#Soylent | Logs for 2019-01-29
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[01:26:34] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Microsoft Employee Sparks Outrage by Suggesting Firefox Switch Browser Engine to Chromium - http://sylnt.us - remember-when-browser-war-was-IE-vs-Netscape? || World's Largest Digital Sky Survey (Pan-STARRS) Issues Biggest Astronomical Data Release Ever - http://sylnt.us - pan-skyed
[03:06:22] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - TSMC Fab 14 B hit by Massive Wafer Defection due to Chemical Contamination, 16/12nm Production Line - http://sylnt.us - not-so-fab-ulous
[04:37:31] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Backblaze Publishes Hard Drive Reliability Stats for 2018 - http://sylnt.us - rack-'em-up
[06:17:16] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Raspberry Pi Foundation Releases Compute Module 3+, the Last 40nm-Based RasPi - http://sylnt.us
[08:05:41] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Anti-Vaccine Advocates Appointed to Minnesota Autism Council After Measles Outbreak - http://sylnt.us - autism-causes-councils
[08:57:45] <FatPhil> Dark Energy = Dark Matter ... times the speed of Dark Light squared.
[09:26:12] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Unity Announces Game Designed to Test Artificial Intelligence, and $100,000 Prize Pool - http://sylnt.us - do-robots-dream-of-winning-game-contests?
[10:47:14] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - 'Superbug Gene' Found in One of the Most Remote Places on Earth - http://sylnt.us - what's-that-doing-there?
[11:32:19] <TheMightyBuzzard> coffee++
[11:32:19] <Bender> karma - coffee: 4572
[11:42:33] <TheMightyBuzzard> m'kay, coffee refill then nicotine then to the store for contractor bags then off to the church to finish ripping down walls.
[11:56:36] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - A Tiny Screw Shows Why iPhones Won’t Be ‘Assembled in U.S.A.’ - http://sylnt.us - screwed!
[12:27:29] <chromas> 0: Offshore manufacturing 1: Nobody here makes parts we need! 2: goto 0
[12:28:03] <fyngyrz> ...for a bowl of rice
[12:28:49] <boru> Complained about by the very people who buy these products.
[12:28:57] <boru> hypocrisy++
[12:28:57] <Bender> karma - hypocrisy: 1
[12:29:42] <fyngyrz> FYI: not complaining
[12:29:57] <fyngyrz> pointing out _why_
[12:30:08] <fyngyrz> it's not "we can only make 1000 screws"
[12:30:19] <fyngyrz> it's "our 1000 screws will cost you much more"
[12:31:15] <fyngyrz> playing field is not level, and no amount of political posturing will make it level. Only tariffs or some other means of actually matching the costs will
[12:33:28] <chromas> I thought tarrifs on imports were racis
[12:33:54] <fyngyrz> oh, at best, they're only classist. :)
[12:34:27] * chromas is still waiting on those kiosks that scan and instantly manufacture perfectly fitting seamless clothes
[12:35:07] * fyngyrz is still waiting on an AI-driven french maid with... full services
[12:35:58] <chromas> You know, if Chinese companies are replacing Chinese workers with robots, soon they'll replace the robot makers with robot making robots. Can they replace Chinese people with Chinese-making robots?
[12:36:00] <fyngyrz> http://fyngyrz.com
[12:36:02] <upstart> ^ 03Robots? Oh yes, there WILL be robots… « fyngyrz
[12:36:43] <fyngyrz> I believe that for some metrics, they've already done so
[12:37:15] <chromas> !karma
[12:37:16] <Bender> karma <item>
[12:37:18] <chromas> !karma chromas
[12:37:20] <Bender> karma of chromas is 241
[12:37:40] <AndyTheAbsurd> !karma robots
[12:37:40] <Bender> karma of robots is 3
[12:37:43] <chromas> oh good, I don't have to worry about being locked out of the bus
[12:37:53] * chromas gives Bender social credit
[12:38:05] <AndyTheAbsurd> !karma Bender
[12:38:05] <Bender> karma of bender is -5
[12:38:12] <chromas> poor bonder
[12:38:15] <fyngyrz> aw
[12:38:38] <chromas> Bender doesn't get to buy food and is ostracized by his perrs
[12:39:32] <fyngyrz> wrong race, probably
[12:39:34] <chromas> That guy in the comic looks familiar
[12:39:43] <fyngyrz> he's me
[12:39:58] <chromas> Or maybe all 70s-mustache guys look the same
[12:40:04] <fyngyrz> and that's Deb, my SO. True story.
