, there is lots of "obvious stuff" which can be either true or false. If you are cold, are you more likely to become sick? Does honey or vinegar at...
[00:50:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Humble Microbe Boosting Europe's Food Industry - 456 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:50:51] <exec> 08└─(The same AC as the one you are responding to.) I actually had meant "doesn't matter" in the sense that "yes, that 'probiotic yogurt' you are eating is full of bacteria. Who cares? It's not like eating (most) bacteria is bad for you." That being said, you are also correct that it would be equally ap...
[00:51:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Kell [292] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Robot Tail Developed to Balance Out Human Body and Stop People From Falling Over - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:51:36] <exec> 08└─Wouldn't a furry's mood ring be jammed on "horny"?
[00:52:09] <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
[00:52:09] <exec> 08└─But why would you use MM for a volume where the unit M is more appropriate?
[00:52:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06An Arrow That Can't Point Left Puzzles the Internet - 705 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:52:59] <exec> 08└─Perhaps. But is it really that specific? Couldn't this effect be generated by a more arbitrary curved surface with similar surface "shadows" painted in such a careful way as to simulate natural light and shadow? To me, this seems a rather simple variation of the kind of "forced perspective" placemen...
[00:55:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bans on Plastic Bags Can Backfire - 1114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:55:23] <exec> 08└─I have this terrible habit of remembering stories, but not the title or the author. Sci-fi story, published many years ago, of two cultures side-by-side in the same solar system. One culture, like us in the western world, is obsessed with packaging everything, to keep stuff clean, pure, blah blah bl...
[00:55:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bans on Plastic Bags Can Backfire - 394 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:55:25] <exec> 08└─Put it on scifi.stackexchange [stackexchange.com] and let us know the title. Although, they don't have to be in the same solar system to pit the societies against each other -- how they operate right here on Earth should be a good comparison. I suspect presence of a cold chain [wikipedia.org] or gen...
[00:58:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Undeclared Wars in Cyberspace Are Becoming More Aggressive and Automated - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:58:19] <exec> 08└─Nice bootlicking attitude there. You don't need to see any evidence because your betters have told you what to believe. Next you'll be touching your cap and saying "yes m'lud" every time one of them gives you an order.
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[01:49:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Contrary To Musk's Claims, Lidar Has Some Advantages In Self Driving Technology - 16 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:49:45] <exec> 08└─NO! [spar3d.com]
[01:49:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Contrary To Musk's Claims, Lidar Has Some Advantages In Self Driving Technology - 1192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:49:46] <exec> 08└─This got me thinking about failure modes of self-driving cars from the perspective of other drivers. As the article points out, sensors do fail which is why redundancy is important. But considering the worst edge case possible in which multiple systems fail – including the driver – I would assum...
[01:49:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Contrary To Musk's Claims, Lidar Has Some Advantages In Self Driving Technology - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:49:48] <exec> 08└─* [citation needed]
[01:49:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Contrary To Musk's Claims, Lidar Has Some Advantages In Self Driving Technology - 225 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:49:50] <exec> 08└─Probably not. A single distance sensing laser (eg cheap handheld distance meter) can probably be sourced for less than $10 per unit. A full-on 'warship' LIDAR array as described by Runaway above could easily go above $100,000
[01:49:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Contrary To Musk's Claims, Lidar Has Some Advantages In Self Driving Technology - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:49:53] <exec> 08└─https://twitter.com/elonmusk [twitter.com]
[01:55:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bans on Plastic Bags Can Backfire - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:55:30] <exec> 08└─I think you mean a lot of circle jerking among the greenie contingent.
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[02:49:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03pipedwho [2032] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Antineutrino Detection Could Help Remotely Monitor Nuclear Reactors - 580 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:49:36] <exec> 08└─This technique has been (is being) used to monitor the Fukushima reactors. The KamLand detector [wikipedia.org] is located at a 180km mean distance from the reactors. So this technique does not require the detector be positioned right outside the reactor building. It also requires a relatively long...
[02:49:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Contrary To Musk's Claims, Lidar Has Some Advantages In Self Driving Technology - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:49:57] <exec> 08└─Cars don't kill people CEOs kill people! Check and mate gun lover!
[02:49:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Contrary To Musk's Claims, Lidar Has Some Advantages In Self Driving Technology - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:49:58] <exec> 08└─Not trying to get into lidar vs whatever discussion, more information does not mean better decision. It is good to have say vision and hearing, while it is not good to have two visions.
[02:49:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Contrary To Musk's Claims, Lidar Has Some Advantages In Self Driving Technology - 395 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:50:00] <exec> 08└─A good lidar generates its own, pretty unique pseudo random sequence and modulates its transmitter. Then it looks for the same received sequence using synchronous receiver principle. Autocorrelation's shift is proportional to the distance. Other lidars do not get received. See CDMA. Jamming of any...
[02:50:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03PinkyGigglebrain [4458] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Contrary To Musk's Claims, Lidar Has Some Advantages In Self Driving Technology - 240 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:50:02] <exec> 08└─How do these automotive LIDARs effect the Human eye? We're not talking bright headlights here, we're talking IR LASERs. Like the kind they warn you not point at anyone's eyes. And there are going to be a lot of them on the roads eventually.
[02:50:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Contrary To Musk's Claims, Lidar Has Some Advantages In Self Driving Technology - 504 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:50:04] <exec> 08└─Cameras do not have dynamic range of a human eye. They get flooded by sunlight and show little in darkness. Still, even humans appreciate extra eyes, like collision warning or auto-braking radars. A LIDAR does not directly help the driver, but after being fed through the driving computer it becomes...
[02:50:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03PinkyGigglebrain [4458] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Contrary To Musk's Claims, Lidar Has Some Advantages In Self Driving Technology - 191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:50:07] <exec> 08└─So jamming/interference isn't anything to worry about. Good to know, thank you, And cameras can be equipped with filters, also good to know. But what about Human eyes? Or other animal's eyes?
[02:50:16] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03r1348 [5988] 02 - 06Oracle Linux 8 released to public mirror - 122 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:50:17] <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.
[02:50:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06This Device Can Hear You Talking to Yourself - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:50:49] <exec> 08└─No card memorization needed. Just someone on my team to spot with this technology and me to receive it with this tech too. PROFIT $$$$$
[02:50:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06This Device Can Hear You Talking to Yourself - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:50:50] <exec> 08└─Mr. Arnav Kapur is an indian nigger so finds any language other than hindi challenging.
[02:50:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06This Device Can Hear You Talking to Yourself - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:50:53] <exec> 08└─Two people using the same device with the same A.I. voice... Interesting. Did I say that or did you?
[02:50:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06This Device Can Hear You Talking to Yourself - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:50:55] <exec> 08└─The voices said MAGA, Make Armament Glitter Again.
[02:50:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 2) 02 - 06This Device Can Hear You Talking to Yourself - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:50:57] <exec> 08└─Microphones and speakers are the same thing. Also, the original use of the word "microphone" referred to an ear trumpet used as a hearing aid
[02:52:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Robot Tail Developed to Balance Out Human Body and Stop People From Falling Over - 249 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:52:06] <exec> 08└─I tried to post a link to an even earlier video of a girl with a strap-on appendage but for some reason it was blocked. Not sure what it was called, they didn't mention the name Arque but I heard a name similar to that hobbit from LoTR come up once.
[02:52:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Robot Tail Developed to Balance Out Human Body and Stop People From Falling Over - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:52:08] <exec> 08└─Need a dick on the other side to counterbalance.
[02:52:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Whaley Bridge Dam Collapse is a Wake-Up Call: Concrete Infrastructure Demands Maintenance - 568 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:52:42] <exec> 08└─A mm is already a fairly small unit. To put it into perspective a tenth of our Yankee inch is approximately 2.54 inches. Plus, it conveys an idea of volume, as 1 mm over 1 square meter is 1 liter of rain. FWIW, another reason why meteorologists use tenths of an inch is that it also gives us a sense...
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[02:52:43] <exec> 08└─Ugh, I meant that first sentence to read "one tenth of our Yankee inch is approximately 2.54 mm."
[02:57:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Interview: Why Canonical Views the Snap Ecosystem as a Compelling Distribution-Agnostic Solution - 261 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:57:36] <exec> 08└─If your solution relies on other people doing everything exactly as you command and generally not being irrational and stupid, your solution doesn't work. While you opine about your solution that doesn't work, other people will be making solutions that do work.
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[03:50:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Contrary To Musk's Claims, Lidar Has Some Advantages In Self Driving Technology - 263 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:50:05] <exec> 08└─one of the ships I served on had a passive sonar fish that was towed behind the ship, on miles of cable... ... Why all of that redundancy? It's to make the ship SURVIVABLE, both in peacetime and in combat. Few motorists would consider survivability a "bad thing".
[03:50:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Contrary To Musk's Claims, Lidar Has Some Advantages In Self Driving Technology - 274 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:50:06] <exec> 08└─Humans have two vision systems - one for daylight and another for the night. Cameras cannot cover both, and they work best in daylight. Lidar does not need external light at all, it will see a rider in dark clothes on a black bicycle that is outside of the car's headlights.
[03:50:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Contrary To Musk's Claims, Lidar Has Some Advantages In Self Driving Technology - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:50:08] <exec> 08└─It is good to have say vision and hearing, while it is not good to have two visions.
[03:50:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Contrary To Musk's Claims, Lidar Has Some Advantages In Self Driving Technology - 368 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:50:10] <exec> 08└─Humans have very low sensitivity to IR. But it does not mean safety. Laser labs require safety glasses. A car's lidar should be eye-safe even when many cars are on the road. This is up to the manufacturer to ensure. Should be doable, as the receiver will be seeing the world through the narrow passba...
