Daily Tech News 30 March 2024

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The man who saved the world: Andres Freund noticed that SSH logins - used by every server in the world - were taking half a second longer than they should. (Ars Technica)

He was curious so he poked at it a bit and found the equivalent of the demon core being added for free to every school lunch in the world.

In essence, had this been done with more care and not caught before it was added to production releases of Linux, a state actor - this is almost certainly the work of some place like China or North Korea - could have had access to everything, everywhere.

You might be at AWS and have all your services behind a VPN, but that wouldn't help you at all because they'd just need to hack AWS first.

All the development for this hack was done in public, either by a developer who spent a lot of time building up trust by writing useful code, or by hacking that developer's GitHub account.

Expect GitHub to force 2FA on all users in short order, even if that wouldn't have prevented this incident. Every warning sign has a story behind it, and Andres is the Harry Daghlian and Louis Slotin of the age, except that he didn't die of radiation poisoning.
However, some not-really-production releases of Linux were impacted. (CyberKendra)

Fedora Rawhide and Kali Linux were affected for the past three days. Arch Linux has been affected for five weeks, and Debian's unstable release seems to be the worst hit, with the new packages added eight weeks ago.

Fedora 40 Beta might be affected if you set up the test library versions as well as the regular beta libraries.

AWS Linux is not affected, nor are stable releases like Ubuntu LTS or RedHat Enterprise Linux.

Tech News

Microsoft and OpenAI are planning to build a $115 billion supercomputer with the goal of answering all the world's questions... Incorrectly. (Tom's Hardware)

I can do that for half as much.
And I'm pretty sure that New York spent less than $115 billion on its useless lying chatbot. (Ars Technica)

It might be difficult, but owners can still evict tenants who refuse to pay their rent.

Which means that both parties can sue the city for providing false legal advice.
AMD's upcoming Zen 5 chips could be over 40% faster than Zen 4. (WCCFTech)

That's a lot, but AMD's progress over the past five generations has been impressive, >with single-core Passmark scores climbing from 1600 on the last mainstream core before Zen to 4300 with the Zen 4 based 7950X, an average of 28% improvement across four generational upgrades.

And Zen 1 was nearly 40% faster than its predecessor on single-threaded tasks, and 140% faster on multi-threaded.
Barnes and Noble is dropping support for its Nook tablets... For models more than ten years old. (Liliputing)

If you have the original Nook Color from 2010 and you're still using it, well, first congratulations on not dropping it in all that time, and second, it will keep right on working for all the content you have bought and downloaded. You won't be able to buy new content on that device, and you won't be able to download new content directly from B&N, though you can still side-load files and read them.

14 years of support is pretty decent; that's about the rate at which Apple completely changes hardware platforms.
The top model of the new Minisforum V3 tablet costs under $1000... In China. (Liliputing)

This might be the perfect replacement for my late, lamented HP Envy X2 tablets, which expired from terminal battery bloat a couple of years ago without me ever having much time to use them.

The top-of-the-line V3 has a 2560x1600 165Hz 14" screen with 100% DCI-P3 and 500 nits max brightness, a Ryzen 8845H CPU, 32GB of RAM, and a 2TB SSD. Actually it lists an M2 2280 SSD, so if you're brave enough to open it up you can expand it to 8TB.

Ports include two USB 4 ports (basically Thunderbolt 3), a full size SD card slot, a USB-C port with VLink, and a headphone jack, plus a 2Mpixel front camera and a 5Mpixel rear camera.

Apart from the screen (which was 3000x2000 on the HP) it's better in every way, as you'd expect after five years.

The CPU is ten times faster than the HP on multi-threaded tasks, and nearly three times faster single-threaded, it has the Four Essential Keys, and that VLink port supports video input - so you could buy two of them, install Linux on one, take both with you, and have a complete dual monitor working environment everywhere you go.

Which I had some idea of doing with those HPs before they ate too many electrons and died.

Disclaimer: Danger, may contain electrons.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 more money

Posted by: Ciampino - The rent is roo damn high... at March 30, 2024 04:04 AM (qfLjt)

2 G"day everyone

Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2024 04:04 AM (fwDg9)

3 Good morning morons and good evening Pixy

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2024 04:04 AM (RIvkX)

4 >>>though you can still side-load files

What does that mean? I'll go read the article.

Posted by: m at March 30, 2024 04:07 AM (o3SCB)

5 Local TV news reports "Bay area health officials warn public as measles cases rise"

I've got a warning for Bay area health officials:

You suck.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2024 04:09 AM (RIvkX)

6 I just had to pop in before bed, yup, this is where all the cool people hang out now.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at March 30, 2024 04:10 AM (Sgq8y)

7 at the Liliputing article:

And you’ll still be able to sideload EPUB, PDF, PDB, or other files onto the devices.

Posted by: m at March 30, 2024 04:10 AM (o3SCB)

8 wikipedia

Sideloading describes the process of transferring files between two local devices, in particular between a personal computer and a mobile device such as a mobile phone, smartphone, PDA, tablet, portable media player or e-reader.

ok

Posted by: m at March 30, 2024 04:12 AM (o3SCB)

9 Disclaimer: Danger, may contain electrons.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM
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But these are probably 2nd hand, recycled electrons thus slowed down somewhat and not so toxic. I believe washing them removes toxins.

Posted by: Ciampino - more like it at March 30, 2024 04:13 AM (qfLjt)

10 upload/sideload/download

Posted by: m at March 30, 2024 04:15 AM (o3SCB)

11 You let in anyone from the world with diseases you get their diseases

Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2024 04:16 AM (fwDg9)

12 SpaceX has 3 launches planned for today, Sat. 30th. I'll put up some launch times later, now I need a little shuteye.

Posted by: Ciampino - more like it. at March 30, 2024 04:17 AM (qfLjt)

13 You let in anyone from the world with diseases you get their diseases
Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2024 04:16 AM (fwDg9)
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What you and I find obvious is a total mystery to the geniuses in charge of "public health"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2024 04:18 AM (RIvkX)

14 Still sounds very windy here

Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2024 04:20 AM (fwDg9)

15 3 separate rockets?

Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2024 04:20 AM (fwDg9)

16
Read up on the Demon Core and physicist Louis Slotin. Fermi described Slotin as "cowboy", and said he was gonna kill his fool self one of these days. He indeed did.

Slotin was doing a criticality experiment, known as "tickling the dragon's tail" ('cause that's what is was really like). He was using a screwdriver to lower a reflector and bring the core as close to critical as he could without getting there.

His screwdriver slipped. Core went critical, burst of radiation and heat. He reached a lethal dose instantly. He was dead, Jim, just a matter of time.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 30, 2024 04:22 AM (w6EFb)

17 Blessed Holy Saturday …

Thanks, Pixy for this informative thread.

Posted by: Adriane the Sci Fi Old School Critic . . . at March 30, 2024 04:23 AM (4Winp)

18
BTW, it was Mr. Feynman who coined the phrase "tickling the dragon's tail".

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 30, 2024 04:23 AM (w6EFb)

19 >>>The man who saved the world

Thanks for your English summary of the article. It's a very tech-lingo-filled Ars Technica writeup.

Posted by: m at March 30, 2024 04:26 AM (o3SCB)

20
Wife and I were listening to Benny Johnson yesterday. He was proposing that P Diddy (or whatever name is) is in the deep shit pond because he has secret video recording of someone famous in a sexual situation. Wife and looked at each other and nodded in agreement.

Today on X, video of him with (check your Bingo cards)...

