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[00:47:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Username [4557] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Under the Dome: Fears Pacific Nuclear 'Coffin' is Leaking - 219 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:47:03] <exec> 08└─They just want more free money. It's well beyond the halflife of any dangerous radiation emitters, and anything that would have absorbed the heavy metals, would have already done so by now. The dome already did its job.
[00:47:09] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] 02 - 06Internet Accessible MySQL Databases Targeted by GandCrab Ransomware - 168 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:47:10] <exec> 08└─Who in the cornbread hell allows anonymous Internet access to their database servers? Sophos has uncovered a wave of attacks targeting servers running MySQL on Windows.
[00:47:12] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03edIII [791] 02 - 06Internet Accessible MySQL Databases Targeted by GandCrab Ransomware - 494 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:47:12] <exec> 08└─Good point about the internal network, but if you're serious about security, database servers are on their own internal network. These things can be separated out so that an employee computer as no access whatsoever to other sensitive internal networks. Still though, this is Windows. If anybody has...
[00:47:18] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] 02 - 06Internet Accessible MySQL Databases Targeted by GandCrab Ransomware - 648 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:47:19] <exec> 08└─There's a big difference between giving IT staff full root on every box and every service without authentication and sanity though. Even ultra all-systems, all-services admins shouldn't default to having the keys to the kingdom from logging in to one box. I'd have to authenticate three different way...
[00:47:54] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03NewNic [6420] 02 - 06The Millennial Generation in the US: Life on the Brink - 85 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:47:55] <exec> 08└─Stop foreign aid (bribes) and take care of ourselves and the debt disappears quickly.
[00:48:01] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03NotSanguine [285] 02 - 06The Millennial Generation in the US: Life on the Brink - 304 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:48:01] <exec> 08└─You misunderstand my point. It's not about specific people or corporations. It's about the macroeconomic impact of wealth concentration. Spreading it around will still allow the rich to be plenty rich, and will create a more vibrant, robust and resilient economy. And that ain't socialism, it's Econ...
[00:48:03] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03NotSanguine [285] 02 - 06The Millennial Generation in the US: Life on the Brink - 85 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:48:04] <exec> 08└─Stop foreign aid (bribes) and take care of ourselves and the debt disappears quickly.
[00:48:08] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] 02 - 06The Millennial Generation in the US: Life on the Brink - 166 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:48:09] <exec> 08└─Back in the day (get off my lawn!) a University degree was a sure-fire ticket to a good life, nowadays it barely gets you a job. And the job barely lets you pay rent.
[00:48:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Millennial Generation in the US: Life on the Brink - 430 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:48:25] <exec> 08└─You may commence betting on where julian's IQ sits in relation to mine. Betting closes as soon as julian replies with his score. I'd demand proper longshot odds if you want to bet on him coming out ahead. Trolling aside, you're thinking entirely with your emotions and accusing others of not using th...
[00:48:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Millennial Generation in the US: Life on the Brink - 312 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:48:27] <exec> 08└─The scary part though is what percentage is public debt, in other words debt held by the herd. 10-15 years ago it was around 50:50, so at least there was some stability in the form of intragovernmental debt holdings. Now the herd holds more like 75%, and climbing every year. Once any part of that he...
[00:48:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Millennial Generation in the US: Life on the Brink - 299 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:48:29] <exec> 08└─Hence stock buybacks, because how does that ever help a company? All it does is goose the stock price so bonuses for the Inner Sanctum go up, never mind nothing in the fundamental business has changed. It doesn't help the company, but it does help shareholders who can think longer than one quarter.
[00:48:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03julian [6003] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Millennial Generation in the US: Life on the Brink - 783 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:48:31] <exec> 08└─It's almost like it's not socialist at all but just socially progressive. Economically, SF and SV are rather right-wing. So yes, they're very tolerant of LGBT homeless people but god forbid you propose actually raising money through taxes to do something about homelessness as an economic issue. Actu...
[00:48:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Millennial Generation in the US: Life on the Brink - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:48:33] <exec> 08└─It doesn't help the company, but it does help shareholders who can think longer than one quarter.
[00:48:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Millennial Generation in the US: Life on the Brink - 303 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:48:35] <exec> 08└─You've also got to look at what that "foreign aid" is, the top three are trying to clean up the mess the US made in Iraq and Afghanistan and propping up Israel, none of which can be discontinued. After that it's mostly chump change, still a few billion but that's not even a blip on a $20 trillion de...
[00:48:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03julian [6003] (Score: 3, Touché) 02 - 06The Millennial Generation in the US: Life on the Brink - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:48:38] <exec> 08└─I guess I'm just not hurting the right people. [vox.com]
[00:48:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Millennial Generation in the US: Life on the Brink - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:48:40] <exec> 08└─That happened 40-50 years ago.
[00:48:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Millennial Generation in the US: Life on the Brink - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:48:42] <exec> 08└─It's essentially paying off a loan so that you'll be in a better position to ask for another if you need to down the line. Well, not really but that's as close as I can dumb it down.
[00:48:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Millennial Generation in the US: Life on the Brink - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:48:44] <exec> 08└─And that has what to do with the price of tea in China? Or if you prefer it in snooty-egghead-speak, you're using the fallacy of composition.
[00:48:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Millennial Generation in the US: Life on the Brink - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:48:46] <exec> 08└─Thank you for accepting this article.
[00:48:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06The Millennial Generation in the US: Life on the Brink - 3791 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:48:48] <exec> 08└─I ducked out being a millennial by leaving school just before Columbine. My third year of junior college and first of only two not living with my parents was 9/11. From both personal experience and stories from friends, both Gen X and Millennials I can tell you it is twofold: The unnecessary expecta...
[00:48:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Millennial Generation in the US: Life on the Brink - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:48:51] <exec> 08└─Whenever I encourage an American to emigrate, you always give the whole "friends and family" excuse, but frankly it's not that big of a deal.
[00:48:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Millennial Generation in the US: Life on the Brink - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:48:53] <exec> 08└─Heh, he went full IQ diptard. Don't mess with da Beezus, he's a convicted kiddy diddler. 12 year olds dude.
[00:48:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Millennial Generation in the US: Life on the Brink - 213 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:48:55] <exec> 08└─Woah woah, don't point out Buzztardo's ignorance like that. His IQ can't take much more of it. I would try and add something more useful to the discussion but these demons need exercising. No not a spelling error.
[00:48:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Millennial Generation in the US: Life on the Brink - 387 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:48:57] <exec> 08└─If you're the millenial on this site, you're also the Facebook generation, and those following you are growing this pool. A lot of the oligarchies are significantly backdated in their technology use, meaning any communication they do, you and your cohort (and those coming of voting age every year) c...
[00:48:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Millennial Generation in the US: Life on the Brink - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:48:59] <exec> 08└─Yes it is poorly worded but on the brink is not inherently positive or negative. So they are "on" existence and at the brink of falling off it.
[00:49:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Messier 90 on Collision Course with Milky Way - 15 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:49:31] <exec> 08└─Anti-vaxers too
[00:50:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Former Football Pros Die at a Faster Rate than Baseball Veterans - 251 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:50:01] <exec> 08└─Still NFL players come off as so extreme there might just not be a valid or suitable comparison, perhaps MMA-fighters or boxers? They might be the only once that really share the same size and/or physical attributes and levels of potential punishment.
[00:50:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Former Football Pros Die at a Faster Rate than Baseball Veterans - 171 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:50:03] <exec> 08└─I wonder what that comes from -- having to pump a lot of blood through a/n once-/athletic body, smoking, bad diet, lack of cardiovascular conditioning after a career ... ?
[00:50:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nerdfest [80] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Huawei Disaster Reveals Google’s Iron Grip On Android - 774 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:50:23] <exec> 08└─It *could* be, but it's not. Google scrapes all your data (pretty much) and uses it to direct relevant ads to you. Sucks, but they protect it very well as it's the life-blood of their business. FaceBook scrapes all you data and uses it to push ads (and misinformation it seems) to you, and they also...
[00:52:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Username [4557] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is Facebook Undermining Democracy in Africa? - 407 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:52:07] <exec> 08└─5.3 on the mental gymnastics you had to perform to conflate death and retardation due to drug use with getting an abortion at an abortion clinic. No, they are still wrong, and it's still fake news. Alabama's heatbeat law cannot be used against women who have abortions. "A woman who receives an abort...
[00:52:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is Facebook Undermining Democracy in Africa? - 336 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:52:08] <exec> 08└─It's not the specific laws enacted, it's the attitude (like yours) that women are just vessels for procreation and shouldn't be allowed agency over their bodies. As I said in another discussion about abortion, what a woman does with her body is *her* business, not yours. So if you don't have a funct...
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[01:47:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Under the Dome: Fears Pacific Nuclear 'Coffin' is Leaking - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:47:06] <exec> 08└─If this shit has so much dangerous energy in it, why can't they find some way to recycle it and use it to power something else?
[01:47:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Under the Dome: Fears Pacific Nuclear 'Coffin' is Leaking - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:47:07] <exec> 08└─at least there is NOT a systemD island. Not that I'll miss the abomination
[01:47:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Absolutely.Geek [5328] (Score: 3, Touché) 02 - 06Under the Dome: Fears Pacific Nuclear 'Coffin' is Leaking - 279 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:47:10] <exec> 08└─You should clearly go a purchase the land there; obviously this hoax will significantly depress property values. When you prove that this is all so much hot air you will make a killing in the market with the restored values. You should live there also to protect your investment.
[01:47:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Under the Dome: Fears Pacific Nuclear 'Coffin' is Leaking - 595 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:47:12] <exec> 08└─Yeah. We could put this into breeder reactors and re-burn it like France does. But Carter made it illegal because the same processes also produces weapons grade by products (which themselves could also be burned for additional power). Thanks Jimmy! He did it to stop proliferation, so his heart was i...
