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[00:22:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New BlackBerry Phones Coming From OnwardMobility - 198 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:22:50] <exec> 08└─I have nostalgia for nokia brick phones and nokia/motorola flip phones. Blackberry? I know at one time blackberry was likened to crack (mobile email anywhere), but nobody has nostalgia for them now.
[00:22:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03petecox [3228] (Score: 1) 02 - 06New BlackBerry Phones Coming From OnwardMobility - 347 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:22:51] <exec> 08└─each to their own - Pinephone exposes pogo pins for expansion; in planning is a Nokia-style horizontal slider keyboard for ssh-ing while on the bus. that said, if I were in the habit of regularly typing long streams of conciousness into work emails on a 5" phone, I'd probably just carry a keyboard a...
[00:23:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Super-Dense Lithium-Sulfur Battery Gives Electric Plane a 230-Mile Range - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:23:09] <exec> 08└─yes but the weight of it will drag the plane down so you need to have the wire suspended up in the sky above the plane on balloons.
[00:23:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Super-Dense Lithium-Sulfur Battery Gives Electric Plane a 230-Mile Range - 742 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:23:11] <exec> 08└─They could use tugs to tow airliners between the gate and the runway, but they don't. This involves a lot less trouble than trying to do a catapult launch, which exactly zero airliners or airports are designed for. Airliner engines are painfully inefficient on the ground. It is against the law to dr...
[00:23:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Super-Dense Lithium-Sulfur Battery Gives Electric Plane a 230-Mile Range - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:23:13] <exec> 08└─because batteries are not remotely competitive with jet fuel
[00:23:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Super-Dense Lithium-Sulfur Battery Gives Electric Plane a 230-Mile Range - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:23:15] <exec> 08└─Which fool downmodded the parent? Anyways, I see the wily coyote riding this plane to hunt the road runner, and the road runner standing over the cord with scissors.
[00:23:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Super-Dense Lithium-Sulfur Battery Gives Electric Plane a 230-Mile Range - 1141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:23:17] <exec> 08└─Still within the box, from tfa, "...a 90-kWh, next-gen battery pack". That is equivalent to about 120 horsepower for an hour (given high efficiency electric motors). Or 60 hp for 2 hours, which is what I expect they do to get the quoted range. Perhaps they use 120+ hp on takeoff for a few minutes? T...
[00:23:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03barbara hudson [6443] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Adobe Lightroom iOS Update Permanently Deleted Users’ Photos - 473 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:23:51] <exec> 08└─The consumer/prosumer user base for blender is a rounding error in comparison. It also has copporate users willing to pay to add functionality. Won't work with Adobe products. Same as Linux vs Firefox - there are companies willing to support developers of Linux for their own ends; no such situation...
[00:23:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03barbara hudson [6443] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Adobe Lightroom iOS Update Permanently Deleted Users’ Photos - 258 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:23:52] <exec> 08└─They were using a version that didn't have cloud backup. It ran on their iPhone. Sux 2 be them. Guess they could have backed their pix to iCloud, or to a laptop or desktop, or any number of alternatives. Teach them not to run a sideline business off a phone.
[00:24:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 063-D Printing 'Greener' Buildings Using Local Soil - 536 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:24:08] <exec> 08└─I have a buddy who builds mud buildings for a living, and while there are efforts to make that sort of construction up to code, right now most of the buildings he does in the US at least have to be agricultural buildings on paper if not in fact, because buildings that are considered agricultural in...
[00:25:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Last-Minute California Ruling Means Uber and Lyft Won't Shut Down Today - 192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:25:08] <exec> 08└─The reality is that if a job doesn't pay well enough for somebody to sort themselves, out shouldn't exist and it definitely shouldn't result in the owners generating profit or taking a salary.
[00:25:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Last-Minute California Ruling Means Uber and Lyft Won't Shut Down Today - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:25:10] <exec> 08└─A really big issue for drivers is having to supply, maintain, and insure their own car, which really brings down what otherwise might look like OK pay.
[00:25:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Last-Minute California Ruling Means Uber and Lyft Won't Shut Down Today - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:25:12] <exec> 08└─So in other words, ride hailing services are a successful transportation workaround for racism. Is there anything they can't do?
[00:29:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Astronomers Spot Closest Earth-Buzzing Asteroid Ever Recorded - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:29:40] <exec> 08└─> What makes you think that? Facts.
[00:29:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Astronomers Spot Closest Earth-Buzzing Asteroid Ever Recorded - 16 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:29:42] <exec> 08└─maybe it is.....
[00:29:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Astronomers Spot Closest Earth-Buzzing Asteroid Ever Recorded - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:29:44] <exec> 08└─My claim was falsifiable.
[00:29:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Astronomers Spot Closest Earth-Buzzing Asteroid Ever Recorded - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:29:46] <exec> 08└─It could easily save thousands of trillions of in economic damages if there's an imminent major impact in the offing
[00:31:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Cold Tube" Cooling System Uses Half the Energy of an Air Conditioner - 252 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:31:12] <exec> 08└─Pressure washer and big pots, feasible in the open, where pieces of food ejected from the pots can land wherever. With dishes, very very risky and of limited efficiency. With glasses and smaller pieces not recommended at all. Source: direct experience.
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[01:22:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Water Inside China's Three Gorges Dam Nears Maximum Levels - 363 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:22:33] <exec> 08└─It's the god's punishment to Xi's CCP. Dear CCP "Han" Chinese, repent!!! You have lost the heaven's mandate, and Xi the poo is the culprit. The last time you fucked up, Manchus ruled your ass for three hundred years. BTW, is there any connection betweeb xiaolongbao and khinkali? Just curious. Anywa...
[01:22:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03bmimatt [5050] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New BlackBerry Phones Coming From OnwardMobility - 339 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:22:44] <exec> 08└─I used the 8100 model (IIRC, the one with little rolling ball navigation) for quite a while. I can still remember the phantom nerve twitches it gave in my leg where it usually rested in my pants pocket. I liked that phone at the time, but I doubt I could be convinced to use a newer model, unless it...
[01:22:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03bmimatt [5050] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New BlackBerry Phones Coming From OnwardMobility - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:22:46] <exec> 08└─Clarification - the twitches were phantom vibration feelings, they went away after a few weeks of retiring the phone. The vibrator on these things were vicious.
[01:22:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New BlackBerry Phones Coming From OnwardMobility - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:22:48] <exec> 08└─People pay good money for vibrators. Blackberry sex toy.
[01:22:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New BlackBerry Phones Coming From OnwardMobility - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:22:50] <exec> 08└─Some parasite gets the brand name, spews out a few Android phones.
[01:22:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New BlackBerry Phones Coming From OnwardMobility - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:22:52] <exec> 08└─There are apps for that [cosmopolitan.com], and you can even use nokias [gizmodo.com.au]
[01:23:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Spamalope [5233] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Super-Dense Lithium-Sulfur Battery Gives Electric Plane a 230-Mile Range - 348 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:23:15] <exec> 08└─That's spot on, recreational local flying and lessons are practical at this stage provided the batter life/expense is an advance over gas. This feels like a toe in the doorway to develop the tech (& possibly patents) while batteries advance. Either lower weight or higher power density helps, so they...
[01:23:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Adobe Lightroom iOS Update Permanently Deleted Users’ Photos - 201 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:23:51] <exec> 08└─Nope, they forfeit the license as the penalty. It should go into the public domain like all expired licenses. You anti free software rant is bullshit. I assume you're old enough to know where to put it
[01:23:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Spamalope [5233] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Adobe Lightroom iOS Update Permanently Deleted Users’ Photos - 163 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:23:53] <exec> 08└─How about: Adobe was trying to sell expensive graphics tools to buyers of status symbol priced phones figuring they'd snag some without regard to the practicality.
[01:23:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03PinkyGigglebrain [4458] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Adobe Lightroom iOS Update Permanently Deleted Users’ Photos - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:23:55] <exec> 08└─the problem with developing idiot proof software is Nature just evolves better idiots.
[01:23:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03PinkyGigglebrain [4458] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Adobe Lightroom iOS Update Permanently Deleted Users’ Photos - 543 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:23:57] <exec> 08└─You would actually have a pretty good chance of recovering the data from a floppy with a staple through it. Usually data gets written to a floppy from the center out. Odds are a staple would be on the outer edge of the platter. And even then you could just read the disk bit by bit and get most of th...
[01:24:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 063-D Printing 'Greener' Buildings Using Local Soil - 243 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:24:15] <exec> 08└─Rammed earth was used successfully in China for thousands of years. Done right, it winds up with the strength and consistency of concrete. I did a quick search and saw this paper [wvu.edu], but with a little more time much more could be found.
