#editorial | Logs for 2016-03-03
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[02:21:08] Bytram|away is now known as Bytram
[03:18:41] <Bytram> btw, the Wintergatan Marble Machine has its own web site... updating story with link
[03:18:58] <cmn32480> thx
[03:19:05] <Bytram> np
[03:19:12] <Bytram> and... AWESOME machine!
[03:19:19] <cmn32480> I thought so
[03:22:25] <Bytram> bummer, need to enable Javascript: http://www.wintergatan.net
[03:22:26] <NotAnymore> ^ 03Wintergatan
[03:22:46] <Bytram> anyone else want to see if it is worth loading all the way?
[03:25:11] <cmn32480> buncha how he built it videos
[03:25:24] <cmn32480> whcih I think are all on youtube
[03:28:31] <Bytram> k
[03:29:00] <Bytram> updated
[03:31:51] <Bytram> wrt: VW story; am striking this line:
[03:31:52] <Bytram> (<a href="https://soylentnews.org/search.pl?&sort=2&op=stories&query=Volkswagen+emissions">Our site's search engine</a> barfs on search terms with fewer than 5 characters and doesn't do synonyms.)
[03:31:53] <NotAnymore> ^ 03Search 'Volkswagen emissions'
[03:33:01] <Bytram> as well as "#ViolatesTheAmericansWithDisabilitiesAct" where it appeared in TWO different URLs
[03:33:43] <cmn32480> k
[03:36:00] <Bytram> 2nding: chesapeak
[03:51:27] <cmn32480> just a heads up - I will be leaving early Sunday morning and not returning until Wednesday night on business
[03:51:44] <cmn32480> the kicker is that J is coming with, so I will be MIA basically that entire time.
[03:52:31] <cmn32480> odds are that I will NOT be posting anything or nearly anything
[03:52:50] <cmn32480> ~eds ^^^^
[03:52:51] <exec> editor ping for cmn32480 (reason: ^^^^): janrinok LaminatorX n1 nick martyb Bytram Azrael mrcoolbp cmn32480 coolhand takyon bytram|away NotSanguine
[03:53:32] <Bytram> cmn32480: acknowledged
[03:53:35] <takyon> ok
[03:53:54] <mrcoolbp> understood cmn32480:
[03:53:56] <cmn32480> will do what I can... but I don't think it will be much if anything
[03:54:15] <cmn32480> 4 days away with just me adn the wife... I can think of a few other thigns to do
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[03:54:21] <mrcoolbp> takyon, Bytram, let me know if you need my help, especially monday I might be able to chuck a few in the queue
[03:54:31] <Bytram> mrcoolbp: !!
[03:54:38] <takyon> cmn32480: like what?
[03:54:40] <cmn32480> the seafood in neworleans is excellent
[03:54:48] <takyon> oh neat, nawlins
[03:54:52] <cmn32480> I'm gonna eat until I grow fucking gills
[03:54:56] <takyon> n'awlins
[03:55:01] <cmn32480> NOLA
[03:55:13] <takyon> mrcoolbp: i'm going to keep the sub pile full if i can
[03:55:36] <mrcoolbp> that will help come time
[03:55:51] <mrcoolbp> yo Bytram!
[03:56:06] <Bytram> takyon++
[03:56:06] <Bender> karma - takyon: 22
[03:56:16] <Bytram> mrcoolbp: how ya doin?
[03:56:26] <cmn32480> figured I'd give everybody as early a heads up as possible...
[03:56:49] <Bytram> appreciated!
[03:57:15] <mrcoolbp> Bytram: not bad, I'm beat, I clop-ined today
[03:57:28] <mrcoolbp> how are you?
[03:57:29] <cmn32480> yick
[03:57:51] <Bytram> kinda tired, but not too bad
[03:57:54] <Bytram> have tomorrow off
[03:58:01] <Bytram> and then an 11 hour days scheduled for Fri
[03:58:41] <mrcoolbp> sounds about right
[03:59:45] <Bytram> mrcoolbp: when you get a chance, there's been a few subscriptions over the past few days.
[04:01:01] <cmn32480> alright... mine eyes are crossing
[04:01:07] <cmn32480> time for em to go speely
[04:01:12] <cmn32480> \or sleepy
[04:01:15] <Bytram> from what I can tell, there were 10 subs for $20 each!
[04:01:25] <cmn32480> ~funding
[04:01:30] <Bytram> cmn32480: sleep well, my friend!
