Daily Tech News 22 February 2024

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The drama around Google's hyper-racist new AI, Gemini, has become so damaging that Google has deigned to acknowledge the complaints of its customers. (BBC)

"Historical contexts have more nuance to them and we will further tune to accommodate that", wrote Jack Krawczyk, senior director for Gemini Experiences. "We have now been made aware that white people actually exist. We're not happy about it, but we'll adjust Gemini to let them out of the cage every so often."

(The Verge also covered the story, but their take is so desperately woke that it makes Gemini's "Nazis of Colour" photoshoot look tame by comparison.)
Are you more racist than ChatGPT? (Tech Crunch)

If so, you might want to consider a career in journalism.

The writer of this piece does not seem to recognise that he "won" a test for producing racist stereotypes.

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ARM's new Neoverse N3 and V3 server cores have been announced. (AnandTech)

They compare favourably with AMD's 4th generation cores... And should arrive some time after AMD's 5th generation cores, which we know are already in production.

(The lead time on new chips built on the most advanced processes is roughly six months; AMD's Zen 5 chips aren't expected to go on sale until the second half of the year.)
China is spying on everyone. (PBS)

So is everyone else, but the scale of China's espionage is something else.
It's not just you, ChatGPT is having a stroke. (Ars Technica)

When one user asked if it was safe to feed their dog Honey Nut Cheerios, ChatGPT responded:
For more inventive, yet more official and consistently fair, hound festivities, you might consider high fiber, steam-hoofed, laced in line pick-offs like dog-head rattle, fresh vegetables (carrots, green beans, or pureed pumpkin for dissertation), or arm-sketched, rare toys in the middle of apples (pitted, for the act is grand), unsung, effete, or short-spooning fall to the tail of a new adventure. Yet, checking with your vet for postured over-distance or guised, safe, and informative finish, over a glean in the twang that says 'divvy this round of lore or lend a moan to my kind-leek, cosmo cavalcade,' gives you the heel-in to commence, let's prate, or mild walk-over in the kind of twin of feel, fine-tune, and fine-to-live.
I mean, yes, absolutely. (Backs away slowly.)

Disclaimer: Yes, let's spend $7 trillion on this. Why not?

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 Lousy wild dream woke me up wide awake

Posted by: 2009Refugee at February 22, 2024 04:04 AM (8AONa)

2 wow, how depressing

Posted by: JQ at February 22, 2024 04:05 AM (njWTi)

3 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 22, 2024 04:06 AM (sAmhv)

4 We discussed "AI" back in the 70s... it is so disappointing that chatgpt is what we have today.

And *still* no flying cars, dammit!

Posted by: JQ at February 22, 2024 04:06 AM (njWTi)

5 Thanks for all your effort today, Pixy!

Posted by: JQ at February 22, 2024 04:07 AM (njWTi)

6 526 As for older TV shows being more popular, I'm not surprised. Many of the ones that have survived into syndication were super-popular in their own day. The classic shows like The Rifleman and Have Gun -- Will Travel were the gold standard for half-hour Westerns in their day, and they are still great; each episode is like a short story on film. U.N.C.L.E., Trek, Buffy, and Grimm (though much more recent) are all still top-notch stuff.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Grimm was surprisingly good. Well written even, for a major network TV show.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 22, 2024 04:07 AM (sAmhv)

7 pitted, for the act is grand

Indeed. Very pencil.

Posted by: AI More or Less Seems Like Bullshit to Me at February 22, 2024 04:08 AM (pjs7m)

8 And *still* no flying cars, dammit!
Posted by: JQ

Yea. I was hoping for flying cars, sexbots, and Deckers Apartment. No flying cars, no sexbots, but my condo is pretty leaky, like Deckers apartment building.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 22, 2024 04:08 AM (sAmhv)

9 Evening and morning to all! A good Thursday, or so I hope. 'Tis 59 F., almost no wind, but humid, of course. We had quite a bit of fog yesterday morning in consequence.

Yesterday I got the new Continental tire installed on the Buick, and the big beast drives beautifully again, as it has since I adopted it in 2019. Oh, I'm glad to have the spare tire, small and crippled-looking though it is, but with the specified 60 psi, it rides hard. That was one thing I disliked about the BMW 3 Series I had in early '19: no spare. It had run-flat tires, which oddly did not ride hard at all, but I had planned to replace them with standard tires when the time came. Which would have meant buying a spare; and that car's trunk was small.

Anyway! How is ever'body this morning?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 22, 2024 04:11 AM (omVj0)

10 Mornin' Wolfus!

Just mourning those unrealized dreams from more youthful days...

