#comments | Logs for 2020-01-16

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[00:51:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ex-NASA Scientist “Convinced” Alien Life Was Found on Mars Over 40 Years Ago - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:51:52] <exec> 08└─I've got blacked out drinking tequila last night.
[00:51:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ex-NASA Scientist “Convinced” Alien Life Was Found on Mars Over 40 Years Ago - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:51:54] <exec> 08└─Sour grapes from a disgruntled investigator or something worth further investigation?
[00:51:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ex-NASA Scientist “Convinced” Alien Life Was Found on Mars Over 40 Years Ago - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:51:56] <exec> 08└─Do they even have the data around anymore?
[00:51:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ex-NASA Scientist “Convinced” Alien Life Was Found on Mars Over 40 Years Ago - 305 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:51:58] <exec> 08└─It reminds me of when that roman shipwreck was found off the coast of Brazil in 1985 and the government was like "We like our history just the way it is, we don't need this" and sent the military to bury the site in silt. Then they banned undersea exploration in Brazil, and it remains banned to this...
[00:52:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06Ex-NASA Scientist “Convinced” Alien Life Was Found on Mars Over 40 Years Ago - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:52:00] <exec> 08└─I clearly remember seeing signs of Martian life in the 1970s. Spiders they were, from recollection, and a fellow named Ziggy.
[00:52:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03ilsa [6082] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Oracle Ties Previous All-Time Patch High with January Updates - 367 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:52:11] <exec> 08└─I'm very curious to know how many customers they even still have. I haven't heard of anyone moving TO Oracle in years, and I've heard of plenty that were moving away as quick as their contracts would let them. I'm guessing the only ones left are companies who are so deeply invested that it would cos...
[00:52:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06An 'Unknown' Burst of Gravitational Waves Just Lit Up Earth's Detectors - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:52:47] <exec> 08└─And what type of "force their filters failed on" would affect both detectors, exactly at the same time, on two different continents ?
[00:53:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06“Marshmallow Test” Redux: Children Show Better Self-Control When They Depend on Each Other - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:53:09] <exec> 08└─Admittedly didn't rtfa; did they separate for introverts and extroverts and control?
[00:56:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Using Huawei in UK 5G Network 'Madness', Says US - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:56:12] <exec> 08└─Evil is evil. [youtube.com] Can we choose "neither"?
[00:57:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Plug-in and Sail: Meet the Electric Ferry Pioneers - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:57:00] <exec> 08└─They aren't going very far from their home port so if they have a problem then a tug can get to them in short order. It isn't like they are doing Atlantic crossings.
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[01:52:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03ElizabethGreene [6748] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Ex-NASA Scientist “Convinced” Alien Life Was Found on Mars Over 40 Years Ago - 911 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:52:02] <exec> 08└─This pops up every few years. The long and short of it is that the labeled release experiment was very interesting and the results inconclusive in a fascinating and tantalizing way. The leading non-life hypothesis consistent with the results was the possibility of perchloride chemistry interaction....
[01:52:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ex-NASA Scientist “Convinced” Alien Life Was Found on Mars Over 40 Years Ago - 245 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:52:03] <exec> 08└─Wasn't that also the lander that had faulty sensors, so that it wouldn't have been able to reliably detect life on Earth, let alone Mars? I know one of them had that problem, so they had to discard a pile of initially promising-sounding results.
[01:52:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03petecox [3228] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ex-NASA Scientist “Convinced” Alien Life Was Found on Mars Over 40 Years Ago - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:52:05] <exec> 08└─As reported in the NY Times [nytimes.com]
[01:52:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Oracle Ties Previous All-Time Patch High with January Updates - 335 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:52:17] <exec> 08└─Check the products though. There at least three in there that are, more or less, open source. MySQL, Java SE, and VirtualBox. I use PostgreSQL and OpenJDK, but the version of VirtualBox I'm running right now is vulnerable somehow. Depending on server version, this may impact quite a large number of...
[01:52:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Philippine Volcano Trembles More, Spews Lava Half-Mile High - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:52:33] <exec> 08└─Pinatubo blew just after the Philippine government threw the U.S. out of the nice big base we had built. So U.S. forces left, leaving thick volcanic ash everywhere. Have the Philippine leaders pulled another such coup?
[01:52:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Philippine Volcano Trembles More, Spews Lava Half-Mile High - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:52:34] <exec> 08└─That's a great thing to put on a coffee cup for programmers :)
[01:52:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Philippine Volcano Trembles More, Spews Lava Half-Mile High - 195 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:52:37] <exec> 08└─Taal is an interesting volcano since it's recursive, there's several layers of nested islands/lakes there which change depending on when you look, e.g. the 1960s eruptions and now the 2000s ones.
[01:52:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06An 'Unknown' Burst of Gravitational Waves Just Lit Up Earth's Detectors - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:52:56] <exec> 08└─Literally anything that shakes the earth a tiny amount.
[01:53:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Galaxy S20 Ultra to Come With a Whopping 16GB of RAM - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:53:45] <exec> 08└─Galaxy S20 Ultra to Come With a Whopping 16GB of RAM
[01:53:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Galaxy S20 Ultra to Come With a Whopping 16GB of RAM - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:53:46] <exec> 08└─cat: feedme feedme feedme feedme feedme feedme. miaow.
[01:53:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Galaxy S20 Ultra to Come With a Whopping 16GB of RAM - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:53:48] <exec> 08└─It's OK, Oracle, or at least Oracle's lawyers, are working to fix that.
[01:53:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Galaxy S20 Ultra to Come With a Whopping 16GB of RAM - 163 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:53:51] <exec> 08└─Friend of mine got some refurb'd Galaxy Note 7's real cheap, then took them on a trip across Australia a month or so back. He won't be doing that again in a hurry.
[01:53:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Galaxy S20 Ultra to Come With a Whopping 16GB of RAM - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:53:53] <exec> 08└─I thought they said it was $20.
[01:54:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03GeminiDomino [661] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Asks Court to Block US/Microsoft Contract Because of Trump Interference - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:54:38] <exec> 08└─They are unerasable memes
[01:58:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Oslo Only Suffered One Car-Related Death In 2019 - 11 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:58:50] <exec> 08└─By muggers.
[01:58:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Oslo Only Suffered One Car-Related Death In 2019 - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:58:52] <exec> 08└─Half the buses in the county go through a very narrow area that often suffers from the worst traffic in the entire county.
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[02:52:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Lawrence Lessig Sues New York Times for Defamation Over "Misleading Headline" - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:52:00] <exec> 08└─They're not fake news, they speak truth to power.
[02:52:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Lawrence Lessig Sues New York Times for Defamation Over "Misleading Headline" - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:52:01] <exec> 08└─https://dilbert.com/strip/2020-01-12 [dilbert.com]
[02:52:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03ElizabethGreene [6748] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Ex-NASA Scientist “Convinced” Alien Life Was Found on Mars Over 40 Years Ago - 512 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:52:17] <exec> 08└─I'm not aware of any sensor malfunctions in the LR experiment. Viking 1 had a bunch of problems, but 2 cooked off very well. The final report on the LR experiment is here: https://ntrs.nasa.gov [nasa.gov] They did test it against earth soil samples and...
[02:52:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ex-NASA Scientist “Convinced” Alien Life Was Found on Mars Over 40 Years Ago - 229 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:52:18] <exec> 08└─Sure, could easily have been a completely different lander, I just remember the comment about "not being able to reliably detect life on Earth, let alone Mars" that was made about it, but it was a long time ago so assume bit rot.
[02:52:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ex-NASA Scientist “Convinced” Alien Life Was Found on Mars Over 40 Years Ago - 245 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:52:20] <exec> 08└─The next lander is going to a location likely to have had life and will have instruments to test for it. https://www.jpl.nasa.gov [nasa.gov] Btw the clock is running. Better finish all testing for life before Elon gets there.
[02:52:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Oracle Ties Previous All-Time Patch High with January Updates - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:52:33] <exec> 08└─Or they only patch "current" versions [itnews.com.au]
[02:52:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Philippine Volcano Trembles More, Spews Lava Half-Mile High - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:52:52] <exec> 08└─Volcano [forbes.com] fails to compete effectively with fires [theguardian.com]
[02:52:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Philippine Volcano Trembles More, Spews Lava Half-Mile High - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:52:54] <exec> 08└─In that case, I'm sure Larry would have sent his lawyers already with a cease and desist and an invoice.
[02:52:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Philippine Volcano Trembles More, Spews Lava Half-Mile High - 219 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:52:56] <exec> 08└─We should be figuring out how to tap into magma pockets and relieve the pressure in them more safely, so we can prevent eruptions like this. In theory, it shouldn't be that hard, and it would avoid a lot of destruction.
[02:52:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Philippine Volcano Trembles More, Spews Lava Half-Mile High - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:52:58] <exec> 08└─The tiny by comparison 2009's Black Saturday released energy 1500 x Hiroshima bomb [smh.com.au]. Can't get an estimation for this season's ones.
[02:53:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06An 'Unknown' Burst of Gravitational Waves Just Lit Up Earth's Detectors - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:53:20] <exec> 08└─Probably related to the very next SN article: https://phys.org [phys.org]
[02:53:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06An 'Unknown' Burst of Gravitational Waves Just Lit Up Earth's Detectors - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:53:21] <exec> 08└─Or this ongoing phenomenon: https://in-other-news.us [in-other-news.us]
[02:55:18] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03ikanreed [3164] 02 - 06737 Max "Designed by Clowns"; Boeing Suppliers Affected by Production Suspension - 232 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:55:18] <exec> 08└─If I recall correctly, their next step was to fire everyone who "used unprofessional language" which is a great way to rid yourself of every actual engineer on staff and end up with an amazingly competent team of powerpoint experts.
[02:55:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06737 Max "Designed by Clowns"; Boeing Suppliers Affected by Production Suspension - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:55:39] <exec> 08└─Nah, that was 217 revisions ago. Hardly anything's the same. The latest model contains 4528 miles of green tape.
[02:58:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Global PC Sales Up for First Time in 7 Straight Years - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:58:24] <exec> 08└─And a fine touche' to thou Takyon! (:
[02:59:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Oslo Only Suffered One Car-Related Death In 2019 - 296 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:59:17] <exec> 08└─What makes you think that the quality of life is improved? Sure, a handful of people surviving helps. So does driving into the capital of your country. As to the claim of "most livable" city, it's by a particular choice of standard. Why are we to consider that choice as more valid than our own?
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[03:51:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03fido_dogstoyevsky [131] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Sen. Ron Wyden Calls for an Investigation of the Ad-Blocking Industry - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:51:54] <exec> 08└─All ads are equal to me and they compete equally for my attention - I block them all. No whitelist.
[03:52:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Lawrence Lessig Sues New York Times for Defamation Over "Misleading Headline" - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:52:04] <exec> 08└─Perfect candidate for "insightfunny" mod.
[03:53:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03coolgopher [1157] (Score: 2) 02 - 06An 'Unknown' Burst of Gravitational Waves Just Lit Up Earth's Detectors - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:53:20] <exec> 08└─Physicsgirl had an interesting youtube vid from her visit to one of the LIGOs too.
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[03:53:21] <exec> 08└─It's probably a series of rifts in the space-time continuum caused by subspace weapons between two warp-capable civilizations.
[03:53:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06An 'Unknown' Burst of Gravitational Waves Just Lit Up Earth's Detectors - 499 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:53:24] <exec> 08└─Anything on/in the Earth that shakes things up (volcano, earthquake, bomb, etc) is transmitted around at the speed of sound in rock (earth crust material). https://hypertextbook.com [hypertextbook.com] "P-wave: a type of seismic wave generated at the focus of an earthq...
[03:53:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06“Marshmallow Test” Redux: Children Show Better Self-Control When They Depend on Each Other - 1147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:53:47] <exec> 08└─When you're born during the year has some impact on your future. Being born just after school starts often means that you're the oldest in the class. Whereas if you're born just before the cut off, then you often wind up the youngest in the class. If you don't think that has an impact on schooling,...
[03:56:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Google Researchers Used Neural Networks to Make Weather Forecasts - 207 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:56:07] <exec> 08└─When I sent tfl to an old college friend who is a weather researcher and satellite comm expert, the first comment was: "No paper, I'll be interested to see what they did once there is a peer reviewed paper."
[03:59:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Oslo Only Suffered One Car-Related Death In 2019 - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:59:22] <exec> 08└─Why are we to consider that choice as more valid than our own?
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[04:51:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sen. Ron Wyden Calls for an Investigation of the Ad-Blocking Industry - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:51:53] <exec> 08└─All ads are equal to me and they compete equally for my attention - I block them all. That makes you an "equal opportunity ads consumer", right?
