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[00:32:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Makers of OxiCotin, Purdue Pharma, Files Reorganization Chapter 11 "Bankrupty" - 186 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:32:50] <exec> 08└─Is prison rape ever an acceptable built-in punishment? Or more broadly, is a prison culture where you could be raped, stabbed, forced to join a gang, fear for your life, etc. acceptable?
[00:32:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Makers of OxiCotin, Purdue Pharma, Files Reorganization Chapter 11 "Bankrupty" - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:32:51] <exec> 08└─Doesn't a doctor have end responsibility for what he prescribes medicine for? But doctors aren't as rich as the Sacklers...
[00:32:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Makers of OxiCotin, Purdue Pharma, Files Reorganization Chapter 11 "Bankrupty" - 338 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:32:54] <exec> 08└─Unfortunately that is not how the world works. The Sackler family are doing everything they can to hide as much as they can [theguardian.com] before the courts can get hold of it. Will any of that money be recovered? I don't think so. That is why the Swiss banking system is still allowed to exist....
[00:32:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Makers of OxiCotin, Purdue Pharma, Files Reorganization Chapter 11 "Bankrupty" - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:32:56] <exec> 08└─If the courts agree, this would allow them to restructure
[00:32:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Makers of OxiCotin, Purdue Pharma, Files Reorganization Chapter 11 "Bankrupty" - 178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:32:58] <exec> 08└─Yes, doctors do have ultimate responsibility. Those doctors who overprescribed should be liable for and to their victims. That doesn't reduce the Sackler's responsibility though.
[00:32:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03NickM [2867] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Makers of OxiCotin, Purdue Pharma, Files Reorganization Chapter 11 "Bankrupty" - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:33:00] <exec> 08└─<tinfoil> The recent mysterious 1 billion usd worth of btc trx to an unknown wallet is starting to make sense </tinfoil>
[00:33:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Makers of OxiCotin, Purdue Pharma, Files Reorganization Chapter 11 "Bankrupty" - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:33:02] <exec> 08└─That is why the Swiss banking system is still allowed to exist. Rich people need to keep money secret.
[00:33:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Makers of OxiCotin, Purdue Pharma, Files Reorganization Chapter 11 "Bankrupty" - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:33:04] <exec> 08└─Bankruptcy will do 2 things... Prevent or limit criminal charges, and protect the billions of dollars those fuckers tunneled into their Swiss bank accounts.
[00:33:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Makers of OxiCotin, Purdue Pharma, Files Reorganization Chapter 11 "Bankrupty" - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:33:06] <exec> 08└─When you fall from that high, you tend to bounce pretty well, example: O.J. Simpson.
[00:33:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Makers of OxiCotin, Purdue Pharma, Files Reorganization Chapter 11 "Bankrupty" - 336 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:33:08] <exec> 08└─Bankruptcy is a way of protecting (hiding) assets from collection, whether debt or judgement. You basically throw yourself on the mercy of the bankruptcy judge, who, in this case, is most likely going to be bought off in some way by the poor struggling company that needs protection so they can conti...
[00:33:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why You May Have to Wait Longer to Check Out an E-Book from Your Local Library - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:33:47] <exec> 08└─This may seem unfair to the publishers and authors
[00:33:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why You May Have to Wait Longer to Check Out an E-Book from Your Local Library - 336 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:33:48] <exec> 08└─My attitude to e-media has evolved into: "I appreciate that there are production costs, but your marginal costs are zero. You can set it up to be easy, cheap, convenient, and a better experience than piracy OR you can whine about me pirating it." I still spend well above average on books and music b...
[00:34:22] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03SemperOSS [5072] 02 - 06Web Bloat - 1442 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:34:22] <exec> 08└─It is a common misconception that JavaScript is required for any sort of real application, it is not. By using a reasonable amount of CSS and some applied HTML, a huge amount of functionality can be achieved without a single line of JS. I implemented a site once with drop-down menus, slide shows and...
[00:35:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03fido_dogstoyevsky [131] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Web Bloat - 253 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:35:04] <exec> 08└─..Another phenomenon at work is the continued push for broadband rollout to the rural areas - which isn't a bad thing, but... if 99%+ of the text content of the web were accessible from the sticks, there's be less of a push to get the bandwidth fixed...
[00:35:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Web Bloat - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:35:06] <exec> 08└─Our local Sears finally died - it was walking dead for the last 5 maybe 10 years, amazing that they kept the doors open so long when they were so obviously hemorrhaging money.
[00:35:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Web Bloat - 338 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:35:08] <exec> 08└─https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boondocks#Expanded_meanings [wikipedia.org] > ... Similar slang or colloquial words are "the sticks", "the wops", "the backblocks", or "Woop Woop" in Australia, "the wop-wops" in New Zealand, "bundu" in South Africa (etymologically unrelated to "boondocks" or "bundok"),...
[00:35:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Web Bloat - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:35:10] <exec> 08└─Dear God, our corporate network is so packet filter throttled that it took me 30 minutes to download flipping Raspbian (2GB) at work today.
[00:35:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Web Bloat - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:35:12] <exec> 08└─I will block any and all javascript, since it is evil.
[00:35:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Web Bloat - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:35:14] <exec> 08└─I'm interested in how you would design a web-based whiteboard program not to need script.
[00:35:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Web Bloat - 663 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:35:16] <exec> 08└─Thank you. That is a big reason I do not do internet banking. This site is one of very few that still work for me. I often visit here just to check if I am still connected to the net when on my cellphone. It's almost two years old. I have about come to terms that the modern corporate webmaster code...
[00:35:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03barbara hudson [6443] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Web Bloat - 943 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:35:18] <exec> 08└─My OS can do all that out of the box without a web browser. If yours can't, you're doing something wrong. And if I had a need to do any of that repetitively, I'd just stuff it in a script. The calculator in my phone can do square and cube roots, as well as the full tan/arc tan/coding/whatever, no w...
[00:35:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Web Bloat - 568 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:35:20] <exec> 08└─If you look at the examples of pure HTML/CSS calendars, they use really sophisticated CSS tricks. e.g. https://codemyui.com [codemyui.com] But the important point is that the number of websites that actually need Javascript is incredibly small. Shops, blogs, discussion boar...
[00:35:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Web Bloat - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:35:23] <exec> 08└─Hipster Troll, checking in from BFE...
[00:35:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Web Bloat - 295 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:35:25] <exec> 08└─I remember the disappointment Grandma experienced when Sears started using that glossy clay paper in their catalogs. It did not wipe right. It was painful to use, and just smeared the crap all over her hiney. Grandpa often had to sacrifice his paper. Which was a treasured commodity on the farm.
[00:35:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Web Bloat - 380 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:35:27] <exec> 08└─Why shouldn't the web work with dialup or a dialup-like connection? It would be one thing if I tried to watch youtube and read pinterest. It's hard to serve videos and images without bandwidth. But my online interests are quite boring from a media standpoint. Pretty much everything I consume online...
[00:35:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Web Bloat - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:35:29] <exec> 08└─the 21st century equivalent of a bat mobile - a bloated car with terrible suspension and lousy performance that even an Escort could beat.
[00:35:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Web Bloat - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:35:31] <exec> 08└─If we were to design a new framework to handle these problems, how would it operate?
[00:35:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Web Bloat - 470 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:35:33] <exec> 08└─Our local Sears is still open, somehow. I can't figure out how they do it. I went in for some simple hand tools. They had so many games going on involving cashbacks - in points - and all sorts of terms and conditions, expiry dates, exclusions, minimum spend amounts to meet, and that seemed only the...
[00:35:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03barbara hudson [6443] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Web Bloat - 848 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:35:36] <exec> 08└─I hope you are joking. HTML spec did not specify rendering of any element, it's still the user agent (web browser) implementation that decides how to render any element. Read the spec. It can render a paragraph as text, as audio, as a series of hieroglyphics - the spec is silent. There's no need to...
[00:35:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Web Bloat - 155 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:35:38] <exec> 08└─"From the sticks" = "from the countryside, far from any city, possible in a forest". You know? The places where the Internet is delivered by smoke signals.
[00:36:21] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DannyB [5839] 02 - 06Is COBOL Holding you Hostage with Math? - 48 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:36:21] <exec> 08└─Hipsters: If it ain't broke, fix it 'till it is!
[00:36:22] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bradley13 [3053] 02 - 06Is COBOL Holding you Hostage with Math? - 125 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:36:22] <exec> 08└─The point is this: When you are doing financial calculations, you are using powers of 10. Because that's how currencies work.
[00:37:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03jurov [6250] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Is COBOL Holding you Hostage with Math? - 650 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:37:27] <exec> 08└─We are not talking about general solutions for everything. We are talking about money amounts and explicit rounding. With scaled integers, you can sit down with the formula and determine the required precision beforehand, only basic arithmetic understanding is required. Say you need to apply some %...
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[01:32:56] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] 02 - 06Makers of OxiCotin, Purdue Pharma, Files Reorganization Chapter 11 "Bankrupty" - 473 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:32:56] <exec> 08└─The only way this shit is going to stop is if the people who gain from it lose *everything.* Throw them in federal PMITA prison, *after* stripping every last cent from them. In fact, do them one better: remove every red penny they have, and then...let them go. Let them make their way in the world wi...
[01:33:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Makers of OxiCotin, Purdue Pharma, Files Reorganization Chapter 11 "Bankrupty" - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:07] <exec> 08└─Nice! I love a good conspiracy theory.
[01:33:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Makers of OxiCotin, Purdue Pharma, Files Reorganization Chapter 11 "Bankrupty" - 534 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:09] <exec> 08└─That was an interesting read, but the Common Reporting Standard still clashes with the Swiss Federal Act on Banks and Savings Banks: On January 6, 2018, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled that Swiss bankers "[have] nothing to do with the choice that an American taxp...
[01:33:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why You May Have to Wait Longer to Check Out an E-Book from Your Local Library - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:33:51] <exec> 08└─Might be direct sunlight, but that's definitely power.
[01:34:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ten Year Old Proton Radius Mystery Solved - Sadly No New Physics - 403 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:34:03] <exec> 08└─One of the metrics, (scattering) cross-section [wikipedia.org] - incidentally the historically first method used by Rutherford [wikipedia.org]. Has a quantum formulation [wikipedia.org] too. The other seems to involve the fine structure of emission spectrum (of hydrogen), which somehow involves the...
[01:35:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03barbara hudson [6443] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Web Bloat - 530 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:35:25] <exec> 08└─Fun fact - you can download the text of Wikipedia in compressed form in a few hours. It comes in at 12 gigs, so fits on a cheap USB key. There are various readers that let you read the entries without UN compressing them. Get rid of the cruft (images, social media, etc) and we could probably downl...
[01:35:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Web Bloat - 545 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:35:27] <exec> 08└─It took me a week to download the offline OSMand set of street maps to my phone at the local coffee shop. I was getting about 20KB per sec as measured by "GasFlow", an Android internet connection speed monitor app. Is your corporate site showing up at that speed? Would this same business hire sales...
[01:35:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Web Bloat - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:35:29] <exec> 08└─Yes, I'm well aware of what you were trying to say, but you said it poorly. In the process you showed yourself to be illiterate.
[01:35:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Web Bloat - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:35:31] <exec> 08└─So if you get creative with the hiding and showing of elements, then you can do a full blown calendar.
[01:35:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Web Bloat - 431 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:35:33] <exec> 08└─For example, no google page has a print function. If one opens say an email and searches for "print" nothing would be found. They want us to eyeball the page looking for an icon, including whatver ads and/or other brainwashing. This is a company with search as a main business, mind you. I'd love to...
[01:35:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Web Bloat - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:35:35] <exec> 08└─Shops, blogs, discussion boards of all kinds, movie sites, music sites, news sites - they don't need it.
[01:35:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Web Bloat - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:35:37] <exec> 08└─My OS can do all that out of the box without a web browser. If yours can't, you're doing something wrong. And if I had a need to do any of that repetitively, I'd just stuff it in a script.
[01:35:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Web Bloat - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:35:40] <exec> 08└─You want it to work like an application , then learn how to write an application. That's what Java is for.
[01:35:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Web Bloat - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:35:42] <exec> 08└─HTML spec did not specify rendering of any element, it's still the user agent (web browser) implementation that decides how to render any element.
[01:37:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is COBOL Holding you Hostage with Math? - 178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:37:33] <exec> 08└─$ python Python 2.7.6 (default, Nov 13 2018, 12:45:42) [GCC 4.8.4] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> 2.19-2 0.18999999999999995
[01:37:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03eravnrekaree [555] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is COBOL Holding you Hostage with Math? - 473 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:37:34] <exec> 08└─Actually moving away from COBOL wouls REDUCE reliability because the COBOL code has been so heavily battle proven at this point it is extremely reliable. Newer code would be more buggy and would actually reduce reliability because of a painful transition. the Idea that because its old it must be bad...
[01:37:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Is COBOL Holding you Hostage with Math? - 388 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:37:36] <exec> 08└─Or you just use a language with full support for decimal arithmetic and happily and quickly get on with writing the REST of your program, secure in the knowledge that basic arithmetic will be correct. There is no excuse to do it any other way unless you are writing embedded systems code for an 8 bit...
[01:38:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03shortscreen [2252] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Programming Language Popularity: Python Tightens Its Grip At The Top - 230 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:38:39] <exec> 08└─So right after your post singing the praises of "one code base that works everywhere" you are now singing the praises of corporate customers that can force users to all run the same browser so that your web stuff works for real...
[01:39:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Music Publishers Say Peloton Stole Even More Music, Ask for $300 Million - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:39:12] <exec> 08└─Make it based on Android. Ship with Xender/TrebleShot preinstalled. And instructions how to use it.
[01:40:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06First Peanut Allergy Treatment Gains Backing From FDA Advisory Panel - 325 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:40:18] <exec> 08└─The benefits of breast-feeding are overstated and many of the studies are poorly done. Not to mention, it makes sense that a lot of women don't want to breast feed, since it keeps them chained to either a baby or a breast pump. It's easy for men to say that all women should breast feed, since they d...
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[02:32:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03black6host [3827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Autistic Children of Donor H898 - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:32:51] <exec> 08└─First I was going to say that Hey! It's not vaccines! Reality kicked me in the face and reminded me that for sure, a vaccine must have screwed up donor H898. : (
[02:32:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06The Autistic Children of Donor H898 - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:32:53] <exec> 08└─The one who used his own sperm https://soylentnews.org [soylentnews.org]
[02:33:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Makers of OxiCotin, Purdue Pharma, Files Reorganization Chapter 11 "Bankrupty" - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:15] <exec> 08└─How many people has chemo killed that got recorded as "cancer"?
