#soylent | Logs for 2020-09-23
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[00:07:18] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Why There is No Speed Limit in the Superfluid Universe - https://sylnt.us - go-with-the-flow
[00:10:44] <SoyCow69> =submit https://www.abc.net.au
[00:10:46] <systemd> Submitting "Experts warn coronavirus may cause 'wave' of neurological conditions including Parkinson's disease - ABC News"...
[00:11:08] <systemd> ✓* Sub-ccess! "08Experts Warn Coronavirus May Cause 'Wave' of Neurological Conditions Including Parkinson's Disease -" (40 paragraphs) -> https://soylentnews.org
[00:12:50] <SoyCow69> =submit https://www.florey.edu.au
[00:12:58] <systemd> Submitting "..."...( 1 modified urls; https://florey.edu.au )
[00:13:20] <systemd> ✓ Sub-ccess! "03..." (16 paragraphs) -> https://soylentnews.org
[00:14:24] <SoyCow69> =submit https://doi.org
[00:14:51] <systemd> Submitting "Parkinsonism as a Third Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic?"...
[00:15:13] <systemd> ✓ Sub-ccess! "03Parkinsonism as a Third Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic?" (206 paragraphs) -> https://soylentnews.org
[00:19:59] <Bytram> chromas: ^^^ 206(!) paragraphs?
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[00:59:18] <AzumaHazuki> yay, seasonal cold. right on schedule.
[01:08:39] <Bytram> started about a week or two ago for me.
[01:10:40] <nutherguy> Huh - just stumbled over this - RBG was not an enthusiastic suppoorter of Roe v Wade
[01:10:51] <nutherguy> =submit https://www.nytimes.com
[01:10:54] <systemd> Submitting "Why Ruth Bader Ginsburg Wasn’t All That Fond of Roe v. Wade"...
[01:11:16] <systemd> ✓ Sub-ccess! "03Why Ruth Bader Ginsburg Wasn’t All That Fond of Roe V. Wade" (28 paragraphs) -> https://soylentnews.org
[01:12:31] <Bytram> =cite https://content.iospress.com
[01:12:33] <systemd> <p><b>Journal Reference</b>:<br/>Beauchamp, Leah C., Finkelstein, David I., Bush, Ashley I., <em>et al</em>. <b>Parkinsonism as a Third Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic?</b> [open], <cite>Journal of Parkinson's Disease</cite> (DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.3233/JPD-202211">10.3233/JPD-202211</a>)</p>
[01:13:58] <nutherguy> That don't look real encouraging Bytram
[01:15:00] <Bytram> I had the same thoughts
[01:15:19] <Bytram> please don't shoot the messenger
[01:15:58] <nutherguy> Oh, but I was gonna shoot you anyway, it's just coincidental that you're the messenger, LOL
[01:16:20] * nutherguy loads up silly cork gun\
[01:16:32] <Bytram> no worries, I've got a well-worn arrow shirt
[01:18:49] * nutherguy finishes loading hi-capacity magazine
[01:18:57] <Bytram> this is more readable: https://www.abc.net.au
[01:18:58] <systemd> ^ 03Experts warn coronavirus may cause 'wave' of neurological conditions including Parkinson's disease - ABC News
[01:18:58] <nutherguy> brraaaap baaap
[01:19:04] <AzumaHazuki> my penis is bigger than yours and it's a clitoris, runaway
[01:19:34] <AzumaHazuki> ...okay *technically* yours is too or at least started as one :)
[01:19:38] <Bytram> please. I have absolutely NO patience for name calling crap this evening.
[01:19:41] * nutherguy makes note that 'Zumi is feeling sop-sop-sophomoric today
[01:20:04] <Bytram> if I see it continue in this channel you can count on getting KICKed
[01:20:21] <AzumaHazuki> wow. long day?
[01:21:19] <Bytram> yes, but beyond that, this crap has gone on long enough. You know I try to keep an even keel no matter what...
[01:21:23] <nutherguy> It begins to look like you would rather drop dead if you get COVID, than to "recover" over several years
[01:21:54] <Bytram> Just to make it absolutely clear, just because I am quiet does not mean that I am condoning things.
[01:22:08] <AzumaHazuki> indeed. especially in the US where it looks like Romneycare is about to be shitcanned thanks to judicial stuffing
[01:22:18] <AzumaHazuki> covid and its sequelae will be pre-existing conditions, you bet
[01:22:20] <Bytram> the survivors will be jealous of the dead
[01:22:32] <AzumaHazuki> yeah i've only been saying that for what, 3 years now?
[01:23:35] <Bytram> Like I said, I am tired and in no mood for ANY of this tonight. name calling, told-you-do, whatever. Keep. It. Civil. Capiche?
[01:23:59] <nutherguy> ++Bytram
[01:23:59] <AzumaHazuki> tell that to the guy who said he'd shoot you. even in jest that shit's not exactly civil
[01:24:10] <Bytram> I wartnedf you
[01:24:14] <Bytram> .kick AzumaHazuki
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[01:24:31] <nutherguy> ++ Bytram
[01:24:41] <Bytram> nutherguy: watch it.
[01:25:03] <nutherguy> *sigh* I got it backwards, don't I?
[01:25:09] <nutherguy> Bytram ++
[01:25:24] <nutherguy> Oh well . . .
[01:25:44] <Bytram> LikeThis++
[01:25:44] <Bender> karma - likethis: 1
[01:25:57] <nutherguy> Bytram++
[01:25:57] <Bender> karma - bytram: 139
[01:26:12] <nutherguy> Thanky
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[02:15:38] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Popular Password Manager Could Have a Critical Vulnerability - https://sylnt.us - trustworthy
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[02:51:34] <SoyCow69> > ^^^ 206(!) paragraphs?
[02:52:00] <SoyCow69> What do you expect from an open access DOI?
