Daily Tech News 28 March 2023

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The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has filed a complaint against Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao for - basically - not taking the CFTC seriously. (CNBC)

On the one hand, the entire crypto industry is full of this kind of rule-bending bullshit when it's not outright stealing money and setting it on fire.

On the other hand, the people enforcing the rules sat around with their thumbs up their butts while the industry stole that money and set it on fire, and are only now taking action against much more minor infringements.

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Intel's 13th generation NUCs are here. (AnandTech)

Along with a handy chart that shows the difference between the 1340P and 1360P. Not much at all on the CPU side, but the iGPU has 96 cores instead of 80 and runs 100MHz faster.

Dual HDMI, dual Thunderbolt, dual DDR4 SODIMM slots - not DDR5, which makes it more attractive to me because not only is DDR4 cheaper but I already have 128GB in 16GB modules sitting around from earlier upgrades, one M.2 slot, and 2.5Gb Ethernet.

I'd prefer AMD but AMD's 7000 series doesn't support DDR4 memory.
And then there were none: Agatha Christie's novels are the latest to be gruesomely murdered by British "sensitivity readers". (The Guardian)

I'm not saying woodchippers, but... Woodchippers.
Some of Twitter's source code was leaked on GitHub by an embittered ex-employee. (Cyber Kendra)

Which narrows it down to about 9000 suspects.
China sucks. TikTok sucks. Those who claim that - for example - America and Facebook are just as bad do not know what they are talking about. (The Register)

A well-written article, so of course the comments are full of idiots.
The Verge is also full of idiots. (The Verge)

The ideal of an open internet is not a suicide pact, you retards.

Midjourney Art of the Day

The hands again aren't quite right, but they are attached to her wrists and there aren't three of them, unlike one of the other pictures in this batch.

If someone wanted to illustrate a fantasy role-playing game, Midjourney would be a godsend. Except that it doesn't understand what it's doing, it just makes a pastiche of what it's seen.

Now, it's seen literally millions of photos and pieces of art and it's grown very good at making pastiches, but it has no understanding and no imagination.

If you want an illustration, it's great. If you want an illustration of something, hire an artist.

Disclaimer: They're all starving, you know.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 G'Day Pixy and everyone

Posted by: Skip at March 28, 2023 04:04 AM (xhxe8)

2 First?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 28, 2023 04:05 AM (omVj0)

3 G'day Skip

Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 28, 2023 04:05 AM (BLOW1)

4 So guess I am back to the drawing board how to make a Faraday cage, lead doesn't work, at least for phone transmission

Posted by: Skip at March 28, 2023 04:06 AM (xhxe8)

5 Skip, I take it that simply hitting the thing with a hammer is not an option?

Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 28, 2023 04:08 AM (BLOW1)

6 Missed it by *that* much!

Evening, Pixy, and morning to all the satellites in (cyber) space!

This Midjourney AI looks like it would be useful to create book cover art for self-publishing. Some of the generic cover art I've seen in that field is discouraging and rarely motivates me to buy the book.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 28, 2023 04:08 AM (omVj0)

7 Hi folks

Posted by: Ciampino - Spring is in the breeze at March 28, 2023 04:09 AM (qfLjt)

8 Re: Midjourney, ". . t doesn't understand what it's doing, it just makes a pastiche of what it's seen." That's pretty much the way Hollywood is making movies these days, isn't it?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 28, 2023 04:10 AM (omVj0)

10 4 So guess I am back to the drawing board how to make a Faraday cage, lead doesn't work, at least for phone transmission

Posted by: Skip at March 28, 2023 04:06 AM (xhxe

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I mentioned in a previous thread that someone has tried a microwave but the cellphone inside still rang.

Posted by: Ciampino -- Spring is in the breeze at March 28, 2023 04:11 AM (qfLjt)

11 8 Re: Midjourney, ". . t doesn't understand what it's doing, it just makes a pastiche of what it's seen."

That's pretty much the way Hollywood is making movies these days, isn't it?

Indeed, one of the striking things watching these "AI" systems at work is how many supposed humans act the same way.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 28, 2023 04:12 AM (BLOW1)

12 hiya

Posted by: JT at March 28, 2023 04:13 AM (T4tVD)

13 Good morning! Must. Find. Coffee...

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 28, 2023 04:17 AM (YRsIm)

14 6 This Midjourney AI looks like it would be useful to create book cover art for self-publishing. Some of the generic cover art I've seen in that field is discouraging and rarely motivates me to buy the book.

