#soylent | Logs for 2019-11-28
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[00:05:45] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - We Love Coffee, Tea, Chocolate and Soft Drinks So Much, Caffeine is Literally in Our Blood - https://sylnt.us - Dracula-was-right-all-along
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[02:00:40] <RandomFactor> https://www.youtube.com
[02:00:41] <systemd> ^ 03Trump Is The Greatest Troll of Our Generation, Media SHOCKED After He Posts "Doctored" Meme
[02:01:14] <chromas> Twitter is srs bsns
[02:02:39] <RandomFactor> Apparently he posted a meme of his head on Sylvester Stallone body from Rocky III. And the media predictably loses its mind.
[02:03:11] <chromas> I seent it
[02:03:30] <chromas> https://twitter.com
[02:03:31] <systemd> ^ 03Twitter ( https://mobile.twitter.com )
[02:04:09] <RandomFactor> I did log into twitter to make sure they didn't delete my account....
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[02:35:55] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Interstellar Comet Borisov Gets the Close-up Ghostly Glamour Shot It Deserves - https://sylnt.us - here-she-comes-did-I-just-assume-its-gender?
[02:40:02] <AzumaHazuki> it would be Borisova if it were female
[02:43:53] <RandomFactor> Dammit, that's why i don't log in to Twitter.... just spent 30 minutes blocking idiots.
[02:45:23] <chromas> You need one of those block bots to do the work for you
[02:45:32] <RandomFactor> +
[02:45:37] <chromas> Then you can block people you've never even heard of
[02:45:42] <RandomFactor> That would be the smart thing to do
[02:46:11] <chromas> Block friends of friends of friends of that one guy who disagreed with you that one time
[02:47:29] <RandomFactor> Disagreeing with me isn't necessarily definitive of idiot status. Although admittedly it's a big factor in my calculus. But its my twitter feed i can block anyone i want to.
[02:48:13] <RandomFactor> I judge the complete character of other drivers far more quickly as a rule
[02:49:12] <chromas> Sounds like you're doing twitter wrong
[02:49:51] <RandomFactor> hmmm, logging in once or twice a year, wasting an hour blocking people, getting disgusted and not logging in again for 6-12 months isn't what everyone does?
[02:50:26] <RandomFactor> what the heck else is it good for?
[02:51:11] <chromas> Shitposting and being butthurt about other people's shitposts
[02:52:49] <RandomFactor> Never actually posted to Twitter (well once, a random noise pocket post by accident, but I deleted it)
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[03:41:20] <RandomFactor> So my water heater starts dripping from the plastic drain faucet. Looks bog standard and should be pretty simple to replace but...Home Depot, ACE and Lowe's aren't open tomorrow. Cold showers are gonna suck in the morning. I'm also assuming there's no reason to replace it with more plastic.
[04:29:28] <carny> that could be the release valve
[04:57:35] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Irish Parliament Counts Cost of €1m Printer Error - https://sylnt.us - can-it-print-money?
[04:58:20] <RandomFactor> It's the one you use to drain the thing once a year (well hypothetically, in practice you drain it once and never do it again)
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[07:16:12] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Dambusting, R/C Style - https://sylnt.us - just-plane-good-fun
[08:15:54] <chromas> Is the leakage at least clean?
[09:47:25] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Private Internet Access to Be Acquired by Kape - https://sylnt.us - if-they-start-logging-will-they-tell-us?
[10:41:02] * SoyGuest61688 feels like !grabbing chromas
[10:42:35] <chromas> Yes; take me in a manly fashion!
[11:10:58] <SoyGuest61688> happy trumpsgiving!
[11:11:10] <SoyGuest61688> n.e. turkey
[11:13:42] <chromas> mmm, northeastern turkey
[11:23:55] <SoyGuest61688> nah, this isn't a georgian turkey shashlik, this is a proper english roast.
