#Soylent | Logs for 2017-05-18
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[00:01:33] <TheMightyBuzzard> ~gnight Xyem
[00:01:35] * exec seductively pilfers a bowl of bedbugs from Xyem
[00:08:04] <charon_> ~gnight Xyem
[00:08:05] * exec mistakenly cracks open a bathtub of backrub with a falafel for Xyem
[00:08:36] <charon_> n1: ping
[00:08:58] <n1> pong!
[00:09:25] <charon_> when you built a dest was it just 4 legs and a slab? or did you do anything fancy?
[00:09:29] <charon_> desk
[00:11:08] * n1 tries to think of how to explain it
[00:11:27] <charon_> uh oh, sounds fancy
[00:11:57] <chromas> Two turntables and a microphone
[00:12:16] <charon_> all dovetail joints
[00:12:31] <n1> i built the whole thing with 3x1 lengths of pine, 4 legs are doubled up, then two braces on the sides and back, so all the legs are tied together, and it kind of looks ok
[00:13:00] <n1> a few braces underneath to tie the top sections together
[00:13:28] <n1> and then a 1x1 frame around the underside of the top
[00:14:22] <charon_> i am imagining this now with all the boards cut to different lengths and nails sticking out everywhere
[00:14:50] <n1> no fixings are visible unless you get underneath it
[00:17:27] <charon_> thank you, that gives me an idea of what i'd need. neead to take measurements now
[00:18:50] <n1> the last two desks of mine, one had an MDF top and the other had a plywood top... but this was quick and easy, could cut everything on the floor with a mitre saw
[00:19:44] <n1> mitre saw, electric screwdriver, several ph2 bits, tape measure, spirit level, some 3x1, 1x1 and some screws.
[00:26:28] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Severed Limbs and Wooden Feet—how the Ancients Invented Prosthetics - http://sylnt.us - arrr-matey
[00:28:48] <charon_> mdf, ewwww
[00:28:55] <charon_> but needs must
[00:32:55] <n1> economy has always been a factor, in finance and space has always made it cheaper and easier to throw something together.... it's not like they're doing me much use now, in the different continents i'm not using them in
[00:35:32] <charon_> i have a desk, but it is really large. which means it attracts clutter. thinking about making or buying something smaller and more easily moved
[00:35:55] <n1> next thing will have to be more refined... got to make a couch some how.... the frame shouldn't be too bad, but the other stuff will be a challenge.
[00:36:02] <n1> heh
[00:36:12] <n1> no matter how big or small, there's always room for clutter
[00:39:03] <charon_> I know someone who's getting a copy of "Upholstery for Dummies" for his birthday
[00:40:53] <n1> it just sounds terrifying
[02:06:12] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - China and India Years Early On Climate Goals - http://sylnt.us - smoke-the-competition
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[02:15:14] <Bytram> on second thought, sun is rising earlier and earlier... am gonna try for an early night tonight so i might get a full night's sleep.
[02:15:16] <Bytram> ~gnight #Soylent
[02:15:18] * exec homogeneously impales a freedom sandwich of ciri's bothole on #Soylent
[02:15:25] <Bytram> Ewwwww!
[02:15:31] <Bytram> laters!
[03:46:05] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Proxima B Habitability Study Adds Climate Model - http://sylnt.us - just-like-earth
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[04:16:34] <exec> welcome n1: Montevideo, Montevideo Department, Uruguay, 14°C/57°F, 1:16 am GMT-3, Thursday, 18 May 2017
[05:27:24] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Humans Rely More On 'Inferred' Visual Objects Than 'Real' Ones - http://sylnt.us - illusions-michael
[07:05:42] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Unique Model Tagging Technique Identifies Soot's Pollution Source Over China - http://sylnt.us - surprise:-most-of-it-comes-from-china
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[08:46:26] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - AMD Stock Surges on Report of Intel Graphics Licensing Deal, 16-Core Ryzen Confirmed - http://sylnt.us - threadripper?-really?
