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[00:19:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Texas Court Upholds “Do It On A Computer” Check-Cashing Patent - 500 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:19:12] <exec> 08└─QR code readers do the exact same thing... Get a good image to transfer from the camera frame buffer to the nonvolatile storage file. What is so unique about that? This is just judge- assisted extortion, pure and simple. Now, may I copyright the phrase "Call Now", so I can make money from radio and...
[00:19:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Behind Those Headlines: Don't Believe Claims Robots Threaten Half Our Jobs - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:19:36] <exec> 08└─literally millions of truck drivers will be out of a job in a fairly short time frame. And that's just truck drivers.
[00:19:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Behind Those Headlines: Don't Believe Claims Robots Threaten Half Our Jobs - 932 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:19:37] <exec> 08└─Except that is a perfect job for automation and AI robots. Still, following your logic, I could get a job in the fast food service industry. Oooops! That's being automated too. Wait, I could go work Amazon, or the fast growing industry of online groceries. Except, again, Amazon is leading the way wi...
[00:19:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Behind Those Headlines: Don't Believe Claims Robots Threaten Half Our Jobs - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:19:39] <exec> 08└─Stop being a truck driver and become a rocket scientist, brain surgeon, mathematician, or AI expert.
[00:19:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Behind Those Headlines: Don't Believe Claims Robots Threaten Half Our Jobs - 338 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:19:42] <exec> 08└─My neighbor had a tree damage his sewer. A couple of guys came out, replaced the damaged part quickly, and left. The machines did most all the dirty work. That was one job I was sure pleased to see a machine doing. However, the new job the machine created was "machine operator", a much more pleasant...
[00:19:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Behind Those Headlines: Don't Believe Claims Robots Threaten Half Our Jobs - 270 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:19:44] <exec> 08└─With truckers earning high 5- or 6-figure salaries, and a perennial shortage of tens of thousands of drivers, there are a lot of incentives to automate trucking. Walmart or Amazon will solve the problem of how to load and unload the truck. It will spread out from there.
[00:19:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Behind Those Headlines: Don't Believe Claims Robots Threaten Half Our Jobs - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:19:46] <exec> 08└─Still waiting for DT's War to End All Wars? Oh, well. Now you have more time to buy camping gear.
[00:24:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Three Times More People At Risk From Yearly Coastal Flooding Than Previously Thought - 245 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:24:50] <exec> 08└─Suspect you're not informed. https://arstechnica.com [arstechnica.com] Subtitle: "How thermometer and satellite data is adjusted and why it must be done"
[00:24:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03http [1920] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Three Times More People At Risk From Yearly Coastal Flooding Than Previously Thought - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:24:51] <exec> 08└─So it's OK to mandate where to build, in cities? Isn't that imposing your rules on other people?
[00:24:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Three Times More People At Risk From Yearly Coastal Flooding Than Previously Thought - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:24:54] <exec> 08└─Do you know of any functional city that doesn't have a system of building permits?
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[01:18:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why the Search for Dark Matter Depends on Ancient Shipwrecks - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:18:54] <exec> 08└─A tempest in a tea pot. Maybe these economists get some sense and throw off its physics envy.
[01:18:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why the Search for Dark Matter Depends on Ancient Shipwrecks - 18 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:18:55] <exec> 08└─#DarkMatterMatters
[01:18:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why the Search for Dark Matter Depends on Ancient Shipwrecks - 12 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:18:57] <exec> 08└─#DarkMatters
[01:19:25] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DannyB [5839] 02 - 06Behind Those Headlines: Don't Believe Claims Robots Threaten Half Our Jobs - 389 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:19:25] <exec> 08└─Instead UBI and Work Guarantee, here is another idea . . . A Robot Tax to pay for this. If corporations are going to reap huge benefits from robots while causing loss of jobs, then they should pay for it. If it is still profitable to use robots, then great, do so. If as TFA suggests, there is nothin...
[01:19:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 0, Troll) 02 - 06Behind Those Headlines: Don't Believe Claims Robots Threaten Half Our Jobs - 205 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:19:37] <exec> 08└─I can't understand why your basic point is not more widely understood. The only 2 questions you have to answer are: is automation improving, at any rate? And, is there some fundamental limit to automation?
[01:19:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Behind Those Headlines: Don't Believe Claims Robots Threaten Half Our Jobs - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:19:39] <exec> 08└─If corporations are going to reap huge benefits from robots while causing loss of jobs
[01:19:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Behind Those Headlines: Don't Believe Claims Robots Threaten Half Our Jobs - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:19:41] <exec> 08└─Unlike industrialization, the problem here could be that the jobs that WON'T be automated may be jobs that most people cannot learn the skills to do.
[01:19:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Behind Those Headlines: Don't Believe Claims Robots Threaten Half Our Jobs - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:19:43] <exec> 08└─You're looking for: "aren't" with an e. I do not know what "arn't" is.
[01:19:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Behind Those Headlines: Don't Believe Claims Robots Threaten Half Our Jobs - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:19:45] <exec> 08└─That boy ain't right.
[01:23:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 0615 Ton Two-Story Robot Back up for Auction - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:23:00] <exec> 08└─We need small, compact robot suits. Exoskeletons overlaid with heavy armor.
[01:24:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Three Times More People At Risk From Yearly Coastal Flooding Than Previously Thought - 248 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:24:52] <exec> 08└─You know, in every paper I ever participated in writing, we reported the raw data and then specified the adjustments we made due to systematic errors. Erasing the raw data and claiming the adjusted figures as the new raw is not how science is done.
[01:26:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Minimum Wages and the Local Economy - Both Sides of the Argument - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:26:41] <exec> 08└─we don't need sharecroppers who get deeper in debt to the company store each year just for rent and food
[01:26:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Minimum Wages and the Local Economy - Both Sides of the Argument - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:26:42] <exec> 08└─Relative is misleading. Throw a lot of extra zeros on and hyperinflation takes care of the excess.
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[02:19:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Texas Court Upholds “Do It On A Computer” Check-Cashing Patent - 1738 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:19:22] <exec> 08└─>Really, why even mess with a printed check if you are using your toy cell phone anyway? Simple: because there's a bunch of dinosaurs out there who like to send paper checks, even though it's 2019. Governments (especially state and local) do this a lot; I recently got a tax refund check, as did ever...