[11:47:10] * chromas prefers jewish roasts
[11:47:53] * chromas puts on some don rickles
[11:57:49] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Babies in the Womb May See More Than We Thought - https://sylnt.us - I-see-what-you-did-there
[11:58:49] <SoyGuest61688> https://kuvaton.com
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[12:07:55] <chromas> dick the halls
[12:08:33] <chromas> with twig and berries
[12:17:56] <SoyGuest61688> jiggle balls, jiggle balls, jiggle all the day
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[14:16:27] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Fertility Rate in U.S. Hit a Record Low in 2018 - https://sylnt.us - you-guys-know-what-the-solution-is
[15:10:25] <RandomFactor> I was right about the cold showers
[15:10:56] <janrinok> lol - but I bet it woke you up...
[15:11:21] <RandomFactor> Maybe walmart. They might have random plumbing bits.
[15:11:36] <janrinok> I assume it is a specially threaded piece of plastic that will cost several times what it should?
[15:11:53] <RandomFactor> I am pretty sure it is just a standard threaded faucet
[15:12:14] <janrinok> of course, but they will _claim_ that it is special
[15:12:39] <chromas> reverse-polarity pipe ;)
[15:12:51] <janrinok> you mean it sucks?
[15:13:30] <janrinok> ... or is it because the water is now on the outside?
[15:13:51] <RandomFactor> well the drip pan is half full. Lucky we spotted it actually.
[15:14:10] <RandomFactor> most of the water has now run out the hose down the hill in back
[15:14:17] <chromas> It's not rusty water, hopefully
[15:14:44] <RandomFactor> no, but it is a completely plastic (but otherwise apparently normal) faucet that screws into the base of the water heater
[15:15:02] <RandomFactor> I'm assuming it is plastic as some sort of 'emergency blow out' or some crap
[15:15:11] <RandomFactor> as if there aren't already enough of those
[15:15:39] <chromas> I'd think the base one would be for draining
[15:15:40] <RandomFactor> and the stupid plastic faucet couldn't even handle the stress of just sitting there and started leaking
[15:15:43] <RandomFactor> it is
[15:15:58] <RandomFactor> it's the one you drain it from once a year (in theory...)
[15:16:02] <chromas> well, sounds like it's working as intended. it's draining, right?
[15:16:30] <RandomFactor> Insightful
[15:16:32] <chromas> and if you haven't been doing it, well it's about time thenm
[15:16:44] <RandomFactor> Chromas++
[15:16:44] <Bender> karma - chromas: 266
[15:16:48] <chromas> the valve's just trying to help out
[15:17:27] <RandomFactor> it will be cheap metal instead of cheaper plastic when I'm done
[15:19:55] <RandomFactor> Also to run the hose out the basement i had to open the basement door. So i drag in the hose the cat is afeared, i put the hose down pick it up to put it upstairs (note - picking an afeared cat != smart) so it wouldn't run away. Once we got up the stairs it decided it had enough and my wrist now
[15:19:55] <RandomFactor> will get me reported to suicide interventions. A
[15:19:55] <RandomFactor> t least we have some iodine lying about. That stuff stings.
[15:21:58] <chromas> Better go rub the kitty to make it feel better
[15:22:02] <chromas> Be sure to wear short sleaves
[15:22:18] <chromas> s/a/e/2
[15:22:20] <exec> <chromas> Be sure to wear short sleeves
[15:23:31] <RandomFactor> And frankly no where near my worst plumbing related thanksgiving. I still remember the great juice-pack down the toilet (kids...) incident of 2009 where the water pressure actually broke my pipe to the sewer and flooded the basement. Getting a plumber on thanksgiving is quick and cheap as you are
[15:23:31] <RandomFactor> doubtless speculating.
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[15:24:28] <chromas> Need a garbage disposer for the toilet
[15:24:36] <RandomFactor> Million dollar idea
[15:24:41] <chromas> And flushable juice boxes
[15:25:00] <RandomFactor> Right up there with my "gutter cleaning drone" idea
[15:25:40] <RandomFactor> iRobot actually has a gutter cleaning robot as I recall
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[15:48:24] <RandomFactor> Dammit, i just logged in to avoid this too... https://betanews.com
[15:48:25] <systemd> ^ 03Twitter puts its account cull on hold... because it forgot about dead people
[15:48:50] <RandomFactor> I'm not dead yet!
