Daily Tech News 18 May 2024

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Slack is taking customer data and using it for AI training. (Security Week)

"You can opt out", said Slack, which didn't actually bother to tell anyone it was doing this in the first place. "You just have to call customer support."

"The data is not shared with third parties and never leaves Slack's trust boundary" added a Slack representative, missing the point that Slack's trust boundary is now zero.

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Reddit has signed a deal with OpenAI to train ChatGPT on its users' content. (The Verge)

This deal and a similarly lucrative one with Google put Reddit's financial future on a solid foundation.

Reddit's moral foundation is more like a house of cards in a hurricane.
How DeviantArt died. (Slate)

AI and greed. Greed and AI. A story as old as time, or 2022, whichever came first.
Three years after acquiring Biritish open access science publisher Hindawi, American publishing group Wiley is shutting it down and writing it off. (The Register)

What happened in between was Wiley retracting over eleven thousand scientific papers published in Hindawi journals because they were AI-generated garbage.
The Mac vs. PC war is back on, says some idiot. (The Verge)

Macs aren't even an afterthought in the global PC market at this point. Even Apple doesn't want to sell them.
CSC ServiceWorks operates a million washers and dryers in hotels and apartment builds that charge residents and guests automatically on use - a nationwide digital laundromat. So far so good.

Not so good: You can use the machines without paying. (Tech Crunch)

Even less good: CSC has been aware of this for some time.

I mean, bad for CSC. Great for everyone else.
Adobe has sent a legal threat to game emulator Delta claiming that the software steals Adobe's logo. (Tech Crunch)

Does anyone remember what Adobe's logo looks like? Anyone?
France has banned TikTok in New Caledonia following widespread riots which in turn follow changes to voting laws that will allow non-citizen residents to vote after ten years. (Politico)

Critics - which is to say TikTok - warned that this set a dangerous precedent.
Staff leaving OpenAI are subject to a life-long non-disclosure and non-disparagement agreement. (Twitter)

If they don't sign within sixty days, they permanently lose any ability to sell their already-vested stock, which would have been a larger part of their compensation package than their salary.

This sounds like a field day for whichever law firm lands the class action suit.
When an 8-core 11900K beats a 24-core 14900KS. (Tom's Hardware)

This despite the 11900K running its DDR4 memory at 3.9GHz and the 14900KS running DDR5 at 9.3GHz. Sometimes it's the small numbers that matter (latency settings) more than the big ones (bandwidth).
All my computers are running DDR4.
Intel's new Falcon Shores processor uses 1500W. (Tom's Hardware)

That used to be a lot.
Asus has vowed to "improve clarity" over its blatantly illegal handling of warranty claims. (Tom's Hardware)

Oh. That's alright then.

Anime Music Video of the Day

Song is Best Day of My Life by the band American Authors. Anime is Non Non Biyori, which follows the daily lives of the children - all five of them - in a remote Japanese farming community. The location is fictional but the hints are that it would be somewhere in northwestern Honshu.

Their dilapidated school building though is entirely real.

Disclaimer: There is a word - though I don't remember the word or even the language it is from, so this is of questionable utility - for nostalgia for a time and a place that you never knew. Non Non Biyori delivers that like nothing I have ever seen.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 Pixytime!

Posted by: m at May 18, 2024 04:01 AM (hyRRf)

2 Morning y'all

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at May 18, 2024 04:02 AM (/HDaX)

3 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 18, 2024 04:02 AM (fwDg9)

4 Morning all!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 18, 2024 04:03 AM (BLOW1)

5 Pho e isn't charging. I have a 8 foot cord and a 3 foot, the 8 sometimes doesn't work as well

Posted by: Skip at May 18, 2024 04:04 AM (fwDg9)

6 anemoia (uncountable) (neologism, uncommon) Nostalgia for a time or a place one has never known.

Posted by: m at May 18, 2024 04:07 AM (hyRRf)

7 Thanks m!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 18, 2024 04:08 AM (BLOW1)

8 "...nostalgia for a time and a place that you never knew..."
-------------

Hiraeth. Welsh.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiraeth

Posted by: JQ at May 18, 2024 04:08 AM (njWTi)

9 Oh... anemoia is probably more correct.

Hiraeth is more a type of homesickness, which may or may not be for a known place/time /situation...

Posted by: JQ at May 18, 2024 04:11 AM (njWTi)

10 pronunciation and history of "anemoia" here:

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/anemoia

I don't see "anemoia" catching on.

But a synonym, fauxstalgia, is kinda catchy!

Posted by: m at May 18, 2024 04:14 AM (hyRRf)

11 Pixy, you outdid yourself with this selection of articles. I don't know enough about modern chip design to offer any factual critique of what Intel is up to but coming up with a design that consumes 1500 W seems to point out they have serious issues when it comes to power management. ARM designs are marching in exactly the opposite direction with extreme power management by comparison and are being produced by a wider range of companies. Intel seriously lost their way in the mid 2010s when they iterated on the same basic design for multiple years and ever since then they have slowly than marching
towards irrelevance.

Posted by: Lost in Space at May 18, 2024 04:22 AM (ZlOgr)

12 7 Thanks m!
Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 18, 2024 04:08 AM (BLOW1)

; )

Posted by: m at May 18, 2024 04:24 AM (hyRRf)

13 Not so good: You can use the machines without paying.

Smacks forehead with open Palm of hand. This article highlights why I will never have a smart home as it makes you dependent on a third party to do their job properly.

Posted by: Lost in Space at May 18, 2024 04:28 AM (ZlOgr)

14 If Apple actually wanted to be in the computer business tbey could put more memory in their computers and not solder it in or overcharge for it.

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at May 18, 2024 04:29 AM (gHSfI)

15 Grandpa Pedo and The Full Diapers

Posted by: Son of Dad at May 18, 2024 04:32 AM (8JB5s)

16 If Apple actually wanted to be in the computer business tbey could put more memory in their computers and not solder it in or overcharge for it. Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain

I see Apple as being in the lifestyle business expressed through computing appliances. Apple's engineering chops and manufacturing/ supply chain management is stellar. Their marketing is on a different level and taps in to part of the human brain that needs to have insecurities taken care of.

Posted by: Lost in Space at May 18, 2024 04:37 AM (ZlOgr)

17 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 18, 2024 04:41 AM (iNUL3)

18 Italian Grand Prix this weekend, 3rd Free practice at 6:30, qualifying at 10

Posted by: Skip at May 18, 2024 04:44 AM (fwDg9)

19 Quantum internet inches closer: Qubits sent 22 miles via fiber optic cable

https://tinyurl.com/5b9dwwan

Posted by: Lost in Space at May 18, 2024 04:47 AM (ZlOgr)

20 "Google's accidentally deleted a giant customer account for no reason. UniSuper, an Australian pension fund that manages $135 billion worth of funds and has 647,000 members, had its entire account wiped out at Google Cloud."

Whoopsie.

https://tinyurl.com/mr2n66hd

Posted by: Lost in Space at May 18, 2024 04:53 AM (ZlOgr)

21 18:at Imola. Monza is later in the year.

If it stops raining in western NC, maybe NASCAR will have their All-Star race at the glorious North Wilkesboro Speedway. The trucks are supposed to race there too, if it stops raining.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 18, 2024 04:56 AM (iNUL3)

22 The kids in the Japanese anime are like latchkey kids of an earlier time.

Posted by: m at May 18, 2024 05:05 AM (hyRRf)

23 Pot of coffee is done, that's a good start

Posted by: Skip at May 18, 2024 05:06 AM (fwDg9)

24 It's Ferrari's track

Posted by: Skip at May 18, 2024 05:07 AM (fwDg9)

25 Mclaren showed some real speed in Miami. It will be interesting to see if it carries over to Italy. As for Red Bull, Verstappen complained in Miami that his car had no speed which led to him "only" finishing second. I can't imagine the Red Bull has it sorted out what went wrong in Miami.

Posted by: Lost in Space at May 18, 2024 05:10 AM (ZlOgr)

26 "latchkey kids"

I envied them, because at least they got a housekey...

My parents would *not* give me & older sibling keys. Why not? Because Mom was "stay-at-home" But, sometimes, would still be a grocery store when we got off the bus.

Full bladder? Tough. Find a place in the bushes, out of sight of the neighbors.

