#editorial | Logs for 2019-05-07

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[00:00:38] <Bytram> then came unmounting the new drive from the external enclosure, removing the old spinny from the laptop... and realizing I didn't know how to do that, so I had to reboot the system to bring up a copy of the maintenance guide...
[00:01:33] <Bytram> Well, I figured (knowing my... skills) I had better print it out, just in case. That took about 10 minutes all told to render and print out (99 pages)
[00:01:45] <Bytram> then power off the lappy and unplug everything (again)
[00:01:51] <Bytram> remove the old HDD
[00:02:06] <Bytram> insert the new SSD into the old HDD bracket
[00:02:11] <Bytram> slide it into the lappy
[00:02:25] <Bytram> and then noticed the screws would not reach it.
[00:02:46] <Bytram> spinny was 9.5mm tall and the SSD was only about 7mm.
[00:03:10] <Bytram> Off to the store to find an adapter (that's another 30min round-trip)
[00:03:17] <Bytram> but they did not have one.
[00:04:12] <Bytram> Got a longer M3 screw in hopes I could use it to MacGuyver(TM) the drive up high enough so the old screw on the other side could bite and... yeah. that did not work.
[00:04:39] <Bytram> then I realized that would not work, anyway, because the edge connectors on the end of the drive would not be engaged
[00:05:19] <Bytram> tried, again, to slide in the new drive while trying to hold it up enough for the edge connectors to engage... Huh? IT WORKED!!!
[00:06:27] <Bytram> Screw it all back together, reconnect all the cables, hit the power button, pressed F12 to enter setup to reset the system clock (dead backup clock battery), and waited for windows to load
[00:07:07] <Bytram> And... I just got on and, so far, it all seems to be working (at least for the past 20 minutes or so)
[00:07:11] <Bytram> YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[00:11:08] <fyngyrz> so, faster now?
[00:11:55] <fyngyrz> I had great results when I changed my boot drive to an SSD. Boot is much faster. Nothing much else is, but I don't do much disk-bound work
[00:12:34] <fyngyrz> OS X's boot process is _definitely_ disk-bound though, so the improvement was very obvious
[00:12:59] <fyngyrz> Backing up the drive is faster too, now that I think about it.
[00:14:15] <Bytram> fyngyrz: Hi! Was off trying to catch up on scrollback on #Soylent -- what a chatty lot we've got there!
[00:14:30] <Bytram> Haven't done anything taxing on the system, yet.
[00:15:05] <Bytram> There's a couple things that tend to bog it down that I want to try, but have other things to do first.
[00:15:12] <Bytram> thanks for asking!
[00:15:28] <fyngyrz> yup, enjoy
[00:17:38] <Bytram> gracias!
[00:27:36] <Bytram> https://www.news.com.au
[00:27:38] <upstart> ^ 03Mag 7.2 earthquake hits Papua New Guinea
[00:27:40] <exec> └─ 13Mag 7.2 earthquake hits Papua New Guinea
[00:27:44] <Bytram> https://www.aljazeera.com
[00:27:45] <upstart> ^ 03Magnitude 7.2 earthquake jolts Papua New Guinea
[00:27:46] <exec> └─ 13Magnitude 7.2 earthquake jolts Papua New Guinea | News | Al Jazeera
[00:28:30] <Bytram> https://www.usnews.com
[00:28:31] <upstart> ^ 03Magnitude 7.2 Quake Hits Eastern Papua New Guinea, No Injuries Reported
[00:28:32] <exec> └─ 13Access Denied
[00:28:52] <Bytram> LOL
[01:23:06] <Bytram> https%3A%2F%2Fearthquake.usgs.gov%2Fearthquakes%2Feventpage%2Fus70003hqb
[01:23:47] <Bytram> https://earthquake.usgs.gov
[03:02:33] <Fnord666> #submit https://www.techdirt.com
[03:02:34] <MrPlow> Submitting. There is a mandatory delay, please be patient.
[03:02:36] <exec> └─ 13Federal Judge Says Flashing Headlights To Warn Drivers Of Hidden Cops MIGHT Be Protected Speech | Techdirt
[03:02:59] <MrPlow> Submission successful. https://soylentnews.org
[03:05:08] <Fnord666> #submit https://arstechnica.com
[03:05:09] <MrPlow> Submitting. There is a mandatory delay, please be patient.
[03:05:11] <exec> └─ 13Armagadd-on redux: Certificate expiration caused Firefox to disable all add-ons | Ars Technica
[03:05:22] <Fnord666> #submit https://arstechnica.com
[03:05:23] <MrPlow> Submitting. There is a mandatory delay, please be patient.