[04:01:46] <cmn32480> you too bytram
[04:01:56] <Bytram> will do!
[04:01:59] <Bytram> thanks!
[04:02:00] <cmn32480> HA... that dumps into #soylent regardless of channel called form
[04:02:46] <cmn32480> ~gnight #editorial
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[04:04:36] <mrcoolbp> Bytram: oh damn yeah I haven't updated in a while shit
[04:04:38] <mrcoolbp> will do
[04:04:39] <mrcoolbp> thanks
[04:04:49] <mrcoolbp> g'night cmn32480
[04:04:51] <Bytram> no
[04:04:57] <Bytram> ugh, no problem!
[04:05:01] <mrcoolbp> lol
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[04:17:36] <Bytram> btw, i have not forgotten about trying to write a template and code so that the site goals and receipts could be entered in a normal form, and the nagger could be automatically updated.
[04:18:36] <Bytram> takyon: adding links to a couple SN stories on the space-based gravitational wave detector story
[04:19:22] <takyon> k
[04:20:39] <Bytram> takyon: you make it hard to find anything wrong with your submissions... I gotta find *something* once in a while or I'll start to doubt my QA skills! ;)
[04:20:50] <Bytram> and, if that is the worst I can find... VERY well done!
[04:20:54] <Bytram> takyon++
[04:20:54] <Bender> karma - takyon: 23
[04:20:55] <takyon> i've gotten lazier with them
[04:21:04] <takyon> bigger blockquotes, generic intro text
[04:21:38] <Bytram> it all takes time; trying to maximize productivity at an acceptable level of quality.
[04:21:47] <Bytram> no complaints from here!
[04:27:06] <Deucalion> One observation... can we please keep our TFS to a minimal blockquote of the site we are sourcing with a little more original verbiage please? The trend of blockquoting all but the last sentence or punctuation mark of another site's content is really not cricket. At this point we are parasites in the food chain, let's not kill our hosts mmkay?
[04:30:04] <takyon> I try
[04:30:05] <Bytram> k
[04:30:20] <takyon> point out examples of mine that you think are too blockquoted if you have specific concerns
[04:30:35] <takyon> or catch it in the editing process
[04:43:31] <Deucalion> I don't get involved in the editing process if I can avoid it, just generically saying make TFS a TFS not a verbatim copy with a one liner at the end. It was not an observation made of you directly takyon, just a meant as a general editorial poke to recognise we aggregate other site's content, therefore we should not republish it lock, stock and barrel but give a nod to the originator we source and push some traffic their way.
[04:45:11] <takyon> ideally i don't want to quote more than 50% of TFA
[04:45:31] <takyon> with short pieces on reuters, bbc, etc. I might push that limit to 75%
[04:45:57] <takyon> best case scenario I'm quoting 10-25% from 1-3 articles
[04:46:35] <takyon> or 0%, completely written copy, which I usually only do on very dense hardware articles due to lots of information available and excitement
[04:47:46] <Bytram> takyon: your submission are usually some of the easiest ones to work with; I'm thinking just keep it in mind in the future -- no drastic changes necessary!
[04:48:04] <Bytram> and... I just pushed out another story; that makes six for tonight.
[04:48:11] Bytram is now known as Bytram|away
[04:48:29] <Bytram|away> gonna call it a night.
[04:48:34] <Deucalion> ~night Bytram|away
[04:48:35] <Bytram|away> g'night everyone!
[04:56:37] <Deucalion> takyon, that seems sane. I'm just conscious that at some point we will want to move from aggregator to source position... so best not to be a dick about things while we are in aggregation phase :D Long game :)
[05:03:08] <takyon> https://soylentnews.org
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[12:48:24] <Bytram|away> CoolHand: you around?
[12:48:31] Bytram|away is now known as Bytram
[12:50:11] <Bytram> I put out a story last night that looks to me to be kind of, but not really, a dupe of one that just went out... need another opinion.
[12:51:09] <Bytram> Already out: Apple Lawyer and FBI Director Appear Before Congress: https://soylentnews.org
[12:51:10] <NotAnymore> ^ 03- SoylentNews User ( https://soylentnews.org )
[12:51:32] <Bytram> scheduled: FBI Error Locked San Bernardino Attacker’s iPhone: https://soylentnews.org
[12:51:33] <NotAnymore> ^ 03Error
[12:52:04] <Bytram> for the time being, I'm going to uncheck DISPLAY until someone else can decide
[12:57:38] <CoolHand> i'm around
[12:57:57] <CoolHand> I'll look
[12:58:00] <Bytram> CoolHand: !!
