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[23:26:11] <exec> 08└─I really don't want a subordinate with this attitude ("works for me, wontfix") wasting other of my subordinates' time on a project. You erase value.
[23:26:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03https [5248] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:24:46] <exec> 08└─Have you ever been to Manhattan? (Admittedly it has been a few years since I last visited there...)
[23:24:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New York MTA is Battling COVID-19 with UV Lights and Infrared Sensors - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:23:48] <exec> 08└─Yep we are easily duped.
[23:23:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 2) 02 - 06More Than 70 Malicious Apps Exposed on Chrome Browser's Web Store - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:23:28] <exec> 08└─Quit apologizing for him. He's less popular than EF at this point.
[23:23:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06Loneliness Alters Your Brain's Social Network - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:23:26] <exec> 08└─He's trolling you, you dumb shit. And you keep taking the bait. The thing is, much as I rag on him for his trolling, Ari isn't stupid and can bring some serious philosophical firepower to bear when he puts the effort in. I only wish he hadn't ruined his brand, as it were.
[23:23:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Loneliness Alters Your Brain's Social Network - 272 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:23:03] <exec> 08└─Gates Foundation again?
[23:23:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Virus Crisis Gives Throwaway Plastic a New Lease on Life - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:48] <exec> 08└─Pretty appropriate since it's made up against real races.
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[23:22:39] <exec> 08└─I've seen "Minneapolis-St. Paul-opoly". They probably exist for other cities as well.
[23:22:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Wizards of the Coast Addressing Racial & Ethnic Issues in 5th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:37] <exec> 08└─What makes it even funnier is that those Monopoly boardgame clones already exist, or possibly existed since I don't know if they are still around since Hasbro sued for all the $$$. But it is (or was) called Ghettopoly. Then there was a few other similar once as I recall -- I think it was called Slum...
[23:22:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Wizards of the Coast Addressing Racial & Ethnic Issues in 5th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons - 439 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:35] <exec> 08└─People at WOTC equate Orcs with Blacks and has for years and is suddenly afraid that their company will get cancelled so they are going to make Orcs the good guys? I just assumed anybody who wanted to be themselves in DnD who was black and wanted to play as such would put "dark" under their skin ton...
[23:22:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Wizards of the Coast Addressing Racial & Ethnic Issues in 5th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons - 1051 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:33] <exec> 08└─Come on now, don't be niggardly [wikipedia.org] with your criticism. Tell us how you really feel.
[23:22:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Wizards of the Coast Addressing Racial & Ethnic Issues in 5th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:30] <exec> 08└─Obviously, the Modrons were created to be caricatures of those afflicted with OCD demanding order in all things. When will WOTC correct this insensitive depiction of the mentally different?
[23:22:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hartree [195] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Wizards of the Coast Addressing Racial & Ethnic Issues in 5th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:28] <exec> 08└─Here's what happened the last time they tried that: https://www.cnbc.com [cnbc.com] https://www.theatlantic.com [theatlantic.com]
[23:22:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Wizards of the Coast Addressing Racial & Ethnic Issues in 5th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons - 274 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:26] <exec> 08└─(edit, in lack of an actual edit function). But it was also I think the early computer rpg's that sort of brought about the whole murder hobo thing. Almost all encounters were and could only be resolved by force. There was few exceptions and lack of programming options or what have you sort of made...
[23:22:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Wizards of the Coast Addressing Racial & Ethnic Issues in 5th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons - 527 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:24] <exec> 08└─Just wait until they figure out that most of the historical monsters were literally based on racial stereotypes and used as excuses for genocide.
[23:22:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Wizards of the Coast Addressing Racial & Ethnic Issues in 5th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:22] <exec> 08└─It now has burning houses, looted hotels, and two extra card decks for a free welfare card and get-out-of-jail card on every move.
[23:22:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06Wizards of the Coast Addressing Racial & Ethnic Issues in 5th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:19] <exec> 08└─They have reason to be fearful having fired Terese Nielsen makes them misogynistic, homophobic and with this latest admission - massive racists too.
[23:22:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Wizards of the Coast Addressing Racial & Ethnic Issues in 5th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:17] <exec> 08└─What you describe is more or less the story of Drizzt, as I recall it from memory. I think it was his father that grew to hate their, matriarchal, society -- not cause of the female power leadership or the giant demonic spider creatures but due to the constant scheming, backstabbing (both literal an...
[23:22:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Wizards of the Coast Addressing Racial & Ethnic Issues in 5th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons - 1708 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:15] <exec> 08└─Huh, it's almost as if being classified as evil has something to do with what you do almost as much as why you do it. Did your party slay the goblins because the goblins were planning on slaughtering villagers, or did the party slay them because they saw the goblins as loot containers and XP? When y...
[23:22:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Booga1 [6333] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Wizards of the Coast Addressing Racial & Ethnic Issues in 5th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons - 1630 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:13] <exec> 08└─They are afraid of masculine black men, but they are even more afraid of the woke cultural revolution. There's too many cis white males [reddit.com] at the company as it is, and the company is in Seattle, home of the CHOP.
[23:22:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Wizards of the Coast Addressing Racial & Ethnic Issues in 5th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:11] <exec> 08└─Meh. The race mechanic was just a playing shorthand, a convenience. Like Anime character tropes. So you could spend more time playing and less time figuring out who/what you were dealing with. You see a pack of orcs, you can sort of skip forward rather than asking them if they are on the way to the...
[23:22:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Wizards of the Coast Addressing Racial & Ethnic Issues in 5th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons - 1003 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:09] <exec> 08└─Adjective? It's a verb, and if you think it's hateful you are one ignorant nigra.
[23:22:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06Wizards of the Coast Addressing Racial & Ethnic Issues in 5th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:06] <exec> 08└─》...how real-world ethnic groups have been and continue to be denigrated One way is to continue to use hateful adjectives like "denigrate" that are offensive to Black people.
[23:22:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Wizards of the Coast Addressing Racial & Ethnic Issues in 5th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:04] <exec> 08└─You mustn't have entered a teenager's room full of dirty laundry for a long time then.
[23:22:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Wizards of the Coast Addressing Racial & Ethnic Issues in 5th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:02] <exec> 08└─I must have missed the epidemic of nerdy teenagers building their own working gas chambers.
[23:22:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Wizards of the Coast Addressing Racial & Ethnic Issues in 5th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:01] <exec> 08└─Not to mention Satan worshipers.
[23:22:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Wizards of the Coast Addressing Racial & Ethnic Issues in 5th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
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[22:25:32] <exec> 08└─I used to stick with the single line most of the time, but I've taken to the vertical list lately, particularly for stuff like: printf( "%s had a %s %s whose %s was %s as %s", personName, adjective, subject, possession, po...
[22:25:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 355 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:25:30] <exec> 08└─buttonOne .text = "one"; buttonOne .handler = oneHandler(); buttonOne .visible = true; buttonTwo .text = "two"; buttonTwo .handler = twoHandler(); buttonTwo .visible = false; buttonThree.text = "three"; buttonThree.handler = threeHandler(); buttonThree.visible = tru...
[22:25:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 302 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:23:12] <exec> 08└─hold on, you expect the editors to read each others' posts?
[22:23:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06More Than 70 Malicious Apps Exposed on Chrome Browser's Web Store - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:22:54] <exec> 08└─The other funny thing here is that I wasn't even the one that brought you up, that was somebody else in your anti-fan club. Perhaps take a few minutes to reflect on just how shitty you are as a person that you're one of the most hated people on the site.
[22:22:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Loneliness Alters Your Brain's Social Network - 254 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:22:52] <exec> 08└─There's a definite difference between being "with" people and being "connected to" people. Being with people that you're not connecting to can be even more isolating than knowing that people exist somewhere out there.
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[22:22:50] <exec> 08└─The irony here is that he's just managed to prove the point. He's neither smart enough to be able to respond substantively nor in possession of the judgment necessary to just keep his mouth shut. In the end, he's not particularly well-respected.
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[22:22:48] <exec> 08└─Way to prove my point jackass. And no, you don't understand idioms, idiotese OTOH, should come to you naturally as you're more or less mayor of retardvania.
[22:22:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Loneliness Alters Your Brain's Social Network - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:22:09] <exec> 08└─Well I for one think D&D getting politically correct doesn't come one minute too soon: this game has been turning nerdy teenagers into raging Nazis for 50 years and it's high time it stopped.
[22:22:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Wizards of the Coast Addressing Racial & Ethnic Issues in 5th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons - 191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:22:07] <exec> 08└─Probably to get ahead of when somebody decides that this is social commentary or that the races in the game are actually analogous to ones in real life. Some people have so few problems that they have to go out and look for problems to have.
[22:22:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Wizards of the Coast Addressing Racial & Ethnic Issues in 5th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons - 241 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:22:04] <exec> 08└─with SJW excrement.
[22:22:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Wizards of the Coast Addressing Racial & Ethnic Issues in 5th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:22:02] <exec> 08└─... drow being two of the prime examples
[22:22:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Wizards of the Coast Addressing Racial & Ethnic Issues in 5th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:22:01] <exec> 08└─characterized as monstrous and evil, using descriptions that are painfully reminiscent of how real-world ethnic groups have been and continue to be denigrated. That's just not right, and it's not something we believe in.
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[21:25:16] <exec> 08└─More like cutting them a deal to pretty please let them in.
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[21:24:59] <exec> 08└─what is the advantage of longer line lengths?
