Daily Tech News 2 Undecimber 2023

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ASML has cancelled DUV shipments to China following pressure from the US. (WCCFTech)

Although the DUV scanners being sold are limited to the 14nm node, by use of multi-patterning they can produce (slowly and at significant cost) chips more-or-less equivalent to 7nm. Which is itself two generations behind the leading edge of mass production in the US, Taiwan, and South Korea.

But the US government still isn't happy and wants to put a stop to that, which will of course force China to develop its own semiconductor tools industry, at which point the US will have no leverage at all.

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AI is bad. Fortunately, it doesn't need to be good to replace journalists. (The New Republic)

That's not the point the author intended to make. It is, however, the point he did make in this barely coherent blancmange of an article.
The good thing about 2TB M.2 2230 drives is that they exist. (Tom's Hardware)

The bad thing is everything else.

If you have a device that only takes drives in this postage-stamp size - a Steam Deck, for example, or a Microsoft Surface Pro - you can now get 2TB of storage.

If you can fit a larger drive, though, do so. You'll get better performance and save as much as 50%.

Disclaimer: The scold never bothered me anyway.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:05 AM

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1 Better late BOING than never BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 02, 2024 04:06 AM (ch/kO)

2 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes. Evening, Pixy.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 02, 2024 04:07 AM (ju2Fy)

3 The scold never bothered me anyway.

Greta? Can't stand her.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 02, 2024 04:08 AM (ju2Fy)

4 >>>this barely coherent blancmange of an article

LOL wordsmithing Pixy!

Posted by: m at January 02, 2024 04:15 AM (4UYlo)

5 A new year, what hell awaits us.....Biden is re-elected, Kamala stays as VP. Then I woke up and had to pee.

Posted by: Colin at January 02, 2024 04:18 AM (34WQA)

6 It is, however, the point he did make in this barely coherent blancmange of an article.

At top of article:

"Your inbox is your home page, and The New Republic makes it smarter. Sign up now for your free newsletter."

Pass.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 02, 2024 04:21 AM (ju2Fy)

7 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 02, 2024 04:26 AM (sAmhv)

8 Here in the New Republic article is where the self-serving, self-identified "artist" lost me as a reader:

"The flaws [in A.I.] are amusing and a relief to many artists who—when ChatGPT was released—feared their profession might be over. If a computer program could produce a novel or painting at the press of a button, why were we spending countless hours torturing ourselves in cafés and studios for little recognition and even less pay?"

Posted by: m at January 02, 2024 04:29 AM (4UYlo)

9 hiya

Posted by: JT at January 02, 2024 04:44 AM (T4tVD)

10 "But the US government still isn't happy and wants to put a stop to that, which will of course force China to develop its own semiconductor tools industry, at which point the US will have no leverage at all."

Eh, the only other option they have painted themselves into is to give the Chinese what they want outright. On the plus side, commies usually suck at innovation (indeed, it is a feature of the system. Iteration, sure, but true innovation is pretty stagnant when the state is master.) China has essentially stolen a shitload of everything as far as intellectual property and that has gotten them this far.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 02, 2024 04:45 AM (zZu0s)

11 If a computer program could produce a novel or painting at the press of a button, why were we spending countless hours torturing ourselves in cafés and studios for little recognition and even less pay?
Posted by: m at January 02, 2024 04:29 AM (4UYlo)

Because... you need to? Want to? Have to? This person is obviously a mindless drone.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 02, 2024 04:46 AM (zZu0s)

12 If a computer program could produce a novel or painting at the press of a button, why were we spending countless hours torturing ourselves in cafés and studios for little recognition and even less pay?
Posted by: m

Because being a ditch digger is hard work?

and..Morning!

Posted by: Bruce at January 02, 2024 04:48 AM (vd8XM)

13 If a computer program could produce a novel or painting at the press of a button, why were we spending countless hours torturing ourselves in cafés and studios for little recognition and even less pay?
Posted by: m

Because you didn't learn to code?

Posted by: m at January 02, 2024 04:52 AM (4UYlo)

14 Wife and I went to see "Boys in the Boat" on New Years Eve.

Good movie. I found it funny that they showed a Jesse Owens character. If anyone has watched anything about the 1936 Olympics, they would think that Jesse won all the gold medals in all events.

Posted by: Bruce at January 02, 2024 04:53 AM (vd8XM)

15 At Daily Mail:

"As for Clinton, flight records appear to indicate he too never visited Epstein's compound at Little St. James, despite his relationship with the pervert while in the White House.