[02:33:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Makers of OxiCotin, Purdue Pharma, Files Reorganization Chapter 11 "Bankrupty" - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:17] <exec> 08└─What responsibility is that? To be the scapegoat with a checkbook for what rules of professional responsibility others have violated?
[02:33:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2, Offtopic) 02 - 06Makers of OxiCotin, Purdue Pharma, Files Reorganization Chapter 11 "Bankrupty" - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:19] <exec> 08└─Is being a drug pusher making billions of dollars at peoples expense acceptable? Is ruining peoples lives acceptable?
[02:33:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Makers of OxiCotin, Purdue Pharma, Files Reorganization Chapter 11 "Bankrupty" - 211 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:21] <exec> 08└─Seems we're left with the problem of power. Guillotines would be sufficient During their last 20 seconds of life as a blinking head, they will contemplate their choices (as they always urge us little people to).
[02:33:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Makers of OxiCotin, Purdue Pharma, Files Reorganization Chapter 11 "Bankrupty" - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:23] <exec> 08└─Scum floats to the top of the swamp!
[02:33:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Makers of OxiCotin, Purdue Pharma, Files Reorganization Chapter 11 "Bankrupty" - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:26] <exec> 08└─Put another way, it's a chance for the owners to transfer assets out and their personal debts in. That way it can wobble along just long enough to cover the tracks before it sinks to the depths taking the debt with it.
[02:33:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Flamebait) 02 - 06Makers of OxiCotin, Purdue Pharma, Files Reorganization Chapter 11 "Bankrupty" - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:28] <exec> 08└─Those questions are not relevant to this thread. I want to know more about this notion of throwing them into "federal pound-me-in-the-ass prison" that Azuma supports.
[02:33:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Makers of OxiCotin, Purdue Pharma, Files Reorganization Chapter 11 "Bankrupty" - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:30] <exec> 08└─And how many people has man Jesus cured that got recorded as "remission"?
[02:33:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Makers of OxiCotin, Purdue Pharma, Files Reorganization Chapter 11 "Bankrupty" - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:32] <exec> 08└─At the very least, they should be considered drug lords.
[02:33:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Makers of OxiCotin, Purdue Pharma, Files Reorganization Chapter 11 "Bankrupty" - 590 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:33:34] <exec> 08└─"Hyuk hyuk hyuk, lookit me, I'mma expose me sum lib'rul hypocrisy hurrrrr~!" Stupid bastard. It's a figure of speech. But you know, since I tend to deal in eye-for-eye retribution, let me turn the tables on you with another question: how can these drug lords be made to properly suffer? I'd actually...
[02:34:41] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03ikanreed [3164] 02 - 06Web Bloat - 121 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:41] <exec> 08└─Okay, sure, we scorched the planet, but look at these 0.3% higher engagement numbers when infinite scrolling was enabled!
[02:34:44] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Web Bloat - 52 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:44] <exec> 08└─But JS? It's vital for any sort of real application.
[02:34:54] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03barbara hudson [6443] 02 - 06Web Bloat - 165 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:34:55] <exec> 08└─Discussing web bloat ... YouTube video ... um, okay ... Megabytes to say what can be done in kilobytes of simple searchable, cut-n-pasteable text. Oh, the irony ...
[02:35:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Web Bloat - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:35:58] <exec> 08└─I think that every web developer should be forced to access their pages through an old 56k modem! On a 486...SX! And 4meg of RAM, I'm being generous.
[02:35:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03rylyeh [6726] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Web Bloat - 240 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:35:59] <exec> 08└─The bloat of the web is no different than the bloat of all digital media. It grows as our tech grows, and the folks that sell us new stuff need us to junk our existing equipment and buy new stuff. Audio, Video, and everything else included.
[02:37:07] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] 02 - 06Is COBOL Holding you Hostage with Math? - 106 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:37:08] <exec> 08└─God I hate argumentum ad Youtubum. Maybe use your words, too. Or at least tell us what you are linking to.
[02:37:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Is COBOL Holding you Hostage with Math? - 419 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:37:53] <exec> 08└─You mean the same industry that uses mass surveillance, creates web 2.0 abominations, and is responsible for disservices like Facebook? That wise, wise industry which is known for its high-quality code, good decision-making, and long-term thinking? The very same industry that needs to be nuked from...
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[03:32:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Autistic Children of Donor H898 - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:32:53] <exec> 08└─So that is APK's origin story! He's donor H898! A poet and a scholar wrecked by vaccination.
[03:32:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mykl [1112] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Autistic Children of Donor H898 - 506 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:32:54] <exec> 08└─I feel bad for the mother in the article, but it does sound like there was no way of knowing that the donor carried an 'autism gene', given that none has been conclusively identified. From the sound of things, the donor doesn't demonstrate Autistic behaviour themselves. What's interesting is that th...
[03:32:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Autistic Children of Donor H898 - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:32:56] <exec> 08└─No, something the storage media for the sperm is also present in vaccines.
[03:33:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 0, Flamebait) 02 - 06Makers of OxiCotin, Purdue Pharma, Files Reorganization Chapter 11 "Bankrupty" - 174 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:33:28] <exec> 08└─Sorry? I see your lips moving in what look like English syllables, but all I hear is some variation on the theme of "Aur aur aur aur!" Who the hell let that sea lion in here?
[03:33:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Makers of OxiCotin, Purdue Pharma, Files Reorganization Chapter 11 "Bankrupty" - 215 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:33:30] <exec> 08└─You know, at this point nothing like that would surprise me. We've long since jumped the shark, have gone from the sublime straight past the ridiculous and are screaming headlong down the abyss of Dadaist absurdity.
[03:33:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06Makers of OxiCotin, Purdue Pharma, Files Reorganization Chapter 11 "Bankrupty" - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:33:32] <exec> 08└─Sounds like you need the PMITA treatment. And I'm not talking about a strap-on.
[03:33:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheGratefulNet [659] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Makers of OxiCotin, Purdue Pharma, Files Reorganization Chapter 11 "Bankrupty" - 597 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:33:34] <exec> 08└─you forget rule #1 of How Things Really Work(tm). see, the ruling class never gets punished (not very hard). they have the 'authorities' in place to ensure THEIR safety during whatever will happen. the authorities are not there for you and me, the regular people. they have ALWAYS been there ONLY for...
[03:33:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Makers of OxiCotin, Purdue Pharma, Files Reorganization Chapter 11 "Bankrupty" - 361 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:33:36] <exec> 08└─Chill, Azuma. Don't make spend another mod point telling you you're flamebiting, and excessively so. I'm able to read two valid questions that are not including anything personal; they can stand on their own no matter the context. What made you think those question are somehow an ad hominem directed...
[03:33:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheGratefulNet [659] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Makers of OxiCotin, Purdue Pharma, Files Reorganization Chapter 11 "Bankrupty" - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:33:38] <exec> 08└─>And how many people has man Jesus cured that got recorded as "remission"? answer: square root of negative one
[03:33:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03shortscreen [2252] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Makers of OxiCotin, Purdue Pharma, Files Reorganization Chapter 11 "Bankrupty" - 264 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:33:40] <exec> 08└─Allegations are that Perdue misrepresented the safety and efficacy of their product and used illegal tactics to market it to doctors. Even though they weren't writing the prescriptions, there is a case to be made that they committed wrongdoing which played a role.
[03:33:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Makers of OxiCotin, Purdue Pharma, Files Reorganization Chapter 11 "Bankrupty" - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:33:42] <exec> 08└─the abyss of Dadaist absurdity
[03:33:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Makers of OxiCotin, Purdue Pharma, Files Reorganization Chapter 11 "Bankrupty" - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:33:45] <exec> 08└─see, the ruling class never gets punished (not very hard).
[03:33:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Makers of OxiCotin, Purdue Pharma, Files Reorganization Chapter 11 "Bankrupty" - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:33:47] <exec> 08└─>And how many people has man Jesus cured that got recorded as "remission"? answer: square root of negative one
[03:34:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why You May Have to Wait Longer to Check Out an E-Book from Your Local Library - 421 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:34:29] <exec> 08└─I love my (rooted/neutered) e-ink ebook reader, but there is a dark side to them. E.g., Nook sends all your book titles and progress back to the mother ship, even for things you side load. You can root the nook, and install a firewall, and block all communication with B&N, if you are willing to neve...
[03:36:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03shortscreen [2252] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Web Bloat - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:36:13] <exec> 08└─in summary, the real problem is that Apple's platform is intentionally crippled
[03:36:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03el_oscuro [1711] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Web Bloat - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:36:15] <exec> 08└─Try this same experiment with a pi-hole. It might actually be usable.
[03:36:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03el_oscuro [1711] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Web Bloat - 10 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:36:17] <exec> 08└─A pi-hole?
[03:36:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Web Bloat - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:36:19] <exec> 08└─I think the web developer's BOSS should see it that way...
[03:40:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06First Peanut Allergy Treatment Gains Backing From FDA Advisory Panel - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:40:56] <exec> 08└─The benefits of breast-feeding are overstated and many of the studies are poorly done.
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[04:33:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Autistic Children of Donor H898 - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:33:00] <exec> 08└─From the sound of things, the donor doesn't demonstrate Autistic behaviour themselves.
[04:33:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Autistic Children of Donor H898 - 549 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:33:01] <exec> 08└─I feel very badly for her too. Dovetails with some other recent stories about sperm donors, ethics of picking traits, etc. I'm on the side of the argument that women pick the traits in traditional dating; and regardless, if she picked one thing but was given another, it sounds like contract violatio...
[04:33:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Autistic Children of Donor H898 - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:33:03] <exec> 08└─If you are unable to write correct English, shut the fuck up.
[04:33:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Autistic Children of Donor H898 - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:33:05] <exec> 08└─...must be sterilized, for the good of the human race. No, I don't care about your politically correct knee-jerk response. Your parents should have been sterilized too.
[04:33:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Autistic Children of Donor H898 - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:33:08] <exec> 08└─Trump isn't maternal enough for you.
[04:33:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Makers of OxiCotin, Purdue Pharma, Files Reorganization Chapter 11 "Bankrupty" - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:33:50] <exec> 08└─When the rats run in masse following the tune an change nest.
[04:35:35] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03barbara hudson [6443] 02 - 06Web Bloat - 576 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:35:35] <exec> 08└─Sorry, what you consider a valuable consideration is junk to me. Consider this - if you didn't waste all that time and infrastructure on JavaScript tracking shit, you would cut your costs by 3/4 or more. And text ad revenue would give you half what you get now. You'd be far more profitable. (Adverti...
[04:36:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Web Bloat - 1340 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:36:20] <exec> 08└─Nonetheless, it's actually true. "'JavaScript in browser' delivers what decades of programming failed to deliver" Wisely refraining from delivering poison is NOT a failure. "the ability to write a single cross-platform code that can be updated to all its users at the moment of publishing of a new ve...
[04:36:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03canopic jug [3949] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Web Bloat - 711 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:36:22] <exec> 08└─Early HTML, with its SGML [coverpages.org] roots, was intended to be in the direction of keeping structure and presentation separate. In the "browser wars" that M$ started and Netscape allowed itself to be dragged into, all kinds of misfeatures were piled on, especially elements for typgraphic marku...
[04:36:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Web Bloat - 987 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:36:24] <exec> 08└─The non-semantic components were supposed to be purged as the standard went forward, not expanded to consume the whole. The best I can tell the reason this changed is because there was too much reliance on funding from advertisers, and they preferred to have it the way it is for obvious reasons; whi...
[04:38:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Is COBOL Holding you Hostage with Math? - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:38:18] <exec> 08└─COBOL can do that via CICS these days.
[04:39:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Music Publishers Say Peloton Stole Even More Music, Ask for $300 Million - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:39:57] <exec> 08└─If users did the infringing then go chase them
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[05:32:52] <exec> 08└─Toe Jam In Mouth
[05:32:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Eternal Mainframe - 2414 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:32:59] <exec> 08└─I made my living with IBM MINIs. They sames out fo the IBM 360/370 line. They started as: IBM S/3 models 10 (single "user" and 15 "tri-user" mainly. 8bit with 16bit addressing card systems, used in mid-range insurance and nuclear site construction control. then came the S/32, simple single user OS w...
[05:33:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06The Eternal Mainframe - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:33:01] <exec> 08└─TFA: Ultimately, there are only two natural kinds of computers: embedded systems and mainframes.
[05:33:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Eternal Mainframe - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:33:03] <exec> 08└─TFA: Ultimately, there are only two natural kinds of computers: embedded systems and mainframes.
[05:33:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Eternal Mainframe - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:33:05] <exec> 08└─Except at this point IBM mainframes are about the size of a refrigerator.
[05:33:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Autistic Children of Donor H898 - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:33:22] <exec> 08└─people who propose eugenics should be killed. no, i don't care about your politically correct knee-jerk response condemning the death penalty. you should be killed.
[05:33:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Autistic Children of Donor H898 - 658 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:33:23] <exec> 08└─I think they might locate one of the causes, but I don't think there can be an 'instant cure'. Even if it has a genetic basis I think it is a developmental problem in the brain and any cure would be altering someone into being a new individual. If you do it slowly and can watch the change most peopl...
[05:33:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Autistic Children of Donor H898 - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:33:25] <exec> 08└─Of course, there is NOW, and at least one company is continuing to offer his donations.
[05:33:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Autistic Children of Donor H898 - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:33:27] <exec> 08└─So you want to sterilize 70% of the planet? Who's going to pay for it? What are you doing to do when some of them resist the procedure?
[05:33:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Autistic Children of Donor H898 - 223 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:33:29] <exec> 08└─It's not a contract violation unless they had some way to know this would happen, which apparently was not the case. Probably the donor matched up exactly what the recipients asked for, in terms of traits known at the time.
[05:33:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimios [201] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Autistic Children of Donor H898 - 620 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:33:32] <exec> 08└─Ok let's run with the theme. 1. Where do you draw the line for "inferior"? 2. How adequate are the measurements for determining said inferiority? 3. How quickly do you propose to reach a 100% result? 4. What economical effect will that have? 5. How do you propose to get to a global consensus to enfo...
[05:34:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Makers of OxiCotin, Purdue Pharma, Files Reorganization Chapter 11 "Bankrupty" - 380 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:34:15] <exec> 08└─He was jumped-up new trash money without family or real friends who probably got his money via blackmail. The true 0.1% were happy to see him suicide-watched* while his few 'friends' were busy trying to hide any connections they had to him. *from wikipedia: Suicide-watch is an intensive monitoring p...