[12:40:21] <chromas> But are the bubble real?
[12:40:38] <fyngyrz> well, the conversation happened
[12:40:42] * chromas looks around for his dropped letter, Velma-style
[12:40:42] <fyngyrz> in bed
[12:40:55] <fyngyrz> using that _particular_ pic is artistic license
[12:41:06] <chromas> eet boioing
[12:41:40] <chromas> some would say his pants grew three sizes tighter that night
[12:41:56] <fyngyrz> they would be optimists, sadly. :)
[12:42:30] <chromas> Could be metric pants
[12:42:43] <fyngyrz> hm
[12:42:48] <chromas> s/pan/nut/
[12:42:50] <exec> <chromas> Could be metric nutts
[12:42:58] * fyngyrz gradians
[12:43:41] * fyngyrz "when circles went metric"
[12:43:42] <chromas> Well that's a different angle
[12:44:15] <cmn32480> sheesh
[12:44:16] <fyngyrz> I'm afraid we're off on a tangent again
[12:44:22] <cmn32480> I'm glad jury duty is over
[12:44:30] <fyngyrz> did they pick you?
[12:44:31] <cmn32480> it's gotta be a sin
[12:44:40] <Bytram> coffee++
[12:44:40] <Bender> karma - coffee: 4573
[12:44:44] <Bytram> cmn32480: !!
[12:44:45] <cmn32480> sine(?)
[12:44:50] <cmn32480> coffee++
[12:44:50] <Bender> karma - coffee: 4574
[12:44:53] <chromas> Why doesn't the metric system have 100° circles?
[12:45:04] <fyngyrz> ...gradians
[12:45:07] <cmn32480> fyngyrz - been sitting on the damn jury for 2 weeks
[12:45:16] <fyngyrz> so they DID pick you
[12:45:17] <cmn32480> I figured I was gonna be the next one up for a murder trial
[12:45:26] <cmn32480> oh yeah
[12:45:35] <chromas> You can't be jury for your own trial
[12:45:36] <cmn32480> we finally finished deliberations yesterday
[12:45:44] <fyngyrz> I keep going... but they haven't picked me
[12:45:47] <cmn32480> I know.. but I was gonna kill some of the other people on the jury
[12:45:52] <fyngyrz> lol
[12:46:07] <cmn32480> Bytram!!
[12:46:15] <cmn32480> nasty case
[12:46:18] <Bytram> long time no 'see'
[12:46:28] <cmn32480> kid (16) killed his mom with a ball peen hammer
[12:46:42] <Bytram> glad they actually had someone with some intelligence in the jury (I know if it were me, I *would*)
[12:46:46] <chromas> Allegedly
[12:46:47] <Bytram> ouch
[12:46:56] <cmn32480> no.. he was found guilty
[12:47:00] <cmn32480> so no more allegedly
[12:47:29] <cmn32480> with a few minor exceptions... it was a decent group
[12:47:45] * Bytram struggles to think of circumstances where someone would even think to do that
[12:47:49] <Bytram> good to hear
[12:48:08] <cmn32480> the few exceptions cost us at least 2 days of deliberation
[12:48:19] <chromas> She probably smirked in public
[12:48:23] <Bytram> I'm sure it was... deliberate?
[12:48:27] <Bytram> ;)
[12:48:37] <cmn32480> #smake bytram
[12:48:37] * MrPlow smakes bytram upside the head with a facepalm
[12:48:47] <Bytram> :chuckles:
[12:48:51] <cmn32480> Murder 2... so yeah, deliberate
[12:49:25] <chromas> How much stuff do you get to talk about when it's over?
[12:49:33] <cmn32480> all of it
[12:49:58] <chromas> Ah. Did he say why? Did she take his xbox away?
[12:50:03] <cmn32480> we sat with the prosecutors in the hallway discussing it after the judge released us
[12:50:12] <Bytram> chromas: it's the *during* part when discussions are usually kept private, IIRC
[12:50:28] <Bytram> s/IIRC/IIUC/
[12:50:30] <exec> <Bytram> chromas: it's the *during* part when discussions are usually kept private, IIUC
[12:50:54] <cmn32480> correct bytram
[12:51:08] <cmn32480> their perspective was quite interesting
[12:51:53] <cmn32480> they also had a lot of questions about how we operceived certain things... trying to doa better job, I'm guessing
[12:52:42] <Bytram> <sarcasm>or to improve their chances on the next case; sometimes it is not all about justice but instead about 'winning' </sarcasm>
[12:52:57] <cmn32480> not exactly
[12:53:02] <Bytram> can't say about this particular situation, of course
[12:53:51] <Bytram> sometimes, though, it is extremely hard to clearly convey compelling incriminating information in a way that is understandable.
