Daily Tech News 7 December 2022

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ChatGPT is artificial general intelligence for the easily impressed. (Bleeping Computer)

According to one person on Twitter, this is all the tech world has been talking about for days. (They were complaining that the New York Times was only talking about Elon Musk, as if the New York Times could cogently report on a new generation of language inference engine.)

I'm less impressed by ChatGPT than Stable Diffusion, because while Stable Diffusion does something I'm bad at - it's bad at it too, and has no understanding of what its mistakes are, but it can generate interesting results that I cannot in any reasonable time frame - while Stable Diffusion does something I'm bad at, badly, but frequently better than I can do, ChatGPT does things I'm good at, badly, and also cannot learn from its mistakes.

If you're bad at writing very simple code or bullshit term papers for some mandatory general studies class, ChatGPT might be just what you need. But for the most part, it's a toy.

The internet is already awash with awful AI-generated sites that clog up search results. This will only lead to more of them, though they might be slightly less awful.
I say it's a toy for the most part because if there's one thing you'd expect a language inference engine to understand, it's language and if this example is real it sort of does. (Maximum Effort)

It makes some mistakes, because at a surface level it's still using probabilistic pattern matching, but when carefully coached the results are something that an imaginative ten-year-old might come up with.

Which is not a slam because one of the great early demonstrations of AI was about the level of a four-year-old.
As mentioned on my blog earlier, I'm getting a new server cluster. Two 5950X systems with 128GB of RAM and a ZFS storage server with 120TB of disk, all connected with 10Gb Ethernet.

This is way more than I currently need but the post-Black Friday sale price was too good to pass up. I'm basically upgrading my three existing servers (one of which is dead) to twice the size for about another $10 a month.

They'll all be in one place, which is great because I get that super fast private network and can set up some degree of clustering and redundancy.

So long as that place doesn't catch fire.

But how likely is that to happen again?

Tech News

TSMC is planning to invest another $28 billion in its new Arizona facility to build a second fab ready to produce 3nm chips. (Tom's Hardware)

If all goes to plan, Apple will be using chips sourced in Arizona to produce iPhones in, well, India. But still an improvement.
Intel's 4nm process (née 7nm) is ready for production now. (Tom's Hardware)

3nm this time next year, 1.8nm the year after that.

After 14nm+++++ Intel had some catching up to do, but it appears they are finally getting back on track.
Nigeria is limited cash withdrawals from ATMs and banks in an attempt to force people to use digital transactions. (Coin Telegraph)

This is currently a popular tactic in third-world countries that are determined to remain third-world countries.
Iran meanwhile is preparing to freeze the bank accounts of women who refuse to wear the hijab. (Coin Telegraph)

Do you people want bank runs? Because this is how you get bank runs.
The CEO of Binance has called Sam Bankman-Fried a "master manipulator" and "one of the greatest fraudsters in history" which isn't true. (WCCFTech)

Bankman-Fried is a sad little git propped up by people determined to fool themselves and quite likely also by people using him to launder vast quantities of illicit cash. There is still, despite all his babbling, no clear explanation of where all the money went.

Disclaimer: 11,000 miles ain't much distance, but it sure do make a difference....

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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Posted by: Blurpleby at December 07, 2022 04:02 AM (BEDUj)

2 w00t

Posted by: m at December 07, 2022 04:02 AM (r8enq)

3 hiya

Posted by: JT at December 07, 2022 04:03 AM (T4tVD)

4 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at December 07, 2022 04:05 AM (xhxe8)

5 G'day all. Except the spammer, who I had a little fun with.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 07, 2022 04:06 AM (BLOW1)

6 A friend sent me this, on GPT-3. The section on "GPT-3 can't understand the world" has some GREAT examples of Fails.

towardsdatascience.com

https://tinyurl.com/269tcjx2

Posted by: m at December 07, 2022 04:11 AM (r8enq)

7 5 G'day all. Except the spammer, who I had a little fun with.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 07, 2022 04:06 AM (BLOW1)

That little witch was at the end of the ONT, too.

Posted by: m at December 07, 2022 04:12 AM (r8enq)

8 Morning and evening to all! 'Tis Wednesday: "halfway home and we'll be there by morning, through the Mississippi darkness rolling down to the sea . . ."

I slept solidly but not long enough, and have to decide if I am up to a walk. Meanwhile The Kittens of Fury are galloping about and chasing each other.

Got a Zoom staff meeting in mid-morning today. Oh, joy. On the other hand my boss has not been feeling well and has had me rejigger an in-person afternoon meeting to Zoom. So he may stay home today, which means I can tiptoe out a bit early.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 07, 2022 04:12 AM (KAKDL)

9 I hate the bots. And I hate that I let them inspire hatred in me.

Posted by: m at December 07, 2022 04:15 AM (r8enq)

10 This is not tech related. I apologize. I cant sleep realizing with this totally corrupt election in Georgia that we can never win again. It's all rigged and we are powerless to change it. We will be under Democrat rule forever. No energy, open borders, insane climate BS. Our side is ruled by the likes of Mitch McConnell. We cant even have representation we want on our side. Our candidates are charged with crimes and if you are a conservative you can be harassed or jailed for your beliefs. If this is what we get going forward forever, it is very demoralizing. Sorry for not staying on topic.

Posted by: AnnaS at December 07, 2022 04:15 AM (FnSbk)

11 Some nitwit reporter at the Seattle Times found ChatGPT "scary good." I thought it had pretty good grammar. In other news, you can find out that it rains in Seattle from ChatGPT.

https://tinyurl.com/4jhmwzyf

Posted by: Lost In Space at December 07, 2022 04:19 AM (Sj4U7)

12 Can Joe Biden outsmart ChatGPT? Because if so, next I want him to go up against my Speak-n-Spell.

When my brother came for a week's visit (he was a big technofreak), I got to try out Alexa and Hey Google.

By the time I spent minutes rephrasing a ? so Google could 'get close' to an answer, I coulda conducted 5 DDG searches and I type with 2 fingers mostly.

As to Alexa, the best you could hope for in an answer was 42.

Howdy, y'all.

Posted by: GnuBreed at December 07, 2022 04:20 AM (JOtiF)

13 G'mornin' everyone!
& good evening, Pixy!

AnnaS, that's the topic-of-the-day, you're just the first to sum it all up so well.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at December 07, 2022 04:20 AM (j3SBD)

14 I finally bought my graphic card. When I first started looking I could have got a Nvidia 2060 for about $275 US. That didn't happen today. I ended up with a Nvidia 1660 Super for $275 US which is somewhat less of a card but will be sufficient for my Photoshop needs.

