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[00:22:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03petecox [3228] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Global Methane Emissions Soar to Record High - 282 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:22:43] <exec> 08└─Who to believe when it comes to dietary science... On the one hand you have the low-FODMAPers who suggest eliminating flatulence-causing foods. On the other the pre/probioticians who suggest it's all good for your gut microflora and the solution is to eat *more* foods that ferment.
[00:22:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Global Methane Emissions Soar to Record High - 17 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:22:45] <exec> 08└─(°▽°๑)– =
[00:22:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Global Methane Emissions Soar to Record High - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:22:47] <exec> 08└─It ferments! Even on the internetz!!!11
[00:22:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Global Methane Emissions Soar to Record High - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:22:49] <exec> 08└─Don't care. Fake news. Climate hoax for big solar and windmills. Earth is big, tiny humans can't hurt it.
[00:22:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Global Methane Emissions Soar to Record High - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:22:51] <exec> 08└─Look at cow's eyes. It's pure love. And the bliss of t-bone steaks.
[00:22:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Global Methane Emissions Soar to Record High - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:22:53] <exec> 08└─It increases social distancing.
[00:22:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Global Methane Emissions Soar to Record High - 431 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:22:55] <exec> 08└─Oh no haven’t you heard the problem is switched, Population is declining, well not exactly now, 50 years from now, but we need to start making babies NOW /s https://www.nextbigfuture.com [nextbigfuture.com] https://www.bbc.com
[00:23:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Zinnia Zirconium [11163] (Score: 1) 02 - 06The TLS 1.2 Deadline is Looming, How Well Do You Have Your Act Together? - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:23:07] <exec> 08└─I don't even run a web server that includes SSL.
[00:23:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The TLS 1.2 Deadline is Looming, How Well Do You Have Your Act Together? - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:23:09] <exec> 08└─The GOOG will punish your site in the search rankings. Or maybe that is the point.
[00:23:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Zinnia Zirconium [11163] (Score: 1) 02 - 06The TLS 1.2 Deadline is Looming, How Well Do You Have Your Act Together? - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:23:11] <exec> 08└─Nope. Google finds me just as well. I know because every time I search for anyone who scrapes Jango Radio like I do, all I ever find is me.
[00:23:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03mth [2848] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The TLS 1.2 Deadline is Looming, How Well Do You Have Your Act Together? - 287 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:23:13] <exec> 08└─The TLS 1.2 RFC is from August 2008. Security experts have been telling people to upgrade for years, but apparently a significant number of web server admins aren't listening. So I think the browser makers have been more than patient enough before pulling the plug on outdated protocols.
[00:23:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The TLS 1.2 Deadline is Looming, How Well Do You Have Your Act Together? - 212 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:23:15] <exec> 08└─Not but 30 mins ago I had a power outage. Everything came right back. Have to reboot ye ol cable modem. TLS 1.2 warning. Sigh.... IoT is crap. You probably run a few TLS 1.0 1.1 items that you have no idea about.
[00:23:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03mth [2848] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The TLS 1.2 Deadline is Looming, How Well Do You Have Your Act Together? - 352 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:23:17] <exec> 08└─Let's Encrypt makes it easier than ever to run TLS on a small site using certbot. You can rent a VPS for less than $5 a month. Running a small independent site is not the issue. The problem with web centralization is real, but it's a problem of users not valuing their privacy and independence enough...
[00:23:50] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Opportunist [5545] 02 - 06Common FDA-Approved Drug May Effectively Neutralize Virus that Causes COVID-19 - 70 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:23:50] <exec> 08└─We can't have that, affordable medication, that sounds like communism!
[00:24:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Common FDA-Approved Drug May Effectively Neutralize Virus that Causes COVID-19 - 822 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:24:12] <exec> 08└─There's no vaccine but there's pre-exposure prophylaxis [wikipedia.org]. I'm given to understand that if you take it soon enough after exposure (e.g., a nurse who accidentally gets stuck with a dirty needle) that even post-exposure prophylaxis is worth a shot. You're still rolling the dice if you en...
[00:25:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Admin Caves to Harvard and MIT, Won’t Deport Online-Only Students - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:25:29] <exec> 08└─For a country that prides itself on being built on mass immigration
[00:25:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Admin Caves to Harvard and MIT, Won’t Deport Online-Only Students - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:25:31] <exec> 08└─For a country that prides itself on being built on mass immigration, US seems to have a surprisingly racist, inward looking and socially divided population.
[00:28:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Musk, Obama, Biden, Bezos, Gates-Bitcoin Scam Hits Twitter in Coordinated Blitz - 174 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:28:17] <exec> 08└─You implied that 100k people *did so*. Is that your contention? I mean, 30 or 40 thousand attempts wouldn't tip anyone off that something was up. But 100,000? No way. Please.
[00:28:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Musk, Obama, Biden, Bezos, Gates-Bitcoin Scam Hits Twitter in Coordinated Blitz - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:28:18] <exec> 08└─I mean, 30 or 40 thousand attempts wouldn't tip anyone off that something was up.
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[01:22:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ask Soylent: Hardware for VR Gaming on GNU/Linux? - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:22:26] <exec> 08└─Instead of wasting it on half-baked VR equipment, spend the money on hookers. Wife will be just as pissed off but you'll be helping a small businessperson instead of a tech billionaire.
[01:22:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ask Soylent: Hardware for VR Gaming on GNU/Linux? - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:22:27] <exec> 08└─I just copied down the web address of the company from "Ready Player One" , and ordered my full haptic suit and visor, with the haptic ending. But then, they tried to kill me.
[01:22:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03EJ [2452] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Global Methane Emissions Soar to Record High - 710 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:22:52] <exec> 08└─There aren't too many cows. There are too many people. We need to cut the global population by half at the least. In truth, the world would be better off with only 25% of the current total population of people. Too many idiots keep pointing out that "there is plenty of land" to support an infinite n...
[01:22:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Flamebait) 02 - 06Global Methane Emissions Soar to Record High - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:22:53] <exec> 08└─Good idea, the world would be a better place without Muslims.
[01:22:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Global Methane Emissions Soar to Record High - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:22:55] <exec> 08└─What does Elon Musk's son have to do with anything?
[01:22:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03bmimatt [5050] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Global Methane Emissions Soar to Record High - 183 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:22:57] <exec> 08└─Mother nature always wins. Thinning out the herd as I write it with the pandemic. Go on, have some massive rallies. Bring guns too. And your kids (and grandkids, if you have them). /s
[01:23:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03mr_bad_influence [3854] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The TLS 1.2 Deadline is Looming, How Well Do You Have Your Act Together? - 560 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:23:13] <exec> 08└─My employer, a public university, depended on web payments for business. I was responsible for all web payments and for us to be in compliance with PCI standards TLS 1.2 was required. I've been retired for a couple years now, and implementing TLS 1.2 was one of the last things I did there before I l...
[01:25:23] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] 02 - 06Trump Admin Caves to Harvard and MIT, Won’t Deport Online-Only Students - 71 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:25:24] <exec> 08└─We need constructive action from our president to get our country back.
[01:25:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Informative) 02 - 06Trump Admin Caves to Harvard and MIT, Won’t Deport Online-Only Students - 270 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:25:28] <exec> 08└─There he had two major fizzles already this year, back in April when he suddenly left control of the shutdown policies to the states, and now when he dropped the plan to hold Big Education to resume classes without an indication that they were going to commit to reopen.
[01:25:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Admin Caves to Harvard and MIT, Won’t Deport Online-Only Students - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:25:30] <exec> 08└─When was the last time you heard a politician make an argument that actually targeted your brain
[01:27:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03stretch611 [6199] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Microsoft Outlook is Crashing Worldwide With 0xc0000005 Errors, How to Fix - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:27:16] <exec> 08└─Damn... Our IT department's budget could not afford an 0xc0000006 error. Not with the prices Microsoft is charging for it.
[01:28:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Musk, Obama, Biden, Bezos, Gates-Bitcoin Scam Hits Twitter in Coordinated Blitz - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:28:20] <exec> 08└─Hence, the mention of the Tragedy of the Commons. Here's food, but it's not going to be there long once that massive number of people figure it out.
[01:28:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Musk, Obama, Biden, Bezos, Gates-Bitcoin Scam Hits Twitter in Coordinated Blitz - 486 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:28:22] <exec> 08└─The hack was not a flaw or vulnerability in software or hardware. The miscreants contacted Twitter employees directly and tricked (or paid) them into giving up their credentials. That's what's called "social engineering." Now, imagine that you're sitting there working and 100,000 people call you an...
[01:28:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Musk, Obama, Biden, Bezos, Gates-Bitcoin Scam Hits Twitter in Coordinated Blitz - 217 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:28:24] <exec> 08└─Exactly. There's a lot of people skilled in social engineering. There isn't a lot of people skilled in finding flaws and vulnerabilities in software or hardware. That social engineering exploit had a short shelf life.
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[02:22:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03stormreaver [5101] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent: Hardware for VR Gaming on GNU/Linux? - 1695 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:22:46] <exec> 08└─When I was looking to get into VR, I went through a similar investigation. It's been a while since I did my investigation, so some things may have changed, but here is what I went through: 1) I considered the Oculus Rift, but it was tied so tightly to Windows that it was a non-starter. 2) A coworker...
[02:22:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03tekk [5704] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent: Hardware for VR Gaming on GNU/Linux? - 338 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:22:47] <exec> 08└─As I understand it you basically have no options. I did a bit of searching and it seems like Valve basically put Linux on the backburner back in 2016. You'll notice that even Half Life: Alyx, Valve's own VR game, doesn't run on SteamOS. My guess is that there are basically no VR games on linux and d...
[02:22:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent: Hardware for VR Gaming on GNU/Linux? - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:22:49] <exec> 08└─with the possibility of a second wave of coronavirus in the winter
[02:22:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03tekk [5704] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent: Hardware for VR Gaming on GNU/Linux? - 507 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:22:52] <exec> 08└─Did some more searching. https://github.com [github.com] Valve never even ported SteamVR to Linux, it runs through Proton and can only run games through Proton. https://steamcommunity.com [steamcommunity.com] Alyx...
[02:23:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 0, Troll) 02 - 06Global Methane Emissions Soar to Record High - 178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:23:20] <exec> 08└─Between 2000 and 2017, levels of the potent greenhouse gas barreled up toward [...] Annual methane emissions are up 9 percent, or 50 million tons per year, from the early 2000s
[02:23:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Global Methane Emissions Soar to Record High - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:23:21] <exec> 08└─I musta been eatin' too much spinach again...
[02:23:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Global Methane Emissions Soar to Record High - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:23:23] <exec> 08└─LOL... damn you! That was funny. :)
[02:23:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Global Methane Emissions Soar to Record High - 468 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:23:26] <exec> 08└─Shakhova et al. (2008) estimate that not less than 1,400 gigatonnes (Gt) of carbon is presently locked up as methane and methane hydrates under the Arctic submarine permafrost, and 5–10% of that area is subject to puncturing by open taliks. They conclude that "release of up to 50 Gt of predicted a...
[02:23:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The TLS 1.2 Deadline is Looming, How Well Do You Have Your Act Together? - 278 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:23:42] <exec> 08└─Test your site from https://www.ssllabs.com [ssllabs.com] It will let you know if your TLS is up to snuff and lots of other info. While TLS 1.2 and above are likely supported by most web servers. But not everyone has disabled older versions (TLS 1.0/1.1). Check it out.
