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[00:49:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03black6host [3827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Virgin Galactic Shows Off its Spaceport - 786 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:49:42] <exec> 08└─I suppose that either a) Space travel will only be a luxury that really, really rich people will ever be able to afford or b) when leaving the planet is the only option for the survival of mankind that Space travel will only be a luxury that the really, really rich people will ever be able to afford...
[00:49:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03NateMich [6662] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Virgin Galactic Shows Off its Spaceport - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:49:44] <exec> 08└─Virgin Galactic sounds a bit ironic, no?
[00:49:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Virgin Galactic Shows Off its Spaceport - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:49:46] <exec> 08└─try your luck with some SpaceX Can I score some on the darkweb?
[00:49:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Virgin Galactic Shows Off its Spaceport - 1099 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:49:48] <exec> 08└─I suppose that either a) Intercontinental travel will only be a luxury that really, really rich people will ever be able to afford or b) when leaving the continent is the only option for survival that Intercontinental travel will only be a luxury that the really, really rich people will ever be able...
[00:50:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Across The Universe, A Star Exploded So Violently, It Got Completely Annihilated - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:50:08] <exec> 08└─Do they bully you to suck? I thought this was a volunteer enterprise. Why doi you suck so bad? Is it ignorance, or indifference? Why do you suck so bad?
[00:50:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Across The Universe, A Star Exploded So Violently, It Got Completely Annihilated - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:50:10] <exec> 08└─no current model seems to fit completely You have to use the right model. It passed across the screen and was hit by the laser cannon. There ya go...
[00:51:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03DavePolaschek [6129] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A New Clothing Line Confuses Automated License Plate Readers - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:51:06] <exec> 08└─Sizes only go up to 2XL, alas.
[00:52:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Judge Bans Insecure Touchscreen Voting Machines from Georgia after 2019 - 183 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:52:25] <exec> 08└─Wasn't that the situation in your New Zealand until you moved from a first past the post elections process to mixed-member proportional? Why did the established parties agree to that?
[00:52:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Judge Bans Insecure Touchscreen Voting Machines from Georgia after 2019 - 556 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:52:27] <exec> 08└─The problem in New Zealand was that the unfairness was so obvious that the two main parties could not keep pretending they were "doing something" and had to actually do something to change the system. The Social Credit Party got 21% in 1981 and still managed to win only 2 seats. I still read the o...
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[01:49:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Virgin Galactic Shows Off its Spaceport - 1295 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:49:50] <exec> 08└─Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin New Shepard will offer reasonably cheap suborbital space tourism. For some definitions of reasonable. It will take massive fully reusable rockets like SpaceX's Starship to really knock $/kg down and get people into orbit or beyond. The goal is to get people to Mars at...
[01:50:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Across The Universe, A Star Exploded So Violently, It Got Completely Annihilated - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:50:13] <exec> 08└─Just wait for Elon Musk's ego to reach critical mass.
[01:50:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Coward, Anonymous [7017] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Across The Universe, A Star Exploded So Violently, It Got Completely Annihilated - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:50:15] <exec> 08└─And yet, physicists assume they understand supernovae at the percent-level and ascribe deviations from their expectation to dark energy. Idiocy comes in many forms.
[01:51:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Acabatag [2885] (Score: 1) 02 - 06A New Clothing Line Confuses Automated License Plate Readers - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:51:12] <exec> 08└─There's a whole storefront for Che t-shirts? How do they find enough college freshmen buyers to keep them in business??
[01:51:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Acabatag [2885] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A New Clothing Line Confuses Automated License Plate Readers - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:51:13] <exec> 08└─Yes, and you could be all edgy if you wanted and upload the 128-bit version to an offshore FTP site.
[01:51:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A New Clothing Line Confuses Automated License Plate Readers - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:51:15] <exec> 08└─It might do a lot to a plate reader. But it will also have cops pulling you over just so they can find an excuse to shoot you.
[01:51:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Get Ready for Smartphones with 16 GB of RAM - 988 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:51:42] <exec> 08└─I've tried to get enthused about making a little touch-screen cased Ras-Pi4, but... it's just not worth the effort when you can buy a complete smartphone with stupendous specs for ~$150. At this rate, a phone can be a desktop replacement - Chromecast or WiDi or whatever your flavor to the monitor, B...
[01:51:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Get Ready for Smartphones with 16 GB of RAM - 348 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:51:44] <exec> 08└─I bought a "PC" in 1982 for $700. It came with 16K of RAM and I eventually expanded it to 48K for an additional $300. 640GB is 48K x ~13 million. I'd guess world capacity probably hit 640GB in the mid to late 1970s - personal computers didn't really take off until the 1980s, but there would have bee...
[01:52:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Judge Bans Insecure Touchscreen Voting Machines from Georgia after 2019 - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:52:38] <exec> 08└─Don't let anybody convince you that you don't have the numbers to completely overwhelm the machine.
[01:53:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Administration Asks Congress to Reauthorize NSA’s Deactivated Call Records Program - 198 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:53:04] <exec> 08└─FISA already existed. It was put in place, in the 1970s, due to abuses of power by the FBI and CIA-- it was one of the reforms proposed by the Church Committee. Bad solution for the problem, though.
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[02:49:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China's SMIC Produces its First "14nm" FinFET Chips - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:49:39] <exec> 08└─"Developed entirely in house"? If you say so. I spy with my little eye...
[02:49:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03corey [2202] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Virgin Galactic Shows Off its Spaceport - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:49:53] <exec> 08└─Sounds like how I imagine the first airlines started? It was all exclusive and fancy in the early days. One day we might look back on this with a similar feeling.
[02:49:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03black6host [3827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Virgin Galactic Shows Off its Spaceport - 201 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:49:54] <exec> 08└─Alright... After reading your post I decided that the cheaper we could make the flights so that we get not just the 1% but perhaps the 10% to fly their asses to Mars.... I can see the wisdom in that :)
[02:49:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03black6host [3827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Virgin Galactic Shows Off its Spaceport - 265 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:49:56] <exec> 08└─Indeed. There is a bit of the get off my lawn thinking in my original post, to be sure. On the other hand if we were to put enough effort, energy, money or whatever into ensuring this planet that we live on remains habitable I think my cynicism may, perhaps, abate.
[02:49:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Virgin Galactic Shows Off its Spaceport - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:49:58] <exec> 08└─Poor states are so desperate to lure business they get taken like rubes for their money.
[02:50:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Cloud Security Is Too Important To Leave To Cloud Providers - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:50:37] <exec> 08└─Troll? F-off! You CAN'T talk security if you use Windows. Seriously. You use Windows I guess? Don't click on anything, cloud or not.
[02:52:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Mozilla Firefox Bug Let Third-Parties Access Saved Passwords - 564 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:52:26] <exec> 08└─That is how CVEs work most of the time. First, you have to disclose said vulnerability to the vendor, unless such disclosure would be made publicly in an insecure manner. Then you need to contact the product's CVE Numbering Authority, according to the master list. That entity will verify said vulner...
[02:52:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Reziac [2489] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mozilla Firefox Bug Let Third-Parties Access Saved Passwords - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:52:27] <exec> 08└─Is this vulnerable by any method other than someone sitting in front of the computer??
[02:52:35] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] 02 - 06Judge Bans Insecure Touchscreen Voting Machines from Georgia after 2019 - 590 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:52:36] <exec> 08└─Our elections are important enough to spend the effort (money) on paper ballots, counting and recounting of the paper ballots, etc. Technological solutions should be focused on improving the process in ways not related to saving labor. Once they have established superiority to paper in the ways that...
[02:54:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Allegations: Capital One Suspect Stole From 30+ Organizations - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:54:46] <exec> 08└─It's like racism - it's not enough to say you're not racist. If you're not anti-racist, and willing to call it out when you see it, you're an enabler or hate towards non-whites.
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[03:49:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 513 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:49:39] <exec> 08└─We've always had a problem with high school grads who are illiterate. Yes, those kind of people were around even in my youth. Today, though? Grads can only read things that are written in Tweet style with lots of emojis. Few can get through the introduction of a Harlequin romance, or a Louis L'Amour...
[03:49:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Offtopic) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:49:40] <exec> 08└─Element of fascism: the decadence narrative.
[03:49:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:49:42] <exec> 08└─Seeing that most books are ludicrously expensive, I'd read more if books were around $3-5 USD.
[03:49:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 1, Offtopic) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:49:44] <exec> 08└─Words of wisdom from the CTRL-LEFT.
[03:49:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 163 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:49:46] <exec> 08└─Most people I know who are fan of social media can't read terribly fast. They'd need more than 5 minutes here and there to go through 3 books a year, let alone 30.
[03:49:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 708 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:49:48] <exec> 08└─You have maybe heard of Bit-Torrent? The typical novel is only several hundred kb, you can download tens of thousands of books in the time it takes to download one brain-numbing movie from Hollywood. I hate to make a plug for Amazon, but there are tons of books available for free, which you can read...
[03:50:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Virgin Galactic Shows Off its Spaceport - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:50:12] <exec> 08└─The virgin galactic vs. the Chad^W Elon space couch.
[03:50:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Virgin Galactic Shows Off its Spaceport - 261 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:50:14] <exec> 08└─No, it's named... Glenfield It's for the new Virgin Galactic space plane fleet called... Zero X, Martian Exploration Vehicle (MEV), Air-Sea Rescue Jets, W.N.S Atlantic, Fireflash, Air-Sea Rescue Helicopters, The Hood's Helicopter, and of course Thunderbirds 1-5
[03:50:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Virgin Galactic Shows Off its Spaceport - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:50:16] <exec> 08└─I'll see your "airlines", and raise you "zeppelins". The hydrogen-buoyed variety. Oh, the humanity...
[03:50:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Cloud Security Is Too Important To Leave To Cloud Providers - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:50:55] <exec> 08└─Well, it can quickly become a cloudsterfuck. What a better description?
[03:51:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Reziac [2489] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A New Clothing Line Confuses Automated License Plate Readers - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:51:42] <exec> 08└─Is it that you envision yourself in charge, or do you too enjoy shooting kids in the back of the head? http://www.therealcuba.com [therealcuba.com]
[03:52:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Get Ready for Smartphones with 16 GB of RAM - 10 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:52:11] <exec> 08└─Thank you.
[03:52:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Mozilla Firefox Bug Let Third-Parties Access Saved Passwords - 309 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:52:48] <exec> 08└─But the big difference is that the separate password manager is not running arbitrary programs downloaded from the internet with every page visited. Preferably, the separate password manager has no interaction with the network at all, providing a mild form of "air-gap" from all the bad stuff on the...
[03:52:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Mozilla Firefox Bug Let Third-Parties Access Saved Passwords - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:52:49] <exec> 08└─If these dipsticks spent as much money on security as they did on transgender quota fulfillment, we wouldn't have problems like this.
[03:52:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mozilla Firefox Bug Let Third-Parties Access Saved Passwords - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:52:51] <exec> 08└─Neither do I run arbitrary programs downloaded from the internet with every page visited. Seems like I qualify for a pretty good password manager (grin)
[03:52:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03tedd [1691] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Mozilla Firefox Bug Let Third-Parties Access Saved Passwords - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:52:53] <exec> 08└─I'm seeing "I've-always-used-hunter2 dept.". Is this the same for everyone?
[03:53:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Administration Asks Congress to Reauthorize NSA’s Deactivated Call Records Program - 726 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:53:38] <exec> 08└─https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/news/testimony/usa-patriot-act-amendments-to-foreign-intelligence-surveillance-act-authorities [fbi.gov] April 27, 2005 Chairman Roberts, Vice Chairman Rockefeller, and Members of the Committee: We are pleased to be here today to discuss the government’s use of au...
[03:55:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Coward, Anonymous [7017] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Allegations: Capital One Suspect Stole From 30+ Organizations - 578 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:55:12] <exec> 08└─I know whom I'm attracted to, which is what really matters to me. People's gender is a bit like their name. Some get caught up in the subject, many don't. Obviously it's important while having sex, but other gender roles are social constructs. Boys get building toys and are expected to be tough. Gir...
[03:55:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Japanese Anime Studio Khara Moving to Blender - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:55:35] <exec> 08└─They definitely have Chihuahuas there. Yo quiero Taco Bell?
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[04:49:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:49:45] <exec> 08└─I don't do social media, so I'd be reading zero extra books. It's giving up wanking [youtube.com] that would be the real time gain.
[04:49:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:49:47] <exec> 08└─Have you tried the public library? How about a thrift store, or flea market? Or perhaps borrowing books from friends? I know, I know, it's not on a cell phone so it is somehow unthinkable.