[04:51:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sen. Ron Wyden Calls for an Investigation of the Ad-Blocking Industry - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:51:54] <exec> 08└─Always seemed like an extortion scam to me.
[04:52:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Coward, Anonymous [7017] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Lawrence Lessig Sues New York Times for Defamation Over "Misleading Headline" - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:52:05] <exec> 08└─Lessig is quoted as saying: if you're going to take the money, you damn well better make it anonymous.
[04:52:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Oracle Ties Previous All-Time Patch High with January Updates - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:52:36] <exec> 08└─Or more likely, they have incompetent teams fixing the security issues on legacy code bases, such that each fix introduces at least one new issue.
[04:53:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Philippine Volcano Trembles More, Spews Lava Half-Mile High - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:53:00] <exec> 08└─And we might be able to get useful energy from them while we're at it.
[04:53:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06An 'Unknown' Burst of Gravitational Waves Just Lit Up Earth's Detectors - 248 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:53:27] <exec> 08└─Wat? If i hit a drum two people on other sides of the room equidistant from me will hear it near simultaneously. The sound does not need to travel sequentially from one site to the next. It travels in parallel from its origin outward. Do you agree?
[04:53:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06An 'Unknown' Burst of Gravitational Waves Just Lit Up Earth's Detectors - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:53:28] <exec> 08└─But there are three detectors now, and no point equidistant between them...
[04:53:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06An 'Unknown' Burst of Gravitational Waves Just Lit Up Earth's Detectors - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:53:30] <exec> 08└─hit send too soon, Here's the 3rd detector: http://www.virgo-gw.eu [virgo-gw.eu] it's in Italy, the two LIGO installations are in USA.
[04:53:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06An 'Unknown' Burst of Gravitational Waves Just Lit Up Earth's Detectors - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:53:32] <exec> 08└─Unless the event is exactly equidistant from the two detectors.
[04:54:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Galaxy S20 Ultra to Come With a Whopping 16GB of RAM - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:54:28] <exec> 08└─Sorry, the cat ate it.
[04:55:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06737 Max "Designed by Clowns"; Boeing Suppliers Affected by Production Suspension - 828 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:55:53] <exec> 08└─And that's an important point, this stuff sounds bad, but has anyone not experienced something similar, whatever their employer may be? Every company will cut corners and whatnot at some point or other, it's just that it's usually not discovered. It's the same thing with investigations into acrimoni...
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[05:51:57] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03fido_dogstoyevsky [131] 02 - 06Sen. Ron Wyden Calls for an Investigation of the Ad-Blocking Industry - 99 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:51:57] <exec> 08└─All ads are equal to me and they compete equally for my attention - I block them all. No whitelist.
[05:52:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sen. Ron Wyden Calls for an Investigation of the Ad-Blocking Industry - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:52:01] <exec> 08└─What do you think about their plans to get in on the micro-payment game? Now they can track their users, sell the information to others, and force publishers to go along with it or get no money.
[05:53:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06An 'Unknown' Burst of Gravitational Waves Just Lit Up Earth's Detectors - 820 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:53:37] <exec> 08└─Taal Volcano, Philippines: 14°0′36″N 120°59′51″E Pisa, Italy: 43.6313°N 10.5045°E Hanford, USA: 46°27′18.52″N 119°24′27.56″W Livingston, USA: 30°33′46.42″N 90°46′27.27″W Taal -> Virgo = 10, 503 km Taal -> Hanford = 10,989 km Taal -> Livingston = 13,996 km I just us...
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[05:53:38] <exec> 08└─Why? This argument makes no sense...
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[06:51:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Coward, Anonymous [7017] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Paris Musées Publishes 100,000+ Digitized Works Into the Public Domain - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:51:53] <exec> 08└─I'll add that France's Academy of Sciences journals Comptes Rendus are open access, going back to 1835.
[06:52:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03fido_dogstoyevsky [131] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sen. Ron Wyden Calls for an Investigation of the Ad-Blocking Industry - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:52:04] <exec> 08└─That makes you an "equal opportunity ads consumer", right?
[06:52:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Lawrence Lessig Sues New York Times for Defamation Over "Misleading Headline" - 14 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:52:15] <exec> 08└─I don't get it
[06:52:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ex-NASA Scientist “Convinced” Alien Life Was Found on Mars Over 40 Years Ago - 251 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:52:34] <exec> 08└─if the meat bag gets digested by mars the evidence will be rather conclusive. it would be hilerious if the antidot to being eaten alive by mars microbes would be eating a McCheese urger before decent because they are famous for being ... indigestible.
[06:53:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Philippine Volcano Trembles More, Spews Lava Half-Mile High - 192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:53:12] <exec> 08└─Can you think of anything else that 2009 and 2020 have in common? Hmmm... I wonder if it could have to do that giant irrelevant glowing ball of gas in the sky that has no influence on climate.
[06:53:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06An 'Unknown' Burst of Gravitational Waves Just Lit Up Earth's Detectors - 180 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:53:44] <exec> 08└─Apparently in China they are using "gravitational waves" to predict earthquakes: https://www.certifiedchinesetranslation.com [certifiedchinesetranslation.com]
[06:53:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06An 'Unknown' Burst of Gravitational Waves Just Lit Up Earth's Detectors - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:53:46] <exec> 08└─How is that interesting? The statement is false on its face and the post includes no reasoning or evidence or even a link.
[06:56:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03fido_dogstoyevsky [131] (Score: 2) 02 - 06737 Max "Designed by Clowns"; Boeing Suppliers Affected by Production Suspension - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:56:06] <exec> 08└─... Every company will cut corners and whatnot at some point or other...
[06:59:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Oslo Only Suffered One Car-Related Death In 2019 - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:59:48] <exec> 08└─In the old days lots of people lived upstairs from their shop. Current zoning prohibits this in many areas.
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[07:51:57] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Coward, Anonymous [7017] 02 - 06Paris Musées Publishes 100,000+ Digitized Works Into the Public Domain - 103 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:51:57] <exec> 08└─I'll add that France's Academy of Sciences journals Comptes Rendus are open access, going back to 1835.
[07:52:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Coward, Anonymous [7017] (Score: 3, Touché) 02 - 06Lawrence Lessig Sues New York Times for Defamation Over "Misleading Headline" - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:52:21] <exec> 08└─Oh well, I'm not suing you for defamation.
[07:54:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06“Marshmallow Test” Redux: Children Show Better Self-Control When They Depend on Each Other - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:54:16] <exec> 08└─did they separate for introverts and extroverts and control?
[07:54:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Galaxy S20 Ultra to Come With a Whopping 16GB of RAM - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:54:49] <exec> 08└─"We are Samsung" "All your RAM are belong go us" :D CYA
[07:59:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Global PC Sales Up for First Time in 7 Straight Years - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:59:02] <exec> 08└─They reuse that model name. What's the CPU and GPU? I'm going to guess it's a lot faster than my systems.
[07:59:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Global PC Sales Up for First Time in 7 Straight Years - 709 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:59:03] <exec> 08└─It's time to consider holding out for Zen 4 on the AM5 socket. Likely due in late 2021, maybe early 2022. That could bring DDR5 support, maybe PCIe 5.0. And then there should be an upgrade path to Zen 5 and later CPUs. What you could do is pick up a new graphics card. You can find Radeon RX 570 (4 G...
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[08:51:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Dream Of A Common Charger Is Alive, Despite Apple's Complaining - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:51:53] <exec> 08└─What's wrong with this? [amazon.co.uk]
[08:51:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Dream Of A Common Charger Is Alive, Despite Apple's Complaining - 1030 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:51:54] <exec> 08└─Apple has been replacing a superior charging connector on its Macbooks with inferior USB-C connectors. MagSafe was a really good idea that is superior to USB-C for charging laptops. I don't agree with creating proprietary connectors for the sake of being different than your competitors and driving a...
[08:52:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03petecox [3228] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sen. Ron Wyden Calls for an Investigation of the Ad-Blocking Industry - 196 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:52:13] <exec> 08└─Electricity to run a data centre, CPU activity required to interpret Javascript. And all that to encourage us to buy shit we don't need. Whitelist ads only from companies that are carbon negative.
[08:52:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sen. Ron Wyden Calls for an Investigation of the Ad-Blocking Industry - 246 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:52:14] <exec> 08└─"Nice web-browser you have there! Be a shame if something were to happen to it! Maybe we could handle it for you, if youse were to let a few ads from our "associates" through, and everything will be alright. Whadda ya say? We paint houses, too. "
[08:54:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Galaxy S20 Ultra to Come With a Whopping 16GB of RAM - 163 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:54:55] <exec> 08└─The use case I've heard for this amount of RAM is Samsung DeX, where you get a full windowed desktop environment when the phone is docked / connected to a display.
[08:58:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03corey [2202] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Plug-in and Sail: Meet the Electric Ferry Pioneers - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:58:28] <exec> 08└─Interesting idea, that is true about ballast. I think this is one of those "about bloody time" things. Ships are good at hauling heavy loads, batteries are just that.
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[09:51:54] <exec> 08└─an eco-minded political body would have mandated audio jacks.
[09:51:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Dream Of A Common Charger Is Alive, Despite Apple's Complaining - 725 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:51:55] <exec> 08└─For me, USB-C is an improvement. I replaced a ~$100 laptop in part because the proprietary connector or port was failing and the connector had to be pressed in, draped over the laptop, or pulled tight in order to charge the battery. The Lenovo 100e replacement uses USB-C and feels sturdy. If I ever...
[09:52:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Paris Musées Publishes 100,000+ Digitized Works Into the Public Domain - 557 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:52:04] <exec> 08└─Of all the things against the Vatican, mainly pointed at christians who aren't, the easiest to say would be "why aren't you scanning invaluable unique stuff kept in your library?". Your boss said "everything I did I did in the open". Even if you found strange ideas in those manuscripts it is way wor...
[09:52:27] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03c0lo [156] 02 - 06Lawrence Lessig Sues New York Times for Defamation Over "Misleading Headline" - 14 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:52:27] <exec> 08└─I don't get it
[09:52:43] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03ElizabethGreene [6748] 02 - 06Ex-NASA Scientist “Convinced” Alien Life Was Found on Mars Over 40 Years Ago - 512 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:52:43] <exec> 08└─I'm not aware of any sensor malfunctions in the LR experiment. Viking 1 had a bunch of problems, but 2 cooked off very well. The final report on the LR experiment is here: https://ntrs.nasa.gov [nasa.gov] They did test it against earth soil samples and...
[10:00:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03pD-brane [6728] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Oslo Only Suffered One Car-Related Death In 2019 - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:00:07] <exec> 08└─My guess is that the real reason for the "Vision Zero" program is ideological
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[10:51:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Launches Fresh Attack on Apple Over Privacy - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:51:49] <exec> 08└─As we have been telling you, Trump is and always has been a democrat in favor of big overbearing government.
[10:51:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Launches Fresh Attack on Apple Over Privacy - 155 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:51:50] <exec> 08└─Now here come the fake TDS shills like deathmonkey (who are consistently wrong about every single thing) to do their best to convince me to vote for Trump.
[10:51:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Launches Fresh Attack on Apple Over Privacy - 263 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:51:53] <exec> 08└─A phone that when owned by a criminal can be unlocked is a phone that when owned by any member of the public can be unlocked. Generally consumer pressure should be enough to support their own privacy, but as we've seen this millennium, consumers are stupid fucks.
[10:52:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03zocalo [302] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Dream Of A Common Charger Is Alive, Despite Apple's Complaining - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:52:03] <exec> 08└─It's currently unavailable. (Well, you did ask!)
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[10:56:29] <exec> 08└─"the problem is that no one in the senior management understands the technical stuff, so we end up in a mess"
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[11:51:50] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03FatPhil [863] 02 - 06Trump Launches Fresh Attack on Apple Over Privacy - 263 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:51:51] <exec> 08└─A phone that when owned by a criminal can be unlocked is a phone that when owned by any member of the public can be unlocked. Generally consumer pressure should be enough to support their own privacy, but as we've seen this millennium, consumers are stupid fucks.
[11:52:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Dream Of A Common Charger Is Alive, Despite Apple's Complaining - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:52:03] <exec> 08└─For the sake of argument, let's say this was applied to laptops, where different manufacturers also have different chargers and connectors.
[11:52:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Dream Of A Common Charger Is Alive, Despite Apple's Complaining - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:52:05] <exec> 08└─an eco-minded political body would have mandated audio jacks.
[11:52:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Dream Of A Common Charger Is Alive, Despite Apple's Complaining - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:52:07] <exec> 08└─Maybe all the extra batteries in bluetooth devices?
