#editorial | Logs for 2016-11-24

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[18:59:10] <janrinok> well, I'm not so sure about the AI side - but you go and enjoy yourself
[18:59:01] <Snow> 1
[18:59:00] <Snow> i'll be back
[18:58:58] <Snow> oh! It's chili time.
[18:58:53] <Snow> There needs to be a shift.
[18:58:44] <janrinok> this is also the quietest we've had it on the site in several years - we've managed to get ahead of the game and can actually breathe a little
[18:58:40] <Snow> Plus AI coming to take all the jobs
[18:58:21] <Snow> .. 's distrust of government, and racial tensions.
[18:58:09] <Snow> I think we are on the leading edge of a revolution. World-wide economic problems. Countless countries rushing towards insolvancy. People
[18:56:34] <janrinok> well, it's much the same in Europe. The last 8 years since the crash haven't been good for anybody except perhaps the 1%
[18:56:10] <Snow> but that's life...
[18:55:25] <Snow> I think poeple are just worn out... the economy (oil prices) has cut a lot of budgets, so everyone wants to do more with less. I understand the reasoning and really, there isn't much choice, but morale has really suffered.
[18:53:30] <janrinok> lol - I had just the opposite opinion until you said that
[18:53:02] <janrinok> that sounds a very sociable group you have there
[18:52:53] <Snow> It's hard to get people involved in social things here...
[18:51:52] <Snow> I work for an agracultrial retail company. We have about 2000 employees, but I work in the head office, and we have ~300 here i'd guess.
[18:51:08] <janrinok> so how big is the work force?
[18:50:44] <Snow> Yea, it's a super popular event here. I started it 7-8 years ago when I was running the social committee. We usually get anwhere from 10-15 cookers, so there is a good selection. It's a lot of fun
[18:49:49] <janrinok> a chili cook-off, sounds like a good idea. I might make a chili this weekend
[18:48:54] <Snow> Haha, classic
[18:48:34] <janrinok> no, we are grateful the pilgrims left every day
[18:47:54] <Snow> Do you have Thanksgiving in France?
[18:47:54] <janrinok> fair enough
[18:47:44] <Snow> Nope, we have Thanksgiving in October. I'm at work... Although today we are having a chili cook-off for lunch, so I'm pretty excited for that
[18:46:55] <janrinok> got any plans for today - it's not a holiday for you is it?
[18:46:16] <Snow> We've had a lot of that lately, so it feels extra good to have sun
[18:46:13] <janrinok> so I envy you your view
[18:45:55] <janrinok> well, apart from being dark now, it has been a cold, grey day here
[18:45:53] <Snow> (Ahtough it would be better to be IN the mountains instead of just looking at them).
[18:45:29] <Snow> It's a glorious day here in Calgary, Canda! The sun is out and from my (very small) cubicle, I can see the mountains all glistening with fresh snow. It's a great day to be alive!
[18:43:34] <janrinok> evening Snow
[18:43:08] <Snow> mornin' gang :)
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[18:10:30] * exec emphatically planks a B-tree of totally legit parameters for Snow
[18:10:29] <janrinok_afk> ~gday Snow
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[16:37:43] <janrinok> lol
[16:37:28] <cmn32480> we both lose
[16:37:13] * exec ironically sets a drawing of suffering by janrinok
[16:37:11] <cmn32480> ~gnight janrinok
[16:37:10] * exec whole-heartedly generates a small script that substitutes a set of horse tentacle tofu for cmn32480
[16:37:08] <janrinok> ~gnight cmn32480
[16:37:00] <cmn32480> have a good night janrinok
[16:36:54] <janrinok> she does, and I do thank her for it
[16:36:49] <cmn32480> anytime brotehr
[16:36:43] <janrinok> and thanks for being a friend
[16:36:40] <cmn32480> she keep you in line and that is invaluable!
[16:36:28] <cmn32480> and let he know that I am Thankful for her too
[16:36:24] <janrinok> I will thanks. All the best to you and your family for the holiday
[16:36:19] <cmn32480> give S a hug for me
[16:36:07] <janrinok> I've got to go get pizzas
[16:36:07] <cmn32480> and take tomorrow too!
[16:36:02] <cmn32480> enjoy a night off from editing
[16:35:57] <cmn32480> go get you pizza
[16:35:53] <cmn32480> I'm gonnn a go catch a shower.
[16:34:20] <cmn32480> I suppose
[16:34:09] <janrinok> well, we were due for a lucky streak eventually
[16:33:45] <cmn32480> other than by pure chance
[16:33:34] <cmn32480> I find it rather hard to believe that this motly crue of editors is getting things right on a regular basis
[16:33:08] <cmn32480> the iste in general, or editors in particular?
[16:32:52] <janrinok> that is pleasing, perhaps we are doing something right
[16:32:26] <cmn32480> the comment counts have been up in general lately, if the story page and my faulty memory are to be believed
[16:31:52] <janrinok> we are getting a lot more comments than I expected today
[16:31:15] <cmn32480> it you bend it and it cracks... it is too dry
[16:31:02] <cmn32480> depends how dry the turkey is
[16:30:56] * cmn32480 might be wishing for pizza soon
[16:30:50] <janrinok> you stick with your pardoned turkey
[16:30:38] <cmn32480> WOOT!
[16:30:30] <janrinok> I'll have to go for pizzas soon - its pizza night here
[16:30:03] <janrinok> perhaps not as bad as I first feared then
[16:30:03] <cmn32480> oh God coffee tastes good with no kids or coowrkers around
[16:29:21] <cmn32480> site rate limiting is alrady in place
[16:29:02] <cmn32480> he subs as AC
[16:28:58] <cmn32480> exec isn't a registered user
[16:28:47] <janrinok> best we keep something manual in there to prevent that, or at least slow it down
[16:28:16] <cmn32480> yeah
[16:28:15] <cmn32480> oooo
[16:27:59] <janrinok> I suspect that one problem with putting a submit link directly onto that page is that it might be easy for someone to 'spam' us simply by submitting every story over and over again using a bot?
[16:27:55] <cmn32480> that's a funny headline
[16:27:50] <cmn32480> USS Zumwalt gets Panama tug job after yet another breakdown
[16:27:35] <cmn32480> \me walked back so as not to spill
[16:26:18] * cmn32480 runs to the kitchen for a cup of coffee++
[16:26:09] <cmn32480> aren't we all?
[16:26:00] <janrinok> I'm trying to make arthur more intelligent but it is not easy - of course I am limited by my own intelligence ...
