Daily Tech News 2 July 2022

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Well, work insanity is finally easing for at least a couple of days. Have a big project kicking off next week and October is likely to be another write-off, but at least I won't be working 18 hour days and moving house at the same time.

These posts will gradually return to their usual schedule and content.
It seems like I picked the right week to be on a big city salary with a small town mortgage: The GPU shortage is over. (The Verge)

Do I need a new GPU? There are games I want to play and applications I want to run that can benefit from teraflops of crunching power, but I already have two laptops with RTX 3060 graphics, which while far from high end are perfectly fine for Minecraft and... Also Minecraft.

Still, with GPU prices down 57% since January it's awfully tempting. (Tom's Hardware)
In fact, Nvidia, AMD, and Apple are all cutting back on 5nm production for their next-generation parts. (Tom's Hardware)

Thanks to our leaders for running a pump-and-dump scam on the entire global economy.

Tech News

Does this mean I can get a PS5 or Xbox Series X?

No. (GamesRadar)
Well, does it indicate that the supply chain issues are resolving themselves?

No. (CNBC)
In fact Chinese authorities announced and then deleted that they will pursue their disastrous Zero COVID policies for the next five years. (The Guardian)

That worked so well for New Zealand, and China is also a small remote island. There's no chance that anything could go wrong and I am totally not buying everything I need for the new house at the earliest possible opportunity.
Redbean in Docker gives you an automatically deployable web server - indeed, application server if you want - in as little as 186k. (GitHub)

No matter how screwed up the supply chain becomes, I expect I will have 186k of disk space available.
The Patriot P400 seems like a perfectly serviceable SSD. (Tom's Hardware)

1TB for $100 and transfer rates up to 5GB per second. It's DRAMless, so not suitable for servers (or developers who run local copies of applications, like me), but for most desktop use should do fine.
OpenSea ran into supply chain problems of a different sort. (Bleeping Computer)

An employee at their email provider made off with their customer list. If you use OpenSea - which I do, for work - you will have already seen messages from OpenSea telling you not to trust messages from OpenSea.

It's all quite meta.
Oh, and Arm has new CPU and GPU cores out. (Hot Hardware)

CPU cores are the high-end X3, middle-end A715, and low-end A510, which, yes, is the same as before.

GPU cores include the Mali G615 and G715, and the new high-end Chuuni G715.

Disclaimer: The way is dark, but the grue is otherwise occupied. Proceed at own risk.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 ; )

Posted by: m at July 02, 2022 04:01 AM (rnYgr)

2 >>>In fact Chinese authorities announced and then deleted that they will pursue their disastrous Zero COVID policies for the next five years.

Why would they even say that? Regardless of their intent, why tip their hand?

Posted by: m at July 02, 2022 04:02 AM (rnYgr)

3 Good evening Pixy
I'm not getting up yet

Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2022 04:04 AM (2JoB8)

4 These posts will gradually return to their usual schedule and content.

Do not attempt to adjust your set.

Pixy controls both the horizontal and the vertical.

Posted by: Miklos, as it appears at July 02, 2022 04:04 AM (thbCK)

5 Okay I got here

Posted by: Ciampino - tech at July 02, 2022 04:07 AM (qfLjt)

6
Funny story 'bout 'maters, before I call it a night, or morning, or whatever it is.

When I was a little kid, back in the '70s, Mama was gone somewhere, and Daddy had to feed me lunch. Usually, my grandmother would handle that, but for some reason, it fell upon him.

He made me a 'mater sandwich. Now, he like sugar on his 'maters. Something he got from my paternal grandmother. So, his 'mater sandwich he made me had sugar piled up on the 'maters, with a whole bunch of mayonaisse and some other stuff. I took a bite of that, and turned up my nose.

That made him mad, and he force me to eat that sandwich.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at July 02, 2022 04:08 AM (Mzdiz)

7 2 >>>In fact Chinese authorities announced and then deleted that they will pursue their disastrous Zero COVID policies for the next five years.

Why would they even say that? Regardless of their intent, why tip their hand?
Posted by: m at July 02, 2022 04:02 AM (rnYgr)

On reading the article, seems the "five years" might have been an editorial intervention. Maybe.

