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[21:54:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03exaeta [6957] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AMD and Intel Have a Formidable New Foe (Amazon) - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:54:04] <exec> 08└─So, Amazon sets the price per CPU cycle. Is it surprising that they made their own CPU cheaper? Unless they start selling this CPU to third parties, the comparison is invalid.
[21:54:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AMD and Intel Have a Formidable New Foe (Amazon) - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:54:05] <exec> 08└─So, Amazon sets the price per CPU cycle. Is it surprising that they made their own CPU cheaper?
[21:54:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Off-Road Riders Fined while Riding on their Own Property - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:54:15] <exec> 08└─Michigan Environmental Police... So they're just Rangers with a fancy name, then?
[21:54:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Off-Road Riders Fined while Riding on their Own Property - 163 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:54:17] <exec> 08└─the state of Massachusetts requires all recreational vehicles operated on public and private lands to be registered through the Massachusetts Environmental Police.
[21:54:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Off-Road Riders Fined while Riding on their Own Property - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:54:19] <exec> 08└─Police there have used undercover cars, motorcycles, and cameras to attempt to stop the problem
[21:54:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Off-Road Riders Fined while Riding on their Own Property - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:54:21] <exec> 08└─No, they're the Massachusetts Environmental Police. Big difference that.
[21:54:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06Off-Road Riders Fined while Riding on their Own Property - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:54:23] <exec> 08└─How can you ask questions like this in a time of national emergency?
[21:54:25] <exec> 08*** new score 5 comment: 03canopic jug [3949] 02 - 06Off-Road Riders Fined while Riding on their Own Property - 1091 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:54:26] <exec> 08└─The cops probably turned up because of the noise pollution heard over the adjacent 1km to 5km depending on the shape of the terrain they were on and near. Even on "private" property the noise can spread over great distances. There is also the matter of the permanent damage to the terrain, including...
[21:54:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Informative) 02 - 06Off-Road Riders Fined while Riding on their Own Property - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:54:28] <exec> 08└─For each $750 fine for four boys, the MEP probably spent $1500 in fuel, $6500 in salary, and $350 in coffee and donuts during the undercover surveillance.
[21:54:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Off-Road Riders Fined while Riding on their Own Property - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:54:30] <exec> 08└─They were flagrantly breaking state law and have no standing to whine about it.
[21:54:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Off-Road Riders Fined while Riding on their Own Property - 211 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:54:32] <exec> 08└─You seem to have confused "private" land with "public" land. The owners have the legal right to do all kinds of "permanent damage" to "their" terrain. So check your outrage at the door lest they change the deal.
[21:54:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 4, Funny) 02 - 06Off-Road Riders Fined while Riding on their Own Property - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:54:34] <exec> 08└─Yeah, but I can't spell Massachusetts without looking it up!
[21:54:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Interesting) 02 - 06Off-Road Riders Fined while Riding on their Own Property - 260 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:54:37] <exec> 08└─So now the family registers the vehicles and get the boys certified. They'll be free to burn gas and rip up the terrain 24-7 until the end of time. All the while fragrantly obeying the state law. Stop tilting at windmills and put this situation in perspective.
[21:54:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Off-Road Riders Fined while Riding on their Own Property - 445 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:54:39] <exec> 08└─This seems to be a straight up invasion of privacy. Gotta make sure people are doing what I think they should do on their land. Perhaps the Massachusetts Environmental Police would better serve the public, if they went after actual problems. As opposed to teenagers joy riding on their parents' prope...
[21:54:40] <exec> 08*** new score 5 comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] 02 - 06Off-Road Riders Fined while Riding on their Own Property - 38 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:54:41] <exec> 08└─But why were the cops on the property?
[21:54:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Off-Road Riders Fined while Riding on their Own Property - 356 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:54:43] <exec> 08└─Here's a GIS presentation of various State rules for ATVs (4-wheelers). I'm guessing (but didn't look) that similar applies to off-road motorcycles and snowmobiles too. It's not like when I was a kid--had a go-kart in the early 1960s at age 6 or 7, operated in the side yard of our far-suburban house...
[21:54:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Off-Road Riders Fined while Riding on their Own Property - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:54:45] <exec> 08└─Duh, here's the link: https://www.edgarsnyder.com [edgarsnyder.com] From an ambulance chaser(?)
[21:54:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Off-Road Riders Fined while Riding on their Own Property - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:54:48] <exec> 08└─Gotta make sure people are doing what I think they should do on their land.
[21:54:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 0, Flamebait) 02 - 06Off-Road Riders Fined while Riding on their Own Property - 565 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:54:50] <exec> 08└─I don't have the least bit of sympathy for these faggots. Their parents are more likely than not Hillary voters and if they were conservative or libertarian they wouldn't be living in that fucking state. Massachusetts is not like California where you have a lot of boonies where you can be safely con...
[21:54:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Off-Road Riders Fined while Riding on their Own Property - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:54:52] <exec> 08└─But why were the cops on the property?
[21:54:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rich26189 [1377] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Off-Road Riders Fined while Riding on their Own Property - 16 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:54:54] <exec> 08└─Live free or die
[21:54:56] <exec> 08*** new score 5 comment: 03DannyB [5839] 02 - 06Off-Road Riders Fined while Riding on their Own Property - 227 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:54:56] <exec> 08└─They weren't fined for riding. They were fined . . . each teen received a $250 fine for operating an unregistered recreational vehicle, and a $500 fine for the operation of a recreational vehicle without a safety certification.
[21:54:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Off-Road Riders Fined while Riding on their Own Property - 827 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:54:59] <exec> 08└─Under the US Constitution the States are suppose to have whatever power they choose to take to deal with local matter. About the only real regulation that's supposed to happen is that the states are required to have a republican form of government. That states have usually held private property beyo...
[21:55:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03PinkyGigglebrain [4458] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Off-Road Riders Fined while Riding on their Own Property - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:55:01] <exec> 08└─So they're just Rangers with a fancy name, then?
[21:55:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06Off-Road Riders Fined while Riding on their Own Property - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:55:03] <exec> 08└─There's no excuse for New England to be a hotbed of anti-American faggotry. The Jews did this.
[21:55:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Off-Road Riders Fined while Riding on their Own Property - 279 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:55:05] <exec> 08└─Yard riding is/was ok here as long as it's your own yard. If you're driving up on someone else's front lawn and doing a full throttle burnout on the nicely manicured grass it could be a problem. Especially if the tires dig in too far and you get stuck. (I saw a guy do that once)
[21:55:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 2, Interesting) 02 - 06Off-Road Riders Fined while Riding on their Own Property - 273 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:55:07] <exec> 08└─There is also the matter of the permanent damage to the terrain, including erosion and run off. The destruction are permanent and those assholes are only on that land temporarily and so do not have the right to remove it from future generations, assuming there will be any.
[21:55:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Off-Road Riders Fined while Riding on their Own Property - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:55:10] <exec> 08└─I suspect the kids made the mistake of talking to the police.
[21:55:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06Off-Road Riders Fined while Riding on their Own Property - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:55:12] <exec> 08└─Environmentally sensitive? This is Massachusetts. The state bird is a mosquito! I've seen it on a T-shirt!
[21:55:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2, Troll) 02 - 06Off-Road Riders Fined while Riding on their Own Property - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:55:14] <exec> 08└─No, I think just good ole American faggots did that faggotry.
[21:55:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Off-Road Riders Fined while Riding on their Own Property - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:55:16] <exec> 08└─Man, I sure hope you're not an American with voting rights.
[21:55:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03canopic jug [3949] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Off-Road Riders Fined while Riding on their Own Property - 356 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:55:18] <exec> 08└─Wrong again. Once licensed they be able to burn gas, spew exhaust, and rip up the terrain 24-7 until they turn 17 or 18 and ideally because their parents signed an age waiver to pack their sorry asses off to the Middle East for a fillup. The damage they leave on the land will last for centuries, and...
[21:55:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Off-Road Riders Fined while Riding on their Own Property - 271 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:55:21] <exec> 08└─Ah ha! It looks like they were looking to punish someone due to various complaints. They had to nail someone. To demonstrate that they "are doing something!" So they found someone to pick on. To send a message to other teens that would dare venture outside into daylight.
[21:55:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06Off-Road Riders Fined while Riding on their Own Property - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:55:23] <exec> 08└─remember sendpoop is a thing.
[21:55:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Off-Road Riders Fined while Riding on their Own Property - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:55:25] <exec> 08└─Environmentally sensitive?
[21:55:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Off-Road Riders Fined while Riding on their Own Property - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:55:27] <exec> 08└─Conservatives have recently become opposed to the rule of law. So that may explain the confusion...
[21:55:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Off-Road Riders Fined while Riding on their Own Property - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:55:29] <exec> 08└─Who owns the polluted air over your private land? Who owns the polluted air that is now over my private land, too?
[21:55:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Off-Road Riders Fined while Riding on their Own Property - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:55:31] <exec> 08└─I got a speeding ticket once from a park ranger once. So enforcement is definitely in their wheelhouse. I believe I was still inside the park, though.
[21:55:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Off-Road Riders Fined while Riding on their Own Property - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:55:33] <exec> 08└─As the AC noted, they do have the right to do permanent damage to terrain they own. And like most jack-booted authoritarians, you haven't thought through what that means.
[21:55:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Off-Road Riders Fined while Riding on their Own Property - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:55:36] <exec> 08└─Well I sure hope you're just a slug crawling across someone's keyboard. Would you like a little pepper and salt before you toss the salad?
[21:55:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Touché) 02 - 06Off-Road Riders Fined while Riding on their Own Property - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:55:38] <exec> 08└─It is not recent, they merely stopped caring about the optics.
[21:55:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Off-Road Riders Fined while Riding on their Own Property - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:55:40] <exec> 08└─I'd have a recording of a chainsaw running every 40 minutes of every hour all weekdays.
[21:55:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Invisible Man, Emma, and The Hunt Hit Pirate Sites after Rushed Video on Demand Releases - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:55:48] <exec> 08└─Are they worth the bandwidth to download them? That's probably a silly question - Hollywood doesn't produce much that is worth the bandwidth.
[21:55:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Invisible Man, Emma, and The Hunt Hit Pirate Sites after Rushed Video on Demand Releases - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:55:50] <exec> 08└─The bandwidth gets cheaper all the time. But not many ripped movies are worth 1x 8 MiB Shrek [soylentnews.org].
[21:55:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Invisible Man, Emma, and The Hunt Hit Pirate Sites after Rushed Video on Demand Releases - 237 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:55:52] <exec> 08└─the hunt showed Emma Roberts in every commercial but killed her off right away. silly movie too. i didn't download the invisible man b/c i wasn't in the mood to have things jumping out at me over and over again. another Emma?, no thanks.
[21:55:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Invisible Man, Emma, and The Hunt Hit Pirate Sites after Rushed Video on Demand Releases - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:55:55] <exec> 08└─First forced to delay because of mass shootings and now their release profits hobbled by the Coronavirus! Poor guys
[21:55:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03mmh [721] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Invisible Man, Emma, and The Hunt Hit Pirate Sites after Rushed Video on Demand Releases - 757 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:55:57] <exec> 08└─I've seen Emma and Invisible Man, though all reviews are subjective, so take this with a boulder of salt. Emma: Very well done, great acting all around, good score, good set, good costumes, witty writing. If you like 1800's romance and Jane Austin, this is my favorite Emma remake thus far. Though, a...
