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[00:00:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03cocaine overdose [6886] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Last Male Northern White Rhino Dies - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:00:07] <exec> 08└─I have no idea where to start deciphering this statement. Will do my the needful, and restate this?
[00:00:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Last Male Northern White Rhino Dies - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:00:09] <exec> 08└─Unless the rhino was too old to make it, it which case there is still hope Trump won't make any more kids.
[00:00:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Last Male Northern White Rhino Dies - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:00:11] <exec> 08└─The editors certainly forgot it. [soylentnews.org]
[00:00:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Last Male Northern White Rhino Dies - 308 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:00:13] <exec> 08└─Well I learned in the movies that frogs can sometimes transition genders too. So if they implant frog DNA into them, the White Rhinos could change gender, reproduce, and finally replenish their numbers. I bet they could also go amphibious, jump, and catch prey with their tongue. Then we'd really be...
[00:00:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Last Male Northern White Rhino Dies - 313 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:00:16] <exec> 08└─Math major here. Most interesting result I learned was that 2+2=5 for sufficiently large values of 2. / am I kidding? // Do you have a degree in Applied Mathematics from a good University? /// Then STFU and have a seat over there, in the SuperDooperPutinPooper section. //// It's right next to Trump'...
[00:00:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Last Male Northern White Rhino Dies - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:00:18] <exec> 08└─*I learned from Jurassic Park
[00:00:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Last Male Northern White Rhino Dies - 1232 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:00:20] <exec> 08└─Listening to the convoluted plans for surrogate parenthood reminded me of a friend's finch breeding operation. You know the ViewSonic finches? Very colorful, but apparently they don't breed very quickly - so, to run a competitive commercial finch breeding operation what you do is get a few of the ex...
[00:00:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pioneers of Modern Computer Architecture Receive ACM A.M. Turing Award - 592 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:00:42] <exec> 08└─Software guy here, just curious how modern CPUs work. The books are great reading if you're into that kinda thing (which I am). Then again, I do embedded software, having started from testing/fixing analog hardware in the 70s. I remember the first time I encountered a digital circuit. An o'scope wit...
[00:00:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pioneers of Modern Computer Architecture Receive ACM A.M. Turing Award - 430 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:00:44] <exec> 08└─That's 79/80, not 70/80. I turned 21 at that job, worked night shift. When I turned 21 a couple co-workers and I went to the Bacchanal in Kearny Mesa and shut the place down . I went there on my own the next night, got 2-3 free drinks. Ordered another and waitress came back saying the bartender want...
[00:01:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03cocaine overdose [6886] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Secure Messaging App "Telegram" Loses Bid to Block Encryption Keys from Russia - 446 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:01:08] <exec> 08└─Purism's phone? The thing that looks like a tablet? The thing I won't be able to hold in my tiny man hands? I'm currently running CopperheadOS and I've enjoyed it better than Replicant and Lineage. It's like a modern day mobile OpenBSD. The only issue with LibrePhone (and OS) is that it won't work f...
[00:01:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03forkazoo [2561] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Samsung Shows Off New 64 GB Server Memory Modules Using 16 Gb Chips, Promises 128-256 GB This Year - 420 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:01:19] <exec> 08└─ECC was a state of the art technique in the 1980's. The fact that we haven't advanced far past it even in the most insecure of devices is kind of shocking. To a large extent, I blame Intel for using ECC as a major market segmentation feature that they chose to keep very expensive. We could have all...
[00:01:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03cocaine overdose [6886] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Samsung Shows Off New 64 GB Server Memory Modules Using 16 Gb Chips, Promises 128-256 GB This Year - 579 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:01:20] <exec> 08└─There was a time where prevention could've been swift and simple, that time is gone now. It's a shame that the only people pushing for better tech are mostly braindead (web developers, startup "full stack engineers," etc.) in the simplicity/lightweight/secure/private department. While the people who...
[00:02:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Congress Passes SESTA/FOSTA Law - 323 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:02:08] <exec> 08└─Offering sex in exchange for money: legal Offering money in exchange for sex: illegal The only people who get punished when these laws are enforced are the clients who "victimize"* the sex workers. It also allows sex workers to report abuse and violent behavior without them having to worry about bei...
[00:02:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Marand [1081] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Congress Passes SESTA/FOSTA Law - 1055 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:02:10] <exec> 08└─It's probably not a coincidence that it's also a win for the big businesses that want the internet to be a consumption-only TV 2.0. I read the article and some of its follow-up links, and one of the concerns here is that this begins chipping away at immunities granted by Section 230, which protects...
[00:02:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03VanessaE [3396] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Congress Passes SESTA/FOSTA Law - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:02:12] <exec> 08└─A fair comparison. My point stands, though.
[00:02:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Congress Passes SESTA/FOSTA Law - 1746 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:02:14] <exec> 08└─Morals are relative. Sorry. Unless you can provide scientific evidence for the existence of absolute morality, you will not sway me. I'm not referring to cultural relativism, either, but the fact that morals are nothing more than subjective opinions, no matter how much some wish it were not so. This...
[00:02:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03LVDOVICVS [6131] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Congress Passes SESTA/FOSTA Law - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:02:17] <exec> 08└─I think you can figure out that the right to bear arms is listed second after the right to free speech.
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[00:59:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Dotcom’s Bid to Compel Obama to Give Evidence Rejected By NZ High Court - 209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:59:45] <exec> 08└─Justice Geoffrey Venning described Dotcom's application as premature but also noted that even if Obama had relevant information to offer, he would need time to prepare. Dotcom said that Obama's time will come.
[00:59:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Japanese Adult Video Stars Launch K-Pop Group, Sparking Debate - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:59:58] <exec> 08└─I wonder if we will see a DeepFakes-style machine learning unblurring tool...
[00:59:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Japanese Adult Video Stars Launch K-Pop Group, Sparking Debate - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:59:59] <exec> 08└─I'm just waiting until the cephalopods get connected up. They're not gonna be happy either.
[01:00:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pioneers of Modern Computer Architecture Receive ACM A.M. Turing Award - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:00:41] <exec> 08└─IBM's Tiny Computer for Anti-Counterfeiting
[01:00:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pioneers of Modern Computer Architecture Receive ACM A.M. Turing Award - 440 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:00:42] <exec> 08└─On modern x86 CPUs, under the hood at the microcode level, the x86 architecture is implemented with RISC, yes. But the architecture itself is decidedly CISC, and originally, the silicon was also CISC. And the architecture has only gone deeper into the CISC way, with the addition of the MMX and SSE i...
[01:01:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Secure Messaging App "Telegram" Loses Bid to Block Encryption Keys from Russia - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:01:08] <exec> 08└─As if whales didn't have enough problems ... Now you want Comcast to exterminate them?
[01:01:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Secure Messaging App "Telegram" Loses Bid to Block Encryption Keys from Russia - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:01:09] <exec> 08└─Problem: It will require being powered by a Thorium reactor.
[01:01:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Secure Messaging App "Telegram" Loses Bid to Block Encryption Keys from Russia - 1685 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:01:12] <exec> 08└─LOL. That would be something. I don't expect this kind of Linux phone to take off initially, but I do expect brisk sales simply because it is entirely open, may have physical rocker switches for mic/cam inputs, and is being designed such that the carrier module can be replaced. The thing is, it will...
[01:02:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Congress Passes SESTA/FOSTA Law - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:02:15] <exec> 08└─And it does little to solve the problems that black markets bring.
[01:02:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Congress Passes SESTA/FOSTA Law - 248 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:02:17] <exec> 08└─Website owners should not be held liable when their sites are misused, and gun manufacturers should not be held liable when their guns are misused. This law is just unconstitutional; don't use it as an excuse to justify more authoritarian nonsense.
[01:02:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Congress Passes SESTA/FOSTA Law - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:02:19] <exec> 08└─SoylentNews is prepared to self-destruct if it needs to.
[01:02:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Congress Passes SESTA/FOSTA Law - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:02:21] <exec> 08└─obviously needs to be a limit to what a person is allowed to own or carry.
[01:02:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Congress Passes SESTA/FOSTA Law - 1486 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:02:24] <exec> 08└─I don't think he's doing any such thing, he's pointing out the hypocrisy. Republicans (and apparently a bunch of Democrats too) will happily vote to make websites responsible for all the ways they're used, but they'll absolutely refuse to make gun manufacturers responsible for all the ways their pro...
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[02:00:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Japanese Adult Video Stars Launch K-Pop Group, Sparking Debate - 924 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:00:04] <exec> 08└─In the age of selfies and the whole internet-never-forgets thing, in America being an ex porn star (for example Kim Kardashian and Paris Hilton who were both nobodies until their big breaks) is the rule rather than the exception, though I don't understand why all of the retired porn stars go into te...
[02:00:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Japanese Adult Video Stars Launch K-Pop Group, Sparking Debate - 239 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:00:05] <exec> 08└─Bunch of hypocrites. Everyone from blue-haired church ladies to blue-haired SJWs gotta hate on these fine examples of womanhood and capitalism. Right up until they feel like rubbing one out, then it's off to pornhub and morality be damned.
[02:02:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03stormwyrm [717] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Congress Passes SESTA/FOSTA Law - 427 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:02:23] <exec> 08└─It might have been a (perhaps even intentional) punning reference to the fact that these moralists effectively have root access to the Constitution, by using the Four Horsemen of the Information Apocalypse [schneier.com], terrorists, drug dealers, kidnappers (sex trafficking generally falls under th...
[02:03:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Trump Administration Plans to Impose $50-60 Billion of Tariffs on Chinese Goods - 259 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:03:54] <exec> 08└─I don't know about that. China has weathered famine and uprising in the recent past on the back of that rigid society. You think the US won't collapse the first day Big Macs aren't available? Hell, our president would probably be the first one in the streets!
[02:04:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06South Korea Aiming for 10 Gbps Internet Service to be Available to Half of its Population by 2022 - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:04:26] <exec> 08└─Where do I sign up for that study?
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[02:59:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Astrobotic to Use "CubeRover" to Explore the Moon - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:59:43] <exec> 08└─Or so claims their website, they've yet to launch.
[02:59:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Astrobotic to Use "CubeRover" to Explore the Moon - 652 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:59:44] <exec> 08└─Back in 1990 or so, small companies could receive as much as $250k to develop products that have been requested by government agencies. You get to retain ownership of the IP and other parts of the product. The Feds just want the product to be available. My then-business partner and I puzzled over a...
[02:59:59] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bob_super [1357] 02 - 06Japanese Adult Video Stars Launch K-Pop Group, Sparking Debate - 175 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:59:59] <exec> 08└─"You're a bad person because you do porn! Get a real job!" "Fine! I'll go back to singing, now." "You can't get a public job! You're a bad person because you used to do porn!"
[03:00:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Japanese Adult Video Stars Launch K-Pop Group, Sparking Debate - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:00:08] <exec> 08└─Morality? They did nothing illegal. Morality my ass. This is how to create fear in others. Keep pretending you want freedom while controlling others (freedom).
[03:00:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Japanese Adult Video Stars Launch K-Pop Group, Sparking Debate - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:00:11] <exec> 08└─Can't wait 'til we get to hippocracy.
[03:00:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Japanese Adult Video Stars Launch K-Pop Group, Sparking Debate - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:00:13] <exec> 08└─Went to check pornhub for blue-haired church ladies rubbing one out, found nothing. Not recommended. (grin)
[03:00:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Japanese Adult Video Stars Launch K-Pop Group, Sparking Debate - 273 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:00:15] <exec> 08└─If they blur after the fact then there should exist perfect training data. I wonder if releasing a pretrained network alongside the censored porn would sufficiently skirt the law since it would only contain the lewd images in an extremely unusual sense of the word contain.
[03:00:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Japanese Adult Video Stars Launch K-Pop Group, Sparking Debate - 589 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:00:18] <exec> 08└─Looking around, I found this: https://www.extremetech.com [extremetech.com] As I wrote this story, another possible solution came to mind: Genital replacement. Rather than trying to salvage wha...
[03:01:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Samsung Shows Off New 64 GB Server Memory Modules Using 16 Gb Chips, Promises 128-256 GB This Year - 379 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:01:38] <exec> 08└─Samsung and Hynix (and others) have implemented the hardware mitigations into all new DDR4 and LPDDR4 modules. Using both TRR and MAC together has been shown to be 100% effective in preventing rowhammer, as long as proper limits are set and they are actually implemented properly, which tests have sh...
