#editorial | Logs for 2018-03-09

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[00:14:37] <Bytram> chromas: hey there!
[00:16:42] * Bytram is updating the Wiki's who we are page's list of editors and it would help to know your timezone, if you so wish to share it.
[00:16:59] <Bytram> for now I am leaving it as '?'
[00:17:01] <Bytram> https://wiki.soylentnews.org
[00:17:26] <upstart> ^ 03View source for Editors - SoylentNews
[00:17:39] <exec> └─ 13View source for Editors - SoylentNews
[00:18:18] <Bytram> https://wiki.soylentnews.org
[00:18:19] <upstart> ^ 03Editors - SoylentNews ( https://wiki.soylentnews.org )
[00:18:20] <exec> └─ 13400 Bad Request
[00:18:23] <Bytram> lol
[00:20:20] * chromas is indeed in the ? tz
[00:21:05] <Bytram> aha! I just *knew* it!!!!!!!!
[00:21:53] * chromas updated it; pst
[00:22:21] <chromas> Hm, it needs a template to calculate the UTC offset somehow, so it changes with dst
[00:23:11] <Bytram> would be nice, I suppose, but far beyond my ability
[02:26:54] -!- mrpg [mrpg!~m@Soylent/Staff/Editor/mrpg] has joined #editorial
[02:26:54] -!- mode/#editorial [+v mrpg] by Hephaestus
[02:33:21] <Bytram> mrpg: hiya!
[02:33:40] <Bytram> got your message in another channel, but not quite following you.
[02:34:46] <mrpg> Hi. I went to the "create account page" and the captcha gave me a warning. That's all. I dint try to create an account per se.
[02:35:13] <Bytram> ahhh, now I follow you!
[02:35:22] <Bytram> pls, go ahead and try to create an account
[02:35:22] <mrpg> Sorry I've realised that sometimes I speak and leave things out, so peolpe don't receive all the message from me.
[02:35:33] <Bytram> I can go and approve it after you submit it.
[02:35:55] <Bytram> actually, it's just that it is getting late for me and I was trying to uintangle a story submission
[02:36:06] <mrpg> Well, I dont want an account, I was just playing around :-)
[02:36:11] <mrpg> Which story?
[02:36:32] <Bytram> oh? okay. in that case.... in my best roseanna dana voice: never mind. =)
[02:36:41] <Bytram> easter eggs for the blind
[02:36:51] * mrpg is perplexed
[02:37:27] <Bytram> https://soylentnews.org
[02:37:28] <upstart> ^ 03Tampa's Bomb Squad is making beeping Easter eggs for visually impaired children: SoylentNews Submission
[02:37:29] <exec> └─ 13Tampa's Bomb Squad is making beeping Easter eggs for visually impaired children: SoylentNews Submission
[02:37:43] <mrpg> aaaah
[02:38:10] <Bytram> chooooo!
[02:38:13] <Bytram> ;)
[02:38:33] <mrpg> I like the profesion poll, and mine too.
[02:39:14] <Bytram> almost done.... hold on
[02:39:52] <mrpg> This year [they’re] all going to take home a bag of Easter eggs donated by the bomb squad - sounds dangerous
[02:40:02] <mrpg> It's a nice gesture indeed.
[02:40:23] <Bytram> okay, updates made and saved
[02:40:48] <Bytram> rhose island porn
[02:40:48] <mrpg> #weather
[02:40:48] <MrPlow> No location found for mrpg
[02:40:58] <mrpg> #weather mexico city
[02:40:58] <MrPlow> Unable to find weather for that location
[02:41:08] <Bytram> ~weather mexico city
[02:41:10] <exec> 10Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico - currently 66°F / 19°C, cloudy, wind W at 11 mph, humidity 44% - Thursday partly cloudy (51°F:75°F / 11°C:24°C), Friday mostly sunny (51°F:79°F / 11°C:26°C), Saturday mostly sunny (53°F:81°F / 12°C:27°C), Sunday mostly sunny (52°F:83°F / 11°C:28°C)
[02:41:27] <mrpg> I knew it, that's why I have one tilde in my sig, to copy paste it :)
[02:41:46] <Bytram> When it comes to weather forecast, I prefer exec's (~) to MrPlow's (#)
[02:41:51] <Bytram> lol
[02:42:27] <mrpg> It's late, I should be going.
[02:42:43] <Bytram> good to see ya... have a great night!
[02:42:45] <Bytram> oh, waiyt
[02:42:48] <Bytram> *wait
[02:43:00] <mrpg> yes
[02:43:05] <Bytram> I've been trying to get the wiki up to date... and added you to the list of editors.