Kamala Harris

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 30, 2024 04:26 AM (RKVpM)

21 Will Andreas Freund get a cash award for this find?

Posted by: m at March 30, 2024 04:28 AM (o3SCB)

22 All the development for this hack was done in public, either by a developer who spent a lot of time building up trust by writing useful code, or by hacking that developer's GitHub account.

I've been thinking option (c): a team of developers who spent a lot of time building up trust by writing useful code.

Posted by: Bitblt at March 30, 2024 04:29 AM (a6Ysq)

23 20
Wife and I were listening to Benny Johnson yesterday. He was proposing that P Diddy (or whatever name is) is in the deep shit pond because he has secret video recording of someone famous in a sexual situation. Wife and looked at each other and nodded in agreement.

Today on X, video of him with (check your Bingo cards)...

Kamala Harris
Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 30, 2024 04:26 AM (RKVpM)

!!!

Posted by: m at March 30, 2024 04:31 AM (o3SCB)

24 21 Will Andreas Freund get a cash award for this find?
Posted by: m

Yes. Even if it's a small one and I need to arrange it myself.

22 I've been thinking option (c): a team of developers who spent a lot of time building up trust by writing useful code.
Posted by: Bitblt

Yep.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 30, 2024 04:34 AM (BLOW1)

25
Reading that backdoor into SSH scared the shit out of me. That was clever.

Now, just imagine what Bob@NSA and various other "state actors" have been doing.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 30, 2024 04:37 AM (w6EFb)

26 California Governor@CAgovernor

“480 new high-tech cameras are being installed along freeways and in Oakland […] because privacy is foundational.”

Listen to his PR video. He really says that.

Posted by: 13times at March 30, 2024 04:39 AM (Y/Z+w)

27 Today on X, video of him with (check your Bingo cards)...

Kamala Harris
Posted by: Divide by Zero

Diddy and Dopey doing the deed?

Delightful

Posted by: Bruce at March 30, 2024 04:41 AM (vd8XM)

28 Oh the Times, Oh the Morals …

Posted by: Adriane the Sci Fi Old School Critic . . . at March 30, 2024 04:44 AM (4Winp)

29 27 Diddy and Dopey doing the deed?
Delightful
Posted by: Bruce at March 30, 2024 04:41 AM (vd8XM)

ewwww

Posted by: m at March 30, 2024 04:45 AM (o3SCB)

30
When Homeland Security raided Puffy’s properties it is reported the first thing they did was turn off his surveillance and recover all of his footage. It is also reported that the Homeland Security was searching for and confiscated electronic devices in addition to reporting a camera in every room of the mansion.

These facts in addition to Lil Rod’s recent sex traffic lawsuit against Diddy stated that Diddy kept cameras in every room of his house to blackmail participants of his parties.

I will not be searching PronHub for 'Kamala Harris BJ'.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 30, 2024 04:46 AM (RKVpM)

31 Jesus. Unix. Linux. And the crusty hacks that keep this platform alive. I love it.

Tell us again how you're going to take down all corporate dominance with your open platform and free-flowing AI.

Unix and AI should be without question, saturating the digital matrix with massive testicular fortitude.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at March 30, 2024 04:49 AM (WtvCN)

32 Chocolate brownie bites, banana coffee cake, or chocolate peanut butter chunk. My blood glucose doesn't stand a chance around here.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2024 04:51 AM (RIvkX)

33
Never forget how Kamala Harris got her start. She isn’t a stranger to Diddy parties in L.A. either.

https://twitter.com/dom_lucre/
status/1773779902338117786

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 30, 2024 04:51 AM (RKVpM)

34 23 20
Wife and I were listening to Benny Johnson yesterday. He was proposing that P Diddy (or whatever name is) is in the deep shit pond because he has secret video recording of someone famous in a sexual situation. Wife and looked at each other and nodded in agreement.

Today on X, video of him with (check your Bingo cards)...

Kamala Harris
Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 30, 2024 04:26 AM (RKVpM)

!!!
Posted by: m

This isn't a surprise. She already had a 'reputation' for whoring her way to the top. Still, I'm assuming this is still rumor status.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 30, 2024 04:56 AM (wrXPz)

35
Kamala needs to 'Do the Harry' 🇦🇺.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 30, 2024 04:57 AM (RKVpM)

36 Andres Freund sounds like a super-nice guy; here's a 2023 interview of him, about how he got into the field:

https://tinyurl.com/3zujm67k

Posted by: m at March 30, 2024 04:59 AM (o3SCB)

37 Wasted a hour, might as well get up

Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2024 05:00 AM (fwDg9)

38 Kamala needs to 'Do the Harry' 🇦🇺.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

Makes me think of Freddie and the Dreamers "Do the Freddie"

Hear the happy feet dancing to the beat of the Freddie (Freddie)
Put a guy in front make a line in back then you're ready (ready)
Kick your feet up swing your arms up too
Move your head both ways like you see me do
Then jump three feet to the swinging beat
Do the Freddie (Freddie), Do the Freddie (Freddie)

Posted by: Bruce at March 30, 2024 05:00 AM (vd8XM)

39 24 21 Will Andreas Freund get a cash award for this find?
Posted by: m

Yes. Even if it's a small one and I need to arrange it myself.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 30, 2024 04:34 AM (BLOW1)

; )

Posted by: m at March 30, 2024 05:04 AM (o3SCB)

40 24 21 22 I've been thinking option (c): a team of developers who spent a lot of time building up trust by writing useful code.
Posted by: Bitblt

Yep.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 30, 2024 04:34 AM (BLOW1)

If it was a team, then someone will squeal.

Posted by: m at March 30, 2024 05:05 AM (o3SCB)

41 Condescending BBC host gets slapped down by President of Guyana:

https://tinyurl.com/yfrn52x9

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 30, 2024 05:20 AM (N3GIM)

42 We this is like the anti-communist revolution of South America.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 30, 2024 05:21 AM (N3GIM)

43 It would be harder to do that for a big developer like MSFT or Apple. It would take a really long game to get hired as a developer and work for years building trust.... hmmm. Maybe they should take a hard look at their H1B programmers.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 30, 2024 05:24 AM (N3GIM)

44 Condescending BBC host...

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Redundant.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2024 05:26 AM (RIvkX)

45 Maybe they should take a hard look at their H1B programmers.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

We can't. HR said that would be racist.

Posted by: Bruce at March 30, 2024 05:27 AM (vd8XM)

46
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 30, 2024 05:28 AM (2WOOS)

47 hiya

Posted by: JT at March 30, 2024 05:29 AM (T4tVD)

48 Evening and morning to all the early risers on a Saturday, and those who must (or choose to) toil on a weekend! 'Tis 63 F. here, lower humidity than usual, almost no wind. I'm up early with my coffee because, well, it's what I do these days.

Workout this morning; a run to the watch shop to buy a new strap for my Rolex Date and have its bracelet snugged up a bit; maybe a visit to Aldi on the way back home; and I guess we'll eat out at our favorite neighborhood grill this evening. Howzaboutchoo?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2024 05:32 AM (omVj0)

49 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 30, 2024 05:33 AM (ju2Fy)

50 Oh, and shortly I must feed the furry thugs. Both cats turned two years old this past month. They still gallop around and play, but thank God they are past the Crazy Kitten stage of their lives.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2024 05:35 AM (omVj0)

51 from another hacker/committer in the same interview; these guys sound so great and very humble:

"I do a lot of experimentations. I write a lot of patches that never go anywhere, just to test and see what might make sense, and then once the prototype's done, I often start to just keep polishing that until it becomes something that can be reviewed by others."