[03:05:25] <exec> └─ 13Refunds for 300 million phone users sought in lawsuits over location-data sales | Ars Technica
[03:05:34] <MrPlow> Submission successful. https://soylentnews.org
[03:05:59] <MrPlow> Submission successful. https://soylentnews.org
[03:07:29] <Bytram> ~gday Fnord666
[03:07:31] * exec romantically impales a hologram of bedbugs on Fnord666
[03:07:40] <Bytram> ewwwwww!!
[03:07:40] <Fnord666> ~gday Bytram
[03:07:44] * exec explicitly flings my butt of dev type noises at Bytram
[03:07:55] <Bytram> pbbbbth!
[03:07:58] <Fnord666> lol
[03:08:44] <Fnord666> #submit https://arstechnica.com
[03:08:45] <MrPlow> Submitting. There is a mandatory delay, please be patient.
[03:08:47] <exec> └─ 13Coming soon: Windows Terminal—finally a tabbed, emoji-capable Windows command-line | Ars Technica
[03:09:01] <Fnord666> blech, the queue stinks again
[03:09:02] <Bytram> thanks to your keeping the story queue filled, I had enough time available today to update my lappy from a spinny 500GB drive to a 1TB SSD.
[03:09:09] <Bytram> yep
[03:09:10] <MrPlow> Submission successful. https://soylentnews.org
[03:09:12] <Fnord666> oooh, nice
[03:09:32] <Fnord666> bout to do the same although 500gb to 500gb
[03:10:25] <Fnord666> #submit https://www.engadget.com
[03:10:26] <MrPlow> Submitting. There is a mandatory delay, please be patient.
[03:10:29] <exec> └─ 13FTC sues 'iBackPack' founder for deceiving crowdfunding backers
[03:10:29] <Bytram> got a super deal on a 1TB Samsung 860 EVO on black friday
[03:10:39] <Fnord666> that's the way to do it
[03:10:43] <Fnord666> you off work today?
[03:10:51] <MrPlow> Submission successful. https://soylentnews.org
[03:10:54] <Bytram> unfortunately, it has taken me until now to finally get it installed
[03:10:55] <Bytram> yup
[03:11:05] <Bytram> back to work tues & web and then day off on thurs
[03:11:12] <Bytram> s/web/wed/
[03:11:12] <Fnord666> #submit https://www.engadget.com
[03:11:13] <MrPlow> Submitting. There is a mandatory delay, please be patient.
[03:11:15] <exec> <Bytram> back to work tues & wed and then day off on thurs
[03:11:16] <exec> └─ 13MIT finds smaller neural networks that are easier to train
[03:11:29] <Bytram> ^^^ yes or no?
[03:11:38] <MrPlow> Submission successful. https://soylentnews.org
[03:12:11] <Fnord666> #submit https://www.engadget.com
[03:12:12] <MrPlow> Submitting. There is a mandatory delay, please be patient.
[03:12:14] <exec> └─ 13Commercial drones are way more popular than the FAA expected
[03:12:37] <MrPlow> Submission successful. https://soylentnews.org
[03:13:38] <Fnord666> what did you use to copy over your drive contents?
[03:14:13] <Bytram> can't remember the name; got from samsung site...
[03:14:16] <Bytram> give me a sec
[03:14:44] <Bytram> >>> Samsung_Data_Migration_Setup.exe
[03:14:55] <Fnord666> #submit https://thenextweb.com
[03:14:56] <MrPlow> Submitting. There is a mandatory delay, please be patient.
[03:14:58] <exec> └─ 13How this annoying, tiny glitch broke every Firefox extension
[03:15:16] <Bytram> Unfortunately, I only have USB 2.0, so at best I was getting transfers at about 23MB/sec
[03:15:21] <MrPlow> Submission successful. https://soylentnews.org
[03:15:37] <Bytram> (Mounted 1 TB SSD in an externa USB 2.0 drive enclosure)
[03:16:07] <Bytram> just now finished mounting the old 500 GB spinny in it (WD 500GB Black)
[03:16:40] <chromas> Do you have another pc? You could transfer over ethernet
[03:17:03] <Bytram> sadly, I do not. Especially since the lappy has gigbit ethernet.
[03:17:40] <Fnord666> I do although that sounds like more trouble than it's worth
[03:18:22] <chromas> I dunnit before with linux, cat & ssh
[03:18:38] <Bytram> got the drive enclosure for ~$20 (or was it $30?)
[03:19:20] <Bytram> it was backwards compatible with USB 2.0, but supports USB 3.0, too -- future-proofing ftw!
