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Einstein on happiness of understanding and thinking

Posted by kaszz on Saturday May 23 2015, @11:41AM (#1238)
1 Comment

Albert Einstein wrote a letter in June 1951 that has now been discovered in a safe at a Brazilian school. It was addressed to students at Colégio Anchieta in Porto Alegre in the south of the country. The original is in German, and the translation is: “He who knows the happiness of understanding has gained an infallible friend for life. Thinking is to man what flying is to birds. Don’t follow the example of a chicken when you could be a lark.”

Take home? Find happiness in understanding and thinking, it will reward you. Do what you are good at regardless of detractors and don't follow the slimy flow of complacency.

Any thoughts?

Soylent Upgrade Greasemonkey/Tampermonkey extension v4

Posted by takyon on Friday May 22 2015, @03:32AM (#1233)
6 Comments

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Soylent Upgrade Greasemonkey/Tampermonkey extension v3

Posted by takyon on Thursday May 21 2015, @11:05PM (#1231)
1 Comment

// ==UserScript== // @name Soylent Upgrade // @match http://soylentnews.org/submit.pl // @match https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl // @match http://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=* // @match https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=* // @match http://soylentnews.org/admin.pl // @match https://soylentnews.org/admin.pl // @match http://soylentnews.org/admin.pl?op=edit&sid=* // @match https://soylentnews.org/admin.pl?op=edit&sid=* // @match http://soylentnews.org/comments.pl* // @match https://soylentnews.org/comments.pl* // @match http://soylentnews.org/journal.pl?op=edit // @match https://soylentnews.org/journal.pl?op=edit // ==/UserScript==
var simplifyChars = true;
var boxes = document.getElementsByTagName("textarea");
for (var x=0; x<boxes.length; x++)
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{
var temp = boxes[x].value;
temp = temp.replace(/<\/p>/g,"<\/p>\n\n");
temp = temp.replace(/ \s? /g,"<\/p>\n\n");
temp = temp.replace(/<\/blockquote>/g,"<\/blockquote>\n\n");
temp = temp.replace(/<\/p><blockquote>/g,"<\/p>\n\n<blockquote>");
temp = temp.replace(/<blockquote><div>/g,"<blockquote><div>\n\n");
temp = temp.replace(/<\/p><\/div><\/blockquote>/g,"<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/blockquote>");
temp = temp.replace(/<\/blockquote><blockquote>/g,"<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote>");
temp = temp.replace(/\s/i,"");
temp = temp.replace(/\s/g,"");
temp = temp.replace(/\s<\/p>/g,"<\/p>");
temp = temp.replace(/<\/li><li>/g,"<\/li>\n<li>");
temp = temp.replace(/<\/li><\/ul>/g,"<\/li>\n<\/ul>");
temp = temp.replace(/<\/p><ul>/g,"<\/p>\n\n<ul>");
temp = temp.replace(/\[...\]/g,"[...] ");
while (temp.indexOf(" ")!=-1)
{
temp = temp.replace(/ /g," ");
}
if (simplifyChars)
{
temp = temp.replace(/\u2018/g,"'");
temp = temp.replace(/\u2019/g,"'");
temp = temp.replace(/\u201C/g,"\"");
temp = temp.replace(/\u201D/g,"\"");
temp = temp.replace(/\u2026/g,"..."); // ellipsis
}
boxes[x].value = temp;
boxes[x].rows = 32;
}
var toolbar = document.createElement("div");
// Blockquote button
var tempbutton = document.createElement("input");
tempbutton.setAttribute("type","button");
