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posted by martyb on Thursday November 25 2021, @01:01AM   Printer-friendly
from the Gobble!-Gobble!-Gobble! dept.

On behalf of all the staff I wish all of you a Happy Thanksgiving!

I am grateful for all the support the community has shown us since we started SoylentNews.org on February 12, 2014. Has it really been that long? Back then, the internet was dominated by HTTP; it would take some time (years?) until we transitioned to Gandhi and then Let's Encrypt!

I have been active on the site since we started. Why? It was the spirit of gratitude I saw here to be free from having "corporate overlords"; how people pitched in trying to help. They were looking not at what they could get but rather what they could give! That spirit lives on to this day. Where? I see it in the people who submit stories and journal articles. I see it when people post (and moderate) comments. And lets not forget those who subscribe to the site which pays bills (hosting fees and accounting expenses, primarily). We are all volunteers here; nobody has ever been paid anything for their work here!

I'm taking this opportunity to thank all the editors who perform the seemingly thankless task of selecting, reviewing, editing, and posting stories to the site. I hereby invite them to enjoy the long holiday weekend.

We will be on a holiday/weekend story schedule from the start of Thursday through the end of Sunday (UTC). Enjoy the well-deserved break! Thank You!

Another story will be along presently; this story is in addition to our normal schedule. --martyb/Bytram

 
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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 25 2021, @01:16AM (10 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 25 2021, @01:16AM (#1199398)

    Eat, drink, and be merry.

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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by Joe Desertrat on Thursday November 25 2021, @01:26AM (4 children)

    by Joe Desertrat (2454) on Thursday November 25 2021, @01:26AM (#1199400)

    Thanks to all the staff and editors for the effort put in over the years, and thanks to the community for the information they have provided and the mostly respectful and thought provoking arguments put forth on various topics!

    • (Score: 4, Interesting) by martyb on Thursday November 25 2021, @02:04AM (3 children)

      by martyb (76) Subscriber Badge on Thursday November 25 2021, @02:04AM (#1199406) Journal

      Thanks to all the staff and editors for the effort put in over the years, and thanks to the community for the information they have provided and the mostly respectful and thought provoking arguments put forth on various topics!

      I appreciate that, thanks!

      There have been times when I wondered why I spent so much time on the site. Then I happened upon a series of comments on a story and am blown away! I then reflect on how my views on a technical subject expanded as if I walked into a library that I'd never even known was there.

      So, really, I say: Thank YOU!

      --
      Wit is intellect, dancing.
      • (Score: 4, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 25 2021, @02:16AM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 25 2021, @02:16AM (#1199411)

        Then I happened upon a series of comments on a story and am blown away!

        You are quite welcome. My comments tend to have that effects - not my fault I'm so brilliant.

        • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 25 2021, @02:55PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 25 2021, @02:55PM (#1199542)

          penus

      • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Acabatag on Friday November 26 2021, @03:27AM

        by Acabatag (2885) on Friday November 26 2021, @03:27AM (#1199705)

        All I need to do to want to spend more time on this site is take a glance over at that green site to observe what a circus of trolls and political crap it has degenerated into. We do get a bit of spillover here from that crowd but it seems to never take over and fester. I don't even have an account over there anymore, as I'm sometimes vulnerable to being trolled, and don't want to get drawn in ever again.

  • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 25 2021, @01:39AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 25 2021, @01:39AM (#1199402)

    Make your cranberry sauce 2 days in advance. That saves some time.

    • (Score: 3, Insightful) by martyb on Thursday November 25 2021, @02:10AM

      by martyb (76) Subscriber Badge on Thursday November 25 2021, @02:10AM (#1199408) Journal

      Make your cranberry sauce 2 days in advance. That saves some time.

      p>That's a little late for Thanksgiving... unless you were planning ahead for next year?

      ;)

      --
      Wit is intellect, dancing.
    • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 25 2021, @03:51AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 25 2021, @03:51AM (#1199428)

      Make the stuffing with fresh rye bread, cut up small and oven toasted in advance. Then cook the stuffing inside the bird, it's way better tasting than stuffing done any other way. There are mesh bags that make it easy to pull it all out...before we knew about that trick it was a bit of a mess spooning it out.

      • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 25 2021, @04:22AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 25 2021, @04:22AM (#1199438)

        White bread and pumpernickel. Cook it in the oven with butter, broth, celery, mushrooms, spices, if no bird.

  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by martyb on Thursday November 25 2021, @01:47AM

    by martyb (76) Subscriber Badge on Thursday November 25 2021, @01:47AM (#1199404) Journal

    Thank you for all you do

    Eat, drink, and be merry.

    You're welcome... and the same to you!

    --
    Wit is intellect, dancing.