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[00:27:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mojibake Tengu [8598] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Bye Box: How Streaming Could Kill The Games Console - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:27:22] <exec> 08└─Nintendo Switch is designed for offline gaming, even as a wifi party... That's what cloud gaming is - your game runs on a powerful computer somewhere else and you just connect to it.
[00:27:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 3, Touché) 02 - 06Bye Box: How Streaming Could Kill The Games Console - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:27:23] <exec> 08└─You can stream Civilization VII.
[00:27:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Touché) 02 - 06Bye Box: How Streaming Could Kill The Games Console - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:27:26] <exec> 08└─No matter where you move, you personally will never have a ping time good enough to play games that don't suck via streaming.
[00:27:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bye Box: How Streaming Could Kill The Games Console - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:27:28] <exec> 08└─Comments like this make me wish I remembered what mad genius suggested the Touche mod.
[00:27:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bye Box: How Streaming Could Kill The Games Console - 703 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:27:30] <exec> 08└─About the time when WoW was blowing up big and people were having their evenings and weekends sucked away, I jumped off the online games train. I pick up old consoles for a song and rummage through the used games bins for big titles under $5. Paying one, discrete, low price makes a lot more sense fo...
[00:27:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Robot Dog Pack Fall Frolick - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:27:40] <exec> 08└─from the Big-'Borg-Boxer-Breed-Biscuit-Biters-Barking-By-Blacks dept.
[00:28:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AMD Announces 3rd-Generation Threadripper CPUs, Ryzen 9 3950X available on November 25th, and More - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:28:30] <exec> 08└─So you can get decent energy efficiency by not connecting to the interspy? Or have they embedded a neutrino router into every chip?
[00:29:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Netflix to Disappear on Older Samsung TVs - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:29:49] <exec> 08└─How'm I gonna watch "Raising Dion" now?
[00:30:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unless Warming is Slowed, Emperor Penguins Will be Marching Towards Extinction - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:30:19] <exec> 08└─We're into Democratic Penguins now.
[00:30:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Unless Warming is Slowed, Emperor Penguins Will be Marching Towards Extinction - 340 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:30:20] <exec> 08└─Fish have adapted to massively changed pH levels in rivers downstream of british industry in only decades, and the period of their breeding cycle is comparable to that of penguins. As long as parents are squiring out spawn, you adapt pretty darn quickly to life-threatening situations. Well, the succ...
[00:31:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A German Court Has Told Lemonade to Stop Using the Color Magenta in Marketing - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:31:11] <exec> 08└─I've got a 77 mark II with a big chunky slip on/off orangy-yellow (I'm colourblind) ruggedised casing. Browny grey is the meter. Browny grey is Fluke!
[00:32:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Spiders and Ants Inspire Metal That Won't Sink - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:32:39] <exec> 08└─Sarcasm is hard in plain text. You need to *really* overdo it to make it work. But yeah, we're on the same lines.
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[01:27:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bye Box: How Streaming Could Kill The Games Console - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:27:28] <exec> 08└─Also why you should always look both ways before crossing even if it's a crosswalk and the traffic light is green.
[01:27:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03jlv [3756] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Robot Dog Pack Fall Frolick - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:27:40] <exec> 08└─But all the frolicking is just at the hands of the people with the controllers...
[01:27:50] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DutchUncle [5370] 02 - 06The Navy's Secretive and Revolutionary Program to Project False Fleets From Drone Swarms - 951 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:27:51] <exec> 08└─.... are from Sun Tzu 2500 years ago: Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt. All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make the ene...
[01:28:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Windows BlueKeep RDP Attacks Are Here, Infecting With Miners - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:28:47] <exec> 08└─My soul just threw up in its mouth a bit...
[01:29:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Takata Airbag Recalls Widen To Potentially Affect Other Types Of Airbag - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:29:10] <exec> 08└─Unfortunately, just as in vehicles, they will only be replaced by other airbags on that date - and probably equally defective ones.
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[02:27:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Vaping Illnesses Associated With Vitamin E Acetate - 195 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:27:32] <exec> 08└─you mean this whole kerfluffle was a few bad actors selling on the black market, and not something inherent in Vaping? That's gonna poke a few holes in a few narratives. Wonder if it will matter?
[02:27:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Vaping Illnesses Associated With Vitamin E Acetate - 661 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:27:34] <exec> 08└─Yes, everybody in the vape industry - including the vapers themselves - know this whole "epidemic" is just a few people vaping shady juices made in someone's kitchen with stupid ingredients. But that won't poke holes in the narratives of Big Tobacco, Big Pharma or the government, because they really...
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[02:28:59] <exec> 08└─The 3950X will be a great CPU, but it is held back severely by the AM4 socket, which only can support 24 PCIe lanes and 64GB of dual channel memory. The Threadripper socket is more appropriate for a CPU of that capability, but anything having to do with Threadripper costs a fortune. Counting both CP...
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[03:27:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Vaping Illnesses Associated With Vitamin E Acetate - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:27:32] <exec> 08└─That's why we need to make weed illegal again - get it off the shelves and onto the streets where nobody can see it or test it or QA it. Create a perfect utopia. Again.
[03:27:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Vaping Illnesses Associated With Vitamin E Acetate - 372 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:27:34] <exec> 08└─They also need to see how many people who did not get ill were also exposed. Eg, everyone who got ill also drank water, therefore it was due to the water. And anyway, this is just idiopathic (unexplained) pnemonia. Now since vaping got popular they started blaming it on that since so many people wit...
[03:27:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Vaping Illnesses Associated With Vitamin E Acetate - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:27:36] <exec> 08└─Antisocial nerdy incels can't talk to a drug dealer or enter any kind of utopia.
[03:27:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Vaping Illnesses Associated With Vitamin E Acetate - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:27:38] <exec> 08└─No it will not matter. Juul will be crushed, vaping will be banned.
[03:28:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Reziac [2489] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Robot Dog Pack Fall Frolick - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:28:09] <exec> 08└─That's what the dogs want you to think....
[03:28:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rupert Pupnick [7277] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Robot Dog Pack Fall Frolick - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:28:10] <exec> 08└─All they need is weapons and the design will be complete.
[03:29:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AMD Announces 3rd-Generation Threadripper CPUs, Ryzen 9 3950X available on November 25th, and More - 367 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:29:05] <exec> 08└─It looks like Zen 3 will remain on AM4, and deliver maybe a 10-15% overall performance increase (IPC and clocks). Then Zen 4 in 2021 will move to AM5, likely with DDR5 support. As for Threadripper being expensive, old parts are an option. 16-core Threadripper 1950X is $560 on Amazon right now. It wi...
[03:29:51] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Netflix to Disappear on Older Samsung TVs - 602 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:29:51] <exec> 08└─I just watched Netflix yesterday on my ordinary old dumb TV from 2005. I don't think it's because of some viewer tracking conspiracy, but it's more likely just an example of why devices with too much integration and no user control of the software aren't a good idea. Phones quit getting updates afte...
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[03:30:58] <exec> 08└─I assume he's using the Mayan calendar. Cycle ended in 2012, game's over.
[03:30:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Unless Warming is Slowed, Emperor Penguins Will be Marching Towards Extinction - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:30:59] <exec> 08└─Survivor bias - it means only the best posts get read. So long and thanks for all the fish.
[03:32:01] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03NotSanguine [285] 02 - 06Using Light Beams to Control Google, Apple, Amazon Assistants - 373 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:32:02] <exec> 08└─On the upside, disabling the alarm and make an inconspicuous entry to access the loot - aka former property of the idiot that uses IoT controlled via Google assistant/Alexa? On a budget under $500? I'd say the thieves guild should lower the professional indemnity insurance premium for any of their m...
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[04:27:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Vaping Illnesses Associated With Vitamin E Acetate - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:27:30] <exec> 08└─But that won't poke holes in the narratives of Big Tobacco...
[04:27:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Vaping Illnesses Associated With Vitamin E Acetate - 889 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:27:32] <exec> 08└─There are 2 major problems soccer-moms have with vaping. The first is the flavors. Peach, grape, passionfruit, or menthol flavors that attract the underage to vaping due to their candy-like flavors. So what needs to be done, and what I believe Juul already did, is stop selling the flavored shite out...
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[04:27:34] <exec> 08└─You forgot to bold incel. Btw, tell us how expunging cannabis convictions, which very disproportionately affects people of color, actually reifies the racism of musky tech incels who need NORML Libertarian dude weed lmao to get high. But maybe you're just a racist, and incarceration of people of col...
[04:27:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bye Box: How Streaming Could Kill The Games Console - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:27:52] <exec> 08└─Maybe he should be playing a video game where you carry around a baby in a box, on your chest.
[04:27:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bye Box: How Streaming Could Kill The Games Console - 1877 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:27:53] <exec> 08└─Lots of games don't actually need to be very responsive. Pokémon, any JRPG, some Western RPGs, walking simulators like Detroit: Become Human (why aren't these called "mystlikes"), anything that's turn-based, slow paced builders and simulators like Sims or Minecraft. Lots of games do need to be very...
[04:28:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Robot Dog Pack Fall Frolick - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:28:08] <exec> 08└─It's creepy watching them run around with no heads.
