#Soylent | Logs for 2018-11-29
« return
[00:01:12] -!- SoyCow1984 [SoyCow1984!~d8c4e185@925-300-434-342.ubr6.dyn.lebanon-oh.fuse.net] has joined #Soylent
[00:01:21] <SoyCow1984> #submit https://www.hpcwire.com
[00:01:22] <MrPlow> Submitting. There is a mandatory delay, please be patient.
[00:01:48] <MrPlow> Submission successful. https://soylentnews.org
[00:01:59] <upstart> ^ 03SoylentNews Submissions
[00:06:02] <SoyCow1984> #submit https://www.engadget.com
[00:06:04] <MrPlow> Submitting. There is a mandatory delay, please be patient.
[00:06:21] * Bytram waves hello to SoyCow1984
[00:06:29] <MrPlow> Submission successful. https://soylentnews.org
[00:06:46] <upstart> ^ 03SoylentNews Submissions
[00:08:35] <SoyCow1984> #submit https://arstechnica.com
[00:08:35] <MrPlow> Submitting. There is a mandatory delay, please be patient.
[00:09:01] <MrPlow> Submission successful. https://soylentnews.org
[00:09:04] <upstart> ^ 03SoylentNews Submissions
[00:10:04] <SoyCow1984> #submit https://arstechnica.com
[00:10:04] <MrPlow> Submitting. There is a mandatory delay, please be patient.
[00:10:09] <Bytram> "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY8sDF-sukY"
[00:10:30] <MrPlow> Submission successful. https://soylentnews.org
[00:10:33] <Bytram> http://www.youtube.com
[00:10:35] <upstart> ^ 03SoylentNews Submissions
[00:10:39] <upstart> ^ 03Cray-1 Build at SC18 ( https://www.youtube.com )
[00:11:05] <SoyCow1984> #submit https://arstechnica.com
[00:11:06] <MrPlow> Submitting. There is a mandatory delay, please be patient.
[00:11:32] <MrPlow> Submission successful. https://soylentnews.org
[00:11:35] <upstart> ^ 03SoylentNews Submissions
[00:11:44] <Bytram> SoyCow1984: Hi there! I've noticed you subbing stories for a while... just wanted to say thanks, and "Hi!"
[00:23:15] -!- arti|work has quit [Quit: My Mac has gone to sleep. ZZZzzz…]
[00:27:19] <SoyCow1984> Hi Bytram!
[00:27:36] * Bytram will file that under "delayed response"
[00:27:37] <Bytram> =)
[00:27:53] <Bytram> how's things going?
[00:28:02] SoyCow1984 is now known as fnord666_
[00:28:15] <Bytram> ahhh, so THAT's who it is!
[00:28:19] <fnord666_> :)
[00:28:26] <fnord666_> the mask is revealed
[00:28:34] <Bytram> Fnord666+= many many thanks for all the stories you've pushed out lately.
[00:28:54] * Bytram is trying to unwind after 6-days straight at work, starting with a 21-hour day on black friday
[00:28:59] <Bytram> ugh
[00:29:07] <Bytram> Fnord666++ this time for sure!
[00:29:07] <Bender> karma - fnord666: 17
[00:29:25] <fnord666_> ouch
[00:29:51] <Bytram> well, I wasonly shceduled until 10am on BF, but I always like to see howlong I can last
[00:29:54] <fnord666_> congrats on breaking 6000 stories!
[00:30:07] <Bytram> besides, it's 1.5 times pay, so that helps!!
[00:30:09] <Bytram> mare see!
[00:30:31] <fnord666_> that would definitely ease the pain a bit
[00:30:46] <Bytram> yep, seems long ago, but I started off looking at those with over 100 stories and wondering how did they ever?
[00:32:43] <fnord666_> yeah some of the totals are amazing and it's hard to imagine how much accumulated time and effort they represent
[00:33:01] <Bytram> Fnord666++ Insightful
[00:33:01] <Bender> karma - fnord666: 18
[00:33:12] <Bytram> Funny, I never before looked at it that way!
[00:34:04] <fnord666_> Day to day it doesn't seem like so much...
[00:34:05] <Bytram> if I had managed to do each of those stories in 1 minute, that still represents 100 hours... Yikes!
[00:34:24] <fnord666_> Not counting 2nd edits, etc.
[00:34:28] <Bytram> and you know as well as I that some of those stories took more like 15, 20, or even 30 minbutes.
[00:34:35] <Bytram> oh, yup!
[00:34:44] <fnord666_> oh yeah.
[00:35:00] <fnord666_> many do not come "ready to eat" so to speak
[00:35:14] <Bytram> It's a good thing they pay so well, right? ;)
[00:35:24] <fnord666_> Absolutely!
[00:35:28] <Bytram> s/so/us so/
[00:35:41] * Bytram taps exec on the shoulder
[00:35:52] <fnord666_> #smake exec
[00:35:52] * MrPlow smakes exec upside the head with several terragigs
[00:36:02] * Bytram taps exec on the shoulder, again
[00:36:05] <Bytram> ~sed on
[00:36:07] <exec> sed enabled for 10#Soylent
[00:36:11] <Bytram> ahh
[00:36:15] <Bytram> that 'splains it!
