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[00:33:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft's Fix for CPU-Hogging Windows Bug Wrecks Desktop Search - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:33:16] <exec> 08└─It's windows dude. It doesn't matter what you turn off, they turn it back on during the next auto update.
[00:33:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft's Fix for CPU-Hogging Windows Bug Wrecks Desktop Search - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:33:17] <exec> 08└─and it's full of Dark Matter...or what i call 'shit'.
[00:33:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Godzilla, the Genesis - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:33:46] <exec> 08└─Nobody mines tritium from the sea. It's got a 12 year half life and if there ever was any it is long gone. They could mine deuterium, but that's not radioactive.
[00:33:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Godzilla, the Genesis - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:33:47] <exec> 08└─Troll? Now i say... i say, that, son, is....i say it's Humour, son. Humour! Can't teach a child humour when they have no funny bone.
[00:33:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Godzilla, the Genesis - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:33:49] <exec> 08└─And the original is VERY anti-nuclear. Don't really remember the American remake with Raymond Burr: i'm sure they toned down the 'anti-nuclear' quite a bit, lol.
[00:33:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Godzilla, the Genesis - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:33:52] <exec> 08└─I mixed them up, sorry. Reagan, neutron bomb, and so on.
[00:35:36] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03doke [6955] 02 - 06Google Chrome 77 Breaks Login Pages on Netgear Devices - 841 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:35:36] <exec> 08└─I have two Netgear access points, that I've converted to dd-wrt. I was very impressed with how much more stable, and featureful, dd-wrt was compared to the original firmware. They went from crashing a couple times a day to staying up for months. I gained far more control over power levels, channels,...
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[01:32:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06This Game Uses Troll Tactics to Teach Critical Thinking - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:32:58] <exec> 08└─Wow that sounds like the most amazing game EVER one that abuses me! Can not wait to get a copy /s That is a serious lack of awareness why people play games.
[01:33:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06This Game Uses Troll Tactics to Teach Critical Thinking - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:00] <exec> 08└─Nah, bro. You need to play this and Depression Quest too.
[01:33:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03helel [2949] (Score: 2) 02 - 06This Game Uses Troll Tactics to Teach Critical Thinking - 442 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:02] <exec> 08└─The game is here [trollfactory.yle.fi] for those that want to see it. In my opinion it's pretty much what it sounds like. In a number of places there aren't even any options, just click to continue. I really question how effective this kind of thing is. If you're already familiar with how social med...
[01:33:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06This Game Uses Troll Tactics to Teach Critical Thinking - 511 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:04] <exec> 08└─If you'll excuse the imposition, let me abuse you for a minute, you fucking dipshit. The game is about you organizing systems to deceive other people, thus helping establish a sense of how a provocateur might think, thus hopefully encouraging critical thought about the messages you read. As you've v...
[01:33:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06This Game Uses Troll Tactics to Teach Critical Thinking - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:06] <exec> 08└─I really question how effective this kind of thing is.
[01:33:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03julian [6003] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft's Fix for CPU-Hogging Windows Bug Wrecks Desktop Search - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:33] <exec> 08└─It's from the Halo [wikipedia.org] video game franchise. Cortana was the AI construct and sidekick to the main character.
[01:33:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft's Fix for CPU-Hogging Windows Bug Wrecks Desktop Search - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:35] <exec> 08└─Ah! Thanks. Never played it. Still a dumb name. Halo would have been better!
[01:34:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Godzilla, the Genesis - 431 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:34:07] <exec> 08└─Who the fuck gives a crap about the 'genesis' of my mother-in-law? Seriously. 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 Co...
[01:37:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Skin-Crawling Discovery: 'Body Farm' Scientists Find Corpses Move - 884 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:37:05] <exec> 08└─Actually a brick in the mouth or sickle across the neck (to decapitate the dead, should they arise) are the more traditional procedures. Staking was a medieval southern Slavic practice for exhumed dead, who would appear fatter than before death and frequently had blood around their mouths. In Briton...
[01:38:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Toyota is Trying to Figure Out How to Make a Car Run Forever - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:38:00] <exec> 08└─I just tested that. While not logged in it asks for a captcha, but it does give me the option to post as AC.
[01:38:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Cubed Wombat Poop, Why Your Left Scrotum Runs Hot, Among Ig Nobel Winners - 206 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:38:38] <exec> 08└─I think you are missing the obvious. This person is mentally ill. No, I am not being pejorative; I'm quite serious. More and more, I am seeing the signs of mental illness on display in online communication.
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[02:33:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03optotronic [4285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06This Game Uses Troll Tactics to Teach Critical Thinking - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:09] <exec> 08└─I can't imagine this being any more effective than just writing an article
[02:33:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06This Game Uses Troll Tactics to Teach Critical Thinking - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:11] <exec> 08└─What happens when a troll plays? Will he/she/it get any smarter?
[02:33:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Captival [6866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06This Game Uses Troll Tactics to Teach Critical Thinking - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:13] <exec> 08└─I tried it for 2 minutes. "Illegal immigration is a crime" is an example of inflammatory evil content in the game, instead of being a factually true and completely sensible position.
[02:33:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06This Game Uses Troll Tactics to Teach Critical Thinking - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:15] <exec> 08└─Hmm, sounds like the game has begun...
[02:33:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06This Game Uses Troll Tactics to Teach Critical Thinking - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:17] <exec> 08└─I love the phrase islamophobic. Are we communistphobic if we reject communism?
[02:33:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03PinkyGigglebrain [4458] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft's Fix for CPU-Hogging Windows Bug Wrecks Desktop Search - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:46] <exec> 08└─Halo would have been better!
[02:34:38] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03shortscreen [2252] 02 - 06Most of the Robocalls You Get Aren't Coming From AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile Numbers - 746 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:38] <exec> 08└─If robocalls were all I had to worry about I might still answer calls from unknown numbers like I used to in the previous millenium. If I picked up the phone and heard a recording I would instantly know that it was BS that could be safely ignored and the amount of wasted time would be minimal. Calls...
[02:34:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Most of the Robocalls You Get Aren't Coming From AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile Numbers - 522 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:43] <exec> 08└─Bingo!... Why the telcos allow call spoofing with out a real court order is a mystery to me. They cannot be making a hell of lot of money on discounted access. The article claims Verizon originated spam calls are way down, yet from what I see 70% of the spam calls on my cell phone are from Verizon,...
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[03:32:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Russia Complains About Facebook And Google Election Ads - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:33:00] <exec> 08└─Turnabout is fair play, Ivan.
