Daily Tech News 8 April 2024

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All AIs are racist, but some are more racist than others. (Tom's Hardware)

Microsoft's Copilot gives you racial stereotypes in cartoons, which... They're cartoons, people. Though the Jewish boss with the bagel hat is certainly something.

Anyway, it gives you racial stereotypes if you specify a race when you're generating a cartoon, so maybe that's your problem.

Midjourney presents us not so much with racial stereotypes as temporal ones; I don't think it's been outside since 1952.

ChatGPT just says fuck you and rewrites your request with a bunch of WASPs plus a token Asian chick.

Meta AI actually does okay with this. It pushes too hard on the diversity-at-any-cost side, but it also produced a sample image of a Jewish woman that is 100% believable without a single specific marker. (The picture actually looks like someone I know.)

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AMD's Zen 5 mobile chips are coming this year maybe. (WCCFTech)

These will feature a mix of full-size Zen 5 and the smaller Zen 5c cores.

Where Intel's smaller efficiency cores are a completely different design to their performance cores, Zen 5c is functionally identical to Zen 5, but squashed down and running at lower clock speeds. At a given clock speed they perform identically, but Zen 5c is smaller and uses less power.

Replacing mainstream chips with eight Zen 4 cores we can expect four Zen 5 cores plus eight Zen 5c. Zen 5c could deliver close to the performance of existing Zen 4, so these should be deliver great performance and good battery life.
Spotify has demonetised all tracks that have been played less than 1000 times. (DJ Mag)

Spotify says that affects only 0.5% of tracks on the platform, which seems unlikely because (a) power laws don't work like that and (b) if that were the case they wouldn't bother.

The UMAW puts the number at 86% which seems far more plausible.
The Opera browser now supports running AI locally on your computer. (Opera)

I don't know if I would trust Opera in its current incarnation. It used to be good, but then the company was bought by Chinese interests and the entire development team walked out to set up Vivaldi.

Disclaimer: Squirrel!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:22 AM

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1 We thought you forgot us.

Posted by: m at April 08, 2024 04:23 AM (o3SCB)

2 BOLD MOVE, PIXY

Posted by: m at April 08, 2024 04:24 AM (o3SCB)

3 Oops.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 08, 2024 04:25 AM (BLOW1)

4 Bold-be-gone.

Posted by: m at April 08, 2024 04:25 AM (o3SCB)

5 It was fun while it lasted!

Posted by: m at April 08, 2024 04:25 AM (o3SCB)

6 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 08, 2024 04:26 AM (sAmhv)

7 LOL from the ONT:

307 No Pixy and a total eclipse today. Bad omen, man.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 08, 2024 04:23 AM (sAmhv)

Posted by: m at April 08, 2024 04:26 AM (o3SCB)

8 With the daylight saving shifts I now have a negative amount of time between the end of my working day and the usual scheduled time for these posts.

They'll probably be 20-30 minutes late on weekdays for the time being.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 08, 2024 04:26 AM (BLOW1)

9 G'Day everyone
Heading out early so hopefully done early
Forward Dog 9 out

Posted by: Skip at April 08, 2024 04:28 AM (fwDg9)

10 Thanks for your thoughtful postings whenever the show up, Pixy.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 08, 2024 04:29 AM (XAFeD)

11 Thanks for the heads-up, Pixy!

*grumbles about stoopid Daylight " " " Saving " " " Time*

Glad you're OK!

Posted by: JQ at April 08, 2024 04:29 AM (njWTi)

12 8 With the daylight saving shifts I now have a negative amount of time between the end of my working day and the usual scheduled time for these posts.

They'll probably be 20-30 minutes late on weekdays for the time being.

Posted by: Pixy Misa

I blame the total eclipse and the zombie over-sexualize cicadas that will destroy us all with an insect orgy.

Or not.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 08, 2024 04:31 AM (sAmhv)

13 Got a tech question that probably has an obvious answer. What's the difference between a Hard Drive and a Solid State Drive?