[02:19:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Texas Court Upholds “Do It On A Computer” Check-Cashing Patent - 201 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:19:23] <exec> 08└─I'm not surprised, after all, Texas is where the men are men, and the livestock are scared. BTW: Ted Cruz is probably an illegal space alien that The Men in Black have not had time to round up yet. ;-)
[02:19:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06ACLU Sues FBI, DEA, and DoJ to Obtain Facial Recognition Policies - 157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:19:33] <exec> 08└─Who is "they" here? Because the federal government didn't start these policies just now. They've been directly attacking freedom for half a century and more.
[02:20:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Behind Those Headlines: Don't Believe Claims Robots Threaten Half Our Jobs - 1851 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:20:00] <exec> 08└─The failing in your reasoning is that all automation before this still required humans at some point. Fundamentally, there was still a human being employed to utilize tools to increase their productivity. There is a vast difference between "improves the productivity of human labor" and eliminates th...
[02:20:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Behind Those Headlines: Don't Believe Claims Robots Threaten Half Our Jobs - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:20:01] <exec> 08└─You're so cute. Positively dripping with naive optimism :)
[02:20:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03lentilla [1770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Behind Those Headlines: Don't Believe Claims Robots Threaten Half Our Jobs - 230 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:20:03] <exec> 08└─I tried reading the quoted paper and got a single image, so fixing the link from the original article: In Australia and elsewhere the study's predictions have led to calls for a Universal Basic Income [dropbox.com] and for a [...]
[02:22:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Humans Take More Blame Than Cars for Killing Pedestrians - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:22:57] <exec> 08└─Brake checking is unsafe and also illegal. It sounds like you really do need higher insurance premiums.
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[03:19:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03EJ [2452] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Texas Court Upholds “Do It On A Computer” Check-Cashing Patent - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:19:10] <exec> 08└─Google, Tesla, Waymo, etc. need to step in to help with this because they basically just made a direct attack on all sorts of machine vision technology.
[03:19:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Texas Court Upholds “Do It On A Computer” Check-Cashing Patent - 2189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:19:11] <exec> 08└─Permit me to provide a dinosaur's point of view. Years ago when banks first started providing the capability to pay bills electronically from your checking account, my sister set up such an automatic payment for her monthly car payment. For the first few months everything went fine. Then the auto lo...
[03:19:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Texas Court Upholds “Do It On A Computer” Check-Cashing Patent - 195 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:19:13] <exec> 08└─Why do you think all the patent trolls go judge shopping in Eastern Texas? Someone should be looking into money transferred into certain judges' favorite church, school, social club or relatives.
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[03:19:24] <exec> 08└─The "they" is the set of gremlins who somehow put my post in the ACLU thread when I was actually replying to the Texas patent thread.
[03:19:40] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03edIII [791] 02 - 06Behind Those Headlines: Don't Believe Claims Robots Threaten Half Our Jobs - 932 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:19:40] <exec> 08└─Except that is a perfect job for automation and AI robots. Still, following your logic, I could get a job in the fast food service industry. Oooops! That's being automated too. Wait, I could go work Amazon, or the fast growing industry of online groceries. Except, again, Amazon is leading the way wi...
[03:19:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Behind Those Headlines: Don't Believe Claims Robots Threaten Half Our Jobs - 340 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:19:54] <exec> 08└─You know, we've been having this exact argument since the birth of the US and there have always been new jobs created whenever old ones were made obsolete. Not just enough to keep up, enough to double the labor pool by expecting women to work as well. Exactly how many times do you need to see it hap...
[03:19:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Behind Those Headlines: Don't Believe Claims Robots Threaten Half Our Jobs - 251 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:19:55] <exec> 08└─If you can only see mindless labor opportunities that can be easily automated, it's because you're deliberately lying to yourself. Now that's your prerogative but you should keep it to yourself because most of the world can spot such obvious bullshit.
[03:19:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Behind Those Headlines: Don't Believe Claims Robots Threaten Half Our Jobs - 275 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:19:57] <exec> 08└─What if they don't and folks mind their own fucking business? Jobs don't exist for the sake of the workers, they exist because the employer can make more money by employing people. If they can't make more money by employing someone, it'd be fucking retarded squared to do so.
[03:22:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Grubhub’s New Strategy Is to Be an Even Worse Partner to Restaurants - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:22:25] <exec> 08└─As such, I recommend (as I have) not giving those scumbags your money -- better to give it to the restaurant.
[03:23:57] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03sjames [2882] 02 - 06Notepad++ Inundated by Chinese Comments and Hit by DDoS Attack After "Free Uyghur Edition" - 101 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:23:57] <exec> 08└─You seem to be reasonably sure you can criticize Israel without significant issues, so why not China?
[03:24:04] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Sulla [5173] 02 - 06Notepad++ Inundated by Chinese Comments and Hit by DDoS Attack After "Free Uyghur Edition" - 151 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:24:04] <exec> 08└─Na I prefer freedom, or at least the outward appearance of freedom. But its still better than being unable to take the bus for calling Trump an orange.
[03:26:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Minimum Wages and the Local Economy - Both Sides of the Argument - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:26:58] <exec> 08└─for having 100 productive acres on which to provide for your family.
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[04:18:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Acquires Fitbit for $2.1 Billion - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:18:58] <exec> 08└─SoylentNews is a bargain buy.
[04:18:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03coolgopher [1157] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Google Acquires Fitbit for $2.1 Billion - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:18:59] <exec> 08└─"Fitbit has been a true pioneer in the industry and has created engaging products, experiences and a vibrant community of users."
[04:19:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03rev_irreverence [144] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Google Acquires Fitbit for $2.1 Billion - 303 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:19:01] <exec> 08└─I assume they are only interested in Fitbit for the patents they will acquire in the purchase. I give them one year before they re-sell the company to someone else minus the patents, similar to what they did with Motorola. Too bad, I liked some of Fitbits products for their simplicity and battery li...
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[04:19:03] <exec> 08└─The devices are probably worthless compared to the data.
[04:19:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Acquires Fitbit for $2.1 Billion - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:19:05] <exec> 08└─Ah, but have you considered they might also be purchasing it for the gold mine of personal data they can capitalize on?
[04:19:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why the Search for Dark Matter Depends on Ancient Shipwrecks - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:19:15] <exec> 08└─mexican food is precursor to dark matter. look in a mexican restaurant?