[03:33:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Russia Complains About Facebook And Google Election Ads - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:33:01] <exec> 08└─This could be meta trolling from the Red Menace.
[03:33:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06This Game Uses Troll Tactics to Teach Critical Thinking - 430 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:33:19] <exec> 08└─Actually, I once used a book titled "The Art of Deception" to teach critical thinking. Much the same strategy: if you know how to use the techniques, you can spot when others are attempting to use them one you. Are you aware that Trump was not actually born in the United States? He was born in the B...
[03:33:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06This Game Uses Troll Tactics to Teach Critical Thinking - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:33:21] <exec> 08└─You get that the shit they're calling trolling isn't trolling, yes? It's boring old psyops. Trolling doesn't require anything untrue be said, just something that will wind you up.
[03:33:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06This Game Uses Troll Tactics to Teach Critical Thinking - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:33:23] <exec> 08└─I tried the game and all I saw was typical everyday Facebook shlit.
[03:33:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06This Game Uses Troll Tactics to Teach Critical Thinking - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:33:25] <exec> 08└─Lameness filter encountered. Post aborted! Filter error: Please take your trolling someplace else.
[03:33:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06This Game Uses Troll Tactics to Teach Critical Thinking - 17 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:33:27] <exec> 08└─Does AC win, now?
[03:33:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06This Game Uses Troll Tactics to Teach Critical Thinking - 1920 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:33:29] <exec> 08└─Educating ourselves and our children about trolling, disinformation, and propaganda is not easy, and worse, it's barely even attempted. Schools have mostly stuck to the hard technical subjects. Those are easier to teach than soft squishy social sciency stuff. Also, it avoids run-ins with politics. M...
[03:33:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06This Game Uses Troll Tactics to Teach Critical Thinking - 929 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:33:31] <exec> 08└─And as you have show you do not understand sarcasm. I played educational games when I was younger. They were total crap. They teach nothing other than how to get out of class and make the teacher think you are learning something. But here is your 'one goddamn paragraph'. The best medicine against on...
[03:33:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06This Game Uses Troll Tactics to Teach Critical Thinking - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:33:33] <exec> 08└─You should be worried about those Calvinist no-go zones!
[03:34:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03ankh [754] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Godzilla, the Genesis - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:34:36] <exec> 08└─so where is the free market? Surely all the tritium in those million tons of water is worth collecting -- after all, in only 30 years we'll need it to feed fusion reactors, right?
[03:38:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ron [5774] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Toyota is Trying to Figure Out How to Make a Car Run Forever - 892 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:38:34] <exec> 08└─Good analysis, But... Here in South Texas we easily get 8 hours of usable solar-panel quality sunlight per day, on average. The optimal exposure angle makes a minor difference, but what makes a much bigger difference is the fact that a lot of our cars sit for days at a time before they get used. Not...
[03:41:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06NY Payroll Company Vanishes With $35 Million - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:41:45] <exec> 08└─That is just not how it works.
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[04:33:04] <exec> 08└─And meanwhile, the Jews are laughing at both Azuma and Ivan...
[04:33:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Touché) 02 - 06Russia Complains About Facebook And Google Election Ads - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:33:06] <exec> 08└─Yeah those 3000 impressions they got sure changed the election! It wasn't that the DNC decided to run one of the more unlikable people in their lineup. Nope not that AT ALL.
[04:33:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03black6host [3827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Russia Complains About Facebook And Google Election Ads - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:33:08] <exec> 08└─The lady doth protest too much, methinks
[04:33:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Russia Complains About Facebook And Google Election Ads - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:33:10] <exec> 08└─This is the line. Line up at the back. What, you think you ruskies are special? Fuck you.
[04:33:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06This Game Uses Troll Tactics to Teach Critical Thinking - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:33:35] <exec> 08└─Sounds like Slashdot on steroids...
[04:33:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06This Game Uses Troll Tactics to Teach Critical Thinking - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:33:36] <exec> 08└─And as you have show you do not understand sarcasm. I can't decide which of you two to tell first...
[04:34:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Coward, Anonymous [7017] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft's Fix for CPU-Hogging Windows Bug Wrecks Desktop Search - 178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:34:07] <exec> 08└─Whenever I type something into the Windows 10 File Explorer search box, it takes forever. Probably, a network drive is disconnected, and the dumb thing keeps spinning its wheels.
[04:35:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Engineers Develop 'Blackest Black' Material to Date - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:35:35] <exec> 08└─I'm the one driving the car.
[04:36:24] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03MostCynical [2589] 02 - 06Google Chrome 77 Breaks Login Pages on Netgear Devices - 113 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:36:25] <exec> 08└─No more google? Try LineageOS [lineageos.org] (you can even put some, or all of google's stuff back, if you want)
[04:36:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Reziac [2489] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Chrome 77 Breaks Login Pages on Netgear Devices - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:36:33] <exec> 08└─Does anyone offer a naked phone where we can just install what we want without dinking around with the existing locks and OS?
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[05:33:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Russia Complains About Facebook And Google Election Ads - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:33:08] <exec> 08└─Yes, they're trying to teach us critical thinking [soylentnews.org].
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[05:33:10] <exec> 08└─It is just sad that some people can be led down such insane paths of racial hatred. You have to be one of the most close minded people within 50 miles to be saying white supremacist memes.
[05:34:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Godzilla, the Genesis - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:34:41] <exec> 08└─Mix a little energetic alpha particles with some Gaia magic, BAM big angry iguana! Comin' to get that Jeep which ran over his little girl!
[05:34:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03hwertz [8141] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Godzilla, the Genesis - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:34:43] <exec> 08└─Can't the radioactive materials be seperated out? I mean, you then have this more highly radiocative waste, but 1,000,000 gallons of clean water.
[05:35:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Engineers Develop 'Blackest Black' Material to Date - 435 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:35:39] <exec> 08└─In which case your car will show up perfectly well on their cameras. In many countries, if you are not the one driving a car that is registered to you, you have to be in a position to identify who was driving your vehicle at a specific time. So their is a capability for Big Brother to know where you...
[05:36:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Gravitational Wave Detectors Might Be Able To Detect Dark Matter Particles Colliding - 589 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:36:17] <exec> 08└─Because they are dark and isolated. Basically, it is any baryonic matter that does not emit radiation nor interact with local objects that do. An example of a MACHO would be a comet that has been thrown into interstellar space or a black hole. You can only really "see" them through their gravitation...
