Daily Tech News 14 June 2024

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Microsoft will be launching its new range of Copilot Plus laptops minus a key feature: Spyware. (The Verge)

Yes, Recall, widely considered to be one of the classic blunders right alongside never get involved in a land war in Asia and never go up against a Sicilian when death is on the line is miraculously delayed.
The first retail benchmarks of the new Copilot Plus laptops - based on Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite chip - are disappointing. (Tom's Hardware)

This is probably a nothingburger though, because the scores are exactly what you would expect if the CPU was stuck at the 2.5GHz base clock and not boosting up to 4GHz.

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Everything you ever wanted to know about the Snapdragon X Elite microarchitecture. (AnandTech)

8-wide decode feeding into 6 ALU, 4 FPU, and 4 load-store pipelines.

By comparison AMD's Zen 4 is a 4-wide decode.
Designing a website without 404s. (Pillser)

The software figures out what the closest live URL is to what you are requesting, and redirects you.

Which is a great idea right up until it isn't. An incorrect URL could change content completely at any moment when an unrelated page with a slightly closer URL is created.

And never mind what happens when you get scraped by a poorly-behaved web spider that finds that every nonsensical random URL is giving it useful data...
If you want better graphics in your next NUC and don't care how ugly it is - seriously, what the hell - The Asus ROG NUC might be just the thing. (Serve the Home)

It's a standard laptop CPU but adds a laptop RTX 4070.
French courts have ordered Google, Cloudflare, and Cisco to poison their wells. (TorrentFreak)

Or more precisely, the public DNS entries for certain scofflaw websites.

VPNs, baby, I'm telling you.
The generative AI version of Alexa isn't ready for release. (The Verge)

The problem? People expect it to work, and generative AI eats flaming hot Cheetos out of a sewer dumpster out of a sewer dumpster out of a sewer dumpster.

Disclaimer: Out of a <smack> ouch.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:22 AM

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1 First?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2024 04:24 AM (omVj0)

2 Up to early

Posted by: EGGO at June 14, 2024 04:24 AM (LCjG/)

3 G'Day everyone
Blew the coffee timer, no idea how long it's been on

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2024 04:27 AM (fwDg9)

4 Well! Made it.

Evening and morning to all the Friday-ers! 'Tis the consummation devoutly to be wished. It's an easy slide down from here, right? (Right?)

I'm skipping a workout this morning. Heat index of 89 F. Fudd that, as someone suggested we say on the ONT. I'm sipping my coffee, puffing a little Pegasus blend, and waking up. How about you?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2024 04:27 AM (omVj0)

5 Good morning morons

Almost got 5 hours sleep. Pathetic.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2024 04:32 AM (RIvkX)

6 They were both poisoned.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at June 14, 2024 04:33 AM (i4fVr)

7 I'm sipping my coffee, puffing a little Pegasus blend, and waking up. How about you?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2024 04:27 AM (omVj0)

Ain't gone to sleep yet.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2024 04:33 AM (0eaVi)

8 It *really* is Friday! This one snuck up on me somehow - it's like I was mentally stuck in a Thursday holding pattern. Happy Freya's Day to one and all!

Posted by: John Drake High Atop The Kopet Dag Realizes That It IS The Caspian Sea! at June 14, 2024 04:33 AM (u/Zei)

9 I'd report local news but I'm getting bored with the repetitiveness of the restaurants and stores closing, public corruption, and violence.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2024 04:33 AM (RIvkX)

10 Sewers have dumpsters? Never mind, it's a vivid image. Maybe too vivid for this early in the day, but I like it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2024 04:34 AM (omVj0)

11 Haf caf coffee, baseball highlights and mid 70's. Not too bad

Posted by: Jamaica at June 14, 2024 04:34 AM (IG7T0)

12 I'd report local news but I'm getting bored with the repetitiveness of the restaurants and stores closing, public corruption, and violence.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2024 04:33 AM (RIvkX)

but the bathhouses are still open, right?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2024 04:35 AM (0eaVi)

13 but the bathhouses are still open, right?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2024 04:35 AM (0eaVi)
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I wouldn't know but presume so.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2024 04:36 AM (RIvkX)

14 I wouldn't know but presume so.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2024 04:36 AM (RIvkX)

Priorities. Big Al's still open?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2024 04:37 AM (0eaVi)

