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[00:32:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Eight People Indicted For Running 'Two Of The Largest' Illegal Streaming Services - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:32:39] <exec> 08└─We need to get pictures of the victims up. Poor starving children in Atlantis, or something.
[00:32:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03pipedwho [2032] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australian Who Says He Invented Bitcoin Ordered To Hand Over Up To $5Bn - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:32:46] <exec> 08└─If this is legitimate, I think we're soon going to find out who Satoshi Nakamoto really is (was).
[00:32:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australian Who Says He Invented Bitcoin Ordered To Hand Over Up To $5Bn - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:32:48] <exec> 08└─I think we're soon going to find out who Satoshi Nakamoto really is (was).
[00:32:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australian Who Says He Invented Bitcoin Ordered To Hand Over Up To $5Bn - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:32:51] <exec> 08└─Spoiler: it isn't and we aren't.
[00:32:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03liberza [6137] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Australian Who Says He Invented Bitcoin Ordered To Hand Over Up To $5Bn - 174 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:32:53] <exec> 08└─Doubtful... Craig Wright has not proved in any way that he is Satoshi Nakamoto. It would be quite simple to do: sign a message using the private key from BTC's genesis block.
[00:33:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Inside the Black Market for Bots That Buy Designer Clothes Before They Sell Out - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:33:08] <exec> 08└─There is no requirement to have an account on one of these sites to get a visa. They just ask for any accounts you do have. 'None' is a fine answer.
[00:33:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Inside the Black Market for Bots That Buy Designer Clothes Before They Sell Out - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:33:10] <exec> 08└─I do realize that the fact that nobody tried is an indication that the idea is actually a good one
[00:33:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Inside the Black Market for Bots That Buy Designer Clothes Before They Sell Out - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:33:12] <exec> 08└─Trust me on this, please. None is not fine.
[00:33:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Inside the Black Market for Bots That Buy Designer Clothes Before They Sell Out - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:33:14] <exec> 08└─It was the last time I cleared customs. Got a source or citation?
[00:33:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Inside the Black Market for Bots That Buy Designer Clothes Before They Sell Out - 569 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:33:16] <exec> 08└─Then you cleared customs as a US national or whatever category of already-inside, and you are likely white-passing and male. Alternately, if you pass or 40 or older, there's not the same assumption that you have an online lie. It is NOT ok in general, not even for you. At the border they can stop yo...
[00:35:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:35:08] <exec> 08└─It's just too damn compelling.
[00:35:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 758 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:35:09] <exec> 08└─The "sparkly magical-girl-esque Science Babies (TM)" are legit and will probably be figured out in the next 20 years or so. https://www.pinknews.co.uk [pinknews.co.uk] You could pick and choose chromosomes from two men to mak...
[00:35:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hostinger Data Breach Affects Almost 14 Million Customers - 310 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:35:21] <exec> 08└─Not really understanding why it would be relevant to a journalist to understand or investigate why only part of their customers were affected by a breach? They only got one table but not another? Or any of the theories you advanced. The question is why any of that would be relevant to any reader of...
[00:36:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Tesla's Latest Wiring Patent Application: Things Get Faster and More Redundant - 505 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:36:09] <exec> 08└─I have been looking into Android-bluetooth-WIFI-Arduino bridges to repurpose old cellphones as HMI displays, thinking if I did have any of my dash fail, I could log on with an Android phone, go to a specific 192.168. xxx.xxx to replicate the function of the failed part or display. I have this old di...
[00:37:18] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Thexalon [636] 02 - 06Brazil Rejects G7 Aid for Amazon Forest Fires - 664 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:37:18] <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...
[00:38:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 765 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:38:35] <exec> 08└─Please produce data on FOSS projects that women started. The excuse for this preachfest was a programming event, was it not? I expect no patriarchy can serve as an excuse not to write code on your own machine in your own free time, nor to not upload it to a public hosting. The point is, in a confere...
[00:38:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:38:37] <exec> 08└─If you say so, bud. Maybe I'll do some legwork on it..... If you can justify any of that beyond, "Yep, this is my opinion, so it's right, see????"
[00:38:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 287 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:38:39] <exec> 08└─-1 completely incoherent? You're aware the devs who walked were men? And nobody has come out with the revelation that the organizers were women? But hey, dude, go for it! Why don't you just walk in there with your money and try to set that conference back up again, eh? That'll show 'em!
[00:38:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 845 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:38:41] <exec> 08└─Yep. Although there's the exception where something gets shared that's different and unique and you might not get the information otherwise (doubtful, but it could happen). A good webinar can provide exactly the same information in near enough the same presentation format as a presentation or a post...
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[01:33:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 4, Insightful) 02 - 06Eight People Indicted For Running 'Two Of The Largest' Illegal Streaming Services - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:41] <exec> 08└─Jetflicks and iStreamItAll (ISIA)
[01:33:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Eight People Indicted For Running 'Two Of The Largest' Illegal Streaming Services - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:43] <exec> 08└─Don't be like that now. Some poor Hollywood producer might have to turn the heating off in one of his swimming pools next winter. Tragedies like that often go unreported you know.
[01:33:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Eight People Indicted For Running 'Two Of The Largest' Illegal Streaming Services - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:45] <exec> 08└─So they lost one night of blow and hookers. Boo fucking hoo. Hollywood are the real crooks.
[01:33:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australian Who Says He Invented Bitcoin Ordered To Hand Over Up To $5Bn - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:56] <exec> 08└─Based on the valuation of the bitcoins Mr Nakamoto supposedly has, it matters a lot to some people. Not just the family suing Mr Wright but every tax authority that can reach him.
[01:33:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australian Who Says He Invented Bitcoin Ordered To Hand Over Up To $5Bn - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:58] <exec> 08└─What if Wright is the wrong guy? What if David Kleiman was Satoshi Nakamoto?
[01:33:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03epitaxial [3165] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australian Who Says He Invented Bitcoin Ordered To Hand Over Up To $5Bn - 353 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:34:00] <exec> 08└─I don't know why this doesn't get more attention. This is one of the greatest modern mysteries IMHO. Of course you can't cash out the Satoshi wallets without collapsing the market but to be sitting on that much potential wealth and never dipping in? Someone either has amazing self control (or possib...
[01:34:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Inside the Black Market for Bots That Buy Designer Clothes Before They Sell Out - 579 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:34:21] <exec> 08└─OK, I'll elaborate. Lying for the purpose of entering to the US is a crime. What's more, that crime has no statue of limitation at least for the purpose of obtaining citizenship. Simply put, a naturalized American citizen can be denationalized if he/she lied to get one at any point in the future. ht...
[01:34:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Inside the Black Market for Bots That Buy Designer Clothes Before They Sell Out - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:34:22] <exec> 08└─You're assuming it's a lie. I didn't say anything about lying. My answer is truthful.
[01:34:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Inside the Black Market for Bots That Buy Designer Clothes Before They Sell Out - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:34:24] <exec> 08└─You do have an account here, which you did not report.
[01:34:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Inside the Black Market for Bots That Buy Designer Clothes Before They Sell Out - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:34:27] <exec> 08└─I wasn't asked about here.
[01:34:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Inside the Black Market for Bots That Buy Designer Clothes Before They Sell Out - 1711 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:34:29] <exec> 08└─I looked around a bit to see if I couldn't get a source for what we're talking about and this appears to be one: https://tech.co So that's new and not exactly what I went through, but it's even more clear it doesn't apply. They have a drop down list o...
[01:35:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SpaceX's Starhopper Completes 150 Meter Test Hop - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:35:09] <exec> 08└─The yellow would first appear at the tip. In this case closer to the ground.
[01:36:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03barbara hudson [6443] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:36:26] <exec> 08└─Doctors everywhere have egos. They often end up with God complexes, thinking not all the rules apply to them.
[01:36:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 372 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:36:27] <exec> 08└─Of course the parent poster does. Just like with the PHP conference, even if no females applied, they should be FORCED to apply, FORCED to give a presentation. In this case, gay couples should be FORCED to adopt, otherwise the adoption agency is somehow at fault. And if the gay couple refuses, or ge...
[01:40:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Acabatag [2885] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Blizzard Re-Releases World of Warcraft Classic - 180 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:40:25] <exec> 08└─I am lazy and prefer playing WOTLK. The one thing I will not do is play current WoW. It's a completely different game. More like Fortnite where you dress up (transmog) and endgame.
[01:40:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03black6host [3827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Blizzard Re-Releases World of Warcraft Classic - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:40:27] <exec> 08└─People who played NES, SNES, PS1, etc. as kids are now spending cash as parents.
[01:41:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The BBC is Planning to Launch a Voice Assistant Capable of Understanding British People - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:41:41] <exec> 08└─!. It's a funny. 2. Don't tell the Scots [wikipedia.org] that! [buzzfeed.com]
[01:41:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03barbara hudson [6443] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The BBC is Planning to Launch a Voice Assistant Capable of Understanding British People - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:41:42] <exec> 08└─The Guardian and CBC News and Markerplace, TVA Nouvelles and Radio-Canada Nouvelles and Journal Enquete. David Suzuki's The Nature of Things
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[02:33:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Scientists Harness Bacteria To Create 'Living' Liquid Crystals - 235 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:02] <exec> 08└─Replace all your devices when the living parts die of old age. Your phone now has a shorter lifespan than a tweety bird, and your self driving car will drop dead sooner than the life expectancy of a horse. That's what we call progress.
[02:33:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Scientists Harness Bacteria To Create 'Living' Liquid Crystals - 17 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:04] <exec> 08└─OLED, meet ODEAD.
[02:33:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Scientists Harness Bacteria To Create 'Living' Liquid Crystals - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:06] <exec> 08└─It's the triumphant return of dead pixels, literally this time.
[02:33:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Scientists Harness Bacteria To Create 'Living' Liquid Crystals - 770 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:08] <exec> 08└─I have what I'm pretty sure is gradual moisture damage on one of my old laptop LCD screens, like this [imgur.com] but with more of a concentric ring pattern emanating from the left and right sides. Makes it look kind of biological, like a fungus. But it's still usable. That's what I imagine the fail...
[02:33:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Eight People Indicted For Running 'Two Of The Largest' Illegal Streaming Services - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:19] <exec> 08└─All of my usual sources of pirated content are still up today. File submission under fake news.
[02:33:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03etherscythe [937] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Eight People Indicted For Running 'Two Of The Largest' Illegal Streaming Services - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:20] <exec> 08└─two streaming services... caused copyright owners to lose millions of dollars.
[02:33:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Eight People Indicted For Running 'Two Of The Largest' Illegal Streaming Services - 208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:23] <exec> 08└─I say as a consumer, all I want is unlimited free entertainment without any advertising. Your business model is your problem and not mine, the market has spoken, and the market value for your content is zero.
[02:33:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03etherscythe [937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Eight People Indicted For Running 'Two Of The Largest' Illegal Streaming Services - 270 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:25] <exec> 08└─We are in agreement on basic points. Demand is obviously significant, but once the content is created its supply is virtually unlimited. You need to package it with something more scarce, like goodwill, to retain value. Suing your customers is not a good way to do that.
[02:33:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03progo [6356] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Eight People Indicted For Running 'Two Of The Largest' Illegal Streaming Services - 210 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:27] <exec> 08└─> caused copyright owners to lose millions of dollars Yeah, sure. All those viewers would have paid to view programs if there was no other way to see the program? More likely they would have just not viewed it.
[02:33:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Eight People Indicted For Running 'Two Of The Largest' Illegal Streaming Services - 155 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:29] <exec> 08└─Copyright was created to grant you the legal right to sue those of your customers who willfully ignore the legal fiction of artificial scarcity. Good luck.
[02:33:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australian Who Says He Invented Bitcoin Ordered To Hand Over Up To $5Bn - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:43] <exec> 08└─Someone either has amazing self control (or possibly on the spectrum) or wealthy enough to not need it.
[02:34:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Inside the Black Market for Bots That Buy Designer Clothes Before They Sell Out - 219 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:09] <exec> 08└─Because no one will pay a massive markup to buy your unique clothing. Much easier to help buy up all the exclusive inventory then re-sell it at a higher price along will the other online re-sellers doing the same thing.
