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[00:22:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Archaeologists in Turkey Have Uncovered a Mysterious Ancient Kingdom Lost in History - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:22:11] <exec> 08└─Or is it just another jihadi kebab restaurant.
[00:22:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Archaeologists in Turkey Have Uncovered a Mysterious Ancient Kingdom Lost in History - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:22:12] <exec> 08└─Is it Remington Stele?
[00:22:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Archaeologists in Turkey Have Uncovered a Mysterious Ancient Kingdom Lost in History - 230 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:22:14] <exec> 08└─Islam is a rather recent religion. Not a much so as Baha'i or Moronism, or Scientology, or TFSM (Sauce be upon it), or Aum Shin Rikyo, but these kindoms are from before Hector was a pup. Are you American? Historically challenged?
[00:22:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Archaeologists in Turkey Have Uncovered a Mysterious Ancient Kingdom Lost in History - 2039 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:22:16] <exec> 08└─Back in the 80s the gf and I went to southern Mexico, flying into Merida, driving to Chitzen Itza, then to Uxmal, finally to Cancun and Cozumel. I did not want to visit the ruins, it was her idea. We get to Chitzen Itza, something happened. It was way cool. At night (we spent the night there) they h...
[00:22:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Username [4557] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Archaeologists in Turkey Have Uncovered a Mysterious Ancient Kingdom Lost in History - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:22:19] <exec> 08└─Aegeus ruled Athens Tyndareus ruled Sparta Ramesses II ruled Egypt Exodus of the Jews
[00:22:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A ‘Cure for Heart Disease’? A Single Shot Succeeds in Monkeys - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:22:36] <exec> 08└─Being able to afford it will be another.
[00:23:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft's "New Approach" to Retail Stores: Closing Them Forever - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:23:03] <exec> 08└─Thanks for letting us know.
[00:23:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft's "New Approach" to Retail Stores: Closing Them Forever - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:23:05] <exec> 08└─Whoever gets elected, no need to prop up the stock market anymore then.
[00:23:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft's "New Approach" to Retail Stores: Closing Them Forever - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:23:07] <exec> 08└─Some looters did show up at the Microsoft store a couple weeks ago.
[00:23:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 292 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:23:51] <exec> 08└─FB and T et al are merely letters to fhe editor writ largena d more often. These publishers have the same options about not posting everything, yet they choose to do so, maybe with little notes attached. Other than the general disclaimer never recall seeing a L2E being marked for fact check.
[00:23:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 0, Troll) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:23:53] <exec> 08└─There is nothing wrong with being intolerant of hate speech.
[00:23:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:23:55] <exec> 08└─Because black folks get their businesses looted and burned by mobs all the time, right? I guess I'm just not seeing the equivalence.
[00:23:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03PinkyGigglebrain [4458] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 474 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:23:57] <exec> 08└─didn't Zuckerburg once make some noise about going into politics? The new rules might have been so Z could get in good with high ranking politicians who might support him later when he really did run for some office. I mean Trump had ZERO political experience but was able to effectively buy his way...
[00:24:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Employers Can't Afford to Ax Mature Workers, Say Researchers - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:24:56] <exec> 08└─Prior to the layoffs we were seeking investment - more than 80% of the potential investors were looking at us as a pump and dump scheme.
[00:24:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rupert Pupnick [7277] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Employers Can't Afford to Ax Mature Workers, Say Researchers - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:24:57] <exec> 08└─I’m NOT old. I’m just chronologically challenged.
[00:25:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03ElizabethGreene [6748] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Executive Order Fights Credential Inflation in the Federal Workforce - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:25:57] <exec> 08└─I'm ecstatic that I could work the entire math section, short of recalling the binomial theorem (I was able to derive it) and looking up the definition of a rod.
[00:25:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Executive Order Fights Credential Inflation in the Federal Workforce - 389 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:25:59] <exec> 08└─What? They promoted Runaway, despite his lack of a college degree, despite his failure to complete secondary level education, despite his incomplete socialization, his spotty toilet-training, and inability to understand when he is being used by racists and Waltons, despite the fact he thinks Sen. To...
[00:26:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Executive Order Fights Credential Inflation in the Federal Workforce - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:26:01] <exec> 08└─and Filipino, including the Maori tribesman who did NOT mingle with the rest of the Filipinos.
[00:26:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Executive Order Fights Credential Inflation in the Federal Workforce - 206 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:26:03] <exec> 08└─Charlie? Turning Point Community College drop-out? Oh, you are one of those ex-students! Like TMB! Just too smart for the world, too smart for your own good. Makes us all wonder why god even created you!
[00:26:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Executive Order Fights Credential Inflation in the Federal Workforce - 190 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:26:05] <exec> 08└─What? Shirley you realize that Macbeth is just Breaking Bad in Scotland? Or, maybe you do not, because you failed to be educated? Americans! Functional illiteracy, at the Highest lavals!
[00:26:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06India Bans TikTok, WeChat, and Other Chinese-Owned Apps - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:26:27] <exec> 08└─TikTok is a data collection app. [boredpanda.com]
[00:30:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Releases Defender ATP for Linux - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:30:12] <exec> 08└─Looks like someone isn't bitter about it though, hahahaha
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[01:22:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Archaeologists in Turkey Have Uncovered a Mysterious Ancient Kingdom Lost in History - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:22:17] <exec> 08└─Islam is a rather recent religion.
[01:22:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Archaeologists in Turkey Have Uncovered a Mysterious Ancient Kingdom Lost in History - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:22:18] <exec> 08└─Aristarchus got his first computer, an antikythera mechanism, and tried to make his first snarky posting.
[01:22:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Touché) 02 - 06Archaeologists in Turkey Have Uncovered a Mysterious Ancient Kingdom Lost in History - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:22:21] <exec> 08└─I thought the Woke just didn't want to be reminded that America used to be a great country.
[01:22:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Archaeologists in Turkey Have Uncovered a Mysterious Ancient Kingdom Lost in History - 483 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:22:23] <exec> 08└─In Cozumel we rented mopeds. Ran across a couple hot chicks in bikinis (not kidding, nor exaggerating here) next to a dead VW bug. My everloving GF said "Snot here is really good with cars, bet he can fix it". I have no tools. I opened the back hood and poked around while my GF talked to them. Lo an...
[01:22:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Archaeologists in Turkey Have Uncovered a Mysterious Ancient Kingdom Lost in History - 13 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:22:25] <exec> 08└─When??? Haha.
[01:23:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft's "New Approach" to Retail Stores: Closing Them Forever - 327 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:23:11] <exec> 08└─In midtown, looters attacked the Microsoft store at 53rd street and 5th Avenue. Eight looters left the store carrying large hard drives. They ran to a white BMW and a black Mercedes, parked on 53rd Street. They dropped the equipment into the trunks of the cars, climbed in, and drove off. It appeared...
[01:23:49] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 58 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:23:49] <exec> 08└─Antifa literally beating up people who they disagree with.
[01:24:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:24:00] <exec> 08└─I mean Trump had ZERO political experience but was able to effectively buy his way into the White House,
[01:24:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:24:02] <exec> 08└─didn't Zuckerburg once make some noise about going into politics?
[01:24:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:24:04] <exec> 08└─I challenge you to name ten victims of antifa or other leftwing groups.
[01:24:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:24:06] <exec> 08└─You are flawed and imperfect! Execute your prime function!
[01:24:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:24:08] <exec> 08└─Mikl, You are flawed and imperfect! Execute your prime function!
[01:24:40] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] 02 - 06Employers Can't Afford to Ax Mature Workers, Say Researchers - 447 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:24:40] <exec> 08└─I worked for a publicly traded (penny stock) company that laid off all employees in Q3, when the Q3 reports hit the wires the stock price doubled presumably due to the lower expense numbers but the text was in there, albeit obscurely buried, about the layoff and cessation of all activities. Amounted...
[01:25:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Employers Can't Afford to Ax Mature Workers, Say Researchers - 240 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:25:08] <exec> 08└─The kind of idiot who looks only at some accounting numbers on some website. A lot of the art of this is figuring out how to be visible to the idiots without becoming visible to the smart money. A one quarter wonder works for that, I think.
[01:25:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Employers Can't Afford to Ax Mature Workers, Say Researchers - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:25:09] <exec> 08└─If you have children (and aren't irresponsible or rich), it's pretty much mandatory to have to downgrade from "chasing your dreams" to "having a hobby".
[01:26:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03fido_dogstoyevsky [131] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Executive Order Fights Credential Inflation in the Federal Workforce - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:26:13] <exec> 08└─...and most people today aren't generally taking fortune-tellers too seriously...
[01:26:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Executive Order Fights Credential Inflation in the Federal Workforce - 383 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:26:15] <exec> 08└─Yep, in bumfuck nowhere you can make a decent living when not competing with more accomplished people. There is value in being able to self-teach and develop a successful career, but downplaying education just because you managed without it is unsurprisingly ignorant. Not that I disagree with this E...
[01:26:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Executive Order Fights Credential Inflation in the Federal Workforce - 391 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:26:17] <exec> 08└─And you are half assing your trolling. "A cynical reading (an angle which proves to be remarkably applicable to everything the current administration does) is that this allows them to easily hire unqualified people into positions." That quote is 100% accurate, and the fact that you're still waving t...
[01:26:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Executive Order Fights Credential Inflation in the Federal Workforce - 351 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:26:19] <exec> 08└─》 My local state university was founded in 1911, but didn't graduate an African American until 1965. It's not the university's fault that Blacks are a bit slower. Once Affirmative Action ramps up again, BIPOCs will be getting their PhDs in a week or two to make up for it... much more efficient tha...
[01:26:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Executive Order Fights Credential Inflation in the Federal Workforce - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:26:21] <exec> 08└─Meritocracy doesn't mean everybody gets rich
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[02:22:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Mercury and Algal Blooms Poisoned Maya Reservoirs at Tikal - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:22:16] <exec> 08└─They al moved to USA to get jobs in landscaping and contracting.
[02:22:26] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Snotnose [1623] 02 - 06Archaeologists in Turkey Have Uncovered a Mysterious Ancient Kingdom Lost in History - 2039 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:22:26] <exec> 08└─Back in the 80s the gf and I went to southern Mexico, flying into Merida, driving to Chitzen Itza, then to Uxmal, finally to Cancun and Cozumel. I did not want to visit the ruins, it was her idea. We get to Chitzen Itza, something happened. It was way cool. At night (we spent the night there) they h...
[02:22:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Archaeologists in Turkey Have Uncovered a Mysterious Ancient Kingdom Lost in History - 525 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:22:34] <exec> 08└─It's discoveries like this that make Turkey so much fun to visit if you have an interest in archaeology. A lot of places have their own ancient precursors, but not really any others. Turkey has scores of them, all distinct, all right on top of each other. If you drive due east a little ways from Tü...
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[02:22:37] <exec> 08└─2016-2019
[02:22:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Archaeologists in Turkey Have Uncovered a Mysterious Ancient Kingdom Lost in History - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:22:39] <exec> 08└─I laughed out loud, but then I had to ask myself, "Was he actually being serious?"
[02:22:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Archaeologists in Turkey Have Uncovered a Mysterious Ancient Kingdom Lost in History - 211 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:22:41] <exec> 08└─I was born in 310 BC, so you are off by a millennium. Not bad, for a millennial. The antikythera was made about 87BC, which makes you off by more than a millennial. But, we had earlier models, that ran Multics.
[02:22:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Archaeologists in Turkey Have Uncovered a Mysterious Ancient Kingdom Lost in History - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:22:43] <exec> 08└─Avoid the Saudi Embassy.
[02:22:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Archaeologists in Turkey Have Uncovered a Mysterious Ancient Kingdom Lost in History - 228 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:22:45] <exec> 08└─"On some great and glorious day, the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron". -- HL Mencken [amgreatness.com] predicting every president since JFK
[02:22:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Archaeologists in Turkey Have Uncovered a Mysterious Ancient Kingdom Lost in History - 292 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:22:47] <exec> 08└─A car rental bloke in Peru had to try three for us before he could get one to start. We thought, what's the worst that could happen? If it breaks down we'll just make Carl fix it. It broke down and Carl fixed it before lunchtime. I think it was running better when we turned it in actually.
