Daily Tech News 5 February 2024

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80% of all tech startup proposals now involve AI. (Tech Crunch)

It's the new blockchain. 5% potential, 95% bullshit.

Just waiting for the scams and inevitable looting.

Tech News

The rise of techno-authoritarianism. (The Atlantic)

"You can't lie and censor people for power and profit! That's our job!"
Google is rebranding Bard as Gemini. (Thurrott)

Yeah, that'll fix it.
With shipments of RTX 4090 graphics cards banned to China, enterprising individuals are now buying entire systems with RTX 4090s in nearby Asian countries, shipping them home, and selling the graphics card to AI companies at a hefty profit over the cost of the entire system. (WCCFTech)

Surprise!

When You Give a Gun a Monkey Video of the Day

I've mentioned the game Palworld several times, mostly in the context of the usual leftwing lunatics being outraged and trying to organise a boycott, and the game going on to sell trillions of copies a day.

It's been described as Pokemon with guns, and there are countless articles discussing the similarity of its "Pals" to Pokemon.

Instead, let's take a look at the guns.

Also, I didn't know gaming websites still made content like this. Full marks to GameSpot.

Disclaimer: Whoa, okay, we just shot out animal friend at the enemy. Why did we do that?
Because you can.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 First?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 05, 2024 04:01 AM (omVj0)

2 Evening and morning to all the satellites in space and beyond! Yeah, it's Monday. But we're here and breathing, right? I'll take Monday's stresses over the alternative.

No Mawdi Grass parades in my work area tonight or tomorrow. Wednesday through Friday I'll have to take the different, and annoying, route home. But then comes a four- day weekend, and the Annual Insanity ("Festival! Festival!!!") will be over for another year.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 05, 2024 04:05 AM (omVj0)

3 80% of all tech startup proposals now involve AI. (Tech Crunch)

It's the new blockchain. 5% potential, 95% bullshit.

Just waiting for the scams and inevitable looting.
--------------------------------
WEEEEE!! All the glorious looting and the following pearl clutching and fainting on couches. After those who exploited it all got rich.

Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 05, 2024 04:08 AM (sAmhv)

4 Landru Guide Us !!!

Posted by: Adriane the Raised Eyebrows Critic . . . at February 05, 2024 04:08 AM (4Winp)

5
; )

Posted by: m at February 05, 2024 04:10 AM (p0NY/)

6 Has it ever occurred to you that we often pretend about things we know arent true? I mean as a society. We pretend that Santa Claus makes an annual trip around the world on Christmas Eve. We all pretend during Daylight Saving Time that the clock is showing the correct time, even though we know it's not. (The media is pretending that F. Joe is competent, but that's different.)

The first is for the kids, the second is for -- what? A fantasy that we're saving energy?

Weird.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 05, 2024 04:12 AM (omVj0)

7 Landru Guide Us !!!
Posted by: Adriane the Raised Eyebrows Critic . . . at February 05, 2024

***
He did -- Mitch and his father Moon, and his sister Mary tried for a while. All drove us right into a ditch.

(The Landrieu family, in case you don't know)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 05, 2024 04:13 AM (omVj0)

8 Infinite Craft + Palworld = we can shoot just-discovered icons at our enemies

Posted by: m at February 05, 2024 04:14 AM (p0NY/)

9 6 We pretend that Santa Claus makes an annual trip around the world on Christmas Eve.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 05, 2024 04:12 AM (omVj0)

That's a commemoration.

Posted by: m at February 05, 2024 04:15 AM (p0NY/)

10 'Tis 55 F., cloudy but not raining. I need to decide if I want to go work out. After all, that's why I set the alarm an hour earlier, right?

Right???

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 05, 2024 04:16 AM (omVj0)

11 Kindly, generous store cashier in England:

http://tinyurl.com/2p833n83

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2024 04:17 AM (Ki//m)

12 Man asks God to give him a chance to help others and almost immediately he is put in a position to do so. Story from Portland, Oregon:

http://tinyurl.com/56wdv6rx

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2024 04:22 AM (Ki//m)

13 Posted by: m at February 05, 2024 04:15 AM (p0NY/)

Didja see what I got?

-->(p0NY/)<--

Posted by: m at February 05, 2024 04:25 AM (p0NY/)

14 "Like an olive tree." Rabbi who founded the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews reflects on one of the psalms:

http://tinyurl.com/yc2bpey9

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2024 04:26 AM (Ki//m)

15 "Also, I didn't know gaming websites still made content like this. Full marks to GameSpot."

The guy from the Royal Armories has quite a successful collab with Gamespot to cover weapons from a variety of games. 'Experts discuss X in video games/movies' has become something of a small genre on ewetub. Historians looking at military accuracy. The Chieftain has done a few moves for tank realism. That kind of thing. Norse Mythology Expert reacts to God of War: Ragnarok! 'I've never seen Asgard depicted this way!'*

Surprise, most games and movies are horrible as far as accuracy.

*odd that brave does not recognize 'Asgard.' I had to look it up because I thought I spelled it wrong.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2024 04:30 AM (di6C2)

16 Didja see what I got?

-->(p0NY/)
Posted by: m at February 05, 2024 04:25 AM (p0NY/)

Well, there goes that 2024 gift idea.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2024 04:30 AM (di6C2)

17 16 Didja see what I got?

-->(p0NY/)
Posted by: m at February 05, 2024 04:25 AM (p0NY/)

Well, there goes that 2024 gift idea.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2024 04:30 AM (di6C2)

Pixy sometimes takes it away again, so keep that giftlist alive.

Posted by: m at February 05, 2024 04:31 AM (p0NY/)

18 Remain teachable. A Christian devotional based on a passage from 2nd Peter:

http://tinyurl.com/2z68cj3y

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2024 04:34 AM (Ki//m)

19 Santa Claus and His Life in Turkey

https://turkishtravelblog.com/santa-claus/

Posted by: m at February 05, 2024 04:35 AM (p0NY/)

20 What chemical is released in your brain when you see something funny on the internet?

Dopameme.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2024 04:39 AM (Ki//m)

21 I tried out Enshrouded, a new game in early access in the survival/building genre. It is obviously a game meant to capitalize on the popularity of Valheim.

It (Enshrouded) lacks a bit of the uniqueness and narrative set up of Valheim, but makes some improvements over that game. Combat is better and they seemed to have solved one of the issues/quirks that Valheim had: that you could not dig an underground base. Something about the tech in Valheim meant that it would not allow you to dig compartments, you could only dig an open trench unless there was some sort of different material acting as a hat. It was odd. It is also not a procedurally generated world like Valheim but a crafted one (meaning everyone explores the same map, essentially.) The change of setting also means there is a lot more land as opposed to islands and sailing/boats is not(?) a thing. I like it so far.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2024 04:42 AM (di6C2)

22 Dying aviator gets a kindly thought in the skies. by someone operating a plane:

http://tinyurl.com/2b6wzaj8

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2024 04:43 AM (Ki//m)

23 Posted by: m at February 05, 2024 04:35 AM (p0NY

Yes; Saint Nicholas was a very generous church leader. He was also fiercely against heretics and an ascetic sort of person . He might feel like slapping the guy who made him into a jolly fat old elf- Clement Clark Moore.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2024 04:47 AM (Ki//m)

24 hiya

Posted by: JT at February 05, 2024 04:51 AM (T4tVD)

25 Willowed from below:

I am tired of waking up at 3:00 . Tomorrow I am going to try a concoction I saw in a magazine- half a cup of tart cherry juice, half a cup of flavored seltzer, and some powdered magnesium. That's supposed to help one sleep. I have to get sleep tomorrow because I get to go to online court on Tuesday about the accident in which my car was sideswiped by a big landscaping truck by a guy who was very pleasant to me but didn't speak a lot of English. Did I mention I hate being without a car? I didn't want to have to pay $20.00 a day insurance for the rental car my insurance will provide "free" for me.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2024 04:54 AM (Ki//m)

26 Fen, sorry to hear about the accident. Please let us know how it goes. And how the powdered magnesium works out, if it really does help with sleep.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 05, 2024 04:56 AM (omVj0)

27 Best wishes Fen ; You're in my prayers !

Posted by: JT at February 05, 2024 04:58 AM (T4tVD)

28 Sympathize with the not sleeping, Fen. World class insomniac here. I'm interested if your concoction will work. Good luck!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 05, 2024 04:58 AM (sAmhv)

29 Ah, well, no workout today, just some stretches and calisthenics. Shower and breakfast is next, not simultaneously, and feeding the furry thugs.

