#Soylent | Logs for 2015-07-16

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[00:01:36] <cmn32480> coffee++
[00:01:36] <Bender> karma - coffee: 1510
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[00:02:40] <MissionFromGod> somebody mention getting the band back together?
[00:03:23] <cmn32480> yes actually
[00:03:43] <MissionFromGod> what a coincidence!
[00:04:02] <cmn32480> amazing
[00:04:34] <MissionFromGod> these things just come to me somehow
[00:04:44] <cmn32480> keep in mind... it's 106 miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses
[00:05:03] MissionFromGod is now known as IllinoisNazis
[00:05:12] <IllinoisNazis> nothing can stop you!
[00:05:22] IllinoisNazis is now known as SomeOtherRandomNick
[00:05:25] <cmn32480> hut hut hut hut hut hut hut
[00:06:16] <SomeOtherRandomNick> the movie in that music is
[00:06:18] * SomeOtherRandomNick rolls dice
[00:06:26] <SomeOtherRandomNick> "good"
[00:06:32] <cmn32480> agreed
[00:06:36] <cmn32480> RAWHIDE!
[00:06:54] <SomeOtherRandomNick> I was always partial to Aretha Franklin's bit myself :)
[00:07:06] <cmn32480> What you want?
[00:07:51] <SomeOtherRandomNick> Four fried chickens and a coke. Dry white toast.
[00:08:00] <cmn32480> Baby I got it!
[00:12:26] * SomeOtherRandomNick plays with his new joystick...
[00:12:34] SomeOtherRandomNick is now known as SpallsHurgenson
[00:15:31] <cmn32480> how's the new stick?
[00:18:27] * SpallsHurgenson wiggles it and goes all cross-eyed, "mmmmmm!"
[00:18:47] <chromas> plus it vibrates
[00:21:04] <cmn32480> he;ll probably wear that function out in a week
[00:21:56] <SpallsHurgenson> hey, what sort of pervert do you think I am?
[00:22:29] <cmn32480> you really want me to answer that?
[00:22:49] <SpallsHurgenson> yes, I'm running out of new perversions
[00:23:13] <cmn32480> I think you are a standard pervert.
[00:23:25] <cmn32480> with a computer fetish
[00:23:38] <SpallsHurgenson> I think I've just been insulted
[00:24:30] <cmn32480> possibly
[00:27:42] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - FBI Shuts Down Darkode Malware Marketplace - http://sylnt.us - the-g-men-are-a'comin
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[00:28:32] <Ethanol-fueled> Hahahah, The Intercept went the way of Slashdot Beta with it's new UI today
[00:28:44] <Ethanol-fueled> The reaction is angry, they've already undid some of the UI changes.
[00:29:10] <Ethanol-fueled> Was about to submit a story about it but I want to see how it plays out first --
[00:30:17] <Ethanol-fueled> Those changes were by far the shittiest I've ever seen. And the javascript...oh, is it horrible. Left click opens the link, but doesn't even bring up the menu to open in a new tab. Shift-click doesn't work either.
[00:30:31] <Ethanol-fueled> so if you want to read 6 stories, you'll be clicking "back" 6 times.
[00:31:13] <Ethanol-fueled> Sounds like Greenwald in a moment of vanity tried to fag up the place so it fits his Apple paradigm.
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[01:50:13] <BadCoderFinger> Hi guys
[01:50:39] <SpallsHurgenson> /me waits for the hay
[01:50:44] <juggs> Hi BadCoderFinger - how's things?
[01:50:48] * SpallsHurgenson wonders why /me didn't work
[01:51:01] <juggs> The space before it perhaps?
[01:51:15] <SpallsHurgenson> that's just crazy enough to work!
[01:51:38] <BadCoderFinger> Hey juggs. Doing well, worked a bit late, but that'll just make Friday shorter.
[01:51:49] * JamesNZ waits for the hay instead
[01:52:04] <juggs> Nah something else will crop up to fill the time you saved
[01:55:57] <BadCoderFinger> Oh no, Friday is beer day. Leaving early has a goal: Oat sodas.
[01:56:15] <SpallsHurgenson> oat is not a soda!!!!!