[05:34:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Makers of OxiCotin, Purdue Pharma, Files Reorganization Chapter 11 "Bankrupty" - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:34:16] <exec> 08└─RMS is still loyal to Epstein ;)
[05:35:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Trilkhai [8530] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Why You May Have to Wait Longer to Check Out an E-Book from Your Local Library - 449 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:35:00] <exec> 08└─Most of the cost in producing a book, whether electronic or physical, comes from paying the cover artist, editors, author, publicist, and so forth. The authors who go independent end up either paying for all of that out of their own pocket (in which case they're lucky to break even), or spending the...
[05:36:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Web Bloat - 528 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:36:53] <exec> 08└─Uhh, just stuff more elements in there? All the text can be labels and all the dates radios, then affect visibility based on year and month selection. Yes, it will be unwieldy, very unwieldy, but that doesn't mean impossible. After all, you could code a browser or OS in Brainfuck; that doesn't mean...
[05:36:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Web Bloat - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:36:54] <exec> 08└─You can turn on "I am an advanced user" in uBlock and do much the same thing. In different ways, it is simultaneously more and less powerful than uMatrix.
[05:36:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Web Bloat - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:36:57] <exec> 08└─Automatic updating is the epitome of insanity.
[05:36:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Web Bloat - 219 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:36:59] <exec> 08└─According to https://urlscan.io [urlscan.io] loading Google Analytics increases the bytes transferred by over 138% and increases the load time on the page by 50%.
[05:37:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Web Bloat - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:37:01] <exec> 08└─Personal computing should provide value to the user.
[05:37:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Web Bloat - 215 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:37:03] <exec> 08└─"There are such things in which not having your entire (in-house) userbase updating to the latest version of app from one day to the other can spell millions in loses" OK. So what? They can still do that either way.
[05:38:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03gtomorrow [2230] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is COBOL Holding you Hostage with Math? - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:38:58] <exec> 08└─IT'S TRUE!!! Why???
[05:38:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Is COBOL Holding you Hostage with Math? - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:38:59] <exec> 08└─int O;char o[17];int main(int l,char**v){for(;~l;O?O:puts(o))O=(O[o]=~(l=getchar())?4>5)?l:46:0)?-~O&printf("%02x ",l)*5:!O;return!v;}
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[06:32:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:32:57] <exec> 08└─As Richard Stallman Resigns Let’s Consider Why GNU/Linux Without Stallman and Torvalds Would be a Victory to Microsoft [techrights.org]
[06:32:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:32:58] <exec> 08└─What has he done that is of importance recently? It's not unusual for a 66 year old to retire anyway. It will be funny to see which camp picks the successor.
[06:32:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Flamebait) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:33:00] <exec> 08└─Between this and Trump's pussy grabbing? I'll side with Trump. The democrats are insane!
[06:33:01] <exec> 08*** new score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 670 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:33:02] <exec> 08└─He did not argue "that the victims went along with the abuse willingly". He argued that they may have presented themselves this way (for example under coercion of Epstein) and that the people who may have had sex with them are thus not necessarily as guilty as they seem. He also argued a technicalit...
[06:33:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:33:04] <exec> 08└─What has he done that is of importance recently?
[06:33:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:33:06] <exec> 08└─Have citations? (yes, I know, I'm a lazy bum asking for a favor. Will you indulge me?)
[06:33:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03bussdriver [6876] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 1779 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:33:09] <exec> 08└─The man changed the world and gets a lot of flack for all the good he did. He's old and probably tired of fighting all the BS then to get this INSANITY amplified by the internet mob looking to lynch anybody because either they can't lynch those who deserve it or because they have no real purpose to...
[06:33:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03bussdriver [6876] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 753 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:33:11] <exec> 08└─People who don't like Stallman for other reasons can turn Troll and just amplify the problem because they are evil pricks. Bad teens can do it and you probably have seen it or had a sibling do a minor version to you just out of SPITE. This is when all those people come out and pounce. Aside from all...
[06:33:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 238 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:33:13] <exec> 08└─Should have waited?? I don't understand why RMS said anything at all on this subject. Epstein's crimes haven't anything to do with Free Software. Maybe you're right, he is getting old, and this incident is proof that his mind is slipping.
[06:33:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mykl [1112] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Autistic Children of Donor H898 - 976 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:33:45] <exec> 08└─You're right. That did raise my eyebrows a little, but my goldfish-brain forgot that as it didn't pattern-match for Autism. It's quite possibly true that the donor's "learning and emotional disabilities" were in fact undiagnosed Autism. Could this be the new Typhoid Mary? As to Gattaca - all of natu...
[06:33:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mykl [1112] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Autistic Children of Donor H898 - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:33:47] <exec> 08└─Yes, and those guys should be taken to the cleaners if/when future kids turn up with Autism too
[06:34:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03hwertz [8141] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Makers of OxiCotin, Purdue Pharma, Files Reorganization Chapter 11 "Bankrupty" - 1561 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:34:32] <exec> 08└─As far as I'm concerned, the Sackler family should have to put EVERYTHING into the deal. This isn't the usual misbehaving pharma company; per media reports, the Sacklers were caught dead to rights via E-Mail exchanges encouraging addiction. They set up sales contests, rewarding salesmen and pharmaci...
[06:34:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06WVU Astronomers Help Detect the Most Massive Neutron Star Ever Measured - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:34:42] <exec> 08└─At 30km diameter, the density is about 1.415×1014kg/litre. For perspective, this is a bit heavier than even the typical yo' mamma.
[06:35:04] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] 02 - 06Why You May Have to Wait Longer to Check Out an E-Book from Your Local Library - 103 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:35:05] <exec> 08└─If libraries didn't already exist, and someone tried to create one today, they'd be sued into oblivion.
[06:35:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03hwertz [8141] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why You May Have to Wait Longer to Check Out an E-Book from Your Local Library - 981 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:35:19] <exec> 08└─" She also points out that Sargent's claim that apps let people check out books in states and countries where they don't live "betrays a fundamental misunderstanding of how public libraries work." " Well, the app my mom uses with the local library absolutely does allow her to do exactly this; if the...
[06:35:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ten Year Old Proton Radius Mystery Solved - Sadly No New Physics - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:35:33] <exec> 08└─It's on the way. https://www.rankred.com [rankred.com]
[06:37:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Web Bloat - 12 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:37:19] <exec> 08└─OK. So what?
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[07:33:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 702 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:33:08] <exec> 08└─"Entirely willingly"? This is what these people will never understand. Children cannot "will". They are not competent to make contracts, they cannot enlist in the military, and they cannot vote, and they certainly cannot "consent" to fuck Stallman, ESR, Ted Nugent, or Ted Cruz, no matter what the Bi...
[07:33:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 703 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:33:09] <exec> 08└─Here you go. A redacted (names of folks other than Stallman) version of the email thread can be found here: https://www.vice.com [vice.com] I read through it and Stallman did not defend Epste...
[07:33:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:33:11] <exec> 08└─https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/9ke3ke/famed-computer-scientist-richard-stallman-described-epstein-victims-as-entirely-willing [vice.com]
[07:33:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 715 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:33:14] <exec> 08└─How many more open source scalps do the lying media mobs have to claim before people acknowledge that tech in general, and the FOSS community in particular is under attack. How long is everyone going to remain silent while good people get dragged off to gulags by Twitter lynch mobs and newspapers en...
[07:33:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:33:16] <exec> 08└─16 and 17 year olds can consent to sexual activity in the majority of the U.S.
[07:33:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:33:18] <exec> 08└─It's not over until they get the top scalp. Linus's scalp.
[07:33:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 867 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:33:20] <exec> 08└─https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/9ke3ke/famed-computer-scientist-richard-stallman-described-epstein-victims-as-entirely-willing [vice.com] Stallman emphatically did not say this woman was willing. He said that those who had sex with her may have thought she was (and may have thought she was legal...
[07:33:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mykl [1112] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 610 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:33:22] <exec> 08└─I see no reason why Stallman can't have opinions about things other than FOSS. He should have as much right to do exactly what we're doing right now - commenting on something that is unrelated to our work (assuming you are not a lawyer in the Epstein case, a child-protection worker or a member of th...
[07:33:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 894 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:33:24] <exec> 08└─"Children cannot "will"." This is not at all consistent with my memories of childhood. "They are not competent to make contracts" Typically true, but not always. C.f. https://en.wikipedia.org There's a subtle point that too often gets massacred here. It is indeed the case...
[07:33:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03MadTinfoilHatter [4635] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:33:26] <exec> 08└─They already did that one. [soylentnews.org]
[07:33:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 653 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:33:29] <exec> 08└─Stallman may have had enough of being president, or whatever. If so, that would be fine. Resigning because journalists are incapable of reporting correctly? And there's a shit-storm of clueless idiots on social media? That would be the wrong reason to resign. Social media is always full of clueless...
[07:33:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score: 2, Disagree) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:33:31] <exec> 08└─This is just about as off-topic as it can get!
[07:33:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 826 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:33:33] <exec> 08└─1/ Does the media article complaining about the witch have He said "(alleged remarks)" in it, where (alleged remarks) is the complete transcript? That's it. If the answer is NO, then it is a witch hunt. If they can't quote what was said without undermining their case then it is bullshit. For example...
[07:33:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:33:35] <exec> 08└─Stallman was discussing a topic with more intelligence than the internet could handle and it wasn't written for the general public on the internet
[07:33:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 707 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:33:37] <exec> 08└─I think you misunderstand - he "resigned", as in he was told that he can resign or they will fire him. I do agree with you though, he should not have been fired over this. It is true he has a history of saying crass things (or as some like to put it, things that are too intelligent for the internet)...
[07:33:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 210 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:33:39] <exec> 08└─There's no thread there. Presumably, it's encrypted in some ecmatrocity. If it was on a public list it should be available uncensored, do you see any details that might help, like the listserv address or equiv?
[07:33:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:33:42] <exec> 08└─I haven't bothered to read RMS's views on the matter, but it does bother me that the lynch mob can so easily get someone sacked these days.
[07:33:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 407 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:33:44] <exec> 08└─Do anyone know of other news articles that cover this story without bashing Stallman? The techrights.org story covers the details nicely, but also has a lot of anti-MS ranting that I feel does not have a place outside of the most devout linux hippie circles. Searching through the usual news aggregat...
[07:33:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmichaelhudsondotnet [8122] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 4865 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:33:46] <exec> 08└─The epstein scandal is the biggest scandal in the history of the world, hands down. The biggest conspiracy is that the elites follow different laws and traffic in children whose parents don't care, and this more than proves it, it made it center stage for the entire world and it is know as well of a...
[07:34:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mykl [1112] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Autistic Children of Donor H898 - 1634 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:34:20] <exec> 08└─In the absence of our local RDT, let me attempt to answer on his behalf: 1. Where do you draw the line for "inferior"? Acceptable categories are: Net worth of $100m or more; Stable Genius, Healthy orange complexion; Voted for me in 2016. All others are inferior. 2. How adequate are the measurements...
[07:37:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Web Bloat - 589 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:37:53] <exec> 08└─"This means there are cases in which Javascript in browser delivers better** than any other solutions." No, it doesn't. "They can do it "the cross-platform native app way" iff they accept a higher dev cost and/or the potential risk of loses (because delays) and/or the extra cost of asking users (the...
[07:37:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Web Bloat - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:37:54] <exec> 08└─Claiming the costs are higher only makes sense if you're setting an unreasonably short time span.
[07:39:30] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03sjames [2882] 02 - 06Is COBOL Holding you Hostage with Math? - 329 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:39:30] <exec> 08└─The author made a fair point that the industry frequently bills Java as COBOL's natural successor, so it is perfectly fair to compare the two to see why that may not be such a good idea and why it hasn't been all that successful so far. TLDR; The choice of Java for comparison was not made in a vacuu...
[07:39:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is COBOL Holding you Hostage with Math? - 1559 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:39:53] <exec> 08└─> Values of money have always been integer data types since before recorded history. I'd change that to "Values of money have always been values representing integer multiples of an atomic unit of value since before recorded history." as we've usually chosen a fixed point representation. If the base...
[07:39:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is COBOL Holding you Hostage with Math? - 191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:39:54] <exec> 08└─Fair point, +1. I've mostly ignored Java, as I do more scientific programming than business programming, which emphasises your point - Java clearly has that "business language" aura about it.
[07:39:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is COBOL Holding you Hostage with Math? - 385 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:39:56] <exec> 08└─Kahan is one of the guys who wrote the IEEE754 floating point standards. Hasn't been a research academic for a long time, but over the decades has published a whole bunch of reports on what can go wrong with FP, including at the language-implementation level, such as How JAVA's Floating-Point Hurts...
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[08:33:09] <exec> 08└─Here you go. A redacted (names of folks other than Stallman) version of the email thread can be found here: https://www.vice.com [vice.com] I read through it and Stallman did not defend Epste...
[08:33:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03canopic jug [3949] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 1209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:33:27] <exec> 08└─If you do find any, do post the links, but I would be surprised that any accurate accounting of the messages actually exist. Outside of Techrights.org and a few mailing lists, I've only seen the same anti-RMS tripe filled with false statements, lies. I would not be surprised if some of it was even p...
[08:33:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmichaelhudsondotnet [8122] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 1489 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:33:29] <exec> 08└─stallman is a carefully selected hobby horse for them to attack so that none of the obviously culpable people at places like the new york times and cnn are brought under any scrutiny. It clearly defines the oligarchy, mr stallman has never been in that and they are looking for any possible way to di...
[08:33:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmichaelhudsondotnet [8122] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 1794 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:33:31] <exec> 08└─This. Check out my other comments in thread. I write about this on my site, and I have experienced this personally. I don't believe it has to do entirely with FOSS, it's one of a handful of issues thought that puts you on the front lines where the other side secretly attacks you and no one on your s...
[08:33:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmichaelhudsondotnet [8122] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 663 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:33:33] <exec> 08└─edit: i read some more details and now I understand that mr. stallman's question was not as awful as I thought, he was just saying the other people did not know the girls were coerced, maybe. It does however also seem like these email threads were very intentionally fishing for something like this t...
[08:33:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03chromas [34] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 231 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:33:35] <exec> 08└─What do you mean? The AC was talking about what's in the summary and article, and the article author's lack of reading comprehension. It's not like he was talking about toilets or systemd. It's just about as on-topic as it can get.
[08:33:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:33:37] <exec> 08└─Thanks for it! (in between I found it on my own, but thank you anyway)
[08:33:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03snmygos [6274] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:33:39] <exec> 08└─Stallman was defending Minsky.
[08:33:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 338 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:33:42] <exec> 08└─No public listserv. The thread was leaked and is presented as screen grabs (with any other-than-RMS's email addrs blacked out) in the cited, within a thingy that does require JS. Looking into the element, another way to get all the "pages" https://assets.documentcloud.org
[08:33:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:33:44] <exec> 08└─We will have to agree to disagree.