When I get home I need to wrap Miss Linda's Valentine's Day present; I bought some V-Day tissue paper at Dollar Tree yesterday. I hope it's not too thin.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 05, 2024 04:58 AM (omVj0)

30 When I get home I need to wrap Miss Linda's Valentine's Day present; I bought some V-Day tissue paper at Dollar Tree yesterday. I hope it's not too thin.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 05, 2024 04:58 AM (omVj0)

Just yell her ya bought the "too thin" paper cause it reminded you of her !

Posted by: JT at February 05, 2024 05:14 AM (T4tVD)

31 Hi, Horde!

I never lurk this thread, let alone post here, but insomnia.

I also have been out of pocket a lot, so I knew I've already missed the fittingesr thread, but:

Go watch American Fiction (eventually.).

It's more than yuk-yuk political satire (my original hook), but it is deep.

You'll have a way to relate at the end, and echo a classic plaint:

Why doesn't Hollyweird make more of this?!?!

Posted by: logprof at February 05, 2024 05:16 AM (1rfRL)

32 Awake 24 hours straight! Woo hoo!

...hoo boy, the residence-free life sucks.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez Nick Saban for President! at February 05, 2024 05:17 AM (OUMaO)

33 yo wut sup

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 05, 2024 05:29 AM (ENQN6)

34 -->(p0NY/)
Posted by: m at February 05, 2024 04:25 AM (p0NY/)

So you finally dug thru the pile of poop, you optimist you.

Morning all!

Posted by: Bruce at February 05, 2024 05:32 AM (vd8XM)

35 The Palworld game looks intersting.

Posted by: Bruce at February 05, 2024 05:33 AM (vd8XM)

36 follow up:

On a serious note, everything above goes for The Great Taking

thegreattaking.com

If you want the documentary, it's there. If you want to jump straight into the book, there's a pdf. (If you have a low tolerance for financial jargon, let's Hordesource that; I myself have my retired accountant dad on that.)

Finally, I discovered him on the Delingpod giving a podcast wherein he's a bit . . . plainer. Seriously, it lacks visuals but conveys the same message, but "plain" is why a Moron would prefer the podcast ep. (Paraphrased example: "They're not capitalists. They like totalitarian governments because a healthy, even semi free capitalist economy would put their model out of business in a few years.would put their model out of business in a few years."

Evangelize!!! 🕊️

Posted by: logprof at February 05, 2024 05:35 AM (1rfRL)

37 I think you saw the same NY Post story I did, Fen. I use generic diphenhydramine to sleep.

Posted by: Jamaica at February 05, 2024 05:35 AM (Eeb9P)

38 My office shares a complex with a big defense contractor, who are always remodeling their offices and tossing stuff into a dumpster across the way. I've gotten some good stuff out of there. Right now there is a really old laptop that looks like it might be a Toshiba 3100 or something like that. I'm seriously considering fishing it out, if for nothing else to see if it still has the hard drive!

Also a filing cabinet, WITH the key in it, and a stack of 3-ring binders. Hm. I walked down but I might go home and get the car and go dumpster diving.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 05, 2024 05:38 AM (43xH1)

39 Also a filing cabinet, WITH the key in it, and a stack of 3-ring binders. Hm. I walked down but I might go home and get the car and go dumpster diving.
Posted by: LenNeal at February 05, 2024 05:38 AM (43xH1)

"Why are our budgets so dismal?!?!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2024 05:40 AM (9UlRk)

40 I think you saw the same NY Post story I did, Fen. I use generic diphenhydramine to sleep.
Posted by: Jamaica

Same here. One will work for me, and I'll take one to help get to sleep. Two (I'm a big guy) if I want to really really sleep.

Posted by: Bruce at February 05, 2024 05:41 AM (vd8XM)

41 "Why are our budgets so dismal?!?!"
Posted by: Warai-otoko

HA!

I retired from a large multi-national food company. The "new" furniture in any of our offices was a hand me down from an office of someone up the food chain

Posted by: Bruce at February 05, 2024 05:43 AM (vd8XM)

42 Magnesium will help. I use Jigsaw Health MagSoothe. It's good to take anyway because most are deficient in it. Calms Forte, a homeopathic remedy , may help too. I had to take the dog out but will try to get a little more sleep

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 05, 2024 05:45 AM (L8hCM)

43 Nice! Tracy Chapman, Luke Combs, Grammys:

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=2Hfqtcvpdnw

Posted by: m at February 05, 2024 05:50 AM (p0NY/)

44 38: LenNeal

Scavenge away!! They're not using it.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 05, 2024 05:51 AM (sAmhv)

45 LenNeal

Scavenge away!! They're not using it.
Posted by: Puddleglum,

If you find anything about Hunter, do not tell anyone!

Posted by: Bruce at February 05, 2024 05:52 AM (vd8XM)

46 A longer clip. It's really great as a duet:

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=fQEW4kkfxTo

Posted by: m at February 05, 2024 05:53 AM (p0NY/)

47 Compaq 4220T, looks to be in pretty good shape!

Posted by: LenNeal at February 05, 2024 05:55 AM (43xH1)

48 BTW I've been on the wrong threads for ages.

This should've been my HQ hang. Many reasons why I'll give in the fullness of time. Including a rant about the repetition at the end of my previous post.

A apropos punk song I liked since it came out?

If the word punk through you off just Google the lyrics

https://youtu.be/J9nfDIJR4LA?si=-XEJU0b6HJ_bZNhB

🕊️

Posted by: logprof at February 05, 2024 05:56 AM (1rfRL)

49 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at February 05, 2024 05:57 AM (ju2Fy)

50 Enjoyed the GameSpot video. Firearm expert was entertaining.

Posted by: olddog in mo at February 05, 2024 05:59 AM (ju2Fy)

51 A longer clip. It's really great as a duet:

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=fQEW4kkfxTo
Posted by: m at February 05, 2024 05:53 AM (p0NY/)

I only clicked on that because you're not a banana.

Posted by: JT at February 05, 2024 06:00 AM (T4tVD)

52 Was it an urban myth, or did it happen, that Somebody Bad left a USB stick next to a US government(?) computer, and the computer operator plugged it in. Be careful, LenNeal!

Posted by: m at February 05, 2024 06:00 AM (p0NY/)

53 Was it an urban myth, or did it happen, that Somebody Bad left a USB stick next to a US government(?) computer, and the computer operator plugged it in. Be careful, LenNeal!
Posted by: m'

If it can be imagined, I'm sure some Government worker has done it. Holy shit that laptop is almost 40 years old!

Posted by: LenNeal at February 05, 2024 06:01 AM (43xH1)

54 48 BTW I've been on the wrong threads for ages.
This should've been my HQ hang.
Posted by: logprof at February 05, 2024 05:56 AM (1rfRL)

Welcome!

