Daily Tech News 25 December 2023

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What kind of bubble is AI? (Locus)

Obviously it's a bubble, but is it the kind that leaves some value behind after the fires die down, or is it the kind where you just have to eat your losses and maybe your children?

Image-generation AI suggests the former; textual AI suggests the latter.

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Benchmarks have leaked for Intel's lower-end 14th generation desktop CPUs. (WCCFTech)

If these are accurate, the 14100, 14400, and 14600 are quite good performers and worth a look.

There are signs that the scores are not accurate.
Wow, it is really pissing down out there.
Ah, yep, hail.
Speaking of benchmarks, the Cray-1 could reach 27 LINPACK megaFLOPs. (Roy Longbottom)

Which used to be a lot.

The Raspberry Pi 400 - the model I have, where it is built into the keyboard - can reach 1147.

(A core i5 1135G7 - a laptop chip now three generations old - can achieve 9088.)

Disclaimer: Merry Christmas to all, and may replication lag in your MongoDB clusters not unexpectedly trigger flow control and jam up your entire application at one of the busiest times of the year.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 25, 2023 04:00 AM (ch/kO)

2 Merry Christmas !

Posted by: JT at December 25, 2023 04:02 AM (T4tVD)

3 Merry Christmas, Pixy!

Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2023 04:02 AM (njWTi)

4 Merry Christmas, Hordelings!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 25, 2023 04:03 AM (BLOW1)

5 Clear & chilly 28F here.. Brrrr! (That's -2C, lol)

No snow at all

until maybe Tuesday morning

Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2023 04:06 AM (njWTi)

6 Merry Christmas, Pixy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 25, 2023 04:13 AM (di6C2)

7 May all enjoy the most blessed Christmas possible, and for the forthcoming New Year all things fortuitous.

Posted by: irongrampa at December 25, 2023 04:13 AM (KATBx)

8 Merry Christmas!

Posted by: Marylander at December 25, 2023 04:13 AM (v7I/Y)

9 Thanks IG !

Merry Christmas !

Posted by: JT at December 25, 2023 04:14 AM (T4tVD)

10 Merry Christmas, all !

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 25, 2023 04:22 AM (ccuM1)

11 Merry Christmas MLii !

Posted by: JT at December 25, 2023 04:26 AM (T4tVD)

12 Disclaimer: Merry Christmas to all, and may replication lag in your MongoDB clusters not unexpectedly trigger flow control and jam up your entire application at one of the busiest times of the year.

I hope this is not happening to you, Pixy. It sounds like a very bad thing.

Posted by: m at December 25, 2023 04:27 AM (x7m+Z)

13 Christmas is here
Merry, merry, merry, merry Christmas
Merry, merry, merry, merry Christmas

Posted by: m at December 25, 2023 04:30 AM (x7m+Z)

14 How are you JT?

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 25, 2023 04:33 AM (ccuM1)

15
There's a name for some 80/20 rule that I have now forgotten but in the end it will apply to AI - it will be 80% bullshit, 20% some limited value.

Oh, wait. Punching in 80/20 rule in DDG nets 'Pareto principle' which doesn't really apply. But it's kinda similar. Maybe.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 25, 2023 04:37 AM (enJYY)

16 How are you JT?
Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 25, 2023 04:33 AM (ccuM1)

All right, I reckon.

Posted by: JT at December 25, 2023 04:39 AM (T4tVD)

17
Weak AI refers to systems designed for very specific tasks. Strong AI, on the other hand, can complete a variety of tasks, many times faster than the vast majority of humans.

Strong AI = equals giving a six pack of beer and the keys to your car to a teenager and expecting good things to happen

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 25, 2023 04:50 AM (enJYY)

18 Merry Christmas horde

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 25, 2023 04:52 AM (NYzgN)

19 Merry Christmas!!

https://youtu.be/PtiCLJvyePw?si=-c6tvs0guAZW5v7e

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up, it's Christmas at December 25, 2023 04:53 AM (sAmhv)

20 https://youtu.be/p9Z-4H39BCM?si=Oe2scTEzPVB_pNBS

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up, it's Christmas at December 25, 2023 04:59 AM (sAmhv)

21 https://youtu.be/9yyfMaa2R20?si=H5Jpm7huDyCGG19i

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up, it's Christmas at December 25, 2023 05:00 AM (sAmhv)

22 Merry Christmas, Horde. May the gifts of love, peace and happiness be yours.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2023 05:07 AM (ju2Fy)

23 Beautiful, Puddleglum

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 25, 2023 05:12 AM (ccuM1)

24 "There's a name for some 80/20 rule that I have now forgotten but in the end it will apply to AI - it will be 80% bullshit, 20% some limited value.

