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[00:32:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Data Shows IOT Security is Moving Backward - 399 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:32:53] <exec> 08└─What if we just accept that IOT is a "BAD THING"? I still can't accept that it's somehow "good" for the manufacturer of my tools, appliances, and communications devices to spy on me. Or, my vehicle. Just sell me the gadget I need, nothing more, nothing less, and I'll go my way. It's going to be bloc...
[00:32:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03barbara hudson [6443] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Data Shows IOT Security is Moving Backward - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:32:55] <exec> 08└─The less people trust this crap, the better. They are inherently untrustworthy even with perfect security, since you can't trust the operators.
[00:32:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Data Shows IOT Security is Moving Backward - 925 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:32:57] <exec> 08└─I wrote this crap for years. Do not trust it. The ODM/OEM's will short list your hardware so fast your eyes will spin. Microsoft has a better patching process than 99.999999% of these companies. Forget ever seeing a patch for that OpenSSH bug. It will never happen. But hey all of the software is ope...
[00:32:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Data Shows IOT Security is Moving Backward - 389 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:32:59] <exec> 08└─I'm going to do my best to never buy an IoT device, and if circumstances force me to do so you can be sure it's not getting my Wifi password or a wired cable connection. Of course, I suspect makers of Internet-connected crockpots are going to counter those efforts by making these things not even wor...
[00:33:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Data Shows IOT Security is Moving Backward - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:33:01] <exec> 08└─The 'S' in "IoT" Stands for Security.
[00:33:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The BBC is Planning to Launch a Voice Assistant Capable of Understanding British People - 210 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:33:11] <exec> 08└─Now look, she wants the Heki 2 roof lights, uh, the stylish ash frame furniture, and the scatter cushions with, uh, matching shag pile cover. Yeah. Right. And she's terrible partial to the periwinkle blue boys.
[00:33:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The BBC is Planning to Launch a Voice Assistant Capable of Understanding British People - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:33:13] <exec> 08└─They're outsourcing the programming to India because they speak English better than Brits but not as good as Americans.
[00:33:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03barbara hudson [6443] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The BBC is Planning to Launch a Voice Assistant Capable of Understanding British People - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:33:15] <exec> 08└─Does the BBC even look at their own news?
[00:33:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03inertnet [4071] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Identical Photons Generated 150 Million Kilometers Apart - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:33:30] <exec> 08└─No relatives needed. One photon source is artificial, the other is our sun at 150 million km distance.
[00:34:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Intel's Comet Lake Release Lowering the Bar Again - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:34:15] <exec> 08└─The marketing claims are unimpressive to begin with...
[00:34:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03ChrisMaple [6964] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Intel's Comet Lake Release Lowering the Bar Again - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:34:16] <exec> 08└─"Big Blue" is IBM, not Intel.
[00:34:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03barbara hudson [6443] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Turkey To Receive Second Batch Of S-400 Missile System This Week - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:34:46] <exec> 08└─Should't be a problem. They can fire missiles faster than the cruise missile carrier can launch them. And cruise missiles are slower.
[00:34:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Turkey To Receive Second Batch Of S-400 Missile System This Week - 284 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:34:47] <exec> 08└─Too lasy to check all of them, but say F-35 can carry 4 criuise missiles (with stealth lost). Even if all 60 are F-35s, that makes 5*60=300 (one per missile and one for F-35 itself) S-400 missiles required to stop the airplanes leaving 60+ for the carrier; just one system will do it.
[00:34:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Turkey To Receive Second Batch Of S-400 Missile System This Week - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:34:49] <exec> 08└─You might be right about that. I don't really know for sure, but I don't think Erdogan is terribly keen on joining the EU, as they are not keen on their members suppressing the opposition.
[00:35:14] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Researchers Propose a New Approach for Dismantling Online Hate Networks - 462 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:35:14] <exec> 08└─Unbelievable that this is coming out of the USA - what with its first amendment, freedom of expression and all that - and that leftists actually seem to agree with the notion of banning people whose ideas they don't like. Of course it's all fine and dandy until they start to use it against your grou...
[00:37:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Annoyed at Non-Work-Related Gab - 1076 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:37:14] <exec> 08└─It was on a private board of 'hey maybe we got this wrong and here is why I think so'. Maybe he was right or wrong. But whatever.... Someone 'outted' him then 'no-platformed' him. They even took two tries to do it! This was petty retaliation for ideas they did not like. Then it turned into a shitsho...
[00:37:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Annoyed at Non-Work-Related Gab - 277 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:37:15] <exec> 08└─It was when they rolled out Google+. They created a extra special group that overruled everyone else. The people who made the cool google noped out. The remainders did not know what hit them. Now they have a shitshow and think they can censor their way back to the cool google.
[00:38:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Single Change at Telomeres Controls the Ability of Cells to Generate a Complete Organism - 207 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:38:03] <exec> 08└─Any citations for that hypothesis? Or do you mean trans-individual memory? In which case yes, I'm aware some epigenetic toggles (mostly methylation but iirc there's another form?) are passed parent to child.
[00:38:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03ChrisMaple [6964] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Stealth Glider Made Out of Special Polymer Self-Destructs in Sunlight - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:38:31] <exec> 08└─Given the photo-decomposition, Dracula or Vampire are other choices.
[00:38:42] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Maybe Don't Keep Your Apple Card in a Leather Wallet, Apple Warns - 70 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:38:42] <exec> 08└─The proper way to hold an Apple Card is in the $199 Apple Card Holder.
[00:38:45] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Snotnose [1623] 02 - 06Maybe Don't Keep Your Apple Card in a Leather Wallet, Apple Warns - 77 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:38:45] <exec> 08└─Sorry, that's just for the card holder stand. The actual card holder is $499.
[00:39:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06GlobalFoundries Sues TSMC for Patent Infringement, Seeking Import Ban - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:39:44] <exec> 08└─Wait, there are good patents? Or are you saying the road is basically unpaved?
[00:40:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Indonesia Plans to Move Capital From Jakarta to Borneo, Cost Estimated at $33 Billion - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:40:34] <exec> 08└─you didn't learn from the last time.
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[01:33:20] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] 02 - 06Data Shows IOT Security is Moving Backward - 399 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:20] <exec> 08└─What if we just accept that IOT is a "BAD THING"? I still can't accept that it's somehow "good" for the manufacturer of my tools, appliances, and communications devices to spy on me. Or, my vehicle. Just sell me the gadget I need, nothing more, nothing less, and I'll go my way. It's going to be bloc...
[01:33:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Data Shows IOT Security is Moving Backward - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:26] <exec> 08└─What if we just accept that IOT is a "BAD THING"?
[01:33:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Data Shows IOT Security is Moving Backward - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:28] <exec> 08└─Of course, I suspect makers of Internet-connected crockpots are going to counter those efforts by making these things not even work properly if they can't phone home.
[01:33:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Data Shows IOT Security is Moving Backward - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:30] <exec> 08└─If you're going to make the joke, I'm going to mod it Funny. I don't make the rules, OK?
[01:33:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Data Shows IOT Security is Moving Backward - 312 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:32] <exec> 08└─You forgot that silly grin that seems to imply sarcasm. There is no difference between the manufacturer spying on me, and some script kiddy instructing my devices to kill me. None. Both are immoral, unethical, unwelcome, illegal, intrusive sons of bitches. For that reason, IOT devices are blocked at...
[01:33:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Data Shows IOT Security is Moving Backward - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:35] <exec> 08└─They are inherently untrustworthy even with perfect security, since you can't trust the operators.
[01:33:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Data Shows IOT Security is Moving Backward - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:37] <exec> 08└─I could probably get somewhere with some tinkering, but that seems like an awful lot of work to put into something that shouldn't even exist in the first place.
[01:33:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Data Shows IOT Security is Moving Backward - 232 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:39] <exec> 08└─No grin necessary in that case. There is no difference between the manufacturer spying on me, and some script kiddy instructing my devices to kill me. None. Both are immoral, unethical, unwelcome, illegal, intrusive sons of bitches.
[01:33:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Data Shows IOT Security is Moving Backward - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:41] <exec> 08└─I could probably get somewhere with some tinkering, but that seems like an awful lot of work to put into something that shouldn't even exist in the first place.
[01:33:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Data Shows IOT Security is Moving Backward - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:43] <exec> 08└─The "SH" in IoT stands for security hardened.
[01:33:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The BBC is Planning to Launch a Voice Assistant Capable of Understanding British People - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:57] <exec> 08└─My impersonation of Doctor Who: (*cough, cough*, clears throat) "RUN!" Thank you.
[01:33:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The BBC is Planning to Launch a Voice Assistant Capable of Understanding British People - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:58] <exec> 08└─Even if that is correct, England isn't America. [wikipedia.org] You're already dealing with ubiquitous government-run CCTV.
[01:33:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03fliptop [1666] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The BBC is Planning to Launch a Voice Assistant Capable of Understanding British People - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:34:00] <exec> 08└─Insults, Threats and Cockney Rhyming Slang [youtube.com]
[01:34:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The BBC is Planning to Launch a Voice Assistant Capable of Understanding British People - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:34:02] <exec> 08└─Wouldn't it be simpler if British people simply learn to speak English? (ducks, hides under desk)
[01:34:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Scientists In Italy Fertilize 7 Northern White Rhino Eggs - 447 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:34:32] <exec> 08└─The important thing is to collect the DNA sequences, and eventually someone will figure out how to create a viable synthetic egg/embryo. Even if eventually means decades or a century from now. Sequences should be collected from as many specimens as possible to maximize genetic diversity, although th...
[01:35:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Intel's Comet Lake Release Lowering the Bar Again - 394 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:35:06] <exec> 08└─I've seen it multiple times in reference to Intel, not just TFA, although search results mainly mention IBM. https://www.glassdoor.com [glassdoor.com] I think it might be more common on sites that talk primarily about Intel, AMD, Nvidia, etc....
[01:37:00] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] 02 - 06Researchers Propose a New Approach for Dismantling Online Hate Networks - 93 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:37:00] <exec> 08└─Notice they never once consider the notion of actually engaging with ideas they disagree with
[01:37:05] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] 02 - 06Researchers Propose a New Approach for Dismantling Online Hate Networks - 101 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:37:06] <exec> 08└─The Anti-Fascists protest Fascists. The Fascists are murdering people. These are not the same things.
[01:42:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06India Develops the World's First Iron-ion Battery - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:42:09] <exec> 08└─The curry only gets shitty several hours after you eat it. If the situation is otherwise, someone is doing something wrong.
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[02:33:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Blizzard Re-Releases World of Warcraft Classic - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:21] <exec> 08└─I completely missed the whole WoW craze
[02:33:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Blizzard Re-Releases World of Warcraft Classic - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:22] <exec> 08└─You'll have to wait in line. In game. At least the requirements [systemrequirementslab.com] are reasonable.
[02:33:34] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03takyon [881] 02 - 06Data Shows IOT Security is Moving Backward - 37 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:35] <exec> 08└─The 'S' in "IoT" Stands for Security.
[02:33:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Data Shows IOT Security is Moving Backward - 1552 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:45] <exec> 08└─When people say IoT they exclude self-made, and mean mass market. This is partly valid, because the projected penetration in some markets makes /your/ interaction with /some/ IoT device(s) very probable, scaling with how much time you spend with others or 'out of base', and tons of variance eg. due...
[02:33:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Data Shows IOT Security is Moving Backward - 266 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:46] <exec> 08└─The point is, these devices should all run on Free Software and be fully controllable by the user. You should never be forced to use third party servers, and they should never spy on you. They should be freedom-respecting and privacy-respecting right out of the box.
[02:33:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Data Shows IOT Security is Moving Backward - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:49] <exec> 08└─Would you feel better it the tool doesn't spy on you but every script kiddie can instruct it to kill you the first time you touch it?
[02:33:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Data Shows IOT Security is Moving Backward - 926 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:51] <exec> 08└─PS - I don't advocate for shunning, but make note of barbarahudson's patterns. She cares about being inciting than insight, and - well, I refer you to https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] and leave it to the community to mod her up when she deserves it, but hopefully only when s...