[03:08:39] <chromas> Looks like it's just the reference list
[03:13:52] <Bytram> chromas: yes, saw another story covering the same material, so I deleted that sub
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[03:34:07] <Mustad_Hook_nose> I feel really sorry for the NBA right now.
[03:35:11] <Mustad_Hook_nose> Those Niggaz out there are looking for get-rich-quick role models and only see a Jew-run minstrel show with LeBron wearing a fucking doily with a hole cut innit ...in honor of RBG.
[03:37:03] <Mustad_Hook_nose> Those Niggaz is out there bashing America and then they cross-dress and wear doilies for Adam Silver and Mao Zedong
[03:37:15] <Fnord666> .kick Mustad_Hook_nose
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[03:55:08] <nutherguy> Fnord666++
[03:55:08] <Bender> karma - fnord666: 27
[04:21:41] * chromas remembers the golden days of kicking EF
[04:25:24] * nutherguy doesn't remember chromas
[04:25:36] <nutherguy> and, who is EF?
[04:25:57] <chromas> Ethanol-fueled
[04:26:10] <nutherguy> LOL - trolled you good, huh?
[04:26:43] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Bing User Data Exposed – Includes Location, Search Terms, Sites Visited - https://sylnt.us - it's-only-my-porn-searches
[04:26:51] <chromas> You think so, until I trick you into loading his nudes
[04:27:20] <nutherguy> you wouldn't do that, would you? Goatse might be preferable
[04:27:41] <requerdanos> Ethanol, good, high-octane fuel, made from switchgrass or corn.
[04:30:50] <chromas> But if I remember my propaganda, it has a lower energy density than oil-based fuels
[04:31:18] <requerdanos> It has less energy per mass than gasoline, sure. About 2/3 iirc.
[04:31:43] <chromas> lol, remember when %-ethanol gasoline was advertised as a good thing? Now they advertise eth-free gas
[04:32:06] <requerdanos> %-ethanol gasoline is still a good thing, just not for small engines.
[04:32:06] <chromas> Just like they wanted us to get wired, then wireless
[04:32:34] * chromas looks around for signs of They
[04:32:59] <requerdanos> Wireless is a perfect convergence of "handy" and "slow"
[04:45:07] <nutherguy> https://twitter.com
[04:45:08] <systemd> ^ 03Twitter ( https://mobile.twitter.com )
[04:46:13] <nutherguy> I saw They a couple hours ago, headed west on I-30
[04:47:30] <nutherguy> Are bobcats immune to saguaro cactus needles or what?
[05:27:11] <chromas> https://www.youtube.com
[05:27:13] <systemd> ^ 03The world's worst video card?
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[05:33:55] <Mustad_Hook_nose> Hahahahahahaha
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[05:38:28] <Mustad_Hook_nose> Oy Vey! Chingchengenpupsuuupuu
[05:39:14] <Mustad_Hook_nose> mustad hook noses.
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[05:46:19] <driveby> https://en.wikipedia.org
[05:46:19] <systemd> ^ 03Café Central - Wikipedia
[05:51:12] <driveby> https://www.outkick.com
[05:51:14] <systemd> ^ 03Twitter Labels Jason Whitlock's Outkick Column 'Sexist'
[05:51:21] <driveby> Twitter is directly deciding what to trend and then making a values judgment about what was said.
[05:51:43] <driveby> https://www.outkick.com
[05:51:44] <systemd> ^ 03Katie Nolan Represents The Elimination Of America’s Meritocracy And Exposes The Fraudulence Of Her Supporters
[05:53:59] <driveby> Twitter has taken an official stance that all public criticism of women, no matter how valid, is intrinsically sexist. If you want to know what a feminist society would look like, now you know.
[06:03:17] <nutherguy> I was wondering WTF Katie Nolan is - read the article, *yawn*
[06:13:55] <driveby> ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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[06:32:14] <chromas> What do you suppose the latency of a keyboard driving a rasp pi acting as another keyboard would be?
[06:32:38] <chromas> just in case I wanted to make something like one of these: https://i.ytimg.com
[06:36:33] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - US has Topped 200,000 COVID-19 Deaths - https://sylnt.us
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[06:51:54] <lld> < driveby> Twitter is directly deciding what to trend and then making a values judgment about what was said.
[06:52:06] <lld> that's because twitter is the legislative assembly of the world
[06:52:24] <lld> it makes laws and passes judgements
[06:52:59] <lld> and no, it is not in anyway representative of everyone, especially anyone not 24/7 twitter connected
[06:53:17] <lld> enforcing twitter legislation is another issue
[06:56:50] * chromas revokes lld's Verified status
[06:58:00] <lld> how can I be verified if I don't even have twitter :)
[07:17:00] <chromas> An account was created for you. You were verified specifically so you could be unverified. You are also blocked.
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[07:39:34] <aristarchus> My favorite band: Kicking Kaos Keltic Krew, got to have all four "K"s , or it looks different
[08:46:19] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Without Oxygen, Earth's Early Microbes Relied on Arsenic to Sustain Life - https://sylnt.us - anaerobic-living
[09:25:44] <lld> hah created and block
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[10:57:08] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - If We Realised the True Cost of Homelessness, We'd Fix It Overnight - https://sylnt.us
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[11:24:24] <chromas> Would we though?
[13:07:16] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Ecologists Confirm Alan Turing's Theory for Australian Fairy Circles - https://sylnt.us
[13:33:34] <RandomFactor> If you make invalid assumptions about any problem you can make it more simply resolvable.
[13:37:00] <lld> the "premature optimization" problem
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[15:16:46] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Old TV Caused Village Broadband Outages for 18 Months - https://sylnt.us - try-rfc-2549-instead
[16:05:51] <FatPhil> I love the internet: "Q: How many Fahrenheit in 36.6 Celsius? The answer is 123.48."