[16:25:33] <cmn32480> I imagine at some point, we may try to put a Submit link on the wiki page
[16:25:14] <cmn32480> but we will try to keep making it easier
[16:25:07] <cmn32480> unknown
[16:24:27] <janrinok> you know, there really is no excuse for people not to sub stories - how much easier could it be?
[16:22:52] <cmn32480> it had been ~ubmit-storybot
[16:22:34] <cmn32480> it do
[16:22:25] <janrinok> well, that makes sense in some ways
[16:22:05] <cmn32480> the command seems to be ~arthur that does the submission
[16:00:12] <cmn32480> yer welcome for that Sunday thing, by the way
[15:18:24] Bytram is now known as Bytram|away
[14:52:19] <janrinok> well, it's easy at the moment. Stories good until Sunday so no pressure
[14:52:06] <Bytram> got to bed relative early last night, woke and puttered, went back to bed... am puttering some more, and after lunch plan/hope to get some more shuteye
[14:51:22] <Bytram> how you holdiong up trying to keep the reins on this motley bunch
[14:50:59] <janrinok> I thought that you would be resting before your Black Friday attack!
[14:50:49] * exec deliciously planks a tumblr of pits for janrinok
[14:50:47] <Bytram> ~gday janrinok
[14:50:36] * exec cautiously twerks a safe space of vindication for bytram
[14:50:35] <janrinok> ~gday bytram
[14:44:29] <Bytram> http://phys.org
[14:44:22] <exec> └─ 13A new perovskite could lead the next generation of data storage
[14:44:20] <Bytram> http://phys.org
[14:44:10] <Bytram> oRly? /me is looking at it right now. :/
[14:43:36] <exec> └─ 13404 Error - The Page Cannot be Found
[14:43:33] <Bytram> http://phys.org
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[05:08:16] * exec hideously experiences a pair of used panties full of black holes with all
[05:08:14] <Fnord666> ~gnight all
[05:08:10] <Fnord666> I'm headed for bed as well.
[05:07:31] <cmn32480> ~gngiht Fnord666
[05:07:26] * exec covertly culturally appropriates a fart hole of drool from cmn32480
[05:07:24] <Fnord666> ~gnight cmn32480
[05:06:57] * exec proverbially kipes a cockle of grandma's gash from #editorial
[05:06:56] <cmn32480> ~gnight #editorial
[04:42:37] <cmn32480> makes me feel like a little less of a dumbass
[04:42:29] <cmn32480> thanks
[04:41:39] <Fnord666> easy thing to miss
[04:41:23] * MrPlow smakes cmn32480 upside the head with a sockful of coins; homie don't play dat
[04:41:23] <cmn32480> #smake cmn32480
[04:41:19] <Fnord666> lol
[04:41:13] <cmn32480> so exec has been creating the stories.. but couldn't find them
[04:40:57] <cmn32480> i need it to drop in the same place each time.
[04:40:46] <cmn32480> wasn't runnig the new code that jr gave me that resolved the putting the stories in dated folders
[04:40:25] <cmn32480> nah... turns out I'm a moron
[04:39:59] <Fnord666> Nicely done.
[04:38:56] <cmn32480> now I jsut gotta wait for it to finish and see what happens
[04:38:18] <cmn32480> I think I got exec and arthur working together again
[04:38:07] <cmn32480> hey now
[04:32:54] <Fnord666> Weird.
[04:32:00] <Fnord666> And when I came back at later, I got the topic headline, it logged me in as Fnord666, and everything in my scrollback is double posted until I kicked the ghost.
[04:29:59] <Fnord666> 15:39:18 I changed my nick from Fnord666 to Fnord666_Away
[04:28:06] <GreatOutdoors> It is definitelly not a ghost, else it would have died by now.
[04:27:38] <GreatOutdoors> aye..
[04:27:18] <Fnord666> interesting
[04:26:49] <cmn32480> that'd be a good thoguht
[04:26:47] <Fnord666> I didn't think anything was set up
[04:26:28] <GreatOutdoors> maybe it is your bouncer?
[04:26:19] <GreatOutdoors> [22:25:24] Fnord666_Away has been idle 7hrs 46mins 18secs, signed on Wed Nov 23 11:46:55 2016
[04:26:07] <cmn32480> np
[04:26:00] <Fnord666> ty
[04:25:18] <Fnord666> I don't have voice in #edtrain
[04:25:17] <cmn32480> that nick don't show in my peopel list
[04:25:09] <Fnord666> Nope
[04:25:02] <GreatOutdoors> you hve another browser or something open with it running?
[04:24:56] <Fnord666> I don't know why I'm in the channel under two different nicks but that seems to be the only way to clear it up
[04:24:46] <GreatOutdoors> If it is staying that long, it is still active
[04:24:45] <cmn32480> .kick Fnord666_Away
[04:24:37] <cmn32480> you can
[04:24:23] <Fnord666> cmn32480, when you get a chance would you kick Fnord666_Away from the #edtrain channel
[04:24:02] <cmn32480> we are very short on funding to make that happen
[04:22:52] <Fnord666> Oh well.
[04:22:26] <Fnord666> If they were 501(c) my company matches my contributions. :-)
[04:21:28] <Fnord666> oh ok.
[04:21:23] <cmn32480> it is too cumbersome, and we dont ahve the $$$ for it
[04:21:11] <cmn32480> unlikely
[04:20:51] <Fnord666> Are they still working on non-profit status?
[04:20:34] <GreatOutdoors> aha
[04:20:29] <cmn32480> Public Benefit Corp.
[04:20:24] <cmn32480> N Commander, Mr Cool Bp and Matt_ are the board or directors
[04:20:07] <GreatOutdoors> pbc?
[04:19:55] <cmn32480> technically, he is also the CEO of the PBC, I believe
[04:19:42] <cmn32480> on IRC deucalion riles wiht an iron fist
[04:19:23] <GreatOutdoors> Already knew that..
[04:19:10] <cmn32480> all you need to know is you are at the bttom
[04:18:06] <GreatOutdoors> Intersting thing is... I have no clue the heirarchy here....
[04:17:30] <GreatOutdoors> nah I won't. It just felt right at that moment..
[04:17:12] <cmn32480> lol
[04:17:07] <cmn32480> just don't make a habit of it
[04:17:05] <Fnord666> I've been having my ups and downs lately
[04:16:57] <GreatOutdoors> really? even for playing a bit?
[04:16:44] <cmn32480> he'll give you a permanent deop
[04:16:38] <GreatOutdoors> Oh, hey Fnord666, how ya been?