Posted by: m at February 05, 2024 06:03 AM (p0NY/)

55 I retired from a large multi-national food company. The "new" furniture in any of our offices was a hand me down from an office of someone up the food chain
Posted by: Bruce'

At the supermarket all the 'office' furniture is the same. Our break room tables are those single-unit deals with four seats that management got from the local McDonald's when they remodeled like 30 years ago. I keep wood shims in my locker to slip under the feet because they rock all over the place.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 05, 2024 06:06 AM (43xH1)

56 Im still surprised angel investors haven't been lining up for an AI programmed completely on horde comments. Im pretty sure as a group we have expertise on every subject covered.

Posted by: Rbastid at February 05, 2024 06:07 AM (yRwlf)

57 Im still surprised angel investors haven't been lining up for an AI programmed completely on horde comments. Im pretty sure as a group we have expertise on every subject covered.
Posted by: Rbastid'

I can mis- and dis-inform with the best of them! World-class!

Posted by: LenNeal at February 05, 2024 06:08 AM (43xH1)

58 Our break room tables are those single-unit deals with four seats that management got from the local McDonald's when they remodeled like 30 years ago. I keep wood shims in my locker to slip under the feet because they rock all over the place.
Posted by: LenNeal

We had those tables in our cafeteria. A lot of people would have to squeeeeeeze into the seat. I had to sit side saddle in the thing because of my long legs.

Posted by: Bruce at February 05, 2024 06:09 AM (vd8XM)

59 Was it an urban myth, or did it happen, that Somebody Bad left a USB stick next to a US government(?) computer, and the computer operator plugged it in. Be careful, LenNeal!

Posted by: m at February 05, 2024 06:00 AM (p0NY/)

Still not worse than Hilly's idiot chief of staff logging in to a phishing email for something dumb like his AOL account.

And that a-hole was running her entire secret cia that was busy destroying and raping Libya.

Posted by: Rbastid at February 05, 2024 06:10 AM (yRwlf)

60 VP Flynn? Can it be?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 05, 2024 06:11 AM (t3/qz)

61 Full 5-minute video here:

https://archive.is/TlQzI

Posted by: m at February 05, 2024 06:12 AM (p0NY/)

62 Watching Joni Mitchell reminds me we must listen today as if it was yesterday, and tomorrow will sound like today.

Posted by: Kamala Harris at February 05, 2024 06:12 AM (l3k/y)

63 Compaq Armada 4220T:

Cardbus slot; non-upgradable CPU; 430TX chipset, C&T 65555 video.
2.4+ kg.
Non-compatible with 4100 series 4 GB HDD option; 32 MB of soldered RAM and limit is 96 MB.
12.1" (800x600).
Pentium MMX (266).

Damn, that thing cost USD$3,000 new!

Posted by: LenNeal at February 05, 2024 06:15 AM (43xH1)

64 Circa 2010 the AF banned ANY USB devices from govt computers. Word was that the chicoms were infecting the sticks on GIs home computers, then they would bring it to work and infect their govt computer with spyware.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 05, 2024 06:15 AM (t3/qz)

65 With laptops, there were numerous instances in Afghanistan of people buying used laptops at local markets and finding all kinds of stuff on them from every conceivable source and combatant.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 05, 2024 06:18 AM (43xH1)

66 VP Flynn? Can it be?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy
------------

That'd be a good one. Listening to Larry Elder on radio other day he said prolly female pick. This was after meeting with DJT at Mara Lago.

Posted by: olddog in mo at February 05, 2024 06:18 AM (ju2Fy)

67 Watching Joni Mitchell reminds me we must listen today as if it was yesterday, and tomorrow will sound like today.
Posted by: Kamala Harris at February 05, 2024 06:12 AM (l3k/y)

oh.

Posted by: JT at February 05, 2024 06:19 AM (T4tVD)

68 I always get Joni Mitchell and Judy Collins mixed up. Which is the one with the big wide mouth?

Posted by: LenNeal at February 05, 2024 06:20 AM (43xH1)

69 What was, is. What is, will be. What will be was, and shall be again.

Posted by: Kamala Horshack at February 05, 2024 06:21 AM (9UlRk)

70 First computer was an IBM xt. Second was a 386DX 33MhZ with 4MB of ram and a huge 100MB hdd.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 05, 2024 06:21 AM (t3/qz)

71 I always get Joni Mitchell and Judy Collins mixed up. Which is the one with the big wide mouth?
Posted by: LenNeal at February 05, 2024 06:20 AM (43xH1)

Alanis Morissette

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2024 06:21 AM (9UlRk)

72 That'd be a good one. Listening to Larry Elder on radio other day he said prolly female pick. This was after meeting with DJT at Mara Lago.

Posted by: olddog in mo at February 05, 2024 06:18 AM (ju2Fy)

Last week's rumor was a former NY politician, so the thought was maybe Lee Zeldin (if it was Giuliani that'd be basically throwing the election away)

Posted by: Rbastid at February 05, 2024 06:22 AM (yRwlf)

73 I finished a report and punched it for a 3 hole binder, so it's convenient to be able to fish a good one out of the dumpster. That was handy.
I think I'll pass on the file cabinet, it's only two drawers and looks cheap. Thin sheet metal. It has the key but with those you can just break them open with a screwdriver, what's the point.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 05, 2024 06:22 AM (43xH1)

74 I always get Joni Mitchell and Judy Collins mixed up. Which is the one with the big wide mouth?
Posted by: LenNeal at February 05, 2024 06:20 AM (43xH1)

Alanis Morissette
Posted by: Warai-otoko'

Okay, which one has the stringy, dirty hair?

Posted by: LenNeal at February 05, 2024 06:23 AM (43xH1)

75 Okay, which one has the stringy, dirty hair?
Posted by: LenNeal at February 05, 2024 06:23 AM (43xH1)

That's all of them.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2024 06:23 AM (9UlRk)

76 Good morning early risers!

Posted by: Rosasharn at February 05, 2024 06:24 AM (PzBTm)

77 Worries, or no worries? Swab your cheek, it will be fun!

Anne Wojcicki, 23andMe's chief executive, has led the cash-burning startup that has never turned a profit. After three rounds of layoffs and a subsidiary sale, a Wall Street Journal report said the company "could run out of cash by 2025."

The inevitable fire sale of 23andMe has raised eyebrows among social media platform X users.

A healthcare investor named Will Manidis asked this question on X: "Within months you will be able to buy genomics data from 14 million americans for +/- $200m?"

Manidis warned in the viral post: "The inevitable fire sale of this mess to an overseas PE firm is going to be a national security matter on the scale of which we haven't seen in healthcare in years."

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 05, 2024 06:25 AM (t3/qz)

78 Trump is going to make himself his own VP

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 05, 2024 06:27 AM (t3/qz)

79 First computer was an IBM xt. Second was a 386DX 33MhZ with 4MB of ram and a huge 100MB hdd.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 05, 2024 06:21 AM (t3/qz)

I wanna say mine was a compaq presario, but not sure if that was first or second. It ran Windows 3.1 on Tabworks.