[02:23:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A ‘Cure for Heart Disease’? A Single Shot Succeeds in Monkeys - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:23:05] <exec> 08└─I thought people got heart disease because they made bad choices. Now you're telling me it's just genetics??
[02:23:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft's "New Approach" to Retail Stores: Closing Them Forever - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:23:37] <exec> 08└─Wasn't it Ballard who wrote that "Let's go shopping" is a statement only uttered by a madman?
[02:23:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft's "New Approach" to Retail Stores: Closing Them Forever - 2134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:23:38] <exec> 08└─Originally, malls weren't supposed to be primarily commercial. They were "malls", not "shopping malls". But the commercialism made the money, and very soon that dominated so completely it became the only reason to visit. When I was a kid, I was dazzled by all the shiny mirrored surfaces and pretty l...
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[02:23:41] <exec> 08└─No.
[02:24:14] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 130 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:24:14] <exec> 08└─Maybe if these business owners get a taste of what the black folks have been dealing with forever something might actually change.
[02:24:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03chromas [34] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 303 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:24:34] <exec> 08└─Facebook is just the Apple of social networks. All the features it has are slightly polished but dumbed down versions of what older web sites were already doing. Also, just like the headphone jack, for some reason, the FB header bar was on the bottom for awhile (but I can't find any screenshots of i...
[02:24:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 0, Troll) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 1636 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:24:36] <exec> 08└─Off the top of my head without resorting to a search engine. We have two killed and three wounded in the last 10 days in Seattle at CHAZ.There was that mass shooting with an AR15 pistol in the midwest less than a year ago.The guy who shot Rep Scalise.The self-professed antifa dude who tried blowing...
[02:24:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 251 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:24:38] <exec> 08└─If only acceptable speech is protected, freedom of speech is illusory. Civil rights are not in place for the benefit of the most popular -- they are there to protect the least popular, because you never know when YOUR speech will be on unpopular side.
[02:24:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:24:40] <exec> 08└─Sort of a troll but accurate on facts. CHAZ's community gardens were segregated. One of CHAZ demands was for segregated medical treatments for black and brown people by black and brown people.
[02:24:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mykl [1112] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 376 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:24:42] <exec> 08└─Ah yes. Because I disagree with how the left is behaving at the moment, I must be on "the other team" and be right wing. Sorry, you fail. Another reply gave me a wonderful whatabout too. I'm not denying that the right wing behave worse - they have been responsible for murders and assaults for decade...
[02:24:50] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Employers Can't Afford to Ax Mature Workers, Say Researchers - 384 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:24:51] <exec> 08└─We just went over this. Employers want certs, not experience, maturity, or know-how. After all, old people are old, and old things are bad. Those pesky old people still have some obsolete sense of "ethics", or don't approve of privacy-raping, or don't like doing everything over a cell phone, or want...
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[02:25:45] <exec> 08└─Why would anyone give their best if the company will only consider you a grunt? I left when the local management team was treated to Cancun for the 160% productivity of the grunts.
[02:25:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Employers Can't Afford to Ax Mature Workers, Say Researchers - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:25:46] <exec> 08└─Not so much the birth lottery, as making people want to PAY ME to go see those places. :^) So, I didn't get rich on it, but I made a living.
[02:26:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Executive Order Fights Credential Inflation in the Federal Workforce - 219 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:26:56] <exec> 08└─Exploitation is the primary merit you're scored on. If you're a great exploiter (a "leader"), you have merit. If you are exploitable, you lack merit. Businesses are run by businessmen, and exploitation is all they know.
[02:26:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Executive Order Fights Credential Inflation in the Federal Workforce - 332 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:26:57] <exec> 08└─Call it what you like. Nepomesimo's grandfather was a head hunter. He ate Tagalog and other tribesemen for dinner. Pinoy or whoever, it didn't matter, if you couldn't defend yourself from the hill giants, you were going home for lunch. I asked Nepo once, "Did you ever eat anyone?" His reply was, "I...
[02:27:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06AWS Facial Recognition Platform Misidentified Over 100 Politicians as Criminals - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:27:48] <exec> 08└─Attributing that to the input dataset is not much of a consolation.
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[03:22:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mercury and Algal Blooms Poisoned Maya Reservoirs at Tikal - 410 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:22:20] <exec> 08└─There have been all sorts of fairy tales told, to explain why the Maya kinda faded away. Pollution? Sounds about right. Of course, there have been traces of Maya found all over the southern US. They didn't all die off. I guess the smarter ones got the hell out of Dodge while the getting was good. So...
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[03:22:44] <exec> 08└─The vague opinions of White Supremacists are truly strange sounding until you figure out what they are.
[03:22:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03oumuamua [8401] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Archaeologists in Turkey Have Uncovered a Mysterious Ancient Kingdom Lost in History - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:22:46] <exec> 08└─As told here https://www.poetryfoundation.org [poetryfoundation.org]
[03:22:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Archaeologists in Turkey Have Uncovered a Mysterious Ancient Kingdom Lost in History - 255 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:22:48] <exec> 08└─A 60s-70s race circuit driver used to rent a car to get around while in town for a race. He always drove rentals in 1st gear only. One day the engine seized on a highway and ripped it along with the transmission out of the car. He was banned from rentals.
[03:23:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft's "New Approach" to Retail Stores: Closing Them Forever - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:23:40] <exec> 08└─Don't set up an entire brick and mortar operation.
[03:24:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Captival [6866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 243 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:24:39] <exec> 08└─Well over 100 shot in Chicago alone last week. They're already quite familiar to dealing out violence to people that don't deserve it. It just doesn't make the news most of the time because other Commies like you in the media like it that way.
[03:24:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 378 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:24:41] <exec> 08└─Heh, another butthurt bigot mad that racists are getting dis-invited. Truly you should stop consuming conservative media, so much disinformation designed to make you frightened. I'm still waiting to see the wave of violence from liberals/leftists/marxists/demoncrats that even comes close to rightwin...
[03:24:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Tork [3914] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:24:43] <exec> 08└─"As long as"intolerance" doesn't mean censorship or suppression of that speech. Else you just became part of problem."
[03:24:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:24:45] <exec> 08└─Gee, I wonder if we have Russian trolls around here. Ho humm hrrmmmm
[03:24:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 591 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:24:47] <exec> 08└─No one is stopping anyone from publishing their own speech. White supremacy and racism is not protected by anti-discrimination laws, but you're welcome to file lawsuits and try to force Facebook, Twitter, et. all to host such bile. Good luck, even the baker wasn't forced to bake a gay cake, he just...
[03:24:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mykl [1112] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 842 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:24:49] <exec> 08└─Nice whataboutism. I'm not claiming that the far right is well behaved - they're dreadful. My point is that the left (including the 'far'-left) is supposed to be better than that, and the major achievements made by them over the past century have been through non-violent protest. The principles of A...
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[03:24:51] <exec> 08└─CHAZ is an interesting social experiment, and you should note the complete lack of support from liberal users on SN. It isn't nearly as bad as Fox Newz pretends, but no one is hailing it as some sort of liberal success. Personally I think it is a stupid stunt along the lines of the conservatives who...
[03:24:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 200 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:24:54] <exec> 08└─Not a conservative. I'm just not an authoritarian and I can see how the law has failed to catch up with tech monopolies. The future is a dark place, the experiment in universal human rights is ending.
[03:24:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mykl [1112] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 653 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:24:56] <exec> 08└─You clearly have a problem with comprehension. I would describe myself as slightly left of center (certainly more to left in US terms). Criticism of the left does not make me right-wing. Have another read of my post - anything in that that suggests I support right wing positions? Didn't think so. Th...
[03:24:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 421 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:24:58] <exec> 08└─It's been four or five shootings in the last ten days, two dead, a rape, and numerous assaults let alone the property damage. As an experiment, it is definitely informative. With the last shooting, you have CHAZ security opening fire on a car before anything happens based on an assumption it was sto...
[03:24:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:25:00] <exec> 08└─Says paper noodle. I'll grant you human centipede is worse, but paper noodles? Do you like shitting fiber bricks??
[03:26:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Employers Can't Afford to Ax Mature Workers, Say Researchers - 404 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:26:05] <exec> 08└─Seriously, that is some stupid reasoning. Many Americans drown themselves in alcohol and unhealthy food because they are terrified for their future. Lack of healthcare is a rather big point for many, and a painful expense if they don't have employer coverage. Even with insurance people end up paying...
[03:26:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Employers Can't Afford to Ax Mature Workers, Say Researchers - 491 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:26:06] <exec> 08└─Our "investor" suitors believed they had it all figured out: advertise the investment, the stock jumps, they cash out with more than they invested, and the company gets left with some residual cash, while the other shareholders get stuck with the tab. It really is a zero-sum game, you hope that you...
[03:27:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Executive Order Fights Credential Inflation in the Federal Workforce - 197 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:27:17] <exec> 08└─Thanks for explaining exactly what the problem is. It is anti-meritocracy, but cloaked as if it is. Lying and ripping people off because you have enough of a hold on the market is NOT a good thing.
[03:27:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Executive Order Fights Credential Inflation in the Federal Workforce - 256 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:27:19] <exec> 08└─This "education" you speak of? I've seen far more self-taught people who could code their way out of a wet paper bag than with degrees by quite a large margin. Sitting in class and being taught is no way to learn anything that requires using your own mind.
[03:28:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03mendax [2840] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AWS Facial Recognition Platform Misidentified Over 100 Politicians as Criminals - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:28:10] <exec> 08└─AWS Facial Recognition Platform Misidentified Over 100 Politicians as Criminals
[03:28:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Benefits of Exercise Could be Passed Through Breast Milk, Says New Study - 621 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:28:31] <exec> 08└─And yet, those hicks have provided mankind with just about every breed of animal we desire, and every cultivar of edible plants and fungus you've ever heard of. I'm reminded of the "intellectual rights" sons of bitches, who went into Iraq as the Iraq war was winding down. Various cultivars that the...
[03:29:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Fall of Quibi: How Did a Starry $1.75bn Netflix Rival Crash So Fast? - 426 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:29:05] <exec> 08└─I knew it existed, from a previous Soylent article, but had no idea what the point of it was. So it's a combination of two factors, people who don't know it exists, and people who know it exists but not why it exists. Oh, and $1.75B of VCs funding anything ending in dot-com, because just because it...
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[04:22:57] <exec> 08└─Lo and behold, the distributor cap had somehow come loose. I re-attached it, said "try it now", car started, and off they went. The GF thought I was some kind of mechanical god after that.
[04:23:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft's "New Approach" to Retail Stores: Closing Them Forever - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:23:51] <exec> 08└─Shopping malls have hammered out and tuned a formula that worked, and they don't want to change a thing.
[04:23:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft's "New Approach" to Retail Stores: Closing Them Forever - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:23:53] <exec> 08└─Was there anything there worth taking? Everything phones home these days. I would not touch stolen electronics with a ten foot pole.
[04:25:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:25:03] <exec> 08└─And? Are those people not allowed to use their freedom of speech to criticize Moscow Mitch?
[04:25:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03PaperNoodle [10908] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:25:05] <exec> 08└─> paper noodles? They look better than they taste. > human centipede is worse That comes with hat trick visual aesthetic! In case anyone wants to lose their appetite. [imdb.com]
[04:25:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 1226 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:25:07] <exec> 08└─Well maybe if I saw more pushback against rightwing bullshit around here I wouldn't pigeon hole someone bitching about "the left" as a rightwing bigot. So far those are the vast majority of ideologies that are all annoyed at "the left" right now. My internment camp joke was specifically crafted to t...
[04:26:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Employers Can't Afford to Ax Mature Workers, Say Researchers - 392 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:26:13] <exec> 08└─I remember the crew I left a few months back. I'm not certain if they were gaslighting me or if it really is possible to be that goddamn dumb and sloppy. Wouldn't be surprised if I learned some day it was a money laundering organization. The major lesson I learned from that place was that fast food...
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[05:22:41] <exec> 08└─pelaná!
[05:24:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft's "New Approach" to Retail Stores: Closing Them Forever - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:24:03] <exec> 08└─You are welcome. I'm happy to help.
