#Soylent | Logs for 2018-12-22
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[00:19:48] <Bytram> #g RPG role
[00:19:49] <MrPlow> https://en.wikipedia.org - "A role-playing game is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a ..."
[00:45:38] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Automated Debugging - http://sylnt.us - Code-mangling
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[01:16:22] <SoyCow1984> #submit https://techcrunch.com
[01:16:22] <MrPlow> Submitting. There is a mandatory delay, please be patient.
[01:16:48] <MrPlow> Submission successful. https://soylentnews.org
[01:17:57] <SoyCow1984> #submit https://techcrunch.com
[01:17:58] <MrPlow> Submitting. There is a mandatory delay, please be patient.
[01:18:24] <MrPlow> Submission successful. https://soylentnews.org
[01:20:42] <SoyCow1984> #submit https://spaceflightnow.com
[01:20:42] <MrPlow> Unable to find a summary for that page
[01:21:15] <SoyCow1984> =submit https://spaceflightnow.com
[01:21:16] <upstart> Submitting "Crew of three safely lands in Kazakhstan after 197-day space mission – Spaceflight Now"...
[01:21:39] <upstart> Sub-ccess! https://soylentnews.org
[01:23:05] <SoyCow1984> #submit https://www.sciencedaily.com
[01:23:06] <MrPlow> Submitting. There is a mandatory delay, please be patient.
[01:23:32] <MrPlow> Submission successful. https://soylentnews.org
[01:24:31] <SoyCow1984> #submit https://www.sciencedaily.com
[01:24:32] <MrPlow> Submitting. There is a mandatory delay, please be patient.
[01:24:57] <MrPlow> Submission successful. https://soylentnews.org
[01:26:08] <SoyCow1984> #submit https://www.sciencedaily.com
[01:26:08] <MrPlow> Submitting. There is a mandatory delay, please be patient.
[01:26:34] <MrPlow> Submission successful. https://soylentnews.org
[01:29:18] <SoyCow1984> =submit https://www.engadget.com
[01:29:20] <upstart> Submitting "Sprint will pay New York $330 million over unpaid taxes"...
[01:29:43] <upstart> Sub-ccess! https://soylentnews.org
[01:31:55] <SoyCow1984> =submit https://www.engadget.com
[01:31:57] <upstart> Submitting "Creator of viral glitter bomb video admits parts of it were staged"...
[01:32:19] <upstart> Sub-ccess! https://soylentnews.org
[01:33:32] <SoyCow1984> =submit https://arstechnica.com
[01:33:33] <upstart> Submitting "I’ll be drone for Christmas: London airport closed for day by drone harassment"...
[01:33:55] <upstart> Sub-ccess! https://soylentnews.org
[01:35:20] <SoyCow1984> =submit https://arstechnica.com
[01:35:22] <upstart> Submitting "ACLU to feds: Your “hacking presents a unique threat to individual privacy”"...
[01:35:44] <upstart> Sub-ccess! https://soylentnews.org
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[04:53:10] <exec> welcome mechanicjay: Seattle, WA, 3°C/38°F, 8:53 pm PST, Friday, 21 December 2018
[04:53:10] <exec> welcome mechanicjay: Seattle, WA, 3°C/38°F, 8:53 pm PST, Friday, 21 December 2018
[05:27:13] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - FBI Swoops in on 'National Threat' 'Hacks for Hire' Sites - http://sylnt.us - shunt-more-power-to-the-deflector-dish
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[07:49:01] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - How ‘Baldur’s Gate’ Saved the Computer RPG, or Did it? - http://sylnt.us - how-about-a-nice-roll-playing-game-like...dice?
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[10:07:15] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Autonomous Rice Transplanter Set to Head for the Paddies - http://sylnt.us - back-saving-work
[10:09:33] <chromas> Rice paddy wagon? Is that double racist?
[11:31:10] <TheMightyBuzzard> only to asians and the irish. they don't have enough diversity points to matter though.
[11:39:32] <TheMightyBuzzard> oh yeah...
[11:39:35] <TheMightyBuzzard> coffee++
[11:39:35] <Bender> karma - coffee: 4508
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[11:46:12] <exec> welcome Ethanol-fueled: San Diego, CA, 12°C/53°F, 3:46 am PST, Saturday, 22 December 2018
[11:46:32] <Ethanol-fueled> Man, I sure don't regret voting for Donald Trump
[11:46:50] <Ethanol-fueled> Even when he appears to be losing, he is really winning.