Posted by: m at July 02, 2022 04:09 AM (rnYgr)

8 There's no chance that anything could go wrong and I am totally not buying everything I need for the new house at the earliest possible opportunity.

Learn canning.

Shipping foodstuffs from the US might be unreliable and rather expensive.

Posted by: Miklos understands that Australia has contracted all its food to China in exchange for solar panels at July 02, 2022 04:09 AM (thbCK)

9 Okay I got here
Posted by: Ciampino

Good.

Pixy disabled Waze

Posted by: Miklos navigates by making mistakes at July 02, 2022 04:11 AM (thbCK)

10
That incident traumatized me agin' 'maters until I was about 30 years old. Sugar on 'maters, my God! It was god-awful.

I finally got where I would eat 'maters. Now, one time, back the early 2000s, I joked about that with one of our neighbors, in Daddy's presence.

He couldn't believe anybody would put sugar on 'maters. We laughed and laughed. Daddy got butt hurt and ass mad about that. On the way home, he said, "I was just doin' the best I knew how! And you're jest ungrafteful!"

He'd get sort of butt-hurt about stuff like that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at July 02, 2022 04:11 AM (Mzdiz)

11 4 These posts will gradually return to their usual schedule and content.

Do not attempt to adjust your set.

Pixy controls both the horizontal and the vertical.

Posted by: Miklos, as it appears at July 02, 2022 04:04 AM (thbCK)
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Yeah but what about the depth eh. How's that z-axis control, eh?

Posted by: Ciampino - The 5th dimension will get you at July 02, 2022 04:12 AM (qfLjt)

12 That made him mad, and he force me to eat that sandwich.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion

The sugar bit is an old trick, you naughty child.

Posted by: Mary-Miklos Poppins at July 02, 2022 04:13 AM (thbCK)

13 He'd get sort of butt-hurt about stuff like that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion

"passes Publius a slice of watermelon and the salt shaker*

Posted by: Miklos knows people got Their Ways at July 02, 2022 04:15 AM (thbCK)

14 Ciampino - The 5th dimension will get you

I thought the Age of Aquarius was, like, over, dude

Posted by: Miklos actually has not checked at July 02, 2022 04:16 AM (thbCK)

15 14 Ciampino - The 5th dimension will get you

I thought the Age of Aquarius was, like, over, dude

Posted by: Miklos actually has not checked at July 02, 2022 04:16 AM (thbCK)
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I was waiting for that very crack from you. /LOL

Posted by: Ciampino - OK The 6th dimension will get you at July 02, 2022 04:23 AM (qfLjt)

16
Daddy still wants sweet 'maters. What with his diabeetus (ain't too bad, really) we got him on Sweet 'n' Low and shit. That's what he likes.

Anyway, give him some sliced 'maters, and he's gonna get a packet or two of Sweet 'n' Low and sprinkle it all over 'em. He's 94, he can do whatever the hell he wants.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at July 02, 2022 04:24 AM (Mzdiz)

17
Sugar on the tomatoes was indeed a thing -- the older tomato varieties tended to be very acidic, and the sugar would counteract that for some folks' taste.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at July 02, 2022 04:25 AM (Mzdiz)

18 Yay! Zork!

http://tinyurl.com/zfb54mb3

Posted by: Puddleglum at July 02, 2022 04:26 AM (sAmhv)

19 Okay this is the tech blog but not much tech gets discussed here. Do we need to do MATH people!

Posted by: Ciampino - There are infinite infinite series tosolve at July 02, 2022 04:27 AM (qfLjt)

20 He's 94, he can do whatever the hell he wants.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion

*goes outside to piss in the yard, because why the hell not*

Posted by: Crotchety Old Miklos, with a dash of Persnickety at July 02, 2022 04:28 AM (thbCK)

21 17
Sugar on the tomatoes was indeed a thing -- the older tomato varieties tended to be very acidic, and the sugar would counteract that for some folks' taste.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at July 02, 2022 04:25 AM (Mzdiz)
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That's why Italian pasta sauces that call for tomatoes, almost always require a teaspoon of sugar (or a glass of sweet wine).

