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Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is Amelia Watson.

Yes, again, everybody's favourite Bri'ish time-travelling detective, Amelia Watson, is already shipping from Amazon Japan when my supposed pre-order from Amazon US is scheduled for May.

Didn't save money this time because the pre-order price was particularly good, but didn't cost any more either.
The I in LLM stands for Intelligence. (Haxx)

In which the author makes the very good point that the output of LLMs like ChatGPT can be worse than useless, because the entire model is designed to produce output that is plausible rather true.

Which means that significant effort is required to show that the plausible output is nonsense and should not be adopted, just as is the case with university presidents.

In this case it's the creator of the utility curl, which is used basically everywhere - every Linux system, every Mac and iOS device, every Android phone and Raspberry Pi has curl on it.

And his particular problem is AI-generated bug reports, reporting bugs that simply do not exist.

Tech News

Promising benchmarks of AMD's forthcoming desktop APUs continue to leak. (Tom's Hardware)

In this case the 8600G, showing graphics performance about 10% faster than its laptop counterpart, about equal with a desktop Nvidia GTX 1060. Perfectly adequate for light gaming.

The 8700G will be interesting. It has 50% more graphics hardware, and we'll see whether the bottleneck there is power consumption or memory bandwidth. If the former it will be an amazing chip; if the latter it will be... Still pretty good.
Looking for an old-fashioned tube amplifier with a transparent OLED display? LG has you covered with the Duke Box. (Tom's Hardware)

Well, they'll be showing it off at CES, anyway. Whether it ever ships to consumers is another matter, let alone the price.
The Qotom Q20332G9-S10 network appliance can do anything except compile Linux quickly. (Serve the Home)

It supports up to 64GB of RAM, two M.2 SSDs, two 2.5" SATA drives, five 2.5Gb Ethernet ports, four 10Gb SFP+ ports, and an SFF-8087 port for attaching an external drive array. And it's fanless, so as long as you stick with SSDs it's completely silent.

It is also about a quarter the speed of a mid-range laptop CPU like Intel's 1360P.
A ship carrying 800 tons of lithium-ion batteries ran into a tiny spot of bother when the batteries did what batteries do, which is catch fire. (The Register)

They put the fire out.

Which is not very exciting but not every story can be a battery-powered train wreck.

Disclaimer: Not having it.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:10 AM

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1 G'night everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 03, 2024 04:12 AM (fwDg9)

2 First?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 03, 2024 04:13 AM (omVj0)

3 hiya

Posted by: JT at January 03, 2024 04:13 AM (T4tVD)

4 Morning all.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 03, 2024 04:14 AM (BLOW1)

5 Hiya Pixy !

Posted by: JT at January 03, 2024 04:14 AM (T4tVD)

6 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 03, 2024 04:15 AM (sAmhv)

7 I saw Plausible Rather Than True open for Was (Not Was) at The Myth in '92.

Good morning insomniacs, and people in time zones where being awake makes sense.

Posted by: mikeski at January 03, 2024 04:15 AM (DgGvY)

8 BELATED BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 03, 2024 04:17 AM (ch/kO)

9 Evening and morning, ever'body!

Cool here this morning, but rainy, so no outdoor workout. I'm having a half slice of whole-grain toast w/ peanut butter as a warmup for my breakfast. As far as coffee, I've cutting back on the caffeine for a while, and I'm now trying to find some acceptable way to sweeten it without sugar or sugar alcohols. The coconut/almond milk is blah.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 03, 2024 04:27 AM (omVj0)

10 I saw Plausible Rather Than True open for Was (Not Was) at The Myth in '92.

Was he kissing Santa Claus ?

Posted by: JT at January 03, 2024 04:28 AM (T4tVD)

11 I drink coffee black. It simplifies things.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 03, 2024 04:46 AM (sAmhv)

12 Tap-Tap-Tap.....is this thing on ?

Posted by: JT at January 03, 2024 04:46 AM (T4tVD)

13 Slow night in Blogland.....

Posted by: JT at January 03, 2024 04:49 AM (T4tVD)

14 Forgot to wind up the hamsters.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 03, 2024 04:56 AM (BLOW1)

15 I drink coffee black. It simplifies things.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 03, 2024 04:46 AM (sAmhv)
-

I disagree but live and latte live.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 03, 2024 04:57 AM (ch/kO)

16 My biggest problem with the AI shit is not just that it is spitting out shit, it is that somehow people use it as an 'authoritative, unbiased' source.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 04:59 AM (zZu0s)

17 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 03, 2024 05:09 AM (ju2Fy)

18 BTW, the most significant snow event in years is looming over NYC this weekend. 1-3” is possible.

Posted by: Jamaica at January 03, 2024 05:12 AM (Eeb9P)

19 Good morning to one and all.

I have tech question. My computer needs an external device to be able to have a hot spot (I still have dial up). Is there a way to connect my phone directly to the computer and would it serve the purpose I'm looking for?

Posted by: Ben Had at January 03, 2024 05:13 AM (IAKhT)

20 16 My biggest problem with the AI shit is not just that it is spitting out shit, it is that somehow people use it as an 'authoritative, unbiased' source.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop

GIGO.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 03, 2024 05:14 AM (sAmhv)

21 Malicious actors ‘“in government, universities and media using it as an 'authoritative, unbiased' source” - while we laugh, and marvel, at the MC Escher-like surrealist art and music it churns out.

Posted by: 13times at January 03, 2024 05:15 AM (V+dQe)

22 18 BTW, the most significant snow event in years is looming over NYC this weekend. 1-3” is possible.
Posted by: Jamaica

Endeavor to persevere!

That amount would shut down Babylon DC. I haven't checked but I don't think we're getting snow.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 03, 2024 05:16 AM (sAmhv)

23 BH, a Bluetooth dongle to connect the PC to the phone.

Posted by: Jamaica at January 03, 2024 05:18 AM (Eeb9P)

24 Vanessa Freeman is back. Big smiling boobage.

Posted by: Jamaica at January 03, 2024 05:21 AM (Eeb9P)

25 Jamaica, bear with me for I am illiterate in all things computer. I have no idea what a dongle is and how to look for one

Posted by: Ben Had at January 03, 2024 05:23 AM (IAKhT)

26 24 Vanessa Freeman is back. Big smiling boobage.
Posted by: Jamaica at January 03, 2024 05:21 AM (Eeb9P)

Always a way to get my attention.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 05:24 AM (zZu0s)

27 "The vessel's crew reportedly used carbon dioxide to douse the blaze, but it spread a little before being contained."