[03:50:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Contrary To Musk's Claims, Lidar Has Some Advantages In Self Driving Technology - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:50:12] <exec> 08└─But what about Human eyes? Or other animal's eyes?
[03:50:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Contrary To Musk's Claims, Lidar Has Some Advantages In Self Driving Technology - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:50:14] <exec> 08└─We're not talking bright headlights here, we're talking IR LASERs.
[03:50:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Oracle Linux 8 released to public mirror - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:50:32] <exec> 08└─We are 2 years into a project to remove Oracle. Mostly. At least reduce our dependency on it to the absolute minimum.
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[03:51:02] <exec> 08└─A condenser mic is not a speaker.
[03:51:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Common Honey Bee Disease Is Spread Through Flowers - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:51:12] <exec> 08└─pond dwelling creatures' diseases spread through water, what other astounding scientific "discoveries" await in today's publication pile?
[03:51:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Monzo Admits to Storing Payment Card PINs in Internal Logs - 407 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:51:36] <exec> 08└─Yes, precisely. OP's gripe is "kinda stupid" as it presumes that the word "pin" is unambiguous. "I forgot my pin today" could mean "I forgot my tie pin" or "I forgot my bowling pin" or "I forgot to make a certain chess move" or (when spoken in a Southern accent) "I forgot my writing implement that o...
[03:53:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06An Arrow That Can't Point Left Puzzles the Internet - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:53:38] <exec> 08└─Isn't that what the mirror is for?
[03:53:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06An Arrow That Can't Point Left Puzzles the Internet - 813 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:53:39] <exec> 08└─Watch the shadows of the ruler and matchbox - they behave appropriately to reveal what's actually happening, but your brain ignores that in favor of the painted-on shadows. The thing is that shadows behave in a very complex way over biomorphic surfaces, which reveals a great deal of information abou...
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[03:57:42] <exec> 08└─I can't think of any AAA Video Game that is packaged with this 'Snap.' Do you have some examples to show us?
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[04:49:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03coolgopher [1157] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AMD's 64-Core Epyc CPU Reviewed - 271 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:49:43] <exec> 08└─Looks to me like AMD has done the impossible. More cores, more memory, more PCIe lanes compared to Intel and all that at nearly half the price. And without Intel's abundant security issues. For the first time in a long time I'm actually impressed by a new cpu generation.
[04:52:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Robot Tail Developed to Balance Out Human Body and Stop People From Falling Over - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:52:24] <exec> 08└─Only during mating season, one would think.
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[04:52:26] <exec> 08└─second season of Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
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[04:53:54] <exec> 08└─WTF, Twitter? Having cookies disabled now prevents me from even following a link to your site?! F'ing twats...
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[05:50:39] <exec> 08└─Larry will never die - he is one of the undead
[05:54:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Strange Coral Spawning Improving Great Barrier Reef's Resilience - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:54:35] <exec> 08└─Please do not strain yourself further, learning a second three-syllable word might overload your remaining neuron.
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[05:56:21] <exec> 08└─https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sporopollenin [wikipedia.org] People wishing to "protect nature" would do well if they learn a bit about the ways nature really works.
[05:56:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03hwertz [8141] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bans on Plastic Bags Can Backfire - 272 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:56:23] <exec> 08└─A few stores locally do this without any government intervention. Aldi charges like 5 cents a bag, HyVee gives a 5 cent discount per reusable bag you use, Lowes does too. A large fraction of people at Aldi and HyVee are reusing bags, no ban or gov't intervention required.
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[06:49:50] <exec> 08└─So what's the total memory I/O throughput of this thing? Them 64 cores be hungry.
[06:49:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AMD's 64-Core Epyc CPU Reviewed - 368 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:49:52] <exec> 08└─https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-epyc-rome-7000-series-data-center-processor-zen-2-7nm,40108.html [tomshardware.com] AMD 64-core @ $6,450 - $6,950. Or $4,425 for single socket. If these numbers are right. The Intel Xeons do not compare well. Even if Intel retaliates with price cuts and new chip...
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[07:49:35] <exec> 08└─More, and more, methinks, we become neurofantastical?
[07:49:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Rocket Lab Will Attempt to Recover First Stages Using a Helicopter - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:49:36] <exec> 08└─don't name the helicopter "Wile.E."
[07:49:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Rocket Lab Will Attempt to Recover First Stages Using a Helicopter - 16 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:49:39] <exec> 08└─Heli McHeliface?
[07:49:51] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03coolgopher [1157] 02 - 06AMD's 64-Core Epyc CPU Reviewed - 271 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:49:51] <exec> 08└─Looks to me like AMD has done the impossible. More cores, more memory, more PCIe lanes compared to Intel and all that at nearly half the price. And without Intel's abundant security issues. For the first time in a long time I'm actually impressed by a new cpu generation.
[07:51:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score: 2) 02 - 06This Device Can Hear You Talking to Yourself - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:51:22] <exec> 08└─Microphones and speakers are the same thing.
[07:51:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Humble Microbe Boosting Europe's Food Industry - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:51:47] <exec> 08└─At least according to a pissed bloke you met in the pub the other night.
[07:51:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Humble Microbe Boosting Europe's Food Industry - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:51:48] <exec> 08└─I'm all pro pro-biotic stuff - as long at it doesn't include *chemicals*!
[07:52:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03arslan [3462] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Robot Tail Developed to Balance Out Human Body and Stop People From Falling Over - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:52:41] <exec> 08└─Maybe in version 10, the tail can become the chair?
[07:54:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AT&T Turns On 5G In New York, But It Still Isn't Available To Consumers - 223 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:54:35] <exec> 08└─That depends on what you want to render. If all you want is an overlay showing you tripadvisor scores as you walk down the streets of a new town, then that can easily be done using a local dataset or tile-based prefetching.
[07:54:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AT&T Turns On 5G In New York, But It Still Isn't Available To Consumers - 215 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:54:36] <exec> 08└─Yeah but we all know the killer app is going to be some variant of Pokemon Go since it already happened and since we're discussing why tech companies are deploying and investing rather than what we want out of it...
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[08:49:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Xiaomi Smartphone Will Use Samsung Camera Sensor to Take Up to 108 Megapixel Images - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:49:34] <exec> 08└─How many pics can you take before internal storage fills up? Does it require cloud storage to work? Does it sell you such a subscription service?
[08:49:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Xiaomi Smartphone Will Use Samsung Camera Sensor to Take Up to 108 Megapixel Images - 295 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:49:36] <exec> 08└─Clearly not. I can't say I'd heard of quad bayer before, this seems to have enough to inform me that by doing a little bit of corner cutting, they can fix the figures in post-processing: https://www.dpreview.com
[08:49:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmichaelhudsondotnet [8122] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Xiaomi Smartphone Will Use Samsung Camera Sensor to Take Up to 108 Megapixel Images - 650 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:49:38] <exec> 08└─so nice of them to give us higher resolution cameras for them to have us film ourselves for them with. There will come a day much sooner than most expect where spending any resources whatsoever on higher resolution phone cameras will be revealed as such an obvious waste of resources that some people...
[08:49:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Rocket Lab Will Attempt to Recover First Stages Using a Helicopter - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:49:49] <exec> 08└─Retrieve Object Following Launch Copter ?
[08:49:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03pTamok [3042] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Rocket Lab Will Attempt to Recover First Stages Using a Helicopter - 674 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:49:51] <exec> 08└─The concept of retrieving stuff from space by capturing it while it parachutes down after re-entry is an old one. It was used to retrieve the exposed film from Corona reconnaissance satellites: https://en.wikipedia.org(satellite)#Recovery [wikipedia.org] https://en.wikipedia.org
[08:49:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03coolgopher [1157] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Rocket Lab Will Attempt to Recover First Stages Using a Helicopter - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:49:53] <exec> 08└─The Corona programme used fixed wing aircraft to capture the canister. I don't see a way of making that viable for boosters.
[08:51:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Oracle Linux 8 Released to Public Mirror - 10 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:51:06] <exec> 08└─Why troll?
[08:54:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmichaelhudsondotnet [8122] (Score: 1) 02 - 06AT&T Turns On 5G In New York, But It Still Isn't Available To Consumers - 1413 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:54:48] <exec> 08└─I think what is going on now is different. I trust the institutions less, the standards less, the government oversight less, the military spook bullshit less, and see in every possible way 5g specifically being implemented in rushed manner with manipulative answers to basic questions. OF all the com...
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[09:49:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Rocket Lab Will Attempt to Recover First Stages Using a Helicopter - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:49:53] <exec> 08└─Naaahhh... he'll just fly upside down, take a photo then jump on couches.
[09:50:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03PiMuNu [3823] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Antineutrino Detection Could Help Remotely Monitor Nuclear Reactors - 234 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:50:16] <exec> 08└─> so not something you can stick on a plane and fly over the area The number of events is proportional to both the exposure time and the detector mass (and inversely proportional to the square of the distance). Kamland is a kilotonne!
[09:50:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Contrary To Musk's Claims, Lidar Has Some Advantages In Self Driving Technology - 14 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:50:49] <exec> 08└─It's a SENSOR.
[09:50:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Contrary To Musk's Claims, Lidar Has Some Advantages In Self Driving Technology - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:50:50] <exec> 08└─Cameras do not have dynamic range of a human eye.
[09:52:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Humble Microbe Boosting Europe's Food Industry - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:52:07] <exec> 08└─I'm all pro pro-biotic stuff - as long at it doesn't include *chemicals*!
