Daily Tech News 8 June 2024

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Just in time for the weekend, there's a new critical security vulnerability in PHP. (Ars Technica)

Sysadmins worldwide panic.

On Windows.

Sysadmins worldwide go back to sleep.

If you have Chinese or Japanese language packs installed and run PHP on Windows, Windows itself will helpfully slip unsafe characters past the normal security mechanisms and into database queries where they will wreak havoc.

There are several fatal design flaws working together to make this a problem, and none of them are unique to PHP.

Though PHP is still awful and nobody should use it for anything, ever.

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The twelve core Zen 5 Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (yes, unfortunately that is its name) is only a little slower than the sixteen core Zen 4 Ryzen 7945HX3D. (Tom's Hardware)

And that's with the Zen 5 chip running in the lowest power "silent mode". In previous generations there were high and low power versions of laptop chips; with Zen 5 you can run the chip at anything from 15W to 54W - and even at the lowest setting it is very capable.

This was tested in an Asus laptop; my own Asus also has silent mode and it really works.
Civilization 7 is due out next year. (WCCFTech)

I clocked up a fair bit of time back in the day with Civilization II. I got so good at it that even at higher difficulty settings I'd have nuclear weapons in the Middle Ages and launch my rocket to Alpha Centauri while my rivals were still messing about with sailing ships.
Hackers breached a Disney Confluence server and stole confidential documents relating to the design and implementation of... Club Penguin. (Bleeping Computer)

Keep being weird, guys.
Adobe isn't stealing your content, says Adobe. (Adobe)

Adobe did change its license terms to grant itself permission to steal your content, but Adobe says Adobe would never do that except in certain very specific circumstances, such as if it really wanted to.
To be clear, Adobe requires a limited license to access content solely for the purpose of operating or improving the services and software and to enforce our terms and comply with law, such as to protect against abusive content.
Which terms are so broad you could launch a Boeing 737-800 from them without any risk of running out of runway.
The Affinity suite (design, photo editing, and publishing) is half price right now. (Affinity)

Under $100 for the three applications on Windows, Mac, and iOS. No subscription fees, free upgrades.
Microsoft is planning to encrypt the Recall database. (The Verge)

Problem: Microsoft claimed in the product announcement that the data was encrypted. They lied.

They also plan to make it opt-in, just like Windows 11 upgrades, or ads on your desktop.

Random Anime Music Video of the Day

Song is Hall om mig by Nanne Gronvall. Anime is Princess Tutu, the greatest story ever told about a duck who saves the world through the power of ballet.

It's like... Someone took Swan Lake, turned it inside out, shook out all the parts, and put it back together, only somehow better and also even more weird.

Disclaimer: No ducks were harmed in the filming of this video. Much.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 Morning all!

Posted by: Bruce at June 08, 2024 04:05 AM (0ujb5)

2 G'day Bruce.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 08, 2024 04:07 AM (BLOW1)

3 Hackers breached a Disney Confluence server and stole confidential documents relating to the design and implementation of... Club Penguin. (Bleeping Computer)

I read the article. I thought at first that Club Penguin sounded like a Don't Ask, Don't Tell club.

Posted by: Bruce at June 08, 2024 04:10 AM (0ujb5)

4 Um.....Adobe? Of all the potential for losses/devastation due to data theft, I'd rank adobe up there w banks. I'd guess just about every U S law firm's document evidence database uses adobe. That'd be one hell of a breach.

Posted by: Son of Dad at June 08, 2024 04:14 AM (8JB5s)

5 Adobe did change its license terms to grant itself permission to steal your content, but Adobe says Adobe would never do that except in certain very specific circumstances, such as if it really wanted to.

Okay, maybe "steal" is a little too harsh of a word.

How about "borrow permanently"?

Posted by: Bruce at June 08, 2024 04:17 AM (0ujb5)

6 Finally getting stuff put away at the new home. To celebrate, we are doing a corned beef for lunch that was in the freezer. Carrots, onions, and potatoes.
No cabbage please.

Monday, we get the new grill delivered, then we'll really start to clean out the freezer. 😄

Posted by: Bruce at June 08, 2024 04:21 AM (0ujb5)

7 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at June 08, 2024 04:36 AM (fwDg9)

8 Bad interview job clips:

https://tinyurl.com/4wjceku7

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 08, 2024 04:44 AM (dsWLt)

9 To get up, or not to get up
That is the question

Posted by: Skip at June 08, 2024 04:45 AM (fwDg9)

10 Bad interview job clips:

https://tinyurl.com/4wjceku7
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

HA!

Posted by: Bruce at June 08, 2024 04:49 AM (0ujb5)

11 To get up, or not to get up
That is the question
Posted by: Skip

If you have to pee, yes.
Otherwise....

Posted by: Bruce at June 08, 2024 04:49 AM (0ujb5)

12 Microsoft and Adobe are going out of their way to be completely retarded this week it seems. There antics make you wonder if anybody's sentient is actually showing up for work or if they're letting AI run the place.

Microsoft's roll out of Recall Is one of the most ham-fisted things I've ever seen them do. Microsoft kicks out the door preview software all the time to get feedback so them doing that with recall is pretty normal. What's not normal is they did it with Stasi spyware; by definition, creating an index of everything you do on your computer is spyware and a cop's wet dream. Making matters really bad is the product was so half baked that the critical features were non-existent while messaging that they were there. Totally dumb. And finally the one part they never articulated is the elevator pitch about why I would want this in the first place. It all feels like they're casting around for a killer app so they can mainstream AI to the unwashed masses. Instead what they did was piss everybody off so they want to kill Microsoft instead. Total rollout cock-up score: 9.9.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at June 08, 2024 05:00 AM (Te7BW)

13 Christian devotional from "The Upper Room"
Fear Not:

https://tinyurl.com/2vvm2zme

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 08, 2024 05:01 AM (EI0XQ)

14 Okay, maybe "steal" is a little too harsh of a word. How about "borrow permanently"?

Field expediently acquire...I think that was the term we used.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 08, 2024 05:08 AM (YRsIm)

15 Meanwhile, in a fit of desperation to join the retarded club AMD seemingly hired Microsoft's marketing team from the 1990s to rename their new products. Again I ask is anybody showing up for work at AMD or is AI running the place. Total cockup score: 7.9.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at June 08, 2024 05:09 AM (Te7BW)

16 >>This week, an anonymous person uploaded a link to "Internal Club Penguin PDFs" on the 4Chan message board with the simple statement, "I no longer need these

."