[02:24:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03ChrisMaple [6964] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Common FDA-Approved Drug May Effectively Neutralize Virus that Causes COVID-19 - 460 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:24:39] <exec> 08└─Heparin is a drug that is administered by injection; a brief look suggests that it costs about $30/day. It's unfortunate that heparin is only given by injection. Heparin is a natural product, so there is a good chance that supplement manufacturers could legally supply the stuff. That could cause the...
[02:24:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Common FDA-Approved Drug May Effectively Neutralize Virus that Causes COVID-19 - 171 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:24:40] <exec> 08└─Menstruation isn't a disease, honey :) And we have these wonderful inventions called pads, tampons, and even the moon cup for the crunchier granola types out there than I.
[02:24:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Common FDA-Approved Drug May Effectively Neutralize Virus that Causes COVID-19 - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:24:42] <exec> 08└─You don't need a vaccine. If you eat the feces of a covid patient you will safely gain immunity.
[02:28:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Musk, Obama, Biden, Bezos, Gates-Bitcoin Scam Hits Twitter in Coordinated Blitz - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:28:57] <exec> 08└─And that's why you claim that 100,000 *different* people/groups each, individually, performed this *specific* intrusion *yesterday*?
[02:28:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Musk, Obama, Biden, Bezos, Gates-Bitcoin Scam Hits Twitter in Coordinated Blitz - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:28:59] <exec> 08└─And that's why you claim that 100,000 *different* people/groups each, individually, performed this *specific* intrusion *yesterday*?
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[03:22:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facial Recognition Linked to a Second Wrongful Arrest by Detroit Police - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:22:25] <exec> 08└─For one thing, he has tattoos on his arms, and there aren't any visible on the person in the video.
[03:22:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ask Soylent: Hardware for VR Gaming on GNU/Linux? - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:22:38] <exec> 08└─What's that, precious?
[03:22:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Marand [1081] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Ask Soylent: Hardware for VR Gaming on GNU/Linux? - 3411 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:22:40] <exec> 08└─I went through this at the end of last year because I decided to finally get a VR headset and also wanted Linux-compatible, and what I learned about VR and Linux-compatible headsets: The only affordable headset that supports Linux is the Vive. It has been discontinued. You can instead buy an Index,...
[03:22:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent: Hardware for VR Gaming on GNU/Linux? - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:22:42] <exec> 08└─Something that's easier than ever to do. https://www.phoronix.com [phoronix.com]
[03:22:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Marand [1081] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent: Hardware for VR Gaming on GNU/Linux? - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:22:44] <exec> 08└─The little we have to sacrifice in visuals is more than made up for by the freedom to move (which, in our situation, is absolutely required).
[03:22:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent: Hardware for VR Gaming on GNU/Linux? - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:22:46] <exec> 08└─https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Half-Life-Alyx-Now-Linux-Vulkan [phoronix.com]
[03:22:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Marand [1081] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent: Hardware for VR Gaming on GNU/Linux? - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:22:48] <exec> 08└─Either way I'd expect Valve hardware (Vive or Index) is your best bet.
[03:23:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Global Methane Emissions Soar to Record High - 287 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:23:20] <exec> 08└─Siberia recorded 38C few days ago [bbc.com] The Russian region's temperatures were more than 5C above average between January and June of this year. Temperatures exceeded 38C in the Russian town of Verkhoyansk on 20 June, the highest temperature ever recorded north of the Arctic circle.
[03:23:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Global Methane Emissions Soar to Record High - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:23:21] <exec> 08└─humans capitalists. Most other institutions were at least an order of magnitude less efficient at killing the nature.
[03:23:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Global Methane Emissions Soar to Record High - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:23:24] <exec> 08└─Yep. The tide will turn once again and the next millennia will be in Russia.
[03:23:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Global Methane Emissions Soar to Record High - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:23:26] <exec> 08└─There is infinite water in the oceans. Desalinization turns the water problem into an energy problem. A shortage of energy is easy to solve.
[03:23:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Global Methane Emissions Soar to Record High - 272 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:23:28] <exec> 08└─That our mass imprisonment was keeping greenhouse gases down? Maybe we should keep it up. Perhaps we can synthesize our sustenance from the excess atmospheric methane too? Bioenginners could have something ready around the time the first effective Covid vaccine comes out.
[03:23:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Global Methane Emissions Soar to Record High - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:23:30] <exec> 08└─A shortage of energy is easy to solve.
[03:23:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The TLS 1.2 Deadline is Looming, How Well Do You Have Your Act Together? - 279 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:23:48] <exec> 08└─It was a weird sales pitch actually, "panic, panic, you need to take action now, it's almost too late, you're going to miss out" but then no link to their consulting services at the end to provide relief from the panic they've just stirred up. So why write it in the first place?
[03:23:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The TLS 1.2 Deadline is Looming, How Well Do You Have Your Act Together? - 480 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:23:50] <exec> 08└─Because TLS 1.2 is so five minutes ago, the current trend is 1.3, which despite its name is a completely new protocol with almost nothing in common with the previous TLS 1.x versions past the client hello. Except that by the time we all move to 1.3, the current fashion will be 1.7, which is not real...
[03:23:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The TLS 1.2 Deadline is Looming, How Well Do You Have Your Act Together? - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:23:52] <exec> 08└─Same here, just type in "skinhead dwarfs having sex with goats that are on fire while singing Verdi translated into French" and there I am, top search result, like magic.
[03:23:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The TLS 1.2 Deadline is Looming, How Well Do You Have Your Act Together? - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:23:54] <exec> 08└─I just use http on my server. No certificate issues. -- hendrik
[03:24:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Common FDA-Approved Drug May Effectively Neutralize Virus that Causes COVID-19 - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:24:52] <exec> 08└─The problem is male biology, not gays in general.
[03:24:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Common FDA-Approved Drug May Effectively Neutralize Virus that Causes COVID-19 - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:24:54] <exec> 08└─Aren't politicians THE disease?
[03:24:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Common FDA-Approved Drug May Effectively Neutralize Virus that Causes COVID-19 - 850 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:24:56] <exec> 08└─The numbers say what they say. Gay women are cleanest, followed by straights of both sexes (I forget the order), trailed by gay men. The common factor is men. We can speculate as to why this is so (relative levels of promiscuity, relative risks of any given sexual behavior, etc.) but those risk fact...
[03:24:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Common FDA-Approved Drug May Effectively Neutralize Virus that Causes COVID-19 - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:24:58] <exec> 08└─Gay women are cleanest, followed by straights of both sexes (I forget the order), trailed by gay men.
[03:24:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Common FDA-Approved Drug May Effectively Neutralize Virus that Causes COVID-19 - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:25:00] <exec> 08└─They just need to patent a new way of using for heparin.
[03:26:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Admin Caves to Harvard and MIT, Won’t Deport Online-Only Students - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:26:22] <exec> 08└─My country does not have anything like the divisions you have.
[03:26:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Revek [5022] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Charter's Hidden "Broadcast TV" Fee Now Adds $197 a Year to Cable Bills - 262 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:26:59] <exec> 08└─They add the fee on top of their advertised price? More than likely they sell everyone who calls in a promo then later it drops back to their standard price. I have no experience with charter but I have experience with retrans agreements with local TV stations.
[03:31:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Cybersex, Erotic Tech and Virtual Intimacy Are on the Rise During COVID-19 - 158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:31:28] <exec> 08└─Nor are the Japanese very diverse. They maintain their nondiversity by very restrictive immigration policies. And it has brought them to a demographic crisis.
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[04:22:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facial Recognition Linked to a Second Wrongful Arrest by Detroit Police - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:22:33] <exec> 08└─Nah... Michael Oliver is white. The facial recognition software isn't calibrated for white balance.
[04:22:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facial Recognition Linked to a Second Wrongful Arrest by Detroit Police - 569 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:22:34] <exec> 08└─Everything I've read so far, suggests that the facial recognition works just fine - for white people. Especially for white males. So, just stop being black, brown, female, or Asian, right? Seriously, though. If the software is only reliable with one subset of the human species, maybe the software is...
[04:22:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facial Recognition Linked to a Second Wrongful Arrest by Detroit Police - 209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:22:36] <exec> 08└─It wasn't just computerized facial recognition that fingered him, the victim also said Oliver was the guy who did it. It got cleared up even before trial. This is the way things are supposed to work, isn't it?
[04:22:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facial Recognition Linked to a Second Wrongful Arrest by Detroit Police - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:22:39] <exec> 08└─Everything I've read so far, suggests that the facial recognition works just fine - for white people. Especially for white males. If the software is only reliable... For what - maybe 5% of the human race
[04:22:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facial Recognition Linked to a Second Wrongful Arrest by Detroit Police - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:22:41] <exec> 08└─Stop being black (or brown)?
[04:22:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facial Recognition Linked to a Second Wrongful Arrest by Detroit Police - 2095 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:22:43] <exec> 08└─It got cleared up AFTER Oliver was charged. He now has a police arrest record. There is no indication that Oliver had a record prior to this incident. No matter, if/when any cop stops Oliver for any reason, and asks for ID, Oliver will come back as being a violent thug who smashes other people's pro...
[04:22:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facial Recognition Linked to a Second Wrongful Arrest by Detroit Police - 258 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:22:45] <exec> 08└─You should get your ears checked. There is definitely an undercurrent of "This is preposterous, how stupid can lawmen be?" I hope you read the rest of the post. Even a not very observant half blind old man picked out multiple dissimilarities in just seconds.
[04:22:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facial Recognition Linked to a Second Wrongful Arrest by Detroit Police - 600 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:22:47] <exec> 08└─The United States has roughly 5% of the world's population. Europe, where most white people come from, has a similar percentage of the world's population. That's 10%. About half of that is male, so we have 5% of the world's population. Don't like the numbers? I can't help that, Snowflake. White peop...
[04:23:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Global Methane Emissions Soar to Record High - 1066 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:23:44] <exec> 08└─No, humans. Capitalism is natural and has existed from the dawn of time. Exchange of money or capital for other capital is capitalism. China was nothing but a big poor poverty filled country before they adopted capitalism in the 1980's and in 40 years have become rivals of the US. Second biggest eco...
[04:24:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Zinnia Zirconium [11163] (Score: 1) 02 - 06The TLS 1.2 Deadline is Looming, How Well Do You Have Your Act Together? - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:24:07] <exec> 08└─Raising Nigerian Dwarf Goats: Perfect for a Small Farm
[04:24:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The TLS 1.2 Deadline is Looming, How Well Do You Have Your Act Together? - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:24:08] <exec> 08└─Dammit, I knew I should have enabled TLS 1.2, now Google has shitcanned my site. Which is about house renovation on a budget BTW, but how are you going to be the first Google hit for that?
[04:24:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Zinnia Zirconium [11163] (Score: 1) 02 - 06The TLS 1.2 Deadline is Looming, How Well Do You Have Your Act Together? - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:24:10] <exec> 08└─Oh here's a good one. Nigerian dwarf goat: what does vaginal discharge mean
[04:25:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Common FDA-Approved Drug May Effectively Neutralize Virus that Causes COVID-19 - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:25:14] <exec> 08└─It's been said before: If HIV is God's punishment, then nonbisexual lesbians are God's chosen. -- hendrik
[04:26:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Admin Caves to Harvard and MIT, Won’t Deport Online-Only Students - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:26:38] <exec> 08└─Uyghur lives matter; it would be nice if the Chinese agreed.
[04:26:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Admin Caves to Harvard and MIT, Won’t Deport Online-Only Students - 1177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:26:39] <exec> 08└─The article continues: A forum held at Parliament in 2009 on the Drivers of Crime in New Zealand identified mainly socio-economic factors contributing to crime such as: "Family dysfunction; child maltreatment; poor educational achievement; harmful drinking and drug use; poor mental health; severe be...
