Daily Tech News 18 July 2024

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The biggest data breaches of 2024. (Tech Crunch)

So far this year personal details have been stolen for a billion people.

The internet was a mistake.
After its multiple recent massive data leaks, senators are asking why AT&T is storing sensitive information like customer call logs in an "AI Data Cloud". (Ars Technica)

Specifically, Snowflake. And it's a good question.

I worked in telco billing systems for a while. That data did not go anywhere outside of our in-house datacenter, except as encrypted tapes in a locked box to a secure backup location.

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A tiny flaw in Cisco's Smart Software Manager allows anyone to alter any user's password. (Ars Technica)

And by anyone I mean anyone - you don't need to be logged in.

And by any user I mean any user - without logging in you can change the admin password, and then log in.

I don't think the rate of data breaches is going to slow down any time soon.
More 9950X benchmarks at various power levels. (WCCFTech)

We already know there's no point running it at 320W, since it offers performance barely better than the default boost power of 230W.

This chart shows that you also don't want to run it at 40W. Below 60W the performance craters. You can probably improve on that by adjusting the clock details, but with the automated settings the sixteen core 9950X runs like a six core 5600X.
Checking out the Crucial P310 - a 2TB M.2 2230 SSD. (Serve the Home)

These drives are the size of a postage stamp, and fit in portable devices like the Steam Deck and ultra-slim laptops like Microsoft's Surface line.

This one is QLC and DRAMless, a combination I would generally recommend avoiding, but on these benchmarks it holds up very well. Read speeds up to 7GB per second, and write speeds up to 6GB.

Under sustained heavy write loads it will slow down, but in all other cases it actually looks good.
You can now run Windows NT on a PowerMac. (The Register)

I have a couple of PowerMacs in the garage. I'm not really inclined to try this out though.
Looking to build a mini-ITX storage server? This motherboard from (random AliExpress vendors) might be what you need. (Liliputing)

For $130 it has a four-coure Intel N100, two M.2 slots, six SATA ports, 10Gb Ethernet, dual 2.5Gb Ethernet, HDMI and DisplayPort, and the usual complement of USB ports.

And one memory slot.

There may be an eight-core N305 model on the way if you need a little more power.

Disclaimer: Hatkeeper, hatkeeper, sell me a hat, make it size small, I'm just a cat.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:37 AM

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1 Good morning

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 18, 2024 04:40 AM (Pd+l/)

2 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at July 18, 2024 04:42 AM (dg+HA)

3 After its multiple recent massive data leaks, senator are asking why AT&T is storing sensitive information like customer call logs in an "AI Data Cloud". (Ars Technica)

I think I've received at least 3 significant data breach notices from ATT in the last 10 years.

Posted by: buncha inept, reckless assholes at July 18, 2024 04:44 AM (sUiRt)

4 After its multiple recent massive data leaks, senator are asking why AT&T is storing sensitive information like customer call logs in an "AI Data Cloud".

Because AI and THE CLOUD are unalloyed good. Every person in senior management anywhere knows that. They saw a TED talk about it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 18, 2024 04:45 AM (nR2nR)

5 Regular reading of the Tech thread makes the incompetence of the Secret Service seem more typical and less malicious. We really are surrounded by people with no understanding of what they’re doing.

Thanks Pixie!

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 18, 2024 04:45 AM (Pd+l/)

6 Good morning everyone. I've been up since 2:00 CDT just lurking about here and there. Insomnia continues to plague me.

Posted by: Tuna at July 18, 2024 04:47 AM (oaGWv)

7 Evening and morning to all the AoSHQ outposts flung across the Solar system! (You guys out there on Titan, keep it down, okay?)

'Tis Thursday and the weekend is almost here. There's a gun show in a convention center in the western suburbs this weekend, and Miss Linda wants to roam unfettered through the department store outlet only a mile or two away from that, so . . . The problem: The outlet store does not open until noon. I hate the idea of running around in this vicious afternoon heat. Grrrr.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2024 04:47 AM (omVj0)

8 *I have a couple of PowerMacs in the garage.*

Hopefully it doesn't have a sloped roof.

