#editorial | Logs for 2020-04-02
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[00:03:34] <Bytram> Sorry guys. I'm just dragging right now. Spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. ("The vodka is strong but the meat is rancid" - yeah look it up!)
[00:03:49] <Bytram> Calling it an early night. Have a good one everybody!
[00:06:52] * AzumaHazuki waves tiredly, also feels like she got ironed out and hung up
[00:35:53] <chromas> At least you'll dry out wrinkle-free.
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[12:37:29] <Bytram> =submit
[12:37:29] <systemd> Submit one or more links plus some text if you want
[12:37:33] <Bytram> =submit https://www.cs.cmu.edu
[12:37:38] <systemd> Submitting "Smartphone Videos Produce Highly Realistic 3D Face Reconstructions"...
[12:37:40] <exec> └─ 13Smartphone Videos Produce Highly Realistic 3D Face Reconstructions | Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science
[12:37:59] <systemd> ✓ Sub-ccess! "03Smartphone Videos Produce Highly Realistic 3D Face Reconstructions" (13 paragraphs) -> https://soylentnews.org
[12:41:38] <Bytram> gah! And *now* I see we already ran that one.
[12:42:49] <Bytram> https://sylnt.us
[12:42:51] <systemd> ^ 03Smartphone Videos Produce Highly Realistic 3D Face Reconstructions - SoylentNews ( https://soylentnews.org )
[12:42:53] <exec> └─ 13Smartphone Videos Produce Highly Realistic 3D Face Reconstructions - SoylentNews
[14:38:07] <Bytram> ~eds "Little Mermaid" takendown story was a prank from TorrentFreak; marked as NOT display and moved another story earlier to fill the resulting gap. I must admit that it had me going right along until I saw "Aprile Fools...." at the end!
[14:38:08] <exec> editor ping for Bytram (reason: "little mermaid" takendown story was a prank from torrentfreak; marked as not display and moved another story earlier to fill the resulting gap. i must admit that it had me going right along until i saw "aprile fools...." at the end!): janrinok n1 nick Bytram cmn32480 coolhand takyon Fnord666 FatPhil mrpg chromas fyngyrz spiraldancing
[14:38:26] <Bytram> TorrentFreak++ Great April 1st prank!
[14:38:26] <Bender> karma - torrentfreak: 1
[14:42:19] <chromas> I thought we had the Authors Fume one too. But that's okay; April Fools!
[14:42:31] <chromas> Or Fools April for the Brits
[14:44:12] <Bytram> chromas: How ya doin?
[14:45:49] * Bytram has a chilly, windy, rainy date to enjoy. Now *that* certainly helps keep me from going outside and this support social^W physical distancing for the pandemic
[14:45:58] <Bytram> s/date/day/
[14:45:59] <exec> <Bytram> has a chilly, windy, rainy day to enjoy. Now *that* certainly helps keep me from going outside and this support social^W physical distancing for the pandemic
[14:46:11] <chromas> Not too bad. How's your script conversion?
[14:47:21] <Bytram> extremely slow... I have some IRL stuff that should be at the top top top of my to-do list.
[14:47:47] <Bytram> Just trying to get up the gumption to just do it and ignore things here while I do it.
[14:48:03] <chromas> We had sprankles all night long. If it wasn't also in the 30s, it would've been great for a walk. Plus rain automatically maximizes the distancing.
[14:48:23] <Bytram> nod nod
[14:48:46] <Bytram> Hey, how much of the concert did you watch? Whacha think?
[14:49:00] <Bytram> Hey, how much of the Bangles concert did you watch? Whacha think?
[14:50:41] <chromas> All of it. At first I thought it was weird when the drummer lady came out to guitar until I figured out the guy in the dark on the left on keyboard must've had a drum machine.
[14:51:14] <Bytram> Hmm
[14:51:53] <Bytram> frankly I thought it weird, too, but did not notice the drums being missing -- know the songs too well to notice!
[14:52:11] <Bytram> =g debbie peterson
[14:52:12] <systemd> https://www.debbiepetersonspeaks.com - Business Keynote Speaker Debbie Peterson - Keynotes and ...
