#editorial | Logs for 2018-01-18
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[00:00:07] <Fnord666> nice
[00:00:13] <Bytram> found out later, they'd been in the US only about 2 months when I first met them.
[00:00:43] <Bytram> surrounded by people who talk 'strange'... that must have been -- amazing -- for them
[00:00:54] <Fnord666> I bet!
[00:01:04] <Bytram> the 'visits' went on for several years
[00:01:13] <Fnord666> that’s cool
[00:01:21] <Bytram> finally, one moved to Boston to study to become an RN (registered nurse)
[00:01:31] <Fnord666> Most of my Russian I learned from dash cam videos...
[00:01:35] <Bytram> that's hard enough to do when English is your native tongue
[00:01:44] <Bytram> never mind when it is your 2nd language!
[00:01:50] <Bytram> the other moved away as well.
[00:02:02] <Bytram> one day about 6 months ago, things were busy.
[00:02:05] <Fnord666> I would hate to try learning English as a second language
[00:02:17] <Bytram> I was waiting on one person with two others waiting for me to become free so I could help them
[00:02:27] <Bytram> I'm greeting people as they pass by
[00:02:38] <Bytram> all of a sudden I see one of those two girls.
[00:02:53] <Bytram> I told her "wait!"
[00:03:08] <Bytram> I told the current person I was working with... "I'll be right back"
[00:03:19] <Bytram> and then scooted over to the aisle where she was
[00:03:32] <Bytram> then felt like Wiley Coyote when he caught the roadrunner
[00:03:35] <Bytram> Now what do I do?
[00:03:45] <Bytram> Just opened up my arms wide
[00:03:57] <Bytram> she crowded right in and gave me a HUGE bear hug!
[00:04:09] * Bytram was MOST surprised@!
[00:04:17] <Fnord666> that’s so cool
[00:04:17] <Bytram> we chatted briefly
[00:04:32] <Bytram> she was in a hurry to do something so had to get going
[00:04:38] <Bytram> and I had a guest that was waiting for me
[00:04:45] <Bytram> so that cut it short, but ...
[00:04:48] <Bytram> wow!
[00:05:01] <Bytram> And all of this came about simply becauser
[00:05:08] <Bytram> I recognized a language and said "Hi!"
[00:05:32] <Fnord666> yup
[00:05:56] <Fnord666> just had to take that first step
[00:06:13] <Bytram> I've had several other 'foreign' connections, but nothing else matched up with THAT one!
[00:06:34] <Bytram> had a guest about a week ago that I recognized
[00:06:42] <Bytram> new it was from some place in eastern europe
[00:06:48] <Bytram> could not remember what language she spoke
[00:06:56] <Bytram> racking my brains like winniw the pooh
[00:07:01] <Fnord666> :)
[00:07:03] <Bytram> Think! Think! Think! Think!
[00:07:18] <Bytram> something came to mind
[00:07:27] <Bytram> was not sure, but it 'felt' like it was corredct
[00:07:43] <Bytram> 'zdrahsdee'
[00:07:59] <Bytram> about 10 seconds later she asked if I had said that.
[00:08:06] <Bytram> she did not notice it at first
[00:08:15] <Bytram> I asked 'did I get it right?'
[00:08:18] <Bytram> yup
[00:08:28] <Bytram> then I asked her what language it was =)
[00:08:33] <Bytram> Bulgarian!
[00:08:34] <Fnord666> lol
[00:09:26] <Bytram> (FYI they nod their heads 'backwards' from what we are accustomed to . head bobbing up and down means... NO; left-to-right-to-left-to.. means YES)
[00:09:42] <Fnord666> good to know!
[00:09:58] <Fnord666> That could lead to awkward situations
[00:10:01] <Bytram> is *HARD* to get it right... even witha conscious effort, it is well nigh impossible
[00:10:16] <Bytram> try nodding your head up and down and actually say No!
[00:10:24] <Bytram> now try the reverse
[00:10:29] <Bytram> is MOST disorienting!
[00:10:45] <Bytram> gives a whole new meaning to diplomacy and learning local customs!
[00:12:35] <Fnord666> so is ‘dosvedanya’ still used?
