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Exactly eight years ago, HTTPS was uncommon, COVID-19 never existed, the 2014 Winter Olympics were under way, and ... SoylentNews was born!
What a ride it's been! As the word changed and swirled about us, SoylentNews has persevered through it all. I thank all the members of the community who have been with us since the beginning and welcome those who only recently joined us!
A special thanks go out to all those volunteers who got the site off the ground and set up a solid foundation upon which this site could be built. Thanks, too, to all who have contributed to the site. Doing coding, writing journal entries, moderating and writing comments, maintaining the support services upon which the site depends. I know of no other site that has the sense of community that I see established here. Thanks to you ALL!
Recent Site Activity:
Funds:
At last check, we have raised $818.64 of our $3,500.00 goal for the first half of the year (2022-01-01 through 2022-06-30). That amounts to 23.3% of out goal for the period! We have all-volunteer staffing at SoylentNews which means that every subscription to the site coes entirely to funding site operations (web hosting, accountant, taxes, business fees, etc.). Please accept a great big thank-you to everyone who has supported our site!
Folding@Home:
The SoylentNews Folding@Home team is still ranked in the top 400 teams in the world!!. Together, we have made contributions in understanding and finding cures for Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, cancer, and COVID-19!
At last check, (2022-02-16 23:32:58 UTC) we stood at 3,263,775,924 points having completed 176,784 work units -- Many Many thanks to all who contributed to the team's efforts!
Super Bowl Party:
It has become a tradition and last Sunday was no exception. SoylentNews hosted its fourth annual Super Bowl party on IRC. I struggled with getting an old laptop set up and running. (I had last used it for last year's party.) This involved installing Ubuntu 18.04 (and then upgrading to 20.04). Then, with able assistance from chromas we got the permissions set up on the channel. All told, we had about a dozen logged into the channel. Had some good chats and good cheer. Was well-worth the effort.
Lastly: Buck Feta! ;)
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 17 2022, @05:57AM (11 children)
I was here at the beginning, I will be here at the end. Forces of censorship have no place at SoylentNews. But, happy birthday, and Buck Feta. Felt good, while we were a force for good.
aristarchus
The real-aristarchus. Just ask janrinok to check my hash! Told ya!
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 17 2022, @06:14AM (3 children)
Shit! Ari gets modded -1 Troll, even when it's not Ari, 'cause he's posting AC? Where does the down-mod go, in such a case? And why was he banned on the testimony of a known liar, in the first place?
That was quick. I thought FatPhil was slipping, because of the fat, you know.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 17 2022, @06:16AM (2 children)
This is not going to end well for the admin of SN. They have made a serious mistake, and have been fooled by an Arkansas Man. Time to fess up, recant, and get back on the libertarian straight an narrow. Ban Runaway, immediately.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Mykl on Thursday February 17 2022, @10:11PM (1 child)
These two things don't go together as well as you might think
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 17 2022, @10:27PM
It's almost as if the angry poo flinger is wildly flinging poo in all directions, trying to get it to stick to something.
(Score: 3, Informative) by martyb on Thursday February 17 2022, @03:29PM (5 children)
Actions have Consequences
Opportunities were provided to change behavior; they were not only ignored, but increased (witness the parent comment).
The user can still post as an AC (Anonymous Coward), again witness the parent comment.
Commenting as a regular user could be restored. As the saying goes "when you find yourself at the bottom of a hole, stop digging!
That seems to be good advice at this point -- I recommend trying it.
Wit is intellect, dancing. I'm too old to act my age. Life is too important to take myself seriously.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 17 2022, @07:40PM (4 children)
Marty, you are the reasonable ed, how do you know that the AC claiming to be aristarchus is actually the real aristarchus?
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 17 2022, @10:35PM
Nobody else could possibly be so annoying, except for khallow, and he couldn't possibly be so stupid. Therefore: Aristarchus.
(Score: 4, Touché) by janrinok on Friday February 18 2022, @06:13AM (2 children)
If you can't work it out for yourself you surely don't expect us to explain it to you, do you? The majority of the community seem to have it sussed.
[nostyle RIP 06 May 2025]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 20 2022, @10:30AM (1 child)
He was talking to martyb, old man.
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Sunday February 20 2022, @12:03PM
Oh the wit! The quick incisive response! I am surely fatally wounded by that blow.
[nostyle RIP 06 May 2025]
(Score: 2) by mcgrew on Friday February 18 2022, @07:24PM
I was here at the beginning
Prove it, liar. What's your UID? Probably higher than my now unused /. ID. Why else did you post AC?
In 1942, all of America and most of the world was antifa.