[02:43:14] <mrpg> My utc is -4
[02:43:15] <Bytram> there is an optional field for timezone
[02:43:22] <Bytram> currently your's is '?'
[02:43:27] <Bytram> i.e. unknown
[02:43:35] <Bytram> I can leave that or change it to something else, if you prefer
[02:43:44] <mrpg> yes I've seen it, please change it to UTC-4
[02:43:49] <Bytram> I'm in EST/EDT, for example
[02:43:53] <Bytram> nod nod
[02:43:56] <Bytram> you gots it!
[02:44:14] <Bytram> is that eastern?
[02:44:51] <mrpg> western
[02:45:04] <mrpg> Thats like miami but no saving thingy.
[02:45:16] <Bytram> rhode island port block @ 2018/03/09 14:18:00
[02:45:24] * Bytram goes to look at the wiki page
[02:45:55] <Bytram> https://wiki.soylentnews.org
[02:45:56] <upstart> ^ 03Editors - SoylentNews ( https://wiki.soylentnews.org )
[02:45:57] <exec> └─ 13400 Bad Request
[02:46:01] <Bytram> lol
[02:46:22] <mrpg> haha, still says ?
[02:47:12] <Bytram> try again
[02:47:14] <Bytram> =)
[02:47:55] <mrpg> Perfect.
[02:48:02] <Bytram> yays!
[02:49:41] <mrpg> Now I'm gonna do like a tree and to sleep.
[02:49:56] <mrpg> Good night, Talk to you later.
[02:49:58] * Bytram chuckles and leaves out an obvious rejoinder
[02:50:05] <mrpg> ~gnight Bytram
[02:50:07] * exec retroactively poops a painting of black man's radio for Bytram
[02:50:10] <Bytram> ~gnight mrpg
[02:50:12] * exec emphatically violates a hemp bag of suffering with mrpg
[02:50:21] <Bytram> tie, I think
[02:50:37] <Bytram> good to see ya -- have a great night!
[02:50:42] <mrpg> Whats a blak man radio?
[02:50:59] <Bytram> not sure... maybe a Boom Box?
[02:51:04] <Bytram> #g boom box
[02:51:04] <mrpg> aahhh ok.
[02:51:04] <MrPlow> http://thisisboombox.com - "Red Rocks 2018 Announced!. Posted on January 16, 2018 in News. Today the funk gods are smiling down upon us… It's our great pleasure to announce that we're co-headlining RED ROCKS with The Motet on June 2nd and will be supported by The New Mastersounds!!"
[02:51:05] <upstart> ^ 03BoomBox |
[02:51:14] <Bytram> rofl
[02:51:18] <chromas> #yt black man's radio
[02:51:18] <MrPlow> https://www.youtube.com
[02:51:20] <upstart> ^ 03Don't you ever touch a black man's radio - YouTube
[02:51:34] <mrpg> ah, the car radio.
[02:51:45] <mrpg> ok now I get it.
[02:52:02] <mrpg> bye
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[02:52:06] <Bytram> not quite... battery-powered home stereo system that one *could* carry on one's shoulder
[02:53:51] <Bytram> #g alabama shelby
[02:53:51] <MrPlow> https://en.wikipedia.org - "Richard Shelby during his tenure in the U.S. House of Representatives. Shelby was elected to the Alabama Senate in 1970 and served until 1978. That year he ran for and was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from the Tuscaloosa-based 7th ..."
[02:53:52] <upstart> ^ 03Richard Shelby - Wikipedia
[02:54:28] <Bytram> #SLS rocket
[02:54:31] <Bytram> #g SLS rocket
[02:54:32] <MrPlow> https://en.wikipedia.org - "During the joint Senate-NASA presentation in September 2011, it was stated that the SLS program has a projected development cost of $18 billion through 2017, with $10 billion for the SLS rocket, $6 billion for the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle and $2 billion for upgrades to the launch pad and other facilities at Kennedy ..."
[02:54:33] <upstart> ^ 03Space Launch System - Wikipedia
[02:56:37] <Bytram> SLS @ 2018/03/09 15:55:00
[03:08:29] <Bytram> #g PCP
[03:08:29] <MrPlow> https://en.wikipedia.org - "Phencyclidine (PCP), also known as angel dust among other names, is a drug used for its mind altering effects. It may result in images that seem real though are not, distorted sounds, and violent behavior. As a recreational drug, it is typically smoked, but may be taken by mouth, snorted, or injected. It may also be mixed with ..."