Yiiikes, someone made quite the exit from Disney.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 08, 2024 05:13 AM (cCVOS)

17 You can't spell panopticon without poop.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 08, 2024 05:14 AM (BpZ5k)

18 You forgot that all computer tech companies work for the Feds. The Marxist shit weasels call it "compliance"

Posted by: Jamaica at June 08, 2024 05:18 AM (IG7T0)

19 The Marxist shit weasels call it "compliance"
Posted by: Jamaica

You can't spell compliance without poop

Posted by: Bruce at June 08, 2024 05:21 AM (0ujb5)

20
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at June 08, 2024 05:22 AM (tljrc)

21 You can't spell compliance without poop
Posted by: Bruce at June 08, 2024 05:21 AM (0ujb5)

To be fair, some of the brighter ones could still do it with crayons, if they hadn't eaten them all.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 08, 2024 05:23 AM (BpZ5k)

22 Hey i just realized that DEI is basically ISO 9000 for racism.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 08, 2024 05:24 AM (BpZ5k)

23 Hey i just realized that DEI is basically ISO 9000 for racism.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

HA!!

But boss, what exactly is ISO 9000?

It's one better than ISO 8999!!
Now shut up and eat your free donut.

Posted by: Bruce at June 08, 2024 05:26 AM (0ujb5)

24 Now shut up and eat your free donut.
Posted by: Bruce at June 08, 2024 05:26 AM (0ujb5)

"Why does Steve get to go to Tahiti for three weeks to get certified and i don't?"

"Because Steve doesn't ask stupid questions like that."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 08, 2024 05:27 AM (BpZ5k)

25 "Why does Steve get to go to Tahiti for three weeks to get certified and i don't?"

"Because Steve doesn't ask stupid questions like that."
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Yep.
Ours was, "we ran out of money so just do it anyway."

Posted by: Bruce at June 08, 2024 05:28 AM (0ujb5)

26 Good morning morons

Local TV news is a wasteland

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 08, 2024 05:34 AM (RIvkX)

27 Coffee has started, it will be a few minutes

Posted by: Skip at June 08, 2024 05:38 AM (fwDg9)

28 As for Adobe's cock-up score, I'm giving them an 11. A solid 10 for abusing the terms to service so they can steal your stuff and you don't have any recourse. Plus an extra point for having the balls to do that.

If Adobe ever gets around to becoming a straight-up extortion play, meaning they no longer ship products and just hold your your data hostage, I will be awarding them 14 points.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at June 08, 2024 05:42 AM (Te7BW)

29 Local TV is for weather and ogling your type. WPIX has two weekday mornings so I watch them.

Posted by: Jamaica at June 08, 2024 05:43 AM (IG7T0)

30 Local TV is for weather and ogling your type. WPIX has two weekday mornings so I watch them.
Posted by: Jamaica at June 08, 2024 05:43 AM (IG7T0)

Hooray for the mute button

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 08, 2024 05:44 AM (BpZ5k)

31 I used to watch Star Trek on WPIX when I was a kid.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 08, 2024 05:44 AM (RIvkX)

32
I'd guess just about every U S law firm's document evidence database uses adobe.

I joined in the suit against the Boy Scouts of America in the year 2020. In an 'Oh, by the way' at the end I had to sign off on a e-document with my name, address, and social security number and the explicit details of my abuse.

I said, "You're not getting my social security number." This is the year 2024 not 1964. I don't think there is one competent individual left in the legal profession. DEI = 'Didn't Earn It' is right on the money.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 08, 2024 05:45 AM (RKVpM)

33 Sometimes I'm embarrassed about how spoiled and pampered I am.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 08, 2024 05:45 AM (RIvkX)

34 31 I used to watch Star Trek on WPIX when I was a kid.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 08, 2024 05:44 AM (RIvkX)

I grew up in Eastern PA, so we got most of the NYC channels as well as all the Philly channels.

It's strange how four letters can make you feel nostalgia.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 08, 2024 05:46 AM (BpZ5k)

35 So I heard Biden thought D Day meant Dookie Day 💩

Posted by: logprof at June 08, 2024 05:46 AM (6CQHC)

36 DbZ I'm surprised you couldn't just use the last 4 digits alone. I do that all the time and have never had anyone insisting on all 9 digits

Btw the last digit is a "check digit" which is function of the other 8 digits used to confirm the validity of the SSN.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 08, 2024 05:49 AM (RIvkX)

37 They used to broadcast the soaps on AM radio, and I'd be listening along while sitting around the house being a useless baby as Mama did all the Mama stuff around the house.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 08, 2024 05:50 AM (BpZ5k)

38 I grew up in Eastern PA, so we got most of the NYC channels as well as all the Philly channels.

It's strange how four letters can make you feel nostalgia.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 08, 2024 05:46 AM (BpZ5k)
-===

I watched Budd Dwyer blow his brains out on WHYY.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 08, 2024 05:52 AM (RIvkX)

39 Happy Saturday

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 08, 2024 05:52 AM (ENQN6)

40 I watched Budd Dwyer blow his brains out on WHYY.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 08, 2024 05:52 AM (RIvkX)

A true role model for today's politicians, if there ever was one.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 08, 2024 05:53 AM (BpZ5k)

41 A true role model for today's politicians, if there ever was one.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 08, 2024 05:53 AM (BpZ5k)
====
Heh. I never thought of him as a model but then again, he is one of the few politicians who ever took responsibility for his crimes.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 08, 2024 05:54 AM (RIvkX)

42 Pixy I don't understand much of what you talk about but I appreciate your dry sense of humor.

Posted by: Tuna at June 08, 2024 05:54 AM (oaGWv)

43 he is one of the few politicians who ever took responsibility for his crimes.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 08, 2024 05:54 AM (RIvkX)

I forget exactly what he was on the hook for, but I'm sure it pales in comparison with the shit that even backbencher nobodies are doing right out in the open.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 08, 2024 05:55 AM (BpZ5k)

44
DbZ I'm surprised you couldn't just use the last 4 digits alone. I do that all the time and have never had anyone insisting on all 9 digits

Btw the last digit is a "check digit" which is function of the other 8 digits used to confirm the validity of the SSN.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 08, 2024 05:49 AM

No, they wanted the full field of digits. I don't think you're correct about the last digit, unless it's been changed. For example:

My last four digits* = 1821
My sisters last four = 1822
My brothers last four = 1820

The beginning digits are a location code. If you're giving away the last four, there's a chance someone can figure out where you were born and guess the first five.