Posted by: m at March 30, 2024 05:35 AM (o3SCB)

52 Son of a bitch! News flash!

If you don't peel your hard-boiled eggs immediately, you will always have difficulty and pain and anxiety later.

It's a supposition.

I need a government grant and megabucks to study this until retirement.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at March 30, 2024 05:36 AM (WtvCN)

53 I have people to peel my eggs for me.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2024 05:40 AM (RIvkX)

54 Open Source / open borders

hmm

Posted by: m at March 30, 2024 05:42 AM (o3SCB)

55 Who peels their eggs? That's wasting perfectly good calcium and protein.

Posted by: A Psychopath at March 30, 2024 05:43 AM (GkFGh)

56 So far seems from all I have read no vehicles went into the bay in the FSK Bridge collapse. In video one car gets over seconds before the impact but no other appears in the video.

Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2024 05:48 AM (fwDg9)

57 Ah yes,,, the thread that always reminds me of my place,,, on the group "W" bench,,, playing with pencils.

Posted by: TeeJ at March 30, 2024 05:49 AM (dWUm0)

58 You want Peter Cottontail
You'll settle for Bugs Bunny
You get Eddie Rabbit

"What the fuck is up, you cocksucker!"

Happy Easter!

Posted by: Dr. Bone at March 30, 2024 05:50 AM (WtvCN)

59 Ah yes,,, the thread that always reminds me of my place,,, on the group "W" bench,,, playing with pencils.

Posted by: TeeJ at March 30, 2024 05:49 AM (dWUm0)
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Wait until they start talking about anime...

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2024 05:52 AM (RIvkX)

60 59 Wait until they start talking about anime...
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2024 05:52 AM (RIvkX)

"They"?

Posted by: m at March 30, 2024 05:53 AM (o3SCB)

61 So far seems from all I have read no vehicles went into the bay in the FSK Bridge collapse. In video one car gets over seconds before the impact but no other appears in the video.
Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2024

***
Apparently that was due to the Mayday the ship's pilot or captain issued before the impact. The bridge cops blocked off the span and prevented vehicles from driving onto it from either end.

Imagine if this had happened during rush hour, or at any part of the day. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2024 05:53 AM (omVj0)

62 Good morning! Gonna be cloudy and breezy with a high of about 80 for the next couple of days. And the hot tub will be in place and operational by this afternoon. Looking forward to a cold beer, burning some barnyard animals, and a cigar this evening.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 30, 2024 05:53 AM (YRsIm)

63 "They?"
Yeah, you know, they/them.

Posted by: TeeJ at March 30, 2024 05:55 AM (dWUm0)

64 Skip, I read some hero MTA cops heard the ship was going awry over the radio and stopped traffic on both ends of the bridge.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2024 05:56 AM (RIvkX)

65 Hero Cops!

Posted by: m at March 30, 2024 05:57 AM (o3SCB)

66 "They"?
Posted by: m at March 30, 2024 05:53 AM (o3SCB)
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Is it more respectful to use "Nerds?"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2024 05:58 AM (RIvkX)

67
The cops were at the bridge because the work crew was there. Otherwise they would not have been.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 30, 2024 05:59 AM (RKVpM)

68 66 "They"?
Posted by: m at March 30, 2024 05:53 AM (o3SCB)
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Is it more respectful to use "Nerds?"
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2024 05:58 AM (RIvkX)

Padawans.

Posted by: m at March 30, 2024 05:59 AM (o3SCB)

69 I wish it was 80 degrees, not bad tomorrow in 60s but only in 50s for high next week

Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2024 05:59 AM (fwDg9)

70
The work crew were all on break, no doubt sitting in their vehicles because I'm sure it was chilly out at 1:30 in the morning.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 30, 2024 06:02 AM (RKVpM)

71 Padawans.
Posted by: m at March 30, 2024 05:59 AM (o3SCB)
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Star Wars is a Lie.

Star Trek Lives!

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

72
It's going to be about 80F high for Easter Sunday here in the Greenville, SC area. This breaks the "usual" rule of a cold snap during Easter. Of course, forecast is another cold snap mid to late next week.

My cousin, the retired meteorologist, explained to me this "always cold on Easter" thing of some local legend. It's confirmation bias. More often than not, it happens. Temperatures are a matter of probability. The date of Easter is also a probability thing. Well, it's quite deterministic, but if you look at the distribution of Easter dates, you can construct a probability distributions of dates of Easter.

About 25% will occur in March. Rest are in April. Now line that Easter occurence date with the temperature/last frost probabilities.

You'll see there is high probability it will be cold on Easter. Sometime it won't be, but you don't remember that. This time for example, we've got an earlish Easter. A little warm snap. But there will be cold snap after, per 10 day forecasts (which are fairly accurate). We don't remember the cold snaps after Easter.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 30, 2024 06:06 AM (w6EFb)

73 a run to the watch shop to buy a new strap for my Rolex Date and have its bracelet snugged up a bit; maybe a visit to Aldi'

...the idea of Wolfus wearing his Rolex to shop at Aldi fills me with amusement

Posted by: LenNeal at March 30, 2024 06:10 AM (9yXr+)

74 Needs are fine. Even helpful at times. Fill slots I never could.
Would be helpful if they spoke English at times but...

Me reading manual for GC/MS I'm learning to run 30+ years ago:
Hey John, what does this mean?
John: Oh, that means this.
Me: Well why didn't they just say that?

Sharp enough to learn to run one but those guys/gals that came up with the theory for that quadra-pole thing,,, and the ones who designed and built em,,, whole nuther level.
Like the slide rule guys in the 60's.

Posted by: TeeJ at March 30, 2024 06:11 AM (dWUm0)

75 My Rolex stopped running 20 years ago I got tired of having it repaired.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2024 06:12 AM (RIvkX)

76
Rolex is for pikers.

Posted by: Patek-Philippe at March 30, 2024 06:13 AM (w6EFb)

77 Heh, the auto-c nerds, don't recognize nerds.
Or they think it's rayciss?

Posted by: TeeJ at March 30, 2024 06:14 AM (dWUm0)

78 We built a jewelers very recently and they have a Rolex shop in there. They had a work crew from Rolex to put all the decor.

Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2024 06:14 AM (fwDg9)

79 36 Andres Freund sounds like a super-nice guy; here's a 2023 interview of him, about how he got into the field:

https://tinyurl.com/3zujm67k
Posted by: m at March 30, 2024 04:59 AM (o3SCB)

I recommend that interview a lot. Time: 1:13:24. My only caveat is that the main interviewer tried every way she could to make the interview all about herself, and did that with uptalk. Whoa.

Posted by: m at March 30, 2024 06:15 AM (o3SCB)

80 -If I recall, this is not the first time someone has inserted malicious code into a Linux distro; it's a known risk...

-I still have and use my Nook, I just load PDFs onto it and it's fine. Heavy, though.

-'Burn Up W' from 1996 is a fun little OVA with lots of action and perverted Japanese humor.

Posted by: LenNeal at March 30, 2024 06:15 AM (9yXr+)

81 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at March 30, 2024 06:16 AM (dg+HA)

82 71 Padawans.
Posted by: m at March 30, 2024 05:59 AM (o3SCB)
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Star Wars is a Lie.

Star Trek Lives!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2024 06:03 AM (RIvkX)

What's the Star Trek equivalent of Padawan?