However, according to ABC, Giuffre in 2016 attempted to subpoena him to testify as part of her lawsuit, claiming she met the then ex-president at Epstein Island.

The request was ultimately denied - despite her lawyers describing the proposed testimony of Clinton as 'highly relevant' and "important to the fundamental claims and defenses' in the case.

That said, Giuffre made no allegations of wrongdoing against the two-term Democrat in her complaint, and a Sunday report from ABC outright stated the documents are not expected to implicate Clinton criminally in any way.

In her ruling, Judge Preska gave 14 days for any Does who objected to their documents being made public to object, after which they would be unsealed."

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 02, 2024 04:59 AM (ju2Fy)

16 15: Nothing is going to happen.

That may be the first 'Nothing is going to happen' of the New Year!! Yay!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 02, 2024 05:03 AM (sAmhv)

17 Who the fuck is Monica Cryan?

Posted by: Jamaica at January 02, 2024 05:10 AM (Eeb9P)

18 Who the fuck is Monica Cryan?
Posted by: Jamaica

The ink you always run out of on the printer?

Posted by: Bruce at January 02, 2024 05:14 AM (vd8XM)

19 There is that

Posted by: Jamaica at January 02, 2024 05:14 AM (Eeb9P)

20 In my opinion by far the biggest financial threat AI visuals pose is porn, which is estimated in the USA alone to be well over a billion dollars yearly, and I think that's WILDLY under-rated/under-reported. The real numbers have to be far higher, depending on one's definition of 'porn'.
It won't replace private idiots filming themselves, but it most certainly poses a major cost-saving for production. As for concerns people want to know a certain 'character' physically exists, I don't think that matters much: see, 'Cosplay'.
AI imaging is already making big-time inroads into static art (single images) and it's a matter of time until it gets good enough to be indistinguishable from porn recorded from real physical acts. The first time I encountered the idea of this, was way back in 1983, in Howard Chaykin's 'American Flagg' comics from First, where an actor finds himself replaced by a digital simulcrum after losing possession of rights to his own image!

Posted by: LenNeal at January 02, 2024 05:15 AM (43xH1)

21 In important news, Chicago Police's Ghoul Pool (first homicide of 2024) is won by 003 with a triple shooting at a private residence.

Happy New Year, Chalkie!

Posted by: LenNeal at January 02, 2024 05:17 AM (43xH1)

22 Miracle in Tokyo after air collision:

http://tinyurl.com/mrx8w3bb

(JPost)

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 02, 2024 05:19 AM (ch/kO)

23 " . . . barely coherent blancmange of an article . . . "

90% of everything is crap. — Theodore Sturgeon

Posted by: Jim at January 02, 2024 05:25 AM (zhWvq)

24 Happy New Year

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 02, 2024 05:26 AM (lwOKI)

25 To my knowledge, the first real-life test case of simulcra was the lawsuit by Crispin Glover when the production of Back To The Future II (prosthetically) placed his face on Jeffrey Weissman's body without compensation or permission.
But that was in 1989; Chaykin explored the idea in 1983, and with the concept of digital reproduction.
'Shatter', the first comic done on computer (MacPaint) got done in 1985. It's taken quite a while to get to this point.

Posted by: LenNeal at January 02, 2024 05:27 AM (43xH1)

26 Our first terror attack of the year:

Police said one of the three vehicles involved exploded, and a police officer and numerous pedestrians were almost struck by one of the vehicles.

Police also reportedly located at least a dozen gasoline canisters in and around the Ford Expedition

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 02, 2024 05:29 AM (lwOKI)

27 What was their target in Rochester NY?

http://tinyurl.com/2a5jxah5

(X)

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 02, 2024 05:29 AM (ch/kO)

28 JINX!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 02, 2024 05:29 AM (ch/kO)

29 Happy New Year
Posted by: rhennigantx

Why thank you.

Same to you.