* Not exactly, but for example

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 08, 2024 05:56 AM (RKVpM)

45 Young men in FL push elderly woman in scooter in pouring rain:

https://tinyurl.com/j8w33dy6

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 08, 2024 05:56 AM (3EcKf)

46 Six channels in NYC: NBC4, CBS2, ABC7, WPIX11 Yankees, WOR9 Mets, WNET13 and that was more than enough crap for the idiot box.
Once Rush died, I have no interest in radio except for WFAN which has become tedious garbage.

Posted by: Jamaica at June 08, 2024 05:57 AM (IG7T0)

47 i95 WRKO Brookfield Danbury

Posted by: Jamaica at June 08, 2024 05:57 AM (IG7T0)

48 Isn't WNET the Scranton station?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 08, 2024 05:58 AM (BpZ5k)

49 Gotta see the vid for that

Posted by: Jamaica at June 08, 2024 05:58 AM (IG7T0)

50
Trans Wins Miss Maryland

You can't trust your eyes anymore. Gotta go 'Crocodile Dundee' to be sure, I guess.

Picture at link in my nic.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 08, 2024 06:00 AM (RKVpM)

51 Trans Wins Miss Maryland

You can't trust your eyes anymore. Gotta go 'Crocodile Dundee' to be sure, I guess.

Picture at link in my nic.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 08, 2024 06:00 AM (RKVpM

Miss as in "close, but no cigar"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 08, 2024 06:01 AM (BpZ5k)

52 WNET was PBS NYC in my world. Scranton may be far enough away.
I watched Red Sox on WCSH6 Portland as a kid

Posted by: Jamaica at June 08, 2024 06:02 AM (IG7T0)

53 Pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles will have to average 45 miles rather than the 35.1 miles today.

But heavy-duty pickup trucks and large vans will have to nearly double their fuel efficiency from 18.8 to 35 miles per gallon.

Seven impossible things before breakfast.

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 08, 2024 06:02 AM (ENQN6)

54 I missed R Bud press conference extravaganza as was working, no one showed it afterwards

Posted by: Skip at June 08, 2024 06:03 AM (fwDg9)

55 WNET was PBS NYC in my world. Scranton may be far enough away.
I watched Red Sox on WCSH6 Portland as a kid
Posted by: Jamaica at June 08, 2024 06:02 AM (IG7T0)

Yeah, i was thinking of WNEP.

All these call signs are reminding me of childhood. Back before broadcast media put all their shit in a dumpster and lit it on fire.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 08, 2024 06:03 AM (BpZ5k)

56 Seven impossible things before breakfast.
Posted by: rhennigantx at June 08, 2024 06:02 AM (ENQN6)

Just watch.

The New Gallon will be 384 oz.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 08, 2024 06:05 AM (BpZ5k)

57 Lovely 16 year old girl sings a beautiful rendition of " How Great Thou Art":

https://tinyurl.com/yh2p5n69

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 08, 2024 06:06 AM (M1QjD)

58 "The beginning digits are a location code. If you're giving away the last four, there's a chance someone can figure out where you were born and guess the first five."

I used to work for a major financial services company and the first three digits are indeed a location code or used to be that is until around 2011 when SS #s began to be assigned randomly.

Posted by: Tuna at June 08, 2024 06:07 AM (oaGWv)

59
I used to work for a major financial services company and the first three digits are indeed a location code or used to be that is until around 2011 when SS #s began to be assigned randomly.

Posted by: Tuna at June 08, 2024 06:07 AM

So basically, everyone over the age of 13 is at risk by revealing the last four digits of their SS #. You see these polls - at least my wife does - on FakeBook that are cleverly disguised to get your location when you were young.

"Do you remember the name of your first elementary school?"

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 08, 2024 06:13 AM (RKVpM)

60 hiya

Posted by: JT at June 08, 2024 06:14 AM (T4tVD)

61 Okay, maybe "steal" is a little too harsh of a word.

Posted by: Bruce at June 08, 2024 04:17 AM

Steal? You mean Strategically Transfer Equipment to Alternate Locations.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 08, 2024 06:17 AM (Pa5Jp)

62 "Do you remember the name of your first elementary school?"
Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 08, 2024 06:13 AM

Yes.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 08, 2024 06:17 AM (Pa5Jp)

63 You have to weigh the risks against possible benefits. Is the risk of using your SSN greater than the potential settlement you would receive from the lawsuit?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 08, 2024 06:18 AM (RIvkX)

64 DbZ I'm surprised you couldn't just use the last 4 digits alone. I do that all the time and have never had anyone insisting on all 9 digits

Posted by: San Franpsycho

Recently my electric company screwed up their web page so I couldn't log in. At that point I sent them an email asking for somebody to call me so we could sort this out. Instead I got an email back from them and before they would provide technical support they wanted my address, my account number and my full social security number sent to them via email. Having a sense of humor I wrote them back and told them they are the electric company and not the goddamn IRS and I wasn't about to give him that stuff plus I was already their customer. In reply I got back an email that admonished me for getting snippy. Miraculously their stupid web page started working again and I just gave up on banging my head against the wall.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at June 08, 2024 06:18 AM (Te7BW)

65 So even in Maryland, the best woman is a man?

During Pride month, no less!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 08, 2024 06:19 AM (isNL8)

66
The country of Nigeria secures one third of its GDP from scammers and hackers. Sure, I'm gonna put my SS# on a document flying around the internet.

So you get abused while in the Boy Scouts, get some significent award, then weeks later it disappears from your bank account.

Sign me up!

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 08, 2024 06:19 AM (RKVpM)

67
Val did not have a good night. There's bloody drops all over his pen. I may have to let this ride until I see whether the antibiotics can turn this. Otherwise I'll have to make a decision.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 08, 2024 06:20 AM (MoZTd)

68 Poor Val. Sorry, Hadrian.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 08, 2024 06:23 AM (+WX0y)

69 Did somebody say they wanted polka music?

https://youtu.be/3zg1pnTPKC0

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at June 08, 2024 06:24 AM (Te7BW)

70 Val did not have a good night. There's bloody drops all over his pen. I may have to let this ride until I see whether the antibiotics can turn this. Otherwise I'll have to make a decision.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 08, 2024 06:20 AM (MoZTd)
===
Urinary infection?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 08, 2024 06:25 AM (RIvkX)

71 Hadrian,

Prayer for all concerned.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 08, 2024 06:25 AM (isNL8)

72 Otherwise I'll have to make a decision.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

I know about this drill. It's hard.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at June 08, 2024 06:25 AM (Te7BW)

