Daily News Stuff 25 March 2024

Quick one today because I'm a brown paper package tied up with string.

Tech News

Apple's M4 CPUs could appear as soon as Q1 of next year. (WCCFTech)

Which is not all that soon, come to think of it. By then it will be competing with AMD's Zen 5, Qualcomm's X Elite series, and Intel's Apollo Lake and Lunar Lake ranges.
That didn't take long: Redict is a fork of Redis that makes it free again. (Redict)

Redis Labs recently changed the license of Redis so that while source code is available it comes with restrictions on use.

Redict takes the last unrestricted version and keeps it unrestricted, meaning that the original Redis is basically dead.
Emergent abilities in LLMs - where as an LLM grows it suddenly gains new abilities - are nothing but a measurement error. (Quanta)

LLMs don't know how to do arithmetic. The more data you shove into them, the better they become at guessing, that's all.

If you test them and give anything less than 100% a failing grade, the ability to do arithmetic suddenly appears out of nowhere. But the same thing would happen if you did that with children.
The Chinese government has banned the Chines government from using Intel and AMD CPUs. (WCCFTech)

Their loss.

It does serve to give the Chinese CPU makers a guaranteed market for their products, which are not great but are basically adequate.
As part of an investigation, the FBI posted videos publicly to YouTube, sent the links to the suspects, and then demanded Google hand over all details of the accounts of anyone who watched the videos. (Mashable)

The judge not only allowed it, but required Google to keep silent about it.

This is what warrant canaries are for. Unfortunately those are as dead as the passenger pigeon.

Disclaimer: Where is Haruhi Suzumiya when her world needs her?

(There's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment in the Haruhi Suzumiya movie where the world has been saved and everything is normal again... Except that the pigeons in the park are passenger pigeons.)

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:04 AM

Comments

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1 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at March 25, 2024 04:06 AM (fwDg9)

2 One of our favorite things, Pixy!

Posted by: JQ at March 25, 2024 04:06 AM (njWTi)

3 G'day Skip! G'day JQ!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 25, 2024 04:07 AM (BLOW1)

4 Short week for me, off Friday

Posted by: Skip at March 25, 2024 04:07 AM (fwDg9)

5 Evening and morning to all your satellites! 'Tis 67 F., humidity down a bit but with a stiff breeze.

I don't have Good Friday off as a regular thing any more. Instead my employer allows us a "floating holiday" that we can take once or twice a year. I've got to let my boss know I'll be doing so for Fri.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 25, 2024 04:08 AM (omVj0)

6 hiya

Posted by: JT at March 25, 2024 04:10 AM (T4tVD)

7 On the ONT we were discussing nap length. Skip said he usually does about 15-20 minutes. That wouldn't be enough time for me on a weekend afternoon. Sometimes I get into interesting dreams. Yesterday, for example, I upset pr0n star Jayden Jaymes at a public event by reminding her, unknowingly, of the death of her father, and she ran away weeping. I'd hate to miss out on dreams like that!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 25, 2024 04:11 AM (omVj0)

8 I'm not a good napper... Once I'm asleep, it's very hard to wake up (except in the middle of the night, when I *should* be asleep. Like, right now)

But also, it's hard to *go* to sleep.

I'm foooked. fml

Posted by: JQ at March 25, 2024 04:15 AM (njWTi)

9 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 25, 2024 04:22 AM (ju2Fy)

10 1st pot of coffee from new coffee drip maker today. Old one bit the dust yesterday.

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 25, 2024 04:26 AM (ju2Fy)

11 I set an alarm for 25 minutes for 'nap'. Alarm goes off before I fall asleep

Posted by: a dude in MI at March 25, 2024 04:26 AM (+I6Y/)

12 Point for me is just a quick recharge in napping

Posted by: Skip at March 25, 2024 04:27 AM (fwDg9)

13 Monday of Holy Week devotional- Guideposts magazine;

https://tinyurl.com/2r4vuyw5

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 25, 2024 04:39 AM (KIeVT)

14 YouTube's parent company Google was ordered by federal investigators to quietly hand over all such viewer data for the period of Jan. 1 to Jan. 8, 2023, but Forbes couldn't confirm if Google had complied.