[04:49:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 221 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:49:49] <exec> 08└─Give me a reboot of Coyote vs. RoadRunner that does the same thing and I'm in, no questions asked. I had no idea how much of the southwestern US actually looked like those deserts until I started travelling a little more.
[04:49:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:49:51] <exec> 08└─Seeing that most books are ludicrously expensive, I'd read more if books were around $3-5 USD.
[04:49:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:49:53] <exec> 08└─They'd need more than 5 minutes here and there to go through 3 books a year, let alone 30.
[04:49:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03ilPapa [2366] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:49:55] <exec> 08└─It's giving up wanking [youtube.com] that would be the real time gain.
[04:49:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03ilPapa [2366] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:49:57] <exec> 08└─That was meant to read "4 minutes 8 times a day". I stepped all over my own joke. I apologize to the class.
[04:49:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:49:59] <exec> 08└─Well I don't know about you but I turn to the Farmer's Almanac when I want, uh, inspiration.
[04:50:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 287 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:50:01] <exec> 08└─" by cutting out three 10-minute social media checks a day you could read as many as 30 more books a year." Geez...what could you do by cutting out ten 3-minute checks? Download more porn? Download 30 short stories? Write ten Aristarchus articles and see them all rejected? ;)
[04:50:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 195 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:50:03] <exec> 08└─I heard JFK took speed reading classes so he could get through the names in his little black book faster. "MarilynMonroeIngaArvadFrancisAnnCannonJudithExner....oh... AndThatWomanIMarriedAnd....."
[04:50:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:50:06] <exec> 08└─Better than Alt-Right.
[04:50:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:50:08] <exec> 08└─You beat me to posting the Gutenberg Project, but it is also https. https://www.gutenberg.org [gutenberg.org]
[04:50:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:50:10] <exec> 08└─Well, they need a lot of pictures and video. All those jpeg files and You tube videos take a lot of time.
[04:50:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 1022 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:50:12] <exec> 08└─And, even if we accept that there is an alt-right - there is an entire spectrum of positions in between the two. You guys are sounding like that infamous Neocon, George W. Bush. "If you're not with us, you're against us." And, that puts you in opposition to EVERY FUCKING BODY who isn't an extreme le...
[04:50:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:50:14] <exec> 08└─What, doesn't Sci-Hub or Library Genesis have a few million books for you to read?
[04:50:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:50:16] <exec> 08└─Why would I want to start something that takes 160 years to finish, when I can read all of Twitter and Facebook in five minute sessions twice an hour?
[04:50:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China's SMIC Produces its First "14nm" FinFET Chips - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:50:25] <exec> 08└─Let's not rib them too much. Stealing knowledge without facing any consequences is just good business practice.
[04:50:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China's SMIC Produces its First "14nm" FinFET Chips - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:50:27] <exec> 08└─... and 4nm for spying on citizens. Looks like they really are catching up with Intel. What's Chinese for "management engine"?
[04:50:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Virgin Galactic Shows Off its Spaceport - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:50:47] <exec> 08└─No, it's named... Glenfield
[04:51:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Cloud Security Is Too Important To Leave To Cloud Providers - 273 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:51:28] <exec> 08└─That's why I, and many others, refer to it as "someone else's computer". Firstly, because that's exactly what it is, and secondly because it immediately shows what an oxymoron "security of your data on someone else's computer" (a.k.a. "cloud computing security") really is.
[04:52:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Get Ready for Smartphones with 16 GB of RAM - 2448 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:52:45] <exec> 08└─I've got the FLIRC case on Pi4. Now it runs at below 52°C most of the time. Pi4 is OK for now, but I predict that the 3DSoC [soylentnews.org] concept will make its way into ARM chips and Broadcom within the next 10 years. And then we could see early 2020s HEDT performance in an ARM chip with less p...
[04:53:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Judge Bans Insecure Touchscreen Voting Machines from Georgia after 2019 - 397 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:53:45] <exec> 08└─If these things, that are only a decade or so old, have become superseded by many-thousand-year-old technology, then they never had a date when they were suitable. It's progress, but the deep problems will not be solved until the people why introduced this broken tech into the democratic system are...
[04:53:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Judge Bans Insecure Touchscreen Voting Machines from Georgia after 2019 - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:53:47] <exec> 08└─You have to ask the people who make the choice.
[04:54:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Math Is Beautiful, Study Says - 270 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:54:34] <exec> 08└─Beauty is way overused. What is universally understood and a good test for anything is quality. https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] We don't know what quality is, but anybody can separate quality from junk right away.
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[05:49:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:49:37] <exec> 08└─The Internet said it was safe - so, clearly, the egg was defective. Time to check the warranty certificate, take the the manufacturer to court and fleec...err, pluck it naked (grin)
[05:49:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:49:38] <exec> 08└─"Have we failed society by not teaching basic science lessons at school?" Yes.
[05:49:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 4, Funny) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:49:40] <exec> 08└─Egg + microwave = hen grenade. I'll be here all week, tip your waitress.
[05:49:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:49:42] <exec> 08└─"waking up in the morning can lead to dying
[05:49:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03engblom [556] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 519 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:49:44] <exec> 08└─Why would anyone even do it? I mean, if you should wait between 7-8 minutes after the boiling process before you can even take them out of the microwave, you could as well boil them in the normal way on the stove. When I want boiled eggs extra fast I put the eggs in a sauce pan, with about 1/3 then...
[05:50:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:50:14] <exec> 08└─Nitpicking, but if you hover over the link I posted, you'll see I posted the https one.
[05:50:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:50:15] <exec> 08└─Al Gore wasn't fully [wikipedia.org] invented [wikipedia.org] at the time, no Project Gutenberg for JFK.
[05:50:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:50:17] <exec> 08└─I had no idea how much of the southwestern US actually looked like those deserts until I started travelling a little more.
[05:50:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 224 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:50:19] <exec> 08└─I'd say I'm right there with you but for the connotations that would give your second sentence. I already read all the books I have the attention span for though, so giving up training for the Wanklympics would be pointless.
[05:50:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:50:22] <exec> 08└─I'm about 75% on both political and economic freedom axes in the second one, so not moderate but not extremist; just solidly libertarian.
[05:50:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:50:24] <exec> 08└─Why would you want to read Twitter or Facebook at all, much less twice an hour?
[05:50:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:50:26] <exec> 08└─It'd take me longer to write up ari subs. I'm a far better troll than a shitposter.
[05:50:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 523 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:50:28] <exec> 08└─According to gotoquiz and politicalcompass I am right in the middle of the left-libertarian quadrant. Polquiz puts me out in the point of (left-wing) Liberal midway between Libertarian and Totalitarian. I think they are still lacking in subtlety though. I would say that I am leftist*/hard anarchist...
[05:50:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 1) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:50:30] <exec> 08└─Second one 80/95 suggests I should vote for Gary Dude Weed LMAO Johnson
[05:50:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China's SMIC Produces its First "14nm" FinFET Chips - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:50:41] <exec> 08└─What's Chinese for "management engine"?
[05:51:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Virgin Galactic Shows Off its Spaceport - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:51:03] <exec> 08└─This seems less like the airlines, and more like a very expensive version of the thrill rides that barnstormers gave people in the 1920s.
[05:52:17] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] 02 - 06A New Clothing Line Confuses Automated License Plate Readers - 343 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:52:17] <exec> 08└─I'm thinking of civil disobedients who run their own plate scanners, streaming realtime to other civil disobedients who are 10-200 miles away, fuzzing the database in a way that's difficult to filter. If you're just putting the Fed's plate numbers all over the place, they're already on the "green li...
[05:52:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A New Clothing Line Confuses Automated License Plate Readers - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:52:33] <exec> 08└─How about a network of license plate readers updating a public website with the current location of politician's cars in real time?
[05:53:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03yuhong [6517] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Get Ready for Smartphones with 16 GB of RAM - 184 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:53:05] <exec> 08└─In theory the larger the die size of the DRAM, the more power it consumes. The current Micron 16Gb chips are based on 1Ynm, and the 1Znm chips should be smaller and consume less power.
[05:53:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Mozilla Firefox Bug Let Third-Parties Access Saved Passwords - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:53:46] <exec> 08└─Hrrr yes,hence the asking
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[06:49:56] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03sjames [2882] 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 72 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:49:56] <exec> 08└─Egg + microwave = hen grenade. I'll be here all week, tip your waitress.
[06:49:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 2863 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:49:59] <exec> 08└─I almost failed Home Economics thanks to microwaving water in 7th grade. For an assignment, we were supposed to make a 5 course meal out of the parts they gave us. For dessert my group, consisting of myself and two straight-A students, decided to make Jello for our desert. So, to heat the water, I j...
[06:50:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03progo [6356] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 217 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:50:01] <exec> 08└─So, a "home economics" teacher was teaching cooking in high school and didn't have a basic understanding of how water in a smooth vessel can behave and misbehave in a microwave oven. The teachers need better teaching.
[06:50:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:50:03] <exec> 08└─I've been heating up hard boiled eggs in the microwave, just to warm them up a bit. Usually went ok, but last time it went bang after I cut into it.
[06:50:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:50:06] <exec> 08└─”a tea water boiler” In this part of the world, we call that a kettle.
[06:50:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03arslan [3462] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:50:08] <exec> 08└─Clearly he/she was holding the jug wrong. It should be facing the opposite direction toward gravity and his/her genitalia.
[06:50:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:50:10] <exec> 08└─I keep a carton in the office fridge and nuke them when I need a quick dinner. Haven't figured out the non-explosive timing for hard-boiled yet, though.
[06:50:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03istartedi [123] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 441 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:50:12] <exec> 08└─Do the eggs really matter, or was it just super-heated water that made it explode. Or were the eggs super-heated inside the shell and membrane somehow... or some evil combination of both. I know I'd be suspicious of still water in the microwave--that's fundamental knowledge for microwave cooks after...
[06:50:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 438 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:50:50] <exec> 08└─If I could reallocate chunks of the day I would be a god. As it is, I can't reallocate ten minutes here and there and join them into a 30 minute block of time. Without such a superpower, replacing consumption of small bits of content with reading books does not work, unless you're a delusional manag...
[06:50:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 930 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:50:52] <exec> 08└─Lacking in subtlety, yes, I have to agree. The real advantage of these tests, is they open your eyes to the fact that left-right scales are even more lacking. I suspect that real subtlety would require years-long monitoring of multiple tests administered in school. But, I see real problems with that...
[06:50:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03canopic jug [3949] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:50:54] <exec> 08└─Context switches are extremely expensive.
[06:50:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03jb [338] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:50:56] <exec> 08└─Seeing that most books are ludicrously expensive, I'd read more if books were around $3-5 USD
[06:51:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Across The Universe, A Star Exploded So Violently, It Got Completely Annihilated - 458 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:51:53] <exec> 08└─> physicists assume they understand supernovae at the percent-level You mean, physicists have hundreds of samples with values within 1% of prediction bounds, and try to figure out what other math / new physics / other explanations might describe rare data which doesn't fit? > Idiocy comes in many fo...
[06:52:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03jb [338] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Cloud Security Is Too Important To Leave To Cloud Providers - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:52:12] <exec> 08└─I think cloud is about the worst word you could use to possibly describe computers
[06:53:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A New Clothing Line Confuses Automated License Plate Readers - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:53:01] <exec> 08└─Better never than late
[06:54:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Mozilla Firefox Bug Let Third-Parties Access Saved Passwords - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:54:15] <exec> 08└─We can't see that because that is your password. Look: I'm seeing "I've-always-used-******* dept.". Is this the same for everyone?
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[07:49:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Thinking Cap Developed to Help Train Brain - 274 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:49:39] <exec> 08└─They do apparently train the brain for being more capable in dealing with brain training puzzles. ...It is claimed that neurofeedback and qEEG (quantitative electroencephalograph) practitioners can help map the brain and provide feedback to help brain functionality improve.
[07:49:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03stormwyrm [717] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 1290 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:49:58] <exec> 08└─I've had some success poaching eggs in the microwave without explosions but it has to be done with some care. What I've found works and is safe is to put the egg in a bowl of water, covered, and microwave on high for at most 15 seconds at a time, give the side of the bowl a tap with a spoon (still c...
[07:49:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 312 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:49:59] <exec> 08└─There is also a Mythbusters (maybe it's the same episode?) where they had a jawbreaker (hard sugar candy, for those not familiar) that explodes after being microwaved. The redhead woman got burned. I remember that one because my thought was "why the hell would someone want to microwave a piece of su...
[07:50:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 212 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:50:02] <exec> 08└─An entirely different beast, cooking scrambled eggs in the microwave works out quite well. Crack a few eggs into something, scramble, put in microwave, and the eggs are done before your toast is done browning....