[01:56:38] <BadCoderFinger> It can be. You just have to roast it, add hops and yeast, and wait.
[01:56:40] * SpallsHurgenson stands firm on this issue. There are certain lines that must not be crossed!
[01:57:06] <BadCoderFinger> I like a good oatmeal stout.
[01:57:45] <SpallsHurgenson> oat soda is the drink of the devil... or systemd developers!
[01:58:00] <juggs> Stout is not a drink, it's a meal in a glass.
[01:58:06] <BadCoderFinger> Well, I'm not a systemd developer.
[01:58:12] <BadCoderFinger> I may in fact be the devil.
[01:58:29] <BadCoderFinger> Stout: Beer made for forks.
[01:58:36] <SpallsHurgenson> a witch! a witch! burn him! burn him!
[01:59:23] <juggs> You put that turnip nose on him didn't you Spalls....
[02:00:01] <SpallsHurgenson> well, he turned me into a newt!
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[02:01:01] <BadCoderFinger> Worse than that, a newt wearing pants. Never heard a newt scream in agony before.
[02:01:01] <juggs> You don't look like a newt...
[02:01:20] <SpallsHurgenson> I got better.
[02:01:30] <BadCoderFinger> Go find a duck and we'll soon settle this.
[02:02:28] <SpallsHurgenson> A duck? How will that tell us whether he is a witch?
[02:03:03] <juggs> I'm not sure I've ever see Python butchered to such a degree :/
[02:05:07] <SpallsHurgenson> just wait until we get to Perl
[02:10:02] <BadCoderFinger> Monty Perl? Ye gods!
[02:10:23] <juggs> TheBuzzsaw specialises in fixing butchered Perl.... it'll be fine.
[02:10:36] <SpallsHurgenson> Perl comes pre-butchered
[02:11:37] * juggs knows nothing ~shrug~
[02:12:15] <SpallsHurgenson> that implies you know that you know nothing... which means you know something...
[02:12:21] <SpallsHurgenson> that makes my brain hurt
[02:13:12] <BadCoderFinger> That was almost Socratic.
[02:13:34] <SpallsHurgenson> next I'll start blindly feeling up an elephant!
[02:14:25] <SpallsHurgenson> (god, I really really hope this is his trunk....)
[02:14:26] <BadCoderFinger> Please wear pants, or I'm sure the authorities will get involved.
[02:15:22] <SpallsHurgenson> no fair, the elephant doesn't have to wear pants!
[02:15:59] <BadCoderFinger> I'm not sure that will count in your favor...
[02:16:32] <chromas> [grab grab grab]
[02:16:43] <SpallsHurgenson> grab?
[02:17:04] <chromas> !grab trunk
[02:17:04] <Bender> I don't know what trunk said, so I can't quote them!
[02:18:04] <BadCoderFinger> Hey chromas, how are you?
[02:18:05] <SpallsHurgenson> silly bot
[02:23:08] <chromas> doin' good, sirs
[02:23:14] <SpallsHurgenson> yay, nothing like pointing out obvious facts that show Microsoft in a bad light as a way to get a comment scored +5 insightful :)
[02:24:10] <BadCoderFinger> You know, people have talked about an agree/disagree mod, but I think it should be separate from insightful/troll/etc.
[02:24:31] <chromas> multidimensional mods
[02:24:54] <BadCoderFinger> Yeah, that.
[02:25:26] <SpallsHurgenson> look, I just don't want anything that will keep me from getting +5s for saying obvious stuff while still getting to bash microsoft; is that too much to ask?
[02:25:34] <chromas> (-3, aspie)
[02:26:30] <BadCoderFinger> How about +5 MicrosoftBash
[02:26:35] <chromas> (Obvious Score: 5, captain)
[02:27:17] <BadCoderFinger> Heh!
[02:45:57] <cmn32480> There will be no trashing Microsoft... they allow me to make a living
[02:46:19] <SpallsHurgenson> you're gonna make a fortune with win10 :)
[02:46:38] <cmn32480> probably the same amount
[02:46:50] <cmn32480> unfortunately my paycheck doenst' get an upgrade with Windows
[02:47:08] <SpallsHurgenson> or maybe not, since win10 may be as much a flop as win8
[02:53:49] <BadCoderFinger> They're giving it away, so it's already a flop.