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 08, 2024 04:34 AM (sAmhv)

14
Eclipse in SE Pennsylvania:
Mon, Apr 8, 2024 at 1:59 pm EDT.
Start of Totality: Mon, Apr 8, 2024 at 3:15 pm EDT.
End of Totality: Mon, Apr 8, 2024 at 3:20 pm EDT.
End of Partial: Mon, Apr 8, 2024 at 4:35 pm EDT.

Cell phone in microwave at 3:15 pm

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 08, 2024 04:39 AM (RKVpM)

15 14
Start of Totality: Mon, Apr 8, 2024 at 3:15 pm EDT.
...
Cell phone in microwave at 3:15 pm
Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 08, 2024 04:39 AM (RKVpM)

Explain, please?

Posted by: m at April 08, 2024 04:42 AM (o3SCB)

16
Explain, please?

Posted by: m at April 08, 2024 04:42 AM

Some tin-foil hat conspiracy I've seen around the 'net. Something to do with an Event Horizon type thing. But one can't be too safe when dealing with the Prince of Darkness on his big day.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 08, 2024 04:46 AM (RKVpM)

17 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 08, 2024 04:47 AM (ju2Fy)

18 18 Explain, please?
Posted by: m at April 08, 2024 04:42 AM

Some tin-foil hat conspiracy I've seen around the 'net. Something to do with an Event Horizon type thing. But one can't be too safe when dealing with the Prince of Darkness on his big day.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 08, 2024 04:46 AM (RKVpM)

Thank you! I figured it was tin-foil-hatlike, but am unclear on what it's hoped to achieve.

Posted by: m at April 08, 2024 04:48 AM (o3SCB)

19 18 the Prince of Darkness on his big day
Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 08, 2024 04:46 AM (RKVpM)

Ha!

Posted by: m at April 08, 2024 04:48 AM (o3SCB)

20 Some tin-foil hat conspiracy I've seen around the 'net. Something to do with an Event Horizon type thing. But one can't be too safe when dealing with the Prince of Darkness on his big day.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 08, 2024 04:46 AM (RKVpM)

Wear a gas mask..I guess they are spraying the totality line. The chair is against the wall

Posted by: a dude in MI at April 08, 2024 04:49 AM (+I6Y/)

21
I guess they are spraying the totality line.

Yup they'll be hosing us down real good under cover of darkness.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 08, 2024 04:51 AM (RKVpM)

22 Spotify has demonetised all tracks that have been played less than 1000 times. (DJ Mag)
...
The UMAW puts the number at 86% which seems far more plausible.

UMAW = United Musicians and Allied Workers

Posted by: m at April 08, 2024 04:51 AM (o3SCB)

23 If only The Artist Formerly Known as Prince had recorded "Total Eclipse of the Heart."

Posted by: m at April 08, 2024 04:53 AM (o3SCB)

24 Does your cellphone still ring when placed in a microwave oven and the door closed, followed by dialing its number from a different phone? According to the Internet it does ring.

Posted by: Ciampino - It needs a good whack with a tire iron? at April 08, 2024 04:53 AM (qfLjt)

25
I mean look at the key battleground states that totality passes through. Here's an opportunity for some IQ lowering contrails in Ohio and Pennsylvania.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 08, 2024 04:55 AM (RKVpM)

26 Does your cellphone still ring when placed in a microwave oven and the door closed, followed by dialing its number from a different phone?
-------

Depends.

How many minutes did you cook it? And what power-level?

Posted by: JQ at April 08, 2024 04:55 AM (njWTi)

27 23
I guess they are spraying the totality line.

Yup they'll be hosing us down real good under cover of darkness.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 08, 2024 04:51 AM (RKVpM)

I guess the people REALLY in the know tell you not to wear the glasses...like a reverse THEY LIVE. I told my wife they disguised the planes to be invisible with the eclipse glasses on.