[16:06:43] <requerdanos> Don't let a little grammar and syntax slow you down, man
[16:08:13] <FatPhil> You're not worried by the maths then?
[16:12:48] <requerdanos> it's within an order of magnitude. as close as the grammar and syntax, anyway
[16:12:53] <RandomFactor> Goog gets the right answer
[16:16:50] <FatPhil> I use startpage, which uses google as its backend, but doesn't do all the "smart" things that google does.
[16:17:40] <FatPhil> 99% of the "smart" things are fucking annoying. I have to scroll down about 5 pages before I get anything that's a match for my actual search.
[16:18:15] <requerdanos> the smartish things duckduckgo does usually are helpful for me, dunno about google as I don't much use it
[16:19:10] <AzumaHazuki> 36.6C is a slightly below-normal body temperature
[16:19:27] <requerdanos> in particular, ddg says "97.88 Fahrenheit"
[16:19:29] <FatPhil> I used DDG for about a year until a month or so ago, as it was getting crapper and crapper.
[16:20:15] <AzumaHazuki> F = ([9/5]*C) + 32, IIRC. I run at just below 35 most of the time
[16:20:17] <requerdanos> lol the second ddg result however, is that 123.48
[16:20:23] <AzumaHazuki> sluggish thyroid? 96.someodd F
[16:20:51] <RandomFactor> Hmmm, smartpage sounds interesting
[16:21:19] <FatPhil> I suspect that I should have my thyroid checked, I do have a somewhat broken metabolism.
[16:21:40] <requerdanos> I'm fat, definitely not my fault, probably thyroid. They have me taking thyroid meds.
[16:21:51] <FatPhil> But computer says no covid, so I think i'm happy.
[16:22:27] <requerdanos> I took a COVID test yesterday ahead of some dental work coming up, still waiting to hear whether I am infected (not likely).
[16:23:43] * AzumaHazuki has caught a bitchin' seasonal cold, is trying not to panic as she's not coughing, running a fever, or losing taste/smell
[16:24:00] <FatPhil> I could pay for one (67e at the airport), but if the hospital doesn't contact me because of my proximity to the cluster I shall just do some self-quarantine.
[16:24:10] <requerdanos> Yeah I heard Canada won't take you with cold symptoms
[16:24:12] <AzumaHazuki> i'm going all out on this thing, aside from not being able to find vodka to do the vodka/black pepper cure with
[16:24:20] <FatPhil> If they want me to have one, it will be free, of course.
[16:24:52] <AzumaHazuki> already feeling a lot better but still definitely ick. i made brown rice congee with beef bones and grated fresh ginger and turmeric into it
[16:25:11] <requerdanos> oh good grief yum
[16:25:43] <AzumaHazuki> it was stupid easy lol. rice, water, beef bones, garlic, star anise, into instant pot for 75 minutes (plus pressurization time)
[16:26:42] <FatPhil> Not a huge fan of rice-based dishes, in particular brown, but everything else in that sounds good.
[16:29:03] <AzumaHazuki> congee (juk, zhou, okayu, whatever you call it) is classic sick food. growing up in a chinese neighborhood means making it is almost instinctive
[16:31:18] <FatPhil> hearty oxtail soup or scotch broth were my go-tos
[16:31:53] <FatPhil> I now almost gag at the taste of oxtail, because I tasted it in both directions too many times when I was a kid.
[16:48:50] <AzumaHazuki> does oxtail have nervous tissue in it? i am really paranoid about that
[16:58:32] <Teckla> Rice is crazy bad for you. Cheap, though.
[17:01:15] <FatPhil> I dno't think it counts as spinal cord
[17:03:57] <FatPhil> well, if we're doing noms, then my contribution is elk sausage with sundried tomatoes on toasted wholemeal ciabatta, and a random assortment cheapo fuet, beemster classic, some weird goats cheese with spices in, salty gerks, stuffed greek olives, and artichokes.
[17:04:27] <FatPhil> and 2+ hours of sauna sessions between which to nibble on them.
[17:07:44] <AzumaHazuki> that is waaaay out of my price range even if they existed here
[17:08:07] <AzumaHazuki> also, what's so bad about brown rice? i do hear some of it can have high arsenic content but other than that...?
[17:23:31] <FatPhil> taste and texture
[17:24:31] <FatPhil> snack plates are cheap if you're prepared to just have little tasters. I guess I have only 10g of beemster here, that's the most expensive component.
[17:26:38] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Should You Trust Apple’s New Blood Oxygen Sensor? - https://sylnt.us - Betteridge-knows
[19:09:23] <requerdanos> If anyone's interested in politicoracialfreedom, https://www.washingtonpost.com
[19:09:33] <systemd> ^ 03Actions of officer who killed Breonna Taylor ruled ‘justified;’ Another charged with wanton endangerment
[19:20:57] <FatPhil> suddenly... riots!
[19:21:21] <requerdanos> that headline comes later this afternoon.
[19:22:33] <FatPhil> ZH prepping: https://www.zerohedge.com
[19:22:34] <systemd> ^ 03Gun Pulled After Breonna Taylor Charges; Protesters Gear Up For Riots As National Guard On Standby
[19:26:06] <AzumaHazuki> yeah, this is gonna get ugly...the next 9 months or so will be hideous
[19:27:28] <requerdanos> "protestors gear up for riots" - people are protesting the riots?
[19:27:38] <requerdanos> that's unexpected but nice.
[19:35:47] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - China to Launch Space Mining Bot - https://sylnt.us - oxymoron?-A-space-is-where-something-isn't...how-do-you-mine-*that*?
[19:48:32] <requerdanos> there sure were a lot of comments on the 200,000 COVID deaths story and the homelessness story.
[19:51:14] <FatPhil> I posted half of them!