[02:58:00] <SpallsHurgenson> but the magazines say its super-awesome! it has a start button and everything!
[02:58:52] <chromas> Does it come with x-ray specs?
[02:59:13] <SpallsHurgenson> no, but I'm pretty sure it causes cancer :)
[02:59:26] <cmn32480> doens't everythgin cause cancer?
[02:59:30] <cmn32480> see graphene
[02:59:37] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Japan's First Robot-Staffed Hotel - http://sylnt.us - automation-taking-more-jobs
[02:59:45] <cmn32480> oooo we haven't run a story on graphene in like 24 hours... I ought to get on that
[03:00:06] * chromas imagines a California warning label
[03:01:30] <cmn32480> "This substance is known to the state of California to cause insta-cancer in all animals, minerals and vegitables."
[03:02:13] <chromas> windows → cancer
[03:02:48] * chromas puts on protection
[03:02:59] <cmn32480> a windowless condom?
[03:03:06] <SpallsHurgenson> well, I said it and now you said it, so that's two seperate confirmations... that's good enough for wikipedia!
[03:03:57] <cmn32480> i wish I had snacks...
[03:04:03] <cmn32480> stupid traveling
[03:04:13] <SpallsHurgenson> there are plenty of chips in your computer...
[03:04:26] <cmn32480> they probably give me insta cnacer too
[03:04:37] <SpallsHurgenson> I'm willing to take that chance!
[03:04:54] <cmn32480> thanks SpallsHurgenson
[03:04:57] <juggs> BadCoderFinger, absolutely a thumb up / down style function for agreement should be kept separate from the moderation system if we do it at all. But then we already have a "Disagree" moderation option that snuck in. :(
[03:05:04] <cmn32480> glad I mean so much to yoU!
[03:05:22] <SpallsHurgenson> it's for SCIENCE!
[03:05:43] <SpallsHurgenson> you don't hate SCIENCE, do you?
[03:07:03] <cmn32480> yes. yes I do.
[03:07:06] <cmn32480> And Linux
[03:07:15] <SpallsHurgenson> oh well, that's different then
[03:07:24] <SpallsHurgenson> then you don't have to eat your computer chips
[03:07:31] <cmn32480> ok
[03:07:35] <cmn32480> glad we settled that
[03:08:02] <SpallsHurgenson> you really should have mentioned that from the start; it would have saved us a lot of time
[03:08:04] <BadCoderFinger> juggs, I'm not sure how you'd use it to calculate the overall score of a message.
[03:08:16] <BadCoderFinger> So my suggestion was not very serious.
[03:08:50] <SpallsHurgenson> (GODDAMNIT windows! remember the stupid thumbnails of this folder instead of rebuilding the cache every gaddurn time!!!!)
[03:09:23] <cmn32480> I bet linux doesn't do that SpallsHurgenson
[03:09:43] <BadCoderFinger> Sorry, were you just asking for sane behavior from windows? If that ever happened, it would put cmn32480 out of business.
[03:09:49] <SpallsHurgenson> that's because Linux uses SCIENCE and Windows uses dead fairies
[03:09:56] <cmn32480> BadCoderFinger - it'd be a tally... up and down votes, most likely
[03:10:06] <cmn32480> nuh uh!!!
[03:10:27] <cmn32480> dead kittens...
[03:10:32] <SpallsHurgenson> you make a convincing argument, cmn32480
[03:10:35] <cmn32480> with the occassional puppy thrown in
[03:10:42] <cmn32480> that's what causes the BSOD
[03:11:26] <BadCoderFinger> There was an old joke about selling advertising space on the BSOD. "This page brought to you by Adoobie Acrobat Reefer"
[03:12:30] <juggs> BadCoderFinger, my thought would be to have it be completely ephemeral to moderation. Current Mod scoring would be left unaffected, the agree / disagree score would be a separate game. Give people the option to filter based on either / both / none of the two scores. Might at least make people pause to think what moderation is actually for if the agree / disagree is distilled out into a separate score line.