Posted by: JQ at May 18, 2024 05:12 AM (njWTi)

27
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 18, 2024 05:12 AM (tljrc)

28 Adobe was like the cursive three bladed arrow head, looked dead on, wasn't it?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 18, 2024 05:17 AM (75/Pp)

29
Their marketing is on a different level and taps in to part of the human brain that needs to have insecurities taken care of.
Posted by: Lost in Space

_________

In other words, a cult.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 18, 2024 05:18 AM (MoZTd)

30 The current Adobe logo is a white stylized capital A on a red background.

Posted by: Lost in Space at May 18, 2024 05:19 AM (ZlOgr)

31 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 18, 2024 05:21 AM (ju2Fy)

32
Oh, and Good morning, Hordians.

Didn't come around here yesterday because I decided to make that my Friday penance. Usually I don't listen to my music on Fridays, but I was working on a project.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 18, 2024 05:22 AM (MoZTd)

33 28 Adobe was like the cursive three bladed arrow head, looked dead on, wasn't it?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 18, 2024 05:17 AM (75/Pp)

Like TestFlight.

Posted by: m at May 18, 2024 05:29 AM (hyRRf)

34
Intel's new Falcon Shores processor uses 1500W.

It's a computer! It's a toaster! It's two, it's two, it's two mints in one.

Posted by: Greta Thongburg at May 18, 2024 05:30 AM (RKVpM)

35 I would have a withdrawal if I missed a day

Posted by: Skip at May 18, 2024 05:33 AM (fwDg9)

36
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Acrobat

Posted by: m at May 18, 2024 05:34 AM (hyRRf)

37
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TestFlight

Posted by: m at May 18, 2024 05:35 AM (hyRRf)

38 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 18, 2024 05:43 AM (tQtDb)

39 from the TechCrunch comments

hn Smith
4 hours ago
Delta developers could thank Adobe for the free publicity.

Posted by: m at May 18, 2024 05:47 AM (hyRRf)

40
I would have a withdrawal if I missed a day
Posted by: Skip

___________

I didn't enjoy it, but if I'm going to do it I may as well do something that's achievable but hurts a bit.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 18, 2024 05:47 AM (MoZTd)

41 hn Smith-->John Smith

Posted by: m at May 18, 2024 05:47 AM (hyRRf)

42 Supposed to be rain coming but doesn't look so bad out now

Posted by: Skip at May 18, 2024 05:53 AM (fwDg9)

43 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at May 18, 2024 05:54 AM (86W+h)

44 Adobe does have a product "Adobe Express" which has a broken triangle logo just like Delta's. Could be that logo they sued over. Makes more sense.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 18, 2024 05:56 AM (ju2Fy)

45
I just watched, with unalloyed joy, Florida's Gustav Forsling score a goal with a minute and a half left to eliminate the Bruins. Bye, bye, Boston.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 18, 2024 05:57 AM (MoZTd)

46
Skip's job site:

https://x.com/amuse/status/1791657123689972115

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 18, 2024 06:01 AM (RKVpM)

47 Will tje Stanley Cup be over by Memorial day?

Posted by: Skip at May 18, 2024 06:01 AM (fwDg9)

48 A fine evening and morning to all the Saturday early risers and those who must toil even on the weekend. I hear thunder muttering to itself in the distance; we're supposed to have rain all this morning, then sun after noon. Steambath, in other words, as the damp streets are hit by the sunlight. Gah.

In better news, my shingles eruption is fading, or is being controlled by Valtrex and lidocaine cream. About time; this has been dragging on for two weeks.

The Killer Kittens are well. Stirling even photobombed my work meeting via Chinese spyware yesterday!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 18, 2024 06:03 AM (omVj0)

49 A bit silly to do all framing and no sheathing, in my framing wood days we would build first wall and sheathing it to square it up.

Posted by: Skip at May 18, 2024 06:06 AM (fwDg9)

50 I won't be hooking my washing machine to the internet anytime soon.

Posted by: fluffy at May 18, 2024 06:06 AM (86W+h)

51 Good morning! Dallas wins in the second OT and Boston goes down in regulation time. Wish I could have seen either one but I hit the sack at 2000.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 18, 2024 06:07 AM (YRsIm)

52 >>> I just watched, with unalloyed joy, Florida's Gustav Forsling score a goal with a minute and a half left to eliminate the Bruins. Bye, bye, Boston.

Well, poo.

Posted by: fluffy: Masshole at May 18, 2024 06:07 AM (86W+h)

53
I'm amazed that the wind didn't simply pass through the framing. I guess they used nails. Any house I'd have built from scratch I'd insist on screws.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 18, 2024 06:09 AM (RKVpM)

54 >>> Non Non Biyori delivers that like nothing I have ever seen.

Yar.

Posted by: fluffy: Masshole at May 18, 2024 06:09 AM (86W+h)

55 Got a tiny pup in my lap, snoring and a half empty coffee cup. This isn't gonna end well for one of us.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 18, 2024 06:11 AM (YRsIm)

56 44 Adobe does have a product "Adobe Express" which has a broken triangle logo just like Delta's. Could be that logo they sued over. Makes more sense.
Posted by: olddog in mo at May 18, 2024 05:56 AM (ju2Fy)

Yep, those are the ones; they show the logos in the article.

Posted by: m at May 18, 2024 06:13 AM (hyRRf)

57 Don't think anyone would screw framing lumber together for most part. Other ghing here is all kinds of metal angle supports are required. Would be surprised if Houston didn't being much more in Hurricane zone

Posted by: Skip at May 18, 2024 06:13 AM (fwDg9)

58
Well, I'm up and taking care of the dogs. Woke at 3:45 to a mouse caught in a trap. Disposed of it and returned to bed, but couldn't get back to sleep. Tried until 5:00, which is when decent people start moving anyway.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 18, 2024 06:13 AM (MoZTd)

59 46 Skip's job site:

https://x.com/amuse/status/1791657123689972115
Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 18, 2024 06:01 AM (RKVpM)

Nice video but $$$$$.

Posted by: m at May 18, 2024 06:19 AM (hyRRf)

60 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at May 18, 2024 06:21 AM (dg+HA)

61 Nails have more shear strength than screws, are much less prone to splitting lumber, and finish much more flush than a screw.

If you've ever framed much - you know why they use nails.

Posted by: Its Always Been This Way at May 18, 2024 06:29 AM (pTv5j)

62 *Even less good: CSC has been aware of this for some time.*

It's a write off, Jerry. They just write it off.

Posted by: Kramer at May 18, 2024 06:32 AM (dg+HA)

63
A screw can withstand 5,000 pounds of pressure. I screw into wood all the time without splitting.

That wind wasn't creating 5,000 pounds of pressure. Maybe a couple hundred tops if it was a micro-burst.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 18, 2024 06:33 AM (RKVpM)

64 >>> If you've ever framed much

I have not

>>> you know why they use nails.

I do now.

Posted by: fluffy: Masshole at May 18, 2024 06:34 AM (86W+h)

65 23 Pot of coffee is done, that's a good start
Posted by: Skip at May 18, 2024 05:06 AM (fwDg9)

Congratulations, Skip.

Posted by: m at May 18, 2024 06:35 AM (hyRRf)

66
With my power screw driver if I have the pressure set too high I can counter sink a screw a good half inch into wood. I usually set to '10' on the dial which takes the screw a little bit below flush.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 18, 2024 06:36 AM (RKVpM)

67 G'morning, all!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 18, 2024 06:40 AM (a1415)

68 If one types 'framing using screws vs nails' into your favorite search engine, you can find well written articles that support both practices.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 18, 2024 06:41 AM (a1415)

69 Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 18, 2024 06:33 AM (RKVpM)

Seems like the weight (mass) of the air multiplied by the velocity (a derivative of acceleration) of the wind, distributed across the surface area of the structure might be more than a couple of hundred pounds. But that's kinda mathy and it's pretty early.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 18, 2024 06:42 AM (YRsIm)

70
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 18, 2024 06:41 AM (a1415)

cool hash

Posted by: m at May 18, 2024 06:42 AM (hyRRf)

71 Good morning morons

The president of Sonoma State University, who agreed to a series of student rioter demands, without any authority, has been forced to retire.