Posted by: a dude in MI at April 08, 2024 04:56 AM (+I6Y/)

28 28 Does your cellphone still ring when placed in a microwave oven and the door closed, followed by dialing its number from a different phone?
-------

Depends.

How many minutes did you cook it? And what power-level?

Posted by: JQ at April 08, 2024 04:55 AM (njWTi)
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I don't cook Depends, fresh or with filling, in the microwave - too smelly.

Posted by: Ciampino - It at April 08, 2024 05:01 AM (qfLjt)

29 Microwaves are not faraday cages.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 08, 2024 05:04 AM (2ovLw)

30
Just sayin' but I won't be answering any phone calls from a 666 area code today.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 08, 2024 05:04 AM (RKVpM)

31 26 Does your cellphone still ring when placed in a microwave oven and the door closed, followed by dialing its number from a different phone? According to the Internet it does ring.

Posted by: Ciampino

Warning labels on cellphones mention to not do that and if you do, they are not liable for the rupture in the space/time continuum.

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

32 Pixy, identify as trans and demand concessions from your boss. One of them being, you have to knock off 30 min early for your "injections".

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 08, 2024 05:06 AM (2ovLw)

33 (The picture actually looks like someone I know.)

Probably is. Meta most likely lifted it from her FB page.

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 08, 2024 05:08 AM (ju2Fy)

34 Cell phone in microwave at 3:15 pm
Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 08, 2024 04:39
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Might as well. Verizon started having issues yesterday due to influx on eclipse idgits descending upon our area. Weren't prepared for the high volume. Almost impossible to make voice calls. Texting seemed OK.

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 08, 2024 05:15 AM (ju2Fy)

35 - Seems to me that in the last year or two they/them admitted to doing this. Their reason, of course, to fight globull warming.

https://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/

Posted by: TeeJ at April 08, 2024 05:16 AM (dWUm0)

36 We will 'see' only 30% eclipse here. No special glasses required: I'll just cut out a big circle in piece of cardboard & look at the funny shadow LOL

Posted by: JQ at April 08, 2024 05:17 AM (njWTi)

37 Is there anything funnier than Dave Chappelle as Prince playing basketball?

https://tinyurl.com/mryaj4ub

Posted by: m at April 08, 2024 05:22 AM (o3SCB)

38 37: https://youtu.be/X-zSJljpKNc?si=_Z_BAwj8pCx1Sm2p

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 08, 2024 05:25 AM (sAmhv)

39 - Guess we're supposed to get upper 80's coverage.
Wind is supposed to be
This thing lasts around 3 hrs? Hmmm
Fish might think it's cloudy and...

Posted by: TeeJ at April 08, 2024 05:26 AM (dWUm0)

40 In the storm. A Christian from
Nigeria reflects on a passage from Matthew:

https://tinyurl.com/vnddzna8

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 08, 2024 05:27 AM (WVNSE)

41 Ok, now I know it cut a chunk of what I typed out.

<10mph. (I'll believe that when I see it)

Posted by: TeeJ at April 08, 2024 05:29 AM (dWUm0)

42 Matthew? What chapter?

Posted by: TeeJ at April 08, 2024 05:32 AM (dWUm0)

43 Evening and morning to all you early risers and late toilers!

Bold? You people with your bold typefaces. In my day, if we wanted bold, we wrote over the same letters with darker ink. Pfui.

Probably there will be no eclipse visible here today; clouds and maybe even some rain expected.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 08, 2024 05:34 AM (omVj0)

44 38 Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 08, 2024 05:25 AM (sAmhv)

LOL omigosh

Posted by: m at April 08, 2024 05:35 AM (o3SCB)

45 24 Does your cellphone still ring when placed in a microwave oven and the door closed, followed by dialing its number from a different phone? According to the Internet it does ring.
Posted by: Ciampino - It needs a good whack with a tire iron? at April 08, 2024

***
More important: Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 08, 2024 05:40 AM (omVj0)

46 https://tinyurl.com/6v96uer3

Shoppers at Sam's Club break into a spontaneous version of a Christian praise song, "Awesome":

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 08, 2024 05:40 AM (XkYcA)

47 I've got my genuine safe eclipse Chinese glasses ready. Printed on the inside it says glasses are good for driving on sunny days. And endorsed by Xi to save your capitalist eye site and comes with fortune cookie. Can't be to safe you know. I think I will just stay inside and watch it on TV. Not that big a deal, its only the moon getting in the way of the sun.