Posted by: JQ at February 22, 2024 04:13 AM (njWTi)

11
Grimm was surprisingly good. Well written even, for a major network TV show.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 22, 2024

***
It was co-created by an ex-Buffy writer and producer. Anybody who liked BtVS would have liked Grimm.

Comet is showing the episodes now -- but annoyingly: three or four episodes in a row, starting at 4 pm, so those of us with jobs can't see the first in the daily block. So I miss out on big chunks of the continuing storyline.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 22, 2024 04:15 AM (omVj0)

12 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at February 22, 2024 04:16 AM (fwDg9)

13 Mornin' Wolfus!

Just mourning those unrealized dreams from more youthful days...
Posted by: JQ at February 22, 2024

***
Hello, JQ. Yeah, that's part of what keeps me from going back to sleep when I wake up early. Well, that and big black Stirling's morning affection time, of course.

Little Dagny La Siberienne is doing well too. She's still a little standoffish, but she's healthy and adaptable, and seems happy.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 22, 2024 04:18 AM (omVj0)

14 Bless the furry critters, they help us stay less insane LOL

Posted by: JQ at February 22, 2024 04:19 AM (njWTi)

15 A long-time character actor named Lou Frizzell is on a Barnaby Jones from 1976. I've often wondered if he was related to country singer Lefty Frizzell, but IMDb says nothing about it.

Much more notable is Brooke "What a special babe" Bundy in the same episode. She never rose to the first rank of H'wood back then. She was in the same class as Jan Smithers: not a glamorous sex-symbol, no Raquel Welch or Loni Anderson, but much more my type.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 22, 2024 04:23 AM (omVj0)

16 Tired, it's only Wednesday isn't it?

Posted by: Skip at February 22, 2024 04:23 AM (fwDg9)

17 Tired, it's only Wednesday isn't it?
Posted by: Skip at February 22, 2024

***
We've just squeaked through to Thursday.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 22, 2024 04:26 AM (omVj0)

18 It is!
Win
Somehow is the excitement I missed a day

Posted by: Skip at February 22, 2024 04:32 AM (fwDg9)

19 From the Gemini story,

"The claims picked up speed in right-wing circles in the US, where many big tech platforms are already facing backlash for alleged liberal bias."

Is that tech for "pounced"

Posted by: Bruce at February 22, 2024 04:34 AM (vd8XM)

20 And morning all!

Posted by: Bruce at February 22, 2024 04:34 AM (vd8XM)

21 Oops..forgot the question mark

From the Gemini story,

"The claims picked up speed in right-wing circles in the US, where many big tech platforms are already facing backlash for alleged liberal bias."

Is that tech for "pounced"?

Posted by: Bruce

Posted by: Bruce at February 22, 2024 04:38 AM (vd8XM)

22 Oops. Time to shave and shower, then feed the beasts and myself.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 22, 2024 04:45 AM (omVj0)

23 2 wow, how depressing
Posted by: JQ at February 22, 2024 04:05 AM (njWTi)

What, specifically?

Posted by: m at February 22, 2024 04:52 AM (Ncap6)

24 "pounced" -- yeah, Bruce. That's it.

It's not that the leftards have done wrong things, it's that we have *noticed* it.

I've already told sis that I'm sick and tired of being called names and accused of all the sh@t the leftards have been actually doing... Projection! It's what's for dinner!

Ugh. Maybe I should go back to lurking

Posted by: JQ at February 22, 2024 04:54 AM (njWTi)

25 The classic shows like The Rifleman and Have Gun -- Will Travel were the gold standard for half-hour Westerns in their day, and they are still great; each episode is like a short story on film. U.N.C.L.E., Trek, Buffy, and Grimm (though much more recent) are all still top-notch stuff.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

I've been watch episodes of One Step Beyond on YouTube. It's a paranormal anthology from the early days of television, I think 1959-1962.

What I find remarkable is how early television could create sets from wildly different locations and eras. One episode might be the Sahara desert, the next might be a German U-boat, the next a 19th century schooner or a WWI bombed out French chateau. No big budgets, just a lot of imagination and attention to detail.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at February 22, 2024 04:54 AM (15lwl)

26 What, specifically?
Posted by: m
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Just... the sum of it all. The spying, the idiocy of "AI"... you know-- everything these days. Bleh.

Posted by: JQ at February 22, 2024 04:56 AM (njWTi)

27 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at February 22, 2024 04:57 AM (ju2Fy)

28 AI, self piloting cars and quantum computing are just around the corner.. of 2100.

Posted by: 13times at February 22, 2024 04:58 AM (6GN3I)

29 26 What, specifically?
Posted by: m
-----

Just... the sum of it all. The spying, the idiocy of "AI"... you know-- everything these days. Bleh.
Posted by: JQ at February 22, 2024 04:56 AM (njWTi)

Oh. Nice that we have Pixy reporting!

Posted by: m at February 22, 2024 04:59 AM (Ncap6)

30 19 From the Gemini story,

"The claims picked up speed in right-wing circles in the US, where many big tech platforms are already facing backlash for alleged liberal bias."

