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[00:37:43] <requerdanos> Heard they are opening up the Buffalo Bills playoff game(s) to allow crowds in the stands.
[00:37:51] <requerdanos> Situation must be pretty good there.
[00:42:04] <AzumaHazuki> WTF
[00:42:20] <AzumaHazuki> why would people risk viral exposure to watch the losingest football team since the Jets?
[00:42:34] <requerdanos> I dunno, but... https://www.espn.com
[00:42:34] <systemd> ^ 03Mafia returns: Bills given OK to host playoff fans
[00:43:00] <AzumaHazuki> stupid, stupid, stupid...my hospital had so many ER patients we had to open up the surgical recovery room for overflow
[00:43:04] <AzumaHazuki> and they do THIS?
[00:43:46] <requerdanos> "Cuomo hopes this model can provide an example of how to open future mass-gathering events to the public."
[00:44:18] <requerdanos> lol cost of a covid test is included in ticket prices
[00:45:16] <AzumaHazuki> no kidding? LOL.
[00:45:30] * AzumaHazuki pokes at the small sore spot on arm, seems completely fine after vaccination
[00:47:51] <AzumaHazuki> this is nice, because every time i get a flu shot it makes me a mess for a solid week
[00:48:16] <requerdanos> yeah, I had a flu shot on monday and still don't feel great
[00:48:48] <kyonko> AzumaHazuki got INNOCULATED
[00:49:21] <kyonko> I don't get vaxxed, but I do allow to have my blood tested
[00:49:35] <kyonko> on dec. 7th the local primary care clinic was in EBOLA MODE
[00:49:35] <AzumaHazuki> only halfway, mind. the Pfizer series needs a booster in 3 weeks, so on 21 Jan it's time for a second
[00:49:50] <kyonko> yes like the movie
[00:49:52] <kyonko> 28 days later
[00:50:01] <AzumaHazuki> also, if you dodge vaccinations for fear of autism? I, uh, wouldn't worry about that >>;
[00:50:02] <requerdanos> you had zombies? sweet
[00:50:15] <kyonko> mexico has had full blown zombies since 2008 financial crisis
[00:50:48] <kyonko> and they don't cut up bodies and put them in black trash bags because human bodies are real heavy even for fit men
[01:10:01] <requerdanos> I was reading a few weeks ago that the coronavirus vaccine would be pretty rough because of the immune system response, amid fears it would deter people from returning for that second shot
[01:11:20] <FatPhil> hmmm, what's the name for those banks of extra lights you might have on top of your pickup, or on the bullbars?
[01:11:53] <requerdanos> are they running lights?
[01:14:43] <FatPhil> no idea. in less redneck contries I've heard them called "rally lights"
[01:15:14] <FatPhil> but that might just be a scandie thing.
[01:15:52] <FatPhil> if I were to use that phrase, in the context of a vehicle and brightness, would it be understood?
[01:16:57] <kyonko> anyone here ever done a necropsy on penicillin?
[01:17:13] <kyonko> pernkopf's nazi anatomy book was done before penicillin
[01:17:33] <kyonko> FatPhil: I live in monster truck country
[01:17:38] <requerdanos> rally lights, cross country lights, KC lights, I get it
[01:17:49] <kyonko> I don't get monster trucks, you get a flat tire and you are instantly unlevel
[01:18:01] <kyonko> I remember KC lights, from my childhood
[01:19:41] <kyonko> monster truck mufflers end up sounding like demons when you hear them over a voip landline to a pots definition mobile phone
[01:19:51] <kyonko> i.e. talking to someone in a traffic light
[01:19:58] <kyonko> of course, hands free
[01:20:02] <kyonko> gotta obey the law
[01:21:57] <FatPhil> the worst invention ever was hold music - voice telephony algorithms were not designed for music.
[01:22:28] <kyonko> doesnt your country have a cyber army FatPhil?
[01:23:12] <kyonko> lol totally fake images are coming out of israel
[01:24:12] <Runaway1956__> Hey, Grandpa! What's for dinner? https://www.youtube.com.
[01:24:14] <systemd> ^ 03The Mongolian Marmot
[01:25:08] <kyonko> marmot
[01:25:09] <kyonko> ugh
[01:25:20] <Runaway1956__> We call them groundhog of course
[01:25:24] <kyonko> I knew this mongolian woman on undernet, she quit the nomad lifestyle after they almost died from brucellosis
[01:25:41] <kyonko> that was over 5 years ago
[01:25:51] <Runaway1956__> The video is discussing communicable marmot to human disease right now
[01:25:57] <kyonko> hahahahahaha
[01:26:02] <kyonko> yeah, got to have a white ebola suit
[01:26:18] <kyonko> white ebola tyvek suit, face shield, eye goggles, mask, tucked in gloves and booties
[01:26:19] <Runaway1956__> Is it the white that defeats the disease?
[01:26:26] <kyonko> yes it is the white pigment
[01:26:37] <kyonko> because of frequencies and vibrations
[01:26:40] <Runaway1956__> then a white man doesn't need a suit?