Not THE carbon dioxide!!! We're all gonna die!!! That's a class 5 hazardous material! The ship will have to be flumibated and then sunk into the middle of the Pacific.

Posted by: Bruce at January 03, 2024 05:26 AM (vd8XM)

28 Well, Claudine Gay's go-away package no doubt has several payments, but one part leaked to Daily Mail.

She gets a salary of $900k per year as a professor.

Nice "job".

https://shorturl.at/iuI78

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 03, 2024 05:29 AM (81/YL)

29 Considering her level of scholarship, that is a decent wage.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 05:31 AM (zZu0s)

30 Ben Had, I use the charging cable for my phone. When I use the phone's Hotspot at the lake, I plug cable into laptop for internet access.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 03, 2024 05:31 AM (ju2Fy)

31 About 6 inches of snow headed our way next week Monday and Tuesday.

Since the schools have all of this week off because...I don't know why, maybe the hardship of going back to school after being off since December 20th would be to strenuous?? I'm sure they'll have a snow day on Tuesday then.

Posted by: Bruce at January 03, 2024 05:31 AM (vd8XM)

32
I saw a short video of Bill Clinton being released from the hospital and he looks worse then Joe Biden.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 03, 2024 05:32 AM (3qE2b)

33 30 Ben Had, I use the charging cable for my phone. When I use the phone's Hotspot at the lake, I plug cable into laptop for internet access.
Posted by: olddog in mo at January 03, 2024 05:31 AM (ju2Fy)

This.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 05:32 AM (zZu0s)

34 Ours shows as Saturday into Sunday. Mostly 'wintery mix' icons.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 05:34 AM (zZu0s)

35 olddog, that's what I 'm looking for!. Thank you

Posted by: Ben Had at January 03, 2024 05:35 AM (IAKhT)

36 32
I saw a short video of Bill Clinton being released from the hospital and he looks worse then Joe Biden.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

Gonorrhea and syphilis are a hell of a mistress.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 03, 2024 05:37 AM (sAmhv)

37 I saw a short video of Bill Clinton being released from the hospital and he looks worse then Joe Biden.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 03, 2024 05:32 AM (3qE2b)
-------------
Was he in the hospital? I guess he is lucky to have survived that crack last week about Hillzabub's campaign not being able "to sell pussy on a troop train".

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 03, 2024 05:39 AM (MOwVH)

38 yo wut sup

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 03, 2024 05:40 AM (lwOKI)

39 The national debt passed 34 trillion on Friday.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 03, 2024 05:43 AM (IAKhT)

40 39 The national debt passed 34 trillion on Friday.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 03, 2024 05:43 AM (IAKhT)

Sooner or later, you're talking real money.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 05:45 AM (zZu0s)

41 The national debt passed 34 trillion on Friday.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 03, 2024 05:43 AM (IAKhT)
------------
Bidenomics will save us.

Thats what I heard, anyway.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 03, 2024 05:46 AM (JnpSj)

42 Bidenomics will save us.

Thats what I heard, anyway.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

And Biden has said that you will keep being told that...or else.

Posted by: Bruce at January 03, 2024 05:49 AM (vd8XM)

43
President Gay didn't resign, he served out his term of office, bought a house on Martha's Vineyard then killed his chef.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 03, 2024 05:50 AM (3qE2b)

44 A sense of purpose/ A woman from British Columbia who lost her job unexpectedly at age 64 finds renewed purpose and begins and ends the day with prayer. The scripture passage is from 1st
Thessalonians:

http://tinyurl.com/29yw82av

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 03, 2024 05:51 AM (RSbhh)

45
I had to memorize the books of the Bible when I was young but I'll be damned if I remember Thessalonians.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 03, 2024 05:54 AM (3qE2b)

46 G'morning, all.

Gotta head out about 0745 to ship my MiL back up to B'More.

Been a good visit, but she needs to beat that nor'easter coming into the B'More/DC area starting on Saturday night.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 03, 2024 05:57 AM (hH3Px)

47 Amidst all of this, it has been distressing to have doubt cast on my commitments to confronting hate and to upholding scholarly rigor—two bedrock values that are fundamental to who I am—and frightening to be subjected to personal attacks and threats fueled by racial animus.

be subjected
1. Passive
2. No reference to incidents.
3. No names or sources.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 03, 2024 05:58 AM (lwOKI)

48 I'm just seeing a rain/snow mix here in Babylon DC on Saturday.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 03, 2024 05:59 AM (sAmhv)

49 VIA, safe travels

Posted by: Ben Had at January 03, 2024 06:00 AM (IAKhT)

50 be subjected
1. Passive
2. No reference to incidents.
3. No names or sources.
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 03, 2024 05:58 AM (lwOKI)

Assumes facts not in evidence. She obviously does not want to confront anti-Semitism and her 'scholarly rigor' seems to be finding the best sources to steal.

She's obviously an amoral lightweight who cannot find her ass with both hands, a flashlight and a compass. But she has gall and is black, so...

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 06:01 AM (zZu0s)

51 VIA, safe travels "

Hey young lady!

Nah....we're just taking her to the ~~freight yard~~ Amtrak station for the ride up to B'More.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 03, 2024 06:02 AM (hH3Px)

52
I've been playing with "86Box" for the past couple of hours. It's a x86 PC *emulator*. Emulator as opposed to virtualization.

The problem is, for very old software, ie DOS 6.22 and earlier, Win 3.x and earlier, the new CPUs are just getting too fast, and other changes make a lot of the OS software just crash. Old assumptions don't hold. I realized that emulation was the way this was going to have to go, and 86Box is about the best all around, from what I decided.

Anyway, I'm creating a 86Box "machine". I'm trying to emulate a late '90s "screamer". 64GB of RAM, Pentium CPU, and gigabyte hard drives.

I'm just about ready to try to install DOS 6.22 on it. I'm having to remember all sorts of stuff I've forgotten. But I'm having a ball.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at January 03, 2024 06:02 AM (Mzdiz)

53 She's obviously an amoral lightweight who cannot find her ass with both hands, a flashlight and a compass. But she has gall and is black, so...
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop

If Obama had a twin sister...

