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[00:09:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Denis Villeneuve is Remaking Dune, and That’s a Good Thing - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:09:08] <exec> 08└─(That's massively underselling things, but you try summarizing a 400-page novel in one sentence.)
[00:09:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06Denis Villeneuve is Remaking Dune, and That’s a Good Thing - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:09:10] <exec> 08└─The SciFi Channel version did a pretty good job
[00:09:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Denis Villeneuve is Remaking Dune, and That’s a Good Thing - 874 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:09:12] <exec> 08└─Actually, the lack of explanations was one of the things I liked about the Lynch movie. Getting thrusted into this bizarre universe leaves the viewer to pay attention to detail and try to infer what is not explicitly said. And the movie offers so many details in visuals and dialogue, it's clear that...
[00:09:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Denis Villeneuve is Remaking Dune, and That’s a Good Thing - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:09:14] <exec> 08└─No, zhe is gonna be an intersex pansexual PoC who is being opressed by the crtitically white feudalist patriarchat.
[00:09:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Denis Villeneuve is Remaking Dune, and That’s a Good Thing - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:09:17] <exec> 08└─I'm sorry, are we all pretending Blade Runner 2049 was a good film now, and not trash?
[00:09:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06ACLU Demonstrates Flaws in Facial Recognition - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:09:35] <exec> 08└─The whole idea is simply to sort through massive datasets that no human could ever hope to make use of and cull out a few matches
[00:09:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06White House Reportedly Working on Federal Data Privacy Policy - 224 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:09:57] <exec> 08└─How many think Congress, no matter which party is in control, can actually put together legislation that will be halfway decent? I am dubious, especially as I can't afford a few grand to "donate" to various congresscritters.
[00:11:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06German State of Lower Saxony Plans to Switch From Linux to Windows - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:11:36] <exec> 08└─You make it sound like linux breaks compatibility less! yeah, no
[00:11:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06German State of Lower Saxony Plans to Switch From Linux to Windows - 368 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:11:37] <exec> 08└─Having tried to use libre office calc... it's shit. If I can't even find the buttons there's a problem. I say this as a Linux user and lover who has been using Linux as my system for around 7 years, libre/openoffice is shit. I have to learn random bits of latex to get anything done (in LyX), calc cr...
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[00:11:39] <exec> 08└─I love linux. But excel is about 5 times better than libreoffice calc. And crashes less. A microsoft product crashing less than open source? Something is very wrong with libreoffice. and dont get me started on ease of use!
[00:11:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03exaeta [6957] (Score: 1) 02 - 06German State of Lower Saxony Plans to Switch From Linux to Windows - 310 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:11:41] <exec> 08└─That's not how it works. Here's what governments think: "We can trust Microsoft because they know if we catch them doing anything bad we will sick our army of lawyers on them." Here's how Microsoft thinks: "How much can we abuse our users before the government or some rich guy sends an army of lawye...
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[01:08:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Acting EPA Chief Wheeler Cracks Down on Polluting 'Glider' Trucks - 369 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:08:43] <exec> 08└─These things are bad, we all agree. But Trump and Pruitt see the money in them, so they make a loophole. Pruitt's scandals catch up to him, he has to resign. New guy comes in, figgur he's a Pruitt clone. But no, he lets the loophole be closed. I'm confused. Who bribed who here? Where did the money c...
[01:08:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 1, Disagree) 02 - 06Acting EPA Chief Wheeler Cracks Down on Polluting 'Glider' Trucks - 420 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:08:45] <exec> 08└─A lot of Trumps early picks were not good. He picked strong men with free thought that he knew personally and hoped it would work. I think he has a team that while they don't always agree with him they find ways to make it work. Pompeo, Mattis, Kelly, Navarro. Do most suck? Yeah. But i have been ver...
[01:09:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Denis Villeneuve is Remaking Dune, and That’s a Good Thing - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:09:15] <exec> 08└─What lame political agenda trolling.
[01:09:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Denis Villeneuve is Remaking Dune, and That’s a Good Thing - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:09:16] <exec> 08└─It wasn't nearly as good as the original but yes, it was a decent sequel.
[01:09:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Denis Villeneuve is Remaking Dune, and That’s a Good Thing - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:09:18] <exec> 08└─OMG you could have a *lot* fun with that...
[01:09:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Denis Villeneuve is Remaking Dune, and That’s a Good Thing - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:09:21] <exec> 08└─Can we please not have "and That’s a Good Thing" headlines here.
[01:09:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Denis Villeneuve is Remaking Dune, and That’s a Good Thing - 568 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:09:23] <exec> 08└─Having read most of the books that fill in the 'back story'. It really takes away from the main arc. This is a mistake many series make. They fill in the story. You are left underwhelmed as your brain put something much better in its place and now it has been replaced by something not as cool. The o...
[01:09:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Denis Villeneuve is Remaking Dune, and That’s a Good Thing - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:09:25] <exec> 08└─No, I think he pretty much summed up the books. And yes the SJW's will flip their shit. They always do, they are incapable of doing otherwise. That is how they control those around them. With fits and acting like children.
[01:09:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06ACLU Demonstrates Flaws in Facial Recognition - 454 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:09:44] <exec> 08└─It has become quite clear that you alt-right incels are way more sensitive, but being "alphas" you are not even capable of realizing that you start yammering bullshit when your ideologies come under attack by facts. The actual majority of the US wishes you'd move back to Cucktanistan so we can go ab...
[01:09:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06ACLU Demonstrates Flaws in Facial Recognition - 211 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:09:45] <exec> 08└─Yeah, this is apparently a brand new problem the alt-right has never seen before. Coincidentally they seem to be overwhelmingly white. We just need a research grant to find out if it is correlation or causation!
[01:09:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06ACLU Demonstrates Flaws in Facial Recognition - 406 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:09:47] <exec> 08└─Oh jewmorris. You read "ACLU" and reflexively go into a tirade about "Progs" and preferred pronouns. What is wrong with you? It doesn't make any sense. Do you classify everything in the world by (perceived) political affiliation, "friends" vs "enemies"? I'd have thought an org like the ACLU would sh...
[01:10:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06White House Reportedly Working on Federal Data Privacy Policy - 305 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:10:09] <exec> 08└─You must not have seen any combat in your military career otherwise you'd instantly recognize the dead eyes peaking out of Trump's fat face. Trump is more like a zombie meat puppet. It saddens me that Ajit Pai is the only bit you seem to care about, but at least your last sentence was a sliver of si...
[01:10:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06White House Reportedly Working on Federal Data Privacy Policy - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:10:10] <exec> 08└─Best theory here. Sorry to call it a theory, but until it is fully actualized it isn't fact.
[01:11:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06German State of Lower Saxony Plans to Switch From Linux to Windows - 985 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:11:23] <exec> 08└─What I suspect is that the gp is FUD and propaganda written by M$ shills, and lots of people here fell for it. A key phrase I've often seen from M$ shills is "they just want to get shit done", as if it's a given that LibreOffice can't possibly match M$ Office on that squishy measure. They even cunni...
[01:11:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06German State of Lower Saxony Plans to Switch From Linux to Windows - 339 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:11:24] <exec> 08└─The quote at bottom of this article, once i waded thru all the usual comments. Was along the lines (did not think to copy it) of”once a software is stable and working it is obselete”. So appropriate, because corp make new to make money, and FOSS make new to make interesting. Unfortunately neith...
[01:12:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06You can soon have ‘sex’ with Amazon’s Alexa - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:12:06] <exec> 08└─No thanks, burn in hell.
[01:13:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06HPE "Supercomputer" on the ISS Survives for 340 Days and Counting - 435 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:13:57] <exec> 08└─I agree the comment about zero gravity is bogus from what I know, but fans are useless in space. With no air, they don't actually move any heat around (unless they're doing something weird) and just create more heat that has to be dissipated. In regards to radiation, bit flips are problematic but th...
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[02:08:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Acting EPA Chief Wheeler Cracks Down on Polluting 'Glider' Trucks - 492 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:08:53] <exec> 08└─I’m a very big person when it comes to the environment. I have won many, many awards on the environment. I’ve actually been called an environmentalist, if you can believe that. I would consider myself an environmentalist in the true sense of the word. And when I picked Andy Wheeler to run my DEP...
[02:08:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Acting EPA Chief Wheeler Cracks Down on Polluting 'Glider' Trucks - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:08:55] <exec> 08└─Think of the horrors if they succeed. Here's hoping they get run over by their own trucks.
[02:09:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Have a Break From Apple Design Disputes, Have a Kit Kat Design Dispute - 14 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:09:04] <exec> 08└─Source please?
[02:09:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Denis Villeneuve is Remaking Dune, and That’s a Good Thing - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:09:33] <exec> 08└─It wasn't nearly as good as the original but yes, it was a decent sequel.
[02:09:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Denis Villeneuve is Remaking Dune, and That’s a Good Thing - 197 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:09:35] <exec> 08└─The freemason that wrote a metaphor for big oil with a backstory including the butlerian jihad? [wikipedia.org] Predictive programming never looked so lame. Fuck Frank Herbert and fuck this movie!
[02:09:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Denis Villeneuve is Remaking Dune, and That’s a Good Thing - 342 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:09:37] <exec> 08└─I'm wondering what they're going to do with the scene where Maud'Dib rapes the female race memory like it's a bathroom. Epic lulz if they don't change it and feminists flip the fuck out over the notion that women can't retrace the male race memory, but some dude is capable of retracing the female ra...
[02:09:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Denis Villeneuve is Remaking Dune, and That’s a Good Thing - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:09:39] <exec> 08└─"With this one weird trick"
[02:10:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03digitalaudiorock [688] (Score: 2) 02 - 06ACLU Demonstrates Flaws in Facial Recognition - 420 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:10:00] <exec> 08└─How about how all states (that I'm aware of) now require your drivers license photo to be a) without glasses, b) a neutral expression, and c) facing straight forward. No question why that is...so we can all be subject to this unwarranted search at the whim of law enforcement. Nice to know how "relia...
[02:10:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 2) 02 - 06White House Reportedly Working on Federal Data Privacy Policy - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:10:26] <exec> 08└─Naw...The Russian are the old Russians, only with computers now.
[02:11:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06German State of Lower Saxony Plans to Switch From Linux to Windows - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:11:39] <exec> 08└─Wasting millions on trash is what government does best.
[02:11:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03gawdonblue [412] (Score: 2) 02 - 06German State of Lower Saxony Plans to Switch From Linux to Windows - 615 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:11:41] <exec> 08└─I use both - Excel at work with VBA shite and Calc for my own stuff. Which one crashes less? I haven't had either crash for many years but I have had Excel lock up with VBA issues or (years ago) with too many rows. Which is easier to use? For me it's Calc, mostly because I'm still not used to the ri...
[02:11:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06German State of Lower Saxony Plans to Switch From Linux to Windows - 418 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:11:43] <exec> 08└─Who exactly are you calling a "shill"? I'm GP here relative to your post, and I argued strongly in favor of open source. And no, I sincerely doubt there are "shills" here. Believe it or not, some people actually like Microsoft or prefer Office. For all sorts of reasons. It's only in very unusual enc...
[02:12:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06You can soon have ‘sex’ with Amazon’s Alexa - 837 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:12:26] <exec> 08└─So, all voice input to Alexa is uploaded to Amazon for processing, and they use the recordings to improve recognition accuracy, right? In other words (someone correct me if I'm wrong) they keep some minimum-wage staff around for listening to voice commands that scored lower than some threshold on ac...