Posted by: JT at January 02, 2024 05:31 AM (T4tVD)

30 Standing tall- A reflection on a passage from Romans and some thoughts on a redbud tree and faith by a person from Indiana.

http://tinyurl.com/2mbje4ub

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 02, 2024 05:31 AM (1DwaP)

31 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 02, 2024 05:31 AM (1DwaP)
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I posted this super-duper good deed story on the ONT. I think you and others will appreciate it:

http://tinyurl.com/y9n9444s

(Nitter)

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 02, 2024 05:40 AM (ch/kO)

32 Photographer captures powerful image of veteran saluting flag at an Ohio Christmas parade:

http://tinyurl.com/4w3vp42n

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 02, 2024 05:47 AM (jBw0O)

33 Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 02, 2024 05:40 AM (ch/kO)

Thanks very much. I did appreciate it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 02, 2024 05:51 AM (jBw0O)

34 Electrician enables woman to hear her dear deceased mother's voice again:

http://tinyurl.com/hu56nwvz

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 02, 2024 05:55 AM (jBw0O)

35 Electrician enables woman to hear her dear deceased mother's voice again:

"AAAAAHHHHHH ~ Get this WIRE outta my ass ! Can't a person nap anymore ?"

Posted by: JT at January 02, 2024 05:58 AM (T4tVD)

36 Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust in north London, saw 136 children from 2010-11 to 3,585 in 2021-22.

A total of 12 three-year-olds, 61 four-year-olds, 140 five-year-olds, and 169 six-year-olds were referred to the clinic over those years.

This is some real evil stuff here.
This is right up there with pedophiles and child sacrifices.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 02, 2024 06:03 AM (lwOKI)

37 Rabbi's daughter reflects on a Shabbat blessing and parents prayers that their children keep the faith:

http://tinyurl.com/23hwe5ac

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 02, 2024 06:05 AM (jBw0O)

38 Whelp. Here we go.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 02, 2024 06:14 AM (NYzgN)

39 Good morning early risers!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all.

Coffee....

Posted by: Rosasharn at January 02, 2024 06:17 AM (PzBTm)

40 37 Rabbi's daughter reflects on a Shabbat blessing and parents prayers that their children keep the faith:

http://tinyurl.com/23hwe5ac
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 02, 2024 06:05 AM (jBw0O)

Love that. Thank you.

Posted by: Spypeach at January 02, 2024 06:20 AM (UuB/1)

41 Biden's Dog, why the big troop withdrawal? My go to site doesn't have anything on it

Posted by: Ben Had at January 02, 2024 06:20 AM (I6hse)

42 Didn't a blancmange play at Wimbledon in dickety-aught-dickety?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the not-yet-caffeinated Housekeeper at January 02, 2024 06:20 AM (PiwSw)

43 Russell Kirk’s The Conservative Mind defines them.
First and foremost, “the conservative finds himself in realm of mystery and wonder, where duty, discipline, and sacrifice are required.”

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 02, 2024 06:22 AM (lwOKI)

44 Second, the conservative accepts that the cosmos is governed by a transcendent moral order.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 02, 2024 06:23 AM (lwOKI)

45 Thirdly we reject The Ideologue.

Kirk explains, “thinks of politics as a revolutionary instrument for transforming society and even transforming human nature.”

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 02, 2024 06:25 AM (lwOKI)

46 Tech joke

Which way did the programmer go?

He went data way,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 02, 2024 06:30 AM (aT+mG)

47 2024, the adventure begins.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 02, 2024 06:30 AM (X2UBQ)

48 From the Sexy Blog, Repost since I posted after the nood:
Africa. We had a Data General MV/8000 minicomputer with Data General terminals, really nice but expensive. Keyboard was built into the terminal case. One of them stopped functioning so we had to call their tech (maintenance contract). He couldn't figure it out until he opened it up - the keyboard was full of water. Very high level investigations (LOL) revealed that the cleaning lady, when watering the ferns decorating the room, would pour water from a watering can into the lefthand pot, and kept pouring while traversing to the rightmost pot. Right over the keyboard.

(MV/8000 computer was the subject of the book "The Soul Of A New Machine" by Tracy Kidder.)

Posted by: Ciampino - Orientals & assassinations? at January 02, 2024 06:31 AM (qfLjt)

49 G'mornin' everyone!

lots of coffee, tooling up for a hike at dawn

Posted by: sock_rat_eez, for certain values of sock, rat, & Eez ... at January 02, 2024 06:36 AM (kc18b)

50 Malign actors deploying AI for scraping, dredging, censoring and banning information already control much of what we are allowed to access. That’s where all the work is focused.

And the dummy at TNR worries about ai gunk. As if I care about Amazon publishing drowning in AI ebook gunk.