[12:58:03] <CoolHand> Bytram: !!
[12:58:04] <CoolHand> :)
[12:58:07] <Bytram> lol
[12:58:23] <Bytram> yanno, it's a pretty stupid thing, but I get such a charge out of doing that!
[12:58:32] <Bytram> it's the simple things in lifew that are the most precious, sometimes
[12:58:41] <Bytram> much obliged!
[12:58:51] <CoolHand> sorry I don't magically show up when people ping me.. I haven't figured out how to get a notification through my tmux session to my remote server running my irc client
[12:59:19] <Bytram> sounds intuitively casual to the most obvious observer! ;)
[13:01:59] <CoolHand> IMHO, it's not a dupe, but more of a different angle on what's been happening.. truth be told, I haven't really kept up on the whole story, but thats what it seems to me..
[13:02:26] <Bytram> k, thanks!
[13:02:38] <CoolHand> we've ran quite a few stories on it I know, so there's the question of how much is overwhelming, and how much is just right.. :)
[13:02:41] <CoolHand> I don't know that answer
[13:02:52] <Bytram> yeah, I thought that, too.
[13:03:07] <Bytram> but at midnight, my reasoning skills were a little deficient
[13:03:12] <CoolHand> :)
[13:03:18] <Bytram> I'd be happy to leave it out
[13:03:31] <Bytram> iow leave it 'not display'
[13:03:44] <CoolHand> I don't have a strong opinion one way or another... you can let it hang for a bit and see if someone else wants to chime in maybe..
[13:04:02] <Bytram> sounds like a plan!
[13:04:18] <Bytram> otoh, how are YOU doing? long time no chat
[13:08:22] <CoolHand> yeah.. things have been stressful b/c of this big project go-live at work, plus I've been sick on top of it.. (i probably normally would have called in or at least worked from home on Tuesday - go-live day.. but b/c of the project couldn't) but at least I've survived a couple of days of it now with no major breakage *knock on wood* and starting to feel a bit better *knock on wood again*
[13:09:13] <Bytram> as long as the knocks are on wood and not from "the school of hard..."
[13:09:18] <Bytram> stress--
[13:09:18] <Bender> karma - stress: -1
[13:09:20] <CoolHand> yah, true dat :)
[13:09:30] <Bytram> perseverance++
[13:09:30] <Bender> karma - perseverance: 1
[13:09:35] <Bytram> CoolHand++
[13:09:35] <Bender> karma - coolhand: 31
[13:09:37] <Bytram> =)
[13:10:02] <CoolHand> hey I see cmn32480 on #soylent.. maybe he'll weigh in on your story
[13:10:12] <Bytram> nod nod
[13:10:19] <Bytram> cmn32480: !!
[13:10:31] <cmn32480> bytram !!
[13:10:33] <cmn32480> coolhand !!
[13:10:34] <CoolHand> cmn32480: !!
[13:10:41] <CoolHand> :)
[13:10:44] <cmn32480> sorry... stupid job getting in the way
[13:10:46] <Bytram> got a 'kinda dupe' in the story queue... willing to take a look?
[13:10:50] <CoolHand> I hear ya
[13:10:52] <CoolHand> ditto
[13:10:59] <cmn32480> we are shuffling offices...
[13:11:03] <Bytram> it's the apple stories.
[13:11:14] <Bytram> better to shuffle offices than orifices
[13:11:18] <Bytram> nograb
[13:11:23] <CoolHand> haha
[13:11:48] <Bytram> we ARE easily amused, it seems.
[13:12:05] <cmn32480> yep
[13:12:12] <cmn32480> no change tehre
[13:12:15] <Bytram> I still hold this to be true: Wit, is intellect, dancing.
[13:13:48] <Bytram> anyway, we've had a lot of coverage on the apple stories, I approved one last night by hugh pickens which I noticed this AM kinda dupes one that just came out this AM. flagged it 'not display' and would appreciate another view point
[13:14:37] <cmn32480> its a dupe
[13:14:42] <cmn32480> shoulda been a merge
[13:14:51] * cmn32480 hangs his head in shame
[13:14:57] <Bytram> yeah, was afraid of that.