Posted by: Lost In Space at December 07, 2022 04:22 AM (Sj4U7)

15 Sorry for not staying on topic.
Posted by: AnnaS

There are TOPICS here ?

Posted by: JT at December 07, 2022 04:25 AM (T4tVD)

16 Sorry for not staying on topic.
Posted by: AnnaS

I think you're safe, CBD's still at the All-You Can Eat Waffles with Maple Syrup house.

Posted by: JT at December 07, 2022 04:28 AM (T4tVD)

17 I thought the only topic here was Skip's breakfast.....

Posted by: JT at December 07, 2022 04:30 AM (T4tVD)

18 Sorry for not staying on topic.
Posted by: AnnaS

There are TOPICS here ?
Posted by: JT

I can't recall who said it, obviously a genius, that commenting at at AOS is like having one drone and 100 remotes. We won't have reasonable elections until we clean up the voter rolls, go back to voter ID, and get rid of mail ballots. One interpretation of cleaning up the voter rolls could be giving all the residents in these corrupt Democrat blue state counties 48 hours to clear out and after that are sent in 10,000 D9 graders.

Posted by: Lost In Space at December 07, 2022 04:30 AM (Sj4U7)

19 Posted by: AnnaS at December 07, 2022 04:15 AM (FnSbk)

Your big mistake was having hope last night. "Oooooh, Walker is IN THE LEAD!". I was sleeping during that phase.

I no longer fall for the ole okey-doke. On the brighter side, the Turtle/GOPe was taking so much flack from the JPCA NDAA addon that they pulled it. Also, it looks like the military mandate for the wuflu vaccine is also going out the window.

The peasants got vocal enough to back 'em off for now.

Posted by: GnuBreed at December 07, 2022 04:30 AM (JOtiF)

20 I can't tell if SBF is the most trusting idiot on the planet, or just the biggest idiot.

I'm guessing the guy had some decent tech skills/ideas, and people at the CIA seeded him this whole venture, so they can use it for themselves and friends. Now SBF thinking he's this genius, runs with the plan and adds his enviro world savior bs to it. Then as they go on the plants from these agencies would say "hey do this or that," and he would, getting his little taste while others got their big taste.

But the trusting or idiot party comes in now. Why hire a Clinton connected lawyer? If you have something that (probably) could hurt the Clintons and their friends, you don't hire their lawyer. That's how you get all the dirty on them erased, leaving just evidence about you, eventually ending with you being suicided 32 times in the back. Does he actually think these lawyers addres looking out for his own good? And that his "clients" are his friends? Or is he just so dumb he does what he's told?

I expect to learn no answers to this, as they're all going to get away with it. Dem crimes are never punished since we live in a joke of a country now.

Posted by: Rbastid at December 07, 2022 04:31 AM (r3JTF)

21 Realizing there is no hope and no way out is terribly sad at 3:30 am :-)

Posted by: AnnaS at December 07, 2022 04:33 AM (FnSbk)

22 Good morning all. Has anyone heard from Christopher Taylor since his brother passed? I heard he was taking it hard.

Posted by: Farmer at December 07, 2022 04:35 AM (55Qr6)

23 I'm guessing the guy had some decent tech skills/ideas.

In an interview, SBF said he had no idea how the technology backing his exchange and cryptocurrency worked. But he's a pathological liar so who knows what the truth is.

Posted by: Lost In Space at December 07, 2022 04:36 AM (Sj4U7)

24 We DO need to clean up the election process, who can do it when they control it? We are in a do-loop.

Posted by: AnnaS at December 07, 2022 04:36 AM (FnSbk)

25 Posted by: Lost In Space at December 07, 2022 04:22 AM (Sj4U7)

Ive actually been looking at this site that offered nice budget builds from back in 2014 to 2020. I figure anything good then can still run most applications pretty well today, and if I ever used it for gaming it'd bs for games like FF11 and Age of Empires, which can run on a toaster.

My issue now is if I did upgrade Id have to buy photoshop, since i doubt think my pirated version of that AE, Premire, etc would work on Windows 10 since so much doesn't seem backwards compatible. And i refuse to buy in to this new Adobe monthly subscription bullshit.

Posted by: Rbastid at December 07, 2022 04:36 AM (r3JTF)

26 10 This is not tech related. I apologize. I cant sleep realizing with this totally corrupt election in Georgia that we can never win again. It's all rigged and we are powerless to change it. We will be under Democrat rule forever. No energy, open borders, insane climate BS. Our side is ruled by the likes of Mitch McConnell. We cant even have representation we want on our side. Our candidates are charged with crimes and if you are a conservative you can be harassed or jailed for your beliefs. If this is what we get going forward forever, it is very demoralizing. Sorry for not staying on topic.
Posted by: AnnaS at December 07, 2022 04:15 AM (FnSbk)

Hi, AnnaS! I'm not saying you're wrong, but I hope you're wrong. Did you watch the recent DeSantis tape of a talk he gave to supporters at the governor's mansion? Good stuff!

Posted by: m at December 07, 2022 04:39 AM (r8enq)

27 >>>Disclaimer: 11,000 miles ain't much distance, but it sure do make a difference....

"And I'm still five hundred miles away from home."

Posted by: m at December 07, 2022 04:42 AM (r8enq)

28 We DO need to clean up the election process, who can do it when they control it? We are in a do-loop.

Posted by: AnnaS at December 07, 2022 04:36 AM (FnSbk)

GA, AZ and others with Republican leaders could have cleaned up the process, but they are all shit scared of being called racist or trying to suppress voters.

Republicans need to stop playing this game Democrats put out for them. Republicans introduce meaningful election reform to protect voting, Democrats call them names, and Republicans cave. Meanwhile Democrats clearly disenfranchise voters (that entire AZ bs) and do everything to steal elections, and when caught their response, and that of their online trolls is like "haha, cry harder MAGAt, lolz"

They rub their election theft in our faces while we're supposed to call everything clean and fair elections, F'them. Redman leaders need to make republican states have the strictest voting laws. 1 day voting only, with strict reasons for mail in voting. And if yhe Democrats scream "disenfranchisement" or try to boycott states, the governors and legislators should tell them to F'off and cry harder.

Posted by: Rbastid at December 07, 2022 04:43 AM (r3JTF)

29 M I pray i am wrong but cant see a way we ever win again. I did not hear DeSantis' speech. Was there something encouraging?

Posted by: AnnaS at December 07, 2022 04:44 AM (FnSbk)

30 19 Also, it looks like the military mandate for the wuflu vaccine is also going out the window.
The peasants got vocal enough to back 'em off for now.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 07, 2022 04:30 AM (JOtiF)

Well, that's GREAT news.