[04:31:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Reziac [2489] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A German Court Has Told Lemonade to Stop Using the Color Magenta in Marketing - 500 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:31:45] <exec> 08└─Similarly ... I do a lot of classic tabletop puzzles, of the +1000-piece variety. Have discovered that I remember every piece I see -- I may not know where I saw it, but I'll remember seeing it, so once the spot it should fit against is built, my hand often goes to the right piece (among a hundred m...
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[05:27:36] <exec> 08└─This is the MSM. They don't publish news and certainly not objective analysis. They publish propaganda.
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[05:27:37] <exec> 08└─Beat me to it. When I found this out, everything sort of clicked into place about the vape narrative. Juul is Republican Party. Ergo, the Democratic Party must oppose vaping. It also makes Juul's bad behavior make sense, they're Republicans after all so what do you expect. What is the moderate posit...
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[05:27:39] <exec> 08└─Look at what the case definition is: https://www.cdc.gov [cdc.gov] So basically if you have idiopathic pneumonia, and vaped sometime the last 3 months, you have a confirmed case of vaping illness. What percent of 15- 40 year olds have vaped at least once in the last 9...
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[05:27:41] <exec> 08└─A better post: Much of medicine seems to be based on politics, fads, and clickbait to me. Eg, the vaping scare the CDC is currently causing. They basically took: 1) An unexplained medical issue (idiopathic pneumonia) 2) A new yet very common behavior (vaping) Then linked the two to cause a scare. Lo...
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[05:28:01] <exec> 08└─"Cloud" anything is getting increasingly absurd. I just picked up an older machine for the wife, who wanted her own desktop. We spent about $180 in total on it (including monitor, mouse, keyboard, etc). It runs GTA V great. And costs are only getting lower. "Cloud" services are [re]emerging just abo...
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[06:27:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06U.S. Chief Technology Officer Urges Europe to Take a Stand Against Huawei - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:27:17] <exec> 08└─Do we even need or want it? Who's pushing this stuff? Is this so we can get get our amber alerts in hi-def and quadraphonic sound?
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[06:29:10] <exec> 08└─AM4 supports more than 64GB, even with Ryzen 1000 you could use 128GB RAM.
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[07:27:21] <exec> 08└─Gotta sell those smartphones somehow.
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[07:27:47] <exec> 08└─Extend, Embrace, Extinguish.
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[07:28:09] <exec> 08└─No! Because then you would have to put your "baby in a box" into .the fuel intake in your motorcycle [google.com], as Ethanol_fueled did. And which explains why Eth has no progeny. Just a bare miracle that his military family could get him a job with a defence contractor, so he could spend his life...
[07:28:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03cyberthanasis [5212] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Robot Dog Pack Fall Frolick - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:28:25] <exec> 08└─These are not dog like at all.
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[08:27:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bill Gates Blames Antitrust Investigation for Failure of Windows Mobile and Rise of Android - 352 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:27:40] <exec> 08└─early adopters (not trendy bandwagon types, but tech people) are not 'microsoft people' (they are barely android people, but "COMPUTER IN MY POCKET!!!") trend-types like 'new and shiny', but aren't likely to want to have to 'learn' a new interface.. so... neither type of early adopter would every bu...
[08:27:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Coward, Anonymous [7017] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bill Gates Blames Antitrust Investigation for Failure of Windows Mobile and Rise of Android - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:27:41] <exec> 08└─Props to the anti-trust investigators for helping a Microsoft competitor enter the market.
[08:27:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Chief Technology Officer Urges Europe to Take a Stand Against Huawei - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:27:52] <exec> 08└─https://s217.photobucket.com/user/Runaway1956/library?page=0 [photobucket.com]
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[08:28:56] <exec> 08└─Eth_fuel does not actually have a job. He is a brain-damaged son of an admiral what exposed to a few too many rads, and now has a son that only Boston Dynamics can be coerced into "hiring". I have seen this all too many times with the disabled offspring of the imperialist forces of the United States...
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[09:27:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bill Gates Blames Antitrust Investigation for Failure of Windows Mobile and Rise of Android - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:27:34] <exec> 08└─Ha, ha! Ha, ha ha! Multiple ha, has! If only we had not been criminals, we could have been a contender! Ha, HA, HA HA AHA, Ha!! Too funny! Zune!!!!
[09:27:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bill Gates Blames Antitrust Investigation for Failure of Windows Mobile and Rise of Android - 486 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:27:35] <exec> 08└─It could be MS's established reputation for a slow buggy and clumsy mobile OS. They actually did cram Windows on a Motorola phone. It's responsiveness was worse than glacial. They even tried buying a cellphone manufacturer, since that was the only way they could get their crap crammed into a phone a...
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[09:27:38] <exec> 08└─Microsoft had Windows Mobile before Android: https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] The reason why Windows Mobile wasn't successful was because it was crap. Some versions didn't even do WiFi or DHCP properly[1]. Also as Apple has proven, whether you're first or not doesn't matt...
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[09:28:36] <exec> 08└─I'm just going to main cloud
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[10:27:15] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Coward, Anonymous [7017] 02 - 06Bill Gates Blames Antitrust Investigation for Failure of Windows Mobile and Rise of Android - 90 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:27:16] <exec> 08└─Props to the anti-trust investigators for helping a Microsoft competitor enter the market.
[10:28:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Navy's Secretive and Revolutionary Program to Project False Fleets From Drone Swarms - 1296 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:28:54] <exec> 08└─Electronic Counter Measures (ECM) are measures taken to degrade the enemy's use of the electromagnetic spectrum. Modern ECM has been around for over 100 years in some shape or form. All we are seeing is the next logical step to distort the enemy's perception of the 'battlefield' - albeit at sea. If...
[10:29:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nuke [3162] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Zanzibar Tests Fighting Malaria With Drones - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:29:04] <exec> 08└─Monty Python found rocket launchers and machine guns very effective. Will the drones carry them? Mosquito Hunters [youtu.be]
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[11:27:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Electric Vehicles are Now Outselling Manual Transmissions in the US - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:27:13] <exec> 08└─Even roller skates and bicycles have been outselling stick shifts in the US for decades...
[11:27:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Electric Vehicles are Now Outselling Manual Transmissions in the US - 204 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:27:14] <exec> 08└─It was only a matter of time as fewer and fewer cars with manual transmissions are being manufactured at the same time as more and more electric vehicles are being built. Who here saw this coming so soon?
[11:27:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06Electric Vehicles are Now Outselling Manual Transmissions in the US - 753 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:27:16] <exec> 08└─You can barely buy a truck with a manual transmission any more, even though a lot of buyers would rather have them. Ford and Chevy don't make them at all in the heavy duty trucks, and the Ram can't get them in combination with the high power engine. Meanwhile, most of the proper sports cars have gon...
[11:27:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Electric Vehicles are Now Outselling Manual Transmissions in the US - 443 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:27:18] <exec> 08└─Is the price difference between a manual and automatic that big these days? Every new car these days comes with so much built in non-optional computer shit like backup cameras, disastrous touch screen media centers, blinding blue digital dashboards, and such, does that even make a difference any mor...
[11:27:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Username [4557] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Electric Vehicles are Now Outselling Manual Transmissions in the US - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:27:20] <exec> 08└─Last I checked CVTs are the same price as a manual five gear, and both are cheaper than a traditional automatic five gear.
[11:27:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Electric Vehicles are Now Outselling Manual Transmissions in the US - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:27:23] <exec> 08└─The point is: control, among other things. You can pry my manual transmission from my cold dead fingers! Therefore, I am at least 1 person left on this planet that is sane.
[11:27:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03pTamok [3042] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Electric Vehicles are Now Outselling Manual Transmissions in the US - 922 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:27:25] <exec> 08└─Very few people care about performance optimised driving. Most buy vehicles to minimise the effort in getting themselves and 'stuff' from A to B. I look forward to when an auto-transmission can change down in anticipation of a corner better than I can. With AI-assisted-driving cars, that moment is p...
[11:27:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bill Gates Blames Antitrust Investigation for Failure of Windows Mobile and Rise of Android - 535 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:27:36] <exec> 08└─Wow, what loser things to say. Crying that Android is a better walled garden than WinCE and Windows Mobile, and trying to blame that on the government. You sound like a delusional Trump supporter. But Bill, MS still isn't listening to the users. Many of us don't want the walls. You're still trying t...
[11:27:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bill Gates Blames Antitrust Investigation for Failure of Windows Mobile and Rise of Android - 399 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:27:38] <exec> 08└─Sure, sure. And if it hadn't been for Microsoft, everyone would be using IBM ThinkPhones running OS/2 Mobile. Sorry, the main reason people use "smart" phones is so they don't have to have the perceived complexity and lock-in of a desktop computer. Any device with the Microsoft logo does not give th...
[11:27:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Bill Gates Blames Antitrust Investigation for Failure of Windows Mobile and Rise of Android - 270 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:27:40] <exec> 08└─Yes, I had the exact same thought. In a fair world, the way that Microsoft came to dominate the computing market would bring charges of crimes against humanity. It is sickening to see how successful he has been in whitewashing his reputation with his charity/PR schemes.
[11:28:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bye Box: How Streaming Could Kill The Games Console - 9 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
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[12:27:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03zoward [4734] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Electric Vehicles are Now Outselling Manual Transmissions in the US - 884 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:27:24] <exec> 08└─Seconded. My first car was a stick, and I ended up teaching several of my friends (and my eventual wife) how to drive one. It was cheaper than an automatic. It gave me more control over the engine, e.g., you could acceelerate faster. . It had better gas mileage than an automatic. A clutch was easier...
