#editorial | Logs for 2019-04-01
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[10:41:19] <exec> └─ 13SoylentNews: Hall of Fame
[10:41:18] <upstart> ^ 03SoylentNews: Hall of Fame
[10:41:16] <Bytram> chromas: Also, I want to acknowledge your posting your 750th story! That's a lot! https://soylentnews.org
[10:25:05] <Bytram> Unless you can convince me with a good argument to the contrary, I am strongly against the idea.
[10:24:05] <Bytram> chromas: I hear you, but I'm not yet convinced it is a good idea. As alluring as the idea is, singling out community members for "special treatment" of any kind is anathema to what the whole site is about. Think of the precedent it would set. How much would *you* like to have *your* story submissions singled out for "special treatment"?
[04:58:07] <chromas> and one for rDT
[04:58:03] <chromas> Don't for get the aristarchus superstory
[04:09:59] * Bytram shambles off to bed wishing everyone a good night's sleep
[04:07:43] <exec> editor ping for Bytram (reason: in my experience the best pranks often occur when people least expect it. people will be expecting "something" but not know what to expect. i'd suggest no *overt* april fools story today, but feel free to use a little more leeway and discretion in posting stories that are genuine but are implausible. think things along the lines of the ignoble awards. at least that's my suggestion. i'm most certainly open to others' fe
[04:07:42] <Bytram> and thoughts!
[04:07:41] <Bytram> ~eds In my experience the best pranks often occur when people least expect it. People will be expecting "something" but not know what to expect. I'd suggest no *overt* April Fools story today, but feel free to use a little more leeway and discretion in posting stories that are genuine but are implausible. Think things along the lines of the Ignoble Awards. At least that's my suggestion. I'm most certainly open to others' feedback
[04:03:01] <Bytram>
[04:03:01] <Bytram>
[03:50:25] <upstart> ✓ Sub-ccess! "Tassie Devils 'adapting to Coexist With Cancer'" -> https://soylentnews.org
[03:50:03] <upstart> Submitting "Tassie devils 'adapting to coexist with cancer'"...
[03:50:01] <exec> └─ 13Tasmanian devils 'adapting to coexist with cancer' - BBC News
[03:49:59] <Bytram> =submit https://www.bbc.com
[03:49:10] <upstart> ✓ Sub-ccess! "Just Add Heat to Open This Tiny Box: Nanocubes Automatically Connect, Disassemble at Different Temperatures" -> https://soylentnews.org
[03:48:49] <exec> └─ 13Just add heat to open this tiny box: Nanocubes automatically connect, disassemble at different temperatures -- ScienceDaily
[03:48:48] <upstart> Submitting "Just add heat to open this tiny box: Nanocubes automatically connect, disassemble at different temperatures"...
[03:48:46] <Bytram> =submit https://www.sciencedaily.com
[03:48:39] <upstart> ✓ Sub-ccess! "High-fructose Corn Syrup Boosts Intestinal Tumor Growth in Mice" -> https://soylentnews.org
[03:48:18] <exec> └─ 13High-fructose corn syrup boosts intestinal tumor growth in mice -- ScienceDaily
[03:48:17] <upstart> Submitting "High-fructose corn syrup boosts intestinal tumor growth in mice"...
[03:48:15] <Bytram> =submit https://www.sciencedaily.com
[01:54:26] <Bytram> nod nod
[01:54:18] <TheMightyBuzzard> whatever ya decide, let the eds know with an ~eds
[01:54:10] <Bytram> maybe just need that last straw? If that's all it takes to break a camel's back, then maybe just one more *whack* could do it! ;)
[01:53:58] <TheMightyBuzzard> anywho. bedtime for bonzo. see yall in the funny pages.
[01:53:27] <TheMightyBuzzard> i mean if it hasn't happened by now...
[01:53:09] <TheMightyBuzzard> you might need a wrecking ball of wisdom for that
[01:52:15] <Bytram> knocked some sense into ya?
[01:52:02] <Bytram> nod nod
[01:52:00] <TheMightyBuzzard> relevant
[01:51:57] * Bytram LOL's
[01:51:55] <TheMightyBuzzard> good smake too
[01:51:46] * TheMightyBuzzard chuckles
[01:51:41] * MrPlow smakes TheMightyBuzzard upside the head with a mallet of wisdom
[01:51:41] <Bytram> #smake TheMightyBuzzard
[01:51:30] <TheMightyBuzzard> we could give the eds a break and set the load balancer to redirect to /.
[01:50:31] <Bytram> nod nod
[01:50:08] <TheMightyBuzzard> worth mentioning that his quotes are very small in number compared to the rest of the dictionaries totals
[01:46:25] <Bytram> thanks for the encouragement!
[01:46:14] <Bytram> I suppose I could do a meta story on the new fortunes. That's be pretty easy. I'm sure MDC would appreciate its coming out on April 1, too.
[01:45:26] <Bytram> maybe I'll be in better shape tomorrow. Am looking at a story queue that won't make it through the night, am tired, and feeling a bit cranky.
[01:44:01] <TheMightyBuzzard> well we've done the one story to shove all the noteworthy jokes in, updated as warranted, thing before and it was fairly well received. my non-vote is we run with what works this year since nobody's feeling anything better.
[01:43:24] <Bytram> /------[ ]-----[ ]------\
[01:42:50] <Bytram> took a while but I finally figured out the topology.
[01:42:49] <TheMightyBuzzard> ah, roger
[01:42:19] <TheMightyBuzzard> <Bytram> =g wikipedia birth canal woman
[01:41:41] <Bytram> yanno
[01:41:39] <Bytram> Sense no makes.
[01:41:27] <Bytram> Couldn't figure out how two different uteruses could share they same birth canal, at first. Was thinking it had to be like some kind of Klein Bottle.
[01:40:45] <Bytram> Was doing research for a story about a woman who gave birth, and then one month later, gave birth again, but this time to twins.
[01:40:09] <Bytram> oh, that!
[01:39:12] <Bytram> is getting late and /me hasn't gotten enough sleep the past 3 nights.
[01:38:54] <Bytram> you still lost me on that one... "and Bytram, why are you making upstart google cooches? it's chromas's bot, it's already seen plenty."
[01:37:53] <MrPlow> https://www.urbandictionary.com - "After a very sandy volleyball game, Mary Beth rushed home to clean her cooch, in the event that a gentleman caller would be visiting that area in the evening."
[01:37:52] <TheMightyBuzzard> #g cooch
[01:37:41] <upstart> https://www.urbandictionary.com - Urban Dictionary: cooch
[01:37:40] <TheMightyBuzzard> =g cooch
[01:37:34] <Bytram> watza "cooch" ??
[01:37:32] <TheMightyBuzzard> well you're hmfic in #editorial still, ain't ya? declare it however ya like and assign floggings to all who oppose you.
[01:37:26] <Bytram> "cooches" ??
[01:36:03] <TheMightyBuzzard> and Bytram, why are you making upstart google cooches? it's chromas's bot, it's already seen plenty.
[01:35:24] <Bytram> ugh. Been to busy with the MDC stuff along with things IRL that I hadn't given it any thought. I'm not really into it this year, it seems.
[01:34:15] <TheMightyBuzzard> takyon, Bytram, we still doing the one story with any noteworthy 4/1 jokes and running straight stuff the rest of the day tomorrow?
[01:17:48] <exec> └─ 13Michael David CRAWFORD Obituary - Spokane, WA
[01:17:46] <upstart> ^ 03Michael David CRAWFORD Obituary - Spokane, WA
[01:17:44] <Bytram> In case anyone was wondering, looks like it is official: https://www.dignitymemorial.com