tempbutton.setAttribute("value","Blockquote");
tempbutton.setAttribute("title","Wrap \u003Cblockquote\u003E tags around the selected text.");
tempbutton.setAttribute("onclick","addBlockquote(document.getElementsByTagName('textarea')["+x+"]);");
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tempspan.setAttribute("id","htmlFormatButtons");
if (document.getElementById("posttype").selectedIndex == 0)
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tempspan.setAttribute("style","display:none;");
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document.getElementById("posttype").addEventListener("change", function() {if (document.getElementById('posttype').selectedIndex == 0) {document.getElementById('htmlFormatButtons').style.display = 'none'} else {document.getElementById('htmlFormatButtons').style.display = 'inline'}});
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tempbutton.setAttribute("type","button");
tempbutton.setAttribute("value","P");
tempbutton.setAttribute("title","Insert \u003Cp\u003E tags around the selected text.");
tempbutton.setAttribute("onclick","addPara(document.getElementsByTagName('textarea')["+x+"]);");
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tempbutton.setAttribute("type","button");
tempbutton.setAttribute("value","BR");
tempbutton.setAttribute("title","Insert a line break.");
tempbutton.setAttribute("onclick","addBreak(document.getElementsByTagName('textarea')["+x+"]);");
tempspan.appendChild(tempbutton);
toolbar.appendChild(tempspan);
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tempbutton.setAttribute("type","button");
tempbutton.setAttribute("value","URL");
tempbutton.setAttribute("title","Insert a hyperlink around the selected text.");
tempbutton.setAttribute("style","text-decoration:underline;");
tempbutton.setAttribute("onclick","addHyperlink(document.getElementsByTagName('textarea')["+x+"]);");
toolbar.appendChild(tempbutton);
toolbar.appendChild(document.createTextNode(" "));
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tempbutton.setAttribute("type","button");
tempbutton.setAttribute("value","B");
tempbutton.setAttribute("title","Bold");
tempbutton.setAttribute("style","font-weight:bold;");
tempbutton.setAttribute("onclick","addBold(document.getElementsByTagName('textarea')["+x+"]);");
toolbar.appendChild(tempbutton);
// Italic button
var tempbutton = document.createElement("input");
tempbutton.setAttribute("type","button");
tempbutton.setAttribute("value","I");
tempbutton.setAttribute("title","Italic");
tempbutton.setAttribute("style","font-style:italic;");
tempbutton.setAttribute("onclick","addItalic(document.getElementsByTagName('textarea')["+x+"]);");
toolbar.appendChild(tempbutton);
// Strike button
var tempbutton = document.createElement("input");
tempbutton.setAttribute("type","button");
tempbutton.setAttribute("value","S");
tempbutton.setAttribute("title","Strikethrough");
tempbutton.setAttribute("style","text-decoration:line-through;");
tempbutton.setAttribute("onclick","addStrike(document.getElementsByTagName('textarea')["+x+"]);");
toolbar.appendChild(tempbutton);
toolbar.appendChild(document.createTextNode(" "));
// Code button
var tempbutton = document.createElement("input");
tempbutton.setAttribute("type","button");
tempbutton.setAttribute("value","Code");
tempbutton.setAttribute("title","Wrap \u003Cecode\u003E tags around the selected text.");