[12:27:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03SunTzuWarmaster [3971] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Electric Vehicles are Now Outselling Manual Transmissions in the US - 1154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:27:26] <exec> 08└─So my household just picked up a used 2016 Nissan Leaf. It joins our 2008 Toyota Yaris (stick shift) as part of the fleet. First - holy nonsense we are a minority market. Perhaps no one in both the 1.1% and 1.9% categories? Second, the cost/mile of the Honda Civic that the Leaf replaced was about $0...
[12:27:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03SunTzuWarmaster [3971] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Electric Vehicles are Now Outselling Manual Transmissions in the US - 206 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:27:28] <exec> 08└─See my other post - the electrics became the simple/reliable products this year. We bought one. Used. https://soylentnews.org [soylentnews.org]
[12:27:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bill Gates Blames Antitrust Investigation for Failure of Windows Mobile and Rise of Android - 515 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:27:42] <exec> 08└─Russian "collusion" DELUSION anyone? Scumbag TRAITORS (like you) are the delusional welfare sucking swine you are. What happened to you LOSERS on "russia, russia, russia" loser? You did what your kind ALWAYS DOES - lie and lose (because you are brain-dead welfare sucking SWINE)! What is it like know...
[12:27:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bill Gates Blames Antitrust Investigation for Failure of Windows Mobile and Rise of Android - 651 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:27:44] <exec> 08└─Hohohohoho truer words were never spoken! Welfare losers like the one you replied to want everything for 'FREE' impractical and impossible as it is and for what? Being lifelong losers who live in ghetto hovels miserably since they know they are complete wastes of life? Did the loser cure AIDS? No in...
[12:27:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Chief Technology Officer Urges Europe to Take a Stand Against Huawei - 323 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:27:54] <exec> 08└─At the same time, many EU technologists are urging the EU to take a stand against the US, because of the unbridled antidemocratic corporatism between the NSA, DoJ and the various technology companies. If the US wants to be taken seriously, it needs to clean up its own house first, not complain about...
[12:29:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Navy's Secretive and Revolutionary Program to Project False Fleets From Drone Swarms - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:29:23] <exec> 08└─Shit, the Swiss Navy has been doing this for decades.
[12:30:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Takata Airbag Recalls Widen To Potentially Affect Other Types Of Airbag - 333 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:30:37] <exec> 08└─Whoever made the decision to use a notoriously problem-prone propellant like ammonium nitrate should be taken outside and shot. We have nearly a hundred years of experience in bad things happening with ammonium nitrate stored in non-carefully-controlled conditions [amazonaws.com], including an equal...
[12:33:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Inverview with Eben Upton on Studies, the Raspberry Pi and IoT - 1390 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:33:14] <exec> 08└─A compute module is just a bare CPU and RAM from a Pi, that doesn't change anything. You still need to plug it into something, and if it's the standard CM I/O board all you've got is a two-component Pi with all the problems of a one-component Pi: No power conditioning or protection, no protection on...
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[13:27:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Indian Court Orders YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter to Block “Defamatory” Video Worldwide - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:27:17] <exec> 08└─This comment is not available in India. Sorry about that :/ Ok, not really sorry.
[13:27:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Electric Vehicles are Now Outselling Manual Transmissions in the US - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:27:35] <exec> 08└─The cost/mile of the Nissan Leaf, however, is $0.03.
[13:27:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03damnbunni [704] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Electric Vehicles are Now Outselling Manual Transmissions in the US - 640 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:27:36] <exec> 08└─The reason the manufacturers don't make those vehicles with a manual transmission is that they didn't sell. If 'a lot' of buyers would rather have a truck with a stick, they would still offer them. But 'a lot' don't. 'a few' do. It's not worth the design cost. Same with sports cars. Modern high-end...
[13:27:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bill Gates Blames Antitrust Investigation for Failure of Windows Mobile and Rise of Android - 492 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:27:54] <exec> 08└─Welfare sucker fakename, answer the question https://soylentnews.org [soylentnews.org] instead of trying to hide it using multiple registered accounts. What's the matter? Your delusions won't allow you to tell us what happened in "russia...
[13:27:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06Bill Gates Blames Antitrust Investigation for Failure of Windows Mobile and Rise of Android - 158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:27:56] <exec> 08└─"You don't understand, I could have had class. I could have been a contender. I could have been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am." -- Bill Gates
[13:27:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bill Gates Blames Antitrust Investigation for Failure of Windows Mobile and Rise of Android - 200 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:27:58] <exec> 08└─Once again you demonstrate how simple it is to get the DELUSIONAL welfare suckers to STFU when you confront them with facts. Especially facts about their fakename waste of life loser selves, hahahaha!
[13:27:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bill Gates Blames Antitrust Investigation for Failure of Windows Mobile and Rise of Android - 1074 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:28:00] <exec> 08└─Russian "collusion" DELUSION anyone? Scumbag TRAITORS (like you) are the delusional welfare sucking swine you are. What happened to you LOSERS on "russia, russia, russia" loser? You did what your kind ALWAYS DOES - lie and lose (because you are brain-dead welfare sucking SWINE)! What is it like know...
[13:28:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bill Gates Blames Antitrust Investigation for Failure of Windows Mobile and Rise of Android - 957 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:28:02] <exec> 08└─Microsoft had early adopters. They tried Microsoft PocketPC in 2000. Then they tried Windows Mobile 2003. Then Windows Mobile 5. Then Windows Mobile 6. Then Windows Phone 7. Then Windows Phone 8. Then Windows Phone 10. Each time, Microsoft announced something, sold it, and then dumped it and releas...
[13:28:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bill Gates Blames Antitrust Investigation for Failure of Windows Mobile and Rise of Android - 316 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:28:04] <exec> 08└─bzipitidoo fakename needs more welfare and heroin https://soylentnews.org [soylentnews.org] apparently. He can't even answer a simple question backed by facts his kind are nothing more than disgusting waste of life leeches sucking on wel...
[13:32:33] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03c0lo [156] 02 - 06A German Court Has Told Lemonade to Stop Using the Color Magenta in Marketing - 111 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:32:34] <exec> 08└─Seriously, look at the color picture [adage.com]. Even to my poor color vision, those colors are nowhere close.
[13:33:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A German Court Has Told Lemonade to Stop Using the Color Magenta in Marketing - 356 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:33:02] <exec> 08└─Heh. Friend of mine was involved in a court case some years ago in which one piece of evidence was deemed "bad" and another, completely identical piece of evidence was deemed "OK". He was tempted to submit both but "forget" to label them, so the court would have to sort out which of the two totally...
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[14:27:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Indian Court Orders YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter to Block “Defamatory” Video Worldwide - 395 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:27:21] <exec> 08└─Well that wasn't defamatory. Now if you said: "Indian judges suck donkey dick!", that might be defamatory. This was bound to happen. One feature of the Peredo principle, is that as markets consolidate, they become more subject to ridiculous ideology. This is a glaring example of why NN is important....
[14:27:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Indian Court Orders YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter to Block “Defamatory” Video Worldwide - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:27:22] <exec> 08└─the long-standing principle that one country does not have the right to impose its laws on another country.
[14:27:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Indian Court Orders YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter to Block “Defamatory” Video Worldwide - 622 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:27:24] <exec> 08└─Are international companies the problem here? One giant company with operations in multiple countries becomes vulnerable and subject to multiple countries' vagaries. Dozens of companies that don't have operations everywhere are not. USA-Tube.com would be able to completely ignore anywhere b...
[14:27:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Indian Court Orders YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter to Block “Defamatory” Video Worldwide - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:27:26] <exec> 08└─They dont have any authority outside their own country, and id tell them to f-off.
[14:27:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03inertnet [4071] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Electric Vehicles are Now Outselling Manual Transmissions in the US - 425 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:27:45] <exec> 08└─Another reason why high end sports cars don't make manual transmissions anymore, is because with their high powered engines, the clutch and transmission can't be protected from driver error. One little mistake can burn the clutch or ruin the transmission, or even the engine, resulting in enormous re...
[14:27:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Electric Vehicles are Now Outselling Manual Transmissions in the US - 538 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:27:47] <exec> 08└─If, like me, you do a lot of overlanding and travelling long hours along remote dirt roads, you wouldn't be caught dead behind the wheel of a vehicule with automatic transmission. If your automatic transmission breaks in the middle of the forest 200 miles from the nearest human settlement, you're st...
[14:27:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Electric Vehicles are Now Outselling Manual Transmissions in the US - 2714 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:27:49] <exec> 08└─A real Apples to Feminine Hygiene Products comparison... An better comparison would be what doesn't outsell manual transmissions in the U.S.? Durian fruits perhaps? Haggis maybe? 20 ton decorative rocks? And now, for your amusement, some manual transmission stories.... My manual vehicles vastly outn...
[14:27:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Electric Vehicles are Now Outselling Manual Transmissions in the US - 568 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:27:51] <exec> 08└─I hate auto-transmissions that change down part way round a corner in response to me adding demand via the accelerator - the short pause and drop in power as the change-down occurs really upsets the dynamics. Yes, I can push the paddle, or put the auto-lever specifically into a specific ratio, but t...
[14:27:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Electric Vehicles are Now Outselling Manual Transmissions in the US - 158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:27:53] <exec> 08└─A manual transmission is good for driving uphill on an icy road. You can limit the power you apply to the wheels. Too much power and the wheel starts to spin.
