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[00:06:41] <takyon> http://www.theregister.co.uk
[00:06:42] <NetCraft> ^ 03FBI's Most Wanted: Syrian Electronic Army hacktivists • The Register
[00:06:56] <takyon> http://nextbigfuture.com
[00:06:57] <NetCraft> ^ 03Next Big Future: Morphing wind turbine will be part of 50 MW wind turbine 400 meters across and 479 meters tall
[00:07:11] <takyon> http://fas.org
[00:07:14] <NetCraft> ^ 03GAO Oversight of Intelligence Community Contractors
[00:07:33] <takyon> http://fas.org
[00:07:35] <NetCraft> ^ 03DNI Representatives Form a Global Network
[00:07:40] <takyon> http://www.theregister.co.uk
[00:07:41] <NetCraft> ^ 03FTC's privacy champion Julie Brill steps down • The Register
[00:08:06] <takyon> http://www.npr.org
[00:08:07] <NetCraft> ^ 03FDA Requires Strong New Safety Warnings For Opioids : Shots - Health News : NPR
[00:08:22] <takyon> http://www.theregister.co.uk
[00:08:23] <NetCraft> ^ 03Hands on with the BBC's Micro:Bit computer. You know, for kids • The Register
[00:09:06] <takyon> http://www.theregister.co.uk
[00:09:07] <NetCraft> ^ 03Intel in 3D and virtual reality dash • The Register
[00:09:14] <takyon> http://www.theregister.co.uk
[00:09:15] <NetCraft> ^ 03Boffins find a way to put your facial expression on Donald Trump's mug • The Register
[00:10:33] <takyon> http://nextbigfuture.com
[00:10:34] <NetCraft> ^ 03Next Big Future: DARPA Squad X and Squad X core Technology programs wants to merge UAVs and robots
[00:10:39] <TheMightyBuzzard> ?
[00:10:48] <takyon> http://nextbigfuture.com
[00:10:49] <NetCraft> ^ 03Next Big Future: DARPA using peripheral nerve stimulation to accelerate learning
[00:12:35] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Gas Giant Planet Discovered Near the Milky Way's Bulge - http://sylnt.us - he-said-bulge-hehe
[00:13:10] <takyon> http://www.theregister.co.uk
[00:13:11] <NetCraft> ^ 03London's $40m 'flash crash' trader is to face extradition to the US • The Register
[00:14:29] <takyon> http://www.nextplatform.com
[00:14:30] <NetCraft> ^ 03Dell Looks Ahead To Skylake Xeon Systems
[00:16:52] <takyon> https://theintercept.com
[00:16:53] <NetCraft> ^ 03Islamic State Bragged That Its Attacks Would Help Break Up the European Union
[00:17:05] <takyon> https://theintercept.com
[00:17:06] <NetCraft> ^ 03University of California Adopts Policy Linking Anti-Zionism to Anti-Semitism
[00:18:19] <takyon> https://www.theguardian.com
[00:18:20] <NetCraft> ^ 03Nasa’s ‘gecko grippers’ sent to International Space Station for testing | Science | The Guardian
[00:23:46] <takyon> subbed
[00:30:02] <Subsentient> takyon: I farted
[00:39:16] <takyon> in solidarity
[00:39:39] <takyon> http://www.theguardian.com
[00:39:40] <NetCraft> ^ 03Schoolgirl charged over alleged plot to send money to Islamic State denied bail | Australia news | The Guardian
[00:40:38] <chromas> oh no! She's gonna have to be punished for that one
[00:40:49] * chromas gets the whip
[00:40:53] <takyon> what, spanked?
[00:41:14] <chromas> yessir
[00:42:09] <Subsentient> Nah, the whip is more islamic.
[00:42:14] <Subsentient> Just ask Iran.
[00:42:26] <takyon> pound it like ISIS in Brussels
[00:43:03] * Subsentient hates islam, is very much islamophobic, but not 'racist', more like religionist
[00:43:15] * Subsentient spent time to read parts of the Quran, was terrified with what he found
[00:43:29] <takyon> http://www.theregister.co.uk
[00:43:30] <NetCraft> ^ 03The FCC, once seen as a telco-thrashing hero, is sadly losing the plot • The Register
[00:43:58] <chromas> despite what the internet tells you, it couldn't make you racist; islam ain't a race
[00:44:26] <Subsentient> yeah I know, but people will still say it.
[00:44:33] <cmn32480> would it make your religiousist?
[00:44:44] <Subsentient> yup, guilty as charged.
[00:44:45] <chromas> no
[00:44:48] <chromas> makes you an adult
[00:45:23] <takyon> http://www.vice.com
[00:45:24] <NetCraft> ^ 03Talking to the Man Who Reinvented the Wheelchair | VICE | United States
[00:45:35] <takyon> https://theintercept.com
[00:45:36] <NetCraft> ^ 03Saudi Arabia Continues Hiring Spree of Lobbyists, Retains Former Washington Post Reporter
[00:46:35] <Runaway1956> Good job reading the Quran, Subsentient - they want to tell you that you should read it, then they want to "guide" your reading
[00:47:05] <Subsentient> Runaway1956: yeah I know, it's fucking horrifying. Islam is the ideological equivalent of the bastard child of Ebola and cancer.
[00:47:18] <Runaway1956> I bought a copy years ago, while I was in the Navy. I got burnt out on correspondence courses, took a month off of studying, and read the Quran
[00:48:06] <Runaway1956> "and the Jews will hide under the rocks, and the rocks will call to you, "come kill the Jew hiding under me!""
[00:48:24] <Subsentient> lol
[00:48:57] <Subsentient> Mohamed was a pedophile, the whole business with the 6 year old Aisha being his 'favorite wife'.
[00:49:28] <Runaway1956> precisely - no six year old went through puberty, ever
[00:49:47] <Runaway1956> Some rare 9 year old children, maybe, but not six
[00:49:58] <takyon> not true
[00:50:06] <takyon> I remember reading about a 5 year old hitting puberty
[00:50:14] <takyon> because she was pregnant, raped by dad
[00:50:21] <takyon> rare but happens
[00:50:36] <Runaway1956> I suppose -
[00:51:11] <Subsentient> If I had the chance to kill an ISIS terrorist, I'd say, before I put a bullet between his eyes, "service to an evil god is service to evil all the same."
[00:51:40] <takyon> stop touching yourself, Subsentient
[00:51:46] <chromas> that would totally convince him
[00:51:50] <Runaway1956> Uhhhhh - you don't say a damned thing - you just squeeze the trigger
[00:52:41] <Subsentient> I'd have said it for my own satisfaction, not his enlightenment.
[00:52:54] <Subsentient> Kinda like "I'll be back" with the terminator.
[00:53:01] <cmn32480> haven't you ever seen a war/spy movie?
[00:53:05] <Runaway1956> when the shit hits the fan, Runaway is to damned scared to remember any witty sayings
[00:53:15] <takyon> all you say when you kill ISIS is "in this moment I am euphoric"
[00:53:19] <cmn32480> you start talking, you get inot the big monologue... and then he escapes adn blows up your hideout
[00:53:33] <chromas> "Allahu Akhbar, motherfucker!"
[00:53:43] <SirFinkus> Subsentient that's a good think, a quick way to determine whether or not someone is retarded
[00:53:49] <Subsentient> But all that said, Islam is truly evil but, I treat any muslims I run into with respect, because most of them don't actually want to kill me.
[00:53:57] <SirFinkus> re the people calling you racist
[00:55:26] <Runaway1956> In Islam, the average person doesn't want to kill you, but he will stand entranced and watch as the headsman chops your head off
[00:56:33] <chromas> it's definitely racis. "Islam" and "immigrant" are just PC for "brown people". SHame on you
[01:01:15] <Runaway1956> Supremes rule 6-2 against Tyson - https://www.rt.com
[01:01:17] <NetCraft> ^ 03Workers win class-action lawsuit against Tyson at Supreme Court — RT USA ( https://www.rt.com )
[01:02:13] <Subsentient> I'm vegetarian.
[01:02:37] <Subsentient> 3 seats back "I do crossfit", bus driver "I have a boyfriend"
[01:05:47] <Runaway1956> Sometimes, it's hard to take the headlines from India seriously. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com
[01:05:47] <NetCraft> ^ 03Mehbooba looks ready to take charge as CM, BJP acts tough - Times of India
[01:06:08] <Subsentient> mehbooba++
[01:06:08] <Bender> karma - mehbooba: 1
[01:06:11] <Runaway1956> Mebooba? Really? The names often come across sounding like silliness
[01:10:58] <Subsentient> Wanna licka mehbooba?
