#soylent | Logs for 2021-03-14
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[00:00:50] <Bytram> emulate Spock and arch an eyebrow
[00:22:45] <FatPhil> At what point did Atkinson, Atkinson, and Hilgard start being called just Atkinson and Hilgard...
[00:22:55] <FatPhil> And which Atkinson was dropped...
[00:23:32] <Bytram> you trolling again? Where you seein this?
[00:28:23] <c0lo> Richard dropped, he'd had enough.
[00:34:59] <Bytram> If I want to catch this tomorrow AM, then I'm gonna have to sign of early tonight: https://www.youtube.com
[00:35:02] <systemd> ^ 03Starlink Mission
[00:35:13] <Bytram> =yt https://www.youtube.com
[00:35:15] <systemd> https://youtube.com - Starlink 21 Mission | The First Falcon 9 Booster to EVER fly 9 times!!! (00; 0 views; 👍3 👎0)
[00:35:52] <Bytram> "SpaceX is targeting Sunday, March 14 for launch of 60 Starlink satellites from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The instantaneous window is at 6:01 a.m. EDT, or 10:01 UTC."
[00:36:18] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Global Heating Pushes Tropical Regions Towards Limits of Human Livability - https://sylnt.us
[00:42:01] <Bytram> Also at: https://www.spacex.com
[00:42:03] <systemd> ^ 03SpaceX
[00:50:38] <Bytram> http://feedproxy.google.com
[00:50:41] <systemd> ^ 03Pi Day 2021: The best pizza and pie deals ( https://www.cnet.com )
[01:07:53] <FatPhil> woh, what was that?
[01:09:41] <FatPhil> Raspi glitch or ssh client glitch or telly glitch?
[01:09:51] <FatPhil> lines all wrong on screen
[01:24:20] <Bytram> |/|/|/|/|/|/\|\|\|\|\|\|
[01:39:06] <halibut> I am not sure I believe FatPhil. I think FatPhil is line. (<-- note to self: near-homophones make better spoken puns than written puns)
[01:42:35] <FatPhil> the more you adamantly disbelieve, the better the troll was
[01:45:33] <halibut> Since the g/f was in on it, I can offer Bytram this advice: Ask not for whom the Belle trolls ...
[01:47:57] <FatPhil> small "uh" from the "belle"
[01:50:08] <FatPhil> Righty-ho, it's bedtime for those of us who live in a civilised timezone, so ~gnight all
[01:50:16] <halibut> Probably not even worth a small ``uh''.
[01:50:30] <FatPhil> n.p. https://open.live.bbc.co.uk so that I can go to sleep shouting
[02:03:58] <halibut> Wait ... ``it's bedtime for those of us who live in a civilised timezone'', written at 0150 UTC. Local time in Estonia, which should currently be UTC+0200, should therefore be 0350. I think I was successfully duped into a troll myself.
[02:09:39] * AzumaHazuki works night shift, so think "a civilized timezone" would be somewhere in the western Pacific ocean
[02:12:03] <halibut> Halibuts are very comfortable in the Pacific.
[02:12:21] <halibut> Halibuts also do not know the plural of ``halibut''.
[02:18:09] <Bytram> https://www.cnet.com
[02:18:10] <systemd> ^ 03Pi Day 2021: The best pizza and pie deals
[02:20:11] <Bytram> (at least in the USA, where dates are commonly written: mm/dd, so march 14 would be 03/14)
[02:22:19] <halibut> Two of the most well-known names in mathematics and physics were born on rather easy-to-remember dates: Albert Einstein (Pi Day), and Isaac Newton (Christmas).
[02:24:18] <Bytram> halibut++ thanks for that little bit of trivia... except I am wondering if Einstein ever wrote it as 03/14?
[02:24:18] <Bender> karma - halibut: 13
[02:24:31] <Bytram> =w pi day
[02:24:32] <systemd> Pi Day is an annual celebration of the mathematical constant π (pi). Pi Day is observed on March 14 (3/14 in the month/day format) since 3, 1, and 4 are - https://en.wikipedia.org
[02:25:48] <Bytram> "Pi Approximation Day is observed on July 22 (22/7 in the day/month format), since the fraction 22⁄7 is a common approximation of π, which is accurate to two decimal places and dates from Archimedes"
[02:26:17] <Bytram> "Two Pi Day, also known as Tau Day for the mathematical constant Tau, is observed on June 28 (6/28 in the month/day format)"
[02:28:02] * TheMightyBuzzard yawns
[02:28:02] * MrPlow flips a Skittle into TheMightyBuzzard's gaping mouth
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[02:28:42] <TheMightyBuzzard> victory is mine!
