Daily Tech News 2 February 2023

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AMD's Ryzen 7000X3D lineup has prices and schedules, with the top-of-the-line 7950X3D due on February 28th at a price of $699. (AnandTech)

If you've been following along, you might notice that this is exactly the same MSRP as the regular 7950X, making the X3D version something of a bargain. But if you've been following along, you might notice that Micro Center will sell you a 7950X and 32GB of DDR5-6000 RAM for under $600. Assuming you live somewhere with a Micro Center because that's an offer designed to get you into the store, and not available for delivery.

Still, it's basically a stealth price cut - AMD trying to avoid sabotaging its perceived value while tacitly acknowledging that the market ain't what it was and won't be for a while.

And it's likely to be the fastest desktop CPU around for a couple of years. Intel's Meteor Lake range should be out this year but may be only for laptops, and AMD isn't expecting Zen 5 to be ready until next year.
Mission accomplished. (BBC)

That tiny deadly radioactive thingy - a quarter inch wide lost in a state encompassing a million square miles - has been found. 120 miles from its starting point it fell out of the truck and rolled off the road.

Fortunately with suitably sensitive detectors it glows like a furnace and it had not in fact lodged in the tyres of a passing car and disappeared to parts unknown, so a few days scouring the highway waiting for the clicks to turn into a scream was enough to hunt it down.

Tech News

Intel may be planning to cut prices on its Alder Lake chips by 20%. (Tom's Hardware)

Well, that's good news, particularly after they raised the... Wait, Alder Lake? The one that launched in 2021?

Never mind.
On the other hand Intel actually did cut the price of the Arc A750 graphics card to $249. (Tom's Hardware)

And released new drivers that offer improved gaming performance, particularly on older titles.

Intel does seem to be committed to its graphics card range - something I doubted at launch time - and at $249 this card is not a bad deal.
Loading a game from a good PCIe 3 SSD takes 3 seconds longer than the not-even-released-yet PCIe 5 models. (Tom's Hardware)

PCIe 5 - even PCIe 4 - is not worth a huge price increase for most users. If the difference between two similar models is 20%, sure, go for PCIe 4 and enjoy your three seconds; the drive will likely have smarter software and might last longer, all else being equal.

But if you have a perfectly good PCIe 3 drive there's no reason to replace it.

(The new servers that I was going to deploy last month before I decided to spend the whole month being sick instead have PCIe 3 drives.)

Disclaimer: I don't know, what if Columbus was right?

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at February 02, 2023 04:00 AM (xhxe8)

2 G'day Skip

Posted by: Pixy Misa at February 02, 2023 04:02 AM (BLOW1)

3 Good morning morons

My sinuses may explode just like in Scanners

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 02, 2023 04:04 AM (EZebt)

4 Top of the morning to you, Pixy Misa.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at February 02, 2023 04:05 AM (u82oZ)

5 Found the chirping smoke detector. Batteries removed. Will find replacements later. Gonna try to get another hour of sleep.

Posted by: olddog in mo at February 02, 2023 04:07 AM (ju2Fy)

6 Local TV news reports a cable car derailed a few hours ago. Doesn't appear as if there were any injuries.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 02, 2023 04:10 AM (EZebt)

7 hiya

Posted by: JT at February 02, 2023 04:12 AM (T4tVD)

8 Nodding in my chair.. Until Cat decided it's time to play LOL

He's getting stoned on catnip mouse, throwing it around livingroom.

Guess the outdoor hunting wasn't too successful tonight, he came in early.

Posted by: JQ at February 02, 2023 04:15 AM (o0Fxd)

9 Slight delay in plans. Cat puked in kitchen as I was heading back to bed. Not sure my stomach's up for this right now.

Posted by: olddog in mo at February 02, 2023 04:17 AM (ju2Fy)

10 Morning Pixy.

I wish I could cut my nose off my face. The pile of tissue is embarassing. Trash day but not taking it to the curb. Only one bag and we are stjill not out of 20 degree weather

Posted by: Infidel at February 02, 2023 04:18 AM (YJQJ8)

11 I guess I killed it. Back to bed.

Posted by: Infidel at February 02, 2023 04:27 AM (YJQJ8)

12 Off to work I go...

https://youtu.be/YYFO5qPpM_I

Posted by: Puddleglum at February 02, 2023 04:28 AM (sAmhv)

13 Just wondering what you are going to do with all those used tissues if not put them out with the trash?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 02, 2023 04:29 AM (EZebt)

14 Lots to do so hopefully can hit road early

Posted by: Skip at February 02, 2023 04:32 AM (xhxe8)

15 Doggeh just busted in to demand scritches. Its 1:30 in the morning doggeh!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 02, 2023 04:32 AM (EZebt)

16 they are in a trash bag in the trash basket for the bathroom. Plenty of room.

Posted by: Infidel at February 02, 2023 04:32 AM (YJQJ8)

17 Critters don't live by the clock, like us stoopit hoomans.

They have routines, sure, but sometimes......

Posted by: JQ at February 02, 2023 04:34 AM (o0Fxd)

18 Cat just got kicked out. ~~Lil brat~~ Precious darling simply would not calm down.

Posted by: JQ at February 02, 2023 04:36 AM (o0Fxd)

19 I had a real bad situation once at work, a resident who was obsessed with paper. His apartment was filled with 1. Toilet paper, tissues, and paper towels. 2. Used tissues in big hefty bags.

Apartment. Filled.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 02, 2023 04:37 AM (EZebt)

20 Evening and morning to all. Dragged myself out of bed, almost enough sleep, but there's that almost part.

Thursday! Writing group tonight. Late next week will be busy, and the horror of the Annual Insanity, aka Mardi Gras, begins. I wish I could hop a plane next week and not come back until the 25th.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 02, 2023 04:37 AM (omVj0)

21 Cat just got kicked out. Lil brat Precious darling simply would not calm down.
Posted by: JQ at February 02, 2023

***
Morning, JQ! Dagny the Defiant kept bothering me last night, but I don't have the option of tossing her out. Stirling the black kitten did his nuzzling and kneading thing this morning, as usual.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 02, 2023 04:39 AM (omVj0)

22 Mornin' Wolfus.

Dagny is.. um.. becoming a lady now?