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 03, 2024 06:03 AM (sAmhv)

54
The x86/Intel world was absolutely *amazing* about backwards compatibility. Blows away anything.

But 30 years is about the limit.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at January 03, 2024 06:03 AM (Mzdiz)

55
That's 64 *MB* of RAM. not GB. Win 95/98 would crash with more than 64MB without some hacking, IIRC.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at January 03, 2024 06:05 AM (Mzdiz)

56 >>>The I in LLM stands for Intelligence. (Haxx)

The "O" in PIXY stands for ....

Posted by: m at January 03, 2024 06:06 AM (4UYlo)

57 (I'll go read it.)

Posted by: m at January 03, 2024 06:06 AM (4UYlo)

58 THEM AND THE HORSE’S RUMP THEY RODE IN ON: Pfizer faces legal action over ‘vaccine’ lies.

CHASER: Never-ending nightmare of the vaccine injured.

Posted at 6:01 am by Sarah Hoyt

Me: I thought there was some sort of immunity deal as part of the covid response for all the drug manufacturers? It was one of the many things that smelled rotten.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 06:09 AM (zZu0s)

59 Good morning morons

Local TV news reports it's raining. Rain rain rain.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 03, 2024 06:17 AM (RIvkX)

60
Funny Catturd meme:
https://t.ly/Znpj2

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 03, 2024 06:17 AM (3qE2b)

61 I know its been covered here, but Bing does suck as a search engine. I was looking for 'Laptop no OS'. Not in a market for one, yet. Just curious as to where I could get one. Bing is a mess and provides results that do not help me. I had to use Qwant. It did a slightly better job.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 03, 2024 06:21 AM (sAmhv)

62 VIA you should take cargo insurance FOB

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 03, 2024 06:21 AM (RIvkX)

63 >>>The I in LLM stands for Intelligence. (Haxx)

Informative article; fun to read. I learned a lot.

"I do however suspect that if you just add an ever so tiny (intelligent) human check to the mix...."

These are in short supply!

Posted by: m at January 03, 2024 06:21 AM (4UYlo)

64 "VIA you should take cargo insurance FOB"

Heh!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 03, 2024 06:24 AM (hH3Px)

65 27 The ship will have to be flumibated
Posted by: Bruce at January 03, 2024 05:26 AM (vd8XM)

*snort!*

Posted by: m at January 03, 2024 06:25 AM (4UYlo)

66 I understand from a post at about 1:00 this morning EST that LenNeal expected a picture of a "chaste pinup girl" instead of kind person and dog story which I posted. I can't answer for her chastity (but his expression made me laugh) but here's a picture of a smiling, modestly dressed woman. I've had her picture before, but it's not as if there are many sites with modestly dressed women as there are for boobettes.

http://tinyurl.com/yspc37vn

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 03, 2024 06:26 AM (RSbhh)

67 inneresting, that LG amp; I have long thought about building a ham radio transmitter kinda like that ... black granite and plate glass structure, one of those big old transmitting tubes, and a raspberry pi / touchscreen front end doing direct digital synthesis ...

G'mornin' everyone!

" ... produce output that is plausible rather than true. "
IOW, just like media, gummint, science, ...
so why would we be surprised?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez, for certain values of sock, rat, & Eez ... at January 03, 2024 06:30 AM (WsTvr)

68 Bad Blue
http://tinyurl.com/ypzwewu5

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 03, 2024 06:30 AM (RIvkX)

69 http://tinyurl.com/yspc37vn
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 03, 2024 06:26 AM (RSbhh)
==================
OM would have been proud to feature her!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 03, 2024 06:31 AM (ZI/jr)

70 sock_rat, how was the hike yesterday?

Posted by: Ben Had at January 03, 2024 06:31 AM (IAKhT)

71 I searched Bluetooth phone to PC on Amazon and usb plug in adapters showed up. Cables will work, too

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at January 03, 2024 06:32 AM (Eeb9P)

72 43 President Gay didn't resign, he served out his term of office, bought a house on Martha's Vineyard then killed his chef.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 03, 2024 05:50 AM (3qE2b)

I read this about half a dozen times, thinking, wait, President; he? And then it dawned on me. Good one, Divide by Zero.
More covfefe over here!

Posted by: m at January 03, 2024 06:32 AM (4UYlo)

73 LLM's are also people with Graduate Law Degrees...so there might be questions about their output as well.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at January 03, 2024 06:32 AM (fMhOl)

74 Boston Butt sale alert!

For those who like them, Food Lion has Boston Butt this week at .99 per pound.

I only have two left, so time to stock up.

Also, w5ch their snow crab prices.

Currently at $6.99 per pound, but MAY go as low as $4.99 per pound in the next two weeks.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 03, 2024 06:32 AM (hH3Px)

75 I drink coffee black. It simplifies things.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 03, 2024 04:46 AM (sAmhv)

I take life black. It simplifies things.

Anyway, time to work. See you on the Morning Report.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 03, 2024 06:32 AM (Q0kLU)

76 Good morning early risers!

The world is a stupid place.

Posted by: Rosasharn at January 03, 2024 06:33 AM (PzBTm)

77 Pretty good, BH! it was gray and chilly, so I kept moving to stay warm. only around 3 miles, but with lots of hills, up&down, up&down.

thx for asking!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez, for certain values of sock, rat, & Eez ... at January 03, 2024 06:37 AM (WsTvr)

78 I can't answer for her chastity (but his expression made me laugh) but here's a picture of a smiling, modestly dressed woman. I've had her picture before, but it's not as if there are many sites with modestly dressed women as there are for boobettes.

http://tinyurl.com/yspc37vn
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 03, 2024 06:26 AM (RSbhh)

She's lovely. Nice start to the day. Thanks, Fen.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 03, 2024 06:37 AM (4I/2K)

79 >>>Disclaimer: Not having it.

Dessert?

Posted by: m at January 03, 2024 06:37 AM (4UYlo)

80 Ebay seems to be the place to purchase a laptop sans OS. Not in the market, yet. I have two laptops, one with Win10 and another with Linux Ubuntu. The Linux laptop locks up for no reason now and then (it really doesn't like YouTube videos) and have to just power it off and reboot. I'm going to open it up at some point and see how much crap is inside. Lots of dust I would imagine. Maybe tonight. I'm off.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 03, 2024 06:38 AM (sAmhv)

81 Re: sidebar

I remember the thing that it was considered bad in Japanese culture to be able to see the whites all the way around the eye. What the sidebar is referring to, I would say is more mental instability in general than psychopathy per se. Still fits AOC, but she does not have to be a psychopath.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 06:39 AM (zZu0s)

82 Funny Catturd meme:
https://t.ly/Znpj2
Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 03, 2024 06:17 AM (3qE2b)

Yes indeed. Sadly, we only get one vote each. They get as many as they need

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 03, 2024 06:40 AM (EUUse)

83
A little help here!

My {Ctrl}{C} and {Ctrl}{V} keys seem to be stuck ...