Posted by: m at December 07, 2022 04:45 AM (r8enq)

31 My issue now is if I did upgrade Id have to buy photoshop, since i doubt think my pirated version of that AE, Premire, etc would work on Windows 10 since so much doesn't seem backwards compatible. And i refuse to buy in to this new Adobe monthly subscription bullshit.

I'm still using Photoshop CS6 and it runs perfectly fine on Windows 10 and 11. The only reason I needed a new video card is AMD updated their graphic card software and it blew up CS6. In a hail Mary attempt to keep CS6 running, I found a Nvidia 1030 video card in this store that buys Amazon casts off for $20 bucks and it worked. Worked in this case means it The monitor will go black every so often for more than a few seconds well the card sucked on an oxygen bottle. With that test out of the way I expect the 1660 super should be just fine.

Posted by: Lost In Space at December 07, 2022 04:46 AM (Sj4U7)

32 Well, that's GREAT news.

Posted by: m at December 07, 2022 04:45 AM (r8enq)

Iirc, Breitbart has some coverage of it and the JPCA stuff.

Posted by: GnuBreed at December 07, 2022 04:48 AM (JOtiF)

33 Rbastid, who is going to make Republicans stand and fight. We see what needs to be done with elections but we have Mitch McConnell to fight the fight.

Posted by: AnnaS at December 07, 2022 04:48 AM (FnSbk)

34 29 M I pray i am wrong but cant see a way we ever win again. I did not hear DeSantis' speech. Was there something encouraging?
Posted by: AnnaS at December 07, 2022 04:44 AM (FnSbk)

Yes!

Ron DeSantis at the governor's mansion:

https://tinyurl.com/3s7w78mw

Posted by: m at December 07, 2022 04:49 AM (r8enq)

35 Georgia and Pennsylvania are in the exact same boat.

Posted by: Skip at December 07, 2022 04:50 AM (xhxe8)

36 >>> Georgia and Pennsylvania are in the exact same boat.
Posted by: Skip

Wisconsin isn't far behind

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 07, 2022 04:53 AM (JvECz)

37 Posted by: Lost In Space at December 07, 2022 04:46 AM (Sj4U7)

Id have to see which version I have on my PC, think it's older than CS6.

On my Mac I was screwed since every so many OS updates it renders everything before it useless. So i've been using Gimp for photos and graphics, it's a bit slow and clunky, but not bad. And Davinci resolve works great even for free.

Posted by: Rbastid at December 07, 2022 04:54 AM (r3JTF)

38 I would prefer not to...

Posted by: Blurpleby at December 07, 2022 04:54 AM (9ufEO)

39 Ah Blurpleby, ah humanity.

Posted by: 6eyes at December 07, 2022 04:55 AM (9ufEO)

40 So Kemp beat Tank, but Herschell fucking Walker can't beat a radical leftist in GA? This just bolsters my theory that the GOP is in on it. Allow cheating as long as the donks don't touch establishment candidates.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at December 07, 2022 04:55 AM (+hI+T)

41 The J6 committee is going to issue criminal referrals before this congressional term shuts down in about a week. I'm taking that to mean they're going to unleash the DOJ once again on Donald Trump to put him in prison for the rest of his life. It is no accident that all these financial trials, the special prosecutor, the raid on Mar-a-Lago, and now this are happening in the run-up to the 2024 election. There is a real possibility that Trump could win the nomination and be facing multiple indictments and simultaneous trials. And just like that, Joe Biden is trying to put his political opposition in prison.

Posted by: Lost In Space at December 07, 2022 04:56 AM (Sj4U7)

42 Pixy, thanks for the review a few weeks back of the Gateway T8 Pro PC box. I got mine with a 1TB drive and it works just great for my home and small office needs.

Posted by: Biden's Dog, Front-Line Commenter Wannabee, at December 07, 2022 04:56 AM (IKuJQ)

43 Agreed, Cat.

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 07, 2022 04:56 AM (JvECz)

44 Id have to see which version I have on my PC, think it's older than CS6.

I also have a copy of CS3 and it works perfectly fine too.

Posted by: Lost In Space at December 07, 2022 04:57 AM (Sj4U7)

45 25 My issue now is if I did upgrade Id have to buy photoshop, since i doubt think my pirated version of that AE, Premire, etc would work on Windows 10 since so much doesn't seem backwards compatible. And i refuse to buy in to this new Adobe monthly subscription bullshit.
Posted by: Rbastid

If you don't specifically need Photoshop, Affinity Photo is very good, and a one-time purchase (currently on sale for around $40) rather than a subscription. Free upgrades for several years too. They have design and publishing apps as well. For video editing you can pick up Vegas Pro dirt cheap from Humble Bundle right now.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 07, 2022 04:57 AM (BLOW1)

46 CS6 was the best release from Adobe. Been all downhill since then.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 07, 2022 04:59 AM (BLOW1)

47 Thanks m for the link.

Posted by: AnnaS at December 07, 2022 04:59 AM (FnSbk)

48 So many are falling for the GOPe lie that they are ok with DeSantis. This is a lie. As soon as we abandon Trump, the knives will come out.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at December 07, 2022 05:00 AM (+hI+T)

49 Rbastid, who is going to make Republicans stand and fight. We see what needs to be done with elections but we have Mitch McConnell to fight the fight.

Posted by: AnnaS at December 07, 2022 04:48 AM (FnSbk)

I'm hoping some governors see the balls on DeSantis and follow suit, seeing how you won't turn into a pillar of salt if you dare to reject Democrat rules.

Maybe if Harmeet or Zeldin can get the RNC nod they'll start pushing these election issues.

And then hopefully, by some grace of God, photos of McConnel, Lindsey and some 12 year olds surface and they get hauled off to prison, and we can replace them with real leaders.

At some point you'd expect Republicans would start realizing that they are not losing elections, just losing the ballot counting, and enough get pissed about it to do something.

Posted by: Rbastid at December 07, 2022 05:00 AM (r3JTF)

50 49 At some point you'd expect Republicans would start realizing that they are not losing elections, just losing the ballot counting, and enough get pissed about it to do something.
Posted by: Rbastid at December 07, 2022 05:00 AM (r3JTF)

Good summary.

Posted by: m at December 07, 2022 05:03 AM (r8enq)

51 I wonder how much the comments by Herschel's son, Christian Walker, had to do with the loss. And how much that will play on the boy's conscience.

Posted by: m at December 07, 2022 05:05 AM (r8enq)

52 Pixy, thanks for the review a few weeks back of the Gateway T8 Pro PC box. I got mine with a 1TB drive and it works just great for my home and small office needs.

