#Soylent | Logs for 2017-08-10
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[00:26:39] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Seven Part Post on Supervisors and Init Systems - http://sylnt.us - not-the-PHB
[01:51:00] <chromas> WMATA’s advertising policies forbid [...] advertisements “intended to influence members of the public regarding an issue on which there are varying opinions”
[01:51:18] <chromas> Does that mean they can't advertise name brand colas?
[01:51:51] <chromas> dammit, /me read the next paragraph
[01:51:58] * TheMightyBuzzard chuckles
[01:52:59] * TheMightyBuzzard is trying to get his brain into c++ mode and not doing all that well
[01:53:26] <chromas> Is there enough ram to run curl?
[01:54:07] <TheMightyBuzzard> doubt it
[01:54:28] <TheMightyBuzzard> fer starters there's no stdin/stdout or any other OS constructs
[01:55:09] <TheMightyBuzzard> the program you write for an arduino IS the OS
[01:58:51] <TheMightyBuzzard> thankfully i ain't gonna need to read the http response (or anything else except pulses on a 24V input), just the status to make sure the request got made properly.
[02:00:12] <TheMightyBuzzard> heh, lurve it... 32256 bytes for program storage space and 2KB even for variables
[02:00:49] <chromas> Hey that's pretty good
[02:00:59] * chromas should try to get into embedded programming
[02:01:02] <Bytram> Has a VIC-20 beat all to heck!
[02:01:19] <Bytram> Is nearly half a Commodore-64, even!
[02:01:38] <chromas> ooh, can you run basic on it?
[02:01:43] <TheMightyBuzzard> heh, i don't plan on needing even close to that really. it's a dirt simple program.
[02:01:51] <Bytram> hmmm, just get a bunch of old C-64's and use THOSE!
[02:02:08] <Bytram> You could even write the main loop in... BASIC!
[02:02:17] * Bytram ducks
[02:02:44] <TheMightyBuzzard> i could write it in whitespace as well but i'm not gonna
[02:02:58] <Bytram> debugging++
[02:02:58] <Bender> karma - debugging: 3
[02:03:02] <TheMightyBuzzard> i don wanna write the interpreter first
[02:03:17] <chromas> is there a whitespace-only programming language? I think I ran into something like that once
[02:03:40] <Bytram> somewhere 'round here, I have a javascript program written entirely in actual whitespace characters.
[02:04:00] <chromas> [space][space][carriage return][linefeed][linefeed][linefeed][backspace]
[02:04:22] <TheMightyBuzzard> all my javascript is written entirely in whitespace. all nulls in fact.
[02:04:32] <Bytram> some kind of encoding of tab/space as 0/1 or something like that... then built up ASCII, and then interpreted that (IIRC)
[02:04:39] <TheMightyBuzzard> compresses like a boss
[02:05:08] <Bytram> which one? Boss Hogg?
[02:05:20] <TheMightyBuzzard> is there any other?
[02:05:40] <Bytram> Spruce Bringstein?
[02:05:43] <TheMightyBuzzard> come on, Flash, we're in hot pursuit!
[02:06:06] <Bytram> ROFL!
[02:06:22] <chromas> d'you think it could run Flash?
[02:06:28] * Bytram was just remembering their custom car horn playing... what was it called?
[02:06:43] <Bytram> dixeland?
[02:06:54] <Bytram> #smake chr
[02:06:54] * MrPlow smakes chr upside the head with a whore's shoe
[02:06:54] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - First Evidence that Social Bots Play a Major Role in Spreading Fake News - http://sylnt.us - automating-the-lies
[02:07:11] * chromas gives Bytram a tabulator
[02:07:15] <TheMightyBuzzard> i think it could. but you'd have to store it on the net somewhere and read the binary from there instruction by instruction
[02:07:51] <TheMightyBuzzard> #yt dixie land
[02:07:51] <MrPlow> https://www.youtube.com
[02:07:54] <Bytram> On a cellular connection? Now that's being efficient!
[02:07:56] <Bytram> :P
[02:08:34] <TheMightyBuzzard> oh, ya hear da boss is thinking of reviving the gopher front-end for the site?
[02:08:41] <Bytram> speaking of which... https://soylentnews.org
[02:08:42] <upstart> ^ 03Ask Soylent: Feature/Smart Phone Recommendations Needed.: SoylentNews Submission
[02:10:50] * TheMightyBuzzard ponders building his own phone with a full querty keyboard, mouse, and a 24" monitor
[02:11:19] <Bytram> that would be, ummm, 'handy'
[02:11:30] <Bytram> if you are the size of Paul Bunyan
[02:11:58] <chromas> he's got the beard
[02:12:21] <TheMightyBuzzard> would be my dream phone. nobody could ever annoy me while i'm out being a sociable motherfucker or fishing.