[21:24:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:24:57] <exec> 08└─I have a different preference for the extra arg or two, which often runs afoul of the code style police. -ssize_t __kernel_write(struct file *file, const void *buf, size_t count, loff_t *pos)
[21:24:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:24:55] <exec> 08└─keeping it within human limitations
[21:24:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:22:22] <exec> 08└─What do you get from the mocking you just did to that person? Feel better? Less alone maybe? Empowered? Maybe review why you mock someone they sit down and remember some comment from months ago. Doing what you just did alienates people and drives them away from this site. They have one foot in the '...
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[21:21:49] <exec> 08└─Is it bullet and knife resistant?
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[20:30:33] <exec> 08└─They call that Revanchism [wikipedia.org], and it's basically how we got WWII: Hitler was in WWI and got pissy because German lost, among other reasons. Fast forward a handful of years and he's the guy starting the next big war. China has no hegemonic desires. China wishes to restore balance and har...
[20:30:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Three US Navy Aircraft Carriers Deployed to Indo-Pacific Waters - 366 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:30:31] <exec> 08└─A US admiral is "..really am pretty fired up that we’ve got three..". I'd rather he be concerned but ready.,
[20:30:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Three US Navy Aircraft Carriers Deployed to Indo-Pacific Waters - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:30:30] <exec> 08└─if you had stopped halfway through this wouldn't have wandered into the weeds and turned into -1 Crazy those chinese israeli pedos raping our daughters!
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[20:28:56] <exec> 08└─It's possible the top level DNC has an evil masterplan to create a permanent dependent group of voters. But the bigger problem is that the bottom 40% of jobs for unskilled and low skilled workers in the 1950s paid far better, relative to inflation, than they did in the 1980s or since. In order to st...
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[20:28:54] <exec> 08└─Was still relatively easy to get out.
[20:28:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tech and Social Media Make Us Feel Lonelier than Ever - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:28:52] <exec> 08└─That's a fair point. Washing clothes isn't a tenth as resource-intensive as it was in 1900. Farming isn't as resource-intensive as it was in 1900. Medicine is more resource-intensive and more effective than it was in 1900. So as some jobs are automated away others do increase and new work does appea...
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[20:28:51] <exec> 08└─My grandfather used to work in coal mines in the early 20th century. He said in the event of a mine collapse, the owners would pay crews to rush to dig out mules. But anyone that wanted to rescue miners had to furnish their own equipment and do it without getting paid. The mules were a one time cost...
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[20:25:04] <exec> 08└─Actually, with a four holes tape, It was five hole tape - as used for telex upper case only and a shift system to switch between numbers and letters. And it ruled the world for over 100 years. You cannot beat standards. And people who won't comply with standards should go and die in a ditch. You w...
[20:25:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dr Spin [5239] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 387 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:22:47] <exec> 08└─OK Nazi
[20:22:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06More Than 70 Malicious Apps Exposed on Chrome Browser's Web Store - 7 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:22:30] <exec> 08└─It seems to me there are important distinctions to make here. I can feel lonely or even 'alone' even when surrounded by people. Except for an occasional playoff game, I do not follow sports. I have acquaintances who very much are into sports. They love to talk about the chances for $team this season...
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[20:22:12] <exec> 08└─Don't worry, scientists are combining covid-19 with rabies and HIV and luciferase. https://www.biorxiv.org [biorxiv.org] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov [nih.gov] So the coming covid-rabies-aids-demonic possession disease will take c...
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[20:22:11] <exec> 08└─You are almost correct other than the subsidies. 1 barrel of oil yields different amounts of gas, kerosene, etc. https://elsegundo.chevron.com [chevron.com] What is in it varies by region and type of oil. Most of our plastic would basically be waste anyway. As...
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[19:26:34] <exec> 08└─Without people desperate to survive, where do the governments get soldiers to enforce their will?
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[19:21:56] <exec> 08└─It isn't a choice between single use plastic or nothing. Nor, even single use plastic and re-usable glass and metal products. Before single use plastic exploded, there were alternative products to fit many of the niches plastic now holds. Plastic wrap replaced cellophane (which as its name suggests...
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[19:21:55] <exec> 08└─Think how much plastic 100,000 Americans would have used if they hadn't contracted COVID-19 and died. Coronavirus has done more in 90 days for the environment than St Greta accomplished in 17 years.
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[18:28:38] <exec> 08└─Isn't it funny how you people are such absurd racists? You probably don't even realize it due to echo chamber stuff. When you look at things like SNAP, the majority (plurality technically) of folks that are on it are white. Doesn't change the scenario in the least. I couldn't care less whether someb...
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[18:28:36] <exec> 08└─No, not all of them. That's the same mistake the author of TFA makes. "Connectedness" is a subjective condition unless objectively tested. "Can often." "May." As in, "not always." If one does not feel connected before starting in social media, social media will do little to make one feel connected....
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[18:28:35] <exec> 08└─The modern social programs, including SNAP, were first envisioned in the mid sixties. They were not widely implemented til the early mid 70s. Do you think people were just starving to deaths in massive numbers before the mid 70s? These programs were envisioned and intially executed by LBJ. This [sno...
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[18:27:31] <exec> 08└─What about jobs that are removed due to automation? United States GDP per capita is around double of what it was two generations back, because automation keeps making production more efficient. If the human race manages not to wipe itself out, in another two generations you won't need a person to dr...
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[18:26:03] <exec> 08└─"Have you tried goats?" the line was too long and ilhan omar was taking too long.
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[18:24:52] <exec> 08└─I think a better way to look at this is what is the advantage of longer line lengths? I try to write within 80 columns but I'm not obsessive about it. If a statement cannot be reasonably formatted to fit in 80 columns, I let it it go over. The only consideration should be: is the code readable? And...
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[18:24:50] <exec> 08└─I generally try to avoid code going past 80 cols, but if it does, it does, and I won't bother lining it up all fancy-like on a new line. I also use a tab width of 4. Considered dropping it to 2, but it just makes blocks harder to decipher at a glance.
[18:24:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 251 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:24:48] <exec> 08└─yeah, i never have followed any stupid restriction of my char length. I base it on what's reasonable for my monitor. If the reader has a vastly different sized monitor, i don't really give a shit.
[18:24:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 196 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:23:32] <exec> 08└─With UV lights and IR sensors! Technology and Science! Though we can't rule out that at some time we have to burn a witch or two to control this Pandemic!
[18:23:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New York MTA is Battling COVID-19 with UV Lights and Infrared Sensors - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:22:48] <exec> 08└─Kerosene?
[18:22:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Engineers Develop New Fuel Cells with Twice the Operating Voltage as Hydrogen Fuel Cells - 9 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:22:34] <exec> 08└─What a surprise to confirm again that khazar jews are liars, thieves and the scum of the worst kind. Israel was created by The Balfour Declaration [wikipedia.org] in order to provide a place for khazar jews to hide after their crimes have been discovered by humans. A race of treacherous foreigners m...
[18:22:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Flamebait) 02 - 06More Than 70 Malicious Apps Exposed on Chrome Browser's Web Store - 798 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:22:18] <exec> 08└─Idiots! I don't understand "idiots", not "idioms", you idiot! No wonder you had to stop using your handle, which I remember quite well, since your posts were not interesting to anyone, and you smelled of elderberries. Sorry you are such a white fragile snowflake, and I am happy you have found an AC...
[18:22:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 1, Troll) 02 - 06Loneliness Alters Your Brain's Social Network - 310 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:22:16] <exec> 08└─But is the effect on the brain natural? How does natural moderate socializing differ from extreme fake socializing through jewish websites? And how does the 96%+ jewish-owned media fit into this?
[18:22:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Flamebait) 02 - 06Loneliness Alters Your Brain's Social Network - 195 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:22:01] <exec> 08└─May cancel out the increased plastic use https://www.nationalgeographic.com [nationalgeographic.com] And think of all the plastic/styrofoam used in takeout, that was also reduced
[18:22:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Virus Crisis Gives Throwaway Plastic a New Lease on Life - 257 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:21:59] <exec> 08└─Hornet's nest: kicked.
[18:21:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Virus Crisis Gives Throwaway Plastic a New Lease on Life - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:21:57] <exec> 08└─That was always dumb. They are too practical to give up just like that. They are rarely "single use". Just put a cost on them. Charge a penny and put it to recycling efforts
[18:21:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Virus Crisis Gives Throwaway Plastic a New Lease on Life - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:21:55] <exec> 08└─In the long term, will fears over pandemics win out against fears over the environment?
[18:21:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Virus Crisis Gives Throwaway Plastic a New Lease on Life - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
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[17:29:11] <exec> 08└─Even though we are on the decline we are still in the first wave of the virus. And in my area people are still not allowed to have in-seat dining, but are allowed to eat in tents outside. And people are flocking to them. Although the movie theatre business may be dying (I take Roscoe's comments abov...
[17:29:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Movie Theaters Will Look Vastly Different if They Survive COVID-19 - 839 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:28:14] <exec> 08└─I wish I could see willful malice in the way you do. It'd make me feel better as silly as that sounds. Because at least then this asymmetric warfare on the mind as you put it, would have an originating chess master. But I truly feel like that isn't the case. I fear it's more a matter of people losin...
[17:28:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Lagg [105] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tech and Social Media Make Us Feel Lonelier than Ever - 2722 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:26:26] <exec> 08└─Imagine you had a large group of people with no clear leader. What would happen? Sooner or later you'd have some group decide they want to control the other people. Their motives might be benevolent or malevolent - it's irrelevant. And so they'd try to put this end into action. They'd be naturally c...