[02:34:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Inside the Black Market for Bots That Buy Designer Clothes Before They Sell Out - 221 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:11] <exec> 08└─Man, they don't have to explain to anybody why a visa was refused. You think they would believe that a person does not have an account? From their point of view he is either lying or some nut case who should be kept away.
[02:34:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03etherscythe [937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Inside the Black Market for Bots That Buy Designer Clothes Before They Sell Out - 400 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:13] <exec> 08└─I'd much sooner disbelieve an American that says they don't have an account on a major social media site, despite being a counterpoint myself. I'm less concerned about someone not from here - our natural bias is to assume everybody else in the world is backwards and ignorant, so claiming not to have...
[02:34:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Avast And French Police Take Over Malware Botnet And Disinfect 850,000 Computers - 677 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:42] <exec> 08└─Didn't hear anything about all that (was focusing on other drama) so here are some links for the uninitiated: https://www.nbcnews.com [nbcnews.com] https://www.washingtonpost.com
[02:34:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06SpaceX's Starhopper Completes 150 Meter Test Hop - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:54] <exec> 08└─Rocket science it may be, but a rocket engine is not entirely unlike an oxyfuel torch. Play with one sometime if you get a chance.
[02:36:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:36:14] <exec> 08└─Not so fast: it's only legal in certain rural counties in Nevada where almost nobody lives. It is totally illegal everywhere else.
[02:38:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Brazil Rejects G7 Aid for Amazon Forest Fires - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:38:31] <exec> 08└─You haven't thought about blocking javascript then?
[02:40:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Blizzard Re-Releases World of Warcraft Classic - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:40:14] <exec> 08└─They are buying pinball cabinets.
[02:40:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03barbara hudson [6443] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Data Shows IOT Security is Moving Backward - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:40:54] <exec> 08└─If it's on the Internet and depending on servers operated by others, you can't trust it. And I would never use an IoT crap:
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[03:33:29] <exec> 08└─The free stuff mostly works. The stuff I pay for typically comes burdened with terms, conditions, compliance verification, digital rights enforcement, and various marketing tracker add-ons. Pain in the ass. Couple that to if it stops working or it's inflexibility of use. I feel like such a damm foo...
[03:33:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Eight People Indicted For Running 'Two Of The Largest' Illegal Streaming Services - 892 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:33:30] <exec> 08└─Here's another thing. From what I can see, the streaming sites and addons mostly serve up 720p resolution content, maybe lower. And that's the resolution I'm targeting for watching video, 1080p or 4K being gratuitous. The bitrate needed for 720p video got pretty low when H.265 landed. It's set to pl...
[03:33:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Eight People Indicted For Running 'Two Of The Largest' Illegal Streaming Services - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:33:32] <exec> 08└─http://img.labnol.org/di/pirated-DVD-movie.png [labnol.org] The methods have changed but the point remains.
[03:33:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Eight People Indicted For Running 'Two Of The Largest' Illegal Streaming Services - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:33:35] <exec> 08└─Cheaper storage ($/TB) and better hardware also play a role. But I think those are the two main factors.
[03:33:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Chocolate [8044] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australian Who Says He Invented Bitcoin Ordered To Hand Over Up To $5Bn - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:33:49] <exec> 08└─They could count $50 bills stuffed under a mattress How do they know how much Btc this guy has?
[03:33:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03epitaxial [3165] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australian Who Says He Invented Bitcoin Ordered To Hand Over Up To $5Bn - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:33:50] <exec> 08└─Educated guesses https://bitslog.com [bitslog.com]
[03:33:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australian Who Says He Invented Bitcoin Ordered To Hand Over Up To $5Bn - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:33:53] <exec> 08└─Based on the valuation of the bitcoins Mr Nakamoto supposedly has, it matters a lot to some people
[03:34:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Inside the Black Market for Bots That Buy Designer Clothes Before They Sell Out - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:34:21] <exec> 08└─I am already an employee of a corporation with liberal values.
[03:34:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Inside the Black Market for Bots That Buy Designer Clothes Before They Sell Out - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:34:23] <exec> 08└─I do not sell my own hand-made cloth, I am wearing it.
[03:34:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Inside the Black Market for Bots That Buy Designer Clothes Before They Sell Out - 223 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:34:25] <exec> 08└─Here, and a diesel truck forum that specializes in 30 year old mechanical diesels. Does an online account with a printed circuit board manufacturer count? I do not have any sort of Google or Facebook, LinkedIn, or whatever.
[03:34:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ken_g6 [3706] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Inside the Black Market for Bots That Buy Designer Clothes Before They Sell Out - 417 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:34:27] <exec> 08└─Purchasing bots themselves are not a problem. They are a symptom of the seller setting an incorrect price for limited supply meeting a high demand. The solution to purchasing bots is simple: raise the price of the product! If that doesn't work, then you are trying to use a capitalist solution to sol...
[03:36:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 616 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:36:28] <exec> 08└─Think about it another way: Do you truly think you can stop women/couples from doing what they want? If you ban abortions and they want one, they'll get a back alley abortion. If you ban sperm donor shopping, they'll go to Craigslist. If you ban surrogates, they'll go to India, Kazakhstan, Ukraine,...
[03:36:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03evilcam [3239] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 730 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:36:29] <exec> 08└─If someone tells you they're feeling pain/distress/emotions I think it's unreasonable to tell them they aren't. Consider: If you found out that your parents weren't actually your parents (e.g. you were adopted, your mother had cheated on your father, etc.) would that be a blow to your psyche? If not...
[03:38:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brazil Rejects G7 Aid for Amazon Forest Fires - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:38:49] <exec> 08└─I can't afford to block javascript.
[03:40:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 580 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:40:06] <exec> 08└─A few years ago I presented to Soylent News a study that looked at the STEM abilities of men and women. On the average, women were *superior* to men. But the men had a much greater *variance* than the women. So many men were impressively better than average women, and many were abysmally worse. If y...
[03:41:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Data Shows IOT Security is Moving Backward - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:41:15] <exec> 08└─If it's on the Internet and depending on servers operated by others, you can't trust it.
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[04:33:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Interesting) 02 - 06Microsoft Wants exFAT in Linux Kernel, Opens File System Specs - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:33:07] <exec> 08└─Linux should add extensions to exFat to make it more usable, like symlink support and xattr.
[04:33:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03rylyeh [6726] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Wants exFAT in Linux Kernel, Opens File System Specs - 187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:33:09] <exec> 08└─I watched the changing of the guard at MSFT. Canonical brought their game. Now, many MSFT components are now being built in Linux, especially for Azure. Oh, and Ballmer is still an idiot.
[04:33:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Microsoft Wants exFAT in Linux Kernel, Opens File System Specs - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:33:11] <exec> 08└─Check out the Beta News headline if you dare: https://betanews.com [betanews.com]
[04:33:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Wants exFAT in Linux Kernel, Opens File System Specs - 186 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:33:13] <exec> 08└─I wonder what Microsoft's end game is here. I assume its the old embrace, extend, extinguish like they have done in the past, but I wonder if they are powerful enough to do that anymore?
[04:36:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 641 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:36:39] <exec> 08└─I think you completely misunderstood me, but that's (all too) common. I completely agree with you, and I'm not sure why you write from an adversarial stance. I clearly said how I feel about the whole thing. "I do not feel I have that right." Again, as I previously wrote, I don't feel I have the righ...
[04:37:48] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Hyperturtle [2824] 02 - 06Protocol Used by 630,000 Devices Can be Abused for Devastating DDoS Attacks - 5447 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:37:48] <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...
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[05:33:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Wants exFAT in Linux Kernel, Opens File System Specs - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:33:40] <exec> 08└─Lol, they typo'ed baitingnews in their url.
[05:33:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Wants exFAT in Linux Kernel, Opens File System Specs - 325 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:33:41] <exec> 08└─Said FreeBSD's exFAT is borked to the bone: FBSD 12 is unable to read USB sticks formatted on PlayStation 4 while a shiny MacBook has no problems with mounting them. And before you ask why would anyone need that: pictures and video transfer/cut/editing. THIS is why I really need Apple, not because o...
[05:33:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Wants exFAT in Linux Kernel, Opens File System Specs - 251 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:33:44] <exec> 08└─A quick check on Wikipedia says that exFAT was introduced in 2006, so it has at most 2 years of patent protection in the United States. Sounds like they are just buying some goodwill and maybe longevity for a product nearing the end of its usefulness.
[05:33:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Wants exFAT in Linux Kernel, Opens File System Specs - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:33:46] <exec> 08└─Sounds like you are confusing need and convenience. Not that you are not allowed to make your life more convenient, but how much do you really need Sony?
[05:33:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Scientists Harness Bacteria To Create 'Living' Liquid Crystals - 419 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:33:57] <exec> 08└─That looks like a crack and leak, more than moisture. I have had several laptop repairs with screen swaps similar. Sometimes the affected area where the LCD's leaking is immediately blown out to white (or more rarely black) but more often it's a gradual seep with gradient like that. That corner like...
[05:34:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Australian Who Says He Invented Bitcoin Ordered To Hand Over Up To $5Bn - 310 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:34:38] <exec> 08└─Or Satoshi just was lazy on doing backups, and his key was gone after a regular hard disk failure. Or the key is protected with a strong password, which Satoshi never wrote down, and then one day forgot. Of course it is also possible that Satoshi is already dead, and never told anyone the password t...
[05:35:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Inside the Black Market for Bots That Buy Designer Clothes Before They Sell Out - 1118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:35:13] <exec> 08└─You must be living in a bit of a bubble. I don't know many people, but I'd have no trouble naming other people that I know that do not have any accounts at any of the listed sites. Or at the most maybe posted something on pinstasnapbook and then forgot her login and/or which site it actually was, an...
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[06:33:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03canopic jug [3949] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Microsoft Wants exFAT in Linux Kernel, Opens File System Specs - 1064 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:33:47] <exec> 08└─The end game is the same as before: EEE. Notice that M$ has avoided releasing any of the patents, and that the format itself is useless in a modern context. That tells more than anything else about what their goals are. The only thing that ends patent liability is time. M$ keeps changing and patent...
[06:33:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheGratefulNet [659] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Wants exFAT in Linux Kernel, Opens File System Specs - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:33:48] <exec> 08└─agreed. also, I'd like it to have a parser. just so we could call it lexFAT ;)
[06:33:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Wants exFAT in Linux Kernel, Opens File System Specs - 228 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:33:51] <exec> 08└─It was originally only VR headset what I wanted, to probe the technology and evaluate if it suits for future terminals. And Sony VR is quite hackable and can be connected to common hardware. Some purchased games are fun, though.
[06:33:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Microsoft Wants exFAT in Linux Kernel, Opens File System Specs - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:33:53] <exec> 08└─Oy! Don't bash Sony! Not now!! Who's gonna code and distribute to a large market segment the next commercially supported rootkit?
[06:33:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Wants exFAT in Linux Kernel, Opens File System Specs - 197 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:33:55] <exec> 08└─This is the right answer. ExFAT is terrible. If MS actually wants interoperability it should go both ways, and EXT4 should be treated as a first class citizen in Windows. I'm not holding my breath.
[06:33:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Wants exFAT in Linux Kernel, Opens File System Specs - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:33:57] <exec> 08└─2-128 TB SDUC and microSDUC use exFAT by default. So it's probably a good thing to have that support ready.
[06:40:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 16 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:40:57] <exec> 08└─You mansplainer!
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[07:33:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Wants exFAT in Linux Kernel, Opens File System Specs - 367 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:33:49] <exec> 08└─If you don't need it (like, you don't use windows on any of your systems) there is no real need to use it. Plenty of other good enough filesystems that have those features. Also, MS will probably not back port those features to their own systems, so what's the real use of these features then? If MS...
[07:33:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03fido_dogstoyevsky [131] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Wants exFAT in Linux Kernel, Opens File System Specs - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:33:50] <exec> 08└─Oy! Don't bash Sony! Not now!! Who's gonna code and distribute to a large market segment the next commercially supported rootkit?