[01:47:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Under the Dome: Fears Pacific Nuclear 'Coffin' is Leaking - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:47:14] <exec> 08└─If this shit has so much dangerous energy in it, why can't they find some way to recycle it and use it to power something else?
[01:47:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Under the Dome: Fears Pacific Nuclear 'Coffin' is Leaking - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:47:16] <exec> 08└─Yeah. We could put this into breeder reactors...etc etc
[01:47:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03coolgopher [1157] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Under the Dome: Fears Pacific Nuclear 'Coffin' is Leaking - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:47:18] <exec> 08└─I think what happened on Runit Island was that someone *did* install systemd. I mean, how else to you explain a huge crater badly patched over poisoning the rest of the ecosystem?
[01:47:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Under the Dome: Fears Pacific Nuclear 'Coffin' is Leaking - 169 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:47:21] <exec> 08└─It's small, unseeable, dust mixed with soil and equipment. You'd have to melt it down in a foundry and then refine it. I doubt there would be enough to be useful anyway.
[01:48:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03stretch611 [6199] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Millennial Generation in the US: Life on the Brink - 999 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:48:57] <exec> 08└─You are right,,, It is much more important that mega-corps pay so much to their CEOs and board members that they have more money than they can actually spend in a dozen lifetimes while their rank and file workers can barely afford to feed themselves let alone pay rent and healthcare expenses. Even w...
[01:48:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Millennial Generation in the US: Life on the Brink - 301 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:48:58] <exec> 08└─You're quite right. I'm not that close to my family, although we get on fine, we're just different people really. I have been to New York, and you're right, it's an amazing place. As that great philosopher Huey Lewis once asked: "Where else can you do half a million things, all at a quarter to two?...
[01:49:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Millennial Generation in the US: Life on the Brink - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:49:00] <exec> 08└─Weak as hell. This ain't Twitter or a chan. Do better or be mocked.
[01:49:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Millennial Generation in the US: Life on the Brink - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:49:03] <exec> 08└─Of course, we owe Israel so much. We should send more troops to protect them.
[01:49:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Millennial Generation in the US: Life on the Brink - 248 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:49:05] <exec> 08└─What they pay their C**s isn't really relevant. The job duties and rarity of skillsets aren't remotely comparable. Even when their CEOs fail spectacularly, they leave companies with a golden parachute with a retirement package of millions per year.
[01:49:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Millennial Generation in the US: Life on the Brink - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:49:07] <exec> 08└─I could have done without it but it was the only political story run today and I can live with one a day.
[01:49:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Millennial Generation in the US: Life on the Brink - 789 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:49:09] <exec> 08└─You can track economic prosperity when you know the export/Import and how the internal economy is doing. If all of this is balanced, you don't need to wonder about inflation since you can keep it stable. I think the problem is more related to "free trade", which is a weasel word for "no tariff". If...
[01:49:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Millennial Generation in the US: Life on the Brink - 213 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:49:11] <exec> 08└─ah, the old switcheroo blame shift from the social process to the individual? with this and your denial of any effects of those macro process I can declare you one of those blind people who worship a one-eyed king
[01:49:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06The Millennial Generation in the US: Life on the Brink - 304 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:49:13] <exec> 08└─So give us an example where socialism ever worked anything like that? Historically, socialism grants wealth to the party and impoverishes everyone else; SF being the perfect analogy. You can fuck off with the "not real socialism" argument. Yes it was, each and every economically failing, murderous t...
[01:49:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Millennial Generation in the US: Life on the Brink - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:49:16] <exec> 08└─Rent controls are fail and Ireland has a dipshit, globalist taoiseach that makes de Blasio look sane. Consider moving to a red state instead.
[01:50:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Huawei Disaster Reveals Google’s Iron Grip On Android - 216 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:50:39] <exec> 08└─Google and Facebook gathers the data and hands it to the US government. See: https://en.wikipedia.org(surveillance_program) [wikipedia.org] "Meet the new boss Same as the old boss" We do get fooled again!
[01:51:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nerdfest [80] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Meta: Site News: Holiday Weekend, Staffing, Outage, Finances, Submissions, and Moderations - 408 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:51:33] <exec> 08└─That's how I approach it. I have no problem up-voting posts in a thread I'm participating in (sometimes even stuff I disagree with if it adds new facts, etc), but almost never down-vote unless someone is abusive or insulting. I generally reserve downmods for spam, obvious flamebait, etc. Sometimes I...
[01:53:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03ElizabethGreene [6748] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CrossFit, Inc. Suspends Use of Facebook and Associated Services - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:53:15] <exec> 08└─I don't think "real science" had much to do with it.
[01:53:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03ElizabethGreene [6748] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CrossFit, Inc. Suspends Use of Facebook and Associated Services - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:53:16] <exec> 08└─it can make the criminal look like he’s the victim and make the victim look like he’s the criminal.
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[02:47:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AMD and Intel at Computex 2019: First Ryzen 3000-Series CPUs and Navi GPU Announced - 2082 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:47:06] <exec> 08└─AMD Ryzen 9 CPU With 16 Zen 2 Core Overclocked & Tested in Cinebench, Faster Than i9-9980XE – 7nm Ryzen Threadripper HEDT CPUs Still Happening [wccftech.com] According to this info, the 16-core chip isn't impossible to make (memory bandwidth limited) or anything, and is in fact in existence. It mi...
[02:47:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AMD and Intel at Computex 2019: First Ryzen 3000-Series CPUs and Navi GPU Announced - 762 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:47:08] <exec> 08└─https://adoredtv.com/good-enough-to-be-true/ [adoredtv.com] The AdoredTV leaked pricing, naming, and release dates were way off the mark, but some details do stand out: Predicted: Ryzen 5 3600 / 8 cores / 3.6 - 4.4 GHz / 65 W ...Actual: Ryzen 7 3700X / 8 cores / 3.6 - 4.4 GHz / 65 W Predicted: Ryzen...
[02:47:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AMD and Intel at Computex 2019: First Ryzen 3000-Series CPUs and Navi GPU Announced - 239 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:47:10] <exec> 08└─I'd really dig one but you can't disable the hardware rootkit like we're at least pretty sure you can with Intel chips . And I won't buy one even for an air gapped box if I can't at least be pretty sure I'm in charge of everything it does.
[02:47:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06AMD and Intel at Computex 2019: First Ryzen 3000-Series CPUs and Navi GPU Announced - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:47:12] <exec> 08└─Adoredtv's leaks were fine, amd just adjusted the plan: https://old.reddit.com [reddit.com]
[02:47:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AMD and Intel at Computex 2019: First Ryzen 3000-Series CPUs and Navi GPU Announced - 653 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:47:15] <exec> 08└─That's basically what I implied. The only thing I'm wary of is: "hold off the 16 core cpus (for threadripper?)". Because Threadripper 3 would likely be 32-64 cores so 16 core would not encroach on it. And with AMD using the same chiplets for Ryzen, Threadripper, and Epyc product families, I think if...
[02:47:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mykl [1112] (Score: 4, Funny) 02 - 06Under the Dome: Fears Pacific Nuclear 'Coffin' is Leaking - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:47:30] <exec> 08└─I'm sure the Professor from Gilligan's Island would be able to knock something together out of coconuts and the AM radio they had on the ship...
[02:47:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Under the Dome: Fears Pacific Nuclear 'Coffin' is Leaking - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:47:32] <exec> 08└─Only America would nuke someone's homeland, and then accuse them of being welfare cheats when they as for justice. The Marshallese were better off under Japanese occupation, and that is saying something.
[02:49:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Millennial Generation in the US: Life on the Brink - 213 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:49:20] <exec> 08└─They are re-"investing" it -- the company is buying stock on the open market, hopefully at a local-minimum-style favorable price. That's a financial investment, it just happens to be in the company's stock itself.
[02:49:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Millennial Generation in the US: Life on the Brink - 407 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:49:21] <exec> 08└─OK, let's take a look at this. There's quite a bit to unpack, but to give a TL;DR response to the editor, it's not as grim as portrayed here. It's stupid, but it's not grim on that level - by choosing other numbers you could come to a very different conclusion. * Millennials have taken on 300 percen...
[02:49:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Millennial Generation in the US: Life on the Brink - 200 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:49:23] <exec> 08└─Drastic change of subject aside... That's just an example but you can imagine that if all production is off-shored to somewhere else, then where does the population that it is sold to get their money?
[02:49:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Millennial Generation in the US: Life on the Brink - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:49:26] <exec> 08└─Some quality buzzwords in that nonsense. You have a bright future as a marketing drone or middle management.
[02:49:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Millennial Generation in the US: Life on the Brink - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:49:28] <exec> 08└─Consider moving to a red state instead.
[02:49:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Absolutely.Geek [5328] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Civil War Southern Plant Remedies Effective Against Drug Resistent Bacteria in Lab Tests - 208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:49:43] <exec> 08└─See https://www.wnycstudios.org [wnycstudios.org] Or download link https://www.podtrac.com [podtrac.com]
[02:50:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Messier 90 on Collision Course with Milky Way - 10 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:50:03] <exec> 08└─Literally.
[02:52:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Reziac [2489] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is Facebook Undermining Democracy in Africa? - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:52:42] <exec> 08└─So, whose decision was it to open her legs?? Cuz it's not like the Pollination Fairy is creating these unwanted pregancies...
[02:52:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is Facebook Undermining Democracy in Africa? - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:52:44] <exec> 08└─Once again, do you have a functioning uterus? No? Then shut the fuck up.
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[03:47:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Deep Fakes Advance to Only Needing a Single Two Dimensional Photograph - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:47:04] <exec> 08└─Not just for porn anymore [youtube.com]!
[03:47:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06AMD and Intel at Computex 2019: First Ryzen 3000-Series CPUs and Navi GPU Announced - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:47:17] <exec> 08└─I mean basically there is no need for threadripper since their high end mainstream beats HEDT intel for about 1/3 the price...
