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Tech industry layoffs are a thing of the past now that the tech industry has stopped hiring altogether. (Vice)

I'm not sure exactly what is going on here. Yes, the economy is doing worse than politicians or the press will admit, but not that much worse. Yes, AI is eating more jobs than it creates, but it's basically a pile of garbage so it's not doing much of anything except selling Nvidia's graphics cards.

Hopefully tech journalists will be the first to go, because the analysis provided by Vice is worse than useless.

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LLMs make bad lawyers. (The Register)

Because - as usual - the only thing they know is statistically what words are most likely to go together.
If you're annoyed by the trend of motherboards having hardly any expansion slots anymore ASRock's WRX90 WS Evo should bring a tear to your eye. (Tom's Hardware)

It has seven full x16 PCIe 5.0 slots, plus two M.2 slots and two U.2 ports, and eight DIMM slots. I/O includes eight USB ports, dual 10Gb Ethernet ports, audio including optical output, and integrated WiFi.

Won't be cheap though.
Since there are no PCIe 5.0 graphics cards maybe you could use one of those slots for Crucial's new T700 8TB SSD. (Tom's Hardware)

This is actually four 2TB T700 drives on a PCIe card, cooled by those new silent piezoelectric fans from Frore.

Transfer rates can hit 42GB per second, which is a lot.

Long Suffering Turtle Video of the Day

Neuro-sama is an AI vtuber developed by a programmer who goes by the name of Vedal. She's very impressive as a single-developer project, though her primary talent seems to be roasting her creator.

Disclaimer: One of us! One of us!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:06 AM

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1 Hey, Pixy! Thanks for tech thread!

Posted by: JQ at January 11, 2024 04:07 AM (njWTi)

2 G'night everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 11, 2024 04:07 AM (fwDg9)

3 Nite, Skip. Home now? Have a nightcap & sleep off the bad 'cop' vibes!

Posted by: JQ at January 11, 2024 04:09 AM (njWTi)

4 >>>the only thing [LLMs] know is statistically what words are most likely to go together

I have to commit this to memory.

Posted by: m at January 11, 2024 04:10 AM (mn2bz)

5 'Nite Skip !

Posted by: JT at January 11, 2024 04:11 AM (T4tVD)

6 >>>11.5

That seems highly specific as to time of day.

Posted by: m at January 11, 2024 04:12 AM (mn2bz)

7 Howdee from Las Cruces l, New Mexico where we have a new mayor for the first time in 16 years. I don't think it's going to make a better difference though since he's been in government his entire life.

"Hopefully tech journalists will be the first to go, because the analysis provided by Vice is worse than useless." What about Ars Technica commenters? Can they be replaced with a LLM? Would anyone notice?

Posted by: Lost in Space at January 11, 2024 04:13 AM (5qPcC)

8 the only thing [LLMs] know is statistically what words are most likely to go together

GONNA PUT Y'ALL BACK IN CHAINS!!!!!

Posted by: LLM BidenBot at January 11, 2024 04:14 AM (jov6P)

9
Morning, all.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 11, 2024 04:14 AM (PoRhL)

10 google verb tense for the loss:

People also ask
What time will it be in Australia now?

Posted by: m at January 11, 2024 04:24 AM (mn2bz)

11 What time will it be in Australia now?
Posted by: m

Please be more precise

Posted by: In Australia, clockwise is counter-clockwise at January 11, 2024 04:27 AM (jov6P)

12 Maybe aussies got it all correct.

Maybe it's US, in the Northern Hemisphere, what got everything bass-ackwards.

Posted by: JQ at January 11, 2024 04:29 AM (njWTi)

13 Naw, LOL.

We never did Kovid Kamps... (came close, though.)

Posted by: JQ at January 11, 2024 04:32 AM (njWTi)

14 The arctic vortex is coming. What will all the migrates do in the cities....I hear that the high end hotels hotels in NYC are ready. Breakfast in bed, the best of everything for a hotel. I'm sure the mayor has that all ready.

Posted by: Colin at January 11, 2024 04:33 AM (oOhuO)

15 I will just leave the Cafe du Monde coffee with chicory and some beignets on the table here on the way out.

Posted by: Miklos, adhering to deal struck years ago with Gravity at January 11, 2024 04:33 AM (jov6P)

16 Aww, thanks Miklos! Classy!

Good night

Posted by: JQ at January 11, 2024 04:35 AM (njWTi)

17 "What will all the migrates do in the cities...."
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Hopefully, they will do as any of Our Own 'homeless' must do: shiver in the cold and make due with whatever they can find. Maybe even get sick of it and get a Real Job!

I'm so f'n heartless-- damn. I 'lived on the streets' a long time ago, and found out that: IT SUCKS! So, did my best to clean up and make a living. Jeez.

All the freebies they can get these days, isn't helping. It's enabling their continuing dependency on handouts.

