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: 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.
(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.
I am not interested in knowing who people are or where they live. My interest starts and stops at our servers.
(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.
I am not interested in knowing who people are or where they live. My interest starts and stops at our servers.