tempbutton.setAttribute("style","font-family:monospace;");
tempbutton.setAttribute("onclick","addEcode(document.getElementsByTagName('textarea')["+x+"]);");
toolbar.appendChild(tempbutton);
toolbar.appendChild(document.createTextNode(" "));
// Superscript button
var tempbutton = document.createElement("input");
tempbutton.setAttribute("type","button");
tempbutton.setAttribute("value","x\u00B2");
tempbutton.setAttribute("title","Superscript");
tempbutton.setAttribute("style","font-family:monospace;");
tempbutton.setAttribute("onclick","addSuper(document.getElementsByTagName('textarea')["+x+"]);");
toolbar.appendChild(tempbutton);
// Subscript button
var tempbutton = document.createElement("input");
tempbutton.setAttribute("type","button");
tempbutton.setAttribute("value","x\u2082");
tempbutton.setAttribute("title","Subscript");
tempbutton.setAttribute("style","font-family:monospace;");
tempbutton.setAttribute("onclick","addSubsc(document.getElementsByTagName('textarea')["+x+"]);");
toolbar.appendChild(tempbutton);
//Ordered list
var tempbutton = document.createElement("input");
tempbutton.setAttribute("type","button");
tempbutton.setAttribute("value","1. List");
tempbutton.setAttribute("title","Insert an ordered list or convert newline-separated text into an ordered list.");
tempbutton.setAttribute("onclick","addOrdlist(document.getElementsByTagName('textarea')["+x+"]);");
toolbar.appendChild(tempbutton);
//Unordered list
var tempbutton = document.createElement("input");
tempbutton.setAttribute("type","button");
tempbutton.setAttribute("value","\u2022 List");
tempbutton.setAttribute("title","Insert an unordered list or convert newline-separated text into an unordered list.");
tempbutton.setAttribute("onclick","addUnordlist(document.getElementsByTagName('textarea')["+x+"]);");
toolbar.appendChild(tempbutton);
toolbar.appendChild(document.createElement("br"));
// Despace button
var tempbutton = document.createElement("input");
tempbutton.setAttribute("type","button");
tempbutton.setAttribute("value","Despace");
tempbutton.setAttribute("title","Delete line breaks within the selection.");
tempbutton.setAttribute("onclick","despace(document.getElementsByTagName('textarea')["+x+"]);");
toolbar.appendChild(tempbutton);
// Symbol button
var tempbutton = document.createElement("input");
tempbutton.setAttribute("type","button");
tempbutton.setAttribute("value",":-)");
tempbutton.setAttribute("title","Insert a symbol.");
tempbutton.setAttribute("onclick","if (document.getElementById('smilebar').style.display == 'none') {document.getElementById('smilebar').style.display = 'block'} else {document.getElementById('smilebar').style.display = 'none'}");
toolbar.appendChild(tempbutton);
boxes[x].parentNode.insertBefore(toolbar, boxes[x].nextSibling);
var smilebar = document.createElement("div");
smilebar.setAttribute("style","display:none; font-size:16pt; padding:0.5em;");
smilebar.setAttribute("id","smilebar");