Posted by: Ciampino - There are infinite infinite series tosolve at July 02, 2022 04:31 AM (qfLjt)

22 Sugar on maters? Salt maybe.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 02, 2022 04:35 AM (t3/qz)

23 Mamma used to out grape jelly in her sketty sauce.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 02, 2022 04:35 AM (t3/qz)

24 This is the daily new AMD processor announcement post. It seems every day AMD is announcing something new.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 02, 2022 04:37 AM (t3/qz)

25
Some of my cousins and me got to discussin' this sugar on 'maters thing. It was my paternal grandmother. My father and his siblings like that, but it died there. Their spouses and children wanted no part of it.

You know, I think tomorrow, I'll tell Daddy I appreciated his makin' me that 'mater sandwich years ago. Don't know if he'll remember, 'cause his mind ain't hittin' on all eight, but I'll tell him that.

I've softened in my old age.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at July 02, 2022 04:37 AM (Mzdiz)

26 I've noted yesterday that my new HP laptop has one less USB port that my older one from 2019. It only has 2 and inconveniently placed one per side instead of together. The few Dells I looked at yesterday seem to have the same problem. So everyone copies the first one to come up with a new configuration?

Posted by: Ciampino - There are infinite infinite series to solve at July 02, 2022 04:38 AM (qfLjt)

27 Mamma used to out grape jelly in her sketty sauce.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

A la Smuccero

Posted by: Miklos, not seeing that in the Deplorable Cookbook at July 02, 2022 04:38 AM (thbCK)

28 Salt maybe.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

Salt is for the watermelon.

Posted by: Miklos, a man of Fixed Opinions at July 02, 2022 04:40 AM (thbCK)

29 My macbook is almost 8 years old and still runs just fine. When I was a PC guy, more than 2 years was unthinkable.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 02, 2022 04:40 AM (t3/qz)

30 No, you are posta put Worcestershire sauce on watermelon.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 02, 2022 04:41 AM (t3/qz)

31 No, you are posta put Worcestershire sauce on watermelon.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

damn.

Used it all up in the Bloody Marys.

Posted by: Miklos, a man of Fixed Opinions at July 02, 2022 04:42 AM (thbCK)

32 Come to think of it, I have done "pickled" watermelons-small hole, upside down bottle of vodka, wait a bit.

Posted by: Miklos, now that you didn't mention it at July 02, 2022 04:45 AM (thbCK)

33
In fact Chinese authorities announced and then deleted that they will pursue their disastrous Zero COVID policies for the next five years.

What if the truth of the matter is that there is a worldwide boycott of Chinese goods because of the Wuhan virus? That China will shut down entire cities because there is no demand for the workers to produce 'stuff'. If Chinese goods don't flow out of the warehouses then there is no place to put the shit sitting offshore.

Supply chain issue could be totally bogus.

Posted by: The DNC at July 02, 2022 04:46 AM (dQvv7)

34
Salt and pepper on watermelon. Daddy liked that. And I do too. This 4th Miley wants to have somethin' special for the old folks. And we's gonna have some watermelon.

Daddy'll like that, I think.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at July 02, 2022 04:46 AM (Mzdiz)

35 Well, does it indicate that the supply chain issues are resolving themselves?

Story is no longer available.

Posted by: Bruce at July 02, 2022 04:48 AM (vd8XM)

36 29 My macbook is almost 8 years old and still runs just fine. When I was a PC guy, more than 2 years was unthinkable.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 02, 2022 04:40 AM (t3/qz)
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We have several desktops in the house that are 7-8 years old and running fine. My 2019 HP laptop ran very well except the cats managed to knock it onto the floor a few times and the hinges finally gave up. I will get it repaired as it ran Win 10 very well, never a hangup or BSOD. I bought the new one because I saw the dollar crashing and prices going up and I'm on a fixed income.

Posted by: Ciampino - notgetting into the old Mac/PC war at July 02, 2022 04:49 AM (qfLjt)

37 Story is no longer available.
Posted by: Bruce

It was never available

Posted by: MiniTru at July 02, 2022 04:49 AM (thbCK)

38 I got to repair a Mac SE in 1995 with a soldering iron and used several of them at a university till about 1998 but I haven't worked with an Apple PC since. I was encouraged when they went to the same MB configs as PC so that interface cards were sort of compatible.

