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[00:27:19] <exec> 08└─Great White Apes? The ones from the Original Series Star Trek episode [wikipedia.org], or the ones from "The Time Machine" [wikipedia.org]?
[00:27:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03barbara hudson [6443] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Jersey Claims Uber Owes $650 Million in Taxes and Fees; Drivers are Employees, Not Contractors - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:27:30] <exec> 08└─These might be "owed" in a legal sense
[00:27:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Captival [6866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Jersey Claims Uber Owes $650 Million in Taxes and Fees; Drivers are Employees, Not Contractors - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:27:32] <exec> 08└─Hmmm, I'm a greedy entrenched city bureaucrat. If I arbitrarily declare A, I get 650 million dollars. If I declare B, I get nothing. What do you know!?!? It turned out to be A!
[00:27:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Star Ejected from Milky Way's 'Heart of Darkness' Reaches Mind-Blowing Speed - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:27:54] <exec> 08└─She booted me out of her sphere ASAP soon as I fucked up (yeah, not gonna sugar coat it. I fucked up. But still, after20 years, one would think...)
[00:27:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Star Ejected from Milky Way's 'Heart of Darkness' Reaches Mind-Blowing Speed - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:27:56] <exec> 08└─See the original submission, per usual.
[00:29:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Captival [6866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Stadia will be Missing Many Features for Monday's Launch - 238 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:29:42] <exec> 08└─Raspberry Pi is $20 for a cheap one or $50 for a better one. For $200 you can get a barebones new PC or a fairly decent used one. The graphics card will be 2 generations old, but that's really the only downside if you're not a power user.
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[01:27:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Moscow-Contacted Rebels Charged with Downing MH17: Investigators - 529 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:27:11] <exec> 08└─"Rebels" my ass. These weren't pro-russian "rebels". They were full-fledge russian soldiers, entering Ukraine across the russian border, riding and carrying russian military vehicules, equipement and weaponry. Give us a fucking break. It's one thing to parrot the "official" state-sanctionned communi...
[01:27:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Prehistoric Ape From Germany Was a Pioneer of Two-Legged Walking - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:27:21] <exec> 08└─Gehenvergnügen, not to be confused with fahrvergnügen.
[01:27:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Prehistoric Ape From Germany Was a Pioneer of Two-Legged Walking - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:27:23] <exec> 08└─"fahrvergnügen" - german word for propelling forward by farting backward. AKA - conservation of momentum. I despise krauts.
[01:27:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Prehistoric Ape From Germany Was a Pioneer of Two-Legged Walking - 257 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:27:25] <exec> 08└─Our ancestors were devloping interesting characteristics and spreading around the globe long before they were remotely human? How could that be? Next they'll be telling us that we incorporated mitochondria into our cellular metabolisms before we were human!
[01:27:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Jersey Claims Uber Owes $650 Million in Taxes and Fees; Drivers are Employees, Not Contractors - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:27:38] <exec> 08└─You really are a greedy selfish bureaucrat, let me fix that for you: If I arbitrarily declare A, the state gets 650 million dollars. If I declare B, the state gets nothing.
[01:27:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Jersey Claims Uber Owes $650 Million in Taxes and Fees; Drivers are Employees, Not Contractors - 831 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:27:39] <exec> 08└─Why would B be paying taxes for you? C pays you - they're your employer, and they pay taxes for you. Those cost of those taxes will obviously be passed on to B, but B is not your employer. They don't pay *you* anything, so why would they be on the hook to pay for your taxes? Really, you've just desc...
[01:30:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06.ORG TLD Sold to Investment Firm Ethos Capital - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:30:34] <exec> 08└─I work for this here for-profit (PBC) corporation and make not a damn thing except having a fun site to argue, troll, and make stupid jokes on. Guess it all just depends on the specific company.
[01:30:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06.ORG TLD Sold to Investment Firm Ethos Capital - 668 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:30:36] <exec> 08└─ICANN had nothing to do with the decision. That kind of thing can happen when you decide to spin ownership and administration of a TLD off to an independent organization. Which is why SN only ever (and likely will only ever) issued shares to the two people who had a bunch of their own money in its c...
[01:30:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06.ORG TLD Sold to Investment Firm Ethos Capital - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:30:38] <exec> 08└─Domains don't have to be renewed, you own yours forever.
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[02:27:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Prehistoric Ape From Germany Was a Pioneer of Two-Legged Walking - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:27:21] <exec> 08└─Now that you mention it, he does bear a striking resemblance to Broom-Hilda. That does explain the witch-hunt thing.
[02:27:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Prehistoric Ape From Germany Was a Pioneer of Two-Legged Walking - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:27:22] <exec> 08└─Wait... Didn't Hitler say that?
[02:27:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Jersey Claims Uber Owes $650 Million in Taxes and Fees; Drivers are Employees, Not Contractors - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:27:38] <exec> 08└─Which is exactly what's happening with Uber. Passengers pay for you to give them a ride - but they don't pay *you*, and so they are not your employer, Uber is.
[02:30:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Now a Senator is Investigating the Sexist Apple Card Interest Rate Debacle - 509 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:30:01] <exec> 08└─Exactly this. What you have counts for very little on the credit score. You could be living at home with your parents for free and hold a job for years and have tons of money in the bank. It counts for *nothing* if you don't take on debt. This is the "stupid" game - and if you're excellent with mone...
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[03:27:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06Google Fixes White Screen Problem in Chrome, Admins Furious - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:27:13] <exec> 08└─Interesting to see that in 2019, M$ still doesn't have proper user separation.
[03:27:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Fixes White Screen Problem in Chrome, Admins Furious - 375 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:27:15] <exec> 08└─For approximately 5 months, Google has been experimenting with a feature called WebContent Occlusion that hides the content of not-visible tabs so that they use less resources and cause less battery drain. [...] When WebContent Occlusion is enabled, Chrome will detect when a tab is not being used an...
[03:27:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Fixes White Screen Problem in Chrome, Admins Furious - 195 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:27:17] <exec> 08└─So, how do you like your rapid update cycle and forced upgrades now? Remember, you ARE the beta testers. I'm honestly surprised that Google didn't just decide to drop support for Terminal Server.
[03:27:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Fixes White Screen Problem in Chrome, Admins Furious - 183 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:27:19] <exec> 08└─Enterprise admins are furious that Google has the ability to quietly enable features in their environment without even a heads up and provide no way for admins to block these changes.
[03:27:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Prehistoric Ape From Germany Was a Pioneer of Two-Legged Walking - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:27:42] <exec> 08└─Came to see the find willfully misrepresented by a white supremacist. Bitter satisfaction, alas.
[03:27:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Jersey Claims Uber Owes $650 Million in Taxes and Fees; Drivers are Employees, Not Contractors - 391 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:27:58] <exec> 08└─They're screwed then. If New Jersey does get Uber to cough up that much money, what's going to happen everywhere else? A politicians point of view: 1) popular legislation apparently 2) pro-progressive pro-labor optics 3) 650 fucking million dollars 4) 650 fucking million dollars 5) 650 fucking milli...