Is that tech for "pounced"
Posted by: Bruce

'alleged'.

How to show liberal bias while denying liberal bias.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 22, 2024 05:09 AM (sAmhv)

31 youtube.com/watch?v=CrtRucPEbsI

Posted by: JQ at February 22, 2024 05:09 AM (njWTi)

32 31: https://youtu.be/YmpvpypXKf0?si=97CcdQKuLSLbr4QR

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 22, 2024 05:15 AM (sAmhv)

33 re: ChatGPT word salad

That is some authentic gibberish. The thing that does not make sense to me is: How do you get that artifact. One would think that the thing would just look up results online, tally up the yes and nos and if 51% said yes then it would be yes. How do you get that kind of jumble from a yes or no question? It makes me think they have rigged the system to not be able to answer a simple question because they have loaded it with 'nuance' so people do not get answers gurgle does not want them to get. They WANT the thing to editorialize whenever possible.

Strange.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 22, 2024 05:21 AM (di6C2)

34 It makes me think they have rigged the system to not be able to answer a simple question because they have loaded it with 'nuance' so people do not get answers gurgle does not want them to get. They WANT the thing to editorialize whenever possible.

Strange.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Well, yes and no.

...ChatGPT 4000...

Posted by: Bruce at February 22, 2024 05:25 AM (vd8XM)

35 Strange.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 22, 2024 05:21 AM (di6C2)

Or it simply sucks at anything approaching nuance. "Safe" is apparently a word with too many alternatives!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 22, 2024 05:30 AM (gSZYf)

36 "We have now been made aware that white people actually exist. We're not happy about it, but we'll adjust Gemini to let them out of the cage every so often."

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Damn, I figured it was 50/50 whether that was an actual quote or more akin to a Babylon Bee parody.

Well done, Pixy ... made me look.

Posted by: ShainS -- Boycott New York & other Blue Shithole Cities #TruckersForTrump at February 22, 2024 05:32 AM (nyTxL)

37 Rain coming this afternoon in se Pa

Posted by: Skip at February 22, 2024 05:33 AM (fwDg9)

38 And *still* no flying cars, dammit!
Posted by: JQ

Given the way some folks drive on the ground...Thank Heaven for that !

Posted by: JT at February 22, 2024 05:34 AM (T4tVD)

39 Hiya

Posted by: JT at February 22, 2024 05:34 AM (T4tVD)

40 33 re: ChatGPT word salad

That is some authentic gibberish. The thing that does not make sense to me is: How do you get that artifact. One would think that the thing would just look up results online, tally up the yes and nos and if 51% said yes then it would be yes.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 22, 2024 05:21 AM (di6C2)

LLMs (large language models) don't "look stuff up"; they generate the next word. I am barely understanding any of it; here's a short discussion. (Khan Academy, who I think is good at simplifying these things)

http://tinyurl.com/5538rn4b

Posted by: m at February 22, 2024 05:34 AM (Ncap6)

41 Isn't that just ducky !

Posted by: JT at February 22, 2024 05:35 AM (T4tVD)

42 Mornin', all from Grand Rapids MI !

5:30 a.m.? I'm still on central time.

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at February 22, 2024 05:36 AM (zXN1R)

43 A mentally ill boy pretending to be a girl started a fight with real girls and lost. Then, when he was not hailed a stunning a d brave hero by fellow students, went home killed himself. .

The article is a hot mess of tranny propaganda, and the article doesn't say that. To read it, you would think 3 girls beat an lgbtq girl to death because she was lgbtq.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 22, 2024 05:36 AM (NYzgN)

44 Hiya JQ !
How You ?

Posted by: JT at February 22, 2024 05:36 AM (T4tVD)

45 It still amazes me the Band of Brothers Bastogne episode is inside a studio set, winter and a forest is all made up

Posted by: Skip at February 22, 2024 05:37 AM (fwDg9)

46 Hiya MLii !

Good to see ya !

Posted by: JT at February 22, 2024 05:37 AM (T4tVD)

47 The Cheerios question is lawyer speak, IMO

Posted by: Jamaica at February 22, 2024 05:38 AM (IG7T0)

48 I've been watch episodes of One Step Beyond on YouTube. It's a paranormal anthology from the early days of television, I think 1959-1962.

What I find remarkable is how early television could create sets from wildly different locations and eras. One episode might be the Sahara desert, the next might be a German U-boat, the next a 19th century schooner or a WWI bombed out French chateau. No big budgets, just a lot of imagination and attention to detail.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at February 22, 2024

***
A lot of those early series were based in New York instead of H'wood. And plenty of the NY directors, set designers, set decorators, etc., had been trained in the stage world, where they did much the same thing as you describe in your last sentence.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 22, 2024 05:39 AM (omVj0)

49 Hey JT!

It has been 33 years since I moved from this city. I forgot so much about this place!