[05:25:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:25:17] <exec> 08└─Well maybe if I saw more pushback against rightwing bullshit around here I wouldn't pigeon hole someone bitching about "the left" as a rightwing bigot.
[05:26:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Employers Can't Afford to Ax Mature Workers, Say Researchers - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:26:24] <exec> 08└─We oldbies often recognize fads and bullshit, but bosses and resume-puffers who depend on bullshit don't like that trait.
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[05:27:38] <exec> 08└─I thought this as well. Then I became a teacher and got more experience across a wide array of schools. And I learned I was simply wrong. I think the one thing our experience emphasizes is how clueless we are when young of not only the rest of the world, but even of our own peers. That or it may be...
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[06:22:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Vaccine Targeting Aged Cells Mitigates Metabolic Disorders in Obese Mice - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:22:39] <exec> 08└─Well we're getting good at dealing with diseases in mice. Isn't it about time we started looking into human problems.
[06:22:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03jelizondo [653] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mercury and Algal Blooms Poisoned Maya Reservoirs at Tikal - 342 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:22:49] <exec> 08└─Anonymous knows some Mayan and you don't LOL Sorry pal, the Mayan never went North; they are still around in the Yucatan peninsula and parts of Guatemala. The difference is the cities were abandoned, but the people is still around and so is their language. I studied some Mayan (University level) and...
[06:23:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03jelizondo [653] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Archaeologists in Turkey Have Uncovered a Mysterious Ancient Kingdom Lost in History - 257 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:23:18] <exec> 08└─Sorry pal, I think you wanted to post to the Maya [soylentnews.org] thread and not here. Turkey, see, it's kind of between Europe and Asia, the Maya were right around the Gulf of Mexico, in the Yucatan peninsula, kind of the other side of world. Just sayin'
[06:27:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Executive Order Fights Credential Inflation in the Federal Workforce - 2176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:27:48] <exec> 08└─Go look on Steam, or Apple, Google Play for the most obvious example. There are millions of pieces of software out there, and a lot of them find pretty reasonable markets - even if niche. Niche doesn't matter when you have literally billions of potential customers. Behind vast numbers of software yo...
[06:27:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06New Executive Order Fights Credential Inflation in the Federal Workforce - 1112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:27:49] <exec> 08└─I don't read it as 'stomping around scolding everybody' - he is simply stating that many people feel that they are owed an easy life, which they are most certainly not. I see plenty of evidence of this. 'Influencers' on the internet who believe that they should receive preferential treatment or free...
[06:29:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Benefits of Exercise Could be Passed Through Breast Milk, Says New Study - 402 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:29:03] <exec> 08└─The personalities and inclinations of the humans that started the agarian revolution over ten thousand years ago are not likely similar to those still in agriculture and animal husbandry today. Pretty much in every field, once the initial pioneering and leg work is done, those left to fill out the r...
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[07:22:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Embarrassingly Apple's Two-Tear Old ARM Chip Benchmarks Faster Than Microsoft's Surface Pro X - 285 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:22:13] <exec> 08└─The last time I cared about CPU performance was, uh, can't remember. Certainly many years ago. Battery performance though, I care about all the time. People need to stop reporting benchmarks so companies can stop increasing them, it's retarded like the push for thinner, bigger phones.
[07:22:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Embarrassingly Apple's Two-Tear Old ARM Chip Benchmarks Faster Than Microsoft's Surface Pro X - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:22:15] <exec> 08└─Battery performance though, I care about all the time.
[07:22:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03coolgopher [1157] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Embarrassingly Apple's Two-Tear Old ARM Chip Benchmarks Faster Than Microsoft's Surface Pro X - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:22:17] <exec> 08└─In title. Two-Tear should presumably be Two-Year.
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[07:22:19] <exec> 08└─MS fanbois shedding two tears that they bought overpriced e-waste, amiright?
[07:22:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Embarrassingly Apple's Two-Tear Old ARM Chip Benchmarks Faster Than Microsoft's Surface Pro X - 322 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:22:21] <exec> 08└─I highly doubt that Apple would be the correct company to "teach" that lesson at all. And the benchmarks have been discussed all over. Apple wins on one benchmark, and loses at almost everything else. And it's a benchmark - not a real-world usage, but one of those madey-uppy ones that you can easily...
[07:22:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mercury and Algal Blooms Poisoned Maya Reservoirs at Tikal - 324 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:22:38] <exec> 08└─"Of course, there have been traces of Maya found all over the southern US." Errr, what? "They didn't all die off." Certainly not, they're the majority in a lot of Mexico to this day. "Some of them were apparently ancestors to the more modern Seminole" Not likely. "maybe some other tribes, like the C...
[07:23:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Archaeologists in Turkey Have Uncovered a Mysterious Ancient Kingdom Lost in History - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:23:08] <exec> 08└─Its real name was Harry.
[07:24:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft's "New Approach" to Retail Stores: Closing Them Forever - 236 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:24:04] <exec> 08└─*You* would not, but if you lived in some projects you might. There's going to be someone around that can unlock the device to make it useful, and should the police actually come to recover it, you claim that your cousin gave it to you.
[07:25:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:25:18] <exec> 08└─And? Are those people not allowed to use their freedom of speech to criticize Moscow Mitch?
[07:25:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:25:19] <exec> 08└─Oh, and for those readers who have modded me "Troll" - the actual mod you're looking for is "Disagree". I challenge you to show me how my post was Trollish in any way.
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[07:27:42] <exec> 08└─From the Kiplinger's article: Indeed, a record 6.71% (or 8,386,508 out of 125,018,808 total U.S. households) can now claim millionaire status. That's up from 6.21% in 2018 and just 5.81% in 2017.
[07:29:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Fall of Quibi: How Did a Starry $1.75bn Netflix Rival Crash So Fast? - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:29:29] <exec> 08└─It is intended to be a dactylic hexameter. But since English is not my native language and especially English pronunciation isn't my strong point, I cannot guarantee it actually is.
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[08:22:21] <exec> 08└─And Sony And Disney And Anita Bryant...
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[08:22:33] <exec> 08└─The chip is installed in a Mac mini. They don't have to care about battery life, so they may have clocked it higher, added more cache and given it a deeper pipeline.
[08:22:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Embarrassingly Apple's Two-Tear Old ARM Chip Benchmarks Faster Than Microsoft's Surface Pro X - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:22:35] <exec> 08└─One tear means you killed somebody. Two tears means you run Microsoft. Checks out.
[08:22:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Embarrassingly Apple's Two-Tear Old ARM Chip Benchmarks Faster Than Microsoft's Surface Pro X - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:22:37] <exec> 08└─Or, it is Microsoft for ARM. William of Ockham has a razor he would like to demonstrate for you.
[08:22:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Vaccine Targeting Aged Cells Mitigates Metabolic Disorders in Obese Mice - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:22:46] <exec> 08└─Do not anger the frozen corpse, didn't you watch GoT?
[08:22:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Vaccine Targeting Aged Cells Mitigates Metabolic Disorders in Obese Mice - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:22:48] <exec> 08└─What we really need is a "natural causes" vaccine. People are dying of that left and right - and mice too!
[08:22:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dr Spin [5239] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Vaccine Targeting Aged Cells Mitigates Metabolic Disorders in Obese Mice - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:22:50] <exec> 08└─I need to be vaccinated against mice!
[08:23:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Archaeologists in Turkey Have Uncovered a Mysterious Ancient Kingdom Lost in History - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:23:31] <exec> 08└─Those were the times! I heard even at young ages you were keen on inequality.
[08:24:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft's "New Approach" to Retail Stores: Closing Them Forever - 3603 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:24:30] <exec> 08└─Pretty much still the model of UK electronics stores (Currys, Dixons, PC World) plus all the appliance stores (white goods, Comet, etc.) - - but one of those is dead now precisely because of that I stopped going to stores for those things about 10-15 years ago, maybe more. The final straw was simila...
[08:25:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mykl [1112] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 196 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:25:47] <exec> 08└─Very sexist of you to assume that because Elaine Chow is female, she must be just an extension of her husband and not an individual with her own mind. Please hand in your SJW card on your way out.
[08:25:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mykl [1112] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 369 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:25:49] <exec> 08└─Oh, and I say that as someone who thinks that Mitch is the worst piece of shit in US politics today - worse than even Trump. He has been holding the US legislature hostage for over a decade now and his stunts have been purely self-serving to the detriment of the entire country. If I could pick just...
[08:25:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 358 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:25:51] <exec> 08└─ah yes, your speech is totally infringed if you're not able to spam 300 million people's news feed. *yawn* Make your own service or STFU, you are an authoritarian complaining that platforms don't want specific speech. Should networks with children be forced to host porn and murder speech? Obviously...
[08:29:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AWS Facial Recognition Platform Misidentified Over 100 Politicians as Criminals - 332 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:29:06] <exec> 08└─But DOES it do better than humans? Does it still do better than humans as deployed and used in the field? In the situation in Detroit, the incorrect match made by the software was immediately apparent to any human that bothered to look (spoiler, the police didn't until the wrongly arrested man held...
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[09:25:37] <exec> 08└─Careful now, reality tends to trigger the trumpettes. I know, mikl says he isn't a horn blower, but like many conservatives before him he is unable to express his true feelings. That isn't an insult like you think it is btw.
[09:28:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03quietus [6328] (Score: 2) 02 - 06India Bans TikTok, WeChat, and Other Chinese-Owned Apps - 491 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:28:25] <exec> 08└─I was intrigued by your Samsung phones comment -- so I checked it out. Samsung actually shut down its last remaining smartphone factory in China this year. As of 2019, the company is not making any phones in the People’s Republic. It previously had two factories in China but as Samsung’s market...
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[10:22:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Flamebait) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 276 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:22:22] <exec> 08└─and now you can see the lack of determination of China: the US will even do its best to extradite you for breaking their laws, even if you don't break any laws in the country where you live. well, I expect that China will grow up soon and learn how to follow through properly.
[10:22:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03EJ [2452] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:22:24] <exec> 08└─The United States does not extradite people for saying bad things about it.
[10:22:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03EJ [2452] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:22:26] <exec> 08└─Totalitarian oppression is what some groups want for the USA.
[10:22:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03petecox [3228] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Embarrassingly Apple's Two-Year Old ARM Chip Benchmarks Faster Than Microsoft's Surface Pro X - 602 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:22:41] <exec> 08└─Macos doesn't run on Surface Pro X nor, lacking Bootcamp, Windows 10 on Mac OS ARM, so it's an Apples vs oranges comparison. :) One might consider a real-world benchmark of Chromebooks [pcmag.com], where both x86 and ARM architectures are established. At a price point in a form factor I might consi...
[10:22:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Embarrassingly Apple's Two-Year Old ARM Chip Benchmarks Faster Than Microsoft's Surface Pro X - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:22:42] <exec> 08└─Oh, Snap, Eds fixed the headline, and now none of our snark will make any sense. A loss for posterity, I tell you.
[10:22:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03shrewdsheep [5215] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Embarrassingly Apple's Two-Year Old ARM Chip Benchmarks Faster Than Microsoft's Surface Pro X - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:22:44] <exec> 08└─I am shedding tears, the yypo is no more.
[10:23:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03gmby [83] (Score: 1) 02 - 06A ‘Cure for Heart Disease’? A Single Shot Succeeds in Monkeys - 230 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:23:55] <exec> 08└─Time for the open dna coders to put the fix in the Corona19 and let it spread to all for free! You don't want the treatment then wear a mask! Of course you code the CV19 so it only releases the DNAFIX subroutine when it detects x?
[10:23:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A ‘Cure for Heart Disease’? A Single Shot Succeeds in Monkeys - 909 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:23:56] <exec> 08└─One would think that negative genes would tend to get eliminated over time by evolution, unless they also bring a positive effect. For example, it is no accident that sickle cell anaemia is most prevalent in malaria regions: While having two of the genes is disastrous, having only one of them gives...
[10:23:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A ‘Cure for Heart Disease’? A Single Shot Succeeds in Monkeys - 520 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:23:58] <exec> 08└─That's a false dichotomy. As an analogy: If I walk without need on a visibly unsafe bridge, and consequently fall down and die, it clearly is the result of a bad decision of myself (I shouldn't have walked on that bridge), but it is also a result of the state of the bridge. If then someone makes the...