[03:02:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Congress Passes SESTA/FOSTA Law - 238 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:02:37] <exec> 08└─Don't confuse moral relativism with moral subjectivism; they're two entirely different things. All moral relativism means is that morals exist because of and in context of something else, rather than as free-floating Platonic ideal forms.
[03:03:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Genetic Testing Explains Features of Chilean Six-Inch-Long Mummified Skeleton - 303 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:03:10] <exec> 08└─Isn't it only a few gene mutations that separates humans and chimps? Neal DeGrasse Tyson once said that if we're only 2% different than chimps, imagine what something 2% more advanced than humans might be able to do. Not proof that it isn't "alien". Just saying. (maybe a horrific time travel acciden...
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[03:03:12] <exec> 08└─Brain-Computer interfaces expanding the neocortex a la expansion cards seem a more likely path to human superintelligence than genetic engineering. Once we have the interface (ol' musky is on it), cheap radios (check), and the ability to simulate a chunk of neocortex (probably doesn't need to match...
[03:05:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Elon Musk's Monstrous, Enormously Large Compensation Package - 206 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:05:36] <exec> 08└─Sure seems as if he's building an external sci-fi world to me. Shame he's only a metaphorical faggot, children will take up too much of his time otherwise. That and who doesn't want a piece of Elong's dong?
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[03:59:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why I Don’t Sign Non-Competes - 1562 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:59:42] <exec> 08└─I was presented with a non-compete that basically excluded me from employment anywhere in my industry for a period of 5 years following termination, I refused to sign. I was told "everybody else signed it." I replied "maybe that's fine for everybody else, I'm going to need to work in this industry a...
[03:59:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Why I Don’t Sign Non-Competes - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:59:44] <exec> 08└─I was recently presented with a non-compete agreement. My response: It involved angry Blacks. [soylentnews.org] Fuck y'all!
[03:59:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why I Don’t Sign Non-Competes - 206 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:59:46] <exec> 08└─Non competes are nothing more than means to squash competion before it is even born and keep employees under fear of being unemploied if they do not behave like tamed dogs. Fuck those. Fuck those, big time.
[03:59:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why I Don’t Sign Non-Competes - 1979 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:59:48] <exec> 08└─It was an ordinary day in the city. The weather was nice, and everything was running smoothly. A perfectly ordinary day, you might say. But for one man, it was one of the worst days of his life. Panicking. A man was panicking in the middle of the sidewalk. Wallet. He had lost his wallet, which conta...
[03:59:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why I Don’t Sign Non-Competes - 2976 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:59:51] <exec> 08└─Look, most non-competes are way too broad, and therefore unconscionable. You can get all principled if you want and refuse up front to sign such an agreement. That's not a bad route to go. Or, you can sign it, then ignore it as not being worth the paper it's printed on. It's not too different than a...
[04:01:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pioneers of Modern Computer Architecture Receive ACM A.M. Turing Award - 512 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:01:09] <exec> 08└─-ns. So says Michael L. Schmit in "Pentium Processor Optimization Tools". It's been out of print for fifteen years or so but Amazon yields the insight that it can be had used for $2.99. It comes with an Assembly Code "Optimizer". What it does is generate commented source code that lets you know wher...
[04:01:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pioneers of Modern Computer Architecture Receive ACM A.M. Turing Award - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:01:11] <exec> 08└─He lives in Atlanta. Tell him Mike sent you.
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[04:01:32] <exec> 08└─LibrePhone will be here soon
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[04:59:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06General: U.S. Has No Defense Against "Hypersonic Weapons" - 174 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:59:42] <exec> 08└─Don't consider NATO actions against Yugoslavia unlawful. It will get you mod-bombed into oblivion an order of magnitude faster than suggesting vaccines cause health problems.
[04:59:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06Why I Don’t Sign Non-Competes - 1098 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:59:54] <exec> 08└─So you sign them, and not give a fuck about the consequences. This is Klingon guile. Today is a good day to die. In Earth contract law, when you sign an illegal contract, all terms are null and void. Non-disclosure contracts are valid, however, non-compete contracts are null and void. This is how Wh...
[04:59:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why I Don’t Sign Non-Competes - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:59:56] <exec> 08└─I was recently presented with a non-compete agreement.
[04:59:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06Why I Don’t Sign Non-Competes - 330 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:59:58] <exec> 08└─Holy shit, I just found a fat bottle of hooch in my fridge. I'd like to dedicate this one to the Madames Le Pen, Frauke Petry, Viktor Orban, Donald Trump, Nigel Farage, Geert Wilders, and all others in the spirit. This one goes out to restitution to the unlawful actions committed during the NATO bom...
[04:59:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why I Don’t Sign Non-Competes - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:00:00] <exec> 08└─But no one checked whether I returned them signed. I hadn't.
[05:00:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why I Don’t Sign Non-Competes - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:00:03] <exec> 08└─This is why we voted for Donald Trump.
[05:00:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Why I Don’t Sign Non-Competes - 1215 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:00:05] <exec> 08└─https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/understanding-californias-ban-on-non-compete-agreements_us_58af1626e4b0e5fdf6196f04 [huffingtonpost.com] Unenforceability only applies to limitations on one’s employment after the employment relationship. In California, non-compete agreements that prevent emplo...
[05:00:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Astrobotic to Use "CubeRover" to Explore the Moon - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:00:15] <exec> 08└─FYI 1.2mm/kg equals 3/64ths of an inch per 35-1/4 ounces in NASA units.
[05:00:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Dotcom’s Bid to Compel Obama to Give Evidence Rejected By NZ High Court - 8 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:00:24] <exec> 08└─Dot who?
[05:01:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03shortscreen [2252] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Pioneers of Modern Computer Architecture Receive ACM A.M. Turing Award - 483 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:01:29] <exec> 08└─Sometimes it does. Address calculations make good candidates for parallel execution, so something like MOV EAX,[EBX+ECX*4] might run just as fast as a plain MOV EAX,[EBX]. Old-timey assembler favorites like XLAT or LOOP are probably not optimal. Chip makers pick and choose which opcodes they will op...
[05:03:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Genetic Testing Explains Features of Chilean Six-Inch-Long Mummified Skeleton - 1101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:03:44] <exec> 08└─Do remember that in evolution there is no such thing as 2% more "advanced" than humans. That implies that there is a purpose or direction to evolution. Here's a simple question: what creature is more advanced, a human or a jellyfish? If you answered "human" I'd dispute that, since if you dropped a h...
[05:04:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Trump Administration Plans to Impose $50-60 Billion of Tariffs on Chinese Goods - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:04:42] <exec> 08└─but the question is if the fund will be able to hold on its strategy when investors start to withdraw cash during the crisis.
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[05:59:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06General: U.S. Has No Defense Against "Hypersonic Weapons" - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:59:44] <exec> 08└─And why do people still care about it nearing three decades later? Surely run of the mill underhanded shit isn't worth caring about at this distance, what happened that was significant?
[05:59:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03qzm [3260] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06General: U.S. Has No Defense Against "Hypersonic Weapons" - 681 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:59:46] <exec> 08└─We must NOT allow a mineshaft gap! https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com] What exact defense are they thinking of? Perhaps the same defense they have against an incoming ICBM (that is, none, at least none that comes close to working)? Perhaps the same defense other countries have...
[05:59:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06General: U.S. Has No Defense Against "Hypersonic Weapons" - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:59:48] <exec> 08└─Meh, I'd rather tax dollars go into a blackhole than fund shitty universities that only create student debt.
[06:00:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 0, Troll) 02 - 06Why I Don’t Sign Non-Competes - 180 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:00:06] <exec> 08└─Yeah, good point. Guess we'd better leverage the fact that no juniors are gonna get hired anytime soon while Visa hires are going to steal American jobs. Americans don't like that.
[06:00:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 2, Interesting) 02 - 06Why I Don’t Sign Non-Competes - 2017 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:00:07] <exec> 08└─I am of the strong belief that these are presented to the prospective employee to see how obedient he is, how gullible, will he "do whatever it takes" to get the job done? What is good for the goose is often wanted to be withheld from the gander. They are looking for cheap and expendable solutions t...
[06:00:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why I Don’t Sign Non-Competes - 209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:00:09] <exec> 08└─In California, non-compete agreements that prevent employees from future gainful employment are void, but this ban only applies to non-competes that are or remain effective after the termination of employment.
[06:00:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03canopic jug [3949] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why I Don’t Sign Non-Competes - 348 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:00:12] <exec> 08└─In many regions, you can also just line out the offending paragraphs. These days with everything electronic you could probably get away with asking for the digital copies "for your lawyer to review" or some similar excuse. Then edit them until suitable by keeping the fonts and layout the same, print...
[06:00:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03canopic jug [3949] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why I Don’t Sign Non-Competes - 580 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:00:14] <exec> 08└─The real nastinesses I would like to see verified as invalid are the non-disparagement clauses. I would not touch one but there are great many that have. Companies are acting in all kinds of ways that are bad for their employees, society, their own industry, and sometimes even themselves. However, w...
[06:00:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Astrobotic to Use "CubeRover" to Explore the Moon - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:00:25] <exec> 08└─NASA uses metric. Some contractors use(d) imperial.
[06:00:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Dotcom’s Bid to Compel Obama to Give Evidence Rejected By NZ High Court - 8 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:00:35] <exec> 08└─Dot who?
[06:00:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03shortscreen [2252] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Japanese Adult Video Stars Launch K-Pop Group, Sparking Debate - 289 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:00:57] <exec> 08└─Here, you can get the DVD for 3200 yen. Don't forget to post your review. https://www.amazon.co.jp [amazon.co.jp] https://duckduckgo.com松田美子&iax=images&ia=images [duckduckgo.com] https://duckduckgo.com桜もこ&iax=images&ia=images [duckduckgo.com]
[06:04:42] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03requerdanos [5997] 02 - 06Trump Administration Plans to Impose $50-60 Billion of Tariffs on Chinese Goods - 104 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:04:42] <exec> 08└─Serious question: I haven’t found a clear explanation of what he is expecting China to do differently.
[06:04:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Administration Plans to Impose $50-60 Billion of Tariffs on Chinese Goods - 9 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:04:57] <exec> 08└─citation?
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[06:59:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 381 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:59:44] <exec> 08└─I've been pretty happy with Kde neon lately: https://neon.kde.org [kde.org] Its easy to use and familiar enough compared to Ubuntu. Its multimonitor support works better than other linux environments I've tried. I liked Solus, but I had some stability issues (it started freezing on me occasionally)...
[06:59:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:59:46] <exec> 08└─It's all trash underneath. I'd suggest Linux From Scratch at most; build something that is your own, because other people are Hell.
[06:59:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 184 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:59:48] <exec> 08└─The list of such distros is growing: http://without-systemd.org [without-systemd.org]
[06:59:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06General: U.S. Has No Defense Against "Hypersonic Weapons" - 1138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:59:59] <exec> 08└─Excuse me, "What defense is he proposing? Lasers?" IIUC the US is also developing hypersonic weapons. This, of course, is not a defense, it's only MAD capability, so he comment is true. But that doesn't answer "What defense is he proposing?". Saying we don't have one is like saying "We can't defend...
[07:00:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06General: U.S. Has No Defense Against "Hypersonic Weapons" - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:00:00] <exec> 08└─I get nauseous when the politicians do not fund healthcare and schools.... but they could find enough money for "cash for clunkers" to buy and destroy hundreds of thousands of cars.
[07:00:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06General: U.S. Has No Defense Against "Hypersonic Weapons" - 371 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:00:02] <exec> 08└─What about the sub-sonic weapons, like the infamous "Brown Note". You know the "agencies" got to the Mythbusters before they did their show on this. I have unsourced intell that says the Brown Note will be broadcast on Fox News on April 1, 2018, in an attempt the get Trump to shit his pants and at t...
[07:00:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03milsorgen [6225] (Score: 1) 02 - 06General: U.S. Has No Defense Against "Hypersonic Weapons" - 263 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:00:05] <exec> 08└─Yeah we've been working at it for a while: https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] Things have gotten up to mach 20 based upon a quick Bing search of the topic. If MAD worked this long, I guess we can count on it working a while longer.
[07:00:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why I Don’t Sign Non-Competes - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:00:28] <exec> 08└─Wow, that's weapons-grade stupidity. And Eth is the hydrogen bomb in that analogy!