[01:24:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 063-D Printing 'Greener' Buildings Using Local Soil - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:24:16] <exec> 08└─Rammed earth buildings are quite attractive, too.
[01:24:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 063-D Printing 'Greener' Buildings Using Local Soil - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:24:19] <exec> 08└─If these people are using "soil", you can expect their products to start decomposing in pretty short order.
[01:25:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Last-Minute California Ruling Means Uber and Lyft Won't Shut Down Today - 421 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:25:20] <exec> 08└─My understanding is that besides out-competing regular taxis, Uber and Lyft were quite heavily used by Millennials who eschewed car ownership. Of course the Bay Area has BART, CalTrain, Muni, cable cars, buses, and some ferries that connect Oakland and SF to Marin County. When I lived there twenty y...
[01:25:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Last-Minute California Ruling Means Uber and Lyft Won't Shut Down Today - 604 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:25:22] <exec> 08└─No, there really isn't. The alternatives are barely less exploitive. The fact that you can't see anything between virtual slavery and having a huge underclass makes it clear that you don't get it. If we had a sufficient tax rate to prevent wealth from accumulating at the top, you magically find most...
[01:25:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Last-Minute California Ruling Means Uber and Lyft Won't Shut Down Today - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:25:24] <exec> 08└─The fact that you can't see anything between virtual slavery and having a huge underclass
[01:26:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06US Government Built Secret iPod with Apple's Help, Former Engineer Says -- What Did it Do? - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:26:05] <exec> 08└─So... it's a nothing burger. In other words, It's a millenial post, eh.
[01:29:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Astronomers Spot Closest Earth-Buzzing Asteroid Ever Recorded - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:29:58] <exec> 08└─Lighting is typically measured relative to the observer.
[01:29:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Astronomers Spot Closest Earth-Buzzing Asteroid Ever Recorded - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:29:59] <exec> 08└─Your argument is irrelevant to a quantity that can't be negative.
[01:31:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Cold Tube" Cooling System Uses Half the Energy of an Air Conditioner - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:31:28] <exec> 08└─Thank you for saving me from making a mess! That's pretty funny that you actually tried it. "Nothing ventured, nothing learned" or something like that...
[01:31:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Cold Tube" Cooling System Uses Half the Energy of an Air Conditioner - 338 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:31:29] <exec> 08└─If you've got artesian you may not need a submersible- a normal self-priming centrifugal might be enough, or a jet pump for sure. Unless the level occasionally drops way down. Interesting it's shared. I'd think the agreement would disallow one party making absolute decisions unless they're willing t...
[01:31:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06"Cold Tube" Cooling System Uses Half the Energy of an Air Conditioner - 13 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:31:32] <exec> 08└─Legionella...
[01:32:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06China's Xi Jinping Facing Widespread Opposition in His Own Party, Insider Claims - 228 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:32:17] <exec> 08└─That's my take on the matter. The Chinese government is doing the very thing that a previous AC was concerned about "the Muslims" doing. It's foolish to be concerned about evil acts only when an unpopular ethnic group does them.
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[02:22:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Water Inside China's Three Gorges Dam Nears Maximum Levels - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:22:50] <exec> 08└─Chances are they won't get used more than once though
[02:22:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Water Inside China's Three Gorges Dam Nears Maximum Levels - 301 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:22:52] <exec> 08└─Dang, the climate change is real. I'm still not convinced about the carbon business, but the climate change, you cannot deny. I am in Southern California, and it's hot and humid as fuck in August. Hot, Indian Summer, that's normal, but the humidity is stupid out of whack. Climate change is real, yo...
[02:22:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Revek [5022] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Water Inside China's Three Gorges Dam Nears Maximum Levels - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:22:54] <exec> 08└─Normal night temperature here is 80 to 85 and 70+ percent humidity. Its actually been a little cooler than that this year.
[02:22:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Water Inside China's Three Gorges Dam Nears Maximum Levels - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:22:56] <exec> 08└─The only constant in climate is change.
[02:22:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mojibake Tengu [8598] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Water Inside China's Three Gorges Dam Nears Maximum Levels - 632 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:22:58] <exec> 08└─And which god do you mean? If I had to worship someone, I'd pick Lei family of the storm gods: https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] They are all cool. Concerning Tibet: they picked a wrong tech tree for research long time ago so they are weak now. Concerning Hong Kong: the decolonis...
[02:23:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Water Inside China's Three Gorges Dam Nears Maximum Levels - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:23:00] <exec> 08└─Wuhan, Nanjing, and Shanghai are all downstream...
[02:23:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03petecox [3228] (Score: 1) 02 - 06New BlackBerry Phones Coming From OnwardMobility - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:23:16] <exec> 08└─TCL also have the rights to Palm
[02:23:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Super-Dense Lithium-Sulfur Battery Gives Electric Plane a 230-Mile Range - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:23:41] <exec> 08└─But it would't be so heavy with out all the shielding. Would be perfect for bots, though.
[02:24:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Adobe Lightroom iOS Update Permanently Deleted Users’ Photos - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:24:21] <exec> 08└─The consumer/prosumer user base for blender is a rounding error in comparison. It also has copporate users willing to pay to add functionality. Won't work with Adobe products.
[02:24:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 063-D Printing 'Greener' Buildings Using Local Soil - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:24:42] <exec> 08└─So now "3-D printing" means "made by a machine"? Likely nore investment money with the buzz word. Mud brick machines have been around for quite a while..
[02:24:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03ChrisMaple [6964] (Score: 2) 02 - 063-D Printing 'Greener' Buildings Using Local Soil - 195 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:24:43] <exec> 08└─I've read that Frank Lloyd Wright's insistence on using local materials has caused some of his buildings to degrade prematurely. Impurities in local sand used for concrete, if I recall correctly.
[02:25:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06College Contact-Tracing App Readily Leaked Personal Data, Report Finds - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:25:10] <exec> 08└─Also, how did Michigan become such a totalitarian, dictatorial place?
[02:28:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03gmby [83] (Score: 1) 02 - 06The Universe Has Made Almost All the Stars It Will Ever Make - 198 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:28:13] <exec> 08└─No... That's Mr Crackhead for you Mr Rust Bucket. ;-) I have some 1950's Singer sewing machine oil in a can if you need it. Anyway... been away from all that stuff for so many years I quit counting.
[02:30:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Astronomers Spot Closest Earth-Buzzing Asteroid Ever Recorded - 776 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:30:26] <exec> 08└─> observer can be in different places, so that the vagaries of trajectory can be accounted for. They can in theory - but not today. L1's not so hot as a spotting point, primarily because 14 hours isn't really enough warning to *do* anything. Get the word out to militaries so there's no nuclear "coun...
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[03:22:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Water Inside China's Three Gorges Dam Nears Maximum Levels - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:22:44] <exec> 08└─Concerning Uyghurs, a Turkic tribe: maybe they could live better if they return back to Turkey...
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[03:22:46] <exec> 08└─It's the god's punishment to Xi's CCP. [...]
[03:22:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Water Inside China's Three Gorges Dam Nears Maximum Levels - 163 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:22:48] <exec> 08└─> You have lost the heaven's mandate Really? I hadn't heard that their military had collapsed. That is after all what "heaven's mandate" translates to in practice.
[03:22:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Water Inside China's Three Gorges Dam Nears Maximum Levels - 540 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:22:50] <exec> 08└─It's a long, LONG way from the dam to Wuhan. I was just looking around, it's claimed that about 400,000 people live in the Yangze watershed. A catastrophic failure of the Three Gorges would be one of the ugliest disasters we have ever witnessed. Entire towns and cities immediately downstream would b...
[03:22:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03PinkyGigglebrain [4458] (Score: 4, Insightful) 02 - 06Water Inside China's Three Gorges Dam Nears Maximum Levels - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:22:52] <exec> 08└─It's the god's punishment to Xi's CCP.
[03:22:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Water Inside China's Three Gorges Dam Nears Maximum Levels - 13 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:22:55] <exec> 08└─You are sick.
[03:22:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Water Inside China's Three Gorges Dam Nears Maximum Levels - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:22:57] <exec> 08└─No one wants people to die except political assholes like you.
[03:23:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Super-Dense Lithium-Sulfur Battery Gives Electric Plane a 230-Mile Range - 250 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:23:37] <exec> 08└─Since the average floatplane charter is about a 30 minute flight at about 120 knots, this would get you to destination, a return to base, with plenty of reserve. Why do people think that all flying is done with 747's, crossing continents and oceans ?
[03:24:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Adobe Lightroom iOS Update Permanently Deleted Users’ Photos - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:24:18] <exec> 08└─Heh, you sure making a lot of excuses for Adobe. Sounds very suspicious
[03:28:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Universe Has Made Almost All the Stars It Will Ever Make - 1029 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:28:06] <exec> 08└─Ah, but there was no logic nor evidence presented. Just a childish rant that attacks without reason and without even the slightest argument supporting objecting to "extrapolating nonsense" with an example of what they consider to be nonsense and why. Of course in this insane age, I guess name callin...
