Daily Tech News 22 December 2023

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ASML has shipped the industry's first high numerical aperture scanner to Intel. (AnandTech)

These machines will be used in future chip production beyond the 3nm node. The huge metal box in the photo is not the machine itself; it's one component of the machine. Despite working on structures too small to be seen even under a microscope, it is itself bigger than a house.

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Benchmark results have leaked for AMD's upcoming 8700G CPU. (WCCFTech)

This is the desktop version of the chip currently used in a range of laptop parts like the 7840U, 7940HS, and the Z1 Extreme found in the Asus ROG Ally mobile gaming device.

Juggling some benchmark numbers it looks like this will be 6% slower than the existing Ryzen 7700 - both being 8 core parts - but much faster for integrated graphics, the 8700G having 12 graphics cores against just 2 on the 7700.

Like the 7700 it's a 65W model; there will also be a 35W version, though it's likely you'll be able to manually configure the power consumption up and down just like existing Ryzen 7000 desktop chips.
Trust no-one. (SEC Consult)

Did that email really come from Amazon.co.jp? I mean, yes, in this particular case it did, because they were notifying my that my package had arrived and indeed it was sitting right there at my door.

But they are also one of a vast number of domains that appear to be vulnerable to the latest email address spoofing attack.

SMTP - the protocol that has been used to deliver email for more than forty years - is a very simple text-based standard. The problem here is that text is itself not simple. SMTP processes one line of text at a time, but there is no universally accepted way to mark the end of a line of text, and most mail servers accept what are technically invalid lines of text in order to work with broken mail applications.

This new hack exploits that to insert SMTP commands in the middle of an email, in such a way that they are processed as commands instead of just being part of the email body.

Very sneaky.

Time for everyone to switch to JMAP.
Midjourney has released version 6 of their AI image generation engine. (Venture Beat)

Last time I played with it, they had just announced version 3.
Intel is making a lot of noise about the AI hardware on its new Meteor Lake laptop chips, because other than that they kind of suck. (Tom's Hardware)

And in two out of four of Intel's carefully selected benchmarks, the AI hardware does indeed produce worthwhile speed improvements.

On the other two... AMD wins by a significant margin just using the regular CPU cores. And that's comparing an 8 core AMD chip to a 16 core Intel model.

Oops.
Should California ban paraquat? (LA Times) (archive site)

I don't know. Maybe. The link to Parkinson's disease is unproven, but the stuff is toxic as hell, and is presently only made by a single company owned by the CCP.

On the other hand it kills weeds real good and breaks down in the soil so it doesn't accumulate.

Anyway, paraquat sounds like the name of an exotic herbal liqueur only produced in the Canary Islands with the unique property that mixed drinks made from it retain the original 160 proof, no matter what you mix it with.

Disclaimer: The entire Atlantic Ocean turned into a salty cocktail today after a bartender in Spain spilled a bottle of Paraquat. Tourists are warned to stay away from coastal areas until the fish "sober up".

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog smells a whole lotta malarkey, at December 22, 2023 04:00 AM (zvEEc)

2 G'Day everyone and Good Night

Posted by: Skip at December 22, 2023 04:00 AM (fwDg9)

3 So this is where you were all lurking ....!

Posted by: Ciampino - I don't know about that... at December 22, 2023 04:02 AM (qfLjt)

4 Techtime!

Posted by: m at December 22, 2023 04:08 AM (x7m+Z)

5 Goodnight, Skip. Have a good day's sleep.

Posted by: m at December 22, 2023 04:09 AM (x7m+Z)

6 My LaCrosse clock/weather station has updated correctly without my interference. It was 70 seconds fast. I manually adjusted it. Within a day or two it was 2 minutes fast. Today I go look and it's got the same exact time as all the computers, IP phone, cellphones, etc. Go figure. I think it had to be a Boulder, CO problem. Maybe a side-effect of a fixed Governor's election and too many illegals?

Posted by: Ciampino - I don't know about that.. at December 22, 2023 04:09 AM (qfLjt)

7 >>>it is itself bigger than a house

It, too, has been eating its weight in Christmas cookies.

Posted by: m at December 22, 2023 04:10 AM (x7m+Z)

8 'Trump, come in here and clean this mess up!' Seething Chicago resident explodes on migrant crisis and demands mayor 'send them all back'

https://mol.im/a/12891987

Posted by: Ciampino - All back to where? at December 22, 2023 04:13 AM (qfLjt)

9 Hm. Tried to print out a pdf manual of the kitchen stove on the state-of-the-art Kyocera at the office, and it won't print more than the first 5 pages. I tried another pdf and that printed completely, so it's the document. Why would the actual manufacturer's website provide a PDF manual that's encrypted or limited?!
Bogus.
I bet the old HP5si at home prints the whole thing...

Posted by: LenNeal at December 22, 2023 04:14 AM (43xH1)

10 Glad that you are feeling all boingy, Biden's Dog.

Posted by: m at December 22, 2023 04:14 AM (x7m+Z)

11 LenNeal, try printing 5 pages at a time? 1-5; 6-10; etc.

Posted by: m at December 22, 2023 04:16 AM (x7m+Z)

12 Hello, all! Hope you're enjoying this Holiday Season!

A repost from tonight's ONT:

"Can a dead BIOS battery stop a desktop PC from booting?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2023 03:58 AM (tkR6S)"

Can someone help our dear friend?

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2023 04:17 AM (njWTi)

13 IIRC, Paraquat was used during the Carter Administration by the DEA to spray pot fields in Mexico. There was a radio announcer at an LA station (KMET - The Might Met) by the name of "Paraquat" Kelly that would tell people on the air during the news where to take their stuff to be tested.

He and the station were frequently visited by the LAPD and DEA ...

Posted by: Pimp Daddy Welfare at December 22, 2023 04:18 AM (WuAnh)

14 LenNeal, try printing 5 pages at a time? 1-5; 6-10; etc.
Posted by: m'

Tried that, didn't work. It won't print past page 5. Just to check I looked over the properties, and however it's configured either the document itself is limited or the Kyocera printer is sensing some copyright issue.
I'll take it home and try it there, I bet it'll print in full. I don't feel like fooling around with it all that much, it's just a 20 page user's manual and a hard copy would be handy to have.
This isn't the first time I've had issues with the office printers with downloaded PDFs.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 22, 2023 04:20 AM (43xH1)

15 Bought a bunch of scratch off lottery tickets for Christmas presents. I'll guarantee no one will get rich, but they all set around scratching away after the presents are opened. Most lottery tickets only return about 50 percent, the politicians keep the rest. A good black jack player can get nearly 98 percent, but LV isn't built on winners.

Posted by: Colin at December 22, 2023 04:22 AM (34WQA)

16 LOL, I remember the 70s paraquat ('weed') scare-- and they said to watch for yellowed leaf... a sure sign of spraying.

No problemo in our area however.

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2023 04:23 AM (njWTi)

17 "Can a dead BIOS battery stop a desktop PC from booting?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2023 03:58 AM (tkR6S)"
Can someone help our dear friend?
Posted by: JQ'

The dreaded two-part answer is 'Not usually, but yes.'
In my experience it most often just makes the clock go wonky, but depending on the motherboard it can shut it down until the battery is replaced.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 22, 2023 04:23 AM (43xH1)

18 Glad that you are feeling all boingy, Biden's Dog.
Posted by: m at December 22, 2023 04:14 AM (x7m+Z)
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I BOING. Therefore, I am.

Posted by: Biden's Dog smells a whole lotta malarkey, at December 22, 2023 04:27 AM (zvEEc)

19 Scratch tickets are simple fun. We put some in family Christmas cards each year. (helps that we live near state borders, so 'cashing in' wouldn't be troublesome for recipients, should they win anything)

It's a truly "one size fits all" gift, and inexpensive to send

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2023 04:27 AM (njWTi)

20 Re: BIOS batteries, on the plus side I've never seen a battery that was at all hard to replace, and typically with the refurbished/used Dell towers at the home office, when they arrive I change those batteries immediately and write on the case the date of replacement.
With the Linux machine that gets used the most, it has not prevented the clock from resetting to Hyderabad Time anytime it restarts...

Posted by: LenNeal at December 22, 2023 04:30 AM (43xH1)

21 Thanks, LenNeal. Hope AOP reads this tomorrow (or whenever...)

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2023 04:31 AM (njWTi)

22 There is a Quincy episode where kids died from weed sprayed with paraquat. TPTB need something to replace glycophosphate and a chemical that is toxic is perfect for their needs.
The NFL thinks I'll get Peacock to watch the Bills. I got it to watch Arsenal but dropped it at the first interlull.

Posted by: Jamaica at December 22, 2023 04:31 AM (Eeb9P)

23 Good morning morons

Just here for the twirling.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2023 04:32 AM (RIvkX)

24 14 LenNeal, try printing 5 pages at a time? 1-5; 6-10; etc.
Posted by: m'

Tried that, didn't work. It won't print past page 5. Just to check I looked over the properties, and however it's configured either the document itself is limited or the Kyocera printer is sensing some copyright issue.
I'll take it home and try it there, I bet it'll print in full. I don't feel like fooling around with it all that much, it's just a 20 page user's manual and a hard copy would be handy to have.
This isn't the first time I've had issues with the office printers with downloaded PDFs.
Posted by: LenNeal at December 22, 2023 04:20 AM (43xH1)

I have sometimes taken page-by-page screenshots.

Posted by: m at December 22, 2023 04:32 AM (x7m+Z)

25 Christmas Blues …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3OaMCAgEm4

Posted by: Adriane Watches Too Much Stuff on Ewe Tube . . . at December 22, 2023 04:32 AM (4Winp)

26 "When you were young it had seeds???"

Imagine an episode reboot of Fantasy Island where the fantasy is smuggling marijuana in the 70's.

Posted by: SFGoth at December 22, 2023 04:33 AM (KAi1n)

27 Haha! Forgot about that, the Dell tower with Linux on it has a full collection of ripoff fonts with names like 'Tibetan Machine' and 'Mongolian Bold'!
And a bunch of Indic scripts, it's kind of hilarious, they all seem to be replacement compatible with others when moving documents around so it hasn't been a problem.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 22, 2023 04:33 AM (43xH1)

28 The answer to paraquat, is to grow your own. *IF* that's your thang.

Meh. Not a teen stoner anymore, so I don't really care LOL

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2023 04:34 AM (njWTi)

29 hiya

Posted by: JT at December 22, 2023 04:34 AM (T4tVD)

30 Posted by: Biden's Dog smells

"Smells" or "sniffs"? What sorcery is this?

Posted by: m at December 22, 2023 04:34 AM (x7m+Z)

31 I have sometimes taken page-by-page screenshots.
Posted by: m'

Thought about that but I'll try it at home on the Old Tech HP first. The stove manual is mostly about how to use the convection settings and 'speed bake' type stuff, nothing really urgent. It's just annoying.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 22, 2023 04:35 AM (43xH1)

32 98%? Sounds kinda tough to me. I like craps. Ever since 6th grade. Fun game. I loved the $2 tables in college. :->

Posted by: SFGoth at December 22, 2023 04:37 AM (KAi1n)

33 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 22, 2023 04:37 AM (qKYfj)

34 Watching Douglas Murray dismantle Cenk Uygur on Australian TV.

Cenk doesn't know how dumb he is.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2023 04:38 AM (RIvkX)

35 But what happens if somebody wins big? I’m just joking around, but just think of it. What if someone gave someone a gift lottery ticket and they won millions?