Oh, wait. Punching in 80/20 rule in DDG nets 'Pareto principle' which doesn't really apply. But it's kinda similar. Maybe.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 25, 2023 04:37 AM (enJYY)"

Sturgeon's Law: 90% of everything is crap.

Merry Christmas, y'all.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at December 25, 2023 05:12 AM (/HDaX)

25 I'll add a favorite of mine.

https://youtu.be/rYYT52KIuzs?si=vwLUd--nPF7l304x

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 25, 2023 05:13 AM (ccuM1)

26 or is it the kind where you just have to eat your losses and maybe your children?

Well if we have to eat our losses don't look up recipes online. There are a lot of mashed up AI generated recipes showing up that are ruining searches.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2023 05:16 AM (ju2Fy)

27 Christmas breakfast snack: bagel, cream cheese & lox. Yum!

Hot coffee.

Maybe a nap... (no children here this year)

Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2023 05:21 AM (njWTi)

28 4 hours of relaxing Christmas music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr7iqsAEsXk

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2023 05:24 AM (ju2Fy)

29 Mmm JQ! To both the snack and the nap!!

I'm munching on the veges I'm prepping for the vege tray

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 25, 2023 05:24 AM (ccuM1)

30 "AI" is spell auto-incorrect writ large.

There is no intelligence, of any kind, involved.

Posted by: AudreyHepburnLover at December 25, 2023 05:24 AM (42MWq)

31 80% is crap.

The other 80% is also crap.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 25, 2023 05:27 AM (NYzgN)

32
My guess as to the first prediction of AI doom was in the movie 'Dr. Strangelove' (1964) which had the Soviets having established a 'Doomsday Machine' which would automatically trigger massive retaliation and WWIII if they were attacked.

'Dr Strangelove' was loosely based on the novel 'Red Alert' where:

In a last effort to avert a Soviet–American nuclear war, the U.S. President offers the Soviet Premier the compensatory right to destroy Atlantic City, New Jersey; at the final moment, the Alabama Angel is shot down, and nuclear catastrophe is averted.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 25, 2023 05:29 AM (enJYY)

33 Merry Christmas everyone

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2023 05:31 AM (fwDg9)

34 Hi, MLii! Merry Christmas to you!

Hahaha, you're enjoying the "cook's privilege" I see

We've got cheese & crackers & summer sausage for later, plus leftover chinese takeout. LOL

We had veggies the other day...

Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2023 05:36 AM (njWTi)

35 Merrie Christmas Horde!

Posted by: All Hail Eris at December 25, 2023 05:44 AM (+RQPJ)

36 Good morning and Merry Christmas horde.

Local TV news reports that the Union Sq Christmas tree was vandalized and the ice rink shut down on Saturday by people who hate Jews.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2023 05:59 AM (RIvkX)

37 Sunday people won't survive the Leftists either

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2023 06:02 AM (fwDg9)

38 typing this on an i5 - 3320M; in an antique Fujitsu laptop, lol.

G'mornin' everyone! it was raining here, too; 48 degrees, overcast

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at December 25, 2023 06:02 AM (kc18b)

39 31 80% is crap.

The other 80% is also crap.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 25, 2023 05:27 AM (NYzgN)

There is math here.

Posted by: m at December 25, 2023 06:02 AM (x7m+Z)

40 and a Merry Christmas to all! G-d bless us, every one!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at December 25, 2023 06:05 AM (kc18b)

41 I would like to wish a Merry Christmas to fat, greasy tool Chris Christie, please slither off into the sunset already, you useless, traitorous pustule.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2023 06:08 AM (RIvkX)

42 youtube.com/watch?v=hTSkS0Abas4

Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2023 06:10 AM (njWTi)

43 Merry Christmas! We have snow and it won't get above freezing today. Mr Trouble spent the night in. Jake went out earlier and has already gone back to sleep. Looks like I am up for the day.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 25, 2023 06:12 AM (L8hCM)

44 Hey! I've only got 25 letters in my alphabet this morning!

Oh, I get it. No L.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 25, 2023 06:12 AM (hbjSA)

45 Merry Christmas

8 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. 9 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. 10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. 11 Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. 12 This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 25, 2023 06:14 AM (lwOKI)

46 >>>What kind of bubble is AI? (Locus)
Obviously it's a bubble

What's a comparable tech bubble of the past?

