#soylent | Logs for 2020-05-31
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[00:37:44] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - The Isle of Eigg and the Possibilities of Building a New Economy - https://sylnt.us - Eiggemplary
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[02:57:16] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Customs and Border Protection Predator Drone Observes Minneapolis Protests - https://sylnt.us - eye-in-the-sky
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[05:26:14] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Astronomers Detect Biggest Explosion in the History of the Universe (Post Big Bang) - https://sylnt.us - just-demolition-work-for-the-intergalactic-superhighway
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[06:28:38] <chromas> One little power flicker and the modem & router herp a derp for the next few hours
[06:29:13] <chromas> Router gets an IP but won't pass anything along, except pinging the modem
[06:29:25] * chromas blames covid
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[07:48:01] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Microsoft Replaces Around 50 MSN News Editors With Algorithms - https://sylnt.us - robots-taking-our-jobs
[08:22:47] <chromas> https://www.youtube.com
[08:22:49] <systemd> ^ 03YMS: Kimba the White Lion
[08:36:33] <FatPhil> https://news.sky.com
[08:36:34] <systemd> ^ 03Coronavirus: Monkeys 'escape with COVID-19 samples' after attacking lab assistant
[08:54:59] * FatPhil breathes a sigh of relief - our brewpub's May sales were higher than February's. April was painful, but now we've reopened again the punters are filling it nicely.
[10:06:34] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - NASA Supercomputers Power COVID-19 Research - https://sylnt.us - by-the-numbers
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[11:57:48] <Bytram> chromas: do you not have the modem and router on a UPS?
[12:26:29] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Herding Wild Buffalo and Cattle from Space - https://sylnt.us - git-along-little-doggie
[12:52:13] <Bytram> coffee++
[12:52:13] <Bender> karma - coffee: 5244
[13:17:54] <FatPhil> tea++
[13:17:54] <Bender> karma - tea: 621
[13:27:05] <FatPhil> top tip - don't call an expensive function that doesn't depend on the loop variable in the middle of a loop
[13:28:30] <Bytram> FatPhil: I'm curious how THAT happened?
[13:28:57] <FatPhil> top tip - don't put irrelevant quotes in from classic literature as comments in your code if you can't be arsed to remove redundant expensive function calls from your loops.
[13:29:45] <FatPhil> Every time I look at the source of a perl module I get the impression that perl coders are idiots. And then continue using perl...
[13:31:31] <Bytram> Ahhh, *interpreted* code,
[13:33:59] <Bytram> In my .CMD files I have a standard "prologue" at the top with comments containing description, invocation examples, etc. Structured as: "GOTO Top" / lines of prologue / :Top
[14:05:12] <RandomFactor> Endeavor is 135 Meters out from ISS in route to Waypoint 2 at .3M/s
[14:11:13] <RandomFactor> Waypoint 2 reached.
[14:11:50] <RandomFactor> Go for docking
[14:13:15] <RandomFactor> "Final approach resume"
[14:14:16] <RandomFactor> Approaching at <.1M/s under autonomous control
[14:15:17] <RandomFactor> Inside 10 meters
[14:15:30] <TheMightyBuzzard> fire photon torpedoes!
[14:16:16] <RandomFactor> 5 meters
[14:16:54] <TheMightyBuzzard> sigh, guess that's about all the fucking around i can justify even for a sunday morning. off to work.
[14:17:04] <RandomFactor> 1 meter
[14:17:13] <RandomFactor> Cya Buzz
[14:17:19] <RandomFactor> Soft capture complete
[14:18:43] <RandomFactor> Soft Capture Retract
[14:21:45] <RandomFactor> Retraction Complete
[14:26:14] <RandomFactor> 6 of 12 hooks complete
[14:28:11] <RandomFactor> Hard Capture Complete
[14:30:57] <RandomFactor> Docking sequence is complete.
[14:35:31] <FatPhil> looks like worldometers has removed the '2 days back' option, and magically the table is back visable again in my palemoon.
[14:35:57] <FatPhil> I conclude that they realised their implementation was buggy, and reverted.
