Daily Tech News 12 May 2024

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If you have an Asus anything, better hope it doesn't need to be repaired. (Tom's Hardware)

There's a video at the end of the post providing background, but among other scams, Asus wanted around $2700 to replace just the power connector on an RTX 4090 - a well-documented problem with these cards - and $200 for a literally microscopic scratch on an Ally Z1 gaming device.

In that case the device was sent in to repair a broken joystick, and not only did Asus not offer to repair the joystick, they threatened to send the device back disassembled if the customer didn't cough up.

This didn't go down too well because the customer in question was a hardware review channel with more than two million subscribers.
My new laptop is an Asus.

Tech News

Swiss company Climeworks unveiled its new "Mammoth" plant in Iceland, which... Is basically a tree, only large, noisy, ugly, and expensive. (CNN)

So it's a plant that does what a plant does, except worse in every possible way.
ARM desktop PCs are definitely coming, says ARM. (Tom's Hardware)

Uh huh.
The Incredible KIMplement is a KIM-1 emulator... That runs on a Commodore 64. (OldVCR)

It's a fully virtualised 6502 running on a 6502.

This is like constructing a replica 1950s washing machine where every component is itself a 1950s washing machine.

If that doesn't make much sense, then yes.
Gaze upon Dell's leaked Qualcomm X-Elite powered laptops. (The Verge)

Gaze, you filthy peasants. Gaze.
OpenAI's ChatGPT announcement: What we know so far. (Tech Crunch)

Pixy's Law of Headlines: When a headline includes the phrase "what we know so far", the writer knows nothing whatsoever.
I'm not saying SpaceX, but SpaceX: NASA wants a cheaper Mars sample return proposal. (Ars Technica)

Boeing presented the most expensive option.

Asus RMA Fail Video of the Day

Never get into an argument with a man who buys shampoo by the barrel.

Vtuber Music Video of the Day

My single favourite song from Hololive, and they've recorded a lot of songs. The English branch by itself has something like 400 entries on the playlist.

Amazing that this came out of the mouth of a rat who even speaks Japanese with a thick Australian accent.

Disclaimer: A lot of things can happen in a year. The king might die. I might die. And maybe the rat will learn to sing.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 Yeet?

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 12, 2024 04:06 AM (1Bcgn)

2 Hiya Pixy! How are things Down Under?

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 12, 2024 04:06 AM (1Bcgn)

3 Morning, nurse. Glad to hear you're home and recuperating. Hope you're feeling better.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 12, 2024 04:07 AM (ju2Fy)

4 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 12, 2024 04:08 AM (ju2Fy)

5 Thanks olddog

Time to go back to the sleep though. Or at least try.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 12, 2024 04:08 AM (1Bcgn)

6 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 12, 2024 04:09 AM (fwDg9)

7 The King is a Fink!

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 12, 2024 04:09 AM (1Bcgn)

8 Guess all is good nurse?

Posted by: Skip at May 12, 2024 04:10 AM (fwDg9)

9 2 Hiya Pixy! How are things Down Under?

Damp.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 12, 2024 04:10 AM (BLOW1)

10 Hi Skip!
I'm very sore, but not I acute burnt stab y pain like I was. Best pain relief is ice.

Ice is your friend

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 12, 2024 04:12 AM (1Bcgn)

11 My new laptop is an Asus.

Maybe try getting it blessed to prevent future repairs?!

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 12, 2024 04:14 AM (ju2Fy)

12 https://tinyurl.com/34fanz2v

A good 20 Tweets from Bad Blue
Posted by: Skip at May 12, 2024 02:07
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I only made it half way through the video at #7. Blood pressure couldn't handle anymore.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 12, 2024 04:17 AM (ju2Fy)

13 I like it when we get videos that are not over produced HamsterDance.

I also like these posts a lot.

Good afternoon.

Posted by: meh at May 12, 2024 04:23 AM (OOi4p)

14 BOING!

Let's dance:

https://tinyurl.com/bp7t84np

(X.com)

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 12, 2024 04:24 AM (3jjRs)

15 nutshell and all, innit?

gotta get up pretty early these days if yer gonna be on the trailhead at dawn.

just sayin' ...

also sayin: G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 12, 2024 04:24 AM (tQtDb)

16 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 12, 2024 04:25 AM (6PUpl)

17 NASA wants a cheaper Mars sample return proposal. (Ars Technica)
Boeing presented the most expensive option.

Which is funny, because their option was just "wait for a piece of Mars to fall off."

Posted by: mikeski at May 12, 2024 04:28 AM (DgGvY)

18 OpenAI's ChatGPT announcement: What we know so far. (Tech Crunch)

Pixy's Law of Headlines: When a headline includes the phrase "what we know so far", the writer knows nothing whatsoever.

heh

Posted by: m at May 12, 2024 04:33 AM (o3SCB)

19 14 BOING!

Let's dance:

https://tinyurl.com/bp7t84np

(X.com)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 12, 2024 04:24 AM (3jjRs)

She's got that weapon with the thing that goes up.

Posted by: m at May 12, 2024 04:35 AM (o3SCB)

20 Pixy's Law of Headlines: When a headline includes the phrase "what we know so far", the writer knows nothing whatsoever.

Nothing whatsoever about the subject at hand? Or nothing whatsoever, full stop?

Posted by: mikeski at May 12, 2024 04:36 AM (DgGvY)

21 Nothing whatsoever about the subject at hand? Or nothing whatsoever, full stop?
Posted by: mikeski at May 12, 2024 04:36 AM (DgGvY)
-

About the subject at hand. At least that's what we know so far.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 12, 2024 04:40 AM (3jjRs)

22 Ice is your friend
Posted by: nurse ratched

Especially in a glass of spirits...