[04:27:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Scientists May Have Found One Path to a Longer Life - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:27:39] <exec> 08└─Its effect seems to have limitations. Based on his latest Star Fleet mission, I think it's safe to say he has a brain tumor. In real life.
[04:29:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Musk, Obama, Biden, Bezos, Gates-Bitcoin Scam Hits Twitter in Coordinated Blitz - 371 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:29:38] <exec> 08└─Ok, what I did say and did mean to say was that there were hundreds of thousands, perhaps even millions of people with the skills to socially engineer their way into Facebook. So when someone first figures a way in via social engineering, they'll know that they're only the vanguard. Others can do wh...
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[05:22:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facial Recognition Linked to a Second Wrongful Arrest by Detroit Police - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:22:45] <exec> 08└─You should get your ears checked.
[05:22:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facial Recognition Linked to a Second Wrongful Arrest by Detroit Police - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:22:46] <exec> 08└─And this justifies the boogaloo, right?
[05:22:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facial Recognition Linked to a Second Wrongful Arrest by Detroit Police - 361 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:22:49] <exec> 08└─The victim fingered him. Our justice system isn't perfect, but positive identification of a victim gives the police cause to arrest someone. No one has the right to live free of being arrested for cause, even if it doesn't end in conviction. I don't know how things work in Detroit, but Oliver probab...
[05:22:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facial Recognition Linked to a Second Wrongful Arrest by Detroit Police - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:22:51] <exec> 08└─This was caused by insufficient data. Software is fine.
[05:22:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facial Recognition Linked to a Second Wrongful Arrest by Detroit Police - 438 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:22:53] <exec> 08└─White people like myself aren't calling for a boogaloo. It's the self-loathing whites whose grandparents probably owned slaves who are calling for the boogaloo. More normal assholes such as myself only promise that if the boogaloo happens, we'll be kicking ass, and not bothering to take names. The p...
[05:22:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facial Recognition Linked to a Second Wrongful Arrest by Detroit Police - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:22:55] <exec> 08└─More normal assholes such as myself only promise that if the boogaloo happens, we'll be kicking ass, and not bothering to take names.
[05:22:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facial Recognition Linked to a Second Wrongful Arrest by Detroit Police - 262 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:22:57] <exec> 08└─ROFLMAO - here I am standing up to bullies, and you're going to call me a coward for not starting the fight myself. You're a real piece of work, you are. Of course a bully with a mob behind him has his own idea of what honor and courage are all about, don't you?
[05:23:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ask Soylent: Hardware for VR Gaming on GNU/Linux? - 844 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:23:17] <exec> 08└─Yeah I'm also a quest user. I would have far preference a much more open non Facebook owned product, but it's a trade off with the current options. I'm still waiting for somone to port some of the virtual machine and link options to linux proton, or completely root the quest and give us some native...
[05:23:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ask Soylent: Hardware for VR Gaming on GNU/Linux? - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:23:18] <exec> 08└─My guess is that there are basically no VR games on linux and driver support is questionable at best.
[05:23:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ask Soylent: Hardware for VR Gaming on GNU/Linux? - 264 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:23:20] <exec> 08└─And, you know, the excessive shit posting filter is only defending the pathetic bastards still addicted to the microsoft penis agenda. Please give me a better error message, one that doesn't make me puke. Fuching Redmond orcs, and such. Just taste the Glamdring!
[05:23:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Global Methane Emissions Soar to Record High - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:24:00] <exec> 08└─You just need more energy, duh. Exercise and eat right!
[05:24:32] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] 02 - 06Common FDA-Approved Drug May Effectively Neutralize Virus that Causes COVID-19 - 21 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:24:32] <exec> 08└─The patent is expired
[05:25:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Common FDA-Approved Drug May Effectively Neutralize Virus that Causes COVID-19 - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:25:30] <exec> 08└─> Men are filthy. Inherently, or by bad habits?
[05:25:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Common FDA-Approved Drug May Effectively Neutralize Virus that Causes COVID-19 - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:25:31] <exec> 08└─You wrote "fallacies" and I read "phalluses".
[05:30:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Lego and Nintendo team up for a new NES Lego Kit - 353 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:30:43] <exec> 08└─Modern computer systems that can emulate tens of thousands of games in a palm-sized form factor are much more interesting to me, and a lot cheaper considering the games can be pirated. If using a save or save state feature ruins the game, don't use it. Self-imposed challenges are a thing (see speedr...
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[06:22:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iranian Spies Accidentally Leaked Videos of Themselves Hacking - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:22:30] <exec> 08└─Which spies are we talking about here? Ones working in Iran for the US? They just executed a few of them, apparently exposed for bad OpSec.
[06:22:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iranian Spies Accidentally Leaked Videos of Themselves Hacking - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:22:31] <exec> 08└─Don't these people have any bit of self respect? Call yourselves "X-Force?"
[06:22:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facial Recognition Linked to a Second Wrongful Arrest by Detroit Police - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:22:55] <exec> 08└─Does he get any kind of compensation for emotional trauma, kidnapping, being deprived of his freedom, loss of wages, any losses at all including time?
[06:22:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facial Recognition Linked to a Second Wrongful Arrest by Detroit Police - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:22:57] <exec> 08└─"Kidnapping?" The man was lawfully arrested. He'd be lucky to get a ride back home. It's the most any of us can hope for when the police take an interest in us.
[06:22:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facial Recognition Linked to a Second Wrongful Arrest by Detroit Police - 158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:22:59] <exec> 08└─I thought the US Constitution guaranteed we would not be deprived of our freedom until found guilty by a court of law? I'm probably wishing that was the case.
[06:23:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facial Recognition Linked to a Second Wrongful Arrest by Detroit Police - 629 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:23:01] <exec> 08└─"From the start of the year through June 22nd, the force used the software 70 times per the department's public data. In all but two of those cases, the person whose image the technology analyzed was Black." As of the 2010 census, Detroit is about 83% [wikipedia.org] black and that number has been s...
[06:23:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ask Soylent: Hardware for VR Gaming on GNU/Linux? - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:23:22] <exec> 08└─Ac gives +1 virtual funny
[06:24:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Global Methane Emissions Soar to Record High - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:24:03] <exec> 08└─Millenials are fucked.
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[07:22:55] <exec> 08└─Always better to go by the source documents than your perceived knowledge: "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath o...
[07:23:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent: Hardware for VR Gaming on GNU/Linux? - 579 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:23:18] <exec> 08└─There's no need to compromise your Linux workstation's security and stability with closed source proprietary crap when Windows hardware support is a perfectly adequate for gaming peripherals while Linux support for gaming software is lacking. Just use a KVM switch [wikipedia.org] between your gaming...
[07:24:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The TLS 1.2 Deadline is Looming, How Well Do You Have Your Act Together? - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:24:25] <exec> 08└─While TLS 1.2 and above are likely supported by most web servers. But not everyone has disabled older versions (TLS 1.0/1.1).
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[07:25:32] <exec> 08└─BTW, that's a very interesting perspective. I've thought of women as being more vulnerable to disease than men, but I see your point that men are more the disease carriers and spreaders.
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[08:23:48] <exec> 08└─When I was looking to get into VR, I went through a similar investigation. It's been a while since I did my investigation, so some things may have changed, but here is what I went through: 1) I considered the Oculus Rift, but it was tied so tightly to Windows that it was a non-starter. 2) A coworker...
[08:23:53] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Marand [1081] 02 - 06Ask Soylent: Hardware for VR Gaming on GNU/Linux? - 3411 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:23:53] <exec> 08└─I went through this at the end of last year because I decided to finally get a VR headset and also wanted Linux-compatible, and what I learned about VR and Linux-compatible headsets: The only affordable headset that supports Linux is the Vive. It has been discontinued. You can instead buy an Index,...
[08:24:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snospar [5366] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Ask Soylent: Hardware for VR Gaming on GNU/Linux? - 804 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:24:03] <exec> 08└─That doesn't sound right to me, I have a Valve Index and it runs a number of VR games natively in Linux. There are specific SteamVR beta options for Linux and not everything needs Proton to run. That said, Proton does enable access to even more VR games without having to dual boot back to Windows. L...
[08:25:46] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Opportunist [5545] 02 - 06Common FDA-Approved Drug May Effectively Neutralize Virus that Causes COVID-19 - 204 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:25:47] <exec> 08└─You try to control a disease that spreads via something that depends on someone's sex drive or someone's drive to get pleasure, in a country where "muh freedumz" trumps sense and logic already? Good luck.
[08:27:51] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Booga1 [6333] 02 - 06Charter's Hidden "Broadcast TV" Fee Now Adds $197 a Year to Cable Bills - 2116 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:27:51] <exec> 08└─TLDR Yes, but... it's all messed up and it's all about the money. Customers get the shaft by either missing out on stations or paying to watch stuff that's available for free over the air. Many places still have over-the-air channels available if you have the right antenna. However, the situation is...
[08:27:58] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] 02 - 06Charter's Hidden "Broadcast TV" Fee Now Adds $197 a Year to Cable Bills - 338 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:27:59] <exec> 08└─Cable TV is very much a "whatever the market will bear" pricing model, tiered plans etc. are all designed to extract as much recurring revenue as possible out of each and every customer, while spending as little as possible on content, but I suspect the ratio of content cost to subscription fees is...
[08:28:04] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03cmdrklarg [5048] 02 - 06Charter's Hidden "Broadcast TV" Fee Now Adds $197 a Year to Cable Bills - 99 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:28:04] <exec> 08└─No more advertising one price, but actually charging a different much higher price with added fees.
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[09:22:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Spreading Rock Dust on Farms Could be a Major Climate Action - 387 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:22:24] <exec> 08└─Until the majority of the energy comes from renewables, we won't be able to do anything about climate warming. Those rocks didn't weather because they didn't get crushed yet. And crushing them is not a free energetic lunch. Yeah, maybe a nice idea, except we can't apply it today on large scale witho...
[09:22:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Spreading Rock Dust on Farms Could be a Major Climate Action - 251 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:22:25] <exec> 08└─I already apply crushed rock on my fields. If this stuff ends up a similar cost, accomplishes the same thing, and helps the environment to boot, then why not do this stuff instead? Of course, I'd actually have to see numbers on those first two points.
[09:23:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Marand [1081] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent: Hardware for VR Gaming on GNU/Linux? - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:23:26] <exec> 08└─Don't mix business with pleasure. Treat Windows like the toy operating system it is and you won't have any problems.
[09:23:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ask Soylent: Hardware for VR Gaming on GNU/Linux? - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:23:27] <exec> 08└─It's the version of Linux for people with massive amounts of memory and disk space, unlike my Busybox/Linux.
[09:23:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rich [945] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent: Hardware for VR Gaming on GNU/Linux? - 994 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:23:29] <exec> 08└─On a related topic: Is there any simple solution to having a primitive shutter glass (or even just a passive) setup for Linux? Preferably with the Raspi and RK3399 class of SBCs, explicitly excluded is anything involving NVidia, E.g. I have a scissor mechanism on my tripod to move my camera 65mm sid...
[09:25:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Common FDA-Approved Drug May Effectively Neutralize Virus that Causes COVID-19 - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:25:41] <exec> 08└─As a straight male I read those comments as factual observations. Not feeling attacked in any way, you must have some insecurities about your sexual proclivities ;)
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[10:22:34] <exec> 08└─went through paywall, article points to http://icc.dur.ac.uk [dur.ac.uk]
[10:22:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Spreading Rock Dust on Farms Could be a Major Climate Action - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:22:43] <exec> 08└─If this stuff ends up a similar cost, accomplishes the same thing, and helps the environment to boot, then why not do this stuff instead?