[01:21:28] <TheMightyBuzzard> heh, you said boob
[01:22:26] Bytram|away is now known as Bytram
[01:25:04] <Runaway1956> How many conestogas were lost at sea? https://www.rt.com
[01:25:06] <NetCraft> ^ 03US Navy ship lost for 95 years found off California coast — RT USA ( https://www.rt.com )
[01:26:41] <Runaway1956> Tugboat, with a 3" 50 gun on the bow? Hmmmmm - I guess if they spend half the day trying to park a big ship, and can't get it to fit, they can just blow away the parts that don't fit
[01:27:46] <Bytram> https://www.fpds.gov
[01:28:12] <Bytram> *crickets*
[01:28:17] <Bytram> https://soylentnews.org
[01:28:18] <NetCraft> ^✓ 03SoylentNews: SoylentNews is people ( https://soylentnews.org )
[01:28:32] <Bytram> well, at least the link didn't kill it.
[01:30:35] <Runaway1956> Somehow, it's hard to imagine investigative agents needing fifteen million dollars worth of hardware
[01:31:15] <Runaway1956> Excuse me, fifteen and a quarter million dollars
[01:35:38] <Runaway1956> Batman vs Superman? WTF? In the past sixty years, no one has come up with anything more exciting? More leftover rehash . . .
[01:36:25] <takyon> it looked like a good movie until one of the later trailers basically spoiled it
[01:37:48] <Runaway1956> Oh, my bad - the cellibrite contract is a mere 15 THOUSAND dollars, not fifteen million
[01:38:02] <takyon> that's it?
[01:38:04] <takyon> http://www.theregister.co.uk
[01:38:04] <NetCraft> ^ 03Dodgy software will bork America's F-35 fighters until at least 2019 • The Register
[01:39:01] <Runaway1956> The US has forgotten KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid. So, we have complex pieces of shit that can't do anything.
[01:39:34] <chromas> Complex pieces of shit have better profit margins
[01:39:35] <Runaway1956> Glue some wings and a gun to a fucking jet, light the fire, and go kill stuff -
[01:41:33] <takyon> i'm submitting this one
[01:43:45] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Red Hat Becomes First $2b Open-Source Company - http://sylnt.us - makin-it-rain
[01:44:07] <takyon> and done
[01:44:13] <Runaway1956> Ooooohhhhhh - Phoenix has submitted a good one - https://soylentnews.org
[01:44:13] <NetCraft> ^ 03SN Submission by Phoenix666: Durably Resistant Potatoes With Wild Potato Genes Offer 80% Reduction in Chemical Control
[01:44:38] <takyon> yeah, I love that kind of stuff
[01:44:55] <takyon> Phoenix forgot the link...
[01:45:06] <takyon> editorlife.jpg
[01:45:21] <Runaway1956> Oh - I can find one if you like - the topic interests me
[01:45:25] <takyon> https://www.wageningenur.nl
[01:45:26] <NetCraft> ^ 03Durably resistant potatoes with wild potato genes offer 80% reduction in chemical control - Wageningen UR
[01:45:32] <takyon> don't worry, I've done this a million times
[01:45:38] <Runaway1956> LOL
[01:45:38] <takyon> I find articles and DOIs like it's nothing
[01:46:55] <takyon> here's the scientific article
[01:46:56] <takyon> http://link.springer.com
[01:46:56] <NetCraft> ^ 03Durable Late Blight Resistance in Potato Through Dynamic Varieties Obtained by Cisgenesis: Scientific and Societal Advances in the DuRPh Project - Online First - Springer
[01:48:35] <takyon> and posted
[01:48:38] <Runaway1956> BBIAB
[01:49:10] <takyon> http://www.theguardian.com
[01:49:11] <NetCraft> ^ 03Chinese businessman admits conspiring to hack US military contractors | World news | The Guardian
[01:59:06] * cmn32480 wonders if any of our Europeean friends are here
[01:59:26] <cmn32480> not a one of those bastards has wished me a Happy Birthday yet....
[01:59:30] <cmn32480> time zones be damned!
[02:03:05] <Subsentient> You know, in a lot of ways, Fedora was my first love, and I still love her. :^)
[02:03:28] <Subsentient> My servers still run Fedora, my phone runs Fedora, and I'm good at ripping out systemd and replacing it with Epoch.
[02:03:30] <cmn32480> I've always wanted to own a Fedora... but I don't ahve the right clothes to wear it with
[02:04:01] * cmn32480 searches amazon for a leather jacket and whip...
[02:05:05] <dyingtolive> from what i've seen, a dragonball z shirt tucked into shorts is also a popular combination with a fedora, so long as you accompany it with a trenchcoat and mountain dew code red.
[02:06:24] <Subsentient> lol
[02:06:31] <Subsentient> I miss Fedora 7.
[02:06:35] <Subsentient> Best Fedora release of all time.
[02:06:45] <Subsentient> Stable as hell, lightweight, great package manager, etc
[02:07:40] <Runaway1956> So - reinstall Fedora 7, and build your own kernel to power it, grab all the updates possible - you're in like Flint
[02:07:56] <dyingtolive> i'm running Korora right now. i read something somewhere saying it works better with steam, somehow. loaded it up on a whim. so far it's not too bad.
[02:08:27] <dyingtolive> it's a fedora derivitive.
[02:09:10] <cmn32480> so it's like distilled Fedora?
[02:09:18] * Runaway1956 wants his own gecko grippers
[02:09:23] * cmn32480 wonders how they got the sweat out of the hatband...
[02:09:52] <Runaway1956> Geeez, cmn - you remove the sweatband and replace it
[02:09:55] <dyingtolive> from what i can tell, it's like if you had the perks of ubuntu without using a lawful evil distro.
[02:10:52] <dyingtolive> admittedly, i still haven't torn systemd out yet, so it's still gravitating toward being "somewhat evil"
[02:11:28] * Subsentient views Fedora as lawful neutral
[02:11:43] <dyingtolive> that's probably about right.
[02:12:56] <dyingtolive> my ideal would be bsd, but i can't find one that works well enough with steam/wine to be "the one". pc-bsd is nice, but goddamn it's unstable.
[02:13:18] <cmn32480> You shoudl try Windows... works great with Steam
[02:13:22] * cmn32480 ducks
[02:13:25] <dyingtolive> :(
[02:13:51] <dyingtolive> now THERE'S the textbook chaotic evil OS.
[02:14:00] <dyingtolive> particularly post win 7.
[02:14:29] <cmn32480> agreed
[02:15:13] <dyingtolive> i still have my win 7 install disc. i wonder if they key still works if i upgraded to 10 at one point.
[02:15:29] <cmn32480> yes
[02:15:33] <cmn32480> I believe it does
[02:16:07] <dyingtolive> huh. i recall reading at some point that it wasn't going to, but that was way pre-release of 10, so who knows. might have just been me drunkely misinterpreting what they were saying, or just outright hearsay
[02:16:21] <dyingtolive> i guess that always gives me a backup plan though.
[02:17:07] <takyon> happy birthday
[02:17:21] <dyingtolive> i still have a bunch of games i paid too much money for that won't work in wine, so i'm kind of feeling like i need some sort of backup plan, on the off chance i suffer a head injury and want to play fallout 4 again.
[02:17:40] <Runaway1956> Doesn't much matter if the key works - use a hacked bootloader to run your favorite version of Windows.
[02:17:54] <Runaway1956> I don't register my VM's, you can be sure of that.
[02:18:08] <dyingtolive> well, yeah, that's just silly.
[02:18:28] <dyingtolive> though i guess you could register the first one and clone the shit out of it.
[02:18:50] <dyingtolive> but that's still a key used up there
[02:19:20] <cmn32480> the key used up thing is bullshit
[02:19:21] <Runaway1956> I thought of that - and rejected it. I resist registering anything, anywhere, starting with the important stuff like firearms
[02:19:40] <cmn32480> all you have to do to activate is call the number and tell them it is registered on one machine
[02:20:03] <dyingtolive> they give you an override code or something?
[02:20:55] <cmn32480> they give you the installation ID that is active
[02:21:09] <cmn32480> I mean, you can't get away with 50 installs...