Morning all!

Posted by: Bruce at May 12, 2024 04:42 AM (8h3B6)

23 Up and outside to see if there was any Aurora this AM.

Nothing here in No Ill.

Posted by: Bruce at May 12, 2024 04:43 AM (8h3B6)

24 Up and outside to see if there was any Aurora this AM.

Nothing here in No Ill.
Posted by: Bruce at May 12, 2024 04:43 AM (8h3B6)
-

You missed it:

https://tinyurl.com/mp9vrj5m

(Wikipedia)

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 12, 2024 04:45 AM (3jjRs)

25 Swiss company Climeworks unveiled its new "Mammoth" plant in Iceland, which... Is basically a tree, only large, noisy, ugly, and expensive.

"The carbon can then be injected deep beneath the ground, reused or transformed into solid products."

So, they're going to try fracking with CO2? Or is CO2 really really bad for the environment but can be safely stored in a vessel of some sort that will never never ever leak or explode or....?

Posted by: Bruce at May 12, 2024 04:47 AM (8h3B6)

26 You missed it:

https://tinyurl.com/mp9vrj5m

(Wikipedia)
Posted by: Biden's Dog

HA!

Been there many a time.

Posted by: Bruce at May 12, 2024 04:47 AM (8h3B6)

27 Pixy's Law of Headlines: When a headline includes the phrase "what we know so far", the writer knows nothing whatsoever.

Nothing whatsoever about the subject at hand? Or nothing whatsoever, full stop?
Posted by: mikeski

About the subject at hand. At least that's what we know so far.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

* golf clap *

I was expecting a "healing power of And" reply. You have exceeded my expectations. Pretty good for..... crud, it's almost 4AM. Stupid insomnia.

Posted by: mikeski at May 12, 2024 04:48 AM (DgGvY)

28 I know Nut’ting !!!

Posted by: Sargent Schulz at May 12, 2024 05:02 AM (4Winp)

29
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 12, 2024 05:24 AM (tljrc)

30 A spiritual legacy

A Christian devotional from a passage of 2nd Timothy about the mother and grandmother of Timothy:

https://tinyurl.com/mu4pa6k4

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 12, 2024 05:43 AM (p1bWh)

31 I for one welcome my new ARM overlords. What I'm not looking forward to is my existing scanner/printers not working with these new ARM PCs. Odds on the devil will be in the drivers.

Posted by: Lost in Space at May 12, 2024 05:53 AM (aiP3E)

32 Yeet?
Posted by: nurse ratched

Yootie Toot-Toot!

Posted by: JT at May 12, 2024 05:57 AM (T4tVD)

33 Up and outside to see if there was any Aurora this AM.

Nothing here in No Ill.
Posted by: Bruce at May 12, 2024 04:43 AM (8h3B6)
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You missed it:

https://tinyurl.com/mp9vrj5m

(Wikipedia)
Posted by: Biden's Dog
-----------------
Missed this one too.

https://is.gd/aurora_sighting

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 12, 2024 05:58 AM (ju2Fy)

34 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at May 12, 2024 06:01 AM (86W+h)

35 Didn't see any aurora, but I did see a meteor yesterday AM.

It burned in green.

Posted by: fluffy at May 12, 2024 06:02 AM (86W+h)

36 Got a little closer to my goal of sleeping until noon

Posted by: Skip at May 12, 2024 06:05 AM (fwDg9)

37 Thanks for the Big Bad Blue Tweets Skip !

Posted by: JT at May 12, 2024 06:16 AM (T4tVD)

38 Watch the guys speech

Posted by: Skip at May 12, 2024 06:21 AM (fwDg9)

39 It's #1

Posted by: Skip at May 12, 2024 06:22 AM (fwDg9)

40 "My new laptop is an Asus."

Have companies gone both stupid and insane?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 12, 2024 06:23 AM (CmpAx)

41 Shouldn't they put that Co2 sucker where the Co2 is being produced? (Instead they put the Co2 sucker device where the Co2 suckers live)

Posted by: TC at May 12, 2024 06:24 AM (cHOHf)

42 Watch the guys speech
Posted by: Skip at May 12, 2024 06:21 AM (fwDg9)

39 It's #1
Posted by: Skip at May 12, 2024 06:22 AM (fwDg9)

A speech about wee-wee ?

Posted by: JT at May 12, 2024 06:27 AM (T4tVD)

43 >>> Shouldn't they put that Co2 sucker where the Co2 is being produced?

You mean we should throw it in a volcano?

Posted by: fluffy at May 12, 2024 06:27 AM (86W+h)

44 43 >>> Shouldn't they put that Co2 sucker where the Co2 is being produced?

You mean we should throw it in a volcano?
Posted by: fluffy at May 12, 2024 06:27 AM (86W+h)

Coal seam fires.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 12, 2024 06:29 AM (CmpAx)

45 Well nuts. Fired up my little refurbished Dell laptop that I bought a couple of months ago and the space bar doesn't work. Push it and the curser doesn't move. I have Linux Mint on it. Had no issues at all with it till this morning. The rest of the keyboard works fine, just not the space bar. Weird. I'll trouble shoot later. I last used it last Wednesday. It worked normally. 🤔

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 12, 2024 06:30 AM (sAmhv)

46 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at May 12, 2024 06:35 AM (dg+HA)

47 Lovely city.
Man accused of slashing 11-year-old girl in East Harlem, arrested

https://tinyurl.com/s863zvv9

Posted by: Ciampino - why not attempted murder? at May 12, 2024 06:36 AM (qfLjt)

48 Good morning morons

Local TV news has been reporting the aurora has been visible in the area, but the city has been foggy all night.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 12, 2024 06:38 AM (RIvkX)

49 nurse b"h for your complete and speedy recovery.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 12, 2024 06:38 AM (RIvkX)

50 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering

WET !