[12:53:57] <cmn32480> more on how to present certain kinds of evidence to make it more easily understood, how to better prep the police officers, what witnesses we found credible and why, that sort of thing
[12:54:06] <Bytram> nod nod
[12:54:08] <cmn32480> that si very true
[12:54:19] <Bytram> take tech stuff, for example
[12:54:34] <Bytram> current topic du jour -- sock puppets
[12:54:40] <cmn32480> but this particular case had extenuating circumstances... the kid was abused mentally, physically, and sexually by the motehr
[12:55:14] <chromas> Does that lighten the sentence?
[12:55:34] <Bytram> from the admin screens, it is readily apparent to those who have looked at them for a while what is 'normal' and what isn't. For those who have not seen 'em and lack the experience... it's complicated and confusing.
[12:55:45] <Bytram> sadness all around
[12:57:06] <Bytram> cmn32480: just thought you would like to know that the site's 5 year anniversary is coming up Feb 16/17 (depending if you go with UTC or US time)... and you need only 6 more stories to reach 3,000 !!
[12:58:30] <Bytram> one story every day or two would get you there.
[12:58:34] <Bytram> =)
[12:58:59] <Bytram> gotta make a phone call; back in a bit.
[13:15:37] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Major iPhone FaceTime Bug Lets You Hear the Audio of the Person You are Calling, Before They Pick Up - http://sylnt.us - see-hear
[13:41:26] <chromas> https://www.youtube.com
[13:41:27] <upstart> ^ 03Brave Dave's Big Fat Freight Hop - Part 1
[13:41:47] <chromas> I see a new NCommander post in the near future
[13:48:23] <pinchy> where u get that crystal ball at?
[14:01:15] <chromas> I made it, after binge watching youtube howtos
[14:01:24] <chromas> I didn't like, comment or subscribe though
[14:45:50] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Singapore Blames U.S. Citizen for Leak of Around 14,200 HIV-Positive Patient Records - http://sylnt.us - security-versus-convenience
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[16:16:30] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - 'Minimize Talking' Outside: Polar Vortex Bears Down on Northern USA as Deep South Braces for Snow - http://sylnt.us - Brrrrrrr
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[18:17:58] <Bytram> ~time x
[18:17:59] <exec> Tuesday, 29 January 2019 @ 6:17 pm UTC - Coordinated Universal Time
[18:18:22] <AndyTheAbsurd> ~time CEST
[18:18:24] <exec> Tuesday, 29 January 2019 @ 8:18 pm CEST - Central European Summer Time
[18:20:02] <AndyTheAbsurd> ~time NPT
[18:20:04] <exec> Wednesday, 30 January 2019 @ 12:05 am NPT - Nepal Time
[18:20:09] <AndyTheAbsurd> ~time x
[18:20:11] <exec> Tuesday, 29 January 2019 @ 6:20 pm UTC - Coordinated Universal Time
[18:21:25] <Bytram> I discovered, long ago, that if ~time does not recognize the time zone, it defaults to UTC
[18:21:27] <Bytram> ~time
[18:21:28] <exec> syntax: ~time location
[18:21:29] <exec> time data courtesy of Google
[18:21:40] <Bytram> but it fails with no argument. :(
[18:22:25] <Bytram> so "~time x" is an effective shorthand for "~time UTC" that evokes thoughts of "Timex" which has made timepieces for many years. =)
[18:22:30] <Bytram> ~time UTC
[18:22:31] <exec> location not found - UTC timestamp: Tuesday, 29 January 2019, 6:22 pm
[18:22:35] <Bytram> lol
[18:22:39] <Bytram> ~time GMT
[18:22:41] <exec> Tuesday, 29 January 2019 @ 6:22 pm GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
[18:22:44] <Bytram> ~time x
[18:22:46] <exec> Tuesday, 29 January 2019 @ 6:22 pm UTC - Coordinated Universal Time
[18:22:56] <Bytram> and there you go!