[03:27:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Jersey Claims Uber Owes $650 Million in Taxes and Fees; Drivers are Employees, Not Contractors - 891 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:28:00] <exec> 08└─I think that's the key, edIII. As a contractor, I could always decide for myself exactly what to charge, for each and every job. That price is negotiated with the customer. If some third party decides for me what the price will be, then I'm no longer an independent contractor. I think that maybe Ube...
[03:28:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06New Jersey Claims Uber Owes $650 Million in Taxes and Fees; Drivers are Employees, Not Contractors - 1560 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:28:02] <exec> 08└─The weird thing is that no actual abuse has been found. All this drama is about protecting various taxi cartels and acquiring more undeserved tax revenue. Further, the distinction between contractor and employee is a solved problem that can't be easily exploited by employers. There's a list [thebal...
[03:28:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06New Jersey Claims Uber Owes $650 Million in Taxes and Fees; Drivers are Employees, Not Contractors - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:28:04] <exec> 08└─If some third party decides for me what the price will be
[03:28:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06New Jersey Claims Uber Owes $650 Million in Taxes and Fees; Drivers are Employees, Not Contractors - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:28:06] <exec> 08└─or at least its not supposed to
[03:28:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Jersey Claims Uber Owes $650 Million in Taxes and Fees; Drivers are Employees, Not Contractors - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:28:08] <exec> 08└─the driver still has the power to reject what Uber offers.
[03:28:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Jersey Claims Uber Owes $650 Million in Taxes and Fees; Drivers are Employees, Not Contractors - 1141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:28:11] <exec> 08└─To me, there needs to be a duck test: 1) Does the "contractor" get the majority of their pay from a single payer, year after year? If so, that's not a contractor. 2) Does the payer have a large number of "contractors" whose work is ongoing, no particular completion of a job just job after job after...
[03:29:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03jelizondo [653] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Games to Grunts Offering Free Games to Military and Veterans - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:29:46] <exec> 08└─They already have institutional, international and inter-unit War Games, why would they need more?
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[04:27:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Fixes White Screen Problem in Chrome, Admins Furious - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:27:13] <exec> 08└─Yeah, but your millennial pussy users and the CEO demand to use chrome.
[04:27:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Fixes White Screen Problem in Chrome, Admins Furious - 183 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:27:14] <exec> 08└─Enterprise admins are furious that Google has the ability to quietly enable features in their environment without even a heads up and provide no way for admins to block these changes.
[04:27:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Fixes White Screen Problem in Chrome, Admins Furious - 254 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:27:16] <exec> 08└─Does Chrome even allow for this? Back when it was a new browser I sought to give it a try. It made two bad impressions out of the gate: one was that it didn't ask me for any kind of installation options. The other was that it was a few hundred megabytes.
[04:27:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Frosty Piss [4971] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Prehistoric Ape From Germany Was a Pioneer of Two-Legged Walking - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:27:39] <exec> 08└─Interestingly, there are *still* prehistoric apes running around Germany.
[04:27:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Prehistoric Ape From Germany Was a Pioneer of Two-Legged Walking - 354 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:27:40] <exec> 08└─There are lots of examples of different species evolving similar traits in response to environmental/situational factors at different times and in different places. We call that Convergent Evolution [wikipedia.org] (CE) Examples: Flying: Bats, birds, flying insects (there are examples of CE among in...
[04:28:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Jersey Claims Uber Owes $650 Million in Taxes and Fees; Drivers are Employees, Not Contractors - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:28:04] <exec> 08└─can't move their employees to contractor status
[04:28:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Jersey Claims Uber Owes $650 Million in Taxes and Fees; Drivers are Employees, Not Contractors - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:28:05] <exec> 08└─The weird thing is that no actual abuse has been found.
[04:31:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06.ORG TLD Sold to Investment Firm Ethos Capital - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:31:06] <exec> 08└─GP meant the execs.
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[05:27:11] <exec> 08└─https://soylentnews.org/comments.pl?sid=34605&cid=919638 [soylentnews.org] https://soylentnews.org [soylentnews.org]
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[05:27:25] <exec> 08└─millennial pussy users
[05:27:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Fixes White Screen Problem in Chrome, Admins Furious - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:27:26] <exec> 08└─Does Chrome even allow for this?
[05:27:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Fixes White Screen Problem in Chrome, Admins Furious - 208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:27:29] <exec> 08└─Is this a problem caused by the terminal servers in question (see first post currently modded +2 offtopic) or by chrome somehow interacting with and affecting other users' browsers and being affected by them?
[05:27:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Popeidol [35] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Google Fixes White Screen Problem in Chrome, Admins Furious - 410 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:27:31] <exec> 08└─It allows for this, and last I checked this is the default install option if the account does not have admin rights. Also of note: At least in group policy, chrome allows admins to disable auto-update and roll updates on their own schedule. I started doing this a few years after an auto-update broke...
[05:27:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Fixes White Screen Problem in Chrome, Admins Furious - 208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:27:33] <exec> 08└─Is this a problem caused by the terminal servers in question (see first post currently modded +2 offtopic) or by chrome somehow interacting with and affecting other users' browsers and being affected by them?
[05:27:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Fixes White Screen Problem in Chrome, Admins Furious - 805 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:27:35] <exec> 08└─> Enterprise admins are furious that Google has the ability to quietly enable features in their environment without even a heads up and provide no way for admins to block these changes. Were they using the consumer version of Chrome? Of course they won't get enterprise support. Maybe they should hav...
[05:27:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06Moscow-Contacted Rebels Charged with Downing MH17: Investigators - 402 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:27:44] <exec> 08└─That is one point of view. There is also the fact that the population of Crimea actually voted to secede from Ukraine, and return to Russia. So, yeah, there really are rebels in Ukraine, who reject the current regime. The ability of any partisan "fact checker" to establish who is who is in question...
[05:27:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Moscow-Contacted Rebels Charged with Downing MH17: Investigators - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:27:46] <exec> 08└─Need it be repeated here, that the current regime was imposed on Ukraine by EU and US interests?
[05:27:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Moscow-Contacted Rebels Charged with Downing MH17: Investigators - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:27:48] <exec> 08└─kyivpost and wikipedia - one, the current regime's mouthpiece, the other routinely edited by anyone who cares to edit it. https://mediabiasfactcheck.com [mediabiasfactcheck.com]
[05:27:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Moscow-Contacted Rebels Charged with Downing MH17: Investigators - 518 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:27:50] <exec> 08└─Provide some proof that the previous links *are* untrue, not just innuendo. Here's some more you disingenuous piece of shit. https://www.osce.org [osce.org] https://www.ndi.org
[05:28:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Prehistoric Ape From Germany Was a Pioneer of Two-Legged Walking - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:28:09] <exec> 08└─She may not have been, but it looks like the specimen could have been an ancestor [wikipedia.org].
[05:28:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Jersey Claims Uber Owes $650 Million in Taxes and Fees; Drivers are Employees, Not Contractors - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:28:34] <exec> 08└─Nonsense. The last hooker I hired is chained up in my basement. I kidnapped her and will get another one once I "fire" her...
