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[00:48:21] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Tesla Unveils "Cybertruck" - 46 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:48:22] <exec> 08└─A DeLorean mated with a VW Thing at Chernobyl.
[00:48:29] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DannyB [5839] 02 - 06Tesla Unveils "Cybertruck" - 196 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:48:29] <exec> 08└─This truck, made of steel, is shaped perfectly for driving under a semi trailer that is stopped perpendicular to the roadway. This is especially important considering that the truck has Autopilot.
[00:48:38] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03slinches [5049] 02 - 06Tesla Unveils "Cybertruck" - 516 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:48:39] <exec> 08└─I wouldn't say that the design is ideal from a functionality standpoint, considering the limited bed accessibility and poor rearward visibility (it needs a video rear view mirror). Although, the overall shape really is functional from a structural perspective. It is shaped the way it is in order to...
[00:48:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Funny) 02 - 06Tesla Unveils "Cybertruck" - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:48:44] <exec> 08└─And it looks like a coffin.
[00:48:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla Unveils "Cybertruck" - 202 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:48:46] <exec> 08└─This is the writer -- I'm also the one who modded you funny first. I don't know why, but I've never wanted a vehicle so much as I've wanted that. I'm putting my $100 deposit down after I'm done posting.
[00:48:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Tesla Unveils "Cybertruck" - 1677 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:48:48] <exec> 08└─Not nearly as ugly as the early-mid-90's Dodge Ram redesign and the faggotorious effects it had on Ford and other copycat truck designers thinking that feminizing their pickup trucks was a good idea. The pickup truck is supposed to be a boxy utilitarian vehicle, not a fucking vintage Rolls-Royce sed...
[00:48:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Tesla Unveils "Cybertruck" - 355 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:48:50] <exec> 08└─You'd think from a design perspective angles and simple polygons are more simple to draw than all the smooth contours in all those other modern truck bodies. Either that or Tesla is in such serious financial trouble that their design team had to downgrade to 386 workstations and use Sierra's Stunts...
[00:48:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla Unveils "Cybertruck" - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:48:52] <exec> 08└─Don't like it. Looks like a car with the back cut off.
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[01:48:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Twitter Says it may Warn Users about Deepfakes--But Won't Remove Them - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:48:12] <exec> 08└─It is a real shame that people would want to spend time making Pelosi look mental and drunk. Really all you need to do is watch live TV when she is speaking, much cheaper and easier.
[01:48:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Flamebait) 02 - 06Twitter Says it may Warn Users about Deepfakes--But Won't Remove Them - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:48:13] <exec> 08└─Nice job making yourself look stupid.
[01:48:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Spamalope [5233] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla Unveils "Cybertruck" - 365 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:48:49] <exec> 08└─I can't wait to see what it looks like after it's updated to support at least DX4. Snark aside, I'm curious to see if this prompts more stainless in car bodies to control corrosion. Tesla opposes repair with such vigor that the longevity advantages of stainless are unlikely to apply here. (get an in...
[01:48:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Spamalope [5233] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla Unveils "Cybertruck" - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:48:51] <exec> 08└─Get a binding insurance quote before deciding. Tesla's opposition to repair drives up costs and thus insurance expense.
[01:48:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03daver!west!fmc [1391] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Tesla Unveils "Cybertruck" - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:48:53] <exec> 08└─Can one haul a proper minicomputer in it? I'm thinking "maybe" but that pretty glass cover would probably get scratched or something.
[01:48:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla Unveils "Cybertruck" - 446 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:48:55] <exec> 08└─If only, that would be awesome. LED strips are almost always wired as a group - two leads leave the strip and you supply power to all the LEDs or none of them. The individual control needed for animation requires one wire per LED, and a far more comples box of electronics to supply power selectively...
[01:48:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla Unveils "Cybertruck" - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:48:57] <exec> 08└─Ah, then you'll want to be able to prepare it properly! http://www.crowbusters.com [crowbusters.com]
[01:48:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla Unveils "Cybertruck" - 242 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:48:59] <exec> 08└─Well they should just slide right over the top as you mow them down, not much splash so the wipers should keep the wind screen clear. Finding a functioning Supercharger during the zombie apocalypse might be a bit of a challenge however.....);
[01:49:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06US Warships Sail in Disputed South China Sea Amid Tensions - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:49:29] <exec> 08└─Someone needs to explain to you what "eating pussy" means...
[01:49:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score: 2) 02 - 06US Warships Sail in Disputed South China Sea Amid Tensions - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:49:30] <exec> 08└─I'm fairly sure that if someone took out an entire US carrier group, that the US would respond. If the only thing that would work is nukes, then nuked they will be.
[01:49:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score: 2) 02 - 06US Warships Sail in Disputed South China Sea Amid Tensions - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:49:32] <exec> 08└─China has an area of around 9,500,000 km2. That overflowing dump is 0.7 km2. There are a lot of problems with toxic trash and recycling, but running out of space is not one of them.
[01:51:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Report: Sacklers Using Fake Doctors, False Marketing to Sell OxyContin in China - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:51:04] <exec> 08└─Oh, absolutely. Time to take all the warning labels off the tobacco products and lower the drinking age to "fetus" while we're at it, eh?
[01:51:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Report: Sacklers Using Fake Doctors, False Marketing to Sell OxyContin in China - 247 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:51:06] <exec> 08└─No, you should be able to walk up to the bar on your own power, exceptions for the disabled of course. If you want the government to oversee the industry, you have to oversee the government. I would think past history would make that self evident.
[01:51:27] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03barbara hudson [6443] 02 - 06'Unblockable' Web Trackers Emerge: Firefox with uBlock Origin Can Stop It; Chrome, Not So Much - 427 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:51:28] <exec> 08└─Blocking JavaScript, and requiring web sites to be accessible without javascript, would go a long way towards improving accessibility for the visually handicapped as well as increasing the speed and security of the web. Throw in global image blocking and css blocking (and easier use of user-specifi...
[01:52:31] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03stormwyrm [717] 02 - 06Windows Users, Beware: This Fake Update Could Lock Up Your PC, Or Worse - 1449 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:52:31] <exec> 08└─I first heard of malicious attachments being able to do this kind of thing more than thirty years ago when Windows first discovered the Internet. It's nearly 2020 and Windows still lets people get pwn3d in this time-honoured way‽ In contrast I don't think there's ever been news that Android users...
[01:52:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Windows Users, Beware: This Fake Update Could Lock Up Your PC, Or Worse - 368 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:52:37] <exec> 08└─Oh cool, hey could you help me transfer approximately 4 million U.S. dollars to the United States from Nigeria? I just need a cashiers check for 14000 U.S. Dollars to pay for the transfer to your account. Please send your banking information to: IMASUCKER@RIUOFF.COM Looking forward to a lasting and...
[01:52:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03coolgopher [1157] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Windows Users, Beware: This Fake Update Could Lock Up Your PC, Or Worse - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:52:39] <exec> 08└─I thought that was Gentoo?? I was so pissed when my laptop got stolen the week after I'd done a major upgrade of Gentoo on it! I hope the thief enjoyed the Norwegian keyboard...
[01:55:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bats in Attics Might be Necessary for Conservation - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:55:38] <exec> 08└─I wonder if you might overdose your plants? I think there's a limit to how much guano a plant can take at once. Might be an excellent place for a compost pile though.
[01:55:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bats in Attics Might be Necessary for Conservation - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:55:40] <exec> 08└─You must have read a different article. Your house is a maternity spa, not a singles club.
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[02:48:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06The EPA's Anti-Science ‘Transparency’ Rule Has a Long History - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:48:35] <exec> 08└─Be careful who you vote for! Especially in the primaries! Pick the wrong one, like you did last time, and it will blow up in your face!
[02:48:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03exaeta [6957] (Score: 3, Disagree) 02 - 06The EPA's Anti-Science ‘Transparency’ Rule Has a Long History - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:48:36] <exec> 08└─Science is supposed to be reproducible. If the data is secret, it's not science.
[02:48:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The EPA's Anti-Science ‘Transparency’ Rule Has a Long History - 353 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:48:39] <exec> 08└─You can do all your research in a way that is publicly accessible, reproducible, and independently verified. Resistance is a big hint that you are hiding something. The excuses are dishonest. You can have more than one team collect particles or oil-stained creatures. Hospitals share HIPPA data all t...
[02:48:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Twitter Says it may Warn Users about Deepfakes--But Won't Remove Them - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:48:48] <exec> 08└─Wasn't that was scrubbed off of all the platforms? Better catch it fast before it's illegal to pitch shift.
[02:48:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Twitter Says it may Warn Users about Deepfakes--But Won't Remove Them - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:48:50] <exec> 08└─I raise you video compression artifacts. [twitter.com] AKA deep reality!
[02:49:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tesla Unveils "Cybertruck" - 208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:49:32] <exec> 08└─One article mentioned that if you don't like stainless steel, Tesla will wrap it for you (infinite variety of colors and designs--look at the NASCAR cars, they are all wrapped, sponsor decals all printed on.)
[02:49:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla Unveils "Cybertruck" - 237 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:49:33] <exec> 08└─With a 7 ton towing capacity, can you put batteries in the trailer and up your daily mileage? The name for these trailers escapes me now (3rd wheel or something), but if you don't need to sleep 5 you have lots of room for more batteries.
[02:49:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tesla Unveils "Cybertruck" - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:49:35] <exec> 08└─ib4 the solid gold Cybertrucks
[02:49:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tesla Unveils "Cybertruck" - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:49:39] <exec> 08└─It looks like something right out of the A-Team. But not rusty enough.
[02:49:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03barbara hudson [6443] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla Unveils "Cybertruck" - 622 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:49:40] <exec> 08└─If you watch the videos on the evening news, the ball bearings were tossed at very low speed - think "slow pitch baseball." That's one of the problems of flat glass surfaces - far more flexible (and likely to break) than glass with a convex curve. Last week I threw dozens of jars into a dumpster, th...
[02:49:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tesla Unveils "Cybertruck" - 315 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:49:42] <exec> 08└─It would be nice, if it had a full size bed and flat rails. Or he should have enclosed the whole thing like a van, down by the river, with a little turbo pump or water wheel to keep the battery charged, so Buzzard could listen to Limbaugh, or Baker, or any other one of those "healers", while he's ou...
[02:49:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tesla Unveils "Cybertruck" - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:49:44] <exec> 08└─The solution is to make the Cybertruck's flat windows out of sapphire glass, transparent aluminum, or something.
[02:50:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06More Than 1000 Women Win Landmark Court Case Against Johnson & Johnson Over Over Vaginal Mesh Danger - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:50:33] <exec> 08└─That's still not as disappointing as not putting a "johnson" pun in the dept.