[00:36:21] <fnord666_> open wide and say?
[00:36:22] <Bytram> s/'s/ex/
[00:36:24] <exec> <Bytram> that explains it!
[00:36:50] * Bytram must be tired... I just *now* got that one!
[00:37:04] * Bytram files that under "delayed response"
[00:37:05] <Bytram> =)
[00:37:05] <fnord666_> I'll try to type slower
[00:37:23] <fnord666_> delayed_response++
[00:37:23] <Bender> karma - delayed_response: 1
[00:37:24] <Bytram> reminded me of a job long long ago,
[00:38:04] <Bytram> for debugging purposes, the (IIRC) 370/158 had a speed control knob on the front panel
[00:38:25] <Bytram> you could adjust it from single step all the way up to full speed.
[00:38:47] <Bytram> the thought of a mainframe computer with a speed control knob just bobbled my mind.
[00:38:51] <Bytram> s/bb/gg/
[00:38:53] <exec> <Bytram> the thought of a mainframe computer with a speed control knob just boggled my mind.
[00:39:50] <Bytram> any chance you guys could handle the story queue tonight? I'm quite knackered and would much appreciate it if I could hit the hay early.
[00:40:05] <fnord666_> I wonder how many KB it came with?
[00:40:29] <Bytram> excellent question
[00:40:36] <Bytram> =g IBM 370/158 memory
[00:40:37] <upstart> https://en.wikipedia.org - IBM System/370 - Wikipedia
[00:40:52] <Bytram> https://en.wikipedia.org
[00:40:53] <upstart> ^ 03IBM System/370 - Wikipedia ( https://en.wikipedia.org )
[00:41:40] <Bytram> "The IBM System/370 Model 168 included "up to eight megabytes"[25] of main memory, double the maximum of 4 megabytes on the 370/158.[22"
[00:41:56] <fnord666_> The IBM System/370 Model 168 included "up to eight megabytes"[25] of main memory, double the maximum of 4 megabytes on the 370/158.
[00:42:00] <fnord666_> doh
[00:42:03] <fnord666_> ninjad
[00:42:04] <Bytram> =)
[00:42:16] <Bytram> and, for perspective, check out the date:
[00:42:19] <Bytram> "The IBM System/370 Model 158 and the 370/168 were announced Aug 2, 1972"
[00:42:39] <Bytram> that was a HUGE amount of memory back then.
[00:43:13] <fnord666_> I was just about to mention that. Quite amazing
[00:43:32] <Bytram> around 1977 or so, personal computers had 8-16K, unless you paid mucho dinerio for a memory upgrade
[00:44:02] * Bytram tries to remember how much memory his Atari 800 had, built in.
[00:44:08] <Bytram> =g Atari 800 memory
[00:44:09] <upstart> https://en.wikipedia.org - Atari 8-bit family - Wikipedia
[00:45:07] <fnord666_> one of the guys at work still has a bank of core memory on his desk
[00:46:05] <Bytram> nod nod. The first computer I used had core memory... could see each and every individual bit
[00:46:09] <Bytram> aha!
[00:46:10] <Bytram> "The computers shipped in November 1979, much closer to the original design date. The names originally referred to the amount of memory, 4 KB RAM in the 400 and 8 KB in the 800. By the time they were released, RAM prices had started to fall, so the machines were instead both released with 8 KB, using 4kx1 DRAMs. Further drops in memory prices during 1980 led to both machines shipping with completely maxed-out RAM; 16k and 48k
[00:46:11] <Bytram> respectively, using 16kx1 DRAMs. "
[00:46:30] <fnord666_> nice
[00:46:48] <Bytram> and what could be done with that 8K was astounding!
[00:46:54] <Bytram> =g star raiders
[00:46:55] <fnord666_> had a commodore 16 with 16K obviously
[00:46:55] <upstart> https://en.wikipedia.org - Star Raiders - Wikipedia
[00:47:36] <Bytram> a year (or two?) after my atari 800, I got a Commodore 64. Nice little machines, those.
[00:47:46] <Bytram> antic++
[00:47:46] <Bender> karma - antic: 1
[00:47:46] <fnord666_> yup
[00:47:53] <Bytram> =g antic chip
[00:47:54] <upstart> https://en.wikipedia.org - ANTIC - Wikipedia
[00:48:31] <Bytram> ooops, that was for the Atari 800
[00:48:43] <Bytram> =g commodore 64 sprite
[00:48:44] <upstart> https://www.c64-wiki.com - Sprite - C64-Wiki
[00:48:54] <fnord666_> fun fact was you could then do the upgrade yourself from 16K to 64K. Just a little bit of soldering....
[00:50:01] <fnord666_> yup sprite graphics were the bomb back then
[00:50:27] <Bytram> Take a soldering iron to something that expensive? Not something I'd have done!