[07:50:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 527 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:50:04] <exec> 08└─Happened to me to after about 5 mins of microwaving a cup of water. Luckily, the heating time wasn't long enough and the fact that I needed to rotate the platter to orient the handle of the cup towards me - the moment the water moved, it boiled violently and half of it ended on the platter instead o...
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[07:52:50] <exec> 08└─Even in China, it's quite possible to get around the Great Firewall, and, although the government does adapt, it adapts slowly, and is not nearly as nimble as the people circumventing them.
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[08:49:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Lack of funds in NHS to treat gaming disorder in UK NHS - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:49:42] <exec> 08└─Gaming disorder was defined by the World Health Organization in the year 2k19,
[08:49:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Lack of funds in NHS to treat gaming disorder in UK NHS - 581 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:49:43] <exec> 08└─Addictions that don't lead to disease or death should NOT be covered by the national insurance. Gaming addition certainly fits in the category of non-life-threatening idiotic lifestyle choices. I mean what next? Gambling? Nose picking? I would rather the NHS used their limited resources to fight alc...
[08:49:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Lack of funds in NHS to treat gaming disorder in UK NHS - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:49:45] <exec> 08└─The gaming addict needs to steal to fund the electricity for their gaming rig, new games, parts, food, property tax, etc.
[08:49:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Lack of funds in NHS to treat gaming disorder in UK NHS - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:49:47] <exec> 08└─Sorry, guy who needs a new kidney, some gamer needed those rehab facilities first, makes for a better sob story.
[08:49:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Thinking Cap Developed to Help Train Brain - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:49:56] <exec> 08└─https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-0TEJMJOhk [youtube.com] Weird Al, for the win.
[08:50:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:50:20] <exec> 08└─Bring water with eggs to boiling, keep it there for a couple minutes, then take off heat and keep covered for 10-15 minutes. For peeling them, just eat it with the eggshell on.
[08:50:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 478 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:50:22] <exec> 08└─Yes, but not in the way you think. What we've failed to teach people is basic statistics. An event so exotic and unusual that it makes national news headlines isn't an ordinary risk, it's a black swan. The way to deal with this is to accept that occasionally shit happens that you can't do much about...
[08:50:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:50:24] <exec> 08└─”a tea water boiler” In this part of the world, we call that a kettle.
[08:50:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:50:26] <exec> 08└─I've had eggs cooked in microwaves, but at very low power (20-50W) over a longer time period. Super tasty. This wasn't done in a domestic microwave so don't try it at home!
[08:50:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03istartedi [123] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:50:28] <exec> 08└─I'd be on board with that if it could produce the ever so slightly burnt butter taste that I get from cooking them in a buttered pan just the right way. I suspect that it can't.
[08:51:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Coward, Anonymous [7017] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:51:10] <exec> 08└─If everyone cut back on social media, authors would be more productive, and we'd get even more crappy books to try free samples of on our Kindles.
[08:51:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 766 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:51:12] <exec> 08└─unless u actually read academic stuff =) also it is artificial complexity, just like social media. it triggers your mind to thik itself having experienced shit, and end up messing up your pesonality into a castle of cards... of course, it serves as inspiration. on of my favorite books, although a bi...
[08:51:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:51:14] <exec> 08└─Oh, man, those animated gif memes are sooo exhausting (grin)
[08:51:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:51:16] <exec> 08└─Yeah, I know about your Dunning Krueger affliction, no need to repeat yourself so often. (grin)
[08:51:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 4 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:51:18] <exec> 08└─Yes.
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[09:49:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06Lack of funds in NHS to treat gaming disorder in UK NHS - 402 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:49:47] <exec> 08└─I think this aligns more with a mental health disorder. We help people with those, so why not this. I'm not big on medicating people, but this sort of obsessive compulsive stuff supposedly can be treated with medication. Literally, something is wrong... and needs to be fixed. I'm not talking about "...
[09:49:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Lack of funds in NHS to treat gaming disorder in UK NHS - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:49:48] <exec> 08└─Their parents just need to stop enabling them. If they had the guts to take away the game system, internet or electricity then this wouldn't be a problem.
[09:50:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:50:25] <exec> 08└─What we've failed to teach people is basic statistics. An event so exotic and unusual that it makes national news headlines isn't an ordinary risk, it's a black swan.
[09:50:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 870 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:50:27] <exec> 08└─You need Mythbusters for superheated water? There is also supercooled water. And you can superheat and cool other things too. This should have been explained to you in junior-high school. http://www.animations.physics.unsw.edu.au [unsw.edu.au] https://en.wikipedia.org
[09:51:05] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03darkfeline [1030] 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 438 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:51:05] <exec> 08└─If I could reallocate chunks of the day I would be a god. As it is, I can't reallocate ten minutes here and there and join them into a 30 minute block of time. Without such a superpower, replacing consumption of small bits of content with reading books does not work, unless you're a delusional manag...
[09:51:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:51:15] <exec> 08└─Need I remind you, that on the European political spectrum, I am actually left of center?
[09:54:07] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] 02 - 06Mozilla Firefox Bug Let Third-Parties Access Saved Passwords - 288 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:54:07] <exec> 08└─So to exploit this vulnerability, the user needs to have access to my unlocked screen running Mozilla. I'd say, at that point it's already game over anyway, as with that level of access, the same attacker could just install a keylogger reading my master password the next time I enter it.
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[10:49:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rivenaleem [3400] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Lack of funds in NHS to treat gaming disorder in UK NHS - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:49:49] <exec> 08└─Sell people a package with a chance of containing the treatment for gaming addiction.
[10:49:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Lack of funds in NHS to treat gaming disorder in UK NHS - 13 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:49:50] <exec> 08└─Works for me.
[10:49:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Thinking Cap Developed to Help Train Brain - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:50:00] <exec> 08└─So they no longer just apply bandwidth caps, they now also want to establish thinking caps. Thank you, I prefer truly unlimited thinking. ;-)
[10:50:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Thinking Cap Developed to Help Train Brain - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:50:02] <exec> 08└─Brother, did you enjoy your two minute hate today?
[10:50:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 385 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:50:32] <exec> 08└─If bored, you could always do this: https://www.simplyrecipes.com [simplyrecipes.com] Then keep it around for those microwaved eggs. :P I made it once, and it does indeed have more flavour. It was quite good. I wonder, is the burned butter flavour more of browned butter...
[10:50:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:50:33] <exec> 08└─Teachers can be real pricks. Quite a lot of them could really benefit from a decent application of hookers and blow.
[10:50:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:50:36] <exec> 08└─Why not just use one of those plastic microwave proof egg poacher things?
[10:50:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:50:38] <exec> 08└─OK, I've already heard the myth that wanking makes you blind, but this is the first time I've heard it called "microwaving eggs". ;-)
[10:51:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03DavePolaschek [6129] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 295 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:51:27] <exec> 08└─So I was pretty sure I was going to see an AC commenting that books are too expensive. And sure enough... but at least someone else beat me to the "Have you heard of a library?" reply to that. I wonder if SN counts as social media. Some days it wastes my time more effectively than the twitters.
[10:51:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 202 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:51:28] <exec> 08└─You don't have to be a babbling crazy Marxist to be left of center. That particular test is close to some of the others I've taken: You are a center-left social moderate. Left: 1.85, Authoritarian: 0.13
[10:51:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China's SMIC Produces its First "14nm" FinFET Chips - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:51:39] <exec> 08└─What's Chinese for "management engine"?
[10:55:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Judge Bans Insecure Touchscreen Voting Machines from Georgia after 2019 - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:55:12] <exec> 08└─You have to ask the people who count the ballots.
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[11:49:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Lack of funds in NHS to treat gaming disorder in UK NHS - 529 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:49:53] <exec> 08└─The gamer who is seeking help for addiction already recognizes they have a problem which is arguably the first step toward recovery. However stopping "cold turkey" may prove to be extremely difficult or impossible. For those people I propose they simply stop upgrading their computers but continue pl...
[11:50:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Thinking Cap Developed to Help Train Brain - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:50:04] <exec> 08└─May I direct your attention to the last three characters of my comment? They might help you understand it.
[11:50:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:50:39] <exec> 08└─Waking up dead in the mourning can lead to humour.
[11:50:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 350 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:50:40] <exec> 08└─Just keep a popsicle-stick handy, and drop the popsicle-stick in the cup of water you are going to microwave. Put it away when done to be reused again. The rough edges of the wood (from the water molecule size level) gives the water molecules something to nucleate upon, and you won't have any proble...
[11:51:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 184 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:51:31] <exec> 08└─This is why on the enhanced scale we added "up" and "down". Imagine a new axis for plotting the frontier of the kind of man. Just imagine it. Right. Forget it. DnD already patented it.
[11:51:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:51:32] <exec> 08└─You are a left moderate social libertarian. Left: 4.2, Libertarian: 2.18 Excellent site. Nice stats on the American parties. Explains a lot.
[11:51:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:51:35] <exec> 08└─Some people are so desperate to do so they will post from their fridge
[11:52:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Cloud Security Is Too Important To Leave To Cloud Providers - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:52:52] <exec> 08└─+1 agree. https://static.fsf.org [fsf.org] "There is no cloud...just other people's computers"
[11:52:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Cloud Security Is Too Important To Leave To Cloud Providers - 226 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:52:53] <exec> 08└─I'd venture windows 3.11 with no network drivers on an air-gapped computer inside a Faraday box powered from a battery. no sound card and display pointing away from the window. hm. the "away from the window" was unintentional.
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[12:49:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Postpones China Tarrifs Until December 15 - 230 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:49:42] <exec> 08└─Good way to hurt China: let Americans buy the products they want when they want it, THEN impose tariffs. Chinese companies lose profits and beg the Chinese government to bend to Trumps will and..... waaaaait a second.... ....what?
[12:49:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Postpones China Tarrifs Until December 15 - 217 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:49:43] <exec> 08└─(get a load of this asshole that thinks he's a "US manufacturer" because he slaps his logo on Chinese-made products) https://www.instagram.com [instagram.com] ORANGE MAN BAD.
[12:49:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How a New Antibiotic Destroys Extremely Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis - 801 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:49:56] <exec> 08└─I've quickly read the references and the adverse affects of just one of the 3 drugs (Pretomanid) to be taken "included damage to the nerves (peripheral neuropathy), acne, anemia, nausea, vomiting, headache, increased liver enzymes (transaminases and gamma-glutamyltransferase), indigestion (dyspepsia...
[12:50:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Lack of funds in NHS to treat gaming disorder in UK NHS - 523 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:50:14] <exec> 08└─We don't sell health care 'packages' in the UK. The National Health Service is paid for by the government funded by taxation. Everybody who needs treatment for recognised conditions gets treated regardless of how much they have paid in. The fact that WHO have only just 'recognised' this as a genuine...
[12:50:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Lack of funds in NHS to treat gaming disorder in UK NHS - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:50:16] <exec> 08└─Get them to debug 8048 assembler programs - worked for me!
[12:50:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Lack of funds in NHS to treat gaming disorder in UK NHS - 718 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:50:18] <exec> 08└─Groan... https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] It was a good attempt by someone at an ironic joke, loot box gambling mentality being what the victims are addicted to, its a "funny" to propose their treatment be a similar gamble... As a kind of related issue, you'll note that https:/...
[12:50:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Lack of funds in NHS to treat gaming disorder in UK NHS - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:50:20] <exec> 08└─I'm not big on medicating people, but this sort of obsessive compulsive stuff supposedly can be treated with medication.
[12:50:42] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 2863 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:50:43] <exec> 08└─I almost failed Home Economics thanks to microwaving water in 7th grade. For an assignment, we were supposed to make a 5 course meal out of the parts they gave us. For dessert my group, consisting of myself and two straight-A students, decided to make Jello for our desert. So, to heat the water, I j...
[12:51:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:51:07] <exec> 08└─Well, it's only clear to her in one eye now. I wonder if she will try again?
[12:51:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:51:08] <exec> 08└─Just keep a popsicle-stick handy, and drop the popsicle-stick in the cup of water you are going to microwave.
[12:51:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:51:10] <exec> 08└─I don't know, was her >neuron< affected?
[12:51:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 1375 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:51:13] <exec> 08└─That was my reaction too to the question about science ed in the summary here: Yes, we should teach better science ed. On the other hand, "everyday acts that people undertake in their daily lives which can have devastating consequences if not handled correctly" includes a lot of things most people d...
[12:51:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:51:15] <exec> 08└─For peeling them, just eat it with the eggshell on.
[12:52:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03ilPapa [2366] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:52:08] <exec> 08└─Sears Roebuck Catalog is hot.