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Spoiler alert: They're the same federal agency

Posted by: Moron Robbie- Your view has the 1st hamstringing the government in the most important times at March 25, 2024 04:50 AM (Wg1x4)

15 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 25, 2024 04:52 AM (sAmhv)

16
GOod mornIng. I should go to bed NOW.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 25, 2024 05:04 AM (lCaJd)

17 See Murkowski is threatening to pull off her Republican mask
Anyone but Trump she says

Posted by: Skip at March 25, 2024 05:09 AM (fwDg9)

18 SLEEP IS FOR THE WEAK!!!

https://youtu.be/lCALGlGuVUA?si=ZOofU1JAkIQ5oZ_y

Or not.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 25, 2024 05:09 AM (sAmhv)

19 Alexa, can you give me an example of fascism?

As part of an investigation, the FBI posted videos publicly to YouTube, sent the links to the suspects, and then demanded Google hand over all details of the accounts of anyone who watched the videos. (Mashable)

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 25, 2024 05:10 AM (2ovLw)

20 Us: The most important thing is getting Biden out of the WH. A close second is keeping control of at least the house or senate.

GOPe: Naaaah, dog. Most important thing is keeping the grift flowing.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 25, 2024 05:12 AM (2ovLw)

21 19 Alexa, can you give me an example of fascism?

As part of an investigation, the FBI posted videos publicly to YouTube, sent the links to the suspects, and then demanded Google hand over all details of the accounts of anyone who watched the videos. (Mashable)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

https://youtu.be/xnB5IQoXf7U?si=uczDY5r0Iv9wOfVh
https://youtu.be/7m5mllCEGDs?si=3WQXn9vNhjFoN3-m

They discovered my obsession with Persian cats!! I'm DOOOMMED!!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 25, 2024 05:15 AM (sAmhv)

22 I have to give the GOP credit. They never miss a moment to miss a moment! Bless there stupid hearts.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 25, 2024 05:17 AM (sAmhv)

23 Oh, don't get too excited about that Spanish "protest" song. Before we make him the new hero of MAGA:

Trying to be friendly, the unwitting Harris nodded and clapped along — but then an aide appeared to inform her about what the lyrics meant, and suddenly she stopped.

“We want to know, Kamala, what did you come here for? We want to know,” the man sang, according to multiple translations. “The vice president is here making history. We want to know what she thinks of the colony.

“Long live Free Palestine and Haiti, too.”

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 25, 2024 05:19 AM (2ovLw)

24 Well a nice night for a stroll
Forward Dog 9 out

Posted by: Skip at March 25, 2024 05:22 AM (yQzOF)

25 I am immensely interested in how these Snapdragon X Elite CPUs will perform in the upcoming Surface Pro refresh as those boxes are my preferred PC because of their overall general versatility. My SP 8 has been an excellent box now for several years with my only issue being the battery life which could be much better. That issue is exacerbated in my Surface Go 2 which goes with me everywhere generally without lugging around the charger. The SD X Elite should fix that.

If the x86 emulation is robust, reasonably on par with the non emulated performance, and doesn't crater the battery life I may have, for me, an ideal CPU.

I have my fingers crossed that the nexus point of Windows on ARM has finally arrived. Of course none of this applies, for now, to my desktop PC which will remain x86 for the foreseeable future.

