Daily Tech News 14 September 2022

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Congressional testimony from Peiter Zatko says that Twitter is run by idiots and infested with foreign spies. (WCCFTech)

Which former we knew and latter comes as no surprise.

Also that the company executives have been routinely lying to the board, to shareholders, and to the SEC.

Zatko was, until January, Twitter's head of security, before being abruptly fired and then receiving a $7 million settlement.
It must be purely coincidence then that at least six "research firms" are offering money to besmudge Zatko. (New Yorker)

Former coworkers at Stripe, Google, and DARPA report being bombarded with aggressive requests for paid interviews about Zatko - with the clear implication that you had better be prepared to dish the dirt.
The consultant told Provos that its analysts were assessing Zatko's "personality professionally and socially," his "strengths and weaknesses," "motives for his whistle-blower complaint and any similar past complaints," his "need for attention," and whether he was a "zealot or ideologue," "conspiratorial," or "vengeful." She also said they were interested in Zatko's "view of Elon Musk and Musk's bid for Twitter."
And they were prepared to pay $1000 for this, which is a wonderful motivation for discovering a previously latent speech impediment.

How this reads to me is that everything Zatko has said is true and Twitter's management is in serious trouble, but I should beware of wishcasting.

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A long review of Douglas Hofstadter's Godel, Escher, Bach with no part IV. (Less Wrong)

I first read GEB when I was 16 - it was a Christmas gift from my mum. Which tells you something about both of us. It's probably heavy going for a 16 year old but the way it is written you can read it once and get the surface of it, skimming over the maths-heavy pages, and then come back to it again a year later an get a lot more out of it. Maybe more than once.

Also, Hofstadter is right about the nature of consciousness.
GlobalWafers is starting construction of a $5 billion factory in Texas this November. (Tom's Hardware)

Before you can build a silicon chip you need a silicon wafer - a sliver of ultra-pure crystalline silicon the size of an LP record. There are many chip factories in the US but this will be the first new wafer factory in 20 years.
A tale of two hardware firewalls. (Serve the Home)

One good, one less good. And the only difference being the case - but since these are passively cooled, the case makes a big difference.
China has formally accused the NSA of spying, which is the function of the NSA. (Gizmodo)

This may be true, in which case it's dog-bites-man except that the NSA broke Rule One of Spycraft, which is don't get caught.

Or it may be China making shit up to divert attention from getting caught spying on other countries itself, which, well, same as above.
They said I was daft to build a datacenter in Strasbourg, but I built it all the same. It burned down. Then I built another one. (The Register)

OVH has built a new, hopefully less flammable, datacenter on the site of the one that burned to the ground last year.

Last year was not a good time for datacenters.

Disclaimer: That burned down. Then I built another one. That caught fire, burned down, and exploded with enough force to blow out windows in Vladivostok. But the fourth one is waiting on the insurance money.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 hiya

Posted by: JT at September 14, 2022 04:03 AM (T4tVD)

2 750 Pixy B up !
Posted by: JT at September 14, 2022 04:04 AM (T4tVD)

Nailed it, JT!

Posted by: m at September 14, 2022 04:06 AM (0ixKl)

3
One hundred trillion electrons flowing around at the speed of light. What could possibly go wrong?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 14, 2022 04:07 AM (y3pKJ)

4 Hiya m !

Posted by: JT at September 14, 2022 04:09 AM (T4tVD)

5 >>>Disclaimer: That burned down. Then I built another one. That caught fire, burned down, and exploded with enough force to blow out windows in Vladivostok. But the fourth one is waiting on the insurance money.

Where's the third one?

Posted by: m at September 14, 2022 04:09 AM (0ixKl)

6 Congressional testimony from Peiter Zatko says that Twitter is run by idiots and infested with foreign spies. (WCCFTech)

Which former we knew and latter comes as no surprise.

So, we'll kick them in the nuts and poke them in the eyes !