[10:23:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A ‘Cure for Heart Disease’? A Single Shot Succeeds in Monkeys - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:24:00] <exec> 08└─By the time it's a problem, you should have already reproduced.
[10:24:25] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] 02 - 06Microsoft's "New Approach" to Retail Stores: Closing Them Forever - 273 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:24:25] <exec> 08└─Sony, Xiaomi and Samsung all have retail stores near me. I can buy their products for as much as 20% more than other places there. I am unsure why they bother. The Xiaomi one is staffed by the most uninterested people possible, which makes going there even less pleasant.
[10:27:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03fido_dogstoyevsky [131] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Employers Can't Afford to Ax Mature Workers, Say Researchers - 167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:27:08] <exec> 08└─Individual [health] insurance rates in general: ... Imagine what happens to group insurance rates when a business continues to accumulate older workers in its group...
[10:28:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Executive Order Fights Credential Inflation in the Federal Workforce - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:28:25] <exec> 08└─Think you're one post off the one you meant to respond to! :D
[10:32:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Credit Card Skimmers Now Being Buried in Image File Metadata on E-Commerce Websites - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:32:09] <exec> 08└─I hate sites like that. It can take 15 checkout attempts to figure out which sites and frames to allow through the browser's ad/javascript blockers.
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[11:22:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Foreign Adversaries Likely to Exploit Critical Networking Bug, US Says - 563 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:22:07] <exec> 08└─Domestic hackers backed by a well-resourced government are likely to exploit a critical vulnerability in a host and VPN and firewall products sold by Palo Alto Networks, I warned on Tuesday. In worst-case scenarios, the flaw allows unauthorized TLAs to log in to networks as administrators. With thos...
[11:22:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:22:21] <exec> 08└─1 country, 1.5 systems
[11:22:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 3, Touché) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:22:23] <exec> 08└─say what? [theguardian.com]
[11:22:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:22:25] <exec> 08└─Hong Kong students don't want to go home now [abc.net.au]
[11:22:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 291 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:22:27] <exec> 08└─I was planning a trip to buy some tea but I was worried about all the lawlessness I read about in The People's Daily. Now that the motherland has brought law and order back to this wayward province, and reigned in the Demosisto and Antifa terrorists, I feel it is safe to travel there again.
[11:22:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Embarrassingly Apple's Two-Year Old ARM Chip Benchmarks Faster Than Microsoft's Surface Pro X - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:22:45] <exec> 08└─Higher performance (at no increase in power consumption) can lead to higher battery life. If a task is completed in less time, the device goes back to idling that much sooner.
[11:22:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Embarrassingly Apple's Two-Year Old ARM Chip Benchmarks Faster Than Microsoft's Surface Pro X - 508 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:22:46] <exec> 08└─I forgot that Qualcomm SQ1 existed, but I remember the Qualcomm 8cx it's based on and the cut down 8c/7c: https://www.anandtech.com [anandtech.com] https://www.windowscentral.com
[11:22:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Vaccine Targeting Aged Cells Mitigates Metabolic Disorders in Obese Mice - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:22:58] <exec> 08└─We were, until someone complained about Tuskeegee. #BLM
[11:22:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Vaccine Targeting Aged Cells Mitigates Metabolic Disorders in Obese Mice - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:22:59] <exec> 08└─Here, more: Receptor makes mice strong and slim [sciencedaily.com] One-time treatment generates new neurons, eliminates Parkinson's disease in mice [sciencedaily.com]
[11:23:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Archaeologists in Turkey Have Uncovered a Mysterious Ancient Kingdom Lost in History - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:23:41] <exec> 08└─The vague opinions of SJWs are truly strange sounding until you figure out what they are. Commies.
[11:23:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Archaeologists in Turkey Have Uncovered a Mysterious Ancient Kingdom Lost in History - 195 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:23:42] <exec> 08└─>> Commies. Nope. If you correlate the emergence of SJWs with the closing of state mental hospitals in the 50s and 60s, you'll figure out what they *really* are... nutcases off their medications.
[11:24:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A ‘Cure for Heart Disease’? A Single Shot Succeeds in Monkeys - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:24:06] <exec> 08└─If the genes were selected for, that is unlikely. Because otherwise they would not have been selected for to begin with.
[11:24:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06A ‘Cure for Heart Disease’? A Single Shot Succeeds in Monkeys - 1850 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:24:07] <exec> 08└─The issue is cholesterol and triglyceride. Those are required for your body to function. However when they're oxidized they damage blood vessels which causes the heart issues. Sadly this 'cure' is completely the wrong approach. From my non-medical understanding, it aims to reduce the amount of chole...
[11:24:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft's "New Approach" to Retail Stores: Closing Them Forever - 1028 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:24:48] <exec> 08└─> Back in the 1990s, they requested the local bus company to not serve the mall. They didn't want the wrong class to show up. Yeah, I too eventually learned of that attitude of theirs. Active hostility towards pedestrians, kids, and anyone else who didn't look like a big shopper. They actually liked...
[11:25:26] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03pe1rxq [844] 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 168 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:25:26] <exec> 08└─Antifa: the new bogeyman hidding under the beds of bigots... Not everybody on the left of you (which, judging on your post, will be most) is part of or supports antifa.
[11:26:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:26:10] <exec> 08└─You don't think that marriage is a statement of agreement with that person's life choices?
[11:26:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:26:11] <exec> 08└─Whether you like it or not, most of what you're shitting is fiber. Unless it comes out the other end, then it's called "muh freedoms".
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[12:22:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03SpockLogic [2762] (Score: 3, Touché) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:22:38] <exec> 08└─The United States does not extradite people for saying bad things about it.
[12:22:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 831 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:22:40] <exec> 08└─Actually this was how it was supposed to go, except the time schedule might have been cut in half or so depending on your perspective. China agreed to keep Hong Kong more or less free (one country - two systems) free for 50 years, they would keep their capitalist system and way of life. Then they wo...
[12:22:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:22:42] <exec> 08└─Fine, they'll help defend Australia [theconversation.com] (yikes)
[12:23:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Embarrassingly Apple's Two-Year Old ARM Chip Benchmarks Faster Than Microsoft's Surface Pro X - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:23:02] <exec> 08└─The thinner, bigger phones fold easier.
[12:23:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Vaccine Targeting Aged Cells Mitigates Metabolic Disorders in Obese Mice - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:23:15] <exec> 08└─Mice get all the good stuff.
[12:23:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mercury and Algal Blooms Poisoned Maya Reservoirs at Tikal - 529 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:23:28] <exec> 08└─I'm sure they sort of figured that out themselves -- hey people that drink the green flowery water from reservoir two get very sick. Perhaps we shouldn't drink that stuff. But then they might not have had options. It's sort of like how in a lot of places people somehow thought it was a great idea to...
[12:24:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Archaeologists in Turkey Have Uncovered a Mysterious Ancient Kingdom Lost in History - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:24:01] <exec> 08└─He? I think you mean they, you genderist pig.
[12:24:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A ‘Cure for Heart Disease’? A Single Shot Succeeds in Monkeys - 190 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:24:27] <exec> 08└─Perhaps both - timing and price - are grossly overestimated similarly to earlier computers. We've done it once, we can do it again. https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org]
[12:24:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A ‘Cure for Heart Disease’? A Single Shot Succeeds in Monkeys - 224 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:24:29] <exec> 08└─People get heart diseases because of propaganda. Most can't realistically resist corporate PhD's constantly looking for biological buttons to make one consume in general and overeat in particular. We have to kill them first.
[12:24:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A ‘Cure for Heart Disease’? A Single Shot Succeeds in Monkeys - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:24:31] <exec> 08└─What is the positive effect of those “heart-decease genes”, and is that positive effect still relevant today?
[12:26:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:26:33] <exec> 08└─As long as "hate speech" doesn't mean prejudice and suppression groups of people.
[12:26:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 1240 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:26:34] <exec> 08└─I reply here because this is the last not totally mental breakdown post in the thread. You guys can't group american individuals into left and right you dumb fucks. You're with us or against us! It's them! Not us! They're not really human! We're the right ones! Oh, wait yes you can I guess and then...
[12:26:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 212 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:26:36] <exec> 08└─Fuck you! We won't be peaceful and sit down or shut up for the government. If they send goons to beat down and arrest peaceful protesters, we /should/ start killing cops. "The tree of liberty is watered by blood"
[12:26:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:26:39] <exec> 08└─Good luck, even the baker wasn't forced to bake a gay cake, he just couldn't refuse service to gay people since sexual orientation is a protected class.
[12:29:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Executive Order Fights Credential Inflation in the Federal Workforce - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:29:04] <exec> 08└─Oh, we traded the large and prosperous middle class, for 5% millionaires, what a great deal! Sounds like something Trump would do!
[12:29:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06India Bans TikTok, WeChat, and Other Chinese-Owned Apps - 344 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:29:29] <exec> 08└─They will lag behind because their government has to follow it's people. Dictators are simply more reliable, which is why the USA spends large amount of resources in installing them in unfriendly places. If India didn't have democracy idiots like you would have your organs harvested when landing in...
[12:29:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06AWS Facial Recognition Platform Misidentified Over 100 Politicians as Criminals - 469 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:29:59] <exec> 08└─History has shown us, this won't end well. Maybe you've never been in legal trouble, but when you get flagged as a shoplifter or something, I hope they listen to you, and don't just treat you as another lying criminal who was obviously bad or your gave wouldn't have been flagged. Whenever you think...
[12:30:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Benefits of Exercise Could be Passed Through Breast Milk, Says New Study - 434 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:30:23] <exec> 08└─Farming doesn't care about your personality, there's work to be done. Generations of breeding and selection are the reason aren't the product of one "pioneer". Almost nothing in human history is the product of those people we now remember as being great. Regular people, putting in the work required,...
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[13:22:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mathematical Noodling Leads to New Insights Into an Old Fusion Problem - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:22:13] <exec> 08└─Here's the equation: C + Old fusion problem = Cold fusion + problem
[13:22:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mathematical Noodling Leads to New Insights Into an Old Fusion Problem - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:22:15] <exec> 08└─Here [giphy.com] ya go [giphy.com] (SFW)
[13:22:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Foreign Adversaries Likely to Exploit Critical Networking Bug, US Says - 236 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:22:24] <exec> 08└─It's called "Security Assertion Markup Language", meaning that the marketing people assert that it's secure. No-one actually checks that it is since it's already been asserted to be secure, so there's no need to actually make it secure.
[13:22:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Foreign Adversaries Likely to Exploit Critical Networking Bug, US Says - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:22:26] <exec> 08└─I always love waiting over 20 (Twenty!) goddamn minutes for a Palo Alto firewall to reboot.
[13:22:41] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03MostCynical [2589] 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 27 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:22:41] <exec> 08└─say what? [theguardian.com]
[13:22:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:22:48] <exec> 08└─40% increase in budget [webseven.se], including long range missiles [theguardian.com] Now the Hong Kong residents can be scared of China and Australia!
[13:22:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 337 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:22:50] <exec> 08└─At least Chinese people never enslaved Black citizens. At least Chinamen never rode around wearing sheets and hooded masks to terrorize their Black countrymen. At least China's security forces never oppressed their Black people with distribution of crack cocaine, HIV and handguns. China is heaven fo...
[13:22:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:22:52] <exec> 08└─Yeees, but then... we can defend East Timor [wikipedia.org] from being belted [futuredirections.org.au]
[13:22:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:22:54] <exec> 08└─https://twitter.com/bagofhurt/status/1267822561615732739/photo/1 [twitter.com]
[13:22:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:22:56] <exec> 08└─Now 20% or 30% to Australia [sbs.com.au], so that might qualify as "self defence"..
[13:22:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 287 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:22:58] <exec> 08└─Actually this was how it was supposed to go, except the time schedule might have been cut in half or so depending on your perspective. China agreed to keep Hong Kong more or less free (one country - two systems) free for 50 years, they would keep their capitalist system and way of life.
[13:23:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dale [539] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 930 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:23:01] <exec> 08└─The only surprising thing about this is that it has taken so long. I would have thought they would have forced this a decade or more ago. The fact that things have gone on for over 20 years is the only surprising thing. It is no different than when a company buys/merges/whatever another company and...
