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  • (Score: 2) by krishnoid on Sunday December 11 2022, @09:17PM (23 children)

    by krishnoid (1156) on Sunday December 11 2022, @09:17PM (#1282050)

    Has the mod point system changed so you only get points every so often, rather than daily? Because I haven't gotten any mod points for the last few days. No big deal, just checking.

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    Karma-Bonus Modifier   +1  

    Total Score:   2  
  • (Score: 3, Informative) by hubie on Sunday December 11 2022, @09:28PM (8 children)

    by hubie (1068) on Sunday December 11 2022, @09:28PM (#1282052) Journal

    Not intentionally changed. It is a bug (or feature!) that has been recognized (along with the front page listing of the recent journals). When some people were saying they lost mod points last week, I was still getting them, but now I've been without them for several days as well.

    • (Score: 2) by krishnoid on Sunday December 11 2022, @09:40PM (6 children)

      by krishnoid (1156) on Sunday December 11 2022, @09:40PM (#1282053)

      +1, Informative :-|

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 12 2022, @01:11AM (5 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 12 2022, @01:11AM (#1282076)

        I haven't seen any mod points since mid-last year. I thought it was a feature, not a bug. I hear that c0lo has the same issue. Might be a result of pushing back on the horse paste disinformation.

        • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 16 2022, @05:57AM (2 children)

          by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 16 2022, @05:57AM (#1282622)

          Obvious butthole, as khallow would opine. Most recent front page:

          What Is Threat Intelligence, and Why is it Important?

          aristarchus is still out there. And, he is still dangerous! He will say things that make conservatives look stupid, and make janrinok look like a petty British tyrant, a Littlefinger, of sorts. I do believe the only way SN can be safe, is if it is shut down. Ides of December are upon us, you are months behind schedule, Lord janrinock.

          • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 20 2022, @09:21AM (1 child)

            by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 20 2022, @09:21AM (#1283301)

            Aristarchus is still out there! I here he is the fentynel of the mind. All it takes is one small injection of sanity, and all your "common sense" conservatism (a la janrinok) and traditional racist shit balling (a la Runaway) will amount to naught. We need protection from facts and logic, and the mean liberals who pourvey reason and grounding in reality. Save us, janrinok! Keep the bad aristarchus away from solylentnudes, so we can talk about the Kanye West persecuting people!

            • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 24 2022, @08:00AM

              by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 24 2022, @08:00AM (#1283820)

              I am curious. Did this aristarchus character ever actually exist? Is it true he could shoot fireballs out his arse? Can anyone point me to any evidence of his existence? Or evidence of his crimes? Who did he dox? How did he dox them?

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 28 2022, @01:50AM (1 child)

          by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 28 2022, @01:50AM (#1284164)

          Idiot. Those of us who ate the horse parasite medicine are still getting mod points.

          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 29 2022, @08:53AM

            by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 29 2022, @08:53AM (#1284298)

            If you check the medical literature carefully, you will see that one of the common side-effects of a slight over-dose of Ivermectin is the inability to distinguish mod points from horseshit. Just saying.

    • (Score: 2) by datapharmer on Tuesday December 20 2022, @01:07PM

      by datapharmer (2702) on Tuesday December 20 2022, @01:07PM (#1283310)

      Oh, is that why the number of mod points I have is higher than my user id? I better spend some of these or the soylent economy is going to crash.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 12 2022, @02:13AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 12 2022, @02:13AM (#1282080)

    My best guess is that slashd is having problems. Not being on the inside, I can't say for sure. But it would explain a lot of things, including the missing journals from the front page.

  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Monday December 12 2022, @02:36PM (12 children)

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Monday December 12 2022, @02:36PM (#1282130) Journal

    I'm sure it is simply a supply chain issue that is causing a shortage of mod points. Just like shortages of everything else.