Yes, if you're on a limited budget but have time to spend fiddling with prompts, you can get some pretty good results.

As long as you don't want to depict blood or violence or any of a whole secret list of other topics. Midjourney is very censorious. (Other sites are less so.)

I discovered by accident that they have banned the word "petite" in character descriptions.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 28, 2023 04:18 AM (BLOW1)

15 This Midjourney AI looks like it would be useful to create book cover art for self-publishing. Some of the generic cover art I've seen in that field is discouraging and rarely motivates me to buy the book.
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Yes, if you're on a limited budget but have time to spend fiddling with prompts, you can get some pretty good results.

As long as you don't want to depict blood or violence or any of a whole secret list of other topics. Midjourney is very censorious. (Other sites are less so.)

I discovered by accident that they have banned the word "petite" in character descriptions.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 28, 2023

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That's a problem, then. I write about blood and violence, and part of what gets people to buy a book (or used to) is a scene of action. And if it doesn't like "petite," something tells me it would object to having an attractive woman, a whole-body shot, in the illustration.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 28, 2023 04:49 AM (omVj0)

16 I also have a NovelAI account, which does image generation and is less restrictive. With these latest updates I'm inclined to experiment some more.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 28, 2023 04:51 AM (BLOW1)

17 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 28, 2023 04:52 AM (ju2Fy)

18 Morning, y'all. So here's a tidbit in the news -- Ted Cruz's daughter, 14, is admitted to a Houston hospital with "self inflicted knife wounds".

That's very sad. Kids, especially girls, are growing up as mental train wrecks. I blame social media, Trump, and climate change, but mostly...

Oh, and Sheila Jackson Lee is running for mayor of Houston. She will probably win. In my informal poll of 5 people, 2 of the 5 would prefer a plague of locusts.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 28, 2023 04:57 AM (zHuJr)

19 And if it doesn't like "petite," something tells me it would object to having an attractive woman, a whole-body shot, in the illustration.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

"Big Boned" wimmin complaining ?

Posted by: JT at March 28, 2023 04:58 AM (T4tVD)

20 Morning, y'all. So here's a tidbit in the news -- Ted Cruz's daughter, 14, is admitted to a Houston hospital with "self inflicted knife wounds".
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 28, 2023 04:57 AM (zHuJr)
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Are you sure you're not reading an early December 2022 newspaper?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 28, 2023 05:01 AM (9cS6m)

21 Are you sure you're not reading an early December 2022 newspaper?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 28, 2023 05:01 AM (9cS6m)

I C U are right about the when. Oh well, it was still new news to me.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 28, 2023 05:12 AM (zHuJr)

22 Posted by: GnuBreed at March 28, 2023 05:12 AM (zHuJr)
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Apparently, the daughter, who's all of 14-15 years old, "came out" as being bi or trans.

Another crackpot in the pipeline to a better tomorrow.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 28, 2023 05:21 AM (9cS6m)

23 Good morning morons

Sheila Jackson Lee is perfect in the role of Genius Mayor. Houston deserves her.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 28, 2023 05:25 AM (EZebt)

24 Last night Trump said he appointed Christopher Wray because "the other side wanted him" and "Chris Christie recommended him."

Are you stupid? Why am I supporting you again? Because that is f*cking stupid and I just lost a lot of respect for you.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 28, 2023 05:27 AM (EZebt)

25 "Why am I supporting you again? Because that is f*cking stupid and I just lost a lot of respect for you."

Second look at me?

Posted by: Willard Romney at March 28, 2023 05:29 AM (89Sog)

26 Are you stupid? Why am I supporting you again? Because that is f*cking stupid and I just lost a lot of respect for you.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

I think because in the beginning he wasn't a politico. He was trying to bring the country together.

I could be wrong.