[05:36:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Gravitational Wave Detectors Might Be Able To Detect Dark Matter Particles Colliding - 225 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:36:19] <exec> 08└─His prediction was that the particle collider in question would find the Higgs Boson. Turns out the LHC did find the Higgs Boson, once it was able to do sufficiently powerful proton beams with a good enough inverse femtobarn.
[05:36:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Gravitational Wave Detectors Might Be Able To Detect Dark Matter Particles Colliding - 414 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:36:21] <exec> 08└─https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_compact_halo_object [wikipedia.org] MACHO = I guess there are so many black holes, brown dwarfs, rogue planets, interstellar rocks, etc. that we didn't account for, that dark matter isn't real after all! It was just "missing matter"! The idea is that instead of...
[05:36:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Reziac [2489] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Chrome 77 Breaks Login Pages on Netgear Devices - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:36:43] <exec> 08└─Or is it the HTML5 at fault?
[05:36:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Chrome 77 Breaks Login Pages on Netgear Devices - 244 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:36:44] <exec> 08└─That is weird. I followed the workaround on the support page and rebooted my Windows machine and it worked in Chrome. If it is what you say, how would that have fixed it? It definitely didn't update to a new version before I tried after reboot.
[05:37:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Reziac [2489] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Water Interests Are Fighting California's Bid To Block Trump's Environmental Rollbacks - 655 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:37:08] <exec> 08└─Someone pointed out that in an average year, were the winter Sierra snowpack not allowed to mostly melt into the ocean, it contains about 150% of California's total water needs. The money to build reservoirs (which are boons to wildlife too) was authorized some 40 years ago, yet here we are today, c...
[05:37:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Judicial Scam - 452 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:37:39] <exec> 08└─Because it is a monopoly. They get to set whatever prices they want. There are lawsuits trying to get various fees struck down as violating various Federal Laws and the Constitution, and they have actually been fairly successful in the lower courts. However, you are basically SoL until the appeals a...
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[06:32:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Scientists Propose ‘Spaceline’ Elevator to the Moon - 192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:32:58] <exec> 08└─Empty out your bank account, take out second/third mortgage, max out your credit card, fund this shit yourself, "scientists". If the shit works out, you get a big fat check from NASA and DoD.
[06:32:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Scientists Propose ‘Spaceline’ Elevator to the Moon - 289 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:32:59] <exec> 08└─essentially a tower so tall it reaches space. Uhhh, no it isn't. It's far more of a ski lift than it is a tower, and the physics involved are quite different. 11 comments on that page, and the first one addresses the little issue of the author's failure to comprehend what the elevator is.
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[06:33:16] <exec> 08└─It wasn't that the DNC decided to run one of the more unlikable people in their lineup.
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[06:33:44] <exec> 08└─authentic social media content
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[08:33:39] <exec> 08└─Are we communistphobic if we reject communism?
[08:33:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03BsAtHome [889] (Score: 2) 02 - 06This Game Uses Troll Tactics to Teach Critical Thinking - 254 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:33:40] <exec> 08└─Everybody should see Wag the Dog [imdb.com]. It was meant to be ironic, sarcastic and funny, but turns out to be an educational documentary. After seeing and understanding that film, you should be able to believe nothing from any media source ever again.
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[09:32:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Touché) 02 - 06Aussies to Trial Small Nuclear Reactors to Replace Coal - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:32:48] <exec> 08└─The aussies lost the great emu war and now think they can pull this off?
[09:33:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06This Game Uses Troll Tactics to Teach Critical Thinking - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:33:41] <exec> 08└─If I understand it correctly, it allows trolls to get even more efficient at trolling.
[09:33:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06This Game Uses Troll Tactics to Teach Critical Thinking - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:33:43] <exec> 08└─So you say reading Slashdot teaches critical thinking?
[09:33:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmichaelhudsondotnet [8122] (Score: 2) 02 - 06This Game Uses Troll Tactics to Teach Critical Thinking - 1350 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:33:45] <exec> 08└─I think they need to flip this around for better results, with only this side of it you are training kids how to actually be disinformation agents. What they need help with is how to have a civilian society and effective work groups to get things done and affect change where needed. How to hold a co...
[09:35:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Engineers Develop 'Blackest Black' Material to Date - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:35:45] <exec> 08└─Maybe this stuff can be used to make stealthy spacecraft?
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[10:33:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03qzm [3260] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Scientists Propose ‘Spaceline’ Elevator to the Moon - 733 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:33:04] <exec> 08└─So, ALL you have to do to use this is get to geosync orbit? You know, the bit that takes nearly all the energy anyway.. but from there to the moon, its easy? Sorry guys, but you have solved the part of the problem that was not a problem (geosync to moon transfer), and done nothing to help the bit th...
[10:33:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Scientists Propose ‘Spaceline’ Elevator to the Moon - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:33:05] <exec> 08└─We DO have materials now strong enough
[10:33:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Scientists Propose ‘Spaceline’ Elevator to the Moon - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:33:08] <exec> 08└─Or you know, SPACE ELEVATOR is a phrase people like to use.
[10:33:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Scientists Propose ‘Spaceline’ Elevator to the Moon - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:33:10] <exec> 08└─Fully reusable rockets are much more important. Space elevator is something you do in 100 years when you want 2 day free shipping to the Moon.
[10:33:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03qzm [3260] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Russia Complains About Facebook And Google Election Ads - 373 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:33:26] <exec> 08└─Wasnt Farcebooks response to the US claims just... a little different from this? You know, banhammering a whole lot of accounts they decided were evil ruskies, rather than just saying 'oh well, not our problem' Although personally, if people are letting such places change their voting intention, the...
[10:33:36] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03helel [2949] 02 - 06This Game Uses Troll Tactics to Teach Critical Thinking - 442 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:33:36] <exec> 08└─The game is here [trollfactory.yle.fi] for those that want to see it. In my opinion it's pretty much what it sounds like. In a number of places there aren't even any options, just click to continue. I really question how effective this kind of thing is. If you're already familiar with how social med...
[10:34:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03theluggage [1797] (Score: 2) 02 - 06This Game Uses Troll Tactics to Teach Critical Thinking - 1781 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:34:00] <exec> 08└─This seems to be based off another study [cam.ac.uk] which actually claims to have some evidence of effectiveness. You can also play the "game" online. I think there's a difference between using "gamification" techniques in education and claiming that you're producing games. If you look at the Cambr...
[10:34:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06This Game Uses Troll Tactics to Teach Critical Thinking - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:34:02] <exec> 08└─They didn't call it "The Red Scare" because people had rationally considered the theoretical tenants or practical application of Communism and decided to reject it.