Posted by: JT at September 14, 2022 04:10 AM (T4tVD)

7 Quiet in here, I guess everyone is waiting for the black SUV's to show up in their driveway and several arm men in black head for your front door with a battering ram. So your in your basement hiding, sort of like Uncle Joe does most of the time, when in Delaware.

Posted by: Colin at September 14, 2022 04:10 AM (XecMo)

8 6 Congressional testimony from Peiter Zatko says that Twitter is run by idiots and infested with foreign spies. (WCCFTech)

Which former we knew and latter comes as no surprise.

So, we'll kick them in the nuts and poke them in the eyes !
Posted by: JT at September 14, 2022 04:10 AM (T4tVD)

And land somewhere, we hope, in the vicinity of Van Nuys.

Posted by: m at September 14, 2022 04:12 AM (0ixKl)

9 Good evening Pixy

https://tinyurl.com/28kcumk7
20 Tweets from Bad Blue

Posted by: Skip at September 14, 2022 04:14 AM (k8B25)

10
Ha! They're just using J6 as an excuse to scoop up every copy of Hunters laptop, Ashley's diary, and the Epstein client list. Who the hell do they think they're fooling?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 14, 2022 04:15 AM (y3pKJ)

11 I wouldn't want to hide in my basement. It is unfinished and contains only the heater and water heater and some a panel for electrical stuff.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 14, 2022 04:24 AM (/D0tZ)

12 Thanks Skip !

Posted by: JT at September 14, 2022 04:26 AM (T4tVD)

13 In the badblue tweets, the LA robbery is tough to see. Worth seeing.

Posted by: m at September 14, 2022 04:33 AM (0ixKl)

14 Twitter needs to die although I'm sure something equally reprehensible would take its place.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 14, 2022 04:35 AM (gGyYF)

15 At the FoxLA site, there's a larger foramt of the robbery video:

https://www.foxla.com/video/1116910

Posted by: m at September 14, 2022 04:40 AM (0ixKl)

16 foramt-->format

Posted by: m at September 14, 2022 04:40 AM (0ixKl)

17 Twitter is an integral part of the panopticon. It is not going anywhere even if Musk owns it. Finally some fall weather

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at September 14, 2022 05:02 AM (b+v9B)

18 Everything starting slow including me today

Posted by: Skip at September 14, 2022 05:10 AM (k8B25)

19
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 14, 2022 05:13 AM (ENBF0)

20 Posted by: Skip at September 14, 2022 05:10 AM (k8B25)

It's going to be a beautiful day!

That should help...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 14, 2022 05:14 AM (XIJ/X)

21
...which is a wonderful motivation for discovering a previously latent speech impediment.

well played

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 14, 2022 05:16 AM (ENBF0)

22 Running with Jesus. A devotional by a woman from Va who reconnected with God after developing a running regimen after the unexpected death of her brother, who was also a runner:

https://tinyurl.com/4w9u5mev

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 14, 2022 05:19 AM (N7MbR)

23 It is kind of hilarious that Twitter operates literally like the old plutocrats in movies and media from 40 years ago. Chomping cigars and going after anyone who is trying to speak against them and that they may be harming 'the people.'

I never saw Erin Brockovich, but a scene I remember from the trailer that has stuck in my brain is one where a witness is reading from a letter she got from Evil Corporation in which they tell her 'You must be stupid, Stupid, STUPID.' It seemed so over the top as to be incredible. Nope Twitter does exactly the same shit. Huh.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 14, 2022 05:21 AM (dNqv+)

24 22 Running with Jesus. A devotional by a woman from Va who reconnected with God after developing a running regimen after the unexpected death of her brother, who was also a runner:

https://tinyurl.com/4w9u5mev
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 14, 2022 05:19 AM (N7MbR)

Finding God is one thing, but I would have taken this as a good reason not to run. I love exercise, but hate running.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 14, 2022 05:22 AM (dNqv+)