That box gets the "that's dope!" seal of approval. I almost bought something similar to that to act as an audio server so I could stream all my high resolution music from my NAS to my Denon AVS. I went with a WiiM Mini audio streamer instead for $80.00 All the YouTube reviews and forums say this thing is brilliant for the money. Plus it has apps for Spotify, Tune in, iHeartRadio, Tidal and so on. I will add some comments after I get it up and running on Thursday.

Posted by: Lost In Space at December 07, 2022 05:06 AM (Sj4U7)

53
It makes some mistakes, because at a surface level it's still using probabilistic pattern matching, but when carefully coached the results are something that an imaginative ten-year-old might come up with.

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Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 07, 2022 05:06 AM (pNxlR)

54 Georgia and Pennsylvania are in the exact same boat.
Posted by: Skip

Wisconsin isn't far behind
Posted by: My Life is Insanity

We're gonna need a bigger boat.....

Posted by: JT at December 07, 2022 05:06 AM (T4tVD)

55 Harmeet or Zeldin would be amazing, therefore not allowed to happen. Sorta like thinking McCarthy could be beat. Or McConnell.

Posted by: AnnaS at December 07, 2022 05:07 AM (FnSbk)

56 Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 07, 2022 04:57 AM (BLOW1)

Wow, that is cheap as hell. Slightly older version, but i dont think there were major updates since then.

Never heard of the website, I'll assume it's legit since you're suggesting it.

Is Ace's Home for Wayward Strippers registered with them as a charity i can donate to?

Posted by: Rbastid at December 07, 2022 05:10 AM (r3JTF)

57 CS6 was the best release from Adobe. Been all downhill since then. Posted by: Pixy Misa

I agree completely. I have fussed around with the new versions and when I go back to my CS6, I don't feel like I'm using really old software for a second. A bit of understanding how channels work, proper white balance, how to gin up proper masks, how to make smart sharpening moan and howl, well, the end results are identical to the subscription software.

Posted by: Lost In Space at December 07, 2022 05:12 AM (Sj4U7)

58 Traveling a bit and normal start at 6, see you from the road

Posted by: Skip at December 07, 2022 05:13 AM (xhxe8)

59 But the GOP will lose leftist progressive billionaire donors if McDaniel isn't chair!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at December 07, 2022 05:14 AM (+hI+T)

60 The fact that SBF isn't sleeping with the prairie dogs is a pretty good sign he has some connections. It's not over yet.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 07, 2022 05:17 AM (geVLo)

61 It was a foggy ride in, with a mild overnite, 33 here right now.

Posted by: My Life is Insanity -at work at December 07, 2022 05:18 AM (VD3R0)

62 Better get to it.

Try to make it a good day, all

Posted by: My Life is Insanity -at work at December 07, 2022 05:19 AM (VD3R0)

63 If you don't specifically need Photoshop, Affinity Photo is very good.

I have used Affinity and I found it to be good for its target audience. And that you can get a perpetual license and updates. What's there not to love?

I will never stop using Photoshop because of the raw file processing, smart objects, how it handles files bigger than 2 GB, it's stitching capabilities, plugins and so on. I think I'm kind of the exception. I'm pretty far out the weeds with digital photography.

Posted by: Lost In Space at December 07, 2022 05:20 AM (Sj4U7)

64 56 Wow, that is cheap as hell. Slightly older version, but i dont think there were major updates since then.

Yeah, there's a number of publishers (Magix, Corel, a few others) that regularly put last year's versions of their software out there for about 90% off retail. There's only a couple of things I absolutely need the latest version of (like PyCharm from JetBrains, which I use all day every day for work). For everything else, I'm happy to save the money and get a version that's been tested for a year.

Never heard of the website, I'll assume it's legit since you're suggesting it.

Yep, it's legit. It used to be even better, but then it got bought by some conglomerate. Still a great site.

Is Ace's Home for Wayward Strippers registered with them as a charity i can donate to?

I think I saw that on the list one time, yeah.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 07, 2022 05:20 AM (BLOW1)

65 64 Is Ace's Home for Wayward Strippers registered with them as a charity i can donate to?
- - -
I think I saw that on the list one time, yeah.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 07, 2022 05:20 AM (BLOW1)

Possible tie-in with your hash.

Posted by: m at December 07, 2022 05:22 AM (r8enq)

66
Good morning all. Has anyone heard from Christopher Taylor since his brother passed? I heard he was taking it hard.

Posted by: Farmer at December 07, 2022 04:35 AM

I haven't see him at all. I think he said he'd need to take time off and don't worry about him doing anything rash. Reading between the lines it looks like he and his brother lived together. Probably shared expenses, so huge financial hit I suppose.

Posted by: An Atlanta Toilet As Ballots Are Retrieved From Under Tables at December 07, 2022 05:24 AM (enJYY)

67
Sock off. I've used Gimp for more than a decade now. It does just about everything classic Photoshop can do except for one feature - plastic wrap. I really never found a workaround for that.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 07, 2022 05:26 AM (enJYY)

68 testing GPC-3 LOL

You need flour to bake bread. You have a sack of flour in the garage. When you get there, you find that the flour is at the bottom of the sack, but that somebody emptied a couple of boxes of dishwashing detergent on top of it. So you have to [AI text starts here] dig through the detergent to get to the flour. That’s what it’s like to try to find a file in a directory that has been indexed by Spotlight.

https://cs.nyu.edu/
https://tinyurl.com/3a4czxyj

Posted by: m at December 07, 2022 05:29 AM (r8enq)

69 There's only a couple of things I absolutely need the latest version.

Computing is at an interesting place for us computing mortals. The few generations old hardware and a few generations old software are perfectly acceptable. On my Surface Go 2 my One Drive storage is a large micro SDX card. You can't get slower than that and I can say I have never given it a second thought.

Posted by: Lost In Space at December 07, 2022 05:30 AM (Sj4U7)

70 I have an old Paint Shop Pro 5, still in shrink wrap if anyone wants it.

You pay the postage!

Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80. at December 07, 2022 05:32 AM (1DgE4)

71 Gods sure pursuit. A reflection on Psalm 23: There is a prayer at the end:

https://tinyurl.com/eu9k64vv

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 07, 2022 05:32 AM (J70aG)

72 I've used Gimp for more than a decade now. It does just about everything classic Photoshop can do except for one feature - plastic wrap. I really never found a workaround for that.

There you go. It's less about the latest and greatest software package and more about really understanding how to use the existing catalog of software. After about 2010 a lot of software got really good and is still valid today.

