Daily Tech News 20 August 2021

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Intel spoke about their Alder Lake 12th generation desktop parts. (AnandTech)

It supports DDR5 RAM up to 4800MHz, which we've seen is not much faster than DDR4 at 3200MHz (except when it is), an 16 lanes of PCIe 5.0 and 4 lanes of PCIe 4.0. Plus from the chipset up to 12 lanes of PCIe 4.0 and 16 lanes of PCIe 3.0.

Which means they've done something really dumb. The one place that needs more bandwidth, and that Intel has total control over, is the interface between the CPU and the chipset. Make that 4 lanes of PCIe 5.0 and you can actually use all those downstream lanes.

But that's exactly what they didn't.

Oh, and it has 8 fast cores and 8 slow cores, which is basically useless on a desktop.

But they are also promising a 19% improvement on IPC, which if real is definitely not useless.

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Intel's GPU team has gone chuunibyou. (WCCFTech)

It's a Japanese term literally meaning "second year disease", referring to kids in their second year of middle school who get a little too into their hobbies.

I mention this because the upcoming generations of graphics chips from Intel are named Alchemist, Battlemage, Celestial, and Druid.
More collisions in Apple's NeuralHash, both artificial and natural. (Roboflow)

If you look at the photos that Apple thinks are the same, you'll understand why people are worried. They say that Apple's "1 in a trillion" number for false matches is close to the mark, but that's a long way from saying there's a 1 in a trillion chance of someone being falsely accused. That number is closer to 1 in 1.
Anyone can post a job opening on LinkedIn as any company. (Bleeping Computer)

But that company can't take the offer down.
OnlyFans is Tumblrising itself. (Bloomberg)

Don't ask me. I don't know and don't want to know.
TikTok plans to collect biometric data on its users. (Tech Crunch)

Because of course they do.

Disclaimer: And you get a Reichstag Fire, and you get a Reichstag fire! Everyone gets a Reichstag Fire!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 05:15 AM

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1 Morning!

Posted by: Bruce at August 20, 2021 04:17 AM (vd8XM)

2 Many crazinesses appear to be taking place in 'Stralia.

Posted by: m at August 20, 2021 04:21 AM (SJbY/)

3 hiya

Posted by: JT at August 20, 2021 04:21 AM (arJlL)

4 That Linkedin posting could be a fun way to mess with companies you don't like

Posted by: Bruce at August 20, 2021 04:21 AM (vd8XM)

5
Free Pixy with the purchase of a greater or equal value Pixy!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 20, 2021 04:21 AM (+2sc/)

6 Free Pixy with the purchase of a greater or equal value Pixy!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot

A much better deal than a half-off Pixy

Posted by: Bruce at August 20, 2021 04:23 AM (vd8XM)

7
That Linkedin posting could be a fun way to mess with companies you don't like
Posted by: Bruce

As, for example, posting listings for which the requirements call for otherworldly levels of SJW awareness and practice, thereby affirming in the addled brains of SJW-compliant applicants that there is a real demand for their services and proselytizing.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 20, 2021 04:33 AM (+2sc/)

8 Excellent Caldron Pool article on Covid restrictions in Australia and New Zealand, including lots of links to similar pieces:

https://tinyurl.com/yp3s8ayc

Posted by: m at August 20, 2021 04:34 AM (SJbY/)

9
Obligatory aside - "But that would be wrong!"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 20, 2021 04:34 AM (+2sc/)

10 Good morning horde.

I pity the first sorry mother f*cker who asks me for my papers.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 20, 2021 04:35 AM (EZebt)

11 10 Good morning horde.

I pity the first sorry mother f*cker who asks me for my papers.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 20, 2021 04:35 AM (EZebt)

What's the plan?

Posted by: m at August 20, 2021 04:35 AM (SJbY/)

12 I pity the first sorry mother f*cker who asks me for my papers.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

I saw this today. I'll never remember the whole thing, I'll need to print it out and carry it with me

https://tinyurl.com/xfrk2ecf

Posted by: Bruce at August 20, 2021 04:38 AM (vd8XM)

13 12 I pity the first sorry mother f*cker who asks me for my papers.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

I saw this today. I'll never remember the whole thing, I'll need to print it out and carry it with me

https://tinyurl.com/xfrk2ecf
Posted by: Bruce at August 20, 2021 04:38 AM (vd8XM)

heh

But the manager would then "ask" you to leave.

