#editorial | Logs for 2017-01-13

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[23:57:24] <Bytram> UID 1295 has a nickname of 'nick' -- good that I asked!
[23:55:46] <nick> 993
[23:55:29] <Bytram> nick: what's your UID?
[23:55:19] <charon_> nick: oh i bet you're right. some eds leave the byline as "exec writes"
[23:54:37] <charon_> arthur has a gendered name, i can't help it
[23:54:27] <nick> aye
[23:54:13] <Bytram> nick, how many sotries you subbed?
[23:53:55] <nick> Bytram, can you find out my total?
[23:53:53] <takyon> ah, that makes sense. explains why the name is on there but not linked the traditional way
[23:53:15] <nick> charon_, i think some/many of arthur submissions have been made as AC
[23:52:26] <Bytram> I can query the db
[23:52:13] <exec> └─ 13Europe mulls treating robots legally as people ... but with kill switches • The Register
[23:52:12] <takyon> http://www.theregister.co.uk
[23:52:07] <nick> how do you find out the total submissions by user anyway? the profile page only does 'recent'
[23:52:01] <charon_> yeah
[23:51:59] <takyon> reminds me to submit this story:
[23:51:55] <takyon> whoooaaaaa pronouns for bots
[23:51:41] <Bytram> charon_: "he"? meaning arthur?
[23:49:33] <takyon> maybe a bug. the counts could be wrong
[23:49:21] <charon_> i thought sure he'd be in striking distance of p666
[23:49:13] <nick> takyon, agree that the bots should not be on hof submitters
[23:49:01] <charon_> also, how is arthur not higher?
[23:48:57] <nick> guns, politics, early meta
[23:48:09] <charon_> mostly guns
[23:47:38] <takyon> ^ if you do that mendax stays on the list and we stop honoring bots (especially MrPlow which anyone can submit to)
[23:47:32] <nick> the top stories on the hof is depressing
[23:46:39] <charon_> this is comment count though
[23:46:11] <Bytram> any story on HoF has had its hit count go up monitonically every day I've looked at it
[23:46:02] <charon_> unpaged, probably 20s
[23:45:47] <takyon> that story will probably take 10 seconds to load
[23:45:41] <exec> └─ 13Why Are Americans So Obsessed With Guns? - SoylentNews
[23:45:40] * Bytram thinks it keeps getting hit by paging spiders
[23:45:34] <charon_> https://soylentnews.org
[23:45:32] <takyon> y'all should allow me on the active submitter's list but hard-code Arthur T Knackerbracket and MrPlow off the list
[23:45:21] <Bytram> which story?
[23:45:11] <charon_> holy crap, that story is still going?
[23:44:52] <Bytram> hmmm, nope
[23:43:42] <Bytram> is linked from the faq, IIRC
[23:43:34] <takyon> an achievement of sadness
[23:43:25] <takyon> yup, you got to #4
[23:42:35] <charon_> i don't know where the link is either, but the page is just hof.pl
[23:40:46] <takyon> I can never find these obscure pages
[23:40:40] <takyon> where is tha hall of fame for stories linked from
[23:31:02] <Bytram> afk biab
[23:31:02] <Bytram> nod nod; each oerson takes it in their own way. there are some common stages, but no two are the same
[23:22:51] <charon_> the closest i came was my uncle about 15 years ago. it was tough on me, but devastated my brother
[23:21:01] <Bytram> I've burried both my folks; mom first(with whom I was very close) and then my dad (not so close) but it still was hard
[23:19:16] <charon_> i hope he'll be alright
[23:18:18] <Bytram> charon_: sorry to hear about your coworker's dad -- sucks
[23:16:45] <charon_> man, reddit amuses the hell out of me sometimes
[23:03:07] <charon_> claro
[23:02:16] <nick> gracias
[23:01:54] <charon_> i wonder if that one will become a 200 comment monster?
[23:01:37] <charon_> done
[22:58:30] <nick> add if you want, and if you can think of a better headline that includes the assange part
[22:57:52] <charon_> story looks good. only thing i'd add is a direct link to the tweet
[22:53:09] <nick> i have my own theories on it, there's a lot more to the assange-snowden-manning situation than is generally discussed
[22:51:39] <charon_> the assange-bot being run by the US govt after they snatched the real assange from london is offering to be extradited? to the US where he is not in fact under any charges? this part looks a bit fishy
[22:46:22] <charon_> checking story
[22:45:23] <charon_> yeah, it's too bad. i didn't know the father, but the guy i work with is a good guy
[22:44:44] <nick> :(
[22:44:31] <charon_> the father of one of my co-workers died today, so he's taking some time off
[22:43:59] <nick> oh?