Posted by: Claudine Gay ("Do These 'Smart Girl' Glasses Make Me Look Dumb?) at January 03, 2024 06:41 AM (8Z5Bd)

84
... and we're back!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 03, 2024 06:43 AM (8Z5Bd)

85 And here's a prayer by Tychon Of Zadonsk. (1724-1783) He was a, Eastern Orthodox gruff monk as well as a Bishop and was declared a Saint. He preferred the company of simple people rather than the Lords and Ladies of the 18th century Russian Court. He believed that prayer in which the individual soul wrestles with God should be the basis of all thought and action. LenNeal has mentioned that he is Eastern Orthodox:

Shepherds search for lost sheep, but for their own profit. Men seek their lost property, but out of self interest. Travellers visit foreign countries, but for their own benefit. Kingss offer ransom for prisoners, but out of political calculation. But why have you searched for me?. Why have you sought me out. Why have you visited this hostile earth where I live? Why have you ransomed with your blood?. I am not worthy of such effort. Indeed in my sin, I have willfully tried to escape from you, so you would not find me. I have wanted to become a god myself, deciding for myself what is good and bad according to my own whims and lusts. I have provoked and insulted you. Why do you bother with me?

Another praeyer from "The Harper Collins Book Of Prayers"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 03, 2024 06:43 AM (RSbhh)

86 Gay claimed in her resignation letter that her distress was too difficult for words. Ironically.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 03, 2024 06:44 AM (EUUse)

87 Posted by: Count de Monet at January 03, 2024 06:37 AM (4I/2K)

You are welcome. Have a good day!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 03, 2024 06:44 AM (RSbhh)

88 86 Gay claimed in her resignation letter that her distress was too difficult for words. Ironically.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 03, 2024 06:44 AM (EUUse)

Well, I guess she tried to come up with it on her own. Should have stolen a better resignation letter.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 06:45 AM (zZu0s)

89
A little help here!

My {Ctrl}{C} and {Ctrl}{V} keys seem to be stuck ...

Posted by: Claudine Gay ("Do These 'Smart Girl' Glasses Make Me Look Dumb?) at January 03, 2024 06:41 AM

Oh, no! You've lost your (3) keys to success.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 03, 2024 06:45 AM (3qE2b)

90
He was an Eastern Orthodox gruff monk ...

... who took a bite out of crime

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 03, 2024 06:46 AM (8Z5Bd)

91 Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 03, 2024 06:31 AM (ZI/jr)

I miss him. He was such a nice, interesting man and a fellow believer.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 03, 2024 06:46 AM (RSbhh)

92 I never knew the Japanese word for it.

We call it "crazy eyes". I pointed put yesterday I had seen that as a side effect of long term psychoactive medication.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 03, 2024 06:49 AM (RIvkX)

93 that's a very good one, FS!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez, for certain values of sock, rat, & Eez ... at January 03, 2024 06:50 AM (WsTvr)

94 I am happy that today is son's birthday. He is a good young man, and is spending his time off from school studying Calculus II and some computer programming thing. I wish he had a paid job during the break, but he does that at school. Isn't it amazing to we who are parents who quickly the time passes? It sems like yesterday we were taking him home on a very cold day wearing his little blue and white knitted cap that fell askew over his eye making him look slightly drunk.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 03, 2024 06:50 AM (RSbhh)

95 Joe just sent $50 M to
https://climatejusticealliance.org/

Here is their second menu item:
Free Palestine

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 03, 2024 06:52 AM (lwOKI)

96 Sanpaku, per the internet.

"According to traditional Chinese and Japanese face reading, when the white part of the eye, known as the sclera, is visible beneath the iris, it represents physical imbalance in the body and is claimed to be present in alcoholics, drug addicts, and people who over-consume sugar or grain.[3][4]"

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 06:54 AM (zZu0s)

97 Here is their second menu item:
Free Palestine
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 03, 2024 06:52 AM (lwOKI)

Not surprising. 'Climate' has always been a commie fifth column.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 06:55 AM (zZu0s)

98
It seems like yesterday we were taking him home on a very cold day wearing his little blue and white knitted cap that fell askew over his eye making him look slightly drunk.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 03, 2024 06:50 AM

Remember the long ago Paul Anka song that Kodak film used for their commercials?

♪ Good morning yesterday,
you wake up and time has slipped away
And suddenly it's hard to find
The memories you left behind
Remember, do you remember? ♪

Back from a time when class was a thing and you didn't need a trannie to sell cheap beer.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 03, 2024 06:56 AM (3qE2b)

99 Here is their second menu item:
Free Palestine
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 03, 2024 06:52 AM (lwOKI)

Free them from all worldly concerns? Sounds okay by me.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 03, 2024 06:56 AM (4I/2K)

100 since day one!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez, for certain values of sock, rat, & Eez ... at January 03, 2024 06:57 AM (WsTvr)

101 Happy birthday Fenson!

Yes, time does accelerate continuously

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 03, 2024 06:57 AM (RIvkX)

102 What if the whole Gay thing was an inside KKK type job to put an unqualified person in a position that would make her anti-Semitism an approved way to live and think?

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 03, 2024 06:57 AM (lwOKI)

103 and it keeps slippin' into the future.

Posted by: Steve Miller at January 03, 2024 06:58 AM (4I/2K)

104 Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 03, 2024 06:57 AM (RIvkX)

Thank you.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 03, 2024 06:58 AM (RSbhh)

105 wow!

Happy Birthday, Son of Fenelon Spoke! and many more!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez, for certain values of sock, rat, & Eez ... at January 03, 2024 06:59 AM (WsTvr)

106 ... and all our troubles seemed so far away.

--The Beatles

Posted by: m at January 03, 2024 07:00 AM (4UYlo)

107 @39

>>The national debt passed 34 trillion on Friday.

The money is not real and the maniacs in charge are unphased and are continuing to spend not real money like spectral sailors.

Or alternatively....

EXCELSIOR!!!!

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 03, 2024 07:01 AM (XV/Pl)

108 uh-oh

... and all our troubles seemed so far away

-->

... and all my troubles seemed so far away

Posted by: m at January 03, 2024 07:02 AM (4UYlo)

109 "Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."