Posted by: Lost in Space at March 25, 2024 05:22 AM (+tHJA)

26 At least a moon tonight

Posted by: Skip at March 25, 2024 05:23 AM (yQzOF)

27 The last memorable dream i has was of Eric Clapton, with a bizarre futuristic looking can-jo, and Prince, with some kind of ungodly 11-string bass (i counted the pegs in my dream), playing the most amazing duet I've ever heard in my life.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 25, 2024 05:25 AM (GkFGh)

28 See Murkowski is threatening to pull off her Republican mask
Anyone but Trump she says
Posted by: Skip at March 25, 2024 05:09 AM (fwDg9)

In a way, it's actually Trump who is the one I'm wishing would take off the "Republican" mask.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 25, 2024 05:26 AM (GkFGh)

29 Evening and morning to all your satellites! 'Tis 67 F., humidity down a bit but with a stiff breeze.

The Arizona blows and Texas sucks season has arrived in Las Cruces. The Organ Mountains, some 10 miles east of town, half disappear from all the dust in the air. The good news is over the last few years I have solved most of the problems I've had with shingles getting ruffled from the wind. In a couple months everything will change and Texas will blow and Arizona will suck in case you were wondering.

Posted by: Lost in Space at March 25, 2024 05:28 AM (+tHJA)

30 I've been into a guy on YouTube who goes by "Guilty of Treeson".

He's a climbing arborist.

I really hope the FBI can spell better than i think they can.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 25, 2024 05:28 AM (GkFGh)

31 On of my favorite YouTube peeps is Matt's Off Road Rescue. He's based out of Southern Utah and he gets people's vehicles out of some pretty crazy places.

https://youtu.be/hIm64s3dgDI

Posted by: Lost in Space at March 25, 2024 05:35 AM (+tHJA)

32 Good morning, early risers and late stayer-uppers.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 25, 2024 05:36 AM (4I/2K)

33 God's waiting room- a devotional from the archives of reflections by Chuck Swindoll:

https://tinyurl.com/3vf4s6p2

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 25, 2024 05:37 AM (5UOr2)

34 Wind advisory here. Gusts up to 50mph possible. Rain this afternoon. Tuesday will pick'em up sticks day in the yard.

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 25, 2024 05:39 AM (ju2Fy)

35 The four terrorists captured by the Russians have gained valuable lessons in how the Russians interrogate people. One guy had his ear cut off and stuffed into his mouth, another guy had his eye knocked out of his head, while another had what looked like a plastic bag around his neck, I can only imagine they suffocated him at some point, and all of them had broken noses from what I could tell. We won't even count the bruises. I think more to the point is the Russians are making sure everybody sees what happens to terrorists.

https://tinyurl.com/4rscy386

Posted by: Lost in Space at March 25, 2024 05:43 AM (+tHJA)

36 LLM's can't add but they can give you the right answer.

Right?

Posted by: pawn at March 25, 2024 05:45 AM (QB+5g)

37 LLM's can't add but they can give you the right answer.

Right?
Posted by: pawn at March 25, 2024 05:45 AM (QB+5g)

That's hitting close to home. Too close.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 25, 2024 05:48 AM (4I/2K)

38 Present

snowstorm wasn't too bad- maybe 3-4"
it'll be gone in a few days

Posted by: Don Black at March 25, 2024 05:49 AM (oCjPU)

39 LLM's can't add but they can give you the right answer.

Right?
Posted by: pawn

I am looking forward to when LLM's start getting trained on BLM math curriculum. That comes pre-baked without any correct answers.

I'm guessing what happens is the LLM chatbot is asked a math problem is it searches its database and comes up with what is most likely the correct solution.

Posted by: Lost in Space at March 25, 2024 05:52 AM (+tHJA)

40 Can a LLM make any sense of Nostradamus' quatrains?

Supposedly we're getting a new pope, a new King of England, an ocean battle with a red adversary, and drought, floods, famine, and pestilence. What a year ahead!

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 25, 2024 05:57 AM (4I/2K)

41 Good morning early horde. I’m concluding the opportunity to stare at the ceiling in the middle of the night is too good to waste.

Posted by: Pete Bog at March 25, 2024 05:58 AM (BHL6B)

42 Made it, olddog keep your winds please

Posted by: Skip at March 25, 2024 05:58 AM (KwknE)

43 41 Good morning early horde. I’m concluding the opportunity to stare at the ceiling in the middle of the night is too good to waste.
Posted by: Pete Bog

Stop staring at me! It's creepy!

