Daily Tech News 20 July 2024

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What is CrowdStrike, and what happened? (The Verge)

We were expecting Skynet, and all we got is this lousy antivirus update.
Blue Screen of Death photos from around the world. (The Verge)

Thank you Microsoft and CrowdStrike for bringing us all together in shared loathing.

Tech News

How to fix a computer affected by the CrowdStrike problem. (Tom's Hardware)

The problem is you need direct access to each affected computer, which is a slight problem when there are thousands of them spread through a major airport, or worse, in ATMs across an entire country.
CrowdStrike's market cap has fallen by $12.5 billion. (Tom's Hardware)

"Oops", said CEO George Kurtz.
Russia escaped the CrowdStrike debacle unscathed, because it is not allowed to run CrowdStrike. (Yahoo)

Small mercies.
Tenstorrent's new Wormhole AI cards can deliver 466 FP8 teraflops at 300W. (AnandTech)

That's a little over a quarter the performance of Nvidia's H100, but the H100 costs $30,000 and the Wormhole costs $1400.

The big difference is that the Wormhole is built on an older 12nm process, where the H100 is built on a recent 4nm process. That makes the Wormhole more power hungry but also much cheaper to produce.
If this is the real pricing for AMD's Ryzen 9000 lineup, it's good. (WCCFTech)

$499 for the 9950X would make it a very attractive product, and an easy upsell over the $399 9900X.

But none of this is confirmed yet. And it would price the 9950X below the launch MSRP of the 7900X, which might be too good to be true.

Disclaimer: Skynet, come home. All is forgiven.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at July 20, 2024 04:01 AM (64Zez)

2 from the ONT

LOL

507 Reagan joke about waiting:

https://tinyurl.com/yx5dbyb5
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 20, 2024 03:10 AM (y31cs)

Posted by: m at July 20, 2024 04:04 AM (64Zez)

3 Was the cloudstrike thing only a new version 11 or whatever thing?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 20, 2024 04:05 AM (y31cs)

4 I get a lot of Reagan videos in my suggested.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 20, 2024 04:06 AM (y31cs)

5
It's more then a little confusing but sometime around 2020 post election Trump is talking about Crowdstrike, Ukraine, and the DNC.

Is it all coming together yet?

Damned if I know.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 20, 2024 04:07 AM (RKVpM)

6 Along with a lot of busty women doing transparent clothing try ons for some reason. I dunno. Strange are the ways of ewetub.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 20, 2024 04:07 AM (y31cs)

7 3 Was the cloudstrike thing only a new version 11 or whatever thing?

No, it affected Windows 10 as well. But only if you had CrowdStrike installed, and it's something mostly used by large corporations and government departments.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 20, 2024 04:08 AM (BLOW1)

8 5 It's more then a little confusing but sometime around 2020 post election Trump is talking about Crowdstrike, Ukraine, and the DNC.

CrowdStrike is also the company that "investigated" the DNC hack and blamed Russia.

When questioned under oath much later, they admitted they had no evidence at all implicating Russia.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 20, 2024 04:09 AM (BLOW1)

9 Was the cloudstrike thing only a new version 11 or whatever thing?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

I guess I have a similar question. Is the Crowdstrike problem dependent on the version of Windows the company is running. I know we were always running a couple of versions behind at my former employer.

Posted by: Tuna at July 20, 2024 04:11 AM (oaGWv)

10 No, it affected Windows 10 as well. But only if you had CrowdStrike installed, and it's something mostly used by large corporations and government departments.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 20, 2024 04:08 AM (BLOW1)

So, the computers you would most not want to be affected by something like this. Nice.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 20, 2024 04:11 AM (y31cs)

11
I'm guessing that every computer had to be individually booted into Safe Mode, the offending file deleted, before an update could be downloaded.

Good time to be in the computer business charging by the hour.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 20, 2024 04:11 AM (RKVpM)

12 CrowdStrike is also the company that "investigated" the DNC hack and blamed Russia.

When questioned under oath much later, they admitted they had no evidence at all implicating Russia.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 20, 2024 04:09 AM (BLOW1)

Small world, huh?*

*sarcasm

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 20, 2024 04:12 AM (y31cs)

13
Also some claim the head of Cloudstrike is Ukrainian. Haven't had time to look into that yet.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 20, 2024 04:14 AM (RKVpM)

14 "Lady MacBiden"
Trump Assassination Attempt: Does Dr Jill Biden Need to be Questioned?

https://naomiwolf.substack.com/p/lady-macbiden

Posted by: 13times at July 20, 2024 04:14 AM (IQCCV)

15
Dmitri Alperovitch is the chairman of Silverado Policy Accelerator, a geopolitics think-tank in Washington, D.C., and a co-founder and former chief technology officer of CrowdStrike. Alperovitch is a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Russia who came to the United States in 1994 with his family.

Russia, Russia, Russia. So not Ukraine, born in Moscow.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 20, 2024 04:21 AM (RKVpM)

16
Someone went to the offices of CrowdStrike in Australia and the building was lights out, no one there. Apparently they have work from home days.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 20, 2024 04:25 AM (RKVpM)

17 So it doesn't matter what version of Windows you run? If you have Crowdstrike installed you're screwed?

Posted by: Tuna at July 20, 2024 04:28 AM (oaGWv)

18
Be back later.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 20, 2024 04:34 AM (RKVpM)

19 The company where I work was completely taken offline from the CrowdStrike debacle. Around 1,000 employees, all working remotely. Not untill mid next week do they expect to get all thier server environments and everyone's machine up and running. The tricky part was that they also had Bitlocker installed on people's machines, meaning they couldn't even get to the command prompt to delete the offending CrowdStrike file needed to fix this. And of course the server that lets people get thier passcode to unlock Bitlocker protection was also down due to the CrowdStrike bug. I think it kinda serves the company I work for right, as their DevOps guys are paranoid with security... forcing developers to log into virtual machines to do thier work and other obnoxious inconveniences.

Posted by: Serious Cat at July 20, 2024 04:35 AM (5Ri8N)

20 13 Also some claim the head of Cloudstrike is Ukrainian. Haven't had time to look into that yet.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 20, 2024 04:14 AM (RKVpM)

"some claim"
ahem

Posted by: m at July 20, 2024 04:53 AM (64Zez)

21 CrowdStrike is also the company that "investigated" the DNC hack and blamed Russia.

When questioned under oath much later, they admitted they had no evidence at all implicating Russia.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 20, 2024 04:09 AM (BLOW1)

Small world, huh?*

*sarcasm
Posted by: Aetius451AD

I actually read that report when it came out. About 200 words into it I went this thing is complete BS, all they're doing is saying things that sounds scary and technical to gloss over that none of it had any facts behind it. It was something of a revelation about what had been going on and from that moment on I knew that the Clinton campaign was up to no good which caused me to read everything I could get my hands on very carefully. Shortly thereafter it became clear that the Clinton campaign, the FBI, hell the whole federal government were out to get Trump for real.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at July 20, 2024 04:55 AM (G8tt9)

22 The manager of every IT department that allowed an update to be applied to hundreds or thousands of PC's without first testing it thoroughly on one PC (of each type, with each OS variant) should be out looking for work today, preferably as a street cleaner. There's no excuse for what happened.

I handled change, problem, performance, and capacity management and planning for three data centers a good while back. It would never have happened there.

Posted by: Philip at July 20, 2024 04:56 AM (fwIBJ)

23 Thank you for the curated collection of CloudStrike news stories, Pixy.

Posted by: m at July 20, 2024 04:57 AM (64Zez)

24 22 The manager of every IT department that allowed an update to be applied to hundreds or thousands of PC's without first testing it thoroughly on one PC (of each type, with each OS variant) should be out looking for work today, preferably as a street cleaner. There's no excuse for what happened.

I handled change, problem, performance, and capacity management and planning for three data centers a good while back. It would never have happened there.
Posted by: Philip

Well, I can tell you in the FedGov world, it's tested first.

BWHAHAHAHA!! Nah, just kidding. We just throw the update on and go WEEEEEEEEEEE!!

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 20, 2024 05:00 AM (BW+Gb)

25 My cousin flew out of Minneapolis today. It was a complete disaster. Her original flight and a number of other tries at getting on different flights all got canceled. Somehow she managed to get a plane out and was only 6 hours late getting to the destination.