Posted by: Cheatle Dee Cheatle Dum at July 18, 2024 04:49 AM (dg+HA)

9 Good stuff, thanks for all you do Pixie

Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at July 18, 2024 04:49 AM (qvYge)

10 Time to head off for shave and shower, then feeding the beasts and me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2024 04:49 AM (omVj0)

11 The problem: The outlet store does not open until noon. I hate the idea of running around in this vicious afternoon heat. Grrrr.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2024 04:47 AM (omVj0)

And missing the early gun show bargains.

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 18, 2024 04:49 AM (Pd+l/)

12 G'Day everyone
It's my Friday, road trip tomorrow

Posted by: Skip at July 18, 2024 04:51 AM (fwDg9)

13 And so a long and tarnished despicable political career ends... not with a stroke, but with a Covid.

Posted by: Melodramatic narrator voice at July 18, 2024 04:55 AM (dg+HA)

14 Are there various reasons a cell phone takes so long to charge? Is it she of the cell phone or that it needs a new battery or both?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 18, 2024 04:57 AM (lNmRI)

15 Mornin'

Watching the British Open. Typical weather for Scotland in July. Cold and rainy. I'm discovering why I mostly avoid live coverage and just record programs. Have commercials gotten worse? I'm used to just FF them. I mute the sound but even the visuals are either gross or annoying. Oh well, first world problems. Whichever ad man came up with those VRBO commercials needs to be shot.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 18, 2024 04:58 AM (sAmhv)

16 13 And so a long and tarnished despicable political career ends... not with a stroke, but with a Covid.
Posted by: Melodramatic narrator voice at July 18, 2024 04:55 AM (dg+HA)

Make snide comments all you want, fat, but crovid killified Beau in Iraqistan. Danglemeshaless.

Posted by: Joe Biden at July 18, 2024 04:58 AM (sUiRt)

17 'The Internet was a mistake'

That's a good bumper sticker idea.

And yes. Yes it was.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 18, 2024 04:59 AM (sAmhv)

18 It's also dead.

Posted by: We B Bots at July 18, 2024 05:02 AM (dg+HA)

19 Hi Fen. Usually cell phone batteries when they start to wear out seem to charge up OK, but they deplete very quickly, or have difficulty with the gauge reading accurately.

Charging is better than it used to be, driven by software. What the cell phone doesn't like is heat. It starts to cook the battery and can cause problems. So the intelligent charging profiles try to kind of ease into things at a slower rate. I try not to use an intensive device (like watching a movie or YT) and charge at the same time. The high temperatures aren't good for longetivity. If you replace your device often maybe it doesn't matter.

I bought a re-furbished cell phone from Walmart, of all places. I wrote the guy and asked about the battery and he said don't worry, and as it turned out in this case he was right. Fast charging isn't always what we want. Your device might have some settings where it will not draw as much juice as fast and/or will charge up more quickly.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2024 05:04 AM (GbT4e)

20 The Internet was a mistake'

Absolutely. I also think people having any knowledge about anything and expressing ones’s opinion be disallowed

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 18, 2024 05:06 AM (lNmRI)

21 Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2024 05:04 AM (GbT4e

Thx very much.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 18, 2024 05:08 AM (C4Ldt)

22 Re British Open weather: In America, we stay in the clubhouse and drink and play cards in that weather. Advantage: USA

Posted by: Wally at July 18, 2024 05:15 AM (9Uj9K)

23 I started using the M.2 last year, and I felt like I was behind the curve.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 18, 2024 05:17 AM (lhenN)

24 Fen that Mirical Apple is a bad thing to most people

Posted by: Skip at July 18, 2024 05:20 AM (fwDg9)

25 Many thinking by weekend Joe is out, the Democrats are gaining momentum to toss him

Posted by: Skip at July 18, 2024 05:21 AM (fwDg9)

26 Sundowner says he is open to allow a mental illness test and low and behold he has some ailment that will include a doctor visit.
Coincidence?