[02:50:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06More Than 1000 Women Win Landmark Court Case Against Johnson & Johnson Over Over Vaginal Mesh Danger - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:50:35] <exec> 08└─https://www.dollartree.com/ccstore/v1/images/?source=/file/v5957577326523205899/products/991599.jpg&height=940&width=940 [dollartree.com]
[02:52:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'Unblockable' Web Trackers Emerge: Firefox with uBlock Origin Can Stop It; Chrome, Not So Much - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:52:25] <exec> 08└─If you consider tracking by scripts, the fix is simple: NoScript + whitelist.
[02:52:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Court Says Police Can’t Force Suspects to Turn Over Passwords - 224 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:52:43] <exec> 08└─Things you have and things you are, are protected by the 4th Amendment. The issue is that the 4A allows authorities to get a warrant for your stuff and for you, and courts give out warrants like a pedophile giving out candy.
[02:53:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Windows Users, Beware: This Fake Update Could Lock Up Your PC, Or Worse - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:53:35] <exec> 08└─Nah, Gentoo has had package management for like ever. Slackware still didn't unless you downloaded the tarball and built it last I checked.
[02:55:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06China Says its Courts Trump Hong Kong's on Face Mask Ruling - 459 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:55:28] <exec> 08└─What percent of those still supporting the increasing violent and destructive behavior of the protesters do you think would choose to remain controlled by China, given the choice for a peaceful option of genuine independence? I think it's quite difficult to form a genuine argument proposing that tha...
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[03:48:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The EPA's Anti-Science ‘Transparency’ Rule Has a Long History - 553 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:48:34] <exec> 08└─Literally. It is one page. It doesn't say what your saying it says. And the way I remember it, was that it was backed by the DNC back in 015, as a way to prevent Christian fundamentalists in Congress from putting their dicks in the EPA on behalf of the oil sector. Now it is being supported by the ri...
[03:48:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The EPA's Anti-Science ‘Transparency’ Rule Has a Long History - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:48:36] <exec> 08└─By that definition, landing on the moon wasn't science.
[03:48:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Twitter Says it may Warn Users about Deepfakes--But Won't Remove Them - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:48:47] <exec> 08└─Can't they black-bar or instagram-kitty-cat the faces for everyone except the followers? Seems like if they visually demarcated the deepfaked area it would kind of kill it as a problem.
[03:49:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla Unveils "Cybertruck" - 196 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:49:38] <exec> 08└─I heard somewhere that the faceted design is imposed by the thick Starship-steel alloy of the structural panels. Stamping it would me an expensive nightmare, but they can fold it into flat planes.
[03:49:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03epitaxial [3165] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla Unveils "Cybertruck" - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:49:40] <exec> 08└─I can count the number of times on one hand how many pickup trucks I've seen actually hauling gravel.
[03:49:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rich [945] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla Unveils "Cybertruck" - 955 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:49:42] <exec> 08└─When I saw the first picture of the Cybertruck, I instantly thought that it has the lines of an old Giuigaro (1975-1988) Lotus Esprit. And indeed, it seems to be the key inspiration - I read that Musk had even said so. In fact, not only that, but he bought the Esprit that served as submarine in "The...
[03:49:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tesla Unveils "Cybertruck" - 1444 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:49:44] <exec> 08└─Journalists like to write about other peoples failures. So there has to be at least a partial failure so they have something to feel superior about. Though one problem I can see right off the bat is that trim line down the whole side. No way that ever gets straight again after somebody fucks it up....
[03:49:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla Unveils "Cybertruck" - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:49:46] <exec> 08└─My favorite description I've seen so far is "angry triangle".
[03:49:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla Unveils "Cybertruck" - 380 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:49:48] <exec> 08└─When I was a kid it was quite popular to convert late 1950's Cadillac's into pickup trucks. They were damn near tanks as it was and could even haul a decent load. And they could actually be beautiful: https://i.pinimg.com [pinimg.com] https://i...
[03:49:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla Unveils "Cybertruck" - 331 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:49:51] <exec> 08└─I believe you're referring to 5th wheel. Similar to the larger 5th wheel attachment for articulated semi-trucks. Pickup version: https://www.etrailer.com
[03:50:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06US Warships Sail in Disputed South China Sea Amid Tensions - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:50:24] <exec> 08└─Imbecile. The US may as well nuke themselves. As that will be the result.
[03:51:48] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] 02 - 06Report: Sacklers Using Fake Doctors, False Marketing to Sell OxyContin in China - 692 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:51:48] <exec> 08└─Lots of wealth really warps people. It's the rich, anti-social sorts like these Sacklers who are really ruining America, while too many of us stand idly by and let them. Worse, some among us venerate them, solely because they're rich. Doesn't matter that they're awful, the thinking is that if they h...
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[04:48:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 0, Troll) 02 - 06Creating Online Environments That Work Well For Older Users - 394 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:48:25] <exec> 08└─" We are the generation that invented and grew up with personal computers. It's absurd to suggest that we are less capable of using technology. In other words, you can't complain about old people not understanding tech, and then also complain that they've taken over Facebook and Twitter. Besides, we...
[04:48:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Creating Online Environments That Work Well For Older Users - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:48:26] <exec> 08└─They would show the person (it was always a dude though) going through the moves but it was like 100 pictures instead of a video. It was awesome.
[04:48:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Creating Online Environments That Work Well For Older Users - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:48:28] <exec> 08└─high contrast text, ... actual words and paragraphs over video
[04:48:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Story Submissions: Draw a Line or Play it by Ear or... - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:48:36] <exec> 08└─What is supposed to be happening here?
[04:48:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Appalbarry [66] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Story Submissions: Draw a Line or Play it by Ear or... - 184 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:48:38] <exec> 08└─FWIW I had the same thought, but the story has had a few thousand hits and a very positive reception, so I took a chance. Incidentally, Smashing Magazine has a wealth of great content.
[04:48:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Story Submissions: Draw a Line or Play it by Ear or... - 267 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:48:40] <exec> 08└─Swear to us this will never happen again, but this time everyone agrees it was just fine. And if you do ever do this sort of thing again I expect the article disclaiming reasons for it to be twice or maybe four times as long. Where are your principles for Bob's sake?
[04:48:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03coolgopher [1157] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Story Submissions: Draw a Line or Play it by Ear or... - 155 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:48:42] <exec> 08└─We'll scream at yous (more than usual) if we think it's slashvertisements :) As far as I'm concerned, the content is far more important than the messenger.
[04:48:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06The EPA's Anti-Science ‘Transparency’ Rule Has a Long History - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:48:56] <exec> 08└─So if this idea were initiated by the DNC, does that mean it's a good idea? What is your take on that?
[04:48:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Coward, Anonymous [7017] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06The EPA's Anti-Science ‘Transparency’ Rule Has a Long History - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:48:58] <exec> 08└─It was not. It was exploration and engineering with maybe a little science to fill knowledge gaps.
[04:48:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06The EPA's Anti-Science ‘Transparency’ Rule Has a Long History - 288 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:49:00] <exec> 08└─That doesn't mean what you think it means. The results of science should be reproducible. The data doesn't have to be, and in fact that's impossible; you cannot collect the exact same data points at an arbitrary moment in time; that completely violates entropy and conservation of energy.
[04:49:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The EPA's Anti-Science ‘Transparency’ Rule Has a Long History - 291 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:49:02] <exec> 08└─A little science we would be required to disregard when drafting policy.... But you're making a semantics argument. Answer this: should the US government be allowed to consider their experience landing on the moon when drafting space policy? Because this law would require them to ignore it.
[04:49:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03jb [338] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The EPA's Anti-Science ‘Transparency’ Rule Has a Long History - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:49:04] <exec> 08└─By that definition, landing on the moon wasn't science.
[04:49:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03exaeta [6957] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The EPA's Anti-Science ‘Transparency’ Rule Has a Long History - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:49:06] <exec> 08└─I could agree for redacting people's names but secret data sounds like a good way to make fake science.
[04:49:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03jb [338] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The EPA's Anti-Science ‘Transparency’ Rule Has a Long History - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:49:08] <exec> 08└─it was backed by the DNC back in 015, as a way to prevent Christian fundamentalists
[04:49:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The EPA's Anti-Science ‘Transparency’ Rule Has a Long History - 167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:49:10] <exec> 08└─some experiments were conducted on the moon while they were there -- those can be described accurately as science, but landing on the moon was not, in itself, science.
[04:49:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Coward, Anonymous [7017] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The EPA's Anti-Science ‘Transparency’ Rule Has a Long History - 460 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:49:13] <exec> 08└─Insisting on transparency is ok, but I've always thought that the burden of proof for toxicity was backwards. If you're going to release chemicals that end up in our food, water or air, you should show that they are safe. Now chemicals are only regulated if studies show toxicity. Better to prohibit...
[04:50:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tesla Unveils "Cybertruck" - 1054 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:50:19] <exec> 08└─in the world. Just not sold in the U.S. I can think of three 4 cylinder diesels used in trucks in the U.S. and the only one that was ever available in a pickup was the golf pickup from the 80's. Which was a pretty terrible engine. But the 3.9 isuzu and 4bt are generally regarded as quality easy to m...
[04:50:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06US Warships Sail in Disputed South China Sea Amid Tensions - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:50:53] <exec> 08└─The United States accuses China of militarizing the South China Sea and trying to intimidate Asian neighbors who might want to exploit its extensive oil and gas reserves.
[04:52:55] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06'Unblockable' Web Trackers Emerge: Firefox with uBlock Origin Can Stop It; Chrome, Not So Much - 68 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:52:55] <exec> 08└─Anyone looking to see how crazy and alarmist I am, consider my posts
[04:53:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03jb [338] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'Unblockable' Web Trackers Emerge: Firefox with uBlock Origin Can Stop It; Chrome, Not So Much - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:53:01] <exec> 08└─Could I suggest we create a 'simpleweb' of only text and images, where everything is so simple buildilng hidden tracking is impossible
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[05:48:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Creating Online Environments That Work Well For Older Users - 486 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:48:24] <exec> 08└─I've seen those before. I have a yoga book on my shelf that's similar. That approach actually makes sense there. It's the most information-dense and precise way of communicating that information. It's the kind of thing that would also be effectively communicated by video. Compare and contrast videos...
[05:48:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Creating Online Environments That Work Well For Older Users - 259 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:48:26] <exec> 08└─Of course our generation had it's illiterates. But, we didn't put them in positions where they made meaningful decisions, like, designing a publicly facing website. Such people are meant to dig ditches for a living, or sponge off of society by way of welfare.
[05:48:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Creating Online Environments That Work Well For Older Users - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:48:28] <exec> 08└─Now, all you millennial script kiddies, get off my lawn!
[05:48:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Creating Online Environments That Work Well For Older Users - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:48:30] <exec> 08└─Backgrounds that interfere with text readability are *so* annoying. Usually I just don't bother. Once in a while I'll copy the text into an emacs window and read it there. For a lot of other stuff, ctrl-+ is my friend.