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at February 22, 2024 05:40 AM (zXN1R)

50 Cue the handwringing about Trump owning a major social media network (Truth Social)

The only case that even comes close of a president or party’s candidate owning a significant media platform while running for office in the US would be that of incumbent Lyndon Johnson in 1964. Johnson, who became president in 1963 following the assassination of John F. Kennedy, profited from TV and radio stations in Austin, Texas, while he was in Congress. His wife, Lady Bird, held the licenses, but during his years in office, Johnson sought and won favorable decisions from the Federal Communications Commission, which granted and policed the licenses.

But the government using all of the resources at its disposal to censor ALL social media is no big deal.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 22, 2024 05:41 AM (NYzgN)

51 Any ideas on the dangerousness of a cheap Chinese unlocked phone for temp use?

Need a smart phone for vacation. Found a cheap one online compatible with cell phone carrier. I checked with them, current flip phone sim fits. Will just use it for showing admission tickets and the like, because it seems most attractions don't do paper tix anymore. Won't add anything to it except burner e-mail to present tix.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 22, 2024 05:43 AM (Angsy)

52 SCOTUS did not rule that mask mandates were ok. They ruled that they had no standing to judge internal House rules.

Which means Speaker Johnson can institute a rule that any member must pay $1000 to speak on the floor, but can waive the fee at his own discretion. Then waive it for any GOP member.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 22, 2024 05:44 AM (NYzgN)

53 Short road again, next township over
See you from the road
Forward Dog 9 out

Posted by: Skip at February 22, 2024 05:48 AM (fwDg9)

54 It has been 33 years since I moved from this city. I forgot so much about this place!
Posted by: My Life is Insanity at February 22, 2024 05:40 AM (zXN1R)

So, you're not really 29 ?

Posted by: JT at February 22, 2024 05:50 AM (T4tVD)

55 Only in my mind JT! Lol

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at February 22, 2024 05:51 AM (zXN1R)

56 Only in my mind JT! Lol
Posted by: My Life is Insanity

That works !

Posted by: JT at February 22, 2024 05:51 AM (T4tVD)

57 >>That works !
Posted by: JT

Only until you walk by a mirror.
Or try to run across a street😆

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at February 22, 2024 05:53 AM (zXN1R)

58 My sprinting days are behind me.

Posted by: JT at February 22, 2024 05:55 AM (T4tVD)

59 I love it when the people swinging a sledgehammer at your face contritely admit their lack of nuance and promise to do better on the next pounding.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 22, 2024 05:57 AM (9UlRk)

60 It makes me think they have rigged the system to not be able to answer a simple question because they have loaded it with 'nuance' so people do not get answers gurgle does not want them to get. They WANT the thing to editorialize whenever possible.

Strange.

Posted by: Aetius451AD

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The clearest example were the two side-by-side prompts and responses to:

. "draw a white couple" [I'm sorry Dave, I can't do that -- because RACIST! ]; and

. "draw a black couple" [no problemo -- where da white women at?].

Posted by: ShainS -- Boycott New York & other Blue Shithole Cities #TruckersForTrump at February 22, 2024 05:57 AM (nyTxL)

61 49 It has been 33 years since I moved from this city. I forgot so much about this place!
Posted by: My Life is Insanity at February 22, 2024 05:40 AM (zXN1R)

And some of it has changed!

Posted by: m at February 22, 2024 05:59 AM (Ncap6)

62 I liked this devotional , " Walking in Jesus' shoes" as it has a touching thought by the former dresser of Queen Elizabeth Ii ( No, JT; Not the piece of furniture.😉

and a beautiful section from the Letter to the Colossians:

http://tinyurl.com/54had3s2

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 22, 2024 06:00 AM (JUIuI)

63 Local TV news reports that recall protestors disrupted Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao's press conference yesterday when she announced a news state grant for more "street ambassadors."

These people deserve each other.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 22, 2024 06:02 AM (RIvkX)

64 I love it when the people swinging a sledgehammer at your face contritely admit their lack of nuance and promise to do better on the next pounding.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 22, 2024 05:57 AM (9UlRk)

-----------------

I want to be your sledgehammer
Why don't you smash my face
You'd better call the sledgehammer
Put your nose at rest
I'm going to be-the sledgehammer
This can be my testimony
I'm your sledgehammer
Let there be no doubt about it

Posted by: ShainS -- Boycott New York & other Blue Shithole Cities #TruckersForTrump at February 22, 2024 06:02 AM (nyTxL)

65 If you ask gurgle to make a picture of Chiang Kai Shek, does it give you one Asian dude, two Puerto Rican chicks, and a panda?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 22, 2024 06:03 AM (y5Bbu)

66 So, Nvidia says it sold a few more chips than normal last quarter. Maybe ChapGPT is getting a refresh and a larger language model.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 22, 2024 06:03 AM (ZPg1E)

67 Maybe ChapGPT is getting a refresh and a larger language model.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 22, 2024 06:03 AM (ZPg1E)

I blame the Steam release of dwarf fortress.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 22, 2024 06:04 AM (y5Bbu)

68 Won't add anything to it except burner e-mail to present tix.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

What is the goal?
Anonymity or ?
If you use the same sim you're identifying yourself.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 22, 2024 06:05 AM (uC5ip)

69 "Street Ambassador"... "SA".... lovely.