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[06:27:16] <exec> 08└─https://github.com/nccgroup/TPMGenie [github.com] https://github.com [github.com] Well, most horrible of all effects are TPM parser kernel memory corruptions in host kernels: Linux, U-Boot, Coreboot, Tianocore. Kernel...
[06:27:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Fixes White Screen Problem in Chrome, Admins Furious - 229 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:27:37] <exec> 08└─Given my experience with CEOs, all you need to do is change the shortcut icon from the Firefox logo to the Chrome logo and rename it. They will never notice the difference or just assume that is some GUI difference at the office.
[06:27:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Common Joe [33] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Fixes White Screen Problem in Chrome, Admins Furious - 906 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:27:38] <exec> 08└─Does this problem include Chromium? Is Chromium ok to use in an enterprise environment? (I do not have the expertise to answer these questions. Please, someone feel free to answer.) I know you're modded insightful, but we're pretty well boned. Unless Chromium is a viable solution, there is no realis...
[06:27:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Fixes White Screen Problem in Chrome, Admins Furious - 186 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:27:41] <exec> 08└─What kind of shitty multi-user operating system allows a userspace application program running on one user account to affect the same application program running on another user account?
[06:27:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Fixes White Screen Problem in Chrome, Admins Furious - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:27:43] <exec> 08└─Web browsers are the most frequently used applications on the planet. A gigabyte for that purpose is nothing, even on a 16 GB system.
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[06:28:28] <exec> 08└─Which is exactly what's happening with Uber. Passengers pay for you to give them a ride - but they don't pay *you*, and so they are not your employer, Uber is.
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[07:27:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Fixes White Screen Problem in Chrome, Admins Furious - 211 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:27:47] <exec> 08└─What kind of shitty application uses it's installation directory to store user settings/state instead of the OS' suggested settings location? I wouldn't be surprised if Chrome is leaking more data between users.
[07:27:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Fixes White Screen Problem in Chrome, Admins Furious - 214 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:27:48] <exec> 08└─Quite the opposite: Web browsers are almost always run not as main application, but as side application in order to look up things. That means it should steal as little memory as possible from the main application.
[07:27:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Fixes White Screen Problem in Chrome, Admins Furious - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:27:50] <exec> 08└─In a properly secure operating system, even the most shitty application should not be able to do that.
[07:27:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Fixes White Screen Problem in Chrome, Admins Furious - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:27:53] <exec> 08└─And replace it with what on Windows? Edge? Google Firefox? Internet Explorer?
[07:27:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03toddestan [4982] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Fixes White Screen Problem in Chrome, Admins Furious - 955 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:27:55] <exec> 08└─There's really no official builds of Chromium for Windows. You could pick a third party build, but that's the same as what Waterfox is to Firefox. If you run Linux, there's more than likely a Chromium version packaged up by your distro. I'm sure Microsoft will strip out all of Google's reporting and...
[07:28:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Moscow-Contacted Rebels Charged with Downing MH17: Investigators - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:28:06] <exec> 08└─The calls mostly took place over secure phones provided by Russian security forces
[07:28:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Moscow-Contacted Rebels Charged with Downing MH17: Investigators - 254 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:28:07] <exec> 08└─Interesting to see the moderation on this one bouncing up and down, it goes up to 5 outside of Russian working/evening hours, and then back down to 0 or close to it during Russian working/evening hours. You can actually see it tracking in near-real time.
[07:28:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Prehistoric Ape From Germany Was a Pioneer of Two-Legged Walking - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:28:28] <exec> 08└─That would be Gehvergnügen. fahren → Fahrvergnügen. gehen → Gehvergnügen.
[07:28:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Prehistoric Ape From Germany Was a Pioneer of Two-Legged Walking - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:28:29] <exec> 08└─I see, you enjoy Trollvergnügen.
[07:30:16] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06John Carmack Steps Down at Oculus to Pursue AI Passion Project - 2519 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:30:16] <exec> 08└─I used to take a not dissimilar view. Then I ended up working with neural network based systems for a couple of years. Now I think anything vaguely resembling intelligence is probably impossible with current techniques, and we're most likely on our way to another AI winter once full self driving veh...
[07:31:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Now a Senator is Investigating the Sexist Apple Card Interest Rate Debacle - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:31:22] <exec> 08└─Employment status is really a pretty wise thing to put into such an algorithm, it's just not quite as brilliant to apply it to a millionaire as it is someone with an EBT card.
[07:31:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Now a Senator is Investigating the Sexist Apple Card Interest Rate Debacle - 262 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:31:24] <exec> 08└─Faulty thinking from the bean counters. Employment status matters a hell of a lot for most people's ability to pay their debts. They just didn't put enough thought into the matter to get that rich people don't necessarily share the same risk flags as poor folks.
[07:31:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Now a Senator is Investigating the Sexist Apple Card Interest Rate Debacle - 292 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:31:26] <exec> 08└─Nah, smart people who want a good credit score intentionally take out recurring debts that they are in zero danger of not being able to pay off at the end of the month. I do not number among them. I don't give a flying fuck about my credit score because I have no desire to ever use it again.
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[08:27:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brave Urges Congress to Require Ad Blocking Browsers for Govt Employees - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:27:10] <exec> 08└─How can it be a brave browser if it just avoids any contact with malvertising? That's a cowardly browser! A brave browser surely would meet it face-to-face, fight it and beat it! :-)
[08:27:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Brave Urges Congress to Require Ad Blocking Browsers for Govt Employees - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:27:12] <exec> 08└─So please hype so I can cash out at $0.50 each.
[08:27:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Google Fixes White Screen Problem in Chrome, Admins Furious - 419 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:27:48] <exec> 08└─Pretty sure if you are a "system admin" you are smart enough to un-google firefox in about:config. Their complaint here is not that google silently pushed a change (admins do that all of the time) but that they silently pushed a change _and there is no way to turn that ability off_. Using not-chrome...
[08:27:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Fixes White Screen Problem in Chrome, Admins Furious - 191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:27:50] <exec> 08└─This wasn't an auto-update, it was pushed through some sort of otherwise-un-announced alternate channel. It even effected the previous version of chrome (77) so rolling back didn't save them.
[08:27:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Fixes White Screen Problem in Chrome, Admins Furious - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:27:52] <exec> 08└─....and at least *some* shared state data (cf. %PROGRAMDATA%) changes to which impacts all users of a terminal server.
[08:27:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Fixes White Screen Problem in Chrome, Admins Furious - 264 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:27:54] <exec> 08└─This affected the enterprise version of chrome as well as the consumer version--not that anyone would have been using the consumer version on a terminal server, the overhead of managing all of the consoles would be way more than paying the enterprise subscription.
[08:31:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03mth [2848] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Stadia will be Missing Many Features for Monday's Launch - 290 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:31:00] <exec> 08└─The RX 570 seems to be at least 140 euros over here. Not too high for when I eventually replace my video card, but also not a price at which I want to upgrade immediately. The current card I have, a GeForce GT 640, is still good enough for the puzzle and strategy games that I usually play.