[11:52:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Paris Musées Publishes 100,000+ Digitized Works Into the Public Domain - 753 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:52:17] <exec> 08└─But they do digitize the archive, it's just somewhat of a really slow process. Since it's quite large, the documents are probably quite fragile and then of cause most people wouldn't be able to read them even if they wanted to since they don't read the languages (and a google translate just won't do...
[11:52:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sen. Ron Wyden Calls for an Investigation of the Ad-Blocking Industry - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:52:31] <exec> 08└─So carbon negative and poisoning the rivers with cyanide is ok then?
[11:59:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Global PC Sales Up for First Time in 7 Straight Years - 270 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:59:29] <exec> 08└─I've had serious issues loading data onto my current phone. My workaround is to pop out the external card, put it into a card reader, copy across the files using a PC, then put the card back in. Done. How else will I get hundreds of files across to the phone? Bluetooth?
[11:59:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Global PC Sales Up for First Time in 7 Straight Years - 326 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:59:31] <exec> 08└─I purchased my new laptop, booted Windows 10 that came with it, cut the partition down to 100GB or so, and rebooted into a Ubuntu USB stick to slice up the rest for linux. I've never rebooted back into Windows. Frankly the only function it was useful for was to shrink the original disk down. And to...
[11:59:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Global PC Sales Up for First Time in 7 Straight Years - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:59:33] <exec> 08└─https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_On-The-Go [wikipedia.org] You might have to play with settings to get the phone recognized as a storage device instead of a camera.
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[12:51:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Advertising Makes Us Unhappy - 402 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:51:55] <exec> 08└─... but I don't think is true. Here's another, equally uncertain. Good quality products don't need ads bombardment, just a short awareness raising at launch and then the product starts to speak for itself. What needs ad bombardment are those that are in the hunt for new fools willing to buy a crap w...
[12:51:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Advertising Makes Us Unhappy - 679 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:51:57] <exec> 08└─because it consumes a significant part of my brain's limited memory size and processing power for nothing of value whatsoever. Case in point: to this day, I remember stupid ads for stupid products that don't even exist anymore decades after they were broadcast on TV repeatedly for weeks on end and f...
[12:52:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Launches Fresh Attack on Apple Over Privacy - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:52:07] <exec> 08└─consumers are stupid fucks.
[12:52:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Trump Launches Fresh Attack on Apple Over Privacy - 171 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:52:09] <exec> 08└─Because you think republicans aren't in favor of big overbearing government? How cute... Hint: all of them are in favor of controlling the populace any which way they can.
[12:52:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Zinho [759] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06The Dream Of A Common Charger Is Alive, Despite Apple's Complaining - 742 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:52:24] <exec> 08└─That's why USB C chargers have USB PD [wikipedia.org] as a feature - the ability to ramp up to 20V neatly solves the issues of current across the cable and preferred charging voltage, since they're negotiated between the charger and the device. Granted, my 15W phone charger won't keep up with the po...
[12:52:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Dream Of A Common Charger Is Alive, Despite Apple's Complaining - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:52:26] <exec> 08└─Aren't they rechargeable too? (I really don't know, I never used bluetooth in any form)
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[13:51:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Advertising Makes Us Unhappy - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:51:59] <exec> 08└─Your post reminds me that it is indeed time for a /Demolition Man/ rewatch. (partial spoiler-minimising explanation - the radio station)
[13:52:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Advertising Makes Us Unhappy - 445 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:52:01] <exec> 08└─An interesting interpretation of the results, one of many alternatives. I'm sure there are some who see the shit being peddled around them incessantly and think "do I really live in a culture so stupid and shallow and obsessed with the ephemeral?" and even if I myself am not being fooled that is eno...
[13:52:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Paris Musées Publishes 100,000+ Digitized Works Into the Public Domain - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:52:37] <exec> 08└─This looks worth backing up. Not sure how big it is, but it should be fine to make a torrent out of the whole thing. Anyone dig deep enough to find out the full size?
[13:52:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Sen. Ron Wyden Calls for an Investigation of the Ad-Blocking Industry - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:52:52] <exec> 08└─My guess is you will not find such a company, but go ahead and try.
[13:53:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Lawrence Lessig Sues New York Times for Defamation Over "Misleading Headline" - 17 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:53:05] <exec> 08└─It's "+1 Touché"
[13:54:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06An 'Unknown' Burst of Gravitational Waves Just Lit Up Earth's Detectors - 274 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:54:36] <exec> 08└─I didn't see that one, but I did see some video on it. They shine a laser at a mirror 4km away and compare the reflection looking for a change smaller than a single atom in thickness... Just wow, truly, "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
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[14:51:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03SpockLogic [2762] (Score: 1, Flamebait) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:51:51] <exec> 08└─The Serial Liar in chief will announce that this is "WINNING" and the sheeple will lap it up. Had enough of this "WINNING" yet?
[14:51:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:51:53] <exec> 08└─on the rest of the world's economy. [nytimes.com]
[14:51:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 1, Troll) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 1314 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:51:55] <exec> 08└─Earlier this week, he claimed that the deal he had signed with China was a big win for himself, and that these deals were proof that he was the greatest president ever. The Chinese officials spent the speech standing there trying to suppress smirking, most likely because they got everything they wan...
[14:51:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:51:57] <exec> 08└─Any negotiation with Trump has to follow two rules, 1 don't trust Trump on keeping to any deal. 2. it only needs to make Trump look good, nothing else matters
[14:51:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:51:59] <exec> 08└─I see Trump is a secret environmentalist.
[14:52:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 268 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:52:02] <exec> 08└─Americans are already paid too highly, even the minimum wage is sickeningly high, while people elsewhere are more than happy to work at $5/hr, why can't America? Imagine how much the average househould could save by reducing labor costs incurred on goods and services.
[14:52:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Advertising Makes Us Unhappy - 1358 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:52:12] <exec> 08└─If you watch TV late at night you will be bombarded with ads for fast food. You will get hungry. You will eat high calorie food right before bed time, the worst possible time of day to eat rich food. You will gain weight, and incur all the health issues that accrue with obesity. Ads also constantly...
[14:52:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Advertising Makes Us Unhappy - 342 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:52:13] <exec> 08└─I tune out advertising completely. I turn my speakers all the way down on a youtube ad. If I am listening to the radio in my car and there is an ad I change stations or turn off the radio. If watching TV (I don't watch much TV because of the ads) I turn down the volume and do something else. I have...
[14:52:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Advertising Makes Us Unhappy - 751 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:52:16] <exec> 08└─I mean, I find myself immediately less happy every time I see an actual ad anytime. If I watch a youtube video on mobile(where google makes the app and there's no adblock), and I'm subjected to something like a Bloomberg 2020 ad, the social stress of "I'm being lied to, I'm being lied to, I'm being...
[14:52:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nuke [3162] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Advertising Makes Us Unhappy - 1246 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:52:18] <exec> 08└─I don't agree that people are made unhappy because they realise that ads have fooled them into buying crap. They don't realise it's crap; they think it's normal for a hedge-cutter (for example) to stop working shortly after the guarantee period (isn't that what a guarantee period means? they think)....
[14:52:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Launches Fresh Attack on Apple Over Privacy - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:52:29] <exec> 08└─Ironic that such an accusion is made by a man who's done everything to obstruct justice since he's been elected.
[14:52:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Launches Fresh Attack on Apple Over Privacy - 202 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:52:31] <exec> 08└─Not Ron Paul. He said he chose republican because they at least still pay lip service to the constitution and freedom. But yeah, most of these people are in the same gang (Romney, Kerry, Pelosi, Biden).
[14:52:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Launches Fresh Attack on Apple Over Privacy - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:52:33] <exec> 08└─Do you know the definition of Ironic? Or just listen to Alannis Morresette?
[14:52:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Dream Of A Common Charger Is Alive, Despite Apple's Complaining - 16 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:52:50] <exec> 08└─Invariably, yes.
[14:52:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nuke [3162] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Dream Of A Common Charger Is Alive, Despite Apple's Complaining - 234 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:52:51] <exec> 08└─FTFA : Apple contends that "regulations that would drive conformity across the type of connector built into all smartphones freeze innovation ..... Such proposals are bad for the environment and unnecessarily disruptive for customers.
[14:53:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Paris Musées Publishes 100,000+ Digitized Works Into the Public Domain - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:53:02] <exec> 08└─I hope this catches on more broadly. There's a huge store of knowledge locked up in the world's collections, much more than almost anyone realizes.
[14:53:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03nishi.b [4243] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Paris Musées Publishes 100,000+ Digitized Works Into the Public Domain - 486 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:53:04] <exec> 08└─I found there photos, paintings and engravings from the 19th century of my highschool (which did not change much since it was modified around 1860) and even a drawing from 1682 showing a celebration there. I cannot even recognize the places I grew up in in Paris because the landscape changed so much...
[14:53:27] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Lawrence Lessig Sues New York Times for Defamation Over "Misleading Headline" - 50 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:53:27] <exec> 08└─https://dilbert.com/strip/2020-01-12 [dilbert.com]
[14:53:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03ElizabethGreene [6748] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ex-NASA Scientist “Convinced” Alien Life Was Found on Mars Over 40 Years Ago - 326 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:53:51] <exec> 08└─Respectfully, Fuck the clock. Viking 2 landed two months before I was born and I have kids shopping colleges. "They" have had four decades to follow up on this research. If we wait for "them" to investigate it then the research won't be done until our species is a brief anecdote in the fossil record...
[14:55:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06“Marshmallow Test” Redux: Children Show Better Self-Control When They Depend on Each Other - 1174 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:55:31] <exec> 08└─You put words in my mouth. I in no way said when you were born had no affect on the outcomes. Alongside examples of things we can clearly measure (such as you've described) there are also undoubtedly things we cannot measure so directly that also would result in aggregate differences overall. But th...
[14:57:03] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Arik [4543] 02 - 06737 Max "Designed by Clowns"; Boeing Suppliers Affected by Production Suspension - 38 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:57:03] <exec> 08└─Just add a computer, it'll be alright!
[14:57:12] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03ikanreed [3164] 02 - 06737 Max "Designed by Clowns"; Boeing Suppliers Affected by Production Suspension - 26 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:57:13] <exec> 08└─TSA=Target Saturated Area.
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[15:51:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheGratefulNet [659] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Plane Dumps Fuel Over San Francisco Suburbs, Sprays Children - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:51:54] <exec> 08└─they are hundreds of miles apart! they are not sub's of each other. wtf?
[15:51:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03paul_engr [8666] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Plane Dumps Fuel Over San Francisco Suburbs, Sprays Children - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:51:56] <exec> 08└─San Francisco isn't in LA, but whomever posted this is on cocaine apparently...
[15:51:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Plane Dumps Fuel Over San Francisco Suburbs, Sprays Children - 214 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:51:58] <exec> 08└─Both linked articles say Los Angeles, and none even mentions San Francisco. Business Traveller specifically mentions San Fernando Valley (besides some other places), maybe that's what c0lo misread as San Francisco.
[15:51:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03ElizabethGreene [6748] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Plane Dumps Fuel Over San Francisco Suburbs, Sprays Children - 298 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:52:00] <exec> 08└─For those of us outside of California those are the only two cities in the state. It's easy to mix them up. It's similar for my home state, Tennessee. Only one city, Nashville, from end to end. Also, we hand out guitars, cowboy boots, and country music recording contracts as you get off the plane.
[15:52:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:52:12] <exec> 08└─How many jobs have been lost and how many communities have been destroyed by the status quo?
[15:52:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 344 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:52:14] <exec> 08└─Yes, that would pretty much be their primary purpose. With China being the primary focus and everyone else being incentivized to pressure China to stop playing silly buggers. Trade wars always hurt everyone. Who can more easily take the pain and who's more willing to continue the game of Chicken is...
[15:52:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 543 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:52:16] <exec> 08└─Idiotic central planning has pushed enough people into having IRA's in order to keep up with inflation that its all that counts now. All Trump needs to do is keep pumping the stock market and they will feel will feel richer and richer. Meanwhile the fake news lies about how awful things are. Fake tr...
[15:52:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03shrewdsheep [5215] (Score: 1) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:52:18] <exec> 08└─Yes, there will be a victor. Have you heard of a so called phyrric victory by chance?
[15:52:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:52:20] <exec> 08└─Have you heard of a so called phyrric victory by chance?
[15:52:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:52:23] <exec> 08└─The Serial Liar in chief will announce that this is "WINNING" and the sheeple will lap it up.
[15:52:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03EEMac [6423] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 304 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:52:25] <exec> 08└─Multiple [tradingeconomics.com] sources [forbes.com] report December was fine-to-great for manufacturing jobs. CNN finds a juuuust slightly negative index and reports it as a recession. Great job there. Also, be sure to click the link in TFA [cnn.com] to see the hilarious expression on the CNN repor...