You were right about gambling for sure. I have a theory that I certainly did not but I’ve stated for many many years. Most gambling games are based on how difficult it is to play. The more challenging the game or the more unwelcoming it is the better chances you have.

Of course, the lottery has the worst odds in the lowest payoff. There’s nothing and no one contesting that. After that, the second worst odds are slot machines. They are the most welcoming in the easiest place of the offer the worst odds.

The best odds are with baccarat, which is truly just dumb luck. At that game, you’re closest to 50-50, but it’s less than 50. Craps can be close to 50-50 depending on your bet and the roll, in certain situations you can get close to 50-50. In blackjack of person using perfect basic strategy can get close to 50-50 and a card counter who is an expert can get over 50%.

But that doesn’t mean the player can make a living off it. He hast to be legit expert, he hast to be playing in perfect conditions with perfect house

Posted by: Quint at December 22, 2023 04:38 AM (zK8gk)

36 If you want to test your pot for paraquat, send it to Fr. Guido Sarducci.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2023 04:40 AM (RIvkX)

37 Posted by: Biden's Dog smells

"Smells" or "sniffs"? What sorcery is this?
Posted by: m at December 22, 2023 04:34 AM (x7m+Z)
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Fixed. Lost form field values yesterday when I ran CCleaner to remove temp files.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 22, 2023 04:40 AM (zvEEc)

38 With PDFs of any kind the nearly antique behemoth HP5si prints anything fed into it from Windows XP.

"Copyrights? I spit on your copyrights!"

Posted by: LenNeal at December 22, 2023 04:40 AM (43xH1)

39 Rules, and even then he hast to have an enormous bankroll to offset variance. The reality is the casinos make money off card counters because even when they’re counting, they’re almost always getting the bad end of it. Like you said, there’s a reason all those buildings are in Las Vegas.

Look at sports betting, even a cursory look at how that works shows it’s almost impossible nay, it is impossible to win in the long run. The only way to make money in sports betting is to convince someone else you know something and then sell them your knowledge. If these guys could actually win, they wouldn’t waste their time selling their expertise.

Posted by: Quint at December 22, 2023 04:41 AM (zK8gk)

40 37 Posted by: Biden's Dog smells
"Smells" or "sniffs"? What sorcery is this?
Posted by: m at December 22, 2023 04:34 AM (x7m+Z)
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Fixed. Lost form field values yesterday when I ran CCleaner to remove temp files.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs

Whew!

Posted by: m at December 22, 2023 04:42 AM (x7m+Z)

41 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 22, 2023 04:45 AM (ju2Fy)

42 Don't come, max odds is the best bet in the house.

Posted by: SFGoth at December 22, 2023 04:48 AM (KAi1n)

43 A thought I have had for years about the overwhelming prevalence of all kinds of gambling in all 'primitive' cultures is that it works as a form of 'wealth redistribution', and keeps the haves and have-nots in a rough kind of equilibrium.
Every lower-class gambler (and I know a LOT) seems to have an obsession with 'fairness' about it, that makes me think it's not actually about the winning at all.
The problem gamblers are clearly risk-takers and love the highs and lows, like druggies, but most handle-pullers and ticket scratchers seem to regard it as a form of at least potential distribution. Tribal cultures all gamble like fiends and it really doesn't even seem to really be about the winnings, really.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 22, 2023 04:48 AM (43xH1)

44 Three 'reallys' in one sentence. I really should get an editor or a proofreader. Really.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 22, 2023 04:49 AM (43xH1)

45 I hate PDF.

Is there a free, open source, PDF application capable of opening, editing and saving the contents in PDF type form? I’m not talking about defeating DRM.

Calibre only works sometimes (reasons.)
Sigil is .epub centric, but excellent.

Posted by: 13times at December 22, 2023 04:50 AM (zmVPn)

46 Really?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Johnson work phone at December 22, 2023 04:53 AM (zZu0s)

47 Microsoft Word and excel allows you to save/convert word and excel files I to pdf. Usually as far as a reader, the default is Microsoft edge (the browser.)

Editing is a whole separate deal. The point of a pdf is to create essentially a document that can't be edited. There are programs out there that allow you to add notes or whatever, but it is like highlighting or marking up a jpg.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Johnson work phone at December 22, 2023 04:55 AM (zZu0s)

48 44) never look back, I spend almost all my off time studying foreign languages. Yet sometimes here my posts are basically puking out words that kind of mean something. my best advice is to never look back at a typo. It is long gone.

Posted by: Quint at December 22, 2023 04:55 AM (zK8gk)

49 Half moon juuuuust poking out from the clouds in the western sky.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2023 04:56 AM (RIvkX)

50 I hate PDF.
Is there a free, open source, PDF application capable of opening, editing and saving the contents in PDF type form? I’m not talking about defeating DRM.
Calibre only works sometimes (reasons.)
Sigil is .epub centric, but excellent.
Posted by: 13times'

No. There is not, as far as I know. I despise Adobe and want them all burning in the eternal fires of Hell but so far I have not found a free program that works well. I use an ancient copy (on CD-ROM!) of Adobe Acrobat, and the only thing I've found that works at all is Corel Fusion, which you have to purchase and only works in Windows.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 22, 2023 04:57 AM (43xH1)

51 Quint, why?

Posted by: SFGoth at December 22, 2023 04:57 AM (KAi1n)

52 Local TV news reports reports the fascist state will not open crab season again. No Dungness for Christmas. Or New Year's.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2023 04:58 AM (RIvkX)

53 Weirdest PDF thing that I know of is GIMP in Linux can and will open a PDF as an image file.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 22, 2023 04:58 AM (43xH1)

54 stay away from coastal areas until the fish "sober up"

Or just whip up a batch of Drunken Fish.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 22, 2023 04:58 AM (ju2Fy)

55 This is just in my experience. I am not an expert, just use the converter a lot because printers often will screw up the formatting of a word/excel file if you try to print it directly, but if you convert first to pdf, it prints properly.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Johnson work phone at December 22, 2023 04:59 AM (zZu0s)

56 43) we all know that the poorest among us are the biggest lottery players. The state knows that as well.

Sure that is the idea that at least you have a chance. But any type of formal gambling has been calcified for so long. No one‘s going to come up with the way to beat it. if your idea is to make money or make a living and you walk into a casino as a guest or you make a sports bet you’ve already lost you really miscalculated because to be honest they’re actually upfront about it and the numbers are there for anyone to see.

The most simple example is roulette. You can bet on any number but every player loses on zero or double 00. That is the house’s advantage writ large. They are showing you that they will not pay you back for the odds you are bucking.

Posted by: Quint at December 22, 2023 05:00 AM (zK8gk)

57 51, sfgoth why what?

Posted by: Quint at December 22, 2023 05:01 AM (zK8gk)

58 Scratch tickets (to non-habitual gamblers) are a nice distraction, a pleasant little 'plus' on specials occasions.

Nothing more, nothing less.

On the other hand... the gambling addicts... UGH. Saw much of that as a lowly cashier, eons ago:

Buy $40-50 worth, scratch off a ton of messy fluff. 'Win' maybe $15-20... scratch off another ton of fluff. 'Win' a few more... buy a few more... scratch & scratch until it's gone. *repeat*

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2023 05:01 AM (njWTi)

59 Do you spend all your free time learning foreign languages?

Posted by: SFGoth at December 22, 2023 05:02 AM (KAi1n)

60 Yeah. Converting documents to PDF is not a problem.

Some PDF text-only files will convert to .epub etc., but it’s typically a messy, error ridden affair.

Posted by: 13times at December 22, 2023 05:02 AM (zmVPn)

61 I used to see this homeless lady on the street in northern Virginia. She would hang out all day, and without getting into it it was not pleasant for the community at large did not add to the resale value.

Then I saw her one time and she had a roll of probably 60 lottery tickets. It had to have been $300 worth of tickets. I don’t know if it came from some type of Social Security or what, but when I saw that I was about flabbergasted. I feel bad for the person, but if you knew the situation that I saw just as a random in that area, something was very very wrong about all of it

Posted by: Quint at December 22, 2023 05:04 AM (zK8gk)

62 34 Watching Douglas Murray dismantle Cenk Uygur on Australian TV.

Cenk doesn't know how dumb he is.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Cenk Uygur knows his place. He is to be a fat, greasy, viscous, partisan hack and he is to yell loudly and repeat whatever his prog masters tell him.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 22, 2023 05:04 AM (qKYfj)

63 Half moon juuuuust poking out from the clouds in the western sky.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2023 04:56 AM (RIvkX)

You're just trying to trick me into going outside.

Posted by: JT at December 22, 2023 05:05 AM (T4tVD)

64 This is just in my experience. I am not an expert, just use the converter a lot because printers often will screw up the formatting of a word/excel file if you try to print it directly, but if you convert first to pdf, it prints properly.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Johnson'

Seconded, printing Excel files is a bit of a dark art.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 22, 2023 05:06 AM (43xH1)

65 Tickets is the way to Easy Street.

Posted by: SFGoth at December 22, 2023 05:06 AM (KAi1n)

66 Cenk Uygur knows his place. He is to be a fat, greasy, viscous, partisan hack and he is to yell loudly and repeat whatever his prog masters tell him.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 22, 2023 05:04 AM (qKYfj)
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Well in that case he is doing a marvelous job.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2023 05:08 AM (RIvkX)

67 59) i’m not sure why I do it. Even just today I decided to dump French and work on my Spanish because of job prospects. All the time I spent on French was probably wasted because at least in the part of the country I live in there’s no use for it. The weird reality very few people mention is the French don’t immigrate here and the few here that do speak French also speak English so becoming fluent in the language doesn’t actually add to your worth or ability to communicate with other you normally would not be able to.

As for languages in general, I’ve always loved travel, and things that are exotic. I always like the idea of being able to converse with people that others of my type could not.

But I realize now that, for every decision there is a cost. We could always improve our own English, you could study English your entire life, and still there would be more to learn. Is becoming the equivalent of a fifth grader in Spanish worth reducing your own native language ability? Everyone has to make their own decision, and I doubt many have even thought about that.

Posted by: Quint at December 22, 2023 05:09 AM (zK8gk)

68 I spend almost all my off time studying foreign languages. Yet sometimes here my posts are basically puking out words that kind of mean something. my best advice is to never look back at a typo. It is long gone.
Posted by: Quint at December 22, 2023 04:55 AM (zK8gk)
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No French.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2023 05:09 AM (RIvkX)

69 Scratch tickets are fine, as long as you don't expect to win big. Nice bonus if you win $50 or $100 once in a while, just don't waste your whole f'ing paycheck on them!

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2023 05:09 AM (njWTi)

70 Speaking of Corel, have you tried WordPerfect lately? It's honestly a very cool program and does a bunch of stuff no others do.
I'm only half-joking, it's a very good program.
Niche, but certainly does some stuff nobody else can approach.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 22, 2023 05:10 AM (43xH1)

71 There’s a line in the movie “the remains of the day”, where Anthony Hopkins says that he reads to improve his knowledge of the English language. he is a native speaker and educated, but for his career, he believes he hast to always improve it and himself. Sorry to go off but it’s something I’ve been thinking about recently. How many of us actually make a point of improving our own knowledge of the English language.