[03:08:33] <upstart> ^ 03Phencyclidine - Wikipedia
[03:10:47] <Bytram> #g Phencyclidine
[03:10:47] <MrPlow> https://en.wikipedia.org - "Phencyclidine (PCP), also known as angel dust among other names, is a drug used for its mind altering effects. It may result in images that seem real though are not, distorted sounds, and violent behavior. As a recreational drug, it is typically smoked, but may be taken by mouth, snorted, or injected. It may also be mixed with ..."
[03:10:52] <upstart> ^ 03Phencyclidine - Wikipedia
[03:13:16] <Bytram> #g fuzzy wuzzy bear
[03:13:16] <MrPlow> http://www.poetpatriot.com - "by Roger W Hancock Fuzzy Wuzzy was aware, a different bear he was. Fuzzy Wuzzy was so rare, other bears would pause. Fuzzy Wuzzy a special bear, Kinda loved applause. © 12-09- 2007 Roger W Hancock www.PoetPatriot.com."
[03:13:19] <upstart> ^ 03"Fuzzy Wuzzy" Children Rhymes - Roger's Rhymes - www.PoetPatriot.com
[03:22:20] <Bytram> .
[03:22:20] <Bytram> .
[03:22:59] <Bytram> Going to weekend story spacing: ~141m (2h21m)
[03:23:21] <Bytram> Iran's Air Force Flies American-Made F-14 Tomcats @ 2018/03/10 00:43:00
[03:30:44] <Bytram> #g restaurant at the of the universe
[03:30:45] <MrPlow> https://en.wikipedia.org - "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (1980, ISBN 0-345-39181-0) is the second book in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy comedy science fiction \"trilogy\" by Douglas Adams, and is a sequel. It was originally published by Pan Books as a paperback. The book was inspired by the song \"Grand Hotel\" by British rock ..."
[03:30:50] <upstart> ^ 03The Restaurant at the End of the Universe - Wikipedia
[03:33:46] <Bytram> #g entree
[03:33:47] <MrPlow> https://en.wikipedia.org - "An entrée in modern French table service and that of much of the English-speaking world (apart from the United States and parts of Canada) is a dish served before the main course of a meal; it may be the first dish served, or it may follow a soup or other small dish or dishes. In the United States and parts of Canada, an ..."
[03:33:50] <upstart> ^ 03Entrée - Wikipedia
[03:40:54] <Bytram> okay, that's 9 stories out the door... break time
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[08:01:46] <chromas> Is there a limit to the number of topics for a post?
[08:01:52] <janrinok> chromas: you should have fyngyrz around sometime today to help with 2nd'ing He came onto the team yesterday
[08:02:26] <janrinok> chromas, there probably is, but I have never reached it. I would think that 3 is about the maximum I would expect to see
[08:02:35] <chromas> I saw the vhost change
[08:02:56] <janrinok> you should also have chromas@soylentnews.org email set up for you now too
[08:02:58] <chromas> I was just looking at the google maven one and thinking of adding several
[08:03:15] <chromas> I do. Got it all set up in the mail client, password changed and all
[08:03:19] <janrinok> go ahead if you think that they are appropriate
[08:03:24] <chromas> mechanicjay set it up
[08:03:45] <janrinok> yup - I requested it yesterday and he was very helpful
[08:04:07] * janrinok should have checked that it was done last week but forgot ....
[08:05:17] <chromas> I don't expect many mails though
[08:06:53] <janrinok> you will be getting one just as soon as I can finish typing it.
[08:08:53] <chromas> "You're fired!"
[08:09:00] <chromas> :D
[08:09:19] * janrinok celebrates and decides to get drunk!
[08:15:01] <chromas> How's your javascript skillz?
[08:39:01] <janrinok> non-existent
[08:40:45] <chromas> Ah. I was looking at the code for Firefox's Reader Mode, which strips out most stuff. It's a javascript thing that started out as kind-of an addon
[08:41:40] <janrinok> that could be handy - although I no longer use FF, it just kept getting bigger while providing less flexibility for what I want to do with a browser
[08:41:47] <chromas> Almost all the work's here, if you wanna look at it for the regexes or whatever: https://hg.mozilla.org
[08:41:51] <upstart> ^ 03mozilla-central: toolkit/components/reader/Readability.js@31a33fc61956
[08:41:52] <exec> └─ 13mozilla-central: toolkit/components/reader/Readability.js@31a33fc61956
[08:42:14] <chromas> Might be some useful bits for arthur
[08:42:58] <janrinok> I parse it through lxml library which has a flag for 'strip js' and it works like a dream. And somebody else maintains it! win-win for me
[08:43:34] <janrinok> but I will certainly keep the regexs
[08:46:39] <janrinok> interesting - they use js to remove js. Doesn't that result in a black hole somewhere?