[02:33:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Data Shows IOT Security is Moving Backward - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:53] <exec> 08└─When people say IoT they exclude self-made, and mean mass market.
[02:33:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Data Shows IOT Security is Moving Backward - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:55] <exec> 08└─Well, indeed, a very heartwarming thought: you may still end a dead body but it will happen while having a better feeling (grin)
[02:33:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Data Shows IOT Security is Moving Backward - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:58] <exec> 08└─The point is, these devices should all run on Free Software and be fully controllable by the user.
[02:34:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The BBC is Planning to Launch a Voice Assistant Capable of Understanding British People - 209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:15] <exec> 08└─TYhat's not a big deal really. Now if they can get it to understand Scottish people... I REALLY want to see the tests with Welsh. I haven't seen electronic devices explode like on Lost in Space in a long time.
[02:35:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Intel's Comet Lake Release Lowering the Bar Again - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:35:20] <exec> 08└─Here is one test: https://image.ibb.co [image.ibb.co] From 10 minutes to 30 seconds is much more than 30% improvement...
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[03:32:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:32:58] <exec> 08└─I guess the conference wasn't even that important to begin with if it was that easily sidetracked. Maybe they had more embarrassing problems, but needed a cover to cancel the event.
[03:33:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:33:00] <exec> 08└─If such trivial things can completely sidetrack a conference then it says a lot about the language itself.
[03:33:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Acabatag [2885] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Blizzard Re-Releases World of Warcraft Classic - 308 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:33:10] <exec> 08└─I have a WOTLK server on my wife's old laptop. And a classic server with the game client fits on a single DVD-ROM. Classic is a real bear, though. I expect they have introduced a lot of QoL updates. There are no map icons or directions for questing. Character progression is very slow compared to mod...
[03:33:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Data Shows IOT Security is Moving Backward - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:33:38] <exec> 08└─No SHIoT! Seriously, none of it.
[03:33:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The BBC is Planning to Launch a Voice Assistant Capable of Understanding British People - 432 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:33:59] <exec> 08└─When is a voice assistant that understands & speaks Jive going to be invented? How to steal an American city: Montes v. City of Yakima - https://www.aclu-wa.org [aclu-wa.org] Embezzlement & swindling at the state level: McCleary, et al. v. State of Washington - Supreme C...
[03:34:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The BBC is Planning to Launch a Voice Assistant Capable of Understanding British People - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:34:00] <exec> 08└─Right after you stop posting those links like an autist.
[03:35:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03boltronics [580] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Intel's Comet Lake Release Lowering the Bar Again - 942 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:35:07] <exec> 08└─I have an i7 6700k Skylake, and yeah I had a ton of issues when I first got it. memtest86+ was refusing to pass in multi-processing mode (apparently the CPU is incompatible with the test?? - I think this is still a thing) and the integrated GPU goes nuts when the RAM was running at its rated 3200MHz...
[03:35:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Intel's Comet Lake Release Lowering the Bar Again - 570 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:35:08] <exec> 08└─It's also worth considering that AMD overpaid for ATI when they purchased it in 2006, which was a massive problem for them for a few years in terms of not really having much money to spend on other things while that was paying off. This time around, AMD seems to be ahead and doesn't have the drag th...
[03:35:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Intel's Comet Lake Release Lowering the Bar Again - 290 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:35:10] <exec> 08└─IBM is big blue, the fact that there are morons out there that don't know that is mostly a commentary of how poorly IBM has been doing in recent years. They really screwed up in the way they handled DOS back in the '80s and have been paying the price for those sorts of mistakes ever since.
[03:35:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Intel's Comet Lake Release Lowering the Bar Again - 289 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:35:12] <exec> 08└─People are morons for not using the pet nickname for a company that has been on the decline since the 90s? https://www.nytimes.com [nytimes.com] They can always earn a new nickname. Such as Baby Blue.
[03:40:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03rylyeh [6726] (Score: 2) 02 - 06GlobalFoundries Sues TSMC for Patent Infringement, Seeking Import Ban - 841 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:40:34] <exec> 08└─In 2007 I found that an un-implemented patent covered my design. It was from 1993, "A 3d java applet to deliver content over the internet." The company was active - and the patent had been granted. 💩💩💩 Turning, I saw outlined against the luminous aether of the abyss what could not be seen a...
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[04:33:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 640 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:33:26] <exec> 08└─Remember back when people were judged by their skill and results? Back then if you saw a speaker at a conference you could assume they had a reason to be there and you could probably learn from them. These days you have to wonder if the speaker up on the podium is there because they're good at their...
[04:33:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 259 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:33:27] <exec> 08└─Now I am looking forward for C++ Comittee disbanding itself for that reason. Or, at least replacing the word compiler in language standard with a compilatrix. Remember, in ancient times, a library user was always called she throughout software documentations.
[04:33:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:33:30] <exec> 08└─Or maybe they couldn't use getting instrumented in other people's virtue signalling campaigns.
[04:33:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 370 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:33:32] <exec> 08└─Looking at the 2018 site, there seems to be only one female on the schedule ("Agata") running a game session. I guess nobody decided to virtue signal for diversity then? Probably all of the speakers were white. Horrible. But some of the lectures were given in Czech. Does that count for a few diversi...
[04:33:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:33:34] <exec> 08└─The future of true meritocratic coder culture looks to be South America and India of all places.
[04:33:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score: 2) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:33:36] <exec> 08└─Remember, in ancient times, a library user was always called she throughout software documentations.
[04:33:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Blizzard Re-Releases World of Warcraft Classic - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:33:47] <exec> 08└─They are sandbagging to help prove that you don't want that [youtube.com].
[04:34:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Acabatag [2885] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Data Shows IOT Security is Moving Backward - 393 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:34:17] <exec> 08└─What the world needs is a lot more robust and user configurable egress control. People shouldn't be running home networks with porous firewalls. IoT gadgets should be whipped dogs that people have control over because they have the gateways in place to stay in control over them. It's a serious growt...
[04:34:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Acabatag [2885] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The BBC is Planning to Launch a Voice Assistant Capable of Understanding British People - 572 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:34:39] <exec> 08└─Years and years ago I had a jive filter. It was an MS-DOS program. You could pipe text through it and it would convert it into 'jive.' At the time, I was on a BBS that had the interesting feature that if you were the originator of a thread, you could delete the entire thread. One night, there was a...
[04:34:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The BBC is Planning to Launch a Voice Assistant Capable of Understanding British People - 195 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:34:41] <exec> 08└─So now you can say "I'd like an Aristotle of the most ping pong tiddly in the nuclear sub before I switch back to me footer" and unlike a US product which won't have a Scooby it'll understand it?
[04:34:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The BBC is Planning to Launch a Voice Assistant Capable of Understanding British People - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:34:43] <exec> 08└─Hey, there's nowt wrong wi'out what mitherin clutterbucks don't barley grummit!
[04:34:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03srobert [4803] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The BBC is Planning to Launch a Voice Assistant Capable of Understanding British People - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:34:45] <exec> 08└─... you mean blokes like 'enry 'iggins? Or more like Liza Doolittle that talks regular-like?
[04:35:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03rylyeh [6726] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Identical Photons Generated 150 Million Kilometers Apart - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:35:01] <exec> 08└─And sunlight is much cheaper than just about anything. Time for the DIY quantum radio kit! Just point the quantum dots at the sun!
[04:36:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Turkey To Receive Second Batch Of S-400 Missile System This Week - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:36:29] <exec> 08└─Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act
[04:39:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03gringer [962] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Single Change at Telomeres Controls the Ability of Cells to Generate a Complete Organism - 285 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:39:42] <exec> 08└─I was assuming the telomeres probably store the information relating to/involved in the replication process, assuming the operation of this process at the time the DNA strands are separated/re-paired is quite similar to the operation of a truing machine traversing the "infinite tape".
[04:40:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Stealth Glider Made Out of Special Polymer Self-Destructs in Sunlight - 544 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:40:11] <exec> 08└─Is it possible to use this technology for reducing usage of clamshell plastics (you know the type where your blueberries or croissants come in). Clamshell plastics don't get recycled very well and just end up in landfills. They try to burn them for energy production purposes but that's still not a v...
[04:40:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Stealth Glider Made Out of Special Polymer Self-Destructs in Sunlight - 239 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:40:13] <exec> 08└─Those things would end up buried in the landfills, not exposed to sunlight. If you increase the lifetime of the plastic so that it doesn't disintegrate before someone buys it and takes it home, that's a greater chance that it will survive.
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[05:32:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brazil Rejects G7 Aid for Amazon Forest Fires - 226 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:32:45] <exec> 08└─Alternatives: France's Macron hits back at Brazil's Bolsonaro over 'disrespectful' post about his wife [abc.net.au] Amazon fire aid rejected until Emmanuel Macron takes back 'insults', Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro says [abc.net.au]
[05:32:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brazil Rejects G7 Aid for Amazon Forest Fires - 258 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:32:47] <exec> 08└─Oh, wow. The G7 nations, with a combined GDP of over $33T, offers a help amounting to $500/amazon-burning-fire. Great help, guys, really shows your magnanimous character and interest in "the lung of the planet". I wonder what interest rate they have in mind?
[05:32:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Brazil Rejects G7 Aid for Amazon Forest Fires - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:32:49] <exec> 08└─Objectifying the subjective are we? Disgusting.
[05:33:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 199 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:33:04] <exec> 08└─What were they thinking, organizing a conference where everyone was talking about PHP? Not a single alternative language or technology? Talk about a complete lack of diversity. No wonder they failed.
[05:33:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Data Shows IOT Security is Moving Backward - 420 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:33:44] <exec> 08└─That won't happen for the same reason IoT is insecure. Security is hard. Even the people who should know better routinely throw out securing things because it is too hard. The second someone hits a bump where their thermostat can't connect to Siri, their Roku won't stream Disney+, or they cannot acc...
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[05:35:18] <exec> 08└─Kinda off topic but it's similar to the whole merger with T-Mobile and Sprint. Now we only have three players. Dish is supposed to take over as a fourth ... but it will take a while for them to build the infrastructure. By then there will probably be another merger or two of course so the whole prom...
[05:38:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Milspec Teardown: ID-2124 Howitzer Data Display - 396 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:38:27] <exec> 08└─It's also not tremendously "military", it looks like a lot of 1970s embedded/control circuitry. I once disassembled the controller for some sort of fryer/cooking device used in a KFC to repair a problem and it didn't look too dissimilar to that, and I'm pretty sure KFC wasn't buying milspec parts. S...
[05:41:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Indonesia Plans to Move Capital From Jakarta to Borneo, Cost Estimated at $33 Billion - 233 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:41:29] <exec> 08└─It's also worked OK for other countries, e.g. Australia with Canberra, Brazil with Brasília, etc. There were some issues, but that's to be expected with a civic works project on this scale. So perfectly feasible and a sensible move.
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[06:32:41] <exec> 08└─N/A
[06:32:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Coward, Anonymous [7017] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brazil Rejects G7 Aid for Amazon Forest Fires - 302 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:32:50] <exec> 08└─That is a good retort: "We appreciate (the offer), but maybe those resources are more relevant to reforest Europe," Onyx Lorenzoni, chief of staff to President Jair Bolsonaro, told the G1 news website, referring to a pledge of $20 million made at the G7 summit in France to fight the rainforest blaze...
[06:32:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Brazil Rejects G7 Aid for Amazon Forest Fires - 621 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:32:53] <exec> 08└─Not really a retort making sense, except if targeting the clueless. The problem with the Amazon is that reforestation of anything burned down is hard to near impossible. And due to climate even planting a huge number of trees in Europe will not be able to compensate for. I don't know if the Brazilia...
[06:32:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Brazil Rejects G7 Aid for Amazon Forest Fires - 260 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:32:55] <exec> 08└─if it was the plot of an Alfred Hitchcock thing, or Vonnegut or PKD, yeah all the trees are gone then what happens? Could be cool right, that is to postulate, that would be fun. I mean not actually getting rid of trees - just thinking of what it would be like.