Posted by: JQ at February 02, 2023 04:40 AM (o0Fxd)

23 Mornin' Wolfus.

Dagny is.. um.. becoming a lady now?
Posted by: JQ at February 02, 2023

***
Hardly. She still plays hard, interspersed with periods of "Hel-lo, sailor! Glad to see me?" If there were an intact male cat around, I'd have to lock her up. In a couple of weeks I guess it'll be time to have her snipped. I know it's not good for her health to go into heat like this with nothing happening. It's a shame: She's more affectionate to me when she's like that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 02, 2023 04:48 AM (omVj0)

24 ...go into heat like this...
-----

That's what I meant by ladyship, Wolfus. LOL

I've had several female cats (RIP, all) and their heats were so terribly annoying. Yes, all were spayed a.s.a.p. afterward

Posted by: JQ at February 02, 2023 04:53 AM (o0Fxd)

25 Watching one of the storm chasers drive endlessly around Dallas/Ft Worth in the ice on the roads. I get to see how big those cities have become. New roads everywhere, and not much road treatment or plowing. Traffic even on a normal day is heavy, if only they all had EV's, they would all be struck at home if the power is out. Ah progress via Biden.

Posted by: Colin at February 02, 2023 04:56 AM (deasp)

26 ...go into heat like this...
-----

That's what I meant by ladyship, Wolfus. LOL

I've had several female cats (RIP, all) and their heats were so terribly annoying. Yes, all were spayed a.s.a.p. afterward
Posted by: JQ at February 02, 2023

***
Oh, I thought you meant, was she growing up and being more restrained. I can hardly wait for that. Stirling, who's only 2 weeks older, has settled down some, though he still plays vigorously with her and with his human servants.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 02, 2023 04:57 AM (omVj0)

27 Current Cat is a neutered male, about 10yrs old. A real hunter but weather isn't cooperating lately. Very cold and windy tonight.

He nearly caught a starling yesterday afternoon. Oh, he can jump!

Posted by: JQ at February 02, 2023 04:57 AM (o0Fxd)

28 Time to shave and shower. Back later, all.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 02, 2023 04:58 AM (omVj0)

29 Cold and clear, Saturday only in 20s but 50s next week

Posted by: Skip at February 02, 2023 05:00 AM (xhxe8)

30 Cat finally gave up for the night and headed for the dry kibbles. Time for bath and nap LOL

I should turn in also. Stuff to do...

G'night all! Have a great day!

Posted by: JQ at February 02, 2023 05:02 AM (o0Fxd)

31 but 50s next week
Posted by: Skip

HOO-Ray !

Posted by: JT at February 02, 2023 05:06 AM (T4tVD)

32 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at February 02, 2023 05:09 AM (u82oZ)

33 Good morning! Crazy weather. Today is the last day that we'll get freezing rain, then it'll be 70 by Monday. Good thing too, coffee supply needs to be replenished soon.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 02, 2023 05:22 AM (+2RzF)

34 Morning all!

Good news from Netflix. I received an email letting me know that the premium plan now has 'Spatial Sound'!

Whatever that is. They include a demo on their email and as far as I can determine it's...louder.

Netflix, I've got a button on my remote for that. How about fixing the shows that are so dark you can't see whats going on even in the daylight portion of the movie?
Or improving the sound so the average TV speaker can pick up the speaking voice of the main character.

And then get the hell of my lawn!

Posted by: Bruce at February 02, 2023 05:31 AM (vd8XM)

35 Warmer today, gets to 26. Then about 2 PM it start to drop to go to a minus 6 by 6 AM tomorrow.

I know you've got CO2 in your lungs Mother Gaia, but make up your mind please.

Posted by: Bruce at February 02, 2023 05:34 AM (vd8XM)

36 That tiny deadly radioactive thingy - a quarter inch wide lost in a state encompassing a million square miles - has been found. 120 miles from its starting point it fell out of the truck and rolled off the road.

Actually it fell out of the truck and was consumed by a passing kangaroo. It was pooped out, but now the kangaroo has super powers.

Super 'Roo!!!

Posted by: Bruce at February 02, 2023 05:43 AM (vd8XM)

37 Someone in Canada is missing an air mass.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 02, 2023 05:44 AM (DhOHl)

38 Someone in Canada is missing an air mass.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

When did they have it last?

Posted by: Bruce at February 02, 2023 05:48 AM (vd8XM)

39 3 Good morning morons

My sinuses may explode just like in Scanners
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 02, 2023 04:04 AM (EZebt)

Me, too. Steamy bath in my future.

Posted by: m at February 02, 2023 05:52 AM (v0TzN)

40 9 Slight delay in plans. Cat puked in kitchen as I was heading back to bed. Not sure my stomach's up for this right now.
Posted by: olddog in mo at February 02, 2023 04:17 AM (ju2Fy)

Throw a towel over the mess?

Posted by: m at February 02, 2023 05:53 AM (v0TzN)

41 I recently put together a new PC with a Ryzen 5600G and couldn't be happier. This thing screams, for the stuff I do, at least.. which is programming.. database stuff mostly.. and just surfing. And the graphics included are more than adequate.

Thanks, Pixy for your daily update.

Now.. how can we get a decent editor here???

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 02, 2023 05:54 AM (w/RvR)

42 yo wut sup

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 02, 2023 05:55 AM (BRHaw)

43 I haven't had netflix since Michelle Wolfe decided to make abortion jokes, and Netflix promoted the show like it was the greatest comedy special ever.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at February 02, 2023 05:56 AM (DPfSO)

44 Got my .22. Ready for the groundhog.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at February 02, 2023 05:57 AM (DPfSO)

45 I broke down and used the Afrin spray which works well but then my nose runs all day which is lovely while wearing a mask.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 02, 2023 05:58 AM (EZebt)

46 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at February 02, 2023 05:59 AM (ju2Fy)

47
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 02, 2023 05:59 AM (ENBF0)

48 >>>(The new servers that I was going to deploy last month before I decided to spend the whole month being sick instead have PCIe 3 drives.)

Maybe not the better decision.

Posted by: m at February 02, 2023 06:00 AM (v0TzN)

49 TN high school engineering students make prosthetic hand for fellow student:

https://tinyurl.com/yrtu55bj

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 02, 2023 06:00 AM (VyzMJ)

50 Throw a towel over the mess?
Posted by: m at February 02, 2023 05:53
------------------

It was juicy and starting to bleed from the tile to the carpet. Got it cleaned up with only a few dry heaves.

Posted by: olddog in mo at February 02, 2023 06:02 AM (ju2Fy)

51 haven't had netflix since Michelle Wolfe decided to make abortion jokes, and Netflix promoted the show like it was the greatest comedy special ever.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

You'll have to come up with a better argument than that to convince my wife to drop Netflix.

Me, I keep saying, lets drop it for 2 or 3 months, then watch the 8 episodes of the show you want over a weekend...