[11:47:21] <TheMightyBuzzard> sup, ef
[11:47:27] <chromas> Nazi detected
[11:47:28] <Ethanol-fueled> yo buzzbomb
[11:47:38] <Ethanol-fueled> just a little drunken shitposting
[11:47:43] <Ethanol-fueled> how bout you?
[11:48:03] <TheMightyBuzzard> topping up my caffeine levels before i consider server work
[11:48:31] <Ethanol-fueled> proper preparation. Never understood you nighttime folks though. How do you do it?
[11:49:01] <Ethanol-fueled> Everytime I worked mids I ended up being fired.
[11:49:11] <TheMightyBuzzard> night time? i go to bed at 9pm and wake up at 5am, regularish.
[11:49:32] <Ethanol-fueled> Oh,it's probably 5+ over there
[11:49:49] <TheMightyBuzzard> yeah, time zones.
[11:50:28] <Ethanol-fueled> Merry Christmas.
[11:50:28] <TheMightyBuzzard> you, my friend, need to consider conan exiles if you are looking for a video game to entertain you.
[11:51:10] <TheMightyBuzzard> it's fairly buggy by sane standards but you get slaves, naked dancin girls, and can beat people to death with severed arms and legs.
[11:51:15] <Ethanol-fueled> Buzzbomb, I'd love to get back into vidya, but I'm too fucking lazy for anything but drinking and working nowadays.
[11:52:00] <Ethanol-fueled> Any extracurricular activities are probably gonna be boring shit like LabVIEW
[11:52:29] <TheMightyBuzzard> too lazy for vidya? hang on... trying to comprehend that but failing...
[11:53:58] <Ethanol-fueled> Good Vidya requires a learning curve.
[11:54:28] <TheMightyBuzzard> but yeah, i'd have voted for trump just for the entertainment value if i couldn't vote for a harmless pothead.
[11:56:24] <TheMightyBuzzard> back in five, need some nicotine to go with my caffeine.
[11:56:39] <Ethanol-fueled> Usually, when Americans vote, they vote for the person they hate the least.
[11:57:15] <Ethanol-fueled> The racist dog-whisltes of Trump are appealing as fuck
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[12:06:09] <chromas> Does FreeBSD have different shutdown options? I send -p and it reboots
[12:07:04] <TheMightyBuzzard> --clawhammer and --waterhose
[12:07:08] <chromas> this thing doesnt have man installed
[12:08:29] <TheMightyBuzzard> man, that's fucked up
[12:08:50] <chromas> it is. it's an old installation of a distro called nas4free
[12:09:36] <chromas> it's running off a usb thumb drive connected to the mottherboard. kinda nifty, but I don't have much xp with the bsds. internet says -p
[12:10:22] <TheMightyBuzzard> beats me. i've no reason to monkey with it.
[12:11:14] <TheMightyBuzzard> i mean if it doesn't have systemd, who'd want to use it?
[12:13:19] <chromas> did it again. fpos. I dunno. I'll probably linux it later
[12:13:33] <chromas> systemd++
[12:13:33] <Bender> karma - systemd: -27
[12:14:11] <chromas> or poetterix
[12:15:37] <TheMightyBuzzard> make sure you get pulseaudio installed for extra goodness
[12:16:21] <chromas> Pulseaudio lets me stream noise frim my phone over bluetooth. That's important for a server
[12:17:06] <TheMightyBuzzard> very
[12:17:36] <chromas> Speaking of clawhammer and water hose, I just watched a whole series of videos of some 'tech' guys (Linus Tech Tips) fumbling at getting a multi-computer watercooling system up
[12:18:30] <TheMightyBuzzard> huh... if you took wifi signal strength readings and converted them to audio you could stream them to your server and use them as a RNG source
[12:18:40] <chromas> I should become a tech youtuber. Call up nvidia to get free shiz; nvidia sends even better shiz
[12:19:14] <chromas> I just have a script that watches for crashed tabs in firefox and adds that to the entropy
[12:22:06] <TheMightyBuzzard> nah, too regular and predictable
[12:23:29] <chromas> Good point. I actually switched away from it because the processes kept locking up and sometimes eating all the ramobytes
[12:26:40] <chromas> How's Windows? You got 10 yet?