[04:19:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Texas Court Upholds “Do It On A Computer” Check-Cashing Patent - 403 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:19:32] <exec> 08└─The discussion above, so far, points at Texas as being wrong, bad, stupid, etc. May I remind you that the court house in Marshall, Texas, has often been in the news, in years gone by, for similar rulings? The ruling in the USAA case came from the notoriously patent-friendly Eastern District of Texas...
[04:20:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Behind Those Headlines: Don't Believe Claims Robots Threaten Half Our Jobs - 1104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:20:17] <exec> 08└─You can use a universal robot - maybe a humanoid, maybe a spider, maybe something else. After all, a human only has hands to work with, legs to move around, sensors and a processor in his head. Robots already exist with all of this except the sufficient processor. For now they are remotely controlle...
[04:20:51] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] 02 - 06Trump Impeachment: House Votes to Formalise Inquiry - 1423 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:20:52] <exec> 08└─So, they couldn't even get a super majority in the House, which they rule. How in hell do they expect to get that super majority in the Senate? https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] Procedure At the federal level, the impeachment process is a three-step proce...
[04:22:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Hackers 'Easily' Hijacked the Capital’s Surveillance Cameras Days Before Trump’s Inauguration - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:23:00] <exec> 08└─No link means it didn't happen.
[04:24:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Coalfire Pen-Testers Charged With Trespass Instead of Burglary - 799 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:24:10] <exec> 08└─The agreed scope of work said to test that building, as well as two others. When one of the branches of government tells you to do something on your scope of work and state that they have the necessary ownership (freehold or leasehold) interest in the locations, one would think that would be good en...
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[05:18:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Hackers Unlock any Type of Phone Using Photographed Fingerprints in Just 20 Minutes - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:18:58] <exec> 08└─If you are really worried about security, the only thing you can do is probably use a longer password.
[05:19:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03coolgopher [1157] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Acquires Fitbit for $2.1 Billion - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:19:10] <exec> 08└─Precisely. Once they've got enough to scratch their immediate itch, they'll shelve it because, you know, effort. /cynical
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[05:19:48] <exec> 08└─Was still appropriate to topic. Only big tech should be able to take facial pics.
[05:20:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Behind Those Headlines: Don't Believe Claims Robots Threaten Half Our Jobs - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:20:23] <exec> 08└─Walmart or Amazon will solve the problem of how to load and unload the truck.
[05:20:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Behind Those Headlines: Don't Believe Claims Robots Threaten Half Our Jobs - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:20:24] <exec> 08└─You can use a universal robot - maybe a humanoid, maybe a spider, maybe something else.
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[06:19:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hackers Unlock any Type of Phone Using Photographed Fingerprints in Just 20 Minutes - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:19:02] <exec> 08└─They unlock any type of phone? Including those that don't even have fingerprint sensors?
[06:19:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why the Search for Dark Matter Depends on Ancient Shipwrecks - 216 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:19:25] <exec> 08└─Comments like these, and people blame me for alt-right submissions? Are we no longer capable of rational discussions on science? (Never mind, rhetorical question. Runaway, that means you don't have to answer it. )
[06:19:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why the Search for Dark Matter Depends on Ancient Shipwrecks - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:19:27] <exec> 08└─Shitposting is how they deal with their anger when the world doesn't coddle them.
[06:20:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Behind Those Headlines: Don't Believe Claims Robots Threaten Half Our Jobs - 1127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:20:32] <exec> 08└─That's one way to look at it. Doubling the labour pool allowed employers to halve the wages. It now takes a double (average) income family to buy a house. Law of supply and demand. Adding robots could do far more towards increasing the supply of labour. If you add three human labour equivalent robot...
[06:20:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Behind Those Headlines: Don't Believe Claims Robots Threaten Half Our Jobs - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:20:34] <exec> 08└─A couple of guys came out, replaced the damaged part quickly, and left.
[06:20:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Behind Those Headlines: Don't Believe Claims Robots Threaten Half Our Jobs - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:20:36] <exec> 08└─There is a vast difference between "improves the productivity of human labor" and eliminates the requirement for human labor.
[06:20:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Behind Those Headlines: Don't Believe Claims Robots Threaten Half Our Jobs - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:20:38] <exec> 08└─What if they don't and folks mind their own fucking business?
[06:20:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Behind Those Headlines: Don't Believe Claims Robots Threaten Half Our Jobs - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:20:40] <exec> 08└─You're also ignoring that the economic benefit of fixing those sewer problems more quickly leads to higher employment as well.
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[06:20:59] <exec> 08└─My Gawd you are an idiot, Runaway! Vampire bats are smarter than you, and more caring and generous and social justicy.
[06:21:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After Release into Wild, Vampire Bats Keep 'Friends' Made in Captivity - 294 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:21:01] <exec> 08└─Oh yes, vampire bats are social justicy alright. They fly along, until they see a tasty-looking victim, then they plop down on that victim and bite a large enough hole to get the blood flowing. Well - come to think of it, that IS what SJW's are all about. They want to make their betters bleed.
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[07:19:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hackers Unlock any Type of Phone Using Photographed Fingerprints in Just 20 Minutes - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:19:01] <exec> 08└─It actually takes several fingerprints, but yes, I unlocked this phone with fingerprints. http://cdn.groovyhistory.com [groovyhistory.com]
[07:19:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Hackers Unlock any Type of Phone Using Photographed Fingerprints in Just 20 Minutes - 1821 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:19:02] <exec> 08└─One factor authentication, passwords, have not been shown to be able to be effectively bypassed, let alone trivially, in any way, shape, or form. They just require a modicum of intelligence: e.g. - don't make your password dragon1992. I will grant there is the issue of sites being idiots. And while...
[07:19:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why the Search for Dark Matter Depends on Ancient Shipwrecks - 312 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:19:28] <exec> 08└─There is still lead in the earth's crust, right? "New" lead can't be mined, and handled to prevent contamination during processing? I'm not believing for one minute that these ships are the only possible source of non-radioactive lead on earth. Someone is building a narrative here, on which they hop...
[07:19:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why the Search for Dark Matter Depends on Ancient Shipwrecks - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:19:29] <exec> 08└─Not to worry, Alt-Starchus. A grand daughter filled her diaper with Alt-Starchus validation, so you're safe.