[12:55:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Judge Bans Insecure Touchscreen Voting Machines from Georgia after 2019 - 301 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:55:55] <exec> 08└─So, to reiterate, the changes came about because at least 21% of voters chose a third party? I'm not sure which side you're arguing, but it seems the onus is on the voters first. (I'm not going to argue "fault", because that's unproductive. But it sure sounds like the voters can effect such a change...
[12:56:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Math Is Beautiful, Study Says - 422 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:56:45] <exec> 08└─The people who never get past the basic maths (like algebra I), never really get to appreciate the true beauty and joy you can get form math. Many get a taste of it in some of the geometry proofs in high school, but most never get to abstract algebra, topology, etc. That's where I first learned how...
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[13:49:30] <exec> 08└─Note: Christmas precedes new Chinese year
[13:49:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Postpones China Tarrifs Until December 15 - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:49:32] <exec> 08└─I love how this quote so easily outs people as fake news believers. It is like telling people we can safely ignore your low information opinion. Look up the complete quote.
[13:49:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Postpones China Tarrifs Until December 15 - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:49:34] <exec> 08└─But hey, aren't you just a believer of alternative truths anyways, so if you think there's a problem with the "quote" then just think it's alternative truth. Biatch.
[13:49:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Postpones China Tarrifs Until December 15 - 406 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:49:36] <exec> 08└─Trump is some kind of media manipulating genius. In their TDS fever to blame him for anything that sounds bad, they have handed him a stock market manipulation tool like the world has never seen. All he has to do is tweet something positive or make token gestures like this to pump the stock market 1...
[13:49:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03ilPapa [2366] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Trump Postpones China Tarrifs Until December 15 - 661 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:49:38] <exec> 08└─There is a lot of nervousness about the economy in the White House. I don't know if any of you saw Larry Kudlow on the Sunday news shows yesterday, but he was clearly drunk and/or high as fuck. He was reassuring everyone that there's no recession in sight. The last time he made that statement was im...
[13:49:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Postpones China Tarrifs Until December 15 - 253 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:49:40] <exec> 08└─All it takes is one degree of misdirection by professional liars to get you to completely misunderstand what is going on. Let me guess, you vote republicrat? This is about market manipulation, nothing to do with Trump being desperate to make a bad deal.
[13:49:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How a New Antibiotic Destroys Extremely Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:49:53] <exec> 08└─My biology is extremely basic, but is 87% a good success rate? Wouldn't that lead to Uber-XDR-TB in a relatively short time?
[13:50:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Lack of funds in NHS to treat gaming disorder in UK NHS - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:50:14] <exec> 08└─Thanks - I'll go and put the kettle on for tea...
[13:50:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Lack of funds in NHS to treat gaming disorder in UK NHS - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:50:15] <exec> 08└─Everybody who needs treatment for recognised conditions gets treated regardless of how much they have paid in.
[13:50:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03broggyr [3589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Thinking Cap Developed to Help Train Brain - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:50:27] <exec> 08└─Is it fueled by lemons?
[13:50:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Thinking Cap Developed to Help Train Brain - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:50:29] <exec> 08└─qEEG is incredibly difficult to reproduce, particularly with"consumer friendly" electrodes applied through hair.
[13:50:53] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03driverless [4770] 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 478 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:50:54] <exec> 08└─Yes, but not in the way you think. What we've failed to teach people is basic statistics. An event so exotic and unusual that it makes national news headlines isn't an ordinary risk, it's a black swan. The way to deal with this is to accept that occasionally shit happens that you can't do much about...
[13:51:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:51:11] <exec> 08└─The rough edges of the wood (from the water molecule size level) gives the water molecules something to nucleate upon
[13:51:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 197 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:51:12] <exec> 08└─I don't get any of this. I poached Bob's eggs from the fridge last month, and Diane? I poached her egg salad sandwich. Why do you need all these modern day tools, detectors, and such. JUST TAKE IT.
[13:51:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:51:14] <exec> 08└─This seems to be the most reliable method I can manage for poached eggs: I've never succeeded in getting it right by cooking on the stovetop.
[13:51:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 462 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:51:17] <exec> 08└─Well, it comes out of the same culture that believes "every sperm is sacred" and follows the biblical description where masturbation is "spilling your seed on the ground," as if you're wasting an opportunity to grow good fertile crops. Since everyone knows that microwaves kill everything (see common...
[13:51:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 928 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:51:19] <exec> 08└─I've had one of those (zojirushi) for decades. Very convenient. As for a microwave oven, I have NOT had one for decades, not because I'm concerned about microwaves, but because microwaved food is just awful. If you take what is probably the most common use for a microwave -- popcorn -- it isn't even...
[13:52:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:52:13] <exec> 08└─Few can get through the introduction of a Harlequin romance
[13:52:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:52:15] <exec> 08└─Why vote for a couple of nuts when you can have the Johnson?
[13:52:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:52:17] <exec> 08└─I loved those movies. Freddy made me laugh my ass off.
[13:52:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 1949 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:52:19] <exec> 08└─No one has mentioned the power law distribution of use issue. Its kinda like TV... my elderly MiL has the TV on if she's awake, so she "views" TV for like 18 hours per day. I essentially no longer watch TV, there's nothing left worth spending the time. In theory that means we average out to 9 hours...
[13:52:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:52:21] <exec> 08└─As it is, I can't reallocate ten minutes here and there and join them into a 30 minute block of time.
[13:52:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 1057 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:52:23] <exec> 08└─Time value comes into play. For the sake of argument we'll take the high end of $5 and assume its a fiction novel that you can be permanently done with in ten hours. That's 50 cents per hour. Arguably that's cheaper than ten vending machine cans of corn syrup soda, more fun, and healthier. If you wa...
[13:52:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China's SMIC Produces its First "14nm" FinFET Chips - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:52:34] <exec> 08└─So they put a Mao lithography in the CPU die.
[13:52:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China's SMIC Produces its First "14nm" FinFET Chips - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:52:36] <exec> 08└─I don't know about Mao (he never pretended to have wings), but they certainly put more lithography
[13:53:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Across The Universe, A Star Exploded So Violently, It Got Completely Annihilated - 206 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:53:24] <exec> 08└─You mean, physicists have hundreds of samples with values within 1% of prediction bounds, and try to figure out what other math / new physics / other explanations might describe rare data which doesn't fit?
[13:53:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Cloud Security Is Too Important To Leave To Cloud Providers - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:53:45] <exec> 08└─GTA V radio Cloud Computing AD [youtube.com].
[13:54:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A New Clothing Line Confuses Automated License Plate Readers - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:54:36] <exec> 08└─Mass surveillance of all kinds simply needs to be banned, whether done by corporations or governments.
[13:54:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A New Clothing Line Confuses Automated License Plate Readers - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:54:37] <exec> 08└─and I don't give a fuck about other plate readers because I am a law-abiding citizen.
[13:54:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A New Clothing Line Confuses Automated License Plate Readers - 214 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:54:39] <exec> 08└─Much like anti-mask laws exist, even though they're a complete violation of the first amendment. With mass surveillance becoming more and more of a threat, burkas are starting to look like a good idea for everyone.
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[14:49:37] <exec> 08└─Burn the web down and start over now we know what we want out of it.
[14:49:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Plans To Deprecate FTP URL Support In Chrome - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:49:38] <exec> 08└─Did you mean: Burn the web down and start over now major advertisers know what they want out of it?
[14:49:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Plans To Deprecate FTP URL Support In Chrome - 212 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:49:40] <exec> 08└─Yeah, no. You're only going to get what a few major corporations want out of it. I guarantee you, it's not going to be "more privacy" or "more anonymity", but much more along the lines of more money for $BigCorp.
[14:49:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Trump Postpones China Tarrifs Until December 15 - 309 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:49:55] <exec> 08└─From here [bloomberg.com]: When a country (USA) is losing many billions of dollars on trade with virtually every country it does business with, trade wars are good, and easy to win. Example, when we are down $100 billion with a certain country and they get cute, don’t trade anymore-we win big. It...
[14:49:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Postpones China Tarrifs Until December 15 - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:49:56] <exec> 08└─Sorry, that's stupid not easy.
[14:49:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Spamalope [5233] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Postpones China Tarrifs Until December 15 - 327 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:49:58] <exec> 08└─He just discovered that tarriffs are a tax on imports. He's a visionary genius. Given a few more years he may figure out that the alleged intent is to make goods produced elsewhere (possibly even domestically) cheaper in comparison. Variously that's said to be for domestic protectionist reasons or t...
[14:49:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Postpones China Tarrifs Until December 15 - 265 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:50:00] <exec> 08└─Color me unsurprised. He couldn't run a good enough bluff to keep a casino out of chapter 11, why would the largest (by many measures) economy on the planet blink when he throws a temper tantrum? Did get Huwaei to show their phone OS, so I guess that's something...
[14:50:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rivenaleem [3400] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Postpones China Tarrifs Until December 15 - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:50:02] <exec> 08└─Come on, don't insult sweaty fat people by comparing them to Trump.
[14:50:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Trump Postpones China Tarrifs Until December 15 - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:50:04] <exec> 08└─Create a panic on Wall Street and pick up some bargains. Then say "oops", and sell. Just another day at the office.
[14:50:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Lack of funds in NHS to treat gaming disorder in UK NHS - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:50:39] <exec> 08└─Enter the death panels!
[14:50:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Lack of funds in NHS to treat gaming disorder in UK NHS - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:50:40] <exec> 08└─Enter the death panels!
[14:51:02] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Arik [4543] 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 78 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:51:02] <exec> 08└─"Have we failed society by not teaching basic science lessons at school?" Yes.
[14:51:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:51:40] <exec> 08└─This should have been explained to you in junior-high school.
[14:51:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 341 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:51:42] <exec> 08└─The sin with reference to the story where the guy "spilled his seed on the ground" was more akin to rape, than anything. As he had one job (impregnate her) and he decided not to, even though he was okay with having sex with her. In fact, the father lost, 2 or 3 sons that way. So, would have been bes...
[14:51:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03exaeta [6957] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:51:44] <exec> 08└─Wear safety glasses when microwaving eggs.
[14:51:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 527 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:51:46] <exec> 08└─Fuck your principal was dumb. Nobody else "burps" hot liquid from the microwave? You just take your coffee and tap it on the counter. It won't work if it's ready to totally blow but if it's just about ready to boil it will generate steam, possibly boiling over on the countertop instead of in your h...
[14:51:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03exaeta [6957] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:51:48] <exec> 08└─You should microwave the egg at low power. 1000W microwave at 10% power should be only 100W, which might not blow up your egg.
[14:52:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:52:49] <exec> 08└─Project Gutenberg offers over 59,000 free eBooks.
[14:52:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:52:50] <exec> 08└─Also, "Half-Price Books" https://www.hpb.com [hpb.com] I typically only buy new, if I can't find one at a discount and/or it's a new release for a series I'm reading.
[14:52:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:52:52] <exec> 08└─For like 75% of the population, completely giving up social media would only save perhaps five minutes per week
[14:53:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03JediTrainer [1431] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Across The Universe, A Star Exploded So Violently, It Got Completely Annihilated - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:53:54] <exec> 08└─God should be more careful when using the microwave [soylentnews.org]
[14:55:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score: 1) 02 - 06A New Clothing Line Confuses Automated License Plate Readers - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:55:10] <exec> 08└─I have to imagine they have thought of this and already made it illegal. "What is citizens start tracking US? Better stop that right now."
[14:55:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A New Clothing Line Confuses Automated License Plate Readers - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:55:11] <exec> 08└─Also, wtf is a law abiding citizen? The laws are intentionally so complicated that everyone is guilty of something. If you step out of line, they will bring up charges.
[14:56:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mozilla Firefox Bug Let Third-Parties Access Saved Passwords - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:56:26] <exec> 08└─Convenience and if the malicious 3rd party already has access to my computer. I'm totally screwed anyway.
[14:56:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Judge Bans Insecure Touchscreen Voting Machines from Georgia after 2019 - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:56:52] <exec> 08└─That too, always watch closely. With paper ballots it will be relatively easy.
[14:58:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Allegations: Capital One Suspect Stole From 30+ Organizations - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:58:56] <exec> 08└─She had amazon's insurance. She had good coverage for dysphoria.
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[15:49:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pipedot is Still Going - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:49:40] <exec> 08└─I looked in there a week ago? maybe two? and saw the old stories and wondered why they were still keeping the site up. Nice to see the will is there if not the ....strength?
[15:49:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pipedot is Still Going - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:49:41] <exec> 08└─If SN were to go away it is hard to imagine how many people would have to get back to work.