Posted by: m at August 20, 2021 04:40 AM (SJbY/)

14 Bruce that is exactly my plan.

You first. What is your HIV status, Mary?

You are violating HIPAA.

Oh, you would have turned in Anne Frank too eh?

I WILL NEVER, EVER ENTER THIS ESTABLISHMENT AGAIN.

Also, I was raised in NYC so I know how to make a scene.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 20, 2021 04:42 AM (EZebt)

15 You first. What is your HIV status, Mary?

You are violating HIPAA.

I would also like to visit the kitchen, check out your fridge and freezers, and observe food prep. Do a quick swab on your ice machine, soda nozzles, and beer taps.

Posted by: Bruce at August 20, 2021 04:46 AM (vd8XM)

16
Has the Bye-Din administration begun posting the Compliance with Feminist Norms Index for the Taliban yet?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 20, 2021 04:47 AM (+2sc/)

17 Has the Bye-Din administration begun posting the Compliance with Feminist Norms Index for the Taliban yet?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot

4 or 5 days ago.

C'mon man!

Posted by: Bruce at August 20, 2021 04:49 AM (vd8XM)

18 16 Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 20, 2021 04:47 AM (+2sc/)

"The whole world is watching."

//Zhou Bai-Dan

"Durka durka we hope so watch this gal fail to levitate when we throw her from the roof"

//Habib "It's raining men and women" Azul

Posted by: sven at August 20, 2021 04:50 AM (Lzpvj)

19 I forgot also that this apartheid.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 20, 2021 04:51 AM (EZebt)

20 So there's likely a cataclysmic data mine of info housed in computers and servers we abandoned in Afghanistan. What happens to it?

- sold to more sophisticated/organized nations (Iran, Russia, China, Pakistan)
- foreign nationals recruited from those countries, since taliban has massive cash spend available now from their spoils
- taliban is overrun by more ruthless countries (Russia AND/or China) who don't care about flying rainbow flags as foreign policy

I see a quickly developing scenario 3, there's massive spoils available in Afghanistan right now... And all it really takes to get them is a ruthless and serious enough nation, and from there simple threats and bribes to corrupt taliban leaders

Posted by: KnifeFightThunderdome at August 20, 2021 04:53 AM (AApC4)

21 Streaming service Pluto in the US now has a free channel devoted to nothing but that comic master thief Lupin III. Have seen episodes from pink shirt, green shirt, blue shirt Lupin series and even the very adult Lupin series about Fujiko Mine.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 20, 2021 04:55 AM (UCc6V)

22 TikTok plans to collect biometric data on its users. (Tech Crunch)

Because of course they do.

There's nothing like being owned by the ChiComs to improve your reliability.

I mean, for example the Bidens; look how reliably they can be counted on to totes fuck things up once you buy them.

When you buy a Biden, they stay mostly bought.

Posted by: GnuBreed, no circumstance at August 20, 2021 04:58 AM (F0YaR)

23 Ww1 was sparked by the assassination of 1 person. Taliban now has 10,000 pawns to play with. Ww3 a possible if not likely scenario?
Or would American govt just chalk them up as losses and have Facebook and Twitter ban anyone who says something critical about it.

Talk of retaking Kabul is ridiculous. Where would our forces enter? They have no base. And the taliban now has billions of dollars of state of the art equipment to use against us. If you doubted their technical acumen, as I did, they have already started flying our helicopters around. Not going to be difficult to purchase tech expertise

Posted by: KnifeFightThunderdome at August 20, 2021 04:58 AM (AApC4)

24 Buy one Biden, get the next one for 10% off.

Posted by: GnuBreed, no circumstance at August 20, 2021 04:58 AM (F0YaR)

25 The neural hash thing is starting to remind me of topology jokes

Posted by: vmom sic semper stabbicus (oEn12) at August 20, 2021 05:05 AM (xM76j)

26
TikTok plans to collect biometric data on its users. (Tech Crunch)

Because of course they do.