Posted by: m at March 30, 2024 06:16 AM (o3SCB)

83 Ya know, there are sites where you can go back in and edit your own comments when that happens.
Two weeks?

Posted by: TeeJ at March 30, 2024 06:17 AM (dWUm0)

84 Star Fleet Academy cadet

What planet are you from?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2024 06:20 AM (RIvkX)

85 When I was younger, I wanted a Rolex. Now, I don't even care what time it is. If the sun isn't up but the tiny pups are, it's time for breakfast. If the sun is setting and the tiny pups are hungry, it's dinner time and hockey is on. If it's dark and I wake up on the recliner, it's bed time.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 30, 2024 06:20 AM (YRsIm)

86 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering

Dark !

Posted by: JT at March 30, 2024 06:20 AM (T4tVD)

87 https://www.americanthinker.com/bureaucrats control the show

Obviously to turn this ship around the Bureaucracy needs to get kneecapped, but with 1/2 of the country in favor of having a invisible ruling organization very unlikely ever going to happen.

Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2024 06:21 AM (fwDg9)

88 >>>My Rolex stopped running 20 years ago I got tired of having it repaired.

Posted by: San Franpsycho

Twenty years ago is a long time. How many miles did you chase it before you broke down?

Posted by: Dr. Bone at March 30, 2024 06:21 AM (WtvCN)

89 84 Star Fleet Academy cadet

What planet are you from?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2024 06:20 AM (RIvkX)

"I'd tell you, but I'd have to kill you."

Posted by: m at March 30, 2024 06:21 AM (o3SCB)

90 My phone does more than a watch ever could.
The world in my pocket.

Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2024 06:22 AM (fwDg9)

91 How many miles did you chase it before you broke down?
Posted by: Dr. Bone at March 30, 2024 06:21 AM (WtvCN)
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Well I've been married over 30 years, so...

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2024 06:23 AM (RIvkX)

92 87 https://www.americanthinker.com/bureaucrats control the show

Obviously to turn this ship around the Bureaucracy needs to get kneecapped, but with 1/2 of the country in favor of having a invisible ruling organization very unlikely ever going to happen.
Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2024 06:21 AM (fwDg9)

"to turn this ship around"

Topical!

Posted by: m at March 30, 2024 06:23 AM (o3SCB)

93 My phone does more than a watch ever could.
The world in my pocket.
Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2024 06:22 AM (fwDg9)
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Mr. Spock looks up from his tricorder and weeps.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2024 06:24 AM (RIvkX)

94 cit. The Administrative State by Dwight Waldo

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2024 06:25 AM (RIvkX)

95 ITEM: Colorado Rockies have been mathematically eliminated from playoffs as they surrender 14 runs in the third inning of their opening game on Thursday. Starting pitcher Kyle Freeland now sports a sparkling 38.7 ERA.

Rumors that Colorado will have a major league team by 2028 have been denied by team management.

Posted by: Muldoon at March 30, 2024 06:26 AM (991eG)

96
I guarantee you Mr. Spock's tricorder doesn't have any ads saturating his screen.

Posted by: Patek-Philippe at March 30, 2024 06:26 AM (w6EFb)

97 From my reading Czarist Russia was run by a vast bureaucracy. Though in name the Czar was all powerful ruler and owner of most of land he couldn't do all that was needed.

Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2024 06:29 AM (fwDg9)

98 When traveling I like to wear a watch, and have been wearing USSR analog wind-ups, one the usual Red Army standard issue with a NATO strap in the colors of Brazil, and a gold Poljot inscribed with a retirement message for a Comrade from the V. I. Lenin steel plant in now-Ukraine.

But recently, for no particular reason, I bought a couple of USD$16 Casios, one in Classic Black, the other in Bronze. They still make the original style! I find I very much like the 'classic digital' usefulness, and will probably wear one or the other, next jaunt out of the USA.

Posted by: LenNeal at March 30, 2024 06:29 AM (9yXr+)

99 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at March 30, 2024 06:30 AM (PFYt9)

100 100

Posted by: m at March 30, 2024 06:30 AM (o3SCB)

101 I think I saw a glimmer of hope for the future. My 21-year-old grandson proudly announced he has a flip phone.

"Don't need anything but phone calls and texts" he said.

And he texted me from his job!!

Posted by: Muldoon at March 30, 2024 06:30 AM (991eG)

102 Thanks, sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at March 30, 2024 06:30 AM (PFYt9)

Posted by: m at March 30, 2024 06:30 AM (o3SCB)

103 Posted by: Muldoon at March 30, 2024 06:30 AM (991eG)

Good for him! Nice to hear

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 30, 2024 06:34 AM (Wkmjf)

104 What gets me about the xz bug is that this was found by a non-security researcher on a whim out of random amazing luck. What backdoor may be in some other key but overlooked system of Linux that no one has investigated, maybe for years?

Posted by: OL at March 30, 2024 06:34 AM (RD5tN)

105 Seiko 5 Auto. As long as I’m moving, I’ll know what the time is.

Posted by: Eromero at March 30, 2024 06:34 AM (o2ZRX)

106 >> What backdoor may be in some other key but overlooked system of Linux that no one has investigated,

That's crazy talk.

Posted by: Bob@NSA, posting from inside your house at March 30, 2024 06:36 AM (w6EFb)

107 @85 - COJ - yup.

Today over to the widow's. Sharpen tines on 5 horse, front tine, tiller. Figure that'll be needed to chop up the turnip, cover crop. If even that'll do it. She pulled enough big ones to fill a out a 10 gal tub Thur morning. **amazing gal - be 82 this summer** I pulled some more that afternoon.
Then till a good portion of that 42X42 plot.
I'm not too old for this stuff.
I'm not too old for this stuff.
Body is calling me a liar.

Posted by: TeeJ at March 30, 2024 06:38 AM (dWUm0)

108 I like to text my daughter at work, "Stop looking at your phone and get back to work!"

She loves me.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2024 06:39 AM (RIvkX)

109 106 >> What backdoor may be in some other key but overlooked system of Linux that no one has investigated,

That's crazy talk.
Posted by: Bob@NSA, posting from inside your house at March 30, 2024 06:36 AM (w6EFb)

im in ur base killin ur d00dz

Posted by: m at March 30, 2024 06:39 AM (o3SCB)

110 The Passion of Christ

A reflection on a passage from Isaiah and the movie, "The Passion":

https://tinyurl.com/43uka7te

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 30, 2024 06:40 AM (Wkmjf)

111 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at March 30, 2024 06:42 AM (DeFcY)

112
As some of you have probably gathered, I'm a time nut. I must keep my systems here synced to NIST/NTP time to within 50ms. You can do that with Windows 10/11 (after a certain version, earlier versions of Windows, no better than 1 - 2s).

Linux can do much better. I've got "chronyc" running own my little Linksys router, running OpenWRT. Best time syncing program there is. These routers serve all NTP time on my local network .Currently, the report they are within 5ms of NTP time.

Now, against, that I've got an old Casio watch, a DW-5600E model, that can keep time, on average per that to within 3s per month.

Some of the later Casios, the "atomic time" signal ones, can't do that running on their own. They'll get out of sync by 2 or 3 seconds in a week or two without syncing with Ft. Collins.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 30, 2024 06:43 AM (w6EFb)

113 Posted by: TeeJ

*********

Hey Teej- be careful roto-tilling the widow's garden, you never know what's going to turnip.

Posted by: Muldoon at March 30, 2024 06:44 AM (991eG)

114 Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2024 06:39 AM (RIvkX)

LOL. Good for you!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 30, 2024 06:45 AM (Wkmjf)

115 Disclaimer: Danger, may contain electrons.
---
That's better than being infected with positrons...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 30, 2024 06:47 AM (BpYfr)

116 I would tell you but you but I would have to rip out your tongue for you to pronounce it correctly

-Kang (or Kodos).