Posted by: 13times at January 02, 2024 06:37 AM (lipoH)

51 Good morning morons

Local TV news reports yet another cafe in Berkeley is closing after 45 years. The owner says he "cannot make it in this economy."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 02, 2024 06:38 AM (RIvkX)

52 Biden's Dog, why the big troop withdrawal? My go to site doesn't have anything on it
Posted by: Ben Had at January 02, 2024 06:20 AM (I6hse)
-

The State Dept. and Biden's puppet masters barked and Netanyahu fetched. Hence also the withdrawal of USS ACC Gerald Ford.

"Mission Accomplished." Not.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 02, 2024 06:38 AM (ch/kO)

53 lol, Ciampino!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez, for certain values of sock, rat, & Eez ... at January 02, 2024 06:38 AM (kc18b)

54 My admin mouse would quit working about every other week.

The ball was literally glued stuck. It was her hand cream.

I would take the ball out and wash it in the sink. Then wipe off the rollers.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 02, 2024 06:42 AM (lwOKI)

55 (MV/8000 computer was the subject of the book "The Soul Of A New Machine" by Tracy Kidder.)
Posted by: Ciampino - Orientals & assassinations? at January 02, 2024 06:31 AM (qfLjt)

good book

House was pretty good too.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 02, 2024 06:45 AM (lwOKI)

56 Our Normz must always be maintained!!!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 02, 2024 06:46 AM (NYzgN)

57 22 Miracle in Tokyo after air collision:

http://tinyurl.com/mrx8w3bb

(JPost)

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 02, 2024 05:19 AM (ch/kO)
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DM - more video
https://t.ly/rMgdb

Posted by: Ciampino - Miracle indeed at January 02, 2024 06:46 AM (qfLjt)

58 Evening and morning to all the insomaniacals in space and beyond! Today is my last day off; back to the real world tomorrow. I'm taking it easy, coffee and a pipe before breakfast. Howzabout you?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 02, 2024 06:55 AM (omVj0)

59 Didn't a blancmange play at Wimbledon in dickety-aught-dickety?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the not-yet-caffeinated Housekeeper at January 02, 2024

***
I know the "-mange" part is derived from the French verb "to eat"-- but the English word "mange" keeps intruding. A "white mange" does not sound appealing.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 02, 2024 06:57 AM (omVj0)

60 I hate blancmange. Hate hate hate. I blame my first boarding school. Here I am, about 10 and away from home for the first time, now exposed to this foreign goop passed off as food. The other kids couldn't understand why I didn't like macaroni pudding and it was hard to explain that in Rome we didn't eat pasta as a sweet dessert but rather as a main course, with Bolognese sauce and lots of wonderful grated cheese. Also fried bananas. The Good Lord gave us a perfectly crafted fresh fruit so why not eat it that way? No, we are going to fry it in nasty oil and then abuse it further by sprinkling a lot of sugar over it. Yech!
More such stories if there's a demand

Posted by: Ciampino - Food was the main problem at January 02, 2024 06:57 AM (qfLjt)

61 Evening and morning to all the insomaniacals in space and beyond! Today is my last day off; back to the real world tomorrow. I'm taking it easy, coffee and a pipe before breakfast. Howzabout you?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 02, 2024 06:55 AM (omVj0)
--
Sadly, I must return to the office today...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 02, 2024 06:57 AM (BpYfr)

62 That airplane midair collision and fire?
Five Japan Coast Guard officials out of six crew are confirmed dead after their plane collided with a JAL aircraft at Haneda Airport, police say.

Prayers for their souls. A real tragedy.

Posted by: Ciampino - I hope it was an accident and not negligence at January 02, 2024 06:59 AM (qfLjt)

63 61 Evening and morning to all the insomaniacals in space and beyond! Today is my last day off; back to the real world tomorrow. I'm taking it easy, coffee and a pipe before breakfast. Howzabout you?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 02, 2024 06:55 AM (omVj0)
--
Sadly, I must return to the office today...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 02, 2024 06:57 AM (BpYfr)

Trying to close out a project that was supposed to be done Friday but I was OOT. I will head there this AM.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 02, 2024 07:01 AM (lwOKI)

64 Sadly, I must return to the office today...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 02, 2024

***
I'm dreading the return as well. These holidays, and the long "vacation" during the Sniffle Scare, have turned me off to the daily grind of the commute and made me long for retirement. Tomorrow will be busy, but then my boss is out of town on Thurs. & Fri., so I can probably tiptoe out a little early each day.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 02, 2024 07:02 AM (omVj0)

65 More such stories if there's a demand
Posted by: Ciampino - Food was the main problem at January 02, 2024 06:57 AM (qfLjt)

Same happens with north south. Wife had never seen rice as a dinner item. It was for bfast with milk and sugar.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 02, 2024 07:03 AM (lwOKI)

66 Our Normz must always be maintained!!!
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 02, 2024

***
That's what the crew at Cheers always said!

Posted by: Norm Peterson at January 02, 2024 07:04 AM (omVj0)

67 Hey! We figured out what the mystery "bloop" noise recorded by hydrophones in 1992 was caused by! It was an iceberg calving from antarctica! Whelp, we can't write about Antarctica without the obligatory:

While there are still some underwater recordings that remain a mystery, many odd sounds, including the Julia, the Slow Down, and the Train, have recently been explained by the movement of ice in the southern seas.

