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[00:22:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Sony Introduces Digital Edition PS5 with No CD-ROM/Blu-ray - 771 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:22:52] <exec> 08└─Digital-only holds no interest for me. For my PS4 I've bought several games that were sold in the SE Asia market with English subtitles, that were not made available in the North American market. They play on my North American PS4 just fine. They're usually not released in NA either because the make...
[00:22:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Sony Introduces Digital Edition PS5 with No CD-ROM/Blu-ray - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:22:53] <exec> 08└─That it be able to load, play, and save games on the apex of common digital storage mechanisms -- the Sony Memory Stick [sony.com].
[00:22:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sony Introduces Digital Edition PS5 with No CD-ROM/Blu-ray - 285 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:22:56] <exec> 08└─This could be the last console generation to use discs. They obviously want to kill them off, but now they should be around until... 2027? Then they will try to go download/cloud-only, possibly with no new hardware releases. There may be support in PS5 for quad-layer Blu-ray (128 GB).
[00:22:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Sony Introduces Digital Edition PS5 with No CD-ROM/Blu-ray - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:22:58] <exec> 08└─Digital-only holds no interest for me.
[00:22:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sony Introduces Digital Edition PS5 with No CD-ROM/Blu-ray - 205 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:23:00] <exec> 08└─https://www.businessinsider.com/sony-metoo-censorship-playstation-games-2019-4 [businessinsider.com] https://www.psu.com [psu.com]
[00:23:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sony Introduces Digital Edition PS5 with No CD-ROM/Blu-ray - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:23:02] <exec> 08└─Touché. I forgot where I was posting. :D
[00:23:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06Spit Test Promises to Diagnose Heart Attacks in Just 10 Minutes - 474 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:23:13] <exec> 08└─I'm hoping I have my heart attack while I'm asleep, and just pass away. I'm sure someone will notice the smell in a few days. Besides my family could use the life insurance money (not that my family likes me much, I just hate the insurance company). I also hope that, should I wake, I have the fortit...
[00:23:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Marand [1081] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Apple Won’t Let Facebook Tell Users about 30-Percent Apple Tax on Events - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:23:43] <exec> 08└─Just go with HTML5 apps
[00:24:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Coffee and Catnap Keep You Sharp on the Nightshift, Study Suggests - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:24:07] <exec> 08└─I'll disagree with AC about qualified personnel on the night shifts.
[00:24:44] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03captain normal [2205] 02 - 06US Laptop Shortage Could Derail Remote Learning - 164 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:24:45] <exec> 08└─All of a sudden these days it takes 3 days (or longer) to send a piece of first class mail across town. That is thanks to Trump's efforts to disable mail-in voting.
[00:25:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06US Laptop Shortage Could Derail Remote Learning - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:25:19] <exec> 08└─On further consideration, maybe the laptop power supplies are higher-quality [thedailywtf.com] than they get credit for.
[00:25:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03srobert [4803] (Score: 1, Flamebait) 02 - 06US Laptop Shortage Could Derail Remote Learning - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:25:20] <exec> 08└─"Have any Soylentils run into this?" You mean not being able to get my kid a laptop? No, I haven't had that problem. I never had any kids ... because I am smart.
[00:25:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06US Laptop Shortage Could Derail Remote Learning - 281 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:25:23] <exec> 08└─Once a month. Packages on the other hand, a dozen a week because FedEx Ground is more expensive and is an incompetent shitshow. I have NEVER had problems with USPS Priority until the guy holding tens of millions of dollars of stock in companies that want USPS dead became its head.
[00:27:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Brave Takes Brave Stand Against Google's Plan to Turn Websites Into Ad-Blocker-Thwarting Web Bundles - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:27:48] <exec> 08└─Modern society is overrated.
[00:27:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Brave Takes Brave Stand Against Google's Plan to Turn Websites Into Ad-Blocker-Thwarting Web Bundles - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:27:49] <exec> 08└─Disagree, Per user network overhead is more expensive on the server side than on the client side. They want to throw their bits away, let em'. Better to tar-baby them with.
[00:27:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03barbara hudson [6443] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Brave Takes Brave Stand Against Google's Plan to Turn Websites Into Ad-Blocker-Thwarting Web Bundles - 719 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:27:52] <exec> 08└─Not true. They aren't doing it now, and they have no reason to do so in the future - especially dynamic sites like web forums etc , that would have to rebuild the bundle after every post AND screw up the browser cache, forcing the browser to redoenload the meta data and then all the changes. This i...
[00:28:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03HammeredGlass [12241] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Researchers Develop a Fast, Accurate, Low-Cost COVID-19 Test - 237 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:28:39] <exec> 08└─80% of the world will eventually get this. Why bother testing. I already have a 90% chance of survival according to this predictive model which is a test that is easy to get: https://www.nature.com [nature.com]
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[01:22:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sony Introduces Digital Edition PS5 with No CD-ROM/Blu-ray - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:22:54] <exec> 08└─Because Sony's got to Sony.
[01:22:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sony Introduces Digital Edition PS5 with No CD-ROM/Blu-ray - 603 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:22:55] <exec> 08└─I firmly believe most [multiplayer] games are designed around the rootkit, I mean the anti-cheat tech. And on top of that you have the money they make. And boy when it comes to Free-to-play gaming, especially they are balls deep into your mind. Just another drug, with rootkit(s) on the side. The fir...
[01:22:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sony Introduces Digital Edition PS5 with No CD-ROM/Blu-ray - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:22:57] <exec> 08└─It comes with fax machine built-in.
[01:22:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sony Introduces Digital Edition PS5 with No CD-ROM/Blu-ray - 367 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:22:59] <exec> 08└─I hate root kits and that sort of tech, but on the flipside cheaters ruin games and the only viable method to keep them out is something like rootkits that can detect nefarious software. If anyone has better ideas I would LOVE them, because I hate DRM shit and have ZERO desire to let some software c...
[01:23:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sony Introduces Digital Edition PS5 with No CD-ROM/Blu-ray - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:23:02] <exec> 08└─Musk will have pigs playing against humans shortly. You'll be pissed when the pigs win.
[01:23:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sony Introduces Digital Edition PS5 with No CD-ROM/Blu-ray - 2582 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:23:04] <exec> 08└─PSN is the rootkit but now it has fancy graphics and is what brings your entire console together. They are not even bothering trying to hide it really. It's not an essential part of your console experience and you should learn to love it. So don't kid yourself, they are totally spying on you -- or g...
[01:23:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Spit Test Promises to Diagnose Heart Attacks in Just 10 Minutes - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:23:14] <exec> 08└─If you will identify your apartment building, we'll take care of the burning this evening. Thank you, Antifa
[01:25:08] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] 02 - 06US Laptop Shortage Could Derail Remote Learning - 64 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:25:08] <exec> 08└─lightning that bad for you? Do you have really good ground rods?
[01:25:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06US Laptop Shortage Could Derail Remote Learning - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:25:25] <exec> 08└─You mean not being able to get my kid a laptop? No, I haven't had that problem. I never had any kids ... because I am smart.
[01:25:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03jurov [6250] (Score: 1) 02 - 06This AI Creates Detailed 3D Renderings from Thousands of Tourist Photos - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:25:49] <exec> 08└─But this doesn't depend on technology, photos were retouched since forever... you haven't heard about Stalin?
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[02:22:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microdoses of LSD Can Decrease Pain Perception - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:22:51] <exec> 08└─Send me a few sheets of tabs in the mail so I can study LSD's effects on COVID-19 related long-term chronic fatigue syndrome.
[02:22:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Microdoses of LSD Can Decrease Pain Perception - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:22:52] <exec> 08└─Saying 'further research needed' is like a shout-out to Soylent News readers :-)
[02:22:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microdoses of LSD Can Decrease Pain Perception - 429 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:22:54] <exec> 08└─20 mic is a normal dose ( a "hit" ). Fucking boomers - they doped to get high and party, and then they pulled "the war on drugs" bullshit*, and so banned research on psychotropic chemicals. Now the clueless millenials are thinking: "oh look at this shiny shit... this is something new." *Crack epidem...
[02:22:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microdoses of LSD Can Decrease Pain Perception - 196 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:22:56] <exec> 08└─Boomers, you say? FFS, just look at Pelosi's face. That woman was an old hag before most boomers were born. It's HER generation that gave us the "war on drugs" bullshit. Grow the fuck up, alright?
[02:23:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sony Introduces Digital Edition PS5 with No CD-ROM/Blu-ray - 207 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:23:17] <exec> 08└─> I hate root kits and that sort of tech, but on the flipside cheaters ruin games I used to think so. Cheaters actually show you how stupid the games are and how stupid one is for wasting their time in them.
[02:23:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sony Introduces Digital Edition PS5 with No CD-ROM/Blu-ray - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:23:18] <exec> 08└─Shit, another $100 on lube for the PS9000 vagina hardware. Money IS tight these days, why can't my console be the same?
[02:23:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sony Introduces Digital Edition PS5 with No CD-ROM/Blu-ray - 279 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:23:20] <exec> 08└─A Playstation 5 with no disk drive, no internet connection, and no active Playstation account is a paperweight. No longer could you buy one from Gamestop or Goodwill or the pawn shop and expect to do anything at all with it. They will be a perfect example of environmental waste.