25
I have a friend in Florida who was a runner for decades. He ended up with worn out hips and knees. He decided to 'bite the bullet' in one fell swoop. I don't know how long the operation lasted but he now sounds like he lost about 30 IQ points and has been in rehab for months. Sad.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 14, 2022 05:27 AM (y3pKJ)

26 White House transcript from yesterday's propaganda
https://tinyurl.com/bddw85td

Beau made the speech again, implying Iraq caused his cancer

Posted by: Skip at September 14, 2022 05:32 AM (k8B25)

27 I have a friend in Florida who was a runner for decades. He ended up with worn out hips and knees. He decided to 'bite the bullet' in one fell swoop. I don't know how long the operation lasted but he now sounds like he lost about 30 IQ points and has been in rehab for months. Sad.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 14, 2022 05:27 AM (y3pKJ)

I dunno. Running is unlike anything else in getting your heart rate up, but it seems like it is extraordinarily hard on your body in general and your joints in particular. One reason I went and spent the money on a nice rowing machine. Low impact. My knees and hips do not feel like I have taken a sledge hammer to them.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 14, 2022 05:32 AM (dNqv+)

28 Psalm 4-God's faithfulness:

https://tinyurl.com/mrss2xzp

David Jeremiah, who is
a pastor and Biblical expositor has this to say about this psalm:

Why pray? We are often confused about how prayer works, Does the psalmist's fervency in prayer mean that all his worries and troubles will disappear? Not necessarily. Often the answer we have in mind is not the one God has in mind. The goal is to have our hearts want what they receive from God, rather than ones that always ask for what they want.

In Hs great love and. wisdom, God knows what to give each of us in answer to our prayers. Prayer does not always change our situation, but it can change us. In prayer, we bring our anxieties to a wide, sovereign and loving God and we ask Him why these things have happened and how we can cope, His answer doesn't change. The world and its answers will never be enough. Only God is.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 14, 2022 05:33 AM (vH/6k)

29 People are stealing peacock babies here, they are wild so it's not illegal I guess. Odd thing to take I thought.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at September 14, 2022 05:33 AM (J+nFa)

30 Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 14, 2022 05:32 AM (dNqv+)

I don't think the woman was endorsing that everybody run. She just said for her it was a physical way to connect with God in prayer because she hadn't been able to connect with God after her brother's death. I don't run. I do pray a lot while I walk-about things I see on my walk which I am thankful for, for people I pass, for other situations. In this way, I get exercise and pray.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 14, 2022 05:37 AM (vH/6k)

31 I switched to barefoot style running and it is much easier on my knees and back. The strain, tho, is taken up by your foot and calf. It took about 200 miles to adjust all the parts to the new method.

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at September 14, 2022 05:38 AM (b+v9B)

32 Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 14, 2022 05:32 AM (dNqv+)

Swimming is as good as running for cardiovascular exercise; unfortunately one has to know to do it quite well to achieve that.

Running is innate and therefore easier for most people.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 14, 2022 05:39 AM (XIJ/X)

33 So, have any of our super-duper, rock-solid, fire-breathing, Constitution-loving GOP assholes said word one about Biden's Gestapo tracking down Mike Lindell? Or showing up at a woman's house because her neighbor thought she'd been to DC?

Oh, who am I kidding? Not a single one of these gutless nickelfuckers is going to say anything. They're pleased that Stinkfinger is doing their dirty work for them by arresting, indicting and threatening the MAGA voters. But boy howdy, by all means let's vote Team Red in November! That'll fix everything!

I thought my nightmare last night about being killed by LEOs for being a Republican was just a dream. I'm thinking it's more along the lines of a warning.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 14, 2022 05:40 AM (AW0uW)

34
I dunno. Running is unlike anything else in getting your heart rate up, but it seems like it is extraordinarily hard on your body in general and your joints in particular. One reason I went and spent the money on a nice rowing machine. Low impact. My knees and hips do not feel like I have taken a sledge hammer to them.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 14, 2022 05:32 AM

I go low impact. Like you, a rowing machine, in addition a stepper, and free weights. The wife enjoys hiking so we climb 'challenging' hills on a regular basis. We have an inexpensive blowup kayak and love to paddle around. When I was younger I played sports even on frozen fields and I'm sure that did nothing good for my knees and hips.