[17:26:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06As Oil Slumps, Norway Explores New Fields in the Arctic - 1375 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:24:56] <exec> 08└─Don't use Bank of America.
[17:24:56] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Revek [5022] 02 - 06Bank of America Phishing Attempts Get Around DMARC, Other Email Protections - 26 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:23:18] <exec> 08└─Bicycles work best in flat places where there's not much traffic. You have to have so many bicyclists that you can justify having their own dedicated signals that reduce the number of times that cars need to cross cyclists as they ride. There's ways of doing it, but by and large it's not economical....
[17:23:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New York MTA is Battling COVID-19 with UV Lights and Infrared Sensors - 983 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:22:50] <exec> 08└─>my dick #nanotech
[17:22:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Discovery Allows 3D Printing of Sensors Directly on Expanding Organs - 18 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:22:47] <exec> 08└─err ... I meant because the more complex therapies/treatments haven't been banned or restricted by the FDA yet.
[17:22:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Discovery Allows 3D Printing of Sensors Directly on Expanding Organs - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:22:46] <exec> 08└─Because the simpler treatments/therapies haven't been arbitrarily banned/restricted by the FDA yet.
[17:22:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Discovery Allows 3D Printing of Sensors Directly on Expanding Organs - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:22:33] <exec> 08└─annnd, wheels, axles, suspension, chassis, etc. Your point was what?
[17:22:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Engineers Develop New Fuel Cells with Twice the Operating Voltage as Hydrogen Fuel Cells - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:22:32] <exec> 08└─Because hydrogen gas as a fuel is completely impractical.
[17:22:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Engineers Develop New Fuel Cells with Twice the Operating Voltage as Hydrogen Fuel Cells - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:22:21] <exec> 08└─So they didn't know. They not only spy, they lie.
[17:22:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06More Than 70 Malicious Apps Exposed on Chrome Browser's Web Store - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:22:06] <exec> 08└─i tend to agree. the only time i'm lonely or stressed out is when i have been around people. also, they just keep getting dumber. it's not an ego boost. it's disturbing and depressing, but only when i'm exposed to their toxic stupidity.
[17:22:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Loneliness Alters Your Brain's Social Network - 236 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:22:04] <exec> 08└─What loneliness really does, is make you happy by removing all the ignorant jerks from your life. Seriously, being a hermit is vastly underrated.
[17:22:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Loneliness Alters Your Brain's Social Network - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:22:02] <exec> 08└─You deserve an Einstein award for that twist.
[17:22:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Loneliness Alters Your Brain's Social Network - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:22:00] <exec> 08└─Aristarchus is a bully and a jackass. He's one of the worst pieces of shit on the site. I stopped posting under a username because it was such a hassle having his stupid ass constantly posting idiotic responses to my posts. It was a distraction to anybody that was interested in reading my posts, whe...
[17:22:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0, Offtopic) 02 - 06Loneliness Alters Your Brain's Social Network - 416 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:21:58] <exec> 08└─something lonely people will not report ('cause lonely) is that socializing alters the brain's network. just ask any hermit (if you can find them in this time and age were the "brain" network extends into and thru smart phones and computers)?
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[16:30:15] <exec> 08└─there is no money being moral or nofap in the current system there is a lot of money in data mining peoples porn usage If you rely on apps for self control, you are going to have a bad time
[16:30:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmichaelhudsondotnet [8122] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Massive Spying on Users of Google's Chrome Browser Reveals New Security Weakness - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:29:33] <exec> 08└─The question on everyones mind is, how valuable is an aircraft carrier in contemporary warfare? China has put its money into a large number of submarines and missile cruisers, and missile tech. So has russia. I dont think anyone wants to deal with china without the usa in the mix, so this would be t...
[16:29:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmichaelhudsondotnet [8122] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Three US Navy Aircraft Carriers Deployed to Indo-Pacific Waters - 2242 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:28:02] <exec> 08└─Really hammering your anti-semitism but hiding it behind generalities. Ultimate dog whistler jmichaelMcBigot. Last I checked the Australian Murdoch was a grester force of evil and manipulation than anyone else.
[16:28:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tech and Social Media Make Us Feel Lonelier than Ever - 210 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:28:01] <exec> 08└─Those damn Aussie aborigines, why can't they stop meddling in everyone's lives? Thanks jmicharl, I just bought a ticket and let me tell you they'll be getting some sternly worded lectures!
[16:28:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tech and Social Media Make Us Feel Lonelier than Ever - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:26:34] <exec> 08└─https://thoughtcatalog.com/clint-conway/2016/08/50-of-the-funniest-dead-baby-jokes-of-all-time/ [thoughtcatalog.com]
[16:26:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Astronomers Just Discovered the Youngest Ever 'Baby' Dead Star - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:25:33] <exec> 08└─Companies offering one time SMS message services have reported a massive increase in the use of their services! For just 50c, payable in bitcoin, anyone can receive an SMS similar to how VPN works for any phone service in the world. In further unrelated news services such as Discord and Google and M...
[16:25:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Zoom Will Provide End-to-End Encryption to All Users - 563 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:24:24] <exec> 08└─exactly my feeling as well, but an observation; The closer to the hardware - the more preferance for the old short form. Which makes sense to me because someone who might have to debug on actual equipment wouldn’t want the hassle
[16:24:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 231 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:23:10] <exec> 08└─I don't know -- lets ask the kente cloth kneeling panderbears who think rioting and destroying public and private property grants immunity. When do they start passing out the Brown-Brown to their child soldiers?
[16:23:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New York MTA is Battling COVID-19 with UV Lights and Infrared Sensors - 211 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:23:08] <exec> 08└─When you have one side that will sanctimoniously and gleefully gut the economy and fascistically arrest those who oppose its edicts one day, and will do a 180 and break their own laws (and then some) another -- and when such an irrational group is ascendant -- you know a country is fucked.
[16:23:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New York MTA is Battling COVID-19 with UV Lights and Infrared Sensors - 290 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:23:06] <exec> 08└─(hopefully!) wind down of the covid pandemic
[16:23:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New York MTA is Battling COVID-19 with UV Lights and Infrared Sensors - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:23:03] <exec> 08└─So at what point did you move north of NYC to that small town?
[16:23:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New York MTA is Battling COVID-19 with UV Lights and Infrared Sensors - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:23:02] <exec> 08└─See my response downthread, but I have lived and biked in NYC for 20+ years. it did get easier when bloomberg put in more protected bike lanes, but if you're commuting there's safety in numbers even on the street. also, it's good exercise. when I started commuting to harlem from brooklyn I lost 25 l...
[16:23:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New York MTA is Battling COVID-19 with UV Lights and Infrared Sensors - 688 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:22:27] <exec> 08└─Bzzzt, incomplete answer! They also require tires.
[16:22:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Engineers Develop New Fuel Cells with Twice the Operating Voltage as Hydrogen Fuel Cells - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:22:01] <exec> 08└─Loneliness Alters Your Brain's Social Network Canada? Yes... water is wet. You don't have to rediscover it.
[16:22:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Loneliness Alters Your Brain's Social Network - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:21:59] <exec> 08└─How about you too? Sites like this do not help people. They just give them a place to vent. I care not one way or another for this 'Arisarchus' as you do. But you have decided to vent on them too. Perhaps you see the issue?
[16:21:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Loneliness Alters Your Brain's Social Network - 223 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:21:57] <exec> 08└─Can we dissect Aristarchus to see if this is true?
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[15:27:42] <exec> 08└─Some things to read on this topic: https://jmichaelhudson.net [jmichaelhudson.net] https://archive.is [archive.is] zuck hoodie https://archive.is [archive.is] who controls america https://files.catbox.moe [catbox.moe] https://archive.is [archive.is...
[15:27:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmichaelhudsondotnet [8122] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tech and Social Media Make Us Feel Lonelier than Ever - 1232 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:27:40] <exec> 08└─Well said, but I wonder if you are missing an aspect. The promise of the internet was it was going to make it easier to find friends, we were supposed to be categorized with other people, it SHOULD be the perfect matchmaking app. But what we got was a gamed algorithm that works for lapdogs well, and...
[15:27:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmichaelhudsondotnet [8122] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tech and Social Media Make Us Feel Lonelier than Ever - 2260 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:27:39] <exec> 08└─borrow a sum of money without interest, or let you stay in their house on an open-ended basis, or invest in your business, or recommend you to get a job. These qualify. Real friends help you. I wrote the final play in this collection to illustrate this concept, it is not long: https://leanpub.com
[15:27:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmichaelhudsondotnet [8122] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tech and Social Media Make Us Feel Lonelier than Ever - 1260 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:25:57] <exec> 08└─Politics is ultimately only a concern due to the need to regulate society for a stable economy. Automation, robotics, machine learning/AI, 3D printing, CNC technology will eventually make the economy a moot point, and thus solve politics at the same time.
[15:25:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06As Oil Slumps, Norway Explores New Fields in the Arctic - 255 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:25:15] <exec> 08└─The links could say "fuck you we have all your data" and if you forwarded it to the new york times it still wouldnt be reported. Even attempting to verify anything or confirm anything is perceived by the world today as an illness, and heaven help you should you be t he only person uncovering an unco...
[15:25:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmichaelhudsondotnet [8122] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Zoom Will Provide End-to-End Encryption to All Users - 484 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:25:14] <exec> 08└─well said, i would upvote but you are already at 5 End to end encryption does not mean what it is most often used to mean. Like if you think signal and telegram are secure because there are two points in the communication between which it is encrypted, lol. I expect at this point the display itself...