Mike Lee, now you can go to Gaza yourself and perhaps make use of the remainder of your miserable life. Take all of academia with you.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 18, 2024 06:45 AM (RIvkX)

72 "cool hash"

Thanks, but only Pixy understands the magic behind how one gets one's hash.

Still not as much fun as when I suddenly was given Ezgay for about two weeks about five years ago.

Yeh....The Horde had fun with that one!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 18, 2024 06:45 AM (a1415)

73 72 "cool hash"

Thanks, but only Pixy understands the magic behind how one gets one's hash.

Still not as much fun as when I suddenly was given Ezgay for about two weeks about five years ago.

Yeh....The Horde had fun with that one!
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 18, 2024 06:45 AM (a1415)

Mine sounds like I'm coughing up a hairball.

Posted by: m at May 18, 2024 06:45 AM (hyRRf)

74
If one types 'framing using screws vs nails' into your favorite search engine, you can find well written articles that support both practices.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 18, 2024 06:41 AM

I had a Dr. (female) one time who looked at the calluses on my hands from hammering and splitting wood and told me I should be wearing gloves. I really had never noticed how bad they had gotten until she pointed it out. I can't imagine how bad it gets for guys who hammer nails all day.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 18, 2024 06:46 AM (RKVpM)

75 55 Got a tiny pup in my lap, snoring and a half empty coffee cup. This isn't gonna end well for one of us.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 18, 2024 06:11 AM (YRsIm)

How did this turn out?

Posted by: m at May 18, 2024 06:47 AM (hyRRf)

76 "I can't imagine how bad it gets for guys who hammer nails all day."

I never actually saw an Amish farmer's hands up close, but I can only imagine.

On the other hand, I doubt if one out of every ten laborers on a home construction site around here could continue to work if the air compressor fails.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 18, 2024 06:48 AM (a1415)

77 47 Will tje Stanley Cup be over by Memorial day?
Posted by: Skip

Nope. Mid to late June. Hasn't ended before June since, what? The 80s? Early 90s? NBA Championship wraps up roughly the same time.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 18, 2024 06:49 AM (sAmhv)

78 "Mine sounds like I'm coughing up a hairball."

Yeh..pretty much.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 18, 2024 06:49 AM (a1415)

79 Thanks, but only Pixy understands the magic behind how one gets one's hash.

Still not as much fun as when I suddenly was given Ezgay for about two weeks about five years ago.

Yeh....The Horde had fun with that one!
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 18, 2024 06:45 AM (a1415)
*
Mine sounds like I'm coughing up a hairball.
Posted by: m at May 18, 2024 06:45 AM (hyRRf)

***
Mine looks like a Hungarian name. Vowels are a bourgeois luxury.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 18, 2024 06:49 AM (omVj0)

80 Mine looks like a Hungarian name. Vowels are a bourgeois luxury.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 18, 2024 06:49 AM (omVj0)

*fistbump*

Posted by: The Welsh at May 18, 2024 06:50 AM (PiwSw)

81 Posted by: m at May 18, 2024 06:47 AM (hyRRf)

Still snoring and there's still an ounce or two left....

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 18, 2024 06:51 AM (YRsIm)

82 As every cat owner knows...hairballs are best found with bare feet.

At night, in the dark.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 18, 2024 06:51 AM (a1415)

83
On the other hand, I doubt if one out of every ten laborers on a home construction site around here could continue to work if the air compressor fails.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 18, 2024 06:48 AM

I don't know maybe Skip does, can you drive a 2 1/2 nail into a stud with an air gun? Roofing nails, so much shorter, I can see.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 18, 2024 06:51 AM (RKVpM)

84 just watched, with unalloyed joy, Florida's Gustav Forsling score a goal with a minute and a half left to eliminate the Bruins. Bye, bye, Boston.

Well, poo.
Posted by: fluffy: Masshole at May 18, 2024 06:07 AM (86W+h)

They don't use a puck anymore ?

Posted by: JT at May 18, 2024 06:53 AM (T4tVD)

85 81 Posted by: m at May 18, 2024 06:47 AM (hyRRf)

Still snoring and there's still an ounce or two left....
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 18, 2024 06:51 AM (YRsIm)

hahahahaha

Posted by: m at May 18, 2024 06:53 AM (hyRRf)

86 I'm reading, and having fun with, Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology. Gaiman clearly was having fun writing it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 18, 2024 06:53 AM (omVj0)

87 One can even buy framing nailers made of Chinesium.

https://tinyurl.com/w4fxcz4y

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 18, 2024 06:54 AM (a1415)

88 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering

Serving customers

Posted by: JT at May 18, 2024 06:55 AM (T4tVD)

89
I imagine I can set a 2 1/2 screw into a stud in about four seconds, while to hammer a 2 1/2 nail would probably take a couple seconds longer. For me, probably five whacks with the hammer.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 18, 2024 06:55 AM (RKVpM)

90 Screw or be nailed?

I recommend a slow comfortable screw.

Against the wall.

Posted by: Your friendly bartender at May 18, 2024 06:55 AM (dg+HA)

91 One might think a winter sport should be over by the unofficial start of summer

Posted by: Skip at May 18, 2024 06:56 AM (fwDg9)

92 I imagine I can set a 2 1/2 screw into a stud in about four seconds, while to hammer a 2 1/2 nail would probably take a couple seconds longer. For me, probably five whacks with the hammer.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 18, 2024 06:55 AM (RKVpM)

You're no Mr. Pelosi !

Posted by: JT at May 18, 2024 06:57 AM (T4tVD)

93 "One might think a winter sport should be over by the unofficial start of summer"

Competitive outdoor bobsledding?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 18, 2024 06:57 AM (a1415)

94 That's why nail guns are used, you could put in a dozen nails in 5 seconds

Posted by: Skip at May 18, 2024 06:57 AM (fwDg9)

95 I mostly watch F-1 these days hoping Haas can get a couple points

Posted by: Skip at May 18, 2024 06:58 AM (fwDg9)

96 Happy Saturday

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 18, 2024 07:00 AM (ENQN6)

97 I don't know maybe Skip does, can you drive a 2 1/2 nail into a stud with an air gun? Roofing nails, so much shorter, I can see.

Framing nailer - up to 3 1/2". Don't use one myself.

For my money - nails. Look at a framed wall - the nails are really just functional pins. I want a bit of give around the long axis of the nail.

Posted by: Its Always Been This Way at May 18, 2024 07:01 AM (pTv5j)

98 Hey! Nobody needs a hundred round nail gun, pal. I am not kidding. The boards are not wearing body armor.

Posted by: Joe Biteum at May 18, 2024 07:01 AM (vFG9F)

99
That's why nail guns are used, you could put in a dozen nails in 5 seconds

That's cool. I guess they're set up like a machine gun. In that case faster then reaching for a screw then powering it in.

In Florida the code requires all sorts of metal plates, just about everywhere because they want cat 2 coverage of about 120 mph winds - iirc.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 18, 2024 07:02 AM (RKVpM)

100 You can't hold back the moon
Can't stop the ebb and flow
The water still comes and
The water still goes
It turns mountains to sand
Gave ol Noah his big ride
Then he dropped off his passengers
Down at slack tide...

More coffee.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 18, 2024 07:05 AM (R/m4+)

101 Morning peeps

Screws vs. Nails...

The deck here was originally nailed. It needed to be replaced and was a pain in the butt to demo. The new one is screwed, but you need a particular bit with the screws the contractor used.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 18, 2024 07:05 AM (Q4IgG)

102 Framing guns have been around since my younger days, I have a air framing nail gun, will shoot in 8d or 16d nails as fast as you can. Butane or battery now will do same

Posted by: Skip at May 18, 2024 07:06 AM (fwDg9)

103 The Killer Kittens are well. Stirling even photobombed my work meeting via Chinese spyware yesterday!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 18, 2024 06:03 AM (omVj0)
---
Heh. My cat Penny does that all the time when I have Zoom meetings from home. Somehow she knows I'm talking to a real person...