Posted by: JQ at January 11, 2024 04:42 AM (njWTi)

18 JOB OF THE DAY

Ferrous Scrap Editor
Dow Jones

Remote
$85,000 - $180,000 a year

Posted by: Miklosian In-and-OutPlacements LLC at January 11, 2024 04:42 AM (jov6P)

19 Make do. Yeah, that's the ticket...

Posted by: JQ at January 11, 2024 04:43 AM (njWTi)

20 @redsteeze
@The Messenger
Fauci admits COVID mandates not based in science

trib.al/weCBLsK

Posted by: m at January 11, 2024 04:44 AM (mn2bz)

21 WTH does a "Ferrous Scrap Editor" do? Would love to see that job description...

LOL

Posted by: JQ at January 11, 2024 04:45 AM (njWTi)

22 20 @redsteeze
@The Messenger
Fauci admits COVID mandates not based in science

trib.al/weCBLsK
Posted by: m at January 11, 2024 04:44 AM (mn2bz)

That article is trash. Sorry I posted the link.

Posted by: m at January 11, 2024 04:49 AM (mn2bz)

23 There's a 'homeless camp' behind the wally world in town. Wonderful. Can't use the restroom there anymore, the street people use it as their bath & shooting gallery. Yuck.

I don't shop there anymore. It's a pit.

Posted by: JQ at January 11, 2024 04:52 AM (njWTi)

24 BOING!

Check Mike Cernovich's X page about stories of Amazon hunting down a family, using the FBI and the DOJ as its own private bloodhounds in spite of a courts dismissal of the guilty verdicts:

https://nitter.net/cernovich

"Corporate America" indeed!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 11, 2024 04:53 AM (PODEE)

25 Lenovo shows off its hand-powered mouse and keyboard combo at CES 2024 - cranking cranking cranking

https://shorturl.at/nrIJZ

Posted by: Ciampino - CES 1 at January 11, 2024 04:59 AM (qfLjt)

26 AMD’s new CPUs let you play Cyberpunk without a graphics card

https://shorturl.at/ipzMU

Posted by: Ciampino - CES 2 at January 11, 2024 05:01 AM (qfLjt)

27 This tiny, killer Asus motherboard feature just blew my mind

https://shorturl.at/BOP46

Posted by: Ciampino - CES 3 at January 11, 2024 05:02 AM (qfLjt)

28 The best PC hardware we saw at CES 2024

https://shorturl.at/qtDQ4

Posted by: Ciampino - CES 4 at January 11, 2024 05:04 AM (qfLjt)

29 Good morning early, early risers!

Posted by: Rosasharn at January 11, 2024 05:05 AM (PzBTm)

30 The Best CPUs to Pair With an RX 7900XTX

https://shorturl.at/cwyS7

Posted by: Ciampino - CES 5 at January 11, 2024 05:06 AM (qfLjt)

31 Lenovo shows off its hand-powered mouse and keyboard combo at CES 2024 - cranking cranking cranking

https://shorturl.at/nrIJZ
Posted by: Ciampino - CES 1 at January 11, 2024 04:59 AM (qfLjt)
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Just for that, my next notebook and printer will be coal powered, from Newcastle PC Ltd.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 11, 2024 05:08 AM (PODEE)

32 My younger daughter sent me these CES links.
Imagine a hand-cranked mouse and keyboard .... runs out of juice and needs cranking just at a crucial point in your shoot-em-up game .... ) Would work for me as I don't play those games. I guess analogous in concept as the flashlights that one has to wank up and down and it generates electricity by having a moving coil between magnets (or vice-versa). I have several now dead ones.

Posted by: Ciampino - CES 6 at January 11, 2024 05:12 AM (qfLjt)

33 . I guess analogous in concept as the flashlights that one has to wank up and down and it generates electricity by having a moving coil between magnets (or vice-versa). I have several now dead ones.
Posted by: Ciampino - CES 6

I had one of the hand crank ones. It actually worked well, until the time I actually needed it.

Hey! How about hand cranked cars?

Posted by: Bruce at January 11, 2024 05:17 AM (vd8XM)

34 How about hand cranked cars?
Posted by: Bruce
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Pedal-cars have been around for decades. Why not use those?

Posted by: JQ at January 11, 2024 05:25 AM (njWTi)

35 Pedal-cars have been around for decades. Why not use those?
Posted by: JQ

HA!! The fancy version of the Flintstones.

Posted by: Bruce at January 11, 2024 05:27 AM (vd8XM)

36 11 What time will it be in Australia now?
Posted by: m

Please be more precise

Posted by: In Australia, clockwise is counter-clockwise at January 11, 2024 04:27 AM (jov6P)
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Well the hairs on my wrist say its 4:28AM. I also keep it written down on a piece of paper which I keep in my pocket, in case someone asks me for the time.

Posted by: Ciampino - Eckles from The Goonshow at January 11, 2024 05:30 AM (qfLjt)

37 yo wut sup

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 11, 2024 05:33 AM (lwOKI)

38 Well, it appears everyone has gone to bed.

Posted by: Ciampino - yawn at January 11, 2024 05:37 AM (qfLjt)

39 38 Well, it appears everyone has gone to bed.
Posted by: Ciampino - yawn at January 11, 2024 05:37 AM (qfLjt)

OBJECTION! Assumes facts not in evidence.