Posted by: Infidel at March 28, 2023 05:32 AM (DnRmW)

27 " I can do all things." I thought this was a lovely reflection by a man from Florida about his father who was a man of faith and who was in the ICU and spoke words of care and trust before his death. The passage is from the letter to the Philippians.

https://tinyurl.com/5f8yw93t

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 28, 2023 05:34 AM (FUVRY)

28 Why would I vote for "what the other side wants"??

How about I vote for the other side directly and cut you out of the loop?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 28, 2023 05:34 AM (EZebt)

29 Looking at the algorithmically-generated art, her head is too big for the rest of her. Still, better than I could do.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 28, 2023 05:41 AM (zhLdt)

30
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 28, 2023 05:45 AM (ENBF0)

31 Pixy, I enjoy your wit and insight, but AI is why Bill Gates is buying land and the elites are no longer interested in repeal and replace (immigration). Now, they are only interested in repeal.

Socialists naturally understand the value of an obedient slave. He who controls the robot controls the future.

Posted by: meh at March 28, 2023 05:47 AM (Rqxd8)

32 27 Good evening/morning from Bangkok good people. The missus and I hit the ground running last Tuesday night/Wednesday morning and have put a lot of miles on our feet and rental car visiting the family farm and other in-laws and have stopped for a few days in our condo just outside of Bangkok (think suburbs) to recharge our batteries before doing it all again in a couple of days in the other direction.

Two things: if you can drive here, you can drive anywhere else in the world and that's not an exaggeration.

#2: Thanks Fen - that's one of my favorite go to verses and we have been sharing the Word that Jesus is a better deal than any deal that you will ever get anywhere else.

I'll add this one: "See to it, then, that the light within you is not darkness." Luke 11:35 NIV

Posted by: NALNAMSAM - not as lean, not as mean, still a Marine at March 28, 2023 05:49 AM (8LTJb)

33 I discovered by accident that they have banned the word "petite" in character descriptions.
Posted by: Pixy Misa

Wut?

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 28, 2023 05:50 AM (sAmhv)

34 good morning

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 28, 2023 05:50 AM (BRHaw)

35 We had (they still have) a Faraday cage at work. RF Lab. Made out of copper screen.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at March 28, 2023 05:51 AM (5u1+1)

36

Must. Not. Fap!

Posted by: Willard Romnenene at March 28, 2023 05:51 AM (qCn0Q)

37 NALNAMSAM

God bless your travels and your mission.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 28, 2023 05:51 AM (HHCKQ)

38 Shit is going to get worse before it get better.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 28, 2023 05:54 AM (FrvLQ)

39 38 Shit is going to get worse

Posted by: Willard Romnenene at March 28, 2023 05:54 AM (qCn0Q)

40 And "Our Daily Bread" had another reflection based on Philippians- "from stress to peace"

https://tinyurl.com/263mfdh2

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 28, 2023 05:56 AM (HHCKQ)

41 "Why am I supporting you again? Because that is f*cking stupid and I just lost a lot of respect for you."

I think it's time to return to the scene.

Feel the power!

Posted by: Patakimania!!! at March 28, 2023 05:56 AM (89Sog)

42 Wow have a great time in Thailand.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 28, 2023 05:57 AM (EZebt)

43 I discovered by accident that they have banned the word "petite" in character descriptions.
Posted by: Pixy Misa

Wut?
Posted by: Puddleglum at March 28, 2023 05:50 AM (sAmhv)

AI is artificial but it is not intelligence. While I assume the majority of the reason they're working on this is to be able to fire a bunch of humans and do things cheaper, a side effect is that the propagandists will point to the answers, etc, given by AI as proof that a "thinking" being with no cultural baggage will reliably produce leftist thought.

The sheeple will eat it up.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 28, 2023 05:58 AM (zhLdt)

44 Agatha Christie:

Ten little polyamourous otherthings sat down to dine, one choked on semen, then there were nine.

Nine little furries watched themselves masturbate, one squeezed to hard, then there eight.

Take it away.

Posted by: yep at March 28, 2023 06:01 AM (sPYbd)

45 Lib little sis was in Bangkok in December and took video when she was riding in traffic

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 28, 2023 06:03 AM (EZebt)

46 'He was governed by the principles, as he put it, of "no more stupid stuff" and that meant nothing as adventurous as occupying Afghanistan or invading Iraq, which had happened under his predecessor, George W Bush.

'That made it easy to deal with him because he was coolheaded and not impetuous about foreign policy,' Mr Carr said.