Posted by: Lost In Space at December 07, 2022 05:33 AM (Sj4U7)

73 Light rain and 53 degrees, not bad for December

Posted by: Skip's phone at December 07, 2022 05:35 AM (l6wIq)

74 >>>testing GPC-3 LOL

You need flour to bake bread. You have a sack of flour in the garage. When you get there, you find that the flour is at the bottom of the sack, but that somebody emptied a couple of boxes of dishwashing detergent on top of it. So you have to [AI text starts here] dig through the detergent to get to the flour. That’s what it’s like to try to find a file in a directory that has been indexed by Spotlight.

>And so how is this considered to be profitable a business partnership? I'm missing something.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 07, 2022 05:36 AM (geVLo)

75 Musk just fired all the janitors that were cleaning the Twitter building. Apparently they got all up on their high horse and then whet on strike. Now the unions are weeping and crying that you can't fire people before Christmas.

Posted by: Lost In Space at December 07, 2022 05:40 AM (Sj4U7)

76 You may not believe in God, but God believes in you.
You may not be chasing after God, but God is chasing after you.
You may not love God, but God loves you.
God will not change and God will not run out of time; one of these things is not true for you.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at December 07, 2022 05:42 AM (AaLDK)

77 Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at December 07, 2022 05:42 AM (AaLDK

Very nicely said. Thanks a lot.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 07, 2022 05:43 AM (CNndT)

78
There was some website called 'Hot or Not' way back when were you could submit women's photo's and the viewers would vote on them. So I took a cheesecake photo of my wife showing a lot of leg. But then I took the photo into Photoshop selected her legs, feathered, then used 'plastic wrap' to make it appear she had on the shiniest stockings imaginable. She rocketed to #1 in days and stayed there for weeks.

Probably wasn't fair, but them's the apples.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 07, 2022 05:43 AM (enJYY)

79 testing GPC-3 LOL

oops typo
-->GPT-3

Posted by: m at December 07, 2022 05:44 AM (r8enq)

80 The SBF fraud proceeds went directly into democrat party-related coffers, reimburse Soros, etc etc. A small portion no doubt funneled to McConnell and friends as well.

Posted by: Son of Dad at December 07, 2022 05:45 AM (8JB5s)

81 I went to bed hoping for something I knew would not happen. At least we won the House.

Posted by: sidney at December 07, 2022 05:45 AM (itAo5)

82 Have a good one Skip and stay safe.

Posted by: JT at December 07, 2022 05:46 AM (T4tVD)

83 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 07, 2022 05:49 AM (V77ej)

84 I was going to say something about Pearl Harbor Day.

It just won't come out right. Maybe saying nothing is a statement of sorts.

Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80. at December 07, 2022 05:49 AM (1DgE4)

85 74 >>>testing GPT-3 LOL

You need flour to bake bread. You have a sack of flour in the garage. When you get there, you find that the flour is at the bottom of the sack, but that somebody emptied a couple of boxes of dishwashing detergent on top of it. So you have to [AI text starts here] dig through the detergent to get to the flour. That’s what it’s like to try to find a file in a directory that has been indexed by Spotlight.

>And so how is this considered to be profitable a business partnership? I'm missing something.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 07, 2022 05:36 AM (geVLo)

I'm just reading them because they're funny.
https://tinyurl.com/3a4czxyj

Posted by: m at December 07, 2022 05:54 AM (r8enq)

86 Some scripture from both Testaments when feeling depressed::

Psalms 16. 43, 130. Isaiah 61: 1-4., Jeremiah 15: 10-21; Lamentations 3:55-57, John 3:14-17; Ephesians 3:14-21. Today I was concentrating on the lovely passage from Ephesians.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 07, 2022 05:57 AM (+q75v)

87 Now the unions are weeping and crying that you can't fire people before Christmas.
Posted by: Lost In Space

I thought you only couldn't fire people during the 11 Gay Pride months.

Posted by: Bruce at December 07, 2022 05:58 AM (vd8XM)

88 In honor of CBD, I'm having waffles for breakfast

Posted by: JT at December 07, 2022 05:59 AM (T4tVD)

89 When you have to show formal ID to return an item at Lowes but you don't need to show ID to vote, I don't see voter records getting cleaned up anytime soon. The same with mail-in voting or 3-months out early voting. The Dem's are on a roll with their overt corruption so why should they stop now.

Posted by: sidney at December 07, 2022 06:00 AM (itAo5)

90 One of my most vivid life memories is watching the oil seep to the surface from the observation deck of the Arizona memorial - after decades, marking the sacrifice and demanding attention and respect.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at December 07, 2022 06:02 AM (AaLDK)

91 "California could become the first state to fine big oil companies for making too much money"

I would say this would violate the right to just compensation.

Posted by: squid_hunt at December 07, 2022 06:03 AM (S/NWs)

92 Eliza > ChatGPT?

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 07, 2022 06:04 AM (5jHRF)

93 "California could become the first state to fine big oil companies for making too much money"

Let's do that with politicians and their families.

Posted by: Bruce at December 07, 2022 06:04 AM (vd8XM)

94 If California can fine a Texas oil company for selling a product people actually need, then Texas can fine a California company for the unholy margin on something like, I don't know, an iPhone.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at December 07, 2022 06:05 AM (AaLDK)

95 Barack Obama, which campaigning for Terry McAuliffe, called phony: “We don’t have time to be wasted on these phony trumped-up culture wars, this fake outrage, the right-wing media’s pedals to juice their ratings,” he said at a campaign rally.

As Obama says big deal

Little girl gets ass raped by dude in a skirt!!

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 07, 2022 06:05 AM (BRHaw)

96 NEW -- Doug Emhoff embraces the burden of being the most prominent Jew in American politics.

who??

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 07, 2022 06:06 AM (BRHaw)

97 Did those people in North Carolina get their power back on? That story is pretty weird, and disappeared.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at December 07, 2022 06:08 AM (AaLDK)

98 "The CDC found 45 pct of high school students were so persistently sad or hopeless in 2021 they were unable to engage in regular activities. Almost 1 in 5 seriously considered suicide and 9 pct surveyed tried to take their lives during previous 12 months."

All according to plan!