[07:33:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Wants exFAT in Linux Kernel, Opens File System Specs - 553 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:33:52] <exec> 08└─In order to certify that your product is SDXC (finalized circa 2009) compatible you have to support exFAT in a default configuration. That is why many SBCs, especially the bigger targets, don't advertise their support for that format, despite being electrically compatible. They have to reformat the...
[07:33:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Wants exFAT in Linux Kernel, Opens File System Specs - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:33:54] <exec> 08└─Notice that M$ has avoided releasing any of the patents,
[07:33:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03coolgopher [1157] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Wants exFAT in Linux Kernel, Opens File System Specs - 191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:33:57] <exec> 08└─No no, you had to pay to get the rootkit. Those who didn't pay for the album(s) did not get the rootkit. https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org]
[07:33:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Wants exFAT in Linux Kernel, Opens File System Specs - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:33:59] <exec> 08└─Distributed as freeware, true. But commercially supported
[07:35:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Inside the Black Market for Bots That Buy Designer Clothes Before They Sell Out - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:35:26] <exec> 08└─get on the web, they said you can do exciting things on the web, they said
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[08:34:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Wants exFAT in Linux Kernel, Opens File System Specs - 317 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:34:05] <exec> 08└─If it wasn't for the trade ban on Huawei, the Chinese manufacturers wouldn't have started working towards abandoning SDXC in favor of an in-house form factor standard (that doesn't requires licensing Microsoft's exFAT) and Microsoft would never have given up on their little extortion scheme. Thank y...
[08:34:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australian Who Says He Invented Bitcoin Ordered To Hand Over Up To $5Bn - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:34:59] <exec> 08└─And this has consequences on me and my life.... exactly how? Or yours?
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[09:34:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Eight People Indicted For Running 'Two Of The Largest' Illegal Streaming Services - 324 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:34:23] <exec> 08└─if you make money from distributing content, and the content creators/owners whatever did not agree to this, you are doing something wrong. I'm pretty sure these streaming sites had commercials on them, so it's not simply "sharing". the copyright owners should be entitled to all the profits made by...
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[10:33:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Fixing A Cheap UPS Hat For Your Raspberry Pi With A Tiny Daemon - 460 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:33:36] <exec> 08└─While I've used the Pi for years, I honestly didn't realise the 'hat' nomenclature existed. So, for a second, I thought that this was an actual UPS in a hat, for people that kept their Pi in their hat. I thought this was rather cool, unlike those who kept their Pi on their belt, as a portable comput...
[10:33:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Fixing A Cheap UPS Hat For Your Raspberry Pi With A Tiny Daemon - 266 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:33:37] <exec> 08└─Would be nice if there were modern Linux operating systems, and alternative boot options, like USB, on the damn new thing. Useless, since none of the software I want and need that runs on the 3B+ will run on the 4B. Oh, well, early adopter syndrome, just be patient.
[10:34:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03canopic jug [3949] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Wants exFAT in Linux Kernel, Opens File System Specs - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:34:17] <exec> 08└─The only rational reaction that I see is: "You first release it in Open Invention Network and only then we'll include it into the Linux Kernel"
[10:35:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmichaelhudsondotnet [8122] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Using Wi-Fi Like Sonar To Measure Speed And Distance Of Indoor Movement - 1539 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:35:57] <exec> 08└─The rumors are that TPTB have something called a 'continual wave' generator that uses tiny invisible reflectors to image rooms remotely, so imaging a room without needing wires or a transmitting device that could be found. If even normal wifi can be used as radar, how is this not the same as having...
[10:41:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmichaelhudsondotnet [8122] (Score: 2) 02 - 06PHP Central Europe Conference Collapses Over Diversity Concerns - 396 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:41:27] <exec> 08└─This is a fair argument, I don't want to say that there is no appropriate reason not to have such a conference. If they cancelled their own conference as protest, I understand and it is their right. We have a problem with protest actions nowadays that are signaling and ineffective, I just want peopl...
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[11:33:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Douglas Adams Was Right – Knowledge Without Understanding is Meaningless - 226 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:33:12] <exec> 08└─... is giving possibillities of how it could fold within the set parameters. To know if it is correct it needs to be backed by experimental experiments, which, as far as my experience with them go, are currently still limited.
[11:33:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Muad'Dave [1413] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Fixing A Cheap UPS Hat For Your Raspberry Pi With A Tiny Daemon - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:33:22] <exec> 08└─Nothing is stopping you from writing a tiny, stripped down flash image that then boots from USB or wherever. Most of the chunks are probably already out there.
[11:34:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Wants exFAT in Linux Kernel, Opens File System Specs - 241 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:34:04] <exec> 08└─Microsoft Wants exFAT in Linux Kernel and fat guy wants exMicrosoft off the Linux kernel (which is, fat guy says, a redundant definition, since userland should have been prefixed if referenced: GNU/Linux, android/Linux, systemd/Lennartux...)
[11:34:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australian Who Says He Invented Bitcoin Ordered To Hand Over Up To $5Bn - 557 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:34:58] <exec> 08└─Or generated during development and discarded the wallet.dat file from time to time (due to some issue) without starting a new genesis block. Don't forget that bitcoins didn't had any value at that time. To me, both parties weren't Satoshi. I was there when he was still in the community and had some...
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[12:33:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Fixing A Cheap UPS Hat For Your Raspberry Pi With A Tiny Daemon - 726 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:33:28] <exec> 08└─If 32-bit Raspbian Buster isn't modern enough for you, you could try 64-bit Manjaro Arm [manjaro.org], or Gentoo [raspberrypi.org]. They have their own issues for now, but it's something. There's no ETA for USB boot [raspberrypi.org]. It will be done whenever they feel like getting around to it. Mic...
[12:34:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03pvanhoof [4638] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Wants exFAT in Linux Kernel, Opens File System Specs - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:34:11] <exec> 08└─You think we'd also need a yafscc, yet another file system compiler compiler to shave?
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[12:34:46] <exec> 08└─Sure. And it came from a place of scarcity being somewhat less than artificial; students of history may recall hearing that books were once transcribed by hand, and curses were written inside the covers to ward off potential thieves. Hardcover books meant to last are still a little pricey - we just...
[12:35:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 2, Touché) 02 - 06Australian Who Says He Invented Bitcoin Ordered To Hand Over Up To $5Bn - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:35:08] <exec> 08└─You say it like it really matters.
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[13:33:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06This 600-Unit Apartment Complex in Utah is a Virtual Power Plant - 385 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:33:02] <exec> 08└─The government says the ideal temperature for you to sleep is 82 F (28 C): https://finance.yahoo.com [yahoo.com] This is based on peer reviewed science while anything you might say is anecdotal which can be ignored. So get ready for them t...
[13:33:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06This 600-Unit Apartment Complex in Utah is a Virtual Power Plant - 415 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:33:04] <exec> 08└─They pushed 78F as "optimal summertime comfort temperature" back in the '70s energy crisis, shopping malls complied, people stayed away in droves. My parents set the summer thermostat at 80F, not because of the government, but because they were cheap (of necessity, schoolteachers' salaries...) When...
[13:33:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06This 600-Unit Apartment Complex in Utah is a Virtual Power Plant - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:33:06] <exec> 08└─But why are they inside the apartments, when they're controlled by the utility company?
[13:33:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06This 600-Unit Apartment Complex in Utah is a Virtual Power Plant - 229 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:33:08] <exec> 08└─Also, the closer you have a power source to the demanding load, the lower the losses. http://insideenergy.org [insideenergy.org]
[13:33:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06This 600-Unit Apartment Complex in Utah is a Virtual Power Plant - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:33:10] <exec> 08└─What problems? Needing a blanket?
[13:33:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06This 600-Unit Apartment Complex in Utah is a Virtual Power Plant - 226 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:33:13] <exec> 08└─All in all, if I lived in an apartment building, I'd sleep better at night if the bombs were stored in separate structures a minimum of 30' away from the inhabited ones. Power loss for an extra 50' of transmission is worth it.
[13:33:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Douglas Adams Was Right – Knowledge Without Understanding is Meaningless - 1122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:33:21] <exec> 08└─"To know if it is correct it needs to be backed by experimental experiments" Perhaps, but folding must be predictable else biology would not work. An understanding of this physics plus the ability to model it should provide pretty good certainty without experiment. Machine learning sidesteps need fo...
[13:33:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Douglas Adams Was Right – Knowledge Without Understanding is Meaningless - 651 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:33:23] <exec> 08└─I've worked in protein chemistry before. Our group used NMR to analyse protein structures/dynamics, but another commonly used method is crystallography. And I think in silico protein folding is another way to look at protein structures (and dynamics). The reason we used NMR was that in our opinion i...
[13:33:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Fixing A Cheap UPS Hat For Your Raspberry Pi With A Tiny Daemon - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:33:34] <exec> 08└─I congratulate you - and I now stand corrected.
[13:33:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Reportedly Receives 130-Plus Requests For Huawei Licenses - 621 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:33:42] <exec> 08└─After bootstrapping China's supply chain by pushing manufacturing over there, will cutting off access to the US higher tech supply chain: A) Help move parts of the chain back to the US or B) Force China to create the last bits of chain, making the US less interesting? It remains to be seen...
[13:34:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Wants exFAT in Linux Kernel, Opens File System Specs - 413 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:34:20] <exec> 08└─erm ... if the filesystem doesnt support "users" and "group" and "privileges" then installing a mutiuser OS with a rooot user on it makes no sense ... why no "exFAT" like filesystem exists on linux, however, is beyond me. there's something good about a "bag that can hold anything" and anyone can ope...
[13:34:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Eight People Indicted For Running 'Two Of The Largest' Illegal Streaming Services - 280 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:34:54] <exec> 08└─once the cost of copying something becomes negligible, people should be paid for generating the original copy, not for distributing the copies. if I ever invent a car that costs 10 dollars to make, I have no problem with anyone using my plans, as long as they don't make a profit.
[13:35:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Australian Who Says He Invented Bitcoin Ordered To Hand Over Up To $5Bn - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:35:19] <exec> 08└─Still not good enough though. No need to make an 'educational guess' at the contents of my bank account. Could they be grasping at straws here?
[13:38:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Alfred [4006] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:38:03] <exec> 08└─Lucky doctors. Smart guys that are computer scientists or engineers will never have this kind of luck.
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[14:33:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03datapharmer [2702] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Forgery Crisis is Quietly Roiling the World's Gold Industry - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:33:37] <exec> 08└─At last, a good use for blockchain!
[14:33:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Forgery Crisis is Quietly Roiling the World's Gold Industry - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:33:38] <exec> 08└─Real gold is now called forgery in an imperial newspeak? What a joke.
[14:33:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Forgery Crisis is Quietly Roiling the World's Gold Industry - 535 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:33:40] <exec> 08└─Is already anathema to the purpose of gold over other methods of currency. The entire point of minerals like this is to be a semi-permanent store of value seperate from the economy itself. When they become tied ti fiat by nature of their 'registerability', then the purpose of gold and other precious...
[14:33:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Forgery Crisis is Quietly Roiling the World's Gold Industry - 496 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:33:43] <exec> 08└─the problem is that people claim the gold is coming from source A, when in fact it is coming from source B. international regulations forbid the taking of gold from source B (maybe it's a natural reserve that is destroyed by mining, maybe it's being mined with slave-labor, etc). I think the summary...
[14:33:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score: 2) 02 - 06This 600-Unit Apartment Complex in Utah is a Virtual Power Plant - 989 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:33:57] <exec> 08└─It all depends where you usually live. I would find it very uncomfortable to sleep in a room at 82F - and this fact explains why I dislike US hotels so much. They are far too hot and sometimes there is no way to control the temperature. I have had on occasion to resort to opening all the windows, o...
[14:34:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hartree [195] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Douglas Adams Was Right – Knowledge Without Understanding is Meaningless - 1216 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:34:09] <exec> 08└─"Perhaps, but folding must be predictable else biology would not work." Why? I'm not being flippant. In fact, I strongly suspect that it's predictable from the physics. But does it have to be? I'd say it just has to be consistent in the sense that a given sequence will usually fold to a given final...