Posted by: Colin at April 08, 2024 05:40 AM (/z/eU)

48 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at April 08, 2024 05:41 AM (PFYt9)

49 Overcast this morning and rain + t-storms kicking off about noon. I hear we're getting a partial darkening. How will we know?

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 08, 2024 05:43 AM (4I/2K)

50 44:m

That's an abbreviated version. There is more of that skit, somewhere on the interwebs. That's what I found with a quick YTube search. It's my favorite Chappelle skit.

Posted by: Ceiling staring back at April 08, 2024 05:44 AM (sAmhv)

51 I've got my genuine safe eclipse Chinese glasses ready. Printed on the inside it says glasses are good for driving on sunny days. And endorsed by Xi to save your capitalist eye site and comes with fortune cookie. Can't be to safe you know. I think I will just stay inside and watch it on TV. Not that big a deal, its only the moon getting in the way of the sun.
Posted by: Colin at April 08, 2024 05:40 AM (/z/eU)

Buy the Value Pak 6 and get a free egg roll.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 08, 2024 05:44 AM (4I/2K)

52 You do what you gotta do, Pixy; Thanks for bringing us the tech news every day, at whatever time!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at April 08, 2024 05:45 AM (PFYt9)

53 Back from my workout, which was a good one despite the humidity, and having breakfast now that I've fed great black Stirling. He's curled up on the couch cushion next to me.

I do miss little Dagny, though. She's at "spring kitten camp" over at Miss Linda's.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 08, 2024 05:45 AM (omVj0)

54 Police track down missing child using scent from the child's blanket:

https://tinyurl.com/4dhb3ewx

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 08, 2024 05:53 AM (Rm066)

55 Post 42-Matthew 8:23-27. It's linked about the devotional, Teej.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 08, 2024 05:59 AM (Rm066)

56 55- Meant "above" the devotional

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 08, 2024 05:59 AM (Rm066)

57 For those that didn't see my comment on the prayer thread and are praying people, please pray for my dear husband. He was stubborn and didn't go to the doctor for about five days and has Shingles. He's still driving the school bus and thankfully the Shingles right now is now is not on the leg he mainly uses for driving but he's in pain. Thx.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 08, 2024 06:03 AM (Rm066)

58 Good morning morons

Local TV news reports MTA is ticketing homeowners who parked their cars in their driveways but block the sidewalk.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 08, 2024 06:04 AM (RIvkX)

59 Anyone know of the app "cellular-z?" My bricked xgody smart phone manufacturer tells me to download this to check the "band" of my phone to reset it. This was sold as an open T-Mobile phone, but after a few uses would not connect to the T-Mob network. I took it to a T-M store front and after a few tries and a new sim card, they told me it looked like the phone was bricked remotely as if reported stolen. Of course, the return window is closed, so I have to try something to get it to work. It took the man two weeks to respond to me. Was thinking of using the protection plan to return it.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 08, 2024 06:08 AM (0eaVi)

60 Didn't realize Opera is under the thumb of the Chicoms, but bonus points to the folks that walked...

Full disclosure: I'm a Vivaldi user and I think it's an excellent browser; it even gives YT ads the middle finger. I also use Malwarebytes' browser guard, IMO, one of the best out there.