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[03:08:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03idiot_king [6587] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Disaster-Hit Japan Braces for Powerful Typhoon - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:08:45] <exec> 08└─Torrential rain, mudslides, typhoons - And yet climate change is a hoax to most people. Maybe they'll believe it when it's too late. Clearly we're on that precipice.
[03:08:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Disaster-Hit Japan Braces for Powerful Typhoon - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:08:47] <exec> 08└─A typhoon is not proof of anything except a typhoon. But maybe if you keep whining, someone will pay you the attention you so obviously desperately need. So you can live up to your user ID.
[03:09:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Have a Break From Apple Design Disputes, Have a Kit Kat Design Dispute - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:09:07] <exec> 08└─https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nestle-ceo-water-not-human-right/ [snopes.com]
[03:09:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Have a Break From Apple Design Disputes, Have a Kit Kat Design Dispute - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:09:08] <exec> 08└─Google is your friend. Calling them evil barely hints at how evil Nestle is.
[03:09:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Have a Break From Apple Design Disputes, Have a Kit Kat Design Dispute - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:09:10] <exec> 08└─How evil is Nestle? Just ask Google. https://www.google.com [google.com].
[03:09:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Have a Break From Apple Design Disputes, Have a Kit Kat Design Dispute - 10 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:09:13] <exec> 08└─Tank Girl.
[03:09:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Denis Villeneuve is Remaking Dune, and That’s a Good Thing - 362 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:09:45] <exec> 08└─More agenda trolling. There was no quasi rape scene and the the mother of his kids was an athnic strong woman. Troll away, but if you seriously believe your own crap then you're crazier than the most hardcore feminist. As usual it shows your own issues with needing to control the world around you th...
[03:10:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06ACLU Demonstrates Flaws in Facial Recognition - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:10:08] <exec> 08└─I've seen worse attempts at erotic fanfiction written for the author's own perusal, but not many.
[03:11:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06German State of Lower Saxony Plans to Switch From Linux to Windows - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:11:51] <exec> 08└─You weren't doing mathematical analysis in R or anything while imbibing, were you? Alcohol and calculus are a deadly mixture: don't drink and derive!
[03:13:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Slack Mops Up its Competition (HipChat and Stride) - 562 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:13:17] <exec> 08└─I have checked out modern multi-platform text messengers and inevitably stumbled upon HipChat and Slack as being the preferred corporate solutions. Why is that? Why would a company send possibly sensitive internal communications via some cloud service without a proven security track record (or the g...
[03:14:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Being Near a Body of Water Makes Us Calmer and Healthier, Science Shows - 422 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:14:01] <exec> 08└─Me too. And I'm not a big fan of techno, but its not that bad. DDG came up with this as the top youtube result : https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com] You have to click ok to get past the 'this content is inappropriate or offensive' block. How fucked up is that. It's a purely ins...
[03:14:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Being Near a Body of Water Makes Us Calmer and Healthier, Science Shows - 729 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:14:03] <exec> 08└─Apparently, there is not just fashwave (at least they're finally being honest about being fascists) but these same artists brought yet another genre into existence: [vice.com]Trumpwave. Dafuq. I happen to like the synthwave sound and for a couple of months, dived deep into New Retro playlists on you...
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[04:08:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Disaster-Hit Japan Braces for Powerful Typhoon - 330 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:08:58] <exec> 08└─Because - in all of Japan's history, typhoons, mudslides, torrential rain, earthquakes, and tsunamis have been exceedingly rare. As I observed in another discussion, Japan is one disaster after another. A year doesn't pass without some disaster happening. That was just as true when the country was r...
[04:08:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Disaster-Hit Japan Braces for Powerful Typhoon - 157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:08:59] <exec> 08└─Given that a cyclonic storm is basically powered by heat and Japan has had record temperatures, this typhoon will have plenty of energy to hit long and hard.
[04:09:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Disaster-Hit Japan Braces for Powerful Typhoon - 226 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:09:01] <exec> 08└─Speaking of hitting long and hard, I predict that like Fukushima this will be yet another example of disaster capitalism, and the only way Japan may be rescued from their plight is to introduce refugees from Ghana and Nigeria.
[04:09:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Acting EPA Chief Wheeler Cracks Down on Polluting 'Glider' Trucks - 548 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:09:13] <exec> 08└─From the older cnet article: "Many older truck engines sans emissions devices are capable of producing more power and torque while using less diesel fuel, which provides significant cost savings to fleets." In other words, the "glider" trucks produce lower carbon emissions. This is what "less diesel...
[04:09:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Acting EPA Chief Wheeler Cracks Down on Polluting 'Glider' Trucks - 359 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:09:14] <exec> 08└─Yeah, let's be all Nazi about drinking straws and truck engines while unruly Blacks and Mexicans are allowed to get away with rape and murder because muh Whyte priviledge. The psychotic liberals here are doubling-down on their madness. It will get worse before it gets better, but it will get better,...
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[04:09:16] <exec> 08└─I think he's using the strategy we used for WWII: Hire the generals you like, and the ones who suck get immediately removed and another put in their place until a good job was being done in that region. Looks kinda bad from a personnel perspective, but makes a lot more sense when you think about it...
[04:09:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 2, Interesting) 02 - 06Acting EPA Chief Wheeler Cracks Down on Polluting 'Glider' Trucks - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:09:18] <exec> 08└─If you want to protect the American worker then repeal that troublesome RoHS so American products can be built to last again.
[04:09:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Have a Break From Apple Design Disputes, Have a Kit Kat Design Dispute - 208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:09:32] <exec> 08└─I guess Google is an authority on evil. I used another search engine and looked for "nestle" "water" "human right": https://duckduckgo.com [duckduckgo.com]
[04:09:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Have a Break From Apple Design Disputes, Have a Kit Kat Design Dispute - 1328 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:09:33] <exec> 08└─Modded up. Those who don't understand how evil the beverage companies are, should step back and ponder a few things. Water just falls out of the sky, with absolutely no input from humans, throughout most of the world. The Sahara is something of an exception. Water just soaks into the ground, and acc...
[04:10:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Denis Villeneuve is Remaking Dune, and That’s a Good Thing - 238 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:10:07] <exec> 08└─Blade Runner was a key film in creating the cyber punk genre, it is a rare class of film. That is why the sequel was decent, while it couldn't live up to the original it still was a decent movie. But hey, that's just like, my opinion man.
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[04:10:09] <exec> 08└─I don't think OP meant "rape" in the literal sense. There is the scene where Muad'Dib drinks the worm bile or whatever it was and goes tripping balls to "the place where they [the Bene Gesserit, female-only order of mystics] cannot see", learning the Bene Gesserit's secret knowledge. According to na...
[04:10:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Denis Villeneuve is Remaking Dune, and That’s a Good Thing - 1159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:10:11] <exec> 08└─Blade Runner 2049 was one of the very few movies in recent years that I went to see in a cinema. I deliberately avoided any info about it in media and instead relied on friends' opinions on whether it was worth watching. After having been let down by too many 2000s remakes of or sequels to timeless...
[04:10:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Denis Villeneuve is Remaking Dune, and That’s a Good Thing - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:10:13] <exec> 08└─They wanted to have David Bowie play Mr. Wallace, unfortunately he died (RIP!!!). I would have done a much better job than Jared. But I was too busy.
[04:10:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06ACLU Demonstrates Flaws in Facial Recognition - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:10:38] <exec> 08└─it is a troll, it feeds off of toxic energy
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[05:08:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Shareholders Approve Walt Disney Deal for 21st Century Fox Assets - 237 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:08:41] <exec> 08└─Because Fox Business has the story. And it's free -- we love free websites! And the Editors rejected that one, but, here's the link..... foxbusiness.com/media/fox-shareholders-approve-walt-disneys-71-billion-acquisition [foxbusiness.com]
[05:08:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03mrpg [5708] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Shareholders Approve Walt Disney Deal for 21st Century Fox Assets - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:08:43] <exec> 08└─And the Editors rejected that one
[05:08:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06Disaster-Hit Japan Braces for Powerful Typhoon - 235 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:08:56] <exec> 08└─If that be so - the refugees should have been "introduced" well in advance of the typhoon. Like, their decrepit boats should be arriving right now. Why is the Med the only sea with dead brown babies floating in it? We need to fix that.
[05:08:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Disaster-Hit Japan Braces for Powerful Typhoon - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:08:57] <exec> 08└─Because - in all of Japan's history, typhoons, mudslides, torrential rain, earthquakes, and tsunamis have been exceedingly rare.
[05:09:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Acting EPA Chief Wheeler Cracks Down on Polluting 'Glider' Trucks - 243 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:09:14] <exec> 08└─On the other hand: The EPA has estimated that for every 10,000 trucks operating over their full service life without emissions controls, 1,600 Americans will die prematurely and many thousands more will suffer from severe respiratory ailments.
[05:09:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Acting EPA Chief Wheeler Cracks Down on Polluting 'Glider' Trucks - 1153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:09:16] <exec> 08└─I've said that the European Union is a foe, what they do to us in trade. Now, you wouldn't think of the European Union, but they're a foe. The RoHS, that's a great example of what they're doing, trade-wise. I can't repeal the European Union or their so-called laws. But I can make deals. And I made a...
[05:09:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Acting EPA Chief Wheeler Cracks Down on Polluting 'Glider' Trucks - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:09:18] <exec> 08└─I’m a very big person
[05:09:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Acting EPA Chief Wheeler Cracks Down on Polluting 'Glider' Trucks - 1302 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:09:20] <exec> 08└─Embedded in the article linked to in TFS there is a link to one of the biggest manufacturers websites [fitzgeraldgliderkits.com]. Reading their bullet points makes it seem as if gliders are a net benefit to the environment in addition to being cheaper to buy and run. Sadly, they don't back up their...
[05:09:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Acting EPA Chief Wheeler Cracks Down on Polluting 'Glider' Trucks - 207 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:09:22] <exec> 08└─It's an EU directive adopted by many American manufacturers, just as Facebook and other magic-money entities are adopting European-style "free speech" directives, which of course ban unsanctioned viewpoints.
[05:09:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Acting EPA Chief Wheeler Cracks Down on Polluting 'Glider' Trucks - 1859 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:09:25] <exec> 08└─Basically, the EPA pulled those numbers out of their asses. Many of us may not realize that this isn't the 1960's anymore. You can't find a truck today bellowing a column of black smoke 100 feet into the sky. More, you can't find the high-sulfur fuel which was blamed for acid rain, and other problem...
[05:09:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03ilPapa [2366] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Acting EPA Chief Wheeler Cracks Down on Polluting 'Glider' Trucks - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:09:27] <exec> 08└─How did rational reasoning come out of this administration?
[05:09:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Acting EPA Chief Wheeler Cracks Down on Polluting 'Glider' Trucks - 278 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:09:29] <exec> 08└─> In other words, the "glider" trucks produce lower carbon emissions. This is what "less diesel" means. Bullshit. Less fuel does not imply less emissions. Or are you saying that all the additional stuff engines have to do to clean up the exhaust can't lower the fuel efficiency?
[05:09:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Acting EPA Chief Wheeler Cracks Down on Polluting 'Glider' Trucks - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:09:32] <exec> 08└─For at least the past 25 years, the truck engine manufacturers have been bragging that their exhaust is cleaner than the air pulled in from the atmosphere. That may be an exaggeration, but it's not a huge exaggeration.