[05:48:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Creating Online Environments That Work Well For Older Users - 266 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:48:32] <exec> 08└─I've been reading your amateurish trolling for quite a while, eth. And it occurred to me that your writing style is strikingly similar to that of the author of this piece: https://tweaker.org [tweaker.org] Is that you?
[05:48:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Creating Online Environments That Work Well For Older Users - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:48:34] <exec> 08└─"When I was your age, television was called books..." [getyarn.io]
[05:48:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03dwilson [2599] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Creating Online Environments That Work Well For Older Users - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:48:36] <exec> 08└─our preference for actual words and paragraphs over video
[05:48:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Creating Online Environments That Work Well For Older Users - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:48:39] <exec> 08└─That will no longer be my problem, though, I suspect you won't like it.
[05:48:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Creating Online Environments That Work Well For Older Users - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:48:41] <exec> 08└─That will no longer be my problem, though, I suspect you won't like it.
[05:48:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03barbara hudson [6443] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Creating Online Environments That Work Well For Older Users - 572 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:48:43] <exec> 08└─Bad backgrounds have always been a problem. Unfortunately, it's harder to select all the text with a keyboard shortcut on a mobile device. There are so many sites that violate the ADA people could probably make a living just suing them (while also creating the social good of forcing websites not to...
[05:48:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03barbara hudson [6443] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Creating Online Environments That Work Well For Older Users - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:48:45] <exec> 08└─Use DuckDuckGo instead of Google for search. Google promotes its own properties like any good monopolist with money to burn on lobbying.
[05:48:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Creating Online Environments That Work Well For Older Users - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:48:47] <exec> 08└─Bad backgrounds have always been a problem. Unfortunately, it's harder to select all the text with a keyboard shortcut on a mobile device.
[05:48:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 4, Insightful) 02 - 06Story Submissions: Draw a Line or Play it by Ear or... - 242 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:48:58] <exec> 08└─It doesn't really matter if the submitter has an interest in popularizing the story (such as being the author). If the story is sufficiently high quality, relevant to our interests kekeke, not plagiarizing someone else's work, etc then do it.
[05:48:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Story Submissions: Draw a Line or Play it by Ear or... - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:48:59] <exec> 08└─What is supposed to be happening here?
[05:49:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Vocal Minority [2765] (Score: 2, Funny) 02 - 06Story Submissions: Draw a Line or Play it by Ear or... - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:49:01] <exec> 08└─Are you over 50? Perhaps SN needs to be redesigned to be more useful to you? :p
[05:49:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Story Submissions: Draw a Line or Play it by Ear or... - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:49:03] <exec> 08└─Oh, I get it now. I like original stuff like this! I think we should support personal projects even if they are plugs, within reason.
[05:49:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Story Submissions: Draw a Line or Play it by Ear or... - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:49:05] <exec> 08└─No, I'm under 50. That ended up being the problem!
[05:49:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03linuxrocks123 [2557] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Story Submissions: Draw a Line or Play it by Ear or... - 413 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:49:08] <exec> 08└─A little over two years ago, I submitted this story about my MailTask program, which was accepted: https://soylentnews.org [soylentnews.org] So, this type of story doesn't seem to me to be much different from that, except that the article is hosted elsewhere. I'd say...
[05:49:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The EPA's Anti-Science ‘Transparency’ Rule Has a Long History - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:49:29] <exec> 08└─I challenge the semantics argument, too, by the way! Proving the hypothesis that it is possible to return a man from the moon given current technology IS science.
[05:49:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Coward, Anonymous [7017] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The EPA's Anti-Science ‘Transparency’ Rule Has a Long History - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:49:30] <exec> 08└─I thought this was an EPA rule. Space is handled by NASA.
[05:49:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03jb [338] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The EPA's Anti-Science ‘Transparency’ Rule Has a Long History - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:49:32] <exec> 08└─Proving the hypothesis that it is possible to return a man from the moon given current technology IS science.
[05:49:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The EPA's Anti-Science ‘Transparency’ Rule Has a Long History - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:49:34] <exec> 08└─Space launches produce a shit-ton of emissions, so, yes.
[05:49:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The EPA's Anti-Science ‘Transparency’ Rule Has a Long History - 163 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:49:36] <exec> 08└─So when Roger Bannister first ran the 4 minute mile (something which some doctors of the day were quoted as saying would "make a man's heart explode" if attempted)
[05:50:10] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] 02 - 06Tesla Unveils "Cybertruck" - 546 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:50:10] <exec> 08└─This is one of the things about so many people that drives me crazy. Focus on the superficial, on their totally subjective ideas of beauty, which are strongly influenced by what they find familiar, and ignore the functionality. They won't use wheel skirts or vortex generators, because that's "ugly"....
[05:50:14] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Bot [3902] 02 - 06Tesla Unveils "Cybertruck" - 269 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:50:15] <exec> 08└─Familiar? it looks familiar, if you know about the Pininfarina Modulo, the Carabo, the Countach, the Lamborghini LM001, and the cars you drew on your schoolbook in primary school. I'd say it's late 60s first 70s design. As seen by a kid. By a kid who hates automobiles.
[05:51:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06More Than 1000 Women Win Landmark Court Case Against Johnson & Johnson Over Over Vaginal Mesh Danger - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:51:38] <exec> 08└─Cars and guns are far less complicated than women.
[05:51:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06More Than 1000 Women Win Landmark Court Case Against Johnson & Johnson Over Over Vaginal Mesh Danger - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:51:39] <exec> 08└─Rocket surgery is less complicated than women.
[05:52:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Report: Sacklers Using Fake Doctors, False Marketing to Sell OxyContin in China - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:52:59] <exec> 08└─We have extrajurisdictional prosecution
[05:53:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'Unblockable' Web Trackers Emerge: Firefox with uBlock Origin Can Stop It; Chrome, Not So Much - 513 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:53:31] <exec> 08└─It is more than that. Firefox has a dns API that allows an extension to know whether or not the name resolution encountered a CNAME and the alias specified therein. Even with the v2 webextensions, you cannot tell anything about the resolution of the name without the dns API. Therefore, all browsers...
[05:53:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'Unblockable' Web Trackers Emerge: Firefox with uBlock Origin Can Stop It; Chrome, Not So Much - 233 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:53:32] <exec> 08└─Just what I was going to say. Plus, numerous browsers still support it. On top of that, if you don't trust any of those clients, the protocol is so simple that basic socket programming is really all you need to implement it yourself.
[05:53:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Court Says Police Can’t Force Suspects to Turn Over Passwords - 330 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:53:51] <exec> 08└─I do not fucking understand why people no longer know how to use the word, 'an'. 'An', is used if the word that comes after starts with a fucking vowel or vowel sound. If """a"""" consonant comes after you don't use an 'an', you use an 'a'. 'A' huge conspiracy must exist to misuse the word, 'an'. It...
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[06:48:31] <exec> 08└─Reading this in black, white and grey. It's really nice. Stylish or similar plugins also work, but it's nice to be able to change it on the site. Well done.
[06:48:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Creating Online Environments That Work Well For Older Users - 187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:48:33] <exec> 08└─That's not our EF. The author of that article seems to be burdened with some concern for drug users who get AIDS from swapping needles. EF is NOT burdened with concern for his fellow man.
[06:48:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Creating Online Environments That Work Well For Older Users - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:48:35] <exec> 08└─morons who type at a blazing 5 wpm on a good day.
[06:48:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Creating Online Environments That Work Well For Older Users - 220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:48:37] <exec> 08└─Sometimes it helps to do: foo -youtube I never tried it, but it might even work with the "site:" option foo site:-youtube.com but google searches are getting extremely sloppy. Even quotations hardly exclude anything now.
[06:48:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Creating Online Environments That Work Well For Older Users - 187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:48:39] <exec> 08└─That's not our EF. The author of that article seems to be burdened with some concern for drug users who get AIDS from swapping needles. EF is NOT burdened with concern for his fellow man.
[06:48:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Creating Online Environments That Work Well For Older Users - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:48:41] <exec> 08└─foo site:-youtube.com Nope doesn't work... oh well, the first one does, sometimes
[06:48:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Creating Online Environments That Work Well For Older Users - 883 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:48:44] <exec> 08└─While I agree with you at least 90%, those Youtube videos do have their place. I've watched a few videos on welding, and my welding has improved to a better grade of shit. (I'm never going to be a good welder, but sometimes, I have to stick something together.) Some auto repairs are a bit confusing,...
[06:48:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Creating Online Environments That Work Well For Older Users - 272 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:48:46] <exec> 08└─Oh please! Don't be stupid. He shows a hell of a lot more concern than you do! We've seen your crazy shit! Conversely he's a man of wealth and grace! Lay your hands on the screen, and he will HEAL YOU! Do you feel it? All your sorrows will succumb to the power of ethanol!
[06:48:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Creating Online Environments That Work Well For Older Users - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:48:48] <exec> 08└─TASTE! wealth and taste! you dumbass!
[06:49:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Chocolate [8044] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Story Submissions: Draw a Line or Play it by Ear or... - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:49:05] <exec> 08└─I don't get it either. What's the problem here? It's a good story.
[06:49:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Booga1 [6333] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Story Submissions: Draw a Line or Play it by Ear or... - 557 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:49:06] <exec> 08└─I would be against articles getting published(or declined) solely because of who submitted it. SoylentNews runs articles from sites all over the web, often without any concern about the individual authors. After all, we're interested in the articles or the conversations/comments. The fact the author...
[06:51:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06US Warships Sail in Disputed South China Sea Amid Tensions - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:51:13] <exec> 08└─RedTube would love a recording of this
[06:51:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06US Warships Sail in Disputed South China Sea Amid Tensions - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:51:14] <exec> 08└─we are talking about the chinese today not islam leave the devil warshippers out of it
[06:52:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Reziac [2489] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Link Between Inflammation and Mental Sluggishness Shown in New Study - 1515 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:52:26] <exec> 08└─The whole damn thing is wrong end of the horse. Always fully evaluate thyroid FIRST -- it affects absolutely everything else, and otherwise you're treating symptoms, not causes. Brain fog, fatigue, sluggishness, malaise, weight gain, disturbances of calcium metabolism... just a few co-symptoms of hy...
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[07:48:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Absolutely Humongous Data Breach Exposes over a Billion Records - 783 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:48:06] <exec> 08└─https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/ [worldometers.info] The world meter thingy says there are 7.7 billion human on the earth. So, four billion accounts? That's more than half the earth's population. It's probably safe to say that you are affected, directly, or indirectly, by this breach....