[03:13:00] <BadCoderFinger> That's a good angle.
[03:13:25] <juggs> Probably over-complicated - that was just off the cuff.
[03:13:28] <BadCoderFinger> It's independent of moderation, but still has a use for filtering.
[03:13:39] <SpallsHurgenson> or it'll just give 'em another tool to bury arguments they don't like :)
[03:13:52] <BadCoderFinger> Well, know your audience, heh!
[03:14:04] <juggs> SpallsHurgenson, not if people know who to use their own filters.
[03:14:09] <juggs> eh
[03:14:13] <juggs> how*
[03:14:40] <SpallsHurgenson> you're expecting most readers to put that much effort into it?
[03:15:17] <cmn32480> screw that... force everybody to read at -1
[03:15:29] <BadCoderFinger> Most of them will post some rant as AC instead.
[03:15:56] <SpallsHurgenson> yay AC rants!
[03:16:30] <cmn32480> that si part of the fun
[03:17:33] <BadCoderFinger> The only thing that bugs me on the site are the whiners who say, "Why is this posted on a tech site?" But even then it doesn't bug me that much.
[03:17:50] <cmn32480> FINALLY! that level in bubblewitch took me 2 weeks to beat
[03:18:46] <SpallsHurgenson> yeah, that's a stupid question.
[03:18:53] <SpallsHurgenson> epecially when the answer is obviously that the submitter and editors are idiots trying to devalue what makes the site worth reading :)
[03:19:07] <SpallsHurgenson> I mean, duh!
[03:20:12] <cmn32480> we try hard to do that
[03:21:17] <BadCoderFinger> Time to go, catch you guys later!
[03:21:21] <cmn32480> for instance.. I put a Windows XP story in
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[03:21:25] <cmn32480> Night BadCoderFinger
[03:21:39] <SpallsHurgenson> I thought we were calling it "Ed" now...
[03:21:40] <cmn32480> *the queue tonight
[03:22:39] <SpallsHurgenson> my ibm thinkpad still runs XP
[03:23:11] <SpallsHurgenson> (I felt that was important for the channel to know)
[03:24:09] <juggs> Do you ever use it?
[03:25:05] <cmn32480> we have a few left at work.... but I run into a metric shit-ton of them in hospitals of all places
[03:25:46] <SpallsHurgenson> is a 1999 thinkpad with 416MB RAM, a 300MHz Pentium II Processor and 18GB Hard-drive. It takes 5 minutes to boot and ten minutes to load notepad. What do you think? :)
[03:26:02] <cmn32480> yes?
[03:26:10] <cmn32480> do the lights dim when you turn it on?
[03:26:18] <SpallsHurgenson> it's still faster than my Atom netbook :)
[03:26:26] <cmn32480> probly
[03:26:34] <SpallsHurgenson> although the 15 minute battery is a bit... challenging :)
[03:26:58] <cmn32480> so you get to type two characters in notepad... then it dies
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[03:27:40] <SpallsHurgenson> but the experience of typing those two characters is better than on any other computer! :)
[03:28:00] <cmn32480> if you say so
[03:28:05] <cmn32480> ok... bedtime
[03:28:16] <cmn32480> a plesant evening gents
[03:28:38] <SpallsHurgenson> good ed cmn32480
[03:28:49] <cmn32480> good ed?
[03:29:10] <SpallsHurgenson> to you too!
[03:29:26] <cmn32480> I have no idea what that means spalls
[03:29:41] <SpallsHurgenson> and how is that different from any other conversation you have with me?
[03:29:41] <cmn32480> is tomorrow a good day JamesNZ?
[03:29:57] <cmn32480> pretty much the same
[03:30:27] <cmn32480> ok
[03:30:50] <cmn32480> time for me to get some rest... got to sleep in a little tomorrow, but I have to catch a plane at 11
[03:31:03] <cmn32480> shit... what time is my flight?
[03:31:54] <SpallsHurgenson> ah, fly-fishing!
[03:31:57] <cmn32480> sweet 11:45... sleep 'till 8 or 8:30!
[03:32:02] <cmn32480> woo hoo!