Posted by: m at December 25, 2023 06:15 AM (x7m+Z)

47 In a conventional war in Europe, we would have crushed the Soviet Union.

Posted by: SFGoth at December 25, 2023 06:17 AM (KAi1n)

48 I am grateful to the Lord that I have no more worship services today, but so grateful to be with lovely people for several others. The dear family ( who are not church members ) of one of our beloved dear old people who died several years ago filled the back two pews where they always sat Wotn
her because it was a family tradition to come from her two hundred plus year old farmhouse
And come to the service of lessons and carols

I miss her. She was a teacher back in the day when there were no computers and she was very bright and had a dry with Part of her life she lived in Scranton and Delaware She was a conservative and didn't like Biden. She passed before she could vote against him but gosh, did I hear about him LOL. Thanks, Barbara for being part of my life!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2023 06:19 AM (EtfBu)

49 Merry Christmas!

Peace on Earth and goodwill to all Morons!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 25, 2023 06:19 AM (BpYfr)

50 AI is the worst kind of malware. It's self replicating and has been coded by perverts, degenerates and geeks.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 25, 2023 06:24 AM (9v1kn)

51 What kind of music do elves listen to?

Wrap.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 25, 2023 06:26 AM (hbjSA)

52 Boker Tov Patriots

And a Very Merry Christmas to one and all

Except left wingers and Democrats

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 25, 2023 06:26 AM (PQ4m2)

53 One of the parents of the kids in kindergarten gave FenSpouse a gift of three flashlights and batteries and she made a little snowman card. That was a very kind and practical gift.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2023 06:28 AM (EtfBu)

54 Local TV news reports that the Union Sq Christmas tree was vandalized and the ice rink shut down on Saturday by people who hate Jews.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2023 05:59 AM (RIvkX)
-

They didn't have the brains to shut down Chinese restaurants.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 25, 2023 06:28 AM (ch/kO)

55 Just for a historical argument
I wonder if the Allied forces could have defeated the Soviet Red Army. It would have been a bloody brawl for sure. The Red Army was massive.

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2023 06:29 AM (fwDg9)

56 Fen - Merry Christmas to you and yourn !

Posted by: JT at December 25, 2023 06:30 AM (T4tVD)

57 Wrap.

I laughed. Thx.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2023 06:30 AM (EtfBu)

58 Merry .Christmas, JT and all.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2023 06:32 AM (EtfBu)

59 No, I was in Chinatown with Boy F. at the time and it was teeming.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2023 06:33 AM (RIvkX)

60 They didn't have the brains to shut down Chinese restaurants.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 25, 2023 06:28 AM (ch/kO)

We had a traditional Jewish Christmas Eve dinner last night: Chinese Food takeout. It was Marvelous!

And Leftovers for Breakfeast

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 25, 2023 06:33 AM (PQ4m2)

61 NATO strategy called for going nuclear rapidly, central Germany would have been a wasteland.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2023 06:34 AM (RIvkX)

62 What did Adam say the day before Christmas, "It's Christmas, Eve."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2023 06:34 AM (EtfBu)

63 "And Leftovers for Breakfeast"

the best part!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at December 25, 2023 06:34 AM (kc18b)

64
Fen - did our Christmas card get to you in time? We were a little late this year with our mailing.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 25, 2023 06:35 AM (enJYY)

65 What is a vegans favorite Christmas carol? Soy to the world.

I am glad I am not a vegan and will be having prime rib for dinner. 😊

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2023 06:37 AM (EtfBu)

66 https://youtu.be/mytH2k4jZE0?si=gIrAavzVaXyI7QXh

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up, it's Christmas at December 25, 2023 06:37 AM (sAmhv)

67 I am glad I am not a vegan and will be having prime rib for dinner. 😊
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