[10:37:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Chrome 77 Breaks Login Pages on Netgear Devices - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:37:07] <exec> 08└─Looks like someone was too netegar to get TFA published.
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[11:32:53] <exec> 08└─Emu War II will be decisive. Aussies will be replaced by emus, dingos, snakes, spiders, crocodiles, etc.
[11:33:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Scientists Propose ‘Spaceline’ Elevator to the Moon - 216 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:33:06] <exec> 08└─Well, carbon fiber shows promise. I'm not convinced that it's good enough yet, but it does show promise. GP did mention the minor little problem that we can't make it in the quantities needed, if it is strong enough.
[11:33:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06This Game Uses Troll Tactics to Teach Critical Thinking - 211 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:33:58] <exec> 08└─Educating ourselves and our children about trolling, disinformation, and propaganda is not easy, and worse, it's barely even attempted... ... Another subject they're very bad at is teaching financial discipline.
[11:33:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06This Game Uses Troll Tactics to Teach Critical Thinking - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:34:00] <exec> 08└─you should be able to believe nothing from any media source ever again.
[11:34:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06This Game Uses Troll Tactics to Teach Critical Thinking - 301 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:34:02] <exec> 08└─Our childrens will get that trolling education, whether they like it or not. Some of them will break. Should be fun. Even without a formal curriculum, children are starting to adapt to the situation. Unlike the 70 year old men commenting on your local newspaper's website who can be trolled endlessly...
[11:34:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06This Game Uses Troll Tactics to Teach Critical Thinking - 20 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:34:04] <exec> 08└─I don't believe you.
[11:37:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Username [4557] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Water Interests Are Fighting California's Bid To Block Trump's Environmental Rollbacks - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:37:32] <exec> 08└─Stupid is as stupid does.
[11:37:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Username [4557] (Score: 2) 02 - 06World's First Metal 3-D-printed Bridge Enters Test Phase - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:37:45] <exec> 08└─Did you not see the big holes?
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[12:33:08] <exec> 08└─I misunderstood the headline and thought it was a proposition to build a tower on the moon, pointing toward earth and stopping just above the atmosphere. Spacecrafts could grab onto it and repel down, then relay at a moon spaceport for much better launch parameters. That tower would be under lower g...
[12:33:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03ilsa [6082] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Scientists Propose ‘Spaceline’ Elevator to the Moon - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:33:10] <exec> 08└─Since when it is possible to patent vague notions that cannot be physically built? The patent system is idiotic already but this is too much.
[12:34:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mer [8009] (Score: 2) 02 - 06This Game Uses Troll Tactics to Teach Critical Thinking - 383 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:34:07] <exec> 08└─"Pre-suation" by the same guy (Cialdini) covers most of the same topics (if you read a lot about this subject you realize there's a lot of overlap) with a title that might get you less oblique leers if you read it in public. AoD has less matters on marketing/commercial applications but anyone with h...
[12:36:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Bizarre Fabrics That Fashion is Betting On - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:36:33] <exec> 08└─Hemp is a coarse and non-stretchy fabric. If it were a real alternative to cotton in general, we'd already be wearing it.
[12:36:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Bizarre Fabrics That Fashion is Betting On - 471 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:36:35] <exec> 08└─Make quality clothing and people ought to keep wearing it for years. This is the real answer. Quit making mountains of trash (shoddy goods like "fast fashion" clothing) and quit being a consumerist dolt who keeps feeding the machine by buying and tossing on the regular. But really the goods have to...
[12:40:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Spam) 02 - 06Cubed Wombat Poop, Why Your Left Scrotum Runs Hot, Among Ig Nobel Winners - 462 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:40:07] <exec> 08└─barbara hudson the less you are seen publicly wearing your clown wig to cover up your bald head the better off the world is other than denying them laughter at the hilarity of what you are: One who failed as a man and is also failing at being a real woman when the fact is you are nothing but a chemi...
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[13:32:46] <exec> 08└─Will cryptocurrency lead to the downfall of the Zuck empire? Probably not. Regulators will leave it intact. Most users will stay at F-book, and if they flee they will just go to Insta.
[13:32:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Stormclouds Gather for Facebook's Libra Currency - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:32:48] <exec> 08└─The Libra Association, a nonprofit organisation based in Geneva Yeah. Facebook. Whatever...
[13:32:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Stormclouds Gather for Facebook's Libra Currency - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:32:50] <exec> 08└─“first they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win” Hmm, maybe there's something to this crypto stuff after all.
[13:32:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Stormclouds Gather for Facebook's Libra Currency - 360 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:32:52] <exec> 08└─Just what the world needs, another craptocurrency. But instead of being anonymous, every tiny detail goes to fuckerberg. They want to be a complete merchant platform like Apple. Instead of people using an Apple iPhone and Apple Pay, they want conumertards to use their Facebrick phone and their "Libr...
[13:32:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Stormclouds Gather for Facebook's Libra Currency - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:32:54] <exec> 08└─Stage 4: everybody recognizes the emperor has no clothes and has a good laugh.
[13:33:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pav [114] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Aussies to Trial Small Nuclear Reactors to Replace Coal - 545 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:33:08] <exec> 08└─Speaking of aggressive birds - it's just coming into magpie season. These birds are corvids and have sharp beaks and claws. I've had injuries ie. bleeding scalp and ears, and unfortunately every year people also get eye injuries. Eye injuries are less common, probably because magpies generally won't...
[13:33:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Aussies to Trial Small Nuclear Reactors to Replace Coal - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:33:09] <exec> 08└─You think that's bad, you should see how our government handles the internet.
[13:33:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheGratefulNet [659] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Russia Complains About Facebook And Google Election Ads - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:33:42] <exec> 08└─Turnabout is fair play, Ivan. boris. its always boris.
[13:34:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06This Game Uses Troll Tactics to Teach Critical Thinking - 202 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:34:23] <exec> 08└─Are you aware that Hillary was not actually born in the United States? She was born in the Bahamas, or Jamaica, or somewhere not America. Look it up! What's good for the birther is good for the birthee!
[13:36:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Bizarre Fabrics That Fashion is Betting On - 3291 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:36:52] <exec> 08└─Citations? https://oecotextiles.wordpress.com [wordpress.com] Hemp’s characteristics as a textile make it a desirable choice in many applications: Hemp is stronger and more durable than any other natural fabric, including linen, which almost matche...
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[14:32:55] <exec> 08└─Possibly, but perhaps money is strange. No emperor has any clothes and so crypto being based solely on faith may not be a problem. If the French could see a good laugh coming, then the only reason to make a fuss now is to get a bigger laugh later?