[15:25:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmichaelhudsondotnet [8122] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Zoom Will Provide End-to-End Encryption to All Users - 1054 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:24:21] <exec> 08└─https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ivy_Bells [wikipedia.org] Slightly different context, but a very interesting operation. The Soviets were confident enough that the didn't encrypt the communication, so perhaps we should take some learnings from their mistake.
[15:24:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score: 2) 02 - 06US-China Row Moves Underwater in Cable Tangle - 265 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:24:05] <exec> 08└─Watch that doesn't catch you out (in C and C++). //You may think b's a pointer to an int. It's not. It's just an int. int* a = 0, b = 0; //b is a pointer to an int here. int *a = 0, *b = 0;
[15:24:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:24:04] <exec> 08└─I've always leaned toward long lines but splitting across monitors is ridiculous.
[15:24:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:22:52] <exec> 08└─My perspiration and exhaled moisture are mostly scotch, so no worries.
[15:22:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New York MTA is Battling COVID-19 with UV Lights and Infrared Sensors - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:22:50] <exec> 08└─That was a fucking retarded editorial
[15:22:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New York MTA is Battling COVID-19 with UV Lights and Infrared Sensors - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:22:48] <exec> 08└─You forgot the dogs.
[15:22:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New York MTA is Battling COVID-19 with UV Lights and Infrared Sensors - 20 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:22:17] <exec> 08└─might be wrong but for me little amps doing lots of turns makes good magnetic field but needs thin wire if not to be ...errr... chubby. but lots of turns means a long wire and a thin wires means increased resistance which makes heat ... but you can push them little amps thru if you got the volts and...
[15:22:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Engineers Develop New Fuel Cells with Twice the Operating Voltage as Hydrogen Fuel Cells - 337 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:22:07] <exec> 08└─it should be a headline every day on every website in the world that google and facebook and apple and amazon are dangerous bullshit ruining the world. (apologies for the short list, twitter, akamai, goldman sachs, NCR, amdocs...) They are not going to stop until we stop them.
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[14:29:38] <exec> 08└─When people write me from a gmail address, I have to assume they know nothing about the world and do not know how to think their way out of a paper bag. The word "google" itself grates on me at this point. They should try not being evil, oh wait, they did that and I guess it didnt work out for them....
[14:29:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmichaelhudsondotnet [8122] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Massive Spying on Users of Google's Chrome Browser Reveals New Security Weakness - 1788 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:29:35] <exec> 08└─What are you saying? Because of Google, you're still addicted to porn?
[14:29:35] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] 02 - 06Massive Spying on Users of Google's Chrome Browser Reveals New Security Weakness - 70 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:23:35] <exec> 08└─But it has one redeeming feature: if you're forced to fit your code in it, you start thinking hard about readability, descriptive variable names that are short enough to be used nimbly, and expressions that are concise yet efficient. In short, the arbitrary restriction forces you to write cleaner, m...
[14:23:35] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 322 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:23:03] <exec> 08└─I like 80 or thereabouts. Too long lines and it gets harder to follow across line breaks (which is why even online news papers use a columnar format). Sticking with 80 is easier than finding The One True Optimised line width. And by default all my terminal windows open at 80 wide, and I get five of...
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[14:22:48] <exec> 08└─Antifa is forcing carriers to wear red hats.
[14:22:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New York MTA is Battling COVID-19 with UV Lights and Infrared Sensors - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:22:46] <exec> 08└─Is it any dumber than gatherings of thousands of protestor-rioters? Hypocrite.
[14:22:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New York MTA is Battling COVID-19 with UV Lights and Infrared Sensors - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:22:45] <exec> 08└─UV lights can work to kill the virus. It works in the UVC spectrum, and disrupts RNA replication. Here's a page from the CDC [cdc.gov] showing it is one of the methods being used to disinfect PPE such as disposal masks in the event of emergency shortages. UVGI is showing 99.9% effectiveness for vari...
[14:22:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New York MTA is Battling COVID-19 with UV Lights and Infrared Sensors - 663 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:22:10] <exec> 08└─Because the editors get paid by the posting.
[14:22:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06More Than 70 Malicious Apps Exposed on Chrome Browser's Web Store - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:22:08] <exec> 08└─Where's APK when we need help with stuff like this?
[14:22:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06More Than 70 Malicious Apps Exposed on Chrome Browser's Web Store - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:22:06] <exec> 08└─It's a memory leak in the malicious posting app.
[14:22:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06More Than 70 Malicious Apps Exposed on Chrome Browser's Web Store - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:22:04] <exec> 08└─Why are we getting a repeat of the same news reported 2 days ago, using the exact same Reuters article linked in TFS? Massive Spying on Users of Google's Chrome Browser Reveals New Security Weakness [soylentnews.org]
[14:22:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Kalas [4247] (Score: 2) 02 - 06More Than 70 Malicious Apps Exposed on Chrome Browser's Web Store - 216 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:22:02] <exec> 08└─Age related memory problems already, editors? It was only yesterday that we had the same TFA [soylentnews.org], from the same source.
[14:22:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06More Than 70 Malicious Apps Exposed on Chrome Browser's Web Store - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:22:00] <exec> 08└─Chrome detects a new threat to privacy: chrome.exe
[14:22:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06More Than 70 Malicious Apps Exposed on Chrome Browser's Web Store - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
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[13:31:12] <exec> 08└─My first Linux install was in 2000 I think, first year at Uni. I had just replaced my desktop machine, and the old one got relegated to "Internet Server" for my dorm (PPPoE ADSL, so we couldn't just put a network switch behind the modem). I don't remember exactly the SuSE version, but I'm sure the k...
[13:31:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Retrotech: Softlanding Linux System 1.05 - The Birthplace of Modern Linux Distros (Part 1) - 854 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:27:15] <exec> 08└─Depends on what your definition of social media is. If it's facebook and stuff, then I don't have those, but otherwise Internet decreased my sense of loneliness because I get to talk with various people with similar interests, and sometimes not similar at all.
[13:27:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tech and Social Media Make Us Feel Lonelier than Ever - 260 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:25:52] <exec> 08└─Regarding some founded FTL arguing, see e.g. Is faster-than-light travel possible? [blogspot.com].
[13:25:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Astronomers Just Discovered the Youngest Ever 'Baby' Dead Star - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:25:51] <exec> 08└─Both of that has a part of it: Imagine that a movie is done with a 24 y/o star, and you see it after, say, 16 years. When you see the movie, the star has already 24+16 years, yet what you see in the movie is a 24 y/o star.
[13:25:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Astronomers Just Discovered the Youngest Ever 'Baby' Dead Star - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:25:34] <exec> 08└─It's a decent strategy - if psychopathic.
[13:25:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06As Oil Slumps, Norway Explores New Fields in the Arctic - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:25:32] <exec> 08└─Do not worry, there is a help for you [youtube.com]!
[13:25:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06As Oil Slumps, Norway Explores New Fields in the Arctic - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:25:30] <exec> 08└─No idea what a better alternative is to achieve the same goal.
[13:25:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06As Oil Slumps, Norway Explores New Fields in the Arctic - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:24:01] <exec> 08└─You have no say in this.
[13:24:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06US-China Row Moves Underwater in Cable Tangle - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:23:47] <exec> 08└─To paraphrase Pirates of the Caribbean, coding style should be more what you’d call “guidelines” than actual rules. Anyone who tries to enforce coding style as rigid rules is doing it wrong. Not even Linus does that. The 80-column rule, er, guideline is one such. As I've said repeatedly, they'...
[13:23:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03stormwyrm [717] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 644 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:23:44] <exec> 08└─Probably you're operating full-screen. In a full-screen, a 140 column is good if a font is good. I was operating this mode for decades in Lotus spreadsheet (14-inch screen) until I met poor Linux fonts in which it was just impossible as everything was so thin that it was unreadable. The white bleed...
[13:23:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 864 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:23:42] <exec> 08└─We have double monitors. I use one for the Windows stuff and the other for the Linux development work. Some people have their X desktop spread across both monitors, and their Eclipse window full screen...
[13:23:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03turgid [4318] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 204 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:23:40] <exec> 08└─Heretic! at least you didn't say the name of the beast. Nothing worse than that format method being ported from one system to another (which happens all the time).
[13:23:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 163 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:23:38] <exec> 08└─I thought it was only Python that got bent about whitespace... When your line of code is getting out of hand \ there's usually something that you can do about that.
[13:23:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:23:36] <exec> 08└─Source code that cannot be printed cannot be passed around in meetings.
[13:23:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:23:34] <exec> 08└─If you need more columns than that, your code is too complex
[13:23:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:23:32] <exec> 08└─I like 3 blanks, 4 isover kill. I also like no more than 4 insets pre line. If you get there, then create a meaningful function blocks and pull the rest into there. Then there are few lines per thought, more high level coding (actual pseudo-code can run!) with meaningful names. Hell many decades a...
[13:23:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 1568 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:21:52] <exec> 08└─More Than 70 Malicious Apps Exposed on Chrome Browser's Web Store
[13:21:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score: 2) 02 - 06More Than 70 Malicious Apps Exposed on Chrome Browser's Web Store - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
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[12:24:02] <exec> 08└─You are half right. The drama is Trump-Wang. China is a bystander.
[12:24:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06US-China Row Moves Underwater in Cable Tangle - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:23:48] <exec> 08└─Accelerometers + gyro register only the rate of change
[12:23:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:23:46] <exec> 08└─Apparently I do, because I read screen wide texts all the time, and it works wonderfully for me. Maybe it's just you.