[00:12:42] <Bytram> ja
[00:12:45] <Bytram> ;)
[00:12:49] <Fnord666> bitte
[00:13:02] <Bytram> day na da
[00:13:40] <Bytram> is interesting the different "nuances" to how different cultures respond to "thank you"
[00:13:45] <Bytram> sometimes: you're welcome
[00:13:54] <Bytram> others: denada: it's nothing
[00:14:02] <Bytram> others: it was a pleasure
[00:14:15] <Bytram> happy to help
[00:14:26] <Bytram> don't mention it
[00:14:56] <Bytram> I'm not versed enough in languages to see if there is an overall pattern in each language
[00:15:05] <Fnord666> or the British - piss off
[00:15:09] <Bytram> but I always found that to be.... intersting
[00:15:16] <Bytram> ROFL!
[00:15:22] <Bytram> brilliant!
[00:15:31] <Fnord666> maybe that’s just the London dialect
[00:16:08] <Bytram> could be
[00:16:18] <Bytram> one time was on a business trip
[00:16:18] <Fnord666> and yes, it is interesting and would be something to explore
[00:16:25] <Bytram> had major technical issue
[00:16:33] <Bytram> we had go live in about 48 hours
[00:16:41] <Bytram> with millions of people watching
[00:16:51] <Bytram> put our collective heads together
[00:17:09] <Fnord666> and found out someone had lice?
[00:17:13] <Bytram> 3 americans, a cockney, a midlander, a londoner, a scott, an irishman, and an australian
[00:17:31] <Bytram> we were all speaking 'english'
[00:17:33] <Fnord666> well that sounds like the start of a really bad joke
[00:17:33] <Bytram> but...
[00:17:35] <Bytram> OUCH!
[00:17:56] <Bytram> all we were missing was a southerner from the US and maybe someone from the Far East
[00:18:12] <Bytram> oh, maybe toss in someone from 'Down East"
[00:18:21] <Bytram> #yt bert and I
[00:18:21] <MrPlow> https://www.youtube.com
[00:18:22] <upstart> ^ 03Bert and I - YouTube
[00:18:31] <Fnord666> I was just thinking you needed a bostoner, a californian and aomeone from New Orleans
[00:19:54] <Bytram> well, at the time, WE were the "Bostoners"
[00:19:58] <Bytram> =)
[00:20:32] <Fnord666> you see this submission yet?
[00:20:43] <Fnord666> https://soylentnews.org
[00:20:44] <upstart> ^ 03Aristarchus refused again! Oh, the injustice!: SoylentNews Submission
[00:20:45] <exec> └─ 13Aristarchus refused again! Oh, the injustice!: SoylentNews Submission
[00:20:49] <Bytram> wasnt looking... give me a bit
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[00:38:20] <mrpg> #freearistarchus!!!
[00:38:52] <Fnord666> lol
[00:40:05] <Bytram> Judge: $100 or a week in jail. Defendant: I'm broke... give me the $100, I need it!
[00:42:50] <mrpg> :)
[00:42:58] <mrpg> I'm doing the iceeye space thingy sub
[00:43:20] <Bytram> mrpg: hiya! good to see ya here!
[00:43:33] <Bytram> oh...
[00:43:35] <Bytram> colds--
[00:43:35] <Bender> karma - colds: -5
[00:43:43] <mrpg> Joke: what's a chicken on tpo of another chicken?
[00:43:47] <mrpg> on top
[00:43:59] <Fnord666> i dunno
[00:44:01] <mrpg> a two-story chicken.
[00:44:25] <Fnord666> and howdy mrpg
[00:44:36] <mrpg> So good my joke, should be on reader's digest.
[00:44:47] <mrpg> Hello, good night, how's everything tonight?
[00:44:50] <Bytram> I'm afraid to ask... and the joke is
[00:44:53] <Bytram> ?
[00:45:18] <mrpg> 2 chickens. 2 story. it's a chicken building!! AHAHAHAHA
[00:45:32] <Bytram> I srense maybe a play on the concepts of 'story' being a floor in a bulding and a story being a 'tale'
[00:46:16] <mrpg> aah. Good, but it is simpler, just 2 story building
[00:46:34] <Bytram> sorry, must be humor-impaired atm
[00:46:44] <mrpg> hehe
[00:46:58] * Bytram just finished a large bowl of chile w/ rice augmented by a very healthy does of extra chle powder
[00:47:08] <Bytram> *chile powder
[00:47:16] <Fnord666> that’ll clear out the snoz
[00:47:28] <Bytram> colds-- did I mention that before?