As ice loss in Antarctica accelerates beyond what scientists ever expected, over half the shelves holding up the Southern Hemisphere's ice sheet are nearing collapse.

Huge chunks the size of London are already breaking off, and scientists say icequakes are becoming more common with climate change.

-and if you follow the link to the "ice sheet is nearing collapse" you will find an article that only hypothesizes that meltwater will enlarge fissures and lead to collapse. Not that it is happening at all.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 02, 2024 07:05 AM (NYzgN)

68 54 My admin mouse would quit working about every other week.

The ball was literally glued stuck. It was her hand cream.

I would take the ball out and wash it in the sink. Then wipe off the rollers.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 02, 2024 06:42 AM (lwOKI)
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Before the advent of optical mice there was this humor gem:
IBM Service Bulletin
Field-Replaceable Mouse Balls

Also instructions on how to remove mouse ball, wash in soapy water, dry and replace. (meanwhile the mouse is hopping around, bleeding and going Squeak! Squeak! Ouchie!)

Posted by: Ciampino - There was no instruction for circumscribing the mouse at January 02, 2024 07:09 AM (qfLjt)

69 -and if you follow the link to the "ice sheet is nearing collapse" you will find an article that only hypothesizes that meltwater will enlarge fissures and lead to collapse. Not that it is happening at all.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 02, 2024 07:05 AM (NYzgN)
----
I'm guessing the article doesn't mention that the shoggoths are awakening beneath the Antarctic ice sheets, and will soon dominate the world...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 02, 2024 07:10 AM (BpYfr)

70 Akron, Ohio has just sworn in their new Democrat Mayor Shammas Malik. In one of his first orders of business as mayor, Malik appointed staffers to focus on DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) and climate change.

The per capita income in Akron in 2018 was $26,064, which is lower middle income relative to Ohio and the nation.

TOTAL CRIME INDEX 4 (100 is safest)
Safer than 4% of U.S. neighborhoods. (Therefore more unsafe than 96%.)
Individuals Below Poverty Level 23.0%

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 02, 2024 07:12 AM (lwOKI)

71 Akron, Ohio has just sworn in their new Democrat Mayor Shammas Malik. In one of his first orders of business as mayor, Malik appointed staffers to focus on DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) and climate change.
-

Goodbye and good luck!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 02, 2024 07:14 AM (ch/kO)

72 2 cake doughnuts.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 02, 2024 07:14 AM (Edu7X)

73 Beverly Hills 90210 star Ian Ziering reveals what sparked violent biker attack while driving with his 10-year-old daughter - as he calls on law enforcement to 'take decisive action on hooliganism'

https://mol.im/a/12918009

Posted by: Ciampino - City cyclists on pedal bikes are pushy, demanding and insufferable at January 02, 2024 07:15 AM (qfLjt)

74 I see the union up to their same old tricks. Miami Dade teachers voter off all of the substitutes as they would not join at greater than the 60% required to stay certified.

They are still at only 58% and by law should have been on 1/1/24.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 02, 2024 07:17 AM (lwOKI)

75 Marvel actress Carrie Bernans shares photos of her horrific injuries after being struck by a car in New Year's Eve hit-and-run that injured nine

https://mol.im/a/12918597

Well done DM for not calling her a 'star'. I don't even know who she is. Marvelman is the comic I read from time-to-time.

Posted by: Ciampino - hit & run should be like premeditated murder at January 02, 2024 07:20 AM (qfLjt)

76 Meanwhile ..... domestic terrorism cops launch probe after two are killed when Ford Expedition, packed with explosives, cannons into 1,000-strong crowd leaving rock concert in upstate New York and smashes into Uber

https://mol.im/a/12918663

Anyone see this on local news or national tv?