I think runners, on anything harder then soft gravel, are nuts.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 14, 2022 05:40 AM (y3pKJ)

35 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 14, 2022 05:40 AM (AW0uW)

Is there something you could do today which you enjoy?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 14, 2022 05:41 AM (vH/6k)

36 I'm just a simple redneck for cryin' out loud. That over the top gobbledygook is meaningless. I guess I'm doomed.

Posted by: yep at September 14, 2022 05:45 AM (mw3mG)

37 But boy howdy, by all means let's vote Team Red in November! That'll fix everything!

I'm sure as heck not voting for Malinowski who was stupid enough to "swear" in on some book-I forget which scientist it was who wrote it- because Malinowski doesn't believe in that icky God stuff.. but old "Mal" didn't realize that the particular scientist was a Deacon or something in the Anglican church.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 14, 2022 05:45 AM (vH/6k)

38
Duration of anesthesia: The longer the anesthesia is used, the greater the risk for developing mental fog from anesthesia. However, in some cases, anesthesia fog can last for months or even years.

Interesting article about anesthesia brain fog:

https://www.neurosection9.com/anesthesia-brain-fog/

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 14, 2022 05:46 AM (y3pKJ)

39 @27

>>Running is unlike anything else in getting your heart rate up, but it seems like it is extraordinarily hard on your body in general and your joints in particular.

The best bang for your buck and lowest impact is intervals of walking and burpees, after a certain age, running is counter-productive.

Especially street running on hard pavement.

If you want to go even lower impact you can sub shadow boxing for either the burpees or the walking.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 14, 2022 05:48 AM (up/3i)

40 Guessing the LA robbers were into the intimidation angle. Skipping the stores till and robbing a couple of slackers who likely don't carry cash anyway in a modified Chili's ain't Suttonesque.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at September 14, 2022 05:48 AM (oWBc3)

41 https://www.americanthinker.com/the fbi hunted down mike lindell and seized his phone
https://tinyurl.com/bddk2syh

Is it possible to keep a 2nd clone phone then use it if 1st is confiscated?
Realize some phones are very expensive so keeping a 2nd phone is a luxury

Posted by: Skip at September 14, 2022 05:52 AM (k8B25)

42
If you want to go even lower impact you can sub shadow boxing for either the burpees or the walking.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 14, 2022 05:48 AM

I have a heavy bag, hung from the garage door support in my garage. Hitting that thing for a couple of rounds is like the toughest cardio I've ever performed. I haven't used it in a while but I probably should start doing it again.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 14, 2022 05:52 AM (y3pKJ)

43 Bicycles to me are best, less beating of joints, sadly I need a new one, my bike is out of commission and nearly 40 years old

Posted by: Skip at September 14, 2022 05:55 AM (k8B25)

44 weird!
I was thinking about Godel, Escher, Bach the other day in the shower ... still play Bach's Musical Offering from time to time, too.

heavy bag is the bomb for upper body!
and imparts a potentially useful skill as well!

G'mornin' everyone!

coffee!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at September 14, 2022 06:00 AM (8oyo2)

45 It's cool but nice outside

Posted by: Skip's phone at September 14, 2022 06:00 AM (k8B25)

46 Can someone clue me into the left's love affair with James Taylor? I mean, he's fine and all but they seem obsessed.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at September 14, 2022 06:03 AM (oWBc3)

