#comments | Logs for 2016-12-25

« return
[00:21:11] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[00:21:11] <exec> last cid = 445675
[00:22:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Buy a Google - 06Raspberry Pi's PIXEL Linux Desktop Environment Now Available for X86 Pcs - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:22:24] <exec> 08└─Pixel is the best Phone of all time. Accept no similarly named Things which exist to confuse you. Buy a Google Pixel today. Love your Google.
[00:22:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02OS vs Hardware - 06Raspberry Pi's PIXEL Linux Desktop Environment Now Available for X86 Pcs - 848 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:22:25] <exec> 08└─I really hate the confusion. In one place (title here) it says "X86 Pcs" (thats the correct thing to say, though is should be "x86" and "PCs"), in another its "Windows or Mac PC" (Why mention some example OSs you might already have on your PC?) and https://www.raspberrypi.org [ras...
[00:22:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Chromium_One [4574] (Score:2) 02Pixel Desktop on pi3 - 06Raspberry Pi's PIXEL Linux Desktop Environment Now Available for X86 Pcs - 307 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:22:27] <exec> 08└─Pixel desktop is well optimized for running on rpi3, it actually makes for an almost usable low-end desktop. That is where it's usefulness ends. Has some stupid arbitrary limitations that annoyed the piss out of me on the pi, and I can see zero reason to deal with anything resembling on a non-toy co...
[00:22:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Downloaded - 06Raspberry Pi's PIXEL Linux Desktop Environment Now Available for X86 Pcs - 565 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:22:29] <exec> 08└─There is, at this point in time, no installer. You can ONLY run it as a live OS. It is very definitely a lightweight OS, because there is almost nothing there. I didn't pry the hood open yet, just fired up the VM from the ISO file, and looked at the menu. The desktop is pretty. You may have to disab...
[00:22:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nerdfest [80] (Score:2) 02Re:Always seemed like a terrible idea - 06China’s Road-Straddling Bus Has Been Blocking Traffic for Months - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:22:40] <exec> 08└─Ever seen a blow-out on a semi? Many bikers refer to the area beside a semi as the "death zone".
[00:22:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Get a Fucking Clue - 06China’s Road-Straddling Bus Has Been Blocking Traffic for Months - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:22:42] <exec> 08└─That thing turned out to be a bogus plastic model built specifically to commit investment fraud - there is functioning part in it.
[00:23:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02I've interviewed with Google six times - 06Even Your Watercooler is Confidential Nowadays - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:23:01] <exec> 08└─the last time I terminated the process before the on-site. I don't work for a company that prefers to be evil.
[00:23:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Make Niggeria Great Again - 06Smugglers Busted Trying to Bring Plastic Rice into Nigeria - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:23:45] <exec> 08└─Nah. The smart people just avoid black santa.
[00:25:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02+1 Thank You - 06Facebook Lurking Makes You Miserable, Says Study - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:25:40] <exec> 08└─I have to admit that Soylent was right, in that accepting the subsidized housing enabled me to get back to work. Soon I'll be paying my own rent.
[00:26:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03barbara hudson [6443] (Score:1) 02Re:So what's the problem again? - 06The Man Who Mistook His Wife for an Imposter - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:26:31] <exec> 08└─I remember you from the old site! Good to see you again.
[00:26:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03barbara hudson [6443] (Score:1) 02Re:The Man Who Mistook His Wife for an Imposter - 06The Man Who Mistook His Wife for an Imposter - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:26:35] <exec> 08└─Could work with twin sisters. But no matter what, you're in for some serious dog-house time.
[00:26:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03coolgopher [1157] (Score:2) 02Re:Variation I - 06A Christmas Miracle for Soylent News? - 2157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:26:59] <exec> 08└─I don't see anywhere in your argument why we'd need more fossil fuel right now - the world is happily producing the energy we currently need, and installations of renewables are being added faster than coal fired plants (largely because the former now have a better ROI). You're spot on both that dev...
[00:27:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:Variation I - 06A Christmas Miracle for Soylent News? - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:27:02] <exec> 08└─the billions in repair costs, maintenance, hospital bills, portable generators, etc, certainly are a big deal.
[00:27:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:You say that... - 06A Christmas Miracle for Soylent News? - 198 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:27:12] <exec> 08└─There's no reason to believe that we can continue to innovate our way around this problem when we don't even know what land is going to be available between rising oceans and changing weather plans.
[00:27:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:You say that... - 06A Christmas Miracle for Soylent News? - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:27:17] <exec> 08└─Big problems are often fixed by addressing all the little problems that make them up.
[00:31:37] <exec> count new = 15
[00:31:37] <exec> count top = 0
[00:31:37] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[01:21:11] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[01:21:11] <exec> last cid = 445693
[01:22:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] (Score:2) 02Re:Could be worse - 06Even Your Watercooler is Confidential Nowadays - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:22:49] <exec> 08└─"Don't be evil" was the corporate motto of Google. Alphabet however has no such motto. Hence, problem solved.
[01:22:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02cue the "private corporation" BS - 06Even Your Watercooler is Confidential Nowadays - 447 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:22:55] <exec> 08└─Google and company are not government. That is, they have the right to decide what is to be done with their "private" information. Same arguments for censorship, right? If you don't like working for the bastards, you better hit the road, and you better keep your mouth shut. Remember, Google has all...
[01:23:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03blackhawk [5275] (Score:2) 02Re:My question is - 06Smugglers Busted Trying to Bring Plastic Rice into Nigeria - 688 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:23:45] <exec> 08└─It's worth remembering that China acts as the world's garbage bin for dumping and recycling of plastic. Some smart person realised that a lot of the ships returning to China were empty, so they started to charge for taking away the excess tons of plastic from the US / etc and "recycling" it. They do...
[01:24:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03quacking duck [1395] (Score:2) 02Re:Fun times. - 06"Galaxy Note 7" Wi-Fi SSID Delays U.S. Flight - 219 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:24:24] <exec> 08└─I know you're just joking, but... I can't even get the airport's wifi from the terminal once I'm on the plane, and that's a mere tens of metres away. Your phone from the nearest parking lot isn't going to even register.
[01:31:29] <exec> count new = 4
[01:31:29] <exec> count top = 0
[01:31:29] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[02:21:11] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[02:21:11] <exec> last cid = 445698
[02:22:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03opinionated_science [4031] (Score:2) 02excellent...! - 06First Pan-STARRS Digital Sky Survey Released - 207 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:22:18] <exec> 08└─A very worthwhile and important project - learning as much about our universe as possible. And the geek in me thinks "this will all be in my home NAS in 3 years". Once they make Petabyte drives of course ;-)
[02:22:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score:2) 02Which is it? - 06First Pan-STARRS Digital Sky Survey Released - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:22:19] <exec> 08└─Now which is it? 2 billion petabytes or 2 million gigabytes. They're not even close.
[02:22:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Pixel Desktop on pi3 - 06Raspberry Pi's PIXEL Linux Desktop Environment Now Available for x86 PCs - 158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:22:30] <exec> 08└─some stupid arbitrary limitations that annoyed the piss out of me on the pi, and I can see zero reason to deal with anything resembling on a non-toy computer.
[02:22:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02They disarm you long before they come to kill you. - 06Even Your Watercooler is Confidential Nowadays - 416 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:22:58] <exec> 08└─First they discredit you. Then they disarm you. Then they demonize you. Then they come to euthanize you. And then there is nobody left to stop their advance. (Well, except the people who could have stopped it but didn't because it was advantageous to them or would have compromised their sources, but...