[21:55:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Invisible Man, Emma, and The Hunt Hit Pirate Sites after Rushed Video on Demand Releases - 259 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:55:59] <exec> 08└─It's a film with a $14 million budget. The initial controversy drove awareness of the film way up. Coronavirus did it no favors though... unless this VOD strategy actually pays off. https://en.wikipedia.org(2020_film)#Box_office [wikipedia.org]
[21:56:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 4, Insightful) 02 - 06Charter Communications and Spinrilla Push Back Against False DMCA Notices - 631 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:56:07] <exec> 08└─The stories have been circulating for more than a decade. Youtube is probably where more stories come from. A baby dancing in a kitchen, to some almost unrecognizable tune on the radio warrants a takedown from the MAAFIOSO-SOB's? Some kid band makes up their own thing, and posts it on Youtube, and t...
[21:56:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Charter Communications and Spinrilla Push Back Against False DMCA Notices - 404 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:56:09] <exec> 08└─Copyright and freedom of speech must collide at some point. DMCA notices can be and have been used to suppress content that does not actually infringe any copyright. Even if it gets resolved later, the free speech was suppressed. Some people believe the DMCA is for anything like trademark, or slande...
[21:56:10] <exec> 08*** new score 5 comment: 03DannyB [5839] 02 - 06Charter Communications and Spinrilla Push Back Against False DMCA Notices - 1373 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:56:11] <exec> 08└─It's long over dew for someone to push back on that "under penalty of perjury" thing. Someone, is "signing on the dotted line" when a DMCA notice is filed. It is expressly under penalty of perjury. If you don't want to clog the courts so much, then a better solution would be to also have a statutory...
[21:56:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Charter Communications and Spinrilla Push Back Against False DMCA Notices - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:56:13] <exec> 08└─The DMCA is a travesty of justice. Yes it is... Now what?
[21:56:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 4, Insightful) 02 - 06Charter Communications and Spinrilla Push Back Against False DMCA Notices - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:56:15] <exec> 08└─Copyright and freedom of speech must collide at some point.
[21:56:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Charter Communications and Spinrilla Push Back Against False DMCA Notices - 1335 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:56:18] <exec> 08└─Copyright lasts beyond a lifetime. Because creators must be rewarded beyond the grave for an additional 70 years. An unmentioned collision of copyright and free speech is when the copyright holder thinks that any kind of fair use or simply incidental mention or brief portion is an infringement. If f...
[21:56:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 4, Informative) 02 - 06Coronavirus Roundup 03/22/2020 - 1301 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:56:27] <exec> 08└─The Federal Reserve just pledged asset purchases with no limit to support markets [cnbc.com] The Federal Reserve said Monday it will launch a barrage of programs aimed at helping markets function more efficiently in the wake of the coronavirus crisis. Among the initiatives is a commitment to continu...
[21:56:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Coronavirus Roundup 03/22/2020 - 875 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:56:29] <exec> 08└─"Within hours of sending the email, Wheeler was out of a job." Job opening!! Crap, it's in Denver, and there is already a stampede :P "Pandemic "will Last 18 Months or Longer," Leaked US Gov't Report Warns" This sounds about right to me. This virus is not going away any time soon. Even if some cure/...
[21:56:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06Coronavirus Roundup 03/22/2020 - 167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:56:31] <exec> 08└─Cable companies are "critical infrastructure" just like liquor stores. Somebody has to provide the diversion, to keep people from realizing what is actually happening.
[21:56:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 4, Interesting) 02 - 06Coronavirus Roundup 03/22/2020 - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:56:33] <exec> 08└─SoFi offers unemployment protection where your loan will go into forbearance.
[21:56:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Coronavirus Roundup 03/22/2020 - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:56:35] <exec> 08└─I needed to with that...
[21:56:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 4, Interesting) 02 - 06Coronavirus Roundup 03/22/2020 - 666 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:56:37] <exec> 08└─Sorry for my cynicism, but do the courts even uphold "breach of contract" anymore? It seems that all "contracts" have a clause that states "we will change the terms of this contract whenever we feel like it". IMHO, that is not a contract, and anyone who gets someone to sign such a contract, or even...
[21:56:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 4, Insightful) 02 - 06Coronavirus Roundup 03/22/2020 - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:56:40] <exec> 08└─We have the complete ability to do our jobs entirely from home.
[21:56:41] <exec> 08*** new score 5 comment: 03Thexalon [636] 02 - 06Coronavirus Roundup 03/22/2020 - 533 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:56:42] <exec> 08└─What is actually happening: We're faced with a problem that nobody is equipped to handle, really. And in the "never let a good crisis go to waste" philosophy, everybody is trying to use the problem to say that doing what they've always wanted to do will fix everything: The FBI wants to go full autho...
[21:56:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06Coronavirus Roundup 03/22/2020 - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:56:44] <exec> 08└─before subsequently resigning
[21:56:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coronavirus Roundup 03/22/2020 - 485 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:56:46] <exec> 08└─I too stopped shopping at Best Buy sometime in the mid-aughts. When this is over, I will be sure to patronize them. As for our employees, let me start by saying this: We will not make any employee work if they aren't comfortable doing so. Further, if an employee is sick or needs to take care of thei...
[21:56:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Coronavirus Roundup 03/22/2020 - 458 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:56:49] <exec> 08└─Well, ain't that sweet! While we wait for the psychos in congress to pass something not even a tenth as good. The virus is a comparatively minor threat compared to the banks, bill collectors, and our most corrupt congress that will see us starve before they let anything happen to their stock portfol...
[21:56:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03inertnet [4071] (Score: 4, Informative) 02 - 06Coronavirus Roundup 03/22/2020 - 321 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:56:51] <exec> 08└─A Dutch manufacturer was under threat [dutchreview.com]. They produce chloroquine, which might increase corona patients survival chances. The owner was threatened to sell his product to unspecified people. He went to the police instead, the factory is now guarded by the police and the owner also has...
[21:56:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coronavirus Roundup 03/22/2020 - 918 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:56:53] <exec> 08└─FWIW, reports from China are reported to say "Yes, it's effective, but only if you take it before symptoms appear", and you want medical supervision when you do that because you are risking liver (or was it kidney?) damage. There are several drugs that are reported to be effective "if you take it be...
[21:56:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Coronavirus Roundup 03/22/2020 - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:56:55] <exec> 08└─They don't know if we do build up immunity, sounds like some can still get sick again.
[21:56:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03dioxide [7248] (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06Coronavirus Roundup 03/22/2020 - 220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:56:57] <exec> 08└─You abandoned your post at an essential utility when you are arguably needed most. Took it to the media, put your name out there. Did your best to make the company look like the bad guy. Enjoy being unemployable. dioxide
[21:56:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coronavirus Roundup 03/22/2020 - 2913 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:56:59] <exec> 08└─Wait, did he quit over "reckless" rules, as the summary says, or was he fired? "Out of a job" is one of those dodgy phrases that deliberately obscures that point. This Coronavirus stuff is starting to scare me. I wasn't too worried for myself as long as it seemed only older, sicker people were in da...
[21:57:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Coronavirus Roundup 03/22/2020 - 280 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:57:02] <exec> 08└─My wife is a pharmacy tech at Safeway and she was directed to not use a mask or eye protection and to only wipe down counters when customers cannot seeing her do it. My wife switched to a different company who is okay with people wearing PPEs and will probably go drive-thru only.
[21:57:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03inertnet [4071] (Score: 2, Disagree) 02 - 06Coronavirus Roundup 03/22/2020 - 369 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:57:04] <exec> 08└─I'm not a medical person either. The only useful advice that I've distilled so far is to take a couple of really deep breaths several times a day. You'll be fine as long as you can do that without pain or coughing. Seek medical help immediately if you feel pain or can't hold your breath for a couple...
[21:57:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03shortscreen [2252] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coronavirus Roundup 03/22/2020 - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:57:06] <exec> 08└─Air compressor, couple of electro-pneumatic valves, relays, and an arduino?
[21:57:07] <exec> 08*** new score 5 comment: 03meustrus [4961] 02 - 06Coronavirus Roundup 03/22/2020 - 360 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:57:08] <exec> 08└─Incorrect. Inability to hold your breath is a sign of anxiety, not pneumonia. This advice keeps popping up, but it is a potentially dangerous myth with no factual basis. Don't believe me? That's good, you shouldn't believe random COVID-19 facts without citations. Go look it up for yourself. And do t...
[21:57:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Flamebait) 02 - 06Coronavirus Roundup 03/22/2020 - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:57:10] <exec> 08└─shove your alex jones story up your ass, bitch. his tooth paste has silver in it and i've never heard him saying it cures coronavirus.
[21:57:12] <exec> 08*** new score 5 comment: 03choose another one [515] 02 - 06Coronavirus Roundup 03/22/2020 - 1329 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:57:12] <exec> 08└─There is a lot of this around, a lot of people are way behind the curve in response to this and they therefore clash instantly with people who are on or ahead of the curve, and the curve is getting very steep, being just a couple of days behind someone else makes for a major difference of opinion. I...
[21:57:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03meustrus [4961] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coronavirus Roundup 03/22/2020 - 388 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:57:15] <exec> 08└─If I saw a pharmacy where all the staff were wearing masks and wiping down counters, I'd be comforted and want to keep shopping there. If I also saw one that did none of those things, I'd stop shopping there immediately. Some people have really idiotic responses. Customers have a lot of anxiety abou...
[21:57:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Coronavirus Roundup 03/22/2020 - 390 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:57:17] <exec> 08└─Found the fucking wage-slave who can't use this convenient excuse to get easy unemployment because he has snot-nosed kids and a wife with an ever-open beak to feed. Meanwhile, I'm collecting $1800 a month and living alone in my cozy little place where rent is less than half that even in a big Califo...
[21:57:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06Coronavirus Roundup 03/22/2020 - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:57:19] <exec> 08└─What is actually happening: We're faced with a problem that nobody is equipped to handle, really.
[21:57:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coronavirus Roundup 03/22/2020 - 198 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:57:21] <exec> 08└─When AIDS first appeared, you need only worry if you'd gotten a blood transfusion, or gone wild with the casual sex. In the latter case, you needed to worry about a whole host of other STDs as well.
[21:57:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coronavirus Roundup 03/22/2020 - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:57:24] <exec> 08└─OK, nobody is equipped to handle it in a way that doesn't leave millions of people dead. Because that's the trajectory we're on if a critical mass of people continue to do nothing about it.
[21:57:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Coronavirus Roundup 03/22/2020 - 202 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:57:26] <exec> 08└─The bail out bill only gives money to companies that don't/didn't fire their employees. It's good behavior, but also how you'd play to maximize your expectation. Probably a sign of a good bail out bill!
[21:57:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Coronavirus Roundup 03/22/2020 - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:57:28] <exec> 08└─OK, nobody is equipped to handle it in a way that doesn't leave millions of people dead.