[18:33:33] <AndyTheAbsurd> ~time Pittsburg, CA
[18:33:35] <exec> Tuesday, 29 January 2019 @ 10:33 am PST - Pittsburg, CA
[18:34:48] <AndyTheAbsurd> ~time Charlottetown, PEI
[18:34:50] <exec> Tuesday, 29 January 2019 @ 2:34 pm AST - Charlottetown, PE, Canada
[18:35:08] <AndyTheAbsurd> ~time Lagos
[18:35:10] <exec> Tuesday, 29 January 2019 @ 7:35 pm GMT+1 - Lagos, Nigeria
[18:36:46] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Winds have so far Failed to Revive NASA’s Opportunity Rover; NASA Still Trying - http://sylnt.us - e's-not-dead-yet!
[19:05:44] <Bytram> #g K.I.S.S. keep
[19:05:45] <MrPlow> https://en.wikipedia.org - "KISS, a backronym for \"keep it simple, stupid\", is a design principle noted by the U.S. Navy in 1960. The KISS principle states that most systems work best if they ..."
[19:57:51] <Bytram> #g m-w trepidatious
[19:57:52] <MrPlow> https://www.merriam-webster.com - "Dec 14, 2018 ... Trepidatious definition is - feeling trepidation : apprehensive. How to use trepidatious in a sentence."
[20:02:47] <Bytram> #g resume
[20:02:48] <MrPlow> https://www.resume.com - "Resume.com's Free Online Resume Maker: our professional resume templates make it easy to build & share your résumé. Fast, easy, and fun - just click to ..."
[20:03:01] <AndyTheAbsurd> #g m-w floccinauhipilification
[20:03:01] <MrPlow> sorry, there were no results for your query
[20:03:34] <Bytram> Are you shore ewe spelt that write?
[20:03:50] <Bytram> #g floccinauhipilification
[20:03:51] <MrPlow> sorry, there were no results for your query
[20:04:00] <Bytram> doesn't look that way. :(
[20:04:06] <AndyTheAbsurd> I left a couple of syllables out, I think.
[20:04:12] <Bytram> nod nod
[20:04:13] <AndyTheAbsurd> #g m-w floccinaucinihilipilification
[20:04:14] <MrPlow> https://en.wikiquote.org - "According to the Oxford English Dictionary, floccinaucinihilipilification is the longest ... Let me indulge in the floccinaucinihilipilification of EU judges [...]."
[20:04:22] <Bytram> oy!
[20:05:56] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Epigenetics for Alzheimer's Reversal, and a Better Alzheimer's Blood Test - http://sylnt.us - remove-brain
[20:06:51] <AndyTheAbsurd> #g wikipedia Oi music
[20:06:52] <MrPlow> https://en.wikipedia.org! - "Oi! is a subgenre of punk rock that originated in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s. The music and its associated subculture had the goal of bringing together ..."
[20:06:58] <Bytram> According to the Oxford English Dictionary, floccinaucinihilipilification is the longest non-technical word in the English language. It means an estimation of something as worthless.
[20:07:13] <Bytram> #g antidisestablishmentarianism
[20:07:13] <MrPlow> https://en.wikipedia.org - "Antidisestablishmentarianism (/ˌæntidɪsɪˌstæblɪʃmənˈtɛəriənɪzəm/ ( About this sound listen), US also /ˌæntaɪ-/ ( About this sound listen)) is a political ..."
[20:07:53] <Bytram> #g antidisestablishmentarianistically
[20:07:53] <MrPlow> https://www.urbandictionary.com - "\"Behaving in the manner of a person who is in opposed to the separation of church and state\". It is a construction of the word disestablishment which was the ..."
[20:08:29] <Bytram> there's 34 letters in a word for ya!
[20:41:23] <Bytram> ~time x
[20:41:25] <exec> Tuesday, 29 January 2019 @ 8:41 pm UTC - Coordinated Universal Time
[21:08:43] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Mea Culpa! Corrections and Clarifications on Moderation [Updated] - http://sylnt.us - if-at-first-you-don't-succeed,-stay-away-from-skydiving
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[21:25:58] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Mozilla Security Policy Cracks Down on Creepy Web Trackers, Holds Supercookies Over Fire - http://sylnt.us - track-me-not
[23:05:12] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Distant Kuiper Belt Planetesimal Found Using Occultation - http://sylnt.us - Occultation-is-like-a-Ouija-board,-right?