[14:58:23] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Renewable Energy Sources Surpassed Coal in the U.S. in 2019 - https://sylnt.us - the-king-is-dead
[15:08:16] <RandomFactor> Roscosmos is working to reduce the cost of a seat on its Soyus rockets to the ISS by 30% (Currently Charges $80million, Musk pegs Dragon cost at $60million)
[15:11:10] <FatPhil> what's the actuall marginal cost of Dragon?
[15:38:48] <carny> before or after the hush money from the flat earth conspiracy? ;]
[15:42:35] <RandomFactor> I've probably heard it, but no idea off hand
[15:51:20] <RandomFactor> I have submitted a scoop. https://soylentnews.org
[15:51:21] <systemd> ^ 03Instant Ice Cream Patented: SoylentNews Submission
[15:52:03] <RandomFactor> We'll see if it melts the editor's hearts
[15:57:47] <RandomFactor> Granted the story is kind of vanilla.
[16:00:48] <FatPhil> RandomFactor++ for 'scoop'
[16:00:48] <Bender> karma - randomfactor: 21
[16:04:35] <GrandFireWizard> If it does, can we pour what's left into a mould and freeze it and put it back in someone's chest? Or is melting a heart a one way trip?
[16:08:49] <FatPhil> how do we know they melt - what if they're sublime?
[16:21:35] <RandomFactor> Instant karma for rock chunkers...or instant caramel rocky road and chunky monkey...a question for our times.
[16:22:14] <FatPhil> B&J ain't B&J any more, they're multinational megacorp.
[16:22:43] <RandomFactor> The 71 flavors place? I always ordered vanilla anyway :-p
[16:23:02] <RandomFactor> my family was always a bit wierded out by it
[16:23:17] <RandomFactor> BlueBell is the best vanilla.
[16:24:09] <RandomFactor> Now i gotta check the fridge, brb
[16:25:12] <RandomFactor> Bah, some offbrand Chocolate Almond Crunch is all
[16:40:29] <RandomFactor> Final hatch opens in about 20 minutes to ISS from Dragon capsule.
[17:02:57] <RandomFactor> And....Hatch between Dragon and ISS is now open.
[17:17:00] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Waymo Autonomous Minivans Resume Testing in California and Arizona - https://sylnt.us - pedestrians-beware
[17:17:13] <FatPhil> Ben & Herry's
[17:17:18] <FatPhil> Herry?
[17:17:37] <FatPhil> Must have turned hispanic briefly
[18:05:15] <chromas> Spice cream
[18:08:13] <FatPhil> has there been an electric cesna story in the last few days?
[18:10:41] <FatPhil> https://www.aerotime.aero
[18:10:51] <systemd> ^ 03Cessna eCaravan becomes largest electric aircraft to fly
[18:11:36] <chromas> I don't see one
[18:11:54] <FatPhil> #submit https://www.aerotime.aero
[18:11:56] <MrPlow> Submitting. There is a mandatory delay, please be patient.
[18:12:22] <MrPlow> Submission successful. https://soylentnews.org
[18:12:33] <FatPhil> not had time to read SN or pretty much anything for many days.
[18:13:56] <RandomFactor> 100 miles range on that eCessna. Sooner or later one of the battery breakthroughs of the week needs to take it up a notch.
[18:25:51] <carny> what is the point in flying a plane with a 100 mile range besides taking pictures out the window?
[18:26:01] <RandomFactor> it's just a test bed
[18:26:05] <carny> might as well save a ton of money and just buy a drone
[18:26:16] <carny> i guess
[18:26:48] <carny> the power density of batteries is not even close to the lowest density liquid fuel
[18:27:08] <carny> they must be getting government money for this research
[18:28:05] <RandomFactor> no practicality to it currently as you note
[18:28:49] <carny> i wish they'd spend their research budget on making cheaper planes that carry more than 3 people
[18:29:09] <chromas> Not true. You can launch a fleet to circle towns and deliver wireless internets
[18:29:33] <Bytram> launch a fleet what? Gazelle?