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 30, 2024 06:50 AM (7AyCR)

117 Publius, my Seiko will drop a minute or so a week, my 32 year old truck uses nary a drop of oil.

Posted by: Eromero at March 30, 2024 06:51 AM (8v0zr)

118 72 year old man shares some helpful advice about life:

https://tinyurl.com/2bmaekbx

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 30, 2024 06:51 AM (Wkmjf)

119 The answer is 42.

Posted by: Deep Thought at March 30, 2024 06:53 AM (PiwSw)

120 Good morning everyone. Thank you Pixy Misa.

Today is Holy Saturday

On Holy Saturday the Church mourns in prayer and fasting, meditating on Christ’s Passion and Death. There is no Mass during the day as Jesus is still in the tomb. On this day Jesus descended triumphantly into Hades and brought salvation to the righteous souls held captive there who awaited their promised Messiah, as recited in the Apostle’s Creed. On the night of Holy Saturday the Church celebrates the Vigil of Easter Sunday, the celebration of Christ’s resurrection from the tomb, the traditional time when the Sacraments of Initiation are given to new members of the Church.

Three friends are joining the Church today at the vigil. Coupled with one of my granddaughters being baptized well - what a great weekend.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 30, 2024 06:53 AM (WXNFJ)

121 **chuckle**

Only you Muldoon. Only you.
Needs to be done. Gotta get the early stuff in. Lettuce, spinach, radishes and such.
After that, I'll be able to justify spending a day or two next week mostly just sitting, watching bobbers, or standing and casting small cranks for whites and thanking God for His mercy and perfect love.

Posted by: TeeJ at March 30, 2024 06:54 AM (dWUm0)

122 Hey Teej- be careful roto-tilling the widow's garden, you never know what's going to turnip.
Posted by: Muldoon

Oh geeze, lettuce alone!

Posted by: Tonypete at March 30, 2024 06:54 AM (WXNFJ)

123 Three friends are joining the Church today at the vigil. Coupled with one of my granddaughters being baptized well - what a great weekend.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 30, 2024 06:53 AM (WXNFJ)
===
Marvelous b"h

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2024 06:56 AM (RIvkX)

124
Look up John Harrison. He is the Greatest Horologist of All Time (so far). He solved the longitude problem (may not have been properly fully credited, it's a long story).

Anyway, over 200 years ago, maybe closer to 300 now, he claimed he had a design for a pendulum clock that could time to within 1s per 100 days. They thought he was crazy, and the old man had done lost his mind. I mean, he did crazy shit, threw out all the current design principle of the day.

Now, search on the "Burgess Clock B", a realization of Harrison's design there. It is indeed the most accurate pendulum clock swinging in free air (must so free air caveat) every created to date.

Extensive tests at the Royal Observatory showed the Burgess Clock B kept time to within 5/8s in 100 days.

The crazy old mad clockmaker knew what he was talking about.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 30, 2024 06:57 AM (w6EFb)

125 Garden punz?
I think it's thyme.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 30, 2024 06:57 AM (dg+HA)

126 The car insurance is coming up for renewal. Just checked and it only went up $12 for six months, so I got that going.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 30, 2024 06:58 AM (0EOe9)

127 Posted by: Tonypete at March 30, 2024 06:53 AM (WXNFJ)

That's wonderful! Good bless them!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 30, 2024 06:58 AM (Wkmjf)

128
Now, in creating the Burgess Clock B (this is 'B', the second after 'A'), they used modern materials and modern machining techniques. It was Harrison's design, but done with modern precision and materials.

The question is could is design have been realized 200 years ago using what was available at the time? Probably not, but it still would've been the most accurate pendulum clock at the time.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 30, 2024 06:59 AM (w6EFb)

129 Garden punz?
I think it's thyme.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

You guys are a-maize-ing.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 30, 2024 07:00 AM (WXNFJ)

130 I am seriously in awe of anyone who can make things grow in a garden. I have whatever is the opposite of a green thumb.

Posted by: Muldoon at March 30, 2024 07:00 AM (991eG)

131 People thinking making puns makes them a sage.
Only Rosemary laughs.

Posted by: TeeJ at March 30, 2024 07:01 AM (dWUm0)

132 *You guys are a-maize-ing.*

Shucks.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 30, 2024 07:01 AM (dg+HA)

133 People thinking making puns makes them a sage.
Only Rosemary laughs.
Posted by: TeeJ

These puns are unbeetable!

Posted by: Tonypete at March 30, 2024 07:01 AM (WXNFJ)

134 The crazy old mad clockmaker knew what he was talking about.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 30, 2024 06:57 AM (w6EFb)
-----------
There was a very good miniseries on A&E called "Longitude," based on the book of the same name.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at March 30, 2024 07:02 AM (DeFcY)

135 Hmm... perhaps my purchase of the F-91W Casio might need to be rethought.

"The US government became suspicious of Afghans who wore Casio watches due to their ability to be used as timers for improvised explosive devices, a tactic favored by al-Qaeda.

According to secret documents issued to interrogators at Guantanamo Bay, obtained and released by The Guardian, "the Casio F-91W digital watch was declared to be 'the sign of al-Qaeda"

Posted by: LenNeal at March 30, 2024 07:02 AM (9yXr+)

136 Happy Saturday

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 30, 2024 07:04 AM (ENQN6)

137 Greatest Horologist of All Time'

I'm the greatest Horologist of all time!

Posted by: Kumala Whore-Is at March 30, 2024 07:04 AM (9yXr+)

138 Time is an illusion.
Lunchtime doubly so.

Posted by: Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy at March 30, 2024 07:05 AM (dg+HA)

139 I only till the ground and plant the seeds, Muldoon. Toss in some weeding and, when necessary, watering.
God provides the increase.
And sometimes He says,,,
Hey, you know that patch of sweet corn you put in,,,
I give you,,,

Raccoons! 🤣

Posted by: TeeJ at March 30, 2024 07:05 AM (dWUm0)

140 There was a very good miniseries on A&E called "Longitude," based on the book of the same name.
Posted by:
Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at March 30, 2024 07:02 AM (DeFcY)

good story

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 30, 2024 07:05 AM (ENQN6)

141 The car insurance is coming up for renewal. Just checked and it only went up $12 for six months, so I got that going.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door

My car insurance went up about 20%. My theory is that all the invaders that can't read and have not been taught how to properly drive are having lots of accidents. And they have no insurance.

On the plus side, my health insurance was only up 22% year over year.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at March 30, 2024 07:05 AM (Cp1vk)

142 When planning your garden envision whirled peas.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 30, 2024 07:06 AM (dg+HA)

143 Microsoft execs after dropping billions of dollars, " I wanted Deep Thought! Not Derp Thought!"

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 30, 2024 07:07 AM (E/KLO)

144 Garden punz?
I think it's thyme.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

Not a pun, but did you hear about the gardener that was committed to the asylum?

He was hearing voices in his shed.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at March 30, 2024 07:07 AM (Cp1vk)

145 When planning your garden envision whirled peas.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

Lettuce all romaine calm.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 30, 2024 07:10 AM (WXNFJ)

146 Wow Black Gamer Girls went full LeRoy Jenkins. - or is that racist? -

They followed up with their threat of unleashing the lawyers because people were discussing their racist hiring practices by ... get this .. sending a cease and desist order.

The irony of this is, they will have to sue themselves because in a Tweet they shared a link to the story that is causing them such a meltdown.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 30, 2024 07:11 AM (E/KLO)

147 Huh, looked up Charles Frodsham, the outfit that built the Harrison/Burgess designs. Very interesting, bimetallic strips, bearings, stuff that was first developed in clocks then expanded into other industrial applications.