[00:47:28] <Bender> karma - colds: -6
[00:47:35] <Bytram> sinuspressure--
[00:47:35] <Bender> karma - sinuspressure: -1
[00:47:37] <Fnord666> yup
[00:47:43] <Bytram> friends++
[00:47:43] <Bender> karma - friends: 1
[00:47:45] <Bytram> teamwork++
[00:47:45] <Bender> karma - teamwork: 155
[00:47:49] <Bytram> =)
[00:47:49] <Fnord666> hit mine with tortilla soup tonight
[00:48:08] <Bytram> how do you keep the soup in the tortilla?
[00:48:20] <Fnord666> skilled wrapping
[00:48:26] <Bytram> touche'
[00:48:33] <Bytram> dishes... back soon
[00:48:44] <Fnord666> gotta run also. back later
[00:56:25] <mrpg> iceye satellite - ready, topic random. It's a satellite, there's no technology. Feel free to change it.
[00:59:49] <Bytram> back
[01:01:09] <Bytram> utlra thin memory (with wrong title)
[01:01:50] <Bytram> https://www.sciencedaily.com
[01:01:51] <upstart> ^ 03Pardon Our Interruption
[01:05:17] <Bytram> https://wyss.harvard.edu
[01:05:19] <exec> └─ 13Small but fast: a miniaturized origami-inspired robot combines micrometer precision with high speed
[01:05:19] <upstart> ^ 03Small but fast: a miniaturized origami-inspired robot combines micrometer precision with high speed
[01:06:45] <Bytram> miniature robots @ 2018/01/18 09:48:00
[01:06:51] <mrpg> good.
[01:07:14] <Bytram> hasselblad
[01:07:26] <mrpg> #g pantumaca
[01:07:26] <MrPlow> https://www.shbarcelona.com - "Oct 4, 2017 ... We teach you how to prepare a good pan tumaca, a typical Catalan dish that you will taste for sure if you live or stay in the city for a while. We talk about its origins too."
[01:07:29] <upstart> ^ 03How to prepare a good "pan tumaca"
[01:07:42] <mrpg> I did oen yesterday. nice.
[01:07:59] <Bytram> #g pan tumaca
[01:07:59] <MrPlow> https://www.shbarcelona.com - "Oct 4, 2017 ... We teach you how to prepare a good pan tumaca, a typical Catalan dish that you will taste for sure if you live or stay in the city for a while. We talk about its origins too."
[01:08:02] <upstart> ^ 03How to prepare a good "pan tumaca"
[01:08:18] <Bytram> but what IS it
[01:08:46] <mrpg> pan = bread. It's bread with olive oil, salt and a tomato.
[01:09:19] <mrpg> BUT the tomato is not cut into pieces, but ... I dont know that word in english. It is ... wait.
[01:09:58] <Bytram> diced?
[01:10:00] <Bytram> sliced?
[01:10:02] <Bytram> pureed?
[01:10:38] <mrpg> rubbed
[01:10:42] <mrpg> It consists of bread, which may or may not be toasted, with tomato rubbed over and seasoned with olive oil and salt. Sometimes, garlic is rubbed on the bread before rubbing in the tomato.
[01:10:48] <Bytram> hasselblad @ 2018/01/18 11:21:00
[01:11:24] <mrpg> nex ttime: try it with garlic.
[01:11:28] <Bytram> so there is no actual, physical tomato in what is eaten? just a hint of the taste from rubbing the tomato on the bread?
[01:11:50] <Bytram> thin memory
[01:12:39] <mrpg> yes, it is reddish, no tomato. It's like a homeopatic tomato.
[01:13:19] <mrpg> So it is tomato-flavored. No tomato.
[01:13:35] <Bytram> homeopathic tomato? LOL!!!
[01:15:09] <Bytram> ultra thin @ 2018/01/18 12:54:00
[01:16:07] <mrpg> it's late, I have to go. Take care bye.
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[01:17:04] <Bytram> ciao!
[01:18:33] <Bytram> #g universe
[01:18:34] <MrPlow> https://en.wikipedia.org - "The Universe is all of space and time (spacetime) and its contents, which includes planets, moons, stars, galaxies, the contents of intergalactic space and all matter and energy. While the size of the entire Universe is still unknown, it is possible to measure the observable universe. The earliest scientific models of the ..."