[03:47:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AMD and Intel at Computex 2019: First Ryzen 3000-Series CPUs and Navi GPU Announced - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:47:18] <exec> 08└─True. And I figured they would go ahead and skip Threadripper 3. But it looks like they will do it [wccftech.com].
[03:47:28] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Absolutely.Geek [5328] 02 - 06Under the Dome: Fears Pacific Nuclear 'Coffin' is Leaking - 279 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:47:29] <exec> 08└─You should clearly go a purchase the land there; obviously this hoax will significantly depress property values. When you prove that this is all so much hot air you will make a killing in the market with the restored values. You should live there also to protect your investment.
[03:47:31] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] 02 - 06Under the Dome: Fears Pacific Nuclear 'Coffin' is Leaking - 127 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:47:32] <exec> 08└─If this shit has so much dangerous energy in it, why can't they find some way to recycle it and use it to power something else?
[03:47:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Under the Dome: Fears Pacific Nuclear 'Coffin' is Leaking - 17 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:47:39] <exec> 08└─And eat the fish!
[03:49:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Millennial Generation in the US: Life on the Brink - 1207 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:49:32] <exec> 08└─Someone once said, may decades ago, that half of being successful in life is just showing up. I used to own a small manufacturing company in a college town. I hired actual college students who could not read a tape measure. I hired a guy with a masters in architecture for a $10/hour machine operator...
[03:49:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Millennial Generation in the US: Life on the Brink - 453 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:49:34] <exec> 08└─I've lived in red states (TX, MO, AK) and blue states (CA, NY and briefly in WA). Go to a party in a blue state, "What do you do?" is the question. In the red state, "Who do you work for?" The difference is subtle but reveals a lot. Blue states were absolutely fabulous, IF you have a lot of money to...
[03:49:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Millennial Generation in the US: Life on the Brink - 1270 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:49:36] <exec> 08└─> The top 5% or so are able to purchase pretty much anything they want, but there's a limit to how many HDTVs, frocks, cars, homes, personal massagers and other consumer goods the top 5% will buy. I'll bite. Depending on how you measure, I'm in the USA 5% (but not the 1%). Yes, I can purchase the th...
[03:49:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Millennial Generation in the US: Life on the Brink - 1419 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:49:38] <exec> 08└─wealth concentration is unavoidable. Compared to the living standards of the early 19th century, it would take close to 400 slaves PER HOUSEHOLD to produce everything that we consume today. (I did the math myself as part of an economics degree). In other words, we are all rich. So what's the problem...
[03:52:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is Facebook Undermining Democracy in Africa? - 680 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:52:53] <exec> 08└─Ooh, heated. In a couple of decades, there will be complete artificial wombs. It will be considered immoral or at least passé or foolish to impregnate a live woman, since they could unilaterally make the choice to abort. You don't have to give deference to the health and well-being of a woman if th...
[03:53:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 1, Offtopic) 02 - 06NASA Orders First Segment of Lunar Station for 2024 Artemis Moon Mission - 267 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:53:09] <exec> 08└─I post to give my fellow soylentils a topic on which to converse. Lunar exploration gets 9 comments, and only some of them serious? We could have had an aristarchus submission, instead! Oh, and as for VP Pence, I believe the title was "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress".
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[04:47:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Deep Fakes Advance to Only Needing a Single Two Dimensional Photograph - 298 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:47:01] <exec> 08└─I haven't even watched the video yet, but the stills are great. Some will whine about fake news and elections, but this is a really powerful tool for pro or amateur artists. There's some previous work somewhere on Two Minute Papers [youtube.com] that is similar, but this seems to be more polished.
[04:47:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06AMD and Intel at Computex 2019: First Ryzen 3000-Series CPUs and Navi GPU Announced - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:47:15] <exec> 08└─As someone who has one since last fall, I wouldn't upgrade so soon almost no matter the specs. The only thing to get me right now is more ram.
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[04:47:17] <exec> 08└─I recommend anyone who isnt aware of the revolution occuring here to watch that talk. Acer, Asus, and Microsoft reps were basically worshipping her and paying homage. Id even say she got groped a bit by the (female) ms rep. Intel has been awful to everyone for so long, nvidia too.
[04:47:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AMD and Intel at Computex 2019: First Ryzen 3000-Series CPUs and Navi GPU Announced - 269 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:47:19] <exec> 08└─It can't be that unusual for Intel or AMD to interact in a friendly way with computer brands. And in the case of Microsoft, every new Xbox is packing AMD hardware, probably the next gen version as well. The Acer co-CEO Jerry Kao was really funny. I rate him an A++++++.
[04:47:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Under the Dome: Fears Pacific Nuclear 'Coffin' is Leaking - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:47:37] <exec> 08└─The world is full with enough of them, take it up your ass too [soylentnews.org]
[04:48:51] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03julian [6003] 02 - 06The Millennial Generation in the US: Life on the Brink - 558 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:48:51] <exec> 08└─Thank you. Hating on foreign aid is just a crowd-pleaser line for low-IQ xenophobes and isolationists. It's the refuge of simple-minded rubes who say things like, "why are we helping people in Africa when I can't afford my insulin!?" Well, Karen, your insulin and mobility scooter would be free to yo...
[04:49:00] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03julian [6003] 02 - 06The Millennial Generation in the US: Life on the Brink - 783 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:49:01] <exec> 08└─It's almost like it's not socialist at all but just socially progressive. Economically, SF and SV are rather right-wing. So yes, they're very tolerant of LGBT homeless people but god forbid you propose actually raising money through taxes to do something about homelessness as an economic issue. Actu...
[04:49:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03canopic jug [3949] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Millennial Generation in the US: Life on the Brink - 1465 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:49:34] <exec> 08└─Most new degrees are useless to the point of having become a running joke [smbc-comics.com]. The universities everywhere have become administrative laden, top heavy, inefficient beasts. The funding models emphasize throughput rather than quality. In Europe, since the Bologne Process, the idea was to...
[04:50:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Messier 90 on Collision Course with Milky Way - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:50:10] <exec> 08└─Immigrants are to blame!
[04:50:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Messier 90 on Collision Course with Milky Way - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:50:11] <exec> 08└─Messier 90 GO HOME!
[04:51:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Chocolate [8044] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Meta: Site News: Holiday Weekend, Staffing, Outage, Finances, Submissions, and Moderations - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:51:59] <exec> 08└─How does one 'tear up an anvil"?
[04:52:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is Facebook Undermining Democracy in Africa? - 1332 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:52:55] <exec> 08└─I suppose that could happen, although I think 20 years is more than a bit optimistic. Growing a child from gametes to newborn in an artificial womb (ala Cyteen [wikipedia.org], yes?) has incredible amounts of complexity, especially in the release and uptake of various hormones and enzymes that are n...
[04:52:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Reziac [2489] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is Facebook Undermining Democracy in Africa? - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:52:57] <exec> 08└─Only after it stops taking two to make a pregnancy.
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[05:49:41] <exec> 08└─A large part of that top-heavy administrative structure happens to be social engineering SJW types. It takes literally hundreds of personnel at larger universities to ensure that the university is in compliance with all the nonsense rules. 1. Do we have enough transgender? 2. Do we have enough gays?...
[05:49:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Millennial Generation in the US: Life on the Brink - 876 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:49:42] <exec> 08└─More than 35 years ago, I started meeting truck drivers with degrees. I never thought it terribly odd to meet drivers with lesser degrees, but when a truck driver tells you that he has a master's or a PhD, you start wondering. I actually did a little work to verify that some of these people hold de...
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[05:53:02] <exec> 08└─I suspect that we'll move in the other direction (we can keep a premature fetus alive after 22+ weeks or so and will likely push that back as time goes by) first.
[05:53:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is Facebook Undermining Democracy in Africa? - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:53:04] <exec> 08└─Only after it stops taking two to make a pregnancy.
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[05:53:06] <exec> 08└─What is your stance on these laws [alcohol.org]?
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[06:47:01] <exec> 08└─"(4.3 x 3 in)[sic *]" "133 cm ~ 52 inches; 90 cm ~ 35 inches" The error appears obvious. 133cm = ~52 inches = ~4 1/3 feet. 90cm = ~35 inches - ~3 feet.
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[06:47:27] <exec> 08└─Arduino, others might but you will never need more
[06:47:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03beernutz [4365] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Under the Dome: Fears Pacific Nuclear 'Coffin' is Leaking - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:47:47] <exec> 08└─I got the impression he meant the people that PUT it there, not the native island people.
[06:49:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Millennial Generation in the US: Life on the Brink - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:49:48] <exec> 08└─What they pay their C**s isn't really relevant. The job duties and rarity of skillsets aren't remotely comparable.
[06:49:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Millennial Generation in the US: Life on the Brink - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:49:49] <exec> 08└─Not agreeing or disagreeing - but that's a helluva funny line!!
[06:49:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Millennial Generation in the US: Life on the Brink - 1014 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:49:51] <exec> 08└─*sigh* Disagree. Whatever happened to lengevity raises? It was once recognized that unless a guy is a complete idiot, he will get better at his job as he continues to perform that job. I see people being hired at minimum wage, and five years later, he's still making minimum wage. WTF? And, forget ab...
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[06:49:54] <exec> 08└─Having a working accessible medical care system is one of the things 'only a communist would do'.
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[07:48:04] <exec> 08└─I've yet to see a proper MySQL installation that allows anything other than a very select set of servers to connect from the network. By default, you bind localhost only and/or firewall off heavily. When one server does need to talk to a database-server, then it's generally quite locked down and has...
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[07:51:49] <exec> 08└─So do most things. Wanting privacy and anonymity is not bad, even though Bad Guys benefit from them too.
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[08:47:50] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03coolgopher [1157] 02 - 06Under the Dome: Fears Pacific Nuclear 'Coffin' is Leaking - 179 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:47:50] <exec> 08└─I think what happened on Runit Island was that someone *did* install systemd. I mean, how else to you explain a huge crater badly patched over poisoning the rest of the ecosystem?
