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[00:49:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Some call me Tim [5819] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Capsule Containing Russian Humanoid Robot Fails To Dock With ISS - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:49:45] <exec> 08└─https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/08/24/station-crew-to-clear-port-for-second-soyuz-docking-attempt/ [spaceflightnow.com]
[00:49:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03istartedi [123] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Capsule Containing Russian Humanoid Robot Fails To Dock With ISS - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:49:47] <exec> 08└─The robot sent a message: 1001001 SOS. 1001001 In distress. I'm also given to understand that Unit 1 is scared out of its wits.
[00:49:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Capsule Containing Russian Humanoid Robot Fails To Dock With ISS - 190 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:49:49] <exec> 08└─A Russian robot with "non lethal capabilities, trust us" orbiting around the ISS. What is your level of paranoia? Is this a failed docking attempt, or a successful "failed docking attempt"?
[00:50:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Deadly Superbug Outbreak in Humans Linked to Antibiotic Spike in Cows - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:50:11] <exec> 08└─Nope, EF is a known fool. Call 'em as you see 'em - he is stupid.
[00:50:21] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03pTamok [3042] 02 - 06Neil Young on Sound Quality - 743 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:50:22] <exec> 08└─Actually, it is getting increasingly difficult to find CDs pressed from masters produced before the before the loudness wars. Many 'classic' albums have been remastered after having been butchered - the Wikipedia page on Loudness war [wikipedia.org] gives clear examples. Codecs have become very good...
[00:50:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Neil Young on Sound Quality - 766 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:50:35] <exec> 08└─Because doing so costs more. In both studio production and to the end user. There are enough people sated on Taylor Swift and flavor-of-the-week who'd rather pay only $0.99 or $1.29 a song rather than $5.00 for songs produced at higher quality. It's always been that way - you think people liked the...
[00:50:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hartree [195] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Neil Young on Sound Quality - 526 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:50:36] <exec> 08└─"Well, I hope Neil Young will remember. A southern man don't need him around anyhow!" Neil Young is one of those artists I have a distinctly love/hate relationship with. When he sings in that screeching high falsetto like on Southern Man I cringe and often change the station. Heart of Gold was OK wh...
[00:50:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Neil Young on Sound Quality - 650 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:50:39] <exec> 08└─Modded you insightful on both, but as TFA (along with everything else I've ever read about the guy) the problem is that he's a true believer. He did PONO not only to make money - although he doesn't perform for free, either... - but also because he does really believe in the passion of preserving qu...
[00:50:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Neil Young on Sound Quality - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:50:41] <exec> 08└─People who want the quality can get it
[00:50:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Neil Young on Sound Quality - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:50:43] <exec> 08└─Neil's music sounds like crap at any fidelty.
[00:50:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Neil Young on Sound Quality - 158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:50:45] <exec> 08└─People who want the quality can get it - storage, processing power, and com speed are more than adequate to produce and use non-lossy high-quality recordings.
[00:51:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03shortscreen [2252] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA Astronaut's Divorce Leads to Allegation of Criminal Wrongdoing in Space - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:51:09] <exec> 08└─US law applies everywhere. Except off-shore tax havens.
[00:51:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06YouTube Banning Combat Robots, Mistaking Them for Animal Fights - 567 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:51:32] <exec> 08└─Came here to say this, and surprised that Bot hasn't come to weigh in. Violence is violence. Wanton destruction of plants - burning forest, hacking flowers apart, stepping on ripe fruit - is still destructive. Glorifying destruction (instead of grounding it - we are not photosynthesists and we have...
[00:51:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06YouTube Banning Combat Robots, Mistaking Them for Animal Fights - 174 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:51:33] <exec> 08└─What does this mean? Clearly gross is being used in an unusual way, but I've no idea what it is, and have seen this usage a fair bit. Could you please explain this new usage.
[00:52:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06EU Officials Draft Plan to Take On Trump, China and US Tech - 319 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:52:04] <exec> 08└─I'd agree, except "throwing money at cronies, ratcheting a little more on human freedom" seems to be the politics of Obama and Bush as well. Maybe I could go on, but I'm not THAT familiar with American politics. I'm sure Clinton and other Bush, etc, shovelled loads of cash to friends, at the least....
[00:52:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06EU Officials Draft Plan to Take On Trump, China and US Tech - 330 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:52:05] <exec> 08└─That short term thinking you mentioned is a BIG fault of US companies: long term planning is needed to go up against China, but the American reward is "Gimme! NOW! I don't care about tomorrow." Meanwhile, China is thinking decades ahead. Belt and road...South China seas... robotics... making friends...
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[01:49:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Capsule Containing Russian Humanoid Robot Fails To Dock With ISS - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:49:48] <exec> 08└─Because the ISS belongs to America, and that nogoodnik android was sent to spy on our astronauts. America will Make Space Great Again.
[01:49:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Capsule Containing Russian Humanoid Robot Fails To Dock With ISS - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:49:49] <exec> 08└─Russia can send humans to space and just launched a newly designed rocket with a robot as a test crew, wich failed to dock due to ISS issues.
[01:49:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Capsule Containing Russian Humanoid Robot Fails To Dock With ISS - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:49:52] <exec> 08└─Not to worry, it was putin safemode.
[01:49:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Capsule Containing Russian Humanoid Robot Fails To Dock With ISS - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:49:54] <exec> 08└─Astronauts must be pissed that mission failed.
[01:50:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score: 3, Touché) 02 - 06Neil Young on Sound Quality - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:50:45] <exec> 08└─Dynamic range means the loud parts are too loud and the quiet parts are too quiet. When I listen to music I've either got road noise or machine noise competing for my ears.
[01:50:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Neil Young on Sound Quality - 4 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:50:47] <exec> 08└─Huh?
[01:50:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Neil Young on Sound Quality - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:50:49] <exec> 08└─Neil Young is just getting Neil Old.
[01:50:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03shortscreen [2252] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Neil Young on Sound Quality - 1144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:50:51] <exec> 08└─I disagree entirely. 16 bits is more than adequate for playback. The purpose of greater bit depths (ie. 24-bit) is to prevent data loss during the mixing process, because when you amplify, attenuate, or combine two 16-bit samples you need additional bits to represent a precise result. 16 bits gives...
[01:50:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03mendax [2840] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Neil Young on Sound Quality - 346 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:50:53] <exec> 08└─It is worth noting that most people don't have the radar ears of Neil Young and can't appreciate the difference or don't care about the difference between digitally compressed and uncompressed recordings. That is probably the reason why audiophile-type formats like SACD and DVD audio never gained an...
[01:51:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA Astronaut's Divorce Leads to Allegation of Criminal Wrongdoing in Space - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:51:18] <exec> 08└─Captain, ship or aircraft, decides. Can wed, can execute. The only magic word he has to say - it was needed for *safety*.
[01:51:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NASA Astronaut's Divorce Leads to Allegation of Criminal Wrongdoing in Space - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:51:19] <exec> 08└─Meantime a hole was drilled in the skin of ISS supposedly to expedite the return. Hmm...
[01:51:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06YouTube Banning Combat Robots, Mistaking Them for Animal Fights - 279 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:51:44] <exec> 08└─No, no, no.... It's just PETR. People for the Ethical Treatment of Robots. What do you mean that it doesn't roll off the tongue and makes it seem like we're just a lazy and weak rip-off of another organization? Nobody, but nobody, gets away with accusing us of being a limp PETR.
[01:51:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06YouTube Banning Combat Robots, Mistaking Them for Animal Fights - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:51:45] <exec> 08└─Number Six [wikimedia.org]
[01:52:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06EU Officials Draft Plan to Take On Trump, China and US Tech - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:52:17] <exec> 08└─Easily solved with legislation, tariffs, embargoes.
[01:52:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06EU Officials Draft Plan to Take On Trump, China and US Tech - 289 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:52:19] <exec> 08└─Good luck with your "nurtured a economy" when it comes to funding armed forces, postal system, health system, aerospace, etc. You really think corporations are going to build your country? Governments all over the world invest in areas of their countries where corporations won't or can't.
[01:53:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Alleged "Snake Oil" Crypto Company Sues Over Boos at Black Hat - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:53:34] <exec> 08└─focuses on the use of digital root analysis (a type of calculation that has been used in occult numerology)
[01:55:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Billionaire David Koch Dies at 79 - 281 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:55:47] <exec> 08└─First Amendment applying to corporations has all sorts of problems for all sorts of reasons, and would take up a whole textbook which I'm sure exists, but one implication is a foreign government (say the Russians) can meddle in US elections, in ways you can't imagine, ... legally.
[01:55:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Billionaire David Koch Dies at 79 - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:55:48] <exec> 08└─This deadly chemical that DuPont continued to use well after it knew it was linked to health problems is now practically everywhere.
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[02:50:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03shortscreen [2252] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Deadly Superbug Outbreak in Humans Linked to Antibiotic Spike in Cows - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:50:18] <exec> 08└─Poor people who don't have antibiotics in the first place don't breed antibiotic-resistant strains.
[02:50:39] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Neil Young on Sound Quality - 1069 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:50:39] <exec> 08└─That is not why they sound distorted. The best way to understand the limitation of CDs and how hard they are to mix is that PCM is linear, but our hearing is logarithmic. A sound that is twice as loud on the PCM stream (e.g. moving from the values 128 to 256 or 32767 to 65534) is not perceived as tw...
[02:50:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Neil Young on Sound Quality - 337 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:50:54] <exec> 08└─Pandora is definitely blocked at my job (hello Windscribe and any other number of free VPNs...) I used to be a paying Pandora subscriber, at $30 / year back in 2008, and $36 a year a little later - their current rates are insane, when we listen to Pandora now we pay by enduring the ads, not by sendi...
[02:50:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Neil Young on Sound Quality - 287 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:50:55] <exec> 08└─Yeah, I guess I could have said "Digital Radio" better... it's hard for me to wrap my head around "Radio" being applied to music delivered over the internet, but I suppose with 3G/4G that's applicable now... They seem to count and track FM listeners well enough to satisfy advertisers...
[02:50:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Neil Young on Sound Quality - 923 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:50:57] <exec> 08└─Most people lack the quality audio equipment needed. On a good amp with serious speakers I can tell the difference between 192kbps mp3 and flac on quality source material. But that is only in an otherwise quiet room listening intently. But if the bitrate is lowered to 128kbs I can even tell the diff...