[06:32:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Brazil Rejects G7 Aid for Amazon Forest Fires - 262 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:32:57] <exec> 08└─Just as an example you could have a cool hide out fort, but it would be on the ground, so a play house not a tree house - but actually, almost easier to have fun with because no ladder to get in etc, you could probably get a TV and Nintendo (tm) in there easier.
[06:32:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Coward, Anonymous [7017] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brazil Rejects G7 Aid for Amazon Forest Fires - 220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:32:59] <exec> 08└─How many European trees are needed to compensate for the burned Amazon? But I'm the clueless one? Europe won't do it because they're using the land for agriculture, an opportunity they are comfortable denying Brazilians.
[06:34:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The BBC is Planning to Launch a Voice Assistant Capable of Understanding British People - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:34:19] <exec> 08└─The only choice is Kenneth Kendall [retro-kit.co.uk]
[06:34:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The BBC is Planning to Launch a Voice Assistant Capable of Understanding British People - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:34:20] <exec> 08└─You get the device, and I'll speak into it for you! On a less frivilous note, there's also this [bangor.ac.uk] solution available.
[06:36:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03loonycyborg [6905] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Turkey To Receive Second Batch Of S-400 Missile System This Week - 348 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:36:02] <exec> 08└─A single S-400 is used to cover a large region so a potential enemy can dispatch a taskforce of missile capable ships and attack S-400 itself. Cruise missiles can fly low so any AA will have very small window to fire at them. Launches can be synchronized so that all missiles will arrive at almost th...
[06:38:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Coward, Anonymous [7017] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Annoyed at Non-Work-Related Gab - 241 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:38:26] <exec> 08└─So he speculates on an email list that some people (who are probably on the list) are less good at their jobs for biological reasons. Are you surprised that the targets take major offense? Why is that petty? He is attacking them to the core.
[06:38:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Annoyed at Non-Work-Related Gab - 209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:38:27] <exec> 08└─I've heard Google employees in Silly Valley get paid $200k+, which is pretty high even with their cost of living. Go do some work, and not waste time on political discussion as if you were still at university.
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[07:32:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Chemists Discover Water Microdroplets Spontaneously Produce Hydrogen Peroxide - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:32:41] <exec> 08└─What the fucking fuck? Hydrogen peroxide is an oxidant, not a reducing agent!
[07:32:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03coolgopher [1157] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Chemists Discover Water Microdroplets Spontaneously Produce Hydrogen Peroxide - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:32:42] <exec> 08└─The team eventually traced those results to the presence of a molecule called hydroxyl—a single hydrogen atom paired with an oxygen atom — that can also act as a reducing agent.
[07:32:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Chemists Discover Water Microdroplets Spontaneously Produce Hydrogen Peroxide - 1239 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:32:44] <exec> 08└─TFAbstract [pnas.org] We show H2O2 is spontaneously produced from pure water by atomizing bulk water into microdroplets (1 μm to 20 µm in diameter). Production of H2O2, as assayed by H2O2-sensitve fluorescence dye peroxyfluor-1, increased with decreasing microdroplet size. Cleavage of 4-carboxyphe...
[07:32:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Chemists Discover Water Microdroplets Spontaneously Produce Hydrogen Peroxide - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:32:47] <exec> 08└─You may untwist your knickers now.
[07:33:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Brazil Rejects G7 Aid for Amazon Forest Fires - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:33:01] <exec> 08└─Play cave. Cave world. Cave story.
[07:33:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmichaelhudsondotnet [8122] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brazil Rejects G7 Aid for Amazon Forest Fires - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:33:03] <exec> 08└─thesesystemsarefailing.net
[07:33:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmichaelhudsondotnet [8122] (Score: 2) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 1615 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:33:19] <exec> 08└─If events with all white guys are implicitly disallowed.... Isn't this the same thing in effect as an explicit law outlawing all events of only white guys? Are there any other such rules for any other specific race/group? Doesn't that also give the single diverse person in such a group total veto po...
[07:34:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Data Shows IOT Security is Moving Backward - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:34:01] <exec> 08└─there's nothing inherently bad in IoT
[07:34:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Data Shows IOT Security is Moving Backward - 234 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:34:02] <exec> 08└─Don't be an idiot. A single counterexample of an internet connected device that's fully under your control is enough a counterexample for 'all IOT is inherently evil, by it's very nature'. No assumptions on the market size are needed.
[07:35:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Scientists In Italy Fertilize 7 Northern White Rhino Eggs - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:35:02] <exec> 08└─aren't they close enough to simply get a regular rhino egg, remove nucleus and implant northern white rhino cloned stem-cell nucleus thingie?
[07:38:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Annoyed at Non-Work-Related Gab - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:38:40] <exec> 08└─Yea, doing it a second and third time doesn't make it any better.
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[08:32:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Datadog has Filed for IPO - 351 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:32:42] <exec> 08└─So let me get this straight: - customer numbers are levelling off exponentially - revenues are levelling off exponentially - losses are rising exponentially - current market penetration is a third of a percent I can see why they *need* an IPO to get more money ... what I don't understand is why anyb...
[08:32:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03mth [2848] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Datadog has Filed for IPO - 442 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:32:44] <exec> 08└─There are a lot of possible curves you can fit to 3 data points ;) Unlike some of the other IPOs, this at least sounds like a business model that could be profitable in the not too distant future. The losses are around 10% of the revenue and as a software company, a decent chunk of their costs will...
[08:32:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Chemists Discover Water Microdroplets Spontaneously Produce Hydrogen Peroxide - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:32:56] <exec> 08└─'Cause one of the consequences would be that splitting water and obtaining hydrogen is possible by atomizing water.
[08:33:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Brazil Rejects G7 Aid for Amazon Forest Fires - 1068 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:33:15] <exec> 08└─A few points to add: 1) Scientists already said that the "lungs of Earth" is a bit of bad choice of nick naming the Amazon. CO2 accumulation is pretty limited on the global scale for the Amazon. As a forest grows older the CO2 uptake and output (plants also produce CO2) cancel each other mostly out....
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[08:33:16] <exec> 08└─https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelshellenberger/2019/08/26/why-everything-they-say-about-the-amazon-including-that-its-the-lungs-of-the-world-is-wrong/ [forbes.com]
[08:33:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Brazil Rejects G7 Aid for Amazon Forest Fires - 1232 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:33:18] <exec> 08└─What a load of horse shit. Welcome to the new reality, where trees and other plants don't actually convert CO2 to O2, they just use as much as they make. And where farms, which are pretty much carbon neutral, have the same scope and scale of plant live per square foot, as a forest. From the Forbes a...
[08:33:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 395 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:33:35] <exec> 08└─Politics should be about designing systems which create the best societies, with careful trials of policies and tedious analysis* which lay-people have no opinion about, unfortunately it's fashion instead. *yes, it'd be fiendishly complex and full of mistakes, but it'd probably be better than intuit...
[08:33:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03mth [2848] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Blizzard Re-Releases World of Warcraft Classic - 329 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:33:46] <exec> 08└─I deliberately missed it. When someone first described WoW to me, my conclusion was "this is basically a MUD with graphics" and decided it would be too much of a time sink. I had seen people sitting behind university terminals playing MUDs for days and while I do enjoy adventure games, the grinding...
[08:33:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Blizzard Re-Releases World of Warcraft Classic - 267 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:33:48] <exec> 08└─I deliberately missed it, because I didn't like the subscription model. A friend who was thoroughly into it gave me an introductory free trial code or somesuch, despite my protesting "I'll vever play it after the free period, give it to someone who'll appreciate it".
[08:39:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Milspec Teardown: ID-2124 Howitzer Data Display - 956 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:39:11] <exec> 08└─I don't understand why money would be no object in the military, no matter what. That's just a stupid concept. Even a military should recognise that 1000 drones that work 99.9% of the time is way better than one that works 99.99% of the time. Value for money should not be an alien concept in any fie...
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[09:32:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Datadog has Filed for IPO - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:32:49] <exec> 08└─You have to lose money to make money in unicornland.
[09:32:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Datadog has Filed for IPO - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:32:50] <exec> 08└─May they die a painful death when the cloud bubble bursts.
[09:32:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Datadog has Filed for IPO - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:32:53] <exec> 08└─Yeah, right, indeed, if you use a cubic curve you can make it all point into a very promising direction (i.e.: the _other_ direction)
[09:33:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Chemists Discover Water Microdroplets Spontaneously Produce Hydrogen Peroxide - 307 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:33:05] <exec> 08└─There something interesting in the phys.org FA too: Additional tests confirmed that water microdroplets spontaneously form hydrogen peroxide, that smaller microdroplets produced higher concentrations of the molecule, and that hydrogen peroxide was not lost when the microdroplets recombined into bulk...
[09:33:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 1749 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:33:42] <exec> 08└─I don't get it. I honestly, legitimately, don't get it. All I care about is skill. Learning a coding language such as PHP, is about skill, and ability. Coding is the ultimate in freedom, the ultimate in inclusion, because you can build incredible things, work with a world-wide team of devs, with a n...
[09:33:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Lester [6231] (Score: 2) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 743 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:33:44] <exec> 08└─Politics is part of human society. Politics is about making decisions that concern the group (let it be a club or the whole society). Everyone has an idea about something and presses to get the decision he he/she wants. So politics is convincing the group that your idea is the best. You have to devo...
[09:33:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 1659 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:33:46] <exec> 08└─I might add something to this. Software is critical these days. It's in cars, controlling braking, steering, and sensors. It is in medical equipment. Weaponry. Power plants and distribution systems. It controls farm machinery, and more. Its scope and scale is only going to grow even further. I'm not...
[09:33:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 2372 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:33:48] <exec> 08└─You're right. You don't get it. You don't want to get it. And it's not worth much time explaining it to you (or any other complainer here), because you will always find a defense to not get it. I could go on for a little bit that if it *really doesn't matter* and *anyone can gain the skills for it*...
[09:36:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Zappy [4210] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Intel's Comet Lake Release Lowering the Bar Again - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:36:11] <exec> 08└─Also notice going from 1 to 20 cores gives you almost all the speed-up you're going to get, at least going from 20 to 60 cores didn't make it any slower.
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[10:32:41] <exec> 08└─Not common or well-used? Doesn't HP use WSD for port installation by default these days in every printer they make? It certainly reads that way... [hp.com] Or is that a different WSD? (All I know is that on any Windows box I'm setting up after printer installation I have to reroute the port to the s...
[10:32:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Protocol Used by 630,000 Devices Can be Abused for Devastating DDoS Attacks - 254 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:32:42] <exec> 08└─ZDNet first learned that this protocol was being used to launch DDoS attacks back in May, but we decided not to publish anything about it, to avoid bringing unnecessary attention to a protocol that was ripe for abuse but was still flying under the radar.
[10:33:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Brazil Rejects G7 Aid for Amazon Forest Fires - 543 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:33:26] <exec> 08└─Yeah, we should reforest chunks of Europe. And Africa, and we should definitely stop burning the Amazon. Apparently a trillion trees could make a huge difference: https://phys.org [phys.org] And I have the perfect place for the first half million or so (numbe...
[10:33:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 521 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:33:48] <exec> 08└─But see that there are products for men, women, genetically engineered monkeys etc. and to make these groups buy these products, with prices 10 times higher than the same product "just for everyone", you must boost their "pride" over the insanity levels. That's why this works. For example, modern "r...
[10:33:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 807 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:33:50] <exec> 08└─Horse shit. These conferences have a lot of expenses including the venue, security, insurance, etc. And let's not forget they shell out travel and appearance compensation, which can add up quick when bringing in speakers from around the world. If industry insiders or presenters boycott the event by...
[10:33:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:33:52] <exec> 08└─The conference is was being held in Germany. So try to pull your head out of your ass long enough to look at a map and stop blaming this on Americans.
[10:33:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03stretch611 [6199] (Score: 2) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 280 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:33:54] <exec> 08└─From the Register's comment section... It's an old joke now, but here goes: A decent person asks a shop owner to make a ramp for the disabled to get in. A Social Justice Warrior just attacks everyone who has working legs to penalise them, while doing nothing to help the disabled.
