#editorial | Logs for 2017-02-20

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[00:43:44] <takyon> a lot of intermittent loading on soylentnews lately. random blank page loads
[00:43:54] <takyon> no error msg
[00:44:13] <cmn32480> Me too
[00:46:37] * Bytram just got a blank page when I tried to reload the main page on prod
[00:46:47] <cmn32480> so we arne't crazy
[00:46:48] <Bytram> is back now
[00:50:34] <charon> cmn32480: well, you *are* crazy. but that particular event is not a symptom
[00:57:47] <Fnord666> happening yesterday about this time as well
[00:58:39] <Fnord666> PS howdy all
[00:59:00] <Bytram> ~gday Fnord666
[00:59:02] * exec disturbingly impales a caravan of TNT on Fnord666
[00:59:08] <Fnord666> ~gday Bytram
[00:59:10] * exec irresponsibly waves a trunkload of 555 timers at Bytram
[00:59:19] <Fnord666> you have a good nap?
[00:59:22] <Bytram> lol 555 timers? I remember THOSE!
[00:59:28] <Bytram> yes, MUCH needed
[00:59:29] <Fnord666> yup, me too.
[00:59:33] <Fnord666> excellent.
[00:59:37] <Bytram> still not quite back to being fully humna, but a big improvement
[00:59:48] <Bytram> *human
[01:00:53] <Fnord666> always want to giggle when someone mentions monostable multivibrators...
[01:02:14] <Bytram> ROFL!
[01:02:31] <Bytram> is better than a multistable monovibrator, amirite?
[01:02:56] <Fnord666> yes it is
[01:03:29] <Bytram> kinda like meatavegavitamix?
[01:04:05] <Fnord666> correct
[01:04:10] <Fnord666> and gesundheit
[01:05:05] <Bytram> mare sea!
[01:08:49] <charon> hiyo Fnord666
[01:09:02] <Fnord666> howdy charon
[01:09:39] <charon> how's your sunday?
[01:12:20] <Fnord666> good. Yours?
[01:13:19] <charon> going well. quiet. about to eat some dinner
[01:15:37] <Fnord666> I'm just watching the finals for the CS:GO tournament in Las Vegas this weekend
[01:16:22] <charon> that reminds me, i rented Arrival on my way home, going to watch it in a while
[01:16:39] <Fnord666> Cool. I liked it.
[01:18:16] <takyon> CS:GO lotto
[01:18:22] <Fnord666> You'll have to tell me what you think
[01:18:51] <charon> oh i shall. especially if it stinks
[01:19:26] <Fnord666> :)
[01:22:06] <Fnord666> I wouldn't have it any other way
[01:23:17] <cmn32480> ~gday >beverage monostable multivibrators
[01:23:18] <exec> added to beverages
[01:23:33] <cmn32480> ~gday >beverage meatvegavitamix
[01:23:34] <exec> added to beverages
[02:47:46] <Bytram> charon: congrats on moving up one notch on the HoF! https://soylentnews.org
[02:47:50] <exec> └─ 13SoylentNews: Hall of Fame
[13:51:32] <Bytram> this looks interesting: https://phys.org
[13:51:34] <exec> └─ 13Group introduces six new particles to standard model to solve five enduring problems
[13:52:28] * Bytram has not read it yet, but if it holds any weight, could bring a good discussion, or even if it is lacking, we've got a few folk here who will happily tear it apart.
[20:23:53] <takyon> ~eds
[20:23:54] <exec> editor ping for takyon: janrinok zz_janrinok n1 nick martyb Bytram cmn32480 coolhand takyon bytram|away Fnord666 charon GreatOutdoors FatPhil Snow goodie mrpg
[20:23:57] <takyon> https://www.nasa.gov
[20:23:59] <exec> └─ 13404 | NASA
[20:24:07] <takyon> NASA will hold a news conference at 1 p.m. EST Wednesday, Feb. 22, to present new findings on planets that orbit stars other than our sun, known as exoplanets. The event will air live on NASA Television and the agency's website. Details of these findings are embargoed by the journal Nature until 1 p.m.
[21:46:23] <cmn32480> why woudl we put the press conference story 30 miubnutes before it happens instead of early in the morngin so people will see it?
[22:48:11] <takyon> change it if you want
[22:48:31] <takyon> I put it at 30 minutes before instead of at 0 minutes before...
[22:49:55] <takyon> https://soylentnews.org
[22:49:59] <exec> └─ 13Megaupload's Alleged Crime is a Common Practice - SoylentNews
[22:50:12] <takyon> Kim Dotcom submission in the queue right now probably should have been merged with this one