My daughter and I are attempting a Feast of the Seven Fishes today. Cod Baccala, Shrimp Alfredo, boiled shrimp, scallops, lobster tails and crab claws. Plus some herring in a cream sauce.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 25, 2023 06:39 AM (hbjSA)

68 Here is a fun article about my former buddy who is on the Oakland City Council. No Jews Allowed Dan. Dan voted for that stupid ceasefire resolution btw. That's why he is now blocked.

http://tinyurl.com/5f95ap42

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2023 06:41 AM (RIvkX)

69 https://youtu.be/w94cewg8He4?si=407LiHIpEumIcdz7

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up, it's Christmas at December 25, 2023 06:41 AM (sAmhv)

70 Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 25, 2023 06:35 AM (enJYY

I am so glad you are here to thank you. Please thank your kindly wife as well. That was a beautiful card and note and we so appreciate the gift. The treasurer was there Sunday morning and I shared in our time of thanksgiving that.a person I have never met sent a gift and she smiled a lot. The other church members were very touched.

A blessed and joyous Christmas to you!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2023 06:41 AM (EtfBu)

71 Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 25, 2023 06:39 AM (hbjSA

That's sounds so cool. I like fish. Best in your culinary preparations.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2023 06:42 AM (EtfBu)

72
A blessed and joyous Christmas to you!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2023 06:41 AM

Thank you and same to you and your family. Our own parish is in a bit of a mess right now, but hitting the Sunday collection plate - especially at Christmas - we still like to do.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 25, 2023 06:44 AM (enJYY)

73 Dear Divide by Zero- I will send a proper note when I recover from the worship services.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2023 06:45 AM (RSbhh)

74 I had an idea a long while ago, when neutral networks and machine intelligence were still outre concepts and not the subject of four minute YouTube videos.... use it in biology to study metabolic pathways. Encode every chemical reaction possible with some kind of unambiguous system, like a Gödel Numbering for atoms. Plug in a training set of the tens or hundreds of thousands of known metabolic processes that occur in some given benchmark organism (maybe fruit flies?). Then let the electrons rip, see what it spits out as plausible other reactions and feedbacks we don't know of yet, and then get in the lab and go looking to see if they are real or not.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 25, 2023 06:45 AM (9UlRk)

75 that sounds amazingly awesome, Blutarski!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at December 25, 2023 06:46 AM (kc18b)

76 "You said shrimp twice."

"We really like shrimp."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 25, 2023 06:47 AM (9UlRk)

77 Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 25, 2023 06:44 AM (enJYY)

I am sorry about your parish and the travails on the last church leader. May rough places be made smooth- mountains and hills made low.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2023 06:47 AM (RSbhh)

78 " ... and then get in the lab and go looking to see if they are real or not. "

IOW, real science done the old-school way, what a novel idea!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at December 25, 2023 06:48 AM (kc18b)

79 Actually now that I recall, the elderly former teacher proudly did vote against Biden. That was the year before she died.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2023 06:49 AM (+PHes)

80 68 Here is a fun article about my former buddy who is on the Oakland City Council. No Jews Allowed Dan. Dan voted for that stupid ceasefire resolution btw. That's why he is now blocked.

http://tinyurl.com/5f95ap42
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2023 06:41 AM (RIvkX)

Looks like there are no good guys in that story?

Posted by: m at December 25, 2023 06:49 AM (x7m+Z)

81 Finally light enough to see as per yesterday threads my dead tree is still at a serious lean but not on the ground. Hope it stays that way until tomorrow

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2023 06:51 AM (fwDg9)

82 Looks like there are no good guys in that story?
Posted by: m at December 25, 2023 06:49 AM (x7m+Z)

===
I love when they eat their own.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2023 06:54 AM (RIvkX)

83 I grew up doing the seven fishes every Christmas eve. We usually had fried smelts, shrimps, crab cakes, an anchovy- based pasta dish, baked fish and potatoes (cod and haddock), and one mystery fish that would rotate year to year.

In later years, we decided it was an overly expensive pain in the ass, our family has rapidly dwindled in number, and half of us who are left don't even like fish, so now we do the However Many Fishes We Feel Like.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 25, 2023 06:54 AM (9UlRk)

84 A University of California Berkeley professor [Kurt Speyer] uninvited [= disinvited] a progressive environmental advocate and longtime Oakland City Council member [Dan Kalb] from speaking to an environmental policy class ["Environmental Problem Solving"] after students found that he [Kalb] supported Israel....