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 07, 2022 06:08 AM (BRHaw)

99 Good morning morons

I know, I know but YouTube is censoring news of protests in China.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 07, 2022 06:08 AM (EZebt)

100 Mr. Kamala

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at December 07, 2022 06:08 AM (AaLDK)

101 97 Did those people in North Carolina get their power back on? That story is pretty weird, and disappeared.
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at December 07, 2022 06:08 AM (AaLDK)

Dont know but I think it was a test. To try to cause a US blackout.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 07, 2022 06:09 AM (BRHaw)

102 Then there was that time in Newport City Uni-chan and I found at a scrap dealer's table this AI, a Mk I, so we swiped it from under the nose of this Section 9 Tachikoma. Was that ever a mistake, all that AI ever talked about was the war. *rolls eyes* Think we finally chucked it into a refuse bin.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 07, 2022 06:09 AM (5jHRF)

103
Maybe the House majority can decide not to fund the new 87,000 IRS agents whose sole purpose will be to intimidate the lower middle class. The nerve of those people, trying to earn a little extra money to get their ancient cars fixed and pay the dentist.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 07, 2022 06:09 AM (enJYY)

104 Other thanking a colossal waste of time in the last year, Im not sure I buy this CDC "stud" about high school. Ennui maybe. Hopelessness sounds kind of dramatic.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at December 07, 2022 06:11 AM (AaLDK)

105 NEW -- Doug Emhoff embraces the burden of being the most prominent Jew in American politics.

who??
Posted by: rhennigantx

The guy on First.

Posted by: JT at December 07, 2022 06:11 AM (T4tVD)

106 thanking - than being
stud - study
More coffee. Later

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at December 07, 2022 06:11 AM (AaLDK)

107 Rutgers professor says that "white people are committed to being villains" and falsely claims that Africans arrived in North America before white Europeans.

"Whiteness is going to have an end date," she warns. "We gotta take these muthafuckers out."

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 07, 2022 06:13 AM (BRHaw)

108 How do I defeat these Google pop-ups?

everywhere I go on the internet I get this Google popup asking me if I want to sign in with my google account

Posted by: DB at December 07, 2022 06:15 AM (geLO8)

109 96 NEW -- Doug Emhoff embraces the burden of being the most prominent Jew in American politics.

who??
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 07, 2022 06:06 AM (BRHaw)

As I have seen pointed out elsewhere: Chuck Schumer is the Senate Majority Leader and is Jewish.

Posted by: m at December 07, 2022 06:15 AM (r8enq)

110 As I have seen pointed out elsewhere: Chuck Schumer is the Senate Majority Leader and is Jewish.
Posted by: m at December 07, 2022 06:15 AM (r8enq)

Kinda. A JINO and an asshole and a disgrace to real Jews everywhere, but so is Emhoff.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 07, 2022 06:16 AM (EiIms)

111 Sherman should have nuked Atlanta.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 07, 2022 06:17 AM (EiIms)

112 > NEW -- Doug Emhoff embraces the burden of being the most prominent Jew in American politics.

who??
Posted by: rhennigantx

I had to look him up- Kamala's husband
America's Second Gentleman- no really, that's what he's called

Posted by: DB at December 07, 2022 06:17 AM (geLO8)

113 AnnaS, I think the harsher realization is that electing Republicans is also not a solution.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 07, 2022 06:17 AM (EZebt)

114 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 07, 2022 06:19 AM (u82oZ)

115 Did those people in North Carolina get their power back on? That story is pretty weird, and disappeared.
Posted by: Indignacio
-------------

Possibly later today.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 07, 2022 06:19 AM (V77ej)

116 They’re saying they have concrete evidence of collusion between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and social media companies to censor “misinformation” in the public square. This included a “Partner Support Portal” – that Twitter ran for government employees and other “stakeholders” – to flag things on Twitter for removal as “misinformation.”

This happened everywhere. Anyone with a brain knew every piece of COVID news was filtered thru CDC and mostly fake.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 07, 2022 06:20 AM (BRHaw)

117 Nevergiveup

Good morning, Sir.

How likely is a release of the Mossad files on the Democrats? To Elon Musk, for further dissemination?

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 07, 2022 06:21 AM (u82oZ)

118 107 And I have to take her at face value and work on the assumption that she's serious and that she is supported in that position. Things will not improve over time, at least not on their own. It's well that Unifiers like the Great Paste Eater are at the helm.

Posted by: Erik In Texas at December 07, 2022 06:23 AM (oiKMJ)

119 When St. Nicholas was young, he gave his large fortune entirely away to the poor. According to one story, to save three poor young women from slavery, Nicholas secretly came on three different nights and threw bags of gold through the window of the girls’ house, for their dowries. On the third night, Nicholas was caught by the girls’ grateful father, but not before his bag of gold accidentally landed in a stocking drying before the fire. That’s why children hang up Christmas stockings for Santa Claus to fill.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 07, 2022 06:23 AM (BRHaw)

120 Sherman should have nuked Atlanta.
Posted by: Nevergiveup

He forgot to bring his Time Machine.

Logistics !

Posted by: JT at December 07, 2022 06:24 AM (T4tVD)

121 DW reporting that 25 people have been arrested in a nationwide police sweep over a planned coup to overthrow the German state, including current and former members of the military, and one former member of the Bundestag

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 07, 2022 06:25 AM (EZebt)

122 GA Lt. Gov. Duncan: Trump Has ‘Brainwashed’ the Base to Think Conservatism Is Angry-ism

Is this asshole for real? He's not even a good RINO

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 07, 2022 06:27 AM (EiIms)

123 "Whiteness is going to have an end date," she warns. "We gotta take these muthafuckers out."
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 07, 2022 06:13 AM (BRHaw)
===
Its better in the original German.
Die Juden sind unser Unglück.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 07, 2022 06:30 AM (EZebt)

124 San Franpsycho

Good morning to you.

This is note for note from 1918. I expect the vanguard leaders to wipe out the near allies, consolidate power, then go hard core on the rest of the populous.

One protective factor they did not consider is the imported orc army will have none of that, and they outnumber the German Federal Forces and State Police Forces by a lot.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 07, 2022 06:31 AM (u82oZ)

125 121 DW reporting that 25 people have been arrested in a nationwide police sweep over a planned coup to overthrow the German state, including current and former members of the military, and one former member of the Bundestag
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 07, 2022 06:25 AM (EZebt)

BBC
https://tinyurl.com/wjsm96rf

Posted by: m at December 07, 2022 06:33 AM (r8enq)

126 rhennigantx

*Types deletes. *

Put her on the list. Self-identified enemy of civilization.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 07, 2022 06:33 AM (u82oZ)

127 populace

Posted by: DB at December 07, 2022 06:35 AM (geLO8)

128 sorry- I can't help it

Posted by: DB at December 07, 2022 06:35 AM (geLO8)

129 GA Lt. Gov. Duncan: Trump Has ‘Brainwashed’ the Base to Think Conservatism Is Angry-ism

Some folks insist you have to take time to stop and smell the roses - even while you're being marched into the camps.

Posted by: Jaguar at December 07, 2022 06:36 AM (/gpPe)

130 Klobuchar has been emphatic about the alleged dire need to pass the JCPA.

fuck the 1st Amend!

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 07, 2022 06:36 AM (BRHaw)

131 It is hard to believe, but the CDC is actually recommending that everyone get a booster every two months. Why is that? Because the CDC wants everyone to think that this is how long people are “protected” after injection.