[19:51:24] <FatPhil> in the homelessness story
[19:51:30] <FatPhil> I killed half of them
[19:51:34] <FatPhil> in the covid story
[19:52:31] <FatPhil> Military logic - Mars looks like a desert... therefore ...station Space Force in the desert! https://www.almasdarnews.com
[19:52:33] <systemd> ^ 03US Space Force deploys to Middle East
[19:52:38] <requerdanos> I personally am advocating for a "toxic attack" mod. All of humanity could do with fewer of those.
[19:52:59] <requerdanos> plenty of desert at the National Training Center in California.
[19:53:40] <FatPhil> yeah, but this is 11 time zones earlier - you can counter-attack before the initial attack has even happened!
[19:54:33] <requerdanos> I've been to the middle east, and it seems like the time difference seemed to nullify that advantage (or something like that). Meanwhile you can't buy pork nor beer anywhere.
[19:55:14] <AzumaHazuki> those two stories are showing us just how utterly utterly shit some of our userbase is
[19:56:16] <requerdanos> Honestly if a story has >100 comments there is a pretty good chance that they read like a combination of the "best" of fox news meets youtube comments
[19:56:52] <requerdanos> "Well, since you are a fatheaded idiot, I am sure you realize that all of the libtards this blah blah..."
[19:59:18] <requerdanos> "Your comment has been modded -1 toxic attack. Please try again."
[19:59:44] <requerdanos> "Complaining about correct moderation is offtopic. Please try again."
[20:03:04] <FatPhil> I treat 'flamebait' the toxic attacks.
[20:03:15] <FatPhil> derpiness gets 'troll'.
[20:03:27] <requerdanos> makes sense.
[20:04:00] <FatPhil> Because I refuse to believe that people can actually reach adulthood and still be so unaware of how the world works. They must be trollin'
[20:04:21] <AzumaHazuki> we have about half a dozen incredibly awful people on the site. JMorris and Entropy appear to have left or gone AC, but that still leaves Runaway, Phoenix666 (who didn't used to be so horrible), KHallow, and of course The Shitey Buzztard
[20:04:49] <AzumaHazuki> i am convinced most of that list has ASPD, or as convinced as a lay(wo)man can be
[20:06:48] <requerdanos> "You lowered the moderation on my comment! That proves my baseless allegations of censorship!!"
[20:09:49] <FatPhil> I love the "moderation is censorship" loons
[20:10:46] <FatPhil> not many of them, because to be that stupid you really can't live into adulthood
[20:10:55] <requerdanos> I just bemoan my lack of ability to communicate with people with whom I disagree in order to increase the total harmony
[20:12:09] <requerdanos> I mean, telling people "I used to be just as stupid and stubborn as you are, and here's how I got over myself" has never worked
[20:12:16] <FatPhil> Well, I can't pretend I'm on the site to promote harmony ;-)
[20:12:59] <FatPhil> Rocket-propelled truth grenades, mother humpers!!!!
[20:13:40] <AzumaHazuki> it's useless. there is no use bringing light to those who have willfully gouged out their own eyes, that they might not see their reflections and what they've become
[20:14:21] <AzumaHazuki> watching that happen in real time, though? nauseating. phoenix666 is following the same path runaway did, just with a time delay of a couple of years. he's degenerating before my eyes, and he's *gleeful* about it
[20:14:52] <requerdanos> or failing that, convince everyone to mod them down despite their toxicity perhaps being accompanied by a nugget of otherwise useful info/argument?
[20:16:07] <requerdanos> that's a tougher sell, right?
[20:18:30] <AzumaHazuki> it comes down to entropy: it's easier to shit on the carpet than to clean a shitstain out of the carpet
[20:19:16] <requerdanos> A long time ago I worked to use all my mod points to either highlight good posts (if possible) or bury deliberately unhelpful/damaging ones
[20:19:25] <AzumaHazuki> i think, when (if) i make it to canada it will be time to leave
[20:19:34] <requerdanos> but there was some kind of argument about it (i disremember the details) and I left for a while
[20:21:05] <requerdanos> coming back, I do see that despite some toxicity, most people who participate do so as beneficial parts of a desirable community
[20:21:39] <requerdanos> which is something I had never really thought about one way or the other before
[20:21:52] <AzumaHazuki> a few bad apples spoil the barrel though
[20:22:13] <requerdanos> I dunno, rotten apple wipes off pretty easily and tastes like apple besides.
[20:22:16] <AzumaHazuki> and we've got at least one who's one curly red pubic hair away from outright domestic terrorism
[20:22:39] <requerdanos> I do see a lot of advocating death, which I can't get behind.
[20:23:12] <AzumaHazuki> death is not the worst that can happen to someone. people routinely beg for it
[20:23:34] <requerdanos> still not in my bag of approved desired outcomes for the general public
[20:25:07] <AzumaHazuki> if things continue at this rate, the living will envy the dead
[20:25:13] <requerdanos> anyway, in general those here are finger-lifters who do a lot for the good of the site and its community, which I appreciate. Thanks to all of you.
[20:25:45] <AzumaHazuki> it's only having clean, painless, foolproof (but slowwww...needs 8+ hours) suicide method ready to go that lets me keep fighting. knowing that when we hit peak bullshit i can just nope out is empowering
[20:25:54] <AzumaHazuki> and it motivates me to fight my hardest until then
[20:26:21] <requerdanos> whatever it takes to keep you going, I am for it
[20:26:33] <requerdanos> you are definitely a positive bright spot.
[20:27:08] <AzumaHazuki> thanks. that really helps to hear, because it's really damn lonely fighting all alone like this, feeling like pretty much no one but a few ACs stand by me
[20:27:50] <requerdanos> I am as likely to argue against you as for you, but it is with respect and appreciation either way.
[20:28:02] <FatPhil> Jeanne d'Arc!
[20:28:37] <FatPhil> or Boudica?