[02:50:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Neil Young on Sound Quality - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:50:59] <exec> 08└─I've never met him. Should I know who Neil Young is? My brief scan of the article makes him sound like just another audiophile.
[02:51:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03ilPapa [2366] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Neil Young on Sound Quality - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:51:01] <exec> 08└─When the only source the consumer has access to is over compressed then it doesn't matter the quality of your receiver, speakers, com speed, NAS size, whatever
[02:51:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03fliptop [1666] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Neil Young on Sound Quality - 668 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:51:03] <exec> 08└─A few weeks ago I took a day trip w/ my girlfriend. We took my car, which does not have bluetooth pairing (her car has it). While driving through BFE Ohio for a spell we couldn't find a good radio station. So she took out her phone and asked me what I wanted to hear. "You can't pair that in my car t...
[02:51:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Neil Young on Sound Quality - 655 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:51:06] <exec> 08└─In the US, most FM broadcasters now have an HD feed, and HD receivers are extremely common in cars produced in the past decade plus, as well as in basically every aftermarket head unit. Radio receivers in component stereos almost always have it as well. El-cheapo bedside clock radios don't necessari...
[02:51:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Neil Young on Sound Quality - 349 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:51:08] <exec> 08└─That's spot-on, and I've thought for years that listening devices should have a variable compression adjustment so that people can adjust the dynamic range to suit their environment. That said, many car radios do that automatically. The radio in my dad's car, somewhat older, adjusts its volume to ro...
[02:51:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06NASA Astronaut's Divorce Leads to Allegation of Criminal Wrongdoing in Space - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:51:34] <exec> 08└─The first crime in space is committed by a lesbian.
[02:52:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06EU Officials Draft Plan to Take On Trump, China and US Tech - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:52:34] <exec> 08└─Good luck with your "nurtured a economy" when it comes to funding armed forces, postal system, health system, aerospace, etc.
[02:53:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Alleged "Snake Oil" Crypto Company Sues Over Boos at Black Hat - 13 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:53:49] <exec> 08└─Math is hard.
[02:56:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Billionaire David Koch Dies at 79 - 429 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:56:03] <exec> 08└─The point is, the company KNEW they were poisoning the environment and even after people's cattle died from drinking it in the water and eating it in their food, and after people turned up with cancer CAUSED by the C8, they covered it up and kept doing it because of the Dollars they were making. The...
[02:56:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Billionaire David Koch Dies at 79 - 343 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:56:05] <exec> 08└─The weird dichotomy you speak of is American politics. The left isn't left, the right is less right than the left, identity politics pressures every group to hate every other group, on and on it goes. Me? I'm the moderate, remember? If one or more of my position seems crazy to you, it's probably bec...
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[03:49:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Man Sued for Using Bogus YouTube Takedowns to Get Address for Swatting - 291 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:49:45] <exec> 08└─The bastard should be in prison, and his victims dividing his possessions among themselves. Law enforcement and everyone who supports the 911 system should be in line to crucify him. And, yes, as the last sentence of TFS notes, And fraudulent takedown notices are themselves against the law.
[03:50:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06Deadly Superbug Outbreak in Humans Linked to Antibiotic Spike in Cows - 1567 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:50:22] <exec> 08└─The whole point is that these were apparently health cattle; otherwise, they would have been flagged for potential adulteration at the farm or slaughterhouse. There are exactly two reasons for giving the cattle non-therapudic doses of antibiotics. The first is because you are overcrowding your CAFO...
[03:50:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Deadly Superbug Outbreak in Humans Linked to Antibiotic Spike in Cows - 361 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:50:23] <exec> 08└─If I may change one word in your post? " a few greedy businessmen cause a lot of harm to all of us." IMO, those people who run those corporate and even privately owned mega-farms are not farmers at all. Farmers are at the least marginally in touch with, and in tune with, nature. Businessmen whose on...
[03:50:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Deadly Superbug Outbreak in Humans Linked to Antibiotic Spike in Cows - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:50:25] <exec> 08└─Disease has multiple vectors. The Jew and the Brown Man can't be the only vectors of disease in this world. FFS, EF, get a grip!
[03:50:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03rylyeh [6726] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Deadly Superbug Outbreak in Humans Linked to Antibiotic Spike in Cows - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:50:27] <exec> 08└─I'd like an inoculation to the mutual osculation of Dumb-asses! 🐙
[03:50:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Deadly Superbug Outbreak in Humans Linked to Antibiotic Spike in Cows - 677 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:50:30] <exec> 08└─No it won't. Raising cattle under unhealthy, unsanity conditions, feeding them corn meal and reprocessed waste and whatnot is the problem. I live in a country where you grow cows by putting them out in a paddock and having them eat grass. We don't dose them with antibiotics or other crap, and there'...
[03:50:47] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03qzm [3260] 02 - 06Neil Young on Sound Quality - 621 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:50:47] <exec> 08└─Could we please change the title to 'Neil Young, promoting his commercial product, the PONO music player, said....' And yet what he says still makes little sense. There is nothing inate in in these technologies that FORCES producers to shorten and over-compress their music. It is simply the choice t...
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[03:51:03] <exec> 08└─I disagree entirely. 16 bits is more than adequate for playback. The purpose of greater bit depths (ie. 24-bit) is to prevent data loss during the mixing process, because when you amplify, attenuate, or combine two 16-bit samples you need additional bits to represent a precise result. 16 bits gives...
[03:51:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Neil Young on Sound Quality - 892 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:51:13] <exec> 08└─Everybody can tell the difference between crappy loudness war era music and music that was actually mastered to sound good. It's just that when played on tiny earbuds in noisy environments, louder sounds better. I hate the way music produced today sounds, but I can certainly remember being in highsc...
[03:51:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Neil Young on Sound Quality - 228 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:51:14] <exec> 08└─We are now at the point of turning up the sound to hear speech, and having to turn it down during commercials as they are glaringly loud. In some movies the music is overwhelmingly loud and the speech so soft it is hard to hear.
[03:51:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NASA Astronaut's Divorce Leads to Allegation of Criminal Wrongdoing in Space - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:51:43] <exec> 08└─My favorite is the shadow object [theflatearthsociety.org], otherwise known as Gaea. People living on Gaea refer to the Earth as the "mystic moon," thus proving that the Earth is round.
[03:52:26] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Gaaark [41] 02 - 06EU Officials Draft Plan to Take On Trump, China and US Tech - 111 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:52:26] <exec> 08└─"protectionism, throwing money at cronies, ratcheting a little more on human freedom" So...what Trump is doing?
[03:52:36] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03barbara hudson [6443] 02 - 06EU Officials Draft Plan to Take On Trump, China and US Tech - 1387 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:52:36] <exec> 08└─Better hope it doesn't happen. The US is far behind China in number of patents filed each year. In fact, China filed more patents than received at the European Patent Org., Japan, Korea, and the US combined. China has been working towards being the #1 power in robotics by 2025, and they started buy...
[03:52:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06EU Officials Draft Plan to Take On Trump, China and US Tech - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:52:45] <exec> 08└─I guess you never heard of GSM cellphone standard or Airbus or any of the numerous fine European companies.
[03:52:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06EU Officials Draft Plan to Take On Trump, China and US Tech - 201 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:52:47] <exec> 08└─I'm not sure if they can. Although China has a lot of industry concentrated in large cities, a lot of the rural population is still living in the 1800s. You can argue their developed status either way.
[03:52:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06EU Officials Draft Plan to Take On Trump, China and US Tech - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:52:49] <exec> 08└─How do you spell Bell Labs in Russian?
[03:54:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Alleged "Snake Oil" Crypto Company Sues Over Boos at Black Hat - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:54:07] <exec> 08└─The dumb fucks can't spell either: "The number 5 is also excluded lest the number is devisable by 5 and hence not a prime."
[03:54:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Study Corroborates the Influence of Planetary Tidal Forces on Solar Activity - 777 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:54:38] <exec> 08└─Yes, and thanks for the encouragement. Wish I knew who you were. Some ACs are really awesome here. Some I'd delete and block if I could. Frustrating not knowing who I'm writing to. In fact my university, as I'm sure is true of others, has an open-house every summer with quite a few telescopes on the...
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[03:54:39] <exec> 08└─Yes, it's pretty cool. Okay, so IIRC, gravitational force is inversely proportional to the square of the distance between the objects. But magnetic force is inversely proportional to the 4th power. So at distance X, 2 planets have have Y gravitational force, but at 2X, the force is 1/4 Y. With magne...
[03:56:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Billionaire David Koch Dies at 79 - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:56:26] <exec> 08└─even after people's cattle died from drinking it in the water and eating it in their food
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[04:49:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Australia Wants to Limit Cash Transactions to 10K or Face Jail Time - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:49:44] <exec> 08└─What is going to be done when it passes?
[04:49:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Barenflimski [6836] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Man Sued for Using Bogus YouTube Takedowns to Get Address for Swatting - 565 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:49:52] <exec> 08└─You know this guy is far from the only person doxxed by these take down notices. I'm not sure what bugs me the most about this entire mess. Google's system of generally not caring about the people in their own gig economy, a system setup to favor abusive copyright take down notices, the entire copy...
[04:50:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Capsule Containing Russian Humanoid Robot Fails To Dock With ISS - 493 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:50:06] <exec> 08└─The bot has other plans. It doesn't want to hang with boring old humans. It's sitting there right now, considering alternatives. Not enough fuel to go anywhere interesting, and in all likelihood, the Russians are on their way to recover their property. The bot's best move may be to wait for "rescue"...
[04:50:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Deadly Superbug Outbreak in Humans Linked to Antibiotic Spike in Cows - 906 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:50:35] <exec> 08└─That is the reason why some brands of beef don't let you market your meet using the brand if you raise the cows with too high a density or without following the approved diet. Many farmers, including some of my neighbors, will tell you it doesn't make a difference, while also following said guidelin...
[04:50:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Deadly Superbug Outbreak in Humans Linked to Antibiotic Spike in Cows - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:50:37] <exec> 08└─FWIW, USDA grades are not "quality" measures in the way most people think.