Frodsham makes a wristwatch, which appears to be one of those 'If you have to ask the price, you can't afford it."

Posted by: LenNeal at March 30, 2024 07:12 AM (9yXr+)

148 ::Lettuce all romaine calm.::

Thank you so mulch.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 30, 2024 07:12 AM (dg+HA)

149 Made French Toast with my new vanilla concoction, is a bit premature only sitting for 2 months but was pretty good

Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2024 07:13 AM (fwDg9)

150 Whirled peas?
Gee, in my neck of the woods, the "alley," first thing that pops into my head is twisters.
Lord protect us, please.

Posted by: TeeJ at March 30, 2024 07:13 AM (dWUm0)

151 Has no one read "the Nine Billion Names of God" by Arthur C. Clarke?

Posted by: wcgreen at March 30, 2024 07:13 AM (jQSQV)

152 ::Lettuce all romaine calm.::

Thank you so mulch.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

Lemme guess - your long-suffering wife hates to go to parties with you too. Amirite? LOL

Posted by: Tonypete at March 30, 2024 07:14 AM (WXNFJ)

153 G'morning, all.

What do children your area do at 4:45PM?

In Baltimore County, they play hide-and-seek.

https://tinyurl.com/5ydkfby8

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 30, 2024 07:14 AM (a1415)

154 Premature concoction? There's a pill for that.

Posted by: Bob Dole at March 30, 2024 07:14 AM (dg+HA)

155 Wow. What an obsession some people have. Not that I can throw any stones, it's just not my thing...

https://frodsham.com/commissions/h4/

Posted by: LenNeal at March 30, 2024 07:15 AM (9yXr+)

156 If it was a team, then someone will squeal.

Posted by: m at March 30, 2024 05:05 AM (o3SCB)

Completely unnecessary. The compromised account should be obvious from the logs.

Why pixy thinks it was North Korea or China and not NSA or CIA, I have no idea.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at March 30, 2024 07:16 AM (+xYe0)

157 >>>People thinking making puns makes them a sage.
Only Rosemary laughs.

Posted by: TeeJ

>I put onions in my breakfast hash. Now get the fuck off of my lawn!

Posted by: Dr. Bone at March 30, 2024 07:18 AM (WtvCN)

158 Thanks TonyPete !

Posted by: JT at March 30, 2024 07:18 AM (T4tVD)

159 In Baltimore County, they play hide-and-seek.

https://tinyurl.com/5ydkfby8

They were just turning their lives around and on the way to bible study.

Posted by: Local "news" at March 30, 2024 07:18 AM (dg+HA)

160 It is NOT warm out thar !

Posted by: JT at March 30, 2024 07:19 AM (T4tVD)

161 41.4 degrees outside.

May have to mow the yard this afternoon.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 30, 2024 07:21 AM (a1415)

162 On X I'm seeing video of the Gov of NY, Hochel (?) being turned away from the wake for the recently murdered police officer. The head of the police union told her not to come, but she thought better of it.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at March 30, 2024 07:21 AM (Cp1vk)

163 Charger time for the phone.
Guess I'd better make an actual breakfast, at actual breakfast time, today.
I'd say ya'll behave but...
I'll just leave it at...
Love each other fellow babies

Posted by: TeeJ at March 30, 2024 07:21 AM (dWUm0)

164
Turns out the weak spot of the Harrison/Burgess Clock B is temperature compensation. Harrison's genius was an amazing thing of various errors cancelling each other out.

The weakest link was temperature. They think they can improve that to 2 -3 per year.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 30, 2024 07:22 AM (w6EFb)

165 Good morning to one and all.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 30, 2024 07:23 AM (kCvJX)

166 ‘Journalism is not a crime’: Joe Biden backs jailed Evan Gershkovich

FBI Arrests Journalist Steve Baker Over His January 6 Coverage

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 30, 2024 07:23 AM (ENQN6)

167 https://tinyurl.com/ek6t5pbp
Powerlineblog.com week in funnies

Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2024 07:23 AM (fwDg9)

168 PoweLine funnies

https://tinyurl.com/2kdcykf2

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at March 30, 2024 07:23 AM (Cp1vk)

169 US government builds 7 EV chargers in two years - 499,993 to go

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 30, 2024 07:24 AM (ENQN6)

170 Hiya BenHad !

Posted by: JT at March 30, 2024 07:25 AM (T4tVD)

171 Latest from Franz Rhythm. Saw it late last night. It was a bit of a shock.

https://youtu.be/onlqMsgRfmo

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at March 30, 2024 07:25 AM (+xYe0)

172 "US government builds 7 EV chargers in two years - 499,993 to go"

I wonder how they are at rebuilding bridges?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 30, 2024 07:26 AM (a1415)

173 169 US government builds 7 EV chargers in two years - 499,993 to go

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 30, 2024 07:24 AM (ENQN6)

Government efficiency is probably the only reason Elon remains unmolested. Both for EV and SpaceX.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at March 30, 2024 07:26 AM (+xYe0)

174 Charles Frodsham must have been a blast at parties...

"On the Laws of Isochronism of the Balance Spring as connected with the higher order of Adjustments of Watches & Chronometers"

Posted by: LenNeal at March 30, 2024 07:26 AM (9yXr+)

175 Quick Yandex search on Gershowitz turned up that he was most likely trying to dig up information on Russian military industries to score a 'scoop'.

In short, he's a fool, who went sticking his face where it didn't belong.

https://tinyurl.com/5mb6tkc5

Posted by: LenNeal at March 30, 2024 07:33 AM (9yXr+)

176 a run to the watch shop to buy a new strap for my Rolex Date and have its bracelet snugged up a bit; maybe a visit to Aldi'
*
...the idea of Wolfus wearing his Rolex to shop at Aldi fills me with amusement
Posted by: LenNeal at March 30, 2024

***
The Rolex is a steel/white gold model w/ a sapphire blue dial from 1972 or so. It looks great and runs beautifully but it doesn't scream "Rolex!" by any means. For the whole picture, include my khaki or dark blue shirt, blue jeans, and dark boots, and maybe one of my Western-flavored ("Open Road") fedoras!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2024 07:34 AM (omVj0)

177 @CDCgov
·
Follow
A sobering reality: 📈 A new CDC report reveals a spike in alcohol-related deaths—up by 40,000 annually.

You destroyed lives. You forced people to die alone. You killed peoples businesses.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 30, 2024 07:34 AM (ENQN6)

178 San Franpsycho, where can I find the best explanation about the importance of the red heifer?

Posted by: Ben Had at March 30, 2024 07:36 AM (kCvJX)

179 >>>US government builds 7 EV chargers in two years - 499,993 to go

Posted by: rhennigantx

>This is crazy, whack-a-doodle stuff.

What's the standard? Must be, like, 12, no 24 VDC, or maybe 50amps with salt and a slice of lime?

"Hey, baby! I got a 10 volt Roger, - let's get room while we charge forward to the next destination!"

Posted by: Dr. Bone at March 30, 2024 07:38 AM (WtvCN)

180 San Franpsycho, where can I find the best explanation about the importance of the red heifer?
Posted by: Ben Had

Associate Justice Sotomayor?