[10:34:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03stretch611 [6199] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Blizzard Re-Releases World of Warcraft Classic - 200 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:34:06] <exec> 08└─I would suggest that the people that care most about this article are actually playing WOW right now... NOT reading Soylent News. =) ***--- That being said... keep the video game submissions coming...
[10:34:16] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Thexalon [636] 02 - 06Data Shows IOT Security is Moving Backward - 389 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:34:17] <exec> 08└─I'm going to do my best to never buy an IoT device, and if circumstances force me to do so you can be sure it's not getting my Wifi password or a wired cable connection. Of course, I suspect makers of Internet-connected crockpots are going to counter those efforts by making these things not even wor...
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[11:32:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla's Latest Wiring Patent Application: Things Get Faster and More Redundant - 675 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:32:41] <exec> 08└─Sorry, that should have been "Tesla ignores!". Sheesh, fault-tolerant, error-resistant data comms mechanisms have been built into vehicles since they first had ECUs, there are any number of off-the-shelf systems you can drop into your car depending on requirements and budget. Tesla just tends to ign...
[11:33:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Chemists Discover Water Microdroplets Spontaneously Produce Hydrogen Peroxide - 235 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:33:13] <exec> 08└─Changing the spray gas to O2 or bubbling O2 decreased the yield of H2O2 in microdroplets, indicating that pure water microdroplets directly generate H2O2 without help from O2 either in air surrounding the droplet or dissolved in water.
[11:33:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Brazil Rejects G7 Aid for Amazon Forest Fires - 958 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:33:34] <exec> 08└─It's mostly about politics than actual help or the environment. For example Brazil's deforestation rate has been similar to Indonesia and higher than Malaysia ( https://data.worldbank.org [worldbank.org] ) but calls for soybean oil boycotts are fa...
[11:33:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Brazil Rejects G7 Aid for Amazon Forest Fires - 832 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:33:36] <exec> 08└─This is a political move of Macron and the west to pander their own citizens with a we're doing something for the environment. 40Million is laughable nothing, I mean to get $40 M at the G7 summit Macron probably asked: "Hey, does anyone have some change left in his pocket?" Others: "Yeah, I have som...
[11:33:44] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 640 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:33:45] <exec> 08└─Remember back when people were judged by their skill and results? Back then if you saw a speaker at a conference you could assume they had a reason to be there and you could probably learn from them. These days you have to wonder if the speaker up on the podium is there because they're good at their...
[11:34:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 2802 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:34:02] <exec> 08└─I think the answer is fairly simple. To highlight, women aren't as adept at spacial recognition as men. This is quite provable empirically, and realistically not disputed by mainstream feminists. In fact, feminists agree ; women are different than men. https://www.girlsincnyc.org
[11:34:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 233 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:34:04] <exec> 08└─Looking at the managers in the office you don't need to wonder which ones are there are filler. Really sad part is that while some of the old white men they outed were not that great they were in the most part better than the filler.
[11:34:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Blizzard Re-Releases World of Warcraft Classic - 2024 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:34:18] <exec> 08└─I was there and played it when it was just called WOW. It was great, for it's time. But I'm not so blinded by nostalgia that I would want to play it again, the game moved on -- it evolved. Some bad things, there was a lot of bad things in "Classic" WOW got fixed -- some good things got removed to. B...
[11:35:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03UncleSlacky [2859] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The BBC is Planning to Launch a Voice Assistant Capable of Understanding British People - 178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:35:21] <exec> 08└─"Auntie" might be a better wake word (unless that's what you call your aunt, I suppose). https://www.theguardian.com [theguardian.com]
[11:36:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Intel's Comet Lake Release Lowering the Bar Again - 1259 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:36:36] <exec> 08└─The difference is, while marketing made promises engineers had to meet, they at least had engineer executives running things at the upper levels. Since the late 1990s, the company has been run primarily by MBAs, accountants, and marketing types, all of whom have made 'bottom line decisions' at the e...
[11:40:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dr Spin [5239] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Single Change at Telomeres Controls the Ability of Cells to Generate a Complete Organism - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:40:26] <exec> 08└─No citations - its my own hypothesis.
[11:40:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dr Spin [5239] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Single Change at Telomeres Controls the Ability of Cells to Generate a Complete Organism - 487 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:40:28] <exec> 08└─If you are right about it being effectively nulls like tape leader, then I am wrong. Do you have any good evidence for your info? The telomere as data might only be valid/useful during the processes involved in RNA transcription or protein synthesis. The memory might be cleared after use, or even by...
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[12:32:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla's Latest Wiring Patent Application: Things Get Faster and More Redundant - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:32:47] <exec> 08└─Sometimes it does make sense to reinvent. Their new self-driving car chip is supposedly many times better than Nvidia's self-driving car GPUs.
[12:33:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Datadog has Filed for IPO - 5 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:33:07] <exec> 08└─Uber.
[12:34:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 762 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:34:12] <exec> 08└─There was a technical workshop locally that tried to install a quota system where 50% of attendees had to be... well they didn't come out and say it directly, but basically it was "not white males". Attendance, which had been steady at 100% for several years (actually more like 150%, they always ran...
[12:34:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 822 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:34:13] <exec> 08└─Maybe, just maybe, most women don't want to be programmers. Ever thought of that? Did you talk to a bunch? They all said we'd be all into technology and computers if it wasn't for those stinky white men who sexually harass us all the time? I doubt it. Women can get harassed in any endeavor they take...
[12:34:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 2021 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:34:15] <exec> 08└─Yep, still rationalizing. On the one hand you note that there are averages and that they don't matter to you. A conference should attract the exceptional as presenters, right? Yet on the other hand you're saying that women on average might not be attracted to coding so therefore it makes sense there...
[12:34:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:34:17] <exec> 08└─As above [ncwit.org]. Thanks.
[12:34:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 642 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:34:19] <exec> 08└─The West is losing its mind. And by that, I mean it has been infiltrated by Feminist/Maoist whatever crazed far Left culture warriors. The rot started in the universities and spread to large corporations via their Human Resources departments. You know, the mostly worthless department that never carr...
[12:34:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 500 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:34:22] <exec> 08└─On the one hand you note that there are averages and that they don't matter to you. A conference should attract the exceptional as presenters, right? Yet on the other hand you're saying that women on average might not be attracted to coding so therefore it makes sense there are no exceptions who wou...
[12:34:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 724 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:34:24] <exec> 08└─SJW cancel culture can't cancel itself fast enough. OTT but funny blog commenter... [markbakeruk.net] You moron. You’ve ruined the chances for so many people to get together, share ideas, and learn something because of your stupid bigoted meatspace politics. You and every other puerile dumbass who...
[12:34:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Blizzard Re-Releases World of Warcraft Classic - 190 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:34:38] <exec> 08└─I'm going to try to use RasPi4B for emulation later. At least up to N64 should be doable, which I reckon is way more desirable than NES/SNES which Nintendo has released classic consoles for.
[12:34:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Blizzard Re-Releases World of Warcraft Classic - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:34:40] <exec> 08└─Didn't they have multi-hour wait times at launch? They probably need something to do while waiting.
[12:34:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Blizzard Re-Releases World of Warcraft Classic - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:34:42] <exec> 08└─I expect they have introduced a lot of QoL updates. There are no map icons or directions for questing. Character progression is very slow compared to modern WoW.
[12:35:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03jb [338] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The BBC is Planning to Launch a Voice Assistant Capable of Understanding British People - 375 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:35:42] <exec> 08└─I'm generally against any type of spying device... ...but it occurs to me that it might be quite fun to buy four of these, one each with Welsh, Scots, Irish & Yorkshire accents, then set one up in each corner of the garage and try to get them to argue amongst themselves. Worst case it should at leas...
[12:39:28] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Google Annoyed at Non-Work-Related Gab - 449 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:39:28] <exec> 08└─What struck me was how managers, not just peons, felt free to hurl invective against Damore and proclaim that they were going to keep their teams from working with Damore. I thought that was an outright challenge for power by non-owning management that would have required immediate correction, but G...
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[13:32:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Police to Sell Hacker's $1.1 Million Bitcoin Stash to Compensate Victims - 346 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:32:39] <exec> 08└─If the criminal stole $1M from victims and spent $500K on hookers and blow, you'd expect the victims to receive something less than $0.50 on the dollar in restitution... However, if the criminal steals $100K from victims, and invests it in BTC and it makes 10x gains, does that mean the victims recei...
[13:32:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rupert Pupnick [7277] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla's Latest Wiring Patent Application: Things Get Faster and More Redundant - 343 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:32:49] <exec> 08└─This is just adding new communications paths to an existing processor based control architecture. It wasn't in the original architecture because additional interconnect costs money. Seems like the field failure rates (or their impact on safety) are larger than originally expected. What's the backup...
[13:32:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tesla's Latest Wiring Patent Application: Things Get Faster and More Redundant - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:32:51] <exec> 08└─> What's the backup for when the dashboard display panel fails? Haptic at the steering wheel. Or, worst case, at the bumper and seatbelt...
[13:33:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rupert Pupnick [7277] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Datadog has Filed for IPO - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:33:11] <exec> 08└─CFO makes about 15X what the CEO makes. Maybe that's how all startups structure their compensation, but certainly not typical of most long term profitable tech companies.
[13:33:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Brazil Rejects G7 Aid for Amazon Forest Fires - 1035 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:33:48] <exec> 08└─I wish there was a way to complain to a journalistic body that a print publication like Forbes is emitting misinformation and out right lies like this. I read some of that piece too and it is bursting with wrong arguments and bad data. One snippet was that there are legitimate reasons for burning, i...
[13:34:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:34:24] <exec> 08└─Maybe they had more embarrassing problems
[13:34:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:34:26] <exec> 08└─The truth you seem to be working very hard to be oblivious to is this... You're only as equal in capacity/capability as you are
[13:34:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:34:28] <exec> 08└─...but reality suggests that if you have say 74% men and 26% women in coding but closer to reality would be you would see 1 female presenter to every 3 men.
[13:34:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 636 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:34:30] <exec> 08└─Oh FFS. Here we go again. I'll type slowly so you can keep up: public opinions and cultural preferences are not laws. You wrote an awful lot of nothing based on your false narrative. Stop trying to be a victim just because other people may be seeking some form of equity or equality. If you believe t...
[13:34:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 193 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:34:32] <exec> 08└─TFA: "The individual, who asked not to be named presumably because these issues generate more heat than light, suggested the cancellation may reflect poor ticket sales more than anything else."
[13:34:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Blizzard Re-Releases World of Warcraft Classic - 271 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:34:50] <exec> 08└─MUDs were awesome. So many people couldn't tell you were even playing a game. Just sit in the labs for hours wandering around. Does wonders for the memory. I played Discworld MUD for years. I have no time these days, but the fond memories still surface from time to time.
[13:35:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Data Shows IOT Security is Moving Backward - 511 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:35:23] <exec> 08└─Applied engineering, indeed - a term broad enough to include probably 80% of non-transportation calories spent hiking and camping. Or really, doing anything beyond consumption or pure entertainment. Constrained resources and insurmountable problems - of the type which Nature in particular is happy t...
[13:35:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Data Shows IOT Security is Moving Backward - 490 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:35:25] <exec> 08└─Alright, lemme make this a little more clear. Frigidaire wants to spy on me. Frigidaire is unsuccessful, because my Frigidaire products are blocked at the router. Little Johnny Zithead wants to kill me for lulz. He reasons that if he can connect to my Frigidaire products, he can order them to - uhhh...
[13:37:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Intel's Comet Lake Release Lowering the Bar Again - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:37:09] <exec> 08└─Intel is having Big Blues
[13:37:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Intel's Comet Lake Release Lowering the Bar Again - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:37:10] <exec> 08└─the integrated GPU goes nuts when the RAM was running at its rated 3200MHz setting
[13:37:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Intel's Comet Lake Release Lowering the Bar Again - 13 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:37:12] <exec> 08└─compiler bugs
[13:37:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Intel's Comet Lake Release Lowering the Bar Again - 274 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:37:14] <exec> 08└─maybe we can put up our own 66G wireless base station and get money if people use them? like net-metering for solar but for mobile phones? (we all got 1Gbps phiber backhaul by then, right?) the mobile phone "operators" now only need to be concern with billings and stuff ^_^
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[14:32:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hostinger Data Breach Affects Almost 14 Million Customers - 1108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:32:39] <exec> 08└─Journalists don't work too hard now a days. The wikipedia claims 29 million customers worldwide. This matches the /about page on their website. The report is 14 million rows of accounts, which is quite a mismatch. The puzzler is the company offers two dozen distinct services across half a dozen sepa...