[02:23:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Spit Test Promises to Diagnose Heart Attacks in Just 10 Minutes - 192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:23:32] <exec> 08└─and I took it as a sign of respect. Unfortunately he was just checking his heart health in the conveniently located Atreidoc 20000 by the door and we were attacked and wiped out that evening.
[02:25:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06US Laptop Shortage Could Derail Remote Learning - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:25:43] <exec> 08└─All the rhetoric...
[02:31:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After Buying DirecTV for $50 Billion in 2015, AT&T Now Seeks to Sell It for Under $20 Billion - 638 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:31:00] <exec> 08└─Oh, I thought YOU were going to help her. :) I would do it if it was my mom. :) I thought I was too, but by the time I got there (I only visit once a month or so, I don't exactly live next door), she had already given up and gone back to her cable TV. And she already had a bunch of other projects fo...
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[03:22:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Offtopic) 02 - 06Microdoses of LSD Can Decrease Pain Perception - 217 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:22:56] <exec> 08└─You are a moron. Yeah, pelossi is a boomer, but why single her out? Why not Biden, Trump, Clintons, etc. etc.? You got some serious GILP problem? "Grow the fuck up", eh? Work out your issues, bro/sis. You AINT RIGHT.
[03:22:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Offtopic) 02 - 06Microdoses of LSD Can Decrease Pain Perception - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:22:57] <exec> 08└─Unlike the others you name, Pelosi was born looking like that. And, people born in 1940 are NOT boomers, ya retread.
[03:22:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Offtopic) 02 - 06Microdoses of LSD Can Decrease Pain Perception - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:22:59] <exec> 08└─Dude(tte), I don't know what's with your obsession with pelossi, but good luck to you. Hehehe.
[03:23:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hartree [195] (Score: 4, Informative) 02 - 06Microdoses of LSD Can Decrease Pain Perception - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:23:01] <exec> 08└─The war on drugs was "declared" by Nixon in 1971. He was born in 1913. That's hardly a boomer.
[03:23:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microdoses of LSD Can Decrease Pain Perception - 607 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:23:04] <exec> 08└─It was reported in the late 1950's or early 1960's that measured doses of LSD could decrease the pain in terminal cancer patients, when nothing else would touch it, including morphine and heroin. Of course they didn't report on the size of the dose, but it also wasn't any minor reduction of pain. Ac...
[03:23:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03NickM [2867] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microdoses of LSD Can Decrease Pain Perception - 411 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:23:06] <exec> 08└─When I was a teen, I used to resell LSD, and I submitted one blotter per sheet to EcstasyData.org. So I assured you that a black and white yingyang from 1995 in Quebec contained 100µg and we called that a standard dose. The red yingyang were known as double dose buvard and they tested at 220µg. Yo...
[03:23:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microdoses of LSD Can Decrease Pain Perception - 491 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:23:08] <exec> 08└─Reading comprehension, much? Boomers didn't (quite yet) hold the reins of power when the War on Drugs was started. There were still a boatload of pre-boomer career politicians calling the shots in Washington. Pelosi is the only obvious pre-boomer I can think of at the moment, who remains in power. O...
[03:23:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microdoses of LSD Can Decrease Pain Perception - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:23:10] <exec> 08└─I have never come across "macho" acid fiends before your sorry ass. "I am so much cooler cuz I eat more acid than you." Fucking moron.
[03:23:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sony Introduces Digital Edition PS5 with No CD-ROM/Blu-ray - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:23:34] <exec> 08└─If you can jailbreak it, you have a very cheap gaming PC, at least at launch. If you can't jailbreak it, you have a walled jail console.
[03:23:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Acabatag [2885] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sony Introduces Digital Edition PS5 with No CD-ROM/Blu-ray - 417 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:23:36] <exec> 08└─In most games, your achievements and your equipment inventory is just some numbers in a proprietary database. And in many games it's how hard you grind to change those numbers that represent your accomplishment. The athleticism is your twitch-response reflexes when holding a little slab of plastic w...
[03:23:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Acabatag [2885] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Sony Introduces Digital Edition PS5 with No CD-ROM/Blu-ray - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:23:38] <exec> 08└─They named the one pig (Gertrude wasn't it?) but it's still just potential bacon and some pork chops. We grilled pork chops this weekend. Yum.
[03:23:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Acabatag [2885] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sony Introduces Digital Edition PS5 with No CD-ROM/Blu-ray - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:23:40] <exec> 08└─A Playstation 5 with no disk drive, no internet connection, and no active Playstation account is a paperweight.
[03:23:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sony Introduces Digital Edition PS5 with No CD-ROM/Blu-ray - 297 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:23:42] <exec> 08└─How do you spend $100 on lube? You must be going to the wrong Adult Stores. It doesn't matter if the clerks are cute women. You are NOT going to make it with them. At All. Your Amazon driver can deliver all the lube you need. Unless there's something I've missed about your recreational practices.
[03:23:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sony Introduces Digital Edition PS5 with No CD-ROM/Blu-ray - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:23:44] <exec> 08└─"the nail in the coffin for the homebrew scene" Not entirely. Homebrew games are still possible on Linux. -- hendrik
[03:23:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Spit Test Promises to Diagnose Heart Attacks in Just 10 Minutes - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:23:57] <exec> 08└─Say, Mister? You couldn't help me find a Dune Cult club to join, could you?
[03:24:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Apple Won’t Let Facebook Tell Users about 30-Percent Apple Tax on Events - 20 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:24:28] <exec> 08└─Safari is the new IE
[03:24:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Won’t Let Facebook Tell Users about 30-Percent Apple Tax on Events - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:24:30] <exec> 08└─Yes! Yes! Flay Facebook with your earbuds! [youtube.com]
[03:26:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06US Laptop Shortage Could Derail Remote Learning - 479 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:26:10] <exec> 08└─Thanks for that link. I don't know what to think. Not sure if I hate it but it's surely highway robbery to charge someone $1,500 for that. There oughta be a law... I recently repaired some top-quality pro audio Sennheiser wireless receivers. It turned out the power supplies had failed, and it was ba...
[03:26:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Acabatag [2885] (Score: 1) 02 - 06US Laptop Shortage Could Derail Remote Learning - 221 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:26:12] <exec> 08└─They used to actually try, and they promoted the idea, that they would delivery Prime marked products in two days. When COVID showed up, they took advantage of the emergency to alter the terms. Near as I can tell, anyway.
[03:26:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Acabatag [2885] (Score: 2) 02 - 06US Laptop Shortage Could Derail Remote Learning - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:26:14] <exec> 08└─Why should the teachers work? Their unions have assured that they'll get paid regardless. There's an emergency on, and all sorts of reasons to take advantage of the fact.
[03:27:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03leon_the_cat [10052] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tools Behind Belarus Internet Censorship Potentially Revealed - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:27:33] <exec> 08└─https://theintercept.com/2020/06/08/the-nyt-admits-key-falsehoods-that-drove-last-years-coup-in-bolivia-falsehoods-peddled-by-the-u-s-its-media-and-the-nyt/ [theintercept.com]
[03:28:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Brave Takes Brave Stand Against Google's Plan to Turn Websites Into Ad-Blocker-Thwarting Web Bundles - 412 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:28:42] <exec> 08└─This sounds ideal for transmission over satellite (one-way) broadcast channels, assuming they can be compressed efficiently. I suppose the HTML/JavaScript content can be minified and the resulting web bundle compressed with an efficient algorithm, e.g. Brotli or maybe one of the PAQ variants. This w...
[03:31:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06After Buying DirecTV for $50 Billion in 2015, AT&T Now Seeks to Sell It for Under $20 Billion - 846 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:31:28] <exec> 08└─As an American I'm not happy to be stereotyped, but many Americans are very much "gotta have it now". My parents were born in the Great Depression into poor families, so I've always been fairly frugal, depending on overall financial situation of course. Speaking of credit cards and insane debt you r...
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[04:22:57] <exec> 08└─Nobody cares what goes down there. Even the Chinese rag on yo ass. Except the koalas. Love them fuckers.
[04:23:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microdoses of LSD Can Decrease Pain Perception - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:23:17] <exec> 08└─Drugpedia backs him up, at least: https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] Does body weight affect the drug? We need real 'Merican doses out here.
[04:23:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sony Introduces Digital Edition PS5 with No CD-ROM/Blu-ray - 215 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:23:48] <exec> 08└─I dont recall seeing anything about Sony allowing linux on their shiny new ps5. I might have missed it. But considering they yanked for previous generations it might be some time before that is even an option again.
[04:24:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03boltronics [580] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Won’t Let Facebook Tell Users about 30-Percent Apple Tax on Events - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:24:34] <exec> 08└─It's interesting how often it seems to be the American companies that hate freedom the most.
[04:26:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03boltronics [580] (Score: 2) 02 - 06US Laptop Shortage Could Derail Remote Learning - 400 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:26:18] <exec> 08└─I was going to say "back in the day we used desktops and usually preferred them", but I see you're looking back a bit further than that. :) Anyway, I'm sure they're not short on both desktops and laptops, and most TVs in the last 10+ years have HDMI ports and function as a monitor in a pinch. Heck,...