[14:27:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Electric Vehicles are Now Outselling Manual Transmissions in the US - 510 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:27:56] <exec> 08└─More than once have I driven a synchronized manual car the same way I drove non-synchronized semi-trucks by floating the gears. I've had linkages come apart, cables break, always at the worst possible time. When I would come off the road I frequently found myself floating my 5 speed '96 Camaro for t...
[14:28:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bill Gates Blames Antitrust Investigation for Failure of Windows Mobile and Rise of Android - 403 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:28:19] <exec> 08└─Why's "bzipitidoo" fakename welfare heroin junkie running from answering a simple question here https://soylentnews.org [soylentnews.org] ? His kinds sits around all day living off YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY spouting complete crap online but...
[14:28:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bill Gates Blames Antitrust Investigation for Failure of Windows Mobile and Rise of Android - 563 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:28:20] <exec> 08└─I'm ok with welfare sucker junkies like bzipitidoo: They provide gigantic amusement when folks like you let fakename traitor failures like him show everyone just how completely stupid they are. You can't pay for this type of humor (well, in reality, those of you who actually earn their keep unlike j...
[14:29:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Robot Dog Pack Fall Frolick - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:29:38] <exec> 08└─I was thinking spiders when they are on their backs.
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[15:27:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Uber Lost $1.1 Billion Last Quarter, Says Rides Are Profitable (Sort Of) - 655 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:27:22] <exec> 08└─Dear fakename welfare sucker liar "bzipitidoo": The planet's laughing at you (and your kind) running from a question on "russia" https://soylentnews.org [soylentnews.org] & your blamegame admitted fail (like your entire wasted life bzipi...
[15:27:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Indian Court Orders YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter to Block “Defamatory” Video Worldwide - 516 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:27:34] <exec> 08└─I'll remember that the next time the USA starts telling others how they must behave - their laws don't apply in any other country. So Assange is not eligible for extradition to the US; he hasn't broken any US law because he has never even visited there. And the alleged crimes that Dot Com committed...
[15:27:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Indian Court Orders YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter to Block “Defamatory” Video Worldwide - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:27:35] <exec> 08└─Indian judges suck donkey dick. European courts can kiss my ass. If they have a problem with those comments, they can fuck right off.
[15:27:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Indian Court Orders YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter to Block “Defamatory” Video Worldwide - 234 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:27:37] <exec> 08└─That works for me. Assange should not be extradited to the US. He should not even be held in Britain. Australians should feel ashamed that their special forces did not extract one of their fellow citizens who was being illegally held.
[15:27:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Indian Court Orders YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter to Block “Defamatory” Video Worldwide - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:27:39] <exec> 08└─Idiots that get themselves entangledin other county’s laws or world mafia etc do not all need to be saved at gunpoint.
[15:28:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Electric Vehicles are Now Outselling Manual Transmissions in the US - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:28:04] <exec> 08└─I've frequently heard the complaint you can't rock a manual out of being stuck in the snow, but yes you can
[15:28:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Electric Vehicles are Now Outselling Manual Transmissions in the US - 501 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:28:06] <exec> 08└─Yeah, it can be a bit of a pain in stop and go traffic. Of course you can avoid riding (and excessively wearing out) the clutch as I learned driving semi trucks. Let the vehicle in front of you move about three quarters of a car length, open the clutch enough to get moving, push it back in and coast...
[15:28:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Electric Vehicles are Now Outselling Manual Transmissions in the US - 353 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:28:08] <exec> 08└─For a narrow parking space in winter. Back your rear into the proper position. Set the rear hand brake. Turn the steering wheel all the way and spin your *front* wheels. This is where the front-wheel drive comes in. If your front end is on slippery ground, it will move sideways into the spot. (or ou...
[15:28:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Electric Vehicles are Now Outselling Manual Transmissions in the US - 491 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:28:10] <exec> 08└─> some poor bastard trying to ride a bicycle Hey, I'm a rich bastard trying to ride a bicycle--do these self-driving cars discriminate?(grin) > I have heard bikes have automatic A few years back a friend lucked into a Hondamatic CM450A at the right price (might have been given to him). I rode it onc...
[15:28:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Electric Vehicles are Now Outselling Manual Transmissions in the US - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:28:13] <exec> 08└─> 3,4.5 and 6 speed cars ----^^^--- 4.5 speed sounds like an interesting transmission, pray tell us some more details!
[15:28:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Electric Vehicles are Now Outselling Manual Transmissions in the US - 845 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:28:15] <exec> 08└─> ... rock a manual out of being stuck in the snow, but yes you can The very best transmission I've experienced for rocking out of the snow was the 3 speed stick on my '66 International Metro (step van). Both reverse and first gear were non-synchromesh (crash box), nothing to keep the shifter from s...
[15:28:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Electric Vehicles are Now Outselling Manual Transmissions in the US - 1149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:28:17] <exec> 08└─I find manual transmissions to be invaluable in the winter, and in the mountains. Downshifting to climb or slow down gives me more control as a driver. I don't know how common the arrangement is that we have in our car, but we have the option for both automatic or manual. It's a Honda Fit Sport with...
[15:28:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Electric Vehicles are Now Outselling Manual Transmissions in the US - 1498 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:28:19] <exec> 08└─They're dead in the "eco" marketplace, which you hadn't mentioned. Prius and strange CVT designs have eaten into the market from one direction, and in the other direction modern manufacturing makes a manual pointless as there's no longer a performance or economy or reliability gain by going manual....
[15:28:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Electric Vehicles are Now Outselling Manual Transmissions in the US - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:28:21] <exec> 08└─Ever heard of someone sliding due to engine braking alone? I haven't.
[15:28:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bill Gates Blames Antitrust Investigation for Failure of Windows Mobile and Rise of Android - 521 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:28:46] <exec> 08└─bzipitidoo admits he always fails hahahaha https://soylentnews.org [soylentnews.org] and what does he do? Complain and play the 'blame game' (even though you know he is lying and doesn't have a job at all). When he is asked to provide pr...
[15:28:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bill Gates Blames Antitrust Investigation for Failure of Windows Mobile and Rise of Android - 581 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:28:47] <exec> 08└─Keep that in mind when you visit most any museum. Carnegie-Melon? They felt guilty for exploiting people in their day, so they got into philanthropy to get right with God or something like that. Not much different from the Pharaoh, who were all real SOB's but wanted to be remembered as some kind of...
[15:28:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bill Gates Blames Antitrust Investigation for Failure of Windows Mobile and Rise of Android - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:28:50] <exec> 08└─How can you have your Windows, if you don't eat the Wall? All in all, you're just another prick with no wall! (I think that's how the lyrics go, let's check with Bill.)
[15:28:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bill Gates Blames Antitrust Investigation for Failure of Windows Mobile and Rise of Android - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:28:52] <exec> 08└─Blame some one else for your own failings.
[15:28:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bill Gates Blames Antitrust Investigation for Failure of Windows Mobile and Rise of Android - 407 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:28:54] <exec> 08└─Huh? I thought the reason people used "smart phones" is because they are so portable. iPhone users, for instance, are pretty locked in. And, Android users aren't much less so. There are really only two choices, choice 1 locks you into one walled garden, choice 2 locks you into another garden with lo...
[15:28:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bill Gates Blames Antitrust Investigation for Failure of Windows Mobile and Rise of Android - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:28:56] <exec> 08└─What are you on the fag wagon about?
[15:28:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bill Gates Blames Antitrust Investigation for Failure of Windows Mobile and Rise of Android - 676 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:28:58] <exec> 08└─Dear fakename welfare sucker liar "bzipitido" I'll answer for him on your simple question: He is laughing at you running from a question on "russia" https://soylentnews.org [soylentnews.org] and your blamegame admitted fail (like your en...
[15:30:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Navy's Secretive and Revolutionary Program to Project False Fleets From Drone Swarms - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:30:39] <exec> 08└─I got a deal on those, while campaigning for Trump. But, they were only willing to sell me a baker's dozen. So many liberal targets, and only 13 shots . . .
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[16:27:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Uber Lost $1.1 Billion Last Quarter, Says Rides Are Profitable (Sort Of) - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:27:16] <exec> 08└─Uber Eats. But Uber's profitability was dragged down by losses in its other businesses—mainly a $316 million loss from Uber Eats.
[16:27:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Spam) 02 - 06Uber Lost $1.1 Billion Last Quarter, Says Rides Are Profitable (Sort Of) - 333 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:27:18] <exec> 08└─Losing? bzipitidoo is EXPERT at losing publicly https://soylentnews.org [soylentnews.org] running from a fair question backed by fact he can't deny like all "his kind" do in addition to lying, sucking welfare ands shooting heroin hiding...
[16:27:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Spam) 02 - 06Uber Lost $1.1 Billion Last Quarter, Says Rides Are Profitable (Sort Of) - 691 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:27:20] <exec> 08└─Dear fakename welfare sucker liar "bzipitidoo": The planet's laughing at you (and your kind) running from a question on "russia" https://soylentnews.org [soylentnews.org] [soylentnews.org] & your blamegame admitted fail (like your entire...