[10:23:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03FR [11655] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Facial Recognition Linked to a Second Wrongful Arrest by Detroit Police - 549 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:23:20] <exec> 08└─Again the press is feeding the public an erroneous interpretation. The man was not arrested because of image recognition software; he was arrested because a living, breathing human being picked him from a photo line up. The image recognition software was only utilized to provide a potential lead --...
[10:23:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ask Soylent: Hardware for VR Gaming on GNU/Linux? - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:23:48] <exec> 08└─Gaming on Linux is more feasible than gaming on Mac these days.
[10:24:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Opportunist [5545] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The TLS 1.2 Deadline is Looming, How Well Do You Have Your Act Together? - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:24:56] <exec> 08└─Yes, yes, we have to have a front so the normies don't get anxious. Keep clicking, you'll find what you're looking for.
[10:24:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Opportunist [5545] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The TLS 1.2 Deadline is Looming, How Well Do You Have Your Act Together? - 662 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:24:57] <exec> 08└─Lemme guess, you're the first guy lamenting and crying how webpages are insecure when they are a victim to identity theft, right? Security is an arms race between those that try to break into your systems and those trying to protect them. It is most likely never going to end. But if you prefer to no...
[10:24:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Opportunist [5545] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The TLS 1.2 Deadline is Looming, How Well Do You Have Your Act Together? - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:24:59] <exec> 08└─Then how do I verify that I'm actually talking with your server and not some imposter?
[10:26:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Common FDA-Approved Drug May Effectively Neutralize Virus that Causes COVID-19 - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:26:09] <exec> 08└─As a straight male I read those comments as factual observations
[10:26:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Common FDA-Approved Drug May Effectively Neutralize Virus that Causes COVID-19 - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:26:11] <exec> 08└─Heparin is given to practically all hospital patients these days. A nurse goes room to room with a cart loaded with single use pre-loaded injectors every day. No reason why it would increase BP.
[10:26:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Common FDA-Approved Drug May Effectively Neutralize Virus that Causes COVID-19 - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:26:13] <exec> 08└─Correlation is not causation, but it often points at causation and waggles it's eyebrows meaningfully.
[10:26:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Opportunist [5545] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Common FDA-Approved Drug May Effectively Neutralize Virus that Causes COVID-19 - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:26:15] <exec> 08└─Careful there, a friend of mine and hobby chemist got into trouble because he was working overtime and manufactured affordable drugs.
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[11:22:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Supercomputer Reveals Atmospheric Impact Of Gigantic Planetary Collisions - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:22:19] <exec> 08└─An aristarchus submission would have made a bigger crater, alligator.
[11:22:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Supercomputer Reveals Atmospheric Impact Of Gigantic Planetary Collisions - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:22:20] <exec> 08└─Which is 404-ing on me.
[11:22:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Supercomputer Reveals Atmospheric Impact Of Gigantic Planetary Collisions - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:22:22] <exec> 08└─crator/alligator or crater/alligater Pick one.
[11:22:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Supercomputer Reveals Atmospheric Impact Of Gigantic Planetary Collisions - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:22:24] <exec> 08└─Broken URL 101 (or 404): Is there some punctuation that might not be part of the URL which could be scraped off?
[11:22:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Spreading Rock Dust on Farms Could be a Major Climate Action - 242 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:22:35] <exec> 08└─Or, we could just pay the Sahara desert, or any number so similar geologic features, to grind rock into very small particles, called "sand", and then further reduce that until it blows away, like "dust", and is deposited in "places". Or, not.
[11:22:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iranian Spies Accidentally Leaked Videos of Themselves Hacking - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:22:45] <exec> 08└─Don't these people have any bit of self respect? Call yourselves "X-Force?"
[11:23:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facial Recognition Linked to a Second Wrongful Arrest by Detroit Police - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:23:15] <exec> 08└─Are you familiar with the concept of 'rhetoric'? Runaway1956 is using it well, and you're ducking to avoid it as it makes a wooshing sound over your head.
[11:23:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facial Recognition Linked to a Second Wrongful Arrest by Detroit Police - 628 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:23:16] <exec> 08└─Bollocks. Look at the photos. Look at the faces, and the arms. Notice the brow ridge, the mouth shape, count the tats (very easy in one picture, due to zero tats, rather hard in the other picture, as the arm's completely covered in tats, bummer eh, but get counting, it will be good exercise for at l...
[11:23:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facial Recognition Linked to a Second Wrongful Arrest by Detroit Police - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:23:18] <exec> 08└─Are you familiar with the concept of 'rhetoric'?
[11:23:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facial Recognition Linked to a Second Wrongful Arrest by Detroit Police - 543 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:23:20] <exec> 08└─It has been proven, time and time again (the last paper on it was on SN in the last month), that facial recognition software is highly unreliable on darker skin tones. This story isn't about one case. You're not seeing the bigger picture. This is a story abot wrongthink. Relying on a tool that is kn...
[11:23:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facial Recognition Linked to a Second Wrongful Arrest by Detroit Police - 183 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:23:22] <exec> 08└─> human being picked him from a photo line up If there's one thing you can rely on about eye-witness evidence is that you can be pretty sure that you can't trust eye-witness evidence.
[11:23:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facial Recognition Linked to a Second Wrongful Arrest by Detroit Police - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:23:25] <exec> 08└─and the lead was properly checked out by human detectives
[11:23:48] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Snospar [5366] 02 - 06Ask Soylent: Hardware for VR Gaming on GNU/Linux? - 804 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:23:48] <exec> 08└─That doesn't sound right to me, I have a Valve Index and it runs a number of VR games natively in Linux. There are specific SteamVR beta options for Linux and not everything needs Proton to run. That said, Proton does enable access to even more VR games without having to dual boot back to Windows. L...
[11:23:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03hubie [1068] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent: Hardware for VR Gaming on GNU/Linux? - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:23:54] <exec> 08└─How well/poorly do these headsets work for people who wear glasses?
[11:24:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Global Methane Emissions Soar to Record High - 302 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:24:36] <exec> 08└─We are currently facing a SERIOUS shortage of freshwater, and that is only going to get worse. The world CANNOT support the amount of people it already has. We need to STOP popping out babies left and right just because we like watching TV shows like "WTF, She Has 18 Kids?!" on The "Learning" Channe...
[11:24:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Global Methane Emissions Soar to Record High - 1415 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:24:37] <exec> 08└─If we stop keeping cattle, deer, elk, antelope, and bison will eat that forage instead and produce the methane. I personally don't mind eating those, but it doesn't make a difference to the production of methane. Cattle, or any other domesticated animal, are carbon-neutral except as it pertains to t...
[11:25:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Opportunist [5545] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The TLS 1.2 Deadline is Looming, How Well Do You Have Your Act Together? - 229 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:25:07] <exec> 08└─This is true until I sit in between you and the server and tell both of you to use an insecure version because I pretend that the other side doesn't support better security. Downgrade attacks [wikipedia.org] are a thing, ya know?
[11:25:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Opportunist [5545] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The TLS 1.2 Deadline is Looming, How Well Do You Have Your Act Together? - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:25:08] <exec> 08└─How do I make sure I talk to your server and not some imposter?
[11:25:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03coolgopher [1157] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The TLS 1.2 Deadline is Looming, How Well Do You Have Your Act Together? - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:25:10] <exec> 08└─How do you make sure you talk to the right https server and not some imposter injected by your ISP via DNS and route hijacking?
[11:25:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The TLS 1.2 Deadline is Looming, How Well Do You Have Your Act Together? - 401 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:25:12] <exec> 08└─For practically all websites disabling TLS 1.0 and/or 1.1 on the server side is a pretty silly thing to do. The protocol has version negotiation (and the browser people have fixed their silly problems in this regard) so if you and the client support higher versions that will be used. Disabling the o...
[11:25:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The TLS 1.2 Deadline is Looming, How Well Do You Have Your Act Together? - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:25:15] <exec> 08└─RFC 1149 [ietf.org] FTW!
[11:26:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Common FDA-Approved Drug May Effectively Neutralize Virus that Causes COVID-19 - 174 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:26:27] <exec> 08└─Warfarin isn't that useful in rats anymore. They've evolved to store massive amounts of vitamin K in their livers. These days it takes various "super warfarins" to kill rats.
[11:30:22] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03NotSanguine [285] 02 - 06Musk, Obama, Biden, Bezos, Gates-Bitcoin Scam Hits Twitter in Coordinated Blitz - 1361 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:30:22] <exec> 08└─As usual, you completely miss the point. Twitter *was* exploited. That it was social engineering (a process issue) rather than a software flaw doesn't change that. Whether it's fake tweets, stolen Direct Messages (DMs) or something else, there could have been (or may still be) significant damage to...
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[12:22:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Supercomputer Reveals Atmospheric Impact Of Gigantic Planetary Collisions - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:22:49] <exec> 08└─Et tu, Brute? Are you being rhetorical on me too?
[12:23:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Touché) 02 - 06Spreading Rock Dust on Farms Could be a Major Climate Action - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:23:01] <exec> 08└─This is the solution to global cooling, not global warming.
[12:23:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iranian Spies Accidentally Leaked Videos of Themselves Hacking - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:23:11] <exec> 08└─"Yeah I work at IBM" "No I don't do COBOL!" Conversation goes onto other topics.
[12:23:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03coolgopher [1157] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iranian Spies Accidentally Leaked Videos of Themselves Hacking - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:23:13] <exec> 08└─We don't talk about the ex-force here.
[12:24:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Informative) 02 - 06Ask Soylent: Hardware for VR Gaming on GNU/Linux? - 1631 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:24:18] <exec> 08└─Well, I only have stupid or weird solutions to offer you : (I was interested in that topic some time ago) - Use vintage hardware on Windows 98 or XP. The H3D glasses came out in 1998 and were still sold a decade later sometimes under another name. Supports nvidia and 3DFX. Needs a CRT monitor that d...
[12:24:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03hubie [1068] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent: Hardware for VR Gaming on GNU/Linux? - 750 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:24:20] <exec> 08└─Writing your own software should be pretty straightforward. All the tools you'd need are in OpenCV and there seems to be a lot of tutorials on how to do them (search "anaglyph opencv stereo" for instance). You probably know this already, but your results will improve, depending upon what kind of len...
[12:24:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ask Soylent: Hardware for VR Gaming on GNU/Linux? - 197 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:24:22] <exec> 08└─Is the 3D Imager for the Vectrex game system primitive enough? :D https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] https://old.madtronix.com [madtronix.com] CYA
[12:24:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Marand [1081] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent: Hardware for VR Gaming on GNU/Linux? - 1892 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:24:24] <exec> 08└─I don't know about other headsets, but they work fine with the Quest and the Vive in my experience. One of the reasons I took so long to get into the VR game was concern over how they would interact with glasses, but last year I got the opportunity to try a Vive headset (with Beat Saber, naturally;...
[12:24:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Marand [1081] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent: Hardware for VR Gaming on GNU/Linux? - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:24:26] <exec> 08└─- Cut some cardboard and attach it to a monitor such that each eye can only see half the screen ; display side by side.
[12:24:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ask Soylent: Hardware for VR Gaming on GNU/Linux? - 285 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:24:28] <exec> 08└─I was actually impressed with remote desktop viewer for phone + google glass. I didn't bother pursuing this for other reasons, but I got to a point where my problem was setting up VTK cameras at appropriate angles to get the stereoscopy right. for photos it should work perfectly fine.