[12:23:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:23:43] <exec> 08└─Not to worry, he's just coding in bed.
[12:23:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:23:41] <exec> 08└─Fair point, I'm just stuck in my ways with the * on the variable. Drove me nuts when &references started becoming popular, at least the editors in IDEs mark them as distinct from variables passed by value.
[12:23:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 205 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:23:39] <exec> 08└─Matter of preference - I prefer the type to be closer to the variable it applies to. The split-off commas are an acquired taste which can be more palatable in larger table like structures - particularly sparse ones where they help identify a pattern that's not 100% consistent. Spaces after the paren...
[12:23:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 534 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:23:37] <exec> 08└─I agree with you in that indenting more than five levels should be rare, but it's hardly unheard of. By breaking things apart like you suggest, we occasionally lose readability. If we have a very linear computation with multiple input variables used throughout, then by breaking it apart into objects...
[12:23:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Common Joe [33] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 1678 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:23:35] <exec> 08└─I do when I can, but for my paid employment, the development environment is heavily integrated with Eclipse. The amount of code I write is relatively small there at the moment. When I need to write something from scratch, I have scripts for writing Java boiler plate which I edit in vim, get working...
[12:23:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03turgid [4318] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 357 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:23:32] <exec> 08└─I'm all for this for the reason you gave. Unfortunately, it is not the standard that most people want and I am therefore forced to use spaces when I code. I picked on Python in my earlier comment because using 4 spaces (not a tab) is actually part of the Python standard.
[12:23:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Common Joe [33] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 271 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:23:30] <exec> 08└─You must be almost blind. My vision have worsened considerably in the recent years, so I'm using a stupdily huge font size for the terminal, and it still has 141 columns on a 15" screen.
[12:23:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03bart9h [767] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 186 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:23:28] <exec> 08└─If only somebody would come up with some abstract character which represented a level of indentation. Then one could adjust the width of the display layer based on individual preferences.
[12:23:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:23:26] <exec> 08└─Why don't you write Java in Vim too? Even in cases where I can't set it up to do my coding completely on the terminal, and am forced to use an IDE for some reason, I edit in Vim and alt-tab to the IDE.
[12:23:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03bart9h [767] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 201 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:23:25] <exec> 08└─The 80-column format is a common denominator of screen formats for all devices. 40 column looks pixelated even on a small screen, 120 is hardly readable even on 15-inch display. So it's more a viewing compatibility thing for me than a strict requirement. I write e-mails with 80-column mode and it is...
[12:23:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 786 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:22:32] <exec> 08└─They can get rid of coronavirus and stinking homeless people at the same time. Unsurprisingly, statistics show that the number of homeless homies on the street rises from 1am to 5am daily.
[12:22:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New York MTA is Battling COVID-19 with UV Lights and Infrared Sensors - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:22:30] <exec> 08└─Interesting. Usually the wind is not directly head or tail. As part of some aero research years ago I rigged some yarn tufts out in front of a normal bike at different heights. Turned out that differential cooling on my cheeks let me point my face into the relative wind direction quite accurately (l...
[12:22:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New York MTA is Battling COVID-19 with UV Lights and Infrared Sensors - 564 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:22:28] <exec> 08└─Also a long time bicyclist, but not a hardcore roadie. For short trips I've had some success with small wheel folding bikes, take them inside with you, never lock the bike up outdoors. There are a lot of crappy folders, but there are a few that can be fun to ride (at low speeds).
[12:22:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New York MTA is Battling COVID-19 with UV Lights and Infrared Sensors - 280 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:22:24] <exec> 08└─Meanwhile, cycling naturally enforces distance, is faster, and costs nothing.
[12:22:24] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03stretch611 [6199] 02 - 06New York MTA is Battling COVID-19 with UV Lights and Infrared Sensors - 77 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:22:14] <exec> 08└─can now detect coronavirus.
[12:22:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03leon_the_cat [10052] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Discovery Allows 3D Printing of Sensors Directly on Expanding Organs - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:22:12] <exec> 08└─3D printer adapt its printing path to the expansion and contraction movements on the surface. The researchers then moved on to an animal lung in the lab
[12:22:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Discovery Allows 3D Printing of Sensors Directly on Expanding Organs - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:22:09] <exec> 08└─I thought we'd moved on from COVID to #BLM a week or two ago. Who needs fancy tech solutions for a problem that can be easily solved the low-tech way: wear a mask, wash your hands, gargle with Lysol and don't eat pangolins.
[12:22:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Discovery Allows 3D Printing of Sensors Directly on Expanding Organs - 223 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:21:59] <exec> 08└─Bzzzt, incomplete answer! Vehicles (electric or otherwise) require power. Power (watts) is volts x amps. You need both Amps and Volts.
[12:21:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Engineers Develop New Fuel Cells with Twice the Operating Voltage as Hydrogen Fuel Cells - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:21:58] <exec> 08└─While you might be able to use a high-voltage stun-gun to make your rickshaw driver move faster, real electric vehicles require lots of amps.
[12:21:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Engineers Develop New Fuel Cells with Twice the Operating Voltage as Hydrogen Fuel Cells - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
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[11:26:32] <exec> 08└─Read his post again, he's a racist who wants a return to segregation. He has the feeling that his fellow men aren't men at all, so he desires to treat then worse than animals.
[11:26:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tech and Social Media Make Us Feel Lonelier than Ever - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:23:13] <exec> 08└─I have rarely ever indented more than five levels, including the indent for classes and methods. If your indents are getting deeper than that, that's a warning sign that shit's approaching an unacceptably high level of local complexity and some refactoring is probably in order. Deep levels of indent...
[11:23:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03stormwyrm [717] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 770 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:23:11] <exec> 08└─I like to think the * as part of the type, so I prefer -ssize_t __kernel_write(struct file *file, const void *buf, size_t count, loff_t *pos) +ssize_t __kernel_write( struct file* file , + const void* buffer , + s...
[11:23:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03bart9h [767] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 417 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:23:08] <exec> 08└─The first is that every time an indent is made, you lose 4 characters.
[11:23:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:23:07] <exec> 08└─I don't see the set of languages with C-like function declarations to be sinking any time soon. Languages with mostly this style of declaration include C (of course) and C++ (obviously).Java and C#DRaku (formerly known as Perl 6) when using the optional static typing Languages with function declarat...
[11:23:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 838 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:22:39] <exec> 08└─Original diff that was rejected (which fails in the worst kinds of way): -ssize_t __kernel_write(struct file *file, const void *buf, size_t count, loff_t *pos) +ssize_t __kernel_write(struct file *file, const void *buf, size_t count, + loff_t *pos)
[11:22:38] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03fishybell [3156] 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 270 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:22:28] <exec> 08└─Nothing wrong with how Linus expresses himself - abrasive is O.K. for somebody with his position/role. 80 character lines are needlessly restrictive, and have been ever since 1920x1080 monitors became a de-facto standard (and actually long before that too.) It causes problems with grep, it causes pr...
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[10:23:05] <exec> 08└─But it has one redeeming feature: if you're forced to fit your code in it, you start thinking hard about readability, descriptive variable names that are short enough to be used nimbly, and expressions that are concise yet efficient. In short, the arbitrary restriction forces you to write cleaner, m...
[10:23:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 322 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:23:03] <exec> 08└─I know this opinion runs counter to most people, but I prefer longer lines for two reasons. The first is that every time an indent is made, you lose 4 characters. In Python, you indent for classes and then again for methods. With 80 characters, that's 10% of your space gone (72 characters left). Hav...
[10:23:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Common Joe [33] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 1259 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:23:01] <exec> 08└─Instead of the number of columns/characters. The real problem here is making lines so long they either go off the end of the screen, or code so complex that deciphering it with a careful reading is difficult. We already can compact code blocks, so being able to compact elements, but get rid of arbit...
[10:23:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 910 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:22:59] <exec> 08└─I have the misfortune to work on a lot of Java code in Eclipse. Some of the lines of code are 350+ characters long. It drives me mad. When I write C I use vim and I like to have three xterms side by side so I can see my code, my unit tests and my refactoring.
[10:22:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03turgid [4318] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 259 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:22:15] <exec> 08└─And I'm a long time bicyclist. There is NO WHERE in the USA, even places like San Francisco or Los Angeles, where bicycling on the order of subway loads worth of people is feasible from an infrastructure point of view. There aren't enough bicycle racks, there isn't enough footspace, there aren't eno...
[10:22:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New York MTA is Battling COVID-19 with UV Lights and Infrared Sensors - 1401 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:22:01] <exec> 08└─Pretty soon there will be a 3d printer that can reconstruct you from only a severed hand... or nose.
[10:22:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Discovery Allows 3D Printing of Sensors Directly on Expanding Organs - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:22:00] <exec> 08└─As a rule of thumb in modern medicine, the more complex the therapy the more likely it encounters no problems in bring adopted. So it's likely red carpet unrolled for this one. Just remember to pay your insurance.
[10:22:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Discovery Allows 3D Printing of Sensors Directly on Expanding Organs - 213 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
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[09:27:40] <exec> 08└─Even during the height of the cold war there was various kinds of trade between the US and Russia. Even right now today I can find items labelled 'Made in Russia' on the store shelves of the ethnic specialized grocery stores here. For all of our talk of nationalism and superiority, free trade has al...