[08:34:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Autistic Children of Donor H898 - 303 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:34:20] <exec> 08└─This is another clear indication that autism can be hereditary. I wish I knew this and knew that I was autistic myself before becoming a father. It is heart-wrenching to see your children go through many of the same horrors you experienced at childhood. I sincerely feel for the people affected by th...
[08:35:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Makers of OxiCotin, Purdue Pharma, Files Reorganization Chapter 11 "Bankrupty" - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:35:07] <exec> 08└─In the '60's, they said: God Damn, the pusher man!
[08:39:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is COBOL Holding you Hostage with Math? - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:39:55] <exec> 08└─See my link to Kahan's JAVAHurt.pdf elsethread.
[08:39:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is COBOL Holding you Hostage with Math? - 526 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:39:56] <exec> 08└─> Throughout this topic I have never advocated decimal FP. I advocate integer data types for money. Then statements like your "[in binary FP] But ten cents 0.10 only has an approximate representation" are a red herring or deliberately ingenuous, because you can't represent 0.10 as an integer either...
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[09:33:22] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Mykl [1112] 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 610 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:33:22] <exec> 08└─I see no reason why Stallman can't have opinions about things other than FOSS. He should have as much right to do exactly what we're doing right now - commenting on something that is unrelated to our work (assuming you are not a lawyer in the Epstein case, a child-protection worker or a member of th...
[09:33:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 651 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:33:44] <exec> 08└─Thank you for this brief rebuttal - I've added a note to the summary to help distance SN itself from any inaccuracies there may be in the quoted articles. Part of the inevitable discussion that will follow from a story like this will be concepts such as witch-hunts, including how biased media can su...
[09:33:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:33:45] <exec> 08└─I misread, and I was wrong. I withdraw my comment.
[09:33:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03chromas [34] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 4 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:33:47] <exec> 08└─👍
[09:35:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why You May Have to Wait Longer to Check Out an E-Book from Your Local Library - 570 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:35:56] <exec> 08└─"No harm done," incorrect. You are the reason quality publishing will go away, because you have ended up stealing the content instead of paying the people who were responsible for its creation. Why didn't you just take the magazine home with you without paying for it? By your theory it would have co...
[09:35:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why You May Have to Wait Longer to Check Out an E-Book from Your Local Library - 450 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:35:57] <exec> 08└─And OP does not necessarily seem to be talking about pirating a 50 year old copy of an Asimov story or 1960's Mickey Mouse cartoons, but rather items that catch his fancy wherever he sees them. I'd guess that includes titles which were just published. One could make the opposite case just as easily:...
[09:35:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why You May Have to Wait Longer to Check Out an E-Book from Your Local Library - 677 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:36:00] <exec> 08└─It's not just because of copyright law that you can't do that. It is because the maintenance of the current system of production requires that people be paid. The content creators get the minority of that money, but they do get some. Blow away copyright and you have to have what replaces it. "Oh, we...
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[10:33:48] <exec> 08└─Let's ask every child under 18 in the world when they would like the right to be able to go on dates with adults? How many 13 year olds when they have all of the facts are going to say 'yes! this sounds awesome!' None.
[10:33:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 2562 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:33:50] <exec> 08└─Attempting to defend Minsky Mr. Stallman argued: * A newspaper article used the term, "assault." * The newspaper article said nothing other than they had sex. * He speculates (without any evidence at all other than absence of what is in the article) that the sex was "entirely willi...
[10:33:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:33:52] <exec> 08└─My respect for Stallman has increased - he's the only one who doesn't seem to top-post!
[10:33:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 327 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:33:54] <exec> 08└─And express them on the CSAIL mailing list? He was attempting to defend Dr. Minsky, which was why it seemed relevant to CSAIL. But the method in which he did it (where he assumed he had all the relevant facts and then did not,) and also giving his personal opinions as to how the law should be, were...
[10:33:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 250 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:33:56] <exec> 08└─> unequivocally stated the sex was forced Yet another person, someone who was at the event, unequivocally stated the sex never even took place, as he saw Minsky decline it, and then even spoke to Minsky afterwards about it. See pjmedia link upthread.
[10:33:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:33:59] <exec> 08└─What amazes me is how on the toll of midnight on their 18th birthday, they instantaniously acquire all the facts without suffering whiplassh.
[10:34:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Autistic Children of Donor H898 - 386 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:34:35] <exec> 08└─I don't view this as an interesting story for it's gene research potential - we've got parent/child autist pairs coming out of the bloody woodwork, a few more examples is nothing - this is an interesting case for medical ethics research, and the legalisms surrounding violation of same if that indeed...
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[11:32:52] <exec> 08└─The beatings will continue until morale improves!
[11:33:18] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bussdriver [6876] 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 1779 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:33:19] <exec> 08└─The man changed the world and gets a lot of flack for all the good he did. He's old and probably tired of fighting all the BS then to get this INSANITY amplified by the internet mob looking to lynch anybody because either they can't lynch those who deserve it or because they have no real purpose to...
[11:33:20] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bussdriver [6876] 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 753 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:33:20] <exec> 08└─People who don't like Stallman for other reasons can turn Troll and just amplify the problem because they are evil pricks. Bad teens can do it and you probably have seen it or had a sibling do a minor version to you just out of SPITE. This is when all those people come out and pounce. Aside from all...
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[11:33:34] <exec> 08└─1/ Does the media article complaining about the witch have He said "(alleged remarks)" in it, where (alleged remarks) is the complete transcript? That's it. If the answer is NO, then it is a witch hunt. If they can't quote what was said without undermining their case then it is bullshit. For example...
[11:33:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 347 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:33:59] <exec> 08└─https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/6405929/09132019142056-0001.pdf [documentcloud.org] https://assets.documentcloud.org [documentcloud.org] I let the atrocities run enough to get the direct links. They are both censored. I recommend the .pdf as the ....
[11:34:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:34:01] <exec> 08└─Opposing pedophilia makes one an anti Semitic Nazi. Weinstein, Epstein, now Stallman... Its all Jews being reported on.
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[11:34:03] <exec> 08└─The epstein scandal is the biggest scandal in the history of the world, hands down.
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[12:33:08] <exec> 08└─https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2TnkJ8_BmSI [youtube.com] Alternative headline: Is anyone surprised?
[12:33:32] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 867 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:33:32] <exec> 08└─https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/9ke3ke/famed-computer-scientist-richard-stallman-described-epstein-victims-as-entirely-willing [vice.com] Stallman emphatically did not say this woman was willing. He said that those who had sex with her may have thought she was (and may have thought she was legal...
[12:34:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmichaelhudsondotnet [8122] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 1401 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:34:07] <exec> 08└─Yes, I appreciate this. I know these are not complete solutions. There is public law and then there is Actual Law, which resembles more of an unwritten law of the jungle. Thanks for considering my ideas and a constuctive response, which is rare but I enjoy it when it happens. Yeah, how can we educat...
[12:34:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:34:08] <exec> 08└─Add that Minsky couldn't refute any of those accusations himself because was long dead.
[12:34:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:34:10] <exec> 08└─And as 'weird' as Stallman is, he is also correct in his assessment of corporate takeover of software. Stallman foresaw the likes of Microsoft (E-corp).
[12:34:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Autistic Children of Donor H898 - 259 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:34:49] <exec> 08└─aaaaaaaamazing! the liberated sperm made it and travelled the world. in a jet engine powered, pressurized cabin containing high tech flying contraption. the world is mad and brilliant at the same time! now back to youtube videos about the magic of ... makeup!
[12:35:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Makers of OxiCotin, Purdue Pharma, Files Reorganization Chapter 11 "Bankrupty" - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:35:37] <exec> 08└─Except now, the 'pusher man' has power, money and influence: the war on drugs stops at his doorstep.
[12:36:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ten Year Old Proton Radius Mystery Solved - Sadly No New Physics - 245 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:36:41] <exec> 08└─vell, it's good there's a switch with ON/OFF for entanglement and it's good it was in the off position for protons IN and protons OUT during this experiment ... now off to measuring protons with no electricity but only magnetic steam *tuut*tuut*
[12:38:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03shrewdsheep [5215] (Score: 1) 02 - 0664-Core Epyc CPU Encodes 10-bit Color, 8K Resolution H.265/HEVC Video at 79 FPS - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:38:44] <exec> 08└─Isn't video encoding of lots of videos one of those "embarrassingly parallel" problems in practice?
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[13:32:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Astronomers Detected Water on a Potentially Habitable Exoplanet for the First Time - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:32:59] <exec> 08└─How exactly did they "detect water vapor"? Was it actually that they saw spectrographic evidence for hyrdoxyl ions?
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[13:33:00] <exec> 08└─Was it actually that they saw spectrographic evidence for hyrdoxyl ions?
[13:33:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Astronomers Detected Water on a Potentially Habitable Exoplanet for the First Time - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:33:02] <exec> 08└─Earth-Like Exoplanet https://xkcd.com [xkcd.com]
[13:33:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Astronomers Detected Water on a Potentially Habitable Exoplanet for the First Time - 202 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:33:04] <exec> 08└─Thanks for your detailed answer. Yes, of course it is by looking at the spectum of light that passes through the atmosphere. What exact peaks do they think they found that corresponded to "water vapor"?
[13:33:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03PiMuNu [3823] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Astronomers Detected Water on a Potentially Habitable Exoplanet for the First Time - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:33:07] <exec> 08└─https://arxiv.org/abs/1909.05218 [arxiv.org]
[13:33:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Alfred [4006] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Kickstarter Faces Union Backlash After Firing Two Organizers - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:33:16] <exec> 08└─It is the duty of a company to remove those toxic to the company survival. (assuming the company is honest and worth saving)
[13:33:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Alfred [4006] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Far Side Could Be Back from Extinction, and the Timing's So Right - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:33:24] <exec> 08└─Free the mayonnaise jar seven!
[13:33:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Far Side Could Be Back from Extinction, and the Timing's So Right - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:33:26] <exec> 08└─Too many were educated at Midvale School for the Gifted.
[13:33:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dale [539] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon-Owned Whole Foods is Cutting Medical Benefits for Part-Time Workers - 509 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:33:35] <exec> 08└─Why would anyone expect anything different? When has a company bought another and not fully assimilated them over the following decade? How many times have we seen the cycle in video game companies? They claim they'll stay just like they are and then they slowly chip away at the independence until o...
[13:34:26] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03FatPhil [863] 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 87 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:34:26] <exec> 08└─My respect for Stallman has increased - he's the only one who doesn't seem to top-post!
[13:34:29] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03FatPhil [863] 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 141 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:34:30] <exec> 08└─What amazes me is how on the toll of midnight on their 18th birthday, they instantaniously acquire all the facts without suffering whiplassh.
[13:34:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 982 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:34:38] <exec> 08└─That is not what Stallman was saying in the emails. He was saying that because the article he said never said it was forced it was therefore unfair to call it an assault. Specifically he suggests it was, "accusation inflation." That was put back into his face that it was not an inflation. Regardless...
[13:34:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 479 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:34:40] <exec> 08└─On Monday September 16, 22:02, FatPhil (pc-soylentNO@SPAMasdf.fi) wrote: > My respect for Stallman [...] - he's the only one who doesn't seem to top-post! I prefer bottom-interleaved-with-trimming posting style too (Pine was my first email client). This being said, it's not the most useful style for...
[13:34:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:34:42] <exec> 08└─Add that Minsky couldn't refute any of those accusations himself because was long dead.
[13:35:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06The Autistic Children of Donor H898 - 272 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:35:21] <exec> 08└─You're right. That did raise my eyebrows a little, but my goldfish-brain forgot that as it didn't pattern-match for Autism. It's quite possibly true that the donor's "learning and emotional disabilities" were in fact undiagnosed Autism. Could this be the new Typhoid Mary?
[13:36:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Makers of OxiCotin, Purdue Pharma, Files Reorganization Chapter 11 "Bankrupty" - 288 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:36:11] <exec> 08└─And how is this any different than giving people colonoscopies known to cause colon cancer, telling people to wear sunscreen that blocks UVA but not UVB so you get skin cancer, etc? I'd like to see all these people go down. Too bad the BS in the healthcare industry is TBTF at this point.
[13:36:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Makers of OxiCotin, Purdue Pharma, Files Reorganization Chapter 11 "Bankrupty" - 328 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:36:12] <exec> 08└─And I also disagree with the idea the "patients" are pure victims here. Plenty of people have been beating the drums about corruption and incompetence in the healthcare industry for a long time, it is hard not to be exposed to it. Half the people harmed were probably rabid vaxxinators who got angry...
[13:36:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Makers of OxiCotin, Purdue Pharma, Files Reorganization Chapter 11 "Bankrupty" - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:36:14] <exec> 08└─I doubt anyone with a functioning brain had any trouble understanding that post. Your feigned inability to understand normal written English is just another brick in the wall.
[13:37:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ten Year Old Proton Radius Mystery Solved - Sadly No New Physics - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:37:18] <exec> 08└─I'm old, makes me wonder what mind boggling things they'll learn in the 10-20 years I have left.
[13:41:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft is Working on Foldable Surface Devices With Liquid-Powered Hinges - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:41:35] <exec> 08└─You forgot to mention that the blue liquid is a topical toxin.
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[14:33:05] <exec> 08└─Have a look at the arxiv paper. My understanding is that they look at the size of the planet at various different spectra. At wavelengths characteristic of absorption by water vapour (1.4 microns) the planet appears to be bigger (R_p/R_*)^2 2950 vs 2900. This is because there is an atmosphere contai...
[14:33:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Kickstarter Faces Union Backlash After Firing Two Organizers - 348 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:33:14] <exec> 08└─Absence of any evidence that their unionising effort is toxic is noted. We only know one thing for certain, preventing unionising efforts is illegal, and the evidence points towards Kickstarter management doing that. Therefore we can only sensibly conclude that it is the management that are toxic, a...
[14:33:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03PiMuNu [3823] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Kickstarter Faces Union Backlash After Firing Two Organizers - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:33:16] <exec> 08└─Is the management toxic or its staff?
[14:33:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Far Side Could Be Back from Extinction, and the Timing's So Right - 280 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:33:26] <exec> 08└─I look forward to one where a family is gathered in their lounge, and rather than communicating with each other, or watching the telly that's now in the corner for an extra twist, they are all now staring at blank rectangles held in their hands. "In the days before the internet".