73 Evening and morning to all you early risers and Saturday toilers! I slept about enough last night; how 'bout you?

Drinking some coffee, puffing on a pipe, both as part of the wakeup process, and planning my errands today. Walmart and bank, mostly. I need to replace the blinds in my living room and bedroom windows, and apparently everything in the stores or online now are the cordless kind. I'm fine with the idea. But -- given the same size -- will they fit into the little housings fastened inside the window recess, or do I have to install theirs?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 08, 2024 06:26 AM (omVj0)

74
You have to weigh the risks against possible benefits. Is the risk of using your SSN greater than the potential settlement you would receive from the lawsuit?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 08, 2024 06:18 AM

If it was 'the usual' settlement in sexual abuse cases they seem to settle around $350,000. I think the BSA expected 10,000 cases and allocated a 20% bankruptcy to provide that amount. Instead, nearly 10X as many claims were filed. I think the math is easy at 10% of $350,000. In my case, not worth it. I'm far from poor and the risk of title/identity theft is significent.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 08, 2024 06:27 AM (RKVpM)

75
Urinary infection?
Posted by: San Franpsycho

The diagnosis was pneumonia. He's bleeding from his lungs.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 08, 2024 06:27 AM (MoZTd)

76 I'm surprised you couldn't just use the last 4 digits alone. I do that all the time and have never had anyone insisting on all 9 digits

Posted by: San Franpsycho

Yeah. Nobody uses the first three as a verbal identifier anymore. Asking for a whole SSN is verboten also. Last four only.

Posted by: Tuna at June 08, 2024 06:28 AM (oaGWv)

77 Otherwise I'll have to make a decision.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

How old is Val? I hope the antibiotics work.

Posted by: Tuna at June 08, 2024 06:30 AM (oaGWv)

78 Go ahead and admit it, you are dying for an episode of Bowling for Dollars

https://youtu.be/t8Ldwve04AM

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at June 08, 2024 06:31 AM (Te7BW)

79 I totally forgot that was ever a show

Posted by: Skip at June 08, 2024 06:33 AM (fwDg9)

80 Yeah. Nobody uses the first three as a verbal identifier anymore. Asking for a whole SSN is verboten also. Last four only.
Posted by: Tuna

There are many other ways a company has to verify ID these days which I won't get into but SSN isn't as important as it used to be as an identifier.

Posted by: Tuna at June 08, 2024 06:33 AM (oaGWv)

81 Mornin' Horde and happy MoMe day! Wish I could be there.

Posted by: screaming in digital at June 08, 2024 06:33 AM (iZbyp)

82 There are many other ways a company has to verify ID these days which I won't get into but SSN isn't as important as it used to be as an identifier.
Posted by: Tuna at June 08, 2024

***
Mother's maiden name, answers to three personal security questions, etc.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 08, 2024 06:35 AM (omVj0)

83 Go ahead and admit it, you are dying for an episode of Bowling for Dollars

https://youtu.be/t8Ldwve04AM
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram

LOL. $840 jackpot when $840 used to be real money. Now that would buy a weeks worth of fast food meals maybe.

Posted by: Tuna at June 08, 2024 06:37 AM (oaGWv)

84
There are many other ways a company has to verify ID these days which I won't get into but SSN isn't as important as it used to be as an identifier.

Posted by: Tuna at June 08, 2024 06:33 AM

The Social Security system has a pretty good test. I was watching as my wife took it. Multiple choice of former addresses, former telephone numbers, stuff like that.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 08, 2024 06:38 AM (RKVpM)

85 Hiya Screamie !

Posted by: JT at June 08, 2024 06:39 AM (T4tVD)

86 Mother's maiden name, answers to three personal security questions, etc.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Even MMN isn't that important anymore.

Posted by: Tuna at June 08, 2024 06:39 AM (oaGWv)

87 {{{screaming in digital}}}

What has been the best memory of your UK trip so far, if you want to share?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 08, 2024 06:39 AM (sdpWX)

88 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 08, 2024 06:40 AM (hoCmQ)

89 Good Morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear into the heart of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 08, 2024 06:41 AM (sdpWX)

90 Decision won't be easy

Posted by: Skip at June 08, 2024 06:42 AM (fwDg9)

91 olddog in mo

Hope your recovery was complete, and you are the Dread Pirate of the Lakes.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 08, 2024 06:42 AM (sdpWX)

92 Salty!

(Soon)

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 08, 2024 06:43 AM (isNL8)

93 I woke up this morning at 4:22 CDT. The older I get the earlier I wake up. Gone are the days that I could sleep til noon without a problem.

Getting my butt out of bed when I had to get to work was always a problem no matter how old I was.

Posted by: Tuna at June 08, 2024 06:45 AM (oaGWv)

94 Started well but destroying breakfast of bacon and cheese omelet

Posted by: Skip at June 08, 2024 06:45 AM (fwDg9)

95 KTY used to spend a lot of time on club penguin

She also collected all the puffles (as stuffed toys)

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 08, 2024 06:46 AM (Ka3bZ)

96 Never heard of Affinity

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 08, 2024 06:48 AM (Ka3bZ)

97 Time to hit the rain locker.
Gotta head to Northern Virginia in a few hours.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 08, 2024 06:52 AM (isNL8)

98
Yeah. Nobody uses the first three as a verbal identifier anymore. Asking for a whole SSN is verboten also. Last four only.
Posted by: Tuna

There are many other ways a company has to verify ID these days which I won't get into but SSN isn't as important as it used to be as an identifier.

Posted by: Tuna at June 08, 2024 06:33 AM

anecdotal, sure, but when I was looking for a job last summer, probably two out of three of the recruiters / contract houses / direct employers I contacted required the full nine digit SSN before they would proceed with the application

the first time I was asked for the whole SSN, I told them to piss off and hung up...then it happened again and again

finally spoke with a head-hunter I'd known for twenty-plus years and she confirmed that, yes, that's the norm now

YMMV

Posted by: AltonJackson at June 08, 2024 06:52 AM (tljrc)

99 https://tinyurl.com/mrxnhvha

Doggie runs four miles to find help for owner whose vehicle had driven over a cliff.

