Daily Tech News 3 May 2024

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Peloton is laying off another 400 people - about 15% of its surviving workforce. (The Verge)

This is the fifth layoff in three years, reducing the company's workforce by almost two thirds.

If you think such a disastrous performance should see the CEO resigning in disgrace, well, he did.

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Every map of China is wrong. (Medium)

If you overlay satellite data on maps of China, nothing seems to line up properly.

This is because all recent map of China are wrong - deliberately so, with locations shifted by anything from 50 to 500 meters.

And nobody in China is permitted to correct the errors.
There's another critical security vulnerability in GitLab. (Ars Technica)

GitLab is great.

Under no circumstances should you run your own instance connected directly to the internet.
Nurses say hospital adoption of half-cooked AI is reckless. (TechDirt)

I'm sure they do, and I'm sure it is, but this article not only provides no evidence whatsoever for these claims, it doesn't even provide any coherent claims.
Kobo's 2024 e-reader models are user-repairable. (Liliputing)

In the sense that a moderately experienced user with a $20 screwdriver set can open them up and replace the screen, battery, and motherboard, and the front and back parts of the case if the damage is physical rather than electronic.

Which is not everything, but is certainly something.

Disclaimer: Which is not nothing.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:25 AM

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1 First.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 03, 2024 04:27 AM (ju2Fy)

2 Nooded.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 03, 2024 04:27 AM (ju2Fy)

3 So, did the site fall over, or was it just the routing from here in Australia?

I did restart something, but not something that should have broken the site in the first place.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 03, 2024 04:27 AM (BLOW1)

4 G'Day everyone
Blog has been broke for me, couldn't even get back to ONT

Posted by: Skip at May 03, 2024 04:30 AM (fwDg9)

5 Just the routing, I guess. Site not broken.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 03, 2024 04:32 AM (ju2Fy)

6 Good morning morons

Site appears to function normally

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 03, 2024 04:32 AM (RIvkX)

7 hiya

Posted by: JT at May 03, 2024 04:32 AM (T4tVD)

8 Top 5?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 03, 2024 04:33 AM (omVj0)

9
Yep, there was a glitch, "destination unreachable" for a little bit. Now, it's all good.

And I'll just sign off now, with here's to you, Mr. David Garrett. You done good.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 03, 2024 04:33 AM (w6EFb)

10 Every map of China is wrong. (Medium)

If you overlay satellite data on maps of China, nothing seems to line up properly.

This is because all recent map of China are wrong - deliberately so, with locations shifted by anything from 50 to 500 meters.

And nobody in China is permitted to correct the errors.
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It seems like that would throw off Scientific Fix Global Warming calculations.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Men say we like these traits in women, women reply no, you are wrong at May 03, 2024 04:35 AM (YsjiM)

11 Evening and morning to all the early risers and late toilers!

I spent a good part of last night coughing my head off. Barely got five hours' sleep. On the good hand, it feels like I've finally cleared out whatever gunk was deposited by the cold; I finally did sleep, some, and haven't coughed since I got up.

On the better hand: 'Tis Friday, the consummation devoutly to be wished!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 03, 2024 04:35 AM (omVj0)

12 Thanks. Sounds like it was a network thing, and not a server thing.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 03, 2024 04:36 AM (BLOW1)

13 Mornin'

Was any reason given by the ChiComs about not fixing the maps? Is that question permitted?

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 03, 2024 04:38 AM (jFCkp)

14 It seems like that would throw off Scientific Fix Global Warming calculations.
Posted by: Moron Robbie

Nah-uh. Those calculations are calculated correctly. We used made up numbers that are similar to other numbers that agree with our numbers that we also made up mostly.

So...SCIENCE!

Posted by: Bruce at May 03, 2024 04:38 AM (/HWS4)

15 Thanks. Sounds like it was a network thing, and not a server thing.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 03, 2024 04:36 AM (BLOW1)
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Sounds like a hamster thing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 03, 2024 04:39 AM (RIvkX)

16 In case you missed it, Apple made a lot of money and Tim Cook is calling the DOJ's antitrust case "misguided."

In other news, people are are getting mugged in Oakland, California.

Posted by: Lost in Space at May 03, 2024 04:39 AM (hqGCh)

17 Got some work-work to handle today, but my boss is still in Ireland. I plan to leave about an hour earlier than usual.

Today will be my first day dealing with the new congestion on the bridge coming home, thanks to one lane being closed. Gah.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 03, 2024 04:41 AM (omVj0)

18 Thanks. Sounds like it was a network thing, and not a server thing. Posted by: Pixy Misa

My pro tip answer is to blame it on the dog.

Posted by: Lost in Space at May 03, 2024 04:41 AM (hqGCh)

19 >>>all recent map of China are wrong - deliberately so

This reminds me of people deliberately setting their watches off-normal so they won't be late; once you introduce the madness it seems it'd be hard to recover.

Posted by: m at May 03, 2024 04:42 AM (o3SCB)

20 Possibly fixing a the Chinese map would mean someone screwed up the first try, and if still a member of the party in standing means they can't be wrong so don't fix it.

At least in the 60s that explanation would work

Posted by: Skip at May 03, 2024 04:47 AM (fwDg9)

21 Currently on a round of Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Posted by: m at May 03, 2024 04:47 AM (o3SCB)

22 On the occupy front, I see that that great (not) Evergreen State College in Spokane, WA has sort of ended the protests over ending any contact with Israel. Its a student run state college where the inmates run the place. No set curriculum, you make up your own whatever you want to study, usually social stuff. And probably your resume gets sent to the shredder when you apply to any real company other than future government jobs.
Their was once talk of just making it into a homeless shelter, to hell with education. Great location though.

Posted by: Colin at May 03, 2024 04:49 AM (/z/eU)

23 15 Thanks. Sounds like it was a network thing, and not a server thing.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 03, 2024 04:36 AM (BLOW1)
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Sounds like a hamster thing.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 03, 2024 04:39 AM (RIvkX)

Squeak! squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak

Posted by: m at May 03, 2024 04:50 AM (o3SCB)

24 I figure they did it to confuse the foreign devils.

Posted by: Jamaica at May 03, 2024 04:54 AM (IG7T0)

25 This just might be the greatest sililoquy since Hamlet and quite possibly the greatest opening scene of any movie ever.

https://youtu.be/PS5yfhPGaWE

Posted by: Lost in Space at May 03, 2024 04:54 AM (hqGCh)

26 Senate candidate McCormick: I am tired of seeing PA towns like the one I grew up in devastated by the fentanyl epidemic brought on by mexican drug cartels and illegal immigrants.