[15:49:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Plans To Deprecate FTP URL Support In Chrome - 1354 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:49:52] <exec> 08└─FTP was one of the standard applications of the Internet TCP/IP protocol suite, pre-dating the web. Browser based FTP was never on-par with proper FTP clients. Proper FTP clients usually included features such as hierarchical browsing, drag and drop, multiple file selection, managing multiple downlo...
[15:49:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Plans To Deprecate FTP URL Support In Chrome - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:49:53] <exec> 08└─You talk like it's ancient history. FTP isn't dead, yet.
[15:49:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Google Plans To Deprecate FTP URL Support In Chrome - 558 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:49:55] <exec> 08└─The FTP client is dead. Corporate IT departments reject its installation. Why? Because Source Forge in their infinite wisdumb packaged the FTP client for Windows with an installer that "bundled" all kinds of sharknado goodfulness. The FTP client wasn't the only software that they provided this crapw...
[15:49:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06Google Plans To Deprecate FTP URL Support In Chrome - 281 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:49:57] <exec> 08└─“The major motivation for this deprecation is that Chrome doesn't have an encrypted FTP connection support(FTPs)” So why the hell don’t they add support for FTPS instead of removing support for FTP? My guess is because they don’t have a way to push advertisements over FTP.
[15:49:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Plans To Deprecate FTP URL Support In Chrome - 869 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:49:59] <exec> 08└─No, but there are a lot of people that would love to kill it. And this change by Google is a step in that direction. One thing that FTP can do that "web" shit still can't is upload large files. HTTP submit forms crap out with files over a certain size/time taken and they have no way to pause resume...
[15:50:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Plans To Deprecate FTP URL Support In Chrome - 565 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:50:01] <exec> 08└─In the 1980s, I used Kermit file transfer to download update components for our CAD/CAM system from the manufacturer... why don't we have full featured Kermit support in our browsers?!!!?! /s On the slightly more serious side, I would really like to see a "developer mode" checkbox within Chrome that...
[15:50:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Plans To Deprecate FTP URL Support In Chrome - 271 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:50:03] <exec> 08└─Not sure if there's snark here or not... Never heard of Filezilla, CoreFTP, or CuteFTP? Not to mention WinSCP itself does in fact do FTP. I will be pleased to know that I don't have to worry about my one inbound and two outbound SFTP streams anymore since FTP is dead. ;)
[15:50:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Plans To Deprecate FTP URL Support In Chrome - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:50:06] <exec> 08└─Last I looked, WinSCP clients can in fact work with FTP servers.
[15:50:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Plans To Deprecate FTP URL Support In Chrome - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:50:08] <exec> 08└─I was referring to FileZilla. I did not use any <no-sarcasm> tags.
[15:50:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Google Plans To Deprecate FTP URL Support In Chrome - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:50:10] <exec> 08└─They can implement a full media player in a browser but not some file transfer protocol? What a world.
[15:50:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Plans To Deprecate FTP URL Support In Chrome - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:50:12] <exec> 08└─Source Forge in their infinite wisdumb packaged the FTP client for Windows with an installer that "bundled" all kinds of sharknado goodfulness.
[15:50:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Plans To Deprecate FTP URL Support In Chrome - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:50:14] <exec> 08└─DING! DING! DING! We have a winner!
[15:50:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Plans To Deprecate FTP URL Support In Chrome - 210 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:50:16] <exec> 08└─wget -c saved my life and got me distro hopping on dial-up. Without that amazing "-c" i couldn't get an entire distro in one night: with it, i was able to split it up over a couple nights. What a sweetie -c is.
[15:50:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How a New Antibiotic Destroys Extremely Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis - 212 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:50:51] <exec> 08└─>That's an 87% treatment success rate for six months of treatment That’s good from a patient’s point of view and bad from an evolutionary biologist’s point of view: great rate for breeding resistant strains
[15:51:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Lack of funds in NHS to treat gaming disorder in UK NHS - 193 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:51:15] <exec> 08└─Addictions that don't lead to disease or death should NOT be covered by the national insurance. Gaming addition certainly fits in the category of non-life-threatening idiotic lifestyle choices.
[15:51:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Lack of funds in NHS to treat gaming disorder in UK NHS - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:51:16] <exec> 08└─Gaming addition certainly fits in the category of non-life-threatening idiotic lifestyle choices. I mean what next? Gambling? Nose picking?
[15:51:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Lack of funds in NHS to treat gaming disorder in UK NHS - 348 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:51:19] <exec> 08└─If that person living in their basement is a legal adult, then should the parent have a right to take away their games? Or their electricity? NHS could recommend that a good thearapy, for both the parents and the poor unfortunate gamer, would be for the parents to furnish the gamer with a separate a...
[15:51:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Lack of funds in NHS to treat gaming disorder in UK NHS - 191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:51:21] <exec> 08└─You appear to fail to understand that the games require power in order to operate. You cannot just cut off vital equipment. You wouldn't cut off a patient's home dialysis equipment would you?
[15:51:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Lack of funds in NHS to treat gaming disorder in UK NHS - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:51:23] <exec> 08└─You seem to be assuming that the gamer is using Windows. Probably that is generally true. But it is an assumption.
[15:51:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Thinking Cap Developed to Help Train Brain - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:51:36] <exec> 08└─The infamous "Kirwood Derby"?
[15:52:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03EEMac [6423] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:52:28] <exec> 08└─I love how microwave popcorn has a warning on the outside to remove the outer packing first,
[15:52:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:52:29] <exec> 08└─Don't look at eggs with remaining eye
[15:52:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:52:32] <exec> 08└─Wait !? . . . you're saying that is a myth?
[15:52:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:52:34] <exec> 08└─Be sure the engine is turned off before attempting to change the fan belt.
[15:53:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:53:37] <exec> 08└─CTRL-ALT-DELETE will fix it.
[15:53:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:53:38] <exec> 08└─Depends on how many words are longer than four letters.
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[16:49:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03ealbers [5715] (Score: 2, Interesting) 02 - 06Pipedot is Still Going - 211 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:49:45] <exec> 08└─Come on, 3 sites is more than doable, SN,slashdot and pipedot, if we visit and post, it'll come alive. I rotate between SN and slashdot already, I've just resisted and will check pipedot in the sequence each day
[16:49:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03bryn [2394] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Pipedot is Still Going - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:49:47] <exec> 08└─Went to check the site out, checked for my username and found I had registered back in 2014! Didn't even know the site existed... :)
[16:49:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pipedot is Still Going - 457 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:49:49] <exec> 08└─I looked in on Pipedot once. It was in the few chaotic weeks of Beta. Of course I wished them well. But in the end it's who puts in the time to start a new thing. For all the uncertainty in the early weeks of SN, enough people put in enough time to create something new. SN is not as big as /. It may...
[16:49:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Pipedot is Still Going - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:49:51] <exec> 08└─How is no one noticing that SN went down at the same time? https://soylentnews.org [soylentnews.org] Really, is the attention span around here so short?
[16:50:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Plans To Deprecate FTP URL Support In Chrome - 220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:50:14] <exec> 08└─It could be better built than it is, and this would undeniably aid big corps more than normal people, but this does not mean it wouldn't be better for normal people than it currently is which is what you seem to believe.
[16:50:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Plans To Deprecate FTP URL Support In Chrome - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:50:16] <exec> 08└─It's better to be screwed by google, than to be screwed by google AND whomever finds an exploit in the byzantine glass tower of shit the web forces them to build to screw you in the first place.
[16:50:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Plans To Deprecate FTP URL Support In Chrome - 738 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:50:18] <exec> 08└─Sadly, if I were to mention FTP to our "IT" guy, he would be likely to get a blank look on his face. I'm pretty sure that he doesn't know what any of those clients are for. Word comes down from corporate that "We are installing blah-blah security suite, which will be pushed to all company computers...
[16:50:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Google Plans To Deprecate FTP URL Support In Chrome - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:50:20] <exec> 08└─Yeah, but I wish you had told me about that around 1999 or so. I desparately NEEDED something like that then, and knew nothing about it. :^(
[16:50:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Plans To Deprecate FTP URL Support In Chrome - 593 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:50:22] <exec> 08└─If I had an FTP server, I might have discovered that. I've only used SSH / SCP to transfer files between locations, and across OSes for a long time. On Windows WinSCP, just because. And PuTTY, just because. But on Linux, I find that the standard common terminal application can run the ssh command, a...
[16:50:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Plans To Deprecate FTP URL Support In Chrome - 235 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:50:24] <exec> 08└─Browser based FTP was never on-par with proper FTP clients. Proper FTP clients usually included features such as hierarchical browsing, drag and drop, multiple file selection, managing multiple downloads, wild card selection, and more.
[16:50:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03theluggage [1797] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Plans To Deprecate FTP URL Support In Chrome - 1228 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:50:26] <exec> 08└─Of Google's recent decisions... "Chrome say HTTPS good HTTP bad!": stupid. Result: lots of demand for free and easier-to-obtain certificates, blind faith in the Holy Padlock (clue: bad guys can get https certs too!) and/or training people to ignore "not secure" warnings - major risks to balance agai...
[16:50:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Plans To Deprecate FTP URL Support In Chrome - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:50:28] <exec> 08└─"somehow gaining ease-of-use through integration." What would a hybrid of an Amoeba and a Pig sound like?
[16:50:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Plans To Deprecate FTP URL Support In Chrome - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:50:30] <exec> 08└─The Google's pet spyware...err, "browser" is for the too-clueless-to-feed-themselves-unsupervised end of the demography.
[16:50:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Plans To Deprecate FTP URL Support In Chrome - 201 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:50:32] <exec> 08└─The real issue is that Indian/Google software is such a rat's nest that half of it breaks any time they touch anything. Otherwise, work that was already done, like FTP support is done, could stay done.
[16:50:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03ilPapa [2366] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Postpones China Tarrifs Until December 15 - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:50:53] <exec> 08└─Some of my best friends are sweaty fat people. It's the combination with "degenerate" that makes it toxic.
[16:50:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Farkus888 [5159] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Postpones China Tarrifs Until December 15 - 549 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:50:54] <exec> 08└─I guess someone explained to Trump that the incumbent president wins when the economy is good and loses when it is bad. At this point there is no time for a recovery to get any traction if something bad happens. Expect more of whatever it takes to keep easy to understand economy metrics like the sto...
[16:50:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Postpones China Tarrifs Until December 15 - 947 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:50:56] <exec> 08└─America has a robust domestic market, China does not. America can do pretty well selling to itself, China cannot. America has a robust civil society that can buffer economic dislocations, China does not. The CCP does not want the advantages America has, because those advantages also constitute an in...
[16:50:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Postpones China Tarrifs Until December 15 - 14 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:50:59] <exec> 08└─Fix the title.
[16:51:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Postpones China Tarrifs Until December 15 - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:51:01] <exec> 08└─Thanks, this is a reasonable assessment based in reality.
[16:51:25] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Lack of funds in NHS to treat gaming disorder in UK NHS - 402 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:51:25] <exec> 08└─I think this aligns more with a mental health disorder. We help people with those, so why not this. I'm not big on medicating people, but this sort of obsessive compulsive stuff supposedly can be treated with medication. Literally, something is wrong... and needs to be fixed. I'm not talking about "...
[16:51:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Lack of funds in NHS to treat gaming disorder in UK NHS - 913 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:51:44] <exec> 08└─Yes, Virginia, gambling disorder is a real thing in DSM-5 too. [psychiatry.org] No realli! [ncpgambling.org] Nose picking might be.... but Skin Picking Disorder is [bfrb.org]. Behavior addictions, like substance addictions, share the commonality that adverse consequences have to be occurring because...
[16:51:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Lack of funds in NHS to treat gaming disorder in UK NHS - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:51:45] <exec> 08└─Sorry, dude, people who need kidneys need different resources than addicts. Oopsie!
[16:52:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:52:56] <exec> 08└─Pierce the large end with a pin before you put the egg in the water and it will peel much easier.
[16:52:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:52:57] <exec> 08└─The sin with reference to the story where the guy "spilled his seed on the ground" was more akin to rape, than anything.
[16:54:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:54:05] <exec> 08└─But wouldn't that be wasting your vote? Go ahead! Reject Ctrl-Left and Alt-Right. Just throw your vote away!
[16:54:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:54:06] <exec> 08└─Here are some books [goalkicker.com] that are based on real life social media. If you count Stack Overflow as social media. The plots and character development in these books are amazing.
[16:54:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03PiMuNu [3823] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 171 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:54:08] <exec> 08└─Kids these days are so dumb, it's all the fault of ${MODERN TECHNOLOGY THING}. If only they would do more of ${LESS MODERN TECHNOLOGY THING} they would be so much smarter.