[01:26:46] <kyonko> depends how white
[01:26:54] <Runaway1956__> lol
[01:27:34] <kyonko> I need to order face shields and tan colored surgeon masks
[01:28:17] <kyonko> arizona has marmots, they test positive for plague every few years
[01:28:27] <kyonko> the deer mice are said to carry korean ebola
[01:28:42] <kyonko> i just don't know any more
[01:28:50] <Runaway1956__> How 'bout the Pallas cat? They probably carry the same fleas
[01:28:59] <kyonko> the pallas cat, we just have lynx
[01:29:17] <kyonko> seen a few grey fox in the past years
[01:29:39] <Runaway1956__> watched another vid on the cats - they are cool, but not domesticated
[01:29:47] <Runaway1956__> short legged little buggers
[01:29:47] <kyonko> you got to have a sentry box to protect you from the varmints
[01:30:13] <kyonko> 10 years ago they were saying birds were going to spread extinction level death
[01:30:20] <kyonko> BIRD FLU
[01:30:33] <kyonko> and you would have a news story with the token guy in the ebola suit
[01:30:46] <kyonko> the the ebola suit became mainstream in the 2013 outbreak
[01:30:59] <kyonko> and that lasted for years of edge of your seat anxiety
[01:31:19] <kyonko> is it all a crock of shit?
[01:31:26] <Runaway1956__> where are you then?
[01:31:42] <kyonko> you get a cat scratch on your arm and your arm turns fat and tight and hard and stiff
[01:31:51] <kyonko> arizona, on the border
[01:32:12] <kyonko> it was going to come out from mexico, that ebola
[01:32:13] <Runaway1956__> Ahhh, well I've read that the rodents often test positive for plague in Arizona
[01:32:24] <kyonko> yeah thats in four corners or the ski resorts
[01:32:35] <kyonko> navajo nation
[01:32:38] <Runaway1956__> of course, we have anthrax right here in Arkansas
[01:32:46] <kyonko> and botulism
[01:32:52] <kyonko> and tetanus
[01:33:00] <FatPhil> what, the congressmen? follows.
[01:33:04] <Runaway1956__> father-in-law had to destroy and burn a herd years ago - wife can still find the burial site
[01:33:15] <kyonko> a herd?
[01:33:28] <Runaway1956__> entire herd of sixty
[01:33:31] <requerdanos> "a large group of animals not otherwise described"
[01:33:42] <kyonko> mexicans usually deal with factory farm herds with potassium hydroxide
[01:33:50] <kyonko> sheep?
[01:33:52] <kyonko> goats?
[01:33:53] <Runaway1956__> don't ask me how many bulls and cows, about sixty head were slaughtered then burnt
[01:34:09] <Runaway1956__> oh, sorry, cattle
[01:34:09] <requerdanos> that's a lot of steak
[01:34:19] <kyonko> yeah tahts weird, what disease was it?
[01:34:36] <Runaway1956__> anthrax - the spores come out of the ground when conditions are right
[01:34:44] <kyonko> the spores are always there
[01:34:51] <kyonko> there could be some in your house right now
[01:34:57] <Runaway1956__> and the cattle have their faces right on the ground
[01:35:04] <kyonko> yes
[01:35:06] <Runaway1956__> quite possibly yes
[01:35:15] <kyonko> and there is also prion disease in sheep
[01:35:19] <Runaway1956__> nature has it's way of invading
[01:35:25] <Runaway1956__> and deer
[01:35:27] <kyonko> prions contaminate soil indefinately
[01:35:36] <Runaway1956__> wasn't aware of that
[01:35:41] <kyonko> its really bad
[01:35:52] <kyonko> existance that is
[01:35:54] <FatPhil> foot and mouth (like scrapie in sheep) is the UK's fave way of destroying 1000s of cows.
[01:36:00] <kyonko> ha
[01:36:07] <kyonko> UK had bad BSE
[01:36:16] <kyonko> and in denmark they went ape with the minks
[01:36:20] <kyonko> since mink get a TSE
[01:36:21] <Runaway1956__> foot and mouth disease has ruined many academic careers as well
[01:36:27] <FatPhil> yeah, all prion diseases
[01:36:34] <kyonko> no cure
[01:36:36] <kyonko> no treatment
[01:36:38] <requerdanos> *foot in mount
[01:36:41] <kyonko> no immunization
[01:36:45] <requerdanos> **foot in mouth
[01:36:50] <kyonko> foot to mouth disease
[01:36:54] <kyonko> :)
[01:36:55] <Runaway1956__> lolol
[01:37:02] <requerdanos> thanks
[01:38:04] <FatPhil> I just hope the chinese don't set up a research lab to study prions..
[01:38:13] <kyonko> how do we know the weapon isn't ready?
[01:38:18] <kyonko> secret weapons
[01:38:20] <kyonko> hahahahaha
[01:38:34] <Runaway1956__> weapons don't stay secret long, especially living weapons
[01:38:43] <kyonko> FatPhil: wasn't your country supposed to be ground zero for the final war of mankind?
[01:38:58] <kyonko> all WMD's unleashed
[01:39:09] <requerdanos> yeah, and Ft. Detrick is just for defensive tactics and civilian health support
[01:39:21] <kyonko> the worst one in the USA was dugway proving grounds in utah
[01:39:27] <kyonko> and the nevada test site
[01:39:33] <FatPhil> we expect US arms aimed at St. Petersburg to land here, yes.