[14:32:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Police to Sell Hacker's $1.1 Million Bitcoin Stash to Compensate Victims - 494 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:32:47] <exec> 08└─Interesting question. But I'd think the amount would be fairer to be $100K + interest compounded for the periods of loss. Then hold on to the rest to pay out all the civil suits against the guy for the suffering. It's one of these tempted-if-its-all-true to say this is justice. Also tempted to say s...
[14:32:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Police to Sell Hacker's $1.1 Million Bitcoin Stash to Compensate Victims - 609 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:32:50] <exec> 08└─Do the police regularly compensate the victims? I honestly don't know; I assumed that insurance would cover the losses. I'm also not sure what the standard behaviour is for criminal assets in the UK or US. If cash is discovered and clearly associated with theft, is it held as evidence? Who determine...
[14:32:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03zocalo [302] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Police to Sell Hacker's $1.1 Million Bitcoin Stash to Compensate Victims - 697 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:32:52] <exec> 08└─Generally, it's phrased as something like "forfeiture of proceeds" or whatever the correct legal term is in the juridiction concerned, and includes any assets procured using those ill-gotten gains - e.g. things like art, cars, jewelry, and property, which might have appreciated in value since purcha...
[14:32:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Police to Sell Hacker's $1.1 Million Bitcoin Stash to Compensate Victims - 180 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:32:54] <exec> 08└─Remember, it is all Monopoly money until you actually convert it to real money. If they try to convert it all at once, it will probably cause an exchange panic and crash its value.
[14:33:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla's Latest Wiring Patent Application: Things Get Faster and More Redundant - 443 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:33:05] <exec> 08└─Tesla builds a patent portfolio... It doesn't matter that the patents are invalid, if there are enough of them and anybody wants to get into a patent slinging fight with Tesla, it's gonna cost 'em to prove that each and every one of the possibly applicable patents are invalid. Unless we had a real j...
[14:33:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla's Latest Wiring Patent Application: Things Get Faster and More Redundant - 770 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:33:06] <exec> 08└─What's the aviation solution for this? Anything life critical has redundancies... I was a kid in college when I "invented" multiple parallel serial buses for redundancy and speed. Hell, I built a PLD circuit to implement 4 of 7 Shannon codes for a demonstration and my professor graded me down and di...
[14:33:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rupert Pupnick [7277] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla's Latest Wiring Patent Application: Things Get Faster and More Redundant - 524 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:33:08] <exec> 08└─In commercial aviation you have multiple display panels strung out between the pilot and copilot. If one fails, you can switch modes to cover any function you need on the remaining panels. In Tesla, because there's only one panel, even with nothing failed, you have to mode select to see undisplayed...
[14:33:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hyperturtle [2824] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Protocol Used by 630,000 Devices Can be Abused for Devastating DDoS Attacks - 5447 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:33:18] <exec> 08└─Oh this is common and very well used. So well used people don't even know its there, unless you're a person that looks under the hood and tries to figure out what all this noise is on the network and why is it so hard to control the hardware now. This is one of the many things introduced into new OS...
[14:33:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Chemists Discover Water Microdroplets Spontaneously Produce Hydrogen Peroxide - 1317 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:33:45] <exec> 08└─Hahnemann found that undiluted doses caused reactions, sometimes dangerous ones, so specified that preparations be given at the lowest possible dose. He found that this reduced potency as well as side-effects, but formed the view that vigorous shaking and striking on an elastic surface – a process...
[14:33:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Chemists Discover Water Microdroplets Spontaneously Produce Hydrogen Peroxide - 237 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:33:47] <exec> 08└─Here. Explains it better than I could. [unl.edu] For the non-link clickers, When H2O2 serves as an oxidizing agent, the oxygen is reduced to H2O. When H2O2 serves as a reducing agent, the oxygen is oxidized to O2 and bubbles are noticed.
[14:34:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Coward, Anonymous [7017] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brazil Rejects G7 Aid for Amazon Forest Fires - 241 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:34:11] <exec> 08└─So if the Amazon really produces net O2 from CO2, where is that carbon going? Is the soil just getting thicker? Forbes does quote a supposed IPCC lead author for the claim that there is no net O2 production. What's your source, common sense?
[14:34:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Brazil Rejects G7 Aid for Amazon Forest Fires - 1422 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:34:12] <exec> 08└─To my knowledge, Brazil has more than enough farmland to support itself, so this would be all about export to start with, so I am not sure the outrage at denying them that opportunity is quite justified. A lot of agricultural use in Europe is certainly bad in every aspect, and that is a quite justif...
[14:34:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brazil Rejects G7 Aid for Amazon Forest Fires - 664 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:34:14] <exec> 08└─Bolsanaro was elected on a plan of exploiting more of the Amazon for financial gain. And the first step to exploiting patches of Amazon is to burn it down and murder or drive off the indigenous people who are currently living there (also explicitly part of his platform during the election). That's w...
[14:34:29] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 199 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:34:29] <exec> 08└─What were they thinking, organizing a conference where everyone was talking about PHP? Not a single alternative language or technology? Talk about a complete lack of diversity. No wonder they failed.
[14:34:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 1634 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:34:55] <exec> 08└─Its worth pointing out that conferences are pretty useless for learning or productivity but are useful for virtue signalling and forming/enforcing groupthink and marketing PR kissing up (think of the Gillette advertisements) Meanwhile for maybe 90% of the attendees its kinda sorta a vacation day tha...
[14:34:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:34:56] <exec> 08└─In 1984 doublespeak, as inclusive as possible
[14:34:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 183 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:34:58] <exec> 08└─Now if someone said the whiteness of this php conference proves the superiority of our genes and started posting a list of programming languages created by white people vs other races
[14:35:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 245 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:35:01] <exec> 08└─In Classic Macintosh days (80s and 90s) I had seen some documentation that used "she" as the pronoun for the end user. Especially as the documentation would describe how the user would reason and react to different user interface design choices.
[14:35:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Blizzard Re-Releases World of Warcraft Classic - 845 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:35:20] <exec> 08└─I wonder what this says about the video game industry. Not just WoW Classic but the swath of Nintendo (and other) classic consoles being re-release (in a way). And also the longevity of some games EverQuest (from 1999) is still going Asheron's Call (also 1999) only recently shut down in 2017. Dungeo...
[14:35:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03damnbunni [704] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Blizzard Re-Releases World of Warcraft Classic - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:35:21] <exec> 08└─I play the old version because I enjoy it more than the new version. Different people like different stuff.
[14:35:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Data Shows IOT Security is Moving Backward - 612 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:35:57] <exec> 08└─security: something you have. most iot shit needs a controller. iot shit has nothing, if lucky it has one button. what would go a long way to make iot "securer" if it required a physical key, like a usb thumb drive formatted by the controller, to be physically carried to the iot device and left plug...
[14:36:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Only_Mortal [7122] (Score: 1) 02 - 06The BBC is Planning to Launch a Voice Assistant Capable of Understanding British People - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:36:27] <exec> 08└─Much of it is harvested from Twatter...
[14:36:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Identical Photons Generated 150 Million Kilometers Apart - 2071 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:36:45] <exec> 08└─Better is the synopsis that goes with the paper [aps.org]: In 1987, a landmark experiment demonstrated a striking quantum optical effect: When two identical photons simultaneously enter a beam splitter, quantum interference forces both of them to bunch together and always exit from the same beam spl...
[14:37:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Scientists In Italy Fertilize 7 Northern White Rhino Eggs - 274 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:37:02] <exec> 08└─You are correct, in fact the newsworthy part is that he fertilized eggs, which is contrary to the PLNB principle, I.e. pretty ladies no babies. Whether the rhinos end up being Italians is another matter. Hopefully they will be exposed to Serie A soccer matches early enough.
[14:38:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Turkey To Receive Second Batch Of S-400 Missile System This Week - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:38:21] <exec> 08└─Generally the law has to be some kind of gay acronym, because politicians use it for marketing.
[14:38:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Turkey To Receive Second Batch Of S-400 Missile System This Week - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:38:23] <exec> 08└─Attacking civilians is the way to win wars. Has been since the Allies changed from attacking German factories to cities.
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[15:32:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:32:45] <exec> 08└─It's fresh and gets the job done.
[15:33:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Police to Sell Hacker's $1.1 Million Bitcoin Stash to Compensate Victims - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:33:04] <exec> 08└─"Police to Sell Hacker's $1.1 Million Bitcoin Stash to Compensate Victims" ? ??
[15:33:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Police to Sell Hacker's $1.1 Million Bitcoin Stash to Compensate Victims - 314 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:33:06] <exec> 08└─All the language in the article and summary say "plan to compensate" and "plan to sell". I know this is the UK and their police are less fucked up than ours, but is compensating victims something police are required to do by law, or is this basically "goodness of their hearts" executive fiat? The la...
[15:33:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Alfred [4006] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Police to Sell Hacker's $1.1 Million Bitcoin Stash to Compensate Victims - 373 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:33:08] <exec> 08└─Do it like the lottery, installment payments. The victims get a check every year for say 5 years from the sale of 20% of the total bitcoin each year. Or sell some every other month. I'll be ready to buy when they sell it, I can let the market droop and snatch it up. The best thing would be to trans...
[15:33:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Spamalope [5233] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Police to Sell Hacker's $1.1 Million Bitcoin Stash to Compensate Victims - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:33:10] <exec> 08└─Lawyers costs will be inflated until the entire recovered sum is consumed. Natch.
[15:33:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Police to Sell Hacker's $1.1 Million Bitcoin Stash to Compensate Victims - 240 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:33:12] <exec> 08└─Bitcoin market cap, somewhere between 180 and 225 Billion USD. Source [blockchain.com]. 1.1 Million USD in relation to that? 6/10,000ths of one percent. Yeah. Doubt that will cause a panic. Maybe someone needs to learn relative percentages.
[15:33:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tesla's Latest Wiring Patent Application: Things Get Faster and More Redundant - 381 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:33:26] <exec> 08└─They already had the engineers sitting idle so they were made to design an 'innovative' new system that was not needed. If tesla becomes an old company (if it does not shut down early), such 'innovations' will cease to exist and it will not be hip for any hip engineer to waste his life doing un-hip...
[15:33:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla's Latest Wiring Patent Application: Things Get Faster and More Redundant - 200 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:33:28] <exec> 08└─Well, I rarely operate my land vehicles IFR, and I can almost always bring them in for a safe landing with a completely dark cockpit... But, with auto-pilot, they are starting to blur the lines a bit.
[15:34:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Chemists Discover Water Microdroplets Spontaneously Produce Hydrogen Peroxide - 1594 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:34:07] <exec> 08└─Or..... genuine science. Where one person or group uses one's thinker as best as one can, one notices an anomaly, one comes up with a null hypothesis, one does one's best to eliminate confounding variables but in the end design the best experiment one can, have at the experiment, record the results,...
[15:34:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Chemists Discover Water Microdroplets Spontaneously Produce Hydrogen Peroxide - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:34:09] <exec> 08└─one comes up with a null hypothesis
[15:34:16] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03c0lo [156] 02 - 06Brazil Rejects G7 Aid for Amazon Forest Fires - 258 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:34:17] <exec> 08└─Oh, wow. The G7 nations, with a combined GDP of over $33T, offers a help amounting to $500/amazon-burning-fire. Great help, guys, really shows your magnanimous character and interest in "the lung of the planet". I wonder what interest rate they have in mind?
[15:34:29] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] 02 - 06Brazil Rejects G7 Aid for Amazon Forest Fires - 543 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:34:29] <exec> 08└─Yeah, we should reforest chunks of Europe. And Africa, and we should definitely stop burning the Amazon. Apparently a trillion trees could make a huge difference: https://phys.org [phys.org] And I have the perfect place for the first half million or so (numbe...