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[09:27:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Fixes White Screen Problem in Chrome, Admins Furious - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:27:52] <exec> 08└─It's by design. You're supposed to be using VDI on Azure, you silly :)
[09:27:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03WizardFusion [498] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Fixes White Screen Problem in Chrome, Admins Furious - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:27:53] <exec> 08└─This actually works on a lot of people.
[09:28:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Jersey Claims Uber Owes $650 Million in Taxes and Fees; Drivers are Employees, Not Contractors - 1008 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:28:53] <exec> 08└─Why yes, there should be a duck test. In fact, there is [irs.gov]. 1) Behavioral: Does the company control or have the right to control what the worker does and how the worker does his or her job? 2) Financial: Are the business aspects of the worker’s job controlled by the payer? (these include th...
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[10:27:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Lichens Are Way Younger Than Scientists Thought - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:27:10] <exec> 08└─Is Nancy Pelosi younger than we think?
[10:27:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brave Urges Congress to Require Ad Blocking Browsers for Govt Employees - 423 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:27:19] <exec> 08└─Even before the idea gets any serious consideration, advertising shills will beat a path to every congress critter's office and residence, bearing gifts tailored to that congress critter's proclivities. Cocaine by the truck load, hookers by the dozen, child porn actors by the van, money by the satch...
[10:27:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03shortscreen [2252] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brave Urges Congress to Require Ad Blocking Browsers for Govt Employees - 246 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:27:21] <exec> 08└─Tell them that the ads have to be blocked because they could be coming from ¡Russia! They could be used to communicate hidden data to the sleeper cells from ¡Putin! They could contain subliminal messages that make people want to buy an ¡S-400!
[10:27:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Brave Urges Congress to Require Ad Blocking Browsers for Govt Employees - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:27:23] <exec> 08└─Well, it replaces site's ads with their own, while brainwashing people into liking it. A brave world.
[10:28:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03shortscreen [2252] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Fixes White Screen Problem in Chrome, Admins Furious - 330 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:28:06] <exec> 08└─*nix users can go ahead and mod me down, but I for one despise programs that silently spread junk all over my file system. It's much better when everything related to a program stays in one directory tree. Keeps things modular. Each program can be added, moved, or deleted without screwing up other u...
[10:28:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Prehistoric Ape From Germany Was a Pioneer of Two-Legged Walking - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:28:42] <exec> 08└─So, a commie ape invented two-legged walking. Take that Elon Trump!
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[11:28:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Fixes White Screen Problem in Chrome, Admins Furious - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:28:07] <exec> 08└─I certainly hope Windows or Citrix didn't decide on it's own to make memory publicly shared.
[11:28:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Fixes White Screen Problem in Chrome, Admins Furious - 330 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:28:08] <exec> 08└─*nix users can go ahead and mod me down, but I for one despise programs that silently spread junk all over my file system. It's much better when everything related to a program stays in one directory tree. Keeps things modular. Each program can be added, moved, or deleted without screwing up other u...
[11:29:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmichaelhudsondotnet [8122] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Star Ejected from Milky Way's 'Heart of Darkness' Reaches Mind-Blowing Speed - 592 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:29:34] <exec> 08└─So there are entire suns flying through the galaxy with essentially random vectors? Do we know how many planets this thing will eat on its way to intergalactic space? Because those planets are about to have some very, very bad luck. And do we know, for sure, there are no random suns headed right for...
[11:32:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmichaelhudsondotnet [8122] (Score: 2) 02 - 06.ORG TLD Sold to Investment Firm Ethos Capital - 2281 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:32:17] <exec> 08└─If they ruin .org, sure there are a lot of cheap .io and .biz, but the normies and even people like me have learned that a .org is something that has more trust. DNS is odd but the elbow connects to the funnybone, icann approved the original owner, and then the original owner gets to sell to whoever...
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[12:27:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03linkdude64 [5482] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brave Urges Congress to Require Ad Blocking Browsers for Govt Employees - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:27:28] <exec> 08└─It needs to be one or the other, because we don't negotiate with cyber-terrorists, so if having no-ads is out, all ads must be in - full stop.
[12:27:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brave Urges Congress to Require Ad Blocking Browsers for Govt Employees - 531 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:27:30] <exec> 08└─Ad blocking should be standard in browsers, making it outright impossible to have over-the-top advertising. The other day I had to use someone's work computer where they had pulled up a public web site to test me on something. The "test" turned in to a test on how fast I could close annoying full mo...
[12:28:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Fixes White Screen Problem in Chrome, Admins Furious - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:28:16] <exec> 08└─Hey, they move fast and break things. Turns out some of those things that get broken are actually important.
[12:30:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03bd [2773] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Particle Analysis Technique Paves Way For Better Air Pollution Monitoring - 563 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:30:12] <exec> 08└─They make it sound as if real-time, or near real-time particulate matter monitoring is somehow difficult and error-prone (it has been done since the 1980's), in order to make their overcomplicated, most likely overexpensive setup sound reasonable. Also, it is not practical at all: They prevent clogg...
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[13:27:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Smokers and Hypertensive Individuals have Higher Risk of Sudden Death from Brain Bleed - 225 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:27:10] <exec> 08└─This shows how difficult it is for the nonspecialist to correctly understand the implications of research reports. Science journalism needs to be a more technically sophisticated profession than it seems to be now. -- hendrik
[13:27:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mojibake Tengu [8598] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Smokers and Hypertensive Individuals have Higher Risk of Sudden Death from Brain Bleed - 281 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:27:11] <exec> 08└─Those boring random scientific articles happens automatically every time when a necessity emerges to cool down and bury some technical or political debate. It is a stuff, literally. A method of control. They always remind me what soylent means in a meatworld: an imitation of food.
[13:28:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Fixes White Screen Problem in Chrome, Admins Furious - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:28:17] <exec> 08└─but your millennial pussy users
[13:28:30] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03driverless [4770] 02 - 06Moscow-Contacted Rebels Charged with Downing MH17: Investigators - 254 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:28:30] <exec> 08└─Interesting to see the moderation on this one bouncing up and down, it goes up to 5 outside of Russian working/evening hours, and then back down to 0 or close to it during Russian working/evening hours. You can actually see it tracking in near-real time.
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[14:27:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Smokers and Hypertensive Individuals have Higher Risk of Sudden Death from Brain Bleed - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:27:15] <exec> 08└─I don't think I understand what you just said, but I suspect that, if I understood it, I might agree with you.
[14:27:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Lichens Are Way Younger Than Scientists Thought - 551 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:27:24] <exec> 08└─Had to wait to evolve until after complex plants; can't grow on the north side of trees if there's no trees to grow on, obvious dependency there. Conspiracy theory: God made the trees first but theres no biblical reference to the creation of north, so its quite likely trees came first, then "north"...