[01:40:31] <Runaway1956__> last I heard, we're just sending some marmots, imported from Mongolia
[01:40:40] <FatPhil> When I lived in Espoo, Finland, I was about 500m from a road sign with St. Petersburg explicitly mentioned on it.
[01:40:49] <FatPhil> marmaments?
[01:41:12] <Runaway1956__> paramots
[01:41:36] <kyonko> Espoo?
[01:41:39] <kyonko> I remember an IRC server in Espoo
[01:42:10] <kyonko> I've talked to fins in oulu often on ircnet
[01:45:20] <FatPhil> A finn in Oulu invented IRC
[01:46:16] <FatPhil> I've worked with him in 2 of my jobs. One as client/supplier, other as colleague.
[01:47:50] <kyonko> you met wiz
[01:48:12] <kyonko> nobody knows who robey pointer of eggdrop bot fame is tho
[01:48:14] <kyonko> lol
[01:50:52] <FatPhil> well, he was Jarkko to me, but yes WiZ online.
[01:56:13] * FatPhil needs sleep
[01:56:34] <FatPhil> ~gnight all
[01:56:38] <requerdanos> goodnight.
[01:56:45] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - More Than 1.5 Billion Masks Believed to Have Entered Oceans in 2020 - https://sylnt.us - reduce-reuse-recycle
[02:02:01] * AzumaHazuki always snaps the straps on hers before discarding so they don't choke wildlife
[02:02:47] <requerdanos> hmm, never thought about it that way
[02:17:24] <kyonko> heh
[02:17:35] <kyonko> if only you know your body is a real weapon AzumaHazuki
[02:17:47] <kyonko> requerdanos: you didn't think about it untill she mentioned it
[02:17:59] <requerdanos> uh, right.
[02:18:12] <kyonko> 3-11-2020 was pretty bad
[02:18:18] <kyonko> never seen anything like it in my life
[02:18:42] <kyonko> i didn't see it coming honestly
[02:18:55] <kyonko> just another 2009 flu season
[02:19:23] <kyonko> the masks the gloves.... ugh a real pain in the ass
[02:19:50] <kyonko> the hand sanitizer is STRONG
[02:19:57] <AzumaHazuki> think about it from the perspective of a healthcare worker
[02:20:02] <kyonko> a little drop at the ebola clinic and wowzers that burns for a few days
[02:20:15] <kyonko> yes AzumaHazuki
[02:20:18] <kyonko> I get it
[02:20:22] * AzumaHazuki is just grateful she has a job and isn't one of the ones facing eviction...
[02:20:35] <kyonko> I Just got a specialist rx for my life support pills
[02:20:57] <AzumaHazuki> 2021 is going to be hell. all the horrible, deliberate cruelty the trump admin set up on the way out is going to come crashing down. just as they planned. they want biden to take the blame
[02:21:11] <kyonko> something like that
[02:21:14] <AzumaHazuki> if i could i would happy light that entire administration on fire with the sheer force of will and watch them scream and flail
[02:21:26] <kyonko> I almost died under obama, but whatever
[02:21:27] <AzumaHazuki> they're going to anyway in a matter of years to decades, so...
[02:22:06] <kyonko> how many 30 somethings on warfarin and metformin and heart drugs and synthroid
[02:22:10] <kyonko> a lot
[02:22:26] <AzumaHazuki> metformin isn't bad for you, unless you get lactic acidosis. just take a lot of vitamin B1
[02:22:51] <kyonko> a lot of loners don't know how to care for their health for psychological reasons
[02:23:06] <kyonko> right now, it is a mess outside
[02:23:09] <AzumaHazuki> warfarin though...we really do not, as a whole, undersand the vitamin K cycle very well. turns out undercarboxylation of the clotting factors can also CAUSE excess clots, or at least make it harder for the body to remove them
[02:23:12] <kyonko> people will party and spread
[02:23:31] <kyonko> either way, its because of evolutionary biology
[02:23:45] <kyonko> you get pretty out of control horny at age 14 and should pop a few crotchfruits by age 21
[02:23:47] <kyonko> then die at 30
[02:24:00] <kyonko> god knows how many you will kill in war
[02:24:27] <kyonko> I just don't believe in genesis and 6,000 year old earth
[02:24:59] <kyonko> I hate hate HATE xmas and nye
[02:25:04] <kyonko> especially since I dont drink
[02:25:32] <kyonko> I got approval to stock up on daily rx meds
[02:25:44] <kyonko> I live somewhere with flint michigan like tap water
[02:26:02] <kyonko> its all going to go down in sectors
[02:26:28] <kyonko> i've seen blood clotting at work on gore websites
[02:26:55] <kyonko> its all about who lives long enough to have their first child before death
[02:28:16] <kyonko> https://mobile.twitter.com
[02:28:31] <kyonko> if you smash those fuckers open do you think they smell like a dead animal or human body or something?