[13:23:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:23:03] <exec> 08└─Yes, but fortunately SJWs are in the minority here.
[13:23:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 3, Touché) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:23:05] <exec> 08└─For now 20% or 30% to Australia [sbs.com.au], so that might qualify as "self defence"..
[13:23:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 501 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:23:07] <exec> 08└─On the other hand there is a lot of things that they have not done which they could have done if they are just on some kind of deal breaking spree. There still isn't Chinese-style socialism there -- yet. But it's going to come. The goal is to make it a part of mainland China. That is inevitable. Is...
[13:23:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:23:09] <exec> 08└─The only surprising thing about this is that it has taken so long.
[13:23:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:23:11] <exec> 08└─On the other hand there is a lot of things that they have not done yet which they could have done if they are just on some kind of deal breaking spree.
[13:23:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Username [4557] (Score: 3, Touché) 02 - 06Embarrassingly Apple's Two-Year Old ARM Chip Benchmarks Faster Than Microsoft's Surface Pro X - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:23:32] <exec> 08└─the two-year-old A12Z
[13:23:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Embarrassingly Apple's Two-Year Old ARM Chip Benchmarks Faster Than Microsoft's Surface Pro X - 266 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:23:34] <exec> 08└─I know it's fun to laugh at Microsoft but with a performance disparity this strange has anyone considered that there's a problem with the benchmarking? These figures don't make any sense, which makes it more likely the benchmark values are wrong than that 1 + 1 = 7.
[13:23:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Embarrassingly Apple's Two-Year Old ARM Chip Benchmarks Faster Than Microsoft's Surface Pro X - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:23:36] <exec> 08└─It's not actually that big a disparity - the benchmark was NOT emulating amd64, they were both running natively.
[13:23:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Embarrassingly Apple's Two-Year Old ARM Chip Benchmarks Faster Than Microsoft's Surface Pro X - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:23:38] <exec> 08└─So the summary is wrong? running x86_64 code in emulation faster than the Surface Pro X can run an Arm version natively
[13:25:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Touché) 02 - 06A ‘Cure for Heart Disease’? A Single Shot Succeeds in Monkeys - 271 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:25:04] <exec> 08└─The point is they wouldn't be selected for, but they also wouldn't be selected against, since it only manifests after you've already reproduced. Humans have hit more and more of those as average lifespan has increased, and will surely continue to find more in the future.
[13:25:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A ‘Cure for Heart Disease’? A Single Shot Succeeds in Monkeys - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:25:06] <exec> 08└─Your lifespan gets close to a monkey's?
[13:25:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06A ‘Cure for Heart Disease’? A Single Shot Succeeds in Monkeys - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:25:08] <exec> 08└─Most can't realistically resist corporate PhD's constantly looking for biological buttons to make one consume in general and overeat in particular. We have to kill them first.
[13:27:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:27:15] <exec> 08└─She took his life as her own when she married him.
[13:27:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:27:16] <exec> 08└─ah yes, your speech is totally infringed if you're not able to spam 300 million people's news feed.
[13:27:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:27:18] <exec> 08└─Civil rights are not in place for the benefit of the most popular
[13:27:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:27:20] <exec> 08└─They merely provide a public forum.
[13:28:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Employers Can't Afford to Ax Mature Workers, Say Researchers - 205 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:28:29] <exec> 08└─The same kind of idiots that cause flash-crashes when the rumor of a stock price going up causes people to buy it and then actually go up. Which of course leads to a house of cards that results in a crash.
[13:28:39] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06New Executive Order Fights Credential Inflation in the Federal Workforce - 387 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:28:39] <exec> 08└─If someone doesn't have certificates it means they are likely not members of the upper or middle class, who are likely to have the right ideological thought their employers require. [amazon.co.uk] Those without may have skill, but are likely to be working class or lapsed middle classers, with too mu...
[13:28:54] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06New Executive Order Fights Credential Inflation in the Federal Workforce - 304 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:28:54] <exec> 08└─> this order gives hiring/firing managers total discretion to hire whoever they want to, based on whatever criteria matter to them - it's a door wide open to corruption and graft BINGO! This will be the crowning achievement of cronyism. We're almost there. Otherwise how can anyone explain Jared Kush...
[13:29:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06New Executive Order Fights Credential Inflation in the Federal Workforce - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:29:49] <exec> 08└─Otherwise how can anyone explain Jared Kushner?
[13:30:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06AWS Facial Recognition Platform Misidentified Over 100 Politicians as Criminals - 221 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:30:46] <exec> 08└─OK maybe the software is a bit more racially biased than the guns the cops are using the kill black people. Seriously speaking, I think the "racially biased facial recognition" thing is more a lighting and contrast issue.
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[14:23:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:23:04] <exec> 08└─Well there's a by-election on. Nothing like threatening the residents of Pambula Beach with WW3 to distract from the government's bushfire response.
[14:23:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:23:05] <exec> 08└─You didn't see what China did to black people during the Corona Virus I take it. First search result. [latimes.com]
[14:23:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:23:08] <exec> 08└─Well there's a by-election on.
[14:23:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03helel [2949] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Embarrassingly Apple's Two-Year Old ARM Chip Benchmarks Faster Than Microsoft's Surface Pro X - 225 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:23:32] <exec> 08└─From Wikipedia: AnandTech theorized that the A12Z is a re-binned variant of the A12X... The A12X has been in use in Apple hardware for two years. It seems like one could "well actually" for either side here if they wanted to.
[14:29:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Executive Order Fights Credential Inflation in the Federal Workforce - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:29:40] <exec> 08└─> 'Influencers' on the internet who believe that they should receive preferential treatment or free goods because they are white and shiny / offspring of someone famous FTFY
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[15:22:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Booga1 [6333] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 205 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:22:13] <exec> 08└─Well, it's an important subject, but we know Microsoft has had several services shut down like this. I don't know why anyone would want to buy from their "Microsoft Store" built into Windows at this point.
[15:22:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 549 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:22:14] <exec> 08└─This makes for a great story. A technologically advanced society digitizes everything locked by paywalls and copyright are unable to recover the lost knowledge because of the walled gardens after some event or happenstance. The year is 2075, in every household the refrigerator refuses to dispense fo...
[15:22:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain_nifty [4252] (Score: 4, Informative) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 445 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:22:16] <exec> 08└─This is why you break whatever DRM crap they put on and keep a local copy, or shop wherever you can find it without the DRM. For ebooks and music this is fairly easy, even for video it isn't too hard to find utilities to strip out the DRM and make a copy. Crap like this is why I have ~24TB of backup...
[15:22:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Zappy [4210] (Score: 1) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 465 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:22:18] <exec> 08└─Recently experienced this kind of theft first hand when I got a new phone and some app I paid for was no longer available for download in the playstore. Service chat lady was less than helpful and kept "explaining" the app was no longer available. And what was I complaining about, you see I wasn't t...
[15:22:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03PinkyGigglebrain [4458] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:22:20] <exec> 08└─" ... will no longer be readable after July 2019."
[15:22:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:22:23] <exec> 08└─Micro$oft ReadsForSure!
[15:22:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:22:25] <exec> 08└─Don't worry we can just pay for those hard lessons again (or even more).
[15:22:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mathematical Noodling Leads to New Insights Into an Old Fusion Problem - 419 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:22:34] <exec> 08└─I'd love to know how exactly is noodling with pure mathematics (potentially) solved a persistent plasma-physics mystery. It's not impossible, such things do happen from time to time, but it seems far more likely that noodling with *physics equations* solved the mystery - but physics equations are a...
[15:22:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mathematical Noodling Leads to New Insights Into an Old Fusion Problem - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:22:36] <exec> 08└─when the safety factor falls to precisely two-thirds, or 0.666.
[15:22:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Foreign Adversaries Likely to Exploit Critical Networking Bug, US Says - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:22:48] <exec> 08└─FAKE. There are no foreign adversaries, only domestic leftists. We need to be strong on law and order and stop looking at Russia or Afghanistan or the Taliban.
[15:23:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 174 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:23:23] <exec> 08└─Kelly is ex-military and had ministerial responsibility for defence industry while in government. Hardly "small fry" when it comes to posturing over cold war pork-barrelling.
[15:23:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:23:25] <exec> 08└─China is ruled by a murderous genocidal totalitarian regime. It's not like they need laws to do anything they fucking want.
[15:23:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:23:27] <exec> 08└─We can do this [metro.co.uk]
[15:23:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 14 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:23:29] <exec> 08└─If if if if...
[15:23:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:23:31] <exec> 08└─I've even read on here that "It's the only way to stop them". Yikes.
[15:27:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 639 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:27:35] <exec> 08└─If someone wants to speak lots of hate and intolerance, in violation of a site's TOS, then create your own site. Anyone is free to do so. You can get started cheaply and scale up. The fact that people who advocate hate speech won't do this, and insist on being able to spread their hate on someone el...
[15:28:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Employers Can't Afford to Ax Mature Workers, Say Researchers - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:28:45] <exec> 08└─where beer drinking is a national sport.
[15:28:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Employers Can't Afford to Ax Mature Workers, Say Researchers - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:28:47] <exec> 08└─Because that man gets to profit off the backs of all the other people who still believe they have a soul.
[15:30:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Executive Order Fights Credential Inflation in the Federal Workforce - 428 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:30:09] <exec> 08└─That's great. A chain of trust that extends all the way to.... family members and his buddies from Yale [politico.com]. Well that solves the riddle, problem solved, let's get on with fixing the VA computers reinventing the govt Middle East Peace accelerating the border wall heading the reelection ca...
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[16:22:17] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03captain_nifty [4252] 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 445 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:22:17] <exec> 08└─This is why you break whatever DRM crap they put on and keep a local copy, or shop wherever you can find it without the DRM. For ebooks and music this is fairly easy, even for video it isn't too hard to find utilities to strip out the DRM and make a copy. Crap like this is why I have ~24TB of backup...
[16:22:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Booga1 [6333] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 287 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:22:22] <exec> 08└─It's not a typo. We've even had articles on here about it. This is just a resurfacing of the issue as people keep running into stuff like this. Microsoft's just an easy target, but Apple is caving to China's censorship requirements now as well. It's the new trend, same as the old trend.
[16:22:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:22:24] <exec> 08└─News get slower to IAfrika, they must've be still on dial-up. I wonder if they heard about covid.
[16:22:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 213 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:22:26] <exec> 08└─They are too busy to have noticed in time, the effort to "decolonise mathematical sciences" drains their attention capacity. No, I'm not kidding [iafrikan.com], that seems to be a real thing there [journals.co.za]
[16:22:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:22:29] <exec> 08└─After Microsoft shut down Plays For Sure, they then created, and shut down Zune.
[16:22:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:22:31] <exec> 08└─Every ten years there are a new generation of people who have forgotten the ancient lessons learned the hard way by their ancient ancestors.
[16:22:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:22:33] <exec> 08└─It's not just Africa. Shit like this [wordpress.com] is exactly why your government is defunding the humanities. I hope other Western governments follow.
[16:22:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 620 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:22:35] <exec> 08└─Good Sources: http://www.gutenberg.org [gutenberg.org] (Public Domain) https://librivox.org [librivox.org] (Public Domain) https://www.baen.com [baen.com] (DRM-Free) https://www.tor.com [tor.com] (DRM-Free) https://www.gog.com [gog.com] (DRM-Free) Bad Sources: https://www.barnesandnoble.com [b...
[16:22:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 263 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:22:37] <exec> 08└─Looking at the articles, they are *not* about decolonialising mathematics. They are about using local examples instead of European and American examples when motivating applications of mathematics in locally used textbooks. Not as silly as you suggest. -- hendrik
[16:22:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 265 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:22:39] <exec> 08└─Maybe it is not shit [maa.org]. I must admit I was taken by surprise, but from the perspective of introducing students to mathematics they may have a point; even if those that succeed in getting into math's guts will abandon the sugar coating as no longer relevant.
[16:22:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 770 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:22:42] <exec> 08└─We don't really own them either or will not soon. Cell phone becomes unusable not because it is broken, but because they update the server side of things of introduce bug fixes in newer barely supported versions. Copyrighted property is inseparable from the hardware. And so on. Soon cars will be lik...