[08:46:50] <chromas> lol
[08:46:56] <chromas> Well it runs from within the browser
[08:47:20] <chromas> I found another one called boilerpipe but it's java and I don't know how to java
[08:48:46] <janrinok> put it on the site and we will soon have some idiot claiming that java and js are the same!
[08:53:16] <chromas> They're not?
[08:54:39] * chromas nonchalantly intermixes c, c++ and c# code
[08:55:11] * janrinok has programs that don't work, too
[08:57:20] * janrinok is lurking - things to do around the place
[09:27:17] <chromas> The blockquotes on the cctv footage article are swapped relative to the indicated sources. Should I just swap 'em?
[10:30:57] <janrinok> yes please
[10:34:52] <chromas> Yay, all green!
[10:58:04] <Subsentient> Am I correct in assuming my request to be reinstated as editor was unceremoniously denied?
[12:15:08] <janrinok> subsentient, we need to speak. Will you be available on here in 2 hours time? Around 1400 GMT?
[12:15:33] <Subsentient> janrinok: Yes
[12:15:54] <janrinok> OK. we can speak then via DM so that it is private
[12:31:47] <Subsentient> chromas: I don't really consider mixing C++ and C a sin. Mixing C/C++ and C#, however, is a hate crime.
[12:37:08] * chromas throws in some F# too
[12:59:48] <takyon> why do many arthur t knackerbracket stories gain half of a tag at the top lately, creating extra space? https://soylentnews.org
[12:59:49] <upstart> ^ 03Facebook Granted Patent For Self-Balancing Robot - SoylentNews
[12:59:51] <exec> └─ 13Facebook Granted Patent For Self-Balancing Robot - SoylentNews
[12:59:53] <takyon> can I blame chromas for it?
[13:00:23] <chromas> Sure, why not?
[13:01:36] * chromas peeped in on the story but isn't actually editing it
[13:20:26] <janrinok> takyon - have you already edited the story you linked to removing the extra space? I cannot see it in the linked story
[13:39:22] <takyon> i did not edit
[13:43:06] <janrinok> OK, thx. I'm just trying to find an example so that I can check my code at this end.
[13:44:14] <janrinok> I am working on an Arthur update so it could be something that I have changed recently.
[13:44:59] <janrinok> I'm trying to work out whether it is a bug in all, some, or just the new version of Arthur
[13:45:33] <janrinok> But thanks for the bug report anyway. I'll keep looking for it
[14:00:46] <Bytram> takyon: janrinok: I see why we have an extra space at the top... likely an error in culling some of the top part of the story submission?
[14:00:53] <Bytram> current story starts with:
[14:00:54] <Bytram> <a href="https://soylentnews.org/~Arthur+T+Knackerbracket">Arthur T Knackerbracket</a> has found the <a href="https://www.cnet.com/news/facebook-patent-for-self-balancing-robot-uspto/#ftag=CAD590a51e">following story</a>:
[14:00:58] <exec> ├─ 13- SoylentNews User
[14:00:59] <exec> └─ 13Facebook gets patent for self-balancing robot - CNET
[14:01:18] * Bytram removes the leading, empty ''
[14:01:33] <janrinok> OK, I'll go looking in the code for it thx
[14:02:00] <janrinok> Subsentient, I'm DM'ing you
[14:02:01] <Bytram> hmmm, it is in the original submission, too.
[14:02:45] <Bytram> change saved
[15:18:56] <Subsentient> $tell janrinok Sorry, friend contacted me needing transportation to urgent care with no warning
[15:18:56] <aqu4> I'll tell them in a PM next time I see 'em.
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[19:49:48] <Bytram> ~eds I am going to be mostly unavailable from now until Sunday PM. Have fun!
[19:49:49] <exec> editor ping for Bytram (reason: i am going to be mostly unavailable from now until sunday pm. have fun!): janrinok zz_janrinok n1 nick martyb Bytram cmn32480 coolhand takyon bytram|away Fnord666 charon GreatOutdoors FatPhil Snow goodie mrpg
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[23:03:15] <fyngyrz> well, I guess I screwed that one up
[23:04:24] <fyngyrz> Thought that a red story needed a second; I guess it's yellow. Ah the details. :)
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