How I got alerted to the crowdstrike thing is she called me up to yell at me about Microsoft. This was entirely reasonable since I'm always poking fun at her for being an Apple fanatic. All in all it was a pretty good morning because of that phone call.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at July 20, 2024 05:02 AM (G8tt9)

26 25 My cousin flew out of Minneapolis today. ... How I got alerted to the crowdstrike thing is she called me up to yell at me about Microsoft. This was entirely reasonable since I'm always poking fun at her for being an Apple fanatic. All in all it was a pretty good morning because of that phone call.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at July 20, 2024 05:02 AM (G8tt9)

; )

Posted by: m at July 20, 2024 05:09 AM (64Zez)

27 You could have finished it off by asking her if her wings were tired.

Posted by: Philip at July 20, 2024 05:10 AM (fwIBJ)

28 Good morning morons

Hoping I will be able to fly home tomorrow unscathed knowing I'm probably screwed.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2024 05:11 AM (FqEvY)

29 I cut loose a colleague in Eastern Europe when a piece I edited was obviously a report promoting a Color Revolution in their country, visited their LinkedIn and discovered they were on contract with Crowdstrike.
Spooks For Hire.

Posted by: LenNeal at July 20, 2024 05:12 AM (NdL8w)

30 In case anybody missed this.

WSJ: "Thomas Matthew Crooks flew the drone on a programmed flight path earlier in the day on [Saturday,] July 13 [, the day of the rally] to scour the Butler Farm Show."

Geezh. Flew a drone on a program flight path? That sounds kind of pre-planned to me. What's the next shoe to drop? The Secret Service served breakfast burritos to the assassin before before he tried to murder President Donald Trump.

https://archive.ph/hkCFy

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at July 20, 2024 05:13 AM (G8tt9)

31 G'morning, all!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 20, 2024 05:14 AM (a1415)

32 Sheila Jackson Lee has passed.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 20, 2024 05:16 AM (a1415)

33 30 WSJ: "Thomas Matthew Crooks flew the drone on a programmed flight path earlier in the day on [Saturday,] July 13 [, the day of the rally] to scour the Butler Farm Show."

https://archive.ph/hkCFy
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at July 20, 2024 05:13 AM (G8tt9)

Thanks for the link.
That WSJ headline is shockingly misleading. "Trump Gunman":

Trump Gunman Flew Drone Over Rally Site Hours Before Attempted Assassination

Posted by: m at July 20, 2024 05:18 AM (64Zez)

34 32 Sheila Jackson Lee has passed.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 20, 2024 05:16 AM (a1415)

Gone to her Lord and Savior.
Amen.

Posted by: m at July 20, 2024 05:18 AM (64Zez)

35 G'Day everyone

I didn't get to bed until midnight, I shouldn't be here

Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2024 05:21 AM (fwDg9)

36 That Naomi Wolff article is not surprising. Clearly, someone wanted the security to have gaping holes.

Posted by: No one of any consequence at July 20, 2024 05:23 AM (+H2BX)

37 In the motorsport's world, Crowdstrike is a sponsor for a GT racing series (SRO). The 24 Hours of Spa is sponsored by Crowdstrike.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 20, 2024 05:23 AM (BW+Gb)

38 So Crooks flew a drone AND stashed a rifle the day before.
A rifle which they failed to find on their sweep.
People should be getting fired and criminally charged for fucks sake.

Posted by: Erebus- ex-killer whale at July 20, 2024 05:24 AM (elaR+)

39 Geofencing....

types....

deletes....

Posted by: pawn at July 20, 2024 05:24 AM (QB+5g)

40 I am up very early, thanks to insomnia, and learned that my company's payroll thingy had been messed up by the crowd strike thingy. Hopefully the issue will be resolved by folks way moar smarter than me, and we will get paid.

All in all it's been a stoopid couple of days. I may be throwing out some requests on the coffee/prayer thread in a bit. For now I am going to try to get a little more shuteye.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Nothing to Contribute to the Debate at July 20, 2024 05:25 AM (Ad8y9)

41 Moar editorial goofs in the WSJ article:

he researched and scoped out the event site ... He visited the farm show grounds a few days later to scope it out.

officers saw him milling about the edges of the rally

Crooks in recent months had received several packages to his home

Posted by: m at July 20, 2024 05:25 AM (64Zez)

42 The ~~Secret Service~~ CIA served breakfast burritos to the assassin before before he tried to murder President Donald Trump.

FIFY

Posted by: No one of any consequence at July 20, 2024 05:25 AM (+H2BX)

43 The federal government and their stupid login changes have driven me around the bend a few times. There is a login.gov and ID.me, which accomplish the same thing, which is to have a single point of failure to get into your account for whatever agency's tormenting you that day. Now that I've stopped bitching about the convenience of all this I've come to appreciate the beauty of duplicating single point of failure systems.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at July 20, 2024 05:27 AM (G8tt9)

44 40 All in all it's been a stoopid couple of days. I may be throwing out some requests on the coffee/prayer thread in a bit.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Nothing to Contribute to the Debate at July 20, 2024 05:25 AM (Ad8y9)

Here for you!

Posted by: m at July 20, 2024 05:27 AM (64Zez)

45 Yeah. Prayers up for everyone.

They will try again. I am not optimistic.

Posted by: No one of any consequence at July 20, 2024 05:27 AM (+H2BX)

46 "Taking responsibility for words-" A devotional based on a passage from the Book of Proverbs:

https://tinyurl.com/mtmfuzpc

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2024 05:34 AM (uKhIS)

47 Time to get ready for my newly implemented morning @ 0600, 3 mile walk.

Doctor said:

Lose 40 pounds
Lower blood pressure
Lower cholesterol
Lower blood glucose a touch.

So I have work to do.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 20, 2024 05:35 AM (a1415)

48 Is this where I come to find a woman who will take a flugelhorn in the posterior?

Posted by: Rupert Pupkin at July 20, 2024 05:36 AM (2UBPP)

49 That Naomi Wolff article is not surprising. Clearly, someone wanted the security to have gaping holes.
Posted by: No one of any consequence

What happened in Butler, PA, based on current information, is shockingly close to, if not exactly hitting the bullseye of negligence or criminality by indirect intentionality. By this I mean, nobody directly conspired with the shooter but they were so sloppy about how everything was handled that those in charge knew they were creating a situation where an assassin could be successful. With this in mind, I'm curious if somebody in the intelligence community hadn't already picked up that this guy was planning on trying to shoot Trump.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at July 20, 2024 05:38 AM (G8tt9)

50 Good luck VIA, you will feel better

Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2024 05:39 AM (fwDg9)

51 Good for you VIA in a 2 weeks you will be addicted to the walk!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2024 05:40 AM (FqEvY)

52 Skip, did you get shoo-fly pie yesterday??

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2024 05:41 AM (FqEvY)

53 I hate microsoft programmers. They're lame-o fucks with their gazillion popups and warnings and faggotry.

What happened to the days when you could wipe out your entire system with one bad click or command?

Now I have some neurotic programmer asking me 5 times if I want to click 'here or there.' Are you sure?

'You may like...' No, fuck off!

Posted by: Rupert Pupkin at July 20, 2024 05:42 AM (2UBPP)

54 So I have work to do.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 20, 2024 05:35 AM (a1415)

In two weeks it will be effortless!

Posted by: CharlieGray'sDildo at July 20, 2024 05:46 AM (g0MSz)

55 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at July 20, 2024 05:47 AM (86W+h)

56 Do you have what it takes to join the Secret Service’s new sloped roof division?

https://youtu.be/a2A9yJoZfok?si=Qm3_qQKckbC7r93E

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 20, 2024 05:47 AM (2fIO4)

57
Storms this morning. Found out we have a roof leak upstairs from the hurricane. Been dealing with that since 3:30.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2024 05:50 AM (Ibc5M)

58 >>> So I have work to do.

You'll get it done.

Posted by: fluffy at July 20, 2024 05:50 AM (86W+h)

59 CGD, Good day to you.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 20, 2024 05:50 AM (5MvGY)

60 Didn't stop at Shady Maple but pass right by it.
Planning today to stop this morning.
Should leave by 7:15

Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2024 05:52 AM (fwDg9)

61 Fox News: The Secret Service sniper who killed Crooks could only see Crooks’ gun scope and the top of his eye and forehead because the lip of the roof was blocking the sniper’s view. The source described the shot to Fox News as a "one-in-a-million shot."