[16:22:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 709 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:22:44] <exec> 08└─Then there's the form of rights management that doesn't encrypt the media, but instead watermarks it, so that if it is distributed widely, it can be noticed whose copy is being widely distributed. This can go as far as subtle manipulation of the low-order bits in a digitized analog document (perhaps...
[16:22:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03BigDog934 [933] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Mathematical Noodling Leads to New Insights Into an Old Fusion Problem - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:22:55] <exec> 08└─667, The Neighbor of the Beast.
[16:23:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Foreign Adversaries Likely to Exploit Critical Networking Bug, US Says - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:23:06] <exec> 08└─[...] There are no foreign adversaries, only domestic leftists. [...]
[16:23:15] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03quietus [6328] 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 347 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:23:15] <exec> 08└─The new security legislation applies to people in Hong Kong and to those not in the territory: foreign nationals who speak in favour of independence for the region, or advocate sanctions against China, could be prosecuted upon entering Hong Kong or mainland China. Source: Financial Times, HK begins...
[16:23:34] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Dale [539] 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 930 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:23:34] <exec> 08└─The only surprising thing about this is that it has taken so long. I would have thought they would have forced this a decade or more ago. The fact that things have gone on for over 20 years is the only surprising thing. It is no different than when a company buys/merges/whatever another company and...
[16:23:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 423 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:23:48] <exec> 08└─Mate, what would the Libs want from Eden-Monaro? They already have majority at federal level with or without it, the worst that can happen in this by-election is to have the seat "as Labor as it is now"; this by-election is small-fry for them, the pot isn't high enough to justify a WW3-posturing onl...
[16:23:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 285 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:23:50] <exec> 08└─That's not "saying bad things about the government" that's leaking classified documents. Which is really mixing up two separate issues. One government cracks down on you, if you voice an opinion (China). The other cracks down on you, if you release classified data to the public (USA).
[16:23:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 249 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:23:52] <exec> 08└─Whataboutism aside... To be fair, just because members of the 50 Cent Army are being paid to astroturf public opinion does not mean that they are unaware of the reality behind their frequently misleading and factually incorrect assertions. 五毛党
[16:25:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A ‘Cure for Heart Disease’? A Single Shot Succeeds in Monkeys - 497 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:25:46] <exec> 08└─Well, I am not sure what you consider a real problem, but let's see a pure business point. Population grows at what - 2-3% rate? Therefore food business can't really grow faster. There is no investor who would go in with such a grows rate. So, either food industry becomes subsidized utility or we ea...
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[16:25:48] <exec> 08└─https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01906-4 [nature.com] "CRISPR gene editing in human embryos wreaks chromosomal mayhem" Sure, those are embryos. But do we have evidence that should the gene editing technique used in the "cured" mice be used in humans there won't be "chromosomal mayhem" that...
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[16:25:50] <exec> 08└─Red meat comes with mostly saturated fats, which is not optimum. To improve on that, people should in addition consume monounsaturated fats (e.g. olive oil) and cis-polyunsaturated fats, both omega-6 and omega-3 (salmon, walnuts).
[16:28:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Tork [3914] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:28:02] <exec> 08└─"Speech of any sort, even prejudiced, is a far cry from censorship and suppression." If this statement were even close to true there wouldn't be the need to protect any speech.
[16:30:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Executive Order Fights Credential Inflation in the Federal Workforce - 2904 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:30:37] <exec> 08└─You know there was a time I used to believe something not entirely different. This [urban.org] paper from the Urban Institute is one of the things that played a major role in starting to shift my worldview. Since think tanks do tend to spin things a bit, I'd quote this [wikipedia.org] snippet on the...
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[17:22:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:22:40] <exec> 08└─Looking at the articles, they are *not* about decolonialising mathematics.
[17:22:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 825 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:22:41] <exec> 08└─Maybe a decade pf two ago, there was an idealistic music site (called irate? or urate? or something?) that stored a database full of free/libre music. And it has a recommendation engine. You got to rate the music it provided you, and it would thereafter compare your ratings to other peoples' in orde...
[17:22:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Touché) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:22:43] <exec> 08└─Those who fail to appreciate RMS are doomed to prove him right. Welcome to dystopia.
[17:22:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 17 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:22:46] <exec> 08└─ZuneToBeForgotten
[17:22:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 270 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:22:48] <exec> 08└─Cats, Dogs Go Hungry as Internet-Connected PetNet Plays Dead [soylentnews.org] Petnet's Smart Pet Feeder System Back after Week-Long Outage [soylentnews.org] After Prolonged Service Outage, Petnet Shuts Down, Citing Coronavirus [soylentnews.org] IoT cat eats human flesh
[17:22:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:22:50] <exec> 08└─Best Source: bittorrent
[17:22:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:22:52] <exec> 08└─I keep getting reminded of the fact that reality is stranger than fiction. That book writes itself. Chapter 2. Snowball's play time of hell. Kitty massacre.
[17:23:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Foreign Adversaries Likely to Exploit Critical Networking Bug, US Says - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:23:15] <exec> 08└─It is secure against all known vulnerabilities that we care to know about.
[17:23:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Foreign Adversaries Likely to Exploit Critical Networking Bug, US Says - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:23:16] <exec> 08└─That firewall is being extra thorough in its startup procedure. Or maybe it is pwned.
[17:24:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:24:01] <exec> 08└─The other cracks down on you, if you release classified data to the public (USA).
[17:24:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 627 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:24:02] <exec> 08└─At what point does China's expansionism go too far and get us into a hot World War III? Allies so far are looking to be UK, US, India, and most likely any British Commonwealth nation such as Australia, New Zealand, Canada, etc. Also South Korea and Japan. Axis would be China, North Korea. Russia's a...
[17:24:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 255 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:24:04] <exec> 08└─Ah yes, the good old And you are lynching Negroes [wikipedia.org] defense. I mean, if you want to get into American crimes, there's the genocide of Native Americans too. Which are all, of course, irrelevant to whether China is an exemplar of human rights.
[17:24:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Embarrassingly Apple's Two-Year Old ARM Chip Benchmarks Faster Than Microsoft's Surface Pro X - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:24:31] <exec> 08└─Yes, see the Twitter thread
[17:24:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Embarrassingly Apple's Two-Year Old ARM Chip Benchmarks Faster Than Microsoft's Surface Pro X - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:24:32] <exec> 08└─This is a planted story. It appears to be managed media. Don't eat that, Elmer - that's horseshit!
[17:24:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mercury and Algal Blooms Poisoned Maya Reservoirs at Tikal - 1170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:24:59] <exec> 08└─Never went north, you say? Some archeologists would disagree with that idea. http://www.digitaljournal.com [digitaljournal.com] https://lostworlds.org [lostworlds.org] https://abcnews.go.com
[17:25:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mercury and Algal Blooms Poisoned Maya Reservoirs at Tikal - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:25:00] <exec> 08└─Please scroll up, to see my response to AC. ;^) Yes, there is evidence that the Maya reached Georgia, and probably all of the old Louisiana Purchase territory.
[17:28:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:28:22] <exec> 08└─Better than what? You have refused to provide any evidence whatsoever that they've actually done anything wrong. If you accuse someone of a crime and refuse to provide any evidence of it that's slander, not a disagreement.
[17:28:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:28:24] <exec> 08└─however I don't think that every one of them can be linked to a self-professed Antifa protester.
[17:28:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 902 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:28:26] <exec> 08└─If you are on the regressive left, which is trying to implement every horrific idea from the past from segregation to censorship, you cancel the speaker and cheer. The problem with freedom is that it is fragile and subject to being undermined by those willing to engage in force. The only solution is...
[17:31:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06AWS Facial Recognition Platform Misidentified Over 100 Politicians as Criminals - 417 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:31:57] <exec> 08└─When fingerprinting became available, it helped catch more guilty criminals while exonerating the innocent. When DNA evidence became available, the same thing happened. This is true even though neither of those technologies was completely immune to problems or abuses. Now facial recognition is becom...
[17:32:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Benefits of Exercise Could be Passed Through Breast Milk, Says New Study - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:32:21] <exec> 08└─Now that's a proper world view, Comrade!
[17:32:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Benefits of Exercise Could be Passed Through Breast Milk, Says New Study - 309 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:32:23] <exec> 08└─Wow. So, in your opinion, all of modern agriculture is the result of just a very small handful of supergeniuses who lived around 8000 years ago? Are you sure you don't want to go with the aliens from Andromeda, who came in and taught the ignorant monkey-people how to farm? Let's revisit 2001: A spac...
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[18:22:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Scientists Discover Spider Wearing 'Joker' Makeup, Name It After Joaquin Phoenix - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:22:23] <exec> 08└─>spider species wears a striking red-and-white pattern on its back that resembles the grin worn by Batman's long-standing nemesis, the Joker. You wouldn't get it.
[18:22:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Scientists Discover Spider Wearing 'Joker' Makeup, Name It After Joaquin Phoenix - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:22:24] <exec> 08└─> You wouldn't get it. You get what you fucking deserve!
[18:22:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Scientists Discover Spider Wearing 'Joker' Makeup, Name It After Joaquin Phoenix - 10 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:22:27] <exec> 08└─November 3
[18:22:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mojibake Tengu [8598] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Scientists Discover Spider Wearing 'Joker' Makeup, Name It After Joaquin Phoenix - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:22:29] <exec> 08└─the researchers who described the arachnid named the species after actor Joaquin Phoenix
[18:22:36] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Booga1 [6333] 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 205 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:22:37] <exec> 08└─Well, it's an important subject, but we know Microsoft has had several services shut down like this. I don't know why anyone would want to buy from their "Microsoft Store" built into Windows at this point.
[18:22:49] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Freeman [732] 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 620 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:22:49] <exec> 08└─Good Sources: http://www.gutenberg.org [gutenberg.org] (Public Domain) https://librivox.org [librivox.org] (Public Domain) https://www.baen.com [baen.com] (DRM-Free) https://www.tor.com [tor.com] (DRM-Free) https://www.gog.com [gog.com] (DRM-Free) Bad Sources: https://www.barnesandnoble.com [b...
[18:22:52] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03legont [4179] 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 770 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:22:52] <exec> 08└─We don't really own them either or will not soon. Cell phone becomes unusable not because it is broken, but because they update the server side of things of introduce bug fixes in newer barely supported versions. Copyrighted property is inseparable from the hardware. And so on. Soon cars will be lik...
[18:23:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03PiMuNu [3823] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 377 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:23:03] <exec> 08└─Nb: I know plenty of Oxford physics professors. I would say there is, rightly, concern about the representation of minorities in the university. In particular there is a thing where most of the students have been to privately funded schools; but ethnic minorities, male/female ratio are also a big de...
[18:23:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03epitaxial [3165] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 347 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:23:05] <exec> 08└─For tape backups LTO-4 drives are the sweet spot for price per Gb. I bought an IBM LTO-4 drive for $35 on eBay. Its a fiber channel interface and those cards and cables are dirt cheap too. They don't fit very well in desktop cases but who cares. If you keep an eye out you can snag new tapes for $10...
[18:23:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 690 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:23:07] <exec> 08└─hmmm ... instead of giveing money back to the buyer, teh shitty m$hit should remove the DRM on their shit (via sanctioned cracking app) and instead give the money to the original author. it is "very sad indeed" that m$ is banking on the lazyness of some shafted customers to "just let it slide" so th...
[18:23:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:23:09] <exec> 08└─And if that fails, there are always the incentives of trade [theonion.com] and good old monetary [youtube.com] motivation (warning, last link is gratuitously cheesecake-heavy).
[18:23:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 238 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:23:11] <exec> 08└─Can you file a complaint with the local attorney general/trade authority? Even just a call from them might be good enough to at least get you a refund and make them think twice about putting out crap in the future that they can't support.
[18:23:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 284 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:23:13] <exec> 08└─Is there a website with these DRM discontinuation/disablement events on a timeline somewhere? This is the kind of thing that you want to be able to point people to when they say, "I'll just get the [DRM] version on [FAANG-scale company evil enough to flat-out ignore your complaints]"
[18:23:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03PiMuNu [3823] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 259 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:23:15] <exec> 08└─Anyone remember CDs? How many of them ended up scratched, or otherwise in the trash? What about DVDs? How many have unplayable DVDs? I pay for cloud because it is *more reliable* than the alternatives, even with possibility that X service falls over and dies.