47
I have a heavy bag, hung from the garage door support in my garage. Hitting that thing for a couple of rounds is like the toughest cardio I've ever performed. I haven't used it in a while but I probably should start doing it again.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 14, 2022 05:52 AM

before the Moo Goo Gai Pandemic, I was going to a boxing gym for their fitness program (their pitch was "learn to box without getting hit"). Great workout; started with jumping rope and ended with the heavy bag. It was divided into three minute "rounds" with a minute in between, just (barely) enough time to catch your breath before the bell rang again

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 14, 2022 06:06 AM (ENBF0)

48 I asked for a suggestion for a funny and light movie last night and Pug Mahon suggested "Galaxy Quest" which-because I don't see a lot of "modern" movies-I hadn't seen before. I really recommend it if you hadn't seen it, but if you don't like Tim Allen-he is in it. Anyway, it was very funny and a take off on Star Trek movies. Pug Said it is his favorite Star Trek movie. Alan Rickman is it. He's a very good actor. It's kind of a warm up character for Snape from "Harry Potter". And if none of that appeals to you get some shots of Sigourney Weaver's breasts.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 14, 2022 06:06 AM (vH/6k)

49 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: Spinal Tap at September 14, 2022 06:08 AM (UqnOO)

50 48 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 14, 2022 06:06 AM (vH/6k)

Galaxy Quest is the best star trek movie made since ST II TWOK.

Posted by: sven at September 14, 2022 06:08 AM (Lzpvj)

51 41 Posted by: Skip at September 14, 2022 05:52 AM (k8B25)

I think the goal should be having NO cell phones not eleventy....

I am leaving my current writing job next year, and taking a job either doing HUMINT simulation or replicating a pervasive social media presence.

Posted by: sven at September 14, 2022 06:10 AM (Lzpvj)

52 Galaxy Quest is the best star trek movie made since ST II TWOK.

What does TWOK stand for?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 14, 2022 06:10 AM (vH/6k)

53 @42

>>I have a heavy bag, hung from the garage door support in my garage. Hitting that thing for a couple of rounds is like the toughest cardio I've ever performed.

The two fastest ways to get into shape are boxing and mountain/hill hiking. Probably the most fun too.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 14, 2022 06:10 AM (up/3i)

54 33 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 14, 2022 05:40 AM (AW0uW)

The Happiness Gestapo is not a burden on set two of the cattle at the trough....

Miss Lindsey is busy whipping donk turnout.

Posted by: sven at September 14, 2022 06:11 AM (Lzpvj)

55

Ready for another FBI HOAX?

Local Fake News is fake reporting an "explosion" at Boston's Northeaster University in the building for gender writing bullshit etc.

Either it's a Hoax or not even an explosion.
Apparently it did no damage. Probably some plastic bubble wrap popping.

Posted by: Soothie at September 14, 2022 06:11 AM (NN1Kg)

56 52 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 14, 2022 06:10 AM (vH/6k)

The Wrath of Khan....

Khan Noonian Singh was in the original series episode space seed...

It is a retelling of Moby Dick in space basically.

Posted by: sven at September 14, 2022 06:12 AM (Lzpvj)

57 55 Posted by: Soothie at September 14, 2022 06:11 AM (NN1Kg)

Be careful popping chewing gum near donkey kids....

"Hubba Bubba is a WMD"

Posted by: sven at September 14, 2022 06:13 AM (Lzpvj)

58 Posted by: Soothie at September 14, 2022 06:11 AM (NN1Kg)

Somebody lit a match to smoke and with all the gaseous hot air about "gender writing" something blew up?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 14, 2022 06:13 AM (vH/6k)

59 Good morning morons

James Taylor sucks. Joe Biden sucks. They're perfect for each other in suckitude.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 14, 2022 06:14 AM (EZebt)

60 As reported as Fox, Graham took some of the heat off Biden yesterday with his stupid trick. We are all being played here.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at September 14, 2022 06:14 AM (oWBc3)

61
After hitting the heavy bag for a few - maybe three, four rounds - I have incredible respect for boxers who can go ten rounds. I mean, after two or three rounds the sweat is pouring off my body and I want to die. I guess part of it is the dancing around with your arms held above the heart.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 14, 2022 06:15 AM (y3pKJ)

62 23 Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 14, 2022 05:21 AM (dNqv+)

Whore E Wood has always had a nice case of projection, Socialist Media is not different.