[21:57:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 1, Redundant) 02 - 06Coronavirus Roundup 03/22/2020 - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:57:30] <exec> 08└─https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGHwz0tRcWo [youtube.com] If you won't click on a video link at Youtube - don't tell me about it, I don't give (messy)twoshits. (Side reference to the dirt bike riders story, wink wink.)
[21:57:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coronavirus Roundup 03/22/2020 - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:57:32] <exec> 08└─Lot easier to replace a job than a loved one.
[21:57:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Coronavirus Roundup 03/22/2020 - 2332 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:57:34] <exec> 08└─I don't think there's anything to be scared about. All this virus is is yet another interesting little monkey wrench in this game of life we're all playing. Undoubtedly a lot less terrifying than imagining how it must have been to live through the 40 years of cold war where people grew up knowing ev...
[21:57:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Coronavirus Roundup 03/22/2020 - 685 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:57:36] <exec> 08└─"I'm not a medical person either." That much is, unfortunately, obvious. "The only useful advice that I've distilled so far is to take a couple of really deep breaths several times a day." If that is the "only useful advice" you have gathered then you are a fool! According to CDC the best thing you...
[21:57:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 2, Informative) 02 - 06Coronavirus Roundup 03/22/2020 - 382 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:57:39] <exec> 08└─For people who were talking [soylentnews.org] about how coronavirus didn't spread exponentially, the US is now at almost four weeks of growth no slower than 24% per day (from 15 reported cases on February 27 to 42k reported cases today. Obviously, it's not going to continue forever, infinitely filli...
[21:57:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Coronavirus Roundup 03/22/2020 - 665 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:57:41] <exec> 08└─My wife and I had already decided that she will continue working through this because pharmacies need to stay open. I talked with a friend of mine at a different pharmacy here in town that at the very least is mostly surrounded by a 7ft wall/glass providing more protection than a long exposed counte...
[21:57:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coronavirus Roundup 03/22/2020 - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:57:43] <exec> 08└─As for ventilators, aren't CPAP and BiPAP devices basically ventilators? There must be thousands if not millions of these things sitting in drug stores all around the world.
[21:57:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coronavirus Roundup 03/22/2020 - 659 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:57:45] <exec> 08└─Bull-fucking-shit They had every ability to work from home, so he wasn't abandoning anything. All he abandoned was the reckless notion that he *MUST* be in the office to do his job. The only argument to hell-bound suits gave, "work is better in person when you can deal with people". You act like he...
[21:57:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coronavirus Roundup 03/22/2020 - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:57:47] <exec> 08└─i've never heard him saying it cures coronavirus.
[21:57:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03inertnet [4071] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coronavirus Roundup 03/22/2020 - 398 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:57:50] <exec> 08└─Washing your hands more than you're used to, plus all that other advice, is of no use as long as you stay at home. Of course it's good advice for when you've been outside or had contact with others outside of your family. All it does when you stay home is dry your skin and make it susceptible to bac...
[21:57:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03fliptop [1666] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coronavirus Roundup 03/22/2020 - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:57:52] <exec> 08└─Which is more important, your job, or $relative?
[21:57:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03inertnet [4071] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coronavirus Roundup 03/22/2020 - 483 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:57:54] <exec> 08└─I didn't mean to hold your breath for as long as you can, but to fill your lungs for as much as you can and hold your breath for a second or two. Where I live there's almost no chance of getting a real test, even when you have the symptoms, because all tests are reserved for medical staff and people...
[21:57:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coronavirus Roundup 03/22/2020 - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:57:56] <exec> 08└─Yeah, careful with that chloroquine... Man dies after ingesting chloroquine in an attempt to prevent coronavirus [nbcnews.com]
[21:57:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coronavirus Roundup 03/22/2020 - 207 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:57:59] <exec> 08└─"The patented nanosilver we have, the Pentagon has come out and documented and Homeland Security has said this stuff kills the whole SARS-corona family at point-blank range," - Alex Jones, 3-10-2020 [ny.gov]
[21:58:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Merger Between Two Stars Led To Blue Supergiant, Iconic Supernova - 8 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:58:07] <exec> 08└─awesome!
[21:58:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03inertnet [4071] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Merger Between Two Stars Led To Blue Supergiant, Iconic Supernova - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:58:09] <exec> 08└─That's what she said.
[21:58:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nesh [269] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Merger Between Two Stars Led To Blue Supergiant, Iconic Supernova - 367 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:58:11] <exec> 08└─A stellar black hole was detected with 70 solar masses, where current theories put the upper limit to black holes created from a star at 35. "the formation of such massive ones in a high-metallicity environment would be extremely challenging within current stellar evolution theories" from article pu...
[21:58:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Merger Between Two Stars Led To Blue Supergiant, Iconic Supernova - 324 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:58:13] <exec> 08└─The problem with stellar evolution theories is that we know almost nothing about even our own solar system, let alone other stars. We have only really been studying this stuff for a couple of hundred years, tops. I suppose we'll figure it out eventually, but at the moment the more we learn, the mor...
[21:58:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mercury's 400 C Heat May Help It Make its Own Ice - 190 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:58:21] <exec> 08└─https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geology_of_Mercury#High-albedo_polar_patches_and_possible_presence_of_ice [wikipedia.org] Maybe someday, scientists will be forced to live in that polar crater.
[21:58:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Here's What Facebook's Internal Facial Recognition App Looked Like - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:58:30] <exec> 08└─relegated to a hospital laboratory somewhere, collecting bodily fluids from octogenarians.
[21:58:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Here's What Facebook's Internal Facial Recognition App Looked Like - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:58:32] <exec> 08└─We had a slogan against smoking which went: "he who smokes damages you too, tell him to stop". s/smoke/uses social media/
[21:58:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Here's What Facebook's Internal Facial Recognition App Looked Like - 178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:58:34] <exec> 08└─Asking a smoker not to smoke used to be fighting words, usually between a husky guy and a wimp. Usually resulted in the smoker lighting up one after another to punish the whiner.
[21:58:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Here's What Facebook's Internal Facial Recognition App Looked Like - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:58:36] <exec> 08└─Future: Facebook Collects DNA Samples From All Users
[21:58:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Here's What Facebook's Internal Facial Recognition App Looked Like - 245 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:58:39] <exec> 08└─I've always found it hilarious that when I exercise that same 'freedom to smoke' to light my pipe, most cigarette smokers suddenly feel an urge to try and make me stop. Goose/gander. Sadly I can't do that anymore, my allergy keeps getting worse.
[21:58:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Here's What Facebook's Internal Facial Recognition App Looked Like - 347 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:58:41] <exec> 08└─You can light your pipe, or a cigar, next to me, anytime. Rarely have I smelled either that I didn't like, and only very rarely have I smelled one that I positively disliked. A good Cuban cigar is like a whiff of Paradise. I'll admit that I've smelled a few cigars that could be confused with burning...
[21:58:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Here's What Facebook's Internal Facial Recognition App Looked Like - 174 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:58:43] <exec> 08└─Good on you. Roughly 80% of smokers had very strong objections whereas most non-smokers preferred my pipe over the cigarette smoke. An excellent hypocrisy test if you ask me.
[21:58:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Here's What Facebook's Internal Facial Recognition App Looked Like - 180 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:58:45] <exec> 08└─Zuck's brains should just be blown out. That thing is gleefully creating a monstrous surveillance engine which collections information even on people who don't have accounts on it.
[21:58:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Here's What Facebook's Internal Facial Recognition App Looked Like - 584 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:58:47] <exec> 08└─Not sure how that is a hypocrisy test. You're interpreting it as they prefer or don't mind your pipe smoke whereas they could be choosing between the lesser of two evils. Did they prefer your pipe smoke over no smoke, or just over the cigarette smoke? Also, if you were showing them consideration, th...
[21:58:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Space Foam Already Bubbling As Planned - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:58:56] <exec> 08└─https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2018/09/giant-one-kilometer-space-bubble-telescopes.html [nextbigfuture.com]
[21:58:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03inertnet [4071] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Space Foam Already Bubbling As Planned - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:58:58] <exec> 08└─Give me the Earth telescope [sciencenews.org]
[21:58:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Space Foam Already Bubbling As Planned - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:59:00] <exec> 08└─I like that one too, but it seems like they still need to confirm whether it can work.
[21:59:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Space Foam Already Bubbling As Planned - 242 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:59:02] <exec> 08└─That picture is a lot less interesting than I hoped it would be. The science sounds great though. I wondered if casting steel in space might be a viable future industry, and with no gravity we might be able to cast strong, light steel foam.
[21:59:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:59:11] <exec> 08└─makes Jack a dull boy [youtu.be]
[21:59:13] <exec> 08*** new score 5 comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 530 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:59:14] <exec> 08└─Since I have to keep working, so long as the buses keep running this won't actually be all that different. I have zero social life to begin with, and have a tendency to stockpile nonperishable goods as a matter of instinct due to lifelong poverty (don't worry, they all get used, and whatever doesn't...
[21:59:15] <exec> 08*** new score 5 comment: 03Beryllium Sphere (r) (5062) 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 106 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:59:16] <exec> 08└─I feel much better when I go on a news diet, consuming not too much and choosing it for nutritional value.
[21:59:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 4, Insightful) 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 1850 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:59:18] <exec> 08└─I miss my mind the most. WTF? What's up with all the freakout? I mean, I get it. People are scared, but we know what to do. Best case scenario is that millions worldwide will be infected and tens of thousands will die. Note, that's the *best* case scenario here. Panicking will only make things worse...
[21:59:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03EJ [2452] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 787 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:59:20] <exec> 08└─When you were a little kid, did you dream of being an astronaut? Well, you failed. You can't cut it. You lost your mind even though you can easily go outside and enjoy spending time with your family. Ever dream of getting your own boat, and sailing around the open seas? Well, you failed at that too....
[21:59:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0, Redundant) 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 237 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:59:22] <exec> 08└─WTF? What's up with all the freakout? I mean, I get it. People are scared, but we know what to do. Best case scenario is that millions worldwide will be infected and tens of thousands will die. Note, that's the *best* case scenario here.
[21:59:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0, Redundant) 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 508 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:59:24] <exec> 08└─And to be clear, our civil rights have been suspended. That is very disconcerting to Americans who grew up believing we had "natural" rights of free speech and movement. Say you suffer from government intrusion on your rights. Even if you could get a hearing in these times, the judge may just throw...
[21:59:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:59:27] <exec> 08└─Go try to read one of jmichaelhudsondotnet wall of texts journal entries. No matter how unsane your are feeling, you will realize that your not that insane yet. 🌈
[21:59:28] <exec> 08*** new score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 1846 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:59:29] <exec> 08└─House arrest? You mean mandatory quarantine for infected people? Or do you mean self-isolation because someone has been exposed to someone who tested positive? Personally, I don't want those folks out in the street. Nor should you -- they'll just get more people sick faster, overloading our already...
[21:59:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03shortscreen [2252] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 366 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:59:31] <exec> 08└─Same here. I'm at home doing whatever I want. Neither unusual nor trying. Your sailing or hermit on the mountain scenarios don't sound bad either, though I'm not sure if I'm up for the astronaut one ;) Now, if I was a kid hearing the news that I would be out of school for months at a time I'd be fre...