IRS
Benghazi
Keystone
Fast and Furious
Russia Reset
Obamacare

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 28, 2023 06:04 AM (BRHaw)

47 Feel the power!
Posted by: Patakimania!!! at March 28, 2023 05:56 AM (89Sog)
===

Get to the choppa!
/the Governator

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 28, 2023 06:05 AM (EZebt)

48 The professor is believed to be Steven Shaviro, a self-styled philosopher and teacher of English at the university, who wrote that Stanford students would be justified in killing the conservative judge whose appearance on campus was recently protested. University president Roy Wilson announced the suspension Monday morning, which is when he said the school became aware of the post.

This is not uncommon. I assume many Progs have no issues using assassination's as a way to solve issues.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 28, 2023 06:06 AM (BRHaw)

49

Arutz7
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/369281
Lots of parallels
color revolution

Posted by: zigzag at March 28, 2023 06:06 AM (FA3uI)

50 Ahh, I can do copper easier than the 1/8 lead box I made. Will get working on it.

Posted by: Skip at March 28, 2023 06:08 AM (xhxe8)

51 If screen works, solid copper has to

Posted by: Skip at March 28, 2023 06:08 AM (xhxe8)

52 Last night Trump said he appointed Christopher Wray because "the other side wanted him" and "Chris Christie recommended him."

Did he follow that with, 'FFS THAT was a bad decision'? Admitting you were naïve (or foolish), and then stating that you've learned from that would be key to re-establishing credibility WRT that dumbassery.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 28, 2023 06:09 AM (YRsIm)

53 I was born in Bangkok. At day 12 moved to Vientianne, Laos until age 6 mos, then back to Bangkok until age 5.25. Many memories.

Posted by: SFGoth at March 28, 2023 06:11 AM (KAi1n)

54 I don't know the substance of the judicial reform proposal. I presume that judges will no longer appoint each other, and I have to also presume that is a positive step given how leftist the judiciary is.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 28, 2023 06:12 AM (EZebt)

55 I liked this story about an Australian cow:

https://tinyurl.com/mrx8xz25

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 28, 2023 06:13 AM (RHC2G)

56 Still waiting for this torrential rain supposed to start several hours ago....

Posted by: SFGoth at March 28, 2023 06:13 AM (KAi1n)

57 If the Leftists wanted him he is at worst a Leftists, at best a mercenary with no loyalty.

Posted by: Skip at March 28, 2023 06:13 AM (xhxe8)

58 This thread is crying for a link to One Night in Bangkok

Posted by: Skip at March 28, 2023 06:14 AM (xhxe8)

59 NYC teachers union's workshop on 'harmful effects of whiteness' canceled after influx of 'hate'

People hate us just cause we preach HATE.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 28, 2023 06:15 AM (BRHaw)

60 She went to Saigon and Vientianne too.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 28, 2023 06:15 AM (EZebt)

61 Well, the Faraday "box" at work was an 8' x 8' room. Solid copper would, perhaps, have been too expensive.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at March 28, 2023 06:15 AM (5u1+1)

62 "Why am I supporting you again? Because that is f*cking stupid and I just lost a lot of respect for you."

You need somebody who is more respectable than that wildman Drumpf. With me you will always get acts of bland love! Sometimes with the added bonus pf in Spanish!

Now that's something you clap for!

Posted by: Low T Jeb at March 28, 2023 06:15 AM (89Sog)

63 https://youtu.be/Wy7cmGyKwek

How about 'A Passage to Bangkok'?

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 28, 2023 06:16 AM (sAmhv)

64 He should have fired Wray within a fortnight.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at March 28, 2023 06:16 AM (5u1+1)

65 I love Thailand! Have been several times but not since the dreaded plague. Thailand kinda shut down for that interlude.

Posted by: AnnaS at March 28, 2023 06:18 AM (FnSbk)

66
I see that DeSantis passed through some enhanced form of school choice in Florida. The teachers unions will hate his guts forever now. Sarah Huckabee Sanders got it passed in her state, too.

Very good news for parents who have to pay taxes to the public schools AND pay private school/parochial school tuition.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 28, 2023 06:19 AM (enJYY)

67 Wray should have been fed through a wood chipper.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 28, 2023 06:20 AM (DlOzp)

68 Neighbor was your dad in the military back then?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 28, 2023 06:20 AM (EZebt)

69 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 28, 2023 06:22 AM (u82oZ)

70 My father was USAID.

Posted by: SFGoth at March 28, 2023 06:26 AM (KAi1n)

71 However, we were there during the Undeclared Vietnam War.

Posted by: SFGoth at March 28, 2023 06:27 AM (KAi1n)

72 Under current law, students can opt out of their local public school and attend a private or charter school using the state funding that would have otherwise gone to the local school. The program was primarily geared toward children with disabilities or those from low- or middle-income households, with eligibility capped at 375 percent of the poverty-level income. The new law would remove all eligibility caps but still prioritize lower-income students and those in foster care.