[02:31:57] <pinchy> antartica is the lynchpin to figuring out whats going on
[02:32:12] <kyonko> yep
[02:32:18] <kyonko> what is going on down under
[02:32:34] <kyonko> its like the ISS or fucking sea lab or whatever
[02:32:48] <pinchy> if some nigga can hijack a sr71 and fly past the radar directly south and take pix of what there guarding
[02:33:28] <Runaway1956__> Nothing goes on down under
[02:33:32] <Runaway1956__> it goes under
[02:35:07] <kyonko> how do you even get there?
[02:35:12] <kyonko> some say new zealand or argentina
[02:35:52] <AzumaHazuki> okay, time to go...so, so glad i'm not an ICU nurse, yikes
[02:35:58] <Runaway1956__> How? By ship or by air. Doesn't matter too much where you leave from, does it?
[02:36:00] <kyonko> YIKES ON BIKES
[02:36:04] <AzumaHazuki> indeed
[02:36:08] <pinchy> try to fly to australia from the tip of south america and see what happens
[02:36:16] <kyonko> Runaway1956__: some nations claim to control entry to antarctica
[02:36:30] <AzumaHazuki> bad enough i'm constantly IN the ICU delivering meds, but at least no one's coughed covid on me yet
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[02:36:37] <Runaway1956__> Uh-huh - and I'm sure they guard every mile of the coast?
[02:36:49] <kyonko> Runaway1956__: those are the major military powers lol
[02:36:56] <kyonko> even india gets involved
[02:37:02] <kyonko> indian ocean side of .aq
[02:37:49] * Runaway1956__ wonders how much luck he would have if he decided to sail to Auntie Arctica
[02:38:06] <Runaway1956__> to visit kin, of course
[02:38:21] <kyonko> like greta thunburg did?
[02:38:34] <kyonko> I mean yeah, do think about it
[02:38:41] <Runaway1956__> Not like Greta - no luxury yachts in my future
[02:38:52] <kyonko> figure out how to live without money and without being in captivity in a nation's prison
[02:41:11] <Runaway1956__> I'm studying how to do that right now
[02:41:17] <Runaway1956__> https://www.youtube.com.
[02:41:19] <systemd> ^ 03Cree Hunters of Mistassini
[02:42:05] <kyonko> oh those guys
[02:42:18] <kyonko> those guys are history
[02:42:25] <Runaway1956__> Not sure I've ever met a Cree
[02:42:52] <kyonko> I live in former apache territory
[02:42:58] <kyonko> its now freemason and illuminati territory
[02:43:06] <kyonko> with their bullshit 6,000 year old earth
[02:43:29] <Runaway1956__> I was a codriver with half-breed Apache for awhile
[02:43:35] <kyonko> half-breed?
[02:43:37] <Runaway1956__> learned a lot from the old man
[02:43:40] <kyonko> you ever heard of the indian schools?
[02:43:51] <Runaway1956__> yeah, he was half - his wife was full-blood Apache
[02:44:22] <kyonko> indians adopted as babies look like brown white people
[02:44:43] <kyonko> the ones that get adopted older or get sent to indian schools as big kids end up staying inju
[02:44:46] <kyonko> injun
[02:45:04] <Runaway1956__> These were Res Indians until Claude went off looking for work in the white man's world
[02:45:14] <kyonko> the res
[02:45:18] <kyonko> I live next to one
[02:45:25] <kyonko> the tohono o'odham nation
[02:45:27] <kyonko> google it
[02:45:41] <kyonko> below them is the yaqui people in mexico
[02:46:43] <Runaway1956__> Don't the o'odham reach over into New Mexico as well?
[02:47:37] <kyonko> no
[02:47:40] <kyonko> thats navajo
[02:47:53] <kyonko> its cold as fuck right now
[02:48:00] <Runaway1956__> Hmmmm . . . .
[02:48:14] <kyonko> navajo nation is four states wide
[02:48:15] <kyonko> four corners
[02:48:31] <kyonko> o'odham claim to be devided by the usa mexico border
[02:48:46] <Runaway1956__> Sorry, Jicarillo
[02:49:12] <Runaway1956__> Also Mescalero
[02:49:45] <kyonko> oh yeah thats the san carlos apache reservation
[02:49:52] <kyonko> gallup, nm.
[02:50:03] <kyonko> (I've never traveled the region, I'm THAT poor)
[02:52:59] <Runaway1956__> Old man taught me a lot about Indian life - but you know white people don't learn well
[02:53:17] <Runaway1956__> shit goes in one ear , out the other
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[02:57:06] <kyonko> indian life sucks
[02:57:23] <kyonko> only white people enjoy outdoors
[02:57:30] <Runaway1956__> It probably beats homelessness in white America
[02:57:36] <kyonko> oh yeah :P
[02:57:53] <kyonko> and people die quite quick from anything
[02:59:38] <kyonko> varmints
[03:56:19] <pinchy> just say no to nitrites in bacon
[04:26:36] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Star Trek: James Doohan's Ashes Were Smuggled on to the International Space Station - https://sylnt.us - now-for-a-photon-torpedo-tube
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[08:06:31] <chromas> squircles--
[08:06:31] <Bender> karma - squircles: -1
[08:20:05] <chromas> Any of you guys run steam on linux?
