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[00:49:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Acabatag [2885] (Score: 4, Interesting) 02 - 06How Many Decimals of Pi Do We Really Need? - 260 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:49:34] <exec> 08└─355/113 is the best low-digit rational approximation for pi. It's even easy to remember: one one three under three five five. For anything electronic that I would use pi for, it's closer than the test equipment I would could afford to measure the circuit with.
[00:49:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03toddestan [4982] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06How Many Decimals of Pi Do We Really Need? - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:49:36] <exec> 08└─I've always like 201/64 myself, because you can do it with a simple multiplication and a bitshift, which for some applications is a big help.
[00:49:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Decimals of Pi Do We Really Need? - 12 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:49:38] <exec> 08└─33.8 digits.
[00:49:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Decimals of Pi Do We Really Need? - 479 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:49:40] <exec> 08└─It's actually an interesting article, and vaguely reminiscent of what-if.xkcd. I'm a bit annoyed at the patronizing tone (it sounds like an article written to be read by a 10-year old; never use 10 words when 50 will do), but it does put things into perspective. And given the nature of the article,...
[00:49:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Decimals of Pi Do We Really Need? - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:49:42] <exec> 08└─3.14159. That said, I get where seeing how fast you can calculate the first 3x10^24 digits can score you points in your PhD thesis, but not seeing how it's useful in the real world.
[00:49:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Decimals of Pi Do We Really Need? - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:49:44] <exec> 08└─"3" It's close enough.
[00:49:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03inertnet [4071] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Schrödinger's Cat With 20 Qubits - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:49:55] <exec> 08└─I don't know, but if the correct answer is among those 2 ^ 20, I guess the trick is to collapse everything onto that single solution. But I have no idea how, I'm old too.
[00:49:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rupert Pupnick [7277] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Schrödinger's Cat With 20 Qubits - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:49:57] <exec> 08└─Don’t we have enough difficulties with the language of quantum mechanics already?
[00:50:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Hard-Working Termites Crucial To Forest, Wetland Ecosystems - 232 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:50:08] <exec> 08└─1. Citation needed 2. I think the CO2/methane emissions cause by termites haven't dramatically increased over the past century, unlike the case of some other specie. So, even if your assertion is correct, what exactly is your point?
[00:50:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Taking Social Control Media Addiction to the Next Level - Tweeting from a Fridge - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:50:32] <exec> 08└─But electric cooktops suck, and a gas stove that extinguishes itself every time its on fire wouldn't work much better. Still better though.
[00:50:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Acabatag [2885] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Taking Social Control Media Addiction to the Next Level - Tweeting from a Fridge - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:50:33] <exec> 08└─You can at least schedule limited access to the net on that iPad with settings on your wi-fi router. At least some routers can be configured with curfew profiles.
[00:50:52] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03jmorris [4844] 02 - 06Leaked Draft of Trump Executive Order to 'Censor the Internet' - 790 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:50:53] <exec> 08└─Three years ago I would have been opposed to this, because of the potential for abuse. No more. Because I AM being abused, so a future abuse isn't nearly as important. Sorry, it doesn't make it all better to tell us we are being deplatformed, debanked, disemployed, etc. and we should just suck it up...
[00:52:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 1, Flamebait) 02 - 06Leaked Draft of Trump Executive Order to 'Censor the Internet' - 199 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:52:26] <exec> 08└─CNN is the most rabid of the MSM promoting identity politics in this country today. CNN is little more than a hate propaganda machine, and no one who is serious about the news can take CNN seriously.
[00:52:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Leaked Draft of Trump Executive Order to 'Censor the Internet' - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:52:27] <exec> 08└─Gaslight Obstruct Project Now with a quality stream from between cheeks Run and Away.
[00:52:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Leaked Draft of Trump Executive Order to 'Censor the Internet' - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:52:30] <exec> 08└─I have a hard enough time around here, and I'm probably considered one of the arseholes at least by buzztardo and ranaway.