Posted by: Quint at December 22, 2023 05:11 AM (zK8gk)

72 Some things are just easier or more accurate to say in another language.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2023 05:11 AM (RIvkX)

73 Scratch tickets are fine, as long as you don't expect to win big. Nice bonus if you win $50 or $100 once in a while, just don't waste your whole f'ing paycheck on them!
Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2023 05:09 AM (njWTi)
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Problem is...you paid in way more than that occasional $50 or $100.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2023 05:14 AM (RIvkX)

74 Scratch tickets are fine... just don't waste your whole f'ing paycheck on them! Posted by: JQ'

The supermarket has two machines, one in my usual department, right next to an ATM. If you're outraged by watching poor people piss away their money you'd have an aneurysm within minutes. They angrily throw their losers into the nearby trash can, where when the Honduran cleaning crew arrives, they fish them all out and recheck them all for possible overlooked winners. Then the Hondurans rip up all the tickets so if THEY missed anything nobody else can have it.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 22, 2023 05:14 AM (43xH1)

75 Some things are just easier or more accurate to say in another language.

Posted by: San Franpsycho'

"I agree!"

Posted by: Mister Mxyzptlk at December 22, 2023 05:15 AM (43xH1)

76 GIMP opening PDF is a partial solution.

Archive.org’s .djvu rips text from pdf images. Then, if a user knows how to write HTML expressions, they can partly untangle the post-freaky-formatting page and paragraph errors.

Posted by: 13times at December 22, 2023 05:15 AM (zmVPn)

77 Problem is...you paid in way more than that occasional $50 or $100.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2023 05:14 AM (RIvkX)

Some people say gambling is a tax on stupid people.

I say it's a fee for entertaining bored people.

Whether or not you're stupid about it is up to you.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 22, 2023 05:16 AM (9UlRk)

78 Problem is...you paid in way more than that occasional $50 or $100
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Perhaps. But it's only a random thing for me. I buy more tickets for gifting, than I do for myself.

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2023 05:16 AM (njWTi)

79 Why are girls going "brrrrrrr" into a microphone on twitch now selling high numerical aperture scanners?

Posted by: Rbastid at December 22, 2023 05:19 AM (/CqOb)

80 Super tangential thought here, but I'm a little pissed off that apparently it's now perfectly fine to smoke a joint any damn where you please and then drive home in reverse at ninety miles an hour, but if i spark up a marb light in a supermarket or have half a pint before driving home, I'm going to jail.

Make up your mind, Nanny. Are we doing the whole "protect the public at all costs" thing or not?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 22, 2023 05:22 AM (9UlRk)

81 .djvu, yes that was the one, but, as always (from Wiki)...

"Prior to the standardization of PDF in 2008, DjVu had been considered superior due to it being an open file format in contrast to the proprietary nature of PDF at the time."

The OCR text layer feature is awesome, but We Can't Have Nice Things as someone might not make money off it and control information distribution.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 22, 2023 05:22 AM (43xH1)

82 It took me a very long time, to ever buy lottery tickets... scratch or other... because ex-hole #2 was a gambling addict. Wasted thousands on illegal 'poker machines' while we were married. Stole $ from my purse, whined & begged tips while I was waitressing, pawned every gift he ever 'gave' me...

Yeah, I got a thing about wasting money on gambling.

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2023 05:24 AM (njWTi)

83 44 Three 'reallys' in one sentence. I really should get an editor or a proofreader. Really.
Posted by: LenNeal at December 22, 2023 04:49 AM (43xH1)

You should get an editor or a proofreally.

Posted by: m at December 22, 2023 05:27 AM (x7m+Z)

84 To be clear, and to be on the record, as if anyone cares, and for SF Goth, I prefer French to Spanish. It is a better language, and there’s a reason people from all over the world from China to Argentina study it. There’s a reason the Russians, for bid their own language in the high courts and the leaders of that nation only spoke French. There’s a reason for the term lingua franca. There is a reason our founding fathers, the men we adore, and look up to studied French.

Of course, English is the greatest language we are the luckiest people on earth that that is our native language and everyone knows they have to learn it to make it in world. And I have positive associations with Spanish. I am really into Spain a place I’ve been and I kind of like the idea of Mexico not the Mexico that exists but the one in dreams from 100 years ago on the southern border, think of Cormac McCarthy.

But I would choose French any day over Spanish, or any other language, although I would love to study Italian as well. Spanish is better because the reality in real life in this country you will encounter 50 people or Spanish would help for everyone where French would help.

You can badmouth French

Posted by: Quint at December 22, 2023 05:28 AM (zK8gk)

85 Three 'reallys' in one sentence. I really should get an editor or a proofreader. Really.
Posted by: LenNeal at December 22, 2023 04:49 AM (43xH1)

You should get an editor or a proofreally.
Posted by: m at December 22, 2023 05:27 AM (x7m+Z)

Heh. I use the word "just" too much.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 22, 2023 05:29 AM (9UlRk)

86 JQ that sounds awful

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2023 05:30 AM (RIvkX)

87 Any day, but it wouldn’t change the reality on the ground. French is the most studied second language in the world. More countries in the world have franchise in official language than Spanish. The second most used language on the Internet is French and always has been.

But for Americans, we are slowly becoming a Spanish-speaking country I see that and I admit that. I can be pissed, or I could realize learning this language can actually benefit me. I’ve studied French every day for years, but I probably encounter French speaker once every six months.

But SF Goth don’t mistake that from the entire world reality. I think it was Forbes that said recently that French would be the most spoken language on earth with well over 500 mill speakers, because of the growth in Africa.

Posted by: Quint at December 22, 2023 05:31 AM (zK8gk)

88 I want to learn Spanish just so i can tell people "yes, i do speak Spanish, i just choose not to."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 22, 2023 05:31 AM (9UlRk)

89 You can badmouth French
Posted by: Quint at December 22, 2023 05:28 AM (zK8gk)
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I'll bust on the French and their silly language every chance I get.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2023 05:32 AM (RIvkX)

90 If only I had been able to learn French as a child...

One of my grandfathers emigrated to the US from Canada, but then *refused* to speak French anymore. Sure, he had his reasons, but jeez.

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2023 05:32 AM (njWTi)

91 Immigrate, emigrate.. UGH

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2023 05:33 AM (njWTi)

92 The PDF business got looked into after I found a self-serving 'autobiography' of a high-ranking but completely obscure WWII Fascist bigwig in Banat (Yugo) that somehow got uploaded onto the family's genealogy website! It was originally typewritten, scanned in, and posted as PDFs, all in a kind of regional Austrian/German dialect, where I grabbed it. Trying to get all the text off those documents without having to manually transcribe it (UUUUGH!).
I gave it to The Kid, and she managed to get most of it off somehow but I don't recall exactly how she did it. Translation has proven to be a problem as the Banat Ethnic Germans had a specific dialect that has mostly now disappeared in any spoken form, except in one rural area in Brazil.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 22, 2023 05:33 AM (43xH1)

93 Immigrate, emigrate.. UGH
Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2023 05:33 AM (njWTi)

Ammigrate

Ommigrate

Ummigrate.

And sometimes Ymmigrate.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 22, 2023 05:34 AM (9UlRk)

94 The last time I saw a paraquat, the guy wearing it had bungee-jumped off of a bridge and was fortunately able to survive when the bungee snapped.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 22, 2023 05:35 AM (9v1kn)

95 Addendum, English is the most popular second language, French is second. French is an official language in 33 countries is an official language in every continent and no other language can say that. Is an official language in Africa, and South America, in the islands of the Mediterranean, and in the Pacific. The impact of the French language is only served by the impact of our own native language. We are lucky about that and for sure Spanish is super important. No question there in this country Spanish is by far the most important foreign language if you want to talk with people and actually use it.

Posted by: Quint at December 22, 2023 05:36 AM (zK8gk)

96 They say Italian is dying out in America. It is becoming a non-language. That is a damn shame because it’s a beautiful language and most people in America would think of Italy as the one country they’d want to visit outside of the US.

Posted by: Quint at December 22, 2023 05:36 AM (zK8gk)

97 93 And sometimes Ymmigrate.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 22, 2023 05:34 AM (9UlRk)

"Y?"

"... because we like you! M-o-u-s-e."

Posted by: m at December 22, 2023 05:37 AM (x7m+Z)

98 Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2023 05:30 AM
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Yes, it was! And if not gambling... druggs...

Thankfully, I realized what a loser he was, and divorced before he dragged me down with him. Took several years to pay off his BS, but worth EVERY penny

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2023 05:37 AM (njWTi)

99 No question there in this country Spanish is by far the most important foreign language if you want to talk with people and actually use it.
Posted by: Quint at December 22, 2023 05:36 AM (zK8gk)
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Exactly why I chose Spanish over French when I was asked to pick. All my friends who picked French do not speak French. All my friends who took Spanish still speak Spanish.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2023 05:38 AM (RIvkX)

100 Out of darkness/ light. An Advent devotional:

http://tinyurl.com/24ndwu73

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 22, 2023 05:39 AM (6QCiE)

101 ... to be rid of him!

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2023 05:39 AM (njWTi)

102 89) but you would be wrong and I would still support you right to say that. The thing about French is people want to learn it even when they don’t have a good reason that alone is a pllaudit for French.

I’ve been bouncing off French in Spanish for about 30 years now and to your happiness I’m going to stick with Spanish for a while. I only do that because the reality on the ground but like I said before there are things about Spanish, I like to crap I probably know 5000 words in both languages and my concern is if I can swap them out at the right times, if I’d only done Spanish, it would’ve probably paid off more in the end

Posted by: Quint at December 22, 2023 05:40 AM (zK8gk)

103 99, good point and I believe you!

Posted by: Quint at December 22, 2023 05:41 AM (zK8gk)

104 They say Italian is dying out in America. It is becoming a non-language. That is a damn shame because it’s a beautiful language and most people in America would think of Italy as the one country they’d want to visit outside of the US.
Posted by: Quint at December 22, 2023 05:36 AM (zK8gk)
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Yes it's a shame. I grew up hearing a lot of Italian too.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2023 05:41 AM (RIvkX)

105 Another thing is if you look into it, the French themselves and French speakers as far as the islands they love English they love English and American music terms, etc. You have to go into a hard slog to actually be better at French than they are at English.

Posted by: Quint at December 22, 2023 05:42 AM (zK8gk)

106 I recently watched an Argentine TV series and had a great difficulty understanding the Spanish. My ear is much more attuned to Mexican now.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2023 05:43 AM (RIvkX)

107 I'm gonna get them Duke boys if it harelips everybody on Bear Creek.

Posted by: Boss Hunter Biden at December 22, 2023 05:45 AM (9v1kn)

108 Prayer request/- A man who used to work with FenSpouse as a school bus driver and is a very nice man originally from Korea but came over in the 70's-is having double bypass today. If you could pray for him as well the surgical team it would be much . He is grateful for prayer as he is a brother in Christ. Thanks so much.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 22, 2023 05:45 AM (6qiQ+)

109 Part of my issue with French is due to the language fascism of the Quebecois who oppressed and dispossessed my family.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2023 05:45 AM (RIvkX)

110 92 The PDF business got looked into after …

Yeah. I’m converting PDF to epub and it’s … hell.

Posted by: 13times at December 22, 2023 05:46 AM (7oo37)

111 I know enough of the languages in the major places I travel to, to be able to tell when locals are talking about me in front of my face.
And they DO do that, all the time.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 22, 2023 05:46 AM (43xH1)

112 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 22, 2023 05:45 AM

Certainly!