Posted by: Ceiling staring back at March 25, 2024 06:00 AM (sAmhv)

44 Good morning morons

The first location of In n Out Burger ever, closed yesterday. In Oakland. Because it is not safe enough to operate a burger place in Oakland.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2024 06:01 AM (RIvkX)

45 Good morning morons

The first location of In n Out Burger ever, closed yesterday. In Oakland. Because it is not safe enough to operate a burger place in Oakland.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

I wouldn't start worrying until the locals start using IEDs as part of their carjacking routines.

Posted by: Lost in Space at March 25, 2024 06:05 AM (+tHJA)

46 I watch a lot of HoofGP repairing cows feet

Posted by: Skip at March 25, 2024 06:05 AM (KwknE)

47 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at March 25, 2024 06:12 AM (DeFcY)

48 As an insomniac I love napping. When I wasn't working I napped for an hour after lunch. Now I am napping 4:30-6:00 AM. On weekends I always nap after lunch. I only sleep 4-6 hours at night.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2024 06:15 AM (RIvkX)

49 olddog keep your winds please
Posted by: Skip at March 25, 2024 05:58
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I'll see what I can do, Skip.

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 25, 2024 06:16 AM (ju2Fy)

50 Good morning to one and all. There is supposed to be another vote at the UN today to try and force Israel into a disastrous ceasefire.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 25, 2024 06:22 AM (NDrhZ)

51 As per usual, Israel will tell the UN to piss up a rope.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at March 25, 2024 06:26 AM (DeFcY)

52 LET BIBI BE BIBI 🇮🇱

Posted by: Don Black at March 25, 2024 06:31 AM (oCjPU)

53 Happy Monday

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 25, 2024 06:33 AM (ENQN6)

54 Today is the day that Leticcia files for possession of Trump's properties. If you're a praying person today's a good day to pray for justice.

Posted by: Braenyard at March 25, 2024 06:34 AM (PRpm0)

55 Glad I am not the only defender of Bibi on the blog.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2024 06:36 AM (RIvkX)

56 Good morning early risers!

I may be up but I am already planning my next nap...

Posted by: Rosasharn at March 25, 2024 06:39 AM (PzBTm)

57 Today is the day that Leticcia files for possession of Trump's properties. If you're a praying person today's a good day to pray for justice.
Posted by: Braenyard

And the second she does, Trump can file an 8th amendment violation in federal court.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 25, 2024 06:40 AM (qbwOR)

58 TFG, I think Joe is worse than Barky sometimes:

Fresh out of law school and working as a clerk at a high-powered Wilmington, Delaware, law firm, Biden, in his telling, was tapped to defend a construction company sued by a 23-year-old welder who "lost part of his penis and one of his testicles" to a fire that broke out when he was working inside a chimney at a Delaware City plant. Thanks to Biden’s shrewd legal defense on the construction company’s behalf, the injured man lost the case.
"I wrote this memo. And son of a b—, it prevailed," Biden told Hur on Oct. 8. "And I looked over at that kid…and I thought, ‘son of a b—, I’m in the wrong business, I'm not made for this.’"
Biden said he was so wracked with guilt that he concocted an excuse to avoid a celebratory lunch with one of the firm’s named partners and walked into the public defender’s office to ask for a job that very day. It’s "the only time I ever lied," Biden told Hur on Oct. 8

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 25, 2024 06:45 AM (qbwOR)

59 America needs a Bibi
Instead we have a Petain

Posted by: Don Black at March 25, 2024 06:45 AM (oCjPU)

60 >>> I think more to the point is the Russians are making sure everybody sees what happens to terrorists.

https://tinyurl.com/4rscy386

Posted by: Lost in Space
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They have a red line and they paint it with blood.