[00:52:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Acabatag [2885] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Leaked Draft of Trump Executive Order to 'Censor the Internet' - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:52:32] <exec> 08└─Yes, I saw a link to salon.com up there, too. That adds credibility. Yup.
[00:52:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03pipedwho [2032] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Data Breach has Exposed Millions of Fingerprint and Facial Recognition Records - 334 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:52:51] <exec> 08└─In many cases it begins before that. With familial DNA containing enough information to pinpoint the as yet unborn child and derive pertinent information retrospectively from information gathered on the parents, siblings, cousins, etc. At least their fingerprints and passport photo are still mostly...
[00:52:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Data Breach has Exposed Millions of Fingerprint and Facial Recognition Records - 257 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:52:53] <exec> 08└─Fair warning: the 'it needs to get worse before it gets better' offers no way of estimating how long the 'worse' period is gonna last and how deep the 'worse level' will be (e.g. the time span may be 'forever' and no warranties of survivability are offered)
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[01:49:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SpaceX Will Buy Taller Fairings to Compete for U.S. Air Force Launch Contract (Update: No Agreement) - 2343 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:49:38] <exec> 08└─Since there's apparently no agreement, I bring your attention to this part: Regardless of the veracity of these recent claims, it appears that SpaceX has three obvious responses at its disposal: design and build an entirely new variant of its universal Falcon fairing, purchase the necessary fairings...
[01:49:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03NPC-131072 [7144] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Decimals of Pi Do We Really Need? - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:49:51] <exec> 08└─That said, I get where seeing how fast you can calculate the first 3x10^24 digits can score you points in your PhD thesis, but not seeing how it's useful in the real world.
[01:49:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Megahard [4782] (Score: 4, Informative) 02 - 06How Many Decimals of Pi Do We Really Need? - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:49:53] <exec> 08└─"We use double precision floating-point, because it's standard and good enough for our work."
[01:49:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06How Many Decimals of Pi Do We Really Need? - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:49:55] <exec> 08└─"3" It's close enough.
[01:49:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06How Many Decimals of Pi Do We Really Need? - 242 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:49:57] <exec> 08└─Yup, spoken like a true 6502 assembler programmer. And I mean that respectfully. Those assembler programmers of yesteryear left a legacy of products, many of which left records of reliability and robustness that is really hard to match today.
[01:49:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Decimals of Pi Do We Really Need? - 263 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:49:59] <exec> 08└─I mean, the real answer seems pretty good: 16 digits gets you close enough for most practical purposes, 40 digits is sufficient to calculate the size of the observable universe to the nearest hydrogen atom and there's not much need for higher precision than that.
[01:50:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06How Many Decimals of Pi Do We Really Need? - 279 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:50:01] <exec> 08└─I remember being taught that forty digits of pi was enough to calculate the diameter and circumference of the visible universe with a margin of error smaller than the width of a single hydrogen atom. I told my 7th grade daughter this. Now her iPhone password is 40 digits long...
[01:50:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Decimals of Pi Do We Really Need? - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:50:03] <exec> 08└─Wouldn't the best approach be to avoid computing with 兀, e as much as possible?
[01:50:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03NPC-131072 [7144] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Decimals of Pi Do We Really Need? - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:50:06] <exec> 08└─40 digits is sufficient to calculate the size of the observable universe to the nearest hydrogen atom and there's not much need for higher precision than that.
[01:50:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rupert Pupnick [7277] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Schrödinger's Cat With 20 Qubits - 887 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:50:17] <exec> 08└─The problem with these qubit proclamations is that they are so dependent on context that is usually buried or absent altogether. In a purely mathematical context, a single qubit represents a continuous distribution of values. Because it’s continuous, you can say that there are an infinite number o...