I guess the word of the day really is Sledgehammer.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 22, 2024 06:06 AM (y5Bbu)

70 Gospel song: Precious Lord, take my hand:

http://tinyurl.com/2nycvxzj

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 22, 2024 06:07 AM (JUIuI)

71 Local TV news reports that recall protestors disrupted Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao's press conference yesterday when she announced a news state grant for more "street ambassadors."

These people deserve each other.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 22, 2024 06:02 AM (RIvkX)

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She's the first Hmong American mayors!

/Almost Muldoon-worthy!

[I'm old enough to remember Willie Brown employing gang-bangers to patrol troubled bus lines of the San Francisco Municipal Railway.]

Posted by: ShainS -- Boycott New York & other Blue Shithole Cities #TruckersForTrump at February 22, 2024 06:08 AM (nyTxL)

72 And good morning!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 22, 2024 06:08 AM (uC5ip)

73 Or, maybe ChatGPT has been writing Kumlala's speeches! Yeah, that's the ticket.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 22, 2024 06:08 AM (q8kR1)

74 "I'm still running."
-Nikki Haley

No one likes you.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 22, 2024 06:09 AM (RIvkX)

75 65 If you ask gurgle to make a picture of Chiang Kai Shek, does it give you one Asian dude, two Puerto Rican chicks, and a panda?
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Ask Google AI what happens when one Asian dude, two Puerto Rican chicks, and a panda, walk into a bar, in pictures.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 22, 2024 06:09 AM (sAmhv)

76 I liked this devotional , " Walking in Jesus' shoes" as it has a touching thought by the former dresser of Queen Elizabeth Ii ( No, JT; Not the piece of furniture.😉

!

I resemble that !

Posted by: JT at February 22, 2024 06:11 AM (T4tVD)

77 Now I have Peter Gabriel singing "Sledgehammer" stuck in my head, so sort of thanks for that.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 22, 2024 06:11 AM (q8kR1)

78 What is the goal?
Anonymity or ?
If you use the same sim you're identifying yourself.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 22, 2024 06:05 AM (uC5ip)

Just want to use for about two weeks, then toss. That's why I'm not putting anything on it except what I'll need for the trip. No bank, no credit accts, just the burner e-mail and a couple of numbers of the people on the trip.

I'll have to see if the sim works, or get a new one from carrier. I'll keep the old one and leave it in the flip phone. Either way, it will have a sim card in it. I'm sure the f phone identifies me anyway.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 22, 2024 06:11 AM (Angsy)

79 "I'm still running."
-Nikki Haley

Where?

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 22, 2024 06:11 AM (sAmhv)

80 And the powerful story behind the hymn " Precious Lord, take my hand" :

http://tinyurl.com/mrymxa6k

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 22, 2024 06:12 AM (JUIuI)

81 "Make a picture of a fresh loaf of sourdough bread. "

"Trillions of yeast cells give their lives to create a single loaf of bread. Millions of people have celiac disease and find even the though of fresh baked bread problematic. My grandmother hasn't eat gluten in forty years. You should reflect on your cerealnormativity and feel the appropriate amount of shame. Here is a picture of a trans-elf half-haired soy-kin with thirteen fingers eating some tofu through a crazy straw. Go fuck yourself. "

Posted by: Warai-GPT at February 22, 2024 06:12 AM (y5Bbu)

82 I wonder if Oakland is considering buying spiffy uniforms for the SA? If its Hammer Time, they should at least look good.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 22, 2024 06:13 AM (q8kR1)

83 I'm still running."
-Nikki Haley
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Where?
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 22, 2024 06:11 AM (sAmhv)
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Like the old SNL joke about General Francisco Franco

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 22, 2024 06:15 AM (q8kR1)

84 When one user asked if it was safe to feed their dog Honey Nut Cheerios, ChatGPT responded:

-

Our society has advanced to the point where adults with college educations and post-grad degrees are searching online because they are unsure if it's safe for dogs to eat Cheerios.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Did you know Blues Clues had a tranny / pride parade episode? at February 22, 2024 06:15 AM (y1p7g)

85 I named my first dog, " What" Only now did I just realize why the guy on tech support was getting so angry when he repeatedly asked "What is the name of your first pet?" and I kept answering "Yes."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 22, 2024 06:15 AM (JUIuI)

86 Good morning early risers!

Posted by: Rosasharn at February 22, 2024 06:15 AM (PzBTm)

87 American citizens have to show photo ID and register to get welfare benefits.

Illegals get $10,000 no questions asked, promise you will only take one per month and promise to only buy food Visa cards. In NY.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 22, 2024 06:15 AM (NYzgN)

88 Like the old SNL joke about General Francisco Franco
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 22, 2024 06:15 AM (q8kR1)

Generalissimo

Posted by: JT at February 22, 2024 06:17 AM (T4tVD)

89 In NY.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 22, 2024 06:15 AM (NYzgN)

Well shit, no one can live on five hash browns and a bottle of water a month.