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[04:56:24] <TheMightyBuzzard> ugh, TR discovered clubhouse a couple weeks ago. now he's up all night talking to world+dog.
[04:59:00] <TheMightyBuzzard> gonna try and sleep through the constant chatter.
[05:26:34] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Why We Need a ‘Moon Ark’ to Store Frozen Seeds, Sperm and Eggs from 6.7 Million Earth Species - https://sylnt.us - ♫sowing-the-seeds-of-love♫
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[07:07:21] <c0lo> Totally fucked up https://www.businessinsider.com.au
[07:07:23] <systemd> ^ 03Ted Cruz has been selling signed copies of the Dr. Seuss book 'Green Eggs and Ham,' and raised $125,000 in 24 hours
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[07:18:11] <SoyCow8616> I do not like him in this news, I do like Senator Cruz!
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[08:28:46] <c0lo> Yeap https://twitter.com
[08:28:47] <systemd> ^ 03Twitter
[09:39:19] <FatPhil> RIP 'Marvelous' Marvin Hagler, age 66 :(
[09:40:01] <FatPhil> I conclude, for a long and healthy life, don't be fit and sporty.
[09:59:22] <Bytram> https://www.youtube.com
[09:59:24] <systemd> ^ 03Starlink Mission
[10:00:40] <Bytram> T-0:60
[10:01:47] <Bytram> liftoff
[10:02:39] <Bytram> T+0:60
[10:02:48] <Bytram> supersonic
[10:03:08] <Bytram> maxq
[10:03:10] <Bytram> T+1:30
[10:04:09] <Bytram> T+2:30
[10:04:20] <Bytram> MECO
[10:04:22] <Bytram> stage sep
[10:04:37] <Bytram> 2nd stage start
[10:04:41] <Bytram> t+3
[10:05:39] <Bytram> T+4:00
[10:06:39] <Bytram> T+5:00
[10:06:51] <Bytram> nominal trajectory
[10:07:54] <Bytram> speed 7800 kph
[10:08:02] <Bytram> speed 8000 kph
[10:08:19] <Bytram> tage 1 entry burn startup
[10:08:33] <Bytram> tage 1 entry burn shutdown
[10:09:19] <Bytram> stage 2 speed 19000 kph
[10:09:39] <Bytram> T+8:00
[10:09:50] <Bytram> sl1 landing burn
[10:10:22] <Bytram> stage 2 speed 25000 kph
[10:10:33] <Bytram> sl1 landing confirmed
[10:10:47] <Bytram> stage 2 speed 27000 kph
[10:11:04] <Bytram> 9th time 1st has launched & landed
[10:11:22] <Bytram> ~35 minutes untiol 2nd stage religt
[10:11:46] <Bytram> visual of stGE 1 landing !
[10:13:51] <Bytram> https://www.bbc.co.uk
[10:13:54] <systemd> ^ 03Bitcoin surges past $60,000 for first time
[10:14:59] <Bytram> (no word on fairing recovery yet)
[10:17:08] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Netflix to Start Testing Warnings for People Borrowing Login Info - https://sylnt.us - all-in-the-family
[12:28:26] <Teckla> Ubuntu MATE is *nice*. I like the desktop/UI way better than vanilla Gnome.
[12:47:05] <FatPhil> I've not tried one of the heavyweight GUIs for possibly well over a decade. They were trying to be too clever back then, I can't imagine they've been reined in since.
[13:01:48] <Bytram> Teckla: I am slowly getting used to Mate. So far so good. HTH if I can, and might want to pick your brain at some point.
[13:20:55] <Bytram> firefox--
[13:20:55] <Bender> karma - firefox: -28
[13:21:42] <Teckla> I tried Xubuntu yesterday, but had a few desktop UI crashes. Recoverable from the console.
[13:22:35] <Bytram> How do I setup firefox (86.0) so that when I open a new page or tab, it opens to a specific URL (say: file://)
[13:22:46] <Bytram> crashes--
[13:22:46] <Bender> karma - crashes: -2
[13:22:53] <Teckla> I've had good luck with vanilla Ubuntu for years, but they adopted some macOS-isms I don't like. And stripped out some features (at least from easy access).