[08:20:25] <chromas> and have the issue that it randomly highlights itself on the taskbar, even while it's the active window?
[08:21:08] <FatPhil> "taskbar" is not a linux feature, you'll need to be more precise.
[08:21:55] <chromas> neither is killing programs that hog all the memory
[08:22:09] <FatPhil> but, given that I don't know what a taskbar is, none of my linux installs have ever had one, I'm not going to be any help, sorry.
[08:22:32] <chromas> anyhow, running linux is just the prerequisite for the sitiation
[08:22:37] <FatPhil> killing programs that hog all the memory is the linux feature called "oom_killer", standing for "out of memory".
[08:22:53] <chromas> then I should say, an oom killer that works
[08:23:32] <chromas> you know, in less that five hours of sluggish grinding
[08:24:09] <FatPhil> It's a tricky beast. We had to have it enabled on the n900, but every app that ever got killed would file a bug against the kernel because of it. Lots of angry bug tickets.
[08:25:53] <chromas> oh yeah, I was just reading reviews of an android application where people were complaining about no background messages and the dev kept replying telling them that samsung sucks and ruins android
[08:26:23] <chromas> (the powersaving automatically suspends everything so no incoming messages)
[08:26:28] <FatPhil> shoulda chosen a tizen phone instead.
[08:26:33] <chromas> hue
[08:26:51] <FatPhil> samsung ruining android was purely in the UI destandardisation
[08:27:25] <chromas> I just got a samsung phone with the full intention of nuking the software and installing a 'custom' rom
[08:27:37] <chromas> buttocks, I didn't do due research and it turns out nobody's making 'em
[08:30:05] * chromas has to live with squircle icons and no numerical signal strength
[08:30:58] <FatPhil> Do you ever notice kswapd thrashing the CPU, on your system that has OOM issues?
[08:31:28] <chromas> don't think so but there was no swap before. I might've added some recently
[08:31:30] * chromas czechs
[08:31:49] <chromas> no swap
[08:32:17] <chromas> I do need to swap out the puter though. ssh file transfers pin the cpu
[08:32:30] <FatPhil> Ah, OK, so my local solution to bloater tasks causing general system slowness will be of no use.
[08:32:33] <chromas> I think it was one of AMD's first APUs
[08:33:07] <chromas> I had been running a command to limit memory usage, the name of which I forgot, but it seemed to stop working
[08:33:17] <chromas> ulimit I think
[08:35:01] <chromas> oh btw, I think the 'taskbar highlight' is an attention hint assigned to the window, so I imagine other WMs might do some sort of highlight of the window border or whatever
[08:35:02] <FatPhil> I'm not sure I've had much luck using that in the last decade
[08:35:52] <FatPhil> does it make the icons jump up and down like an excited jack russell?
[08:36:26] * chromas doesn't know enough about X to know if that's a real thing or some opendesktop abomination
[08:36:56] <chromas> no but I wish it did
[08:37:03] <FatPhil> https://www.youtube.com
[08:37:05] <systemd> ^ 03I HATE MAC
[08:37:22] <chromas> There was a brief period when some Windows 95 PCs had animated icons on the desktop
[08:40:04] <chromas> "it's the only operating system where click and drag doesn't mean you actually cop or move anything ; no, you're just making shortcuts on your desktop"
[08:40:10] <chromas> so I see he's not a Windows user
[08:40:48] <FatPhil> windows probably copied that behaviour from mac. poorly.
[08:42:22] <FatPhil> however, this demonstrates why the desktop paradigm is fundamentally flawed. Is it a way of accessing things, or is is a store of things?
[08:42:54] <chromas> it's not an Access; it's a Paradox
[08:43:26] <FatPhil> I think the solution to that "bug" was to make the mouse pointer be more different for the two operations.
[08:43:50] <chromas> that video's so old, the comments aren't even threaded
[08:44:27] <chromas> do mac's still come with one-button mice?
[08:44:42] <FatPhil> nope, but their users still have one-button brains.
[08:45:05] <FatPhil> or yep, I really don't know, I'm bullshitting.
[08:45:49] <FatPhil> I think I have seen macbook users tap out morse on their touchpads in order to achieve things.
[08:46:00] <FatPhil> the ultimate CLI
[08:47:06] <FatPhil> http://web.mit.edu
[08:49:10] <FatPhil> g/f hates her laptop touchpad, so I bought her a new mouse to use with it: http://www.make4fun.com
[08:50:25] <chromas> noice. it even comes with built-in steam support
[08:51:04] <chromas> aw dang. I should've said comes with a button to activate Steam
[08:51:05] <chromas> or something
[08:59:10] <FatPhil> chromas++ good one anyway
[08:59:10] <Bender> karma - chromas: 322
[09:16:08] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Here's How We'll Keep Time on Mars - https://sylnt.us - what-time-is-it?
[09:22:43] <FatPhil> https://www.youtube.com
[09:22:45] <systemd> ^ 03Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard
[09:52:04] <chromas> FatPhil++ classic
[09:52:05] <Bender> karma - fatphil: 97
[09:55:20] <chromas> USB type-C cables are so expensive
[09:55:43] <chromas> Waiting for type D, which simplifies the connectors enough they can be robot-built to save a buck
[10:19:37] <FatPhil> lookin' forward to the D, eh?