[09:27:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Three US Navy Aircraft Carriers Deployed to Indo-Pacific Waters - 517 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:24:20] <exec> 08└─LOL!!! Poor little snowflake triggered by a 17 year old girl. Does it make you feel mighty and powerful to attack her anonymously over the internet? Oh so bright and brave you are! ROFLMAO!
[09:24:20] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Kitsune008 [9054] 02 - 06As Oil Slumps, Norway Explores New Fields in the Arctic - 189 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:23:47] <exec> 08└─First connection has two endpoints: YOU and Zoom. That is End to End encrypted. Second connection has two endpoints: Zoom and other party receiving your message. That is also End to End encrypted. What happens to the unencrypted message while it is in the clear at Zoom is left as an exercise for the...
[09:23:46] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DannyB [5839] 02 - 06Zoom Will Provide End-to-End Encryption to All Users - 542 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:23:44] <exec> 08└─I agree. Fuck bleepingcomputer, a MS shill site, and fuck this disgusting slaveware.
[09:23:44] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DannyB [5839] 02 - 06Zoom Will Provide End-to-End Encryption to All Users - 84 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:22:52] <exec> 08└─We don't want to know about your bedroom habits, thank you.
[09:22:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:22:49] <exec> 08└─40 cols is ez if u use shrt var nms. bttr: 40 x1 x2 x3 x3 x4 x5 x6 x7 x8 x9. but hrd to rd.
[09:22:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03PiMuNu [3823] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:22:48] <exec> 08└─-ssize_t __kernel_write(struct file *file, const void *buf, size_t count, loff_t *pos) +ssize_t __kernel_write(struct file *file, const void *buf, size_t count, + loff_t *pos)
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[08:27:17] <exec> 08└─I make no claim that it is correct, but it can sometimes help to understand other's point of view, even if you do not agree with it.
[08:27:17] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03khallow [3766] 02 - 06Three US Navy Aircraft Carriers Deployed to Indo-Pacific Waters - 132 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:23:50] <exec> 08└─They linked to the master branch directly instead of a commit. They were subsequently moved. These links are to the new location on a specific commit, so they should work for an arbitrary time into the future, unless they decided to delete the commit: https://github.com
[08:23:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Zoom Will Provide End-to-End Encryption to All Users - 505 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:23:19] <exec> 08└─BankOfAmerica.com is the real one NOTHING ELSE like BankOfAmerica.com.ru But the shiteheads that design browsers are hell bent on hiding information from their users. Surely messing with the information in the address bar should be considered a theft a great deal more serious than copyright infring...
[08:23:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bank of America Phishing Attempts Get Around DMARC, Other Email Protections - 526 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:22:45] <exec> 08└─Even then, I'm not sure it's really valid. A shorter line length through columns might actually be more beneficial for avoiding typesetting errors in the the days of actual block type when the typesetter was in a hurry allow the presses to run rather than readability; you could comfortably assemble...
[08:22:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03zocalo [302] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 1602 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:22:44] <exec> 08└─Source code that cannot be printed cannot be passed around in meetings. Source code passed around in meetings? Next meeting: remember to pass the Worcestershire source, and avoid the code of political correctness.
[08:22:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dr Spin [5239] (Score: 3, Touché) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 214 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:22:26] <exec> 08└─...since they only have to make sense to me...
[08:22:25] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03fishybell [3156] 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 46 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
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[07:24:46] <exec> 08└─Ncommander on Win95? Sort of like a dead baby. Or, operating system. But stars, even baby ones, have to suck enough to induce nuclear fusion. Win95 never sucked that much, although it was a near thing.
[07:24:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Astronomers Just Discovered the Youngest Ever 'Baby' Dead Star - 202 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:24:30] <exec> 08└─It's a decent strategy - if psychopathic. Why should I care about global warming if it affects YOU more than me? Those little islands at 1m above sea-level are already fucked. It's going to take ShangHai and Bangladesh submerging for the real action to happen, when 250m migrants arrive on their neig...
[07:24:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06As Oil Slumps, Norway Explores New Fields in the Arctic - 315 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:24:01] <exec> 08└─With deep learning, everything should be prefixed with an e to indicate the digital nature of the process, so you cannot just say that is “Decodes Complex Human Motion”, it should be “Decodes Complex Human eMotion”.
[07:24:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03SemperOSS [5072] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Deep-Learning E-Skin Decodes Complex Human Motion - 223 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:23:03] <exec> 08└─Not that I care for more Chinese in the USA, but all the drama is Trump-China. The USA is a bystander, neutral at best.
[07:23:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06US-China Row Moves Underwater in Cable Tangle - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:22:51] <exec> 08└─140 char limit and you can pretend your on Twitter every time you newline. Famous as fuck.
[07:22:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:22:49] <exec> 08└─I get the impression of violinists contrasting techniques on the deck of the Titanic.
[07:22:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:22:47] <exec> 08└─Wide, long, hard. Pick 2.
[07:22:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:22:12] <exec> 08└─If you're cycling at 25km/h, you travel 7m/s (23 ft/s). Physical exercise like cycling causes heavier breathing, which promotes virus shedding via droplets. How long those droplets stay at head level and reasonably concentrated is hard to predict and depends on nnn wind and many other factors, but a...
[07:22:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03SparkyGSX [4041] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New York MTA is Battling COVID-19 with UV Lights and Infrared Sensors - 435 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:22:10] <exec> 08└─Meanwhile, cycling naturally enforces distance, is faster, and costs nothing.
[07:22:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03stretch611 [6199] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New York MTA is Battling COVID-19 with UV Lights and Infrared Sensors - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:22:08] <exec> 08└─I'm hoping they use that once-in-a-lifetime downtime window to make sure the pumps and leaks [6sqft.com] are upgraded and sealed, respectively.
[07:22:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New York MTA is Battling COVID-19 with UV Lights and Infrared Sensors - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:22:06] <exec> 08└─Starts in Tulsa, spreads to the rest of America! The Trump Plague! Antifa is targeting the Trump rally by not requiring masks, and allowing at-risk demographics and really stupid old people to be in a confined space where they will all spit upon each other. And I can guarantee, there with be one An...
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[06:22:48] <exec> 08└─Face shaving perhaps?
[06:22:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06US-China Row Moves Underwater in Cable Tangle - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:22:36] <exec> 08└─I think there's a human interface factor at work here. There may also be a typewriter factor in here somewhere. How many columns wide is the typical typewriter? About 80, I think. I haven't seen anyone mention printers yet. Source code that cannot be printed cannot be passed around in meetings. So I...
[06:22:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 423 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:22:34] <exec> 08└─I'm using a 20 point font for coding these days. My screen is big too, so going over 80 isn't a problem, but going over 90 is because the text pane is not the only thing I'm looking at.
[06:22:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:22:00] <exec> 08└─Are the UV lamps designed to shine, where the sun don't shine, as per the recommendations of the stable (horseshit) genius that is the Bible Holder in Cheek? Or so we still have to drink bleach, vote Republican, and pray to God to cure our stupidity? Asking for a Friend!
[06:22:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06New York MTA is Battling COVID-19 with UV Lights and Infrared Sensors - 271 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:21:59] <exec> 08└─If it was that, or attending a coronapolussa event in the stupidest state in America, besided Kansas, I guess I would just drink bleach. My Gawd, Americans are Fucking Stupid! I hope North Korea will purify them!
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[05:29:40] <exec> 08└─I blew up a monitor, fly cable problem, looked like lightning happening behind the CRT, and it basically was. While the VGA monitor survived installing Slackware 1.2, and I didn't have much of a problem getting X up and running. I had a Mach64 video card and the OS/2 driver seemed to try all kinds o...
[05:29:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03dry [223] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Retrotech: Softlanding Linux System 1.05 - The Birthplace of Modern Linux Distros (Part 1) - 378 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:26:42] <exec> 08└─Is it really unusual anymore? And for those that have a TV, how many people actually use it as a TV? I don't watch TV, but I guess I can't claim I don't have a TV, though I don't have a modern HDTV.
[05:26:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03toddestan [4982] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Movie Theaters Will Look Vastly Different if They Survive COVID-19 - 198 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:23:36] <exec> 08└─An initial draft cryptographic design for Zoom's planned E2EE offering was published on GitHub on May 22 and a second updated version was committed today (a list of all the changes is available here).
[05:23:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Zoom Will Provide End-to-End Encryption to All Users - 200 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:22:37] <exec> 08└─I don't like the left-ragged types, nor the split-off commas or closing parenthesis. What's wrong with the following? -ssize_t __kernel_write(struct file *file, const void *buf, size_t count, loff_t *pos) +ssize_t __kernel_write(struct file *file, + const void *bu...
[05:22:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 427 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:22:35] <exec> 08└─Try reading web pages
[05:22:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:22:33] <exec> 08└─Nothing at all wrong with the original in my view (even if I'm largely in the 80 camp). All arguments have sensible names (i.e. easy to understand, and not too long), and with only four of them it's easier to read on the one line with the added bonus of easy "grep"ability. Besides, "buf" and "pos" a...
[05:22:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03coolgopher [1157] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 337 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:22:30] <exec> 08└─It is rather unnatural feeling to read stuff near the right side of a too-wide window. In my browser, I use an extension with window-resizing function to keep it at a sensible width most of the time. Given that I use 19 pt font in my code editor (I do not have a spare set of eyes, do you?), keeping...
[05:22:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 584 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:22:28] <exec> 08└─That is an interesting one I'll have to think about. That alignment is interesting. A part of me prefers the style of always having the final comma and having the first argument on its own line as well. But other than that, I'll have to give it some thought. Maybe align all of the type declaration?...