[02:23:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:1) 02Re:Could be worse - 06Even Your Watercooler is Confidential Nowadays - 298 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:23:00] <exec> 08└─Even if a corporation is evil, it's often cheaper to settle than it is to fight. It probably happens a lot more than you realize, but we don't hear about it because of silence being a term of the settlement. Even settling involves lawyering up, and that costs money a lot of little guys don't have.
[02:23:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02They are not government... - 06Even Your Watercooler is Confidential Nowadays - 441 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:23:09] <exec> 08└─Only because being non-governmental allowed them to take advantage of loopholes in constitutional protection by becoming the willing aggregator and supplier of domestic intelligence to the US intelligence community. Did everyone forget when they got access to that airfield in Washington for their 74...
[02:23:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:1) 02Re: National Agency For Food and Drug Denies Story - 06Smugglers Busted Trying to Bring Plastic Rice into Nigeria - 427 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:23:48] <exec> 08└─Ever use a molded mouthguard? The kind you boil for a bit and then bite down on so that it molds to your teeth and gumbs? Whatever that shit is, it's sticky after boiling. I could easily see pellets made from the clear variety, which hold their shape just enough and become sticky enough to be confus...
[02:28:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Subsentient [1111] (Score:2) 02Re:Sorry to hear that. - 06Back to Linux, and Not Impressed - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:28:28] <exec> 08└─Yeah, but in my experience you don't have that, just window tearing during dragging.
[02:30:48] <exec> count new = 8
[02:30:48] <exec> count top = 0
[02:30:48] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[03:21:11] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[03:21:11] <exec> last cid = 445707
[03:22:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Which is it? - 06First Pan-STARRS Digital Sky Survey Released - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:22:31] <exec> 08└─Now which is it? 2 billion petabytes or 2 million gigabytes. They're not even close.
[03:22:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score:2) 02font anti-aliasing and hinting - 06Raspberry Pi's PIXEL Linux Desktop Environment Now Available for x86 PCs - 372 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:22:43] <exec> 08└─I'm guessing font anti-aliasing and hinting is not being used? Most fonts look awful without those. Terminus is one of the few that still looks good. Font anti-aliasing and hinting really slow down a low power computer. Turning that off made a big difference in speed-- on a 133MHz Pentium laptop fro...
[03:22:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:font anti-aliasing and hinting - 06Raspberry Pi's PIXEL Linux Desktop Environment Now Available for x86 PCs - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:22:44] <exec> 08└─Raspberry Pi 3 is a 1.2 GHz quad core. Way faster than your Pentium. And the hinting doesn't seem slow it down much at all.
[03:22:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:Downloaded - 06Raspberry Pi's PIXEL Linux Desktop Environment Now Available for x86 PCs - 1090 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:22:47] <exec> 08└─Well, I've been running it for some time, fully installed on A Raspberry Pi Model 3, and I think it does rather well. It runs a useable desktop for web work, email, casual surfing, and the occasional document processing, and a jabber client It runs Chromium, Claws, and LibreOffice suite quite nicely...
[03:23:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Get a Fucking Clue - 06China’s Road-Straddling Bus Has Been Blocking Traffic for Months - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:23:00] <exec> 08└─> ... a bogus plastic model built specifically to commit investment fraud Was it 3D printed? The barn it's parked in would be large enough to hold the printer.
[03:23:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Could be worse - 06Even Your Watercooler is Confidential Nowadays - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:23:19] <exec> 08└─"Don't be evil" was the corporate motto of Google. Alphabet however has no such motto. Hence, problem solved.
[03:23:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02The Documentary - 06Even Your Watercooler is Confidential Nowadays - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:23:28] <exec> 08└─I've recently started watching a documentary about this very thing: http://www.imdb.com [imdb.com] Interesting... hashtag octothorpe!
[03:24:58] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03theluggage [1797] 02Re:Fear is powerful - 06"Galaxy Note 7" Wi-Fi SSID Delays U.S. Flight - 649 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:24:59] <exec> 08└─Well, part of the fear is that if the crew did just laugh it off and there was a minor fire, their employers, the courts and the media would show even less of a sense of humour. "Inquest culture" is a huge part of the problem. Anybody who does make the wrong call will be faced with a room full of la...
[03:25:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Insightful) 02Also ECigs can go boom - 06"Galaxy Note 7" Wi-Fi SSID Delays U.S. Flight - 414 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:25:15] <exec> 08└─Also ECigs can go boom http://abc30.com [abc30.com] It seems anything that can catch fire, will, alone or with "help". So the question is, if "turrorizm" is a problem, why so many things allowed? Puncturing a battery is not impossible, vo...
[03:31:07] <exec> count new = 8
[03:31:07] <exec> count top = 1
[03:31:08] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[04:21:11] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[04:21:11] <exec> last cid = 445719
[04:22:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score:2) 02Re:OS vs Hardware - 06Raspberry Pi's PIXEL Linux Desktop Environment Now Available for x86 PCs - 1001 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:22:34] <exec> 08└─Well, the confusion goes all the way back to 1981. In the context of software "PC" often means an "IBM Personal Computer model 5150 compatible". This was often shortened to just "PC" although the same time, "Personal Computer" by itself meant any machine one could put on a desk and have control over...
[04:22:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03RedBear [1734] (Score:2) 02Stuck at 800x600 or something - 06Raspberry Pi's PIXEL Linux Desktop Environment Now Available for x86 PCs - 2163 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:22:41] <exec> 08└─I hope it works better running natively than it does in a VirtualBox VM. So far I can't get it to assume any resolution besides 800x600 (or is it 1024x768?). It's taking up about half of the 1200 pixel vertical resolution of my 17" MacBook Pro and won't change when I change the window size. Now, may...
[04:23:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hyperturtle [2824] (Score:2) 02Re:checks and balances - 06Even Your Watercooler is Confidential Nowadays - 744 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:23:05] <exec> 08└─Can't tell if you're being facetious. They are smart enough to realize what you have said, and have provided the illusion they have. This way, the buck stops at each letter. This allows for cream to rise to the top, while shit can still roll downhill. Scum also rises to the top with cream, and poor...
[04:23:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:checks and balances - 06Even Your Watercooler is Confidential Nowadays - 227 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:23:06] <exec> 08└─They need educating too. I suspect a class on appropriate behavior would be wasted on the sort of person whose ego has gotten so large they think they're above the law. The sort of education they need is humble pie, lots of it.
[04:23:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:checks and balances - 06Even Your Watercooler is Confidential Nowadays - 174 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:23:08] <exec> 08└─Twain subsequently makes a case that humans are shaped purely by nurture, but there is still this counter observation that outside influences have limits on what they can do.
[04:23:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Uncle_Al [1108] (Score:2) 02that airfield - 06Even Your Watercooler is Confidential Nowadays - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:23:25] <exec> 08└─Moffett Field, conveniently next door to the main Hive of Jive.
[04:24:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03dry [223] (Score:2) 02Re:Incumbent vs Indy isp - 06Canada Sets Universal Broadband Goal of 50Mbps and Unlimited Data for All - 600 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:24:32] <exec> 08└─I'm also not far from Trumpland, perhaps 40 miles east of Vancouver and all I can do is dream of even 5/1 as I post on my $38 (I see it's gone up again as well as call display is now $9 a month, bastards) 26.4 kb/s dial up connection. Be nice to be able to get Satellite (hiding behind a hill) and I...