Posted by: m at December 25, 2023 06:55 AM (x7m+Z)

85 Merry Christmas, one and all. It's 51 degrees here in Illinois, with rain (coulda been Snow!) on the way.

Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at December 25, 2023 06:55 AM (iM7Fu)

86 7 fishes smelling up the place would have me running for the exit

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2023 06:56 AM (fwDg9)

87 Hope your mom is doing better today, Skip.

Posted by: m at December 25, 2023 06:57 AM (x7m+Z)

88
Finally light enough to see as per yesterday threads my dead tree is still at a serious lean but not on the ground. Hope it stays that way until tomorrow

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2023 06:51 AM

I got up one morning and walked down my front walkway, looked up and said, "Crap!" as a tree that I never saw leaning was at a serious angle. Came inside, looked up the number of my tree guy then went to ask my wife something.

:: Bang! ::

I had another one, apparently healthy drop last week, snapped at the roots. Something is killing them.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 25, 2023 06:57 AM (enJYY)

89 after students found that he [Kalb] supported Israel....
Posted by: m at December 25, 2023 06:55 AM (x7m+Z)

Hey we're trying to have serious discussions about The Sky Is Falling here. We don't want to get hijacked and distracted by your kooky ass "don't rape and murder jews" conspiracy nonsense.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 25, 2023 06:58 AM (9UlRk)

90 86 7 fishes smelling up the place would have me running for the exit
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2023 06:56 AM (fwDg9)

To be fair, you can't even smell the fish over all the olive oil and garlic.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 25, 2023 06:59 AM (9UlRk)

91 Hope your mom is doing better today, Skip.
Posted by: m at December 25, 2023 06:57 AM (x7m+Z)

Seconded !

Posted by: JT at December 25, 2023 06:59 AM (T4tVD)

92 And Mr Trouble did go out, although I felt bad about urging him out the door. He'd been inside for 12 hours. I know he'll be back in later. The snow has stopped but will be windy all day.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 25, 2023 07:00 AM (L8hCM)

93 I got a cherry tree needs taking down. Sturdy enough still, but riddled with black knot.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 25, 2023 07:00 AM (9UlRk)

94 >>>Hope your mom is doing better today, Skip.
Posted by: m at December 25, 2023 06:57 AM (x7m+Z)

Seconded !
Posted by: JT

I missed something. What happened to Skip's mom?

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 25, 2023 07:01 AM (ccuM1)

95 m thanks, she is seemingly well but it hospital. I will go see her later this morning.

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2023 07:01 AM (fwDg9)

96 I got a cherry tree needs taking down. Sturdy enough still, but riddled with black knot.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 25, 2023 07:00 AM (9UlRk)
---
Lemme at it!

Posted by: Young George Washington at December 25, 2023 07:01 AM (BpYfr)

97 MLII she had a minor stroke Thursday early,

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2023 07:01 AM (fwDg9)

98 89 Hey we're trying to have serious discussions about The Sky Is Falling here. We don't want to get hijacked and distracted by your kooky ass "don't rape and murder jews" conspiracy nonsense.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 25, 2023 06:58 AM (9UlRk)

"If someone wants to go speak about climate change — they are an expert on climate change — what the hell does Israel or Zionism have to do with that?" Kalb told the Jewish News of Northern California,. "Why not put a yellow star on our sleeve? How about we do that too?"

Posted by: m at December 25, 2023 07:01 AM (x7m+Z)

99 A beautiful psalm - psalm 96:

http://tinyurl.com/ysr6jt45

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2023 07:02 AM (+H+CJ)

100 She was going to have family Christmas dinner at their new residence

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2023 07:02 AM (fwDg9)

101 96 I got a cherry tree needs taking down. Sturdy enough still, but riddled with black knot.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 25, 2023 07:00 AM (9UlRk)
---
Lemme at it!
Posted by: Young George Washington at December 25, 2023 07:01 AM (BpYfr)

Drat! You got there fast.