[18:29:42] <Bytram> =)
[18:29:49] <chromas> you're right. a battery
[18:30:01] <chromas> A battery of battery-powered battery planes :)
[18:30:29] <chromas> Dropping batteries of batteries (for christmas toys)
[18:30:35] <Bytram> Didn't we have a story on electric-powered flights somewhere in the northern UK? Between islands, IIRC
[18:30:38] <carny> the main benefit of this research will be better batteries for planes that still use fossil fuels
[18:30:55] <carny> save a few pounds for cargo
[18:31:04] <chromas> if cars can be hybrids, why not planes?
[18:31:08] <carny> i've heard of planes that increase efficiency by having lots of engines
[18:31:14] <chromas> it'll cut down emissions during stop-n-go traffic
[18:31:27] <carny> as well as engines on the front and back of the wing going the opposite direction
[18:31:55] <carny> chromas: right you'll be able to turn off the engines while you're waiting for clearance to land
[18:32:05] <carny> like a prius
[18:32:25] <chromas> yep, or stuck in the pharmacy drive though
[18:33:45] <Bytram> =g site:soylentnews.org plane battery island
[18:33:46] <systemd> [0 results]
[18:33:58] <Bytram> =g site:soylentnews.org flight battery island
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[18:34:01] <Bytram> =g site:soylentnews.org flight battery
[18:34:02] <systemd> https://soylentnews.org - SpaceX's Starhopper 150-Meter Test... Scrubbed for Monday; Try ...
[18:34:11] <Bytram> =g site:soylentnews.org flight battery -spacex
[18:34:12] <systemd> https://soylentnews.org - Mar. 2
[18:34:27] <Bytram> =g site:soylentnews.org flight battery -spacex -index.pl
[18:34:27] <systemd> https://soylentnews.org - This New York Woman Built Her Own Rotary-Dial Cellphone ...
[18:34:39] <Bytram> =g site:soylentnews.org plane battery -spacex -index.pl
[18:34:40] <systemd> https://soylentnews.org - Raspberry Pi 4 Has a Non-Compliant USB-C Charging Port ...
[18:34:51] <Bytram> =g site:soylentnews.org island battery -spacex -index.pl
[18:34:52] <systemd> https://soylentnews.org - Brooklyn Gets New York's Biggest Battery Park from Italy's Enel ...
[18:35:03] <Bytram> =g site:soylentnews.org island battery -spacex -index.pl -Brooklyn
[18:35:04] <systemd> https://soylentnews.org - FEMA Emergency Test Message to be Sent to Most U.S. Cell ...
[18:35:34] <Bytram> grr
[18:36:00] <Bytram> =g site:soylentnews.org converted flight battery -spacex -index.pl -Brooklyn
[18:36:01] <systemd> https://soylentnews.org - 737 Max Fix Slips To Summer—And That's Just One Of Boeing's ...
[18:36:11] <Bytram> =g site:soylentnews.org converted flight battery -spacex -index.pl -Brooklyn -737
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[18:38:20] <chromas> =g site:soylentnews.org butts
[18:38:20] <systemd> https://soylentnews.org - The Future Of Oculus Quest: Hands-On With Hand Tracking, PC-VR ...
[18:44:03] <Bytram> =g site:soylentnews.org electric plane
[18:44:04] <systemd> https://soylentnews.org - April 1
[18:44:17] <Bytram> =g site:soylentnews.org electric plane -issue
[18:44:17] <systemd> https://soylentnews.org - Worth their Salt: Researchers Report First Case of Hexagonal NaCl ...
[18:44:27] <Bytram> =g site:soylentnews.org electric plane -issue -NaCl
[18:44:34] <systemd> https://soylentnews.org - A Fast Light Detector Made of Two-Dimensional Materials ...
[18:44:48] <Bytram> =g site:soylentnews.org electric plane -issue -NaCl 2019
[18:44:48] <systemd> https://soylentnews.org - SpaceX Starlink Satellite Prototypes Include Packed, Flexible Solar ...