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[04:28:50] <exec> 08└─If you are saying that webp is a broken proprietary spec the way Microsoft's offie XML, then citation needed, please. I'm not calling you wrong, but I'd like to see a source. If you just don't like yet another image format, I'm a little less sympathetic. That thinking would have left us with bmp & w...
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[05:22:48] <exec> 08└─Hey, go make me a sandwich and bring me a beer, alright? And get the damn cat off the keyboard!
[05:22:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Speed Test Scam Swindles Thousands - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:22:50] <exec> 08└─Do you mean Nikola Tesla the Serbian inventor who died in poverty or Elon Musk the South African billionaire who stole his name?
[05:22:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Speed Test Scam Swindles Thousands - 269 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:22:52] <exec> 08└─Isn't that the government's job. Also, I imagine the conversation with the scammer would be roughly as follows: Scammer: Your NBN service is too slow. User: Yeah, tell me about it. Scammer: ?!?!? User: And we're in lockdown as well, can't even stream Lovecraft Country.
[05:23:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microdoses of LSD Can Decrease Pain Perception - 261 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:23:13] <exec> 08└─Here's what's going on internally. The LSD is helping you work around the internal depression (of being in chronic pain). When you have some kind of purpose in life, you can put up with things. When you are grumpy and in pain, everything is an unbearable chore.
[05:23:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microdoses of LSD Can Decrease Pain Perception - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:23:14] <exec> 08└─...It's fun to take a trip. Put acid in your veins.
[05:26:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06US Laptop Shortage Could Derail Remote Learning - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:26:18] <exec> 08└─The Dempanic has upended my life,
[05:26:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06US Laptop Shortage Could Derail Remote Learning - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:26:20] <exec> 08└─What IPC did they have before the improvements? What IPC did they have after the improvements?
[05:26:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06US Laptop Shortage Could Derail Remote Learning - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:26:22] <exec> 08└─Ground rods won't stop sudden surges.
[05:26:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06US Laptop Shortage Could Derail Remote Learning - 667 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:26:24] <exec> 08└─Okay, here's my solution for you. Are you ready? :) Besides lots of ground rods and well-connected surge suppressors, cut the coax cable far from the house. Build a small doghouse to house the cable modem (gateway) in the box. At the Ethernet (LAN) jack attach a fiber media converter, and run fiber...
[05:27:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03fakefuck39 [6620] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Tools Behind Belarus Internet Censorship Potentially Revealed - 254 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:27:45] <exec> 08└─Not sure what the denial is supposed to be about, just not interested in what you had to say after skimming the first sentence of your ramble, so I didn't read the rest. Pretty sure you actually said nothing though, but just used a lot of words to do it.
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[06:22:48] <exec> 08└─Sounds to me like he accidentally ran a CloudFormation [amazon.com] with the wrong credentials. The blame on this one sits SQUARELY with Cisco. There is NO WAY his creds should still have been operational. The affected customers should have an excellent case against Cisco on the grounds of negligenc...
[06:22:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Speed Test Scam Swindles Thousands - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:22:59] <exec> 08└─What's with the asshole moderators these days??
[06:23:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03shortscreen [2252] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Speed Test Scam Swindles Thousands - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:23:00] <exec> 08└─1995: scammers send email pretending to be from AOL [phishing.org] 2020: scammers send email that contains a link
[06:26:06] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] 02 - 06US Laptop Shortage Could Derail Remote Learning - 886 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:26:06] <exec> 08└─We're using a laptop as the home schooling computer, but still have a wired big monitor, keyboard, mouse and webcam plugged into it - ignoring the bits on the 2014 Dell which probably cost $4K new - simply because the $20 keyboard/mouse and $25 webcam work better than the stuff built into the laptop...
[06:27:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Tools Behind Belarus Internet Censorship Potentially Revealed - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:27:49] <exec> 08└─Well, obviously you read it if you spent the time to tell me it was nothing. Whatever, peace out
[06:29:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Researchers Develop a Fast, Accurate, Low-Cost COVID-19 Test - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:29:46] <exec> 08└─Well I guess there's a ten percent chance we'll miss you.
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[07:22:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mykl [1112] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Engineer Admits Wiping 456 Cisco AWS WebEx VMs after Leaving, Derailed 16,000 Teams Accounts - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:22:39] <exec> 08└─Just watch Cisco equate "unauthorised access" with "hacking" and leave it to the unwashed masses (i.e. their customers) to draw their own conclusions.
[07:22:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Frosty Piss [4971] (Score: 2, Funny) 02 - 06Engineer Admits Wiping 456 Cisco AWS WebEx VMs after Leaving, Derailed 16,000 Teams Accounts - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:22:41] <exec> 08└─And nothing of value was lost.
[07:22:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06Engineer Admits Wiping 456 Cisco AWS WebEx VMs after Leaving, Derailed 16,000 Teams Accounts - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:22:43] <exec> 08└─Sure, Cisco should have revoked his credentials... standard procedure. But there's no way this is an accident.
[07:22:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Booga1 [6333] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Engineer Admits Wiping 456 Cisco AWS WebEx VMs after Leaving, Derailed 16,000 Teams Accounts - 535 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:22:45] <exec> 08└─No kidding. As a sysadmin I've had all access revoked as soon as I locked my machine and stepped away from my desk on the last day. It shouldn't be some giant task to do that. It should be as simple as disabling or deleting an account. At the VERY worst there might be service accounts he had access...
[07:22:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03coolgopher [1157] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Engineer Admits Wiping 456 Cisco AWS WebEx VMs after Leaving, Derailed 16,000 Teams Accounts - 340 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:22:47] <exec> 08└─Seems quite plausible to me. You normally end up keeping creds for a bunch of AWS accounts in your ~/.aws/credentials file. Depending on your laziness you just mark whatever you're working on as the default creds. Step away from that box for a month (or five) and by the time you come back you might'...
[07:23:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03In hydraulis [386] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Speed Test Scam Swindles Thousands - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:23:00] <exec> 08└─Did you mean Telstra?
[07:23:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Speed Test Scam Swindles Thousands - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:23:01] <exec> 08└─Did you mean Hellstra?
[07:23:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mojibake Tengu [8598] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Speed Test Scam Swindles Thousands - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:23:03] <exec> 08└─Detected a venomous spider inside your keyboard. Do not touch keys! Frankly, I fail to pity those customers...
[07:23:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Speed Test Scam Swindles Thousands - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:23:05] <exec> 08└─There is nothing new under the sun. Except Telsa, they're good.
[07:23:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sony Introduces Digital Edition PS5 with No CD-ROM/Blu-ray - 158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:23:58] <exec> 08└─When you absolutely have to go all in, or you need an extra hand(or three), you gotta buy it by the gallon! SPUNK Lube Pure Silicone 128oz Gallon [amazon.com]
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[08:22:49] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03coolgopher [1157] 02 - 06Engineer Admits Wiping 456 Cisco AWS WebEx VMs after Leaving, Derailed 16,000 Teams Accounts - 302 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:22:49] <exec> 08└─Sounds to me like he accidentally ran a CloudFormation [amazon.com] with the wrong credentials. The blame on this one sits SQUARELY with Cisco. There is NO WAY his creds should still have been operational. The affected customers should have an excellent case against Cisco on the grounds of negligenc...
[08:22:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Engineer Admits Wiping 456 Cisco AWS WebEx VMs after Leaving, Derailed 16,000 Teams Accounts - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:22:55] <exec> 08└─Indeed. We have two mishaps, one a firm who did not revoke credentials. Two an engineer who used said credentials instead of losing them to "some hack"😁.
[08:23:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Speed Test Scam Swindles Thousands - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:23:13] <exec> 08└─There is nothing new under the sun. Except Telsa, they're good.
[08:23:28] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Hartree [195] 02 - 06Microdoses of LSD Can Decrease Pain Perception - 94 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:23:28] <exec> 08└─The war on drugs was "declared" by Nixon in 1971. He was born in 1913. That's hardly a boomer.
[08:23:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03fakefuck39 [6620] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Microdoses of LSD Can Decrease Pain Perception - 2101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:23:37] <exec> 08└─Ketamine is what's currently the standard when pain becomes too high for morphine. Then you step down to morphine. Then you step down to tramadol. Then you step down to codeine. There is nothing wrong with this process. I was on Ketamine followed by the stepped down opiates for 6 months. Unlike what...
[08:23:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microdoses of LSD Can Decrease Pain Perception - 497 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:23:39] <exec> 08└─These well known enthusiasts [erowid.org] have a table indicating 20u on the cusp of "threshold" and "light". The problem with all of these things of course is that it really ought to be ug/kg of body weight. Other factors like gender, tolerance, blood chemistry and who knows what else may come in t...
[08:25:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Coffee and Catnap Keep You Sharp on the Nightshift, Study Suggests - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:25:22] <exec> 08└─Pedantic²: AC never said that office work is all our society needs.
[08:28:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nomad [12524] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Tools Behind Belarus Internet Censorship Potentially Revealed - 1909 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:28:12] <exec> 08└─Long time lurker here, I just created an account to correct your misleading statements. My wife is Belarusian and during the last ten years I have been lots of times there, I have now family and friends in that country and I know it much better than the average westerner. The white-red-white flag wa...