[12:26:55] <TheMightyBuzzard> naw, mine goes to 11
[12:27:36] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Harvard's Sticky-Footed Inspection Robot Can Climb Through Jet Engines - http://sylnt.us - now-do-it-with-the-engines-running
[12:27:55] <TheMightyBuzzard> TR just got his new work lappy with 10 installed. poor guy.
[12:28:36] <chromas> Does he need it to be Windows, or can you sneak a linux on and give it a win10 theme?
[12:31:27] <TheMightyBuzzard> needs to be windows. it's a company laptop for three years. after that they get him a new one and put him in charge of disposing of the old one however he sees fit.
[12:32:38] <chromas> Poor guy
[12:32:42] * chromas hold hat over heart
[12:33:00] <TheMightyBuzzard> yeah, must be rough having to transfer all your porn every three years.
[12:34:06] <chromas> Use the servers. They're for critical data y'know
[12:34:26] <TheMightyBuzzard> think he's gonna dispose of the old one by slapping linux on it and loaning it out to guests when folks visit
[12:35:08] <TheMightyBuzzard> i know, right? that's where i store my porn.
[12:35:27] <chromas> SoylentLewds
[12:36:17] <TheMightyBuzzard> speaking of, i need to figure out a way to trim down the size of the backups on our off-linode backup server. there's barely any room for my porn left.
[13:36:50] <chromas> btrfs with snapshots
[13:40:24] <Bytram> coffee++
[13:40:24] <Bender> karma - coffee: 4509
[13:44:10] <Bytram> ~gday TheMightyBuzzard
[13:44:12] * exec socialistically combines an exchange server of "Shit-on-a-stick, Elizabeth!" with TheMightyBuzzard
[13:44:15] <Bytram> ~gday chromas
[13:44:17] * exec somewhat shamefully blows a briefcase of emotions at chromas
[13:44:32] <chromas> ~g'day Bytram
[13:44:34] * exec clumsily irritates a cold can of your grandmother's queefs with Bytram
[13:44:37] <chromas> ~g'day TheMightyBuzzard
[13:44:39] * exec somewhat shamefully ejaculates a zip archive of diversity at TheMightyBuzzard
[13:44:53] * chromas internalizes the emotions
[13:44:57] <Bytram> #g BSD shutdown man page
[13:44:58] <MrPlow> https://www.freebsd.org(8) - "FreeBSD Manual Pages .... SHUTDOWN(8) FreeBSD System Manager's Manual SHUTDOWN(8) NAME shutdown, poweroff -- close down ... poweroff DESCRIPTION The shutdown utility provides an automated shutdown procedure for super- ..."
[13:45:12] <Bytram> chromas: ^^^ hope that helps
[13:46:27] <Bytram> TheMightyBuzzard: interesting bit of news on your TR's lappy... what is his old system like?
[13:46:58] <chromas> Sorta. It says -p which is what I used. Also it doesn't have the poweroff command. Thanks though
[13:46:58] <chromas> Bytram++
[13:46:59] <Bender> karma - bytram: 118
[13:47:36] <Bytram> heh, here's another idea which I've used to very good effect for decades...
[13:47:39] <chromas> Specifically, I did "shutdown -p now", but it would reboot instead. I just waited 'til post time and hit the psu switch
[13:47:50] <Bytram> strings foo.exe > foo.txt
[13:47:57] <Bytram> then look at the text file.
[13:48:10] <Bytram> all kinds of interesting [un]documented stuff can be found that way.
[13:48:15] <chromas> not strings foo.exe | less ?
[13:48:40] <chromas> That was I have to run it again each time I exit
[13:48:41] <Bytram> yeah, there's that, too. depends on what I'm looking at.
[13:49:01] <Bytram> is hard to grep the output of less
[13:49:32] <chromas> true, though it does have /
[13:49:46] <Bytram> usually can find one or more command like args and then can see what other strings are located nearby -- good chance those are args, too.
[13:50:38] <Bytram> obvious, there are no ".exe" on BSD, but used that as a way to convey that you'd be looking at the executable
[13:50:49] <Bytram> REAL programmers can read object code, amirite?