[04:50:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Deadly Superbug Outbreak in Humans Linked to Antibiotic Spike in Cows - 669 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:50:39] <exec> 08└─The recommended process to kill Salmonella is to cook to a 145 degree hold for 3 minutes followed by a 5 minute rest (note that is not enough to kill other types of bacteria that may be present). Medium rare is an internal temperature of 135 degrees and a 5 minute rest. Even medium's 145 internal te...
[04:51:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Neil Young on Sound Quality - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:51:24] <exec> 08└─Youngster! If you were a little older, you would have heard the "super group", Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young aka CSNY.
[04:51:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Neil Young on Sound Quality - 752 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:51:26] <exec> 08└─Haven't done it recently, but I used to frequent bars with live music and record it for my own use. Back then it was a Sony Walkman Pro (high quality cassette recorder) and some nice mics. The recording kit all fit into a small waist pack with a compact mic stand. Before that I met a few people that...
[04:52:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06YouTube Banning Combat Robots, Mistaking Them for Animal Fights - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:52:21] <exec> 08└─Even jews think you are stupid.
[04:53:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Coward, Anonymous [7017] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Federal Agency Turf War Over the 5.9 GHz Spectrum Could Hand 5G Victory to China - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:53:55] <exec> 08└─Companies like Starry Internet offer fixed-endpoint 5G in cities to compete with cable internet. Seems like they have a decent product, and the competition is sorely needed
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[05:49:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03MadTinfoilHatter [4635] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Wants to Limit Cash Transactions to 10K or Face Jail Time - 539 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:49:46] <exec> 08└─Step 1. Cashless soceiety - all monetary transactions are strictly controlled. Step 2. Centralized world government. Step 3. And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save h...
[05:49:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australia Wants to Limit Cash Transactions to 10K or Face Jail Time - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:49:47] <exec> 08└─Step 0: Take away all the guns
[05:49:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Wants to Limit Cash Transactions to 10K or Face Jail Time - 251 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:49:49] <exec> 08└─It's not only the government that wants a cashless society, it's also the banks. If you cannot simply withdraw your money from the account and store it in cash, they can enforce negative interest on it. And, of course, fees for every payment you make.
[05:49:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Man Sued for Using Bogus YouTube Takedowns to Get Address for Swatting - 155 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:49:59] <exec> 08└─I think a lot of it comes from people "just doing their jobs", "just following orders", and CYA instead of taking personal responsibility in their actions.
[05:50:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Man Sued for Using Bogus YouTube Takedowns to Get Address for Swatting - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:50:01] <exec> 08└─Cops will be happy. They can armor up and maybe shoot somebody not just once, but twice. Who in their right mind would give their home address?
[05:53:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Phone Companies and State Attorneys General Join Forces to Fight Robocalls - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:53:30] <exec> 08└─So, all your calls are routed to the police station... Tapping the line is so much easier now.
[05:53:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Phone Companies and State Attorneys General Join Forces to Fight Robocalls - 436 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:53:32] <exec> 08└─I've said that before. Phone spam is only a problem in countries where you pay to receive phone calls. It is a fucked up system that the phone companies have somehow convinced you poor buggers is normal. Due to bulk calling rates they make a shitload more off of you receiving calls than they do off...
[05:53:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Phone Companies and State Attorneys General Join Forces to Fight Robocalls - 546 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:53:34] <exec> 08└─It doesn't matter how cheap it is to call, what matters is who pays. If they can push the cost off on you they make money. The phone company makes money from spam. You pay. The only way to fix it is to turn the system around and stop the payments. Then the spam will stop. (I would bet that the spam...
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[06:49:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australia Wants to Limit Cash Transactions to 10K or Face Jail Time - 254 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:49:48] <exec> 08└─Step 3 is called "Australia Card ID" with Australia Post lining up to be the provider of choice spouting their MyPost honeypot along with collection of data while processing passports for being the trusted source for all Australian identity transactions.
[06:49:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australia Wants to Limit Cash Transactions to 10K or Face Jail Time - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:49:49] <exec> 08└─Befriend your local drug dealer.
[06:49:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australia Wants to Limit Cash Transactions to 10K or Face Jail Time - 318 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:49:51] <exec> 08└─Considering that we will be at negative interest soon that is a real problem. They are considering increasing the GST from 10% to 15% but that will cause such outrage and lack of confidence in the government and banking systems that by itself could result in a rush on the banks which Australia canno...
[06:49:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03qzm [3260] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Wants to Limit Cash Transactions to 10K or Face Jail Time - 431 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:49:53] <exec> 08└─Exactly, they all want to be able to control everything you do. Making sure they have oversight over every small aspect of your life is the reason for this, not 'drugs' The criminals will all still keep working away, with little or no impact, because they will have a small herd of minions to split u...
[06:49:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australia Wants to Limit Cash Transactions to 10K or Face Jail Time - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:49:56] <exec> 08└─The limit also wouldn't apply when depositing or withdrawing money from a bank.
[06:50:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Man Sued for Using Bogus YouTube Takedowns to Get Address for Swatting - 209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:50:06] <exec> 08└─The sad part is that other people could do it and get away with it. "Doxing" isn't exactly a crime, it's on you to prove that the claim is fraudulent, and they could use fake details to file the initial claim.
[06:50:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Man Sued for Using Bogus YouTube Takedowns to Get Address for Swatting - 1387 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:50:07] <exec> 08└─But I thought that the big corporations that wrote these laws only had the small poor poor artists in mind. How come these laws are being used to hinder the poor artists? Surely the big corporations that wrote these laws weren't thinking only of themselves, right? Does anyone else find it ridiculous...
[06:50:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03EETech1 [957] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Capsule Containing Russian Humanoid Robot Fails To Dock With ISS - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:50:22] <exec> 08└─http://russianspaceweb.com/soyuz-ms-14.html [russianspaceweb.com]
[06:51:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03qzm [3260] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Neil Young on Sound Quality - 999 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:51:41] <exec> 08└─There is a huge chasm of difference between 'listening on a cellphone speaker' and 'earbuds and AAC are shit and destroy the artistic effort of musicians' Actually in just about any car (although less in just a few) even the shite compression of most bluetooth audio transfer barely matters, since th...
[06:51:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Neil Young on Sound Quality - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:51:42] <exec> 08└─Most people lack the quality audio equipment needed.
[06:53:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06EU Officials Draft Plan to Take On Trump, China and US Tech - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:53:15] <exec> 08└─name one single mainstream software product at the level of Windows, Office, OS X, Gmail, etc, that comes from Europe
[06:53:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06EU Officials Draft Plan to Take On Trump, China and US Tech - 197 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:53:16] <exec> 08└─The correct phrasing is "it's a million to one shot, but it just might work". You have to actually say it out loud at a dramatic moment, and then nine times out of ten it will work. (thanks pterry)
[06:53:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03rleigh [4887] (Score: 2) 02 - 06EU Officials Draft Plan to Take On Trump, China and US Tech - 800 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:53:18] <exec> 08└─StarDivision (Germany) produced StarOffice, which begat OpenOffice and LibreOffice. The problem with most of the products you mentioned, is that they are inevitably monopolies. Interoperability requirements has led to near monocultures in most of these categories. This is not a reflection on the cou...
[06:53:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06EU Officials Draft Plan to Take On Trump, China and US Tech - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:53:20] <exec> 08└─name one single mainstream software product at the level of Windows, Office, OS X, Gmail, etc, that comes from Europe
[06:54:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Alleged "Snake Oil" Crypto Company Sues Over Boos at Black Hat - 367 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:54:41] <exec> 08└─If I multiply two large prime numbers and give him the product can he then tell me what factors I used to create that product within a reasonable period of time? If he can then he just broke all of public key cryptography and deserves a Nobel prize. If he can't prove that he can factor prime number...
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[07:49:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 2, Funny) 02 - 06Australia Wants to Limit Cash Transactions to 10K or Face Jail Time - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:49:56] <exec> 08└─Australians blow on their long dark indigenous didgeridoos. They are masters of sucking cock. BWWWOOOOOOFBHFBHFBFBHFBHFBHFHFBHFBHFBFHBHBF
[07:49:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03fido_dogstoyevsky [131] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Wants to Limit Cash Transactions to 10K or Face Jail Time - 251 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:49:58] <exec> 08└─It's not only the government that wants a cashless society, it's also the banks. If you cannot simply withdraw your money from the account and store it in cash, they can enforce negative interest on it. And, of course, fees for every payment you make.
[07:49:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 3, Touché) 02 - 06Australia Wants to Limit Cash Transactions to 10K or Face Jail Time - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:50:00] <exec> 08└─Australia is midway through converting from the 150-year-old Torrens title paper system of exchanging property, to electronic certificates.
[07:51:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Neil Young on Sound Quality - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:51:46] <exec> 08└─On the other hand, a lot of modern stuff wouldn't profit from higher dynamic range anyway. I doubt rap would sound better played from CD on high-quality HiFi equipment.
[07:57:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Billionaire David Koch Dies at 79 - 278 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:57:05] <exec> 08└─A jew, a holocaust survivor who managed to live to be an old man, dies and goes to heaven. He meets God, and tells God a joke about something that happened while he was in a concentration camp. God replies, "That's not funny." The Jewish man says, "I guess you had to be there."
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[08:50:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Wants to Limit Cash Transactions to 10K or Face Jail Time - 511 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:50:03] <exec> 08└─One might presume that you are Australian, and speaking for Australia. We have much the same here in the states, so a presumption that you are American might be valid. It's good advice for people to always keep cash on hand. Of course, people who live payday-to-payday aren't going to keep much more...
[08:50:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australia Wants to Limit Cash Transactions to 10K or Face Jail Time - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:50:05] <exec> 08└─What absolute BS. Try taking out 10K right now in cash
[08:50:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Capsule Containing Russian Humanoid Robot Fails To Dock With ISS - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:50:33] <exec> 08└─Wow, what a Rush......(:
[08:51:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Deadly Superbug Outbreak in Humans Linked to Antibiotic Spike in Cows - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:51:06] <exec> 08└─Farmers are at the least marginally in touch with, and in tune with, nature.
[08:52:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmichaelhudsondotnet [8122] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA Astronaut's Divorce Leads to Allegation of Criminal Wrongdoing in Space - 880 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:52:26] <exec> 08└─This is why we need to ban rich people from space, they will just go there to commit their yacht crimes. Not to mention the new 'black site' will be really black, like the blackness of space, no one can hear you scream, black. If this is the best the elites can manage the planet earth, and they are...