15 I could shave this morning and skip tomorrow and Sunday. But that's letting the side down, what?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2024 04:37 AM (omVj0)

16 I could shave this morning and skip tomorrow and Sunday. But that's letting the side down, what?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2024 04:37 AM (omVj0)

No shaving on Sunday? I hope you at least wear pants on the Book Thread!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2024 04:39 AM (0eaVi)

17 Bosch makes a gadget for laying out 5mm shelf pins using their saw tracks. None of Bosch's router that work with the track are sold in the US and the Euro versions are bad tools. Dewalt sells one that is compatible and only 280$.
Festool is never an option.

Posted by: Jamaica at June 14, 2024 04:39 AM (IG7T0)

18 Here are the candidates for mayor
Asha Safai - Leninist
Mark Farrell - Useful Idiot
Daniel Lurie - Useless Dilettante
London Breed - Known Incompetent
Aaron Peskin - Calls Himself Progressive Policy Wonk and Recovering Alcoholic

I think I'm going for the dilettante.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2024 04:41 AM (RIvkX)

19 I'd report local news but I'm getting bored with the repetitiveness of the restaurants and stores closing, public corruption, and violence.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2024

***
My local news is different from yours, but no better. Hot, no rain, crime, crime, hot violence. Come to think of it, aside from the "hot" part, there's not much difference.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2024 04:42 AM (omVj0)

20
I think I'm going for the dilettante.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2024

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Maybe he'll too lazy to do any more damage.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2024 04:42 AM (omVj0)

21 Death to CoPilot!

So far, my conclusion is that I have no use in CoPilot nor do I trust MicroSoft.

I strongly suspect this feature is there for the benefit of MicroSoft and not for the customer.

I'm in the nuclear power business and actively campaigning to get CoPilot and any other "AI" feature off our IT systems.

Posted by: Whitehall at June 14, 2024 04:43 AM (LrOkn)

22 No shaving on Sunday? I hope you at least wear pants on the Book Thread!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2024

***
Honeychile Rider on Dr. No's island: "Will you be dressing for dinner?"
Bond: "Certainly. Trousers."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2024 04:43 AM (omVj0)

23 Sorry, Orange don't know Big Al's.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2024 04:43 AM (RIvkX)

24 We are adjusting the release model for Recall to leverage the "expertise of the Windows Insider community to ensure the experience meets our high standards for quality and security,”

*Snort*. Microsoft choked on its own dick is my take.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at June 14, 2024 04:44 AM (fuTvC)

25 Here are the candidates for mayor
Asha Safai - Leninist
Mark Farrell - Useful Idiot
Daniel Lurie - Useless Dilettante
London Breed - Known Incompetent
Aaron Peskin - Calls Himself Progressive Policy Wonk and Recovering Alcoholic

I think I'm going for the dilettante.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2024 04:41 AM (RIvkX)

At least you're helping the line survive. His xxxgrandson will be the manager of the important space station, K-7.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2024 04:45 AM (0eaVi)

26 Maybe he'll too lazy to do any more damage.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2024 04:42 AM (omVj0)
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He actually started a housing charity that actually did something once. And he has never held elected office which is probably his best qualification.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2024 04:45 AM (RIvkX)

27 Usually I shave four times a week: Saturday morning, Sunday afternoon, Tuesday and Thursday mornings. I've found that a 48-hour growth makes for a good comfortable shave and a very smooth face above and below my Commander Riker-style beard. I do the old-fashioned thing with soap or cream, a brush, and a safety razor -- either a vintage Gillette, or one of my new models.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2024 04:45 AM (omVj0)

28 Sorry, Orange don't know Big Al's.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2024 04:43 AM (RIvkX)

It was one of the strip clubs near Carol Doda's place. Whenever we had field trips to SF we always seemed to go down that street.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2024 04:46 AM (0eaVi)

29 I shaved daily when I was working. Since I started working part time the question of whether to shave is tough because I hate daily shaving but I never know where I'm going and what I'm doing each day. Having to think about shaving is kind of a pain.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2024 04:49 AM (RIvkX)

