#soylent | Logs for 2025-02-19

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[07:16:15] <c0lo> “Good luck with that, they just fired the whole privacy team”... In addition to the privacy team, members of OPM’s communications staff and employees who handle FOIA requests were also fired
[07:17:50] <c0lo> SNAFU^FUBAR
[07:18:22] <chromas> snafubar
[07:18:25] <chromas> fire everyone
[07:18:50] <chromas> too many secrets. release all the docs
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[18:40:50] <kolie> what else is missing.
[18:41:06] <Ingar> IRPG, but you can handle that as low priority
[18:42:51] <Ingar> kolie: thanks mate ;)
[18:48:23] <drussell> I'm pretty sure decaf lemonade ≠ coffee ;)
[18:50:58] <drussell> I am boiling some water in the kettle now though, for a pitcher of iced tea later... Two orange pekoe black tea bags and one green tea and a couple slices of lemon and a sprig of mint waiting in the teapot for kettle to boil... :)
[19:02:15] <janrinok> kolie, is the 'ipid' server back up?
[19:25:22] <janrinok> It sounds like drussell is resorting to witchcraft now.....
[19:25:44] <drussell> No eye of newt
[19:31:37] <janrinok> Yeah, its a real pain in the butt when the local cauldron supplies shop runs out of something you need....
[19:33:23] <Ingar> even worse is that last full moon was hidden by clouds, complicating the mandrake harvest
[19:33:29] <drussell> Nobody's been stocking eye of newt, toe of frog OR wool of bat since Covid... Still blaming "supply chain"
[19:33:37] <drussell> I think it's a conspiracy against witchcraft
[19:34:05] <drussell> Can't make a decent potion these days.... sigh...
[19:34:42] <drussell> Have to stick to culinary witchcraft... :)
[19:35:05] <Ingar> drussell: that's why you want cats, always fresh mouse livers and bird's eyes
[19:35:05] * janrinok is chuckling away at this convo!
[19:35:09] <drussell> Speaking of which, I should make some sourdough today... heh... heh...
[19:36:08] <janrinok> Without the site I have been able to do some different coding today which I have been wanting to do for some time. I quite enjoyed the change.
[19:37:18] <drussell> A little diversion, for a change? :) LOL
[19:38:18] <janrinok> Centuries ago, witches and shamans would mutter curses with the intention of spreading illness. Today, certain social media feeds may serve the same purpose.
[19:38:18] <janrinok> We aren’t talking about sharing dubious claims about quack treatments and fad diets, but rather information that exaggerates threats to our health. Through the power of suggestion, these posts can trigger real symptoms – ranging from Tourette’s-like tics to headaches, muscle pain, fainting fits and even cognitive impairment.
[19:38:18] <janrinok> That negative expectations can influence our health is already well established – it is called the <a href="https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227081-100-the-science-of-voodoo-when-mind-attacks-body/">“nocebo effect”</a> and there is increasing interest in how it can pass from person to person. Scientists have shown that the phenomenon can be highly transmissible, spreading through face-to-face conversations,
[19:38:21] <janrinok> blogs and – most worryingly – social media.
[19:38:51] <drussell> Indeed... :)
[19:38:53] <janrinok> probably best if we stay off the witchcraft topic...
[19:39:49] <drussell> Witchcraft is likely less damaging than twitter
[19:40:18] <janrinok> without a doubt
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