[14:32:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Stormclouds Gather for Facebook's Libra Currency - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:32:57] <exec> 08└─every tiny detail goes to fuckerberg.
[14:32:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Stormclouds Gather for Facebook's Libra Currency - 208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:32:59] <exec> 08└─It'll be hilarious when these people [lovelibra.com] realize Facebook has stolen their brand name and sue them. Hell, even the logos eerily similar: Craptocurrency [designtaxi.com] vs. tampons [lovelibra.com]
[14:33:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Stormclouds Gather for Facebook's Libra Currency - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:33:01] <exec> 08└─Any comments on Monero?
[14:33:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Stormclouds Gather for Facebook's Libra Currency - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:33:03] <exec> 08└─Actually, Zuckerberg wants to print money.
[14:33:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Stormclouds Gather for Facebook's Libra Currency - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:33:06] <exec> 08└─In a teacup? https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com]
[14:33:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Stormclouds Gather for Facebook's Libra Currency - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:33:08] <exec> 08└─Yes, but this is not money.
[14:33:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Canada's House of Commons Investigating MPs Web Sites Tracking Users - 20 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:33:15] <exec> 08└─What's the big deal?
[14:33:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Canada's House of Commons Investigating MPs Web Sites Tracking Users - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:33:17] <exec> 08└─Maple syrup is the big deal [wikipedia.org]
[14:33:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Aussies to Trial Small Nuclear Reactors to Replace Coal - 538 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:33:28] <exec> 08└─That reactor design was for a situation where there was unlimited cooling water and released radiation easily diluted. Time has proven (see Chernobyl and Fukshima and countless near misses) that using it for commercial power is not a good idea because (especially with humans around) stuff eventually...
[14:34:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Russia Complains About Facebook And Google Election Ads - 230 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:34:02] <exec> 08└─This comment completely dodges the question. To be clear, are you saying that advertisement is or is not interfering in elections? Please be clear... and remember your decision 18 months from now when (insert next scandal) occurs.
[14:34:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06This Game Uses Troll Tactics to Teach Critical Thinking - 205 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:34:45] <exec> 08└─It depends on if you fear Communism and/or see a wide conspiracy to implement it. See also the Red Scares [wikipedia.org]. I wonder if in 50 years we'll be remembering the Muslim Scares of the early 2000s.
[14:34:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06This Game Uses Troll Tactics to Teach Critical Thinking - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:34:46] <exec> 08└─"Consensus" is one of those gay terms that real people don't use. "Consensus" is nothing more than a dogwhistle for liberals.
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[15:32:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Study Finds the Universe Might be 2 Billion Years Younger - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:32:51] <exec> 08└─This proves that the universe is female. Women always lie about their ages.
[15:32:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Study Finds the Universe Might be 2 Billion Years Younger - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:32:52] <exec> 08└─A few more iterations and adjustments will have them agreeing that the earth is only 6000 years old.
[15:33:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Canada's House of Commons Investigating MPs Web Sites Tracking Users - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:33:19] <exec> 08└─Well, we certainly don't want MP's tracking more legitimate thieves!
[15:33:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03PinkyGigglebrain [4458] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Scientists Propose ‘Spaceline’ Elevator to the Moon - 432 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:33:46] <exec> 08└─patenting something before it can be made might actually have some benefits in the long run. By the time technology and materials catch up the patent will have, or be about, to expire so anyone who wants to use the idea could without having to worry as much about licensing costs. And any attempts to...
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[15:34:07] <exec> 08└─What makes you think any commenter (open-minded, self-aware, knowledgeable jew-hater or not) is White? All people of the world are victims of the khazar jew rats. If jews are/were so nice, how did it happen that they were expelled from lands hundreds of times? Smarter people have lived and they did...
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[15:34:08] <exec> 08└─Boris Johnson?
[15:34:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06This Game Uses Troll Tactics to Teach Critical Thinking - 688 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:34:52] <exec> 08└─LOL, why does capitalism hate the Earth? Jobs? How quaint. Before long, robots and AI will take them all. Now excuse me, I need to see what I can salvage from my grandfather's fallout shelter, for use on my escape rocketship to Mars, where I and my descendants can work towards the day that Earth wil...
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[16:32:51] <exec> 08└─The current measurement of the age of the universe is 13.787±0.020 billion (109) years within the Lambda-CDM concordance model.[1] The uncertainty has been narrowed down to 20 million years, based on a number of studies which all gave extremely similar figures for the age.
[16:32:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Study Finds the Universe Might be 2 Billion Years Younger - 167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:32:53] <exec> 08└─I'm younger than that now... Is it possible that they don't have a clue and are just making shit up? The science is starting to look like its half baked [lllblog.net].
[16:33:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Entropy [4228] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Stormclouds Gather for Facebook's Libra Currency - 486 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:12] <exec> 08└─Cryptocurrency is about trust. With most cryptocurrency you don't have to trust anyone: You have to trust the blockchain implementation, and whatever problem is required in order to not cheat at acquiring it. You don't trust a bank, government, corporation, or person to do the right thing. Depending...
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[16:33:33] <exec> 08└─NuScale proposes a LWR, only smaller. So it's still a high pressure steam reactor that requires active cooling to not explode. Seaborg [seaborg.co] proposes a Compact Molten Salt Reactor (CMSR). No pressure, no danger of a exploding, walk away safe design, and it fits in an ISO standard shipping con...
[16:33:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Aussies to Trial Small Nuclear Reactors to Replace Coal - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:35] <exec> 08└─You have to think of the energy monopolies that pay big money to these politicians to keep abundance off the table. What will happen to them? Their children would have to go to public school. The horror!
[16:33:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Scientists Propose ‘Spaceline’ Elevator to the Moon - 798 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:52] <exec> 08└─The only one that comes to mind for Earth is buckytubes...but you'd need really *long* buckytubes, and they couldn't carry much excess weight. OTOH, on the Moon, Kevlar would be strong enough. I think it would work for Mars, too, though I'd need to check...but why bother when it won't be build this...
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[16:34:59] <exec> 08└─Of course, that’s why the Middle East is so peaceful and they’re so accepting of the LGBTQIAAP community. In fact can you name a majority Muslim country that is? I wonder if gays are islamophobic if they don’t come out in those countries. Much food for thought.
[16:35:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06This Game Uses Troll Tactics to Teach Critical Thinking - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:35:00] <exec> 08└─Not wanting to starve to death seems rather rational to me. I think there was this thing that happened in China and the Soviet Union.