The other party always finds it amusing.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 18, 2024 07:06 AM (BpYfr)

104 Alas, the tiny pup had to be dislodged and a fresh cuppa cofeve awaits....

On the good news front, the MiL's brother is driving her here here from Cali, so I don't need to make that trip. I was kind of dreading it. Escondido to Cowtown is a slog even in a nice rental car. Today, we have to get her room ready so I imagine we'll be shopping for new linens and curtains and putting up a TV.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 18, 2024 07:07 AM (YRsIm)

105 Psalm 139:23-Search me and know me, O God; and know my heart ; try me and know my thoughts:
The note for it in my "Life Application" Bible says:

God cares even about our anxious thoughts, both little cares and devastating obsessions. Anxiety robs lives of joy. All of us , from teenagers to retirees, face crippling performance expectations, fear of the future, and the scary daily news of this dangerous present world. Our emotions lie to us saying, "God doesn't care " or "He isn't involved " Moviez and television ( and the internet-my note) lie to us, portraying the world as if all hope is lost. Bringing out anxieties to God cools our overheated minds and connects us to Him, the great comforter ( See also 2nd Corinthians 1:3-4) practice this prayer: "Lord, be near to me. Soothe my heart and mind."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 18, 2024 07:07 AM (OzWId)

106 One nail gun a month ought to be enough for anybody.

Posted by: Your neighborhood Karen at May 18, 2024 07:09 AM (dg+HA)

107
The deck here was originally nailed. It needed to be replaced and was a pain in the butt to demo. The new one is screwed, but you need a particular bit with the screws the contractor used.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 18, 2024 07:05 AM

Readily available. I have about six to eight different drivers on my workbench. I think the one I prefer the most is just a simple square.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 18, 2024 07:09 AM (RKVpM)

108 " Butane or battery now will do same"

I have an old Ryobi battery powered brad nailer that I use for shoe molding and such.

Works fine.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 18, 2024 07:09 AM (a1415)

109 Decks are usually screwed together with special exterior screws and mostly use * tips, I actually prefer star tip screws

Posted by: Skip at May 18, 2024 07:10 AM (fwDg9)

110 The new one is screwed, but you need a particular bit with the screws the contractor used.

When doing composite ... I buy the square bits by the box. And use two drills - one for a pilot, other for the composite screw.

Posted by: Its Always Been This Way at May 18, 2024 07:10 AM (pTv5j)

111 I have a Butane finish nailer, do like the battery ones

Posted by: Skip at May 18, 2024 07:11 AM (fwDg9)

112 Heh. My cat Penny does that all the time when I have Zoom meetings from home. Somehow she knows I'm talking to a real person...

The other party always finds it amusing.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 18, 2024

***
Stirling, who is solid black, looked like a cloud of squid ink traveling across the screen.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 18, 2024 07:11 AM (omVj0)

113 State Department warns of ‘increased potential’ for terrorism targeting LGBTQ+ community during Pride Month

The alert was issued the same day Secretary of State Antony Blinken commemorated International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia, and Transphobia.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 18, 2024 07:12 AM (ENQN6)

114 Just the tip.

Posted by: Itty bitty bit at May 18, 2024 07:12 AM (dg+HA)

115 Police officer adopts puppy who had refused to leave his side:

https://tinyurl.com/5xcws3cz

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 18, 2024 07:12 AM (uYyZU)

116 Thank you Fen. b"h

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 18, 2024 07:13 AM (RIvkX)

117 Just want to check my hash, when I was paying attention to it, phone (AT&T) changed several times a week. Fios-Verizon would very rarely change.

Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at May 18, 2024 07:13 AM (3uc2w)

118 I did get the screwgun I left on a job couple weeks ago, so now have 2 screw guns and 2 drills in truck. Will come in handy

Posted by: Skip at May 18, 2024 07:13 AM (fwDg9)

119 Dabney Coleman, star of 9 to 5 and Tootsie, dies aged 92

RIP

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 18, 2024 07:14 AM (ENQN6)

120 In better news, it looks like my office move, while still in the cards, will not happen this summer. I've got time to make my exit (i.e., retire) before that hammer comes down.

This bout with the shingles has made me realize all over again that I need to get out while I still have my health. It's generally solid, but little things are coming up. I want to be able to enjoy as much as I can of my life without a commute or long days sitting at a computer, working for someone else.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 18, 2024 07:14 AM (omVj0)

121 My hash has stayed for quite awhile now on Verizon

Posted by: Skip at May 18, 2024 07:14 AM (fwDg9)

122 Police officer adopts puppy who had refused to leave his side:

https://tinyurl.com/5xcws3cz
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 18, 2024 07:12 AM (uYyZU)

GREAT !

Now criminals are gonna do that !

Posted by: JT at May 18, 2024 07:15 AM (T4tVD)

123 Dabney Coleman, star of 9 to 5 and Tootsie, dies aged 92

RIP
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 18, 2024

***
Also War Games. I've seen him on Barnaby Jones in the '70s, and I think even in a Fugitive from the mid-'60s. He played a con man preacher, too, in the Mary Hartman series. Nobody did "untrustworthy" better.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 18, 2024 07:16 AM (omVj0)

124 Also War Games. I've seen him on Barnaby Jones in the '70s, and I think even in a Fugitive from the mid-'60s. He played a con man preacher, too, in the Mary Hartman series. Nobody did "untrustworthy" better.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 18, 2024 07:16 AM (omVj0)

Not even Mr. Haney ?

Posted by: JT at May 18, 2024 07:19 AM (T4tVD)

125 "Nobody did "untrustworthy" better."

Another look at me?

Posted by: Michael Cohen at May 18, 2024 07:19 AM (a1415)

126 JT, do you put feeders out near the birdbath? We have two, one located at each end of the pond, and one up higher in a tree. The one at the shady end of the pond is adjacent to a bath. That feeder is usually empty a couple of days after it's filled and we usually have to clean seeds out of the bath.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 18, 2024 07:20 AM (YRsIm)

127 Homecoming Queen gives crown to girl whose mother had died:

https://tinyurl.com/27h2he9v

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 18, 2024 07:20 AM (uYyZU)

128 Rain chances diminishing today.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 18, 2024 07:20 AM (a1415)

129 Dabney Coleman looked like G. Gordon Liddy.

And vice versa.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 18, 2024 07:21 AM (R/m4+)

130 @thehill
·
Follow
New predictions for the summer season, released by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center this week, show weather is likely to heat up in almost every corner of the United States.

Wow it gets hot in the summer. now do winter!

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 18, 2024 07:21 AM (ENQN6)

131 113 State Department warns of ‘increased potential’ for terrorism targeting LGBTQ+ community during Pride Month

The alert was issued the same day Secretary of State Antony Blinken commemorated International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia, and Transphobia.
Posted by: rhennigantx

Wonder what the Vegas odds are on the Deep State manufacturing a terrorist incident and blaming 'Christian Nationalists'.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 18, 2024 07:21 AM (sAmhv)

132 a nationwide digital laundromat.

I'm old enough to remember coin operated washing machines in my dorm.

And thank you for the AMV with Non Non Biyori. Best description I ever heard of that anime: "Hot chocolate for the soul."

Posted by: NR Pax at May 18, 2024 07:21 AM (lXCUP)

133 You are welcome. SanFran Psycho. Same to you.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 18, 2024 07:22 AM (uYyZU)

134 CrotchetyOldJarhead

I just throw the seed on the ground. (Da boids don't mind)

Posted by: JT at May 18, 2024 07:22 AM (T4tVD)

135 Today are the northern California regional championships of Special Olympics in Cupertino. Boy F. will run the 400m relay and long jump.