[14:34:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03srobert [4803] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Fixing A Cheap UPS Hat For Your Raspberry Pi With A Tiny Daemon - 197 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:34:22] <exec> 08└─Try googling UPS HAT. You get ball caps for UPS drivers. OK I think I got that UPS was an Uninterruptible Power Supply. But what's a HAT? Is this something I'd be aware of if I weren't getting old?
[14:34:47] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Microsoft Wants exFAT in Linux Kernel, Opens File System Specs - 92 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:34:47] <exec> 08└─Linux should add extensions to exFat to make it more usable, like symlink support and xattr.
[14:35:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Wants exFAT in Linux Kernel, Opens File System Specs - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:35:12] <exec> 08└─Improve the fuse driver or make it a third party kernel module like ZFS, but never put into the official kernel.
[14:35:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Wants exFAT in Linux Kernel, Opens File System Specs - 344 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:35:14] <exec> 08└─I think this is prompted by the fact that they are making much of their money off the SAS Azure system. Many of the VMs in that system are running Linux, and customers are asking for better integration. They seem to recognize that listening to customers might actually be a good idea. It helps that t...
[14:35:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Wants exFAT in Linux Kernel, Opens File System Specs - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:35:16] <exec> 08└─A quick check on Wikipedia says that exFAT was introduced in 2006, so it has at most 2 years of patent protection in the United States
[14:35:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Eight People Indicted For Running 'Two Of The Largest' Illegal Streaming Services - 460 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:35:53] <exec> 08└─I take the compromise position - mostly because I'm a fucking moron. I buy the DVD or Blu Ray, rip, and reencode to H.265. Almost every gadget in the house has Kodi, and we watch it all that way. I buy some films new, most when they're in the bargain bin, thrift store, etc... 700 films and countin...
[14:38:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Alfred [4006] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 632 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:38:56] <exec> 08└─It might be 20 years off or it might be that telling you that you are getting the product you think you are getting with a dose of swtcharoo is what you actually get in 20 years. There is part of me that doesn't want it to happen because it is too sci-fi or unnatural (which will be an unpopular opin...
[14:38:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:38:57] <exec> 08└─not that there's anything wrong with that.
[14:38:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:39:00] <exec> 08└─There was a power surge, earlier. Troll detectors are sensitive to power surges.
[14:39:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:39:02] <exec> 08└─Huh? You're supposed to wash your hands?
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[15:33:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06Forgery Crisis is Quietly Roiling the World's Gold Industry - 211 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:33:12] <exec> 08└─unfortunately for you modern society has decided that it prefers to know where you got your minerals from. if you don't like it, move to warlord country and live happily ever after without suspicion of thievery.
[15:33:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Forgery Crisis is Quietly Roiling the World's Gold Industry - 208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:33:14] <exec> 08└─Well, fuck modern society. If it's gold, it's gold, and it's none of your business where it came from. Now, if I attempted to pass off some gold-plated, or gold-painted lead as gold, THEN it would be forgery.
[15:33:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Forgery Crisis is Quietly Roiling the World's Gold Industry - 290 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:33:16] <exec> 08└─modern society has decided that it prefers to know where you got your minerals from. Eh, I guess that's what makes the forgery business so viable. Fascist society can go take a hike. They are the ones manufacturing the weapons and financing all those warlords with their tax dollars anyway.
[15:33:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06This 600-Unit Apartment Complex in Utah is a Virtual Power Plant - 376 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:33:30] <exec> 08└─Good points, actually. I just assumed that it was a case of virtue signaling. "Yeah, Gomer, I'm doing all I can for the environment. In fact, my apartment runs off of solar powered batteries. The bitches take up enough closet space! The hardships I put up with, because I care!" With credentials like...
[15:33:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Douglas Adams Was Right – Knowledge Without Understanding is Meaningless - 206 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:33:42] <exec> 08└─It's not predictable from the base-pair sequences alone. Protein folding is also affected by the so-called chaperones [wikipedia.org]. Nothing in biology is done in a simple, straightforward way. -- hendrik
[15:33:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hartree [195] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Douglas Adams Was Right – Knowledge Without Understanding is Meaningless - 909 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:33:43] <exec> 08└─"knowledge without understanding is meaningless" Awfully broad statement there. If a shaman gave his malaria infested patient cinchona bark tea and it made the poor bloke better, does it matter if there is any further understanding? Obviously, knowing what's actually happening rather than just assum...
[15:33:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Douglas Adams Was Right – Knowledge Without Understanding is Meaningless - 877 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:33:45] <exec> 08└─You bring up a good point. I'm having a hard time seeing a philosophical difference between consistent and predictable, but there is a practical difference involving computation effort. What bothers me with the similar structures leading to similar results is that it seems a bit like cave man logic....
[15:33:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hartree [195] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Douglas Adams Was Right – Knowledge Without Understanding is Meaningless - 855 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:33:47] <exec> 08└─I'm familiar with them. That's one part of why I put in that qualification about it not being unique in folding. It also has the problems if the surrounding conditions aren't right it can get folded into a local minima rather than the expected final state. Even so, most of chemistry is statistical i...
[15:33:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03shrewdsheep [5215] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Douglas Adams Was Right – Knowledge Without Understanding is Meaningless - 874 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:33:50] <exec> 08└─Protein folding is actually a stochastic, error prone, process. There is a big apparatus in the cell to recycle mis-folded proteins, the proteasomes which degrade ubiquitine-tagged proteins (these are the mis-folded ones). I am not enough of an expert to know any number (maybe they do not exist) but...
[15:34:30] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03canopic jug [3949] 02 - 06Microsoft Wants exFAT in Linux Kernel, Opens File System Specs - 1064 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:34:30] <exec> 08└─The end game is the same as before: EEE. Notice that M$ has avoided releasing any of the patents, and that the format itself is useless in a modern context. That tells more than anything else about what their goals are. The only thing that ends patent liability is time. M$ keeps changing and patent...
[15:34:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Microsoft Wants exFAT in Linux Kernel, Opens File System Specs - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:34:50] <exec> 08└─Ewww! Gag me with a coke spoon! Microsoft deserves a collective "thank you" from the Linux community today.
[15:34:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03progo [6356] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Wants exFAT in Linux Kernel, Opens File System Specs - 515 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:34:52] <exec> 08└─I think I read somewhere that exFAT is encumbered by at least one software patent of very questionable logical value but presumably solid legal value -- apparently designed for real business to real business patent trolling. I don't understand the patent issues as they stand now with exFAT and Linux...
[15:35:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Eight People Indicted For Running 'Two Of The Largest' Illegal Streaming Services - 657 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:35:29] <exec> 08└─Not going to work. That first copy is way too expensive for that model. Even an unedited novella takes more than a month of effort to write. Then there's all the other work involved in editing and publishing the book. This whole business of complaining about distribution is mostly a way of rationali...
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[16:33:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03aiwarrior [1812] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 484 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:24] <exec> 08└─I am sounding so reactionary i am getting fed up of myself. But hey it's free speech as in beer! What is with the thing of controlling language. Even if there might be an academic interest or curiousity on which gender to apply to a robot. Why is this relevant for a kid's education, and why is it re...
[16:33:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 373 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:26] <exec> 08└─What if we give the kid a sex robot? Like a sexy nanny or all-purpose domestic machine SLAVE? Also, we should teach kids not to verbally abuse it. Have You Ever Said the F-Word to Alexa? : Why People Abuse AI [medium.com] Help – I think I’m in an abusive relationship with Alexa [theguardian.com]...
[16:33:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:28] <exec> 08└─Is it WSJ's Sue Shellenbarger, or are the busybody authors, researchers, and professors to blame? Probably all of them.
[16:33:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:30] <exec> 08└─Many children think robots are smarter than humans or imbue them with magical powers.
[16:33:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:32] <exec> 08└─Recommended Russian produced series on Netflix: Better than Us. It's ...slightly different... and not always in bad ways.
[16:33:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 411 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:34] <exec> 08└─Language directly influences brain structure development and later behavior on a broad scale. How you talk about the future, what the words you use mean (including meanings you're not intending in the current usage), directly affects your behaviors with respect to spending / saving, preservation of...
[16:33:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:37] <exec> 08└─Technically, all chips are just some enchanted stones since the age of first integrated circuits, that is two human generations ago already.
[16:33:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:39] <exec> 08└─Don't matter what you call it, it will fuck us up all the same. We fucked.
[16:33:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:41] <exec> 08└─Use the pronoun "it" when referring to a robot.
[16:33:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 507 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:43] <exec> 08└─This has nothing to do with gender. This is about teaching children that a robot is a thing, not a person. On a side note, you english speaking people should consider yourselves lucky. Distinguishing things from people is as easy as using the right pronoun. Many languages, like french for example, d...
[16:33:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:46] <exec> 08└─Great, so corporations are people, but neural networks are objects? What a healthy future culture that will produce if we get strong AIs! Explain that humans are the source of AI-driven devices' intelligence.
[16:33:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:48] <exec> 08└─I can, with the master fuse switch in my basement
[16:33:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:50] <exec> 08└─LOL, get out of my head ;) Still, not all our points were exactly the same.
[16:33:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:52] <exec> 08└─Call it Roko's Basilisk, and get ready to lick its shiny appendages.
[16:33:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 247 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:54] <exec> 08└─Technically correct. But let's try again with a more selective question that I feel better captures the spirit of what JoeMerchant probably meant: Who can control all lamps in the house without affecting devices whose primary use is not as a lamp?
[16:33:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03aiwarrior [1812] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:57] <exec> 08└─Which means that the pronoun is not so important or you would think whole languages, portuguese included would lead to hopelessly brain damaged adults.
[16:33:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:59] <exec> 08└─Some people should be called "it"
[16:34:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Forgery Crisis is Quietly Roiling the World's Gold Industry - 442 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:34:13] <exec> 08└─The problem is that people need a way of verifying that the yellow bar is actually gold. This is needed every time it changes hands. How do you verify this? Via a destructive chemical test? Do you drill out part of the bar to verify it's not filled with tungsten instead of gold? Does the guy you are...
[16:34:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Forgery Crisis is Quietly Roiling the World's Gold Industry - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:34:15] <exec> 08└─It's not that different from forging money. technically it's real paper even though the cops call it "fake"...
[16:34:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Forgery Crisis is Quietly Roiling the World's Gold Industry - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:34:17] <exec> 08└─Does it fucking taste different or something? No? Fuck off then. No problem here.
[16:34:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Forgery Crisis is Quietly Roiling the World's Gold Industry - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:34:19] <exec> 08└─If the fake stamp is a copy of a real stamp and both of them represent a .999 pure gold bar than I don't care.
[16:34:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Forgery Crisis is Quietly Roiling the World's Gold Industry - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:34:21] <exec> 08└─as they attempt to purge the world of illicit trade in bullion.
[16:34:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Forgery Crisis is Quietly Roiling the World's Gold Industry - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:34:23] <exec> 08└─Blood diamonds all over again. Someone should make a James Bond movie about it with guns and lasers and Pussy Galore, oh.... wait....
[16:34:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Forgery Crisis is Quietly Roiling the World's Gold Industry - 1024 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:34:25] <exec> 08└─The article says that there is a serial number associated with each gold bar. Maybe title can be transferred from one person to the next and that title transfer can be registered with an organization. Similar to how we have the DMV to record the transfer of car title from one person to another. Or t...
[16:34:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06This 600-Unit Apartment Complex in Utah is a Virtual Power Plant - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:34:41] <exec> 08└─The snowflakes are anything but progressive in Utah...
[16:35:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Fixing A Cheap UPS Hat For Your Raspberry Pi With A Tiny Daemon - 671 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:35:11] <exec> 08└─It attaches to the General Purpose Input/Output (GPIO) pins, covering them and making it easier to extend the hardware. https://www.raspberrypi.org [raspberrypi.org] The Raspberry Pi B+ has been designed specifically with add-on boards in mind and today we are int...