Posted by: m at December 25, 2023 07:02 AM (x7m+Z)

102 Why not put a yellow star on our sleeve? How about we do that too?"
Posted by: m at December 25, 2023 07:01 AM (x7m+Z)

Don't worry. Your esteemed "Friends" have been wanting to do that all along.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 25, 2023 07:02 AM (9UlRk)

103 so now we do the However Many Fishes We Feel Like.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December

LOL

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2023 07:03 AM (+H+CJ)

104 A good article at American Thinker
A Christmas Carol- the Adult Version

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2023 07:03 AM (fwDg9)

105 Need to go wrap some presents. Santa seemed to have fallen down on the job. Must have had too much spiked eggnog and looked like one of these inflatable Santas who had fallen down the stairs.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2023 07:05 AM (+H+CJ)

106 "If someone wants to go speak about climate change — they are an expert on climate change — what the hell does Israel or Zionism have to do with that?" Kalb told the Jewish News of Northern California,. "Why not put a yellow star on our sleeve? How about we do that too?"
Posted by: m at December 25, 2023 07:01 AM (x7m+Z)
====

It's because you're dirty, Dan. So are your words. So is your presence. Hello.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2023 07:05 AM (RIvkX)

107 Oh my, Skip. But you say she is doing better? That's good. I'll include her in my prayers. Hopefully she'll be out of the hospital soon.

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 25, 2023 07:07 AM (ccuM1)

108 "Why not put a yellow star on our sleeve? How about we do that too?"
Posted by: m

"Or a target on you back...your choice"

Morning all. Ate and drank wayyy to much at the Eve party yesterday.
Is it too early to start my New Years resolutions?

Posted by: Bruce at December 25, 2023 07:08 AM (hehOQ)

109 It's the prime directive of revolutionary Marxism (Marxist-Leninism specifically?)

Intersectional Everythingism.

Never ask "what does X have to do with Y", dear Comrade. X has everything to do with Y if the Revolution demands it, and you'd better not question it.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 25, 2023 07:08 AM (9UlRk)

110 We had a very small group yesterday evening and most of our regular scripture readers were out because they went to the morning service . So I was grateful that my former running mate came to our service ( she normally goes someplace else farther away) read some scripture and my son did for the first time as well. I don't think he likes getting up in front of people but he was more than willing to that. He's a helpful young man.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2023 07:09 AM (+H+CJ)

111 Hopefully she'll be out of the hospital soon.
Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 25, 2023 07:07 AM (ccuM1)

Amen

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2023 07:10 AM (+H+CJ)

112 Merry Christmas!

“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace”

Posted by: CanuckJack at December 25, 2023 07:10 AM (BEAir)

113 X has everything to do with Y if the Revolution demands it, and you'd better not question it.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

"Are you sure?"

BANG

Posted by: Bruce at December 25, 2023 07:11 AM (hehOQ)

114
I had the equivalent of advance placement English all through high school and had to read 'Green Mansions' in I think about 9th grade. I just looked it up on Wiki and I don't remember a single thing about that story. It's filled with pseudo religious mumbo jumbo.

But the story did somewhat inspire me to live in a forested location. I just wish the trees weren't going through all these diseases right now. One of my neighbors lost double digit number of trees last year.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 25, 2023 07:11 AM (enJYY)

115 Merry Christmas to you and yourn Bruce !

Posted by: JT at December 25, 2023 07:11 AM (T4tVD)

116 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at December 25, 2023 07:11 AM (NBVIP)

117 Merry Christmas JT!

Posted by: Bruce at December 25, 2023 07:12 AM (hehOQ)

118 To measure puns properly one must use a sighsmograph.

Posted by: Ciampino - puns for Africa at December 25, 2023 07:12 AM (qfLjt)

119 To measure puns properly one must use a sighsmograph.
Posted by: Ciampino - puns for Africa at December 25, 2023 07:12 AM (qfLjt)
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I think this may be the worst pun ever to appear at AoS. Congratulations on this magnificent achievement. Your membership upgrade will arrive shortly.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2023 07:16 AM (RIvkX)

120 To measure puns properly one must use a sighsmograph.
Posted by: Ciampino - puns for Africa at December 25, 2023 07:12 AM (qfLjt)
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Following my family tradition, I personally use an oydometer.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 25, 2023 07:16 AM (ch/kO)

121 Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 25, 2023 07:11 AM (enJYY)