Posted by: Braenyard at March 25, 2024 06:46 AM (PRpm0)

61 Sitting here outside of the ER, and I have counted 10 people walking in the door to sign in to get their monday morning work note.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 25, 2024 06:47 AM (qbwOR)

62 Have a good day and stay safe Skip !

Posted by: JT at March 25, 2024 06:51 AM (T4tVD)

63 >I have counted 10 people walking in the door to sign in to get their monday morning work note.
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Hey
unless one is hemorrhaging, with bits of bone sticking out, or is coughing up chunks of lung tissue, one is fit for work

Posted by: Don Black at March 25, 2024 06:56 AM (oCjPU)

64 I expect to get 1 or 2 of the notes later this morning.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2024 06:56 AM (RIvkX)

65 Of course CAT, you realize the doctors perpetuate this problem when they could end it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2024 06:57 AM (RIvkX)

66 Sitting here outside of the ER, and I have counted 10 people walking in the door to sign in to get their monday morning work note.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 25, 2024 06:47 AM (qbwOR)
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SPRING BREAK! (at least around here it is...)

You can't seriously expect people to work...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2024 06:59 AM (BpYfr)

67 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at March 25, 2024 06:59 AM (dg+HA)

68 The terrorists visibly beaten and one showing signs of electrical burns. There won't be any cries of police brutality.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 25, 2024 07:03 AM (NDrhZ)

69 >>The terrorists visibly beaten and one showing signs of electrical burns. There won't be any cries of police brutality.

They were just caught after shooting 100+ people, right?

Posted by: Lizzy at March 25, 2024 07:05 AM (6IDWi)

70 Lizzy, yes. I was being sarcastic as this is a news report we would never seen here.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 25, 2024 07:09 AM (NDrhZ)

71 I don't have Good Friday off as a regular thing any more. Instead my employer allows us a "floating holiday" that we can take once or twice a year. I've got to let my boss know I'll be doing so for Fri.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

I, too, work for Godless heathens.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at March 25, 2024 07:11 AM (DpEcY)

72
Apparently Russia did away with the death penalty and now there is talk of bringing it back for these guys. That actually would be merciful as they're in for torture the rest of their lives.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 25, 2024 07:13 AM (RKVpM)

73 Sitting here outside of the ER, and I have counted 10 people walking in the door to sign in to get their monday morning work note.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

Do you mean their can't-work note?

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at March 25, 2024 07:16 AM (DpEcY)

74 I think more to the point is the Russians are making sure everybody sees what happens to terrorists.
https://tinyurl.com/4rscy386
Posted by: Lost in Space at March 25, 2024 05:43 AM (+tHJA)

I Like...More Please.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 25, 2024 07:16 AM (MHhQj)

75 Watched "Climate, the Movie" - great first salvo against the scam. Question kept popping in my head listening to those real scientists, why hasn't there been ANY government funding by our "conservative" "leaders" to support the anti-hysteria? Why is the tax money only going one way? Where's our midget leader Jim Jordan? Where's Johnson in Wisconsin? Where are all the others who claim to be on our side? They're all part of the scam. We need all of them out on rails.

Posted by: Son of Dad at March 25, 2024 07:17 AM (8JB5s)

76 It's remarkably disciplined of the Russian cops that these guys were captured alive

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at March 25, 2024 07:18 AM (DpEcY)

77 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering

Frozen !

Posted by: JT at March 25, 2024 07:19 AM (T4tVD)

78 65 Of course CAT, you realize the doctors perpetuate this problem when they could end it.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Employers and schools could end it too.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 25, 2024 07:24 AM (EweFd)

79 Coverage of the docking of the Soyuz MS-25 to the International Space Station.
Scheduled for Mar 25, 2024
Docking is scheduled at 11:09 a.m. EDT, 15:09 UTC, and 16:09 CET.