30 It was one of the strip clubs near Carol Doda's place. Whenever we had field trips to SF we always seemed to go down that street.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2024 04:46 AM (0eaVi)
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Oh yes! On Broadway. I haven't been down there in a while but it is such an icon I'm sure it's there. All the nudie bars are down there. My bachelor party was at "Centerfolds"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2024 04:51 AM (RIvkX)

31 Cherry scone (cherries have been awesome this season), chocolate cheesecake bite, or chocolate chunk cookie.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2024 04:54 AM (RIvkX)

32 Oh yes! On Broadway. I haven't been down there in a while but it is such an icon I'm sure it's there. All the nudie bars are down there. My bachelor party was at "Centerfolds"
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2024 04:51 AM (RIvkX)

It was fun to be let loose in SF for a couple of hours in the late 70s on a HS field trip. Wouldn't care to go there now. Closest I'd get would be Millbrae....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2024 04:56 AM (0eaVi)

33 I shaved daily when I was working. Since I started working part time the question of whether to shave is tough because I hate daily shaving but I never know where I'm going and what I'm doing each day. Having to think about shaving is kind of a pain.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2024

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Old-fashioned safety razor shaving is a pleasure for me -- one I only discovered about twelve years ago. I used an electric, a Norelco rotary, for many years, and tried the multi-blade modern razors now and then. Usually nicked myself every time. Now I hardly ever do that, and my face and throat both feel great afterward. Aftershave, some lotion, and (if I have time) a bit of Clubman powder too.

I usually shave *before* the shower. I get the same result as when I wait until afterward -- and the feel of a smooth face (again, aside from my trimmed beard) is cool.

The idea, I have to admit, of using a straight razor is appealing, but I just can't see myself doing it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2024 04:57 AM (omVj0)

34 Cherry scone (cherries have been awesome this season), chocolate cheesecake bite, or chocolate chunk cookie.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

I'm torn between the cherry scone and the cheesecake. Hmm..I guess I'd go for the scone. Seems more breakfasty.

Posted by: Tuna at June 14, 2024 04:57 AM (oaGWv)

35 AI is so incredibly idiotic. At least Amazon's Rufus version that pops up endlessly trying to get you to help it "learn" is dumb. Was searching for an angled spacer for a truck suspension and idiot "Rufus" kept interrupting my search to tell me that angling your toothbrush a certain way helps with better brushing. WTH? Broke that system out a bit too early didn't you Bezos?

Posted by: Son of Dad at June 14, 2024 04:59 AM (8JB5s)

36 Cheesecake. Final answer.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at June 14, 2024 04:59 AM (i4fVr)

37 It was fun to be let loose in SF for a couple of hours in the late 70s on a HS field trip. Wouldn't care to go there now. Closest I'd get would be Millbrae....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2024 04:56 AM (0eaVi)
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I'm sure. We are a long way from there.

I have to say though when I came here in the late 80s and 90s we had a lot of fun, the city was our playground.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2024 05:00 AM (RIvkX)

38 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 14, 2024 05:04 AM (eBi0N)

39 The scone has to be toasted and I'm too clumsy to use the toaster in the dark, that will have to be breakfast! Choc cheesecake for now.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2024 05:04 AM (RIvkX)

40
Seven day long heat wave predicted for my SE corner of PA. Wonder if the electric grid will be up to the challenge?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 14, 2024 05:04 AM (RKVpM)

41 Boy F. uses electric shaver and gets great baby-smooth results but my skin is awful and crinkly and electric makes it even more awful and itchy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2024 05:07 AM (RIvkX)

42 Had a stack of very blueberry pancakes, have blueberries to get rid of

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2024 05:08 AM (fwDg9)

43 Came down to the lake yesterday. Four hours on the water and not a cloud in the sky. It was kind of weird.

Shoulders are a tad burnt this morning.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 14, 2024 05:08 AM (eBi0N)

44 I always had bad razor burn from an electric. Always much preferred razor and foam/gel/cream.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at June 14, 2024 05:09 AM (i4fVr)

45 The scone has to be toasted and I'm too clumsy to use the toaster in the dark, that will have to be breakfast! Choc cheesecake for now.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2024 05:04
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The sacrifices one must make when operating in the dark.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 14, 2024 05:11 AM (eBi0N)

46 Had a stack of very blueberry pancakes, have blueberries to get rid of
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2024 05:08 AM (fwDg9)
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Escellent I like them that way too