[08:48:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Internet Accessible MySQL Databases Targeted by GandCrab Ransomware - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:48:14] <exec> 08└─And we don't even put any serious brain power into figuring out how to better secure things here unless we're just bored and feel like doing so.
[08:49:25] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03julian [6003] 02 - 06The Millennial Generation in the US: Life on the Brink - 56 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:49:25] <exec> 08└─I guess I'm just not hurting the right people. [vox.com]
[08:49:30] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06The Millennial Generation in the US: Life on the Brink - 3791 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:49:31] <exec> 08└─I ducked out being a millennial by leaving school just before Columbine. My third year of junior college and first of only two not living with my parents was 9/11. From both personal experience and stories from friends, both Gen X and Millennials I can tell you it is twofold: The unnecessary expecta...
[08:51:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03dltaylor [4693] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Former Football Pros Die at a Faster Rate than Baseball Veterans - 209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:51:08] <exec> 08└─Rugby is the only sort I can think of anywhere near physical as American Football (maybe Aussie Football, but not from what I remember). Has anyone studied the long-term health history of professional ruggers?
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[09:47:18] <exec> 08└─I watched the video without sound and it still was very annoying to watch. It looked more like they attempted to make a Hollywood movie instead of a scientific project.
[09:47:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score: 2) 02 - 06HyQReal Four-Legged Robot Tows a Three-Ton Passenger Plane - 641 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:47:19] <exec> 08└─Agreed - it's some marketing intern's idea of a good advertising video. The actual content (robot pulling plane) is the smallest portion of the time - the rest is fluff. Anyway, there's nothing hugely special about pulling a plane. It's on wheels, on a flat surface - there's nothing particularly dif...
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[09:47:21] <exec> 08└─Agreed about "nothing special". Over the years, I've read blurbs, and seen videos of impressive feats of towing. The first one I found on Youtube is this - https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com] One memorable story, was a guy who pulled an 18-wheeler some distance (100 feet, maybe...
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[09:53:37] <exec> 08└─I see you belong to the school of "All sex is rape".
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[10:47:10] <exec> 08└─I think that the recurring is too onerous for most people and this means there will be effectively a subscription for software. Software subscriptions are only worth if we are talking about very mature and big software. I envision either funding runs for a given feature or pay for an issue or featur...
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[10:47:45] <exec> 08└─You can't disable the rootkit on Intel either. Only delete parts of the Intel Management Engine. The CPU itself is a microcoded black box with SMM as well. You don't control anything it does. The last CPU that fits your requirement is a 386 (before SL) on a motherboard without a proprietary BIOS. I...
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[11:47:10] <exec> 08└─'..But actually, a group of Swedish MEPs have revealed that they pressed the wrong button, and have asked to have the record corrected. And how much do these Clowns get paid to perform at this poor fucking excuse for a circus?
[11:47:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Poland Challenges EU Copyright Directive - 604 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:47:12] <exec> 08└─As a matter of parliamentary procedure, it would be interesting to understand how this happened. No and Yes are pretty distinct options. The folks pushing the bill could have arranged the vote so no means yes and then told their supporters to beware. Then a few misvotes by the uninformed might push...
[11:47:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03pkrasimirov [3358] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Poland Challenges EU Copyright Directive - 291 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:47:14] <exec> 08└─We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System Administrator. It usually boils down to these three things: #1) Respect the privacy of others. #2) Think before you type. #3) With great power comes great responsibility. root's password:
[11:47:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Poland Challenges EU Copyright Directive - 187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:47:16] <exec> 08└─The English language works in very roundabout ways sometimes. Ask an inexperienced speaker: "Do you mind if I close the window?" And he might answer: "Yes, go ahead.", not minding at all.
[11:53:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Username [4557] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is Facebook Undermining Democracy in Africa? - 257 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:53:52] <exec> 08└─Well, thanks for proving my point. Your insistence on how you know more about my anecdotal conversation than I do, really drives it home that education will not stop people from spreading fake news or misinformation. By the way, what degrees do you possess?
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[12:47:01] <exec> 08└─Ten orders of magnitude more than their shrunken little brains deserve. Hello from Poland, where I pay exactly zero attention to local political clowns, while the Orange Master of Ceremonies and Chimp in Chief presides over the civilized world. Not that I pay attention to rotten bastards, anyway.
[12:47:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Poland Challenges EU Copyright Directive - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:47:03] <exec> 08└─So the root password either is “yes”, or it is “no”?
[12:47:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06GitHub Launches "Sponsors" Feature for Crowdfunding Developers - 476 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:47:11] <exec> 08└─Indeed, I think they have managed to find a compromise between FOSS and proprietary software that will piss off both proponents. FOSS proponents will be pissed because they fear this will pollute FOSS with a score of me too devs who want quick bucks. Proprietary owners of software houses will be pis...
[12:47:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06HyQReal Four-Legged Robot Tows a Three-Ton Passenger Plane - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:47:21] <exec> 08└─Skip to 2:43, the rest is just fodder. Is this thing autonomous?. From the video, seems some guy was controlling it with some kind of gamepad.
[12:47:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06HyQReal Four-Legged Robot Tows a Three-Ton Passenger Plane - 248 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:47:23] <exec> 08└─Ah, but you missed the really good, manly, sport of towing by the testicles! Here's one, https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com] This seems to go way back in Asia/India, have seen other things dragged in this manner as well.
[12:47:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06HyQReal Four-Legged Robot Tows a Three-Ton Passenger Plane - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:47:25] <exec> 08└─That hurts just to watch!
[12:52:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03martyb [76] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Meta: Site News: Holiday Weekend, Staffing, Outage, Finances, Submissions, and Moderations - 265 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:52:41] <exec> 08└─And let's not forget martyb who could tear up an anvil given five minutes of playing with it. That's a quality you really want in a QA guy, though it is annoying when you think you're done with something and he shows you you're not. How does one 'tear up an anvil"?
[12:53:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Life Saving Gene Therapy is Most Expensive Drug Ever - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:53:02] <exec> 08└─if one's profits are coming from IP protected drugs, being sold at ludicrous profit margins to captive markets with no other choice
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[13:47:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Poland Challenges EU Copyright Directive - 348 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:47:06] <exec> 08└─Happy to see that the media have trained you to pay so much attention to our president, but perhaps you should live boldly and pay attention to whether your elected politicians are acting in your interest. The media may call you a populist, nationalist or even a nazi then, but it will be for your ow...
[13:47:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Poland Challenges EU Copyright Directive - 7 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:47:08] <exec> 08└─hunter2
[13:47:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06GitHub Launches "Sponsors" Feature for Crowdfunding Developers - 444 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:47:17] <exec> 08└─There are people (including programmers and game developers) making absolute bank off of recurring payments (Patreon). The trick is probably to sell a personality along with the coding. Which probably means doing a YouTube channel. People who use this to get funding probably won't quit their day job...
[13:47:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06HyQReal Four-Legged Robot Tows a Three-Ton Passenger Plane - 16 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:47:30] <exec> 08└─Not a manly man?
[13:47:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Deep Fakes Advance to Only Needing a Single Two Dimensional Photograph - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:47:40] <exec> 08└─The Fight Club DeepFakes are really great too: https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com]
[13:48:09] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Sulla [5173] 02 - 06Under the Dome: Fears Pacific Nuclear 'Coffin' is Leaking - 595 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:48:10] <exec> 08└─Yeah. We could put this into breeder reactors and re-burn it like France does. But Carter made it illegal because the same processes also produces weapons grade by products (which themselves could also be burned for additional power). Thanks Jimmy! He did it to stop proliferation, so his heart was i...
[13:51:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03PiMuNu [3823] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Huawei Disaster Reveals Google’s Iron Grip On Android - 195 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:51:55] <exec> 08└─> Funny that only Huawei is targeted by the US govt. I thought you were going to mention other Chinese players (I'm specifically thinking about OnePlus, but there are almost certainly others).
[13:51:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03PiMuNu [3823] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Huawei Disaster Reveals Google’s Iron Grip On Android - 358 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:51:57] <exec> 08└─> made their own version of it I am suprised that the "powers that be" have not taken Android and broken Google's control over it. I guess they are held in place by a few short term contracts and the ubiquity of google play store. I guess it is a very weak federation, and maybe the US govt using goo...
[13:53:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Life Saving Gene Therapy is Most Expensive Drug Ever - 587 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:53:15] <exec> 08└─IMO, IP/patent protection worked reasonably well for the cotton gin and maybe the light bulb, but centuries of development - optimizing exploitation of the laws, society, and human nature, have brought about these special cases where the exploitation is orders of magnitude above anything that could...
[13:53:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Is Facebook Undermining Democracy in Africa? - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:53:59] <exec> 08└─The scope of the spying and manipulation that these companies are engaging in would make the Stasi and KGB blush.
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[14:47:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03ElizabethGreene [6748] (Score: 2) 02 - 06E. Coli Created Using Synthetic DNA - 660 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:47:05] <exec> 08└─Genetic Engineering/Biology is where computers were in the 80s. My bet is that this is going to be the next big thing. How big? Straight out of sci-fi. e.g. Vat-grown bacteria replacing agricultural commodities as major foodstuffs, grow-in-place plastic/composite manufacturing, 40 step chemical synt...
[14:47:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06E. Coli Created Using Synthetic DNA - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:47:06] <exec> 08└─Anti-aging, designer babies, chemputers and engineered yeasts producing illicit drugs. If there's money to be had, it will be done.
[14:47:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Poland Challenges EU Copyright Directive - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:47:22] <exec> 08└─Oh, was kidding. Don't pay attention to the orange one except some tonight shows for the kicks. If you paid real attention to that fucker, you'd just waste life.