[07:48:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Creating Online Environments That Work Well For Older Users - 259 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:48:37] <exec> 08└─Why don't we parse your post? WTF do you mean by "concern"? Or, "stupid"? Or, "crazy"? I'll get back to you on that "all your sorrows" bullshit. I've led such a righteous life, I don't have a lot of sorrows. But, I'll look around, see if I can't locate a few.
[07:48:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Creating Online Environments That Work Well For Older Users - 413 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:48:39] <exec> 08└─Speaking of Youtube, this video [youtube.com] and others [youtube.com] describe how VR can be helpful for older olds. For you younger olds, the American Association of Retired Persons is doing a Black Friday [aarp.org] special, 5 year membership for $50 instead of $60. If nothing else, I bet people...
[07:48:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Creating Online Environments That Work Well For Older Users - 398 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:48:41] <exec> 08└─If you're my age you have no doubt run into more than a few web sites that are just plain useless, either because you can't read the text, or because they were designed using assumptions that those of us over forty years of age don't find useful. Whether it's our need for high contrast text, or our...
[07:48:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Story Submissions: Draw a Line or Play it by Ear or... - 611 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:48:59] <exec> 08└─We should follow the EU's lead on this. Submissions that add no value to the site are cool. Submissions that add value should be taxed. You need to collect some tax from Appalbarry for that submission. To determine that tax, add up all the annual wages paid to all of SN staff, and multiply by some r...
[07:50:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Tesla Unveils "Cybertruck" - 521 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:50:32] <exec> 08└─When I get gravel or dirt anymore I just use a trailer. I don't own a 250 or 350 it would be advisable to do a half yard max to avoid causing damage to the vehicle. With the exceptions of the drawbacks from the 8ft bed (personal complaint), distance (reasonable complaint), and the looks (wah wah wah...
[07:51:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 1) 02 - 06US Warships Sail in Disputed South China Sea Amid Tensions - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:51:09] <exec> 08└─http://i.imgur.com/F636xiP.gif [imgur.com] Can't find a good ascii for it
[07:51:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06US Warships Sail in Disputed South China Sea Amid Tensions - 259 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:51:11] <exec> 08└─If Russia had to pick a side, would they pick the one that just wants to poke them with a stick for the next hundred years, or the one that is moving people into their eastern territories and will eventually annex it wholesale like the Russians did to Crimea.
[07:51:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NASA Scientists Confirm Water Vapor On Europa - 243 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:51:55] <exec> 08└─The "USE THEM TOGETHER. USE THEM IN PEACE." part was not in the original 2010: Odyssey Two novel by Arthur C. Clarke and was added only in the movie version. It was presumably added as part of the Cold War tension that pervades the adaptation.
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[08:48:24] <exec> 08└─our preference for actual words and paragraphs over video
[08:48:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Creating Online Environments That Work Well For Older Users - 931 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:48:43] <exec> 08└─Interesting. For multiple reasons, it's interesting. To quote the chef, near the end of the video, "I can go wherever I want". That's cool, but, just before that, the neurologist (Indian name? No, I won't even attempt to spell her name) explained that people need to interact with those places. Need...
[08:48:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Creating Online Environments That Work Well For Older Users - 691 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:48:44] <exec> 08└─I'm convinced that a fair portion of people making youtube videos don't watch them before they upload. Too many consist of 5 minutes of rambling, 5 minutes of showing the back of the person's head while they demonstrate what you wanted to see (alternatively, they make sure you can actually see what...
[08:48:54] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03coolgopher [1157] 02 - 06Story Submissions: Draw a Line or Play it by Ear or... - 155 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:48:55] <exec> 08└─We'll scream at yous (more than usual) if we think it's slashvertisements :) As far as I'm concerned, the content is far more important than the messenger.
[08:49:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03qzm [3260] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The EPA's Anti-Science ‘Transparency’ Rule Has a Long History - 1080 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:49:29] <exec> 08└─The publication of conclusions without the publication of the base data sets is NOT SCIENCE. Why? because it cannot be checked, it cannot be challenged, it cannot be re-interpreted. Why is publishing the data important to science? So others can use it! Possibly in even more valuable ways than origin...
[08:51:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06US Warships Sail in Disputed South China Sea Amid Tensions - 211 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:51:16] <exec> 08└─Thanks to the US sanctions, Russia has already made this choice. It is done and can't really be reversed. The whole eastern Siberia region is being built as part of China's economy; using Chinese money mind you.
[08:51:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06US Warships Sail in Disputed South China Sea Amid Tensions - 342 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:51:18] <exec> 08└─Are you saying the US is willing to end humanity over a few ships in the middle of nowhere? Regardless of your feeling about it, the whole point of an aircraft carrier group is to apply force without nukes. This goal can't be achived with China currently so the carriers over there are simply a joke....
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[09:48:58] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03khallow [3766] 02 - 06Story Submissions: Draw a Line or Play it by Ear or... - 242 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:48:58] <exec> 08└─It doesn't really matter if the submitter has an interest in popularizing the story (such as being the author). If the story is sufficiently high quality, relevant to our interests kekeke, not plagiarizing someone else's work, etc then do it.
[09:49:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03yuhong [6517] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Story Submissions: Draw a Line or Play it by Ear or... - 207 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:49:07] <exec> 08└─I just submitted a new draft of my Google DoubleClick Mozilla overview: http://yuhongbao.blogspot.com [blogspot.com] Is any reader interested in the topic?
[09:49:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03spiraldancing [5894] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Story Submissions: Draw a Line or Play it by Ear or... - 430 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:49:09] <exec> 08└─I'm probably being naive here, but my take on it is, if the submitter openly self-identifies as the author, and our EditorOverlords believe it's a good article that Soylentils would enjoy ... then, of course, publish it. What else is there to consider? Maybe tag it with some kind of 'self-submitted...
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[09:49:12] <exec> 08└─If the content is good, and the submitter is honest about his conflict of interest, why worry? Let the editors decide if it's valuable for the community or just self-promotion, that's what they're there for. And besides...if you screw up too much, you'll surely hear about it in the comments ;)
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[09:53:37] <exec> 08└─So, basically, use uMatrix in paranoid mode?
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[10:48:06] <exec> 08└─This is about as interesting as all the right-wing Runaway submissions. Just let us know when the "most advanced Naval force in the World" again manages to run into commercial shipping. Basic seamanship, and things like "a watch", but then, Runaway1956 has been out for a long time, and taking naps e...
[10:48:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Coward, Anonymous [7017] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Former USS Fitzgerald CO Benson to Retire as Commander Next Month - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:48:08] <exec> 08└─He should take a cruise. I hear there's an excellent captain by the name of Schettino.
[10:48:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03fido_dogstoyevsky [131] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Creating Online Environments That Work Well For Older Users - 250 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:48:51] <exec> 08└─...f you're my age you have no doubt run into more than a few web sites that are just plain useless, either because you can't read the text, or because they were designed using assumptions that those of us over forty years of age don't find useful...
[10:49:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Story Submissions: Draw a Line or Play it by Ear or... - 336 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:49:14] <exec> 08└─I believe that there is nothing wrong in so-called "self-promotion", as long as the story is interesting. 'cmon, we're "promoting" other big sites by putting links to them in published stories, but doing the same thing with a "small" author is somehow a no-no? If this cannot be called "discriminatio...
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[10:49:16] <exec> 08└─I am impressed, firstly, by the fact that martyb is thinking and asking about the issues he raised, and secondly, by the positive nature of the replies from other people in the comments so far. I wish other sites had more editors and readers like this. I take it as a sign of the high integrity of SN...
[10:50:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03dltaylor [4693] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla Unveils "Cybertruck" - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:50:51] <exec> 08└─You mean, like the Chevy Colorado with the 2.8L turbo-diesel?
[10:51:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03shortscreen [2252] (Score: 2) 02 - 06US Warships Sail in Disputed South China Sea Amid Tensions - 205 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:51:31] <exec> 08└─It is BS, but not because it has anything to do with human rights, which it doesn't. Congress has no ability to "protect human rights" in Hong Kong. They can't even do it here. They are just grandstanding.
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[11:48:16] <exec> 08└─OK, Boomer, nostalgia, again! Grampa! Time to stick it up your bum, and let the younger generation take over! Someone like that groovy post-millennial, aristarchus! He knows the shit! Not stuck in the past, or in Navel lint, and protocol.
[11:48:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Flamebait) 02 - 06Absolutely Humongous Data Breach Exposes over a Billion Records - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:48:24] <exec> 08└─One Billion Runaways, screaming out into cyberspace, where no one can hear you, but they might be able to find a photo [gstatic.com].
[11:48:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03shortscreen [2252] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Absolutely Humongous Data Breach Exposes over a Billion Records - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:48:26] <exec> 08└─If all the data simply leaked to the public, then maybe no one would need to pay for it anymore and facetwit would go out of business?? (Or I don't know, maybe they'd get a bailout)
[11:49:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Creating Online Environments That Work Well For Older Users - 186 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:49:03] <exec> 08└─"Hard to read?" Hard to read?! Look, pal, in my day we had to read text against strobing backgrounds while 8-bit sound effects screeched out of the speakers. You don't know hard to read.
[11:49:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Creating Online Environments That Work Well For Older Users - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:49:05] <exec> 08└─I second that. I've been using it exclusively for most of the year and have found it to return better results than Google, for the reasons you gave.
[11:49:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Creating Online Environments That Work Well For Older Users - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:49:07] <exec> 08└─That's the problem with you old folks: lack of trust. It's a sign of early-onset dementia.
[11:49:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Story Submissions: Draw a Line or Play it by Ear or... - 361 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:49:32] <exec> 08└─Some forms of self-promotion are more obvious, but there is a gray area. As in it's some person who may or may not be a bot posting an article from their own blog/news site. Content might be completely legit for discussion but scraped from somewhere else. We got a few stories like this from some guy...
[11:49:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Story Submissions: Draw a Line or Play it by Ear or... - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:49:33] <exec> 08└─Value-added tax for Runaway! He'll never have to pay it! Ha, ha!!!
[11:49:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06Story Submissions: Draw a Line or Play it by Ear or... - 276 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:49:36] <exec> 08└─NOBODY EXPECTS, the aristarchus submission! But we could have had one here, instead of this mulling about, about nothing. aristarchus submissions are never self-promoting, they are always in the public interest, and of general philosophical intent. So #FreeAristarchus, I say.
[11:49:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Story Submissions: Draw a Line or Play it by Ear or... - 190 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:49:38] <exec> 08└─True, Aristarchus submissions are never self promoting, unless they happen to be self promotional. That, and Aristarchus submissions are always self flagellating, or at least self fellating.
[11:51:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03shortscreen [2252] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla Unveils "Cybertruck" - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:51:13] <exec> 08└─Maybe the word you're looking for is badass? ;) I approve of the stainless steel, but they can keep the touchscreen.