[04:16:38] <cmn32480> don't let deuc alion catch you doing that
[04:16:22] <GreatOutdoors> I couldn't help it boss..
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[04:16:14] <cmn32480> be nice
[04:15:58] <GreatOutdoors> :)
[04:15:55] -!- Fnord666 was kicked from #editorial by Hephaestus!Hephaestus@dodekatheon.olympus.gr [(GreatOutdoors) yep]
[04:15:55] <GreatOutdoors> .kick Fnord666 yep
[04:14:18] <cmn32480> feel better now?
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[04:10:08] <Fnord666> For some reason I was in the channel twice.
[04:09:54] <Fnord666> That was weird
[04:09:35] -!- Fnord666_Away was kicked from #editorial by Hephaestus!Hephaestus@dodekatheon.olympus.gr [(Fnord666) No reason given]
[04:09:35] <Fnord666> .kick Fnord666_Away
[04:09:10] <Fnord666> nice
[04:09:07] <cmn32480> GreatOutdoors - this is why you can't read everythign
[04:08:49] <cmn32480> but when we were running via exec, we woudl put in a hash that linked to a particular story, and exec woudl sub the sucker
[04:08:17] <cmn32480> a manual process
[04:07:58] <cmn32480> Bytram|away - got a whole day of me despite the FNG. Be safe at work. The crowds might be ugly.
[04:07:37] <Fnord666> I wondered how they got from the program execution into the submission queue
[04:07:36] <GreatOutdoors> holy crap cmn, you have been busy..
[04:06:45] <cmn32480> he ws working, and writing the headlines to a page on the wiki where we had people submit from in IRC
[04:06:42] <Fnord666> ok got it
[04:06:35] <Fnord666> AH. For some reason I thought it ran if the sub queue was low.
[04:06:25] <cmn32480> used to, but there was a code chnge, and I pooched the running on exec, and haven't managed to get it workign agian
[04:06:05] <cmn32480> least not recently
[04:05:59] <cmn32480> no
[04:05:23] <Fnord666> Did you say that Arthur runs automatically?
[04:05:10] <cmn32480> UTC
[04:05:07] <cmn32480> the next sub will put us in Sunday
[04:04:32] <GreatOutdoors> So the weekend will be covered nicely..
[04:04:21] <Fnord666> FWIW I vote we bin that story as well cmn32480
[04:03:53] <Fnord666> :-)
[04:03:48] <Fnord666> I was just looking at the front page. Only 6 submissions in the queue!!!
[04:02:52] <Fnord666> " the blowjob retainer story" does make for a catchy headline. :-)
[04:02:35] <cmn32480> keep in mind we are 3DAYS ahead right now
[04:02:25] <cmn32480> use Arthurs stuff
[04:02:15] <Fnord666> Looks like I may need to go looking for some submissions before bed.
[04:01:49] <cmn32480> am also gonna bin the blowjob retainer story unless all y'all wanna read it to get one for yourselves or your significant others
[04:01:11] <cmn32480> binned
[04:00:51] <Fnord666> I agree re the Colbert article.
[04:00:40] <cmn32480> SUNDAY! SUNDAY! SUNDAY!
[03:57:25] <cmn32480> currently I see both of us in the DLink article
[03:57:06] <Fnord666> Ah, ok
[03:57:00] <GreatOutdoors> Friggin cold in here... and although I can easily afford to turn the heat on, my stobbornness is stronger!
[03:56:47] <cmn32480> hangs around until you go iunot an ohter article or 30 min, which ever comes first
[03:56:26] <Fnord666> does that not go away when you leave the preview?
[03:56:01] <Fnord666> Ok I see it.
[03:55:50] <GreatOutdoors> I left a note on the colbert article, thats all I was saying :)
[03:55:36] <GreatOutdoors> I know.
[03:55:29] <cmn32480> if you scorll allllllllll the way to the bottom
[03:55:13] <cmn32480> currently you ought to see me in the Dlink article
[03:55:06] <cmn32480> whyen you read an article, it shows in the list at the bottom
[03:54:54] <GreatOutdoors> I did, it is there.
[03:54:52] <cmn32480> i dind't see it if you did
[03:54:52] <Fnord666> Am I editing it somehow?
[03:54:35] <GreatOutdoors> I thought I did last night....
[03:54:20] <cmn32480> put a note on it!
[03:54:13] <GreatOutdoors> I don't think it is worthy.
[03:54:12] <cmn32480> and none of us really wanted to touch it.. no tech angle and all politics thansk to gewg)_
[03:54:04] <GreatOutdoors> I left that one alone...lol
[03:53:54] <cmn32480> it has been sitting a while.
[03:53:49] <cmn32480> Fnord666 - careful on that Colbert sub
[03:53:24] <GreatOutdoors> Microsoft edge story is up and ready to check.
[03:53:01] <cmn32480> and checked it all while in there
[03:52:48] <cmn32480> or he wanted to read it
[03:52:42] <cmn32480> he was prolly looking to post it
[03:52:38] <cmn32480> no shcok
[03:52:32] <Fnord666> takyon even already 2nded it.
[03:52:28] <exec> <cmn32480> I didn't do stuff like digging for the additional comments, the WP link was good, no paywall
[03:52:27] <cmn32480> s/paywayy/paywall/
[03:52:17] <cmn32480> I didn't do stuff like digging for the additional comments, the WP link was good, no paywayy
[03:51:54] <cmn32480> as written
[03:51:52] <cmn32480> checked the links.. and it is actually a decent sub
[03:51:44] <cmn32480> not much
[03:51:36] <cmn32480> it shows on the bottom of the screen as soon as one of us is in an article
[03:51:26] <Fnord666> I can't wait to see what you do with it.
[03:51:09] <Fnord666> My apologies. I didn't think I got that far into that article.
[03:50:30] <cmn32480> in the actual interface
[03:50:27] <cmn32480> no
[03:50:22] <cmn32480> it gets tough around here when there are more than 1 guy editing at a time
[03:50:16] <Fnord666> is that on the preview submission screen?
[03:49:04] <cmn32480> just be sure to wathc the 100 matching w/ xyz below the title
[03:48:51] <cmn32480> np
[03:48:47] <Fnord666> I'm out. Sorry about that.
[03:48:20] <cmn32480> Fnord666 ^^^
[03:48:05] <cmn32480> please back out
[03:48:03] <cmn32480> Fnord.. I'm halfway done w/ the reddit sub
[03:44:41] <Fnord666> rubs me the wrong way. :-)
[03:44:18] <Fnord666> program structure via whitespace is like sand in a bathing suit though
[03:44:13] <cmn32480> code be damned
[03:44:09] * cmn32480 just needs to find the time to make him wirk w/ exec and the wiki again
[03:43:47] <Fnord666> I've been playing with python so when I found out that StoryBot was written in such, I had to check it out.