The broadcast will be provided by NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

https://tinyurl.com/5n7bavc8
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Roscosmos - Soyuz MS-25 - Hatch Opening and Welcome aboard the ISS
Scheduled for Mar 25, 2024
Scheduled at approximately 1:40 p.m. EDT, 17:40 UTC, and 18:40 CET)

The broadcast will be provided by NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas.

https://tinyurl.com/2mh8y7rt
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SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink Group 6-46 - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS -
Scheduled for Mar 25, 2024
SpaceX Falcon 9 launch of 23 Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in FL
Liftoff is targeted for 5:00 p.m. EDT, 21:00 UTC, and 22:00 CET with backup opportunities available until 9:31 p.m. EDT.
After stage separation, the Falcon 9's first stage will attempt to land on an autonomous droneship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

https://tinyurl.com/4yu72dbt

Posted by: Ciampino - ROCKET SCIENCE it is ok? at March 25, 2024 07:25 AM (qfLjt)

80 Employers and schools could end it too.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 25, 2024 07:24 AM (EweFd)
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How? I have no choice when presented with a b.s. note. I can't even ask "what's wrong with you?"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2024 07:26 AM (RIvkX)

81 Morning peeps

Pretty ironic that Russia is now the shining example of how justice should be dispensed.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 25, 2024 07:27 AM (Q4IgG)

82 Today we start hearing about Russian atrocities on prisoners and how Trump wants to do the same thing.

Posted by: fd at March 25, 2024 07:30 AM (vFG9F)

83 The four terrorists captured by the Russians have gained valuable lessons in how the Russians interrogate people. One guy had his ear cut off and stuffed into his mouth, another guy had his eye knocked out of his head, while another had what looked like a plastic bag around his neck...

==

Sounds like a modern Hollywood movie. Blood, guts, gore, inhumanity.

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 25, 2024 07:31 AM (mupln)

84 Yak attack! A British woman is gored through the leg by a yak while climbing Mount Everest as she Facetimed her family back in the UK.

Posted by: fd at March 25, 2024 07:33 AM (vFG9F)

85 Today PDJT is supposed to post his bond. Didn't he say Friday he had the money? Looking at news this weekend it was all about not getting insurance co's to issue a bond.

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 25, 2024 07:34 AM (ju2Fy)

86 Boker Tov Patriots

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 25, 2024 07:34 AM (pVWRI)

87 Ms Keen, from South Wales, was speaking to her brother on Facetime when she saw the yak and turned the camera to show off the mammal, which was just six feet away from her.

She said: 'Without warning I could hear the hoofs pounding towards me, a sharp stabbing pain in the top of my leg. It threw me up in the air around a metre and I landed back down with a thud

Posted by: fd at March 25, 2024 07:34 AM (vFG9F)

88 72
Apparently Russia did away with the death penalty and now there is talk of bringing it back for these guys. That actually would be merciful as they're in for torture the rest of their lives.

Posted by: Divide by Zero
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Mohammedans getting a bit of their own medicine.

Posted by: Braenyard at March 25, 2024 07:35 AM (PRpm0)

89 How? I have no choice when presented with a b.s. note. I can't even ask "what's wrong with you?"
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Stop asking for a Dr note for every employee sick day absence.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 25, 2024 07:36 AM (EweFd)

90

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at March 25, 2024 07:37 AM (X4yCj)

91 Yak 1
Tourist 0

Posted by: Ben Had at March 25, 2024 07:37 AM (NDrhZ)

92 Hiya Cap'n!

Posted by: JT at March 25, 2024 07:38 AM (T4tVD)

93 Trying as hard as I possibly can, with all my heart and soul, with 1000% of my brain, I still cannot care what Russia does to the terrorists.

Posted by: MaureenTheTemp at March 25, 2024 07:41 AM (1KCcl)

94
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 25, 2024 07:42 AM (bEb2S)

95 Good morning. I need to make some coffee.

Posted by: dantesed at March 25, 2024 07:44 AM (88xKn)

96 San Franpsycho - just stop requiring a note for 'sick day' time off, and keep a record of absences. Too many absences...and out the door. Find someone healthier. As an employer, you're paying for work and production, not convalescence.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at March 25, 2024 07:44 AM (DIB8X)

97 It's weird to me how bad the llms are. Can't do arithmetic? Can't even count. You can teach a child to count. I tried to teach ChatGPT. How many letters are in the name William Shakespeare? It might get it but probably not.