[05:22:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 328 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:22:26] <exec> 08└─I don't understand the value of placing each parameter on its own line. People generally understand what buf and pos are, just like i and j are understood as counters in loops. In other cases when the variable's purpose is less obvious, I'd be all for avoiding abbreviations, though I don't think it'...
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[05:22:24] <exec> 08└─It was used by millions of programmers on the Apple II and Commodore 64. If you need more columns than that, your code is too complex, and you need to refactor it. I was going to say a limit of 32 columns like on the Vic 20 is best, but we shouldn't let ourselves be held back by ancient standards.
[05:22:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 298 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:22:22] <exec> 08└─Not in this case, the magnetometer readings hold steady and differ with each position, I've already tried it. It's a 3-axis magnetometer that's very configurable with regard to gauss range and other parameters. If there are problems a combination of accelerometers+gyro+magnetometer could be used. Ac...
[05:22:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 950 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:22:20] <exec> 08└─Not really. It has a 3-axis magnetometer, so all he'd need to do is have it poll every so often for a change from strongly on one axis to strongly on another. But he'll want a fairly weak magnet to place on the stand do that with. One problem I noticed from a quick glance at the datasheet is that pa...
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[04:25:39] <exec> 08└─All I said was that, as a rule, interactive physical interaction provides a richer experience than virtual ones, especially passive ones (like the youtube videos you linked).
[04:25:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tech and Social Media Make Us Feel Lonelier than Ever - 174 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:23:26] <exec> 08└─You are. They originally claimed E2E until someone published about how it was transport encryption to the bridge. Then someone else saw that, reverse engineered their encryption, and made a huge post about how it is actually transport encryption to the bridge and some users used key servers in China...
[04:23:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Zoom Will Provide End-to-End Encryption to All Users - 354 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:22:30] <exec> 08└─Wow, should have previewed... Diff I would prefer: -ssize_t __kernel_write(struct file *file, const void *buf, size_t count, loff_t *pos) +ssize_t __kernel_write( struct file *file , + const void *buffer , + size_...
[04:22:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 413 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:22:28] <exec> 08└─Diff I would prefer: -ssize_t __kernel_write(struct file *file, const void *buf, size_t count, loff_t *pos) +ssize_t __kernel_write( struct file *file , + const void *buffer , + size_t count , + loff_t *position + )
[04:22:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 267 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:22:26] <exec> 08└─I do admit that that is or have become an issue from time to time.
[04:22:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:22:23] <exec> 08└─...since they only have to make sense to me...
[04:22:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03fishybell [3156] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:22:21] <exec> 08└─Original diff that was rejected (which fails in the worst kinds of way): -ssize_t __kernel_write(struct file *file, const void *buf, size_t count, loff_t *pos) +ssize_t __kernel_write(struct file *file, const void *buf, size_t count, + loff_t *pos)
[04:22:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03fishybell [3156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 270 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:22:19] <exec> 08└─I'm not strict about it anything, sometimes the lines get a bit longer then normal -- or longer then I like them to be and that is still ok. That said I'm still basically of the mindset that I prefer many shorter instructions, not necessarily one per line anymore, instead of having one giant line th...
[04:22:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 882 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:22:17] <exec> 08└─But what is that pedantic ass in a code review to complain about now?
[04:22:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:22:15] <exec> 08└─My editor uses a 9x16 bitmap font and I set the window size to 1024x768. That fits 113 characters per row, which I would say is just right. It also leaves room on the screen to refer to more than one window at a time.
[04:22:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03shortscreen [2252] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 217 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:22:13] <exec> 08└─Amen !!! This has been a bitch for decates. 80 columns and 24 lines are great frame work to work with. It presents all the information in size that is easy to scan and read. !32 columns, 256 columns or what ever thunk size you want, means the code is NOT all visible at the same time. Otherwise yo...
[04:22:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 1226 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:22:10] <exec> 08└─I like 80 or thereabouts. Too long lines and it gets harder to follow across line breaks (which is why even online news papers use a columnar format). Sticking with 80 is easier than finding The One True Optimised line width. And by default all my terminal windows open at 80 wide, and I get five of...
[04:22:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03coolgopher [1157] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 592 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:22:08] <exec> 08└─Reading a newspaper column is very different from procedural code... quite often code concept align like a table, and laying it out as a table is 200% more readable than following some arbitrary line width rule that has nothing to do with the last two decades of reality.
[04:22:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 271 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:22:06] <exec> 08└─Long lines suck. Whether 80 chars ought to be the limit is debatable, but there is a reason newspapers do thin columns. Is it really necessary to have function names like eatYourCakeAndMaybeHaveItToo? I'd much favor dropping ridiculous quantities of indent to two spaces.
[04:22:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 271 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:22:04] <exec> 08└─I also started with punch cards. Actually, with a four holes tape, but it was not productive for me. This code width is good, trust me. It is a compromise all right, but as a target it is good. Does not have to be precise though.
[04:22:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 229 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:22:02] <exec> 08└─magnetometer
[04:22:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 12 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
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[03:30:24] <exec> 08└─Put down the bike lock, ari, or we will have to tase you.
[03:30:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook to Let Users Turn Off Political Adverts - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:29:19] <exec> 08└─Yeah the 286 was actually a shockingly capable chip, it would do a lot more than most people realized. But it didn't work quite the same was as the 386, so it would have required extra work on memory management. And while it has protected mode, it lacks v86 mode.
[03:29:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Retrotech: Softlanding Linux System 1.05 - The Birthplace of Modern Linux Distros (Part 1) - 263 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:29:16] <exec> 08└─You might have run Minix or Xenix on a 286. Not linux. https://www.oreilly.com
[03:29:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Retrotech: Softlanding Linux System 1.05 - The Birthplace of Modern Linux Distros (Part 1) - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:29:14] <exec> 08└─"What possible advantage does splitting the root filesystem do on a single hard disk?" What possible advantage does *failing* to create a partitioned system give you? It saves a few minutes of install time, at best. And the disadvantages are numerous - you've just made it so that an errant process t...
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[03:26:51] <exec> 08└─I don't think the US will be able to Perl Harbor China. They are not that stupid. Besides, arcraft carriers have no use but to scare papuas.
[03:26:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Three US Navy Aircraft Carriers Deployed to Indo-Pacific Waters - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:26:43] <exec> 08└─China knows this which is why it captured a sizable and critical chunk of the region
[03:26:42] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03khallow [3766] 02 - 06Three US Navy Aircraft Carriers Deployed to Indo-Pacific Waters - 84 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:25:24] <exec> 08└─Listened for one minute. Horrible shit. Worse than rap
[03:25:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Tech and Social Media Make Us Feel Lonelier than Ever - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:25:22] <exec> 08└─As I enjoy making things, that watching is far from passive. As I don't have friends in woodworking, interacting with the wood in an increasing skillful manner becomes more important that interacting with friends who observe social distancing (as do I, can't afford to get infected while caring for p...
[03:25:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tech and Social Media Make Us Feel Lonelier than Ever - 318 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:25:20] <exec> 08└─You may be one that like better 2/4 march tempos. If still curious how they came with that and why is mind blowing (for some), watch the link that follows in my comment and this one [youtube.com]. Fair warning: prepare yourself for the horror of being exposed to sheet music [wikipedia.org].
[03:25:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tech and Social Media Make Us Feel Lonelier than Ever - 291 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:25:17] <exec> 08└─Am I the only one to remember that the common dial tone was supposed to be the most depressing sound in the universe?
[03:25:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tech and Social Media Make Us Feel Lonelier than Ever - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:25:15] <exec> 08└─Thanks. ThisOldTony is among the many others that I didn't mention.
[03:25:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tech and Social Media Make Us Feel Lonelier than Ever - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:25:13] <exec> 08└─Yet now in America take a random sample of people that have been on let's say SNAP for more than 1 year. What will their net contribution be to society? It's going to be substantially negative on average.
[03:25:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tech and Social Media Make Us Feel Lonelier than Ever - 204 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:25:12] <exec> 08└─However, physical, interactive human interactions while similar, as they also provide a variety of stimuli, are may be far richer and more satisfying than passively viewing watching the actions and interactions of others. But, again, depending on circumstances, it may be not
[03:25:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tech and Social Media Make Us Feel Lonelier than Ever - 275 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:23:43] <exec> 08└─Norway stopped oil exploration https://www.independent.co.uk [independent.co.uk] Do the suckers try to gamble both - Saudis and Americans? Need a reminder that little countries got raped easily.
[03:23:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06As Oil Slumps, Norway Explores New Fields in the Arctic - 270 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:23:42] <exec> 08└─Summary of the above post: Whiny white supremacist incel gets triggered by something and flies into an off-topic, autistic rant.
[03:23:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06As Oil Slumps, Norway Explores New Fields in the Arctic - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:22:39] <exec> 08└─DMARC is an email authentication protocol [ietf.org]. Protocol info page [rfc-editor.org]: Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance (DMARC) is a scalable mechanism by which a mail-originating organization can express domain-level policies and preferences for message validation...
[03:22:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bank of America Phishing Attempts Get Around DMARC, Other Email Protections - 1177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:22:37] <exec> 08└─Unfortunately most of the banks, including this joint and Citi, send shit with strange urls rather often. They trained their customers all right.
[03:22:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bank of America Phishing Attempts Get Around DMARC, Other Email Protections - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:22:36] <exec> 08└─Yep, they are the worst.