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    Universal health care is so complex that only 32 of 33 developed nations have found a way to make it work.
    • (Score: 3, Funny) by maxwell demon on Thursday December 15 2022, @08:50PM (10 children)

      by maxwell demon (1608) on Thursday December 15 2022, @08:50PM (#1282581) Journal

      They shouldn't have used those cheap Chinese mod points. They don't withstand any use. You really can use them only once.

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      The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
      • (Score: 3, Funny) by DannyB on Friday December 16 2022, @03:22PM (9 children)

        by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Friday December 16 2022, @03:22PM (#1282677) Journal

        When the server is down for maintenance, replacement of vacuum tubes, belts, worn parts and lubrication of gears and bearings, it is possible to use those old mod points as ball bearings in the server's machinery.

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        Universal health care is so complex that only 32 of 33 developed nations have found a way to make it work.
        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 17 2022, @08:59AM (5 children)

          by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 17 2022, @08:59AM (#1282844)

          Wait a minute, I thought you flipped them inside out and built web pages out of them.

          • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday December 20 2022, @02:55PM (4 children)

            by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday December 20 2022, @02:55PM (#1283329) Journal

            That would be a better option than letting unused mod points drain into our oceans.

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            Universal health care is so complex that only 32 of 33 developed nations have found a way to make it work.
            • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 21 2022, @01:18AM (3 children)

              by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 21 2022, @01:18AM (#1283432)

              Within the North Pacific Gyre, there is a smaller, lesser known, SoylentNews mod point gyre. And speaking of gyres:

              Turning and turning in the widening gyre
              The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
              Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
              Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
              The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
              The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
              The best lack all conviction, while the worst
              Are full of passionate intensity.

              By some Irish poet.

              • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 22 2022, @04:51AM

                by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 22 2022, @04:51AM (#1283564)

                You spin me right round, baby. Right round.
                Like a record, baby. Right round, round, round.
                You spin me right round, baby. Right round.
                Like a record, baby. Right round, round, round.

                I want to mooo-OOO-ooo-OOO-ooo-OOO-OOO-D!
                I want to mooo-OOO-ooo-OOO-ooo-OOO-OOO-D!

              • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 30 2022, @09:47AM (1 child)

                by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 30 2022, @09:47AM (#1284402)

                Only on SoylentNews would someone troll mod Keats. We all know who it was, the same idiot asking for advice on "Euro" cinema, not knowing the difference between "movies" and cinema, in the first place. "The worst, are full of passionate intensity."

                • (Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 31 2022, @06:15AM

                  by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 31 2022, @06:15AM (#1284496)

                  Bloody Poms! Fucking Brits! Arsehole Anglos! When everyone hates you, you must be doing something wrong.

        • (Score: 1) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday December 28 2022, @01:52AM (2 children)

          by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday December 28 2022, @01:52AM (#1284165) Journal

          Oh, FFS, Danny, stop spreading disinformation. The servers have no balls, bearing or otherwise! They are all eunuchs!

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          A MAN Just Won a Gold Medal for Punching a Woman in the Face
          • (Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 02 2023, @05:42AM

            by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 02 2023, @05:42AM (#1284733)

            Runaway knows about stuff like this! The Nigerian witches still have his penis. Don't know where his balls have gone, have to ask the cat.

          • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday January 03 2023, @03:24PM

            by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday January 03 2023, @03:24PM (#1284956) Journal

            Linux is very similar to eunuchs, but does not have any actual eunuchs code. It isn't "genetically" eunuchs. See SCO vs IBM which began March 6, 2003 and is about to reach its 20th anniversary. The litigation has picked up steam again and moved back to New York court.

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            Universal health care is so complex that only 32 of 33 developed nations have found a way to make it work.
    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 23 2022, @04:59AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 23 2022, @04:59AM (#1283686)

      If mod points are still stuck in a box somewhere in China waiting to be delivered when will they arrive? Before Xmas? There's even a picture of the box on the news!