Posted by: Skip at July 18, 2024 05:22 AM (fwDg9)

27 ATT stores call logs in SF to train their AI to improve call center agent outcomes. Of course as well as to report on the same via connecting SF to Tableau, Sisense, or similar.

Posted by: ChaChing at July 18, 2024 05:25 AM (K95Xy)

28 On iPhone, it might setup a routine where it kind of "hangs" at a certain charge level for a long time, to keep the heat down. It sort of figures out your daily (or nightly) routine. If you get off your schedule, it might sometimes be inconvenient. Can force it to quick charge to 80%. The last 10 to 20% takes quite a while compared to the first 50% or so. It's like filling a basketball with air, it gets tougher to fill with air the fuller it gets.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2024 05:27 AM (GbT4e)

29 Change of jobs today, Witch is a good thing.
I was a walking disaster yesterday afternoon
Nicer out today
Forward Dog 9 out

Posted by: Skip at July 18, 2024 05:28 AM (fwDg9)

30 Witch is a good thing.

Samantha YES!!
Endora, meh
Peloso, NOOOOOO!!!!

Posted by: Bruce at July 18, 2024 05:30 AM (szrmA)

31 Clouds are beautiful! why wouldn't you want to store your data in beautiful things?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo...liberal esthete at July 18, 2024 05:30 AM (A3700)

32 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at July 18, 2024 05:31 AM (hoCmQ)

33 Eff "the cloud"

Kid at work was telling me I shouldn't worry about getting more memory with new desktop: "just use a cloud service" he said.

"Why TF would I want to store all my stuff on *somebody else's* hardware?" I asked.

No reply.

Posted by: JQ at July 18, 2024 05:36 AM (njWTi)

34 I had one cell phone, the battery started to swell and expand, and thus kind of crack the phone case. I forgot about it, stuffed in the console of my car. Some months later it had swelled up so much it looked like an accordion and was about 3 inches thick, if that makes sense. I try to keep it charged up well and then deplete it a little bit. Same with my laptop. If the battery is at 29% and I'm surfing the internet watching movies or something, if I plug that in it starts cooking like a space heater, and can hear the little cooling fan spool up and run.

Usually when laptop batteries get replaced, the integral ones, they are all bloated and swelled from the heat due to discharge (which generates heat) and charging (which generates heat as well).

The reason the cell phone bloated up like that, back in the day when using a cell phone for navigation, it would really strain the power output or something. The phone would be almost hot to the touch. Whatever caused that, doesn't seem to be a problem any longer.

I still use paper maps, because a 3" by 6" screen is BS, it works completely non-intuitive by scrolling to get more detail, it doesn't tell you what road you're on. LOL

Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2024 05:36 AM (GbT4e)

35 Sundowner says he is open to allow a mental illness test and low and behold he has some ailment that will include a doctor visit.
Coincidence?
Posted by: Skip at July 18, 2024

***
Odd, too, and very convenient that he "tests positive" for the Coof just before a speech he's supposed to give. (Or clearly was incapable of giving)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2024 05:42 AM (omVj0)

36 Morning all.

73 degrees. 93% humidity. 0 mph wind. 🤮

Posted by: rickb223 All conspiracy theories and spoiler alerts are on the table at July 18, 2024 05:42 AM (c9Bew)

37 Witch is a good thing.

Samantha YES!!
Endora, meh
Peloso, NOOOOOO!!!!
Posted by: Bruce at July 18, 2024

***
"Endora, when I think of you as a blood relative . . . I long for a transfusion."

Posted by: Uncle Arthur at July 18, 2024 05:43 AM (omVj0)

38
73 degrees. 93% humidity. 0 mph wind. 🤮
Posted by: rickb223 All conspiracy theories and spoiler alerts are on the table at July 18, 2024

***
You people with your luxury 70s in July!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2024 05:44 AM (omVj0)

39 "Endora, when I think of you as a blood relative . . . I long for a transfusion."
Posted by: Uncle Arthur

HA!!