You're in PA, right? I know my parent's land here has lost a majority of its trees over the last decade or so, between storms and diseases. We're replanting as hard a we can. I transplant volunteer saplings from my place to their place, and i always get the pack of "free" saplings from the arbor day foundation and pot them up to take down there.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 25, 2023 07:17 AM (9UlRk)

122 We have a warm week ahead but rain by Tuesday evening and then a few days after. No temperatures below freezing until Saturday

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2023 07:18 AM (fwDg9)

123 >>To measure puns properly one must use a sighsmograph
Posted by: Ciampino - puns for Africa

Ok, that made me laugh out loud

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 25, 2023 07:20 AM (ccuM1)

124 Finally light enough to see as per yesterday threads my dead tree is still at a serious lean but not on the ground. Hope it stays that way until tomorrow
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2023 06:51 AM (fwDg9)

Have the township remove the tree.

Posted by: JT at December 25, 2023 07:21 AM (T4tVD)

125 We have warmer temps here, too. 50 today with rain. Not colder than the 20s in the overnites and 30s/40s during the day til after the New Year.

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 25, 2023 07:23 AM (ccuM1)

126 I doubt it's my township problem

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2023 07:23 AM (fwDg9)

127 Merry Christmas, Horde, finishing wrapping now, ate a few shrimp for breakfast. May all of you find a bit of joy on this Christmas day.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 25, 2023 07:24 AM (Sgq8y)

128
You're in PA, right?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 25, 2023 07:17 AM

Yup, southeast corner of the state. In an area where if there's a day you don't see Asplundh working on tree trimming it's the exception. Even with that degree of preparation we still lose electricity a number of times every year due to trees falling.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 25, 2023 07:24 AM (enJYY)

129 Even with that degree of preparation we still lose electricity a number of times every year due to trees falling.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 25, 2023 07:24 AM (enJYY)

Preach it. I'm up more Lehigh Valley way, and it's the same story.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 25, 2023 07:25 AM (9UlRk)

130 'Squad' Dem Greg Casar who proudly voted to defund Austin Police is slammed after requesting enhanced police patrols at his home

https://mol.im/a/12898605

Posted by: Ciampino - send him to Africa at December 25, 2023 07:25 AM (qfLjt)

131 Even with that degree of preparation we still lose electricity a number of times every year due to trees falling.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

More electric vehicles will solve that problem.
THINK GREEN

Posted by: Bruce at December 25, 2023 07:26 AM (hehOQ)

132 Merry Christmas Horde. 11 degrees here in the Bitterroot of MT. Thankfully a parishioner was able to fix the rented diesel heater so the Vigil Mass was warm and toasty.
Quiet day, just mr. nec, the dog and I. And a prime rib for later.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 25, 2023 07:27 AM (2NHgQ)

133 Squad' Dem Greg Casar who proudly voted to defund Austin Police is slammed after requesting enhanced police patrols at his home

https://mol.im/a/12898605
Posted by: Ciampino - send him to Africa at December 25, 2023 07:25 AM (qfLjt)

I didn't know Teh Skwadd accepted members who are Persons Of External Genitalia.

How progressive of them.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 25, 2023 07:27 AM (9UlRk)

134 'Squad' Dem Greg Casar who proudly voted to defund Austin Police is slammed after requesting enhanced police patrols at his home

https://mol.im/a/12898605
Posted by: Ciampino

Maybe he should build a fence around his home.

Posted by: Bruce at December 25, 2023 07:27 AM (hehOQ)

135 Merry Christmas, Debby.

I know this has been a difficult year. Hope you are able to find that joy

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 25, 2023 07:28 AM (2Cifc)

136 I managed to sleep right through the ONT, sorry MisHum, but I did take a peek.
Talking of best theme tunes "Knightrider" was mentioned but no one suggested "Airwolf" - the best!

Posted by: Ciampino - Who names their kid Wagonwheel? at December 25, 2023 07:29 AM (qfLjt)

137 Casar backed a vote to defund Austin Police as a city council member and it led to a police shortage as well as a wave of officers retiring from the force.

‘We did it!!’, he wrote in a post on X in August 2020. ‘Austin City Council just reduced APD's budget by over $100 million *and* reinvested resources into our community's safety and well-being.’

That's a lot of money. I wonder what really happened to it?