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2024 05:12 AM (RIvkX)

47 To me 80s isn't a " heat wave", today supposed to be hot and muggy but tonight a front comes through and next two days nice weather

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2024 05:13 AM (fwDg9)

48 The sacrifices one must make when operating in the dark.
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 14, 2024 05:11 AM (eBi0N)
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I freely admit I am spoiled.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2024 05:13 AM (RIvkX)

49 Shoulders are a tad burnt this morning.
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 14, 2024 05:08 AM (eBi0N)
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Moisturize Moisturize Moisturize

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2024 05:14 AM (RIvkX)

50 I had a busy day yesterday, so I am just catching up on content. I watched the clip of joe getting rescued from the walkabout. He is squinting from the sun the entire time, until it is picture time. Then he slips on the aviators.... slooooowly. He was holding the damn things in his hand the entire time.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 14, 2024 05:18 AM (rsqyi)

51 The light switch is on the left.

No, that it the garbage disposal. The other left.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 14, 2024 05:19 AM (rsqyi)

52 Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 14, 2024 05:18 AM (rsqyi)
===

I commented on that yesterday, he is having a steep decline live and on the air.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2024 05:20 AM (RIvkX)

53 Running late
Forward Dog 9 out
TGIF

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2024 05:26 AM (fwDg9)

54 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at June 14, 2024 05:28 AM (dg+HA)

55 I had to take the last chocolate cheesecake which means there will be questions asked.

We never had this conversation, capisce?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2024 05:40 AM (RIvkX)

56 Boy F. uses electric shaver and gets great baby-smooth results but my skin is awful and crinkly and electric makes it even more awful and itchy.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2024

***
Do you use those multi-blade razors Gillette sells now? They tend to pull hairs in the cutting and that can lead to ingrown hairs. A vintage Gillette or a modern Merkur, say, with double-edge blades, a cream in a tube like Palmolive or Tabac, plus a synthetic brush can all be had for little $$. Lots of YooToob vids are available as tutorials, if you're new to all that or if it's been a few years.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2024 05:43 AM (omVj0)

57 Another launch attempt today.
The launch is now up for June 14, 4:35 p.m. EDT, 2035 UTC, 22:35 CEST. Launch was scrubbed on June 13 due to weather.

https://www.youtube.com/live/Mk3dEd1O9AE

Posted by: Ciampino - Fri Update #01 at June 14, 2024 05:43 AM (qfLjt)

58 Do you use those multi-blade razors Gillette sells now?
-===
Yes, my razor has appx. 87 blades. Imma creature of habit.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2024 05:46 AM (RIvkX)

59 The light switch is on the left.

No, that it the garbage disposal. The other left.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 14, 2024

***
Turn right here, left.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2024 05:48 AM (omVj0)

60 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at June 14, 2024 05:48 AM (86W+h)

61 >>> AI eats flaming hot Cheetos out of a sewer dumpster

Come for the tech news, stay for the flaming hot insults.

Posted by: fluffy at June 14, 2024 05:51 AM (86W+h)

62 Do you use those multi-blade razors Gillette sells now?
-===
Yes, my razor has appx. 87 blades. Imma creature of habit.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2024

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I gave up on those years ago. Every time I went to the store, either the replacement cartridge cost more $$ than before, or mine had been superseded by the latest and greatest -- which might or might not fit the handle I had.

Traditional safety razors and blades are hard if not impossible to find in stores, but ordering online is a breeze and not expensive.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2024 05:51 AM (omVj0)

63 19 miles but easy to get yo

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2024 05:52 AM (eZuqN)

64 "The light switch is on the left.

No, that it the garbage disposal. The other left."

Keep this up and you will never end up in Pismo Beach.

Posted by: Outside of Life at June 14, 2024 05:52 AM (89Sog)

65 >>> I'm skipping a workout this morning. Heat index of 89 F.

Rather sticky for pre-dawn.