[18:45:01] <Bytram> =g site:soylentnews.org electric plane -issue -NaCl 2019 -SpaceX
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[19:37:02] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Instant Ice Cream Patented - https://sylnt.us - Scoop!-There-it-is!
[19:51:03] <Bytram> =g wifi
[19:51:04] <systemd> https://en.wikipedia.org - Wi-Fi - Wikipedia
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[21:27:10] <Bytram> we had a story in the past few months about a hacker who got caught by the FBI after a hacker conference and shortly before he was to return home (to england?) and told the entire story to set the record straight. Was early into breaking into systems for the thrill, was arm twisted into writing exploits for stealing from users, eventually went straight, but his past caught up with him... anybody remember the story?
[21:27:27] <Bytram> If you can find a link that would be awesome!
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[21:28:05] <Bytram> had rented an ocean-front mansion in California for a week while at the conference....
[21:29:09] <Bytram> was the guy who, by registering a strangely named domain, stopped the spread of a *nasty* computer virus.
[21:29:23] <Bytram> =g wannacry
[21:29:24] <systemd> https://en.wikipedia.org - WannaCry ransomware attack - Wikipedia
[21:30:06] <Bytram> that's it!
[21:31:30] <Bytram> Marcus Hutchins that was the name I was struggling to remember
[21:33:54] <Bytram> =g qnap
[21:33:55] <systemd> https://www.qnap.com - Master your digital files for work and daily life | QNAP (US)
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[21:55:41] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - After 14 Years, First Cosmic Satellite Mission Comes To An End - https://sylnt.us - taking-a-look-askance
[22:21:59] <chromas> https://soylentnews.org
[22:22:02] <systemd> ^ 03The Confessions of Marcus Hutchins, the Hacker Who Saved the Internet - SoylentNews
[22:22:20] <chromas> ah, if I'd've scrolled down more, I would've seen you already found it
[22:24:19] <Bytram> chromas: Appreciate the assist and confirmation!
[22:26:05] <chromas> hooray for rss
[22:26:18] <chromas> "hooray" looks wrong but spellcheck says it's right
[22:27:14] <Bytram> Who? Ray?
[22:27:21] <chromas> Egon
[22:27:26] <Bytram> =g you can call me ray
[22:27:27] <systemd> https://en.wikipedia.org - Bill Saluga - Wikipedia
[22:27:34] <Bytram> =g you can call me al
[22:27:34] <systemd> https://www.youtube.com - Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al (Official Video) - YouTube
[22:27:50] <chromas> all the new soylent boxen should be named after songs with "you can call me" in the title
[22:28:38] <Bytram> how about just "call me" in the title?
[22:28:47] <Bytram> =yt call me
[22:28:47] <chromas> maybe
[22:28:48] <systemd> https://youtube.com - NAV, Metro Boomin - Call Me (Official Music Video) (03:41)
[22:28:56] <Bytram> =yt call me blondie
[22:28:57] <systemd> https://youtube.com - Call Me (03:33)
[22:30:01] <Bytram> that song helped me get through many a late-night college studying binge.
[22:30:06] <Bytram> this one, too:
[22:30:08] <Bytram> =yt atomic blondie
[22:30:09] <systemd> https://youtube.com - Blondie - Atomic (Official Video) (04:14)
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[22:56:26] <FatPhil> Best of Blondie was one of my more recent CD purchases.
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[23:38:48] <TheMightyBuzzard> #yt one way or another
[23:38:48] <MrPlow> https://www.youtube.com -- One Direction - One Way Or Another (Teenage Kicks)
[23:38:55] <TheMightyBuzzard> #yt one way or another fucking blondie
[23:38:55] <MrPlow> https://www.youtube.com -- Guitar Hero World Tour- "One Way or Another" Expert Guitar 100% FC (267,649)
[23:39:03] * TheMightyBuzzard grumbles
[23:39:09] <TheMightyBuzzard> #yt one way or another blondie
[23:39:09] <MrPlow> https://www.youtube.com -- One Way Or Another (Remastered)