[01:18:35] <upstart> ^ 03Universe - Wikipedia
[01:18:40] <Bytram> #g multiverse
[01:18:41] <MrPlow> https://en.wikipedia.org - "The multiverse (or meta-universe) is a hypothetical set of various possible universes including the universe which we live in. Together, these universes comprise everything that exists: the entirety of space, time, matter, energy and the physical laws and constants that describe them. The miscellaneous distinct universes ..."
[01:18:41] <upstart> ^ 03Multiverse - Wikipedia
[01:19:21] <Bytram> universal donor @ 2018/01/18 14:27:00
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[01:42:30] * Bytram just wrote up yet-another-site-reboot story
[01:42:33] <Bytram> really
[01:42:40] <Bytram> YASR!
[01:44:20] <Bytram> ~time x
[01:44:22] <exec> Thursday, 18 January 2018 @ 1:44 am UTC - Coordinated Universal Time
[01:46:31] <Bytram> "Server Reboots (lithium, sodium, boron) Site Down for ~10 Minutes Starting at 2018-01-18 at 0900 UTC" @ 01/18 02:00
[01:50:17] <Bytram> what? I can't even... http://feedproxy.google.com
[01:50:18] <upstart> ^ 03YouTube yanks videos showing dangerous 'Tide Pod challenge' - CNET ( https://www.cnet.com )
[01:50:19] <exec> └─ 13YouTube yanks videos showing dangerous 'Tide Pod challenge' - CNET
[01:51:01] <chromas> That sucks
[01:52:06] <chromas> The "tide pod challenge" is a meme that gained momentum in the last couple weeks. I doubt there are very many people actually doing it (other than for videos). And the ones that are, probably should be.
[01:52:19] <Bytram> "Video site is working to combat what health officials describe as a spike in teens purposely ingesting laundry detergent packets."
[01:52:36] <Bytram> and...
[01:52:38] <Bytram> "Nearly 220 teens were reportedly exposed to the capsules in 2017, and about 25 percent of those cases were intentional, according to data from the American Association of Poison Control Centers cited by The Washington Post. Just two weeks into 2018, there have been 37 reported cases among teenagers, half of which were intentional, according to the data."
[01:52:56] <Bytram> that's over 1 per day for 2018
[01:53:15] <Bytram> that's over 1 *intentional* ingestion per day for 2018
[01:53:55] <chromas> Let 'em be. 2018 could be the Year of the Darwin Award
[01:54:27] <Bytram> mebbe -- might even call it a hmm clean sweep?
[01:57:28] <Bytram> time to hit the hay.
[01:57:37] <Bytram> hope you all have a good night
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[11:20:12] upstart is now known as systemd
[13:32:47] <Bytram> http://www.bbc.co.uk
[13:32:50] <exec> └─ 13Intel fix causes reboots and slowdowns - BBC News
[13:32:54] <systemd> ^ 03Intel fix causes reboots and slowdowns - BBC News
[13:44:10] <takyon> I made "The Universal Donor" headline more descriptive so it is no longer clickbait
[13:45:13] <Bytram> takyon++
[13:45:14] <Bender> karma - takyon: 73
[13:45:26] <Bytram> time for me to get going about my day.... hope to check back in later
[13:45:31] <Bytram> have a great day!
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[15:04:16] <Bytram_> Hey there... just noticed that the 2nd story in the queue got truncated AND is not in title case. :(
[15:05:10] <Bytram_> ~eds ^^^
[15:05:11] <exec> editor ping for Bytram_ (reason: ^^^): janrinok zz_janrinok n1 nick martyb Bytram cmn32480 coolhand takyon bytram|away Fnord666 charon GreatOutdoors FatPhil Snow goodie mrpg
[15:05:59] <Bytram_> Am on my cell so would prolly cause more mistakes than I'd fix.
[15:06:04] <Bytram_> Gtb
[15:06:07] <Bytram_> Ugh
[15:06:13] <Bytram_> Gtg
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[15:35:05] <cmn32480> Fixed
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[17:32:05] <mrpg> Hi. Did you vote on the thunderbird poll? I did. Do your part.
[17:32:18] <mrpg> I'm going to do the youtuber exploding things sub.
[17:52:15] <mrpg> Youtuber "King Of Random" is Charged With Possessing Explosives - ready
[17:59:17] <mrpg> Quantum Superposition Experiment Will Test for "Universal Background Noise" - ready
[18:04:29] <mrpg> Finished.
[18:09:35] <Bytram> mrpg: g'day!