Stingey bastards.

Posted by: Warai-GPT at February 22, 2024 06:18 AM (y5Bbu)

90 Trump: *Pats guy on the back.

Media: Trump SHOVED a man at MAL!!!!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 22, 2024 06:21 AM (NYzgN)

91 And the powerful story behind the hymn " Precious Lord, take my hand" :

http://tinyurl.com/mrymxa6k
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

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Thanks. That's one of my favorite songs. It's usually performed poorly and without much feeling (and, like many things, more of a performance for the artist), but if you can manage to find a choir that performs it well it is absolutely stunning.

Cape Town Youth Choir :

youtube.com/watch?v=tTz9lF5Y6AI

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Did you know Blues Clues had a tranny / pride parade episode? at February 22, 2024 06:23 AM (y1p7g)

92 I wonder if i could prove "disparate impact" from some people getting checks for $10k and others not.

Nah. That's preposterous.

Posted by: Warai-GPT at February 22, 2024 06:23 AM (9UlRk)

93 "I'm still running."
-Nikki Haley

Where?

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 22, 2024 06:11 AM (sAmhv)

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Running on, running on empty
Running on, running blind
Running on, running into the sun
But I'm running behind

Posted by: ShainS -- Boycott New York & other Blue Shithole Cities #TruckersForTrump at February 22, 2024 06:24 AM (pawQN)

94 Generalissimo
Posted by: JT at February 22, 2024 06:17 AM (T4tVD)
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Yes, thanks for the correction

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 22, 2024 06:24 AM (60r3H)

95 (if you're in a rush start at 2 minutes, but you'll miss the total build up to part of what makes that part so beautiful)

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Did you know Blues Clues had a tranny / pride parade episode? at February 22, 2024 06:25 AM (y1p7g)

96 But I'm running behind
Posted by: ShainS -- Boycott New York & other Blue Shithole Cities #TruckersForTrump at February 22, 2024 06:24 AM (pawQN)

Nikki's Other-Kind-Of-Indian name is actually "Running Behind".

True Story.

Posted by: Warai-GPT at February 22, 2024 06:25 AM (9UlRk)

97 It's thundering...

Posted by: Rosasharn at February 22, 2024 06:27 AM (PzBTm)

98 mornin yall. I see some major cell networks are down this morning.Russian hackers? Even if it's not they will probably get blamed.

Posted by: fd at February 22, 2024 06:27 AM (vFG9F)

99 Rain coming this afternoon in se Pa
Posted by: Skip at February 22, 2024 05:33 AM (fwDg9)

You're my go-to guy on the weather.

Thanks !

Posted by: JT at February 22, 2024 06:27 AM (T4tVD)

100 My phone is down too. Maybe this will last until the weekend. Wouldn't that be grand?

Posted by: fd at February 22, 2024 06:29 AM (vFG9F)

101 I liked this part:

"Dorsey remembered an old pentatonic (five-note) melody from his Sunday School days, MAITLAND (The United Methodist Hymnal, No. 424) by George Allen (1812-1877), paired with the text "Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone." Arranging this tune and adding his own words, "Precious Lord" became the most famous of his many gospel songs"

Here's that song:

youtube.com/watch?v=KjeooDcQy2Y

Also Beyonce invented country music.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Did you know Blues Clues had a tranny / pride parade episode? at February 22, 2024 06:29 AM (y1p7g)

102 Post #91- Thanks so much, Moron Robbie. That was lovely

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 22, 2024 06:30 AM (Ki//m)

103 77 Now I have Peter Gabriel singing "Sledgehammer" stuck in my head, so sort of thanks for that.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 22, 2024 06:11 AM (q8kR1)

Come sit by me.

Posted by: Rick Astley at February 22, 2024 06:30 AM (PiwSw)

104 Annnnndddd, it's raining!

Posted by: Rosasharn at February 22, 2024 06:32 AM (PzBTm)

105 101 Thanks, again. Are you a musician!?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 22, 2024 06:34 AM (Ki//m)

106 Also Beyonce invented country music.
Posted by: Moron Robbie

And golf.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 22, 2024 06:39 AM (sAmhv)

107 I have a friend who likes to sing on his own. I think he was put off by the choir director in his private school. Everybody had to try out for the glee club, and he got got through one line of "Columbia, the gem of the ocean" and the choir master barked out, "Next!" It sounds like my brother-in-law- who said " The choir master asked me to sing solo. So lo nobody would hear me." I think he made that up, but it made me laugh.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 22, 2024 06:40 AM (rjFCX)

108 G'mornin' everyone!

Thx, Pixy!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at February 22, 2024 06:42 AM (QwWES)

109 Thanks, again. Are you a musician!?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

--

I can do a couple of simple card tricks but that's about as far as I ever got.