Posted by: Tuna at June 08, 2024 06:53 AM (oaGWv)

100
I suspect the SS admin uses an index created from old telephone books archived at the Library of Congress. I was amazed when I did some research there how many they had on file.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 08, 2024 06:53 AM (RKVpM)

101 Morning peeps

Today is descale the Keurig day. It will not brew coffee until that asinine process is completed. Stupid shit first thing in the morning....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 08, 2024 06:54 AM (Q4IgG)

102 Light outside now, and while I know it's not cool, at least it's not *savagely* hot yet. How I wish I had a porch to sit on in the early am like this.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 08, 2024 06:54 AM (omVj0)

103 Mornin' Horde and happy MoMe day! Wish I could be there.
Posted by: screaming in digital at June 08, 2024 06:33 AM

We'll hoist a glass for you, SiD!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 08, 2024 06:55 AM (Pa5Jp)

104 Today is descale the Keurig day. It will not brew coffee until that asinine process is completed. Stupid shit first thing in the morning....
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 08, 2024

***
My Braun is overdue for a cleaning too. However, it will still brew even with that light on.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 08, 2024 06:56 AM (omVj0)

105 anecdotal, sure, but when I was looking for a job last summer, probably two out of three of the recruiters / contract houses / direct employers I contacted required the full nine digit SSN before they would proceed with the application

the first time I was asked for the whole SSN, I told them to piss off and hung up...then it happened again and again

finally spoke with a head-hunter I'd known for twenty-plus years and she confirmed that, yes, that's the norm now

YMMV
Posted by: AltonJackson

I'm talking about identifiers used on an established account where the company is already in possession of your SSN.

Posted by: Tuna at June 08, 2024 06:56 AM (oaGWv)

106 Morning, Salty. Recovery is almost complete. Lake time has been at a minimum so far but hope to correct that next week. Hope all is well with you.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 08, 2024 06:57 AM (hoCmQ)

107 Time to hit the rain locker.
Gotta head to Northern Virginia in a few hours.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 08, 2024 06:52 AM

Safe travels, VIA!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 08, 2024 06:58 AM (Pa5Jp)

108 What has been the best memory of your UK trip so far, if you want to share?
Posted by: NaCly Dog
---
{{{Salty}}}

I arrived home last night.

Every day was the best. Hiking the coastal path. Singing sea shanties in the meadow above Kynance Cove. Putting my feet in the water and collecting interesting rocks at Cadgwith beach. Kayaking at Coverack. The sweet poem the writing group wrote about me on the day I left (I came back early for work stuff), and it wasn't even a limerick.

Most of all it was experiencing all of this with my brother and seeing him in his element, teaching about the Inklings.

Posted by: screaming in digital at June 08, 2024 06:58 AM (iZbyp)

109 Today is descale the Keurig day. It will not brew coffee until that asinine process is completed. Stupid shit first thing in the morning....
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 08, 2024

My Keurig still brews when that light is on. As a matter of fact my old one never stopped displaying that light even after I had descaled. LOL

Posted by: Tuna at June 08, 2024 06:59 AM (oaGWv)

110 We'll hoist a glass for you, SiD!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
---
*clink*

Oh, I guess it's a bit early for that. So that was my coffee mug.

Posted by: screaming in digital at June 08, 2024 07:00 AM (iZbyp)

111 The oil in my new engine is so clean, I can't see it on the dipstick. Still has lots of lifter noise

Posted by: Jamaica at June 08, 2024 07:00 AM (S/Tst)

112 Today is descale the Keurig day. It will not brew coffee until that asinine process is completed. Stupid shit first thing in the morning....

I don't know anyone who would debase themselves to use a Keurig, but hypothetically speaking, would the Keurig still require descaling if water only from a Berkey† filter was used?

† probably the greatest filter short of osmosis filter a person can get - removes even fluoride.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at June 08, 2024 07:01 AM (KwHva)

113 Some good news coming out of Gaza: Four hostages rescued, Hamas apparently getting pummeled.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 08, 2024 07:02 AM (BLOW1)

114 A 4700 acre solar project is set to be built in the county south of me, right next to a wildlife management area. 4700 acres of trees and shade to be replaced by fields of glass.

Posted by: fd at June 08, 2024 07:03 AM (vFG9F)

115 *clink*

Oh, I guess it's a bit early for that. So that was my coffee mug.
Posted by: screaming in digital at June 08, 2024 07:00 AM

The judges would also have accepted "Bloody Mary".

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 08, 2024 07:03 AM (Pa5Jp)

116 Hadrian is Val one of the pups?
What happened?

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 08, 2024 07:04 AM (Ka3bZ)

117 Most of all it was experiencing all of this with my brother and seeing him in his element, teaching about the Inklings.
Posted by: screaming in digital at June 08, 2024 06:58 AM (iZbyp)
===
That sounds lovely. Welcome home

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 08, 2024 07:04 AM (RIvkX)

118 A 4700 acre solar project is set to be built in the county south of me, right next to a wildlife management area. 4700 acres of trees and shade to be replaced by fields of glass.
Posted by: fd

Nice. Gaia smiles upon you. Here in New Mexico I'm starting to see solar projects pop up. I have to say I find it rather offensive that my beautiful landscape is now all screwed up with these things so AOC can make her damn coffee in the morning.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at June 08, 2024 07:07 AM (Te7BW)

119 I don't know anyone who would debase themselves to use a Keurig, but hypothetically speaking, would the Keurig still require descaling if water only from a Berkey† filter was used?

† probably the greatest filter short of osmosis filter a person can get - removes even fluoride.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure

I'm the only one here and I only drink one cup a day so brewing a whole pot of coffee is just a waste of beans for me. My late husband didn't drink coffee so a Keurig was a good option. Besides, I'm not a coffee connoisseur so my Starbucks Toasted Graham flavored K cups is fine with me.

Posted by: Tuna at June 08, 2024 07:07 AM (oaGWv)

120 "It has been cleared for publication that in a complex operation by the IDF, Shin Bet, and the Israel Police (Yamam), four Israeli hostages were rescued this morning (Saturday). The hostages, Noa Argamani (25), Almog Meir (21), Andrey Kozlov (27), and Shlomi Ziv (40), were kidnapped by Hamas to the Gaza Strip from the 'Nova' party on October 7th.
The hostages were rescued by Shin Bet and Yamam fighters from two different locations in an operation in the heart of Nuseirat.
Their medical condition is stable, and they have been transferred for further medical examinations at the 'Sheba' Medical Center in Tel HaShomer.
-JPost

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 08, 2024 07:08 AM (RIvkX)

121 Mornin'
(sips coffee)

I haven't fished since I was a teenager. That was a 'few' years ago (Jurassic Period). Today, I'm going fishing. My sister has a pond on her property, so that is a nice quiet place to re-learn fishing. I'm going to have put line on one of my fishing poles. Youtube is useful with that. Its' fairly simple, I just have done it in decades.