[11:07:00] <Ingar> I bought cheap USB cables on amazon :p
[11:08:37] <FatPhil> from dzaina
[11:09:15] <FatPhil> I can sell you some really cheap bluetooth cables, if you want
[11:12:04] <FatPhil> n.e. a curry so large, I can barely even lift it. Even with my good arm.
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[11:35:53] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Apple and TikTok Remove App Used to Arrange Parties During Covid - https://sylnt.us
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[11:43:35] <Ingar> back in the day, we had no phones. and there were still parties out in the woods :D
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[13:03:35] <c0lo> Happy New Year, yea basterdettes and basterds.
[13:03:53] <FatPhil> Oi! Some of haven't started drinking yet!
[13:04:19] <c0lo> Bad luck, start asap.
[13:04:46] <FatPhil> having a little tasting session round at a friends place, starting in 2 hours, but I am getting kinda thirsty now...
[13:05:57] <c0lo> I had some bottles o'wine. They say they should be stored on the side. That's what I intend to do, wouldn't want to lose it explosively.
[13:07:16] <c0lo> Just wanted to let yea know I started 2021. Woke early that you this morning.
[13:07:36] <FatPhil> So, it 2021 better than 2020?
[13:07:58] <c0lo> BTW, FatPhil, send my regards and good wishes to Trump.
[13:08:32] <FatPhil> you talk as if you think I actuall know him personally. I'm just a fanboi, that's all.
[13:08:32] <c0lo> I wouldn't know if it's better or not, dosn't smell different.
[13:08:56] <FatPhil> he says as an 8.1 richter tornado hits.
[13:09:39] <c0lo> Told yea to start drinking. After some, you'll be brother with the whole stinkin' world.
[13:09:45] <c0lo> Trump too.
[13:10:32] <c0lo> I'll see yea on the other side when it happens. I'll see yea.
[13:10:36] <c0lo> C U.
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[13:13:06] * AzumaHazuki will of course be working new years' eve and new years' morning itself
[13:13:19] <AzumaHazuki> also, starting to feel that vaccine, ugh. tiiiiired
[13:17:15] <FatPhil> I hope you have some nice comfortable beanbags to relax in afterwards
[13:18:09] <FatPhil> or beforehand, it's always a good time to be absorbed into an oversize beanbag.
[13:18:33] <requerdanos> getting paid extra for the holiday work?
[13:33:34] <AzumaHazuki> hah
[13:33:46] <requerdanos> I'll be here all week. try the fish.
[13:33:54] <AzumaHazuki> i'm nights, so technically the shift that goes mostly into NYD is counted as NYE
[13:34:18] <AzumaHazuki> i did work a double christmas eve into christmas day, so the second one of THOSE should be time and a half
[13:38:14] <AzumaHazuki> ...you know, the first half of 2021 is likely not going to be fun. at all.
[13:38:51] <requerdanos> nevertheless, i wish you a happy new year
[13:39:37] <AzumaHazuki> thanks...you too
[13:39:57] <AzumaHazuki> 2020 wasn't anywhere near the worst year of my life. not even in the bottom 5, maybe not even the bottom 10
[13:48:20] <requerdanos> In 2020 my wife and I got married, built a house at the beach, moved into it. Not a bad year overall for us either.
[13:57:57] <FatPhil> so, just waiting for the glaciers to melt and the sealevel to rise now, eh?
[13:58:38] <Bytram> requerdanos: congratulations! From what I can tell, she's a very fortunate woman. Good for you!
[13:58:50] <requerdanos> What a nice thing to say. Thanks.
[13:59:17] <requerdanos> I think I am the fortunate one--she puts up with me with very few modifications necessary
[13:59:42] <Bytram> I suspect you feel the same about her ;^)
[13:59:48] <Bytram> lol
[14:00:21] <FatPhil> My closest friend at and after university said about me and my partner "you deserve each other"
[14:00:29] <requerdanos> We love each other, we love our house, we love the beach.
[14:01:04] <FatPhil> how long have you been together?
[14:01:50] <requerdanos> for about seven and a half years.
[14:02:08] <FatPhil> Ah, so you got past the mythical "seven year itch", then.
[14:02:22] <AzumaHazuki> FatPhil: my girlfriend and i are like that, mostly because we are both shameless paronomasiacs
[14:02:47] <AzumaHazuki> punning runs in the family. sometimes very quickly as there are people with sharp objects chasing it =P
[14:03:20] <FatPhil> Both g/f & I are wordplay obsessed too.
[14:04:00] <FatPhil> Much of my language noodling goes into creating anagrams, as you may have noticed occasionally.
[14:06:57] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - The Surface of the Moon is a Galactic Time Capsule - https://sylnt.us
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[14:46:53] <Runaway1956__> Welcome to water world
[14:47:02] <Runaway1956__> blahhhhh
[14:47:42] <FatPhil> What, that Kevin Costner movie?