I go looking at 90s computer Instagram just to reminisce about how that weak little computer was probably so much more fun than my Mac (though probably the same price)

Posted by: Rbastid at February 05, 2024 06:27 AM (yRwlf)

80 First computer was an IBM xt. Second was a 386DX 33MhZ with 4MB of ram and a huge 100MB hdd.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy'

My first computer was a build from an independent shop (remember those?) so I don't recall exactly what it was, but it was quite powerful for its time in the mid 1990s. I still have the hard drive, but didn't keep the case.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 05, 2024 06:27 AM (43xH1)

81 The inevitable fire sale of this mess to an overseas PE firm is going to be a national security matter on the scale of which we haven't seen in healthcare in years."
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 05, 2024 06:25 AM (t3/qz)

I think that's probably a bit hyperbolic. Worst case scenario is an inundation of magic pill spam tailored to one's genetic proclivity to certain conditions.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2024 06:28 AM (9UlRk)

82 Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 05, 2024 06:25 AM (t3/qz)

Isn't 23&me the one that was just a legal way for Google to literally steal every bit of info possible from you, even your DNA? Im due their losses were just listed as "expenses"

Posted by: Rbastid at February 05, 2024 06:29 AM (yRwlf)

83 "Fast Car" seems line such a humble song that it looks incongruous to see fancy-schmancy whatshername Swift horning in on the video like she is photobombing a Chiefs game.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 05, 2024 06:29 AM (hnY0g)

84 Trump is going to make himself his own VP

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 05, 2024 06:27 AM (t3/qz)

I still want name 50 Jewish accountants as his VP, then just make them spend the4 treats auditing every government penny

Posted by: Rbastid at February 05, 2024 06:30 AM (yRwlf)

85 This won't mean much to most of you, but Nijisanji just tried to nuke Selen Tatsuki from orbit, and the fans are rioting.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at February 05, 2024 06:30 AM (BLOW1)

86 23&LiterallyEveryoneElseOnEarth

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2024 06:31 AM (9UlRk)

87 During an emergency border shut down, DHS would still have to process a minimum of 1,400 Illegal Invaders per day.

they hate you

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 05, 2024 06:32 AM (ENQN6)

88 Oh!
It was enough to run Aldus Pagemaker 6.0. Some version of Adobe Photoshop but I preferred Paint shop Pro, maybe 4.0? I guess they still make it, Corel picked it up, but I moved to Gimp and it would be for what nostalgia...

Posted by: LenNeal at February 05, 2024 06:33 AM (43xH1)

89 I still want name 50 Jewish accountants as his VP, then just make them spend the4 treats auditing every government penny
Posted by: Rbastid at February 05, 2024 06:30 AM (yRwlf)

Every redneck and shitkicker in the lower 48 would start keeping kosher.

I'm already prototyping a tactical jar of field-packable gefilte fish to pitch to Cabela's.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2024 06:34 AM (9UlRk)

90 Manidis warned in the viral post: "The inevitable fire sale of this mess to an overseas PE firm is going to be a national security matter on the scale of which we haven't seen in healthcare in years."
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 05, 2024 06:25 AM (t3/qz)
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Between Wojcicki and her ex-husband they created two of the most evil companies in the world, 23AndMe and Google. Quite a household that must have been.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 05, 2024 06:34 AM (ZFoHe)

91 This won't mean much to most of you, but Nijisanji just tried to nuke Selen Tatsuki from orbit, and the fans are rioting.
Posted by: Pixy Misa'

I'm right now playing the Cowboy Bebop Movie (Knockin' On Heaven's Door) OST, does that count as caring?

Posted by: LenNeal at February 05, 2024 06:35 AM (43xH1)

92 85 This won't mean much to most of you, but Nijisanji just tried to nuke Selen Tatsuki from orbit, and the fans are rioting.
Posted by: Pixy Misa

That's horrible!!

(Starts looking up Nijisanji and Selen Tatsuki, wondering WTH Pixy is posting about)

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 05, 2024 06:36 AM (sAmhv)

93 Looking at photos now im thinking the Presario was my 2nd computer, I think I'll dig around in the basement tonight and look for old booklets I have, cause now I'm curious.

Posted by: Rbastid at February 05, 2024 06:37 AM (yRwlf)

94 I thought the google founders were gay lovers.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 05, 2024 06:37 AM (t3/qz)

95 My first computer was at school. We made a horse racing game to run on it, that you loaded with punchcards, and we played it for entire school periods.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 05, 2024 06:37 AM (ZFoHe)

96 I'm right now playing the Cowboy Bebop Movie (Knockin' On Heaven's Door) OST, does that count as caring?

Posted by: LenNeal at February 05, 2024 06:35 AM (43xH1)

I finished rewatching the series, after last watching it maybe 10 years ago, and I was kinda disappointed. I remember it being much better story wise. I do remember I preferred the movie.

Posted by: Rbastid at February 05, 2024 06:43 AM (yRwlf)

97 Trump: I kind of resemble Elvis in this side by side

Left: Lights hair on fire and flips their shit for a week.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 05, 2024 06:43 AM (t3/qz)

98 (Starts looking up Nijisanji and Selen Tatsuki, wondering WTH Pixy is posting about)

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 05, 2024 06:36 AM (sAmhv)

I did too and literally all I got was cartoon boobs (which is surprising because for once I didn't add "nude" to the end of the search)

Posted by: Rbastid at February 05, 2024 06:44 AM (yRwlf)

99 What we were told “from China” is that the “case fatality rate” for this novel new virus was 3.4 percent.

1 in 29

Think about it. Ok ready.

11,900,000 Dead

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 05, 2024 06:44 AM (ENQN6)

100 mornin yall. The only thing more nauseating than the Grammys are the Oscars. Or is it the way 'round?

Posted by: fd at February 05, 2024 06:44 AM (vFG9F)

101 My first computer was at school. We made a horse racing game to run on it, that you loaded with punchcards, and we played it for entire school periods.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 05, 2024 06:37 AM (ZFoHe)

didja drink water from the punchcards hoof Prints ?

Posted by: JT at February 05, 2024 06:45 AM (T4tVD)

102 G'morning, all!

So I see the I missed the Grammy's.....again.

My life will go on.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 05, 2024 06:45 AM (a1415)

103 Trump: I kind of resemble Elvis in this side by side

Left: Lights hair on fire and flips their shit for a week.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 05, 2024 06:43 AM (t3/qz)

If they can pretend Biden resembles a functioning human, we can pretend Trump resembles Elvis.

Posted by: Rbastid at February 05, 2024 06:46 AM (yRwlf)

104 Moreover, based on “conservative assumptions, the estimated harms of the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines greatly outweigh the rewards: for every life saved, there were nearly 14 times more deaths caused by the modified mRNA injections.”

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 05, 2024 06:46 AM (ENQN6)

105 "Or is it the way 'round?"

I've heard it both ways.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 05, 2024 06:46 AM (a1415)

106 I thought the google founders were gay lovers.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 05, 2024 06:37 AM (t3/qz)

No weedwhackers huh ?

Posted by: JT at February 05, 2024 06:47 AM (T4tVD)

107 The Grammys were on? Can we expect another Tom MacDonald song about how he is the greatest independent rapper and he doesn't even care about those stupid grammys anyway?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 05, 2024 06:47 AM (t3/qz)

108 So what was the manufactured "moment" this year?

I had the "Dua Lipa pulls her dick out" square in the office pool. It was always going to be a long shot....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2024 06:48 AM (9UlRk)

109 My first computer was at school. We made a horse racing game to run on it, that you loaded with punchcards, and we played it for entire school periods.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 05, 2024 06:37 AM (ZFoHe)

didja drink water from the punchcards hoof Prints ?
Posted by: JT'

And by 'punchcards', do you mean handprints on the walls of your cave?

Posted by: LenNeal at February 05, 2024 06:48 AM (43xH1)

110 Or is it the way 'round?"

I've heard it both ways.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 05, 2024 06:46 AM (a1415)

Through the grapevine ?

Posted by: JT at February 05, 2024 06:48 AM (T4tVD)

111 So Little VIA, vaccinated due to Active Duty, and his girlfriend, vaccinated due to National Guard have Covid...again.

His second rodeo, her third.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 05, 2024 06:48 AM (a1415)

112 My first computer was made out of cardboard. You put a piece of paper with a question on it in the slot in the front and the computer kicked out another piece of paper with the answer on it. I built it when I was about 10.

My parents have a picture of it somewhere. Unfortunately, the CPU grew up and the memory has faded.

Posted by: fd at February 05, 2024 06:49 AM (vFG9F)

113 "Through the grapevine ?"