It always was going to be someone outside of the U.S. who would assemble a comprehensive database of the mentally ill since this country decided to frown on doing such things. The freaks who cavort in TikTok land have no idea such a thing is possible or to what nefarious uses it could be put.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 20, 2021 05:07 AM (+2sc/)

27
Ww1 was sparked by the assassination of 1 person. Taliban now has 10,000 pawns to play with. Ww3 a possible if not likely scenario?
Or would American govt just chalk them up as losses and have Facebook and Twitter ban anyone who says something critical about it.

"Unavoidable consequences" FTW!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 20, 2021 05:09 AM (+2sc/)

28 Looks like we are getting a new anime about Human piloted TFSs versus the alien BETAs to go with Total Eclipse and Schwarzen Marken.

Muv-Luv Alternative - https://youtu.be/7qvsRRa-nGY

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 20, 2021 05:10 AM (UCc6V)

29 >> And all it really takes to get them is a ruthless and serious enough nation, and from there simple threats and bribes to corrupt taliban leaders

This is already happening. The Taliban is shipping out that abandoned hardware to Iran on one side and Pakistan on the other. China is a major player in all of this.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at August 20, 2021 05:10 AM (Mzdiz)

30
Today's breakfast special: neural hash and eggs, any way you like 'em!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 20, 2021 05:12 AM (+2sc/)

31
This is already happening. The Taliban is shipping out that abandoned hardware to Iran on one side and Pakistan on the other. China is a major player in all of this.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz)

It's all moving product to us! Think of A'stan as a very large sales lot and this is a clearance event. We're trying to figure out where best to site our next lot!

-- "defense" contractors

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 20, 2021 05:15 AM (+2sc/)

32 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo, Pontoon Captain* (like a real captain, only drunker) at August 20, 2021 05:17 AM (ju2Fy)

33 It's all moving product to us! Think of A'stan as a very large sales lot and this is a clearance event. We're trying to figure out where best to site our next lot!

-- "defense" contractors
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot

We're here to protect you!
And us....mostly us

Posted by: Bruce at August 20, 2021 05:18 AM (vd8XM)

34 never attribute to stupidity that which is adequately explained by malice

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 20, 2021 05:20 AM (yrol0)

35
C'mon down to Austin & Milley's clearance sales event!

Remaindered SJW course materials at below cost prices! You don't want to miss this opportunity!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 20, 2021 05:21 AM (+2sc/)

36 Double dealing defense contractors?

Anaheim Electronics on Luna says, "hold our New Type beer."

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 20, 2021 05:21 AM (UCc6V)

37 Or would American govt just chalk them up as losses and have Facebook and Twitter ban anyone who says something critical about it.

--
They've already been written off

Posted by: vmom sic semper stabbicus (oEn12) at August 20, 2021 05:22 AM (xM76j)

38 How much are one of those big drones with a couple of missiles going for you think?

Posted by: Bruce at August 20, 2021 05:22 AM (vd8XM)

39 You get an M4, and you get an M4, and you get an M4, everybody gets M4s!

Posted by: Howard Johnson's at August 20, 2021 05:24 AM (Tnijr)

40 14 Bruce that is exactly my plan.
You first. What is your HIV status, Mary?
You are violating HIPAA.
Oh, you would have turned in Anne Frank too eh?
I WILL NEVER, EVER ENTER THIS ESTABLISHMENT AGAIN.
Also, I was raised in NYC so I know how to make a scene.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 20, 2021 04:42 AM (EZebt)

Have you come into contact with anyone that had Whooping cough? How about the common cold? I could catch that from you and it could become pneumonia and I could die! Exposed to anyone with the flu?

