Daily Tech News 13 December 2023

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How are things going with our friends at The Verge oh God. (The Verge)

Did you know chlorpromazine comes in tanker cars now?

I think two or three should do the job.

For today.

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Google Fiber is now rolling out its 20 gigabit internet service, for $250 per month. (Tom's Hardware)

For $250 per month I can get 250 megabits. While that's A$250 - about US$150 - 250 megabits is a lot less than 20 gigabits.
TSMC is ramping up to ship 2nm chips in volume in 2025. (WCCFTech)

Apple will be the first major customer, as has become the norm. But the iPhone has paid for TSMC's massive technical advances over the past decade, so I don't begrudge Apple its typical 12-month exclusivity period.
Huawei meanwhile is working on 5nm chips. (Tom's Hardware)

China is currently stuck at 14nm because they can't buy the EUV optical tools needed for finer process nodes due to sanctions, and can't make their own because they're decades behind in that particular part of the tech sector.

So what they're doing is something called multi-patterning: By running a chip through the process multiple times, very very carefully, you can end up with finer details than you can by just doing it once.

Problem is each pass through the machine increases the cost and increases the failure rate, so cost goes up exponentially. It's very much a stopgap approach, and unlikely to see adoption in any mainstream devices.
After acquiring VMWare, Broadcom is on a newfound mission to fuck both its customers and its staff. (Ars Technica)

Perpetual licenses are out; all products will now be subscription-only.

Also out are nearly 3000 employees.

Disclaimer: Back off, man, I'm a scientist.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:04 AM

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1 ; )

Posted by: m at December 13, 2023 04:06 AM (ANXUW)

2 Top 5!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 13, 2023 04:06 AM (omVj0)

3 Welcome!

Posted by: rd at December 13, 2023 04:07 AM (aSAk4)

4 Morning,, fellow insomaniacals! 'Tis 50 F. outside, no rain, about as dry as it gets around here. I've got our last staff meeting of the year to look forward to this a.m.

Woke up with both cats sleeping with me, Dagny by my stomach and Stirling at my back. Then he leaped over me to go to her, and they started grooming each other's heads and necks. Strange that little Dagny would be there; she usually sleeps atop the couch in the living room. But every now and then she surprises me.

I thought I might be taking off tomorrow to have the car's new wheels installed, but my mechanic says his "time machine" is broken. (I wanted to say, "Can I borrow it and go back to 1962?") He meant "timing machine," I think, for balancing the wheels. Maybe we'll have to do this next week.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 13, 2023 04:07 AM (omVj0)

5 I came across this accidently. It's as bad as the 'run your car on gasoline and water' trick, just in a different direction and so much more blatant.
https://youtu.be/VqR2tM7M_jQ

Posted by: Ciampino - A Rainy Day whenever whatever at December 13, 2023 04:12 AM (qfLjt)

6 From ONT

>>People here in Da Swamp would think the sun had gone out with those kind of temps. I tell them, "There's this new technology. It's in all the stores now. It's called coats and jackets."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Ha! We are a hardy bunch. Lots of people no hats or gloves yet, lighter- weight coats.

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 13, 2023 04:13 AM (3scAG)

7 The Verge is run by 14 year old goth girls? I checked the link and it was angsty and sad.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 13, 2023 04:17 AM (sAmhv)

8 Ha! We are a hardy bunch. Lots of people no hats or gloves yet, lighter- weight coats.

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 13, 2023 04:13 AM (3scAG)
----
Just don't stop in Newfieland without a coat.

Posted by: Ciampino - A Rainy Day whenever whatever at December 13, 2023 04:20 AM (qfLjt)

9
It looks like The Verge staff, collectively, needs medication ... an industrial-strength prescription that can only be administered by an RN using a hypodermic. Or maybe a revival of electroshock therapy is in order.

Posted by: Lance LaBeouf at December 13, 2023 04:25 AM (FlRtG)

10 >>People here in Da Swamp would think the sun had gone out with those kind of temps. I tell them, "There's this new technology. It's in all the stores now. It's called coats and jackets."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
*
Ha! We are a hardy bunch. Lots of people no hats or gloves yet, lighter- weight coats.
Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 13, 2023

***
And my DNA includes Scandahoovian and German, plus some Ukraine area. I got some hardiness too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 13, 2023 04:25 AM (omVj0)

11 5
A fool and his money are soon parted.

But you'd think that when a Government is involved, at least one person would have the smarts to say stop, how does it work; how can it possibly work?

Posted by: Ciampino - There's a better fool born every minute at December 13, 2023 04:26 AM (qfLjt)

12 That Verge link. Lol. Their anxiety makes me happy.

Posted by: and hear the lamentations of their women at December 13, 2023 04:29 AM (pjs7m)

13 G'Day everyone
Late start today

Posted by: Skip at December 13, 2023 04:31 AM (fwDg9)

14 Short, informative video on tumbleweeds - yes, more thah one type. It was worth watching.
https://youtu.be/DH-tTVP_RVA

Posted by: Ciampino - There's a better fool born every minute right? at December 13, 2023 04:35 AM (qfLjt)

15 Hey, Skip!

My starts have been getting earlier.