Remember the raisin commercial, with them singing that?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 05, 2024 06:50 AM (a1415)

114 The rap artist of the year got arrested after leaving the stage.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 05, 2024 06:50 AM (t3/qz)

115 I finished rewatching the series, after last watching it maybe 10 years ago, and I was kinda disappointed. I remember it being much better story wise. I do remember I preferred the movie.
Posted by: Rbastid'

My local 'plex showed the movie last week so I went, I'd never seen it, so it was cool to see it on a big screen and subtitled instead of dubbed.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 05, 2024 06:50 AM (43xH1)

116 "We'll no longer have people just entering the country and maybe going to court in the next seven or 10 years," Sinema said Sunday on "Face the Nation." "Instead, we'll make swift justice — folks who do qualify for asylum will be on a rapid path, six months or less, to start a new life in America, and those who do not qualify will quickly be returned to their home countries."

PS Everyone qualifies

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 05, 2024 06:51 AM (ENQN6)

117 "The rap artist of the year got arrested after leaving the stage."

Kind of a cultural requirement, nowadays.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 05, 2024 06:51 AM (a1415)

118 folks who do qualify for asylum will be on a rapid path, six months or less, to start a new life in America, and those who do not qualify will quickly be returned to their home countries."

How does this bill accomplish that? And what of those already here?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 05, 2024 06:52 AM (t3/qz)

119 I hate that fast car song. It sucks sucking sucks like a suck sucking suck.

Posted by: fd at February 05, 2024 06:52 AM (vFG9F)

120 Better than cramming a question up your brothers ass and having him spit out an answer.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 05, 2024 06:53 AM (t3/qz)

121 111 So Little VIA, vaccinated due to Active Duty, and his girlfriend, vaccinated due to National Guard have Covid...again.

His second rodeo, her third.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 05, 2024 06:48 AM (a1415)

Maybe the vax actually created a system that their bodies react to any virus and produce CV antibodies. And does the test still require 40X the sample to get a result?

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 05, 2024 06:53 AM (ENQN6)

122 I've looked at life from both sides now and that song sucks too.

Posted by: fd at February 05, 2024 06:53 AM (vFG9F)

123 The guy who redid fast car didn't flip the genders when he sang it. Was a bit off sounding.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 05, 2024 06:54 AM (t3/qz)

124 Morning all. Up early today. The Tech Thread seems… nice… not overwrought.

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2024 06:54 AM (PCK5/)

125 Nikki, you need to read the ~~room~~ State.

http://tinyurl.com/m9dste27

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 05, 2024 06:54 AM (a1415)

126 I don't even have to hear it to know it sucks.

Posted by: fd at February 05, 2024 06:55 AM (vFG9F)

127 Good morning morons

Local TV news is all rain, wind, and fallen trees.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2024 06:55 AM (RIvkX)

128 ..The Tech Thread seems… nice… not overwrought.
Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2024 06:54 AM (PCK5/)
===
It's a ruse.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2024 06:56 AM (RIvkX)

129 Canada halts ‘assisted suicide’ program for mentally ill.

Hitler pick up the White courtesy phone.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 05, 2024 06:56 AM (ENQN6)

130

No dog.

No peanut butter

Posted by: Hunter Bidet at February 05, 2024 06:56 AM (DPOfv)

131 111 So Little VIA, vaccinated due to Active Duty, and his girlfriend, vaccinated due to National Guard have Covid...again.

His second rodeo, her third.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 05, 2024 06:48 AM (a1415)

There is a lesson here that… ah nevermind.

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2024 06:56 AM (PCK5/)

132 “I voted for Donald Trump twice. I was proud to serve America in his administration. But chaos follows him. Y’all know I’m right: chaos follows him. And we can’t be a country in disarray in a world on fire and go through four more years of chaos.

Why does chaos follow him haley? Why does chaos follow him?

Elect me because the left won't freak out as much if I am president!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 05, 2024 06:57 AM (t3/qz)

133 "And does the test still require 40X the sample to get a result?"

Hell, who knows anymore.

Clinic conducted the test.

Nurse says it's negative, but he has Covid anyway.

Doctor says he doesn't have it, to trust the test.

Just seems that pockets of high recurrences of Covid correlate to pockets of higher percentage of the population being vaccinated.

And the Tidewater area has LOTS of vaccinated folks in uniform.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 05, 2024 06:58 AM (a1415)

134 Morning all. Up early today. The Tech Thread seems… nice… not overwrought.
Posted by: tubal'

Sounds like a challenge to me!

And, I have a colleague in XCountry utterly petrified of Rona and has been the entire time. He's been vaccinated and boosted and now, he's gotten Rona 3 times in the last 1-1/2 years and, I simply have a very hard believing it, each time he has instantly gone and gotten another booster... WHILE testing (+) for Rona. When there I tried to tell him he was destroying his body but nope, nope, nope.
It's truly incredible. He insists they are different variants so he has to get boosted again whenever he gets it again. It's truly bizarre and he's evidently not alone in this 'thinking'.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 05, 2024 06:58 AM (43xH1)

135 Texas Education Agency (TEA) has taken over another school district in Texas, this time, La Joya Independent School District in Hidalgo County in the Rio Grande Valley.

The takeover occurred after a TEA investigation last year found that two LJISD trustees and three central office administrators engaged “in acts of extortion, receiving kickbacks, bribery, theft, wire fraud, and money laundering,” all felonies, for which they were convicted nearly two years ago.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 05, 2024 07:00 AM (ENQN6)

136 LenNeal

My brother does that. Very sad.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 05, 2024 07:00 AM (u82oZ)

137 mornin yall. The only thing more nauseating than the Grammys are the Oscars. Or is it the way 'round?
Posted by: fd at February 05, 2024 06:44 AM (vFG9F)

--Tune in Sunday

Posted by: logprof at February 05, 2024 07:00 AM (1rfRL)

138 I bet Taylor Swift doesn't suck. Probably a hand job with a latex glove.

Posted by: fd at February 05, 2024 07:01 AM (vFG9F)

139 Salty!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 05, 2024 07:01 AM (a1415)

140 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 05, 2024 07:01 AM (u82oZ)

141 Take on the Demon Slayer series?

Posted by: logprof at February 05, 2024 07:01 AM (1rfRL)

142 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 05, 2024 07:01 AM (u82oZ)

143
So Little VIA, vaccinated due to Active Duty, and his girlfriend, vaccinated due to National Guard have Covid...again.

His second rodeo, her third.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 05, 2024 06:48 AM

While the unvaccinated are 'one and done'. I don't have to don an aluminum hat to think the ''vaccine'' has done something terribly bad to peoples immune systems.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 05, 2024 07:01 AM (nIvob)

144 I get a cold or two most winters, they don’t amount to anything, just a snotty nose that settles into my chest for a couple three days. That’s life.

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2024 07:01 AM (PCK5/)

145 "Probably a hand job with a latex glove."

That's a $20.00 up-charge!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 05, 2024 07:02 AM (a1415)

146 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Had a late night saving my wife. She is OK now. Close. Too close.

Now I have to rush off for work preps.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 05, 2024 07:02 AM (u82oZ)

147 It's truly incredible. He insists they are different variants so he has to get boosted again whenever he gets it again. It's truly bizarre and he's evidently not alone in this 'thinking'.
Posted by: LenNeal at February 05, 2024 06:58 AM (43xH1)

So if it was truly 3.4% IFR he would have about 10% chance of being dead already.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 05, 2024 07:03 AM (ENQN6)

148 Have a great day, everyone.

May you all be blessed with health, warmth, and a full pantry.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 05, 2024 07:03 AM (u82oZ)

149 Salty!

You are indeed a lifesaver.

Be safe.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 05, 2024 07:03 AM (a1415)

150 I am done warning people over the Chinese lung rot. You don't get it by now.......

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 05, 2024 07:03 AM (R4t5M)

151 While the unvaccinated are 'one and done'. I don't have to don an aluminum hat to think the ''vaccine'' has done something terribly bad to peoples immune systems.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 05, 2024 07:01 AM (nIvob)

Vax is about 14x worse than CV on reactions.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 05, 2024 07:04 AM (ENQN6)

152 150 I am done warning people over the Chinese lung rot. You don't get it by now.......
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 05, 2024 07:03 AM (R4t5M)

Yep… now this Typhus thing going round….