[21:59:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:59:33] <exec> 08└─Oh, I always thought you were male.
[21:59:34] <exec> 08*** new score 5 comment: 03edIII [791] 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 3835 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:59:35] <exec> 08└─The reason have to be panicking is precisely what you laid out. Complete and total lack of leadership at the top. Outright lies, although I guess we call them "fervent wishes" to be kind. "Truth" is not coming from the top, and those we can trust (the doctors) are sounding the alarm bells louder and...
[21:59:37] <exec> 08*** new score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 181 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:59:37] <exec> 08└─Yep. You're mostly spot on. But as I said: Best case scenario is that millions worldwide will be infected and tens of thousands will die. Note, that's the *best* case scenario here.
[21:59:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03petecox [3228] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:59:40] <exec> 08└─... we should give up trolling for lent. Now I'm not Catholic but in these enforced solitudes, maybe he has a point. Love youse! :)
[21:59:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 384 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:59:42] <exec> 08└─This hit me right in the feels. I'm a hardcore news junkie and there's nothing in the news anymore except for nonstop virus doom-porn. Times are so tough I'm actually considering getting back into gaming. They say that CS:GO is one of the last gaming communities that isn't infected with AIDS, heard...
[21:59:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimios [201] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 302 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:59:44] <exec> 08└─"Set aside some time to talk and to think about the illness or other crisis and how it should be managed every day. Do not talk or think about it otherwise. If you do not limit its effect, you will become exhausted, and everything will spiral into the ground." - The 12 Rules for Life - Jordan Peters...
[21:59:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:59:46] <exec> 08└─WTF? What's up with all the freakout? The bill collector. Who is going to stop them?
[21:59:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:59:48] <exec> 08└─What you call misinformation is reality in Italy, and soon will be reality in your state.
[21:59:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 1229 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:59:50] <exec> 08└─Very nearly the same here. New Year days have always been a day of reflection for me. I reflect on some of the really dismal places and circumstances in which I've spent my New Year, as well as the best places. Well, this is something like a New Year. None of us alive today can remember anything qui...
[21:59:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:59:53] <exec> 08└─Doubtful. You must not be an American.
[21:59:54] <exec> 08*** new score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 318 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:59:55] <exec> 08└─I'll just leave this here: https://foreignpolicy.com [foreignpolicy.com] Note that the article above was published on 31 January, a full *six weeks* before jackass started taking this seriously and stopped calling it...
[21:59:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Interesting) 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 305 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:59:57] <exec> 08└─Strong action needs to be taken, and some states are doing just that, by requiring paid sick leave, expanding unemployment benefits, restricting banks and landlords from foreclosing/evicting people who can't pay and restricting utilities from cutting off electricity/gas/water/Internet during this cr...
[21:59:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Flamebait) 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 814 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:59:59] <exec> 08└─If you cared one bit about social distancing, you wouldn't be going to work when you know you're sick. Many of the people going to your pharmacy for prescriptions are elderly or ill. Age increases the risk of serious complications from COVID-19. And people who simultaneously contract COVID-19 and an...
[22:00:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0, Troll) 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:00:02] <exec> 08└─Oh, I always thought you were male.
[22:00:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:00:04] <exec> 08└─However in addition to that, we have our governments saddling millions of us with mass unemployment and house arrest.
[22:00:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:00:06] <exec> 08└─The bill collector. Who is going to stop them?
[22:00:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:00:08] <exec> 08└─Completely unrelated, I'm watching TV and half the commercials seem to be for paper cleaning products which are unavailable at the local store.
[22:00:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:00:11] <exec> 08└─It's OK, if you need a break you can watch The Quiz Broadcast [youtube.com].
[22:00:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 415 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:00:13] <exec> 08└─That comment is both reassuring and depressing. Outside the US, national governments are directing virus response policy in a coordinated manner. In the US it's the luck of the draw about how your state governor is going to handle things, some are handling it well, others badly. Real leadership from...
[22:00:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0, Redundant) 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:00:15] <exec> 08└─The media is making billions from this 'plague'. I can't shake the feeling this has all been completely overblown, for profit, but a news sector that is out of all control.
[22:00:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:00:17] <exec> 08└─> Outside the US, national governments are directing virus response policy in a coordinated manner. hmmmm, get informed.
[22:00:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rich [945] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 903 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:00:20] <exec> 08└─I live alone and mostly work from my home office anyway. I've got a ton of customer programming work piled up, a music synthesizer design to be readied for small-scale production, a DIY-theremin to be finished, a vacuum cleaner to fix, and general spring cleaning to do. If all that gets done, there'...
[22:00:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:00:22] <exec> 08└─I'll be installing Slackware on my spare laptop as soon as I get a chance. No systemd and learning....mmmmmmm, learning.....
[22:00:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:00:24] <exec> 08└─This man on Twitter looks and sounds like a doctor and he finds the virus suspicious: https://mobile.twitter.com [twitter.com]
[22:00:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 419 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:00:27] <exec> 08└─Those like you for whom this is not much of a difference form the stable, calm islands around which other people can cluster and stop panicking. Having no social life can be lonely, but in this situation it comforts others to see it's not immediately life threatening, and that will help them get thr...
[22:00:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03black6host [3827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 239 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:00:29] <exec> 08└─That's ok. I'm sure those corporations and people with all the money will be more than happy to to help pay it back. /s When the bill comes due things are going to change even more for the majority of us. I doubt it will be for the better.
[22:00:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 4, Interesting) 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 1471 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:00:31] <exec> 08└─I stopped reading the news years ago. My faith was broken when the New York Times through Judith Miller lied to sell the Iraq War; that, in turn, led me to immediately disbelieve the Russian Hoax and every other hit story and hoax about Trump. My suspicion was also heavily augmented by time at the C...
[22:00:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03SpockLogic [2762] (Score: 4, Informative) 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:00:33] <exec> 08└─Outside the US, national governments are directing virus response policy in a coordinated manner.
[22:00:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:00:35] <exec> 08└─Yeehaw, state-enforced hikikomori-ism. The time has finally come. I must be a guide to those around me
[22:00:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 701 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:00:38] <exec> 08└─This pandemic is only a twist on the craziness we've been in the last decade. With a development of this scale, it's only going to amplify. The Bretton Woods structure that has held sway the last 70 years could come undone. China's integral place in that system could be reversed, with widespread con...
[22:00:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 594 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:00:40] <exec> 08└─I actually did that last month (investing two week free time) on a high-end chrome-book (oxymoron detected). Slackware-current played well with everything except for the built-in audio hardware. After rebuilding the kernel three times and exhausting the boolean-search space for this problem on the w...
[22:00:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03digitalaudiorock [688] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:00:42] <exec> 08└─"Truth" is not coming from the top, and those we can trust (the doctors) are sounding the alarm bells louder and louder.
[22:00:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03inertnet [4071] (Score: 3, Touché) 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 428 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:00:44] <exec> 08└─I don't feel sorry for myself when I think about the people in really poor countries, who live from day to day and have to go to work for their daily meal. They're not going to self quarantine and starve to death as a result. They'll keep going outside, which will soon result in millions of deaths....
[22:00:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 240 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:00:47] <exec> 08└─Duh gubbamint says I'm an essential employee. Take it up with them. Nice try, shit-for-brains. If I start feeling feverish or in any other way ill I'll take the "2 weeks paid leave" offer the company has so kindly extended to us, of course.
[22:00:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:00:49] <exec> 08└─Do you want me to mail you a used pad or something? Get over yourself.
[22:00:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:00:51] <exec> 08└─I forget if you were the tranny I hated or tolerated on here. Either way good luck, we all need it.
[22:00:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:00:54] <exec> 08└─So far as I know we have two MtFs on here, Kurenai and Barbara Hudson. I'm 100% womyn-born-womyn. Sorry (not sorry) if that bothers you, manlet :)
[22:00:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:00:56] <exec> 08└─No. It is money legislated into existence. It will be "paid back" in form of all of our savings being diluted by the resulting inflation.
[22:00:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 449 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:00:58] <exec> 08└─This isn't any different from the time i played EVE, 2008-2017. Total isolation, a model m keyboard, 2 laptops and 3 more screens, headset and several voice channels in it. Except this isn't an interceptor in nullsec, this is an acquiring bank (the general principle is the same - don't fuck up and k...
[22:00:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:01:01] <exec> 08└─Pandemic! I got that Pandemic over here!
[22:01:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Beryllium Sphere (r) (5062) (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:01:03] <exec> 08└─Digging to primary sources is the other thing I do. Much recommended.
[22:01:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Beryllium Sphere (r) (5062) (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 419 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:01:05] <exec> 08└─I've been relying heavily on principles from the Stoics. One is to concentrate on dividing the world into things you do not control (government incompetence and idiots gathering in large groups) and things you do control (washing your hands, checking in on your neighbors, staying away from crowds)....
[22:01:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Beryllium Sphere (r) (5062) (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 276 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:01:08] <exec> 08└─In at least one state, home confinement ("house arrest") includes breaks for necessary errands and going out to the yard for exercise. After a friend of a friend came down with a fever and cough I put myself on a no-groceries lockdown. That's stricter but of course justified.
[22:01:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Flamebait) 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:01:10] <exec> 08└─Have you seen her posts and how she interacts with others on this site? Stable and calm aren't the words I would use.
[22:01:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:01:12] <exec> 08└─I miss my mind the most.
[22:01:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03stormreaver [5101] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:01:14] <exec> 08└─As for me, I am in paradise right now.
[22:01:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03cmdrklarg [5048] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 1032 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:01:17] <exec> 08└─Social Distancing is SOP for me. I live alone, and my extent of "going out" is picking up takeout. I'm going to limit that as well, so now my only excursions now will be going to work and once a week to the grocery store. Sunday's trip to the store was ok, found what I needed including the distilled...
[22:01:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:01:19] <exec> 08└─My money is on them doing better than us being kicked around by the state.
[22:01:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:01:22] <exec> 08└─This man on Twitter looks and sounds like a doctor
[22:01:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 234 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:01:24] <exec> 08└─First, I explored Artix Linux, because I LOVE Manjaro, but would like to dump systemd. Artix is good but did not feed the brain, so going to Slackware. If I had more time, I'd try out Linux from scratch again! Sadly, working too hard.
[22:01:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:01:26] <exec> 08└─No one outside UK thinks that they have real government right now (not even half of the people in UK) with that buffoon on the top.
[22:01:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0, Insightful) 02 - 06Rand Paul is First Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus - 473 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:01:36] <exec> 08└─This thing is gonna turn into another seasonal flu - low lethality and asymptotic carriers means this virus, unlike ebola that kills its hosts too quick to let it spread wide, will be around for long-ass time. The only long-term answer is vaccine and treatment drugs. Thanks, CCP, xi jin flu fuck, th...
[22:01:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 4, Insightful) 02 - 06Rand Paul is First Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus - 315 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:01:38] <exec> 08└─It might become a seasonal virus, but coronaviruses don't have the flu's unique, easily mutated topology that makes it so resistant to inoculation, whether natural or vaccines. Temporarily endemic, but it might be possible to entirely eradicate in human populations once vaccines are available, the w...