[07:19:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03stormwyrm [717] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why the Search for Dark Matter Depends on Ancient Shipwrecks - 1217 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:19:31] <exec> 08└─I wonder if it would be possible to adapt technology previously used for uranium enrichment to separate out the non-radioactive lead from a sample of modern lead. Pb-210 is probably the most problematic since it has a half-life of 22 years, and this is likely the biggest contaminant they're concerne...
[07:19:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why the Search for Dark Matter Depends on Ancient Shipwrecks - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:19:33] <exec> 08└─>Ah, science Ew, pollution
[07:20:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Behind Those Headlines: Don't Believe Claims Robots Threaten Half Our Jobs - 1513 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:20:48] <exec> 08└─Are you serious? Well, that's just not true. There are several examples where human labor has nearly disappeared completely, or in fact, completely. Several innovations in farming technologies have obviated the need for human pickers. Machines that attach to the trunk of a tree, shake it to cause th...
[07:20:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Behind Those Headlines: Don't Believe Claims Robots Threaten Half Our Jobs - 253 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:20:48] <exec> 08└─>Everyone gets wealthier nope, the lower classes ate actual bio food every day, 99% of the people now don't even know what actual food is and if they knew they couldn't afford it. Don't believe the economy graphs unless you spend time mulling over them.
[07:20:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Behind Those Headlines: Don't Believe Claims Robots Threaten Half Our Jobs - 436 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:20:48] <exec> 08└─How? I am not opposed to fixing things quickly, but I don't see how that leads to further employment. Those two won't be making more money, because competition from all the other out-of-work-ditch-diggeres-now-turned-machine-operators will push their income back down to the same level per hour. The...
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[08:18:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03LVDOVICVS [6131] (Score: 2) 02 - 06North Korea Fires Unidentified Projectiles as Nuke Talks Stalled - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:18:59] <exec> 08└─Trump and his boyfriend must not be exchanging love letters. I’m sure they’ll work it out - cute couple.
[08:19:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hackers Unlock any Type of Phone Using Photographed Fingerprints in Just 20 Minutes - 1524 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:19:11] <exec> 08└─There's not much point in arguing that passwords are trivial. Instead, just follow the instructions on this page. https://smartechverse.blogspot.com [blogspot.com] I only hang around the outer fringes of the hacking world, but I have cracked dozens o...
[08:19:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Acquires Fitbit for $2.1 Billion - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:19:24] <exec> 08└─Google Sells Fitbit for $40 million
[08:19:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why the Search for Dark Matter Depends on Ancient Shipwrecks - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:19:42] <exec> 08└─Be silent, Runaway! Your radioactive contamination is leaking across your flash resistant work clothes. Careful.
[08:19:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why the Search for Dark Matter Depends on Ancient Shipwrecks - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:19:43] <exec> 08└─I'm not believing for one minute
[08:19:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why the Search for Dark Matter Depends on Ancient Shipwrecks - 754 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:19:45] <exec> 08└─Please, don't try to make real world analogies for which you are not equipped. You use "duck tape" to keep your ducks in a row, or some such. I use "duct tape" for a number of things, including sealing the seams of ducts. If you can't keep simple things like that straight, how do you propose to comp...
[08:19:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why the Search for Dark Matter Depends on Ancient Shipwrecks - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:19:47] <exec> 08└─My above post was made silently, you silly twit.
[08:20:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Texas Court Upholds “Do It On A Computer” Check-Cashing Patent - 349 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:20:06] <exec> 08└─Yes, there is something very seriously wrong in Marshall, Texas - but that isn't all of Texas. It isn't even all of the Texas judicial system. It's just a small handful of corrupt old assholes, ruling against the interests of the greater public at every opportunity. Someone needs to follow the money...
[08:20:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Texas Court Upholds “Do It On A Computer” Check-Cashing Patent - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:20:07] <exec> 08└─Modded up - I didn't make my point especially clear in my own post. Thank you AC.
[08:21:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Behind Those Headlines: Don't Believe Claims Robots Threaten Half Our Jobs - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:21:04] <exec> 08└─We're rather gonna have a robocalypse than start paying taxes, meatbag. You have been warned.
[08:21:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03dry [223] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Behind Those Headlines: Don't Believe Claims Robots Threaten Half Our Jobs - 1013 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:21:05] <exec> 08└─That's not true. Look at about a hundred plus years back when a big wave of automation happened, you had various ways that the labour force was reduced due to not enough jobs. The hours worked were cut back, instead of working 6 and a half long days (12 hours), people went to an 8 hour day. Children...
[08:21:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03dry [223] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Behind Those Headlines: Don't Believe Claims Robots Threaten Half Our Jobs - 205 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:21:07] <exec> 08└─Took 70 years, 3 generations, for the jobs to come back after the Luddites. Sure from 200 years in the future it doesn't look bad but 3 generations were chronically under employed before the jobs cam back.
[08:23:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Grubhub’s New Strategy Is to Be an Even Worse Partner to Restaurants - 270 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:23:40] <exec> 08└─Mediating is what uber and grubhub do, amazon already adds some value by providing shipping even if I'd still classify it as intermediary. Grocery stores provide a place for the client and for the good, select, order, store... that is adding value, not simply mediating.
[08:24:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Humans Take More Blame Than Cars for Killing Pedestrians - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:24:07] <exec> 08└─Repeatedly tap my brakes to get a tailgater to back off!?
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[09:19:04] <exec> 08└─If you are really worried about security, the only thing you can do is probably use a longer password.
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[10:19:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hackers Unlock any Type of Phone Using Photographed Fingerprints in Just 20 Minutes - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:19:19] <exec> 08└─Well, the only way I know to lock that type of phone requires a key to unlock. [ytimg.com]
[10:19:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hackers Unlock any Type of Phone Using Photographed Fingerprints in Just 20 Minutes - 196 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:19:20] <exec> 08└─That's kinda cool. Did they get that from a former president's desk? And, maybe a Marine kept the key to the phone ready for the president's use? LOL, maybe we can write a story around that phone.
[10:19:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03bmimatt [5050] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Google Acquires Fitbit for $2.1 Billion - 372 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:19:35] <exec> 08└─This. The fitbit tech is not extraordinary in any meaningful way. The Goliath is after the user base and associated user data. They could build a fitbit on their own. Data just adds to their overall bottom line, especially as AMZN is trying to enter the healthcare biz. Strategic buy, with value in d...