[10:14:22] <TheMightyBuzzard> coffee++
[10:14:23] <Bender> karma - coffee: 3439
[10:27:46] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Android to Add Kotlin Programming Language Support - http://sylnt.us - sounds-like-some-kind-of-faerie-creature
[11:52:21] <Bytram> coffee++
[11:52:21] <Bender> karma - coffee: 3440
[11:52:25] <Bytram> ~gday TheMightyBuzzard
[11:52:27] * exec ironically shoves a ½ cup of manpages in TheMightyBuzzard
[11:54:46] <Bytram> brb laundry
[12:00:16] <AndyTheAbsurd> why can't clothes be like cats and keep themselves clean?
[12:03:32] <Xyem> Afternoon Bytram :)
[12:03:51] <Bytram> ~gday Xyem
[12:03:53] * exec provocatively cropdusts a spankbank of recycled toiletpaper over Xyem
[12:04:27] <Xyem> How are things today?
[12:04:44] <Bytram> okay, thanks. You?
[12:05:05] <Bytram> Hmmm, afternoon? What time zone are you in?
[12:05:24] <Xyem> BST at the moment.
[12:05:38] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Direct Counterfactual Quantum Communication Claimed - http://sylnt.us - band-name-of-the-week
[12:05:52] <Bytram> Round, round, get around, I get around... Wooooooowewoo!
[12:05:57] * Bytram digs the Beach Boys
[12:05:57] <Xyem> I'm good, thanks.
[12:06:03] <Bytram> glad to hear it!
[12:06:19] <Bytram> And kudos for your quick work on a couple of coding things -- so good to have you aboard!
[12:06:41] <Bytram> Not many folks grok Perl these days... glad you do!
[12:06:58] <Xyem> Heh, I've only done one thing so far.
[12:08:10] <Bytram> Oh, okay. Still, from my perspective, took some prior experience with Perl, I'd suspect.
[12:09:05] <Xyem> Perl is my primary coding language, so I'm fairly familiar with it.
[12:11:01] <Xyem> Familiar enough that I've taught someone, at least :)
[12:11:47] <Xyem> And then she proceeded to figure out an issue I'd not resolved for months. Very proud!
[12:12:12] <Bytram> lol. twenty some odd years ago, IIRC, did some work with perl as I needed a way to scrape web sites for some testing I was doing at the time.
[12:12:58] <Bytram> I don't recall the CPAN module I used at the time, but it seemed to be about the only thing readily available then.
[12:13:15] <Bytram> ISTR it was written by... gisela something? ???
[12:13:56] <Xyem> That name sounds familiar..
[12:43:57] <Bytram> Found it! LWP: libwww-perl originally, it seems, by Gisele Aas (Copyright is 1995-2009)
[12:44:06] <Bytram> http://search.cpan.org
[12:44:09] <upstart> ^ 03LWP - search.cpan.org
[13:17:45] <Xyem> Indeed. LWP has been around for a while. It's even used in SN (Stripe payment processing).
[13:18:20] <Bytram> Wow! That's some staying power!
[13:18:42] <Bytram> break time... afk
[13:32:21] <FatPhil> every time I've interacted with a website from a script, I've used LWP. KISS.
[13:33:39] <FatPhil> Alas some started failing when CloudFlare started to refuse to send me pages. w3m -dump (or whatever the switch is) to the rescue...
[13:46:57] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - SCOTUS Denies Appeal of Police "Qualified Immunity", Ignores Gorsuch Dissent - http://sylnt.us - illegal-fake-bodily-functions
[13:48:03] <FatPhil> Dang, missed this yesterday - RIP Chris Cornell :(
[14:01:45] <Bytram> time to head about my day... have a good one, everyone!
[14:46:10] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Chelsea Manning Released from Prison, Remains on Active Duty Pending Appeal - http://sylnt.us - home-sweet-home
[15:24:05] <Runaway1956> #submit http://www.china.org.cn
[15:24:08] <MrPlow> Submitting. There is a mandatory delay, please be patient.