[15:34:53] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 1749 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:34:54] <exec> 08└─I don't get it. I honestly, legitimately, don't get it. All I care about is skill. Learning a coding language such as PHP, is about skill, and ability. Coding is the ultimate in freedom, the ultimate in inclusion, because you can build incredible things, work with a world-wide team of devs, with a n...
[15:35:11] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 41 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:35:11] <exec> 08└─Maybe they had more embarrassing problems
[15:35:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:35:20] <exec> 08└─Who will be laughing when Trump buys Germany?
[15:35:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 602 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:35:22] <exec> 08└─Use Inclusive in a sentence. For example: In order to be as Inclusive as possible, we are excluding some Straight White Dudes. Thinking outside of the non-existent box for a second, does PHP have a CoC? (Code of Conduct?) If not, then maybe that is their problem. All software projects need a CoC. It...
[15:35:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 388 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:35:24] <exec> 08└─The notion of banning languages invented by white people sounds sort of stupid, but it's the same logic that the alt-left uses when it throws out every good idea about the US Constitution in exchange for a brand of authoritarianism because the drafters were a bunch of white men. For that matter, how...
[15:35:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:35:27] <exec> 08└─This "let's find a reason to be offended"
[15:35:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 196 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:35:29] <exec> 08└─You mean like posting this non-story so people can virtue signal about all that reverse sexism? Because, of course, me deciding to not go somewhere is the exact same thing as someone being banned.
[15:35:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:35:31] <exec> 08└─Nobody got excluded except for women. People decided to not attend a sausage fest. The End.
[15:35:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:35:33] <exec> 08└─Is that what your kind is about? Going to a conference, not because of the material, but the pussy?
[15:35:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:35:35] <exec> 08└─IIRC the Ruby guy came under SJW attack some months back. He was able to defend himself, and not get blacklisted, because in Japan the SJWs can't scare anybody yet.
[15:35:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Blizzard Re-Releases World of Warcraft Classic - 2784 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:35:56] <exec> 08└─People who played NES, SNES, PS1, etc. as kids are now spending cash as parents. They have nostalgia for the titles they grew up on, and might be lost when it comes to newer games (e.g. Super Mario vs. GTA V). The classic console releases are a convenient way to get a box with a number of games and...
[15:37:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The BBC is Planning to Launch a Voice Assistant Capable of Understanding British People - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:37:03] <exec> 08└─The BBC is Planning to Launch a Voice Assistant Capable of Understanding British People
[15:37:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The BBC is Planning to Launch a Voice Assistant Capable of Understanding British People - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:37:04] <exec> 08└─The intent is to “experiment with new programmes, features and experiences without someone else’s permission to build it in a certain way,” a BBC spokesperson told BBC news.
[15:37:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hyperturtle [2824] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Scientists In Italy Fertilize 7 Northern White Rhino Eggs - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:37:40] <exec> 08└─I was going to say... the scientists did it? what a load of bull! oh wait
[15:39:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Turkey To Receive Second Batch Of S-400 Missile System This Week - 780 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:39:01] <exec> 08└─It's also entirely predictable that Erdogan blamed the U.S. for being behind the coup. According to Wikipedia, the last 4 or 5 coups before this one were all by the Kemalists (people in the military trying to make sure Turkey doesn't regress to an Ottoman-style Muslim state, but stays secular), but...
[15:39:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Turkey To Receive Second Batch Of S-400 Missile System This Week - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:39:02] <exec> 08└─Well the Germans started the whole aerial bombing of cities thing in WW2. London Blitz?
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[16:32:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03donkeyhotay [2540] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 262 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:32:44] <exec> 08└─'..."You build your whole life on your genetic identity, and that's the foundation," Ms. Wiley said. "But when those bottom bricks have been removed or altered, it can be devastating...."' "Devastating"? Surprising, perhaps, but "devastating"? Quit yer bullshit.
[16:32:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:32:46] <exec> 08└─"You build your whole life on your genetic identity, and that's the foundation,"
[16:32:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:32:48] <exec> 08└─Did the infertile husband shake hands with the sperm doctor at any point in time? That could be a little devastating.
[16:32:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:32:50] <exec> 08└─Maybe Dr. Kim McMorries self-identifies as a Californian sperm banker.
[16:32:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 599 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:32:52] <exec> 08└─Discovering that the father or your father is not who you expected is just as bad in either scenario: 1. father is fertility clinic doctor 2. father is someone mom had affair with but tricked her husband into thinking you're his 3. father is someone mom had affair with and even mom didn't realize th...
[16:32:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:32:55] <exec> 08└─Luke Skywalker should demand a DNA paternity test.
[16:32:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03bussdriver [6876] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 768 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:32:57] <exec> 08└─You'd think they'd want sperm from a MD without any genetic diseases. It's not like the infertile husbands get any more health screening or more IQ screening than the MD donor does. The doctor could have visited CA at some point and "donated" to somebody while there... so he wasn't lying... It is ev...
[16:32:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03bussdriver [6876] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 183 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:32:59] <exec> 08└─Should we ethically allow shopping for sperm; that is formally? It's just a step from the future of shopping for genetically engineered humans and right next to existing dog breeding.
[16:33:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:01] <exec> 08└─Speaking of racial, Dr. Kim was clearly the right color to go unnoticed: https://drmcmorries.com [drmcmorries.com]
[16:33:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 346 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:04] <exec> 08└─You are not going far enough. I say we should set goals for X percent of all adopters to be gay couples so we can further normalization of homosexuality. People should not be allowed to choose who they mate with (I agree with your point!), but it is just as important to tackle breaking straight whit...
[16:33:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:06] <exec> 08└─When couples with Fertility problems go the sperm donor route they are saying we’ll take *anything* It’s not like he swapped his sperm for the Rock’s spunk
[16:33:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 225 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:08] <exec> 08└─People have always chosen whom to mate with. It's what just about what ALL animals do. If you try to deny them this fundamental drive by law, guess what, they are going to go for privately contracted or informal arrangements.
[16:33:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 249 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:10] <exec> 08└─People are driven to choose whom they mate with. Even if the only choice they have is through a stud book, they will exercise it. Nobody will agree to getting the wife blind drunk, dropping her off at a bar, and saying, I hope you get lucky tonight!
[16:33:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:12] <exec> 08└─You said: Anybody without a genetic disease (or carrier) is just fine.
[16:33:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 427 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:15] <exec> 08└─Well, some definitely would agree to do that, or more likely get a clean buddy to intervene. Also, this instance demonstrates that the choice hardly mattered. It took 32 years to figure it out, although the technology had to catch up. But the child didn't deviate significantly from the appearance of...
[16:33:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:17] <exec> 08└─What if you aren't thrilled with the very strong lying narcissistic god complex traits of the current donor?
[16:33:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:19] <exec> 08└─science has been knocking down all the myths about genetics dictating personality traits for decades
[16:33:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hostinger Data Breach Affects Almost 14 Million Customers - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:27] <exec> 08└─Still wrapping my head around the idea that 14M people would sign up and even pay for a service named Ho-stinger.
[16:33:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Police to Sell Hacker's $1.1 Million Bitcoin Stash to Compensate Victims - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:44] <exec> 08└─This is what happens when you elect lawyers to the legislature - there ought to be a separation of bar and bill voters.
[16:33:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Police to Sell Hacker's $1.1 Million Bitcoin Stash to Compensate Victims - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:46] <exec> 08└─And someone needs to understand the difference between real and play money. As for me, I'm moving my money into dutch tulips.
[16:33:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Police to Sell Hacker's $1.1 Million Bitcoin Stash to Compensate Victims - 20 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:48] <exec> 08└─The latter is scary.
[16:36:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:36:03] <exec> 08└─name me some known FOSS projects created or maintained by a woman. For example, take your favorite distro's repository, and look through that. Or look at packages installed on your system.
[16:36:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03meustrus [4961] (Score: 2) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 2088 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:36:04] <exec> 08└─These days you also have to wonder if the speaker up on the podium is there because of all the little people they stepped on to get there. Of course, this has always been a problem. But before, it was possible to brush it off as the necessary, even beneficial, cost of ambition. Now it is clear that...
[16:36:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 2571 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:36:07] <exec> 08└─Yes, but when you have people who express, "There is no problem, see! NO PROBLEM! NOOOOO PROBLEM!" then it is time to take some actions to fix the problems that many (most) do their damndest to deny or suppress. Or at least call attention to the fact that this is not true. And yes, most places you e...
[16:36:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03meustrus [4961] (Score: 2) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 515 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:36:09] <exec> 08└─What about the rights of white guys to demand diversity? You pretend that it's all the non-white-males that shut down this conference, but I can guarantee you that if the white guys in charge of the event still wanted to do it anyway, if all the white guys who wanted to attend didn't mind looking li...
[16:36:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:36:12] <exec> 08└─VLM doublespeak: Freedom of Speech except when presenters decide on silence for reasons I disagree with.
[16:36:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03meustrus [4961] (Score: 2) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 1017 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:36:14] <exec> 08└─Sadly the internet isn't about pseudonyms anymore. Facebook killed that. Now we all have to use Real Names because it's the only way to be sure we aren't assholes. Not that this actually stopped assholes from using pseudonyms. No, assholes can still go by whatever name they want. I don't know if it'...
[16:38:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Scientists In Italy Fertilize 7 Northern White Rhino Eggs - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:38:18] <exec> 08└─What is a "regular" rhino? There's only a few thousand Southern white rhinos and almost no black rhinos of any species left.
[16:39:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hyperturtle [2824] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Intel's Comet Lake Release Lowering the Bar Again - 3236 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:39:05] <exec> 08└─Did it occur to anyone at semi-accurate that the goal of this particular line of CPUs wasn't to please their need to have high benchmark scores...? Just from the fine summary, which quotes from the article, it seems like the author at semi-accurate is either swept up in their emotions and wrote thin...
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[17:32:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SpaceX's Starhopper Completes 150 Meter Test Hop - 567 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:32:48] <exec> 08└─Scott Manley's video [youtube.com] (10m22s) highlights some potential problems with the test (starting at 4:44). Basically some unexpected exhaust products that caused the flame to briefly change color even before it got close to the ground, maybe indicating breakage inside the engine and causing it...
[17:33:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:13] <exec> 08└─The couple got lucky with the doctor's DNA. Sure, no material harm resulted. BUT... the couple was defrauded by the doctor. They paid for sperm from donor X and instead sperm from the doctor was deliberately substituted.
[17:33:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03iWantToKeepAnon [686] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 7 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:15] <exec> 08└─tasting
[17:33:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:17] <exec> 08└─"Hell, even better if they outlaw racial discrimination on sperm so we can increase mixing of races and start to solve a bigger problem" Why don't you worry about yourself, you stupid authoritarian fuck?
[17:33:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03loonycyborg [6905] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 193 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:19] <exec> 08└─Historically people cared deeply about ancestry so doctors doing something like this are behaving unethical at very least. And most likely a lot people would consider this a crime akin to rape.
[17:33:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:21] <exec> 08└─I say we should set goals for X percent of all adopters to be gay couples so we can further normalization of homosexuality.
[17:33:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:23] <exec> 08└─Yes, but they were always severely limited with their choices.
[17:33:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:26] <exec> 08└─Perhaps her mother simply had a "relationships" with the doctor. Looks way more probable to me than some scheme that could go bust at any moment.
[17:33:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:28] <exec> 08└─Perhaps the only "defrauded" party is the husband and the main perpetrator is the wife.
[17:33:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Hostinger Data Breach Affects Almost 14 Million Customers - 193 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:38] <exec> 08└─First was 000webhost, bought by hostinger after the first massive data leak, including cleartext passwords. Now again with hostinger another one. How many clients are still there for the third?
[17:34:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rupert Pupnick [7277] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla's Latest Wiring Patent Application: Things Get Faster and More Redundant - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:13] <exec> 08└─Never heard of operating a land vehicle IFR, but have heard of operating a land vehicle with one eye closed. ;)
[17:34:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tesla's Latest Wiring Patent Application: Things Get Faster and More Redundant - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:15] <exec> 08└─I've seen the build quality of their electronics. Think "VCR" not "747"
[17:36:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:20] <exec> 08└─Actually, US Constitution was written by a bunch of white male slavers, who did not wanted to pay taxes to their king. Nothing has changed since.