One-in-a-million? Ffs, whoever is leaking this stuff needs to make up their mind. Either 140 yd is like smacking yourself in the face or it is so stunningly far that hitting at target at that distance is near impossible. And with that we've hit the myth making phase of this whole fiasco.

A one in a million shot is when a military sniper dusts somebody at over about 2 mi.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at July 20, 2024 05:55 AM (G8tt9)

62 Tech related Biden info, I wonder if he understood a single thing about what he was holding in his hand?

https://youtu.be/07xz4FqA4Mw?si=BqI1Rc9PsSaqEcCZ

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 20, 2024 05:56 AM (2fIO4)

63 Evening and morning, early risers and late toilers! 'Tis Saturday, and likely to be rainy, so there's no point in washing the car. I'm up and drinking my coffee, I've fed the beasts. Thinking about a mild workout like a walk since I didn't go yesterday, and should have.

Have there appeared any conspiracy theories that the Secret Service hacked CrowdStrike? If not, I claim credit!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 20, 2024 05:57 AM (omVj0)

64 The forthcoming reboot of Ranma 1 or 2 has a couple of familiar seiyuu.

Ranma-chan is voiced by Megumi Hayashibara.
One of Akane's sisters is voiced by Belldandy's seiyuiu Kinuko Inoue.

Looks like MAPPA has produced a banger.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2024 05:58 AM (xBdr5)

65 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 20, 2024 05:35 AM (a1415)

God bless you in your endeavors.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2024 06:00 AM (YGrla)

66 >>>The source described the shot to Fox News as a "one-in-a-million shot."

>Horse-hockey! A weekend shooter could make that shot on a gopher with a .22 long rifle.

Posted by: Rupert Pupkin at July 20, 2024 06:01 AM (2UBPP)

67 Oh goody. Blinken spouting that Iran is only a week or two away from having enough material to make a nuke. This is all PDT's fault you understand. No, fuckward, this is your fault.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 20, 2024 06:01 AM (5MvGY)

68 Pixy-misa

https://www.suruga-ya.com/en

Free shipping right now.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2024 06:02 AM (xBdr5)

69 Fox News: The Secret Service sniper who killed Crooks could only see Crooks’ gun scope and the top of his eye and forehead because the lip of the roof was blocking the sniper’s view. The source described the shot to Fox News as a "one-in-a-million shot."

One-in-a-million? Ffs, whoever is leaking this stuff needs to make up their mind. Either 140 yd is like smacking yourself in the face or it is so stunningly far that hitting at target at that distance is near impossible. And with that we've hit the myth making phase of this whole fiasco.

A one in a million shot is when a military sniper dusts somebody at over about 2 mi.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram

What they know about firearms wouldn't fill 1/8th of a thimble.

My father used to own a scoped K98 Mauser rebarreled to .308.
At 200 yards off a bench we easily shot the center out of the target.
It was actually boring it was so easy.
We the switched to shooting at a cast iron plate they had at 300 yards, but that wasn't much of a challenge either.

Posted by: Erebus- ex-killer whale at July 20, 2024 06:02 AM (elaR+)

70
They will try again. I am not optimistic.

Posted by: No one of any consequence at July 20, 2024 05:27 AM

An 'expert' listened to the audio. Two shooters.

If one listens carefully it is 1 2 3 456...7

There is a difference in sound from the first 3 shots to the next 3.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 20, 2024 06:05 AM (RKVpM)

71
The woman with sunglasses, cap, who started filming has been ID'd. PA resident not FBI.

So probably CIA.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 20, 2024 06:08 AM (RKVpM)

72 @61

>>A one in a million shot is when a military sniper dusts somebody at over about 2 mi.

Clearly, this kid was Carlos Hathcock reborn.

The more that comes out the more absurd everything becomes.

I believe they have settled on gross incompetence as their way out of the tar pit and that it will require new training protocols which they will begin in earnest just as soon as congress authorizes funding for it in the next CR.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 20, 2024 06:08 AM (XV/Pl)

73 Man tries to help his wife sled. I found it funny:

https://tinyurl.com/2nemhu6j

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2024 06:12 AM (YGrla)

74 An 'expert' listened to the audio. Two shooters.

If one listens carefully it is 1 2 3 456...7

There is a difference in sound from the first 3 shots to the next 3.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

I just saw something where they claimed the SS sniper and local LE shot at the punk, but that the SS sniper is the one that zapped him.
No idea if that is true.
72 hour rule.

Posted by: Erebus- ex-killer whale at July 20, 2024 06:13 AM (elaR+)

75 The evil Dr Fow Chee has weighed in on Trump's wound. Says it's superficial, no biggie.
He is missing the point, it seems.
When is this asshole going to go away.

Posted by: Don Black at July 20, 2024 06:15 AM (/7KEl)

76 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at July 20, 2024 06:18 AM (dg+HA)

77
I just saw something where they claimed the SS sniper and local LE shot at the punk, but that the SS sniper is the one that zapped him.

The really weird thing is the location of the bystanders who got hit. If three different individuals at three different locations got hit, and Trump makes number four, that's four bullets.

The first three shots on audio sound the same, the next three or four sound different.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 20, 2024 06:19 AM (RKVpM)

78 The evil Dr Fow Chee has weighed in on Trump's wound. Says it's superficial, no biggie.
He is missing the point, it seems.
When is this asshole going to go away.
Posted by: Don Black

I havecan answer, but it is [CENSORED]

Posted by: Erebus- ex-killer whale at July 20, 2024 06:19 AM (elaR+)

79
The woman with sunglasses, cap, who started filming has been ID'd. PA resident not FBI.

So probably CIA.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 20, 2024 06:08 AM (RKVpM)

———-

I was assured she was an FBI assistant director yesterday.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 20, 2024 06:21 AM (2fIO4)

80
Watch this nine-minute video as @chrismartenson meticulously breaks down the audio evidence. The following is a summary of Dr. Martenson’s findings:

https://x.com/VigilantFox/status/
1814420611776819214

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 20, 2024 06:22 AM (RKVpM)

81 I hope my bird baths are filled

Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2024 06:22 AM (fwDg9)

82
The really weird thing is the location of the bystanders who got hit. If three different individuals at three different locations got hit, and Trump makes number four, that's four bullets.

The first three shots on audio sound the same, the next three or four sound different.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

I need to hear more info before I come to a firm conclusion.
I have read so many things that have later been contradicted.

Posted by: Erebus- ex-killer whale at July 20, 2024 06:22 AM (elaR+)

83 Barky always wanted a nuclear armed Iran

Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2024 06:23 AM (fwDg9)

84 2nd shooter. On the grassy sloped roof.

Posted by: Just Like JFK at July 20, 2024 06:24 AM (dg+HA)

85 What a warren of rabbit holes that surround the grassy knoll.

Primary fact is - the USSS failed in their mission.

Now why did they fail.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2024 06:25 AM (xBdr5)

86 "Miracle " dog in VA found alive in underground cave:

https://tinyurl.com/2k594eue

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2024 06:26 AM (2FqVL)

87 A one in a million shot is when a military sniper dusts somebody at over about 2 mi.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at July 20, 2024 05:55 AM (G8tt9)

I can't fully wrap my head around putting odds on a shot.

If you aim the bullet and send it and it hits the target, it was a one- in- one shot. If you miss, it was a zero in one.

If you're Gunnery Sergeant Johnny "ruin your whole day" McBadass, it's the former. If you're Master Civilian Warai "which end do the little splodey things come out" Otoko, it's the latter.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 20, 2024 06:26 AM (BAEGB)

88
I was assured she was an FBI assistant director yesterday.

You're older then 29 if you remember the good-old-days when agencies would have press conferences to dispel rumors and reveal facts to the public.