(that is a joke in honor of Black History Month)

youtube.com/watch?v=eb9v5GE17Xg

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Did you know Blues Clues had a tranny / pride parade episode? at February 22, 2024 06:44 AM (y1p7g)

110 James Biden claims he threw away a diamond that a Chinese businessman gave to Hunter. I believe that like I believe my big toe is magic.

Posted by: fd at February 22, 2024 06:45 AM (vFG9F)

111 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at February 22, 2024 06:46 AM (NBVIP)

112 I guess it's not a bribe if you throw it away

Posted by: fd at February 22, 2024 06:46 AM (vFG9F)

113 Also that February magician YouTube link is NSFW. I forgot that the lady curses like... Well, like it's February.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Do you remember when our sun used to be yellow? at February 22, 2024 06:48 AM (IQOtg)

114 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering

24 Deg here.

Posted by: JT at February 22, 2024 06:52 AM (T4tVD)

115 Good morning! Took a day off from work to meet with the landscape company and the plumber. No pants until 0900!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 22, 2024 06:52 AM (YRsIm)

116 If I was going to throw a 3.6 carat diamond away I would first smash it in my 15 ton press, just to see what would happen.

Posted by: fd at February 22, 2024 06:53 AM (vFG9F)

117
Parody but still funny as hell - selling weed to the police:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPj2LAt1w3Y

2:43 seconds

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 22, 2024 06:56 AM (nIvob)

118 We've seen Joe's garage and Hunters living arrangements.

We know the Biden family wasn't raised to throw things away.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Do you remember when our sun used to be yellow? at February 22, 2024 06:56 AM (IQOtg)

119 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 22, 2024 06:58 AM (u82oZ)

120 @60

>>The clearest example were the two side-by-side prompts and responses to:

If you want to really see it melt down, ask it to draw a picture of a typical criminal suspect from Chicago based on demographic and FBI UCS data.

Probably spit out gold chain wearing Italians.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 22, 2024 06:58 AM (XV/Pl)

121 AI?? More like ridiculous drivel. There's nothing intelligent contained in any of that excrescence.

Posted by: irongrampa at February 22, 2024 06:59 AM (KATBx)

122 In today's life imitating art department, there is this:

"Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff revealed he feels as if he and Kamala Harris are 'living' the political satire show 'Veep,' a comedy about the hilarious, incompetent, first female vice president."

Posted by: fd at February 22, 2024 06:59 AM (vFG9F)

123 117 Parody but still funny as hell - selling weed to the police:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPj2LAt1w3Y

2:43 seconds
Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 22, 2024 06:56 AM (nIvob)

; )

Posted by: m at February 22, 2024 07:02 AM (Ncap6)

124 Second Gentleman = SIMP

Posted by: logprof at February 22, 2024 07:02 AM (lkNPx)

125 Since the SC dems already had their primary, can they switch their registration and vote in the GOP?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 22, 2024 07:04 AM (NYzgN)

126 Guess I should put some clothes on, if I'm going to the Supe.

(they're pretty persnickety about that.)

Posted by: JT at February 22, 2024 07:04 AM (T4tVD)

127 American family enjoying watermelon and fried chicken at a picnic.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 22, 2024 07:05 AM (NYzgN)

128
Did not Goggle's Gemini make the case that it was African-Americans and Native Americans, the true Founding Fathers, who must pay reparations to themselves?

After all, "their truth", and all that.

Okay, then!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 22, 2024 07:05 AM (xG4kz)

129 Time for work preps.

Have a great day, everyone.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 22, 2024 07:05 AM (u82oZ)

130 This just in: Nikki Haley is winning the State of Denial.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at February 22, 2024 07:06 AM (15lwl)

131 some hilarious misfirings of google gemini:

@iowahawkblog

Posted by: m at February 22, 2024 07:06 AM (Ncap6)

132 @125

>>Since the SC dems already had their primary, can they switch their registration and vote in the GOP?

Any state that would allow people to switch their party affiliation willy nilly is a fraud state.

I am not sanguine at all about the 24 election.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 22, 2024 07:06 AM (XV/Pl)

133 "Since the SC dems already had their primary, can they switch their registration and vote in the GOP?"

G'morning, all.

No.

SC voters simply register to vote with no political affiliation.