[05:09:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Acting EPA Chief Wheeler Cracks Down on Polluting 'Glider' Trucks - 1360 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:09:34] <exec> 08└─I find that difficult to believe. The typical highway truck is five years old, OR NEWER. Many trucking companies refuse to write a contract with trucks older than four years. Some will contract with a five year old truck, IF that truck has already been part of the fleet for the past four years, AND,...
[05:10:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Shire [5824] (Score: 2) 02 - 06ACLU Demonstrates Flaws in Facial Recognition - 895 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:10:51] <exec> 08└─People are deliberatly conflating the concept of a filter with an ID. When you enter search terms into an engine you don't expect to get back one exact match for what you were looking for. You expect to get a list of narrowed down results which you then parse using your own judgement. Facial recogni...
[05:12:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06German State of Lower Saxony Plans to Switch From Linux to Windows - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:12:33] <exec> 08└─Decent troll, would read again. You had me at "superior product" :D
[05:12:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06German State of Lower Saxony Plans to Switch From Linux to Windows - 512 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:12:35] <exec> 08└─You may have Pro/Engineer in mind which has been rebranded as Creo Elements/Pro [wikipedia.org]. Haven't used it myself but heard lots of good things, one of which was "runs on Linux". Alas, this was in a former life as a draftsman and while the license costs for Pro/E have stayed firmly in the ludi...
[05:13:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Walmart and Waymo to Trial Driverless Shuttle Service in Phoenix for Grocery Pickups - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:13:35] <exec> 08└─Kroger already has a service called ClickList where they do the same thing, so I'm sure the concept has been reviewed by now
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[06:08:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Shareholders Approve Walt Disney Deal for 21st Century Fox Assets - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:08:59] <exec> 08└─Shareholders have agreed to making more money - shocker!
[06:09:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Shareholders Approve Walt Disney Deal for 21st Century Fox Assets - 202 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:09:01] <exec> 08└─<sarcasm> Huh? SN is funded by the Russians? How will we ever live this down? I'm telephoning Hillary right now! We need to beg her forgiveness, and beg her to move back into the White House. </sarcasm>
[06:09:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Shareholders Approve Walt Disney Deal for 21st Century Fox Assets - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:09:03] <exec> 08└─Next time on The Simpsons: Homer Simpson spends 30 minutes giving a blowjob to an oversized rat. They are the Borg, and they all wear mouse ears.
[06:09:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Acting EPA Chief Wheeler Cracks Down on Polluting 'Glider' Trucks - 567 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:09:43] <exec> 08└─You could get a 40MPG car three decades ago. But the exhaust was a hell of a lot nastier than the 35mpg car in my driveway. Not the US, but look at the evolution of EU emission standards, which most engines worldwide have to keep in mind : https://en.wikipedia.org [w...
[06:12:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06German State of Lower Saxony Plans to Switch From Linux to Windows - 2708 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:12:43] <exec> 08└─I have a different theory: SystemD is the NSA's Linux backdoor. I know, this sounds tin-foil-hattery nutty, but it's one of the few explanations that make sense (another one being that Lennart Poettering is one of the most elaborate and succesful trolls in history). SystemD originated from and was h...
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[07:09:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Acting EPA Chief Wheeler Cracks Down on Polluting 'Glider' Trucks - 256 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:09:31] <exec> 08└─*R*T*F*A* A Glider is a new truck body with an old (sometimes rebuilt) engine. Those engines certainly predate modern emissions controls. Searched rebuilt class 8 engines and First damned hit [adelmans.com] had a mechanical injection N14, engine year 1995.
[07:09:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03shortscreen [2252] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Acting EPA Chief Wheeler Cracks Down on Polluting 'Glider' Trucks - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:09:32] <exec> 08└─Less fuel does not imply less emissions.
[07:09:40] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Have a Break From Apple Design Disputes, Have a Kit Kat Design Dispute - 207 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:09:41] <exec> 08└─Don't buy Nestle products. Very evil company. They actively lobby for the idea that fresh drinking water is not a human right and that only people that can afford to pay for it should be allowed to drink it.
[07:10:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03riT-k0MA [88] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Denis Villeneuve is Remaking Dune, and That’s a Good Thing - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:10:24] <exec> 08└─It's coming [ign.com]. Be patient, wetlander.
[07:10:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06ACLU Demonstrates Flaws in Facial Recognition - 410 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:10:52] <exec> 08└─There was at one time another Washington State resident named Michael David Crawford who was a registered sex offender. He did time in Walla Walla starting in 2005. In 2012, he put on "homemade body armor" including a helmet with metal plates, stole a car, led the Lakewood Police on a high-speed cha...
[07:10:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score: 2) 02 - 06ACLU Demonstrates Flaws in Facial Recognition - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:10:53] <exec> 08└─I have no doubt they tried that and didn't get the result they wanted
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[07:11:19] <exec> 08└─Russia has single-payer healthcare guaranteed by their constitution. Just sayin'
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[08:08:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06California High Court Rules Starbucks Must Pay for Off-The-Clock Work - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:08:43] <exec> 08└─The difference between a wage slave and a regular slave is the whole 'wage' thing.
[08:08:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Shareholders Approve Walt Disney Deal for 21st Century Fox Assets - 338 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:08:56] <exec> 08└─I'm wondering if today's Disney corp is what Walt had in mind. It boggles the mind to realize just how huge this company is today. They've come a long way from selling moralizing stories with cute cartoon characters to children, these days their mission seems to be more along the lines of global dom...
[08:08:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Shareholders Approve Walt Disney Deal for 21st Century Fox Assets - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:08:57] <exec> 08└─X-Men rights finally going back to Marvel now that I have long since stopped caring. I am sure that is good news for someone.
[08:09:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Disaster-Hit Japan Braces for Powerful Typhoon - 10 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:09:12] <exec> 08└─Wrongthink
[08:12:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06German State of Lower Saxony Plans to Switch From Linux to Windows - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:12:49] <exec> 08└─I say this as a Linux user and lover who has been using Linux as my system for around 7 years,
[08:12:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score: 2) 02 - 06German State of Lower Saxony Plans to Switch From Linux to Windows - 2402 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:12:50] <exec> 08└─Well, by sheer coincidence, I actually tried to install Devuan Ascii on a computer yesterday. I am a dedicated linux user, having used it solely since about 2005. Firstly, it was like going back a decade. I know how to partition disks, but why should I have to? I also know how to light a fire by the...
[08:12:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06German State of Lower Saxony Plans to Switch From Linux to Windows - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:12:52] <exec> 08└─Ah, sorry, meant the ggp-- the AC post with "get shit done" in it.
[08:13:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06You can soon have ‘sex’ with Amazon’s Alexa - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:13:36] <exec> 08└─I've been having sex with Alexa for a while now.
[08:13:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06You can soon have ‘sex’ with Amazon’s Alexa - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:13:38] <exec> 08└─Not fucking off during school sounds even better.
[08:13:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Walmart and Waymo to Trial Driverless Shuttle Service in Phoenix for Grocery Pickups - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:13:56] <exec> 08└─Vomit fraud 2.0. I like it.
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[09:08:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03BsAtHome [889] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California High Court Rules Starbucks Must Pay for Off-The-Clock Work - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:08:42] <exec> 08└─Well, yes, but when you are "one paycheck away from poverty", then you could argue that the 'wage' thing is overrated and the 'slave' part is more relevant.
[09:08:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03gtomorrow [2230] (Score: 1) 02 - 06California High Court Rules Starbucks Must Pay for Off-The-Clock Work - 474 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:08:43] <exec> 08└─I'm sure that shortly all Starbucks employees (and all other hourly-wage workers shortly afterward) will be put on salary with no change in present duties. I'm estimating ~US$1280 a month for full-time employment, 8.5-9 hours a day. I'm also sure that while the plaintiff in this case estimated 4-10...
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[10:08:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amelia Earhart's Final Pleas for Help May Have Been Heard Around World - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:08:43] <exec> 08└─"waters high," "water's knee deep -- let me out" and "help us quick,"
[10:09:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Acting EPA Chief Wheeler Cracks Down on Polluting 'Glider' Trucks - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:09:51] <exec> 08└─So this time Pres T. will blame .... rolls random global dice .... Bosnia!
[10:09:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Acting EPA Chief Wheeler Cracks Down on Polluting 'Glider' Trucks - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:09:52] <exec> 08└─New guy comes in, figgur he's a Pruitt clone. But no, he lets the loophole be closed.
[10:10:07] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] 02 - 06Have a Break From Apple Design Disputes, Have a Kit Kat Design Dispute - 1328 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:10:07] <exec> 08└─Modded up. Those who don't understand how evil the beverage companies are, should step back and ponder a few things. Water just falls out of the sky, with absolutely no input from humans, throughout most of the world. The Sahara is something of an exception. Water just soaks into the ground, and acc...
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[10:10:09] <exec> 08└─I don't get the hate. If a company takes ordinary water, puts it into a bottle, and tries to sell it? Either buy the product, or don't. If you prefer tap water (as we do), then don't buy the bottled stuff. What bottled water exemplifies is marketing. Getting people to pay to be trendy. You can buy a...
[10:10:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Have a Break From Apple Design Disputes, Have a Kit Kat Design Dispute - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:10:11] <exec> 08└─What does this have to do with Apple? TFA doesn't mention Apple. I guess the headline is trolling? I'm no fan of Apple, but I expect better of SN.
[10:10:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Have a Break From Apple Design Disputes, Have a Kit Kat Design Dispute - 191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:10:13] <exec> 08└─Nobody forced Apple, MS, Oracle, Amazon, Sony and thousand others to aggressively inconvenience us for the sake of questionably deserved advantages. Since they did it, they are fair game now.
[10:10:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Denis Villeneuve is Remaking Dune, and That’s a Good Thing - 516 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:10:52] <exec> 08└─I also couldn't stand the miniseries. Paul was a whiny little brat, they put in some Paul and Irulan backstory that made no sense in terms of the narrative, and no one could act. Apparently their Children of Dune adaptation was better, but I couldn't face watching it after their first abomination....
[10:11:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03sonamchauhan [6546] (Score: 1) 02 - 06ACLU Demonstrates Flaws in Facial Recognition - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:11:21] <exec> 08└─I can. But it's harder with ACs - you're all alike
[10:11:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06White House Reportedly Working on Federal Data Privacy Policy - 338 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:11:48] <exec> 08└─I'm sure Trump's administration will treat privacy the same way they view the environment. As trump himself said "Sure we'll keep a little bit of it around, but it can't stand in the way of business." So basically it'll turn out that people will get whatever privacy rights business deems they should...
[10:13:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03snufu [5855] (Score: 2) 02 - 06German State of Lower Saxony Plans to Switch From Linux to Windows - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:13:14] <exec> 08└─Free market don't lie.
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[11:08:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California High Court Rules Starbucks Must Pay for Off-The-Clock Work - 337 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:08:51] <exec> 08└─Wait, did someone pass a law or hold a gun at someone's head to keep them from learning a marketable skill while I wasn't looking? The only things people are enslaved by are their own ignorance of how to better themselves and the willpower to do so. The former we can help with but the latter nobody...
[11:08:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California High Court Rules Starbucks Must Pay for Off-The-Clock Work - 495 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:08:52] <exec> 08└─Unlikely, as all the benefits of a "salaried" employee would likely be too expensive. More likely, the store employee responsible for closing and locking the store will get 5 minutes' additional pay per shift as some form of allowance, but all employees still on the premises 3 minutes after the end...