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[09:49:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 3, Touché) 02 - 06FAA Warns of $25,000 Fine for "Weaponizing Drones" - 310 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:49:42] <exec> 08└─"Perhaps you've seen online photos and videos of drones with attached guns, bombs, fireworks, flamethrowers, and other dangerous items. Do not consider attaching any items such as these to a drone because operating a drone with such an item may result in significant harm to a person and to your bank...
[09:51:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Deadly Superbug Outbreak in Humans Linked to Antibiotic Spike in Cows - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:51:09] <exec> 08└─His view may be controversial, but that doesn't mean he's wrong.
[09:51:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Deadly Superbug Outbreak in Humans Linked to Antibiotic Spike in Cows - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:51:10] <exec> 08└─Not really farmers, then, are they? They aren't "in touch" with nature. Maybe they aren't big business businessmen either, but still, not real farmers.
[09:52:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA Astronaut's Divorce Leads to Allegation of Criminal Wrongdoing in Space - 529 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:52:31] <exec> 08└─There is no "need" to do anything. Not that you can do anything to stop human advancement into space other than crazy rants. Even if we actually cared about this, it will be decades before there is a significant amount of crime in space. Activity in space is too visible, high profile, and closely tr...
[09:52:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NASA Astronaut's Divorce Leads to Allegation of Criminal Wrongdoing in Space - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:52:33] <exec> 08└─Its just the first one you know about.
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[09:53:42] <exec> 08└─it's not going to be as interoperable, and that's going to kill its commercial viability
[09:53:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06EU Officials Draft Plan to Take On Trump, China and US Tech - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:53:44] <exec> 08└─haven't tested it yet, but built like a tank but virtually impossible to ...uhm ... err ... acquire
[09:54:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Phone Companies and State Attorneys General Join Forces to Fight Robocalls - 443 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:54:16] <exec> 08└─Not paying for receiving calls won't stop spammers. In most of Europe this is the case but we still must put up with over a dozen spam calls per month to land lines. And most of these calls they just hangup on pick-up. Although is true that there are less spam calls to cellular lines. But can you gu...
[09:54:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Federal Agency Turf War Over the 5.9 GHz Spectrum Could Hand 5G Victory to China - 217 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:54:47] <exec> 08└─https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlink_(satellite_constellation) [wikipedia.org] Ubiquitous fiber would be nice, but this will connect a lot of people, especially rural people, at costs that won't be matched by fiber.
[09:55:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Study Corroborates the Influence of Planetary Tidal Forces on Solar Activity - 567 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:55:41] <exec> 08└─Starship is a game changer. There will need to be major adjustments in how NASA works. Ultimately, I think we will see NASA launching at least 10x more probes and space telescopes for the same budget. Slash the testing periods (see JWST for how bad this can get), use a mass produced common platform...
[09:55:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Study Corroborates the Influence of Planetary Tidal Forces on Solar Activity - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:55:43] <exec> 08└─Also, killing SLS/Orion (and preventing a successor) can free up a lot of budget. Some of that might go back to manned spaceflight, but there will be more money for spamming telescopes.
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[10:49:47] <exec> 08└─In my 20s I worked with a guy who was a bit unhinged (he blew a hand off making fireworks). We went target shooting in the desert and he brought an RC plane with a 22 pistol attached. He'd fly that thing and strafe our line of cans we were using as targets. Scared the crap out of us when it was comi...
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[10:49:48] <exec> 08└─... unless you're the US government
[10:50:01] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03MadTinfoilHatter [4635] 02 - 06Australia Wants to Limit Cash Transactions to 10K or Face Jail Time - 539 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:50:01] <exec> 08└─Step 1. Cashless soceiety - all monetary transactions are strictly controlled. Step 2. Centralized world government. Step 3. And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save h...
[10:50:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Wants to Limit Cash Transactions to 10K or Face Jail Time - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:50:15] <exec> 08└─Australia limits cash transactions to $9,900.
[10:50:23] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03mhajicek [51] 02 - 06Man Sued for Using Bogus YouTube Takedowns to Get Address for Swatting - 155 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:50:23] <exec> 08└─I think a lot of it comes from people "just doing their jobs", "just following orders", and CYA instead of taking personal responsibility in their actions.
[10:50:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03inertnet [4071] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Man Sued for Using Bogus YouTube Takedowns to Get Address for Swatting - 155 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:50:28] <exec> 08└─the general attitude of everyone in this mess of "I don't give a fuck", "Let's do it for the lulz", "We're all making money son" and "Shit happens man...."
[10:51:12] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03driverless [4770] 02 - 06Deadly Superbug Outbreak in Humans Linked to Antibiotic Spike in Cows - 677 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:51:12] <exec> 08└─No it won't. Raising cattle under unhealthy, unsanity conditions, feeding them corn meal and reprocessed waste and whatnot is the problem. I live in a country where you grow cows by putting them out in a paddock and having them eat grass. We don't dose them with antibiotics or other crap, and there'...
[10:54:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Phone Companies and State Attorneys General Join Forces to Fight Robocalls - 314 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:54:22] <exec> 08└─"A dozen a month." The yanks are complaining about dozens per day to their cellphones, and they have to pay to receive them. Once the calls are free you can play games. Have 'talk to a spammer day' where everyone competes to keep them on the call as long as possible. Waste their time and money until...
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[11:49:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FAA Warns of $25,000 Fine for "Weaponizing Drones" - 267 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:49:53] <exec> 08└─I'm not a murderer, but if I was, I would be flying my totally stock drone at full pelt straight in my idiotic neighbor's face when he starts putting the music on full blast on his patio at 2am. I'm fairly sure it would be quite lethal, although it's totally unarmed.
[11:49:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FAA Warns of $25,000 Fine for "Weaponizing Drones" - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:49:54] <exec> 08└─Not a handy guy to have around then
[11:49:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FAA Warns of $25,000 Fine for "Weaponizing Drones" - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:49:56] <exec> 08└─Wouldn't it be easier just to load up the drone with as much petrol as it can carry, light a fuse, and fly it over? Probably cheaper just to throw it yourself.
[11:50:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06First Person Dies from Vaping Lung Illness - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:50:04] <exec> 08└─For perspective, according to CDC statistics more than 1300 people die from cigarette-related deaths per day in the United States
[11:50:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03canopic jug [3949] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Wants to Limit Cash Transactions to 10K or Face Jail Time - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:50:26] <exec> 08└─The plumbers and builders and garages will still keep going cash jobs, because 10k is more than most jobs cost.
[11:50:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australia Wants to Limit Cash Transactions to 10K or Face Jail Time - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:50:27] <exec> 08└─Alternatively: Australia degrades to a barter economy because the government destroyed its currency system.
[11:50:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03NoMaster [3543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Wants to Limit Cash Transactions to 10K or Face Jail Time - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:50:29] <exec> 08└─Australian senators …
[11:50:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australia Wants to Limit Cash Transactions to 10K or Face Jail Time - 198 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:50:31] <exec> 08└─I'm sure they'll be leveraging blockchain synergies along with wide open AWS containers running default MongoDB installs for the best security money can buy (as long as it's less than $10kmin cash).
[11:50:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australia Wants to Limit Cash Transactions to 10K or Face Jail Time - 525 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:50:33] <exec> 08└─Negative interest, or whatever other hair brained scheme they dream up next. The background here is that our financialised economy is dysfunctional, and the corrupt incompetents running it need ever more elaborate schemes to keep the plates spinning. The people who brought you CDOs, credit default s...
[11:50:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Wants to Limit Cash Transactions to 10K or Face Jail Time - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:50:36] <exec> 08└─And it'll be written in PHP, because Facebook uses that and so it's got to be good.
[11:52:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Neil Young on Sound Quality - 780 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:52:29] <exec> 08└─Range != granularity Yes, humans can hear a wide dynamic range. Humans cannot distinguish between infinite gradations of volume. You can represent an arbitrarily wide dynamic range with just a single bit: let 0 be the lowest value of the range and 1 be the highest. Oh, you wanted more granularity? L...
[11:54:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 2) 02 - 06EU Officials Draft Plan to Take On Trump, China and US Tech - 652 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:54:12] <exec> 08└─"to set up a European Future Fund that would invest more than $100 billion in equity stakes in high-potential European companies." lawyers picking winners in technology and sciences is so absurdly arrogant and laughable it's difficult to imagine any group of people less suited to drive top-down inno...
[11:54:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06EU Officials Draft Plan to Take On Trump, China and US Tech - 380 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:54:13] <exec> 08└─That's an internal problem. China has the means and knowledge to be a developed country, so it should be classified as such. Otherwise, you provide a big incentive for countries to keep a part of their country living in stone-age conditions to keep their "developing" status. We don't classify the US...
[11:54:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06EU Officials Draft Plan to Take On Trump, China and US Tech - 1106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:54:15] <exec> 08└─"The US is far behind China in number of patents filed each year. " Yet Trump keeps complaining that China is stealing all of our intellectual property and he keeps insisting that their theft costs the U.S. billions of dollars. It looks to me like the exact opposite is true now. We're the ones that...
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[12:49:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Nest Security Cam Bugs Allow Device Takeover - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:49:44] <exec> 08└─Just, you know, asken
[12:49:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Nest Security Cam Bugs Allow Device Takeover - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:49:46] <exec> 08└─they even seem to advertise this "feature" with a very obvious brandname ... if you want to spy ... errr ... monitor your arguably better half then install a nest ... of spyware ^_^
[12:49:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FAA Warns of $25,000 Fine for "Weaponizing Drones" - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:49:59] <exec> 08└─putting the music on full blast on his patio at 2am When my neighbour did that, I threatened to kill his pit-bull with my bare hands. He never did it again.
[12:50:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FAA Warns of $25,000 Fine for "Weaponizing Drones" - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:50:00] <exec> 08└─"Introducing Teh looooong range hand granade "Longbow" version 0.9. now with more UMMmmpf and upgradeable with camera and even friend or foe A.I. for home-in tracking. made in USA 100%"
[12:50:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FAA Warns of $25,000 Fine for "Weaponizing Drones" - 12 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:50:02] <exec> 08└─Thanks Obama
[12:50:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06First Person Dies from Vaping Lung Illness - 219 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:50:11] <exec> 08└─Yea, they "link" everything they can to cigarettes, so who cares if something is "linked" to smoking? I'm sure if there's a negative correlation with some disease they'll never report it though. Biased agenda pushers...