[09:52:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Monzo Admits to Storing Payment Card PINs in Internal Logs - 568 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:52:21] <exec> 08└─Not really. I dislike ambiguity. I only "mostly understand" other people when they provide sufficient context in cases where they use such ambiguous terms. The Southern "pin" for pen would really have me baffled and asking for them to elaborate. If you accept that some context is needed to remove th...
[09:53:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Robot Tail Developed to Balance Out Human Body and Stop People From Falling Over - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:53:03] <exec> 08└─can this tail be used to scratch your balls?
[09:53:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rich [945] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Robot Tail Developed to Balance Out Human Body and Stop People From Falling Over - 393 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:53:04] <exec> 08└─https://moetron.net/post/182707978340/a-second-season-of-the-miss-kobayashis-dragon [moetron.net] : "A second season of the “Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid” S2 TV anime series has been announced on the 8th volume of the manga.". But as first season director Takemoto perished in the arson attack...
[09:55:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmichaelhudsondotnet [8122] (Score: 1) 02 - 06AT&T Turns On 5G In New York, But It Still Isn't Available To Consumers - 1138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:55:02] <exec> 08└─The first commandment of the rules of logic is not to attack the person making the assertion, which you are doing. 5g and am radio signals are not remotely comparable technologies. Your comment is essentially anti-intellectual and only tries to end the conversation through cliche. There were some pe...
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[09:55:03] <exec> 08└─Which brand of tin foil? How thick? How many layers? I have heard internet Lore where the NSA can just image rooms that have certain tiny reflectors placed in them. I think this sounds plausible. It may be in black and white but all waves can be used like radar. I think it's actually plausible that...
[09:55:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmichaelhudsondotnet [8122] (Score: 1) 02 - 06AT&T Turns On 5G In New York, But It Still Isn't Available To Consumers - 497 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:55:05] <exec> 08└─I have read differently, the results of tests and discussion about this is equivocal and not certain. 'no reason to use high power' strikes me as wrong. Also your use of 'line of sight' also strikes me as wrong because it's going through walls, so that term in this context should be meaningless. 1...
[09:55:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmichaelhudsondotnet [8122] (Score: 1) 02 - 06AT&T Turns On 5G In New York, But It Still Isn't Available To Consumers - 964 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:55:07] <exec> 08└─Until I did a blind test, go through 10 rooms with known and measurable emf and see what I could feel, none of us could know. For some reason that is difficult to do, I'd think it'd be the first thing people should want to check before submitting to this or that generation of broadcasting emf. I was...
[09:55:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmichaelhudsondotnet [8122] (Score: 1) 02 - 06AT&T Turns On 5G In New York, But It Still Isn't Available To Consumers - 1046 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:55:09] <exec> 08└─The entire 5g install is a bargaining tactic to force the hand of cable providers to install fiber? That is a pretty elaborate conspiracy your are proposing.....they sure had me fooled. At any rate we are far below the threshold of trust where we can allow TPTB just to install new beaming tech willy...
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[09:55:12] <exec> 08└─this was not a troll post, that it is currently so scored should spark curiosity into the intentions of those who made that vote.
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[10:49:37] <exec> 08└─Well, that was awkward.
[10:49:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06[2019] Linux Journal Ceases Publication: An Awkward Goodbye - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:49:38] <exec> 08└─What? No breakup sex?
[10:49:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06[2019] Linux Journal Ceases Publication: An Awkward Goodbye - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:49:40] <exec> 08└─Aren't they already fucked?
[10:49:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Xiaomi Smartphone Will Use Samsung Camera Sensor to Take Up to 108 Megapixel Images - 200 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:49:51] <exec> 08└─I just want a fucking phone. I've got stickers on both sides of this battery whoring handleless hand bag of a phone, shit patched, shit disabled, Im so over this hipster crap. I. just. want. a. phone.
[10:49:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03inertnet [4071] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Xiaomi Smartphone Will Use Samsung Camera Sensor to Take Up to 108 Megapixel Images - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:49:53] <exec> 08└─And all that fine detail will immediately be undone with lossy compression.
[10:50:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Rocket Lab Will Attempt to Recover First Stages Using a Helicopter - 187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:50:07] <exec> 08└─> catch its rockets in mid-air with a helicopter after they've fallen back to Earth. So mid-air, but *after* it's fallen back to earth? What are they making these boosters from - Tiggers?
[10:50:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Autonomous, Neuromorphic Bicycle - 609 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:50:13] <exec> 08└─I can't imagine how the delivery toaster could be considered "weirder" than an autonomous vehicle with large turning radius and an inherent instability at very low speeds being considered for urban deployment. A bicycle is a lot like a fixed wing UAV, maybe more efficient, but with severe limitation...
[10:51:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Contrary To Musk's Claims, Lidar Has Some Advantages In Self Driving Technology - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:51:04] <exec> 08└─while it is not good to have two visions.
[10:51:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03ewk [5923] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Oracle Linux 8 Released to Public Mirror - 497 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:51:25] <exec> 08└─Some corporates make informed choices given their (perceived) needs and the options available. That being said: For more and more corporates the Oracle-RDBMS-ecosystem isn't the only option anymore that fits those needs. Currently in the 5th year of a 3 year plan in getting rid of mentioned ecosyste...
[10:51:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Oracle Linux 8 Released to Public Mirror - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:51:27] <exec> 08└─I don't think the go was trolling. Someone disagreed with the message or the messenger.
[10:52:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Common Honey Bee Disease Is Spread Through Flowers - 423 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:52:09] <exec> 08└─Maybe it's the headline's fault, something more along the lines of: "bees' disease can spread between wild and domestic populations, staying virulent on flowers for up to 48 hours" would seem more interesting than headlines along the line of "extensive sun exposure causes sunburn and eventual melano...
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[11:49:37] <exec> 08└─although I assume the idea is even older...
[11:49:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06[2019] Linux Journal Ceases Publication: An Awkward Goodbye - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:49:47] <exec> 08└─Linux Journal and MSDN both on the same day. This can't be just a coincidence...
[11:49:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Muad'Dave [1413] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Xiaomi Smartphone Will Use Samsung Camera Sensor to Take Up to 108 Megapixel Images - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:49:59] <exec> 08└─> a quad-bayer array I think they meant quad-LAYER, like 4 chickens stacked up.
[11:50:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Xiaomi Smartphone Will Use Samsung Camera Sensor to Take Up to 108 Megapixel Images - 281 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:50:00] <exec> 08└─Nope. https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] https://www.gsmarena.com [gsmarena.com] https://www.diyphotography.net [diyphotography.net]
[11:50:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Rocket Lab Will Attempt to Recover First Stages Using a Helicopter - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:50:15] <exec> 08└─Now I want a -1 mod for "Too many memes."
[11:50:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03esperto123 [4303] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AMD's 64-Core Epyc CPU Reviewed - 335 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:50:32] <exec> 08└─Phoronix did some benchmarks in linux (https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=amd-epyc-7502-7742&num=1 [phoronix.com]) and damn, these CPUs are a beast! With exception of software developed by Intel itself to take advantage of AVX-512 and some single threaded workloads, AMD beats Intel...
[11:51:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Contrary To Musk's Claims, Lidar Has Some Advantages In Self Driving Technology - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:51:15] <exec> 08└─The marketing departments of Telsa's competition will surely tell you that it's only robot cars without Lidar that kill you!
[11:54:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03isostatic [365] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Whaley Bridge Dam Collapse is a Wake-Up Call: Concrete Infrastructure Demands Maintenance - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:54:04] <exec> 08└─Last major inspection was November 2018
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[12:49:36] <exec> 08└─You deserve it.
[12:49:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Warshipping: Attacking Wireless Networks from the Mailroom - 12 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:49:44] <exec> 08└─Damn, humie.
[12:49:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06[2019] Linux Journal Ceases Publication: An Awkward Goodbye - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:49:55] <exec> 08└─One side is satisfied, yes. But it seems the OAC wants another go. The only problem, he doesn't have the money.
[12:50:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Xiaomi Smartphone Will Use Samsung Camera Sensor to Take Up to 108 Megapixel Images - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:50:09] <exec> 08└─Does it require cloud storage to work?
[12:50:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Muad'Dave [1413] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Xiaomi Smartphone Will Use Samsung Camera Sensor to Take Up to 108 Megapixel Images - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:50:11] <exec> 08└─That's a joke, son! [youtube.com] Layers, chickens, get it? Maybe I should've made an aspirin joke. Sigh.
[12:50:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Autonomous, Neuromorphic Bicycle - 1089 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:50:34] <exec> 08└─> ... but with severe limitations on application areas due to the inability (or kludge required) to hover / stand still. No kludge or special equipment required (using a track bike), the "track stand" is a skill that many cyclists have mastered, https://www.youtube.com
[12:51:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Contrary To Musk's Claims, Lidar Has Some Advantages In Self Driving Technology - 426 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:51:29] <exec> 08└─fail on ignorance-- Tesla currently uses both cameras and radar (passive and active in your usage). Here's a Tesla forum post on the radar, https://teslamotorsclub.com [teslamotorsclub.com] If you look down a few posts, it appears that...
[12:51:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Contrary To Musk's Claims, Lidar Has Some Advantages In Self Driving Technology - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:51:31] <exec> 08└─Cameras cannot cover both
[12:51:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Contrary To Musk's Claims, Lidar Has Some Advantages In Self Driving Technology - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:51:33] <exec> 08└─The future's so bright, I gotta wear shades (??)