The mayor of that small town (D): fact check! We only had 2 overdose deaths last year and neither one of them bought their drugs from a mexican cartel member. So, there is no fentanyl problem in PA anywhere! All lies!

The police chief of that small town: yeah! And we only have 2 illegal immigrants in town. We know, because both have been arrested multiple times. (One for trying to pass a million dollar bill) And everyone knows it is legal immigrants from China bringing in the fentanyl.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 03, 2024 04:57 AM (3CVIc)

27 Was any reason given by the ChiComs about not fixing the maps? Is that question permitted?
Posted by: Puddleglum

Deliberate obfuscation and state control. Same as always.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 03, 2024 04:58 AM (3CVIc)

28 27: Ah. Figures. Commies gotta commie.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 03, 2024 05:00 AM (jFCkp)

29 26: if you look close enough, you'll discover that mayor of a small PA town is on a Cartel payroll. Allegedly...

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 03, 2024 05:01 AM (jFCkp)

30
U.S. = here are the number of ships we're sending to the area, the date they will be leaving/arriving, and the route of travel

China = Nah, we're not disclosing relatively unimportant specific information about our geography, screw you.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Men say we like these traits in women, women reply no, you are wrong at May 03, 2024 05:01 AM (YsjiM)

31 On the occupy front, I see that that great (not) Evergreen State College in Spokane. Posted by: Colin

Psst, just between you and I, Evergreen State College is in Olympia, Washington which is on the other side of the state.

After The original Marxist race riot at Evergreen all the qualified students bailed out. Actually it was more like their parents yanked them out and what was left was all the blue hair communists who were confused if they're boys or girls. To keep enrollment up Evergreen tossed out all enrollment standards the next academic year. Within a couple years, if memory serves me correctly, 40% of the student population was identifying as transgender. In a perverse manner, Evergreen is a highly successful left-wing school.

Posted by: Lost in Space at May 03, 2024 05:01 AM (hqGCh)

32 The forecast is for rare May rain tomorrow which means my poor sinuses are spasming and popping and clicking like an old-style telegraph machine or stock ticker.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 03, 2024 05:01 AM (RIvkX)

33 2 Nooded.
Posted by: olddog in mo at May 03, 2024 04:27 AM (ju2Fy)

5 Just the routing, I guess. Site not broken.
Posted by: olddog in mo at May 03, 2024 04:32 AM (ju2Fy)

Your "nood" didn't land on the ONT.

Posted by: m at May 03, 2024 05:03 AM (o3SCB)

34 33 2 Nooded.
Posted by: olddog in mo at May 03, 2024 04:27 AM (ju2Fy)

5 Just the routing, I guess. Site not broken.
Posted by: olddog in mo at May 03, 2024 04:32 AM (ju2Fy)

Your "nood" didn't land on the ONT.
Posted by: m at May 03, 2024 05:03 AM (o3SCB)

Oh, sorry, yes it did. I was looking at the Quick Hits.

Posted by: m at May 03, 2024 05:05 AM (o3SCB)

35 yo wut sup

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

36 Your "nood" didn't land on the ONT.
Posted by: m

And you might want to see a doctor about that thing on your back

Posted by: Bruce at May 03, 2024 05:06 AM (/HWS4)

37 The forecast is for rare May rain tomorrow which means my poor sinuses are spasming and popping and clicking like an old-style telegraph machine or stock ticker.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

On the bright side, the rain will tamp down the feces dust that gets kicked up around SF when the wind blows.

Posted by: Lost in Space at May 03, 2024 05:06 AM (hqGCh)

38 I walk past the Chinese consulate almost daily and allow myself to indulge in violent fantasies when i do.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 03, 2024 05:07 AM (RIvkX)

39 There is more human and dog sh*t on the sidewalks here now than NYC in the 70s before the "pooper-scooper" law.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 03, 2024 05:09 AM (RIvkX)

40 The good news this week from New Mexico is the communists up in in Santa Fe haven't tried to cancel the US Constitution this week though we still have today to get through before that can be confirmed.

Posted by: Lost in Space at May 03, 2024 05:09 AM (hqGCh)

41 36 Your "nood" didn't land on the ONT.
Posted by: m

And you might want to see a doctor about that thing on your back
Posted by: Bruce at May 03, 2024 05:06 AM (/HWS4)

Ewwww, get it offa me!

Posted by: m at May 03, 2024 05:11 AM (o3SCB)

42 And you might want to see a doctor about that thing on your back
Posted by: Bruce at May 03, 2024 05:06 AM (/HWS4)

What is it ?

Animal ?
Vegetable ?
Mineral ?

Posted by: JT at May 03, 2024 05:15 AM (T4tVD)

43 Haven't seen a turtle in a long time, but Box and Snapping turtles are around here. Actually tried to keep a Box turtle as a kid once.

Posted by: Skip at May 03, 2024 05:15 AM (fwDg9)

44 This reminds me of people deliberately setting their watches off-normal so they won't be late; once you introduce the madness it seems it'd be hard to recover.
Posted by: m at May 03, 2024 04:42 AM (o3SCB)

And then they get used to their watch always being off so they still wind up being late.

Posted by: Buzzion at May 03, 2024 05:17 AM (Yyk6J)

45 The Chinese and maps:

The British fear was not without basis. Some months later, in July 1943, the Chinese Ministry of Information published a map which revived ancient claims to include all north Burma as Chinese territory.

Barbara Tuchman’s Stilwell book.

Posted by: 13times at May 03, 2024 05:18 AM (9c1e9)

46 Good morning! 66 headed for 81 later today with some rain. Been a wet spring here in Cowtown.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 03, 2024 05:19 AM (YRsIm)

47 Doesn't feel much like Friday, Miami Grand Prix this weekend and I volunteered to do some work tomorrow in city.

Posted by: Skip at May 03, 2024 05:20 AM (fwDg9)

48 The federal government just mandated that new cars, beginning in 2029, must have automatic emergency braking at speeds up to 90 mph. It might just be me but I'm thinking this is going to be a complete shit show and will cause more problems than it was set out to cure.