[01:50:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Taking Social Control Media Addiction to the Next Level - Tweeting from a Fridge - 174 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:50:52] <exec> 08└─Only in Yakima, WA, home of The Fluoride-Flavored Lollipop. How to steal a city: Montes v. City of Yakima - https://www.aclu-wa.org [aclu-wa.org]
[01:53:35] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03meustrus [4961] 02 - 06Hong Kong Airport Paralysed for a Second Day by Protesters; US Naval Ships Blocked - 2204 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:53:35] <exec> 08└─There's a lot to unpack here, and the best way is probably line by line. Here we go. It's worth mentioning that no matter where you stand on social justice issues like gay marriage, they are almost completely orthogonal to economic issues. Communism vs Capitalism does not imply any particular code o...
[01:54:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hong Kong Airport Paralysed for a Second Day by Protesters; US Naval Ships Blocked - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:54:12] <exec> 08└─I'll worry about the encroaching Communism here in America.
[01:54:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Hong Kong Airport Paralysed for a Second Day by Protesters; US Naval Ships Blocked - 305 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:54:14] <exec> 08└─That is not how the word is used. We used to call people "gay" as an insult. Today that may be illegal depending on context and location. Racist is used in a negative context to flag a person as "bad". Here's an example: I say " I don't like Muslims". The response is: "Racist!" Can you see how this...
[01:54:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Hong Kong Airport Paralysed for a Second Day by Protesters; US Naval Ships Blocked - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:54:16] <exec> 08└─"After reading a book about how aboriginals treated their women worse than animals before Europeans arrived I no longer support the aboriginals rights movement in Australia" Racist!
[01:54:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Hong Kong Airport Paralysed for a Second Day by Protesters; US Naval Ships Blocked - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:54:18] <exec> 08└─If Chinese milk powder buyers were blocked it most certainly would have an impact
[01:59:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Anti-Natalists - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:59:22] <exec> 08└─bait. How to steal a city: Montes v. City of Yakima - https://www.aclu-wa.org [aclu-wa.org]
[02:00:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06What Do You Do for an Email Solution? - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:00:21] <exec> 08└─Yandex is also good for this. Its like gmail when it first came out. Free. Just works.
[02:01:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rupert Pupnick [7277] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Video of a Phenomenon: Standing Waves That Won’t Stand Still - 244 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:01:05] <exec> 08└─OK, sure. I agree that TFA makes some really big claims as to what it means. A better summary of why this is so important in a physical system would be really nice. Yes, I know I’m doing it again. Sorry— throwing rocks is part of my nature.
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[02:49:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rupert Pupnick [7277] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06How Many Decimals of Pi Do We Really Need? - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:49:56] <exec> 08└─https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0fKBhvDjuy0 [youtube.com] It’s 9 minutes long, but give it a minute or two before you cancel, if you haven’t seen it.
[02:49:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Decimals of Pi Do We Really Need? - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:49:58] <exec> 08└─3217/1024 is damm close to pi. Again getting a "free divide" by bit shifting.
[02:49:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03pipedwho [2032] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Decimals of Pi Do We Really Need? - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:50:00] <exec> 08└─That is only good for 3 digits which is probably ok if you're using 8 bit precision. At least the GP's is good to 22 bits.
[02:50:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03pipedwho [2032] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Decimals of Pi Do We Really Need? - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:50:02] <exec> 08└─Well, good to 16bits of precision. May as well just store the 16 bit raw value, then no need to shift.
[02:50:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Decimals of Pi Do We Really Need? - 221 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:50:04] <exec> 08└─Add 25 more digits to get to a 10-35m scale, and you get the Universe with a precision of Plank length scale. Not very useful in human terms but if, for you, perfection takes precedence over usefulness, there you have it.
[02:50:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06How Many Decimals of Pi Do We Really Need? - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:50:06] <exec> 08└─"3" It's close enough.