[02:21:13] <cmn32480> probably
[02:22:17] <dyingtolive> huh. the more you know.
[02:22:47] <Runaway1956> LMAO - free-dc dot org finally found all my missing points, and they make it look like I crunched 87,000 points today
[02:23:19] <Runaway1956> similar results for you cmn32480
[02:23:26] <Runaway1956> just less exaggerated
[02:24:08] <cmn32480> you are the MAN!
[02:24:54] <cmn32480> dyingtolive - I been a Windows sysadmin for better than 15 years... little tricks like that will save a LOT of headaches
[02:30:48] <Subsentient> cmn32480: How much does Bill Gates pay per soul?
[02:31:36] <cmn32480> well... I imagine he wears better shoes than you and me... so probably $100/sole... $200 a pair, maybe?
[02:31:42] <Subsentient> lol
[02:32:04] <Runaway1956> Heh - I pay about $80 per sole
[02:32:13] <cmn32480> workboots...
[02:32:13] <Subsentient> cmn32480: So, I've been looking for a knowledgable Windows guy to ask some stuff.
[02:32:22] <cmn32480> oh God...
[02:32:26] <SirFinkus> good job cmn32480
[02:32:30] * Subsentient grins mischievously
[02:32:41] * cmn32480 suddenly regrets his choice of careers
[02:32:43] <SirFinkus> you're now like one of those guys that post in the MSDN forums
[02:32:46] <Runaway1956> subsentient - just delete ntkernel - that will fix all your problems
[02:32:54] <SirFinkus> the trusted advisors or some shit
[02:33:00] <Subsentient> Runaway1956: I run Linux. And it's ntoskrnl.exe
[02:33:06] <SirFinkus> that provide tech support for microsoft FOR FREE
[02:33:10] <Runaway1956> Yeah - that's it
[02:33:24] <Subsentient> cmn32480: First question, what do YOU think of Windows 10?
[02:33:29] <cmn32480> nah... I'm the guy trolling those forums looking for answers when the shit hits the fan
[02:33:45] <cmn32480> honestly, the jury is still out.
[02:33:47] <Runaway1956> On that note, I gotta get my arse moving out the door
[02:33:53] <cmn32480> I haven't converted any of my company machines to it
[02:33:58] <SirFinkus> god, what are they called?
[02:34:01] <cmn32480> ~gnight Runaway1956
[02:34:02] <SirFinkus> it's driving me nuts
[02:34:03] * exec figuratively connects a pipe of potato salad to Runaway1956
[02:34:23] <Runaway1956> Mmmmm - German potato salad . . .
[02:34:34] <Subsentient> cmn32480: Next question, symlinks in Windows?
[02:34:52] <cmn32480> and the limited amount of time I ahve spent in my win 10 VM has been mostly looking at the spying and how to turn it off.
[02:35:08] <cmn32480> ~define symlink
[02:35:10] <exec> symlink: unable to find definition
[02:35:17] <cmn32480> #smake exec
[02:35:17] * MrPlow smakes exec upside the head with a footlong dong
[02:35:34] <Subsentient> cmn32480: You don't know about symlinks? You poor, tortured soul.
[02:35:35] <SirFinkus> MVP I think
[02:35:49] <chromas> ntfs has symlinks, but they're called hardlinks for some reason
[02:35:53] <SirFinkus> how long until you realized you couldn't turn it off cmn32480?
[02:35:56] <dyingtolive> i saw a third party thing for implementing symlinks in ntfs.
[02:36:12] <cmn32480> tehy exist, but I don't use them
[02:36:14] * SirFinkus has to look up the difference between symlinks and hard links EVERY FUCKING TIME
[02:36:22] <SirFinkus> and the syntax for ln
[02:36:41] <SirFinkus> wait, is it the shit I'm linking, or the shit I'm linking to first?
[02:36:42] <Subsentient> SirFinkus: Symlinks are links to a file name/path, whereas hard links are a link to the actual chunk of data.
[02:36:46] <SirFinkus> god damn it confusing
[02:36:47] <chromas> hm, I thought they were, but now they're not
[02:36:47] <dyingtolive> it's easy: symlinks you use like candy. hard links you basically never use.
[02:36:48] <cmn32480> standard windows is a shortcut, but that is a hard link
[02:36:55] * SirFinkus promptly forgets
[02:36:57] <cmn32480> they are absolute
[02:37:08] <Subsentient> ln -s /original /newlink
[02:37:19] <cmn32480> see... I still ahve ti fucking backerds
[02:37:24] <SirFinkus> it's a piece of knowledge that my brain refuses to remember
[02:37:31] <SirFinkus> even if I've done it dozens of times
[02:37:55] <cmn32480> symlinks are shortcuts in Windows
[02:37:55] <Subsentient> Symlinks can refer to files across different filesystems and even non-existant targets, whereas hard links are bound to a chunk of data on the same disk that must exist.
[02:38:03] <SirFinkus> lol technet
[02:38:12] <SirFinkus> people get achievements
[02:38:18] <cmn32480> next question
[02:38:22] <SirFinkus> genius on MS's fault
[02:38:24] <SirFinkus> *part
[02:38:35] <SirFinkus> if they give bad advice, they're not employees
[02:38:44] <SirFinkus> they work for free (or for database entries)
[02:38:58] <SirFinkus> fucking hilarious
[02:39:16] <SirFinkus> https://social.technet.microsoft.com
[02:39:16] <NetCraft> ^ 03Jason Sandys's Profile
[02:39:24] <SirFinkus> "add a graph, nerds love graphs"
[02:39:43] <Subsentient> cmn32480: I forgot, but I'm sure I'll remember when I need to know and you aren't online.
[02:39:57] <cmn32480> that'd be the best possible time
[02:40:01] <Subsentient> lol
[02:40:07] <cmn32480> https://en.wikipedia.org
[02:40:07] <NetCraft> ^ 03Wiki: Symbolic link ( https://en.wikipedia.org )
[02:41:33] <Subsentient> cmn32480: Yeah, I think I like my Linux symlinks infinitely better. :^)
[02:41:48] <cmn32480> whatever gets you going Subsentient
[02:42:22] <Subsentient> cmn32480: http://i.imgur.com
[02:42:53] <cmn32480> if that's yer thing...
[02:43:05] <Subsentient> :^3
[02:43:31] <dyingtolive> man, what an uncomfortable collection of feelings that link inspires.
[02:43:45] <Subsentient> dyingtolive: :^D
[02:43:49] <SirFinkus> "collection of feelings" = boner
[02:43:59] <Subsentient> SirFinkus++
[02:43:59] <Bender> karma - sirfinkus: 35
[02:44:09] <Subsentient> Oh ja, twist them like zat...
[02:44:31] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Automakers Say Electrics, Hybrids No Longer Just Gas-sippers - http://sylnt.us - say-hello-to-the-new-age
[02:44:46] * SirFinkus gets a "collection of feelings" when he sees girls in yoga pants
[02:44:57] <SirFinkus> I love that they're acceptable to wear in public now
[02:45:07] <takyon> yes
[02:45:11] <dyingtolive> the difference is that collection of feelings is not uncomfortable usually.
[02:45:29] <SirFinkus> boners can be
[02:45:51] <dyingtolive> i said usually.
[02:45:58] * SirFinkus wonders how hard it is to become an mvp
[02:46:33] <SirFinkus> I want to become a trusted microsoft partner, then tell people to delete system32
[02:46:43] <Subsentient> lol
[02:46:45] <SirFinkus> actually, good question cmn32480
[02:46:52] <cmn32480> not that hard.
[02:46:53] <cmn32480> https://www.crownawards.com
[02:46:56] <NetCraft> ^ 032" 3D Diecast Medals | 2" MVP Medals
[02:47:06] <cmn32480> cost you about $2.99
[02:47:09] <SirFinkus> how do I subtlety fuck up windows by pretending to give legitimate advice?
[02:47:20] <dyingtolive> it'd be awesome if once you got mvp, you could explain things that were technically correct, but for all the wrong reasons.
[02:47:21] <takyon> alt+f4
[02:47:22] <SirFinkus> command that looks legit, but will fuck everything
[02:47:54] <Subsentient> SirFinkus: Tell them to delete the %PATH% environment variable.