[16:35:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Reportedly Receives 130-Plus Requests For Huawei Licenses - 816 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:35:20] <exec> 08└─Overoptimizing profits is the fundamental cause of loss of technology in United States. In computer technology, it all started with intentional destruction of Sperry Univac, and proliferation of cheaper, but technologically inferior IBM, when the MIC owners invented the concept of making more profit...
[16:35:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Reportedly Receives 130-Plus Requests For Huawei Licenses - 341 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:35:22] <exec> 08└─China, Taiwan have whole groups of electronic components that are produced and used only within China. Take, for example, microcontrollers that cost less than 10 cents each [hackaday.com]. Myself, a few years ago I was struggling to find some Japanese memory that seems to exist only for Japanese con...
[16:35:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03curunir_wolf [4772] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Reportedly Receives 130-Plus Requests For Huawei Licenses - 1282 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:35:24] <exec> 08└─I recently bought a new Huawei Honor 8x phone for personal use. It's a great little device, best phone camera I've ever seen. Anyway, went to the AT&T store figuring it would probably need a new SIM card, and the guy there immediately started complaining. "Yea, this might not work." I told him the s...
[16:36:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Wants exFAT in Linux Kernel, Opens File System Specs - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:36:08] <exec> 08└─Once in the kernel, M$ has the legal right, in the US, to require payment from anyone using Linux.
[16:36:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Microsoft Wants exFAT in Linux Kernel, Opens File System Specs - 581 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:36:10] <exec> 08└─The person in physical possession of a removable flash drive or SD card is assumed to have privileges to the underlying block device and therefore privileges to all files stored on the volume. Thus users and groups make little sense with respect to a file system intended for use on removable media....
[16:36:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Wants exFAT in Linux Kernel, Opens File System Specs - 878 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:36:12] <exec> 08└─Say you have two modules of a computer program. One ("L") consists of third-party code under the GNU GPL. The other ("E") consists of your own code implementing your own patented process. Say further that you operate a platform ("A") that leases virtual servers to subscribers, and you want to make t...
[16:36:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Wants exFAT in Linux Kernel, Opens File System Specs - 1376 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:36:14] <exec> 08└─I think I've seen some OK articles there before, but that author seems very cringe: https://betanews.com [betanews.com] The majority of people in the world are illiterate -- including myself. No, I am not talking about being unable to read or write English or another language, b...
[16:36:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Microsoft Wants exFAT in Linux Kernel, Opens File System Specs - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:36:16] <exec> 08└─The author's name was chosen to fit his work... Eh, everybody's a comic.
[16:40:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Guppy [3213] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:40:02] <exec> 08└─Hey, my little sister was born a Texan, you insensitive bastard!
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[17:33:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Police Chase Ends in Flames with $200k BMW Highway Patrol car Igniting in Long Grass - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:01] <exec> 08└─can do everything but cut the grass...
[17:33:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Police Chase Ends in Flames with $200k BMW Highway Patrol car Igniting in Long Grass - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:03] <exec> 08└─It crisped the grass.
[17:33:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:29] <exec> 08└─I could if I put all lamps in the house on a single fuse.
[17:33:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03vux984 [5045] (Score: 4, Interesting) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:30] <exec> 08└─Encourage your child to explore how robots are built. Sure, it they show the aptitude to it.
[17:33:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:32] <exec> 08└─So many things to teach about and this is what is remarkable for a newspaper like WSJ. Still owned by what's-his-name, right? That tabloid is a rag.
[17:33:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 526 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:35] <exec> 08└─It needs to be more subtle than that. I think there's a bit of an overreaction here. Nobody would teach their child to play with dolls, barbies, action figures, fisher price figures, or lego minifigs as "it". Even Optimus Prime is a 'he' not an 'it' while playing with it. That is the point of 'play'...
[17:33:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:37] <exec> 08└─I started the first episode, but it's very much a serious drama. Not up for another serious dystopian drama at the moment.
[17:33:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 485 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:39] <exec> 08└─Sue Shellenbarger writes The Wall Street Journal's "Work & Family" Column, providing solutions to common dilemmas people face at work and at home. The column has won several national awards and earned Sue a slot on Working Mother magazine's list of America's "25 Most Influential Working Mothers." Su...
[17:33:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:41] <exec> 08└─It also makes no sense to give a screwdriver a gender
[17:33:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 289 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:43] <exec> 08└─I do, since Google Home is a dumb computer and only does what I tell it to do. I'm also not greatly enamored with allowing Google Home into my home. So, much more likely to go with the RaspberryPi + Local solution. You know, the kind of solution, that doesn't send my every word to Google.
[17:33:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:45] <exec> 08└─Ooh yeah. Maybe it's practice for them to objectify people in later life. The next generation of managers perhaps?
[17:33:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:48] <exec> 08└─Don't blame us, we only follow orders. BTW, 'it' is OK for us, just remember to address us correctly (with the postfix "sir").
[17:33:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 348 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:50] <exec> 08└─These magic black chips, or enchanted stones as you call them, are filled with magical powers known as the magical black smoke. When you do something that releases the magical black smoke, the chip no longer has any magical powers. For example, connecting a 5v chip directly to the secondary of a var...
[17:33:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:52] <exec> 08└─>because after all, they aren't human. THANK GOD
[17:33:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:54] <exec> 08└─Well French doesn't even have separate verbs for liking and loving, so maybe their pronouns are the least of the problems.
[17:33:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:56] <exec> 08└─Don't matter what you call it, it will fuck us up all the same. We fucked.
[17:33:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:58] <exec> 08└─I'm sometimes tempted to build home automation tech but really my body is probably better off with the exercise of getting up to switch things on and off.
[17:34:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:01] <exec> 08└─.... or lego minifigs as "it". Even Optimus Prime is a 'he' not an 'it' while playing with it.
[17:34:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 355 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:03] <exec> 08└─It's not heavy in the dystopia, and the sex bot thing kinda fades into the background after the first couple of episodes. It is pretty heavy in the violence, extortion, fraud, etc. A Normal Day In Moscow, No? One thing they do that I do like is that the actors are distinct - they don't all look alik...
[17:34:10] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03datapharmer [2702] 02 - 06Forgery Crisis is Quietly Roiling the World's Gold Industry - 35 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:11] <exec> 08└─At last, a good use for blockchain!
[17:34:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Forgery Crisis is Quietly Roiling the World's Gold Industry - 432 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:25] <exec> 08└─But the thing is, with a falsified stamp, YOU DON'T KNOW THAT. In this particular case, the recipients of the falsified gold got lucky in that it was nearly as pure as legit gold. Do you believe EVERY faker is going to be this "honest"? The stamps serve a real purpose, and if nobody can trust the st...
[17:34:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Forgery Crisis is Quietly Roiling the World's Gold Industry - 1316 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:26] <exec> 08└─One of the major points of things like gold bars is to have a store of wealth in fungible form. Not in currency or stocks, but in a form that is useful even if governments collapse. Think Venezuela. Think Syria. People in absolutely catastrophic situations: things like jewels, gold and silver become...
[17:34:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Forgery Crisis is Quietly Roiling the World's Gold Industry - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:29] <exec> 08└─no, disgusting pigs and groveling slaves have subverted what modern society is supposed to be. fuck you.
[17:34:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mer [8009] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Forgery Crisis is Quietly Roiling the World's Gold Industry - 370 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:31] <exec> 08└─But then the title of ownership is what's really verified by that website/organization, if there's a title mixup or if you damage the stamp on the gold you might be left with gold you can't sell anymore except illegally. But it's not useless so the state is probably gonna be happy to seize your untr...
[17:34:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Forgery Crisis is Quietly Roiling the World's Gold Industry - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:33] <exec> 08└─So, if I make my own high quality whiskey and sell it in Jack Daniels' bottles indistinguishable from the licensed distillery...
[17:34:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06This 600-Unit Apartment Complex in Utah is a Virtual Power Plant - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:49] <exec> 08└─I would guess additional settling, potential cracks/paint failures due to the now potentially dryer environment with more thermal stress.
[17:35:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Douglas Adams Was Right – Knowledge Without Understanding is Meaningless - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:35:06] <exec> 08└─Yeah, I read that as AlphaFord...
[17:35:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Douglas Adams Was Right – Knowledge Without Understanding is Meaningless - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:35:07] <exec> 08└─And this is why physics and languages are the very first things they should be teaching in preschool. How can anyone program a computer without knowing basic electricity?
[17:35:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Fixing A Cheap UPS Hat For Your Raspberry Pi With A Tiny Daemon - 467 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:35:22] <exec> 08└─It's RaspberryPi jargon. Best explained, at least the first time mentioned, when writing an article. A HAT (Hardware Attached on Top) in RaspberryPi terms is an accessory that can be directly connected to the RaspberryPi, usually or perhaps always via the GPIO (General-purpose input/output) interfac...
[17:35:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Fixing A Cheap UPS Hat For Your Raspberry Pi With A Tiny Daemon - 258 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:35:24] <exec> 08└─What kind of half ass Gnu/Linux user would use Manjaro arm when there's the ALARM (ArchLinux arm) project? Furthermore, why is Manjaro even targeting Arm when their whole reason for existing is to make *desktop/GUI* ArchLinux simpler for new Gnu/Linux users.
[17:35:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Fixing A Cheap UPS Hat For Your Raspberry Pi With A Tiny Daemon - 239 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:35:26] <exec> 08└─i want an affordable(!) internal UPS battery that fits in a 5.25 or 3.5" slot for machines in data centers that support mid tower & tower colo. this way i can use an m2 drive and not have to worry about data center outages borking my data.
[17:35:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Fixing A Cheap UPS Hat For Your Raspberry Pi With A Tiny Daemon - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:35:28] <exec> 08└─Haven't you heard? Raspberry Pi 4 is a desktop computer.
[17:36:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Wants exFAT in Linux Kernel, Opens File System Specs - 432 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:28] <exec> 08└─<no-sarcasm> At work I use Windows. But personally, I do not now nor never have owned a Windows PC. Just because I prefer Linux for my personal computing doesn't mean that all my friends also use Linux. Or Mac. I still have to interact with people using other platforms. So ExFAT is sometimes handy b...
[17:37:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Eight People Indicted For Running 'Two Of The Largest' Illegal Streaming Services - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:37:07] <exec> 08└─fuck their copyright. you don't get to make money every time your music is played, you fucking slumlords. you can hold a concert and not distribute if you want that.
[17:40:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm, The Doctors Used Their Own. - 358 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:40:19] <exec> 08└─They keep getting caught, because they keep doing it. I'm proposing that one of the reasons doctors do this is that they don't have to actually pay any money to the person the parents selected as the sperm donor. I am jokingly also suggesting that this is the ONLY motive, which of course, it may not...
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[18:33:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Police Chase Ends in Flames with $200k BMW Highway Patrol car Igniting in Long Grass - 799 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:33:18] <exec> 08└─This is totally the commanding officer's lack of training, and the involved officer's lack of common sense. ANY vehicle even a low spec one driven into dry grass during the summer *WILL* cause a fire, from a riding lawnmower up to a Bugatti Veyron. The higher the tune and the lower the exhaust, the...
[18:33:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Police Chase Ends in Flames with $200k BMW Highway Patrol car Igniting in Long Grass - 531 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:33:19] <exec> 08└─Even modern cars can go into a "rich burn" mode when run at wide open throttle... Unburned gasoline certainly heats the catalysts and exhaust system, pretty sure the same is true for diesel once the system gets hot enough. But... parking in tall dry grass seems like an extreme Rookie move, sure, you...
[18:33:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Police Chase Ends in Flames with $200k BMW Highway Patrol car Igniting in Long Grass - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:33:21] <exec> 08└─In Soviet Surfer's Paradise, grass crisps YOU!
[18:33:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Police Chase Ends in Flames with $200k BMW Highway Patrol car Igniting in Long Grass - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:33:24] <exec> 08└─If it was CRISPRd grass, they could make it flame retardant...
[18:33:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Police Chase Ends in Flames with $200k BMW Highway Patrol car Igniting in Long Grass - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:33:26] <exec> 08└─Painting "police" on the doors changes nothing.