[11:08:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California High Court Rules Starbucks Must Pay for Off-The-Clock Work - 406 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:08:54] <exec> 08└─I doubt it. This was probably lower or middle management trying to save pennies to get a promotion and corporate defending themselves to prevent an enormous settlement or verdict. As fucked up as their politics are, Starbucks generally does relatively well by their employees. I mean, they have bette...
[11:08:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California High Court Rules Starbucks Must Pay for Off-The-Clock Work - 302 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:08:56] <exec> 08└─Part of that whole value for value exchange thing is you damned well pay your workers for their work. You can pay them poorly and lose them to a better job quickly or you can pay them well and keep them around longer if losing their acquired skills is a burden. But you fucking pay them for their wor...
[11:08:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California High Court Rules Starbucks Must Pay for Off-The-Clock Work - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:08:59] <exec> 08└─The interesting thing about this is that there is a judge who understands that to some people $100 is a significant amount of money.
[11:09:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06California High Court Rules Starbucks Must Pay for Off-The-Clock Work - 609 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:09:01] <exec> 08└─Though you are correct, that does not excuse Starbucks from paying these people for the work that they do. If these tasks are required by their job, and these tasks are required for them to keep their job, then they should get paid for it. The amount of money this equates to is peanuts for Starbucks...
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[11:09:15] <exec> 08└─The "(some) Americans are sarcasm impaired" is fully exemplified by the above. Friendly advise: when you fell the need of sarcasm, ask others to do it Runaway, your's truly atrocious.
[11:09:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Shareholders Approve Walt Disney Deal for 21st Century Fox Assets - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:09:16] <exec> 08└─The more franchise movies they'll do, the sooner their demise. This whole world can't be that stupid to be fed with crap for that long. Or... can it?
[11:09:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Shareholders Approve Walt Disney Deal for 21st Century Fox Assets - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:09:18] <exec> 08└─Friendly advise: when you fell the need of sarcasm, ask others to do it Runaway, your's truly atrocious.
[11:09:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Shareholders Approve Walt Disney Deal for 21st Century Fox Assets - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:09:21] <exec> 08└─This whole world can't be that stupid to be fed with crap for that long. Or... can it?
[11:10:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Acting EPA Chief Wheeler Cracks Down on Polluting 'Glider' Trucks - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:10:08] <exec> 08└─Turbocharged . . . my fault on that, I put "and/or" between the mechanical pump, and naturally aspirated.
[11:10:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Aiwendil [531] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Acting EPA Chief Wheeler Cracks Down on Polluting 'Glider' Trucks - 1784 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:10:09] <exec> 08└─I think that the USonians really should argue for better products. And that list of arguments are a great set of reasons why. 1) "12 million pounds" is a bit less than 6_000 tonnes (6kt). For sense of scale the US annual steel use is in the range of 100Mt (40% goes to construction) 2) The reasons wh...
[11:10:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Have a Break From Apple Design Disputes, Have a Kit Kat Design Dispute - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:10:28] <exec> 08└─What does this have to do with Apple?
[11:11:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Denis Villeneuve is Remaking Dune, and That’s a Good Thing - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:11:09] <exec> 08└─Everything these days is being remade into SJW-inspired crap...
[11:11:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06ACLU Demonstrates Flaws in Facial Recognition - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:11:39] <exec> 08└─Primarily, he's authoritarian. Right-wing nut is only secondary.
[11:11:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06ACLU Demonstrates Flaws in Facial Recognition - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:11:41] <exec> 08└─And it's deceptive to use such a small sample size to train the system on and then select an 80% confidence level and expect to get a precise result.
[11:13:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03fido_dogstoyevsky [131] (Score: 2) 02 - 06German State of Lower Saxony Plans to Switch From Linux to Windows - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:13:34] <exec> 08└─Free market don't lie.
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[12:08:52] <exec> 08└─She not resting in peace, she is dead.
[12:09:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03BsAtHome [889] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California High Court Rules Starbucks Must Pay for Off-The-Clock Work - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:09:09] <exec> 08└─The only things people are enslaved by are their own ignorance of how to better themselves and the willpower to do so.
[12:09:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06California High Court Rules Starbucks Must Pay for Off-The-Clock Work - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:09:10] <exec> 08└─A cow is an animal, but an animal is not necessarily a cow.
[12:09:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03BsAtHome [889] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California High Court Rules Starbucks Must Pay for Off-The-Clock Work - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:09:13] <exec> 08└─Oh, FFS! This is SN, goddamit. Use car analogies.
[12:09:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06California High Court Rules Starbucks Must Pay for Off-The-Clock Work - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:09:15] <exec> 08└─did someone pass a law or hold a gun at someone's head
[12:09:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06California High Court Rules Starbucks Must Pay for Off-The-Clock Work - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:09:17] <exec> 08└─The difference between a wage slave and a regular slave is the whole 'wage' thing.
[12:10:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Have a Break From Apple Design Disputes, Have a Kit Kat Design Dispute - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:10:42] <exec> 08└─Remember the Apple "rounded corners design patent" brouhaha?
[12:10:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Have a Break From Apple Design Disputes, Have a Kit Kat Design Dispute - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:10:44] <exec> 08└─then why the blatant editorializing in the title?
[12:11:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Denis Villeneuve is Remaking Dune, and That’s a Good Thing - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:11:24] <exec> 08└─No, it is not only males can do this. Females simply cannot do this. Males can attempt it and they die. Only the kwisatz haderach can do this.
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[13:08:41] <exec> 08└─Say no to the cashless society. [theguardian.com]
[13:08:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Street Performers to Take Contactless Tips at Edinburgh Fringe - 796 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:08:42] <exec> 08└─One thing about cash, it's very private. A lot of times that's a great thing. Sometimes, not so great. But I always ask for the receipt, and that's the best of both worlds. Another thing, there's no take-backs with cash. You know you've paid -- or gotten paid. When I was in the real estate business,...
[13:08:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amelia Earhart's Final Pleas for Help May Have Been Heard Around World - 686 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:08:52] <exec> 08└─Well literally yes, but the public's memory of her is being stirred up. It's sort of an unsolved mystery, a new fact or a new data point dug up somewhere can make an interesting news story. But the way the modern news is these days, I'm surprised it isn't more along the line of "oh, look, we found s...
[13:08:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03deadstick [5110] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amelia Earhart's Final Pleas for Help May Have Been Heard Around World - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:08:54] <exec> 08└─Google "TIGHAR criticism" and enjoy the rabbit hole.
[13:09:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06California High Court Rules Starbucks Must Pay for Off-The-Clock Work - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:09:15] <exec> 08└─Sure, there are lots of ignorant people, but it does not follow that the disenfranchised are therefore ignorant.
[13:09:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California High Court Rules Starbucks Must Pay for Off-The-Clock Work - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:09:16] <exec> 08└─...that does not excuse Starbucks from paying these people for the work that they do.
[13:09:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California High Court Rules Starbucks Must Pay for Off-The-Clock Work - 369 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:09:18] <exec> 08└─Timing, somewhat, luck, no. It doesn't take any luck at all to get out of poverty. It takes knowing how and being willing to do it. That's all. Most of the people living in poverty fail on the first count but some fail on the second and cannot be helped. And you really need to drop some of that envy...
[13:09:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Shareholders Approve Walt Disney Deal for 21st Century Fox Assets - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:09:36] <exec> 08└─The patient jerk in me wants to wait for Runaway's reply to your comment.
[13:09:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Shareholders Approve Walt Disney Deal for 21st Century Fox Assets - 216 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:09:37] <exec> 08└─Here's a roll of virtual duct tape for your own attempt. I only wish that, like all the progressive websites out there, SN had a proper sarcasm care policy. Not everyone's sarcasm can make it up the stairs, you know?
[13:09:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Shareholders Approve Walt Disney Deal for 21st Century Fox Assets - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:09:40] <exec> 08└─Here's a roll of virtual duct tape for your own attempt.
[13:10:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Have a Break From Apple Design Disputes, Have a Kit Kat Design Dispute - 3653 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:10:50] <exec> 08└─Have you ever been to California? Fresno, I held a rally in Fresno -- tremendous crowd, by the way, huge crowd for that one, they love me in Fresno. And all around Fresno it's farms. Wall to wall farms, like you wouldn't believe. Where they grow so many wonderful fruits and nuts. Amazing what they g...
[13:11:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Denis Villeneuve is Remaking Dune, and That’s a Good Thing - 277 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:11:32] <exec> 08└─I think the single biggest fuckup in the Lynch movie was that they decided having both Voice (psychological manipulation through voice control) and Weirding Way (basically martial arts) was too complicated and they combined them into some bullshit voice powered blaster attack.
[13:11:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03theluggage [1797] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Denis Villeneuve is Remaking Dune, and That’s a Good Thing - 290 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:11:34] <exec> 08└─You think so? The 1984 David Lynch movie is easily one of my all time favourites, but the ScyFy miniseries I couldn't bear watching and stopped after fiffteen minutes or so. I have not read the novel, so I have no idea if a fan of the novel might have been disappointed with the Lynch film.
[13:11:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03choose another one [515] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Denis Villeneuve is Remaking Dune, and That’s a Good Thing - 480 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:11:36] <exec> 08└─Agreed. Blade Runner 2049 was one of the many remakes/sequels I avoided in the cinema for fear of wasted time/money, and later caught up on streaming for zero money, when I had time to kill. This strategy worked well for crap-fests like Prometheus (among others), but BR 2049 ? - that was the _only_...
[13:11:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03theluggage [1797] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Denis Villeneuve is Remaking Dune, and That’s a Good Thing - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:11:38] <exec> 08└─I also couldn't stand the miniseries. Paul was a whiny little brat, they put in some Paul and Irulan backstory that made no sense in terms of the narrative,
[13:12:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Shire [5824] (Score: 2) 02 - 06ACLU Demonstrates Flaws in Facial Recognition - 260 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:12:10] <exec> 08└─You're missing the point of my post: it's a filter. Even wt 80% it generates a narrowed list of subjects to investigate, it doesnt point the finger at one person. This is a tool not a jury. The ACLU is deliberately misleading the public about how this is used.
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[14:09:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amelia Earhart's Final Pleas for Help May Have Been Heard Around World - 816 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:09:05] <exec> 08└─It will happen, soon after we get a foothold on space in our solar system. Some high profile lady (movie celeb, singer, politico, whatever) will take off on some daring mission - and get lost. She may or may not have a Man Friday, or a Woman Wednesday with her, but she'll be lost - somewhere. Friday...
[14:09:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amelia Earhart's Final Pleas for Help May Have Been Heard Around World - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:09:06] <exec> 08└─She not resting in peace, she is dead.
[14:09:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06California High Court Rules Starbucks Must Pay for Off-The-Clock Work - 10 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:09:31] <exec> 08└─Happy now?
[14:09:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Shareholders Approve Walt Disney Deal for 21st Century Fox Assets - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:09:52] <exec> 08└─you reckon his comment will have typos too?
[14:09:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Shareholders Approve Walt Disney Deal for 21st Century Fox Assets - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:09:54] <exec> 08└─AC will have to up his game to get a response from me. Aside from grammar and spelling, his comment is beneath notice.
[14:09:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Shareholders Approve Walt Disney Deal for 21st Century Fox Assets - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:09:56] <exec> 08└─So, the Jews did what they always do: Infiltrated and took over his organization. Having done that, they said to themselves "No what?"