[12:51:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Contrary To Musk's Claims, Lidar Has Some Advantages In Self Driving Technology - 390 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:51:35] <exec> 08└─Looking further down the road (sorry), if we ever get to the place where all cars are self-driving (which I doubt), zombie cars need to let the functioning cars know that they have a problem. Perhaps by the V2V (vehicle-to-vehicle) short-range secure communication channel that keeps getting mentione...
[12:54:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Everything Cops Say About Amazon's Ring Is Scripted or Approved by Ring - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:54:51] <exec> 08└─Blaming capitalism for corrupt incompetent government...
[12:56:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Strange Coral Spawning Improving Great Barrier Reef's Resilience - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:56:16] <exec> 08└─Newsflash: these previously obscure lifeforms are just as likely to have nasty, undesirable characteristics as any other lifeforms
[12:56:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Strange Coral Spawning Improving Great Barrier Reef's Resilience - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:56:17] <exec> 08└─May your house be covered in Kudzu.
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[13:49:38] <exec> 08└─If I'm not mistaken, they are doing this because they do not want you to ever be able to remove the battery for tracking reasons.
[13:49:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mer [8009] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:49:39] <exec> 08└─The apple batteries are non removable anyway. This crap isn't what prevents you from removing the battery on the fly.
[13:49:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:49:41] <exec> 08└─This could be the last bit of ammunition needed to pass some of the right-to-repair bills
[13:49:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 201 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:49:43] <exec> 08└─When not in use, a small Faraday cage will block any kind of tracking, just say'n. (and just to say the obvious) When in use, every cell phone has to be tracked as part of finding a base to connect to.
[13:49:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:49:46] <exec> 08└─If you replace the battery in the newest iPhones, a message indicating you need to service your battery appears
[13:49:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:49:48] <exec> 08└─Why do people put up with this shit? Why do people not only put up with this shit but expect everyone else to buy the exact same worthless abusive stuff they do? They are consumertards.
[13:49:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 198 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:49:50] <exec> 08└─It is crazy, but when it comes to battery at least I can understand. If you go cheap and get a $5 Chinese battery and your iPhone melts on a coast to coast flight, what will the headlines look like?
[13:49:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:49:52] <exec> 08└─I'll take even odds that official Apple batteries are the same as the $5 Chinese battery (except labeling and packaging).
[13:49:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:49:54] <exec> 08└─Don't forget quality control. The $20 batteries may be the same, the $5 batteries are quite possibly came off the same assembly line as the Apple ones, but failed quality control.
[13:49:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:49:56] <exec> 08└─"Non removable" as in, you have to pop the screen off first? The battery is probably the easiest piece of an iphone to replace.
[13:50:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06[2019] Linux Journal Ceases Publication: An Awkward Goodbye - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:50:16] <exec> 08└─Have you ever met up with a friend at a restaurant for dinner, then after dinner you both step out to the
[13:50:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06[2019] Linux Journal Ceases Publication: An Awkward Goodbye - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:50:17] <exec> 08└─With all the money I.B.M. and other large companies are investing in Linux (how many billions for Red Hat?) you’d think they could throw in a few bucks in ad buys to keep Linux Journal afloat.
[13:50:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Xiaomi Smartphone Will Use Samsung Camera Sensor to Take Up to 108 Megapixel Images - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:50:33] <exec> 08└─So what happens when you try to take the 109th megapixel image? :-)
[13:50:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Xiaomi Smartphone Will Use Samsung Camera Sensor to Take Up to 108 Megapixel Images - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:50:35] <exec> 08└─The 2 TB SD card melts.
[13:51:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AMD's 64-Core Epyc CPU Reviewed - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:51:08] <exec> 08└─Now that Epyc 2 is official, it's about time for a 64-core Threadripper. We may get news by October.
[13:51:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Contrary To Musk's Claims, Lidar Has Some Advantages In Self Driving Technology - 357 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:51:57] <exec> 08└─Y U HATE CAPITALISM???? Just because you can find a chip for ten bucks, doesn't mean you will find anyone who will install that chip for you, along with all the rest of the hardware and electronics to make the chip useful for ten bucks. I picked $800 as a semi-rational figure, because I know it's no...
[13:51:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Contrary To Musk's Claims, Lidar Has Some Advantages In Self Driving Technology - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:51:58] <exec> 08└─So - you would prefer to have bat sonar, rather than lidar? QUICK - to the Batmobile, and I'll show you how it works!
[13:51:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Contrary To Musk's Claims, Lidar Has Some Advantages In Self Driving Technology - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:52:00] <exec> 08└─Better get an arc welding helmet, yes.
[13:52:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Contrary To Musk's Claims, Lidar Has Some Advantages In Self Driving Technology - 607 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:52:02] <exec> 08└─Let's say you've got six sensing systems. You can figure that one goes out now and then. So, fail-safe it. If three or more of your systems agree that you're good to go, you can go - at reduced speed. Nobody gets stranded at the side of the road because one out of six isn't happy. Back aboard ship a...
[13:52:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06This Device Can Hear You Talking to Yourself - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:52:57] <exec> 08└─You use Microsoft Sam (voice) and I'll use DECTalk -- problem solved!
[13:52:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06This Device Can Hear You Talking to Yourself - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:52:59] <exec> 08└─> A condenser mic is not a speaker. True, but the mechanical/electrical configuration looks a lot like a very small electrostatic loudspeaker.
[13:53:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06This Device Can Hear You Talking to Yourself - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:53:01] <exec> 08└─Casinos will figure this out, and you will win a trip to the pokey.
[13:54:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Robot Tail Developed to Balance Out Human Body and Stop People From Falling Over - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:54:25] <exec> 08└─Now, why would they call it a Baggins?
[13:56:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AT&T Turns On 5G In New York, But It Still Isn't Available To Consumers - 432 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:56:29] <exec> 08└─Nothing to conspire. Just market forces. Back in the 80s it was satellite television vs cable... Recently people switched to using WhatsApp for text and even voice calls just to workaround the providers' price gauging... Otherwise it's back to cartels, monopoly and state-owned as the only recourse t...
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[14:49:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mer [8009] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:49:57] <exec> 08└─Of course I don't mean impossible to remove, that would be silly when the article talks about changing them.
[14:49:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 239 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:49:58] <exec> 08└─> Don't forget quality control. The $20 batteries may be the same, the $5 batteries are quite possibly came off the same assembly line as the Apple ones, but failed quality control. How does that Koolaid taste? Is there enough sugar in it?
[14:49:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 211 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:50:00] <exec> 08└─We need an "insightfully funny" mod. So you're saying APPL have an incentive to lie to their customers? But but, their trademark is an apple, the symbol of wholesomeness and goodness and keeping the doctor away.
[14:50:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 1691 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:50:02] <exec> 08└─Labeling people that way solves absolutely nothing and only causes the people who want the gear to ignore anything you might possibly say, even if it brings some sense of emotional superiority or satisfaction to you. It also proves you aren't interested in knowing the answers. Which brings up the qu...
[14:50:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 418 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:50:04] <exec> 08└─> "Non removable" as in, you have to pop the screen off first? The battery is probably the easiest piece of an iphone to replace. "Pop the screen off," as in, you have to buy a heat gun and special plastic prying tools, and then carefully and evenly heat the screen and its glue underneath and then c...
[14:50:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 193 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:50:06] <exec> 08└─Or the symbol of a malevolent god that lies to its creations. Tho, why is the forbidden fruit always depicted as an apple, at least in the West? I don't recall it saying either way in the book.
[14:50:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 368 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:50:09] <exec> 08└─I get that. I feel like people overestimate the difficulty of iPhone repairs becasuse of those little pentalobe screws keeping them out. I bet I can replace an iPhone battery in less than ten minutes. I don't own any Apple shit, but I have to concede that the repairs are usually easier than random A...
[14:50:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:50:11] <exec> 08└─I have an A/C motor capacitor that I can charge with the spark plug wire of my car (~30kv) that will fix any iPhone from ever displaying that battery message.
[14:50:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:50:13] <exec> 08└─Why do people put up with this shit?
[14:50:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 456 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:50:15] <exec> 08└─> Apple gear works. LOL! "It just works!" > They give the customer what the customer wants, LOL again!! If you want all of the hardware and software problems and privacy issues that come with Apple's walled garden, then certainly, Apple gives you what you want. Enjoy your Crapple! However, if you th...
[14:50:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 1345 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:50:17] <exec> 08└─Hey, I'm no Apple fan, but there's a wide world between drinking the koolaid and wishful thinking in the other extreme. Is a $60 Apple battery worth it? Almost certainly not. But pick pretty much any phone you want and check the battery prices: they probably span around $5-$30 for unbranded models,...
[14:50:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:50:19] <exec> 08└─I bet I can replace an iPhone battery in less than ten minutes.
[14:50:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03broggyr [3589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:50:21] <exec> 08└─Some companies issue them to their employees.
[14:50:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:50:24] <exec> 08└─They are consumertards.
[14:50:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:50:26] <exec> 08└─Some guy in china did a youtube comparing the cheap batteries with the more expensive ones. They were all pretty much the same. The $5 battery may be a used/repackaged one but that's about it.
[14:50:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Warshipping: Attacking Wireless Networks from the Mailroom - 269 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:50:36] <exec> 08└─Solution? On your browser pick something like View --> Page Style --> No Style. Thus disabling style sheets. Now you see a totally unstyled page with all the text. They were hiding the text with styling, and then maybe revealing the rest of the article with JavaScript.