[16:03:17] <chromas> old news; https://www.zdnet.com
[16:03:19] <systemd> ^ 03Twitter backpedals on plans to wipe out inactive accounts
[16:04:11] * RandomFactor ponders the meaning of 'old'
[16:05:26] <chromas> if tmb can be old in his 40s then that can certainly be old when it's over a whole day old :D
[16:05:48] <RandomFactor> Well, 20 hours since the tweet
[16:05:56] <SoyGuest61688> why is it deleting unused accounts anyway? shouldn't it delete the useless accounts instead? Imagine the cost savings in the servers dept.
[16:05:59] <RandomFactor> an eternity in twitter time
[16:06:41] <RandomFactor> I saw something go by on dog years being a lie
[16:08:30] <chromas> Maybe they want to save a buck on their ec2 account
[16:08:58] <chromas> But yeah, dormant accounts don't really cost anything
[16:09:41] <RandomFactor> yeah, other than freeing up names for people. Most of them are probably bot armies anyway so will be stupid random stuff anyway
[16:10:22] <SoyGuest16229> Like SoyGuest61688!
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[16:10:36] <RandomFactor> Ahh look, the destroyer just walked by, looked at me and meowrrd
[16:10:50] <RandomFactor> Precisely
[16:46:26] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Company Stock Prices Fall When Women Are Added To Boards Of Directors - https://sylnt.us - shortsighted
[16:50:56] <chromas> Do they fall by 23%?
[16:52:13] * RandomFactor considers.
[16:52:37] <RandomFactor> Women make up 23% of government positions
[16:52:48] <RandomFactor> if not that, I don't get the ref
[16:55:01] <RandomFactor> Maaaybe: When you're shuffling around Board members there is trouble abrewin your stock price is likely to fall soon regardless of who you stick on there.
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[18:50:08] <Runaway1956_> =submit https://www.bbc.com
[18:50:12] <systemd> Submitting "Scientists stumped by 18,000-year-old frozen 'dog'"...
[18:50:33] <systemd> ✓ Sub-ccess! "Scientists Stumped by 18,000-year-old Frozen 'dog'" (13 paragraphs) -> https://soylentnews.org
[18:58:06] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Raccoon Was Once a Thanksgiving Feast Fit for a President - https://sylnt.us - from-the-garbage-can-to-the-table
[19:01:25] <SoyGuest61688> Is there a way in sh to try to execute something, but time out if it seems to be taking too long?
[19:02:15] <SoyGuest61688> I could do something in perl with an alarm signal, I guess.
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[19:05:00] <RandomFactor> Cry SOYGUEST and let slip the posts of war
[19:06:50] <janrinok> your latest sub is already processed and queued to go out on Saturday
[19:08:08] <janrinok> I am prioritising community subs over bot subs as there are so few coming in due to the holiday
[19:09:33] <RandomFactor> makes sense
[19:10:18] <janrinok> well, to be honest we always prioritise community subs...
[19:10:59] * RandomFactor nods
[19:11:17] <RandomFactor> -sigh- ok, time to suffer a little more cold-water cleanup and then off to dinner
[19:12:00] <RandomFactor> maybe just sprits some eu-de-I'mClean on and hope its ok
[19:12:02] <janrinok> Are you ready for your assault on Walmart tomorrow for your radiator whatsit?
[19:12:16] <janrinok> have a good meal and enjoy your day
[19:12:17] <RandomFactor> already went, they didn't have what I needed. Have to wait for Homedepot
[19:12:30] <RandomFactor> i'll put in a nice brass one to replace
[19:12:43] <janrinok> OK, it won't help you that I've got several sat in my garage
[19:12:47] <SoyGuest61688> victorian styling? with an ivory handle?
[19:13:11] <SoyGuest61688> awwwwwww: https://www.zerohedge.com
[19:13:12] <systemd> ^ 03Facebook/Snapchat Is Down For Millions: Millennials Panic As They Face Thanksgiving 'Alone'
[19:13:13] <RandomFactor> i'd settle for anything that would plug a standard 3/4" NPT hole
[19:13:35] <janrinok> ah, all ours are in mm
[19:13:58] <janrinok> so that's about 18mm or so
[19:14:36] <janrinok> sounds a bit big for the ones that we use
[19:15:01] <SoyGuest61688> 19mm and a cigarette paper
[19:15:23] <janrinok> close enough for government work
[19:15:45] <SoyGuest61688> yeah, but that might cost a trillion dollars!