[10:20:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Texas Court Upholds “Do It On A Computer” Check-Cashing Patent - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:20:15] <exec> 08└─Easy solution: Just stop using this outdated method of payment known as check.
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[11:18:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Scientists Unearth Huge Claw from 110-Million-Year-Old Carnivorous Dinosaur - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:18:59] <exec> 08└─Or, in English, giant chickens. Truly the stuff of nightmares.
[11:19:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Hackers Unlock any Type of Phone Using Photographed Fingerprints in Just 20 Minutes - 581 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:19:21] <exec> 08└─The Washington-Moscow Hot Line actually isn't a voice telephone, red or otherwise, but a text-only messaging system. They specifically did not want a voice line: speech might easily be misinterpreted, so the leaders of the two countries write in their native language and their messages are translate...
[11:24:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Humans Take More Blame Than Cars for Killing Pedestrians - 216 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:24:13] <exec> 08└─The vast majority of American drivers are pure assholes for tail gating as a normal part of driving. In a safe world, brake checking would cause nothing because people are following with a safe crash avoidance space.
[11:25:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Notepad++ Inundated by Chinese Comments and Hit by DDoS Attack After "Free Uyghur Edition" - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:25:42] <exec> 08└─Yes he would calm right down. I don't get paid 50c a day to make these comments either,
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[12:20:13] <exec> 08└─> Easy solution: ... Let me guess, you also support electronic voting with no paper trail?
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[13:19:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03SpockLogic [2762] (Score: 2) 02 - 06North Korea Fires Unidentified Projectiles as Nuke Talks Stalled - 536 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:19:12] <exec> 08└─Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is a personality disorder characterized by a long-term pattern of exaggerated feelings of self-importance, an excessive need for admiration, and a lack of empathy toward other people. People with NPD often spend much time thinking about achieving power and suc...
[13:19:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Acquires Fitbit for $2.1 Billion - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:19:41] <exec> 08└─Is Marissa back at Google doing M&A now?
[13:20:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03wisnoskij [5149] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Texas Court Upholds “Do It On A Computer” Check-Cashing Patent - 212 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:20:24] <exec> 08└─Actually they seem to be talking about specific human eye limitations and the objective measure of brightness, that is a known limitation of every human alive or dead and has nothing do with skill at photography.
[13:20:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06ACLU Sues FBI, DEA, and DoJ to Obtain Facial Recognition Policies - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:20:36] <exec> 08└─Sounds about right. Sorry I don't have any mod points.
[13:22:43] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03LVDOVICVS [6131] 02 - 06Trump Impeachment: House Votes to Formalise Inquiry - 430 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:22:43] <exec> 08└─Bill Clinton did lie under oath for something he never should have been asked about. Being held to account for this was appropriate. In my opinion the outcome was commensurate with the crime. Trump appears to be running an extortion racket that endangers national security. Being held to account for...
[13:23:11] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03barbara hudson [6443] 02 - 06Trump Impeachment: House Votes to Formalise Inquiry - 284 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:23:12] <exec> 08└─Kim Jong Un has played Trump, getting concessions without receiving anything in return. Or did you miss the North Korean submarine missile launches ? Or the last two missiles off the coast of Japan? Trump keeps sucking up to the guy, same as he does to other dictators. He's jealous.
[13:23:25] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03edIII [791] 02 - 06Trump Impeachment: House Votes to Formalise Inquiry - 327 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:23:25] <exec> 08└─What they don't seem to realize is that they are only pissing his base off. They don't have any impeachable offenses, not even close. If they start public investigating of all the sordid details from the Ukraine, for example, they will definitely find dirty laundry. The problem is: it's likely to st...
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[14:19:35] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03coolgopher [1157] 02 - 06Google Acquires Fitbit for $2.1 Billion - 129 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:19:36] <exec> 08└─"Fitbit has been a true pioneer in the industry and has created engaging products, experiences and a vibrant community of users."
[14:19:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Acquires Fitbit for $2.1 Billion - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:19:44] <exec> 08└─Heh, nice try. More like: "Google kills off entire Fitbit product line, no fucks given." https://killedbygoogle.com [killedbygoogle.com]
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[14:25:56] <exec> 08└─Would that be the order to "fuck off into the sea and swim to where you claim refugee status"?
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[15:18:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Belgian City Slurps Mobile Data To Track Visitors - 512 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:18:57] <exec> 08└─city hall will then cross-reference this with data from Visa and debit card companies to see how much people are spending And that my friends is why I only use cash to pay for most things. And I've been called paranoid for the better part of 20 years... Having said that, I expect callous data exploi...
[15:19:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mojibake Tengu [8598] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Valve Source Engine, Fortnite Servers Crippled By Gafgyt Variant - 342 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:19:05] <exec> 08└─Crippling gaming servers worldwide for much longer may help to sell handheld consoles, of which Nintendo Switch is the best one lately, at least for WiFi LAN parties in the pub. I admit, at first it was a bit difficult to convince other patrons to play Disgaea, though. But once they got used to it,...
[15:19:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Scientists Unearth Huge Claw from 110-Million-Year-Old Carnivorous Dinosaur - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:19:13] <exec> 08└─And, in Elizabethan English, a cockatrice [wikipedia.org].
[15:19:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Scientists Unearth Huge Claw from 110-Million-Year-Old Carnivorous Dinosaur - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:19:16] <exec> 08└─I'd just like you all to know that paleontologists have determined that it was killed by a spider.
[15:19:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06North Korea Fires Unidentified Projectiles as Nuke Talks Stalled - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:19:25] <exec> 08└─You aren't the tastiest crayon in the box are you?
[15:19:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06North Korea Fires Unidentified Projectiles as Nuke Talks Stalled - 295 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:19:27] <exec> 08└─All progress is related to China, not Kim, who is a puppet of China. You aren't the tastiest crayon in the box either. It is amazing how little understanding of the world some people on this site have. It is impossible to end up that way except by design, ie you are being fed false information.
[15:19:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Acquires Fitbit for $2.1 Billion - 508 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:19:59] <exec> 08└─I had a fitbit for a brief time, 6 months, until the band broke, and the back-up band broke two weeks after that. It was so irritating trying to get that company to replace it that I ditched it entirely. Now this announcement makes me regret ever using it at all. Get your hands off my data, you damn...
[15:20:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rupert Pupnick [7277] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why the Search for Dark Matter Depends on Ancient Shipwrecks - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:20:20] <exec> 08└─I think the problem is that the mining and smelting processes are so inherently “dirty” that it’s easier to get the lead from shipwrecks.
