#Soylent | Logs for 2018-08-08
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[01:11:35] * TheMightyBuzzard yawns
[01:11:35] * MrPlow flips a Skittle into TheMightyBuzzard's gaping mouth
[01:22:20] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Facebook Wants Your Banking Data - http://sylnt.us - please-practice-pragmatic-paranoia
[01:40:58] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Researchers at Duo Security Unearth Large Sophisticated Twitter Crypto Botnet - http://sylnt.us - dig-em-up
[01:42:55] * TheMightyBuzzard wonders what the deer season is for Arrow of Time hunting
[01:43:28] <TheMightyBuzzard> and shouldn't i be allowed to hunt buffalo any damned time i want with bow n arrow?
[01:44:35] <TheMightyBuzzard> mind you, that would probably cheese the people whose fields they're grazing in off. folks don't like you shooting stuff they plan on fattening up and selling.
[01:51:41] * TheMightyBuzzard goes outside to do a quick rain dance while having a smoke
[01:58:33] <TheMightyBuzzard> #weather
[01:58:48] <TheMightyBuzzard> ~weather
[01:58:50] <exec> 10Humboldt, TN - currently 81°F, clear, wind SE at 4 mph, humidity 77% - Tuesday thunderstorm (72°F:94°F), Wednesday thunderstorm (70°F:85°F), Thursday thunderstorm (69°F:84°F), Friday scattered thunderstorms (69°F:86°F)
[01:58:55] <TheMightyBuzzard> #smake MrPlow
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[02:00:05] <TheMightyBuzzard> #smake MrPlow
[02:00:05] * MrPlow smakes MrPlow upside the head with an Alzheimer's Cock
[02:00:08] <TheMightyBuzzard> #weather
[02:00:08] <MrPlow> Today: Thunderstorms developing late. Lows overnight in the low 70s. Tomorrow: Scattered thunderstorms in the morning, then mainly cloudy during the afternoon with thunderstorms likely. High 86F. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 80%.
[02:00:21] <TheMightyBuzzard> hey! looks like it worked!
[02:00:49] <TheMightyBuzzard> wait, fuck. i wanted to take the boat out tomorrow, damnit.
[02:01:10] <TheMightyBuzzard> stupid ancestral magic powers
[03:00:41] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Island Living Can Shrink Humans - http://sylnt.us - human−−
[04:42:03] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Farming Impact of Australia's Worst Drought in Recent Memory - http://sylnt.us - What-CAN-be-done?
[05:02:06] <SoyGuest49257> Is Musk trolling? 420?
[05:47:49] <SoyGuest49257> Perl is the worst fucking language ever invented that was actually designed to be useful.
[05:48:21] <SoyGuest49257> I know I have a bee in my bonnet about one misfeature of Python, but Perl has more misfeatures than features.
[06:01:30] <SoyGuest49257> ~weather Tallinn
[06:01:32] <exec> 10Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia - currently 68°F / 20°C, sunny, wind S at 5 mph, humidity 55% - Wednesday partly cloudy (64°F:80°F / 18°C:27°C), Thursday partly cloudy (69°F:86°F / 21°C:30°C), Friday mostly sunny (65°F:87°F / 18°C:31°C), Saturday mostly cloudy (59°F:74°F / 15°C:23°C)
[06:23:21] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Personal Bankruptcy Increases Among USA Seniors - http://sylnt.us - last-remaining-part-of-the-social-safety-net
[08:01:34] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - It Just Got a Lot Harder to Pretend that Predatory Publishing Doesn't Matter - http://sylnt.us - Publish-AND-Perish
[08:17:02] <SemperOSS> SoyGuest49257: I have a strange relationship with Perl as I had avoided it like the plague for a long time, finding it arcane and utterly unreadable in most cases until I once had to take over a project for a large telecoms company, where a POC had been made in Perl using a lot of the arcane stuff. I had the choice of either embracing it or waste a month in rewriting the stuff in some other language ... I chose to embrace it and my worl
[08:17:02] <SemperOSS> d has utterly changed since. Perl is now my go-to language for most quick jobs that go beyond a bash script and C (or variations thereof) for the rest. It does not mean that I love Perl, just that I have invested sufficient time in it to use it fairly well, but not nearly well enough that I don't need to read the manual.