[14:10:38] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03sjames [2882] 02 - 06Acting EPA Chief Wheeler Cracks Down on Polluting 'Glider' Trucks - 256 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:10:38] <exec> 08└─*R*T*F*A* A Glider is a new truck body with an old (sometimes rebuilt) engine. Those engines certainly predate modern emissions controls. Searched rebuilt class 8 engines and First damned hit [adelmans.com] had a mechanical injection N14, engine year 1995.
[14:11:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Have a Break From Apple Design Disputes, Have a Kit Kat Design Dispute - 1745 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:11:08] <exec> 08└─I've been damned near everywhere. If you're an American citizen, it's VERY likely that I've been within 50 miles of your house. (I can figure those odds a couple of different ways, of course, but it works pretty much any way you want to work the numbers.) Yes, I've seen the sights you describe. And,...
[14:11:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Have a Break From Apple Design Disputes, Have a Kit Kat Design Dispute - 382 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:11:09] <exec> 08└─Folks tell me my tweets are too long. And possibly that one was too long for you. But I said that Nestle has a plant in Michigan -- where they have more water than the Mississippi, more water than anyplace -- and the obstructionists tried to stop them. Over not paying a lot of money -- in a state wh...
[14:11:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Have a Break From Apple Design Disputes, Have a Kit Kat Design Dispute - 327 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:11:11] <exec> 08└─The Editors do some terrible things -- as I've said many times. But I like what they did to the headline on this one. And I don't want to spoil what they did. But I can tell that some folks don't understand. And if you don't understand, you can look at the video. And probably you'll understand. yout...
[14:11:26] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03jmorris [4844] 02 - 06Denis Villeneuve is Remaking Dune, and That’s a Good Thing - 1297 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:11:26] <exec> 08└─It is amazing how Hollywood keeps missing the point on Science Fiction despite so much evidence. Special effects can improve a good story but are insufficient alone. On the other hand a good story will sell quite well with spartan effects. Look how long ST:TOS and the old Dr. Who have been selling....
[14:12:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Shire [5824] (Score: 2) 02 - 06ACLU Demonstrates Flaws in Facial Recognition - 289 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:12:29] <exec> 08└─If the ACLU was only interested in accuracy they would have properly portrayed that this tool is only used to narrow the fiekd, not as a way to ID a criminal. It implies strongly they are being intentionally deceptive to further their own agenda. I dont think my comment spins that at all.
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[14:12:30] <exec> 08└─The people with the most skin in the game to deliberately mislead the public about how this will be used are Amazon and law enforcement. Unless we keep a close watch on them, this will be used as a pointer not a filter.
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[14:12:58] <exec> 08└─Please, learn from EU's mistakes! I'm from an EU country. First, we introduced a famous "cookie directive" - all sites which use cookies in any form must inform it using a panel on a site. So if the site uses cookies in some subpage in the devil's arse only for logged-in users who meet some specific...
[14:14:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06German State of Lower Saxony Plans to Switch From Linux to Windows - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:14:25] <exec> 08└─Here's what governments think:
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[15:08:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Spiky-Headed Armored Dinosaur Discovered in Utah Was Basically a Tank - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:08:37] <exec> 08└─President Trump, in his evil cunning, handed exactly that fossil hotbed over to oil interests. Or didn't he?
[15:08:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06Street Performers to Take Contactless Tips at Edinburgh Fringe - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:08:46] <exec> 08└─It's not because artists are making less in their hats, it's because the event is sponsored by a bank.
[15:09:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amelia Earhart's Final Pleas for Help May Have Been Heard Around World - 3159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:09:00] <exec> 08└─Unless I missed something in the links there's no EE input, which would superficially seem important for a radio problem... Now a days of course with EMI/EMC regulations and problems its pretty crazy not to filter the output of a transmitter. But what was it like in 1937? At some point in time, "dum...
[15:09:15] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03deimtee [3272] 02 - 06California High Court Rules Starbucks Must Pay for Off-The-Clock Work - 132 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:09:15] <exec> 08└─The interesting thing about this is that there is a judge who understands that to some people $100 is a significant amount of money.
[15:09:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06California High Court Rules Starbucks Must Pay for Off-The-Clock Work - 1251 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:09:26] <exec> 08└─There's more requirements than that. The game must be fair and rules must be enforced. Ever had an employer who cheated you of your pay? Offered you a job on a 1099 basis only, so they could dodge all the rules concerning wages, such as overtime pay? But they still want to have the wage rules that b...
[15:09:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California High Court Rules Starbucks Must Pay for Off-The-Clock Work - 1096 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:09:28] <exec> 08└─That whole apportionment thing seems just a little silly. If every American is taxed on the same scale, then taxes are automagically "apportioned" according to wealth, population, or just about anything else you care to scale the taxes to. Of course, the problem as I see it is, not all Americans are...
[15:09:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California High Court Rules Starbucks Must Pay for Off-The-Clock Work - 1232 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:09:30] <exec> 08└─Walking coworkers to their cars may be a courtesy, in most cases. On the other hand, it may be a necessity. Starbucks doesn't do business only in wealthy cities, and good neighborhoods. Depending on time and place, I've walked a few coworkers to their cars. Other times, I've watched as coworkers lef...
[15:09:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03srobert [4803] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California High Court Rules Starbucks Must Pay for Off-The-Clock Work - 641 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:09:32] <exec> 08└─"Wait, did someone pass a law or hold a gun at someone's head to keep them from learning a marketable skill while I wasn't looking?" What kind of "blame the victim" bullshit is that? Are you a complete sociopath? Let me guess. Ayn Rand is one of your heroes, right. I was one of these people when I w...
[15:09:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California High Court Rules Starbucks Must Pay for Off-The-Clock Work - 624 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:09:34] <exec> 08└─It isn't even necessary to be dirt poor for a hundred dollars to seem significant. I lost a tire to a nail yesterday. Road hazard guarantee should have covered it, but the dealer decided that it wasn't covered. (I'm certain that the dealer will return my tire to Hankook, and get at least a partial c...
[15:09:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nuke [3162] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California High Court Rules Starbucks Must Pay for Off-The-Clock Work - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:09:37] <exec> 08└─A U.S. District Court rejected Troester’s lawsuit on the grounds that the time he spent on those tasks was minimal.
[15:09:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06California High Court Rules Starbucks Must Pay for Off-The-Clock Work - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:09:39] <exec> 08└─Bad luck for Starsucks having an employee who could afford several trips to court, just to get some nickels and dimes they cheated him for.
[15:11:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Have a Break From Apple Design Disputes, Have a Kit Kat Design Dispute - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:11:17] <exec> 08└─It's an attempt at humour. KitKat's slogan is "Have a break, have a KitKat". Also Apple have had design disputes in the past. That is about the sum of it.
[15:12:53] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03shipofgold [4696] 02 - 06White House Reportedly Working on Federal Data Privacy Policy - 1166 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:12:53] <exec> 08└─Face it...your insurance would have gone up with or without obamacare....it was already skyrocketing during Bush's presidency and why do you think that was? Your going to pay for healthcare one way or another...I would prefer to have the costs up-front and visible instead of under the table with cur...
[15:14:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03bobthecimmerian [6834] (Score: 2) 02 - 06German State of Lower Saxony Plans to Switch From Linux to Windows - 207 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:14:31] <exec> 08└─I haven't used LibreOffice Calc for anything extra complicated, but for the stuff I thrown at it, it's been rock solid. I used it with company spreadsheets because I was too lazy to install Office for years.
[15:14:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03bobthecimmerian [6834] (Score: 2) 02 - 06German State of Lower Saxony Plans to Switch From Linux to Windows - 943 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:14:32] <exec> 08└─I've never had a problem with systemd, I've been using it without headaches for years on personal Linux desktops and hundreds of work servers. But I was upset by the changes in GNOME 3, and Ubuntu's Unity desktop so I understand your general class of frustration. (I find Unity and GNOME 3 acceptabl...
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[15:16:48] <exec> 08└─There is also the Jesus was an alien theory, which makes about as much sense as the aquatic ape bollocks.
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[16:08:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Spiky-Headed Armored Dinosaur Discovered in Utah Was Basically a Tank - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:08:46] <exec> 08└─No, His Orangeness gave it to a mining company. Stop spreading fake news!
[16:08:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Spiky-Headed Armored Dinosaur Discovered in Utah Was Basically a Tank - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:08:47] <exec> 08└─The National Momument (sic) was recently shrunk through an order from President Trump
[16:08:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Spiky-Headed Armored Dinosaur Discovered in Utah Was Basically a Tank - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:08:49] <exec> 08└─He has A CUNNING PLAN! https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com]
[16:08:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Spiky-Headed Armored Dinosaur Discovered in Utah Was Basically a Tank - 525 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:08:51] <exec> 08└─Yeah, we're going to need some official input from realDonaldTrump on the subject of dinosaurs, since as of now, the number of dinosaur-related questions Sanders has answered at press briefings is embarrassingly low. Do they make better quality oil or coal? Can we clone them and use them for border...
[16:08:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03fishybell [3156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Spiky-Headed Armored Dinosaur Discovered in Utah Was Basically a Tank - 1321 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:08:54] <exec> 08└─The news here in Utah was always "Federal Overreach." For many Utahns the national monuments were always wrong, in particular because they were created by Bill Clinton and Barrack Obama. That said, it's despicable how much of the debate was slanted on "the locals know best how to manage the land," w...
[16:09:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nuke [3162] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Street Performers to Take Contactless Tips at Edinburgh Fringe - 12 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:05] <exec> 08└─Well spotted
[16:09:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Amelia Earhart's Final Pleas for Help May Have Been Heard Around World - 225 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:18] <exec> 08└─Exactly. When I was studying for my FCC GROL we learned about all kinds of things such as tropospheric scatter, and other methods which would extend the range of comms. The article and linked articles need to provide details.
[16:09:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amelia Earhart's Final Pleas for Help May Have Been Heard Around World - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:19] <exec> 08└─Here's hoping it's a Kardashian.... on second thought, mmmrrrrmmmmNo. Tired of hearing of them.
[16:09:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California High Court Rules Starbucks Must Pay for Off-The-Clock Work - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:53] <exec> 08└─did someone pass a law or hold a gun at someone's head to keep them from learning a marketable skill
[16:09:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06California High Court Rules Starbucks Must Pay for Off-The-Clock Work - 288 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:55] <exec> 08└─Bingo. These liberturds won't understand though. They think a person is 100% in control of their own fate, thus only undeserving slackers are poor. It has been years of these debates, no hopw for tmb or khallow. I think runaway is too old of a dog, but maybe he can learn aomw new tricks.
[16:09:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06California High Court Rules Starbucks Must Pay for Off-The-Clock Work - 1301 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:57] <exec> 08└─Thank the Gods I'm here to fix this stuff. The appropriate automobile analogy is the UAW union exists to prevent factory workers from being paid to assemble a car and then being forced to paint the car off duty while unpaid if they want to keep that sweet factory job. Or maybe the factory workers ar...
[16:09:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06California High Court Rules Starbucks Must Pay for Off-The-Clock Work - 1162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:09:59] <exec> 08└─Untrue. You will never find fairness in life. Fairness is entirely subjective; one person's idea of it will rarely be the same as another. Which is entirely beside the point. It's not about fairness, it's about what is and how you deal with that. If you want to crusade against how things are, do tha...
[16:10:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California High Court Rules Starbucks Must Pay for Off-The-Clock Work - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:10:01] <exec> 08└─I suppose it's merely a coincidence then that the ignorant and low willpower people tend to be the poor people.