Posted by: fluffy at June 14, 2024 05:53 AM (86W+h)

66 In any case I decided against shaving today. Nobody at work is checking my stubble, and I don't see many people in my office anyway.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2024 05:54 AM (omVj0)

67 G'mornin' everyone!

been pretty much using Norelcos since my late teens.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 14, 2024 05:54 AM (tQtDb)

68 I'm skipping a workout this morning. Heat index of 89 F.
*
Rather sticky for pre-dawn.
Posted by: fluffy at June 14, 2024

***
Unfortunately, and horrifyingly, normal for this time of year in Da Swamp. And it will obtain with minor variations like rain until October or November. I hope to be outta here by then.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2024 05:55 AM (omVj0)

69 been pretty much using Norelcos since my late teens.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 14, 2024

***
I did too since I was fifteen. There was a torrid affair with a Braun foil-head shaver, though, for some years. Then one day I felt a sting on my cheek and saw a thin line of blood. A bit of the foil had broken and was sticking up enough to cut me.

I bought a new Norelco the next day.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2024 05:57 AM (omVj0)

70 I gave up on those years ago. Every time I went to the store, either the replacement cartridge cost more $$ than before, or mine had been superseded by the latest and greatest -- which might or might not fit the handle I had.

Traditional safety razors and blades are hard if not impossible to find in stores, but ordering online is a breeze and not expensive.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

This is where a beard is the perfect solution - one needs only to trim it. Otherwise, let it grow out a bit for the winter, trim it to a reasonable briefness in the summer. One has to be watchful, though - if I let my winter "coat" grow out too much, it ends up looking like I'm auditioning for the part of Robert E. Lee in a film where he'd been marooned in the Arctic for a year.

Posted by: John Drake High Atop The Kopet Dag Realizes That It IS The Caspian Sea! at June 14, 2024 06:02 AM (u/Zei)

71 "Daddy, why were people in the 21st century so obsessed with the letter X?"

"Because they were silly, Timmy. Because they were silly. Now turn on your Z-chip and get ready for Z-school. The Z-copter will be here any Zinute."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 14, 2024 06:05 AM (BpZ5k)

72 "Dilemmas and deeper faith." A Christian devotiona
on a passage from the Gospel of Matthew. The devotional is followed by some reflections and a prayer:

https://tinyurl.com/yc7sw77v

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2024 06:09 AM (ZfOBk)

73 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at June 14, 2024 06:10 AM (hYDNe)

74 At least you're helping the line survive. His xxxgrandson will be the manager of the important space station, K-7.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2024 04:45 AM (0eaVi)
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And look remarkably like William Schallert.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at June 14, 2024 06:11 AM (hYDNe)

75 Traditional safety razors and blades are hard if not impossible to find in stores, but ordering online is a breeze and not expensive.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2024 05:51 AM (omVj0)

That's odd. It's what I use, and pretty much every grocery store near me carries several brands. I use the cheapest one they got, and no complaints. They don't all carry the handle itself, but the blades are there.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 14, 2024 06:11 AM (BpZ5k)

76 Good Morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 14, 2024 06:13 AM (LFBXK)

77 Everyone have a blessed day with safe travels.

On the Road Again, to home today.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 14, 2024 06:14 AM (LFBXK)

78 I would do the beard thing, but I'm completely bald on my sideburns and filtrum. And while my hair has finally gotten delightfully salt and szechuan pepper, the beard went white in grad school. So i look a bit too goofy if i let it have free reign of the facial real estate market.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 14, 2024 06:17 AM (BpZ5k)

79 mornin yall. Temps here will be in the high 90s for the next few days. I have to shave my entire body and go naked to stay cool. Bic disposable single blade FTW.

Posted by: fd at June 14, 2024 06:18 AM (vFG9F)

80 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, fishin' and golfin' in Amish Country at June 14, 2024 06:19 AM (/Djer)

81 Good morning!
God speed you home, Salty, and protect you always,

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 14, 2024 06:20 AM (Ka3bZ)

82 Son adds musical sound effects to his mother's daily routine:

https://tinyurl.com/45hd876p

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2024 06:21 AM (XkYcA)

83 I see Hunter has dropped his lawsuit about the laptop against Giuliani. That dang laptop sure caused a lot of problems for some folks.