[16:27:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Spam) 02 - 06Uber Lost $1.1 Billion Last Quarter, Says Rides Are Profitable (Sort Of) - 660 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:27:22] <exec> 08└─Dear fakename welfare sucker liar "bzipitidoo": We're laughing @ you & your kind running from a question on "russia" https://soylentnews.org [soylentnews.org] & your blamegame admitted fail (like your entire wasted life bzipitidoo) https...
[16:27:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Spam) 02 - 06Uber Lost $1.1 Billion Last Quarter, Says Rides Are Profitable (Sort Of) - 658 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:27:24] <exec> 08└─Dear fakename welfare sucker liar "bzipitidoo": We're laughing @ you & your kind running from a question on "russia" https://soylentnews.org [soylentnews.org] & your blamegame admitted fail (like your entire wasted life bzipitidoo) https...
[16:27:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Uber Lost $1.1 Billion Last Quarter, Says Rides Are Profitable (Sort Of) - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:27:26] <exec> 08└─Hmmm, crossposting comments that you think deserve recognition or are being ignored? This is a concept that has legs.
[16:27:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Uber Lost $1.1 Billion Last Quarter, Says Rides Are Profitable (Sort Of) - 640 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:27:29] <exec> 08└─Dear fakename welfare sucker liar "bzipitidoo": We're laughing @ you & your kind running from a question on "russia" https://soylentnews.org [soylentnews.org] & your blamegame admitted fail (like your entire wasted life bzipitidoo) https...
[16:27:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Uber Lost $1.1 Billion Last Quarter, Says Rides Are Profitable (Sort Of) - 639 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:27:31] <exec> 08└─Dear fakename welfare sucker liar "bzipitidoo": We're laughing @ you & your kind running from a question on "russia" https://soylentnews.org [soylentnews.org] & your blamegame admitted fail (like your entire wasted life bzipitidoo) https...
[16:27:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Uber Lost $1.1 Billion Last Quarter, Says Rides Are Profitable (Sort Of) - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:27:33] <exec> 08└─“EBITDA” is a standard finance metric not in need of sarcastiquotes that means pretty precisely what they are saying. But, sure, let’s have this tiresome thread again. Whee.
[16:27:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Uber Lost $1.1 Billion Last Quarter, Says Rides Are Profitable (Sort Of) - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:27:35] <exec> 08└─He's not being ignored. Strike 1 for you. The fact you have to try to downmod hide his post where he confronts the multiple sockpuppet fakename bzipitidoo on "russia" and bzipitidoo ran from it proves it. You lose too.
[16:27:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Uber Lost $1.1 Billion Last Quarter, Says Rides Are Profitable (Sort Of) - 17 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:27:37] <exec> 08└─his post where he
[16:27:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Uber Lost $1.1 Billion Last Quarter, Says Rides Are Profitable (Sort Of) - 475 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:27:39] <exec> 08└─There's nothing toxic about making nullos (look that up, it's TRULY you, lol) like YOU run bzipitidoo https://soylentnews.org [soylentnews.org] so tell us about "russia" won't you? Facts always prove braindead failures like you are exact...
[16:27:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Uber Lost $1.1 Billion Last Quarter, Says Rides Are Profitable (Sort Of) - 251 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:27:41] <exec> 08└─No balls nullo (hohohohohoho) why are you running from facts and questions https://soylentnews.org [soylentnews.org] and trying to hide it with multiple sockpuppet account downmoderations?
[16:27:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Uber Lost $1.1 Billion Last Quarter, Says Rides Are Profitable (Sort Of) - 211 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:27:43] <exec> 08└─Speaking of Strike 1, I haven't tossed a downmod in over a year. Considering the usual suspects around here I've been able to resist, some random AC spammy guy ain't gonna be able to make me break my streak :-P
[16:27:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Uber Lost $1.1 Billion Last Quarter, Says Rides Are Profitable (Sort Of) - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:27:46] <exec> 08└─The "losses" are written off. The taxpayers subsidize everything.
[16:28:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Indian Court Orders YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter to Block “Defamatory” Video Worldwide - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:28:01] <exec> 08└─The problem is centralized services and uppity courts. Make it practically impossible for an ISP to be ordered to censor the content, and the problem solves itself.
[16:28:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Indian Court Orders YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter to Block “Defamatory” Video Worldwide - 639 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:28:02] <exec> 08└─Dear fakename welfare sucker liar "bzipitidoo": We're laughing @ you & your kind running from a question on "russia" https://soylentnews.org [soylentnews.org] & your blamegame admitted fail (like your entire wasted life bzipitidoo) https...
[16:28:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Indian Court Orders YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter to Block “Defamatory” Video Worldwide - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:28:04] <exec> 08└─Eric Ciaramella will be delighted.
[16:28:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Electric Vehicles are Now Outselling Manual Transmissions in the US - 484 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:28:39] <exec> 08└─I still climb into automatic vehicles, and stomp a dent in the floorboard where the clutch should have been. I've finally stopped doing it in the Trailblazer, but first time in any truck or truck-like vehicle, I'm on the clutch to start it up. Except, no clutch. Kids just look at me weird when they...
[16:28:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Electric Vehicles are Now Outselling Manual Transmissions in the US - 766 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:28:41] <exec> 08└─Hmm... might that actually help improve the appeal of electric trucks? When your engine has a wide enough power band to not need multiple gears, you eliminate the stick in the best possible way - by removing all the problems that made you want multiple gears in the first place. Of course I could act...
[16:28:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Electric Vehicles are Now Outselling Manual Transmissions in the US - 921 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:28:43] <exec> 08└─IMO, all-weather radials are superior to any snow tire I've ever run. If/when things get too bad for those all-weather treads, it's time to slap on the tire chains, and think about the shortest distance home, or to a motel. I've thought about going to the house while I drove across five or more stat...
[16:28:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Electric Vehicles are Now Outselling Manual Transmissions in the US - 1226 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:28:45] <exec> 08└─All of the above can be damaged, plus axles, differential gears, "U"-joints, CV joints, tires, etc. Also, the PCM (Powertrain Control Module) controls the engine and automatic transmission together for best power, efficiency, stability, emissions, etc. and you lose that control with a manual. I've r...
[16:28:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Electric Vehicles are Now Outselling Manual Transmissions in the US - 653 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:28:47] <exec> 08└─>makes a manual pointless as there's no longer a performance or economy or reliability gain by going manual. There is still a control factor - one of the biggest complaints I've heard about automatic transmissions is that they tend to shift at inopportune moments. And as any race car driver knows, y...
[16:28:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Electric Vehicles are Now Outselling Manual Transmissions in the US - 1149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:28:49] <exec> 08└─As I mentioned above, I've always manually shifted automatics to some extent. Mostly to prevent unnecessary shifting- I know when I'm going to accelerate more, or when traffic is slowing ahead, and there's no reason for it to drop into 3, then back to 2 and 1. It's done with planning, thought, and c...
[16:28:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Electric Vehicles are Now Outselling Manual Transmissions in the US - 326 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:28:51] <exec> 08└─I meant to add: careful thoughtful manual shifting can prevent much unnecessary shifting, the resulting wear and tear, and metal particles that just accelerate the wear and clog solenoid valves. And no, filters don't trap all of the particles unfortunately. The "stuff" you'll find on a pan magnet is...
[16:28:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Electric Vehicles are Now Outselling Manual Transmissions in the US - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:28:54] <exec> 08└─But, as you point out, that is the case in the US. In Europe, it is a very different picture: In Europe and Japan, for example, more than 80 percent of cars sold have manual transmissions.
[16:28:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03inertnet [4071] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Electric Vehicles are Now Outselling Manual Transmissions in the US - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:28:56] <exec> 08└─In response to your interesting thought, theoretically it shouldn't be too hard to add such a clutch pedal to an existing dual-clutch transmission (DCT).
[16:28:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Electric Vehicles are Now Outselling Manual Transmissions in the US - 477 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:28:58] <exec> 08└─Still one of the finest theft-prevention technologies available. Hungus the Fungus on the Face of Humanity breaks into vehicle, looks at unfamiliar "stick" shift, and goes elsewhere. Cost: minor damage. Way better than losing the whole thing. Also, there are things, productive and useful things, tha...
[16:29:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bill Gates Blames Antitrust Investigation for Failure of Windows Mobile and Rise of Android - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:29:31] <exec> 08└─So - how many "spam" moderations do you think it will take to block your IP address?
[16:29:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bill Gates Blames Antitrust Investigation for Failure of Windows Mobile and Rise of Android - 945 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:29:33] <exec> 08└─bzipitidoo admits he always fails hahahaha https://soylentnews.org [soylentnews.org] & what does he do? Complain playing a 'blame game', as does all his waste of life kind, when THEY are @ fault from their defective birth, hehehe (even t...
[16:30:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Robot Dog Pack Fall Frolick - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:30:52] <exec> 08└─I want one that can transform into various things like a jet sled, submarine, jetpack, cybernetic arms like Jax from MK, spring-loaded platform on its back, etc.
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[17:27:42] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03janrinok [52] 02 - 06Indian Court Orders YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter to Block “Defamatory” Video Worldwide - 516 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:27:42] <exec> 08└─I'll remember that the next time the USA starts telling others how they must behave - their laws don't apply in any other country. So Assange is not eligible for extradition to the US; he hasn't broken any US law because he has never even visited there. And the alleged crimes that Dot Com committed...
[17:27:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Indian Court Orders YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter to Block “Defamatory” Video Worldwide - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:27:49] <exec> 08└─Or maybe they will wait to see how the Chinese courts rule.