Posted by: Bruce at July 18, 2024 05:45 AM (szrmA)

40 Disclaimer: Hatkeeper, hatkeeper, sell me a hat, make it size small, I'm just a cat.
Posted by: Pixy

Hatkeeper, Hatkeeper,
Make me a hat,
Find me a small
I'm only a cat.
Matchmaker, Matchmaker
Look through your book,
And make me a perfect hat.

Posted by: olddog in mo at July 18, 2024 05:48 AM (hoCmQ)

41 After almost two weeks the maintenance people finally came to look at my A/C yesterday afternoon about 2 pm. By 3 it was blowing cold. But you know something? I've gotten used to my setup with my window unit and a fan to blow cool air into the bedroom at night. At 5 I turned the central air off and the window unit back on.

I'm curious to see if my power bill is lower next month. The window machine only runs 14 hours a day, compared to the 24 for the central unit.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2024 05:49 AM (omVj0)

42 "Endora, when I think of you as a blood relative . . . I long for a transfusion."
Posted by: Uncle Arthur
*
HA!!
Posted by: Bruce at July 18, 2024

***
One of the funniest lines ever in the show, and delivered to perfection by Paul Lynde.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2024 05:50 AM (omVj0)

43 I read about the data breaches and my first thought is: The American taxpayer probably paid a fortune for that data because the CIA wants it in order to spy on American citizens.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 18, 2024 05:53 AM (tT6L1)

44 Renewing our strength/ A devotional from a passage in Isaiah:

https://odb.org/2024/07/18/renewing-our-strength

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 18, 2024 05:53 AM (aQaf8)

45 That data did not go anywhere outside of our in-house datacenter, except as encrypted tapes in a locked box to a secure backup location.

And then there were companies that hired new managers who asked "Why are we spending so much money on outdated tech?" and "Do we really need to keep paying for that backup location?"

Posted by: NR Pax at July 18, 2024 05:54 AM (lXoJ5)

46
My new battery powered self propelled mower arrived yesterday. Pleasant experience of cutting without a lot of racket or combustion fumes. Topped off the batteries last night and I'll get a better idea of run time on them today. New battery comes with a USB port so I can actually use it to charge some devices like cell phone, portable sound bar, vape pen, in power outage. Technology marches on in some good ways once in a while.

Yeah, I have a tractor but sitting on that riding around isn't much exercise. Also, the tractor easily uses a gallon of gas at $3.75 while these batteries suck up about .20 cents of electricity to cut the same area. With my portable solar panel the cost to recharge the batteries is zero.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 18, 2024 05:56 AM (RKVpM)

47 Might see some 🧙‍♂️ tomorrow
Going to Oz game

Posted by: Skip at July 18, 2024 05:57 AM (d0HiT)

48 A nice doggy story from Sunny Skyz website:

https://tinyurl.com/yz6j7kvn

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 18, 2024 05:58 AM (aQaf8)

49 25 Many thinking by weekend Joe is out, the Democrats are gaining momentum to toss him

"He's being sent to a farm where he can play with other Presidents in the sunshine."

Posted by: NR Pax at July 18, 2024 05:58 AM (lXoJ5)

50 Yay! Two-lane divided highway. Two semi racing. One semi doing 65 mph, the other semi doing 65.5 mph.

Posted by: rickb223 All conspiracy theories and spoiler alerts are on the table at July 18, 2024 06:00 AM (c9Bew)

51 On my drive home yesterday I saw two gas stations with $2.99 for regular 87. Most seemed to be $3.07 to $3.14. My usual Exxon station has $3.07, so with my card discount, $2.97. Usually I stick some ethanol-free in there, and that's $3.39. I probably don't see much if any monetary savings with that; my car seems to get about 10% better mileage on E0 than it does on E10.

Maybe, come Jan. & The New Trump Era (I hope!), we'll see less regulation and better prices.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2024 06:00 AM (omVj0)

52 I had a crazy thought in the wee hours of this morning..,

What if FJB's COVID diagnosis is setting him so that he can have "long covid" and thus all of his problems between now and November will be blamed on that?