Posted by: CPT. Charles at April 08, 2024 06:08 AM (W+kMI)

61 Re Spotify, both numbers work if you assume more than 99.5% of streams of content are playing from about 14% of what's available, which honestly sounds about right.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez at April 08, 2024 06:19 AM (ktaDS)

62 Chunk Uygur wants John Stewart to run for president.

So much stupid.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 08, 2024 06:22 AM (RIvkX)

63 62 Chunk Uygur wants John Stewart to run for president.

So much stupid.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

One of the Great Mysteries of Life! Why is Cenk Uygur a thing? Why is he even listened too? Or watched? I mean, if I want to watch fat greaseballs yelling, I'll visit a bar in my hometown.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 08, 2024 06:26 AM (sAmhv)

64 Keep forgetting to change nic.

Posted by: Puddleglum not at work at April 08, 2024 06:38 AM (sAmhv)

65 I dunno, I always find myself a little taken aback at whom they credit, what they say to themselves and what they believe to be true.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 08, 2024 06:39 AM (RIvkX)

66 mornin yall. If the eclipse is eclipsed by clouds, isn't it still an eclipse?

Posted by: fd at April 08, 2024 06:42 AM (vFG9F)

67 >>> I'm a Vivaldi user and I think it's an excellent browser; it even gives YT ads the middle finger. I also use Malwarebytes' browser guard, IMO, one of the best out there.

Posted by: CPT. Charles
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Good to know. I've Opera on my shortcut but only use it when FF is recalcitrant.

Posted by: Braenyard at April 08, 2024 06:42 AM (kOwE6)

68 It was great hear JJ's voice on the podcast.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 08, 2024 06:43 AM (RIvkX)

69 I will be working during the main event today. We are not in the path of totality, but close. Kids school is going to have a normal day, but the bussing is handled by another district, who is a bunch of freaked out Karens who demanded a half day. Kids school says they have to dismiss those affected by the bussing early, or parents have to pick up at the end of the day.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 08, 2024 06:53 AM (7AyCR)

70 "Chants of 'death to America!' and 'death to Israel!' erupted during a protest in a Michigan city branded the county's 'jihad capital' by a Wall Street Journal columnist."

And:

Son of Hamas founder says US supporters are regarded as 'useful idiots'.

I hope all those Islamic identifying folks in Michigan will make the pilgrimage to Chicago for the Dem convention and let their feelings be known.

Posted by: fd at April 08, 2024 06:54 AM (vFG9F)

71 Disclaimer: Squirrel!
Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:22 AM
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You called?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 08, 2024 06:55 AM (BpYfr)

72 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 08, 2024 06:56 AM (u82oZ)

73 I've seen reports of a group of people in Ireland beating up a bunch of antifa cretins, taking their phones, and seeing all kinds of contacts between the cretins and a bunch of NGOs and shadowy ne'er-do-wells....

Am i gonna have to start plastering Irish flags everywhere like people did for Ukraine?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 08, 2024 06:58 AM (GkFGh)

74 "Perfessor" Squirrel

You must be getting close to the end of the academic year. May your pounding ideas and skills into the cement-like brains of your students continue apace. Although I think you get a better group of students than most schools.

Thank you again for the book thread.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 08, 2024 06:59 AM (u82oZ)

75 "Total Eclipse of the Fart" was a hit by the Swalwells a few years ago.

Posted by: This day in history at April 08, 2024 06:59 AM (PiwSw)

76 My local gas company decided to replace my interior gas meter (with rfid capability) with an external meter. Apparently, I get no say in the matter, including where they will place it. We are arguing.

Posted by: The Frumious Follywood at April 08, 2024 06:59 AM (i/oCU)

77 You called?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 08, 2024 06:55 AM (BpYfr)

Sent you an email, Perf.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 08, 2024 07:00 AM (0eaVi)

78

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at April 08, 2024 07:01 AM (X4yCj)

79 Warai-otoko

We need to add all this confirming intel into Find the Networks.

And it is not too early to put names and faces on playing cards.

Analysis can help identify the schwerpunkt.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 08, 2024 07:01 AM (u82oZ)

80 Hillary Clinton

Ah, one of the Great Old Ones has arrived.