[17:27:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Indian Court Orders YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter to Block “Defamatory” Video Worldwide - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:27:51] <exec> 08└─Eric Ciaramella [twitter.com] is also unavailable.
[17:27:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmichaelhudsondotnet [8122] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Indian Court Orders YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter to Block “Defamatory” Video Worldwide - 300 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:27:54] <exec> 08└─'I want to make this fact to stop existing by my global command.' - weakminded people who have no business in government or leadership positions. Also, lol, that is not how any of this here internet thing works. btw what was the idea they want to globally erase? This should be in the description....
[17:28:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Electric Vehicles are Now Outselling Manual Transmissions in the US - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:28:38] <exec> 08└─And also a lot better if you get stuck in the mud.
[17:28:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Electric Vehicles are Now Outselling Manual Transmissions in the US - 212 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:28:39] <exec> 08└─That's why there are aftermarket parts makers. For the car makers, it's not worth it to produce stick shift trannies but for a manufacturer that makes niche parts as a business model, it's another story entirely.
[17:28:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Electric Vehicles are Now Outselling Manual Transmissions in the US - 257 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:28:42] <exec> 08└─You can also just not give a damn if the vehicle in front of you moves less than a car length. You're not going to get there any faster by covering that distance now as opposed to later and nobody can cut in front of you if there's not room for them to fit.
[17:28:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Electric Vehicles are Now Outselling Manual Transmissions in the US - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:28:44] <exec> 08└─Of course automatic teleportation is easier that teleporting manually.
[17:29:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Spam) 02 - 06Bill Gates Blames Antitrust Investigation for Failure of Windows Mobile and Rise of Android - 382 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:29:18] <exec> 08└─Like nullo bzipitidoo does? He was asked a fair question, repeatedly ran from it and downmoderated it to hide it several dozen times already https://soylentnews.org [soylentnews.org] and also complains about a FAILED PROJECT (his life, n...
[17:29:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bill Gates Blames Antitrust Investigation for Failure of Windows Mobile and Rise of Android - 367 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:29:19] <exec> 08└─Doesn't run native Windows apps. Doesn't run exe's downloaded from the net. Doesn't have an app store. Can't wipe the drive for Linux because it's embedded in ROM. It's secure from most viruses but other than that another piece of shit from M$. I still have my Jornada 820 WinCE but can't even browse...
[17:29:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bill Gates Blames Antitrust Investigation for Failure of Windows Mobile and Rise of Android - 1030 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:29:21] <exec> 08└─There is this thing in econ where the total tax revenue collected tends to stay the same regardless of how you scale the tax system. The market adjusts on its own to the same total recovered taxes, at the expense of GDP if it isn't handled correctly. There are factors related to market transparency...
[17:29:50] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] 02 - 06Vaping Illnesses Associated With Vitamin E Acetate - 61 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:29:50] <exec> 08└─But that won't poke holes in the narratives of Big Tobacco...
[17:29:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Vaping Illnesses Associated With Vitamin E Acetate - 517 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:29:59] <exec> 08└─Which is why we need to legalize all psychoactive substances to ensure the safety of products on the market. Having a large black market for these substances seriously increases the risks of injury or death. Not just WRT vaping THC, but also black market opiods, fake "Molly" and others. Just as we'v...
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[18:27:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03DavePolaschek [6129] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06On the Road to Recovery after a Minor Stroke - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:27:17] <exec> 08└─Glad to hear you’re okay-ish. Thanks to everyone who stepped up along the way, too!
[18:27:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06On the Road to Recovery after a Minor Stroke - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:27:19] <exec> 08└─I hope your recovery is swift and complete. Your contributions to SN, both as an editor and community member are appreciated (at least by me).
[18:27:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 1) 02 - 06On the Road to Recovery after a Minor Stroke - 15 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:27:21] <exec> 08└─+1 Monty Python
[18:27:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 1) 02 - 06On the Road to Recovery after a Minor Stroke - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:27:23] <exec> 08└─...for as full and speedy a recovery as possible.
[18:27:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Coward, Anonymous [7017] (Score: 2) 02 - 06On the Road to Recovery after a Minor Stroke - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:27:26] <exec> 08└─Another meta post had me worried that, heaven forbid, another journal post got lost. But it was just a stroke! Be well.
[18:27:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06On the Road to Recovery after a Minor Stroke - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:27:28] <exec> 08└─All Hale to martyb!
[18:27:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06On the Road to Recovery after a Minor Stroke - 397 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:27:30] <exec> 08└─martyb, thanks for everything, we hope to see you around as you recuperate and hope you will convey any wisdom you learn along the way. I've known a number of people who have had minor to major strokes, and since we haven't yet figured out how to repair all the damage, insights on the road to recove...
[18:27:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06On the Road to Recovery after a Minor Stroke - 815 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:27:32] <exec> 08└─martyb, glad to hear you made it through all right. Heart disease is the #1 killer in the USA, so I feel for you. Sadly, if you don't change your lifestyle the next heart attack/stroke might be worse. I've been persuaded over to a plant based whole foods (vegan) diet due to the overwhelming body of...
[18:27:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Uber Lost $1.1 Billion Last Quarter, Says Rides Are Profitable (Sort Of) - 346 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:27:56] <exec> 08└─Maybe they are gouging, and that's why they're losing money. If you price yourself above what the market is willing to bear then you lose money because people will use alternatives instead of your products/services. If your customers can't see the value you're supposed to be adding with your high pr...
[18:27:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Uber Lost $1.1 Billion Last Quarter, Says Rides Are Profitable (Sort Of) - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:27:57] <exec> 08└─Or maybe the taxi system wasn't crazy: 1) Business was able to make a profit. 2) Workers were able to make a living wage. It seems Uber has it out for BOTH business AND labor.
[18:27:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03GlennC [3656] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Uber Lost $1.1 Billion Last Quarter, Says Rides Are Profitable (Sort Of) - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:27:59] <exec> 08└─For the drivers....well, nobody seems to care, they're just peasants.
[18:28:12] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] 02 - 06Indian Court Orders YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter to Block “Defamatory” Video Worldwide - 133 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:28:12] <exec> 08└─Indian judges suck donkey dick. European courts can kiss my ass. If they have a problem with those comments, they can fuck right off.
[18:28:13] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] 02 - 06Indian Court Orders YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter to Block “Defamatory” Video Worldwide - 234 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:28:13] <exec> 08└─That works for me. Assange should not be extradited to the US. He should not even be held in Britain. Australians should feel ashamed that their special forces did not extract one of their fellow citizens who was being illegally held.
[18:29:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Electric Vehicles are Now Outselling Manual Transmissions in the US - 1231 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:29:10] <exec> 08└─The problem with electric trucks is that they are expected to operate far from the major urban centers where it's possible to recharge, so range becomes a problem again. Especially if you're towing. Semi-automatic transmissions are garbage. The "only shifts when you tell it to" is not at all how the...
[18:29:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Electric Vehicles are Now Outselling Manual Transmissions in the US - 225 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:29:11] <exec> 08└─That's a good point, manual does force you to keep track of what gear you're actually in. You could do so in an automatic but that's a matter of discipline rather than necessity... which means almost nobody is going to do it.
[18:29:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Electric Vehicles are Now Outselling Manual Transmissions in the US - 313 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:29:13] <exec> 08└─As for range - do you often drive several hundred miles in a day? Because you don't have to go to urban areas to recharge - one of the nice things about rural areas is that it's easy to run an extension cord out to your vehicle and recharge overnight. Don't even need to drive in to town to go to the...
[18:29:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Electric Vehicles are Now Outselling Manual Transmissions in the US - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:29:15] <exec> 08└─You are not alone [soylentnews.org].
[18:29:37] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Bill Gates Blames Antitrust Investigation for Failure of Windows Mobile and Rise of Android - 957 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:29:37] <exec> 08└─Microsoft had early adopters. They tried Microsoft PocketPC in 2000. Then they tried Windows Mobile 2003. Then Windows Mobile 5. Then Windows Mobile 6. Then Windows Phone 7. Then Windows Phone 8. Then Windows Phone 10. Each time, Microsoft announced something, sold it, and then dumped it and releas...
[18:29:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Bill Gates Blames Antitrust Investigation for Failure of Windows Mobile and Rise of Android - 283 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:29:53] <exec> 08└─As a result of Android not coming into existence, Apple is allowed to complete its heavy water experiments and this enables them to be first in developing a smartphone without serious competition. This, together with switching to Intel processors, enables Apple to capture the world.
[18:30:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0, Disagree) 02 - 06Vaping Illnesses Associated With Vitamin E Acetate - 180 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:30:33] <exec> 08└─No, it isn't. This is just the cdc reclassifying unexplained pneumonia as vaping illness. Probably some political or financial notice behind it, but not could just be incompetence.
[18:30:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Vaping Illnesses Associated With Vitamin E Acetate - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:30:34] <exec> 08└─Twin autocorrect.. Lol, fuckin got turned into twin.
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[19:27:24] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DavePolaschek [6129] 02 - 06On the Road to Recovery after a Minor Stroke - 85 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:27:24] <exec> 08└─Glad to hear you’re okay-ish. Thanks to everyone who stepped up along the way, too!