[13:50:55] <TheMightyBuzzard> ~gday Bytram
[13:50:57] * exec socialistically imagines a pocketful of bacon with Bytram
[13:50:59] <TheMightyBuzzard> ~gday chromas
[13:51:01] * exec dexterously pits a dongle of taco shells against chromas
[13:51:28] <TheMightyBuzzard> Bytram wins
[13:51:58] <Bytram> yeah, but I hafta share my bacon and pocket link with everybody
[13:52:06] <Bytram> s/k/t/
[13:52:07] <exec> <Bytram> yeah, but I hafta share my bacon and poctet link with everybody
[13:52:12] <Bytram> s/k/t/2
[13:52:13] <exec> <Bytram> yeah, but I hafta share my bacon and pocket lint with everybody
[13:52:27] <Bytram> well, there goes THAT joke!
[13:52:40] <chromas> Nah, I install wine and then run cmd.exe on bsd
[13:53:19] * Bytram fishes around for a clean carafe to put your cmd.exe in
[13:55:29] * TheMightyBuzzard goes to empty out some cmd.exe so he can fit more coffee in
[13:55:49] * Bytram chuckles
[13:56:09] <Bytram> be careful where you pour that stuff... could be considered hazardous waste!
[13:56:21] <TheMightyBuzzard> no worries, i flushed
[13:56:46] <Bytram> touche'
[13:59:44] <TheMightyBuzzard> updating the certs later today btw. docs if necessary.
[13:59:57] <Bytram> TheMightyBuzzard: I'm writing up a state-of-the-world story atm; would appreciate your taking a look-see for any obvious errors.
[14:00:07] <Bytram> muchos gracias!!!!
[14:00:51] <TheMightyBuzzard> okey doke. lemme know when it's ready for review.
[14:01:16] <Bytram> much appreciated; will do!
[14:06:46] <Bytram> ~time x
[14:06:48] <exec> Saturday, 22 December 2018 @ 2:06 pm UTC - Coordinated Universal Time
[14:06:53] <Bytram> hmm
[14:07:12] <Bytram> I think spacex's rescheduled launch just happened a short while ago?
[14:07:27] * TheMightyBuzzard shurgs
[14:07:47] <Bytram> #g spacex launch
[14:07:47] <MrPlow> https://www.spacex.com - "SpaceX is now targeting December 22nd for launch of the United States Air Force's first Global Positioning System III space vehicle (SV) from Space Launch ..."
[14:08:21] <Bytram> "SpaceX is targeting December 22nd for launch of the United States Air Force's first Global Positioning System III space vehicle (SV) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Liftoff is currently targeted for 9:21 a.m. EST, 14:21 UTC."
[14:08:31] <Bytram> http://www.youtube.com
[14:08:32] <upstart> ^ 03GPS III Space Vehicle 01 ( https://www.youtube.com )
[14:08:41] <Bytram> ^^^ live stream of launch
[14:10:29] <Bytram> ~spell errudite
[14:16:07] <TheMightyBuzzard> e r u d i t e
[14:16:23] <Bytram> well done, padashar!
[14:16:26] <Bytram> =)
[14:16:48] <TheMightyBuzzard> nicotine++ # smoke break
[14:16:48] <Bender> karma - nicotine: 680
[14:23:02] <Bytram> TheMightyBuzzard: here ya go: https://soylentnews.org
[14:23:03] <upstart> ^ 03The End [of the year] is Nigh: SoylentNews Submission
[14:23:21] <Bytram> the title could stand some improving, but I'm still a little under caffeinated atm
[14:23:49] <Bytram> how about "Give us Your Monies!" =)
[14:23:56] <Bytram> nah.
[14:24:22] <Bytram> "A year end thank-you"
[14:24:40] <Bytram> break time
[14:32:52] * TheMightyBuzzard has a look
[14:33:33] * Bytram realizes he left out mechanicj
[14:34:05] <Bytram> Typo; s/b: mechanicjay
[14:34:41] <Bytram> also those who contributed to the creation of the site but have moved on to other challenges
[14:38:56] <TheMightyBuzzard> ya, needs mechanicjay in there
[14:39:03] <Bytram> nod nod
[14:39:59] <Bytram> I won't call 'em out by name but there were oodles of others who were key in the get-it-up-and-running process
[14:40:01] <TheMightyBuzzard> also s/making corrections/making corrections and inserting typos/
[14:40:15] <Bytram> mare see
[14:40:47] <TheMightyBuzzard> ya, we're talking today not all time. we can do all time in February or on July 4, whenever we run the birthday story.
[14:42:09] <Bytram> agreed
[14:42:58] <TheMightyBuzzard> fyngyrz, xyem, and FatPhil could use a mention as contributing to dev stuffs. and you for breaking painstakingly crafted code.