[22:01:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Flamebait) 02 - 06Rand Paul is First Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus - 198 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:01:40] <exec> 08└─Or we could eradicate it the old fashioned way... infect everyone, lose 4% of the population (mostly old white men so no great loss to the economy), develop herd immunity, and then get on with life.
[22:01:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 4, Informative) 02 - 06Rand Paul is First Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus - 868 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:01:43] <exec> 08└─Greed will probably keep that from happening. Western companies want access to the Chinese market. Moving manufacturing back out would take years. Institutions like the WHO have played China's tune. Leaders, including President Trump, have been lenient towards China. As the U.S. Blames China for the...
[22:01:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06Rand Paul is First Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus - 209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:01:45] <exec> 08└─What a deal that the fatality rate will likely be a lot less than even 4%. We could all be working and getting on with our life, but that would deprive the government from conducting a grand social experiment.
[22:01:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06Rand Paul is First Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:01:47] <exec> 08└─The Jews did it as revenge for WWII. Oh, look, now they have a vaccine! America's "special relationship" with Israel has moved from Stockholm syndrome to all-out Munchausen-by-proxy.
[22:01:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Rand Paul is First Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus - 180 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:01:49] <exec> 08└─There are indications that could be read as "Having gotten over it once doesn't leave you immune.". There are also other ways to read them, of course, if you're feeling optimistic.
[22:01:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 0, Troll) 02 - 06Rand Paul is First Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:01:51] <exec> 08└─Let's see his libertarian horseshit save him now. Serves him exactly right. I hope McConnell gets it next and the both of them wake up in Hell together.
[22:01:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Rand Paul is First Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus - 1010 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:01:53] <exec> 08└─No, the problem is that a lot of younger and healthier people also require hospitalization and ventilator support. I think I read somewhere that 20% of those hospitalized were under 40. So if we infect everyone, we'll completely overwhelm the hospitals in most countries (esp. America, where we reall...
[22:01:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06Rand Paul is First Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:01:56] <exec> 08└─Cause, like South Korea lost half its population, you know.
[22:01:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Beryllium Sphere (r) (5062) (Score: 2) 02 - 06Rand Paul is First Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus - 273 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:01:58] <exec> 08└─For example, there was the Japanese lady who was apparently re-infected. It doesn't seem to be common. A priori SARS COV 2 could be expected to behave like other coronaviruses, which do cause immunity. The question of how long the immunity lasts is critical and AFAIK open.
[22:02:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Rand Paul is First Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus - 2510 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:02:01] <exec> 08└─In the long term, it makes sense to move manufacturing for products back to countries like the U.S. Another option would be to move manufacturing to countries with much lower labor costs than China, but factories will become even more highly automated than they are today, making labor costs irreleva...
[22:02:02] <exec> 08*** new score 5 comment: 03shortscreen [2252] 02 - 06Rand Paul is First Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus - 411 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:02:03] <exec> 08└─The people whose job it is to have the information (ie. the unaccountable three-letter agencies) got the information. They passed it to the people whose job it is to act on that information (ie. Congress). And act on it they did. By selling their stock before the price went down. You see? The system...
[22:02:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 0, Troll) 02 - 06Rand Paul is First Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:02:05] <exec> 08└─Let's see his libertarian horseshit save him now.
[22:02:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Rand Paul is First Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:02:09] <exec> 08└─The fact is, all that stuff made in China is stuff that America no longer knows how to do
[22:02:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Rand Paul is First Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:02:11] <exec> 08└─Eh? The original SARS does not result in immunity upon infection. That was the main reason developing a vaccine failed.
[22:02:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0, Troll) 02 - 06Rand Paul is First Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:02:13] <exec> 08└─I hope that none of the horrible things you've wished upon other people ever happen to you.
[22:02:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03ilPapa [2366] (Score: 2, Troll) 02 - 06Rand Paul is First Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:02:16] <exec> 08└─Because there's no libertarians in foxholes, amirite?
[22:02:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Flamebait) 02 - 06Rand Paul is First Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus - 246 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:02:18] <exec> 08└─And, they tend not to be real doctors. (Ayn) Rand (son of Ron) racist Paul, can fuck off and die, but not before he is sued for personal responsibility and liabilty by every member of the Senate, exclusive of those in prison for insider tradeing.
[22:02:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0, Troll) 02 - 06Rand Paul is First Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus - 6 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:02:21] <exec> 08└─#MeToo
[22:02:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Rand Paul is First Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus - 219 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:02:23] <exec> 08└─https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/01/31/coronavirus-china-trump-united-states-public-health-emergency-response/ [foreignpolicy.com] Note the date on the article above. Trump didn't even acknowledge an issue until 13 March.
[22:02:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Rand Paul is First Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:02:25] <exec> 08└─all that stuff made in China is stuff that America no longer knows how to do,
[22:02:26] <exec> 08*** new score 5 comment: 03PinkyGigglebrain [4458] 02 - 06Rand Paul is First Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus - 85 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:02:27] <exec> 08└─He'll be fine. After all, he will get the best medical care the taxpayers can afford.
[22:02:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0, Troll) 02 - 06Rand Paul is First Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:02:29] <exec> 08└─Why haven't you moved to Canada already, you whiny bitch? Is it because Canada doesn't want you, either?
[22:02:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Touché) 02 - 06Rand Paul is First Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:02:32] <exec> 08└─Canada already has Hudson to deal with.
[22:02:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06Rand Paul is First Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:02:34] <exec> 08└─That woman is so full of hatred, she could grin ole Davey Crocket, Daniel Boone, and Stonewall Jackson and any bears in the vicinity to death, all at the same time.
[22:02:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06Rand Paul is First Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus - 271 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:02:36] <exec> 08└─Well, it was somewhere in the terms of incorporation that we had to accept a lesbian. I insisted that we hold out for a Wicca lesbian, or a Druid lesbian, or even a Maia lesbian, but everyone else just agreed to the first lesbian to apply. Look what we're stuck with now!
[22:02:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Rand Paul is First Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:02:38] <exec> 08└─I'm pretty sure the pharao said the same thing when the plagues arrived.
[22:02:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pav [114] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Rand Paul is First Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus - 990 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:02:41] <exec> 08└─China hasn't surpassed the US in many areas? You're kidding right? Other than the knowledge that authomatically comes from doing such massive production of goods and infrastructure, in a few short years they have more and better high speed rail infrastructure than the rest of the world combined, par...
[22:02:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 1, Troll) 02 - 06Rand Paul is First Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:02:43] <exec> 08└─You can burn in Hell right along with them. You're part of the problem. I fear you and people like you more than I fear this virus.
[22:02:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Rand Paul is First Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus - 199 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:02:46] <exec> 08└─I've had more than my share of horrors already, thanks. Take your tone trolling and shove it. All I want is to see some poetic justice done to humanity's enemies before I die. Is that so much to ask?
[22:02:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Rand Paul is First Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:02:48] <exec> 08└─Money, fuckstick. I no has da monies yet. Believe me, if I did, I wouldn't be sitting around northwestern Pennsylvania with my thumb up my nose watching the country collapse in slow motion.
[22:02:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 1, Troll) 02 - 06Rand Paul is First Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus - 368 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:02:51] <exec> 08└─Please, you don't know from hate. This is just grim satisfaction at seeing Lady Karma get off her ass and start sniping people...and for all we know he'll recover just fine. This site is built around the principle of free speech uber alles. If you don't like it, the door's that way, and don't let it...
[22:02:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Rand Paul is First Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:02:53] <exec> 08└─> back into the US, we still have the expertise around to run a factory For $95/hour vs $15/hour It keeps equalizing but not there yet
[22:02:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Rand Paul is First Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus - 547 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:02:55] <exec> 08└─I don't know where you get your $95/hr. Here, in Arkiesaw, with their right to work laws, the top dogs who get stuff done in factories may be getting half of that. Not likely, but maybe. Management? Hell, they're skimming everything they can off the top, but they aren't the experts I was referring t...
[22:02:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03PiMuNu [3823] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Rand Paul is First Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:02:58] <exec> 08└─> One's status and position will not provide protection. No, but it will enable access to vastly improved healthcare. Not enough ventilators? Out of my way, schmucks.
[22:02:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Rand Paul is First Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus - 210 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:03:00] <exec> 08└─Publically, he didnt acknowledge it publically. There is a reason you don't hype up events, people respond like morons. Case and point Costco out of milk paper towels and tissues, but plenty of dehydrated milk.
[22:03:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Rand Paul is First Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus - 180 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:03:02] <exec> 08└─Funny how one has to break the world and cause people to suffer in order for them, allegedly, to see things your way. All part of your poisoned outlook [soylentnews.org] on things.
[22:03:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Rand Paul is First Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:03:05] <exec> 08└─On this: I fear you and people like you more than I fear this virus.
[22:03:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Rand Paul is First Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus - 178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:03:07] <exec> 08└─i know you're a suckass propagandist for big pharma and big gov, but polio was largely eradicated b/c people got indoor plumbing and were able to wash their hands after shitting.
[22:03:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Rand Paul is First Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:03:09] <exec> 08└─"as if Western nations are the only ones that know how to set up factories" not now, but we were the only ones who knew how to do anything modern before sell-outs gave it away to the mongoloids.
[22:03:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Rand Paul is First Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:03:11] <exec> 08└─"I know you're a shill for things that work, but other things that work also happened"
[22:03:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Rand Paul is First Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:03:13] <exec> 08└─Have you heard of the anti-vaccine movement?
[22:03:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Rand Paul is First Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:03:16] <exec> 08└─You're a stupid bitch. He's one of the very few people in congress who votes the Real American way many times. You don't belong here, you brainwashed slave.
[22:03:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Rand Paul is First Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:03:19] <exec> 08└─Get out now! The antivax is coming from inside the thread!
[22:03:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Rand Paul is First Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:03:21] <exec> 08└─Yet you seem to keep supporting the system. I blame your ignorance, you THINK you're doing the right thing by voting for leopards, so it isn't your fault when they rip your face off.
[22:03:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Rand Paul is First Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:03:23] <exec> 08└─Maybe. And, maybe better the leopards that I know how to deal with, than the snakes in the grass who sneak up behind me and poison me.
[22:03:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03digitalaudiorock [688] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Rand Paul is First Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus - 482 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:03:26] <exec> 08└─It's also worth noting that a) he contracted this at an event he arguably shouldn't have gone to in the first place, where several attendees later tested positive, b) other attendees to this event took precautions and self-quarantined, and c) Paul chose NOT to do the later and instead actively met w...
[22:03:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Rand Paul is First Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:03:28] <exec> 08└─i know you're a suckass propagandist for big pharma and big gov, but
[22:03:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Rand Paul is First Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:03:30] <exec> 08└─Why do you seem to keep supporting the system, AC?
[22:03:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 0, Troll) 02 - 06Rand Paul is First Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:03:33] <exec> 08└─If you can't say something intelligent, might as well say something stupid, amirite? There aren't many people who are soldiers or "real" doctors in the first place. Why should we expect higher rates among libertarians.
[22:03:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Rand Paul is First Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus - 510 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:03:35] <exec> 08└─Riiiight.... https://www.thedailybeast.com [thedailybeast.com] Which is a bald-faced lie. https://thehill.com [thehill.com] Which is *another* bald...
[22:03:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Rand Paul is First Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:03:37] <exec> 08└─Ah the defenses of fools. What a sad state conservatives are in.
