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[00:12:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06See a Drone Kill Another Drone by Slamming it at 100 MPH - 2051 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:12:26] <exec> 08└─Anduril presents itself as immune to such angst. Its founder, Palmer Luckey, is one of Silicon Valley’s most famous Trump partisans. The 27-year-old has gleefully trolled the Valley’s liberals since he left Facebook Inc. in 2017 under controversial circumstances. Founders Fund, one of Anduril’...
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[00:13:06] <exec> 08└─Design CRISPR experiments to make human blood metabolize into alcohol in a mosquito's stomach Contact Bill Gates' malaria fund to pay for lab research Pay ethanol-fueled to spend the rest of his life camping in malaria areas instead *Pocket the rest of the money* Profit! (And save the world from Mal...
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[01:12:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Would you Stand up to an Oppressive Regime or Would you Conform? Here's the Science - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:12:28] <exec> 08└─That 3 percent moved the rest of the country.
[01:12:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Would you Stand up to an Oppressive Regime or Would you Conform? Here's the Science - 232 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:12:29] <exec> 08└─Nothing, nothing at all. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. Just because the top dog is a power hungry megalomaniac, doesn't mean the biggest meanest groups that can oppose him aren't made of power hungry megalomaniacs either.
[01:12:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Would you Stand up to an Oppressive Regime or Would you Conform? Here's the Science - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:12:32] <exec> 08└─My battlestation is fully operational.
[01:12:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Would you Stand up to an Oppressive Regime or Would you Conform? Here's the Science - 198 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:12:34] <exec> 08└─In 2012, the American Jewish population was estimated at between 5.5 and eight million, depending on the definition of the term, which constitutes between 1.7% and 2.6% of the total U.S. population.
[01:12:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Would you Stand up to an Oppressive Regime or Would you Conform? Here's the Science - 270 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:12:36] <exec> 08└─"Will you work at a straight job for something that calls itself an anarchist syndicate? Will you run an engine lathe eight unfucking hours a day because the syndicate tells you the people need what the lathe produces? If you will, the people just becomes a new tyrant."
[01:12:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03EJ [2452] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Would you Stand up to an Oppressive Regime or Would you Conform? Here's the Science - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:12:38] <exec> 08└─If you are struggling to feed yourself and your family, you may have nothing to lose, so you rebel.
[01:12:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Would you Stand up to an Oppressive Regime or Would you Conform? Here's the Science - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:12:40] <exec> 08└─Invalid form key: bin06ir8AC Why can't more than one person compose a comment at the same time without an Invalid form key error?
[01:12:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06See a Drone Kill Another Drone by Slamming it at 100 MPH - 187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:12:53] <exec> 08└─https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sVElxRKQ0E [youtube.com] - with a machine gun and self-destruct Or autonomous killer microdrones https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com]
[01:13:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Senators Pressure Visa and Mastercard Over Work on Facebook’s Blockchain Project - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:13:17] <exec> 08└─And why is this? :)
[01:20:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Court Finds FBI Use Of NSA Database Violated Americans' Fourth Amendment Rights - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:20:45] <exec> 08└─ffs sake, that is a 40 year old joke. Am I that old?
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[02:13:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06Would you Stand up to an Oppressive Regime or Would you Conform? Here's the Science - 413 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:13:17] <exec> 08└─Hong Kongers have no alternative. Their protests start out peacefully, the police come with their teargas guns and water cannon, and then the protesters try to go eye-to-eye, throwing bricks and what-have-you. True, the Hong Kong protesters are not Gandhian turn-the-other-chick sort, but what's the...
[02:13:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Would you Stand up to an Oppressive Regime or Would you Conform? Here's the Science - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:13:18] <exec> 08└─Got any reads for individuals' personal experience of the change of male privilege from both sides of the, uh ... knife (?).
[02:13:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03ilPapa [2366] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Would you Stand up to an Oppressive Regime or Would you Conform? Here's the Science - 335 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:13:21] <exec> 08└─Brought the rest of the world the model for a republic based on a written constitution with a democratically elected President who served only 4 or 8 years and a Congress and Judiciary to keep each other in check, plus a written Bill of Rights. No king, no dictator, freedom of religion, and freedom...