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2024 07:05 AM (PCK5/)

153 I get a cold or two most winters, they don’t amount to anything, just a snotty nose that settles into my chest for a couple three days. That’s life.
Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2024 07:01 AM (PCK5/)

Your NOSE settles into your CHEST ?

Posted by: JT at February 05, 2024 07:05 AM (T4tVD)

154 Good morning rons and ettes. Happy Monday. Also infusion day and tomorrow is PET scan and MRI. Busy two days.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at February 05, 2024 07:06 AM (iF0sF)

155 153 I get a cold or two most winters, they don’t amount to anything, just a snotty nose that settles into my chest for a couple three days. That’s life.
Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2024 07:01 AM (PCK5/)

Your NOSE settles into your CHEST ?
Posted by: JT at February 05, 2024 07:05 AM (T4tVD)

Just its’ effluvium JT.

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2024 07:06 AM (PCK5/)

156 So if it was truly 3.4% IFR he would have about 10% chance of being dead already.
Posted by: rhennigantx'

I think that area tends to people who are a bit more... 'durable' than effete Western Euros. The air and water is polluted, every indoor establishment is filled with chain-smokers, it's just not a place with a 'healthy lifestyle' so it's my opinion that people either die off of other stuff first or continue walking around without too many problems. They got a first variant Rona that killed a bunch of people outright and then it just kinda stopped.
So I'm not sure what effect his vaxadiction is really having.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 05, 2024 07:07 AM (43xH1)

157 UK

2020: 9 percent fewer deaths than expected
2021: 7 percent fewer deaths than expected
2022: 16 percent MORE deaths than expected
2023: 22 percent MORE deaths than expected

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 05, 2024 07:07 AM (ENQN6)

158 154 Good morning rons and ettes. Happy Monday. Also infusion day and tomorrow is PET scan and MRI. Busy two days.
Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at February 05, 2024 07:06 AM (iF0sF)

prayers

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 05, 2024 07:08 AM (ENQN6)

159 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at February 05, 2024 07:08 AM (0gvpA)

160 Prayers up Jewells !

Posted by: JT at February 05, 2024 07:08 AM (T4tVD)

161

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at February 05, 2024 07:08 AM (X4yCj)

162 154 Good morning rons and ettes. Happy Monday. Also infusion day and tomorrow is PET scan and MRI. Busy two days.
Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at February 05, 2024 07:06 AM (iF0sF)

Good morning jewells! How is your attitude and especially behavior going… especially behavior?

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2024 07:09 AM (PCK5/)

163 I just got an ad that says "Empower your cloud journey". Wth does that mean? Where are the clouds?

Posted by: fd at February 05, 2024 07:09 AM (vFG9F)

164 163 I just got an ad that says "Empower your cloud journey". Wth does that mean? Where are the clouds?
Posted by: fd at February 05, 2024 07:09 AM (vFG9F)

Eh, clouds… they are just an illusion, after all…

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2024 07:10 AM (PCK5/)

165 I haven't looked into what boosters people are getting but I assume this overseas colleague of mine is getting AstraZeneca boosters on top of a Pfizer original some 3 years ago. He might have gotten the Sputnik V one before that.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 05, 2024 07:11 AM (43xH1)

166 I just got an ad that says "Empower your cloud journey". Wth does that mean? Where are the clouds?
Posted by: fd at February 05, 2024 07:09 AM (vFG9F)

Duh Cloudcuckooland

Posted by: logprof at February 05, 2024 07:12 AM (1rfRL)

167 Waiting for the scams and inevitable looting...

"Dear Blessed, I’m a Nigerian prince and I need your help getting my money out of the country, for which I will share it with you."

Shows you how many stupid and gullible people are out there. Hope The Prince loots each and every one of the dummies. Bernie Madoff should be alive today he would make another fortune.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 05, 2024 07:12 AM (Dc73h)

168
(UK) 2022: 16 percent MORE deaths than expected
2023: 22 percent MORE deaths than expected

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 05, 2024 07:07 AM

2024: 33 percent MORE deaths than expected
2025: 48 percent MORE deaths than expected
2026: 62 percent MORE deaths than expected
2027: 99 percent MORE deaths than expected
2028: Only Keith Richards survives

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 05, 2024 07:12 AM (nIvob)

169 PELLEY: Why was immigration important?

POWELL: Because, you know, immigrants come in, and they tend to work at a rate that is at or above that for non-immigrants. Immigrants who come to the country tend to be in the workforce at a slightly higher level than native Americans do. But that's largely because of the age difference. They tend to skew younger.

Translation:
American are fat lazy fuckers.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 05, 2024 07:13 AM (ENQN6)

170 I just got an ad that says "Empower your cloud journey". Wth does that mean? Where are the clouds?
Posted by: fd'

It means you need to professionally engineer B2C users. How is that so unclear?

Posted by: LenNeal at February 05, 2024 07:13 AM (43xH1)

171 Boker Tov Patriots

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 05, 2024 07:14 AM (pVWRI)

172 I just got an ad that says "Empower your cloud journey". Wth does that mean? Where are the clouds?
Posted by: fd at February 05, 2024

***
I've looked at 'em from both sides. Illusions, that's what I recall.

Posted by: Judy Collins at February 05, 2024 07:14 AM (J2vNu)

173 How is your attitude and especially behavior going… especially behavior?

It's rough I will admit. New drugs are kicking my butt. But I am hanging in there.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at February 05, 2024 07:15 AM (iF0sF)

174 Just its’ effluvium JT.
Posted by: tubal

(looks around....)

Guess nobody saw Taylor Swift open for effluvium.....

Posted by: JT at February 05, 2024 07:16 AM (T4tVD)

175 Duh Cloudcuckooland
Posted by: logprof at February 05, 2024 07:12 AM (1rfRL)
-----------
Nephelokokkygia.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at February 05, 2024 07:16 AM (0gvpA)

176 Morning peeps

Virus freakout time again? The blacks will be pissed their historical month of worship has been co-opted. Again.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 05, 2024 07:16 AM (Q4IgG)

177 I just got an ad that says "Empower your cloud journey". Wth does that mean? Where are the clouds?
Posted by: fd at February 05, 2024

***
We're up here among them in our city, as is right and natural. Those troglytes need to buckle down to mining that zeenite.

Posted by: People of the "Cloud Minder" City at February 05, 2024 07:17 AM (J2vNu)

178 173 How is your attitude and especially behavior going… especially behavior?

It's rough I will admit. New drugs are kicking my butt. But I am hanging in there.
Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at February 05, 2024 07:15 AM (iF0sF)

So sorry it is so rough. I will put you on my prayer list.. I have a white board with names… KC jewells there ya go…

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2024 07:17 AM (PCK5/)

179 All you tech people of the palmetto state: remember to pick Nikki because she’s the AI / blockchain choice.

Posted by: Tippecanoe and Tyler Too at February 05, 2024 07:19 AM (9X60i)

180 Good to know I’m not the only one who thinks AI is largely hype.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 05, 2024 07:21 AM (ePitX)

181 Good to know I’m not the only one who thinks AI is largely hype.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 05, 2024 07:21 AM (ePitX)
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Good. Continue to think that.

Posted by: Skynet at February 05, 2024 07:22 AM (0gvpA)

182 Random thought… whatever became of Insomniac?

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2024 07:23 AM (PCK5/)

183 Also, did finally activate a 'new' (refurbished) Tracfone, and have to go through it and ditch as much spyware as I can, which won't get it all of course. i have to use Android/Google to run my work scheduling app on it which is why I upgraded in the first place.
Turned it on last night and immediately it's yelling it has an update. Now I'll probably turn it on and get a message from Bob at NSA.
"Hey, we saw you take that computer out of Killcorp's dumpster."

