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[23:53:32] <mrcoolbp> that's been my MO so far, trying something different
[23:53:09] <Mattiep> simple answer to that: don't get stuff done.
[23:49:07] <mrcoolbp> trying to get stuff done...
[23:43:40] <Mattiep> why would you want to?
[23:40:16] <mrcoolbp> ug I can't stay away = 0
[23:40:01] <Mattiep> welcome back, mrcoolbp
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[21:49:53] <janrinok> exactly. What I would like to produce is a document that will serve both as an introduction to editing on SN and a useful reference for each of the pages/tools that we use.
[21:48:45] <mrcoolbp> well we all are, these are working documents and will evolve with us
[21:48:18] <janrinok> lol - I'm making it up as I go along but, if no-one else does anything, it looks like I know what I am doing.....!
[21:47:27] <mrcoolbp> yeah I was hoping to have other people add to it as well, looks like you have a good grasp on the editing process already
[21:46:16] <janrinok> mrcoolbp: go for it. The sooner we have our ideas in the wiki, the sooner we can knock them back and forth and come up with something useful and valuable at the same time.
[21:46:02] <mrcoolbp> janrinok: to be fair he asked people not to change things, but I did that already, and explained why in the discussion page
[21:45:18] <mrcoolbp> janrinok: regardless, I'd like to develop that document, mrgirl invited people to add things, also I mentioned to him that we would start adding stuff and developing it as a guide
[21:45:18] <Mattiep> I need to strip that out at some point
[21:45:07] <Mattiep> paulej72 it might also not like the 72, if you are using that
[21:44:06] <Mattiep> I'm trying to find that now
[21:43:54] <Mattiep> if you are using mudlet try again, there is a bugfix for that but its posted external
[21:43:46] <janrinok> It is/was his baby, so to speak.
[21:43:33] <paulej72> Mattiep: my name is illegal
[21:43:24] <janrinok> Yes, I could but I'm not sure if mrgirl is awol, deserted or just on leave?
[21:42:52] <janrinok> thx - its not finished yet but I've got to find the time to continue
[21:42:38] <mrcoolbp> janrinok: maybe you could add to the "Story Style" doc too?
[21:42:21] <mrcoolbp> janrinok, I saw the "editing process" article, awesome work
[21:40:10] <mrcoolbp> he's even been helping with some bug feedback, I kinda surprised him when replying to the admin@ contact email
[21:39:11] <mrcoolbp> he was an easy sell for SN
[21:39:03] <mrcoolbp> he's well aware of the other site
[21:38:44] <mrcoolbp> my dad has been in software dev for 30+ years
[21:38:27] <mrcoolbp> nope, it's legit
[21:38:19] <janrinok> or am I waiting for the April 1 hammer to fall...?
[21:38:05] <mrcoolbp> I don't want to bias you now = )
[21:37:52] <janrinok> which one was that?
[21:37:23] <mrcoolbp> in other news, my dad started submitting stories, got one accepted already
[21:36:12] <mrcoolbp> nice
[21:36:08] <Mattiep> I'm taking the kids out bike riding in a few
[21:35:59] <Mattiep> that's cool
[21:35:47] <mrcoolbp> I'm only on and off a little bit today, I need to catch up on RL stuff
[21:35:16] <mrcoolbp> I see it
[21:34:52] <Mattiep> we have an announcement pending on the main page, queued for 2300 UTC
[21:34:21] <Mattiep> yeah, end of the world and all that
[21:33:42] <janrinok> lol
[21:33:37] <mrcoolbp> well there goes productivity....
[21:33:21] <Mattiep> I recomment srsly
[21:32:22] <mrcoolbp> o rly?
[21:32:13] <Mattiep> mud.soylentnews.org port 9000
[21:32:03] <Mattiep> the one and the same
[21:31:39] <mrcoolbp> the multi-user-dungeon?