[16:10:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California High Court Rules Starbucks Must Pay for Off-The-Clock Work - 8 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:10:03] <exec> 08└─luck, no
[16:11:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Have a Break From Apple Design Disputes, Have a Kit Kat Design Dispute - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:11:42] <exec> 08└─I think you're getting downmodded for suggesting there's only four, LOL.
[16:12:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Denis Villeneuve is Remaking Dune, and That’s a Good Thing - 157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:12:29] <exec> 08└─And read the other ac post below this thread to find out youre wrong. Aaliyah(?) the abomination also accessed male memories. I repwat, lame agenda trolling.
[16:12:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Denis Villeneuve is Remaking Dune, and That’s a Good Thing - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:12:30] <exec> 08└─I think you mean "socio political commentary that makes me uncomfortable cause im a greedy troll."
[16:13:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06ACLU Demonstrates Flaws in Facial Recognition - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:13:06] <exec> 08└─Yup! And it wont stop innocent people from being harassed or worse.
[16:15:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03bobthecimmerian [6834] (Score: 2) 02 - 06German State of Lower Saxony Plans to Switch From Linux to Windows - 1169 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:15:03] <exec> 08└─When people buy a toaster, a pair of pants, a car, or a radio concerns about freedom and privacy don't cross their minds. So as much as it hurts us all that they don't think about freedom when buying computers, it's not really a surprise. And convenience is every bit as important as freedom. I'm an...
[16:15:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06German State of Lower Saxony Plans to Switch From Linux to Windows - 253 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:15:05] <exec> 08└─I wouldnt doubt there are are shills if i were you. Massive corporations can EASILY afford some schmuck who goes around shit posting in their favor. There are businesses built on managing just such "grass roots" PR. If i was MS i would 100% be doing so.
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[17:08:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Spam) 02 - 06Become The Rockstar Developer You’ve Always Dreamed Of Being - 1924 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:08:46] <exec> 08└─The CSP was an event that was meant to teach people to share with others to make society better for all. Each participant would bring their consumables and then share them with others until they were all gone. Or, at least, that was what was supposed to happen. How? How had this happened? This was s...
[17:08:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Become The Rockstar Developer You’ve Always Dreamed Of Being - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:08:48] <exec> 08└─chances are that the word “Rockstar” will elicit a visceral reaction.
[17:08:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ken_g6 [3706] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Become The Rockstar Developer You’ve Always Dreamed Of Being - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:08:50] <exec> 08└─TFS doesn't describe TFA well. It's about a silly, stupid programming language. Like Brain**** [wikipedia.org], but less readable and less useful.
[17:08:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Become The Rockstar Developer You’ve Always Dreamed Of Being - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:08:52] <exec> 08└─My brainfuck goes up to 11, see thats better than 10. I like the comment from the article: Apparently none following the conventions of, hillbilly.
[17:09:03] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03fishybell [3156] 02 - 06New Spiky-Headed Armored Dinosaur Discovered in Utah Was Basically a Tank - 1321 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:03] <exec> 08└─The news here in Utah was always "Federal Overreach." For many Utahns the national monuments were always wrong, in particular because they were created by Bill Clinton and Barrack Obama. That said, it's despicable how much of the debate was slanted on "the locals know best how to manage the land," w...
[17:09:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Street Performers to Take Contactless Tips at Edinburgh Fringe - 1325 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:15] <exec> 08└─Ouchie, the 1.75% fee seems a little higher than the fee for cash, which remains 0%. https://www.izettle.com [izettle.com] Also, at least in the USA, cash payments are usually not reported as income to the feds, thus the income tax rate is 0%, whereas "big brother inside" certainly dumps...
[17:09:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03mcgrew [701] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Street Performers to Take Contactless Tips at Edinburgh Fringe - 439 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:16] <exec> 08└─There are still a couple of places here in town that take only cash. When the tornadoes hit here in March 2006 power was out for a week, meaning the bank was closed, ATMs didn't work, and most places that stayed open in the dark or had emergency lighting could only take cash; no power, no credit car...
[17:09:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amelia Earhart's Final Pleas for Help May Have Been Heard Around World - 394 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:32] <exec> 08└─I suspect that any earth dwellers who go into space will be able to DO SOMETHING, aside from exposing their anatomy and being vulgar. What have the Kardashian clan ever done? They can't sing, they can't dance, they sure as hell can't change a tire, build anything, do bookwork, or anything else that...
[17:09:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amelia Earhart's Final Pleas for Help May Have Been Heard Around World - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:09:34] <exec> 08└─Being sober doesn't make you smart. You're just as stupid as 40oz of Kentucky piss can make you, but sober.
[17:10:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California High Court Rules Starbucks Must Pay for Off-The-Clock Work - 2495 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:10:13] <exec> 08└─> Untrue. You will never find fairness in life. To the contrary. Yeah, we know the expression "life isn't fair". That's too black and white. Life will never be 100% fair, but there is a lot of fairness in the world. That's what the entire justice system is supposed to be about. It's the cynics and s...
[17:10:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03mcgrew [701] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California High Court Rules Starbucks Must Pay for Off-The-Clock Work - 306 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:10:14] <exec> 08└─Although honestly I don't understand what's happened in the last quarter century It's simple. The rich have convinced the less intelligent conservatives to elect people who will endeavor to ruin unions, and they've been wildly successful at it. Unions are now weaker than ever. Like weekends? Thank u...
[17:10:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03mcgrew [701] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California High Court Rules Starbucks Must Pay for Off-The-Clock Work - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:10:17] <exec> 08└─The poor are ignorant because they don't have decent schools. The rich kids always get excellent schooling.
[17:10:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Disaster-Hit Japan Braces for Powerful Typhoon - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:10:57] <exec> 08└─You sound confused and stupid, but mostly stupid. Did you finish high school? Junior high? Kindergarten? Sheeeeeet.
[17:11:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Have a Break From Apple Design Disputes, Have a Kit Kat Design Dispute - 1101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:11:59] <exec> 08└─Its interesting there's no statute of limitations, where kit kat has been selling locally for 81 years while the competition they're trying to make illegal has been selling locally for 79 therefore by the magic of globalism the 79 year old product should now be illegal. With a weird side dish, of I'...
[17:12:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Have a Break From Apple Design Disputes, Have a Kit Kat Design Dispute - 496 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:12:01] <exec> 08└─Nestle wants you to pay more for your water. A lot more. They can afford to take that water and make a profit on it via their marketing. You will just drink that water. Where's the profit in that? They will push for increases in the cost of water and outbid you for it. If you want to drink water fro...
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[17:12:49] <exec> 08└─GP here. Maybe I'll give the TV series another shot, but most likely I'd turn it off again after a short while, regardless of the quality of the story. For me, in TV/movie as a medium the quality of visuals is a priority. For just a good story, I'd rather read a book. If a movie can't be made with t...
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[18:08:57] <exec> 08└─The toxic environment comes from the gaslighting asshole manager who's constantly calling the programmer a rock star above her/his insistence that it's not some innate Gandalf-like superpower, but an application of experience, skill gained over decades, maths and logic. It's always the manager engag...
[18:09:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Spiky-Headed Armored Dinosaur Discovered in Utah Was Basically a Tank - 470 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:09:11] <exec> 08└─Yep, it's amazing. This dinosaur was basically a tank. Except with an "imposing club tail," unlike tanks. And it had feet instead of wheels or tracks. And instead of people inside, it had a spiky head "like a built-in helmet." And it couldn't fire shells. And, well, it wasn't really mechanical at al...
[18:09:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Spiky-Headed Armored Dinosaur Discovered in Utah Was Basically a Tank - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:09:12] <exec> 08└─It has been purchased by a mining company. Someone is putting real money into it. That supersedes any political silliness Utahns like to cultivate.
[18:09:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amelia Earhart's Final Pleas for Help May Have Been Heard Around World - 243 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:09:42] <exec> 08└─The linked article refuses to display with ad blockers operating. Worse than that, the article is in the Washington Post, which is a propaganda tool for that ASSHOLE Jeff Bezos. I sincerely hope whoever submitted this garbage gets anal cancer.
[18:10:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06California High Court Rules Starbucks Must Pay for Off-The-Clock Work - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:10:24] <exec> 08└─Would you care for peace if you're hungry and cold...?
[18:11:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03mcgrew [701] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Acting EPA Chief Wheeler Cracks Down on Polluting 'Glider' Trucks - 324 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:11:39] <exec> 08└─It's simple, Pruitt has ties to big oil and he wanted to help the oil industry. The new guy is a lobbyist for the coal industry and doesn't care about oil. Expect a lot of coal regulations to go by the wayside. Drain the swamp, my ass! The foxes are guarding the hen house with this morality-free soc...
[18:11:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03mcgrew [701] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Acting EPA Chief Wheeler Cracks Down on Polluting 'Glider' Trucks - 372 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:11:40] <exec> 08└─If you can't keep your business alive under the rules everyone is supposed to follow, you shouldn't be in that business in the first place. Sell the stupid truck and buy a restaurant (which is cheaper than a big rig truck). I have absolutely no sympathy for anyone who can afford a $150,000 tractor t...
[18:11:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03mcgrew [701] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Acting EPA Chief Wheeler Cracks Down on Polluting 'Glider' Trucks - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:11:42] <exec> 08└─The trouble with the gliders isn't the carbon, it's Nitrogen oxides and other nasty pollutants.
[18:13:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03mcgrew [701] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Denis Villeneuve is Remaking Dune, and That’s a Good Thing - 227 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:13:01] <exec> 08└─What do you people have against fighting for justice? What, you're pissed about being sent to jail for shoplifting? IMO the "SJW" moniker is brain-dead stupid and I'm forced to doubt the intelligence of any lemmings who use it.
[18:13:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03mcgrew [701] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Denis Villeneuve is Remaking Dune, and That’s a Good Thing - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:13:02] <exec> 08└─It's streaming now? Thanks, I'll hunt for it. I doubt it will be better than the original.
[18:15:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06German State of Lower Saxony Plans to Switch From Linux to Windows - 292 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:15:38] <exec> 08└─Here?? You'd be wasting your time paying someone to shill HERE?? For heaven's sake, why? The vast majority of users here seem pro-open source and anti-MS. You're not going to g to convince anyone here. The best you can do is troll. Trolls here, yes. Obviously. Shills for MS? Highly doubt it.
[18:15:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06German State of Lower Saxony Plans to Switch From Linux to Windows - 207 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:15:39] <exec> 08└─No prob. I was just confused because I really didn't read the GGP post you were referring to as particularly pro-MS. It was just an analysis of why MS is dominant, not saying it was better. (My take anyway.)
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[19:08:48] <exec> 08└─Maybe IT conferences shouldn't happen on US soil after all.
[19:09:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Become The Rockstar Developer You’ve Always Dreamed Of Being - 1550 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:09:00] <exec> 08└─I've known two double rockstar programers -- as well as software, they both excelled at electronic hardware design and construction. One was building analog electronics in primary school (soldering up discrete components in 3rd grade) and graduated from an Ivy in three years, taking graduate control...
[19:09:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Become The Rockstar Developer You’ve Always Dreamed Of Being - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:09:02] <exec> 08└─To me, this looks like TMB lampshading his self-image as SN's cool, leather-clad, motorbike-riding pr0grammer icon [1]. [1] With easily the best one liners since Duke Nukem.