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2023 05:46 AM (njWTi)

113 Yeah. I’m converting PDF to epub and it’s … hell.
Posted by: 13times'

Some experience with Calibre which has its uses most definitely but man what a slog. Unless you're just really (see what I did there?) interested in going into the HTML of the epub or some other frustrating/enraging pastime it's as you say... hell.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 22, 2023 05:49 AM (43xH1)

114 A common theme between me and friends my age who have immigrant families is that they fiercely refuse to teach us their native language (Italian in my case, Hungarian, Korean, Polish, etc etc with others).

But it's got me to thinking... it seems like some languages are passed down more eagerly than others. Spanish, obviously. French? I don't know of anyone with French speaking ancestors who don't speak at least a little French. Greek, definitely.

I don't know if there's anything to that or not. Probably more of a geopolitical point than a linguistic one.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 22, 2023 05:49 AM (9UlRk)

115 70 Speaking of Corel, have you tried WordPerfect lately? It's honestly a very cool program and does a bunch of stuff no others do.
I'm only half-joking, it's a very good program.
Niche, but certainly does some stuff nobody else can approach.
Posted by: LenNeal at December 22, 2023 05:10 AM (43xH1)

======

I loved using it in the late 1990's for formatting OPRS. It was a high stress situation where we had to create documents summarizing the results of multiple licensing and operating documents, sometimes in 12 hours or less. I did the first draft, then everyone tried to tear it apart and improve it.

Being able to see the formatting codes made revisions easier and didn't distract from getting the technical details exactly right, and getting them approved by a bunch of very senior people.

Typographical and formatting errors would cause them to doubt my technical competence.

Posted by: rd at December 22, 2023 05:49 AM (Qj0CJ)

116 Jill Biden's press secretary, 40, was 'forced out' of White House after he tried to take gay 'dates' to his room on secure floor of hotel where president was staying during NATO summit

Really stupid people in charge these days.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 22, 2023 05:50 AM (lwOKI)

117 >>> I know enough of the languages in the major places I travel to, to be able to tell when locals are talking about me in front of my face.
And they DO do that, all the time.

Posted by: LenNeal

>That's because he's one of those assholes that never shuts the fuck up. Wait, did he just hear me, right now?

Posted by: Boss Hunter Biden at December 22, 2023 05:50 AM (9v1kn)

118 88, there is an underrated line from the movie “born in East L.A.”. It is underrated because there is no YouTube clip.

The gringo says “Hablo Ingles?” And the Mexican replies, “Yes, you speak English”

Posted by: Quint at December 22, 2023 05:51 AM (zK8gk)

119 My ear is much more attuned to Mexican now.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2023 05:43 AM (RIvkX)

Like going from York, PA to York, UK.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 22, 2023 05:51 AM (9UlRk)

120 >That's because he's one of those assholes that never shuts the fuck up. Wait, did he just hear me, right now?
Posted by: Boss Hunter Biden'

Yes, but I didn't understand it.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 22, 2023 05:52 AM (43xH1)

121 Evening and morning to all! I'm up late, but I went to bed late. I keep having to shake the feeling that this is a Saturday, but it isn't, and it's got me all bollixed up. Whatz you all up to?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 22, 2023 05:52 AM (omVj0)

122 Morning all!

Not a gambler, I don't enjoy losing money. About 10 years ago we went to a casino for the first time to watch a stage show that the son of friends of ours was the music director.

While waiting I tried my luck on slots, because I don't know how to play any of the table games.

After losing 10 bucks in 3 minutes, I left my wife at her machine and went in search of a beer. I returned about 20 minutes later to see my wife had won a few bucks. She asked me how I had done. I told her I found a place where every time you put down 4 dollars, you win a beer.

Posted by: Bruce at December 22, 2023 05:53 AM (vd8XM)

123 All the Chinese here make their kids go to Chinese language school on Saturdays. There is an entirely separate Chinese language media, economy, health system, etc. The Russians teach their kids Russian uniformly as well.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2023 05:55 AM (RIvkX)

124 Come to the HQ for the smart military blog.

Stay because somebody is always eventually going to bust your balls.

Posted by: Boss Hunter Biden at December 22, 2023 05:58 AM (9v1kn)

125 114 A common theme between me and friends my age who have immigrant families is that they fiercely refuse to teach us their native language (Italian in my case, Hungarian, Korean, Polish, etc etc with others).

But it's got me to thinking... it seems like some languages are passed down more eagerly than others. Spanish, obviously. French? I don't know of anyone with French speaking ancestors who don't speak at least a little French. Greek, definitely.

I don't know if there's anything to that or not. Probably more of a geopolitical point than a linguistic one.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 22, 2023 05:49 AM (9UlRk)

=======

My Mother refused to let my Father teach me Finnish when I was young. I would have loved to learn his Finnish and her Swedish both.

I didn't get exposed to foreign languages until I was in high school.

Posted by: rd at December 22, 2023 05:59 AM (q3jBD)

126 That one video from an ONT ages ago... white college kid goes to Chinese laundry and starts speaking fairly fluent if accented Chinese at them, and they all go "ahhhh that's weird, stop that, you're freaking me out!!!"

I paraphrase, of course.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 22, 2023 05:59 AM (9UlRk)

127 One of the current features of Corel WordPerfect makes it *almost* like my long-lost, much-mourned First True Love, Aldus Pagemaker: you can import an image and not only move it around on the page but resize it as well; and the wrap can follow it around! It is, as the kids say these days, 'totally tits'.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 22, 2023 05:59 AM (43xH1)

128 The gringo says “Hablo Ingles?” And the Mexican replies, “Yes, you speak English”
Posted by: Quint at December 22, 2023 05:51 AM (zK8gk)
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Mrs. F. was astounded when I took her to NY and she heard Chinese people speak with a Brooklyn accent.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2023 06:00 AM (RIvkX)

129 80, pot legalization is a self own. There was no reason to do it and it made lives worse, especially children.

Having said that, and as a hat tip to SF goth, I would rather interact with a pot head than a drunk.

Posted by: Quint at December 22, 2023 06:01 AM (zK8gk)

130 Come to the HQ for the smart military blog.
Stay because somebody is always eventually going to bust your balls.
Posted by: Boss Hunter Biden'

Hey, I like YOU, you fucking whoremongering crackhead degenerate.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 22, 2023 06:02 AM (43xH1)

131 Mrs. F. was astounded when I took her to NY and she heard Chinese people speak with a Brooklyn accent.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

A friend of mine had immigrated from Germany in the 50's.
When he goes there to visit family they call his language "Germish"

Posted by: Bruce at December 22, 2023 06:02 AM (vd8XM)

132 A Radiant TV short - worshipping God through , scenery scripture and song. View of Great Smoky Mountains in the morning:

http://tinyurl.com/59jrc5a5

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 22, 2023 06:02 AM (6qiQ+)

133 When he goes there to visit family they call his language "Germish"
Posted by: Bruce at December 22, 2023 06:02 AM (vd8XM)

If he gets a cold do they call it Phlegmish?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 22, 2023 06:03 AM (9UlRk)

134 Decades ago, a BF took me to local casino for my b-day, and gave me $50 to spend. Pffft!!! Took only moments to lose $20 of it!

I had $30 left and suggested we go to a nice steakhouse instead...

WINNING! We had a wonderful meal.

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2023 06:04 AM (njWTi)

135 If he gets a cold do they call it Phlegmish?
Posted by: Warai-otoko

HA!

Posted by: Bruce at December 22, 2023 06:04 AM (vd8XM)

136 I had $30 left and suggested we go to a nice steakhouse instead...

WINNING! We had a wonderful meal.
Posted by: JQ

Good plan!

Posted by: Bruce at December 22, 2023 06:05 AM (vd8XM)

137 Addendum, English is the most popular second language, French is second. French is an official language in 33 countries is an official language in every continent and no other language can say that.

=====

Australia?
Antarctica?

Posted by: rd at December 22, 2023 06:05 AM (VPPmh)

138 Mrs. F. was astounded when I took her to NY and she heard Chinese people speak with a Brooklyn accent.
Posted by: San Franpsycho'

Fifth Generation ethnic Chinese in Serbia. That is freaky. They've built up such an economic niche they have factories in China producing games, books, packaging, you-name-it in Serbian Cyrillic. I went into 'The New Shanghai' store in Zemun/Old Semlin and it's just bizarre, all this obviously Chinese knockoff product all in Serbian language and Cyrillic alphabet, and all the Chinese staff speaking fluent, unaccented Serbian.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 22, 2023 06:06 AM (43xH1)

139 Australia?
Antarctica?
Posted by: rd

Countries beginning with "A"

Posted by: Bruce at December 22, 2023 06:06 AM (vd8XM)

140 There’s a line in the movie “the remains of the day”, where Anthony Hopkins says that he reads to improve his knowledge of the English language. he is a native speaker and educated, but for his career, he believes he hast to always improve it and himself. Sorry to go off but it’s something I’ve been thinking about recently. How many of us actually make a point of improving our own knowledge of the English language.
Posted by: Quint at December 22, 2023

***
I do. Of course my hobby is fiction writing, and a good part of my daytime work involves writing (mostly emails, true, but also reports and the like). And I'd like to land some gigs as a proofreader and editor once I retire. With all of that, improving my English is important.

A (very annoying) member of my former real-life writing group insisted that the verb "to repair," as in "I repaired to the kitchen to put together a snack," meant "to return." I looked it up to be sure. It means "to go to a specific place for a specific purpose"; check. "To return" is an obsolete meaning. But I did look it up to confirm my immediate knowledge.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 22, 2023 06:06 AM (omVj0)

141 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 22, 2023 05:45 AM (6qiQ+)

Just having the double heart bypass is named Dan. Thanks so much.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 22, 2023 06:07 AM (6qiQ+)

142 I go to Vegas every year. I play blackjack every time. I lose, not a lot, every year. I've enjoyed every minute.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2023 06:08 AM (RIvkX)

143 Tobacco smells, Warai, and the nice people don't like the smell. Weed smells like revolution so they allow it.
I told my kid I would prefer she smoked cigarettes than weed and she freaked. She is too young to understand brain damage versus lung damage.

Posted by: Jamaica at December 22, 2023 06:11 AM (Eeb9P)

144 I went into 'The New Shanghai' store in Zemun/Old Semlin and it's just bizarre, all this obviously Chinese knockoff product all in Serbian language and Cyrillic alphabet, and all the Chinese staff speaking fluent, unaccented Serbian.
Posted by: LenNeal at December 22, 2023 06:06 AM (43xH1)
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A large portion of the Chinese people, especially the older folks here are monolingual.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2023 06:13 AM (RIvkX)

145 >>>Sorry to go off but it’s something I’ve been thinking about recently. How many of us actually make a point of improving our own knowledge of the English language.
Posted by: Quint at December 22, 2023

>This is why the HQ exists. There are many commenters here that have the skill and talent for the English language beyond my lame capacity. Still, I can talk shit here and the other boss doesn't seem to get too upset.

Posted by: Boss Hunter Biden at December 22, 2023 06:13 AM (9v1kn)

146 In case anyone is wondering, the ethnic Chinese in Serbia have intermarried, but have mostly done so with Balkan Gypsy Tribes, creating a kind of Bi-Ethnic Trading Super-Clan that can literally go anywhere on Earth and be in touch anywhere in the entire world on mobile phones at a fingertip.
Word is it is absolutely impenetrable to anyone not in it.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 22, 2023 06:15 AM (43xH1)

147
Jill Biden's press secretary, 40, was 'forced out' of White House after he tried to take gay 'dates' to his room on secure floor of hotel where president was staying during NATO summit

Really stupid people in charge these days.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 22, 2023 05:50 AM

I didn't drill down past the headline but apparently there's another Senate video floating around - this time with a little self gratification* in some chamber.