[02:50:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03black6host [3827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Decimals of Pi Do We Really Need? - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:50:08] <exec> 08└─It isn't how many decimal places of pi we need. It's how many slices of pi do we need :)
[02:50:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Schrödinger's Cat With 20 Qubits - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:50:21] <exec> 08└─Not if galaxies aren't special snowflakes :)
[02:50:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Taking Social Control Media Addiction to the Next Level - Tweeting from a Fridge - 499 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:50:59] <exec> 08└─The issue here is not really internet. Old days children were told what is permitted and what is not and once caught doing wrong punished to such an extent that they would not do it again. Nothing much changed since as certain actions are punished even more severely. What did change was that parents...
[02:51:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Taking Social Control Media Addiction to the Next Level - Tweeting from a Fridge - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:51:00] <exec> 08└─I think this was one of the rejected plots for an episode of Black Mirror. Unfortunately, it's a better plot than some that actually got made...
[02:51:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Rewriting The Periodic Table At High Pressure - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:51:11] <exec> 08└─A drafting table is not really needed.
[02:51:39] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03jmorris [4844] 02 - 06Leaked Draft of Trump Executive Order to 'Censor the Internet' - 969 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:51:39] <exec> 08└─We are attempting to. But it is becoming clear that isn't going to work. If we have to build our own Internet from the last mile up, build our own banks, build our own cities, build our own police, it is quicker to build our own government. Look at last week. It is now proven the latest "manifesto"...
[02:54:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Hong Kong Airport Paralysed for a Second Day by Protesters; US Naval Ships Blocked - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:54:28] <exec> 08└─I saw that phrase and thought: "media can't allow audience to think Trump spoke the truth".
[02:58:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Do Remember the Recent Russian Nuclear Accident Happened While Developing a Truly Insane Weapon - 374 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:58:05] <exec> 08└─This rocket is not designed to flatten American cities. Russia has existing nukes for that. The rocket adds an ability to nuke the US president's bedroom while he is still in it. Arguably, it is better option than killing the people. If the US has or will have similar weapon, it would make peace eve...
[02:59:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Anti-Natalists - 1237 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:59:37] <exec> 08└─Sorry, but Benatar is, as best as I can tell, a moron. Or, rather, he's a smart person who is completely taken in by his own illogic. There have been several critiques of his views by other philosophers (and even other antinatalist philosophers). I've read large section of his book, as well as liste...
[02:59:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Anti-Natalists - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:59:38] <exec> 08└─Every last human being on the planet could live in the state of Texas and it would have a population density about the same as NYC.
[02:59:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Anti-Natalists - 487 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:59:40] <exec> 08└─The real issue is that IQ is pseudoscience, straight from the bowels of the social 'sciences'. You know, the same social 'sciences' that many of the proponents of IQ would ordinary condemn. We haven't even come up with a proper, scientifically rigorous definition of intelligence, let alone a demonst...
[02:59:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeVilla [5354] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Anti-Natalists - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:59:42] <exec> 08└─Point awarded to the indomitable, avian carrion eater.
[02:59:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Anti-Natalists - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:59:44] <exec> 08└─Now when there isn't such an oversupply of people anymore, meaning the economy will desire kids again, I guarantee that births will pick up to reach that equilibrium.
[02:59:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Anti-Natalists - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:59:46] <exec> 08└─And countless parents regret having children, many of whom are physically, psychologically, or verbally abusive to their unwanted children. Maybe you would've been one of them.
[03:00:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03stretch611 [6199] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What Do You Do for an Email Solution? - 455 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:00:45] <exec> 08└─Yes, pretty much email only.... But seeing how I run linux on every computer on my home, A) I pretty much am not in favor of adding to Microsoft's revenue stream B) I'm not positive of compatibility with linux based clients. I would expect to be able to get some clients working, but not necessarily...