Now the policy seems to be 'Don't say nothing to nobody'.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 20, 2024 06:27 AM (RKVpM)

89 News anchors laugh at antics of impatient dog:

https://tinyurl.com/yy33pp53

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2024 06:32 AM (2FqVL)

90 The Crowdstrike chief security officer (who used to work for FBI under Mueller) dumped almost $1.5M of their stock five days ago.

https:// finance.yahoo.com /news/insider-sale-chief-security-officer-044121767.html

Posted by: peacelovewoodstock at July 20, 2024 06:36 AM (U/5bR)

91 That poster of the DEI agent In the ONT. Laughing so hard it hurts

Posted by: Ben Had at July 20, 2024 06:36 AM (5MvGY)

92 Richmond police officer who works with at risk youth sings powerfully for "America' s Got Talent:

https://tinyurl.com/z6ym4fxt

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2024 06:38 AM (2FqVL)

93 Remember when Trump said Crowdstrike had the DNC server in Ukraine to hide it from the government?

https://tinyurl.com/3w9wfhx7

Posted by: Ciampino - Saturday Saturday at July 20, 2024 06:39 AM (qfLjt)

94 "The Secret Service sniper who killed Crooks could only see Crooks’ gun scope and the top of his eye and forehead because the lip of the roof was blocking the sniper’s view. The source described the shot to Fox News as a "one-in-a-million shot.""

Where was the entrance wound? I think someone said it was near his chin.

Posted by: pawn at July 20, 2024 06:39 AM (QB+5g)

95 Crowdstrike is Skynet.

Posted by: Eromero at July 20, 2024 06:40 AM (o2ZRX)

96 And that's it for today for videos. You'd think by now "tiny url" and cloud flare would not have to verify yet again that I am human. Bah!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2024 06:40 AM (2FqVL)

97 Amazing as the Airport Flight Tower Prayers over Trump force One before taking off tonight…

https://tinyurl.com/mwzrnf38

Posted by: Ciampino - Saturday, Saturday at July 20, 2024 06:41 AM (qfLjt)

98 Straight away was trying to hear how many bullets were fired
We absolutely know 1 was the Overwatch team
Everyone seems to have counted 8.
3 wounded, 1 dead could be 3 or 4 bullets.

I posted days ago wondered where in located the 1 dead and 2 wounded were in position of where DJT was standing.

Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2024 06:41 AM (fwDg9)

99 "One-in-a-million? Ffs, whoever is leaking this stuff needs to make up their mind."

Probably a psyop to convince people that Trump surviving wasn't a miracle.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at July 20, 2024 06:42 AM (ZpPmQ)

100 That poster of the DEI agent In the ONT. Laughing so hard it hurts
Posted by: Ben Had

Yup. I'm still chuckling when I think about it.

Posted by: Tuna at July 20, 2024 06:43 AM (oaGWv)

101 "Tech related Biden info, I wonder if he understood a single thing about what he was holding in his hand?"

No, and I didn't have to watch the video to reply.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at July 20, 2024 06:43 AM (ZpPmQ)

102 Leftist trools are trying to claim the firefighter's jacket Trump had on stage was a fake. That it was not Corey's because the name was spelled wrong.

Even USA Today is calling this false.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2024 06:44 AM (xBdr5)

103 Where have we seen analogous behavior before? O yeah, here.

Police vehicles destroyed , lorries looted, busses set on fire in Harehills in Leeds by hundreds of Muslims and eastern European gypsies.
Police make 1 arrest.
An English woman for "inflammatory comments".

https://tinyurl.com/yc3xs2fx

Posted by: Ciampino - Saturday, Saturday O Saturday at July 20, 2024 06:44 AM (qfLjt)

104 Hundreds of people descend on streets of Leeds for the SECOND night in a row demanding that children who were filmed being hauled from their family home yesterday are returned with their parents now reportedly on 'hunger strike'

https://mol.im/a/13653315

Posted by: Ciampino - Saturday, Saturday O Saturday! at July 20, 2024 06:45 AM (qfLjt)

105 Krugman at NYT

But in “Hillbilly Elegy,” Vance rejected the “cultural movement in the white working class to blame problems on society or the government.” Instead, he argued, there are lots of small-town white Americans who have nobody to blame but themselves. They’re lazy: “You can walk through a town where 30 percent of the young men work fewer than 20 hours a week and find not a single person aware of his own laziness.” They’re poorly educated, not because of a lack of opportunity, but because they aren’t motivated: “We don’t study as children, and we don’t make our kids study when we’re parents.”

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 20, 2024 06:45 AM (gbOdA)

106 97- Thanks, Ciampino. That go me a little choked up, I am glad so many people are praying for President Trump..

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2024 06:45 AM (2FqVL)

107
I could not see much of anything of the person on the water tower video but someone drove past it days later and posted video on X. It's blocked off and police are present.

I think it was 'Ben Had' that said Pittsburgh LE was doing their own investigation. She heard it on the radio but I couldn't find anything through DDG.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 20, 2024 06:46 AM (RKVpM)

108 95 Crowdstrike is Skynet.

Posted by: Eromero

Crowdstrike is SPOOKy.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 20, 2024 06:46 AM (sAmhv)

109 What a THOT leader Paul 'ENRON' Krugman is

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2024 06:46 AM (xBdr5)

110 Anna,

the name on the jacket was deliberately spelled that way because the man's full name would not fit, given the size of the letters

so they left out an A

Posted by: Don Black at July 20, 2024 06:47 AM (/7KEl)

111 so they left out an A
Posted by: Don Black at July 20, 2024 06:47 AM (/7KEl)

Just more projection. They're stupid and cynical enough to use a prop and have a typo on it out of incompetence, so they assume it's plausible that a non-asshole would be, too.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 20, 2024 06:50 AM (BAEGB)

112 And what ever happened to Fake But Accurate?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 20, 2024 06:51 AM (BAEGB)

113 Divide by Zero, it was me and I can't find anything more on it either

Posted by: Ben Had at July 20, 2024 06:51 AM (5MvGY)

114 Anthony Fauci DISMISSES Trump's wounds from assassination attempt as CNN doctor makes shock demand of former president

https://mol.im/a/13653431

Posted by: Ciampino - Saturday! at July 20, 2024 06:51 AM (qfLjt)

115
I posted days ago wondered where in located the 1 dead and 2 wounded were in position of where DJT was standing.

Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2024 06:41 AM

The image I saw had two injured at say 12 o'clock. I injured at 6 o'clock. Trump was at 3 o'clock. Shooter was at 12 o'clock but 100 plus yards away.

Not sure if that's helpful. If I see the image again I'll link it.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 20, 2024 06:52 AM (RKVpM)

116 mornin yall. I can't even fly my drone in my own yard without a 3 day waiver because of my proximity to the county airport. If I were to go couple of miles East I couldn't fly it all because of an AF base. They can geofence areas to prevent drone flights, but I guess the SS didn't know that.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2024 06:52 AM (vFG9F)

117 Sheila Jackson Lee, long-serving Democratic congresswoman and advocate for ~~Black Americans~~ Sheila Jackson Lee, dies at 74.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 20, 2024 06:52 AM (gbOdA)

118 They're stupid and cynical enough to use a prop and have a typo on it out of incompetence

So they work for Ubisoft creating the game Assassin's Creed: Shadows?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2024 06:54 AM (xBdr5)

119 Would someone please tell me what I have wrong about the picture of the bullet that was captured in motion. PDT is facing front and this bullet seems to be traveling toward his left side.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 20, 2024 07:00 AM (5MvGY)

120 I won't speak ill of SJL and will just say she finally did something right.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2024 07:01 AM (vFG9F)

121 4am...crap... can't believe I'm still awake!

But at least it's *cool* outside, with fresh air coming in the windows..

Shame, I must close it all up & go to bed. Supposed to reach 110 (actual temp) later today, yuck.

Posted by: JQ at July 20, 2024 07:01 AM (njWTi)

122 SJL was famous around here for rolling up to a funeral of a semi famous person in Houston area and demanding to speak.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 20, 2024 07:01 AM (gbOdA)

123 Somebody needs to give Fauxchi a superficial boot to the head.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2024 07:02 AM (vFG9F)

124 Anthony Fauci DISMISSES Trump's wounds from assassination attempt as CNN doctor makes shock demand of former president

https://mol.im/a/13653431
Posted by: Ciampino - Saturday!