[04:29:46] <exec> count new = 7
[04:29:46] <exec> count top = 0
[04:29:47] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[05:21:11] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[05:21:11] <exec> last cid = 445728
[05:22:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02LEOs will love this - 06Heavy-Lift Drone Could Carry a Person - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:22:27] <exec> 08└─Now LEOs can use drones to grab offenders and lift them up into the air for target practice before they shoot them dead. STOP RESISTING
[05:22:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:LEOs will love this - 06Heavy-Lift Drone Could Carry a Person - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:22:29] <exec> 08└─Stop flailing around! I don't wanna change clips!
[05:22:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Kymation [1047] (Score:2) 02Typo - 06First Pan-STARRS Digital Sky Survey Released - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:22:39] <exec> 08└─TFA says it is 2 petabytes, not 2 billion petabytes.
[05:23:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03dry [223] (Score:2) 02Re:cue the "private corporation" BS - 06Even Your Watercooler is Confidential Nowadays - 514 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:23:40] <exec> 08└─In my country, companies still have to respect basic human rights as rights are considered fundamental. For example companies aren't allowed to invade your privacy with drug testing unless there is a very good reason for it. It's a fine line and companies can get away with a lot more then government...
[05:23:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03baldrick [352] (Score:1) 02Browser plugin - 06Encrypted Messaging App Signal Uses Google to Bypass Censorship - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:23:57] <exec> 08└─is there a browser plugin that does this ? this looks like it is for TOR to do a similar thing - https://github.com [github.com]
[05:24:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Maybe Start at Home - 06A Walk Through a Laser-Scanned Forest - 347 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:24:11] <exec> 08└─It's not like there are *no* trees in England... I used to visit a friend on an estate in one of the little villages outside Bath. The owner's great-grandfather (1800s) had been to California and brought back some redwood & sequoia seeds (or seedlings, I never got the full story). Anyway, they liked...
[05:30:07] <exec> count new = 6
[05:30:07] <exec> count top = 0
[05:30:07] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[06:21:11] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[06:21:11] <exec> last cid = 445735
[06:22:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02More Patents - 06'Watershed' Discovery Reveals Plants' Medicinal Secrets - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:22:19] <exec> 08└─Billionaire cash grab! Poor people die in the gutter.
[06:22:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:More Patents - 06'Watershed' Discovery Reveals Plants' Medicinal Secrets - 232 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:22:20] <exec> 08└─Musk, Thiel, Brin, Clinton, Trumpu-san. There are variety of Gods and we have the freedom to choose which ones to worship! We can light our bodies on fire and turn the gutter into a glittering offering tray for our esteemed masters!
[06:22:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:LEOs will love this - 06Heavy-Lift Drone Could Carry a Person - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:22:31] <exec> 08└─The next time you two are in trouble, feel free to call a member of BLM.
[06:22:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Some call me Tim [5819] (Score:2) 02SAR applications? - 06Heavy-Lift Drone Could Carry a Person - 315 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:22:33] <exec> 08└─This could be useful for search and rescue in rough terrain. Mountain biker goes off trail and ends up in the bottom of a brush choked canyon? Fly this thing in and move him(her) to a more accessible location. You'd still have to convince them to let go of their bike, but that's normal with some of...
[06:22:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Which is it? - 06First Pan-STARRS Digital Sky Survey Released - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:22:45] <exec> 08└─It might be easier to convert to mosquito bites in Florida ;-)
[06:23:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Some call me Tim [5819] (Score:2) 02Re:Downloaded - 06Raspberry Pi's PIXEL Linux Desktop Environment Now Available for x86 PCs - 357 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:23:01] <exec> 08└─According to the summary this is supposed to be a port for the x86 desktop though. The download is 1.3 Gb, just a bit less than the latest Mint release at 1.7Gb and it doesn't have an installer. Great for the RPi but not so much for the desktop. I want to try it because I enjoy that kind of stuff bu...
[06:25:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:What the proton experiment rules out - 06Grand Unification Dream Kept at Bay - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:25:56] <exec> 08└─The thing is, that gives a lower bound on the half life of a proton. Somehow the model gives an upper bound.
[06:29:58] <exec> count new = 7
[06:29:58] <exec> count top = 0
[06:29:59] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[07:21:11] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[07:21:11] <exec> last cid = 445747
[07:22:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Or... - 06'Watershed' Discovery Reveals Plants' Medicinal Secrets - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:22:22] <exec> 08└─we can light certain areas on fire and turn them into brilliant ashtrays full of the filthiest of us :)
[07:22:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score:2) 02Re:Or... - 06'Watershed' Discovery Reveals Plants' Medicinal Secrets - 228 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:22:24] <exec> 08└─Or, like the Klingons, we can come to the realization that our "gods" are far more trouble than they're worth, and burn them alive. I bet ol' Trumplethinskin, Sultan of Tinyhandistan, would burn reeeeeeeal good. For like a week.
[07:29:56] <exec> count new = 2
[07:29:57] <exec> count top = 0
[07:29:57] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[08:21:11] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[08:21:11] <exec> last cid = 445750
[08:22:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Frigid Women from Siberia - 06Arctic Inuit, Native American Cold Adaptations May Originate from Extinct Hominids - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:22:19] <exec> 08└─Frigid women from Siberia are looking for hot cock tonight.
[08:22:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Or... - 06'Watershed' Discovery Reveals Plants' Medicinal Secrets - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:22:30] <exec> 08└─Musk has said he wants to die on Mars but not on impact. Send him to suffocate to death like Cohaagen.
[08:23:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:Downloaded - 06Raspberry Pi's PIXEL Linux Desktop Environment Now Available for x86 PCs - 186 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:23:10] <exec> 08└─Yes, quite aware of what this story was about. I was responding to Runaway's lament about the install, which is about the same for the RasPi. Its DD or nothing, but that's not that hard.
[08:24:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re: National Agency For Food and Drug Denies Story - 06Smugglers Busted Trying to Bring Plastic Rice into Nigeria - 894 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:24:39] <exec> 08└─"mouthguard" plastics aren't the sort you'd use to fake rice. 1) They are soft even at room temperature. 2) They aren't cheap plastics. They're significantly more expensive than rice: https://www.alibaba.com [alibaba.com] https://www.alibaba.com
[08:26:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:The academics form of watching paint dry.... - 06Grand Unification Dream Kept at Bay - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:26:09] <exec> 08└─But they got robots to watch it dry for them.
[08:26:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Einstein is Always Right - 06LIGO Black Hole Echoes Hint at General-Relativity Breakdown - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:26:20] <exec> 08└─The universe plays dice with itself. Ewwww.
[08:29:48] <exec> count new = 6
[08:29:48] <exec> count top = 0
[08:29:49] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[09:21:11] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[09:21:11] <exec> last cid = 445757
[09:22:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re: In Capitalist Alaska... - 06Arctic Inuit, Native American Cold Adaptations May Originate from Extinct Hominids - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:22:23] <exec> 08└─Hot women are looking to cold cock you!
[09:23:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hairyfeet [75] (Score:2) 02Re:Downloaded - 06Raspberry Pi's PIXEL Linux Desktop Environment Now Available for x86 PCs - 421 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:23:15] <exec> 08└─My guess is they released an X86 version because of those Atom SoC HDMI PCs are uber cheap so I wouldn't be surprised if they release an RPi that is built around one of those. Can't say I blame 'em, the figures I've seen have those Atom quads being a good clip faster than an equivalent ARM chip and...