Posted by: sock_rat_eez, for certain values of sock, rat, & Eez ... at January 03, 2024 07:03 AM (WsTvr)

110 Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 03, 2024 06:56 AM (3qE2b)

Nice bit of song; Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 03, 2024 07:03 AM (RSbhh)

111 Morning peeps. A brisk 19 degrees this morning.

And dark.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 03, 2024 07:03 AM (Q4IgG)

112 shredded wood as a packing material?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez, for certain values of sock, rat, & Eez ... at January 03, 2024 07:03 AM (WsTvr)

113 Almost 8 years later:
It would appear unlikely that the Russian foreign influence campaign on Twitter could have had much more than a relatively minor influence on individual-level attitudes and voting behavior for four related reasons.
First, we find that exposure to posts from Russian foreign influence accounts was concentrated among a small group of users, with only 1% of users accounting for 70%.
Second, exposure to Russian foreign influence tweets was overshadowed by the amount of exposure to traditional news media.
Third, those who identified themselves as highly partisan Republicans, who were already likely favorable to Donald Trump.
Fourth, we did not detect any meaningful relationships between exposure to posts from Russian foreign influence accounts and changes in respondents’ attitudes on the issues, political polarization, or voting behavior.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 03, 2024 07:04 AM (lwOKI)

114 I am doing the

"Tea. Earl Grey. Hot."

thing this morning.

Posted by: m at January 03, 2024 07:04 AM (4UYlo)

115 Beautiful sunrise in NJ this morning!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 03, 2024 07:04 AM (RSbhh)

116 107 @39

>>The national debt passed 34 trillion on Friday.

The money is not real and the maniacs in charge are unphased and are continuing to spend not real money like spectral sailors.

Or alternatively....

EXCELSIOR!!!!
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 03, 2024 07:01 AM (XV/Pl)

I see the haul at the IRS was 4.9 TRILLION in 23.
Half a TRILLION moar than total spending in 2019.
PS We only took in about 3.8 that year.
PDTs tax cuts have increased revenues by around 25%.

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

117 41 The national debt passed 34 trillion on Friday.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 03, 2024 05:43 AM (IAKhT)
------------
Bidenomics will save us.

Thats what I heard, anyway.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 03, 2024 05:46 AM (JnpSj)

Already has.

--The Media

Posted by: m at January 03, 2024 07:10 AM (4UYlo)

118 @113

>>It would appear unlikely that the Russian foreign influence campaign on Twitter could have had much more than a relatively minor influence on individual-level attitudes and voting behavior for four related reasons.

You gotta admit, this modern day LE/IC/Derp State Yellow Cake simulacrum was effective at hamstringing the Trump Presidency, and being that was the only real purpose of the Op, it was mostly effective.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 03, 2024 07:10 AM (XV/Pl)

119 I see the haul at the IRS was 4.9 TRILLION in 23.
Half a TRILLION moar than total spending in 2019.
PS We only took in about 3.8 that year.
PDTs tax cuts have increased revenues by around 25%.
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 03, 2024 07:07 AM (lwOKI)

Or inflation has done it. I would not rule that out at this point.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 07:11 AM (zZu0s)

120 2024: when even the economy is fake and gay.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 07:12 AM (zZu0s)

121 It's working!!!! Phone to computer. I have entered the 21st Century.

Posted by: murphywong@peoplepc.com at January 03, 2024 07:13 AM (IAKhT)

122 @116

>>PDTs tax cuts have increased revenues by around 25%.

We're so far f**ked that the only practical way out of it would be to grow the economy by 10-15pct per year for around a decade.

Our debt to GDP ratio is something like 125pct, it was around 50pct in 2000.

The GOP has controlled congress for the vast majority of the span.

Heckuva job GOP, heckuva job.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 03, 2024 07:13 AM (XV/Pl)

123 Our debt to GDP ratio is something like 125pct, it was around 50pct in 2000.
The GOP has controlled congress for the vast majority of the span.
Heckuva job GOP, heckuva job.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 03, 2024 07:13 AM (XV/Pl)

Good. Soon I will have everyone working at Arby's for minimum wage.

Hahahahaha...

Posted by: Dick Cheney, Mastermind On Viagra at January 03, 2024 07:14 AM (Edu7X)

124 Dear Tucker,

Complaining about talking about Israel "too much," saying Ben Shapiro doesn't love the U.S. and doesn't plan to stay... yeah not okay. Check yourself because you don't sound smart.

Love, Franpsycho

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 03, 2024 07:15 AM (RIvkX)

125
Or inflation has done it. I would not rule that out at this point.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 07:11 AM

Yup. Bracket creep, especially when someone gets a raise in pay and suddenly goes from (for example) 10% to 15% tax bracket, effectively not just nullifying the pay increase but erasing it all together.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 03, 2024 07:15 AM (3qE2b)

126 mornin yall. Joe came back from vacation with a sunburn. Maybe he thinks it will make him more apeeling.

Posted by: fd at January 03, 2024 07:15 AM (vFG9F)

127 I better learn to read better

Posted by: Ben Had at January 03, 2024 07:15 AM (IAKhT)

128 fd, I haz computer! Kiss my grits dial up

Posted by: Ben Had at January 03, 2024 07:17 AM (IAKhT)

129 Hi Ben Had. You were able to get it to work with a cable?

Posted by: fd at January 03, 2024 07:18 AM (vFG9F)

130 I better learn to read better
Posted by: Ben Had at January 03, 2024 07:15 AM (IAKhT)

Perhaps I can be of some assistance?

Posted by: Evelyn Wood Dynamic Reading at January 03, 2024 07:18 AM (4I/2K)

131 fd, YES!!!

Posted by: Ben Had at January 03, 2024 07:19 AM (IAKhT)

132 Or inflation has done it. I would not rule that out at this point.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 07:11 AM (zZu0s)

Inflation is a tax. Always and Forever.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 03, 2024 07:21 AM (lwOKI)

133 Yup. Bracket creep, especially when someone gets a raise in pay and suddenly goes from (for example) 10% to 15% tax bracket, effectively not just nullifying the pay increase but erasing it all together.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 03, 2024 07:15 AM (3qE2b)

Because of the hours at this site, I increased my earnings from the previous year by something like 50%.

I am not looking forward to doing taxes.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 07:21 AM (zZu0s)

134 Speaking of taxes; my state, Kentucky is reducing the state income tax from 4.5.% to 4% this year. It won't offset some of the tax hikes they put on personal property (vehicles, boats, homes/land, etc.) but my understanding is there's an effort to abolish the state income tax altogether.