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[09:22:58] <exec> 08└─Leaving Cisco, leaving Vegas; it's all the same, everything stays there, erased in perpetuity. "What happens is Cisco, stays in Cisco!" Strange motto, for a network company.
[09:23:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Speed Test Scam Swindles Thousands - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:23:17] <exec> 08└─Or do you mean the one-armed bandit that screwed our Runaway1956 out of $200? (With the help of Steve Bannon! That guy is sooo smart, yeah?). (Or, Runaway is soooooo dumb.)
[09:24:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sony Introduces Digital Edition PS5 with No CD-ROM/Blu-ray - 1477 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:24:14] <exec> 08└─The consoles are mostly just locked down x86 PCs now (although Xbox One apparently has a Developer Mode [slashgear.com]). PS5/XSX will have some dedicated chips (e.g. audio), faster SSDs than most PCs have, and a better level of raytracing performance than all current PCs. The price/performance on t...
[09:26:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06US Laptop Shortage Could Derail Remote Learning - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:26:49] <exec> 08└─Taiwan is a good friend and ally of the US, so we should be able to get laptops there in the meantime, if China hasn't blockaded them.
[09:26:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06US Laptop Shortage Could Derail Remote Learning - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:26:50] <exec> 08└─https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/Linux-Hardware/Linux-Notebooks/Alle.tuxedo#!#1267,1283 [tuxedocomputers.com] 64GB RAM laptops. What's the problem?
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[10:22:48] <exec> 08└─50 US coal power plants shut under Trump https://phys.org [phys.org] False promises and no understanding of economy. Trump!
[10:23:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Engineer Admits Wiping 456 Cisco AWS WebEx VMs after Leaving, Derailed 16,000 Teams Accounts - 1588 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:23:09] <exec> 08└─Yeah, this story raises my suspicions about a number of things. First, I'm guessing Cisco is engaging in the tradition of scapegoating. They screwed up. Big. Now, they're trying to blame it all on a former employee, and are seeking extreme punishment. There's no excuse for anyone to have that much a...
[10:23:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Speed Test Scam Swindles Thousands - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:23:28] <exec> 08└─Detected a venomous spider inside your keyboard. Do not touch keys!
[10:27:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06US Laptop Shortage Could Derail Remote Learning - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:27:03] <exec> 08└─WTF people, is everyone actually this stupid and soft? Mail out reading assignments and workbook packets.
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[11:23:04] <exec> 08└─[...] According to a court document[*], Ramesh is in the US on an H-1B visa and has a green card application pending.
[11:24:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sony Introduces Digital Edition PS5 with No CD-ROM/Blu-ray - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:24:20] <exec> 08└─I still can't play games that were only released in Japan unless it's ripped. Think about that. They won't take my money.
[11:24:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Spit Test Promises to Diagnose Heart Attacks in Just 10 Minutes - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:24:34] <exec> 08└─Just google it, duh https://www.pornhub.com [pornhub.com]
[11:24:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Spit Test Promises to Diagnose Heart Attacks in Just 10 Minutes - 271 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:24:36] <exec> 08└─- old guy - hnnnnnnnnngg - wat - hnnnnnnnnngg means wat in moribundspeak - oh ok are u having heart attack, spit here - hnnnnnnnnnng - can't spit because hnnnnging? as per instructions sheet, you under heart attack and they all lived happily ever after, minus one old guy
[11:30:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Researchers Develop a Fast, Accurate, Low-Cost COVID-19 Test - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:30:25] <exec> 08└─I wasn't clear enough. If the test is so cheap can be distributed to households, your genetic material stays with you. Kind of a preggo test.
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[12:23:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Engineer Admits Wiping 456 Cisco AWS WebEx VMs after Leaving, Derailed 16,000 Teams Accounts - 244 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:23:11] <exec> 08└─Yep. Then you run "remove all" script you wrote in a minute to avoid any future billing from AWS just while your wife is sreaming do fucking packing as you are leaving the US for good. It is AWS and Sysco fault and they are likely scapegoating.
[12:23:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Engineer Admits Wiping 456 Cisco AWS WebEx VMs after Leaving, Derailed 16,000 Teams Accounts - 193 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:23:13] <exec> 08└─Since Trump defunded the office that handles green cards, it would have taken him five years to get one anyway. Maybe after he gets out, he'll be in the last stage to maybe getting it approved.
[12:24:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sony Introduces Digital Edition PS5 with No CD-ROM/Blu-ray - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:24:32] <exec> 08└─Meh, just means I'll play more PC games instead. I won't pay for a game I don't receive physical media for.
[12:24:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sony Introduces Digital Edition PS5 with No CD-ROM/Blu-ray - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:24:33] <exec> 08└─No, you can't play copies of games released only in Japan that the producer received any money for. There's a subtle (and stupid) difference.
[12:24:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sony Introduces Digital Edition PS5 with No CD-ROM/Blu-ray - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:24:35] <exec> 08└─it's all like a big house of hookers
[12:24:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Spit Test Promises to Diagnose Heart Attacks in Just 10 Minutes - 719 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:24:51] <exec> 08└─Not true. Up to a fourth of heart attacks are missed by doctors - false negatives. It'd safe to assume another quarter is not reported at all. I am the case. I just ignored my firts heart attack - parked on the side of the road and let it pass. I did go to my doctor with the second one and he missed...
[12:27:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06US Laptop Shortage Could Derail Remote Learning - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:27:17] <exec> 08└─RAM prices have remained stagnant since around 2012
[12:27:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Common Joe [33] (Score: 2) 02 - 06US Laptop Shortage Could Derail Remote Learning - 386 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:27:19] <exec> 08└─I just bought a new laptop from Lenovo. It took 7 days to make it (because I configured it) and then it took an additional 10 days to ship it. It floated around several cities in Asia (more than one country) before getting stuck in German customs for a while. (I don't live in the U.S. anymore.) So,...
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[12:27:21] <exec> 08└─What you're suggesting might work, and then the lightning might decide to enter via some other route. We have friends who know someone who had lightning boil the water in their pipes, bursting them all over the house. I'm wondering if our metal roof might become a giant capacitor plate and couple en...
[12:27:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rich [945] (Score: 2) 02 - 06This AI Creates Detailed 3D Renderings from Thousands of Tourist Photos - 764 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:27:45] <exec> 08└─Yup. I meant those. I don't even think they were surprising. Recent commercially available resolutions from LEO seem to be below 30 cm. The NRO will probably laugh at that, but even if that was their limit, too, they could do overlays. I just read up on it (without going too deep) and it looks like...
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[13:22:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Nine Gigawatts of Wind Turbines Were Added Last Year in the US - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:22:48] <exec> 08└─Maybe he isn't as dumb as he seems.
[13:22:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Nine Gigawatts of Wind Turbines Were Added Last Year in the US - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:22:49] <exec> 08└─That's enough to power 7.438 delorians !
[13:22:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03HammeredGlass [12241] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Nine Gigawatts of Wind Turbines Were Added Last Year in the US - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:22:51] <exec> 08└─for being out of service life and they can't be recycled or easily reduced.
[13:23:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03martyb [76] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Speed Test Scam Swindles Thousands [Updates: 1] - 345 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:23:36] <exec> 08└─Ugh. Had recently read a story about a movie about Nikolai Tesla. And about Australian internet backbone company, Telstra. And another about Tesla, the car, battery, and solar power company. My bad. Thanks for pointing out the typo! Story has been updated. Let's hope I did not pull a Muphry [wikiped...
[13:23:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03leon_the_cat [10052] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Speed Test Scam Swindles Thousands [Updates: 1] - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:23:38] <exec> 08└─You missed out Nikola Motors.
[13:24:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microdoses of LSD Can Decrease Pain Perception - 208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:24:04] <exec> 08└─All of the FUD you just created pales into insignificance versus the randomness associated with buying a street drug. Legalize it and people can figure out a suitable dose in about 3 tries. End of discussion.
[13:24:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sony Introduces Digital Edition PS5 with No CD-ROM/Blu-ray - 282 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:24:41] <exec> 08└─We've been using our PS3s 99%+ disc free since 2010... originally bought it as a BluRay disc player, but quickly decided that BluRay was not sufficient value for money. As for games, never met a disc based game more compelling than the games that were available from the hard drive.
[13:25:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Apple Won’t Let Facebook Tell Users about 30-Percent Apple Tax on Events - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:25:32] <exec> 08└─A what? Is that something like Safari?
[13:25:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A Coffee and Catnap Keep You Sharp on the Nightshift, Study Suggests - 410 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:25:59] <exec> 08└─We were doing it way back in 80s while on sysadmin shifts. I'd get a two days off if I pull all nighter sysadmin on IBM-360 after a regular software dev day. A large cap of strong coffe and a nap early night. One wakes up fresh half an hour later. A friend of mine ended up doing this as his regular...
[13:26:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Coffee and Catnap Keep You Sharp on the Nightshift, Study Suggests - 1217 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:26:00] <exec> 08└─Plenty of industries where that's not really the case, even if more and variegated work happens during the day. Plenty of other industries are globally distributed and sometimes meetings have to occur in the dead of night where you are. And yet other jobs one places serious upgrades and acceptance t...