[15:52:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 270 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:52:27] <exec> 08└─The earth has never failed to warm under a Democrat president since records began, under Republicans it warms/cools 50% of the time. ALL net warming has been under democrats: https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu [columbia.edu]
[15:52:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 1005 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:52:29] <exec> 08└─They bitch about 300,000 jobs supposedly lost, but we have the lowest unemployment since EVER. Well, since we started keeping records, which goes back into the 1960s at least. They purposely mislead on who is paying tariffs. Suppose an item was $400, with the American paying that to the Chinese. We...
[15:52:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:52:32] <exec> 08└─Also Democrats criticized Trump for cutting taxes And criticize for raising taxes: >American importers paid an extra $46 billion in tariff And these importers are mostly rich multinationals
[15:52:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:52:34] <exec> 08└─Imagine the loss then if we didn't protect our economy from China.
[15:52:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nuke [3162] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Advertising Makes Us Unhappy - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:52:48] <exec> 08└─If you watch TV late at night you will be bombarded with ads for fast food. You will get hungry.
[15:52:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Advertising Makes Us Unhappy - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:52:50] <exec> 08└─The methodology seems to be similar to the one used to prove that the storks delivers the babies. [robertmatthews.org]
[15:52:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Advertising Makes Us Unhappy - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:52:52] <exec> 08└─I tune out advertising completely.
[15:52:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03ilsa [6082] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Advertising Makes Us Unhappy - 1218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:52:54] <exec> 08└─There's another aspect to that bombardment that I don't think is being considered. If you put out the occasional ad to advertise whatever, ok, great. You may well be introducing a new product that never occurred to me would even exist, and I can appreciate that. But that's not what happens. We're *b...
[15:52:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Advertising Makes Us Unhappy - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:52:56] <exec> 08└─It certainly helps keep the Malware away.
[15:52:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Advertising Makes Us Unhappy - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:52:58] <exec> 08└─That should have been "An adblocker a day keeps the doctor away?"
[15:53:09] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] 02 - 06Trump Launches Fresh Attack on Apple Over Privacy - 171 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:53:09] <exec> 08└─Because you think republicans aren't in favor of big overbearing government? How cute... Hint: all of them are in favor of controlling the populace any which way they can.
[15:53:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Launches Fresh Attack on Apple Over Privacy - 201 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:53:13] <exec> 08└─Yes and when your favourite politican from some other party becomes president and does EXACTLY THE SAME THING, I hope you take it up the arse royally. and have a moment of illumination. I doubt it tho.
[15:53:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03EEMac [6423] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Launches Fresh Attack on Apple Over Privacy - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:53:16] <exec> 08└─I'm about a 75% Trump supporter, but he's wrong on this one.
[15:53:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheGratefulNet [659] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Dream Of A Common Charger Is Alive, Despite Apple's Complaining - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:53:34] <exec> 08└─search on your fav shopping site for magnetic usb cables. magsafe is now there for regular cable. fuck apple.
[15:53:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03ilsa [6082] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Dream Of A Common Charger Is Alive, Despite Apple's Complaining - 893 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:53:36] <exec> 08└─The problem is Apple's motivations. There was no reason whatsoever that Apple couldn't have kept going with Magsafe. It was, and still is, the single best power connector ever invented IMO. But Apple has high margins on their accessories, and forcing people to buy new power supplies instead of reusi...
[15:53:59] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03petecox [3228] 02 - 06Sen. Ron Wyden Calls for an Investigation of the Ad-Blocking Industry - 196 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:53:59] <exec> 08└─Electricity to run a data centre, CPU activity required to interpret Javascript. And all that to encourage us to buy shit we don't need. Whitelist ads only from companies that are carbon negative.
[15:54:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Knowledge Troll [5948] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Lawrence Lessig Sues New York Times for Defamation Over "Misleading Headline" - 689 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:54:17] <exec> 08└─I don't get the NYT's problem with Lessig here. The NYT is asserting that Lessig is defending the Epstein donation to MIT and I don't see that happening. I can understand how when viewing only the headline as you have quoted here that it's not clearly unfairly representing the article contents thoug...
[15:57:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazon Asks Court to Block US/Microsoft Contract Because of Trump Interference - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:57:37] <exec> 08└─Sorry, Trump feels that rules do not apply to him.
[15:57:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazon Asks Court to Block US/Microsoft Contract Because of Trump Interference - 303 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:57:38] <exec> 08└─I'm fairly certain that my Evangelical Church is not. My mom's as well (story time): During children's sermon, the pastor asked if anyone knew what a king was. He then went on to ask in the US had a king. There was a rumble of restrained laughter, and the pastor said, we're not going to go into that...
[15:58:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06737 Max "Designed by Clowns"; Boeing Suppliers Affected by Production Suspension - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:58:20] <exec> 08└─Now I get it: It's all part of a secret plan to cut down the carbon emissions without actually telling the people by just making them not want to fly!;-)
[15:58:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06737 Max "Designed by Clowns"; Boeing Suppliers Affected by Production Suspension - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:58:22] <exec> 08└─Seems fine i mean have you seen how many clowns can fit inside a mini? Now imagine that in a plane! Don't you want to maximize profits?
[15:59:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Windows 10: NSA Reveals Major Flaw in Microsoft's Code - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:59:14] <exec> 08└─Those with power to do something about it care. They just are on the other side.
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[16:52:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Plane Dumps Fuel Over San Francisco Suburbs, Sprays Children - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:52:01] <exec> 08└─It's the "new" trick. People will notice your story and click on the article if they suspect something is wrong.
[16:52:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 1, Offtopic) 02 - 06Plane Dumps Fuel Over San Francisco Suburbs, Sprays Children - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:52:02] <exec> 08└─I don't know what you are on, but apparently affects your ability to write meaningful titles.
[16:52:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Plane Dumps Fuel Over San Francisco Suburbs, Sprays Children - 870 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:52:04] <exec> 08└─I saw stories on this while working out. ATC asked the pilot if they would need a fuel dump and the plane said no. And here's a link to the ATC audio where they asked the question: https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com] (I haven't watched it fully yet but I kept with it long enoug...
[16:52:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Plane Dumps Fuel Over San Francisco Suburbs, Sprays Children - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:52:06] <exec> 08└─Memphis. Elvis mumble mumble
[16:52:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Plane Dumps Fuel Over San Francisco Suburbs, Sprays Children - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:52:08] <exec> 08└─I saw stories on this while working out. Yeah, I was taking a dump when I read about it. Small world, huh?
[16:52:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Plane Dumps Fuel Over San Francisco Suburbs, Sprays Children - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:52:11] <exec> 08└─This is San Francisco's personal Viet Nam.
[16:52:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 339 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:52:36] <exec> 08└─They've hitched their wagon to jerking off the democrat base to make their money, coasting on their reputation of once being a reputable news source under Ted Turner. When Trump is reelected this November, it will be interesting to see whether their owners will keep up the act, or command a change i...
[16:52:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:52:37] <exec> 08└─The art of the fake trade deal: https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com]
[16:52:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:52:39] <exec> 08└─What is "pyrrhic" to the socio/psychopath? A win is a win. The bigger problem is that these kind of people win elections. Majority rule has been weaponized.
[16:52:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:52:41] <exec> 08└─My dog! How can anybody listen to that?! I couldn't do 30 seconds. That's a scary dude!
[16:52:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Captival [6866] (Score: 0, Troll) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 984 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:52:43] <exec> 08└─Record high stock market. 50 year best unemployment numbers. No WW3. Every prediction Libtards make is wrong yet somehow they're still completely full of themselves. The best part is how they autisticly dance between blaming Trump for every single bit of economic news they don't like while simultane...
[16:52:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:52:46] <exec> 08└─It's not taxes when Republicans raise them.
[16:52:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:52:48] <exec> 08└─Trump needs to start protecting the elites. Chinese are filling every post at major universities. You get the same counterfeit junk, but now from a US address.
[16:53:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Advertising Makes Us Unhappy - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:53:09] <exec> 08└─Don't forget Max Headroom.
[16:53:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Advertising Makes Us Unhappy - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:53:11] <exec> 08└─My windows are almost 40 years old, but they keep the cold out much better than the single glazed windows that still have high prevalence around here.
[16:53:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rich [945] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Advertising Makes Us Unhappy - 826 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:53:13] <exec> 08└─but about product associations. It's not like Coca Cola advertises the organic processes their sugar (HFCS that is...) is made with, or how the scientists meticulously perfected the process for their coca leaf flavouring extracts - they just show happy (diverse too, these days) people to associate w...
[16:53:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Advertising Makes Us Unhappy - 1349 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:53:15] <exec> 08└─No kidding they make us unhappy. Over the last 50 years or so the same tactics used in overseas (and domestic...) propaganda have found their way into advertising. Then there's the fact that ads play louder than the actual content they're bookending, how many of them there are, how fast-paced and in...
[16:53:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rich26189 [1377] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Advertising Makes Us Unhappy - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:53:17] <exec> 08└─adblockers can completely remove the ads from YouTube.
[16:53:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Advertising Makes Us Unhappy - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:53:19] <exec> 08└─Then stop using the corporate slop browser. Use some firefox derivative.
[16:53:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Advertising Makes Us Unhappy - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:53:21] <exec> 08└─So you're using . . . (calculator clickety click) . . . Windows 80. It sounds like it keeps things out better than Windows 10.
[16:53:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Advertising Makes Us Unhappy - 213 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:53:23] <exec> 08└─I also have zero tolerance for ads. I make efforts to avoid ads, but doubt it is completely effective. I haven't watched TV (in the classic sense) for a very long time now. I despise ads as a blight upon humanity.
[16:53:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Advertising Makes Us Unhappy - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:53:26] <exec> 08└─Sounds like you need a nice ride in a luxury SUV, friend. Imagine the smooth cornering while viewing waterfalls with dolphins and elephants heralding you as you pass. Nice, cool, and doing your bit for the environment.
[16:53:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Advertising Makes Us Unhappy - 1715 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:53:28] <exec> 08└─You miss one of the major points of ads - something that is literally marketing 101. The point of an effective ad is not to make somebody rush out to buy something, it's to put a positive perception of a product in somebody's mind. This has a subconscious effect such that people associate the given...
[16:53:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Advertising Makes Us Unhappy - 352 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:53:30] <exec> 08└─If you're unhappy, you'll buy shit. Feel like you're ugly? Buy cream. Doesn't work. Feel shit. Rinse repeat. Feel like you're fat? Buy equipment. Doesn't work. Feel shit. Rinse repeat. It's not actually THEIR fault that you are a sucker for this. Figure out how to become happy with what you are/have...
[16:53:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Launches Fresh Attack on Apple Over Privacy - 326 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:53:47] <exec> 08└─To get 100% is unrealistic. Presidents are expected to be mouthpieces for their constituents at times, be they industrial leaders or internal law enforcement and espionage interests. If a president feels strongly enough, he can choose to give his personal opinion, but doing that for everything will...
[16:53:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Launches Fresh Attack on Apple Over Privacy - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:53:48] <exec> 08└─So Republicans "paying lip service" (aka "lying") makes it okay.
[16:53:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Launches Fresh Attack on Apple Over Privacy - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:53:51] <exec> 08└─Where do you see that? I have never voted for a republican or democrat in my life, and never will. So if you are reading that into my post it is your own projection.
[16:54:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Dream Of A Common Charger Is Alive, Despite Apple's Complaining - 226 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:54:11] <exec> 08└─The correct answer, is all of the outdated and useless ends. Who actually thinks there are that many power types for up-to-date phones? I may still be incorrect, with the correct answer being everything to do with that is bad.
[16:54:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Dream Of A Common Charger Is Alive, Despite Apple's Complaining - 418 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:54:13] <exec> 08└─I would add . . . If Apple wanted the Mag Safe connector to become the standard, they would make it available royalty free without licensing. But Apple has never been about industry standards. It always goes its own way, sometimes a superior way, but doesn't encourage they way becoming a standard. A...
[16:54:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mer [8009] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sen. Ron Wyden Calls for an Investigation of the Ad-Blocking Industry - 690 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:54:40] <exec> 08└─Do carbon negative companies even exist or are they just a publicity stunt? From what I understand the companies trying to brag this way: >only count their factories/transit emissions, not the breathing of their employees, the power in their offices and the various activities of their subcontractors...
[16:54:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03cmdrklarg [5048] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sen. Ron Wyden Calls for an Investigation of the Ad-Blocking Industry - 199 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:54:42] <exec> 08└─That is why I no longer run AdBlock Plus. uBlock Origin FTW! I have systematically removed ads from everywhere I can. I've even stopped watching the NFL as you're watching a goddamn ad half the time.