[14:47:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Poland Challenges EU Copyright Directive - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:47:24] <exec> 08└─All I can see is "*******" - is my browser broken?
[14:47:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03zocalo [302] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Poland Challenges EU Copyright Directive - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:47:26] <exec> 08└─Depends. Are you in the EU?
[14:47:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06GitHub Launches "Sponsors" Feature for Crowdfunding Developers - 558 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:47:37] <exec> 08└─WTF, bad take from a bad bot. Crowdfunding is perfect for FOSS proponents, and if they are envying how much other people are making, they aren't busy enough. Software companies won't care because they can't do anything about it and the funding model has been around for a "long" time now. There are a...
[14:49:32] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06The Millennial Generation in the US: Life on the Brink - 173 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:49:32] <exec> 08└─Keep repeating that to youself. Inflation benefits those who get access to the new money first. Wages are always the last thing to rise years after real estate, stocks, etc.
[14:53:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Chocolate [8044] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Meta: Site News: Holiday Weekend, Staffing, Outage, Finances, Submissions, and Moderations - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:53:15] <exec> 08└─It's hard to game without mod points :)
[14:54:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Is Facebook Undermining Democracy in Africa? - 799 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:54:22] <exec> 08└─By the way, what degrees do you possess? Is a college degree necessary to recognize a woman's absolute rights over her body? Some things really are that simple. And where is the fake news in that? That all comes out from the anti-choice side. There is only one side here, and discussion by men is mos...
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[15:47:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03cosurgi [272] (Score: 2) 02 - 06In Baltimore And Beyond, A Stolen NSA Tool Wreaks Havoc - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:47:11] <exec> 08└─He is always right.
[15:47:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06In Baltimore And Beyond, A Stolen NSA Tool Wreaks Havoc - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:47:13] <exec> 08└─Yeah, except they got "congressional oversight" completely backwards. We're supposed to make congress the object of oversight by, uh, you know...
[15:47:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06In Baltimore And Beyond, A Stolen NSA Tool Wreaks Havoc - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:47:15] <exec> 08└─Well, except that "having web pages emailed to me because firefox isn't open source in quite the right way" thing.
[15:47:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06In Baltimore And Beyond, A Stolen NSA Tool Wreaks Havoc - 778 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:47:17] <exec> 08└─Tangential hot take coming through: I am of the belief that unless districts are small enough that "you and your friends are pissed off" is a threat to re-election to congressmen, congressional oversight means nothing. We should have so many representatives that every single middle manager in govern...
[15:47:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06In Baltimore And Beyond, A Stolen NSA Tool Wreaks Havoc - 341 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:47:19] <exec> 08└─So much has been written about how powerful corporations are supposed to be. But what would happen to one, if it made such a tool and let it get out into the wild? Massive lawsuits. This is yet another way that the NSA is far from being a subservient tool of the corporate elite. They can do billions...
[15:47:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06In Baltimore And Beyond, A Stolen NSA Tool Wreaks Havoc - 361 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:47:21] <exec> 08└─NSA dropped this tool to public because the tool's existence was known to adversaries, so the NSA could not use it in false flag operations. After the so called lost control, its value for NSA was significantly restored. Shadow Brokers is a regular operation of NSA, not some foreigners nor disgruntl...
[15:47:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06In Baltimore And Beyond, A Stolen NSA Tool Wreaks Havoc - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:47:23] <exec> 08└─Look around the world. The voting thing doesn't work. Congress should be like jury duty, not like life in the Vatican.
[15:49:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Under the Dome: Fears Pacific Nuclear 'Coffin' is Leaking - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:49:01] <exec> 08└─Ignore the multiple eyes, they just grow that way naturally.
[15:51:03] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] 02 - 06The Millennial Generation in the US: Life on the Brink - 114 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:51:03] <exec> 08└─What they pay their C**s isn't really relevant. The job duties and rarity of skillsets aren't remotely comparable.
[15:53:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bestmixer Seized by Police for Washing $200 Million in Tainted Cryptocurrency Clean - 437 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:53:08] <exec> 08└─It doesn't matter who the 99 others are, but they're most likely just random people that use the exchange for legitimate transactions. The problem is that the exchange was using their position to launder known bad money, into squeaky clean money. Most likely, the known bad money, didn't have a known...
[15:53:19] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03martyb [76] 02 - 06Meta: Site News: Holiday Weekend, Staffing, Outage, Finances, Submissions, and Moderations - 667 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:53:20] <exec> 08└─Excellent question! In general, don't worry about it. If you've been going at it hard and heavy with a single AC in a discussion and there are a bunch of nested replies as if you think it is the same AC each time, it is hard to plead ignorance of it being the same AC for moderation purposes, at the...
[15:53:30] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] 02 - 06Meta: Site News: Holiday Weekend, Staffing, Outage, Finances, Submissions, and Moderations - 104 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:53:30] <exec> 08└─Yeah, we eventually update the docs. It may take a couple years but sooner or later we get bored enough.
[15:53:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Life Saving Gene Therapy is Most Expensive Drug Ever - 617 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:53:57] <exec> 08└─You are also forgetting the regulatory protection which is more significant a barrier to entry than IP. Remember the EpiPen thing [thehill.com] where several would-be competitors got conveniently torpedoed by the FDA and the ante for a new from-scratch competitor would be (as of 2016) 1.5 million US...
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[16:47:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06‘Wow, What Is That?’ Navy Pilots Report Unexplained Flying Objects - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:47:06] <exec> 08└─They heard this strange "oink" sound, and that wasn't a coke bottle that fell to the ground.
[16:47:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06‘Wow, What Is That?’ Navy Pilots Report Unexplained Flying Objects - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:47:07] <exec> 08└─The pilots are being "debriefed" with the Navy's new flashy thingy.
[16:47:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06In Baltimore And Beyond, A Stolen NSA Tool Wreaks Havoc - 262 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:47:22] <exec> 08└─Is cyber warfare considered an act of war? Some financial institutions have small print in their TOS that losses from an act of war are not covered by the FDIC. North Korea could drain everyones bank accounts and the banks could say "Too bad, it's an act of war"
[16:47:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03epitaxial [3165] (Score: 2) 02 - 06In Baltimore And Beyond, A Stolen NSA Tool Wreaks Havoc - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:47:24] <exec> 08└─What does open source have to do with operator error, bad security policies, and lack of backups?
[16:47:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rupert Pupnick [7277] (Score: 2) 02 - 06In Baltimore And Beyond, A Stolen NSA Tool Wreaks Havoc - 800 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:47:26] <exec> 08└─From the NYT story: In an interview in March, Adm. Michael S. Rogers, who was director of the N.S.A. during the Shadow Brokers leak, suggested in unusually candid remarks that the agency should not be blamed for the long trail of damage. “If Toyota makes pickup trucks and someone takes a pickup tr...
[16:47:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06In Baltimore And Beyond, A Stolen NSA Tool Wreaks Havoc - 239 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:47:28] <exec> 08└─"if it made such a tool and let it get out into the wild?" You mean like the whole of Facebook? "Massive lawsuits." Wikimedia Foundation v. United States: Mathematical proof isn't proof in the Federal court system. Try and keep up dude.
[16:47:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03epitaxial [3165] (Score: 2) 02 - 06In Baltimore And Beyond, A Stolen NSA Tool Wreaks Havoc - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:47:30] <exec> 08└─It's easy to be exempt from the rules when you write them.
[16:47:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06In Baltimore And Beyond, A Stolen NSA Tool Wreaks Havoc - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:47:32] <exec> 08└─You mean like the whole of Facebook?
[16:47:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pax [5056] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Poland Challenges EU Copyright Directive - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:47:59] <exec> 08└─"And how much do these Clowns get paid to perform at this poor fucking excuse for a circus?" ABOUT £120,000 PER YEAR
[16:48:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06GitHub Launches "Sponsors" Feature for Crowdfunding Developers - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:48:11] <exec> 08└─I think you may want to re-evaluate that statement after the MS buyout and the corresponding exodus.
[16:48:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Deep Fakes Advance to Only Needing a Single Two Dimensional Photograph - 469 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:48:36] <exec> 08└─Welllll.....: "Some will whine about fake news and elections, but this is a really powerful tool for pro or amateur artists." is true, but I hope what you meant was more like: "Some will whine about fake news and elections, but it's also true that this is a really powerful tool for pro or amateur ar...
[16:48:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AMD and Intel at Computex 2019: First Ryzen 3000-Series CPUs and Navi GPU Announced - 331 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:48:55] <exec> 08└─Personally, I think I would like a new GPU more than anything else, but prices for Vegas haven't been reasonable until recently. Now, with the new hotness slated to come out soon, I'm sitting waiting to see what happens. Plus, I essentially did everything there is to do on Fallout 4 VR and haven't S...
[16:52:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Novel Synchrotron Technique For Studying Diffusion In Solids - 436 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:52:06] <exec> 08└─This summary reminds me of those scientific tests where AI generates word-salad text and submits it for peer review journals, where it is accepted. I have no idea what even this summary means. Can somebody give me a layman's terms summary of the summary? Please explain it to me like I'm five. [xkcd....
[16:53:14] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bradley13 [3053] 02 - 06Bestmixer Seized by Police for Washing $200 Million in Tainted Cryptocurrency Clean - 1130 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:53:14] <exec> 08└─The basic principle of a mixer is that they combine multiple transactions, so that simple totals can no longer be followed. They may muddle the waters even more by using multiple crytocurrencies. Without a mixer: You have 10BTC. If you transfer those to some other wallet, they are still 10BTC and ca...
[16:53:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bestmixer Seized by Police for Washing $200 Million in Tainted Cryptocurrency Clean - 228 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:53:29] <exec> 08└─It's not like aiding and abetting. It is aiding and abetting, by intentionally providing a route for ill gotten gains to be accepted by the rest of the financial system which otherwise would have a duty to report or question it.