Posted by: JT at May 12, 2024 06:41 AM (T4tVD)

51 I might have slept too long, I feel like a slug.
Maybe coffee will help

Posted by: Skip at May 12, 2024 06:42 AM (fwDg9)

52 Didn't we see that Climeworks CO2 thing a few days ago or did I see it elsewhere? It's all a scam - think Solyndra.

Posted by: Ciampino - Build a CO2 to gasoline plant using ground thermal energy at May 12, 2024 06:43 AM (qfLjt)

53 Evening and morning on a Sunday in May to all the early and late people!

MIss LInda dragged me to what was labeled as "A Champagne Stroll" in an uptown shopping district. HOrdes (no, not our kind) of people strolling up and down, drinking from sample go-cups of champagne and wine dispensed for free at various stores; occasionally bits of cooked food (actually rather good) were available, esp. from the local grocery who was a co-sponsor. The weather was not terrible. But being out in crowds like that is boring for me.

I did stop at one of the local cigar-and-pipe stores. The clerk was pleasant, but he knew nothing much about pipes, and I didn't have a burning desire to buy anything. I'd have loved to bring a pipe and a book, buy an ounce of some leaf, and just hang out there while L. trotted around. But I don't like leaving her alone in crowds.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 12, 2024 06:45 AM (omVj0)

54 Good morning to one and all. Happy Mother's Day to the lovely ladies of the Horde.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 12, 2024 06:47 AM (D/6Qm)

55 Got a little closer to my goal of sleeping until noon
Posted by: Skip at May 12, 2024

***
Oddly, Skip, so did I! Ten-thirty last night to five-thirty this morning. I woke, glanced at my dimmed watch dial, thought it was three-thirty, then glanced again and went, "Wow!"

I owe it all to melatonin and magnesium, I think.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 12, 2024 06:47 AM (omVj0)

56 My son got an Asus laptop a few months ago and yeah, it’s crap. Fan always runs at max and rattles so much it’s unusable. Apparently this is a known issue. It will burn through the battery in about an hour EVEN ON STANDBY. Totally worthless. It is about to go out under warranty for repair - I’ll let you know how it goes.

Posted by: JeffC at May 12, 2024 06:47 AM (ANxaz)

57 might have slept too long, I feel like a slug.

Oozy and slimey ?

Posted by: JT at May 12, 2024 06:50 AM (T4tVD)

58 Good morning to one and all. Happy Mother's Day to the lovely ladies of the Horde.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 12, 2024 06:47 AM (D/6Qm)

I'll SECOND THAT !

Hiya BenHad !

Posted by: JT at May 12, 2024 06:52 AM (T4tVD)

59 45 Well nuts. Fired up my little refurbished Dell laptop that I bought a couple of months ago and the space bar doesn't work. Push it and the curser doesn't move. I have Linux Mint on it. Had no issues at all with it till this morning. The rest of the keyboard works fine, just not the space bar. Weird. I'll trouble shoot later. I last used it last Wednesday. It worked normally. 🤔
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 12, 2024 06:30 AM (sAmhv)

IBM M bulit on 11-19-90. Accept no substitutes.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 12, 2024 06:52 AM (CmpAx)

60 Good morning! Gonna be a cool rainy day here in Cowtown, but tha' lil puddin head baby is here with Mom for Mother's day and we had sushi last night. Gotta drive her back to N Dallas later today and hang some shelves for her.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 12, 2024 06:53 AM (YRsIm)

61 It is strange to see how Vtubers reacting to guntuber videos has become a thing.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 12, 2024 06:56 AM (CmpAx)

62 She wiped your butt. You can at least get her a card.

Posted by: And you know it at May 12, 2024 06:58 AM (dg+HA)

63 JT, good morning.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 12, 2024 07:00 AM (D/6Qm)

64 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 12, 2024 07:02 AM (Be/+i)

65 You can still buy new Model M keyboards. These days they're made by a company called Unicomp, which bought the original factory in Lexington when IBM outsourced manufacturing.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 12, 2024 07:02 AM (BLOW1)

66
@EndWokeness
80,000+ people show up at a Trump rally in a small town in New Jersey.

If you're a Democrat, it's time to panic.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 12, 2024 07:03 AM (RKVpM)

67 Happy Mothers Day to the Moms out there.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 12, 2024 07:03 AM (ENQN6)

68 66
80,000+ people show up at a Trump rally

Huuuuge!

Posted by: PDT at May 12, 2024 07:05 AM (dg+HA)

69 Watched the Oxford Union debate and was surprised that Nancy Pelosi is repeatedly permitted to interrupt the speaker on the floor.