[20:28:46] <AzumaHazuki> hardly anything so noble. my avatar here is basically a girl who came unstuck in time looking for her adoptive elder sister/crush and is constantly getting put into unbelievably stupid situations she never asked for
[20:28:53] <AzumaHazuki> think 4 parts quantum leap and one part the l word
[20:29:08] <requerdanos> off to a zoom meeting. peace.
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[21:00:38] <FatPhil> yeah, but you've got spikes on your wheels, so I reckon there's some boudica there!
[21:04:38] <AzumaHazuki> i'm just done with being a "nice girl." It only ever got me hurt. and i'm sick to fucking death of all the gaslighting sociopaths tone-trolling anyone who dares stand for basic human decency
[21:04:42] <guy_> "Honey, why don't you peel some potatoes and make some mashed potatoes"
[21:04:52] <guy_> Nope, don't want no mashed potatoes.
[21:05:05] <guy_> cheese grater shoestring hashbrowns!!!
[21:06:43] * TheMightyBuzzard cackles
[21:07:16] * guy_ looks around
[21:07:17] <TheMightyBuzzard> you know basic human decency includes not being a raging cunt to people, even if you don't like them, right?
[21:07:37] <guy_> Buzzards cackle?
[21:08:01] <TheMightyBuzzard> practicing up for halloween
[21:08:31] <guy_> Careful with the cackling though - unless you want to lay an egg.
[21:21:40] <FatPhil> Damn, I missed my chance. I should have said "there used to be 15 posts on the covid story, but soon they'll all be gone, like a miracle". Or whatever.
[21:27:34] <halibut> This is kind of neat. Only visible within a 90m-wide swath: https://apod.nasa.gov
[21:27:35] <systemd> ^ 03APOD: 2020 September 23 - ISS Transits Mars
[21:29:29] <guy_> Shouldn't they fold their antennae and solar panels? What if they snag on Mars while transiting?
[21:32:20] <halibut> Maybe they were trying to snag it? Travelling to Mars would be much easier if it was attached to the ISS>
[21:47:39] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - The Genetic Engineering Genie is Out of the Bottle - https://sylnt.us - who-rubbed-it-the-wrong-way?
[21:49:15] <FatPhil> if they just clip mars with each transit, they can slowly spin up its rotation.
[21:51:37] <FatPhil> bloody cool photo though, mad props to the guy who captured it. props for even having the idea of giving it a go.
[21:52:21] <AzumaHazuki> oh, i see Buzztard's precious feelings have been hurt
[21:53:38] <FatPhil> he has no feelings, you fool!
[21:54:16] <AzumaHazuki> okay, he's offended, whatever =P
[21:55:18] <AzumaHazuki> also, someone do me a 'splain: why do presumably straight males use "cunt" as an insult? sounds like a fat kid calling someone he doesn't like "chocolate cake"
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[21:56:30] <RandomFactor> =submit https://www.cnbc.com
[21:56:33] <systemd> Submitting "DOJ unveils Trump administration's legislation to reform tech's legal liability shield"...
[21:56:55] <systemd> ✓ Sub-ccess! "03DOJ Unveils Trump Administration's Legislation to Reform Tech's Legal Liability Shield" (21 paragraphs) -> https://soylentnews.org
[21:58:52] <RandomFactor> Failed analogy. Ever called someone a dick? that would be a closer parallel. It's just a gender specific form of asshole basically.
[21:59:19] <RandomFactor> except it isn't even really gender specific, i've seen guys called cunts
[22:00:04] <AzumaHazuki> i try not to throw "dick" around as a direct insult for that reason. it's only fair right?
[22:00:14] <RandomFactor> what's fair?
[22:00:28] <AzumaHazuki> if i have a problem with people using cunt as an insult i shouldn't use prick/dick, etc that way
[22:01:29] <RandomFactor> You control what you do and say, if it doesn't meet your personal norms to use a term don't use it. I tend to have little use for people being overly profane myself.
[22:03:26] <RandomFactor> Dang, that subs queue is getting re-dic-u-lous
[22:04:23] <AzumaHazuki> is runaway diarrhea'ing into it again? :/
[22:04:49] <RandomFactor> Actually seems mostly on topic
[22:05:05] <RandomFactor> at least not much pure-politics in there
[22:05:39] <TheMightyBuzzard> AzumaHazuki, i watch too much brit television. it ain't a gendered insult there.
[22:05:52] <TheMightyBuzzard> and i ain't offended, i'm cracked the fuck up
[22:05:59] <AzumaHazuki> but the world outside the US doesn't exist, you told me
[22:06:15] <TheMightyBuzzard> tv ain't real but it exists
[22:06:30] <AzumaHazuki> way to miss the point :v
[22:06:55] <AzumaHazuki> and if you think it's not real just stand nice and still under the third floor window and let someone drop the thing on your head :v
[22:06:55] <TheMightyBuzzard> and no, i didn't tell you that. you imagined i did.
[22:07:13] <chromas> That :v always makes me think of South Park Canadians
[22:07:31] <AzumaHazuki> nope. every time i point out that the Dems aren't even centrist by the standards of the civilized world, you say something to the effect of "to hell with the rest of the planet, they don't count"
[22:07:49] <AzumaHazuki> if you were any more full of shit I could use you to level ANOTHER Lebanese city
[22:08:01] <TheMightyBuzzard> by all means, yo, keep going right on condemning folks to eternal damnation and such. makes me laugh every time you do, reverend falwell.
[22:08:05] <RandomFactor> In theory they don't vote here.
[22:08:25] <TheMightyBuzzard> context, yo. learn how to use it.
[22:08:30] <AzumaHazuki> you...DO know the early church fathers were mostly universalist, no?
[22:08:59] <AzumaHazuki> i've said this well over 2 dozen times on that forum. i am not condemning anyone to eternal damnation, just "as long as it takes for your shit karma to blow back on you" damnation
[22:09:00] <TheMightyBuzzard> what's that got to do with the price of tea in china?