"If we the noblest of humans are this bad how bad must THEY be?"

They lack the integrity to consider that they are not in fact the noblest of humans.

Posted by: sven at September 14, 2022 06:15 AM (Lzpvj)

63 Well, I'm now out to get a coffee and take a walk.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 14, 2022 06:16 AM (vH/6k)

64 4,4 quake last night about 6:45.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 14, 2022 06:16 AM (EZebt)

65 64 Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 14, 2022 06:16 AM (EZebt)

I was just visiting my top donors...

//Stacy "Tank" Abrams

Posted by: sven at September 14, 2022 06:17 AM (Lzpvj)

66
James Taylor was an off and on heroin addict for years who then went into methadone for like forever. He finally got off methadone with a strenuous exercise program. Interesting article here:

https://tinyurl.com/2p8uswzm

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 14, 2022 06:20 AM (y3pKJ)

67 Local Fake News is fake reporting an "explosion" at Boston's Northeaster University in the building for gender writing bullshit etc.

How convenient.

Just in time for gubernatorial candidate Maura "I'm a woman and I'm gay! Yay me!" Healey to hold a press conference and decry the 'climate of hate' represented by her Trump-endorsed election denier and semi-fascist opponent Geoff Diehl.

As the saying goes, I guarantee it.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 14, 2022 06:20 AM (AW0uW)

68 Local TV news reports the city has cracked down on illegal street vendors hawking stolen goods. Must not have been paying off the big guy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 14, 2022 06:21 AM (EZebt)

69 Khan quoting, "From Hell's heart I stab at thee."

The motto of DC to Donald Trump.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 14, 2022 06:21 AM (sAR65)

70 @60

>>As reported as Fox, Graham took some of the heat off Biden yesterday with his stupid trick. We are all being played here.

Graham is a Deep State simp, always has been, always will be. Unfortunately, like venereal disease, he'll be with us always.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 14, 2022 06:21 AM (up/3i)

71 Twitter sucks

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 14, 2022 06:23 AM (BRHaw)

72 Stop horning in on TJM's turf, Fen

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 14, 2022 06:24 AM (6FeV1)

74 Khan quoting, "From Hell's heart I stab at thee."

The motto of DC to Donald Trump.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 14, 2022 06:21 AM (sAR65)

Trump is Ahab.

DC is the bloated white Dicks.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 14, 2022 06:25 AM (6FeV1)

75 John Fetterman and Kamala Harris talk like bots, nothing but random strings of non sequiturs and cliches.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 14, 2022 06:25 AM (EZebt)

76 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at September 14, 2022 06:28 AM (u82oZ)

77 plus, he is one ugly MFer
why does politics attract such ugly people

Posted by: DB at September 14, 2022 06:28 AM (geLO8)

78 I see yootub ads. I see political yootub ads. I hate them. But... Lisa Scheller put one out against her asshole pinko incumbent opponent Susan Wilde that's almost a doozy. Apparently making hay on the fact that Wilde had outright lies in her ads against Scheller and was ordered by a court, of all things, to take it down.

More politicians need to explicitly name and shame their pinko opponents for lying. Spin is one thing. Lying is another.

I don't know what the Lie in this case was, I actively ignore D ads. Which is why i say "almost a doozy".

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 14, 2022 06:31 AM (6FeV1)

79 Thats an applause line!

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 14, 2022 06:31 AM (BRHaw)

80 John Fetterman and Kamala Harris talk like bots, nothing but random strings of non sequiturs and cliches.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 14, 2022 06:25 AM (EZebt)

Don't blame them. They're just copying what they see in academia. That is the new accepted mode of rigorous thought: non sequiturs and cliches.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 14, 2022 06:33 AM (6FeV1)

81 "They want to control you. I want you to get in control of yourself. Who is the monster, here?"