[16:53:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bestmixer Seized by Police for Washing $200 Million in Tainted Cryptocurrency Clean - 483 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:53:31] <exec> 08└─Not really. Accepting dirty money that you know is dirty does indeed condone the act done to acquire it. You do not need to know how I earn "every single dollar," but you do have the same reasonable duty that everyone else has to not accept money that you know (or should have known) came from crimin...
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[17:47:14] <exec> 08└─It would be so interesting if these were UFOs but like BigFoot, all there is some grainy footage. I found this to be interesting as well: The pilots began noticing the objects after their 1980s-era radar was upgraded to a more advanced system. As one fighter jet after another got the new radar, pilo...
[17:47:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06‘Wow, What Is That?’ Navy Pilots Report Unexplained Flying Objects - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:47:15] <exec> 08└─i think those are called vimanas and i love the quality of our 40 billion dollar fighter cameras.
[17:47:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06‘Wow, What Is That?’ Navy Pilots Report Unexplained Flying Objects - 280 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:47:18] <exec> 08└─I wonder why the US air force does not engage them. Nowadays any flight in violation (and those definitely were) would be intercepted and, if failed to communicate, supposedly shot down. Hence, one way or another, this is BS. Unless there is a standing order never ever shoot UFO.
[17:47:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06‘Wow, What Is That?’ Navy Pilots Report Unexplained Flying Objects - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:47:20] <exec> 08└─You don't need to enable JavaScript on that site, or deal with the NYT subscription BS. It's on YouTube. [youtube.com]
[17:47:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06In Baltimore And Beyond, A Stolen NSA Tool Wreaks Havoc - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:47:40] <exec> 08└─hasn't killed him yet, must be OK
[17:47:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06In Baltimore And Beyond, A Stolen NSA Tool Wreaks Havoc - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:47:42] <exec> 08└─> hasn't killed him yet sadly, the world is replete with tragedies of this nature
[17:47:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06In Baltimore And Beyond, A Stolen NSA Tool Wreaks Havoc - 312 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:47:44] <exec> 08└─Hard for me, personally, to take the position that voting doesn't matter when gerrymandering specifically rendered my vote meaningless. There's a lot of shit elections sucking less wouldn't fix, but a majority of my state's citizens voting one way, and supermajority of power going the other is hard...
[17:47:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06In Baltimore And Beyond, A Stolen NSA Tool Wreaks Havoc - 406 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:47:46] <exec> 08└─They can *try* to serve their interests this way. Yes, Toyota should not be blamed in this case -- a car is like a computer, right? So the people that make the software that "exploit" the computer should be blamed. He should have at least run his statement through the PR equivalent of Grammarly firs...
[17:47:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06In Baltimore And Beyond, A Stolen NSA Tool Wreaks Havoc - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:47:48] <exec> 08└─Let us keep in mind that the US government will merely foot the bill for the NSA's side of that lawsuit,
[17:47:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03etherscythe [937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06In Baltimore And Beyond, A Stolen NSA Tool Wreaks Havoc - 475 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:47:51] <exec> 08└─He's right, in a misleading way. They did build a vehicle, but in real-world terms it would be more analogous to a cruise missile guidance system. They're not responsible for the payload someone attached, but it was clearly designed to go somewhere that was not in the usage model for the destination...
[17:47:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06In Baltimore And Beyond, A Stolen NSA Tool Wreaks Havoc - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:47:53] <exec> 08└─Gerrymandering has no effect on people who communicate and organize. Ignore the people in your new district at your own peril.
[17:48:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03choose another one [515] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Poland Challenges EU Copyright Directive - 356 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:48:20] <exec> 08└─It happened because the order (and numbers) of stuff they were voting on was changed at last minute and not everyone was properly briefed on the change. Well, that is the cock-up version, the conspiracy version is beautifully illustrated by this image: https://i0.wp.com
[17:48:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06GitHub Launches "Sponsors" Feature for Crowdfunding Developers - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:48:31] <exec> 08└─yeah, i'm not going to use it, b/c i don't need any suited whores in my private business, especially Microsoft. i'm sure many bootlicking devs will love it, though.
[17:48:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06HyQReal Four-Legged Robot Tows a Three-Ton Passenger Plane - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:48:46] <exec> 08└─That choice of music for the extremely long robot reveal reverberated with the laughter of SkyNet.
[17:49:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03bobthecimmerian [6834] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AMD and Intel at Computex 2019: First Ryzen 3000-Series CPUs and Navi GPU Announced - 696 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:49:16] <exec> 08└─Supposedly Purism can disable the Intel Management Engine, see https://puri.sm [puri.sm] Some of the free-as-in-freedom software oriented shops made a business out of selling the last generation of AMD Opteron processors that had no such remote management...
[17:51:43] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03loonycyborg [6905] 02 - 06The Millennial Generation in the US: Life on the Brink - 97 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:51:43] <exec> 08└─Having a working accessible medical care system is one of the things 'only a communist would do'.
[17:54:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Life Saving Gene Therapy is Most Expensive Drug Ever - 591 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:54:40] <exec> 08└─The US medical system is so far out of whack there's no way it's going to get fixed without a lot of pain. Now, to "fix" it, first you have to define what you want a medical system to do. If that includes providing medical care to people in an efficient manner, effectively treating common diseases f...
[17:55:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is Facebook Undermining Democracy in Africa? - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:55:27] <exec> 08└─Nope. Not me. But if that's your thing, you might want to hook up with this gem [wordpress.com]. That said, consent is not optional. Or it's assault at the least.
[17:55:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Is Facebook Undermining Democracy in Africa? - 339 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:55:28] <exec> 08└─Nope. Not going for it. You can try to distract from your unsupportable statement, but that dog won't hunt. Just to clarify, you believe that *you* have the right to make decisions about pregnancy and childbearing for other people. Is that correct? That's beyond arrogance. I'd point out we abolishe...
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[18:47:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06IBM Plans to Commercialize a 58-Qubit Quantum Computer - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:47:07] <exec> 08└─Would that be an individual supervillain or a group? Or maybe a plot? Or maybe it's like nirvana, but for STEM types.
[18:47:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03flybrag [369] (Score: 1) 02 - 06IBM Plans to Commercialize a 58-Qubit Quantum Computer - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:47:08] <exec> 08└─I think there is a world market for maybe five quantum computers.
[18:47:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06‘Wow, What Is That?’ Navy Pilots Report Unexplained Flying Objects - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:47:23] <exec> 08└─It would be so interesting if these were UFOs
[18:47:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06‘Wow, What Is That?’ Navy Pilots Report Unexplained Flying Objects - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:47:25] <exec> 08└─Even if YouTube requires script in the browser, youtube-dl doesn't.
[18:47:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03BsAtHome [889] (Score: 2) 02 - 06‘Wow, What Is That?’ Navy Pilots Report Unexplained Flying Objects - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:47:27] <exec> 08└─Just get the video using: https://youtube-dl.org [youtube-dl.org] And a GUI front-end at: https://github.com [github.com]
[18:47:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06‘Wow, What Is That?’ Navy Pilots Report Unexplained Flying Objects - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:47:29] <exec> 08└─Just get the video using: https://youtube-dl.org [youtube-dl.org] [youtube-dl.org]
[18:47:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06‘Wow, What Is That?’ Navy Pilots Report Unexplained Flying Objects - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:47:31] <exec> 08└─Even if YouTube requires script in the browser, youtube-dl doesn't.
[18:47:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06‘Wow, What Is That?’ Navy Pilots Report Unexplained Flying Objects - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:47:33] <exec> 08└─Someone check his pulse - he's a zombie, a bot, or an alien.
[18:47:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03crunchy_one [7884] (Score: 1) 02 - 06‘Wow, What Is That?’ Navy Pilots Report Unexplained Flying Objects - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:47:35] <exec> 08└─Dry cleaning bags filled with marsh gas.
[18:48:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06In Baltimore And Beyond, A Stolen NSA Tool Wreaks Havoc - 240 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:48:03] <exec> 08└─Corporate "hires" the NSA. Sorta like using a kid to drive the getaway car. He'll only get charged as a minor and spend a short time in juvenile. And since corporate directs tax and other "dark" money towards the NSA, they(NSA) will comply.
[18:48:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06In Baltimore And Beyond, A Stolen NSA Tool Wreaks Havoc - 263 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:48:05] <exec> 08└─That's, forgive me for the bluntness, complete horseshit. The laws are made by those elected in the other 10 districts that are won on 1% margins for the side of complete psychopaths. Organizing doesn't fix shit, unless you're willing to both organize and murder.
[18:48:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rupert Pupnick [7277] (Score: 2) 02 - 06In Baltimore And Beyond, A Stolen NSA Tool Wreaks Havoc - 568 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:48:07] <exec> 08└─OK, I get that there are parallels to Toyota in terms of abstract function, but it's still absurd to present a scenario in which EternalBlue is analogous to a widely available consumer product. Are these guys going succeed in dodging responsibility for what has happened? Is there a plan to fix this...
[18:48:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06In Baltimore And Beyond, A Stolen NSA Tool Wreaks Havoc - 268 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:48:09] <exec> 08└─A district is a district. You just have to win over a different majority. And besides, why did everybody let it happen to begin with? I guess that's the nature of poor losers, blame everybody but themselves for losing. Eh, whatever, I'm tired of the same old argument.
[18:48:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Poland Challenges EU Copyright Directive - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:48:38] <exec> 08└─Smoke and mirrors are the main building blocks of any "democracy".
[18:48:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06GitHub Launches "Sponsors" Feature for Crowdfunding Developers - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:48:51] <exec> 08└─"By its nature, developing open-source software — which anyone can freely use — isn't profitable," ok, windows/mac user. as if you know anything about anything.