Posted by: Puddleglum, fishin' and golfin' in Amish Country at June 08, 2024 07:08 AM (/Djer)

122 Some good news coming out of Gaza: Four hostages rescued, Hamas apparently getting pummeled.
Posted by: Pixy Misa

Hallelujah!

Posted by: Tuna at June 08, 2024 07:08 AM (oaGWv)

123 The twelve core Zen 5 Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (yes, unfortunately that is its name) is only a little slower than the sixteen core Zen 4 Ryzen 7945HX3D.

I'm in the market again for a high end laptop. Unfortunately Windows 11 is likely to be involved. It seems that the CoPilot+ needs 40TOPS to enable its AI spying, so should I stick with Gen13 Intel to avoid the NPU - cuz AMD is even building "AI" into their naming to warn others that use of the chip in Windows 11 environment means total security breakdown.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at June 08, 2024 07:10 AM (KwHva)

124 "I have to say I find it rather offensive that my beautiful landscape is now all screwed up with these things so AOC can make her damn coffee in the morning.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram"

I used to spend a lot of time in that area. What they are doing to it makes me sick. It's insane.

Posted by: fd at June 08, 2024 07:11 AM (vFG9F)

125 They paved paradise and put up a solar farm.

Posted by: fd at June 08, 2024 07:12 AM (vFG9F)

126 > but hypothetically speaking, would the Keurig still require descaling if water only from a Berkey† filter was used?
----------
We use filtered water in it. It doesn't matter. It's on a cycle regardless what water you use. X number of brews and you go through the process.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 08, 2024 07:13 AM (Q4IgG)

127
Hadrian is Val one of the pups?
What happened?
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion

Val is Delilah's brother. On Thursday afternoon, I saw that Val or Dan, who share a pen, was bleeding. I determined it was Val and took him in to the vet. They took X-rays and, since he had a fever, prescribed antibiotics.

The vet sent the X-rays to a radiologist, who diagnosed him with pneumonia. So he's getting Clavamox twice a day. But he's still having these incidents of coughing up blood. So I'll have to keep him quiet and give him medicine to see if we turn this. Yesterday I was optimistic. Today, less so.

Her Majesty is away right now, so I'm the guy.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 08, 2024 07:14 AM (MoZTd)

128 The diagnosis was pneumonia. He's bleeding from his lungs.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Oh no

I will pray for Val

PS random idea - have you considered giving him Bovine Colostrum? It's supposed to help the immune system; I think there's even studies on it for infants with covid

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 08, 2024 07:15 AM (Ka3bZ)

129 Most of all it was experiencing all of this with my brother and seeing him in his element, teaching about the Inklings.
Posted by: screaming in digital at June 08, 2024 06:58 AM (iZbyp)

Are they descended from the Ink Spots ?

Posted by: JT at June 08, 2024 07:15 AM (T4tVD)

130 "I have to say I find it rather offensive that my beautiful landscape is now all screwed up with these things so AOC can make her damn coffee in the morning.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram"

I used to spend a lot of time in that area. What they are doing to it makes me sick. It's insane.
Posted by: fd at June 08, 2024

***
The closest I've come to AP's area is the Hobbs-Carlsbad region and the next-door Guadalupe Mountains Park in TX, back in '93. It was beautiful.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 08, 2024 07:16 AM (omVj0)

131 24 Now shut up and eat your free donut.
Posted by: Bruce at June 08, 2024 05:26 AM (0ujb5)

"Why does Steve get to go to Tahiti for three weeks to get certified and i don't?"

"Because Steve doesn't ask stupid questions like that."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 08, 2024 05:27 AM (BpZ5k)
----
Meanwhile the ticket requisition gets mistyped and Steve ends up in Haiti.

Posted by: Ciampino - I used to mix up Tahiti & Haiti all the time at June 08, 2024 07:16 AM (qfLjt)

132 The vet sent the X-rays to a radiologist, who diagnosed him with pneumonia. So he's getting Clavamox twice a day. But he's still having these incidents of coughing up blood. So I'll have to keep him quiet and give him medicine to see if we turn this. Yesterday I was optimistic. Today, less so.

Her Majesty is away right now, so I'm the guy.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Well, I'll keep him and you in my prayers. Hopefully, the antibiotics will start working and the pup will recover.

Posted by: Tuna at June 08, 2024 07:16 AM (oaGWv)

133 Some good news coming out of Gaza: Four hostages rescued, Hamas apparently getting pummeled.
Posted by: Pixy Misa

Praise God

I am surprised there are any still alive

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 08, 2024 07:17 AM (Ka3bZ)

134 Praise God

I am surprised there are any still alive
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion

I pray to God that those women were not impregnated by those Hamas animals.

Posted by: Tuna at June 08, 2024 07:19 AM (oaGWv)

135 Prayers up for the doggo, Hadrian.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 08, 2024 07:19 AM (Pa5Jp)

136 31 I used to watch Star Trek on WPIX when I was a kid.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 08, 2024 05:44 AM (RIvkX)
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Back in 1974-75 I was in Cambridge, MA and used to watch Star Trek on Channel 56. Good times.

Posted by: Ciampino - I used to mix up Tahiti & Haiti all the time! at June 08, 2024 07:20 AM (qfLjt)

137 Humbly do we pray, O Lord, for Thy Mercy: so that this dog Val who is vexed by grave infirmity, may be by Thy Name and the virtue of Thy blessing + [make sign of cross over animal(s)] healed. Extinguish in him every evil power, and let him not be sick any more. Be Thou, O Lord, for them the Defender of Life, the Remedy for Health. Through Our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who lives and reigns with Thee in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God throughout all the ages of ages.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 08, 2024 07:20 AM (Ka3bZ)

138 There are, or were plans to build a several hundred acre solar farm somewhere around here. Old family farm that the kids didn't want to deal with anymore. Saw $$$ in the sale.

I *think* the surrounding community fought it as there hasn't been any more news about it. And I know it's not been built.

The land might have been sold to someone more interested in farming. Which is proper. But likely got scarfed up by a developer to put in houses. Which will make someone rich... but probably not the kids who owned it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 08, 2024 07:21 AM (Q4IgG)

139 I'm hoping for the best for Val, Hadrian.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 08, 2024 07:21 AM (omVj0)

140 We use filtered water in it. It doesn't matter. It's on a cycle regardless what water you use. X number of brews and you go through the process.

Just asked copilot what that descaling process looks like.