var smiles = ["\u00A1","\u00A2","\u00A3","\u00A5","\u00A7","\u00A9","\u00AB","\u00AE","\u00B0","\u00B1","\u00B4","\u00B5","\u00B6","\u00B7","\u00BB","\u00BC","\u00BD","\u00BE","\u00BF","\u00D7","\u00E0","\u00E1","\u00E2","\u00E6","\u00E7","\u00E8","\u00E9","\u00EA","\u00EE","\u00F1","\u00F7","\u2022","\u20AC","\u211E","\u2122","\u03A9","\u2208","\u2209","\u220B","\u220C","\u2211","\u221A","\u221D","\u221E","\u2220","\u2227","\u2228","\u2229","\u222A","\u222B","\u222C","\u222D","\u2234","\u2235","\u2245","\u2248","\u2260","\u2261","\u2262","\u2263","\u2264","\u2265","\u2282","\u2283","\u2284","\u2285","\u2318","\u2620","\u2622","\u2623","\u2624","\u2625","\u262A","\u262D","\u262E","\u262F","\u2638","\u2639","\u263A","\u263B","\u263C","\u263D","\u263E","\u263F","\u2640","\u2641","\u2642","\u2654","\u2655","\u2656","\u2657","\u2658","\u2659","\u265A","\u265B","\u265C","\u265D","\u265E","\u265F","\u2660","\u2661","\u2662","\u2663","\u2664","\u2665","\u2666","\u2667","\u2669","\u266A","\u266B","\u266C","\u266D","\u266E","\u266F","\u2670","\u2671","\u2672","\u267A","\u267F","\u2680","\u2681","\u2682","\u2683","\u2684","\u2685","\u2692","\u2693","\u2694","\u2695","\u269A","\u269B","\u269C","\u269D","\u26A0","\u26A1","\u26A2","\u26A3","\u26A4","\u26A5","\u26B9","\u26D4","\u26EA","\u26F3","\u26FD","\u2713","\uD83C\uDF35","\uD83C\uDF39","\uD83C\uDF3C","\uD83C\uDF40","\uD83C\uDF41","\uD83C\uDF4E","\uD83C\uDF54","\uD83C\uDF55","\uD83C\uDF5F","\uD83C\uDF63","\uD83C\uDF6F","\uD83C\uDF75","\uD83C\uDF76","\uD83C\uDF77","\uD83C\uDF78","\uD83C\uDF79","\uD83C\uDF7A","\uD83C\uDF7B","\uD83C\uDF93","\uD83C\uDFAE","\uD83C\uDFC3","\uD83C\uDFC6","\uD83D\uDC4A","\uD83D\uDC4C","\uD83D\uDC4D","\uD83D\uDC4E","\uD83D\uDC7D","\uD83D\uDC89","\uD83D\uDC8A","\uD83D\uDC94","\uD83D\uDC96","\uD83D\uDCA3","\uD83D\uDCA4","\uD83D\uDCA9","\uD83D\uDCAC","\uD83D\uDCB0","\uD83D\uDCBB","\uD83D\uDCBD","\uD83D\uDCBE","\uD83D\uDCC1","\uD83D\uDCC2","\uD83D\uDCC5","\uD83D\uDCCB","\uD83D\uDCCC","\uD83D\uDCCE","\uD83D\uDCD6","\uD83D\uDCE1","\uD83D\uDCE2","\uD83D\uDCE3","\uD83D\uDCE7","\uD83D\uDCE8","\uD83D\uDCE9","\uD83D\uDCF1","\uD83D\uDCF4","\uD83D\uDCF6","\uD83D\uDCFC","\uD83D\uDD03","\uD83D\uDD0A","\uD83D\uDD0B","\uD83D\uDD0C","\uD83D\uDD0D","\uD83D\uDD0E","\uD83D\uDD11","\uD83D\uDD12","\uD83D\uDD13","\uD83D\uDD14","\uD83D\uDD16","\uD83D\uDD17","\uD83D\uDD18","\uD83D\uDD1E","\uD83D\uDD25","\uD83D\uDD27","\uD83D\uDD28","\uD83D\uDD2B","\uD83D\uDE93",":-)","(^_^;)","\u0028\u00A0\u0361\u00B0\u00A0\u035C\u0296\u00A0\u0361\u00B0\u0029","\u0028\u00A0\u0361\u007E\u00A0\u035C\u0296\u00A0\u0361\u00B0\u0029\uFEFF","\u00AF\u005C\u005F\u0028\u30C4\u0029\u005F\u002F\u00AF","\u0028\u30CE\u0CA0\u76CA\u0CA0\u0029\u30CE\u5F61\u253B\u2501\u253B","\u0028\u0060\uFF65\u03C9\uFF65\u00B4\u0029","\u0CA0_\u0CA0"];
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{
var smile = document.createElement("span");
smile.setAttribute("style","cursor:pointer; padding:2px;");
smile.setAttribute("onclick","addSmile(document.getElementsByTagName('textarea')["+x+"],'"+smiles[i].replace("\u005C","\u005C\u005C")+"');");
smile.appendChild(document.createTextNode(smiles[i]));
smilebar.appendChild(smile);
if (i+1<smiles.length)
{
smilebar.appendChild(document.createTextNode(" "));
}
}
toolbar.parentNode.insertBefore(smilebar, toolbar.nextSibling);
}
var temp = document.createElement("script");
temp.appendChild(document.createTextNode("function getSelection(textarea) { if ('selectionStart' in textarea) { if (textarea.selectionStart != textarea.selectionEnd) { return [textarea.selectionStart,textarea.selectionEnd]; } } } "));
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Soylent Upgrade Greasemonkey/Tampermonkey extension