[02:13:32] <TheMightyBuzzard> seriously though, i may very well get a spare dev rig and slap my sim card in it.
[02:23:04] <TheMightyBuzzard> Bytram, mod bomb at the bottom of the list. you feel like taking this one?
[02:23:21] <Bytram> where?
[02:23:32] <TheMightyBuzzard> very bottom five
[02:23:43] <TheMightyBuzzard> !uid
[02:23:43] <Bender> The current maximum UID is 6663, owned by wellon01
[02:23:47] <Bytram> linky please?
[02:23:56] <TheMightyBuzzard> https://soylentnews.org
[02:23:56] <upstart> ^ 03- SoylentNews User ( https://soylentnews.org )
[02:24:10] <Bytram> grazi
[02:24:27] <TheMightyBuzzard> thankey, past my bedtime.
[02:24:56] * Bytram just finished pushing out 10 stories... is pretty knackered, too... sleep well!
[03:39:39] * NCommander can't sleep and feeling both nogalistic and melocoly :(
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[03:44:43] <cmn32480> ~gday NCommander
[03:44:44] * exec retroactively derives a bongload of problematic principals from NCommander
[03:44:47] * cmn32480 just returned to the hotel from the customer site
[03:44:48] <cmn32480> #smake exec
[03:44:48] * MrPlow smakes exec upside the head with diego
[03:45:01] <NCommander> cmn32480, you survived your VAC?
[03:45:07] <cmn32480> yep
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[03:45:13] <cmn32480> didn't kill any kids or anything
[03:45:31] <cmn32480> unfortunately I ended up working a good chunk of the vacation
[03:45:53] <cmn32480> a co-worker's wife passed away unexpectedly
[03:45:56] <NCommander> Ouch
[03:46:05] <cmn32480> yeah
[03:46:05] <NCommander> At least iota didn't self-destruct again
[03:46:13] <cmn32480> plusses ot everything
[03:46:19] <cmn32480> :-)
[03:46:50] <cmn32480> so I got home... was in town for about 30 hours... and got on a plane ot California
[03:47:29] <cmn32480> where I currently am
[03:48:12] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Virginia Tech Testing "Driverless" Car Driven by Guy Wearing a Car Seat Costume - http://sylnt.us - please-be-seated
[03:48:14] <NCommander> cmn32480, yeah, I've had a lot of up and downs as of late. I've been playing Tyrian as of late which is a pretty good retro fix. I love top-down scrolling shooters
[03:48:26] <cmn32480> nice
[03:48:36] <cmn32480> I just wish I could make up my own targets
[03:48:50] <cmn32480> the human race woudl be a lot smaller
[03:49:03] <cmn32480> and it really would be a race....
[03:50:37] <NCommander> >.>;
[03:50:39] <NCommander> <.<;
[03:54:19] <cmn32480> blasted hotel wireless
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[04:01:29] <chromas> Didn't XP or something come with a top-down shooter? I remember an airplane of some sort and it was mouse controlled
[04:01:59] <chromas> Maybe it was part of XP's version of Plus!
[04:48:00] <chromas> https://i.redd.it
[04:48:13] <chromas> (sfw)
[04:48:42] <cmn32480> yeah right
[04:48:49] <cmn32480> .me clicks feverishly
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[05:26:52] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Stanford's Space Rendezvous Laboratory Proposes Miniature Starshade - http://sylnt.us - to-avoid-being-blinded-by-the-night?
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[07:05:40] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Total of Four Earth-Sized Planets Detected Around Tau Ceti - http://sylnt.us - get-your-tickets,-now!
[08:46:57] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Ask Soylent: Feature/Smart Phone Recommendations Needed - http://sylnt.us - do-the-jitterbug
[10:28:14] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - US Embassy Employees in Cuba Possibly Subjected to 'Acoustic Attack' - http://sylnt.us - sonic-screwdriver
[10:42:46] <TheMightyBuzzard> coffee++
[10:42:47] <Bender> karma - coffee: 3582
[10:43:02] <TheMightyBuzzard> ~gday ya bastards
[10:43:04] * exec overratedly formulates an assfull of red cordial for ya bastards
[11:38:06] <Bytram> coffee++
[11:38:06] <Bender> karma - coffee: 3583
[11:39:42] <boru> Good idea. I've a meeting shortly.