Posted by: Ciampino - not getting into the old Mac/PC war at July 02, 2022 04:56 AM (qfLjt)

39 "The contract covering more than 22,000 workers at 29 U.S. West Coast ports expires late on Friday, dialing up worries that labor disruption could roil the nation’s battered supply chains, stoke inflation and threaten a weakening economy."

Posted by: Miklos applies Occam's Razor at July 02, 2022 04:58 AM (thbCK)

40 l the nation’s battered supply chains, stoke inflation and threaten a weakening economy."

Damn! that Putin.

Posted by: Bruce at July 02, 2022 05:01 AM (vd8XM)

41 39
Posted by: Miklos applies Occam's Razor at July 02, 2022 04:58 AM (thbCK)
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Did it give you a nice close shave?
Are we going to get into big trouble with unions or is that going to be a close shave?

Posted by: Ciampino - Now if Occam had had an electric razor .... at July 02, 2022 05:01 AM (qfLjt)

42 Did it give you a nice close shave?
Are we going to get into big trouble with unions or is that going to be a close shave?
Posted by: Ciampino

I can answer that

Posted by: Aung San Suu Ki at July 02, 2022 05:03 AM (thbCK)

43 So ABC News has suggested that parents put something important on the backseat of the car so they don't forget their child there.
SOMETHING IMPORTANT?
CHILD?

!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Ciampino - put a cellphone on the backseat maybe at July 02, 2022 05:05 AM (qfLjt)

44
We lost the little guy. He was always a long-shot because he was so small and weak, but still, damn.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 02, 2022 05:06 AM (/U27+)

45 Tyre Extinguishers plan to expand after slashing 40 SUV tires in NYC.
https://mol.im/a/10974329
These are foreigners. Can we shoot them?

Posted by: Ciampino - we could slsh their clothes at July 02, 2022 05:09 AM (qfLjt)

46 44
We lost the little guy. He was always a long-shot because he was so small and weak, but still, damn.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 02, 2022 05:06 AM (/U27+)
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Who was the little guy?

Posted by: Ciampino -- at July 02, 2022 05:12 AM (qfLjt)

47
My very first car got about 10 mpg. My current SUV gets about 40 mpg on the open highway. First car 8 cylinder, current SUV 4 cylinder.

The performance of the 4 cylinder is simply amazing with the current technology.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 02, 2022 05:15 AM (dQvv7)

48 47

The performance of the 4 cylinder is simply amazing with the current technology.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 02, 2022 05:15 AM (dQvv7)
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Just curious, what is the engine displacement?

Posted by: Ciampino -- cu inch or cc or L is fine at July 02, 2022 05:18 AM (qfLjt)

49
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 02, 2022 05:21 AM (ENBF0)

50
Just curious, what is the engine displacement?

Posted by: Ciampino -- cu inch or cc or L is fine at July 02, 2022 05:18 AM

Displacement (liters/cubic inches)
2.5 L/152

More than half the size of my first cars 327 V-8.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 02, 2022 05:22 AM (dQvv7)

51 So ABC News has suggested that parents put something important on the backseat of the car so they don't forget their child there.
SOMETHING IMPORTANT?
CHILD?

!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Ciampino

The car I bought last year detects if someone got into the back seat of the car and when you turn off the ignition the horn triple beeps to warn you to check the back seat,
Even if the being in the back is an adult.
I had to read the manual to find out how to turn that off.

Damn nanny cars

Posted by: Bruce at July 02, 2022 05:25 AM (vd8XM)

52 Even if the being in the back is an adult.
I had to read the manual to find out how to turn that off.

Damn nanny cars
Posted by: Bruce

Sometimes I wish the bed on Darleen's truck had that.

Posted by: Miklos, now fully recovered at July 02, 2022 05:34 AM (thbCK)

53 Sorta 'puter related: WH40K: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters. Squad and turn based game, pretty solid 40K game and story. Recently started a second play through on "Ruthless" mode and it is ruthless.

Binged "The Terminal List" Thursday and Friday after work. Never read the book. Really enjoyed the show.