I feel for you. Its sort of like you stayed up all night working on a presentation for work and when the moment comes a few minutes before people start ushering in, your computer absolutely insists Right Now on installing system updates and performing a security check.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at June 08, 2024 07:22 AM (KwHva)

141 Back in 1974-75 I was in Cambridge, MA and used to watch Star Trek on Channel 56. Good times.
Posted by: Ciampino - I used to mix up Tahiti & Haiti all the time! at June 08, 2024 07:20 AM

Channel 56? Wow. Hits me right in the nostalgia.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 08, 2024 07:22 AM (Pa5Jp)

142 I remember making dad call WPIX to get the broadcast schedule for Star Trek episodes so when we went to the mountains in the summer where there was no TV I could still keep up by reading along in my books. Thanks dad z"l.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 08, 2024 07:28 AM (RIvkX)

143 I should go wash the car . . . but I've got to clean me up and shave first, and Miss Linda will be here early (for her) so we can venture into darkest Walmart.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 08, 2024 07:31 AM (omVj0)

144 The
@IDF
have found four hostages in Gaza, Noa Argamani, 26; Shlomi Ziv, 40; Almog Meir Jan, 21; and Andrey Kozlov, 27

Posted by: 13times at June 08, 2024 07:31 AM (3GhRZ)

145 Such good news about the hostages.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at June 08, 2024 07:33 AM (Te7BW)

146 Adding my prayers for Val and Hadrian to all the others.

Posted by: screaming in digital at June 08, 2024 07:33 AM (iZbyp)

147 112 Today is descale the Keurig day. It will not brew coffee until that asinine process is completed. Stupid shit first thing in the morning....

I don't know anyone who would debase themselves to use a Keurig, but hypothetically speaking, would the Keurig still require descaling if water only from a Berkey† filter was used?

† probably the greatest filter short of osmosis filter a person can get - removes even fluoride.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at June 08, 2024 07:01 AM (KwHva)

I use Zerowater, similar concept (eg excellent filter short of osmosis) , and no descaling required for almost 2 years now.

Posted by: Scottyv at June 08, 2024 07:33 AM (+8sMR)

148 I remember making dad call WPIX to get the broadcast schedule for Star Trek episodes so when we went to the mountains in the summer where there was no TV I could still keep up by reading along in my books. Thanks dad z"l.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 08, 2024

***
The James Blish novelizations? (They weren't novels -- except for his original, Spock Must Die! -- but collections of short stories. I guess "adaptations" is a better word.) I read those before I actually saw some of the episodes, the early ones I'd missed in first run. Blish did a good job with those scripts.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 08, 2024 07:34 AM (omVj0)

149 I'm watching Bari Weiss' interview with Javier Milei.

No idea what language this dude is speaking, but it is not Spanish. Almost unintelligible.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 08, 2024 07:36 AM (RIvkX)

150 114 A 4700 acre solar project is set to be built in the county south of me, right next to a wildlife management area. 4700 acres of trees and shade to be replaced by fields of glass.

Posted by: fd at June 08, 2024 07:03 AM (vFG9F)
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Do you get hail there?

Posted by: Ciampino - The tinkle of broken glass at June 08, 2024 07:36 AM (qfLjt)

151 The land might have been sold to someone more interested in farming. Which is proper. But likely got scarfed up by a developer to put in houses. Which will make someone rich... but probably not the kids who owned it.

I used to be a huge fan of inheritance and family name, afterall it is in almost all non Western cultures dating back to expulsion from the Garden a holy and sacred thing.

But what I have learned is that most people who inherit a property are no where near a good tenant/owner as the people who chose that site and arranged their lives in order to acquire, live and maintain the property.

Our exclusive community has existed for over a century and it is abundantly clear who are inheritors and who is first generation (moved in during the past 0-40 years).

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at June 08, 2024 07:37 AM (KwHva)

152 Wolfus, yup Books 1-12.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 08, 2024 07:38 AM (RIvkX)

153 Some good news coming out of Gaza: Four hostages rescued, Hamas apparently getting pummeled.
Posted by: Pixy Misa

Hallelujah!
Posted by: Tuna at June 08, 2024 07:08 AM (oaGWv)

Seconded !!

Posted by: runner at June 08, 2024 07:40 AM (V13WU)

154 Did we already cover this product review?

Does Joe know about it?

https://tinyurl.com/5n8k8vj3

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 08, 2024 07:41 AM (isNL8)

155 "We've had 100 years of decline and decadence."
-Milei
===

Truf.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 08, 2024 07:42 AM (RIvkX)

156 It seems that the CoPilot+ needs 40TOPS to enable its AI spying, so should I stick with Gen13 Intel to avoid the NPU
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure

An Intel 13th or 14th generation CPU (I'm looking at this solution for my desktop replacement) allow you to avoid having to deal with Co-Pilot/Recall. On the other hand, the improved battery life from the Snapdragons makes that solution extremely interesting with the one caution is if you have specific heavy lifting applications, say AutoCAD, that may pose some challenges when it comes to drivers or performance. As for the Recall issue, it can be turned off.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at June 08, 2024 07:42 AM (Te7BW)

157 Argentina should be Spanish, we have a Brazilian who has a small company working for us. I can tell between the two of Portuguese and Spanish and not know a word

Posted by: Skip at June 08, 2024 07:44 AM (fwDg9)

158 Week in Pictures
https://tinyurl.com/4vx9apka

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 08, 2024 07:45 AM (RIvkX)

159 Argentina should be Spanish, we have a Brazilian who has a small company working for us. I can tell between the two of Portuguese and Spanish and not know a word
Posted by: Skip at June 08, 2024 07:44 AM (fwDg9)

How small is it ?

Posted by: JT at June 08, 2024 07:45 AM (T4tVD)

160 My Spanish is pretty fluent, and I could not understand him without translation he sounds like he's Italian.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 08, 2024 07:47 AM (RIvkX)

161 Prayers up for Val and Hadrian!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at June 08, 2024 07:49 AM (hOUT3)

162 Wolfus, yup Books 1-12.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 08, 2024

***
Some (ungrateful) fans have said that Blish did a terrible job with the adaptations. But you have to remember, *he'd never seen an episode at that time* -- he lived in England -- and was working from the scripts alone, sometimes early drafts of the first-year shows, when the characters and background were still in flux. He made Kirk, his viewpoint character, an accessible and understandable fellow.

"Feeling like a man caught in a long fall of dominoes, Kirk jerked his eyes toward Spock." And in his original novel, "Kirk tried to imagine an n-dimensional space, and was not surprised to fail."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 08, 2024 07:49 AM (omVj0)

163 "he sounds like he's Italian."

Many people say this about Portuguese. It's much more "sing-song" than Spanish.