[14:50:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Warshipping: Attacking Wireless Networks from the Mailroom - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:50:38] <exec> 08└─Do not use this feature in your browser if it violates the laws in your country. You might only want to do this if you live outside the US.
[14:50:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Acabatag [2885] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06[2019] Linux Journal Ceases Publication: An Awkward Goodbye - 460 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:50:52] <exec> 08└─I thought I recently read (online, of course) that Make had ceased publishing or soon would. I remember the heady days of the mid 1990s when it was exciting to see anything at all about linux in physical printed form. The first Linux Bible that Yggdrasil published, which was really just a bunch of h...
[14:50:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Acabatag [2885] (Score: 2) 02 - 06[2019] Linux Journal Ceases Publication: An Awkward Goodbye - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:50:53] <exec> 08└─But for what purpose. I like and end up collecting mags like Linux Journal, but there needs to be a sizable readership or it's irrelevant. People are used to much more immediate media now.
[14:51:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Xiaomi Smartphone Will Use Samsung Camera Sensor to Take Up to 108 Megapixel Images - 564 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:51:12] <exec> 08└─Tiny, tiny pixels, grimy, grimy noise. Looking at those fuzzies will be your pride and joy. Gathering the photons through the tiny lens. Electrons? Photons? The questions never end. Never mind, just sum 'em up as long as users buy... 108 megapels, more marketing and lies. "Oh no!" They cry, "we'll c...
[14:52:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03digitalaudiorock [688] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Contrary To Musk's Claims, Lidar Has Some Advantages In Self Driving Technology - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:52:40] <exec> 08└─Lidar is not doomed, nor does it "sidestep the fundamental problems of visual recognition".
[14:53:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06This Device Can Hear You Talking to Yourself - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:53:38] <exec> 08└─These limitations could be caused by stroke, cerebral palsy or neurodegenerative diseases like ALS
[14:53:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06This Device Can Hear You Talking to Yourself - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:53:40] <exec> 08└─No, no . . . you want the unique sound of . . . THEEEEES EEEEAZE THE TEEE ARE EEHS EIGHTY SPEEEEEECH SYNNNNNTHEEEEESIZZZER.
[14:53:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06This Device Can Hear You Talking to Yourself - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:53:42] <exec> 08└─Do microphones produce sound?
[14:53:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06This Device Can Hear You Talking to Yourself - 969 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:53:44] <exec> 08└─A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away . . . there were these microphones called "carbon mics". The diaphragm moved by sound waves compressed carbon powder, altering its resistance to match the sound wave. The neato factor was that one of these could be wired in series with a speaker and 6V batt...
[14:53:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06This Device Can Hear You Talking to Yourself - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:53:46] <exec> 08└─It's a good thing that the US would never do anything like that. Only those other bad countries with a Dear Leader.
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[15:49:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Uber and Lyft Admit They're Making City Traffic Worse - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:49:37] <exec> 08└─As city traffic gets worse, you don't want to drive in it. So use Uber or Lyft. Problem solved.
[15:49:50] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 15 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:49:50] <exec> 08└─You deserve it.
[15:50:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:50:17] <exec> 08└─But they are not trying to kill third party repairs, that is pure slander. They are trying to stop terrorists from installing exploding batteries in the phones of children!
[15:50:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 823 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:50:19] <exec> 08└─Ahh yes, some guy on youtube. Always a reliable source. Besides, you wouldn't expect to see any difference between high-quality and low-quality batteries in a brief test anyway, at least not beyond deceptive labeling - it's the long-term durability that's primarily sacrificed by cutting corners. Jus...
[15:50:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:50:21] <exec> 08└─Just let the guy have his quadriple bypass at Havanna General Hospital.
[15:50:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0, Disagree) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 269 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:50:23] <exec> 08└─What lame displays of envy when it comes to phones with a 500$ difference between average and top of the line models, 1000$ for computers, yet they probably drive cars with price difference in the thousands, if not tens of thousands. And this fool gets a +5 insightful.
[15:50:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:50:25] <exec> 08└─Indeed. Apple is a budget brand for people that LARP being rich. Go get a custom made suit for 40K if you're actually rich.
[15:50:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Acabatag [2885] (Score: 3, Touché) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:50:27] <exec> 08└─Envy? Really? You've got to be kidding.
[15:50:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:50:29] <exec> 08└─I put up with Apple's shit because I think Google's shit (via Android) is even worse.
[15:50:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 481 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:50:31] <exec> 08└─Apple recently integrated the T2 chip across the phone and MacBook lines which, among other things, is used to lock out third-party repairs. They would not have done so if they were concerned about right-to-repair legislation. I was about to order a new MB Air but decided not to because of this fact...
[15:50:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06[2019] Linux Journal Ceases Publication: An Awkward Goodbye - 555 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:50:57] <exec> 08└─I am grateful that IBM and other large companies throw money at Linux, Java, Eclipse, and many, many other open source projects. But they do so for their own profit making reasons. They see these projects as a net profit to invest in for the value they get out of them. Part of that large value is be...
[15:50:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06[2019] Linux Journal Ceases Publication: An Awkward Goodbye - 1170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:50:58] <exec> 08└─> physical printed form Well, that's the, uh, issue. I also felt excited that the existence of print editions was a confirmation that libre software merited the expense. After years of being dismissed by the powerful as just a bunch of hobbyists, neckbeards, smelly hippies-- I mean, this goes back t...
[15:50:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06[2019] Linux Journal Ceases Publication: An Awkward Goodbye - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:51:00] <exec> 08└─Maker Faire & MAKE: Magazine Lays off All Staff & Pauses All Operations [soylentnews.org]
[15:51:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06[2019] Linux Journal Ceases Publication: An Awkward Goodbye - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:51:02] <exec> 08└─The local Barnes and Noble still has a bunch of glossy British Linux magazines. Something is messed up in the US publishing industry.
[15:51:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Xiaomi Smartphone Will Use Samsung Camera Sensor to Take Up to 108 Megapixel Images - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:51:21] <exec> 08└─Besides, chickens are used for image stabilization [youtube.com] not color processing.
[15:51:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Xiaomi Smartphone Will Use Samsung Camera Sensor to Take Up to 108 Megapixel Images - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:51:22] <exec> 08└─A fucking phone is a dildo with LTE. Helps Verizon fuck people even harder.
[15:51:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Xiaomi Smartphone Will Use Samsung Camera Sensor to Take Up to 108 Megapixel Images - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:51:24] <exec> 08└─Or nonexistent image stabilization.
[15:51:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Autonomous, Neuromorphic Bicycle - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:51:48] <exec> 08└─Link to vid, or it didn't happen. And, no, views from the rear don't count. inB4TMB
[15:52:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Contrary To Musk's Claims, Lidar Has Some Advantages In Self Driving Technology - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:52:55] <exec> 08└─Right, the robot cars *with* Lidar kill pedestrians instead (Uber in AZ had Lidar). Ha, Ha ...but not funny.
[15:52:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Contrary To Musk's Claims, Lidar Has Some Advantages In Self Driving Technology - 578 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:52:56] <exec> 08└─> Cameras of all kinds need to have notch filters for the lidar frequency. What are the chances that car manufacturers will offer upgraded filters for their cameras, after some new generation of Lidar starts to use a new frequency (different wavelength)? Seems like this needs to be a safety recall....
[15:54:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06This Device Can Hear You Talking to Yourself - 339 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:54:00] <exec> 08└─Exactly my sentiment, this. And even worse, imagine these things, with 3g/4g/n+1g uplink, government mandated, doing speech to text and uploading it to be analysed by Department of Public Health and Un-%countryname% Activities! They could automate liquidations with drones... The upcoming fully manag...
[15:54:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rupert Pupnick [7277] (Score: 2) 02 - 06This Device Can Hear You Talking to Yourself - 268 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:54:01] <exec> 08└─Absolutely— my comment is not a swipe at the idea, rather at some that do have the power of speech. I have no idea at all how technically feasible it is. Does this technology already get used in limb prosthetics in simpler form? Any experts out there know the field?
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[16:49:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Uber and Lyft Admit They're Making City Traffic Worse - 587 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:49:38] <exec> 08└─And that's the conjunction of much higher density and city-scale public transit with right of way priority of some kind. You can't add road capacity, it just doesn't scale. You can't use uber and lift, they just add cars to the road. You sure as hell can't use self-driving cars. Americans are allerg...
[16:49:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Uber and Lyft Admit They're Making City Traffic Worse - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:49:39] <exec> 08└─It seems like your only problem with a city bus is that it's a city bus.
[16:49:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Osamabobama [5842] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Uber and Lyft Admit They're Making City Traffic Worse - 708 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:49:41] <exec> 08└─I'd say one measurable benefit is the reduced need for parking spaces at the end of your trip. That saves time looking for one, as well as any additional distance walking from your car to your destination. Of course, you pay for that time savings on the front end by waiting for your driver (assuming...
[16:49:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03fadrian [3194] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Uber and Lyft Admit They're Making City Traffic Worse - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:49:43] <exec> 08└─You don't want the car and the garage and the driveway; you want a garden and a place for the kids to play plus storage place for stuff you've accumulated. The car, driveway, and garage are only the price you pay for that.
[16:49:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Uber and Lyft Admit They're Making City Traffic Worse - 169 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:49:45] <exec> 08└─Have you never used these services? They both offer carpooling at reduced cost. Of course that is for poor people, and fuck being jammed in a station wagon full of poors
[16:49:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rupert Pupnick [7277] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Uber and Lyft Admit They're Making City Traffic Worse - 320 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:49:47] <exec> 08└─It makes perfect sense if you assume parking is always available. To go from A to B, a personally owned vehicle only goes from A to B. Uber-like services (including autonomous vehicles) always require some additional mileage so that the vehicle can go from the point from which it is summoned, to poi...