[02:48:19] <Subsentient> Tell them to open cmd.exe as administrator and del %sysroot%\hal.dll
[02:48:41] <SirFinkus> I suspect people using technet are savvy enough to know about %path%, and have probably worked with it before
[02:48:44] <Subsentient> then shutdown /r /f /t 0
[02:48:59] <SirFinkus> and not to delete dlls in sysroot
[02:49:03] <Subsentient> :^D
[02:49:04] <dyingtolive> surely it wouldn't let you do delete that.
[02:49:11] <SirFinkus> it's gotta be subtle
[02:49:12] <takyon> tell them to reformat the disk
[02:49:14] <Subsentient> I know XP will let you delete that.
[02:49:16] <Subsentient> No warning.
[02:49:30] <SirFinkus> who the fuck uses XP anymore?
[02:49:44] <Subsentient> I think Vista+ might still let you do that.
[02:49:46] <SirFinkus> aside from ATMs and the chinese
[02:50:24] * Subsentient looks for the process name you can kill to cause instant BSOD in 7
[02:50:27] <dyingtolive> ooh. you could give win 98 era solutions for everything, knowing they probably won't work now. downside: you have to learn windows 98 era solutions to things.
[02:50:55] * SirFinkus worked at a place that used windows 98 disturbingly recently
[02:51:21] <dyingtolive> i think the embedded version is still going strong. it was at least a couple years ago in dvr equipment.
[02:51:38] <dyingtolive> like, enterprise security type dvr stuff, not like tivo.
[02:51:42] * Subsentient notes killing wininit.exe will shut down the system.
[02:51:49] * Subsentient notes it causes a nice BSOD
[02:52:06] <SirFinkus> annoying, but boring
[02:52:20] <dyingtolive> does killing the wrong svchost still result in a nice automated countdown timer?
[02:52:27] <Subsentient> Think so.
[02:52:33] <SirFinkus> talking dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sda damage
[02:52:39] <Subsentient> I think shutdown /a will still abort it.
[02:52:59] <Subsentient> hmm
[02:53:13] <Subsentient> Interestingly, can't think of too many ways to do that.
[02:53:37] <SirFinkus> trouble with windows is half the time the "solution" is to download some ms gui tool and run it
[02:53:42] <Subsentient> I could write something that would completely demolish the drive given admin privileges, but yeah, probably not easily done just by command.
[02:53:42] <SirFinkus> and when that fails, reinstall windows
[02:53:54] <dyingtolive> i remember in my punkass college days, i had to take a vb class. after that i wrote a quick thing that had 100% transparancy and didn't show up in the task bar. i had fun walking around the wing of the dorm i was on and putting it on people's computers when they left them unlocked, set to startup.
[02:54:19] <Subsentient> I put startup stuff in the registry.
[02:54:31] <Subsentient> I wrote a piece of malware once called Barney.exe
[02:54:33] <SirFinkus> the classic is to take a screenshot of the desktop, set that as the desktop background, and delete all the icons
[02:54:38] <Subsentient> it put itself in startup.
[02:54:46] <Subsentient> (registry)
[02:55:03] <Subsentient> It would launch, with no notice in the taskbar and no way to kill, the barney themesong.
[02:55:21] <Subsentient> It would play from start to finish every 5 minutes, and every 10 minutes, it launched an IE window to the youtube singalong.
[02:55:23] <SirFinkus> I used the pc speaker
[02:55:35] <SirFinkus> random beeps and random intervals
[02:55:49] <Subsentient> I forgot how I did it, but I also had something I did that made it restart if killed.
[02:56:57] <Subsentient> Man, I could do some damage nowadays, lol
[02:57:23] <dyingtolive> at work back when i was in support, we had access to all of each others linux boxes. there were a couple at each desk. one of the guys set up a multiple monitor wallpaper that he was proud of until i cobbled together a script that i put on his box to change the wallpaper every 5 minutes and replace it with carebear and my little pony wallpapers. he knew i did something, but could never figure out w
[02:57:29] <dyingtolive> here it was. sucker had pastel wallpapers for about 6 months.
[02:57:44] <Subsentient> lol
[02:58:00] <SirFinkus> mlp wallpapers? he'd probably be into that these days
[02:58:04] <Subsentient> Or you can put shutdown /s /f /t in the run folder in registry.
[02:58:04] * SirFinkus has seen some shit
[02:58:12] <Subsentient> Oh, you booted up? That's nice. Windows is shutting down.
[02:58:40] <cmn32480> I've seen guys get fired on the spot for pulling crap like that
[02:58:56] <cmn32480> the autoshutdown stuff
[02:58:59] <dyingtolive> best part was that he found the wallpapers and deleted them, not knowing that i set it up to redownload them if they were missing. he never found the script though. he came over all proud that he beat me. i stood up and looked at his desktop and told him that i had no idea what he was talking about.
[02:59:05] <cmn32480> the wall papers generally get a good laugh
[02:59:08] <SirFinkus> jokes on them, if I'm an mvp, I don't have a job
[02:59:09] <Subsentient> Or replace explorer.exe with a fork bomb.
[02:59:34] <Subsentient> Of course, in Windows, you don't have fork()
[02:59:49] <dyingtolive> i think a recursive batch file used to cause some damage, iirc.
[02:59:50] <Subsentient> I could write some really hilarious stuff.
[02:59:51] <SirFinkus> my uncle wrote a script that would monitor /etc/passwd so they could tell when someone was about to get fired
[03:00:00] <dyingtolive> lol
[03:00:02] <cmn32480> SirFinkus - mean I watched a tech get shitcanned for setting another tech's machine to do the autoshutdown thing
[03:00:03] <Subsentient> lol
[03:00:13] <SirFinkus> because they'd always revoke logins before calling them in
[03:00:38] <cmn32480> second guy went out onsite and didn't konw about it
[03:00:43] <SirFinkus> I got computer access disabled in middle school for switching the mouse and keyboard cables with the computer next to me
[03:00:48] <cmn32480> wasted a few hours.
[03:00:57] <cmn32480> lol
[03:01:04] <Subsentient> cmn32480: I can easily write something to switch off your monitor every 3 seconds.
[03:01:13] <cmn32480> prolly
[03:01:17] <Subsentient> And turn your volume up to 100% whenever you play something.
[03:01:24] <cmn32480> also prolly
[03:01:31] <SirFinkus> Subsentient use the pc speaker
[03:01:34] <SirFinkus> much more annoying
[03:01:40] <Subsentient> A lot of modern machines don't have them.
[03:01:46] <Subsentient> At least, not accessible by the OS.
[03:02:02] <dyingtolive> one of my favorites still is to plug a wireless mouse receiver into someone's computer, and then just periodically nudge the mouse a tiny bit at random intervals throughout the day. or maybe just a random click once in a while.
[03:02:07] * Subsentient grins thinking of all the horrifying shit he could write.
[03:02:10] <cmn32480> you can do all kinds of nasty asshole stuff
[03:02:25] <SirFinkus> https://msdn.microsoft.com(v=vs.85).aspx
[03:02:27] <NetCraft> ^ 03Beep function (Windows)
[03:02:28] <SirFinkus> Subsentient ^
[03:02:31] <cmn32480> but in the end.... you'll never hear the shot
[03:03:01] <Subsentient> I think I'd like to write something that turns up volume 100% and lets out a really horrified scream every few minutes.
[03:03:42] <SirFinkus> it's worked on every machine I've tried it on
[03:04:20] <SirFinkus> laptops usually play it at 100% volume on the actual speakers, not some goofy thing on the mobo
[03:05:50] <Subsentient> I need to stop before I write something that replaces all pictures on all drives with tubgirl and all music files with the KKK theme song.
[03:06:20] <dyingtolive> i'm going to regret asking this, but the KKK have a theme song?
[03:06:25] <Subsentient> I'll truncate or pad files as necessary to keep the file size.
[03:06:29] <Subsentient> yeah sed
[03:06:31] <Subsentient> sec
[03:06:41] <SirFinkus> my best program would procedurally generate images of dicks, give them filenames, and spam a directory with them
[03:06:59] <SirFinkus> on most systems, it'd do about 3000DPS
[03:07:03] <Subsentient> https://www.youtube.com
[03:07:03] <NetCraft> ^ 03The White Riders - Stand Up And Be Counted - YouTube
[03:07:05] <SirFinkus> (dicks per second)
[03:07:09] <dyingtolive> google deep dream dicks.