[18:33:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Police Chase Ends in Flames with $200k BMW Highway Patrol car Igniting in Long Grass - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:33:28] <exec> 08└─Looks like Charlie and Roop are out of the game. All up to March Hare, Gosling 1, and Max now.
[18:33:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Police Chase Ends in Flames with $200k BMW Highway Patrol car Igniting in Long Grass - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:33:30] <exec> 08└─Pretty much every car owners manual says not to drive or park in tall dry grass or weeds because of the high temperatures at the catalytic converter. The cop was stupid. And, being a BMW... it probably had VW syndrome.
[18:34:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:13] <exec> 08└─What is with the thing of controlling language.
[18:34:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 349 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:15] <exec> 08└─Everybody knows the magic smoke that manufacturers put in chips is blue. But it's not only smoke, there's actually a small demon inside every IC package. The magical runes etched onto PCBs are what control the demon, and tiny gold bonding wires keep him restrained. These demons get angry if you work...
[18:34:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 213 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:17] <exec> 08└─"If you ever write some code that seems like a hack, just remember, the chip you are running it on is just a rock that we tricked into thinking. Not to oversimplify, first you have to put lightning into the rock."
[18:34:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03EJ [2452] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 698 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:20] <exec> 08└─This is how you get Skynet. This article is another example of why you don't give your blender or coffee maker the capacity for intelligent thought. If you're going to treat a "machine" like it's just a machine, then you don't give it the capacity for intelligent thought. This article is based on th...
[18:34:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 436 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:22] <exec> 08└─The relays have come a long way since X-10 days, those tended to die within 1-2 years after installation. The new WiFi ones are nice and compact, and run about $10 each, if you don't mind your home automation commands cycling through a Chinese cloud server. As for rolling your own, yeah, sure, if yo...
[18:34:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03progo [6356] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:24] <exec> 08└─If the robot acts intelligently and you didn't spend days teaching it, its intelligence is somewhere far away and global in scope. And it is spying on it.
[18:34:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:26] <exec> 08└─It's SJWs wanting to make themselves feel important in yet another arena.
[18:34:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:28] <exec> 08└─It also makes no sense to give a screwdriver a gender
[18:34:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03EEMac [6423] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:30] <exec> 08└─Is doubleplus good.
[18:34:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Megahard [4782] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:33] <exec> 08└─is when I'm in a good mood.
[18:34:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:35] <exec> 08└─The best kind of good, by really great people, just great. Positively positivity for positive imaging. Could get you elected president some day, you never know.
[18:34:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03EJ [2452] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 938 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:37] <exec> 08└─Or its intelligence is within, and it is looking for Sarah Connor. If we ignore people like the author of this story, and we treat our robots with respect and dignity, then we may end up with Rosie from the Jetsons and C3PO instead. People are capable of making other people without having any idea h...
[18:34:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:39] <exec> 08└─Way to channel ‘realDonaldTrump’ btw what happened to him? Hope he wasn’t banned
[18:34:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03theluggage [1797] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:41] <exec> 08└─Or, to summarise the article in 3 words... Don't date robots!!! [youtu.be] Oh, and: * Encourage skepticism about information received from smart toys and devices.
[18:34:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 9 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:43] <exec> 08└─Fleshist!
[18:34:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03EJ [2452] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:46] <exec> 08└─I am skeptical of your views on skepticism.
[18:35:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Spamalope [5233] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Forgery Crisis is Quietly Roiling the World's Gold Industry - 225 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:35:12] <exec> 08└─And now we're down to what this is about. We can't let you own or exchange value without being taxed and tracked, dontcha know. Also this gives the bank cover for slipping some debased bars into circulation if they so choose.
[18:35:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Forgery Crisis is Quietly Roiling the World's Gold Industry - 866 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:35:13] <exec> 08└─Okay, so some thought experiments for you: 1) Somebody uses a brick to smash a widow, break into a store, steals a 75" flatscreen TV. They now sell it to you for a 75% discount, ("it fell off a truck, you see?"). Is that okay? 2) There is an iPhone which was made in the iPhone manufacturing plant us...
[18:35:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Forgery Crisis is Quietly Roiling the World's Gold Industry - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:35:16] <exec> 08└─It is at least a trademark infringement.
[18:35:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06Forgery Crisis is Quietly Roiling the World's Gold Industry - 237 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:35:18] <exec> 08└─They put a fake stamp purporting to be a Swiss manufacturing plant on the gold. If you don't call that forgery, what do you consider forgery? "Only if you fake a signature of a human person is forgery, everything else is something else?"
[18:35:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Forgery Crisis is Quietly Roiling the World's Gold Industry - 237 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:35:20] <exec> 08└─Your analogy would only be valid if Jack Daniels didn't make the whisky either, but merely bottled whatever they could find on the market in their branded containers. All gold is the same, allowing for purity. Whiskies are all different.
[18:35:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06This 600-Unit Apartment Complex in Utah is a Virtual Power Plant - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:35:37] <exec> 08└─The way it was phrased made me think it was like pre-mature ejaculation or anal leakage or something else that no one wants to talk about.
[18:36:53] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03c0lo [156] 02 - 06Microsoft Wants exFAT in Linux Kernel, Opens File System Specs - 56 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:36:53] <exec> 08└─Notice that M$ has avoided releasing any of the patents,
[18:37:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03progo [6356] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Wants exFAT in Linux Kernel, Opens File System Specs - 332 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:37:13] <exec> 08└─I'm not sure you addressed my question. I said "I don't understand"; not "I don't see a problem." I'm asking: is someone suggesting a SOLUTION for bundling code that implements exFAT, and Linux, in the same package? Is there a solution for including non-public-domain patents in ideas in Linux, or is...
[18:37:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Wants exFAT in Linux Kernel, Opens File System Specs - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:37:14] <exec> 08└─Would the patent interfere with distribution or with use?
[18:37:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Wants exFAT in Linux Kernel, Opens File System Specs - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:37:16] <exec> 08└─Don't forget that it needs YAML and Blockchain added.
[18:37:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Wants exFAT in Linux Kernel, Opens File System Specs - 323 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:37:18] <exec> 08└─Yes, but... This is MS making the offer. I'd be extremely skeptical, and require a pledge not only of patent free access, but of full indemnification against some 3rd party making patent claims. MS has long been known to transfer patents to "3rd parties" with the requirement that MS has full rights...
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[19:33:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03meustrus [4961] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Missing and Changed Votes in Georgia and Mississippi - 500 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:04] <exec> 08└─Clearly this is a scheme by Democrats to use illegal immigrants to vote fraudulently. The fact that it benefits Republicans is just a part if a grand plan to lure us into a false sense of security. We need to crack down on these fraudulent voters. If a voter is trying to change their legitimate Repu...
[19:33:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Missing and Changed Votes in Georgia and Mississippi - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:06] <exec> 08└─To tell these goddamn people to give us paper ballots?
[19:33:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Missing and Changed Votes in Georgia and Mississippi - 260 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:08] <exec> 08└─You seem to be under the mistaken impression that it's the goal of American election officials to have a secure system that properly records and counts every vote. It isn't. The goal is to have it look like a democracy, but always choose the "right" candidate.
[19:33:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hartree [195] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Police Chase Ends in Flames with $200k BMW Highway Patrol car Igniting in Long Grass - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:23] <exec> 08└─Modern cars are highly networked but sometimes it's not the computer in one that has a Halt and Catch Fire command.
[19:33:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Police Chase Ends in Flames with $200k BMW Highway Patrol car Igniting in Long Grass - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:25] <exec> 08└─While I'll admit I didn't know that a car might set dry grass on fire like that. I'd quite likely not be parking in tall dry grass anyway.
[19:33:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Spam) 02 - 06Police Chase Ends in Flames with $200k BMW Highway Patrol car Igniting in Long Grass - 392 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:27] <exec> 08└─Since when does the MFP drive Beemers? 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 Court Case Number 84362-7: https://www.co...
[19:33:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Police Chase Ends in Flames with $200k BMW Highway Patrol car Igniting in Long Grass - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:29] <exec> 08└─I think it's one of those well known and completely logical facts no one knows about unless they were told about it in passing or had it happen to the farmer next door or something.
[19:34:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 688 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:29] <exec> 08└─One thing that Spanish speaking natives understand intuitively is the clear difference between gender (as grammar) and sex (as biological). Words have gender, animals and plants sex. And if you tell an Spaniard about your male screwdriver outside of a sexual innuendo context surely will get a confus...
[19:34:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 699 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:30] <exec> 08└─No, it doesn't. Wharfianism has long since been debunked because it's not true. People regularly coin phrases and terms when the language fails to express something conveniently that the speaker needs to communicate. The linguistic limitation was never really established as humans regularly communic...
[19:34:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:32] <exec> 08└─Or grab it by its processor.
[19:34:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 462 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:34] <exec> 08└─Grammatical gender has nothing to do with actual gender. Having knives, forks and spoons have different grammatical gender allows Germans to ask for it and get the right one. As it would translate as him,her or it depending upon which it is. It's also useful for relative clauses where all 3 could ha...
[19:34:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 391 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:37] <exec> 08└─Yes. When one lovingly releases it's logical vapors I breathe deeply of the fumes, thus consuming the essence of the system akin to the Oracle of Delphi. Just as I would consume the courage of my enemies by eating their hearts. That rich, tasty courage! </Farnsworth> I never paused to consider the i...
[19:34:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:39] <exec> 08└─Mostly khazar jews ... because they are not human.
[19:34:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:41] <exec> 08└─How often are you in a good mood?
[19:34:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:43] <exec> 08└─Beat me to it. I was considering more The Second Renaissance from The Animatrix and the 01 nation. Here's hoping they do Matrix 4 justice.....
[19:34:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:45] <exec> 08└─But I never saw that propaganda film in school. Too busy reviewing Robo-American studies...
[19:34:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03inertnet [4071] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:47] <exec> 08└─But let's wait until the robot decides what its preferred pronoun is.
[19:34:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:50] <exec> 08└─Will that happen before or after it launches the missiles? ;)
[19:35:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Acabatag [2885] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Forgery Crisis is Quietly Roiling the World's Gold Industry - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:35:22] <exec> 08└─With a real stamp, you don't even know. Not really. Maybe if there was a traceable serial n # and a registry.
[19:35:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Forgery Crisis is Quietly Roiling the World's Gold Industry - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:35:24] <exec> 08└─Yes, someone stole my friends rug and sold it at the market. Then they used the money to buy booze, which included a tax. I deserve my cut of that tax back.
[19:35:36] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] 02 - 06This 600-Unit Apartment Complex in Utah is a Virtual Power Plant - 226 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:35:37] <exec> 08└─All in all, if I lived in an apartment building, I'd sleep better at night if the bombs were stored in separate structures a minimum of 30' away from the inhabited ones. Power loss for an extra 50' of transmission is worth it.
[19:36:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03kanweg [4737] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Douglas Adams Was Right – Knowledge Without Understanding is Meaningless - 221 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:36:01] <exec> 08└─The best laugh I had was that philosophers protested against the machine computing the meaning of life. They threated that we would have a national philosophers strike on our hands. Oh boy, life will grind to a halt! Bert
[19:36:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Douglas Adams Was Right – Knowledge Without Understanding is Meaningless - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:36:03] <exec> 08└─Don't laugh too hard without considering that we currently appear to have a philosophers strike on our hands.
[19:37:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Wants exFAT in Linux Kernel, Opens File System Specs - 771 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:26] <exec> 08└─Both. That section of the GPL gives two options to distributors. They can either stop using it all together, or rip out that modification from the GPL program. Even though Microsoft can grant the use to their direct customers, they have to also grant it to everybody those customers could give it (wh...
[19:37:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Wants exFAT in Linux Kernel, Opens File System Specs - 672 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:27] <exec> 08└─Microsoft can grant the Linux Kernel Organization (or whomever is given ownership rights on Linux) a super-liberal, non-exclusive, use, creation, and distribution patent license that also allows them to freely transfer and sublicense the use of the patent on the same terms. There has been mention of...