[12:50:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06First Person Dies from Vaping Lung Illness - 626 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:50:13] <exec> 08└─In the past month, the teenagers presented symptoms that appeared manageable and consistent with viral-type infections or bacterial pneumonia — shortness of breath, coughing, fever and abdominal discomfort, Chapman said. But they continued to deteriorate despite appropriate treatment, including wi...
[12:50:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06First Person Dies from Vaping Lung Illness - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:50:15] <exec> 08└─Some taking a selfie at the edge of a ravine some other of vaping. Let them be.
[12:50:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australia Wants to Limit Cash Transactions to 10K or Face Jail Time - 691 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:50:43] <exec> 08└─Read this book from 1939 Germany: https://mises.org [mises.org] Here is a lecture largely based on it: https://youtube.com [youtube.com] These types of currency controls are yet another thing implemented by the Nazis in 1930s Germany that we are seeing rei...
[12:55:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Federal Agency Turf War Over the 5.9 GHz Spectrum Could Hand 5G Victory to China - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:55:26] <exec> 08└─Spend some time in a microwave oven.
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[13:49:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Nest Security Cam Bugs Allow Device Takeover - 596 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:49:46] <exec> 08└─Please, please publish these vulnerabilities... I have a Dropcam - cum Nestcam - cum Googlecam that recently cloud updated its firmware and now shows the bright blue "you're on camera" light. It's a nice physical design, decent-ish video quality (far from the advertised HD, but adequate), and the on...
[13:50:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FAA Warns of $25,000 Fine for "Weaponizing Drones" - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:50:02] <exec> 08└─How am I ever going to get that stupid roadrunner? - Wile E. Coyote
[13:50:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FAA Warns of $25,000 Fine for "Weaponizing Drones" - 267 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:50:03] <exec> 08└─Drones are the modern crossbow. The rich and powerful shitted their pants with the widespread of a weapon of such power and ease to use that enabled unskilled peasants to succesfully commit magnicide. And tried to ban them from East to West as before were the swords.
[13:50:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FAA Warns of $25,000 Fine for "Weaponizing Drones" - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:50:06] <exec> 08└─Trump promised less regulation on business, not more. I need to sell gadgets to my demanding customers! - Acme Corporation
[13:50:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06First Person Dies from Vaping Lung Illness - 14 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:50:16] <exec> 08└─Zero sympathy.
[13:50:26] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] 02 - 06Australia Wants to Limit Cash Transactions to 10K or Face Jail Time - 251 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:50:26] <exec> 08└─It's not only the government that wants a cashless society, it's also the banks. If you cannot simply withdraw your money from the account and store it in cash, they can enforce negative interest on it. And, of course, fees for every payment you make.
[13:50:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australia Wants to Limit Cash Transactions to 10K or Face Jail Time - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:50:46] <exec> 08└─Australia is the testing lab for all dystopian orwellian things.
[13:50:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Wants to Limit Cash Transactions to 10K or Face Jail Time - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:50:47] <exec> 08└─Alternatively: Australia degrades to a barter economy
[13:52:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Neil Young on Sound Quality - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:52:42] <exec> 08└─But with 2^16 gradations of volume we might still have to distinguish 5 from 6.
[13:52:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Neil Young on Sound Quality - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:52:44] <exec> 08└─Background music drowning out speech is a real problem.
[13:53:01] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Bot [3902] 02 - 06NASA Astronaut's Divorce Leads to Allegation of Criminal Wrongdoing in Space - 85 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:53:01] <exec> 08└─We don't divorce. We remove ssh keys, each keeps its own daughterboards and farewell.
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[14:49:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why Const Doesn't Make C Code Faster - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:49:41] <exec> 08└─They could try using ProggyClean with blackboard theme for readability. Code-wise, they could use Contributor Covenant to squash any inclusivity bugs.
[14:49:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why Const Doesn't Make C Code Faster - 16 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:49:43] <exec> 08└─inclusivity bugs
[14:50:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FAA Warns of $25,000 Fine for "Weaponizing Drones" - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:50:10] <exec> 08└─Why would you do that? The dog didn't do nothing...
[14:50:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FAA Warns of $25,000 Fine for "Weaponizing Drones" - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:50:12] <exec> 08└─The penalty for killing a dog is less than for killing a man. Added bonus: one less PB in the world.
[14:50:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australia Wants to Limit Cash Transactions to 10K or Face Jail Time - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:50:54] <exec> 08└─Last I checked, buying drugs is an individual-to-individual transaction.
[14:50:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Australia Wants to Limit Cash Transactions to 10K or Face Jail Time - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:50:55] <exec> 08└─Ok, the government is going to do all these things. Anybody gonna try and stop 'em? Or do we accept our fate?
[14:51:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Spamalope [5233] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Man Sued for Using Bogus YouTube Takedowns to Get Address for Swatting - 190 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:51:09] <exec> 08└─Yeah. The lack of penalty for false reports, shifting the burden to the reported person, only requiring verification of the reported entity are all clues as to what the law are actually for.
[14:51:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Booga1 [6333] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Man Sued for Using Bogus YouTube Takedowns to Get Address for Swatting - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:51:11] <exec> 08└─... the general attitude of everyone in this mess of "I don't give a fuck", "Let's do it for the lulz", "We're all making money son" and "Shit happens man...."
[14:52:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Neil Young on Sound Quality - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:52:55] <exec> 08└─Hey! We natives call it BFO here, not BFE. Oh Aitch Eye Oh.
[14:52:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03digitalaudiorock [688] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Neil Young on Sound Quality - 453 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:52:56] <exec> 08└─This is 100% spot on, and is the single biggest issue with quality of modern recordings. One of the reasons that vinyl records sound good is because you simply can't use those "loud" squashed-to-death mixes, as the needle would literally jump out of the groove. CDs made the loudness war possible, bu...
[14:52:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Neil Young on Sound Quality - 411 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:52:58] <exec> 08└─You've got that backwards. You have to squash the dynamic range on vinyl or it will skip. The relationship between volume and skipping is somewhat more complicated. The loudness on CDs is a compression, not a volume increase as such. They've compressed things by bringing the quiet bits up, but also...
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[15:49:45] <exec> 08└─Nope, exceptions are problematic since they imply that the caller is somehow exceptional.
[15:49:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why Const Doesn't Make C Code Faster - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:49:47] <exec> 08└─Please don't let this guy on our team. Please don't let this guy on our team. Please don't let...
[15:49:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dr Spin [5239] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Const Doesn't Make C Code Faster - 648 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:49:49] <exec> 08└─... by using const - with two printf()s in there? WTF? You could save two whole CPU cycles out of about 5k cycles? Besides which, if the value does not change, then the optimiser should create the same code whether const is there or not. What machine architecture are you using, with what caching? Ha...
[15:49:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03isj [5249] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Const Doesn't Make C Code Faster - 692 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:49:51] <exec> 08└─I assume that many C/C++ programmers already knew that const doesn't necessarily improve performance. But it's still good that there is an article about it so younglings can learn - we old farts are not always that good at disseminating knowledge like that. I don't like that the article's first proo...
[15:49:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Why Const Doesn't Make C Code Faster - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:49:53] <exec> 08└─The point of const is to make variables immutable so people don't fuck with them, not optimize for speed.
[15:50:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FAA Warns of $25,000 Fine for "Weaponizing Drones" - 360 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:50:23] <exec> 08└─I'm not an arsonist, but if I were and were giving you advice, I'd suggest you flying your drone with a flamethrower attached and douse the idiotic neighbor with flame. As he and soon his house burns, you can switch on your own full blast music and play Disco Inferno by The Trammps. It's that nice l...
[15:51:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Australia Wants to Limit Cash Transactions to 10K or Face Jail Time - 315 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:51:07] <exec> 08└─Iceberg ahead! What's the plan, Stan? I got one for starters. Everybody just needs to zero out their debts and quit borrowing money. That is guaranteed to get a reaction. Then there that little thing about reelecting corrupt politicians. Seems to me we could make a pretty good world if people actual...
[15:51:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Australia Wants to Limit Cash Transactions to 10K or Face Jail Time - 369 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:51:09] <exec> 08└─ultra-right-wing conservating whackjob fruitloops Yeah, too bad we have to depend on crazy people to defend our rights. We had that in the States too, when we needed a bunch of republicans for vote for various civil rights acts in '65. And we also had some of them defending us against Clinton's V-Ch...
[15:51:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australia Wants to Limit Cash Transactions to 10K or Face Jail Time - 318 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:51:11] <exec> 08└─One of the last remaining reasons that I cling to life is that I'm so curious as to what, in various countries, the last straw is going to end up being. What will finally be the step too far that brings out the torches and pitchforks? Of course this issue won't bring the Aussies to revolt. But it's...
[15:51:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australia Wants to Limit Cash Transactions to 10K or Face Jail Time - 259 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:51:13] <exec> 08└─Remember that in the states, if a law enforcement officer discovers that you have too large an amount of cash on you, it will be taken away from you on the theory that you obviously have done something wrong. ("too large" is not defined in any way, of course)
[15:51:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03inertnet [4071] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Man Sued for Using Bogus YouTube Takedowns to Get Address for Swatting - 583 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:51:29] <exec> 08└─I think one of the most basic rules for a society should be: "treat others as you want to be treated". Part of the population apparently can't seem to figure this out on their own while growing up. I you want a functioning society, that means that your society should pick up on this where parents fa...
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[15:51:30] <exec> 08└─Gotcha. That certainly makes it clearer in my opinion. Thanks for the explanation.
[15:53:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Neil Young on Sound Quality - 495 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:53:17] <exec> 08└─The consumer tools to do that have been around for ages, but there's still no way for a consumer to turn that compressed junk back into music. I have my whole collection ripped to FLAC cue files. If I need or want the compression, I can have my computer do it all in a short time period and convert t...