[07:00:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why I Don’t Sign Non-Competes - 714 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:00:29] <exec> 08└─Look, most non-competes are way too broad... My experience is the exact opposite! (this doesn't prove anything I just thought it was slightly amusing at the time) Got an email from the HR drone, subject Non-Compete agreement. I had been working there for a few years already so I'm thinking this is g...
[07:05:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Administration Plans to Impose $50-60 Billion of Tariffs on Chinese Goods - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:05:11] <exec> 08└─HEADLINE: China Started the Trade War, Not Trump
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[07:59:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 1, Offtopic) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:59:46] <exec> 08└─I agree with the Minority Report of the Eds: this is shill clickbait and never should have made it to the frontpage. Wouldn't you prefer a nice aristarchus submission instead?
[07:59:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 528 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:59:47] <exec> 08└─Fiddling with distros is kinda fun, and I've installed a couple of different ones just for fun. But I don't work with them. For work, it's Xubuntu, has been for years, and will be as long as it continues to exist in a relatively unchanged form. Why? Because "it's easy to install" and "a massive list...
[07:59:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:59:49] <exec> 08└─Assuming you have the CPU firepower, its the most flexible. In fact, too flexible for newbies, in which case, you should admit your shortcomings and go back to Ubuntu, why torture yourself?
[07:59:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:59:52] <exec> 08└─Or Gentoo if you don't want brainlessly copy-pasting command line instructions from the LFS manual.
[07:59:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 456 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:59:54] <exec> 08└─-ox, so he downloaded twelve different distros. Kids These Days. When I installed Linux, all I had was Yggdrasil and 386. My best guess as to why Rod can't get Linux to work on his new box is that it has a broken Windows-only BIOS. I have to say that Rod is into learning things thoroughly: if he can...
[07:59:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 294 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:59:56] <exec> 08└─Your comment is one giant tautology. You're a master of saying the exact same thing in many different ways. Your comment proves there's more than one way to skin a cat. If it's worth saying once, it's probably worth saying twice, according to your comment. I repeat myself: You repeat yourself.
[07:59:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 302 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:59:59] <exec> 08└─Plain ol' Debian. I like a few other distros but the ones I like are for specific use cases (ex. Tails, Subgraph, Qubes) and if you just need something for general use there's no real point in going and looking for something super diffrent or unique. Debian will give you more then enough to get goin...
[08:01:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Japanese Adult Video Stars Launch K-Pop Group, Sparking Debate - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:01:18] <exec> 08└─You just weren't searching hard enough I bet.
[08:01:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Japanese Adult Video Stars Launch K-Pop Group, Sparking Debate - 9 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:01:19] <exec> 08└─You lose.
[08:02:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Secure Messaging App "Telegram" Loses Bid to Block Encryption Keys from Russia - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:02:34] <exec> 08└─Your information is wrong. It certainly will run on cold fusion.
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[08:59:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 506 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:59:58] <exec> 08└─Wow, some people seem not to follow the IRC, to which I referred. Or is it, that once it is out and all front-pagified, we do not speak of the disagreements behind the scenes? OK, I got it, move along, nothing to see here, but check out aristarchus's journal on censorship on the SoylentNews! A good...
[09:00:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:00:00] <exec> 08└─Since all the cool kids are mentioning Gentoo. Might as well go see what inspired Drobbins.
[09:00:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:00:02] <exec> 08└─Took maybe 12 minutes, and like always, everything worked perfectly, two monitors, 4K, sound, wifi, bluetooth, all of it. What reason is there to run anything else? You know, besides SCO?
[09:00:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:00:04] <exec> 08└─It is easy to install, has tons of free resources available along with a massive list of applications available for it.
[09:00:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 492 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:00:07] <exec> 08└─Why do you think that all the editors should agree with one another? - the strength of the team that we have is that every editor has his own opinions and interests. That is why each editor has the chance to pick up any submission and prepare it for the front page, it makes sure that we provide stor...
[09:00:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 465 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:00:09] <exec> 08└─This is the obvious choice. It's quite similar but gives you a more leeway and perspective. I think Ubuntu has good marketing but it's not much of a distro, really. It's still not easy or polished enough. Also the Ubuntu forums are a sorry sight where blind lead blind. Their advice should be taken w...
[09:00:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Why I Don’t Sign Non-Competes - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:00:48] <exec> 08└─Yeh... isn't it funny how business thinks this kind of thing is OK, but they want the right and ability to use stuff like credit scoring. And of course, hold harmless, if the data is wrong.
[09:00:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why I Don’t Sign Non-Competes - 980 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:00:49] <exec> 08└─After accepting a job offer, at the very last minute they asked me to sign the most amazing employment contract I'd ever seen. It was truly a work of art: Had I signed it I would have given my employer the rights to every line of code I had ever written, all of my inventions, all of my everything. I...
[09:00:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why I Don’t Sign Non-Competes - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:00:52] <exec> 08└─Suppose A Inc and B Corp are in the same line of business. If you sign a non-compete for A then B won't touch you for fear of getting sued by A.
[09:00:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why I Don’t Sign Non-Competes - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:00:54] <exec> 08└─"weapons-grade stupidity"
[09:00:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Why I Don’t Sign Non-Competes - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:00:56] <exec> 08└─In many regions, you can also just line out the offending paragraphs.
[09:01:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03cocaine overdose [6886] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Japanese Adult Video Stars Launch K-Pop Group, Sparking Debate - 4281 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:01:40] <exec> 08└─30 fucking dollars? A blacked sub would net me 3 months of prime time edge material for 30 freedom doubloons. And shipped from Japan? Do you know how fucking long shipping is from Japan? 8 to 11 weeks, min. By that time I'd have exhausted my blacked sub and moved on to marathoning the millions of JA...
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[09:59:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03pTamok [3042] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Congratulations martyb - 5000 Stories and Still Going Strong! - 155 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:59:41] <exec> 08└─Thank-you martyb, and to the whole team - I appreciate all the work you have put in, as well as all the contributions and moderation by the members. pTamok
[09:59:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Passing Star Influenced Comet Orbits in Our Solar System 70,000 Years Ago - 543 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:59:48] <exec> 08└─I could say, "So what, big deal." But then I would be quoting the Black Lectroids in Buckaroo Banzai [imdb.com], which while strangely appropriate, is also completely useless. Why is it we get so few comments on Fine Articles like this? Is the science too advanced? Or the relevance too strained? Do...
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[09:59:50] <exec> 08└─Everytime I see Takyon post astronomy articles, a muffled voice inside my head can be heard saying: "what a nerd." Out of all the sciences, astronomy is the most over-hyped, while simultaneously being the most useless. All good things that came from astronomy are side-effects, not from the main caus...
[09:59:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Passing Star Influenced Comet Orbits in Our Solar System 70,000 Years Ago - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:59:52] <exec> 08└─... when is the next star passing on a close enough proximity for something like that to have an influence on our star system?
[10:00:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03cocaine overdose [6886] (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 3022 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:00:15] <exec> 08└─If this isn't a shill thread, which I highly doubt considering: > If you have gained some Linux skills after using Ubuntu for some time You would have gained absolutely no Linux skills using a bloated GUI and a hand-holding, spoon-feeding forum > Ubuntu is one of the best Linux distributions for beg...
[10:00:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:00:16] <exec> 08└─Oh, sorry, did not mean to touch a sore spot. Carry on. But this article is still pure shill.
[10:00:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:00:19] <exec> 08└─No. Ubuntu is one of the best Linux-like OSes that cater to people who like Macs,
[10:00:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03cocaine overdose [6886] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:00:21] <exec> 08└─You're a simpleton, Ari. Macs have their uses, Vi/Vim has its use, and so does Emacs. But Lunix does not have any use.
[10:00:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ingar [801] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 889 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:00:23] <exec> 08└─Fiddling with distros used to be kinda fun, but at some point I decided I'd rather be using my computer than to be tinkering with the operating system. I've settled on Arch Linux, it's fast and lean, and breaks just enough to keep you on your toes. The Debian-side of the linux spectrum suffers from...
[10:00:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:00:25] <exec> 08└─(Please verify your sarcasm-detector has been properly configured)
[10:00:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:00:28] <exec> 08└─Wouldn't you prefer a nice aristarchus submission instead?
[10:00:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 3, Touché) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:00:30] <exec> 08└─And no to an aristarchus compliant.
[10:00:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06General: U.S. Has No Defense Against "Hypersonic Weapons" - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:00:45] <exec> 08└─Excuse me, "What defense is he proposing? Lasers?"
[10:00:56] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] 02 - 06Why I Don’t Sign Non-Competes - 2976 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:00:56] <exec> 08└─Look, most non-competes are way too broad, and therefore unconscionable. You can get all principled if you want and refuse up front to sign such an agreement. That's not a bad route to go. Or, you can sign it, then ignore it as not being worth the paper it's printed on. It's not too different than a...
[10:02:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Last Male Northern White Rhino Dies - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:02:17] <exec> 08└─It's sadly not just the rhino. https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org]
[10:04:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Congress Passes SESTA/FOSTA Law - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:04:24] <exec> 08└─They do not share any information they learn about child abuse with authorities. In Jehovas you can bone as much 5 year olds as you wish. Cause that's what jesus would apparently do.
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[10:59:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03AnonTechie [2275] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Congratulations martyb - 5000 Stories and Still Going Strong! - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:59:44] <exec> 08└─I second that. My sincere thanks to all editors who work hard to keep this website running. Keep it up folks and all the best for the future.
[10:59:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Congratulations martyb - 5000 Stories and Still Going Strong! - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:59:46] <exec> 08└─Good on you, martyb! Congrats! I think I must be too easily distrac
[10:59:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Congratulations martyb - 5000 Stories and Still Going Strong! - 9 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:59:48] <exec> 08└─See title
[10:59:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Congratulations martyb - 5000 Stories and Still Going Strong! - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:59:50] <exec> 08└─... subscribe subscribe subscribe martyb needs hookers and blow-- nay, he DESERVES hookers and blow. Subscribe. Seriously.
[10:59:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Congratulations martyb - 5000 Stories and Still Going Strong! - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:59:52] <exec> 08└─martyb needs hookers and blow-- nay, he DESERVES hookers and blow.
[10:59:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Congratulations martyb - 5000 Stories and Still Going Strong! - 557 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:59:55] <exec> 08└─I went cold turkey with the old place starting from the boycott and SN has proven to be a worthy drop-in replacement. In fact my experience and interaction has been better here. Pretty amazing! I know comments are the real beef but it's kinda nice to have a starting point, a story. Thanks alot for t...
[11:00:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Virindi [3484] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Passing Star Influenced Comet Orbits in Our Solar System 70,000 Years Ago - 283 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:00:06] <exec> 08└─Human affairs and culture are debate-worthy. Raw scientific facts with no bearing on human culture are not, though they may still be interesting and worthy of reading just for the sake of curiosity. There is just no pressing need to comment. It doesn't mean nobody cares or reads it.
[11:00:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Passing Star Influenced Comet Orbits in Our Solar System 70,000 Years Ago - 1249 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:00:08] <exec> 08└─https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nearest_stars_and_brown_dwarfs#Future_and_past [wikipedia.org] Given the size estimates of the Oort cloud [wikipedia.org] (up to 3.2 light years), there should already be some influence from the closest star(s). Alpha Centauri could capture or at least influence...
[11:00:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Passing Star Influenced Comet Orbits in Our Solar System 70,000 Years Ago - 452 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:00:10] <exec> 08└─After having a near miss with another star just 70k years ago, how do we know there isn't another star incoming in the next 70k years, and if so, how will we ensure a population of humans is out of the solar system by that time so that humanity survives? I mean I know it is debatable *IF* humanity s...
[11:00:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Passing Star Influenced Comet Orbits in Our Solar System 70,000 Years Ago - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:00:13] <exec> 08└─For one thing, 70,000 years ago we did not even know that stars are other suns. And we certainly were not tracking them. So there is that.
[11:00:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Passing Star Influenced Comet Orbits in Our Solar System 70,000 Years Ago - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:00:15] <exec> 08└─Out of all the sciences, astronomy is the most over-hyped, while simultaneously being the most useless.
[11:00:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Passing Star Influenced Comet Orbits in Our Solar System 70,000 Years Ago - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:00:17] <exec> 08└─Why is it we get so few comments on Fine Articles like this?
[11:00:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Passing Star Influenced Comet Orbits in Our Solar System 70,000 Years Ago - 215 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:00:19] <exec> 08└─I'm pretty sure we know all stars in our vicinity, including their velocities, so at least for the astronomically near future, it should be possible to say with near certainty whether another such event will happen.