[14:43:10] <TheMightyBuzzard> ~blame
[14:43:11] * exec points at Bytram
[14:43:30] <Bytram> I'll leave it to you to provide commentary on my code breaking skillz
[14:43:58] <TheMightyBuzzard> okey doke.
[14:44:14] <TheMightyBuzzard> when're you thinking of running it?
[14:44:19] <Bytram> hehe
[14:44:56] <Bytram> I wrote up this story about 2 weeks ago, and then the circuit breaker on my extension cord tripped and I lost the whole thing when my computer abruptly stopped
[14:45:33] <Bytram> would like soonest so as to max amount of time to contribute to funds, but also want it to get max visibility so... maybe Monday at 0800 EST?
[14:45:39] <Bytram> I'm open to ideas
[14:45:45] <Bytram> ~time x
[14:45:47] <exec> Saturday, 22 December 2018 @ 2:45 pm UTC - Coordinated Universal Time
[14:45:50] <Bytram> ~time boston
[14:45:52] <exec> Saturday, 22 December 2018 @ 9:45 am EST - Boston, MA
[14:46:21] <Bytram> on second thought, why not 0800 UTC?
[14:46:42] <TheMightyBuzzard> sounds good. i just wanted to know if i needed to do the note before i take off grocery shopping.
[14:46:50] <Bytram> 2018/12/24 08:00:00
[14:46:57] <Bytram> is that right?
[14:47:18] <Bytram> And now it's like the day before Christmas... not sure how many folk will notice that.
[14:47:21] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Ready for Glasto-net? Cheap, Local Low-Power Networks up for Grabs in The UK - http://sylnt.us - roll-your-own
[14:47:38] <Bytram> I suppose, if need be, can re-run / update with new totals as things go.
[14:47:48] <TheMightyBuzzard> shurg, run it wednesday then.
[14:48:15] <Bytram> ISTR playing public radio/tv announcer last year with repeated updates and encouragements.
[14:48:22] <Bytram> nah, make it monday.
[14:48:33] <Bytram> Will re-run as needed
[14:48:37] <TheMightyBuzzard> sure
[14:49:09] <TheMightyBuzzard> anyhows, i needa go make a list and check it twice. important groceries to buy.
[14:49:11] <Bytram> maybe have a daily update scheduled at 0800 showing progress.
[14:49:18] <Bytram> nod nod
[14:49:30] <Bytram> much appreciate your making the time to take a look-see
[14:49:57] <Bytram> TheMightyBuzzard: I don't see it in the story queue?
[14:50:30] <TheMightyBuzzard> did you bugger up the date?
[14:51:01] <Bytram> not that I am aware of...
[14:51:09] <Bytram> did you preview before pushing it out ?
[14:51:21] <Bytram> I still see it in the subs queue
[14:51:25] <TheMightyBuzzard> i didn't push it out, just looked at it.
[14:51:26] <Bytram> https://soylentnews.org
[14:51:28] <upstart> ^ 03SoylentNews Submissions
[14:51:36] <Bytram> oh, okay
[14:51:42] <Bytram> I thought you had updated it.
[14:51:43] <Bytram> nvm
[14:52:09] <TheMightyBuzzard> oh, no. just offering critique
[14:52:14] <Bytram> got it.
[14:52:21] <TheMightyBuzzard> yup yup
[14:53:14] <TheMightyBuzzard> i don't even bother with submissions for meta stories myself. easier to just write them and post-date them.
[14:54:01] * TheMightyBuzzard wanders off to get his grocery on
[14:59:36] <Bytram> yeah, I've done that... but going through the submit/approve process puts a pointer in my submission history making it easier to find it again in the future.
[15:33:20] <Bytram> TheMightyBuzzard: On second thought, I scheduled it for Sunday AM. Many thanks for your feedback!
[16:07:22] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Two People Arrested for Gatwick Airport Drone Incident - http://sylnt.us - gotta-catch-'em-all
[16:43:16] <pinchy> omg borus yeltsin! i knew this place was commie land
[16:43:47] <pinchy> https://www.npr.org
[16:43:48] <upstart> ^ 03Surgeon General Warns Youth Vaping Is Now An 'Epidemic'
[16:43:57] <pinchy> holy crap THAT is the US surgeon general?
[17:06:08] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - How to Halve the Environmental Impact of your Christmas Dinner - http://sylnt.us - cook-half-as-much
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