[09:23:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02More Virtue Signaling - 06Even Your Watercooler is Confidential Nowadays - 252 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:23:56] <exec> 08└─You are such a special snowflake! Seriously, what's the point of your post? Because it sure looks like nothing more than you telling the world about your superior morality. And that's exactly what people like you complain about when others do the same.
[09:24:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:that airfield - 06Even Your Watercooler is Confidential Nowadays - 297 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:24:02] <exec> 08└─Moffet field is in california, not washington. I don't know what field the GP is talking about. But, on the other hand, Moffet's got a long history of collaboration with silicon valley companies. I interviewed for civilian work there about 20 years ago and they were doing cutting edge networking.
[09:29:53] <exec> count new = 4
[09:29:53] <exec> count top = 0
[09:29:53] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[10:21:11] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[10:21:11] <exec> last cid = 445762
[10:22:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Inuit is already plural - 06Arctic Inuit, Native American Cold Adaptations May Originate from Extinct Hominids - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:22:24] <exec> 08└─You don't need to keep tacking on "s" until you think the word is plural; it's already there without the "s".
[10:22:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:LEOs will love this - 06Heavy-Lift Drone Could Carry a Person - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:22:46] <exec> 08└─I am unsure how flailing around effects the speed of the drone in a way that an LEO would not prefer..
[10:28:49] <exec> count new = 2
[10:28:49] <exec> count top = 0
[10:28:50] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[11:21:11] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[11:21:11] <exec> last cid = 445764
[11:22:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Just a heads up - 06Artificial Leaf Uses Solar Energy to Manufacture Drugs - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:22:19] <exec> 08└─I do believe this one is a dupe. Artificial Leaf as Mini-Factory for Drugs [soylentnews.org] was up two days ago. It references the same paper, but has different sources.
[11:22:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Just a heads up - 06Artificial Leaf Uses Solar Energy to Manufacture Drugs - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:22:21] <exec> 08└─methinks cmn32480 and takyonn have been at the monce pies and hserry!
[11:23:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Wasn't reverse engineered - 06China’s Road-Straddling Bus Has Been Blocking Traffic for Months - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:23:37] <exec> 08└─It was engineered, not reverse-engineered. This is why it doesn't work.
[11:24:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Confirmed to be made out of PVC - 06Smugglers Busted Trying to Bring Plastic Rice into Nigeria - 415 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:24:55] <exec> 08└─http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2057071/artificial-food-intended-display-only-say-chinese [scmp.com] Its manufactured for display purposes. Yes it costs more than real rice. My guess - it was stolen and the market for fake rice is so small they couldn't fence it. So they dec...
[11:28:58] <exec> count new = 4
[11:28:58] <exec> count top = 0
[11:28:58] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[12:21:11] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[12:21:11] <exec> last cid = 445769
[12:28:06] <exec> count new = 0
[12:28:06] <exec> count top = 0
[12:28:06] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[13:21:11] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[13:21:11] <exec> last cid = 445769
[13:22:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03RedBear [1734] (Score:2) 02Re:SAR applications? - 06Heavy-Lift Drone Could Carry a Person - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:22:49] <exec> 08└─Depending on how much it's carrying, one charge of its battery pack is good for a claimed flight time of 30 to 45 minutes.
[13:25:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Typical government idiocy - 06Smugglers Busted Trying to Bring Plastic Rice into Nigeria - 231 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:25:06] <exec> 08└─Nigeria is a pretty advanced, stable, capitalistic state. AFAIK the only place a significant number of people are going hungry is in the areas where Boko Haram (militant Islamic fundamentalists) are fighting against the government.
[13:28:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03WalksOnDirt [5854] (Score:2) 02Re:Variation I - 06A Christmas Miracle for Soylent News? - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:28:59] <exec> 08└─No, there are other processes that can cause that. Still, it should take over 100 million years. I did say "not soon".
[13:28:59] <exec> count new = 3
[13:28:59] <exec> count top = 0
[13:29:00] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[14:21:11] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[14:21:11] <exec> last cid = 445774
[14:22:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Top kek, would click again. - 06Russian Scam Claimed to Net $5 Million Per Day - 834 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:22:16] <exec> 08└─Apparently, according to https://krebsonsecurity.com [krebsonsecurity.com] They show ads for "better" sites on their own sites, to bots. And advertisers pay. “They’ve written their own browser from scratch in Javascript, and this allows them to...
[14:22:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03stormreaver [5101] (Score:2) 02Size - 06Russian Scam Claimed to Net $5 Million Per Day - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:22:18] <exec> 08└─...I wonder how big the scamming operation is?
[14:24:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Risky gamble - 06Encrypted Messaging App Signal Uses Google to Bypass Censorship - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:24:25] <exec> 08└─Considering that China has already banned Google
[14:25:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02All should be able to purchase X - 06Canada Sets Universal Broadband Goal of 50Mbps and Unlimited Data for All - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:25:35] <exec> 08└─Just like everybody can purchase a Tesla... whether you can afford one is another question altogether!
[14:28:02] <exec> count new = 4
[14:28:02] <exec> count top = 0
[14:28:02] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[15:21:11] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[15:21:12] <exec> last cid = 445778
[15:22:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Size - 06Russian Scam Claimed to Net $5 Million Per Day - 155 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:22:20] <exec> 08└─Exactly what I was thinking. This type of scam doesn't bother me as much as the ones where ordinary people get infected with malware or ripped off somehow.
[15:22:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02It is not a "Russian" scam - 06Russian Scam Claimed to Net $5 Million Per Day - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:22:21] <exec> 08└─It is only a scam. Russian Scam Claimed to Net $5 Million Per Day
[15:22:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Hollow earth - 06Arctic Inuit, Native American Cold Adaptations May Originate from Extinct Hominids - 220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:22:37] <exec> 08└─If the earth is hollow (about which there has been a media black-out), then the creatures that live inside might have given the native humans protection from the cold. It seems they are friendly and that is a good thing.
[15:23:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Stacked props quieter? - 06Heavy-Lift Drone Could Carry a Person - 332 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:23:03] <exec> 08└─The gadget has 4 pods, each with 2 stacked props. Seems like the 2 props would disrupt each other's air streams and cost power. So why that configuration? Perhaps redundancy. Perhaps the motor controllers can make the noise emissions especially quiet due to this configuration. Sure looks like a fun...
[15:23:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Stuck at 800x600 or something - 06Raspberry Pi's PIXEL Linux Desktop Environment Now Available for x86 PCs - 208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:23:35] <exec> 08└─From what you describe, I'm assuming this is because there isn't a Guest Additions package for it in VirtualBox. All the linux distros behave the way you say before you install the appropriate Guest Addition.
[15:28:13] <exec> count new = 5
[15:28:14] <exec> count top = 0
[15:28:14] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[16:21:11] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[16:21:11] <exec> last cid = 445783
[16:22:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02It's ok - 06Russian Scam Claimed to Net $5 Million Per Day - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:22:32] <exec> 08└─Everyone else will just watch more ads to make up for it.