[16:54:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Lawrence Lessig Sues New York Times for Defamation Over "Misleading Headline" - 236 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:54:57] <exec> 08└─He is a lawyer. Of course he recommended that they cover their backsides. As a pastor I once listened to said, if you think money is evil. You can give it to me, I won't mind one bit. Money isn't evil, even money received from evil men.
[16:55:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ex-NASA Scientist “Convinced” Alien Life Was Found on Mars Over 40 Years Ago - 234 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:55:18] <exec> 08└─Things like that make me sad. Here is one place, where it's likely to have been easy to find and work compared to many other places. Yet no one can legally do anything, because the finding will be unacceptable to the cultural history.
[16:56:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06An 'Unknown' Burst of Gravitational Waves Just Lit Up Earth's Detectors - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:56:32] <exec> 08└─I took it at face value without any googling.
[16:56:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03pe1rxq [844] (Score: 2) 02 - 06An 'Unknown' Burst of Gravitational Waves Just Lit Up Earth's Detectors - 242 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:56:34] <exec> 08└─What is false about my statement? Ligo is in the US (actually two sites in the US) and Virgo is in Italy. Are those no longer on different continents? And if they both detect it the chances of both detecting a local earthquake are pretty low.
[16:59:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06737 Max "Designed by Clowns"; Boeing Suppliers Affected by Production Suspension - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:59:06] <exec> 08└─Ha ha ha! Next email will be - Boss, I need this job, I made a mistake, there's no problems anywhere.
[16:59:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Google Researchers Used Neural Networks to Make Weather Forecasts - 355 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:59:33] <exec> 08└─Having read a few AI deep learning type papers, I doubt reading the paper will help. There's nothing to "get". They basically do "stuff" and get "stuff" back, then they say "it works". Done, end of story. You don't understand these things, you don't come away with new insights, you don't get new ide...
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[17:52:10] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03ElizabethGreene [6748] 02 - 06Plane Dumps Fuel Over San Francisco Suburbs, Sprays Children - 298 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:52:10] <exec> 08└─For those of us outside of California those are the only two cities in the state. It's easy to mix them up. It's similar for my home state, Tennessee. Only one city, Nashville, from end to end. Also, we hand out guitars, cowboy boots, and country music recording contracts as you get off the plane.
[17:52:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Plane Dumps Fuel Over San Francisco Suburbs, Sprays Children - 10 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:52:17] <exec> 08└─Chemtrails
[17:52:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03paul_engr [8666] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Plane Dumps Fuel Over San Francisco Suburbs, Sprays Children - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:52:19] <exec> 08└─My title is as quality as the post itself.
[17:52:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Plane Dumps Fuel Over San Francisco Suburbs, Sprays Children - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:52:22] <exec> 08└─So I am from New York, according to the rest of the country the entire state IS the City.
[17:52:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Plane Dumps Fuel Over San Francisco Suburbs, Sprays Children - 197 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:52:24] <exec> 08└─I mean, if I make the assumption that that's where you live, I've got a 33% chance of being right. Better that than the literal pavement hellscape that is dollywood, coming down from the mountains.
[17:52:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Archon V2.0 [3887] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Plane Dumps Fuel Over San Francisco Suburbs, Sprays Children - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:52:26] <exec> 08└─> Also, we hand out guitars, cowboy boots, and country music recording contracts as you get off the plane. Ah, that explains "Blind Man's Penis".
[17:52:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Osamabobama [5842] (Score: 4, Funny) 02 - 06Plane Dumps Fuel Over San Francisco Suburbs, Sprays Children - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:52:28] <exec> 08└─I don't know what you are on...
[17:52:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 283 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:52:59] <exec> 08└─It's not pyrrhic if it's absolutely necessary. Or were you trying to say we would have been fine running a massive trade deficit with China plus having them subsidizing any local economic interests that we might actually beat them on? Free trade only works if it's free on both ends.
[17:53:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0, Troll) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:53:01] <exec> 08└─So probably did Vladimir Putin.
[17:53:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:53:03] <exec> 08└─Who is going around marking facts troll? Do you deny that all net warming has been under democrats? Because that is what the data says.
[17:53:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:53:05] <exec> 08└─Americans are already paid too highly, even the minimum wage is sickeningly high, while people elsewhere are more than happy to work at $5/hr, why can't America?
[17:53:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:53:07] <exec> 08└─Sorry, your lack of knowledge and belief in fantasy is not curable. Enjoy your delusions.
[17:53:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 1682 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:53:09] <exec> 08└─And anyone who has half a brain knows current unemployment numbers are bullshit, because they only count number of new claims filed. They don't cover someone who lost their job three years ago and is now off of benefits, would still work if they could find an opportunity but cannot get hired anywher...
[17:53:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 997 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:53:12] <exec> 08└─No. The US doesn't have majority rule, it has plurality rule. Majority rule would require that the candidate get more than 50% of the votes, not "the largest number". Of course, the electoral college means that we also don't have plurality rule for president, but I'm not convinced that that is bad....
[17:53:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 470 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:53:14] <exec> 08└─The popular opinion that has more people in favor of removing Trump than keeping him in the impeachment? The popular opinion that had Trump in second place by overall vote count in the last election? I'm not saying Trump can't get re-elected. But Fox News only has the advantage that those who want t...
[17:53:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:53:16] <exec> 08└─It would be necessary if it would do the job. Since it won't, then it's not necessary, but only damaging.
[17:53:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 648 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:53:18] <exec> 08└─It's not that simple, though you raise valid points. The important thing to notice is that manufacturing hasn't been coming back to the US, it's been going to Indonesia, or Viet Nam, or Mexico. There's a question, however, as to how long this will matter. If the plants become fully automated, or onl...
[17:53:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:53:20] <exec> 08└─You are arguing with a closet Trumper, really no point.
[17:53:33] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03ikanreed [3164] 02 - 06Advertising Makes Us Unhappy - 751 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:53:33] <exec> 08└─I mean, I find myself immediately less happy every time I see an actual ad anytime. If I watch a youtube video on mobile(where google makes the app and there's no adblock), and I'm subjected to something like a Bloomberg 2020 ad, the social stress of "I'm being lied to, I'm being lied to, I'm being...
[17:53:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Advertising Makes Us Unhappy - 447 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:53:52] <exec> 08└─FWIW, I consider Apple hardware to be good quality, because the last Apple hardware I bought, and the previous also, was good quality. I'm a lot less impressed by the quality of their software for the same reason. But I won't buy Apple, because the last time I did they tried to slip a license change...
[17:53:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Advertising Makes Us Unhappy - 217 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:53:54] <exec> 08└─BTW did they try correlating with the economy? Bad economy, producers try investing more in ads, people unhappy because bad economy starts reflecting into their life with uncertainty, loss of jobs or no pay increases.
[17:53:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Advertising Makes Us Unhappy - 614 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:53:56] <exec> 08└─And it's not that simple anyway. E.g., I remember: "Pepsi-cola hits the spot, 12 full ounces that's a lot, Twice as much for a nickle, too...." from when I was eight, and I didn't buy Pepsi then, or like it later. I suspect that ads are mainly effective against those who are unfamiliar with the prod...
[17:53:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Advertising Makes Us Unhappy - 1838 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:53:58] <exec> 08└─One interesting conversation I had with a family of immigrants I had befriended: They had escaped from Bosnia to Germany, then came to the US as refugees, and the mom of the family was complaining about the household goods. In summary, she said that the German and even Yugoslavian governments would...
[17:54:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Advertising Makes Us Unhappy - 446 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:54:00] <exec> 08└─While correlation is not causation, it's a good hint that there's likely to be some causal relationship involved. In the case of ads there are so many causes of why they might make people unhappy that it's hard to chose which is the most significant. No, this doesn't prove their case. But it means i...
[17:54:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Advertising Makes Us Unhappy - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:54:03] <exec> 08└─And it's important to remember that political ads are still ads. And have the same, or worse, effect.
[17:54:14] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Trump Launches Fresh Attack on Apple Over Privacy - 112 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:54:14] <exec> 08└─Ironic that such an accusion is made by a man who's done everything to obstruct justice since he's been elected.
[17:54:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Launches Fresh Attack on Apple Over Privacy - 200 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:54:23] <exec> 08└─Just because Trump tweets something does not make it newsworthy nor should it be selection worthy here. Not even when it touching a tech topic. Then again, I do not bother with listening to the wind.
[17:54:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03theluggage [1797] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Dream Of A Common Charger Is Alive, Despite Apple's Complaining - 249 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:54:47] <exec> 08└─As it is, every time I buy a new small gadget I get a new unique charger and lead with it, so I either throw a perfectly good old one away, or I put it in a box with the dozens of others that have been accumulating there for about the last 20 years.
[17:55:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Coward, Anonymous [7017] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Lawrence Lessig Sues New York Times for Defamation Over "Misleading Headline" - 533 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:55:32] <exec> 08└─There are a number of good points in the comment. But Lessig is both defending his friend Ito and saying that what Ito did was wrong. In a few places he writes that Ito was just following MIT rules and using Ito's best judgment at the time and taking the money was really bad in hindsight, but less s...
[17:56:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Philippine Volcano Trembles More, Spews Lava Half-Mile High - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:56:31] <exec> 08└─Taal is an interesting volcano since it's recursive,...
[17:57:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06An 'Unknown' Burst of Gravitational Waves Just Lit Up Earth's Detectors - 198 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:57:09] <exec> 08└─What is a "local earthquake"? Hint: you are going to nuance yourself into oblivion. There are many geological events that can be felt all around the world at the sensitives of these interferometers.
[17:57:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06An 'Unknown' Burst of Gravitational Waves Just Lit Up Earth's Detectors - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:57:10] <exec> 08└─What do you need to google? You can't think of any events on earth that could move something the distance of half an atom on the other side?
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[18:52:07] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] 02 - 06Plane Dumps Fuel Over San Francisco Suburbs, Sprays Children - 870 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:52:07] <exec> 08└─I saw stories on this while working out. ATC asked the pilot if they would need a fuel dump and the plane said no. And here's a link to the ATC audio where they asked the question: https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com] (I haven't watched it fully yet but I kept with it long enoug...
[18:52:16] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Osamabobama [5842] 02 - 06Plane Dumps Fuel Over San Francisco Suburbs, Sprays Children - 31 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:52:17] <exec> 08└─I don't know what you are on...
[18:52:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Funny) 02 - 06Plane Dumps Fuel Over San Francisco Suburbs, Sprays Children - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:52:19] <exec> 08└─No, if they were flying over San Francisco, they would have emptied the shit tanks, and nobody would have noticed.
[18:52:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03sfm [675] (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06Plane Dumps Fuel Over San Francisco Suburbs, Sprays Children - 714 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:52:21] <exec> 08└─The fuel dumping happened at a minimum of 2500'. While not ideal, that is still half a mile up and traveling at ~200 MPH, giving the fuel some time to disperse. Jet-A is basically kerosene and does not evaporate quickly at room temperature so the injuries are likely to be skin and eye irritation an...
[18:52:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Plane Dumps Fuel Over San Francisco Suburbs, Sprays Children - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:52:23] <exec> 08└─Unless the situation was critical, you don't do this shit over a densely populated area
[18:52:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Plane Dumps Fuel Over San Francisco Suburbs, Sprays Children - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:52:25] <exec> 08└─Meh -- California. Kids. Who cares.
[18:52:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Plane Dumps Fuel Over San Francisco Suburbs, Sprays Children - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:52:27] <exec> 08└─Totally. What did you have for dinner?
[18:52:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Plane Dumps Fuel Over San Francisco Suburbs, Sprays Children - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:52:30] <exec> 08└─This incident likely to cause cancer in the State of California.
[18:53:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:53:12] <exec> 08└─Where are you getting the idea those are popular opinions? Only idiots like you answer polls, you aren't a majority.
[18:53:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 448 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:53:13] <exec> 08└─plurality rule A distinction without a difference, a superficial matter. The government we have is by popular choice. If something is wrong, people are supposed to correct it, not try to capitalize on the disaster. Yes, lottery and conscription are viable solutions. Working in the government should...
[18:53:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:53:16] <exec> 08└─Why is it considered a good thing to have a boss? People would be better off "unemployed" and growing their own food and building their own habitats, etc.
[18:53:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 1273 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:53:18] <exec> 08└─Unemployment numbers count people, not claims. They count people who looked for work in the last couple weeks. If somebody who lost his job three years ago is looking, he counts. If he wasn't looking but then feels better because Trump fixed the economy, he might start looking again, so then he coun...
