#editorial | Logs for 2014-06-13

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[09:52:31] <lhsi> Is a story about the Tesla patents already in the site queue? I didn't see it in the public queue
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[11:37:46] <mrcoolbp> lhsi
[11:37:49] <mrcoolbp> let me check
[11:38:43] <mrcoolbp> lhsi: who submitted it, you?
[11:40:07] <mrcoolbp> lhsi: I'm not seeing anything in the submission list or the story queue
[11:44:22] <lhsi> I've not submitted anything on it. I thought someone would have already
[11:44:29] <mrcoolbp> I don't see it here
[11:44:46] <lhsi> OK, I'll find the link again and submit it
[11:45:16] <mrcoolbp> lhsi: nice, you're the man
[11:45:34] <mrcoolbp> lhsi: let me know when you do, I'll take a look
[11:51:13] <lhsi> Submitted something quickly: https://soylentnews.org
[11:56:50] * mrcoolbp checks it out
[12:10:34] <mrcoolbp> lhsi: do you mind if I add this sentence before the blockquote: "The company's goal has always been to innovate and facilitate accessible sustainable transportation for global community"
[12:10:39] <mrcoolbp> ?
[12:11:52] <mrcoolbp> lhsi: and then one more "This move seems be another step towards delivering on that promise."
[12:11:54] <mrcoolbp> or something
[12:17:20] <lhsi> Yea thats fine, I only wrote a quick summary anyway
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[12:20:03] <lhsi> My last message was this if you lost connection before it appeared: "Yea thats fine, I only wrote a quick summary anyway"
[12:20:34] <mrcoolbp> lhsi: cool, thanks. I try not to put words in people's mouths. It's in the queue already
[12:29:30] <lhsi> I think the only times I ever really notice that something I submitted has been changed I'm usually thinking that it reads a lot better than whatever I wrote
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[13:37:04] <mrcoolbp> lhsi: it's a team effort
[13:37:06] <mrcoolbp> = )
[14:03:31] <mrcoolbp> oh he's gone...
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[15:12:06] <Woods> LaminatorX: I am going to adjust the time on "George R. R. Martin..."
[15:13:09] <LaminatorX> Feel free. I pitched it fwd a bit since I saw you were working on another story.
[15:16:27] <Woods> Just looking around.
[15:16:53] * mrcoolbp waves at Woods
[15:17:10] <Woods> Hiiii
[15:19:10] <mrcoolbp> yo
[15:33:53] <Bytram> ho ho
[15:33:57] <Bytram> and a bottle of rum?
[15:35:24] <LaminatorX> I could go for some rum. I seem to have caught my daughter's cough.
[15:35:48] <LaminatorX> That happens when you're carrying someone in your arms and she coughs in your face.
[15:35:55] <Bytram> ugh.
[15:36:12] <Bytram> She's a lucky girl!
[15:36:30] <Bytram> I had no idea the kinds of sacrifices my parents made to raise me.
[15:36:36] <LaminatorX> Not just anyone gets to cough in my face.
[15:36:44] <Bytram> The more I learn and realize, the more amazed I am!
[15:36:50] <Bytram> LOL!
[15:36:58] <LaminatorX> <sincere>Thanks.</sincere>
[15:38:12] <Bytram> I haven't had a cold in a long while (knock on wood) but I get attacked by allergies every spring and summer...
[15:38:34] <Bytram> Makes it a bit harder to be patient and tolerant to all I meet, but it also
[15:38:53] <Bytram> helps me to remember that maybe *they* are not always coming from the best space, either.
[15:44:56] <Woods> Bytram: Being tolerant of aliens from space is probably a good idea regardless of sickness.
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[15:45:11] <Bytram> LOL!
[15:45:13] <Woods> .... Was that a dad joke? Did I just do a dad joke? I am so sorry.
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[15:45:55] <LaminatorX> It's Fathers' Day this weekend, Dad jokes are welcome.
[15:46:49] <Woods> Oh is it? Dang, good thing you said that.
[15:53:31] <lhsi> The queue looks like it has been quite aggressively cleared...
[15:54:22] <lhsi> Part of me wants to see what the nagger says when its empty, but I'll probably submit something anyway
[15:54:59] <Woods> Ditto, Lhsi
[15:55:44] <Bytram> lhsi: I noticed that, too...
[15:55:55] <Bytram> is there a protocol for clearing the queue?
[15:55:56] <LaminatorX> I pruned some cruft. There were some dupes and some stories that needed a lot of work, and a few that had been in there a long time.
[15:56:13] <LaminatorX> I usually prune it once a week.
[15:56:16] <Bytram> I've seen obvious dupes and just flagged them as such, but left them in the queue for confirmation/action.