Posted by: m at January 11, 2024 05:39 AM (mn2bz)

40 Meanwhile SAG has sold out all the American voice actors over AI.

Fran Drescher is pleased to announce that SAG has reached an agreement with Replica that voice actors, with all the boiler plate of compensation and opt-out ability, can allow a digital recreation of their voices to be used in games from development to release.

Steve Blum is going "I never agreed to this!"

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 11, 2024 05:43 AM (dYYCy)

41 Watched some of the two videos that Pixy posted.

What the heck are these? Kinda interesting though

Posted by: Bruce at January 11, 2024 05:44 AM (vd8XM)

42 40 Meanwhile SAG has sold out all the American voice actors over AI.

Fran Drescher is pleased to announce that SAG has reached an agreement with Replica that voice actors, with all the boiler plate of compensation and opt-out ability, can allow a digital recreation of their voices to be used in games from development to release.

Steve Blum is going "I never agreed to this!"
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 11, 2024 05:43 AM (dYYCy)

Or is that a digital recreation of Steve Blum going "I never agreed to this!"?

Posted by: m at January 11, 2024 05:46 AM (mn2bz)

43 Fran Drescher is pleased to announce that SAG has reached an agreement with Replica that voice actors, with all the boiler plate of compensation and opt-out ability, can allow a digital recreation of their voices to be used in games from development to release.

Steve Blum is going "I never agreed to this!"
Posted by: Anna Puma

John Ratzenberger is going to cut a witch....

Posted by: Bruce at January 11, 2024 05:46 AM (vd8XM)

44 Good morning morons

Local TV news reports an avalanche yesterday morning in Tahoe that injured several skiers and killing one.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 11, 2024 05:47 AM (RIvkX)

45 Hey! How about hand cranked cars?
Posted by: Bruce at January 11, 2024 05:17 AM (vd8XM)
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A 1928 Porter,
That's my mother dear!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 11, 2024 05:48 AM (PODEE)

46 A 1928 Porter,
That's my mother dear!
Posted by: Biden's Dog

Oh geez. I remember that show.

Posted by: Bruce at January 11, 2024 05:51 AM (vd8XM)

47 Local TV news is all about yesterday's memorial for slain OPD Ofc. Tuan Le z"l.

All the politicians wail and gnash their teeth and then go on about their business advancing the cause of his murderers.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 11, 2024 05:52 AM (RIvkX)

48 ER doctor witnesses miracle . FaithPot

http://tinyurl.com/4pbrt8vt

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 11, 2024 05:52 AM (YoTD4)

49 Posted by: m at January 11, 2024 05:46 AM (mn2bz)
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Why do you need an agreement to artificially imitate anyone's voice?

Did Rich Little or Frank Gorshin get sued a 1000 times over their lifetimes? (Little is still around)

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 11, 2024 05:53 AM (PODEE)

50 Little girl prays with police officers mourning the death of a fellow officer:

http://tinyurl.com/3beef5tr

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 11, 2024 05:56 AM (YoTD4)

51
People also ask
What time will it be in Australia now?
Posted by: m at January 11, 2024

***
Ten pm.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 11, 2024 05:58 AM (omVj0)

52 >>>her primary talent seems to be roasting her creator

And her creator roasts her, too!

Posted by: m at January 11, 2024 05:59 AM (mn2bz)

53 Local TV news reports the main douchebag responsible for closing one of the routes to my neighborhood through GG Park (so he could have a roller rink) received a Jefferson Award.

*wet fart salute*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 11, 2024 05:59 AM (RIvkX)

54 51 But time zones?

Posted by: Ciampino - yawns at January 11, 2024 06:00 AM (qfLjt)

55 Evening and morning, all! I'm back from my workout, shave, and shower; the monsters are fed; and I am scarfing some breakfast. Two more work days to get through until the holiday weekend.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 11, 2024 06:00 AM (omVj0)

56 About kindness. A Christian devotional based on a passage from Colossians and by a woman from Kansas:

http://tinyurl.com/cx5buh8k

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 11, 2024 06:01 AM (YoTD4)

57 Going back to bed for another nap. G'morning all.

Posted by: Ciampino - yawns some more at January 11, 2024 06:02 AM (qfLjt)

58 Evening and morning, all! I'm back from my workout, shave, and shower; the monsters are fed; and I am scarfing some breakfast. Two more work days to get through until the holiday weekend.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 11, 2024 06:00 AM (omVj0)
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Three day weekend! Woot!

(Next one is not until Memorial Day, unfortunately.)

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 11, 2024 06:04 AM (BpYfr)

59 The thing is one of the reasons SAG went on strike was fear of AI.

And here they are cutting a deal with a company that peddles AI recreations of real people's voices. People who's livelihood depends upon their voice.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 11, 2024 06:07 AM (dYYCy)

60 Cat wanted out again. Ha! Good luck, kitty, hope ya like the snow!

Yeah, nearly time for bed. Cat has places to hunker down & he can just stay out there, if he doesn't come back before I shut off for the night. LOL

Posted by: JQ at January 11, 2024 06:08 AM (njWTi)

61 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 11, 2024 06:09 AM (ju2Fy)

62 Funny how MLKJr day is considered "a holiday" but no place I've ever worked, has ever closed or paid extra wages for working That Day. Pfft. Another fake holiday, for banks & Post Office.