Gotta leave now. Make it a good day, all

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 13, 2023 04:38 AM (3scAG)

16 Hmm, stinky fungi that look like democrap dicks?

https://youtu.be/v8vaEWSum3k

Posted by: Ciampino - There's a dick in your birds nest soup at December 13, 2023 04:46 AM (qfLjt)

17 A little more sleep than usual last night.

Morning all!

Posted by: Bruce at December 13, 2023 05:03 AM (vd8XM)

18 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 13, 2023 05:06 AM (ju2Fy)

19 For $250 per month I can get 250 megabits. While that's A$250 - about US$150 - 250 megabits is a lot less than 20 gigabits.

I hooked up to ATT fiber when they first offered it here.
1 gig for 55 dollars.
I'll be moving in a few months and it isn't offered at the new place. I either have Comcast or maybe Tmobile.

Posted by: Bruce at December 13, 2023 05:07 AM (vd8XM)

20 32 and clear. High today 53.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 13, 2023 05:10 AM (ju2Fy)

21 High probability of a green Christmas here. 30's and low 40s for the next week

Posted by: a dude in MI at December 13, 2023 05:14 AM (+I6Y/)

22 Overcoming trials. A reflection on a passage from the Book of Genesis , and appropriate for both interested Christians and Jews:

http://tinyurl.com/ympcmfwh

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 13, 2023 05:28 AM (RSbhh)

23 yo wut sup

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 13, 2023 05:34 AM (lwOKI)

24 TODAY’S WEATHER FORECAST
12/13
64°Hi
RealFeel® 62°
Breezy this morning

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 13, 2023 05:35 AM (lwOKI)

25
Progressives assail 'Community Notes' feature of Twitter/X as making it impossible to tell untruths with impunity.

/ future headline

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 13, 2023 05:38 AM (enJYY)

26
According to weather dot com, the '10 Day' forecast (which actually is for 14 days) for SE PA it appears there is zero chance of a white Christmas. Fine with me.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 13, 2023 05:42 AM (enJYY)

27 The Verge is run by 14 year old goth girls? I checked the link and it was angsty and sad.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 13, 2023 04:17 AM (sAmhv)
-

If I had to create a web page that represented an STD, that's what it would look like.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 13, 2023 05:43 AM (PTdof)

28 If I had to create a web page that represented an STD, that's what it would look like.
Posted by: Biden's Dog

HA!

Posted by: Bruce at December 13, 2023 05:44 AM (vd8XM)

29 Ford announces it will slash production of the electric F-150 Lightning pick-up in half in 2024 citing 'changing market demand'

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 13, 2023 05:46 AM (lwOKI)

30 Another reflection on Genesis and the story of Joseph and facing trials. This one is by the daughter of the rabbi who founded the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews:

http://tinyurl.com/bdsvkrrt

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 13, 2023 05:46 AM (m8Msp)

31 250 Megabit? The best I get is whatever Starlink delivers. That is about 80 on a good day. Otherwise I get TMobile 5G, which aint bad either.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 13, 2023 05:48 AM (NYzgN)

32 A white Christmas would be nice, certainly been cold enough overnight lately.

Posted by: Skip at December 13, 2023 05:48 AM (fwDg9)

33
Good morning, Hordians. Got a whole four hours of sleep, from 10:40 to 2:50.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 13, 2023 05:49 AM (MoZTd)

34 Babylon DC weather for Christmas looks spring like. Mid 50s and rain.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 13, 2023 05:51 AM (sAmhv)

35 Good morning, Hordians. Got a whole four hours of sleep, from 10:40 to 2:50.
Posted by: Hadrian

Not even long enough to get a good dream going.

Posted by: Bruce at December 13, 2023 05:51 AM (vd8XM)

36 Hadrian, what news?

Posted by: Ben Had at December 13, 2023 05:53 AM (D8oTU)

37
What sort of pathetic life do you lead, what sort of pathetic world do you live in that Twitter/X is the subject of such angst?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 13, 2023 05:53 AM (MoZTd)

38 hiya

Posted by: JT at December 13, 2023 05:53 AM (T4tVD)

39 Nine year old organizes pet drive after her dog died:

http://tinyurl.com/38usbx7t

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 13, 2023 05:54 AM (O0P4i)

40
Hadrian, what news?
Posted by: Ben Had

___________

Holding her own is the best I can say. But I don't think we're turning this.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 13, 2023 05:55 AM (MoZTd)

41 Good morning morons

Local TV news reports that Safeway and Target are removing self-checkout in San Francisco to fight shoplifting.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 13, 2023 05:57 AM (RIvkX)

42 Hadrian, my deepest sympathy.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 13, 2023 05:58 AM (D8oTU)

43 Chicken joke. It's not a one liner, but I thought it was cute:

http://tinyurl.com/3fkc6t3s

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 13, 2023 05:59 AM (O0P4i)

44 Twitter/X is the subject of such angst?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 13, 2023 05:53 AM (MoZTd)

These are the people who need safe spaces and are triggered by the mundane.