[14:52:19] <Bytram> =g debbie peterson bangles
[14:52:20] <systemd> https://en.wikipedia.org - Debbi Peterson - Wikipedia
[14:53:47] <chromas> I liked how they all took turns being the lead singer
[14:53:55] <Bytram> Her sister, Vicki played the lead guitar. Center stage was Susanna Hoffs on guitar, and on the right was Michael Steele on bass
[14:54:41] <Bytram> see: https://en.wikipedia.org
[14:54:42] <systemd> ^ 03The Bangles - Wikipedia
[14:54:43] <exec> └─ 13The Bangles - Wikipedia
[14:55:16] <chromas> Did she transition or something?
[14:57:42] <Bytram> Not to my knowledge.
[14:58:02] <Bytram> See: https://en.wikipedia.org
[14:58:03] <systemd> ^ 03The Bangles - Wikipedia
[14:58:04] <exec> └─ 13The Bangles - Wikipedia
[14:58:10] <Bytram> and https://en.wikipedia.org(musician)
[14:58:11] <systemd> ^ 03Michael Steele (musician) - Wikipedia
[14:58:11] <exec> └─ 13Michael Steele (musician) - Wikipedia
[14:59:00] <Bytram> hmm
[15:00:15] <Bytram> If she transitioned, it would have been in the early 1980s, which I find doubtful
[15:07:23] <chromas> I was just wondering why she changed her name to Michael
[15:08:09] <chromas> Hm, but then I've heard of men named Ashley. Curse these gender-nonconforming names!
[15:09:34] <Bytram> It's a "gray area" -- I have only seen innuendo, but nothing I can hold up as authentic proof.
[15:10:22] <janrinok> In my defence - it is the sort of dick trick that Disney would do!
[15:10:38] <Bytram> There was that song in the concert "September Gurls" which, when I first heard it, had different genders in parts than the way she sang it at the concert.
[15:10:56] <Bytram> Yes, that is why it was such a great prank!
[15:12:20] <Bytram> I primarily read the article just so I could quote the date of the statue's creation and/or date of the photograph... thankfully, the writing fulled me along right to the end and that's were I saw it. If I'd called it good with the info I was looking for, well, I'd have missed it, too!
[15:12:35] <janrinok> chromas - what are 'sprankles'?
[15:13:15] <Bytram> janrinok: s/a/i/4
[15:13:16] <exec> <Bytram> <janrinok> chromas - what are 'sprinkles'?
[15:13:21] <chromas> Like sprinkles but moare trendierer
[15:13:29] <Bytram> aka light rain
[15:14:08] <janrinok> ah, light rain I understand, sprinkles and sprankles are not in common use here
[15:15:22] <Bytram> sprankles is not common here... a typo, I suspect. Either that or we could call it a chromasism
[15:15:57] <janrinok> if it had been cmn - it would have been typed sprgnlzs or something
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[15:16:54] <Bytram> tru dat
[15:16:58] <janrinok> hi AzumaHazuki
[15:17:01] <AzumaHazuki> o/
[15:17:01] <Bytram> gtg, back in a while
[15:17:10] <AzumaHazuki> leaving for work soon, just popping in for a little bit
[15:17:30] <janrinok> don't work too hard - if you can avoid doing that...
[15:18:25] <AzumaHazuki> no choice. we're understaffed, and i suspect that lady isn't coming back as she;s 63 and not in the best health
[15:18:34] <AzumaHazuki> coming out to work in a pharmacy in that condition is suicide
[15:18:53] <janrinok> well, can't say that I blame her but she could have said something to help you plan
[15:19:13] <AzumaHazuki> oh, this was a fait accompli. she left for hip surgery before this all started
[15:19:27] <AzumaHazuki> then like 2 weeks after, while she was recovering, the dunghill hit the windmill
[15:19:52] <janrinok> has someone reached out to her just to check that she is OK?
[15:20:05] <AzumaHazuki> yes, we do every few days
[15:20:13] <janrinok> k, you can do no more
[15:20:30] <janrinok> and how are you - more importantly?
