Daily News Stuff 6 April 2026

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• Samsung has raised its contract memory prices by another 30%. (Notebook Check)
  
  That's after doubling their prices in the first quarter, and whatever they did in the previous quarter.
  
  Best time to buy 128GB of RAM was a year ago. Which I did.
  
  Second best time was New Year's Eve during a short-lived sale of Corsair modules on Amazon. Which I also did.
  
  So I'm set for now.
  
  
  
• Ubuntu has quietly increased the memory requirements for the upcoming 26.04 release. (OMGUbuntu)
  
  To be fair, they increased the requirement from 4GB for 18.04 to 6GB. And that's for a full client install with the Gnome UI; you can install a server with a quarter of that.

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Sunday Overnight Open Thread - April 5, 2026 [Doof]

Happy Easter to those who celebrate! Mystery click is for you.

Open thread, as always. What's on YOUR mind tonight?

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Gun Thread: Happy Easter Edition!

There's a hare in my scope!

Howdy, Y'all! Welcome to the wondrously fabulous Gun Thread! As always, I want to thank all of our regulars for being here week in and week out, and also offer a bigly Gun Thread welcome to any newcomers who may be joining us tonight. Howdy and thank you for stopping by! I hope you find our wacky conversation on the subject of guns 'n shooting both enjoyable and informative. You are always welcome to lurk in the shadows of shame, but I'd like to invite you to jump into the conversation, say howdy, and tell us what kind of shooting you like to do!

Holy Shitballs! How in the ever-loving hell did it get to be the Easter Edition? Seems like only last week it was not the Easter Edition!!

So Happy Easter!!

With that, step into the dojo, bite the head off of a chocolate bunny, and let's get to the gun stuff below, shall we?

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Food Thread: Lamb Or Ham, Sam I Am

Yum! Roast leg of lamb is delicious, although some people are not enamored of the slightly gamy taste of most lamb (especially Australian and New Zealand lamb). But there is an easy way to minimize it, and that is simply trimming the excess fat from the meat. And if you have a boneless leg it's even easier, and it works better. The interior fat seems to be the strongest flavored, and of course it doesn't get crispy and browned like the exterior stuff, so trimming that out makes a big difference.

I think American lamb is the best of the three, but it is more difficult to find and certainly more expensive!

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Ham is...good! Does it rise to the glories of good lamb? No, I don't think so, but it is also much more of a commodity in America, so it is probably more difficult to get high quality ham. I recall a ham from a wild pig that was processed by a butcher in Mendocino County CA, lo these many years ago, that was absolutely spectacular, so it definitely exists!

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So what's the Horde's preference?

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First World Problems...

Yes, that is a Rabbit corkscrew that failed catastrophically last night. Both handles broke at once, which impressed me in a sad and depressing way.

It's a good American design, and the first versions were excellent. But (and you know what is coming) they began to save money by making them with cheaper and cheaper materials, and the end result is a good product ruined by Chinese manufacturing and bean counters in the C-suite.

I have an old one, and it is the identical design, but with better materials. It worked smoothly and with less effort compared to the plastic-and-pot-metal new one. It failed after many years, and to the company's credit they replaced it, but with an inferior one. I actually repaired it using a roll pin from an AR, and it works fine! Too bad they didn't repair it for me...that would have been truly impressive.

This speaks to our throw-away culture, and the idea that we no longer expect things to last. But it also creates a feedback loop...cheaper materials can't be repaired, so replacement becomes the norm, so repair becomes anachronistic., which drives even cheaper materials and manufacturing.

Yes, part of this is "Get Off My Lawn," because there are many industries that are building absolutely fantastic products. Criticize American car manufacturing all you want for lack of style and soul, but the cars are great. And the gun industry might be building boring-looking stuff, but they run forever!

But part of it is a serious reflection on how our society has changed. Throw-away cultures lose sight of what built them, and perhaps can no longer recover as well and as quickly from major dislocations, because of the expectation that everything is instantly replaceable.

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Solid Jobs Report With A Delicious Bonus!

Decrease regulation. Decrease the drain on the economy by parasitic government employees. Send a clear signal that American manufacturing is paramount. Decrease the barriers to domestic production. Begin to even the playing field with regard to cheap imports subsidized by foreign governments.

These are obvious and rational policies that every American politician should embrace, yet one half of them champion exactly the opposite!

Here is the March Bureau of Labor Statistics report. It's long and repetitive, but here are a couple of paragraphs that are nice to see.

Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 178,000 in March, and the unemployment rate changed little at 4.3 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in health care, in construction, and in transportation and warehousing. Federal government employment continued to decline.

One downside is the growth in healthcare, which is an unbelievably bloated and inefficient industry whose employment is driven by government regulation and interference. One look at most medical offices will prove that point. How many M.D.s compared to the number of clerks and billing "experts" and managers? Most of that overhead is forced by government fiat and the unbelievable complexity of health insurance company's systems.