[02:13:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Would you Stand up to an Oppressive Regime or Would you Conform? Here's the Science - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:13:23] <exec> 08└─What's that a quote from? The Ultimate Truth, man! [rapeutation.com]
[02:13:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03ilPapa [2366] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Would you Stand up to an Oppressive Regime or Would you Conform? Here's the Science - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:13:25] <exec> 08└─That's why the prez is popular
[02:13:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Would you Stand up to an Oppressive Regime or Would you Conform? Here's the Science - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:13:27] <exec> 08└─Don't forget Milgram...
[02:13:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Would you Stand up to an Oppressive Regime or Would you Conform? Here's the Science - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:13:29] <exec> 08└─If you experienced better life, and you expect better for you or at least for your offsprings, you fight.
[02:13:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Would you Stand up to an Oppressive Regime or Would you Conform? Here's the Science - 281 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:13:31] <exec> 08└─"The people" in my world includes those I work with, those I serve (clients), those who are family, friends, neighbours, those who help me, the people I meet on the street while walking my dogs. I'm happy when I'm able to do something for them. It's not tyranny , it's being human.
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[02:13:48] <exec> 08└─with a machine gun and self-destruct
[02:14:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03optotronic [4285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Human Gut Microbes Could Make Processed Foods Healthier - 375 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:14:58] <exec> 08└─So, if my company makes a processed food product that is bad for you because of the chemicals we add or processes we use to it make it look better, last longer, or produce it cheaper, we can 1) Stop doing that, or 2) Add more stuff to it to try make it a little less toxic. I vote for #1, but I valu...
[02:17:14] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03EJ [2452] 02 - 06How Much Are You Polluting Your Office Air Just by Existing? - 149 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:17:14] <exec> 08└─Having more than one kid is a problem. If you choose not to have any kids, then that's just a bonus. There are plenty of orphans who need good homes.
[02:17:27] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] 02 - 06How Much Are You Polluting Your Office Air Just by Existing? - 773 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:17:27] <exec> 08└─I don't think the protesters are the real vanguard of counter-culture. They're narcissists to a greater or lesser degree. The ones who are really fashioning different ways to live are the ones who go out and do it. The Maker movement/DIY'ers you can see at Maker Faires (though, sadly, aren't happeni...
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[03:13:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Would you Stand up to an Oppressive Regime or Would you Conform? Here's the Science - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:13:27] <exec> 08└─By fucking an incel out of pity and then needing to change their name, drop their career, and move to another town just to escape the stalking wackjob?
[03:13:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Would you Stand up to an Oppressive Regime or Would you Conform? Here's the Science - 435 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:13:29] <exec> 08└─You're just proving American Exceptionalism, buddy. Greatest empire the world has ever seen wields power on a global scale without conquering any new territory at all. Cultural empire, economic empire, military empire, legal empire. American law is world law enforced by banana republics and constitu...
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[03:13:31] <exec> 08└─I would have thought the obvious solution would be that he would be *required* to screw every last woman on Earth. To propagate the human race another generation, of course.
[03:13:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03shortscreen [2252] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Would you Stand up to an Oppressive Regime or Would you Conform? Here's the Science - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:13:33] <exec> 08└─Compared to what? The British appear to be having enough trouble ruling their own island at the moment.
[03:13:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Would you Stand up to an Oppressive Regime or Would you Conform? Here's the Science - 208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:13:35] <exec> 08└─It doesn't matter whether you succeed or not. That you fight is what matters. As soon as you decide to fight, you're already free. Now your choices may suck balls but it's you making the choices, nobody else.
[03:13:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Would you Stand up to an Oppressive Regime or Would you Conform? Here's the Science - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:13:37] <exec> 08└─As I've gotten older, I see more and more reasons not to keep my head down.
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[04:12:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06The Gannett-GateHouse Merger is Really Happening; Expect more than 10% of Jobs Cut - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:12:42] <exec> 08└─And to keep control, they must snuff out all the "fake news" on social media. User input is harmful to society.
