#editorial | Logs for 2016-03-10
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[23:44:18] Bytram is now known as Bytram|away
[23:24:01] * Bytram is pushing the tedx talk out another couple days; we can always move it up when the Duke(!) (deucalion) gets all the T's crossed, etc.
[23:23:01] <Bytram> well put
[23:22:45] <nick> i read that submission and was just ehhh, i wanted to care but it seemed like it was stretching to be newsworthy
[23:22:13] <Bytram> interesting, as in good to be aware of, but does not go much into what the source/cause of it might be.
[23:19:30] <takyon> that article is just f***** anyway
[22:57:42] * Bytram just updated the Cs-137 story; spelled out Caesium-137 in the title and added a footnote quoting wikipedia that explained the spelling
[20:10:30] <CoolHand> there's like a zillion more possible moves than chess, so has been harder for computers to crack
[19:34:34] <takyon> you have to capture "territory" on the board by putting your pieces down like walls. that's why it's called "encircling game"
[19:34:03] <takyon> it's more complicated than chess
[19:33:55] <takyon> it's a game
[19:20:17] <nick> im still not sure what this 'go' stuff is about?
[17:36:28] <takyon> it could be done
[17:36:20] <takyon> do we want 1 story every day about the AlphaGo?
[17:30:04] <takyon> at the rate neuromorphic processing is being explored I wouldn't be surprised if self-awareness was achieved within 10 years
[17:24:11] <Bytram> Mike, alias 'Adam Selene', alias 'Simon Jester', alias 'Mycroft Holmes', officially an augmented HOLMES IV system, is a supercomputer empowered to take control of Lunar society, who achieved self-awareness when his complement of "neuristors" exceeded the number of neurons in the human brain.
[17:24:07] <Bytram> aha! Found it:
[17:13:52] * Bytram tries again
[17:13:28] <Bytram> nope. harry seldon was part of Asimov's Foundation series.
[17:12:15] * Bytram can't remember which one, offhand
[17:12:12] * exec covertly writes a fanfic featuring a buttload of 1-UP mushrooms about takyon
[17:12:10] <cmn32480> ~gday takyon
[17:12:06] <Bytram> if the computer won, it was to be donated to charity
[17:11:57] <Bytram> it was to entice the human to play against the computer
[17:11:25] <Bytram> google
[17:11:22] <takyon> and hi cmn32480
[17:11:18] <takyon> there is a $1 million prize, but who pays for it? Google or somebody else?
[17:10:58] <takyon> one part i don't get about the story
[17:10:42] * Bytram tries to remember the name of the imaginary leader constructed in the story 'The Moon is a Harsh Mistress' -- Harry Seldon? ... goes to check wikipedia
[17:08:09] <cmn32480> quarter past next October
[17:06:49] * Bytram wonders when the next game will be played?
[17:06:43] <Bytram> not yet, but not looking too good, either.
[17:03:38] <takyon> game over for humanity
[16:53:36] <Sprinkles> ^ 03AI beats human Go grandmaster... again (Update) ( http://phys.org )
[16:53:35] <Bytram> http://phys.org
[16:36:44] <Bytram> afk
[16:36:43] <Bytram> break time; biab
[16:36:21] <Bytram> there's an old adage that, eventually, every program ends up implementing a lissp interpreter. badly.
[16:35:41] <Bytram> words. just. escape. me.
[16:35:30] <Sprinkles> ^ 03(How to Write a (Lisp) Interpreter (in Python))
[16:35:29] <Bytram> http://norvig.com
[16:34:40] <Bytram> btw, barring any surprises, by this time tomorrow we should be [on the verge of] ranking 17xx's on F@H !!
[16:33:10] * Bytram now wants an ice cream with sprinkles on top!
[16:33:01] <Bytram> awww; Sprinkles!
[16:32:36] <Sprinkles> ^ 03Worried about Apple? California Has a Bill That Would Disable Encryption on All Phones | Electronic Frontier Foundation
[16:32:35] <Bytram> Politician: this is a problem. We've got to DO something. This is something. (But who knows if it will help, AT ALL?): https://www.eff.org
[16:32:11] <CoolHand> a nice ke bab does sound good..
[16:31:53] <CoolHand> :)
[16:31:50] <CoolHand> yeah, I had to add "android" to my search
[16:31:12] * Bytram is getting hungry.
[16:31:03] <Bytram> hmmm I tried a VERY quick search and all I found were Russian Ke Bab recipes!
[16:30:46] <Bytram> oh? Nice!
[16:30:29] <CoolHand> Bytram: found favorable articles on shashlik on pcworld, linuxjournal, fwiw...
[16:26:17] <Bytram> Huh! anagram( 'editors' ) == 'storied' !!
[16:24:58] <cmn32480> editors !!
[16:24:48] <Bytram> cmn32480: wb!!!!
[16:24:41] <CoolHand> cmn32480: !!
[16:24:39] <CoolHand> hmm mebbe I should uninstall this package b4 I run it..
[16:24:37] * exec illegitimately runs the Installshield Wizard to set up a thing of spew for #editorial
[16:24:35] <cmn32480> ~gday #editorial
[16:24:28] <cmn32480> heya guys
[16:23:20] <Bytram> can't splain exactly why, but I've been on the net long enough to trust my instincts... when in doubt... stay very far away
[16:22:41] <CoolHand> definitely
[16:22:25] <Bytram> just get the heebee jeebies about that site, don't want our community getting a virus from a front-page link, yanno?