[12:25:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Global Methane Emissions Soar to Record High - 366 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:25:12] <exec> 08└─Solar panels currently have an EROEI of between 15 to 20, and that is going up with improvements over time. The only reason we are not currently paving rooftops and spare space with solar cells is that fossil fuels are so cheap, and the solar cycle is inconvenient. What we really need is a cheap lon...
[12:25:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Global Methane Emissions Soar to Record High - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:25:14] <exec> 08└─Which means "A shortage of energy is will be easy to solve."
[12:25:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Global Methane Emissions Soar to Record High - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:25:16] <exec> 08└─Cattle, or any other domesticated animal, are carbon-neutral except as it pertains to transporting them to market.
[12:25:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The TLS 1.2 Deadline is Looming, How Well Do You Have Your Act Together? - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:25:50] <exec> 08└─You don't. Nor does my server care who you are.
[12:25:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The TLS 1.2 Deadline is Looming, How Well Do You Have Your Act Together? - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:25:52] <exec> 08└─Because my browser does do https.
[12:25:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The TLS 1.2 Deadline is Looming, How Well Do You Have Your Act Together? - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:25:54] <exec> 08└─I see. The pigeons know. And a pigeon hunter isn't likely to pick up enough packets to form a meaningful message?
[12:25:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03coolgopher [1157] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The TLS 1.2 Deadline is Looming, How Well Do You Have Your Act Together? - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:25:56] <exec> 08└─And here I was expecting a link to RFC3514 [ietf.org] instead.
[12:27:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Common FDA-Approved Drug May Effectively Neutralize Virus that Causes COVID-19 - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:27:11] <exec> 08└─Just add "on a computer" and they're good for another 20 years.
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[13:22:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Supercomputer Reveals Atmospheric Impact Of Gigantic Planetary Collisions - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:22:34] <exec> 08└─Yes. In particular I'm using the Socratic method. So your response in Latin was inappropriate, it should have been in Attic.
[13:22:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Supercomputer Reveals Atmospheric Impact Of Gigantic Planetary Collisions - 174 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:22:35] <exec> 08└─Go have a beer instead of trying to Phil superior in my Friday evening. [pinimg.com] Otherwise, I'll remember some Etruscan words to start my writings on thin sheets of lead.
[13:22:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Spreading Rock Dust on Farms Could be a Major Climate Action - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:22:48] <exec> 08└─You might try reading up a bit on "chemistry" before posting again in this story.
[13:23:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facial Recognition Linked to a Second Wrongful Arrest by Detroit Police - 821 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:23:35] <exec> 08└─Amendment VIII (1791) "Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted." I guess we have to argue and define "excessive". Let's look at the fundamental reason for bail- to ensure the accused shows up at trial, right? If I've got that wro...
[13:24:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ask Soylent: Hardware for VR Gaming on GNU/Linux? - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:24:25] <exec> 08└─thank you for the suggestion, but the relationship is fine on that front. hopefully spending 3000 euros on a toy wouldn't change the status quo.
[13:24:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rich [945] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent: Hardware for VR Gaming on GNU/Linux? - 466 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:24:25] <exec> 08└─I wasn't aware of any of this, and just spent some time searching for most possible combinations of "opencv" with "stereo", "display", and whatever and didn't find anything. Note that "anaglyph" isn't what I want here, this is about providing one colour picture for each eye from a single monitor. Th...
[13:24:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ask Soylent: Hardware for VR Gaming on GNU/Linux? - 612 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:24:25] <exec> 08└─Thanks for this, it's encouraging. We have a Playstation VR set, and it's been good but I have never used other sets so I have no basis for comparison. I would prefer not to support Oculus because they're owned by Facebook, which is in a dedicated fight with Google for the title of "most evil data h...
[13:25:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Opportunist [5545] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The TLS 1.2 Deadline is Looming, How Well Do You Have Your Act Together? - 228 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:25:38] <exec> 08└─By checking whether the certificate matches the page. As long as you didn't somehow manage to inject your certificates into my browser store, it's pretty trivial to verify whether the certificate presented belongs to the server.
[13:25:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Opportunist [5545] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The TLS 1.2 Deadline is Looming, How Well Do You Have Your Act Together? - 336 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:25:40] <exec> 08└─Ok, then I hope I'll never have to talk to your server, because I'd really love to know whether the person (or server) I'm talking to is actually who they claim to be. I mean, you (hopefully...) don't respond to calls like "hi, this is your IT department, we'd need your username and password to figu...
[13:25:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The TLS 1.2 Deadline is Looming, How Well Do You Have Your Act Together? - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:25:42] <exec> 08└─If it's catastrophic you'll need Tommy Chong.
[13:25:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Muad'Dave [1413] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The TLS 1.2 Deadline is Looming, How Well Do You Have Your Act Together? - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:25:44] <exec> 08└─Nor is it cat-ass-trophy, but it's mighty close.
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[14:22:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hardware Attack Exposes nRF52 Debugger - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:22:37] <exec> 08└─Am I missing something? How is wardriving going to carry out a hardware attack?
[14:22:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Supercomputer Reveals Atmospheric Impact Of Gigantic Planetary Collisions - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:22:58] <exec> 08└─It usually kills off anything breathable when friggin Venus slams into Mars. Another Canadian study?
[14:22:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Supercomputer Reveals Atmospheric Impact Of Gigantic Planetary Collisions - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:22:59] <exec> 08└─sorry. please remove the dot at the end. or ask soylent to stop merging http links with sentence-ending dots.
[14:23:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Spreading Rock Dust on Farms Could be a Major Climate Action - 401 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:23:13] <exec> 08└─Well, most sand is already oxidized, so it won't weather very much. Sand is generally what is left when everything more soluble/softer has been washed away. So it's generally fairly pure silicon dioxide. That won't absorb CO2, and isn't even that useful for the main purpose of applying crushed rock...
[14:23:39] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] 02 - 06Facial Recognition Linked to a Second Wrongful Arrest by Detroit Police - 2095 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:23:39] <exec> 08└─It got cleared up AFTER Oliver was charged. He now has a police arrest record. There is no indication that Oliver had a record prior to this incident. No matter, if/when any cop stops Oliver for any reason, and asks for ID, Oliver will come back as being a violent thug who smashes other people's pro...
[14:24:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ask Soylent: Hardware for VR Gaming on GNU/Linux? - 1310 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:24:42] <exec> 08└─Just to be clear, Valve has been dumping resources into Proton (their Wine bundle) at a spectacular rate, and making major contributions to the upstream Wine project, so that Windows games can run on Linux. The results are stellar, on my Linux machine in Steam with Proton I have the Windows-only gam...
[14:24:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent: Hardware for VR Gaming on GNU/Linux? - 225 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:24:43] <exec> 08└─I tried some shutter glasses very briefly but they never went fully opaque so each eye could see a ghost of the other eye's image, which I found quite distracting and ugly, so I stopped using them. It's a nice concept though.
[14:24:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03hubie [1068] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent: Hardware for VR Gaming on GNU/Linux? - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:24:45] <exec> 08└─This is great information. Thank you very much.
[14:24:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ask Soylent: Hardware for VR Gaming on GNU/Linux? - 226 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:24:47] <exec> 08└─Thank you for the idea! I should do that with my own Linux workstation. Right now I'm using Steam + Proton on the Linux host OS, but if I could use it on the guest then bugs/risks/proprietary junk would be confined to that VM.
[14:24:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent: Hardware for VR Gaming on GNU/Linux? - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:24:49] <exec> 08└─I'll take waste of hardware over waste of time.
[14:24:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03hubie [1068] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent: Hardware for VR Gaming on GNU/Linux? - 468 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:24:51] <exec> 08└─No, I'm afraid I'm not of much use on the display side. You might want to check out the site for the stereopi [stereopi.com] project. They've implemented a stereo camera on a little pi and their website has a blog section [stereopi.com] where they go into interesting projects. Perhaps there are disp...
[14:27:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Common FDA-Approved Drug May Effectively Neutralize Virus that Causes COVID-19 - 257 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:27:35] <exec> 08└─You said women were cleaner than men. Menstruation with its bloody, fishy mess is not clean. Who denies that? I accept both sexes as they are, but being lesbian, penises gross you out. Penises are as vital to life as menstruation. Nothing "wrong" with them.
[14:27:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Common FDA-Approved Drug May Effectively Neutralize Virus that Causes COVID-19 - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:27:36] <exec> 08└─Normal people and people who aren't IV druggies have nothing to fear from HIV. It remains a disease of deviants to this day. Other STDs may be a threat, but not HIV. Sorry.
[14:29:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Admin Caves to Harvard and MIT, Won’t Deport Online-Only Students - 433 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:29:02] <exec> 08└─He's mad that these foreign Ph.D. students are taking away all of the jobs that could be staffed by all of the people who lost their jobs in the manufacturing sectors. As Ivanka says, just do something different! Today you're working the assembly line, and tomorrow you could be a doing surgery as a...
[14:29:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Admin Caves to Harvard and MIT, Won’t Deport Online-Only Students - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:29:03] <exec> 08└─Thought he'd fit right into your parliament down in ozzieland.
[14:29:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03digitalaudiorock [688] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Charter's Hidden "Broadcast TV" Fee Now Adds $197 a Year to Cable Bills - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:29:41] <exec> 08└─I've been using nothing but OTA TV (recorded in MythTV) since 2007. Some in my family pay over $200 a month for pay TV...insane.
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[15:22:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Hardware Attack Exposes nRF52 Debugger - 306 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:22:37] <exec> 08└─Unless what they mean by "wardriving" is driving around and taking peoples' gadgets at gunpoint as though you were in a war zone. Yes, it's a hardware fault injection attack and requires a special electronic rig to attach the vulnerable chip. You obviously can't perform the attacks described over th...
[15:22:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Hardware Attack Exposes nRF52 Debugger - 330 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:22:38] <exec> 08└─Millenial wardriving: it's where you borrow Mom's car, take a photo of yourself linking in a Ruby gem called "nRF52_Crack" while driving, then you realize the library's infected with Russian malware and while trying to remove it swerve into a boomer's front lawn where (with luck) you burst into flam...
[15:22:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Rebuilding the Polish Engima-Cracker - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:22:46] <exec> 08└─Since the Polish alphabet has 32 letters, I assume this is a hardware implementation of ROT32?
[15:23:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Supercomputer Reveals Atmospheric Impact Of Gigantic Planetary Collisions - 334 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:23:02] <exec> 08└─...so... when planets collide and destroy the atmosphere: - nobody's life matters - nobody can hear you scream, "I can't breathe!" Actually, I think those BLM proponents are onto something, because I am not black, and nothing about my life has ever seemed to matter. It is a consolation that...
[15:23:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Spreading Rock Dust on Farms Could be a Major Climate Action - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:23:17] <exec> 08└─Full employment for our large prison population?
[15:24:00] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03FatPhil [863] 02 - 06Facial Recognition Linked to a Second Wrongful Arrest by Detroit Police - 543 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:24:00] <exec> 08└─It has been proven, time and time again (the last paper on it was on SN in the last month), that facial recognition software is highly unreliable on darker skin tones. This story isn't about one case. You're not seeing the bigger picture. This is a story abot wrongthink. Relying on a tool that is kn...
[15:24:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03dry [223] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facial Recognition Linked to a Second Wrongful Arrest by Detroit Police - 320 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:24:04] <exec> 08└─In practice, the cops can hold you for 24-72 hours before needing to present the subject to a Judge for a bail hearing. This is necessary as the cops might arrest someone on Friday evening and not be able to get to a Judge until Monday. Of course it can be abused or used to do things like lock a dru...
