#editorial | Logs for 2017-08-21
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[00:06:19] <TheMightyBuzzard> ~eds If we're running an eclipse story, hold it till that evening and I may be back with some nifty pictures from in totality to go with it.
[00:06:20] <exec> editor ping for TheMightyBuzzard (reason: if we're running an eclipse story, hold it till that evening and i may be back with some nifty pictures from in totality to go with it.): janrinok zz_janrinok n1 nick martyb Bytram cmn32480 coolhand takyon bytram|away Fnord666 charon GreatOutdoors FatPhil Snow goodie mrpg
[00:12:03] <chromas> Wouldn't it just be a black sky?
[00:13:37] <TheMightyBuzzard> nah, the whatzit sticks out past the moon. corona.
[00:13:45] <chromas> Doesn't sound very total
[00:14:23] <TheMightyBuzzard> hafta take that up with the moon. i don't pick how far from the earth it is.
[00:15:50] <chromas> "Breaking: God moons America"
[00:46:22] <Bytram> takyon: Many MANY thanks for filling in on the editorial front for posting stories, and the half-dozen more or so submissions you put in the sub queue... just got 'em pushed out so we are covered until NOON UTC
[02:45:55] <Bytram> http://www.cnn.com
[02:45:55] <upstart> ^ 0310 US Navy sailors missing after destroyer collides with merchant ship - CNN
[02:58:29] <Bytram> .
[02:58:30] <Bytram> .
[02:59:12] <Bytram> Please review/update eclipse story -- more links/explanation welcome! https://soylentnews.org
[02:59:13] <upstart> ^ 03Error
[02:59:18] <Bytram> .
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[02:59:36] <Bytram> hmmm
[02:59:36] <Bytram> .
[02:59:36] <Bytram> .
[02:59:45] <Bytram> ~eds Please review/update eclipse story -- more links/explanation welcome! https://soylentnews.org
[02:59:47] <exec> editor ping for Bytram (reason: please review/update eclipse story -- more links/explanation welcome! https://soylentnews.org): janrinok zz_janrinok n1 nick martyb Bytram cmn32480 coolhand takyon bytram|away Fnord666 charon GreatOutdoors FatPhil Snow goodie mrpg
[02:59:51] <Bytram> .
[02:59:54] <Bytram> that's better!
[03:00:18] <Bytram> and, with that, is time for me to get to bed... busy and early day tomorrow.
[03:01:47] <Bytram> takyon++ thanks again for keeping stories in the story queue when we ran dry, and for the very timely story submissions!!
[03:01:47] <Bender> karma - takyon: 58
[03:02:03] <Bytram> takyon++ and one for good measure! =)
[03:02:03] <Bender> karma - takyon: 59
[03:02:09] <Bytram> laters!
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[11:04:51] <Bytram> http://www.bostongis.com
[11:04:52] <upstart> ^ 03geography type is not limited to earth - BostonGIS Blog
[11:05:16] <Bytram> ^^^ Apparently in reference to PostgreSql(?)
[11:16:22] <takyon> going to fix up eclipse sotry
[11:17:28] <Bytram> please do!
[11:38:22] <TheMightyBuzzard> sorry, guys, not going to be able to bring eclipse pictures back. gotta kill the roomie instead for leaving a quarter cup of coffee in the pot instead of making more.
[11:39:02] <takyon> so you'll be doing life in prison and missing this eclipse and all subsequent eclipses?
[11:39:13] <TheMightyBuzzard> yup
[11:40:38] <TheMightyBuzzard> seriously though, we're taking like five cameras, two phones, a case of water, and a couple bigass sammiches over into totality. if we don't get at least a few good pictures, something's seriously gone wonky.
[11:41:48] <takyon> maybe your camera or photography skills are ass?
[11:41:52] <takyon> BRB
[11:42:13] <TheMightyBuzzard> could be but we should have enough shots for the blind squirrel phenomenon to kick in.
[11:44:46] <takyon> time to check out these intel chips
[11:47:13] <takyon> die porn: http://images.anandtech.com
[11:51:51] <TheMightyBuzzard> amd gots da better silicon pr0n right now
[11:53:20] <TheMightyBuzzard> i'm considering getting a ryzen 7, air gapped gaming box. maybe use it as a gentoo build box as well. want to get to the bottom of all the segfaults in linux first though.