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[03:31:49] <exec> 08└─The agreement is a handshake - property used to be single owner for the two houses, prior buyer lost the deal by trying to lawyer up the shared well agreement. Truth is, you can sink a whole new well, with pump, for about $3K - so there's little point in engaging lawyers over an agreement. Neighbor...
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[03:31:50] <exec> 08└─$600 once every 7+ years isn't a bad water bill... only other expense (besides electricity to the pressure pump) was a starter capacitor for the pressure pump - pump wouldn't start - struggled, so I pulled out the starter capacitor to get its specs for a replacement, then when I put the starter capa...
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[04:22:46] <exec> 08└─The Furrion link says that it will be zero-emissions, but I don't see where they would fit a large enough battery in there to power a 9000lb vehicle electrically. At least now we have a plan for all those abandoned rust-belt factories and shopping malls: turn them into parkour arenas.
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[04:23:07] <exec> 08└─Not quite. It usually means the respect of those who run the military, but there are a few other ways to lose it. For that interpretation though, you don't need the military to collapse, merely your control over it.
[04:23:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Water Inside China's Three Gorges Dam Nears Maximum Levels - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:23:09] <exec> 08└─To mention an example similar to the hypothetical being bounced around here - Chernobyl. The USSR fell apart after failing hard to handle Chernobyl.
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[04:23:50] <exec> 08└─One of the rules is supposed to be that the road runner never leaves the road. Also that all the coyote's devices are made by ACME.
[04:24:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Adobe Lightroom iOS Update Permanently Deleted Users’ Photos - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:24:32] <exec> 08└─"gotta-copy~Chrome-look-and-feel"? Seems to me FF tried to copy Windows phone 7, then doubled down on W-P8 and W-p10.
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[04:24:34] <exec> 08└─Interesting idea. What's the legal justification?
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[04:24:36] <exec> 08└─Waterfox sounds interesting, but I'm not sure why it isn't in the Debian repository. That makes me wonder. It's under the MPL, same as firefox, so that shouldn't be the reason.
[04:24:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Adobe Lightroom iOS Update Permanently Deleted Users’ Photos - 234 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:24:38] <exec> 08└─It's the same as any other lawsuit. The judgement is forfeiture of their license on the product, instead of the usual slap on the wrist 5 dollar fine. Their negligence goes far beyond what should be tolerated. Time for real deterrence
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[04:24:40] <exec> 08└─That sounds familiar from decades ago, but I can't remember the context. Was it in Datamation?
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[05:22:55] <exec> 08└─A simple, slimmer suit would be better. Powered exoskeleton under steel armor. Power sources are still crap.
[05:22:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Prosthesis Is a Real-Life Mech Suit You Can Pilot, Like the Power Loader - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:22:56] <exec> 08└─This has obvious industrial and military use, and they want to use it for racing? People race tractors, but that's not why you make tractors.
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[05:22:58] <exec> 08└─The first professional athlete to sit in the driver's seat was Cassie Hawrysh, a Canadian champion skeleton racer
[05:23:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 2, Interesting) 02 - 06Water Inside China's Three Gorges Dam Nears Maximum Levels - 2056 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:23:22] <exec> 08└─A few weeks ago there were some leaked internal reports that confirmed that the dam had moved up to a meter (no timeframe given). There are also reports from the original contractors that less steel was used than should have been, cement pours were done too quickly and that by time it went into serv...
[05:23:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Water Inside China's Three Gorges Dam Nears Maximum Levels - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:23:23] <exec> 08└─https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjHWkCdZdOE [youtube.com] See the above simulation. Horrifying.
[05:23:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Water Inside China's Three Gorges Dam Nears Maximum Levels - 939 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:23:26] <exec> 08└─I have found the government narrative on this interesting as well, the following are the changes over time since this began. 1. This is a thousand year dam, nothing can stop it 2. This is a 500 year dam facing a 200 year flood, no concern 3. Why aren't Americans concerned the hoover dam will fail? I...
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[05:26:20] <exec> 08└─It's super simple here. Theoretically, Lyft and Uber are a SAAS company providing services to their customers, the drivers. The passengers are the customers of their customers. This is no different than SAAS companies for say, insurance agencies. The customer is the agency, and the policy holders a...
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[06:23:19] <exec> 08└─Except people like that comprise a significant portion of the American public.
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[06:23:20] <exec> 08└─But as I mentioned in the previous post they lowered the output even though downriver can take more flooding, why are they lowering output when input is increasing and water level behind the dam is increasing? What are you talking about? From the article summary: "Authorities raised the discharge vo...
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[06:23:22] <exec> 08└─60%+ of the American public doesn't even know where China is. All your problems are with the 40% who vote democrat/republican. And really only half of those do it because they feel obligated. So the real problem is only 20% or even less of the americans.
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[06:23:24] <exec> 08└─> Concerning Hong Kong: the decolonisation proceeds somewhat slowly lately. Try disappearing a few more booksellers - I heard that helps.
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[06:24:07] <exec> 08└─That sounds like an environment that is "bush", i.e., not well connected to civilization. Electrical generation tends to not be robust or high capacity. Electricity may even be produced by burning liquid fuels. This is not an environment that favors electric planes over liquid fueled planes. Plus th...
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[06:28:43] <exec> 08└─Ah, but there was no logic nor evidence presented.
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[07:22:37] <exec> 08└─Death is the road to awe. No corporate types need apply, or even stretch their pathetic risk- reducing puppy scenarios into further realms, where they become cats.
[07:22:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Respawn Point: the Inevitable Reincarnation of the Corporate Office - 931 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:22:38] <exec> 08└─What fraction of companies actively encourage a spirit of collaboration in the first place, over "get your own job done and let people around you struggle for hours on something you could fix in 5 minutes"? If work environments didn't punish helpful people for missing metrics [notalwaysright.com] an...
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[07:23:07] <exec> 08└─It's the god's punishment to Xi's CCP.
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[07:24:02] <exec> 08└─While I cannot disagree with any of your statements per se, just imagine what would have happened to space exploration if scientists had had the same mental attitude. "Nah, it's too difficult, we shouldn't even try....". If Henry Ford had believed those who said that people couldn't breathe if the v...
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[08:26:04] <exec> 08└─It's not just a living wage, though. A really big issue for drivers is having to supply, maintain, and insure their own car, which really brings down what otherwise might look like OK pay. Legit businesses don't require workers to pay for the privilege of working for them.
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[08:26:25] <exec> 08└─That's a fallacious argument. How did humans manage to get along before agriculture?
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[09:23:17] <exec> 08└─>Dang Missed golden opportunity to say DAM instead.
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[09:25:45] <exec> 08└─See also: https://soylentnews.org [soylentnews.org]
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[10:22:42] <exec> 08└─Targeting an orbital communications laser is a major step towards targeting an orbital death laser. Not the same, but a major milestone. Just saying.
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[10:22:44] <exec> 08└─The atmosphere is bad news for optical transmission. Better use a space relay to get the optical and a set of microwave channels for "the last mile" through the atmosphere [humboldt.edu]
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[10:22:54] <exec> 08└─It's probably industry dependant, but we were already pretty heavy on the collaborative approach prior to Covid and that has really ramped up over the last few months, while still retaining the ability for time to be spent where you basically just bunker down and thrash out a given piece of work all...
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[10:23:05] <exec> 08└─Yebutnobutyeahbutnobutyeah The whole point of skeleton is to lie motionless like a sack of potatoes and not panic whilst your life flashes in front of your eyes, and hopefully you survive at the bottom. This? Seems somewhat different, I don't think the sack of potatoes approach is an optimal strateg...
[10:23:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nuke [3162] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Water Inside China's Three Gorges Dam Nears Maximum Levels - 943 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:23:37] <exec> 08└─I'd always assumed that dams and their reservoirs were designed to take a water level as high as the top of the dam, and a few feet more, with the usual structural safety factors over that. Then a excessive upstream inflow to the reservoir would be easily accomodated by an overflow the width of the...
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[10:23:38] <exec> 08└─If they're a god then I'm king of the universe and I can shoot lightning out of my hands to slay all mine enemies (such as khallow) In formal logic terms: _|_ |= anything (Immerman - ^ there's a joke up there in those parentheses, you are permitted to not laugh, that's fine, but please stop complain...
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[10:26:36] <exec> 08└─Because Uber/Lyft is as revolutionary in transport as agriculture was at its time, right?