Posted by: Ciampino - Is it crickets? at January 02, 2024 07:22 AM (qfLjt)

77 Demonstrators in NYC are now rallying, chanting in support of Yemen's Houthi terrorists: "Yemen Yemen, make us proud."

10/7 is coming here. Soon!

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 02, 2024 07:24 AM (lwOKI)

78 Meanwhile ..... domestic terrorism cops launch probe after two are killed when Ford Expedition, packed with explosives, cannons into 1,000-strong crowd leaving rock concert in upstate New York and smashes into Uber

https://mol.im/a/12918663

Anyone see this on local news or national tv?
Posted by: Ciampino - Is it crickets? at January 02, 2024

***
They could have stolen a Ford Lightning and skipped the explosives

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 02, 2024 07:24 AM (omVj0)

79 Events are happening and people are saying and doing things. This is a developing story.

Posted by: Don Black at January 02, 2024 07:25 AM (geLO8)

80 Portland Facing Shigella Outbreak, Generally Found in Third-World Countries

You cant bring them here
without bringing there here

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 02, 2024 07:27 AM (lwOKI)

81 Disclaimer: The scold never bothered me anyway.

-----------

That's a quote from The Scottish Play, amirite?

Posted by: ShainS -- I saw the Crotch Goblins open for Poetic Ammo at January 02, 2024 07:28 AM (evOr7)

82 Harvard president Claudine Gay is hit with SIX NEW plagiarism claims- bringing the total number of accusations to nearly FIFTY

https://mol.im/a/12917891

Why not admit that she's not a real academic, but an AA construct without one original thought in her head? I wonder, did she do a Master's before this 'Ph.D."? How much was copied there? What about undergrad? Did she hand in work copied from her classmates? Another BHO who no one remembers at Haavad?

Posted by: Ciampino - Is it crickets or locusts? at January 02, 2024 07:28 AM (qfLjt)

83 10/7 is coming here. Soon!
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 02, 2024 07:24 AM (lwOKI)
-

I keep on tellin' yas:

Philistines upon, you, America.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 02, 2024 07:28 AM (ch/kO)

84 Yemen Yemen, make us proud."

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 02, 2024 07:24 AM (lwOKI)

Good Morning. Well, that’s probably the first time that has ever been chanted about that sh!thole.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at January 02, 2024 07:28 AM (KwvbG)

85 Most of these fucks don't even know where Yemen is. They are being directed.

Posted by: pawn at January 02, 2024 07:31 AM (QB+5g)

86 all we can do is be prepared to hold the ground we happen to be standing on when it happens.

carry.

everywhere.

(including when hiking!)

and always, opsec! opsec! opsec!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez, for certain values of sock, rat, & Eez ... at January 02, 2024 07:33 AM (kc18b)

87 77 Demonstrators in NYC are now rallying, chanting in support of Yemen's Houthi terrorists: "Yemen Yemen, make us proud."

10/7 is coming here. Soon!

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 02, 2024 07:24 AM (lwOKI)
----
Maybe, maybe not - see, we are armed and cowards and bullies (but I repeat myself) like to attack defenseless people ..... wait, that goes for our current regime, junta, communists (again I repeat myself), etc.

Posted by: Ciampino - ask them where is Yemen at January 02, 2024 07:33 AM (qfLjt)

88 Woo-hoo!

I just checked my "end of course evaluations" for the course I taught last fall.

Got a 3.57 out of 4.0 for teaching effectiveness. Several positive comments about my teaching style.

I'll take it!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 02, 2024 07:33 AM (7fElN)

89 -and if you follow the link to the "ice sheet is nearing collapse" you will find an article that only hypothesizes that meltwater will enlarge fissures and lead to collapse. Not that it is happening at all.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 02, 2024 07:05 AM (NYzgN)

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Out: Muh NORMZZZZ!
In "Muh MODELZZZZ!

Also according to their models, all life on earth became extinct in 1980 ...

Posted by: ShainS -- I saw the Crotch Goblins open for Poetic Ammo at January 02, 2024 07:35 AM (evOr7)

90 From the UK:

Office for National Statistics respiratory death data for 2019 and 2020.

In 2019 there were 71,674 respiratory deaths. In 2020 there were 63,131 respiratory deaths.

So the great death machine COVID was just like a bad flu year.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 02, 2024 07:35 AM (lwOKI)

91 Perfessor, well done !

Posted by: Ben Had at January 02, 2024 07:36 AM (I6hse)

92 75
Marvelman is the comic I read from time-to-time.