[03:42:16] <cmn32480> has to be the last line that person said for sed to work
[03:42:00] <Fnord666> ok
[03:41:50] <cmn32480> and :) counts as text
[03:41:45] <cmn32480> it done'st work if you have another line of text after
[03:41:30] <exec> sed already enabled for 10#editorial
[03:41:29] <cmn32480> ~sed on
[03:41:24] <Fnord666> ~s/Oroginally/Originally/
[03:41:17] <Fnord666> s/Oroginally/Originally/
[03:41:14] <cmn32480> and that someone is the editorial staff
[03:41:00] <Fnord666> :)
[03:40:58] <Fnord666> Oroginally I saw the submissions and thought it was someone using a script to do some lazy submissions.
[03:40:46] <cmn32480> or parseltongue eitehr
[03:40:28] * cmn32480 don't speak python
[03:39:25] <Fnord666> I was looking over the code just the other day.
[03:38:47] <Fnord666> yeah, I've been interested in StoryBot for some time and seen his submissions before.
[03:38:24] <Fnord666> oh, ok
[03:38:23] <cmn32480> \and where to cut the top out
[03:38:19] <cmn32480> Arthurs subs
[03:38:13] <Fnord666> re?
[03:38:11] <cmn32480> jsut takes practice
[03:37:56] <cmn32480> you'll learn ho0w to avoid that
[03:37:40] <cmn32480> Fnord666 - see above
[03:37:34] <GreatOutdoors> I RTFA on all my edits... takes some time.
[03:37:17] <GreatOutdoors> yeah.. gotta slim em down
[03:37:14] <cmn32480> YOu have to cut them down, or we can get into legal issues
[03:37:03] <cmn32480> and remember, arthur's stories ar the ENTRIE article.
[03:36:44] <GreatOutdoors> clear.
[03:36:39] <cmn32480> clear as mud?
[03:36:35] <GreatOutdoors> k
[03:36:24] <cmn32480> but keep Arthur's byline as it has the link ot the original source
[03:36:14] <cmn32480> cut EVERYTHING above the last line I posted
[03:36:00] <cmn32480> then: Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story [nextplatform.com]:
[03:35:51] <cmn32480> then a title line
[03:35:46] <cmn32480> there is a line that says : --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Entire Story Below --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
[03:35:35] <cmn32480> ok
[03:34:12] <cmn32480> one sec adn I will find it
[03:34:04] <cmn32480> ther is a line in there that is the general cut off
[03:32:42] <GreatOutdoors> Do we leave the bot name there for credit?
[03:32:16] <cmn32480> script written and maintained by zz_janrinok
[03:32:04] <GreatOutdoors> Arthur is a bot?
[03:31:29] <cmn32480> the entire first page of the story queue will be future stories
[03:31:19] <cmn32480> if we can get 8 or nine more in the can, we will do somethign that only happens VERY rarely
[03:29:48] <Fnord666> Ah thank you.
[03:29:28] <cmn32480> use the first drop box to show the hold queue and click the filter button
[03:29:18] <Fnord666> ;-)
[03:29:12] <cmn32480> in the sub queue there are a bunch of drop boxes at the top, near a button that says filter submissions.
[03:29:00] <GreatOutdoors> Fnord666: MINE!
[03:28:51] <GreatOutdoors> nice.. never noticed that came and went
[03:28:45] <Fnord666> How do we view the hold queue?
[03:28:38] <cmn32480> triggers when sub queue gets below 20
[03:28:31] <GreatOutdoors> aha..
[03:28:28] <cmn32480> upper right hand corner
[03:28:24] <cmn32480> SoylentNews is powered by your submissions, so send in your scoop. Only 11 submissions in the queue..
[03:28:06] <GreatOutdoors> nag line?
[03:28:03] <GreatOutdoors> So we can ed them and release a few?
[03:27:30] <cmn32480> when the nag line shows at the top of the main page, we tend to get more subs
[03:27:23] <GreatOutdoors> aha.
[03:27:17] <cmn32480> we didn't wanna dump a shitton of arhturs subs in the main queue
[03:26:42] <GreatOutdoors> Why are they on hold?
[03:25:47] <cmn32480> don't forget.. arthur has about a dozen in the hold queue
[03:25:26] <GreatOutdoors> I should ed one tonight.. I gave up yesterday because the other noobs like myself were burning through the good ones faster than I could type, lol
[03:22:59] <Fnord666> You are definitely on a roll tonight.
[03:22:46] <Fnord666> np
[03:22:39] <cmn32480> lemme finish the one I'm in
[03:22:34] <cmn32480> sure
[03:22:27] <Fnord666> cmn32480 - I finished up on the Olympics piece if you would like to review it please.
[03:22:03] * exec dexterously combines a scrote of tagnuts with GreatOutdoors
[03:22:01] <cmn32480> ~gday GreatOutdoors
[03:21:52] <Fnord666> Hola GO
[03:21:44] <cmn32480> I keep this up.. we may yet have a day of cmn32480
[03:21:12] <GreatOutdoors> Hola peeps
[03:10:50] <Fnord666> The quoted paragraphs jump around in the source article a bit
[03:09:32] <Fnord666> I just wanted to check before making any changes.
[03:09:32] <cmn32480> if unsure.. ask questions.
[03:09:20] <Fnord666> ok
[03:09:19] <cmn32480> you certainly can
[03:09:16] <cmn32480> yes
[03:09:10] <Fnord666> that was going to be my question. Do I go in and make the edits myself? I'm not clear on how that's supposed to work.
[03:08:55] <cmn32480> if you are in the middle of it, pleae finish
[03:08:35] <cmn32480> are you making the adjustment, or do you want me to?
[03:08:01] <cmn32480> that si the entrie reason we second check articles
[03:07:43] <cmn32480> I'm not gonna get in your grill for finding adn fixing one of my many many many many many many many mistakes
[03:07:33] <Fnord666> yes
[03:07:24] <cmn32480> if the answer is yes.. the answer is yer
[03:07:16] <Fnord666> ok, yes.
[03:07:07] <Fnord666> maybe?
[03:07:04] <Fnord666> ummm...
[03:06:57] <cmn32480> did I pooch it?