Posted by: Buzzion at August 20, 2021 05:24 AM (G2zl5)

41 It's not fair I tell you.

Posted by: f'd at August 20, 2021 05:24 AM (Tnijr)

42
Have you come into contact with anyone that had Whooping cough? How about the common cold? I could catch that from you and it could become pneumonia and I could die! Exposed to anyone with the flu?
Posted by: Buzzion

Tetanus booster up to date? When was your last flu shot? MMR shot? Last bout of diarrhea? Are those hands washed? Let me see 'em! The

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 20, 2021 05:27 AM (+2sc/)

43 Tetanus booster up to date? When was your last flu shot? MMR shot? Last bout of diarrhea? Are those hands washed? Let me see 'em! The
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot

A list of your suppliers. You most recent health and safety inspection papers...

Posted by: Bruce at August 20, 2021 05:28 AM (vd8XM)

44 Lupin III part 4 closing song

https://youtu.be/hbHfoaoJNww

Basically the singer is telling her boyfriend to skip the games and tell her he loves her.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 20, 2021 05:28 AM (UCc6V)

45
Bring in a portable blue (UV) light and start scanning surfaces at the establishment.

"What are you doing?"

"I've got the health department on speed dial, chum! Now, back off!" ** brandish phone **

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 20, 2021 05:30 AM (+2sc/)

46 Vaccine elicited enhancement of disease was previously observed in human subjects with vaccines for respiratory syncytial virus RSV, dengue virus and measles. Vaccine elicited enhancement of disease was also observed with the SARS and MERS viruses and with feline coronavirus, which are closely related to SARSCoV2, the causative pathogen of COVID19 disease.

This is a similar profile to immune complex mediated disease seen with RSV vaccines in the past, wherein vaccinees succumbed to fatal enhanced RSV disease because of the formation of antibody virus immune complexes that precipitated harmful, inflammatory immune responses.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 20, 2021 05:30 AM (yrol0)

47 I bet Anna and Pixy can't wait to check out High Guardian Spice. The greatest anime ever!

Posted by: Buzzion at August 20, 2021 05:31 AM (G2zl5)

48 44 Lupin III part 4 closing song

https://youtu.be/hbHfoaoJNww

Basically the singer is telling her boyfriend to skip the games and tell her he loves her.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 20, 2021 05:28 AM (UCc6V)

nice

Posted by: m at August 20, 2021 05:31 AM (SJbY/)

49 Personally I would never make a scene at an establishment that is going to prepare and serve me food now or in the future
Not unless I am never going to eat there

Posted by: vmom sic semper stabbicus (oEn12) at August 20, 2021 05:32 AM (xM76j)

50 'morning...

Yabba Dabba doo--it's still raining...

Posted by: Oldowan at August 20, 2021 05:33 AM (Mfqer)

51
** cue Tom Petty **
You don't have to live like a vacinee

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 20, 2021 05:33 AM (+2sc/)

52 Personally I would never make a scene at an establishment that is going to prepare and serve me food now or in the future
Not unless I am never going to eat there
Posted by: vmom

That's what would hold me back. Plus most of the places are locally owned and we've been customers for years.

Just thinking....

Posted by: Bruce at August 20, 2021 05:33 AM (vd8XM)

53 Yabba Dabba doo--it's still raining...
Posted by: Oldowan

Please point it my way when you're done with it.

Posted by: Bruce at August 20, 2021 05:34 AM (vd8XM)

54
Personally I would never make a scene at an establishment that is going to prepare and serve me food now or in the future
Not unless I am never going to eat there
Posted by: vmom sic semper stabbicus

Starbucks and McDonalds, then?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 20, 2021 05:35 AM (+2sc/)

55 49 Personally I would never make a scene at an establishment that is going to prepare and serve me food now or in the future
Not unless I am never going to eat there
Posted by: vmom sic semper stabbicus (oEn12) at August 20, 2021 05:32 AM (xM76j)

Yeah. But there are other places besides dining establishments. Of course the restaurants are the places that believe there is some magic barrier when you sit down so you can remove your mask.

Posted by: Buzzion at August 20, 2021 05:35 AM (G2zl5)

56 Of course the restaurants are the places that believe there is some magic barrier when you sit down so you can remove your mask.
Posted by: Buzzion

Food and drink absorb the Kovid....It's science

Posted by: Bruce at August 20, 2021 05:36 AM (vd8XM)

57 Plus most of the places are locally owned and we've been customers for years.

--

In that case if they know you and you know them, one would hope they wouldn't risk asking you

Posted by: vmom sic semper stabbicus (oEn12) at August 20, 2021 05:37 AM (xM76j)

58 In 1928 in a town called Bundaberg Australia 12 children died after receiving a diphtheria vaccine, one family lost all three children.