I'm sure they'll make up for it in other ways.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 03, 2024 07:23 AM (Q4IgG)

135 wow!

Happy Birthday, Son of Fenelon Spoke! and many more!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez, for certain values of sock, rat, & Eez ... at January 03, 2024 06:59 AM

Seconded !

Posted by: JT at January 03, 2024 07:24 AM (T4tVD)

136 Good morning rons and ettes. I'm back among the living.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at January 03, 2024 07:24 AM (iF0sF)

137 It's working!!!! Phone to computer. I have entered the 21st Century.
Posted by: murphywong@peoplepc.com at January 03, 2024 07:13 AM (IAKhT)

I know you !

Hiya !

Posted by: JT at January 03, 2024 07:25 AM (T4tVD)

138 "Senior Hamas leader killed in Beirut blast, heightening fears of wider regional conflict!" wails CNN this morning. But this just reads more like:

"Senior Hamas leader killed in Beirut blast, heightening fears by CNN that more senior Hamas leaders will be killed!"

Posted by: Boswell at January 03, 2024 07:26 AM (K+UlC)

139 Good morning rons and ettes. I'm back among the living.
Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at January 03, 2024 07:24 AM (iF0sF)

Well, that's good !

Hiya Jewells !

Posted by: JT at January 03, 2024 07:27 AM (T4tVD)

140 Some day, Israel might run out of Hamas leaders!

God speed the day.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 07:27 AM (zZu0s)

141 Dear Tucker,

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 03, 2024 07:15 AM (RIvkX)
-

Tucker, Dice, Owens.

There a pattern here. And it's ugly.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 03, 2024 07:28 AM (ch/kO)

142
When I was CFO I went to a straight percentage tax withholding for all employees. It averaged somewhere in the 8 to 15% range. If an employee was not getting a large enough refund at the end of the year they could come and ask for it to be raised. No one ever did.

Prior to that an employee would work (4) hours of overtime in a pay period, slip into a higher bracket for that check, and see no increase in pay. Sure they would eventually see some of it back the following year, but it became a disincentive to working when I needed some extra output.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 03, 2024 07:28 AM (3qE2b)

143 Good morning rons and ettes. I'm back among the living.
Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at January 03, 2024 07:24 AM (iF0sF)

Hooray!

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 03, 2024 07:28 AM (4I/2K)

144 present

Posted by: Don Black at January 03, 2024 07:29 AM (geLO8)

145 jewells, so glad to hear it.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 03, 2024 07:30 AM (IAKhT)

146 I don't know why Tucker waded into that. Pointless distraction.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 03, 2024 07:30 AM (cVUv5)

147 Good morning rons and ettes. I'm back among the living.
Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at January 03, 2024 07:24 AM (iF0sF)
-

Nice news.

You mean finished with chemo and all clear?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 03, 2024 07:31 AM (ch/kO)

148 It's working!!!! Phone to computer. I have entered the 21st Century.
Posted by: murphywong@peoplepc.com at January 03, 2024 07:13 AM (IAKhT)

Excellent! This is "Larry" and we've been trying to reach you about your car's warranty.

Posted by: Bombay/Mumbai Financial Security Center at January 03, 2024 07:31 AM (4I/2K)

149 Has anyone else had a problem with Google Drive organization since Jan 1? It went all "suggested" on me for folder and file listings, and won't let me sort things alphabetically.

Posted by: pookysgirl is not a fan of current-gen AI at January 03, 2024 07:32 AM (dtlDP)

150 I can understand wanting to make the same foreign aid argument made against Ukraine and extending that generally. I think that is a useful conversation.

I can understand making the argument that Israel has sucked all the air out of the room- as with Covid and Ukraine- so that other important stories get glossed or missed entirely. I find the modern monomania to be a disturbing thing. Feels like I am being manipulated. I can be outraged at the murder of children and the gang rape of women on my own, thank you.

But.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 07:32 AM (zZu0s)

151
I don't exactly appreciate Ben Shapiro's Trump hate. Okay, he's a strong supporter of Israel, fine. But Trump was moving things in a very good direction for them.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 03, 2024 07:33 AM (3qE2b)

152 Good to 'see' you Jewells!

Posted by: Tonypete at January 03, 2024 07:34 AM (qoGsy)

153 I don't exactly appreciate Ben Shapiro's Trump hate. Okay, he's a strong supporter of Israel, fine. But Trump was moving things in a very good direction for them.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 03, 2024 07:33 AM (3qE2b)

Shapiro annoys the hell out of me, but his distaste (IIRC) about Trump had a lot to do with the people who surrounded Trump. Bannon and Lewindowsky. I cannot remember specifics, but I do remember him talking about it during the 2016 election night stream he did with Klavan and Bill Whittle.

Memorable quotes:
'I'm so happy I love Jesus!' -A Klavan, while munching on cookies Shapiro was shilling that 'aren't Kosher.'

'Best moral character since George Washington.' -B Whittle, re Romney

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 07:37 AM (zZu0s)

154
Hah, 86Box, by default, emulates proper timings for the hardware of the era you're emulating. I was installing DOS 6.22 on a late '90s machine type I (tried) to create, and noticed the emulated read speed was about what you'd expect for a HD 3.5" Floppy of the era.

You can turn that off and go wide open if you want, but by default, it tries to simulate proper device timings.

Now, I've got DOS 6.22 installed. It took me 3 tries with the virtual harddisks. I had forgotten all sorts of crap about sectors per cluster, LBA translation and all that -- 86Box faithfully recreates BIOS behavior.

Now, I'm gonna install Windows 2.11/386 on this thing....

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at January 03, 2024 07:38 AM (Mzdiz)

155 Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 03, 2024 06:56 AM (3qE2b)

They also used "Turn Around", a song popularized by Harry Belafonte, in an ad.
Don't look it up- it will reduce any loving parent to a sobbing mess.

Posted by: sal: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum at January 03, 2024 07:38 AM (fDjFn)

156 murphywong!
Good to see you!

And Happy Bday to the FenSon. Ad multos annos!

Posted by: sal: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum at January 03, 2024 07:41 AM (fDjFn)

157 Shapiro is just another paid-off, controlled opposition cuck in good standing with the Party. That's why some unnamed billionaire backstopped the ad buys he couldn't justify with his radio ratings, and it's why he said so many absurd - like calling everyone who said the FBI spied on the Trump campaign conspiracy theorists, looooong after the FBI admitted.

