Obviously, they're trying to hide the fact they're looking for specific PROFITABLE POSTERS instead of regular people that really contribute to the conversation.

So don't bother with the site. You're getting sold out harder than /. is selling your asses.

With /., you're just whores. With SoylentNews, you're just getting pimped out and not getting paid, or anything in return.

You're better off whoring yourself out to /.

C'mon Mattie_P, try to prove me wrong. Your own actions prove otherwise.

The blockade.

Way to knock your supporters offline.
Just so everyone else here at /. knows, those at SoylentNews have a hidden agenda if they're going to block simple complaints.

Don't visit the site, you're better off with /. or other tech sites like arstechnica. Soylent News is not a place for anyone as long as they maintain this level of censorship.

Well, the recent adoption of arduino was a good effort, but probably too little, too late.

And right now their markup on arduino products is pretty unpalatable. They're selling things for quite a bit above MSRP. The first thing that does is drive people to buy from places like MCE that are still quasi-retail, but online only. (where RS is likely headed) But then once you're online you realize that $65 Mega2560 that you found at MCM for $50 can actually be had in generic form (Funduino 2560) for $16 with free shipping off ebay, as long as you're willing to wait 3 weeks for it. And then Radio Shack falls back to it's "I need this today" store of desperation only. You did buy one mega from RS, but you will never buy another one from them because now you have four more knockoffs at home for the price of one more locally. While "local desperation" is a valid market, it's not a good one to rely on for too much of your volume.

I still go there somewhat frequently because I'm too impatient for my own good though.

Don't tell a crowd of nerds that your new product is unbreakable, unless you actually want them to try very, very hard to break it. It's like waving a flag at a bull, you'd better have your pads laced up nice and snug, because you're goin' for a ride.

The sad part? One of the absolute best presents I ever had as a little kid was that 120-in-one electronics lab kit they used to sell

And the 200-in-1 that I got a year after the 150. That was 100% responsible for my interest in electronics today. My how far the Shack has fallen. I remember back in the days, going out to the local RS in KCMO with my breadboard and pencil/paper with schematics, buying parts, over to the table to work on it, back over for a few more things I needed nextâ¦. now it's so hit-and-miss. I can think of more parts they've stopped carrying than parts they DO carry. Walls of 5pk's of resistors turned into a single pull-out drawer with maybe 15 varietyâ¦.

We've caught DICE deleting posts and submissions in the firehose that are red and have 90+ comments with regards to the new site.

Yes, DICE or /. editors are actively wiping posts mentioning Soylent News.

And one thing they get on right away is alcohol.

Get ready for heavy fines, it's within the gov't right to do this.

Like calling us commenters/submitters an audience when we provide the content, you assholes?

We're just as strange as soylentnews.org as far as quirky stories goes!

Bet the mods figured out what happens if they filter me by word/sig. Almost 1/300th of the site goes away.

Bring it boys.

I've looked through several other articles, and I'm not seeing any actual mention of that. However, I would wager that the EU/Asia is getting their first glimpses of it right about now. Look for a pinpoint of light in the sky that doesn't flash or twinkle, and you'll have either Jupiter or that asteroid, most likely.

Anyone with a 4-6" telescope should be able to see this if they're in a good viewing location. Tracking it might be a bit more difficult without computer assistance, but it shouldn't be prohibitive. Even at the speeds it's traveling, the distance alone makes the movement seem a bit slow.