[14:27:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brave Urges Congress to Require Ad Blocking Browsers for Govt Employees - 1444 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:27:38] <exec> 08└─There's already a ton of bullcrap requirements of government employees. Government has a lot of moving parts, and, even apart from the corruption, every agency has their own hobby horse. One of the crazier ones is that without special permission, you can't use encryption. Why? Paranoia, that's why....
[14:27:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brave Urges Congress to Require Ad Blocking Browsers for Govt Employees - 1277 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:27:40] <exec> 08└─Yes, although there's space to fine tune. We're just on the cusp of it being feasible to "spear fish" social engineer via targeted advertising. So rather than some moron picking up a flash drive with a "special" payload in the parking lot, I could pay to advertise to FBI or Democratic Party employee...
[14:27:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brave Urges Congress to Require Ad Blocking Browsers for Govt Employees - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:27:42] <exec> 08└─One of the crazier ones is that without special permission, you can't use encryption.
[14:31:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Games to Grunts Offering Free Games to Military and Veterans - 206 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:31:10] <exec> 08└─Hmm about a decade until I'm "old" as you put it, donno if I'm happy or sad about that, LOL. Getting old does beat the alternative. Pour one out in memory of the departed MDC. I didn't own a PC at that time
[14:32:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Now a Senator is Investigating the Sexist Apple Card Interest Rate Debacle - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:32:07] <exec> 08└─Employment status matters a hell of a lot for most people's ability to pay their debts.
[14:32:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Now a Senator is Investigating the Sexist Apple Card Interest Rate Debacle - 17 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:32:08] <exec> 08└─It doesn't matter
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[15:27:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FCC Sued by Dozens of Cities After Voting to Kill Local Fees and Rules - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:27:11] <exec> 08└─Niggers need more bling for they Obamaphones.
[15:27:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Brave Urges Congress to Require Ad Blocking Browsers for Govt Employees - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:27:45] <exec> 08└─so if having no-ads is out,
[15:28:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Moscow-Contacted Rebels Charged with Downing MH17: Investigators - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:28:46] <exec> 08└─In your people's fucking paranoia, Rrrussian operatives are tasked with deploying propaganda on SN.
[15:28:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Moscow-Contacted Rebels Charged with Downing MH17: Investigators - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:28:48] <exec> 08└─https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Servant_of_the_People [wikipedia.org] * plays twilight zone theme *
[15:29:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Injectable, Flexible Electrode Could Replace Rigid Nerve-Stimulating Implants - 155 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:29:45] <exec> 08└─It's got to be rigid to stimulate her, and it has to stay rigid until the injection is complete. It's in the design specs, if you just read the DNA prints.
[15:30:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Ejected from Milky Way's 'Heart of Darkness' Reaches Mind-Blowing Speed - 286 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:30:03] <exec> 08└─That depends on what “is” is. Given the number of objects in the universe, the probability of “is” _right now_ is vanishingly close to ZERO. Given the number of objects in the universe — and given infinite time — the probability of “is” _ever_ is vanishingly close to 1.
[15:30:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Ejected from Milky Way's 'Heart of Darkness' Reaches Mind-Blowing Speed - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:30:05] <exec> 08└─Or rather more accurately, launched *by* the black hole.
[15:31:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Games to Grunts Offering Free Games to Military and Veterans - 831 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:31:21] <exec> 08└─IIRC didn't WC come on something like six 1.44mb disks? I recall finding it when we built our first computers years after the Sega CD died. I was ecstatic, at least until I tried to run it. It erred out immediately and I had too little knowledge at the time as to why. It was only later that I learne...
[15:32:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06.ORG TLD Sold to Investment Firm Ethos Capital - 208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:32:56] <exec> 08└─I dunno where you got that .ORG had any trust to it but it appears that you've learned something that's simply not true. Capitalists like to brag when they can, and if they are not bragging there is a reason.
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[16:27:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FCC Sued by Dozens of Cities After Voting to Kill Local Fees and Rules - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:27:09] <exec> 08└─Isn't it great that we pay taxes so the FCC can do this?
[16:27:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FCC Sued by Dozens of Cities After Voting to Kill Local Fees and Rules - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:27:10] <exec> 08└─This is Government vs government. Fight! fight! fight!
[16:27:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FCC Sued by Dozens of Cities After Voting to Kill Local Fees and Rules - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:27:12] <exec> 08└─Local government is easier for normal people to wrangle with or flee, I hope they win.
[16:27:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FCC Sued by Dozens of Cities After Voting to Kill Local Fees and Rules - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:27:15] <exec> 08└─By nature of being subject to wider scrutiny, federal government is less petty, capricious, arbitrary, and vindictive. I hope local government loses.
[16:27:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03sgleysti [56] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brave Urges Congress to Require Ad Blocking Browsers for Govt Employees - 319 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:27:48] <exec> 08└─I completely agree with your sentiments. A few months into a new job I finally had enough time to read a news article over lunch. It was the first time I went to a website with advertising on my work computer, and I was blown away to realize that the internet is essentially unusable without an ad bl...
[16:28:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Google Fixes White Screen Problem in Chrome, Admins Furious - 1318 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:28:36] <exec> 08└─This is really the question. Your internal networks and applications work with EDGE/IE, Chrome, and Firefox. But mostly EDGE and Chrome. EDGE - Actually works well, almost good enough cross platform, but everyone technical has perma-hated any MS browser since IE4 days. CHROME - Works well...
[16:28:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Moscow-Contacted Rebels Charged with Downing MH17: Investigators - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:28:53] <exec> 08└─Be quiet Putlin's lap dog.
[16:29:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06New Jersey Claims Uber Owes $650 Million in Taxes and Fees; Drivers are Employees, Not Contractors - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:29:42] <exec> 08└─Surge pricing is not abuse at all. The second two have nothing to do with employee versus contractor status. So yes, no actual abuse has been found.
[16:29:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06New Jersey Claims Uber Owes $650 Million in Taxes and Fees; Drivers are Employees, Not Contractors - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:29:44] <exec> 08└─As employees, we all have the power to reject what the boss offers.
[16:29:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06New Jersey Claims Uber Owes $650 Million in Taxes and Fees; Drivers are Employees, Not Contractors - 5 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:29:46] <exec> 08└─"If".
[16:29:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06New Jersey Claims Uber Owes $650 Million in Taxes and Fees; Drivers are Employees, Not Contractors - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:29:48] <exec> 08└─Remember JoeMerchant's claim? but the whole "contractor" class is being used as giant loophole.
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[17:27:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Rare Genetic Condition Gives Man Eye of Sauron Look - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:27:09] <exec> 08└─He looks evil ipso facto he is evil.
[17:27:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FCC Sued by Dozens of Cities After Voting to Kill Local Fees and Rules - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:27:21] <exec> 08└─Obviously you have no experience with the federal government or have even ever watched congress in action.
[17:27:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FCC Sued by Dozens of Cities After Voting to Kill Local Fees and Rules - 285 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:27:22] <exec> 08└─You clearly do not own any property anywhere, you have never suffered the whims of a small town council, and you have never even read a neighborhood newspaper. Selling your home and leaving town is not a viable option every single time local government does something that affects you.