[09:32:10] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Finding Fake Amazon Reviews - http://sylnt.us - Fake-News...-Triple-Pun-Intended
[10:15:16] <chromas> SemperOSS: Do you smoke and/or drink coffee?
[10:15:36] <SemperOSS> coffee++
[10:15:36] <Bender> karma - coffee: 4220
[10:15:42] <chromas> There's one
[10:16:32] <SemperOSS> smoke--
[10:16:32] <Bender> karma - smoke: -2
[10:16:41] <chromas> Hm.
[10:17:19] <chromas> I used to have a hypothesis that people who embraced Perl were smokers and coffee chuggers
[10:17:39] <chromas> Due to almost every user here who did anything with perl
[10:18:15] * chromas should make that the next poll
[10:19:06] <SemperOSS> That's probably be an interesting poll ... and throw in some other substances and you should be well covered
[10:19:23] <chromas> Need a new poll system that allows matrices
[10:19:47] <SemperOSS> Ah, there's a challenge ... any takers????
[10:20:04] <chromas> It'd need to be written in perl :D
[10:20:16] <SemperOSS> Er, oops
[10:23:20] <SemperOSS> I guess it's the pollBooth code? (I haven't looked at it, though.)
[10:23:50] <chromas> I think so
[10:25:16] <SemperOSS> Mmmm, when I get a year or so I might take a peek. It's Perl so best done with one eye closed
[10:35:49] <chromas> I guess Perl's like one of those seedy motels where you sleep with one eye open
[11:02:02] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - History's Fastest Jettisoned Gas From Stellar Outburst Discovered - http://sylnt.us - recent-too
[11:05:05] <Bytram> coffee++
[11:05:05] <Bender> karma - coffee: 4221
[11:05:13] <Bytram> humidity--
[11:05:13] <Bender> karma - humidity: -4
[11:22:21] <AndyTheAbsurd> humidity--
[11:22:21] <Bender> karma - humidity: -5
[11:22:31] <AndyTheAbsurd> ~gday Bytram
[11:22:33] * exec dianetically sets a teaspoonful of potato salad by Bytram
[11:22:37] <AndyTheAbsurd> ~gday chromas
[11:22:39] * exec abrasively corrupts a pocketful of meat pies with chromas
[11:22:46] <AndyTheAbsurd> ~gday SemperOSS
[11:22:48] * exec insatiably culturally enriches a sacful of tofurkey with SemperOSS
[11:22:53] <chromas> ~g'day AndyTheAbsurd
[11:22:54] * exec hurriedly postulates a painting of bass hole towards AndyTheAbsurd
[11:23:16] <Bytram> ~gday AndyTheAbsurd
[11:23:18] * exec viciously tosses a slice of hot wings to AndyTheAbsurd
[11:23:39] <Bytram> potato salad AND hot wings? Let's have a pic-a-nic!
[11:23:52] <Bytram> =)
[11:23:55] <AndyTheAbsurd> don't forget the meat pies!
[11:24:08] <AndyTheAbsurd> yup, definitely pic-a-nic time. Watch out for park rangers, though.
[11:24:10] <chromas> and the bass hole
[11:24:13] <Bytram> sadly, I don't understand that reference
[11:24:18] <Bytram> oh, DOH!
[11:24:23] <Bytram> coffee++
[11:24:23] <Bender> karma - coffee: 4222
[11:24:31] <Bytram> and, for good measure:
[11:24:37] <Bytram> humidity--
[11:24:37] <Bender> karma - humidity: -6
[11:24:40] <Bytram> heat--
[11:24:40] <Bender> karma - heat: -2
[11:25:29] <Bytram> dewpoint is currently 71F here, I'm just sitting here, typing and dripping with sweat.
[11:25:44] <chromas> Do you have a fan?
[11:25:55] <Bytram> in my laptop
[11:26:15] <AndyTheAbsurd> Saint Petersburg, FL: 77.954 F (25.5 C) and Clear, humidity: 95% (dewpoint 76 F (25 C)), wind Calm.
[11:26:50] * Bytram has a buddy who lays pipes (water/sewer) for a living... out in the sun and humidity all day... my job ain't THAT bad.