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[11:23:41] <exec> 08└─Yup, the news is from *June*, and the leaks of it, if you'll permit my use of that term, from july. This is peak 5, now, isn't it? These were after peak 3, IIRC: http://www.youtube.com http://www.youtube.com source: https://brucewilds.blogspot.com
[11:23:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Water Inside China's Three Gorges Dam Nears Maximum Levels - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:23:42] <exec> 08└─Nope, if they ever act as a weir, they've failed their purpose - there are spillways and "glory holes" to stop that happening. e.g. https://www.youtube.com
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[11:25:14] <exec> 08└─Sure, but you risk your users ditching Adobe altogether for a solution from a different vendor. I'm leaning toward incompetence (vs. malice) on this one.
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[12:22:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06An AI Just Embarrassed the US Air Force in a Virtual Dogfight - 244 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:22:42] <exec> 08└─The meatsac can't maintain 5G, let alone 9G, for very long, because it will black out. The AI would only care about G-force if some bit of hardware were to break it's restraints, and go crashing into other hardware, thus disabling the aircraft.
[12:22:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06An AI Just Embarrassed the US Air Force in a Virtual Dogfight - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:22:44] <exec> 08└─They're running the AI therefore they almost certainly have the AI, so they can use the AI to assist or replace their pilots.
[12:23:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03quietus [6328] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Water Inside China's Three Gorges Dam Nears Maximum Levels - 271 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:23:46] <exec> 08└─Could it be that the designers of Three Gorges dam, originally, have not taken into account [worst case] future flood risk projections, or that these flood risks were underestimated? I'm asking, as the current water level is just 10 metres under the maximum design level.
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[13:22:42] <exec> 08└─What goes up, must come down. Spinning wheel, got to go 'round ... Ride a painted pony, let the spinning wheel turn. https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com]
[13:22:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla Stock Reaches $2,000 Amid Soaring Interest in EV Companies, 5-to-1 Stock Split Announced - 540 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:22:44] <exec> 08└─It can't be a bubble, a bubble would see things like Apple reaching a market cap of 2 trillion. Oh... Handy hint, boys and girls, it might actually just be the fiat currency that's dropping, rather than the value of pieces of paper soaring. What's that 'brrr'-ing sound I hear? I foresaw this years a...
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[13:22:46] <exec> 08└─If you foresaw it, why did you buy those metals then? Shares are both resistant to inflation and are productive, whereas raw material is not productive and it is also subject to fluctuations due to actual use. Historically, shares gain 7% per year. They might perform better due to the tremendous inf...
[13:22:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla Stock Reaches $2,000 Amid Soaring Interest in EV Companies, 5-to-1 Stock Split Announced - 1785 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:22:48] <exec> 08└─The market is enthusiastically anticipating where Tesla's going, but inclusion in the S&P 500 is a real driver for its valuation. It means every mutual fund manager and every other institutional investor who holds the basket of stocks to match that index will now need to buy Tesla stock; I have read...
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[13:22:58] <exec> 08└─> if some bit of hardware were to break it's restraints Sure, but the real limit is when the wings come off...
[13:22:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06An AI Just Embarrassed the US Air Force in a Virtual Dogfight - 854 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:23:00] <exec> 08└─If embarrassed is what they wanted I'm sure they could find some flight-game-nerd coming in and showing them up to since they probably logged an excessive amount of time in flight-sims and know all the little bugs and features to optimize the hell out of things. That said, while pilots might hate i...
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[13:23:02] <exec> 08└─The meatsacks who produced that video didn't even explain what the "main event" was until 3 hours into the program. And bizarrely, the "main event" was after the "final". I think they need an AI to help them with English language communication before they need AIs for dogfighting. Spoiler: The "main...
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[13:23:04] <exec> 08└─Aren't dog fights so 20th century? Really, if this kind of foolery ever started, an AWACS or other flying command post far away would just call in the appropriate air-to-air missile and end it quickly. A quick goog suggests these can turn at 30 g's or more.
[13:23:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03ealbers [5715] (Score: 1) 02 - 06An AI Just Embarrassed the US Air Force in a Virtual Dogfight - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:23:06] <exec> 08└─sigh, click bait article titles, nobodies 'embarrassed' by losing to an AI which can pull max G's a device can deliver against a wet bag of water and air sacks with 0.1sec response rate
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[13:23:08] <exec> 08└─google Paul Bunion story
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[13:23:36] <exec> 08└─Imagine this at construction sites moving loads where a forklift can't go. Imagine this at a disaster scene, quickly moving rubble to reach people trapped. No! It's being optimized for some dumbass Millennial obstacle racing "sport."
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[13:23:59] <exec> 08└─A few weeks ago there were some leaked internal reports that confirmed that the dam had moved up to a meter (no timeframe given). There are also reports from the original contractors that less steel was used than should have been, cement pours were done too quickly and that by time it went into serv...
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[13:24:12] <exec> 08└─This is the prophecy (Ezekiel 34:2-6) against far too many of the governments of the world: To the shepherds, thus says the Lord God: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who have been pasturing themselves! Should not shepherds pasture the flock? You consumed milk, wore wool, and slaughtered fatlings, but...
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[13:24:14] <exec> 08└─https://youtube.com/watch?v=nybfjFkDowU [youtube.com]
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[13:25:47] <exec> 08└─There is no legal justification. Like all freetards, he wants everything for free and thinks that people will magically volunteer their time on an increasingly complex project that will also magically be able to decide what direction to take, what features to add and drop, etc. All this ignores the...
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[13:25:49] <exec> 08└─You really don't have a clue as to how the law works. First, you need a plaintiff with standing with probable injuries. There is none. You're free to download and fork the code. What you're not free to do is call your fork Firefox. Just look at Iceweasel as an example. How are you, or anyone, harme...
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[13:27:19] <exec> 08└─Virtual slavery is used to describe situations like this where people aren't literally slaves, but effectively have no other option than to continue working under oppressive conditions due to a lack of any viable alternative. This is the main reason that people continue to work at places paying the...
[13:27:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Last-Minute California Ruling Means Uber and Lyft Won't Shut Down Today - 632 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:27:20] <exec> 08└─Yep, I've had accounts at sites that do the equivalent of that. They connect customers with people providing a service and the people providing the service get to charge whatever they like, it's just that the site gets a cut of the money coming in. It's far less exploitative, the main issue is that...
[13:28:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03leon_the_cat [10052] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A 35-Year-Old Bug in Patch Found in Efforts to Restore 29 Year Old 2.11BSD - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:28:13] <exec> 08└─I know you did that on purpose but I will send you a patch for your comment anyway.
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[14:22:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tesla Stock Reaches $2,000 Amid Soaring Interest in EV Companies, 5-to-1 Stock Split Announced - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:22:52] <exec> 08└─> Yes, I do own Tesla stock. Hope you enjoy the ride! I don't, but if I did my small "investment" would be for the fun of it all.
[14:22:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla Stock Reaches $2,000 Amid Soaring Interest in EV Companies, 5-to-1 Stock Split Announced - 394 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:22:53] <exec> 08└─The stock doesn't "need" to go any higher, taking the capital infusion would definitely be the way to go. Even still TSLA's market cap today is 380B, as compared to 26B for Ford, 41B for Chevrolet, 217B for Toyota, 45B for Honda, 22B for Panasonic, 30B for Johnson Controls... Even with a $100B cash...
[14:22:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tesla Stock Reaches $2,000 Amid Soaring Interest in EV Companies, 5-to-1 Stock Split Announced - 699 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:22:55] <exec> 08└─I agree with shrewdsheep above, but I did take a quick look at gold last week. Markups are enormous, like 20% and up for 1 oz US gold coins obtained from the US mint (site was confusing, do you buy from mint directly, or do you have to go through local coin dealers?), and worse for fractional sizes....
[14:22:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tesla Stock Reaches $2,000 Amid Soaring Interest in EV Companies, 5-to-1 Stock Split Announced - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:22:58] <exec> 08└─True, but why is Toyota valued so much compared to Honda? AFAIK Honda even has more business lines than Toyota does.
[14:22:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03EvilSS [1456] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla Stock Reaches $2,000 Amid Soaring Interest in EV Companies, 5-to-1 Stock Split Announced - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:23:00] <exec> 08└─site was confusing, do you buy from mint directly, or do you have to go through local coin dealers?
[14:23:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06An AI Just Embarrassed the US Air Force in a Virtual Dogfight - 283 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:23:15] <exec> 08└─And the problem with that is that it allows somebody else remote to take control of your weapons. This makes protection against hacking a LOT more important. Also to the extent that remote control is required, it's subject to jamming. There are lots of obvious advantages, of course.