[15:20:57] <AzumaHazuki> not going to lie: tired, aching, frightened, and if i could reach through the internet and dismember KHallow with my mind, I would
[15:21:02] <AzumaHazuki> goddamn "libertarian" asshole
[15:21:32] <janrinok> you have my grateful thanks - you are one of the few who can help at the moment
[15:22:03] <AzumaHazuki> i'm not even doing anything heroic, really...and thank goodness for that, if i were a nurse i'd be dead of fear
[15:22:59] <janrinok> you are doing your job, you are helping others, you don't have to be heroic to be appreciated
[15:36:46] <AzumaHazuki> i'd better piss off and go...the buses are running weirdly now. Saturday schedule on weekdays, NO buses on weekends which means i need to ask a coworker for rides... ><
[15:36:55] <AzumaHazuki> hope Hallow and Uzzard choke on their own vomit
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[16:04:34] <chromas> I, too, hate people I argue with on the internet
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[17:58:32] <carny> why is it ok for that person to be so hateful and abusive?
[18:04:25] <janrinok> on here? or on the site?
[18:04:52] <Cascade> Yes.
[18:05:39] <janrinok> on here - well, the only 'rules' that apply on here are the ones that usually apply on IRC.
[18:06:42] <janrinok> And on the site - it is the community's job to moderate the site, not ours. What gives us the right to censor people? People are responsible for what they say on the site.
[18:07:17] <carny> janrinok: you do not speak out against her vile speech
[18:07:27] <carny> your silence is complicity
[18:07:41] <janrinok> Providing they are not trying to prevent the site from doing what it is intended to do - i.e. discussions about tech and other stories -
[18:07:58] <janrinok> neither did you
[18:08:57] <carny> i just did
[18:09:05] <carny> and i have no power here
[18:09:11] <janrinok> On here we let you express your views, why can't she. We often disagree with various comments on here and lively discussions ensue. That isn't the same as silencing people for having a different opinion than my own
[18:09:23] <carny> but you do and you therefore sanction her behavior
[18:09:48] <carny> i don't tell people i hope they choke on their own vomit
[18:10:06] <chromas> But if you did, we wouldn't boot you for it.
[18:10:06] <janrinok> no, I am only another commentator on IRC, unless we are using it to do our job. She didn't interfere with me doing that, did she?
[18:12:14] <janrinok> I do support her insomuch that she is working in a pharmacy in a difficult area of the US, and she is doing a lot to help people there. That is what our discussion was about. If she has different views about TMB or khallow they are both more than able to fend for themselves. Look in the logs - TMB and Az have lots of disagreements on here.
[18:13:10] <TheMightyBuzzard> not ME!? i'm just one big fucking ray of sunshine!
[18:13:28] <janrinok> lol - yeah, sorry I forgot that bit....
[18:14:17] <TheMightyBuzzard> she's a very angry person. she should fish more.
[18:14:35] <janrinok> not likely - look who she might end sitting next to!
[18:15:17] <TheMightyBuzzard> mind you, i prescribe that for anything from genital warts to irs audits
[18:15:26] <janrinok> one of you would probably have a drowning 'accident' and I wouldn't like to bet on who it would be ;)
[18:15:56] <chromas> "We might disagree but we're really on two sides of the same pond."
[18:16:27] <TheMightyBuzzard> nah, it'd even fix HER up. it's hard to get angry while fishing unless someone sees you catch one and tries to fish from inside your pocket
[18:17:29] <janrinok> true, she would benefit from some peaceful downtime with nothing else to worry about, even if only for a few hours or so
[18:18:31] <TheMightyBuzzard> zactly. plus if she fell asleep cause the fish weren't biting i could put a mustache on her with a sharpie.
[18:18:43] <janrinok> lol!
[18:19:25] <janrinok> you might even find that you like each other! Nah, what am I saying!?
[18:20:43] <TheMightyBuzzard> eh, i'm easy to get along with if. all you gotta do is not argue politics unless being argued with is what you actually want.
[18:21:37] <janrinok> I'd be pretty safe then - arguing politics is like drinking with a pig, you both end up in the gutter, but the pig likes it.
[18:21:48] * TheMightyBuzzard oinks
[18:22:21] * janrinok smells bacon, thick cut, sizzling in a pan
[18:22:33] <TheMightyBuzzard> anyways, break time over. back to the salt mines.
[18:22:42] * TheMightyBuzzard waves
[18:22:53] <janrinok> damn, I wish I hadn't said that now - and I've only just finished my dinner
[18:23:01] <janrinok> have a good one TMB
[18:23:01] <chromas> Time for dessert
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