But here is the best part...

Federal government employment continued to decline in March (-18,000). Since reaching a peak in October 2024, federal government employment is down by 355,000, or 11.8 percent. Federal employees on furlough during the partial government shutdown were counted as employed in the establishment survey because they worked or received (or will receive) pay for the pay period that included the 12th of the month.

That is a lot of leeches that have been plucked off the body of the American economy. Not nearly enough, but it is a solid start, and we should applaud President Trump and his administration.

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Tousi TV: Second F-15 Pilot Rescued as Iranian Civilians Aid American Operation to Rescue Him

Tousi reports below. I assume he knows what he's talking about, but take it with grain of salt until we have official confirmation.

Here is a summary:

The US knew where the pilot -- the weapons officer, or WSO, apparently called a "Wizzo" in the trade -- was located due to "unique capabilities." I mean, I think he has a coded radio so I don't know why we're being all cagey about it. He was hiding in a mountain.

The CIA created a deception campaign to trick Iran into thinking he was a hundred miles away (or so) away from his real location.

Iranian Basij forces -- plainclothes soldiers/thugs -- went to the fake location and were "annihilated" by US warplanes sent to greet them. Tousi has video of Iranians coming upon the bodies and saying, "They're all dead."

The US actually created a pop-up secret base of operations deep inside of Iran, about 100 miles (again, I don't know the real distance) south of Teheran. They landed C-130s and little bird helicopters here. I guess this is where the special forces operators struck out from.

One deduction: The US always knew where he was, and told him to just remain hidden and invisible while forces were flown in to rescue him.

One minor hitch in the operation -- one (or was it both?) of the C-130s became stuck and could not take off so they had to be blown up on the ground. This always seems to happen in major special forces operations.

CNN lied and claimed Iranian civilians were flooding into the area to find the pilot on behalf of the IRGC. In fact, they were using their vehicles to jam up the highways to prevent the IRGC from sending troops into the area.

Also, Tousi reports that Trump began secretly arming Iranian civilians since January, when the first uprisings began.

So good news all around. With the civilians armed and openly aiding the US and Israel, I have renewed hopes for the end of the Islamic Occupational Army in Iran.

Update: Trump's post about it.

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Sunday Morning Book Thread - 4-5-2026 ["Perfessor" Squirrel]

Welcome to the prestigious, internationally acclaimed, stately, and illustrious Sunday Morning Book Thread! The place where all readers are welcome, regardless of whatever guilty pleasure we feel like reading (published by Big Penguin. Seriously.) Here is where we can discuss, argue, bicker, quibble, consider, debate, confabulate, converse, and jaw about our latest fancy in reading material. As always, pants are required, unless you are wearing these pants...(cuteness quotient is off the charts.)

So relax, find yourself a warm kitty (or warm puppy--I won't judge) to curl up in your lap, unwrap a chocolate Easter bunny, and dive into a new book. What are YOU reading this fine morning?

⁸So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell the disciples. ⁹Suddenly Jesus met them. "Greetings," he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him. ¹⁰Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me."

Matthew 28:8-10 (NIV)

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“WE GOT HIM!” – Shot Down Airman Rescued by US Forces in Iran

From President Trump at Truth Social:

WE GOT HIM! My fellow Americans, over the past several hours, the United States Military pulled off one of the most daring Search and Rescue Operations in U.S. History, for one of our incredible Crew Member Officers, who also happens to be a highly respected Colonel, and who I am thrilled to let you know is now SAFE and SOUND! This brave Warrior was behind enemy lines in the treacherous mountains of Iran, being hunted down by our enemies, who were getting closer and closer by the hour, but was never truly alone because his Commander in Chief, Secretary of War, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and fellow Warfighters were monitoring his location 24 hours a day, and diligently planning for his rescue. At my direction, the U.S. Military sent dozens of aircraft, armed with the most lethal weapons in the World, to retrieve him. He sustained injuries, but he will be just fine. This miraculous Search and Rescue Operation comes in addition to a successful rescue of another brave Pilot, yesterday, which we did not confirm, because we did not want to jeopardize our second rescue operation. This is the first time in military memory that two U.S. Pilots have been rescued, separately, deep in Enemy Territory. WE WILL NEVER LEAVE AN AMERICAN WARFIGHTER BEHIND! The fact that we were able to pull off both of these operations, without a SINGLE American killed, or even wounded, just proves once again, that we have achieved overwhelming Air Dominance and Superiority over the Iranian skies. This is a moment that ALL Americans, Republican, Democrat, and everyone else, should be proud of and united around. We truly have the best, most professional, and lethal Military in the History of the World. GOD BLESS AMERICA, GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS, AND HAPPY EASTER TO ALL!

No American casualties. Prayers answered.

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Daily Tech News 5 April 2026

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• North Korea used a supply-chain attack to gain access to widely-used open-source web client package Axios. (Axios)
  
  
  
• And here's a version you can actually read. (CNN)
  
  The name is just a coincidence.
  