I think these things are better than pixy realizes but they hold back the best from the public. Maybe crazy talk but if they had something really useful they would gain some advantage from it.

Posted by: meh at March 25, 2024 07:44 AM (dfz97)

98 How many sick days do employers typically allow? We have 3 sick days and 2 personal days. More than 3 sick days you're pay is docked.

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 25, 2024 07:44 AM (ju2Fy)

99 The board said it is working to add more than 10,000 votes to its total count after its director of public information said he mistakenly left out some vote-by-mail ballots.

Chicago Board of Elections Public Information Officer Max Bever released a statement, saying vote-by-mail ballots delivered on Monday, March 18 were left out of the count.

BS

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 25, 2024 07:45 AM (ENQN6)

100 Where are all the others who claim to be on our side? They're all part of the scam. We need all of them out on rails.
Posted by: Son of Dad at March 25, 2024 07:17 AM (8JB5s)

I am cozying up to the thinking, mentioned in these parts a while ago, that the Government has blackmail on almost everyone in Congress. Why did another GOP house member resign? Majority down to two.

Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at March 25, 2024 07:47 AM (UyGxt)

101 I think these things are better than pixy realizes but they hold back the best from the public. Maybe crazy talk but if they had something really useful they would gain some advantage from it.
Posted by: meh at March 25, 2024 07:44 AM (dfz97)
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Supposedly the "paid" versions of LLMs are much, much better. The free version of ChatGPT (v. 3.5), for instance does OK with some tasks. I asked it to write an email for me last week and it did quite well.

Version 4 (the paid version) can complete more impressive tasks. Not sure how well it does with arithmetic, though.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2024 07:47 AM (7fElN)

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JJ

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 25, 2024 07:47 AM (ENQN6)

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Today we start hearing about Russian atrocities on prisoners and how Trump wants to do the same thing.

Posted by: fd at March 25, 2024 07:30 AM

Remind them about J6 people still locked up in jail and the names Ashley Babbit and Rosanne Boyland who were murdered that day by law enforcement.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 25, 2024 07:47 AM (RKVpM)

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JJ is nood

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 25, 2024 07:49 AM (bEb2S)

105 98 How many sick days do employers typically allow? We have 3 sick days and 2 personal days. More than 3 sick days you're pay is docked.

Posted by: olddog
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That's the way it was around here. No notes or excuses necessary, take your day, tell them ahead of time that you're taking your day it didn't matter. Day 4 call in, it still doesn't matter except to you - no pay.

Posted by: Braenyard at March 25, 2024 07:49 AM (PRpm0)

106 Today we start hearing about Russian atrocities on prisoners and how Trump wants to do the same thing.
Posted by: fd at March 25, 2024 07:30 AM (vFG9F)

I can only vote for the guy so hard

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 25, 2024 07:50 AM (JHay3)

107 Quick one today because I'm a brown paper package tied up with string.

New tech toys arrived in the mail?

Posted by: m at March 25, 2024 07:50 AM (o3SCB)

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20 Us: The most important thing is getting Biden out of the WH. A close second is keeping control of at least the house or senate.

GOPe: Naaaah, dog. Most important thing is keeping the grift flowing.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 25, 2024 05:12 AM (2ovLw)

Amazing how far the fascist ratchet has moved under ObamaBiden.

Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at March 25, 2024 07:59 AM (UyGxt)

109 ...that has zero strategic significance on our national security...

I really never want to hear those words "national security" ever come out of the mouths of anyone in academia, media or government at any level.

While all of the above are doing everything in their power to comprehensively destroy every competitive and strategic ability of this country to function or even have an identity: education, economy, culture, industry, community, faith, family, with their rampant advocacy for crime and terrorism while persecuting anyone who dares to defend anything worth defending, the very last thing these monsters can ever be accused of is caring about "national security".

To them, destroying national security is clearly the primary objective. Its gas-lighting to say otherwise.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 25, 2024 09:21 AM (TfEvu)

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