[18:53:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:53:20] <exec> 08└─I meant to reply to HiThere, not myself.
[18:53:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:53:22] <exec> 08└─Who do you think? The site is teeming with DNC plants. They mod Troll when their feelz are hurt.
[18:53:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 328 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:53:24] <exec> 08└─Yeah -- we aren't going to be able to fix the issue with the unfair trade deals Democrats and DINOs pushed at the expense of the middle and working class without short term problems. The goal is to get to a better position in the long term, but to let things slide, long term consequences way worse t...
[18:53:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 1125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:53:27] <exec> 08└─The "funny" thing about working for a company is, no matter how incompetent the business, its management, and its employees seem to be, they are machines that make money, some of which you get to keep. If you wanted to start your own business, you would have to surmount that HUGE hump to get to the...
[18:53:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 210 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:53:29] <exec> 08└─FWIW, I don't think majority rule would fix things, but it would be an improvement. It does, however, require an implementing mechanism, like Instant Runoff Voting or it would be a continual cycle of elections.
[18:53:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:53:31] <exec> 08└─I strongly suspect, but could be wrong, that the GP post was sarcastic.
[18:53:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03SpockLogic [2762] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:53:33] <exec> 08└─"Donald Trump gets impeached — 63 Canadians die."
[18:54:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03ilsa [6082] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Dream Of A Common Charger Is Alive, Despite Apple's Complaining - 665 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:54:56] <exec> 08└─The problem is that most electronic devices that have batteries today, are sealed and unmaintainable. Most bluetooth headphones, eg Apple AirPods, *cannot* have their batteries replaced without destroying the product in the process. And all batteries have finite lifespans, so once the battery goes,...
[18:55:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Knowledge Troll [5948] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Lawrence Lessig Sues New York Times for Defamation Over "Misleading Headline" - 1144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:55:42] <exec> 08└─Do you realize that we are in fact having a discussion about the exact topic that Lessig brought up which is the inability to engage in nuanced conversation where things are not clear cut and actually come out of that with any semblance of reasonableness or sanity? I think we do agree here in as muc...
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[18:56:17] <exec> 08└─anyone who is not using MariaDB instead is an asshat.
[18:57:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06“Marshmallow Test” Redux: Children Show Better Self-Control When They Depend on Each Other - 385 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:57:48] <exec> 08└─Neither the popular article nor the study abstract specifies the experiment type. My guess from skimming it is that it's quasi-experimental without a control group; I don't see given the conditions of the testing that they could possibly have a control. They took data on dependent/interdependent/sol...
[18:57:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us [6553] (Score: 2) 02 - 06“Marshmallow Test” Redux: Children Show Better Self-Control When They Depend on Each Other - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:57:50] <exec> 08└─And, for completeness, the raw data (sourced from the journal entry): https://osf.io [osf.io]
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[19:52:01] <exec> 08└─look how well that ended for broadcast radio and TV
[19:52:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06What Can We Rid the World Of, Thinks Google... Poverty? Disease? - Third-Party Cookies - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:52:03] <exec> 08└─healthy, ad-supported web
[19:52:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What Can We Rid the World Of, Thinks Google... Poverty? Disease? - Third-Party Cookies - 169 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:52:05] <exec> 08└─I do wonder sometimes, if CNN and MSNBC and Fox would be as bad as they are now if they didn't have ads, but had been part of an a la carte cable pricing system instead.
[19:52:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What Can We Rid the World Of, Thinks Google... Poverty? Disease? - Third-Party Cookies - 1127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:52:07] <exec> 08└─"we are confident that with continued iteration and feedback, privacy-preserving and open-standard mechanisms like the Privacy Sandbox can sustain a healthy, ad-supported web" Um, no, because those goals are diametrically opposed. As long as ads are targeted, privacy cannot be preserved. But really,...
[19:52:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What Can We Rid the World Of, Thinks Google... Poverty? Disease? - Third-Party Cookies - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:52:09] <exec> 08└─Thankfully, we now have Duckduckgo and Mozilla is still putting up a fight.
[19:52:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03mobydisk [5472] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Plane Dumps Fuel Over San Francisco Suburbs, Sprays Children - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:52:45] <exec> 08└─This was an emergency situation.
[19:52:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Plane Dumps Fuel Over San Francisco Suburbs, Sprays Children - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:52:47] <exec> 08└─On the other hand, atomized fuel at ground level could be a serious fire hazard!
[19:52:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 4, Insightful) 02 - 06Plane Dumps Fuel Over San Francisco Suburbs, Sprays Children - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:52:49] <exec> 08└─Then they should have said yes when ATC asked them if they needed to dump fuel.
[19:52:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Plane Dumps Fuel Over San Francisco Suburbs, Sprays Children - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:52:51] <exec> 08└─Carl Perkins (If anyone actually gets that reference I'll be amazed!)
[19:52:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Plane Dumps Fuel Over San Francisco Suburbs, Sprays Children - 217 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:52:53] <exec> 08└─"Atomized" used in this way is one of my pet peeves. If it were really reduced to its constituent atoms, it's no longer going to be fuel, but various carbon, nitrogen, sulfur, etc. How about "finely dispersed" instead
[19:52:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Plane Dumps Fuel Over San Francisco Suburbs, Sprays Children - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:52:55] <exec> 08└─If Google is to be believed, 44% of the population of the state lives in the city, so it's a fairly safe assumption.
[19:52:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Plane Dumps Fuel Over San Francisco Suburbs, Sprays Children - 240 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:52:57] <exec> 08└─"This incident likely to cause cancer in the State of California." Everything causes cancer in California. California is cancer, or at least the politics are. Currently metastasizing to Colorado and Texas, other areas may also be in danger.
[19:52:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Plane Dumps Fuel Over San Francisco Suburbs, Sprays Children - 525 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:52:59] <exec> 08└─San Francisco and L.A. are both dumps, and I'm surprised anybody noticed a difference. Having lived in L.A. and worked as a delivery driver, I know that area as Bell/South Gate, and it's a fucking muddy dump full of Mexicans where nobody knows a word of English. Those kids were all either illegals o...
[19:53:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Plane Dumps Fuel Over San Francisco Suburbs, Sprays Children - 380 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:53:02] <exec> 08└─Well, if the plane was going to China, the pilots were probably foreigners who grew up with that "dump-anywhere" mentality shitting in the streets. And San Francisco and L.A. are full of those types, which explains a lot. We should be lucky we don't have those kinds of scum running our nuclear power...
[19:53:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Plane Dumps Fuel Over San Francisco Suburbs, Sprays Children - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:53:04] <exec> 08└─I was using a technical term as it is defined. Take it up with Oxford if it doesn't work for you.
[19:53:13] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 49 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:53:14] <exec> 08└─on the rest of the world's economy. [nytimes.com]
[19:53:15] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Thexalon [636] 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 1314 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:53:16] <exec> 08└─Earlier this week, he claimed that the deal he had signed with China was a big win for himself, and that these deals were proof that he was the greatest president ever. The Chinese officials spent the speech standing there trying to suppress smirking, most likely because they got everything they wan...
[19:53:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:53:59] <exec> 08└─Putin's faithful Triumpverate: Trump, Sanders, Gabbard
[19:54:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:54:01] <exec> 08└─The solution to all your problems is: Buy bitcoin now and trade it for fiat later when you need it.
[19:54:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:54:03] <exec> 08└─Remember recently when the local DNC parrots got so riled up and scared so I told them nothing was going to happen? Do they even remember they were wrong, yet again?
[19:54:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:54:05] <exec> 08└─Go back and stay back and fix your own fucking country, Rodrigo.
[19:54:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 190 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:54:07] <exec> 08└─My grandparents did that 75 years ago in West Virginia. It's called subsistence farming, and it leads to a life of poverty. So poor, in fact, that you jump at getting a job at the coal mine.
[19:54:15] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03c0lo [156] 02 - 06Advertising Makes Us Unhappy - 402 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:54:16] <exec> 08└─... but I don't think is true. Here's another, equally uncertain. Good quality products don't need ads bombardment, just a short awareness raising at launch and then the product starts to speak for itself. What needs ad bombardment are those that are in the hunt for new fools willing to buy a crap w...
[19:54:17] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] 02 - 06Advertising Makes Us Unhappy - 679 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:54:18] <exec> 08└─because it consumes a significant part of my brain's limited memory size and processing power for nothing of value whatsoever. Case in point: to this day, I remember stupid ads for stupid products that don't even exist anymore decades after they were broadcast on TV repeatedly for weeks on end and f...
[19:54:21] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] 02 - 06Advertising Makes Us Unhappy - 1358 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:54:22] <exec> 08└─If you watch TV late at night you will be bombarded with ads for fast food. You will get hungry. You will eat high calorie food right before bed time, the worst possible time of day to eat rich food. You will gain weight, and incur all the health issues that accrue with obesity. Ads also constantly...
[19:54:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03etherscythe [937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Advertising Makes Us Unhappy - 1023 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:54:49] <exec> 08└─We've heard references to the "war for hearts and minds" going on outside of US borders. What isn't mentioned is that it started inside those borders, with the same tactics and the same false "us vs. them" dichotomy behind it, and with much the same disdainful response on the part of those smart eno...
[19:54:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Advertising Makes Us Unhappy - 1036 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:54:50] <exec> 08└─Yes, advertisements make people unhappy. That's the point. I heard this somewhere. I can't remember where (maybe back during marketing classes at university? Or maybe one of those "let's analyze this industry" type podcasts, or something), but it sounds true to me. "Happy people don't buy things." I...
[19:54:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03wArlOrd [2142] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Advertising Makes Us Unhappy - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:54:52] <exec> 08└─I'm now using Windows 95, I think it's almost ten times better than Windows 9
[19:55:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Launches Fresh Attack on Apple Over Privacy - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:55:13] <exec> 08└─and nobody said it was ok, not even ron paul. why don't you pull your head out of your ass?
[19:55:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Launches Fresh Attack on Apple Over Privacy - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:55:14] <exec> 08└─wrong on bump stocks too.
[19:55:22] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03MostCynical [2589] 02 - 06The Dream Of A Common Charger Is Alive, Despite Apple's Complaining - 38 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:55:23] <exec> 08└─What's wrong with this? [amazon.co.uk]
[19:56:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Sen. Ron Wyden Calls for an Investigation of the Ad-Blocking Industry - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:56:09] <exec> 08└─Cyanide is used in electroplating, and there are a shit-load of companies that do this. Odds are at least a few of them, even in America, have dumped and not been caught for it.
[19:56:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Coward, Anonymous [7017] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Lawrence Lessig Sues New York Times for Defamation Over "Misleading Headline" - 327 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:56:28] <exec> 08└─To answer your message title, Lessig could have said nothing. Do you realize that we are in fact having a discussion about the exact topic that Lessig brought up which is the inability to engage in nuanced conversation where things are not clear cut and actually come out of that with any semblance o...
[19:56:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03etherscythe [937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ex-NASA Scientist “Convinced” Alien Life Was Found on Mars Over 40 Years Ago - 282 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:56:49] <exec> 08└─I think the point was, once Musk gets there he's going to throw off all test results looking for life, since he has no profit motive to do otherwise. I tend to agree with that, although he might have other motivations which got him into the space/electric car markets to begin with.
[19:59:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Galaxy S20 Ultra to Come With a Whopping 16GB of RAM - 284 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:59:13] <exec> 08└─yeah, i just blanked on that. no i don't have the firmware for my keyboard or hdd, but i buy the most open things available anywhere near my price range, and there are more open phones available. it sounds like you are making excuses for these suited whores who push more of the same.
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[20:52:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03rigrig [5129] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What Can We Rid the World Of, Thinks Google... Poverty? Disease? - Third-Party Cookies - 639 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:52:09] <exec> 08└─More and more people are not properly being tracked, now that some browsers have started blocking 3rd party cookies by default, so now is the time to develop new tracking methods. And once Google has their new way of tracking eyeballs, Chrome will block tracking cookies as well (in the name of priva...
[20:52:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06What Can We Rid the World Of, Thinks Google... Poverty? Disease? - Third-Party Cookies - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:52:10] <exec> 08└─Somehow restricting MSNBC, FOX, or CNN's audience to only viewers who selected them and paid for each would seem to enhance the rhetoric filled echo-chamber effects.
[20:52:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06What Can We Rid the World Of, Thinks Google... Poverty? Disease? - Third-Party Cookies - 523 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:52:12] <exec> 08└─Since its in the headline, but not the summary, here's the paragraph about user-agents from the fine article: As it happens, Google appears to be trying to limit one data point used for browser fingerprinting via its plan to freeze the User-Agent string that browsers send to servers. Its proposed re...