* aka 'jerking off' but I try to stay classy

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 22, 2023 06:18 AM (enJYY)

148 aka 'jerking off' but I try to stay classy
Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 22, 2023 06:18 AM (enJYY)

If i want to see a jerk off in the Capitol, I'll turn on C-SPAN.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 22, 2023 06:19 AM (9UlRk)

149 A large portion of the Chinese people, especially the older folks here are monolingual. Posted by: San Franpsycho'

Serbian for 100 dinars (about $1) is 'sto dinara' and at markets there is always some old lady running a 100 dinar stall and shouting out in a voice that will pierce your brain, 'STOW DINAWA! STO DINAWA!' and knows no other words.

And won't make change.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 22, 2023 06:21 AM (43xH1)

150 It's Friday, it's Friday! Happy, happy Friday!

*twirl*

Posted by: Rosasharn at December 22, 2023 06:22 AM (PzBTm)

151 The top of The New York Times editorial page touted it as a "Rebuke for the Ages." Their pull quote underlined the sentiment: "A state's court saw that concluding whether Trump engaged in an insurrection can't be left to voters."

you fucking no good peasants

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 22, 2023 06:23 AM (lwOKI)

152 I've w*rked many different types of j*bs, (legal & not so much so), been exposed to all kinds of "people", and Seen Some Stuff...

But ya know? All this deviant secks-- everywhere, all the time, 24/7/365-- is just tiresome. Gah!

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2023 06:23 AM (njWTi)

153 23 Good morning morons

Just here for the twirling.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2023 04:32 AM (RIvkX)
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There she is! Good morning.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2023 06:24 AM (RIvkX)

154 Sol Invictus!

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 22, 2023 06:25 AM (aD39U)

155 Since I'm on the subject and it interests ME, for Chinese factories to gear up to make products for the Serbian market means they have specific facilities contracted or owned for a total market of less than 7 million people, total. It's not like the packaging, language-specific products, culturally specific products! are exportable all over the world. It's a relatively tiny market to a single country.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 22, 2023 06:25 AM (43xH1)

156 It's Friday, it's Friday! Happy, happy Friday!

*twirl*
Posted by: Rosasharn at December 22, 2023

***
Now *that's* how I know it's Friday! Good morning, Rosasharn!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 22, 2023 06:25 AM (omVj0)

157 145 I won’t admit they know the language better, but for sure they can write it better. The skill of writing to enthrall readers is rare and to be cherished.

I am good at obscure facts and pointing them out. That is not a rare quality here. I guess that’s why we all congregate here. But to really right well ace and some of these other cobs have a real talent. I wish I had that talent is like the talent of singing well.

Posted by: Quint at December 22, 2023 06:27 AM (zK8gk)

158 The top of The New York Times editorial page touted it as a "Rebuke for the Ages." Their pull quote underlined the sentiment: "A state's court saw that concluding whether Trump engaged in an insurrection can't be left to voters."

you fucking no good peasants
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 22, 2023 06:23 AM (lwOKI)
===

Reichspresskammer.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2023 06:27 AM (RIvkX)

159 >>>aka 'jerking off' but I try to stay classy
Posted by: Divide by Zero

>But is it really masturbation or is it just chasing the pump?

Sometimes the big guy takes over to secure the pump but not an orgasm.

Posted by: Boss Hunter Biden at December 22, 2023 06:29 AM (9v1kn)

160 Reichspresskammer.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2023 06:27 AM (RIvkX)
-

Gesundheit!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 22, 2023 06:29 AM (zvEEc)

161 I did NOT buy the Balkan/Serbian Cyrillic/Chinese-made RISK game and now I'm kind of regretting it.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 22, 2023 06:30 AM (43xH1)

162
There was an interesting story from Pennsylvania many moons ago. Some woman won scratch off big jack pot including millions multiple times which raised some flags. What she had determined was that the lottery commission 'salted' winners around in different counties in the state. By determining somehow what counties had already had big jackpot winners she traveled to counties which had not and bought a slew of tickets. I guess she kept receipts of loses and 'wrote off' those loses against her winnings - which is entirely legal.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 22, 2023 06:30 AM (enJYY)

163 >But is it really masturbation or is it just chasing the pump?

Sometimes the big guy takes over to secure the pump but not an orgasm.
Posted by: Boss Hunter Biden'

There's my man! All is forgiven. I'd reach around to shake your hand but

Posted by: LenNeal at December 22, 2023 06:31 AM (43xH1)

164 Sol Invictus!
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 22, 2023

***
You know, I was actually up last night at 9:30, which was the winter solstice moment in local time. Didn't notice it.

It's always amazed me that the ancients knew about and planned around the solstices and equinoxes. The change to longer days is not a tremendously obvious thing -- not like our DST change. It's a matter of a a minute or two each day and it takes a few days to notice that each day is getting longer.

Just proves that they were very much in touch with their environment. People who say "Aliens must have helped us" (to build the pyramids, etc.) don't take into account that humans pay close attention to their world and are capable of drawing conclusions from the data and building on that data.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 22, 2023 06:32 AM (omVj0)

165 Yeah, if you ever win big, you have to show your lottery losses or gambling losses and you can offset the win for tax purposes.

People often forget offsetting expenses to their detriment. Most DoorDash drivers don’t understand that they can write off every mile they drive for $.66. If you’re not paid salary by an employer, the chances are, there are many expenses you can write off to reduce your income.

Posted by: Quint at December 22, 2023 06:34 AM (zK8gk)

166 It's always amazed me that the ancients knew about and planned around the solstices and equinoxes. The change to longer days is not a tremendously obvious thing -- not like our DST change. It's a matter of a minute or two each day and it takes a few days to notice that each day is getting longer.
Just proves that they were very much in touch with their environment.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere'

I worked exterior construction for 20+ years, year-round, and yes, you can tell almost to the minute as things start moving around the horizon. It's incremental, and over the years you kind of get a feel for it. The Sun is critical to everything you do, and I can comprehend why almost (?) all cultures worshiped it. Not to you know kill thousands to keep it in the sky, but I do get the importance of it absent another theology.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 22, 2023 06:37 AM (43xH1)

167
If you have a hobby that you think someday you will turn into a livelihood you can write off those initial expenses against income from your 'real' job. For a while anyway. The IRS has been known to get impatient.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 22, 2023 06:38 AM (enJYY)

168 Yeah, if you ever win big, you have to show your lottery losses or gambling losses and you can offset the win for tax purposes.
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Most folks do not save their losing tickets. And besides, if one was to "win big" (as in: millions) would any of those paltry, perhaps a few thousands' worth, crap tickets really make much difference? Do people really spend That Much?

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2023 06:39 AM (njWTi)

169 If you have a hobby that you think someday you will turn into a livelihood you can write off those initial expenses against income from your 'real' job. For a while anyway. The IRS has been known to get impatient.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 22, 2023

***
But you have to itemize deductions for that, right? In my entire working life I have never had enough deductions to top the standard one. Maybe once I buy a house. Can you still deduct the interest on your mortgage payments?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 22, 2023 06:41 AM (omVj0)

170 Most folks do not save their losing tickets. And besides, if one was to "win big" (as in: millions) would any of those paltry, perhaps a few thousands' worth, crap tickets really make much difference? Do people really spend That Much?
Posted by: JQ'

HAHAHAHA!!

Yes.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 22, 2023 06:42 AM (43xH1)

171
Most folks do not save their losing tickets. And besides, if one was to "win big" (as in: millions) would any of those paltry, perhaps a few thousands' worth, crap tickets really make much difference? Do people really spend That Much?

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2023 06:39 AM

Looking at the example of the woman who won big in PA on multiple times how much would you be willing to spend to win $250,000? I might suggest one third of that amount.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 22, 2023 06:42 AM (enJYY)

172 Can you still deduct the interest on your mortgage payments?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius'

Can someone else educate Mr. Wolfus Aurelius on how the United States' housing market works? In which it simply does not pay to completely pay off your residence, ever?

Posted by: LenNeal at December 22, 2023 06:44 AM (43xH1)

173 I’ve sprayed a bunch of Paraguat and there’s nothing wrong with me, Parkinson-wise.

Posted by: Eromero at December 22, 2023 06:44 AM (Bj3Tt)

174 Big black Stirling cat doesn't milk-tread me much any more, but he does leap on the bed when he hears me stir, sits on my chest, and bumps his head against my chin. Even little Dagny the forest feral will sometimes curl up against me. Now, though, Stirling has leaped up to his nest atop the couch back, and the little one, I don't know where she is. She likes to nap under the bed. Racial memories of cave lion days, I guess.

Next year, if I have my house, I'd like to put up a Christmas tree for the first time in decades. But I know I need to anchor it to the wall so they can't pull it over.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 22, 2023 06:45 AM (omVj0)

175 Yeah they spend an absurd amount. Also 90 percent don’t report winnings. Then again, most lost during the year aside from any “big wins”.

Posted by: Quint at December 22, 2023 06:45 AM (zK8gk)

176 Yes depending on income and mortgage size limits which probably don't apply in your case mortgage interest expense on primary residence is deductible from taxable income.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2023 06:48 AM (RIvkX)

177 re: gambling "winnings" vs. "losings"

Damn. People are stooooopid. (and I really really really dodged a bullet w/ex-hole #2, huh?)

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2023 06:50 AM (njWTi)

178 Next year, if I have my house, I'd like to put up a Christmas tree for the first time in decades. But I know I need to anchor it to the wall so they can't pull it over.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius'

I know I'm talking too much but I'm both yacking away and avoiding a horrible editing project that I know is going to end badly.

With the tree, and Dash The Russian Blue who lurved to climb it, the solution was a heavy thrift-store round lift-type weight at the base, an eye-bolt into the ceiling, and a cable (you can use a rope) connecting the two and the tree wired to it. That will keep the little shits from tipping it over. The ornaments might take some wire twist-ties instead of hooks.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 22, 2023 06:50 AM (43xH1)

179 Thank you, Rosasharn!

A good twirl is always good for morale!

G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at December 22, 2023 06:51 AM (kc18b)

180 Damn. People are stooooopid. (and I really really really dodged a bullet w/ex-hole #2, huh?)
Posted by: JQ'

You just just just did.
Got rid of that one just just just in time.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 22, 2023 06:51 AM (43xH1)

181 The only gambling I did was billing a government agency for services rendered. Whether I got paid was always uncertain. I had to attend conferences where I studied constant threats about what would happen to me if there were errors in my billing paperwork. So I had no interest at all, in gambling when I attended conferences in Las Vegas.

Posted by: Fenderbender at December 22, 2023 06:52 AM (r72iY)

182 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 22, 2023 06:53 AM (u82oZ)

183 Yes, Wolfus, mortgage interest and property tax are still 'itemizable' expenses. (hubby & I have never beaten the Standard Deduction, though)

Best of luck on your future retirement!

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2023 06:53 AM (njWTi)

184 Say a door dash driver drives ten thousand miles in a year doing deliveries. And trust me, that is a tiny amount. Full time drivers do more like 30,000 miles a year. For ten thousand miles you can deduct $6,600 dollars off you net income. For people who barely make $10 an hour that is a lot of money, but less than 20% of people who do that job actually do that with their taxes. Not sure how this became a tax seminar and I am surely not a tax expert but as much as we bitch, there are so many areas where we can legally reduce taxation, and we simply ignore it. If one person reads this and looks into it, then I guess the post was worthwhile.