Good speech skewering leftist shibboleths.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 12, 2024 07:05 AM (RIvkX)

70 Sundowner couldn't get a dozen hand picked audience

Posted by: Skip at May 12, 2024 07:08 AM (fwDg9)

71 65 You can still buy new Model M keyboards. These days they're made by a company called Unicomp, which bought the original factory in Lexington when IBM outsourced manufacturing.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 12, 2024 07:02 AM (BLOW1)

But my 34 year old one works fine. It is missing the cover on one key. The 'Pause' button.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 12, 2024 07:09 AM (CmpAx)

72 My mother's been gone for some years now. However, last night at one of the shops on the Champagne Stroll, I saw a print of a pretty brunette woman wearing the hairstyle and dress of the 1940s. Looked like a dead ringer for my mother at that age. Turned out it was the owner's grandmother! (And no, we weren't related.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 12, 2024 07:09 AM (omVj0)

73 Happy Mother's Day.
Mom RIP (1995)

Posted by: uniparty, Raping and Mutilating the Children They do not Kill at May 12, 2024 07:10 AM (gxokI)

74 My last PC laptop was an Asus that spent more time in the repair shop than on my lap..

Posted by: Andy_in_Colorado at May 12, 2024 07:12 AM (mJ56u)

75 Listen, fat. I can gather a crowd of 74 people at a community college in Delaware anytime I want. Of course that includes staffers. And faculty. And a few curious students. And the media. And security. And the union thugs. And the janitorial staff. They'll even clap if you pay 'em. I'm serious. Not a joke.

Posted by: Slow Joe at May 12, 2024 07:12 AM (dg+HA)

76 And I had two more people tell me last night that I looked like Vincent Van Gogh. Odd how I've been told that about five times this year, but never heard it much before '24, and never when I was younger.

I'm thinking of printing up some postcard-sized copies of "The Starry Night" and carrying them and a pocket knife with me. When somebody tells me I look like VVG, I'll whip the items out and slash the pic to pieces, laughing maniacally. Street theatre!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 12, 2024 07:13 AM (omVj0)

77 Moring peeps.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 12, 2024 07:16 AM (Q4IgG)

78 It seems rather rough
On Vincent van Guff
When folks in the know
Call him Vincent van Go
For unless I'm way off
He was Vincent van Gogh

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 12, 2024 07:16 AM (Be/+i)

79
🌹🌹🌹
Happy Mother's Day to the Mom's

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 12, 2024 07:16 AM (RKVpM)

80 Happy Mother’s Day to all Moms and Grandmoms. Glad to hear Nurse is home. I was surprised that it appears an appendectomy is an outpatient procedure now. That’s great, less time in a hospital the better for you.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at May 12, 2024 07:19 AM (U5wpN)

81 It seems rather rough
On Vincent van Guff
When folks in the know
Call him Vincent van Go
For unless I'm way off
He was Vincent van Gogh
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 12, 2024 07:16 AM (Be/+i)
====
I pronounce his name in Dutch so this rhyme doesn't work for me.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 12, 2024 07:19 AM (RIvkX)

82 Yes they remove appendix and gall bladder with laparoscopy so the surgical incision is very small.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 12, 2024 07:21 AM (RIvkX)

83 Boker Tov Patriots
Happy Mother's Day

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 12, 2024 07:22 AM (SHAib)

84 Making blueberry and cream oatmeal on stove top.
Added a little vanilla and vanilla coffee cream with cinnamon

Posted by: Skip at May 12, 2024 07:22 AM (fwDg9)

85 Happy Mother's Day to all the Horde moms!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 12, 2024 07:22 AM (Wnv9h)

86 Hiya Cap'n !

Posted by: JT at May 12, 2024 07:23 AM (T4tVD)

87 I pronounce his name in Dutch so this rhyme doesn't work for me.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 12, 2024 07:19 AM (RIvkX)
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The verse was written by an English guy, so his pronunciation of "off" is probably closer to "Gogh" than ours.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 12, 2024 07:24 AM (Be/+i)

88 Yes they remove appendix and gall bladder with laparoscopy so the surgical incision is very small.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 12, 2024

***
Is the standard of care nowadays to take both out at the same time?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 12, 2024 07:24 AM (omVj0)

89 I use 1 1/2 cups milk, a just light cup of oatmeal

Posted by: Skip at May 12, 2024 07:24 AM (fwDg9)

90 RMBS, what are you cooking for Mom today?

Posted by: Ben Had at May 12, 2024 07:24 AM (D/6Qm)

91 I guess it would be rude to whine up blueberry pancakes on Mother's Day, but that means Mrs. F. is getting oatmeal or eggs because that is where my breakfast starts and ends otherwise.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 12, 2024 07:24 AM (RIvkX)

92
End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
Unmarried women favor Democrats by a whopping 37% margin.

Until some 'migrant' does the unimaginable to them. Or they can't afford, gasoline, rent, or groceries.

Then, they vote for the Democrat multiple times.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 12, 2024 07:26 AM (RKVpM)

93 Is the standard of care nowadays to take both out at the same time?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 12, 2024 07:24 AM (omVj0)
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It depends on symptoms, but I know that they are doing more and more ectomies of any those small organs as outpatient procedures. Not even overnight stay.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 12, 2024 07:28 AM (RIvkX)

94 Wife's visiting son. Heading home this afternoon. Breakfast was 3 eggs scrambled with splash of half & half cooked in bacon grease.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 12, 2024 07:28 AM (ju2Fy)

95 Pity, would training an LLM on Ace comments be feasible?

My last laptop was an Asus, and it was pretty great. Current laptop is an off brand (MSI?). It's OK. Kinda loud and hot. It's fine for my use case (occasional light browsing), but I wouldn't recommend it for work or gaming.

Posted by: Mrs. Peel at May 12, 2024 07:33 AM (Y+AMd)

96 I guess it would be rude to whine up blueberry pancakes on Mother's Day

On the contrary. It would show how much she means to you to allow her to show off her talents. Or something like that. Try it. Let us know how it goes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 12, 2024 07:34 AM (ju2Fy)

97 It ain't warm out thar.

We won't get frostbite, but we ain't gonna get malaria neither.