[16:35:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score: 2) 02 - 06This Game Uses Troll Tactics to Teach Critical Thinking - 936 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:35:02] <exec> 08└─Is Russia an Islamic nation? It wasn't when I last lived there. But they treat the LGBT community badly as well. Perhaps, then, the cause is not religion. Just because a nation has different laws to your own, views the world differently or has a majority of a people with a different religion doesn't...
[16:35:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft's Fix for CPU-Hogging Windows Bug Wrecks Desktop Search - 794 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:35:34] <exec> 08└─methinks NSA will not let go of hording zero-days. however, they need the economy to work "somewhat" so they can get tax monies to pay their "work". so combining the two requirements, it seems windblows is "most stable" if you lag the updates about 6 months. the m$ can say they're "fixing" windows;...
[16:38:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03ilPapa [2366] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Water Interests Are Fighting California's Bid To Block Trump's Environmental Rollbacks - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:38:37] <exec> 08└─Because anybody who knows anything about water rights in California understands it is a complicated and fiercely contested issue, and has been for a long time.
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[17:32:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Another High-Flying, Heavily Funded AR Headset Startup is Shutting Down - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:32:52] <exec> 08└─When Magic Leap falls flat.
[17:33:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03KritonK [465] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Study Finds the Universe Might be 2 Billion Years Younger - 202 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:04] <exec> 08└─It would still be hiding its age, as it was created on October 23, 4004 BC [wikipedia.org], which would make it almost 6023 years old. The universe is even older, as it was created two days before that.
[17:33:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Offtopic) 02 - 06Study Finds the Universe Might be 2 Billion Years Younger - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:06] <exec> 08└─The Bible was right!!
[17:33:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03NickM [2867] (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06Study Finds the Universe Might be 2 Billion Years Younger - 235 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:08] <exec> 08└─How do we know that the Hubble's constant was always around 70. If that constant had changed abruptly during the first billion years of the universe, how would we know? What kind of trace a varying Hubble's "constant" would have left ?
[17:33:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Study Finds the Universe Might be 2 Billion Years Younger - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:10] <exec> 08└─The expansion rate, called the Hubble constant , is one of the most important numbers in cosmology.
[17:33:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Study Finds the Universe Might be 2 Billion Years Younger - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:12] <exec> 08└─False precision around an inaccurate value. Sounds just like the modern day people who tell us they know the age of the universe.
[17:33:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Study Finds the Universe Might be 2 Billion Years Younger - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:14] <exec> 08└─Error ranges are for uncertainty in your measuring method. If one or more inputs are wrong (which is what this is about), that's a different story.
[17:33:24] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] 02 - 06Stormclouds Gather for Facebook's Libra Currency - 360 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:25] <exec> 08└─Just what the world needs, another craptocurrency. But instead of being anonymous, every tiny detail goes to fuckerberg. They want to be a complete merchant platform like Apple. Instead of people using an Apple iPhone and Apple Pay, they want conumertards to use their Facebrick phone and their "Libr...
[17:33:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03epitaxial [3165] (Score: 1, Flamebait) 02 - 06Stormclouds Gather for Facebook's Libra Currency - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:36] <exec> 08└─Shut up. You aren't witty or funny in the least.
[17:33:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06Aussies to Trial Small Nuclear Reactors to Replace Coal - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:58] <exec> 08└─We're going to build a fence, and we'll make the emus pay for it!
[17:34:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03sfm [675] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Scientists Propose ‘Spaceline’ Elevator to the Moon - 373 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:16] <exec> 08└─The main article states "From the surface of the Moon to geosynchronous orbit ..." This would mean the docking end of the cable "moves" around the earth with the same period as the moon, which is a significantly different speed than that of an earth geosynchronous satellite. Bottom line, it will be...
[17:34:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Scientists Propose ‘Spaceline’ Elevator to the Moon - 1387 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:17] <exec> 08└─I suspect the person writing the article misunderstood some key details. It's not possible for anything attached to the moon to be in "geosynchronous orbit" (aka match angular velocity with the Earth's surface), because the moon is not geosynchronous. There is however a point where a cable extending...
[17:36:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Godzilla, the Genesis - 618 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:33] <exec> 08└─i guess there's two ways: 1) just pipe it into the ocean. forget about it. 2) use it to make radioactive cement, "close off"(*) the bay infront of the powerplant with that cement. No.2. "concentrates" the radiaoctif water in a leaky pool ((*)less leaky then just dumping it in the ocean) and let it s...
[17:36:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Most of the Robocalls You Get Aren't Coming From AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile Numbers - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:58] <exec> 08└─Why the telcos allow call spoofing with out a real court order is a mystery to me
[17:37:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Bizarre Fabrics That Fashion is Betting On - 1947 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:37:56] <exec> 08└─just guessing, but the textil industry has optimized itself into a corner. clothes are cheap; the common materials to make them (cotton wool) are cheap because optimization. anything new and even better has a hhard time because all the machinery, from tractor add-on to the "spinning machines" are op...
[17:38:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Chrome 77 Breaks Login Pages on Netgear Devices - 518 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:38:37] <exec> 08└─2 word: firmware drivers. firm-ly in the hands of hardware manufacturers (excluding pretty much only the core CPU). let's see: GPS sensor. camera(s) microphone + speaker (maybe) touchscreen audiochiplet vibrator gazillion axis sensor etc. they all need some driver-software, and maybe 'cause some gen...
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[18:32:55] <exec> 08└─AR cannot work. "To work" means "commercial" and "off-the-shelf" components or at least manufacturing to "made to order" form factor. It fails because only the F-22 and F-35 can have a AR cockpit ...
[18:32:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Another High-Flying, Heavily Funded AR Headset Startup is Shutting Down - 273 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:32:57] <exec> 08└─Can't say I'm surprised. They charge $22,746 for a pack of three headsets. https://daqri.com [daqri.com] On the other hand, they actually look like nice equipment. Maybe some lucky people will pick up some cheap hardware at the closing down sale. :)
[18:32:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Another High-Flying, Heavily Funded AR Headset Startup is Shutting Down - 260 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:32:59] <exec> 08└─This year modification of Merkava tanks have AR. Those strategists are trying to catch up with old PlayStation games, such as BattleZone. It is not that difficult to reuse the existing technology for anyone: https://dylanmckay.io [dylanmckay.io]
[18:33:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Study Finds the Universe Might be 2 Billion Years Younger - 317 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:33:16] <exec> 08└─You must include statistical/observational/random/whatever error and systematic error to avoid making overconfident proclamations. They apparently decided to set systematic error to zero in this case, and so provided us with inaccurate information. They would be fired if this type of stuff had any r...