They are profoundly narcissistic...so much so that when the world doesn't conform to their insane desires they cannot compensate.

What a miserable existance.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 13, 2023 05:59 AM (gSZYf)

45 Praying for mom and pups.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 13, 2023 05:59 AM (O0P4i)

46 Chicken joke. It's not a one liner, but I thought it was cute:

http://tinyurl.com/3fkc6t3s
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

HA! Good one.

Posted by: Bruce at December 13, 2023 06:00 AM (vd8XM)

47 Good morning, folks.

Hope one and all have a lovely day.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 13, 2023 06:02 AM (4I/2K)

48 Ordered two books by Morons. Too dark to read right now, don't need to wake anyone up. Might review them for next week's BT. But, I'm not a book reviewer, so maybe not.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 13, 2023 06:03 AM (Angsy)

49 Prayer request From the ONT:

If you would please send some good Moron vibes to southern California tomorrow (12/13) afternoon around 1:30 PST, I would be forever grateful!
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AOS Ladies Brigade, Plucky Comic Relief

I think that's hilarious- the bit about "Ladies Brigage" and "Plucky comic Relief". God bless Teresa and her surgery

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 13, 2023 06:05 AM (O0P4i)

50 Seems below freezing but clear
Forward Dog 9 out

Posted by: Skip at December 13, 2023 06:05 AM (fwDg9)

51 Thirty percent (30%) of those surveyed said they voted by absentee or mail-in ballot in the 2020 election. Nineteen percent (19%) of those who cast mail-in votes say a friend or family member filled out their ballot, in part or in full, on their behalf. Furthermore, 17% of mail-in voters say that in the 2020 election, they cast a ballot in a state where they were no longer a permanent resident.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 13, 2023 06:06 AM (lwOKI)

52 I don't really think of myself as part of the Ladies Brigade here. That sort of implies to me that I sho you d be wearing some fancy hat and gloves.. 😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 13, 2023 06:07 AM (O0P4i)

53 What a miserable existance.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 13, 2023 05:59 AM (gSZYf)

Usually dedicated making others just as miserable.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 13, 2023 06:10 AM (FVmN/)

54 A real chicken story from Good News Network:

http://tinyurl.com/mpjppwrd

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 13, 2023 06:10 AM (O0P4i)

55 Count de Monet, the very same to you.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 13, 2023 06:12 AM (D8oTU)

56 Count de Monet, the very same to you.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 13, 2023 06:12 AM (D8oTU)

Thank you, dear lady 'ette.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 13, 2023 06:14 AM (4I/2K)

57 43 Chicken Joke
Fenelon, I liked that.

Posted by: Ciampino - There's a dick in your birds nest soup? at December 13, 2023 06:14 AM (qfLjt)

58 Oh, no! Debates are falling apart!!

“When it comes to President Trump as well, I think he’s going to have to get on a debate stage here in Iowa because you’re fighting for Iowans’ votes. I think he’s got to sit there and do the groundwork,” Haley told a local Iowa news station. “You can’t have an election and not appear on a debate stage in front of the people who are going to be voting for you,” she argued.

Poor, deluded female.

Posted by: Batman at December 13, 2023 06:14 AM (Angsy)

59
'Ladies Brigade' sounds kinda insurrectionist. As in the FBI announced four more members of the ladies brigade were arrested and charged with parading in white gloves and matching parasols at the Capitol on January 6th.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 13, 2023 06:14 AM (enJYY)

60 I am truly tired of reading about "SCOTUS" and how every issue of our time is headed to it for some kind of fateful, forever reckoning.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 13, 2023 06:15 AM (FVmN/)

61 There is a poster on here who posts a tagline:

"Life is short. Spend it arguing online with people you don't know." I think that's kind of funny, but Intend not to follow his advice today.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 13, 2023 06:16 AM (+Z3fs)

62 The ettes I know personally all carry.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 13, 2023 06:18 AM (D8oTU)

63
I remember the 'Ladies Auxiliary' from my youth but I have no idea what they did.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 13, 2023 06:22 AM (enJYY)

64 Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 13, 2023 06:14 AM (enJYY)

That sound possible.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 13, 2023 06:24 AM (T8aG4)

65 *checks Verge link*

Ha ha ha
Elon totally broke them

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at December 13, 2023 06:24 AM (9YbFY)

66 I had no idea we had another black regular:

The Telegraph reports “The Dark Age abbot St Hadrian of Canterbury has been referred to as a ‘black scholar’ in primary school teaching material, despite the holy man being of north African origin and not black.”