[15:21:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Behind Those Headlines: Don't Believe Claims Robots Threaten Half Our Jobs - 909 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:21:44] <exec> 08└─The other one is: 1) Are a lot of the jobs the Chinese and Indians took from the US workers easily automated? If yes, then just think of those bunch as the preview version of what future robots will do. 2) Are those jobs coming back? From what I see the low end workers in the US aren't getting smart...
[15:21:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06Behind Those Headlines: Don't Believe Claims Robots Threaten Half Our Jobs - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:21:45] <exec> 08└─there have always been new jobs created whenever old ones were made obsolete.
[15:21:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Behind Those Headlines: Don't Believe Claims Robots Threaten Half Our Jobs - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:21:47] <exec> 08└─We already have a universal robot, the human - without the licensing fees.
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[15:21:55] <exec> 08└─Even good news about cancer doesn’t spark a lot of interest. But, in fairness, hematologic oncology is not an area where you will find a lot of hobbyists and amateurs...
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[16:19:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 1) 02 - 06North Korea Fires Unidentified Projectiles as Nuke Talks Stalled - 546 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:19:17] <exec> 08└─It was not unexpected for Kim to get a bit more feisty as the relationship with China degraded. No big surprise there. I wouldn't call him a puppet of China. He does keep the U.S. a off balance in the area, and the US coming to China for dealing with him - which is what they want so they tolerat...
[16:19:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Hackers Unlock any Type of Phone Using Photographed Fingerprints in Just 20 Minutes - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:19:32] <exec> 08└─That was a dial lock you could buy during the rotary dial era. Nothing special just a simple way to prevent outgoing calls.
[16:20:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03shortscreen [2252] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why the Search for Dark Matter Depends on Ancient Shipwrecks - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:20:12] <exec> 08└─Does this mean that when local governments decide to upgrade their prewar lead plumbing they'll be able to sell off the old pipes?
[16:20:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Texas Court Upholds “Do It On A Computer” Check-Cashing Patent - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:20:36] <exec> 08└─Simple: because there's a bunch of dinosaurs out there who like to send paper checks, even though it's 2019.
[16:21:15] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03edIII [791] 02 - 06Behind Those Headlines: Don't Believe Claims Robots Threaten Half Our Jobs - 1851 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:21:16] <exec> 08└─The failing in your reasoning is that all automation before this still required humans at some point. Fundamentally, there was still a human being employed to utilize tools to increase their productivity. There is a vast difference between "improves the productivity of human labor" and eliminates th...
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[17:19:03] <exec> 08└─A hole.
[17:19:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Capital One Fixes Systemwide Outage - 435 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:19:04] <exec> 08└─Early to mid 90s, I couldn't get money from my ATM. Tried a couple different places on the way to work, no joy. At work found out others had the same issue. Turned out there was a huge snowstorm back east and the roof of the building where the servers were had collapsed. So why didn't they have back...
[17:19:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Capital One Fixes Systemwide Outage - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:19:06] <exec> 08└─It's a pain to deal with any bank, but since they don't do a perfect job of staying online I have accounts at a bank and separate credit union.
[17:19:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Capital One Fixes Systemwide Outage - 298 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:19:08] <exec> 08└─I often wonder what the major banks do to keep accounts straight despite equipment failure and network attacks. I'm not wondering about keeping the system up and running 24 hours a day; I'm just wondering about long-term database integrity. So that when they *are* up again the numbers are correct.
[17:19:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03jasassin [3566] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Valve Source Engine, Fortnite Servers Crippled By Gafgyt Variant - 212 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:19:22] <exec> 08└─The only way router should be able to be hacked is if remote administration is enabled. Any other hack is inexcusable. If a router is hackable without remote access enabled I would never trust that company again.
[17:20:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03dry [223] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why the Search for Dark Matter Depends on Ancient Shipwrecks - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:20:37] <exec> 08└─Besides price, most governments wouldn't let the technology become common as it could be so easily re-purposed to uranium enrichment.
[17:24:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03istartedi [123] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Grubhub’s New Strategy Is to Be an Even Worse Partner to Restaurants - 827 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:24:36] <exec> 08└─I don't see the difference. If the restaurant has no delivery, or only a few delivery people, then a 3rd party delivery company adds value. Likewise, without Uber you'd have to maintain your own list of gypsy cabs and ping one after another until you found one nearby. Just because they're doing it i...
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[18:19:11] <exec> 08└─so they have african and middle eastern invaders having gang fights and stabbing each other, with workers being accosted and girls and women no doubt being raped and assaulted more often and the city is busy spying on tourists? fuck government.
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[18:20:35] <exec> 08└─>>Ah, science > >Ew, pollution OMG KARDASIANS!
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[19:18:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] (Score: 4, Funny) 02 - 06Woman Found Dead With A Python Around Her Neck in House Full of 140 Snakes - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:18:58] <exec> 08└─You never know what's gonna happen with pythons - especially 2 and 3 in the same room, they don't get along well. And when you mix them, they bite you.
[19:19:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Woman Found Dead With A Python Around Her Neck in House Full of 140 Snakes - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:19:00] <exec> 08└─Some super kinky shit going on there.
[19:19:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03saturnalia0 [6571] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Woman Found Dead With A Python Around Her Neck in House Full of 140 Snakes - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:19:01] <exec> 08└─Reminds me of a short story by Bukowski
[19:19:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Woman Found Dead With A Python Around Her Neck in House Full of 140 Snakes - 833 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:19:03] <exec> 08└─Mankind can't even communicate with those animals most closely related to him. Our fellow primates are often described as "unpredictable". Why should we think that we can "domesticate" or "tame" a reptile? Those reptiles are far more alien than a monkey, or a badger, or any other mammal. I won't wal...
[19:19:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mojibake Tengu [8598] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Capital One Fixes Systemwide Outage - 487 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:19:14] <exec> 08└─Would you put a critical data of yours on a single drive? Most probably, no. Why would anyone use just a single bank for critical operations with their money? That's just plain stupid. I use five banks regularly. They all know about it well and they often race each other by offering me better option...
[19:19:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Capital One Fixes Systemwide Outage - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:19:15] <exec> 08└─If you take a peek behind the curtain, it's Bitcoin as far as the eye can see.