Posted by: fd at June 14, 2024 06:22 AM (vFG9F)

84 83 I see Hunter has dropped his lawsuit about the laptop against Giuliani. That dang laptop sure caused a lot of problems for some folks.
Posted by: fd at June 14, 2024 06:22 AM (vFG9F)

Current Year. Where the fates of nations hang on a crackhead's spank bank.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 14, 2024 06:23 AM (BpZ5k)

85 I see Hunter has dropped his lawsuit about the laptop against Giuliani. That dang laptop sure caused a lot of problems for some folks.
Posted by: fd at June 14, 2024 06:22 AM (vFG9F)
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Is the computer store owner still in hiding, or whatever?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at June 14, 2024 06:23 AM (hYDNe)

86 Kansas trooper helps save baby and gives glory to God:

https://tinyurl.com/23bn6vth

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2024 06:25 AM (XkYcA)

87 Head back to Babylon DC on Sunday. Meh. This vacation just flew by.

Posted by: Puddleglum, fishin' and golfin' in Amish Country at June 14, 2024 06:26 AM (/Djer)

88 The Ford Filtrum was a quirky trim line for the F150 pickup truck offered for a few years in the early 1990s. Meant to appeal to masculine tastes it became a subtle cue in in the homosexual community as a seemingly innocent identifier and was usually seen with some sort of rainbow decal. It was quietly discontinued after only two years and only a few thousand were ever produced.

Posted by: Car nerd at June 14, 2024 06:27 AM (dg+HA)

89 yo wut sup

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 14, 2024 06:28 AM (ENQN6)

90 Will we be going to the White House to celebrate Father's Day with daddy and Pop Pop this year, mommy?

Posted by: Navy Joan at June 14, 2024 06:29 AM (dg+HA)

91 "The Ford Filtrum was a quirky trim line for the F150 pickup truck offered for a few years in the early 1990s."

I remember those. They had a lot of problems with the rear ends.

Posted by: fd at June 14, 2024 06:30 AM (vFG9F)

92 Actor Mark Wahlberg credits his success to faith and family:

https://www.faithpot.com/actor-mark-wahlberg-on-faith/

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2024 06:30 AM (XkYcA)

93 Vacation is all I ever wanted
Haven't had one in years, last more than a long weekend was Covid month off, of course didn't go anywhere

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2024 06:30 AM (eZuqN)

94 A local HS band director has been arrested for sexual battery of a student. The kid had been staying overnights at this creep's home. What kind of parent allows that? Sheese.

Posted by: fd at June 14, 2024 06:33 AM (vFG9F)

95 Morning peeps

Mowed what passes for a lawn yesterday to avoid doing it when it's supposed to be in the 90's. Plus the pool water is about perfect.

> Lounge Lizard <

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2024 06:33 AM (Q4IgG)

96 I would do the beard thing, but I'm completely bald on my sideburns and filtrum. And while my hair has finally gotten delightfully salt and szechuan pepper, the beard went white in grad school. So i look a bit too goofy if i let it have free reign of the facial real estate market.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

It's definitely a case-by-case matter - for me, the convenience, grooming-wise, is the advantage. My youngest grand-nephew is going for something between a Cardinal Richelieu look and a goatee. Showed the Missus and me his Prom pictures and his date definitely seems to like it. I'm giving him a cautious thumbs-up, but that is a hard look to pull off without coming across as a hipster. As long as he doesn't start wearing a beret, all may be well.

Posted by: John Drake High Atop The Kopet Dag Realizes That It IS The Caspian Sea! at June 14, 2024 06:34 AM (u/Zei)

97 Talented quartet of men sings a gospel song, "Let the lower lights be burning":

https://tinyurl.com/vatjhuvn

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2024 06:34 AM (XkYcA)

98 Safe travels morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2024 06:34 AM (RIvkX)

99 Coffee!

Posted by: Eromero at June 14, 2024 06:35 AM (ZGtGL)

100 As long as he doesn't start wearing a beret, all may be well.
Posted by: John Drake High Atop The Kopet Dag Realizes That It IS The Caspian Sea! at June 14, 2024 06:34 AM (u/Zei)
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A top hat and swallowtail coat should fill the bill.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at June 14, 2024 06:35 AM (hYDNe)

101 More coffee!

Posted by: Eromero at June 14, 2024 06:35 AM (ZGtGL)

102 This is where a beard is the perfect solution - one needs only to trim it. Otherwise, let it grow out a bit for the winter, trim it to a reasonable briefness in the summer. One has to be watchful, though - if I let my winter "coat" grow out too much, it ends up looking like I'm auditioning for the part of Robert E. Lee in a film where he'd been marooned in the Arctic for a year.
Posted by: John Drake High Atop The Kopet Dag Realizes That It IS The Caspian Sea! at June 14, 2024

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JD I do have a beard, as I mentioned -- a "Commander Riker" style (though I grew mine before Frakes did). I still have to shave the cheeks, lower lip parts, and the throat below it, though.

