#editorial | Logs for 2021-07-02
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[13:18:20] <chromas> I dunno what you guys are doing with the story times so I'll just let you adjust my one whole post for the year
[13:21:12] <janrinok> lol - I'm doing standard w/e spacing - which might continue into Monday if that is also a holiday in the US?
[13:21:33] <chromas> thought I saw a five-hour jump in there
[13:22:45] * chromas goes number two on janrinok's posts
[13:23:37] <janrinok> 4:45 increment might cause a 5 hr jump in the 'hours'
[13:24:01] <chromas> that's pretty yuge
[13:24:13] <chromas> makes sense since I'm not picking up the slack
[13:24:38] <janrinok> As long as we get 5 stories/day I think we should be OK. Look at the top of this page - it gives the spacings for weekdays and weekends
[13:26:25] <chromas> I don't see it
[13:27:41] <janrinok> Following the '#editorial is where the cool kids hang out - in the whatever it is called box at the top of the page (in HexChat at least...)
[13:27:46] <Bytram> janrinok++ yep, w/e spacing for Monday, too!
[13:27:46] <Bender> karma - janrinok: 113
[13:27:50] <chromas> ah
[13:27:54] <chromas> I thought you meant on the web page
[13:27:58] <Bytram> chromas: "#editorial is where the cool kids hang out to have meta discussions about stories on SoylentNews | Story Cadence: ~2 1/2 hrs on weekdays, ~4 3/4 hrs on weekends | This channel IS logged at: http://logs.sylnt.us"
[13:28:00] <systemd> ^ 03404 Not Found ( https://logs.sylnt.us )
[13:28:05] <Bytram> LOL!
[13:28:25] <janrinok> nah - nobody looks there...
[13:29:27] <janrinok> Bytram, do you want to push out a Meta explaining the holiday, especially for those who are not usians...? Although I think most people know about 4 July
[13:29:52] <chromas> that's on Wed though
[13:30:01] <chromas> i mean sun
[13:30:02] <chromas> whatever
[13:30:25] <janrinok> lol - are you sure that you are chromas. Then, do you know what day it is?
[13:30:31] <Bytram> =eds In honor of the US Independence Day holiday, we are going to have w/e spacing on Monday, July 5th.
[13:30:31] <systemd> ^ Editor ping for Bytram, chromas, cmn32480, CoolHand, FatPhil, Fnord666, fyngyrz, janrinok, mrpg, n1, nick, spiraldancing, takyon
[13:30:39] <chromas> my calender jumped ahead a month for mysterious reasons
[13:31:03] <janrinok> ah, that old excuse. I think I used that last year...?
[13:31:36] <chromas> we should put up an animated jig banner with a usa flag and exploding fireworks
[13:31:57] <Bytram> yes, I'll post a story, and use if to mention the Site News block will again have current half-year's totals as of 2021-07-01 00:00:00
[13:32:13] <chromas> an <audio> tag for explosion sound effects too
[13:32:35] <chromas> does it really warrant a story though?
[13:32:45] <chromas> has there been a story for all the other three-day weekends?
[13:32:45] <Bytram> chromas: That's very patriotic of you! Thanks for volunteering!
[13:33:24] <Bytram> not always, but generally yes.
[13:33:33] * janrinok notes that chromas has admitted processing 1 story per year, and now he wants jigs, fireworks, flags and accompanying sound effects
[13:34:01] <chromas> celebrate the independence of your country by blowing up a small part of it
[13:34:10] * janrinok will also expect similar treatment for 16 July - Bastille Day or French National Day
[13:34:34] <chromas> You'll have to find a Frenchy to implement it
[13:35:18] <Bytram> lol
[13:35:35] <janrinok> there's plenty who would happily blow up Paris! (NSA - this is a device called a joke, it is not an incitement to conduct violent action)
[13:37:44] <chromas> does the NSA operate in the UK?
[13:37:51] <janrinok> Bytram, for your Meta you can move any of my stories. I'm just trying to get ahead to give you guys a better w/e
[13:38:03] <chromas> besides emailing all your secrets to MI9 or whatever it's called
[13:38:58] <janrinok> No, the UK has GCHQ. (seriously - MI9 was wartime Escape and Evasion, but there are only MI5 and MI6 active nowadays)
[13:39:00] <Bytram> I generally try to keep Meta stories separate from the normal story cadence
[13:47:25] <Fnord666> The NSA operates in the UK by proxy through the GCHQ
[13:48:04] <Fnord666> and vice-versa for how the GCHQ operates in the US
[13:48:35] <janrinok> ... but they will deny everything that Fnord666 is saying if you ever ask them
[13:48:45] <Fnord666> No comment.
[13:49:07] <Fnord666> see also "Five Eyes"
[13:49:10] <Fnord666> https://en.wikipedia.org
[13:49:12] <janrinok> "the UK government can neither confirm nor deny such statements"
[13:49:12] <systemd> ^ 03Five Eyes - Wikipedia
[13:50:00] <chromas> is that still around? why bother when they have google and facebook?
[13:50:52] <Fnord666> https://en.wikipedia.org
[13:50:52] <systemd> ^ 03Gorgon Stare - Wikipedia
[13:52:37] <chromas> Just need to integrate that with google earth, then overlay other datas onto it like troop and tank placements then they can play the military like an rts
[13:52:57] <chromas> the drones can paint new overlays as they fly by
[13:53:32] <Fnord666> They have much better than google earth from their own recon satellites though.
[13:54:00] <Fnord666> Wouldn't need the drones if it didn't take so much delta-v to move a satellite
[13:54:48] <Fnord666> I wonder how truly crowded some of the orbital space is getting for all of the crap.
[13:55:01] <chromas> wasn't keyhole a gubbermint project?
[13:55:54] <Bytram> break time
[13:56:09] <Fnord666> the keyhole satellites that were part of Corona?
[13:56:44] <chromas> maybe. the keyhole that became google earth
[13:58:30] <chromas> oh wait satellites aren't expensive to adjust. I saw it in that documentary. and also you can dolly around the room in security camera footage playback. same documentary
[14:03:44] <chromas> https://www.youtube.com
[14:03:45] <systemd> ^ 03Enemy of the State 1998 Full Movie will smith movies
[14:47:55] <Bytram> janrinok: "will also expect similar treatment for 16 July - Bastille Day or French National Day" -- good point! Dunno about w/e story spacing for the site, but I suspect we should be able to arrange things so you can take that Friday off. Thoughts?
[14:48:59] <Bytram> janrinok: WOW! I just looked -- thanks so much for stuffing the story queue!
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[15:00:37] <janrinok> As I said, I'm trying to get ahead of the game so you guys can enjoy the weekend.
[15:05:41] <janrinok> If we can get Sunday stuffed too, I can work on Monday's stories in slower time tomorrow
[15:06:58] <Bytram> janrinok++ thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[15:06:58] <Bender> karma - janrinok: 114
[15:07:05] <Bytram> gtg, laters!
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