Turns out the bottle of vaccine had been improperly stored and bacteria grew between uses of the bottle. Yes the same bottle was used on different days.

One of the things that came out of this tragedy was the introduction of a chemical compound to impede the growth of such bacteria. In more modern times those like Robert Kennedy Jr claim this chemical is harming children.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 20, 2021 05:38 AM (UCc6V)

59 I'm wish Mauler would do:

Afghanistan, An Unbridled Rage.

https://tinyurl.com/fmztd39c

Because the writing is so bad, it has to be the same crowd

Posted by: Hoyt's Paid Turkish Provocateur at August 20, 2021 05:39 AM (49Exr)

60 Pixy: ai.mee.nu has fallen over again (noticed now at 10:39 UTC)

As for Intel: I keep running into annoyances where this company's products are concerned, and I'm left wondering just how hollowed out they really are when it comes to talent. The latest is the "Intel Puma 6" chipset in broadband modems.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 20, 2021 05:45 AM (zuQbY)

61 Personally I would never make a scene at an establishment that is going to prepare and serve me food now or in the future
Not unless I am never going to eat there
Posted by: vmom sic semper stabbicus (oEn12) at August 20, 2021 05:32 AM (xM76j)

===
Me either.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 20, 2021 05:46 AM (EZebt)

62 The hole drilled in the soyuz capsule 2 years ago was likely drilled by a female american diversity hire astronaut so she could go home sooner. Adding to the collection of mentally unstable female astronauts hired by NASA.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy is a great start, but there is so much more to be done! at August 20, 2021 05:46 AM (TayrX)

63 From the linked Caldron Pool article

https://tinyurl.com/yp3s8ayc

quoting another article:

I went to two funerals last year. One was of a man in his early thirties who committed suicide. The other was of a fantastic old friend who passed away at 90. At which funeral do you think people were most shocked and upset? We have never been able to make those arguments when it comes to Covid. It has always been the case that every death has to be avoided at all costs.

Posted by: m at August 20, 2021 05:52 AM (SJbY/)

64 mornin' y'all

Posted by: Big V Caffeinated at August 20, 2021 05:53 AM (oSy3T)

65 Also from the linked Caldron Pool article

https://tinyurl.com/yp3s8ayc

So now we have a prostitute who has come down with COVID. I look forward to seeing how the contact tracing on that situation will work out!

Posted by: m at August 20, 2021 05:53 AM (SJbY/)

66 Saw this:

For months, the Biden administration was stockpiling military equipment for the Taliban before the collapse of the Afghan government. The report comes from Reuters who shares that well over a month before the Taliban's march across the country, the Biden administration was sending military equipment to Afghanistan amid a "planned withdrawal."

Posted by: vmom sic semper stabbicus (oEn12) at August 20, 2021 05:56 AM (xM76j)

67 All of this is not worrying at all

Posted by: Chair of the Biden Junta at August 20, 2021 05:57 AM (pOHui)

68 60 Pixy: ai.mee.nu has fallen over again (noticed now at 10:39 UTC)

Yeah, will be back online in a couple of minutes.

Moving to a new server this weekend. That old one is dead.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 20, 2021 05:59 AM (MqQvv)

69 Hey yall! How about that fellar at the Capital? We should all git in our trucks and drive up and down the capital steps. See yall in DC!

Posted by: Billy Bubba Ray Bob at August 20, 2021 06:05 AM (Tnijr)

70 So Biden condemns 10,000 brown people to their death while he's on vacation from his cryochamber, and the lead story is about what Emmanuel Goldstein did on January 6th which was at least 4 or 5 days ago.

Posted by: KnifeFightThunderdome at August 20, 2021 06:08 AM (AApC4)

71 In a James Bond movie, James sneaks into a outdoor market somewhere in maybe Afghanistan where you can buy all sorts of high tech weapons, and airplanes. Of course he is able to blow up a lot of them, where is James when we need him.