The Stanford Marching Band will show up and do one of their ribald halftime shows.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 18, 2024 07:23 AM (RIvkX)

136 Later daywalkers.

Off to bed I go.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 18, 2024 07:23 AM (sAmhv)

137
Gonna start raining soon, then all day. This has been a terrible spring for working folks. Nearly every weekend it has rained either Saturday or Sunday.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 18, 2024 07:24 AM (RKVpM)

138 I found out yesterday that son is not just doing research online. He is actually going out to farms to test things and look at plants. His manual dexterity is not that good so if you could keep him in prayer for that it would be appreciated. Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 18, 2024 07:24 AM (kUISC)

139 osted by: San Franpsycho at May 18, 2024 07:23 AM (RIvkX)

Best wishes to Boy F. May everybody have a safe and happy and good day.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 18, 2024 07:27 AM (kUISC)

140 We have seen a lot of wrens and cardinals this spring. Jays and mocking birds will show here occasionally, and will be more frequent now that the figs have emerged.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 18, 2024 07:27 AM (YRsIm)

141 https://tinyurl.com/4y5puxw4
Powerline week in pictures

Some good ones

Posted by: Skip at May 18, 2024 07:30 AM (fwDg9)

142 I found out yesterday that son is not just doing research online. He is actually going out to farms to test things and look at plants. His manual dexterity is not that good so if you could keep him in prayer for that it would be appreciated. Thanks.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 18, 2024 07:24 AM (kUISC)

ANOTHER prayer request ? Oh...All right ! /

Posted by: JT at May 18, 2024 07:31 AM (T4tVD)

143 We got our first hummingbird yesterday. Our yard is filled with nasturtium so I don't know why we don't have more.

I picked up the neighbor's cat's collar in my garden yesterday, perhaps that's why.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 18, 2024 07:33 AM (RIvkX)

144 Also War Games. I've seen [Coleman] on Barnaby Jones in the '70s, and I think even in a Fugitive from the mid-'60s. He played a con man preacher, too, in the Mary Hartman series. Nobody did "untrustworthy" better.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 18, 2024 07:16 AM (omVj0)
*
Not even Mr. Haney ?
Posted by: JT at May 18, 2024

***
Good morning, JT! You have a point. And actor Pat Hingle was no slouch at that either.

Coleman, though, had this little trick where he would pinch the center of his mustache under his nose while his character was thinking, usually of some way to screw over somebody else. It signaled: "Do not believe whatever comes out of this guy's mouth next. Or ever."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 18, 2024 07:34 AM (omVj0)

145 Cat collars attract hummingbirds.
And wet streets cause rain.

Posted by: Scribbles notes at May 18, 2024 07:36 AM (dg+HA)

146 It's the Baltimore Orioles that are amazing here. You'll see that bright flash of orange go by. I need a better bird book. There are little finch sized birds with a bright yellow breast. So many birds in this area.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 18, 2024 07:37 AM (yeEu9)

147 2024

***
Good morning, JT! You have a point. And actor Pat Hingle was no slouch at that either.

Coleman, though, had this little trick where he would pinch the center of his mustache under his nose while his character was thinking, usually of some way to screw over somebody else. It signaled: "Do not believe whatever comes out of this guy's mouth next. Or ever."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 18, 2024 07:34 AM (omVj0
I’ve been using my mustache and eyebrows to express myself for 56 years without a break. Learned from the master, Groucho Marx.

Posted by: Eromero at May 18, 2024 07:38 AM (o2ZRX)

148 https://tinyurl.com/4y5puxw4
Powerline week in pictures

Some good ones
Posted by: Skip at May 18, 2024 07:30 AM (fwDg9)

It's refreshing to see that Harrison Butker's NFL jersey is currently the most popular merchandise item. The Lefty outraged outrage is tedious. All that guy did was affirm that the Catholic Church views marriage as a vocation.

One of the young woman engineers I work with (a very nice, devout Catholic girl) has confided in me that she very badly wants to find a good man and get married. She looks at the pool of soi-boys and despares. I've told her that you can't rush those things; I met the woman that would become my wife at a Thanksgiving party that I was invited to back when I was rookie.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 18, 2024 07:40 AM (pJWtt)

149
Rain started here.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 18, 2024 07:40 AM (RKVpM)

150 "Israel military says forces seized bodies of hostages from Gaza,"

-------

I don't know why (morbid curiosity, I guess), but for the first time in years, I sought out MSM coverage last night, to see how they're covering the war in Gaza.

It's hilarious. Not the war, of course, but the coverage. The press swine are FURIOUS. The indignation and confusion are palpable. They simply can't believe Israel isn't heeding their crybullying for the first time in 50 years, and simply soldiering on without regard to the Important Opinions of Weak Western Piggies.

Every article laments this fact. They are discomfited and angry.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 18, 2024 07:42 AM (0FoWg)

151
I met the woman that would become my wife at a Thanksgiving party that I was invited to back when I was rookie.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 18, 2024 07:40 AM

My wife would not even date guys who were going into the police force.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 18, 2024 07:42 AM (RKVpM)

152 https://tinyurl.com/4y5puxw4
Powerline week in pictures

Some good ones
Posted by: Skip at May 18, 2024 07:30 AM (fwDg9)

They wanted me to verify that I was human.

I wanted them to verify that that was a PITA !

Posted by: JT at May 18, 2024 07:43 AM (T4tVD)

153 I know some young RC women in the medical profession who do not see any suitable men.

Posted by: Eromero at May 18, 2024 07:44 AM (o2ZRX)

154 Dark rainy morning here. Now that I've had breakfast and a morning pipe with my coffee, fed the beasts, and cleaned up the kitchen, it's time for my shave (a four-day beard!) and shower.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 18, 2024 07:46 AM (omVj0)

155 > I need a better bird book. There are little finch sized birds with a bright yellow breast. So many birds in this area.
Posted by: Notsothoreau
___________

We have Goldfinches here. Yellow body, blackish wings. There are also finches with green bodies and sometimes we'll see ones with a blue body. All most have darker colored wings and tail feathers.

I've seen about a dozen different species at the feeders before. But that's counting crows and doves too... which are a menace.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 18, 2024 07:46 AM (Q4IgG)

156 “Double vaxed, booster, Flu shot & I took the Shingles Shot too”

:: karma arrives next ::

https://x.com/BGatesIsaPyscho/status/1791410370025771231

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 18, 2024 07:46 AM (RKVpM)

157 I met my wife on a blind date. She told me later that she was surprised when a Marine showed up, and that she'd said to her friends she'd never date, much less marry a Marine. Been about 37 years now.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 18, 2024 07:47 AM (YRsIm)

158 Some time ago that verify I am human hung up and never let me in, actually dumped Powerline on my tablet

Posted by: Skip at May 18, 2024 07:47 AM (fwDg9)

159 "Experts reveal the subtle signs that you're on the road to alcoholism... as experts say even one drink a year is unhealthy"

Experts can subtly blow me.

Posted by: fd at May 18, 2024 07:47 AM (vFG9F)

160 When I was a junior in high school, in 1964, I had 4 quarters and 4 dimes in my pocket which I dropped into a little piggy bank. I never spent them. Today I'm taking them, in a little clear plastic tube, to the Dojo to show to people. Those 8 little coins have approximately $32 worth of silver in them.

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at May 18, 2024 07:49 AM (CecP5)

161 I know some young RC women in the medical profession who do not see any suitable men.
Posted by: Eromero at May 18, 2024 07:44 AM (o2ZRX)

Well, that's where they messed up, son, you can't go to no hospital to find a nice man. You gotta go to a nice place, a quiet place like a library, there's good men there and 'erm, church, they're good men.

Posted by: Clarence, My T Sharp Barbershop at May 18, 2024 07:49 AM (R/m4+)

162 These could be goldfinches and I did order a bird book. I can't do feeders. The grackles eat everything. They clean out the feeders in a day. And they eat the catfood.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 18, 2024 07:49 AM (yeEu9)

163 Yeah, I was shy about any vaccines since the advent of the Clot Shot hysteria. And seems to me I'd read that the shingles deal was likely to have some side effects? Not sure.

Anyway, this go-round seems to be waning. The outbreak over my kidney feels tight, as if I had a healing burn there; but the rest of the pain, and the itching, is almost gone.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 18, 2024 07:49 AM (omVj0)

164 Did the MSM mention they found the bodies of three women hostages in Rafah? It's covered in Twitter.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 18, 2024 07:50 AM (yeEu9)

165 Every article laments this fact. They are discomfited and angry.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 18, 2024 07:42 AM (0FoWg)
===

I savor each of their tears

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 18, 2024 07:51 AM (RIvkX)

166 We have grackles in the area but they don't come to the feeders. The apartments and fast food places half a mile or so down the way keep them fed.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 18, 2024 07:51 AM (YRsIm)

167 I met my wife on a blind date. She told me later that she was surprised when a Marine showed up, and that she'd said to her friends she'd never date, much less marry a Marine. Been about 37 years now.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 18, 2024 07:47 AM (YRsIm)

Nice !

Posted by: JT at May 18, 2024 07:51 AM (T4tVD)

168 >>> 106 One nail gun a month ought to be enough for anybody.
Posted by: Your neighborhood Karen at May 18, 2024 07:09 AM (dg+HA)

Are you INSANE?!