[21:31:28] <mrcoolbp> hey guys
[21:31:28] <Mattiep> mrcoolbp, the MUD is live :)
[21:31:11] <Mattiep> hi mrcoolbp
[21:30:21] <janrinok> mrcoolbp: good evening to you
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[20:53:06] <NCommander> paulej72, on the generated line, I think we should just show it one line above the queue, perhaps at all time (if need be, loose the topic icons)
[20:51:42] <Mattiep> yup
[20:51:39] <NCommander> AD&D
[20:51:38] <NCommander> oh god
[20:51:24] <NCommander> thac0?
[20:51:02] <Mattiep> NCommander, speaking of historical relics, the source code still uses thac0 :)
[20:49:24] <NCommander> ugh
[20:49:23] <NCommander> I think my wit is dead
[20:49:19] <NCommander> https://soylentnews.org
[20:42:46] <Mattiep> ok, my edit is saved, enjoy your rest
[20:40:56] <Mattiep> ok, I'll make the edit then, I see your edit in there now
[20:40:56] * NCommander is writing our end of 04/01 post, then crashing
[20:40:44] <NCommander> Mattiep, I already saved it
[20:40:32] <Mattiep> ohh, looks like I forgot to close an anchor tag there, if you don't fix it I will
[20:39:05] <Mattiep> sounds good.
[20:38:07] <NCommander> the original Rogue or Hunt the Wumpus. If possible, I'd like to see if we could recover the source to some of the old BBS games and host those as well.
[20:38:07] <NCommander> Mattiep, NCommander adds: Although not open source, DikuMUD is an interesting piece of history, and despite its non-free license, I feel that users should have the ability to experience this living relic first hand. I have a hobby in software archaeology, and I'd like to build a collection of games and other software that time has more or less forgotten. At some point, I'd like to setup an actual games server hosting relics such as
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[20:28:20] <Mattiep> go for it
[20:27:58] <NCommander> Mattiep, I'm going to add my two cents
[20:26:51] <Mattiep> NCommander I've posted the story for 2300 UTC. I'm shifting the existing news story for that time slot a little
[20:26:39] <Cyprus> indeed
[20:26:33] <NCommander> We've had fires
[20:26:17] <Cyprus> eh a month isn't that bad =)
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[20:26:00] * NCommander puts on the cone of shame
[20:25:56] <NCommander> Cyprus, .... derp
[20:23:21] <NCommander> paulej72, UTC
[20:20:13] <paulej72> NCommander: 23:59, UTC or EDT?
[20:19:39] <paulej72> NCommander: I can do that, just a var change and the image change and restart apache? Do I need to do a full depoly?
[20:19:32] <NCommander> http://www.rochester.edu - I wholy approve of this 04/01 joke
[20:18:20] <NCommander> xlefay, paulej72: if I don't wake up by 23:59, can you put the site name and logo back the way its supposed to be?
[20:14:42] <Mattiep> wrapping it up now
[20:14:32] <Mattiep> ok
[20:13:46] <NCommander> Mattiep, I've got 23:00 UTC set aside for your announcement
[20:11:52] <xlefay> bbl
[20:08:51] <xlefay> Not yet, even though I wish I could, I can't do everything at the same time ;)
[20:08:35] <xlefay> nonetheless, we're not that popular, naturally
[20:08:32] <NCommander> xlefay, are we on carbon these days?
[20:08:12] <xlefay> For a short amount of time, we did have a secondary server, which numbers aren't listed there (of total connections, that is)
[20:07:47] * xlefay notes NC is missing numbers
[20:07:44] <Mattiep> NCommander I know, but another shout out never hurts
[20:07:37] <NCommander> * Highest connection count: 156 (154 clients) (4768 connections received)
[20:07:25] <NCommander> Mattiep, not that our IRC is THAT popular
[20:07:05] <Mattiep> that's what is important, I think
[20:06:49] <Mattiep> yes, but the fact that it is tied the larger SN community, not just another thing we're throwing at the community that doesn't interconnect
[20:05:37] <xlefay> Well, it's just a client at this point isn't it?