[20:52:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06What Can We Rid the World Of, Thinks Google... Poverty? Disease? - Third-Party Cookies - 376 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:52:14] <exec> 08└─It worked pretty damn well when there were no alternatives like streaming or piracy, if you wanted to watch TV you had to bend over and take the ads or get up and do something else (in my case I was a kid and with only 1 family TV, so we muted the TV and bullshitted until the show came back on) -- a...
[20:52:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What Can We Rid the World Of, Thinks Google... Poverty? Disease? - Third-Party Cookies - 685 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:52:17] <exec> 08└─If they started doing so now absolutely would, because they've already burned every ounce of credibility those institutions have and appealing more strongly to shrinking audiences is all they have left. But if they started that way, I'm not so sure. "We need to attract demographic X so run story Y"...
[20:52:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Antibiotics Could be Promising Treatment for Form of Dementia - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:52:25] <exec> 08└─And so begins the mad search for something patented and expensive that works almost as well as the generic and has to be used instead for reasons.
[20:52:33] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03TheGratefulNet [659] 02 - 06Plane Dumps Fuel Over San Francisco Suburbs, Sprays Children - 72 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:52:34] <exec> 08└─they are hundreds of miles apart! they are not sub's of each other. wtf?
[20:52:36] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] 02 - 06Plane Dumps Fuel Over San Francisco Suburbs, Sprays Children - 214 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:52:37] <exec> 08└─Both linked articles say Los Angeles, and none even mentions San Francisco. Business Traveller specifically mentions San Fernando Valley (besides some other places), maybe that's what c0lo misread as San Francisco.
[20:53:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Plane Dumps Fuel Over San Francisco Suburbs, Sprays Children - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:53:07] <exec> 08└─I don't know what I ate but I know for sure it didn't smell like that
[20:53:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Plane Dumps Fuel Over San Francisco Suburbs, Sprays Children - 286 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:53:08] <exec> 08└─Oh, c'mon, there's Knoxville and Memphis too... Now, I guess I'm a ringer 'cause all four of my grandparents grew up outside Knoxville, and I actually lived with my parents (age 1-2) while dad was getting a MS at UT, but, c'mon - where do they think Memphis is if it's not in Tennessee?
[20:53:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Plane Dumps Fuel Over San Francisco Suburbs, Sprays Children - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:53:10] <exec> 08└─The 777-200 can carry over 180,000 liters of fuel - even dumped from 2500' at 200mph, that's a lot of oily residue to breathe in.
[20:53:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Plane Dumps Fuel Over San Francisco Suburbs, Sprays Children - 352 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:53:12] <exec> 08└─Cargo (think: bottom of the maintenance and engine updating schedules) jets climbing out of MIA regularly dumped unburned kerosene along their flightpath, just because the damn things leaked, or didn't fully burn the fuel. They'd fly over the residential neighborhoods along Biscayne Bay, and I'd get...
[20:53:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Plane Dumps Fuel Over San Francisco Suburbs, Sprays Children - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:53:15] <exec> 08└─Then they should have said yes when ATC asked them if they needed to dump fuel.
[20:53:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Plane Dumps Fuel Over San Francisco Suburbs, Sprays Children - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:53:17] <exec> 08└─Your ancestors probably started out similarly when they came to the US.
[20:53:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Plane Dumps Fuel Over San Francisco Suburbs, Sprays Children - 402 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:53:19] <exec> 08└─Tell ATC that on second thought, you do need to dump fuel. The issue was that the plane was losing one of it's two engines. They had time to dump over an unpopulated area. Given the flight plan and how soon after takeoff they had the problem, the need to dump fuel was a no-brainer. I'm not so sure i...
[20:54:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:54:18] <exec> 08└─Also Democrats criticized Trump for cutting taxes And criticize for raising taxes:
[20:54:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:54:19] <exec> 08└─Thanks for reminding us that correlation != causation.
[20:54:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:54:21] <exec> 08└─I think the title may be a hint that you are right...
[20:54:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:54:23] <exec> 08└─He was right about one thing. He said they would do so much "winning" we would be sick of it.
[20:55:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmichaelhudsondotnet [8122] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Advertising Makes Us Unhappy - 1683 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:55:05] <exec> 08└─Legalizing advertising is the ultimate degenerate attack and subjugation mechanism on the entire society in which it exists. -increase interruptions, decrease useful trains of thought -get everyone used to constant disinformation, hearing lies -degenerate the language with brand names -advertisement...
[20:56:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Sen. Ron Wyden Calls for an Investigation of the Ad-Blocking Industry - 232 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:56:23] <exec> 08└─I'm starting to doubt even uBlock Origin. I run it and I'm starting to see more and more ads on sites where it previously worked. It's reached the point where I have to use Block Element all the goddamn time. B-but use NoScript too!
[20:56:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03PinkyGigglebrain [4458] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sen. Ron Wyden Calls for an Investigation of the Ad-Blocking Industry - 369 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:56:25] <exec> 08└─I use NoScript. which is not an "ad blocker". Yes, it blocks adds but that is not it's main purpose. it is intended to prevent any JavaScript from running in my browser that I don't expressly approve, nothing more. Too bad for the advertisers that all their adds require javascript, if they served up...
[20:56:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Knowledge Troll [5948] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Lawrence Lessig Sues New York Times for Defamation Over "Misleading Headline" - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:56:45] <exec> 08└─To answer your message title, Lessig could have said nothing.
[20:56:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Coward, Anonymous [7017] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Lawrence Lessig Sues New York Times for Defamation Over "Misleading Headline" - 543 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:56:46] <exec> 08└─The NYT piece has this from the interview: Joi seems to me to have genuinely believed, after doing really extensive due diligence, that the guy was terrified of the world coming down on top of him if he crossed the line — that he wasn’t going to cross the line of pedophilia. [...] And then on th...
[20:56:58] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03ElizabethGreene [6748] 02 - 06Ex-NASA Scientist “Convinced” Alien Life Was Found on Mars Over 40 Years Ago - 911 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:56:59] <exec> 08└─This pops up every few years. The long and short of it is that the labeled release experiment was very interesting and the results inconclusive in a fascinating and tantalizing way. The leading non-life hypothesis consistent with the results was the possibility of perchloride chemistry interaction....
[20:57:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03ElizabethGreene [6748] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ex-NASA Scientist “Convinced” Alien Life Was Found on Mars Over 40 Years Ago - 259 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:57:09] <exec> 08└─That is how I read it as well, and I completely understand the search for a second biogenesis as a huge motivation for planetary protection. Where I stumble is with the calls, and I assure you they will come, to ban manned exploration of Mars for that reason.
[21:00:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmichaelhudsondotnet [8122] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Amazon Asks Court to Block US/Microsoft Contract Because of Trump Interference - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:00:20] <exec> 08└─if there is another filedrop you prefer, let me know ill upload them. the more archiving the better for my work. archive.is is critical though you should know it.
[21:01:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06How Google Researchers Used Neural Networks to Make Weather Forecasts - 178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:01:33] <exec> 08└─https://arxiv.org/abs/1912.12132 [arxiv.org] is the actual paper. A bit light on the details, and shows they obviously don't understand it beyond "images go in, images come out."
[21:02:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Windows 10: NSA Reveals Major Flaw in Microsoft's Code - 593 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:02:01] <exec> 08└─Are older versions than Windows 10 versions affected by this vulnerability? No, only Windows 10 versions of the OS are affected. In the initial release of Windows 10 (Build 1507, TH1), Microsoft added support for ECC parameters configuring ECC curves. Prior to this, Windows only supported named ECC...
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[21:51:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 1) 02 - 06`Dinosaur Trees' Saved from NSW Bushfires Thanks to a Special Firefighting Mission - 298 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:51:56] <exec> 08└─Before you treehuggers start shitting your pants, " Since then, it’s been studied, cloned and grown around the world by scientists and homegrown green thumbs alike. Incredibly, it is now even possible to grow a Wollemi Pine at home. They are easy to keep in a pot and can even be grown indoors. "
[21:52:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score: 1) 02 - 06What Can We Rid the World Of, Thinks Google... Poverty? Disease? - Third-Party Cookies - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:52:13] <exec> 08└─Perhaps google already has alternative tracking methods, so this is just a method to hamstring their competition.
[21:52:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What Can We Rid the World Of, Thinks Google... Poverty? Disease? - Third-Party Cookies - 674 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:52:14] <exec> 08└─At the risk of asking a stupid question: why do we need a user-agent string at all? Browsers should implement web standards. Websites should not need to program for specific browsers. The user-agent string enables this nuttiness. And if your website is pushing the envelope so hard that it is running...
[21:52:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06What Can We Rid the World Of, Thinks Google... Poverty? Disease? - Third-Party Cookies - 403 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:52:16] <exec> 08└─We don't. The standard does not mandate that. I hacked my browser to return (null) when queried through all mechanisms, and mostly nothing happens. Sometimes I get "Your browser is no longer supported" dialog boxes. Sometimes I get stack traces from a null pointer exception when the losers tried to...
[21:53:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Plane Dumps Fuel Over San Francisco Suburbs, Sprays Children - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:53:10] <exec> 08└─Yet he still smells like shit today.
[21:53:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Magic Oddball [3847] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Plane Dumps Fuel Over San Francisco Suburbs, Sprays Children - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:53:11] <exec> 08└─Better that than the literal pavement hellscape that is dollywood
[21:53:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Magic Oddball [3847] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Plane Dumps Fuel Over San Francisco Suburbs, Sprays Children - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:53:13] <exec> 08└─where do they think Memphis is if it's not in Tennessee?
[21:53:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Plane Dumps Fuel Over San Francisco Suburbs, Sprays Children - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:53:16] <exec> 08└─You're aware that Californians are not your enemy aren't you? Neither are any Americans who might vote Democrat, despite what Fox News tells you.
[21:53:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Plane Dumps Fuel Over San Francisco Suburbs, Sprays Children - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:53:18] <exec> 08└─C erb-y gbe.poyabev Dr, ap. ,. pgncbi rgy EkrpatZ
[21:53:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Plane Dumps Fuel Over San Francisco Suburbs, Sprays Children - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:53:20] <exec> 08└─And it's all highland, right? . [wikipedia.org]
[21:53:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Plane Dumps Fuel Over San Francisco Suburbs, Sprays Children - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:53:22] <exec> 08└─Cocaine is a bit on the expensive side here in Melbourne, so no, I wasn't on cocaine.
[21:53:59] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 1682 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:53:59] <exec> 08└─And anyone who has half a brain knows current unemployment numbers are bullshit, because they only count number of new claims filed. They don't cover someone who lost their job three years ago and is now off of benefits, would still work if they could find an opportunity but cannot get hired anywher...
[21:54:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:54:25] <exec> 08└─This is 100% correlation != causation
[21:54:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:54:27] <exec> 08└─My taxes are way lower under Trump than Obama.
[21:54:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 577 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:54:29] <exec> 08└─Look at the "no, and no" comment for why. The original comment with the $400 example was fully correct. The one unemployment number that ought to be getting "worse" is labor force participation, mainly because boomers are retiring. That isn't clearly a sign of a bad economy. I guess people getting o...
[21:54:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:54:31] <exec> 08└─Yeah I get the whining about "why should some hick's vote in buttFuckNowhere count more than mine?!
[21:54:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 211 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:54:33] <exec> 08└─If Rodrigo came from any Central American country, he would probably love to fix his own country. The problem being that every time he tries, the US sends in the Marines. Often because of this. [wikipedia.org]
[21:55:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Advertising Makes Us Unhappy - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:55:16] <exec> 08└─I don't think that really addresses my point that the feeling of being to lied and needing your mental defenses up is physically stressful
[21:55:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03julian [6003] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Advertising Makes Us Unhappy - 504 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:55:18] <exec> 08└─No one is immune from advertising and its negative psychic effects. The only protection is to block it from reaching your senses in the first place. The bad news is that there has never been more advertising in the world than there is today. The good news is that most of it is online, and we still--...
[21:56:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Dream Of A Common Charger Is Alive, Despite Apple's Complaining - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:56:06] <exec> 08└─And how the hell does Apple explain how a standard connector is bad for the environment and disruptive to customers?
[21:56:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dr Spin [5239] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Dream Of A Common Charger Is Alive, Despite Apple's Complaining - 773 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:56:07] <exec> 08└─The charging voltage can vary between different laptop models (even from the same brand) This should be declared a crime against humanity, punishable by death. The voltage goes directly into a voltage regulator device which can be programmed to convert any input to the required output. The sole pu...
[21:57:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Lawrence Lessig Sues New York Times for Defamation Over "Misleading Headline" - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:57:02] <exec> 08└─No -- touche has a different connotation.