He resigns or relinquishes the nomination because of that illness and it's also used as an excuse to bring back the COVID panic and lockdown the country in favor of mail-in ballots.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 18, 2024 06:01 AM (BpYfr)

53 I was impressed enough with the battery mowers to buy one over 10 years ago. I used it once, it weighs a ton. I used it the other day, not expecting much. Kept it plugged in the whole time. Golly if it didn't work. Seems like it weighs more.

The LawnBoy is sounding restricted, RPM is too low. Probably needs the exhaust port cleanout. It's 90 and 90 per cent humidity, and open lawn mower surgery was not sounding too fun particularly. So the battery mower to the rescue! It has a ragged cut, but it does the job.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2024 06:01 AM (GbT4e)

54
I'm curious to see if my power bill is lower next month. The window machine only runs 14 hours a day, compared to the 24 for the central unit.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2024 05:49 AM

In a central system the only electricity you use is a fan - which is likely in the 10 to 20 watt range. Your window unit probably is in the 150 to 700 watt range. I would guess, without engaging in early morning math your electric bill will be fifty dollars a month higher.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 18, 2024 06:02 AM (RKVpM)

55 Also, they use SF because all the cool kids are using it and it looks great on a resume. Which is the driver for about 80% of IT decisions.

Posted by: ChaChing at July 18, 2024 06:02 AM (K95Xy)

56 Yay! Two-lane divided highway. Two semi racing. One semi doing 65 mph, the other semi doing 65.5 mph.
Posted by: rickb223

And then there's a slight incline for 4 miles that knock them both down 3 MPH

Posted by: Bruce at July 18, 2024 06:02 AM (szrmA)

57 Well, the internet hasn’t been working for more than a day and a half . Lighting strikes did something somewhere. The cell phone takes forever and tiny URL keeps wanting me to verify that I’m human. Bah! I wouldn’t mind going back to land lines and no internet.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 18, 2024 06:04 AM (aQaf8)

58 So, Sloe Joe lied. He DID NOT get all of the Kovid booster shots!!
If he had, he'd would be Kovid free.

Posted by: Bruce at July 18, 2024 06:05 AM (szrmA)

59 And then there's a slight incline for 4 miles that knock them both down 3 MPH
Posted by: Bruce

Are you in the car next to me? LOL.

Posted by: rickb223 All conspiracy theories and spoiler alerts are on the table at July 18, 2024 06:05 AM (c9Bew)

60 Now the beauty of the LawnBoy, it has a magnesium deck so it is very light to begin with, and a 2-stroke high rpm engine. 1976, it will cut through even wet grass when tuned up right. It is maneuverable with one hand, not quite vacuum cleaner nice but pretty close. Better get crackin' on that thing.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2024 06:05 AM (GbT4e)

61
The cell phone takes forever and tiny URL keeps wanting me to verify that I’m human.

I found a free (so far) tiny url maker which is not the least annoying:

https://free-url-shortener.rb.gy/

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

62 I think it's great to remind people that the coof that everyone is still getting is a minor inconvenience like any other cold, and hardly requires draconian police state lockdown measures....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 18, 2024 06:09 AM (BAEGB)

63 Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 18, 2024 06:06 AM (RKVpM)

Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 18, 2024 06:10 AM (aQaf8)

64
The box my battery powered lawn mower came in had a warning of 'two person carry' with a weight of 83 pounds. I just compared that to a same size, same feature ICE mower which comes in at 66 pounds.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 18, 2024 06:11 AM (RKVpM)

65
We really are surrounded by people with no understanding of what they’re doing.

Thanks Pixie!
Posted by: Pete Bog at July 18, 2024 04:45 AM (Pd+l/)

But they're completely up to date on the latest developments in Critical Race Theory and Transgender Intersectionality!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 18, 2024 06:11 AM (1Nxff)

66 The duty cycle when that compressor kicks in outside is going to make the meter spin a lot faster, no? Way more current. The air handler fan is probably pretty efficient, they closely tailor the motor run capacitance and RPM to get a nice air flow for a given size and not waste too much electrons.