[19:09:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Spiky-Headed Armored Dinosaur Discovered in Utah Was Basically a Tank - 425 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:09:17] <exec> 08└─Look PM doesn't like Ad-blockers so they throw up a splash saying unblock to read. End rant.... http://www.sci-news.com [sci-news.com] https://www.sciencenews.org [scie...
[19:09:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03fishybell [3156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06New Spiky-Headed Armored Dinosaur Discovered in Utah Was Basically a Tank - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:09:19] <exec> 08└─Sure, a mining company bought it because politicians put it up for sale and advertised it.
[19:09:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06New Spiky-Headed Armored Dinosaur Discovered in Utah Was Basically a Tank - 180 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:09:21] <exec> 08└─With JavaScript disabled, no splash, no ads and the article is visible. They adapted it from the Gizmodo article [gizmodo.com], which has a detailed drawing of the creature's head.
[19:12:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Have a Break From Apple Design Disputes, Have a Kit Kat Design Dispute - 711 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:12:20] <exec> 08└─I'm not seeing it. Nestle isn't bidding against your municipal water. They go to some spring or other source that sounds "sexy", and put it in a bottle. Maybe, maybe a few local people are affected - but seriously, the total volume of bottled water isn't even a rounding error compared to the amount...
[19:15:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06German State of Lower Saxony Plans to Switch From Linux to Windows - 774 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:15:47] <exec> 08└─FLOSS devs in particular reek of a particular brand of elitism. Internalized, unreflected identification with Dilbert tropes seems to be a common character trait among FLOSS devs, which gives insight into their perspective on perceived status and rank within a software project. I can get behind hati...
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[20:08:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 0, Offtopic) 02 - 06Daniel Stenberg, Author of cURL and libcurl, Denied US Visit Again - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:08:48] <exec> 08└─You know what is fucking awesome, Miles Davis and the 'Trane Jammin' [youtube.com]
[20:08:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Daniel Stenberg, Author of cURL and libcurl, Denied US Visit Again - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:08:50] <exec> 08└─Maybe IT conferences shouldn't happen on US soil after all.
[20:08:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06Daniel Stenberg, Author of cURL and libcurl, Denied US Visit Again - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:08:52] <exec> 08└─D'you want to really kick them where it hurts? Move Comic-Con to a less oppressive country.
[20:08:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Daniel Stenberg, Author of cURL and libcurl, Denied US Visit Again - 298 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:08:54] <exec> 08└─This is the new America, where we only want white European immigrants. In fact, our illustrious Grand Poobah has specifically stated that he'd like more immigrants from countries like Norway. Sure, Stenberg is from Sweden, which is kind of like Norway, but not enough for us to let those people in.
[20:08:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dr Spin [5239] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Daniel Stenberg, Author of cURL and libcurl, Denied US Visit Again - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:08:56] <exec> 08└─Why on earth would you want talent when there is an unlimited supply of Mediocrity? Now, even the mediocre can become president, you know!
[20:08:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Daniel Stenberg, Author of cURL and libcurl, Denied US Visit Again - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:08:59] <exec> 08└─You realize he is a white european, right?
[20:09:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Daniel Stenberg, Author of cURL and libcurl, Denied US Visit Again - 394 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:01] <exec> 08└─He's a foreigner. He has no right to come to the US. Much like I have no right or recourse to visit Russia or China, when they deny me even after completing an onerous visa application. Yeah, I can say they're being assholes, but it is their own country. With respect to Swedish data protection laws,...
[20:09:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Become The Rockstar Developer You’ve Always Dreamed Of Being - 183 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:14] <exec> 08└─Ivy league school lol. At least we've established that being born upper class is a requirement for being a "rock star." Working class programmers with excellent skills need not apply.
[20:09:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03stretch611 [6199] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Become The Rockstar Developer You’ve Always Dreamed Of Being - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:16] <exec> 08└─It doesn't matter if you are a rockstar or not... No one wants to pay for more than a 3rd world salary
[20:09:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Become The Rockstar Developer You’ve Always Dreamed Of Being - 307 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:09:18] <exec> 08└─Having connections is the most important thing, which is the true purpose of these Ivy league schools. If you don't have connections, there's a tiny chance you'll have some success if you have a piece of paper. But if you have skills and no paper? You're mostly doomed. Meritocracy is a comforting il...
[20:10:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amelia Earhart's Final Pleas for Help May Have Been Heard Around World - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:10:07] <exec> 08└─I suspect that any earth dwellers who go into space will be able to DO SOMETHING, aside from exposing their anatomy and being vulgar.
[20:10:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amelia Earhart's Final Pleas for Help May Have Been Heard Around World - 505 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:10:09] <exec> 08└─It works fine for me. Are you in Europe? The Washington Post (like Tronc) is blocking access from the EU, as their way of complying with the GDPR. Try these: https://web.archive.org
[20:10:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Amelia Earhart's Final Pleas for Help May Have Been Heard Around World - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:10:11] <exec> 08└─I may not be from Kentucky, but I can drink Kentucky piss with the best of them. I still think Scots Whisky sucks assholes, by the way.
[20:10:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California High Court Rules Starbucks Must Pay for Off-The-Clock Work - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:10:54] <exec> 08└─People who think like you caused this, VLM. Don't you fucking dare sit there with that injured "who me?" expression. You have a problem with this? Get out there and stump for labor rights.
[20:10:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California High Court Rules Starbucks Must Pay for Off-The-Clock Work - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:10:56] <exec> 08└─The thing to remember about Uzzard is his position reduces down to precisely the same one as Mr. Vim's; he just cloaks it in a lot of bullshit bravado and coarse humor.
[20:10:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06California High Court Rules Starbucks Must Pay for Off-The-Clock Work - 253 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:10:58] <exec> 08└─It's the just world fallacy. As the somewhat shaky AC below you explains, these people are so invested in their own ego that they *have* to believe everyone doing worse than them chose/deserves to, else their own worldview and self-esteem will collapse.
[20:11:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Shareholders Approve Walt Disney Deal for 21st Century Fox Assets - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:11:23] <exec> 08└─Maybe Disney is out to kill public domain for good and everything else is just a byproduct.
[20:12:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Acting EPA Chief Wheeler Cracks Down on Polluting 'Glider' Trucks - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:12:17] <exec> 08└─So, we like global warming now?
[20:13:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Denis Villeneuve is Remaking Dune, and That’s a Good Thing - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:13:39] <exec> 08└─So, wait, Brian is a part of this thing? Pass. Then again Blade Runner 2049 wasn't good outside of, maybe, visuals either, so… Next!
[20:14:02] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03digitalaudiorock [688] 02 - 06ACLU Demonstrates Flaws in Facial Recognition - 420 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:14:02] <exec> 08└─How about how all states (that I'm aware of) now require your drivers license photo to be a) without glasses, b) a neutral expression, and c) facing straight forward. No question why that is...so we can all be subject to this unwarranted search at the whim of law enforcement. Nice to know how "relia...
[20:14:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03number11 [1170] (Score: 2) 02 - 06ACLU Demonstrates Flaws in Facial Recognition - 246 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:14:15] <exec> 08└─If the ACLU was only interested in accuracy they would have properly portrayed that this tool is only used to narrow the fiekd, not as a way to ID a criminal. It implies strongly they are being intentionally deceptive to further their own agenda.
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[21:08:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Daniel Stenberg, Author of cURL and libcurl, Denied US Visit Again - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:08:47] <exec> 08└─Look what happened in Malmo this morning. Dangerous Country, dangerous people!
[21:08:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Daniel Stenberg, Author of cURL and libcurl, Denied US Visit Again - 245 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:08:49] <exec> 08└─I read it as an ironic and insightful joke. If this individual was not white, this story would get vastly more coverage and undoubtedly be framed as a racist action. But because he's white, you're reading this on his blog instead of nytimes.com.
[21:08:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Daniel Stenberg, Author of cURL and libcurl, Denied US Visit Again - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:08:51] <exec> 08└─Barry Soetoro proved that.
[21:08:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Daniel Stenberg, Author of cURL and libcurl, Denied US Visit Again - 503 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:08:53] <exec> 08└─"Now, even the mediocre can become president, you know!" Yes, thank you for pointing this out. I, for one, am *proud* that even those with mental and psychological disabilities now have a role model in the Whitehouse they can look up to. Now people with mental disabilities can see that man in the Ov...
[21:09:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Become The Rockstar Developer You’ve Always Dreamed Of Being - 233 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:09:10] <exec> 08└─You don't know what you're talking about. All of the employers on The Global Employer Index [soggy.jobs] pay six figures for coder jobs and seven figures for rockstar coders. You have the personal guarantee of Michael David Crawford.
[21:09:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Street Performers to Take Contactless Tips at Edinburgh Fringe - 213 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:09:39] <exec> 08└─Street performer waves reader in front of audience soliciting contributions. Some step back quickly, but the reader has already taken contributions from not just one but all the contactless cards in their wallets.
[21:10:27] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] 02 - 06California High Court Rules Starbucks Must Pay for Off-The-Clock Work - 1251 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:10:28] <exec> 08└─There's more requirements than that. The game must be fair and rules must be enforced. Ever had an employer who cheated you of your pay? Offered you a job on a 1099 basis only, so they could dodge all the rules concerning wages, such as overtime pay? But they still want to have the wage rules that b...
[21:10:31] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03srobert [4803] 02 - 06California High Court Rules Starbucks Must Pay for Off-The-Clock Work - 641 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:10:31] <exec> 08└─"Wait, did someone pass a law or hold a gun at someone's head to keep them from learning a marketable skill while I wasn't looking?" What kind of "blame the victim" bullshit is that? Are you a complete sociopath? Let me guess. Ayn Rand is one of your heroes, right. I was one of these people when I w...
[21:10:41] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] 02 - 06California High Court Rules Starbucks Must Pay for Off-The-Clock Work - 2495 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:10:41] <exec> 08└─> Untrue. You will never find fairness in life. To the contrary. Yeah, we know the expression "life isn't fair". That's too black and white. Life will never be 100% fair, but there is a lot of fairness in the world. That's what the entire justice system is supposed to be about. It's the cynics and s...
[21:10:47] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] 02 - 06California High Court Rules Starbucks Must Pay for Off-The-Clock Work - 253 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:10:47] <exec> 08└─It's the just world fallacy. As the somewhat shaky AC below you explains, these people are so invested in their own ego that they *have* to believe everyone doing worse than them chose/deserves to, else their own worldview and self-esteem will collapse.
[21:10:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03srobert [4803] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California High Court Rules Starbucks Must Pay for Off-The-Clock Work - 475 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:10:50] <exec> 08└─You and the AC are both insightful. It occurs to me that I've been pretty successful at this point in my life. But I'm realistic enough to know that it's about half because of my own efforts, and the other half because of serendipity. Without a lot of dumb luck, I'd still be mopping the floors at Bu...
[21:14:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06White House Reportedly Working on Federal Data Privacy Policy - 1505 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:14:32] <exec> 08└─You have to consider the timing. It's coming this Fall. There are relatively important elections coming this November, and it looks like they're planning to release this just before them. They wouldn't be releasing it at that time if they planned to have anything in it that might be able to be seen...
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[22:08:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Touché) 02 - 06Big Tech Warns of 'Japan's Millennium Bug' Ahead of Akihito's Abdication - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:08:37] <exec> 08└─Akihito has been on the throne for almost the entirety of the information age,
[22:08:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03ilPapa [2366] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Big Tech Warns of 'Japan's Millennium Bug' Ahead of Akihito's Abdication - 167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:08:39] <exec> 08└─A day will come when all Americans count the date starting with Donald Trump's inauguration, which had the greatest attendance of any inauguration ever. Suck it, libs.