See lead balloon.

Posted by: Bruce at February 02, 2023 06:02 AM (vd8XM)

52 TN high school engineering students make prosthetic hand for fellow student

-

(lays $100 on table)

They just committed multiple state and federal crimes, at least one of them a felony.

Posted by: 50% real inflation at February 02, 2023 06:07 AM (AIJ3L)

53 Hunter Biden finally admits infamous 'laptop from hell' is his as he cries for criminal probe
The revelation came in a petulant letter from Hunter Biden’s lawyers seeking a criminal probe into what they called, attempts to “weaponize” its contents.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 02, 2023 06:11 AM (BRHaw)

54 They just committed multiple state and federal crimes, at least one of them a felony.
Posted by: 50% real inflation

EPA wakes up....starts searching the regs book.

DHS...There's gotta be something.

CDC...Has the hand been vaxed?

Posted by: Bruce at February 02, 2023 06:11 AM (vd8XM)

55 Punxsutawney Phil prepares to make Groundhog Day prediction

The media and the medical people will continue to lie for 6 more weeks.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 02, 2023 06:13 AM (BRHaw)

56
Everyone should have a Electrical Receptacle Tester like this link to Amazon:

https://tinyurl.com/mshjxmnr

Had an outlet testing 'Open Neutral' which is a very bad thing. Pulled the receptacle feeding the bad outlet and discovered electrician 'cheated' - in my opinion - by using the poke the wires in method instead of snaking the wires around the screws. Over time the white wire (neutral) had cracked and come loose and there was evidence of arcing - a very bad and dangerous thing. There are six different conditions this tester will check for. With today's electronics you don't wanna plug anything into a less then perfect outlet.

/end PSA

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 02, 2023 06:14 AM (enJYY)

57 /end PSA
Posted by: Divide by Zero

Thank you.

Posted by: Bruce at February 02, 2023 06:15 AM (vd8XM)

58 Punxsutawney Phil prepares to make Groundhog Day prediction

What happens if the Groundhog goes into a Groundhog Day loop?

Posted by: t_bodie - Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at February 02, 2023 06:17 AM (U1i74)

59 What happens if the Groundhog goes into a Groundhog Day loop?
Posted by: t_bodie - Lurker.

Turn it off for 10 seconds and reboot?

Posted by: Bruce at February 02, 2023 06:18 AM (vd8XM)

60 Posted by: Bruce at February 02, 2023 06

It's good to laugh sometimes at these ridiculous autocrats. Thanks, Bruce.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 02, 2023 06:20 AM (06/lK)

61
I cancelled Netflix last month. Only my wife and daughter were watching it, not me. My account permitted two concurrent users, so no big deal to me if she's in another state. Netflix thinks differently so bye bye Netflix.

They're inviting me back, though. For $6.99 a month. No thanks.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 02, 2023 06:22 AM (enJYY)

62 TN high school engineering students make prosthetic hand for fellow student
-

They just committed multiple state and federal crimes, at least one of them a felony.
Posted by: 50% real inflation at February 02, 2023 06:07 AM (AIJ3L)
-

This is about the long arm of the law, isn't it?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 02, 2023 06:24 AM (vSzkg)

63 DHS...There's gotta be something.

CDC...Has the hand been vaxed?
Posted by: Bruce at February 02, 2023 06:11 AM (vd8XM

EPA... Thumbs up if that wood is sustainably harvested, zek.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 02, 2023 06:25 AM (9UlRk)

64 I cancelled Netflix last month. Only my wife and daughter were watching it, not me. My account permitted two concurrent users, so no big deal to me if she's in another state. Netflix thinks differently so bye bye Netflix.

They're inviting me back, though. For $6.99 a month. No thanks.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

And Paramount+ just absorbed Showtime.
So if you have both, you can cancel Showtime. I'm not sure when Paramount will let subscribers know.

Posted by: Bruce at February 02, 2023 06:27 AM (vd8XM)

65 attempts to “weaponize” its contents.
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 02, 2023 06:11 AM (BRHaw)

"Weaponizing evidence" is a cute way to say "prosecuting".

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 02, 2023 06:29 AM (9UlRk)

66
Funny thing I noticed when making the tinyurl from the Amazon link; they added on their own Amazon id info so that if anyone clicks the link and purchases that Receptacle Tester they get a cut. Pretty ingenious if I do say so.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 02, 2023 06:29 AM (enJYY)

67 Former federal prosecutor Tim Heaphy, the committee’s chief investigative counsel, said that while he endorses the panel’s main finding that then-President Donald Trump sparked the riot by urging protesters to go to the Capitol, his probe documented how federal law enforcement failures contributed to the debacle.

The failures were NOT part of the released report. Sin of omissions still get you a place in hell.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 02, 2023 06:30 AM (BRHaw)

68 Good morning, morning people.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 02, 2023 06:30 AM (+12Cg)

69 From a review of a post last night

Why would someone think their mother in law had an IQ of 85 simply because they had trouble with some electronic thing?If one's mother-in-law is in her 60's and didn't grow up with lots of electronic things maybe she just have difficulties with electronic things. Because otherwise it sounds like a bad Mother-in-law joke." My MIL is so stupid..."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 02, 2023 06:31 AM (eC5+V)

70 Hunter Biden finally admits infamous 'laptop from hell' is his as he cries for criminal probe

Here is what happened:
The FBI decided to scan the laptop for classified. We know it has some because of the Ukraine email. They were looking for something explicitly marked classified. They found it. But now they are going to give Hunter a distraction by allowing him to grandstand and demand an investigation. The FBI will announce they did the investigation and as a result the DoJ is going to charge Mac with unlawful possession and distribution of classified info. And thus after the SWAT raid and arrest of Mac, everyone will forget to ask why Hunter had classified in the first place.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at February 02, 2023 06:33 AM (DPfSO)

71 Why would someone think their mother in law had an IQ of 85 simply because they had trouble with some electronic thing?If one's mother-in-law is in her 60's and didn't grow up with lots of electronic things maybe she just have difficulties with electronic things. Because otherwise it sounds like a bad Mother-in-law joke." My MIL is so stupid..."
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Strange. Wife and I are 29 plus, and our joke is that the only reason she keeps me around is to fix the TV and internet. And most of that info I find on the internet.

Posted by: Bruce at February 02, 2023 06:33 AM (vd8XM)

72 My MIL is so stupid..."
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 02, 2023 06:31 AM (eC5+V)

My MiL (ok, not "law" exactly but close enough) is an accomplished and celebrated pediatrician. So no jokes there.