[11:00:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 359 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:00:51] <exec> 08└─You haven't touched a sore spot - I was just wondering why you were surprised that 'at least one' (I'll assume that you mean 'one') editor wouldn't have published this story. And how can it be a shill when TFS is arguing the case for moving away from Ubuntu to another distro? I think that the articl...
[11:00:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 249 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:00:52] <exec> 08└─Virtually any $random_distro will be an improvement. I usually use Slackware, because my time has value and it just works. But if you have more than basic entry-level hardware then gentoo or lfs shouldn't take very long, should you prefer to tinker.
[11:00:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:00:54] <exec> 08└─Spoon him and see if he screams? :0
[11:00:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ingar [801] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:00:57] <exec> 08└─I'd guess Android, all your sarcasm would be carefully analysed by Google.
[11:00:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 1879 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:00:59] <exec> 08└─Unfortunately, I was paid nothing for putting this story through - but what piqued my interest was the suggestion that you can learn more just by installing a different distro. That is plain wrong. And without knowing what the writer was hoping to 'learn', suggesting any distro at all is pointless....
[11:01:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 283 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:01:01] <exec> 08└─Logical consistency will usually suffice. I can put up with dissonance, and disagreement, but the total self-contradiction of conservatives just is not in compliance with any standard. Oh, and the conflict of interest, whether actual or just apparent. Deal killer and argument loser.
[11:02:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Japanese Adult Video Stars Launch K-Pop Group, Sparking Debate - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:02:29] <exec> 08└─why am I reminded of this post: https://soylentnews.org [soylentnews.org]
[11:02:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Japanese Adult Video Stars Launch K-Pop Group, Sparking Debate - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:02:31] <exec> 08└─Rule #34 doesn't specify pornhub in particular...
[11:02:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Japanese Adult Video Stars Launch K-Pop Group, Sparking Debate - 276 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:02:33] <exec> 08└─I think your reading comprehension is lacking. Controlling others ain't remotely part of my morality except through judicious application of logic and reasoned debate. It is very much part of anyone's morality who tries to curtail these fine young capitalists' efforts though.
[11:02:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Japanese Adult Video Stars Launch K-Pop Group, Sparking Debate - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:02:35] <exec> 08└─Rule #34 doesn't specify pornhub in particular...
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[11:59:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 0, Flamebait) 02 - 06Congratulations martyb - 5000 Stories and Still Going Strong! - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:59:56] <exec> 08└─I wonder how Martyb feels about niggers, Kikes, Wops, and Greasers.
[11:59:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Congratulations martyb - 5000 Stories and Still Going Strong! - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:59:58] <exec> 08└─Better than you do, I'm guessing. 👨🏿👊🏾🔥🔥🔥
[12:00:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Passing Star Influenced Comet Orbits in Our Solar System 70,000 Years Ago - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:00:16] <exec> 08└─I'd like to know why it didn't stick around? Were adjust some one night stand? YOU COULD HAVE CALLED THE NEXT DAY! Bastard.
[12:00:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Passing Star Influenced Comet Orbits in Our Solar System 70,000 Years Ago - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:00:17] <exec> 08└─Just because 1k years ago people didnt talk about stars as other suns doesnt mean that was the case 70k years ago. It is hardly a wild idea.
[12:00:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Passing Star Influenced Comet Orbits in Our Solar System 70,000 Years Ago - 158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:00:19] <exec> 08└─Astronomy is the only discipline that matters in the long term. *SPOILER* (click to show) *SPOILER* (click to hide) This Is What Soylentil(s) Actually Believe
[12:00:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Passing Star Influenced Comet Orbits in Our Solar System 70,000 Years Ago - 237 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:00:22] <exec> 08└─Do you want another star1 to stick around? Do you want it to come closer to, say, 1 AU from the Sun? *SPOILER* (click to show) *SPOILER* (click to hide) 1. luminous spheroid of plasma with a mass exceeding approximately 80 Jupiter masses
[12:00:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 565 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:00:58] <exec> 08└─What you learn from re-spinning your distro can teach you as much or more than just moving to another distro. Whether it's changing the init system, stripping out bloat or using a different compiler, it's a test of the flexibility of the tools available and the quality of the packaging effort. In la...
[12:01:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Astrobotic to Use "CubeRover" to Explore the Moon - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:01:54] <exec> 08└─It seems concerning that Astrobotic seems to be obsessed with cubes in space. [nocookie.net]
[12:04:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06U.S. Congress Passes SESTA/FOSTA Law - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:04:59] <exec> 08└─Forgiveness is the Christian way. Judas was a snitch. Forgive, and don't snitch - the Christian way.
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[12:59:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03martyb [76] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Congratulations martyb - 5000 Stories and Still Going Strong! - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:59:56] <exec> 08└─... subscribe subscribe subscribe martyb needs hookers and blow-- nay, he DESERVES hookers and blow. Subscribe. Seriously.
[12:59:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03mrpg [5708] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Congratulations martyb - 5000 Stories and Still Going Strong! - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:59:58] <exec> 08└─Hi, thanks for your daily work on the site and welcome to our new editors.
[12:59:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Congratulations martyb - 5000 Stories and Still Going Strong! - 487 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:00:00] <exec> 08└─Thanks to FatPhil, chromas, and fyngyrz for stepping up to edit. We're in good hands with you guys. Thanks to martyb and all the editors and engineers for keeping the site running. I haven't been around as much lately but Soylent feels like my home online. For those who may have already subscribed,...
[13:00:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Congratulations martyb - 5000 Stories and Still Going Strong! - 10 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:00:02] <exec> 08└─R.U.robot?
[13:00:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Passing Star Influenced Comet Orbits in Our Solar System 70,000 Years Ago - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:00:23] <exec> 08└─or head out into space (an alternative to particular kind of suicidal boredom).
[13:00:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Passing Star Influenced Comet Orbits in Our Solar System 70,000 Years Ago - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:00:25] <exec> 08└─Immortality you say? Imagine yourself working for the same manager forever and tell me if you still see immortality as desirable.
[13:00:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03turgid [4318] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Passing Star Influenced Comet Orbits in Our Solar System 70,000 Years Ago - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:00:27] <exec> 08└─What's the point of mind wipe? You might as well reproduce and die at some point in the future.
[13:00:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Passing Star Influenced Comet Orbits in Our Solar System 70,000 Years Ago - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:00:29] <exec> 08└─Or some kind of mind wiping and personality replacement to avoid compromising mission objectives.
[13:00:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Passing Star Influenced Comet Orbits in Our Solar System 70,000 Years Ago - 206 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:00:31] <exec> 08└─Or some kind of mind wiping and personality replacement to avoid compromising mission objectives. Select a permanent, or maybe reversible, change in psyche using a few handy GUI menus. Or go into cryosleep.
[13:01:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:01:09] <exec> 08└─I think what people are saying is "Linux, it's not even for nerds anymore."
[13:01:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 1619 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:01:11] <exec> 08└─I agree entirely with the point you make. He could learn more by re-spinning his current distro, or changing the init system etc. My argument is with the suggestion that changing distros is necessary or even desirable to increase one's understanding of how Linux works. Unless there is something that...
[13:01:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 868 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:01:13] <exec> 08└─Maybe, but in this case What's Your Favorite Distro? is a perennial favorite in the /. -- Soylent universe. I'm no distro-hopper, because sucking the marrow out of them is not my thing. But I do appreciate the cyclical return to the question because distros are moving targets. They evolve, improve,...
[13:01:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:01:15] <exec> 08└─Piker. 145 operating systems on one PC [archive.org] ...and if they weren't different, why would you need the number "twelve"? -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
[13:01:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 1207 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:01:18] <exec> 08└─I stopped using ubuntu by the time they pushed Mono stuff into the default install. I reverted to debian until I booted jessie beta: wew lads, the first buggy debian, and I have used the powerpc port of debian potato and the alpha ones, and sidux, none approached remotely this level of breakage. Lat...
[13:01:26] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03qzm [3260] 02 - 06General: U.S. Has No Defense Against "Hypersonic Weapons" - 681 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:01:27] <exec> 08└─We must NOT allow a mineshaft gap! https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com] What exact defense are they thinking of? Perhaps the same defense they have against an incoming ICBM (that is, none, at least none that comes close to working)? Perhaps the same defense other countries have...
[13:01:40] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] 02 - 06Why I Don’t Sign Non-Competes - 1562 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:01:40] <exec> 08└─I was presented with a non-compete that basically excluded me from employment anywhere in my industry for a period of 5 years following termination, I refused to sign. I was told "everybody else signed it." I replied "maybe that's fine for everybody else, I'm going to need to work in this industry a...
[13:06:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Teckla [3812] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Administration Plans to Impose $50-60 Billion of Tariffs on Chinese Goods - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:06:56] <exec> 08└─If the People's Republic of China, simply outlawed all shipments to the USA
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[14:00:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Congratulations martyb - 5000 Stories and Still Going Strong! - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:00:10] <exec> 08└─... subscribe subscribe subscribe martyb needs hookers and blow-- nay, he DESERVES hookers and blow. Subscribe. Seriously.
[14:00:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Congratulations martyb - 5000 Stories and Still Going Strong! - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:00:11] <exec> 08└─Probably with his hands. Not sure how long he keeps his eyes closed, though.
[14:00:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Congratulations martyb - 5000 Stories and Still Going Strong! - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:00:13] <exec> 08└─"That's what bot said." Hrmmm... doesn't work as well...
[14:00:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Congratulations martyb - 5000 Stories and Still Going Strong! - 302 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:00:16] <exec> 08└─Yes, I third that. 5K is truly an impressive accomplishment. Thank you thank you martyb! And thank you all who contribute to the great success SN is. Your otherwise thankless work connects us with interesting and important news and information. We're all better for it, and hopefully we pay it forwar...
[14:00:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Passing Star Influenced Comet Orbits in Our Solar System 70,000 Years Ago - 1414 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:00:42] <exec> 08└─The point is that c0lo, and many others to be fair, don't see how they could stand living hundreds or millions of years while exploring the galaxy. 200+ years from now, there will be a mix of advanced technologies available alongside the interstellar spacecraft that could make this journey more pala...
[14:00:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Passing Star Influenced Comet Orbits in Our Solar System 70,000 Years Ago - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:00:44] <exec> 08└─In the "very short term", say 50-100 years, we *may* solve most medical issues
[14:00:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Passing Star Influenced Comet Orbits in Our Solar System 70,000 Years Ago - 1760 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:00:46] <exec> 08└─That's not the scenario I'm talking about in the original reply. Coke man [soylentnews.org] is not going to care about an interstellar flinging of embryos. The idea here is that with anti-aging, you could hang out on Earth for a few centuries, during which time interstellar travel designs and other...
[14:00:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Passing Star Influenced Comet Orbits in Our Solar System 70,000 Years Ago - 370 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:00:48] <exec> 08└─Most of this is now addressed in other comments. However no matter how mind numbingly difficult it is to wipe, scramble, recreate, regrow, remix, etc. brain matter, FTL remains more fantastical because it could end up completely impossible due to physics, or have unrealistically huge energy requirem...
[14:00:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Passing Star Influenced Comet Orbits in Our Solar System 70,000 Years Ago - 402 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:00:50] <exec> 08└─100 years from this point should be plenty of time to cure cancer, aging, and other diseases with nanobots. It's nonsense to think it would take much longer than that. Technologies don't exist in a vacuum. We already have nanolithography today and nanomachines in the lab capable of carrying drug pay...
[14:00:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Passing Star Influenced Comet Orbits in Our Solar System 70,000 Years Ago - 372 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:00:53] <exec> 08└─I LIKE FATTIES!! Fat bottom stars make the world go round. :) Snookie could clear my orbit anytime/moon me/set me on fire... Love a good helmet head....damn: just threw up into my mouth a bit with that joke. [hurls violently] *SPOILER* (click to show) *SPOILER* (click to hide) https://www.politico.c...
[14:00:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Passing Star Influenced Comet Orbits in Our Solar System 70,000 Years Ago - 328 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:00:55] <exec> 08└─It would be plenty of time if they were competent, sure. Instead its a bunch of significant p values. I 100% guarantee there will be no cure until that is abandoned, which probably cant happen until the current funding sources and institutions are rendered irrelevant. That probably wont happen witho...