[03:05:40] <cmn32480> yes
[03:05:04] <Fnord666> cmn32480 - question for you. On the Olympics story, should the quoted section have [...] marks to show the disjoint sections of the quoted material?
[03:00:27] <n1> it can be therapeutic to improvise/write and play some music
[02:59:28] <n1> my playing sucks really, but music has always been an important thing in my life
[02:57:39] <Fnord666> are the third type.
[02:57:19] <Fnord666> Those that can't play and know it, like me
[02:56:57] <Fnord666> OK three types then
[02:56:50] <Fnord666> and the second can make any guitar sound amazing
[02:56:44] <cmn32480> those who can adn those who can't?
[02:56:09] <Fnord666> or even a $500 one
[02:55:57] <Fnord666> The first a $5000 guitar won't help
[02:55:57] <n1> oh?
[02:55:45] <n1> or because it's a handmade custom job
[02:55:43] <Fnord666> I know two types of guitar players.
[02:55:26] <n1> once you get over about $1500, you're paying for exclusivity really
[02:55:25] <Fnord666> thank you.
[02:55:20] <cmn32480> no problems
[02:55:12] <cmn32480> already did Fnord
[02:54:54] <cmn32480> story queue has broken into Saturday
[02:54:50] <n1> Fnord666, $5000 is a status symbol/collectable thing, it's not because it's a better guitar
[02:54:48] <Fnord666> BTW I added a story to the queue if one of you wouldn't mind giving it a once over please.
[02:54:47] <cmn32480> Woot!
[02:54:12] <cmn32480> my fingers are too fat
[02:54:01] <n1> cmn32480, get a ukulele
[02:53:36] <Fnord666> From what I've seen that seems reasonable but I'm not sure what the difference is between a $500 guitar and a $5000 one.
[02:53:30] <cmn32480> I know one thing: mor than I can afford
[02:52:55] <Fnord666> I really don't know that much about pricing for guitars.
[02:51:10] <n1> in my (amateur) opinion, $300-600 will get you a decent guitar, spending more isn't necessary for a quality instrument.
[02:48:11] <n1> one of the reasons i don't like playing the les paul and my acoustic is fear of damaging them
[02:47:50] <n1> yeah, i'd probably get a lower-mid range one
[02:47:18] <Fnord666> ESP seems to run the full price range.
[02:46:16] <n1> sorry it's an RGA32
[02:45:36] <n1> the two i have now are a Gibson Les Paul Standard and an Ibanez RGA72 ... always wanted an SG but i actually don't really like how they feel, ESP Viper looks better and i'd hope feels better.
[02:42:56] <n1> i've never actually played one, they're pretty rare in the UK
[02:42:41] <exec> └─ 13ESP LTD Viper 300M Electric Guitar | Musician's Friend
[02:42:40] <Fnord666> I'm not familiar with them. Do they have a characteristic sound?
[02:42:36] <n1> http://www.musiciansfriend.com
[02:41:54] <Fnord666> Nice looking and they even have a left handed model.
[02:40:27] <n1> i really want an esp viper
[02:39:34] <Fnord666> ah, I see the problem now.
[02:39:11] <n1> 2 electrics, 2 electric basses, 1 acoustic, 1 acoustic bass ... but they're all the other side of the world from me right now
[02:38:51] <Fnord666> It's been a productive evening here getting ready for Turkey day tomorrow.
[02:38:23] <Fnord666> How many do you ahve already?
[02:37:52] <Fnord666> oh dear.
[02:37:52] <n1> is Fnord666 having a good evening?
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[02:37:01] <n1> no complaints, just trying to convince myself that buying a guitar is a bad idea
[02:36:18] <Fnord666> And how are you this fine evening?
[02:35:45] <Fnord666> good evening
[02:35:23] <n1> wb Fnord666
[02:34:31] -!- mode/#editorial [+v Fnord666] by Hephaestus
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[02:17:40] * n1 goes to ebay to look at guitars
[02:16:53] <n1> sure
[02:14:51] <cmn32480> let me know if you make it to the east coast
[02:14:04] <n1> although if i'm travelling through the US, might be the time to make that 6
[02:13:07] <n1> i have 5 that i'll be missing until i can figure something out
[02:12:33] <n1> guitars will be a bigger priority though
[02:12:28] <cmn32480> sorry... total brain fart
[02:12:21] <cmn32480> of course... duh
[02:12:00] <n1> got to see where i'm going to end up before i think about anything like that
[02:11:33] <cmn32480> you planning on bringing your desktop over?
[02:11:14] <n1> i replayed a lot of Blood Money before i left the UK though, that is such a good game
[02:10:45] <cmn32480> agreed
[02:09:56] <n1> always online for a game with no online/multiplayer, fucking bullshit
[02:09:53] <cmn32480> agreed
[02:09:44] <cmn32480> and I'm ok w/ the price I paid and the fun I've had w/ it so far
[02:09:35] <n1> i want to play the new hitman still, but it can get fucked with it's always online requirement
[02:09:28] <cmn32480> prolly before Halloween
[02:09:23] <cmn32480> this was 3 or 4 weeks ago
[02:09:15] <cmn32480> can't get pissed about it
[02:08:51] <n1> ouch
[02:08:40] <cmn32480> $19.79
[02:08:34] <n1> what's it now in USD
[02:08:29] <cmn32480> nope same
[02:08:21] <cmn32480> I paid $30
[02:08:17] <n1> could be different for you though, 67% in the UK
[02:08:16] <cmn32480> fek
[02:07:50] <cmn32480> DAMNIT
[02:07:45] <n1> it's got even more off it now
[02:07:11] <n1> nice
[02:06:18] <cmn32480> I got Doom at 50% off a couple weeks ago
[02:06:11] <cmn32480> maybe I'll poke around
[02:06:07] <cmn32480> interesting
[02:05:58] <n1> all 50-75% off at the moment
[02:05:47] <n1> GTA series, Far Cry series, Fallout
[02:05:27] <n1> most things it seems
[02:04:50] * cmn32480 hasn't looked
[02:04:42] <cmn32480> what's on sale for Black Friday?
[02:03:36] <n1> was being tempted by the steam sale earlier
[02:02:59] <cmn32480> defionetly
[02:02:45] <n1> i figure, unless it's replaced with a poo pillow, should be good enough to do some gaming and video editing
[02:01:20] <cmn32480> so be nice!