Posted by: Quint at December 22, 2023 06:53 AM (zK8gk)

185 Wolfus - Yes, you can deduct the mortgage interest on your house, along with other allowable deductions, or you can claim the 'standard deduction'. You'd need to do the math to determine which option is best for you, and if you choose to itemize, be prepared to demonstrate your schedule of deductions if audited.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 22, 2023 06:54 AM (YRsIm)

186 Rosasharn

Huzzah! And she is twirling!

*Does Happy Dance to Peter White's Reveillez-vous. *

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 22, 2023 06:55 AM (u82oZ)

187 , and if you choose to itemize, be prepared to demonstrate your schedule of deductions if audited.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 22, 2023 06:54 AM (YRsIm)

Or just make sure you inhale enough meatus to get a spot on SCOTUS.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 22, 2023 06:55 AM (9UlRk)

188 Yes depending on income and mortgage size limits which probably don't apply in your case mortgage interest expense on primary residence is deductible from taxable income.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2023

***
Yes, in my case, since SS is only half taxable, my pension is small-ish, and the standard deduction is pretty big, I expect I'd have to have a pretty large mortgage for that to work for me. I'll check into it when the time comes. But I want to keep my note reasonably low.

I met with the pension guy yesterday, and he was impressed that I seemed so prepared for retirement, and had a goodly chunk of savings as well. (He also told me that I resembled Vincent van Gogh, especially my hair color. I was tempted, as we do here, to make the ear joke and go, "What? What'd you say?" He's not the first person to tell me that, either.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 22, 2023 06:56 AM (omVj0)

189 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at December 22, 2023 06:56 AM (ScR16)

190 If one person reads this and looks into it, then I guess the post was worthwhile. Posted by: Quint'

This is fact, so many people do not even look into it thinking simplistically like it's all a ripoff and who cares, but it is navigable mostly. My situation is very simple: I paid off my house, am single, have no minor dependents, and no outstanding collateralized debt.

I do my own taxes.

Oh, I'm also rather poor or, more accurately, live exceptionally simply.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 22, 2023 06:58 AM (43xH1)

191 When I was self-employed it was all about managing taxes. Now that I'm retired it's the same thing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2023 06:58 AM (RIvkX)

192 Paraquat.

One thing Hunter Biden hasn't tried. Yet.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2023 06:58 AM (4120o)

193 mornin yall. I sometimes see PDFs for large format CAD drawings with embedded graphics, like a JPG, that will not print. Something about the file freaks the plotter out. Usually that can be overcome by selecting "Print As Image" in the print dialog. It takes longer, but the driver preprocesses the file to get everything on one layer and it works.

If that doesn't work, sometimes you can print the PDF to another PDF and that will straighten it out.

Posted by: fd at December 22, 2023 06:58 AM (vFG9F)

194 12
A repost from tonight's ONT:

"Can a dead BIOS battery stop a desktop PC from booting?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2023 03:58 AM (tkR6S)"

Can someone help our dear friend?

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2023 04:17 AM (njWTi)
----
Yes, definitely.

Posted by: Ciampino - That's why it has a battery at December 22, 2023 07:00 AM (qfLjt)

195 Yes, Wolfus, mortgage interest and property tax are still 'itemizable' expenses. (hubby & I have never beaten the Standard Deduction, though)

Best of luck on your future retirement!
Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2023

***
Property tax is deductible too? Hm!

Thanks, JQ. I'm mailing the Medicare Part B application forms to SS today, along with the form to have them stop withholding on the SS checks. As I understand it, since B should become active before March, I can sign up for a Med Advantage plan soon after.

I'm hoping to skip out from work at the end of March or the first week of April. The budget will be done, but I'll avoid the proposed move to a new building in June -- let my successor deal with that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 22, 2023 07:01 AM (omVj0)

196 I take the long view on Winter Solstice, meaning I look forward to it, and celebrate it happening, without worrying even a little I can't tell the exact moment it happens. I just like and look forward to the longer days. Its one thing the crazy Maoists haven't yet screwed up!

Posted by: Drunken American fool at December 22, 2023 07:01 AM (ipfbj)

197 mornin yall. I sometimes see PDFs for large format CAD drawings with embedded graphics, like a JPG, that will not print. Something about the file freaks the plotter out. Usually that can be overcome by selecting "Print As Image" in the print dialog. It takes longer, but the driver preprocesses the file to get everything on one layer and it works.

If that doesn't work, sometimes you can print the PDF to another PDF and that will straighten it out.
Posted by: fd '

Haven't met that specific problem but I wonder if GIMP would open it up and you could flatten the layers without printing.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 22, 2023 07:01 AM (43xH1)

198 Alrighty, horde--

Fun night (and morning, as the case may be)

Love to all. See ya later.

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2023 07:02 AM (njWTi)

199 Morning all. I am delaying my workout, for a little coffee.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 22, 2023 07:02 AM (ipfbj)

200
This shitfest at the southern border won't end until our own legitimate citizens start getting into line, get their piece of paper with court date, and start a new identity and all the free benefits.

Overload the system and crash it to the ground.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 22, 2023 07:02 AM (enJYY)

201
Sorry if I have a prejudice against scratch-off lottery ticket buyers. When I'm waiting to pay for my coffee, they're standing at the counter saying "Lemme have two Cash Blasts, three Lucky X10s, a Break the Bank...." Hey, Jack, Las Vegas is that way.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 22, 2023 07:02 AM (MoZTd)

202 Since I 'retired' and paid off the house, this will be the first year that I look rigorously at itemizing as opposed to taking the standard deduction. But with two of us, even at our current income level we'd have to itemize quite a bit to overcome the amount for a standard deduction.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 22, 2023 07:03 AM (YRsIm)

203 If I can deduct hobby expenses because it might turn into a business, I've missed out on tens of thousands of dollars in deductions for car parts.

Posted by: fd at December 22, 2023 07:03 AM (vFG9F)

204 There is a Kitty Warning Alert for Schloss Obvious. Insane behavior has been observed in one of two cats. Expected to spread to Cat 2.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at December 22, 2023 07:04 AM (ScR16)

205 Sorry if I have a prejudice against scratch-off lottery ticket buyers. When I'm waiting to pay for my coffee, they're standing at the counter saying "Lemme have two Cash Blasts, three Lucky X10s, a Break the Bank...." Hey, Jack, Las Vegas is that way.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh'

A guy I worked construction with for years called them, from 'Throw Momma From the Train', 'BINGO BASTARDS' and liked riding with me as I had a fuel account/card and we didn't have to go inside.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 22, 2023 07:04 AM (43xH1)

206 In case anyone missed it at Legal Insurrection.

Power outages force Maine to delay vote for electrical vehicle mandate.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2023 07:04 AM (4120o)

207 But with two of us, even at our current income level we'd have to itemize quite a bit to overcome the amount for a standard deduction.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead'

In 20+ years in the current house it never paid me to itemize.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 22, 2023 07:05 AM (43xH1)

208 122 I found a place where every time you put down 4 dollars, you win a beer.
Posted by: Bruce at December 22, 2023 05:53 AM (vd8XM)

; )

Posted by: m at December 22, 2023 07:05 AM (x7m+Z)

209 Two days ago I was in my pharmacy waiting for a refill when a contractor in wide-beamed khaki Dockers gave a card to the pharmacist. He said TSA, FBI, and DOJ wanted to be informed of any suspicious purchases, like hydrogen peroxide. "Here is a number to call. "

The police state as farce. The Federales let tons of fentanyl scamper across the border and they worry that bad people will use 6% hydrogen peroxide. It's the 30% stuff you have to watch, champs.

Good thing I am very mellow, because any chemist could do a lot of "stuff" if they were angered at the goons.

Why don't you follow the Constitution and unleash prosperity, ya big dummies?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 22, 2023 07:06 AM (u82oZ)

210 This shitfest at the southern border won't end until our own legitimate citizens start getting into line, get their piece of paper with court date, and start a new identity and all the free benefits.
Overload the system and crash it to the ground.
Posted by: Divide by Zero'

Finally he gets it!

Posted by: Frances Fox Piven at December 22, 2023 07:07 AM (43xH1)

211 'Nite JQ !

Posted by: JT at December 22, 2023 07:07 AM (T4tVD)

212 One year I did claim my rallycross car as an advertising expense because I had my company name on it. Maybe a couple hundred people saw it that year, but I'm pretty sure that it brought in no additional business.

Posted by: fd at December 22, 2023 07:07 AM (vFG9F)

213 116 Jill Biden's press secretary, 40, was 'forced out' of White House after he tried to take gay 'dates' to his room on secure floor of hotel where president was staying during NATO summit

Really stupid people in charge these days.
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 22, 2023 05:50 AM (lwOKI)

Yes, but: last year; old news.

Posted by: m at December 22, 2023 07:07 AM (x7m+Z)

214 12/23 Powerball jackpot is worth $310.8 million cash.

Talk about a stocking stuffer.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2023 07:08 AM (4120o)

215 Apparently, "Duke Of Hazard" star John Schneider is being investigated by the SS for saying Biden should get tried and hung for his crimes. Someone remind me: was Kathy Griffen (is that her name?) investigated for posting her picture holding Trumps bloody head?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 22, 2023 07:08 AM (E63q7)

216 Anna Puma

It is to laugh. Hope you are doing well.

Is your recent writing collected for sale to minors and Morons?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 22, 2023 07:08 AM (u82oZ)

217 This shitfest at the southern border won't end until our own legitimate citizens start getting into line, get their piece of paper with court date, and start a new identity and all the free benefits.
Overload the system and crash it to the ground.
Posted by: Divide by Zero'

I concur, honey!

Posted by: Richard Cloward at December 22, 2023 07:09 AM (43xH1)

218
2/23 Powerball jackpot is worth $310.8 million cash.

__________

If I won, I'd remember all my Horde friends. Briefly.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 22, 2023 07:09 AM (MoZTd)

219 A citizen would probably get arrested for impersonating a non-citizen.

Posted by: fd at December 22, 2023 07:09 AM (vFG9F)

220 Byeee.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at December 22, 2023 07:10 AM (ScR16)

221
Avs and Caps both won last night
I'm good
time to make coffee

Posted by: Don Black at December 22, 2023 07:10 AM (geLO8)

222 Vaccine development. Oh the timelines they are a changin':

http://tinyurl.com/ydb96hea

(Nitter)

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 22, 2023 07:10 AM (zvEEc)

223 Tax tip.

Form a LLC. You have 5 years of capital loss carryover. But better to make money.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 22, 2023 07:11 AM (u82oZ)

224 In case anyone missed it at Legal Insurrection.
Power outages force Maine to delay vote for electrical vehicle mandate.
Posted by: Anna Puma'

Far more importantly, what did you think of the Kyushu J7W Shinden in 'Godzilla Minus One'??????