[14:01:04] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 184 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:01:05] <exec> 08└─The list of such distros is growing: http://without-systemd.org [without-systemd.org]
[14:01:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:01:39] <exec> 08└─Fedora 27 Mate/Compiz is pretty close to what Ubuntu 10.04 was before the Unity/Gnome rewrite.
[14:01:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03noneof_theabove [6189] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 1054 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:01:40] <exec> 08└─there was a "free cd" version less than 1.0 call Ubuntu. Loaded it up and looked at the "baby sh!t yellow" screen and put it on a shelf. In searching for help/fixes on windows I run across more "help me Ubuntu" that anything else. I'm an founding member of the cctxlug [.org]. Helped members constant...
[14:01:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 223 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:01:43] <exec> 08└─I'd recommend gentoo as a first distribution - it exposed the user to the core components of Linux and gives them some idea of what's going on. Ubuntu creates a helpless windows mentality by hiding the system from the user.
[14:01:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 1016 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:01:45] <exec> 08└─This is how I feel. Been using Lubuntu and that remains my goto distro, but I don't like systemd. So I'm still exploring. Most recently, I've been trying PCLinuxOS. Some minor differences is that man wasn't installed by default, one vim setting, paste/nopaste, was the opposite of the default in Lubu...
[14:01:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 440 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:01:47] <exec> 08└─Without-systemd AND "rolling-release". I've got servers I need to "upgrade" and it will be a bit of work that I won't have to do in the future when I switch to a rolling-release system. I've been liking Alpine Linux for several years, including using Xen, not yet Internet-facing production, but defi...
[14:01:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03cocaine overdose [6886] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 2631 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:01:50] <exec> 08└─You can learn more by switching distros, only because each distro evnironment forces you to use certain tools if you don't go the extra mile not to use them. Like Arch, forces you to use the CLI, whereas with Fedora, you have big buttons and everything's installed for you. You could probably go year...
[14:02:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06General: U.S. Has No Defense Against "Hypersonic Weapons" - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:02:05] <exec> 08└─I get nauseous when the politicians do not fund healthcare and schools.... but they could find enough money for "cash for clunkers" to buy and destroy hundreds of thousands of cars.
[14:02:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why I Don’t Sign Non-Competes - 767 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:02:36] <exec> 08└─I don't think I have even seen one since the late 90's. I thought they went out of style, not to mention how horribly illegal and unenforceable they would most likely have been. I didn't sign it then and I wouldn't sign one now (unless they compensate me for the time I am unemployable) . If I can't...
[14:03:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03cocaine overdose [6886] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Japanese Adult Video Stars Launch K-Pop Group, Sparking Debate - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:03:27] <exec> 08└─Because it seems like the only other post in this entire gossip simulator that's not optimistically delusional about the state of the world.
[14:07:13] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] 02 - 06Trump Administration Plans to Impose $50-60 Billion of Tariffs on Chinese Goods - 362 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:07:13] <exec> 08└─However, the United States and Europe would prevail. China has no civil society to buffer the effects. I don't know about that. China has weathered famine and uprising in the recent past on the back of that rigid society. You think the US won't collapse the first day Big Macs aren't available? Hell,...
[14:07:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Administration Plans to Impose $50-60 Billion of Tariffs on Chinese Goods - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:07:33] <exec> 08└─China can also easily produce enough food for itself to eat. They export food too you realise?
[14:07:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Administration Plans to Impose $50-60 Billion of Tariffs on Chinese Goods - 155 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:07:34] <exec> 08└─Except the competition isn't between China and the US. If China is too expensive, Americans will buy from the next cheapest source, unlikely to be America.
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[14:59:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03DECbot [832] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Hurricane Harvey's Toxic Impact Deeper than Public told - 228 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:59:47] <exec> 08└─Clickbait. 50 characters is perfect for generating clickbait to entice you to read the fking comment. On the other hand, 124 characters is the perfect limit to be vapidly expressive and convey the following has nothing of value.
[14:59:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Hurricane Harvey's Toxic Impact Deeper than Public told - 195 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:59:49] <exec> 08└─but he had 494 including the spaces; he couldn't express his vapidity in the first 124. it just doesnt make enough sense otherwise because he builds into it. its like hes a professional vapidist.
[14:59:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03idiot_king [6587] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hurricane Harvey's Toxic Impact Deeper than Public told - 639 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:59:51] <exec> 08└─Just goes to show that the disasters caused by capitalism can actually take a long time to notice. Nobody seems to remember the Deepwater Horizon incident. How will that effect the Gulf for decades to come? I'm starting to see hope with the fact that so many young people are starting to fight back a...
[14:59:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03cocaine overdose [6886] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Hurricane Harvey's Toxic Impact Deeper than Public told - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:59:53] <exec> 08└─Vape naysh represent.
[14:59:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03cocaine overdose [6886] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Hurricane Harvey's Toxic Impact Deeper than Public told - 243 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:59:56] <exec> 08└─You said the same thing, but twice. You used 229 characters to say that neither brings anything of value. You could've save 100 chars, by just omitting the second which was just the first line, but longer and more vacuous. Kinda like subjects.
[14:59:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hyperturtle [2824] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hurricane Harvey's Toxic Impact Deeper than Public told - 1914 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:59:58] <exec> 08└─He also didn't actually read the article, or missed the details about which is expressed anger is directed (likely it has more to do with a problem with liberal elites in academia slanting discussion towards a viewpoint not agreed with, but that is just a guess). Directly under the headline, on the...
[15:00:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Congratulations martyb - 5000 Stories and Still Going Strong! - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:00:27] <exec> 08└─> "That's what bot said." > Hrmmm... doesn't work as well... That's what she said.
[15:00:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Congratulations martyb - 5000 Stories and Still Going Strong! - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:00:29] <exec> 08└─Thanks for helping make this a nice place to visit.
[15:01:12] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bradley13 [3053] 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 528 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:01:13] <exec> 08└─Fiddling with distros is kinda fun, and I've installed a couple of different ones just for fun. But I don't work with them. For work, it's Xubuntu, has been for years, and will be as long as it continues to exist in a relatively unchanged form. Why? Because "it's easy to install" and "a massive list...
[15:01:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 10 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:01:51] <exec> 08└─Izod test?
[15:01:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 437 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:01:53] <exec> 08└─You're joking, but that's exactly what I did. After reading about several available distros in mid 2004, I decided on Gentoo, printed out the 70+-page install manual, decided to go with a 2.6 kernel rather than 2.4, and sat down on my bed with my old Pentium M laptop, vowing not to get up until I ha...
[15:01:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 269 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:01:55] <exec> 08└─Try Void? The install is basically painless, even compared to Arch, and the package manager XBPS looks and acts a lot like Pacman. I was using Arch for a long time too, and then tried Void on a friend's suggestion. It's awesome, almost like FreeBSD and Arch had a baby.
[15:01:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03bobthecimmerian [6834] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 359 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:01:57] <exec> 08└─I would add that we all benefit as more people adopt Linux. Some tiny portion of the adopters will become contributors, and they make Linux better for everyone. That means I stick with Ubuntu MATE, because I can recommend it to people. I know exactly how it works because I use it all of the time, so...
[15:01:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03DECbot [832] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:01:59] <exec> 08└─If you like the debian feel, you can give Devuan a try. It's Debian without systemd and what I jumped to for my desktop machines after Xubuntu.
[15:02:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03chewbacon [1032] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 451 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:02:02] <exec> 08└─I used Ubuntu for years, but started having issues on my NAS between systemd and ZFS. 2/3 boots, ZFS wouldn't start because of a dependency failing to fire off first. I gave systemd a good try, troubleshot it for a few weeks. Never figured it out. Too busy between work, kids, and pets to keep up wit...
[15:02:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06General: U.S. Has No Defense Against "Hypersonic Weapons" - 1129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:02:19] <exec> 08└─http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20170929 [userfriendly.org] User Friendly was doing cartoons about kinetic energy weapons long ago. And, that is the proper term for these "hypervelocity" and/or "hypersonic" weapons. Given enough mass and speed, a stupidly simple bullet (or crowbar) can be a...
[15:06:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Congress Passes SESTA/FOSTA Law - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:06:08] <exec> 08└─My bad; thank you. I'll be more careful in the future. Can't edit posts, so there you go. :)
[15:07:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Administration Plans to Impose $50-60 Billion of Tariffs on Chinese Goods - 2279 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:07:49] <exec> 08└─Apparently comrade, you were absent when they discussed the concept of economic dumping at the University of Moscow. No worries, I will enlighten you. The Yuan has been kept trading at an artificially low exchange rate for decades. The Chinese government also subsidizes shipping for finished goods t...
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[15:59:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Hurricane Harvey's Toxic Impact Deeper than Public told - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:59:56] <exec> 08└─The land owners don't want to lose property value and the EPA gains nothing from being the bearer of bad news. Everyone else never mattered: https://www.atomichomefront.film [atomichomefront.film]
[15:59:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Hurricane Harvey's Toxic Impact Deeper than Public told - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:59:58] <exec> 08└─nearly 52,000 pounds of crude oil, yeah. Make that "23,600,000,000 milligrams" to sound even scarier to numeracy-challenged.
[15:59:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03cocaine overdose [6886] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Hurricane Harvey's Toxic Impact Deeper than Public told - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:00:00] <exec> 08└─You're correct, I didn't read the attribution. The point still stands, if only the blame has been shifted.
[16:00:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Hurricane Harvey's Toxic Impact Deeper than Public told - 204 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:00:02] <exec> 08└─This and other news just shows us that we need to fix the environment. Someone should do something. Like sign an executive order banning all hurricanes. Trump should speak to the president of Puerto Rico.
[16:00:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Hurricane Harvey's Toxic Impact Deeper than Public told - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:00:04] <exec> 08└─But Trump IS the President of Puerto Rico! :P
[16:00:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03cocaine overdose [6886] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Bone Marrow Stem Cells Could Reverse Premature Menopause and Restore Fertility - 845 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:00:13] <exec> 08└─> #IAmEndocrinology > Share your contributions to the endocrinology field Regrettably, none of these contributions have been in the area of good looks. Never fear, I have compiled a ladder ranking of all the chicks under that hashtag, to help fellows separate the butter from the face. @ShekoufehY: O...
[16:00:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bone Marrow Stem Cells Could Reverse Premature Menopause and Restore Fertility - 771 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:00:16] <exec> 08└─Does the world need *even more* fertility of the human race? Really? If you're spending that money because research is important, and knowledge is cool, than keep right going. (honestly, not sarcastically) But: 1% of women have early menopause. Approx. 5% have it for a reason that is targeted by thi...
[16:00:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03messymerry [6369] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Congratulations martyb - 5000 Stories and Still Going Strong! - 402 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:00:42] <exec> 08└─Dear Marty, Iff I was the Pope, I would have you sainted. This would allow you to have free nachos for eternity after you pass... More importantly for the here and now, I will give serious thought to jumping into the fray and helping you guys out. Whew!, got past that really quick. ;-) In all seriou...
[16:00:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03jshmlr [6606] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Congratulations martyb - 5000 Stories and Still Going Strong! - 174 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:00:43] <exec> 08└─Thank you for all of your hard work martyb! And thank you to all of you for being awesome. I'm still new here, but I'm starting to settle in, thanks for the comiseration. :-)
[16:00:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Congratulations martyb - 5000 Stories and Still Going Strong! - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:00:45] <exec> 08└─you want to punch and burn them ??? I am confused
[16:00:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Congratulations martyb - 5000 Stories and Still Going Strong! - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:00:48] <exec> 08└─You crazy sonsabitches let Chromas edit?! Oh, man. I'm waiting for that ASCII Goatse to hit the front page.
[16:00:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Congratulations martyb - 5000 Stories and Still Going Strong! - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:00:50] <exec> 08└─Fuck you, EF. You're being stupid. Again.
[16:01:09] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03takyon [881] 02 - 06Passing Star Influenced Comet Orbits in Our Solar System 70,000 Years Ago - 158 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:01:09] <exec> 08└─Astronomy is the only discipline that matters in the long term. *SPOILER* (click to show) *SPOILER* (click to hide) This Is What Soylentil(s) Actually Believe
[16:02:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:02:19] <exec> 08└─If he's going to be a developer, then BSD is the way to go
[16:02:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 186 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:02:20] <exec> 08└─> ...and if they weren't different, why would you need the number "twelve"? "I downloaded Gentoo, [... 7 other distros...], Debian, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 17.10."
[16:02:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 310 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:02:22] <exec> 08└─The best way to learn BSD is to read the man pages and handbooks. The best way to learn Linux is to read the man pages and probably to at least look through the build process for any distro to get a good feel for how it all fits together. The REALLY best easy to learn any OS is to actually use it to...