Should have read:
Marvelman is the comic I read from time-to-time in my now distant youth.

Which superhero had the phrase 'Holy Macaroni' ?

Posted by: Ciampino - Holy Macaroni at January 02, 2024 07:37 AM (qfLjt)

93 Perfessor, well done !
Posted by: Ben Had at January 02, 2024 07:36 AM (I6hse)
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Thank you!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 02, 2024 07:37 AM (7fElN)

94
Large outbreaks of shigellosis often start in childcare settings and spread among small social groups. Outbreaks can occur among any race, ethnicity, or community social circle because Shigella germs spread easily from one person to another.

Equal opportunity destroyer.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 02, 2024 07:37 AM (3qE2b)

95 best rating I ever got was 'meets'

Posted by: Don Black at January 02, 2024 07:38 AM (geLO8)

96 congrats, Perfessor!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez, for certain values of sock, rat, & Eez ... at January 02, 2024 07:38 AM (kc18b)

97 Woo-hoo!

I just checked my "end of course evaluations" for the course I taught last fall.

Got a 3.57 out of 4.0 for teaching effectiveness. Several positive comments about my teaching style.

I'll take it!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 02, 2024 07:33 AM (7fElN)

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"The feedback was rigged owing to mail-in evaluations!"

/Congratulations, Perfessor. Does not surprise in the least.

Posted by: ShainS -- I saw the Crotch Goblins open for Poetic Ammo at January 02, 2024 07:38 AM (evOr7)

98 populations with substandard sanitation habits hardest hit!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez, for certain values of sock, rat, & Eez ... at January 02, 2024 07:39 AM (kc18b)

99 Good Morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear into the heart of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 02, 2024 07:39 AM (u82oZ)

100 that's the plan, NaCly!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez, for certain values of sock, rat, & Eez ... at January 02, 2024 07:40 AM (kc18b)

101 best rating I ever got was 'meets'

Posted by: Don Black at January 02, 2024 07:38 AM (geLO

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I turned down promotions to management (in the software development sector) a couple of times; but always wanted to be able to write "Strives for mediocrity and fails" on a review.

Posted by: ShainS -- I saw the Crotch Goblins open for Poetic Ammo at January 02, 2024 07:40 AM (evOr7)

102 First day of year at work and the 'puters won't start. I guess they're still hungover.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 02, 2024 07:41 AM (I9+rJ)

103 sock_rat, might be that populations with sanitary habits have immunity built up / sarc

Posted by: Ben Had at January 02, 2024 07:41 AM (I6hse)

104 "Perfessor" Squirrel

Way to go. Good evaluations are important, and you earned yours.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 02, 2024 07:41 AM (u82oZ)

105 ok, I'm outta here if I'm gonna be on the trail around dawn ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez, for certain values of sock, rat, & Eez ... at January 02, 2024 07:41 AM (kc18b)

106
More recently, the CDC has seen an increase in drug-resistant Shigella infections in adults, including increases in men who have sex with men; people who are homeless; international travelers, and people with HIV.

Mail in ballots!!!

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 02, 2024 07:41 AM (3qE2b)

107 Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 02, 2024 07:33 AM (7fElN)

What subject do you teach?

Posted by: dantesed at January 02, 2024 07:42 AM (88xKn)

108 2 Undecimber 2023

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Heh, not fully awake yet ... just noticed that date for Pixy's post title.

Posted by: ShainS -- I saw the Crotch Goblins open for Poetic Ammo at January 02, 2024 07:42 AM (evOr7)

109 Damn, no immunity built up.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 02, 2024 07:42 AM (I6hse)

110 "Perfessor" Squirrel

Way to go. Good evaluations are important, and you earned yours.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 02, 2024 07:41 AM (u82oZ)
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Funny you should mention how important evaluations are. I gave my students an assignment on how to write a proper self-evaluation. Most of them did an outstanding job on the assignment. This end-of-course evaluation is a relatively small factor in my overall performance, but it does matter because of what I do in my day job.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 02, 2024 07:43 AM (7fElN)

111
Forty-one of the patients answered questions about sexual activity and 88% reported male-to-male sexual contact.

Dr. Fauci's ears perk up!

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 02, 2024 07:43 AM (3qE2b)

112 Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 02, 2024 07:33 AM (7fElN)

What subject do you teach?
Posted by: dantesed at January 02, 2024 07:42 AM (88xKn)
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Freshman composition. We focus on teaching students basic writing skills they will need in their jobs as scientists and engineers.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 02, 2024 07:44 AM (7fElN)

113 94
Large outbreaks of shigellosis often start in childcare settings and spread among small social groups. Outbreaks can occur among any race, ethnicity, or community social circle because Shigella germs spread easily from one person to another.