[14:47:59] <Runaway1956__> My yard is a slight incline, never measured the incline, must be 4 or 5 degrees
[14:48:18] <Runaway1956__> when it rains hard, I end up with an inch to an inch and a half of water
[14:48:24] <Runaway1956__> just a huge sheet of water
[14:48:58] <Runaway1956__> I should dig a couple french drains I guess, but we only see it rain this hard maybe 3, 4, 5 times a year
[14:50:20] <FatPhil> One mistake you can see from newb brewers starting their own professional facilities is that they underspec the slope of the floor, and the depth of the drainage gulleys.
[14:50:43] <FatPhil> if you can't see the slope of the floor, you've just made cleaning much harder.
[14:51:19] <Runaway1956__> it's not just brewers - it's the rare plant manager who can visualize the slope and capacity of drainage, starting right in the parking lots
[14:51:58] <FatPhil> any facility which requires washing absulutely everything, and getting water absolutely bloody everywhere, needs a decent slope.
[14:52:29] <Runaway1956__> industry "standard" calls for 1" in ten feet - that's nowhere near enough for many operations
[14:52:51] <FatPhil> and then one squeegee solves all your cleanup problems trivially.
[14:53:09] <Runaway1956__> especially considering that your runoff carries trash which will slow the drainage
[14:53:11] <FatPhil> 1:120? yikes, that ain't much at all.
[14:53:34] <Runaway1956__> That's "standard", or a better description would be a "starting point"
[14:53:51] <Runaway1956__> it's enough to handle normal rainfall runoff in parking lots
[14:54:01] <Runaway1956__> heavy rain, no way
[14:54:25] <Runaway1956__> as you stated above, that's not even enough slope for most people to see
[14:55:25] <FatPhil> My dad was into houses, and flat-roofs on buildings were things he often saw problems with. they're pure idiocy in a wet country. Asphalt fails in the UV and heat-cycles, they never last for ever.
[14:55:59] <Runaway1956__> agreed - but flat roofs are cheap to build so a lot of people want them
[14:56:29] <FatPhil> I think people think there's something "wrong" with non-level. But when you've seen a facility with a good 2-3% slope, and they've just cleaned it, and the floor's already dry, you know how much of a win it is.
[14:56:49] <Runaway1956__> yeah buddy, we can agree on that!
[14:57:16] <FatPhil> in particular in nw london in the 70s/80s, everyone wanted an extension - and they were always flat-roofed
[14:57:38] <Runaway1956__> I've done a few of those addons
[14:57:51] <Runaway1956__> I always cheated and made the "flat" roof slope at least a little
[14:58:06] <Runaway1956__> nothing worse for any roofing material than to have water standing on it
[14:58:18] <FatPhil> Anyway, it's 5 o'clock somewhere, and somewhere has just arrived here!
[14:58:33] <FatPhil> I'll probably chip in some drunken gibbering later in the evening
[14:58:33] <Runaway1956__> It didn't hit you broadside, did it?
[14:58:46] <FatPhil> but if I don't - have a good one
[14:58:54] <Runaway1956__> right back at you
[14:58:58] <requerdanos> Happy new year.
[14:59:22] <FatPhil> somewhere just hovered above me like a big spooky interplanetary cruiser, beaming down a message "get probed here!"
[15:00:01] <Runaway1956__> and to you requerdanos
[15:00:13] <requerdanos> And happy rest of the old year!
[15:00:45] <Runaway1956__> Maybe - the rain is slacking off, maybe we can get to the vehicles without swimming . . .
[16:02:03] <Bytram> afk Biab
[16:26:34] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - China, Coronavirus and Censorship - https://sylnt.us
[17:03:21] <Runaway1956__> redneck girl's christmas
[17:03:34] <Runaway1956__> https://www.youtube.com.
[17:03:36] <systemd> ^ 03Best of 2020!
[17:22:51] <Runaway1956__> I didn't even know they made Leatherman tools in pink, LOL
[17:23:34] <Runaway1956__> Or ARs in purple
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[18:56:28] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - General Anesthesia and Normal Sleep Affect Brain in an Amazingly Similar Way as Consciousness Fades - https://sylnt.us - perchance-to-dream
[20:59:28] <Runaway1956_> https://www.nytimes.com
[20:59:29] <systemd> ^ 03Booze Fairies Flit Across America
[21:01:29] <Runaway1956_> The year is 2020, women have been able to vote for 100 years, they've been able to join the military for 50 years, but they still can't park a car.
[21:01:41] <Runaway1956_> https://nypost.com
[21:01:42] <systemd> ^ 03Maryland woman’s epic parking fail caught in wild photo
[21:02:48] <chromas> also still complaining about not enough women in politics despite having the voting power to change that
[21:06:54] <Runaway1956_> The headlines are just lining up to bash women today
[21:07:05] <Runaway1956_> https://bioengineer.org
[21:07:06] <systemd> ^ 03Countries led by women haven’t fared significantly better in the COVID-19 pandemic
[21:11:11] <Runaway1956_> CALL ME A FUCKING NIGGER!!