[16:22:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03opinionated_science [4031] (Score:2) 02missed headline gag... - 06Uber Backs Off in San Francisco - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:22:40] <exec> 08└─"Uber self-driving car takes 3-point turn in San Francisco, and falls off Golden Gate" OK, too sober...;-)
[16:22:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score:2) 02What's the takeaway - 06Uber Backs Off in San Francisco - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:22:42] <exec> 08└─Uber Backs Off in San Francisco
[16:22:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:What's the takeaway - 06Uber Backs Off in San Francisco - 447 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:22:44] <exec> 08└─From the outside, it looks like another Tesla Autopilot -- in the sense that the users are the beta testers. Haven't seen any analysis of Uber's system, but I do recall a kerfuffle when Uber hired the cream of the Carnegie-Mellon robotics research group. Here's a piece by The Economist which claims...
[16:22:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03quixote [4355] (Score:2) 02So, self-driving or not self-driving? - 06Uber Backs Off in San Francisco - 551 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:22:46] <exec> 08└─Uber said they didn't need to meet the CA DMV's requirements because their cars weren't really self-driving. (I gather because there would be a person in there babysitting the car just in case?) Now they're saying they're abandoning their self-driving car tests in California. They need to make up th...
[16:22:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02thanks, but you aren't needed anymore - 06Arctic Inuit, Native American Cold Adaptations May Originate from Extinct Hominids - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:22:57] <exec> 08└─After a few decades of warming, there won't be any further need for cold adapted humans.
[16:24:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Get a Fucking Clue - 06China’s Road-Straddling Bus Has Been Blocking Traffic for Months - 1074 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:24:09] <exec> 08└─This explains the p2p investment scam, it's widespread in China,     https://www.bloomberg.com [bloomberg.com] Just as international excitement began to build, however, the TEB story went off the rails. According to China...
[16:28:12] <exec> count new = 7
[16:28:12] <exec> count top = 0
[16:28:12] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[17:21:11] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[17:21:11] <exec> last cid = 445790
[17:22:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] (Score:3, Insightful) 02The real news is - 06Nintendo Stops Pokémon Gold Modder - 214 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:22:22] <exec> 08└─Koolboyman's project, which alters the source ROM of the 1999 game Pokémon Gold This guy should thank Nintendo: they're giving him an opportunity to turn off the computer, go outside and start a normal life again.
[17:22:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:The real news is - 06Nintendo Stops Pokémon Gold Modder - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:22:23] <exec> 08└─Maybe some people have different interests than you.
[17:22:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] (Score:3, Funny) 02Re:The real news is - 06Nintendo Stops Pokémon Gold Modder - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:22:25] <exec> 08└─Yes, all three of them.
[17:22:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:1) 02Re:The real news is - 06Nintendo Stops Pokémon Gold Modder - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:22:27] <exec> 08└─Dicking around with ROMS is boss as fuck, it's the Pokemon part I have a problem with -- what are we, 12 years old?
[17:22:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03tathra [3367] (Score:2) 02Re:The real news is - 06Nintendo Stops Pokémon Gold Modder - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:22:29] <exec> 08└─they're giving him an opportunity to turn off the computer, go outside and start a normal life again.
[17:22:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Unixnut [5779] (Score:3, Interesting) 02Re:Size - 06Russian Scam Claimed to Net $5 Million Per Day - 1562 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:22:41] <exec> 08└─It doesn't bother me at all. In fact I think it is genius. For years advertisers have been complaining and fighting (both technically and legally) to prevent ad blocking. However maybe we should change tack. Rather than fighting them head on, we should give them clicks they so desire. If rather than...
[17:22:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score:1) 02Re:Size - 06Russian Scam Claimed to Net $5 Million Per Day - 271 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:22:43] <exec> 08└─It doesn't bother me at all. Me neither. What goes around comes around. Where do I sign up? I'll need something to replace my social security which is under a real threat now. I do have to admit though, I love how they accuse the Russians of every crime in the books now.
[17:22:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Unixnut [5779] (Score:2) 02Re:Size - 06Russian Scam Claimed to Net $5 Million Per Day - 624 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:22:45] <exec> 08└─Indeed, these guys were committing fraud by basically siphoning money out of both the advertising companies, and their clients. They were doing it to the tune of $5 million a day, for who knows how long, and it doesn't seem to have made much of a dent in the online advert industry (well, there have...
[17:22:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:It is not a "Russian" scam - 06Russian Scam Claimed to Net $5 Million Per Day - 376 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:22:48] <exec> 08└─If they lived in Colombia, we'd call it a Colombian scam. What's your problem? Over the years I've seen a lot of investment scams that were based in the LA area--typically "inventors" looking for angel investment from gullible dentists (etc). Somehow they always seem to need "one more round" of mone...
[17:22:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:It is not a "Russian" scam - 06Russian Scam Claimed to Net $5 Million Per Day - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:22:50] <exec> 08└─It's war! Patriotic Americans will have to step up and view more advertisements so that capitalism will win. Do your part!
[17:23:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:1) 02Re:missed headline gag... - 06Uber Backs Off in San Francisco - 223 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:23:01] <exec> 08└─Too bad, too, because if any city needs that "favor," it's San Francisco. Too much money and love for novelty, not enough common-sense -- That's what happens when you do more than your share of hard drugs during your youth.
[17:23:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03quixote [4355] (Score:3, Funny) 02Re:So, self-driving or not self-driving? - 06Uber Backs Off in San Francisco - 365 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:23:06] <exec> 08└─Postscript, just to articulate the history: Uber told the DMV to stuff itself on the self-driving classification that meant they had to meet super special safety requirements. Then the DMV revoked their regular registrations. Which is pretty much the only reaction you'd expect from a bureaucracy tha...
[17:23:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03BK [4868] (Score:2) 02Shakedown - 06Uber Backs Off in San Francisco - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:23:08] <exec> 08└─CA tried to shakedown Google (err... 'Alphabet'?) and Google demonstrated that there are at least 49 other jurisdictions that might be less corrupt. Sounds about right.
[17:23:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Shakedown - 06Uber Backs Off in San Francisco - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:23:10] <exec> 08└─AFAIK, Uber is not a subsidiary of Alphabet/Google.
[17:23:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Shakedown - 06Uber Backs Off in San Francisco - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:23:12] <exec> 08└─What are you talking about? Google's Waymo cars are testing in Mountain view, and they will have new Chrysler minivans next year. Are you confusing User and Google?
[17:23:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:Shakedown - 06Uber Backs Off in San Francisco - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:23:14] <exec> 08└─Why not? Users all look the same to me.
[17:23:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03zafiro17 [234] (Score:2) 02Denisovans - 06Arctic Inuit, Native American Cold Adaptations May Originate from Extinct Hominids - 746 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:23:26] <exec> 08└─The Denisovans are a hugely interesting people, but I've looked around and haven't found any good books about them worth recommending or reading. I did find however tons of 10-year old books on Amazon.com that purport to tell the story about early hominids. Imagine how much has changed in our unders...
[17:23:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Oh, please - 06Heavy-Lift Drone Could Carry a Person - 210 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:23:48] <exec> 08└─Cops only exist to draw a chalk outline around your lifeless corpse and charge some retarded bum with the murder. And if you think my comment was hyperbole, think again: "Warren versus DC" was much, much worse.
[17:25:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:Risky gamble - 06Encrypted Messaging App Signal Uses Google to Bypass Censorship - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:25:27] <exec> 08└─Citation needed, the US has many issues, but censorship isn't one of them.
[17:28:42] <exec> count new = 19
[17:28:42] <exec> count top = 0
[17:28:42] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[18:21:11] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[18:21:11] <exec> last cid = 445818
[18:22:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Non-sentient - 06Sex Robots: Experts Debate the Rise of the Love Droids - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:22:19] <exec> 08└─If the sex robots aren't even sentient, then there is really no justification for banning them. Puritan nonsense isn't a justification for anything, either.