.... that would be my tag line if i ever ran for office.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 14, 2022 06:38 AM (6FeV1)

82 Boker Tov Patriots from deep inside the DOD Swamp

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 14, 2022 06:41 AM (ukB1u)

83 Tucker will be accused of a sexual misconduct offense or charged with a tax offense before the midterms. Probably the latter.

Posted by: Ordinary American at September 14, 2022 06:41 AM (H8QX8)

84 The State Fair is having a Military and Vets get in free day today, maybe i'll go waste some time. It's not supposed to rain. Think they still have the crane games on the midway? I wasted a shitload of money on those when I was a kid fishing for useless crap, but it was always fun.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at September 14, 2022 06:44 AM (J+nFa)

85 TWOK: Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 14, 2022 06:45 AM (5JqIf)

86 I wasted a shitload of money on those when I was a kid fishing for useless crap, but it was always fun.
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at September 14, 2022 06:44 AM (J+nFa)

People always say those things are rigged. Yet my sister could never not win at those when we were kids.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 14, 2022 06:46 AM (6FeV1)

87 Daybreak is coming so late now, up here in the northern hemisphere! Pixy must be looking forward to spring.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 14, 2022 06:47 AM (cG9Cb)

88 Mornin'
(sips coffee)

Posted by: Puddleglum at September 14, 2022 06:48 AM (sAmhv)

89 Off, puppet show sock.

Posted by: fluffy at September 14, 2022 06:50 AM (UqnOO)

90 My office ran a fund-raiser for school supplies, in support of the children of a church association. Gotta be tough, with inflation hitting so hard right now.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 14, 2022 06:52 AM (cG9Cb)

91 >>>its analysts were assessing Zatko's "personality professionally and socially," his "strengths and weaknesses," "motives for his whistle-blower complaint and any similar past complaints," his "need for attention," and whether he was a "zealot or ideologue," "conspiratorial," or "vengeful."

It sounds like a CIA counter-op.

Posted by: flounder at September 14, 2022 06:54 AM (yHsuS)

92 It sounds like a CIA counter-op.
Posted by: flounder at September 14, 2022 06:54 AM (yHsuS)

It sounds like dumping Brawndo on a field to make the bread plants grow.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 14, 2022 06:55 AM (6FeV1)

93 My office ran a fund-raiser for school supplies, in support of the children of a church association. Gotta be tough, with inflation hitting so hard right now.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 14, 2022 06:52 AM

I am having to run to Sams a couple of times a week for cereal to donate to the local food bank where my wife volunteers. Donations have dried up and Walmart is not sending the food that they used to.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 14, 2022 06:55 AM (bVYXr)

94 mornin yall. The local news asks the question I have been asking for years. Is Macon trying to become Little Chicago?. Well, guess what? The homicide rate is now higher in Macon than Chicago.

Macon is fifth on the Crimealytics list, behind New Orleans, Baltimore, Birmingham, and St. Louis.

Chicago is not even in the top 10.

What a shit hole. It's gonna be ok though, after Macon becomes the Pickleball capital of the world.

Posted by: fd at September 14, 2022 06:57 AM (sn5EN)

95 I am having to run to Sams a couple of times a week for cereal to donate to the local food bank where my wife volunteers. Donations have dried up and Walmart is not sending the food that they used to.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 14, 2022 06:55 AM (bVYXr)
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Good reminder. Thanks.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 14, 2022 06:57 AM (cG9Cb)

96 I am having to run to Sams a couple of times a week for cereal to donate to the local food bank where my wife volunteers. Donations have dried up and Walmart is not sending the food that they used to.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 14, 2022 06:55 AM (bVYXr)

Let me preface this by saying you are right and i am wrong, but there is no way in hell i'd be going out of my way to buy cereal for a complete stranger. My "Caritas" is completely shot right now.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 14, 2022 06:58 AM (6FeV1)

97 Look, when you look at the data, the inflation data, we’re seeing more progress, bringing global inflation down in the U.S. economy, as I just stated moments ago. Overall, uh, prices have been essentially flat in our country these last two months. That is welcome news for American families.