[19:27:25] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03NotSanguine [285] 02 - 06On the Road to Recovery after a Minor Stroke - 142 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:27:25] <exec> 08└─I hope your recovery is swift and complete. Your contributions to SN, both as an editor and community member are appreciated (at least by me).
[19:27:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 1) 02 - 06On the Road to Recovery after a Minor Stroke - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:27:33] <exec> 08└─Glad you're still around, take care of yourself.
[19:27:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06On the Road to Recovery after a Minor Stroke - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:27:35] <exec> 08└─we're rooting for your continued wellbeing!
[19:28:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03saturnalia0 [6571] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Uber Lost $1.1 Billion Last Quarter, Says Rides Are Profitable (Sort Of) - 463 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:28:01] <exec> 08└─I don't know how it is in the US, but here in Brazil Uber came in just when the worst recession in the country's history hit the hardest. It meant (and still means) a lot of jobs to people who would otherwise be unemployed. To consumers it was great too, even at a time of economic distress, as the r...
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[19:28:23] <exec> 08└─USA-Tube.com
[19:28:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Indian Court Orders YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter to Block “Defamatory” Video Worldwide - 217 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:28:24] <exec> 08└─If you have no business presence there, they have no authority over you. But they do have authority over the local ISPs. Also, you'd best be sure you're never on an airplane that gets redirected to land on their turf.
[19:28:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Indian Court Orders YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter to Block “Defamatory” Video Worldwide - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:28:27] <exec> 08└─Australians should feel ashamed that their special forces did not extract one of their fellow citizens who was being illegally held.
[19:29:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03theluggage [1797] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Electric Vehicles are Now Outselling Manual Transmissions in the US - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:29:19] <exec> 08└─Farmers worldwide laugh themselves sick.
[19:29:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Electric Vehicles are Now Outselling Manual Transmissions in the US - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:29:21] <exec> 08└─It is for BABIES https://m.youtube.com [youtube.com]
[19:29:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03dry [223] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Electric Vehicles are Now Outselling Manual Transmissions in the US - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:29:23] <exec> 08└─OTOH, a manual is a good theft preventive as the thieves seldom know how to use it.
[19:29:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Electric Vehicles are Now Outselling Manual Transmissions in the US - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:29:25] <exec> 08└─Are u kidding? What would Hollywood do without manual transmission! https://m.youtube.com [youtube.com]
[19:29:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Electric Vehicles are Now Outselling Manual Transmissions in the US - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:29:27] <exec> 08└─manual transmission Honda Civic Hybrid.
[19:29:36] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03aristarchus [2645] 02 - 06Bill Gates Blames Antitrust Investigation for Failure of Windows Mobile and Rise of Android - 148 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:29:37] <exec> 08└─Ha, ha! Ha, ha ha! Multiple ha, has! If only we had not been criminals, we could have been a contender! Ha, HA, HA HA AHA, Ha!! Too funny! Zune!!!!
[19:30:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03stormwyrm [717] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bill Gates Blames Antitrust Investigation for Failure of Windows Mobile and Rise of Android - 1135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:30:06] <exec> 08└─Sorry, Bill, it wasn't antitrust that killed MS's efforts at mobile. It was your company's lack of vision. Microsoft was working on mobile computing long before Google even existed, but all their efforts in mobile were meh. Somehow they couldn't even manage to play catch-up to Apple when it was look...
[19:30:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bill Gates Blames Antitrust Investigation for Failure of Windows Mobile and Rise of Android - 178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:30:07] <exec> 08└─You only have to be in with the right sky-daddy. My god doesn't care about small details such as how much money I give away or what day of the week I rest or even how I have sex.
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[20:27:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Paris Agreement: The Shifting Landscape Of CO2 Reduction - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:27:20] <exec> 08└─If the source can be trusted: a recent viewpoint article published in Environmental Science & Technology.
[20:27:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Paris Agreement: The Shifting Landscape Of CO2 Reduction - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:27:21] <exec> 08└─If the source can be trusted
[20:27:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03ilPapa [2366] (Score: 2) 02 - 06On the Road to Recovery after a Minor Stroke - 198 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:27:39] <exec> 08└─I wish you the best. I do a lot of work with stroke patients (usually minor strokes) and I've seen them almost always gain back function in the affected areas. It takes time and patience. Good luck.
[20:27:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06On the Road to Recovery after a Minor Stroke - 717 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:27:41] <exec> 08└─Good luck with your recovery, and may the stent do its job well for you. You know better than anyone the true impact of this on you. Stroke is a scary-scary word, I had a case of jellyfish toxin overload that sort of presented like a stroke for a few minutes, I happened to know a neurologist and man...
[20:28:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheReaperD [5556] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Uber Lost $1.1 Billion Last Quarter, Says Rides Are Profitable (Sort Of) - 808 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:28:09] <exec> 08└─Taxis are a racket in the US. Only certain, often politically connected people were allowed to own the rights to run a cab (it's not the driver, that's some schmuck they conned into driving it for pennies on the dollar), called a medallion. There's a limited number of them, regulated by the city gov...
[20:28:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Indian Court Orders YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter to Block “Defamatory” Video Worldwide - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:28:34] <exec> 08└─Here's a novel idea: introduce US-based international companies to international TLDs.
[20:28:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Indian Court Orders YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter to Block “Defamatory” Video Worldwide - 736 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:28:36] <exec> 08└─This is conflation of different things. International extradition treaties (Kim .Com, Assange) are mutual agreements between the respective governments and have the force of law. In effect extradition IS complying with local law. Breaking a country's laws in no way requires physical presence in t...
[20:28:44] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] 02 - 06Electric Vehicles are Now Outselling Manual Transmissions in the US - 90 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:28:45] <exec> 08└─Even roller skates and bicycles have been outselling stick shifts in the US for decades...
[20:29:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Electric Vehicles are Now Outselling Manual Transmissions in the US - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:29:35] <exec> 08└─they tend to shift at inopportune moments
[20:30:01] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] 02 - 06Bill Gates Blames Antitrust Investigation for Failure of Windows Mobile and Rise of Android - 581 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:30:01] <exec> 08└─Keep that in mind when you visit most any museum. Carnegie-Melon? They felt guilty for exploiting people in their day, so they got into philanthropy to get right with God or something like that. Not much different from the Pharaoh, who were all real SOB's but wanted to be remembered as some kind of...
[20:30:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bill Gates Blames Antitrust Investigation for Failure of Windows Mobile and Rise of Android - 1150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:30:16] <exec> 08└─I think SomeGuy is in error with his comment about lock-in; you're right, both iOS and Android users are locked-in to some degree, and don't seem to mind. I think he's right, however, about the complexity bit. Phones are generally simple to operate. They don't need regular virus updates and reboots....
[20:31:12] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] 02 - 06Bye Box: How Streaming Could Kill The Games Console - 703 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:31:12] <exec> 08└─About the time when WoW was blowing up big and people were having their evenings and weekends sucked away, I jumped off the online games train. I pick up old consoles for a song and rummage through the used games bins for big titles under $5. Paying one, discrete, low price makes a lot more sense fo...
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[21:27:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 4, Touché) 02 - 06Paris Agreement: The Shifting Landscape Of CO2 Reduction - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:27:27] <exec> 08└─clear and accurate reporting of what our CO2 emissions profile
[21:27:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Paris Agreement: The Shifting Landscape Of CO2 Reduction - 278 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:27:28] <exec> 08└─On the other hand, it shows we can do good things without having arbitrary, politically motivated policy shoved down our throats. If nothing else, public relations can be used to shame us into it, which is also good. We're looking for results here, not pearl clutching bullshit.
[21:27:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Shire [5824] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Paris Agreement: The Shifting Landscape Of CO2 Reduction - 187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:27:30] <exec> 08└─We just saved $2.5 trillion. Not bad for doing nothing we weren't already doing. Pretty disappointing for the folks who were going to take that $2.5 trillion from the US though I suppose.
[21:27:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Paris Agreement: The Shifting Landscape Of CO2 Reduction - 1317 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:27:33] <exec> 08└─There is also technology. I see two possibilities: 1) Effective CO2 scrubbing is impossible. 2) Effective CO2 scrubbing is possible and will be developed in the foreseeable future. 3) Effective CO2 scrubbing is possible, but will not be developed in the foreseeable future. We can discard #1 since we...
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[21:27:52] <exec> 08└─We enjoy your contribution to this website and look forward to your continued participation at the earliest. Get well soon ... Best wishes for a speedy recovery.
[21:27:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Tork [3914] (Score: 2) 02 - 06On the Road to Recovery after a Minor Stroke - 258 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:27:54] <exec> 08└─martyb Welcome back, man! While I very much appreciate the community stepping in, they are awesome -- that's why I keep lurking, the biggest thing for me is knowing you're progressing well on your way to recovery. Lots of well wishes to you and your family!
[21:28:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03stormreaver [5101] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Indian Court Orders YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter to Block “Defamatory” Video Worldwide - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:28:49] <exec> 08└─...you have to be prepared to take your ball home....
[21:30:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nuke [3162] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bill Gates Blames Antitrust Investigation for Failure of Windows Mobile and Rise of Android - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:30:29] <exec> 08└─.... instead of using Android today you would be using Windows Mobile," Gates claimed
[21:31:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Vaping Illnesses Associated With Vitamin E Acetate - 337 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:31:10] <exec> 08└─My brother occasionally vapes. At one time he did it more regularly and it did cause him difficulty breathing so he slowed down. He's pretty sure it was from the vaping. I'm pretty sure nothing of his was ever bought from the black market but I wouldn't know if it contains Vitamin E Acetate. I may a...