...

But she is a Nyooyawka, so it's not like i got *no* material to work with here

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 02, 2023 06:34 AM (9UlRk)

73 My MiL is quite crafty

And I don't mean knitting.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 02, 2023 06:36 AM (EZebt)

74 comment of the week so far, in my opinion:
from the Wednesday Morning Rant [Joe Mannix]
about the article "It's Time for the Scientific Community to Admit We Were Wrong About COVID and It Cost Lives"
https://acecomments.mu.nu/
?post=402991

176 148 139. They don't care about forgiveness, they want to avoid punishment. What we think doesn't "suddenly" matter.

Posted by: CN at February 01, 2023 11:24 AM
Same as 'I promise not to slap you again, honey. Honest. Just don't make me mad.'
Posted by: Eromero at February 01, 2023 11:28 AM (0OP+5)

Posted by: m at February 02, 2023 06:36 AM (v0TzN)

75 71 C'mon, Bruce, new batteries in the remote and rebooting the modem is not fixing the TV and internet (not that she needs to know that).

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 02, 2023 06:36 AM (lz5hY)

76 I had a thought waking up this morning that i want to blurt out before i forget it, even if it's totally OT:

Trying to ban firearms because we have police is like banning first aid kits because we have EMTs.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 02, 2023 06:38 AM (9UlRk)

77
If it wasn't for me my wife would never have a single piece of electronics in the house. She learns quickly but has no initiative to purchase something on her own. Over the years, it was a VCR, CD player, computer, laptop, cell phone, tablet, etc. All purchased because of my persistence.

I'm always the one who has to RTFM.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 02, 2023 06:40 AM (enJYY)

78 I wonder how much of the market for X64 CISC chips (AMD and Intel, not ARM) has dropped since Apple has gone their own way with the Apple Silicon

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 02, 2023 06:40 AM (l7lsb)

79 At WAPO:

House Republicans aren’t ready to forgive and forget on pandemic mandates and closures

More from Rachel Roubein:

But among activist Republicans, immense resentment persists at government policies aimed at curbing the pandemic, such as vaccine mandates, school closures and mask requirements. And that’s shaping up to be a significant part of the GOP’s messaging as anger bubbles up among potential Republican presidential contenders and newly empowered House Republicans.

The Burn Bed reviewer does not understand why wives abused for many years would turn on their husband that were just trying to make them into better wives.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 02, 2023 06:41 AM (BRHaw)

80 Took me a minute to get RTFM?

Posted by: olddog in mo at February 02, 2023 06:41 AM (ju2Fy)

81 I realize lambasting MIL's is a sometimes a feature for some people on here, and on the other hand some people actually like their MIL's, but if I was in my 30's I wouldn't assume that my MIL was stupid because she couldn't program the TV or do something on the computer.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 02, 2023 06:41 AM (eC5+V)

82 That tiny deadly radioactive thingy - a quarter inch wide lost in a state encompassing a million square miles - has been found. 120 miles from its starting point it fell out of the truck and rolled off the road.
------------

I thought those was going to be another story about the severed dingaling from last night's ONT.

Good morning everyone!

Posted by: bluebell at February 02, 2023 06:42 AM (pTb/Z)

83 bluebell, Good morning to you! I'm making a date loaf with molasses and dark rum

Posted by: Ben Had at February 02, 2023 06:46 AM (+12Cg)

84 176 148 139. They don't care about forgiveness, they want to avoid punishment. What we think doesn't "suddenly" matter.

Posted by: CN at February 01, 2023 11:24 AM
Same as 'I promise not to slap you again, honey. Honest. Just don't make me mad.'
Posted by: Eromero at February 01, 2023 11:28 AM (0OP+5)
Posted by: m at February 02, 2023 06:36 AM (v0TzN)

See me at 79.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 02, 2023 06:46 AM (BRHaw)

85 Loading a game from a good PCIe 3 SSD takes 3 seconds longer than the not-even-released-yet PCIe 5 models. (Tom's Hardware)

This is good to know. I was holding out on upgrading my Dell notebook until the PCI4/5 became widely available. But for 3 seconds?

I have been driving a geeked up Mac Book Pro for the past nine months, just switching operating systems and ways of doing work does more to hide any performance pickups or losses.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 02, 2023 06:46 AM (l7lsb)

86 On top of old Bluff Knoll
All covered in Vegemite
I lost my poor ding dong
which now glows at night

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 02, 2023 06:47 AM (9UlRk)

87 Burning Bed not Burn Bed

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 02, 2023 06:47 AM (BRHaw)

88
RTFM is an old tech support acronym. There's an old joke in there about a woman who calls because her computer doesn't work and the support person patiently goes down a list of things to check. In the end she reveals the power went out an hour before. He then asks her if she still has the box her computer came in. When she answers 'Yes' he explains to her how to ship it back.

"Are you going to replace it?" she asks.

"No, you're just too dumb to own a computer."

Anyway, RTFM = 'read the friendly manual' - or words close to that.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 02, 2023 06:47 AM (enJYY)

89 Hello, Ben Had! You're baking this early in the morning? I'm still stumbling around looking for coffee. Are you affected by this ice storm?

Posted by: bluebell at February 02, 2023 06:48 AM (pTb/Z)

90 I'm going to treat myself to a new wristwatch today. It's getting to be battery change time on the one I've had for 15 years. Anytime I change it I stand a chance of ramming an instrument screwdriver into my hand prying the back off, and it's a real pain getting the back on with the o ring. I'm going to get a plain self winder, nothing fancy, like a Seiko or Citizen and it should last for the duration.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 02, 2023 06:48 AM (lz5hY)

91 its easy to saw off all the tracking crap from an amazon url and I do it regularly when passing them on:
delete everything after the item number,
/gp/product/B0775CTD9K/

and g'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at February 02, 2023 06:48 AM (XzIdt)

92 PEBKAC

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 02, 2023 06:48 AM (9UlRk)

93 Hiya Bluebell !

Posted by: JT at February 02, 2023 06:49 AM (T4tVD)

94 The most annoying thing about my MiL is her reflexive parroting of whatever is in the NYT on any day.

Other than that she is teh awesome.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 02, 2023 06:50 AM (EZebt)

95 But among activist Republicans, immense resentment persists at government policies aimed at curbing the pandemic, such as vaccine mandates, school closures and mask requirements.