Posted by: JQ at January 11, 2024 06:11 AM (njWTi)

63 Finding hope in bleak midwinter. A "Guideposts" reflection:

http://tinyurl.com/5y57z7cz

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 11, 2024 06:11 AM (XgBdQ)

64 Oh, and Gubmint Offices.

Posted by: JQ at January 11, 2024 06:12 AM (njWTi)

65 University of Michigan now has at least 241 paid DEI employees.

“The payroll costs are $23.24 million for salaries and $7.44 million for benefits, or $30.68 million, an amount that would cover in-state tuition and fees for 1,781 undergraduate students.”

GRIFTERS

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 11, 2024 06:14 AM (lwOKI)

66 G'mornin' everyone!

unscheduled snow has appeared outside, I need to investigate ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at January 11, 2024 06:17 AM (WsTvr)

67 DEI needs to DIE

Discrimination
Exclusion
Intolerance

So glad I'm no longer in 'the corporate world'

Posted by: JQ at January 11, 2024 06:17 AM (njWTi)

68 University of Michigan now has at least 241 paid DEI employees.

“The payroll costs are $23.24 million for salaries and $7.44 million for benefits, or $30.68 million, an amount that would cover in-state tuition and fees for 1,781 undergraduate students.”

GRIFTERS
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 11, 2024 06:14 AM (lwOKI)
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We only have 4 DEI employees where I work, though they do get one of the swankiest offices on campus.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 11, 2024 06:25 AM (BpYfr)

69 Had such a nice day yesterday. The power was out from 11:30 Wednesday night until yesterday at 2:45 pm or so. Spouse was off from work because school was cancelled because of flooding so we took a ride to the park where Washington crossed the Delaware on Christmas Day in 1776, saw a movie and visited their museum. It was interesting. We'd been there before several times but it was nice to go again with son before he goes back to school. We got him a shirt which says "Unite or die" which was a saying at the time and I got one which says "Victory or death." Then we went out to lunch at a beautiful old historic inn. When we came back the power had been restored.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 11, 2024 06:30 AM (XdHOX)

70 People ought to embrace the crap out of MLKJr weekend. Fireworks, picnics (weather permitting), big online shopping sales... really make a big to do out of celebrating the man who came to prominence for fighting overt racism and championing colorblindness and racial harmony.

Celebrate *that* with us, you racist asshole mind-virus shitbags.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 11, 2024 06:31 AM (9UlRk)

71 Transfer rates can hit 42GB per second, which is a lot.

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I recently saw where people are using Oculus Quest cables (the fiber optic cables to connect the VR headsets to their computers) on external SSDs and getting crazy transfer rates.

I'm not sure if it's worth the $70 or whatever, but it's an interesting idea. Comes with some heat risk, of course.

Posted by: Nikki Haley respects Michigan's decision to do whatever it takes for good to triumph at January 11, 2024 06:32 AM (tT7jR)

72 mornin yall. I leaned a new tech acronym. SPOD. Not to be confused with SPOD, or SPOD.

Posted by: fd at January 11, 2024 06:34 AM (vFG9F)

73 I hope this works:

Radiant TV. Worshipping God through scripture, scenery and song:

http://tinyurl.com/a98xtv4n

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 11, 2024 06:34 AM (XdHOX)

74 Or SPOG, which is the acronym I meant, not to be confused with SPOG.

Posted by: fd at January 11, 2024 06:35 AM (vFG9F)

75 I do not have a tech joke today. I may have used ones I had before, so one of you techy people can perhaps provide one.

I am still not planning on starting my own blog. I thank Pixy and Ace and others for putting up with me.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 11, 2024 06:38 AM (XdHOX)

76 Good morning from the " What the fuck" Dept. Blinken, of his own volition,tells the Israeli Cabinet that they will allow trucks of flour to be allowed into Gaza. No negotiations, no prior knowledge this fuckwad is making his own demands now.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 11, 2024 06:38 AM (POc8X)

77 Politifact

In 2024, they will dream up new ways of getting the facts to the people who need them. Fact-checkers will be bold and think more like marketers trying to push content rather than publishers waiting for the audience to come to a website. They will experiment with new forms that target the people who are misinformed and push the content directly to them.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 11, 2024 06:38 AM (lwOKI)

78 TODAY’S WEATHER FORECAST
1/11
74°Hi
RealFeel® 72°
A shower in the p.m.; breezy

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 11, 2024 06:40 AM (lwOKI)

79 A Wisconsin judge ruled Monday that state law does not allow the use of mobile absentee voting sites, siding with Republicans who had challenged the city of Racine's use of a voting van that traveled around the city in 2022.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 11, 2024 06:43 AM (lwOKI)

80 Pope Francis offered an extended reflection on the sin of gluttony Wednesday, calling it “the most dangerous vice” because it is “killing the planet.”