He's a little ratfucker.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 03, 2024 07:41 AM (0FoWg)

158 They also used "Turn Around", a song popularized by Harry Belafonte, in an ad.
Don't look it up- it will reduce any loving parent to a sobbing mess.
Posted by: sal: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum at January 03, 2024 07:38 AM (fDjFn)

Damn my brain.

http://tinyurl.com/4h7y9ynw

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 07:41 AM (zZu0s)

159 128 fd, I haz computer! Kiss my grits dial up
Posted by: Ben Had at January 03, 2024 07:17 AM (IAKhT)

That was fast!

Posted by: m at January 03, 2024 07:41 AM (4UYlo)

160 Yesterday Beirut.

Today Teheran:

https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383010

Tomorrow the world!!!!!

/insert evil megalomaniac laugh here

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 03, 2024 07:43 AM (ch/kO)

161 160 Yesterday Beirut.

Today Teheran:

https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383010

Tomorrow the world!!!!!

/insert evil megalomaniac laugh here
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 03, 2024 07:43 AM (ch/kO)

Huh. Stuff is blowing up everywhere.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 07:45 AM (zZu0s)

162 Registrar of Voters Dale Sibley testified that absentee ballots lacking signatures by either the voter or a witness, as required by law, “slipped through the cracks” and were nevertheless counted.

At the Caddo Parrish LA Sheriffs election.

This is the plan. A ballot will get returned and voted with ZERO provenance.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 03, 2024 07:45 AM (lwOKI)

163 He's a little ratfucker.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 03, 2024 07:41 AM (0FoWg)
-

Not really. He gets most things right.

No one's perfect. We all need to take sides. Overall, Shapiro is on the right side. We have no lack of certified enemies.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 03, 2024 07:45 AM (ch/kO)

164 "A local politician who was convicted of ballot fraud has been named the vice mayor of San Luis, Arizona at a city council meeting last month.

Democrat Gloria Torres was appointed in December to her new post, just six months after pleading guilty to charges of conspiracy and ballot abuse dating back to the controversial 2020 election."

She is being rewarded for her efforts in defeating the man who is worse than Hitler. Her conviction was a small price to pay to save Amerika.

Posted by: fd at January 03, 2024 07:45 AM (vFG9F)

165 164 "A local politician who was convicted of ballot fraud has been named the vice mayor of San Luis, Arizona at a city council meeting last month.
Democrat Gloria Torres was appointed in December to her new post, just six months after pleading guilty to charges of conspiracy and ballot abuse dating back to the controversial 2020 election."
Posted by: fd at January 03, 2024 07:45 AM (vFG9F)

"Vice" mayor, indeed!

Posted by: m at January 03, 2024 07:47 AM (4UYlo)

166 https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383010

Tomorrow the world!!!!!

/insert evil megalomaniac laugh here
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 03, 2024 07:43 AM (ch/kO)

Huh. Stuff is blowing up everywhere.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 07:45 AM (zZu0s)
---
*workplace accident*

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 03, 2024 07:47 AM (7fElN)

167 136 Good morning rons and ettes. I'm back among the living.
Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at January 03, 2024 07:24 AM (iF0sF)

Hi jewells!!! How are you??? How’s KC??

Posted by: tubal at January 03, 2024 07:47 AM (PCK5/)

168 The KR Foundation, a Danish nonprofit that seeks the "rapid phase-out of fossil fuels," gave the equivalent of $300,000, to the Associated Press in December 2022, according to the charity’s annual report.

At what point is 100% of AP total fucking bullshit.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 03, 2024 07:47 AM (lwOKI)

169 'Appointed vice mayor. Democracy is saved!

Posted by: davidt at January 03, 2024 07:48 AM (SYTee)

170 At what point is 100% of AP total fucking bullshit.
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 03, 2024 07:47 AM (lwOKI)

I think we passed that exit about 20 years ago.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 07:49 AM (zZu0s)

171 Good Morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 03, 2024 07:49 AM (u82oZ)

172 I finished assembling my machine gun that I got for Christmas. It will fire 12 rubber bands in quick succession.

Posted by: fd at January 03, 2024 07:50 AM (vFG9F)

173 No one's perfect. We all need to take sides. Overall, Shapiro is on the right side. We have no lack of certified enemies.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 03, 2024 07:45 AM (ch/kO)

Plus: his sister has a nice rack.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 07:50 AM (zZu0s)

174 Denver to Spend Over 10% of Its General Fund Budget on Illegal Aliens

GOODERER

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 03, 2024 07:50 AM (lwOKI)

175 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at January 03, 2024 07:51 AM (NBVIP)

176 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, guv'nor

Tomorrow school opes for the New Year.

Safe travels for you and yours.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 03, 2024 07:51 AM (u82oZ)

177 169 'Appointed vice mayor. Democracy is saved!
Posted by: davidt at January 03, 2024 07:48 AM (SYTee)

I do not want to live in a country where a voter cheat cannot be appoint vice mayor!

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 03, 2024 07:52 AM (lwOKI)

178 174 Denver to Spend Over 10% of Its General Fund Budget on Illegal Aliens

GOODERER
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 03, 2024 07:50 AM (lwOKI)

Colorado really went to shit. I remember driving through there as a kid with my parents and thinking while looking at the mountains and trees and so forth that is was beautiful.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 07:52 AM (zZu0s)

179
They also used "Turn Around", a song popularized by Harry Belafonte, in an ad.
Don't look it up- it will reduce any loving parent to a sobbing mess.
Posted by: sal: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum at January 03, 2024 07:38 AM

That was 1960's Kodak, before color television. I can't say I recall ever seeing it, though the song was definitely familiar. The naked little girl (back to the camera) it opens with is surprising.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 03, 2024 07:53 AM (3qE2b)

180 The only “ Turn Around” song that comes to mind for me is contained in “ Total Eclipse of the Heart”…

Posted by: tubal at January 03, 2024 07:55 AM (PCK5/)

181 Nikki polling higher than DeSantis is just reshuffling the bottom of the deck to get her on the ballot somehow.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 03, 2024 07:55 AM (lwOKI)

182
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 03, 2024 07:55 AM (bEb2S)

183 Thanks everyone!

Bidens dog..no not done with chemo. I wish! No, just having a hard time recuperating from the treatments.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at January 03, 2024 07:56 AM (iF0sF)

184 {{{jewells45}}}

Excellent news, cherished one. Keep it up.