[03:07:40] <SirFinkus> the evil version would spam random writable directories and change filenames to attempt to stymie scripted deletions
[03:08:00] <SirFinkus> ftp support of course
[03:08:02] <dyingtolive> wow. that's pretty cringeworthy.
[03:08:43] <Subsentient> Man, I am awful sometimes. I have ideas that are just so awful.
[03:08:44] <SirFinkus> I was like 14 when I wrote it, everything a 14 year old does is cringeworthy
[03:08:50] <SirFinkus> i'm still proud of it though
[03:08:57] <SirFinkus> so I guess it still applies
[03:09:12] * SirFinkus begins work on the next version
[03:09:14] <dyingtolive> i was referring to the kkk song, actually, but yeah, that's nasty too.
[03:09:26] <SirFinkus> mine is funnier
[03:09:44] <Subsentient> I have such great ideas for the most insidious malware of all time.
[03:10:07] <Subsentient> Sometimes I wish I didn't know C and C++.
[03:10:18] <Subsentient> Sometimes I wish I didn't have a working mingw32 toolchain.
[03:10:21] <dyingtolive> ooh. find a way to create files with invalid characters in the filename so that they can't be deleted through windows.
[03:10:35] <Subsentient> I could do that easily.
[03:10:37] <SirFinkus> mine was cross platform
[03:10:52] <cmn32480> ~gnight #soylent
[03:10:58] * exec literally throws a pair of used panties full of pink taco at #soylent
[03:11:16] <Subsentient> Man, I hate myself sometimes.
[03:11:25] <Subsentient> I could write the most diabolical shit...
[03:11:27] * Subsentient tries to resist writing it
[03:11:36] <dyingtolive> i didn't even realize invalid characters in filenames was a thing you could do until i recovered a coworkers macbook harddrive.
[03:11:37] <SirFinkus> don't worry, everyone else hates you too
[03:11:43] <cmn32480> you could use your powers for good...
[03:11:56] <cmn32480> for the advancement of your bank account
[03:11:57] <SirFinkus> yeah, should become an microsoft MVP
[03:12:58] <Subsentient> cmn32480: I'd never do that. I might write something like that, but I'd never make it self-replicating and I'd never do it to anyone innocent.
[03:13:11] <Subsentient> It would, however, replace many Windows system files with itself.
[03:14:21] <Subsentient> But seriously, don't mess up people's PCs.
[03:14:49] <dyingtolive> to be fair, if they're running windows, they have enough of a handicap going on.
[03:15:32] <Subsentient> yup.
[03:16:23] <dyingtolive> i really used to like it, or at least tolerate it. that kind of went away hard the moment win 8 dropped, and my tolerance has just gone down over time.
[03:17:42] <dyingtolive> not that i guess i ever tried to do anything too serious in it. it's always been the os for games, outlook, and i guess office. nothing real though.
[03:20:38] <chromas> In older Windows, you could put a 0xff into a filename and it wouldn't be delete-able through the gui
[03:21:17] <SirFinkus> at like 30k files, it becomes impractical to use the gui to browse to the directory
[03:21:52] <chromas> You could put a bunch of offensive files on someone's desktop that they couldn't get rid of
[03:22:02] <chromas> (offensive file names)
[03:22:04] <dyingtolive> to be fair, at 30k files, ls is not very useful either.
[03:22:15] <dyingtolive> at least not without some filtering.
[03:22:40] <SirFinkus> dir is slow as fuck too
[03:23:26] <dyingtolive> i actually have to look at directories that i think don't get much more than 10-15k files in them for work, and that gets pretty unreasonable.
[03:24:15] <chromas> it's why jesus invented the subdirectory
[03:24:29] <dyingtolive> you forget where you are and are in a hurry. you do an ls without thinking. you're stuck for the next minute pondering why you can't have nice things.
[03:25:34] <dyingtolive> mine are news stories, with each directory containing these files the capture of everything sent for the day. they are subdirectories.
[03:26:27] * Subsentient contemplates actually writing the tubgirl/KKK song virus
[03:26:32] <dyingtolive> we could break it down to an hourly thing, but part of our tests involve running python scripts against them for an entire day. it could be broken down more granularly, but it wouldn't feel worth it.
[03:26:47] <dyingtolive> tubgirl/KKK song/trump virus, you mean.
[03:27:04] <Subsentient> lol
[03:27:41] <Subsentient> Man, I would never give out source (for obvious reasons) and never infect an innocent, but goddamn it'd be cool to use on a virtualbox.
[03:27:54] <SirFinkus> gonna need source
[03:27:59] <SirFinkus> put it on github
[03:28:04] <Subsentient> lol
[03:28:07] <dyingtolive> yeah, source or didn't happen.
[03:28:35] <dyingtolive> ooh, you could put it on github and label it as some sort of "equality fostering app" or some bullshit.
[03:28:59] <Subsentient> lol
[03:29:23] <chromas> open source virus. do it!
[03:29:39] <Subsentient> 0lol
[03:29:41] <Subsentient> nope.
[03:29:43] <dyingtolive> that makes it their own fault when they suffer the consequences.
[03:29:48] <Subsentient> goes against utilitarian values.
[03:29:53] <chromas> "This infection is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 3 or later"
[03:29:57] <dyingtolive> "personal responsibility virus"
[03:30:03] <Subsentient> is likely to cause far more harm than good.
[03:30:31] * chromas boasts too
[03:30:55] <chromas> I could totally write a virus to extract billions of dollars from banks into my secret accounts, but that would be irresponsible so I won't
[03:30:58] <dyingtolive> i gotta say, i think the open source virus movement is woefully unrepresented.
[03:31:14] <dyingtolive> chromas: they did that already in superman 3.
[03:31:31] <chromas> superman 3 was just copying office space
[03:31:31] <Subsentient> Yeah I'm not gonna open source it, IF I write it, which I might not.
[03:31:37] <Subsentient> But goddamn, it'd be hilarious.
[03:31:52] <chromas> just make a virus that replaces systemd with epoch
[03:32:05] <Subsentient> lol
[03:32:29] <dyingtolive> fuck, now we have to all collaboratively write a virus that's only purpose is to steal the source code for YOUR virus.
[03:32:43] <Subsentient> My virus' code would be so evil..
[03:32:53] <Subsentient> I know a couple of people who really deserve something like that.
[03:32:54] <dyingtolive> because involuntary tubgirl and kkk song
[03:33:03] <Subsentient> Don't forget goatse.
[03:33:08] <Subsentient> The wallpaper will be tiled goatse.
[03:34:08] <Subsentient> I wonder if I can change the titles of other windows on Win32... I'd rename IE "Anus Explorer"
[03:34:15] <Subsentient> Or "Anus Exploder"
[03:34:21] <dyingtolive> lol
[03:34:51] <dyingtolive> there used to be a way to skin explorer i think. if you still can, maybe you should lemon party that shit just for the hat trick.
[03:34:59] <Subsentient> nice.
[03:35:16] <chromas> I think the title is in a registry setting
[03:36:17] <dyingtolive> the IE one was at once point i know. used to have isps that would append "provided by ..." after the title.
[03:36:17] <Subsentient> I'd move original files to a backup directory, but have padded replicas of all pictures and songs that contained tubgirl/goatse and the KK theme song, respectively.
[03:36:29] <Subsentient> Ahh yes, that's a registry thing.
[03:36:48] <Subsentient> Provided by the sweet nut creme sucked out of your cat's salty rectum.
[03:37:27] <dyingtolive> i feel like this needs to be slipstreamed into an iso and released on a torrent site.
[03:37:39] <dyingtolive> "WINDOWS 11 SNEAK PREVIEW"
[03:37:40] <Subsentient> loooooooool
[03:37:57] <dyingtolive> it's just xp with all this stuff done to it.
[03:38:34] <Subsentient> Know what, it'd probably be good practice for my C++. Still mostly a C guy, but hey, with this, I'd have a chance to make multithreading, Win32 GUIs, registry mutilations, and much more. :^D
[03:39:03] <dyingtolive> you know you want to. everybody's doing it. :)
[03:39:27] <Subsentient> $coin Should I write the most disgusting virus of all time?
[03:39:27] * aqu4 flips a washer that could pass as a quarter on "Should I write the most disgusting virus of all time?"
[03:39:28] <aqu4> I got tails.
[03:39:30] <Subsentient> Aww.