[11:27:14] <Bytram> AndyTheAbsurd: yeah, but you don't have to adapt during the winter to -20F
[11:27:31] <AndyTheAbsurd> True!...in fact, that's one of the reasons I like it here.
[11:28:01] <TheMightyBuzzard> coffee++
[11:28:01] <Bender> karma - coffee: 4223
[11:28:02] <AndyTheAbsurd> I think it's dropped below freezing fewer than half a dozen times since I've moved here - and that was in 2002!
[11:28:16] <Bytram> ahhh, the joys of scraping ice from car windows, digging out from a snowstorm, slip-siding down inadequately-plowed highways... you don't know what you are missing!!!
[11:28:24] <TheMightyBuzzard> Bytram, he probably makes more than you though =P
[11:28:36] <Bytram> wouldn't be hard
[11:28:36] <AndyTheAbsurd> ~gday TheMightyBuzzard
[11:28:39] * exec literally nudges a cheap plastic cup of utils toward TheMightyBuzzard
[11:28:42] <TheMightyBuzzard> ~gday AndyTheAbsurd
[11:28:43] * exec deliciously offers a slice of gold to AndyTheAbsurd
[11:29:01] <AndyTheAbsurd> Pretty sure I win that one.
[11:29:14] * AndyTheAbsurd takes his slice of gold to a pawn shop to convert it to cash
[11:31:37] <Bytram> whereto? http://go.theregister.com
[11:31:38] <upstart> ^ 03Supermicro breaths in, shimmies one PB of Intel flash into a single rack • The Register ( https://www.theregister.co.uk )
[11:32:27] <Bytram> well, THAT took long enough!
[11:36:25] * TheMightyBuzzard yawns
[11:36:25] * MrPlow flips a Skittle into TheMightyBuzzard's gaping mouth
[11:36:55] <TheMightyBuzzard> i should have went to sleep last night
[11:41:43] <Bytram> TheMightyBuzzard: Why don't you go fooshin and then you can do both, now?
[11:42:19] <Bytram> and... it's time for me to get ready for work... very busy day ahead.
[11:42:21] <TheMightyBuzzard> you not see my latest journal post?
[11:42:37] <Bytram> nope
[11:42:50] <Bytram> clicky
[11:43:22] <Bytram> ROFL!!
[11:44:05] <Bytram> You might be able to make some $$$ doing some gigs... I hear there are some fires which could use some dampening.
[11:44:14] <Bytram> ok, gtg.
[11:44:15] <Bytram> laters!
[12:04:41] <TheMightyBuzzard> storms. fucking off and unplugging.
[12:41:15] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Retrofitting a Motorola MDT-9100T "Mobile Data Terminal" with a BeagleBone Black - http://sylnt.us - i'm-calling-the-police
[13:12:29] <cmn32480> coffee++
[13:12:29] <Bender> karma - coffee: 4224
[13:42:09] <AndyTheAbsurd> only 8003911 more to go until coffee's karma is 8008135
[13:42:28] <AndyTheAbsurd> !karma TheMightyBuzzard
[13:42:28] <Bender> karma of themightybuzzard is 321
[13:42:39] <AndyTheAbsurd> !karma Bytram
[13:42:39] <Bender> karma of bytram is 100
[13:42:48] <AndyTheAbsurd> !karma donuts
[13:42:48] <Bender> karma of donuts is 12
[13:42:51] <AndyTheAbsurd> !karma doughnuts
[13:42:52] <Bender> karma of doughnuts is 6
[13:48:29] <boru> If you made the 8s 6s, you could use octal and get there quicker.
[13:51:36] <chromas> !koffie
[13:51:37] * Bender schenkt een kopje con panna voor in voor chromas
[14:22:32] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - NASA Reveals the Impressive Winning Designs of its 3D Printed Mars Habitat Contest - http://sylnt.us - if-you-build-it-they-will-come
[14:26:07] <chromas> "Twistlock adds automated cloud native forensics to its cybersecurity platform"
[14:26:16] <chromas> Are there any non-buzzwords in that headline?
[14:26:22] <cmn32480> playing buzzword bingo again?