[18:49:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06AMD and Intel at Computex 2019: First Ryzen 3000-Series CPUs and Navi GPU Announced - 305 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:49:39] <exec> 08└─no? well if i upgrade, it sure as hell won't be while they are still new. i'll encourage clients not to buy new either. hopefully i can just wait until someone, like maybe a riscv based co., can make a processor that is not working against me behind my back and laughing at my desire security and fre...
[18:50:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Under the Dome: Fears Pacific Nuclear 'Coffin' is Leaking - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:50:01] <exec> 08└─oh lordy! so many truths!
[18:53:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Osamabobama [5842] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Former Football Pros Die at a Faster Rate than Baseball Veterans - 1308 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:53:17] <exec> 08└─I'm not convinced that "dying at a faster rate" is the way to describe early deaths in long-term studies. If the study goes long enough, every participant will die, as is the human condition. It was meaningless enough to inspire me to read the article [sciencemag.org] gasp! Say it isn't true! In doi...
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[19:47:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03sshelton76 [7978] (Score: 2) 02 - 06IBM Plans to Commercialize a 58-Qubit Quantum Computer - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:47:04] <exec> 08└─they will require a working environment with a temperature of -273 degrees Celsius
[19:47:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06IBM Plans to Commercialize a 58-Qubit Quantum Computer - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:47:06] <exec> 08└─I think there is a world market for maybe five quantum computers.
[19:47:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06IBM Plans to Commercialize a 58-Qubit Quantum Computer - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:47:08] <exec> 08└─then the rain starts.
[19:47:17] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03istartedi [123] 02 - 06‘Wow, What Is That?’ Navy Pilots Report Unexplained Flying Objects - 180 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:47:18] <exec> 08└─You don't need to enable JavaScript on that site, or deal with the NYT subscription BS. It's on YouTube. [youtube.com] Yeah, Google isn't a saint either, but they're less annoying.
[19:47:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06‘Wow, What Is That?’ Navy Pilots Report Unexplained Flying Objects - 530 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:47:31] <exec> 08└─Not sure about "shot down" unless there was clear and convincing evidence that the flight is a threat. "Follow and intercept" still seems to be the rule unless it is flying into a security area or displaying signs of beligerency. This isn't quite "Clear and Present Danger" yet. But the most obvious...
[19:47:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06‘Wow, What Is That?’ Navy Pilots Report Unexplained Flying Objects - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:47:32] <exec> 08└─I have no interest in downloading *anything* from youtube.
[19:47:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06‘Wow, What Is That?’ Navy Pilots Report Unexplained Flying Objects - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:47:34] <exec> 08└─It might be difficult to engage something moving at hypersonic speeds.
[19:47:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06‘Wow, What Is That?’ Navy Pilots Report Unexplained Flying Objects - 740 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:47:36] <exec> 08└─You seem to presume that our craft are capable of shooting the objects down. Not knowing what the objects are, it's impossible to say whether they can be shot down. Obviously something is there, but how will a missile, a bullet, or a bomb affect - ohhhh - some phantom electrical charge dancing on th...
[19:47:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06‘Wow, What Is That?’ Navy Pilots Report Unexplained Flying Objects - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:47:39] <exec> 08└─Well, a weather balloon might be capable of hypersonic speeds and unreal trajectories. We dunno until we try removing systemd from its onboard system.
[19:47:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06‘Wow, What Is That?’ Navy Pilots Report Unexplained Flying Objects - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:47:41] <exec> 08└─Maybe it is a practical joke in some contractor's firmware? Or the Chinese testing out their exploit.
[19:47:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06‘Wow, What Is That?’ Navy Pilots Report Unexplained Flying Objects - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:47:43] <exec> 08└─They're Kradens. [goodreads.com] Or Formics. [goodreads.com] Or Fithp. [goodreads.com] Oh my!
[19:47:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06‘Wow, What Is That?’ Navy Pilots Report Unexplained Flying Objects - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:47:45] <exec> 08└─This is the third or fourth sub we have had on this one pilot's mental illness. Are we going to have more coverage of David Ickes, and Scientology?
[19:47:52] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03cosurgi [272] 02 - 06In Baltimore And Beyond, A Stolen NSA Tool Wreaks Havoc - 19 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:47:53] <exec> 08└─He is always right.
[19:47:56] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03ikanreed [3164] 02 - 06In Baltimore And Beyond, A Stolen NSA Tool Wreaks Havoc - 778 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:47:57] <exec> 08└─Tangential hot take coming through: I am of the belief that unless districts are small enough that "you and your friends are pissed off" is a threat to re-election to congressmen, congressional oversight means nothing. We should have so many representatives that every single middle manager in govern...
[19:48:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06In Baltimore And Beyond, A Stolen NSA Tool Wreaks Havoc - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:48:19] <exec> 08└─There is no absolute 'right' here. It depends upon the flavor. Individual tastes vary.
[19:48:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06In Baltimore And Beyond, A Stolen NSA Tool Wreaks Havoc - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:48:21] <exec> 08└─You mean like the whole of Facebook?
[19:48:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06In Baltimore And Beyond, A Stolen NSA Tool Wreaks Havoc - 192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:48:23] <exec> 08└─"We" already have the majority. We have a ninety fucking percent majority because they isolated all the people they could into a couple fucking districts. Do you know how gerrymandering works?
[19:48:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06In Baltimore And Beyond, A Stolen NSA Tool Wreaks Havoc - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:48:25] <exec> 08└─If Kim Jong Un drained everyone's bank accounts, it would not be called an act of war, it would be called an act of god.
[19:48:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06In Baltimore And Beyond, A Stolen NSA Tool Wreaks Havoc - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:48:27] <exec> 08└─Yep, exactly, and it's up to all of you to compensate. You simply don't have any other choice.
[19:48:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06In Baltimore And Beyond, A Stolen NSA Tool Wreaks Havoc - 3 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:48:29] <exec> 08└─QED
[19:48:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06In Baltimore And Beyond, A Stolen NSA Tool Wreaks Havoc - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:48:32] <exec> 08└─it would be called an act of god. Which usually isn't covered either
[19:48:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06In Baltimore And Beyond, A Stolen NSA Tool Wreaks Havoc - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:48:34] <exec> 08└─Troll Ah, ok! Back to this game, use moderation for lack of argument. Oh well, same old crap on a different day. S'alright, spring is in the air!
[19:48:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03linkdude64 [5482] (Score: 2) 02 - 06In Baltimore And Beyond, A Stolen NSA Tool Wreaks Havoc - 319 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:48:36] <exec> 08└─If only the NSA was actually used to secure domestic information rather than attack information systems (foreign and domestic), the holes used by this tool would have been patched years ago. No. They are still too useful for them to avail themselves of. "Let the country burn - we have work to do sec...
[19:50:20] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Under the Dome: Fears Pacific Nuclear 'Coffin' is Leaking - 203 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:50:21] <exec> 08└─Only America would nuke someone's homeland, and then accuse them of being welfare cheats when they as for justice. The Marshallese were better off under Japanese occupation, and that is saying something.
[19:50:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Under the Dome: Fears Pacific Nuclear 'Coffin' is Leaking - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:50:27] <exec> 08└─If natural selection tells you that fish with 7.5 eyes have better reproduction rates in that environment, who would you be to argue ?
[19:50:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Under the Dome: Fears Pacific Nuclear 'Coffin' is Leaking - 394 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:50:29] <exec> 08└─> 800 Pacific Islanders, who live a subsistence lifestyle in one of the most remote places in the world are supposed to make their own nuclear power station. "Something else" could be selling it to the highest bidder, for their ... energy generation ... needs. Those early nukes probably didn't consu...
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[20:47:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hartree [195] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Stronger Than Aluminum, A Heavily Altered Wood Cools Passively - 333 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:47:05] <exec> 08└─You mean we can solve global warming just by paving the earth with a renewable green material? Why we can all just take up carpentry and intensive tree cultivation (like Weyerhauser does) to save the planet and we won't have to send out any more direct mail solicitations for donations to run our 501...
[20:47:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Stronger Than Aluminum, A Heavily Altered Wood Cools Passively - 403 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:47:06] <exec> 08└─This sounds cool, but, does this mean cutting down more trees? Buildings with concrete roofs are going to need this treated wood, to cool the buildings? And, it's going to take more trees to get the same amount of lumber, because we throw away the bits that don't cool. So, we have upsides, and downs...
[20:47:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Stronger Than Aluminum, A Heavily Altered Wood Cools Passively - 715 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:47:08] <exec> 08└─Why land? Earth is 70% water. We could design floating trees of this stuff and put it in Arctic waters. That might draw off enough heat to keep the ice frozen beneath it, and possibly help repair habitats up there. Nothing really stops us from designing floating gardens out in ocean with this stuff....
[20:47:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Stronger Than Aluminum, A Heavily Altered Wood Cools Passively - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:47:11] <exec> 08└─Giant Sun shield!! Less need for AC and we can keep the planet's temp in check.
[20:47:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Stronger Than Aluminum, A Heavily Altered Wood Cools Passively - 251 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:47:13] <exec> 08└─If it can last for decades, who cares how many trees we have to cut down? Just plant more. My concern is actually seeing this come to market. We hear about a lot of gee-whiz stuff that seemingly goes nowhere, and adoption may be slow and sporadic too.
[20:47:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Funny) 02 - 06IBM Plans to Commercialize a 58-Qubit Quantum Computer - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:47:24] <exec> 08└─We build the 58 Qubit ark, then the rain starts.
[20:47:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03EvilSS [1456] (Score: 4, Touché) 02 - 06IBM Plans to Commercialize a 58-Qubit Quantum Computer - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:47:26] <exec> 08└─Yea, and one government will go "Nope! You are not selling those to anyone but us!" Guess which one.
[20:47:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06‘Wow, What Is That?’ Navy Pilots Report Unexplained Flying Objects - 180 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:47:56] <exec> 08└─He gave the link. Pop open a terminal window and type "youtube-dl [link]". No sign on. No age confirmation. No javascript. Downloaded locally. Open with your favorite video player.