[04:14:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Would you Stand up to an Oppressive Regime or Would you Conform? Here's the Science - 247 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:14:16] <exec> 08└─What about those people who want to rebel, even when there is not much to rebel against? They seem to follow a third logic that starts with an assumption that rebellion is necessary, and adjust their outlook so they end up fighting the good fight.
[04:14:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Would you Stand up to an Oppressive Regime or Would you Conform? Here's the Science - 193 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:14:17] <exec> 08└─Sorry, empire is not merely a collection of states. Should we, for example, start speaking of the "Swiss empire" merely because their cantons have the same history as the US's first states did?
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[05:13:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Would you Stand up to an Oppressive Regime or Would you Conform? Here's the Science - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:13:57] <exec> 08└─Wow! Just, Wow! I guess I should add more since last time I did not, and was spam-modded for "Wow". First democracy of any size since Rome.
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[05:13:59] <exec> 08└─Shut up, khallow, you are in over your head, out of your depth, you know not of what you speak, you are embarrassing yourself in front of all the Soylentils, again. Just stop, khallow. Before it gets worse.
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[06:12:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03jasassin [3566] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Mob of Horny Tarantulas is Prowling San Francisco - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:12:42] <exec> 08└─So if you happen to come across a tarantula on the trail, or under your sheets, "fear not, don't kill them,"
[06:12:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03jasassin [3566] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Gannett-GateHouse Merger is Really Happening; Expect more than 10% of Jobs Cut - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:12:51] <exec> 08└─Dang nabbit! I came here to chew bubblegum and make a joke about fake news, now I gotta buy more bubblegum. :-(
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[06:14:34] <exec> 08└─Vapid
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[07:12:53] <exec> 08└─In the past I was seeing tarantulas on the ground practically every year. Mostly harmless. It did not take long to get used to them. They are not fast, and they will not jump at you and suck all your blood out :-) A dust pan is the simplest tool to move this spider somewhere else.
[07:12:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Mob of Horny Tarantulas is Prowling San Francisco - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:12:54] <exec> 08└─Sounds like an accurate response from someone in San Francisco.
[07:17:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06"Father of Unix" Ken Thompson Checkmated as His Old Password Has Finally Been Cracked - 312 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:17:54] <exec> 08└─I'm happy that you support the scheme that I adopted 31 years ago. I still have the same base password for all of the sites I care about (and trust to do sensible password non-storage) that I did when I was a student. None of my own machines have that base, of course, and none of the sites I don't t...
[07:17:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Father of Unix" Ken Thompson Checkmated as His Old Password Has Finally Been Cracked - 1560 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:17:56] <exec> 08└─I'm pleased that you are happy with KeePass. However, from what I read here, most people use a second device to back up their password data. For many people that simply is not possible. It is easy to imagine that everyone now uses a mobile/cell phone - this is simply not the case. In some places of...
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[08:12:48] <exec> 08└─No thanks. In this instance, I am in full support of my gun-slinging brethren's right to discharge lawfully-owned firearms on their own property.
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[08:14:49] <exec> 08└─TMB admits he can't do it.
[08:14:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Would you Stand up to an Oppressive Regime or Would you Conform? Here's the Science - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:14:51] <exec> 08└─That you fight is what matters. As soon as you decide to fight, you're already free. Now your choices may suck balls but it's you making the choices, nobody else.
[08:17:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06American Airlines Says It Will Resume Flights With Boeing’s 737 Max Jets in January - 1455 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:17:00] <exec> 08└─It's not more complex than that. 1) It's pretty obvious you're doing something wrong when your system only relies on one sensor (at a time) of the type that has been known to go wrong from time to time ( https://edition.cnn.com [cnn.com] ). 2)...
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[09:15:31] <exec> 08└─Ideas dreamed up while being infused with the blood of the younglings and watching your Palantir? Yep, bad science, evil technology, and Peter Thiel at the heart of it all. Mostly fantasy. Lucky Palm? Who has a date tonight! (Who makes up these names? Laid off Bond writers from the former British...
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[11:12:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Study Analyzes FEMA-Funded Home Buyout Program - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:12:40] <exec> 08└─“They also suggest that something in the FEMA program favors using buyouts in lower-income neighborhoods, which may have social justice implications.”