[18:22:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Sure there is! - 06Sex Robots: Experts Debate the Rise of the Love Droids - 458 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:22:20] <exec> 08└─All the blackmail material available on normal people as well as politcally/socially/economically sensitive ones who don't realize that 'IoSD' (Internet of Sex Dolls) interaction provides a huge stockpile of sensitive dialogue and audio for others to pilfer for future blackmail material when you're...
[18:22:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Insightful) 02"Experts" are rather clueless, then - 06Sex Robots: Experts Debate the Rise of the Love Droids - 1319 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:22:23] <exec> 08└─Every one of the supposed ethical issues raised above can be addressed very simply: Are the "robots" in question sentient and capable of making their own informed, independent decisions? That question has an easy answer, and it is no. Because of this, the marriage question is moot. Marriage, at a le...
[18:22:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03kurenai.tsubasa [5227] (Score:1) 02Re:The real news is - 06Nintendo Stops Pokémon Gold Modder - 191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:22:33] <exec> 08└─Exactly. Somebody needs to rough up those three and make sure they get the message. Anybody engaging in pursuits that doesn't make them a better sex object for women needs to know their role.
[18:22:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:The real news is - 06Nintendo Stops Pokémon Gold Modder - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:22:35] <exec> 08└─Yes, You are 12 years old.
[18:22:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:1) 02Re:The real news is - 06Nintendo Stops Pokémon Gold Modder - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:22:37] <exec> 08└─Give me your lunch money, Pokemon player, or else! Aww yeah, I can buy some candy bars after football practice with this loot!
[18:22:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:The real news is - 06Nintendo Stops Pokémon Gold Modder - 255 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:22:41] <exec> 08└─What's more pathetic, spending a long time hunched over a computer working on a personal hobby project, or patting yourself on the back for hunching over a computer writing pithy comments mocking those with knowledge and capacity to work on such projects?
[18:22:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:The real news is - 06Nintendo Stops Pokémon Gold Modder - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:22:43] <exec> 08└─Imagine if it was koolgirlwoman doing this, would you say the same thing with genders inversed? And if not, don't you find this to be kind of sexist?
[18:22:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02few things - 06Nintendo Stops Pokémon Gold Modder - 1541 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:22:45] <exec> 08└─1: it's based on Pokemon Crystal 2: the project ended up being leaked in a near-final state (it's ridiculously easy to find) as a built ROM, with a corresponding easy-to-build split disassembly instead of a patch like was intended It's pretty fun. 20 badges, lots of Pokemon from later generations, l...
[18:23:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Justin Case [4239] (Score:2) 02And nothing of value was lost - 06Russian Scam Claimed to Net $5 Million Per Day - 215 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:23:02] <exec> 08└─$5 mil a day from asshat advertisers? Sounds to me like a nice start. Let me know when you've utterly bankrupted the entire concept of advertising. Until then, I'd say this "forgery ring" is doing the world a favor.
[18:23:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:So, self-driving or not self-driving? - 06Uber Backs Off in San Francisco - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:23:15] <exec> 08└─<sound src="simpsons/nelson_haha.wav" />
[18:23:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Shakedown - 06Uber Backs Off in San Francisco - 889 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:23:21] <exec> 08└─Exactly. Google have been working with the CA DMV since they started, For all the joking about it, this generally fits "do no evil"--work with the regulators to satisfy their concerns up front. Uber first ignored and has now publicly disrespected the DMV and it doesn't appear to be ending well for U...
[18:23:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02So long! - 06Uber Backs Off in San Francisco - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:23:23] <exec> 08└─Thanks for all the fish!
[18:24:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02This is more entertaining - 06Heavy-Lift Drone Could Carry a Person - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:24:01] <exec> 08└─https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At3xcj-pTjg [youtube.com]
[18:24:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03AlwaysNever [5817] (Score:1) 02What about really old PCs? - 06Raspberry Pi's PIXEL Linux Desktop Environment Now Available for x86 PCs - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:24:34] <exec> 08└─I have a Toshiba Tecra 8000 latop, sporting a Pentium-II Mobile CPU and 256 MB of RAM. Would this PIXEL desktop run on it?
[18:24:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score:3, Interesting) 02Re:What about really old PCs? - 06Raspberry Pi's PIXEL Linux Desktop Environment Now Available for x86 PCs - 192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:24:35] <exec> 08└─Very slowly, yes. I've seen an LXDE desktop run in ~150MiB of memory, but that P2 is going to chug hard. Why not run IceWM on that hardware? There are some very usable themes out there for it.
[18:28:35] <exec> count new = 16
[18:28:36] <exec> count top = 0
[18:28:36] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[19:21:11] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[19:21:11] <exec> last cid = 445834
[19:22:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Sure there is! - 06Sex Robots: Experts Debate the Rise of the Love Droids - 392 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:22:24] <exec> 08└─Surveillance? What kind of surveillance information would some one get from a sex doll? How many times a person gets his rocks off? No one but social conservatives will give a rats ass about how many times a politician polishes his pole. I personally would not want to know. The best way to look at t...
[19:22:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:Non-sentient - 06Sex Robots: Experts Debate the Rise of the Love Droids - 201 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:22:25] <exec> 08└─It's more likely feminists. Sexbots would require women to bring a lot more to the table if they want to get married. And once married, they couldn't withhold sex as a way of controlling their husband.
[19:22:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02I tried this once... - 06Sex Robots: Experts Debate the Rise of the Love Droids - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:22:28] <exec> 08└─but the robot said she just wanted to be friends.
[19:22:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03davester666 [155] (Score:2) 02Re:I tried this once... - 06Sex Robots: Experts Debate the Rise of the Love Droids - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:22:31] <exec> 08└─she should have worn something different if she just wanted to be friends.
[19:22:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:-1, Offtopic) 02Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage - 06Sex Robots: Experts Debate the Rise of the Love Droids - 2860 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:22:33] <exec> 08└─Sy Borg [metrolyrics.com] from Joe's Garage, probably also on Youtube. Central scrutinizer: This is the central scrutinizer... joe and his date are going back to the apartment to have a little party... Joe: Sy borg Gimme dat, Gimme dat Sy borg Gimme dat, give me De chromium leg, I beg Sy borg Gimm...
[19:22:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score:2) 02"Get an AI", they said - 06Sex Robots: Experts Debate the Rise of the Love Droids - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:22:35] <exec> 08└─"You will get good jobs with an AI", they said.
[19:22:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score:3, Touché) 02No respect! - 06Sex Robots: Experts Debate the Rise of the Love Droids - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:22:37] <exec> 08└─"So I inflate this blow-up doll.... She said no!" - Rodney Dangerfield
[19:22:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03srobert [4803] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Futurama - 06Sex Robots: Experts Debate the Rise of the Love Droids - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:22:39] <exec> 08└─I don't think any new insights will come from this discussion that haven't already been thoroughly covered by Futurama.
[19:22:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Evolution - 06Sex Robots: Experts Debate the Rise of the Love Droids - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:22:41] <exec> 08└─These robots will have reached the ultimate state of their evolution when they can kick guys in the balls, and accuse them of anything & everything under the sun.
[19:22:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Re:few things - 06Nintendo Stops Pokémon Gold Modder - 283 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:23:00] <exec> 08└─Square Enix also C&D'd some Chrono Trigger mods. So what sort of fan creativity do anti-mod game publishers like Nintendo and Square Enix find acceptable? If none, I'd advise against patronizing such companies in the first place. Instead give SEGA, Valve, and the like all the money.