Posted by: Lost in Space at May 03, 2024 05:20 AM (hqGCh)

49 G'morning, all.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 03, 2024 05:21 AM (a1415)

50 Doesn't feel much like Friday, Miami Grand Prix this weekend and I volunteered to do some work tomorrow in city.
Posted by: Skip at May 03, 2024 05:20 AM (fwDg9)

You'll be ROLLIN' in DOUGH !

Posted by: JT at May 03, 2024 05:21 AM (T4tVD)

51 Got the upstream O2 sensor changed out yesterday on the wagon.

Sensor came out pretty easily.

BUT...the damb wire connector is about a pain in the butt, and took almost an hour to get off and on.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 03, 2024 05:23 AM (a1415)

52 In California all hours worked on 6th day over 40 hours is time and a half.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 03, 2024 05:24 AM (RIvkX)

53 The federal government just mandated that new cars, beginning in 2029, must have automatic emergency braking at speeds up to 90 mph

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It's why so many new cars - even stripper base models - are being sold with the mandatory "luxury!" of radar based cruise control. It has nothing to do with cruise control, and generally users find the distance-based style is a lot more trouble than its worth.

It's testing the radar in preparation for the law and lawsuits.

It's no coincidence that many, if not most, of those same cars already have really annoying radar-based panic braking, too. You can disable it for now, but you likely won't be allowed to after it's an official ~~law~~ regulation

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Men say we like these traits in women, women reply no, you are wrong at May 03, 2024 05:27 AM (YsjiM)

54 Hazy out, much cooler
Forward Dog 9 out

Posted by: Skip at May 03, 2024 05:29 AM (fwDg9)

55 In California all hours worked on 6th day over 40 hours is time and a half. Posted by: San Franpsycho

In New Mexico all hours worked on the 6th day get you an extra burrito or a small portion of posole.

Posted by: Lost in Space at May 03, 2024 05:29 AM (hqGCh)

56 Have a good one and stay safe Skip !

Posted by: JT at May 03, 2024 05:30 AM (T4tVD)

57 In New Mexico all hours worked on the 6th day get you an extra burrito or a small portion of posole.
Posted by: Lost in Space at May 03, 2024 05:29 AM (hqGCh)
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Better than 50-50 chances I'm taking Mrs. F. to the Mission for lunch today. I need some of that real bad.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 03, 2024 05:32 AM (RIvkX)

58 The Google paid Apple $20 billion to be the exclusive search engine on Apple devices 2022. The NFL was spotted sulking in the corner over the royalties it gets from The Google for its NFL package.

Posted by: Lost in Space at May 03, 2024 05:34 AM (hqGCh)

59 Morning all 😁

As for the ChiComs, they're probably channeling their Inner Soviets...truly accurate maps were considered state secrets and were unavailable below a certain pay grade / 'party status'.

Hmmm, never had the urge to buy an ebook reader; the free Ice Cream Apps e-reader was always good enough for me (and would play anything I DL'd from Project Gutenberg.

And, for those who are still interested, the Vivaldi browser got another big update...IMO, it just keeps getting better and better.

Posted by: CPT. Charles at May 03, 2024 05:35 AM (W+kMI)

60 In California all hours worked on 6th day over 40 hours is time and a half.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 03, 2024 05:24 AM (RIvkX

As a teen working at Red Devil Fireworks setting up those Bay Area neighborhood fireworks stands we’d race to get to 3x Sunday overtime rate. We had to set up hundreds of stands in a few weeks time.

Posted by: 13times at May 03, 2024 05:35 AM (9c1e9)

61 During clashes between anti-Israel protesters and pro-Israel counter-protesters on Tuesday night at UCLA in California, one flag held by a counter-protester caught the eye of many.

The bright yellow flag was not that of Israel nor of the PLO, and certainly not the flag of the Hezbollah organization, which is similar in color. Instead, the flag flown by the pro-Israel counter-protester was the yellow "Moshiach" (messiah) flag of the Chabad Hassidic movement.

A video that has gone viral on the internet shows a CBS News reporter's reaction to the flag, which he had never seen before.

"The first I've seen of this, I've never seen this flag before, or this logo. I don't know if that's what this group is. We've been trying to get a clear view of what that says," the reporter pondered aloud to the viewers.

Many on social media were surprised that the reporter was unfamiliar with the flag, as members of the Chabad movement fly it across the world, including all over the US.
-Arutz Sheva

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She'll find out soon enough.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 03, 2024 05:38 AM (RIvkX)

62 Automatic emergency braking tech will become compulsory on new vehicles before the end of the decade, potentially saving almost 400 lives every year

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hahahaahahaa

That's fantastic. And, same as airbags, intended to save people that refuse to buckle up.

Oh, wait:

"But that’s nothing compared with the shocking 6,272 pedestrian fatalities that happened the same year, 65 percent of which were caused by people being struck by the front of a moving car."

Of note, half of those are involved someone being drunk, and, comically, the majority (30%) is because the pedestrian was drunk.

So *YOU* need the added weight, inconvenience, maintenance, cost, etc. added to your car.

To potentially save 400 people out of 340M.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Men say we like these traits in women, women reply no, you are wrong at May 03, 2024 05:39 AM (YsjiM)

63 60 As a teen working at Red Devil Fireworks setting up those Bay Area neighborhood fireworks stands we’d race to get to 3x Sunday overtime rate. We had to set up hundreds of stands in a few weeks time.
Posted by: 13times at May 03, 2024 05:35 AM (9c1e9)

'merica.

Posted by: m at May 03, 2024 05:40 AM (o3SCB)

64 'It's no coincidence that many, if not most, of those same cars already have really annoying radar-based panic braking, too. You can disable it for now, but you likely won't be allowed to after it's an official law regulation.'

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Men say we like these traits in women, women reply no, you are wrong at May 03, 2024 05:27 AM (YsjiM)

Heh, or you just buy a POS Chinese EV (like BYD) that 'claims' to all the safety features under the sun...but even seem to work when your life is on the line.

Posted by: CPT. Charles at May 03, 2024 05:41 AM (W+kMI)

65 Election commercials are vomit inducing. Just saw one for some DC local congresscritter. From what I can tell, he's running against Trump.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 03, 2024 05:43 AM (+J/Au)

66 It's no coincidence that many, if not most, of those same cars already have really annoying radar-based panic braking, too. You can disable it for now, but you likely won't be allowed to after it's an official law regulation.