[16:49:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Uber and Lyft Admit They're Making City Traffic Worse - 568 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:49:50] <exec> 08└─Yeah, and you don't get that with the shitty suburban homes we're building nowadays. You can pay a half million dollars for a "garden" consisting of 200 sqft of grass that has to be maintained as grass according to some subsection of some bullshit binding covenant. In high-rise-homes-only beijing,...
[16:49:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Uber and Lyft Admit They're Making City Traffic Worse - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:49:52] <exec> 08└─What incentive does UberLyft have of ride-sharing in this circumstance?
[16:49:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Uber and Lyft Admit They're Making City Traffic Worse - 246 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:49:54] <exec> 08└─Well, city buses don't usually go from where you are to where you want to go. Hell, if be fine with walking to a bus stop / getting a transfer of the buses had a map with UberLyft style positions of the bus. Around here, schedules are meaningless
[16:50:09] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 192 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:50:09] <exec> 08└─This could be the last bit of ammunition needed to pass some of the right-to-repair bills that are floating around in nearly half the states in the USA. Apple--shooting themselves in the foot?
[16:50:15] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 185 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:50:15] <exec> 08└─Why do people put up with this shit? Why do people not only put up with this shit but expect everyone else to buy the exact same worthless abusive stuff they do? They are consumertards.
[16:50:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:50:43] <exec> 08└─Envy??? Of an Apple fanboy? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
[16:50:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 2320 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:50:45] <exec> 08└─>Why do people put up with this shit? Brand loyalty, in part. Augmented by platform lock-in, and marketting and design departments that have managed to convert tools as into fashion accessories. And fashion has always been a stupid waste of money, in any medium. I've never especially cared for Apple...
[16:50:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:50:47] <exec> 08└─That's including reassembly. I've never replaced the water-proof glue, but otherwise you can't tell the difference. No scraping or anything, and the screen still stays in tight from the hooks and screws.
[16:50:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 310 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:50:49] <exec> 08└─[goto: before politics] normal batteries don't have this function naturally built-in just because they're batteries. rather you PAID MEOR to apple to implement a tiny extra piece of silicon that allows this behavior. stop whining, you get what you paid for ... note: should be disclosed by apple on s...
[16:50:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 568 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:50:51] <exec> 08└─Show me a laptop with the same quality and features as the MacBook Air and I'll gladly switch. I don't require OSX, Linux will do just fine but I've yet to find one that is as light weight, dead silent (despite the Air having a fan), has a full workday of battery life and then some, flawless suspend...
[16:51:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06[2019] Linux Journal Ceases Publication: An Awkward Goodbye - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:51:21] <exec> 08└─Hint, it's the readership, or lack thereof.
[16:51:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Xiaomi Smartphone Will Use Samsung Camera Sensor to Take Up to 108 Megapixel Images - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:51:44] <exec> 08└─that some people will literally die from something they are taking a super high resolution photo of, but which was otherwise totally predictable and avoidable.
[16:51:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rupert Pupnick [7277] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Xiaomi Smartphone Will Use Samsung Camera Sensor to Take Up to 108 Megapixel Images - 244 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:51:45] <exec> 08└─Isn’t there a limit beyond which sensor improvements can’t overcome optical limitations in digital photography? Wouldn’t you expect to see a sensor like this in a full featured SLR? I can’t find any top end SLRs that feature even 64 Mp.
[16:52:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Rocket Lab Will Attempt to Recover First Stages Using a Helicopter - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:52:02] <exec> 08└─> catch its rockets in mid-air with a helicopter after they've fallen back totowards Earth.
[16:52:29] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03pipedwho [2032] 02 - 06Antineutrino Detection Could Help Remotely Monitor Nuclear Reactors - 580 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:52:29] <exec> 08└─This technique has been (is being) used to monitor the Fukushima reactors. The KamLand detector [wikipedia.org] is located at a 180km mean distance from the reactors. So this technique does not require the detector be positioned right outside the reactor building. It also requires a relatively long...
[16:52:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Antineutrino Detection Could Help Remotely Monitor Nuclear Reactors - 697 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:52:31] <exec> 08└─could just be that causality is broken with radioactivity and that's what's making them "neutrino (anti or not) detectors" chirp. obviously for causality to work there's got to be matter in the universe. my thinking is that "causality" as we know it was studied and philosophized mostly during a time...
[16:55:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Robot Tail Developed to Balance Out Human Body and Stop People From Falling Over - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:55:45] <exec> 08└─That's not an altogether bad idea, but what would you do for back support?
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[17:49:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmichaelhudsondotnet [8122] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Lodgepole Pine Trees Send Chemical Warning to Each Other when Pine Beetles Attack - 768 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:49:37] <exec> 08└─First the moon sends mystic spawning impulses to undersea creatures now we have trees sending secret messages in 'volatile chemical compounds.' Then there was that superorganism megatree in australia that's giving out welfare to underprivileged sprouts. Next it's going to be sharks having deep sea...
[17:49:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Uber and Lyft Admit They're Making City Traffic Worse - 163 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:49:55] <exec> 08└─I think suburbs suck; but I'm not going to tell people "you can't have that" and them force them into a high density housing complex like some totalitarian regime.
[17:49:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Uber and Lyft Admit They're Making City Traffic Worse - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:49:57] <exec> 08└─Please move to China.
[17:49:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Uber and Lyft Admit They're Making City Traffic Worse - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:49:59] <exec> 08└─The best reason not to drive is liability.
[17:50:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Uber and Lyft Admit They're Making City Traffic Worse - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:50:01] <exec> 08└─Translation: I'd totally pay for the bus but I don't want to pay for the bus.
[17:50:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Uber and Lyft Admit They're Making City Traffic Worse - 183 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:50:03] <exec> 08└─So what if Uber or Lyft were like an old-world competitor [supershuttle.com], and drops the pretense and admits they're something other than a livery service... is that what you mean?
[17:50:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Uber and Lyft Admit They're Making City Traffic Worse - 321 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:50:05] <exec> 08└─Right, but the thing is we're even afraid of saying "we must build a society where this is available, and the people who want it will go" because that means taxes. Even if total cost to society is lower, for the same services, we still balk at the very notion of collectively working towards a thing...
[17:50:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Uber and Lyft Admit They're Making City Traffic Worse - 496 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:50:07] <exec> 08└─It's a nice place to visit, but I'd rather fix the problems we have here, caused by you, anonymous website user, being fucking stupid, than fix they have there, caused by different people being pretty dumb in different ways. Me: Hey look, this other country does a specific thing better and it works...
[17:50:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03inertnet [4071] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A New Way To Block Unwanted Genetic Transfer - 8 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:50:16] <exec> 08└─Condoms.
[17:50:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A New Way To Block Unwanted Genetic Transfer - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:50:18] <exec> 08└─Eugenics! Eliminate the source, PERMANENTLY! We shouldn't need to name names, seems easy to guess who supports genocide.
[17:50:31] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03VLM [445] 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 111 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:50:31] <exec> 08└─If you replace the battery in the newest iPhones, a message indicating you need to service your battery appears
[17:51:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 305 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:51:05] <exec> 08└─Why not just seal the thing in epoxy and be done with it? They'll have to offer a three year guarantee though, at least. But they could probably live with that. Or maybe they make more on repairs than they do on sales. Eh, whatever, as long as there are alternatives, they're welcome to do what they...
[17:51:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:51:07] <exec> 08└─And yet people keep on buying and using them. The market spoke. It said "Screw us over, Apple, we want it". So they do.
[17:51:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 306 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:51:09] <exec> 08└─Why do people put up with this shit? Why do corrupt politicians win reelection 5 or 6 times? People play the same game for everything, and if you don't play along, you are evil. But iPhones? They're for people who don't want to be seen with anything their maid can afford. In some countries that's no...
[17:51:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 1284 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:51:11] <exec> 08└─I didn't say that I believe that it "just works." I said those who buy Apple gear believe that. Your same attempt at lame insults on every reply on this thread doesn't change that. And yes, those who buy Apple gear are apparently getting what they want out of it. How else, moron? See what I did ther...
[17:51:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03ElizabethGreene [6748] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 788 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:51:13] <exec> 08└─It's two pentalobe screws to open the case, release the battery connector, pull the battery release tabs (these work like command adhesive strips), and the battery is out. The new battery goes in the same way, and most customers go for the slightly more expensive aftermarket batteries that have a la...
[17:51:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03ElizabethGreene [6748] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 240 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:51:15] <exec> 08└─"Pop the screen off," as in, you have to buy a heat gun and special plastic prying tools, and then carefully and evenly heat the screen and its glue underneath and then carefully and delicately pry off the screen before the glue solidifies?
[17:51:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 328 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:51:17] <exec> 08└─If my car were at a price point where I could reasonbly expect to be replacing it around the time the battery gave out, and I expect that I'll afford that cost when that time happens, why not? That could either be because the car will be replaced in 1.5-2 years, or because the battery complex was de...
[17:51:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03ElizabethGreene [6748] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:51:20] <exec> 08└─Why do people put up with this shit?
[17:51:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03DanRichNC [6641] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:51:22] <exec> 08└─I took the leap and just preordered a Librem 5...this insanity has to end. A lot of people try to scoop up old phones that sorta respected freedom, but that strategy won't last forever.