[13:26:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Coffee and Catnap Keep You Sharp on the Nightshift, Study Suggests - 226 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:26:02] <exec> 08└─Maybe. But what I bet would happen is that a 20-30 hour workweek would then cause about 10-20 hours of productive work to occur, and the subsequent necessity to hire twice the number of workers to actually get everything done.
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[14:23:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Machines Rival Expert Analysis of Stored Red Blood Cell Quality - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:23:02] <exec> 08└─but sometimes, it looks like a toaster.
[14:23:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Machines Rival Expert Analysis of Stored Red Blood Cell Quality - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:23:03] <exec> 08└─...and accelerates into parked police cars.
[14:23:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Machines Rival Expert Analysis of Stored Red Blood Cell Quality - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:23:06] <exec> 08└─It's a testament to how technology and science are now interconnecting to solve today's biomedical problems.
[14:23:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Nine Gigawatts of Wind Turbines Were Added Last Year in the US - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:23:17] <exec> 08└─Oh noes. Better dig up some coal.
[14:23:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nine Gigawatts of Wind Turbines Were Added Last Year in the US - 623 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:23:18] <exec> 08└─Trying to gather how much adding 9GW of power would be compared to the total generation and usage. I was actually expecting to see Nuclear being higher, somewhat surprised that the country still seems to be highly depending on Coal and Gas, also I was expecting a lot more hydro-electrical power. Non...
[14:23:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Nine Gigawatts of Wind Turbines Were Added Last Year in the US - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:23:21] <exec> 08└─Maybe he isn't as dumb as he seems.
[14:23:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Nine Gigawatts of Wind Turbines Were Added Last Year in the US - 701 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:23:23] <exec> 08└─Wind in a particularly good year was 7% of power generation. Not impressed. I am also not that impressed by the percentage growth figures because any increase from a small starting point can look impressive when measured that way. The catch is: can it continue to grow at that pace? The factors limit...
[14:23:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03GlennC [3656] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Engineer Admits Wiping 456 Cisco AWS WebEx VMs after Leaving, Derailed 16,000 Teams Accounts - 326 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:23:48] <exec> 08└─To me, both parties made mistakes. Cisco should have disabled Ramesh's accounts immediately after his employment ended. Ramesh should also have deleted any login credentials on his systems. However, given that Ramesh is a "foreigner," and Cisco is "an upstanding American company," guess who's going...
[14:24:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Speed Test Scam Swindles Thousands [Updates: 1] - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:24:11] <exec> 08└─they are told radiation or harmful UV rays will come from the computer and instructed to move away from or cover the screen.
[14:24:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microdoses of LSD Can Decrease Pain Perception - 195 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:24:37] <exec> 08└─A reluctant +1. Microdose LSD is not treating physical symptoms. It's helping deal with the mental reaction to chronic pain. It's giving you "fresh" eyes and getting you out of the same-old rut .
[14:25:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sony Introduces Digital Edition PS5 with No CD-ROM/Blu-ray - 895 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:25:17] <exec> 08└─It's a big if. They are getting better with each and every generation of consoles to keep people out. By locking down the user and removing most forms of allowable software input locally this could be a long time away. If faulty software are the primary attack vector for the last few generations and...
[14:25:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sony Introduces Digital Edition PS5 with No CD-ROM/Blu-ray - 761 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:25:18] <exec> 08└─That sentence was clearly supposed to have been read in the context of the article so regarding the PS5 then. It's not that it can't/won't ever happen. But considering that the disc-exploit took about 20 years to get working, which is three console generations ago, I wouldn't hold my breath for this...
[14:25:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Spit Test Promises to Diagnose Heart Attacks in Just 10 Minutes - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:25:36] <exec> 08└─Pepper spray and paint balls free of charge. Best, The MAGA Army
[14:25:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Spit Test Promises to Diagnose Heart Attacks in Just 10 Minutes - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:25:38] <exec> 08└─Why do you scripts always read like a continuous stream of diarrhea?
[14:26:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Apple Won’t Let Facebook Tell Users about 30-Percent Apple Tax on Events - 410 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:26:15] <exec> 08└─I think the idea is that it is irrelevant to the user (of most apps) what percent of their payment goes where. However, in this case, the payment is going to people much closer to the user than a simple software/service provider. It is their coworkers, so the irrelevance argument starts to sound hol...
[14:28:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06US Laptop Shortage Could Derail Remote Learning - 664 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:28:14] <exec> 08└─Well, maybe I should have said spikes. And by sudden I'm talking about the kind of thing that wouldn't affect an incandescent light bulb, but will burn out typical printed capacitor. For slower changes they're a good answer, even if not full protection, but a transient spike will get through before...
[14:28:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Spider Silk Based Materials to Prevent Infection - 157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:28:56] <exec> 08└─Ha ha ha haaaah! Welcome to the new science. Nothing exists before 2016 and everything was discovered by Chinese grad students in the brief window 2016-2020.
[14:29:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Says It Just Ran the First-Ever Quantum Simulation of a Chemical Reaction - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:29:06] <exec> 08└─Go and watch Star Trek if you want to live in a sci-fi fantasy where knowledge is the priority. Or even in the top 10 list of priorities.
[14:29:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tools Behind Belarus Internet Censorship Potentially Revealed - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:29:44] <exec> 08└─ummm i overrate you 'bags. what is the verb in the phrase I stated as fact?
[14:30:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Brave Takes Brave Stand Against Google's Plan to Turn Websites Into Ad-Blocker-Thwarting Web Bundles - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:30:54] <exec> 08└─Oh, now that MUST be a T-shirt!
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[15:22:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06One Theory Beyond the Standard Model Could Allow Wormholes that You Could Actually Fly Through - 275 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:22:49] <exec> 08└─Practically speaking: world energy consumption in 2013 was 18 TW-year [wikipedia.org]total power received from the Sun in Earth = 1.275e+14 sqm * 1300W [wikipedia.org] = 16500 TW Sobering. And refreshing on the other side: we're still alive and the Earth still almost intact.
[15:22:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03dioxide [7248] (Score: 1) 02 - 06One Theory Beyond the Standard Model Could Allow Wormholes that You Could Actually Fly Through - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:22:51] <exec> 08└─At what point do you start wondering if they're just making up math to fit their fantasy? OTOH, it's my fantasy too, and that'd be pretty damn cool.
[15:22:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06One Theory Beyond the Standard Model Could Allow Wormholes that You Could Actually Fly Through - 694 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:22:53] <exec> 08└─Since when does GR forbid traversable wormholes? Last I heard, wormholes were entirely based on GR. You do run into some conflicts with causality if they're traversable, but strictly linear causality is more of an assumption than a law. And an assumption that's already being called into question by...
[15:22:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06One Theory Beyond the Standard Model Could Allow Wormholes that You Could Actually Fly Through - 292 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:22:55] <exec> 08└─At what point do you create the reality by making up the math? I mean, runaway fission thermonuclear reactions happen with or without knowing how to make them happen, but you have to admit: they have happened a lot more frequently on the Earth since it was understood how to make them happen.
[15:22:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06One Theory Beyond the Standard Model Could Allow Wormholes that You Could Actually Fly Through - 264 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:22:57] <exec> 08└─So, we have experiments where the measurement (interference pattern) is dependent on a future action? Given that, one should be able to encode the winning lottery numbers with future actions and read them from the experimental results before the numbers are drawn.
[15:23:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03nostyle [11497] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Risk of Heart Attacks Halves in Patients with Diabetes in 15 Years - 630 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:23:26] <exec> 08└─A quick web search reveals that the causes of type 2 diabetes are not clear, although risk factors seem to include genetics, obesity, diet, sedentary lifestyle, and use of liquor and tobacco. But last time I checked, they use those same risk factors for heart disease. Now they say that the diabetes...
[15:23:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Engineer Admits Wiping 456 Cisco AWS WebEx VMs after Leaving, Derailed 16,000 Teams Accounts - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:23:47] <exec> 08└─guess who's going to end up taking the fall?
[15:23:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Engineer Admits Wiping 456 Cisco AWS WebEx VMs after Leaving, Derailed 16,000 Teams Accounts - 267 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:23:48] <exec> 08└─This is basically like a bank that gets robbed by their former employee because they left the doors unlocked or didn't bother to change a safe combination after he left, and then tries to blame the ex-employee. What kind of idiot would trust their money to that bank?
[15:26:06] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Marand [1081] 02 - 06Apple Won’t Let Facebook Tell Users about 30-Percent Apple Tax on Events - 23 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:26:06] <exec> 08└─Just go with HTML5 apps
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[16:22:57] <exec> 08└─Rush, rush, rush. Seems most everyone always wants to go faster. Wants things sooner, wants it yesterday. Our Science Fiction is badly infected by that attitude. Most science fiction has some means of Faster Than Light travel, or at least communication. Star Trek has warp drive, Star Wars and many o...