Saw the article in the NY Post. What a *types, deletes*

Posted by: Tuna at July 20, 2024 07:03 AM (oaGWv)

125
Water tower appears to be 400 yards away. Dark spot, which is all I saw, appears to be some sort of logo of the water company.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 20, 2024 07:03 AM (RKVpM)

126 "I posted days ago wondered where in located the 1 dead and 2 wounded were in position of where DJT was standing.
Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2024 06:41 AM"

Wait, what?

Posted by: Proofreading. It's a thing. at July 20, 2024 07:03 AM (dg+HA)

127 SJL was famous around here for rolling up to a funeral of a semi famous person in Houston area and demanding to speak.
Posted by: rhennigantx at July 20, 2024

***
Was it Lee or Maxine Waters who thought the air on the moon was unbreathable by humans, and that we left a flag on Mars?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 20, 2024 07:05 AM (omVj0)

128 I pray GOD comforts her family on her passing.
Amen 117 Sheila Jackson Lee, long-serving Democratic congresswoman and advocate for Black Americans Sheila Jackson Lee, dies at 74.
Posted by: rhennigantx at July 20, 2024 06:52 AM (gbOdA

Posted by: Eromero at July 20, 2024 07:05 AM (o2ZRX)

129 dr f*cky sez what?

He effed up the AIDS crisis, effed up the C19 crisis, and now we're supposed to GAF what he thinks?

LMFAO

Posted by: JQ at July 20, 2024 07:05 AM (njWTi)

130
If the shooter is at 12 o'clock, the water tower is also at that position. You might suppose a position like that, 400 yards away should have been secured.

No wonder they don't want to answer any questions.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 20, 2024 07:06 AM (RKVpM)

131 Ok, rly g'nite

Posted by: JQ at July 20, 2024 07:07 AM (njWTi)

132 Never forget

Anthony Fauci paid other people to 'experiment' on Beagle puppies by letting them be devoured by sand fleas.

May sand fleas be in Fauci's afterlife.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2024 07:07 AM (xBdr5)

133 "The image I saw had two injured at say 12 o'clock. I injured at 6 o'clock. Trump was at 3 o'clock. Shooter was at 12 o'clock but 100 plus yards away.

Not sure if that's helpful. If I see the image again I'll link it. "

The image would help. Your description implies there was someone injured in front of Trump as well as someone injured behind Trump (with "in front" and "behind" being from the attempted assassin's perspective). That's not impossible but weird during a rally. I'd recommend NEVER using "shooter" but "attempted assassin" in describing this stuff, but that's me.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at July 20, 2024 07:08 AM (ZpPmQ)

134
My tiny url maker doesn't want to give me this image of water tower in relation to stage

https://pbs.twIMG.com/media/
GSsBshnWgAAAhbC?format=jpg&name=small

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 20, 2024 07:09 AM (RKVpM)

135 Was that an historic church that was torched in Dallas? A pro-Trump church .....

https://www.youtube.com/live/ttsx-PIVDs4

Posted by: Ciampino - Find the firestarters at July 20, 2024 07:09 AM (qfLjt)

136 The world is shocked by the revelation that Hello Kitty is not a cat and is in fact a dog.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2024 07:09 AM (vFG9F)

137 On SJL:

"I have never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure."

~ Clarence Darrow

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 20, 2024 07:11 AM (dg+HA)

138 Getting light outside. Still humid, of course, and warm, but maybe we won't go over 90 today with the rain.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 20, 2024 07:11 AM (omVj0)

139 Anything more on the foreign bank accounts of the shooter? How strange is that, some 20 year old loner has foreign bank accounts?

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 20, 2024 07:16 AM (UAO/v)

140 Was it Lee or Maxine Waters who thought the air on the moon was unbreathable by humans, and that we left a flag on Mars?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Lee

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, deplorable clown at July 20, 2024 07:16 AM (qZEuM)

141 Quarter Twenty, received.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 20, 2024 07:16 AM (5MvGY)

142 My old Panasonic Toughbook finally died. It lasted about 20 years. What was really amazing about that laptop was it's battery. It would last 10 hours or more when new, and at the end it still would last several hours and had never been replaced. My collection of XP computers is dwindling, but I still have my Compaq tablet from 2003 that is hanging in there.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2024 07:17 AM (vFG9F)

143 Ben Had:

1. Woo.
2. Hoo.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 20, 2024 07:17 AM (dg+HA)

144
This map shows location of injured:

https://x.com/mikenov/status/
1813255191980089808

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 20, 2024 07:20 AM (RKVpM)

145 Off to the wars again
See you from there
Forward Dog 9out

Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2024 07:20 AM (fwDg9)

146 134
Here you go

https://tinyurl.com/bdh548k2

Posted by: Ciampino - Find the trouble at July 20, 2024 07:20 AM (qfLjt)

147 fd, Good morning. Does Mrs. fd have any craft shows coming up?

Posted by: Ben Had at July 20, 2024 07:21 AM (5MvGY)

148 Meanwhile, Steve from GamersNexus unloads on Intel over the stability problems with their 13th & 14th generation i9 K chips and their refusal to issue a statement about the failures of these chips.

https://youtu.be/gTeubeCIwRw

“We cannot, comfortably, recommend Intel CPUs.”

Might be a problem with… oxidation.

It’s a bad month in the tech space for some major players.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 20, 2024 07:23 AM (6ydKt)

149 "fd, Good morning. Does Mrs. fd have any craft shows coming up?
Posted by: Ben Had"

Good morning Ben Had! She has not been doing the shows because taking care of her mom is taking up a lot of her time. She might do a couple of Christmas shows in the Fall.

How about you? I'm sure you are deep into MoMe planning. I hope to make it again this year, but I doubt Mrs fd will come unless we can get someone to stay with her mom.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2024 07:26 AM (vFG9F)

150 JEMIMA KELLY
at Financial Times seems to be PMSing

But Melania, in trademark DGAF style, was nowhere to be seen. On Tuesday evening, it was Trump’s daughter-in-law Lara who talked of the horror of watching “someone try to kill a person you love”, in the RNC slot usually reserved for the wife of the presidential nominee. The former Flotus made no appearance at all until Thursday evening, when she allowed Trump a rather awkward hug and then kiss on the cheek after his speech.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 20, 2024 07:26 AM (gbOdA)

151 It appears that the Intel chips are degrading and failing after being in service for a while. There are some many things going on inside a modern CPU that is amazing they work at all. One bit out of place and everything goes to crap.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2024 07:28 AM (vFG9F)

152 "This map shows location of injured [....]"

Thanks, @144 ("Divide by Zero")

Posted by: Richard Cranium at July 20, 2024 07:29 AM (ZpPmQ)

153 How to fix a computer affected by the CrowdStrike problem. (Tom's Hardware)

====

HAHAHAHAH!! "Boot your Windows system into safe mode .."

HAHAHAHAH!!

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2024 07:31 AM (V13WU)

154 fd, planning is in full swing. Please give Mrs fd a hug from me.
Caretaking is a full time job even if it is a labor of love
I so look forward to seeing you again

Posted by: Ben Had at July 20, 2024 07:31 AM (5MvGY)

155 "How to fix a computer affected by the CrowdStrike problem"

Load Linux?

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2024 07:32 AM (vFG9F)

156 "Caretaking is a full time job even if it is a labor of love
I so look forward to seeing you again
Posted by: Ben Had"

That it is. A test of sanity too

I am looking forward to seeing everyone again too, and would really like to see JJ there.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2024 07:34 AM (vFG9F)

157 JEMIMA KELLY
at Financial Times seems to be PMSing

Shut up and make me pancakes, bitch.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, deplorable clown at July 20, 2024 07:35 AM (qZEuM)

158 Greetings horde! May all blessings be yours today!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 20, 2024 07:35 AM (Pz4Lv)

159 So, CrowdStrike is another CIA OP?

Posted by: davidt at July 20, 2024 07:35 AM (SYTee)

160 *Shut up and make me pancakes, bitch.*

Snort.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 20, 2024 07:36 AM (dg+HA)

161 I wonder if apple with use this little snafu to sell its iOS.

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2024 07:36 AM (V13WU)

162 Oracle was co-founded by the Company and got it's start up funding from them.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2024 07:37 AM (FqEvY)

163
135 Was that an historic church that was torched in Dallas? A pro-Trump church .....

https://www.youtube.com/live/ttsx-PIVDs4
Posted by: Ciampino - Find the firestarters at July 20, 2024 07:09 AM (qfLjt)

I’ve been in that church, a wedding once. Fine old building, this was a tragedy. But remember older timber buildings built before mordern fire codes are always at risk. I have no idea what the cause was, but old wiring breaking down is high on the list of possibilities.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2024 07:37 AM (S6gqv)

164 Was it Lee or Maxine Waters who thought the air on the moon was unbreathable by humans, and that we left a flag on Mars?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Lee
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, deplorable clown at July 20, 2024

***
Then it must have been Waters with her mumbled dubbing DJT as "Foddy-fi" (for 45), and her exhortations to Dems to "get in their [conservatives' and Trump supporters'] faces" in public.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 20, 2024 07:38 AM (omVj0)

165 Breakfast is done. Time to head off for a shave and shower.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 20, 2024 07:40 AM (omVj0)

166 "But Melania, in trademark DGAF style, was nowhere to be seen. On Tuesday evening, it was Trump’s daughter-in-law Lara who talked of the horror of watching “someone try to kill a person you love”, in the RNC slot usually reserved for the wife of the presidential nominee. The former Flotus made no appearance at all until Thursday evening, when she allowed Trump a rather awkward hug and then kiss on the cheek after his speech."