[02:00:46] <n1> lol
[02:00:39] <cmn32480> it's a poo pillow
[02:00:21] <exec> └─ 13Imgur: The most awesome images on the Internet
[02:00:19] <cmn32480> but when I intercept that shipment.. I'm gonna replace your shiny new laptop wiht this: http://imgur.com
[01:59:52] <cmn32480> I'm not complaining
[01:59:27] <n1> a friend of mine has a 8350 i think, i make fun of his 'fake 8 core' :p
[01:58:56] <cmn32480> w/ a GTX 970 an 16GB RAM
[01:58:40] <cmn32480> Mine is an FX-8350 Eight Core @ 4GHz
[01:58:39] <n1> GTX 970 benchmarks a lot higher than 970M
[01:57:16] <cmn32480> zoinks
[01:57:01] <n1> my desktop, which is obviously unavailable to me these days runs Phenom II X6 1045T CPU and R9 270 GPU
[01:56:00] <cmn32480> my CPU is AMD
[01:55:48] <cmn32480> performs excelently
[01:55:44] <n1> i've been an amd fanboy for a long time, but limited options at this point, so fuck it.
[01:55:40] <cmn32480> I have a full size GTX970 in my tower.
[01:55:18] <n1> it's my first foray into nvidia gpu for over 10 years
[01:54:08] <cmn32480> mobile chipsets tend to be a little less power hungry, etc...
[01:53:28] <cmn32480> but as a whole that chipset performs very well in my opinion
[01:53:12] <cmn32480> which is what I have in my desktop
[01:53:05] <cmn32480> the 970M is prolly not quite as good as the 970 card...
[01:52:45] <n1> hopefully it's as good as it sounds
[01:50:15] <cmn32480> spiffy
[01:50:13] <cmn32480> wooooo
[01:48:57] <n1> Intel Core i7 6820HK + GTX 970M
[01:47:42] <n1> only downside is no SSD, but otherwise the specs are kickass for the money
[01:46:53] <n1> i nearly bought a shittier one trying to save $50
[01:46:26] * cmn32480 intercepts the shipment and replaces it
[01:46:18] <n1> $900
[01:46:09] <cmn32480> and you got it for?
[01:45:59] <n1> everywhere else that has it is selling for $1500
[01:45:50] <n1> hopefully it turns up safe
[01:44:32] <n1> lol
[01:43:38] <cmn32480> 'cuz you bought 6!
[01:43:27] <n1> good thing too, it's now sold out on newegg
[01:43:05] <cmn32480> yay!
[01:42:52] <n1> looks like my laptop has shipped
[01:42:00] <cmn32480> and some idle chit chat
[01:41:47] <cmn32480> some questions by the FNG
[01:41:40] <cmn32480> saw another rant by azuma hazuki...
[01:41:10] <n1> nope
[01:40:36] * cmn32480 skips the logs and asks if I missed anything important?
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[01:36:14] <n1> the UK previously has had direct routes in and out to the EU, and indirect routes in and out too, whilst giving international investors the option to have full EU access, while having limited EUR exposure
[01:35:18] <n1> but being at the crossroads of international trade has been how the UK has ensured it's relevance
[01:34:51] <n1> it's been a major political deal for several years, membership of the EU
[01:34:40] <n1> it's so far out of trends, it was heading down on failed economic policy in the UK, and the threat of brexit anyway
[01:33:04] <charon> looks like GBP was already headed down, but this accelerated the loss
[01:31:50] <n1> but this is also where Trump being elected has been OK for me personally, his winning was an implied approval of brexit from the US, so the £ regained some ground
[01:30:20] <n1> because of what happened, the spreads changed and just as i went to bed i saw it fall of a cliff in seconds, it was insane.
[01:29:42] <n1> they cancelled it too, which is how flash crashes work, but it hasn't recovered
[01:29:15] <charon> i took literally too literally
[01:29:12] <n1> someone in japan accidentally pressed the sell button on a few billion $
[01:29:06] <charon> i'm sorry
[01:28:47] <n1> fuck no, it cost me a lot
[01:28:34] <charon> because you did it?
[01:28:03] <n1> i got the pleasure of literally watching the GBP/USD flash crash from a few weeks ago
[01:27:08] <charon> yeah
[01:26:23] <n1> they happen all the time and continue to happen, but the only direction the blame can be placed is one trader living in his moms basement
[01:26:01] <n1> same as that UK trader who they're extraditing for causing flash crashes
[01:25:40] <charon> excuse me, as the CEO, it is preciesly your job to know everything
[01:25:21] <n1> interest rate that affects billions in transactions every day, and this guy manages to mindfuck everyone in his bank, and all the other banks to fix the rates because they thought he was cool and didn't know it was wrong
[01:25:18] <charon> reminds me of when Enron went down and Ken Lay, the CEO, claimed he didn't know what was going on.
[01:24:29] <n1> and he was buying them off with chocolate or something
[01:24:18] <n1> which was for a while how they framed the LIBOR (i think) rigging... some guy who just started, managed to convince everyone around him to fix the rate
[01:23:57] <charon> naturally
[01:23:34] <n1> well, they will find errors in judgement and faults in process, but no one individual was to blame, except that 24 year old on his first day in the job.
[01:22:56] <charon> that's rather elegant. if you can possibly trust such a person
[01:22:04] <n1> in the UK it works as a punishment... get caught being the chairman of a bank doing all sorts of dodgy things? well you're the most experienced person available to handle the investigations into such practices
[01:21:31] <charon> yep yep
[01:21:13] <n1> well, the investigators want jobs to go to after they finished their public service
[01:20:51] <charon> yeah, or they captured the investigators
[01:19:39] <n1> well, they got better deals because they complied with the investigations reasonably promptly
[01:19:13] <charon> if the fine isn't more than the profit, they win
[01:19:02] <charon> just a drop in the bucket
[01:18:57] <n1> every few months there's a new multi-million to billion settlement
[01:18:48] <n1> those are old stories, but nothing has changed
[01:18:35] <exec> └─ 13J.P. Morgan Adds $2.6 Billion to Its $25 Billion Plus Tally of Recent Settlements - MoneyBeat - WSJ
[01:18:33] <n1> http://blogs.wsj.com
[01:17:32] <exec> └─ 13JPMorgan Chase: Corporate Rap Sheet | Corporate Research Project
[01:17:30] <n1> http://www.corp-research.org
[01:17:25] <n1> it's not a joke
[01:17:14] <charon> about JPMorgan legal expenses
[01:16:17] <n1> what?
[01:15:46] <charon> can't tell if that's a joke or not. if serious, that's pretty wild
[01:15:23] <n1> i might be cynical, but i dont trust any news/media group
[01:14:32] <n1> but as i said on our recent JPM story "That brings up this years legal expenses for JP Morgan up to around $1.43bn dollars, before the cost of lawyers."