Seems like I remember when you could buy a car and seat belts were optional

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 03, 2024 05:44 AM (YRsIm)

67 Moron Robbie.....LOL

You call it 'fatal pedestrian' accidents; I regard many of them as Darwin's Iron Hand at work/

Posted by: CPT. Charles at May 03, 2024 05:45 AM (W+kMI)

68 CDC dot gov:

"Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native, and Black persons had the highest pedestrian death rates among all racial and ethnic groups in 2021.1"

https://tinyurl.com/yhwfvk5s

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So do we add the billions and billions of dollars everyone pays for car features to the ongoing reparations trillions we've been handing out for decades now or is this a different list?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Men say we like these traits in women, women reply no, you are wrong at May 03, 2024 05:46 AM (YsjiM)

69 ""But that’s nothing compared with the shocking 6,272 pedestrian fatalities that happened the same year, 65 percent of which were caused by people being struck by the front of a moving car."

Can't the government mandate placing the front of the car on the rear of the car?

To protect pedestrians.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 03, 2024 05:46 AM (a1415)

70 Seems like I remember when you could buy a car and seat belts were optional
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead

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Airbag mandates require them to be designed to protect unbelted passengers.

Ponder that for a bit.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Men say we like these traits in women, women reply no, you are wrong at May 03, 2024 05:47 AM (YsjiM)

71 Prayer matters-A reflection on a passage from 2nd Kings:

https://tinyurl.com/2jck2uyj

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 03, 2024 05:47 AM (Esa+w)

72 Sen. Josh Hawley lit up arguably the stupidest person in the entire federal government yesterday, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland. Prior to her appointment to Interior, her pinnacle of experience was being a party hack in the New Mexico State Communist party and seems to have been appointed because she's a member of the Navajo tribe. Out of an abundance of respect I refer to her as Chief Dreamcatcher.

https://youtu.be/BTgTKdh62Q0

Posted by: Lost in Space at May 03, 2024 05:49 AM (hqGCh)

73 70 Seems like I remember when you could buy a car and seat belts were optional
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead

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Airbag mandates require them to be designed to protect unbelted passengers.

Ponder that for a bit.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Men say we like these traits in women, women reply no, you are wrong at May 03, 2024 05:47 AM (YsjiM)

Sounds like the nanny state gets you coming and going.

Posted by: m at May 03, 2024 05:50 AM (o3SCB)

74 "But that’s nothing compared with the shocking 6,272 pedestrian fatalities that happened the same year, 65 percent of which were caused by people being struck by the front of a moving car."

Can't the government mandate placing the front of the car on the rear of the car?

To protect pedestrians.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

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You joke, but they did. That's why post 2010 or so cars are so ugly now and all look mostly alike, and why GM and Ford stopped making sedans entirely.

"Taking the Hit: How Pedestrian-Protection Regs Make Cars Fatter
Higher hoods and taller noses are just the start"

https://tinyurl.com/26hq9m6z

The interesting part is the requirement to increase wheel and tire sizes, too, in order to force the eye to accept the new proportions. So that's another added expense and hit to the environment.

All government mandated to maybe potentially save almost 400 lives a year.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Men say we like these traits in women, women reply no, you are wrong at May 03, 2024 05:51 AM (YsjiM)

75 "Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native, and Black persons had the highest pedestrian death rates among all racial and ethnic groups in 2021.1"

Possibly caused by pedestrianizing while drunk...
Or a cultural belief that pedestrian laws do not apply to ones-self.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 03, 2024 05:51 AM (a1415)

76 Oddly enough, the Russians HATE seatbelts with a passion.....the common viewpoint, 'better to fly thru the windshield like an eagle than be trapped like a dog in a hole'.

Then again, Russians have peculiar ideas about what is considered 'safe'.

Posted by: CPT. Charles at May 03, 2024 05:51 AM (W+kMI)

77 In case you missed it, the feds are planning on putting breathalyzer interlocks on cars that automatically read if you've had an alcoholic beverage.

I'm thinking the last year to buy a car is the 2024 model year.

Posted by: Lost in Space at May 03, 2024 05:53 AM (hqGCh)

78 Trooper in TN uses umbrella to shade dog:

https://tinyurl.com/2k5fbhcr

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 03, 2024 05:54 AM (XkYcA)

79 8th grader helps to stop school bus after driver passes out:

https://tinyurl.com/6bk3j64u

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 03, 2024 05:57 AM (XkYcA)

80 Lost in Space at May 03, 2024 05:53 AM (hqGCh)

I foresee a major gray-market economy of 'anti-mandate' car mods in the future.

Or at least until the magnetic pole flip...and it all goes in the pot.

Posted by: CPT. Charles at May 03, 2024 05:57 AM (W+kMI)

81 It's Friday, it's Friday! Happy, happy Friday!

*twirl*

Posted by: Rosasharn at May 03, 2024 05:58 AM (PzBTm)

82 I'm just here for the twirling.

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

83 And just like that Las Cruces is getting invaded. I know I didn't ask for this. I would have been fine with a country swing band or a mariachi band. I would have been fine with some guy playing rock and roll records. I hope this guy keeps his estrogen levels up cuz I don't want him dying around here.

Environmental activist comes to town playing his tunes

https://tinyurl.com/yc3duhpw

Posted by: Lost in Space at May 03, 2024 06:04 AM (hqGCh)

84 So are all these new safety sensors and cameras required to survive a low speed frontal impact,, like the 5mph bumper requirements?

Or are we going to go from 'That'll buff right out' to that will be $3,000.00 for that light tap on the front bumper.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 03, 2024 06:06 AM (a1415)

85 “I’m playing a lot of solid waste songs and recycling and general natural appreciation songs which paid the bills,” he said. “So we played protest songs by night and the schools by the day. Our day job supported the activism.”
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FFS

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 03, 2024 06:07 AM (RIvkX)

86 Evidence is provided that adding 100 % of N1-methyl-pseudouridine (m1Ψ

to the mRNA vaccine in a melanoma model stimulated cancer growth and metastasis, while non-modified mRNA vaccines induced opposite results, thus suggesting that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines could aid cancer development.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 03, 2024 06:08 AM (ENQN6)

87 Tickets are $12 in advance, $15 at the door.
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Have a great time Lost in Space!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 03, 2024 06:10 AM (RIvkX)

88 The good news is Trump can just roll back, provided he gets elected and isn't sitting in prison, all of Biden's executive orders, mandates, and administrative rules.