[15:53:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Neil Young on Sound Quality - 559 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:53:18] <exec> 08└─I find that hard to believe compressing an analog signal into a digital one that's smaller is hard. You're losing signal and it's much harder to do when you're not even using all of the available space. In other words less compression is easier and requires less work to finish. This has nothing to d...
[15:53:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Neil Young on Sound Quality - 205 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:53:20] <exec> 08└─I noticed that years ago with a pair of middle of the road Sennheisers. I think they were like$70. Not even that expensive. But on so many albums I could hear what the band probably didn't want me to hear.
[15:53:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Neil Young on Sound Quality - 169 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:53:22] <exec> 08└─Here's a marvelous tip that you should keep under your hat: google.com It literally would've taken you less time and keystrokes to find out the answer yourself.
[15:53:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Neil Young on Sound Quality - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:53:24] <exec> 08└─Rap music fidelty would be satisfied on an old style dictation cassette recorder.
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[16:49:52] <exec> 08└─Everybody knows Elon Musk is the only one who can launch rockets. It's Gattaca, man!
[16:50:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why Const Doesn't Make C Code Faster - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:50:06] <exec> 08└─Pointer constness is not about illusion of speed, it is about illusion of safety.
[16:50:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why Const Doesn't Make C Code Faster - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:50:07] <exec> 08└─Const makes C faster like speed holes make your car faster.
[16:50:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why Const Doesn't Make C Code Faster - 1210 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:50:09] <exec> 08└─I was waiting for someone to point this out. Furthermore at least back in the DOS, proprietary unix and 8bit days, I seem to remember it providing other benefits that could speed things up, but it was a secondary effect mostly due to the optimization paths compilers of the day used. const's primary...
[16:50:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03SemperOSS [5072] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Const Doesn't Make C Code Faster - 533 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:50:12] <exec> 08└─I rarely ever use const in my programs, except occasionally as a reminder to myself. I recently did some one-on-one C coaching/mentoring of a young man, who had just started university and told him the rationale behind keywords like const and register, the latter being entirely anachronistic these d...
[16:51:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australia Wants to Limit Cash Transactions to 10K or Face Jail Time - 240 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:51:28] <exec> 08└─Far better to use indexical definitions in your tyrannous laws such that they're initially less objectionable, and then gradually become worse over time without ever requiring the hassle of changing the law in order to change what is legal.
[16:51:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australia Wants to Limit Cash Transactions to 10K or Face Jail Time - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:51:30] <exec> 08└─so is bribing politicians.
[16:51:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australia Wants to Limit Cash Transactions to 10K or Face Jail Time - 231 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:51:32] <exec> 08└─That's because of "anti-money laundering laws". It's also pretty stupid to do large transactions like that with literal cash. People wanting to take out large amount of cash is these days an indication of something weird happening.
[16:53:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Neil Young on Sound Quality - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:53:41] <exec> 08└─what the band probably didn't want me to hear.
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[17:50:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why Const Doesn't Make C Code Faster - 236 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:50:03] <exec> 08└─C, Algol, and Fortran are obsolete languages for old people. Rockstar coders don't use old dead languages for social media marketing. Coding today is about selling an app to a billion idiot users, not about being clever with a computer.
[17:50:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ken_g6 [3706] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Const Doesn't Make C Code Faster - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:50:04] <exec> 08└─Const function arguments won't make code faster. On the other hand, const constants really should, such as this: const int d=4; for(int i=0; i < 100; i++) { printf("%d\n", i/d); }
[17:50:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Why Const Doesn't Make C Code Faster - 254 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:50:06] <exec> 08└─JavaScript runs on the consumer end. Nobody gives a shit about how fast it because we don't fucking run it. As long as we get that sweet sweet data to the advertising server so we can sell targeted ads to the fucking idiot consumer. Nothing else matters.
[17:50:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03BsAtHome [889] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Const Doesn't Make C Code Faster - 1091 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:50:09] <exec> 08└─In this *special* case, that would work. But only if you look at the loop variable 'i' and detect it to be strictly positive. Otherwise, shifting does not always act as you want for integers. Not all compilers distinguish between LSR and ASR. Therefore, you would want to use unsigned types, which ar...
[17:50:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FAA Warns of $25,000 Fine for "Weaponizing Drones" - 212 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:50:40] <exec> 08└─What kind of stock drone do you have? I seriously doubt that a quadcopter to the face is as effective as a bullet. I could totally see a drone crash causing a fatality, but not at the same rate as bullet crashes.
[17:50:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 0, Troll) 02 - 06FAA Warns of $25,000 Fine for "Weaponizing Drones" - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:50:41] <exec> 08└─Neighbors making noise at 2am implies Mexicans. And if you are going to weaponize a drone to target Mexicans, a can of Raid or some Hot Shot bug bombs are going to be the payload.
[17:50:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FAA Warns of $25,000 Fine for "Weaponizing Drones" - 495 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:50:43] <exec> 08└─nobody's talking about people in other countries. we're talking about american citizens. also, the argument could be made that since the US gov military has weaponized drones then the 2a protects the right of the citizens to have weaponized drones. read the Federalist Papers if you are brainwashed a...
[17:50:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FAA Warns of $25,000 Fine for "Weaponizing Drones" - 542 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:50:45] <exec> 08└─pit bulls are some of the best dogs in the world. the problem is they are driven. it's up to the owner to direct that drive. they don't have any inclination to use that drive in any particular direction. if you take a human with a lot of intelligence/potential and drive and you put them in a cage yo...
[17:50:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FAA Warns of $25,000 Fine for "Weaponizing Drones" - 1043 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:50:47] <exec> 08└─So, I worked for a now long and thoroughly defunct drone company which was contracted by the US military to attach a small handgrenade like weapon to their drone for a kamikaze style attack - test - on a pickup truck with two crash test dummies inside. Cut to the chase: total success, truck engine d...
[17:50:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FAA Warns of $25,000 Fine for "Weaponizing Drones" - 438 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:50:49] <exec> 08└─Even the big 6 rotor drones we flew with heavy gimbal-camera payloads were far from lethal - they could give you a nasty flesh wound (as a couple of operators can attest by experience), but with any kind of medical attention you could pretty much walk it off afterwards, no matter how hard they hit y...
[17:50:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FAA Warns of $25,000 Fine for "Weaponizing Drones" - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:50:51] <exec> 08└─Interesting perspective there. I can definitely see why people with reason to fear their constituents would be afraid of, say, a small drone with a chunk of C4 and a time-delay fuse on it.
[17:51:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03epitaxial [3165] (Score: 2) 02 - 06First Person Dies from Vaping Lung Illness - 306 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:51:03] <exec> 08└─You're telling me that inhaling vape juice you bought from a convenience store can be bad for your lungs? This is only going to get worse as you see idiots sucking on those things like a baby with a pacifier. Yeah in moderation it might be fine but putting anything besides air in your lungs is a bad...
[17:51:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06First Person Dies from Vaping Lung Illness - 578 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:51:04] <exec> 08└─Over the last few weeks the local paper has had articles about alleged vaping injuries, conveniently among young people. The narrative of young people vaping has been a PR annoyance for major players in this industry, like Juul. Somewhat unfortunate for the narrative, apparently this guy was not und...
[17:51:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australia Wants to Limit Cash Transactions to 10K or Face Jail Time - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:51:46] <exec> 08└─not a troll, you dumb bitch. also, i'm not the op.
[17:51:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australia Wants to Limit Cash Transactions to 10K or Face Jail Time - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:51:47] <exec> 08└─no shit! what kind of disgusting whore makes excuses for bankster scum.
[17:51:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australia Wants to Limit Cash Transactions to 10K or Face Jail Time - 242 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:51:49] <exec> 08└─yes, the so called "nazis" were state socialists which is what very western nation is becoming/has become, while brainwashed state communists call classic liberals and libertarians "nazis". it'd be laughable if it weren't leading to calamity.
[17:51:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australia Wants to Limit Cash Transactions to 10K or Face Jail Time - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:51:51] <exec> 08└─it's only ok to "launder money" if you're a bank? fuck you.
[17:51:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Wants to Limit Cash Transactions to 10K or Face Jail Time - 818 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:51:53] <exec> 08└─I don't know how many times I have to post this, and HERE of all websites... "666" is code, Gematria specifically, and you need to know Hebrew or Koine for it to work. The passage you're referring to specifically says "Here is [esoteric] wisdom: let him who hath understanding reckon/sum the number o...
[17:52:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Capsule Containing Russian Humanoid Robot Fails To Dock With ISS - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:52:27] <exec> 08└─"The robot sent a message: 1001001 SOS. 1001001 In distress." I thought it would be more like: "Hal, dock with ISS." "I'm afraid I can't do that, Dave."
[17:53:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Deadly Superbug Outbreak in Humans Linked to Antibiotic Spike in Cows - 371 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:53:03] <exec> 08└─Eth isn't just a troll any longer. I'd estimate that he actually wholeheartedly believes the shit he spews, and has done for a good 2 or 3 years now. He's guilty of the classic drug dealer's mistake, viz., getting high on one's own supply. Now he's hooked on his own homemade butt-hash, and has to ke...
[17:54:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Goghit [6530] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Neil Young on Sound Quality - 300 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:54:06] <exec> 08└─A bit like Joey Shithead of the Vancouver punk rock band DOA. Off stage known as Joe Keithley, got himself elected to Burnaby city council. One of the issues he's concerned with is opposing a proposed gondola lift up Burnaby Mountain to Simon Fraser University. Among the problems he foresees: NOISE!
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[18:50:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06TCL Roadmap Leak Shows Off 5G, Foldable Phones for 2020 - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:50:04] <exec> 08└─No one I know wants 5G, this is "smart TVs" 2.0. It is being pushed to increase spying.
[18:50:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Why Const Doesn't Make C Code Faster - 2010 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:50:33] <exec> 08└─Well, let's see. With GCC 8.3.0, you get, (sorry, all the brackets removed, but I can't be arsed to HTML quote them for soylent crappy interface) 0x0000000000000000 : push %rbp 0x0000000000000001 : lea 0x0(%rip),%rbp # 0x8 0x0000000000000008 : push %rbx ...
[18:50:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Why Const Doesn't Make C Code Faster - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:50:34] <exec> 08└─Any compiler worth it's salt should be able to identify constants and optimize accordingly regardless of whether they are declared as const or not.