Posted by: LenNeal at February 05, 2024 07:23 AM (43xH1)

184 "It means you need to professionally engineer B2C users. How is that so unclear?
Posted by: LenNeal"

*inserts statement into cardboard computer*

*lights flash and and a slip of paper is ejected from output slot"

Does not compute. You are imperfect. Prepare to be reperfected.

Posted by: fd at February 05, 2024 07:23 AM (vFG9F)

185 G'mornin' everyone!

22 degrees, a few clouds, spozed to be a nice day!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at February 05, 2024 07:24 AM (QwWES)

186 45.1 Degrees, raining, with gusts to 15mph.

Not a nice day.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 05, 2024 07:26 AM (a1415)

187 Thank you tubal

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at February 05, 2024 07:26 AM (iF0sF)

188 Normal temps and normal rain, here.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at February 05, 2024 07:26 AM (0gvpA)

189 I put down weed-n-feed three days ago, so the rain will help get it into the soil.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 05, 2024 07:27 AM (a1415)

190 It's dark right now, but that should change over the next two hours

Posted by: Don Black at February 05, 2024 07:27 AM (geLO8)

191 “I voted for Donald Trump twice. I was proud to serve America in his administration. But chaos follows him. Y’all know I’m right: chaos follows him. And we can’t be a country in disarray in a world on fire and go through four more years of chaos.

--

Manufactured chaos chases him, is more like it.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 05, 2024 07:28 AM (mupln)

192 Good to know I’m not the only one who thinks AI is largely hype.

-

Ah, but like the stock market, what you think or do doesn't matter at all. Turns out it's an internal system that operates without any actual public/investor input at all. I'm betting the AI craze is similar. Big money pushes it, it becomes incorporated in crucial areas of science/government, and the people programming it are told what to make it lean towards.

And then we just need to follow the AI.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The RNC is the NRA of the GOP at February 05, 2024 07:28 AM (AIJ3L)

193 "Manufactured chaos chases him, is more like it."

This.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 05, 2024 07:28 AM (a1415)

194 The Darkest Hour is just before the Dawn… someone should make a song outta that…

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2024 07:29 AM (PCK5/)

195 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at February 05, 2024 07:29 AM (NBVIP)

196 But chaos follows him. Y’all know I’m right: chaos follows him.

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That's such a neat statement, and even neater that she's making it. It's like the Crossfire Hurricane stuff. He's bad because someone said he's bad, and turns out it was me saying he's bad.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The RNC is the NRA of the GOP at February 05, 2024 07:30 AM (AIJ3L)

197 I do not resemble Elvis.

Pick Nikki

Posted by: The Real Nikki Haley at February 05, 2024 07:30 AM (9X60i)

198 Looks like one of my yard fence perimeter lights doesn't want to emit light.

Something else to put on the B.O.L.O.T.T.D.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 05, 2024 07:30 AM (a1415)

199 That's such a neat statement, and even neater that she's making it. It's like the Crossfire Hurricane stuff. He's bad because someone said he's bad, and turns out it was me saying he's bad.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - The RNC is the NRA of the GOP at February 05, 2024 07:30 AM (AIJ3L)
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Recursion at its finest.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at February 05, 2024 07:31 AM (0gvpA)

200 Nephelokokkygia.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight

Gesundheidt !

Posted by: JT at February 05, 2024 07:31 AM (T4tVD)

201 It's just now getting light. Sunrise is in about 15 minutes.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 05, 2024 07:31 AM (Q4IgG)

202 Random thought… whatever became of Insomniac?
Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2024 07:23 AM (PCK5/)

He's sleeping !

Posted by: JT at February 05, 2024 07:32 AM (T4tVD)

203 Nice to see MisHum highlighting Phil Ehart in last night's ONT. I've seen Kansas multiple times over the decades as they were my favorite band back in my yute. Those were great shows back in the Steve Walsh days. Ehart once gave me a signed drumstick. I still have it!

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 05, 2024 07:32 AM (mupln)

204 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering

FROZEN !

Posted by: JT at February 05, 2024 07:33 AM (T4tVD)

205 203 Nice to see MisHum highlighting Phil Ehart in last night's ONT. I've seen Kansas multiple times over the decades as they were my favorite band back in my yute. Those were great shows back in the Steve Walsh days. Ehart once gave me a signed drumstick. I still have it!
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 05, 2024 07:32 AM (mupln)

Great group… timeless songs.

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2024 07:33 AM (PCK5/)

206 I remember a joke coffee company that incorporated and filed it's paperwork using Blockchain Terminology. 95% Bullshit.

Posted by: mossomo at February 05, 2024 07:35 AM (DuTIC)

207 Welcome to Super Bowl Week

Posted by: Don Black at February 05, 2024 07:35 AM (geLO8)

208 An the other day, I emptied the front fountain/bird-bath, scrubbed the mold and algae out, disassembled and cleaned the solar powered spray pump, and put it back on line for the spring.

Birds like it.

And it looks good in the front yard.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 05, 2024 07:35 AM (a1415)

209 Also I'm unclear as to what all goes on in the DoD contractor our space shares, but when I was picking a 3-ring binder out of the dumpster to put my report in, there was one marked 'Deaths and Discharge' whatever that might mean.

I've assumed from the beginning they monitor everything anyway so I can obsess about it or not...

Posted by: LenNeal at February 05, 2024 07:35 AM (43xH1)

210 Welcome to Super Bowl Week
Posted by: Don Black at February 05, 2024 07:35 AM (geLO

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People were buying lots of snackage yesterday.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at February 05, 2024 07:36 AM (0gvpA)

211 Great group… timeless songs.

Agree!!!

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at February 05, 2024 07:37 AM (iF0sF)

212 210 Welcome to Super Bowl Week
Posted by: Don Black at February 05, 2024 07:35 AM (geLO
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People were buying lots of snackage yesterday.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at February 05, 2024 07:36 AM (0gvpA)

Now who is Taylor Swift playing against?

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2024 07:37 AM (PCK5/)

213 Now who is Taylor Swift playing against?
Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2024 07:37 AM (PCK5/)
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John Kerry?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at February 05, 2024 07:38 AM (0gvpA)

214 "Now who is Taylor Swift playing against?"

The passage of time.

And they are undefeated.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 05, 2024 07:38 AM (a1415)

215 Welcome to Super Bowl Week

Can't go anywhere here without seeing red.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at February 05, 2024 07:38 AM (iF0sF)

216 I prefer to think of it as TaylorSwiftathon Week.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 05, 2024 07:38 AM (NBVIP)

217 207 Welcome to Super Bowl Week
Posted by: Don Black at February 05, 2024 07:35 AM (geLO

An abyss that laughs at Creation

A circus complete with all fools

Posted by: Ian Curtis at February 05, 2024 07:39 AM (1rfRL)

218 "I prefer to think of it as TaylorSwiftathon Week."

Shit...is the Tay-TayBowl this weekend?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 05, 2024 07:39 AM (a1415)

219 215 Welcome to Super Bowl Week

Can't go anywhere here without seeing red.
Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at February 05, 2024 07:38 AM (iF0sF)

Hah! Same thing here, downstate of you… Mahomes is building another mansion down our way..

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2024 07:40 AM (PCK5/)

220 Byeeee.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at February 05, 2024 07:40 AM (0gvpA)

221 Super Bowl 0100110001010110010010010100100101001001

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 05, 2024 07:40 AM (ENQN6)

222 I prefer to think of it as TaylorSwiftathon Week.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty'

"I love my girlfriend in a totally heterosexual way," Travis Kelce said gaily.

Posted by: Taylor Swifties at February 05, 2024 07:41 AM (43xH1)

223 "Mahomes is building another mansion down our way.."