Equal opportunity destroyer.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 02, 2024 07:37 AM (3qE2b)
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That's why we haven't seen it here up to now, in spite of having childcare centers for a century, schools, etc. What changed? Hey look at the great unwashed coming over our borders ....! Wow, I bet they're unvaccinated against childhood diseases. Polio?

Posted by: Ciampino - Are we going to have Polio outbreaks? at January 02, 2024 07:46 AM (qfLjt)

114 "Perfessor" Squirre

Keeping the paying customers satisfied is the unspoken mantra of higher education. I know of what I speak.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 02, 2024 07:46 AM (u82oZ)

115
First prize is a 2024 Chevrolet EV. Second prize is (2) Chevrolet EV's.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 02, 2024 07:46 AM (3qE2b)

116 Woo-hoo!

I just checked my "end of course evaluations" for the course I taught last fall.

Got a 3.57 out of 4.0 for teaching effectiveness. Several positive comments about my teaching style.

I'll take it!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 02, 2024 07:33 AM (7fElN)

I was reading how the DEI scam is used by students to target profs. One was a profs that displayed that black cops shot more blacks than white cops. He ending up having to write an apology letter.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 02, 2024 07:48 AM (lwOKI)

117 Divide by Zero

Do you need a very hot bonfire for that pig roast?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 02, 2024 07:49 AM (u82oZ)

118 first wtfo of the year

JJ is here

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 02, 2024 07:49 AM (lwOKI)

119 101
I turned down promotions to management (in the software development sector) a couple of times; but always wanted to be able to write "Strives for mediocrity and fails" on a review.

Posted by: ShainS -- I saw the Crotch Goblins open for Poetic Ammo at January 02, 2024 07:40 AM (evOr7)
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I like "Dives for the bottom and keeps digging."

Posted by: Ciampino - Evals you say? at January 02, 2024 07:49 AM (qfLjt)

120
Among 232 for whom patient information was available, 82% were men, 13% were women and 5% were children. Forty-one of the patients answered questions about sexual activity and 88% reported male-to-male sexual contact.

Looks as if it is just this years monkeypox, which has totally nothing to do with gay men.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 02, 2024 07:50 AM (3qE2b)

121 If anyone has watched anything about the 1936 Olympics, they would think that Jesse won all the gold medals in all events.

Owens was a gifted athlete, but a fairly lousy fellow IRL.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 02, 2024 07:50 AM (Q0kLU)

122 "First prize is a 2024 Chevrolet EV. Second prize is (2) Chevrolet EV's."

Third prize is your garage is on fire.

Posted by: Alec B at January 02, 2024 07:50 AM (SYTee)

123 rhennigantx

And just like that, we went from data is data to fantasy reality.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 02, 2024 07:50 AM (u82oZ)

124 Types of Executives

1. Walks on water
2. Plays with water
3. Drinks water
4. Washes with water
5. Passes water in an emergency

Posted by: Ciampino - Evals you say? My favorite at January 02, 2024 07:55 AM (qfLjt)

125 Noodus JJ

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 02, 2024 08:07 AM (omVj0)

126 Daily Tech News 2 Undecimber 2023

; )

Posted by: m at January 02, 2024 08:08 AM (4UYlo)

127 Are you sure that the article about AI replacing journalists wasn't written by an AI that replaced a journalist?

Posted by: Another Anon at January 02, 2024 10:12 AM (hwP7U)

128 "If a computer program could produce a novel or painting at the press of a button, why were we spending countless hours torturing ourselves in cafés and studios for little recognition and even less pay?"

I can see his point. After all, as Dr Johnson said, "No one but a blockhead ever writes, except for money." Except that Johnson himself wrote extensively for his friends, for no pay at all. And the terabytes of fan-fic - some of which is surprisingly good - shows that there is pleasure to be had in creation for its own sake. More to the point, AI is not creative, in the sense of being able to generate something new. It can only assimilate and regurgitate what has been created already; which, granted, is fine for Hollywood (to judge from its current output), but can hardly satisfy a human being.

Posted by: Nemo at January 02, 2024 11:07 AM (S6ArX)

129 Why should the west equip its enemies?

Posted by: Quartermaster at January 02, 2024 01:42 PM (J0tKB)

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