Well, from her perspective, she's had to live in a shittier home (the White House) than Trump provided earlier, in a place full of people who hate her because she's married to Trump (I can't believe NYC is better in that regard), and Trump is actively trying to go back there. She signed on to be the trophy wife to rich guy that wasn't actively hated. Since he's in the cross-hairs, she is as well as the son she had with him. Melania grew up in Yugoslavia and should have an idea of how living in a place with various people who really hate each other works out.

I don't think that she's thought this through. The mere fact that she coupled with Trump will put her (and Barron) on the kill list.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at July 20, 2024 07:40 AM (ZpPmQ)

167 Eight years ago, Crowdstrike claimed that Russia hacked the DNC. The consequences of that claim were catastrophic, leading to the fraudulent Mueller witch hunt.

I am seeing a trend.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 20, 2024 07:40 AM (gbOdA)

168 Morning, all
It's actually cool out, and dewy. Think I'll go out and watch the lovely sunrise, feed the birds and check on the morning glories. Growing a new variety this year that is just now starting to bloom.
Back for Coffee...

Posted by: sal at July 20, 2024 07:41 AM (4lnL8)

169 On this date in 1969.

https://youtu.be/3nzoPopQ7V0

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 20, 2024 07:41 AM (dg+HA)

170 Morning peeps

Thus begins week #2 with the California transplanted daughter here. She has one of those VR headsets. It's like living with an alien. (space, not illegal)

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2024 07:41 AM (Q4IgG)

171 I’m not much of a gamer, but there’s an amusing story about Ubisoft and Japan out this morning. Background - Ubisoft is releasing some game featuring “Yasuke, the legendary Black Samurai” who they claim was a real person. In the last couple days it’s come out that “Yasuke” is part of an academic fraud that’s been going on since about 2015, and the Japanese Government is preparing to take some kind of action against Ubisoft for messing with their history. (Not sure what, but the Japanese are pissed off)

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2024 07:44 AM (S6gqv)

172 136 The world is shocked by the revelation that Hello Kitty is not a cat and is in fact a dog.
Posted by: fd at July 20, 2024 07:09 AM (
Wrll that’s just demonic.

Posted by: Eromero at July 20, 2024 07:45 AM (o2ZRX)

173
There appear to be two separate jumbotrons - one to the left of where Trump stood, one to the right. He chose to look to the left.

The location of the injured shows some wildly inconsistent shooting. Way high, and way low.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 20, 2024 07:45 AM (RKVpM)

174 Hopefully it will dry out a bit here and I can back to limbing trees. Previous homeowners didn't do shit around the yard and it's a mess.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, deplorable clown at July 20, 2024 07:46 AM (qZEuM)

175 Israel's presence in Palestinian territories is unlawful and settlement construction must stop, UN's top court rules - sparking fury from Netanyahu

https://mol.im/a/13652343

Posted by: Ciampino - So all Illegals are unlawfully occupying at July 20, 2024 07:48 AM (qfLjt)

176 I was assured she was an FBI assistant director yesterday.

-

Yes, that was one hypothesis.

And, after a week of silence on the shooting, the public used the crass and vulgar method of publicly asking questions in order to determine that it wasn't.

Unfortunately when the press gives up their duties (and outright works as part of the structure) the crude and vulgar techniques like that have to be done.

Speaking of, was there a press conference last night or any additional details released, or is the public still having to speculate on every single thing?

Posted by: Moron Robbie promises not to say told you so about the tranny shooter at July 20, 2024 07:48 AM (LGV1j)

177 “We cannot, comfortably, recommend Intel CPUs.”

Might be a problem with… oxidation.

It’s a bad month in the tech space for some major players.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
========
Didn't Earn It, contract outsourcing, and excessive H1B hires that don't literally give a shit.

The tech industry has basically shot itself in the head same as Boeing for much of the same reasons. The executives are there primarily to loot the company and push stock prices up (and their options) and do not literally care when they drive the company into the ground.

They float away on their golden parachutes to despoil another company while the workers, suppliers, and those long term buy and hold investors in what they thought was a stable growing company get screwed.

Fun fact, Crowdstrike CEO was the former Chief Tech Officer at MacAfee where the same bad update bricked computers worldwide happened.

This is managerialism at its finest.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2024 07:49 AM (mIs2x)

178 " is the public still having to speculate on every single thing?
Posted by: Moron Robbie"

Yes. And where is Joe?

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2024 07:49 AM (vFG9F)

179 Background on the Yasuke fraud; “Thomas Lockley, the man behind the revisionist history of Japan and famous for his books about the legendary black samurai Yasuke, has deleted all his social media and disappeared from the internet. This happened after he was caught editing academic papers on Wikipedia since 2015.”

Comment on X: “Remember, this guy was hailed by the entire media as the most professional historian of his subject. Nihon University is now facing backlash, and other prominent Japanese historians are starting to speak out. The media will not show you this. They wanted to shape reality.”

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2024 07:50 AM (S6gqv)

180 Speaking of, was there a press conference last night or any additional details released, or is the public still having to speculate on every single thing?
Posted by: Moron Robbie promises not to say told you so about the tranny shooter at July 20, 2024 07:48 AM (LGV1j)

Day 7 and crickets.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, deplorable clown at July 20, 2024 07:50 AM (qZEuM)

181 Speaking of, was there a press conference last night or any additional details released, or is the public still having to speculate on every single thing?
Posted by: Moron Robbie
=======
Look up what the DOJ's Community Relations function is--it is to smother the stories that reflect badly on the FedGov and their pet DIE minorities.

Every major news story involving crime--they are there to smother it via threats, malicious leaks, the limited modified hangout method, and disinformation.

They are the organ grinder and the news media are their monkey.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2024 07:51 AM (mIs2x)

182 This map shows location of injured:

https://x.com/mikenov/status/
1813255191980089808
Posted by: Divide by Zero

--

It also shows the second story where the countersnipers would've been looking out of the windows down at the shooter.

For 30 minutes.

Posted by: Moron Robbie promises not to say told you so about the tranny shooter at July 20, 2024 07:51 AM (LGV1j)

183 Yes. And where is Joe?
Posted by: fd
-

My money is on ventilator and receiving proven 2020 treatment protocols.

Posted by: Moron Robbie promises not to say told you so about the tranny shooter at July 20, 2024 07:52 AM (LGV1j)

184 Back in the 8008 days, it was possible for one person to look at a schematic of a CPU chip and figure out what each section did and how. I doubt there is anybody nowadays that could do that with a modern CPU. It's a committee of committees run by committees.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2024 07:53 AM (vFG9F)

185 The former Flotus made no appearance at all until Thursday evening, when she allowed Trump a rather awkward hug and then kiss on the cheek after his speech.

--

Awkward? Hardly. I picked up on none of that.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 20, 2024 07:53 AM (mupln)

186 Soon: FBI-
We got into the shooter's phone and got into his encrypted messages, but the server they were stored on was corrupted by the crowdstrike problem. Oh, well. We will never know.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 20, 2024 07:55 AM (evvc2)

187
175 Israel's presence in Palestinian territories is unlawful and settlement construction must stop, UN's top court rules - sparking fury from Netanyahu.”