Posted by: Colin at August 20, 2021 06:08 AM (iTUCF)

72 Boker Tov Patriots

How many thousands of Americans are held hostage in Afghanistan? Thanks joe

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 20, 2021 06:09 AM (GPwVZ)

73 @66

Every Democrat Administration gives our enemies money, technology, advantage, etc.

Carter did it, Clinton did it, Obama did it and now the meat puppet junta is doing it in spades.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 20, 2021 06:11 AM (GOGEo)

74 How many thousands of Americans are held hostage in Afghanistan?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 20, 2021 06:09 AM (GPwVZ)

I'll bet that the administration is going to play games with the numbers. They won't admit how many are actually there.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 20, 2021 06:11 AM (Q9lwr)

75 66 For months, the Biden administration was stockpiling military equipment for the Taliban before the collapse of the Afghan government. The report comes from Reuters who shares that well over a month before the Taliban's march across the country, the Biden administration was sending military equipment to Afghanistan amid a "planned withdrawal."
Posted by: vmom sic semper stabbicus (oEn12) at August 20, 2021 05:56 AM (xM76j)

link: https://archive.is/HstyF

One of the commenters there says that that summary is not a fair summary of the Reuters article it purports to summarize, which is here:

link: https://tinyurl.com/rchy6zf9

Posted by: m at August 20, 2021 06:12 AM (SJbY/)

76 Pixy,. I'm going to get a small 4-bay Raid10 NAS for home--mostly to get some hands-on with the tech for a bigger project at work. It's going to sit near my television and I'm worried about excess noise. Would SSD be worth it over HDD?

Posted by: Oldowan at August 20, 2021 06:12 AM (Mfqer)

77
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 20, 2021 06:12 AM (DUIap)

78 Yesterday they were saying around 11000 Americans left in Afghanistan

Are we seeing any families stateside being interviewed, or asking for help on socialist media?

Posted by: vmom sic semper stabbicus (oEn12) at August 20, 2021 06:13 AM (xM76j)

79 Seems weird, but Baltimore is already announcing the arrival there of additional Afghan refugees.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at August 20, 2021 06:14 AM (3D/fK)

80 So according to the dread pirate Crenshaw, because this is now a dick measuring contest between us and France and England we need to authorize excursions into Kabul to rescue people stupid enough to trust Biden and, wait for it, go 30 clicks into Indian Country to retake Bagram. Biden isn't the only idiot in DC.

Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at August 20, 2021 06:15 AM (oWBc3)

81 The French and British are going into Kabul to get their people and we sit at the Airport with the mightiest Military every conceived with our thumbs up our butts.

This is ALL on the head of Sundown Applesauce for Brains and the Democrats

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 20, 2021 06:16 AM (GPwVZ)

82 How we gonna retake Afghanistan? No base, and they have tens of billions in state of the art military equipment funded by you and me. Not gonna happen without ww3

Posted by: KnifeFightThunderdome at August 20, 2021 06:17 AM (AApC4)

83 From the weapons article...

"Ironically, the fact that our equipment breaks down so often is a life-saver here," a third official said.

Posted by: golfman at August 20, 2021 06:17 AM (hOMhY)

84 80 in the land of the blind, the one eyed man is insane

Posted by: vmom sic semper stabbicus (oEn12) at August 20, 2021 06:17 AM (xM76j)

85 I've got a great idea, fat.
We'll count Americans as 3/5ths of a person each to make our hostage count seem smaller. We've done it before, fat.

Posted by: Pudding Head at August 20, 2021 06:18 AM (AApC4)

86 @82

Square the circle: We now have more troops in country after our pullout than we had a week ago.

What's worse than a clusterfuck?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 20, 2021 06:18 AM (GOGEo)

87 You get an M4, and you get an M4, and you get an M4, everybody gets M4s!

American Citizen looking at the Constitution, then looking at the long list of prohibited items that are paid for in tax dollars and delivered to international terrorists.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 20, 2021 06:19 AM (+LCoQ)

88 mmmm, mornin' y'all. Coffee smells wonderful.