[14:23:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06An AI Just Embarrassed the US Air Force in a Virtual Dogfight - 2759 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:23:17] <exec> 08└─For decades the AF has gotten into fly by wire and stability augmentation. Adding "a really smart autopilot" that helps perform digitally perfect ACM is mere evolution not revolution. Pilot starts pulling, clippy pops up on the HUD "I see you're trying to perform an unloaded extension, for digital A...
[14:23:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06An AI Just Embarrassed the US Air Force in a Virtual Dogfight - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:23:19] <exec> 08└─Just put an AI in it. https://en.wikipedia.org(film) [wikipedia.org]
[14:23:34] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03zocalo [302] 02 - 06Respawn Point: the Inevitable Reincarnation of the Corporate Office - 2360 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:23:34] <exec> 08└─It's probably industry dependant, but we were already pretty heavy on the collaborative approach prior to Covid and that has really ramped up over the last few months, while still retaining the ability for time to be spent where you basically just bunker down and thrash out a given piece of work all...
[14:23:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Respawn Point: the Inevitable Reincarnation of the Corporate Office - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:23:35] <exec> 08└─There's a typo in the artice: The strength of the office is collaboration,
[14:24:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Water Inside China's Three Gorges Dam Nears Maximum Levels - 1081 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:24:27] <exec> 08└─Another part of the narrative we are told we MUST ignore is the meme of Chinese buildings collapsing because the concrete is a thin shell around dirt and cardboard and trash and general landfill instead of being solid. So WHEN (not if) the dam collapses and its found to be constructed far under spec...
[14:24:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Water Inside China's Three Gorges Dam Nears Maximum Levels - 708 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:24:28] <exec> 08└─And sometimes those fail like the Glen Canyon dam about 35 years ago. You build a spillway, don't test it under full load, whoops a daisy you can end up with a huge mess even if the dam under normal operation doesn't or couldn't fail. Yeah yeah yeah, its 2020 nobody forgets cavitation damage anymore...
[14:24:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Water Inside China's Three Gorges Dam Nears Maximum Levels - 169 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:24:30] <exec> 08└─I read it was because Reagan rode in on a horse and pistol-whipped the entire country and they cried like little babies and converted to Christianity. God Bless America!
[14:24:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New BlackBerry Phones Coming From OnwardMobility - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:24:47] <exec> 08└─But on the plus side, they will make phones with keyboards. I'll forgive many ills to avoid having to type on a touchscreen.
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[15:22:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Flight Simulator's Data Insanity Spawns Enormous Buildings and Anomalies via Openstreetmap - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:22:38] <exec> 08└─https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/ibzcnf/buckingham_palace_in_the_new_microsoft_flight/ [reddit.com] But not in such an amusing way.
[15:22:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla Stock Reaches $2,000 Amid Soaring Interest in EV Companies, 5-to-1 Stock Split Announced - 230 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:22:55] <exec> 08└─Did you buy bars of actual metal or did you buy a digital paper that says you own a bar of metal? Those would be two very different things. If the apocalypse comes one might have value while the other one just became toilet-paper.
[15:22:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tesla Stock Reaches $2,000 Amid Soaring Interest in EV Companies, 5-to-1 Stock Split Announced - 616 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:22:56] <exec> 08└─One of the details that people forget about is that even if you bought gold at it's lowest point and sold at it's highest point, the result is still a fraction of what buying an index fund for the same period would have netted. Plus, if you're buying metal for the apocolypse, other metals would be f...
[15:22:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tesla Stock Reaches $2,000 Amid Soaring Interest in EV Companies, 5-to-1 Stock Split Announced - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:22:58] <exec> 08└─Ironically, toilet paper is likely to have more value in that scenario than gold. At least one of those two things has some actual utility. Gold just sits there and stares at you.
[15:23:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tesla Stock Reaches $2,000 Amid Soaring Interest in EV Companies, 5-to-1 Stock Split Announced - 848 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:23:00] <exec> 08└─Market cap is a complete joke, one sucker way overspending on a stock is enough to cause that. If I had a company with 10 shares and somebody opted to pay $1m for one of those shares, my company would have a $10m cap, if they were willing to pay $1, then the same business would have a $10 cap. Think...
[15:23:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03barbara hudson [6443] (Score: 2) 02 - 06An AI Just Embarrassed the US Air Force in a Virtual Dogfight - 277 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:23:18] <exec> 08└─Given that the AI can do much more extreme maneuvers for much longer, the airframe will experience accelerated aging and the wings WILL come off. Interesting fact - the U-2 is one of the oldest aircraft in active service, and still has an average airframe lifespan left of 75%
[15:23:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rupert Pupnick [7277] (Score: 2) 02 - 06An AI Just Embarrassed the US Air Force in a Virtual Dogfight - 383 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:23:19] <exec> 08└─If the AI is so good that it can rack up a sufficiently large exchange ratio against opposing aircraft, it’s probably fine if the wings come off after the Nth kill, if N is large enough. Also, aside from greater tolerance of G forces, an unmanned aircraft program has the potential to greatly reduc...
[15:23:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06An AI Just Embarrassed the US Air Force in a Virtual Dogfight - 629 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:23:22] <exec> 08└─Doesn't matter since the AI got many kills. It takes decades longer to build and train a new human fighter pilot, than to build a replacement plane. And with AIs you don't always need as big a plane to kill, do dogfights or even do missions. In many cases AI missiles will do. If your missiles are le...
[15:23:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06An AI Just Embarrassed the US Air Force in a Virtual Dogfight - 241 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:23:24] <exec> 08└─You're right, that is pretty embarrassing - a man working himself to death in a vanity race to prove he could slightly outperform the very first generation of a new technology. Almost as though it's actually a cautionary tale against hubris.
[15:23:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06An AI Just Embarrassed the US Air Force in a Virtual Dogfight - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:23:26] <exec> 08└─Are wings hardware?
[15:23:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06An AI Just Embarrassed the US Air Force in a Virtual Dogfight - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:23:28] <exec> 08└─the enemy is likely to run out of pilots, planes and other expensive targets before you run out of missiles.
[15:23:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06An AI Just Embarrassed the US Air Force in a Virtual Dogfight - 491 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:23:30] <exec> 08└─Interesting series of non-events, or whatever you care to call it. It doesn't take into account our own mission failures though. https://www.forbes.com [forbes.com] https://www.rt.com
[15:23:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Respawn Point: the Inevitable Reincarnation of the Corporate Office - 224 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:23:49] <exec> 08└─when this shakes out I suspect it's going to be inner city landlords (office *and* residential) and associated support services like catering, cleaning, and other such facilities - that are going to be next in line to suffer
[15:23:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Respawn Point: the Inevitable Reincarnation of the Corporate Office - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:23:50] <exec> 08└─There's a typo in "There's a typo in the artice" .
[15:23:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Respawn Point: the Inevitable Reincarnation of the Corporate Office - 1180 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:23:52] <exec> 08└─I have a simple theory about this. Offices can have a spirit of collaboration if at least one of the following are true: 1. The organization has a real risk of failure, so a failure to collaborate could easily result in everybody losing their jobs. 2. The pay and options structure is such that there...
[15:25:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New BlackBerry Phones Coming From OnwardMobility - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:25:04] <exec> 08└─I mean, who needs a keyboard anyway when you can just talk to your phone? I kid, sort of...
[15:25:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Super-Dense Lithium-Sulfur Battery Gives Electric Plane a 230-Mile Range - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:25:33] <exec> 08└─Put the batteries in drop tanks?
[15:25:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Super-Dense Lithium-Sulfur Battery Gives Electric Plane a 230-Mile Range - 756 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:25:35] <exec> 08└─Air Freight don't care as long as Amazon centers are less than 230 miles apart. I suspect you'll see this for stuff like Amazon Fresh produce. Why would Amazon pay downtown Chicago warehouse food dealer middlemen prices for fresh blueberries when they can fly blueberries direct off the fields in Mic...
[15:25:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Super-Dense Lithium-Sulfur Battery Gives Electric Plane a 230-Mile Range - 500 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:25:37] <exec> 08└─The helicopter flight from Manhattan to JFK is eight minutes and about $200 burning jet turbine fuel, today. Note that its a $57 flat fare to take a one hour+ taxi ride on the same trip, so the helo is not THAT extravagant. Your average hotel in Manhatten costs more than the helo flight per night. I...
[15:25:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Super-Dense Lithium-Sulfur Battery Gives Electric Plane a 230-Mile Range - 660 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:25:39] <exec> 08└─Interesting thing to think about is "middle of nowhere" usually has cheap land. So solar panels costing less than $/watt and aviation being a rich man's hobby to begin with, would not be terribly surprised to see bush camps with huge solar arrays in the future. Real estate is too expensive to solar...
