#editorial | Logs for 2021-04-30
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[00:20:08] <Bytram> https://spacenews.com
[00:20:08] <systemd> ^ 03Senate unanimously confirms Nelson as NASA administrator - SpaceNews
[00:22:03] <Bytram> https://www.washingtonpost.com
[00:22:25] <Bytram> https://www.washingtonpost.com
[00:22:25] <systemd> ^ 03Hail collapses roof over Mexico City's main Aztec temple
[01:32:16] <Bytram> Time to update the Beg-o-Meter
[01:32:41] <Bytram> mysql> SELECT sum(payment_net), 100.0 * sum(payment_net) / 3500.00, max(ts), max(spid), now() FROM subscribe_payments WHERE ts > '2021-01-01' ;
[01:32:41] <Bytram> +------------------+------------------------------------+---------------------+-----------+---------------------+
[01:32:41] <Bytram> | sum(payment_net) | 100.0 * sum(payment_net) / 3500.00 | max(ts) | max(spid) | now() |
[01:32:44] <Bytram> +------------------+------------------------------------+---------------------+-----------+---------------------+
[01:32:47] <Bytram> | 1316.04 | 37.6011429 | 2021-04-29 12:05:04 | 1565 | 2021-04-30 01:31:48 |
[01:32:50] <Bytram> +------------------+------------------------------------+---------------------+-----------+---------------------+
[01:32:53] <Bytram> 1 row in set (0.01 sec)
[01:32:55] <Bytram> mysql>
[01:55:24] <Bytram> Update completed!
[01:58:02] <Bytram> =cite https://www.nature.com
[01:58:04] <systemd> <p><b>Journal Reference</b>:<br/>Romain Hugonnet, Robert McNabb, Etienne Berthier, <em>et al</em>. <b>Accelerated global glacier mass loss in the early twenty-first century</b>, <cite>Nature</cite> (DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03436-z">10.1038/s41586-021-03436-z</a>)</p>
[02:18:03] <Bytram> =asub https://nautil.us
[02:18:09] <systemd> ✓ Sub-ccess! "03Here’s How We’ll Know an AI is Conscious" (0p) -> https://soylentnews.org
[02:18:45] <Bytram> =w Maxwell's demon
[02:18:46] <systemd> Maxwell's demon is a thought experiment that would hypothetically violate the second law of thermodynamics. It was proposed by the physicist James Clerk - https://en.wikipedia.org's_demon
[02:20:24] <Fnord666> A demonic approach to the problem.
[02:20:39] <Bytram> =asub (For those who are unfamiliar, here's Wikipedia's entry on Maxwell's Demon +https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell's_demon ) https://nautil.us
[02:20:45] <systemd> ✓ Sub-ccess! "03How Maxwell’s Demon Continues to Startle Scientists" (2p) -> https://soylentnews.org
[02:21:24] <Bytram> Thought it might make for a good weekend discussion topic
[02:24:23] <Fnord666> Unfortunately it looks like a dupe of https://soylentnews.org
[02:24:25] <systemd> ^ 03Maxwell's Demon Gets Real - SoylentNews
[02:24:43] <Bytram> Fnord666: Story's intro is very good, buit far use suggests we reference WP for background on MW, and just include the last few paragraph's for discussion.
[02:25:04] <Bytram> Fnord666: Story's intro is very good, but fair use suggests we reference WP for background on MW, and just include the last few paragraph's for discussion.
[02:25:23] <Bytram> Fnord666: Story's intro is very good, but fair use suggests we reference WP for background on MD, and just include the last few paragraphs for discussion.
[02:25:33] <Fnord666> Are you stuck in a loop?
[02:25:49] <Bytram> tep, iteraative typos
[02:25:53] <Bytram> yep, iteraative typos
[02:25:55] <Bytram> yep, iterative typos
[02:25:59] <Bytram> =)
[02:26:33] * Fnord666 smirks
[02:27:30] <Fnord666> "Reprinted with permission from Quanta Magazine’s Abstractions blog.
[02:27:30] <Fnord666> "
[02:30:28] <Bytram> nod nod; phys.org does that a lot with somebody else's publication... can't remember the name offhand
[02:33:45] <Bytram> =asub from the Ow!-Ow!-Ow!-Ow!-Ow! dept. https://www.cnn.com
[02:33:49] <systemd> ✓ Sub-ccess! "03A Texas Man Mowing His Lawn Was Killed After He Was Attacked by an Aggressive Swarm of Bees" (7p) -> https://soylentnews.org
[02:56:59] * Bytram scans chromas' feedctl: https://soylentnews.org
[03:03:16] <Bytram> =w Parker Solar Probe
[03:03:17] <systemd> The Parker Solar Probe (abbreviated PSP; previously Solar Probe, Solar Probe Plus or Solar Probe+) is a NASA Space Probe launched in 2018 with the mission - https://en.wikipedia.org
[03:10:16] <Bytram> = "Parker Solar Probe" blog
[03:10:22] <Bytram> =g "Parker Solar Probe" blog
[03:10:23] <systemd> https://blogs.nasa.gov - NASA Parker Solar Probe Blog
[03:14:17] <Bytram> =g circumference of earth at equator
[03:14:17] <systemd> https://www.space.com - How Big Is Earth? - Radius, Diameter and Circumference Explained ...
[03:52:53] <Bytram> 2nded your stories, and subbed one of my own on the Parker Solar Probe, too.
[03:55:34] <Bytram> Time for bed. Great work on your story selections, and reductions, too! Didn't change a thing!
[03:55:38] <Bytram> Laters!
[04:03:20] <Bytram> Fnord666: ^^^
[04:03:38] <Bytram> Have a great night everybody!
[19:57:55] <Bytram> =asub https://www.universetoday.com
[19:57:57] <systemd> ✓* Sub-ccess! "0811-Sigma Detection of Dark Energy Comes From Measuring Over a Million Extremely Distant Galaxies - U" (7p) -> https://soylentnews.org
[20:34:58] <Bytram> =g NASA Mars video
[20:34:59] <systemd> https://mars.nasa.gov - Videos | Multimedia Section – NASA's Mars Exploration Program
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[20:45:11] <Bytram> https://mars.nasa.gov
[20:45:12] <systemd> ^ 03Ingenuity Completes Its Fourth Flight
[20:46:33] <Fnord666> yays
[20:47:33] * Bytram is correcting a too-early update to our story claiming it failed
[20:47:40] <Bytram> =yt BAlXe-U0ws4.
[20:47:40] <systemd> https://youtube.com - NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter’s Next Steps (Media Briefing) (01:22:15; 74,879 views; 👍2,522 👎56)
[20:47:41] <Bytram> =yt BAlXe-U0ws4
[20:47:42] <systemd> https://youtube.com - NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter’s Next Steps (Media Briefing) (01:22:15; 74,879 views; 👍2,522 👎56)
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[21:00:42] <Bytram> update completed
[22:23:45] <Bytram> =asub https://engineering.virginia.edu
[22:23:49] <systemd> ✓ Sub-ccess! "03Defenseless" (10p) -> https://soylentnews.org
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