[22:09:05] <AzumaHazuki> see above
[22:09:07] <guy_> I thought they were parallelists
[22:09:31] <TheMightyBuzzard> yup, s'why you're now reverend falwell. until you go full blown WBC and start declaring god hates fags.
[22:09:47] <AzumaHazuki> oh step up your game.
[22:10:01] <AzumaHazuki> that was ineffective 20 years ago and completely lost all power it had when freddie died
[22:10:13] <TheMightyBuzzard> i lived through this shit in the 80s. you're a carbon copy of all the asshats from back then.
[22:10:27] <AzumaHazuki> [citation needed]
[22:10:34] <guy_> Yeah, parallelists
[22:10:55] <TheMightyBuzzard> no, introspection needed
[22:11:02] <chromas> You've gotta look at it from a different angle
[22:11:05] <AzumaHazuki> hah! that's rich coming from you
[22:11:18] <RandomFactor> Speaking of things coming into fashion again. Remember when people called cops 'pigs', kinda wierd that's back in style.
[22:11:31] <TheMightyBuzzard> mmmm.... bacon
[22:11:34] <AzumaHazuki> don't worry, i don't seriously imagine you're ever going to be a functioning human being, Uzzard. I know you're going to be like this for what remains of your life
[22:11:43] <RandomFactor> tbh bacon was never out of style
[22:11:45] <guy_> blue bacon matters
[22:12:02] <TheMightyBuzzard> yeah, i got the same thing from the blue-haired church ladies for skateboarding and smoking.
[22:12:06] <guy_> but not Canadian bacon
[22:12:15] <AzumaHazuki> wtf, skateboarding is awesome
[22:12:18] <RandomFactor> Good movie, and good on pizza
[22:12:36] <TheMightyBuzzard> i know, right? i just got a new board cause i decided i had entirely too many unbroken limbs.
[22:13:05] <AzumaHazuki> i agree with that sentiment wholeheartedly
[22:13:13] <AzumaHazuki> and remember: helmets are for liberal cucks
[22:13:17] <chromas> You can compete with FatPhil on leg injuries
[22:13:20] <TheMightyBuzzard> yes, yes they are
[22:13:27] <AzumaHazuki> so don't wear one. ever.
[22:13:37] <TheMightyBuzzard> well, mostly for helicopter parents.
[22:13:49] <TheMightyBuzzard> never have. never bonked my head a single time either.
[22:14:02] <guy_> Wait, is that a cue for a Lolicopter?
[22:14:27] <TheMightyBuzzard> street skating injuries, unless you're a badass, are mostly on the palms and shins, elbows and knees a distant third and fourth
[22:14:38] <RandomFactor> so a helicoptor parent of an underage girl is a lolicopter?
[22:14:48] <TheMightyBuzzard> RandomFactor++
[22:14:48] <Bender> karma - randomfactor: 26
[22:14:56] <guy_> I think you got it Random
[22:15:37] <guy_> RandomFactor++
[22:15:37] <Bender> karma - randomfactor: 27
[22:15:52] <TheMightyBuzzard> thas fuckin funny. ima hafta start calling TR that since i got the skate so i could show his girl child some basic shat without my no-longer-130lbs-ass breaking her new deck.
[22:16:06] * guy_ notes that people with their heads up their asses probably don't need helmets
[22:16:31] <AzumaHazuki> fair point. i didn't think how he'd even get the thing on, topologically speaking
[22:16:44] <TheMightyBuzzard> speakin of heads being where they shouldn't, i gotta get back to dinner fixing.
[22:16:57] * RandomFactor thinks whistfully of dinner
[22:17:09] * RandomFactor stares at the empty doritoes bag
[22:17:27] * RandomFactor attempts to use the force to pull another bag from Kroger
[22:17:43] <guy_> Use uber, it's faster
[22:17:48] <RandomFactor> stupid weak midichloridians
[22:18:10] <chromas> try mp3chlorians
[22:25:24] <AzumaHazuki> another plug for the instant pot: perfect for lazy fuckers like me
[22:25:31] <AzumaHazuki> prep, dump, seal, activate, wait
[22:26:05] <guy_> which reminds me that I want to remove Cnet from news feeds
[22:26:21] <guy_> 2/3 of their headlines are advertisements, often for instant pots
[22:26:43] <guy_> what happened to ad-free internet?
[22:27:49] <chromas> uh, companies like cnet happened :)
[22:29:44] <chromas> These USB flash drives are so cheap, even the connectors are plastic
[22:29:51] <guy_> Please don't look here - https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com
[22:29:51] <systemd> ^ 03Collusion? Report shows Hunter Biden received $3.5 million from one of Russia's wealthiest people
[22:29:51] <chromas> Only exposed metal is the pins
[22:30:06] <chromas> Can you put a tech spin on that?
[22:30:49] <chromas> "New Russian Strategy Discovered: systemd"
[22:30:50] <RandomFactor> Instant pot is bs anyway. You have to plant and water and fertilize and set up grow lights and hide form the feds for months.
[22:31:03] <guy_> Of course - Hunter Biden has bionic penis worth 3.5 million
[22:31:35] <RandomFactor> s/form/from
[22:31:41] * RandomFactor fails
[22:31:58] <guy_> no worries mate, we like our failures
[22:32:53] <RandomFactor> As long as they aren't burnt. Then there's the soaking and scrubbing and the smoke detector going off...
[22:33:48] <AzumaHazuki> just saying, if you replaced Biden with Sanders it'd be a blowout...