[20:02:50] <Mattiep> I'm mentioning our IRC network integration in the announcement as well,
[20:01:09] <Mattiep> NCommander working on an announcement right now
[20:01:01] <NCommander> And probably none as old as this
[20:00:57] * NCommander notes there aren't a lot of MUDs still around
[20:00:49] <Mattiep> NCommander I'll eventually migrate to something FOSS compatible, as the license as it stands is currently not FOSS
[20:00:48] <NCommander> Mattiep, when we post this publicly, I want to frame it as both user involvement + historical interest
[20:00:23] <NCommander> Mattiep, yeash, thats annoying
[20:00:22] <Mattiep> NCommander every single email bounced
[20:00:14] <Mattiep> NCommander in order to comply with the license terms I have to email the creators and inform them that I'm using their code.
[19:59:38] <NCommander> Mattiep, which emails? Huh?
[19:20:56] <paulej72> xlefay: dev is updated to the same code.
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[18:40:30] <Mattiep> the license says I must send the emails, not that they must be received
[18:40:18] <Mattiep> OK, so we're officially running abandonware, as I complied with the license terms and sent emails but every one bounced
[18:30:29] <xlefay> Ok so, as long as we post articles containing bacon, the comment ratio will be fine'
[18:29:45] <Mattiep> incidentally, in compliance with license terms I sent off the required emails, all of them bounced
[18:29:03] <Mattiep> I think LaminatorX usually runs them every other week
[18:27:00] <Mattiep> should be another editor meeting this Saturday, I think
[18:26:42] * NCommander needs to have a sitdown w/ the editoral team ..
[18:19:34] <xlefay> obviously, janrinok|afk disagrees :p
[18:17:15] <Mattiep> yeah, not without more writeup, I think
[18:16:58] <NCommander> xlefay, Mattiep: I expect to get all of 5 comments if that
[18:10:06] <xlefay> we are a tech news site mostly focused on discussion, and a take on the kernel, just imagine ;)
[18:08:09] <xlefay> A changelog can be interesting though, people can discuss the new features, etc.
[18:07:50] <Mattiep> yes, that is true
[18:07:39] <NCommander> Mattiep, I do find it interesting that our comment counts today are FAR more of a roller coaster than usual
[18:07:24] <NCommander> Its basically a changelog
[18:07:19] <NCommander> Mattiep, just isn't interesting.
[18:06:38] <Mattiep> any particular reason?
[18:00:24] * NCommander is strongly debating killing the 3.14 post in the queue
[17:37:04] <xlefay> Quick Links ... Found a bug? Report it on the development tracker: 'SoylentNews Dev'
[17:36:47] <xlefay> paulej72, the dev slashbox probably should get updated too.
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[17:16:21] <janrinok> NCommander: ^
[17:15:30] <janrinok> Yes it was down to 1 story when I left last night
[17:10:22] <Mattiep> I'll write that up soon, just need coffee first
[17:10:09] <Mattiep> hey NCommander, I'm back
[17:05:13] <NCommander> janrinok, the submission queue looking considerably healthier; I flushed it down to 5 ths morning
[17:04:59] <NCommander> The nagger seems to be doing what its supposed to
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[15:37:32] <MileyCyrus> woop woop woop (\/) (;,,;) (\/)
[15:37:32] <xlefay> !woop
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[07:39:38] <NCommander> That's depressing
[07:39:36] <NCommander> Recent top 2 email domains over last 7 days (4 accounts):
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[05:08:00] <xlefay> Yeah, it's really him too, ah well ;)
[05:07:25] <paulej72> look who showed up in #Soylent in the flesh no less.
[05:06:41] <paulej72> thanks
[05:06:29] <xlefay> nice going on the update NCommander & paulej72 :)
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