[00:51:09] <Bytram> "No user serviceable parts inside; refer servicing to qualified personnel."
[00:51:25] <fnord666_> http://oldcomputer.info
[00:51:26] <upstart> ^ 03Commodore 16 64K memory upgrade - Hacks - MCbx
[00:51:58] <Bytram> well, would like to chat more, but really am finding it hard to stay awake. Gonna have to ask you guys to keep the queue filled tonight... I just done run out of steam.
[00:52:03] <fnord666_> I voided warranties before voiding warranties was cool
[00:52:14] <fnord666_> got it
[00:52:16] <Bytram> Fnord666++ kewel
[00:52:16] <Bender> karma - fnord666: 19
[00:52:20] <fnord666_> get some sleep my friend
[00:52:35] <fnord666_> and many pleasant dreams
[00:52:36] <Bytram> will do!
[00:52:53] <Bytram> apprecaite the thoguht
[00:52:55] <Bytram> heh
[00:52:58] <Bytram> appreciate the thought
[00:53:06] <Bytram> maybe I need sleep more than I thought I did!
[00:53:08] <Bytram> lol
[00:53:12] <Bytram> laters
[00:53:17] <fnord666_> laters
[01:05:38] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Ancient DNA Shows the Sámi and Finns Share Identical Siberian Genes - http://sylnt.us - looking-back-in-time
[01:14:30] -!- SteakHacheAuBACON [SteakHacheAuBACON!~c0dee210@zgztg-925.500.004.94.electronicbox.net] has joined #Soylent
[01:14:55] <SteakHacheAuBACON> I encourage you to take the MDC poetry challenge, it's in his journal
[01:15:20] <SteakHacheAuBACON> it's harder than I thought it would be
[01:16:13] -!- SteakHacheAuBACON has quit [Client Quit]
[01:34:14] -!- fnord666_ has quit []
[02:45:26] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Smartwatches are Bringing Lab-Style Analysis to Our Wrists - http://sylnt.us - I-want-a-local-data-only-option,-no-cloud
[04:16:35] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - U.S. Army Awards Microsoft a $480 Million HoloLens Contract - http://sylnt.us - playing-cod-for-real
[05:45:43] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - The First Global Drone Standards Have Been Revealed - http://sylnt.us - what's-all-the-buzz-about
[06:27:46] -!- bacteria has quit [Ping timeout: 248 seconds]
[06:40:11] -!- bacteria [bacteria!1125@76-051-167-000.static.roch.mn.charter.com] has joined #Soylent
[06:48:02] -!- bacteria has quit [Ping timeout: 248 seconds]
[07:21:28] -!- bacteria [bacteria!1125@76-051-167-000.static.roch.mn.charter.com] has joined #Soylent
[07:26:57] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - 'SpongeBob SquarePants' Creator Stephen Hillenburg Dies at 57 - http://sylnt.us - sleeping-with-the-sponges
[08:56:38] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - The War Game That Could Have Ended the World - http://sylnt.us - would-you-like-to-play-a-game?
[10:26:17] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Starbucks Promises to Block Porn on its Public Wi-Fi - http://sylnt.us - three-letters-V-P-N
[11:20:28] <TheMightyBuzzard> coffee++
[11:20:28] <Bender> karma - coffee: 4465
[11:57:26] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Baroness Trumpington, Former Bletchley Park Clerk, Dies Aged 96 - http://sylnt.us - RIP
[13:25:34] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - 'Fraudsters Exploited My Angry Tweet' - http://sylnt.us - are-twitter-users-called-twits?
[15:03:16] * TheMightyBuzzard buggers off to get some work done
[15:06:51] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - How to Melt Gold at Room Temperature - http://sylnt.us - hard-on-jewelry
[15:24:34] -!- arti|work [arti|work!~textual@kpku-40-80-465-497.west.biz.rr.com] has joined #Soylent
[15:35:12] <TheMightyBuzzard> https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net
[15:52:11] <TheMightyBuzzard> https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net
[16:37:26] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Amazon is Inserting Sponsored Products Into Baby Registries - http://sylnt.us - another-brick-in-the-wall
[17:54:29] -!- Web_weasel [Web_weasel!~Stefan@pqil619-83-345-727.range619-38.btcentralplus.com] has joined #Soylent
[18:07:07] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Californians Hire Private Fire Crews to Save Their Homes. Regular Firefighters Aren't Happy - http://sylnt.us - a-seller's-market
[19:35:14] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Sennheiser Discloses Monumental Blunder that Cripples HTTPS on PCs and Macs - http://sylnt.us - so-funny
[20:36:57] -!- Web_weasel has quit [Read error: Connection reset by peer]
[21:46:24] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - U.S. Federal Trade Commission Will Investigate Video Game "Loot Boxes" - http://sylnt.us - cratered
[22:05:10] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - InSight Mars Landing Successful; MarCO Sends Pics - http://sylnt.us
[22:45:39] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - It's Been One of the Most Miserable Starts to Winter on Record in Many Parts of the USA - http://sylnt.us - misery-loves-company