[17:27:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Brave Urges Congress to Require Ad Blocking Browsers for Govt Employees - 468 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:27:58] <exec> 08└─When I retired 5 years ago we were using Windows 7 and Redhat. Windows for the paper pushers and Redhat for the servers and data processing. It was about evenly divided between MS and Redhat. Clearly you don't understand the difficulties of version changes for large organizations. As for encryption,...
[17:29:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Moscow-Contacted Rebels Charged with Downing MH17: Investigators - 309 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:29:02] <exec> 08└─Yes, russians are very suceptible when it comes to pointing out their bloody history of the USSR invasions and the fact that their country is ruled by a ex-KGB bloodthirsty mobster-abomination. Americans get shamed all the time for letting their country be ruled by a psychopath. So should the russia...
[17:29:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Moscow-Contacted Rebels Charged with Downing MH17: Investigators - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:29:04] <exec> 08└─Therefore these guys can't have been using encryption or the investigators would have had to give up and admit defeat before they even started.
[17:30:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Star Ejected from Milky Way's 'Heart of Darkness' Reaches Mind-Blowing Speed - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:30:25] <exec> 08└─I bet there's more than one physics lab that has run simulations of just how fast a star can get going in a black hole slingshot without permanently ripping apart
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[18:27:11] <exec> 08└─I'm intrigued by your ideas and wish to share them with the town crier.
[18:27:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FCC Sued by Dozens of Cities After Voting to Kill Local Fees and Rules - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:27:25] <exec> 08└─Russian trolls are busy today.
[18:27:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FCC Sued by Dozens of Cities After Voting to Kill Local Fees and Rules - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:27:27] <exec> 08└─Da, Comrade. I troll post for Marxist-Leninist way of life.
[18:27:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Lichens Are Way Younger Than Scientists Thought - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:27:44] <exec> 08└─You need more coffee. It's moss that is supposed to appear on the north sides of trees.
[18:28:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brave Urges Congress to Require Ad Blocking Browsers for Govt Employees - 276 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:28:04] <exec> 08└─Your last sentence is kinda weird. 1) M$ is based in Redmond, Washington near Seattle. 2) M$ is a big player in hiring H-1B workers. https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] https://money.cnn.com [cnn.com]
[18:28:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Popeidol [35] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Fixes White Screen Problem in Chrome, Admins Furious - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:28:53] <exec> 08└─Looks like I jumped the gun while replying: the situation described is kinda fucked for sysadmins and they have no easy way to avoid it
[18:28:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Fixes White Screen Problem in Chrome, Admins Furious - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:28:55] <exec> 08└─fuck windows users. they are willing slaves.
[18:29:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Moscow-Contacted Rebels Charged with Downing MH17: Investigators - 180 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:29:14] <exec> 08└─i guess the russian rocket didn't think the us drone looked as tasty as the MH17 near-by... after it dodged under it. just kidding ... but it would make a good scene in some movie?
[18:29:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Prehistoric Ape From Germany Was a Pioneer of Two-Legged Walking - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:29:38] <exec> 08└─those are called "migrants" and they are being shepherded in by Jew NGOs and race traitor EU politicians.
[18:30:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Ejected from Milky Way's 'Heart of Darkness' Reaches Mind-Blowing Speed - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:30:39] <exec> 08└─Expansion of the universe could mean this probability goes to zero, not one.
[18:31:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06John Carmack Steps Down at Oculus to Pursue AI Passion Project - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:31:41] <exec> 08└─the number of synaptic connections in a human brain is still impractical to accurately simulate in anything close to real time with current hardware.
[18:32:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Now a Senator is Investigating the Sexist Apple Card Interest Rate Debacle - 466 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:32:53] <exec> 08└─Or maybe the other way around? Women are more likely to pay back or try to pay back, so you can charge them higher? :) If someone isn't going to ever pay you back, it doesn't matter what interest rate you charge... The interest rate only matters if they actually try to pay you back... From what I se...
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[19:27:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Apple Removes Vaping Apps From App Store - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:27:09] <exec> 08└─Vaping, ride sharing, selfies, scooters, twitch streaming, rickshaws. Everything Generation Z does should be banned.
[19:27:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Apple Removes Vaping Apps From App Store - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:27:10] <exec> 08└─There's A headline I'd like to see
[19:27:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Apple Removes Vaping Apps From App Store - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:27:12] <exec> 08└─Can we keep hoverboards?
[19:27:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Apple Removes Vaping Apps From App Store - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:27:15] <exec> 08└─Apple Bank, Apple Records, or Apple Vacations?
[19:27:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03paul_engr [8666] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Apple Removes Vaping Apps From App Store - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:27:17] <exec> 08└─What the hell is a vaping app?
[19:27:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Rare Genetic Condition Gives Man Eye of Sauron Look - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:27:26] <exec> 08└─Nah. You should see my wifes eyes when she's pissed. There's flames shooting out of those suckers.
[19:27:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FCC Sued by Dozens of Cities After Voting to Kill Local Fees and Rules - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:27:42] <exec> 08└─Deep state clones are typing away with their little clone fingers today.
[19:27:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FCC Sued by Dozens of Cities After Voting to Kill Local Fees and Rules - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:27:43] <exec> 08└─You chose to live in a socialist community, what exactly stopped you from moving a few miles away?
[19:27:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FCC Sued by Dozens of Cities After Voting to Kill Local Fees and Rules - 17 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:27:45] <exec> 08└─Execute Order 66.
[19:27:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FCC Sued by Dozens of Cities After Voting to Kill Local Fees and Rules - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:27:47] <exec> 08└─When you stop being a jobless bum, when you have a family and obligations, moving is more difficult than tying up your bindle and hailing an Uber to your next shantytown.
[19:27:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FCC Sued by Dozens of Cities After Voting to Kill Local Fees and Rules - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:27:50] <exec> 08└─Plenty of people with jobs and family move all the time. That isn't a legitimate reason. Eg, I've met so many people fleeing the impending Illinois shitshow. That is a far bigger move than just going to the next town over.
[19:27:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FCC Sued by Dozens of Cities After Voting to Kill Local Fees and Rules - 415 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:27:52] <exec> 08└─Special departmental rule No. 1, clause 3, is hereby amended by adding to the places excepted from examination in the Department of the Interior the following: In the Bureau of Education: Specialist in foreign educational systems, and specialist in education as a preventive of pauperism...
[19:27:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03exaeta [6957] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FCC Sued by Dozens of Cities After Voting to Kill Local Fees and Rules - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:27:54] <exec> 08└─No more local monopolies. This is actually good. For once, go FCC!
[19:28:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Smokers and Hypertensive Individuals have Higher Risk of Sudden Death from Brain Bleed - 574 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:28:04] <exec> 08└─The problem is that journalism has to appeal to its audience, and excited claims are a good way to appeal. So those that try to be careful, and not overreact, tend to decline when in competition with those that overreact. This is true at all levels of journalism, even the most academic. Of course, i...