[22:03:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Update is Now Live on Production: "[Skip to comment(s)]" [Updates: 2] - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:03:46] <exec> 08└─I won't believe that until I see the dupe of this story appear tomorrow morning.
[22:03:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Update is Now Live on Production: "[Skip to comment(s)]" [Updates: 2] - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:03:48] <exec> 08└─Well, it looks/works fine now, at least on this story.
[22:03:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score: 4, Interesting) 02 - 06Update is Now Live on Production: "[Skip to comment(s)]" [Updates: 2] - 599 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:03:51] <exec> 08└─What, you didn't turn long stories in to a side scrolling carousel graphic? And make the page grow infinitely as you scroll while you are at it? Obviously the "skip to comments" should float over the page near one edge and bob up and down all the time, that would make the site "pop". All of the curr...
[22:03:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Update is Now Live on Production: "[Skip to comment(s)]" [Updates: 2] - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:03:53] <exec> 08└─Yeah, and I didn't even have to type a single character for that new feature. That's a martyb baby. Code I don't have to write is my favorite kind.
[22:03:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Update is Now Live on Production: "[Skip to comment(s)]" [Updates: 2] - 308 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:03:56] <exec> 08└─Thank you, SN, and thank you, marty. And stay the fuck home, assholes. Don't be patient 31 like them spring break cocksuckers in Florida. Lock them fuckers up in jail and no medical treatment. I don't want a cent of my tax money going to their medical treatment. Comment below if you want canned soup...
[22:03:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Update is Now Live on Production: "[Skip to comment(s)]" [Updates: 2] - 328 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:03:58] <exec> 08└─https://soylentnews.org/meta/article.pl?sid=20/03/23/0026224#commentwrap [soylentnews.org] is closer to what you want than https://soylentnews.org [soylentnews.org] Also it doesn't appear on the comments.pl URLs: https://soylentnews.org
[22:03:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Update is Now Live on Production: "[Skip to comment(s)]" [Updates: 2] - 360 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:04:00] <exec> 08└─#commentwrap is consistent with the "N comments" links on the home page (to the right of "Read More"). Another thing you can do is to make "N comments" linked instead of just the number, to make it easier to click. At the same time, bump up the font size of just the number using a span element, to m...
[22:04:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06Update is Now Live on Production: "[Skip to comment(s)]" [Updates: 2] - 202 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:04:02] <exec> 08└─Don't be so modest. It is your second favorite kind. Your favorite kind is code you didn't have to write that actually works and you don't have to fix. Got save time so you can put fish in the livewell.
[22:04:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Update is Now Live on Production: "[Skip to comment(s)]" [Updates: 2] - 18 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:04:04] <exec> 08└─I stand corrected.
[22:04:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 4, Funny) 02 - 06Update is Now Live on Production: "[Skip to comment(s)]" [Updates: 2] - 252 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:04:06] <exec> 08└─You don't have to stay home, you just have to stay away from other people. And it started here just when the crappie and flathead started biting again. So a big ole "HA-ha" and a hearty "Suck it!" to those of you who think the universe doesn't love me.
[22:04:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 4, Informative) 02 - 06Update is Now Live on Production: "[Skip to comment(s)]" [Updates: 2] - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:04:09] <exec> 08└─Canned soup has very low calories per dollar since it's mostly water. Dried beans + canned diced tomatoes + bouillon + water + spices makes a decent soup.
[22:04:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Update is Now Live on Production: "[Skip to comment(s)]" [Updates: 2] - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:04:11] <exec> 08└─At the same time, bump up the font size of just the number using a span element, to make it stand out more with the whole thing being underlined.
[22:04:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03martyb [76] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Update is Now Live on Production: "[Skip to comment(s)]" [Updates: 2] - 211 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:04:13] <exec> 08└─https://soylentnews.org/meta/article.pl?sid=20/03/23/0026224#commentwrap [soylentnews.org] is closer to what you want than https://soylentnews.org [soylentnews.org]
[22:04:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Update is Now Live on Production: "[Skip to comment(s)]" [Updates: 2] - 393 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:04:15] <exec> 08└─Possible bug. Loading a story that does not have a "from" line like this one: https://soylentnews.org [soylentnews.org] intermittently seems to cause the story text to get squished, with an empty gray column under the "skip to comments" text. Seems to change depending...
[22:04:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03martyb [76] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Update is Now Live on Production: "[Skip to comment(s)]" [Updates: 2] - 658 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:04:18] <exec> 08└─Thanks for the report! It took a little while to replicate... took a while to understand what you meant by "from" line. (Internally we normally call it the "dept." line, but you had no way of know that!) I tried some ad hoc changes in my browser and changing the style of the link from: "display: inl...
[22:04:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Long-distance Fiber Link Poised to Create Powerful Networks of Optical Clocks - 220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:04:26] <exec> 08└─Typical bureaucrats spending $3.25 million to connect three labs, when they could have just signed up for internet. Maybe they can get a job helping Congress spend the $2 billion earmarked for Trump Flu stimulus package.
[22:04:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Funny) 02 - 06Long-distance Fiber Link Poised to Create Powerful Networks of Optical Clocks - 226 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:04:28] <exec> 08└─A lot has changed while you were in cryogenic suspension, Dr Anonymous Coward. Two billion dollars is what your average senator saves every month by trading on insider information. In fact, the package is two Trillion dollars.
[22:04:36] <exec> 08*** new score 5 comment: 03rigrig [5129] 02 - 06Git Our App: We Love Open Source, but Not Enough to Share Code for Our Own Mobile App - 229 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:04:36] <exec> 08└─GitHub isn't about encouraging open source, it's about vendor-locking in your projects. Can't release that app source, or people might find it easy to adapt to e.g. GitLab, and they can darn well write their own app from scratch.
[22:04:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Git Our App: We Love Open Source, but Not Enough to Share Code for Our Own Mobile App - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:04:39] <exec> 08└─Why no support for Windows phones or tablets? Ahahahahahaha!
[22:04:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Git Our App: We Love Open Source, but Not Enough to Share Code for Our Own Mobile App - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:04:41] <exec> 08└─Laughing at the failures of others? Sigh. You're not doing it right. First point, then laugh. Bwhahahahahaha
[22:04:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Git Our App: We Love Open Source, but Not Enough to Share Code for Our Own Mobile App - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:04:43] <exec> 08└─"Nystrom and GitHub designer Brian Lovin". what kind of stupid little bitch writes proprietary mobile apps for MS owned github?
[22:04:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Fish Scales Could Make Wearable Electronics More Sustainable - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:04:51] <exec> 08└─Who wants their phone to smell like old fish?
[22:04:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06Fish Scales Could Make Wearable Electronics More Sustainable - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:04:54] <exec> 08└─Yo mama won't mind, she's used to it.
[22:04:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Fish Scales Could Make Wearable Electronics More Sustainable - 414 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:04:56] <exec> 08└─How about just "wearable". Take a sheet of plastic, stick it to yourself, and see if it's comfortable. Does it make you sweat? Does it pinch? Wear it all day, and maybe all night as well. Do you still want it on your arm, or where ever? I truly expect that almost any form of gelatin material will be...
[22:04:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Fish Scales Could Make Wearable Electronics More Sustainable - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:04:58] <exec> 08└─They settled on gelatin derived from collagen in fish scales, which are usually thrown away
[22:04:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Fish Scales Could Make Wearable Electronics More Sustainable - 691 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:05:00] <exec> 08└─Everyone should get a skin mounted payment and identification device on their right hand. As an optional, extra cost feature, they could also be PDAs. I expect these devices are not permanent, so they must be re-applied periodically. Since these are universally required, but not everyone can afford...
[22:05:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Researchers Invent Method To Unlock Potential Of Widely Used Drug - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:05:10] <exec> 08└─The wonder drug for fat-assed Americans.
[22:05:17] <exec> 08*** new score 5 comment: 03NotSanguine [285] 02 - 06New Mirai Variant ‘Mukashi’ Targets Zyxel NAS Devices - 963 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:05:18] <exec> 08└─Apparently, this is just the latest in a bunch of security problems [threatpost.com] with their software: Over 16 security flaws, including multiple backdoors and hardcoded SSH server keys, plague the software. Security researchers are warning that networking hardware vendor Zyxel and its Cloud CNM...
[22:05:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Mirai Variant ‘Mukashi’ Targets Zyxel NAS Devices - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:05:20] <exec> 08└─if you have a nas exposed to the internet, and it allows password auth, you deserve it.
[22:05:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Curiosity Mars Rover Takes A New Selfie Before Record Climb - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:05:29] <exec> 08└─Curiosity's mission is to study whether the Martian environment could have supported microbial life
[22:05:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 4, Touché) 02 - 06Curiosity Mars Rover Takes A New Selfie Before Record Climb - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:05:31] <exec> 08└─That's just the cover story. The real mission is
[22:05:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Curiosity Mars Rover Takes A New Selfie Before Record Climb - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:05:34] <exec> 08└─That thing still "alive?"
[22:05:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Curiosity Mars Rover Takes A New Selfie Before Record Climb - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:05:36] <exec> 08└─The whole thing is a giant tax-payer fraud to provide a back story for the fake moon landings. The American people aren't falling for it.
[22:05:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03jurov [6250] (Score: 2, Funny) 02 - 06Long Narrow Wires Carry Heat With Little Resistance - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:05:44] <exec> 08└─>> Heat diffuses like the stain growing up the wall of a teenager’s bedroom. ...what?
[22:05:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Long Narrow Wires Carry Heat With Little Resistance - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:05:46] <exec> 08└─Chris Lee is the physics explainer man at Ars Technica, but he seems to be channeling the spirit of Peter Bright.
[22:05:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Long Narrow Wires Carry Heat With Little Resistance - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:05:49] <exec> 08└─...to be channeling the spirit of Peter Bright.
[22:05:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Long Narrow Wires Carry Heat With Little Resistance - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:05:51] <exec> 08└─ArsTechnica got really weird a long, long time ago.
[22:05:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NASCAR and F1 Launch Virtual Racing Series Amid Shutdown of Most Professional Sports - 201 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:00] <exec> 08└─Real sports and video games aren't the same thing at all. Tom Brady is a mediocre Madden player at best. And the world champion Street Fighter player isn't winning any heavyweight titles any time soon.
[22:06:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0, Troll) 02 - 06NASCAR and F1 Launch Virtual Racing Series Amid Shutdown of Most Professional Sports - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:02] <exec> 08└─Continue baseball?! This ain't no war, this is a god damn plague. Stay the fuck home, cocksuckers.
[22:06:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06NASCAR and F1 Launch Virtual Racing Series Amid Shutdown of Most Professional Sports - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:05] <exec> 08└─No, you. Stay home and suck a cock.
[22:06:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Offtopic) 02 - 06NASCAR and F1 Launch Virtual Racing Series Amid Shutdown of Most Professional Sports - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:07] <exec> 08└─Cocksucker says what?
[22:06:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06NASCAR and F1 Launch Virtual Racing Series Amid Shutdown of Most Professional Sports - 2331 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:09] <exec> 08└─No one is suggesting that baseball should continue right now. MLB commissioner Rob Manfred has indicated that Opening Day wouldn't happen until mid-May at the earliest. It will probably be later than that. Pretty much all sports in the US and most of the world are shut down right now because of the...