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 14, 2022 06:58 AM (BRHaw)

98 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo, No Cheetos allowed on the 'toon at September 14, 2022 06:59 AM (ju2Fy)

99 I almost feel sorry for Obama's daughters. I've seen better dressed homeless people downtown. Plus they have inherited Mooch's taunt scowl.

Posted by: fd at September 14, 2022 07:06 AM (sn5EN)

100 JJ's nood.

Posted by: olddog in mo, No Cheetos allowed on the 'toon at September 14, 2022 07:06 AM (ju2Fy)

101 Oh dear lord, the fib surrounded the My Pillow guy at a Hardees in Minnesota and demanded his cell phone.

WTF is going on with biden? He is terrified of something.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 14, 2022 07:07 AM (bVYXr)

102 Good reminder. Thanks.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 14, 2022 06:57 AM (cG9Cb)

Yep. Thanks.

Posted by: flounder at September 14, 2022 07:14 AM (yHsuS)

103 Let me preface this by saying you are right and i am wrong, but there is no way in hell i'd be going out of my way to buy cereal for a complete stranger. My "Caritas" is completely shot right now.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 14, 2022 06:58 AM (6FeV1)

I battle with that. That's why it is a good reminder.

Posted by: flounder at September 14, 2022 07:16 AM (yHsuS)

104 wow

Realizing its own misconduct, the FBI made Danchenko a paid CHS in March 2017 - just before the third FISA warrant was submitted in April 2017. This would allow Comey’s FBI to work directly with Danchenko in support of its counter-intelligence investigation against President Trump.

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 14, 2022 07:24 AM (BRHaw)

105 I understood every word of the Godel-Escher synopsis.
Basically it is MUU MIMU..> nice dress Hilary ..>shart...>
Hic.

Posted by: safristi at September 14, 2022 07:36 AM (qktfm)

106 W-o@81:

Boom !
excellent !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at September 14, 2022 07:40 AM (8oyo2)

107 "In the hands of a foreign agent embedded at Twitter, a foreign adversary could use the same technology to track down pro-democracy dissidents within their country but also to spy on Americans," Grassley said.

Zatko said that roughly a week before he was fired he had learned from the security team that Twitter had a Chinese agent working for the country's Ministry of State Security on its payroll.

Posted by: SMOD at September 14, 2022 07:41 AM (OitHo)

108 101 Oh dear lord, the fib surrounded the My Pillow guy at a Hardees in Minnesota and demanded his cell phone.

WTF is going on with biden? He is terrified of something.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 14, 2022 07:07 AM (bVYXr)

Hmm.

Posted by: m at September 14, 2022 08:04 AM (1vmZ4)

109 "Oh dear lord, the fib surrounded the My Pillow guy at a Hardees in Minnesota and demanded his cell phone."

We are well beyond the proverbial "whiff of fascism" and right into the stinking dumpster full of fascism in August.

Posted by: Zek at September 14, 2022 08:54 AM (OzNIz)

110 I actually met Douglas Hofstadter once, in the 1990s, as a young physics undergrad. I remember virtually nothing of the encounter, except he was somewhat mystified at all the attention GEB had gotten.

Posted by: Andy_in_Colorado at September 14, 2022 09:57 AM (83fQ/)

111 "Also, Hofstadter is right about the nature of consciousness."

Mmm, beg to differ. See "The Emperor's New Mind" by Roger Penrose. His argument - based on Godel's Theory as well - is better argued, whereas Hofstadter assumes the equivalence of calculation with consciousness. Penrose goes off into the weeds when he starts speculating about the mechanism underlying consciousness, but that doesn't detract from his main argument.

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