🔴 Schoolchildren taught St Hadrian was ‘black’ scholar – even though he wasn’t https://t.co/XYY2DTTZcY

— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) December 9, 2023
Hadrian was from Cyrenaica, a region that is now Libya, meaning he was likely of Berber descent.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 13, 2023 06:24 AM (NYzgN)

67 Good morning early risers!

Posted by: Rosasharn at December 13, 2023 06:25 AM (PzBTm)

68 Something to warm the cockles of JJ's heart:

Turk MP rants against Israel, immediately has heart attack.

https://www.israellycool.com/2023/12/12
/turkish-mp-hasan-bismet-suffers-the-wrath-of-allah/

stupid tinyurl not loading

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 13, 2023 06:25 AM (Angsy)

69 Is it racist to call a black abbott a "Dark age" scholar?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 13, 2023 06:25 AM (NYzgN)

70 Hadrian, will keep praying for Delilah and the pups.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at December 13, 2023 06:27 AM (9YbFY)

71 Teresa in Fort Worth, prayers for your healing

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at December 13, 2023 06:28 AM (9YbFY)

72 Hadrian, my deepest sympathy.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 13, 2023 05:58 AM (D8oTU)
===
This

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 13, 2023 06:29 AM (RIvkX)

73 Is it racist to call a black abbott a "Dark age" scholar?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 13, 2023 06:25 AM (NYzgN)

What about a black Costello ?

Posted by: JT at December 13, 2023 06:29 AM (T4tVD)

74 Ben Had, how is your health?

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at December 13, 2023 06:29 AM (9YbFY)

75 60 I am truly tired of reading about "SCOTUS" and how every issue of our time is headed to it for some kind of fateful, forever reckoning.
Posted by: Ordinary American at December 13, 2023 06:15 AM (FVmN/)

I have seen it argued--convincingly, I thought at the time--that it is ever thus; that the SC tends to shake down into two factions, not operating in predictable lock-step, and hence not overturning everything. But I am not a lawyer.

Posted by: m at December 13, 2023 06:29 AM (ANXUW)

76 Abbott!

Posted by: Lou Costello at December 13, 2023 06:29 AM (4I/2K)

77 @29

>>Ford announces it will slash production of the electric F-150 Lightning pick-up in half in 2024 citing 'changing market demand'

I don't know many people who can afford a 100k golf cart, so this isn't surprising.

Ford had made noises about producing more lower level trim levels at a relative lower cost, but they probably did the math and that math did not work at all.

Essentially to get into any Ford, you've got to pony up 35k plus, and the average price of a new Ford is closer to 50k, so unless something changes dramatically, Ford is going to go tits up in 5 years.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 13, 2023 06:30 AM (XV/Pl)

78 74 Ben Had, how is your health?
Posted by: vmom

Oh, wait, I thought it was you who had an ER visit the other day - just realized that was Jordan?
In any case, I hope you are well.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at December 13, 2023 06:31 AM (9YbFY)

79 Good morning Morons and insomniacs.

Posted by: Pete Bog at December 13, 2023 06:31 AM (3iu+6)

80 41 Good morning morons

Local TV news reports that Safeway and Target are removing self-checkout in San Francisco to fight shoplifting.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 13, 2023 05:57 AM (RIvkX)

Another grim milestone.

Posted by: m at December 13, 2023 06:32 AM (ANXUW)

81 vmom, I am blessed in my health and so many other ways. I get to start everyday with a smile. Thank you for asking.

I hope all is well you and yours

Posted by: Ben Had at December 13, 2023 06:32 AM (5ZjgE)

82
This is one of my favorite videos, with a lot of women carrying parasols in paintings. Chris Botti on trumpet, Jonatha Brooke singing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_zAXYxXHeg

If nothing else, enjoy the paintings done in a French impressionist manner. The song, 'Forgiven' really hits a personal note with me.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 13, 2023 06:34 AM (enJYY)

83 Good morning, Chef. I'm thinking I'm going to make some crepes using eggnog.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 13, 2023 06:36 AM (5ZjgE)

84 Ten Israeli soldiers killed and three injured in Gaza Strip

https://mol.im/a/12858091

So since the ratio (prisoner swap) is 10:1 then 100 Hamas have to be killed?

Posted by: Ciampino - There's a dick in your birds nest soup?! at December 13, 2023 06:39 AM (qfLjt)

85 Good morning Ben Had,

Have you cooked the wildebeest? How did it come out?

Eggnog crepes? Sounds good with butter and maple syrup. And bacon.

Posted by: Pete Bog at December 13, 2023 06:40 AM (3iu+6)

86 Divide by Zero, Pino's ladies are a delight
Maybe CBD will find him one day

Posted by: Ben Had at December 13, 2023 06:40 AM (5ZjgE)

87 Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 13, 2023 06:34 AM (enJYY)

Thanks, DBZ.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 13, 2023 06:40 AM (8XLoI)

88 Essentially to get into any Ford, you've got to pony up 35k plus, and the average price of a new Ford is closer to 50k, so unless something changes dramatically, Ford is going to go tits up in 5 years.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 13, 2023 06:30 AM (XV/Pl)
---
All part of the plan to remove those pesky personal vehicles from the streets of America.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 13, 2023 06:42 AM (BpYfr)

89 Trump hater, Musk hater and Ukraine enthusiast tech CEO Christian Lanng is accused of forcing his assistant to sign a "slave contract" where she was subjected to years of "unwanted s*xual horror."

https://is.gd/7ibbCc

Horrifying stuff. Needs a hot tire iron.