[11:13:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Gannett-GateHouse Merger is Really Happening; Expect more than 10% of Jobs Cut - 215 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:13:21] <exec> 08└─Looking at these mergers as they have been made over the last three decades or so it looks like that one of the main goals actually is to deprive the public of knowledge of what's actually going on in the community.
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[11:13:23] <exec> 08└─local journalism is gutted by the lack of money. people are not willing to support it for various reasons. these mergers are just people trying to survive under these conditions.
[11:20:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Insight Into the Uber Driver Concept of Finance - 444 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:20:57] <exec> 08└─B) Those 40 hours are only going to net $320, I'm guessing in Compton nobody bothers saving for retirement or paying health care insurance, so... maybe you can get by and put back enough to replace that Prius when it's toast, more likely not and you'll just be SOL when the car is used up. C) Tips i...
[11:20:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Insight Into the Uber Driver Concept of Finance - 393 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:20:58] <exec> 08└─So, is there any harm in people "driving for fun" and not being paid much for it? Only if those people actually need the money and are being robbed of the opportunity to seek better employment by spending all their time barely making enough money to eat, much less pay normal rent, health insurance,...
[11:20:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Insight Into the Uber Driver Concept of Finance - 286 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:21:00] <exec> 08└─Apparently you missed the phrase "factoring in $0.50/mile TCO instead". Just like the author who makes $257 on luck (tips), declines to really share how much of his income was tips vs. cash, spends $430 on car expenses for a net of -$173.00 (before gas) but still thinks he makes money.
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[12:12:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Atari VCS Lead Architect Quits, Claims Six Months of Design Work Went Unpaid - 376 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:12:50] <exec> 08└─https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_VCS_(2019_console) [wikipedia.org] the new Atari VCS is expected to play modern games and streaming entertainment via a Linux-based operating system that will allow users to download and install other compatible games onto it. [...] CPU: 14nm AMD Raven Ridge 2 Mem...
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[12:15:42] <exec> 08└─Knife lol. Always the voyeuristic obsession. The oblig conclusion: only somebody who is mentally ill would give up male privilege, such as Nora Vincent. Clearly mentally ill to reject male privilege. Not only that, but she fits the profile of an incel as well, attending male groups full of incels an...
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[12:20:08] <exec> 08└─Or, just deal with the disgusting odor?
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[13:12:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03gtomorrow [2230] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Common Errors in English Usage - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:12:26] <exec> 08└─What I wanna know is... Is it "tow the line" or "toe the line"? Ahh, the beauty of the English language.
[13:12:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Common Errors in English Usage - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:12:28] <exec> 08└─If you pronounce it like "Are" you sound like an idiot as does your English teacher. It's pronounced like "Hour".
[13:12:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03gtomorrow [2230] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Common Errors in English Usage - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:12:30] <exec> 08└─Sorry...forgot to add one of my favorites... "...for all intensive purposes." That one, for me, immediately knocks the person down two rungs on the intelligence ladder.
[13:12:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Common Errors in English Usage - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:12:32] <exec> 08└─It's pronounced like "Hour".
[13:12:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Common Errors in English Usage - 3 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:12:34] <exec> 08└─" "
[13:13:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06These State Birds may be Forced out of their States as the World Warms - 338 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:13:16] <exec> 08└─If global temperatures rise a plausible 3 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels this century, Minnesota will no longer enjoy the local climate conditions that loons are accustomed to as they arrive each summer to breed and hunt for food, the study found. As a result, the birds may bypass the st...
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[14:12:49] <exec> 08└─I grew up in a village spelt "Loose" but pronounced "Lose". I think this was mostly caused by people trying to sound posh, but also because they didn't want to say they were members of the Loose Women's Institute.
[14:12:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Common Errors in English Usage - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:12:50] <exec> 08└─You beat me to it. When people write they are about to "loose their mind" I ask, "Was your mind too tight before?" When someone writes, "That woman is a looser," I ask, "Why, does she sleep with more men than average?"