[16:55:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Across The Universe, A Star Exploded So Violently, It Got Completely Annihilated - 291 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:55:12] <exec> 08└─Specifically: 1) P(A|B)/P(¬A|B) = P(B|A)/P(B|¬A) * P(A)/P(¬A) 2) a better fit corresponds to a larger value of P(B|A)/P(B|¬A) 3) a higher prior for the model corresponds to a larger value of P(A)/P(¬A) 4) a sufficiently low prior can cause a better fitting explanation to be less likely
[16:55:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Across The Universe, A Star Exploded So Violently, It Got Completely Annihilated - 914 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:55:13] <exec> 08└─There is error in the measurement, which is what you address in your comment. There is also error in the models, because they are imperfect approximations. If the observations are better explained by error in the model than by error in the measurement* then they should look for better models. Since...
[16:55:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Cloud Security Is Too Important To Leave To Cloud Providers - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:55:36] <exec> 08└─A really large fustercluck should look at software such as kubernetes.
[16:55:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Cloud Security Is Too Important To Leave To Cloud Providers - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:55:37] <exec> 08└─Cloud security is so very important that we should put it in the hands of congress.
[16:58:18] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] 02 - 06Trump Administration Asks Congress to Reauthorize NSA’s Deactivated Call Records Program - 562 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:58:18] <exec> 08└─As much as Trump is hated over at the House, there will probably be a 3-ring circus, complete with clowns falling on their faces, in their rush to comply with Trump's request. In this instance, I can't decide if Trump is being used, or he really believes that this surveillance is somehow "good" or "...
[16:59:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Math Is Beautiful, Study Says - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:59:01] <exec> 08└─"Math (and science) are Hard! So let's just get rid of them!" -- Barbie from Mattel "Yeah! Whatever she said!" -- Ken from Mattel
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[17:49:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why the Navy Is Relying on WWII-Era Communications - 226 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:49:39] <exec> 08└─They should use the Celtic Cross (+ an accurate alamanac) used by the ancient Egyptians to find the longitude: http://rexresearch.com [rexresearch.com] http://viewzone.com [viewzone.com]
[17:49:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Why the Navy Is Relying on WWII-Era Communications - 1389 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:49:40] <exec> 08└─It's all about security and reliability. For every degree of complexity, you add ten degrees of vulnerability. For every ounce of hands-on control you remove, you gain a pound of unreliability. It's the same reason the Army resisted radio, and maintained landlines for so long - landlines have to be...
[17:49:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03stretch611 [6199] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why the Navy Is Relying on WWII-Era Communications - 500 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:49:42] <exec> 08└─To err is human... To really fsck things up requires a computer. This is a good idea, Not only does it give them a backup in case of computer failure (or compromised computers) It gives them a way to think outside the box on how to get things done. It similar to why people learn how to do math witho...
[17:49:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why the Navy Is Relying on WWII-Era Communications - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:49:44] <exec> 08└─"Superiority" by Arthur C Clarke: http://www.mayofamily.com [mayofamily.com]
[17:49:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why the Navy Is Relying on WWII-Era Communications - 435 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:49:47] <exec> 08└─I wonder if our current CinC has had any input on the "are you really sure your systems won't be HAX0RED?" Seems like the kind of obtuse question he's good at asking, and in this case I think we're better off for whoever has asked it having done so. Still, I'd love to see the drill when an aircraft...
[17:49:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Pipedot is Still Going - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:50:00] <exec> 08└─I noticed Slashdot does not allow anonymous posts anymore though.
[17:50:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pipedot is Still Going - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:50:01] <exec> 08└─Well, SOMEONE has to start new conspiracy theories. I guess it's your job, this month.
[17:50:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03stretch611 [6199] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pipedot is Still Going - 530 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:50:03] <exec> 08└─Pipedot is not currently accepting new stories and hasn't published one since 2017, but it hasn't gone away. Those running the site believe that it didn't justify the level of effort to keep pushing out stories when they were really competing with other Slashdot alternatives, including ourselves. Bu...
[17:50:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Pipedot is Still Going - 197 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:50:05] <exec> 08└─Pipedot was up first, but Bryan was a backroom coder rather than the very active-in-comparison chat group behind this site. And that, my friends, is why Ken Olsen and DEC failed. Lack of marketing.
[17:50:19] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Google Plans To Deprecate FTP URL Support In Chrome - 281 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:50:19] <exec> 08└─“The major motivation for this deprecation is that Chrome doesn't have an encrypted FTP connection support(FTPs)” So why the hell don’t they add support for FTPS instead of removing support for FTP? My guess is because they don’t have a way to push advertisements over FTP.
[17:50:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Plans To Deprecate FTP URL Support In Chrome - 755 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:50:39] <exec> 08└─yeah and it got readily pushed by IT whiz kids that seemed to know how to run the wizard better than anyone else the glory days are gone. it is very hard to avoid using software like chrome now that pretty much its been standardized say what you want about alternative browsers, but banks and ecommer...
[17:50:54] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03ilPapa [2366] 02 - 06Trump Postpones China Tarrifs Until December 15 - 661 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:50:54] <exec> 08└─There is a lot of nervousness about the economy in the White House. I don't know if any of you saw Larry Kudlow on the Sunday news shows yesterday, but he was clearly drunk and/or high as fuck. He was reassuring everyone that there's no recession in sight. The last time he made that statement was im...
[17:51:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How a New Antibiotic Destroys Extremely Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis - 221 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:51:22] <exec> 08└─Safety is relative. If other treatments have failed and you are facing an early death, a lot of drugs that would otherwise be out of the question start to make sense. A 50% chance of death is much safer than a 99% chance.
[17:51:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How a New Antibiotic Destroys Extremely Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis - 877 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:51:23] <exec> 08└─I only glanced at the article. I'm quite involved in my dad's medical care, and was with my mom. One extremely knowledgeable nurse, who worked for years in pharmaceutical research including clinical trials, assured me that most of the listed side effects, for any drug, occur in the low single-digit...
[17:51:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How a New Antibiotic Destroys Extremely Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:51:25] <exec> 08└─Advers effects of NOT taking the drug: Death by Tuberculosis. I think I'll take the anal-leakage, thanks!
[17:51:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03isostatic [365] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Lack of funds in NHS to treat gaming disorder in UK NHS - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:51:57] <exec> 08└─Fortunately UK citizens can simply pay for private treatment if they don’t like what’s pffered on the NHS
[17:51:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Lack of funds in NHS to treat gaming disorder in UK NHS - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:51:58] <exec> 08└─And addiction is defined by consequences. If it's ruining your life then it's bad regardless of how trivial you may think the addictive behavior is.
[17:53:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03epitaxial [3165] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:53:10] <exec> 08└─Too "wordy". Great work of fiction though.
[17:54:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:54:20] <exec> 08└─Grads can only read things that are written in Tweet style with lots of emojis.
[17:54:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Virgin Galactic Shows Off its Spaceport - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:54:56] <exec> 08└─It went way over your head... Thunderbirds are go! https://www.imdb.com [imdb.com]
[17:54:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Virgin Galactic Shows Off its Spaceport - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:54:57] <exec> 08└─Couch? It's clearly intended to be a penis!
[17:55:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Across The Universe, A Star Exploded So Violently, It Got Completely Annihilated - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:55:28] <exec> 08└─And then they found it was really weird. It's like they write these articles for teenagers....
[17:55:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Across The Universe, A Star Exploded So Violently, It Got Completely Annihilated - 404 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:55:30] <exec> 08└─Rigorous bounds on the quality of the approximation derived from the laws it approximates a la deriving a probabilistic version of Boyle's law from more fundamental laws, or measurement error? If the measurement error, it's silly to look for better models. If the former, it's worth looking for them....
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[18:49:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iceland Holds Funeral for 700-Year-Old Glacier Killed by Climate Change - 320 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:49:40] <exec> 08└─So you had a glacier born sometime around 1300 during the Wolf Minimum that lost a bit and then grew even more during the Spörer, Maunder, and Dalton minimums, then melted as we hit the modern maximum. https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedi...
[18:49:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iceland Holds Funeral for 700-Year-Old Glacier Killed by Climate Change - 13 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:49:42] <exec> 08└─Damn you Sol!
[18:49:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iceland Holds Funeral for 700-Year-Old Glacier Killed by Climate Change - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:49:44] <exec> 08└─No, you did it by driving to work today.
[18:49:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why the Navy Is Relying on WWII-Era Communications - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:49:55] <exec> 08└─For every ounce of hands-on control you remove, you gain a pound of unreliability.
[18:49:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why the Navy Is Relying on WWII-Era Communications - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:49:57] <exec> 08└─What's the bandwidth of signal flags?
[18:49:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why the Navy Is Relying on WWII-Era Communications - 1245 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:49:59] <exec> 08└─True - as far as it goes. But, you have to admit that when the HIL bangs his head, or even his knuckles, once or twice, he moans, and complains, until someone gives him some attention, and corrects whatever his problem is. The robot? It will smash itself into an immovable object twenty thousand time...
[18:50:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why the Navy Is Relying on WWII-Era Communications - 223 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:50:01] <exec> 08└─What about using hand held point to point laser communicators. They never are and never were connected to a net. While "high tech", there isn't much of anything on one to hack. Unless you make it digital and add encryption.
[18:50:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why the Navy Is Relying on WWII-Era Communications - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:50:03] <exec> 08└─They could use LORAN.
[18:50:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why the Navy Is Relying on WWII-Era Communications - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:50:05] <exec> 08└─High end surveillance might still intercept laser comms, people have made some crazy tech to extract data. Also line of sight can be tricky especially on water.
[18:50:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why the Navy Is Relying on WWII-Era Communications - 382 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:50:07] <exec> 08└─Yup! Modern tech can be great: but if one EMP can take it all out and your ships have no fall-back tech (or it does, but your crew can't even use a fecking sextant let alone steer a ship manually or fire weapons on target manually), you. are. fucked. So yeah...new tech good. Old tech good if crew is...
[18:50:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why the Navy Is Relying on WWII-Era Communications - 171 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:50:09] <exec> 08└─robots DO crash, and they seldom alarm out, calling attention to themselves. (That last is a human fault, I think - the automation guy should be able to set up some alarms
[18:50:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03bryan [29] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pipedot is Still Going - 657 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:50:26] <exec> 08└─RSS feeds from other sites. I experimented with a "Homepage" similar to the defunct iGoogle [wikipedia.org] or ad-supported Protopage [wikipedia.org] where you can show a compact view of a dozen or so of your favorite feeds on one page. Then I tried a "Reader" interface similar to the also defunct G...
[18:50:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Pipedot is Still Going - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:50:27] <exec> 08└─The feed seems to aggregate other sources? http://pipedot.org [pipedot.org]
[18:50:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03bryan [29] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pipedot is Still Going - 529 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:50:29] <exec> 08└─Before I left for vacation last week, I turned off a few of my computers. Seems I turned off too many and accidentally turned off the backup computer that moves the database backups off the live site. After a few days, the untransfered backups exceeded the storage capacity of the live site and start...
[18:50:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pipedot is Still Going - 411 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:50:32] <exec> 08└─Well, some of the "marketing" was rather vile. E.g. at one point they were the only source from which you could buy DEC formatted floppies. I'm not sure if those were hard formatted floppies or not (i.e., part of the formatting depended on the holes punched in around the center), that *could* have b...
[18:50:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03VanessaE [3396] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pipedot is Still Going - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:50:34] <exec> 08└─It does, only if you're logged-in. Good way to beat 99% of trolls/spam.
[18:50:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Pipedot is Still Going - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:50:36] <exec> 08└─at one point they were the only source from which you could buy DEC formatted floppies. I'm not sure if those were hard formatted floppies or not
[18:51:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Postpones China Tarrifs Until December 15 - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:51:35] <exec> 08└─Boy, if slightly less Trump chaos can result in an improved economy just imagine what kicking him out of office would do!
[18:51:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Lester [6231] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Trump Postpones China Tarrifs Until December 15 - 1061 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:51:36] <exec> 08└─USA has less robust domestic market than ten years ago, and China a robuster domestic market than ten years ago. Middle class in China is scarce but growing, salaries are very very low, but growing. Middle class in USA is still big, but it shrinks year by year. And salaries are lower every year. Chi...
[18:51:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Valkor [4253] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Norman Cryptominer Uses Dynamic DNS for C2 Communication - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:51:44] <exec> 08└─Since when did Command & Control need a new acronym? What's wrong with C&C?
[18:52:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Lack of funds in NHS to treat gaming disorder in UK NHS - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:52:31] <exec> 08└─cat o' nine tails! yee haw!