[03:00:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03stretch611 [6199] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What Do You Do for an Email Solution? - 234 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:00:46] <exec> 08└─I actually have dealt with this in the past. I am familiar with setting up the various records on the DNS in order to avoid being put on blacklists. But, honestly, I am at the point where I would rather have someone else deal with it.
[03:00:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03stretch611 [6199] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What Do You Do for an Email Solution? - 806 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:00:48] <exec> 08└─Yes, for privacy, I'm pretty much trying to avoid Gsuite. I did not think a catchall was available with Google (and honestly most others,) when they charge per handle(email address) I would expect them to disable the catchall in order to be able to charge more. And honestly, I really do not like the...
[03:00:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03stretch611 [6199] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What Do You Do for an Email Solution? - 992 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:00:50] <exec> 08└─That is similar to what happened with me. I had a full service provider that sold me a VPS to do with what I wanted. I ran some services like an SVN repo, mumble server, database, website and others. The only thing really being used right now is email. In the meantime, my ISP was bought (or merged....
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[03:49:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Evidence of "Swimmer's Ear" Found in Neanderthals - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:49:36] <exec> 08└─so poor old neanderthals all went deaf?
[03:49:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Evidence of "Swimmer's Ear" Found in Neanderthals - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:49:37] <exec> 08└─Pardon? so poor old neanderthals all went deaf?
[03:49:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Evidence of "Swimmer's Ear" Found in Neanderthals - 259 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:49:39] <exec> 08└─The ancients reckoned with Runes of 40 day months: 7208 from Creation in the Star Temple; 12708 from the Great Chill; 44244 from the Creation of the Great Kolo-Rasseniya; 106478 from the Founding of Asgard of Iria; 111813 from the Great Migration from Daaria;
[03:49:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Evidence of "Swimmer's Ear" Found in Neanderthals - 928 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:49:42] <exec> 08└─Swimmer's ear (aka otitis externa) [wikipedia.org] Otitis externa, also called swimmer's ear, is inflammation of the ear canal. It often presents with ear pain, swelling of the ear canal, and occasionally decreased hearing. Typically there is pain with movement of the outer ear. A high fever is typi...
[03:49:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Evidence of "Swimmer's Ear" Found in Neanderthals - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:49:44] <exec> 08└─https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfer%27s_ear [wikipedia.org] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov [nih.gov]
[03:50:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Decimals of Pi Do We Really Need? - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:50:18] <exec> 08└─Well, the observable universe. It's not really clear that the universe is closed or finite.
[03:50:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Decimals of Pi Do We Really Need? - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:50:19] <exec> 08└─According to Congress, at least.
[03:50:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Decimals of Pi Do We Really Need? - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:50:22] <exec> 08└─Add another 5 digits to account for the adjacent bubble universes.
[03:50:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Decimals of Pi Do We Really Need? - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:50:24] <exec> 08└─Fuck you and your mother, fnord666.
[03:50:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Decimals of Pi Do We Really Need? - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:50:26] <exec> 08└─My guess would be something like rotating an image of a gauge pointer for display. Eight bit precision oughta do it. You need fast.
[03:50:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Coward, Anonymous [7017] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Schrödinger's Cat With 20 Qubits - 343 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:50:39] <exec> 08└─In Shore's factoring algorithm the final state you measure is likely to correspond to the prime factor you were trying to find. Those 2^300 states are necessary in the middle of the calculation and are the magic sauce that gives the quantum speed up. But at the end you measure one result that tells...
[03:51:05] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] 02 - 06Taking Social Control Media Addiction to the Next Level - Tweeting from a Fridge - 144 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:51:05] <exec> 08└─All that control was instantly subverted when the first kid moved up to secondary school (US: high school, roughly) and was issued with an iPad,
[03:59:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Anti-Natalists - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:59:59] <exec> 08└─but nothing will ever give greater happiness.
[04:00:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Anti-Natalists - 225 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:00:00] <exec> 08└─Not bringing someone into existence is different from killing someone (or yourself) who already exists, since the latter causes unneeded suffering. Maybe they don't want to go that far (i.e. the ends don't justify the means).