[14:12:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03zoward [4734] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Common Errors in English Usage - 599 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:12:53] <exec> 08└─Not that this directly applies to the list, but one of the things you see a lot online is misuse of homonyms, e.g. "there" for "their" or "they're". This used to mildly irk me until I discovered that I sometimes find myself doing the same thing, when I re-read a sentence I just typed, even if I'm cl...
[14:12:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Common Errors in English Usage - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:12:55] <exec> 08└─"Tomato Tomato" Oh, wait! "təˈmɑːtəʊ təˈmeɪtoʊ"
[14:12:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Common Errors in English Usage - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:12:57] <exec> 08└─No, a mutt Pointer-Setter.
[14:12:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Common Errors in English Usage - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:12:59] <exec> 08└─Intensive Porpoises. If your porpoise is to communicate effectively, you need to listen to it more carefully.
[14:13:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Common Errors in English Usage - 169 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:13:01] <exec> 08└─this is one of my favorite words now. and I don't see why anyone's complaining about its use, it has a straightforward meaning and it largeley respects derivation rules.
[14:13:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Common Errors in English Usage - 408 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:13:03] <exec> 08└─To sound like a Brit, 1. Remove the leading H from words that have one 2. Add a leading H to words that do not have one P1: What was that bird sound? P2: I think it was an Awk. P1: I think it sounded more like a Howl. To sound like an Aussie, is more difficult: Oy saw a snike. Eat head beeg blow oys...
[14:13:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Common Errors in English Usage - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:13:05] <exec> 08└─I pronounce it "Mint".
[14:13:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03gtomorrow [2230] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Common Errors in English Usage - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:13:08] <exec> 08└─because in American English it's pronounced the same as "moot".
[14:13:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03canopic jug [3949] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Common Errors in English Usage - 233 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:13:10] <exec> 08└─Another we see all the time is that many people write "begs the question [logicallyfallacious.com]" when they really mean "raises the question". The former is a type of circular reasoning in their attempt at posing a sound argument.
[14:13:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Common Errors in English Usage - 204 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:13:12] <exec> 08└─I care very much about the list. Especially the fact that we cannot post tables. I've occasionally wanted to include a short table. I've seen useful posts with useful tables used in a usefully useful way.
[14:14:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06These State Birds may be Forced out of their States as the World Warms - 538 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:14:06] <exec> 08└─Because their state bird is the mosquito. Also, climate change will not affect their forests because their state tree is the telephone pole, and the state flower is a turd blossom. And they're already prepared for a warmer world because they've been living without ice cubes for some time--the lady w...
[14:16:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Would you Stand up to an Oppressive Regime or Would you Conform? Here's the Science - 532 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:16:39] <exec> 08└─I applaud your integrity. It's a pity you can't train others to exhibit the same fortitude. You are absolutely right that government officials would not get away with half of what they do if people really fought back. But the officials are not idle in their corruption: they are constantly playing a...
[14:19:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06American Airlines Says It Will Resume Flights With Boeing’s 737 Max Jets in January - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:19:01] <exec> 08└─They are speed holes! https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com]
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[15:12:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'Historic' Winter Storm Could Bring up to 2 Feet of Snow to Central and Western USA - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:12:23] <exec> 08└─I'd rather have it over 100°F. That's when women start peeling off their clothes.
[15:12:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'Historic' Winter Storm Could Bring up to 2 Feet of Snow to Central and Western USA - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:12:24] <exec> 08└─So basically you want everything outside the tropics to be a barren wasteland like Siberia, just how it was 20 thousand years ago.
[15:13:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Common Errors in English Usage - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:13:32] <exec> 08└─Jesus, someone's always gotta tie it back there huh? Haven't we had enough of twitter yet?
[15:13:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Common Errors in English Usage - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:13:33] <exec> 08└─I prefer to use a backhoe instead of a shovel.
[15:13:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Common Errors in English Usage - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:13:36] <exec> 08└─I've never used Twitter, yet I've had more than enough of Twitter. Another alternative for two sense worth is two since worth.
[15:13:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Common Errors in English Usage - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:13:38] <exec> 08└─Shirley you will be down modded for being critical of Dottard Trump.