[14:33:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Far Side Could Be Back from Extinction, and the Timing's So Right - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:33:28] <exec> 08└─John Callahan was a sort of pale, dark imitation of Gary Larson - the documentary clearly explains why: https://www.imdb.com [imdb.com]
[14:33:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon-Owned Whole Foods is Cutting Medical Benefits for Part-Time Workers - 298 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:33:38] <exec> 08└─Amazon's management has recognized that Part Time employees must be only Part Time humans, who have only Part Time health problems and therefore require only Part Time health care . . . on someone else's time and dime. It's part of the executives Part Time ethics and Part Time humanity on display.
[14:34:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 425 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:34:42] <exec> 08└─Why would a screen reader be any less capable of offering to read out marked-up-as-quoted material, or to skip past it, or even delete it, even paragraph by paragraph, and even to split the paragraph if desired? If Linus Torvalds, Nazi hater of downtrodden minorities that he is (or so I read in a st...
[14:34:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03choose another one [515] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:34:43] <exec> 08└─What has he done that is of importance recently?
[14:34:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Offtopic) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:34:45] <exec> 08└─All Monotheism (in any version) is a cult of Moloch, the one and only god of monotheists. Anything else around it is just a distraction for herd.
[14:34:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:34:47] <exec> 08└─Why would a screen reader be any less capable of offering to read out marked-up-as-quoted material...
[14:34:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:34:49] <exec> 08└─can you tell the difference between a 17 year old and an 18 year old without looking at their birth certificate?
[14:34:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 968 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:34:52] <exec> 08└─I completely agree that the anti-MS parts are important, the issue is just that when trying to share an article with friends/family outside of the bearded hippies circles it is a bit distracting to have the article full of anti-MS rants. To one not already drinking the kool-aide It make the story as...
[14:36:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Makers of OxiCotin, Purdue Pharma, Files Reorganization Chapter 11 "Bankrupty" - 274 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:36:22] <exec> 08└─Shortscreen summed it up succinctly. Purdue was pushing their drugs. The doctor who made a quarter million in bonuses and rewards from Purdue should be in prison, most definitely. He should be sitting right beside the Sacklers, who were paying him those bonuses and rewards.
[14:37:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why You May Have to Wait Longer to Check Out an E-Book from Your Local Library - 615 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:37:12] <exec> 08└─I'd recommend something like a Nook Simple Touch, if you can get your hands on one. I got mine used and it's worked great for a long time. Reading an e-ink screen is much easier on your eyes than your computer screen's LCD/LED screen. I love the ability to easily load a bunch of ebooks onto my Nook...
[14:40:21] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DannyB [5839] 02 - 06Is COBOL Holding you Hostage with Math? - 601 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:40:21] <exec> 08└─Don't use floating point for financial calculations. Floating point is an approximation overall. Subsets of representable numbers have exact representation. Such as integers, or 0.25. But ten cents 0.10 only has an approximate representation because it is a repeating binary value. For money, you wan...
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[15:32:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06Edward Snowden Wants to Come Home: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:32:54] <exec> 08└─What he really wants is another press cycle, the interesting question is: why now?
[15:32:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03GlennC [3656] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Edward Snowden Wants to Come Home: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:32:55] <exec> 08└─Edward Snowden is an American hero. Unfortunately, since his actions exposed and embarrassed the Powers That Be, he's got to be made an example of.
[15:32:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Edward Snowden Wants to Come Home: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:32:58] <exec> 08└─https://www.amazon.com/Permanent-Record-Edward-Snowden/dp/1250237238 [amazon.com]
[15:32:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Edward Snowden Wants to Come Home: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 226 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:33:00] <exec> 08└─The tree of liberty needs some refreshment. Tyrants and patriots meet that need nicely. Alas, Snowden is a patriot, so he'll probably be chopped up for fertilizer, while the tyrants try to distract us with the cake and circus.
[15:33:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Edward Snowden Wants to Come Home: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:33:02] <exec> 08└─The clearest sign Obama was going to be bad was that when he took office he didn't instantly pardon snowden.
[15:33:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Edward Snowden Wants to Come Home: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 453 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:33:04] <exec> 08└─He wants a fair trial, but he will be fast tracked to a 30 year sentence. He's not Hillary, he's not Petraeus, he was some peon who embarrassed powerful people. He will feel the full brutality of the US justice system. Ed, do yourself a favor: learn Russian, learn to love the country, become a citiz...
[15:33:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Edward Snowden Wants to Come Home: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:33:06] <exec> 08└─Bad is a relative thing... the real question is: what did Obama get in exchange for letting Snowden rot? Was that trade, on balance, better for the American people?
[15:33:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Edward Snowden Wants to Come Home: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:33:09] <exec> 08└─I notice that Trump hasn't pardoned Snowden, either.
[15:33:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03DECbot [832] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Edward Snowden Wants to Come Home: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 1776 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:33:11] <exec> 08└─I don't disagree with you. However, he's an idiot--a smart idiot. Snowden is clairvoyant enough to be concerned for a fair trial, but to lay bare your defensive arguments to the press before trial... I'm sure the prosecution will have now one example of some brown person (aka informant) getting dron...
[15:33:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Astronomers Detected Water on a Potentially Habitable Exoplanet for the First Time - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:33:29] <exec> 08└─At wavelengths characteristic of absorption by water vapour (1.4 microns) the planet appears to be bigger (R_p/R_*)^2 2950 vs 2900.
[15:33:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Kickstarter Faces Union Backlash After Firing Two Organizers - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:33:40] <exec> 08└─Maybe they can fund their legal defense with a kickstarter!
[15:34:26] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Arik [4543] 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 894 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:34:26] <exec> 08└─"Children cannot "will"." This is not at all consistent with my memories of childhood. "They are not competent to make contracts" Typically true, but not always. C.f. https://en.wikipedia.org There's a subtle point that too often gets massacred here. It is indeed the case...
[15:35:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03chewbacon [1032] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 791 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:35:10] <exec> 08└─This! I was maybe 21, DJing a highschool dance (great way to earn beer money and when it's a club, meet women). Some girl came up asked if I wanted to hang out sometime, gave me her number. I peered at her "How old are you??" "I'm 19, I swear." "You look the same age as everyone here!" "No, no, I'm...
[15:35:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 607 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:35:12] <exec> 08└─And they also provided a copy of Mr. Stallman's exact words, [vice.com] which was in fact a link in the story you cited. So no, not a witch hunt but rather he did suggest that the term "sexual assault" shouldn't be used in a story because it is "slippery" and might be an inflation of what an accusat...
[15:35:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nuke [3162] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:35:14] <exec> 08└─Fucking linked website promptly installed about 150 kB of cookies. I promptly deleted them. Good example of the type of crap RMS campaigned against.
[15:35:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03choose another one [515] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:35:16] <exec> 08└─It is indeed the case that we have an assumption in law that a minor cannot consent.
[15:35:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 360 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:35:18] <exec> 08└─Microsoft has already demonstrated the power to censor the Internet. [deepfreeze.it] That big kerfuffle in 2014 turned out to be a Saudi/Qatari spy ring with assets in the White House, Home Office, and the top of Wall Street. Among other things, they were shipping everyone's social media histories t...
[15:35:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nuke [3162] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:35:20] <exec> 08└─I see no reason why Stallman can't have opinions about things other than FOSS.
[15:35:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:35:22] <exec> 08└─Yeah. I scratched my head a bit about that too, then I opened up the link in a secondary browser and there it was. It's quite annoying that folks display PDFs in containers like that. Yuck.
[15:35:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 321 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:35:24] <exec> 08└─So far the only article that I feel comfortable distributing outside of the tech community is a followup that showed up on Forbes in the gaming section https://www.forbes.com [for...
[15:35:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 400 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:35:26] <exec> 08└─My point was about taking snippets out of context to smear someone. Which is exactly what that story did. Only two of the Stallman quotes are even a full sentence and both of those relate to the resignation, not the contents of the emails. Having the full censored text available elsewhere on the sit...
[15:35:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Eternal Mainframe - 1599 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:35:37] <exec> 08└─Okay, so modern server rack farms in air conditioned data centers are "mainframes". But not really. The word "mainframe" carries a lot of baggage. Baggage which is decidedly NOT part of modern server racks. First would be the backward compatibility with late 60's early 70's mainframes. Second would...
[15:35:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06The Eternal Mainframe - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:35:38] <exec> 08└─Except at this point IBM mainframes are about the size of a refrigerator.
[15:36:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Autistic Children of Donor H898 - 242 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:36:09] <exec> 08└─Try not to feel TOO bad. We all are a set of good and less-good genes. You might be surprised how common certain genetic issues are in the human population. The number is so high, it makes me wonder if humans aren't a bit inbred as a species.
[15:37:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Makers of OxiCotin, Purdue Pharma, Files Reorganization Chapter 11 "Bankrupty" - 1289 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:37:03] <exec> 08└─In 2007, after years of delays SCO finally was on the eve of "getting its day in court" on Monday Sept 17. On the eve of a trial that was obviously not going to go well for SCO, on Friday afternoon Sept 14, SCO declared bankruptcy. SCO is still in bankruptcy to this day. There are a number of intere...
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[16:33:00] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03GlennC [3656] 02 - 06Edward Snowden Wants to Come Home: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 147 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:00] <exec> 08└─Edward Snowden is an American hero. Unfortunately, since his actions exposed and embarrassed the Powers That Be, he's got to be made an example of.
[16:33:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Edward Snowden Wants to Come Home: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:08] <exec> 08└─Why would he? Snowden's not one of Trump's cronies, he doesn't have enough money.
[16:33:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Edward Snowden Wants to Come Home: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:10] <exec> 08└─until Russia is stronger again and can defend its citizens.
[16:33:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Edward Snowden Wants to Come Home: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 448 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:12] <exec> 08└─Why would he? Only because it would be the "right thing to do". I spend a lot of time here, mocking the people with TDS, in effect, kinda defending Trump. But, I have never claimed that Trump is a "good person". Such a person would recognize instantly that Snowden did the "right thing", and pardon h...
[16:33:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Edward Snowden Wants to Come Home: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:15] <exec> 08└─The clearest sign Obama was going to be bad was that when he took office he didn't instantly pardon snowden.
[16:33:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score: 4, Insightful) 02 - 06Edward Snowden Wants to Come Home: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 374 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:17] <exec> 08└─Snowdon harmed a number of illegal government programs. Harmed the overall reputation of a government that is out of control. Fair trial? Snort. He'll be treated like Manning: stuffed in prison, under conditions that break him. He can forget any sort of justice. The only way he can ever return to th...
[16:33:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Edward Snowden Wants to Come Home: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 761 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:19] <exec> 08└─I get triggered by the term TDS. What I often find is that people who mention TDS cannot handle any criticism of the president, even if legitimate, based on facts, or his own words or actions. It's almost as if someone is so uncomfortable that the president actually did or said something too embarra...
[16:33:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Edward Snowden Wants to Come Home: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:21] <exec> 08└─No, in fact, trump re-arrested the hero that Obama eventually pardoned.
[16:33:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Edward Snowden Wants to Come Home: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:23] <exec> 08└─Man, my mental order of events was all wrong. This comic came out 5 years before Snowden [thisishistorictimes.com]
[16:33:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Edward Snowden Wants to Come Home: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 352 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:25] <exec> 08└─The issue is that in prosecution under the Espionage Act, he is FORBIDDEN from explaining why he did it. This is unlike any other trial and why he can't get a fair trial. It isn't about a nebulous reputational harm to the US. https://www.theguardian.com
[16:33:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03meustrus [4961] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Edward Snowden Wants to Come Home: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:28] <exec> 08└─Too true. Given the current context, it's about time to stop bitching about all the good things Obama failed to do.
[16:33:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Edward Snowden Wants to Come Home: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:30] <exec> 08└─I notice that Trump hasn't pardoned Snowden, either.
[16:33:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Edward Snowden Wants to Come Home: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:32] <exec> 08└─As I get older, I find I sometimes mis-remember events. I try to remember specific dates that go with those events to help keep them straight. Or I can use the amazing power of google. :-)
[16:33:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Edward Snowden Wants to Come Home: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 1025 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:34] <exec> 08└─Yeah, I don't how much longer the core trust democracies depend on(i.e. the sense that while things might go wrong sometimes, your interactions with power have an attempt at justice behind them) will last in the US. The ~50% voter turnout of the last 40-odd years is a sign of deep decay, and I don't...
[16:33:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Edward Snowden Wants to Come Home: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 708 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:36] <exec> 08└─Almost certainly "being pragmatic about national security" which is a siren song for all politicians. What you get for ignoring the right thing in the name of national security: a bunch of military types praising your good sense. All the talk shows that repeat military experts ad naseum on your side...
[16:33:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Edward Snowden Wants to Come Home: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 480 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:38] <exec> 08└─Snowden did the RIGHT thing. However, just 'cause it's right doesn't mean it's legal. He should come back, face the trial, and submit to the punishment as an act of civil disobedience. You don't need to prove harm to prove that he violated 18 U.S. Code § 798.Disclosure of classified information....
[16:33:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Edward Snowden Wants to Come Home: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 313 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:41] <exec> 08└─In other words: Freedom is doomed, by design. As the world shrinks / population and technology grows, there's a certain logical inevitability to this. We can't all move out to cabins in the wilderness, scribbling manifestos about how things should be, doing whatever it takes to get our message out t...
[16:33:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03PiMuNu [3823] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Edward Snowden Wants to Come Home: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:43] <exec> 08└─Mod parent up - amazon link is to a book coming out today which is "Informative"
[16:33:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03meustrus [4961] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Edward Snowden Wants to Come Home: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 1409 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:45] <exec> 08└─If it took you evidence of political bias to stop watching CNN, you are the problem. The reason not to watch CNN is because it's just low quality journalism. They chase eyeballs, not headlines. They are very careful to avoid offending advertisers. If something seems controversial, they either won't...
[16:33:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Edward Snowden Wants to Come Home: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 248 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:47] <exec> 08└─“He should be brought back from Russia and given due process, and I think the proper outcome would be that he would be given a death sentence,” - Mike Pompeo, United States Secretary of State Imagine if SOS Clinton had said something like that!
[16:33:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Edward Snowden Wants to Come Home: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:49] <exec> 08└─Trump's Secretary of State wants Snowden DEAD. Why CIA Nominee Mike Pompeo Wants to Kill Edward Snowden [inverse.com]
[16:33:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Edward Snowden Wants to Come Home: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 673 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:52] <exec> 08└─I agree, wholeheartedly, Snowden is a hero and a warrior for the U.S. Constitution. He deserves a very public court trial and he deserves a legal team who successfully paint him as the Patriot he is, whatever the law says about what he has done, laws are made by politicians and he should be elevated...