All of the anti-Israel orgs around the world are in a panic now that it looks like Trump will be back. They know he’ll tell them all to go to hell. A big tell as to why its so comical for Schumer and his allies to claim Trump is anti-Semitic; Israel loves him, Israel’s enemies hate him.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2024 07:55 AM (S6gqv)

188 "My money is on ventilator and receiving proven 2020 treatment protocols.
Posted by: Moron Robbie "

The American people need some proof of life, like him holding up a tablet with the NY Times front page on it.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2024 07:55 AM (vFG9F)

189 Watch this Space for Rocket Lab launch details.

Posted by: Ciampino - So all Illegals are unlawfully occupying? at July 20, 2024 07:56 AM (qfLjt)

190 185 The former Flotus made no appearance at all until Thursday evening, when she allowed Trump a rather awkward hug and then kiss on the cheek after his speech.

--

Awkward? Hardly. I picked up on none of that.
Posted by: Lady in Black

Most 'journalists' are in the profession of wish casting--not relaying actual information but 'feels' that cannot be fact checked effectively. Allows gaslighting when the focus is no longer on objective facts but mere 'opinion' disguised as fact. Madcow on MSNBC specializes in that particular fan dance.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2024 07:56 AM (mIs2x)

191 The msm is there to inform your opinion.

The msm is there to form your opinion.

Posted by: davidt at July 20, 2024 07:58 AM (SYTee)

192 Maddow and fan dance in the same sentence? Eew!

Posted by: Ciampino - So all Illegals are unlawfully occupying?. at July 20, 2024 07:59 AM (qfLjt)

193 ACK! The msm is NOT there to inform your opinion.

Posted by: davidt at July 20, 2024 07:59 AM (SYTee)

194 Melania has always maintained a distance from the political life; she never lived at the white house before, she just visited and kept her residence at Mar a lago. Big deal, she is a highly accomplished person in her own right and maintains her own life. Always has.

Contrast to Jill Biden.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2024 07:59 AM (S6gqv)

195

How does someone get 'COVID' 5x times? I have NEVER seen this.

He had another stroke, MI, or they can't find the gerbils...

Posted by: Dr. Nick Riviara at July 20, 2024 07:59 AM (j+YMR)

196 Melania should have done something classy, like Miley Cyrus. Stick out her tongue, loll it around, and then bend over and twerk for the crowd. Maybe that would have gotten the media's approval.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2024 08:00 AM (vFG9F)

197 I think the junta planned on a successful assassination. It seems to be their MO. They never presume they'll fail.

I figure some sort of bullshit narrative is going to surface in a week or so about the shooting. The media will report it as fact. Because of course they will.

The Democrats have to remove this event from the public's memory and replace it with something else. That benefits them.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2024 08:00 AM (Q4IgG)

198 I can't believe you are all being so disrespectful to our president! Trump was only grazed by a bullet fired by an amateur. Joe Biden is fighting an exceptionally deadly disease which no person over 75 has survived! He is the true fighter and warrior! He has that Irish toughness no other man has ever had!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 20, 2024 08:00 AM (evvc2)

199 It would probably confuse them greatly to learn that I prefer a FLOTUS that knows she has accomplished nothing in regards to government and should have no authority to spend a penny of federal funds and is mostly useful only for photo ops with children.

Posted by: Moron Robbie promises not to say told you so about the tranny shooter at July 20, 2024 08:01 AM (LGV1j)

200 32 Sheila Jackson Lee has passed.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 20, 2024 05:16 AM (a1415)

Who shall step forward and pick up the mantle? Who shall scream invective, lies. hatred and stupidity in her place?

Oh, AOC. Never mind.

Posted by: Auspex at July 20, 2024 08:01 AM (j4U/Z)

201 Looking at the Crowdstrike Careers section for QA director.

They are looking to expand their DEI department.

Enough said.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 20, 2024 08:02 AM (rHxhM)

202 (gets out enormous foam cowboy hat for mourning period)

Posted by: Moron Robbie promises not to say told you so about the tranny shooter at July 20, 2024 08:02 AM (LGV1j)

203 184 Back in the 8008 days, it was possible for one person to look at a schematic of a CPU chip and figure out what each section did and how. I doubt there is anybody nowadays that could do that with a modern CPU. It's a committee of committees run by committees.
Posted by: fd

Modern cpus are agglomerations of past ones so the problem is not necessarily checking every logic gate but often manufacturing techniques.

Intel is having its current problem because they fell at least one generation behind AMD (due to a failed CEO and their own inhouse chip fabrication problems) and thus are having to ramp up the power loads on their cpus to stay competitive in benchmarks. That being said, if you stay away from the bragging rights top of the cpu stack for gamers and benchmarks, Intel cpus are gtg.

For the most part, the sweet spot in technology is about 2-3 years behind the bleeding edge and usually results in higher reliability and much better pricing. Pretty much goes for a lot of car models too.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2024 08:03 AM (mIs2x)

204 Secret service press conference: We have identified the person responsible for the security lapse at the Trump rally. That person has been disciplined. We can not tell you who it was or what actions were taken. No questions at this time. Thank you.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 20, 2024 08:05 AM (evvc2)

205 192 Maddow and fan dance in the same sentence? Eew!
Posted by: Ciampino
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Never said she was Sally Rand. You want Sally Rand, you get Mad Cow nowadays playing a fandance with the objective truth.

And, always to keep in mind when consuming news stories---Stan can quote scripture when it serves his ill be gotten purposes. So it is with the media.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2024 08:05 AM (mIs2x)

206 Sheila Jackson Lee has passed.

Pancreatic cancer is NOT the way to go.

Like Donald Payne, she lived as a true Democrat, desperately clinging to power all the way to when she was called home.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 20, 2024 08:07 AM (rHxhM)

207
204 Secret service press conference: We have identified the person responsible for the security lapse at the Trump rally. That person has been disciplined. We can not tell you who it was or what actions were taken. No questions at this time. Thank you.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 20, 2024 08:05 AM (evvc2)

Hey SS - we already know who it was. It was your boss.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2024 08:08 AM (S6gqv)

208 You don't need a bleeding edge processor with 12TB of ram just to check email and watch YT videos. Unless you run windows.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 20, 2024 08:08 AM (evvc2)

209 Secret service press conference: We have identified the person responsible for the security lapse at the Trump rally. That person has been disciplined. We can not tell you who it was or what actions were taken. No questions at this time. Thank you.

So they won't tell us who got promoted as is the usual "discipline" for failure.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 20, 2024 08:08 AM (rHxhM)

210 Here is the 500 page report. Everything but a's, and's, and the's are redacted.

You're welcome.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, deplorable clown at July 20, 2024 08:09 AM (qZEuM)

211 I would not wish pancreatic cancer on anyone. I suggest we all honor her memory by voting for joe biden, just like she will.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 20, 2024 08:09 AM (evvc2)

212 206 Sheila Jackson Lee has passed.

Pancreatic cancer is NOT the way to go.“

The astounding thing is that it was only diagnosed about 6 weeks ago. This sounds like the turbo-cancer that many say is associated with the Vaxx.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2024 08:10 AM (S6gqv)

213
Pretty decent recap of the total security fvck up:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UBS2ds4Ogc

6:31 seconds

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 20, 2024 08:11 AM (RKVpM)

214 Most of the time pancreatic cancer is diagnosed when a patient comes to see me asking "Why are my eyes so yellow?"

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 20, 2024 08:11 AM (evvc2)

215 You don't need a bleeding edge processor with 12TB of ram just to check email and watch YT videos. Unless you run windows.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

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Mentioned it recently but I bought a pretty nice gaming laptop. When I was setting it up I was looking for power settings and came across something about Global Warming. Windows will allow you to adjust your settings to only charge off of ... I'm not sure what, exactly, but you'll save the planet, dangit.

Anyway, one of the settings was to maximize battery life by pausing telemetry for X amount of time. All of that stuff that goes on in the background that has nothing to do with you or your needs, but is entirely MS grabbing data to sell.

My battery life went from just over an hour to six hours when I paused it.

For the most part those NVMEs and fast processors aren't for the consumer.