[15:24:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03dry [223] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facial Recognition Linked to a Second Wrongful Arrest by Detroit Police - 662 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:24:06] <exec> 08└─It's a combination of what the accused can afford, the seriousness of the crime and likelihood of the accused not showing up. A murderer is going to have higher bail then a shoplifter, a rich person should have higher bail then a poor person. Think of the extreme case, young man with no money or tie...
[15:24:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facial Recognition Linked to a Second Wrongful Arrest by Detroit Police - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:24:09] <exec> 08└─Everything I've read so far, suggests that the facial recognition works just fine - for white people. Especially for white males.
[15:24:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ask Soylent: Hardware for VR Gaming on GNU/Linux? - 339 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:24:54] <exec> 08└─I'd probably go with a Playstation 4 or 5 to do this (VR) I decided I don't even want to crap up my linux PC with Steam anymore ; I do want to install some emulators and VMs after I upgrade my PC though. (e.g. : demanding games on dosbox, Playstation 2 emulator, actual PC emulator) Maybe even.. runn...
[15:24:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent: Hardware for VR Gaming on GNU/Linux? - 2791 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:24:55] <exec> 08└─You could pickup an HTC Vive or Vive Pro off e-bay, they're not terribly expensive right now. So far my Vive, has been working pretty well, sure it's not the best, but I had a blast playing Fallout VR through to completion. Minus a couple of stupid hunt for the bobblehead type achievements (one of t...
[15:24:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent: Hardware for VR Gaming on GNU/Linux? - 628 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:24:57] <exec> 08└─Sad, but true. Apple used to be a somewhat decent 2nd best system to play PC games on. Nowadays, I wouldn't even think about purchasing an Apple computer to play games on. I'd sooner build a custom Linux machine that I would use to play games on. My decision to do that wouldn't solely be due to the...
[15:25:22] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03EJ [2452] 02 - 06Global Methane Emissions Soar to Record High - 710 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:25:22] <exec> 08└─There aren't too many cows. There are too many people. We need to cut the global population by half at the least. In truth, the world would be better off with only 25% of the current total population of people. Too many idiots keep pointing out that "there is plenty of land" to support an infinite n...
[15:25:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Global Methane Emissions Soar to Record High - 253 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:25:45] <exec> 08└─> We need to cut the global population by half at the least. You first. Does that mean no more immigration from 3rd world to prop up low replacement rates in the 1st world? Sounds like the amount of immigration, illegal or not, is a climate catastrophe.
[15:26:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The TLS 1.2 Deadline is Looming, How Well Do You Have Your Act Together? - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:26:27] <exec> 08└─So, are you arguing we need to give up on security or what else do you want to do about it?
[15:26:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The TLS 1.2 Deadline is Looming, How Well Do You Have Your Act Together? - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:26:28] <exec> 08└─ISPs and government agencies would like to thank you for all of that browsing data and a free 0-day delivery vector.
[15:27:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03meustrus [4961] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Common FDA-Approved Drug May Effectively Neutralize Virus that Causes COVID-19 - 167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:27:46] <exec> 08└─Normal people these days sleep around. Maybe it's a smaller problem in Utah, but it's still a problem for anyone who doesn't exclusively start having sex with virgins.
[15:29:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Admin Caves to Harvard and MIT, Won’t Deport Online-Only Students - 747 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:29:14] <exec> 08└─It is also to "own the libs", whatever that means. I saw recently a bit on how some of the MAGA crowd are now seeking out masks that specifically don't do anything to mitigate the spread of covid. It is so they can wear them, knowing full well that they are not designed to do what their intent is, b...
[15:29:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Trump Admin Caves to Harvard and MIT, Won’t Deport Online-Only Students - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:29:16] <exec> 08└─Not even as a janitor
[15:29:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Charter's Hidden "Broadcast TV" Fee Now Adds $197 a Year to Cable Bills - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:29:55] <exec> 08└─Sounds very much like Australian NBN broadband ISP plans...
[15:33:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Lego and Nintendo team up for a new NES Lego Kit - 1451 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:33:11] <exec> 08└─I was going more along the lines, of that's ancient stupid design. Than, the cool new save feature that the new device adds, breaks the game. I like my save feature, especially since, I don't have an abundance of joy, playing the same tiny section of a level or 95% of a game over from scratch, becau...
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[16:22:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06Google Is Quietly Experimenting with Holographic Glasses and Hybrid Smartwatches - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:22:39] <exec> 08└─Wait until the technologies are released, then wait until Google cancels them, and then laugh at people who spent money on them.
[16:22:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Is Quietly Experimenting with Holographic Glasses and Hybrid Smartwatches - 190 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:22:40] <exec> 08└─No. I think it is better to wait until Google cancels the 2nd version of the product. That's a much better laugh. You know they're going to do this, even when the product is first announced.
[16:22:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hardware Attack Exposes nRF52 Debugger - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:22:51] <exec> 08└─Unless what they mean by "wardriving" is driving around and taking peoples' gadgets at gunpoint
[16:22:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hardware Attack Exposes nRF52 Debugger - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:22:52] <exec> 08└─I would presume that it would be more effective to take cash, drugs and weapons
[16:22:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hardware Attack Exposes nRF52 Debugger - 1057 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:22:54] <exec> 08└─Suppose you can put your own nRF52 into debug mode. On your own device, like an ESP32. Can you then manipulate your device, to interact with other bluetooth devices to compromise the other devices? This would require that the other device have bluetooth with some vulnerability in its implementation....
[16:22:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hardware Attack Exposes nRF52 Debugger - 167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:22:57] <exec> 08└─Prescription narcotic pain killers might be appealing to a thief. Thieves of all ages can enjoy boner drugs. Who says boomers might not have good drugs in their house?
[16:23:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Rebuilding the Polish Engima-Cracker - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:23:06] <exec> 08└─There is nothing as tasty as a polish enigma cracker with swiss cheese on top along with a fine chianti.
[16:23:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Rebuilding the Polish Engima-Cracker - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:23:08] <exec> 08└─polish chianti is called boones farm pickle tink here in the usa
[16:23:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Spreading Rock Dust on Farms Could be a Major Climate Action - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:23:40] <exec> 08└─So they can start coming up with a scheme for selling rock dust credits.
[16:23:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Spreading Rock Dust on Farms Could be a Major Climate Action - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:23:42] <exec> 08└─There must be some Al Gore Rhythm for that.
[16:23:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Iranian Spies Accidentally Leaked Videos of Themselves Hacking - 20 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:23:54] <exec> 08└─Guess who pays them.
[16:24:59] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03RamiK [1813] 02 - 06Ask Soylent: Hardware for VR Gaming on GNU/Linux? - 579 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:25:00] <exec> 08└─There's no need to compromise your Linux workstation's security and stability with closed source proprietary crap when Windows hardware support is a perfectly adequate for gaming peripherals while Linux support for gaming software is lacking. Just use a KVM switch [wikipedia.org] between your gaming...
[16:25:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rich [945] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent: Hardware for VR Gaming on GNU/Linux? - 932 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:25:25] <exec> 08└─Thanks for the leads, at least I learned something new - The arXiv paper uses a display from lookingglassfactory. it's a passive no-glasses 3D display with a 50 degree FOV; the 15 inch model for three grand, the 9 incher start at 600$. Looking at the specs, these probably must be seen to be believed...
[16:25:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Ask Soylent: Hardware for VR Gaming on GNU/Linux? - 1421 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:25:26] <exec> 08└─No, because no. Playstation VR is nothing compared to PC VR. Complaining about running proprietary software on an opensource OS seems crazy from a consumer perspective. You want nice things, you need to pay someone money for them. Expecting Steam to handover the secret sauce to everything, because O...
[16:25:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent: Hardware for VR Gaming on GNU/Linux? - 300 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:25:28] <exec> 08└─You'd want to use the most powerful Pi available, at this moment, the Raspberry Pi 4. Still, that would be a lot of work, for what I would call very little reward. Since, you'd likely get a better experience doing the google cardboard thing, but just using a cheap phone you grabbed off e-bay for it.
[16:26:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Global Methane Emissions Soar to Record High - 210 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:26:16] <exec> 08└─There aren't too many cows. There are too many people. We need to cut the global population by half at the least. In truth, the world would be better off with only 25% of the current total population of people.
[16:26:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Global Methane Emissions Soar to Record High - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:26:17] <exec> 08└─Boomers wish they were so lucky.
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[17:22:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Is Quietly Experimenting with Holographic Glasses and Hybrid Smartwatches - 209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:22:29] <exec> 08└─The good news is all that delicious sounding tech The bad news is Google only cares about selling ads using it, and WRT lawmakers and regulators have privacy concerns over Silicon Valley's ever-expanding scope
[17:22:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Is Quietly Experimenting with Holographic Glasses and Hybrid Smartwatches - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:22:30] <exec> 08└─A temporary tattoo that, when applied to your skin, transforms your body into a living touchpad.
[17:23:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Kitsune008 [9054] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Supercomputer Reveals Atmospheric Impact Of Gigantic Planetary Collisions - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:23:11] <exec> 08└─Do tell us how often Venus slams into Mars, you astounding astronomical genius. Another stupid git commenting? Show us on the doll where Canada touched you. ;-)
[17:24:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facial Recognition Linked to a Second Wrongful Arrest by Detroit Police - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:24:20] <exec> 08└─There is definitely an undercurrent of "This is preposterous, how stupid can lawmen be?"
[17:24:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facial Recognition Linked to a Second Wrongful Arrest by Detroit Police - 757 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:24:22] <exec> 08└─are you on The Cheese? have you ever been to county jail? how about for something you didn't even fucking do? do you have any idea on how incompetent and callous the "justice system" is? these motherfuckers charge people, not even caring if it's the right person, drag you slowly through jail holding...
[17:24:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Facial Recognition Linked to a Second Wrongful Arrest by Detroit Police - 335 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:24:24] <exec> 08└─I think it is more often used as an extra judicial form of punishment. All they need is an excuse to arrest you on the flimsiest excuse. They don't have to beat you up. All nice and neat. Slicker than snot on a doorknob. Beating you up can be done later within the detention facility through careful...
[17:24:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facial Recognition Linked to a Second Wrongful Arrest by Detroit Police - 434 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:24:26] <exec> 08└─this boogaloo "movement" has FBI honeypot/operation written all over it. That's like their whole MO these days: creating fake terrorists. I mean think about it. Is there anything more "piggly" than saying "ok, guys. We're going to create a group of revolutionaries/ race warriors and we're all going...
[17:24:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facial Recognition Linked to a Second Wrongful Arrest by Detroit Police - 376 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:24:28] <exec> 08└─yes, the vast majority (not a tiny minority like idiots and media whores like to say) cops are lazy, stupid, corrupt, seditious fucks who will gladly railroad anyone they think they can get away with railroading. a conviction is a conviction.giving them tools that give them a false sense of accuracy...
[17:26:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The TLS 1.2 Deadline is Looming, How Well Do You Have Your Act Together? - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:26:51] <exec> 08└─I mean, you (hopefully...) don't respond to calls like "hi, this is your IT department, we'd need your username and password to figure out a problem we have with it..."
[17:26:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06The TLS 1.2 Deadline is Looming, How Well Do You Have Your Act Together? - 11 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:26:53] <exec> 08└─lahu zahur!
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[18:22:40] <exec> 08└─Google brain implants. Get instant internet beamed directly to your visual, auditory, and sensory nerve centers. In exchange Google has rights to all your memories, even the ones you blocked out. Yeah, it's going to get interesting.