[18:10:07] <mrpg> hello, how are you?
[18:10:25] <Bytram> good, thanks! and You?
[18:10:40] <mrpg> I just ate, watching youtube videos now.
[18:11:28] * Bytram was NOT feeling well yesterday and left work early... got to bed early-ish and up early to go to a checkup at my drs... can got a call 1hr before appt that the doctor had to cancel. :(
[18:11:47] * Bytram did a couple quick errands... and then went back to bed.
[18:11:54] <Bytram> sleep++
[18:11:54] <Bender> karma - sleep: 12
[18:12:04] <Bytram> hmm, food? what a GREAT idea!
[18:12:10] <Bytram> oh, and
[18:12:12] <Bytram> coffee++
[18:12:12] <Bender> karma - coffee: 80
[18:12:24] <Bytram> (is much bigger in main channel)
[18:14:46] * Bytram goes to make some lunch... biab
[18:14:50] <Bytram> oh..
[18:15:35] <Bytram> Fnord666: congrats on advancing one spot on the HoF! https://soylentnews.org
[18:15:36] <upstart> ^ 03SoylentNews: Hall of Fame
[18:15:37] <exec> └─ 13SoylentNews: Hall of Fame
[18:15:39] <Bytram> biab
[18:22:11] <mrpg> And how is the weather? might be a cold.
[18:26:39] * Bytram is back for a bit
[18:26:58] <Bytram> is prolly a cold... been fighting one for a couple weeks now -- much less severe atm, at least!
[18:27:57] <Bytram> ugh.. what's with this connection today?
[18:28:15] <Bytram> I'm about to submit one more story about upcoming system reboot: hydrogen
[18:29:12] <Bytram> according to Linode: hydrogen 2018-01-19 05:00 AM
[18:29:13] <Bytram> starts in 10 hours 31 minutes
[18:29:51] <mrpg> My VM is weird since 2 days ago, maybe some update.
[18:30:05] <mrpg> Samsung Announces Mass Production of GDDR6 SDRAM - ready
[18:30:10] <mrpg> Or th erussians are trying to hack me.
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[18:31:49] <mrpg> aaaaaaaaaaa!!
[18:31:49] <Russians> #smake mrpg
[18:31:49] * MrPlow smakes mrpg upside the head with a dreidel
[18:32:05] <mrpg> d'oh!
[18:32:19] <Russians> Is best can do on short notice... is okay?
[18:32:37] <Russians> nyet?
[18:32:50] <mrpg> Now videos in youtube play with noise as if the processor wasn't powerful enough
[18:32:50] <Russians> #sammich mrpg
[18:32:50] * MrPlow sneaks up behind mrpg and cuts their throat
[18:32:50] * MrPlow fixes thinly sliced mrpg's corpse sammiches for everyone in #editorial
[18:33:09] <Russians> urg. not good. very not good.
[18:33:13] * Russians goes away sad
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[18:33:37] <mrpg> I just ate so i was tasty.
[18:34:43] * Bytram chuckles
[18:34:53] <Bytram> recursion++
[18:34:53] <Bender> karma - recursion: 1
[18:35:01] <Bytram> or, should that be:
[18:35:04] <Bytram> recursion**
[18:35:07] <Bytram> ;)
[18:35:29] <mrpg> recursion+=1
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[19:36:40] <Bytram> ~time x
[19:36:41] <exec> Thursday, 18 January 2018 @ 7:36 pm UTC - Coordinated Universal Time
[19:40:18] <Bytram> ~eds just pushed out *another* site reboot story (heralding the end of Phase 1 of their reboots); could someone please 2nd it when you get a chance? Thanks!
[19:40:20] <exec> editor ping for Bytram (reason: just pushed out *another* site reboot story (heralding the end of phase 1 of their reboots); could someone please 2nd it when you get a chance? thanks!): janrinok zz_janrinok n1 nick martyb Bytram cmn32480 coolhand takyon bytram|away Fnord666 charon GreatOutdoors FatPhil Snow goodie mrpg
[19:40:37] <Bytram> https://soylentnews.org
[19:40:38] <upstart> ^ 03Error ( https://soylentnews.org )
[19:40:39] <exec> └─ 13Error
[21:16:31] <Bytram> whereto? https://t.co
[21:16:32] <exec> └─ 13https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/17/apple-announces-350-billion-investment-20k-jobs-over-5-years.html
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