[03:39:51] <SirFinkus> didn't call heads or tails
[03:40:03] <dyingtolive> yeah i think you have to call it for it to count.
[03:40:42] <Subsentient> It'd be so deliciously twisted though....
[03:41:44] <Subsentient> I do need a good name for it though.
[03:41:48] <Subsentient> Any suggestions?
[03:41:55] <Subsentient> Let's hear some.
[03:42:13] <dyingtolive> < dyingtolive> "WINDOWS 11 SNEAK PREVIEW"
[03:42:15] <SirFinkus> kkk goatse tubgirl.exe
[03:42:16] <dyingtolive> :)
[03:42:29] <Subsentient> No, I mean a project codename.
[03:42:39] <Subsentient> What should the internal 'project name' of it be?
[03:42:39] <SirFinkus> did I stutter?
[03:42:53] <SirFinkus> kgoatgirl
[03:42:53] <Subsentient> lol
[03:43:00] <SirFinkus> make it a kde probject
[03:43:02] <dyingtolive> i got this. hang on
[03:43:37] <dyingtolive> "Justin Bieber - Purpose (Full Album).zip.exe"
[03:43:46] <Subsentient> HAAAAAAAAAA
[03:45:10] <dyingtolive> alternatively, "systemd.exe" would be nice too.
[03:45:12] <chromas> It sounds like you just checked your Downloads folder to get that filename
[03:45:17] <Subsentient> lol
[03:45:36] <dyingtolive> no, i checked my torrent app! sheeh.
[03:45:59] <Subsentient> I mean a codename, like how the atom bomb project was "Manhattan".
[03:46:19] <dyingtolive> oh, right.
[03:46:27] <chromas> Longhorny
[03:46:33] <dyingtolive> pfft.
[03:46:39] <Subsentient> ... I like that.
[03:46:41] <Subsentient> Let's hear more.
[03:46:44] <dyingtolive> yeah, that wins. i hadn't thought about it much, but that wins.
[03:47:00] <SirFinkus> christmas island
[03:47:03] <Subsentient> I will never give out the exe or source, but I'll make a youtube of it in a VM. :^)
[03:47:08] * SirFinkus wonders if anyone will get it
[03:47:11] <SirFinkus> oh, fuck you then
[03:47:14] <SirFinkus> I'm sorry for helping
[03:47:18] <Subsentient> lol
[03:47:44] <Subsentient> It'll also have an --undo CLI option to reverse all the damage.
[03:47:49] <Subsentient> It won't actually delete any files.
[03:48:04] <SirFinkus> why bother if you're just going to run it in a vm?
[03:48:13] <SirFinkus> release the source fuck nuts
[03:48:14] <Subsentient> Because it'd be hilarious.
[03:48:26] <Subsentient> I'm not an asshole, I'm just deranged. Benignly deranged.
[03:48:33] <SirFinkus> no, you're an asshole
[03:49:04] <SirFinkus> release it you tease
[03:49:09] <chromas> "Guy writes program to delete his own files. Five stars, would watch again!!!"
[03:49:24] <Subsentient> Oh, no it'll be mostly a gag virus.
[03:49:25] <SirFinkus> if you don't release the source, we won't believe you
[03:49:39] <SirFinkus> just sony vegas tricks
[03:49:41] <dyingtolive> that's too benignly deranged though. it's like a quadropolegic who threatens to strangle people. it's just sad.
[03:49:55] <dyingtolive> too much wated entheusiam.
[03:50:30] <SirFinkus> I mean, it's not too hard to fuck shit up
[03:50:36] <SirFinkus> I did it at 14
[03:53:09] <dyingtolive> i mean, realistically, if you don't release this, some anti-social eastern-bloc kid is just going to get inspired from your video and clone it anyway, so you might as well.
[03:53:33] <takyon> my hexchat seems slow
[03:53:36] <takyon> guess I need a new computer
[03:53:54] <dyingtolive> seems legit. what's your current one?
[03:53:56] <SirFinkus> sure you aren't having an aneurism?
[03:54:36] <dyingtolive> ooh, i know, dump hexchat for irssi and join the command line irc masterrace.
[03:54:48] <takyon> http://www.theregister.co.uk
[03:54:48] <NetCraft> ^ 03US State Department sextortionist gets 57 months in cooler • The Register
[03:55:06] <dyingtolive> holy shit we're putting people in coolers now?
[03:55:12] <takyon> SirFinkus: not sure, never sure
[03:55:49] <takyon> dyingtolive: he got slapped too, according to the byline
[03:56:30] <dyingtolive> oh, okay, so it's not an actual cooler.
[03:57:15] <dyingtolive> i don't think it was a literal slapping either, though in this case, i think he deserves about 200 of them, based upon the victims.
[03:58:06] <dyingtolive> man, THAT would be a good sentencing for something like this, every day, for like, a week, all 200 of the women this guy fucked with get to line up and get one slap as hard as they feel like pulling off.
[04:04:23] <takyon> it would be unethical
[04:04:27] <takyon> just like everything fun
[04:04:34] <dyingtolive> yeah :(
[04:05:36] <takyon> https://www.eff.org
[04:05:36] <NetCraft> ^ 03Launching the Electronic Frontier Alliance | Electronic Frontier Foundation
[04:13:03] <takyon> later
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[06:42:20] <dyingtolive> broad question: how does one make the world a better place? for this question, you can assume any sort of beneficial difference you can make for even one person to be a "better place".
[06:45:07] <chromas> send me money
[06:45:24] <dyingtolive> that's the kind of stuff that's too easy though.
[06:45:36] <chromas> send me a specific amount of money
[06:45:50] <dyingtolive> what is the specific value?
[06:46:10] <chromas> $1600
[06:46:32] <chromas> there's always open sores software or tutoring kids
[06:47:01] <dyingtolive> fuck. i'm not so much that much the bourgeoisie
[06:48:30] <dyingtolive> yeah, i don't know if that makes a substantial difference to those immediately around me. while i'm quite comfortable, the general sense of poverty surrounds me across literal states worth of distance.
[06:49:01] <Subsentient> dyingtolive: you could buy me some programming books that I can't easily afford myself.
[06:49:12] <chromas> Teach kids how o manage and be jewish with their money
[06:49:17] <Subsentient> They're like $15 each or something
[06:49:25] <Subsentient> but I make $750 a month so that's a lot.
[06:49:40] <dyingtolive> subsentient: what could you honestly find in a programming book you wouldn't find on stackoverflow et al?
[06:49:55] <chromas> books look cool on the shelf
[06:50:06] <Subsentient> dyingtolive: Most of the knowledge of C, most of the knowledge of C++, most of the knowledge of python, most of the knowledge of Perl.
[06:50:21] <Subsentient> I can't learn a language online, I get distracted and it's hard to bookmark what I need.
[06:50:25] <dyingtolive> actually, now that you mention it, "steal this book in the 21st century" might be useful.
[06:50:26] <Subsentient> I need real, hard-copy books.
[06:51:00] <Subsentient> I can put book tabs in them to remember useful sections and a bookmark in it, and they don't require power to hold place.
[06:51:07] * Subsentient 's books are full of book tabs
[06:51:10] <dyingtolive> huh. i taught myself python in a few weeks based upon the online docs. i didn't realize it was that hard.
[06:51:29] <dyingtolive> would pdfs suffice, or do you need literal hardcopy?
[06:51:43] <chromas> Books don't have search
[06:51:57] <Subsentient> dyingtolive: Literal hard copy is far better for me. A pdf, I can't bookmark or put tabs to notify me of useful stuff.
[06:52:19] <Subsentient> And, Python is a very easy language, however I never found much use for it.
[06:52:30] <Subsentient> I know a little, but I didn't follow through on my python book.
[06:52:42] <chromas> Did you throw it away?
[06:52:43] <dyingtolive> that's fair. i think i have some python stuff, but it's pdf. i have a few c# books, but not much else.
[06:52:47] <Subsentient> chromas: Of course not.
[06:53:12] <chromas> Grab some pdfs, head to the nearest community college or something and print out all the pages
[06:53:44] <Subsentient> dyingtolive: I was half-serious about the book things, though it would be useful.
[06:53:51] <Subsentient> How serious are you about improving the world?
[06:53:59] <Subsentient> And do animals count to you?
[06:54:00] <dyingtolive> python is actually pretty cool. lets you quickly do things without the bullshit.