Posted by: Ciampino - There's a dick in every company at December 13, 2023 06:43 AM (qfLjt)

90 Pete Bog, haven't done the wildebeest yet. I'm thinking of stuffing the crepes with a light cheese and some dried fruit compote made with bourbon

Posted by: Ben Had at December 13, 2023 06:45 AM (5ZjgE)

91
Divide by Zero, Pino's ladies are a delight
Maybe CBD will find him one day

Posted by: Ben Had at December 13, 2023 06:40 AM (5ZjgE)

Thanks for the name of the artist, I did not know that. I have an unfinished painting that I did in his fashion after stumbling across that video. It's going to be a gift. Someday. A seascape of a girl at the edge of the sea, on hands and knees. The woman who I will gift it to had a hobby of getting on a ferry in the middle of the night to go out to a barrier island and help sea turtles escape from their nests. I just have to get the contrasts right in the figure, they're too strong.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 13, 2023 06:47 AM (enJYY)

92 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 13, 2023 06:51 AM (u82oZ)

93 {{{Ben Had}}}

🎼 ♭ 5/4 ♫♫ ♫♫ Good morning! ♬♬ ♩ ♪

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 13, 2023 06:52 AM (u82oZ)

94 80 41 Good morning morons

Local TV news reports that Safeway and Target are removing self-checkout in San Francisco to fight shoplifting.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 13, 2023 05:57 AM (RIvkX)

Another grim milestone.
Posted by: m at December 13, 2023 06:32 AM (ANXUW)

A key part of moving to Socialism is removal of high trust interactions. As most government interactions with agencies and bureaucrats is underhanded, heavy-handed, and burdensome these actions will move into society as a new norm.
So-called Justice Reforms, Social Justice, and/or Restorative Justice all allow for creeping lawlessness and criminality.
Private property crimes are normalized as private property right are diminished.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 13, 2023 06:52 AM (lwOKI)

95 Good morning, NaCly, dearest.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 13, 2023 06:54 AM (5ZjgE)

96
Ben Had - Oops, it looks like the artist is actually Christina Nguyen

is a Vietnamese American painter born in Mountain View and then grew up in San Jose. Inspired by ocean and nature, her works are dominated with oil paintings of moody figures and with the texture which feels like watercolor.

https://www.cuded.com/25-oil-paintings-by-christina-nguyen/

(I woulda sworn they were by a French artist myself)

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 13, 2023 06:54 AM (enJYY)

97 vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion

Jordon61 was in the hospital for heart issues, but ISTR she is out and recovering.

The Prayer List misgendered her.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 13, 2023 06:55 AM (u82oZ)

98 @88

>>All part of the plan to remove those pesky personal vehicles from the streets of America.

It may be part of the plan to kill all of the American automakers, the Japanese and the Swedes are still producing affordable sedans and SUV.

The American automakers no longer produce sedans and have hitched their wagons to higher cost SUV's and pickup trucks.

And Chevrolet seems to be the only company giving lip service to vehicles under 30k, but lets see how many low cost Trax SUV's they actually produce.

My bet this 21k SUV quickly creeps up in price similar to the Maverick and becomes 30k toot sweet.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 13, 2023 06:55 AM (XV/Pl)

99 91 Divide by Zero, Pino's ladies are a delight
Maybe CBD will find him one day
Posted by: Ben Had at December 13, 2023 06:40 AM (5ZjgE)

Thanks for the name of the artist, I did not know that. I have an unfinished painting that I did in his fashion after stumbling across that video. It's going to be a gift. Someday. A seascape of a girl at the edge of the sea, on hands and knees. The woman who I will gift it to had a hobby of getting on a ferry in the middle of the night to go out to a barrier island and help sea turtles escape from their nests. I just have to get the contrasts right in the figure, they're too strong.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 13, 2023 06:47 AM (enJYY)

I think that Oregon Muse would have been happy to feature some of those on the dress thread!

Posted by: m at December 13, 2023 06:55 AM (ANXUW)

100 100!

Posted by: m at December 13, 2023 06:56 AM (ANXUW)

101 Divide by Zero, my fault for not being clearer.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 13, 2023 06:56 AM (5ZjgE)

102 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at December 13, 2023 06:57 AM (NBVIP)

103 Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 13, 2023 06:34 AM (enJYY

I didn't know that song. Very nice and I liked the pictures

Unfortunately it was preceded by an ad for natural birth control. They got the demographics for ads a little bit skewed there . It would be.a miracle not devoutly to be prayed for to get pregnant at my age. I have to get Ad Blocker.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 13, 2023 06:58 AM (jQ+5q)

104 Tis the winter of my discontent, I won't be happy until May

Posted by: Skip at December 13, 2023 06:58 AM (Jgixc)

105 m, Good day to buy a lottery ticket!

Posted by: Ben Had at December 13, 2023 06:58 AM (5ZjgE)

106 FenelonSpoke

Practice makes pregnant?