I'm willing to compromise only if they prosecute fully the politicians that willfully and joyfully clobbered Constitutional Rights like closing churches, jailing business owners and forcing the jabs. Those people get a minimum of five years of J6 prisoner treatment starting the instant that they are accused. Let them rot in a PMITA prison and wait two years for trial too.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 02, 2023 06:50 AM (l7lsb)

96 The first pitchers and catchers report in 13 days.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 02, 2023 06:50 AM (45fpk)

97 Finished first task of day

Posted by: Skip at February 02, 2023 06:51 AM (98Dh+)

98 Hiya Grammie !

Posted by: JT at February 02, 2023 06:51 AM (T4tVD)

99 Hiya JT! If I had a birdbath it would be frozen. You?

Posted by: bluebell at February 02, 2023 06:51 AM (pTb/Z)

100 Hiya JT! Good morning all you hordelings.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 02, 2023 06:52 AM (45fpk)

101 that sounds amazingly good, Ben Had!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at February 02, 2023 06:52 AM (XzIdt)

102 @RepJerryNadler claimed the border crisis hearing will expose the "racist tendencies of the extreme MAGA Republican wing of the party" because the GOP wants the border to be secured.

Adds it "almost makes me miss the usual obsession with conspiracy theories and the FBI."

Enforcing rules and protecting citizens is RACIST.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 02, 2023 06:53 AM (BRHaw)

103 Held desk problem resolution answers:

"It was an ID10T error."

"There was a short between the keyboard and the chair."

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 02, 2023 06:53 AM (DabMR)

104 Morning all
What fresh hell this day?

Posted by: DB at February 02, 2023 06:53 AM (geLO8)

105 bluebell, baking to kill time. I have enough ice to be a nuisance but not a big problem.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 02, 2023 06:53 AM (+12Cg)

106 I love how not being barricaded into your house by a panicking fascist paeudostate is a "Republican" complaint....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 02, 2023 06:53 AM (9UlRk)

107 Hiya JT! If I had a birdbath it would be frozen. You?

JT has sloughing off on his duties to inform us of the current bird bath situation.

Its been madness around here without these crucial updates.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 02, 2023 06:54 AM (l7lsb)

108 Date loaf?

Skip, is that you?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 02, 2023 06:54 AM (EZebt)

109 I wish my MiL were still around. We got along great. She died 20 years ago, way too young. At least she got to meet 10 of her 11 grandchildren.

Posted by: bluebell at February 02, 2023 06:54 AM (pTb/Z)

110 (Can't blame the cuke for that one...)

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 02, 2023 06:54 AM (9UlRk)

111 "It was an ID10T error."

"There was a short between the keyboard and the chair."

Loose nut behind the keyboard

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 02, 2023 06:54 AM (l7lsb)

112 Hiya JT! If I had a birdbath it would be frozen. You?
Posted by: bluebell

I gotta put pants on before I go out....

Posted by: JT at February 02, 2023 06:56 AM (T4tVD)

113 *checks PowerBall numbers*

No secret tropical lair. Good news? It rolled over again.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 02, 2023 06:56 AM (DabMR)

114 My MIL was a bartender

Posted by: DB at February 02, 2023 06:57 AM (geLO8)

115 Finished first task of day
Posted by: Skip

You ate yer donut ?

Lookit choo !

Posted by: JT at February 02, 2023 06:58 AM (T4tVD)

116 My MIL was a bartender
Posted by: DB at February 02, 2023 06:57 AM (geLO

Every Christmas dinner ends with "you don't have to go home but you can't stay here"?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 02, 2023 06:58 AM (9UlRk)

117 *tilts head and flicks an ear."

"Ne Uni-chan, why does a bar need tending?"

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 02, 2023 06:59 AM (DabMR)

118 sock_rat, Good morning dear Nice slab of warm date loaf with a hunk of white sharp cheddar and I can slay giants.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 02, 2023 06:59 AM (+12Cg)

119 Posted by: bluebell at February 02, 2023 06:54 AM (pTb/Z)

That's wonderful, bluebell. I have a feeling that you probably get along with most people.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 02, 2023 07:00 AM (D+F6R)

120 My MIL was a bartender
Posted by: DB at February 02, 2023 06:57 AM (geLO

This sounds like the start of a joke.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 02, 2023 07:00 AM (D+F6R)

121
I love how not being barricaded into your house by a panicking fascist paeudostate is a "Republican" complaint....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 02, 2023 06:53 AM

Sixty percent of small businesses are owned by women. So they should have been mad as hell in the 2022 election about the lockdowns but then Roe v Wade got cut down and they suddenly didn't GAF anymore. Emotion v logic.

What shoulda been a red wave tsunami became a drop in the bucket.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 02, 2023 07:01 AM (enJYY)

122 This sounds like the start of a joke.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 02, 2023 07:00 AM (D+F6R)

Bartender says "what'll you have", and the guy says "Your daughter!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 02, 2023 07:01 AM (9UlRk)

123 That's wonderful, bluebell. I have a feeling that you probably get along with most people.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 02, 2023 07:00 AM (D+F6R)
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Let's just say I try to be polite to everyone 😄.

Posted by: bluebell at February 02, 2023 07:02 AM (pTb/Z)

124 Boker Tov Patriots

From deep inside the swamp

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 02, 2023 07:03 AM (3X3DC)

125 >This sounds like the start of a joke.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Ah, would that it were it only that

Posted by: DB at February 02, 2023 07:03 AM (geLO8)

126 @RepJerryNadler claimed the border crisis hearing will expose the "racist tendencies of the extreme MAGA Republican wing of the party" because the GOP wants the border to be secured.

Do we need to replay the video of the response of the fine people of Martha's Vineyard when a busload of illegal aliens stopped by?

I did not know that MV was a hotbed of MAGA activism.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 02, 2023 07:04 AM (l7lsb)

127 Nadler is ten pounds of shit in a five pound bag buried under a quarter ton of more shit.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 02, 2023 07:07 AM (9UlRk)

128
Why does Jerry Nadler want terrorists to walk across an unsecured border? Does he even remember some event in New York City that killed thousands of innocent people?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 02, 2023 07:07 AM (enJYY)

129 @RepJerryNadler claimed the border crisis hearing will expose the "racist tendencies of the extreme MAGA Republican wing of the party" because the GOP wants the border to be secured.

If only there were a smart opposition party with the will to show the obvious stupidity of such a man, and humiliate him in the process.

Posted by: Realsville at February 02, 2023 07:08 AM (qeCJh)

130 Sixty percent of small businesses are owned by women. So they should have been mad as hell in the 2022 election about the lockdowns but then Roe v Wade got cut down and they suddenly didn't GAF anymore. Emotion v logic.