And that's today's Accu-Weather.

Posted by: JT at May 12, 2024 07:34 AM (T4tVD)

98 Posted by: olddog in mo at May 12, 2024 07:34 AM (ju2Fy)
====
I like it.

Hold on a sec, I'll go wake her up and ask...

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 12, 2024 07:36 AM (RIvkX)

99 That's the spirit.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 12, 2024 07:37 AM (ju2Fy)

100 Looks like the weather will be nice for our first reenacting weekend of the season. Not too hot, not too cold.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 12, 2024 07:38 AM (Be/+i)

101 Pity, would training an LLM on Ace comments be feasible?

Posted by: Mrs. Peel at May 12, 2024 07:33 AM (Y+AMd)
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That would be hilarious...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 12, 2024 07:39 AM (BpYfr)

102
It is go into the crawl space to change out some CVC piping joints day!

YAAAAAAYYYYYY!!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 12, 2024 07:39 AM (ZoJSR)

103 Byeee...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 12, 2024 07:40 AM (Be/+i)

104 95 Pixy, would training an LLM on Ace comments be feasible?

Hmm. Probably. Not sure what the results would be though.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 12, 2024 07:40 AM (BLOW1)

105 101 Pity, would training an LLM on Ace comments be feasible?

Posted by: Mrs. Peel at May 12, 2024 07:33 AM (Y+AMd)
----
That would be hilarious...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 12, 2024 07:39 AM (BpYfr)

I'm not sure I would be quoted accurately.

Posted by: Abraham Lincoln at May 12, 2024 07:42 AM (PiwSw)

106
Q: Who will win the 2024 Presidential Election?
AceLLM: Slap a hot iron on it.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 12, 2024 07:42 AM (RKVpM)

107 I feel like a slug. Low salt diet strongly recommended.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 12, 2024 07:42 AM (zdLoL)

108 Anybody want a link to Douglas Murray's speech accepting Alexander Hamilton Award? It is quite good, he dedicated his award to the people of Israel.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 12, 2024 07:42 AM (RIvkX)

109 "Hmm. Probably. Not sure what the results would be though."

I would guess some Book of Revelations, Monty approved, DooM but that's just a guess.

Posted by: Outside of Life at May 12, 2024 07:43 AM (89Sog)

110 Tried to get my doc to take out my appendix when I had my resection done. Nope, wouldn't do it. After reading about nurse's experience I guess it isn't a big deal if caught in time. I'm thinking they should just put in 3 zippers where my scars are, they've been used 3 times already.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 12, 2024 07:45 AM (2NHgQ)

111 "Pixy, would training an LLM on Ace comments be feasible?

Hmm. Probably. Not sure what the results would be though.
Posted by: Pixy Misa"

Humphreyrobot.

Posted by: fd at May 12, 2024 07:45 AM (vFG9F)

112 This afternoon Konstantin Kisin is posting an interview with Norman Finkelstein, that should be fun.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 12, 2024 07:46 AM (RIvkX)

113
@ClownWorld_
🚨 Just in: Greta Thunberg Just got arrested while protesting at Eurovision.

Wearing a keffiyeh to show her support for killing Jews.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 12, 2024 07:48 AM (RKVpM)

114 Tried to get my doc to take out my appendix when I had my resection done. Nope, wouldn't do it. After reading about nurse's experience I guess it isn't a big deal if caught in time. I'm thinking they should just put in 3 zippers where my scars are, they've been used 3 times already.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 12, 2024 07:45 AM (2NHgQ)
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During my first resection, the doc went ahead and took out the appendix because it was there. He also scooped out some random bits of tissue leftover from when I was born.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 12, 2024 07:48 AM (BpYfr)

115 OpenAI's ChatGPT announcement

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"We are proud to announce our upcoming partnership with Boston Dynamics! The quadrupedal Fully Remote & Independent Extermination Droid is an exciting new application for OpenAI technology. The FRIEND bot will be ChatGPT-enabled for autonomous operations, and be powered with EATR tech - so it can fuel itself with the corpses of the peasantry it hunts. It feels like magic!"

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 12, 2024 07:49 AM (0FoWg)

116 perfesser. From when you were born, so only 29 years ago, not bad.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 12, 2024 07:50 AM (2NHgQ)

117 112
I don't know either of those two! Should I?

Posted by: Ciampino - fertilizer at May 12, 2024 07:50 AM (qfLjt)

118
I would guess some Book of Revelations, Monty approved, DooM but that's just a guess

With a touch of Seinfeld, Blazing Saddles, Airplane! and Monty Python.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 12, 2024 07:50 AM (dg+HA)

119 perfesser. From when you were born, so only 29 years ago, not bad.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 12, 2024 07:50 AM (2NHgQ)
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Pretty close, actually. I was 27 and 1/2 when I had my first resection...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 12, 2024 07:56 AM (BpYfr)

120 I'm serious about Humphreyrobot. It mashes up horde wisdom and regurgitates it in a manner that sometimes even sounds lucid.

Posted by: fd at May 12, 2024 07:57 AM (vFG9F)

121 Is an appendix useful at all, or is it just a funding scam for the greedy healthcare monolith?

Posted by: Vestigial Vince at May 12, 2024 07:57 AM (V5BDR)

122 Good Sunday morning, horde!

Nurse ratched, so glad to see you are with us this morning, been praying for your quick recovery. Hugs!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 12, 2024 07:58 AM (OX9vb)

123 My cat Hexie was rolling around on the kitchen table, rolled too close to the edge and fell off.

Like a boss, she landed on her feet with style.