[15:26:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Adobe Lightroom iOS Update Permanently Deleted Users’ Photos - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:26:29] <exec> 08└─Please pay attention. This isn't about Firefox
[15:26:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Adobe Lightroom iOS Update Permanently Deleted Users’ Photos - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:26:30] <exec> 08└─If you don't like free software, don't use it. Your silly shrill rant is still bullshit And I remind you this isn't about Firefox. Cut the crap with the distractions
[15:26:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Adobe Lightroom iOS Update Permanently Deleted Users’ Photos - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:26:32] <exec> 08└─GIMP's big chronic weakness is CMYK. There must be some heavy patents behind to keep it out this long.
[15:26:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Adobe Lightroom iOS Update Permanently Deleted Users’ Photos - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:26:34] <exec> 08└─Seamonkey still produces the original Netscape. You needn't look for anything else :-) And let's ignore the rants of a crazy person.
[15:30:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Universe Has Made Almost All the Stars It Will Ever Make - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:30:32] <exec> 08└─You are right in principle except the theory being "therefore there is some undetected AND POTENTIALLY UNDETECTABLE matter which makes the equations great again" is not easily falsifiable.
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[16:22:38] <exec> 08└─Jack Torrance: Wendy? Wendy Torrance: Yes? Jack Torrance: You got a big surprise coming to you. You're not going anywhere! Go check out the Snow Cat and the radio and you'll see what I mean. Go check it out. *Go!* Go check it out! Go check it out! Go check it out! Go check it out! Go check it out! G...
[16:22:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Flight Simulator's Data Insanity Spawns Enormous Buildings and Anomalies via Openstreetmap - 508 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:22:39] <exec> 08└─When I was driving truck, I tried them all. Streets that don't exist, streets that only existed on city plans, streets that had been abandoned and returned to private ownership, streets that existed, but weren't on the map. For the most part, it was only inside of city limits. Rural roads, highways,...
[16:23:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06An AI Just Embarrassed the US Air Force in a Virtual Dogfight - 684 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:23:24] <exec> 08└─Dog fights as people imagine them largely ended with the World Wars, the kind of tight maneuvers required to do so were pretty much only possible due to the relatively slow speeds of the aircraft. Not that much longer after the barrier to entry got to be rather extreme and only a handful of nations...
[16:23:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Respawn Point: the Inevitable Reincarnation of the Corporate Office - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:23:47] <exec> 08└─Can a mix of VR/AR substitute for a physical office for the purposes of collaboration?
[16:23:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Respawn Point: the Inevitable Reincarnation of the Corporate Office - 656 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:23:48] <exec> 08└─What fraction of companies actively encourage a spirit of collaboration in the first place, over "get your own job done and let people around you struggle for hours on something you could fix in 5 minutes"? I don't know what fraction, but my current company works well this way. We use Agile (like so...
[16:23:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Respawn Point: the Inevitable Reincarnation of the Corporate Office - 554 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:23:50] <exec> 08└─My home office now has a webcam, which our management wanted so we could see each other face-to-face during meetings. It's pretty cool actually: it's a USB webcam (this is a workstation, not a laptop, so it's impossible to have a built-in webcam), and it has a physical door built in that slides over...
[16:24:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mojibake Tengu [8598] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Prosthesis Is a Real-Life Mech Suit You Can Pilot, Like the Power Loader - 1109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:24:03] <exec> 08└─Impressed, but only a little. I appreciate the enthusiasm and the work done, though. The concept of wide frame with parallel legs is strange. We don't see this in naturally evolved things so there may be a disadvantage catch in that. It seems they failed to control some original biped frame design p...
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[16:24:28] <exec> 08└─I have found the government narrative on this interesting as well, the following are the changes over time since this began. 1. This is a thousand year dam, nothing can stop it 2. This is a 500 year dam facing a 200 year flood, no concern 3. Why aren't Americans concerned the hoover dam will fail? I...
[16:24:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Water Inside China's Three Gorges Dam Nears Maximum Levels - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:24:46] <exec> 08└─Chinese are upside-down.
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[16:26:32] <exec> 08└─Same with - you can not get a court to release copyright except to the legitimate copyright holder in the case of a disputed ownership. If everyone affected by the bug wins a big enough judgment, the court still won't seize the source code. The winners of the award would have to petition the court t...
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[16:26:33] <exec> 08└─Not sure how Firefox got to dominate the discussion. The immediate problem (and the article) is about Lightroom. Rich bastards are abusing their power. I tried to bring up a good deterrent to keep it from happening again, and in comes the saboteur...
[16:26:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Adobe Lightroom iOS Update Permanently Deleted Users’ Photos - 197 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:26:35] <exec> 08└─We can get a court order for anything. Your shrill rant precludes any serious discussion. You're not even close to the topic. I can play it your way if you wish, but I'm not really that interested.
[16:26:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Adobe Lightroom iOS Update Permanently Deleted Users’ Photos - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:26:37] <exec> 08└─Oh, and code can be seized just like any other asset. Feel free to accept that or not, it's no biggie
[16:26:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03barbara hudson [6443] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Adobe Lightroom iOS Update Permanently Deleted Users’ Photos - 1053 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:26:40] <exec> 08└─See my last reply. And ultimately it would be the same situation as Firefox - everyone acknowledges that once the deal with Google is over, Firefox days are numbered. Because you can't make money selling free software. The same thing would happen if Adobes source were released. Who's going to mainta...
[16:26:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03barbara hudson [6443] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Adobe Lightroom iOS Update Permanently Deleted Users’ Photos - 547 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:26:42] <exec> 08└─Nope . You'd be amazed how hard it is to seize copyright outside a legitimate dispute of ownership or a bankruptcy. Copyright works enjoy special protection. You can't just say "company x owes me money - seize the code." It gets even better - some jurisdictions don't allow any copyright you own to...
[16:26:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Adobe Lightroom iOS Update Permanently Deleted Users’ Photos - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:26:44] <exec> 08└─If that is true, it can all be changed. Now is the time to start.
[16:27:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06College Contact-Tracing App Readily Leaked Personal Data, Report Finds - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:27:32] <exec> 08└─It's already over in Sweden: herd immunity has pretty much been achieved now.
[16:27:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06College Contact-Tracing App Readily Leaked Personal Data, Report Finds - 462 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:27:34] <exec> 08└─Yeah, I saw the Swedish public health agency announced 5 persons died last week. 20 the week before. If that isn't justification to keep us all locked down, what is? I understand that governments want to push the propaganda that their imprisoning the healthy population was somehow the right thing to...
[16:30:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Universe Has Made Almost All the Stars It Will Ever Make - 579 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:30:47] <exec> 08└─and if Anonymous Coward on Friday August 21, @02:59AM (#1039699) isn't insecure about people posting something that might make the establishment look bad then what does he care if we comment on the article and give our opinions? What's it to him if we're right or wrong, why should he be so bothered...
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[17:22:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Microsoft Flight Simulator's Data Insanity Spawns Enormous Buildings and Anomalies via Openstreetmap - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:22:34] <exec> 08└─That's on purpose: Mapping companies put those things in to help catch people that are violating copyright by copying their data.
[17:22:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Offtopic) 02 - 06Microsoft Flight Simulator's Data Insanity Spawns Enormous Buildings and Anomalies via Openstreetmap - 1110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:22:36] <exec> 08└─https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/worldnews/12444192/monkey-slave-schools-coconuts-supermarket-thailand-sex-street-performers/ [thesun.co.uk] [thesun.co.uk] MONKEY BUSINESS Snatched from their mums, chained & tortured – how helpless monkeys are sold to ‘slave schools’ and even used for sex Forced...
[17:22:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Flight Simulator's Data Insanity Spawns Enormous Buildings and Anomalies via Openstreetmap - 256 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:22:38] <exec> 08└─I watched the landing challenge video. It would be cool if they left it in; it sounds like this tower is a relatively isolated bug in the game. One monolith in Australia is an easter egg. If there were towers like this in every city, I would call it a bug.
[17:22:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Flight Simulator's Data Insanity Spawns Enormous Buildings and Anomalies via Openstreetmap - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:22:40] <exec> 08└─I've heard that claim before. But it certainly doesn't help people navigating a city/neighborhood that they are unfamiliar with.
[17:22:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Flight Simulator's Data Insanity Spawns Enormous Buildings and Anomalies via Openstreetmap - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:22:42] <exec> 08└─It's more than just a claim: The industry term for it is trap streets [theweek.com].
[17:23:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla Stock Reaches $2,000 Amid Soaring Interest in EV Companies, 5-to-1 Stock Split Announced - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:23:01] <exec> 08└─Market cap is a complete joke, one sucker way overspending on a stock is enough to cause that.
[17:23:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla Stock Reaches $2,000 Amid Soaring Interest in EV Companies, 5-to-1 Stock Split Announced - 735 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:23:03] <exec> 08└─What goes up must come down. What must rise must fall... And what goes on in your life Is writing on the wall! If all things must fall, Why build a miracle at all? If all things must pass, Even a miracle won't last. What goes up must come down. What must stand alone? And what goes on in your mind Is...