And for my next joke, pull my finger.

Posted by: Lost in Space at May 03, 2024 06:12 AM (hqGCh)

89
I'm thinking the last year to buy a car is the 2024 model year.
Posted by: Lost in Space at May 03, 2024 05:53 AM (hqGCh)

I've already set my cap at 2002.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 03, 2024 06:12 AM (+yhUM)

90 thank you for that, FS!

& g'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 03, 2024 06:14 AM (tQtDb)

91 And for my next joke, pull my finger.
Posted by: Lost in Space at May 03, 2024 06:12 AM (hqGCh)

One reason he couldn't last time is that the public wouldn't stand for this non-Democrat new guy firing everybody in the executive branch. I think that will be different this time around.

But I am an incurable optimist.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 03, 2024 06:14 AM (+yhUM)

92 Marxists see deaths as a the result of political negligence: the failure to act progressively.

Posted by: Jamaica at May 03, 2024 06:15 AM (IG7T0)

93 Newly married couple adopts dog that crashed their wedding:

https://tinyurl.com/mtftxjj4

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 03, 2024 06:16 AM (3oVMj)

94 Tickets are $12 in advance, $15 at the door.
===

Have a great time Lost in Space!
Posted by: San Franpsycho

I'm thinking I should rent a van and round up a bunch of the homeless people in the area and let them in the back door of the cafe after telling them I'm going to buy them lunch. I'm thinking I won't be within 5 mi of that place. I don't have a police record and that could cause one.

Posted by: Lost in Space at May 03, 2024 06:17 AM (hqGCh)

95 Marxists see death as a ~~the result of political negligence: the failure to act progressively~~ necessary instrument in the process of advancing progressive and Marxist ideas and policies*.

* Suggested edit

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 03, 2024 06:18 AM (a1415)

96 thus suggesting that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines could aid cancer development.
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 03, 2024 06:08 AM (ENQN6)

... doesn't that show that the vaccine is fine, but the adjunct causes cancer?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 03, 2024 06:23 AM (+yhUM)

97 Eeeeeeevery map in China's wrong!
Short is long, like really really really long
And everything you thought was just so important doesn't matter

Posted by: pookysgirl, channeling Weird Al at May 03, 2024 06:24 AM (dtlDP)

98 Or are we going to go from 'That'll buff right out' to that will be $3,000.00 for that light tap on the front bumper.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

Yeah. I have been wondering- are there any new cars with real, not plastic, bumpers anymore?

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at May 03, 2024 06:24 AM (Ka3bZ)

99 ... doesn't that show that the vaccine is fine, but the adjunct causes cancer?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 03, 2024 06:23 AM (+yhUM)

It does actually mention that the vax has little to do with catching CV or hospitalization or deaths from CV.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 03, 2024 06:25 AM (ENQN6)

100 NY Post: Stormy Daniels’ lawyer claimed at Donald Trump’s trial Thursday the $130,000 she was given “wasn’t a payoff, and it wasn’t hush money.” Keith Davidson was on the stand at Manhattan Supreme Court when he made the admission, cheekily testifying he prefers to describe the arrangement — which was set up by then-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen with the porn star — as a “consideration in a civil settlement.”

So once again, we have a trial without a crime or a victim which of course means Trump walks. Right?

And for my next joke, Knock, knock.

Posted by: Lost in Space at May 03, 2024 06:26 AM (hqGCh)

101 It does actually mention that the vax has little to do with catching CV or hospitalization or deaths from CV.
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 03, 2024 06:25 AM (ENQN6)

Buy our new and improved snake oil, now with the added power of cancer fuel!

No, seriously. Buy it, or you're fired and we'll take your kids.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 03, 2024 06:27 AM (+yhUM)

102 95 Marxists see death as a the result of political negligence: the failure to act progressively necessary instrument in the process of advancing progressive and Marxist ideas and policies*.

* Suggested edit
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 03, 2024 06:18 AM (a1415)

Marxism works, just not for the population as it is today but down the road a bit when we eliminate up to 30% of the population.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 03, 2024 06:27 AM (ENQN6)

103 I have a prayer request, please.

A friend of mine, PK ,was going to retire but then decided not to because his daughter was getting married and...expenses. Anyway, he has to move his office to a much smaller one and he's feeling bad about that and has to clear out immense amounts of stuff. I guess he needs patience, peace, strength and acceptance. Thx very much.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 03, 2024 06:27 AM (4//Aq)

104 "Yeah. I have been wondering- are there any new cars with real, not plastic, bumpers anymore?"

Even side-view mirrors now have cameras, sensors and indicators built into the easily damaged housings.

I suspect that is one reason why self-retracting- automatic folding mirrors have become more the norm. It's cheaper to make them fold out of the way when parked than it is to replace them if damaged.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 03, 2024 06:28 AM (a1415)

105 I guess he needs patience, peace, strength and acceptance. Thx very much.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 03, 2024 06:27 AM (4//Aq)

Embrace the Quiet Quit.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 03, 2024 06:29 AM (+yhUM)

106 The Honda Trail 125 I have on order was purchased with the intent of playing fuck around and find out in the desert. I have now changed my perspective and and now consider It as a hedge against the Marxist interference in the transportation sector.

Posted by: Lost in Space at May 03, 2024 06:31 AM (hqGCh)

107 Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 03, 2024 06:29 AM (+yhUM)

What's a "quiet quit"? Just filling in time until he does actually quit?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 03, 2024 06:33 AM (4//Aq)

108

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at May 03, 2024 06:33 AM (vJosS)

109 Or are we going to go from 'That'll buff right out' to that will be $3,000.00 for that light tap on the front bumper.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

--

A lady that goes to our church totaled her new $35K or so car over the weekend.

Single car wreck, veered off the road and hit a pole at 15mph or so messing with her phone.

Airbags fired, $$$. Even cars are disposable now. Because that's good for the environment.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Men listened and cooperated and now you're angrier than ever at May 03, 2024 06:35 AM (rWGyP)

110 What's a "quiet quit"? Just filling in time until he does actually quit?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 03, 2024 06:33 AM (4//Aq)

Basically.