[16:02:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:02:25] <exec> 08└─the statement "[...] Probably you want to test your Linux skills by using a different distribution." from TFS is misleading.
[16:02:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 286 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:02:27] <exec> 08└─I'm not sure why all the systmed hate. It seems to work. You can trust it. Trust me. I promise. It gives you the assurance that you can safely expect the kind of robustness, quality, stability and security that you've come to expect from any Microsoft product. So install systemd today!
[16:02:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:02:29] <exec> 08└─whereas with Fedora, you have big buttons and everything's installed for you. You could probably go years without touching the terminal
[16:02:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Chromium_One [4574] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 169 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:02:32] <exec> 08└─Well, Lunix [wikipedia.org] doesn't have much use at this point, sure, as there's fairly little point in messing with c64/c128 hardware anymore. Gotta give you that one.
[16:02:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:02:34] <exec> 08└─Boot up OpenBSD and tell me how it's different from Lunix.
[16:02:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03kurenai.tsubasa [5227] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:02:36] <exec> 08└─The best platform for learning Linux is Linux From Scratch.
[16:02:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03jshmlr [6606] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 407 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:02:38] <exec> 08└─This is just a "me too" reply. I cut my teeth on Slackware and I still try to keep up to date with its development. However, I haven't used it as my main linux distribution for years as I spend way too much time playing with it and not getting work done. I'm usually running some version of Ubuntu (L...
[16:02:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:02:41] <exec> 08└─You got me. I'm reading, and thinking, "Is he nucking PHUTTS???" Then, the punchline. Nice job, DannyB.
[16:02:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:02:43] <exec> 08└─If you aspired to doing sick humor, you should have joined the military. We've got it - you don't.
[16:02:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:02:45] <exec> 08└─No. I don't think I've ever seen or heard Aristiarchus complain. He generally whines and cries. Complaining takes effort, crying takes no effort.
[16:03:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hyperturtle [2824] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why I Don’t Sign Non-Competes - 2256 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:03:33] <exec> 08└─I was asked this as well; and was told everyone else signed it, and if I am not going to, what have I invented that I haven't published yet that is so secret, do I have something to hide, aren't I proud of my accomplishments, etc. I said I am not going to list out a bunch of things that may help the...
[16:03:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03isj [5249] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why I Don’t Sign Non-Competes - 875 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:03:34] <exec> 08└─In Denmark non-competes are legal. But there are two catches. For the duration of the non-compete the employer must pay 50% of the usual pay to the employee. And the duration is limited to 18 months. The 50% pay is reduced by the pay from any "suitable work" the employee has found. The courts interp...
[16:06:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03LVDOVICVS [6131] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Congress Passes SESTA/FOSTA Law - 499 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:06:53] <exec> 08└─I've always found it interesting how Judas is so vilified. Had he not turned state's evidence the Romans wouldn't have nicked Jesus, no crucifixion, no resurrection, no Christianity. So in a sense, he's right up there with the J-man himself in getting the whole religion going, and played a rather in...
[16:08:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Administration Plans to Impose $50-60 Billion of Tariffs on Chinese Goods - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:08:35] <exec> 08└─Americans will buy from the next cheapest source, unlikely to be America.
[16:08:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Trump Administration Plans to Impose $50-60 Billion of Tariffs on Chinese Goods - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:08:37] <exec> 08└─/ China can also easily produce enough food for itself to eat. They export food too you realise?
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[16:59:43] <exec> 08└─People authorized to use deadly force must be held to much higher standards than the common citizen. If it can be proven that a cop lied to get a conviction: 1. The victim should be immediately set free, rights restored, record cleaned etc. 2. The dirty cop must pay restitution to the victim for: �...
[16:59:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'Testilying' by Police: How Cops Get Away with Perjury - 500 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:59:44] <exec> 08└─It would be nice if things were that way, but it won't ever happen. In WA state, it's going to take a ballot initiative just to get to the point where cops don't have a total carte blanche to kill anyone at any time and face no consequences. http://projects.seattletimes.com [s...
[17:00:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06Hurricane Harvey's Toxic Impact Deeper than Public told - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:00:05] <exec> 08└─Yep, he needs to make sure the President of Hawaii is cool with it too. Such things require international effort and cooperation.
[17:00:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hyperturtle [2824] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hurricane Harvey's Toxic Impact Deeper than Public told - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:00:06] <exec> 08└─And that I agree with
[17:00:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hurricane Harvey's Toxic Impact Deeper than Public told - 306 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:00:08] <exec> 08└─52,000 pounds. So, 1 1/4 truckloads. Or, one truck, if the driver is willing to risk a ticket for being overweight. Well - maybe I've lost the habit of thinking like a tanker-yanker. Assuming a 5,000 gallon tank, you're not going to fit it all in one trailer. We're goint to have to bring a second tr...
[17:00:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03fritsd [4586] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hurricane Harvey's Toxic Impact Deeper than Public told - 700 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:00:11] <exec> 08└─I had to stop reading the article, it was too painful. Sickening. The clear message from the article was: there was insufficient Texas government demand for information about hazardous spills. Especially that Exxon didn't bother to give information should not have been acceptable. There was insuffic...
[17:00:29] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Gaaark [41] 02 - 06Congratulations martyb - 5000 Stories and Still Going Strong! - 122 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:00:29] <exec> 08└─... subscribe subscribe subscribe martyb needs hookers and blow-- nay, he DESERVES hookers and blow. Subscribe. Seriously.
[17:01:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Passing Star Influenced Comet Orbits in Our Solar System 70,000 Years Ago - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:01:22] <exec> 08└─I 100% guarantee there will be no cure until that is abandoned
[17:01:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Passing Star Influenced Comet Orbits in Our Solar System 70,000 Years Ago - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:01:23] <exec> 08└─But if the p-hackers predominate because their results appear more significantnt and there are more of them because p-hacking is easy, the non-p-hackers will have trouble getting the funding they need for real discoveries.
[17:02:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:02:33] <exec> 08└─But I bet it is useless for learning Linux -
[17:02:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03tonyPick [1237] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:02:34] <exec> 08└─Fiddling with distros used to be kinda fun, but at some point I decided I'd rather be using my computer than to be tinkering with the operating system.
[17:02:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 394 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:02:36] <exec> 08└─Yup. Unity was the point at which I parted ways with Ubuntu. The wife stayed with Ubuntu for a while longer than I did, but when she decided it was time for a new computer, she just went back to Windows. (Today, she jealously guards her Win7 installation, actively preventing any possible "upgrade" t...
[17:02:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03toddestan [4982] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 1044 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:02:39] <exec> 08└─Slackware is awesome. I pretty much started with Ubuntu also a long time ago. After getting annoyed a bit with some of Ubuntu's changes, I moved to Debian. With the whole systemd thing and a general urge to try something different after using Debian for years I tried Slackware. With Slackware, I lea...
[17:02:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03chromas [34] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 205 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:02:41] <exec> 08└─I was leaving Linux before it was cool, man! I use TempleOS—64KB ought to be enough for anybody. It's really obscure; you've probably never heard of it. Oh, you have? Ugh, TempleOS is too mainstream now!
[17:02:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Appalbarry [66] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 1821 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:02:43] <exec> 08└─Honestly, this is a discussion that was old about ten years ago..... and yes, I couldn't care less about SystemD. And no, I neither read the Man pages, nor yell at other people to do the same. How very 1996. I don't need to out-distro other people to establish my manliness. Although I tried installi...
[17:02:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03srobert [4803] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 969 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:02:45] <exec> 08└─If you're looking to do Linux stuff to train yourself for professional work, e.g. become a system admin, etc, then I'd investigate Arch Linux. It uses systemd (which is an unfortunate reality, but one you'll have to know about. If you're an amateur hobbyist who just wants to learn more about running...
[17:02:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03chromas [34] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:02:48] <exec> 08└─breaks just enough to keep you on your toes
[17:03:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03toddestan [4982] (Score: 2) 02 - 06General: U.S. Has No Defense Against "Hypersonic Weapons" - 503 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:03:06] <exec> 08└─Being somewhat less well-off than many, I do much of my own auto repair (sometimes it's fun anyway), and occasionally get parts in salvage yards. Around that time ("Cash for Clunkers") I remember finding, and getting parts from, cars much nicer than mine in the salvage yards. That really bothered me...
[17:03:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06General: U.S. Has No Defense Against "Hypersonic Weapons" - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:03:08] <exec> 08└─The trouble is, we've already been with 30 seconds of WWIII, and this thing makes the fuze shorter.
[17:05:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03dwilson [2599] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Secure Messaging App "Telegram" Loses Bid to Block Encryption Keys from Russia - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:05:45] <exec> 08└─The year of Linux on the Desktop was 2004, that being the year I installed linux on my desktop. What year it was in your reckoning is, of course, your problem.
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[17:59:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03archfeld [4650] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'Testilying' by Police: How Cops Get Away with Perjury - 730 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:59:49] <exec> 08└─Here in Arizona I see it all the time. People being stopped because they are brown. It is easy to boot strap reasonable suspicion into probable cause. Watching customs at the border patrol station they go by their 'gut' feeling and so called experience and training all the time, but the sad truth is...
[17:59:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'Testilying' by Police: How Cops Get Away with Perjury - 1048 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:59:50] <exec> 08└─Perjury is the right word from the subject line. There are penalties for it. Why are they not enforced? I know why, and it has been explained. High court / Low court. Or law enforcement is above the law. Or they "are the law". What that really means is that police and prosecutor culture accept that...
[17:59:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'Testilying' by Police: How Cops Get Away with Perjury - 420 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:59:53] <exec> 08└─The police represent the govt and power. Power doesn't face consequences for its actions. That's pretty much what power is. For the cops to face consequences, the govt would have to put limits on its own power. This basically never happens--not unless one set of politicians gains some new power by r...
[17:59:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'Testilying' by Police: How Cops Get Away with Perjury - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:59:55] <exec> 08└─What does "Police" mean? All of them? Most of them? A small percentage of them? Very click-baity if you ask me.
[17:59:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'Testilying' by Police: How Cops Get Away with Perjury - 604 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:59:57] <exec> 08└─It's disappointing that, over a matter as small as 50mph in a 30mph zone, an officer will fabricate an observation of something that did not happen "Observed the defendant passing five cars," write that in their notebook, then recite the fabrication in a court of law just to win the case. If the rea...
[18:00:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Hurricane Harvey's Toxic Impact Deeper than Public told - 388 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:00:21] <exec> 08└─You mean other than getting to keep their credibility when they claim that there are future problems that need to be addressed now? It's amazing how half the country is so ignorant that they have no problems dealing with the consequences of these problems, but god help you if you want to actually do...
[18:00:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Hurricane Harvey's Toxic Impact Deeper than Public told - 524 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:00:23] <exec> 08└─Because the Greens are in favor of a government that works for people and not corporations. Also, it's Texas, so they're pretty much dedicated to being backwards minded and generally backwater. Most of the damage to Houston would never have happened had the houses been somewhere other than the flood...
[18:00:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03koick [5420] (Score: 2, Interesting) 02 - 06Hurricane Harvey's Toxic Impact Deeper than Public told - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:00:25] <exec> 08└─Probably it is a bad idea to build homes so close to things so toxic, but people apparently are ok with the prices involved to do that.
[18:00:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03fritsd [4586] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hurricane Harvey's Toxic Impact Deeper than Public told - 1224 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:00:27] <exec> 08└─I'm not sure, but I think crude oil itself is just a lot less chemically reactive and carcinogenic than some of its derivatives used in plastic, textile etc. industries. What does crude oil contain for shit? Benzene, toluene, anthracene? OK toluene is bad and benzene is very bad. But now compare wit...
[18:00:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Farmer Tim [6490] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Hurricane Harvey's Toxic Impact Deeper than Public told - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:00:29] <exec> 08└─I doubt the President of Guam would agree with either of them.
[18:00:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03fritsd [4586] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hurricane Harvey's Toxic Impact Deeper than Public told - 613 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:00:32] <exec> 08└─I though I posted this comment already, but here goes: about TCDD, dioxin [wikipedia.org] I write this in the hope that you find it interesting and that you didn't already know. According to the Wiki article, the WHO claims it is quite harmless for people in part per billion doses; for a person of 8...