[03:32:22] <JamesNZ> cmn32480: All days are good days, except when they're not :)
[03:32:51] <cmn32480> I know... but I wanted to know about tomorrow. since you are already 2/3's of the way through it.
[03:33:40] <SpallsHurgenson> New Zealanders are honor-bound not to intefere with people in the past. It's the Law of Time
[03:34:02] * JamesNZ nods wisely
[03:34:03] <cmn32480> just you wait 'till I get my DeLorean!
[03:34:24] <SpallsHurgenson> not like those rascally Australians, who keep trying to buy yesterday's lottery tickets
[03:34:42] <cmn32480> at 88 mph... I should see you quarter past next October
[03:35:41] <cmn32480> night fellas! don't let the bedbugs bite
[03:35:43] <SpallsHurgenson> s/rascally/scurrilous/
[03:35:43] <sedctl> <SpallsHurgenson> not like those scurrilous Australians, who keep trying to buy yesterday's lottery tickets
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[05:31:32] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Why We Are Teaching Science Wrong, and How to Make It Right - http://sylnt.us - fixing-the-teachers-should-help
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[05:53:16] <arti> greetings finkus
[06:02:42] <SirFinkus> hellow
[06:02:45] <SirFinkus> hello even
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[06:21:11] <arti> =)
[06:21:19] <arti> morning james
[06:21:29] <arti> spotted any horse lords today?
[06:50:58] <JamesNZ> Evening arti :)
[06:51:16] <JamesNZ> Nope, they're all inside. Bad weather for riding.
[07:12:40] <crutchy> ++coffee
[07:12:41] <crutchy> coffee++
[07:12:41] <Bender> karma - coffee: 1511
[07:24:08] * SirFinkus is listening to Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band — When Big Joan Sets Up, from the album Trout Mask Replica
[07:24:15] <SirFinkus> baller as fuck
[07:33:04] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Sound Waves Could Help Speed Wound Healing - http://sylnt.us - when-neosporin-isn't-good-enough
[07:55:11] <chromas> from the sound-on-apply-directly-to-the-forehead dept
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[10:04:58] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - WearDrive System Uses Smart Phone to Boost Performance and Efficiency of Wearables - http://sylnt.us - will-it-work-with-my-iphone
[12:36:53] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Microsoft Kills AV Updates for XP, Exposes 180 Million Users - http://sylnt.us - we-need-to-get-them-to-buy-the-new-version
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[12:40:12] <janrinok> hi guys
[12:55:19] <CoolHand> janrinok !!
[13:07:52] <janrinok> CoolHand: !!
[13:08:39] <janrinok> CoolHand: just 2nd'ing your stories - I'm not sure that you read one of them closely - you left the hints from takyon suggesting which topics to include in the story! heheheh
[13:29:40] <CoolHand> meh, my bad
[13:31:39] <janrinok> np
[13:32:18] <CoolHand> I see it in original submission.. I just scanned over it somehow I guess..
[13:33:08] <CoolHand> do we want to push everything back a bit for that one u sandwiched in?
[13:33:25] <CoolHand> n/m, I see it's ok after
[13:33:40] <CoolHand> I thought they were closer
[13:33:52] <janrinok> no, I'm trying to fill the gaps so that we hit 1 story an hour
[13:33:55] <CoolHand> I'm going for more coffee
[13:33:58] <CoolHand> :)
[13:34:02] <janrinok> which is the target that we should be aiming for
[13:34:06] <janrinok> enjoy your coffeee
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[13:39:51] <cmn32480> coolhand !!
[13:39:57] <cmn32480> janrinok !!
[13:40:01] <janrinok> cmn32480: !!
[13:40:15] <janrinok> I suppose we should move to our own chan....
[13:40:30] <cmn32480> meh i have about 3 min
[13:40:47] <janrinok> you well?
[13:41:18] <janrinok> I'm surprised that no-one had 2nd'ed your stories when I logged on this morning
[13:41:54] <cmn32480> I am heading to the airport (shocking, I know
[13:41:58] <cmn32480> tired
[13:42:07] <cmn32480> it was late when I put them in
[13:42:12] <janrinok> you on the move again!?