[15:24:33] <MrPlow> Submission successful. https://soylentnews.org
[15:26:43] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Washed-Up Carcass Was Probably a Baleen Whale - http://sylnt.us - either-way,-it-smells-divine
[15:27:19] <Runaway1956> #submit https://www.techdirt.com
[15:27:19] <MrPlow> Submitting. There is a mandatory delay, please be patient.
[15:27:40] <Bytram> Runaway1956: Hi there! Nice to see ya submitting stories
[15:27:45] <MrPlow> Submission successful. https://soylentnews.org
[15:28:11] <Runaway1956> Thanks, Bytram - been busy, and laid off of submissions for awhile
[15:28:21] <Bytram> nod nod -- same here.
[15:28:36] <Bytram> don't know if you are aware of 'arthur' ??
[15:28:40] <Bytram> cf: https://wiki.soylentnews.org
[15:28:42] <upstart> ^ 03Storybot - SoylentNews
[15:29:13] <Runaway1956> I'll look at him - maybe he likes Russian stories better, lol
[15:30:58] <Bytram> advantage is that, IF the story has been scraped by that bot, you can submit through the bot and get the entire story text submitted instead of just the story link.
[15:31:10] <Bytram> for example...
[15:31:15] <Bytram> ~arthur b73eec
[15:31:18] <exec> 900 stories loaded
[15:31:18] <exec> attempting to submit story: "Oculus Research Presents Focal Surface Display. Will Eliminate Nausea in VR"
[15:31:49] <exec> submission successful - https://soylentnews.org
[15:31:55] <exec> 900 stories loaded
[15:33:15] <Bytram> hold on...
[15:34:46] * Runaway1956 thinks it is bedtime - later
[15:36:09] <Bytram> nod nod
[15:36:13] <Bytram> np, and many thanks!
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[15:43:58] <FatPhil> not enough for a story really, but just some GPL-related news: http://ffmpeg.org
[15:44:14] <FatPhil> reading down the thread, the number reaches 4300 violations
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[16:19:02] <exec> welcome n1: Montevideo, Montevideo Department, Uruguay, 21°C/69°F, 1:19 pm GMT-3, Thursday, 18 May 2017
[16:56:27] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Germany Got 85% of Its Electricity from Renewable Sources in April - http://sylnt.us - what-happens-when-it-rains
[18:35:43] <TheMightyBuzzard> #submit http://www.dsogaming.com
[18:35:44] <MrPlow> Submitting. There is a mandatory delay, please be patient.
[18:36:10] <MrPlow> Submission successful. https://soylentnews.org
[18:37:25] <AndyTheAbsurd> LOL DRM
[18:37:30] <TheMightyBuzzard> #submit https://torrentfreak.com
[18:37:31] <MrPlow> Submitting. There is a mandatory delay, please be patient.
[18:37:41] <TheMightyBuzzard> i no, rite?
[18:37:48] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - AMD Unveils the Radeon Vega Frontier Edition - http://sylnt.us - where-no-GPU-has-gone-before
[18:37:56] <MrPlow> Submission successful. https://soylentnews.org
[18:39:33] <AndyTheAbsurd> I wonder how much Denuvo costs? Could make MORE money by skipping the DRM entirely and lowering the price of the game by whatever the cost-per-unit is?
[18:40:26] <TheMightyBuzzard> well it USED TO cost quite a lot. i'm thinking they can't very well keep charging that now.
[18:40:47] <TheMightyBuzzard> #submit https://www.techdirt.com
[18:40:47] <MrPlow> Submitting. There is a mandatory delay, please be patient.
[18:41:13] <MrPlow> Submission successful. https://soylentnews.org
[20:05:59] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Return to Pluto? - http://sylnt.us - dogged-determination
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[21:35:09] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - American Household Debt Surpassed Record - http://sylnt.us - I-owe,-I-owe,-it's-off-to-work-I-go
[23:17:58] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - U.S. President to Visit Saudi Arabia; Arms Sales Expected - http://sylnt.us - artful-dealing
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