[03:20:21] <Bytram> Fnord666: fyi, if it's all the same to you, I find it much easier to work on bot subs from "=submit" than from "#submit"
[03:20:21] <Fnord666> That was the way I did it last time on my other laptop
[03:20:31] <Fnord666> ok
[03:20:43] <Bytram> nice to know I was following a well-trod trail
[03:21:01] <Bytram> twice-trod trail
[03:21:02] <Fnord666> I haven't been having a lot of luck with the subs from "=submit"
[03:21:12] <Bytram> ^^^ say that five times fast! ;)
[03:21:40] <Fnord666> first paragraphs dropped, lots of junk included that needs cleaned up
[03:21:45] <Bytram> subbing them, or editing one of the submissions?
[03:21:49] <Bytram> oh, k.
[03:21:52] <Bytram> huh.
[03:21:56] <Fnord666> but if I'm submittting I'm not posting it, so I will switch over!
[03:22:04] <Bytram> there's also: ~arthur
[03:22:38] <Bytram> if it is a story it's already processed with the exact same URL, you can do: ~arthur $url
[03:23:01] <Bytram> or, after looking at: https://wiki.soylentnews.org
[03:23:03] <upstart> ^ 03Storybot - SoylentNews
[03:23:05] <exec> └─ 13Storybot - SoylentNews
[03:23:16] <Bytram> pick the 6-char code and then: ~arthur $code
[03:24:07] <Fnord666> Last couple of times I have tried to use arthur he wasn't responding
[03:24:25] <chromas> We have to either add stuff or subtract it. Either way, it's too much math :)
[03:25:46] <Bytram> in that case, just convert to using imaginary numbers and... forget about it!
[03:26:16] <Bytram> ~arthur https://www.bloomberg.com
[03:26:21] <exec> 654 stories loaded
[03:26:21] <exec> attempting to submit story: "California Dispatches Goats to Eat Brush, Prevent Wildfires"
[03:26:23] <exec> └─ 13Bloomberg - Are you a robot?
[03:26:27] <Bytram> heh
[03:26:52] <exec> submission successful - https://soylentnews.org
[03:26:58] <exec> 653 stories loaded
[03:29:21] <Bytram> ~arthur https://searchengineland.com
[03:29:25] <exec> └─ 13DuckDuckGo proposes the “Do-Not-Track Act of 2019” - Search Engine Land
[03:29:26] <exec> 653 stories loaded
[03:29:26] <exec> attempting to submit story: "DuckDuckGo Proposes the “Do-Not-Track Act of 2019”"
[03:29:57] <exec> submission successful - https://soylentnews.org
[03:30:02] <exec> 652 stories loaded
[03:53:37] <Fnord666> welp, I tthink I'm going to turn in early tonight
[04:04:01] <Bytram> Fnord666: thanks for all you did today!
[04:04:22] <Bytram> I somehow completely lost track of the time... I need to be *at* work in about 9 hours.
[04:04:36] <Bytram> time for me to hit the hay, too!
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[09:44:37] <chromas> Hm, where's JR when I need 'im?
[09:45:40] <chromas> He left a note that Windows Terminal is a late merge, but I don't see where it was merged to
[10:19:37] <Bytram> chromas: saw your editor's note on the story... I don't see the merge, either.
[10:21:31] <chromas> I considered merging it before I posted the Linux one but I figured it was different enough, plus we could use more stories :)
[10:23:34] <chromas> I added buttons to my newsfeed so I can sub to sn. Now I just gotta find something interesting
[10:52:13] <Bytram> there were two story subs for the unix kernel being added to windows: https://soylentnews.org AND https://soylentnews.org
[10:52:14] <upstart> ^ 03Windows 10 will soon ship with a full, open source, GPLed Linux kernel: SoylentNews Submission
[10:52:15] <upstart> ^ 03Windows 10 will soon ship with a full, open source, GPLed Linux kernel: SoylentNews Submission
[10:52:17] <exec> ├─ 13Windows 10 will soon ship with a full, open source, GPLed Linux kernel: SoylentNews Submission
[10:52:17] <exec> └─ 13Windows 10 will soon ship with a full, open source, GPLed Linux kernel: SoylentNews Submission
[10:52:23] <Bytram> See!
[10:54:51] <Bytram> ahhh, 2nd one was a followup by same submitter to provide source URL that was missing from the 1st sub
[10:55:22] <Bytram> that said, I only saw the one story about tabbed terminal windows
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[19:56:19] <AzumaHazuki> Heyo. I noticed Ari submitted a story with a link to the same article I did just now. I think we have different motivations for it though
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