What shoulda been a red wave tsunami became a drop in the bucket.

Get used to it. The preponderance of Woke Ideology being made noble essentially sentences a culture into trading in logic and reason for impulsive and irrational emotionalism.

As the logical and rational get black-pilled all that will be left to cast ballots are the criminal and insane.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 02, 2023 07:08 AM (l7lsb)

131 The College Board has rolled back its plans to launch a new African American history course loaded with extremist ideology on LGBT and racial issues, shortly after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vowed to bar the curriculum from state schools.

My guess is there are not more LGBT blacks in the population as a percentage than in the total population. Somewhere under 3%.
But it seems to me a little misleading and downright evil to create a learning environment that purposefully has content not relevant to the subject.
I known it has been done many times but I think much of the public is onto educators deceitful ways.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 02, 2023 07:08 AM (BRHaw)

132 People writing to the NY Post-most of whom are from NY are mad as heck at the ungrateful illegals who got put up in some fancy, hotel at $350 a night -paid for by the city- and then acted like awful kids on spring break and trashed the rooms. Oh, yes, they also complained that meals weren't served whenever they wanted them. Poor babies!/s

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 02, 2023 07:09 AM (D+F6R)

133 "The new servers that I was going to deploy last month before I decided to spend the whole month being sick instead have PCIe 3 drives."
----
Pixy,
You remember that early boot sector virus 'Your PC is now stoned' - The Stoned Virus? That's what I thought as humor to make light of your plight, then I remembered my one kidney stone in late 1980s and I spared you the added stress.

Posted by: Ciampino remembers at February 02, 2023 07:10 AM (qfLjt)

134 >Out of this world! Rare green comet last seen by Neanderthals in the Ice Age makes its closest trip past Earth in 50,000 years

Now, if modern humans need binoculars or a small telescope to see the comet, do we really think the cavemen saw it?

Posted by: DB at February 02, 2023 07:11 AM (geLO8)

135 My guess is there are not more LGBT blacks in the population as a percentage than in the total population. Somewhere under 3%.

Due to rampant credentialism, how do you take totally unmarketable skills and a bad attitude and monetize it?

You give it a bullshit degree and aim the destructive missile at an HR department, a government office or pollute the schools even further.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 02, 2023 07:12 AM (l7lsb)

136 Oh, yes, they also complained that meals weren't served whenever they wanted them. Poor babies!/s
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 02, 2023 07:09 AM (D+F6R)

Hey, it ain't their fault. The expectation was established. You can't front like you're gonna provide every wish of theirs and then punk out after a month. It's completely rational for them to be pissed. Not noble or sensible, but rational.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 02, 2023 07:12 AM (9UlRk)

137

Alabama gas station penis?

Man, I thought the sushi was bad...

Posted by: Kamalaho at February 02, 2023 07:13 AM (lwaHO)

138 Alabama gas station penis is my favorite Jeff Tweedy side project.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 02, 2023 07:14 AM (9UlRk)

139 People writing to the NY Post-most of whom are from NY are mad as heck at the ungrateful illegals who got put up in some fancy, hotel at $350 a night -paid for by the city- and then acted like awful kids on spring break and trashed the rooms. Oh, yes, they also complained that meals weren't served whenever they wanted them. Poor babies!/s

I wonder how many enterprising people will compare this to the thousands per month they are spending on their own parent's assisted living center bills and suddenly get creative w/r/t rebranding their parents as illegal aliens and sending them off to NYC?

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 02, 2023 07:15 AM (l7lsb)

140 My birdbath is frozen solid !

Gonna be a lotta bent beaks in da 'hood.....

Posted by: JT at February 02, 2023 07:15 AM (T4tVD)

141 Does JT have a birdbath webcam so we can get realtime updates?

Posted by: Just Wondering at February 02, 2023 07:15 AM (DhOHl)

142 127 Nadler is ten pounds of shit in a five pound bag buried under a quarter ton of more shit.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 02, 2023 07:07 AM (9UlRk)
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Where can we find all this wonderful hit?

Posted by: The Society Of Dung Beetles at February 02, 2023 07:15 AM (qfLjt)

143 I saw Four Non-Blondes open for Alabama Gas Station Penis at Red River Gorge back in '69.

Posted by: Realsville at February 02, 2023 07:15 AM (qeCJh)

144 Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 02, 2023 07:12 AM (9UlRk)

The problem was being put up there in the first place, yes and not having expectations given to them. The decision by Adams was a disaster.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 02, 2023 07:15 AM (D+F6R)

145 Power out since 2315, gas stovetop so instant coffee, mickydees for mcmoffin. At work now, rain melted most of our ice. Blessed.

Posted by: Eromero at February 02, 2023 07:16 AM (0G42s)

146 > Alabama gas station penis is my favorite Jeff Tweedy side project.

sounds like an STD

Posted by: DB at February 02, 2023 07:16 AM (geLO8)

147 Ha. What timing.

Posted by: Just Wondering at February 02, 2023 07:16 AM (DhOHl)

148 Where can we find all this wonderful shit?

Posted by: The Society Of Dung Beetles at February 02, 2023 07:16 AM (qfLjt)

149 I love how Windows "nudges" you into updating. I have a small PC that only serves to display my security camera feed on a monitor. I had to edit the registry to stop auto windows update, since the control panel only allows pausing for up to 35 days.
Then the thing starts crashing because it is trying to update a video codec. And the only option is to delay updating for 90 days. This morning it is crashing because the display adapter driver is "out of date" and the only way to fix it is to update the driver. Fuck you. This computer does nothing but display a camera feed, but i have to futz with it constantly to keep software updated.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at February 02, 2023 07:17 AM (DPfSO)

150 mornin yall. Fck Mitch McConnell with a radioactive pellet. That sorry shit is worse that the fking Dems.

Posted by: fd at February 02, 2023 07:18 AM (iayUP)

151 This computer does nothing but display a camera feed, but i have to futz with it constantly to keep software updated.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at February 02, 2023 07:17 AM (DPfSO)

Flatten the hard drive and use Ubuntu

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 02, 2023 07:18 AM (9UlRk)

152 People writing to the NY Post-most of whom are from NY are mad as heck at the ungrateful illegals who got put up in some fancy, hotel at $350 a night

I'm thinking that some connected individual got hooked up into this deal, which means that the rack rate is probably 40% less than what the city is giving them.

What kind of flea bitten, vermin infested hotel are they staying in? I thought NYC room rates were MUCH higher.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 02, 2023 07:18 AM (l7lsb)

153 141 Does JT have a birdbath webcam so we can get realtime updates?