Posted by takyon on Thursday May 21 2015, @12:48AM (#1230)
0 Comments

// ==UserScript== // @name Soylent Upgrade // @match http://soylentnews.org/submit.pl // @match https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl // @match http://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=* // @match https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=* // @match http://soylentnews.org/admin.pl // @match https://soylentnews.org/admin.pl // @match http://soylentnews.org/admin.pl?op=edit&sid=* // @match https://soylentnews.org/admin.pl?op=edit&sid=* // @match http://soylentnews.org/comments.pl* // @match https://soylentnews.org/comments.pl* // ==/UserScript==
var simplifyChars = true;
var boxes = document.getElementsByTagName("textarea");
for (var x=0; x<boxes.length; x++)
{
if (boxes[x].name == "introtext" || boxes[x].name == "bodytext" || boxes[x].name == "story")
{
var temp = boxes[x].value;
temp = temp.replace(/<\/p>/g,"<\/p>\n\n");
temp = temp.replace(/ \s? /g,"<\/p>\n\n");
temp = temp.replace(/<\/blockquote>/g,"<\/blockquote>\n\n");
temp = temp.replace(/<\/p><blockquote>/g,"<\/p>\n\n<blockquote>");
temp = temp.replace(/<blockquote><div>/g,"<blockquote><div>\n\n");
temp = temp.replace(/<\/p><\/div><\/blockquote>/g,"<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/blockquote>");
temp = temp.replace(/<\/blockquote><blockquote>/g,"<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote>");
temp = temp.replace(/\s/i,"");
temp = temp.replace(/\s/g,"");
temp = temp.replace(/\s<\/p>/g,"<\/p>");
temp = temp.replace(/<\/li><li>/g,"<\/li>\n<li>");
temp = temp.replace(/<\/li><\/ul>/g,"<\/li>\n<\/ul>");
temp = temp.replace(/<\/p><ul>/g,"<\/p>\n\n<ul>");
temp = temp.replace(/\[...\]/g,"[...] ");
while (temp.indexOf(" ")!=-1)
{
temp = temp.replace(/ /g," ");
}
if (simplifyChars)
{
temp = temp.replace(/\u2018/g,"'");
temp = temp.replace(/\u2019/g,"'");
temp = temp.replace(/\u201C/g,"\"");
temp = temp.replace(/\u201D/g,"\"");
temp = temp.replace(/\u2026/g,"..."); // ellipsis
}
boxes[x].value = temp;
boxes[x].rows = 32;
}
var toolbar = document.createElement("div");
// Blockquote button
var tempbutton = document.createElement("input");
tempbutton.setAttribute("type","button");
tempbutton.setAttribute("value","Blockquote");
tempbutton.setAttribute("onmousedown","addBlockquote(document.getElementsByTagName('textarea')["+x+"]);");
toolbar.appendChild(tempbutton);
// Bold button
var tempbutton = document.createElement("input");
tempbutton.setAttribute("type","button");
tempbutton.setAttribute("value","B");
tempbutton.setAttribute("style","font-weight:bold;");
tempbutton.setAttribute("onmousedown","addBold(document.getElementsByTagName('textarea')["+x+"]);");
toolbar.appendChild(tempbutton);
// Italic button
var tempbutton = document.createElement("input");
tempbutton.setAttribute("type","button");
tempbutton.setAttribute("value","I");
tempbutton.setAttribute("style","font-style:italic;");
tempbutton.setAttribute("onmousedown","addItalic(document.getElementsByTagName('textarea')["+x+"]);");
toolbar.appendChild(tempbutton);
// Strike button
var tempbutton = document.createElement("input");
tempbutton.setAttribute("type","button");
tempbutton.setAttribute("value","S");
tempbutton.setAttribute("style","text-decoration:line-through;");
tempbutton.setAttribute("onmousedown","addStrike(document.getElementsByTagName('textarea')["+x+"]);");
toolbar.appendChild(tempbutton);
boxes[x].parentNode.insertBefore(toolbar, boxes[x].nextSibling);
}
var temp = document.createElement("script");
temp.appendChild(document.createTextNode("function addBlockquote(area) { var sel = getSelection(); if (sel.length != 0) { area.value = area.value.replace(sel,'<blockquote>'+sel+'<\/blockquote>'); } } function addBold(area) { var sel = getSelection(); if (sel.length != 0) { area.value = area.value.replace(sel,''+sel+'<\/b>'); } } function addItalic(area) { var sel = getSelection(); if (sel.length != 0) { area.value = area.value.replace(sel,''+sel+'<\/em>'); } } function addStrike(area) { var sel = getSelection(); if (sel.length != 0) { area.value = area.value.replace(sel,'<strike>'+sel+'<\/strike>'); } }"));
document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(temp);
function getSelection() {
return (!!document.getSelection) ? document.getSelection() :
(!!window.getSelection) ? window.getSelection() :
document.selection.createRange().text;
}