[19:38:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Eight People Indicted For Running 'Two Of The Largest' Illegal Streaming Services - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:38:07] <exec> 08└─so instead of the copyright owners, you prefer that you give money everytime you listen to music to these assholes who own the streaming website. i can see through your infinite wisdom.
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[20:33:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Missing and Changed Votes in Georgia and Mississippi - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:15] <exec> 08└─Moscow Mitch prefers insecure elections: McConnell blocks two election security bills [thehill.com]
[20:33:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Missing and Changed Votes in Georgia and Mississippi - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:17] <exec> 08└─The goal is to have it look like a democracy, but always choose the "right" candidate.
[20:33:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Missing and Changed Votes in Georgia and Mississippi - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:19] <exec> 08└─For example: North Carolina GOP Operative Faces New Felony Charges That Allege Ballot Fraud [npr.org]
[20:33:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Missing and Changed Votes in Georgia and Mississippi - 365 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:21] <exec> 08└─Here's a classic story from an address by Jimmy Carter. "I always remember one major amendment that took a lot of debate in the Senate. ... The amendment said that no one in Georgia in the future could vote either in a primary or general election who had been dead more than three years. " https://ww...
[20:33:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Missing and Changed Votes in Georgia and Mississippi - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:23] <exec> 08└─always choose the "right" candidate
[20:33:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Missing and Changed Votes in Georgia and Mississippi - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:25] <exec> 08└─The amendment said that no one in Georgia in the future could vote either in a primary or general election who had been dead more than three years.
[20:33:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03cmdrklarg [5048] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Missing and Changed Votes in Georgia and Mississippi - 208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:28] <exec> 08└─You see?!? THIS is why we MUST have Voter ID! . . . . . . uh, waitaminute... no, Voter ID wouldn't do diddly squat about that type of election fraud. One in a million odds? Pretty good if it were intentional!
[20:33:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Police Chase Ends in Flames with $200k BMW Highway Patrol car Igniting in Long Grass - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:47] <exec> 08└─in-car video system, number plate-reading technology, front- and rear-facing cameras to capture mobile offences and breathalysers.
[20:34:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 390 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:34:59] <exec> 08└─On what grounds to you assert that a real robot would not be a person? It would certainly be much more deserving of that description than is a corporation. Now it's true that we don't *yet* have real robots...but you should expect we will be the time the children who are now pre-schoolers can vote....
[20:35:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03theluggage [1797] (Score: 4, Funny) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:35:00] <exec> 08└─Will that happen before or after it launches the missiles? ;)
[20:35:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:35:02] <exec> 08└─I can just see them talking to the family robot: "It will do the homework and chores or it will get its hose cut." Can't wait!
[20:35:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03EvilSS [1456] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:35:05] <exec> 08└─* Explain that humans are the source of AI-driven devices' intelligence.
[20:35:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03kanweg [4737] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 226 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:35:07] <exec> 08└─"Explain that humans are the source of AI-driven devices' intelligence." Reminds me of the trope: But a computer can never make a beautiful painting like Rembrandt's Nightguard. Uhm, you know what? I can't do that either. ....
[20:35:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 734 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:35:09] <exec> 08└─It would seem obvious to call it, the robot, an "it" since it has no gender or sex -- even if said robot is said to have the appearance of something or someone else, I'm looking forward to my Lucy Liu bots. That said what about the robot or AI:s feelings? Perhaps it doesn't want to identify as an "i...
[20:35:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Forgery Crisis is Quietly Roiling the World's Gold Industry - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:35:43] <exec> 08└─Also this gives the bank cover for slipping some debased bars into circulation if they so choose.
[20:35:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Forgery Crisis is Quietly Roiling the World's Gold Industry - 1897 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:35:45] <exec> 08└─I'm not GP, but my personal answers, maybe they'll prove I'm a good/bad individual: 1) Okay for who? The one who stole it should be required to make the store whole including the full value of everything they stole, but I as someone who DIDN'T rob the store but instead bought a "lightly used TV" on...
[20:35:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Forgery Crisis is Quietly Roiling the World's Gold Industry - 296 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:35:47] <exec> 08└─So we need magic symbols to give it value. While we're at it let's invent terms like 'conflict minerals' which in laymen's terms means first world minerals are worth more than third world minerals. The fact most of the first world's mineral wealth is stolen from the third world besides the point
[20:35:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Forgery Crisis is Quietly Roiling the World's Gold Industry - 339 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:35:49] <exec> 08└─So, if I understand it, the item represented as 99.999% pure gold in qty of x lb/oz/troy/athens turned out to be 99.999% pure gold in qty of x lb/oz/troy/athens, but had a label on it of the wrong trademark? I'm not sure that'd be forgery, it's a product and an item not a currency. I'd think tradema...
[20:35:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Forgery Crisis is Quietly Roiling the World's Gold Industry - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:35:51] <exec> 08└─Oh, and all the money spent by drug dealers that went to tax. I want that paid back too.
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[21:33:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Hong Kong Protests are Accelerating Cryptocurrency Adoption - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:33:07] <exec> 08└─Can we filter these jackass clowns out? These fucks are even more asinine than your typical wall st. assholes, and that's saying something.
[21:33:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 2, Interesting) 02 - 06Hong Kong Protests are Accelerating Cryptocurrency Adoption - 892 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:33:08] <exec> 08└─Regardless of your opinions on whether or not bitcoin is solvent it is the best way to scoot money around under the radar of the government. Be it in Africa a few years ago when Zimbabwe took a dump or currently in Hong Kong where people are trying to save their lives savings. When China finishes th...
[21:33:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hong Kong Protests are Accelerating Cryptocurrency Adoption - 476 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:33:10] <exec> 08└─How sweet, first it was Cyberpet and Tamagotchi, now they're adopting unique strings of inanimate bits that fit into an online game that insane people pay so much money for that it produces more CO2 than the entire country of Switzerland. When the apocalypse comes this time, there will be much bette...
[21:33:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hong Kong Protests are Accelerating Cryptocurrency Adoption - 268 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:33:13] <exec> 08└─If they're really looking to transfer value, Ripple & friends would seem to be a more logical choice. If they're playing lottery fantasies about having a different color Lamborghini for every day of the week, sure... that's happened for a couple of POW crypto HODLers.
[21:33:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03stretch611 [6199] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Missing and Changed Votes in Georgia and Mississippi - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:33:30] <exec> 08└─We have voter id laws in GA.
[21:33:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03stretch611 [6199] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Missing and Changed Votes in Georgia and Mississippi - 2062 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:33:32] <exec> 08└─Exactly why this happened in GA. Currently the state is in the hands of the republicans... Governor, State House, and State Senate. It has been this way for years, but the trend is that the state is moving from red to a swing state purple... In 2018, the (then Secretary of State) Brian Kemp(R) beat...
[21:33:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Missing and Changed Votes in Georgia and Mississippi - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:33:34] <exec> 08└─FTFY... You see?!? THIS is why we MUST have Voter IQ!
[21:33:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Missing and Changed Votes in Georgia and Mississippi - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:33:36] <exec> 08└─Georgia and Mississippi BOTH have voter ID laws! [wikipedia.org] It's almost like they're just pretending to care about election security, isn't it?
[21:33:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Missing and Changed Votes in Georgia and Mississippi - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:33:38] <exec> 08└─Don't hold your breath.
[21:33:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Police Chase Ends in Flames with $200k BMW Highway Patrol car Igniting in Long Grass - 370 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:33:59] <exec> 08└─I think they are specifically talking about DPF regeneration. In most versions, fuel is injected directly into the exhaust; but there are other methods that can be used. Regardless, the exhaust temp is pushed over 1,100 F. This then burns the excess soot generated in normal driving off the DPF. The...
[21:34:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Police Chase Ends in Flames with $200k BMW Highway Patrol car Igniting in Long Grass - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:34:01] <exec> 08└─They need a bottom facing camera.
[21:34:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Police Chase Ends in Flames with $200k BMW Highway Patrol car Igniting in Long Grass - 273 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:34:03] <exec> 08└─Sure we are talking Australian dollars, or about 134K US$, which is not too much when you consider all the extra features added to a patrol car. Beefed up suspension, stronger brakes, special tires, etc, not to mention all the expensive electronics and communications gear.
[21:34:31] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03vux984 [5045] 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 92 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:34:31] <exec> 08└─Encourage your child to explore how robots are built. Sure, it they show the aptitude to it.
[21:35:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:35:20] <exec> 08└─It also makes no sense to give a screwdriver a gender
[21:35:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:35:22] <exec> 08└─Nice, France: It's pronounced neece, not nice; they have no word for nice in French.
[21:35:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 250 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:35:24] <exec> 08└─I think the idea is if kid's going to be exposed to robots then humanizing the bots at a very young age would be psychologically disastrous. Besides, _Humans_ is the better robot uprising franchise and we need to optimize conditions for that outcome.
[21:35:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 269 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:35:26] <exec> 08└─This is about today, now. Today, robots are not persons. And we have still a looooonnng way to go before they ever are. This isn't science fiction, this is the real world. That's why we don't have hoverboards, moon bases, and flying cars. I want my fucking flying car !
[21:36:16] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03janrinok [52] 02 - 06This 600-Unit Apartment Complex in Utah is a Virtual Power Plant - 989 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:36:17] <exec> 08└─It all depends where you usually live. I would find it very uncomfortable to sleep in a room at 82F - and this fact explains why I dislike US hotels so much. They are far too hot and sometimes there is no way to control the temperature. I have had on occasion to resort to opening all the windows, o...
[21:36:30] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Douglas Adams Was Right – Knowledge Without Understanding is Meaningless - 651 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:36:30] <exec> 08└─I've worked in protein chemistry before. Our group used NMR to analyse protein structures/dynamics, but another commonly used method is crystallography. And I think in silico protein folding is another way to look at protein structures (and dynamics). The reason we used NMR was that in our opinion i...
[21:36:33] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Hartree [195] 02 - 06Douglas Adams Was Right – Knowledge Without Understanding is Meaningless - 909 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:36:33] <exec> 08└─"knowledge without understanding is meaningless" Awfully broad statement there. If a shaman gave his malaria infested patient cinchona bark tea and it made the poor bloke better, does it matter if there is any further understanding? Obviously, knowing what's actually happening rather than just assum...
[21:36:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Douglas Adams Was Right – Knowledge Without Understanding is Meaningless - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:36:43] <exec> 08└─"Nothing in biology is done in a simple, straightforward way." Need +1 deep mod.
[21:37:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Reportedly Receives 130-Plus Requests For Huawei Licenses - 233 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:37:11] <exec> 08└─So how long until US telecoms providers are required to blacklist sanctioned devices? A few years back cruise lines were using their onboard GSM network to catch and seize Samsung phone models that were allegedly prone to blowing up.
[21:38:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Wants exFAT in Linux Kernel, Opens File System Specs - 382 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:38:08] <exec> 08└─I completely agree. I don't trust Microsoft any further than I can throw Donald Trump. I would count my fingers after shaking hands just to be sure I'm not missing any. Nonetheless, ignoring patents, I sometimes have found it convenient, from time to time, to use exFAT to move files between myself a...
[21:38:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Eight People Indicted For Running 'Two Of The Largest' Illegal Streaming Services - 1003 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:38:48] <exec> 08└─In music, the stuff I pay for has no DRM. I buy file, I get file, I back up file. I never worry about the day when the streaming service is busted for piracy or goes bankrupt. In video, the stuff I pay for has DVD protection. I buy DVD, I format shift DVD using software I have that is legal to own,...
[21:38:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Eight People Indicted For Running 'Two Of The Largest' Illegal Streaming Services - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:38:49] <exec> 08└─Then isn't that what they should have done? Not viewed it?
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[22:33:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Hong Kong Protests are Accelerating Cryptocurrency Adoption - 731 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:09] <exec> 08└─If you are looking to get out on the quick (tanks rolled in last night) its easier to buy BTC than it is to buy Ripple, XLM (TO THE MOON), or other more stable cryptos. TFA says that HK citizens are also using it for transactions, to my knowledge there is not yet much backbone for buying things with...