[13:42:29] <janrinok> yes, but there should have been someone else around to 2nd them
[13:42:32] <cmn32480> leaving jacksonville heading for New Orleans
[13:42:44] <cmn32480> it was late.
[13:42:46] <janrinok> I'm not blaming you - thanks for posting them
[13:42:49] <cmn32480> like 11pm local time
[13:47:00] <Gravis> oi... a nice sized spider found it's way into my bathroom.
[13:47:00] <cmn32480> just trying to do what I can to help from the road
[13:47:27] <cmn32480> gotta run. my flight is in 2 hours and I still need to gas up the rental car.
[13:47:37] <janrinok> is that a normal sized spider for Australia or a normal sized spider for the rest of the world?
[13:47:38] <cmn32480> see y'all soon!
[13:47:46] <janrinok> cmn32480: laters, travel safely
[13:47:54] <cmn32480> will do, sir
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[14:08:02] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Sci-Fi Cloaking Device Could Protect Soldiers from Shock Waves - http://sylnt.us - watch-out-for-kilingons
[14:13:43] <Gravis> who mispelled klingons? -_-
[14:14:26] <AndyTheAbsurd> apparently cmn32480
[14:14:35] <AndyTheAbsurd> since he's the one that posted it to the site
[14:15:09] <AndyTheAbsurd> cmn32480-- #misspelling Klingons? Perhaps it is a good day for *you* to die!
[14:15:09] <Bender> karma - cmn32480: 20
[14:16:06] <janrinok> AndyTheAbsurd: thx - fixed
[14:18:24] <AndyTheAbsurd> don't thank me, thank Gravis who noticed it first.
[14:19:03] <janrinok> Gravis: sorry, thank you too :)
[14:19:56] <Gravis> -_-
[14:26:47] <janrinok> Gravis: did you kill your spider, or simply ask it nicely to leave?
[14:27:43] <Gravis> janrinok: well... i was quiet at first and then left loudly.
[14:28:11] <Gravis> so... mexican standoff with the spider
[14:28:37] <janrinok> don't let it get the upper hand, er legs, or whatever
[14:38:26] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - EU Investigates Qualcomm For Antitrust Activities - http://sylnt.us
[15:32:02] <Gravis> janrinok: it always had the upper... appendage
[15:33:18] <Gravis> janrinok: FYI: the daily value of sugar is 3 to 5 grams. anything more and it's converted directly into fat
[15:34:16] <Gravis> janrinok: artificial sweetners actually cause an insulin response, so it's just as bad as having sugar
[15:34:45] <Gravis> our food is poison.
[15:37:28] <janrinok> can't argue with that!
[15:39:27] <Gravis> janrinok: if that were true, the percentage of daily value for sugar would be listed
[15:40:14] <Gravis> janrinok: the sugar people didn't like that products would be labeled as having 1000% a daily value of sugar
[15:47:57] * AndyTheAbsurd gets 100000% of the RDA of aspartame
[15:49:37] <Gravis> AndyTheAbsurd: aspartame causes cellular damage which results in cancer, so you should never consume it.
[15:50:08] <AndyTheAbsurd> Gravis: nine cans of diet coke yesterday, I really need to slow down.
[15:51:13] <Gravis> AndyTheAbsurd: the insulin response it triggers makes you hungry
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[15:51:43] <Gravis> AndyTheAbsurd: just stop drinking soda
[15:51:54] <AndyTheAbsurd> Gravis: the caffeine in it (which reduces hunger) seems to balance it out for me
[15:52:03] <AndyTheAbsurd> but yeah, I really should stop drinking soda
[15:52:34] <Gravis> oi. caffeine is bad for you brain, bro.
[15:52:38] <Gravis> your*
[15:52:49] <AndyTheAbsurd> if only because the best price I can get on soda is 25 cents/can and water is damn near free. (And even if I get bottled, I can get that at 10 cents/bottle).
[15:53:02] <TheMightyBuzzard> ;klingon today is a good day to pie
[15:53:03] <MrPlow> TheMightyBuzzard: DaHjaj QaQ jaj chab (   )
[15:53:24] <Gravis> AndyTheAbsurd: 10 cents? that's rip off.