Some people do it because they're lazy and awful. Others do it because they reach the end of their rope with a terrible employer.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 03, 2024 06:35 AM (+yhUM)

111 What's a "quiet quit"? Just filling in time until he does actually quit?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 03, 2024 06:33 AM (4//Aq)

That's my understanding.

Posted by: pookysgirl, groggy froggy at May 03, 2024 06:36 AM (dtlDP)

112 What's a "quiet quit"? Just filling in time until he does actually quit?

-

Go to any government facility (or just think of your last DMV trip). Observe 80% of employees.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Men listened and cooperated and now you're angrier than ever at May 03, 2024 06:37 AM (rWGyP)

113 China 'raunched' a Moon rocket to the farside to collect samples. I missed it but am watching the Youtube video here

https://www.youtube.com/live/WpDd8VFHXf8

Posted by: Ciampino - Don't we make our own maps? at May 03, 2024 06:38 AM (qfLjt)

114 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at May 03, 2024 06:38 AM (86W+h)

115 Thanks. He's not lazy and awful. I think his deciding not to retire took people by surprise. He's technically the "boss" but some person under him is having his office.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 03, 2024 06:39 AM (4//Aq)

116 Lightning but no rain.

Posted by: Eromero at May 03, 2024 06:40 AM (o2ZRX)

117 Good morning. Turkey is cutting off a 7 billion dollar a year trade agreement with Israel. Haniyeh is taking an extended stay in Turkey at the invitation of Erdogan.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 03, 2024 06:41 AM (nOwFe)

118 Another knife horror at busy Australian shopping centre

https://mol.im/a/13378241

Posted by: Ciampino - We don't need guns ..... at May 03, 2024 06:41 AM (qfLjt)

119 Every map of China is wrong. (Medium)
______
That was true of the USSR. Back in the 70s or 80s there was a board wargame company, Peoples' Wargames. Just as Bolshie as the name implies. They proudly used Soviet maps and insisted they were better than western capitalist maps. Then it came out that the Sovs had been falsifying the maps for decades.

The Rooshian attitude was "If we didn't falsify maps, who would?"

Posted by: Eeyore at May 03, 2024 06:41 AM (1bNHn)

120 ROAD. Retired On Active Duty.

Posted by: Eromero at May 03, 2024 06:42 AM (o2ZRX)

121 >*twirl*

Posted by: Rosasharn
---

Roger, Rosasharn- we copy you twirling
You got a bunch of guys about to turn blue
we're twirling again, thanks a lot

Posted by: Don Black at May 03, 2024 06:43 AM (/7KEl)

122 Has Anatolia ever not been a piece of shit in the entire course of humans being there?

These guys. The Ottomans. The scattered kingdoms of nutsackery Alexander had to wade through to get to Persia.
Heck, even half the epistles of St. Paul are letters to Anatolian churches telling them to stop being a bunch of jackoffs.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 03, 2024 06:44 AM (+yhUM)

123 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 03, 2024 06:46 AM (u82oZ)

124 Heck, even half the epistles of St. Paul are letters to Anatolian churches telling them to stop being a bunch of jackoffs.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Finally, a Bible lesson in terms that I can even understand.

Posted by: Lost in Space at May 03, 2024 06:47 AM (hqGCh)

125 {{{Rosasharn}}}

Huzzah! And she is twirling!

*Does Happy Dance to Peter White's Reveillez-vous. *

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 03, 2024 06:47 AM (u82oZ)

126 Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 03, 2024 06:44 AM
Heh.

Posted by: Eromero at May 03, 2024 06:48 AM (o2ZRX)

127 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

I'm thinking I should take a trip to Kansas. What are the biggest tourist attractions besides the agricultural silos and the slaughterhouse feedlots?

Posted by: Lost in Space at May 03, 2024 06:49 AM (hqGCh)

128 122 Has Anatolia ever not been a piece of shit in the entire course of humans being there?

These guys. The Ottomans. The scattered kingdoms of nutsackery Alexander had to wade through to get to Persia.
Heck, even half the epistles of St. Paul are letters to Anatolian churches telling them to stop being a bunch of jackoffs.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 03, 2024 06:44 AM (+yhUM)
_______
I've read that it was the prime source of manpower for the Byzantine army, and it's loss after Manzikert was the biggest cause of decline. IIRC, that's Dupuy's take.

Posted by: Eeyore at May 03, 2024 06:49 AM (1bNHn)

129 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

Storms tonight, but not now.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 03, 2024 06:49 AM (u82oZ)

130 I guess there were the Hittites. And some obscure Armenian kingdom that squatted there in the late bronze age for a generation or two until they collapsed.

But outside of that....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 03, 2024 06:50 AM (+yhUM)

131 "I'm thinking the last year to buy a car is the 2024 model year.
Posted by: Lost in Space "

The more computers, sensors, and gadgets they add to cars, the more things that can go wrong. There are no new cars I want, but there are plenty of older cars with antiquated things like throttle cables and distributors that can keep me busy for the rest of my life, or until gasoline is banned, whichever comes first.

Posted by: fd at May 03, 2024 06:50 AM (vFG9F)

132 "I'm thinking the last year to buy a car is the 2024 model year.
Posted by: Lost in Space "

The more computers, sensors, and gadgets they add to cars, the more things that can go wrong. There are no new cars I want, but there are plenty of older cars with antiquated things like throttle cables and distributors that can keep me busy for the rest of my life, or until gasoline is banned, whichever comes first.
Posted by: fd

I cannot find fault with your position except for the lack of Bluetooth.

Posted by: Lost in Space at May 03, 2024 06:51 AM (hqGCh)

133 I'll never get to own a Crown Vic

Posted by: Don Black at May 03, 2024 06:53 AM (/7KEl)

134 I drove my FiL's brand new Chevy pickup.

Would be great if it were just pedals and steering wheel... but sweet tap dancing Edsel, for the love of fuck, stop beeping and chirping and chiming at me for every stupid dumbass thing you can imagine. I'm trying to do a thing, here.

Ping ping ping
Bong...bong...bong....
Beedoo beedoo....

SHUT UP!!!!!!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 03, 2024 06:53 AM (+yhUM)

135 a Police Interceptor

with cop tires cop shocks cop motor

Posted by: Don Black at May 03, 2024 06:54 AM (/7KEl)

136 Eeyore

Greek heritage farmers were tough in Anatolia.
Manzikert was an own goal by poor leadership.
Today, that genetic heritage is gone, wiped out in the 1920 by the Armenian genocide.