[18:53:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 207 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:53:44] <exec> 08└─Look into obtaining a "boiling stone" or "boiling chip". They are available in many compositions, but a single ceramic stone in a cup works a treat. https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org]
[18:54:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:54:55] <exec> 08└─You don't know about Al Gore Rhythms?
[18:56:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03jdccdevel [1329] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Across The Universe, A Star Exploded So Violently, It Got Completely Annihilated - 455 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:56:05] <exec> 08└─The most interesting part of this to me is the antimatter. I don't know much about supernovae, but I've always heard that the natural formation of antimatter is a very, very unusual thing. I don't have the technical background to read the paper directly to see if they explain where the antimatter ca...
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[19:49:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Iceland Holds Funeral for 700-Year-Old Glacier Killed by Climate Change - 281 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:49:45] <exec> 08└─Ah yes, a recurring 12 year cycle is definitely responsible for this 700 year trend! Every even 6 years: The solar maxima is going to disprove global warming! Every odd 6 years: The solar minima is going to disprove global warming! I'm sure THIS TIME it'll totally pan out for you!
[19:49:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03MadTinfoilHatter [4635] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iceland Holds Funeral for 700-Year-Old Glacier Killed by Climate Change - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:49:46] <exec> 08└─Since jokull is Icelandic for volcano
[19:49:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06Iceland Holds Funeral for 700-Year-Old Glacier Killed by Climate Change - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:49:49] <exec> 08└─The jokes on you! I called in sick today because I was depressed about Mr. Melty, the glacier that died.
[19:49:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iceland Holds Funeral for 700-Year-Old Glacier Killed by Climate Change - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:49:51] <exec> 08└─That must be some really yummy sand! Don't you think you should come up for air now?
[19:49:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Iceland Holds Funeral for 700-Year-Old Glacier Killed by Climate Change - 461 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:49:53] <exec> 08└─I went to Iceland in April (highly recommended vacation, quite inexpensive from Portland Oregon), and saw multiple glaciers. All of them have long fields of rubble and some moss/lichen that must be crossed in order to approach the glacier, because they have all receded that much. Most glaciers aroun...
[19:49:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iceland Holds Funeral for 700-Year-Old Glacier Killed by Climate Change - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:49:55] <exec> 08└─Damn you got me, but don't you mean Melty McMeltyface?
[19:50:03] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] 02 - 06Why the Navy Is Relying on WWII-Era Communications - 1389 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:50:03] <exec> 08└─It's all about security and reliability. For every degree of complexity, you add ten degrees of vulnerability. For every ounce of hands-on control you remove, you gain a pound of unreliability. It's the same reason the Army resisted radio, and maintained landlines for so long - landlines have to be...
[19:50:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why the Navy Is Relying on WWII-Era Communications - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:50:15] <exec> 08└─Would they also be able to observe signal flags?
[19:50:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why the Navy Is Relying on WWII-Era Communications - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:50:17] <exec> 08└─Let me introduce you to Miss. Management. She has a long and vast career. She's worked her magic at countless organizations, especially the biggest ones.
[19:50:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why the Navy Is Relying on WWII-Era Communications - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:50:19] <exec> 08└─Signal lights. Communicate in code (not cipher, code).
[19:50:37] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bryan [29] 02 - 06Pipedot is Still Going - 529 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:50:37] <exec> 08└─Before I left for vacation last week, I turned off a few of my computers. Seems I turned off too many and accidentally turned off the backup computer that moves the database backups off the live site. After a few days, the untransfered backups exceeded the storage capacity of the live site and start...
[19:50:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03bart9h [767] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pipedot is Still Going - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:50:42] <exec> 08└─What about Feedly [feedly.com]? That's what I use to keep track of SoylentNews, comics, and various other news sites and blogs.
[19:50:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Pipedot is Still Going - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:50:44] <exec> 08└─You think it is coincidence that two slashdot replacement sites went down on the same day for mysterious reasons?
[19:51:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Plans To Deprecate FTP URL Support In Chrome - 478 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:51:18] <exec> 08└─Well one reason is that FTPS doesn't actually work on most people's networks[1] so it is kind of silly to implement support for a protocol that basically nobody can even use, and everyone who actually cares about making FTPS work probably doesn't care about it being supported by chrome. [1] Since th...
[19:51:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Plans To Deprecate FTP URL Support In Chrome - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:51:19] <exec> 08└─Now if they would just let us know when non-Google sponsored URLs will be deprecated...
[19:51:47] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Lester [6231] 02 - 06Trump Postpones China Tariffs Until December 15 - 1061 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:51:47] <exec> 08└─USA has less robust domestic market than ten years ago, and China a robuster domestic market than ten years ago. Middle class in China is scarce but growing, salaries are very very low, but growing. Middle class in USA is still big, but it shrinks year by year. And salaries are lower every year. Chi...
[19:51:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Postpones China Tariffs Until December 15 - 820 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:51:49] <exec> 08└─The economy isn't good for the average person, though. The metrics the corporatists use to determine whether or not the economy is good mostly tell you whether or not the economy is good for the mega rich, and not necessarily for the average person. The vast majority of people in the country can't a...
[19:51:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Postpones China Tariffs Until December 15 - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:51:51] <exec> 08└─What improved economy?
[19:51:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Postpones China Tariffs Until December 15 - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:51:53] <exec> 08└─The metrics the corporatists use to determine whether or not the economy is good mostly tell you whether or not the economy is good for the mega rich, and not necessarily for the average person.
[19:51:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Fnord666 [652] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Postpones China Tariffs Until December 15 - 17 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:51:55] <exec> 08└─Fixed. Thank you!
[19:51:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Postpones China Tariffs Until December 15 - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:51:57] <exec> 08└─How dumb. Now a word from Earth's resident genius - https://monthlyreview.org [monthlyreview.org]
[19:51:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Trump Postpones China Tariffs Until December 15 - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:51:59] <exec> 08└─If I replace "easy" with "stupid"
[19:52:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Postpones China Tariffs Until December 15 - 1366 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:52:01] <exec> 08└─World would probably have a much better choice choosing if the current United States President didn't act like a spoiled brat to every other power on the planet except Israel and possibly Russia. Then declaring his bullying is, "good dealmaking." How's that Iran thing going? How about North Korea -...
[19:52:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Lack of funds in NHS to treat gaming disorder in UK NHS - 251 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:52:54] <exec> 08└─Not sure how you got "Windows" from that... Gamers typically have high-end rigs with powerful graphics cards. If they stop upgrading the hardware, the system will become less able to play modern games; allowing them to withdraw in a controlled manner.
[19:52:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Lack of funds in NHS to treat gaming disorder in UK NHS - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:52:56] <exec> 08└─A post that not only explains the joke but links to two separate Wikipedia articles explaining what humor is. You must be great fun at parties!
[19:56:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Across The Universe, A Star Exploded So Violently, It Got Completely Annihilated - 192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:56:31] <exec> 08└─Rigorous bounds on the quality of the approximation derived from the laws it approximates a la deriving a probabilistic version of Boyle's law from more fundamental laws, or measurement error?
[19:59:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Administration Asks Congress to Reauthorize NSA’s Deactivated Call Records Program - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:59:56] <exec> 08└─He's not trolling, whether you agree or not, so stop abusing the mod system, you dumb bitch.
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[20:49:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Electrodes Show A Glimpse Of Memories Emerging In A Brain - 240 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:49:40] <exec> 08└─"one or two seconds before", it might just be me but I would imagine the brain was a bit faster then that. But then I guess perhaps the delay is in the human-to-human communication step; hearing command, interpret command, start talking ...
[20:49:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iceland Holds Funeral for 700-Year-Old Glacier Killed by Climate Change - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:49:56] <exec> 08└─Sorry, Someone had to do it
[20:49:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iceland Holds Funeral for 700-Year-Old Glacier Killed by Climate Change - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:49:58] <exec> 08└─I almost used that, but his face is all gone. Ironically, Boaty McBoatFace may be sailing on Melty McMeltFace's face right now.
[20:49:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iceland Holds Funeral for 700-Year-Old Glacier Killed by Climate Change - 399 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:50:00] <exec> 08└─Last time a (the same?) AC dumbass raised this point, I went down a rabbit hole on that claim looking into its history. It(at least the sunspot variation of it) was originally proposed by a PhD astrologer to prove how celestial bodies could dictate life on earth. But don't worry, after the last 2 ti...
[20:50:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03zocalo [302] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iceland Holds Funeral for 700-Year-Old Glacier Killed by Climate Change - 722 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:50:02] <exec> 08└─You get that kind of structure a lot in Icelandic place names. The longer pronouns are often a sequence of nouns that describe the location in question, so if you learn a few of the common root nouns you can get a pretty good idea of what a given place is going to be just from the name. In this case...
[20:50:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why the Navy Is Relying on WWII-Era Communications - 427 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:50:25] <exec> 08└─In WWII, the most sensitive communications weren't just in code, they were in code spoken in Native American languages that Natives could speak fluently but the Japanese had no clue about. If you use a wide enough range of symbols that the enemy can't just match sounds to numbers or something simple...
[20:50:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Pipedot is Still Going - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:50:51] <exec> 08└─Not really. The trolls have started creating throwaway accounts with names such as Annnonymous Coward, including the swastika kid.
[20:51:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03doke [6955] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Google Plans To Deprecate FTP URL Support In Chrome - 473 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:51:27] <exec> 08└─I can't remember the last time I used ftp in a browser. I have programs that use it hundreds of times a day to collect information from routers and switches. ssh and snmp add too much load on their small cpus, and create too much latency. Sometimes, I use it from a command line to move router firmw...
[20:52:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Postpones China Tariffs Until December 15 - 305 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:52:03] <exec> 08└─Poor widdle Twumpie now wants a stwong Chwistmas season but has to make sure the bwead pwices don't go up too much or nobody pays attention to his ciwcusess. But he's alweddy denied that his tawiffs make consumer goods pwices higher! Widdle Twumpie can't admit he's not wight, though! Weak widdle Twu...
[20:52:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Lack of funds in NHS to treat gaming disorder in UK NHS - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:52:59] <exec> 08└─Still preferable to his Hitler cosplay.
[20:54:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:54:14] <exec> 08└─Are you kidding me? No, of course not.
[20:54:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:54:16] <exec> 08└─WARNING: Ensure lawnmower is turned off before changing blades. Failure to follow these instructions can result in injury.
[20:54:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03exaeta [6957] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:54:18] <exec> 08└─And some are more specific yet, like: Open one end of wrapper before microwaving inside wrapper.
[20:56:56] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03driverless [4770] 02 - 06Cloud Security Is Too Important To Leave To Cloud Providers - 273 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:56:56] <exec> 08└─That's why I, and many others, refer to it as "someone else's computer". Firstly, because that's exactly what it is, and secondly because it immediately shows what an oxymoron "security of your data on someone else's computer" (a.k.a. "cloud computing security") really is.
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[21:49:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Electrodes Show A Glimpse Of Memories Emerging In A Brain - 1120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:49:42] <exec> 08└─The best neurologically oriented description of brain cognitive function I've ever heard went something like this: Different brain regions are stimulated by repeating spike-trains of particular patterns, such as the patterns received by the optic nerve as you read this. Those various spike-train pat...
[21:50:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iceland Holds Funeral for 700-Year-Old Glacier Killed by Climate Change - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:50:02] <exec> 08└─he refined his prediction so that the next local maximum was after his death.
[21:50:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iceland Holds Funeral for 700-Year-Old Glacier Killed by Climate Change - 212 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:50:04] <exec> 08└─What in the world are you talking about? To begin with, there is no PhD in astrology. Your post goes downhill from there. I think you are having trouble distinguishing between your TDS fever dreams and real life.
[21:50:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iceland Holds Funeral for 700-Year-Old Glacier Killed by Climate Change - 180 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:50:06] <exec> 08└─Strawman, this was explained to you previously. Whatever causes the longer term cycle associated with mini-ice ages is different than what causes the more frequent 8-14 year cycle.
[21:50:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iceland Holds Funeral for 700-Year-Old Glacier Killed by Climate Change - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:50:08] <exec> 08└─Ick, here is hoping /. opens AC posting again.
[21:50:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iceland Holds Funeral for 700-Year-Old Glacier Killed by Climate Change - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:50:10] <exec> 08└─They made the mistake of burying their head in sand and then inserting into the rectrum. The friction alone makes it unlikely they can ever pull their head out of their ass.
[21:50:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Iceland Holds Funeral for 700-Year-Old Glacier Killed by Climate Change - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:50:12] <exec> 08└─Ah yes, a recurring 12 year cycle is definitely responsible for this 700 year trend!