[15:53:55] <Gravis> +a
[15:54:05] <AndyTheAbsurd> 2 cents would be a ripoff
[15:54:09] <AndyTheAbsurd> it's water
[15:54:12] <Gravis> i know
[15:54:19] <AndyTheAbsurd> stuff that *literally* falls from the sky.
[15:55:05] <TheMightyBuzzard> AndyTheAbsurd, http://www.powdercity.com
[15:55:09] <exec> └─ 13Caffeine Anhydrous Dosage | Powder City
[15:55:17] <Gravis> also comes out of a faucet
[15:56:19] <Gravis> TheMightyBuzzard: only a fool would use that stuff
[15:56:19] <TheMightyBuzzard> add 80mg or so to your bottle of water and you get the best of both worlds
[15:56:39] <Gravis> there is NOTHING good about caffeine
[15:56:40] <TheMightyBuzzard> Gravis, why do you hate on everything that is enjoyable?
[15:57:18] <Gravis> TheMightyBuzzard: i don't. i just hate the things that are completely bad for you
[15:58:16] <TheMightyBuzzard> bad, schmad. what's the point in living to 150 if you have to avoid the things that make life enjoyable?
[15:58:51] <Gravis> TheMightyBuzzard: there are many things that make life enjoyable but addiction isn't one of them
[15:59:44] <TheMightyBuzzard> okay, i'm going to have a nap now. anything terrible about a nap that i should know before i have one?
[16:00:07] <Gravis> TheMightyBuzzard: mmm.... not unless you a sleeping in the street
[16:00:30] <TheMightyBuzzard> fair nuff
[16:00:42] <TheMightyBuzzard> naps++
[16:00:42] <Bender> karma - naps: 27
[16:01:00] <Gravis> napkins++
[16:01:00] <Bender> karma - napkins: 1
[16:01:04] <Gravis> :)
[16:01:32] <AndyTheAbsurd> serviettes--
[16:01:33] <Bender> karma - serviettes: -1
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[16:12:53] <Gravis> AndyTheAbsurd: :P
[16:16:03] <Gravis> though you gotta wonder if the food companies are secretly trying to kill off people they deem inferior.
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[19:37:13] <K_benzoate1> I hate smart watches.
[19:37:28] <K_benzoate1> And people who buy them are dorks.
[19:38:03] <takyon> nah
[19:38:28] <takyon> they are just at that early iPhone level of sophistication
[19:39:21] <takyon> Moore's law will chug along, injured, and give us health monitoring smartwatches and smartphones that are also tricorders
[19:39:40] <K_benzoate1> Moore's law is breaking down, haven't you heard?
[19:39:43] <K_benzoate1> Intel just brock tick-tock.
[19:39:53] <takyon> yeah I submitted the story
[19:40:01] <K_benzoate1> Oh, good job.
[19:40:20] <K_benzoate1> Then you probably know it's true more than me
[19:40:29] <takyon> I believe we will achieve 3D CPU stacking
[19:40:47] <K_benzoate1> And device makers are up against a more unforgiving set of laws: thermodynamics.
[19:40:56] <takyon> basically the same thing that is keeping NAND alive right now after people said NAND was dead 2-3 years ago
[19:40:59] <K_benzoate1> Battery tech isn't good enough
[19:41:53] <K_benzoate1> I don't think we'll be getting a computer the size of a wrist-watch with a decent life-span battery any time soon.
[19:42:02] <AndyTheAbsurd> smart watches are still in their early days
[19:42:13] <AndyTheAbsurd> so I won't say that people who buy them will *always* be dorks
[19:42:17] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - 2015 Smartwatch Comparison Guide - http://sylnt.us - gadgetry-at-its-finest
[19:42:56] <takyon> we don't need a computer the size of a wrist-watch
[19:43:01] <takyon> see my WearCache story
[19:43:13] <takyon> https://soylentnews.org
[19:43:16] <AndyTheAbsurd> but right now? Yeah, given the price premium, and the performance compromises that have been made, they're not worth it.