[16:22:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06One Theory Beyond the Standard Model Could Allow Wormholes that You Could Actually Fly Through - 183 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:22:58] <exec> 08└─Every time they talk about wormholes I hear/see the classic Dr.Who, by Delia Derbyshire, intro playing on repeat in my brain. https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com]
[16:23:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06One Theory Beyond the Standard Model Could Allow Wormholes that You Could Actually Fly Through - 427 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:23:00] <exec> 08└─And, on a scale with annual earth-intercepted solar power being a 1, what's the energy requirement to form a 2m diameter wormhole from here to Alpha Centauri? Like 4 Trillion, or??? I can imagine that the first experimental wormhole formations would be... unpredictable, and therefore dangerous on an...
[16:23:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06One Theory Beyond the Standard Model Could Allow Wormholes that You Could Actually Fly Through - 506 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:23:03] <exec> 08└─Yes, that's how it works. Causes and effects do not necessarily come in any particular order in quantum theory. Impossible things at macro scale happen routinely at quantum scale. A problem for exploiting this for lottery, assuming you work out all the other details, is that ticket sales are usually...
[16:23:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06One Theory Beyond the Standard Model Could Allow Wormholes that You Could Actually Fly Through - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:23:05] <exec> 08└─What is Captain Picard but a modernized Christopher Columbus?
[16:23:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Osamabobama [5842] (Score: 2) 02 - 06One Theory Beyond the Standard Model Could Allow Wormholes that You Could Actually Fly Through - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:23:07] <exec> 08└─What is Captain Picard but a modernized Christopher Columbus? 5 year mission, yeah.
[16:23:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06One Theory Beyond the Standard Model Could Allow Wormholes that You Could Actually Fly Through - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:23:09] <exec> 08└─At what point do you start wondering if they're just making up math to fit their fantasy?
[16:23:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06One Theory Beyond the Standard Model Could Allow Wormholes that You Could Actually Fly Through - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:23:11] <exec> 08└─I had not realized that we were classifying civilizations on a Kardashian scale.
[16:23:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Machines Rival Expert Analysis of Stored Red Blood Cell Quality - 20 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:23:22] <exec> 08└─Black Toast Matters!
[16:23:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nine Gigawatts of Wind Turbines Were Added Last Year in the US - 504 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:23:37] <exec> 08└─Nuclear is a workhorse. NYC gets 1/3 of its power from Indian Point up the Hudson. I am not a nuclear booster per se, but they have made major strides with recycling fuel rods so it seems like it should be a greater part of the mix. Coal and gas should be phased out as quickly as possible. For resid...
[16:23:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03bart [2844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nine Gigawatts of Wind Turbines Were Added Last Year in the US - 298 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:23:39] <exec> 08└─And it becomes ca 2GW, or about 2 nuclear plants. On top of that, we still need the conventional plants in case the wind doesn't blow (or blows too hard). And for that we mess up the landscape on a massive scale. No, I don't like wind energy. It's a 17th century solution to a 21st century problem.
[16:24:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Engineer Admits Wiping 456 Cisco AWS WebEx VMs after Leaving, Derailed 16,000 Teams Accounts - 931 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:24:08] <exec> 08└─Cisco should have disabled Ramesh's accounts immediately after his employment ended. Ramesh should also have deleted any login credentials on his systems. If Ramesh had deleted login credentials, he wouldn't have been able to log in and trash stuff. Why would he want to do this? This is like blaming...
[16:24:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03GlennC [3656] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Engineer Admits Wiping 456 Cisco AWS WebEx VMs after Leaving, Derailed 16,000 Teams Accounts - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:24:10] <exec> 08└─Why would he want to do this?
[16:24:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Osamabobama [5842] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Engineer Admits Wiping 456 Cisco AWS WebEx VMs after Leaving, Derailed 16,000 Teams Accounts - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:24:12] <exec> 08└─The affected customers should have an excellent case against Cisco on the grounds of negligence.
[16:25:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sony Introduces Digital Edition PS5 with No CD-ROM/Blu-ray - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:25:41] <exec> 08└─So, no PC games either then, 'eh? There are very few physical media PC games.
[16:26:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Spit Test Promises to Diagnose Heart Attacks in Just 10 Minutes - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:26:01] <exec> 08└─I expect I'd be better off without that site in my browser history.
[16:29:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06This AI Creates Detailed 3D Renderings from Thousands of Tourist Photos - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:29:03] <exec> 08└─Assuming both states are very good at it, there's no reason why it couldn't be just as easily manufactured. Thus, unbelievable.
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[17:22:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Simple Cells Just Solved One of the World's Most Infamous Mazes - 259 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:22:43] <exec> 08└─If you have chemosensors sensitive to relative concentrations of attractant, filling the maze with attractant concentrated at the exit point is about the same as installing sequential flashing lights leading to the way out (for players who can see the light.)
[17:22:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Simple Cells Just Solved One of the World's Most Infamous Mazes - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:22:45] <exec> 08└─life does what life tends to do: explore the vicinity while exploiting resources
[17:23:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06One Theory Beyond the Standard Model Could Allow Wormholes that You Could Actually Fly Through - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:23:06] <exec> 08└─your scheme only gives exploitable information moments before the drawing. I guess this was planned for from the start.
[17:23:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06One Theory Beyond the Standard Model Could Allow Wormholes that You Could Actually Fly Through - 667 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:23:07] <exec> 08└─Picard had a couple of centuries of decent telescopic information about the territory he was sailing into, information from the Vulcans, Kirk, and what-all. He also had "subspace" communications with the entire fleet, when needed - a telepath advisor, reliable medical care, onboard resources for yea...
[17:23:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06One Theory Beyond the Standard Model Could Allow Wormholes that You Could Actually Fly Through - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:23:09] <exec> 08└─I have clearly underestimated your plan, for which I publicly apologize, and lend my support.
[17:23:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03jimtheowl [5929] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nine Gigawatts of Wind Turbines Were Added Last Year in the US - 273 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:23:36] <exec> 08└─It is obviously not a solution in itself, but established energy interests do not like their profit margins to be cut into. And for that, silly argument such as 'we don't like the look of them' are common. As for the century, what do you make of the wheel as an invention?
[17:23:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nine Gigawatts of Wind Turbines Were Added Last Year in the US - 501 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:23:37] <exec> 08└─Trump's war on windmills continues [cnn.com] [ . . . ] Americans have the President whose hatred of windmills is no less epic. He thinks they're cancer-causing bird killers that drive down property values, and he fought against putting them within sight of his golf course. [ . . . ] "I never underst...
[17:23:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nine Gigawatts of Wind Turbines Were Added Last Year in the US - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:23:39] <exec> 08└─Maybe he isn't as dumb as he seems.
[17:23:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Nine Gigawatts of Wind Turbines Were Added Last Year in the US - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:23:41] <exec> 08└─yes. i want a small solar+hydrogen power plant for my house that costs $5-10k.
[17:23:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dr Spin [5239] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Risk of Heart Attacks Halves in Patients with Diabetes in 15 Years - 768 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:23:50] <exec> 08└─My non scientific meta-analysis of the evidence says of type II diabetes: 1/3 of cases are caused by gut bacteria - removal of gut by gunshot wound/car accident/medical operation - causes diabetes to go in 3 days1/3 cases are caused by obesity (requires genetic factor) - diabetes goes away only afte...
[17:25:13] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03c0lo [156] 02 - 06Sony Introduces Digital Edition PS5 with No CD-ROM/Blu-ray - 38 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:25:13] <exec> 08└─Digital-only holds no interest for me.
[17:26:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Osamabobama [5842] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Won’t Let Facebook Tell Users about 30-Percent Apple Tax on Events - 308 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:26:38] <exec> 08└─I just listened to a podcast [malicious.life] about the great firewall of China and the companies that helped build it. Aside from the usual American companies (of that time*), honorable mention goes to Nortel for furthering the surveillance state at home and abroad. *This was pre-Facebook times, of...
[17:28:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Osamabobama [5842] (Score: 2) 02 - 06US Laptop Shortage Could Derail Remote Learning - 695 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:28:38] <exec> 08└─I just poked around looking for that answer, and discovered that generally, IPC is measured in % improvement over an ever-shifting baseline. However, I did find actual numbers between 3.1 and 3.6 for some processors. There was also a vague reference to a theoretical maximum of 4.0, with current arch...
[17:28:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06US Laptop Shortage Could Derail Remote Learning - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:28:39] <exec> 08└─They haven't become significantly lower than they were in 2012-2013. The temporary price hikes just make it worse.
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[18:22:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Simple Cells Just Solved One of the World's Most Infamous Mazes - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:22:53] <exec> 08└─Whadda got to lose?
[18:23:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06One Theory Beyond the Standard Model Could Allow Wormholes that You Could Actually Fly Through - 407 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:23:17] <exec> 08└─Columbus brought back slaves because he wanted to justify his mission to the king, if you want something evil from him, he imposed taxation. Slavery is widespread nowadays, only because you do it by proxy, using money, laws, peer pressure it does not mean it is not there. So being up in arms about "...
[18:23:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06One Theory Beyond the Standard Model Could Allow Wormholes that You Could Actually Fly Through - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:23:18] <exec> 08└─When a wormhole opens, it creates a sudden drop in surrounding atmospheric pressure, possibly making it difficult for humans in the vicinity to breathe, especially if inside a building.