Posted by: Enquiring Minds Want To Know at December 22, 2023 07:12 AM (43xH1)

225 >"Duke Of Hazard" star John Schneider is being investigated by the SS for saying Biden should get tried and hung for his crimes.
---

I know, right?
the correct usage is 'hanged'

Posted by: Don Black at December 22, 2023 07:12 AM (geLO8)

226 Why would the Feds care if you buy a bottle of Hydrogen Peroxide? They don't want you cleaning scratches of the skin before putting on a bandage?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 22, 2023 07:12 AM (E63q7)

227 Hadrian the Seventh

It goes to a lair in a volcanic island near New Zealand, right?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 22, 2023 07:12 AM (u82oZ)

228 Last year, since I hadn't told SS to withhold anything, I wound up having to send the Feds about $1800. This year, I told them to take out 10% -- and I expect something like a $1000 refund in '24. Maybe I should have canceled withholding in August or September.

My rough calc using the IRS's own SS worksheet and my estimate of future SS and pension amounts suggests that once I retire, my Fed tax liability will be very low -- like, owing $50 or something. SS is not taxable by the states I'm considering, and while they have state income tax and I'll have property tax, the low Fed liability will offset some of that. As, I hope, will a lower car insurance payment!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 22, 2023 07:12 AM (omVj0)

229 Huck Follywood

Over-control. The clear sign of losers.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 22, 2023 07:13 AM (u82oZ)

230 Tax tip.

Form a LLC. You have 5 years of capital loss carryover. But better to make money.
Posted by: NaCly Dog'

And a trust for your Class III.

Posted by: Enquiring Minds Want To Know at December 22, 2023 07:13 AM (43xH1)

231 Paraquat was used by the State of California to kill weeds by the side of the road as well as "weed"... Which is not the current State direction... IYKWIMAITYD...

Posted by: setnaffa at December 22, 2023 07:13 AM (jeNdr)

232 Wolfus Aurelius

Governments are clever parasites. They get money one way or another.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 22, 2023 07:14 AM (u82oZ)

233 Have a great day, everyone.

Last school day of the year, and it is a half-day.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 22, 2023 07:14 AM (u82oZ)

234
A citizen would probably get arrested for impersonating a non-citizen.

Posted by: fd at December 22, 2023 07:09 AM (vFG9F)

I doubt it. These agent don't have time to do anything other then hand everyone a piece of paper and say, "NEXT" - like some sort of soup nazi. You arrive in disheveled clothes, no wallet, no phone, the ability to say 'refuge' with a bit of a south of the border accent, what the hell are they gonna do?

Flood the zone and quit yur bitchin'. If I lived within proximity I'd try it.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 22, 2023 07:14 AM (enJYY)

235 Jill Biden's press secretary, 40, was 'forced out' of White House after he tried to take gay 'dates' to his room on secure floor of hotel where president was staying during NATO summit

Really stupid people in charge these days.
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 22, 2023 05:50 AM (lwOKI)
-

Infested:

George Santos
@MrSantosNY
10h
Hey @CapitolPolice you need to investigate the entire building for sex scandals!

If there is an ounce of truth (which it seems to be 100% accurate at this point) to what I heard from my own staff I can assure you the problem is very bad and it involves, congressional/ committee staff, officers, members of the media and members of Congress…

I suggest wiring the building two times over and make sure there are cameras in the cages!!!

CAPITOL SEX SCANDALS! 🤦🏻‍♂️
Dec 22, 2023 · 2:05 AM UTC

http://tinyurl.com/2rjudytm

(Nitter)

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 22, 2023 07:15 AM (zvEEc)

236 Wolfus Aurelius

Governments are clever parasites. They get money one way or another.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 22, 2023

***
Right, and the bastards may change the rules after I stop working. So I might have to find a part-time job. Well, one small Indiana town I'm intrigued by is hiring substitute teachers and substitute school bus drivers!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 22, 2023 07:15 AM (omVj0)

237 Boker Tov Patriots

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 22, 2023 07:17 AM (pVWRI)

238
What's to stop a person from attending every other day and pick up another piece of paper for a friend or loved one?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 22, 2023 07:17 AM (enJYY)

239 706 Hydrogen peroxide. Wasn't t-stoff, the German WW2 fuel, pretty much high percentage hydrogen peroxide?

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 22, 2023 07:17 AM (0EOe9)

240 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄 Merry Christmas 🎄🎄🎄

Posted by: Chris Krispy Kreme at December 22, 2023 07:18 AM (89Sog)

241 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at December 22, 2023 07:18 AM (86W+h)

242 Does anyone here work at or have a good friend or relative that works at Google? I've got a problem with them that could be cleared up in a few minutes if I could only get in touch with a human there.

Posted by: jwest at December 22, 2023 07:18 AM (VP9ao)

243 12/23 Powerball jackpot is worth $310.8 million cash.

Talk about a stocking stuffer.
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2023 07:08 AM (4120o)

Okaaaaay....

Posted by: JT at December 22, 2023 07:19 AM (T4tVD)

244 Apparently, "Duke Of Hazard" star John Schneider is being investigated by the SS for saying Biden should get tried and hung for his crimes. Someone remind me: was Kathy Griffen (is that her name?) investigated for posting her picture holding Trumps bloody head?

--

How about Johnny Dump for asking where is our modern John Wilkes Boothe in relation to Trump.

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 22, 2023 07:19 AM (mupln)

245 If you do your own taxes nowadays, prepare to be audited or adjusted. If you use one of the tax prep services like TurboTax, it will sail right thru since you are paying the parasites at TurboTax as well as the layabouts in the federal crime syndicate so everyone is happy with their cut.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 22, 2023 07:19 AM (puDky)

246 Hiya Cap'n !

Posted by: JT at December 22, 2023 07:20 AM (T4tVD)

247 George Santos
@MrSantosNY
10h
Hey @CapitolPolice you need to investigate the entire building for sex scandals!

If there is an ounce of truth (which it seems to be 100% accurate at this point) to what I heard from my own staff I can assure you the problem is very bad and it involves, congressional/ committee staff, officers, members of the media and members of Congress…

==

Sounds like the entirety of Congress has become Satan's playground in more ways than one.

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 22, 2023 07:21 AM (mupln)

248 >>> Far more importantly, what did you think of the Kyushu J7W Shinden in 'Godzilla Minus One'??????

Didn't see the movie, but it's a cool looking plane.

Posted by: fluffy at December 22, 2023 07:22 AM (86W+h)

249 >>>122 I found a place where every time you put down 4 dollars, you win a beer.
Posted by: Bruce at December 22, 2023 05:53 AM (vd8XM)

>Holy crap! Last time I was in a bar, pre-COVID, I was awarded a beer for $2.50. I haven't been to a bar since.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 22, 2023 07:22 AM (9v1kn)

250 Right, and the bastards may change the rules after I stop working. So I might have to find a part-time job. Well, one small Indiana town I'm intrigued by is hiring substitute teachers and substitute school bus drivers!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius'

May I recommend night shift stocking work? It's worked out spectacularly for me. It's a graveyard shift and nobody wants it especially young people, depending on location the store is often closed at night so no annoying human beings, and most of the time nobody cares at all what you do as long as your tasks get completed.

Posted by: Enquiring Minds Want To Know at December 22, 2023 07:22 AM (43xH1)

251 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at December 22, 2023 07:22 AM (ijGs/)

252 @235

>>Infested:

Remember, Madison Cawthorne was driven out of Congress by the GOP for revealing that congress is den of sexual degeneracy and fa**otry.

The also drove out their most conservative member, over small potatoes campaign finance violations that weren't even adjudicated at the time of his expulsion.

The GOP is a useless pile of dog shit.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 22, 2023 07:22 AM (XV/Pl)

253
There's probably some way to use Hydrogen peroxide to treat cheap CBD oil and make Delta 8, which will get you very high. The stuff you can buy already at Yee Olde Vape store is so cheap I don't see the logic, but government HAS TO DO SOMETHING!

FOR THE CHILDREN!

Now that I come to think of it, it probably is kids doing this. Age restrictions at vape stores are probably 18 and older.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 22, 2023 07:23 AM (enJYY)

254 Carol of the Bells:

Ink-pinky-do, ink-pinky-do, inky-inky-inky-pinky . . .

We're due for heavy rain on Xmas Eve and a high of 70 and dry on The Day. Better than the 80-85 I've seen far too often at Xmas here. Then it's supposed to cool to 58 on 12/26.

With any luck my mechanic will get his balancing machine early next week and I can have the Buick's new wheels installed. I bought 'em on 12/7, they arrived on 12/12, and I only got to see them on Wednesday. They look great, though. I'm looking forward to this.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 22, 2023 07:23 AM (omVj0)

255 Does anyone here work at or have a good friend or relative that works at Google? I've got a problem with them that could be cleared up in a few minutes if I could only get in touch with a human there.
Posted by: jwest'

I actually do know someone whose wife works at Google, and I can attest that everyone who physically works at Google is an evil motherfucker, and you do not want to come into any contact with them under any conditions for any reason.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 22, 2023 07:24 AM (43xH1)

256 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering

I'm sure its frozen.

Posted by: JT at December 22, 2023 07:25 AM (T4tVD)

257 May I recommend night shift stocking work? It's worked out spectacularly for me. It's a graveyard shift and nobody wants it especially young people, depending on location the store is often closed at night so no annoying human beings, and most of the time nobody cares at all what you do as long as your tasks get completed.
Posted by: Enquiring Minds Want To Know at December 22, 2023

***
Sounds good, if I could do that only a few nights a week. But around here, anyway, Walmart and other stores, though they are closed at night, still have the crew stocking the shelves even as we shop, all day long. Invariably they stop their carts *right in front* of whatever I want to shop for.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 22, 2023 07:26 AM (omVj0)

258 Powerball jackpot is worth $310.8 million cash.

Talk about a stocking stuffer.
Posted by: Anna Puma'

"We're on it!"

Posted by: The Red Hot Chili Peppers at December 22, 2023 07:27 AM (43xH1)

259 244, yeah they are shit heals. Ben Jones, who played Cooter on that show became a Republican Congressman many years ago. He has an amusing store/museum in Virginia. That is nsfw, With confederate flag, stickers and replicas of the general Lee car.

I saw Schneider on a couple of videos, and he’s definitely not a left-winger lol. I don’t doubt they would go after him who is next Catherine Bach?

Posted by: Quint at December 22, 2023 07:27 AM (zK8gk)

260 My good friends at Gooble want to give me free email and productivity applications while monitoring everything I do to push ads and newsfeeds at me and save me money on stuff that I buy on the Internet and to make me a better citizen, comrade.

Posted by: fd at December 22, 2023 07:28 AM (vFG9F)

261 Flash Email Traffic

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$139.99

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Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 22, 2023 07:29 AM (aD39U)

262 Morning, Horde...How goes it?

I'm at work for one reason only...I'll get a payout if I conserve all of my vacation time when we switch over to a new PTO system in January...

I plan on being bored out of my gourd today because *nothing* is going on at work...(students and faculty are all on break)

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 22, 2023 07:29 AM (7fElN)

263 @253

>>Now that I come to think of it, it probably is kids doing this. Age restrictions at vape stores are probably 18 and older.

It's not just being sold at vape shops, you see Delta 8, Delta 9 and Delta Naught for sale at gas stations and Bodegas now.

Also, the most prevalent form for these is gummies, that children can easily mistake.

It's not a nothing burger issue, but usually when the government gets involved whatever they come up with is typically the absolute wrong method to deal with the problem.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 22, 2023 07:30 AM (XV/Pl)

264 Invariably they stop their carts *right in front* of whatever I want to shop for.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius'

Hahaha! We do it on purpose, Fuck You.

