#soylent | Logs for 2024-09-01

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[08:41:15] <Ingar> another +30C (86F) day incoming
[08:55:08] <Ingar> but unfortunately, the forecast for tonight changed to cloudy :(a
[10:49:31] <Ingar> janrinok: the joke is, if anyone would have just posted the chips and cheese link it would probabely have gotten +5 informative
[12:50:23] <Bytram> We are due to get up to 23C here.
[13:06:55] <ted-ious> Ingar: Have you ever done this with your equipment? https://www.youtube.com
[13:06:57] <systemd> ^ 03Making Flat Earthers Cry! Measuring size of the Earth for less than $100!
[13:08:56] <ted-ious> I'm thinking of ways it could be improved without spending much more.
[13:10:20] <ted-ious> Like by using a bigger piece of poster board and finding a way to make the laser pointer easier to mark down.
[13:11:29] <ted-ious> I don't know of a way of measuring the distances better without relying on gps.
[14:50:51] <janrinok> Ingar - I agree, and I wasn't about to disclose that it was your moderation!
[20:03:07] -!- mrpg [mrpg!~Thunderbi@Soylent/Staff/Editor/mrpg] has joined #soylent
[20:03:07] -!- mode/#soylent [+v mrpg] by Imogen
[20:03:19] <mrpg> ROMANS GO HOME
[20:03:29] <mrpg> ROMANES EUNT DOMUS
[20:06:09] <ted-ious> Besides aquaducts what have the romans ever done for us?
[20:06:32] <mrpg> Public baths?
[20:06:38] <mrpg> https://www.youtube.com
[20:06:41] <systemd> ^ 03owaranai uta (paranmaum)
[20:07:16] <Ingar> remind me not to stand naked in the window tomorrow morning
[20:07:44] <mrpg> That implies you do it all mondays.
[20:07:58] <mrpg> But tomorrow
[20:09:03] <Ingar> every morning I challenge the Universe with my manhood
[20:09:11] <Ingar> so far, it didn't work
[20:13:58] <mrpg> =submit https://www.sciencenews.org
[20:14:02] <systemd> ✓ Sub-ccess! "03What is 'Stage 0' Breast Cancer and How is It Treated?" (15p) -> https://soylentnews.org
[20:14:13] <mrpg> =submit https://www.sciencenews.org
[20:14:15] <systemd> ✓ Sub-ccess! "03The Possibilities for Dark Matter Have Just Shrunk" (6p) -> https://soylentnews.org
[20:14:25] <mrpg> =submit https://www.sciencenews.org
[20:14:27] <systemd> ✓ Sub-ccess! "03Mayo is Weirdly Great for Understanding Nuclear Fusion Experiments" (8p) -> https://soylentnews.org
[20:26:35] <mrpg> =submit https://phys.org
[20:26:37] <systemd> ✓ Sub-ccess! "03Unique Iron- and Viking-Age Mortuary Houses Unearthed in Norway" (30p) -> https://soylentnews.org
[20:27:55] <mrpg> =submit https://phys.org
[20:27:59] <systemd> ✓ Sub-ccess! "03Darwin's Fear Was Unjustified: Study Suggests Fossil Record Gaps Not a Major Issue" (20p) -> https://soylentnews.org
[20:28:11] <mrpg> =submit https://phys.org
[20:28:14] <systemd> ✓ Sub-ccess! "03In the Hunt for Alien Life, is Man Truly 'the Measure of All Things?'" (31p) -> https://soylentnews.org
[20:28:20] <mrpg> =submit https://phys.org
[20:28:25] <systemd> ✓ Sub-ccess! "03Paper Types Ranked by Likelihood of Paper Cuts" (17p) -> https://soylentnews.org
[20:28:30] <Bytram> Hi!
[20:28:51] <mrpg> =submit https://phys.org
[20:28:54] <systemd> ✓ Sub-ccess! "03Study Finds People are Consistently and Confidently Wrong About Those With Opposing Views" (23p) -> https://soylentnews.org
[20:29:02] <Bytram> Thanks for the subs
[20:29:06] <mrpg> Hi friend, how are you?
[20:29:17] <mrpg> You are perfectly welcome
[20:29:28] <mrpg> I saw the queue at 13
[20:29:41] <mrpg> I published one, so 12.
[20:29:52] <Bytram> doing well, thank you.
[20:30:48] <Bytram> good thinking :)
[20:31:27] <Bytram> I'm looking at a sub to release
[20:31:48] <mrpg> =submit https://www.yahoo.com
[20:31:50] <systemd> ✓ Sub-ccess! "03At Least 24 EU Countries Struggle With Teacher Shortages" (1p) -> https://soylentnews.org
[20:33:19] <Bytram> It's outside our norm stuff, a bit, but I'm gonna do it anyway.
[20:34:30] <mrpg> variety is good
[20:34:38] <mrpg> =submit https://arstechnica.com
[20:34:40] <systemd> ✓ Sub-ccess! "03EU Investigating If Telegram Played Down User Numbers to Avoid Regulation" (20p) -> https://soylentnews.org
[20:34:52] <Bytram> "One Million Checkboxes"
[20:41:36] <mrpg> =submit https://www.euronews.com
[20:41:39] <systemd> ✓ Sub-ccess! "03NASA Perseverance Rover Finds Rock With Signs of Possible Life on Mars" (4p) -> https://soylentnews.org
[20:42:10] <mrpg> This one is from 3 weeks ago
[20:43:08] <mrpg> =submit https://www.euronews.com
[20:43:10] <systemd> ✓ Sub-ccess! "03Scientists Find Microplastic Contamination in Ancient Remains" (4p) -> https://soylentnews.org
[20:43:12] <mrpg> From March
[20:46:58] <mrpg> Shoot, I was scared my fridge was damaged, it is running again.
[20:50:58] <mrpg> Imagine it, my chicken (lunch for the week) is inside, I still gotta cook, I pictured myself buying ice and a .... the thing to put things inside with ice.
[20:56:59] -!- mode/#soylent [+v Runaway1956] by chromas
[21:06:51] <mrpg> cooler, ice chest, icebox
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[21:22:15] <Bytram> .
[21:24:01] <Bytram> I missed him by just a few minutes... darn! :(