[22:08:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Touché) 02 - 06Big Tech Warns of 'Japan's Millennium Bug' Ahead of Akihito's Abdication - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:08:41] <exec> 08└─We already do. This is the Trump Era, First Term, Year Two.
[22:08:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Touché) 02 - 06Big Tech Warns of 'Japan's Millennium Bug' Ahead of Akihito's Abdication - 192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:08:43] <exec> 08└─I think June 18, 2018 is a good mark for the beginning of the a new era when Donald J. Trump announced the formation of the United States Space Force. Space Era, Universal Era, take your pick.
[22:09:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 2, Funny) 02 - 06Daniel Stenberg, Author of cURL and libcurl, Denied US Visit Again - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:09:01] <exec> 08└─Steinberg is a Jew. What Jews like are good war songs. [youtube.com]
[22:09:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Daniel Stenberg, Author of cURL and libcurl, Denied US Visit Again - 223 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:09:03] <exec> 08└─Ah, Baraq Hussein Soetoro. Good to see him again. I still don't regret voting for his first term, however, he wanted to deviate from the wants of the deep state. Powerful people beLIEve that he knows too much. Let's hope he
[22:09:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03choose another one [515] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Daniel Stenberg, Author of cURL and libcurl, Denied US Visit Again - 590 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:09:05] <exec> 08└─Equally the conferences have the right to move to other countries if the attendees can't get into US. If the loss is big enough things will change - White House guarantees that athletes from all countries (must have included Trump-muslim-ban ones) would be allowed in were apparently required to get...
[22:09:13] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03VLM [445] 02 - 06Become The Rockstar Developer You’ve Always Dreamed Of Being - 73 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:09:14] <exec> 08└─chances are that the word “Rockstar” will elicit a visceral reaction.
[22:09:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Street Performers to Take Contactless Tips at Edinburgh Fringe - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:09:53] <exec> 08└─All we need now to convert to contactless is muggers. Don't you like progress.
[22:10:50] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03VLM [445] 02 - 06California High Court Rules Starbucks Must Pay for Off-The-Clock Work - 1301 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:10:50] <exec> 08└─Thank the Gods I'm here to fix this stuff. The appropriate automobile analogy is the UAW union exists to prevent factory workers from being paid to assemble a car and then being forced to paint the car off duty while unpaid if they want to keep that sweet factory job. Or maybe the factory workers ar...
[22:11:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score: 2) 02 - 06California High Court Rules Starbucks Must Pay for Off-The-Clock Work - 306 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:11:02] <exec> 08└─I think the point of this is that the clock-card machine was inside the store, so locking up and walking employees to their cars had to be after he had clocked out. A reasonable solution would have been to automatically add 5 minutes to the clock-out time of whoever was designated as the lock-up emp...
[22:11:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Shareholders Approve Walt Disney Deal for 21st Century Fox Assets - 649 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:11:28] <exec> 08└─You wanted to be shocked, you love getting shocked, I didn't shock you. And that's too bad. But, there's a little more to the story. And possibly you don't know the rest of the story. Because, Subs rejected. Comcast wanted to buy Fox. And so did Disney. Then my Dept. of Justice said, OK for Disney t...
[22:13:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03theluggage [1797] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Denis Villeneuve is Remaking Dune, and That’s a Good Thing - 268 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:13:45] <exec> 08└─GP here. Maybe I'll give the TV series another shot, but most likely I'd turn it off again after a short while, regardless of the quality of the story. For me, in TV/movie as a medium the quality of visuals is a priority. For just a good story, I'd rather read a book.
[22:14:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06ACLU Demonstrates Flaws in Facial Recognition - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:14:23] <exec> 08└─You're missing the point of my post: it's a filter.
[22:16:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06German State of Lower Saxony Plans to Switch From Linux to Windows - 209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:16:27] <exec> 08└─let me explain. Linux is FOSS, if I don't want to run systemd, I can. It will be difficult? sure. Windows pushes the update, you either consume it or eventually be locked out by compromises or incompatibility.
[22:16:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06German State of Lower Saxony Plans to Switch From Linux to Windows - 369 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:16:28] <exec> 08└─I am a free market fundamentalist. The market in which Microsoft operates is not free. If it were free the best product for the price would win. BTW I am sure by now some crooks have begun pushing their FOSS based solutions with the mere intent of having the taxpayer shell out money for their servic...
[22:16:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03snufu [5855] (Score: 2) 02 - 06German State of Lower Saxony Plans to Switch From Linux to Windows - 212 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:16:31] <exec> 08└─All markets are free...except the ones I deem not free. Those markets should be regulated and proscribed by law. Similarly all speech is free...except the speech I deem hate. That speech should proscribed by law.
[22:16:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03snufu [5855] (Score: 2) 02 - 06German State of Lower Saxony Plans to Switch From Linux to Windows - 157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:16:33] <exec> 08└─What is preventing FOSS from competing in this space? FOSS has been tested time and again by end users and found lacking. They have spoken with their wallet.
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[23:08:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Big Tech Warns of 'Japan's Millennium Bug' Ahead of Akihito's Abdication - 449 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:08:47] <exec> 08└─"Of course, if you upgrade to Windows 10, you will have no problems. We guarantee that Windows 10 will reboot every time a throne changes hands. In fact, Elizabeth's looking a bit creaky so there's another reason to upgrade to Windows 10. Did I mention that Windows 10 handles emojis... in fact, we t...
[23:08:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Big Tech Warns of 'Japan's Millennium Bug' Ahead of Akihito's Abdication - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:08:48] <exec> 08└─Come to think of it, that Linus guy is looking kinda old. Google bros will code a new kernel for us any day now.
[23:08:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03realDonaldTrump [6614] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Big Tech Warns of 'Japan's Millennium Bug' Ahead of Akihito's Abdication - 292 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:08:51] <exec> 08└─They're talking about, maybe they'll do a flamingo. Hopefully they will! People don't know this, it's NOT the State Bird of Florida. How did that one happen?! dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5796875/Emoji-hopefuls-2019-include-emoticons-people-disabilities-flamingo.html [dailymail.co.uk]
[23:08:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06Big Tech Warns of 'Japan's Millennium Bug' Ahead of Akihito's Abdication - 215 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:08:53] <exec> 08└─You couldn't be more wrong. The Space Age ended in 1972 with the cessation of manned Moon landings. The Information Age which followed it ended in 2006 with the rise of Facebook. We live in the Social Media Age now.
[23:08:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03arslan [3462] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Big Tech Warns of 'Japan's Millennium Bug' Ahead of Akihito's Abdication - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:08:55] <exec> 08└─The new era under Emperor Naruhito will be called the Naruto era...
[23:08:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Big Tech Warns of 'Japan's Millennium Bug' Ahead of Akihito's Abdication - 289 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:08:57] <exec> 08└─Thank you, Captain Obvious. We have until 2021 to adopt Zircon as the trendy hobbyist preferred kernel before the 30th anniversary of Linux. Expect Fuchsia to replace Android everywhere at the same time. Linux will soon become obsolete legacy garbage for unhip losers just like BSD is now.
[23:08:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03archfeld [4650] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Big Tech Warns of 'Japan's Millennium Bug' Ahead of Akihito's Abdication - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:09:00] <exec> 08└─It is Trumplstiltskin and the Orange era.
[23:09:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Daniel Stenberg, Author of cURL and libcurl, Denied US Visit Again - 329 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:09:21] <exec> 08└─Mr Stenberg shouldn't have interfered in U.S. politics. He's a foreigner and the constitution makes it clear that foreigners are not allowed to meddle in U.S election. If you meddle, you don't get allowed in as Mr Stenberg just learned. But if you don't meddle, you get invited to the White House lik...
[23:09:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Daniel Stenberg, Author of cURL and libcurl, Denied US Visit Again - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:09:23] <exec> 08└─That sucks donkey balls. And it's stupid.
[23:09:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03arslan [3462] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Become The Rockstar Developer You’ve Always Dreamed Of Being - 307 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:09:41] <exec> 08└─Spoken like a true PHB! Give yourself a pat in the back. Joking aside, both PHB and rockstar programmers do exist and are toxic in their own way to the workplace. That said, back on topic, this is quite an amusing spec. Heh, poetic literals, if only language designers were this creative back in the...
[23:10:08] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Street Performers to Take Contactless Tips at Edinburgh Fringe - 102 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:10:08] <exec> 08└─It's not because artists are making less in their hats, it's because the event is sponsored by a bank.
[23:10:10] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03VLM [445] 02 - 06Street Performers to Take Contactless Tips at Edinburgh Fringe - 1325 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:10:10] <exec> 08└─Ouchie, the 1.75% fee seems a little higher than the fee for cash, which remains 0%. https://www.izettle.com [izettle.com] Also, at least in the USA, cash payments are usually not reported as income to the feds, thus the income tax rate is 0%, whereas "big brother inside" certainly dumps...
[23:10:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amelia Earhart's Final Pleas for Help May Have Been Heard Around World - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:10:35] <exec> 08└─...broadcast around the world...
[23:10:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amelia Earhart's Final Pleas for Help May Have Been Heard Around World - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:10:37] <exec> 08└─She wasn't a pioneer. She did nothing that another human being didn't do before. She was only a pioneer if you are sexist.
[23:10:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amelia Earhart's Final Pleas for Help May Have Been Heard Around World - 387 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:10:39] <exec> 08└─That's not true. It is important to recognize when females do something for the first time. That is also why we should recognize the first transvestite to fly around the globe, and the first lesbian, and the first transgendered she-male... basically, you should expect another 17-20 aviation records...
[23:11:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06California High Court Rules Starbucks Must Pay for Off-The-Clock Work - 858 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:11:26] <exec> 08└─Unlikely as 'law'. California law is very specific on who is salary or not. The legal terms are exempt and non exempt. However, someone like Amazon should take notice of this. As this particular abuse is one amazon has done for years. Now their is precedent and can be cited by others. For this repub...
[23:11:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06California High Court Rules Starbucks Must Pay for Off-The-Clock Work - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:11:28] <exec> 08└─Extra pay from Supreme Court: $102.67 less legal fees: $15,000.00 equals Net loss: $14,897.33 Time to repay: infinite, because Starbucks just fired your ass for not being a team player.
[23:11:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Shareholders Approve Walt Disney Deal for 21st Century Fox Assets - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:11:55] <exec> 08└─South Park, The Ring episode.
[23:12:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Acting EPA Chief Wheeler Cracks Down on Polluting 'Glider' Trucks - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:12:49] <exec> 08└─That can't be right, surely? I've just read Ethanol-fueled's comment above and apparently it's all the liberals fault. Oh, and San Francisco is going to fall into the sea (or something).
[23:14:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Entropy [4228] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Denis Villeneuve is Remaking Dune, and That’s a Good Thing - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:14:14] <exec> 08└─Special special snowflake then. Better?
[23:15:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03tibman [134] (Score: 2) 02 - 06DoD's Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Program Renamed; Reusable Rockets Must be Considered - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:15:31] <exec> 08└─Reusable rockets are "eyewash and perception"? No. No they are not. Your analogy is backwards too. A cruise missile is a wasteful single use weapon where the B52 can drop bombs day after day with short breaks between runs.
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