[16:33:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Edward Snowden Wants to Come Home: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 1076 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:54] <exec> 08└─I think Trump is a egocentric manipulative piece of shit. But I also think TDS is real. The people with it literally cannot make a rational argument in this area. A good test is his racist / sexist tweets. Politely ask them to link to one - just one - any single racist and/or sexist tweet from Trump...
[16:33:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Edward Snowden Wants to Come Home: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 663 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:56] <exec> 08└─Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump So interesting to see “Progressive” Democrat Congresswomen, who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe, the worst, most corrupt and inept anywhere in the world (if they even have a functioning government at all),...
[16:33:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Edward Snowden Wants to Come Home: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 351 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:33:58] <exec> 08└─I don't believe in the rousseauian ideal. We don't need to avoid each other or social structures to be happy and free. Anarchy is a pipe dream of people who've never seen someone actively seek power. We do need to police our social structures and get rid of all the people who rubber-stamp injustices...
[16:34:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03PiMuNu [3823] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Astronomers Detected Water on a Potentially Habitable Exoplanet for the First Time - 497 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:34:18] <exec> 08└─> This is speculation at best Interesting. I agree there is failure to explore alternative hypotheses (they only say "H2O fits the data", they don't say "other stuff does not fit the data"). Totally out of my usual field, so thanks for the hint! I found this graph useful showing absorption spectrum...
[16:34:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Astronomers Detected Water on a Potentially Habitable Exoplanet for the First Time - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:34:19] <exec> 08└─This is well known amongst people who question the "comets are dirty snowballs" idea. They always say they detected water in the comet tail when it was only OH.
[16:34:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Kickstarter Faces Union Backlash After Firing Two Organizers - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:34:31] <exec> 08└─Therefore we can only sensibly conclude that it is the management that are toxic, and harmful to the company's continuing survival.
[16:34:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06The Far Side Could Be Back from Extinction, and the Timing's So Right - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:34:42] <exec> 08└─Only if they figured out how to get in the building!
[16:36:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nuke [3162] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:36:11] <exec> 08└─What amazes me is how on the toll of midnight on their 18th birthday, they instantaniously acquire all the facts
[16:36:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:36:13] <exec> 08└─This is why he needs to hire me as a press agent. It is not Mr. Stallman's fault that you can not read. Eat a dick.
[16:36:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03cmdrklarg [5048] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:36:15] <exec> 08└─And they NEVER have fake ID either.
[16:36:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03istartedi [123] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 1151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:36:17] <exec> 08└─Are you willing to defend both sides on this? Will you excuse ex-communists as well as people who said n***** 30 years ago in a fit of anger? Because if you're not, that strikes me as hypocritical. I don't think the punishment fits the crime in either case. Yes, McCarthy was a big thing in the 50s b...
[16:36:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Eternal Mainframe - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:36:30] <exec> 08└─Yes! As/400 P2. Size of a laptop!
[16:36:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Eternal Mainframe - 490 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:36:31] <exec> 08└─There's also a big architectural difference. Mainframes were (once you ditch various fripperies) optimised for moving bits without involving the central processing system at all. In IBM it took the form of channel architecture, but there were other, analogous answers from other manufacturers. Presen...
[16:36:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Eternal Mainframe - 403 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:36:34] <exec> 08└─Now that YOU mention it, I realize that I should have mentioned that. Channel architecture was a significant part of what was considered a mainframe. That being yet one more big difference between traditional legacy mainframes and modern server racks in data centers. I almost wonder if TFA is really...
[16:36:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Eternal Mainframe - 767 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:36:36] <exec> 08└─But you missing the point of write up. It would be better centralizes processing power / timeshare and decentralized/distributed processing over AN AREA. With that view AWS is a main frame / super computer. It is centralized and restricted access and should be the TOP co”computer” on the top 500...
[16:38:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Makers of OxiCotin, Purdue Pharma, Files Reorganization Chapter 11 "Bankrupty" - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:38:00] <exec> 08└─No True 0.1% would have been on the other of that fallacy!
[16:38:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why You May Have to Wait Longer to Check Out an E-Book from Your Local Library - 508 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:38:51] <exec> 08└─I have a Kobo. I did my research before I bought an e-book and simply bought the best available regardless of price. Two years ago that was the Kobo Aura One. I haven't really checked them lately, they have a new model - the Forma - which looks interesting. Very slightly bigger screen, 8" vs 7.8", b...
[16:39:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Muad'Dave [1413] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ten Year Old Proton Radius Mystery Solved - Sadly No New Physics - 448 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:39:08] <exec> 08└─Those old 74xx-series chips were slow and power hungry. (The inverter was a 7404 for the hex TTL variety). Take a look at this table [wikipedia.org]. Wow. I remember working on Concurrent/Perkin Elmer minicomputers [1000bit.it] that had 2 MB memory boards that were 17x17" and took many, many amps of...
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[17:32:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Consensual Phishing: How to Crack Your Half-Forgotten Crypto Password - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:32:54] <exec> 08└─Phishing involves getting a password out of a person; this is more like guided brute forcing. https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org]
[17:33:16] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DannyB [5839] 02 - 06Edward Snowden Wants to Come Home: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 761 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:16] <exec> 08└─I get triggered by the term TDS. What I often find is that people who mention TDS cannot handle any criticism of the president, even if legitimate, based on facts, or his own words or actions. It's almost as if someone is so uncomfortable that the president actually did or said something too embarra...
[17:33:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Edward Snowden Wants to Come Home: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:36] <exec> 08└─Find a nice Russian woman to marry. U.S. prison is not worth it, and Americans have not learned your lessons and don't deserve any more from you.
[17:33:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Edward Snowden Wants to Come Home: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:37] <exec> 08└─I didn't stop watching CNN because of any politics. But because of its journalism. I did say . . . CNN's total failure to even make a pretense of objectivity is what pushed me over the edge.
[17:33:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Edward Snowden Wants to Come Home: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 242 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:39] <exec> 08└─I never have and never will use Twitter. Nor Facebook. So I would be unable to provide you with an example. But then, I probably wouldn't be one talking about his racist / sexist tweets, unless I had seen some evidence of them somewhere else.
[17:33:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Offtopic) 02 - 06Edward Snowden Wants to Come Home: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 696 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:42] <exec> 08└─TDS is specifically used to describe the people who are ignoring reality because they are so clouded by their hatred of him. On example, Do you believe he said that the neo-Nazis are fine people? If so, you have TDS I'm not talking about the neo-Nazis and the white nationalists, because they should...
[17:33:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Edward Snowden Wants to Come Home: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:44] <exec> 08└─I get triggered by the term TDS.
[17:33:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Edward Snowden Wants to Come Home: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:46] <exec> 08└─At this point what difference does it make
[17:33:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 1, Redundant) 02 - 06Edward Snowden Wants to Come Home: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 676 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:48] <exec> 08└─That tweet isn't "racist". You gotta do better than that, Monkeyman. Trump did express contempt, but that contempt wasn't "racist" in nature. Trump referred to the products of failed nations, coming here, to influence our country to be more like the failed nations they come from. I can, and will, po...
[17:33:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Edward Snowden Wants to Come Home: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 232 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:50] <exec> 08└─I presume you're talking about Bradley Manning? He may be YOUR hero. I don't have enough vile words to describe the soldier or sailor who betrays his brethren. The fact that you can equate Manning and Snowden exposes your ignorance.
[17:33:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03PinkyGigglebrain [4458] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Edward Snowden Wants to Come Home: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:52] <exec> 08└─Thank you for that link.
[17:33:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Edward Snowden Wants to Come Home: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:55] <exec> 08└─"Go back where you came from" is in the textbook definition of illegal discrimination. [thehill.com]
[17:33:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Edward Snowden Wants to Come Home: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:57] <exec> 08└─It continues to demonstrate what massive hypocrites these folks are.
[17:33:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Edward Snowden Wants to Come Home: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:33:59] <exec> 08└─"Betraying breathren" by sharing videos of war crimes. Fuck you you monster.
[17:34:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03loonycyborg [6905] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Edward Snowden Wants to Come Home: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 327 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:01] <exec> 08└─Love for his country is the reason he got into the situation he's in in the first place. Maybe he needs to scale down on that, one way or another. In the fully connected modern world your ideology is more important than your country. And your exact place of residence is nothing more than target addr...
[17:34:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Edward Snowden Wants to Come Home: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 592 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:03] <exec> 08└─I personally think that tweet is racist, but that's just a difference of opinion. I also must admit that I am prejudiced against Muslims and recognize that fact. I recognize there are Muslims who are fine people. My very large employer does employ people of various races, religions, etc. and I can w...
[17:34:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Edward Snowden Wants to Come Home: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:05] <exec> 08└─You don't need to prove harm to prove that he violated 18 U.S. Code § 798.Disclosure of classified information.
[17:34:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Edward Snowden Wants to Come Home: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:07] <exec> 08└─If Pompeo got a call at 2am that an embassy was under attack he wouldn't have gone back to sleep. I am not a fan of the guy but he seems to actually do his job, as disagreeable a job as it is.
[17:34:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Edward Snowden Wants to Come Home: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:10] <exec> 08└─It was Bush's fault that Hurricane Katrina hit the US
[17:34:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Cars Lead Singer Ric Ocasek Dead at 75 - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:17] <exec> 08└─Was his apartment rent controlled?
[17:34:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Astronomers Detected Water on a Potentially Habitable Exoplanet for the First Time - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:33] <exec> 08└─That's a great one and seems to be a good layman's estimate of what they've actually found. Which isn't much.
[17:34:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03meustrus [4961] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Kickstarter Faces Union Backlash After Firing Two Organizers - 1509 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:46] <exec> 08└─Curious choice of words. "Negotiate" is what unionized companies do. What managers really want to do is dictate. You know, like dictators. And if the employees don't like it, they can leave and be replaced. Dictating is not a great way to run a company. In a perfect world, managers would be more car...
[17:35:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon-Owned Whole Foods is Cutting Medical Benefits for Part-Time Workers - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:35:08] <exec> 08└─Otherwise known as business as usual.
[17:35:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03ElizabethGreene [6748] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon-Owned Whole Foods is Cutting Medical Benefits for Part-Time Workers - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:35:09] <exec> 08└─To be "full time" and eligible for benefits requires working 30 hours per week.
[17:35:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Amazon-Owned Whole Foods is Cutting Medical Benefits for Part-Time Workers - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:35:11] <exec> 08└─You mean that strongly worded letter he signed about placing humans before profit was bullshit? Whelp, they had their chance, time to start REGULATING!
[17:35:48] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03canopic jug [3949] 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 1209 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:35:48] <exec> 08└─If you do find any, do post the links, but I would be surprised that any accurate accounting of the messages actually exist. Outside of Techrights.org and a few mailing lists, I've only seen the same anti-RMS tripe filled with false statements, lies. I would not be surprised if some of it was even p...
[17:36:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03canopic jug [3949] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 744 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:36:35] <exec> 08└─You still don't get it. M$ is not a part of the problem, it is the problem. I suppose all the mainstream articles from the 1990s, if read out loud now would be described as screeds. Anyway, MIT threw RMS under a bus, figuratively, rather than let the discussions continue until their major donor Bil...
[17:37:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Autistic Children of Donor H898 - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:37:22] <exec> 08└─1: Everything outside of 32°N to 33°N
[17:37:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Autistic Children of Donor H898 - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:37:24] <exec> 08└─It does sound as if the sperm bank was not selective enough.
[17:38:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Makers of OxiCotin, Purdue Pharma, Files Reorganization Chapter 11 "Bankrupty" - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:38:19] <exec> 08└─It is "OxyContin" and "Bankruptcy", not "OxyCotin" and "Bankrupty" - "OxyCotin" also appears in the summary. Sorry to be so abrupt about it.
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[18:32:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Bone, Not Adrenaline, Drives Fight or Flight Response - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:32:53] <exec> 08└─Good place to put the fight or flight trigger production, I suppose. I mean it's not like a vertebrate without bones can do much of either anyway.
[18:32:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bone, Not Adrenaline, Drives Fight or Flight Response - 423 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:32:55] <exec> 08└─LMAO - that thought crossed my mind. A bit more seriously, I can accept that the bones are *part of* the fight or flight mechanism. Bones produce the osteo-stuff, and they say it's a necessary part of the response. But - how do they conclude that the osteo is the driver? Maybe the bones release oste...
[18:32:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bone, Not Adrenaline, Drives Fight or Flight Response - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:32:57] <exec> 08└─it's not like a vertebrate without bones can do much of either anyway.
[18:34:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Offtopic) 02 - 06(Updated) Edward Snowden: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 908 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:01] <exec> 08└─No link. QED. However, being the tolerant fellow I am and making allowances for the deathmonkey's TDS I used DDG to find it. DDG brings up that as 1 and 2 of 3 connected tweets. Full text: So interesting to see “Progressive” Democrat Congresswomen, who originally came from countries whose govern...
[18:34:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03etherscythe [937] (Score: 3, Touché) 02 - 06(Updated) Edward Snowden: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 214 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:03] <exec> 08└─Sure, the people with lots of Total Dissolved Solids [cnn.com] in their water might seem more likely to vote Democrat [wikipedia.org] than they are to vote Trump. I hardly see how that's relevant though. </sarcasm>
[18:34:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06(Updated) Edward Snowden: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 234 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:05] <exec> 08└─Yeah, I read your other comments about CNN. Good move there. Oddly, I believe Trump to be less - uhhhmmm - "evil" than Bush. Definitely less evil than the evil brain in the Bush-Cheney team. Even so, at best, Trump is a real shithead.
[18:34:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06(Updated) Edward Snowden: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:07] <exec> 08└─But, Muslim is not a race
[18:34:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06(Updated) Edward Snowden: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 223 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:09] <exec> 08└─"Keep it rational" You first asshole, you start off with "As good, and as bad, as Trump is..." Fucking lawl, you disavow him ONLY because otherwise you'd get labeled "batshit crazy" you "both sides"" creep of a human being.
[18:34:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06(Updated) Edward Snowden: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 365 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:11] <exec> 08└─Wow. Salutes. My first few weeks in the Navy, we were taught that we all have our prejudices. We should all work to recognize our own, and to work around them. You get points for that. We need a helluva lot more people to do the same. THEN, we might put all these identity politics behind us. Those p...
[18:34:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06(Updated) Edward Snowden: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:13] <exec> 08└─You should first learn what a "war crime" is. Manning exposed no war crimes. Go read the Geneva conventions, then get back to me.
[18:34:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06(Updated) Edward Snowden: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:15] <exec> 08└─Less Evil and Less Dangerous are two different things.
[18:34:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06(Updated) Edward Snowden: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:18] <exec> 08└─He's been married [wikipedia.org] for a couple years now. Same girl he was dating in 2013 whom he didn't tell he was about to leak classified information.