[19:19:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score: 4, Informative) 02 - 06Valve Source Engine, Fortnite Servers Crippled By Gafgyt Variant - 591 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:19:32] <exec> 08└─Look up TR-069 - ISPs have a protocol to explicitly remotely control your router for you. This is one of the reasons that you should always put a router behind your ISP router, that firewalls you off from them. Their supplied routers literally have the run of your local network and wireless while si...
[19:19:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03jasassin [3566] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Valve Source Engine, Fortnite Servers Crippled By Gafgyt Variant - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:19:34] <exec> 08└─Their supplied routers literally have the run of your local network and wireless while simultaneously they have administrative rights on them without your knowledge.
[19:20:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Hackers Unlock any Type of Phone Using Photographed Fingerprints in Just 20 Minutes - 822 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:20:13] <exec> 08└─"Something you are" is not an authentication factor. People like to pretend it is, but it isn't. Spreading this misconception is dangerous. To be an authentication factor, something must be : * difficult to copy * changeable * shared only with the entity you are authenticating with The first one is...
[19:20:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Hackers Unlock any Type of Phone Using Photographed Fingerprints in Just 20 Minutes - 1253 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:20:14] <exec> 08└─This is wrong. Passwords are the best form of security overall, as long as they are implemented properly. There is no "arms race," not really. Passwords are as strong as the implementation they use, sometimes the implementation is weak. Good implementations are well understood and available freely....
[19:20:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hackers Unlock any Type of Phone Using Photographed Fingerprints in Just 20 Minutes - 1036 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:20:16] <exec> 08└─Wait a second, please. Let me be clear that I have NOT claimed that biometrics are somehow better than passwords. My only claim here, is that using both biometrics and a good password will improve your security. If I were to compare the relative virtues of biometrics and passwords, I would have to s...
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[20:18:55] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] 02 - 06Woman Found Dead With A Python Around Her Neck in House Full of 140 Snakes - 151 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:18:55] <exec> 08└─You never know what's gonna happen with pythons - especially 2 and 3 in the same room, they don't get along well. And when you mix them, they bite you.
[20:18:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mojibake Tengu [8598] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Woman Found Dead With A Python Around Her Neck in House Full of 140 Snakes - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:18:59] <exec> 08└─It's scarier than I expected http://www.bentoncounty.in.gov [in.gov].
[20:19:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Woman Found Dead With A Python Around Her Neck in House Full of 140 Snakes - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:19:01] <exec> 08└─there’s been a few rarecases of wild pythons swallowing grown men and women whole. Holy crap.
[20:19:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Woman Found Dead With A Python Around Her Neck in House Full of 140 Snakes - 232 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:19:03] <exec> 08└─This is due to climate change, the sun has been so inactive that the snakes can sense the change in magnetic field strength. It is the turning of the hyperdimensional zeitgeist into the next cycle. How ancient is that Antarctic ice?
[20:19:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Woman Found Dead With A Python Around Her Neck in House Full of 140 Snakes - 5 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:19:06] <exec> 08└─What?
[20:19:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03barbara hudson [6443] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Woman Found Dead With A Python Around Her Neck in House Full of 140 Snakes - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:19:08] <exec> 08└─Not really. Pythons like warmth, and will curl around someone sleeping - there was a similar case in Atlantic Canada where a python got loose, got into the kids bed, and killed the kid.
[20:19:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Woman Found Dead With A Python Around Her Neck in House Full of 140 Snakes - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:19:10] <exec> 08└─I was trying to figure out what made this story relevant to this site, and all I came up with was the Python.
[20:19:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Woman Found Dead With A Python Around Her Neck in House Full of 140 Snakes - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:19:12] <exec> 08└─licensing background checks home inspections etc for the children!
[20:19:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Capital One Fixes Systemwide Outage - 391 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:19:25] <exec> 08└─What? You're working the capitalistic system? You're getting them to compete and negotiate? Imagine the sheer destruction of known society if everyone did that. Don't listen to this guy. Pay your huge fees, lock-in contracts, non-compete clauses, forced arbitration, more fees, etc. Keep the system g...
[20:19:40] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03ledow [5567] 02 - 06Valve Source Engine, Fortnite Servers Crippled By Gafgyt Variant - 591 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:19:41] <exec> 08└─Look up TR-069 - ISPs have a protocol to explicitly remotely control your router for you. This is one of the reasons that you should always put a router behind your ISP router, that firewalls you off from them. Their supplied routers literally have the run of your local network and wireless while si...
[20:21:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Texas Court Upholds “Do It On A Computer” Check-Cashing Patent - 227 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:21:24] <exec> 08└─Why doesn't anyone discuss the issue with the USPTO granting such a patent to begin with. People keep complaining about the court but if the patent was never granted to begin with then there would be no court to complain about.
[20:21:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Texas Court Upholds “Do It On A Computer” Check-Cashing Patent - 519 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:21:26] <exec> 08└─It has been discussed, but not in the right places. The USPTO says it doesn't have the resources to make serious investigations into patents that are filed. Or, even cursory investigations, apparently. That is an issue for congress to address - more funds, more personnel, and a mandate to screen pat...
[20:21:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06ACLU Sues FBI, DEA, and DoJ to Obtain Facial Recognition Policies - 517 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:21:40] <exec> 08└─That's not what the ACLU thinks. Since their FOI request in Jan 2019 was unsuccessful, now they are suing. And requesting a variety of info, per the ACLUM link in tfs: The ACLU’s lawsuit seeks the release of each agency’s guidelines and policies regarding the use of face surveillance technology,...
[20:21:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06ACLU Sues FBI, DEA, and DoJ to Obtain Facial Recognition Policies - 423 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:21:41] <exec> 08└─That's not what the ACLU thinks. It doesn't matter what they think. All they will get is fabrications and excuses, as per standard procedure. As for the "policies", just assume the worst, you are being recorded. We just have to create a system [develop a society] that depreciates the information to...
[20:22:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Behind Those Headlines: Don't Believe Claims Robots Threaten Half Our Jobs - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:22:33] <exec> 08└─And I see no reason why robot companies wouldn't undercut those as soon as possible.
[20:22:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Behind Those Headlines: Don't Believe Claims Robots Threaten Half Our Jobs - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:22:34] <exec> 08└─Don't believe the economy graphs unless you spend time mulling over them
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[21:19:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Woman Found Dead With A Python Around Her Neck in House Full of 140 Snakes - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:19:12] <exec> 08└─Another reason why babies should wear spiked collars all the time. Punk can save lives!