That said, most stores do have part-time stockers night-time. I have also taught substitute school as an FTB and you might want to rethink going through the Federal background check you will need to do for that, to make sure you're a child molester and can deal with the Wokester Rot that started in the schools. Wherever you go, check and see if there is a store within driving distance, closed at night for overnight stocking, and has flexible hours. I bet there is.

Posted by: The Red Hot Chili Peppers at December 22, 2023 07:31 AM (43xH1)

265 Morning, Horde...How goes it?

I'm at work for one reason only...I'll get a payout if I conserve all of my vacation time when we switch over to a new PTO system in January...

I plan on being bored out of my gourd today because *nothing* is going on at work...(students and faculty are all on break)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 22, 2023

***
My boss gave us the day off, unofficially; we don't have to put in for vacation days. His only caveat: Don't get caught hijacking cars or anything we can't explain, because he will disavow any knowledge of our actions.

Like you I'm conserving my vacation hours ahead of retirement. That will fund my relocation costs, I hope.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 22, 2023 07:32 AM (omVj0)

266 My good friends at Gooble want to give me free email and productivity applications while monitoring everything I do to push ads and newsfeeds at me and save me money on stuff that I buy on the Internet and to make me a better citizen, comrade.
Posted by: fd'

"We'll do it!"

Posted by: The Indians At Zoho at December 22, 2023 07:33 AM (43xH1)

267 All the CBD and CBD eight, and all that crap is just hype. Easy way to get rid of it, ban it all. The entire industry is just so stupid on one hand you have states advertising on indeed.com for pot workers. On the other hand, you have people like Hunter, being charged for owning a firearm, while being a pot user. Am I the only one that sees the issue here?

Is pot so great that you would give up your freedom for it? It’s a band booze today I would likely quit. But booze has a long history as long as our history, this legal pot experiment was a failed democrat endeavor. No one actually likes it but half the people pretend that they do.

Posted by: Quint at December 22, 2023 07:34 AM (zK8gk)

268 Bashing, vape and going after vape it’s gotta be one of the dumbest things our government has done. Would they spend millions to crack down on Nicorette gum? If not, why not?

Posted by: Quint at December 22, 2023 07:35 AM (zK8gk)

269
It's not just being sold at vape shops, you see Delta 8, Delta 9 and Delta Naught for sale at gas stations and Bodegas now.

Also, the most prevalent form for these is gummies, that children can easily mistake.

It's not a nothing burger issue, but usually when the government gets involved whatever they come up with is typically the absolute wrong method to deal with the problem.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 22, 2023 07:30 AM

Delta 8, Delta 9 and Delta Naught *should* be a controlled substances but Delta 8 can be easily made from some simple chemistry - a mild acid if I recall correctly. Being a total idiot when it comes to chemistry I'm not sure if hydrogen peroxide qualifies in that regard.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 22, 2023 07:36 AM (enJYY)

270 Fair warning about older people (I'm 56) taking retail jobs, they are MUCH more physical than you think. You better be in good condition, like, able to throw around at least 40 pounds for a 8-9 hour shift.
If you can't do that you need to stay strictly away.
If you have feet problems run away.
Not flexible, creaky, stiffen up? Don't even.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 22, 2023 07:36 AM (43xH1)

271 My boss gave us the day off, unofficially; we don't have to put in for vacation days. His only caveat: Don't get caught hijacking cars or anything we can't explain, because he will disavow any knowledge of our actions.

Like you I'm conserving my vacation hours ahead of retirement. That will fund my relocation costs, I hope.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 22, 2023 07:32 AM (omVj0)
---
I kind of get screwed over for my retirement. Under the new system, they will only payout 10 days of PTO when I retire, regardless of how much time I've accumulated (we can store up to 56 days max). However, my sick leave will remain (unless I need to use it) and will still count towards "time worked" at the end, which right now is about 3 months of time.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 22, 2023 07:36 AM (7fElN)

272 Good morning all! Dreary, rainy day out today.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at December 22, 2023 07:37 AM (iF0sF)

273 Morning peeps.

It's trash day. That means it's Friday.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 22, 2023 07:39 AM (Q4IgG)

274 I used to work at a research lab. Not as a researcher, but in facilities. We worked with the vivarium staff, and we ordered materials. And we submitted paperwork on accidents. They used paraquat to induce Parkinsons in mice. IDK -- it may only induce Parkinson 's-like symptoms in mice, and only when you inject an amount relative to body weight to which a human will likely never be exposed. FWIW, a very young lab tech accidentally injected herself, didn't tell anyone, and never took the antidote. And as of ten years post-exposure, nothing happened. But then there was only a small amount in the hypodermic need -- enough for a mouse -- the plunger was not depressed, and it was only one accidental exposure, so it really was an incredibly small amount in one small instance.

Posted by: Someone Else at December 22, 2023 07:42 AM (YPgjG)

275 I smoked a lot of paraquat when I was in the Choom Gang.

Posted by: Barack Obama at December 22, 2023 07:42 AM (FjlUt)

276 About 90 days till spring.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 22, 2023 07:43 AM (lwOKI)

277 Mornin' Horde. As of today I'm off work til Jan. 3. Except for a brief pause for Christmas festivities, I'm spending most of the break moving to SiD (Half) Acres. Soon I'll be sipping coffee and reading the HQ from my very own front porch.

Posted by: screaming in digital at December 22, 2023 07:43 AM (WSDq0)

278 But then there was only a small amount in the hypodermic need -- enough for a mouse -- the plunger was not depressed, and it was only one accidental exposure, so it really was an incredibly small amount in one small instance.
Posted by: Someone Else'

I had a similar experience!

Posted by: Ladybug On the Bullet Train at December 22, 2023 07:45 AM (43xH1)

279 FWIW, a very young lab tech accidentally injected herself, didn't tell anyone, and never took the antidote. And as of ten years post-exposure, nothing happened. But then there was only a small amount in the hypodermic need -- enough for a mouse -- the plunger was not depressed, and it was only one accidental exposure, so it really was an incredibly small amount in one small instance.
Posted by: Someone Else at December 22, 2023 07:42 AM (YPgjG)
---
Sounds like a superhero origin story....

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 22, 2023 07:46 AM (7fElN)

280 screaming in digital, congratulations.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 22, 2023 07:48 AM (dec0Z)

281 I have also taught substitute school as an FTB and you might want to rethink going through the Federal background check you will need to do for that, to make sure you're a child molester and can deal with the Wokester Rot that started in the schools. Wherever you go, check and see if there is a store within driving distance, closed at night for overnight stocking, and has flexible hours. I bet there is.
Posted by: The Red Hot Chili Peppers at December 22, 2023

***
The town with the sub teacher and bus driver openings has a Walmart right there! One of the reasons I'm considering it (7200 people!) is that any town with a WM will have services like auto shops, electricians and plumbers, etc. And the nearest hospital is about 20-30 minutes away.

In April, once I'm out, I'll drive up there and the surrounding area and look. I was hoping to make such a trip next week, but that didn't work.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 22, 2023 07:48 AM (omVj0)

282
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 22, 2023 07:49 AM (bEb2S)

283 Getting light outside. I'll watch Have Gun -- Will Travel, then head out to wash the car and detail some of it, at least.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 22, 2023 07:50 AM (omVj0)

284 Sounds like a superhero origin story....
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel'

I'm not sure I want any part of this superpowered heroine!

"Females can have up to 15 litters a year and can become pregnant within 24 hours after giving birth. The average gestation time for mice is 19 to 21 days."

Posted by: LenNeal, glad he has cats at December 22, 2023 07:50 AM (43xH1)

285 I actually do know someone whose wife works at Google, and I can attest that everyone who physically works at Google is an evil motherfucker, and you do not want to come into any contact with them under any conditions for any reason.
Posted by: LenNeal at December 22, 2023 07:24 AM (43xH1)

That's the truth.

Posted by: jwest at December 22, 2023 07:50 AM (VP9ao)

286 AltonJackson, Good morning, darlin

Posted by: Ben Had at December 22, 2023 07:51 AM (dec0Z)

287 "Females can have up to 15 litters a year and can become pregnant within 24 hours after giving birth. The average gestation time for mice is 19 to 21 days."
Posted by: LenNeal, glad he has cats at December 22, 2023 07:50 AM (43xH1)

I can guess their Darwinian strategy.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 22, 2023 07:51 AM (aD39U)

288 We once inherited a pet hairless male rat. His testicles were a quarter of his body weight.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 22, 2023 07:52 AM (aD39U)

289
g'mornin', Ben Had

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 22, 2023 07:52 AM (bEb2S)

290
J
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Posted by: rhennigantx at December 22, 2023 07:52 AM (lwOKI)

291 Well, I would go on the Writer's Group and explain what is JUST REALLY going on here but it involves a book and editing and Man am I avoiding this.

Instead I'm hanging out here at the office, hiding, making jokes, and rambling on. I work the next few nights at the supermarket and it's this-year OVERRUN with oldsters so lonely, the money is tight so they're coming in to talk. They have nowhere else to go. That's nice but we're not a church and we have work to do. This year is particularly depressing.
I intend to spend actual Western Christmas (mine is 01/07) at the local truck stop diner by myself, very early in the morning with the few staff. It should be nice and I'll tip well.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 22, 2023 07:56 AM (43xH1)

292 We once inherited a pet hairless male rat. His testicles were a quarter of his body weight.
Posted by: G'rump928(c)'

How does one inherit a rat?

Posted by: LenNeal at December 22, 2023 07:57 AM (43xH1)

293 How does one inherit a rat?

He was our daughter's pet.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 22, 2023 07:58 AM (aD39U)

294 How does one inherit a rat?

He was our daughter's pet.
Posted by: G'rump928(c)'

I'm not kidding at all, and my deepest sympathies if this happened, but did she die?

Posted by: LenNeal at December 22, 2023 08:04 AM (43xH1)

295 I'm not kidding at all, and my deepest sympathies if this happened, but did she die?
Posted by: LenNeal at December 22, 2023 08:04 AM (43xH1)

She moved somewhere that the rat was unwelcome.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 22, 2023 08:08 AM (aD39U)

296 >>> I intend to spend actual Western Christmas (mine is 01/07) at the local truck stop diner by myself

You are Orthodox, I gather?

Posted by: fluffy at December 22, 2023 08:09 AM (86W+h)

297 It must be sickening to have built serial number one of a cutting edge new tool, and see it go to Intel.

Posted by: These Fish Sticks Are Hard As Tits at December 22, 2023 08:28 AM (Somy5)

298 How could this team have developed this world's first High-NA EUV scanner? In the picture there are no POC, trans, or furries.

Posted by: Candidus at December 22, 2023 08:58 AM (Ya7DW)

299 298 How could this team have developed this world's first High-NA EUV scanner? In the picture there are no POC, trans, or furries.
Posted by: Candidus at December 22, 2023 08:58 AM (Ya7DW)

heh

Posted by: m at December 22, 2023 09:18 AM (x7m+Z)

300 300

Half a league, half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the three hundred.

Posted by: m at December 22, 2023 09:19 AM (x7m+Z)

301 And those AI tasks that Meteor Lake wins against Phoenix at? The whole reason AND released Hawk point (the 8040 parts) is their AI engine is something like 40% faster.

Those tasks where the AI engine let's Intel pull off a 10-20% win, Hawkpoint is goo C to beat it with a baseball bat.

And then there's Strix.

I'm already hearing people calling this Intel's Bulldozer moment.

Posted by: Voyager at December 22, 2023 09:54 AM (S3d13)

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Posted by: banish at December 24, 2023 05:39 PM (MVUok)

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