[06:54:09] <Subsentient> I'm learning Perl, I like it a lot better.
[06:54:29] <Subsentient> But that's because I'm a C guy and perl feels familiar, and I do a lot of text processing and Perl is really good at that.
[06:54:45] <dyingtolive> depends on the animals. i have no problem with eating them. i really do want to make things better for people though, and other than volunteering at a food store i don't know how to do that.
[06:55:34] <chromas> Set up a free abortion clinic
[06:55:39] <Subsentient> lol
[06:55:47] <chromas> an outhouse with a hanger
[06:55:57] <chromas> Unplanned Parenthood
[06:57:04] <dyingtolive> hah. i would be scared of getting bombed here in the midwestern land of the free.
[06:57:15] <chromas> Self-serve
[06:57:17] <Subsentient> dyingtolive: Donating stuff to nursing homes like computers and good food comes to mind, it means a lot to those people.
[06:57:43] <Subsentient> They're terribly lonely and nobody visits them.
[06:57:52] <Subsentient> Unbearably bored, too.
[06:58:29] <dyingtolive> i handn't considered that. i imagine they'd benefit from direct human contact more though, you think?
[06:58:39] <Subsentient> Yes.
[06:59:58] <dyingtolive> i could give up a couple hours a week for that probably. the biggest thing is that i could do stuff like that, but i feel like the more important thing would be to get more than just myself to do it. one person doesn't make a difference.
[07:00:15] <Subsentient> It does to those you touch.
[07:00:59] <Subsentient> A human consciousness has an incalculable weight and value, even a stupid one. A stream of consciousness is beyond the comprehension of science, by its own admission.
[07:01:04] <Subsentient> Helping one is significant.
[07:01:40] <dyingtolive> that's probably true. i helped the elderly couple that lived below me in an apartment a few years ago move to a smaller apartment because that was what they could afford and it pissed me off that they didn't have anyone else that could help them.
[07:01:59] <Subsentient> dyingtolive: Yeah, it happens like that a lot.
[07:02:54] <dyingtolive> as a side effect, maybe i could talk them into voting for bernie. a little late now, but still. :)
[07:03:17] <Subsentient> dyingtolive: Yeah, hehe, feel the bern.
[07:04:16] <dyingtolive> this is a good idea though. one of my friends, his fiance works at a nursing home. mabye i can ask her how to get involved.
[07:06:01] <chromas> I've noticed a difference in those I've touched. But they know to keep quiet about it
[07:06:33] <Subsentient> chromas: That's awful, lol
[07:06:45] <dyingtolive> ejsy
[07:06:58] <dyingtolive> what's the statue of limitations on that?
[07:08:16] <Subsentient> Chunky.
[07:08:25] * Subsentient rips a wet one
[07:11:01] <chromas> I hope that wasn't chunky
[07:11:21] <dyingtolive> it's his problem if it was.
[07:13:35] <Subsentient> lol
[07:13:56] * Subsentient thinks he actually will write the "longhorny" virus
[07:14:11] * Subsentient will make it a non-data-destructive piece of malware with a hidden --undo flag
[07:14:20] <dyingtolive> YEEEEES!
[07:14:21] * Subsentient will still make it really, really vulgar
[07:14:52] <Subsentient> This little utility of mine enables me to include any type of file in the executable image itself: http://universe2.us
[07:15:47] * Subsentient downloads the appropriate files
[07:16:49] * Subsentient creates the git repo on his local server
[07:17:05] * Subsentient begins collecting 'resource' files he'll need
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[07:17:36] <dyingtolive> "it begins..."
[07:18:27] * Subsentient looks for old relevant source code on his machines
[07:18:37] <Subsentient> I need the code to shut off a monitor :^)
[07:32:13] <JamesNZ> $beer Subsentient
[07:32:13] * aqu4 gives Subsentient a cold can of beer
[07:33:14] * Subsentient downloads the kkk themesong along with hi-def goatse and tubgirl
[07:34:50] <SirFinkus> lol he doesn't even have them saved
[07:39:17] <Subsentient> SirFinkus: Not on my hard disk
[07:39:52] <SirFinkus> monoprice sells guitars now
[07:39:59] <SirFinkus> http://www.monoprice.com
[07:40:00] <NetCraft> ^ 03Route 66 Modern Solid Body Electric Guitar - Black - Monoprice.com
[07:40:20] <SirFinkus> "One of the standard complaints about the Vintage version was the quality of the strings. Not only have we increased the gauge from 0.009 to 0.010 inch on the high E string, but we are now using our coated strings, for increased durability as well as sonic excellence."
[07:40:24] <SirFinkus> the fuck?
[07:40:30] <Subsentient> SirFinkus: The most of longhorny's source that anyone will ever see: http://imgur.com
[07:40:31] <NetCraft> ^ 03Imgur: The most awesome images on the Internet
[07:40:41] <SirFinkus> who doesn't get new strings when they get a new guitar?
[07:40:59] <SirFinkus> I don't give a shit unless you post the full source
[07:41:43] <dyingtolive> yeah, that looks like my desktop right now.
[07:43:03] <chromas> "Google Chrome: Google Announces Plan to Remove Chrome App Launcher From Most Platforms"
[07:43:03] <Subsentient> Using this for the scream sound effect: https://www.youtube.com
[07:43:04] <NetCraft> ^ 03SOUND EFFECT DERANGED WOMAN SCREAM - YouTube
[07:48:25] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - US Charges Three Syrian Electronic Army Suspects - http://sylnt.us - beyond-the-reach-of-our-laws
[07:51:09] <Subsentient> The reason I decided to write it, is it's very good programming practice. It will require multithreading, network access, GUI development, and lots of other stuff.
[07:52:19] * SirFinkus yawns
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[09:32:27] <chromas> Is income from gubbermint contracts taxable?
[09:33:59] <AndyTheAbsurd> yes
[09:34:37] <chromas> so those f-35s practically pay for themselves
[09:35:04] <AndyTheAbsurd> but corporations are taxed on income after expenditures, which is how lots of corporations pay zero tax
[09:35:37] <chromas> I wonder how well a church would work for money laundering
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[09:36:46] <chromas> grab some locals down on their luck, get them to donate some shekels, then, unbeknownst to the rest, pay each one some money to help them out and keep them coming. Slip your dirty money into the mix (and also use it to pay your congregation so it looks legit)
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[09:41:28] <chromas> then pay your friends and family to be pastors and take international vacations in missionary positions
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[10:00:30] <chromas> at least, you think so, but you can't remember
[10:12:50] <TheMightyBuzzard> coffee++
[10:12:50] <Bender> karma - coffee: 2387
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[10:50:45] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Technique for Assembling Active Photovoltaic Components from Inexpensive Metals - http://sylnt.us - advances-toward-cheap-electricity
[11:28:35] <cmn32480> ~gday knuckleheads
[11:28:37] * exec abrasively pukes a pint of spitwads on knuckleheads
[11:30:21] <cmn32480> coffee++
[11:30:21] <Bender> karma - coffee: 2388
[11:30:52] <TheMightyBuzzard> ~g'morning cmn32480
[11:30:54] * exec retroactively queefs a Borg cube of SARS at cmn32480
[11:31:00] <cmn32480> ~gday TheMightyBuzzard
[11:31:02] * exec unnecessarily nudges a toilet bowl of CoC toward TheMightyBuzzard
[11:31:18] <cmn32480> how goes?
[11:31:37] <TheMightyBuzzard> eh, goes. playing with the new bot some.
[11:31:53] <cmn32480> more fishing today?
[11:32:15] <TheMightyBuzzard> possibly, bout to check the weather
[11:32:48] <cmn32480> ~weather Oklahoma
[11:32:50] <exec> 10Oklahoma City, OK, USA - currently 41°F / 5°C, cloudy, wind NW at 18 mph, humidity 59% - Thursday cloudy (39°F:63°F / 4°C:17°C), Friday cloudy (49°F:71°F / 9°C:22°C), Saturday mostly sunny (48°F:75°F / 9°C:24°C), Sunday scattered showers (35°F:58°F / 2°C:14°C)
[11:33:02] <cmn32480> ~weather bumfuck, OK
[11:33:03] <exec> syntax: ~weather <location>
[11:33:18] <cmn32480> ~weather middleofnowhere, OK
[11:33:20] <exec> syntax: ~weather <location>
[11:33:27] <cmn32480> supid bot
[11:33:33] <TheMightyBuzzard> hrm... windy as fuck and a high in the 50s
[11:33:51] <cmn32480> so not gonna take the poles adn just go lie to people?