Let's hope his father doesn't drive over to visit.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 05, 2024 07:41 AM (a1415)

224 There is nothing in that immigration reform package negotiated by Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.), Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Az.) that addresses the effects of the 8 million illegal aliens already allowed into the country under Joe Biden.

Todays FAOD list.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 05, 2024 07:41 AM (ENQN6)

225 Heh. Put THAT on the side of a ring.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 05, 2024 07:42 AM (NBVIP)

226 It's rough I will admit. New drugs are kicking my butt. But I am hanging in there.
Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at February 05, 2024 07:15 AM (iF0sF)
===

On my daily list

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2024 07:42 AM (RIvkX)

227 This is likely the end of Swift's career. She's overexposed and people are sick of seeing her.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 05, 2024 07:43 AM (L8hCM)

228 AI is nothing
Until it is everything

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 05, 2024 07:43 AM (ENQN6)

229 Odds people are going to be wearing the Apple Vision Pro headset while driving their Teslas.

What? It has already happened!

http://tinyurl.com/pbvcteme

Posted by: Lost in Space at February 05, 2024 07:43 AM (Zodq1)

230 227 This is likely the end of Swift's career. She's overexposed and people are sick of seeing her.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 05, 2024 07:43 AM (L8hCM)

Too young for the Madonna Route????

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2024 07:44 AM (PCK5/)

231 I've always thought of Fast Car as a conservative's song. Pick up, start a new life, work hard and improve our lives. I've always liked Chapman's voice too.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 05, 2024 07:45 AM (L8hCM)

232 "Now who is Taylor Swift playing against?"

The passage of time.

And they are undefeated.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

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I hadn't thought about it, but yeah, she's a mid-30s or so woman who achieved her corporate job dream and now sits unmarried, her eggs slowly slipping away, while younger, more attractive models are lining up to be the next her.

Billionaire or not, she's still a woman and that's got to be making her even more insane. "But I'm successful! I have a job! I pay my bills! Why can't I find a man?!!"

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The RNC is the NRA of the GOP at February 05, 2024 07:45 AM (AIJ3L)

233 Thank you San Franpsycho.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at February 05, 2024 07:46 AM (iF0sF)

234 "Now who is Taylor Swift playing against?"

The passage of time.

And they are undefeated.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 05, 2024 07:38 AM (a1415)

I guess we all are.

All we are is ducks in the wind.

Posted by: JT at February 05, 2024 07:46 AM (T4tVD)

235 oh man it's like a laser pen with cats

Posted by: Don Black at February 05, 2024 07:46 AM (geLO8)

236 The GOP apparently thinks adding 1.8 million illegals the first year of their cocked up immigration bill is a great idea. Then it gets worse the next two years of the bill.

Posted by: Lost in Space at February 05, 2024 07:46 AM (Zodq1)

237 No I think she'

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 05, 2024 07:46 AM (L8hCM)

238 This is likely the end of Swift's career. She's overexposed and people are sick of seeing her.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 05, 2024 07:43 AM (L8hCM)

Doubt it. And even if it were, and it's not, she will be laughing all the way to the back. Her net worth is probably more than many small countries. LOL

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 05, 2024 07:47 AM (pVWRI)

239 Dang! I think she's on the Stevie Nicks route with less drugs

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 05, 2024 07:47 AM (L8hCM)

240 oh man it's like a laser pen with cats
Posted by: Don Black

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Are you talking about Swift? I'm on record as saying I believe she's part of the 2024 voting op, so I have no problem with the discussions to dissect things.

I couldn't pick her out in a crowd or name a single song, but I think she's going to be used to justify the 3% or whatever vote fraud when it's needed, same as abortion was in the mid terms.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The RNC is the NRA of the GOP at February 05, 2024 07:48 AM (AIJ3L)

241 The media made Taylor Swift into an icon. They'll continue to use her in any way that suits their purposes. Whether Swift acknowledges that is debatable. But very little she does of her own accord isn't scripted.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 05, 2024 07:48 AM (Q4IgG)

242 She's selling youth and she's not young any more.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 05, 2024 07:49 AM (L8hCM)

243 242 She's selling youth and she's not young any more.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 05, 2024 07:49 AM (L8hCM)

Huh… like Taylor Lorenz..

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2024 07:49 AM (PCK5/)

244 And we're running against it.

Posted by: Bob Seger at February 05, 2024 07:50 AM (NBVIP)

245 The bill should be one page long:
Totally shut the border to all ILLEGAL immigration
NO Amnesty- kick them all out asap
NO more Anchor Babies

Money for Israel to kick some Hamas ass
Money for The Ukraine: to be discussed after proper safeguards for theft are created

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 05, 2024 07:50 AM (pVWRI)

246 This is likely the end of Swift's career. She's overexposed and people are sick of seeing her.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 05, 2024 07:43 AM (L8hCM)

Concur. To save her failing career, it's time so nefarious person release a sex tape with her having hot monkey sex with an Oriental.

Like Bob Kraft did.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 05, 2024 07:51 AM (Dc73h)

247 At least we're not Canadia Geese.

Posted by: Ducks in the wind at February 05, 2024 07:51 AM (NBVIP)

248 Haley's comment is why you can guarantee candidate will be treated the same as Trump. All it takes is a couple phone calls to Silicon Valley, and the smartphones will command thirty million NPCs to bay for the blood of candidate X.

This is now baked into every election. It's the Party's central platform plank: elect our guy, or you get four years of investigations, frameups, riots and election fraud. Straight-up hostage taking.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2024 07:51 AM (0FoWg)

249 First computer was a 286 running at 8Mhz. It had a 40 meg hard drive. I put in a second 40 meg drive and thought, "I'll never run out of space now."

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 05, 2024 07:52 AM (BxvY+)

250
J
J
IS
HERE

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 05, 2024 07:54 AM (ENQN6)

251 She's selling youth and she's not young any more.

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Which is what makes me wonder about the football relationship. She's rich but who cares, so is he. She's attractive but just so-so, even for an adult woman her age. There are lot more attractive women her age out there, and TONS more younger and massively more attractive women with years of reproductive health ahead of them.

I think the football relationship is fake.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The RNC is the NRA of the GOP at February 05, 2024 07:54 AM (AIJ3L)

252 I've read a few bits on Taylor Swift as she's very interesting as a phenomenon. Guys who have dated her state, every one of them, that she has no personality and knows nothing about anything other than music and performing music, and her cats.
That's it. She is essentially a, what, a music-obsessed 13-year-old girl in an aging body.
Her stockbroker/financial parents engineered her career from early on; her father owns a huge part of her catalog even after the dealings recently: the entity that 'bought her catalog out from under her' is in fact partially owned by her own father!

When she crashes, and she will, it's going to be some ugly business and she might make Michael Jackson seem sane when the dust clears.

Posted by: Taylor Swifties at February 05, 2024 07:55 AM (43xH1)

253 The bill should be one page long:
Totally shut the border to all ILLEGAL immigration
NO Amnesty- kick them all out asap
NO more Anchor Babies

Money for Israel to kick some Hamas ass
Money for The Ukraine: to be discussed after proper safeguards for theft are created
Posted by: Nevergiveup

Music to my ears except consideration for Israel and Ukraine should each be in separate bills. The reason this bills is overly complicated is so it can be interpreted in a manner most favorable to adding new Democrat voters.

Posted by: Lost in Space at February 05, 2024 07:56 AM (Zodq1)

254 190 It's dark right now, but that should change over the next two hours
Posted by: Don Black at February 05, 2024 07:27 AM (geLO

*Should.*

Posted by: m at February 05, 2024 08:42 AM (p0NY/)

255 Better link here, to Tracy Chapman, Luke Combs, Fast Car:

scroll down

https://nitter.moomoo.me/EZRideryoyall

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