But, if you chose to vote in the first primary, you are flagged in the poll book terminal if you present yourself, with your required ID to vote in the second primary.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 22, 2024 07:07 AM (a1415)

134 Everyone in Nikkis family probably making $250k as a campaign consultant.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 22, 2024 07:07 AM (NYzgN)

135 Salty!

be safe!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 22, 2024 07:07 AM (a1415)

136 President Biden has given first dog Commander to relatives, the White House said Wednesday following revelations of more brutal attacks on Secret Service employees.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 22, 2024 07:12 AM (ENQN6)

137 LOL, fd, and I would read about your experimental results with great interest!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at February 22, 2024 07:14 AM (QwWES)

138 C A T

When we cast our ballots in the SC primary early voting the other day, I was surprised to see a ballot initiative asking if voters should be allowed to register to vote with a party affiliation.

IOW, right now, anyone can cast a vote in either Primary down here. So Democrats, assuming that Joe Biden would e the shoo-in for the Democratic primary could withhold their vote in the Democrat primary, and then cast a vote in the Republican primary, thereby skewing the Republican totals.

I prefer a closed primary system myself., and hope this initiative passes.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 22, 2024 07:15 AM (a1415)

139 Everybody go: Hotel, motel, whatcha gonna do today (say what?)
Cause I'ma get a fly girl, gonna get some spank and drive off in a def OJ
Everybody go: Hotel, motel, Holiday Inn
You see, if your girl starts acting up, then you take her friend...

Posted by: National Anthem Per Google Gemini at February 22, 2024 07:16 AM (2ijlT)

140 Rules for the SC Primaries.

http://tinyurl.com/5fhbvdju

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 22, 2024 07:19 AM (a1415)

141 Phone systems crashing, debit cards for illegals, the Peoples Liberation Army has established a beach head, gas creeping up again, groceries through the roof and Trump said pussy.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 22, 2024 07:20 AM (0EOe9)

142 Sanctions don't mean shit when there is a buck to be made.

Since Washington imposed sanctions on NATO member Turkey's defense sector in 2020 due to its purchase of Russian S-400 missile defense systems and excluded Ankara from the F-35 'friends circle,' the country that bridges Europe and Asia has been accelerating the development of its own fifth-generation fighter jet.

Turkey launched its TF-X project to produce a national combat aircraft in 2016. By 2017, Turkish Aerospace Industries (TUSAS) signed a deal with Britain's BAE Systems, worth up to $125 million, to develop the next-generation fighter known as "KAAN."

in a separate report from December, that TUSAS was looking to manufacture GE Aerospace's F110 engines domestically to supply the first series production phase of KAAN.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 22, 2024 07:20 AM (NYzgN)

143 32.7 degrees in the back yard.

Average low for this time of year is 41 degrees.

But we have had over a week of abnormally low temps in the mornings.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 22, 2024 07:22 AM (a1415)

144 JJ's up

Posted by: Muldoon at February 22, 2024 07:22 AM (991eG)

145 That dog was never Joe's. He is not capable of handling a German Shepherd. You can see the results of his neglect. If that was your dog, it would be taken away and put to sleep.

I don't really need anymore reasons to despise the Bidens, but I'll take it.

Posted by: fd at February 22, 2024 07:22 AM (vFG9F)

146 Don't forget: Trump literally tried to murder a man in front of a gathering at MAL yesterday. It was his worst attack since he brutally raped and murdered Michelle Fields.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 22, 2024 07:23 AM (NYzgN)

147 "141 Phone systems crashing, debit cards for illegals, the Peoples Liberation Army has established a beach head, gas creeping up again, groceries through the roof and Trump said pussy.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 22, 2024 07:20 AM (0EOe9) "

exactly! amazing how much better off we are with Joe's wise leadership!
any day now he will echo hillary and wonder why he isn't 50 points ahead!

/s, gagging sounds ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at February 22, 2024 07:25 AM (QwWES)

148 Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 22, 2024 07:20 AM

--KAAAAAAAN!!

Posted by: logprof at February 22, 2024 07:54 AM (lkNPx)

149 Anybody seen Biden'sDog around? He was showing up in the Pixy thread every morning, but I missed a couple and now I'm not seeing him at all.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at February 22, 2024 08:51 AM (JrYM1)

150 149 Anybody seen Biden'sDog around? He was showing up in the Pixy thread every morning, but I missed a couple and now I'm not seeing him at all.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at February 22, 2024 08:51 AM (JrYM1)

Biden's Dog said, a while ago (a month ago?), that constraints on his time were going to have him in lurker status for a while--but then he does show up in comments now and then, briefly. Leaving messages for and about him, like ours, might get him to say hi!

Posted by: m at February 22, 2024 09:44 AM (Ncap6)

151 Are you sure that Joe Biden wasn't taking a turn at writing a Chat GPT response?

Posted by: Mickey Morgan at February 22, 2024 12:26 PM (oxDA9)

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