[16:21:56] <Bender> karma - teamwork: 82
[16:21:56] <Bytram> teamwork++
[16:21:52] <Bytram> appreciated!!
[16:21:50] <CoolHand> ay
[16:21:44] <Bytram> really bootstrapping-level stage
[16:21:34] <CoolHand> things are ok.. busy at work, but trying to look through some stuff to contribute
[16:21:32] <Bytram> seemslike it is at the alpha stage right now...
[16:21:18] <CoolHand> but I wasn't real impressed with the story
[16:21:11] <CoolHand> yeah, I just downloaded shashlik aur package to my pc to check out.. it could provide useful for me...
[16:21:09] <Bytram> lol! how's things?
[16:20:48] <CoolHand> Bytram: !!
[16:11:46] * Bytram did a wget of the submitted page -- it's all wordpress plugins and the like
[16:11:25] <Bytram> seems pretty raw and, ummm, iffy to me.
[16:11:12] <Bytram> CoolHand: I see you were looking at the Shashlik (Russian Ke Bab, btw) submission... looks interesting, but they can't even spell the name consistently on the submission...
[16:09:12] <Bytram> CoolHand: !!
[16:09:08] <Bytram> nick: !!
[16:09:06] <Bytram> cmn32480: !!
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[14:42:03] <cmn32480> nah that didn't make it
[14:40:49] <nick> two site visits, a dozen emails and now this bullshit for like half a day's work
[14:40:14] <nick> getting sick of this person wasting my time now. taken like a year to get around to thinking about deciding if they want me to do a job or not, and now they're like "I've been looking online and what about this equipment?"
[14:40:11] <nick> dunno if my last ramblings got through before disconnected...
[14:39:25] <nick> yeah, this wifi isn't great
[14:38:27] <cmn32480> perhaps a better internet line at the new place...
[14:38:02] <nick> :|
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[13:33:13] <Sprinkles> ^ 03it's good to have land - YouTube
[13:33:12] <nick> https://www.youtube.com
[13:32:13] <cmn32480> now yer thinkin!
[13:32:00] <nick> bring the wife and kids, can put them to work and you can have the vacation :D
[13:31:30] <cmn32480> and that might ruin the vacation
[13:31:24] <cmn32480> and the wife
[13:31:22] <cmn32480> but that means I'd have to bring my kids...
[13:31:15] <cmn32480> lol
[13:30:19] <nick> me either, but i'm getting by, and immersion is the way to learn ;)
[13:29:13] <cmn32480> no hablo espanol
[13:28:55] <nick> you're welcome to come out here too if you want to put your ass to work in the fields, or maybe just a vacation ;p
[13:27:44] <cmn32480> I'm happy for you man
[13:27:24] <nick> got to work towards something tangible
[13:27:18] <nick> :)
[13:25:14] <cmn32480> it is very cool that it is all coming together for you.
[13:24:53] <cmn32480> amen
[13:23:49] <nick> or not being able to buy a home that's much more than a glorified shoe box that's heavily taxed
[13:23:01] <nick> i'd rather have no power steering than the option to buy a mercedes s-class as consolation to not being able to own a home.
[13:22:07] <cmn32480> fair 'nuff
[13:21:54] <nick> got used to that now, and its not like i'd be forced into buying a truck with no power steering
[13:21:00] <cmn32480> other than the no power steering car...
[13:19:49] <nick> thanks :)
[13:19:19] <nick> i want to come back asap to actually get things moving as things have been so positive
[13:18:58] <cmn32480> glad to hear the trip is turning otu to be fruitful for you
[13:18:47] <cmn32480> excellent
[13:18:39] <nick> aside from the rain today, its looking very good
[13:16:11] <cmn32480> how is SA looking?
[13:13:48] <cmn32480> if "fan" is people screaming for crap that they need now as an emergency because they didn'ty ask for it when they first figured out they needed it 3 weeks ago
[13:13:08] <cmn32480> yeah
[13:10:06] <nick> all your fan mail?
[13:09:55] <cmn32480> I have 4 days of email to go through
[13:09:34] <nick> how goes cmn32480
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[03:28:45] <nick> hasnt been a big deal here by all accounts, not sure theres actually any cases here
[03:28:02] <nick> yeah, trying to avoid that
[03:26:45] <takyon> don't get zika
[03:26:05] <nick> i had intentions to check out argentina and brazil too, but things have gone so well here, and there are bigger drawbacks to the other two that ive decided it's not really worth it
[03:25:15] <nick> im in south america, specifically uruguay, which is why ive been online a lot more, being the other side of the world has helped me avoid work quite well :p
[03:24:06] <takyon> where
[03:23:21] <nick> yup, thats why im out here for the most part
[03:23:05] <takyon> you're buying land for a farm?
[03:22:59] <takyon> what a mess
[03:22:56] <takyon> I like it but god are those submissions too long
[03:22:35] <nick> but im going to bed now, going to check out some possible locations for my farm in the morning :D
[03:21:41] <nick> takyon: i wanted your opinion on merging the tor and tails submissions
[03:20:24] <Bytram> and for all the submissions, too!
[03:20:11] <Bytram> I see you pushed out a story today -- thanks!
[03:19:42] <takyon> l8r
[03:19:36] <Bytram> but... just finished dinner & need to do the dishes... biab
[03:19:12] <Bytram> I'm doing better than I anticipated, thanks for asking!
[03:17:39] <takyon> did you need something nick
[03:17:33] <takyon> how you holding up bytram
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