[18:01:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Congratulations martyb - 5000 Stories and Still Going Strong! - 298 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:01:11] <exec> 08└─You faggots have deleted a number of my comments despite the fact that those comments were reasonable. Fuck you, fuck your website, fuck your dog, and fuck your mother ( of course she is already being fucked by a huge pustule-covered negro pecker ). FUCK YOU AND YOUR WEBSITE, you pathetic faggots.
[18:01:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Congratulations martyb - 5000 Stories and Still Going Strong! - 14 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:01:12] <exec> 08└─EF sucks cock.
[18:03:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:03:04] <exec> 08└─I wasn't joking at all. I first used debian around 15 years ago, but never really understood anything until I used gentoo.
[18:03:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03leftover [2448] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 2145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:03:05] <exec> 08└─Slack '96 for my first time. It was an effort but I learned a lot. Using KDE neon now and finding it to be ... workable. Getting stretched between too-old this's and too-new thats repairing and rebuilding various CAD/CAM tools for my own use. The biggliest problem, IMHO, is the lack of definitive ch...
[18:03:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Why I Don’t Sign Non-Competes - 332 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:03:58] <exec> 08└─Then there's severability - the standard clause that says "we're overreaching in several other parts of this contract, and we know it, but we're not telling you which ones. When the shit hits the fan and you start pointing out that pieces of this agreement were illegal, we reserve the right to ditch...
[18:07:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06U.S. Congress Passes SESTA/FOSTA Law - 292 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:07:20] <exec> 08└─Oh, don't worry, almost no one knows the difference to begin with, and thinks of something closer to subjectivism when they say relativism. To really make that kind of person's head explode, point out to them that Divine Command Theory is literally the Platonic Ideal of moral subjectivism :)
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[18:59:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snospar [5366] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Epic Games (Developer of the Unreal Engine) Shows Off "Siren" Demo - 174 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:59:45] <exec> 08└─I know it's the uncanny valley but seriously, what is up with the dead eyes and the teeth? Look at the teeth! Does she gnaw on bones for sustenance? I need a beer after that.
[18:59:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Epic Games (Developer of the Unreal Engine) Shows Off "Siren" Demo - 414 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:59:46] <exec> 08└─More advanced technology is always good news, but how are cryptocurrencies going to affect the availability and pricing of graphics cards? I went to Fry's because I wanted a dual-monitor setup and I wanted it now, but there were only two low-end graphics cards on the shelf. No, not two sets of model...
[18:59:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Epic Games (Developer of the Unreal Engine) Shows Off "Siren" Demo - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:59:49] <exec> 08└─All those pink-haired dykes from Bioware had to go somewhere after their retardation crashed the company.
[18:59:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Epic Games (Developer of the Unreal Engine) Shows Off "Siren" Demo - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:59:51] <exec> 08└─there's something missing and she looks a bit plastic.
[18:59:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03koick [5420] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Epic Games (Developer of the Unreal Engine) Shows Off "Siren" Demo - 315 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:59:53] <exec> 08└─It will be much bigger news when characters can be realistically animated like this without the need for an actor being motion captured. I mean, in a way it's kind of pointless for us to be watching this animated character when we could just be watching the actor who performed the actions a 1/4 of a...
[18:59:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Epic Games (Developer of the Unreal Engine) Shows Off "Siren" Demo - 1113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:59:56] <exec> 08└─If the cryptocurrencies that are best on GPUs (rather than ASICs) don't go bust, resulting in a flood of used GPUs on the market, maybe the flood will happen once new GPUs are released. NVIDIA and especially AMD know that cryptocurrency made them a lot of money in recent quarters. Maybe they will op...
[18:59:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Epic Games (Developer of the Unreal Engine) Shows Off "Siren" Demo - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:59:58] <exec> 08└─https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/05/how-neural-networks-are-making-for-more-lifelike-video-game-animation/ [arstechnica.com]
[18:59:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Epic Games (Developer of the Unreal Engine) Shows Off "Siren" Demo - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:00:00] <exec> 08└─the valley 🅳🅴🅴🅿
[19:00:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06New Artificial Intelligence Technique Dramatically Improves the Quality of Medical Imaging - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:00:08] <exec> 08└─Is it also going to misidentify things organically? Or miss details organically?
[19:00:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06'Testilying' by Police: How Cops Get Away with Perjury - 274 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:00:22] <exec> 08└─>If it can be proven that a cop lied to get a conviction: >1. The victim should be immediately set free, rights restored, record cleaned etc. this would be abused by sufficiently powerful criminals, all they need is a cop whom they have corrupted to arrest them irregularly.
[19:00:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'Testilying' by Police: How Cops Get Away with Perjury - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:00:24] <exec> 08└─What does "Police" mean? All of them? Most of them? A small percentage of them?
[19:00:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'Testilying' by Police: How Cops Get Away with Perjury - 294 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:00:26] <exec> 08└─Rules for body cameras are left to local police departments as lawmakers struggle to pass statewide regulations [latimes.com] Police Body-Worn Camera Legislation Tracker [urban.org] Baltimore County officials seek state privacy protections for police body camera footage [baltimoresun.com] etc.
[19:00:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06'Testilying' by Police: How Cops Get Away with Perjury - 568 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:00:28] <exec> 08└─My buddy (who is an ex-cop himself) beat a traffic ticket by tangling the ticketing cop up in his own lie in the courthouse. The details were something about running a stop sign and the location of the stop sign. Of course, some people like to go to court and fight even for the simplest shit. Sure,...
[19:00:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'Testilying' by Police: How Cops Get Away with Perjury - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:00:30] <exec> 08└─juries and judges come to regard the police as less credible,
[19:00:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'Testilying' by Police: How Cops Get Away with Perjury - 1636 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:00:33] <exec> 08└─Only "click-baity" if you're an authoritarian pig apologist with a tongue coated with boot polish. 0.1% of cops are the truly rotten asshole pigs. These are the pieces of shit you see on YouTube videos and read about in the local news. These are the pigs shooting unarmed citizens and trying to hide...
[19:00:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'Testilying' by Police: How Cops Get Away with Perjury - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:00:35] <exec> 08└─What does "Police" mean? All of them? Most of them? A small percentage of them? Too many of them.
[19:01:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bone Marrow Stem Cells Could Reverse Premature Menopause and Restore Fertility - 285 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:01:13] <exec> 08└─I just mentioned this treatment to her. She prefers to be all-natural. She's about to turn 40, and thus is running out of steam. In 19 years, the all-natural method has gotten us 11 kids. We probably can't get past 14 without finding a treatment for her age. She won't even take drugs.
[19:01:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bone Marrow Stem Cells Could Reverse Premature Menopause and Restore Fertility - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:01:14] <exec> 08└─Get Wife #2 and get to work.
[19:01:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Congratulations martyb - 5000 Stories and Still Going Strong! - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:01:48] <exec> 08└─No comments were deleted in the triggering of this AC.
[19:02:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Passing Star Influenced Comet Orbits in Our Solar System 70,000 Years Ago - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:02:24] <exec> 08└─But if the p-hackers predominate because their results appear more significantnt and there are more of them because p-hacking is easy, the non-p-hackers will have trouble getting the funding they need for real discoveries.
[19:02:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Passing Star Influenced Comet Orbits in Our Solar System 70,000 Years Ago - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:02:25] <exec> 08└─No entertainment can last for 50 years.
[19:02:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Passing Star Influenced Comet Orbits in Our Solar System 70,000 Years Ago - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:02:27] <exec> 08└─I wonder how you classify your own comment :-)
[19:03:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:03:46] <exec> 08└─I'd define that as "minimal and stable." And ideally "without bloody SystemD." Devuan Jessie or Slackware might be good, maybe Void if you don't mind rolling release.
[19:03:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:03:48] <exec> 08└─... of you wee Azuma Hazuki on her bed....
[19:03:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 273 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:03:50] <exec> 08└─I think you've got that backwards, chief o_O Void feels waaaay more professional than Arch to me. I'm another Arch-->Void migrant due to SystemD (and not liking Artix or Devuan too much...). Never ever going back. Void even has its equivalent of a ports tree with xbps-src.
[19:03:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Knowledge Troll [5948] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:03:52] <exec> 08└─I didn't care for KDE Neon - even the LTS would change out from under me.
[19:03:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03srobert [4803] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 473 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:03:54] <exec> 08└─Maybe so. I'm not a pro myself, but the reason I thought "Arch for Pros", was that he'd learn systemd, which is unfortunately, a necessity to learn for the big enterprise distros like Red Hat and CentOS. I love Void Linux. It's the OS on my current main laptop. (Mostly because it has a wifi card tha...
[19:04:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03leftover [2448] (Score: 2) 02 - 06General: U.S. Has No Defense Against "Hypersonic Weapons" - 340 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:04:14] <exec> 08└─These pronouncements look, to me, like rabble-rousing in preparation for yet another major line of political pork funding. Notice that this comes from the Air Force, the same branch that failed to stop a weapon program that it said it did not want. Did give him points for the Dilbert PHB arm-waving...
[19:04:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03darnkitten [1912] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Astrobotic to Use "CubeRover" to Explore the Moon - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:05:00] <exec> 08└─Or they've been playing Minecraft too long...
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[19:59:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Epic Games (Developer of the Unreal Engine) Shows Off "Siren" Demo - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:59:49] <exec> 08└─I'm not keen on using a card that's been pumped full of someone else's electrons.
[19:59:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Epic Games (Developer of the Unreal Engine) Shows Off "Siren" Demo - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:59:50] <exec> 08└─How do you feel about backdoors?
[19:59:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Captival [6866] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Epic Games (Developer of the Unreal Engine) Shows Off "Siren" Demo - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:59:53] <exec> 08└─The uncanny valley valley, where people reflexively have to find something wrong with any CGI, even to the point of imagining it, and post about it to show how smart they are.
[19:59:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snospar [5366] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Epic Games (Developer of the Unreal Engine) Shows Off "Siren" Demo - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:59:55] <exec> 08└─So Pink(-haired) Soylent is Bioware people. Yuck, I'll pass thanks.
[20:00:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'Testilying' by Police: How Cops Get Away with Perjury - 612 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:00:22] <exec> 08└─We ought to run the trial without the tainted testimony. The difference in the amount of punishment is the amount of harm. Suppose the person has been in prison for 7 years, and the sentence is 20 years. If that gets reduced to a 10-year sentence, no harm has yet been done. If it is reduced to a 5-y...
[20:00:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'Testilying' by Police: How Cops Get Away with Perjury - 1161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:00:24] <exec> 08└─When the constraints of a framework built to restrain the power of a legal system are removed or ignored, abhorrent behavior by those working in said system is an expected result. What are the constraining limits for cops in New York and elsewhere around the USA? They are no more complex than "conse...
[20:00:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03linkdude64 [5482] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hurricane Harvey's Toxic Impact Deeper than Public told - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:00:54] <exec> 08└─Yes, you're right. With communism, they never surface. Much better choice.
[20:01:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03linkdude64 [5482] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Congratulations martyb - 5000 Stories and Still Going Strong! - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:01:39] <exec> 08└─Even those of you with objectively incorrect opinions :) We all make the site a marketplace of ideas, which is a good thing.
[20:03:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 276 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:03:42] <exec> 08└─It's like you didn't even read the comment you replied to. He didn't say Arch was more professional, he said that if you want to fix broken linuxes for a living, you'll need experience with the number 1 breaker of linux, SystemD. Arch will give you that unpleasant experience.
[20:03:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:03:43] <exec> 08└─If you want to use freebsd, and Linux has the wifi drivers you need, set up passthrough with bhyve to give the service to a Linux vm, set up a proxy, and connect through the vm.
[20:03:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:03:46] <exec> 08└─Oh, it has. I know SystemD all too well, which is why I'll support it but refuse to use it unless forced.
[20:03:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:03:49] <exec> 08└─Whoa, that works? I always thought that if a device didn't work in the host OS the guest won't know what to do with it either. And, does this passthrough require VT-d/AMD-IOMMU, or not?
[20:03:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:03:51] <exec> 08└─6' is "wee" these days? I'm taller than most men.
[20:03:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03julian [6003] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 1708 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:03:53] <exec> 08└─It's not so much that it's all trash, but that only the trashiest distros have the resources to put in the polish and quality of life improvements that Microsoft and Apple offer. Linux is technically superior in many ways to what Apple and MS produce, until you get to the real world where software h...
[20:03:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 241 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:03:55] <exec> 08└─Regardless of what you say about Windows 10 or macOS from a privacy and freedom point of view (and there's a lot to say), they're solid and reliable user interfaces, with some flaws that are mostly a matter of taste and personal preferences.