[19:23:08] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03stormreaver [5101] 02Size - 06Russian Scam Claimed to Net $5 Million Per Day - 46 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:23:08] <exec> 08└─...I wonder how big the scamming operation is?
[19:23:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03digitalaudiorock [688] (Score:2) 02Re:It is not a "Russian" scam - 06Russian Scam Claimed to Net $5 Million Per Day - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:23:17] <exec> 08└─I find the use of words insinuating. It is not a "Russian scam". It is some gang of scammers that happens to live inside Russia (if we are to believe the "security" people).
[19:23:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Uncle_Al [1108] (Score:2) 02Uber Goobers - 06Uber Backs Off in San Francisco - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:23:40] <exec> 08└─  ..and don't let the door hit you on the ass on the way out.
[19:23:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:thanks, but you aren't needed anymore - 06Arctic Inuit, Native American Cold Adaptations May Originate from Extinct Hominids - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:23:52] <exec> 08└─Obviously you've never worked in cold storage...
[19:24:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:What about really old PCs? - 06Raspberry Pi's PIXEL Linux Desktop Environment Now Available for x86 PCs - 208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:24:56] <exec> 08└─Seriously, you'd be happier gutting that laptop, and chucking a Raspberry Pi Model 3 inside or Any One of These [beebom.com] inside it. Nobody would even know it was in there, but it would run so much better.
[19:26:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Typical government idiocy - 06Smugglers Busted Trying to Bring Plastic Rice into Nigeria - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:26:49] <exec> 08└─You do understand this is about an African country, right? Machinery is only useful long-term. These people can only imagine short-term.
[19:29:00] <exec> count new = 15
[19:29:00] <exec> count top = 1
[19:29:00] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[20:21:11] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[20:21:11] <exec> last cid = 445850
[20:22:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:2, Funny) 02Re:Non-sentient - 06Sex Robots: Experts Debate the Rise of the Love Droids - 1096 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:22:33] <exec> 08└─Women can be pro-sexbot as well. As an example, this [someecards.com] French woman who dislikes human contact and declared herself a "robosexual." Now, we do not see the size of that robot's penis in the article, but we do know that he was 3-D printed by her. We can also see, through careful observa...
[20:22:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Non-sentient - 06Sex Robots: Experts Debate the Rise of the Love Droids - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:22:35] <exec> 08└─On the flip side are guys with not enough hair, or worse guys that shave their legs and chest. Also, guys with small penis. Who wants that?
[20:22:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Interesting) 02Re:Non-sentient - 06Sex Robots: Experts Debate the Rise of the Love Droids - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:22:37] <exec> 08└─The Prime Minister of Malaysia attends ritual mass circumcisions of little adolescent boys. What did you think was going to happen?
[20:22:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Non-sentient - 06Sex Robots: Experts Debate the Rise of the Love Droids - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:22:39] <exec> 08└─You are a sex object, nothing more. Enjoy your mutilated genitals, mutilated for Her pleasure and sanitation.
[20:22:40] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02"Experts" are rather clueless, then - 06Sex Robots: Experts Debate the Rise of the Love Droids - 1319 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:22:41] <exec> 08└─Every one of the supposed ethical issues raised above can be addressed very simply: Are the "robots" in question sentient and capable of making their own informed, independent decisions? That question has an easy answer, and it is no. Because of this, the marriage question is moot. Marriage, at a le...
[20:22:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:1) 02Re:"Experts" are rather clueless, then - 06Sex Robots: Experts Debate the Rise of the Love Droids - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:22:43] <exec> 08└─That is true, until sexbots reach Measure of a Man-level sentience, [youtube.com] then they are fleshlights (or dildos) mounted on elaborate rafts, with dumb ooks and eeks.
[20:22:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Webweasel [567] (Score:2) 02Re:"Experts" are rather clueless, then - 06Sex Robots: Experts Debate the Rise of the Love Droids - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:22:45] <exec> 08└─I would say "are you ethanol fueled, but he replied to you" Also, Ethanol fueled is my internet troll hero... so whatever.
[20:22:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Experts - 06Sex Robots: Experts Debate the Rise of the Love Droids - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:22:54] <exec> 08└─Those experts need to watch more old school anime.
[20:23:12] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Pino P [4721] 02Re:few things - 06Nintendo Stops Pokémon Gold Modder - 283 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:23:12] <exec> 08└─Square Enix also C&D'd some Chrono Trigger mods. So what sort of fan creativity do anti-mod game publishers like Nintendo and Square Enix find acceptable? If none, I'd advise against patronizing such companies in the first place. Instead give SEGA, Valve, and the like all the money.
[20:23:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:It is not a "Russian" scam - 06Russian Scam Claimed to Net $5 Million Per Day - 321 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:23:30] <exec> 08└─Mind-control and subliminally telling people about some "Russian bad guy" so it goes into the back of the minds of people when (((they))) want to start the actual war. That is their plan. We need defense. Interestingly, there is a well-written piece today on RT about Person of the Year 2016: The Rus...
[20:23:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:And nothing of value was lost - 06Russian Scam Claimed to Net $5 Million Per Day - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:23:33] <exec> 08└─Can we nominate the gang for some kind of award? A medal? A little prize money? Just an official "attaboy" from the White House?
[20:24:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:thanks, but you aren't needed anymore - 06Arctic Inuit, Native American Cold Adaptations May Originate from Extinct Hominids - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:24:08] <exec> 08└─Not a problem. By the time the Inuits have been made redundant, cold storage operations will all be automated. The robots do fine on 5W-20 (thin, winter-weight oil).
[20:28:45] <exec> count new = 10
[20:28:45] <exec> count top = 2
[20:28:46] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[21:21:11] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[21:21:12] <exec> last cid = 445860
[21:22:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score:2) 02Elysium - 06Scientists Develop New Metasurfaces for Deep UV-Imaging - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:22:19] <exec> 08└─This reminded me of those medical machines in Elysium. Surgery at the molecular level seems like a step towards it. Very cool.
[21:22:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Sure there is! - 06Sex Robots: Experts Debate the Rise of the Love Droids - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:22:30] <exec> 08└─No one but social conservatives
[21:22:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Non-sentient - 06Sex Robots: Experts Debate the Rise of the Love Droids - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:22:36] <exec> 08└─Most women who have tried it actually prefer non-circumsized peens.
[21:22:45] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03srobert [4803] 02Futurama - 06Sex Robots: Experts Debate the Rise of the Love Droids - 119 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:22:46] <exec> 08└─I don't think any new insights will come from this discussion that haven't already been thoroughly covered by Futurama.
[21:22:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03tathra [3367] (Score:2) 02Re:Futurama - 06Sex Robots: Experts Debate the Rise of the Love Droids - 452 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:22:48] <exec> 08└─except in that case, "robosexuality" as an obvious reference to homosexuality, and "proposition infinity" was a direct reference to proposition 8 [wikipedia.org]. i find it likely that less people would feel strongly either way about robosexuality than homosexuality. the only ones who would be likel...
[21:23:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:few things - 06Nintendo Stops Pokémon Gold Modder - 306 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:23:09] <exec> 08└─Ideally folks should look at the companies that own the rights and their track record before wasting time on these things. Then get permission. Otherwise, you're risking a lot of wasted time if they decide to object and they'll probably win in court. Now if it's a small mod, that's probably not nece...