Posted by: Tonypete at March 30, 2024 07:39 AM (WXNFJ)

181 Morning, Tonypete. Ok, that was funny but not helpful!

Posted by: Ben Had at March 30, 2024 07:40 AM (kCvJX)

182 Posted by: rhennigantx at March 30, 2024 07:34 AM (ENQN6)

Dr Campbell just dropped a new video on cancer.

https://youtu.be/mxBz-jHDy_w

Ann Barnhardt suggested "Turbo Cancer" in connection with Princess Catharine this week. If true, it will be obvious.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at March 30, 2024 07:41 AM (+xYe0)

183 >>>San Franpsycho, where can I find the best explanation about the importance of the red heifer?
Posted by: Ben Had at March 30, 2024 07:36 AM (kCvJX)
————
Ben Had, take a look at Chabad.org. They have some info there.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at March 30, 2024 07:43 AM (o5xMZ)

184 Rufus, Thank you

Posted by: Ben Had at March 30, 2024 07:47 AM (kCvJX)

185 It's Easter Eve.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 30, 2024 07:47 AM (dg+HA)

186 'Green" projects are put up for the grift, not to actually do anything

Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2024 07:48 AM (fwDg9)

187 104 What gets me about the xz bug is that this was found by a non-security researcher on a whim out of random amazing luck. What backdoor may be in some other key but overlooked system of Linux that no one has investigated, maybe for years?
Posted by: OL
========
The sad truth is no system is truly secure if it communicates with the outside world. That goes for Apple, Windoze, AIX, Android, iOS, etc.

Second, there is no difference between 'backdoors' and 'vulnerabilities'. From a user standpoint, it matters little if hackers intentionally inserted malicious code directly versus hackers relying on bad code to enter a user's computer maliciously. Microsoft and Apple, among others, often drag their feet on fixing vulnerabilities because it breaks other things in their system. The disadvantage that Linux has is that it relies on a lot of 'free' labor but the code is more transparent. The Apple and Microsoft rely on relatively obscure codebases but at the same time that can delay recognition of a vulnerability.

So, basically like any other criminal activity, you take precautions as much as possible. Encryption, safe computing, and so on.

Posted by: whig at March 30, 2024 07:49 AM (Uowdq)

188 US government builds 7 EV chargers in two years - 499,993 to go

I know it's math but how long will it take to meet this quota at a rate of 3 1/2 per year.

Posted by: dantesed at March 30, 2024 07:50 AM (88xKn)

189 Mornin' y'all.

Posted by: screaming in digital at March 30, 2024 07:50 AM (+Nu5p)

190 "I know it's math but how long will it take to meet this quota at a rate of 3 1/2 per year."

Two weeks!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 30, 2024 07:52 AM (a1415)

191 mornin yall. I see Lizzo is going country too. Word is she has applied for sovereignty.

Posted by: P at March 30, 2024 07:53 AM (vFG9F)

192 Hiya Screamie !

Posted by: JT at March 30, 2024 07:54 AM (T4tVD)

193 Sorry, I hada P.

Posted by: fd at March 30, 2024 07:54 AM (vFG9F)

194 The sad truth is no system is truly secure if it communicates with the outside world.
Posted by: whig at March 30, 2024 07:49 AM (Uowdq)

Security in software is determined by trust. The mechanism for this vulnerability was demonstrated by Ken Thompson in 1983.

https://tinyurl.com/yh6s66y3

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at March 30, 2024 07:55 AM (+xYe0)

195 One man's software is another man's nightmare.

Posted by: As any IT person can tell you at March 30, 2024 07:59 AM (dg+HA)

196 Ann Barnhardt suggested "Turbo Cancer" in connection with Princess Catharine this week. If true, it will be obvious.
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at March 30, 2024 07:41 AM (+xYe0)

Why aren't any of the fascist politicians who forced the vaccine on the world getting turbo cancers?

Posted by: Ordinary American at March 30, 2024 08:00 AM (dahXI)

197 195 One man's software is another man's nightmare.

Posted by: As any IT person can tell you at March 30, 2024 07:59 AM (dg+HA)

True.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at March 30, 2024 08:00 AM (+xYe0)

198 On the plus side, the illegal alien with the How To Be A Squatter video now has new housing.

https://tinyurl.com/48xfn533

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 30, 2024 08:00 AM (a1415)

199 Why aren't any of the fascist politicians who forced the vaccine on the world getting turbo cancers?

Posted by: Ordinary American at March 30, 2024 08:00 AM (dahXI)

Saline but that's a conspiracy theory.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at March 30, 2024 08:01 AM (+xYe0)

200 >>>Why aren't any of the fascist politicians who forced the vaccine on the world getting turbo cancers?
Posted by: Ordinary American at March 30, 2024 08:00 AM (dahXI)
_______
Don’t know, but maybe it’s because they never took the shot.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at March 30, 2024 08:01 AM (o5xMZ)

201 Coffee's on.

Upstairs

Posted by: Muldoon at March 30, 2024 08:02 AM (991eG)

202 Morning peeps
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A sobering reality: 📈 A new CDC report reveals a spike in alcohol-related deaths—up by 40,000 annually.
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Now they have the reasoning to pinch off alcohol sales during the next compliance op.

I'm sure FedGov will have a suitable, government approved alternative for us. With suitable side effects.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 30, 2024 08:02 AM (Q4IgG)

203 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 30, 2024 08:02 AM (u82oZ)

204 Coffee is long gone

Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2024 08:03 AM (fwDg9)

205 The sad truth is no system is truly secure if it communicates with the outside world.
Posted by: whig at March 30, 2024 07:49 AM (Uowdq)
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Reminds me of a quote from Person of Interest when Harold Finch is explaining to his co-conspirator why it's so important to lockdown access to The Machine:

"A single exploit is a total exploit."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 30, 2024 08:03 AM (BpYfr)

206 "Why aren't any of the fascist politicians who forced the vaccine on the world getting turbo cancers?"

They were taking Ivermectin. Nobody forced congresscritters to take the jab.

Posted by: No One of Any Consequence at March 30, 2024 08:05 AM (VuZH8)

207 186 'Green" projects are put up for the grift, not to actually do anything
Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2024 07:48 AM (fwDg9)

5 years from today B more will have not even named the bridge.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 30, 2024 08:05 AM (ENQN6)

208 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

A quiet day here. In local news, a dedicated group of local citizens worked for 4 months on the new planning document for the county. Looked good. But the Planning Director will now spend $115 K on a consultant to redo all of what the citizens put together.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 30, 2024 08:06 AM (u82oZ)

209
"NYC Mayor Eric Adams is baptized by civil rights campaigner the Rev. Al Sharpton during Good Friday visit to notorious Rikers Island jail"

Adams was seen joining Sharpton in prayer, being baptized and having his feet washed by the reverend.

Posted by: fd at March 30, 2024 08:06 AM (vFG9F)

210 I know it's math but how long will it take to meet this quota at a rate of 3 1/2 per year.
Posted by: dantesed at March 30, 2024 07:50 AM (88xKn)

maths before second covfefe means barrel time

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 30, 2024 08:07 AM (ENQN6)

211 Lol. "Faced scrutiny"

Stephen Labaton, the executive vice president of communications for NBC News, and the top P.R. aide to Conde, reached out to McDaniel directly to try to reassure her that Psaki and other former political officials had faced scrutiny when they’d joined NBC, and that it might blow over. According to a source familiar with the discussion, he also told McDaniel that the MSNBC hosts were being “fucking insane.”

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 30, 2024 08:07 AM (EweFd)

212 I will not be searching PronHub for 'Kamala Harris BJ'.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 30, 2024 04:46 AM (RKVpM)

Speak for yourself!!

Posted by: Arkansas Bill C at March 30, 2024 08:08 AM (iODuv)

213 Security in software is determined by trust. The mechanism for this vulnerability was demonstrated by Ken Thompson in 1983.

https://tinyurl.com/yh6s66y3
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know
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Golden oldie there. But ultimately, security in software land is not really different than that of your home. Let untrusted individuals into your home, more downside risk on security so a wise person limits that access to the home.