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at May 18, 2024 07:52 AM (llON8)

169 I had the original shingles vaccine. Didn't take the newer one. My cousin did and had a reaction. I decided it wasn't worth the risk.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 18, 2024 07:53 AM (yeEu9)

170 It's hilarious. Not the war, of course, but the coverage. The press swine are FURIOUS. The indignation and confusion are palpable. They simply can't believe Israel isn't heeding their crybullying for the first time in 50 years, and simply soldiering on without regard to the Important Opinions of Weak Western Piggies.

Every article laments this fact. They are discomfited and angry.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 18, 2024 07:42 AM (0FoWg)

The overwhelming majority of Israelis now understand that it is time to crush the Hamas cockroaches.

To put things in perspective: Israel has population of about 9.8 million and sustained about 1300 killed/wounded on Oct. 7th 2023. Assuming a population of 300 million in the U.S., that would be the equivalent of about 40,000 killed wounded Americans on Sept. 11th 2001.

God works in mysterious ways. While it is distressing to see the blood-thirsty Jew hate rear its ugly head in America (it's ever-present but often quiescent in Europe), the sorting of the sheep and goats is clarifying. The same folks that want to kill the Saturday people will, if successful, move on the the Sunday people.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 18, 2024 07:53 AM (pJWtt)

171 Nearly 700 tunnel shafts have been identified in Rafah, with ~50 tunnels crossing into Egypt

So Egypt is selling weapons to Hamas

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 18, 2024 07:53 AM (ENQN6)

172 Stirling, who is solid black, looked like a cloud of squid ink traveling across the screen.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 18, 2024 07:11 AM (omVj0)
---
Same with Penny!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 18, 2024 07:54 AM (BpYfr)

173 50 tunnels crossing into Egypt

==

but of course, they only flooded the ones that were not paying tolls

Posted by: runner at May 18, 2024 07:55 AM (V13WU)

174 My wife would not even date guys who were going into the police force.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 18, 2024 07:42 AM (RKVpM)

I don't blame them. Many of the cops I worked with couldn't keep their pants zipped and were unfaithful to their wives. I had a wise Detective counsel me to avoid the "Three B's": Booze, Broads and Bargains.

I worked with my future wife's mother and she told her, "Oh, RBC is a nice guy; he's not like the other cops I work with." LOL.

I worked with a cop that had been married 8 times!!! At a certain point you would think he would have figured out the point of commonality in those failed marriages.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 18, 2024 07:58 AM (pJWtt)

175 I savor each of their tears
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 18, 2024 07:51 AM (RIvkX)

Oh, def. But I'm also enjoying the confusion. There's a tone of disbelief in these articles. Every single one angrily notes that Israel is ignoring "international pressure" and "public opinion" by "going it alone" in Rafah and Jabalya.

The crybullying *always* worked before. They could wail and beat their breasts while the American government cajoled the Jews into a corner, and save their precious Arabs every time. Now that it's not working, there's a real "Hey!! WTAF?!" vibe to this coverage.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 18, 2024 07:58 AM (0FoWg)

176 148 https://tinyurl.com/4y5puxw4
Powerline week in pictures

Some good ones

.............

Hahaha....Barry Larry Terry! Assault a police officer? No problem. Unlawful possession of a raccoon? Cuffed and stuffed....

Posted by: Molly k. at May 18, 2024 08:01 AM (j/yko)

177
I worked with a cop that had been married 8 times!!! At a certain point you would think he would have figured out the point of commonality in those failed marriages.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 18, 2024 07:58 AM

I dated a divorcee who had been married to a cop, but decided not to get romantically attracted to her or bed her.

This was long before OJ, but I wasn't taking any chances. Ex husband, perhaps still with keys to house and me shagging his ex and maybe he's the jealous type and is carrying... No thanks.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 18, 2024 08:04 AM (RKVpM)

178 So Egypt is selling weapons to Hamas
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 18, 2024 07:53 AM (ENQN6)

My guess is not Egypt, but surviving members of their suppressed MB faction.

Al-Sisi is very pissed at Israel for the Rafah offensive. But not from fellow feeling for Hamas. He's freaked the fuck out that this will result in a flood of refugees into his country, and everybody hates the Palis, not just Israel.

Rumor has it that he's been building internment camps in the Sinai against that eventuality. He doesn't want them infecting Egypt.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 18, 2024 08:06 AM (0FoWg)

179 >>> 156 “Double vaxed, booster, Flu shot & I took the Shingles Shot too”

:: karma arrives next ::

https://x.com /BGatesIsaPyscho/status /1791410370025771231
Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 18, 2024 07:46 AM (RKVpM)

Oh Look.

Another Coincidence.

Posted by: Helena Hanbasket at May 18, 2024 08:07 AM (llON8)

180 I savor each of their tears
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 18, 2024 07:51 AM (RIvkX)

Oh, def. But I'm also enjoying the confusion. There's a tone of disbelief in these articles. Every single one angrily notes that Israel is ignoring "international pressure" and "public opinion" by "going it alone" in Rafah and Jabalya.

The crybullying *always* worked before. They could wail and beat their breasts while the American government cajoled the Jews into a corner, and save their precious Arabs every time. Now that it's not working, there's a real "Hey!! WTAF?!" vibe to this coverage.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 18, 2024 07:58 AM (0FoWg)

The savagery of the Gazan attack entailing the butchery of babies and little children couldn't be ignored. If Hamas had been content with their previous plinking with a few rockets here-and-there, those goat-fuckers would still be gleefully trying to kill Jews. But they couldn't help themselves -- even though they essentially had their own city-state and many Gazans had their employment in Israel.

"Evil will shall oft evil mar." (h/t JRR Tolkein, a Catholic)

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 18, 2024 08:07 AM (pJWtt)

181 I'm calling BS on AI right now. The whole thing is a tragic joke on tech bros. It will at most amount to creating crappier versions of everything. AI is not needed at all. If I am wrong, please explain how AI is going to improve anything.

Posted by: Onlooker at May 18, 2024 08:11 AM (RD5tN)

182
Oh Look.

Another Coincidence.

Posted by: Helena Hanbasket at May 18, 2024 08:07 AM

Notice what they did right away? Put her on her side, exactly like George Floyd. There's a term for that position, which should have been presented as evidence at the cops trial by a medical person.

But the fix was in.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 18, 2024 08:11 AM (RKVpM)

183 ---
Rumor has it that he's been building internment camps in the Sinai against that eventuality.
---
Hamas does summer internships? They must do a lot of recruiting on Poison Ivy League campi.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 18, 2024 08:14 AM (dg+HA)

184 Weirdest experience I have ever had, and it remains ongoing, is long before (many years before, from early childhood), going to (now Ex-) Yugoslavia in physical reality, I had been constantly dreaming of the place. All I had ever seen were photographs from magazines and images from books; maybe a movie or two. But they embedded for some reason and became a place in my dreams; and I did not even know where it was.
On arrival it was obvious: it was, it is, the same place. I immediately knew where I was and never once felt 'lost' or a stranger there. I know this place. I've been here many, many times before. It's... home. I know where I am.
I spent that time, and still do now, in a Place I have known for almost my entire life in the geography of my dreams.

Posted by: LenNeal at May 18, 2024 08:14 AM (9yXr+)

185 I missed the whole Max Headroom craze when I was in the USAF. Guess I won't the next time it happens. He might be the next President

Posted by: Skip at May 18, 2024 08:14 AM (fwDg9)

186 I missed the whole Max Headroom craze when I was in the USAF. Guess I won't the next time it happens. He might be the next President
Posted by: Skip at May 18, 2024 08:14 AM (fwDg9)

Does he have a BIG head ?

Posted by: JT at May 18, 2024 08:16 AM (T4tVD)

187 Dabney Coleman was terrific in 'Short Time', playing a careful, cautious cop who never takes a risk, but discovers weeks before retirement he has an incurable disease. So he goes on a campaign to get killed on the job to maximize his family's financial future.
The premise is kind of dark, but really, the movie is hilarious, and I recommend it highly! It's got a great supporting cast, too: Matt Frewer, Teri Garr, etc.

Posted by: LenNeal at May 18, 2024 08:19 AM (9yXr+)

188 >>Does anyone remember what Adobe's logo looks like? Anyone?

Is it a red capital A in a white box?