[22:34:43] <RandomFactor> s/Sanders/Tulsi/
[22:34:46] <guy_> I'm not sure Sanders has a penis, let alone a bionic
[22:35:13] <guy_> and if Tulsi has a penis, I could consider gay life
[22:35:18] <AzumaHazuki> what does that matter? it's what's in his head that's important
[22:35:32] <AzumaHazuki> and come on, don't try and pretend you aren't bisexual
[22:35:33] * RandomFactor feels this conversation has undercurrents
[22:35:52] <AzumaHazuki> it does. runaway is obsessed with gay men and gay mens' asses
[22:35:59] <AzumaHazuki> and also violently homophobic
[22:36:10] <AzumaHazuki> combine that with that little comment about Gabbard...
[22:38:45] <AzumaHazuki> ...why the silence, guy? looks like i've got you...heh...pegged :D
[22:39:21] <chromas> "if you replaced Biden with Sanders it'd be a blowout"
[22:39:21] <chromas> and for some reason that didn't happen. hmm
[22:39:47] * chromas hunts for the spinning 3d thinking emoji
[22:40:07] <guy_> the ORIGINAL BLM folk - https://www.independent.co.uk
[22:40:11] <systemd> ^ 03Man convicted in 1971 murders of two police officers granted parole
[22:40:32] <carny> RandomFactor: you mean tulsi gabbard the cfr operative?
[22:40:37] <AzumaHazuki> you can't run away from your love of stiff man-meat, runaway. even though it's in your name
[22:40:44] <chromas> !grab AzumaHazuki
[22:40:44] <Bender> Added quote 985
[22:40:52] <AzumaHazuki> i mean do try, but...watch your ass. as it were :v
[22:45:52] <FatPhil> I'm derp. I was looking for a "man" or "meat" reference in his name
[22:46:48] <AzumaHazuki> in all seriousness, though, it is glaringly obvious he's at least bisexual. look at his reactions, look at what he says offhandedly, look at the sudden silence when called on it, look at the retreat into political bullshittery a bit later...
[22:47:05] <guy_> Best political commercial ever? Watch it and vote
[22:47:10] <guy_> https://sputniknews.com
[22:47:11] <AzumaHazuki> this man wants to hide more sausage than a German butcher with a shady accounting ledger :D
[22:47:12] <systemd> ^ 03Graphic Video: Twitter Divided Over Cheeky Voter Turnout Ad Featuring Exotic Dancers
[22:47:50] <guy_> sopozumi tonight again
[22:48:15] <RandomFactor> fatphil: i did too
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[22:48:58] <El_Goyo> Hey, I have a good idea.
[22:49:05] <AzumaHazuki> Tacos?
[22:49:32] <El_Goyo> No, stealing the Kippahs off jew heads like my native American ancestors collected scalps.
[22:50:28] <El_Goyo> Harmless to us, offensive to them, and really driving the point home that Americans are sick of Jew shit.
[22:50:50] <guy_> =submit https://gizmodo.com
[22:50:52] <systemd> Submitting "Record-Breaking Whale Stays Underwater for Mind-Bending 3 Hours and 42 Minutes"...
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[22:51:43] <AzumaHazuki> i still say tacos are a better idea
[22:52:03] <El_Goyo> Tacos are for celebrating after the Jew Kippah harvest.
[22:52:23] <El_Goyo> Double tacos if a Kippah swipe manages to take a toupee along with it.
[22:52:35] <RandomFactor> guy_: I like The Bidening best of the current crop.
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[22:54:08] <El_Goyo> I'm partial to good ol' asada tacos but mahi and swordfish are pretty bomb-diggity
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[22:54:58] <RandomFactor> Throwing random protein on tacos scared of Iambchop.
[22:55:07] <RandomFactor> s/of/off/
[22:55:11] * RandomFactor sighs
[22:55:12] <El_Goyo> Speaking of tacos, did you know that the word "Goy" is really pronounced "hoy?"
[22:55:16] <guy_> =submit https://www.rawstory.com
[22:55:17] <systemd> Submitting "Amazon city of Manaus may have reached ‘herd immunity’: study"...
[22:55:21] <guy_> the city to watch?
[22:55:34] <El_Goyo> In the language of Mexican, that is.
[22:55:39] <systemd> ✓ Sub-ccess! "03Amazon City of Manaus May Have Reached ‘Herd Immunity’: Study" (6 paragraphs) -> https://soylentnews.org
[22:56:48] <RandomFactor> Eddy Grant.... GOY GOY Out in the street there is violence!
[22:56:58] <RandomFactor> ok, maybe not
[22:57:26] <AzumaHazuki> ooh, git branch kde is done compiling. let's check it out
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[22:57:47] <RandomFactor> It's safe now Iambchop.
[22:57:58] <guy_> Yes, congress bites
[22:58:09] <guy_> =submit https://arstechnica.com
[22:58:11] <systemd> Submitting "NASA wants a big budget increase for its Moon plans. Is Congress biting?"...
[22:58:33] <systemd> ✓ Sub-ccess! "03NASA Wants a Big Budget Increase for its Moon Plans. is Congress Biting?" (15 paragraphs) -> https://soylentnews.org
[22:58:44] <El_Goyo> =submit http://www.erectuswalksamongst.us
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[23:02:04] * RandomFactor ponders the standard parking page El_Goyo submitted.
[23:02:27] <guy_> that page has a tracking pixel
[23:02:44] <guy_> meanwhile, back at the course, can we play through?
[23:02:51] <guy_> https://www.independent.co.uk
[23:02:52] <systemd> ^ 03Two arrested after dismembered body found on California golf course
[23:04:08] <RandomFactor> much like most websites that start with w i suppose
[23:04:11] <guy_> Oh, BTW - we don't want Barret for SC Juscice
[23:04:19] <guy_> We want the Cuban
[23:04:50] <carny> why?
[23:05:04] <RandomFactor> As long as they aren't a 2a revisionist I don't care as much around the rest.