Lovin' my little staycation.

Posted by: Hacky Psaki at August 20, 2021 06:20 AM (kyKhl)

89 Posted by: KnifeFightThunderdome at August 20, 2021 06:17 AM (AApC4)

Bullshit. We could retake Afghanistan in a NY minute, no matter what guns the taliban picked up. The q

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 20, 2021 06:20 AM (GPwVZ)

90 Posted by: KnifeFightThunderdome at August 20, 2021 06:17 AM (AApC4)

Bullshit. We could retake Afghanistan in a NY minute, no matter what guns the taliban picked up. The q
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 20, 2021 06:20 AM (GPwVZ)

The question is why would we want to?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 20, 2021 06:20 AM (GPwVZ)

91 Square the circle: We now have more troops in country after our pullout than we had a week ago.

What's worse than a clusterfuck?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 20, 2021 06:18 AM (GOGEo)

Yet a third the number that protected our betters in DC.

Posted by: golfman at August 20, 2021 06:21 AM (hOMhY)

92 Posted by: m at August 20, 2021 06:12 AM (SJbY/)

if that were true, in my mind that would be treason and cause for summary executions.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 20, 2021 06:21 AM (x1ex5)

93 At least now the Taliban has better transportation than donkeys. A few black hawk helicopters always helps moving around in Afghanistan.

Posted by: Colin at August 20, 2021 06:23 AM (iTUCF)

94 A very foggy morning here in the Bluegrass.

Regarding the number of Americans in Talibanistan...

The truth is nobody really knows. Some are content to stay as they're preoccupied with whatever they're doing. Some are researchers, some are soldiers of fortune others are there for the "culture" and some are there to take advantage of the chaos. We'll be hearing about some of these idiots next month, when they're beheaded.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 20, 2021 06:24 AM (BFigT)

95 Oh yeah, we could take back Afghanistan in a NY minute, with more casualties in a few weeks that we saw in 20 years, and for what? This has Khartoum written all over it. We left, we lost, get over it. The country that had a no man left behind ethos is more than a five day old memory.

Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at August 20, 2021 06:24 AM (oWBc3)

96 Square the circle: We now have more troops in country after our pullout than we had a week ago.

What's worse than a clusterfuck?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 20, 2021 06:18 AM (GOGEo)

Yet a third the number that protected our betters in DC.
Posted by: golfman at August 20, 2021 06:21 AM (hOMhY)

One might reasonably think that the Democrats are an occupying hostile enemy force that has the former United States military as its obedient and slave Orcs.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 20, 2021 06:24 AM (+LCoQ)

97 TikTok plans to collect biometric data on its users. (Tech Crunch)

Because of course they do.

There's nothing like being owned by the ChiComs to improve your reliability.

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There is a simple way around it. Don't use TikTok. It's foolish anyway.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 20, 2021 06:25 AM (O+I8R)

98 "And you get a Reichstag Fire, and you get a Reichstag fire! Everyone gets a Reichstag Fire!"

Sadly true.

Wouldn't it have been moar efficient to just keep Bagram instead of abandoning it with all its contents last month ?
asking for a friend ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez (YjYuE) at August 20, 2021 06:26 AM (YjYuE)

99 84 80 in the land of the blind, the one eyed man is insane
Posted by: vmom sic semper stabbicus (oEn12) at August 20, 2021 06:17 AM (xM76j)

To assert that two plus two does not equal five now qualifies you as a nonperson or maybe even a domestic extremist.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 20, 2021 06:26 AM (DH2LB)

100 Tucker: ABC news appears to edit portions that made Biden look 'unpresidential'

that would be the entire segment

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 20, 2021 06:26 AM (yrol0)

101 if you assume active malice with intent to destroy then everything in the news makes perfect sense.

just sayin' ..