Posted by: Bruce at December 25, 2023 07:31 AM (hehOQ)

138
Preach it. I'm up more Lehigh Valley way, and it's the same story.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 25, 2023 07:25 AM

You're right in the middle of the Appalachian mountains, too. My area they call Great Valley for some reason. Must be some historical cause.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 25, 2023 07:31 AM (enJYY)

139

THE MORNING REPORT IS UP.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 25, 2023 07:31 AM (x0n13)

140 Merry Christmas, to one and all. The bran mash with apples, carrots and molasses treats has been made and served up to the horses. Snug in their blankets they are contentedly munching away.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2023 07:31 AM (dec0Z)

141 I can't believe i haven't watched the Bob Newhart Christmas episode yet this year where they all get schnockered on hooch while watching college football.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 25, 2023 07:32 AM (9UlRk)

142 There is a article posted at Rand Simberg's blog "terrestrial Musings" that talks about a study done in S. Korea on the reported health problems from the Fake Vax.

I am trying to figure this statement out:

"‘All Covid-19 vaccines were identified as significant risk factors for each inflammatory musculoskeletal disorder, except for mixing and matching vaccines for De Quervain tenosynovitis. "

What does that mean?

http://tinyurl.com/jv4kbk5t

Posted by: pawn at December 25, 2023 07:32 AM (QB+5g)

143 This could be a FWP right?

"He left me because I said I don't like electric cars.
He just grabbed his man-purse, pulled his hair up in a bun, and said that when the car was charged in an hour he'd be gone."

Posted by: Ciampino - The same father who named the other one Chickenshit at December 25, 2023 07:34 AM (qfLjt)

144 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering

Not frozen.....but ALMOST !

Posted by: JT at December 25, 2023 07:34 AM (T4tVD)

145 Merry Christmas, MLiI, I miss talking with you in the early morning hours. Enjoy the day with your family.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 25, 2023 07:37 AM (Sgq8y)

146 Froggy morning outside.

After my coffee and slab of sausage and egg casserole, I'm going to read bits of a little Victorian book called "A Child's Life of Christ" Which is beautifully written and illustrated.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at December 25, 2023 07:37 AM (+RQPJ)

147 Thank, Debby. Miss it too--been starting work earler, and working nearly everyday, I'm slacking at this place!

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 25, 2023 07:43 AM (2Cifc)

148 My house was on a gravel road - a developer bought the adjacent property - a rundown english walnut orchard. Which meant I lost 15 feet deep by 150 yards of easement to street/curb. Long story. Which left my huge Catalpa tree on the T of the new paved road. Liability and danger. I argued it was contractor responsibility to remove it. Long story. A friend happens to be a city code enforcement officer. We argued about the same thing. Four months later I come home from work and it's gone.

Posted by: 13times at December 25, 2023 07:48 AM (9kYKa)

149 113 X has everything to do with Y if the Revolution demands it, and you'd better not question it.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

"Are you sure?"

BANG
Posted by: Bruce at December 25, 2023 07:11 AM (hehOQ)

I'm laughing at this more than I probably should.

Posted by: m at December 25, 2023 07:54 AM (x7m+Z)

150 131 Even with that degree of preparation we still lose electricity a number of times every year due to trees falling.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

More electric vehicles will solve that problem.
THINK GREEN
Posted by: Bruce at December 25, 2023 07:26 AM (hehOQ)

LOL Bruce you're on a roll

Posted by: m at December 25, 2023 08:20 AM (x7m+Z)

151 148 My house was on a gravel road - a developer bought the adjacent property - a rundown english walnut orchard. Which meant I lost 15 feet deep by 150 yards of easement to street/curb. Long story. Which left my huge Catalpa tree on the T of the new paved road. Liability and danger. I argued it was contractor responsibility to remove it. Long story. A friend happens to be a city code enforcement officer. We argued about the same thing. Four months later I come home from work and it's gone.
Posted by: 13times at December 25, 2023 07:48 AM (9kYKa)

Sounds like a good story. Sorry you got willowed.

Posted by: m at December 25, 2023 08:24 AM (x7m+Z)

152 To put the Cray into perspective. The CGI for 'The Last Starfighter' took six months on a then best Cray with a PDP-11 front-end. By 1996 the Playstation game Starblade Alpha was doing very similar graphics in realtime, albeit in NTSC resolution.

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