Posted by: Just Wondering at February 02, 2023 07:15 AM (DhOHl)
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What, you some avian peeping Tom? Have you no shame?

Posted by: Bird Bathhouses at February 02, 2023 07:19 AM (qfLjt)

154 mornin yall. Fck Mitch McConnell with a radioactive pellet. That sorry shit is worse that the fking Dems.

At least the Dems tell me they hate me to my face.

Posted by: Realsville at February 02, 2023 07:19 AM (qeCJh)

155 Hey there is this for tomorrow:
For those old enough to remember February 3rd, 1959, that day is also scorched in their memory and will always be known as “The Day The Music Died.”

Killed in an airplane crash that night were rock and roll icons Buddy Holly, 22, of Lubbock, Tex.; Ritchie Valens, 17, of Los Angeles; J.P. (Big Bopper) Richardson, 24, of Beaumont, Tex., also killed was the pilot, Roger Peterson, 21, of Clear Lake, Iowa. Three of Rock and Roll’s most famous and promising performers were gone. The three were together on a concert tour.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 02, 2023 07:19 AM (BRHaw)

156 I still can't believe NY chose him over a woman.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at February 02, 2023 07:19 AM (DPfSO)

157 Nadler.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at February 02, 2023 07:20 AM (DPfSO)

158
Ook: Dude, check it out
Grok: What is it?
Ook: Looks like a green space rock.
Grok: What?
Ook: Up there- look!
Grok: Dude, you have to quit chewing that ditchweed all the time. You're getting weird.

Posted by: DB at February 02, 2023 07:20 AM (geLO8)

159 It is racist and an insult to African Americans If Whites are lifting up people to celebrate for Black History Month to not include conservative Blacks, because I think some of the weirdos/ revolutionaries they have now are not appropriate for emulation. This AA-Adam Coleman man writing in the NY Post feels the same:

tinyurl.com/yf38rbvn

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 02, 2023 07:20 AM (D+F6R)

160 I love how Windows "nudges" you into updating.

Android and iOS do it too.

Software provided by the big tech companies must regularly update their spyware to keep Big Brother happy.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 02, 2023 07:21 AM (l7lsb)

161 'If I can make it there I'll make it anywhere...'
- a illegal alien

Posted by: Eromero at February 02, 2023 07:21 AM (0G42s)

162 My older camera system won't work in anything but IE so I have to keep Edge from taking over every time start it. MS acts like they own my PCs.

I got a couple of Windows 11 updates the other day on one PC. Intel driver updates. Dated 2/15/1968. I didn't install them.

Posted by: fd at February 02, 2023 07:22 AM (iayUP)

163 'If I can make it there I'll make it anywhere...'
- a illegal alien
Posted by: Eromero at February 02, 2023 07:21 AM (0G42s

"If i can make them make it for me there..."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 02, 2023 07:23 AM (9UlRk)

164
If you're gonna call yourself a 'sanctuary city' then you gotta provide the... you know, sanctuary thing.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 02, 2023 07:24 AM (enJYY)

165 This computer does nothing but display a camera feed, but i have to futz with it constantly to keep software updated.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at February 02, 2023 07:17 AM (DPfSO)
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Does it have to be on the Internet? Otherwise you can block its IP address from going beyond the router and thus it doesn't know about updates and such.

Posted by: Ciampino - fun playing with router options at February 02, 2023 07:24 AM (qfLjt)

166 Where can we find all this wonderful shit?
Posted by: The Society Of Dung Beetles

Check into a hotel in NYC.

Posted by: JT at February 02, 2023 07:25 AM (T4tVD)

167 Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 02, 2023 07:18 AM (l7lsb)

It's a three of more star hotel-The $350.00 is probably the deal Adams made to house all of them.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 02, 2023 07:25 AM (D+F6R)

168 On Walking Dead when you got to Sanctuary, they ate you. Just sayin'.

Posted by: Eromero at February 02, 2023 07:26 AM (0G42s)

169 @GregAbbott_TX
·
Follow
Harris Co. election ballot paper shortage far bigger than initially estimated.

It's so big it may have altered the outcome of elections.

It may necessitate new elections.

It WILL necessitate new LAWS that prevent Harris Co. from ever doing this again.

The paper ballot bullshit needs to be screamed from the rooftops.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 02, 2023 07:26 AM (BRHaw)

170 Power out since 2315, gas stovetop so instant coffee, mickydees for mcmoffin. At work now, rain melted most of our ice. Blessed.
Posted by: Eromero

Just down the road from you, we lost ours for a couple hours but between the UPS backups and the generator plugged into the panel, was able to keep things going.

I was hoping that the temps would stay above freezing so the power cables would sag and break. (sigh)

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 02, 2023 07:26 AM (l7lsb)

171 162
I got a couple of Windows 11 updates the other day on one PC. Intel driver updates. Dated 2/15/1968. I didn't install them.

Posted by: fd at February 02, 2023 07:22 AM (iayUP)
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I seem to remember that Microsoft's calendar starts in 1970 ...?

Posted by: Ciampino - the world didn't exist before MS at February 02, 2023 07:27 AM (qfLjt)

172 Does it have to be on the Internet? Otherwise you can block its IP address from going beyond the router and thus it doesn't know about updates and such.
Posted by: Ciampino

Yes, it needs internet. Pulling a remote feed over T mobile home 5G. And T mobile blocks you from setting up a static route.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at February 02, 2023 07:27 AM (DPfSO)

173 The hotel is the Midtown Watson Hotel.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 02, 2023 07:28 AM (D+F6R)

174 After reviewing help desk logs and calling presiding and alternate election judges, the county estimated 46 to 68 voting centers ran out of their initial allotment of paper.

But what really happened:
KHOU 11 Investigates compared ballot paper packets allocated to the total number of votes cast and discovered 121 voting centers did not initially receive enough ballot paper to cover voter turnout. The county allotted each of the locations six ballot paper packets, or enough for 600 ballots. But the total votes cast exceeded that amount, sometimes by hundreds of ballots. For example, 946 election day ballots were cast at the Bellaire Civic Center, 990 at Warner Elementary School, and 1,037 at Salyards Middle School.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 02, 2023 07:28 AM (BRHaw)

175 The paper ballot bullshit needs to be screamed from the rooftops.
Posted by: rhennigantx

Paper ballot?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at February 02, 2023 07:29 AM (DPfSO)

176 It WILL necessitate new LAWS that prevent Harris Co. from ever doing this again.

During the Democratic Party presidential primaries, the DNC disallowed all of Florida's ballots because of Reasons.