Once I retire, I'm thinking of letting it grow out a bit more and shaping the chin portion to be a little fuller. Maybe.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2024 06:36 AM (omVj0)

103 Thanks to everyone who prayed for the musical performance at the church I serve. A quartet of very talented and nice young people came and played and we raised $500.00. Anything helps. Thanks for the prayers. Now, we need prayer that the township gives us the money for our open space before we have to close.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2024 06:38 AM (XkYcA)

104 That's odd. It's what I use, and pretty much every grocery store near me carries several brands. I use the cheapest one they got, and no complaints. They don't all carry the handle itself, but the blades are there.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 14, 2024

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Bed, Bath, and Beyond had Wilkinson blade packs, true. And Target has its "men's boutique" now, with the Van Der Hagen razors and blades, but as usual, buying online offers a greater range of choice and better prices.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2024 06:38 AM (omVj0)

105 Well, off to the electron mines! Later, all.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2024 06:39 AM (omVj0)

106 Byeee...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at June 14, 2024 06:40 AM (hYDNe)

107 Wolfus, definitely stick with the Commander Riker look - that guy always wowed the ladies on ST:TNG and exuded quiet confidence. Picard may have said "Make it so!" but Riker got things done.

Posted by: John Drake High Atop The Kopet Dag Realizes That It IS The Caspian Sea! at June 14, 2024 06:44 AM (u/Zei)

108 JJ nood!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 14, 2024 06:46 AM (T7iTv)

109 Still shaving with Mach 3 Turbo. Insanely cheap for me, as I only shave my neck and cheeks -- and a cartridge lasts me upwards of two years. Seriously. I'm like if the Jews wandering the Sinai had Gillette. Mine don't wear out.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at June 14, 2024 06:54 AM (iRX3h)

110 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

I sport the Riker as well.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at June 14, 2024 06:55 AM (iRX3h)

111 Commander Riker look - that guy always wowed the ladies on ST:TNG

I don’t know.
That one episode where Riker went absolutely lunatic in love with the alien who was genderless absolutely threw me for a loop.

I’ll never understand why the writers did that to Riker instead of some rando ensign character.

Possibly the strangest Riker plot in all of ST:NG besides the one where he was injured on an alien planet disguised as their race and ends up in a hospital with Lilith from Cheers (Bebe Neuwirth?) seducing him before she’ll help him escape.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 14, 2024 07:16 AM (6ydKt)

112 "An incorrect URL could change content completely at any moment when an unrelated page with a slightly closer URL is created."

Am i the only one who remembers the whitehouse.gov vs whitehouse.net debacle? Admittedly, this was in the Clinton Admin so associating the White House with a porn site wasn't that much of a reach.....

Posted by: SDN at June 14, 2024 08:52 AM (2gqBa)

113 Posted by: SDN at June 14, 2024 08:52 AM (2gqBa)

Yes. I was wondering how much it would increase the chances of hitting a porn site. Seems like a bad idea.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 14, 2024 09:25 AM (XjtdB)

114 tCRVWqadyeB

Posted by: AFxqtwGO at June 14, 2024 11:13 AM (afILQ)

115 French courts have ordered Google, Cloudflare, and Cisco to poison their wells.

So bookmark the IP address.

Posted by: Socratease at June 14, 2024 11:51 AM (t8Egx)

116 That URL redirect really seems a bad idea. Isn't whitehouse dot com still an adult site? I recall back in the early days of the internet I was going to a Babylon 5 fan site but mis-typed the URL. 1 letter difference, but it took me to some Norwegian adult site.

So yeah, an auto-redirect to a similar URL doesn't seem like a good idea.

Posted by: pkudude99 at June 14, 2024 12:48 PM (wqqGa)

117 So is microsoft removing the rest of the spyware contained in windows, including the parts that report to "activity.windows.com" and "scorecardresearch.com"

no? they are just removing the more intrusive one? well color me shocked.

Posted by: JD at June 15, 2024 10:43 AM (O57th)

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