[15:13:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Inspired [6565] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Common Errors in English Usage - 238 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:13:40] <exec> 08└─"Old-timers disease" instead of "Alzheimer's disease" "I could care less" instead of "I couldn't care less" "A whole nother thing" instead of "A whole other thing" "I axed him" instead of "I asked him", (unless you're an a axe murderer!).
[15:13:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Common Errors in English Usage - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:13:42] <exec> 08└─That book is one of the funniest things I have ever read in my entire life. Highly recommended. One of my favorite chapters is Lost In Translation.
[15:13:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Common Errors in English Usage - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:13:44] <exec> 08└─Common Errors requires Common Lisp. But speech therapists hate dotted pears.
[15:13:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Common Errors in English Usage - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:13:46] <exec> 08└─ALL-topsey instead of Autopsy. (a postmortem examination to discover the cause of death or the extent of disease.)
[15:13:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Common Errors in English Usage - 15 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:13:49] <exec> 08└─Why so serious?
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[16:12:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'Historic' Winter Storm Could Bring up to 2 Feet of Snow to Central and Western USA - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:12:41] <exec> 08└─If you have a record low temperature it is unprecedented, yes.
[16:12:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'Historic' Winter Storm Could Bring up to 2 Feet of Snow to Central and Western USA - 1434 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:12:43] <exec> 08└─Current climate models predict the exact same thing as what to expect during a Grand Solar minimum: Shortened growing season The food that IS produced is less nutritious, ie wheat contains less protein Lack of feed for livestock Parasites (i.e. fusarium nivale), which thrived under snow cover, devas...
[16:12:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'Historic' Winter Storm Could Bring up to 2 Feet of Snow to Central and Western USA - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:12:45] <exec> 08└─I think we should all agree to quarantine Runaway. No matter what stupid shit he says, no matter how much he tries to troll, just don't reply.
[16:12:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'Historic' Winter Storm Could Bring up to 2 Feet of Snow to Central and Western USA - 18 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:12:47] <exec> 08└─I prefer to taunt.
[16:14:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03tomtomtom [340] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Common Errors in English Usage - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:14:14] <exec> 08└─About 20 years ago I heard someone discussing their concerns about 'Geometrically modified food'. Still makes me laugh today!
[16:14:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Common Errors in English Usage - 377 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:14:15] <exec> 08└─Ahhhh, the chimley. Had a teacher who told us that there were three words and phrases that would identify Western Pennsylvanians, no matter where they went in the world. "you'ns" instead of the southern "y'all", "red the table" instead of "clear the table", - and I've forgotten the third. "Chimley"...
[16:14:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Common Errors in English Usage - 206 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:14:17] <exec> 08└─I'm not native speaker (don't even speak english). Often see "then" used in place of "than", is confusing. I see it even in places where the people is well educated. Is this a trend? Is socially acceptable?
[16:14:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Common Errors in English Usage - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:14:20] <exec> 08└─we cannot post tables.
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[17:13:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hartree [195] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'Historic' Winter Storm Could Bring up to 2 Feet of Snow to Central and Western USA - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:13:08] <exec> 08└─Of late the weather news sites have been putting out many different "possibly historic" weather anouncements. I suspect many of these are "possibly histrionic" weather announcements.
[17:13:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'Historic' Winter Storm Could Bring up to 2 Feet of Snow to Central and Western USA - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:13:09] <exec> 08└─Hindsight is alway 20/20. Just how do you expect them to tune the models?
[17:14:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Common Errors in English Usage - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:14:59] <exec> 08└─You are confusing production with consumption.
[17:16:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Gannett-GateHouse Merger is Really Happening; Expect more than 10% of Jobs Cut - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:16:17] <exec> 08└─I can mask the cleavage with electrical tape.
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[18:12:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03insanumingenium [4824] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California Power Blackout News - 267 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:12:43] <exec> 08└─FYI the setup you will get from one of those solar installation outfits will probably involve a grid tie inverter, which will shut down power to your home in case of a blackout. This is a safety measure to avoid energizing lines potentially being repaired by linemen.
[18:12:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03EJ [2452] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California Power Blackout News - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:12:44] <exec> 08└─The solution is to not live in a 3rd world shi**hole state. Move somewhere civilized like the East Coast.