[21:23:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score:2) 02Re:Size - 06Russian Scam Claimed to Net $5 Million Per Day - 1203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:23:22] <exec> 08└─I absolutely love your idea and have been thinking about it for years. Of course, I didn't have a budget they probably had, or the willingness to engage in such complicated fraud. However, it may not be as simple as that. These guys are downloading and dealing with malvertisement payloads as well as...
[21:25:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Wasn't reverse engineered - 06China’s Road-Straddling Bus Has Been Blocking Traffic for Months - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:25:23] <exec> 08└─Woo ha only americans can build stuff woot woot USA a-okay
[21:25:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:I've interviewed with Google six times - 06Even Your Watercooler is Confidential Nowadays - 457 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:25:52] <exec> 08└─I've interviewed twice. Each time, a little voice in the back of my head said that while yes indeedy, they hire the best and brightest... they do so to show better track people, and show them ads based on such tracking. Humanity seems to have more issues that the best and brightest should be working...
[21:28:41] <exec> count new = 8
[21:28:41] <exec> count top = 1
[21:28:41] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[22:21:11] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[22:21:12] <exec> last cid = 445869
[22:22:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Non-sentient - 06Sex Robots: Experts Debate the Rise of the Love Droids - 432 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:22:40] <exec> 08└─Aren't you a big tough guy, lying about what women want? Do you call yourself He Man Woman Hater? Do you like forcing yourself on little defenseless women? If you're not going to get your genitals mutilated like a sex object, at least admit that women hate having sex with that useless wad of skin yo...
[22:22:48] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03edIII [791] 02No respect! - 06Sex Robots: Experts Debate the Rise of the Love Droids - 70 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:22:48] <exec> 08└─"So I inflate this blow-up doll.... She said no!" - Rodney Dangerfield
[22:22:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score:2) 02the real thing at stake - 06Sex Robots: Experts Debate the Rise of the Love Droids - 884 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:22:55] <exec> 08└─It is not the first time right of robots are debated. In an indirect way of course. Now there are two options. 1. the same power structure that does not care of the rights of workers, of poor people, cares about AI driven things. 2. the same power structure that likes to control workers and poor peo...
[22:22:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:the real thing at stake - 06Sex Robots: Experts Debate the Rise of the Love Droids - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:22:57] <exec> 08└─Who cares about "being alive"? What matters is whether or not the AI is sentient.
[22:23:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score:2) 02Re:The real news is - 06Nintendo Stops Pokémon Gold Modder - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:23:14] <exec> 08└─Nintendo did the same [twitter.com] to a parody of bootleg games by a feminist homebrew developer.
[22:23:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:few things - 06Nintendo Stops Pokémon Gold Modder - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:23:19] <exec> 08└─Better yet, shun the existing overlords. If your material is any good it will stand on its own. And perhaps net you some money as well.
[22:23:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score:3, Informative) 02Permission is unavailable. - 06Nintendo Stops Pokémon Gold Modder - 20 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:23:21] <exec> 08└─Then get permission.
[22:23:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:Permission is unavailable. - 06Nintendo Stops Pokémon Gold Modder - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:23:23] <exec> 08└─Some companies don't grant permission for various reasons, so barring a change in the law, you're risking a lot of wasted time and effort on a mod that's for personal use only.
[22:23:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:Top kek, would click again. - 06Russian Scam Claimed to Net $5 Million Per Day - 828 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:23:33] <exec> 08└─Well advertisers have had things their way for decades. Its about time they get scammed. If advertisers made any effort to tie actual advertising induced sales to the advertising budget they would probably not be able to justify the money they spend on advertising. I just installed a new browser (vi...
[22:23:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score:2) 02Re:What's the takeaway - 06Uber Backs Off in San Francisco - 1272 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:23:58] <exec> 08└─>The cars had some driving assist technology but required a human driver to be in control at all times, even if only supervisory for certain well-defined situations, far from the "Total Recall" "Johnny Cab" magic driverless car business that so many in the media (and in the California government) se...
[22:25:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score:2) 02Re:What about really old PCs? - 06Raspberry Pi's PIXEL Linux Desktop Environment Now Available for x86 PCs - 368 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:25:26] <exec> 08└─How difficult would it be to connect the keyboard and screen though. Seems like I remember hearing that laptop keyboards tend to run on a non-standard stripped down USB bus. I don't know about screens though. Do they commonly use a standard protocol? And is it something that you could feed directly...
[22:28:48] <exec> count new = 10
[22:28:48] <exec> count top = 1
[22:28:48] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********
[23:21:11] <exec> 08********** 03SOYLENTNEWS COMMENT FEED08 **********
[23:21:12] <exec> last cid = 445880
[23:22:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:-1, Flamebait) 02ban mathematics - 065 Reasons to Teach Mathematical Modeling - 359 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:22] <exec> 08└─Mathematics should be banned. It's a sick, systematic method of rape used by the patriarchy to prevent women from being able to program computers. Once all maths are illegal, then women will be able to become programmers, and women will show all you cis+het males how incompetent you are. Programs wi...
[23:22:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Why we have to learn math for 12 years: - 065 Reasons to Teach Mathematical Modeling - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:23] <exec> 08└─it's so we'll know that 12 years is a lot.
[23:22:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02STEM is self-selecting - 065 Reasons to Teach Mathematical Modeling - 311 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:25] <exec> 08└─Put your energy into cultivating the minds of those who are already interested of their own accord; it's a waste of resources to try to re-fashion D&D nerds into start high-school football players.... just.... let people find their own way. The girl who is complaining is correct; she will never use...
[23:22:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Booga1 [6333] (Score:1) 02Most won't need it. - 065 Reasons to Teach Mathematical Modeling - 752 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:27] <exec> 08└─The vast majority of math that matters to the average person isn't calculus or any advanced maths. Basic arithmetic will do for 99% of your day to day problems(percentages, price per unit, etc...). Maybe if you really get into understanding long-term planning, compound interest would be important. S...
[23:22:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Non-sentient - 06Sex Robots: Experts Debate the Rise of the Love Droids - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:22:53] <exec> 08└─What makes you think the GP is a guy?
[23:23:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02"the rise" - 06Sex Robots: Experts Debate the Rise of the Love Droids - 4 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:23:08] <exec> 08└─Heh.
[23:23:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score:2) 02Re:Permission is unavailable. - 06Nintendo Stops Pokémon Gold Modder - 296 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:23:33] <exec> 08└─So I guess if Nintendo is unwilling to allow any legitimate outlet for its fans' creativity, the solution is to stop being a fan of Nintendo IP. But how can one abstain from such companies' products without looking like That Guy who reminds people he doesn't own a TV ( The Onion [theonion.com])?
[23:24:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Genetics 101 - 06Arctic Inuit, Native American Cold Adaptations May Originate from Extinct Hominids - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:24:33] <exec> 08└─Were these ancestral inuit and indians fond of alcohol, perchance?
[23:26:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:cue the "private corporation" BS - 06Even Your Watercooler is Confidential Nowadays - 18 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:26:29] <exec> 08└─Freedom is complex
[23:28:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02not scary enough - 06"Galaxy Note 7" Wi-Fi SSID Delays U.S. Flight - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:28:37] <exec> 08└─better: Samsung_Galaxy_Note_7_on_fire
[23:29:03] <exec> count new = 10
[23:29:03] <exec> count top = 0
[23:29:04] <exec> 08********** 03END FEED08 **********