[17:51:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:51:24] <exec> 08└─Yes. I've run out of compassion and patience for people who willingly fund the enemies of free humanity. Evil corporations, IRS, etc.
[17:51:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06[2019] Linux Journal Ceases Publication: An Awkward Goodbye - 155 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:51:54] <exec> 08└─Barnes and Noble? what's that? like a library you have to pay for? or like the internet but where you have to go somewhere and pay to read stuff? so crazy!
[17:51:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06[2019] Linux Journal Ceases Publication: An Awkward Goodbye - 1147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:51:55] <exec> 08└─But walk into Barnes & Noble and look at their magazine section. I'm tempted to say 100% of it could be described as, "printing out some fan boys web page and adding advertisements to it and selling it." That's what magazine print publishing was, is, and shall be. It was that before the Internet arr...
[17:51:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06[2019] Linux Journal Ceases Publication: An Awkward Goodbye - 589 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:51:57] <exec> 08└─Secret.... B&N has places where you can sit comfortably and browse everything they have. They hope you'll like whatever you're looking at enough to pay for it. Another secret, though I have to admit it has been forever since I tried it so I only assume they're still doing it.... when you're using B&...
[17:51:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06[2019] Linux Journal Ceases Publication: An Awkward Goodbye - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:51:59] <exec> 08└─Oh wow, I missed that one. Apparently they're back but reduced. [techcrunch.com] I'm a physical subscriber, I wonder what'll happen to my subscription.
[17:52:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Xiaomi Smartphone Will Use Samsung Camera Sensor to Take Up to 108 Megapixel Images - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:52:24] <exec> 08└─It looks like optical and AI trickery (such as this remosaic algorithm) can help bust past the limits.
[17:52:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Rocket Lab Will Attempt to Recover First Stages Using a Helicopter - 717 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:52:41] <exec> 08└─The relevant comparison is probably ULA's upcoming Vulcan rocket: https://en.wikipedia.org(rocket) [wikipedia.org] SMART Reuse Also announced during the initial April 13, 2015 unveiling was the 'Sensible Modular Autonomous Return Technology' (SMART) reuse concept. The booster engines, a...
[17:52:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03ElizabethGreene [6748] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Rocket Lab Will Attempt to Recover First Stages Using a Helicopter - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:52:43] <exec> 08└─If you've catch the video of this, take a look at the drogue ballute they use to get the first stage subsonic. That's a cool piece of kit.
[17:52:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Autonomous, Neuromorphic Bicycle - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:52:53] <exec> 08└─That's a point. They should do an autonomous unicycle. That wouldn't require much room at all to turn around.
[17:53:21] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03edIII [791] 02 - 06Contrary To Musk's Claims, Lidar Has Some Advantages In Self Driving Technology - 1119 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:53:21] <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...
[17:54:44] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03PinkyGigglebrain [4458] 02 - 06This Device Can Hear You Talking to Yourself - 869 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:54:44] <exec> 08└─When I think about how this kind of tech could have helped Hawking and others who can't use their own voice to communicate I think "Wow! this is awesome!" Then I think about how this will be misused by various organizations/agencies and it isn't that awesome anymore. It become frightening. Consider...
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[18:49:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Lodgepole Pine Trees Send Chemical Warning to Each Other when Pine Beetles Attack - 17 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:49:41] <exec> 08└─I'm a tree idiot.
[18:50:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Uber and Lyft Admit They're Making City Traffic Worse - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:50:07] <exec> 08└─It seems like your only problem with a city bus is that it's a city bus.
[18:50:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Uber and Lyft Admit They're Making City Traffic Worse - 234 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:50:08] <exec> 08└─No, I have not. I have a grueling ten minute commute to work with five traffic lights. At Disney World we have used an Uber a few times and had no complaints. But those few occasions were a strictly a one time, nonrepeating situation.
[18:50:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Uber and Lyft Admit They're Making City Traffic Worse - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:50:11] <exec> 08└─That's a good question. I was thinking about the problem of UberLyft creating too much traffic, presumably due to individual rides.
[18:50:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Uber and Lyft Admit They're Making City Traffic Worse - 284 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:50:13] <exec> 08└─Maybe there is some way to incentivize them for reducing traffic. But the only ways I could think of would be to replace public transpiration with an UberLift type system, with guaranteed pickup and fixed rates. But I think that would just be swapping one set of problems for another.
[18:50:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 1, Redundant) 02 - 06A New Way To Block Unwanted Genetic Transfer - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:50:23] <exec> 08└─Don't forget another good one: personality. Let the jokes begin!
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[18:51:21] <exec> 08└─you're supposed to be buying the most open thing on the market. nothing else matters.
[18:51:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 2063 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:51:22] <exec> 08└─These things pop up every decade or so with Apple and constantly, but silently with most other hardware. First around 1994, Powerbooks, series 1xx. In some office I remember seeing a bunch of them with leaking batteries. One was not leaking, because it got replaced two years after purchase. It start...
[18:51:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 619 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:51:24] <exec> 08└─Did you need any more proof that people want to be screewed over after the last presidential election ? "I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot someone, and I still wouldn't loose any voters" is what the republican presidential candidate declared. Basically, he called his supporters a...
[18:52:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Rocket Lab Will Attempt to Recover First Stages Using a Helicopter - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:52:42] <exec> 08└─you get my anonymous funny mode from my infinite mode points: +1 funny!
[18:54:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Oracle Linux 8 Released to Public Mirror - 220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:54:23] <exec> 08└─ohh, yes, it's so shitty! it just works all day and night without me having to do shit. never gets compromised no matter how cavalier i am. what a nightmare! i wish could be tortured by the scum at Microshaft and Fapple.
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[19:49:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FedEx is Ending its Ground-Shipping Contract With Amazon - 196 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:49:38] <exec> 08└─The rise of Amazon has no doubt been a gigantic boon in business to both FedEx and UPS. Now FedEx is so ungrateful that they won't just stand by while Amazon eats their entire market and business?
[19:49:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Lodgepole Pine Trees Send Chemical Warning to Each Other when Pine Beetles Attack - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:49:48] <exec> 08└─I'd rather be a green Trie. [wikipedia.org]
[19:49:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Lodgepole Pine Trees Send Chemical Warning to Each Other when Pine Beetles Attack - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:49:50] <exec> 08└─Now whose fault is that, eh? Only got yourself to blame here.
[19:49:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Lodgepole Pine Trees Send Chemical Warning to Each Other when Pine Beetles Attack - 975 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:49:52] <exec> 08└─Maybe undersea creatures simply detect and interpret moonlight, and the moon does not actively perform any signal transmission. Maybe the trees really do speak. And listen. Maybe the messages are secret to prevent rival tree groups from interpreting them. [decoded by its closest relatives, not by st...
[19:49:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Lodgepole Pine Trees Send Chemical Warning to Each Other when Pine Beetles Attack - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:49:54] <exec> 08└─Being a "tree idiot" may not be anyone's fault. No more than being any other kind of idiot.
[19:50:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03nobu_the_bard [6373] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Uber and Lyft Admit They're Making City Traffic Worse - 1017 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:50:23] <exec> 08└─This could be a deceptive way of saying "look we account for 10% of all traffic you should invest/hire us" without actually claiming that's the purpose. This study shows Uber and Lyft contribute to traffic. But of course they do! They're not like, ghosts that pass through everything and interact wit...
[19:50:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Uber and Lyft Admit They're Making City Traffic Worse - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:50:25] <exec> 08└─Just over half of those miles (54 to 62 percent) were spent actually driving a passenger.
[19:50:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06A New Way To Block Unwanted Genetic Transfer - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:50:35] <exec> 08└─Redundant? Come again?
[19:51:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:51:36] <exec> 08└─At least iJoys cans still be repaired easily. How to steal a city: Montes v. City of Yakima - https://www.aclu-wa.org [aclu-wa.org]
[19:51:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:51:38] <exec> 08└─But aren't the screws one of those custom kinds you can't unscrew without a proprietary screwdriver? Or at least not without stripping the screw.
[19:51:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rupert Pupnick [7277] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 347 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:51:40] <exec> 08└─My car has a TPI warning light that won’t go out ever since I got rid of the shitty low profile rims and replaced them with standard 16 inch steel rims that don’t have the TPI sensor. Putting in the four sensors would run about $200. No thanks. If I could get access to the indicator, I’d paint...
[19:53:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06AMD's 64-Core Epyc CPU Reviewed - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:53:19] <exec> 08└─A stolen city: Montes v. City of Yakima - https://www.aclu-wa.org [aclu-wa.org]
[19:54:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Contrary To Musk's Claims, Lidar Has Some Advantages In Self Driving Technology - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:54:16] <exec> 08└─Just wait until they start replacing the blue LEDs with lasers everywhere.
[19:54:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Contrary To Musk's Claims, Lidar Has Some Advantages In Self Driving Technology - 572 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:54:17] <exec> 08└─The only thing I wanted to point out is that a statement "two systems are better than one" is often not true. When two systems provide similar information the decision is often worse than with one system. It does not mean that a backup is bad. It does not even mean that having two system is necessar...
[19:54:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Contrary To Musk's Claims, Lidar Has Some Advantages In Self Driving Technology - 287 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:54:19] <exec> 08└─My biggest question is how the car is going to triage between the owner/occupant life and a "small object" running across the street. Is it going to err on my side or the child's. Assuming it does somehow, would it be disclosed and adjustable by owners. What about adjustable by hackers?
[19:56:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03SunTzuWarmaster [3971] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Robot Tail Developed to Balance Out Human Body and Stop People From Falling Over - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:56:48] <exec> 08└─More tail, obviously.