[19:16:08] <janrinok> I'm selling - not buying :)
[19:17:59] <Runaway1956_> Mud daubers will fill that hole, if you wait for them to come back out in the spring
[19:18:15] <Runaway1956_> and they don't care if it's SAE or metric
[19:20:45] <janrinok> Runaway1956_, have you already dutifully eaten your eleventeen pound turkey and half a pig?
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[19:31:49] * janrinok wonders if the turkey and pig won - Runaway1956_ could be lying in a pool of cranberry sauce and Aunt Bessie's coyote cream cheese mousse (secret recipe)
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[19:36:33] <janrinok> hi Az - best wishes for Thanksgiving Day
[19:37:24] <AzumaHazuki> hello
[19:37:31] <AzumaHazuki> it's...well, better than last year's
[19:37:41] <janrinok> does sound too good...
[19:37:47] <janrinok> doesn't*
[19:37:49] <AzumaHazuki> will probably make a bunch of pelmeni/pierogi later
[19:38:23] <janrinok> tell me what time to turn up - its been a while since I've eaten either but I have enjoyed both in the past
[19:39:58] <janrinok> the French don't have anything to celebrate today - having over-imbibed during celebrations for killing off their royalty
[19:46:14] <Runaway1956_> About that turkey Janrinok -
[19:46:30] <Runaway1956_> the wife found a deep fried turkey
[19:46:32] <janrinok> ah, you've escaped
[19:46:48] <Runaway1956_> all the talk is that deep frying them is double plus good
[19:47:06] <Runaway1956_> but the one she brought home is dryer than the Mojave Desert
[19:47:06] <janrinok> so I've heard but I remain unconvinced
[19:47:27] <janrinok> so she is not happy and you are not helping?
[19:47:34] <Runaway1956_> Not sure if it's as dry as Death Valley, but definitely dryer than the Mojave
[19:47:47] <janrinok> all things are relative
[19:47:55] <Runaway1956_> I helped - I brought home a ham, and cooked it
[19:48:15] <Runaway1956_> I've dutifully eaten a pumpkin pie - which shocks her for some reason
[19:48:15] <janrinok> so you wont starve today then?
[19:48:29] <Runaway1956_> Nahhh, I'm stuffed, ready for bed
[19:49:37] <Runaway1956_> Yay - email says Paypal gave me back my money for a delivery not delivered
[19:49:47] <Runaway1956_> I'm cowboy rich!
[19:50:43] <janrinok> well, I hope that you both enjoy your day. Time for me to go
[19:51:45] <Runaway1956_> you have a good day Jan -
[19:52:00] <Runaway1956_> I realize you don't have big feather bird day over there
[19:53:00] <janrinok> you wait until Christmas - we go mad like everyone else
[19:53:19] <Runaway1956_> with a goose?
[19:55:55] <SoyGuest61688> Runaway1956_: Happy Trumpsgiving!
[19:56:34] <Runaway1956_> same to you SoyGuest61688
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[21:27:51] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Lawmakers Suggest Apple May be Using Privacy 'as a Shield for Anti-Competitive Behavior’ - https://sylnt.us - say-it-isn't-true
[22:01:35] <carny> how is it even possible to dry out a deep fried turkey?
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[22:45:40] <SoyGuest61688> Deep fry it in oleum?
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[23:39:04] <SoyGuest61688> how many nationalities of upbringing are represented on-chan currently?
[23:39:45] <SoyGuest61688> I'm wondering whether "reading comprehension" was a regular part of testing through ones school career.
[23:40:59] <SoyGuest61688> I know it was on my end-of-year English language tests every single year from ages ~6 to ~14.
[23:41:20] <SoyGuest61688> Even if it's just "what are we seeing Spot do?
[23:43:55] <RandomFactor> I won a contest in reading comprehension once. As i recall it was on a passage from the Metamorphosis by Ovid that I had translated once for class already and it was the same passage in the contest :-)
[23:46:43] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - The Dangers of Cell Phone Radiation. Don't Put in Your Shirt Pocket - https://sylnt.us - all-of-a-glow