[17:36:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03meustrus [4961] (Score: 2) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 926 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:21] <exec> 08└─You don't know much about how a company is run, do you? HR does a lot of work behind the scenes, especially in smaller organizations where they also pick up jobs like facilities and procurement. Somebody has to recruit people, organize interviews, talk to the benefits providers, fill out all the pap...
[17:36:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:23] <exec> 08└─Qubes, by Joanna Rutkowska. BTW, she's the best hacker ever.
[17:36:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:25] <exec> 08└─That's all unskilled labor.
[17:36:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:27] <exec> 08└─people need to start forking these events when some stupid bitch tries to railroad it. Otherwise, they can break functioning systems just by pulling this shit.
[17:36:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03meustrus [4961] (Score: 2) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 400 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:30] <exec> 08└─Not really the point, is it? Just because you think it's unskilled doesn't mean it doesn't need to get done. Next you'll be telling me that the janitor isn't carrying his weight because cleaning the office bathroom is unskilled labor. Not to mention the kind of shit you have to deal with when you tr...
[17:36:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03meustrus [4961] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Blizzard Re-Releases World of Warcraft Classic - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:51] <exec> 08└─Is it really that hard to make an engaging game (almost certainly)?
[17:37:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03slinches [5049] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Data Shows IOT Security is Moving Backward - 238 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:37:28] <exec> 08└─Abuse of terminology. Doesn't make the IoT concept inherently good or bad. Pretty much as with the "hacker" term. I don't intend to give up so easily the fight for the meaning of the words , I'm glad that I'm not alone (e.g. hackaday.com)
[17:38:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The BBC is Planning to Launch a Voice Assistant Capable of Understanding British People - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:38:01] <exec> 08└─Okay. If you don't trust the BBC, what news sources do you trust? As in specific organizations, not generic "not main stream media" cop-out.
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[18:33:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 171 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:33:20] <exec> 08└─At the very LEAST akin to rape. But it is much worse. When raped, if a woman subsequently becomes pregnant, at least there is no surprise about the paternity of the fetus.
[18:33:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rupert Pupnick [7277] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:33:21] <exec> 08└─And they're paying a lot of money for the "privilege" (?) of avoiding sex...
[18:33:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:33:24] <exec> 08└─Vader refuses to release his Long Form birth certificate. "I already uploaded it to The Force", he claims.
[18:33:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:33:26] <exec> 08└─I think they're called Incels now.
[18:33:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 228 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:33:28] <exec> 08└─The doctor's motive is that, while he gets paid for the procedure of the fertilization, the doctor does not have to pay the donor who was selected by clients to be the paternal father. The doctor could not have any other motive.
[18:33:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:33:30] <exec> 08└─The doctor could not have any other motive.
[18:33:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:33:33] <exec> 08└─And don't let some doctor choose it for them.
[18:33:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:33:35] <exec> 08└─Keep pushing that joke. It gets FUNNIER every time you tell it!
[18:34:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Police to Sell Hacker's $1.1 Million Bitcoin Stash to Compensate Victims - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:04] <exec> 08└─"real money" says the dumb whore who funds the IRS and lets the federal reserve steal from the whole nation.
[18:34:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Police to Sell Hacker's $1.1 Million Bitcoin Stash to Compensate Victims - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:05] <exec> 08└─Not... really? Cops being cogs of an abusive machine is one problem, cops being given arbitrary authority to allocate ill gotten gains as they wish is another.
[18:34:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Police to Sell Hacker's $1.1 Million Bitcoin Stash to Compensate Victims - 210 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:07] <exec> 08└─Not sure about the UK, but in many jurisdictions restitution is considered in sentencing. The part about him having to spend an extra four years in jail if he does not forfeit the bitcoin seems to support that.
[18:34:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Police to Sell Hacker's $1.1 Million Bitcoin Stash to Compensate Victims - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:10] <exec> 08└─For some reason I am much more okay with a weirdo in a black dress and a wig making this kind of arbitrary decision than cops.
[18:34:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Police to Sell Hacker's $1.1 Million Bitcoin Stash to Compensate Victims - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:12] <exec> 08└─I don't get it. If you can sell the ones and zeros that represent a song or software why not the ones and zeros that represent a bitcoin?
[18:34:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla's Latest Wiring Patent Application: Things Get Faster and More Redundant - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:30] <exec> 08└─Tesla's patents: All Our Patent Are Belong To You [tesla.com]
[18:34:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla's Latest Wiring Patent Application: Things Get Faster and More Redundant - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:31] <exec> 08└─A Closer Look at Tesla’s Open-Source Patent Pledge [lexology.com] Basically there are strings attached.
[18:35:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brazil Rejects G7 Aid for Amazon Forest Fires - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:35:38] <exec> 08└─Why are the fascists always such whiny little thin-skinned bitches?
[18:36:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 1123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:43] <exec> 08└─"because they systematically oppressed other people of better skill and results." lmao. you're so fucking stupid. "And yes, it's sad that sometimes this means the 1 odd person will be less qualified" no, in reality, almost every single diversity hire is an ignorant fuck and usually lazy too. Many of...
[18:36:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 3552 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:44] <exec> 08└─First of all, a "rationalization," among it's many other meanings, is a psychological defense. Just as denial, repression, displacement, sublimation, regression, splitting, and a whole bunch of other ones you may or may not have heard of. In psychology it is the justification of behaviors, and justi...
[18:36:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:46] <exec> 08└─Qubes, by Joanna Rutkowska. BTW, she's the best hacker ever.
[18:37:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Blizzard Re-Releases World of Warcraft Classic - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:37:09] <exec> 08└─...oh, and yeah, games are super expensive now. Good 3D takes waaay more time to draw and rig than good 2D.
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[19:32:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Avast And French Police Take Over Malware Botnet And Disinfect 850,000 Computers - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:32:41] <exec> 08└─Live by the software vulnerability, die by the software vulnerability.
[19:32:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Avast And French Police Take Over Malware Botnet And Disinfect 850,000 Computers - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:32:43] <exec> 08└─software vulnerabilities = secure employment
[19:32:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Avast And French Police Take Over Malware Botnet And Disinfect 850,000 Computers - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:32:45] <exec> 08└─That's why I am not flying in current century.
[19:32:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Avast And French Police Take Over Malware Botnet And Disinfect 850,000 Computers - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:32:47] <exec> 08└─> a Twitter account who bragged ... Another piece against Trump, huh?
[19:32:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06SpaceX's Starhopper Completes 150 Meter Test Hop - 328 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:32:56] <exec> 08└─Before the rocket got close to the ground, but not before the exhaust plume started interacting with the ground. At slow speed, it almost looks like the yellow stuff grew up from the ground to the engine. (there is a period with blue on top and yellow below.) Not sure how that could be if something...
[19:33:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:39] <exec> 08└─Kim was his first name.
[19:33:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:40] <exec> 08└─Especially in this case. "Eh I don't care, just find somebody for me." If she had gone and picked a donor *herself* this wouldn't have happened, presumably.
[19:33:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:43] <exec> 08└─We know racist khazar jews will do anything to murder other races so anything they promote is usually a lie.
[19:33:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:45] <exec> 08└─so we can further normalization of homosexuality.
[19:33:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:47] <exec> 08└─Everything about sex is legally for sale, except for the actual act. Crazy.
[19:33:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:49] <exec> 08└─Did the infertile husband shake hands with the sperm doctor at any point in time? That could be a little devastating.
[19:33:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:51] <exec> 08└─She was surprised by the "chaChing" sound going off in her head.
[19:33:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 255 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:54] <exec> 08└─Just a thought ... all of Dr Donor's biological children will have a legitimate claim on his estate when he dies. So all of the children he had with his wife/girlfriend/etc in the "old school, traditional" way now have competition for his Dr Donor Dinaro.
[19:34:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03SemperOSS [5072] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hostinger Data Breach Affects Almost 14 Million Customers - 742 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:04] <exec> 08└─A few years back I was testing a number of hosting sites, including 000Webhost and Hostinger. I keep receiving E-mails telling me how my 000Webhost account has been breached and how a cough modest cough payment of $700-$1000 worth of BitCoin will stop the people from releasing the videos they have r...
[19:34:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tesla's Latest Wiring Patent Application: Things Get Faster and More Redundant - 295 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:48] <exec> 08└─You obviously don't live up north. Whenever we have a blizzard or fog around here, there are still people out on the roads. Visibility can literally be less than 10 feet and there are still people out on the road. Oh, and in the ditches, because those are magically lined with cars the next day.
[19:35:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Brazil Rejects G7 Aid for Amazon Forest Fires - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:35:56] <exec> 08└─... it goes into the trees. You know, as they grow. You know, as a carbon based life form.
[19:37:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:05] <exec> 08└─it denies the reality that women are systematically discriminated against
[19:37:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 325 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:06] <exec> 08└─Just a tip on your abbreviation there: PHP is a backronym for "PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor" not "Hypertext Preprocessor" without the leading "PHP." Although, I really wished they had taken my favorite suggestion "Pachyderm Hypertext Preprocessor" to keep the Elephant theme, since everyone just uses...
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[20:32:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Avast And French Police Take Over Malware Botnet And Disinfect 850,000 Computers - 247 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:32:56] <exec> 08└─I'm giving him a 24 hour pass on twitter bullshit because he entirely correctly dunked on Bretbug Stevens there. I don't think it's great that the president of the US is wasting all day on social media, but owning Bret Stevens is correct and good.
[20:32:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mer [8009] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Avast And French Police Take Over Malware Botnet And Disinfect 850,000 Computers - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:32:57] <exec> 08└─The national gendarmerie isn't police, it's an army corps.
[20:33:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:56] <exec> 08└─No worries. There are plenty of adoptable kids available. And yes, it will continue to break homophobia which ain't bad either.
[20:33:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 228 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:57] <exec> 08└─Ah, but Jeffery Epstein wasn't a doctor. So he may have had other motives for his actions. But a doctor would only be interested in not having to pay the third party contractor who was selected by the clients to provide the DNA.
[20:33:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:59] <exec> 08└─This is why DNA tasting is important. To be sure you've got the right one.
[20:34:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 225 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:34:01] <exec> 08└─A doctor doesn't stop being a person after he gets his medical credentials. All personal motives that apply to people apply to doctors too. You could even say a fertility doctor has a special interest in reproductive matters.
[20:34:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:34:04] <exec> 08└─Got news for you, buddy: that could apply to ANY MAN you have ever skaken hands with...
[20:34:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:34:06] <exec> 08└─I wrote parent post as a troll. Says a lot about today that people don't seem to detect that.
[20:35:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tesla's Latest Wiring Patent Application: Things Get Faster and More Redundant - 382 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:35:00] <exec> 08└─Not to mention, that automation has used CAN and other fieldbus technologies with redundancy for a lot longer. There was nothing new in that patent application, except perhaps "for an automobile", which imho should not constitute a new application for a method. I doubt anyone patenting redundancy ha...
[20:35:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla's Latest Wiring Patent Application: Things Get Faster and More Redundant - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:35:01] <exec> 08└─String, yes. But they don't sound like very restrictive strings.
[20:35:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Protocol Used by 630,000 Devices Can be Abused for Devastating DDoS Attacks - 540 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:35:12] <exec> 08└─It is a slightly different but related technology. WSD is "Web Services for Devices," which is used to identify and configure devices with Windows (and other complying implementations) over the network. WS-Discovery is a protocol to exchange certain SOAP-formatted data over UDP. Where they differ is...
[20:35:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Protocol Used by 630,000 Devices Can be Abused for Devastating DDoS Attacks - 314 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:35:14] <exec> 08└─I should also point out that WS-Discovery is a layer on top of SOAP-over-UDP that uses it as one of its three possible session layers. It is an error to imply that WS-Discovery is SOAP-over-UDP, same as it is to imply that DNS is UDP. Yes, one uses the other most of the time, but they are distinct s...