[20:04:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06General: U.S. Has No Defense Against "Hypersonic Weapons" - 372 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:04:16] <exec> 08└─Likely the real reason they want to start World War 3. Pork, pork, pork, pork. Doesn't seem to occur to them that all that pork will be useless when every major city is irradiated ruins. If we want to give USA 2.0 with some refactoring a try after the year of hell, we may want to include something p...
[20:05:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Japanese Adult Video Stars Launch K-Pop Group, Sparking Debate - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:05:42] <exec> 08└─Mikami said she would understand if not many could support the group. "I will try to be grateful for the fans who can root for us," she said.
[20:05:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Japanese Adult Video Stars Launch K-Pop Group, Sparking Debate - 695 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:05:44] <exec> 08└─By banning this data (photos are just data) we make it difficult to investigate. Smart people who stumble upon it will wipe/destroy their hard drives and never say a word. We also manage to punish and deter (because nobody wants to rely on ill-defined exceptions) stuff like self-porn, innocent baby...
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[21:00:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Epic Games (Developer of the Unreal Engine) Shows Off "Siren" Demo - 193 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:00:02] <exec> 08└─I thought the animation of her arm motions were disappointingly artificial looking, and that should be the easier part to get right - especially if they're doing motion capture from an actress.
[21:00:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Epic Games (Developer of the Unreal Engine) Shows Off "Siren" Demo - 539 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:00:04] <exec> 08└─Polar Express had me fooled long enough that I was questioning whether it was live action with CGI post manipulations, for at least 30 seconds. That feeling when you transition from being fooled to not being fooled is what makes the uncanny valley uncomfortable. There are literally millions of poten...
[21:00:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Epic Games (Developer of the Unreal Engine) Shows Off "Siren" Demo - 393 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:00:06] <exec> 08└─Well, some people look good, and some people can act. People who both look good and can act are fabulously expensive to hire, motion capture ultimately brings the cost of production down as compared to having a bidding war with other production studios for the top talent. Plus, this saves Jim Kirk's...
[21:00:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Epic Games (Developer of the Unreal Engine) Shows Off "Siren" Demo - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:00:08] <exec> 08└─Once you're clearly on the Pixar side of the Universe, you can get back to accepting things that talk but shouldn't, and enjoy the story.
[21:00:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03leftover [2448] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Epic Games (Developer of the Unreal Engine) Shows Off "Siren" Demo - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:00:11] <exec> 08└─Have to agree. The actress's face is perfectly appealing as-is. Just paint the makeup on her and let the computers handle the background rather than diminishing her performance.
[21:00:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snospar [5366] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Epic Games (Developer of the Unreal Engine) Shows Off "Siren" Demo - 306 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:00:13] <exec> 08└─I think you might be on to something... that's an English accent but those look like Scottish teeth to me. No wait, I was wrong, no fillings and no gaps, not Scottish after all. (Disclaimer: The Scots are known for their sweet tooth, this isn't meant to cause offence. If it does offend you - gro...
[21:00:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03mendax [2840] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06'Testilying' by Police: How Cops Get Away with Perjury - 605 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:00:42] <exec> 08└─This happens in other areas of law enforcement as well. A friend of mine did some time in federal prison. He's tried to get off federal supervised release on two occasions and on both of these occasions his probation officer committed perjury, and got away with it. Judges have an automatic assumptio...
[21:00:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'Testilying' by Police: How Cops Get Away with Perjury - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:00:44] <exec> 08└─Try that on a cop. Preferably while livestreaming. Please. I wanna see this.
[21:00:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'Testilying' by Police: How Cops Get Away with Perjury - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:00:46] <exec> 08└─Should the meth smuggler get away because there was no obvious proof he was smuggling other than it felt wrong to the officer.
[21:00:56] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03idiot_king [6587] 02 - 06Hurricane Harvey's Toxic Impact Deeper than Public told - 639 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:00:57] <exec> 08└─Just goes to show that the disasters caused by capitalism can actually take a long time to notice. Nobody seems to remember the Deepwater Horizon incident. How will that effect the Gulf for decades to come? I'm starting to see hope with the fact that so many young people are starting to fight back a...
[21:02:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Congratulations martyb - 5000 Stories and Still Going Strong! - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:02:01] <exec> 08└─I think I am gonna mod grandparent informative.
[21:02:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Passing Star Influenced Comet Orbits in Our Solar System 70,000 Years Ago - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:02:40] <exec> 08└─As answer to an existing comment. Duh.
[21:04:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 274 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:04:12] <exec> 08└─Like you, I haven't been arsed yet to track down who is at fault for Vi/Vim's recent stupid mouse-click behavior. However, holding down SHIFT (possibly just right-shift) before starting a mouse action in Vi/Vim will produce the expected results for both copying and pasting.
[21:04:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:04:14] <exec> 08└─... distro to use: Slackware
[21:04:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03leftover [2448] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 295 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:04:16] <exec> 08└─Agreed, as far as they go. That still leaves all of the application + libraries logjam up to the end user. I am tired of spending more time repairing tools than using them. When I find myself wistfully remembering the productivity of dividers and straightedges I know it is time to take a break.
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[22:00:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Epic Games (Developer of the Unreal Engine) Shows Off "Siren" Demo - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:00:11] <exec> 08└─That one was pretty good. Unfortunatly for me the compression artifacts messed with the video. Lip sync was slightly off and the mouth was a bit odd. But other than that pretty good.
[22:00:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Epic Games (Developer of the Unreal Engine) Shows Off "Siren" Demo - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:00:12] <exec> 08└─That's acceptable for a cutscene, not a game engine. I don't get this criticism.
[22:00:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Epic Games (Developer of the Unreal Engine) Shows Off "Siren" Demo - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:00:14] <exec> 08└─They spend so much time trying to create something so hideous. Reality is ugly and boring and real people are an abomination. Anime-style stuff is better.
[22:00:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Epic Games (Developer of the Unreal Engine) Shows Off "Siren" Demo - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:00:17] <exec> 08└─What about the blue-haired ones? I figured we were supposed to be afraid mostly of the blue-haired ones.
[22:00:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Epic Games (Developer of the Unreal Engine) Shows Off "Siren" Demo - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:00:19] <exec> 08└─You can still use a big, hot GPU for that. Just render the characters kawaii and use the raytracing and other stuff for the background details.
[22:00:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Epic Games (Developer of the Unreal Engine) Shows Off "Siren" Demo - 529 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:00:21] <exec> 08└─I think it's the lips during plosive consonants not perking right depending on proceeding vowels/consonants and the cheeks during open vowels. Nothing really wrong with the eyes as far as I can tell... But my eyesight isn't too good so I just might be missing some details. I think the sample is a bi...
[22:00:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Artificial Intelligence Technique Dramatically Improves the Quality of Medical Imaging - 351 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:00:30] <exec> 08└─Artificial intelligence can diagnose prostate cancer as well as a pathologist [sciencebusiness.net] AI Cancer Detection Startup Nucleai Raises $5 Million [calcalistech.com] Doctors could soon spend less time looking at mammograms, thanks to artificial intelligence [researchgate.net] (too much tits)...
[22:00:38] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03hemocyanin [186] 02 - 06'Testilying' by Police: How Cops Get Away with Perjury - 500 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:00:39] <exec> 08└─It would be nice if things were that way, but it won't ever happen. In WA state, it's going to take a ballot initiative just to get to the point where cops don't have a total carte blanche to kill anyone at any time and face no consequences. http://projects.seattletimes.com [s...
[22:00:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'Testilying' by Police: How Cops Get Away with Perjury - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:00:57] <exec> 08└─You'd like to see him shoot a cop in self-defense? Me too.
[22:00:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'Testilying' by Police: How Cops Get Away with Perjury - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:00:58] <exec> 08└─Try that on a cop. [...] I wanna see this.
[22:01:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Hurricane Harvey's Toxic Impact Deeper than Public told - 169 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:01:30] <exec> 08└─I'm not sure, but I think crude oil itself is just a lot less chemically reactive and carcinogenic than some of its derivatives used in plastic, textile etc. industries.
[22:01:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hurricane Harvey's Toxic Impact Deeper than Public told - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:01:32] <exec> 08└─The government declared: As Harvey bore down on Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott's administration decreed that storm-related pollution would be forgiven as "acts of God." Days later, he suspended many environmental regulations.
[22:01:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bone Marrow Stem Cells Could Reverse Premature Menopause and Restore Fertility - 452 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:01:43] <exec> 08└─I'm not sure that I agree with your upsetness. you have an easy solution: stop paying the people who don't research what you want them to research. if you weren't paying them in the first place, then there's a slightly not easy solution: start talking to people, initiate and get legislation passed t...
[22:02:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Congratulations martyb - 5000 Stories and Still Going Strong! - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:02:20] <exec> 08└─And you're point is?...
[22:03:34] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Ingar [801] 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 74 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:03:34] <exec> 08└─I'd guess Android, all your sarcasm would be carefully analysed by Google.
[22:04:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 579 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:04:33] <exec> 08└─I've seen Corpus Christi on maps. (Several of those were hurricane tracking plots.) What's the best thing about that burg? Are you still active in the LUG? Does the LUG still gather in meatspace? How many active members? On a particularly well-attended gathering, how many show up? Ever do|Still doin...
[22:04:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:04:35] <exec> 08└─Perhaps things would have gone better if you had tried X Window (no hyphen; no s). -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
[22:04:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:04:37] <exec> 08└─http://0xfeedface.org/2014/12/11/FreeBSD-Intel-wifi-via-bhyve.html [0xfeedface.org]
[22:04:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03julian [6003] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 657 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:04:39] <exec> 08└─That's the opposite of what is going on here. Windows 10 is more complete, polished, functional, and supports more hardware fully than Linux. There are some philosophical and ethical concerns that aren't even on the radar for most people as legitimate issues. It's rather a case of asking people to d...
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[22:59:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Some Stars Could Become "Self-Consistent Semiclassical Relativistic Stars" Instead of Black Holes - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:59:43] <exec> 08└─Oh dear! I'm no relativist! And how do I get rid of these horrible sun spots? Try StarShine! [youtube.com]
[23:00:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Epic Games (Developer of the Unreal Engine) Shows Off "Siren" Demo - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:00:15] <exec> 08└─count me in the unvanny valley. the face still looks too meatbaggy. Arms and dress are sexxxyyyy.
[23:00:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'Testilying' by Police: How Cops Get Away with Perjury - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:00:51] <exec> 08└─[shot] a cop in self-defense?
[23:01:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bone Marrow Stem Cells Could Reverse Premature Menopause and Restore Fertility - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:01:36] <exec> 08└─It might need more fertility for the next race.
[23:02:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Congratulations martyb - 5000 Stories and Still Going Strong! - 661 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:02:13] <exec> 08└─In years past, the green site had to delete some stuff when they ran up against the "church" of Scientology. I am aware of no similar situations at this site. Things here can get mod'd down to -1 here (with the default viewing level now being set to -1) but I have seen no legitimate discussion WRT a...
[23:02:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Congratulations martyb - 5000 Stories and Still Going Strong! - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:02:15] <exec> 08└─Aaaaaa!!! infinite loop!!
[23:04:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 386 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:04:32] <exec> 08└─Can you run Void linux as "live" mode from a USB key? (not just to install with, but to run in live mode for regular use) The docs for Void are not clear on this -- I'll try a download ... I prefer to use a "live" distro for internet access as I get a "fresh" system with each reboot. I have be...
[23:04:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Discussion: Which Linux Distribution to Use After Ubuntu? - 268 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:04:34] <exec> 08└─Now I'm thinking of you, tall, slim, lying on a bed wearing camo gear and unlaced army boots, and booting gentoo, with candles all round the room, swedish death metal playing softly in the background, and a bottle of JB and two glasses on the dresser. I'm so confused.
[23:04:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06General: U.S. Has No Defense Against "Hypersonic Weapons" - 1044 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:04:56] <exec> 08└─Spot on, toddestan. I wasn't aware of the MPG requirement, but I do remember something about MPG being part of the deal. Please remember, when you talk about things like "people who did the right thing..." - some of us have to drive work trucks. I happen to drive one of the most efficient, but there...
[23:05:13] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Whoever [4524] 02 - 06Why I Don’t Sign Non-Competes - 38 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:05:13] <exec> 08└─This is why we voted for Donald Trump.
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