Andrew Spar, president of the Florida Education Association (FEA), the state's teacher's union, excoriated the bill in a statement. Under H.B. 1, he contended, "average Floridians will be helping pay for millionaires and billionaires to send their kids to elite private schools."

Notice his logic fallacy. All people pay taxes that are directed to education. In fact the rich always pay more. All this law does is let the children have the funds, versus the school.
It is about $7k per student and comes from local property tax (a part is directed tot he state) and sales taxes.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 28, 2023 06:27 AM (BRHaw)

73 37/42 Fen/SanFran: Thanks.. what was very surprising was that no one asked one question about jibby jab status or even cared either in Narita when was made a connection or in BKK upon arrival. The simply don't care but the mask mania over here is absolutely out of control and comical all at the same time.

The missus and I are "naked" faced all the time and no one says a word and we smile often because that's us. Its comical in the sense that lots of locals (including most of our in-laws) wear them fanatically in every instance until they sit down with food, a drink, or having a snack and then as soon as they have finished and get up they put it back on as if its a normal thing. I have bit my lip numerous times (aka been kicked by the wife) to not ask the obvious question - are you just obedient because or just that stupid. LOL

Funny thing is that we set up a resort AirBNB to host the entire sibling gang with mom/dad last Saturday/Sunday and no one wore a mask at any point but as soon as they drove to get beer at 7/11 or grab some street food on it went. It makes no sense...

Posted by: NALNAMSAM - not as lean, not as mean, still a Marine at March 28, 2023 06:28 AM (8LTJb)

74 FenelonSpoke

80 out of 150 students are in track. It is a lot for our small school system.

That is how they keep the students grounded in reality. By making sure they learn to win with grace, and lose with dignity.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 28, 2023 06:29 AM (u82oZ)

75
Andrew Spar, president of the Florida Education Association (FEA), the state's teacher's union, took time away from grooming his favorite student to excoriate the bill in a statement.

FTFY

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 28, 2023 06:30 AM (enJYY)

76 NALNAMSAM - not as lean, not as mean, still a Marine

Any CBR Defense officer can tell people masks don't work. An OBA would work, but a tad impractical.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 28, 2023 06:32 AM (u82oZ)

77 Insomnia is the Greek goddess of my life. Except for the middle of the day.

Posted by: SFGoth at March 28, 2023 06:33 AM (KAi1n)

78 Have a great day, everyone. Early work preps needed due to more below freezing temps.

Be that swan gliding serenely though choppy water. Never let them see the feet moving fast.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 28, 2023 06:34 AM (u82oZ)

79 65 I love Thailand! Have been several times but not since the dreaded plague. Thailand kinda shut down for that interlude.
Posted by: AnnaS
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No hassle, no fuss anymore AnnaS. Not one question asked about anything at immigration. There aren't even having arrivals fill out any forms at all. It's just "enjoy your stay and have a nice day."now.

Posted by: NALNAMSAM - not as lean, not as mean, still a Marine at March 28, 2023 06:34 AM (8LTJb)

80 As a prophylactic the mask is a total fail.

As a social convention it is even worse.

Your mask is dirty and soiled, and disgusts me.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 28, 2023 06:37 AM (EZebt)

81 76 NALNAMSAM - not as lean, not as mean, still a Marine

Any CBR Defense officer can tell people masks don't work. An OBA would work, but a tad impractical.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ)
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NaCly Dog - don't take this the wrong way but after 30yrs in the Corps, with the last 12 as an E8/E9, anything an officer (other than CW4/5 & some senior LDOs) tells me is immediately met with a response of Alrighty sir, I hear ya.. oh btw, the CO was looking for ya.. LOL

Seriously though, anyone with two grains of sand for brains can deduce the same thing... face diapers are for like trying to stop mosquito's with a chain link fence that our a status symbol saying "look at me".