Posted by: sock_rat_eez (YjYuE) at August 20, 2021 06:28 AM (YjYuE)

102 Oh yeah, we could take back Afghanistan in a NY minute, with more casualties in a few weeks that we saw in 20 years, and for what? This has Khartoum written all over it. We left, we lost, get over it. The country that had a no man left behind ethos is more than a five day old memory.
Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at August 20, 2021 06:24 AM (oWBc3)

Yeah did you read what I said after that? Why would we want to?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 20, 2021 06:29 AM (GPwVZ)

103 if you assume active malice with intent to destroy then everything in the news makes perfect sense.

I've been running with that template for ages.

Hanlon's Razor be damned, the Left are in control.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 20, 2021 06:30 AM (+LCoQ)

104 if you assume active malice with intent to destroy then everything in the news makes perfect sense.

just sayin' ..
Posted by: sock_rat_eez (YjYuE) at August 20, 2021 06:28 AM (YjYuE)

New hotness: never ascribe to stupidity that which can be explained by malice.... and stupidity.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 20, 2021 06:30 AM (6FeV1)

105 I can't believe that link in the ONT about Cruz and the federal gov't attempted takeover of election law. Schumer is a diabolical, foul SOB. He deserves to have his thumbs ripped off. And that's me being kind because it's so early.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 20, 2021 06:30 AM (O+I8R)

106 He deserves to have his thumbs ripped off. And that's me being kind because it's so early.
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 20, 2021 06:30 AM (O+I8R)

His thumbs deserve to have their Schumer ripped off.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 20, 2021 06:31 AM (6FeV1)

107 Hanlon's Razor be damned, the Left are in control.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 20, 2021 06:30 AM (+LCoQ)

Malice is cooked into every Leftist scheme. Its part of their fun.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 20, 2021 06:32 AM (yrol0)

108 76 Pixy,. I'm going to get a small 4-bay Raid10 NAS for home--mostly to get some hands-on with the tech for a bigger project at work. It's going to sit near my television and I'm worried about excess noise. Would SSD be worth it over HDD?

Posted by: Oldowan

If you don't need a ton of space, SSDs are great. Silent, fast, reliable. (As long as you buy a good brand like Samsung or Western Digital.) Still a lot more expensive per GB than hard drives though.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 20, 2021 06:32 AM (MqQvv)

109 If we are lucky, and we usually are not since out "leaders" are whimps, this disaster in Afghan might sink the infrastrtucture bills

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 20, 2021 06:32 AM (GPwVZ)

110 JJ is Nood!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2021 06:33 AM (U7wke)

111 "The speed with which the Taliban swept across Afghanistan is reminiscent of Islamic State militants taking weapons from U.S.-supplied Iraqi forces who offered little resistance in 2014."

link: https://tinyurl.com/rchy6zf9

Posted by: m at August 20, 2021 06:33 AM (SJbY/)

112 Wouldn't it have been moar efficient to just keep Bagram instead of abandoning it with all its contents last month ?

Depends what your mission statement is. You are projecting your own values into that statement.

From the Junta's perspective, the "moar efficient" route would be just to hand Iran nukes, give the Taliban direct access to the Federal Reserve banking window and the military armory, and let China direct the Western hemisphere directly from Washington DC rather than through surrogates.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 20, 2021 06:33 AM (+LCoQ)

113 I was a young teenager when my Dad went to a place called Vietnam in 64 on an "expeditionary mission" and in college when he went back 69 and 71. I was in graduate school when he went to Iran as a training consultant in 75, as our government let the perviously mentioned country fail. Three years later, same with Iran. The old man retired and never trusted the government again. We have learned nothing.

Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at August 20, 2021 06:33 AM (oWBc3)

114 If we are lucky, and we usually are not since out "leaders" are whimps, this disaster in Afghan might sink the infrastrtucture bills
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 20, 2021 06:32 AM (GPwVZ)

Honestly, i think there's a better chance they tack on another 0.5 trillion for "relief" to AFG.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 20, 2021 06:33 AM (6FeV1)

115 Pixy's Corollary to Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity... But there are an awful lot of malicious idiots out there.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 20, 2021 06:33 AM (MqQvv)

116 115 Pixy's Corollary to Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity... But there are an awful lot of malicious idiots out there.

Sounds like math.

Posted by: m at August 20, 2021 07:27 AM (SJbY/)

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