[18:12:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California Power Blackout News - 631 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:12:46] <exec> 08└─Not if you have a smart switch to prevent islanding. Also not if you don't have a grid tie and use something like a Tesla Powerwall to buffer your usage. I wonder if PG&E reckoned with the hazards of taking down their grid or all the potentially crippling lawsuits that will likely ensue from enraged...
[18:12:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California Power Blackout News - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:12:48] <exec> 08└─Yeah, stuff like that never happens on the East Coast [wikipedia.org].
[18:12:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Dyson Abandons Electric Car Project, Will Continue to Pursue New Battery Technology - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:13:00] <exec> 08└─Oh really? Is that why BMW and Mercedes have been scrambling to bring their own EVs to market, and not because Tesla Model S has cannibalized the most profitable segment of their model line-ups?
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[18:13:41] <exec> 08└─That's false, or at least quite misleading. High latitudes are warming much faster than lower latitudes. While it's still quite cold at high latitudes, it's not nearly as cold as it was a few decades ago. The tropics receive more incoming solar radiation than they emit to space as outgoing longwave...
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[18:13:43] <exec> 08└─Yes, and also from episodes of Star Trek and ancient B movies like "Surf Nazis Must Die." Repo Man alone doubled my understanding of the importance of buying generics at the supermarket. Thanks to First Blood, I can survive in the wilderness, negotiate abandoned mines, and take out entire police dep...
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[18:13:45] <exec> 08└─The difference between the poles and equator is due to geometry. It has nothing to do with heat transport. You see the same effect (of more warming at the poles for the same increase of energy) when considering an object like the moon.
[18:13:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03barbara hudson [6443] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'Historic' Winter Storm Could Bring up to 2 Feet of Snow to Central and Western USA - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:13:47] <exec> 08└─The ground doesn't absorb much water after a prolonged drought - look for major floods.
[18:15:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rupert Pupnick [7277] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Atari VCS Lead Architect Quits, Claims Six Months of Design Work Went Unpaid - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:15:51] <exec> 08└─Great stories +1. Young, up and coming techies: take heed.
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[19:13:00] <exec> 08└─Read the article? The Dyson calling it quits on EV article I read said it was because EVs are too easy to make, 1/3 the component count of ICE cars, and there is already too much competition for a paltry little $1B/year company like Dyson to compete on the marketing end with all the players who are...
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[19:13:47] <exec> 08└─Say the sunlight is 1360 W at noon at the equator, then it will be 1360*cos(80) = 236 W at noon at 80 degrees latitude Temperature is proportional to the fourth power of irradiance, specifically according to the Stefan-Boltzmann law: T = I^0.25*[(1 - albedo)/(emissivity*sb_constant)]^0.25
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[20:12:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Donald Trump Joins Twitch, Amazon's Game-streaming Service - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:12:41] <exec> 08└─Thank you for being our single source of truth on the subject!
[20:12:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Donald Trump Joins Twitch, Amazon's Game-streaming Service - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:12:43] <exec> 08└─I trolled him back so hard that he had a gender change operation and changed his name to Hillary.
[20:12:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Donald Trump Joins Twitch, Amazon's Game-streaming Service - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:12:45] <exec> 08└─Available soon on Steam and Playstation... Build A Wall Insult A Pelosi You're Fired Grab A Beaver
[20:12:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Donald Trump Joins Twitch, Amazon's Game-streaming Service - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:12:47] <exec> 08└─Yeah, I always liked our rest guy. Troll or serious fan account, it brought a smile to my face, something I need right now.
[20:12:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03jimtheowl [5929] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Donald Trump Joins Twitch, Amazon's Game-streaming Service - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:12:49] <exec> 08└─There can be more than one source, but only one truth.
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[21:12:39] <exec> 08└─Why am I not surprised? Only this time it is them eating the bill.
[21:13:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06California Power Blackout News - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:13:25] <exec> 08└─And have filed for bankruptcy, to fuck over any settlements from their lack of power distribution line maintenance.
[21:13:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California Power Blackout News - 996 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:13:26] <exec> 08└─Chris Christie's shenanigan with that bridge? A more pertinent anti-social move was what Enron did to California prior to the Dot-com crash. Enron manipulated electricity markets to drive up prices. A side effect was California suffering from rolling blackouts and brownouts and the like. PG&E is no...