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 11, 2024 06:45 AM (lwOKI)

81 A Wisconsin judge ruled Monday that state law does not allow the use of mobile absentee voting sites, siding with Republicans who had challenged the city of Racine's use of a voting van that traveled around the city in 2022.

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But those election results are valid.

Posted by: Nikki Haley respects Michigan's decision to do whatever it takes for good to triumph at January 11, 2024 06:46 AM (tT7jR)

82 They will experiment with new forms that target the people who are misinformed and push the content directly to them.
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 11, 2024 06:38 AM (lwOKI)

Why do you think it is you can't open any mainstream computer OS or app and not see some insipid crawler or list of today's "news" involuntarily? Complete with future tense headlines and unflattering pictures of the Emanuel Goldstein du jour?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 11, 2024 06:46 AM (9UlRk)

83 ‘While there is yet bacon upon the earth, the alien shall not prevail.’
- Eromero the Elder

Posted by: Eromero at January 11, 2024 06:47 AM (+TesU)

84 I do not have a tech joke today.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 11, 2024 06:38 AM (XdHOX)
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If JFK was president today, do you know what they would call the official White House TikTok channel?
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CAM Alot

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 11, 2024 06:47 AM (PODEE)

85 Pope Francis offered an extended reflection on the sin of gluttony Wednesday, calling it “the most dangerous vice” because it is “killing the planet.”
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 11, 2024 06:45 AM (lwOKI)

Do your part Frankie, and stop eating so many dicks.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 11, 2024 06:47 AM (9UlRk)

86 I do not have a tech joke today. I may have used ones I had before, so one of you techy people can perhaps provide one.

I am still not planning on starting my own blog. I thank Pixy and Ace and others for putting up with me.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 11, 2024 06:38 AM (XdHOX)

(Don't be fooled folks....she's going to Vegas to do Stand-Up Comedy)

Posted by: JT at January 11, 2024 06:50 AM (T4tVD)

87 In 2024, they will dream up new ways of getting the facts to the people who need them... They will experiment with new forms that target the people who are misinformed and push the content directly to them.

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Four short years ago EVERYTHING that we were being told by these same people was wrong at best and an outright lie at worst. Anything not in lockstep was misinformation and would get you banned from platforms and fired from your job.

Now they're figuring out ways to target individual consumers to remind them of the risks they're taking by reading information for themselves.

Posted by: Nikki Haley respects Michigan's decision to do whatever it takes for good to triumph at January 11, 2024 06:50 AM (tT7jR)

88 Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 11, 2024 06:47 AM (PODEE)

Well done!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 11, 2024 06:51 AM (XdHOX)

89 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 11, 2024 06:53 AM (u82oZ)

90 Posted by: JT at January 11, 2024 06:50 AM (T4tVD)

Not this week JT. It was one of those chronic insomnia nights. I'm not sure I could speak coherently and I didn't get coverage for Sunday's service, but thanks for the thumbs up😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 11, 2024 06:54 AM (XdHOX)

91
Blinken, of his own volition,tells the Israeli Cabinet that they will allow trucks of flour to be allowed into Gaza. No negotiations, no prior knowledge this fuckwad is making his own demands now.
Posted by: Ben Had

Kap'n Lackwit from the League of Nullities makes his move to be "Bossa Alla Da Nullities".

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 11, 2024 06:54 AM (/rq6y)

92 What do you call a computer joke that stinks?

A C PU.

Posted by: fd at January 11, 2024 06:56 AM (vFG9F)

93 Well, RPI 5's are out of stock everywhere and the prices for them in the alt-markets are obscene.

For a price of an RPI 5 you can get a renewed HP Elitedesk SFF i5 16tb 500gb.

Absurd.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 11, 2024 06:57 AM (XV/Pl)

94 Bossa Alla Da Nullities".
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 11, 2024 06:54 AM (/rq6y)

Crapo di tutti crapi

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 11, 2024 06:57 AM (9UlRk)

95 FenelonSpoke

Back to work this morning for me. Rural roads are a mess, and it is so cold salt does not work.

10℉, and windy. No more blowing snow, and the main roads are clear. We had two snow days off, so there will be much rejoicing among the parents as I pick the kids up.

Prayers for safe travels for FenelonSpouse.

GodSpeed.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 11, 2024 06:57 AM (u82oZ)

96 Why do you think it is you can't open any mainstream computer OS or app and not see some insipid crawler or list of today's "news" involuntarily?

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Biden is just having trouble getting his message out about how great the economy is and how many peace deals have been achieved and how many hostages that don't exist have been freed!

Posted by: Nikki Haley respects Michigan's decision to do whatever it takes for good to triumph at January 11, 2024 06:58 AM (tT7jR)

97 FenelonSpoke

Texted you some pictures from my hovel of debt.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 11, 2024 06:58 AM (u82oZ)

98 86 I do not have a tech joke today. I may have used ones I had before, so one of you techy people can perhaps provide one.