[20:47:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06‘Wow, What Is That?’ Navy Pilots Report Unexplained Flying Objects - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:47:58] <exec> 08└─Well -- seems I should have scrolled down past your post before replying!
[20:48:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06In Baltimore And Beyond, A Stolen NSA Tool Wreaks Havoc - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:48:39] <exec> 08└─That's only because idiots still use NSA Windows.
[20:48:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06In Baltimore And Beyond, A Stolen NSA Tool Wreaks Havoc - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:48:41] <exec> 08└─Oh, Facebook on Windows. Got it. :) NSA exploits: what goes around, comes around. :)
[20:49:08] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03choose another one [515] 02 - 06Poland Challenges EU Copyright Directive - 356 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:49:08] <exec> 08└─It happened because the order (and numbers) of stuff they were voting on was changed at last minute and not everyone was properly briefed on the change. Well, that is the cock-up version, the conspiracy version is beautifully illustrated by this image: https://i0.wp.com
[20:50:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AMD and Intel at Computex 2019: First Ryzen 3000-Series CPUs and Navi GPU Announced - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:50:10] <exec> 08└─Wait for Intel to jump in next year, then it will be a 3-way competition.
[20:50:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Under the Dome: Fears Pacific Nuclear 'Coffin' is Leaking - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:50:36] <exec> 08└─"Something else" could be selling it to the highest bidder, for their ... energy generation ... needs.
[20:50:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Under the Dome: Fears Pacific Nuclear 'Coffin' is Leaking - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:50:37] <exec> 08└─Did anyone say it had to be recycled right in that spot? Hell, mine it and sell the shit to France since they know what to do with it.
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[20:53:20] <exec> 08└─Dibs. Called it.
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[21:47:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Stronger Than Aluminum, A Heavily Altered Wood Cools Passively - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:47:14] <exec> 08└─does this mean cutting down more trees
[21:47:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03aiwarrior [1812] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Stronger Than Aluminum, A Heavily Altered Wood Cools Passively - 244 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:47:15] <exec> 08└─Read the article. The resulting material is a bit far from wood. It actually removes lignin and chemically treats wood to a wood derivate which has quite interesting properties. I doubt that this material is either bio-degradable or ant food :)
[21:47:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Stronger Than Aluminum, A Heavily Altered Wood Cools Passively - 429 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:47:17] <exec> 08└─My concern is how much energy and how many toxic chemicals the manufacturing process requires, compared to the final product's benefits. The precise nature of the process isn't mentioned in the paper, which suggested it might be nightmarishly complex or involve extremely toxic chemicals. But a chec...
[21:47:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06IBM Plans to Commercialize a 58-Qubit Quantum Computer - 849 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:47:31] <exec> 08└─> Room temperature or bust. Nah, if it needs to be cooled it is still commercializable.. What becomes a problem is when it needs these sort of extremely low temps that require regular delivery of liquefied gases or an onsite production facility. Gets kinda spendy either way, even in the rarefied bud...
[21:48:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06‘Wow, What Is That?’ Navy Pilots Report Unexplained Flying Objects - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:48:04] <exec> 08└─Pretty sure he's not a zombie. Let me check his braaaiiin.
[21:48:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06‘Wow, What Is That?’ Navy Pilots Report Unexplained Flying Objects - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:48:05] <exec> 08└─All this bickering about how to watch the video, so I put a picture of the UFO in full detail on the next line... .
[21:48:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06‘Wow, What Is That?’ Navy Pilots Report Unexplained Flying Objects - 180 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:48:08] <exec> 08└─He gave the link. Pop open a terminal window and type "youtube-dl [link]". No sign on. No age confirmation. No javascript. Downloaded locally. Open with your favorite video player.
[21:50:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AMD and Intel at Computex 2019: First Ryzen 3000-Series CPUs and Navi GPU Announced - 590 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:50:20] <exec> 08└─> And I won't buy one even for an air gapped box if I can't at least be pretty sure I'm in charge of everything it does. Feel free to write your own CPU and implement it on an FPGA, then only run code that you compiled after checking every line of the source. The rest of us just minimize our exposur...
[21:51:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03RandomFactor [3682] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Internet Accessible MySQL Databases Targeted by GandCrab Ransomware - 366 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:51:04] <exec> 08└─Treasured moments. . When my daughter got her stereo as a child, I carefully turned it on and listened to it at different volumes and locations, walked around a bit, listened from the other room and finally laid down the law. You must NEVER turn the stereo up to 11. It was over ten years before tha...
[21:53:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Messier 90 on Collision Course with Milky Way - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:53:29] <exec> 08└─Galactic Federation wants to know your location.
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[22:47:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06IBM Plans to Commercialize a 58-Qubit Quantum Computer - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:47:34] <exec> 08└─See how easy it is to work in marketing.
[22:47:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03isostatic [365] (Score: 2) 02 - 06IBM Plans to Commercialize a 58-Qubit Quantum Computer - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:47:36] <exec> 08└─Quite.y ice cream doesn’t work at room temperature, yet it’s commercialised.
[22:48:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06‘Wow, What Is That?’ Navy Pilots Report Unexplained Flying Objects - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:48:13] <exec> 08└─Possibly synthetics created by a sentient [wikipedia.org]?
[22:48:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06‘Wow, What Is That?’ Navy Pilots Report Unexplained Flying Objects - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:48:14] <exec> 08└─Ah, good times. Good, good times.
[22:48:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06‘Wow, What Is That?’ Navy Pilots Report Unexplained Flying Objects - 1328 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:48:16] <exec> 08└─I haven't been able to load any pictures or video to see what the fuss is all about. But ... If I had a satellite that mounted a powerful, say, weapons-grade laser system, and I pointed that laser system at the Earth, below, and moved the focus ... I could make the far end of the beam move pretty fa...
[22:48:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06‘Wow, What Is That?’ Navy Pilots Report Unexplained Flying Objects - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:48:18] <exec> 08└─Ah man, haven't seen Heavy Metal in DECADES....nor Fritz the Cat. Might have some viewing to do!
[22:49:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Poland Challenges EU Copyright Directive - 1752 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:49:30] <exec> 08└─Since early 2000s we had some like 4 parties at govt (maybe under a bit different names, but the same people and actions), and some more than once. Usually the scheme is following: 1. Politicians vote for the law which violates privacy. 2. But look citizens, this is not our thing, it's a previous go...
[22:49:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Poland Challenges EU Copyright Directive - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:49:32] <exec> 08└─For those who don't get the reference. http://bash.org [bash.org]
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[23:47:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 New Optimization Chip Tackles Machine Learning, 5G Routing - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:47:09] <exec> 08└─Compared to a GPU running the algorithm, the prototype chip—called OPTIMO—is 4.77 times as power efficient and 4.18 times as fast.
[23:47:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Stronger Than Aluminum, A Heavily Altered Wood Cools Passively - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:47:30] <exec> 08└─If the thermal effects are just in the surface, make it into paint for existing structures. Fewer trees will die in the process, too.
[23:47:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score: 2) 02 - 06IBM Plans to Commercialize a 58-Qubit Quantum Computer - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:47:47] <exec> 08└─Yeah, I think that's pretty obvious. GP was quoting a former president of IBM (Thomas Watson) who famously said in the 1940s that there was a world market for maybe five computers...
[23:47:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06IBM Plans to Commercialize a 58-Qubit Quantum Computer - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:47:49] <exec> 08└─I want 1 million qubit chips in smartphones with no cooling.
[23:47:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06IBM Plans to Commercialize a 58-Qubit Quantum Computer - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:47:51] <exec> 08└─If you were a real marketer you would have went straight to 64 qubits.
[23:47:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06IBM Plans to Commercialize a 58-Qubit Quantum Computer - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:47:53] <exec> 08└─In fact, it's even creamier when it's liquid-nitrogen cooled ... wait a second ... quantum supercomputers that also make extra-creamy ice cream? Quite.
[23:49:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06In Baltimore And Beyond, A Stolen NSA Tool Wreaks Havoc - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:49:16] <exec> 08└─Look around the world. The voting thing doesn't work.
[23:49:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06In Baltimore And Beyond, A Stolen NSA Tool Wreaks Havoc - 232 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:49:17] <exec> 08└─The powerful corporations are part of the NSA, they are contractors, and as such are above the law, just like the NSA. From the Edward Snowden Wikipedia page: In 2013, Snowden was hired by an NSA contractor, Booz Allen Hamilton...
[23:49:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06In Baltimore And Beyond, A Stolen NSA Tool Wreaks Havoc - 271 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:49:20] <exec> 08└─*sigh* The bad attitudes shown by this kind of moderation is the perfect illustration of why Trump/Clinton wins... And now, simply, the mask is off. The denial is pathological, and the derangement is directed against the messenger. Oh well, some things will never change.
[23:50:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AMD and Intel at Computex 2019: First Ryzen 3000-Series CPUs and Navi GPU Announced - 214 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:50:54] <exec> 08└─Actually, the Phenom II x6 is still a perfectly acceptable processor today. I mean I'd greatly enjoy being able to `make -j32` and have one thread per core but it's not essential to my normal usage, even on Gentoo.
[23:50:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06AMD and Intel at Computex 2019: First Ryzen 3000-Series CPUs and Navi GPU Announced - 213 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:50:56] <exec> 08└─I ain't asking for absolute certainty. Just not having a chip that's actual purpose is to be a rootkit would be enough. Being fairly confident I can disable the worst of its functionality might even be acceptable.
[23:53:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Civil War Southern Plant Remedies Effective Against Drug Resistent Bacteria in Lab Tests - 3870 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:53:45] <exec> 08└─One if the issues with drugs is that they often only use one compound at a time. Bacteria become immune to that one compound. Many herbs may have several compounds that work together to make immunity more difficult. An herb may have a compound that inhibits an enzyme that the bacteria needs. The bac...
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