I trust you and FenelonSpouse are well, and that FenelonSon is on his way home.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 13, 2023 07:00 AM (u82oZ)

107
Since South Vietnam was under the French influence before our intervention perhaps that is where the artist received her preference in painting style. Best explanation I can pull out of my hat.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 13, 2023 07:01 AM (enJYY)

108 Odds on the impeachment inquiry vote?

Posted by: Ben Had at December 13, 2023 07:04 AM (5ZjgE)

109
Unfortunately it was preceded by an ad for natural birth control. They got the demographics for ads a little bit skewed there . It would be.a miracle not devoutly to be prayed for to get pregnant at my age. I have to get Ad Blocker.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 13, 2023 06:58 AM

My son, heavy duty information technology type, once told me of a story of a household where the ads were for diapers and the like. Apparently they had a unwed daughter, pregnant, whose searches tripped the ads. Not sayin' you should be concerned, but...

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 13, 2023 07:05 AM (enJYY)

110 mid 50s and juicy on the coastal bend

Posted by: DanMan at December 13, 2023 07:06 AM (8uzBS)

111 Some of the google "related searches" are outrageous.

gum disease inflammation

-->

How long does it take for gum disease to kill you

Posted by: m at December 13, 2023 07:07 AM (ANXUW)

112 >>Odds on the impeachment inquiry vote?
---
6/5 against

Posted by: Don Black at December 13, 2023 07:07 AM (geLO8)

113
I think YouTube has me nailed. I get advertisements for Victor Davis Hansen speaking out against the 'woke' agenda.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 13, 2023 07:08 AM (enJYY)

114 Ben Had

People in the corridors of power are parasites that cling to power more than a blood-starved tick. Seems to be a pattern deep in the human DNA. Constitutional America was the great exception. But those #*@&#$% are eroding that.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 13, 2023 07:09 AM (u82oZ)

115 set your browser to dump all cookies when you close

Posted by: Don Black at December 13, 2023 07:11 AM (geLO8)

116 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering

Frozen solid !

And thanks for making me go outside !

Posted by: JT at December 13, 2023 07:11 AM (T4tVD)

117 Time for work preps.

May you all still smile at the American Exceptionalism in your local area.

Ad astra per aspera.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 13, 2023 07:11 AM (u82oZ)

118

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at December 13, 2023 07:11 AM (X4yCj)

119 @108

>>Odds on the impeachment inquiry vote?

Too many RINO's in the House, my guess is a good portion of the GOP clowns that voted to oust Santos, vote against an impeachment inquiry.

And optics wise, this should have been done a year ago, not going into an election year, it simply looks political at this point.

The GOP is just a f**king clown show of a political party.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 13, 2023 07:11 AM (XV/Pl)

120 Chance of the Senate voting for impeachment is a snow ball' s chance in Hell but they should lay the charges out there, solid information and let the Democrats cry and say it's all fabrication

Posted by: Skip at December 13, 2023 07:13 AM (Jgixc)

121 mornin yall. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

Pretty good huh? I just made that up.

Posted by: fd at December 13, 2023 07:15 AM (vFG9F)

122 @120

>>Chance of the Senate voting for impeachment is a snow ball' s chance in Hell but they should lay the charges out there, solid information and let the Democrats cry and say it's all fabrication

This is simply an inquiry, if it was started now, the vote to impeach would probably happen many months from now smack dab in the middle of the general election.

Again, this is useless and futile effort by the GOP and will simply piss off both sides.

The GOP is a useless pile of dog shit.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 13, 2023 07:16 AM (XV/Pl)

123 My friend just started a band. It's called 999 megabytes.

Still no gig yet.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 13, 2023 07:16 AM (VYql4)

124 Those who were meant to pursue the life of the mind, he wrote, had ushered in “the age of the intellectual organization of political hatreds.” And those hatreds were already moving from the realm of the ideas into the realm of violence—with results that would be catastrophic for all of Europe.

The article:

http://tinyurl.com/4yrt2fvt

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 13, 2023 07:17 AM (lwOKI)

125 Here's some more. It was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness.

Posted by: fd at December 13, 2023 07:17 AM (vFG9F)

126 @redsteeze retweeted
jeremysenderowicz
@senderowiczj
23h
This NYT story contains zero uses of the word “plagiarism” or any variation thereof. (NYT link)

Posted by: m at December 13, 2023 07:18 AM (ANXUW)

127 The Verge cannot even tolerate semi free speech.

The Left: ideas so good they must be mandatory.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at December 13, 2023 07:18 AM (8sMut)

128 104 Tis the winter of my discontent, I won't be happy until May
Posted by: Skip

It's another Joe Biden Dark Winter™.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 13, 2023 07:18 AM (NBVIP)

129 I'm think of writing a coloring book based on those phrases.

Posted by: fd at December 13, 2023 07:19 AM (vFG9F)

130 123 My friend just started a band. It's called 999 megabytes.

Still no gig yet.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 13, 2023 07:16 AM (VYql4)

"Neunhundert neun und neunzig megabyten" could be a new pop chart hit!

Posted by: m at December 13, 2023 07:19 AM (ANXUW)

131 Skip, do you want to collaborate?

Posted by: fd at December 13, 2023 07:21 AM (vFG9F)

132 It's time to purge The Verge.

Be sure to wipe your hands and backside.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 13, 2023 07:21 AM (mQ8ar)

133 >>>How are things going with our friends at The Verge oh God. (The Verge)

Really worth a click. In case you haven't done that, yet.