[18:34:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06(Updated) Edward Snowden: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 564 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:20] <exec> 08└─*yawn* If you don't love America, then you SHOULD go back where you came from. Note that your link is just an opinion piece which draws on something called "guidance" - as opposed to laws or regulations. And, note that strict adherence to that "guidance" stifles free speech. So, do you believe in fr...
[18:34:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06(Updated) Edward Snowden: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 775 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:22] <exec> 08└─BREAKING NEWS (as CNN would say) United States Files Civil Lawsuit Against Edward Snowden [justice.gov] ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The United States today filed a lawsuit against Edward Snowden, a former employee of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and contractor for the National Security Agency (NSA)...
[18:34:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06(Updated) Edward Snowden: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 383 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:24] <exec> 08└─More like "neither side". I'm a registered Independent, because I don't like either party. That's right, bubba, way back in 1970, I started to dislike the dicks in both parties. By 1974, when I was old enough to vote, I had decided that I couldn't register with either party. Independent - meaning I...
[18:34:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06(Updated) Edward Snowden: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 383 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:26] <exec> 08└─You have made this post just to expose your ignorance? Islam is a political/judicial/religious system. A Muslim is not required to be Arabic, or to be black, or to be brown, or to be anything at all. A Muslim is required to worship Allah according to the dictates of Mohammed, as interpreted by all t...
[18:34:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06(Updated) Edward Snowden: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 458 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:28] <exec> 08└─So if he did the RIGHT thing, should he not be allowed to argue before the jury both that he did the RIGHT thing and also reveal both what he knew and what he revealed? He should be allowed the chance to present a case which allows for jury nullification if they are so inclined. But since he cannot,...
[18:34:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06(Updated) Edward Snowden: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 339 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:31] <exec> 08└─Gee, and here I thought America was strong enough to allow people who might not be completely in love with it to have a voice and presence. Something about the allowance of dissent. By the way, does that mean that we can send Trump back to New York to fix all of the problems there before we allow hi...
[18:34:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06(Updated) Edward Snowden: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:33] <exec> 08└─Oops, sorry. Looks like he is all set then.
[18:34:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06(Updated) Edward Snowden: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:35] <exec> 08└─His asylum in Russia will expire soon as well. He's requesting asylum in France, but it's not likely to succeed.
[18:34:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06(Updated) Edward Snowden: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 524 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:37] <exec> 08└─It is possible to not be completely totally polarized on everything political. Despite all the horrible things I think about Trump (due to his own words and actions), I can still be pleased that he is pro Israel and apparently pro Christian, even if I have my doubts about whether he himself is a Chr...
[18:34:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Cars Lead Singer Ric Ocasek Dead at 75 - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:34:46] <exec> 08└─... I might think he's crazy, but all I want is Hearbeat City...
[18:35:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Kickstarter Faces Union Backlash After Firing Two Organizers - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:35:16] <exec> 08└─Most obvious rebuttal to a khallow rant, ever! How is the "We Work" IPO going, khallow?
[18:37:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03meustrus [4961] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 2207 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:37:04] <exec> 08└─Thanks! So from what I can tell, this is really about defending 'deceased AI "pioneer" Marvin Minsky'. Stallman's basic point is that "sexual assault" is a very broad term that in this case implies worse behavior than Minsky was likely guilty of. It seems to me that everyone in this discussion besid...
[18:38:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Makers of OxiCotin, Purdue Pharma, Files Reorganization Chapter 11 "Bankrupty" - 3513 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:38:49] <exec> 08└─Prescribers have responsibility to adhere to the Standard of Care for a patient. If a licensed practitioner is told by, say, a pharmaceutical company that their product is less addictive than X,Y, and Z and therefore it should be prescribed over those substances, then they rely on that until either...
[18:38:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Makers of OxiCotin, Purdue Pharma, Files Reorganization Chapter 11 "Bankrupty" - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:38:51] <exec> 08└─Since the cancer existed first and without the chemo the person would have died: None. Absolutely true? No. But moreso than what you're implying.
[18:38:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Makers of OxiCotin, Purdue Pharma, Files Reorganization Chapter 11 "Bankrupty" - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:38:53] <exec> 08└─Put another way, it's a chance for the owners to transfer assets out and their personal debts in. That way it can wobble along just long enough to cover the tracks before it sinks to the depths taking the debt with it.
[18:39:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why You May Have to Wait Longer to Check Out an E-Book from Your Local Library - 213 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:39:44] <exec> 08└─Apparently you need a network connection to manage the rights to the book. I've heard that if you put the kindle into airplane mode it won't disable access until you connect to a network. (haven't tried it myself)
[18:39:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why You May Have to Wait Longer to Check Out an E-Book from Your Local Library - 804 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:39:46] <exec> 08└─OP here. Taking pics of book covers ain't a crime. Now, let's see you criminalize downloading (direct, not torrenting) books from Library Genesis and other sites. Same with unauthorized online streaming sites. GOOD FUCKING LUCK. Creating that extra copy is like a tree falling in the woods with nobod...
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[19:32:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03hoeferbe [4715] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Sad Face: New Zealander Takes Clown to Redundancy Meeting - 560 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:32:53] <exec> 08└─Seeing how Josh Thompson was working for one ad agency (FCB New Zealand), and will soon start employment at another (DDB), one has to wonder if this stunt had any role in him getting him his new job. This antic got his name out there, made public the fact that he would soon be looking for work and...
[19:32:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sad Face: New Zealander Takes Clown to Redundancy Meeting - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:32:55] <exec> 08└─The only real winner is the clown: he's $200 ahead.
[19:33:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bone, Not Adrenaline, Drives Fight or Flight Response - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:05] <exec> 08└─How does the brain instruct the skeleton to do anything? Nerve endings don't go into the bone as far as I know.
[19:33:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03beernutz [4365] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Bone, Not Adrenaline, Drives Fight or Flight Response - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:07] <exec> 08└─I wonder if it could be a chemical signal maybe?
[19:33:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bone, Not Adrenaline, Drives Fight or Flight Response - 209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:10] <exec> 08└─Nerves aren't the only things that carry instructions around the body. For a simple "do something that's going to be the same every time and do it right now" a hormone or other chemical signal works just fine.
[19:33:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bone, Not Adrenaline, Drives Fight or Flight Response - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:12] <exec> 08└─I wonder if that's the same thing. You won't know what it feels like until it happens to you, it actually feels like your bones are sub zero.
[19:33:48] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03ikanreed [3164] 02 - 06(Updated) Edward Snowden: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 1025 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:33:48] <exec> 08└─Yeah, I don't how much longer the core trust democracies depend on(i.e. the sense that while things might go wrong sometimes, your interactions with power have an attempt at justice behind them) will last in the US. The ~50% voter turnout of the last 40-odd years is a sign of deep decay, and I don't...
[19:34:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06(Updated) Edward Snowden: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 826 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:36] <exec> 08└─I remember all, y'all trumptards and the burn-to-the-ground leftshits screaming about how Obama 2.0, aka Clinton was gonna drone Assange and plot Snowden's downfall. And yet during the entire Obama administration none of that happened. Obama commuted Manning's sentence and released her. Now that yo...
[19:34:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06(Updated) Edward Snowden: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 243 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:37] <exec> 08└─Also, Peter Thiel shut down the snowden archives at The Intercept. All of those documents we never got to see? We're never going to see them, they are now solely in the hands of one of trump's biggest swamp-monsters. You stupid fucking idiots.
[19:34:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06(Updated) Edward Snowden: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:39] <exec> 08└─On some level you need to know what you're doing to be evil.
[19:34:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06(Updated) Edward Snowden: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 296 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:41] <exec> 08└─Yes, exactly: If you mean "bigot", use the word "bigot." You can't be racist against things that aren't races. Words have meanings people "Jewish" is more problematic because depending on context people use it to refer to your religion, ancestry, and/or culture, and usually in a very blurry way.
[19:34:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Common Joe [33] (Score: 2) 02 - 06(Updated) Edward Snowden: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:34:43] <exec> 08└─He should come back, face the trial, and submit to the punishment as an act of civil disobedience.
[19:36:47] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03c0lo [156] 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 87 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:36:47] <exec> 08└─Add that Minsky couldn't refute any of those accusations himself because was long dead.
[19:37:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 1056 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:10] <exec> 08└─"Who is the "we" with that assumption?" Pretty much the entire planet reflects that assumption in law to some degree. "Age of majority relates solely to legal control over one's person / actions (and hence to contracts, although with some exceptions as you say). Age of consent for sex, as with age o...
[19:37:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:11] <exec> 08└─What the hell does any of this have to do with Runaway? Stop with the bitching already
[19:37:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:13] <exec> 08└─Runaway, khallow, alt-right, etc etc live rent free in aristarchu's head, so they're always on topic!
[19:37:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 171 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:15] <exec> 08└─Realistically, it seems we only have two options right now: demonize anybody associated with abuse, including rational defenders; or allow abusers safe haven in ambiguity.
[19:37:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Eternal Mainframe - 233 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:32] <exec> 08└─Second would be the "mainframe vocabulary", a set of terminology that nobody uses except IBM, their customers, sales people, and organizations that are built around supporting IBM equipment. I would begin with the term "core memory".
[19:37:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Eternal Mainframe - 249 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:34] <exec> 08└─Not a laptop, a flattop. Friend of mine worked with an IBM laptop mainframe emulator but he called it "the flattop" because it was a laptop the size of an aircraft carrier. Took him several days to find a backpack large enough to carry it around in.
[19:38:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03nobu_the_bard [6373] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Autistic Children of Donor H898 - 1186 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:38:08] <exec> 08└─My family actually has a history of autism, discovered by relatives doing genealogy research. Some of my cousins have autistic children (about 1 in 3 in the generation born between 2001-2011 I think it was). It appears to surface again every 3 generations or so. The trick is, in the old records, it'...
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[19:42:21] <exec> 08└─Hot grits?
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[20:32:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sad Face: New Zealander Takes Clown to Redundancy Meeting - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:32:56] <exec> 08└─No Such Thing As Bad Press?
[20:32:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03BsAtHome [889] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sad Face: New Zealander Takes Clown to Redundancy Meeting - 286 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:32:58] <exec> 08└─I can only congratulate and take my hat off. This is good humor and great style on the employee's part. Such creative mind should be able to find a job in the creative market (i.e. any branch not hiring slaves, which is probably more and more rare). Let the stiffs be stiff and move on.
[20:32:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sad Face: New Zealander Takes Clown to Redundancy Meeting - 12 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:00] <exec> 08└─quieten down
[20:33:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rupert Pupnick [7277] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bone, Not Adrenaline, Drives Fight or Flight Response - 428 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:13] <exec> 08└─I wonder how bones do anything other than provide structural support since as you point out, there's no obvious interconnect to the rest of the body as far as I know. It's well known, for example, that bone marrow is where blood cells mature before being released into the bloodstream, but how do the...
[20:33:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bone, Not Adrenaline, Drives Fight or Flight Response - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:15] <exec> 08└─Yes, this is what the Necromancy is all about: fear, bones and chill. Then you emerge as a revenant. It's like been born again.
[20:33:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bone, Not Adrenaline, Drives Fight or Flight Response - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:17] <exec> 08└─OTOH, hormones circulate a bit more slowly than nerve signals transmit.
[20:33:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bone, Not Adrenaline, Drives Fight or Flight Response - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:33:19] <exec> 08└─Some calcium ion channel?
[20:34:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03catholocism [8422] (Score: 1) 02 - 06(Updated) Edward Snowden: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 195 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:34:47] <exec> 08└─wait "...the black outfits and with the helmets and with the baseball bats - you had a lot of bad people in the other group too" Was he talking about the cops? Cause that's how they were rolling.
[20:34:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03vux984 [5045] (Score: 2) 02 - 06(Updated) Edward Snowden: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 315 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:34:48] <exec> 08└─"If you don't love America, then you SHOULD go back where you came from." What exactly does that mean if you are from America? 3 of the 4 congresswomen he's talking about are born in america. But trump is right, his government is a complete and total catastrophe. And he's among the most inept world...
[20:34:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03vux984 [5045] (Score: 2) 02 - 06(Updated) Edward Snowden: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:34:51] <exec> 08└─That's so unbelievably laughably petty.
[20:34:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06(Updated) Edward Snowden: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:34:53] <exec> 08└─police our social structures and get rid of all the people who rubber-stamp injustices as "just how things are"
[20:34:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06(Updated) Edward Snowden: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:34:55] <exec> 08└─Bullshit. The "majority" doesn't tend any such way in some innate and intractable way.
[20:34:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06(Updated) Edward Snowden: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 285 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:34:57] <exec> 08└─The government wants all of the proceeds from any sales of Snowden's book(s). (Not profits, but gross sales.) Snowden makes no money, the publisher is out printing costs, marketing, advertising, shipping, and other costs. Who knows about any advance the publisher already paid Snowden.
[20:37:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Eternal Mainframe - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:37:44] <exec> 08└─I assume that the non-blank characters (as well as the blank ones) are in EBCDIC. While the rest of the computer loving world uses ASCII. ASCII stupid question, get a stupid ANSI.
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[21:33:01] <exec> 08└─I've done plenty of pentests and we'd *always* make sure that the steps to be taken were *explicitly* agreed upon by the client in the Statement of Work (SOW). IIUC, the pen testers did not have *explicit* permission to break into the local courthouse. Even worse, the agency that employed these guys...
[21:33:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Authorised Pen-Testers Nabbed, Jailed in Iowa Courthouse Break-in Attempt - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:33:03] <exec> 08└─It's okay, they're disrupting the obeying the law industry.
[21:33:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Authorised Pen-Testers Nabbed, Jailed in Iowa Courthouse Break-in Attempt - 2403 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:33:05] <exec> 08└─I'll preface this by saying I Am Not A Lawyer. I do have an amateur interest in law, though, and this is a really interesting hypo(thetical legal situation) for analysis. Several points in this situation I thought mentioning or discussing. It makes me regret that I'm not actually currently in a lega...
[21:33:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sad Face: New Zealander Takes Clown to Redundancy Meeting - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:33:17] <exec> 08└─https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/quieten_down [wiktionary.org]
[21:33:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03NickM [2867] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Bone, Not Adrenaline, Drives Fight or Flight Response - 318 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:33:35] <exec> 08└─Bones are porous and some those pores are filled with capillaries, other with nerves and some are empty. If you want to learn how the blood cells matures and are released into the bloodstream, you can read https://www.medicalnewstoday.com [medicalnewstoday.com] starting at "Bone...