No one gets a saving throw for sanity.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 08, 2024 07:02 AM (u82oZ)

81
Good morning, Hordians.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 08, 2024 07:03 AM (MoZTd)

82 I saw the last total eclipse in Beatrice, Nebraska.
Book thread link: Edgar Rice Burroughs had a number of early characters come from there, like the Mad King, his rip-off of The Prisoner of Zenda

A lot of planning for a few short minutes. Sounds like my old Saturday nights before marriage. We are at 85% of totality, not going to make an effort today.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 08, 2024 07:09 AM (u82oZ)

83 They'll probably be 20-30 minutes late on weekdays for the time being.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 08, 2024 04:26 AM (BLOW1)

You're here EVERY DAY. That's more than good enough.

Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at April 08, 2024 07:09 AM (D9zPK)

84 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at April 08, 2024 07:10 AM (DeFcY)

85 Hadrian the Seventh

Is Her Majesty recovered? Hope she is grateful for all your support work as a caretaker husband.

Just think how much a contractor would cost to do all you do.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 08, 2024 07:10 AM (u82oZ)

86 Local TV news reports MTA is ticketing homeowners who parked their cars in their driveways but block the sidewalk.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Here its considered "blocking a public Thorofare" and can get you a $150.00 ticket.

Posted by: Outside of Life at April 08, 2024 07:11 AM (89Sog)

87 Nood

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at April 08, 2024 07:11 AM (Ka3bZ)

88 Apparently, I get no say in the matter, including where they will place it. We are arguing.
Posted by: The Frumious Follywood

You built your house to take advantage of the gas hookup or something.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 08, 2024 07:12 AM (0ND9+)

89 Captain Obvious

I see Oregon is taking baby steps to a sustainable reality.

Thinks to mention Data & Picard, but does not invoke the Data & Picard YouTube video.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 08, 2024 07:12 AM (u82oZ)

90 Have a great day, everyone.

Don't look at the Sun without protection or a moon in the way.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 08, 2024 07:13 AM (u82oZ)

91
Is Her Majesty recovered? Hope she is grateful for all your support work as a caretaker husband.

Just think how much a contractor would cost to do all you do.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 08, 2024 07:10 AM (u82oZ)

She's doing fine. Physical therapy twice a week. Still on a walker until the muscles in the leg strengthen but we expect she'll be on a cane soon. Pain is being managed well.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 08, 2024 07:29 AM (MoZTd)

92 Okay, you buried the lede: Opera was bought out by Chinese folks, and the old crew started a new browser Vivaldi.

Which I discover also does email.

So, I'm going to switch from Opera to Vivaldi.

Thank you!

Posted by: Close The Fed at April 08, 2024 07:35 AM (LeNk3)

93 Y'all should be using Brave. Gives the middle finger to adds and trackers on most every website, including EweToob. Also, started by the guy who was ousted from Mozilla (Firefox) for supporting Californication Prop 8, the "anti gay marriage" law.

Posted by: Shepherd Lover at April 08, 2024 08:47 AM (9IkLq)

94 Braenyard at April 08, 2024 06:42 -- IMO, the best feature of Vivaldi is 'history management' (it's truly slick), AND it's newest feature ..... 'Workspace(s)'

Example: I currently have 68 tabs open, but it's broken into EIGHT distinct groups...and since I have the option to 'hibernate' all tabs, only the ones I access count towards the RAM usage.

And no, having all those tabs open doesn't effect the browser's performance at all.

And yeah, Vivaldi has a built in ad blocker...even so, I still have Malwarebytes Browser Guard installed as well.

The only other browser I semi-regularly use is SRWare Iron ..... a Chrome browser retooled by some Germans > basically it has all the nasty bits ripped out so it's no longer google's 'spy browser'.

Posted by: CPT. Charles at April 08, 2024 09:44 AM (W+kMI)

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