Posted by: m at December 13, 2023 07:22 AM (ANXUW)

134 133 >>>How are things going with our friends at The Verge oh God. (The Verge)

Really worth a click. In case you haven't done that, yet.
Posted by: m at December 13, 2023 07:22 AM (ANXUW)

... but be sitting down. With no open liquids nearby.

Posted by: m at December 13, 2023 07:23 AM (ANXUW)

135
My wife, who taught middle school English for a time, knows every single rule, every exception possible in writing. She had a Professor who accused her of plagiarism because her paper was so perfect, he could not find a single mistake - and in the all his years of teaching that had never happened. He said he was going to keep searching the internet because he was convinced she had to have cribbed it. She was not happy at all. In the end she got the well deserved 4.0 grade.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 13, 2023 07:24 AM (enJYY)

136 >The GOP is a useless pile of dog shit.

Posted by: Thomas Bender
---

actually, I think the GOP sullies the good name of useless piles of dog shit.

Posted by: Don Black at December 13, 2023 07:25 AM (geLO8)

137
I like the drip, drip, drip of constant hearings, which is exactly what the left did for years on end with Russian collusion and January sixth. Turnabout is fair play. As they say.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 13, 2023 07:29 AM (enJYY)

138 Thanks, Salty!

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at December 13, 2023 07:30 AM (9YbFY)

139 China could buy all the to of the line lithography gear on Earth and still be no closer to making what they want, because you don't just follow a recipe and get a perfect etch mask. Every single step of the way is a tooth pulling ordeal just to get 75% right. Design the mask so it exposes right. Get your resist spin right. Get your exposure dead on. Get the post exposure bake and developer dunk right. Do all that and yay, you made a mask. Now you got to get your etch or your deposition and liftoff spot on. Spent a year getting all that right? Hooray. Now do it twice more times for the rest of your stack and hope to hell you don't mess up your registration between steps.

And do all of that with a bunch of dumbasses who majored in copying off someone else's paper and manipulating other people into running their experiments and writing their dissertation for them. Except now you're on your own and have no one to cheat off of anymore.

Good luck, dummies.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 13, 2023 07:32 AM (9UlRk)

140 Divide by Zero, my fault for not being clearer.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 13, 2023 06:56 AM

Horde, we have failed. We have not let Ben Had be clear.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 13, 2023 07:32 AM (IdBB/)

141 RMBS, muddle is my middle name.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 13, 2023 07:34 AM (5ZjgE)

142 . She was not happy at all. In the end she got the well deserved 4.0 grade.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 13, 2023 07:24 AM (enJYY)

How can you copy what doesn't exist?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 13, 2023 07:34 AM (9UlRk)

143
Horde, we have failed. We have not let Ben Had be clear.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 13, 2023 07:32 AM

But we *have* positioned her for success, I think.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 13, 2023 07:35 AM (enJYY)

144 Really worth a click. In case you haven't done that, yet.
Posted by: m at December 13, 2023 07:22 AM (ANXUW)

... but be sitting down. With no open liquids nearby.
Posted by: m at December 13, 2023 07:23 AM (ANXUW)
----
Wow. Just from a web design perspective, it's awful.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 13, 2023 07:35 AM (7fElN)

145 These are the people who need safe spaces and are triggered by the mundane.

They are profoundly narcissistic...so much so that when the world doesn't conform to their insane desires they cannot compensate.

What a miserable existance.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 13, 2023 05:59 AM (gSZYf)

I'm very well balanced. And a genius, too!

Posted by: Dr Sheldon Cooper PHD at December 13, 2023 07:35 AM (iODuv)

146 People need to get the fuck off social media, for real. Set aside the fact that it's all a toxic sewer of hatred and madness and vile agitprop and all-around post-civilizational technological barbarism.

Just look at the reaction of people to Elon Musk taking over a single platform, and altering it somewhat.

For comparison: the only channel I watched as a kid was TV Land (except for a half-hour of MTV for B&B). When TV Land started changing, getting commercials and bringing on newer shows I didn't like as much... I moved on with my life and quit watching TV, besides Broncos football. Then they ruined that, so I moved on again. I only watched movies. Those got terrible, so now I only watch old ones and foreign ones.

Nobody should never care this much about *any* entire type of
medium, or all media, let alone a single outlet.

If you do, you have no inner life, let alone an outer one.

Posted by: Yudhishthira Florian Maria Hohenzollern von Schloengishugen, Liechtensteinian Usurper at December 13, 2023 07:36 AM (0FoWg)

147 Hey i got a Fen joke I'm cribbing off a local church's sign board:

What do you call a braided ring of hundred dollar bills?

Aretha Franklin's

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 13, 2023 07:38 AM (9UlRk)

148 146 People need to get the fuck off social media, for real.

****

Sage advice

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at December 13, 2023 07:40 AM (9YbFY)

149 YD. Hear, Hear.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 13, 2023 07:41 AM (5ZjgE)

150
How can you copy what doesn't exist?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 13, 2023 07:34 AM

I know, this was a Catholic University professor who I think should have been a lot more... something. It was as if he was personally insulted that a student would turn in a paper upon which he could not find a single mistake. You ought to see my wife writing something on Facebook. Even a single paragraph she labors over every word, every comma.