Soylent Upgrade user extension for Chrome

Posted by takyon on Tuesday May 12 2015, @01:34AM (#1215)
7 Comments

// ==UserScript== // @name Soylent Upgrade // @match http://soylentnews.org/submit.pl // @match https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl // @match http://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=* // @match https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=* // @match http://soylentnews.org/admin.pl // @match https://soylentnews.org/admin.pl // @match http://soylentnews.org/admin.pl?op=edit&sid=* // @match https://soylentnews.org/admin.pl?op=edit&sid=* // @match http://soylentnews.org/comments.pl* // ==/UserScript==
var simplifyChars = true;
var boxes = document.getElementsByTagName("textarea");
for (var x=0; x<boxes.length; x++)
{
if (boxes[x].name == "introtext" || boxes[x].name == "bodytext")
{
var temp = boxes[x].value;
temp = temp.replace(/<\/p>/g,"<\/p>\n\n");
temp = temp.replace(/ \s? /g,"<\/p>\n\n");
temp = temp.replace(/<\/blockquote>/g,"<\/blockquote>\n\n");
temp = temp.replace(/<\/p><blockquote>/g,"<\/p>\n\n<blockquote>");
temp = temp.replace(/<blockquote><div>/g,"<blockquote><div>\n\n");
temp = temp.replace(/<\/p><\/div><\/blockquote>/g,"<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/blockquote>");
temp = temp.replace(/<\/blockquote><blockquote>/g,"<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote>");
temp = temp.replace(/\s/i,"");
temp = temp.replace(/\s/g,"");
temp = temp.replace(/\s<\/p>/g,"<\/p>");
temp = temp.replace(/<\/li><li>/g,"<\/li>\n<li>");
temp = temp.replace(/<\/li><\/ul>/g,"<\/li>\n<\/ul>");
temp = temp.replace(/<\/p><ul>/g,"<\/p>\n\n<ul>");
temp = temp.replace(/ /g," ");
if (simplifyChars)
{
temp = temp.replace(/\u2018/g,"'");
temp = temp.replace(/\u2019/g,"'");
temp = temp.replace(/\u201C/g,"\"");
temp = temp.replace(/\u201D/g,"\"");
temp = temp.replace(/\u2026/g,"..."); // ellipsis
}
boxes[x].value = temp;
boxes[x].rows = 32;
}
var toolbar = document.createElement("div");
var tempbutton = document.createElement("input");
tempbutton.setAttribute("type","button");
tempbutton.setAttribute("value","Blockquote");
tempbutton.setAttribute("onmousedown","addBlockquote(document.getElementsByTagName('textarea')["+x+"]);");
toolbar.appendChild(tempbutton);
boxes[x].parentNode.insertBefore(toolbar, boxes[x].nextSibling);
}
var temp = document.createElement("script");
temp.appendChild(document.createTextNode("function addBlockquote(area) { var sel = getSelection(); if (sel.length != 0) { area.value = area.value.replace(sel,'<blockquote>'+sel+'<\/blockquote>'); } }"));
document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(temp);
function getSelection() {
return (!!document.getSelection) ? document.getSelection() :
(!!window.getSelection) ? window.getSelection() :
document.selection.createRange().text;
}

So we might be homeless in a couple days.

Posted by Subsentient on Thursday May 07 2015, @07:25PM (#1205)
5 Comments

I've been staying in a motel the last week, because we had an arrangement where an apartment would become available on the 15th. That has fallen through and I don't have anywhere to go. I can't afford another week at this extended stay motel. I have $300 in my checking account. The motel takes $350 a week for me, my 67 year old mother, and two cats.

The fault is partly ours, and partly the wishy-washy landlord.
She guaranteed us the previous tenants would move out since they had given notice, and they did not. My mother is the one who decided to take this arrangement despite my concerns, god bless her, but now it seems my fears were accurate. The next place needs to be in my name I think.

I'm in Mesa Arizona.
Can anyone hear my quiet gurgling for help?

My email is thinkingrodent@gmail.com if anyone wants to help me financially. That's what my paypal is linked to.

Squeak.

Edit: Thank you to NORCOM and Krishna. You've given me a huge help. I am the author of the Epoch Init System, something I didn't mention before, so perhaps your kindness will allow me the stability to improve Epoch.

VT100 CSS Fix

Posted by takyon on Monday May 04 2015, @11:50PM (#1196)
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blockquote {border-left:3px solid #0F0 !important; padding-left:1em !important;}
/* Submissions */
.data .status0 {background:#FFF !important; color:#080 !important;}
.data .status0 a {color:#080 !important;}
.data .status0 a:visited {color:#0A0 !important;}
.data .status0 a:hover {color:#0C0 !important;}
.data .status1 {background:#800 !important;}
.data .status2 {background:#256625 !important;}

"Just pick out the meat"

Posted by Subsentient on Saturday April 25 2015, @09:04AM (#1179)
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I can't tell you how many times, being a vegetarian, that I was told I can just "pick out the meat" of whatever meal. Most recently I was complaining that I could find no vegetarian top ramen, which I loved when I was a kid. I was told "well you can just not add the meat sauce".