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[20:49:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FedEx is Ending its Ground-Shipping Contract With Amazon - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:49:38] <exec> 08└─Amazon isn’t great at delivering in my area. It’t not uncommon to have packages delivered after 8pm, and sometimes after 10pm.
[20:49:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FedEx is Ending its Ground-Shipping Contract With Amazon - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:49:40] <exec> 08└─I had an Amazon van stop on my street for 10-15 minutes recently. Smoke break?
[20:50:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Uber and Lyft Admit They're Making City Traffic Worse - 449 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:50:24] <exec> 08└─This is the whole thinking behind yellow cab medallions in NYC. Looking around the "popular" parts of town here on a Friday night, you'll see "UBER" signs glowing in the dashboard circulating up and down the street, apparently hoping to be the closest driver to the next ride requester... I still don...
[20:50:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Uber and Lyft Admit They're Making City Traffic Worse - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:50:25] <exec> 08└─If fewer people drove their own cars, is there some potential benefit of scale for Uber or Lyft?
[20:50:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A New Way To Block Unwanted Genetic Transfer - 12 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:50:36] <exec> 08└─A diaphragm.
[20:51:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03ElizabethGreene [6748] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:51:40] <exec> 08└─The two external case screws are. Most single-battery replacement kits include the correct driver. I do enough phone work that I bought the $10 Wiha driver.
[20:51:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Warshipping: Attacking Wireless Networks from the Mailroom - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:51:52] <exec> 08└─Ha, thanks! I've been using (DOM) object-wise viz toggling and/or inspection, and this will be much more robust.
[20:53:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Rocket Lab Will Attempt to Recover First Stages Using a Helicopter - 245 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:53:01] <exec> 08└─Why use the perfect tense that implies a completed action in the past at all? Its aspect is present (it does its thing at the same time as something else is doing its thing), so "as they are falling" works way better than "after they've fallen".
[20:55:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06This Device Can Hear You Talking to Yourself - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:55:29] <exec> 08└─Funny, because I wired a speaker to the MB of a TRS-80 so I could hear it. It was like listening to an old 14.4 modem at 1/10th speed.
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[21:49:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FedEx is Ending its Ground-Shipping Contract With Amazon - 12 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:49:41] <exec> 08└─Smoke break?
[21:50:08] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03ikanreed [3164] 02 - 06Uber and Lyft Admit They're Making City Traffic Worse - 568 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:50:08] <exec> 08└─Yeah, and you don't get that with the shitty suburban homes we're building nowadays. You can pay a half million dollars for a "garden" consisting of 200 sqft of grass that has to be maintained as grass according to some subsection of some bullshit binding covenant. In high-rise-homes-only beijing,...
[21:50:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Uber and Lyft Admit They're Making City Traffic Worse - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:50:26] <exec> 08└─Noooooooo! I want my flying cars!
[21:50:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Uber and Lyft Admit They're Making City Traffic Worse - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:50:28] <exec> 08└─I want my flying cars!
[21:50:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Uber and Lyft Admit They're Making City Traffic Worse - 250 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:50:30] <exec> 08└─I get you. Its a major concern of mine when in unfamiliar areas in my van. It is all too easy to cream someone else while trying to figure out what some signage means, or if I flat did not see a sign because all my attention was on traffic in motion.
[21:50:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Uber and Lyft Admit They're Making City Traffic Worse - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:50:32] <exec> 08└─Uber's Flying Cars [soylentnews.org]
[21:50:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Uber and Lyft Admit They're Making City Traffic Worse - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:50:34] <exec> 08└─Also, I think that would not be in fantasyland. It would be in tomorrowland. Maybe in Epcot.
[21:50:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Uber and Lyft Admit They're Making City Traffic Worse - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:50:36] <exec> 08└─So the "parking lot" where cars waiting for use has been shifted from being stored in a lot, engine off, to being stored in lanes of moving traffic, engine on.
[21:51:22] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 172 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:51:22] <exec> 08└─But they are not trying to kill third party repairs, that is pure slander. They are trying to stop terrorists from installing exploding batteries in the phones of children!
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[22:49:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Huawei Doesn't See Open Source as the Fix for Spying Accusations (but They Should) - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:49:36] <exec> 08└─So share your source code, commies.
[22:49:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Funny) 02 - 06Huawei Doesn't See Open Source as the Fix for Spying Accusations (but They Should) - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:49:37] <exec> 08└─Huawei Doesn't See Open Source as the Fix for Spying Accusations (but They Should)
[22:49:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Huawei Doesn't See Open Source as the Fix for Spying Accusations (but They Should) - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:49:39] <exec> 08└─China isn't communist, they're free market capitalists.
[22:49:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Huawei Doesn't See Open Source as the Fix for Spying Accusations (but They Should) - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:49:42] <exec> 08└─The point is, ladies and gentlemen, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right, greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed in all of its forms.
[22:49:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03hopdevil [3356] (Score: 2, Interesting) 02 - 06Huawei Doesn't See Open Source as the Fix for Spying Accusations (but They Should) - 480 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:49:44] <exec> 08└─Open source is a double edged sword when it comes to security. You hope more people honorably look at your source code and report vulnerabilities than those that will exploit then. In truth this model needs more of an active community of developers than security folks. I don't think that is Huawei's...
[22:49:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Transport By Mobile Stroke Units Get Patients Quicker Treatment Than Ambulance - 769 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:49:51] <exec> 08└─.... Of course, if the Mobile Stroke Unit is more than ten minutes response time than the nearest Paramedic unit, then one has lost that advantage. Aside from that, unless it pays off economically then one won't be seeing such units deployed regularly is my bet. It would be interesting if EMS provid...
[22:50:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FedEx is Ending its Ground-Shipping Contract With Amazon - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:50:01] <exec> 08└─Play ABBA and Back Street Boys loudly, they'll go away.
[22:50:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FedEx is Ending its Ground-Shipping Contract With Amazon - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:50:03] <exec> 08└─Just sayin'. I have the legacy of issues to prove it.
[22:50:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Uber and Lyft Admit They're Making City Traffic Worse - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:50:54] <exec> 08└─Offering car-pooling might differentiate them from taxis, and thus reduce the animosity they encounter with city governments and officially licensed taxi companies.
[22:52:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:52:10] <exec> 08└─Tho, why is the forbidden fruit always depicted as an apple, at least in the West? I don't recall it saying either way in the book.
[22:52:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 210 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:52:12] <exec> 08└─Apple victims are almost beyond pity. How can anyone be fine with this ongoing nonsense - ports, batteries, etc. Any other brand would have crashed by now. Apple products are indeed 'lovely golden handcuffs'...
[22:52:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:52:14] <exec> 08└─Right. For those who want what Apple provides, Apple product are worth paying for. For those who want something else (which includes me), Apple products are no good at all.
[22:52:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:52:16] <exec> 08└─Here's hoping the Purism phone will turn out to be useful.
[22:52:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 344 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:52:18] <exec> 08└─Purism Librem 13. 1.4 kg. $1399. https://www.makeuseof.com [makeuseof.com] Close yo the price you mentioned. And focused on freedom and security. Macbook Air. 3 pounds. Price $999 or $1199. https://www.macworld.com
[22:52:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06[2019] Linux Journal Ceases Publication: An Awkward Goodbye - 324 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:52:54] <exec> 08└─That Linux Bible was wonderful. Granted, all of the information was online somewhere. But when your only computer was running linux except that it didn't work, it was extremely helpful to be able to look up the details of why it might not be working in something that didn't require your computer to...
[22:53:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Xiaomi Smartphone Will Use Samsung Camera Sensor to Take Up to 108 Megapixel Images - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:53:20] <exec> 08└─NSA makes it hard to take out the information you've deposited with them.
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[23:49:37] <exec> 08└─Remember the club? There is one my garage, It's what insurance is for.
[23:49:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Huawei Doesn't See Open Source as the Fix for Spying Accusations (but They Should) - 16 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:49:49] <exec> 08└─If not, why not?
[23:49:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Huawei Doesn't See Open Source as the Fix for Spying Accusations (but They Should) - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:49:51] <exec> 08└─One Party Surveillance State.
[23:49:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hartree [195] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Huawei Doesn't See Open Source as the Fix for Spying Accusations (but They Should) - 335 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:49:53] <exec> 08└─What? You'd expect Facebook to open source it's code to alleviate privacy concerns? Like Facebook working diligently to improve your privacy, Huawei is working diligently to remove extensions to their code that the Chinese government didn't ask them to add. Open source is not needed and counterprodu...
[23:49:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Huawei Doesn't See Open Source as the Fix for Spying Accusations (but They Should) - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:49:55] <exec> 08└─Cisco isn't run by Chinamen, so they can be trusted.
[23:49:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Huawei Doesn't See Open Source as the Fix for Spying Accusations (but They Should) - 11 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:49:57] <exec> 08└─Like cisco?
[23:50:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FedEx is Ending its Ground-Shipping Contract With Amazon - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:50:17] <exec> 08└─Two divorces in one year.
[23:52:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03fido_dogstoyevsky [131] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:52:31] <exec> 08└─...But but, their [crapple] trademark is an apple, the symbol of wholesomeness and goodness and keeping the doctor away.
[23:52:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03fido_dogstoyevsky [131] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:52:33] <exec> 08└─Why do people put up with this shit?...
[23:55:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Contrary To Musk's Claims, Lidar Has Some Advantages In Self Driving Technology - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:55:14] <exec> 08└─He's already killed three of his customers in accidents that should have been easy to avoid by a normal, alert driver.
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