[17:23:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla Stock Reaches $2,000 Amid Soaring Interest in EV Companies, 5-to-1 Stock Split Announced - 461 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:23:05] <exec> 08└─Back in the late 1970s local coin shops would sell 1.0oz Krugerands for exactly the price per ounce quoted on the evening news. When it came time to sell them, those same shops would only pay 90% of the quoted price, so that's a big margin to overcome, but not impossibly big if you're holding for a...
[17:23:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06An AI Just Embarrassed the US Air Force in a Virtual Dogfight - 450 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:23:32] <exec> 08└─On the other hand if you design a craft based on it never having a pilot in it there is a lot less room and systems you would have to devote to keeping the human inside the craft alive and in relative comfort. So a plan designed and built without having a human pilot in mind will probably look somew...
[17:23:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 1) 02 - 06An AI Just Embarrassed the US Air Force in a Virtual Dogfight - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:23:33] <exec> 08└─What percentage of airframe life is spent/lost in extreme maneuvers?
[17:23:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06An AI Just Embarrassed the US Air Force in a Virtual Dogfight - 223 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:23:35] <exec> 08└─Not to mention: the primary cost of a fighter jet is (usually) the pilot, and the primary cost of the pilot is in the expensive training. AI can download and share its training with future AIs in moments for near zero cost.
[17:23:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06An AI Just Embarrassed the US Air Force in a Virtual Dogfight - 226 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:23:37] <exec> 08└─Even if the unmanned aircraft have a small margin disadvantage in encounters, their lower cost when lost means that many more can be put "in harm's way" to achieve objectives at lower total cost than human piloted adversaries.
[17:24:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Prosthesis Is a Real-Life Mech Suit You Can Pilot, Like the Power Loader - 819 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:24:16] <exec> 08└─"This has obvious industrial and military use, and they want to use it for racing?" It does not. It's huge, it's slow, it's clunky as all balls. It's hard to pilot (which is admittedly a good thing for a sport -- you want to see pilot skill as a factor). Using it for sport lets you actually refine t...
[17:26:29] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03PinkyGigglebrain [4458] 02 - 06Adobe Lightroom iOS Update Permanently Deleted Users’ Photos - 543 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:26:29] <exec> 08└─You would actually have a pretty good chance of recovering the data from a floppy with a staple through it. Usually data gets written to a floppy from the center out. Odds are a staple would be on the outer edge of the platter. And even then you could just read the disk bit by bit and get most of th...
[17:26:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Adobe Lightroom iOS Update Permanently Deleted Users’ Photos - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:26:51] <exec> 08└─You are so completely off base with this Firefox rant. It does not relate in any fashion to what I am advocating. You're just poisoning the forum with that crap, trying to divert the discussion.
[17:26:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Adobe Lightroom iOS Update Permanently Deleted Users’ Photos - 426 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:26:53] <exec> 08└─barbara hudson is one of the biggest trolls on this site. For some reason she seems to have some bone to pick with open source, especially the GPL. I don't think she's so much shilling, but rather is just incredibly ignorant. One of her favorite tactics is to pick on some specific open source projec...
[17:26:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Adobe Lightroom iOS Update Permanently Deleted Users’ Photos - 178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:26:55] <exec> 08└─I can't discuss her condition without knowing if it's shtick or not. Her real name could be "Eliza" for all we know. I don't mind keeping it occupied for a while, it's a slow day
[17:26:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Adobe Lightroom iOS Update Permanently Deleted Users’ Photos - 587 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:26:57] <exec> 08└─GIMP has had CMYK capability with different plugins over the years, and there are several stand-alone open source CMYK converters that also work just fine. So, that's probably why CMYK is not high on the list of features to be added in the GIMP builds (https://wiki.gimp.org/index.php/Roadmap). It's...
[17:27:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03toddestan [4982] (Score: 2) 02 - 06College Contact-Tracing App Readily Leaked Personal Data, Report Finds - 652 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:27:48] <exec> 08└─It is interesting that this app is required - the assumption seems to be that 100% of the student body has a smartphone. I would guess the rate is already pretty high among college students, but do they now require a smartphone, presumably iOS or Android only, to be admitted to college? If so, what...
[17:27:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06College Contact-Tracing App Readily Leaked Personal Data, Report Finds - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:27:49] <exec> 08└─"Better safe than sorry" is a philosophy that very many people espouse. Macho man "who gives a fuck about less than a percent mortality" only appeals to those without family or loved ones.
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[18:22:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Major Quantum Computational Breakthrough is Shaking Up Physics and Maths - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:22:37] <exec> 08└─I sure miss the older simpler times when a "proof" was not much more than physical evidence I had not forgotten to put film in the camera before I took the photo.
[18:22:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Flight Simulator's Data Insanity Spawns Enormous Buildings and Anomalies via Openstreetmap - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:22:52] <exec> 08└─It's a bug in the data, not the code.
[18:23:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06An AI Just Embarrassed the US Air Force in a Virtual Dogfight - 362 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:23:45] <exec> 08└─When the SHTF next time, it's quite possible that "rods from the Gods" will pretty much end the concept of large capital ships in warfare. They may hang around for minor police actions, but if any nation starts dropping kinetic weapons from orbit, the game is over for any stationary or slow moving t...
[18:24:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Prosthesis Is a Real-Life Mech Suit You Can Pilot, Like the Power Loader - 345 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:24:24] <exec> 08└─Thanks for posting that. I would have posted something similar, but you beat me to it. Look at the mining industry if you want to see a single frail human being in solitary control of extremely powerful machinery. Don't overlook the farmers either. What they do involves immense physical work, and t...
[18:25:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06Water Inside China's Three Gorges Dam Nears Maximum Levels - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:25:08] <exec> 08└─Live webcam from China. Shocking! https://youtu.be [youtu.be]
[18:27:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Adobe Lightroom iOS Update Permanently Deleted Users’ Photos - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:27:05] <exec> 08└─Just opened a new doc in mine. No "CMYK" under "Image" > "Mode". They put it somewhere else? Everything I read says "rudimentary support"
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[19:22:38] <exec> 08└─allowing more communication would make computational problems more reliable and solvable.
[19:22:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Major Quantum Computational Breakthrough is Shaking Up Physics and Maths - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:22:39] <exec> 08└─Don't forget the Beowulf clusters..
[19:22:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Major Quantum Computational Breakthrough is Shaking Up Physics and Maths - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:22:41] <exec> 08└─Well, with all the chatter, it certainly won't be very Zen... Maybe if they modulate the amplitude of the noise, they can transmit a useful signal
[19:22:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Microsoft Flight Simulator's Data Insanity Spawns Enormous Buildings and Anomalies via Openstreetmap - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:22:57] <exec> 08└─Why would OSM include trap streets though? There's nothing to steal from them in the first place...
[19:22:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Flight Simulator's Data Insanity Spawns Enormous Buildings and Anomalies via Openstreetmap - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:22:58] <exec> 08└─Why would OSM include trap streets though? There's nothing to steal from them in the first place...
[19:23:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Tesla Stock Reaches $2,000 Amid Soaring Interest in EV Companies, 5-to-1 Stock Split Announced - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:23:21] <exec> 08└─Neodymium? Now that is valued by what it's used for.
[19:23:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Tesla Stock Reaches $2,000 Amid Soaring Interest in EV Companies, 5-to-1 Stock Split Announced - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:23:23] <exec> 08└─These amazing numbers come from Wall Street's 30 billion dollar a day habit, courtesy the Fed
[19:25:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Water Inside China's Three Gorges Dam Nears Maximum Levels - 1547 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:25:17] <exec> 08└─It depends on the design of the dam. Many have overflow areas (some dont). The style used in China is is a gate control system where they open the gates and let the water out. However there if there is too much water/junk in there it can literally pick apart the concrete of the ramps to reduce cavit...
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[20:23:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06Did a Journal Retract Your Paper on Homeopathy? Meet the Journal That Will Publish Your Complaint - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:23:01] <exec> 08└─Shit! That's just democrats! And homeopathy? That just confirms it!
[20:23:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Did a Journal Retract Your Paper on Homeopathy? Meet the Journal That Will Publish Your Complaint - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:23:03] <exec> 08└─Quackery is more of a republican thing than a Democratic thing.
[20:23:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 4, Interesting) 02 - 06Major Quantum Computational Breakthrough is Shaking Up Physics and Maths - 1396 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:23:14] <exec> 08└─I have studied but not kept up with Complexity Theory, and am not familiar with MIP* and RE. The Wikipedia article on Complexity Theory doesn't mention those classes. Sounds like RE contains PSPACE. I find a maze a useful analogy for these problems. If you know which turn to take at every intersecti...