[22:06:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03xorsyst [1372] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASCAR and F1 Launch Virtual Racing Series Amid Shutdown of Most Professional Sports - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:12] <exec> 08└─We don't need virtual formula one when we already have marbula one! #hazeamaze
[22:06:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06NASCAR and F1 Launch Virtual Racing Series Amid Shutdown of Most Professional Sports - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:14] <exec> 08└─You are pissing me off, man. Shut the fuck up and stay the fuck home.
[22:06:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASCAR and F1 Launch Virtual Racing Series Amid Shutdown of Most Professional Sports - 220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:16] <exec> 08└─Other marble racing series are available. I've got to admit liking a few of this guy's tracks: https://www.youtube.com However, I am prepared to cheer for Balls of Chaos if Marbula 1 is all that's on.
[22:06:17] <exec> 08*** new score 5 comment: 03FatPhil [863] 02 - 06NASCAR and F1 Launch Virtual Racing Series Amid Shutdown of Most Professional Sports - 366 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:19] <exec> 08└─This is one of the problems with the US's (and its spineless lapdogs') endless rhetoric of calling every policy focus a "War on" something. You basically think everything's a war, and war is now indistinguishable from all those other challenges. Then again, the majority of the population can't disti...
[22:06:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06NASCAR and F1 Launch Virtual Racing Series Amid Shutdown of Most Professional Sports - 516 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:21] <exec> 08└─Take your trolling somewhere else. I made it very clear that the purpose of these esports competitions is so people are staying at home. And if people are watching esports on their TVs and computers at home, that means they're not violating quarantines and stay at home orders. It's also good for the...
[22:06:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASCAR and F1 Launch Virtual Racing Series Amid Shutdown of Most Professional Sports - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:23] <exec> 08└─This is one of the problems with the US's (and its spineless lapdogs') endless rhetoric of calling every policy focus a "War on" something.
[22:06:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NASCAR and F1 Launch Virtual Racing Series Amid Shutdown of Most Professional Sports - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:25] <exec> 08└─Generally, when a government starts spewing "war against ...." blah blah, the shit is already fucked up and has been for a while.
[22:06:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASCAR and F1 Launch Virtual Racing Series Amid Shutdown of Most Professional Sports - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:27] <exec> 08└─The only solution is a full-blown military war on these rhetorical wars.
[22:06:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASCAR and F1 Launch Virtual Racing Series Amid Shutdown of Most Professional Sports - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:30] <exec> 08└─It's also good for their mental health during this crisis, if they have entertainment to keep their morale up.
[22:06:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06NASCAR and F1 Launch Virtual Racing Series Amid Shutdown of Most Professional Sports - 167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:32] <exec> 08└─Generally, mofo clowns spewing non-sense should never get in government. Of course the shit is already fucked up since a long time ago if they actually do get in govt.
[22:06:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASCAR and F1 Launch Virtual Racing Series Amid Shutdown of Most Professional Sports - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:34] <exec> 08└─Nah, just sell 'em enough rope, made in Wuhan preferably
[22:06:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASCAR and F1 Launch Virtual Racing Series Amid Shutdown of Most Professional Sports - 619 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:36] <exec> 08└─Your comment would only be relevant if the punters actually believed that the eSport was the same as the physical sport, but they don't - you're imagining everyone has as limited brain capacity as yourself. Most racing fans I know will happily watch a wide range of racing events, open wheel, closed...
[22:06:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASCAR and F1 Launch Virtual Racing Series Amid Shutdown of Most Professional Sports - 644 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:39] <exec> 08└─These guys were doing it weeks ago, I've already seen the second race of the season: https://www.youtube.com . They use the rFactor *simulator*, unlike this copycat e-F1 which is using a bloody *game* instead. rFactor is the base for the simulators actually used by F1 teams. So t...
[22:06:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03inertnet [4071] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASCAR and F1 Launch Virtual Racing Series Amid Shutdown of Most Professional Sports - 416 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:41] <exec> 08└─Max said that he didn't want to compete using a system that he's unfamiliar with. He didn't want to step right in without any training because he knew he'd be beaten by lesser drivers that are familiar with that system. He is one of the best in virtual racing when using his well-known system, he usu...
[22:06:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NASCAR and F1 Launch Virtual Racing Series Amid Shutdown of Most Professional Sports - 240 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:43] <exec> 08└─Max Verstappen refuses to participate in the official series because he doesn't actually play the official games, since he finds them too arcade-y. He, like quite a few other racing drivers from various series, do run rFactor 2 and iRacing.
[22:06:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NASCAR and F1 Launch Virtual Racing Series Amid Shutdown of Most Professional Sports - 1507 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:45] <exec> 08└─> Are there any Soylentils who have any racing experience? --martyb] Behind the scenes there is a lot of engineering in NASCAR, I've worked there off-and-on since the mid-80s. It's interesting to compare to F1 where the engineering is front & center (we've done small projects with F1 teams too). In...
[22:06:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NASCAR and F1 Launch Virtual Racing Series Amid Shutdown of Most Professional Sports - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:47] <exec> 08└─This is hilarious because you repeat *exactly my point* a few posts later. "Yeah! Right on! But I'm going to be an asshole anyway!"
[22:06:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NASCAR and F1 Launch Virtual Racing Series Amid Shutdown of Most Professional Sports - 587 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:49] <exec> 08└─Gran Turismo has realistic physics for both the tracks and the cars. A Porsche handles like a real Porsche in corners when you step on the gas and the rear end squats down and digs in to the road. A Tesla handles like an overpowered 1968 Ford station wagon, going straight into a barrier instead of t...
[22:06:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03shortscreen [2252] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASCAR and F1 Launch Virtual Racing Series Amid Shutdown of Most Professional Sports - 291 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:52] <exec> 08└─I read a magazine article years ago (probably Car and Driver) where they had a pro driver face off against a pro gamer in GT. I was expecting the gamer to come out ahead but the driver actually won overall, suggesting that his skills behind the wheel transferred to skills behind the screen.
[22:06:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NASCAR and F1 Launch Virtual Racing Series Amid Shutdown of Most Professional Sports - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:54] <exec> 08└─Those super expensive golf simulators are pretty close to real thing tho and F1 drivers use pretty crazy simulators.
[22:06:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06NASCAR and F1 Launch Virtual Racing Series Amid Shutdown of Most Professional Sports - 1268 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:56] <exec> 08└─> skills behind the wheel transferred to skills behind the screen. GP here again. I've seen this too. It seems to depend a lot on the person. For example, as the sim gets more immersive (larger screen, etc), some people are fine and others get motion sickness. I did a lot of test driving for an earl...
[22:06:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rich [945] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASCAR and F1 Launch Virtual Racing Series Amid Shutdown of Most Professional Sports - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:06:58] <exec> 08└─Now is the time that motorsport utensil of bygone times might come in handy again, and not virtual at all. (If you haven't heard of those, give the title a picture search).
[22:07:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06NASCAR and F1 Launch Virtual Racing Series Amid Shutdown of Most Professional Sports - 559 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:07:01] <exec> 08└─So ego then. They're not "lesser drivers" if he can't beat them, they are "better drivers." Perhaps he is a "better driver" on the system he is familiar with, but it is supreme arrogance to claim you are the best at everything, but you'll only prove it on the things you are good at. I kick ass on my...
[22:07:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03inertnet [4071] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASCAR and F1 Launch Virtual Racing Series Amid Shutdown of Most Professional Sports - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:07:03] <exec> 08└─Sure, he has a big ego, but one probably couldn't get where he is without a big ego.
[22:07:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03gawdonblue [412] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASCAR and F1 Launch Virtual Racing Series Amid Shutdown of Most Professional Sports - 236 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:07:05] <exec> 08└─Max certainly has the biggest, bestest ego of all the current F1 drivers. And it's kept exceedingly well-fed by his father. And it never allow him to make mistakes - it's all those other drivers he keeps crashing into that are at fault.
[22:07:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NASCAR and F1 Launch Virtual Racing Series Amid Shutdown of Most Professional Sports - 2934 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:07:07] <exec> 08└─The constraints on engineering cut costs with the goal of allowing smaller teams with less resources to be more competitive. NASCAR and F1 both have a few large well-funded teams and a number of smaller teams. Even the larger teams have finite budgets, so if they have to spend more to achieve the sa...
[22:07:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NASCAR and F1 Launch Virtual Racing Series Amid Shutdown of Most Professional Sports - 2486 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:07:09] <exec> 08└─> The constraints on engineering cut costs with the goal of allowing smaller teams with less resources to be more competitive. Yes and no. Sometimes this works, but coil binding is an example from a few years back where it didn't. NASCAR mandated a fairly high ride height for tech inspection, but th...
[22:07:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06NASCAR and F1 Launch Virtual Racing Series Amid Shutdown of Most Professional Sports - 1193 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:07:12] <exec> 08└─> I'll be watching the virtual NASCAR event on FS1 this afternoon--to see how my customers do in a different arena. Well, I watched the FS1 cable channel coverage of the virtual Homestead NASCAR race (iRacing). It was fun and the broadcast crew was clearly having a fun time too. Some of the driver c...
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[22:53:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Coronavirus may Help End the Reign of Cash - 270 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:53:58] <exec> 08└─Ah, no. Cash is still king and always will be. Especially as the economy tanks and people find they've got no job or money left in the bank account to pay for things in this 'new cashless society'. The media is pushing switching to cashless payments. Businesses are not.
[22:53:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coronavirus may Help End the Reign of Cash - 184 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:54:00] <exec> 08└─I'm gonna get me some cash out of the teller-machine today. Because there are some small farmers that still sell potatoes and free range eggs and whatnot at the gate of their property.
[22:54:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03petecox [3228] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Coronavirus may Help End the Reign of Cash - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:54:02] <exec> 08└─stopping the use of non-disposable cups in cafes
[22:54:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Coronavirus may Help End the Reign of Cash - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:54:04] <exec> 08└─Customers are pathogens. Smart business owners will shut down and use their Trump Flu stimulus package check to retire.
[22:54:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03insanumingenium [4824] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coronavirus may Help End the Reign of Cash - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:54:06] <exec> 08└─I read it wrong the first time too. Stopping the use of NON-disposable cups.
[22:54:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coronavirus may Help End the Reign of Cash - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:54:08] <exec> 08└─and use their Trump Flu stimulus package check to retire.
[22:54:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06Coronavirus may Help End the Reign of Cash - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:54:10] <exec> 08└─Just because they are out to get you, don't mean you aren't paranoid.
[22:54:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Coronavirus may Help End the Reign of Cash - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:54:12] <exec> 08└─Some believe it could well be the start of killing off the use of cash for good.
[22:54:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AMD and Intel Have a Formidable New Foe (Amazon) - 324 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:54:22] <exec> 08└─1) Can I trust Amazon? 2) Are there blobs and binaries, which precludes securing the system? 3) Is it a good idea to give Amazon any more power than it has already? Amazon already feels that it deserves 10 billion fucking dollars to grace a city with its presence. This is not a company you want to g...