[18:33:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Study Finds the Universe Might be 2 Billion Years Younger - 339 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:33:18] <exec> 08└─It's not a constant in the sense that things like C, G and h are physical constants. It's a fudge factor that falls out of the equations when you plot distance vs doppler shift (ie velocity) of distant objects. There's an assumption that once you measure the redshift of an object you can look up the...
[18:33:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Stormclouds Gather for Facebook's Libra Currency - 227 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:33:40] <exec> 08└─I wonder if some of the criticisms against this are propaganda put forth by government and banks. Not that I trust Facebook but at least it creates more consumer options. and the banks and the government don't want competition.
[18:34:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Touché) 02 - 06Aussies to Trial Small Nuclear Reactors to Replace Coal - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:04] <exec> 08└─This is what happens when you take pellet guns away from the children.
[18:34:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Aussies to Trial Small Nuclear Reactors to Replace Coal - 237 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:05] <exec> 08└─Trump is going to uncork the arctic and antarctic. The oil, coal, and gas will flow leading to a new golden age for humanity. Imagine what would get done if gas was 5 cents per gallon and the middle east became geopolitically irrelevant.
[18:34:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Scientists Propose ‘Spaceline’ Elevator to the Moon - 1826 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:26] <exec> 08└─As I recall, multiwalled carbon nanotubes are the current leaders in tensile strength per unit weight - and they're just barely strong enough to support the weight of an optimal-cross-section cable extending 36,000km down from geosync orbit. I don't think carbon fiber quite makes the cut, though I'd...
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[18:34:28] <exec> 08└─That certainly sounds like a reasonable description, except that it's not a "tower on the moon" any more than a beanstalk space elevator is a "tower on Earth" - it may look like a tower from the surface, but it's a cable suspended from above, rather than supported from below. So, you put a beanstalk...
[18:34:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Scientists Propose ‘Spaceline’ Elevator to the Moon - 491 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:30] <exec> 08└─I think "geosynchronous" was a mistake. It is relatively easy to have the Earth-end of the cable terminate at an altitude where it's matching tangential (linear) speed with the Earth, even though the angular speed is synced with the moon. Basically, it'll still move overhead as seen from Earth's sur...
[18:37:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Engineers Develop 'Blackest Black' Material to Date - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:37:44] <exec> 08└─Neat! Now I can finally live my dream of painting my house blacker-than-black, and then paint the windowframes black to liven things up.
[18:38:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Bizarre Fabrics That Fashion is Betting On - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:38:12] <exec> 08└─real hippies don't use iphones/ipads.
[18:38:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Bizarre Fabrics That Fashion is Betting On - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:38:14] <exec> 08└─The way to win is therefore to educate people, in particular the females of the species.
[18:40:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Skin-Crawling Discovery: 'Body Farm' Scientists Find Corpses Move - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:40:14] <exec> 08└─It also explains one my university profs, I'm sure he died some time in the 1970s but he still kept moving around at the front of the class.
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[19:33:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Study Finds the Universe Might be 2 Billion Years Younger - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:17] <exec> 08└─Well, this changes everything!
[19:33:36] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Entropy [4228] 02 - 06Stormclouds Gather for Facebook's Libra Currency - 486 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:36] <exec> 08└─Cryptocurrency is about trust. With most cryptocurrency you don't have to trust anyone: You have to trust the blockchain implementation, and whatever problem is required in order to not cheat at acquiring it. You don't trust a bank, government, corporation, or person to do the right thing. Depending...
[19:33:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Stormclouds Gather for Facebook's Libra Currency - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:40] <exec> 08└─Uh oh, criptocurrency trading big shot found.
[19:33:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Stormclouds Gather for Facebook's Libra Currency - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:42] <exec> 08└─Facebook? Can you think of a less trustworthy entity on the planet to trust?
[19:34:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Aussies to Trial Small Nuclear Reactors to Replace Coal - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:07] <exec> 08└─Do Australians not fear nuclear energy? Would be nice to see a chart: Fear of nuclear energy by country
[19:38:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Gravitational Wave Detectors Might Be Able To Detect Dark Matter Particles Colliding - 866 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:38:26] <exec> 08└─Disagree. Make claim 1 Say We're sure experiment 1 will justify claim 1 Perform experiment 1 Experiment 1 doesn't support claim 1 Make claim 2 Say We're sure experiment 2 will justify claim 2 Perform experiment 2 Experiment 3 doesn't support claim 2 Make claim 3 Say We're sure experiment 3 will just...
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[20:32:56] <exec> 08└─guess i'll die instead
[20:32:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Once or Twice Weekly Daytime Nap, But Not More, Linked to Lower Heart Attack/Stroke Risk - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:32:57] <exec> 08└─I am also between the ages of 35-75, living in Luasanne, Switzerland and had my first checkup between 2009-2012. Does this mean I am going to die in the next 5 years?
[20:32:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03istartedi [123] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Once or Twice Weekly Daytime Nap, But Not More, Linked to Lower Heart Attack/Stroke Risk - 183 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:00] <exec> 08└─I find that when I nap, it's usually because I've pushed myself on some physical work or recreation. The extra work might be what makes you healthier. The nap might just be an affect.
[20:34:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Aussies to Trial Small Nuclear Reactors to Replace Coal - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:34:18] <exec> 08└─The same seems to be true of coal, gas, and oil.
[20:37:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Most of the Robocalls You Get Aren't Coming From AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile Numbers - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:37:24] <exec> 08└─I would switch to a number spoofing free service in a second. They would make shitloads of money. The real problem is theres a law against it.
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[20:37:25] <exec> 08└─So you say. Documentation? Do you have any?
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[20:37:27] <exec> 08└─In enacting the Truth in Caller ID Act of 2009, Congress amended section 227 of the Communications Act to create a new subsection (e) focused on prohibiting the use of misleading and inaccurate caller ID information for harmful purposes. 7 In so doing, Congress recognized that there are some legitim...
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[20:37:29] <exec> 08└─Yes, already shared this above: In enacting the Truth in Caller ID Act of 2009, Congress amended section 227 of the Communications Act to create a new subsection (e) focused on prohibiting the use of misleading and inaccurate caller ID information for harmful purposes. 7 In so doing, Congress recogn...
[20:38:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Bizarre Fabrics That Fashion is Betting On - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:38:32] <exec> 08└─The way to win is therefore to educate people, in particular the males of the species who try to control female bodies by passing laws that restrict/ban contraception and terminations..