Turkey under Recep Tayyip Erdogan is reverting to Islamic culture. Sucks to be them.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 03, 2024 06:55 AM (u82oZ)

137 131 "I'm thinking the last year to buy a car is the 2024 model year.
Posted by: Lost in Space "

The more computers, sensors, and gadgets they add to cars, the more things that can go wrong. There are no new cars I want, but there are plenty of older cars with antiquated things like throttle cables and distributors that can keep me busy for the rest of my life, or until gasoline is banned, whichever comes first.
Posted by: fd at May 03, 2024 06:50 AM (vFG9F
Points, plugs, and condenser, generator instead of alternator.

Posted by: Eromero at May 03, 2024 06:55 AM (o2ZRX)

138 I cannot find fault with your position except for the lack of Bluetooth.
Posted by: Lost in Space at May 03, 2024 06:51 AM (hqGCh)

16 dollar fix

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 03, 2024 06:55 AM (ENQN6)

139 and SCMODS

Posted by: Don Black at May 03, 2024 06:55 AM (/7KEl)

140
thus suggesting that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines could aid cancer development.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 03, 2024 06:08 AM

Saw a teaser headline recently that someone on chemo is gonna die because there isn't enough chemo to go around. Shortage, you know, for some inexplicable reason.

But Fauci still walks around a free man.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 03, 2024 06:57 AM (RKVpM)

141 "Fasten passenger seat belt".... it's a box of papers, shut up.

"Object in blind spot"... yes, thank you, my neck does indeed work, shut up.

"The air is 78% nitrogen" --- FECK AFFFFF!!!!!!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 03, 2024 06:58 AM (+yhUM)

142 "I cannot find fault with your position except for the lack of Bluetooth.
Posted by: Lost in Space "

Driving a car without A/C in the summer in Georgia can make you question the sanity of this position.

Posted by: fd at May 03, 2024 06:59 AM (vFG9F)

143 Lost in Space

For me, the attraction is the land and the wide open skiesitself. Kansas is a big state with 2.8 million people (75% in a few urban areas) and 6 million cows. It's a subtle A cup beauty compared with DD Colorado.

The Cosmosphere in Hutchinson has an excellent collection of space artifacts. The western bottomlands are excellent for bird-watching. There is a very good book called The 8 Wonders of Kansas that spells some of it out. The book is outdated on eateries, but sound.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 03, 2024 07:00 AM (u82oZ)

144 "I'll never get to own a Crown Vic
Posted by: Don Black"

There are plenty of used ones. A guy showed up at our last Rallycross with a 4 wheel drive twin turbo version and did pretty well.

Posted by: fd at May 03, 2024 07:01 AM (vFG9F)

145 72

https://youtu.be/BTgTKdh62Q0

Posted by: Lost in Space at May 03, 2024 05:49 AM (hqGCh)
----
Thanks for that link. I wonder how many people got paid off?

Posted by: Ciampino - We don't need guns .... at May 03, 2024 07:01 AM (qfLjt)

146 For me, the attraction is the land and the wide open skiesitself. Kansas is a big state with 2.8 million people (75% in a few urban areas) and 6 million cows. It's a subtle A cup beauty compared with DD Colorado.

The Cosmosphere in Hutchinson has an excellent collection of space artifacts. The western bottomlands are excellent for bird-watching. There is a very good book called The 8 Wonders of Kansas that spells some of it out. The book is outdated on eateries, but sound.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

That actually sounds very lovely. What about Clutter place, the one made famous by Truman Capote in the book In Cold Blood. They do tours out there?

Posted by: Lost in Space at May 03, 2024 07:02 AM (hqGCh)

147 Salty!

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

148 It depends on what you want to see. I like to drive to the little towns around me. Lots of museums and the Eisenhower one in Abilene is good. There are round barns to visit and some beautiful churches. I haven't been to Lindsborg yet, but it is another pretty town.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 03, 2024 07:04 AM (yeEu9)

149 We have a local used car dealer here in town that specializes in used Police Interceptors.

Counted five Crown Vic's on their lot just yesterday.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 03, 2024 07:04 AM (a1415)

150 "The air is 78% nitrogen" --- FECK AFFFFF!!!!!!
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Worked at a semiconductor manufacturer a while ago.
The manager was doing a dog and pony show for some Japanese customers and was asked if the finished wafers/chips were stored under nitrogen.
He answered "Yes, 78%", that satisfied the customer.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 03, 2024 07:05 AM (8quvU)

151 I have never been to Kansas, but besides being the home of Salty ( Yay, Salty) it was the home of a priest , Fr. Emil Kapaun, who is being considered for canonization in the RCC. He died in a North Korean prison camp during the Korean War and was known for his selfless devotion to the men there. There is a walk to remember his in Wichita ever year at the end of May:

kapaun.org

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 03, 2024 07:05 AM (XkYcA)

152 But any Moron would enjoy the Garden of Eden in Lucas!

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 03, 2024 07:05 AM (yeEu9)

153 He answered "Yes, 78%", that satisfied the customer.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 03, 2024 07:05 AM (8quvU)

Lol

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 03, 2024 07:06 AM (+yhUM)

154 Lost in Space

Don't know. Not in my areas of interest at all.

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

155 Otis is where the elevators come from, right?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 03, 2024 07:07 AM (+yhUM)

156
"Checks in the mail."

"Just a little bit."

"Two weeks to flatten the curve."

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 03, 2024 07:08 AM (RKVpM)

157 155 Named after a beloved town drunk.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 03, 2024 07:09 AM (V5eKu)

158 155 Otis is where the elevators come from, right?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 03, 2024 07:07 AM (+yhUM)
----
Have you actually seen the elevator trees in bloom?
Also the elevator shoe bushes?

Posted by: Ciampino - We don't need guns ... at May 03, 2024 07:10 AM (qfLjt)

159 Don't know. Not in my areas of interest at all.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Thank you for your suggestions. I really do want to visit that state. On the other hand, I was messing with you too.

Posted by: Lost in Space at May 03, 2024 07:10 AM (hqGCh)

160 Corrected website for post 151:

http://frkapaun.org/

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 03, 2024 07:11 AM (XkYcA)

161 Have you actually seen the elevator trees in bloom?
Also the elevator shoe bushes?
Posted by: Ciampino - We don't need guns ... at May 03, 2024 07:10 AM (qfLjt)

Ugh.