After spousal discussions, I want to have a party, just to have a party, with friends. Looking at President's Day in February. I'll send you an invite.

Fuck cancer!!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 03, 2024 07:56 AM (u82oZ)

185 re: Total Eclipse of the Heart video

Some videos in the 80s were like fever dreams.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 07:56 AM (zZu0s)

186 {{{Ben Had}}}

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 03, 2024 07:56 AM (u82oZ)

187 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering

Frozen solid !

Posted by: JT at January 03, 2024 07:56 AM (T4tVD)

188 Bidens dog..no not done with chemo. I wish! No, just having a hard time recuperating from the treatments.
Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at January 03, 2024 07:56 AM (iF0sF)

Hang in there jewells. Still mentioning you in the nightly round up with the Boss.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 07:57 AM (zZu0s)

189 "Overall, Shapiro is on the right side."
I guess that depends on how you define the right side.

Posted by: Teej at January 03, 2024 07:57 AM (3K/9t)

190 We had a nice long rain yesterday, which we still need after last summer.
For fun this year, I'm trying Biodynamic planting charts- but not the woo-woo stuff.
Also, got some wool bins out to start spinning again.
Very therapeutic, and you end up with something useful.

Posted by: sal: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum at January 03, 2024 07:57 AM (fDjFn)

191 Ben Shapiro's voice grates on me.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 03, 2024 07:58 AM (Q4IgG)

192 Dems were up 31%, and Republicans 18%.

Meanwhile, the S&P500 itself was up 24%.

Beating the SP by 33% is close to 2 standard deviations.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 03, 2024 07:58 AM (lwOKI)

193 link sorry

http://tinyurl.com/4aw2s3dn

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 03, 2024 07:58 AM (lwOKI)

194 190 We had a nice long rain yesterday, which we still need after last summer.
For fun this year, I'm trying Biodynamic planting charts- but not the woo-woo stuff.
Also, got some wool bins out to start spinning again.
Very therapeutic, and you end up with something useful.
Posted by: sal: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum at January 03, 2024 07:57 AM (fDjFn)

Do you have some straw, for spinning into gold??

Posted by: tubal at January 03, 2024 07:59 AM (PCK5/)

195 191 Ben Shapiro's voice grates on me.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 03, 2024 07:58 AM (Q4IgG)

It's the pitch and the nasal quality. There were so many of the radio guys who had horrific voices that sounded like nails on a blackboard. Hewitt. Medved. Hannity.

Rush's voice was very good.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 07:59 AM (zZu0s)

196
The only “ Turn Around” song that comes to mind for me is contained in “ Total Eclipse of the Heart”…

Posted by: tubal at January 03, 2024 07:55 AM

I think you'll recognize the tune. I might actually consider
it on the NSFW side.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBqSzLezdDI

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 03, 2024 08:00 AM (3qE2b)

197 Although he picked up an odd quality to his voice in the later years. I am assuming that was due to the loss of hearing and implant changing how he heard himself.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 08:00 AM (zZu0s)

198 It aint warm out thar !

Posted by: JT at January 03, 2024 08:01 AM (T4tVD)

199 171 Good Morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear into the heart of killjoy leftists everywhere.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 03, 2024 07:49 AM (u82oZ)

I'm in!

Posted by: m at January 03, 2024 08:01 AM (4UYlo)

200 Not a fan of VTubers.

It's creepy-ass virtual Animegao/Kigurumi.

Posted by: XTC at January 03, 2024 08:02 AM (sm6Pk)

201 Some dolt in the "NY Post" compared the protesters snarling up traffic to the local airports on behalf of Hamas and Gaza to freedom fighters in America in 1776. After that bit, I decided not to read anymore letters to the editor for today.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 03, 2024 08:02 AM (RSbhh)

202 Thank you Aetius.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at January 03, 2024 08:02 AM (iF0sF)

203 Posted by: sal: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum

Thanks for the birthday wishes for son.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 03, 2024 08:04 AM (RSbhh)

204 201 Some dolt in the "NY Post" compared the protesters snarling up traffic to the local airports on behalf of Hamas and Gaza to freedom fighters in America in 1776. After that bit, I decided not to read anymore letters to the editor for today.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 03, 2024 08:02 AM (RSbhh)

The retards will always be with us, Fen.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 08:05 AM (zZu0s)

205 JJ is up

Posted by: rickb223 at January 03, 2024 08:05 AM (aNhid)

206 Jewells, best wishes.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 03, 2024 08:06 AM (ch/kO)

207 Do you have some straw, for spinning into gold??
Posted by: tubal at January 03, 2024 07:59 AM (PCK5/)

No- plus it involves doing a deal with a dwarf.
They are sneaky.

I did find a forgotten bag of Gulf Coast Sheep, though, from the Mother Earth News Fair. Looking forward to spinning that.

Posted by: sal: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum at January 03, 2024 08:07 AM (fDjFn)

208 That was 1960's Kodak, before color television. I can't say I recall ever seeing it, though the song was definitely familiar. The naked little girl (back to the camera) it opens with is surprising.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 03, 2024 07:53 AM (3qE2b)

The ad was produced in 1964 . We already had our RCA color set for two years (at the continued prodding of a certain 15 year old electronics geek. Heh.) The first commercial color set, the RCA CT-100 color set was introduced in 1954. By '64, color was finally taking off, with ABC finally doing colorcasts with The Flintstones. CBS lagged behind for a few more years.

I just restored that 1962 RCA CTC-11 color set last year. Still looks great.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at January 03, 2024 08:11 AM (iODuv)

209 Intel on Wednesday said it was forming a new independent company around its artificial intelligence software efforts with backing from digital-focused asset manager DigitalBridge Group and other investors.

Posted by: SMOD at January 03, 2024 12:40 PM (RHGPo)

210 I worked with a bunch of guys out of Philco in Lansdale, PA. They said they had a color television working in the mid-50’s but then spent years trying to get the cost down.
Their original TV was about $10,000 in 1960 dollars, about $100,000 today.

Posted by: SMOD at January 03, 2024 12:43 PM (RHGPo)

211 Had to get foundation work over the break, which means my office also happens to have a giant hole in the floor that needs patching. And my game rig is in parts stacked on the dining room.

For the last few weeks I've been gaming off of a 1660 TI laptop. And it's been pretty find running ESO and not Cyberpunk 2077 grade stuff.

I may even try firing up Starfield on it. Apparently people hate it now, some in curious to get back into it and see what the fuss is.

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