[11:34:03] <TheMightyBuzzard> #weather 74872
[11:34:05] <MrPlow> Today: A mix of clouds and sun. Gusty winds during the morning. High 62F. Winds NNW at 20 to 30 mph. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph. Tomorrow: A mainly sunny sky. High 68F. Winds SSE at 10 to 20 mph.
[11:34:12] <TheMightyBuzzard> ~weather 74872
[11:34:14] <exec> 10Stratford, OK 74872, USA - currently 41°F, cloudy, wind NW at 16 mph, humidity 62% - Thursday cloudy (37°F:62°F), Friday sunny (47°F:68°F), Saturday mostly sunny (51°F:73°F), Sunday scattered showers (36°F:58°F)
[11:34:37] <cmn32480> #blackuweather 74872
[11:34:37] <MrPlow> T'day: Sheet, I ain even know. Shit be aight. Dat shit be blowin! T'marra: Shit bright, get yo shades. Shit be aight. Dey a lil breeze.
[11:35:51] <TheMightyBuzzard> nah, looks to be pretty miserable weather for sitting still outside this morning
[11:37:01] <TheMightyBuzzard> dunno what ima do in that case
[11:37:04] <cmn32480> sit still inside adn fish in the goldfish tank instead?
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[11:38:05] <TheMightyBuzzard> likely go visit the roomie n kids at his folks house just so i got something to distract me
[11:38:25] <cmn32480> ahhhh
[11:38:29] <cmn32480> sounds like a plan
[11:40:14] * cmn32480 goes to refill his coffee++
[11:40:40] <TheMightyBuzzard> think i'm done playing with the bot for a bit though. there's only so much C i can crank out at once before it starts getting exceedingly tedious.
[11:42:28] <cmn32480> If you need me.. (editorial emergency or somesuch... I'll be here
[11:43:20] <TheMightyBuzzard> yar
[12:18:26] <crutchy> i'll be here too. except i'll be asleep in bed
[12:19:05] <AndyTheAbsurd> http://left-pad.io
[12:19:06] <NetCraft> ^ 03left-pad.io
[12:21:17] <AndyTheAbsurd> I'm not sure what I dislike most: the general idea of using JavaScript as a general purpose language, Node.JS specifically, that npm actually had a package for left-padding strings, or that so many *other* packages in npm were dependent on a package that implemented trivial functionality.
[12:30:58] <crutchy> any language that uses that kinda dependency model is shit from the outset
[12:31:21] * crutchy trims his lawn
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[12:53:50] <cmn32480> ~gday crutchy
[12:53:52] * exec spontaneously piles The Cloud of coffee++ on crutchy
[12:53:56] <cmn32480> ~gday AndyTheAbsurd
[12:53:58] * exec cromulently flings a singularity of webscale at AndyTheAbsurd
[12:54:11] <AndyTheAbsurd> mmmm webscale singularity
[12:54:19] <AndyTheAbsurd> ~gday cmn32480
[12:54:22] * exec explicitly nudges a pair of 🐂💩 toward cmn32480
[12:54:36] <cmn32480> well... I feel special!
[12:54:42] <AndyTheAbsurd> my client didn't render that Unicode
[12:54:53] <AndyTheAbsurd> but I hope it's a nice pair of breasts
[12:56:30] <AndyTheAbsurd> Is it your birthday today?
[12:57:46] <cmn32480> it is
[12:59:13] <cmn32480> and exec tossed me a paitr of bullshit
[14:23:28] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - The Tor Project, Apple, and Integrity - http://sylnt.us - layered-approach
[15:03:55] <Gravis> lolercoaster! https://tech.slashdot.org
[15:03:56] <NetCraft> ^ 03Microsoft's 'Teen Girl' AI Experiment Becomes a 'Neo-Nazi Sex Robot' - Slashdot ( https://slashdot.org )
[15:07:34] <Runaway1956> Is today a special day or something? Seems there was something I wanted to remember . . . .
[15:07:44] <Runaway1956> The day before Good Friday?
[15:15:25] <AndyTheAbsurd> Isn't there a name for that?
[15:15:35] <AndyTheAbsurd> Like "Maundy Thursday" or something?
[15:15:59] <AndyTheAbsurd> https://en.wikipedia.org
[15:15:59] <NetCraft> ^ 03Wiki: Maundy Thursday
[15:16:09] <AndyTheAbsurd> Also I think it might be someone here's birthday.
[15:16:12] <Runaway1956> We need cmn32480 to remind us what day it is I guess
[15:21:05] <Runaway1956> Fekkin' car - 2003 Taurus SES - pulled out of gas station after filling up, accelerated to about 30, coasted downhill a couple hundred yards, and when I pressed on accelerator at the bottom, nothing.
[15:21:25] <Runaway1956> Reading, it appears that Ford put a crap torque converter into most of the Taurus
[15:21:43] <AndyTheAbsurd> still idles, though? If so - better than what happened to my 2004 Ranger last week.
[15:21:48] <Runaway1956> Guess I'll be driving something else until I get it repaired.
[15:22:21] <AndyTheAbsurd> I'd stopped an intersection, pressed the accelerator to get through it, got to the other side and the engine shut down (and wouldn't start up again).
[15:23:24] <Runaway1956> I was lucky enough to get through a school zone (no school today) and pull into a little unused cutoff - car is sitting there
[15:23:41] <Runaway1956> Gotta get it home before the day is out though
[15:24:12] <Runaway1956> 19 miles on the end of a chain I guess
[15:26:40] <AndyTheAbsurd> Yuck. I'm lucky enough that I've got a AAA membership so I get towed for "free".
[15:26:52] <AndyTheAbsurd> (not really free because I pay for AAA)
[15:31:51] <Runaway1956> well, I've got a towbar, but hooking it up to the front end of most of today's little cars screws thing up - scratches and dents and crap
[15:36:08] <cmn32480> your insurance do free towing?
[15:37:01] <Runaway1956> Nope - I drive old cars, to cheap to pay for new cars or good insurance
[15:37:31] <Runaway1956> This is going to be a pain in the ass, but the alternative is thousands of dollars more per year
[15:55:01] <Runaway1956> Well - I suppose I should say "happy birthday" and get it out of the way - cmn isn't taking the bait
[16:25:02] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Paul McCartney Fights to Regain Publishing Rights to Beatles Catalog - http://sylnt.us - *I*-am-the-Walrus
[16:36:14] <cmn32480> Thanks Runaway1956
[17:41:15] <Runaway1956> YW man
[17:42:08] <Runaway1956> Just got back from the broken down car - beginning to look like an electronic problem - and beginning to look repairable for about $300 instead of $1200 or more
[17:42:50] <Runaway1956> When I get the car home, and up on ramps, I may get really lucky, and find a loose, disconnected wire or plug -
[17:43:16] * Runaway1956 really doesn't want to shop for another car - this one runs great
[17:45:10] <Runaway1956> Damn, it's quiet today, no need to scroll up to find what i typed before I left the house
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[18:34:38] <Runaway1956> Interesting sideshow on the Belgian terrorist attack - http://kurdishdailynews.org
[18:34:40] <NetCraft> ^ 03Belgium denies Turkish dictator Erdoğan on ISIS member involved in Brussels attacks ? KURDISH DAILY NEWS
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[19:20:26] <cmn32480> no, it doesn't run great.. that's why you have to put it up on ramps...
[19:27:21] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - How Tesla's Model 3 Could Conquer Low-End Luxury - http://sylnt.us - we-musk-keep-the-prices-dropping
[20:09:22] <SirFinkus> microsoft snuffed out their new twitter ai
[20:09:25] <SirFinkus> https://imgur.com
[20:09:27] <NetCraft> ^ 03Microsoft's nazi chat bot - Album on Imgur
[20:09:30] <SirFinkus> it's fucking great
[20:11:13] <SirFinkus> already made a shitty submission
[20:48:52] <cmn32480> that ios hilarious
[20:58:32] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Using Frog Foam to Deliver Antibiotics - http://sylnt.us - ribbit-ribbit
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[22:02:49] * Subsentient sprays vomit all over the walls and ceiling
[22:09:28] <exec> 05*** SN funding is currently $984
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