[11:51:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06US Warships Sail in Disputed South China Sea Amid Tensions - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:51:55] <exec> 08└─I live in Brooklyn. Think my money is where my mouth is?
[11:51:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06US Warships Sail in Disputed South China Sea Amid Tensions - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:51:57] <exec> 08└─Don't worry, Gaark. I should have spoken more precisely. It would end Chinese civilization on the mainland. There are 300 million people in the Chinese diaspora across SE Asia and elsewhere. Your General Tso's is safe.
[11:51:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06US Warships Sail in Disputed South China Sea Amid Tensions - 765 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:51:59] <exec> 08└─I wouldn't say so. Russia is playing a weak hand against a superpower, another imminent superpower on its eastern doorstep, and potentially another to the south (though those guys are a little preoccupied with their Pakistani rivals). They have a huge, resource rich territory in Siberia with very fe...
[11:52:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06US Warships Sail in Disputed South China Sea Amid Tensions - 699 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:52:01] <exec> 08└─A nuclear exchange with China would not end humanity. It would not be fun, but humanity would survive. I think the most current, salient aspect of the carriers in that area is that China is attempting to arrogate the entire South China Sea to itself. It's why it's building up those reefs. The US car...
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[12:48:15] <exec> 08└─Yes, Aristarchus does know the shit. Ask any pre-pubescent boy in his neighborhood.
[12:48:22] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] 02 - 06Absolutely Humongous Data Breach Exposes over a Billion Records - 783 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:48:22] <exec> 08└─https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/ [worldometers.info] The world meter thingy says there are 7.7 billion human on the earth. So, four billion accounts? That's more than half the earth's population. It's probably safe to say that you are affected, directly, or indirectly, by this breach....
[12:49:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Creating Online Environments That Work Well For Older Users - 690 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:49:05] <exec> 08└─What you do is why I think older tech folks have an advantage over the young'uns. They don't know how to adjust for such road bumps, but we've always had to as we built the stuff from scratch. When I encounter issues like you mentioned, if uMatrix doesn't nuke it automatically then I open firebug an...
[12:49:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Creating Online Environments That Work Well For Older Users - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:49:07] <exec> 08└─They often post interesting articles twice as a service to old folks with memory problems.
[12:49:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Story Submissions: Draw a Line or Play it by Ear or... - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:49:36] <exec> 08└─And by once I mean please don't post the story again in a few days... an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of dupes.
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[12:54:08] <exec> 08└─Or links in a terminal :-)
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[13:48:17] <exec> 08└─No personal responsibility in software is a wide road to disaster and collapse of whole digital civilization. For centuries, in civil engineering, machine-building, electrical engineering, metallurgy, chemistry, industrial people are personally responsible for their designs and actions, often lost c...
[13:48:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Former USS Fitzgerald CO Benson to Retire as Commander Next Month - 3044 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:48:28] <exec> 08└─To me, the main point of interest is the hypocritical culture of extreme personal responsibility that empowers the scapegoating. The Navy might have it worse than most, perhaps because of the extreme hierarchy and purposes of military organizations, but they're hardly the only one so afflicted. So m...
[13:49:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Creating Online Environments That Work Well For Older Users - 231 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:49:20] <exec> 08└─Contrary to popular belief, those who fall most often victim to internet and phone scams are the 24 and younger crowd, not the older people. I don't see lack of trust as a problem. It's not a sign a dementia, it's a sign of wisdom.
[13:49:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Creating Online Environments That Work Well For Older Users - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:49:21] <exec> 08└─Back in the day, you probably weren't older than dirt.
[13:49:43] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03dtremenak [1051] 02 - 06Story Submissions: Draw a Line or Play it by Ear or... - 294 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:49:43] <exec> 08└─If the content is good, and the submitter is honest about his conflict of interest, why worry? Let the editors decide if it's valuable for the community or just self-promotion, that's what they're there for. And besides...if you screw up too much, you'll surely hear about it in the comments ;)
[13:49:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Story Submissions: Draw a Line or Play it by Ear or... - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:49:52] <exec> 08└─Does SN have any alternative to Paypal as a method of accepting payments?
[13:49:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Story Submissions: Draw a Line or Play it by Ear or... - 361 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:49:54] <exec> 08└─Submit it and if it gets rejected, put it in your journal. Or put it in your journal and if it's good, likely someone will suggest you submit it or do it themselves. That's what the rest of us do, mostly. Out of curiosity, do you earn money from ads on your blog? If that's your goal, you'll likely n...
[13:50:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The EPA's Anti-Science ‘Transparency’ Rule Has a Long History - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:50:21] <exec> 08└─The BIG question is, why is it being fought tooth and nail, when it is pretty much standard in other areas? That, ladies and gentlemen, is what we should be wondering about.
[13:50:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The EPA's Anti-Science ‘Transparency’ Rule Has a Long History - 237 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:50:23] <exec> 08└─It doesn't say what your saying it says. And the way I remember it, was that it was backed by the DNC back in 015, as a way to prevent Christian fundamentalists in Congress from putting their dicks in the EPA on behalf of the oil sector.
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[13:50:25] <exec> 08└─You know, kind of like this: https://www.wired.com [wired.com] Republicans tried to pass this type of legislation from 2014 to 2017, with titles such as the Secret Science Reform Act [congress.gov], followed the next year by the Hones...
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[13:50:27] <exec> 08└─And funny that. I actually read TFS after posting the above, and the article I found and quoted via web search *is* TFA. Other AC didn't even bother to read TFA before sounding off with his partisan bullshit. Good show! You lower the mean intelligence level of this site all by yourself. That said, I...
[13:50:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Twitter Says it may Warn Users about Deepfakes--But Won't Remove Them - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:50:38] <exec> 08└─Can't they black-bar or instagram-kitty-cat the faces for everyone except the followers? Seems like if they visually demarcated the deepfaked area it would kind of kill it as a problem.
[13:50:54] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Sulla [5173] 02 - 06Tesla Unveils "Cybertruck" - 1063 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:50:54] <exec> 08└─As a followup comparing capabilities vs my current F150. With how my F150 is currently provisioned (2016 extended cab longbed with HD suspension for better payload) I can have a payload of 2,300lb. The Tesla is supposed to be able to have a bed payload of 3,500lb. A yard of gravel is ~2,800lb. The T...
[13:51:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla Unveils "Cybertruck" - 232 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:51:40] <exec> 08└─As it stands now, Tesla owners are the new Prius owners: insufferable smug douches who buy overpriced and underperforming trendy crap with Hillary 2016 and Apple stickers on the back, who have problems paying attention to the roads.
[13:51:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03DavePolaschek [6129] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla Unveils "Cybertruck" - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:51:42] <exec> 08└─Aren’t those supposed to be popular again now due to Breaking Bad?
[13:52:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score: 2) 02 - 06US Warships Sail in Disputed South China Sea Amid Tensions - 715 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:52:28] <exec> 08└─I'm not USian, but it is obvious that they would not tolerate the sort of threat that eliminated a carrier group.* I said nukes would be used in response if that was the only effective option. Also, a nuclear war will not end humanity. It might end the current political world order, but humans are t...
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[14:48:18] <exec> 08└─That's a long beta. All Chromebooks will now be Linux-ready [and other stuff]
[14:48:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Google is Shutting Down its Cloud Printing Service - 591 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:48:20] <exec> 08└─So...Google Cloud Print was about crappy driver support on Chromebooks? I don't use such malware/spyware, and I haven't had to plug a printer directly into my device in more than a decade. This is a long-solved problem (don't use Chrome/Chromebooks, use a real OS) that just points up how crappy Goog...
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[14:48:22] <exec> 08└─This is something that should not exist. Printing to remote printers was something that was solved back in Windows For Workgroups 3.11. But it seems the ability to print is something that has gotten more convoluted since then. I've had to handle a lot of snail-mailed in correspondences lately, and I...
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[14:48:31] <exec> 08└─For centuries, in civil engineering, machine-building, electrical engineering, metallurgy, chemistry, industrial people are personally responsible for their designs and actions, often lost careers or went to jail when negligence was too costly in damages or lives.
[14:48:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mojibake Tengu [8598] (Score: 2) 02 - 06RDP Loves Company: Kaspersky Finds 37 Security Holes in VNC Remote Desktop Software - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:48:33] <exec> 08└─Yes, this is exactly what I mean by preserving names. A history. The Roman Senate responded by requiring future stadiums to be inspected and certified.
[14:48:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06RDP Loves Company: Kaspersky Finds 37 Security Holes in VNC Remote Desktop Software - 223 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:48:35] <exec> 08└─Current dogma of "keep up with software updates" is an insufficient strategy to mitigate, because when a backdoor is discovered and publicized, a corrupted author(s) just introduce(s) another one elsewhere, often very soon.
[14:48:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Absolutely Humongous Data Breach Exposes over a Billion Records - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:48:56] <exec> 08└─in cyberspace all data turns liquid and leaks ... eventually.
[14:49:59] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Booga1 [6333] 02 - 06Story Submissions: Draw a Line or Play it by Ear or... - 557 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:49:59] <exec> 08└─I would be against articles getting published(or declined) solely because of who submitted it. SoylentNews runs articles from sites all over the web, often without any concern about the individual authors. After all, we're interested in the articles or the conversations/comments. The fact the author...
[14:50:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03braddollar [5445] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Story Submissions: Draw a Line or Play it by Ear or... - 7 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:50:14] <exec> 08└─Agreed.
[14:50:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Story Submissions: Draw a Line or Play it by Ear or... - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:50:15] <exec> 08└─The concern is about: how much self-promotion should be allowed on SN, redrawing boundaries, etc?
[14:50:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Story Submissions: Draw a Line or Play it by Ear or... - 473 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:50:17] <exec> 08└─If a person writes an article, and wants to "get around" the bright line that prevents self promotion, all that person needs to do is get someone else to submit it. An interesting article is an interesting article. If it gets through the submission review process, then post it! I, for one, prefer th...
[14:50:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Story Submissions: Draw a Line or Play it by Ear or... - 405 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:50:19] <exec> 08└─well facebook is all about self-promotion to the world. moderators there are lazy but will reluctantly drink some coffee to climb out of the previous-night beer bing to click on a "hide" button that requires admin prives. i'd prefer SN not to turn into facbook. however, one should be able to find so...
[14:50:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Story Submissions: Draw a Line or Play it by Ear or... - 221 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:50:22] <exec> 08└─Do you have a link to a page where it is possible to pay by card? I can find nothing at all related to card payments or any other methods of payment on any of SN's front page, the Finance page on the wiki, the FAQ, etc. W
[14:50:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The EPA's Anti-Science ‘Transparency’ Rule Has a Long History - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:50:54] <exec> 08└─So if this idea were initiated by the DNC, does that mean it's a good idea? What is your take on that?