Let me clear this and some other stuff about us veggies up for you.

I don't eat meat because I consider it unethical, not because I don't like the taste. To buy the ramen and then not use the meat packet is even worse than just eating it all, because not only have I then contributed to the demise of something, I've wasted that food and therefore any suffering.

While I started writing this journal entry only for the above paragraph, I decided to take the time to answer some other comments I get frequently.
Next on my list is "you need protein to be healthy".

That's probably true. That's why I eat a lot of beans, peanut butter, etc. I even buy the special vegetarian refried beans that don't have lard in them. Betcha didn't know that they had lard in em eh? Rosarita makes the ones clearly labeled "vegetarian" with a purple ribbon label. I've been vegetarian since shortly after I turned 17 years old. I'm 20 going on 21. I'm not dead, or hallucinating, or particularly pale. My health has not gotten noticably worse. I feel fine. And no, I don't make exceptions or occasionally "treat myself". I don't eat fish or chicken or any of that. For me, "nothing with a brain". I don't bend that rule.

Next, "I like the taste of meat too much".
Whatever. I used to be one of those people. Then I saw how horrible it really gets for these critters and finally grasped what was really going on there in my heart as well as my mind. Go look up animal cruelty in slaughter houses. It's extremely common. Think of thousands of chickens with untreated broken legs because they're too fat to walk.

Next is "humans evolved with big brains because of meat".
I don't feel any dumber.

and finally, "but animals eat each other"
Yeah, they also do lots of other horrific things because they are ANIMALS and while they are capable of emotion and feeling, they are not very good at rational thought. Humans are supposed to be better than animals, and I can no longer justify such suffering that is not necessary for my survival.

Soylent Memes: Our contribution to Galactic Literacy

Posted by aristarchus on Thursday April 23 2015, @07:29AM (#1174)
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I have been long impressed with Soylentils. We have forked the beast, beat the dead horse, spanked the monkey, and did something to llamas. So now it think it would be a good time to keep track of our contributions to internet culture. As some are aware, these are usually referred to as memes. I believe the term derives from Mimesis, an ability to copy. As such, many things on Soylent news are copies of earlier Slashdotisms.

Here are some examples:

In soviet russia

I, for one, welcome . . . . overlords!

Frost Piss!

(and this one needs to die)

What I am looking for are memes unique to Soylent News, such as that we are made of people, or referring to members as Soylentils, which just sounds so nutritious and healthy. One other example I am aware of the the term "soyled" as a replacement for "slashdotted". Not sure if we actually have this ability, but it is something worth pursuing. Any other memes, trends, recurring expressions, whatever, that are unique to Soylent News? Soylent minds want to know!

Oft times such things are inadvertent. Just yesterday we had a Fine Article that ended up saying that failure to vaccinate dogs lead to many of them parishing from global worming. OK, that may not stick.

Personalities? We have our own ---I will not name names, but everyone knows who they are. The most nortorious gewg_, the slightly less nortorius and more whining _Anti_gewg_!! And of course. . . no, I said I would not name names, and I only named these two because they are not names, only names posted under AC posts, which could be, and probably are, only me.

So chip in! The sooner we identify memes. the sooner they die! Wait, that is not my intent! I want them to live! Live like quotes from "The Princess Bride" or references to "Firefly" or "Serentity", or anything Monty Pythonesque, and possibly mandatorially XKCD. This is what culture is made of, this is what we are, and we need some way to bring the less culturally sophisticated up to speed, besides ridicule and mod-bombing (if such a thing actually exists). What are the uniquely Soylentilish turns of phrase, a Soylent reference, a Soylental dismissal? I will try to keep a record, so that in the distant future, they will know that we were Soylent, and we were mighty!

April 1st, 2015

Posted by takyon on Thursday April 02 2015, @03:03AM (#1124)
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A day that will live in e-fame-y.

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