Posted by: NALNAMSAM - not as lean, not as mean, still a Marine at March 28, 2023 06:40 AM (8LTJb)

82 I was in Cancun area the end of January. Hardly anyone in Mexico wears a mask, except waiters.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at March 28, 2023 06:40 AM (5u1+1)

83
My wife's school never would have had to shut down if there was some limited form of school choice. They needed 200 students to break even and at the end only had 160.

On standardized tests it was one of the highest performing schools in the county. One year my wife's class was #1. But asking lower and middle class parents to pay for public schools AND private was too much. I applaud DeSantis and Sanders for getting it done.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 28, 2023 06:41 AM (enJYY)

84 If screen works, solid copper has to

Posted by: Skip at March 28, 2023 06:08 AM (xhxe

That's how I got rid of Metro Man!
.
.
.
Oh wait. No, I didn't. He lied about it.

Posted by: Mega Mind at March 28, 2023 06:46 AM (Angsy)

85 Your mask is dirty and soiled, and disgusts me.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 28, 2023 06:37 AM (EZebt)

A study of kids mask found at schools showed they were worse than toilets.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 28, 2023 06:49 AM (BRHaw)

86 On standardized tests it was one of the highest performing schools in the county. One year my wife's class was #1. But asking lower and middle class parents to pay for public schools AND private was too much. I applaud DeSantis and Sanders for getting it done.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 28, 2023 06:41 AM (enJYY)

I dont think Texas will get it done. Abbott is a pussy! That will never ever get 1% if he runs for Pres.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 28, 2023 06:50 AM (BRHaw)

87 School choice? The legislature passed a law permitting it. The State (SC) Supreme Court struck it down.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at March 28, 2023 06:51 AM (5u1+1)

88 Arutz7
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/369281
Lots of parallels
color revolution
Posted by: zigzag at March 28, 2023 06:06 AM (FA3uI)
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My family and I were at the pro-reform rally yesterday, all for naught.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 28, 2023 06:52 AM (9cS6m)

89 Ahh, I can do copper easier than the 1/8 lead box I made. Will get working on it.
Posted by: Skip

"You'll never take me alive copper !"

Posted by: JT at March 28, 2023 06:52 AM (T4tVD)

90 Other key words: Grounding, Conductive shielding material

Posted by: Dr. Bone at March 28, 2023 06:52 AM (Jg7EG)

91 "Sheila Jackson Lee wants to come home to be your Mayor, for the City of Houston,"
@JacksonLeeTX18
announcing her bid for mayor at City Cathedral Church

I am guessing that 4 of her mayoral office people will be in jail in 5 years.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 28, 2023 06:52 AM (BRHaw)

92
I think the final blow for my wife's school however was when Pope Fiction shifted the teacher pension cost from some sharing to 100% onto the local schools. Whoever was the last school the teacher taught at got the albatross around the neck. Which meant older teachers closer to retirement would never get a job offer again.

I explained this to my wife when no job offer was forthcoming but she still took it hard.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 28, 2023 06:53 AM (enJYY)

93 most Faraday enclosures I have seen have been bonded and grounded quite thoroughly ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at March 28, 2023 06:53 AM (QNv15)

94 Four out of five Republicans consider the myriad investigations into Donald Trump as “a witch hunt,” a phrase the former president routinely deploys to undermine the cases, according to a new poll.

Wow only 20% of (R)s are idiots vs. about 75% of (d)s.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 28, 2023 06:54 AM (BRHaw)

95 I wish I could redirect some of my property taxes here in Texas away from our local school - with the new daycare and new football stadium and burgeoning illegal student population.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at March 28, 2023 06:55 AM (oWBc3)

96 Clown world. To carry a snub nose 38 revolver, I have to jump through a bunch of hoops at the sheriff’s office, complete a course, and pay a bunch of fees because my pistol will be (que scary music) concealed. But, any psychopath pervert can walk out of any gun store with any number of high powered rifles and unlimited amounts of NATO ammo designed to shoot through body armor at 500 yards. Clown world.

Spare me the NRA talking points. I want to what brain dead fool sold this pervert the guns and the ammo.

Posted by: Queequeg the Harpooner at March 28, 2023 06:55 AM (9X60i)

97 Good morning!

I mentioned a few weeks ago they finally dropped the masks at my hospital. First time I had seen my doctors face was last Friday. He has a beard and said he grew when they mandated masks for the entire hospital. The mask made his face break out. He has a glorious red beard!