[22:54:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AMD and Intel Have a Formidable New Foe (Amazon) - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:54:25] <exec> 08└─1) Can I trust Amazon?
[22:54:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06AMD and Intel Have a Formidable New Foe (Amazon) - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:54:27] <exec> 08└─Amazon is currently the only company keeping the economy going. Bezos created 100,000 jobs this week. I say it is a great idea to give Amazon more power. Bezos for President in 2024!
[22:54:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06AMD and Intel Have a Formidable New Foe (Amazon) - 1095 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:54:29] <exec> 08└─1) The purpose of the CPU is to run AWS, so trusting Amazon is irrelevant. It only matters if you already trust them enough to store your data there and buy AWS servers from them. 2) Every CPU, including x86, involves blobs and binaries. You just don't notice as much on x86 because all the system an...
[22:55:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03https [5248] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Off-Road Riders Fined while Riding on their Own Property - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:55:16] <exec> 08└─Then hopefully, Buzz has the time to figure out a way to shadowban Nazi recruitment efforts.
[22:55:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Off-Road Riders Fined while Riding on their Own Property - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:55:18] <exec> 08└─If folks don't like the laws that the folks elected for that purpose make, they can vote for *different* people in the next election in an effort to get the laws with which they disagree changed
[22:55:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Off-Road Riders Fined while Riding on their Own Property - 606 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:55:20] <exec> 08└─Not so flagrantly since according to TFA few know of that law. IMHO, the old saw "ignorance of the law is no excuse" went out the window somewhere before the point that laws multiplied enough that even a lawyer working within his own sub-specialty had to start looking them up. I agree with the peopl...
[22:55:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Off-Road Riders Fined while Riding on their Own Property - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:55:22] <exec> 08└─If folks don't like the laws that the folks elected for that purpose make, they can vote for *different* people in the next election in an effort to get the laws with which they disagree changed
[22:55:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Off-Road Riders Fined while Riding on their Own Property - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:55:24] <exec> 08└─I don't see what sexual preference has to do with this topic. Oh wait. A runaway post. Gotta use that homophobia for something huh?
[22:55:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Off-Road Riders Fined while Riding on their Own Property - 237 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:55:26] <exec> 08└─That is how it goes, and hopefully not an endless cycle as the morons die off and better policies are accepted. This whole Trump stupidity throws everything off, tearing shit down to spite Obama and just for the hell of it. What maroons.
[22:55:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Off-Road Riders Fined while Riding on their Own Property - 765 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:55:28] <exec> 08└─Problem is that the busybodies and pressure groups work full time to get their pet laws passed. They do this BEFORE and AFTER the election, non-stop. Do you have time and money to lobby non-stop? I don't; I work for a living and have a family to raise and even if I did have the time to lobby, I most...
[22:56:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03barbara hudson [6443] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coronavirus Roundup 03/22/2020 - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:56:41] <exec> 08└─Well, it worked. She will never get COVID19.
[22:56:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03barbara hudson [6443] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coronavirus Roundup 03/22/2020 - 506 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:56:43] <exec> 08└─With COVID19, most work places should be considered toxic work environments, and if the work can be done remotely, it should be mandatory. This is a manager who doesn't have the skills for managing people remotely, or they would have embraced it, especially since there are plenty of studies that sho...
[22:56:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03barbara hudson [6443] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coronavirus Roundup 03/22/2020 - 184 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:56:45] <exec> 08└─That's stupid. People WANT to see precautions being taken. It's all part of customer service. Pharmacies should be sending the message that their customers health is important to them.
[22:56:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Merger Between Two Stars Led To Blue Supergiant, Iconic Supernova - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:56:56] <exec> 08└─Beyonce and Kanye's daughter Blue Ivy was also the result of a Big Bang.
[22:58:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How to Keep Your Sanity When You Feel Like the World is Going Crazy - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:58:36] <exec> 08└─One way or another. We're living on the expense of the future (and it seems the future just called our bluff).
[22:59:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Rand Paul is First Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:59:37] <exec> 08└─I suppose it had to happen eventually, but Soylent News has attracted it's very own anti-vaxx flat earther. Yes, it is weird.
[22:59:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Rand Paul is First Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:59:39] <exec> 08└─I don't know where you get your $95/hr...
[22:59:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Rand Paul is First Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:59:41] <exec> 08└─No, he's a Real American™ The A/C above told me so, and he wouldn't lie would he?
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[23:54:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coronavirus may Help End the Reign of Cash - 390 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:54:14] <exec> 08└─Cash has it's uses. It's a simple transaction between two people. The entire USA ends up hit with EMPs, Cash works. Can you say the same for your bitcoin wallet, your bank account, or stocks? I could see governments forcing electronic only at some point, but we're not quite there, yet. Not, because...
[23:54:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Coronavirus may Help End the Reign of Cash - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:54:16] <exec> 08└─I'm also gonna get me some cash out of the teller-machine today. Because marijuana dispensary's only accept cash.
[23:54:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Coronavirus may Help End the Reign of Cash - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:54:18] <exec> 08└─Question is, will the National Guard let you travel to see the farmer.
[23:54:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coronavirus may Help End the Reign of Cash - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:54:20] <exec> 08└─Given that the National Guard has fuck to do with Australia, you betcha
[23:54:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Coronavirus may Help End the Reign of Cash - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:54:22] <exec> 08└─If an EMP takes out USA, cash isn't going to mean shit anymore. Gold
[23:54:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Coronavirus may Help End the Reign of Cash - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:54:24] <exec> 08└─Unless, of course, the EMP doesn't take out the US.
[23:54:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coronavirus may Help End the Reign of Cash - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:54:27] <exec> 08└─It's a simple transaction between two people.
[23:54:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coronavirus may Help End the Reign of Cash - 326 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:54:29] <exec> 08└─I handle it a lot more than I handle any single piece of cash. As an old fart who has been around a few times I refuse to use any non-cash, non-credit card payment systems that rely on my phone. Not to mention I own guns, and I smoke weed. Last thing I need is a Biden administration cross checking g...
[23:54:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03istartedi [123] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coronavirus may Help End the Reign of Cash - 851 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:54:31] <exec> 08└─During the "public safety" power shut-offs in NorCal, cash was king. The nature of that disaster was that electronic payments were unreliable at best. You might be able to process payments if you had a generator, and all the providers between you and the processing center have power too. Often they...
[23:54:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03istartedi [123] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coronavirus may Help End the Reign of Cash - 376 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:54:33] <exec> 08└─The one case where cash made more sense for the virus situation was at the gas pump. We have one station around here that has always been full service. It's usually a convenience for when the cheap station has too long a line, and you're in a hurry. In this case, cash made more sense because I hande...
[23:54:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06AMD and Intel Have a Formidable New Foe (Amazon) - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:54:46] <exec> 08└─I was like, how did Amazon make their own chip. Then, I keep reading "The chip comes from Annapurna Labs and packs 64 A76 ARM cores", so just an Amazon branded ARM CPU. That, I believe.
[23:54:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AMD and Intel Have a Formidable New Foe (Amazon) - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:54:47] <exec> 08└─Not necessarily. Amazon is hardly the only place you can get ARM processors.
[23:54:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06AMD and Intel Have a Formidable New Foe (Amazon) - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:54:49] <exec> 08└─First I’ve heard of it and it is already a top performer.
[23:55:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Off-Road Riders Fined while Riding on their Own Property - 747 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:55:43] <exec> 08└─I'll summarize my own point: voting for candidate A over candidate B is not enough to get the laws you want. First of all, is your pet issue even on the radar of one of the candidates? If not, I don't see how voting will affect anything. Secondly, and even more importantly, you may live in one of th...
[23:55:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Off-Road Riders Fined while Riding on their Own Property - 236 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:55:45] <exec> 08└─In some states, that's still the case. I don't know about now, but back in the '70s when I was growing up, nobody cared if kids drove go-karts or minibikes on streets in the subdivision either as long as they weren't jackasses about it.
[23:55:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Off-Road Riders Fined while Riding on their Own Property - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:55:47] <exec> 08└─and that turbidity kills all the fish that Buzzard was trying to catch, what happens then?
[23:55:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03stretch611 [6199] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Invisible Man, Emma, and The Hunt Hit Pirate Sites after Rushed Video on Demand Releases - 996 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:55:59] <exec> 08└─Of course, I have no idea where to find pirated content on the interwebs... But it shocks me what people are putting out there and the bandwidth needed. Just the other day I saw a 23GB release of Sister Act 2... And lets just say that anything with Whoppi Goldberg that has her in anything better tha...
[23:57:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Coronavirus Roundup 03/22/2020 - 212 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:57:06] <exec> 08└─BTW, in some states they would have been guilty of intimidation and/or extortion. Just like having a dashcam, we all should record all such phone calls. Of course you have to let the person know you're recording.
[23:57:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Coronavirus Roundup 03/22/2020 - 944 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:57:07] <exec> 08└─It seems South Korea [wikipedia.org] is doing fine, without millions of deaths. But it was an scientific approach, not just in equipment but also in methodology sense: test suspicuous cases, then test people around the positives and so on. Random tests will help too, to find new sources. Test as muc...
[23:57:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coronavirus Roundup 03/22/2020 - 330 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:57:09] <exec> 08└─Most people believe it depends on their actions while the rest of the universe is under their control, which is almost universally wrong. In this particular case it will end once the bug learns how to efficiently spread without killing the host. Humans probably will claim the victory, but smart know...
[23:57:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coronavirus Roundup 03/22/2020 - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:57:12] <exec> 08└─Nobody? Well, except Chinese.
[23:57:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03choose another one [515] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coronavirus Roundup 03/22/2020 - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:57:14] <exec> 08└─We will pretty quickly see how fast the people who decided to not act get affected by this.
[23:57:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03choose another one [515] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coronavirus Roundup 03/22/2020 - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:57:16] <exec> 08└─It won't spread exponentially forever, sooner or later it runs out of morons Only question is how many it kills in the mean time
[23:57:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03choose another one [515] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coronavirus Roundup 03/22/2020 - 229 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:57:18] <exec> 08└─No, CPAP is basically one level below ventilator, CPAP fails, need ventilator. See here https://www.quora.com [quora.com] for example (quicker than me writing it all out)
[23:57:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Coronavirus Roundup 03/22/2020 - 497 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:57:20] <exec> 08└─This is perhaps of the western way of handling a boss. We, eastern Europe types, prefer to keep their bosses shitless with fear. How? Simple. We screw up and they are fired. This always works because they can't do what we can, while they need the results to stay employed. We, on the other hand, can...
[23:57:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Coronavirus Roundup 03/22/2020 - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:57:22] <exec> 08└─It won't spread exponentially forever, sooner or later it runs out of morons
[23:57:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coronavirus Roundup 03/22/2020 - 312 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:57:25] <exec> 08└─This stuff is used by old geezers to treat arthritis. Can't be that bad... It is also on the list of the most important drugs in the least dangerous category. Granted, it is immune system suppressant, which makes using it against an agressive bug chancy. https://en.wikipedia.org [wi...
[23:57:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Coronavirus Roundup 03/22/2020 - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:57:27] <exec> 08└─City dwellers will get their Darwin prize all right though.