[04:01:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03stretch611 [6199] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What Do You Do for an Email Solution? - 824 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:01:06] <exec> 08└─Part of it is to catch the people who sell my address to the spammers. But, also, as I mentioned, it catches when someone's system gets compromised. The "dropbox@mydomain.xxx" email address is constantly getting email forever... despite changing to a different email address for that registration yea...
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[04:49:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Evidence of "Swimmer's Ear" Found in Neanderthals - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:49:47] <exec> 08└─just enough of the swimmers (young, fit, reproductive age), then..
[04:49:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Evidence of "Swimmer's Ear" Found in Neanderthals - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:49:49] <exec> 08└─They needed to escape the flood: https://atlantisjavasea.com [atlantisjavasea.com]
[04:49:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Evidence of "Swimmer's Ear" Found in Neanderthals - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:49:51] <exec> 08└─just enough of the swimmers (young, fit, reproductive age)
[04:49:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Offtopic) 02 - 06Evidence of "Swimmer's Ear" Found in Neanderthals - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:49:53] <exec> 08└─142994 from the Three Moons period; 153370 from Assa Dei; 185770 from Tula Time; 604378 from Three Suns Time;
[04:50:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Decimals of Pi Do We Really Need? - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:50:32] <exec> 08└─Well, the observable universe.
[04:50:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Decimals of Pi Do We Really Need? - 3 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:50:33] <exec> 08└─兀
[04:50:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Schrödinger's Cat With 20 Qubits - 409 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:50:48] <exec> 08└─Now, for quantum computing to actually hint at bringing the doom and gloom to public key cryptograpghy, they only need another 236 qbits (at bare minimum). With only 20 bits, a desktop PC can crack it and things like >a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TWINKLE">Ywinkle can do it without breaking...
[04:50:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Coward, Anonymous [7017] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Schrödinger's Cat With 20 Qubits - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:50:50] <exec> 08└─https://arxiv.org/abs/1905.05721 [arxiv.org]
[04:51:12] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03choose another one [515] 02 - 06Taking Social Control Media Addiction to the Next Level - Tweeting from a Fridge - 1443 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:51:12] <exec> 08└─In the old (ish) days my kids had access to the internet only from a desktop in the kitchen and only for limited time each day. All that control was instantly subverted when the first kid moved up to secondary school (US: high school, roughly) and was issued with an iPad, wireless connection require...
[04:51:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Rewriting The Periodic Table At High Pressure - 195 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:51:38] <exec> 08└─Given that almost all oil deposits are trapped on sedimentary rocks [ku.edu]... Even when occurring in conjunction with volcanic phenomena [cosmosmagazine.com], the oil is still on the top layers
[04:54:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03boltronics [580] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hong Kong Airport Paralysed for a Second Day by Protesters; US Naval Ships Blocked - 298 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:54:55] <exec> 08└─Hong Kong and Macau are not affected by the Great Firewall of China, as SARs have their own governmental and legal systems. Everyone in Hong Kong probably knows that the Great Firewall is something the get to look forward to in 2047, but are fighting to protect their freedoms while they have them.
[04:58:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03dwilson [2599] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Do Remember the Recent Russian Nuclear Accident Happened While Developing a Truly Insane Weapon - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:58:35] <exec> 08└─[...] or perhaps he's lying again. Read the article and decide for yourself.
[05:00:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Reziac [2489] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Anti-Natalists - 359 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:00:14] <exec> 08└─You realise that those vast deposits of limestone (about 10% of existing sedimentary rock) started life as coral and similar wee beasties, and was mostly laid down when the earth was a lot warmer... and CO2 levels were a lot higher... I'd hazard that what really stresses coral is low CO2, given that...