[14:52:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tesla Unveils "Cybertruck" - 257 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:52:11] <exec> 08└─heh, cool, no worries about dents and scratches on a tired building site. will be super simple to clean; no useless nokes and crannies to dig dirt and grim out of. but need to tie stuff into the bed? how? the longer i look at it the more normal it looks ^_^
[14:52:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06US Warships Sail in Disputed South China Sea Amid Tensions - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:52:58] <exec> 08└─OH, SWEET JEEBUZ....SPANK YOU! :)
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[15:48:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03BsAtHome [889] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google is Shutting Down its Cloud Printing Service - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:48:08] <exec> 08└─Are they massaging your prostate while they do it?
[15:48:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google is Shutting Down its Cloud Printing Service - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:48:09] <exec> 08└─Are they massaging your prostate while they do it?
[15:48:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06RDP Loves Company: Kaspersky Finds 37 Security Holes in VNC Remote Desktop Software - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:48:20] <exec> 08└─I have tightVNC on my server, does this get updated automatically by YUM?
[15:48:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06RDP Loves Company: Kaspersky Finds 37 Security Holes in VNC Remote Desktop Software - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:48:22] <exec> 08└─No. You need to wipe your '/' partition, reinstall, wipe it again, hop on one foot around your computer three times and then you'll be all set. [tecmint.com] And you're welcome.
[15:48:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Former USS Fitzgerald CO Benson to Retire as Commander Next Month - 239 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:48:34] <exec> 08└─The guy was seriously injured in service to the US. Whatever systemic failures in leadership there may have been on the ship, he was sleeping and did not have immediate influence on the accident. Why should he not be retired with benefits?
[15:48:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Former USS Fitzgerald CO Benson to Retire as Commander Next Month - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:48:36] <exec> 08└─Welcome to DOD contracting, buddy. It's hard to complain too much if you are taking their money. Where do you think the acronym SNAFU came from?
[15:48:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Former USS Fitzgerald CO Benson to Retire as Commander Next Month - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:48:38] <exec> 08└─Must find a scapegoat! ONE scapegoat who's to blame for EVERYTHING.
[15:48:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Former USS Fitzgerald CO Benson to Retire as Commander Next Month - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:48:40] <exec> 08└─Schettino isn't bad at all, just a bit too confident in the reports involving global sea levels rising.
[15:49:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Creating Online Environments That Work Well For Older Users - 295 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:49:34] <exec> 08└─For you younger olds, the American Association of Retired Persons is doing a Black Friday [aarp.org] special, 5 year membership for $50 instead of $60. If nothing else, I bet people who read the forums -- or maybe even articles -- could benefit from our, er, charitable and nuanced perspectives.
[15:49:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Creating Online Environments That Work Well For Older Users - 256 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:49:35] <exec> 08└─Quality of everything has fallen. It will continue to fall, too. This is what happens when an industry grows and its labor pool does too. You get more less-qualified people contributing because at large numbers, you can't be anything better than "average."
[15:49:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Creating Online Environments That Work Well For Older Users - 369 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:49:37] <exec> 08└─How fortunate! I am a part time surgeon, and this week, I am running a special on customized tonsil extractions! For the low-low price of $99.95, you can have your tonsils extracted through your ear canal! And, for only $89.99 more, we can capture the procedure on video, for you to share with friend...
[15:49:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Creating Online Environments That Work Well For Older Users - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:49:40] <exec> 08└─It has just struck me: There are probably legal adults who don't remember MySpace and GeoCities. I only THOUGHT that GeoShitty was bad, then along came MySpace.
[15:50:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Story Submissions: Draw a Line or Play it by Ear or... - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:50:17] <exec> 08└─Perhaps another Internet should be designed for millennials. After all, you guys can't even figure out what gender you are.
[15:51:25] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Appalbarry [66] 02 - 06Tesla Unveils "Cybertruck" - 868 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:51:25] <exec> 08└─I'm one of the people who has actually been looking forward to trading in my F150 for an electric pickup. This not it. Those of us who actually use a pick-up truck for work don't need this kind of angular gee-whiz crap, we need a cab big enough for two people, a suspension that can handle more than...
[15:52:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06US Warships Sail in Disputed South China Sea Amid Tensions - 257 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:52:50] <exec> 08└─we just gotta get along with china for the next 30 years ... errr ... 20 years peacefully. after that they will so busy repairing and upgrading the infra they built shoddy and in a hurry 30 ... errr .... 20 years before that there will be no time for "war".
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[16:48:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmichaelhudsondotnet [8122] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Moscow Bans Sale of Gadgets Without Russian-Made Software - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:48:33] <exec> 08└─Not open source, russian made. Seems like defining what 'russian' is is going to start getting more and more important, or is that just synonymous with putin at this point?
[16:48:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] (Score: 3, Touché) 02 - 06Moscow Bans Sale of Gadgets Without Russian-Made Software - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:48:34] <exec> 08└─They're preloaded with Russian software.
[16:48:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Moscow Bans Sale of Gadgets Without Russian-Made Software - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:48:36] <exec> 08└─which has the resources to pull this off, this will end badly for the average Russian.
[16:48:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google is Shutting Down its Cloud Printing Service - 1181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:48:48] <exec> 08└─Friggin Google... Shut down everything all the time... I was just about to consider setting this up, too. Typical of google, too... Market penetration was slow, I had a 15 year old color laser that obviously couldn't speak "google cloud print" in the firmware and got a new B+W laser a year ago that...
[16:49:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06RDP Loves Company: Kaspersky Finds 37 Security Holes in VNC Remote Desktop Software - 304 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:49:01] <exec> 08└─I use it in development to connect to a chroot. Piece of shit can't be configured to listen on localhost only, you have to separately firewall the public port. Also does 6 character passwords only for some alleged backward compatibility reason. I should just install from source and patch out the idi...
[16:49:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03mth [2848] (Score: 2) 02 - 06RDP Loves Company: Kaspersky Finds 37 Security Holes in VNC Remote Desktop Software - 731 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:49:03] <exec> 08└─I'd be very surprised if even one of these vulnerabilities was put there on purpose. I'm not saying it doesn't happen, but the vast majority is honest programming mistakes instead of sabotage. In my opinion we should stop writing huge complex systems in ways where small mistakes have big consequence...
[16:49:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Former USS Fitzgerald CO Benson to Retire as Commander Next Month - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:49:22] <exec> 08└─And not touch people actually at fault. Bonus points if the victim ended up brain damaged.
[16:49:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Former USS Fitzgerald CO Benson to Retire as Commander Next Month - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:49:23] <exec> 08└─The stateroom where Benson was sleeping during the time of the collision was crushed by the bow of Crystal
[16:50:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Story Submissions: Draw a Line or Play it by Ear or... - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:50:58] <exec> 08└─Can I submit my AKP app? I smothered /. with it and got famous almost overnight.
[16:51:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Story Submissions: Draw a Line or Play it by Ear or... - 9 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:51:00] <exec> 08└─Ok boomer
[16:51:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Story Submissions: Draw a Line or Play it by Ear or... - 577 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:51:02] <exec> 08└─If its a draft, we'd rather wait until you have finished it. If it is the 3rd version (maybe it is an update of version 2 because things have changed etc) then it is not a draft. Finally, explain why you have written it and why you think it is of interest; if you do that then you will stand a better...
[16:51:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03martyb [76] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Story Submissions: Draw a Line or Play it by Ear or... - 4073 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:51:04] <exec> 08└─Hi! Thank you SO much for the kind words — they are VERY much appreciated! As you may not be aware, SoylentNews receives absolutely NO outside funding. ALL of our funding comes from subscriptions by its members. Though all staff are volunteers (nobody here has ever been paid anything for their wor...
[16:51:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Story Submissions: Draw a Line or Play it by Ear or... - 247 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:51:06] <exec> 08└─I agree. If the item is good or interesting, whether it promotes a soylenter or not is beside the point. If we reverse the question it seems the answer is obvious: should we reject awesome content if doing so might help a soylenter? Obviously not.
[16:52:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla Unveils "Cybertruck" - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:52:56] <exec> 08└─Also the coupling with the frame is important. A glass rigidly coupled is easier to break. Being a prototype means possibly shoddy assembly.
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[17:48:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Moscow Bans Sale of Gadgets Without Russian-Made Software - 192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:48:10] <exec> 08└─Seeing how it's not specifying "only" Russian software... Or maybe Google can transfer the calculator app's copyrights to some Russian subsidiary and keep everything open source just as it is?
[17:48:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03soylentnewsinator [7102] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Moscow Bans Sale of Gadgets Without Russian-Made Software - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:48:11] <exec> 08└─I agree the story is important, but we're seriously quoting Reddit now? And tired Soviet jokes at that?
[17:48:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Moscow Bans Sale of Gadgets Without Russian-Made Software - 18 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:48:13] <exec> 08└─Software uses you.
[17:48:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Google is Shutting Down its Cloud Printing Service - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:48:26] <exec> 08└─Here's an aerial view of the Google Graveyard [youtube.com]
[17:48:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google is Shutting Down its Cloud Printing Service - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:48:27] <exec> 08└─Someday, probably sooner than you'd think. they'll be sunsetting google search and gmail. gdocs going away will leave quite a hole to fill.
[17:48:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Former USS Fitzgerald CO Benson to Retire as Commander Next Month - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:48:59] <exec> 08└─The navy has an anti-safety culture kinda the opposite of OSHA.
[17:49:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Former USS Fitzgerald CO Benson to Retire as Commander Next Month - 684 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:49:01] <exec> 08└─the US military has a saying, probably most starkly applied to US Navy ship and boat commanders: one can delegate authority, but one cannot delegate responsibility. in a ship incident, the shit tends to roll up hill, not down, and stops at the Captain's Chair. like a Katamari, they unfortunately att...
[17:49:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Creating Online Environments That Work Well For Older Users - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:49:59] <exec> 08└─They also often post interesting articles twice as a service to old folks with memory problems.
[17:50:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Appalbarry [66] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Story Submissions: Draw a Line or Play it by Ear or... - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:50:44] <exec> 08└─One rule that has worked well on journalism list-serves (remember those?) is allowing a once yearly "se;l-promotion" post where you can sing your own priases. Not sure how that would work here, but maybe worth considering.
[17:50:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Story Submissions: Draw a Line or Play it by Ear or... - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:50:45] <exec> 08└─I say, as editor, you should use your judgement.
[17:51:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Tokolosh [585] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The EPA's Anti-Science ‘Transparency’ Rule Has a Long History - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:51:18] <exec> 08└─Once you've built the big machinery of political power, remember you won't always be the one to run it. -- P. J. O'Rourke
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[18:48:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03choose another one [515] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Lose Money on Repairs, Apple? an Absurd Claim, Say Critics - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:48:07] <exec> 08└─Every iPhone repaired is a new iPhone sale lost, so of course it loses money. It just isn't about to admit that that is the game...