[21:58:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03PinkyGigglebrain [4458] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06An 'Unknown' Burst of Gravitational Waves Just Lit Up Earth's Detectors - 244 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:58:46] <exec> 08└─Is it possible the core of Betelgeuse has collapsed but the shock waves have yet to effect the surface or brightness of the star? I hope they are watching it closely, if the core did collapse we should see the effects in the next few days/weeks
[21:58:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03D2 [5107] (Score: 2) 02 - 06An 'Unknown' Burst of Gravitational Waves Just Lit Up Earth's Detectors - 349 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:58:48] <exec> 08└─Imagine if that's the case. Being able to detect the moment your star collapses, but likely utterly lacking the tech to outrun the anticipated supernova. (NB: I'm no expert, but my understanding is that Betelgeuse is fiercely unlikely to have a healthy earthlike planet around it. Young, red giant wi...
[21:58:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03D2 [5107] (Score: 2) 02 - 06An 'Unknown' Burst of Gravitational Waves Just Lit Up Earth's Detectors - 204 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:58:50] <exec> 08└─Quakes are felt widely. But. Not. At. The. Same. instant. Compare Seismic (hundreds or thousands of meters per second) to light/gravity wave velocities of 300km/s = a six-figure difference (well, 60,000).
[21:58:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03D2 [5107] (Score: 2) 02 - 06An 'Unknown' Burst of Gravitational Waves Just Lit Up Earth's Detectors - 499 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:58:52] <exec> 08└─No, it's idiotic to extrapolate from an anomaly that intrigues scientists worldwide into 'it is idiotic to assume'. Science is happening. This is what it looks like. Yes, the next move is to LOOK FURTHER TO GET MORE DATA AND DERIVE AN EXPLANATION. No, it's not idiotic to call peers when a 'That's fu...
[21:58:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06An 'Unknown' Burst of Gravitational Waves Just Lit Up Earth's Detectors - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:58:54] <exec> 08└─I'd bet there are several large telescopes trained on Betelgeuse 24-7 at this point. Anything is possible, we haven't observed a good local supernova since Gallileo.
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[22:52:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03pipedwho [2032] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06`Dinosaur Trees' Saved from NSW Bushfires Thanks to a Special Firefighting Mission - 631 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:52:09] <exec> 08└─It pisses me off that the minister is saying that the government had something to do with this, implying he and his inept cronies have initiated this activity. This pretty much went ahead _despite_ the government. And 'keeping the location secret' is the biggest load of shit I've ever heard. I don't...
[22:52:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06`Dinosaur Trees' Saved from NSW Bushfires Thanks to a Special Firefighting Mission - 281 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:52:10] <exec> 08└─The Chatham Islands forget-me-not [wikipedia.org] was extremely endangered at one time also. Fortunately they are quite pretty and easy to grow and have become popular garden border plants, saving the species. Probably not going to be an option for a slightly ugly tree, however.
[22:52:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06`Dinosaur Trees' Saved from NSW Bushfires Thanks to a Special Firefighting Mission - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:52:12] <exec> 08└─Next pass by google aerial photo plane will show the only green patch in the 500,000ha National Park, as a huge percentage has been burned. [smh.com.au]
[22:52:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06`Dinosaur Trees' Saved from NSW Bushfires Thanks to a Special Firefighting Mission - 195 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:52:14] <exec> 08└─The location is 'secret' simply because the journalists that have reported on it so far have thought it best not to reveal where they are at the bequest of the people that were/are studying them.
[22:52:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06`Dinosaur Trees' Saved from NSW Bushfires Thanks to a Special Firefighting Mission - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:52:17] <exec> 08└─I'd grow one if I had the space.
[22:52:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06`Dinosaur Trees' Saved from NSW Bushfires Thanks to a Special Firefighting Mission - 212 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:52:19] <exec> 08└─here [theguardian.com] When I visited the canyon in 1997 I was taken in by helicopter wearing a blindfold and then abseiled into a deep and dark prehistoric environment that was absolutely soaked and waterlogged.
[22:52:27] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03ikanreed [3164] 02 - 06What Can We Rid the World Of, Thinks Google... Poverty? Disease? - Third-Party Cookies - 25 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:52:28] <exec> 08└─healthy, ad-supported web
[22:52:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03fido_dogstoyevsky [131] (Score: 2) 02 - 06What Can We Rid the World Of, Thinks Google... Poverty? Disease? - Third-Party Cookies - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:52:39] <exec> 08└─...why do we need a user-agent string at all?...
[22:53:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Plane Dumps Fuel Over San Francisco Suburbs, Sprays Children - 693 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:53:42] <exec> 08└─I used to believe that democrats were just foolish, uneducated, and immature. Childish ideas (no violence if we take away weapons, no poverty if we do welfare, etc.) come from that. After the 2012 election, I started to realize that democrats hate America. They hate the values and the people. After...
[22:53:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Plane Dumps Fuel Over San Francisco Suburbs, Sprays Children - 191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:53:43] <exec> 08└─Let me dictionary that for you: atomize |ˈatəmʌɪz| (also atomise) verb [ with obj. ] convert (a substance) into very fine particles or droplets. (as adj. atomized) : finely atomized fuel.
[22:53:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Plane Dumps Fuel Over San Francisco Suburbs, Sprays Children - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:53:45] <exec> 08└─Oh. I am sorry to hear you feel that way. Things are going to get ugly for everyone when you guys start shooting each other again.
[22:53:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Plane Dumps Fuel Over San Francisco Suburbs, Sprays Children - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:53:47] <exec> 08└─Rice-a-roni. The San Francisco Treat
[22:54:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 313 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:54:55] <exec> 08└─After years of posturing, tariffs, retaliation, and heated rhetoric, United States and China officials this week finally signed off on a new trade deal that should allow tech businesses and consumers to avoid steep tariffs on electronics and other goods that would otherwise have taken effect this co...
[22:54:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:54:57] <exec> 08└─It is only subsistence if you cannot produce enough to sell for profit.
[22:56:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Launches Fresh Attack on Apple Over Privacy - 180 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:56:05] <exec> 08└─More than that. Ask them how they would feel if China, Russia, Iran, or whomever could force Apple to unlock any phone they wanted. If one country can do it, any country can do it.
[22:56:29] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DannyB [5839] 02 - 06The Dream Of A Common Charger Is Alive, Despite Apple's Complaining - 418 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:56:29] <exec> 08└─I would add . . . If Apple wanted the Mag Safe connector to become the standard, they would make it available royalty free without licensing. But Apple has never been about industry standards. It always goes its own way, sometimes a superior way, but doesn't encourage they way becoming a standard. A...
[22:56:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Dream Of A Common Charger Is Alive, Despite Apple's Complaining - 295 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:56:34] <exec> 08└─The voltage goes directly into a voltage regulator device which can be programmed to convert any input to the required output. The sole purpose of this design feature is to ensure huge amounts of working high-tech kit goes to landfill, thus causing pollution and global warming in a single blow.
[22:56:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03petecox [3228] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Dream Of A Common Charger Is Alive, Despite Apple's Complaining - 195 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:56:36] <exec> 08└─I bought the best of both worlds - a Bluetooth headset that has a 3.5mm jack that I can use as an antenna for my phone's FM Radio. When the battery dies, it reverts to just being a wired headset.
[22:57:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03cmdrklarg [5048] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Sen. Ron Wyden Calls for an Investigation of the Ad-Blocking Industry - 633 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:57:10] <exec> 08└─I do actually use NoScript as well. Like you, it annoys me to have to unblock scripts needed to run a site, but to me it is worth the trouble. Now, if I find a site has too many items that are being blocked? Well, then I reconsider whether I really need to use that site. When I stopped getting cable...
[22:57:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Knowledge Troll [5948] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Lawrence Lessig Sues New York Times for Defamation Over "Misleading Headline" - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:57:33] <exec> 08└─Lessig is a lawyer and used to advocating for clients professionally. If it's a job, I guess their shit doesn't stick to him. If he volunteers to defend them outside the courtroom, it does.
[22:57:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Coward, Anonymous [7017] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Lawrence Lessig Sues New York Times for Defamation Over "Misleading Headline" - 302 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:57:34] <exec> 08└─I wish MIT would keep its nose clean and focus on academic excellence. If they need to cut the budget, its ok to slim down. Media Lab has always been a sketchy place. Bulldoze it for all I care. There is an upside to being more selective and the funny money can go to universities with lower standard...
[22:57:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ex-NASA Scientist “Convinced” Alien Life Was Found on Mars Over 40 Years Ago - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:57:58] <exec> 08└─NASA already banned anyone from landing near the Apollo landing sites and taking pics.
[22:59:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03D2 [5107] (Score: 2) 02 - 06An 'Unknown' Burst of Gravitational Waves Just Lit Up Earth's Detectors - 353 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:59:25] <exec> 08└─Um... P waves are a direct path. And are followed by S waves that travel at a different velocity so each such wave pair gives a seismometer an estimated distance to the origin. Armchair physics by AC's often boils down to someone thinking their first moment considering a problem is wiser than a symp...
[22:59:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03D2 [5107] (Score: 2) 02 - 06An 'Unknown' Burst of Gravitational Waves Just Lit Up Earth's Detectors - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:59:27] <exec> 08└─IANAE but that reads like lolwut city. Weatherwars-grade leaps of conclusions.
[22:59:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06An 'Unknown' Burst of Gravitational Waves Just Lit Up Earth's Detectors - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:59:29] <exec> 08└─But. Not. At. The. Same. instant.
[23:01:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Amazon Asks Court to Block US/Microsoft Contract Because of Trump Interference - 248 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:01:22] <exec> 08└─Feed them into the Wayback Machine on archive.org, that way the original URL gets preserved too, which results in less obfuscation of the source that way. Heck, make your own WARCs, MHTMLs, and ZIPs and upload them into a collection there yourself.
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[23:51:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Protein Found to Mimic Exercise - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:51:59] <exec> 08└─Eat three Big Macs then pop a handful of exercise pills.
[23:52:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Protein Found to Mimic Exercise - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:52:00] <exec> 08└─They could just put it in the burger.
[23:52:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Protein Found to Mimic Exercise - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:52:03] <exec> 08└─Already available! [gotfuturama.com]
[23:52:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Protein Found to Mimic Exercise - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:52:05] <exec> 08└─Only if we call them diet burgers
[23:52:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Protein Found to Mimic Exercise - 266 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:52:07] <exec> 08└─No, they're going to put it in the cows to bulk them up faster (more cost effective you know, gotta keep the price of Big Macs down and the profit margins up), so you'll be getting it in your burgers anyway - just like the BGH and antibiotics that are already there.
[23:52:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06What Can We Rid the World Of, Thinks Google... Poverty? Disease? - Third-Party Cookies - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:52:41] <exec> 08└─So...your whole family is stupid? That explains a lot.
[23:52:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06What Can We Rid the World Of, Thinks Google... Poverty? Disease? - Third-Party Cookies - 507 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:52:43] <exec> 08└─The original HTTP 1.0 specification gives the User-Agent header as one of the optional headers. The reasons given for it, "This is for statistical purposes, the tracing of protocol violations, and automated recognition of user agents for the sake of tailoring responses to avoid particular user agent...
[23:53:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Plane Dumps Fuel Over San Francisco Suburbs, Sprays Children - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:53:50] <exec> 08└─That's where you'll find Elvis - in the Pyramid!
[23:55:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 1564 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:55:01] <exec> 08└─Federal Reserve Board, Washington, D.C. - Dec 23, 2019 [federalreserve.gov] This paper provides the first comprehensive estimates of the effect of recent tariffs on the U.S. manufacturing sector. A key feature of this analysis is accounting for the different ways that tariffs could affect manufactur...
[23:55:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The Cost of Trade Wars on US Economy - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:55:02] <exec> 08└─Since the administration of Bill Clinton, we have been doing the same thing over and over with respect to trade.
[23:57:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Knowledge Troll [5948] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Lawrence Lessig Sues New York Times for Defamation Over "Misleading Headline" - 178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:57:38] <exec> 08└─I'm really glad I engaged with you - I don't know why I got caught in the trap of more money because I already know better. Thank you, sincerely, I really enjoyed the discussion.
[23:59:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06An 'Unknown' Burst of Gravitational Waves Just Lit Up Earth's Detectors - 210 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:59:30] <exec> 08└─So you don't trust the experts with a track history of predicted earthquakes then? Just spewing forth your uneducated opinion for us to enjoy. Thank you for almost instantaneously contradicting your post above.
[23:59:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06An 'Unknown' Burst of Gravitational Waves Just Lit Up Earth's Detectors - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:59:32] <exec> 08└─*"The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not, 'Eureka! I've found it,' but, 'That's funny!" -- Isaac Asimov