Posted by: Lizzy at May 18, 2024 08:20 AM (cCVOS)

189
Max Headroom

That brings back a memory of a Radio Shack voice transcriber. My wife would load a program from a cassette player and whatever the kids in the classroom typed in it would say. It sounded exactly like Max Headroom.

/ get off my lawn

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 18, 2024 08:20 AM (RKVpM)

190 181 I'm calling BS on AI right now. The whole thing is a tragic joke on tech bros. It will at most amount to creating crappier versions of everything. AI is not needed at all. If I am wrong, please explain how AI is going to improve anything.
Posted by: Onlooker at May 18, 2024 08:11 AM (RD5tN)

As Seinfeld says I just cant do it!

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 18, 2024 08:21 AM (ENQN6)

191 I even feel bad for al-Sisi's predicament. He's not such a a bad guy, for an Arab. But Israel can't continue dealing with these people, and the Arab States picked at this suppurating wound on her flank for decades. Their hated brethren are, by all rights, their responsibility. They should be the ones to inter them, integrate them (lol), or exterminate them. Those choices should fall to the Arabs, not the Jews.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 18, 2024 08:22 AM (0FoWg)

192 >>OpenAI strikes Reddit deal to train its AI on your posts

Ho-ly shiiiiiiiiiit.
Why not use youtube comments, too, and then we can have AI trolls everywhere.
And we're supposed to thing a Reddit-trained AI will want to help us????

Posted by: Lizzy at May 18, 2024 08:23 AM (cCVOS)

193
I have always found YouTube comments to be highly educational.

Posted by: Kamala Harris at May 18, 2024 08:24 AM (RKVpM)

194 Another thing I've gotten some amusement from is that millennials in the media, who constantly needle Boomers for living in the past, are just shrieking nonstop about a "two-state solution."

LOL, WTF do you think this is, bruh? 2004? Get with the times, you old biddies. That shit is the past.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 18, 2024 08:26 AM (0FoWg)

195 HordeMind>>>AI

Posted by: Inquiring mind of Miklos at May 18, 2024 08:26 AM (994Xn)

196 What the heck is a "Christian Nationalist"anyway?
I'm a Christian and I don't know. The meaning Do I think it would be a good idea of leftists gave up the "religion"of militant progressivism and embraced faith in Jesus
and appreciation for constitutional rights? Yes. But I am absolutely against a theocracy and forced conversions. Does Blinken know what a Christian Nationslist is or is it just someone who's a Christian and conservative and not a raging Marxist?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 18, 2024 08:26 AM (ufgdM)

197 Hiya Fen !

Posted by: JT at May 18, 2024 08:27 AM (T4tVD)

198 118 I did get the screwgun I left on a job couple weeks ago, so now have 2 screw guns and 2 drills in truck. Will come in handy
Posted by: Skip at May 18, 2024 07:13 AM (fwDg9)

Oh, good!

Posted by: m at May 18, 2024 08:27 AM (hyRRf)

199 I missed the whole Max Headroom craze when I was in the USAF. Guess I won't the next time it happens. He might be the next President
Posted by: Skip'

Observation: Biden campaigned from a basement and almost never went outside or interacted with any actual physical human beings. When he did the events were always disasters.
In effect, he ran as a television image.
Max Headroom has already happened, and it is in the White House.

Posted by: LenNeal at May 18, 2024 08:27 AM (9yXr+)

200 Results Individuals who underwent gender-affirming surgery had a 12.12-fold higher suicide attempt risk than those who did not.

The Big Lie.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 18, 2024 08:27 AM (ENQN6)

201 But I am absolutely against a theocracy

Someday we shall all live under one.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at May 18, 2024 08:27 AM (SfhV1)

202 Blame Arafat. He wouldn't sign the paper. Nope.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 18, 2024 08:30 AM (2QA3G)

203 Their hated brethren are, by all rights, their responsibility. They should be the ones to inter them, integrate them (lol), or exterminate them. Those choices should fall to the Arabs, not the Jews.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice'

I will play Devils' Advocate and bluntly state this is also the responsibility of Jews with their horrific, genocidal Marxist faction, about which nothing has been done for now almost two centuries. It has not gone unnoticed in places other than the USA that many of the backers of Hamas are of exactly this iteration.

Posted by: LenNeal at May 18, 2024 08:30 AM (9yXr+)

204
But I am absolutely against a theocracy

Someday we shall all live under one.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at May 18, 2024 08:27 AM

The way things are going, it's a hell of a lot more likely to be Islamic then Christian.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 18, 2024 08:31 AM (RKVpM)

205 Hiya Grammie !

Posted by: JT at May 18, 2024 08:31 AM (T4tVD)

206 Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at May 18, 2024 08:27 AM (SfhV1)

Well, yes. One established by God is fine. Not those established by faulty, sinful human beings on this earth, not a new heaven and a new earth.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 18, 2024 08:31 AM (ufgdM)

207 >>50 tunnels crossing into Egypt

ALrighty!

So all the Gaza refugees should relocate to Egypt, then, right?

They can't tell us they're too dangerous if they're the ones supplying them with weapons. That, and apparently Egypt receives the most funding of all foreign countries according to Mike Popeo's autobiography. Probably now second to Ukraine, but still: they are paid by us handsomely to be the stabilizing for in the ME. Ooops.
Oh right, they can, there's a Democrat in the WH.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 18, 2024 08:31 AM (cCVOS)

208 196 What the heck is a "Christian Nationalist"anyway?
I'm a Christian and I don't know. The meaning Do I think it would be a good idea of leftists gave up the "religion"of militant progressivism and embraced faith in Jesus
and appreciation for constitutional rights? Yes. But I am absolutely against a theocracy and forced conversions. Does Blinken know what a Christian Nationslist is or is it just someone who's a Christian and conservative and not a raging Marxist?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 18, 2024 08:26 AM (ufgdM)

Christzi

It is just a word play to combine in the Nationalist word with another word in this case Christian to make a new phrase that sounds like an old phrase.
It is the same with Populist. It was good when Bhussein claimed he was one, and when Bernie claimed he was one, but now it is BAD as what is popular now, stable money, closed boarder, cheap energy, is the anathema of the Globalist Left.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 18, 2024 08:31 AM (ENQN6)

209 Hiya JT!

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at May 18, 2024 08:32 AM (SfhV1)

210 Hi, JT

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 18, 2024 08:33 AM (ufgdM)

211 113 State Department warns of ‘increased potential’ for terrorism targeting LGBTQ+ community during Pride Month

The alert was issued the same day Secretary of State Antony Blinken commemorated International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia, and Transphobia.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 18, 2024 07:12 AM (ENQN6)
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He forgot PLUSphobia.
Anyway somebody tell him they are not phobias, we are not scared, just disgusted.

Posted by: Ciampino - homomisia? at May 18, 2024 08:34 AM (qfLjt)

212 Hiya JT!
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at May 18, 2024 08:32 AM (SfhV1)

210 Hi, JT
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

tell him to turn on the jacuzzi

Posted by: the birds at May 18, 2024 08:34 AM (994Xn)

213 who remembers 'the peace process'

Posted by: Don Black at May 18, 2024 08:34 AM (/7KEl)

214 Hiya JT!
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at May 18, 2024 08:32 AM (SfhV1)

210 Hi, JT
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

tell him to turn on the jacuzzi
Posted by: the birds at May 18, 2024 08:34 AM (994Xn)

Yes , please!

Posted by: the cat at May 18, 2024 08:34 AM (V13WU)

215 "It is just a word play to combine in the Nationalist word with another word in this case Christian to make a new phrase that sounds like an old phrase."

White Nationalist. Christian Nationalist. White Christian Nationalist. We never hear about Socialist Nationalists or Communist Nationalists.

Posted by: fd at May 18, 2024 08:35 AM (vFG9F)

216 Hiya JT!
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead

Posted by: JT at May 18, 2024 08:36 AM (T4tVD)

217 I've got transphobia because those folks are scary.

Posted by: fd at May 18, 2024 08:36 AM (vFG9F)

218 who remembers 'the peace process'
Posted by: Don Black at May 18, 2024 08:34 AM (/7KEl)

Me ! Right here, I remember it well !

Posted by: Zombie Arafat at May 18, 2024 08:36 AM (V13WU)

219 What you want: A president holding a massive rally at a packed stadium with musical acts, fireworks and a laser light show.