[03:22:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bank of America Phishing Attempts Get Around DMARC, Other Email Protections - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:22:19] <exec> 08└─That doesn't matter if you can't operate it.
[03:22:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06US-China Row Moves Underwater in Cable Tangle - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:22:17] <exec> 08└─its already built
[03:22:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06US-China Row Moves Underwater in Cable Tangle - 17 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:22:05] <exec> 08└─Nothing wrong with how Linus expresses himself - abrasive is O.K. for somebody with his position/role. 80 character lines are needlessly restrictive, and have been ever since 1920x1080 monitors became a de-facto standard (and actually long before that too.) It causes problems with grep, it causes pr...
[03:22:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 593 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:22:03] <exec> 08└─Because, if you used a modern IDE like Eclipse or Visual Studio, you'd see that 75 percent of your monitor real-estate is filled up to the ass on the left and right by toolboxes, explorers, and other bloated toolbars, leaving you with only a tiny column in the middle to actually look at code. Somewh...
[03:22:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 1403 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:22:01] <exec> 08└─Damn straight. Get rid of ASCII and Unicode and just use Emojis
[03:22:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:21:59] <exec> 08└─I used it once. Why support legacy shit that nobody uses?
[03:21:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Reasonable are 80-Character Lines in 2020? - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
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[02:29:43] <exec> 08└─There is no Antifa! We surround you. We are inevitable. We are Anonymous. We oppose fascist fucktards. Expect us. You will be identified, Karen-ed, and de-platformmed, fired, ostracised, sent into the desert with the sins of humanity on your back as a scapegoat, and you will be happy to have a job!...
[02:29:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facebook to Let Users Turn Off Political Adverts - 375 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:27:19] <exec> 08└─Not for you, but for innocent folks who may be reading. Here is a medically detailed account of the experience by a great master and a doctor. https://www.goodreads.com [goodreads.com]
[02:27:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brain Research Sheds Light on the Molecular Mechanisms of Depression - 211 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:24:50] <exec> 08└─In the total of 20-something minutes of the two clips, I didn't feel alone or depressed, just... mind-blown.
[02:24:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tech and Social Media Make Us Feel Lonelier than Ever - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:24:49] <exec> 08└─Your first link goes to something labelled as Sungazer, whatever you meant. Listened for one minute. Horrible shit. Worse than rap, which isn't even Music. Why did you link to that? Some kind of joke? Mind Blown? By what, crappy performance of horrible noise? There is enough noise pollution in real...
[02:24:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tech and Social Media Make Us Feel Lonelier than Ever - 511 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:23:50] <exec> 08└─And did they tell you so before or after asking to borrow a large sum of money?
[02:23:50] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Tech and Social Media Make Us Feel Lonelier than Ever - 79 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:23:22] <exec> 08└─Today someone would only give a shit about Greta if she were black. #Juneteenth #BLM
[02:23:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06As Oil Slumps, Norway Explores New Fields in the Arctic - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:22:04] <exec> 08└─I thought both Google and Facebook were booted from China by Chinese government. Face saving perhaps?
[02:22:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06US-China Row Moves Underwater in Cable Tangle - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:22:02] <exec> 08└─Make the main link US-Philippines, let branches from Phil. go to TW and HK.
[02:22:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06US-China Row Moves Underwater in Cable Tangle - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
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[01:25:38] <exec> 08└─Comfortable chair. Clean bathroom twenty feet away, and a pause button for when I need it. My feet don't stick to the floor. No loudmouths. Refreshments at grocery store prices -- and liquor store prices -- and pot dispensary prices. If I hate the movie, I can turn my chair around and screw around o...
[01:25:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03deadstick [5110] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Movie Theaters Will Look Vastly Different if They Survive COVID-19 - 396 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:24:43] <exec> 08└─It's all a relative game. The first step to mastering an addiction is to become aware that you are addicted. Mindfulness and all that - there's a reason the Buddhists have been practicing it for so long. The key to ultimate happiness is to desire nothing, only then will you have everything you desir...
[01:24:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tech and Social Media Make Us Feel Lonelier than Ever - 566 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:23:18] <exec> 08└─#BLM... all the wasted news cycles spent on AGW take away from more important and pressing issues like paying Black reparations for centuries of slavery, implementing affirmative action programs so deserving Blacks can get more university spots, eliminating racially stereotyped food marketing like A...
[01:23:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06As Oil Slumps, Norway Explores New Fields in the Arctic - 431 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:22:44] <exec> 08└─and the encryption key to the NSA. Everybody gets what they want.
[01:22:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Zoom Will Provide End-to-End Encryption to All Users - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:22:43] <exec> 08└─Before the curent kerfluffel, didn't Zoom actually claim they HAD end to end encryption long before this, then have it come out that they don't actually? If so, then they at least owe everyone already using Zoom end to end encryption with no strings and no additional cost just to make that false cla...
[01:22:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Zoom Will Provide End-to-End Encryption to All Users - 338 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:22:17] <exec> 08└─Isn't this what they constantly warn about in the news? Banks don't call or email you for your credentials or well anything really, EVER. My bank doesn't even have my email address. Yet people keep falling for it apparently.
[01:22:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bank of America Phishing Attempts Get Around DMARC, Other Email Protections - 224 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:22:15] <exec> 08└─What was your first car? Anything they type is accepted. It must be real, it knew my answer. Idiots.
[01:22:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bank of America Phishing Attempts Get Around DMARC, Other Email Protections - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:22:00] <exec> 08└─Do we need to boost capacity for Google and Facebook?
[01:22:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] (Score: 2) 02 - 06US-China Row Moves Underwater in Cable Tangle - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
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[00:28:22] <exec> 08└─I was wrong. The problem with 286, as such, was that switching between "real mode" and "protected mode" was funky, not that 286 lacked MMU feature to support process virtual memory.
[00:28:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Retrotech: Softlanding Linux System 1.05 - The Birthplace of Modern Linux Distros (Part 1) - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:25:28] <exec> 08└─Oh yea I remember those. That was really stupid.
[00:25:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03EvilSS [1456] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Movie Theaters Will Look Vastly Different if They Survive COVID-19 - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:24:34] <exec> 08└─Am I the only one to remember that the common dial tone was supposed to be the most depressing sound in the universe?
[00:24:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tech and Social Media Make Us Feel Lonelier than Ever - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:24:32] <exec> 08└─Pretty sure it hasn't been so long that we forgot what small decentralized communities look like. I haven't. I still talk on soylent like I would in those places. If anyone holds my views as they are I'll be damned surprised because my internal canon gets downright eldritch. And that's fine. Keeps t...
[00:24:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Lagg [105] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tech and Social Media Make Us Feel Lonelier than Ever - 4751 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:22:38] <exec> 08└─Provide the encryption. No verification, no nothing. Just provide the encryption. Don't try to pass it off as an "advanced feature" or any other bullshit. You either encrypt, or you don't encrypt. Now, STFU and get it done!
[00:22:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Zoom Will Provide End-to-End Encryption to All Users - 223 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:22:36] <exec> 08└─"Yeah, you have money, we'll keep your stuff private". As opposed to "You broke assed cracker, you deserve what you get". I honestly don't get how the CXX suite did not get this before hand. Then again, I've been with enough startups where the CXX suite had this kind of myopia, if not more.
[00:22:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Zoom Will Provide End-to-End Encryption to All Users - 291 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:22:12] <exec> 08└─Hardly just banks, most Fortune 500 companies have adopted DMARC, although far less (around 20%) have moved it to a fully protective state. DMARC is designed to overcome weaknesses inherent in SPF and DKIM. With SPF and DKIM, shadow IT systems/forgotten legitimate ones can be caused to fail....
[00:22:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Bank of America Phishing Attempts Get Around DMARC, Other Email Protections - 1526 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:22:10] <exec> 08└─I would also pedant that the attack does not bypass DMARC, SPF, or DKIM email authentication mechanisms. In the old days the attackers would have sent from something like 'customerservice@bankofamerica.com', because of the authentication mechanisms BOA has in place, the attackers had to use (in the...
[00:22:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Bank of America Phishing Attempts Get Around DMARC, Other Email Protections - 727 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:22:08] <exec> 08└─DMARC = Digital Manipulation of Asshole Retail Clients. It is a system used by banks to increase their profits by randomly creating new fees.
[00:22:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bank of America Phishing Attempts Get Around DMARC, Other Email Protections - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:22:06] <exec> 08└─I consider myself pretty tech savvy, and I dumped BOA in the late 70's with extreme prejudice (meaning, I don't remember why but I will never again open an account with them, the aftertaste lives on for 40 years) for reasons long forgotten (don't think it was ATM fees, probably some other fee). When...
[00:22:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bank of America Phishing Attempts Get Around DMARC, Other Email Protections - 1192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:22:03] <exec> 08└─Never sends any emails that require me to do anything. Rather, they send me "secure messages" that I must go to their website all by myself to retrieve. Most of the time, it's stupid bullshit. That said, If I were to see an email purporting to be from my bank that asked me to click a link and enter...
[00:22:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bank of America Phishing Attempts Get Around DMARC, Other Email Protections - 1054 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:22:02] <exec> 08└─The analysis is accurate but already outdated. That campaign is not restricted to Sendgrid (other senders are in play), nor is it restricted to sending from pwned/created consumer email accounts as look-alike domains have been employed in the hdr.from as well. The bit about sending only a handful to...
[00:22:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Bank of America Phishing Attempts Get Around DMARC, Other Email Protections - 510 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
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