[19:28:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brave Urges Congress to Require Ad Blocking Browsers for Govt Employees - 789 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:28:34] <exec> 08└─> Clearly you don't understand the difficulties of version changes for large organizations. Don't I? Well, MS understands entirely too well, and abuses their knowledge to keep large organizations on the upgrade treadmill. Upgrading need not be so difficult, not even for large organizations, provided...
[19:28:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brave Urges Congress to Require Ad Blocking Browsers for Govt Employees - 258 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:28:36] <exec> 08└─With Chrome browser I can block J/S (which Eich help create), block third party cookies, delete browser history and all the stuff Brave claims to do. So what does Brave do that any user can not do, much less any system manager can not do in in their company?
[19:28:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brave Urges Congress to Require Ad Blocking Browsers for Govt Employees - 253 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:28:38] <exec> 08└─Yes indeed. They want Windows. It's what they know, and are most comfortable with. The "American company" stuff is just the lame rationalization they use to justify it. Sure, they know MS hires lots of foreigners, but they are choosing to overlook that.
[19:28:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brave Urges Congress to Require Ad Blocking Browsers for Govt Employees - 541 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:28:40] <exec> 08└─I think you're probably right about raiding and prosecuting. They want people they can hold accountable. The military is very big on personal responsibility and accountability, finding someone to blame no matter the circumstances. Like, if a navy ship runs aground or collides for any reason whatsoev...
[19:28:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06TPM-FAIL Security Flaws Impact Modern Devices With Intel CPUs - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:28:50] <exec> 08└─manipulate TPM response packets in order to trigger parsing bugs in the host-side TPM drivers
[19:28:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06TPM-FAIL Security Flaws Impact Modern Devices With Intel CPUs - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:28:52] <exec> 08└─I don't think we even had a story about ZombieLoad v2. https://www.zdnet.com [zdnet.com]
[19:29:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Fixes White Screen Problem in Chrome, Admins Furious - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:29:35] <exec> 08└─You love using post-millennial pussy and run from the law.
[19:29:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Fixes White Screen Problem in Chrome, Admins Furious - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:29:37] <exec> 08└─*nix users can go ahead and mod me down, but I for one despise programs that silently spread junk all over my file system.
[19:29:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Moscow-Contacted Rebels Charged with Downing MH17: Investigators - 365 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:29:57] <exec> 08└─The president of Ukrane was elected and overthrown *twice*. There were two so called revolutions, remember? The people had enough of crooks who took the power the first time and they elected the *same* president again. The Nazi overthrown him yet again. Only then the rebellion started, Crimea, Donba...
[19:29:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Moscow-Contacted Rebels Charged with Downing MH17: Investigators - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:29:59] <exec> 08└─The area was under heavy radar coverage from both - Nato and Russia. Yet, no proof of the exact cause of the crash came out yet. Just saying.
[19:31:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Joker's Stash Puts $130M Price Tag on Credit Card Database - 246 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:31:58] <exec> 08└─If it's not "expected final cashout/card", divided however the criminals divide it, it's a useless figure. Is it that? If not, 'next datum' on this topic. Every time, unless it's sociological (eg. criminal org breakdowns). I hope you can see why.
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[20:27:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Removes Vaping Apps From App Store - 446 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:27:15] <exec> 08└─The CDC already figured out that the problem was vitamin E oil added to some black/gray market vape juices as a cheap filler that just happens to make THC vape juice look stronger than it actually is. The only thing banning vape calculators will do is cause more people to vape incorrect mixtures. Wh...
[20:27:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Apple Removes Vaping Apps From App Store - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:27:16] <exec> 08└─It probably exclusively controls the spinning rainbow LEDs in their vape pipes or some retarded shit like that.
[20:27:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Removes Vaping Apps From App Store - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:27:18] <exec> 08└─https://wccftech.com/the-first-hdmi-cable-with-rgb-effects-costs-just-80/ [wccftech.com]
[20:27:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Removes Vaping Apps From App Store - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:27:20] <exec> 08└─Better remove all the calculator apps, as well
[20:27:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Removes Vaping Apps From App Store - 404 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:27:22] <exec> 08└─Some seem a bit silly, but there are some that calculate proportions for people wanting to mix their own. That is, given unflavored nicotine at 100mg/ml, a target nicotine level (expressed as mg/ml) and a desired % by volume of flavoring, how much nicotine, flavoring, and glycerin should be mixed to...
[20:27:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Removes Vaping Apps From App Store - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:27:25] <exec> 08└─Just be careful not to trigger the self-destruct mechanism.
[20:28:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Brave Urges Congress to Require Ad Blocking Browsers for Govt Employees - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:28:39] <exec> 08└─We're not on the cusp, we're past it and deep in the valley. Advertising meets brainwashing [thetyee.ca].
[20:29:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Fixes White Screen Problem in Chrome, Admins Furious - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:29:35] <exec> 08└─Not so much [youtu.be]
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[21:27:27] <exec> 08└─After all, if people start doing the math, a lot of marketing these days will go down the tubes. Next thing you know, the tubes get clogged and people can't download their spyware and in-game purchase Skinner boxes.
[21:27:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Apple Removes Vaping Apps From App Store - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:27:28] <exec> 08└─Only an ignorant Gen Z believes self balancing scooters are real hoverboards.
[21:27:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Removes Vaping Apps From App Store - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:27:30] <exec> 08└─If any "brain training" and "critical thinking" apps worked, they'd be banned too
[21:27:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Apple Removes Vaping Apps From App Store - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:27:32] <exec> 08└─What the hell is a vaping app?
[21:27:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Captival [6866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Removes Vaping Apps From App Store - 244 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:27:35] <exec> 08└─How many people have died in car accidents? Ban Uber. How many people have died from STD exposure? Ban Tinder. How many people have died from heart attacks? Ban Pizza Hut. I'm completely tired of corporations forcibly being my nursemaid for me.
[21:28:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FCC Sued by Dozens of Cities After Voting to Kill Local Fees and Rules - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:28:06] <exec> 08└─Pauperism is the new normal in the 21st century thanks to big tech. Grover Cleveland couldn't save us from Google and Amazon.
[21:30:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Moscow-Contacted Rebels Charged with Downing MH17: Investigators - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:30:09] <exec> 08└─The area was under heavy radar coverage from both - Nato and Russia. Yet, no proof of the exact cause of the crash came out yet. Just saying.
[21:30:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Moscow-Contacted Rebels Charged with Downing MH17: Investigators - 760 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:30:10] <exec> 08└─The Dutch, like all of Western Europe, are under the iron fist of the US empire and its outlook. It cannot be that pro-Ukranian forces launched the rocket. It cannot be that that area should have been avoided as an active war zone. Ukraine is a safe country and pro-Russian separatists are a minor an...
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[22:27:11] <exec> 08└─There's several products that convert film SLRs to digital. One is called electronic film and sits in the film cassette bay with a digital pickup laying across the film bay. These were around 10 years ago.