  
  
• And here's a version you can read which actually explains what happened. (Bleeping Computer)
  
  The state of the technical media today is a microcosm of the state of the mainstream media, which is to say, it would be a good name for a rock band.
  
  But this story highlights a huge problem: Common "wisdom" involves constantly downloading fresh copies of all the dependencies of your software, building it unattended, and deploying it to production likewise.
  
  Sticking with known-good versions? Old hat. Manual review? Out the window.
  
  So as soon as one key component is compromised this way, the infection spreads like wildfire.
  
  Everyone with any experience knew this was a bad idea, but we were ignored.

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Saturday Night Club ONT - April 4, 2026 [D Squared]

Welcome to Club ONT - a collaboration of The Disco and The Dino. Come in in, grab a drink or 3. Please don't search for Easter Eggs until after Midnight. If you find the one with the "Lifetime Restroom Token" coupon, please see a staff member.

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Music Thread: -- Open Thread -- Music Thread -- Open Thread

So Garrett fancies himself a backwoodsman! I wonder what he uses the rope for?

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Hobby Thread - April 4, 2026 [TRex]

Welcome hobbyists! Pull up a chair and sit a spell with the Horde in this little corner of the interweb. This is the mighty, mighty officially sanctioned Ace of Spades Hobby Thread. It is that time of the year, a spin of the Wheel of Hobbies (TM) naturally came up with Easter as a theme for this Hobby Thread.

[Top photo: Buc-ee's Bunny]

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Ace of Spades Pet Thread, April 4

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Good afternoon and welcome to the almost world famous Ace of Spades Pet Thread. Thanks for stopping by. Kick back and enjoy the world of animals.

Would you like a treat?

Let's relax a little with the animals and leave the world of politics and current events outside today.

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Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, April 4

Happy Holiday Weekend! The air is fresh around here, and you can almost feel it in these photos, too!

Here are photos of my Anemone Clematis, almost at its peak. I've been training this vine almost 20 years.

San Franpsycho

Twenty years! The flowers DO look like anemones, but also like clematis!

I love them. How about you?

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Holy Saturday and the world keeps turning

Courtesy Daily Citizen, via Donald Sensing

Hope everyone is having a nice Holy Saturday or Passover commemoration. Have you been paying attention to the Artemis Mission? Here's a live tracker. The world is still turning.

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NASA has gotten pretty expensive lately:

Artemis is an absurdly expensive boondoggle & it will cost the same as ~14 hours of Medicare/Social Security spending

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The Artemis Mission has triggered a renewal in conspiracy theories concerning faking of the first moon landing, based largely on two strange interview exchanges with Buzz Aldrin, one in 2000 and one in 2015. But Aldrin supported Trump for President in 2024 based on support for the space program.

Artificial Intelligence is gonna be fun.

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The Classical Saturday Morning Coffee Break & Prayer Revival-Happy Easter Edition

[You mean it's not an all day beverage?]

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Good morning boys and girls and everything in between. Before we enter the Prayer Revival just a few house keeping matters to go over. (Rulz for those of you in De Pere.)

1) This is an open thread. Feel free to lurk, opine and/or bloviate.
2) Be kind. Be nice. And for heaven's sake no egg fights later today.
3) Running with sharp objects and juggling with filet knives is really, really frowned upon.
4) Have a great weekend. He is Risen!

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Daily Tech News 4 April 2026

Top Story

• Half of planned US datacenter builds have been delayed or canceled. (Tom's Hardware)
  
  Unfortunately this does not represent a collapse in the AI industry - not yet, anyway - but a shortage in key electrical distribution components thanks to the ongoing trade war with China, something that will be resolved relatively quickly as other countries gleefully pick China's bones clean. Metaphorically.
  
  
  

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One Small Step For The ONT. One Giant Leap For ONTkind.

Hello everyone! Pretty amazing week with the moon rocket. Loved the picture of Earth that they sent back.

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Good Friday Cafe

Sometimes you just want to lay down with a couple hundred chicks.

Someone cross-bred sheep with bunnies. Well not really but they have big bunny ears. Video of the bunny sheep.

Sheep rollin' down the street.

Dog protects a lost lamb.

Big bunny.

This is probably totally fake, but, whatever.

This one is admitted AI. But it's cute, and the guy admitted it was AI instead of trying to trick people, so I'll post it.

Bunny moves in for a kiss.

Cute: An owl was brooding over lifeless eggs so some humans pulled a switcheroo, replacing the dead eggs with live orphaned chicks. The owl is very happy.

Baby bunny shoplifts at Home Depot.

A sheepdog nips at a mother sheep when she tries to reject her lamb. How do dogs know to do this?

Driver stops his car to allow a mother sheep to finish feeding her lambs.

A senior dog used as a breeder all its life is rescued and is given its first toy.

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