[11:57:43] <TheMightyBuzzard> oh, hey, are we running an Android O release story?
[12:01:23] <TheMightyBuzzard> guess not, yet. i'll find something when i get back.
[12:08:24] <takyon> we already had one Android O story so I was waiting until launch to submit it
[12:08:34] <takyon> find me some good articles if you can
[12:09:01] <takyon> https://soylentnews.org
[12:09:04] <upstart> ^ 03iOS 11 Versus Android O on a Tablet? It's Not Even Close - SoylentNews
[12:11:13] <TheMightyBuzzard> yah, i meant a release notice story since it comes out today.
[12:11:48] <TheMightyBuzzard> i'm not gonna be back till mid-afternoon though. heading out here in about an hour to find a good spot to watch/photograph from.
[12:12:17] <cmn32480> https://www.youtube.com
[12:12:18] <upstart> ^ 03Weird Al - The White Stuff - YouTube
[12:12:36] <cmn32480> that should be rickrolled into the story
[12:12:54] <cmn32480> don't forget your welding hat
[12:17:44] <TheMightyBuzzard> eh, we got plenty of proper eclipse glasses and my polarized shades will be plenty to aim the camera since i won't be looking at it except on the digital display.
[12:18:05] <cmn32480> make sure you don't burn up the sensor on the camera
[12:18:55] <TheMightyBuzzard> eh, screw it if i do. it'll be the first time i used it since i got to TN.
[12:22:10] <TheMightyBuzzard> blerg, i needa get a vps for hosting random crap on a high-bandwidth connection.
[12:23:39] * TheMightyBuzzard debates on the sizing of the images
[12:24:40] <TheMightyBuzzard> they're gonna start at tens of megabytes but that's not exactly practical for getting downloaded tens of thousands of times in a day.
[12:25:03] <cmn32480> full size
[12:26:09] <TheMightyBuzzard> shrunk, compressed, and linked would be better for putting in a FA
[12:27:44] <TheMightyBuzzard> manually arranged, ghetto image gallery.
[12:28:27] * TheMightyBuzzard steps out for a smoke
[12:56:23] * TheMightyBuzzard adds a note to the eclipse story
[13:19:43] <takyon> site is still doing absolutely dumb stuff
[13:19:52] <takyon> like not loading the story list
[13:24:28] <cmn32480> solar flares
[13:25:22] <takyon> mooninites
[13:25:52] <cmn32480> space viruses
[15:10:57] <takyon> story list is blank often. but TMB is going to be eclipse watching
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[22:46:18] <TheMightyBuzzard> well crap. my photos turned out cheap-camera-ish and the roomie's turned out not at all cause he didn't turn auto-focus off.
[22:46:56] <TheMightyBuzzard> alls we ended up with worth seeing was like 15s of video. at least that included the diamond ring effect at the end of the eclipse though.
[22:49:14] <mrpg> here south of the border it was clouded, and i think it was partial so no-no.
[22:50:04] <mrpg> south of the border, down mexico way, thats where i fell in loooove
[23:01:53] <cmn32480> RAIN! bitches!
[23:02:16] <cmn32480> and a fuckton of it... for about 15 minutes on either side of peal time
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[23:20:46] <TheMightyBuzzard> eds: https://soylentnews.org link it or <video> it at your leisure
[23:29:48] <mrpg> cool
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[23:39:46] <Bytram> http://go.theregister.com
[23:39:47] <upstart> ^ 03Who needs 5G? Qualcomm, Ericsson and Verizon hit 1Gbps with LTE gear • The Register ( https://www.theregister.co.uk )
[23:41:31] <Bytram> TheMightyBuzzard: I'm with mrpg -- kewel! MUCH better than what was on view around here.
[23:43:46] <TheMightyBuzzard> would have been better but the roomie does not know from camera settings.
[23:45:04] <TheMightyBuzzard> mine all turned out but the camera taking them was not capable of shooting a bright ring of light on a black background and keeping it sharp.
[23:46:18] <Bytram> nod nod
[23:47:04] <cmn32480> not bad buzzard.... not bad at all