[15:56:37] <LaminatorX> Feel free to delete obious dupes.
[15:56:52] <Bytram> ISTR that in the past, e-mails were being sent to submitters whose articles were not accepted.
[15:57:01] <Bytram> LaminatorX: ok
[15:57:34] <Bytram> I think it's a nice idea to email them, but I cannot see how that would scale up over time...
[15:58:08] <Bytram> LaminatorX: so, can we just delete them now, or should we also send out a rejection e-mail?
[16:01:05] <LaminatorX> Courtest emails are nice if you have the time, but not a requirement. Particularly with dupes, they'll presumably have seen the other story run.
[16:01:39] <LaminatorX> s/Courtest/Courtesy
[16:02:01] <LaminatorX> Hmm, no sedbot in here. You follow though. :)
[16:03:34] <LaminatorX> I'll be back in a bit. My computer needs a reboot.
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[16:11:03] <LaminatorX> So, with submissions being critically low, unless we get some new ones in the next couple hours, I'm going to space the queued stories out some.
[16:11:55] <Bytram> LaminatorX: thanks for the feedback. As spare time is something I do not have in abundance, nor do many of us, I think it would be good to just omit the feedback email from now on so there is no otential for confusion : "Why didn't they accept *this* story? They told me the *last* time!"
[16:12:09] <Bytram> s/otential/potential/
[16:18:44] <LaminatorX> The submissions bin is very low just now. If you have a moment, consider submitting a story. /join #rss-bot for a stream of ideas.
[16:19:06] <LaminatorX> Sorry, I meant to put that in #Soylent
[16:24:05] <Bytram> I'm taking a look at: http://www.itworld.com
[17:04:46] <Bytram> Ok, it's not my best effort, but it's in the queue!
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[17:06:54] <Woods> Bytram: Janrinok did 7 in the time it took you and I to do one.
[17:11:25] <Bytram> pthpt! I was trying to help themightybuzard debug some utf-8 stuff at the same time!
[17:11:42] <Bytram> LOL!
[17:12:40] <Woods> And mine was about science, I kept getting distracted by physics.
[17:15:44] <Bytram> She blinded me with Science! ;^)
[17:17:39] <Woods> Ahh, Thomas Dolby.
[17:18:08] <Bytram> ding ding ding!
[17:18:13] <Bytram> Woods++
[17:18:13] <Bender> karma - woods: 5
[17:18:19] <Woods> Woods--
[17:18:22] <Woods> Google++
[17:18:22] <Bender> karma - google: 1
[17:18:44] <Bytram> which story was yours? the NASA world cup one?
[17:18:47] <Woods> Yes.
[17:19:35] <Bytram> I'm on it. Mine was the one on Microsoft running out of *USA* IPv4 address for Azure, so using addresses from other registrars
[17:21:21] <Bytram> Woods: *love* the dept suggestion! made me LOL!
[17:22:11] <Woods> Aww shucks. It is literally all I could think about the entire time I was editing it.
[17:24:04] <Bytram> ha ha ha!
[17:24:21] <Bytram> I pushed it out. but have second thoughts.
[17:24:31] <Bytram> it's infomrative, yes, but what kind of discussion would it solicit?
[17:25:45] <Bytram> asking that, my next thought would be about what would happen if we changed the aerodynamics of other sports' balls: basketball, (american) football, golf, baseball, etc.
[17:28:56] <Woods> Basketball would be interesting. The ball has hardly changed (That I know of)
[17:29:51] <Bytram> I'm thinking of adding a question to the end of the story along those lines.
[17:29:56] <Woods> Go for it
[17:30:00] <Woods> I believe in you.
[17:30:06] <Bytram> let me put something in, and then you can approve.
[17:30:14] <Woods> Copy that
[17:32:15] <Bytram> ping: http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:33] <Woods> The phrase "Mental exercise" makes it seem like a homework problem.
[17:35:06] <Woods> I do not want people to think I am schooled!
[17:35:29] <Bytram> ok, "If given the opportunity, and an interest in pranks, what ..." =)
[17:36:04] <Woods> That works. Also, if you want people to think I wrote it, you have to figure out a way to word it without using an apostrophe.
[17:37:51] <Bytram> can fix that; let me know when you've saved it.
[17:38:17] <Woods> lol
[17:40:17] <Woods> K, fixed.
[17:40:26] <Bytram> on my way!
[17:40:36] <Woods> Time to go AFK for lunch!
[17:40:45] <Bytram> chow chow chow!
[17:44:19] <Bytram> Woods: fixed! Enjoy your lunch -- I think I should get something to eat, too!
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