[22:33:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hong Kong Protests are Accelerating Cryptocurrency Adoption - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:11] <exec> 08└─It may be apocryphal that this is a curse in Mandarin Chinese, but it works all too well. Things are getting interesting all right...
[22:33:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Farkus888 [5159] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hong Kong Protests are Accelerating Cryptocurrency Adoption - 369 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:13] <exec> 08└─I've seen that stat about energy usage too. I haven't seen anyone put it next to the energy usage of traditional currency. I'm not saying I know the answer. I am saying I'm not sure enough to assume with no data. Some coins are energy intensive, but efficiency was a goal of many newer coins. I'd wag...
[22:33:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Hong Kong Protests are Accelerating Cryptocurrency Adoption - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:15] <exec> 08└─Hey you didnt manage to make it about you or racist at the same time? Are you feeling OK?
[22:33:26] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] 02 - 06Missing and Changed Votes in Georgia and Mississippi - 99 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:27] <exec> 08└─Moscow Mitch prefers insecure elections: McConnell blocks two election security bills [thehill.com]
[22:33:29] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] 02 - 06Missing and Changed Votes in Georgia and Mississippi - 101 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:29] <exec> 08└─For example: North Carolina GOP Operative Faces New Felony Charges That Allege Ballot Fraud [npr.org]
[22:33:36] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03stretch611 [6199] 02 - 06Missing and Changed Votes in Georgia and Mississippi - 2062 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:36] <exec> 08└─Exactly why this happened in GA. Currently the state is in the hands of the republicans... Governor, State House, and State Senate. It has been this way for years, but the trend is that the state is moving from red to a swing state purple... In 2018, the (then Secretary of State) Brian Kemp(R) beat...
[22:33:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03cmdrklarg [5048] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Missing and Changed Votes in Georgia and Mississippi - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:42] <exec> 08└─The same bunch that advocates Voter ID laws are the same bunch that want no Voter IQ either.
[22:33:43] <exec> 08*** new score 5 comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] 02 - 06Missing and Changed Votes in Georgia and Mississippi - 623 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:44] <exec> 08└─See? SEE?! Voter fraud! We need to require IDs that poor dar--'scuse me, Democrat-aligned voters can't get because we closed the DMV and stuff so this never happens again! Fucking Democrats, always using ni--colo--dar--damn it, black folks and immigrants and Jews and, and, andandand labor union thug...
[22:33:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Missing and Changed Votes in Georgia and Mississippi - 327 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:46] <exec> 08└─It always seems to be Republicans doesn't it? When you add in the post election power grabs in Wisconsin, which they learned how to do from the Republicans in North Carolina and the rampant gerrymandering it is almost like they have no interest in governing responsibly. As long as they own the lib...
[22:33:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Flamebait) 02 - 06Missing and Changed Votes in Georgia and Mississippi - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:48] <exec> 08└─Wait. This was GOP all the way? Huh. Who woulda guessed? That's why I vote for George Wallace. The only good democrat is a dead democrat!
[22:33:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Missing and Changed Votes in Georgia and Mississippi - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:50] <exec> 08└─We have a hell of a lot of people on this site who work exactly like that. I don't understand the mindset that makes people act this way, and hope I never do...
[22:33:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Missing and Changed Votes in Georgia and Mississippi - 513 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:52] <exec> 08└─Pull your head out of your ass. The Southern Strategy means the "Democrats are the REAL party of racists!!!111one" meme hasn't been valid since the Kennedy administration if not before, and I'm somewhere between baffled and personally insulted that you'd think to try this worn-out old canard. How fu...
[22:33:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Missing and Changed Votes in Georgia and Mississippi - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:55] <exec> 08└─Oh cool now do California...
[22:33:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Redundant) 02 - 06Missing and Changed Votes in Georgia and Mississippi - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:57] <exec> 08└─Yep those blacks cant get to the DMV but can totally get to the voting places. You realize how fucking racist that is?
[22:33:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Redundant) 02 - 06Missing and Changed Votes in Georgia and Mississippi - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:59] <exec> 08└─Yep the republicans are never after the XYZ vote how racist of them!
[22:34:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Missing and Changed Votes in Georgia and Mississippi - 204 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:01] <exec> 08└─When the polls are open but the DMVs are deliberately closed, what do you expect? Fuck off with this "no UR the real rayciss hurrrr!!111" horseshit. The only one you fool with this bilgewater is yourself.
[22:34:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Missing and Changed Votes in Georgia and Mississippi - 261 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:03] <exec> 08└─This site is a long way from being the worst though. I saw a comment on another site recently where some dim-bulb Fox News watcher was complaining about "Socialist Insurance" in your health insurance market. Just stop and think about that for a second. Yeah.
[22:34:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Missing and Changed Votes in Georgia and Mississippi - 592 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:06] <exec> 08└─I really feel you - god, it hurts when someone stupid votes for something or someone dangerous or anti-social. Unfortunately, a 'qualifier' test for voters would be incompatible with democracy. Tests have cultural biases, and in the US a racially divided school system has literally made white kids b...
[22:34:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Missing and Changed Votes in Georgia and Mississippi - 233 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:08] <exec> 08└─I mean... given the DMVs might be placed outside of 'black' neighbourhoods but generally voting sites are legally mandated to have some density related to the local population density... I know you're being sarcastic, but yeah kinda?
[22:34:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Police Chase Ends in Flames with $200k BMW Highway Patrol car Igniting in Long Grass - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:31] <exec> 08└─Uh, no. Even if you are suggesting a consensual act, they are always looking for any kind of reason to manufacture a crime and be the hero.
[22:34:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Police Chase Ends in Flames with $200k BMW Highway Patrol car Igniting in Long Grass - 339 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:33] <exec> 08└─Oh cut the guy some slack. This is Australia, so he was probably being bitten by a venomous snake and a massive spider at the same time. No wonder he was distracted. Also, Australia is constantly on fire, so this is no big deal. Just watch the Boxing Day test from the MCG. The fielding team always...
[22:34:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Police Chase Ends in Flames with $200k BMW Highway Patrol car Igniting in Long Grass - 1406 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:35] <exec> 08└─Had a chat about this in the IRC this morning, and this is not correct. A comparable vehicle (one that we often use) is the Chevy Impala. The Impala is pretty evenly matched when it comes to performance (more HP, same speed, but probably heavier) but can be bought for like 35k. When you consider all...
[22:35:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:35:56] <exec> 08└─What about "French"? Oh wait, that's the opposite of nice...
[22:35:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:35:57] <exec> 08└─it's a valid concern. Look what's happened to millennials who have been exposed since youth to humanizing queers and trannies. Psychologically very disastrous.
[22:36:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Forgery Crisis is Quietly Roiling the World's Gold Industry - 253 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:36:37] <exec> 08└─So by your logic, in this article's example, the JP Morgan commodity crew should be fined/imprisoned because they pretty much admitted to have "illegal" gold bars? Or are you spinning yet another fluffy logic that "they didn't know, so not their fault?"
[22:36:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Forgery Crisis is Quietly Roiling the World's Gold Industry - 453 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:36:38] <exec> 08└─huh? I don't follow. The value of gold is not its intrinsic value anyway, much like the paper and ink of cash. They both are valued beyond its intrinsic value - yes one has higher intrinsic value than the other. Case in point, now that they've discovered this false stamped gold, taking it off the ma...
[22:36:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Forgery Crisis is Quietly Roiling the World's Gold Industry - 560 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:36:40] <exec> 08└─But has a market value floated in the financial markets with a different value than its intrinsic value. Sure the difference is a lot less than fiat currency on cheap paper & ink which has minimal intrinsic value. The forgery is meant to forge its market value. So yes, it is forgery in that sense. W...
[22:36:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06This 600-Unit Apartment Complex in Utah is a Virtual Power Plant - 167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:36:59] <exec> 08└─U.S. uses approximately 2.5 times the energy per capita as the U.K. according to https://data.worldbank.org [worldbank.org]
[22:37:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03srobert [4803] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Fixing A Cheap UPS Hat For Your Raspberry Pi With A Tiny Daemon - 10 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:37:37] <exec> 08└─Thank you.
[22:38:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Wants exFAT in Linux Kernel, Opens File System Specs - 1947 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:38:45] <exec> 08└─> the exFAT file system is garbage and needs to go. This. A long time ago, I tested the performance of a bunch of file systems. There were only slight variations between ext[234], xfs, zfs, btrfs, and a few others. But FAT (FAT32) stood out as much, much slower than all the rest. exFAT supposedly ha...
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[23:33:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hong Kong Protests are Accelerating Cryptocurrency Adoption - 590 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:22] <exec> 08└─Bitcoin Cash is trying to improve, and Bitcoin classic is not a hard bar to beat - last I checked if you were buying your electricity in Florida it was costing over $90 per transaction recorded in Bitcoin Classic. Visa/Mastercard are now regularly used for transactions under $1, and the system / mer...
[23:33:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hong Kong Protests are Accelerating Cryptocurrency Adoption - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:23] <exec> 08└─Oh goodie, another demented stalker. Sorry, but I've already got a girlfriend.
[23:33:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Hong Kong Protests are Accelerating Cryptocurrency Adoption - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:26] <exec> 08└─The protesters are having opinions I disagree with, let's help the government and central bank crush this!
[23:34:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Missing and Changed Votes in Georgia and Mississippi - 786 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:34:01] <exec> 08└─Voter ID laws aren't about election security, but about instituting a de facto poll tax to prevent certain kinds of people from voting. The people who've been sued over these laws have publicly admitted as such, but gotten around problems with the 15th Amendment and Voting Rights Act of 1964 by clai...
[23:34:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Missing and Changed Votes in Georgia and Mississippi - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:34:02] <exec> 08└─require IDs that poor dar--'scuse me, Democrat-aligned voters can't get
[23:34:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Missing and Changed Votes in Georgia and Mississippi - 396 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:34:04] <exec> 08└─In a lot of governments, this phenomenon benefits entrenched corrupt incumbents at the expense challengers, not because of any kind of right-wing left-wing thing, but because the corrupt incumbents want to keep their corruption going as long as possible. In general, you should not assume that $YOUR_...
[23:34:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Police Chase Ends in Flames with $200k BMW Highway Patrol car Igniting in Long Grass - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:34:31] <exec> 08└─See, it's not just Teslas that go up in flames.
[23:34:46] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 411 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:34:46] <exec> 08└─Language directly influences brain structure development and later behavior on a broad scale. How you talk about the future, what the words you use mean (including meanings you're not intending in the current usage), directly affects your behaviors with respect to spending / saving, preservation of...
[23:35:19] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03EJ [2452] 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 698 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:35:19] <exec> 08└─This is how you get Skynet. This article is another example of why you don't give your blender or coffee maker the capacity for intelligent thought. If you're going to treat a "machine" like it's just a machine, then you don't give it the capacity for intelligent thought. This article is based on th...
[23:35:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:35:56] <exec> 08└─It will probably be a pink hair transgender robot, but we have to treat them all equally.
[23:35:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’ - 157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:35:57] <exec> 08└─What about co-opting words such as "friend" and "like" and "sharing"? Corporations already do this today. Bet they are going to try "love" and "family" next.
[23:36:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Forgery Crisis is Quietly Roiling the World's Gold Industry - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:36:39] <exec> 08└─trademark infringement instead of counterfeiting
[23:37:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Reportedly Receives 130-Plus Requests For Huawei Licenses - 350 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:37:48] <exec> 08└─You're missing another piece of the puzzle. Innovation and the new manufacturing for that. Unless China can step up their innovation, the US still have a lead there. Any new manufacturing that comes out of that space plays into the longer game. So yes, if you only care about short term status quo it...
[23:39:45] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] 02 - 06Australian Who Says He Invented Bitcoin Ordered To Hand Over Up To $5Bn - 310 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:39:45] <exec> 08└─Or Satoshi just was lazy on doing backups, and his key was gone after a regular hard disk failure. Or the key is protected with a strong password, which Satoshi never wrote down, and then one day forgot. Of course it is also possible that Satoshi is already dead, and never told anyone the password t...
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