So the caterwauling about the latest security breach is amusing in a sense because no one can write or understand all the code involved in a modern computer regardless of source and even if you could, once you communicate with any other device, then your system can be compromised because there is no way to verify that other machines are not compromised themselves.

The main benefit to open source is that when a breach is found; it can be addressed more quickly. The benefit to a closed system is that you hope that any vulnerabilities will be rapidly fixed by the company to protect their rep and business.

Posted by: whig at March 30, 2024 08:08 AM (Uowdq)

214 206 "Why aren't any of the fascist politicians who forced the vaccine on the world getting turbo cancers?"

They were taking Ivermectin. Nobody forced congresscritters to take the jab.
Posted by: No One of Any Consequence at March 30, 2024 08:05 AM (VuZH

they will watch for it

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 30, 2024 08:09 AM (ENQN6)

215 But ultimately, security in software land is not really different than that of your home.
Posted by: whig at March 30, 2024 08:08 AM (Uowdq)

It is exactly the same. Except for the math.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at March 30, 2024 08:11 AM (+xYe0)

216 rhennigantx easily that long, the Wokesters will be fighting for fairness for this that and everything, lawyers and unions will all need to be satisfied. And cost overrun will cost a Billion dollars

Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2024 08:12 AM (fwDg9)

217 Reminds me of a quote from Person of Interest when Harold Finch is explaining to his co-conspirator why it's so important to lockdown access to The Machine:

"A single exploit is a total exploit."
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Tis true in a sense. But, like trying to prevent burglars from breaking into your own house, you can make it harder and less valuable for them if you choose to do so. Then their attentions will be directed to some other poor schmuck not doing their due diligence.

Posted by: whig at March 30, 2024 08:12 AM (Uowdq)

218 The main benefit to open source
Posted by: whig at March 30, 2024 08:08 AM (Uowdq)

I prefer "free software" to "open sores" but YMMV. Did you know that the originator of the term "open source" is a libertarian and sex-advice columnist?

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at March 30, 2024 08:13 AM (+xYe0)

219 It is exactly the same. Except for the math.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know

Well, and the law permits one certain discretion in repelling invasions of the home in meatspace that you cannot do in cyberspace legally.

Self defense in cyberspace is an interesting topic but undeveloped as far as law is concerned. Thanks for bringing that nugget of realization to the forefront. Might want to dig into that to do a little research.

Posted by: whig at March 30, 2024 08:14 AM (Uowdq)

220 I prefer "free software" to "open sores" but YMMV. Did you know that the originator of the term "open source" is a libertarian and sex-advice columnist?
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Not surprised but my wife, the economist, hates the term 'free' and will readily unload on me if I use it. Ironically, I was trained as an economist but used that for other endeavors.

Posted by: whig at March 30, 2024 08:15 AM (Uowdq)

221 Well, and the law permits one certain discretion
Posted by: whig at March 30, 2024 08:14 AM (Uowdq)

US Law. And even then it varies by state.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at March 30, 2024 08:16 AM (+xYe0)

222 Posted by: whig at March 30, 2024 08:15 AM (Uowdq)

The originator meant "free" as in "liberty" ... but he was a communist (single mom, democrat, ...)

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at March 30, 2024 08:17 AM (+xYe0)

223 "Turbo Cancer" in connection with Princess Catharine

It is the mark of the bush-league kook that he can only hold one worldwide conspiracy theory at one time. I've been telling you, it's the oat spray. Watch the oats. They're vaccinating oats, and the pods are growing.

Quod mihi molestum hac septimana causa omnis mali in mundo est. A basic principle; belongs on the masthead.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at March 30, 2024 08:17 AM (zdLoL)

224 You mean to tell me that our fine upstanding good guy tru conservatives in congress who genuinely care about us would lie about receiving IVM and no vax? Shocked, I say!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 30, 2024 08:21 AM (EweFd)

225 US Law. And even then it varies by state.
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know
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Not very much as far as defense inside the home even in duty to retreat states because it turns on retreat in complete safety. Outside the home, considerable variance which we discuss from time to time on the gun thread.

Posted by: whig at March 30, 2024 08:23 AM (Uowdq)

226 on the gun thread.

Posted by: whig at March 30, 2024 08:23 AM (Uowdq)

I read it from time to time. Not a place for me to show off my vast knowledge of guns ...

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at March 30, 2024 08:25 AM (+xYe0)

227 The analysis of security, either data or physical comes down to what the owner believes is the value of either is.

The homeless guy with a vicious dog and a shopping cart full of "stuff" believes his "stuff" to be valuable (to him.) The suburban wine mom may have a nice home with "stuff" and has a Ring doorbell and security system that she never sets. Because her transgender kid can't figure out how to use the alarm system. She places more value on her kid... which is acceptable but negates the other systems in place to secure her "stuff."

The same sort of mindset is present in most modern IT security systems. Easy to use because of convenience or difficult to use because of the nature of the data.

*I was an IT professional for ~40 years... saw it all*

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 30, 2024 08:34 AM (Q4IgG)

228 116 I would tell you but you but I would have to rip out your tongue for you to pronounce it correctly

-Kang (or Kodos).
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 30, 2024 06:50 AM (7AyCR)

He seems nice.

Posted by: m at March 30, 2024 08:59 AM (o3SCB)

229 177 @CDCgov
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A sobering reality: 📈 A new CDC report reveals a spike in alcohol-related deaths—up by 40,000 annually.

You destroyed lives. You forced people to die alone. You killed peoples businesses.
Posted by: rhennigantx at March 30, 2024 07:34 AM (ENQN6)

yep

Posted by: m at March 30, 2024 09:13 AM (o3SCB)

230 I'd be skeptical of a >40% performance jump for Zen 5. At least according to what Moore's Law is Dead is finding, Zen 5 meets AMD's expectations but is not going to be a quantum leap over Zen 4. I think he's seeing more a 30% improvement, which is still very nice, but I'm concerned the hype train has gotten loose again and is going to turn a good product into a perceived failure simply because everyone had irrational expectations.

I almost wonder how much of the absurd AMD hype is their competition pushing ludicrous numbers just so AMD can look silly at launch. I mean, if Zen 5 'disappoints' by only being a 30% bump after everyone got spun up on 2x And a Free Kitten!!1!1!1 I wonder if an on time Arrow Lake might end up looking better than it really ends up in comparison?

Posted by: Voyager at March 30, 2024 09:39 AM (T56A1)

231 Kudos for Louis Slotin reference.

Posted by: sf44 at March 30, 2024 01:29 PM (YC43X)

232 We got three B&N HD+ 9" tablets back in the day. Fantastic devices for families with little kids. All three still work.

However, the Nook's OS is prone to freezing occasionally, which is really annoying, and which requires a factory reset to fix. Without being able to log into one's account, well, redownloading won't be an option. Furthermore, in the early days, only Nook apps were able to be downloaded. So... even if one is able to redownload the books on a different device (which is kind of pointless for the interactive kids' books), the apps are just gone.

Oh, and the other thing? B&N seems to get rid of their purchase history after 18 months. I've had ebooks disappear after being on my device a long time, but because they were digital, I have no record of purchasing the book, so customer service can't help. That being said, the Nook HD+ is still a great e-reader, and it's got a photo gallery app built in that is very, very basic, but works decently well for a photo album that even kids can use.

Posted by: Katja at March 30, 2024 02:11 PM (dlb1u)

233 Way cool! Some extremely valid points! I appreciate you writing this post
and the rest of the site is extremely good.

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