It's a shame I didn't have any buttered toast strapped to her back. She'd still be hovering in place...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 12, 2024 07:58 AM (BpYfr)

124 Humphreyrobot can make sense from time to time. Saf on the other hand......

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 12, 2024 07:58 AM (R4t5M)

125

United States Senator Mitch McConnell is asked “What are your thoughts on running for reelection in 2026?”

https://twitter.com/WallStreetApes/status/
1789299962636886216

/ stitch together. He basically strokes out.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 12, 2024 08:00 AM (RKVpM)

126 ASUS has, for many years, been a rock solid option for me. Sounds like the enshittification has fully infected that company, and it's no longer a viable purchase option. Very disappointing news.

No wishful thinking here though, if that's the way they've gone, then I'll look at other options.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 12, 2024 08:01 AM (O7YUW)

127 > stitch together. He basically strokes out.

that's pretty bad

Posted by: Don Black at May 12, 2024 08:02 AM (/7KEl)

128 @121 This is one of the most philosophical questions in evolutionary theory. I've heard it discussed all night.

I can say this much with evidence: presenting with acute appendicitis on a Friday evening will cost several thousand dollars more than if you strolled in groaning on Tuesday morning.
It must have something to do with nurses and their dates.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 12, 2024 08:02 AM (zdLoL)

129 Saf on the other hand......
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 12, 2024 07:58 AM (R4t5M)

I was just thinking about saf the other day...haven't seen his nic here in a long time. Maybe I'm just not here at the same time.

His posts always made me think there is another dimension that is wondrous, but that I don't understand.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 12, 2024 08:06 AM (OX9vb)

130 McConnell vs. Carter vs. *biden in the dead pool.

I want a 3-way tie for winning.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 12, 2024 08:07 AM (Q4IgG)

131
I saw Appendix and Gall Bladder open for Brewer and Shipley at AWH in '68.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 12, 2024 08:07 AM (eDfFs)

132 Scrambled eggs and a side of Jimmy Dean's pork sausage links.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 12, 2024 08:09 AM (R/m4+)

133
Spanish Stroll > Champagne Stroll

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5LveBIjg3o

Posted by: naturalfake at May 12, 2024 08:10 AM (eDfFs)

134 how is the blank-faced old man in that video supposedly taking any meaningful role in the legislative process? He can't process a simple question and answer

Posted by: Don Black at May 12, 2024 08:11 AM (/7KEl)

135 As a megalomaniac the thought of losing his grip on power caused momentary syncope.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 12, 2024 08:14 AM (RIvkX)

136 Has anyone seen SFGoth around lately?

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 12, 2024 08:15 AM (hWqzv)

137 hearing thunder
that's new

Posted by: Don Black at May 12, 2024 08:16 AM (/7KEl)

138 Yes they remove appendix and gall bladder with laparoscopy so the surgical incision is very small.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 12, 2024

***
Is the standard of care nowadays to take both out at the same time?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 12, 2024 07:24 AM (omVj0)

The main benefit comes when you wake up after picking up that mysterious blonde girl in the hotel bar, and find your kidneys and liver missing.

Hardly any scars at all!

Posted by: naturalfake at May 12, 2024 08:17 AM (eDfFs)

139 It could be a TIA but there were no classic symptoms than non-responsiveness, no facial drooping, loss of consciousness, etc.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 12, 2024 08:20 AM (RIvkX)

140 Leonid Rogozov removed his own appendix at a research station in Antarctica.

Nobody else to do it. Somebody held a mirror, so he could see better. Tricky, I expect. Badass.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 12, 2024 08:21 AM (aPa7n)

141 Neighbor was commenting last weekend iirc

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 12, 2024 08:22 AM (RIvkX)

142
Wife: I don't understand cloning.
Husband: That makes two of us.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 12, 2024 08:22 AM (dg+HA)

143 No Krak ?

Posted by: JT at May 12, 2024 08:24 AM (T4tVD)

144 20 Pixy's Law of Headlines: When a headline includes the phrase "what we know so far", the writer knows nothing whatsoever.

Nothing whatsoever about the subject at hand? Or nothing whatsoever, full stop?
Posted by: mikeski at May 12, 2024 04:36 AM (DgGvY)

hahaha

Posted by: m at May 12, 2024 08:24 AM (o3SCB)

145 22 Ice is your friend
Posted by: nurse ratched

Especially in a glass of spirits...

Morning all!
Posted by: Bruce at May 12, 2024 04:42 AM (8h3B6)

Ice Ice baby

Posted by: m at May 12, 2024 08:24 AM (o3SCB)

146 Thx San Franpsycho.

I always love hearing about his kitty friends.

Still have a pretty good ache in the gut but not nearly what I had 24 hours ago. They gave me FIVE 5mg oxy to take post surgery. Holy
Crap. Talk about stingy. I also have to take some augmentin for a few days.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 12, 2024 08:25 AM (hWqzv)

147 Wonderful, hubby nec's connecting flight today is on a Boeing 737.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 12, 2024 08:27 AM (2NHgQ)

148 Thoughts and prayers, nec. Not even joking.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 12, 2024 08:29 AM (OX9vb)

149 nurse ratched: What you went through turned out to be serious indeed, but it sounds like they caught it before it burst, so ... not nearly as bad as it could have been. I'm so glad they were able to get that out of you in time.

Get a lot of rest, and stay well, huh?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 12, 2024 08:29 AM (O7YUW)

150 Still have a pretty good ache in the gut but not nearly what I had 24 hours ago. They gave me FIVE 5mg oxy to take post surgery. Holy
Crap. Talk about stingy. I also have to take some augmentin for a few days.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 12, 2024 08:25 AM (hWqzv)

Will you ever play the violin again ?

