#editorial | Logs for 2016-03-02
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[02:24:11] Bytram|away is now known as Bytram
[02:26:42] <Bytram> takyon: good decision... I generally have no luck finding the primary srouce of phys.org; at least with science daily they usually provide a direct link to the source
[02:27:10] <takyon> i always just google search a paragraph or so, and find it 90% of the time
[02:27:34] <takyon> google: the world's plagiarism checker
[02:27:51] <Bytram> my success was much less and I guess I kinda gave up on it as of late.
[02:28:04] <Bytram> will try again in the future, knowing others have had better luck!
[02:38:04] <takyon> https://soylentnews.org
[02:38:10] <NotAnymore> ^ 03takyon - SoylentNews User
[02:38:17] <takyon> all of my stories from the past year
[02:39:40] <cmn32480> any body think we ought to run the "Finns Having less Sex" story?
[02:39:48] <Bytram> not me
[02:39:55] <cmn32480> me neither
[02:39:58] <cmn32480> takyon?
[02:40:09] <takyon> uh'
[02:40:38] <takyon> it's not the worst thing I've ever seen. weekend?
[02:40:57] <takyon> we could spruce it up with other country's states from the cia world factbook or some bs
[02:41:05] <Bytram> tbh, I did not actually read the linked article, but the summary was pretty meh
[02:41:06] <takyon> *stats
[02:41:33] <takyon> why are you so sex-negative, byldo?
[02:41:58] <takyon> *by-ram
[02:42:15] <cmn32480> wow... that wasn't even close
[02:42:30] <Bytram> I'm not against it, but I saw nothing terribly interesting in the story itself. needs ot be expanded a biyt
[02:42:35] <Bytram> s/ot/to/
[02:42:37] <exec> <Bytram> I'm nto against it, but I saw nothing terribly interesting in the story itself. needs ot be expanded a biyt
[02:42:45] <Bytram> nvm
[02:43:02] <takyon> i'll look into it
[02:43:14] <takyon> I think it's not flamebaity, and that's good enough in my book
[02:45:15] <Bytram> there is that going for it.
[02:45:54] * Bytram just had a thought of how that story would be portrayed in El Reg
[02:45:55] <cmn32480> and it references an actual study.. not some guy's anecdotal "evidence" that he just isn't getting laid
[02:46:19] <takyon> that's merely implied
[02:47:34] <cmn32480> guess this one is out... again
[02:47:35] <cmn32480> https://soylentnews.org
[02:47:36] <NotAnymore> ^ 03SN Submission by takyon: SpaceX Successfully Launches SES-9 Satellite
[02:47:48] <takyon> lol
[02:48:14] <takyon> you can kill it if you need to, but I designed it to be a shell that you could place the launch date in
[02:48:21] <takyon> and maybe add "Finally" to headline
[02:48:23] <cmn32480> nope
[02:48:29] <cmn32480> just poling the bear
[02:48:37] <cmn32480> s/poling/poking/
[02:48:39] <exec> <cmn32480> just poking the bear
[02:49:29] <cmn32480> I'm done fellas
[02:49:35] <cmn32480> can't keep my eyes open
[02:49:39] <takyon> night
[02:49:44] <cmn32480> ~gnight takyon
[02:49:46] * exec diabolically offers a DD cup of pancakes to takyon
[02:49:47] <cmn32480> ~gnight bytram
[02:49:49] * exec cohesively throws an assfull of red cordial at bytram
[02:49:54] <cmn32480> ~gnight #editorial
[02:49:56] * exec dexterously offers a blagoblag of NCommander to #editorial
[02:50:03] <takyon> I think I got the better deal
[02:50:10] <Bytram> cmn32480: have a good night! thanks for all you did today...
[02:50:21] <Bytram> btw did you ever get that spreadsheet straightened out okay?
[02:50:31] <cmn32480> not killing our salesreps?
[02:50:38] <cmn32480> yer welcome... I guess
[02:50:52] <cmn32480> but I WOULD HAEV ENJOYED IT YOU FUN STEALER!!!!!!
[02:50:57] <cmn32480> I did
[02:51:09] <cmn32480> little VBA... little luck
[02:51:58] <Bytram> so happy to hear that you got it straightened out! spreadsheet debugging is very different than debugging procedural code.
[02:52:12] <cmn32480> complete PITA
[02:52:28] <cmn32480> not debugging so much as painful data manipulation
[02:53:13] <Bytram> oh vey! I hear you there!
[02:53:31] <cmn32480> truthfully... if I knew VBA, it would have been easier and a lot less time consuming
[02:53:44] <cmn32480> like everythgin else, it is a skill... use it or lose it
[02:54:01] <Bytram> all too often, spreadsheets end up being used where a proper db is the right tool for the job
[02:54:07] <cmn32480> I used to be decent with it,,, but that was 15 years ago
[02:55:12] <Bytram> yep, I cut my teeth programming in basic and have had practice in many many dialects, but somehow managed to skip the VB experience.
[02:56:24] <cmn32480> VBA isn't real VB... it is the scripting language for MS Office
[03:08:03] <Bytram> nod nod
[03:08:08] * Bytram somehow missed htat one, too
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[17:25:12] <cmn32480> anybody got suggestions on the 2 Originalowner_ (aka gewg_) subs in the sub queue? one claiming that the other is a phony
[18:24:35] <CoolHand> tell him to get an account?
[18:24:48] <CoolHand> we can't be policing who the real gewg_ is... IMHO
[18:26:14] <CoolHand> of course I guess you could even put someone elses account name in submission form I guess... which seems kind of hokey now that I thnk about it
[18:35:08] <paulej72> you could but the there are checks to show it is not legitimate
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[20:39:24] <takyon> breaking news story for your pleasure
[20:41:54] <takyon> if you hurry you can slip it in before the ocean shipping story goes out
[20:41:55] <takyon> ~eds
[20:41:56] <exec> editor ping for takyon: janrinok LaminatorX n1 nick martyb Bytram Azrael mrcoolbp cmn32480 coolhand takyon bytram|away NotSanguine
[20:47:23] <takyon> I just delayed that story by 7 minutes to give you a little more time to decide
[20:47:31] <cmn32480> huh?
[20:47:36] <cmn32480> decide wqhat?
[20:48:40] <cmn32480> takyon
[20:48:55] <takyon> the breaking news story
[20:48:59] <takyon> its at hte bottom of sub list
[20:49:03] <cmn32480> am gonig to swap it with the next story in the queue... no need for the breaking news tag... but VERY interesting nonetheless
[20:49:06] <takyon> happened about 30 minutes ago
[20:50:30] <cmn32480> thoughts on a dept line?
[20:51:23] <takyon> speed-was-a-factor
[20:51:27] <takyon> but that's already in my text
[20:51:36] <takyon> maybe something conspiracy related
[20:52:38] <takyon> i just moved the other story again so it wouldn't hit the front page
[20:52:51] <cmn32480> thx
[20:52:58] <cmn32480> too much gas dept
[20:54:01] <takyon> cmnsavage
[20:54:25] <cmn32480> it goes in 2 minutes
[20:54:31] <cmn32480> or less
[20:54:59] <cmn32480> time reset on the oceanic story
[20:55:04] <cmn32480> to the end of the queue
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