I am still not planning on starting my own blog. I thank Pixy and Ace and others for putting up with me.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 11, 2024 06:38 AM (XdHOX)

(Don't be fooled folks....she's going to Vegas to do Stand-Up Comedy)
Posted by: JT

I think Atlantic City is closer to Fen.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 11, 2024 06:59 AM (sAmhv)

99 {{{Ben Had}}}

🎼 ♭ 5/4 ♫♫ ♫♫ Good morning! ♬♬ ♩ ♪

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 11, 2024 06:59 AM (u82oZ)

100 Who had Fani fucking the help on their Bingo Card?

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 11, 2024 06:59 AM (lwOKI)

101 Puddleglum,

Is Atlantic City even open?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 11, 2024 07:00 AM (u82oZ)

102 For a price of an RPI 5 you can get a renewed HP Elitedesk SFF i5 16tb 500gb.

Absurd.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

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I had never looked at them, but after Pixy mentioned NUCs yesterday I started browsing some on ebay and they are very tempting as dedicated Plex servers. You can get tiny little HPs (prodesk?) for under $100 with fairly modern i5 processors.

It looks like they're not much bigger than a double pack blu-ray case.

Posted by: Nikki Haley respects Michigan's decision to do whatever it takes for good to triumph at January 11, 2024 07:00 AM (tT7jR)

103 rhennigantx

*Runs away, yelling "Brain Bleach!"*

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 11, 2024 07:00 AM (u82oZ)

104 In a weird sense, it really is a marketing problem. "It's 1,000 times easier to lose a customer than to gain one". What they're selling stinks, and people don't want it anymore. The Default Progressive left has Bud-Lighted their brand, and now they're finding out their space on the shelf is going away.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 11, 2024 07:01 AM (9UlRk)

105 o there will be much rejoicing among the parents as I pick the kids up.

Prayers for safe travels for FenelonSpouse.
GodSpeed.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 11, 2024 06:57 AM (u82oZ)

kids feel same way

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 11, 2024 07:01 AM (lwOKI)

106 @100

>>Who had Fani fucking the help on their Bingo Card?

Maybe the GOP AG of GA could look into these improprieties?

Why are you laughing????

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 11, 2024 07:01 AM (XV/Pl)

107 Posted by: rhennigantx at January 11, 2024 07:01 AM (lwOKI)

Prayers for travel mercies for you, dear and for all the school bus drivers .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 11, 2024 07:02 AM (Ki//m)

108 Time for work preps. We shall see how good my battery is.

May you all be warm and cozy, with a mammal of some sort nearby for body heat.

Ad Astra Per Aspera

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 11, 2024 07:02 AM (u82oZ)

109 Why are you laughing????
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 11, 2024 07:01 AM (XV/Pl)

Because I'm two thirds of the way to a great "nut farming" joke...

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 11, 2024 07:03 AM (9UlRk)

110 NaCly, dearest. Good morning.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 11, 2024 07:03 AM (POc8X)

111 @102

>>I had never looked at them, but after Pixy mentioned NUCs yesterday I started browsing some on ebay and they are very tempting as dedicated Plex servers.

The NUC's are absurdly expensive, so those are a non-starter.

I have numerous RPI4 serving different purposes around the house, and one is being used as a Plex Server/Media Server.

The also make great Batocera/RetroPI Arcade systems.

But, again, The Pi Foundation really needs to crack down on their distribution as it seems that most of them get bought up by speculators to be sold on the alt-market for large mark ups.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 11, 2024 07:05 AM (XV/Pl)

112 What cracks me up is that this whole SecDef kerfuffle is entirely the result of vanity and laziness.

"SecDef will be out of office briefly. Acting SecDef meanwhile will be so and so." Done. No story. No drama. This is why organizations have a chain of command. Instead we have either (A) No clear mechanism for replacement if something happens or (B) Nobody even notices or cares if your dumb ass disappears for two weeks anyway. Either of which does precious little to instill confidence in the office and the organization.

Amatuers.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 11, 2024 07:09 AM (9UlRk)

113 They could at least have the decency to pretend that they're competent.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 11, 2024 07:11 AM (9UlRk)

114 G'morning all!

Looks like I have about 320 linear feet of shoe molding to install upstairs.

Oh.....and 96 plinth blocks to finish off the door casings where they end at the floor.

Yeah me!

I think I need to get a pair of Miter shears to go with the rest of the stuff that I have for this.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 11, 2024 07:11 AM (hH3Px)

115

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at January 11, 2024 07:12 AM (X4yCj)

116 Fani

The pronunciation of that is presumably "fanny"?

Posted by: m at January 11, 2024 07:12 AM (mn2bz)

117 Be safe, Salty!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 11, 2024 07:12 AM (hH3Px)

118 Good morning rons and ettes. Another storm moving in here. We have barely begun to dig out from the last one. Ugh. Gonna be a long freaking winter.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at January 11, 2024 07:12 AM (iF0sF)

119 The pronunciation of that is presumably "fanny"?
Posted by: m at January 11, 2024 07:12 AM (mn2bz)

The little heart on the i makes it more of a mid rounded vowel.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 11, 2024 07:13 AM (9UlRk)

120 Warai-otoko,

Sounds like you might have gotten up on the wrong side of bed this morning, and it's playing out with great hilarity on the thread.