Posted by: JT at May 12, 2024 08:30 AM (T4tVD)

151 Thanks dash. We travel to Switzerland next month, dreading what our plane for the flight over the ocean will be on.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 12, 2024 08:32 AM (2NHgQ)

152 150

Will you ever play the violin again ?

Posted by: JT at May 12, 2024 08:30 AM (T4tVD)
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Hey, she's still got her Table Of Contents!

Posted by: Ciampino - The unkindest cut of all at May 12, 2024 08:33 AM (qfLjt)

153 RIP Comedian James Gregory dead at 78 after suffering cardiac arrest

https://mol.im/a/13408331

Posted by: Ciampino - The unkindest cut of all! at May 12, 2024 08:34 AM (qfLjt)

154 RIP Comedian Rudy Moreno dead at 66

https://mol.im/a/13407955

Wow, two in one day.

Posted by: Ciampino - The unkindest cut of all!! at May 12, 2024 08:35 AM (qfLjt)

155 "Leonid Rogozov removed his own appendix at a research station in Antarctica."

I neutered myself on TikTok with a keyhole saw.

Posted by: Pawl at May 12, 2024 08:36 AM (vFG9F)

156 >"Leonid Rogozov removed his own appendix at a research station in Antarctica."
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I cut my own hair

Posted by: Don Black at May 12, 2024 08:39 AM (/7KEl)

157 Mornin' y'all and Happy Mother's Day to all the Horde mamas!

Posted by: screaming in digital at May 12, 2024 08:40 AM (xQ/4D)

158 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

Youse guys are the best. Really.

I'll be fine. I already took Monday off work and will be just hanging out on the beach I guess. Glad it didn't rupture. I guess that makes for a toxic mess and an overnight stay. They did offer me to stay last night but who wants to stay in the hospital if you don't have to? It was pretty quiet in there.

It was impressive how they got me in and out in six hours.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 12, 2024 08:42 AM (sWKcE)

159 So in the Southern Hemisphere today is Fathers Day right?

Posted by: Ciampino - Antipodal logic at May 12, 2024 08:42 AM (qfLjt)

160 Hiya Screamie !

Posted by: JT at May 12, 2024 08:42 AM (T4tVD)

161 If people don't scramble to perform the Heimlich Maneuver on you when you say "Van Gogh", you're not pronouncing it correctly.

Happy Mother's Day to all the Horde moms out there.

And {{{hugs}}} to Nurse and wishes for a speedy recovery.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at May 12, 2024 08:43 AM (FkUwd)

162
So in the Southern Hemisphere today is Fathers Day right?

Posted by: Ciampino - Antipodal logic at May 12, 2024 08:42 AM

No, but experts agree the water flows counter-clockwise when you flush a toilet.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 12, 2024 08:45 AM (RKVpM)

163 Screaming in digital!

Are you packing for your trip yet?

And hello Eris. Thank you.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 12, 2024 08:45 AM (sWKcE)

164 And during National Nurses' Week too

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 12, 2024 08:46 AM (RIvkX)

165 Did they let you keep the appendix?

Posted by: davidt at May 12, 2024 08:46 AM (SYTee)

166 I'm going to shame myself here and get on with the yardwork I should have done last weekend.

I didn't read shit this week.
I suck and will try to be better next week.

Posted by: Reforger at May 12, 2024 08:46 AM (B705c)

167 Jimmy Carl Black, the Indian of the group, never got a day.

Posted by: Dead Buttons at May 12, 2024 08:49 AM (vFG9F)

168 > I'm going to shame myself here and get on with the yardwork I should have done last weekend.
__________

That was me, yesterday. 5 hours of yard work. My wife's youngest daughter is visiting on Tuesday for an undetermined period of time.

To bad the weather's gonna' suck.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 12, 2024 08:49 AM (Q4IgG)

169 I didn't read shit this week.
I suck and will try to be better next week.
Posted by: Reforger at May 12, 2024 08:46 AM (B705c)
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So you aren't going to stick around for the Sunday Morning Book Thread?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 12, 2024 08:49 AM (BpYfr)

170 All I'm going to say is that I have been buying Asus for 10+ years, and they've never been anything less than courteous, helpful, and knowledgeable. Their FREE support has been better than most people's paid version.

Posted by: SDN at May 12, 2024 08:50 AM (2gqBa)

171 @158/nurse ratched:

"Glad it didn't rupture. I guess that makes for a toxic mess and an overnight stay."

It can be SO much worse than that. You dodged a bullet.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 12, 2024 08:51 AM (O7YUW)

172 I suck and will try to be better next week.
Posted by: Reforger at May 12, 2024 08:46 AM (B705c)
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So you aren't going to stick around for the Sunday Morning Book Thread?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 12, 2024 08:49 AM (BpYfr)
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*notes on permanent record and adds a charge*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 12, 2024 08:51 AM (RIvkX)

173 Prayers Nurse.
Speedy and full recovery.
Friend of mine had his burst. Were it not for the driving off a cliff unconsious they might not have discovered that pain in his gut wasn't just gas. He was a putrid mess inside but lived.

Posted by: Reforger at May 12, 2024 08:52 AM (B705c)

174 I didn't read shit this week.

Constipated ?

Posted by: JT at May 12, 2024 08:52 AM (T4tVD)

175 165 Did they let you keep the appendix?

Posted by: davidt at May 12, 2024 08:46 AM (SYTee)
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Probably in a jar labeled A.B. Normal

Posted by: Ciampino - Antipodal Applied Logic at May 12, 2024 08:52 AM (qfLjt)

176 {{{nurse}}} so happy you are recovering so quickly!