Posted by: Fool Otto at July 02, 2022 05:34 AM (DB16e)

54
Who was the little guy?
Posted by: Ciampino -- at July 02, 2022 05:12 AM (qfLjt)

__________

We had a litter of puppies born yesterday. Three big girls and one wee tiny boy. He never really got going, his color was not good and it was hard to get him to nurse. About 3:00 this morning, he lost the fight.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 02, 2022 05:36 AM (/U27+)

55 Now I'll get up

Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2022 05:38 AM (2JoB8)

56 54
Who was the little guy?
Posted by: Ciampino -- at July 02, 2022 05:12 AM (qfLjt)

__________

We had a litter of puppies born yesterday. Three big girls and one wee tiny boy. He never really got going, his color was not good and it was hard to get him to nurse. About 3:00 this morning, he lost the fight.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 02, 2022 05:36 AM (/U27+)
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Really sorry to hear that. We've had that with one mama cat. Losing those little ones is always very hard.

Posted by: Ciampino -- I really hope they all wait for us in Heaven at July 02, 2022 05:40 AM (qfLjt)

57 Now I'll get up
Posted by: Skip

Hit it Brutha!

Posted by: James Brown at July 02, 2022 05:42 AM (thbCK)

58
Even if the being in the back is an adult.
I had to read the manual to find out how to turn that off.

Damn nanny cars
Posted by: Bruce

Hot summer day, groceries on the back seat, including ice cream. As you pull into driveway you notice someone waiting at your front door and you get out of the car to greet them, forgetting your groceries.

Me? I'd leave it turned on.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 02, 2022 05:42 AM (dQvv7)

59 damn cant sleep

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 02, 2022 05:42 AM (ex2Cx)

60 As you pull into driveway you notice someone waiting at your front door and you get out of the car to greet them, forgetting your groceries.

Me? I'd leave it turned on.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

That someone better look like Raquel Welch in her prime, be naked, and have cold beer.

Otherwise, I am not forgetting food.

Posted by: Bruce at July 02, 2022 05:45 AM (vd8XM)

61 Bacteria-fueled jets? Scientists find molecule that may power rockets.
https://mol.im/a/10973415
I haven't read this yet but it's sort of tech.

Posted by: Ciampino -- no comment from me until I read it at July 02, 2022 05:47 AM (qfLjt)

62 hiya

Posted by: JT at July 02, 2022 05:47 AM (arJlL)

63
What's the worst that'll happen to any Tire Extinguishers that the police bother to bring in? Misdemeanor mischief? $25 fine?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 02, 2022 05:49 AM (/U27+)

64 Avs' Byram is mistaken for a drunken fan by a cop at team parade
https://mol.im/a/10971281

Posted by: Ciampino -- LOL at July 02, 2022 05:50 AM (qfLjt)

65 63
What's the worst that'll happen to any Tire Extinguishers that the police bother to bring in? Misdemeanor mischief? $25 fine?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 02, 2022 05:49 AM (/U27+)
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Meanwhile how much for new tires? $600?

Posted by: Ciampino -- they need to pay for my new tires at July 02, 2022 05:52 AM (qfLjt)

66 JT at July 02, 2022 05:47 AM

Posted by: 13 minutes early. Very Good. at July 02, 2022 05:52 AM (thbCK)

67 Miklos !

Posted by: JT at July 02, 2022 05:54 AM (arJlL)

68
Raquel Welch in her prime

The movie poster for 1,000,000 BC? That hot? The tattered suede outfit? The cleavage?

Yeah, I don't know what you're talking about.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 02, 2022 05:54 AM (dQvv7)

69
Meanwhile how much for new tires? $600?
Posted by: Ciampino -- they need to pay for my new tires at July 02, 2022 05:52 AM (qfLjt)

_______

Apiece

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 02, 2022 05:56 AM (/U27+)

70 60
That someone better look like Raquel Welch in her prime, be naked, and have cold beer.

Otherwise, I am not forgetting food.

Posted by: Bruce at July 02, 2022 05:45 AM (vd8XM)
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You take care of the food anyway as it gives you time to figure out why this beautiful woman is naked on your doorstep, how you are going to proceed (assuming you have no wife/girlfriend), and so on.