Posted by: m at January 11, 2024 07:14 AM (mn2bz)

121 The pronunciation of that is presumably "fanny"?
Posted by: m at January 11, 2024 07:12 AM (mn2bz)

I have heard fawni

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 11, 2024 07:14 AM (lwOKI)

122 I guess he forgot to put his "out of office" message on Outlook.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 11, 2024 07:14 AM (RIvkX)

123 119 The pronunciation of that is presumably "fanny"?
Posted by: m at January 11, 2024 07:12 AM (mn2bz)

The little heart on the i makes it more of a mid rounded vowel.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 11, 2024 07:13 AM (9UlRk)

Halp.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_of_vowels

Posted by: m at January 11, 2024 07:16 AM (mn2bz)

124 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at January 11, 2024 07:18 AM (NBVIP)

125 122 I guess he forgot to put his "out of office" message on Outlook.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 11, 2024 07:14 AM (RIvkX)

Can he be court-martialed for that?

Posted by: m at January 11, 2024 07:18 AM (mn2bz)

126 The NUC's are absurdly expensive, so those are a non-starter.

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I think it's probably because of the name and that's what people know to search for, but the direct competitors like this $60 HP mini exist if folks have an old HDD laying around and are capable of putting a $30 windows license on it (or running linux, but realistically most people are going to use windows)

ebay.com/itm/285557434519

that's a very capable modernish system that would suit 85% of the population for day to day stuff for $100. That's incredible.

Posted by: Nikki Haley respects Michigan's decision to do whatever it takes for good to triumph at January 11, 2024 07:21 AM (tT7jR)

127 While everybody focuses on the AWOL SecDef, I wonder just how detached the CiC is to not notice the absence of his SecDef?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 11, 2024 07:21 AM (hH3Px)

128 NYC Mayor Eric Adams on housing illegal aliens:

“It is my vision to take the next step to this — go to the faith-based locales and then move to a private residence.

Dad theres a Aztec warrior king trafficking drug and my sister down the hall.
Son he is here doing the jobs Americans will not do.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 11, 2024 07:21 AM (lwOKI)

129 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering

Awaiting customers.

(Whoever coined the phrase "The early bird gets the worm" never met the birds in my 'hood.

Posted by: JT at January 11, 2024 07:21 AM (T4tVD)

130 We've had a very mild winter so far.

I got drizzled yesterday. Last winter I got rained on a dozen times.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 11, 2024 07:22 AM (RIvkX)

131 125 122 I guess he forgot to put his "out of office" message on Outlook.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 11, 2024 07:14 AM (RIvkX)

Can he be court-martialed for that?
Posted by: m at January 11, 2024 07:18 AM (mn2bz)

J heard someone put his coffee cup in the dishwasher.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 11, 2024 07:22 AM (lwOKI)

132 He abandoned his post.

Posted by: m at January 11, 2024 07:23 AM (mn2bz)

133 These people couldn't organize a circle jerk in a Viagra factory with a compass and straight edge, and I'm supposed to be scared of them going full putsch and throwing me into a forced labor camp.

The junta is withering on the vine.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 11, 2024 07:25 AM (9UlRk)

134 The news I could bring, I met up with the king
On his head an amphetamine crown
He talked about unbuckling that old bible belt
And lighted out for some desert town
Out with the truckers and the kickers and the cowboy angels
And a good saloon in every single town...

More coffee.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 11, 2024 07:26 AM (Edu7X)

135 133 These people couldn't organize a circle jerk in a Viagra factory with a compass and straight edge, and I'm supposed to be scared of them going full putsch and throwing me into a forced labor camp.

The junta is withering on the vine.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 11, 2024 07:25 AM (9UlRk)

They control the fiscus and the military.

Posted by: m at January 11, 2024 07:28 AM (mn2bz)

136 SecDef ain't military. He just gets to boss the military around.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 11, 2024 07:28 AM (9UlRk)

137 While it is two days out of date, Ward Carroll, who many of us know has a video on the SecDef kerfuffle

http://tinyurl.com/4mcmhb2a

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 11, 2024 07:31 AM (hH3Px)

138 It's just a flesh wound.

Posted by: The Vine at January 11, 2024 07:31 AM (NBVIP)

139 Associated Press:

Lloyd Austin: White House on the defensive after secret hospitalization

The wording "defensive" might have been usefully reworded here.

Posted by: m at January 11, 2024 07:31 AM (mn2bz)

140 133 These people couldn't organize a circle jerk in a Viagra factory with a compass and straight edge, and I'm supposed to be scared of them going full putsch and throwing me into a forced labor camp.

The junta is withering on the vine.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 11, 2024 07:25 AM (9UlRk)

Lets not start jerking each other off just yet.