[19:43:18] <exec> └─ 13WearDrive System Uses Smart Phone to Boost Performance and Efficiency of Wearables - SoylentNews
[19:43:53] <takyon> the previous android smartwatches have set their prices pretty high. $150-300
[19:44:34] <AndyTheAbsurd> and in most scenarios they're (so far) less useful than one of the old Casio DataBank watches.
[19:44:42] <takyon> but a crummier version of the iWatch's features will trickle down to below $100, much like "garbage" android tablets can be found for $50
[19:45:07] <takyon> those "garbage" android tablets are dual-core and actually pretty good for $50.
[19:45:21] <AndyTheAbsurd> I've been thinking of picking up one of those
[19:45:44] <AndyTheAbsurd> 7 inch tablet from Dragon Touch for $49.99 from Amazon Prime
[19:45:46] <takyon> Once smartwatches appear around $50-100, they are comparable to non-smart watches that aren't posh luxury, but can still reach up towards $100 because they have a nice build
[19:46:07] <AndyTheAbsurd> but it's only got 8GB of flash memory so I'm not sure it's worth it.
[19:46:13] <takyon> never even heard of it
[19:46:26] <takyon> you could use it as an e-reader/browser with that much memory
[19:47:50] <takyon> I'm looking at an $80 Dragon Touch tablet on Amazon. dual core. which one were you looking at
[19:48:27] <AndyTheAbsurd> I don't remember specifically
[19:48:45] <AndyTheAbsurd> shortly after I looked at it, I realized that I didn't have any money to buy it with for a while
[19:49:07] <AndyTheAbsurd> and hopefully by the time I do, there'll be a better version on the market.
[19:50:08] <AndyTheAbsurd> Might have been the Y88X, that's pretty close to what I remember the specs and price being.
[19:53:19] <takyon> the Y88 must be more expensive because they stopped making it. had 4 GB of memory
[19:53:37] <takyon> ....storage
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[20:17:25] <takyon> https://soylentnews.org
[20:17:28] <exec> └─ 13Slashdot in "offline mode" after Gun-Firing Drone Story posted: SoylentNews Submission
[20:20:51] <takyon> http://www.marketwatch.com
[20:20:54] <exec> └─ 13Google stock skyrockets after strong earnings beat - MarketWatch
[20:21:04] <K_benzoate1> Well, so much for drones.
[20:22:35] <chromas> Offline mode?
[20:22:48] <chromas> Must've been short-lived
[20:25:40] <takyon> no
[20:25:47] <takyon> "
[20:25:47] <takyon> Slashdot is presently in offline mode. Only the front page and story pages linked from the front page are available in this mode. Please try again later.
[20:25:47] <takyon> "
[20:26:13] <takyon> can't submit stories there
[20:26:27] <chromas> ah
[20:26:39] <chromas> Oh and Reply buttons are missing for me
[20:26:48] <takyon> "Oops! Slashdot is down: we know, and apologies. (You may also see certificate errors as a temporary consequence.) Fix is in progress!" - Twitter
[20:43:03] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Progress Made as EU Aims to Get New Data Protection Laws ASAP - http://sylnt.us
[21:43:49] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Indian Company to Licence SailFish OS From Jolla - http://sylnt.us - full-steam-ahead
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[22:05:43] <crutchy> ++coffee
[22:05:43] <crutchy> coffee++
[22:05:43] <Bender> karma - coffee: 1512
[22:44:35] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Why Have We Yet to Be Enchanted by the Internet of Things? - http://sylnt.us - it's-all-a-bit-meh
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[23:16:39] <AndyTheAbsurd> I'm going to guess it's because the internet of things (as currently envisioned) is a dumb idea.
[23:25:33] <Landon> still need a killer app that Just Works
[23:25:43] <Landon> not a killer app that Just Works With $CORP Smartphone App
[23:27:02] <AndyTheAbsurd> well a lot of things Just Work With Android Phones From Various Manufacturers
[23:27:18] <AndyTheAbsurd> but then you have all the people that wish their iPhone had a cock so that they could fellate it.
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[23:41:42] <chromas> !grab AndyTheAbsurd
[23:41:42] <Bender> Added quote 545
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