The coolest personal fan (heh) for the money at least are those yellow Stanley with the long cord, extra outlets. They are quiet and powerful.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2024 06:13 AM (GbT4e)

67
I noticed one time that when I used tiny url to create a link to Amazon that they added something to the url that gave them a referral bonus. Sneaky yet smart.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 18, 2024 06:13 AM (RKVpM)

68 Critical Race Theory and Transgender Intersectionality!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 18, 2024 06:11 AM (1Nxff)

Heh. I just thought of a good cartoon idea.

A four way intersection, littered with wrecked cars, plastered with ridiculous and contradictory signs, and monstrous traffic lights with twenty different colored lamps placed in absurd locations.

"Transgender intersectionality"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 18, 2024 06:14 AM (BAEGB)

69 Headline at USA Today in the category of "You don't hate the media enough."

Was JD Vance a Marine? A look at the military record of Trump's VP pick

Posted by: NR Pax at July 18, 2024 06:15 AM (lXoJ5)

70 Was JD Vance a Marine? A look at the military record of Trump's VP pick
Posted by: NR Pax at July 18, 2024 06:15 AM (lXoJ5)

Now do Dick "Dick" Blumenthal.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 18, 2024 06:17 AM (BAEGB)

71
The duty cycle when that compressor kicks in outside is going to make the meter spin a lot faster, no? Way more current. The air handler fan is probably pretty efficient, they closely tailor the motor run capacitance and RPM to get a nice air flow for a given size and not waste too much electrons.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2024 06:13 AM

I'm thinking when Wolfus says central air that he does not have his own compressor, that cold refrigerant from some central location is constantly being pushed through the system. That was what my first apartment had. If I wanted cooling all I had to do was turn on the fan motor which had different speed settings. I had no separate bill for electricity.

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

72 ☕️

Posted by: Don Black at July 18, 2024 06:20 AM (/7KEl)

73 After its multiple recent massive data leaks, senators are asking why AT&T is storing sensitive information like customer call logs in an "AI Data Cloud". (Ars Technica)

I expect it makes it a lot easier for the government to spy on its citizens if it can hack into the cloud rather than go to all the trouble of doing it officially.

Posted by: UK Danny at July 18, 2024 06:20 AM (SKRQ5)

74 I expect it makes it a lot easier for the government to spy on its citizens if it can hack into the cloud rather than go to all the trouble of doing it officially.
Posted by: UK Danny at July 18, 2024 06:20 AM (SKRQ5)

"You know, China, it would be a lot easier if you just put all your sensitive ship deployment Intel and missile silo locations on OneDrive and shared the password with us. Like we do. "

- Fifty- seven intelligence agencies who all agree because they always agree because it's the same picture.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 18, 2024 06:23 AM (BAEGB)

75 70 Now do Dick "Dick" Blumenthal.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 18, 2024 06:17 AM (BAEGB)

In fairness, the reporter did describe his military career so the headline was clickbait. But given the average reporter's understanding of the military, contempt was warranted.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 18, 2024 06:26 AM (lXoJ5)

76 Nood

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 18, 2024 06:29 AM (nR2nR)

77 In fairness, the reporter did describe his military career so the headline was clickbait. But given the average reporter's understanding of the military, contempt was warranted.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 18, 2024 06:26 AM (lXoJ5)

That's so despicably contemptible... "Was he a marine"?

Stolen Valor is the left's game, but they got more projection than a graduate level textbook in algebraic topology.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 18, 2024 06:30 AM (BAEGB)

78
In fairness, the reporter did describe his military career so the headline was clickbait

It worked, didn't it?

-- Harry Reid, now in the warm embrace of the Prince of Darkness

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 18, 2024 06:30 AM (RKVpM)

79 77 Stolen Valor is the left's game, but they got more projection than a graduate level textbook in algebraic topology.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 18, 2024 06:30 AM (BAEGB)

Now the funny part to me is that Vietnam experience was considered a black mark in your life in politics. And then after 9/11, it was suddenly acceptable and HOW DARE YOU! question their service?