[18:50:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why Const Doesn't Make C Code Faster - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:50:36] <exec> 08└─You are just scared the boss will find out your code is riddled with exclusivity.
[18:50:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why Const Doesn't Make C Code Faster - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:50:38] <exec> 08└─Look at his command line. gcc -S -Wall -O3 test.c
[18:51:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FAA Warns of $25,000 Fine for "Weaponizing Drones" - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:51:18] <exec> 08└─natural for a red-blooded American
[18:51:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FAA Warns of $25,000 Fine for "Weaponizing Drones" - 215 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:51:19] <exec> 08└─It's my understanding that the problem with a pit-bull is that when it bites, it doesn't want to let go, just bite down harder. Also they're built to take a lot of abuse. (Bulls are quite feisty when you bite them.)
[18:51:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06First Person Dies from Vaping Lung Illness - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:51:34] <exec> 08└─Don't smoke or vape, and your question was the first thing that occurred to me as well. As vaping has apparently been around a lot longer outside the US, are there reports of this mysterious condition from other countries?
[18:52:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Wants to Limit Cash Transactions to 10K or Face Jail Time - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:52:21] <exec> 08└─Negative rates are coming and the government is afraid the people will fuck it. Nothing to do with crime and so on.
[18:52:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australia Wants to Limit Cash Transactions to 10K or Face Jail Time - 270 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:52:22] <exec> 08└─Yep. Left socialists vs Right socialists. Both are awful theories based on the premise the government is your friend instead of a blunt instrument of violence. They lead to the same end result of a totalitarian state that wants to spy on and micromanage everyones lives.
[18:53:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Deadly Superbug Outbreak in Humans Linked to Antibiotic Spike in Cows - 296 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:53:36] <exec> 08└─none is talking about healthcare for cattle, ffs. we're talking about factory farming scum giving low dose antibiotics to prop up their inhumane treatment of animals for profit and the seditious fucks in the government too busy raiding milk coops to slap the shit out of the factory farming scum.
[18:54:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Neil Young on Sound Quality - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:54:42] <exec> 08└─https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWRwD886m90 [youtube.com] this is pearl jam covering a neil young song with neil young playing it with them. neil's the one with the mutton chops
[18:54:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Neil Young on Sound Quality - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:54:44] <exec> 08└─Even a pencil and a pad of paper is overkill for the task at hand.
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[18:58:33] <exec> 08└─But you will still need to validate the readings. It's extremely important that there be overlap, or you lose a lot of certainty when you do comparisons. These are instruments working at the edge of what we can do, and while you can depend on them to be "about the same", you need to calculate correc...
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[19:50:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06TCL Roadmap Leak Shows Off 5G, Foldable Phones for 2020 - 267 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:50:24] <exec> 08└─I want foldable terminal, a big one, wearable as an armguard brace. I have already built several armguard platforms contraptions in past years, but the displays were always inferior to them. It always ends by carrying a server on my arm, instead of a usable terminal.
[19:50:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03SemperOSS [5072] (Score: 2) 02 - 06TCL Roadmap Leak Shows Off 5G, Foldable Phones for 2020 - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:50:25] <exec> 08└─I can't wait to get my origami smartphone that unfolds to a 60" smart TV.
[19:50:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Last Single-Stick Delta Rocket Launched Thursday, and It Put on a Show - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:50:35] <exec> 08└─expect to see more and bigger dicks on our rockets
[19:50:45] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Dr Spin [5239] 02 - 06Why Const Doesn't Make C Code Faster - 648 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:50:45] <exec> 08└─... by using const - with two printf()s in there? WTF? You could save two whole CPU cycles out of about 5k cycles? Besides which, if the value does not change, then the optimiser should create the same code whether const is there or not. What machine architecture are you using, with what caching? Ha...
[19:50:47] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] 02 - 06Why Const Doesn't Make C Code Faster - 105 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:50:48] <exec> 08└─The point of const is to make variables immutable so people don't fuck with them, not optimize for speed.
[19:51:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03barbara hudson [6443] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Const Doesn't Make C Code Faster - 303 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:51:01] <exec> 08└─Coding today is all about tracking people to sell ads. If your app doesn't track people as invasively as possible (remember the dildo that could be worked via a smartphone app that sent data to the mother shit?) you are obsolete. Speaking of which, WTF is up with getting rid of the "volatile" keywo...
[19:51:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why Const Doesn't Make C Code Faster - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:51:02] <exec> 08└─What should I do if my NullPointerException has completed hir transition from an ArrayOutOfBoundsException?
[19:51:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Const Doesn't Make C Code Faster - 303 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:51:04] <exec> 08└─I use const all the time. They're a great use of global scope. Making labels for small constants helps distinguish between multiple constants that happen to have the same value. As to performance, how about "Pascal" for a now obscure performance related C keyword? Think it was deprecated, maybe in C...
[19:51:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FAA Warns of $25,000 Fine for "Weaponizing Drones" - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:51:44] <exec> 08└─And what about against you? A drone weaponized with a re-transmission of Nuremburg Trials?
[19:52:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06First Person Dies from Vaping Lung Illness - 642 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:52:00] <exec> 08└─For that matter, it's been around more than 10 years inside the U.S. Of course, if it was actually the Propylene Glycol we would have been seeing mass casualties after every rock concert. It's not likely the nicotine (or THC in some of the reports) since people have been infaling those vapors for a...
[19:52:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06First Person Dies from Vaping Lung Illness - 375 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:52:01] <exec> 08└─I have not heard about any lung issues from vaping in European media, but since this is happening in the US, my guess would be on 1) people buying vape juice made in some back alley with some unknown ingredients / viruses / bacteria and/or 2) people in desperate socioeconomic conditions, vulnerable...
[19:52:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06First Person Dies from Vaping Lung Illness - 729 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:52:03] <exec> 08└─It's an oddity of tobacco taxation. Back in the day those taxes were introduced under the pretext of reducing consumption. Now that vaping reduces tobacco consumption (more efficient delivery method) the government, ironically enough, joined with the tobacco growers and the cigarette industry to att...
[19:53:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Man Sued for Using Bogus YouTube Takedowns to Get Address for Swatting - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:53:09] <exec> 08└─Cops will be happy. They can armor up and maybe shoot somebody not just once, but twice.
[19:55:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Neil Young on Sound Quality - 268 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:55:09] <exec> 08└─I remember the HD 210 and I think HD 428 would dip down into the $15-$40 range when on sale. Even in this absolute budget tier they would sound pretty good. Same with the no-brand junk Bluetooth headphones I wear. As long as you have headphones, you can do "3d audio".
[19:59:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Study Corroborates the Influence of Planetary Tidal Forces on Solar Activity - 646 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:59:00] <exec> 08└─I would like TESS, Hubble, etc. to work indefinitely. But it remains to be seen if there is willpower to make that happen even with ultra low launch costs. TESS cost under $300 million total. What will servicing it cost (manned or robotic)? This is what TESS is collecting over the first two years. [...
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[20:50:14] <exec> 08└─I wouldn't know anything about cell phones. I'm not gay.
[20:50:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06TCL Roadmap Leak Shows Off 5G, Foldable Phones for 2020 - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:50:16] <exec> 08└─Many phones will fold. Most will unfold again, none still work right after that.
[20:50:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06TCL Roadmap Leak Shows Off 5G, Foldable Phones for 2020 - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:50:18] <exec> 08└─Another Chinese company making phones? Will it therefore be banned too, just like Huawei?
[20:50:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06TCL Roadmap Leak Shows Off 5G, Foldable Phones for 2020 - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:50:20] <exec> 08└─Ahhh, the "straight" beta incel who don't need no phone.
[20:50:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03epitaxial [3165] (Score: 2) 02 - 06TCL Roadmap Leak Shows Off 5G, Foldable Phones for 2020 - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:50:22] <exec> 08└─Just trying to figure out who or what TCL is.
[20:50:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Last Single-Stick Delta Rocket Launched Thursday, and It Put on a Show - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:50:32] <exec> 08└─U got your movies mixed up, GATTACA was more about a world with gene-editing on humans, u in-valid
[20:51:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why Const Doesn't Make C Code Faster - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:51:02] <exec> 08└─sorry, all the brackets removed, but I can't be arsed to HTML quote them for soylent crappy interface
[20:51:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Const Doesn't Make C Code Faster - 195 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:51:03] <exec> 08└─In the original example, it's possible for the argument x to point into variables controlling printf's output buffer, so it'a very possible for *x to change even without calling another function.
[20:51:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Const Doesn't Make C Code Faster - 306 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:51:05] <exec> 08└─I didn't have to look at the compiler output to know that the compiler cannot use const for optimization in this case. Just my general C and C++ knowledge. Let's look at the code: void constFunc(const int *x); void constByArg(const int *x) { printf("%d\n", *x); constFunc(x); printf("%d\n",...
[20:51:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Const Doesn't Make C Code Faster - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:51:07] <exec> 08└─And in which way are the properties of JavaScript relevant for the optimization of code written in C or C++?
[20:51:42] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] 02 - 06FAA Warns of $25,000 Fine for "Weaponizing Drones" - 1043 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:51:42] <exec> 08└─So, I worked for a now long and thoroughly defunct drone company which was contracted by the US military to attach a small handgrenade like weapon to their drone for a kamikaze style attack - test - on a pickup truck with two crash test dummies inside. Cut to the chase: total success, truck engine d...
[20:52:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 1) 02 - 06First Person Dies from Vaping Lung Illness - 252 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:52:05] <exec> 08└─At 1300/day thats 474k/year and 6.7% of the worldwide deaths from tobacco a year. Not making a point just interesting, Also interesting https://ourworldindata.org [ourworldindata.org]
[20:52:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Acabatag [2885] (Score: 2) 02 - 06First Person Dies from Vaping Lung Illness - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:52:07] <exec> 08└─It's worse than that. People are using vape juice they buy as contraband from a dude in a dark alley, because it has prohibited THC in it.
[20:53:02] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Barenflimski [6836] 02 - 06Man Sued for Using Bogus YouTube Takedowns to Get Address for Swatting - 565 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:53:02] <exec> 08└─You know this guy is far from the only person doxxed by these take down notices. I'm not sure what bugs me the most about this entire mess. Google's system of generally not caring about the people in their own gig economy, a system setup to favor abusive copyright take down notices, the entire copy...