[14:26:34] * chromas misses that firefox extension
[14:59:23] <AndyTheAbsurd> where's that thedailywtf article about the programmer that was abuse a source control system to do actual program logic
[14:59:30] <AndyTheAbsurd> and checking the thing out took *days*
[15:00:17] <chromas> Sounds hilarious. Drop a link if you find it
[15:00:31] * chromas submits a buzzfeed article
[15:10:41] * cmn32480 buzzesa bout it
[15:35:32] <SoyGuest49257> Any of you suckers ever worked for a biiiiig company that went through a leveraged buyout?
[15:36:19] <SoyGuest49257> I think I went through the largest in history at the time (Freescale Semiconductor), but nothing stays still in the world of big bizne$$ megabux.
[15:39:54] <cmn32480> i did... but we were the buyer not the buyee
[15:40:00] <cmn32480> adn that was some years ago
[15:41:08] <SoyGuest49257> Just reading the TSLA-related news: "... a valuation of $82 billion which would make it the biggest LBO in history, far greater than the ill-fated (and subsequently bankrupt) TXU ..."
[15:42:11] <SoyGuest49257> Freescale went publicly traded again about 2 years after its LBO, saying "trust us, things will be better this way".
[15:42:33] <SoyGuest49257> Despite saying 2 years earlier "trust us, things will be better this way".
[15:43:02] <SoyGuest49257> Finance/Business/Lawyer bods, and the boards, of course made millions each end.
[15:51:05] <SemperOSS> SoyGuest49257: I managed to work in four different companies over a period of four years without changing employer due to two mergers and one split
[15:52:10] <SemperOSS> No LBO, though
[15:52:46] <SoyGuest49257> Never done 4. I think I once did 3. Plenty of 2s.
[15:53:27] <SoyGuest49257> And somehow people think "loyalty to the company" is still a thing.
[15:54:14] <SemperOSS> Ah, no, "loyalty", what strange word is that? What does it mean?
[15:55:40] <SoyGuest49257> shares a lot of letters with "late"
[15:58:11] <SemperOSS> The company I worked for chose to move my Product Support department under a new manager as my manager suddenly decided to retire at the young age of 70 to travel abroad with his wife, who'd thunk that? I knew the new manager and chose to part ways with the company instead of working for him. He did not have any "people" in his department, only "resources".
[15:58:31] <SoyGuest49257> Seems to imply sexual harassment is obligatory: "Company loyalty" = "Comply to any lay" (anagram)
[16:01:02] <SemperOSS> In this case, not. He was just an unpleasant fella that didn't care an iota about his carbon-based "resources".
[16:02:11] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Let's Encrypt is Now Officially Trusted by All Major Root Programs - http://sylnt.us - automated-trust
[16:02:41] <SemperOSS> I became a self-employed consultant and my first customer was the company. After a while somebody else at the company found a new way to screw me over, so I parted ways with them again.
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[17:31:59] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Bitcoin Whale's Bad Trade Leaves Counterparties Holding the Bag - http://sylnt.us - hit-me-right-in-the-wallet
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[19:13:14] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Italy Senate Overturns Mandatory Vaccination Law - http://sylnt.us - seriously?
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[19:43:33] <BoyceMagooglyMonkey> #submit https://www.fifthdomain.com
[19:43:34] <MrPlow> Submitting. There is a mandatory delay, please be patient.
[19:43:59] <MrPlow> Submission successful. https://soylentnews.org
[19:44:00] <upstart> ^ 03SoylentNews Submissions
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[19:48:52] <TheMightyBuzzard> https://scontent-mia3-1.xx.fbcdn.net
[19:48:59] <TheMightyBuzzard> consider yourselves all tagged
[20:51:27] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - SpaceX Organizes Secretive Mars Landing Conference at University of Colorado Boulder - http://sylnt.us - don't-tell-the-little-green-men
[21:05:11] <chromas> https://www.helpnetsecurity.com
[21:05:12] <upstart> ^ 03Should we add bugs to software to put off attackers? - Help Net Security
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[22:11:53] <TheMightyBuzzard> man, i am way ahead of the curve then
[22:12:05] * TheMightyBuzzard fucks back off to cook dinner
[22:32:06] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Supermicro Breaths in, Shimmies One PB of Intel Flash Into a Single Rack - http://sylnt.us
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[22:52:21] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Supermicro Breathes in, Shimmies One PB of Intel Flash Into a Single Rack - http://sylnt.us
[23:18:19] <chromas> heh, oops