[23:05:21] <guy_> Barret has some flawed reasoning for some of her decisions
[23:05:37] <carny> they're both terrible political prostitutes but why is one better than the other?
[23:06:15] <guy_> interpretations mostly - they pretty much get to the same place, but the cuban chick has better reasoning
[23:06:37] <carny> i heard from a lawyer that the cuban judge is known to rubber stamp whatever big business wants
[23:06:41] * RandomFactor wants a Barrett
[23:07:03] <guy_> if you like your Barrett, you can keep your Barrett
[23:07:20] <RandomFactor> Damned things were something like 7k last I looked
[23:07:23] <RandomFactor> and it's been a while
[23:07:33] <carny> i need to dig into the actual details but since i suspect any of trump's nominees will be similar i haven't spent any time on it yet
[23:07:58] <guy_> similar not equal to same
[23:08:23] <carny> right but we're going to get the same kind of rulings no matter who ends up on the court
[23:08:29] <carny> that's all i'm saying
[23:08:44] <guy_> Well, yes and no carny
[23:09:09] <guy_> RBG bemoaned Roe v Wade because the reasoning leaves gaping holes that can be exploited
[23:09:30] <carny> all i care about is that it gets done asap because maybe if that shit show is over far enough before the elections we might have less destruction and bloodshed when the marxists finally mobilize for real
[23:09:54] <guy_> why do you hate the Tree of Liberty?
[23:10:01] <carny> roe v wade isn't going anywhere because the people who own the court don't want it to go anywhere
[23:10:09] <RandomFactor> Natural manure and all that
[23:10:13] <carny> guy_: the marxists are going to set it on fire
[23:10:32] <guy_> And, we go Kyle Rittenhouse on their asses
[23:10:45] <carny> it's far too late to put a few corrupt politicians up against the wall and water it properly
[23:11:16] <carny> right but the problem is guys like him can't afford top notch gear and explosive ordinance
[23:12:00] <carny> but the other side will have container ships of the stuff thanks to 100 years of subsidizing communism
[23:12:01] <guy_> The other side can't afford top notch gear and ordinance either - look at the rag tag crew that has been workiing Portland for the past 100+ days
[23:12:18] <RandomFactor> It's not going anywhere unless several more justices are replaced (like Roberts)
[23:12:19] <carny> the other side hasn't had their arms depots opened up yet
[23:12:43] <RandomFactor> But that won't change the scaremongerong
[23:12:44] <carny> RandomFactor: replaced with puppets like gorsuch and kavanaugh?
[23:12:53] <carny> what good will that do?
[23:13:00] <RandomFactor> kavanaugh would have to be replaced as well
[23:13:11] <RandomFactor> both of those aren't going to overturn it
[23:13:41] <guy_> Roe v Wade isn't even an issue guys - all we need is to stop FUNDING for abortions
[23:13:44] <RandomFactor> So while this could put the court solidly 2a, it won't put roe anywhere near at risk
[23:14:42] <guy_> Planned Parenthood will go extinct in less than a year after US stops funding them
[23:15:17] <guy_> at which time, abortion becomes a discussion between a woman and a real doctor
[23:16:15] <RandomFactor> Sadly there's a boatload of stuff the US shouldn't be funding. The whole concept that government must do everything is ruddy annoying.
[23:16:31] <guy_> =submit https://arstechnica.com
[23:16:33] <systemd> Submitting "California bans new internal combustion engines, starting in 2035"...
[23:16:55] <systemd> ✓ Sub-ccess! "03California Bans New Internal Combustion Engines, Starting in 2035" (5 paragraphs) -> https://soylentnews.org
[23:21:30] <guy_> =submit https://reclaimthenet.org
[23:21:32] <systemd> Submitting "YouTube restricts video that defense says exonerates Kyle Rittenhouse"...
[23:21:54] <systemd> ✓ Sub-ccess! "03YouTube Restricts Video That Defense Says Exonerates Kyle Rittenhouse" (13 paragraphs) -> https://soylentnews.org
[23:30:10] <chromas> "The whole concept that government must do everything is ruddy annoying."
[23:30:10] <chromas> Why do you have monolithic operating systems?
[23:30:16] <chromas> s/v/t/
[23:41:28] <RandomFactor> https://notthebee.com
[23:41:29] <systemd> ^ 03PLEASE NO: Kraft is releasing Pumpkin Spice mac and cheese
[23:47:19] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Sea Sponge Skeletons Inspire Stronger, Lighter Load-Bearing Structures - https://sylnt.us - queues-from-nature
[23:51:03] <guy_> =submit https://newsvoice.com
[23:51:04] <systemd> Submitting "Dogs trained to sniff out COVID-19 used by Finland at Helsinki Airport"...
[23:51:26] <systemd> ✓ Sub-ccess! "03Dogs Trained to Sniff Out COVID-19 Used by Finland at Helsinki Airport" (1 paragraphs) -> https://soylentnews.org
[23:51:53] <guy_> Wrong link
[23:52:02] <chromas> Sure...
[23:52:17] <guy_> =submit https://globalnews.ca
[23:52:19] <systemd> Submitting "Finland using dogs trained to sniff out coronavirus at Helsinki Airport - National"...
[23:52:41] <systemd> ✓ Sub-ccess! "03Finland Using Dogs Trained to Sniff Out Coronavirus at Helsinki Airport - National" (15 paragraphs) -> https://soylentnews.org
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[23:56:21] <AzumaHazuki> well...nice and quick, but buggy. will wait for this to stabilize
[23:58:01] <guy_> =submit https://diff.wikimedia.org
[23:58:19] <systemd> Submitting "Wikipedia is getting a new look for the first time in 10 years. Here’s why."...
[23:58:41] <systemd> ✓ Sub-ccess! "03Wikipedia is Getting a New Look for the First Time in 10 Years. Here’s Why." (10 paragraphs) -> https://soylentnews.org