[21:35:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06(Updated) Edward Snowden: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:35:11] <exec> 08└─He should fight it in court with his U.S.-based lawyers, and if he loses, leak the book or release it into the public domain.
[21:35:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06(Updated) Edward Snowden: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:35:12] <exec> 08└─The "majority" doesn't tend any such way in some innate and intractable way.
[21:35:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03vux984 [5045] (Score: 2) 02 - 06(Updated) Edward Snowden: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:35:14] <exec> 08└─I can see that Snowden might be on the hook (good luck collecting anything from him) for anything he might get, but why would the publisher be out anything? They did not agree to any NDA.
[21:35:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06(Updated) Edward Snowden: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 190 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:35:17] <exec> 08└─And the GOP gun idolators are on a tear to censor video games. Haha you gamergate fools. You were always just a tool of Bannon, now they don't need you any more either. Used like a $2 whore.
[21:35:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06(Updated) Edward Snowden: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 251 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:35:19] <exec> 08└─There are so many societies on this planet that are nowhere near our level of social, economic, and political decay. None that are entirely free from some degree of apathy and misanthropy, but the US, today? Oh boy there's something special fucked up.
[21:35:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06(Updated) Edward Snowden: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 426 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:35:21] <exec> 08└─Playing Devil's (eg, US Government's) advocate for a second . . . The publisher is publishing classified information. Snowden signed an NDA. (maybe: that NDA had a clause that all proceeds from any profit making activities can be seized) Other reasons the publisher should not be allowed to publish,...
[21:36:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Far Side Could Be Back from Extinction, and the Timing's So Right - 405 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:36:11] <exec> 08└─I somehow doubt that Gary Larson is coming out of retirement. Sounds more like they got an agreement out of him for money to be able to do it with other writers and artists. In any case, I hope the new cartoons stand up to the old ones. The Far Side, in addition to Calvin and Hobbes, were my absolut...
[21:37:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 409 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:37:53] <exec> 08└─I hate to say it, and I even more hate that it's true. However, this is absolutely correct. If there is anything that President Trump has shown, that if you repeat the same line over and over, never budge, never show weakness, and never show any inkling of doubt, you can weather any storm. Stallman...
[21:38:24] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03c0lo [156] 02 - 06The Autistic Children of Donor H898 - 86 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:38:25] <exec> 08└─From the sound of things, the donor doesn't demonstrate Autistic behaviour themselves.
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[22:32:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06JUMP Pulled its Bikes From a Number of Markets in the Last Few Months - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:32:54] <exec> 08└─And I live in San Diego.
[22:33:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Authorised Pen-Testers Nabbed, Jailed in Iowa Courthouse Break-in Attempt - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:04] <exec> 08└─Any records should be expunged, and the employees should sue everyone they can get their hands on, except for the company if they want to stay on board.
[22:33:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Entropy [4228] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Authorised Pen-Testers Nabbed, Jailed in Iowa Courthouse Break-in Attempt - 4 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:06] <exec> 08└─lol.
[22:33:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Authorised Pen-Testers Nabbed, Jailed in Iowa Courthouse Break-in Attempt - 213 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:08] <exec> 08└─I am currently "in possession of burglary tools" as I have a screwdriver in my drawer. That seems like one of those "we're going to add a bunch of charges" type laws to me. I promise not to steal your TV however.
[22:33:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Authorised Pen-Testers Nabbed, Jailed in Iowa Courthouse Break-in Attempt - 350 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:10] <exec> 08└─1) Based on the facts as presented, these people obviously do not have mens rea [wikipedia.org]. Therefore they should not be in violation of a criminal act. Of course, the law is an ass [phrases.org.uk], and morality and "should" do not equal legality. Well, maybe possession of burglary tools are a...
[22:33:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sad Face: New Zealander Takes Clown to Redundancy Meeting - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:23] <exec> 08└─And the lawyer on the other side of the table.
[22:33:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bone, Not Adrenaline, Drives Fight or Flight Response - 353 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:43] <exec> 08└─The blood vessels act as a barrier to prevent immature blood cells from leaving the bone marrow. Only mature blood cells contain the membrane proteins required to attach to and pass through the blood vessel endothelium. Hematopoietic stem cells can cross the bone marrow barrier, however. These may b...
[22:33:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bone, Not Adrenaline, Drives Fight or Flight Response - 271 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:45] <exec> 08└─The tiger is the driver, the eyes and ears are the organs people are most likely to sense the tiger through, the brain processes the tiger-signs and then signals the various other systems to respond. Unless, you know, bone radar: that tingling sensation along your spine?
[22:33:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bone, Not Adrenaline, Drives Fight or Flight Response - 16 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:33:47] <exec> 08└─Like adrenaline?
[22:35:05] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] 02 - 06(Updated) Edward Snowden: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 458 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:35:05] <exec> 08└─So if he did the RIGHT thing, should he not be allowed to argue before the jury both that he did the RIGHT thing and also reveal both what he knew and what he revealed? He should be allowed the chance to present a case which allows for jury nullification if they are so inclined. But since he cannot,...
[22:35:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06(Updated) Edward Snowden: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 1171 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:35:27] <exec> 08└─I'm a child of the '60s, my dad was lucky enough not to be drafted but he has devoted his entire life to reforming the education system in the US to promote independent thinking. PhD in education, department chairmanships, teaching teachers, setting state curriculum, writing books, etc. He is retiri...
[22:35:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Cars Lead Singer Ric Ocasek Dead at 75 - 766 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:35:36] <exec> 08└─Let the good times roll Let them knock you around Let the good times roll Let them make you a clown Let them leave you up in the air Let them brush your rock and roll hair Let the good times roll Let the good times roll Let the good times roll Let the stories be told They can say what they want Let...
[22:36:05] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03meustrus [4961] 02 - 06Kickstarter Faces Union Backlash After Firing Two Organizers - 1509 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:36:05] <exec> 08└─Curious choice of words. "Negotiate" is what unionized companies do. What managers really want to do is dictate. You know, like dictators. And if the employees don't like it, they can leave and be replaced. Dictating is not a great way to run a company. In a perfect world, managers would be more car...
[22:37:32] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Gaaark [41] 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 152 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:37:32] <exec> 08└─And as 'weird' as Stallman is, he is also correct in his assessment of corporate takeover of software. Stallman foresaw the likes of Microsoft (E-corp).
[22:38:00] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03NotSanguine [285] 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 171 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:38:00] <exec> 08└─Realistically, it seems we only have two options right now: demonize anybody associated with abuse, including rational defenders; or allow abusers safe haven in ambiguity.
[22:38:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 291 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:38:03] <exec> 08└─Wait 20 years until the shenanigans Satan Nutella Yella and his Hindian pals are up to come to light. Then today's 'big' Epstein / Trump / Stallman bag-o-dirt will be just a blip on the radar. You read it here first, folks. On the plus side, now we can say "linux" without being corrected :)
[22:38:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 1340 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:38:05] <exec> 08└─> This is why he needs to hire me as a press agent. As much as I agree with you, I can't see rms using a press agent under any possible combination of events, or even in alternate timelines. He's just not that kind of person. And that is why his resignation is a shame, because he's done wonderful th...
[22:39:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Makers of OxiCotin, Purdue Pharma, Files Reorganization Chapter 11 "Bankrupty" - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:39:57] <exec> 08└─I *expect* the producing company to *push* their drugs. They aren't a charity, they are a business. Going to blame Seagram's for alcoholism?
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[23:33:15] <exec> 08└─Interesting questions. IANAL also. 1) First of all, if the hiring agency (apparently the state) has the authority to test the local agency (the county's) security, there is no crime at all. Mens rea wouldn't enter into it. Although there might be a question as to what burglary tools they possessed a...
[23:33:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Authorised Pen-Testers Nabbed, Jailed in Iowa Courthouse Break-in Attempt - 603 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:17] <exec> 08└─Entrapment doesn't have to involve a no-win situation. Any inducement to get someone to commit an act they wouldn't otherwise have done is sufficient. Since these guys do it for a living, I don't imagine they'd do a free pen-test, so paying them to do it should count. As for the fiction that accusat...
[23:33:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Authorised Pen-Testers Nabbed, Jailed in Iowa Courthouse Break-in Attempt - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:19] <exec> 08└─Your id card and credit card are "burglery tools". Once they ban cash and make it illegal to not have your papers on you, then you will always be suitable for arrest.
[23:33:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Authorised Pen-Testers Nabbed, Jailed in Iowa Courthouse Break-in Attempt - 687 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:21] <exec> 08└─The possession of Burglar's tools explicitly states with the intent to use it in the perpetration of a burglary. They can't make it strict liability without outlawing hammers, screw drivers, tire irons, and other common tools. Iowa defines Burglary as:>/p> Any person, having the intent to commit a f...
[23:33:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Sad Face: New Zealander Takes Clown to Redundancy Meeting - 454 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:35] <exec> 08└─It's advertising. Everyone involved is an arsehole.* Source: Dealt with FCB (when they were called Foote, Cone, and Belding), and all the other ad agencies in Auckland during the 1990's. The best thing I ever heard during that time was when my boss (6' 10") loomed over one of the Saatchi arseh...
[23:33:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Sad Face: New Zealander Takes Clown to Redundancy Meeting - 2965 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:36] <exec> 08└─Boss wanted a feature complete demo by a certain date, the demo didn't have to work, just had to have all the tick boxes checked. I protested, this was a lousy way to do things. But I got a $1k bonus if memory serves for doing my part. Boss wanted the project done by a certain date, I said yea, not...
[23:33:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bone, Not Adrenaline, Drives Fight or Flight Response - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:33:58] <exec> 08└─Not too slowly if they're part of the fight or flight reflex. That's fairly time-critical by nature.
[23:34:32] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03meustrus [4961] 02 - 06(Updated) Edward Snowden: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 115 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:34:32] <exec> 08└─Too true. Given the current context, it's about time to stop bitching about all the good things Obama failed to do.
[23:34:33] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DannyB [5839] 02 - 06(Updated) Edward Snowden: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 52 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:34:33] <exec> 08└─I notice that Trump hasn't pardoned Snowden, either.
[23:34:45] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] 02 - 06(Updated) Edward Snowden: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 663 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:34:45] <exec> 08└─Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump So interesting to see “Progressive” Democrat Congresswomen, who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe, the worst, most corrupt and inept anywhere in the world (if they even have a functioning government at all),...
[23:35:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06(Updated) Edward Snowden: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 260 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:35:41] <exec> 08└─DeathMonkey doesn't care about that. He just agrees with everything the Democrat leadership agrees with, and they want to punish Snowden. "Take one for the team" my ass! Acting like years of prison time for a heroic deed is something we should accept as right.
[23:35:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03vux984 [5045] (Score: 2) 02 - 06(Updated) Edward Snowden: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:35:42] <exec> 08└─The publisher is publishing classified information.
[23:35:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mykl [1112] (Score: 2) 02 - 06(Updated) Edward Snowden: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:35:44] <exec> 08└─He deserves a very public court trial
[23:35:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06(Updated) Edward Snowden: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 1848 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:35:47] <exec> 08└─rac·ism /ˈrāˌsizəm/ noun noun: racism prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior. "a program to combat racism" synonyms: racial discrimination, racialism, racial...
[23:35:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03DECbot [832] (Score: 1) 02 - 06(Updated) Edward Snowden: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial" - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:35:49] <exec> 08└─Maybe it was a feeling of gratitude toward the soldiers for winning the "big one".
[23:35:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Cars Lead Singer Ric Ocasek Dead at 75 - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:35:59] <exec> 08└─Ironically, he was hit by a car... driven by Paulina Porizkova.
[23:36:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Cars Lead Singer Ric Ocasek Dead at 75 - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:36:02] <exec> 08└─Excellent, excellent song.
[23:36:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Far Side Could Be Back from Extinction, and the Timing's So Right - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:36:45] <exec> 08└─I sure hope you went to see a quack for that.
[23:36:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03black6host [3827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon-Owned Whole Foods is Cutting Medical Benefits for Part-Time Workers - 726 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:36:59] <exec> 08└─Rather than "regulating", which I'm not keen on but do see it as a necessary evil from time to time, how about ORGANIZING. People do have the power to force change without having to wait for someone else (politicians) to wade through the bullshit that goes with regulation. I'm aware that organizatio...
[23:37:21] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 715 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:37:21] <exec> 08└─How many more open source scalps do the lying media mobs have to claim before people acknowledge that tech in general, and the FOSS community in particular is under attack. How long is everyone going to remain silent while good people get dragged off to gulags by Twitter lynch mobs and newspapers en...
[23:37:34] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03c0lo [156] 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 139 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:37:35] <exec> 08└─I haven't bothered to read RMS's views on the matter, but it does bother me that the lynch mob can so easily get someone sacked these days.
[23:38:21] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 115 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:38:21] <exec> 08└─This is why he needs to hire me as a press agent. It is not Mr. Stallman's fault that you can not read. Eat a dick.
[23:38:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:38:33] <exec> 08└─DFTT? Just a thought.
[23:38:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:38:35] <exec> 08└─There's nothing at all wrong with discussing age of consent laws.
[23:38:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 206 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:38:37] <exec> 08└─You can have opinions about what the age of consent laws should be, and whether something should be thought of as sexual assault. Both of those are subjective, and it doesn't take "experts" to discuss that.
[23:38:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:38:39] <exec> 08└─And to makes matters worse, a fake ID isn't a valid defense for statutory rape.
[23:38:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 174 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:38:41] <exec> 08└─Pretty sure you can say "nigger" here... And yes. I actually care about intent. but it's technically not a violation of free speech because these people are employed at will.
[23:38:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:38:43] <exec> 08└─As much as I agree with you, I can't see rms using a press agent under any possible combination of events, or even in alternate timelines. He's just not that kind of person.
[23:38:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 490 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:38:45] <exec> 08└─Saying that a person PRESENTED THEMSELVES AS entirely willing is not the same thing as saying that they were entirely willing. Example: Some creepy dude abducts you and takes you to Pedo Island. You're told to act horny, to ask for sex, and to act like you enjoy it. If you refuse, your brother will...
[23:38:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Richard M. Stallman Resigns - 230 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:38:47] <exec> 08└─Then maybe we could treat it like we do in cases where an adult is accused of raping another adult. We could have police investigate to determine whether or not an actual rape occurred, and not just have arbitrary age-based lines.
[23:40:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Makers of OxiCotin, Purdue Pharma, Files Reorganization Chapter 11 "Bankrupty" - 202 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:40:39] <exec> 08└─So your choice is to either die in a couple years, or go bankrupt and die sooner. Just talk to some people who have seen loved ones go through chemo... many will tell you it is obvious what killed them.
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