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[16:50:15] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06WE'RE BACK - but It Has Been a Long, Hard Road - 16 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:50:15] <exec> 08└─Nothing else :-)
[16:51:00] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03anotherblackhat [4722] 02 - 06How Many Decimals of Pi Do We Really Need? - 48 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:51:00] <exec> 08└─640 digits of pi ought to be enough for anybody.
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[18:50:38] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03PiMuNu [3823] 02 - 06WE'RE BACK - but It Has Been a Long, Hard Road - 23 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:50:38] <exec> 08└─Well done for recovery!
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[22:51:24] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] 02 - 06WE'RE BACK - but It Has Been a Long, Hard Road - 175 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:51:25] <exec> 08└─I had just posted a troll post this morning stating that this entire site was run my Nazi CowboyNeal ass-loving GNAA members, but it got deleted so I'm in the clear. Lucky me!
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[23:50:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Europe Has The Untapped Onshore Capacity To Meet Global Energy Demand [Repost] - 1171 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:50:16] <exec> 08└─The problem with fossil fuel plants is that they're using "found" fuels like coal and oil that are relatively easily extracted from the ground, if it weren't for all that pesky carbon they emit. That carbon _should_ be taxed against future costs it will be incurring, such as the relocation of coasta...
[23:50:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Europe Has The Untapped Onshore Capacity To Meet Global Energy Demand [Repost] - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:50:18] <exec> 08└─As long as all the subsidies fossil fuels get are removed from the equation, then maybe.
[23:50:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Europe Has The Untapped Onshore Capacity To Meet Global Energy Demand [Repost] - 729 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:50:20] <exec> 08└─As I just said: the rotting corpses of dead birds emit methane... Theoretically, when all power comes from "green" sources, then use of power won't be as big a carbon problem. Still, I believe that the Greens do get carried away when espousing the carbon emission advantages of their systems, and the...
[23:50:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Europe Has The Untapped Onshore Capacity To Meet Global Energy Demand [Repost] - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:50:22] <exec> 08└─It's true, wind turbines kill birds, but not nearly as efficiently as commercial airport managers killed birds after Captain Sully ditched in the Hudson river.
[23:50:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Europe Has The Untapped Onshore Capacity To Meet Global Energy Demand [Repost] - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:50:24] <exec> 08└─Not just subsidies, but also their future cost after their carbon has been released. What's it going to cost to relocate Jakarta, Miami, Guangzhou, Osaka, and Mumbai?
[23:50:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Europe Has The Untapped Onshore Capacity To Meet Global Energy Demand [Repost] - 600 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:50:26] <exec> 08└─He's being modded troll because there is no evidence birds or bats are harmed by wind turbines, and "studies" are probably funded by the oil industry. The link you posted is a litany of weasel words like "we estimate". A large wind turbine farm was proposed for some hills overlooking a large town...
[23:50:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Evidence Highlights Growing Urban Water Crisis [Repost] - 393 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:50:52] <exec> 08└─The caveat of the "20 year" plan is that by the time they collect the money and interest in 20 years to pay for it at today's guesstimate, the new guesstimate will be 6 times higher... A place I lived in during high school had a similar problem and plan, 40 years on, it's still 20 years in the futur...
[23:52:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rupert Pupnick [7277] (Score: 2) 02 - 06WE'RE BACK - but It Has Been a Long, Hard Road - 17 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:52:18] <exec> 08└─Me three, thanks!
[23:52:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06WE'RE BACK - but It Has Been a Long, Hard Road - 317 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:52:19] <exec> 08└─Thanks for answer. I program lots of things in Perl and use it as an "algorithm notepad" with a instant testing feature :). I remember that there was something I encountered when code borked itself, but I don't remember what things had to go in coincidence... There was definitely some specific const...
[23:53:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Decimals of Pi Do We Really Need? - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:53:14] <exec> 08└─Claiming you have them is the only reason. Also how much power was used. but Bitcoin is winning on that front.
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