[18:23:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06One Theory Beyond the Standard Model Could Allow Wormholes that You Could Actually Fly Through - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:23:20] <exec> 08└─Thank you for inspiring my sig. As a special thank you, I will tell you that 29e051c90531025e6edca9c8e9376005 is the MD5 hash of "Sucker"
[18:23:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06One Theory Beyond the Standard Model Could Allow Wormholes that You Could Actually Fly Through - 171 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:23:22] <exec> 08└─> Picard may be fictional, but his character and navigational skills seem somewhat better. Yeah, it's pretty easy to develop mad navigational skillz when one is fictional.
[18:23:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 3, Touché) 02 - 06One Theory Beyond the Standard Model Could Allow Wormholes that You Could Actually Fly Through - 211 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:23:25] <exec> 08└─Every time they talk about wormholes, I think about a half eaten apple. As Peter Sellers in some movie went: what's worse than biting an apple and find a worm inside? biting an apple and find half a worm inside.
[18:23:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Nine Gigawatts of Wind Turbines Were Added Last Year in the US - 874 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:23:55] <exec> 08└─You are bad at arithmetic. As a matter of fact, I'll bet you have never even DONE the arithmetic. Wind power is but a mousefart compared to what nuclear, gas, or coal can produce. You need vast areas covered by windmills to still not equal what one good traditional power plant provides. Even then, y...
[18:24:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Engineer Admits Wiping 456 Cisco AWS WebEx VMs after Leaving, Derailed 16,000 Teams Accounts - 1228 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:24:29] <exec> 08└─Cisco has aweful history of treating employees and half of the shit they fling is borderline illegal which is why they require H1Bs. A junior of mine had a job of administration their Jenkins server running over kubernetes. He triggered a clone of a node and for some reason that triggered an alert....
[18:25:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microdoses of LSD Can Decrease Pain Perception - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:25:20] <exec> 08└─yeah i used to resell sheets of paper and gel acid from the US southwest in the early 90's and you are correct. 100-300 micrograms,
[18:25:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microdoses of LSD Can Decrease Pain Perception - 261 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:25:21] <exec> 08└─Tolerance for lsd and mushrooms develops relatively rapidly and dissipates relatively rapidly. So, if microdosing, you should probably use the "once every three days" schedule for LSD. Psilocybin can probably be "4 on, 3 off", per The Exalted One, Paul Stamets.
[18:25:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microdoses of LSD Can Decrease Pain Perception - 513 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:25:23] <exec> 08└─this is a decent explanation. Mushrooms do something similar. They change your relationship with pain. i took a low macrodose a few weeks ago and i have chronic back pain and a tore up shoulder and while tripping i quit feeling sorry for myself and decided that i need to exercise and stretch more, e...
[18:25:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Microdoses of LSD Can Decrease Pain Perception - 365 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:25:25] <exec> 08└─it's not a lie, just not explained properly. pain relief does not necessarily mean pain removal at the source like deadening nerves like opiods. You can get real, actual relief by not processing the pain in the same way. It's also possible the effect works better with different types of pain. Having...
[18:25:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microdoses of LSD Can Decrease Pain Perception - 1087 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:25:28] <exec> 08└─Sorry to hear about what happened to you. I hate tramadol. It made me feel this 'buzz' like I couldn't sit still. Couldn't be comfortable unless I was constantly moving my extremities (fingers, legs, arms, etc). This was given by arthritis specialist, to take every day. Auditory hallucinations was t...
[18:27:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Apple Won’t Let Facebook Tell Users about 30-Percent Apple Tax on Events - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:27:04] <exec> 08└─People who buy Apple products are definitely not poor.
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[19:22:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Touché) 02 - 06Thunderbird 78 Now Supports OpenPGP Out of the Box - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:22:49] <exec> 08└─This might have been useful oh, TWENTY YEARS AGO.
[19:22:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Simple Cells Just Solved One of the World's Most Infamous Mazes - 384 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:22:59] <exec> 08└─sort of. more like bread crumbs instead of blinkenlights. note how the leading amoebae had success, but they ate the bread crumbs. the trailing amoebae had about 50:50 odds. I guess the takeaway is amoebaants. ants on the other hand... drunken walk for the first few, ants into the maze, but by the 1...
[19:23:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06One Theory Beyond the Standard Model Could Allow Wormholes that You Could Actually Fly Through - 267 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:23:28] <exec> 08└─This works so well, four years ago someone picked up on the idea and made a video about it! And yes, you can totally do this... Unfortunately, you can't recover the information until you get corresponding classical information. https://youtu.be [youtu.be]
[19:23:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06One Theory Beyond the Standard Model Could Allow Wormholes that You Could Actually Fly Through - 304 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:23:29] <exec> 08└─Fuller and Wheeler showed that they are unstable and that their ends pinch off faster than light can traverse them. Ever since that paper, people have been looking for the conditions for them to be traversable. Kip Thorne found a solution in the 80s, but it required unphysical space-time stress tens...
[19:23:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06One Theory Beyond the Standard Model Could Allow Wormholes that You Could Actually Fly Through - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:23:31] <exec> 08└─tl:dr - Wormholes suck!
[19:23:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Machines Rival Expert Analysis of Stored Red Blood Cell Quality - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:23:42] <exec> 08└─Does that make you horny, baby?
[19:24:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Nine Gigawatts of Wind Turbines Were Added Last Year in the US - 277 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:24:05] <exec> 08└─Nukes generate gigawatts of electricity day in, day out, night or day, while emitting ZERO carbon dioxide. Why hell aren't we building MORE? The waste issue is a non-issue with fuel reprocessing. If you truly care about global warming, nukes have to be one of the cornerstones.
[19:24:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Engineer Admits Wiping 456 Cisco AWS WebEx VMs after Leaving, Derailed 16,000 Teams Accounts - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:24:41] <exec> 08└─No, obviously it's China's fault, because everything bad that happens is their fault. TRDT
[19:26:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sony Introduces Digital Edition PS5 with No CD-ROM/Blu-ray - 211 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:26:19] <exec> 08└─No. It's not likely Sony will make Linux available on the PS5. So don't waste money buying one. If you're into homebrew, do it in Linux on a regular computer. The Linux gaming community could use you. -- hendrik
[19:29:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06US Laptop Shortage Could Derail Remote Learning - 294 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:29:21] <exec> 08└─Double digit *percentage* improvements would make sense. I was scared by the concept of double-digit IPC improvements. Not that I've been following architectures for nearly a couple of decades since DEC was ruling the roost with their Alpha, and figures approaching 4 were the target back then.
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[20:23:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mojibake Tengu [8598] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Thunderbird 78 Now Supports OpenPGP Out of the Box - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:23:15] <exec> 08└─It took 17 years to implement this feature.
[20:23:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Thunderbird 78 Now Supports OpenPGP Out of the Box - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:23:17] <exec> 08└─Thunderbird? I'll keep the box What happened twenty years ago?
[20:23:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Thunderbird 78 Now Supports OpenPGP Out of the Box - 365 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:23:19] <exec> 08└─What DIDN'T happen 20 years ago is the question. Email was just then being adopted as a communication tool by the masses and the major players never released and made "standard" encrypted email and the required crypto infrastructure. There was a moment when encrypted email could've been the norm, bu...
[20:23:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Thunderbird 78 Now Supports OpenPGP Out of the Box - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:23:21] <exec> 08└─So, dependence on the major players is the problem. Who let that happen?
[20:23:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Thunderbird 78 Now Supports OpenPGP Out of the Box - 522 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:23:23] <exec> 08└─The only way something like PGP is worthwhile is if most everybody uses it - sort of the opposite of what the US Department of Commerce has been pushing since, oh, forever. If you PGP encrypt your e-mail, you've just flagged yourself as a weirdo minority with something to hide - guess who goes to th...
[20:24:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06One Theory Beyond the Standard Model Could Allow Wormholes that You Could Actually Fly Through - 629 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:24:04] <exec> 08└─I concur, "modern slavery" exists, and is widespread, but it's quite a bit improved from the days of literal slaver ships with property clapped in irons for the crossing. May we continue to improve: with UBI sufficient to provide food and shelter we would remove the fear of hunger and exposure from...
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[20:25:03] <exec> 08└─Yeah, this story raises my suspicions about a number of things. First, I'm guessing Cisco is engaging in the tradition of scapegoating. They screwed up. Big. Now, they're trying to blame it all on a former employee, and are seeking extreme punishment. There's no excuse for anyone to have that much a...
[20:25:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03inertnet [4071] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Engineer Admits Wiping 456 Cisco AWS WebEx VMs after Leaving, Derailed 16,000 Teams Accounts - 225 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:25:15] <exec> 08└─I was going to say that he'll never be able to get an honest job for the rest of his life, but (from TFA): Nonetheless, Ramesh's current employer, personalized fashion biz Stitch Fix, appears keen to keep him on, if possible.
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[21:22:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FBI Warns of an Increase in Online Romance Scams - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:22:48] <exec> 08└─Know all them teenage girls on the net? Yep, FBI fishing for all you pedos.
[21:22:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FBI Warns of an Increase in Online Romance Scams - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:22:50] <exec> 08└─20,000 scamming. Almost 500,000,000 scammed. Netting almost 25,000 Per Scam. Dating sure is risky business.