[22:43:57] <nick> i have updated the summary on the chelsea manning story, if you'd like to check it over
[22:43:43] <charon_> my work schedule may or may not go a bit wierd for the next while
[22:42:41] <charon_> doing alright.
[22:39:12] <nick> yourself?
[22:39:11] <nick> can't complain
[22:32:21] <charon_> hiyo nick. how are you?
[22:32:04] <nick> howdy charon_
[22:21:20] * exec casually integrates a 400TB/s DDoS of 👌👈 with editorial
[22:21:19] <charon_> ~gday editorial
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[21:14:55] <nick> well that took a lot more effort than it should
[21:02:24] <cmn32480> it is pretty bad
[21:02:19] <cmn32480> yes
[21:02:18] <cmn32480> lol
[21:00:42] <nick> can't imagine how much worse it would be if i had kids...
[20:58:37] <cmn32480> I can imagine
[20:58:17] <nick> is an expensive month right now
[20:57:07] <cmn32480> DOH
[20:55:07] <nick> and that reminds me, i still have to pay for my accountants xmas... >:
[20:54:53] <cmn32480> exactly
[20:54:13] <nick> got to pay for xmas some time
[20:52:49] <cmn32480> if you are willing to do it, it makes for decent extra cash
[20:52:17] <nick> out of hours work is always the best in my opinion
[20:49:30] <cmn32480> yeah this particular customer doenst'think much of paying out when they want support
[20:49:16] <cmn32480> nice
[20:48:53] <nick> the best for me was night work though... do the regular day work, then work a few hours at night for time and a half... if goes past midnight double time and the next day off with pay.
[20:48:00] <nick> that's ok then
[20:47:55] <cmn32480> for any weekend work
[20:47:51] <cmn32480> it's time and a half
[20:47:41] <nick> when i had a normal job, after midday on a saturday was double time, before that, time and a half.
[20:46:52] <cmn32480> but I do get a little extra tossed into the expense check to cover my time
[20:46:50] <nick> damn
[20:46:29] <cmn32480> I odnt' get OT
[20:46:26] <cmn32480> I am salried
[20:45:38] <nick> gettin ot for it?
[20:45:10] <cmn32480> customer doing an upgrade and reuires on site support
[20:45:02] <cmn32480> yeah
[20:44:47] <nick> workin on the weekend?
[20:41:27] <cmn32480> I'm trying to finsih out the week adn get done what needs doing before I go to a custoemr suite tomorrow
[20:41:13] <cmn32480> okie
[20:39:55] <nick> i'm guessing not, after i have some foodings i'll check and then update TFS
[20:38:47] <cmn32480> I haven't seen anythign, but I really haven't bee looking too hard either
[20:38:32] <nick> because at this point, adding that element is the only way i can see it being worth an airing
[20:38:11] <nick> has there been a sub/story on the assange angle?
[20:37:33] <cmn32480> no argument here
[20:37:01] <nick> we could run a story a day for years on what obama might have planned to do
[20:36:37] <nick> so it seems like a non-story if there's been no new information
[20:36:17] <nick> TFS references the wednesday gone, but will not be up until Saturday
[20:36:08] <cmn32480> nope... haven't seen anything
[20:35:56] <nick> since the story is now in the queue from earlier in the week
[20:35:45] <nick> pardon
[20:35:02] <cmn32480> the wikileaks extradition for her pardon?
[20:33:51] <nick> has there been any update on the chelsea manning story
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[03:19:45] <exec> └─ 13Family Research Council - Wikipedia
[03:19:43] <nick> a lot of TFA focuses on words from a retired lieutenant who was/is a 'senior fellow for national security' at: https://en.wikipedia.org
[03:15:15] <nick> i'm up for changing headline and improving the story if we think it's too trollish/foxnewsy
[03:11:15] <nick> i was going to change it to "'social experiments'" or think of something else
[03:01:23] <takyon> gotta decide whether I care about Opera
[02:59:23] <takyon> but it is Fox's headline at least!
[02:59:09] <takyon> pretty trollish headline IMO
[02:59:06] <exec> └─ 13Error
[02:59:04] <takyon> https://soylentnews.org
[01:03:10] <MrPlow> #fite sedctl falls broken at Bytram's feet.
[01:02:50] <MrPlow> #fite spam going to channel #fite
[01:02:50] <Bytram> #fite sedctl
[00:33:57] <Bytram> break time biab
[00:33:04] <nick> but otherwise, it's not wrong
[00:30:50] <nick> it was reported just after the new year that 'an ex-guardman on one occasion'
[00:29:35] <nick> the vice article frames it as if it happened in the days around the holiday season just gone
[00:29:02] <nick> one issue i have so far, the 'wandering the grounds and nearly shot' story is only reported as 'late one night'
[00:21:56] * nick clicks