[18:22:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hardware Attack Exposes nRF52 Debugger - 370 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:22:54] <exec> 08└─I would imagine its more fun to pown someone's BT keyboard to obtain all their passwords and login information, than to pown their remotely controlled vibrator or doorbell. Although it would be funny to cross connect the two if you pown them both. "I don't know why my wife leaps off the couch every...
[18:22:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hardware Attack Exposes nRF52 Debugger - 850 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:22:56] <exec> 08└─Many of these bluetooth doorbells also capture video. Suppose porch pirates could jam the video or replace it with goatse videos or Trump speech videos. It might not be necessary to PWN a bluetooth device. I don't know the feasibility of this, but suppose it were possible to passively capture encryp...
[18:23:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Spreading Rock Dust on Farms Could be a Major Climate Action - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:23:39] <exec> 08└─except we can't apply it today on large scale
[18:25:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ask Soylent: Hardware for VR Gaming on GNU/Linux? - 346 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:25:27] <exec> 08└─Thanks. I might dig into it. It would probably be a purchase next year anyway. The Playstation VR has Beat Saber, which made it worth the price of admission. I found it to be astonishingly fun. On the other hand, the kit came with 'Iron Man VR', which was terrible. One of my kids and I each tried it...
[18:26:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Global Methane Emissions Soar to Record High - 510 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:26:16] <exec> 08└─Ooh, I can play this game too! Yes we are. Have you ever seen Arizona? There's no water. Have you ever seen Death Valley? There's no water. The Sahara is still there. The Utah Canyonlands, which I crossed a few years ago, is still there, still dry. The Colorado River is barely a trickle. The mountai...
[18:26:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Global Methane Emissions Soar to Record High - 418 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:26:18] <exec> 08└─We don't need to kill off 50% of the population if we focus our mass murder on the people that cause the most problems for the environment. And we can reasonably estimate environmental impact by national emissions levels and personal income level. Which means that the people who will be left will be...
[18:26:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Global Methane Emissions Soar to Record High - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:26:20] <exec> 08└─If we stop keeping cattle, deer, elk, antelope, and bison will eat that forage instead and produce the methane.
[18:26:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03UncleBen [8563] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Global Methane Emissions Soar to Record High - 318 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:26:22] <exec> 08└─The overpopulation trope is a tired cover for a couple of unpleasant desires. EG: "too many brown people" and "too many poor people (not directly supporting the overpop preacher)". But as pop growth consistently decreases, our species' prospects are ok ONLY IF we get Anthropogenic Global Climate Cha...
[18:26:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Global Methane Emissions Soar to Record High - 1423 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:26:24] <exec> 08└─Thexalon, have you been to Death Valley? There actually is water [nps.gov] there [nps.gov]. There's water in the Canyonlands [nps.gov], too. The Sahara, apparently, also has water [oxfordpresents.com]. I know you were being clever by picking extreme examples, but at least two of those three contradi...
[18:28:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Common FDA-Approved Drug May Effectively Neutralize Virus that Causes COVID-19 - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:28:27] <exec> 08└─Men are filthy. And ugly! Especially the pastel colored ones! That why they hate black people, you know. The black man is pretty. Just ask Mohamed Ali. The white man is jealous
[18:28:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Common FDA-Approved Drug May Effectively Neutralize Virus that Causes COVID-19 - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:28:28] <exec> 08└─No, they are a symptom
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[19:22:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Cosmology Book Challenges Readers to Come Up with Better Theories - 205 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:22:25] <exec> 08└─Piles of cranks with their own pet theory of everything. If only respectable journals would publish time cube or topological geodynamics [tgdtheory.fi] we'd finally overcome the problem of quantum gravity.
[19:22:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mojibake Tengu [8598] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Cosmology Book Challenges Readers to Come Up with Better Theories - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:22:27] <exec> 08└─You can't throw a heretic science here thusly, Soylentnews is a conformist science linkpump!
[19:22:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Cosmology Book Challenges Readers to Come Up with Better Theories - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:22:29] <exec> 08└─A: Malt flavored nougat
[19:22:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Cosmology Book Challenges Readers to Come Up with Better Theories - 163 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:22:31] <exec> 08└─encourage you to take on the intellectual giants of cosmology — Einstein, Hawking, and all the rest — by taking this data and interpreting your own hypothesis.
[19:22:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Opportunist [5545] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Cosmology Book Challenges Readers to Come Up with Better Theories - 605 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:22:33] <exec> 08└─It is just the best explanation for everything we observe. That's the thing with science. We only "know" things until someone comes up with a better system that explains what we observe. We once "knew" that sickness is caused by bad air (look up miasma theory, it's actually pretty cool). Turns out,...
[19:22:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Is Quietly Experimenting with Holographic Glasses and Hybrid Smartwatches - 158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:22:45] <exec> 08└─Not having the tattoo means you cannot prove you've had the vaccine, making you both a social outcast, as bad as a leper, and unable to transact any business.
[19:22:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Is Quietly Experimenting with Holographic Glasses and Hybrid Smartwatches - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:22:47] <exec> 08└─Sounds backwards. You want hybrid glasses (augmented reality and virtual reality) and holographic smartwatches.
[19:22:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Is Quietly Experimenting with Holographic Glasses and Hybrid Smartwatches - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:22:49] <exec> 08└─This time they'll probably be making sure the use case overwhelms the social stigmas before attempting a wide rollout.
[19:22:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Is Quietly Experimenting with Holographic Glasses and Hybrid Smartwatches - 169 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:22:51] <exec> 08└─privacy laws in the US and many other countries is such that: disclosure of your medical state, including communicable diseases, is (mostly [hhs.gov]) at your discretion
[19:22:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Is Quietly Experimenting with Holographic Glasses and Hybrid Smartwatches - 399 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:22:53] <exec> 08└─More likely scenario: Mandatory brain implants, given at birth, will automatically charge your credit card any time you happen to incidentally overhear any copyrighted music or see any copyrighted video or images. (then Google will cancel this project, but introduce a similar but not quite identical...
[19:22:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Is Quietly Experimenting with Holographic Glasses and Hybrid Smartwatches - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:22:56] <exec> 08└─R2D2 was able to hear and understand human speech perfectly, but was unable to do simple speech synthesis.
[19:22:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Is Quietly Experimenting with Holographic Glasses and Hybrid Smartwatches - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:22:58] <exec> 08└─This time Google will ensure that anyone who attacks their customers ("glass holes") will be identified, and go viral on social media.
[19:23:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Rebuilding the Polish Engima-Cracker - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:23:23] <exec> 08└─Good luck trying to get to the poles to vote later this year.
[19:23:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Spreading Rock Dust on Farms Could be a Major Climate Action - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:23:59] <exec> 08└─1) the carbon absorbing basalt dust is blown in a wide radius 2) the volcano might reactivate and make even more basalt and light reflecting sulfur
[19:28:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Common FDA-Approved Drug May Effectively Neutralize Virus that Causes COVID-19 - 373 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:28:46] <exec> 08└─So nobody noticed a connection? Hard to tell. We allow too much secrecy to get an accurate numbers I also find it amusing that the Russians are being accused of "hacking" into some vaccine database. Well, the fucking database should be wide open! The theory is we are supposed to work together for a...
[19:30:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Trump Admin Caves to Harvard and MIT, Won’t Deport Online-Only Students - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:30:16] <exec> 08└─Huh, sounds just like the old USA.
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[20:22:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Opportunist [5545] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Cosmology Book Challenges Readers to Come Up with Better Theories - 895 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:22:49] <exec> 08└─Someone with a competing theory about, well, anything isn't the problem. Actually, it's highly encouraged. Because otherwise we're prone to navel gazing and avoiding to even reconsider our position. A lot of breakthroughs in science are due to someone coming up with a better explanation for what we...
[20:22:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Cosmology Book Challenges Readers to Come Up with Better Theories - 196 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:22:51] <exec> 08└─Despite having the world's knowledge at our fingertips, we live in a time of great scientific illiteracy. Disinformation is rampant about vaccines, climate change and even pandemics like Covid-19.
[20:22:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Cosmology Book Challenges Readers to Come Up with Better Theories - 3067 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:22:53] <exec> 08└─You miss one critical failing of science, both contemporary and in the past. When you start speaking of models you run into a problem. When one model is assumed to be correct, things start building up on top of it to artificially support that model rather than challenge it. Cosmic inflation [wikiped...
[20:22:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Cosmology Book Challenges Readers to Come Up with Better Theories - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:22:55] <exec> 08└─I have some unsettling news about your sig quote...
[20:22:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Cosmology Book Challenges Readers to Come Up with Better Theories - 496 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:22:57] <exec> 08└─No, I'm not going to come up with a better theory unless I get paid to do that. It's your job to do it if you're being paid to be a cosmologist. Those who make a positive claim have the responsibility to prove and support it. I need merely point out inconsistencies and irregularities that suggest pr...
[20:22:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Cosmology Book Challenges Readers to Come Up with Better Theories - 538 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:23:00] <exec> 08└─How do you know what the universe would look like if rerun without the use of a model? If you want to say "cosmic inflation sounds wacky", go ahead. I'll agree. But the challenge is to find a better model that fits all the known facts. That said, we KNOW our current theories are wrong. We just don't...
[20:23:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Cosmology Book Challenges Readers to Come Up with Better Theories - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:23:02] <exec> 08└─Or look up the origin of the term "malaria". (It was thought that bad air from the swamps caused malaria.)
[20:23:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Is Quietly Experimenting with Holographic Glasses and Hybrid Smartwatches - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:23:20] <exec> 08└─That was a design decision....by the author (or director).
[20:23:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03ilsa [6082] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hardware Attack Exposes nRF52 Debugger - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:23:37] <exec> 08└─Nope. They're using completely incorrect terminology.
[20:23:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Opportunist [5545] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hardware Attack Exposes nRF52 Debugger - 202 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:23:38] <exec> 08└─...seems to be rather that the user gets access to a device he bought. We can't have that! Imagine, people using the devices they own in a way they want rather than in the way the manufacturer intended!
[20:23:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03ilsa [6082] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hardware Attack Exposes nRF52 Debugger - 405 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:23:40] <exec> 08└─You can't wardrive it, nor can you use it to attack other systems. The disclosure specifically says that it's a physical attack, which means you have to physically open up the device and futz around with the components. If your goal is to try to weaponize people's bluetooth hardware en masse, this i...
[20:23:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hardware Attack Exposes nRF52 Debugger - 313 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:23:43] <exec> 08└─A sufficiently determined attacker will always be able to read out data from hardware. It's just a matter of how determined the attacker is. The best you can do is to make the device tamper evident and make it take long enough that you can notice that the device is missing and take appropriate secur...
[20:24:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Spreading Rock Dust on Farms Could be a Major Climate Action - 205 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:24:30] <exec> 08└─I am unsure if you understand that we are already crushing rocks and putting it on fields. Due to this fact, comparison shouldn't be between zero and the new system but between the old one and the new one.
[20:27:20] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] 02 - 06The TLS 1.2 Deadline is Looming, How Well Do You Have Your Act Together? - 478 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:27:20] <exec> 08└─The moment everyone gets caught up to 1.3 it will be time for 1.4 then 2.0 then 2.1 gold edition, and if you don't keep up, no fucking internet access for you because your browser is more than five minutes old! To top things off these nazis will bitch at you until you do things their way. All this n...