[01:13:00] <n1> i mean, it could be worse, could be Goldman Sachs
[01:12:27] <charon> something something credit default swaps
[01:12:05] <n1> which has been structured by JP Morgan
[01:12:00] <n1> especially when you need an 'innovative method for financing research'
[01:11:42] <n1> because that was the message, people wont understand the details
[01:11:22] <n1> none of that was reported, just how awesome the UK government is putting so much money (in principle) into taking care of old people
[01:10:46] <charon> "committed in principle" indeed
[01:10:17] <n1> there's lots of talk, but all they actually say is "we hope by 2020, there will be an office in a university somewhere with "Dementia Research Institute" on the door by 2020
[01:08:38] <Bytram|away> tippy hat to you too!
[01:08:29] <Bytram|away> ;)
[01:08:29] * n1 hat tip Bytram|away
[01:08:26] <Bytram|away> mare see!
[01:08:15] <charon> gnight and happy T-day Bytram|away
[01:08:06] Bytram is now known as Bytram|away
[01:07:58] <Bytram> hi guys... am just absolutely knackered and am gonna call it a night... be well, and for those of you who celebrate it; "Happy Thanksgiving!"
[01:07:50] <charon> also, i am so used to PBS being the barely funded step-child, that i can't imagine any for-profit media giving a shit what they do
[01:07:16] <n1> "The government has been working with J.P. Morgan to structure the Dementia Discovery Fund as an innovative method for financing dementia research."
[01:07:06] <n1> "Major pharmaceutical companies Biogen, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, Lilly and Pfizer have all committed in principle to investing in the project, alongside Alzheimer’s Research UK and the UK government."
[01:06:52] <n1> ah i found the press releases about that dementia thing i was talking about
[01:06:30] <charon> construed
[01:06:16] <charon> and it's usually contrued as negative
[01:06:03] <charon> that part about unable to report without a counterbalance is the charge always levelled at american media
[01:04:19] <n1> don't get me wrong, the BBC does do great work, but they are also used as a political tool for various agendas
[01:03:46] <n1> there's concerted effort by the private media to destroy the bbc, and i can understand their position as it's unfair to have a state sponsored media outlet competing with advertising funded media
[01:01:54] <n1> but because of their unique position, and they do air 'liberal' viewpoints consistently, it gives the private media ample opportunity to bash them for bias anyway
[01:00:13] <charon> ...
[00:57:58] <n1> but they couldn't look out the window themselves, because that could show bias
[00:57:42] <n1> the BBC could get a report that it's raining outside, and they would print an article showing how some people said it was, others said it wasn't
[00:57:08] <n1> and when it's their job to make the people aware of the government press releases, they'll focus on the bits they're expected to
[00:56:43] <n1> charon, usually it's a case of trying to avoid bias, unless they can provide a counterpoint, they can't really report on it
[00:56:28] <FatPhil> CJD for the win
[00:56:19] <charon> you need to eat more brains
[00:56:17] <n1> take it easy, FatPhil
[00:56:08] <FatPhil> see you guys in 2 hours when I realise staring at my smoke detector blink is not going to hypnotize me enough
[00:56:05] <charon> gnight FatPhil
[00:55:40] <n1> the BBC didn't lie, they just didn't report the actual important information in the press release
[00:55:29] <FatPhil> fuck, nearly 3, time for bed, so that I can wake at 9 like a zombie again...
[00:55:19] <charon> n1: wow, that sounds nearly outright deceptive
[00:55:01] <exec> └─ 13BBC Radio 4 - More or Less: Behind the Stats, WS More or Less: Ice Cream versus aid
[00:54:56] <FatPhil> charon: will ice cream do? http://www.bbc.co.uk
[00:54:28] <charon> FatPhil: screw dementia, i want to know about chocolate muffins
[00:54:19] <FatPhil> More or Less is also a BBC (radio) program I recommend. They cut through all the bullshit, and go straight to the numbers.
[00:53:50] <n1> didn't bother reporting on the numerous caveats and bullshit around that
[00:53:39] <n1> but it was buried on like page 2 of a press release, so the BBC just went with "government pledges x million to fund dementia research"
[00:53:14] <exec> └─ 13BBC Radio 4 - More or Less: Behind the Stats, Is dementia the number one killer?
[00:53:09] <FatPhil> n1: http://www.bbc.co.uk
[00:52:58] <n1> or something very close to that
[00:52:52] <n1> like the main part of this drive to create cures or whatever was "working with JP morgan to creative innovative financial solutions to funding the research"
[00:52:42] <FatPhil> n1: dementia is an interesting topic - it's over-reported as being important.
[00:52:32] <charon> howdy GreatOutdoors
[00:52:25] <n1> but the BBC didn't actually bother to look at the press releases and print the important stuff in it
[00:52:12] <FatPhil> I grew up to the real BBC news. and when I'm now travelling and trying to keep up with world events in the hotel room, the BBC World news channel is probably in equal 3rd place with all the other shit ones.
[00:52:11] <n1> there was a story about the uk gov doing some massive drive to work on treatments for dementia possibly
[00:51:48] <GreatOutdoors> Hiya peeps, Looks like some good discussion going. I am only here for a few mins...
[00:51:14] <FatPhil> I freaking hate BBC World.
[00:51:12] <n1> but they do deserve a large amount of criticism, but it's not the criticism that's usually levelled at them from the DMG or Fox/Sky
[00:51:03] <FatPhil> 99% agree
[00:50:51] <n1> the BBC is very good in comparison to most other media outlets with comparable reach or otherwise
[00:50:28] <FatPhil> n1: certainly, talking heads are identified. Which isn't always good publicity.
[00:50:25] <charon> that would be an interesting thing to see
[00:49:55] <FatPhil> Better than "The Bohpal disaster was also brought to you thanks to DuPont (or one of their subsidiaries)", admittedly.
[00:49:36] <charon> pbs is pushing even farther into ads these days
[00:49:26] <n1> but if a third party production company happens to use a lot of talking heads and data from dupont in a programme aired on the bbc, they're not going to complain.
[00:49:13] <FatPhil> PBS is commercial. That's a commercial. A shitty one, but still a commercial.
[00:48:41] <FatPhil> BBC are not like PBS, where they'll say "programs like this are supported by generous donations by DuPont"
[00:48:31] <charon> expecto drone-um!
[00:48:16] <n1> possibly when they were talking about smart appliances, and they're being designed so we can save money on our electric bills
[00:47:55] <n1> a couple days later there was another topic they covered in the same style of segment, and it was some more bullshit
[00:47:29] <charon> the mind reels
[00:47:17] <n1> "it's like something from harry potter..."