What you'll settle for: two dozen people, mostly media, staff, security, and the janitorial crew in a small amphitheatre of a Delaware community college.

What you'll get: a senile old diaper wearing geezer in huge oversized sneakers mumbling incoherently amidst the roar of a big green and white helicopter while a coterie of staffers try to ensure he keeps walking and doesn't fall down while on camera.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 18, 2024 08:37 AM (dg+HA)

220 >>Does Blinken know what a Christian Nationslist is or is it just someone who's a Christian and conservative and not a raging Marxist?

It's a made-up political term to smear white Christians as terrorists on par with jihadis. Well, they say we're worse than jihadis since we're "the bigest threat to Our Democracy(tm).

It doesn't have to make sense, it just has to make it easy to point the mob at the rest of us and tell them to hate us.

*I say "we" because all of us here would be considered this for the crime of not being progressive and wanting to uphold Christianity-base norms/values of Western civilization. And that includes any "white-hispanics," "white African-AMericans," etc. since wanting normal things makes one "white," too.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 18, 2024 08:37 AM (cCVOS)

221 Well, yes. One established by God is fine. Not those established by faulty, sinful human beings on this earth, not a new heaven and a new earth.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 18, 2024 08:31 AM (ufgdM)

First G D gave them Prophets to guide them and they would not be guided.
So G D sent Judges to the people and they would not listen, they demanded Kings.
Then G D gave them Kings and the Kings were men that sometimes sinned, they would not listen.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 18, 2024 08:37 AM (ENQN6)

222 Hi, JT
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Posted by: JT at May 18, 2024 08:37 AM (T4tVD)

223 Prayers and Coffee

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 18, 2024 08:38 AM (ENQN6)

224 The so-called peace process was not about peace and the process was one-way.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 18, 2024 08:39 AM (RIvkX)

225 We don't get no respect.

Posted by: Arab Nationalists at May 18, 2024 08:40 AM (dg+HA)

226
Pro-Palestinian protesters hit the streets of Philadelphia again on Friday evening. Police were called to the area near 34th and Walnut streets before 9 p.m. The protesters took to the street after a group of them entered the Fisher-Bennett Hall on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania.

Wife said a bunch of them were arrested. New Mayor is very much law and order type. As a black woman I think she is allowed, it's in the constitution or something.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 18, 2024 08:40 AM (RKVpM)

227 I wonder how the pro-Palestinian protesters and the pro-LGBTQ+ protesters will divide up pride month...

Seems like there might be some cross purposes there.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 18, 2024 08:43 AM (Q4IgG)

228 164 Did the MSM mention they found the bodies of three women hostages in Rafah? It's covered in Twitter.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 18, 2024 07:50 AM (yeEu9)

I didn't see this. I saw that they found the bodies of two young female hostages and a male hostage in Rafah.

Posted by: m at May 18, 2024 08:44 AM (hyRRf)

229 Nobody watches us anymore.

Posted by: The MSM at May 18, 2024 08:45 AM (dg+HA)

230 >>State Department warns of ‘increased potential’ for terrorism targeting LGBTQ+ community during Pride Month

On yesterday's local morning news the co-host (he's a delightful, chatty character, makes me laugh a lot despite the grim news) did a short story on Monkey pox. Well he said "Mmmmmmmpox" and then said, "hey, remember we used to call it monkey pox but then - pause - "so any way, the CDC is warning that with Pride month we need to raise awareness about Mmmmpox because of the celebrations, uh - pause - so the CDC is recommending getting the Mmmmmmpox vaccinee."

It was so funny to watch because he kept pausing to censor himself, he desperately didn't want to say the obvious things. He happens to be gay, so he knows in greater detail why Mmmmmpox outbreaks might happen during Pride month. Oy!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 18, 2024 08:46 AM (cCVOS)

231 Seems like there might be some cross purposes there.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 18, 2024 08:43 AM (Q4IgG)

It'll just be the same old Sodomy Month, but with a side of pita and labeneh. They'll just wear rainbow patterned keffiyeh instead of dog masks while they suck down man-hummus in a public park.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 18, 2024 08:46 AM (0FoWg)

232 Pixy, I will happily take Non Non Biyori under recommendation, but in no way am I listening to that goddamned stomp-clap-hey song.

Posted by: Caiwyn at May 18, 2024 08:46 AM (BaIXK)

233 CBS News

The Israel Defense Forces recovered the bodies of Shani Louk, a 22-year-old German-Israeli; Amit Buskila, 28; and Itshak Gelernter, 56

Posted by: m at May 18, 2024 08:46 AM (hyRRf)

234 These are the days of wine and roses for openly gay men of Arab descent... It's gotta be the ultimate virtue signals for Western queers at the moment. The shiniest Pokemon in fagworld, fttb.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 18, 2024 08:49 AM (0FoWg)

235 May still has 2 alphabet people's days left:
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May 22 - Harvey Milk Day
May 25 - Pansexual & Panromantic Awareness Day

June will be lit.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 18, 2024 08:50 AM (Q4IgG)

236 >>The Israel Defense Forces recovered the bodies of Shani Louk, a 22-year-old German-Israeli; Amit Buskila, 28; and Itshak Gelernter, 56

Oh my - Shani is the German gal whose broken body was paraded by Hamas ghouls.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 18, 2024 08:50 AM (cCVOS)

237 May 25 - Pansexual & Panromantic Awareness Day

+1

Posted by: All-Clad at May 18, 2024 08:52 AM (2QA3G)

238
Good morning all y'all!

I think 'nostalgia' pretty much covers it. The past that exists in our memories is a land we have never inhabited.

Posted by: Muldoon at May 18, 2024 08:52 AM (991eG)

239 157 I met my wife on a blind date. She told me later that she was surprised when a Marine showed up, and that she'd said to her friends she'd never date, much less marry a Marine. Been about 37 years now.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 18, 2024 07:47 AM (YRsIm)
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I did enjoy the TV show 'Major Dad', particularly the early episodes.

Posted by: Ciampino - surprise! at May 18, 2024 08:52 AM (qfLjt)

240 196 What the heck is a "Christian Nationalist"anyway?
I'm a Christian and I don't know. The meaning Do I think it would be a good idea of leftists gave up the "religion"of militant progressivism and embraced faith in Jesus
and appreciation for constitutional rights? Yes. But I am absolutely against a theocracy and forced conversions. Does Blinken know what a Christian Nationslist is or is it just someone who's a Christian and conservative and not a raging Marxist?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 18, 2024 08:26 AM (ufgdM)
——

“Christian Nationalism” is nothing but a dog whistle for left wingers who grew up with the “Religious Right” as their all-purpose political boogeyman. But the Religious Right hasn’t held any political power or influence in decades, though, so here’s the new term they use to project their fears and straw men onto.

Posted by: Caiwyn at May 18, 2024 08:52 AM (BaIXK)

241 >>May 25 - Pansexual & Panromantic Awareness Day

"OK, let's all celebrate by attempting sex with an inanimate household object or your pet!....?"

"No, wait, it's better you're not aware pansexuality. . . Moving on!!!"

Posted by: Lizzy at May 18, 2024 08:54 AM (cCVOS)

242 Did the MSM mention they found the bodies of three women hostages in Rafah? It's covered in Twitter.

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Only al-Jazeera, that I've seen so far.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 18, 2024 08:58 AM (0FoWg)

243 I think 'nostalgia' pretty much covers it. The past that exists in our memories is a land we have never inhabited.
Posted by: Muldoon at May 18, 2024 08:52 AM (991eG)

WHEW ! You must be on the GOOD drugs !

Hiya Muldoon !
Hope all is well in Muldoonia !

Posted by: JT at May 18, 2024 09:18 AM (T4tVD)

244 This "March of ARM" is fantasy.
It takes 8 cycles on an ARM to accomplish what an Intel processor does in one cycle.
The other main difference is that ARM have been used in low power environments for years while Intel has and entire lineup of high power high performance processors.

Now, start your trade-offs

Posted by: Neo at May 18, 2024 11:04 AM (GITLP)

245 >the children - all five of them

Japan is in an unrecoverable demographic death spiral due to the catastrophically low birth rate. Emptied and abandoned elementary schools, "love hotels", and similar venues that catered to families and young children are commonplace, especially in the rural areas.

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