[21:50:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Iceland Holds Funeral for 700-Year-Old Glacier Killed by Climate Change - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:50:14] <exec> 08└─Evidence of global warming is not evidence that we need to do something about it, much less that we need to do something ridiculously the opposite of productive about it.
[21:50:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Iceland Holds Funeral for 700-Year-Old Glacier Killed by Climate Change - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:50:16] <exec> 08└─I am sure Icelanders treasure ice more then anything else offered by nature.
[21:50:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iceland Holds Funeral for 700-Year-Old Glacier Killed by Climate Change - 215 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:50:19] <exec> 08└─Global warming is wrong because we're going to have a mini ice age ANY DAY NOW. Congratulations, AC, I didn't think it was possible to come up with a dumber hypothesis than the sun spots one but you proved me wrong!
[21:50:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03zocalo [302] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iceland Holds Funeral for 700-Year-Old Glacier Killed by Climate Change - 1832 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:50:21] <exec> 08└─I've been vacationing in Iceland on and off for more than a decade now and have to agree that it's a fantastic place to go if you like wilderness and quiet solitude - don't expect much in the way of nightlife away from Reykjavik though. Also worth keeping in mind that although the numbers of tourist...
[21:50:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iceland Holds Funeral for 700-Year-Old Glacier Killed by Climate Change - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:50:23] <exec> 08└─So you're saying it's turtles all the way down?
[21:50:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Why the Navy Is Relying on WWII-Era Communications - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:50:46] <exec> 08└─High end surveillance might still intercept laser comms
[21:50:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why the Navy Is Relying on WWII-Era Communications - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:50:48] <exec> 08└─I have a feeling some part of the military is already looking into how to use them in an effective manner.
[21:50:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why the Navy Is Relying on WWII-Era Communications - 309 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:50:50] <exec> 08└─That's easily defeatable in the age of modern computers. What works is what Russians use - paper printed one-time encryption pads. They can't be cracked. Note that even a single reuse of a pad makes it vulnerable https://www.theregister.co.uk [theregist...
[21:50:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why the Navy Is Relying on WWII-Era Communications - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:50:52] <exec> 08└─After reading the fine story I assumed the cross and garlic were to keep O365 away ..
[21:51:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03bryan [29] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pipedot is Still Going - 583 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:51:18] <exec> 08└─Indeed, I did briefly use Protopage to replace iGoogle and Feedly to replace Google Reader. Wikipedia even has a list of feed aggregators [wikipedia.org] to choose from. But many of them, including Feedly, are non-free software. If you navigate to feedly.com with JavaScript turned off, you'll get a...
[21:51:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Pipedot is Still Going - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:51:19] <exec> 08└─And hopefully a good way to kill the site, too.
[21:51:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Plans To Deprecate FTP URL Support In Chrome - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:51:57] <exec> 08└─When you put your money with some too-big-to-fail monstrosity, you have only yourself to blame for any consequences. It is human nature that they'll treat you like shit if they have a shitload of clients just like you.
[21:52:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Postpones China Tariffs Until December 15 - 559 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:52:34] <exec> 08└─AND China is growing it's influence: the belt and road initiative (friendly growth economically and influentially) and in the south China sea area (not so friendly growth both militarily and tactically). China's military and economy is growing AND they have a lot of resources (rare earth minerals, e...
[21:53:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Lack of funds in NHS to treat gaming disorder in UK NHS - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:53:30] <exec> 08└─As opposed to what, the private insurance death panels that exist in the US?
[21:53:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Lack of funds in NHS to treat gaming disorder in UK NHS - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:53:31] <exec> 08└─The point of the "death panels" remark is that there's always someone who decides how much healthcare you receive.
[21:53:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Revek [5022] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Thinking Cap Developed to Help Train Brain - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:53:47] <exec> 08└─The correct term is brainwidth caps. Get it right!
[21:54:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:54:50] <exec> 08└─An event so exotic and unusual that it makes national news headlines
[21:54:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 430 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:54:52] <exec> 08└─Having personally cooked many egg dinners in a microwave. I read 6-8 mins and thought, "no way", that would pop almost for sure. Yep. My rule of thumb is 1-2 mins *PER EGG*. Even then keep an eye on them. My personal fav is scrambled. But most people hate them because well it also gasses out the su...
[21:57:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Across The Universe, A Star Exploded So Violently, It Got Completely Annihilated - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:57:13] <exec> 08└─Not even knowing enough about what you're criticizing to word the insult properly? Hmmm, I'm gonna go with "this guy is a (s)table genius." The (s) is for super.
[22:00:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Judge Bans Insecure Touchscreen Voting Machines from Georgia after 2019 - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:00:12] <exec> 08└─The DNC and the GOP then?
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[22:50:04] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03richtopia [3160] 02 - 06Iceland Holds Funeral for 700-Year-Old Glacier Killed by Climate Change - 461 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:50:04] <exec> 08└─I went to Iceland in April (highly recommended vacation, quite inexpensive from Portland Oregon), and saw multiple glaciers. All of them have long fields of rubble and some moss/lichen that must be crossed in order to approach the glacier, because they have all receded that much. Most glaciers aroun...
[22:50:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iceland Holds Funeral for 700-Year-Old Glacier Killed by Climate Change - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:50:21] <exec> 08└─Go away, we like living on a habitable planet thanks.
[22:50:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Username [4557] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iceland Holds Funeral for 700-Year-Old Glacier Killed by Climate Change - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:50:23] <exec> 08└─Are they going to issue birth certificates when we enter the next ice age?
[22:50:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why the Navy Is Relying on WWII-Era Communications - 225 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:50:51] <exec> 08└─It is cute, though, that everybody thinks that the US has not already owned everyone else's secure defense systems for a long, long time. Nope, nuh-uh. The US is totally vulnerable and the Chinese and Russians totally aren't.
[22:51:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pipedot is Still Going - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:51:19] <exec> 08└─Pipedot (https://pipedot.org/) was another reaction to Slashdot Beta but didn't get going as quickly as SN...
[22:51:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pipedot is Still Going - 17 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:51:21] <exec> 08└─At least 5839, (:
[22:51:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pipedot is Still Going - 204 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:51:23] <exec> 08└─NOOOO! If Slashdot dies, we may inherit their trolls. Seriously, when this site started, we kinda lucked out and got the best of /. trolls, we can do without huge diatribes and stalking by APK and others!
[22:52:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Username [4557] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Plans To Deprecate FTP URL Support In Chrome - 458 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:52:02] <exec> 08└─>Trying to automate anything via FTP was always a headache, as it was not a very robust protocol. Something failed and you often wound up with a zero length file and no error response returned. What I did was create a MD5 hash index of all files located on server, filename|hash format inside. Then w...
[22:52:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Postpones China Tariffs Until December 15 - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:52:40] <exec> 08└─Ah yes, the Amoeba Effect.
[22:52:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Postpones China Tariffs Until December 15 - 1063 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:52:41] <exec> 08└─Uh huh. And if you hear the Africans speak about their new-found friends the Chinese, you'll find the bloom is already off that particular rose. Same with the belt and road project. Central Asia is happy to milk the Chinese for all they're worth, and then to tell them to get lost. The Chinese will g...
[22:52:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Postpones China Tariffs Until December 15 - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:52:43] <exec> 08└─Who is this Twumpie, sounds like possibly an improvement over the current sentient potato we've got in the White House.
[22:52:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Postpones China Tariffs Until December 15 - 15 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:52:45] <exec> 08└─ORANGE MAN BAD.
[22:52:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Postpones China Tariffs Until December 15 - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:52:47] <exec> 08└─That isn't a clever change of meaning due to substituting one word. That is just rewriting the quote to be what you want for some reason.
[22:55:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03exaeta [6957] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:55:03] <exec> 08└─Superheated water. Basic Chemistry. You need to put boiling chips in your coffee cups! ;)
[22:55:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 273 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:55:05] <exec> 08└─The Home Ec teacher probably should have asked the Chemistry or Physics teacher about it. Whoever last cleaned that measuring cup should have gotten extra credit as well. It is really cool to see it happen, but it is best experienced while wearing cloves and a face shield.
[22:55:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 171 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:55:07] <exec> 08└─I just brown the butter and then pour the well beaten eggs in. Cook it hot and keep the eggs moving and it's as fast or faster than the microwave and has a better texture.
[22:55:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03exaeta [6957] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:55:09] <exec> 08└─Sounds like superheated water. Well understood phenomena from a chemical point of view. Doesn't sound like fiction to me.
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[23:49:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06UK Loses "Measles-Free" Status, Prime Minister Boris Johnson Responds - 404 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:49:40] <exec> 08└─This Berenstain 'verse just gets darker and darker. Witnesses claim B.J. said, "I'm afraid people have just been listening to that superstitious mumbo-jumbo on the internet" with zero self-awareness. I say we lobby the Shadow Proclamation to have this new splinter 'verse renamed The Malicious Idiot....
[23:49:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06UK Loses "Measles-Free" Status, Prime Minister Boris Johnson Responds - 373 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:49:41] <exec> 08└─There is a huge group of adults in the west whose immunity has waned because they were vaccinated instead of getting a mild illness as a child. The problems these people have caused us is enormous. We need to eradicate measles worldwide before the honeymoon period ends or it is going to be bad. Imag...
[23:50:24] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03zocalo [302] 02 - 06Iceland Holds Funeral for 700-Year-Old Glacier Killed by Climate Change - 1832 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:50:24] <exec> 08└─I've been vacationing in Iceland on and off for more than a decade now and have to agree that it's a fantastic place to go if you like wilderness and quiet solitude - don't expect much in the way of nightlife away from Reykjavik though. Also worth keeping in mind that although the numbers of tourist...
[23:50:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iceland Holds Funeral for 700-Year-Old Glacier Killed by Climate Change - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:50:28] <exec> 08└─You do realize that none of the phenomena mentioned by the AC have anything to do with the 12 year cycle - much less last only 12 years or are a cycle?
[23:50:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iceland Holds Funeral for 700-Year-Old Glacier Killed by Climate Change - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:50:30] <exec> 08└─Wasn't AGW disproven with ClimateGate? Seriously, it's a religion with you people.
[23:50:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iceland Holds Funeral for 700-Year-Old Glacier Killed by Climate Change - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:50:32] <exec> 08└─Global warming is wrong because we're going to have a mini ice age ANY DAY NOW.
[23:50:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iceland Holds Funeral for 700-Year-Old Glacier Killed by Climate Change - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:50:34] <exec> 08└─You don't know what you'll do next year, much less predict what will happen in thousands years.
[23:50:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iceland Holds Funeral for 700-Year-Old Glacier Killed by Climate Change - 372 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:50:36] <exec> 08└─Its hilarious that you think: 1) The tiny amoutns of CO2 humans may have added to the atmosphere could make the planet uninhabitable 2) Humans won't need to adapt to abrupt climate change in the future (much worse than this slow change over centuries non-threat) There are ancient roman ruins complet...
[23:50:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iceland Holds Funeral for 700-Year-Old Glacier Killed by Climate Change - 214 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:50:39] <exec> 08└─Go on a trip: https://www.boatinternational.com [boatinternational.com] This is going to happen again.
[23:50:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03digitalaudiorock [688] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iceland Holds Funeral for 700-Year-Old Glacier Killed by Climate Change - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:50:41] <exec> 08└─What in the world are you talking about? To begin with, there is no PhD in astrology. Your post goes downhill from there.
[23:50:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iceland Holds Funeral for 700-Year-Old Glacier Killed by Climate Change - 235 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:50:43] <exec> 08└─That is obviously his point. The problem is the failure of his "history" to be real. It is difficult for me to understand how so many people can be on this site with the same poor reading comprehension, so I suspect some sock puppetry.
[23:51:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pipedot is Still Going - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:51:43] <exec> 08└─Glad to see your still around Bryan! I check on the pipe at least once a month hoping to see a stir of life. Glad to see it has not gone quietly into the night.
[23:51:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Pipedot is Still Going - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:51:44] <exec> 08└─when this site started, we kinda lucked out and got the best of /. trolls
[23:54:58] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] 02 - 06Microwaving Eggs Can Lead to Being Blinded - 1375 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:54:58] <exec> 08└─That was my reaction too to the question about science ed in the summary here: Yes, we should teach better science ed. On the other hand, "everyday acts that people undertake in their daily lives which can have devastating consequences if not handled correctly" includes a lot of things most people d...
[23:56:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Many Extra Books Could You Read If You Quit Social Media? - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:56:39] <exec> 08└─Did the researcher at least cite his source: https://xkcd.com [xkcd.com]
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