[20:36:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brazil Rejects G7 Aid for Amazon Forest Fires - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:36:13] <exec> 08└─Why are the fascists always such whiny little thin-skinned bitches?
[20:36:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brazil Rejects G7 Aid for Amazon Forest Fires - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:36:15] <exec> 08└─I was talking about Bolsonaro... But, I think Thexalon convinced me of his hypothesis below. Bolsanaro likes the fire and he's just pretending to be a whiny little bitch like Trump.
[20:37:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Blizzard Re-Releases World of Warcraft Classic - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:37:48] <exec> 08└─Just like it was when it was new. Isn't that part of the "Classic" experience that they wanted?
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[21:32:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03qzm [3260] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Using Wi-Fi Like Sonar To Measure Speed And Distance Of Indoor Movement - 286 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:32:40] <exec> 08└─Ummm. Sonar but using radio waves would be.... Radar? And why on earth would you use wi-fi signals which are very poor for such use, instead of just a well designed signal? Academically interesting no doubt.. But seems somewhat odd for any real world use. Actual radar is common enough.
[21:32:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Avast And French Police Take Over Malware Botnet And Disinfect 850,000 Computers - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:32:53] <exec> 08└─If you want the US equivalent for the subordination hierarchy, think Coast Guard but extended on land. National gendarmerie has attributions in law enforcement and defense readiness.
[21:33:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 511 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:33:58] <exec> 08└─Thought provoking question. It would depend on state law [wikipedia.org] if Astrue v. Capato would be precedent for it. If Wikipedia is right then it is the inheritance laws of the state in which the will was signed which would control such a decision. And states differ [legalmatch.com] in what righ...
[21:33:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:33:59] <exec> 08└─the doctor does not have to pay the donor who was selected by clients to be the paternal father.
[21:34:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:34:02] <exec> 08└─The alt-left and alt-right share a lot in common. They hate each other only because familiarity breeds contempt.
[21:34:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:34:04] <exec> 08└─Do the children end up in limbo
[21:34:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03jasassin [3566] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:34:06] <exec> 08└─What if two of his kids grew up and didn't know they were brother and sister and had a mongoloid baby? No, this is creepy perverted and wrong.
[21:34:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:34:08] <exec> 08└─Rather a manufacturer. (from Latin: manu-factum - made by hand)
[21:34:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:34:10] <exec> 08└─Historically people supported slavery and witch burning so contemporary generations opposing it are unethical.
[21:36:37] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 1659 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:36:37] <exec> 08└─I might add something to this. Software is critical these days. It's in cars, controlling braking, steering, and sensors. It is in medical equipment. Weaponry. Power plants and distribution systems. It controls farm machinery, and more. Its scope and scale is only going to grow even further. I'm not...
[21:37:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 1752 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:37:27] <exec> 08└─No, not really. [nih.gov] One can often find reasons why there may be systematic selection going on, and it isn't the fault of women. [asm.org] You can find other professions where an increase in women in the profession lead to increased female speakers at conferences. [jamanetwork.com] You can find...
[21:38:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Data Shows IOT Security is Moving Backward - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:38:29] <exec> 08└─The outcomes of both cases are great big nulls. No difference, OK?
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[22:32:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Inside the Black Market for Bots That Buy Designer Clothes Before They Sell Out - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:32:44] <exec> 08└─Why not to learn something about sewing and/or knitting and make yourself your own unique cloth? Better fits to FOSS philosophy of sharing patterns too.
[22:32:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Inside the Black Market for Bots That Buy Designer Clothes Before They Sell Out - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:32:46] <exec> 08└─Why, you have quite a gall! What will you say next, that Gimp is as fit for the purpose as Photoshop? (grin)
[22:32:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Using Wi-Fi Like Sonar To Measure Speed And Distance Of Indoor Movement - 259 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:32:54] <exec> 08└─Because most people already have wifi hardware running in their homes and businesses, which can be surreptitiously hijacked as surveillance devices. From what I've read, if they can access three wifi devices simultaneously they can get a pretty good 3d image.
[22:32:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Using Wi-Fi Like Sonar To Measure Speed And Distance Of Indoor Movement - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:32:57] <exec> 08└─https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/a3aaqp/mit-device-uses-wifi-to-see-through-walls-and-track-your-movements [vice.com]
[22:32:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Using Wi-Fi Like Sonar To Measure Speed And Distance Of Indoor Movement - 193 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:32:59] <exec> 08└─"Ummm. Sonar but using radio waves would be.... Radar?" That's what i first thought of. Sonar? Why not just say "It's like echo-location" or "It's like making waves when peeing into the water".
[22:33:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Avast And French Police Take Over Malware Botnet And Disinfect 850,000 Computers - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:12] <exec> 08└─.. and here I was thinking it was only used to flambé rich deserts!
[22:33:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SpaceX's Starhopper Completes 150 Meter Test Hop - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:21] <exec> 08└─I heard that they were changing the mixture as part of the throttling, and that this would account for the color change.
[22:34:11] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 255 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:11] <exec> 08└─Just a thought ... all of Dr Donor's biological children will have a legitimate claim on his estate when he dies. So all of the children he had with his wife/girlfriend/etc in the "old school, traditional" way now have competition for his Dr Donor Dinaro.
[22:34:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 338 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:25] <exec> 08└─To be fair, there is something wrong with the majority of Texans...now I don't support discriminating against people for things they can't help (in this case where they were born, though one wonders why the ones with the means didn't leave...) but let's not ignore reality here: Texas and Florida are...
[22:34:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 362 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:27] <exec> 08└─...I find myself actually *glad* to be a lesbian. Until someone figures out some kind of sparkly magical-girl-esque Science Babies (TM) method, stuff like this is simply not on my radar. What's more even baffling to me is that there are 7 and a half billion of us, with how the sexes seem to be at co...
[22:36:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Coward, Anonymous [7017] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brazil Rejects G7 Aid for Amazon Forest Fires - 216 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:36:37] <exec> 08└─The forest has reached equilibrium. New trees grow and absorb carbon. Old ones die, decay, and emit CO2. Do you not understand that these terms could cancel? The IPCC expert scientist says there is no net absorbtion.
[22:36:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Coward, Anonymous [7017] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brazil Rejects G7 Aid for Amazon Forest Fires - 623 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:36:38] <exec> 08└─I'm not outraged, just pointing out European hypocrisy, which was the point of the original reforestation quote. On their way to achieving their current standard of living, Europeans cut down most of their forests. And they are buying a lot of chopped up wood to burn in power plants. I support green...
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[23:32:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Inside the Black Market for Bots That Buy Designer Clothes Before They Sell Out - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:32:52] <exec> 08└─Complicated Bot Herding Is Too Complicated Why not to learn something about sewing and/or knitting and make yourself your own unique cloth?
[23:32:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Inside the Black Market for Bots That Buy Designer Clothes Before They Sell Out - 353 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:32:53] <exec> 08└─What I really want is a bot that would use all the social media available for me and portrait me as a say hard working liberal perfect for any employment. It is very easy to do without much tech. Just hire a few meat bags for every major profile and let them click. I am amazed that nothing like this...
[23:32:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Inside the Black Market for Bots That Buy Designer Clothes Before They Sell Out - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:32:55] <exec> 08└─Ideas are always a dime a dozen.
[23:32:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Inside the Black Market for Bots That Buy Designer Clothes Before They Sell Out - 292 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:32:58] <exec> 08└─Obviously Gimp it isn't fit for purpose. It needs to use 4GB more memory, 5 more windows, 18 more nested sub-menus to access commonly used functions, and be restricted no online-only cloud based access on a subscription model. Then it might start to be able to start competing with Photoshop.
[23:32:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03istartedi [123] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Inside the Black Market for Bots That Buy Designer Clothes Before They Sell Out - 462 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:00] <exec> 08└─What's the point? If you get hired, you have to show up and be that guy, which is exhausting or else you get fired when they find out you're not a good fit. If the misrepresentation is marginal, maybe it might get you in the door and not get caught but people "fluff up" their resumes all the time wi...
[23:33:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Inside the Black Market for Bots That Buy Designer Clothes Before They Sell Out - 184 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:02] <exec> 08└─I am not selling an idea - I just want somebody to do it. I do realize that the fact that nobody tried is an indication that the idea is actually a good one, but still... nobody tried.
[23:33:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Inside the Black Market for Bots That Buy Designer Clothes Before They Sell Out - 721 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:04] <exec> 08└─There is that issue to get through the door first even if one is good... but let me give you another real life example. Currently the US is demanding accounts from visa applicants. Presumably they are checking online activities for whatever that makes the apploicant accessable. I am sure there are m...
[23:33:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Using Wi-Fi Like Sonar To Measure Speed And Distance Of Indoor Movement - 496 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:15] <exec> 08└─It has to be done or you will never " open the eye" on your received signal due to the intersymbol interference injected by reflections of the signal you are listening to. One uses an adaptive filter to compensate. It constantly tracks the amplitude and delay of the interfering reflections. And adds...
[23:33:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rupert Pupnick [7277] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Using Wi-Fi Like Sonar To Measure Speed And Distance Of Indoor Movement - 645 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:16] <exec> 08└─Sounds like something you can already get with IMU plus GPS once you have an initial fix you can believe in. The underlying tech seems like Doppler radar which is going to require a significant change to the RF front end of the WiFi base station. Normally you do this by mixing the output with the si...
[23:33:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Avast And French Police Take Over Malware Botnet And Disinfect 850,000 Computers - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:31] <exec> 08└─Law enforcement messing up innocent people's computers without explicit permission.
[23:33:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Avast And French Police Take Over Malware Botnet And Disinfect 850,000 Computers - 311 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:32] <exec> 08└─You sell a man a hammer, made right, you'll never sell him another. Disclaimer...I still use grandpa's old hammer. It was cast from one piece of steel. Eastwing. Beautifully elegant tool. Have a rock pick from them as well. Wish today's technology companies took as much pride in their product as Eas...
[23:33:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Avast And French Police Take Over Malware Botnet And Disinfect 850,000 Computers - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:35] <exec> 08└─I see what you did there... Rich deserts.
[23:33:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06SpaceX's Starhopper Completes 150 Meter Test Hop - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:45] <exec> 08└─maybe, if they made it rich, it might turn yellow, but would that go yellow from top to bot or bot to top? This rocket science stuff is, well rocket science...
[23:34:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:34:51] <exec> 08└─Well at least you manged to make the story about you.
[23:34:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Username [4557] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 260 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:34:53] <exec> 08└─Most of these women probably just had an affair with the doctor to get a doctor baby. They probably didn't want to get needles and tubes and what not jabbed into them and opted for a regular dose of doctor dick instead. It's the logical and easiest conclusion.
[23:34:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03barbara hudson [6443] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:34:55] <exec> 08└─Nevada disagrees with you. So does Canada .
[23:34:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03barbara hudson [6443] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:34:57] <exec> 08└─Genetic testing wasn't all the thing years ago. Stupid doctor wouldn't have gotten nailed so easily if he hadn't also gone for that stupid vanity gene testing for your heritage, which tw is an outright fraud.
[23:34:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03barbara hudson [6443] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:34:59] <exec> 08└─Then why do doctors keep getting caught doing this?
[23:35:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03barbara hudson [6443] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 365 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:35:02] <exec> 08└─Lesbians here use a turkey baster and a donor off the Internet, same as everyone else. They did a tv interview with one guy who made over 100 house calls, even went to the home and interviewed the couple right before. The guy doesn't charge, he posts his std test results every 3 months as well as hi...
[23:35:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 243 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:35:04] <exec> 08└─Typically, American doctors are not that stupid. The more likely scenario was that the husband abused his wife for not having children, she had an affair with her doctor, and got herself pregnant. Then they covered it up with artificial thing.
[23:37:44] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03driverless [4770] 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 762 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:37:44] <exec> 08└─There was a technical workshop locally that tried to install a quota system where 50% of attendees had to be... well they didn't come out and say it directly, but basically it was "not white males". Attendance, which had been steady at 100% for several years (actually more like 150%, they always ran...
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