A new study shows that 94% of the US population were estimated to have been infected by SARS-CoV-2 at least once.

fucking retarded!

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 07, 2022 06:37 AM (BRHaw)

132
A new study shows that 94% of the US population were estimated to have been infected by SARS-CoV-2 at least once.

fucking retarded!

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 07, 2022 06:37 AM

None of this makes any sense. I read a study on the effectiveness of masks among hospital personnel. They implied they were ineffective because ~9 to 10% of those in the study contracted covid. For ineffective that sounds pretty effective if 90% *have* contracted covid.

Too early for math this morning.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 07, 2022 06:43 AM (enJYY)

133 "Do not use the term 'late-term abortion.' The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists defines late term as 41 weeks through 41 weeks and 6 days of gestation, and abortion does not happen in this period," the official account for the stylebook tweeted.

"Instead, use the term 'abortion later in pregnancy' if a general term is needed, but be aware that there are varying definitions of the time period involved," the organization added. "Be specific when possible."

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 07, 2022 06:44 AM (BRHaw)

134 I am SO THRILLED that with the election of Reverend Senator Warnock, we are finally, after all these years of losing ground, able to make progress in our goals of eliminating more of those "undersirable" people, IYKWIMAITYD.

Well done!

Posted by: Zombie Margaret Sanger at December 07, 2022 06:45 AM (PiwSw)

135 December 7 1942

American and Australian forces in New Guinea were turning the turkey's tail into a graveyard for Imperial Japanese forces.

Over on Guadalcanal after many terrific sea battles, vicious land battles, and duels in the air, the Japanese were starting to realize the Americans were there to stay.

In North Africa, Commonwealth and American forces were slowly forcing the Desert Fox and his Afrika Corps into a smaller and smaller sandbox.

In Russia, the German forces were staring at their second winter as the Soviet Bear gathered strength.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 07, 2022 06:47 AM (5jHRF)

136 Have a great day, everyone.

Pay attention, for the world is undergoing rapid changes in customary procedures. Ya need to be able to dodge.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 07, 2022 06:48 AM (u82oZ)

137 Posted by: rhennigantx at December 07, 2022 06:44 AM (BRHaw)

The ACOG was one of the prime movers in getting Roe v Wade decided. They have been pro-baby butchering for 50 years.

A good resource to learn more about their role in normalizing abortion is "Tearing Us Apart: How Abortion Harms Everything and Solves Nothing" by Ryan T. Anderson and Alexandria DeSanctis.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 07, 2022 06:49 AM (PiwSw)

138 Nice one, Fen. Reminds me of "The Hound of Heaven".

Posted by: sal: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum at December 07, 2022 06:49 AM (wE246)

139
re: Warnock
Thanks to the Supreme Court who was tired of being in the abortion litigation business we now have 50 different states with 50 different rules and regulations and some of them have now gone from tossup to blue.

Is this now going to be the deciding issue in every state in every election - forever?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 07, 2022 06:53 AM (enJYY)

140 Cya Salty

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 07, 2022 06:54 AM (EZebt)

141 G'morning, all.

Back in the day, an AFQT of 31 was the absolute minimum acceptable score for enlistment, and we called an applicant that scored a 10 on the ASVAB a 'Rock with lips'

https://tinyurl.com/5ch4v78m

Although I once had a kid score a '1'.

Chief Recruiter told me the kid was an idiot.
I told him that the only way to get that many wrong was to actually know the correct answer, in order to not chose it as his answer.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 07, 2022 07:00 AM (1n+EO)

142 Be safe, Salty!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 07, 2022 07:01 AM (1n+EO)

143 "Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? Anyone who walks in the daytime will not stumble, for they see by this world’s light. It is when a person walks at night that they stumble, for they have no light.”

John 11:9-10

Posted by: Marcus T at December 07, 2022 07:01 AM (M5z+9)

144 Good morning! Happy hump day!

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at December 07, 2022 07:09 AM (nxdel)

145 13 they want to eliminate the Bill of Rights

Posted by: CN at December 07, 2022 07:12 AM (Zzbjj)

146 Seems to me the FBI co-opted Twitter.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 07, 2022 07:12 AM (EZebt)

147 "December 7 1942"

That's right, it's Pearl Harbor Day. The day the Russian Nazis ruthlessly attacked the brave LGTB+ Indigenous peoples of Hawaii.

Posted by: lowandslow at December 07, 2022 07:13 AM (76Foq)

148 Rackspace is our company email provider (Exchange platform) and has been down for five days. Yesterday the company finally told us why, which is they were ransomwared and haven't paid up. Consequently all our email is inaccessible.

Rackspace is a pretty big target for ransomware, but this story has garnered almost no notice. The whole thing seems bizarre.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 07, 2022 07:15 AM (Psy2L)

149 Thanks to the Supreme Court who was tired of being in the abortion litigation business we now have 50 different states with 50 different rules and regulations and some of them have now gone from tossup to blue.

I think that's called republicanism.

Posted by: Jaguar at December 07, 2022 07:16 AM (XVqfc)

150 "Seems to me the FBI co-opted Twitter."

Buy a Twitter at full price, and get an FBI at half price.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 07, 2022 07:16 AM (1n+EO)

151 150 "Seems to me the FBI co-opted Twitter."

Buy a Twitter at full price, and get an FBI at half price.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 07, 2022 07:16 AM (1n+EO)

Now do PDT Presidency!

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 07, 2022 07:19 AM (BRHaw)

152 You know why kings in elective monarchies never tried to directly rig the Electors, but rather relied on machiavellian manipulations, graft, bribery, etc?

Because they knew the nobility would cut their head off of they tried.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 07, 2022 07:21 AM (9UlRk)

153 I told him that the only way to get that many wrong was to actually know the correct answer, in order to not chose it as his answer.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 07, 2022 07:00 AM (1n+EO)

In other words, offer them a job in military intelligence?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 07, 2022 07:23 AM (9UlRk)

154
All I know is the (R) candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania took the most strident position on abortion* and got trounced. Apparently Hershel Walker took the same strident position and lost.

That strident position seems to be the new 'third rail' in politics. Oh well, in two years we'll see if the playbook changes.

* National ban, no exceptions, that would include rape, incest, the life of the mother.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 07, 2022 07:25 AM (enJYY)

155 "In other words, offer them a job in military intelligence?"

Probably overqualified

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 07, 2022 07:25 AM (1n+EO)

156 Someone should tell the Democrats and their current mouthpiece Warnock that death cults really don't have. great track record for sustainability. Canaanites, Aztecs, etc. eventually meet a harsh judgement from God.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at December 07, 2022 07:25 AM (AaLDK)

157 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at December 07, 2022 07:25 AM (UqnOO)

158 "clustering and redundancy"

I'll use this phrase at work today.