[20:23:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Barenflimski [6836] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Major Quantum Computational Breakthrough is Shaking Up Physics and Maths - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:23:15] <exec> 08└─Outside of P=NP, I don't have a clue about what you're talking about. I modded that interesting because it sounds like the words you wrote should be together and it was mostly new to me. Thanks for this!
[20:23:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microsoft Flight Simulator's Data Insanity Spawns Enormous Buildings and Anomalies via Openstreetmap - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:23:33] <exec> 08└─That's on purpose: Mapping companies put those things in to help catch people that are violating copyright by copying their data.
[20:23:55] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] 02 - 06Tesla Stock Reaches $2,000 Amid Soaring Interest in EV Companies, 5-to-1 Stock Split Announced - 461 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:23:56] <exec> 08└─Back in the late 1970s local coin shops would sell 1.0oz Krugerands for exactly the price per ounce quoted on the evening news. When it came time to sell them, those same shops would only pay 90% of the quoted price, so that's a big margin to overcome, but not impossibly big if you're holding for a...
[20:23:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Tesla Stock Reaches $2,000 Amid Soaring Interest in EV Companies, 5-to-1 Stock Split Announced - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:23:59] <exec> 08└─So, yeah, the stock price is soaring, but it's not entirely without reason.
[20:24:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tesla Stock Reaches $2,000 Amid Soaring Interest in EV Companies, 5-to-1 Stock Split Announced - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:24:01] <exec> 08└─Ah, like for when spending 20k per speaker isn't a completely ridiculous idea.
[20:24:30] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] 02 - 06An AI Just Embarrassed the US Air Force in a Virtual Dogfight - 223 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:24:30] <exec> 08└─Not to mention: the primary cost of a fighter jet is (usually) the pilot, and the primary cost of the pilot is in the expensive training. AI can download and share its training with future AIs in moments for near zero cost.
[20:24:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06An AI Just Embarrassed the US Air Force in a Virtual Dogfight - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:24:33] <exec> 08└─You’ll ride shotgun for a while, then .... ur gonna need to learn to code. https://www.cnn.com [cnn.com]
[20:24:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Respawn Point: the Inevitable Reincarnation of the Corporate Office - 195 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:24:59] <exec> 08└─BLM and terrorists, really? Amateurs. You want the gift that gives generously every year like Christmas in July [nasa.gov], leave some methane and CO2 out on the table tonight for global warming.
[20:25:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Respawn Point: the Inevitable Reincarnation of the Corporate Office - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:25:01] <exec> 08└─They say they're using Agile. If your company genuinely commits to the reason and intent of the methodology, *that* attitude comes from the top.
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[21:23:03] <exec> 08└─"You can't post to this page." F.Y.
[21:23:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Did a Journal Retract Your Paper on Homeopathy? Meet the Journal That Will Publish Your Complaint - 320 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:23:05] <exec> 08└─Oh-no! If only they could add some more drops of water into the solution I'm sure the magical healing properties would transfer better ... Perhaps they can get together with the Crystal-people and all the other members of anti-science crowd that believe in magical thinking. The pity-party would be...
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[21:24:04] <exec> 08└─I expect Trump to ask the Fed to discontinue the support on his reelection. It's time for the market to discover price and value again.
[21:24:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla Stock Reaches $2,000 Amid Soaring Interest in EV Companies, 5-to-1 Stock Split Announced - 232 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:24:05] <exec> 08└─I expect Trump to lose, and do everything in his power to crash the market as fast as possible afterwards. It's pretty incredible the lengths and they went to and temporary short term measures they used to pump it up when he got in.
[21:24:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla Stock Reaches $2,000 Amid Soaring Interest in EV Companies, 5-to-1 Stock Split Announced - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:24:07] <exec> 08└─Neodymium, tantalum, even cadmium is valuable until the SHTF, afterwards not so much. Afterwards, you'll be wanting more of your basic iron, copper, maybe aluminum and some of the simpler, better known alloying metals.
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[21:26:05] <exec> 08└─Again, hope it all works out and the rains subside.
[21:29:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Last-Minute California Ruling Means Uber and Lyft Won't Shut Down Today - 225 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:29:37] <exec> 08└─Virtual slavery is used to describe situations like this where people aren't literally slaves, but effectively have no other option than to continue working under oppressive conditions due to a lack of any viable alternative.
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[22:22:44] <exec> 08└─Inquiring yet clueless minds want to know!
[22:22:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sea Level Rise Quickens as Greenland Ice Sheet Sheds Record Amount - 211 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:22:46] <exec> 08└─All that whinging about hoax, not driven by industrial activity, or whatever stupid excuse he coyld make up to not feel bad about his oil stocks... god damn Biden 2020 if we want to tap the brakes on armageddon.
[22:22:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06Did a Journal Retract Your Paper on Homeopathy? Meet the Journal That Will Publish Your Complaint - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:22:57] <exec> 08└─Dems don't revoke a homo's papers? QUACK QUACK!
[22:23:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Major Quantum Computational Breakthrough is Shaking Up Physics and Maths - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:23:10] <exec> 08└─I studied computer science. And that summary sucks.
[22:23:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Tesla Stock Reaches $2,000 Amid Soaring Interest in EV Companies, 5-to-1 Stock Split Announced - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:23:58] <exec> 08└─Of course not! He will double it. In fact, they stopped counting. It's just wide open. This is no more a "Trump" thing than the 2008 heist.
[22:25:53] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03VLM [445] 02 - 06Water Inside China's Three Gorges Dam Nears Maximum Levels - 1081 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:25:53] <exec> 08└─Another part of the narrative we are told we MUST ignore is the meme of Chinese buildings collapsing because the concrete is a thin shell around dirt and cardboard and trash and general landfill instead of being solid. So WHEN (not if) the dam collapses and its found to be constructed far under spec...
[22:26:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Super-Dense Lithium-Sulfur Battery Gives Electric Plane a 230-Mile Range - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:26:52] <exec> 08└─Also does it count ejecting the battery after it's dead?
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[22:27:59] <exec> 08└─I would guess that when GIMP builds-in CMYK functionality, that it will appear under "Image > Mode" and/or under "Image > Color Management." My version of GIMP shipped with the GEGL plug-ins installed. One of those plug-ins has CMYK separation functionality ("Colors > Components > Extract Compone...
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[23:22:42] <exec> 08└─Istorvet Ice Cap hasn't retreated this far since the Medieval Warm Period which was highly localized and doesn't allow us to infer anything about global temperature. Unlike now where the same ice melt tells us everything about global temperature. The science is settled, let's smash capitalism!
[23:22:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Sea Level Rise Quickens as Greenland Ice Sheet Sheds Record Amount - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:43] <exec> 08└─It's the new land of opportunity
[23:22:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sea Level Rise Quickens as Greenland Ice Sheet Sheds Record Amount - 615 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:45] <exec> 08└─Lololol So now your arguments are down to "it isn't as bad as it was at one point" while ignoring the trends that show it will get much worse. Y'all are some true idiots and base your entire world view around identity politics. Which of course is why conservatives started whining about identity poli...
[23:22:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Opportunist [5545] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Did a Journal Retract Your Paper on Homeopathy? Meet the Journal That Will Publish Your Complaint - 1144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:57] <exec> 08└─I do Pizzapathy now. Works like that: Whenever I have a headache, I take a Pizza Cardinale. And so 2-20 hours later, my headache is gone. Sometimes, though, my headache gets worse. That shows me that the pizza is working. That's called the "initial aggravation". But after another pizza, I'm usually...
[23:22:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Did a Journal Retract Your Paper on Homeopathy? Meet the Journal That Will Publish Your Complaint - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:58] <exec> 08└─Nah, republicans don't do all that hippy herbal shit. They just over prescribe and send kickbacks
[23:28:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Adobe Lightroom iOS Update Permanently Deleted Users’ Photos - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:28:01] <exec> 08└─I think the issue that the document has to be converted. I can't create a CMYK doc. Some people who read those fancy glossy magazines can see the difference
[23:28:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Adobe Lightroom iOS Update Permanently Deleted Users’ Photos - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:28:02] <exec> 08└─I think the issue that the document has to be converted. I can't create a CMYK doc.
[23:28:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Adobe Lightroom iOS Update Permanently Deleted Users’ Photos - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:28:05] <exec> 08└─Actually it shouldn't matter. The camera shoots in RGB
[23:28:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06College Contact-Tracing App Readily Leaked Personal Data, Report Finds - 171 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:28:57] <exec> 08└─You're assuming there are no serious longer term effects on the healthy population that are infected and recover, such as shortened life expectancy. No-one knows that yet.
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