Posted by: NR Pax at July 18, 2024 06:31 AM (lXoJ5)

80 I'm thinking when Wolfus says central air that he does not have his own compressor, that cold refrigerant from some central location is constantly being pushed through the system. That was what my first apartment had. If I wanted cooling all I had to do was turn on the fan motor which had different speed settings. I had no separate bill for electricity.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 18, 2024

***
No, each apartment has a separate roof-mounted unit with compressor. The fan switch is separate; I can circulate air throughout the two rooms that way. But I turn on the central -- by which I mean, vents in the walls and a compressor outside -- to get cold air. I set it for 75 or so while i'm gone, 70-72 when I'm home. But it will kick on periodically throughout the hot day. My bill last month was $85.

In contrast, the window unit I run at 72 for about ten hours a day, but leave it off for fourteen. The apartment holds the cool air pretty well, too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2024 06:35 AM (omVj0)

81 46 New battery comes with a USB port so I can actually use it to charge some devices like cell phone, portable sound bar, vape pen, in power outage. Technology marches on in some good ways once in a while.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 18, 2024 05:56 AM (RKVpM)

This is cool.

Posted by: m at July 18, 2024 06:55 AM (64Zez)

82 5 Thanks Pixie!
Posted by: Pete Bog at July 18, 2024 04:45 AM (Pd+l/)

9 Good stuff, thanks for all you do Pixie
Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at July 18, 2024 04:49 AM (qvYge)

It's Pixy, guys:

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:37 AM

Posted by: m at July 18, 2024 07:03 AM (64Zez)

83 AT&T is now staffed exclusively by DEI hires, are fundamentally incompetent, and are allowed to do as they please.

Posted by: Jim at July 18, 2024 07:06 AM (zhWvq)

84 Pixy, I didn't know you were an old Mac guy. I have an assortment of older Macintoshes lying around. Currently I'm battling a G4 Quicksilver, which I've determined needs a replacement logic board (which I though was gonna hurt, but I found one on Used Mac for only $16 (America bucks, not your kangaroo money)

I sent you an e-mail a few weeks ago with a photo of my Mac SE loading up the Daily Tech News thread. Hope you got kick out of it, assuming it wasn't relegated to spam

Posted by: Andrew at July 18, 2024 08:02 AM (AI9IC)

85
New battery comes with a USB port so I can actually use it to charge some devices like cell phone, portable sound bar, vape pen, in power outage. Technology marches on in some good ways once in a while.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 18, 2024 05:56 AM (RKVpM)

This is cool.

Posted by: m at July 18, 2024 06:55 AM

UPDATE: It appears to be one way only. You can charge it through USB, but not take power out of it. I don't get it. More research needed.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 18, 2024 09:45 AM (RKVpM)

86 85
New battery comes with a USB port so I can actually use it to charge some devices like cell phone, portable sound bar, vape pen, in power outage. Technology marches on in some good ways once in a while.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 18, 2024 05:56 AM (RKVpM)

This is cool.

Posted by: m at July 18, 2024 06:55 AM

UPDATE: It appears to be one way only. You can charge it through USB, but not take power out of it. I don't get it. More research needed.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 18, 2024 09:45 AM (RKVpM)

Fingers crossed!

Posted by: m at July 18, 2024 12:33 PM (64Zez)

87 I built a Mini-ITX file server back in 2012. Used a Jetway NF99FL-525 mobo and a Thermaltake Element Q case. The DVD drive slot was stuffed with six 2.5-inch SATA drives, and it runs FreeNAS on the Atom D525 CPU booted off of a USB FLASH drive. It still works, I use it as a backup for my main NAS.

Posted by: Socratease at July 18, 2024 12:57 PM (t8Egx)

88 You are so awesome! I don't believe I have read a single thing like that before.
So wonderful to discover somebody with original thoughts on this subject matter.
Seriously.. many thanks for starting this up.
This site is one thing that is needed on the web, someone with some originality!

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