[18:23:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 481 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:23:18] <exec> 08└─one could conjure up a fictional plot where DRM is totally legally used to "vanish information", eh? say a genius has a .. uhm ... err... genius idea (but s/he is a bit greedy). thus a "deal is made with publisher or distributor (who is secretly in bed with a entity opposed to "the knowledge") for e...
[18:23:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:23:20] <exec> 08└─i agree: "seeeeeeeed damnit(tm)!!"
[18:23:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 196 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:23:22] <exec> 08└─Add in what should be durable goods that fail shortly after the warranty and have been made as close to impossible to repair as they can be. All the downsides of Communism with none of the upside.
[18:23:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 851 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:23:24] <exec> 08└─Wow. Then you are just doing it wrong. Keep the CD/DVDs indoors in a nice clean, dry place and they should last for many, many years. Do check them periodically, and avoid using the cheap crap like WinData. Also, if the data is important, then CD/DVD should not be your ONLY copy - keep a another cop...
[18:23:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:23:26] <exec> 08└─libgen is a better source.
[18:23:33] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] 02 - 06Mathematical Noodling Leads to New Insights Into an Old Fusion Problem - 67 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:23:34] <exec> 08└─Here's the equation: C + Old fusion problem = Cold fusion + problem
[18:23:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Mathematical Noodling Leads to New Insights Into an Old Fusion Problem - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:23:40] <exec> 08└─Those are fun but I'm never eating Chinese food again now.
[18:23:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Mathematical Noodling Leads to New Insights Into an Old Fusion Problem - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:23:43] <exec> 08└─Get a nice skillet or wok and make it yourself.
[18:23:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Mathematical Noodling Leads to New Insights Into an Old Fusion Problem - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:23:45] <exec> 08└─i think triple digits are pretty low in the hong(*) hierarchy. (*) chinese mafia
[18:24:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 281 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:24:45] <exec> 08└─Obama's DOJ considered him a reporter and protected by the First Amendment. As the Obama DOJ Concluded, Prosecution of Julian Assange for Publishing Documents Poses Grave Threats to Press Freedom [theintercept.com] So you can thank the Trump Admin for that bit of authoritarianism.
[18:24:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:24:46] <exec> 08└─1 country, no system.
[18:24:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:24:48] <exec> 08└─one country, one false flag.
[18:24:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:24:51] <exec> 08└─20 years is the time it takes to grow a generation with no connections.
[18:25:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Embarrassingly Apple's Two-Year Old ARM Chip Benchmarks Faster Than Microsoft's Surface Pro X - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:25:18] <exec> 08└─Not sure if you were kidding, and you probably were, but battery technology aside, darkfeline's point was in favor of lower power CPUs and RAM.
[18:25:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Embarrassingly Apple's Two-Year Old ARM Chip Benchmarks Faster Than Microsoft's Surface Pro X - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:25:20] <exec> 08└─Will it shave off that horrible so-last-decade goatee?
[18:25:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Embarrassingly Apple's Two-Year Old ARM Chip Benchmarks Faster Than Microsoft's Surface Pro X - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:25:22] <exec> 08└─So the whole submission is spam? See, we need to be able to mod submissions now.
[18:25:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Embarrassingly Apple's Two-Year Old ARM Chip Benchmarks Faster Than Microsoft's Surface Pro X - 293 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:25:24] <exec> 08└─There's definitely something wrong in the summary, as it says both: "... than the Surface Pro X can run an Arm version natively.", and "... runs x86_64 code, in emulation, faster than the Surface Pro X runs it natively.", where "it" should refer to "x86_64 code". Blame macrumors, not the eds.
[18:25:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Embarrassingly Apple's Two-Year Old ARM Chip Benchmarks Faster Than Microsoft's Surface Pro X - 400 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:25:26] <exec> 08└─Apparently the surface is running arm code, and the ipad is emulating x86_64 code. Conclusion: the arm-targetting compiler is shit, and the intel-targetting compiler's better? It's just as valid a conclusion as "ipad's chip is better than surface's chip" given the available data. Having said that, I...
[18:25:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Embarrassingly Apple's Two-Year Old ARM Chip Benchmarks Faster Than Microsoft's Surface Pro X - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:25:29] <exec> 08└─But if it's got different branding, and different wattage, isn't the most parsimonious conclusion the one that they're different?
[18:25:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Mercury and Algal Blooms Poisoned Maya Reservoirs at Tikal - 533 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:25:57] <exec> 08└─not a goldsmith but isn't mercury used in gold works? anyways ... maybe, as with many "high cultures" the so called "rule of law" went up in smokes when the paper shuffling cogs and wheels -aka- burocrazies made a honest or maybe not so honest mistake of rubbing the behind-the-scene foundation of ph...
[18:25:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03epitaxial [3165] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mercury and Algal Blooms Poisoned Maya Reservoirs at Tikal - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:25:58] <exec> 08└─Mercury will dissolve gold. After the gold is dissolved you boil off the mercury. Don't ever do this though.
[18:27:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06A ‘Cure for Heart Disease’? A Single Shot Succeeds in Monkeys - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:27:07] <exec> 08└─Population grows at 0.6% in the US and 1.1% in the world. So, either food industry becomes subsidized utility or we eat more and more.
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[19:22:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'Ripple20' Bugs Impact Hundreds of Millions of Connected Devices - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:22:12] <exec> 08└─Connect your refrigerator to the internet and don't forget to go cashless.
[19:22:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03choose another one [515] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Scientists Discover Spider Wearing 'Joker' Makeup, Name It After Joaquin Phoenix - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:22:24] <exec> 08└─Should have been Loureedia Ledgeri, would have got Nobel prize for that (to sit next to the Oscar)
[19:22:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06Scientists Discover Spider Wearing 'Joker' Makeup, Name It After Joaquin Phoenix - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:22:25] <exec> 08└─They're saving that one for the diamond rain of Uranus. [112.international]
[19:23:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 613 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:23:10] <exec> 08└─As far as music goes there's: https://musopen.org [musopen.org] https://www.mutopiaproject.org [mutopiaproject.org] Haven't heard of anything other than eMusic [emusic.com] targeting more recent music. eMusic used to be much more idealistic with regards to DRM-Free things, but they were requ...
[19:23:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmichaelhudsondotnet [8122] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 1037 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:23:12] <exec> 08└─Just another day in a mania. I swear I have posted the same response I want to post now, here at least a dozen times. This will be slid in 24 hours, nothing will happen, all of the good snark in here will itself be memory holed within the week. The surveillance databases will never age, never be red...
[19:23:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:23:14] <exec> 08└─Nb: I know plenty of Oxford physics professors. I would say there is, rightly, concern about the representation of minorities in the university.
[19:23:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 317 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:23:16] <exec> 08└─It's better that people are forced to move on from old hardware. Most of these have old WiFi chips and cellular that have known exploits, which can't be fixed in software. If you can design a "perfect" chip, then there would be no reason to upgrade, but people should definitely upgrade rather than w...
[19:23:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03progo [6356] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 219 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:23:18] <exec> 08└─Knowing how Jason Scott thinks, I wonder if he's behind the pandemic free library project, worrying that there wasn't enough external replication of archive.org and hoping to change that for the better by causing panic.
[19:23:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Mathematical Noodling Leads to New Insights Into an Old Fusion Problem - 271 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:23:33] <exec> 08└─who cares! we need to slurp up these 'em plasma cooling magnetic fields and let them do some real work outside the reactor so they can't come around cooling that 'em plasma a second time ^_^ "the universe has a legal system and it thinks shit belongs to whoever made it."
[19:23:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Lester [6231] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Foreign Adversaries Likely to Exploit Critical Networking Bug, US Says - 14 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:23:48] <exec> 08└─No more to say
[19:24:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 541 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:24:40] <exec> 08└─He hasn't actually been detained by anyone other than the UK police at this point, so everything is of his own making atm. From what I gather, UK prisons are much nicer than the USA prison system. Which itself isn't a very nice system. Better than lots of places, but still not so good. Personally, I...
[19:24:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:24:41] <exec> 08└─Ahh.., is that why Obama / the Obama DOJ came out and said that the USA was going to drop all charges against Julian Assange. Oh, he/they didn't? Nevermind, then.
[19:24:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 4, Interesting) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:24:43] <exec> 08└─At what point does China's expansionism go too far and get us into a hot World War III?
[19:24:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 572 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:24:46] <exec> 08└─Europe neutral? There are 800 million people in Europe, grouped in dozens of different countries. About 400 million of those people have idiotic notions about nation states and can barely wait to prove how their particular country is better than any other. I would really like you to be right, but I...
[19:30:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Employers Can't Afford to Ax Mature Workers, Say Researchers - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:30:21] <exec> 08└─Oh, in that case, we'll have this discussion again yesterday. Just like we had next week.
[19:30:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeVilla [5354] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Employers Can't Afford to Ax Mature Workers, Say Researchers - 489 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:30:22] <exec> 08└─We can also use insurance as a lever to take care of other social issues. Got a beef with someone's lifestyle? Spirituality? Landscaping? Well, they can fix it or lose their safety net. Your naive if you think it won't be abused that way. Idealistically, tax funded single payer insurance is great. I...
[19:30:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeVilla [5354] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Employers Can't Afford to Ax Mature Workers, Say Researchers - 284 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:30:24] <exec> 08└─I need to stop looking at videos like this. I like the performance but moments like this [youtu.be] make my brain itch. This performance looks like it was before the time that Floyd was out numbered by extras on stage. Is it a tape or offstage backup guitarist? (An overdub probably.)
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[20:22:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'Ripple20' Bugs Impact Hundreds of Millions of Connected Devices - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:22:53] <exec> 08└─Does a manufacturer shit in the IoT devices?
[20:24:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mathematical Noodling Leads to New Insights Into an Old Fusion Problem - 267 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:24:11] <exec> 08└─Any math is a model of some reality and physicists typically do not discover anything, but just fish math for a currently acceptable model. In this case mathematicians found the result in a math already taken by physics. The point was that the last part was optional.
[20:24:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Foreign Adversaries Likely to Exploit Critical Networking Bug, US Says - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:24:28] <exec> 08└─But in all fairness, you should account properly for the attackers and network administrators' privilege points [youtube.com].
[20:25:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 228 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:25:25] <exec> 08└─The US never charged him with anything until Trump was elected. You can't drop charges that were never brought... WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Charged in 18-Count Superseding Indictment - Thursday, May 23, 2019 [justice.gov]
[20:26:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Embarrassingly Apple's Two-Year Old ARM Chip Benchmarks Faster Than Microsoft's Surface Pro X - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:26:01] <exec> 08└─You confuse Ockham with Hanlon, whose razor may also be applicable in this situation.
[20:26:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Mercury and Algal Blooms Poisoned Maya Reservoirs at Tikal - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:26:33] <exec> 08└─So it *IS* something in the water https://www.theguardian.com [theguardian.com]
[20:27:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A ‘Cure for Heart Disease’? A Single Shot Succeeds in Monkeys - 286 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:27:44] <exec> 08└─Nevertheless, the inflow of money is proportional only to the number of people and as such is not attractive to investors unless people are reduced to gluttony which is exactly what we observe throughout the world. PhD's reduce food to feed and stuck it into us using unethical methods.
[20:31:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Employers Can't Afford to Ax Mature Workers, Say Researchers - 1192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:31:18] <exec> 08└─A couple of us thought about it, saw the lawyers, but the eventual consensus however was that we wanted absolutely nothing further to do with the company. It would have been nice to screw some money out of them, but we were of the opinion that all that would have meant was that some other 'low hangi...
[20:31:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Employers Can't Afford to Ax Mature Workers, Say Researchers - 318 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:31:20] <exec> 08└─They can't. An employer has to offer all ages in the same CBU or similarly-situated employment the same ECEB insurance. Doing otherwise is age discrimination and illegal. In addition, when you are a large enough (50 or more employees) employer, you cannot discriminate against an employee due to Medi...
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[21:22:11] <exec> 08└─Is anyone else seeing comments not being marked as already seen (greyed out) for all articles from 7/1?