Posted by: pawn at June 08, 2024 07:50 AM (QB+5g)

164 He is telling the world's entrepreneurs to set up shop in Argentina because there is no longer freedom in Europe or the US let alone China.

He is literally selling freedom and deregulation.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 08, 2024 07:50 AM (RIvkX)

165 Argentina should be Spanish, we have a Brazilian who has a small company working for us. I can tell between the two of Portuguese and Spanish and not know a word
Posted by: Skip at June 08, 2024

***
*Written* Portuguese *looks* something like Spanish if you know a few of their spelling tricks. But they don't sound much alike at all.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 08, 2024 07:50 AM (omVj0)

166 147
I use Zerowater, similar concept (eg excellent filter short of osmosis) , and no descaling required for almost 2 years now.

Posted by: Scottyv at June 08, 2024 07:33 AM (+8sMR)
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We are on our second coffee maker, which is probably about 20 years old. Never descaled it. Needs replacing now as it has a leak. Cuisinart 12 cup. My coffee mug is a 2-cupper so 6-mugs but now I only get 5.

Posted by: Ciampino - The aroma of fresh coffee at June 08, 2024 07:51 AM (qfLjt)

167
"We've had 100 years of decline and decadence."
-Milei

Prior to World War II, Argentina was one of the most prosperous countries in the world. Then Peron climbed to power and the country went to hell. It has never recovered and it may never. Too much smoosh handed out to too many people has created a constituency against reform.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 08, 2024 07:53 AM (MoZTd)

168 Sausage cheese omelet and a slice of buttered Wonder Bread toast.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at June 08, 2024 07:54 AM (R/m4+)

169 JT His Company? Maybe 10 guys, most are Brazilians as well

Posted by: Skip at June 08, 2024 07:56 AM (fwDg9)

170
El mar golpeó en mis venas
Y libró mi corazón

/Portuguese

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 08, 2024 07:56 AM (RKVpM)

171 163 "he sounds like he's Italian."

Many people say this about Portuguese. It's much more "sing-song" than Spanish.

Posted by: pawn at June 08, 2024 07:50 AM (QB+5g)
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However Spanish is more intelligible for an Italian than Portuguese. We had two Portuguese-speaking countries as neighbors, Moçambique and Angola, so heard a lot of it.

Posted by: Ciampino - The aroma of fresh coffee in the AM at June 08, 2024 07:57 AM (qfLjt)

172 Ham and egg sammich made with rosemary sourdough bread, and coffee. Gotta put plants in the ground today but first, I gotta take the grandkid(s) to the driving range for a chip and putt session.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 08, 2024 07:57 AM (YRsIm)

173 The James Blish novelizations? (They weren't novels -- except for his original, Spock Must Die! -- but collections of short stories. I guess "adaptations" is a better word.) I read those before I actually saw some of the episodes, the early ones I'd missed in first run. Blish did a good job with those scripts.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 08, 2024 07:34 AM (omVj0)
---
I have the two-volume collection of those. Yep. They are more akin to short stories than novelizations...Most TV episodes aren't long enough to justify a full novel-length treatment in written format...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 08, 2024 07:59 AM (BpYfr)

174
El mar golpeó en mis venas
Y libró mi corazón

/Portuguese

The sea beat in my veins
And set my heart free

/ English translation

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

175 Six channels in NYC: NBC4, CBS2, ABC7, WPIX11 Yankees, WOR9 Mets, WNET13 and that was more than enough crap for the idiot box.
Once Rush died, I have no interest in radio except for WFAN which has become tedious garbage.
Posted by: Jamaica at June 08, 2024 05:57 AM (IG7T0)

Actually, CBS 2, NBC 3, WNEW 5, WABC 7, WOR 9, WPIX 11, and WNET 13 (PBS). 13 was a commercial station when I was growing up in the 50's. We could receive channels 3, 6 and 10 from Philly as well. I retired in 2019 after 35 years of working as a broadcast engineer for one of the NY stations. It stopped being fun.

Posted by: Thatcrazyjerseygiy now with twice the crazy at June 08, 2024 08:06 AM (iODuv)

176 COFFEE

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

177 Think got biggest chuckle of dead Spider-Man and Raid can

Posted by: Skip at June 08, 2024 08:08 AM (fwDg9)

178 El mar golpeó en mis venas
Y libró mi corazón

/Portuguese
Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 08, 2024 07:56 AM (RKVpM)
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Não é português, é espanhol.

Posted by: bluebell at June 08, 2024 08:09 AM (bS+DD)

179 Speaking of hard to understand, I went to Grammar School with a kid who had a VERY Thick lisp
His lisp had a lisp.
I would stand back a step and off to the side so I didn't get a shower.

Posted by: JT at June 08, 2024 08:09 AM (T4tVD)

180 G'mornin' everyone!

thx fo the link SFp!

Prayers for Val (and everyone else)!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 08, 2024 08:15 AM (tQtDb)

181 Many people say this about Portuguese. It's much more "sing-song" than Spanish.

Posted by: pawn

Had a friend in college who majored in Portuguese. She said it is a very difficult language to learn.

Posted by: Tuna at June 08, 2024 08:15 AM (oaGWv)

182
Não é português, é espanhol.

Posted by: bluebell at June 08, 2024 08:09 AM

Written by: Pedro Aznar, Patrick Metheny

Pedro Aznar is Argentinian which means - which?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 08, 2024 08:16 AM (RKVpM)

183 Yes, I just saw WeirdDave's Chinese bot's pride month post from last night and LOL'd. And I didn't sleep a wink last night, so getting me to laugh is saying something.

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 08, 2024 08:20 AM (mupln)

184 Pedro Aznar is Argentinian which means - which?
Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 08, 2024 08:16 AM

Argentina is Spanish. Brazil is the odd man out down there.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 08, 2024 08:21 AM (Pa5Jp)

185 Don’t sleep on that Affinity Suite. Affinity Designer is easily the best vector graphics program I’ve ever used. Very intuitive in a way that Adobe Illustrator isn’t. And Affinity Photo is a pretty decent Photoshop replacement if you need an image editor for light use once in an while and don’t want to pay Adobe’s subscription fees. I have the Mac versions of these and they’re my go-to programs for these tasks.

Posted by: Caiwyn at June 08, 2024 10:24 AM (YF3RS)

186 What dynamic web language is better than PHP? Which one do you use most?

Posted by: Mick Baker at June 08, 2024 11:34 PM (IJXft)

187 >>>No ducks were harmed in the filming of this video.

; )

>>>Much.

!!!

Posted by: m at June 09, 2024 03:07 AM (NHMTR)

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