[18:48:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Moscow Bans Sale of Gadgets Without Russian-Made Software - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:48:20] <exec> 08└─Why should only the NSA and CIA get to play? The KGB, er, FSB ought to be able to do the same too!
[18:48:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Moscow Bans Sale of Gadgets Without Russian-Made Software - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:48:22] <exec> 08└─I say we send our best negotiator, Major T.J. Kong [wikipedia.org] to deliver a gift in advance of such discussions.
[18:48:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Moscow Bans Sale of Gadgets Without Russian-Made Software - 823 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:48:24] <exec> 08└─"The potential to integrate mass surveillance into the common Internet infrastructure has analysts worried." As apposed to how it is now in the west? If "analysts" have something to say about the state of surveillance in Russia, perhaps they should compare it to the state of surveillance in the U.S....
[18:48:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Moscow Bans Sale of Gadgets Without Russian-Made Software - 833 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:48:26] <exec> 08└─So, mandatory Russian-made apps will provide a backdoor for surveillance... but Chinese or India made apps don't provide back doors for surveillance? Sorry, I don't see what is so horribly wrong about this ban except such a simplistic mandate would be quite insufficient. Around here I'd love to see...
[18:48:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Moscow Bans Sale of Gadgets Without Russian-Made Software - 865 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:48:28] <exec> 08└─Make Mother Russia Great Again? Seriously speaking - we sell a global product, including Russian translations and a few Russian sales - approximately 0.5% at last check. Now, our gadget with USian made software in it isn't really the point for us, the point is to sell our disposables, so if Putin wa...
[18:48:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Moscow Bans Sale of Gadgets Without Russian-Made Software - 1248 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:48:30] <exec> 08└─You can argue that this is no different than what the U.S. is now doing in terms of trying to ban products from Huwai. But we can still sell products to them (Microsoft Windows). It's just governments trying to make life easier for their companies by giving them more competing customers to provide s...
[18:48:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google is Shutting Down its Cloud Printing Service - 217 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:48:45] <exec> 08└─VLM didn't seem to pick up on the vibe that the userbase here saw this service as a problem, and yet he stated he had been too lazy to set it up. maybe "think before you print" has some sort of twisted relevance here?
[18:48:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google is Shutting Down its Cloud Printing Service - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:48:47] <exec> 08└─that they just realized that something they've been doing for a decade, may be unlawful.
[18:49:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03ze [8197] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Absolutely Humongous Data Breach Exposes over a Billion Records - 291 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:49:30] <exec> 08└─I like how some of these "breaches" are basically free copies of commercial data sets... And if some data set is dangerous to us for random people to have, then why is it allowed to be sold to random people to begin with? Or are they just trying to spin good ol "piracy" as a security scare?
[18:49:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Absolutely Humongous Data Breach Exposes over a Billion Records - 344 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:49:32] <exec> 08└─4 billion accounts / 1.2 billion users = average of 3 & 1/3 accounts per person. Assumption -- most of the people compromised had accounts at Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn and some also had another account or two... I wonder how old the data is? I closed my LinkedIn after the MS buyout, but MS pro...
[18:50:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03charon [5660] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Creating Online Environments That Work Well For Older Users - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:50:22] <exec> 08└─Bravo, E-F. Finally a troll that isn't about jews.
[18:50:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Creating Online Environments That Work Well For Older Users - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:50:23] <exec> 08└─And, for only $89.99 more, we can capture the procedure on video, for you to share with friends and family!
[18:51:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03GlennC [3656] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Story Submissions: Draw a Line or Play it by Ear or... - 662 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:51:09] <exec> 08└─I read the article referenced, and I agree that it is a thought provoking addition to the site. Afterwards I re-read your submission and found what I think would be a useful decision tree. One, the story submission comes right out and candidly admits it is from the author. Two, the story provides a...
[18:52:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03toddestan [4982] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla Unveils "Cybertruck" - 1786 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:52:58] <exec> 08└─I'm not sure if we live in the same universe, or are you just being sarcastic? Are you referring to the 1994 redesign of the Dodge Ram where it adopted the semi-truck look? I'd argue that's the complete opposite - that's the start of where pickup trucks started becoming overly macho - testosterone-f...
[18:53:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06US Warships Sail in Disputed South China Sea Amid Tensions - 293 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:53:47] <exec> 08└─I wish you were right - I really do - but it does not look so at least currently. I think a China-Russia union is more likely, which would include most of the former south soviet republics. Russia tried to accommodate West for 25 years and failed. The feeling over there is "enough is enough".
[18:53:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06US Warships Sail in Disputed South China Sea Amid Tensions - 320 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:53:49] <exec> 08└─Forgive me, but the only reason for an aircraft carrier existence is to apply force without using nukes. This ability is lost over there so sending the group is similar to riding horses in front of enemy tanks. Yes, it is a very honorable deed which was tried by many militaries, but the result was a...
[18:53:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06US Warships Sail in Disputed South China Sea Amid Tensions - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:53:51] <exec> 08└─So, what's the point of having an aircraft carrier? Why don't we put some reservists on cruse ships and send over there for a little training?
[18:53:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06US Warships Sail in Disputed South China Sea Amid Tensions - 226 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:53:53] <exec> 08└─Forgot to mention, the main result of a war with China would be Russia being the only remaining superpower. Perhaps it is the real goal of Russian policy - do during the WWIII what the US did during WWII and enjoy the results.
[18:54:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hyperturtle [2824] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA Scientists Confirm Water Vapor On Europa - 594 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:54:37] <exec> 08└─I think you meant that if you said an exo-planet was found to be full of radio broadcasting SJWs, funding from the present US administration would be immediately found to launch a Space Force Defense Initiative to make sure that the extraterrestial SJW corruptive influences are squelched and dropped...
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[19:48:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Lose Money on Repairs, Apple? an Absurd Claim, Say Critics - 936 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:48:08] <exec> 08└─The term 'misleading" is not strong enough. They claim they have a RIGHT to profit from their product breaking. That is a LIE. What if we were talking about something much less complicated, like a doorstop? So you break your doorstop. Should you be forbidden from sloppily sloshing on some super glue...
[19:48:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Lose Money on Repairs, Apple? an Absurd Claim, Say Critics - 196 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:48:10] <exec> 08└─People replace computers no more frequently now than ever in the last forty years. Perhaps even _less_ often than in the past, actually. This perennial gripe is more persistent than Moore’s law.
[19:48:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03zoward [4734] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Lose Money on Repairs, Apple? an Absurd Claim, Say Critics - 293 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:48:12] <exec> 08└─That's assuming that after having their phone break and being forced to have Apple itself repair it for an absurd cost, customers don't go out and buy a Samsung or LG instead. It's happening more often than it used to now that Apple's brand name isn't quite as pristine as it was a decade ago.
[19:48:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06Lose Money on Repairs, Apple? an Absurd Claim, Say Critics - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:48:14] <exec> 08└─Only Welfare Niggers carry $2000 iPhones.
[19:48:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Moscow Bans Sale of Gadgets Without Russian-Made Software - 339 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:48:34] <exec> 08└─Spoken like an armchair pundit. Here is what China did and seems to work: Protect your fledgling companies from outside competitors by laws, red tape, or other questionable practices . Let them iterate, grow and find what works. Let them compete globally while still protecting the home market until...
[19:48:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Moscow Bans Sale of Gadgets Without Russian-Made Software - 423 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:48:36] <exec> 08└─I'd have to read the law is question - which I don't want to - but perhaps it is similar to automotive rules. Almost no foreign built cars are sold in Russia. Instead most manufacturers have assembly plants on Russian territory. While say Hondas are missing, the diversity is higher than in the US. T...
[19:48:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03loonycyborg [6905] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Moscow Bans Sale of Gadgets Without Russian-Made Software - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:48:38] <exec> 08└─Probably companies like Yandex which are not even Russian owned, but merely crewed by Russian slaves. Colonialism at its finest.
[19:48:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Moscow Bans Sale of Gadgets Without Russian-Made Software - 201 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:48:40] <exec> 08└─Says the username running with a terminator pun? You are a prime example of a reddit user, probably didn't stick around cause there wasn't enough "fake newwwwz" circle jerking and reality triggers you.
[19:48:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Moscow Bans Sale of Gadgets Without Russian-Made Software - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:48:42] <exec> 08└─Right in the economics :( Your turn, show us with the doll how the doctor dropped you.
[19:49:28] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03VLM [445] 02 - 06Former USS Fitzgerald CO Benson to Retire as Commander Next Month - 106 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:49:29] <exec> 08└─The stateroom where Benson was sleeping during the time of the collision was crushed by the bow of Crystal
[19:50:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Creating Online Environments That Work Well For Older Users - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:50:36] <exec> 08└─Got tired of shit-posting as anon huh?
[19:50:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Creating Online Environments That Work Well For Older Users - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:50:37] <exec> 08└─Why are you lashing out like a toddler today? Is the GOP's downfall for their crimes just making you lose your shit?
[19:53:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03barbara hudson [6443] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla Unveils "Cybertruck" - 340 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:53:12] <exec> 08└─The lack of tumble-down means you're stuck with flat glass: the desire to give it a sharp-edge integrates look, as you pointed out,,means there's no give. Musk needs to look at a Case tractor from when they used flat safety glass in the ROPS (roll-over protective structure) and the thick rubber-and-...
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[20:48:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nuke [3162] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Lose Money on Repairs, Apple? an Absurd Claim, Say Critics - 684 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:48:16] <exec> 08└─The main purpose of the Apple repair front desk (the "Genius Bar") is to hum and har over a customer's broken iThing and then quote a crazy high price to repair it. They then say that a new one would be cheaper, or even if not that a new one would be a better spend in the long run. It would not matt...
[20:48:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hartree [195] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Lose Money on Repairs, Apple? an Absurd Claim, Say Critics - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:48:17] <exec> 08└─The old saying had to be updated for the digital economy.
[20:48:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Lose Money on Repairs, Apple? an Absurd Claim, Say Critics - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:48:19] <exec> 08└─https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YVTXG5-8h0 [youtube.com]
[20:48:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Moscow Bans Sale of Gadgets Without Russian-Made Software - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:48:44] <exec> 08└─nah they kicked soros out.
[20:48:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Moscow Bans Sale of Gadgets Without Russian-Made Software - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:48:46] <exec> 08└─perhaps decided to try to corner software as well
[20:49:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06RDP Loves Company: Kaspersky Finds 37 Security Holes in VNC Remote Desktop Software - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:49:17] <exec> 08└─you have to separately firewall the public port.
[20:49:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06RDP Loves Company: Kaspersky Finds 37 Security Holes in VNC Remote Desktop Software - 289 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:49:18] <exec> 08└─ANY major project these days has a backlog of KNOWN UNFIXED BUGS numbered in HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS and going back DECADES. If you think this does not affect security, you are naive. If you think using a hip language like Rust and DOING THE SAME THING WITH IT can help any, you are deluded.