I submit that TX does the same to Harris County until they can prove that they aren't a utterly corrupt, banana republic incapable of holding simple elections.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 02, 2023 07:29 AM (l7lsb)

177
The New York City Draft riots of 1863 were totally unexpected. That's why I warn people who think ''there's no path to 270'' that just when you think everything is going to stay the same... it doesn't.

You can bank on it.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 02, 2023 07:30 AM (enJYY)

178 Yes, it needs internet. Pulling a remote feed over T mobile home 5G. And T mobile blocks you from setting up a static route.

Research "hosts file" and start blocking IPs

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 02, 2023 07:31 AM (l7lsb)

179 After reviewing help desk logs and calling presiding and alternate election judges, the county estimated 46 to 68 voting centers ran out of their initial allotment of paper.

I thought that was typical TX election gamesmanship. The party who controls the distribution of ballots intentionally underserves areas with high numbers of the opposition party.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at February 02, 2023 07:31 AM (DPfSO)

180 The fake paper ballot, shortage and election day machines going off are all Marxists plan

Posted by: Skip at February 02, 2023 07:31 AM (98Dh+)

181 You can bank on it.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 02, 2023 07:30 AM (enJYY)

I don't think anyone had "tractor protests" on their bingo card.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 02, 2023 07:31 AM (9UlRk)

182 Welp, I didn't win the Powerball....AGAIN !

Posted by: JT at February 02, 2023 07:31 AM (T4tVD)

183 I see Pixy's been watching some AlternateHistoryHub...

Posted by: Brother Tim sez at February 02, 2023 07:32 AM (EsEFH)

184 I thought that was typical TX election gamesmanship. The party who controls the distribution of ballots intentionally underserves areas with high numbers of the opposition party.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at February 02, 2023 07:31 AM (DPfSO)

Part of the problem is it was not 60 or so but now they found 121 centers with too little paper.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 02, 2023 07:33 AM (BRHaw)

185 I used to shop at the original Micro Center, in Upper Arlington, Ohio. Alas, it is no more.

Also, I just bought an AMD 7950X CPU and motherboard. I didn't put DDR5-6000 ram in it, though. I wanted 128GiB and 32GiB dimms apparently don't come that fast, so I had to settle for 5600.

I'm happy with it, mostly. I think I got a bad video card and the motherboard's built-in video works okay except coming out of the screen saver. Probably some weird Linux thing.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at February 02, 2023 07:33 AM (iZEhM)

186 It's a three of more star hotel-The $350.00 is probably the deal Adams made to house all of them.

Holy cow. I can't believe that. There is a lot of dark money or some other quid pro quo going on.

Even if the hotel dramatically cut back services, how is it that they can amortize that lower rack rate?

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 02, 2023 07:33 AM (l7lsb)

187 178
Yes, it needs internet. Pulling a remote feed over T mobile home 5G. And T mobile blocks you from setting up a static route.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at February 02, 2023 07:27 AM (DPfSO)
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OK. Depending on the router you can block the MAC address instead of the IP.

Posted by: Ciampino -- the world didn't exist before MS at February 02, 2023 07:34 AM (qfLjt)

188 Even if the hotel dramatically cut back services, how is it that they can amortize that lower rack rate?
Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 02, 2023 07:33 AM (l7lsb)

Because they like having all the permits they need to operate.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 02, 2023 07:34 AM (9UlRk)

189 So, now that the federal gov't is "tracking" unvaccinated people via coding when they visit the doctor, how long before they are going to be quietly denied regular treatments for anything A-Z? How long before they are treated like 2nd class citizens regarding any health issue that crops up? This is an outrage.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 02, 2023 07:37 AM (sVtYq)

190 Finished Christina Bobb's book Stealing Your Election and even Texas is getting attacked by the Marxists. A judge ( unless this has been settled since but doubt it( the Texas AG isn't allowed to look into election fraud

Posted by: Skip at February 02, 2023 07:38 AM (98Dh+)

191 Posted by: JT at February 02, 2023 07:31 AM (T4tVD)

If you should win the Powerball, would you buy more birdbaths?

Posted by: dantesed at February 02, 2023 07:38 AM (88xKn)

192 JJ

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 02, 2023 07:38 AM (BRHaw)

193 Lady in Black, that's the idea. We all knew it was headed this way during the ubama regime.

Posted by: Eromero at February 02, 2023 07:40 AM (0G42s)

194 nood JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 02, 2023 07:40 AM (EZebt)

195
I don't think anyone had "tractor protests" on their bingo card.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 02, 2023 07:31 AM

Exactly. You never know where it's coming from, or what it will be, but I can guarantee it's coming... the universe hates stability.

In response, Dutch farmers have blocked supermarkets, distributions centers and roads in protests this week. Wednesday morning, they are expected to demonstrate at the Groningen Airport Elde, according to Dutch media.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 02, 2023 07:40 AM (enJYY)

196 Lady in Black I haven't been to a doctor since before Covid

Posted by: Skip at February 02, 2023 07:42 AM (98Dh+)

197 79 At WAPO:

House Republicans aren’t ready to forgive and forget on pandemic mandates and closures

More from Rachel Roubein:

But among activist Republicans, immense resentment persists at government policies aimed at curbing the pandemic, such as vaccine mandates, school closures and mask requirements. And that’s shaping up to be a significant part of the GOP’s messaging as anger bubbles up among potential Republican presidential contenders and newly empowered House Republicans.

The Burn Bed reviewer does not understand why wives abused for many years would turn on their husband that were just trying to make them into better wives.
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 02, 2023 06:41 AM (BRHaw)

This is great.

Posted by: m at February 02, 2023 07:43 AM (CQE5S)

198 82 That tiny deadly radioactive thingy - a quarter inch wide lost in a state encompassing a million square miles - has been found. 120 miles from its starting point it fell out of the truck and rolled off the road.
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I thought those was going to be another story about the severed dingaling from last night's ONT.

Posted by: bluebell at February 02, 2023 06:42 AM (pTb/Z)

LOL bluebell!

Posted by: m at February 02, 2023 07:44 AM (CQE5S)

199 Western Australia is three and a half times the size of Texas. Yikes, that's big.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 02, 2023 07:45 AM (C/zvd)

200 200!!!

Posted by: m at February 02, 2023 08:45 AM (CQE5S)

201 Just got Aseprite pixel art program. Turns out that projects can't be saved to just any old folder. Even ones with only one layer and no animation, which is a little disconcerting.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at February 02, 2023 08:46 AM (nC+QA)

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