[11:40:05] <Bytram> lol
[11:55:20] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Ask Soylent: Feature/Smart Phone Recommendations Needed - http://sylnt.us - do-the-jitterbug
[12:06:54] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Disney to Break Away From Netflix With its Own Streaming Service - http://sylnt.us - don't-cross-the-streams
[12:34:16] <Bytram> coffee++
[12:34:16] <Bender> karma - coffee: 3584
[12:34:19] <Bytram> break tyime
[12:57:32] <TheMightyBuzzard> #submit http://www.nationalreview.com
[12:57:33] <MrPlow> Submitting. There is a mandatory delay, please be patient.
[12:57:58] <MrPlow> Submission successful. https://soylentnews.org
[13:00:41] <TheMightyBuzzard> #submit https://www.rockpapershotgun.com
[13:00:41] <MrPlow> Unable to find a summary for that page
[13:00:45] * TheMightyBuzzard grumbles
[13:07:35] <Bytram> submit $url [title="quoted-string"][summary="quoted-string"]
[13:35:36] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - North Korea Has Reportedly Miniaturized a Nuke, and is Threatening Guam - http://sylnt.us - what-would-YOU-do?
[13:57:32] <pinchy> Coming to America - starring boru
[13:58:01] <boru> Hmm?
[13:59:21] <pinchy> eddie murphy will reprise his role
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[13:59:53] <pinchy> instead of finding a wife will be for a embedded systems job
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[14:05:14] * boru chuckles.
[14:27:30] <AndyTheAbsurd> Here's the content of the e-mail that was sent: "Hi Maria, we no longer appear to be receiving the e-mail with attachment at [ADDRESS REDACTED]. The last one we received was sent on July 10th. Can you check to see if this address was dropped off of the list of recipients?" Anyone want to guess how Maria chose to respond to this request?
[14:29:46] <boru> Added the address to the list of recipients?
[14:30:09] <AndyTheAbsurd> Nope.
[14:30:39] <AndyTheAbsurd> She responded by attaching the missing files to a response e-mail and sending that to us.
[14:31:03] <boru> At [ADDRESS REDACTED]?
[14:31:55] <AndyTheAbsurd> no, that address only receives mail, so we couldn't send anything to her from it.
[14:32:21] <boru> I know, what I mean is if she sent the missing attachments to that one, which is not receiving them.
[14:32:30] <boru> That would've been a bit silly.
[14:34:57] <AndyTheAbsurd> Nope, she didn't send it to that address. I actually just logged back into that mailbox to check.
[14:35:31] <boru> Well, I give up then. Don't keep me in suspense.
[14:35:53] <boru> What is the significance of her action?
[14:36:55] <AndyTheAbsurd> There is no significance, I'm just bitching about people who get e-mails then HAVE FUCKING ZERO READING COMPREHENSION regarding the content of the e-mail.
[14:39:07] <boru> Oh, she didn't answer your question in the response as well?
[14:39:36] <AndyTheAbsurd> The only text added in her reply was her e-mail signature.
[14:39:59] <boru> Heh, right, get it now.
[15:06:45] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Tens of Millions of Black Holes Likely to Exist in the Milky Way Galaxy - http://sylnt.us - a-topic-of-extreme-gravity
[16:48:03] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Surveys: Flash Drought In USA's High Plains Has Already Destroyed Half of the Wheat Crop - http://sylnt.us - higher-food-prices-coming
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[18:16:36] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Tesla Discussing Autonomous Semi Truck Testing in Nevada - http://sylnt.us - semileaks
[19:47:45] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Samsung Announces a 128 TB SSD With QLC NAND - http://sylnt.us - another-day-another-drive
[21:16:26] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Blind Recruitment Trial to Boost Gender Equality is Making Things Worse - http://sylnt.us - doing-science
[22:21:06] * chromas can ping his desktop, but ssh says "no route to host"
[22:21:08] <chromas> #smake ssh
[22:21:08] * MrPlow smakes ssh upside the head with a beefstick
[22:33:17] <boru> Same subnet?
[22:57:43] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Windows Subsystem For Linux Coming To Windows Server - http://sylnt.us - bashing-Windows
[23:45:14] <chromas> boru: yep. not only that, ssh from desktop to server, server can't ssh back
[23:45:24] <chromas> both on my lan