[00:47:09] <n1> i'm still pissed about how they decided to introduce amazon drones on BBC News at 6
[00:46:49] <n1> but they do have low standards for third party content they will publish
[00:46:42] <charon> ok, that's fair
[00:46:30] <n1> self-referential rather than advertising
[00:46:26] <FatPhil> they're non-commercial. paid for by TV licences.
[00:46:10] <FatPhil> they announce their own shows and report on their own shows, on media channels they themselves own. if you wish to call that advertising, then I think that's pushing it a bit.
[00:46:00] <n1> if there's a news article on a subject they will note if there's a bbc documentary being aired on the same topic
[00:45:39] <n1> to a point, but not like banner ads or anything
[00:44:57] <charon> not even for their own shows?
[00:44:43] <charon> ahhh
[00:44:43] <n1> charon, bbc doesn't have 'adverts'
[00:44:33] <FatPhil> they can't do URLs and stuff on TV, so the references section on the right is additional content
[00:44:02] <FatPhil> no, it's part of the program
[00:43:49] <charon> hmm, guess that makes sense. the website is just a cross-promotion with the show itself
[00:43:28] <FatPhil> pretty good program, I'm looking forward to more.
[00:42:41] <FatPhil> TV show is called "Trust Me, I'm a Doctor"
[00:42:14] <FatPhil> it is a feature in a tv show
[00:42:04] <FatPhil> I don't like using predefined filter lists, as they're huge, and weigh down my poor little box.
[00:41:40] <charon> or, is that the name of the feature itself? it looks like an ad for a tv show
[00:41:32] <FatPhil> I'm very adblocky, bt occasionally change browser, and have to suffer the onslaught again.
[00:40:47] <charon> that bbc link you added does
[00:40:38] <FatPhil> I would hope not
[00:40:33] <charon> i have been spoiled by ad-blockers for so long
[00:40:19] <charon> holy balls, do websites have an ad as the entire background now?
[00:38:18] <charon> beams are horizontal
[00:38:17] <FatPhil> pillar-like
[00:38:11] <charon> columns, i think
[00:38:08] <FatPhil> are they "beams"? aren't beams horizontal?
[00:38:02] <chromas> Walls?
[00:37:42] <FatPhil> I've walked into the upright supports that keep my roof up (and am too stupid to be able to name) more than once per day, because it rushed up and surprised me.
[00:37:41] <charon> cool, looking at it now
[00:36:27] <FatPhil> very very slow (think geological rates) shambler
[00:36:00] <FatPhil> charon: I added a note to the aloe vera submission you are looking at
[00:35:42] <charon> are you the fast berzerker or the slow shamblem?
[00:35:34] <n1> what sort of zombie
[00:35:17] <FatPhil> not that I'm not a zombie still
[00:35:09] <charon> yay FatPhil!
[00:34:51] <FatPhil> After spending 4 days as a zombie I've finally done the smallest quantum editorial contribution - woo!
[00:33:47] * n1 burps
[00:21:03] <Bender> The current maximum UID is 6417, owned by nrudaz
[00:21:03] <Bytram> !uid
[00:20:55] <Bytram> afk back in a few minutes
[00:20:39] * Bytram waves at charon
[00:19:34] * charon waves
[00:18:34] * Bytram takes break ... biab
[00:18:13] * Bytram clicks save
[00:17:53] * Bytram is looking at your story sub
[00:17:41] <Bytram> oh! Didn't even think of that!
[00:17:27] <n1> i assume there's some overlap with the overseas territories
[00:17:17] <n1> but like with all UK things, it's probably more complicated
[00:17:13] <Bytram> Yay! I remembereed correctlee!
[00:16:57] <n1> NHS==National Health Service and it's the UK
[00:16:56] * Bytram thinks it is UK only
[00:16:35] <Bytram> n1: got a couple quesitons for ya: is NHS ==National Health Service... AND is that strictly Britain? UK?
[00:15:20] <n1> i also find it interesting in the framing this year of Snowden deserving a pardon
[00:14:09] <charon> that is interesting. i was only a little kid during the reagan years
[00:13:41] <n1> "The reference to it being a pardon was in response to criticism over the Iran-Contra affair, in which Reagan had been questioned on whether or not he would consider pardoning Oliver North (who had yet to be tried for his involvement in the affair); Reagan conjured the turkey pardon as a joke to deflect those questions."
[00:12:44] <charon> and they're always ridiculously huge birds too. 30-40 lb turkeys. can't even move
[00:12:39] <n1> turkey presentation is traditional, the pardon was started by reagan apparently
[00:12:07] <n1> i hadn't heard about it before, the wikipedia was enlightening though
[00:12:00] <charon> heh
[00:11:57] <Bytram> gnawed gnawed ??
[00:11:53] <Bytram> or, should that be:
[00:11:45] <charon> in the crazy US, anyway
[00:11:43] <Bytram> nod nod
[00:11:32] <charon> the turkey pardon? it's traditional
[00:10:51] <Bender> karma - charon: 2
[00:10:51] <Bytram> charon++
[00:10:42] <charon> yw
[00:09:49] * Bytram notices someone corrected mis mis-scheduled story... thanks!
[00:09:35] <n1> i want a story on this turkey pardon thing
[00:09:19] <Bytram> charon: g'day!
[00:09:11] <charon> evening bytram
[00:08:29] * Bytram is pretty knackered atm
[00:08:24] <Bytram> n1: hola!
[00:07:54] <Bytram> I dunno about THAT story, but in general, this site is Soylent *NEWS* (not OLDS)... can use old stuff on occasion but be blatantly obvious about it being old news, and don't do it but rarely wwould be my advice
[00:07:51] <charon> yes, i'm joking. but it is terribly amusing
[00:06:42] <exec> └─ 13EXCLUSIVE: Horrifying "Cthuken" Creator Speaks: Gothamist
[00:06:41] * Bytram just finished reeding scroolback -- discovers he should be scheduling stories @ ~120min, not ~90min
[00:06:39] <charon> it may be a few years old, but can we run this story? http://gothamist.com
[00:06:38] <n1> Bytram !!
[00:06:03] Bytram|away is now known as Bytram
[00:04:59] <n1> i take that attitude to editing, as much information as possible, presented clearly in the easiest way to digest it
[00:01:58] <charon> agreed
[00:01:00] <n1> communication is important, i'm not so fussed about the technicalities as long as the message is understood