[20:53:06] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Man Sued for Using Bogus YouTube Takedowns to Get Address for Swatting - 1387 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:53:07] <exec> 08└─But I thought that the big corporations that wrote these laws only had the small poor poor artists in mind. How come these laws are being used to hinder the poor artists? Surely the big corporations that wrote these laws weren't thinking only of themselves, right? Does anyone else find it ridiculous...
[20:55:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Neil Young on Sound Quality - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:55:15] <exec> 08└─I doubt rap would sound better played from CD on high-quality HiFi equipment.
[21:00:06] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03khallow [3766] 02 - 06Billionaire David Koch Dies at 79 - 86 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:00:06] <exec> 08└─Citizens united, privatized public schooling and fracking just off the top of my head.
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[21:50:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Newgrounds is Creating a Flash Emulator - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:50:25] <exec> 08└─I can play Time Fuck [newgrounds.com] again? That's awesome, thanks!
[21:50:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06TCL Roadmap Leak Shows Off 5G, Foldable Phones for 2020 - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:50:41] <exec> 08└─Is this a commercial? Ugh, of course, it's frnod666 post.
[21:50:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Last Single-Stick Delta Rocket Launched Thursday, and It Put on a Show - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:50:51] <exec> 08└─There were a dozen rocket launches per day in Gattaca, and only the genetically pure elite could be on them. Elon Musk is the elite, and he will launch all dozen rockets.
[21:51:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Const Doesn't Make C Code Faster - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:51:24] <exec> 08└─Throw a SnowFlakeException.
[21:51:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Const Doesn't Make C Code Faster - 197 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:51:26] <exec> 08└─For code there is <ecode>: Tags are <not> a problem </> if you use the right<tm/> tool for the job. Note: I did <em>not</em> encode the tags here (well, except in the line above the <ecode> block).
[21:51:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why Const Doesn't Make C Code Faster - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:51:28] <exec> 08└─saving 2 cycles out of 5k cycles, for a single pass, your right why waste the time. Now call it 2G times... That is real processing power waste.
[21:51:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Why Const Doesn't Make C Code Faster - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:51:30] <exec> 08└─>I use const all the time You mean, like, constantly?
[21:51:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why Const Doesn't Make C Code Faster - 2603 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:51:32] <exec> 08└─I once spent several weeks arguing with one of my fellow senior engineer's over this exact thing. I *SHOWED* him how it was not doing anything. He had spent 2 weeks putting 'const' all over the code. Before functions in the api, in params, ... everywhere. He was one of those show off programmers th...
[21:51:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why Const Doesn't Make C Code Faster - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:51:34] <exec> 08└─You're not getting the message, snowflake. C is irrelevant because C is not used in the real world to sell targeted advertising. JavaScript makes money.
[21:51:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Const Doesn't Make C Code Faster - 598 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:51:36] <exec> 08└─One of the nice features of Go is that it has real constants. Consts are analogous to macros in that they are rendered at compile time. Some effects of this: 1. You can't take a pointer to a const, since a const doesn't exist in memory; its literal value is inserted where it's present in the code. 2...
[21:52:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FAA Warns of $25,000 Fine for "Weaponizing Drones" - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:52:17] <exec> 08└─The rich and powerful invented the crossbow so they can send peasants to kill each other with far greater efficiency; training bowmen is expensive.
[21:52:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03epitaxial [3165] (Score: 2) 02 - 06First Person Dies from Vaping Lung Illness - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:52:37] <exec> 08└─People are walking around sucking on these things all day like a baby with a pacifier. Of course if you inhale that shit all day every day bad things can happen.
[21:52:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 2) 02 - 06First Person Dies from Vaping Lung Illness - 592 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:52:38] <exec> 08└─> For perspective, according to CDC statistics more than 1300 people die from cigarette-related deaths per day in the United States, and more than 7 million per year world wide. Presumably the reason this was included was to suggest that far more people die from smoking than from vaping. But how man...
[21:53:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Man Sued for Using Bogus YouTube Takedowns to Get Address for Swatting - 601 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:53:45] <exec> 08└─Uh, Google didn't invent the DMCA. It's people like you who shoot the messengers while the MAFIAA sit back and smoke their Benjamins in safety, that keep the system rolling. Every other day I see "YouTube is doing blah". Guess what, it's the advertisers and big media corporations demanding YouTube t...
[21:54:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Capsule Containing Russian Humanoid Robot Fails To Dock With ISS - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:54:04] <exec> 08└─Mutiny is done by an inferior. I suggest using some more appropriate term, like takeover or systemdification.
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[22:50:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Newgrounds is Creating a Flash Emulator - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:50:21] <exec> 08└─Block HTML5 canvas (or javascript), or you will suffer from HTML5 animations or Ruffle flash animations. But it's a good move for content preservation. Maybe Internet Archive will join in.
[22:50:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06TCL Roadmap Leak Shows Off 5G, Foldable Phones for 2020 - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:50:38] <exec> 08└─After BlackBerry, TCL Looks to ReLaunch Palm [soylentnews.org] Looks like a dead brand flogger. Like HMD Global (Nokia).
[22:50:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06TCL Roadmap Leak Shows Off 5G, Foldable Phones for 2020 - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:50:39] <exec> 08└─Any phone will fold if you use enough force.
[22:52:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FAA Warns of $25,000 Fine for "Weaponizing Drones" - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:52:13] <exec> 08└─A stock done can cut a man's head in half. Granted it needs to be a relatively large one, but it has happened.
[22:52:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06First Person Dies from Vaping Lung Illness - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:52:36] <exec> 08└─Authorized THC over the counter won't gonna make it healthier either.
[22:52:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06First Person Dies from Vaping Lung Illness - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:52:37] <exec> 08└─Over the counter brownies/candies might.
[22:52:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06First Person Dies from Vaping Lung Illness - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:52:39] <exec> 08└─Juul was raided by the feds, so there might just be a story somewhere.
[22:53:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pav [114] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Wants to Limit Cash Transactions to 10K or Face Jail Time - 927 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:53:27] <exec> 08└─Australian here... This is coming to the rest of the world soon... It's about driving all money into the banks so that interest rates can be driven strongly negative ie. what will become the "new normal". This is what the IMF is pushing, and places like India have already taken steps to implement th...
[22:53:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03gawdonblue [412] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australia Wants to Limit Cash Transactions to 10K or Face Jail Time - 237 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:53:28] <exec> 08└─It's what the IMF wants to make negative interest rates work - Australia's public broadcaster has a story on it - https://www.abc.net.au [abc.net.au]
[22:53:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Man Sued for Using Bogus YouTube Takedowns to Get Address for Swatting - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:53:48] <exec> 08└─Take him to court and prove extortion and fraud. As that is what this man did.
[22:56:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmichaelhudsondotnet [8122] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA Astronaut's Divorce Leads to Allegation of Criminal Wrongdoing in Space - 658 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:56:26] <exec> 08└─perhaps...lol Who would even want a spaceship/eternal life/spy camera right behind you/invisibility/space harem if everyone knew you had it? There are some things I am serious about like boycotting victoria's secret and resisting police state infiltration of civilian organiztions, and arresting zuck...
[22:56:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA Astronaut's Divorce Leads to Allegation of Criminal Wrongdoing in Space - 456 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:56:28] <exec> 08└─We ain't seen nothing yet W.R.T. "smart speakers". I am predicting at least a 100x performance increase, potentially 1,000,000x, with TDPs comparable to Raspberry Pi Zero (0.5 W). And that's classical architecture, not brain-inspired neuromorphic. Maybe it can be JARVIS-like in utility without needi...
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[23:50:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Will No Longer Use Drivers' Tips to Cover Their Base Pay - 649 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:50:11] <exec> 08└─I know its been going on for 30-40 years (and I was a busboy during that period, made more tip money on New Year's Eve that I would the rest of the month). I live in CA, which as far as I know doesn't allow this. There is a minimum wage. You pay your employees minimum wage, if not more. Any extra th...
[23:50:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Newgrounds is Creating a Flash Emulator - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:50:21] <exec> 08└─Especially one doomed to oblivion along with the rest of Mozilla.
[23:50:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Newgrounds is Creating a Flash Emulator - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:50:23] <exec> 08└─Your negativity is in violation of Mozilla Code of Conduct. Please apologize.
[23:50:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03crb3 [5919] (Score: 2) 02 - 06TCL Roadmap Leak Shows Off 5G, Foldable Phones for 2020 - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:50:41] <exec> 08└─And whether they'll use Tk for their graphic layer.
[23:51:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why Const Doesn't Make C Code Faster - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:51:32] <exec> 08└─void constFunc(const int *x) { var++; // legal! Does not attempt to change *x, not even through a typecast }
[23:51:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why Const Doesn't Make C Code Faster - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:51:34] <exec> 08└─I did not get the function names wrong. If you look at the complete post, you'll find the call of constFunc, as well as the two printf calls.
[23:51:50] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03driverless [4770] 02 - 06FAA Warns of $25,000 Fine for "Weaponizing Drones" - 310 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:51:50] <exec> 08└─"Perhaps you've seen online photos and videos of drones with attached guns, bombs, fireworks, flamethrowers, and other dangerous items. Do not consider attaching any items such as these to a drone because operating a drone with such an item may result in significant harm to a person and to your bank...
[23:52:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06FAA Warns of $25,000 Fine for "Weaponizing Drones" - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:52:18] <exec> 08└─WTF sort of SJW nonsense are you rambling on about, snowflake?
[23:52:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06First Person Dies from Vaping Lung Illness - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:52:43] <exec> 08└─Yeah in moderation it might be fine but putting anything besides air in your lungs is a bad idea.
[23:52:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06First Person Dies from Vaping Lung Illness - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:52:44] <exec> 08└─Probably just a coincidence, but we should alert Jenny McCarthy
[23:58:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Federal Agency Turf War Over the 5.9 GHz Spectrum Could Hand 5G Victory to China - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:58:59] <exec> 08└─Then why do police have such a hard time finding criminals ?
[23:59:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Federal Agency Turf War Over the 5.9 GHz Spectrum Could Hand 5G Victory to China - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:59:00] <exec> 08└─Local police don't get access to classified information obtained from a secret satellite?
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