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[21:32:51] <exec> 08└─I think if anything the past decade has shown, it's that any potential backdoor will, sooner or later, be exploited. Building systems with potentially severe security vulnerabilities, let alone in the name of security, is just not a good idea. Although even before the exploits become mainstream and...
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[22:27:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Booga1 [6333] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Could the World Cope If GPS Stopped Working? - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:27:20] <exec> 08└─Does it? https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org]
[22:27:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Could the World Cope If GPS Stopped Working? - 738 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:27:21] <exec> 08└─Most of the effects they describe are at worst temporary, until people re-learn how to do such things without GPS (and face it, most of the routes you drive are routes you drive regularly anyway, so at any time, most people won't look at maps or slow down for signs). And taxi companies did very well...
[22:27:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Could the World Cope If GPS Stopped Working? - 333 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:27:23] <exec> 08└─I could at least. As far as my phone knows, it's always at home. I don't have anything against using a map app as a map but I'm not interested in turn-by-turn, GPS-assited navigation nonsense. But then I started driving back when you had to either be able to navigate all on your own or cut off your...
[22:27:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Paris Agreement: The Shifting Landscape Of CO2 Reduction - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:27:36] <exec> 08└─Don't worry, Al Gore is working in Plan B.
[22:27:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Coward, Anonymous [7017] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Paris Agreement: The Shifting Landscape Of CO2 Reduction - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:27:38] <exec> 08└─said Jeffrey Anderson, lead author of the paper and Ph.D. candidate
[22:27:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Paris Agreement: The Shifting Landscape Of CO2 Reduction - 155 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:27:40] <exec> 08└─No amount of preaching "weather isn't climate" can warm hearts, and extremities, of freezing listeners, and instinct for self-preservation is a strong one.
[22:28:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06On the Road to Recovery after a Minor Stroke - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:28:01] <exec> 08└─All the usual platitudes -- except meaningfully said.
[22:28:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Coward, Anonymous [7017] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Uber Lost $1.1 Billion Last Quarter, Says Rides Are Profitable (Sort Of) - 245 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:28:30] <exec> 08└─Barrier to entry for competitors does not seem very high. They just need an app and some marketing. What secret sauce does Uber have that will let them make a lot of money? Amazon could easily roll out this kind of business if it was worthwhile.
[22:28:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Uber Lost $1.1 Billion Last Quarter, Says Rides Are Profitable (Sort Of) - 233 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:28:31] <exec> 08└─(A)... called a medallion... (B)it's not the driver, that's some schmuck they conned into driving it for pennies on the dollar ... [Medallions] had been used as a guaranteed profit center by the political elite until Uber came along.
[22:29:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Indian Court Orders YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter to Block “Defamatory” Video Worldwide - 184 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:29:00] <exec> 08└─And any human on the planet has to know all the laws of all the countries in existence and comply with them. Ignorance is not an excuse as well as mutually exclusive laws. Yeah, right.
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[22:29:59] <exec> 08└─The easy solution to that is a CVT. I had manuals exclusively up until my current vehicle, as I grew up and learned to drive in the mountains. Now I've got a hybrid with a CVT, and I love the smooth acceleration (and not having to shift in city traffic). Unfortunately, I seem to be in a minority in...
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[23:27:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Could the World Cope If GPS Stopped Working? - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:27:25] <exec> 08└─U.S. Navy Brings Back Celestial Navigation Over GPS Fears [soylentnews.org] A destroyer collision every hour.
[23:27:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 2, Funny) 02 - 06Could the World Cope If GPS Stopped Working? - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:27:27] <exec> 08└─A destroyer collision every hour. The stealth paint is working like a charm
[23:27:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mojibake Tengu [8598] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Could the World Cope If GPS Stopped Working? - 233 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:27:29] <exec> 08└─Just switch to GLONASS, would you? Both Samsung and Huawei support that in most of their devices. Oh, and a story: Lost tourist finds fame after Iceland GPS mishap https://www.bbc.com [bbc.com]
[23:27:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Could the World Cope If GPS Stopped Working? - 586 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:27:31] <exec> 08└─I remember dead reckoning my way around the city. Not always the most efficient, but you generally got where you were going. On the roads, most folks would be fine doing their day to day stuff. Younger ones would spend some time getting lost as they developed some basic navigational skills (an...
[23:27:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03WizardFusion [498] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Could the World Cope If GPS Stopped Working? - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:27:33] <exec> 08└─A lot of the farming will stop working. The tractors use GPS to get around the large fields and perform their tasks efficiently.
[23:27:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Could the World Cope If GPS Stopped Working? - 530 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:27:36] <exec> 08└─It is nice that there are phones that support multiple positioning satellite constellations. But a scenario that knocks out GPS could also knock out GLONASS, Galileo, BeiDou, et al. I'm sure the U.S. is at the forefront of anti-satellite warfare, what with the USAF's little X-37B jaunts. Of course,...
[23:27:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Could the World Cope If GPS Stopped Working? - 815 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:27:38] <exec> 08└─There is one other time honored method too: Smell. McDonald's has a rather distinct flavor in the air, especially during morning hours when sausage egg McMuffins are emerging into existence like the great blessings they are. A trained nasal navigator can easily tell the difference between Del Taco,...
[23:27:45] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] 02 - 06Paris Agreement: The Shifting Landscape Of CO2 Reduction - 105 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:27:46] <exec> 08└─If the source can be trusted: a recent viewpoint article published in Environmental Science & Technology.
[23:27:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Paris Agreement: The Shifting Landscape Of CO2 Reduction - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:27:56] <exec> 08└─More economic profit->more efficiency->more ecological.
[23:27:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Paris Agreement: The Shifting Landscape Of CO2 Reduction - 275 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:27:58] <exec> 08└─But, if you're a CO2 emitter looking to push talking points with spin favorable to your industry to the press... who better than Mumble Mc Something Ph.D. something to lend sufficient legitimacy to the story to get it distributed as soundbites on all the sympathetic outlets?
[23:28:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Paris Agreement: The Shifting Landscape Of CO2 Reduction - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:28:00] <exec> 08└─On the other hand, it shows we can do good things
[23:28:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Paris Agreement: The Shifting Landscape Of CO2 Reduction - 158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:28:03] <exec> 08└─we already use effective CO2 scrubbing in a whole array of avenues, such as making sure the astronauts on the ISS don't kill themselves with their own exhaust
[23:28:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03RedGreen [888] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06On the Road to Recovery after a Minor Stroke - 498 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:28:25] <exec> 08└─On the 19th of this month two years ago those lovely stents and the wonderful people who made sure I got them saved my life. Hopefully it continues to work you as well for you as it has for me with them wonderful little things. The best part with my heart procedure is you get to see it in real time,...
[23:28:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06On the Road to Recovery after a Minor Stroke - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:28:26] <exec> 08└─Thanks for everything you do around here martyb! Prayers for you and your family.
[23:29:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Indian Court Orders YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter to Block “Defamatory” Video Worldwide - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:29:25] <exec> 08└─I'll remember that the next time the USA starts telling others how they must behave
[23:29:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Joe Desertrat [2454] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Indian Court Orders YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter to Block “Defamatory” Video Worldwide - 302 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:29:26] <exec> 08└─In this case Indian courts are taking a company with Indian operations and telling it what it can or can not do elsewhere. No international treaties involved (actually there probably are, who knows.) It sucks, but they can do it if you want to have Indian operations or protect Indian assets or marke...
[23:29:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Indian Court Orders YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter to Block “Defamatory” Video Worldwide - 340 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:29:29] <exec> 08└─USA's laws apply anywhere they have power, military, economic, or political. > Unfortunately, the US started this idea that one country's laws should be applicable in other countries. How cute. In case you weren't aware, the only thing that matters is who has power. Everything else is either a facad...
[23:30:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03opinionated_science [4031] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Electric Vehicles are Now Outselling Manual Transmissions in the US - 372 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:30:28] <exec> 08└─I think like most folks who bought a car in the last $DECADE , I will never buy another gasoline car again. Now, does that mean I'll buy an electric? \ Probably not. Technology is changing fast enough I'll bet that in the *next* decade (assuming I make it!) will be sufficiently different to not requ...
[23:30:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Electric Vehicles are Now Outselling Manual Transmissions in the US - 445 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:30:29] <exec> 08└─Every automatic I've seen has support for manual 1-2-3 gear precisely for this use case (and it's not like you couldn't do it fully automatically, like TCS, it's just not worth the cost). https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] Manual transmission is strictly inferior f...
[23:31:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03jasassin [3566] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bill Gates Blames Antitrust Investigation for Failure of Windows Mobile and Rise of Android - 167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:31:13] <exec> 08└─The poor man (or woman) who gives a sandwich to a hungry guy is far more praiseworthy than some asshole giving away money that he can't possibly spend in his lifetime.
[23:31:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bill Gates Blames Antitrust Investigation for Failure of Windows Mobile and Rise of Android - 399 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:31:14] <exec> 08└─So it had nothing to do with Android being better designed or Google giving it away for free? Nothing to do with MS dropping the ball over and over? It was all to do with the "antitrust" farce that MS basically bought itself out of and kept on going same old same old... WHAT A DOUCHE. He was a douch...
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