I think they have her picture next to the word 'fastidious' in the dictionary.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 13, 2023 07:42 AM (enJYY)

151 If you do, you have no inner life, let alone an outer one.
Posted by: Yudhishthira Florian Maria Hohenzollern von Schloengishugen, Liechtensteinian Usurper at December 13, 2023 07:36 AM (0FoWg)

One of the core responsibilities of a parent is to socialize their kids. Get them to shed their inborn lizard brain nature that they are the center of the universe. Get them to learn how to exist around other people without causing damage to themselves or others.

Now we have parents abdicating that responsibility to literally every stranger on earth. "Off you go, kid, God Speed!" And so children learn how to be a person by emulating other people who have never learned how to be a person.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 13, 2023 07:43 AM (9UlRk)

152 >>Just look at the reaction of people to Elon Musk taking over a single platform, and altering it somewhat.

He didn't alter it somewhat, he completely overhauled it which is exactly why the left and the deep state are so angry at him.

Prior to Musk taking over Twitter was nothing but a propaganda machine for the left. Any non-state approved facts were removed with extreme prejudice. The place was crawling with former intel community operatives from the FBI, CIA and NSA not to mention the State Dept.. They used that place to build narratives for the media to report on and so we got "proven" things like Russia collusion, the China virus coming from a bat soup and ivermectin being horse paste.

Just yesterday the FCC decided to cancel a $1 billion loan guarantee to X because they claim X couldn't meet their new and improved rules that only applied to X. They hate Musk now but they won't be able to use X in the 2024 election unless they throw him in prison too.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 13, 2023 07:43 AM (ZLI7S)

153 Sage advice
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion

Not parsley, or rosemary ?

Posted by: JT at December 13, 2023 07:45 AM (T4tVD)

154 147 Hey i got a Fen joke I'm cribbing off a local church's sign board:

What do you call a braided ring of hundred dollar bills?

Aretha Franklin's
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 13, 2023 07:38 AM (9UlRk)

yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk

Posted by: m at December 13, 2023 07:48 AM (ANXUW)

155 Google Fiber. Those projects in the US were a disaster.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 13, 2023 07:50 AM (R4t5M)

156
JJ

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 13, 2023 07:50 AM (lwOKI)

157 Wonder how much of Google's internet forks data from the link between you and your intended server and hoovers it up.

At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if AdSense is their #2 profit center, and governmental dark money is actually #1. With the proper people in place to make the IRS happy about it.

Posted by: Another Anon at December 13, 2023 07:50 AM (hwP7U)

158 Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 13, 2023 07:38 AM (9UlRk)

Thanks; I liked it!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 13, 2023 07:50 AM (R6jXA)

159 152 Prior to Musk taking over, Twitter was nothing but a propaganda machine for the left. Any non-state approved facts were removed with extreme prejudice. The place was crawling with former intel community operatives from the FBI, CIA and NSA not to mention the State Dept.. They used that place to build narratives for the media to report on and so we got "proven" things....
Posted by: JackStraw at December 13, 2023 07:43 AM (ZLI7S)

And Taylor Lorenz got a "cancel" button.

Posted by: m at December 13, 2023 07:51 AM (ANXUW)

160 Private property crimes are normalized as private property right are diminished.
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 13, 2023 06:52 AM (lwOKI)

"He was robbing you? Oh, well..."

(My personal Quote of the Year nom.)

Posted by: sal: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum at December 13, 2023 07:57 AM (KB0Aa)

161 Fen,
Mr S, former librarian, loved the joke and so did I.

Posted by: sal: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum at December 13, 2023 07:58 AM (KB0Aa)

162 Oh great, time to find alternatives for VMWare at work...

Posted by: Gaff at December 13, 2023 08:12 AM (jPS2y)

163 Shame about what Broadcom's doing to VMWare, but... there are other options if you don't want to get caught up in the SaaS insanity.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 13, 2023 08:28 AM (qPw5n)

164 You can always count on Vox Media sites for horror-show ultra-faggotry.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 13, 2023 08:46 AM (wtvvX)

165 Disclaimer: Back off, man, I'm a scientist.

Is this ... Fauci?

Posted by: m at December 13, 2023 09:21 AM (ANXUW)

166 I get one gigabit for $35 US a month. Are you on an oil platform in the Indian Ocean or something?

Posted by: Kenneth K Neil at December 13, 2023 10:23 AM (/g9JB)

167 That Verge article was a throwback to GeoCities

Posted by: Eric at December 13, 2023 11:13 AM (AUwpa)

168 Little friend/foe drill, since some of us are sht at target identification (waves to Sarah Hoyt)

Mon and Tues saw a big push by government “influencers” to gaslight us about the definition of plagiarism regarding the Harvard president. It was minor propaganda but you should consider anyone pushing it to be a government agent

Posted by: fenrisulven at December 13, 2023 11:31 AM (fA19Z)

169 Made the mistake of clicking on The Verge article.

I think the 70's called; they want their druggies back...

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