[22:27:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Appalbarry [66] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Quick And Dirty Digital Conversion For Analog SLR Camera - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:27:13] <exec> 08└─The claim that digital made film cameras "obsolete" is more than a bit debatable. No doubt the poster also believes that MP3s made vinyl and CDs "obsolete."
[22:27:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Apple Removes Vaping Apps From App Store - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:27:37] <exec> 08└─Most people die in bed. Ban beds!
[22:27:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Apple Removes Vaping Apps From App Store - 12 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:27:38] <exec> 08└─iPhoto iWork
[22:27:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Rare Genetic Condition Gives Man Eye of Sauron Look - 692 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:27:48] <exec> 08└─In TFS as of now, with my emphasis: But shining a light into both of his eyes, the doctors saw a fiery ring around his irises—the colorful muscular structure that controls the diameter of the pupil, thus controlling the amount of light that gets to the retina. The eerie glow indicated that pigment...
[22:28:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Smokers and Hypertensive Individuals have Higher Risk of Sudden Death from Brain Bleed - 803 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:28:23] <exec> 08└─It's not a matter of being a specialist, it's a matter of being able to read and think (although one could argue that being able to read and think makes one a specialist). Title: Smokers and Hypertensive Individuals have Higher Risk of Sudden Death from Brain Bleed First sentence of summary: Contrar...
[22:28:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brave Urges Congress to Require Ad Blocking Browsers for Govt Employees - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:28:58] <exec> 08└─so if having no-ads is out, all ads must be in - full stop.
[22:29:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brave Urges Congress to Require Ad Blocking Browsers for Govt Employees - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:29:00] <exec> 08└─The more people supply their attention, the lower the price for it.
[22:29:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Brave Urges Congress to Require Ad Blocking Browsers for Govt Employees - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:29:02] <exec> 08└─Even before the idea gets any serious consideration
[22:29:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Fixes White Screen Problem in Chrome, Admins Furious - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:29:58] <exec> 08└─Even if I did, the potential consequences [youtube.com] make it not worth the effort.
[22:30:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Moscow-Contacted Rebels Charged with Downing MH17: Investigators - 8 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:30:23] <exec> 08└─So. Yes?
[22:30:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Moscow-Contacted Rebels Charged with Downing MH17: Investigators - 235 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:30:24] <exec> 08└─I'm an empiricist. Evidence motherfucker. Do you have any? All you've provided is innuendo and half-assed conspiracy theories. I suppose that may work for the hoi polloi, but I like my narratives to come with facts. Yummy, yummy facts.
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[23:27:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Quick And Dirty Digital Conversion For Analog SLR Camera - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:27:13] <exec> 08└─And my 40 year old 50mm f1.2, 55mm f1.2, and an f44 lens originally for film SLRs still fit my digital SLR.
[23:27:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Quick And Dirty Digital Conversion For Analog SLR Camera - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:27:14] <exec> 08└─The availability of film is something to keep in mind though. 35mm rolls will be produced but rarer formats are gonna be SOL.
[23:27:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Quick And Dirty Digital Conversion For Analog SLR Camera - 294 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:27:16] <exec> 08└─I'm a little confused about the optics, isn't the cam sensor microscopic compared to 35mm film so everything would be like 1000x zoom? Now maybe a smaller format like 110 cartridge... I had a 110 film camera in the 80s. It gave very ... cellphone quality ... photos, but did work. And was tiny.
[23:27:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Barenflimski [6836] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Removes Vaping Apps From App Store - 811 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:27:41] <exec> 08└─I've never seen nor heard of the "Make THC Vape juice look stronger than it actually is." Here in Colorado it was used to dilute the thicker THC "juice" so that it would smoke correctly in a vape pen. On a side note. The dispensaries here in Colorado quit using Vitamin E oil a couple of years ago a...
[23:27:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Removes Vaping Apps From App Store - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:27:42] <exec> 08└─burning lithium battery flavor tastes bad anyway
[23:27:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Removes Vaping Apps From App Store - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:27:45] <exec> 08└─a place people could trust
[23:27:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Removes Vaping Apps From App Store - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:27:47] <exec> 08└─dont forget rimming
[23:27:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Rare Genetic Condition Gives Man Eye of Sauron Look - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:27:57] <exec> 08└─Can't blame the eds, it's a Runaway sub, after all.
[23:29:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brave Urges Congress to Require Ad Blocking Browsers for Govt Employees - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:29:09] <exec> 08└─Ad blocking should be standard in browsers, making it outright impossible to have over-the-top advertising.
[23:29:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brave Urges Congress to Require Ad Blocking Browsers for Govt Employees - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:29:11] <exec> 08└─So what does Brave do that any user can not do
[23:29:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Joe Desertrat [2454] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brave Urges Congress to Require Ad Blocking Browsers for Govt Employees - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:29:13] <exec> 08└─Not to mention that M$ lobbies strongly against the adoption of open source by government agencies. Money talks too.
[23:29:32] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Google Fixes White Screen Problem in Chrome, Admins Furious - 183 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:29:33] <exec> 08└─Enterprise admins are furious that Google has the ability to quietly enable features in their environment without even a heads up and provide no way for admins to block these changes.
[23:30:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Joe Desertrat [2454] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Fixes White Screen Problem in Chrome, Admins Furious - 229 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:30:10] <exec> 08└─Given my experience with CEOs, all you need to do is change the shortcut icon from the Firefox logo to the Chrome logo and rename it. They will never notice the difference or just assume that is some GUI difference at the office.
[23:30:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Google Fixes White Screen Problem in Chrome, Admins Furious - 191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:30:11] <exec> 08└─" This became evident in Citrix or Terminal Server environments when a user locked their screen, every other user on that server would have their Chrome tabs suddenly become a white screen. "
[23:30:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Moscow-Contacted Rebels Charged with Downing MH17: Investigators - 760 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:30:38] <exec> 08└─The Dutch, like all of Western Europe, are under the iron fist of the US empire and its outlook. It cannot be that pro-Ukranian forces launched the rocket. It cannot be that that area should have been avoided as an active war zone. Ukraine is a safe country and pro-Russian separatists are a minor an...
[23:30:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Moscow-Contacted Rebels Charged with Downing MH17: Investigators - 538 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:30:40] <exec> 08└─Hillary and the Jews shot down the airliner to frame Russia and start another world war. Putin said fairly recently and mockingly that "perhaps Jews with Russian citizenship*" interfered with American elections when all the big deal was made about "Russian Hacking" in our elections. With 2 shootings...
[23:31:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Jersey Claims Uber Owes $650 Million in Taxes and Fees; Drivers are Employees, Not Contractors - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:31:34] <exec> 08└─1) Does the "contractor" get the majority of their pay from a single payer, year after year? If so, that's not a contractor.
[23:31:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Jersey Claims Uber Owes $650 Million in Taxes and Fees; Drivers are Employees, Not Contractors - 424 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:31:36] <exec> 08└─You conveniently ignored that Uber AND Lyft drivers have no control over pricing. All independent contractors, that are not abused employees, have control over the prices of their products and/or services. The competitor thing is bullshit. I know people who work one shift at Burger King, and then an...
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