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at March 28, 2023 06:59 AM (wagHN)

98 You don’t want school choice because you don’t want the strings and government rules that will come with it. Such as “can’t be used for Christian schools because ma trannies and homos”.

Posted by: Queequeg the Harpooner at March 28, 2023 07:00 AM (9X60i)

99 So Jewells, how do you find being stoned, which i missed commenting on the other day.

Posted by: SFGoth at March 28, 2023 07:01 AM (KAi1n)

100 @96. Conflating having to get permit to carry (which is definitely wrong) with "Audrey" being able to buy a gun is problematic. Freedom comes with risk. The real question is why people like this aren't managed by society better - it's clown world because the crazies are in the wire.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at March 28, 2023 07:03 AM (oWBc3)

101 . He has a glorious red beard!
Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer

Is he a pirate ?

Posted by: JT at March 28, 2023 07:07 AM (T4tVD)

102 Skip, if you are looking for an easy Faraday cage for your phone, I actually made one from directions I found a few years ago using poster board and - yes! - aluminum foil. And it does work.

Of course, they also sell all sorts of boxes and bags on Amazon. We have them for our car fobs and they work.

Posted by: bluebell at March 28, 2023 07:08 AM (pTb/Z)

103 Finally raining here.

Posted by: SFGoth at March 28, 2023 07:09 AM (KAi1n)

104 Is he a pirate ?
Posted by: JT at March 28, 2023 07:07 AM (T4tVD)
-

Only if he patches Jewells up.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 28, 2023 07:09 AM (9cS6m)

105 So Jewells, how do you find being stoned, which i missed commenting on the other day.

lol! Well...I don't mind it. Now, yesterday I felt sluggish all damn day and I don't know if I blame the gummie or if it's my normal reaction after chemo, so I didn't take one last night. I gave my daughter one and she's now a fan! We'll see how I am today.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at March 28, 2023 07:09 AM (wagHN)

106 ROFL

Posted by: SFGoth at March 28, 2023 07:12 AM (KAi1n)

107 Just checked the weather on my phone...Looks like it's going to be raining here every few days...

Which means I can't cut my grass because it will never get dry enough.

*sigh*

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 28, 2023 07:15 AM (BpYfr)

108 What Trump should have done after he fired Comey was jump ahead in time and see what kind of director of the FBI Wray was going to be. Or at the very least listened to all the people cautioning him about Wray, though I don't remember any of those either.

Posted by: lowandslow at March 28, 2023 07:16 AM (76Foq)

109
I was top tracked in high school, in what they refer to as homogeneous grouping. Students of similar IQ and achievement.
At about the ninth grade a flock of new faces appeared as Catholic grade school graduates entered the public school system. They all ended up top tracked and what was once one class became two. So we had a total of about five classes.

Then someone decided this method of grouping is unfair. Which is how my grandson ended up sitting in a public school classroom next to a special needs student who screamed in his ear all day. Yup, home school mom my daughter became. Based on his final year achievement and SAT scores this grandson is now in college on a 100% scholarship.

Fvck the public schools and their education theories.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 28, 2023 07:17 AM (enJYY)

110 Skip, I've got a 16x30 steel storage building that is a very effective Faraday cage. It's up on concrete blocks and not grounded at all. Cell phone, TV, wifi do not work in there, and the radio only works by the single window in the building. It's just thin sheet metal.

Posted by: HR at March 28, 2023 07:17 AM (iayUP)

111 Off olde sock. mornin yall.

Posted by: fd at March 28, 2023 07:18 AM (iayUP)

112 Wray is an anagram for awry.

Posted by: SFGoth at March 28, 2023 07:18 AM (KAi1n)

113
I gave my daughter one and she's now a fan!

You might want to mention your daughters age before Social Services comes knocking at your door.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 28, 2023 07:19 AM (enJYY)

114 My daughter is 38.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at March 28, 2023 07:20 AM (wagHN)

115 Isn't the Houston Mayor a symbolic position, like is San Antonio? A way for a D to boost his political career by being a big city mayor, but without any real responsibility?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 28, 2023 07:21 AM (FrvLQ)

116 "I wish I could redirect some of my property taxes here in Texas away from our local school - with the new daycare and new football stadium and burgeoning illegal student population."
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at March 28, 2023 06:55 AM (oWBc3)

Football stadiums and field houses, what a colossal waste of taxpayer money. I guess it could be worse, the city of 30,000 near me is having a referendum Tuesday to borrow 2.5 million to pay the cops and fireman the fiscal year ending in June. No shit.