[13:15:09] <Bytram> nah, story came in pretty late, IIRC
[13:16:42] <Bytram> dang... not easy to find out what time the story was submitted
[13:16:52] <cmn32480> sure it is
[13:17:09] <cmn32480> the page for the IPID has it
[13:17:10] <Bytram> found it: Thursday March 03, @12:40AM
[13:17:23] <cmn32480> that si when it was accepted for publishing
[13:17:45] <Bytram> yep. I did find it there, but was hoping for it on the submission-display page which DOES have the date/time of the story being accepted.
[15:43:13] <CoolHand> did we decide we're nixing the apple story then?
[17:05:56] <takyon> I'm not sure that the Hugh Pickens article is 100% dupe
[17:06:06] <takyon> bytram
[17:06:36] <takyon> meh w/e
[17:12:23] <CoolHand> takyon: that was my opinion too, but like I said earlier, I haven't followed it all that close, so wasn't sure
[17:12:51] <CoolHand> so, I scheduled another one there, and if we want to run it, we can move it back a bit or move mine
[17:12:52] <takyon> if anything it's a detail I forgot/didn't notice when I submitted a similar article posted a day earlier
[17:13:02] <takyon> however I think readers may be getting apple/FBI fatigue
[17:13:33] <CoolHand> yes, I expressed that reservation also.. I feel it, but I haven't really been all that into the story, so not sure I"m representative
[17:15:04] <takyon> you're "feeling it"?
[17:15:05] <takyon> https://www.youtube.com
[17:15:06] <NotAnymore> ^ 03Death Grips - Takyon (Death Yon) - YouTube
[17:16:40] <CoolHand> feelin dat fatigue
[17:16:54] <takyon> there's my theme song
[17:17:58] <CoolHand> well, sure is catchy
[17:18:01] <CoolHand> :)
[17:18:36] <CoolHand> can't say it's really my cup of tea, but whatever floats your boat I guess... :)
[17:24:03] <takyon> I remember seeing an article about a preferred way to find alien life: by focusing on stars that would see Earth transiting the sun, just like we find planets by looking for transits using Kepler
[17:24:10] <takyon> not sure if we had an article on that
[17:39:32] <takyon> submitting
[18:16:47] <Bytram> takyon: I saw the story, too, to my knowledge we have not run it yet.
[18:17:08] <takyon> i sub it
[18:18:51] <Bytram> nice!
[19:25:06] <Bytram> https://www.sciencedaily.com
[20:00:24] <Bytram> ~titles on
[20:00:31] <Bytram> :/
[20:00:34] <Bytram> http://arstechnica.com
[20:00:34] <NotAnymore> ^ 03Oculus Founder: Rift will come to Mac if Apple “ever releases a good computer” | Ars Technica
[20:00:55] <Bytram> that should be good for a few comments =)
[20:55:50] <Bytram> https://soylentnews.org
[20:55:52] <NotAnymore> ^ 03SN article: SlySoft, Creator of AnyDVD, Shuts Down Due to Hollywood Pressure 04(62 comments)
[20:56:28] <Bytram> https://soylentnews.org
[20:56:30] <NotAnymore> ^ 03SN article: DVDFab Won't Try to Decrypt Enhanced AACS Protecting Ultra HD Blu-Rays Following SlySoft Closure 04(37 comments)
[21:28:25] * Bytram dreams: http://r.zdbb.net
[21:28:45] <Bytram> ^^^ LG 43UF7600 43" 4K UltraHD LED Smart HDTV (120Hz @ 1080p) for $579.99 (list price $1399.99)
[21:29:30] <Bytram> Also: http://r.zdbb.net
[21:29:46] <Bytram> ^^^ Samsung 850 EVO 500GB Solid State Drive + $25 Dell Gift Card for $159.99 (list price $179.99).
[21:30:41] <chromas> WebOS eh. I'd forgotten about that
[21:31:41] * chromas wonders when tvs/dektop displays with LED pixels are comin' out
[21:37:11] * Bytram has no idea
[21:37:13] <Bytram> http://rss.computerworld.com
[21:37:14] <NotAnymore> ^ 03SSD prices plummet again, close in on HDDs | Computerworld ( http://www.computerworld.com )
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[22:47:34] <Bytram|away> cmn32480: hope you office move goes/went well!
[22:48:33] * Bytram|away is off to take a nap and then run some errands; story queue is good for the next 8-9 hours or so.
[22:48:36] <Bytram|away> laters
[23:59:52] <takyon> checkm