[21:11:14] <Runaway1956_> https://bioengineer.org
[21:11:15] <systemd> ^ 03Countries led by women haven’t fared significantly better in the COVID-19 pandemic
[21:14:00] <Runaway1956_> https://twitter.com
[21:14:11] <Runaway1956_> https://bioengineer.org
[21:14:12] <systemd> ^ 03Countries led by women haven’t fared significantly better in the COVID-19 pandemic
[21:15:03] <Runaway1956_> https://www.dailydot.com
[21:15:04] <systemd> ^ 03After viral smackdown, Twisted Tea memes are everywhere
[21:16:44] <Runaway1956_> That video is hilarious, you may need to watch it a couple times to see the foul mouthed white boy acted like he was going to kick the black man when he dropped his drink
[21:17:01] <Runaway1956_> so, if charged, the darker complected dude can claim self defense
[21:17:14] <kyonko> only rich people can claim self defense lol
[21:17:20] <kyonko> dude wake up
[21:17:32] <kyonko> do you think the cop is really pulling you over because you made a mistake?
[21:18:07] <kyonko> its been 20 years since you can't leave your home without an id card
[21:18:10] <Runaway1956_> Cop pulls me over because he's an asshole, but when he discovers we are brother assholes, he usually lets me go
[21:18:32] <kyonko> whats the cop got on his computer or hearing on the radio about you?
[21:18:42] <Runaway1956_> Doesn't matter
[21:19:26] <kyonko> self defense is only for rich people, and the covid19 billionaries don't want new competition as in, no more new rich, so you lose your small business
[21:19:36] <Runaway1956_> I'm going to have my name legally changed to Umphala Harris, so I can be the VPs older brother
[21:19:37] <kyonko> take your UBI
[21:19:58] <kyonko> look at that foot ball player converting his salary into bitcoin
[21:20:42] <Runaway1956_> Are football and basketball players known for their high IQs?
[21:21:11] <kyonko> no, but women give them sex without any effort for the man earning it
[21:21:33] <Runaway1956_> Oh, so you've got penis envy now?
[21:22:25] <Runaway1956_> Kyonko, have you ever walked into a bar, and had a woman walk up to you, tell you "You're coming home with me tonight"?
[21:22:57] <kyonko> I was an alcoholic for a few years after I turned 21, never went to bars, because that required drinking and driving under "modern code"
[21:23:05] <Runaway1956_> She wasn't giving me sex, she was demanding it, lol
[21:23:40] <kyonko> its freedom on a leash, a lot like psychopathy on a leash, we will see what happenes tomorrow
[21:24:34] <kyonko> I think I only went to bars in 2009, and my ride totally drove drunk and fast
[21:25:07] <kyonko> they were really douchey with carding everyone, and my dui friend had an under 21 gf
[21:25:58] <kyonko> its all bullshit, are you or are you not an adult at age 18?
[21:26:18] <kyonko> they throw it right at our faces the fucking powers that be
[21:26:45] <Runaway1956_> Brook Shields lookalike? https://nypost.com
[21:26:46] <systemd> ^ 03This 19-year-old is 2020’s ‘Most Beautiful’ woman in the world
[21:27:02] <kyonko> ariana grande
[21:27:06] <kyonko> jessica alba
[21:27:24] <kyonko> I'm not into post 2010 cinema
[21:27:28] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Year-End-Wrapup - https://sylnt.us
[21:27:31] <kyonko> but they say john wick is real good
[21:32:47] <Runaway1956_> =submit https://www.sciencedaily.com abstract submitted separately
[21:32:52] <systemd> Submitting "Desalination breakthrough could lead to cheaper water filtration"...
[21:33:14] <systemd> ✓ Sub-ccess! "03Desalination Breakthrough Could Lead to Cheaper Water Filtration" (10 paragraphs) -> https://soylentnews.org
[21:33:19] <Runaway1956_> =submit https://science.sciencemag.org goes with sciencedaily article
[21:33:24] <systemd> Submitting "Nanoscale control of internal inhomogeneity enhances water transport in desalination membranes"...
[21:33:45] <systemd> ✓ Sub-ccess! "03Nanoscale Control of Internal Inhomogeneity Enhances Water Transport in Desalination Membranes" (12 paragraphs) -> https://soylentnews.org
[21:37:37] <Runaway1956_> https://mashable.com
[21:37:38] <systemd> ^ 03Watch hundreds of people sing a sea shanty together, virtually
[21:48:38] <Runaway1956_> =submit https://news.usni.org
[21:48:40] <systemd> Submitting "First Deck Log of 2021 Plays Up One Crew's High Sea Saga of Piracy, Drug Patrols and COVID-19 - USNI News"...
[21:49:01] <systemd> ✓* Sub-ccess! "08First Deck Log of 2021 Plays Up One Crew's High Sea Saga of Piracy, Drug Patrols and COVID-19 - USNI" (21 paragraphs) -> https://soylentnews.org
[21:49:03] <Runaway1956_> It's 2021, and the US Navy has written it's first ship's log - in rhyme, as required
[23:09:47] <Runaway1956_> Oooops! After badmouthing the woman who couldn't park, we have a guy here who can't park any better.
[23:09:50] <Runaway1956_> https://www.thespec.com
[23:09:51] <systemd> ^ 03Man in ‘serious but stable condition’ after car fell 30 metres over escarpment at Sherman Cut
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