[13:23:45] <Bytram> less on screen to see means less to confuse the user so it MUST be better, right? :(
[13:24:53] <Teckla> For example, I dislike default Alt+Tab behavior on macOS and Gnome 3 -- it switches between applications instead of windows, and then there's a difference key combo to switch between windows of the current application.
[13:25:35] <Teckla> On Gnome 3, you *can* get Alt+Tab to switch windows among all applications instead (I've done it), but you have to find and install an extra tool, and customize your hot keys.
[13:25:35] <Bytram> (Because it's harder to find things, so the users cause fewer problems, which means fewer problem reports to the developer == better? Nope!)
[13:25:51] <Teckla> Similarly, Gnome 3 recently removed the ability to set a solid background color (why?!). Again, fixable... with effort.
[13:26:23] <Teckla> Bytram: Heh!
[13:27:10] <Bytram> why? 'cause everybody has gigs and gigs of memory, so why not waste some on a desktop background
[13:27:17] <Bytram> Teckla: ||
[13:27:23] <Bytram> coffee++
[13:27:23] <Bender> karma - coffee: 5515
[13:27:31] <Bytram> lemmee try that again
[13:27:38] <Bytram> Teckla: !!
[13:27:46] <Bytram> that's better.
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[13:28:33] <Teckla> I also don't like the macOS-like dock Gnome 3 has now... I prefer a traditional "task bar" that shows what's I'm running, not both what I'm running and not running.
[13:29:25] <Teckla> Maybe I'm just old and don't like change :)
[13:29:41] <Bytram> Teckla: Solid color background... create an img file containing a single solid color, save that, use as background (and if possible option, stretch to cover desktop)
[13:30:11] <Bytram> agreed on task bar
[13:32:56] <Bytram> when I click the Home icon in Firefox, it *does* bring up my home page (local file which contains lots of organized links.) But, when I open a new tab or window, I get a blank page. So, I then have to take an extra step (every &^%&** time) to load my home page
[13:33:57] <Bytram> CORRECTION: New *page* loads my home page url, but a new tab gets me a blank page. Progress!
[13:34:55] <Teckla> Bytram: Yep, that's one way to set the background to a solid color! I solved it a different way, by downloading a program that gives your lower level access to Gnome 3's settings.
[13:35:02] <Teckla> And it was buried in there.
[13:36:03] <Bytram> granted, my suggestion is rather INflexible, but in a pinch would get the job done.
[13:36:29] <Bytram> glad it worked for ya!
[14:54:34] <FatPhil> firefox--
[14:54:34] <Bender> karma - firefox: -29
[14:55:03] <FatPhil> entropy--
[14:55:03] <Bender> karma - entropy: -1
[14:55:38] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - GameStop Shares Rise, Fall and Rise Again in Roller-Coaster Day of Trading - https://sylnt.us - who-will-be-holding-shares-when-the-game-stops?
[15:24:29] <TheMightyBuzzard> FatPhil, holy crap! you need to show that to physicists!
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[15:40:03] <FatPhil> I've just put off the heat-death of the universe by 10^150 years, they should thank me.
[15:44:07] <Bytram> Happy Pi Day everybody!
[15:44:13] <Bytram> =w pi day
[15:44:14] <systemd> Pi Day is an annual celebration of the mathematical constant π (pi). Pi Day is observed on March 14 (3/14 in the month/day format) since 3, 1, and 4 are - https://en.wikipedia.org
[15:44:44] <Bytram> and off to run some errands; back in a few hours
[16:16:18] <TheMightyBuzzard> FatPhil, i think you just broke the universe. what would entropy with a negative total value even look like?
[16:39:13] <FatPhil> some would say that it can never be positive, it's increasing towards 0.
[16:40:58] <FatPhil> c.f. gravitational potential energy
[17:00:45] <chromas> Bytram: According to the internet, they took away the option to set a url for new tabs in Firefox 41 because malware, so you need an extension to do it now.
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[17:05:53] <chromas> There are extensions just to set the url, but also some tab-related ones like Tab Mix Plus (but not Tree Style Tab as far as I can tell) also give you the option, so look there.
[17:55:18] <chromas> https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net
[18:56:18] <FatPhil> but remember: you must never pull out the pins from grenades with milkteeth.
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[19:45:56] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Elon Musk’s Ex-Chief Engineer Creates a New Car - https://sylnt.us - good-luck-with-that
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[23:31:47] <FatPhil> Holy fucking jesus, after nearly 25000 beers, I have just had (2 tiny sips of) the worst I've ever had.
[23:56:43] <Bytram> FatPhil: could it have been from a bad batch?