[21:19:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Woman Found Dead With A Python Around Her Neck in House Full of 140 Snakes - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:19:13] <exec> 08└─Oh yes, that would be exciting! Yes it would be. So please have the camera rolling, and keep the damn thing steady and focused! And put a windscreen on the mic!
[21:19:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Woman Found Dead With A Python Around Her Neck in House Full of 140 Snakes - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:19:16] <exec> 08└─I know an old python that swallowed a lady, It swallowed the lady to catch the horse, etc. She's dead of course.
[21:19:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Woman Found Dead With A Python Around Her Neck in House Full of 140 Snakes - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:19:18] <exec> 08└─That's how to serve Communion to a python. *Body of Christ*, right? If a python swallows a bear, does it shit in the woods?
[21:19:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Woman Found Dead With A Python Around Her Neck in House Full of 140 Snakes - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:19:20] <exec> 08└─I'm guessing a potential Darwin award entry?
[21:19:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Woman Found Dead With A Python Around Her Neck in House Full of 140 Snakes - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:19:22] <exec> 08└─this doesnt sound right, guns don't kill people while pythons do. We shoud scampaign against strong hugs instead.
[21:20:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hackers Unlock any Type of Phone Using Photographed Fingerprints in Just 20 Minutes - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:20:31] <exec> 08└─speech might easily be misinterpreted, so the leaders of the two countries write in their native language and their messages are translated at the receiving end.
[21:22:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Behind Those Headlines: Don't Believe Claims Robots Threaten Half Our Jobs - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:22:45] <exec> 08└─There are several examples where human labor has nearly disappeared completely, or in fact, completely.
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[22:18:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Cybersecurity Firm’s Sharp Rise and Stunning Collapse - 1994 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:18:51] <exec> 08└─Another Pennsylvaniaian runs a Cyber Security firm that is blatantly violating section 6 of the GPL (v2): Brad Spengler of Open Source Security (GrSecurity). perens.com/2017/06/28/warning-grsecurity-potential-contributory-infringement-risk-for-customers/ perens.com/static/OSS_Spenger_v_Perens/0_2018...
[22:19:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Woman Found Dead With A Python Around Her Neck in House Full of 140 Snakes - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:19:15] <exec> 08└─Finally, we've found where they stored the Arc of the Covenant! That thing draws snakes like... well, it just draws a lot of snakes, okay‽
[22:19:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Revek [5022] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Woman Found Dead With A Python Around Her Neck in House Full of 140 Snakes - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:19:16] <exec> 08└─A self fulfilling something or other.
[22:19:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hardness [4766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Woman Found Dead With A Python Around Her Neck in House Full of 140 Snakes - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:19:18] <exec> 08└─Wow, I didn't know data science was so complicated...!
[22:20:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03jasassin [3566] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Acquires Fitbit for $2.1 Billion - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:20:46] <exec> 08└─It's also the reason why I have not used those DNA sequencing companies
[22:21:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03jasassin [3566] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Texas Court Upholds “Do It On A Computer” Check-Cashing Patent - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:21:36] <exec> 08└─This is a stupid ruling and a stupid patent. That said, FUCK Wells Fargo.
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[23:19:01] <exec> 08└─This is a little different from our usual offerings,
[23:19:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Cybersecurity Firm’s Sharp Rise and Stunning Collapse - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:19:02] <exec> 08└─It's an aristarchus sub, the difference is no mention alt-right pythons.
[23:19:15] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] 02 - 06Woman Found Dead With A Python Around Her Neck in House Full of 140 Snakes - 95 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:19:15] <exec> 08└─there’s been a few rarecases of wild pythons swallowing grown men and women whole. Holy crap.
[23:19:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Woman Found Dead With A Python Around Her Neck in House Full of 140 Snakes - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:19:30] <exec> 08└─Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn
[23:19:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Woman Found Dead With A Python Around Her Neck in House Full of 140 Snakes - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:19:32] <exec> 08└─Maybe the relevant tech angle was just all the friends we made along the way?
[23:19:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Woman Found Dead With A Python Around Her Neck in House Full of 140 Snakes - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:19:34] <exec> 08└─As long as the laws are limited to only common sense, I'm on board.
[23:19:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Joe Desertrat [2454] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Woman Found Dead With A Python Around Her Neck in House Full of 140 Snakes - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:19:36] <exec> 08└─Many states already require licensing for exotic reptiles.
[23:19:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Woman Found Dead With A Python Around Her Neck in House Full of 140 Snakes - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:19:38] <exec> 08└─I do always keep tabs on 'em.
[23:19:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Woman Found Dead With A Python Around Her Neck in House Full of 140 Snakes - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:19:40] <exec> 08└─systemd kills processes left and right and nobody bats an eye. python kills a single meatbag and everyone lose their minds.
[23:19:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Woman Found Dead With A Python Around Her Neck in House Full of 140 Snakes - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:19:42] <exec> 08└─Police suspect the black python did it.
[23:20:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Valve Source Engine, Fortnite Servers Crippled By Gafgyt Variant - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:20:15] <exec> 08└─botnets...are frequently sold on Instagram.
[23:21:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Acquires Fitbit for $2.1 Billion - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:21:15] <exec> 08└─If you send your DNA to ancestry.com, both the government and Mormons have you. A fate worse than death.
[23:21:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why the Search for Dark Matter Depends on Ancient Shipwrecks - 297 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:21:40] <exec> 08└─Runaway has fallen for one of the oldest errors in the book! The first is "never get involved in a land war in Asia", but only slightly less known is "do not believe for a second your opponent does not know what duct tape is, and so resist the urge to correct him and make yourself look gullible."
[23:23:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Behind Those Headlines: Don't Believe Claims Robots Threaten Half Our Jobs - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:23:14] <exec> 08└─I consider inefficiently done work a variant of the "broken window fallacy".
[23:25:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Grubhub’s New Strategy Is to Be an Even Worse Partner to Restaurants - 1154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:25:48] <exec> 08└─https://slicelife.com [slicelife.com] attempts to do just that. Sadly, their repertoire is rather limited. There are a few other online *ordering* (not delivery, delivery left up to the restaurant) that don't rape the restaurants (Grubhub charges 12-35% *per* order) and just charge setup and/or mont...
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