Posted by: lowandslow at March 28, 2023 07:21 AM (76Foq)

117 I figured a Faraday cage needed to be grounded too, but in the case of my building, it is most definitely not.

Posted by: fd at March 28, 2023 07:23 AM (iayUP)

118 with "Audrey" being able to buy a gun is problematic.

Funny, I hear no cries for red flag mental health laws after this.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 28, 2023 07:23 AM (FrvLQ)

119 115 Isn't the Houston Mayor a symbolic position, like is San Antonio? A way for a D to boost his political career by being a big city mayor, but without any real responsibility?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 28, 2023 07:21 AM (FrvLQ)

No they can run the place the way they want with the help of the County Judge (executive).

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 28, 2023 07:24 AM (BRHaw)

120
Yeah, that was my guess approximately. But I could see some leftist reading that and coming to a wrong conclusion. When adults do gummies it's one thing but little kids are showing up in school with them and passing them around to classmates.

My wife can only take half of one and she's wasted. I can't imagine what an entire one would do to a nine year old.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 28, 2023 07:24 AM (enJYY)

121 Thanks for the morning devotional, Fenelon. I usually read them after the fact in the morning, but not always.

Posted by: Pod Hamp at March 28, 2023 07:24 AM (87Iu4)

122

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at March 28, 2023 07:25 AM (vwCZJ)

123 But if Jackson-Lee becomes mayor of Houston, at least she's out of Congress

Posted by: DB - altering the deal at March 28, 2023 07:26 AM (geLO8)

124 Divide by Zero, we only take a half of one as well.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at March 28, 2023 07:27 AM (wagHN)

125 Nood

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 28, 2023 07:27 AM (zhLdt)

126
J
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Posted by: rhennigantx at March 28, 2023 07:27 AM (BRHaw)

127
Wheee!

:: buzzes Hillary Clinton's head with feet ::

Posted by: Zip-Lining Gisele Fetterman at March 28, 2023 07:27 AM (enJYY)

128 Morning all. fd, how did the birthday dinner turn out?

Posted by: Ben Had at March 28, 2023 07:28 AM (maP+T)

129 Skip, I've got a 16x30 steel storage building that is a very effective Faraday cage. It's up on concrete blocks and not grounded at all. Cell phone, TV, wifi do not work in there, and the radio only works by the single window in the building. It's just thin sheet metal.

Testify

Posted by: Reuben Hick at March 28, 2023 07:29 AM (YXHzG)

130 "Morning all. fd, how did the birthday dinner turn out?"

Just great Ben Had. First quail my Mom had had in over 70 years. Her dad used to hunt, so she was expecting little birds peppered with lead. They were delicious. Thank you!

Posted by: fd at March 28, 2023 07:32 AM (iayUP)

131 These mass shooters are all trannies lately. Why aren't they going after the people who made them that way?
When they do, the "movement" will be over.

Posted by: MkY at March 28, 2023 07:56 AM (cPGH3)

132 73 what was very surprising was that no one asked one question about jibby jab status or even cared either in Narita when was made a connection or in BKK upon arrival. The simply don't care
Posted by: NALNAMSAM - not as lean, not as mean, still a Marine at March 28, 2023 06:28 AM (8LTJb)

Yay!

Posted by: m at March 28, 2023 08:07 AM (CQE5S)

133 That chick has a ginormous head.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 28, 2023 08:49 AM (yQpMk)

134 Her elbows are too sharp.

Posted by: Kevin at March 28, 2023 08:59 AM (Wjypf)

135 >If someone wanted to illustrate a fantasy role-playing game, Midjourney would be a godsend

Since the RPG cottage industry is entirely unemployable autists incapable of handling reality, they have closed ranks against the use of AI-generated art in any RPG product. Anyone attempting such a thing would be - has been - hounded out of the industry and the hobby.

Posted by: Daniel Ream at March 28, 2023 11:46 AM (KTmDq)

136 Bad news for them: I have a job.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 28, 2023 11:00 PM (BLOW1)

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