Not packing yet, but I've collected most of the things I needed. Will do a dry run for packing this week to see what doesn't fit in the suitcase I want to take. Most importantly I have arrangements for Mom and the cat while I'm away!

Posted by: screaming in digital at May 12, 2024 08:54 AM (xQ/4D)

177 171 @158/nurse ratched:

"Glad it didn't rupture. I guess that makes for a toxic mess and an overnight stay."

It can be SO much worse than that. You dodged a bullet.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 12, 2024 08:51 AM (O7YUW)
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What caliber? Nurse likes 1911 if I'm not mistaken but am unsure of caliber.

Posted by: Ciampino - Antipodal Applied Logic ! at May 12, 2024 08:55 AM (qfLjt)

178 Hiya Screamie !
Posted by: JT
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Hiya and hugs!

Posted by: screaming in digital at May 12, 2024 08:55 AM (xQ/4D)

179 Ciampino:

175: *guffaw*

177: .50 AE JHP

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 12, 2024 08:56 AM (O7YUW)

180 I will be in and out. These old bones don't take kindly to hulahoeing for extended periods of time so I take lots of breaks.
Supposed to be in the mid 80s today so I have to get out early so as not to die.

Posted by: Reforger at May 12, 2024 08:56 AM (B705c)

181 Good morning everyone.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 12, 2024 08:57 AM (ibKjr)

182 Hiya and hugs!
Posted by: screaming in digital

Posted by: JT at May 12, 2024 08:58 AM (T4tVD)

183 TP how was the wedding?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 12, 2024 08:58 AM (RIvkX)

184 Were it not for the driving off a cliff unconsious they might not have discovered that pain in his gut wasn't just gas.. . .
Posted by: Reforger

You have to admit, that's a pretty Moron way to get attention.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 12, 2024 09:00 AM (ibKjr)

185 Nood

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 12, 2024 09:00 AM (RIvkX)

186 Still wanna know about the wedding though!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 12, 2024 09:00 AM (RIvkX)

187 142
Wife: I don't understand cloning.
Husband: That makes two of us.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 12, 2024 08:22 AM (dg+HA)

; )

Posted by: m at May 12, 2024 09:01 AM (o3SCB)

188 The NOOD is the Sunday Morning Book Thread.

Remember: Pants are REQUIRED.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 12, 2024 09:03 AM (O7YUW)

189 More importantly, how was the wedding night?

Posted by: Groucho Marx at May 12, 2024 09:03 AM (dg+HA)

190 + 10 = 200

Posted by: m at May 12, 2024 09:05 AM (o3SCB)

191 Asus is scum. They screwed me out of warranty service on some refurbished hardware years ago and I've not purchased from them since.

Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at May 12, 2024 09:33 AM (DTX3h)

192 I’ve always assumed Asus laptops were disposable.

Posted by: UnkleSteve at May 12, 2024 10:04 AM (t9mSz)

193 The consumer protection agencies will take great umbrage at the practices.

Posted by: Anonymous incognito at May 12, 2024 10:28 AM (14zVy)

194 If I recall, the ColecoVision console, one of the early generations, had an attachment module that would allow you to play the Atari 2600's games on it. The latter had a much larger library, even if it got to be shovelware.

The module was an Atari 2600, chips and all, packed into a smaller form factor that simply attached to the ColecoVision bus for video and some other I/O.

Posted by: Another Anon at May 12, 2024 11:19 AM (QNMaY)

195 The asus stuff is actually recent news for me. I bought a decent asus chromebook for my daughter late last year refurbished for about $400. Mostly for schoolwork. She smashed the screen so step 1 was buying the cheapest replacement which I found for about $100. 2nd I tried to get it the broken one repaired. I knew it would be costly, but asus wanted $1200 to repair it. Yeah, no.

Instead, I'm taking it to a big repair chain nearby that has a monthly subscription. I get it back in a month then cancel the membership.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 12, 2024 11:26 AM (Y6IkP)

196 I have an Asus notebook computer, which I bought at Microcenter four years ago for around $200, to serve as my traveling computer. On Day 1, I nuked Windows and installed Ubuntu Linux; works like a charm (though I did need to find a driver for the wifi chip). Works fine for the limited tasks I do on it - web browsing, email, some word processing, playing music or movies. I've taken it to Canada, Ireland, Spain, and Egypt, as well as around the US, and it's given good service everywhere. (The recharger works with either 110 or 220, so all I needed for Europe and Egypt was a plug adapter.) About a year ago, the battery started to give out, so with the help of a YouTube video, I replaced it myself with one I bought off Amazon for $20. Works great. I'd buy another one without hesitating.

Posted by: Nemo at May 12, 2024 01:15 PM (S6ArX)

197 >My new laptop is an Asus

My current laptop is a 2019 VivoBook, and the biggest issue I've found with it is it's simply impossible to find replacement parts. I need a replacement fan and a couple of replacement ribbon cables, and they're so rare the parts would cost more than the hourly rate to do the work.

Posted by: Daniel Ream at May 12, 2024 01:59 PM (0Go0g)

198 I know this thread has been stomped on by other threads today but, I'm hoping Pixy will see this. I'm looking for an inexpensive (as possible) PC to do video rendering. My computers are old and slow when it comes to rendering, everything else is just fine. So, I'm looking for something just to put on my home network, transfer the video to it and let it do the rendering once I've edited it down as needed. any recommendations?

Posted by: Dawgs65 at May 12, 2024 02:19 PM (v0NoV)

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