[20:38:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Bizarre Fabrics That Fashion is Betting On - 280 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:38:34] <exec> 08└─I saw a bit about this on the local news this morning. Clothing rental subscription services [digitalcommerce360.com]. That folks would actually want to wear the clothes that other people have sweated in, spilled drinks on, covered in various bodily fluids, etc. boggles the mind.
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[20:38:52] <exec> 08└─find? The word "macroscopic" carries with it the implication of not needing special equipment to detect it, right?
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[21:32:55] <exec> 08└─At 3, a nap is a punishment. At 30, a nap is a reward.
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[21:33:26] <exec> 08└─Wrong. The ± value is the standard variation. That is, the probability to lie outside that range is about 32%.
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[21:33:28] <exec> 08└─You must mean standard deviation? And that would be hilarious. Why the hell are they reporting 68% intervals? "There is a little better than 50% chance that this interval contains the real parameter". Then who gives a shit...
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[21:33:30] <exec> 08└─C is *not* a physical constant. There's C89, C99, C11...
[21:34:14] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03anotherblackhat [4722] 02 - 06Aussies to Trial Small Nuclear Reactors to Replace Coal - 951 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:34:14] <exec> 08└─NuScale proposes a LWR, only smaller. So it's still a high pressure steam reactor that requires active cooling to not explode. Seaborg [seaborg.co] proposes a Compact Molten Salt Reactor (CMSR). No pressure, no danger of a exploding, walk away safe design, and it fits in an ISO standard shipping con...
[21:34:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03zeigerpuppy [1298] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Aussies to Trial Small Nuclear Reactors to Replace Coal - 350 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:34:22] <exec> 08└─Nice summary of some alternative reactor designs. The probkem here though is that Australian realky doesn't need nuclear. The nuclear fuel cycle, even with mokten salt designs involves huge materials hamdling costs for reprocessing and long term storage. Australian is much better off pursuing large...
[21:34:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03corey [2202] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Aussies to Trial Small Nuclear Reactors to Replace Coal - 279 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:34:24] <exec> 08└─This is something Ziggy has been touting a while. There's heaps of push back against nuclear power in this country, including the current government. The summary heading is very misrepresenting of the news, Australia is not going nuclear any time soon. Just like high speed rail.
[21:37:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Most of the Robocalls You Get Aren't Coming From AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile Numbers - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:37:32] <exec> 08└─I see nothing in there requiring telcos to pass on spoofed caller ID information or to complete calls from foreign telcos where the caller ID is spoofed.
[21:38:44] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03FatPhil [863] 02 - 06Gravitational Wave Detectors Might Be Able To Detect Dark Matter Particles Colliding - 1147 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:38:44] <exec> 08└─The ones that were postulated in the 70s, and which were testable pre-LHC, and failed to exist? Or the ones that were postulated later, which were testable early-LHC, and failed to exist? Or the ones that were postulated later, which were testable 8-14 TeV-LHC, and failed to exist? Are you saying th...
[21:38:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Gravitational Wave Detectors Might Be Able To Detect Dark Matter Particles Colliding - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:38:56] <exec> 08└─Well, you've got me on that. I *have* never attended one of his lectures...or read any of his papers.
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[22:32:52] <exec> 08└─How is this technology useful for those without hands?
[22:33:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Once or Twice Weekly Daytime Nap, But Not More, Linked to Lower Heart Attack/Stroke Risk - 335 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:03] <exec> 08└─When I was in boy scouts I learned my sleeping pattern wasn't normal. I'd lay awake for an hour or more, but my tentmate would snore soon as his head hit the pillow. I can't sleep in a car, train, or airplane. I can't sleep when the sun is up. Be nice to nap, but, yeah, no can do. 2 things I hate in...
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[22:33:05] <exec> 08└─Try saline nasal spray?
[22:34:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03barbara hudson [6443] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Canada's House of Commons Investigating MPs Web Sites Tracking Users - 851 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:10] <exec> 08└─Look at the last US election. 70,000 voters in 3 states voting differently would have resulted in Trump losing. The FBI already found that Putin used social media trolls to change the results. Cambridge Analytica targeted enough Facebook users effectively enough to get Brexit to win the referendum....
[22:34:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mykl [1112] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Aussies to Trial Small Nuclear Reactors to Replace Coal - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:31] <exec> 08└─Do Australians not fear nuclear energy?
[22:34:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Aussies to Trial Small Nuclear Reactors to Replace Coal - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:32] <exec> 08└─More cars on more freeways. Hotter Summers. Plastic wrappers everywhere. It will be heaven on earth.
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[23:32:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Finger on the Pulse of Sensor Developments - 274 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:32:58] <exec> 08└─I have hands. Cannot use ANY finger printer reader. My body keeps over-hydrating and dehydrating, so finger tips swell and pucker. Mades security to our NOC worthless. Company keeps coming out and changing equipment. No one gets it. Eye scanners have similar failure rates.
[23:33:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Once or Twice Weekly Daytime Nap, But Not More, Linked to Lower Heart Attack/Stroke Risk - 304 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:11] <exec> 08└─Same here pretty much. Huge amounts of physical exercise make it a bit easier to fall asleep but it still takes a while. I have too many thoughts going on to fall asleep immediately. When I do eventually get to sleep I generally need to sleep for a long while as well, so napping has never really wor...
[23:33:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06Study Finds the Universe Might be 2 Billion Years Younger - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:46] <exec> 08└─It also keeps changing its answer to how much mass it has.
[23:34:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Stormclouds Gather for Facebook's Libra Currency - 17 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:34:10] <exec> 08└─Nigerian princes.
[23:34:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Canada's House of Commons Investigating MPs Web Sites Tracking Users - 1162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:34:22] <exec> 08└─While it is indeed a very big deal, to see data used in such ways, you're making assertions that are not easily verifiable -- nor provable. We don't know if Putin's attempts indeed changed the results. Nor do we know that it caused Brexit. To speak of these things as fact, when they are conjecture,...
[23:36:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Chocolate [8044] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft's Fix for CPU-Hogging Windows Bug Wrecks Desktop Search - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:36:47] <exec> 08└─Have you considered not installing Windows? Perhaps a 10 step program.could help.
[23:36:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft's Fix for CPU-Hogging Windows Bug Wrecks Desktop Search - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:36:49] <exec> 08└─Sending it to one of the unblockable addresses Microsoft uses for tracking^Wanalyticsi
[23:36:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft's Fix for CPU-Hogging Windows Bug Wrecks Desktop Search - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:36:51] <exec> 08└─Confirmed: dir *manager*report*.pptx /s working as expected #thumbsup #cmdisthenewcmd
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