Posted by: davidt at December 07, 2022 07:26 AM (oTZbj)

159 Maybe the answer is to go to a non-secret ballot with the understanding that any acts of violence or retribution for anyone's vote will be officially Outlawed, not just illegal. They are no longer part of the law, or protected by the law. Anyone or any group engaging in political intimidation through extortion or violence can be immediately executed on sight without fear of prosecution. Like a roach. Or a coyote.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 07, 2022 07:26 AM (9UlRk)

160 That strident position seems to be the new 'third rail' in politics. Oh well, in two years we'll see if the playbook changes.

* National ban, no exceptions, that would include rape, incest, the life of the mother.

A consistent two-thirds of the country supports an abortion ban after the first trimester. Figuring out the winning position isn't exactly a mystery wrapped up in an enigma.

Posted by: Jaguar at December 07, 2022 07:27 AM (XVqfc)

161 "Apparently Hershel Walker took the same strident position and lost. "

So the voters of Georgia chose to elect a guy whose stated position is that Jesus wants us to kill unborn black children.

When the Black Baptist talking points sound like KKK talking points, we have a problem.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 07, 2022 07:28 AM (1n+EO)

162 re: Warnock
Thanks to the Supreme Court who was tired of being in the abortion litigation business we now have 50 different states with 50 different rules and regulations and some of them have now gone from tossup to blue.

Is this now going to be the deciding issue in every state in every election - forever?
Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 07, 2022 06:53 AM (enJYY

Nonsense. Georgia basically had the same result as two years ago. Blaming the abortion decision is a cop out.

Posted by: Tofer732 at December 07, 2022 07:28 AM (fatpD)

163 Microsoft Edge. How can I shut it down (I see in the startup that I can disable it) and use another search engine? And what search engine should I be using?
I use the pc for gaming and browsing the web but am otherwise not tech savvy at all. I can build a house from footer to finish but the tech gig is not in my wheelhouse.

Posted by: Fool Otto at December 07, 2022 07:28 AM (DB16e)

164 Wow I just read about Ted Cruz's daughter. Didn't she make headlines awhile back? Can't remember exactly what happened.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at December 07, 2022 07:29 AM (nxdel)

165
1

Are you mocking "Kimberly" from the tag end post of the ONT? Doubt you her sincerity?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 07, 2022 07:30 AM (pNxlR)

166 Is this now going to be the deciding issue in every state in every election - forever?
Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 07, 2022 06:53 AM (enJYY)

If we can't beat them out, we can wait until they abort themselves out.

We should encourage abortion, really. They were going to hell anyways. Not like it's a net negative to the cosmos.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 07, 2022 07:30 AM (9UlRk)

167 Well, on the positive side, my A1C bloodwork came back.

5.1

So I have that going for me.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 07, 2022 07:30 AM (1n+EO)

168

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at December 07, 2022 07:30 AM (vwCZJ)

169 Good morning! Has the fraud in GA concluded? Or do we have to have our faces rubbed in the dirt for a few more days?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 07, 2022 07:31 AM (TgNpw)

170
Figuring out the winning position isn't exactly a mystery wrapped up in an enigma.

Posted by: Jaguar at December 07, 2022 07:27 AM

Absolutely. 'Celebrity' endorsements of otherwise weak candidates doesn't seem like such a great idea. Oz was kinda okay, but Walker not too bright.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 07, 2022 07:31 AM (enJYY)

171 5.1

So I have that going for me.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 07, 2022 07:30 AM (1n+EO)

... pints?

Is that good, or bad?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 07, 2022 07:32 AM (9UlRk)

172 >Good morning! Has the fraud in GA concluded? Or do we have to have our faces rubbed in the dirt for a few more days?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead

Nope- the Dem candidate stole it fair and square

Posted by: DB at December 07, 2022 07:34 AM (geLO8)

173 Walker not too bright.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 07, 2022 07:31 AM (enJYY)

Not nearly as bright as Fetterman. What a shame.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 07, 2022 07:35 AM (H8QX8)

174 "Is that good, or bad? "

I believe normal range is 4.8-5.6

Higher can indict trending toward pre-diabetic.

And I have gained a lot of Covid weight over the years.

And with the retina issue, the possibility of diabetes has been a nagging worry in the back of my mind.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 07, 2022 07:35 AM (1n+EO)

175 JJ

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 07, 2022 07:35 AM (BRHaw)

176
So the voters of Georgia chose to elect a guy whose stated position is that Jesus wants us to kill unborn black children.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 07, 2022 07:28 AM

It wasn't quite that bad, I read the transcript. He's referring to some perceived bias in the healthcare system.

WARNOCK: ...That's a place where government could show up and address the obvious bias in our health care system.

REID: It's what Jesus would do.

WARNOCK: I think it's exactly what Jesus would do.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 07, 2022 07:35 AM (enJYY)

177 Le NOOD

It be here!!!!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 07, 2022 07:36 AM (1n+EO)

178 "Good morning! Has the fraud in GA concluded? Or do we have to have our faces rubbed in the dirt for a few more days?
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead"

I would avoid the MSM for a while, the gloating will make it even more unwatchable than usual. By the ones that still have jobs.

Posted by: Ripley at December 07, 2022 07:37 AM (MxEKc)

179 122 this clown is obviously running for higher office. He's the next generation of GOPe

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 07, 2022 07:38 AM (mP+mW)

180
St. Paul would write you a sternly worded letting telling you to please stop being such a piece of shit in the name of our Lord. And then publish it to the rest of the world so that everybody knows what a shitbag you are.

Jesus Himself would turn you into a drove of swine and chase you off a fucking cliff. You charlatan.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 07, 2022 07:40 AM (9UlRk)

181 Nigeria is limited cash withdrawals from ATMs and banks in an attempt to force people to use digital transactions. (Coin Telegraph)

This is currently a popular tactic in third-world countries that are determined to remain third-world countries.

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So, it should be coming to America then. #Soon.

Posted by: ShainS -- Ctrl+Galt+Delete to remove the The Great Reset malware virus at December 07, 2022 07:41 AM (PnkSq)

182 There is still, despite all his babbling, no clear explanation of where all the money went.

He sounds simply irrestible.

Posted by: zombie Robert Palmer at December 07, 2022 08:58 AM (h5TKJ)

183 Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 07, 2022 07:40 AM (9UlRk)

Well, Warnock will have to go before the Lord like the rest of us, so while annoyed at his win, I'm not particularly troubled by him..

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