Posted by: Winston Wolf at January 11, 2024 07:33 AM (SYTee)

141 Good morning! Another day older and whatever . . .

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 11, 2024 07:33 AM (4I/2K)

142 137 While it is two days out of date, Ward Carroll, who many of us know has a video on the SecDef kerfuffle

http://tinyurl.com/4mcmhb2a
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 11, 2024 07:31 AM (hH3Px)

Ooh, cool; thanks!

Posted by: m at January 11, 2024 07:34 AM (mn2bz)

143 Warai-otoko @ 136- ain’t military
And a no talent affirmative action hire.

Posted by: Eromero at January 11, 2024 07:35 AM (4jFv+)

144 As a proud Competent American, i demand representation at the highest levels of business and government.

(Shut up. I identify as Competent. )

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 11, 2024 07:46 AM (9UlRk)

145 Hello, Good Morons!

Loud cat fight outside woke me up out of a sound sleep.

Snow sure is pretty tho.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at January 11, 2024 07:47 AM (+RQPJ)

146 Bill Bellychick now has more time to manage Bob Kraft's Rub N Tug Laundromats.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 11, 2024 07:51 AM (Edu7X)

147 "Bill Bellychick now has more time to manage Bob Kraft's Rub N Tug Laundromats. "

Oh no!!!!

Anyway..

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 11, 2024 07:54 AM (hH3Px)

148 Bill Bellychick now has more time to manage Bob Kraft's Rub N Tug Laundromats.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 11, 2024 07:51 AM (Edu7X)

And Pete Carroll gets to pursue the career he always wanted as a wacky waving inflatable arm-flailing tube man outside a furniture store in a Seattle strip mall.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 11, 2024 07:56 AM (9UlRk)

149 Fauci admits to Congress that certain COVID social distancing guidelines lacked scientific basis: ‘Sort of just appeared’

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 11, 2024 07:57 AM (lwOKI)

150 Time Out!

Posted by: Andy Reid at January 11, 2024 07:57 AM (4I/2K)

151 Hello, Good Morons!

Loud cat fight outside woke me up out of a sound sleep.

Snow sure is pretty tho.
Posted by: All Hail Eris at January 11, 2024 07:47 AM (+RQPJ)
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That happens to me sometimes when Hexie and Kaylee encounter each other in the hallway at night. I hear a blood-curdling scream.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 11, 2024 07:57 AM (7fElN)

152 And Nick Saban can spend more time with his duck.

Posted by: Buck Fama at January 11, 2024 07:58 AM (NBVIP)

153 Obama red-pilled my mom. She was a Dem-leaning independent until the Dems nominated an openly Communist candidate, and she grudgingly switched to GOP.

Shortly after he was elected, we were having breakfast, and she said "I had a terrible dream last night. Since our kids are all out on their own and we have this big, empty house, the government made us start housing illegal immigrants."

She was laughing about it, because even in 2009, that still seemed outlandish. Not anymore... we're just a couple years out from that now. Power doesn't ask permission. These "requests" by Democrats won't remain requests for long.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 11, 2024 07:59 AM (0FoWg)

154 .

NOOD

The Morning Report by J.J. Sefton is now up.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 11, 2024 08:01 AM (qPw5n)

155 "She was laughing about it, because even in 2009, that still seemed outlandish. Not anymore... we're just a couple years out from that now. Power doesn't ask permission. These "requests" by Democrats won't remain requests for long."

Lots of Summer Homes up in the Cape Cod/New England area.

Just sayin'

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 11, 2024 08:01 AM (hH3Px)

156
SEF
TON
MOUSE

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 11, 2024 08:01 AM (lwOKI)

157 Fun fact, Sabin started doing those duck commercials entirely to fund his Children's Charities after the government's shut down public meetings and donations dried up. Every time you see him on TV making a fool of himself with a computer generated duck, it's because he is giving all of the money to little kids

Posted by: Nikki Haley - the CDC is pleading with gay men to stop consuming diarrhea at January 11, 2024 08:02 AM (rbRG3)

158 136 SecDef ain't military. He just gets to boss the military around.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 11, 2024 07:28 AM (9UlRk

Thank you for this.

Posted by: m at January 11, 2024 08:16 AM (mn2bz)

159 I just read Chris Christie dropped out saying he doesn't want in any way to help Trump become president again- that Trump "must never be president again".

No Nevertrumper has ever articulated what it is that Trump did as president that was so terrible (unless you are an idiot and truly believe Jan 6 was an "insurrection" and that Trump led it). Was it his trade policy? His foreign policy? Nobody every spells out what hideous thing they think Trump did as president.

Put aside whether you like trump or not or support trump or not, what did he DO as president that was so horrible that he "must never be president again"?

Seriously? What? I was alive and cognizant his entire tenure and I can't think of anything he did as president that was so terrible and beyond the pale.

I'm truly curious as to what these people think Trump did that was so terrible.

Posted by: I forgot my name b/c I haven't posted in 6 months at January 11, 2024 09:03 AM (ky+MF)

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