[21:23:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03tizan [3245] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Thunderbird 78 Now Supports OpenPGP Out of the Box - 201 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:23:03] <exec> 08└─SSL, TLS, and STARTTLS basically encrypts at email servers level....of send/receive. So this is useful only if you donot trust your server managers right ?...so you encrypt at email reader and writer ?
[21:23:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Thunderbird 78 Now Supports OpenPGP Out of the Box - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:23:04] <exec> 08└─That smug approach never got the job done. For most people to use something, you have to make it the default for most people. This is how standards that rely on network effects get adopted.
[21:23:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03PinkyGigglebrain [4458] (Score: 2) 02 - 06One Theory Beyond the Standard Model Could Allow Wormholes that You Could Actually Fly Through - 244 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:23:48] <exec> 08└─Columbus was literally sailing over the edge of the earth, not only where no European man had gone before, but where no (southern) European man had ever received any shred of reliable information from, on three scraps of wood blown by the wind.
[21:24:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03chr [4123] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Nine Gigawatts of Wind Turbines Were Added Last Year in the US - 462 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:24:23] <exec> 08└─Do you have a reference for the 20% capacity factor? For US wind in 2019, it's more like 34.8% according to [1]. A wind farm can certainly have a higher capacity factor than that, e.g. 48% for the danish wind farm Horns Rev 2 (measured over seven years). [1] https://www.eia.gov
[21:24:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03jimtheowl [5929] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nine Gigawatts of Wind Turbines Were Added Last Year in the US - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:24:24] <exec> 08└─"We can't be completely solar and wind." You are arguing statements that I did not make, so you are bad at honesty.
[21:26:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sony Introduces Digital Edition PS5 with No CD-ROM/Blu-ray - 16 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:26:36] <exec> 08└─FOREVER AND EVER
[21:26:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sony Introduces Digital Edition PS5 with No CD-ROM/Blu-ray - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:26:37] <exec> 08└─I'll play more PC games instead. I won't pay for a game I don't receive physical media for.
[21:26:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sony Introduces Digital Edition PS5 with No CD-ROM/Blu-ray - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:26:39] <exec> 08└─There was porn of the console on day one. The thirst is real.
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[22:22:54] <exec> 08└─I don't know about you, but the first and only dating sites I enjoy are ones with available Nigerian women. /just kidding
[22:22:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FBI Warns of an Increase in Online Romance Scams - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:22:56] <exec> 08└─Stupid people make stupid decisions. News at 11.
[22:22:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FBI Warns of an Increase in Online Romance Scams - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:22:58] <exec> 08└─an ongoing criminal activity that continues to cause large financial losses along with emotional effects with unpredictable consequences.
[22:22:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FBI Warns of an Increase in Online Romance Scams - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:23:00] <exec> 08└─By definition, anyone attracted to teenage girls is not a pedophile, as pedophilia is attraction to prepubescent children who are under 12 years old.
[22:23:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Thunderbird 78 Now Supports OpenPGP Out of the Box - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:23:15] <exec> 08└─do not trust your server managers
[22:23:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Thunderbird 78 Now Supports OpenPGP Out of the Box - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:23:16] <exec> 08└─"Standards" come a dime a dozen, and are pushed by salesmen. The best ones rarely survive.
[22:23:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Thunderbird 78 Now Supports OpenPGP Out of the Box - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:23:18] <exec> 08└─I wonder what shit breath tastes like.
[22:23:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Thunderbird 78 Now Supports OpenPGP Out of the Box - 468 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:23:21] <exec> 08└─Problem is, if the other end doesn't use it then you can't either. Which made it kinda worthless. Unless you're in some shady group and y'all decide to use PGP, in which case you're kinda, I dunno, shady. Using PGP to meet the wife for lunch, when she didn't get it, was kinda pointless. Great idea,...
[22:24:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06One Theory Beyond the Standard Model Could Allow Wormholes that You Could Actually Fly Through - 238 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:24:03] <exec> 08└─Biting an apple and finding a quarter of a worm is even worse. Biting an apple and finding an eighth of a worm is even worse than that. Take that to the limit, and the worst possibly outcome from biting an apple is to find no worm at all!
[22:24:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03istartedi [123] (Score: 2) 02 - 06One Theory Beyond the Standard Model Could Allow Wormholes that You Could Actually Fly Through - 272 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:24:04] <exec> 08└─Even if it's a small fraction of c, the utility could be in the "cleanliness". A worm-hole free of radiation, dust and debris might be the only safe way to reach the stars. It might still be multi-generational, or maybe not if you could obtain a significant fraction of c.
[22:24:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Username [4557] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nine Gigawatts of Wind Turbines Were Added Last Year in the US - 508 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:24:41] <exec> 08└─Well, did a wind powered boat bring these turbines from china? Did a wind powered truck haul it down the road? Did a wind powered crane put it together? Doesn't really seem sustainable without a petroleum based backend. It's not a long term solution to our energy needs either. We would have to go ba...
[22:26:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03fakefuck39 [6620] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Microdoses of LSD Can Decrease Pain Perception - 1937 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:26:11] <exec> 08└─Egh, shit happens. In my case it was boiling peanut oil on the stove, and the shit boiling over the top, firing up from the stove, and exploding all over me and the kitchen. And of course the french landlord I was renting from thought it was a good idea for the fire extinguisher to be nice and secur...
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[23:22:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03barbara hudson [6443] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Google Adds Licensing Information to Image Search - 178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:47] <exec> 08└─1. Post "found" pictures claiming copyright 2. Sell copies 3. PROFIT! It's not like google and YouTube haven't enabled people to claim copyright on other people's work before.
[23:22:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0, Informative) 02 - 06SoylentNews Site Update: Server Rebuilds and Reboots, Editor Stats, F@H, Thanks, and More! - 396 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:54] <exec> 08└─> Also, there is not just one virus. It has been mutating as it spreads Frequent mutations in the envelope protein and are none-functional changes. This article says there are 6 strains [phys.org] which is silly. [virology.ws] Counter to that last link, the "S strain" arguably is since the spike pro...
[23:22:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03jelizondo [653] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Site Update: Server Rebuilds and Reboots, Editor Stats, F@H, Thanks, and More! - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:56] <exec> 08└─Thanks to the editors, TMB and everyone who makes this site possible! Cheers!
[23:23:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FBI Warns of an Increase in Online Romance Scams - 180 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:23:10] <exec> 08└─Well, modulo the cross product of English and set theory. I think that's called ephebophilia, but maybe I'm confusing that with an attraction to certain tarantulas [wikipedia.org].
[23:23:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06FBI Warns of an Increase in Online Romance Scams - 484 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:23:11] <exec> 08└─Early 80s, dating apps. A friend and I setup accounts, nothing. A month goes by, nada. Another month, we get the bright idea to setup fake accounts where we are female. We could not keep up. This was the era of 1200/2400 baud modems, I could read at 1200 baud but not 2400. Dan and I were just inunda...
[23:23:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03barbara hudson [6443] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FBI Warns of an Increase in Online Romance Scams - 704 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:23:13] <exec> 08└─See, you were ahead of your time. Almost all the women on dating sites are bots, so it really is "computer dating." So many of the women are male Nigerians. They are even using voice changers for voice calls, but you can bet they won't FaceTime or Skype or Zoom their victims. Dating sites should b...
[23:23:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06FBI Warns of an Increase in Online Romance Scams - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:23:15] <exec> 08└─I'm fairly sure that the accuracy of the term is not something that normal people care about.
[23:23:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score: 2) 02 - 06FBI Warns of an Increase in Online Romance Scams - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:23:18] <exec> 08└─Something tells me that nobody that visits this site is likely to need this warning. Unless perhaps the scammers hang out here, which I suppose is probable.
[23:24:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06One Theory Beyond the Standard Model Could Allow Wormholes that You Could Actually Fly Through - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:24:20] <exec> 08└─minor quibble: chris was real, jim and john-fluke were fiction.
[23:24:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06One Theory Beyond the Standard Model Could Allow Wormholes that You Could Actually Fly Through - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:24:21] <exec> 08└─Oh yea! And you know the difference between a type I and type II Kardashian? The amount of energy harvested for cosmetic use.
[23:24:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06One Theory Beyond the Standard Model Could Allow Wormholes that You Could Actually Fly Through - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:24:23] <exec> 08└─It might not be human traversable, but it would still be extremely useful and revolutionary physics if you can even shove a photon through it.
[23:25:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03fakefuck39 [6620] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Engineer Admits Wiping 456 Cisco AWS WebEx VMs after Leaving, Derailed 16,000 Teams Accounts - 1151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:25:36] <exec> 08└─They issued refunds. What, pray tell would the excellent case against Cisco be here? If you buy a laptop on Amazon that you needed for an important meeting, you power it up, and it doesn't work, do you now have a case against Amazon because they screwed up your meeting? What if you're hosting a dinn...
[23:26:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Speed Test Scam Swindles Thousands [Updates: 1] - 445 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:26:00] <exec> 08└─Submitter here. That's not a typo. No one in their right mind would think Testra is "good". They are the AT&T of Australia. Think Ma Bell with less good intent and no social conscious. The NBN should have ended their reign of terror but alas Telstra continues to exist. Telstra used to be " Telecom A...
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