#editorial | Logs for 2018-12-07

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[02:24:09] <Bytram> whereto? http://feedproxy.google.com
[02:24:10] <upstart> ^ 03NASA's Lincoln penny on Mars shows how hard the wind blows ( https://www.cnet.com )
[02:24:11] <exec> └─ 13NASA's Lincoln penny on Mars shows how hard the wind blows - CNET
[02:26:45] <Bytram> #g 1909 Lincoln Cent circulation
[02:26:45] <MrPlow> https://en.wikipedia.org - "The Lincoln cent is a one-cent coin that has been struck by the ..... At this time, the Lincoln cent had not yet become dominant in circulation; four-fifths of the cents in circulation were of the older ..."
[02:26:47] <upstart> ^ 03Lincoln cent - Wikipedia
[02:36:26] <Bytram> #g 1909 VDB cent pricew
[02:36:27] <MrPlow> https://www.pcgs.com - "Search a list of auctions and see the realized prices for the coin Lincoln Cent (Wheat Reverse), 1909 VDB MS."
[02:36:28] <upstart> ^ 03Lincoln Cent (Wheat Reverse), 1909 VDB MS - PCGS Auction Prices
[03:00:32] <Bytram> .
[03:00:33] <Bytram> https://www.ericsson.com
[03:00:34] <upstart> ^ 03Update on software issue impacting certain customers
[03:00:35] <exec> └─ 13Update on software issue impacting certain customers
[03:00:40] <Bytram> https://www.bbc.co.uk
[03:00:42] <upstart> ^ 03O2 data 'fully restored by early Friday'
[03:00:43] <exec> └─ 13O2 services to be 'fully restored by early hours of Friday' - BBC News
[03:00:59] <Bytram> https://www.bbc.co.uk
[03:01:03] <upstart> ^ 03'We're reliant on data and phone networks'
[03:01:03] <exec> └─ 13O2 network down: 'It brought our company to a halt' - BBC News
[03:17:55] <Bytram> .
[03:18:03] <Bytram> elsewhere, however...
[03:18:04] <Bytram> https://phys.org
[03:18:06] <upstart> ^ 03Internet access via mobile phones starts for all Cubans
[03:18:07] <exec> └─ 13Internet access via mobile phones starts for all Cubans
[03:41:00] <chromas> "Transplants and Romance, next on Sick, Sad World"
[03:41:46] * chromas looks at stories/queue for first time in days or however long
[04:07:41] <Bytram> one more about O2: https://www.bbc.co.uk
[04:07:44] <exec> └─ 13O2 4G data network restored after day-long outage - BBC News
[04:07:46] <upstart> ^ 03O2 data network restored after outage
[04:16:03] <Bytram> .
[04:16:05] <Bytram> whereto? http://science.sciencemag.org
[04:16:09] <exec> └─ 13How behavioral science can help conservation | Science
[04:16:17] <upstart> ^ 03How behavioral science can help conservation
[04:51:39] <Bytram> That's all I've got... pushed out 6 or 7 stories tonight; hopefully someone can take things from there.
[23:32:18] -!- mrpg [mrpg!~Thunderbi@Soylent/Staff/Editor/mrpg] has joined #editorial
[23:32:18] -!- mode/#editorial [+v mrpg] by Hephaestus
[23:32:23] <mrpg> -
[23:32:54] <mrpg> Hi. I'll do "Two New Books Explore the Science and History of the 1918 Flu Pandemic"
[23:33:09] <mrpg> Sounds mildly soyvertisement. IT's abou ttwo books.
[23:33:12] <mrpg> Ready.
[23:33:19] <mrpg> I'll do "Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon 8cx, an ARM Chip Intended for Laptops"
[23:33:42] <mrpg> Interestng.
[23:33:44] <mrpg> Ready.
[23:33:52] <mrpg> I'll do Scientists Find New Giant Dinosaur
[23:34:03] <mrpg> Ready
[23:34:08] <mrpg> I'll do "The Blind Woman Developing Tech for the Good of Others"
[23:34:15] <mrpg> Ready.
[23:40:41] <Deucalion> Thank you mrpg.
[23:40:52] <mrpg> Welcome
[23:41:51] <mrpg> Ok now I'll do "Scientists Discover Possible Mantle Mineral"
[23:45:37] <mrpg> Ready Scientists Discover Possible Mantle Mineral
[23:46:36] <mrpg> If God isn't real, who put fossils there to deceive scientists? inquiring minds want to know.
[23:48:07] <mrpg> Let's see Verizon Takes Aim at Tumblr’s Kneecaps, Bans All Adult Content
[23:52:23] <Deucalion> If you think about it too much mrpg you'll end up at the conclusion that life is all a simulation inside a computer.
[23:53:14] <Deucalion> Funny how that theory birthed after computers were a thing.
[23:53:50] <mrpg> Yes. I've thought about it a little, I don't think so. I think it's all random. Real random, not rnd()
[23:54:17] <mrpg> When you have a hammer everything is an expensive chinese vase.
[23:56:04] <mrpg> Ready verizon takes aim to nipples
[23:56:10] <mrpg> #g aim to
[23:56:10] <MrPlow> https://www.dictionary.com - "Aim to definition, to position or direct (a firearm, ball, arrow, rocket, etc.) so that, on firing or release, the discharged projectile will hit a target or travel along a ..."
[23:56:12] <upstart> ^ 03the definition of aim to
[23:56:14] <mrpg> #g aim towards
[23:56:14] <MrPlow> https://www.youtube.com - "Nov 28, 2009 ... Grandaddy So You'll Aim Toward The Sky The Sophtware Slump V2 2000 Landscapes from Switzerland."
[23:56:15] <upstart> ^ 03Grandaddy - So You'll Aim Toward The Sky
[23:56:39] * Deucalion sighs
[23:57:18] <mrpg> Should it be "verizon takes aim to nipples" or "towards"?
[23:57:27] <mrpg> #g take aim to
[23:57:27] <MrPlow> https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com - "To aim one's projectile weapon at someone or something. The sniper took aim and fired off a single shot, killing the suspect instantly. He had just begun to take ..."
[23:57:28] <upstart> ^ 03take aim at
[23:57:35] <Deucalion> AT
[23:57:56] <mrpg> Aah, ok thanks.
[23:59:38] <Deucalion> If you take aim "towards" something you'd be firing in the general direction of the thing - as in direction North South East West.