Posted by: Ciampino -- If wife is there your plans are toast at July 02, 2022 05:56 AM (qfLjt)

71 My neighbor had a green apple tree, we ate those with salt.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at July 02, 2022 05:57 AM (Rcp6g)

72 The movie poster for 1,000,000 BC? That hot? The tattered suede outfit? The cleavage?

Yeah, I don't know what you're talking about.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

Or the wet suit in Fantastic Voyage. With a bunch of antibodies stuck to her, and you have to peel them off and....

Posted by: Bruce at July 02, 2022 05:57 AM (vd8XM)

73 You take care of the food anyway as it gives you time to figure out why this beautiful woman is naked on your doorstep, how you are going to proceed (assuming you have no wife/girlfriend), and so on.
Posted by: Ciampino

Oh yeah, sure. Then I'll tell her to get off my lawn.

Posted by: Bruce at July 02, 2022 05:58 AM (vd8XM)

74 So.

At least you brought food.

Now get the AC fixed.

And them Natty Daddys better be cold.

Posted by: Hot (and sweaty) Darleen at July 02, 2022 05:59 AM (thbCK)

75 KRAK OF DAWN HAS ARRIVED

Grab a coffee and get upstairs

Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2022 06:01 AM (2JoB8)

76 68
Raquel Welch in her prime

The movie poster for 1,000,000 BC? That hot? The tattered suede outfit? The cleavage?

Yeah, I don't know what you're talking about.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 02, 2022 05:54 AM (dQvv7)
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She's 82 now. I know that poster and have seen the movie. Also the movie Fantastic Voyage where submarine is miniaturized and injected into injured scientist.
Both she and Virginia Madsen are from Chicago.

Posted by: Ciampino -- The Welch is 82 at July 02, 2022 06:04 AM (qfLjt)

77 71 My neighbor had a green apple tree, we ate those with salt.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at July 02, 2022 05:57 AM (Rcp6g)
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Sour grapefruit? Put salt on it. (personally I don't eat it). Same with oranges if not ripe. Junior boarding school they make you eat everything, then in high school it's up to you but if you don't eat you go hungry. So I developed a taste for brussel sprouts and a dislike for cinnamon.

Posted by: Ciampino -- No blanc mange for me thank you at July 02, 2022 06:12 AM (qfLjt)

78 This description of this website makes me laugh:
"Psalms to kickstart your day" . It sounds like you read the psalm selections, have a coffee and go off on your motorcycle to the faith rally of bikers.

http://tinyurl.com/bdfs8b68

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 02, 2022 06:30 AM (j93D/)

79 And here's another very fun and cute movie that I think was meant for kids and their families but you don't have to be kid to enjoy it; Everybody in this family in over 21. It's called "The Pirates" a claymation movie by Aardman productions which
did the claymation movies of Wallace and Gromit.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 02, 2022 06:46 AM (FZ2cV)

80 Ciampino, I wrote this yesterday, but I don't think you saw it:

The new one has each port on each side so I can't use those dual-USB headed cables for this as it won't stretch across. Bummer. Moron designers. Should have both ports on one side or have 3 ports.

Posted by: Ciampino at July 01, 2022 05:08 AM

Those dual-USB headed cables were only needed on very early computers because when they were designed, nobody had thought of using USB ports to power things so the power available through a single port was limited. Nowadays, people expect to power things through USB ports, so you don't need to double up on the power. Heck, the computers I used to work on had a limit of like 20 amps through each USB port. Just plug in the one with the data connection. It'll be fine.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at July 02, 2022 07:08 AM (6jmQG)

81 Delurking for a moment, I'm currently moving from one phone to another and have discovered that the AoSHQ Reader has been pulled from the Play store. I assuming during the recent unpleasantness... at any rate is there anywhere I can go to sideload the apk? Or do I need to take a different tack from now on to get my favorite smart military blog fix? Many thanks in advance.

Posted by: Pilum57 at July 02, 2022 07:28 AM (e3bkQ)

82 What's up with Minecraft chat hoo-ha I'm seeing about? Microsoft centralized chat for MC? What insanity is this?

Posted by: m0lr4k at July 02, 2022 12:45 PM (BwF/v)

83 I love Zork so much that I still hold copies of the original 3 games on my ipad.

Posted by: Andy_in_Colorado at July 02, 2022 02:46 PM (CBrao)

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