Cables and numbered bakelite buttons everywhere.

Worse than sycamores.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 03, 2024 07:12 AM (+yhUM)

162 Lost in Space

Drop me a line before you come out, and if you are nearby, I will host you to some libations and local Angus products.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 03, 2024 07:12 AM (u82oZ)

163
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 03, 2024 07:13 AM (bEb2S)

164 Drop me a line before you come out, and if you are nearby, I will host you to some libations and local Angus products.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Thank you so much for that offer. It sounds fun.

Posted by: Lost in Space at May 03, 2024 07:13 AM (hqGCh)

165 Have a great day, everyone.

May your skies be interesting but not dangerous.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 03, 2024 07:14 AM (u82oZ)

166 IRS Quietly Changes The Rule On How Your Children’s Inheritance Will Be Taxed

https://tinyurl.com/94bjm47r

Posted by: Ciampino - Quietly means we won't like it at May 03, 2024 07:15 AM (qfLjt)

167 KFC Malaysia temporarily closes outlets amid Gaza boycott

https://tinyurl.com/3xm5wyzw

Posted by: Ciampino - I'm not sure why a headline here at May 03, 2024 07:16 AM (qfLjt)

168 I wonder how many Pelotons are sitting gathering dust and being used as a valet for towels and clothes in basements and garages across the fruited plain.

Save your money and go for a walk in God's big, beautiful world.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 03, 2024 07:18 AM (4a+k3)

169 Thank you so much for that offer. It sounds fun.
Posted by: Lost in Space

It'll take you a while to get there on a 125!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 03, 2024 07:20 AM (8quvU)

170 Otis is where the elevators come from, right?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 03, 2024 07:07 AM (+yhUM)

Otis Day And The Knights > Otis Elevator Co.

Shama Lama Ding Dong...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 03, 2024 07:21 AM (4a+k3)

171 'Unacceptable': At least 15 Portland police cars burned, arson investigation underway

https://tinyurl.com/mts4b8e7

Posted by: Ciampino - Surprised not Fed cars at May 03, 2024 07:21 AM (qfLjt)

172 Be safe, Salty!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 03, 2024 07:22 AM (a1415)

173 150 "The air is 78% nitrogen" --- FECK AFFFFF!!!!!!
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Worked at a semiconductor manufacturer a while ago.
The manager was doing a dog and pony show for some Japanese customers and was asked if the finished wafers/chips were stored under nitrogen.
He answered "Yes, 78%", that satisfied the customer.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 03, 2024 07:05 AM (8quvU)

N2 Refractive n = 1.00029839
CO2 Refractive n = 1.00044892

But sunlight can find those 0.04% CO2 molecules out of 78% N2 molecules and heat up the earth.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 03, 2024 07:24 AM (ENQN6)

174 Posted by: Lost in Space at May 03, 2024 07:02 AM (hqGCh)

Somewhere between "B" and "C" is the Platonic ideal.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 03, 2024 07:25 AM (ozna+)

175 170 There's a former Otis elevator plant in Erie, PA, now used as a specialty plastics factory. The test tower for the cars still stands. It was sometimes used in dropping the cars to test braking systems. It must have been exciting when it didn't work.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 03, 2024 07:25 AM (V5eKu)

176 Otis Day And The Knights > Otis Elevator Co.

Proof

https://youtu.be/MG7KCOO76Wc

Posted by: Lost in Space at May 03, 2024 07:25 AM (hqGCh)

177 Morning peeps

I'm looking at a graphical forecast for my location. Little clouds with rain drops for a solid 7 days. On one hand it will help fill the pool since it was rehabbed after being damaged, on the other it will push back the remaining work needed to be done on it (plumbing.)

Having stagnant water is just a huge invitation for all sorts of critters to make it home.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 03, 2024 07:27 AM (Q4IgG)

178 Another female teacher arrested for sexual assault, of a fifth grader.

"Madison Bergmann, 24, was arrested and faces one count of first-degree child sexual assault for alleged inappropriate conduct with a fifth-grade student at River Crest Elementary School in Wisconsin."

Posted by: fd at May 03, 2024 07:28 AM (vFG9F)

179
Otis Day And The Knights
> Otis, Mayberry's town drunk
> Otis Elevator Co.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 03, 2024 07:29 AM (xG4kz)

180 IRS Quietly Changes The Rule On How Your Children’s Inheritance Will Be Taxed

https://tinyurl.com/94bjm47r
Posted by: Ciampino - Quietly means we won't like it at May 03, 2024 07:15 AM (qfLjt)

Should still come under the $14M inheritance threshold before taxes, but yeah, not getting the step up in basis on assets inherited upon the death of your parents who were using an irrevocable trust is going to put the sting to some 'soon to be very wealthy' trust fund kids inheriting Manhattan coops and apartments and the like...

Posted by: Boswell at May 03, 2024 07:32 AM (K+UlC)

181
JJ
SEF
TON

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 03, 2024 07:32 AM (ENQN6)

182
"CEO of male hair loss and ED treatment brand is ‘eager’ to hire anti-Israel student protesters.

“If you’re currently protesting against the genocide of the Palestinian people & for your university’s divestment from Israel, keep going. It’s working,” Hims CEO Andrew Dudum tweeted."

I knew that company was full of lefty homos from the first time I heard of it. Stupid gay name.

Posted by: fd at May 03, 2024 07:33 AM (vFG9F)

183 Every one of those 'protestors' should be shown this, and then shuttled off to jail. Female protestors should be given extended sentences:

https://tinyurl.com/mswm5rnj

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at May 03, 2024 07:35 AM (DIB8X)

184
Worked at a semiconductor manufacturer a while ago.
The manager was doing a dog and pony show for some Japanese customers and was asked if the finished wafers/chips were stored under nitrogen.
He answered "Yes, 78%", that satisfied the customer.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

Speckled nitrogen, to boot!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Talk:Methylene_(compound)
#Discovery_and_preparation_by_Donald_Duck

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 03, 2024 07:39 AM (xG4kz)

185 2 of Kobo's new ereaders also use color e-ink. Which, having one in hand now, is an ok product. Hopefully will be great in another few years.

Posted by: m0lr4k at May 03, 2024 08:33 AM (fWx/D)

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