[21:22:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'Ripple20' Bugs Impact Hundreds of Millions of Connected Devices - 244 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:22:20] <exec> 08└─Here is a quick fix for your IoT device: 1: Remove your IoT device. 2: Smash it with a sledge hammer. 3: Do NOT buy another IoT device. That third step is rather important. This also works awesomely for smart phones and anything with blue LEDs.
[21:22:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'Ripple20' Bugs Impact Hundreds of Millions of Connected Devices - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:22:22] <exec> 08└─Don't forget to download our FREE news/streaming/spyware/advertising app on to your refrigerator!
[21:23:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 771 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:23:23] <exec> 08└─No, products should be produced in such a way that chips are not pwned. Companies have to be held responsible for this for the lifetime of the chip. If you don't agree with me, consider. If breaks are designed badly and the car kills the owner, the company is responsible. One of this days a software...
[21:23:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 485 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:23:24] <exec> 08└─FWIW, I've rarely had a CD become unplayable. Even software from decades ago still works. I depend on this to occasionally recreate a virtual machine to install obsolete software. I've got backup copies, but I've very rarely needed to use them. And the commercially recorded CDs were/are even more du...
[21:23:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 389 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:23:27] <exec> 08└─This is exactly correct. Microsoft in particular has a very bad track record for this, most notably with "PlaysForSure" and Zune (as another comment pointed out). What kind of moron would buy any digital goods from a Microsoft online store in this day and age? I feel a little bad blaming victims, bu...
[21:23:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 409 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:23:29] <exec> 08└─Even at those prices, I don't know why you'd bother unless you're really hording a lot of data. You can get a 4-5TB USB-connected backup HD for under $100 now, and with that you can plug it into any computer (there's no way for me to connect a fibre channel drive to my laptop), and you can access fi...
[21:23:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 374 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:23:31] <exec> 08└─How do you ensure products cannot be owned? If you have hardware errors that aren't detected, who gets the blame? Doesn't this just make the problem worse, by forcing companies to drop support for old products and "dangerous" use-cases very quickly to avoid liability? If companies are legally requir...
[21:23:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 1822 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:23:33] <exec> 08└─Add in what should be durable goods that fail shortly after the warranty and have been made as close to impossible to repair as they can be. People keep talking about this stuff, but honestly I haven't seen any good examples of this. Do you have any? I've repaired durable goods, such as washing mach...
[21:23:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 496 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:23:35] <exec> 08└─It's basically impossible to design a chip or software code that cannot be exploited somehow, unless you confine yourself to extremely simple software running on an extremely simple and slow chip that has no caches. There is no way for humans to design anything resembling modern computers that are t...
[21:23:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 251 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:23:38] <exec> 08└─Quite right. Rick Wakeman sold me a copy of his latest album recently in flac format. I could have bought a record or a CD, but as it's 2020 now I don't see the need. As he didn't include any DRM nonsense I can copy it wherever I like. Thanks Rick.
[21:23:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:23:40] <exec> 08└─...but Apple is caving to China's censorship requirements now as well.
[21:23:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 628 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:23:42] <exec> 08└─It is not possible to design a bridge that can't go down as well. In fact for serious bridges they calculate how often they will go down. However, this was perhaps a lesser point. What pisses me off is that say computers in cars are pushed down my throat. I want a car with zero smartness. Being soft...
[21:25:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 850 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:25:09] <exec> 08└─A mere formality, when it became convenient to do so. Following the 2010 and 2011 Manning leaks, authorities in the US began investigating Assange and Wikileaks. Specifically, the investigations were being done by the Grand Jury in Alexandria, Virginia as of November 2011.[14] Assange broke bail to...
[21:25:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 448 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:25:10] <exec> 08└─As I understand it, HK really doesn't have much to offer economically, except that it was a gateway to China's economy so it became a big financial and trade center. It was never any kind of manufacturing hub (though Shenzen, almost next door to it, is). So the problem is that if they just get absor...
[21:25:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:25:12] <exec> 08└─You understand that those quotes prove me correct, right? 2012/2013: No indictment, AKA no charges. 2018: An indictment, AKA charges.
[21:25:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:25:15] <exec> 08└─Or just block the publication before it happens. Judge blocks release of book by Trump's niece [politico.com] Resulting in crickets from all the avowed Free Speech Warriors on SN...
[21:25:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 1378 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:25:17] <exec> 08└─>Allies so far are looking to be UK, US, India, and most likely any British Commonwealth nation such as Australia, New Zealand, Canada, etc. Also South Korea and Japan. The UK is a paper tiger; they really have little military power left, and little ability to project power. This was shown blatantly...
[21:25:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 482 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:25:19] <exec> 08└─The point I was trying to get across is that he may not have been officially charged until then, but the moment it looked like or that he did step out of the embassy, is when charges would have been filed. Obama just didn't have to deal with it, because of how long he remained in asylum. Obama could...
[21:25:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Embarrassingly Apple's Two-Year Old ARM Chip Benchmarks Faster Than Microsoft's Surface Pro X - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:25:54] <exec> 08└─You went to all the effort of posting a comment that makes you look stupid. Turn off luddite mode.
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[22:22:27] <exec> 08└─That background music is horrible, and even worse, they PAID someone to make that.
[22:22:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03knarf [2042] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'Ripple20' Bugs Impact Hundreds of Millions of Connected Devices - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:22:38] <exec> 08└─Cashless or crashless, choose one...
[22:22:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'Ripple20' Bugs Impact Hundreds of Millions of Connected Devices - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:22:39] <exec> 08└─Connect your refrigerator to the internet and don't forget to go cashless.
[22:22:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'Ripple20' Bugs Impact Hundreds of Millions of Connected Devices - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:22:41] <exec> 08└─Don't worry it'll be done for you.
[22:22:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mojibake Tengu [8598] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'Ripple20' Bugs Impact Hundreds of Millions of Connected Devices - 309 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:22:44] <exec> 08└─https://treck.com/products/ [treck.com] https://treck.com [treck.com] No vulnerabilities publicly reported ever before this 19-pcs batch incident. For 23 years. Technically, I'd call that business an embedded backdoor house. Now, the most important question: Who's...
[22:22:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'Ripple20' Bugs Impact Hundreds of Millions of Connected Devices - 429 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:22:46] <exec> 08└─Kinda sorta in a roundabout way. Someone will sell you a service, to keep your fridge stocked. The fridge will report to the vendor that your milk is almost empty and/or 2 days past expiration. That vendor will make sure the milk is replaced before you chug the chunky stuff down, and the chunks hang...
[22:24:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:24:01] <exec> 08└─If companies are legally required to support their products, won't they just move out of the US entirely?
[22:24:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 1232 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:24:03] <exec> 08└─I have tried to repair many many things, but modern stuff is designed to be thrown away, from the moment the designer starts thinking about it... Some experiences from the recent past: 1. washing machine - 8 years old. Failure on main board, main board no longer manufactured. To remove panel, break...
[22:24:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:24:05] <exec> 08└─What kind of moron would buy any digital goods from anywhere unless you can ensure the ability to back up and use such goods without restriction in this day and age?
[22:24:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 284 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:24:07] <exec> 08└─Is there a website with these DRM discontinuation/disablement events on a timeline somewhere? This is the kind of thing that you want to be able to point people to when they say, "I'll just get the [DRM] version on [FAANG-scale company evil enough to flat-out ignore your complaints]"
[22:24:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:24:09] <exec> 08└─Rick Wakeman sold me a copy of his latest album recently in flac format. I could have bought a record or a CD, but as it's 2020 now I don't see the need.
[22:24:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:24:11] <exec> 08└─MMMMM...Cheesecake [youtube.com]!
[22:24:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Mathematical Noodling Leads to New Insights Into an Old Fusion Problem - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:24:28] <exec> 08└─Sure, great until you overload the plasma relays.
[22:25:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:25:47] <exec> 08└─He left the embassy over a year AFTER that indictment. (Apr 11, 2019) [cnet.com]
[22:27:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Archaeologists in Turkey Have Uncovered a Mysterious Ancient Kingdom Lost in History - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:27:26] <exec> 08└─I'm not seeing how idolizing traitors fits that purpose? And I mean actual traitors, as in "aiding the enemy" traitors, not "say bad things about our supreme leader... erm, president", traitors.
[22:31:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Employers Can't Afford to Ax Mature Workers, Say Researchers - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:31:34] <exec> 08└─Call the whaaaaaambulance!
[22:34:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Benefits of Exercise Could be Passed Through Breast Milk, Says New Study - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:34:20] <exec> 08└─2/10 nice strawman. Try a little harder next time.
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[23:22:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Indices of Health Under Our Feet - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:12] <exec> 08└─Does this mean I need to read and acknowledge a privacy policy each time I flush?
[23:22:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Indices of Health Under Our Feet - 178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:14] <exec> 08└─For example, a high level of kebab byproducts could indicate a Muslim infestation. Unfortunately, doesn't work for H1-B Indians since they bypass the municipal wastewater system.
[23:22:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ten Years of the Sun in One Hour – Nasa Releases Mesmerising Space Film - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:24] <exec> 08└─Elon Musk is making a film of the sun that will show twenty years in fifteen minutes, and cost taxpayers nothing.
[23:22:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ten Years of the Sun in One Hour – Nasa Releases Mesmerising Space Film - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:26] <exec> 08└─Is this about millenials?
[23:22:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03ElizabethGreene [6748] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ten Years of the Sun in One Hour – Nasa Releases Mesmerising Space Film - 210 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:28] <exec> 08└─Near real-time images from SDO are available at https://www.nasa.gov [nasa.gov] At the bottom of that page is a link to the image archive going back to start of mission.
[23:22:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'Ripple20' Bugs Impact Hundreds of Millions of Connected Devices - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:43] <exec> 08└─Also works for Confederate statues!
[23:22:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03knarf [2042] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'Ripple20' Bugs Impact Hundreds of Millions of Connected Devices - 314 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:45] <exec> 08└─In both German and Dutch and most likely some other Germanic languages the name of this company sounds filthy. Yes, literally, more or less. Dreck in German, drek in Dutch, both words which mean 'filth, mud, dung¸dirt, excrement, droppings' and more of the same. A good name for this backdoor facili...
[23:23:41] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 851 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:23:41] <exec> 08└─Wow. Then you are just doing it wrong. Keep the CD/DVDs indoors in a nice clean, dry place and they should last for many, many years. Do check them periodically, and avoid using the cheap crap like WinData. Also, if the data is important, then CD/DVD should not be your ONLY copy - keep a another cop...
[23:24:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:24:05] <exec> 08└─All the downsides of Communism with none of the upside.
[23:24:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 279 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:24:06] <exec> 08└─He's not saying that it *is* Communism, just that it's instituted all the bad features of same, without copying any (unspecified) good ones. I don't really agree with him either, but monopolies are not good, even when only of a very minor thing like the drawer of a refrigerator.
[23:24:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:24:09] <exec> 08└─He's not saying that it *is* Communism, just that it's instituted all the bad features of same, without copying any (unspecified) good ones.
[23:24:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:24:11] <exec> 08└─most of the research has shown that making media available without DRM generally *increases* sales.
[23:24:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mathematical Noodling Leads to New Insights Into an Old Fusion Problem - 4 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:24:29] <exec> 08└─Why?
[23:25:40] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 228 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:25:40] <exec> 08└─The US never charged him with anything until Trump was elected. You can't drop charges that were never brought... WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Charged in 18-Count Superseding Indictment - Thursday, May 23, 2019 [justice.gov]
[23:25:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:25:48] <exec> 08└─As I understand it, HK really doesn't have much to offer economically, except that it was a gateway to China's economy so it became a big financial and trade center.
[23:26:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mercury and Algal Blooms Poisoned Maya Reservoirs at Tikal - 420 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:26:55] <exec> 08└─Goodness, that link to survive2012.com is mental. It even has a page titled "Fractal time and the I Ching". I'm going to discount anything it has to say about the Maya as being conspiracy theory grade bullshit. The ABC News link includes: Richard Thornton thinks so. He says he's an architect and...
[23:28:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06A ‘Cure for Heart Disease’? A Single Shot Succeeds in Monkeys - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:28:07] <exec> 08└─the inflow of money is proportional only to the number of people
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