[20:27:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03ilsa [6082] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The TLS 1.2 Deadline is Looming, How Well Do You Have Your Act Together? - 233 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:28:00] <exec> 08└─While true, this is separate from the whole TLS thing, and I can sympathize with the GP. This never ending treadmill of incremental improvements is _exhausting_ to keep up with, and it feels like it's getting worse instead of better.
[20:28:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03ilsa [6082] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The TLS 1.2 Deadline is Looming, How Well Do You Have Your Act Together? - 334 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:28:01] <exec> 08└─Well that is a remarkablely eclectic mix of results, including a google translation of "skinhead dwarfs having sex with goats that are on fire while singing Verdi " into french, some random questionable porn sites, and a Springer article titled "Decadence in Literature and Intellectual Debate since...
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[22:23:42] <exec> 08└─Once these bacteria discover that people taste better than manganese, it's game over.
[22:23:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Lenovo Brings AMD to Its Gaming Laptops - 274 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:23:48] <exec> 08└─It's always good when you get another option for chipset. I avoid Intel wherever possible just because of the way they've held the market back for so long. The various anti-competitive trade practices that ensured that AMD was often not a viable option were not appreciated.
[22:24:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Interesting) 02 - 06Cosmology Book Challenges Readers to Come Up with Better Theories - 646 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:24:11] <exec> 08└─This is a *good* thing. Einstein was also just a "crank" with absolutely no formal experience, had never published anything, and couldn't even get accepted for a position at any university - anywhere (after trying for 2 years!) He was working as a low grade patent inspector while developing his pet...
[22:24:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03charon [5660] (Score: 4, Informative) 02 - 06Cosmology Book Challenges Readers to Come Up with Better Theories - 223 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:24:13] <exec> 08└─Clearly you didn't read the article. The authors are not saying "Do our jobs for us." They are saying "When coming up with wild theories, these are the data that have to be explained. Please plan your theories accordingly."
[22:24:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Cosmology Book Challenges Readers to Come Up with Better Theories - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:24:15] <exec> 08└─Those who make a positive claim have the responsibility to prove and support it.
[22:24:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Cosmology Book Challenges Readers to Come Up with Better Theories - 883 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:24:17] <exec> 08└─The difference between Einstein and the typical crank is that Einstein actually understood the theories he was challenging, and didn't act just from a gut feeling of “I don't understand it, therefore it has to be wrong.” Also AFAIK he didn't get mad as soon as anyone dared to not immediately bel...
[22:24:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Cosmology Book Challenges Readers to Come Up with Better Theories - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:24:20] <exec> 08└─I don't know a single person in florida with covid19.
[22:24:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Cosmology Book Challenges Readers to Come Up with Better Theories - 2127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:24:22] <exec> 08└─I don't think it sounds wacky. It's just a hack, and a very extreme one at that. It's like adding a (if (n % 273 == 147) goto WEIRD_FAILURE_SKIP) in a program. And in both cases, such a failure is often indicative of a much more fundamental issue. As for how we know what the universe would look like...
[22:24:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Cosmology Book Challenges Readers to Come Up with Better Theories - 1392 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:24:24] <exec> 08└─Oh you're going to love this. I'm certain you're aware of probably one of the most famous quotes attributed to Einstein where he referred to quantum mechanics as "spooky action at a distance." What's missed in that quote is it was not a description, but a somewhat antagonistic mocking of the Copenha...
[22:24:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Opportunist [5545] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Cosmology Book Challenges Readers to Come Up with Better Theories - 236 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:24:26] <exec> 08└─Just for the record, the universe expanding faster than the light in it travels does not break any laws of physics. And if you do have a better model, by all means, present it and put it up for scruteny. That's what science is here for.
[22:24:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Cosmology Book Challenges Readers to Come Up with Better Theories - 474 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:24:28] <exec> 08└─Scientific illiteracy? People have come to distrust science because the scientific process is broken: https://www.vox.com [vox.com] Can you really blame non-scientists for being skeptical? Scientists imagine themselves as hone...
[22:24:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Is Quietly Experimenting with Holographic Glasses and Hybrid Smartwatches - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:24:48] <exec> 08└─Even when the movie came out, in about 1977, BYTE Magazine pointed out the absurdity. It doesn't pass the sniff test.
[22:24:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Is Quietly Experimenting with Holographic Glasses and Hybrid Smartwatches - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:24:49] <exec> 08└─What if you already wear glasses? I can't replace them with their ad-delivery platform. Not that I plan on getting a pair but in theory. I don't see my local optician offering these.
[22:25:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hardware Attack Exposes nRF52 Debugger - 1013 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:25:10] <exec> 08└─Yes, I get it that you have to tamper with your own bluetooth chip to get debug mode. Once you have that, what level of control of the hardware do you have? Can you transmit bluetooth packets in ways that you ordinarily would not be able to? Especially malformed packets? Reaching that point is the v...
[22:25:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hardware Attack Exposes nRF52 Debugger - 193 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:25:12] <exec> 08└─Could Bluetooth be done via SDR? If so, what is the potential to transmit malformed bluetooth packets to do "interesting things" to ordinary bluetooth devices you don't have physical access to?
[22:25:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hardware Attack Exposes nRF52 Debugger - 1421 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:25:14] <exec> 08└─That's why I take vulnerability reports with a few pounds of salt. Background for people who don't do a lot of embedded device work: Many devices, including the nrf52 series include a hardware debugging interface (also used for initial firmware loading at the factory). Often those are exposed on the...
[22:25:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Rebuilding the Polish Engima-Cracker - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:25:25] <exec> 08└─They were trying to break GERMAN cryptography.
[22:25:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Rebuilding the Polish Engima-Cracker - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:25:26] <exec> 08└─Why would we want to vote in the arctic?
[22:26:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Spreading Rock Dust on Farms Could be a Major Climate Action - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:26:05] <exec> 08└─Saharan sand is the main source of nutrients for the Amazon rainforest...
[22:26:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Iranian Spies Accidentally Leaked Videos of Themselves Hacking - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:26:18] <exec> 08└─There, fixed that for you. ~childo
[22:27:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Facial Recognition Linked to a Second Wrongful Arrest by Detroit Police - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:27:04] <exec> 08└─Has he proven he is innocent? Statistically speaking, Blacks are criminals so it would be more accurate to say "innocent of this particular crime at this time".
[22:27:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03ilsa [6082] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent: Hardware for VR Gaming on GNU/Linux? - 578 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:27:58] <exec> 08└─In addition, Apple's constant platform changes make them a non-starter if you care about games that are even slightly old. Very few games are actively developed after they are released, and I've been bitten by several games that no longer run properly for one reason or another on Mac. Hell, I've had...
[22:27:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ask Soylent: Hardware for VR Gaming on GNU/Linux? - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:27:59] <exec> 08└─You want nice things, you need to pay someone money for them.
[22:29:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Zinnia Zirconium [11163] (Score: 1) 02 - 06The TLS 1.2 Deadline is Looming, How Well Do You Have Your Act Together? - 519 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:29:42] <exec> 08└─How do you know I'm not some imposter? You don't and it doesn't matter because I deal second hand in publicly available data nobody cares about. Maybe if the data were private or secret or sensitive or important in any way then I might bother with encryption. .......and yeah I use SSH for a private...
[22:29:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The TLS 1.2 Deadline is Looming, How Well Do You Have Your Act Together? - 890 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:29:44] <exec> 08└─>Just make it stop already. Might I suggest committing suicide? Maintaining existence is an endless battle. First world countries have been momentarily spoiled by their recent level of living quality, but having to fight for survival is the norm, not the other way around (COVID-19 is a friendly remi...
[22:29:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 2) 02 - 06The TLS 1.2 Deadline is Looming, How Well Do You Have Your Act Together? - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:29:46] <exec> 08└─Nobody cares about you server so it doesn't need encryption? Great, good for you. Unfortunately, most servers do handle important data so they need TLS.
[22:31:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Common FDA-Approved Drug May Effectively Neutralize Virus that Causes COVID-19 - 229 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:31:07] <exec> 08└─That's commie talk. If you don't restrict yourself to patented technology, how do you prevent other people from profiting off your work? Only commies do things that benefit humanity without getting their beaks adequately whetted.
[22:31:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Common FDA-Approved Drug May Effectively Neutralize Virus that Causes COVID-19 - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:31:08] <exec> 08└─Careful there. That technique might be patented.
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[23:22:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bacteria with a Metal Diet Discovered in Dirty Glassware - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:26] <exec> 08└─Now now... Humankind isn't susceptible to little things like this.
[23:22:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bacteria with a Metal Diet Discovered in Dirty Glassware - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:27] <exec> 08└─Nah. All our plastics and metals will be eaten, and then it's back to sticks and stones.
[23:22:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bacteria with a Metal Diet Discovered in Dirty Glassware - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:30] <exec> 08└─Is manganese even a metal? I mean, real genuine metal like iron, copper, titanium, or even aluminum?
[23:22:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bacteria with a Metal Diet Discovered in Dirty Glassware - 338 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:32] <exec> 08└─https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manganese [wikipedia.org] Manganese is a silvery-gray metal that resembles iron. It is hard and very brittle, difficult to fuse, but easy to oxidize. Manganese metal and its common ions are paramagnetic. Manganese tarnishes slowly in air and oxidizes ("rusts") like iron...
[23:22:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Bacteria with a Metal Diet Discovered in Dirty Glassware - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:34] <exec> 08└─Like I was saying, it's a wannabe metal. There is a reason, probably bunch of them, why there is no band called "manganese maiden."
[23:22:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Bacteria with a Metal Diet Discovered in Dirty Glassware - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:36] <exec> 08└─Metal is one of the four main food groups. The others being wood, plastic, and the stuff they put inside Twinkies.
[23:23:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03turgid [4318] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Cosmology Book Challenges Readers to Come Up with Better Theories - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:23:17] <exec> 08└─It laid an egg. All the rest follows. Where do I collect my Nobel prize?
[23:23:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Cosmology Book Challenges Readers to Come Up with Better Theories - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:23:22] <exec> 08└─From the omelet in the pan.
[23:23:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Cosmology Book Challenges Readers to Come Up with Better Theories - 359 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:23:23] <exec> 08└─Oh come on, science is still a better bet than any other schools of thought. Anyway, distrust is good; doubt is good; so long as one keeps analyzing the claims and looking for evidence. If they just dump the scientific method altogether and choose to believe the next talking head that makes them fee...
[23:23:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Cosmology Book Challenges Readers to Come Up with Better Theories - 812 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:23:23] <exec> 08└─I think you are downplaying the hours and hours he spent discussing these issues notably with Bohr, of course, but many others. He spent a lot of time struggling with it and arguing about it, and I think to characterize his action-at-a-distance comment as an angry knee-jerk reaction due to damage to...
[23:23:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Is Quietly Experimenting with Holographic Glasses and Hybrid Smartwatches - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:23:38] <exec> 08└─It's really simple. Just make it look indistinguishable from sunglasses during casual inspection. If you make it look like a Borg, you'll get the fist [theverge.com].
[23:24:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03ilsa [6082] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hardware Attack Exposes nRF52 Debugger - 641 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:24:02] <exec> 08└─Oh I see what you mean. Yes, I suppose that's entirely possible. Who knows what corners got cut during the implementation of the chip. At a minimum, having debug access to the chip would certainly make it much easier to uncover other potential bugs/exploits that the chip may contain. Then you could...
[23:24:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hardware Attack Exposes nRF52 Debugger - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:24:03] <exec> 08└─How is wardriving going to carry out a hardware attack?
[23:24:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hardware Attack Exposes nRF52 Debugger - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:24:05] <exec> 08└─Can you transmit bluetooth packets in ways that you ordinarily would not be able to?
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