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[21:14:31] <exec> 08└─Yes. It's called the atmosphere and the ocean.
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[22:13:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Donald Trump Joins Twitch, Amazon's Game-Streaming Service - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:13:11] <exec> 08└─"Our press secretary, Sean Spicer, gave alternative facts to that, but the point remains that..." - Kellyanne Conway
[22:13:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California Power Blackout News - 881 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:13:39] <exec> 08└─The Enron shenanigans led to the PGE's bankruptcy in 2001. After reorganizing in 2004, the company became the property of a New York holding company. Before 2001 PGE did a very good job of having trees and brush cleared from around transmission lines. After that they cut expenses by not doing so, no...
[22:13:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California Power Blackout News - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:13:40] <exec> 08└─Forgot something: https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org]
[22:13:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03EJ [2452] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California Power Blackout News - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:13:43] <exec> 08└─ROFLMAO! New York... Anything north of Virginia may as well be California.
[22:14:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'Historic' Winter Storm Could Bring up to 2 Feet of Snow to Central and Western USA - 200 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:14:53] <exec> 08└─Who the hell learns from textbooks instead of source code and scientific publications? Textbooks are too dumbed down to be of any use to anyone who wants to do more than parrot anything they are told.
[22:14:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'Historic' Winter Storm Could Bring up to 2 Feet of Snow to Central and Western USA - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:14:54] <exec> 08└─That "isotropic source" is supposedly well-mixed CO2 acting uniformly over the entire globe.
[22:14:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'Historic' Winter Storm Could Bring up to 2 Feet of Snow to Central and Western USA - 220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:14:56] <exec> 08└─The parent apparently thinks energy was being (net) transported to the poles via the atmosphere and oceans. This indicates the opposite is happening (or some other assumption is wrong, eg CO2 is not actually well-mixed).
[22:14:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'Historic' Winter Storm Could Bring up to 2 Feet of Snow to Central and Western USA - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:14:58] <exec> 08└─You do know that Midnight Oil are Australian - that's 45 degrees celsius - 113 degrees Fahrenheit. Maybe they were taking artistic license?
[22:15:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'Historic' Winter Storm Could Bring up to 2 Feet of Snow to Central and Western USA - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:15:01] <exec> 08└─And 100 W was just a nice example. In reality it would be more like 3 watts.
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[23:12:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Rise, Fall and Rise Again of Businesses Serving More Than Just Their Shareholders - 412 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:12:36] <exec> 08└─The influential Business Roundtable association of top US business leaders, which includes CEOs of Apple, Boeing, Walmart and JP Morgan, made a landmark statement in August. They committed [businessroundtable.org] "to lead their companies for the benefit of all stakeholders – customers, employees,...
[23:12:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Azure Might be Woefully Inefficient and Unprofitable - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:12:51] <exec> 08└─Did the author email the findings to the SEC? Nice.
[23:13:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California Power Blackout News - 250 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:13:50] <exec> 08└─It actually is wildfires, but the root problem is that they are cheaping out on properly clearing the land their transmission lines run over and have failed to properly secure those lines from shorting periodically under foreseeable windy conditions.
[23:15:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Captival [6866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'Historic' Winter Storm Could Bring up to 2 Feet of Snow to Central and Western USA - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:15:09] <exec> 08└─And I have even worse news! Literally every place on the entire planet is warming TWICE as fast as every other place! [wattsupwiththat.com]
[23:15:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'Historic' Winter Storm Could Bring up to 2 Feet of Snow to Central and Western USA - 597 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:15:10] <exec> 08└─Well that makes sense to me. But afaict you are now a climate heretic, because all they do is add an equal magnitude CO2 effect to the entire surface with no regard for that: Using the new expressions, the radiative forcing due to the increases in the well-mixed greenhouse gases from the pre-industr...
[23:18:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03toddestan [4982] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Gannett-GateHouse Merger is Really Happening; Expect more than 10% of Jobs Cut - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:18:28] <exec> 08└─You mean like NPR and PBS?
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