[20:51:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Story Submissions: Draw a Line or Play it by Ear or... - 219 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:51:29] <exec> 08└─Do you have a link to a page where it is possible to pay by card? I can find nothing at all related to card payments or any other methods of payment on any of SN's front page, the Finance page on the wiki, the FAQ, etc.
[20:52:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The EPA's Anti-Science ‘Transparency’ Rule Has a Long History - 311 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:52:03] <exec> 08└─and dihydrogen monoxide is not safe either if taken in excess or otherwise misused. As is sodium chloride, sugars, fats, proteins, you name it. Politics is not an excuse to shut off one's brain and ignore the obvious flaws of an idea; if anything, people doing this very thing is the core problem wit...
[20:53:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03barbara hudson [6443] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla Unveils "Cybertruck" - 777 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:53:22] <exec> 08└─All flat surfaces makes for a poor energy absorbing crash safety cabin. A sledge hammer wielded by an out-of-shape executive doesn't compare to an impact from another vehicle. The Saturn did a similar trick with polymer body panels that absorb impact and bounce back - but leave it in the sun and the...
[20:53:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03barbara hudson [6443] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla Unveils "Cybertruck" - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:53:23] <exec> 08└─It's not a new way. Unit-body construction has been around for half a century. Electric vehicles for a century. Stainless steel - remember the deLorean?
[20:53:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03barbara hudson [6443] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla Unveils "Cybertruck" - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:53:25] <exec> 08└─I'd rather have a VW "Thing." Totally utilitarian, made for the army but also sold to the public, and not a bloated Hummer.
[20:53:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tesla Unveils "Cybertruck" - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:53:28] <exec> 08└─If you watch the videos on the evening news, the ball bearings were tossed at very low speed - think "slow pitch baseball."
[20:53:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla Unveils "Cybertruck" - 411 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:53:30] <exec> 08└─I suspect this design won't be too bad for Cd. The sloped bed cover is a huge improvement over traditional pickups. The air suspension will also help with overall drag (although Cd is dependent on the cross-sectional area... so reducing the profile might increase Cd). Lastly, electric vehicles remov...
[20:54:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06US Warships Sail in Disputed South China Sea Amid Tensions - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:54:23] <exec> 08└─Well done! Pwnage could only have been done better in KSP [wikipedia.org] :)
[20:54:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06US Warships Sail in Disputed South China Sea Amid Tensions - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:54:24] <exec> 08└─we are talking about the chinese today not islam leave the devil warshippers out of it
[20:54:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06US Warships Sail in Disputed South China Sea Amid Tensions - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:54:26] <exec> 08└─I live in Brooklyn. Think my money is where my mouth is?
[20:55:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA Scientists Confirm Water Vapor On Europa - 502 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:55:11] <exec> 08└─No radio broadcasts, just optical/infrared evidence of atmospheric "biosignatures", if not direct imaging of exoplanet continents filled with lush vegetation by the time we seriously drill into Europa or Enceladus (2040s?). We will have telescopes better than JWST before we attempt drilling into one...
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[21:48:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Verizon's New 5G Coverage Maps Show Just How Sparse the Network Is - 6 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:48:08] <exec> 08└─duh...
[21:48:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Verizon's New 5G Coverage Maps Show Just How Sparse the Network Is - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:48:09] <exec> 08└─That's dirty! Naughty boy!
[21:48:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Verizon's New 5G Coverage Maps Show Just How Sparse the Network Is - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:48:11] <exec> 08└─I'm going 10G. Engineering reports? Take it down to my toilet, I will wipe my ass with it.
[21:48:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Lose Money on Repairs, Apple? an Absurd Claim, Say Critics - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:48:26] <exec> 08└─They claim they have a RIGHT to profit from their product breaking. That is a LIE.
[21:48:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Lose Money on Repairs, Apple? an Absurd Claim, Say Critics - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:48:28] <exec> 08└─That is a LIE. And in front of congress? Don't we have a thing about that?
[21:48:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Lose Money on Repairs, Apple? an Absurd Claim, Say Critics - 347 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:48:30] <exec> 08└─As an infrequent hardware buyer, i can tell you it is has gotten into lightbulb territory, many software vendors, especially those tied to a hardware cycle are only concerned with the leading edge of tech. For all the constant security updates required these days, one would think some hardware drive...
[21:49:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google is Shutting Down its Cloud Printing Service - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:49:13] <exec> 08└─Hardy..the Terms of Service no doubt already cover everything, including managing all your information, then selling access, sharing it with anyone, giving it to governments or law enforcement..
[21:50:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Creating Online Environments That Work Well For Older Users - 397 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:50:55] <exec> 08└─Truth. Oftentimes it's the same company that made the original "good" product that cheapens it a little more every year as they profit-optimize it and coast on their good name. If something is quality at a reasonable price, rest assured, the long term business plan is NOT to let that last. It's a wa...
[21:53:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla Unveils "Cybertruck" - 420 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:53:39] <exec> 08└─Tesla is doing something radical here, I hope they succeed. However, I'm skeptical this will make it past safety testing. Automakers can make tanks. They don't because the car needs to sacrifice itself in an accident to protect the occupants. With this exoskeleton design, I don't see any crumple zon...
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[22:48:12] <exec> 08└─"64G should be enough for anybody" -Bill Gates
[22:48:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Verizon's New 5G Coverage Maps Show Just How Sparse the Network Is - 339 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:48:14] <exec> 08└─Verizon is claiming that there's 5G less than 100m from my home. I'd love to go up to the corner and see for myself just how full of shit they are. But I don't need to do that to know that Verizon are a bunch of lying scumbags. NY Telephone/NYNEX/Bell Atlantic/Verizon have been that since *before* t...
[22:48:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Verizon's New 5G Coverage Maps Show Just How Sparse the Network Is - 241 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:48:16] <exec> 08└─https://www.sciencealert.com/researchers-have-achieved-wireless-speeds-of-1-tb-per-second [sciencealert.com] https://www.techradar.com [techradar.com]
[22:48:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Verizon's New 5G Coverage Maps Show Just How Sparse the Network Is - 16 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:48:18] <exec> 08└─Nobody needs 4G.
[22:48:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06Verizon's New 5G Coverage Maps Show Just How Sparse the Network Is - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:48:20] <exec> 08└─Suck a nigger cock, buttercup.
[22:48:27] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03choose another one [515] 02 - 06Lose Money on Repairs, Apple? an Absurd Claim, Say Critics - 131 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:48:28] <exec> 08└─Every iPhone repaired is a new iPhone sale lost, so of course it loses money. It just isn't about to admit that that is the game...
[22:48:29] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] 02 - 06Lose Money on Repairs, Apple? an Absurd Claim, Say Critics - 936 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:48:30] <exec> 08└─The term 'misleading" is not strong enough. They claim they have a RIGHT to profit from their product breaking. That is a LIE. What if we were talking about something much less complicated, like a doorstop? So you break your doorstop. Should you be forbidden from sloppily sloshing on some super glue...
[22:49:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03corey [2202] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Moscow Bans Sale of Gadgets Without Russian-Made Software - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:49:05] <exec> 08└─This is a good way to form a state run DDOS botnet. Bit if code in each app to respond to the trigger and the target. Bang, 10m devices all go at once.
[22:49:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03corey [2202] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Moscow Bans Sale of Gadgets Without Russian-Made Software - 331 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:49:07] <exec> 08└─Having said that, I reckon their stated reason is quite reasonable. They want too reduce reliance on foreign software and boost their own software engineering capability. I can see lots of reasons why they would want to do that. It's much more plausible than what we're all thinking here. Maybe surve...
[22:49:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Moscow Bans Sale of Gadgets Without Russian-Made Software - 274 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:49:09] <exec> 08└─Google and Apple have a monopoly on smartphone hardware and software. They are both part of PRISM and likely other US government surveillance programs. And, yes - the US government effectively did all they could to prevent Huawei from being able to compete in the US market.
[22:49:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google is Shutting Down its Cloud Printing Service - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:49:27] <exec> 08└─> This is something that should not exist. Well, yes. Google is fixing that.
[22:50:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03pTamok [3042] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Former USS Fitzgerald CO Benson to Retire as Commander Next Month - 823 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:50:03] <exec> 08└─Because he was ultimately responsible for the running of the ship, and he should have had competent watch officers in place, and steersmen who knew how to operate the machinery they were entrusted to control. It is a personal tragedy for him that he was severely injured. Had his cabin been on the ot...
[22:51:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Story Submissions: Draw a Line or Play it by Ear or... - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:51:57] <exec> 08└─> Agreed. What is going on here today??? No one ever agrees with khallow (3766).
[22:53:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03ElizabethGreene [6748] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla Unveils "Cybertruck" - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:53:54] <exec> 08└─need to tie stuff into the bed? how?
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[23:48:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03vux984 [5045] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Lose Money on Repairs, Apple? an Absurd Claim, Say Critics - 840 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:48:38] <exec> 08└─At most, they have a "right to try to profit" subject to the legal constraints imposed on their business; but not an actual "right to profit". A "right to profit" would suggest that if a course of action such as a law forcing them to authorize 3rd party repairs with 3rd party parts violates their ri...
[23:49:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Moscow Bans Sale of Gadgets Without Russian-Made Software - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:49:09] <exec> 08└─Nyet. It's Ukrainian software.
[23:50:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03coolgopher [1157] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Former USS Fitzgerald CO Benson to Retire as Commander Next Month - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:50:04] <exec> 08└─Might the situation not have changed since you served though? Mismanagement across the board seems to have gone up in the last few decades.
[23:50:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Former USS Fitzgerald CO Benson to Retire as Commander Next Month - 637 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:50:06] <exec> 08└─The problem here is that the Navy opened its ranks to women and queers, and worse, allowed them to become commissioned officers serving watch in the pilothouse. Women can barely drive cars, what crazy jackass decided to let them drive ships? And that's on the rare occasion they're actually doing the...
[23:52:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Story Submissions: Draw a Line or Play it by Ear or... - 184 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:52:02] <exec> 08└─Gen-X can't stand you either. We're just nihilistic by nature, so instead of fighting all the time we're letting you drown in student loan debt for the rest of your lives and smirking.
[23:52:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The EPA's Anti-Science ‘Transparency’ Rule Has a Long History - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:52:37] <exec> 08└─There weren't any, as Jesus was either 13 or 17 depending on which Gospel's chronology you believe, and didn't begin his ministry till his early 30s.
[23:54:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06US Warships Sail in Disputed South China Sea Amid Tensions - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:54:56] <exec> 08└─They have lots. Very few involving men I bet, but just search and you'll find.
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