Posted by: Moron Robbie promises not to say told you so about the tranny shooter at July 20, 2024 08:12 AM (LGV1j)

216 > Sheila Jackson Lee has passed.
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I admit.... I smirked.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2024 08:12 AM (Q4IgG)

217 *Contrast to Jill Biden.*

But Melania isn't a doctor.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 20, 2024 08:12 AM (dg+HA)

218 201 Looking at the Crowdstrike Careers section for QA director.

They are looking to expand their DEI department.

Enough said.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure
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Their legal department is probably going to be a big beneficiary of new hires to handle the massive lawsuits that are likely to be rolling in.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2024 08:14 AM (mIs2x)

219 214 Most of the time pancreatic cancer is diagnosed when a patient comes to see me asking "Why are my eyes so yellow?"
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

And dead 6 weeks later. Stage 4, SBD....

Posted by: Dr. Nick Riviara at July 20, 2024 08:14 AM (j+YMR)

220 You don't need a bleeding edge processor with 12TB of ram just to check email and watch YT videos. Unless you run windows.

I have been holding off upgrading my primary notebook computer. Having been an early AMD adopter since the Athalon, been mostly Intel, while also working with Apple's M2 Max recently, Intel has been falling terribly behind and while my usual Go-To Dell XPS or Precision (the Alienware is NOT professional) has been usually reliable because they check most of the boxes other than the keyboard, the Apple M3 Max and now the latest AMD to come out look to be far better choices.

I wonder if Dell will eventually renegotiate/revisit their lucrative contracts with Intel and bring AMD processors into the XPS line.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 20, 2024 08:14 AM (rHxhM)

221 176 I was assured she was an FBI assistant director yesterday.

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Yes, that was one hypothesis.

And, after a week of silence on the shooting, the public used the crass and vulgar method of publicly asking questions in order to determine that it wasn't.

Unfortunately when the press gives up their duties (and outright works as part of the structure) the crude and vulgar techniques like that have to be done.

Speaking of, was there a press conference last night or any additional details released, or is the public still having to speculate on every single thing?
Posted by: Moron Robbie promises not to say told you so about the tranny shooter at July 20, 2024 07:48 AM (LGV1j)

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Bwahahaha.

Just own it.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 20, 2024 08:15 AM (2fIO4)

222 Overburdensome windows processes is the big reason I switched to Mac 10 years ago.

Hold up, i am going to make your system run 1% faster by reorganizing your swap file. I will just need 100% of your cpu and hard drive for the next few hours. Why don't you go grab a long lunch.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 20, 2024 08:15 AM (evvc2)

223
I wonder if Trump suffered broken ribs when the SS pounced on him. I saw him walking across the stage and it was exactly the way one would who was in pain. Melania also hugged him but very gently.

I wouldn't wish broken ribs on anyone. I don't think there's a thing you can do except wait it out, month after month after month.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 20, 2024 08:17 AM (RKVpM)

224 Mistakes were made. Ownership has been taken. Now fk off.

Posted by: That's all you are going to get at July 20, 2024 08:17 AM (vFG9F)

225 Pancreatic cancer is NOT the way to go.“

The astounding thing is that it was only diagnosed about 6 weeks ago. This sounds like the turbo-cancer that many say is associated with the Vaxx.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2024 08:10 AM (S6gqv)

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A contractor I worked with in the 90's was diagnosed with it and four weeks later he was dead.

Pancreatic cancer is either especially fast growing or more likely there isn't much in the way of symptoms until it is too late.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 20, 2024 08:18 AM (2fIO4)

226 This is cool...

NASCAR driver Jeb Burton has Corey Comperatore's name on his car were the driver's name would normally go. On the roof, above the windows. Jeb drives car #27. Corey was a former fire chief at Department #27 in Butler, PA.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2024 08:19 AM (Q4IgG)

227 I don't know if it's been posted or not but here's some skinny on the Intel situation:

https://tinyurl.com/bdeaacjn

Seems like the typical shit. Pushing things beyond what is reasonable due to completive pressure.

Process issues. Nobody ever thinks about that stuff until there a problem.

Posted by: pawn at July 20, 2024 08:19 AM (QB+5g)

228 208 You don't need a bleeding edge processor with 12TB of ram just to check email and watch YT videos. Unless you run windows.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy
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I keep one computer with the current version of windows and use it for one specific purpose during tax season.

I have another old Windows version that works with a specific voice to text program that does not share your info with the cloud and mothership as the modern stuff does.

Rest of the time, I use linux for most day to day stuff and the two windows machines in use have dual boot with linux. Virtual machines or containers are too much a pita for my humble computing needs nowadays.

For the average user, filling your RAM slots to the max is usually the most cost effective upgrade.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2024 08:20 AM (mIs2x)

229
Bwahahaha.

Just own it.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken

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?

This is literally exactly what I was saying yesterday. So yes, +1

I meant it then, I meant it when I posted it this morning. It's how hypotheses work.

Posted by: Moron Robbie promises not to say told you so about the tranny shooter at July 20, 2024 08:20 AM (LGV1j)

230 "It would probably confuse them greatly to learn that I prefer a FLOTUS that knows she has accomplished nothing in regards to government and should have no authority to spend a penny of federal funds and is mostly useful only for photo ops with children."

You ain't the only one who thinks that way.

If a potential FLOTUS wants to be political, they get the same level of scrutiny that the potential POTUS gets.

Oh, stop laughing over there.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at July 20, 2024 08:20 AM (ZpPmQ)

231 I wouldn't wish broken ribs on anyone. I don't think there's a thing you can do except wait it out, month after month after month.

Posted by: Divide by Zero

I thought that the first night of the convention. Everyone thought he looked so emotional. I saw a man with the "I have 3 rib fractures" grimace. There was speculation that he was shot in his vest, which would also break ribs. I am not sure why they wouldn't say so if that happened, though.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 20, 2024 08:21 AM (evvc2)

232
Pancreatic cancer is either especially fast growing or more likely there isn't much in the way of symptoms until it is too late.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 20, 2024 08:18 AM

When doing some research I came across a woman who had pancreatic cancer for 20 some years. Died in her 70's or 80's if I recall. I suspect that is an outlier.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 20, 2024 08:22 AM (RKVpM)

233 For the most part those NVMEs and fast processors aren't for the consumer.

I was looking at the latest marketing as to why NVMEs are so important to the average consumer and it reminded me of the original IBM PC sellers making the pitch to sell a $10k computer to a household averaging $30k so that one could keep and store kitchen recipes.

As far as the fast processors, I'm wondering if the real reason for them is so that the consumer can resume normal operations without the obvious impediment of the myriad of spyware apps slowing them down. NVMEs on the consumer notebook seem to have far more value to those keeping the microphone and camera open for ongoing live processing than for a true practical consumer benefit.

In other words, wear pants, not only to the book thread.
Maybe there is a hidden meaning to Microsoft calling their browser "Edge" because of all the edge computing they are doing on your computer for their behalf.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 20, 2024 08:23 AM (rHxhM)

234 RBG had every kind of cancer there was.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 20, 2024 08:23 AM (evvc2)

235
I am not sure why they wouldn't say so if that happened, though.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 20, 2024 08:21 AM

I suspect the left would have a field day with the knowledge - like look at the old man with osteoporosis. Thanks to HIPPA he can keep it to himself.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 20, 2024 08:25 AM (RKVpM)

236 As far as the fast processors, I'm wondering if the real reason for them is so that the consumer can resume normal operations without the obvious impediment of the myriad of spyware apps slowing them down. NVMEs on the consumer notebook seem to have far more value to those keeping the microphone and camera open for ongoing live processing than for a true practical consumer benefit.

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Interesting hypothesis.

I can say with some authority that the superfast NVMEs are needed on top of the line video cards because slower ones bottleneck immediately and start causing stutters and lags. I had a decent recent one that wasn't *quite* the same specs (although it was the same generation) and it couldn't keep up when I did a fresh Windows install on it to not have to deal with bloatware from the factory.

Posted by: Moron Robbie promises not to say told you so about the tranny shooter at July 20, 2024 08:27 AM (LGV1j)

237 I wonder if Dell will eventually renegotiate/revisit their lucrative contracts with Intel and bring AMD processors into the XPS line.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure
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Corporate buyers don't really care and Intel is a safe choice to defend from the top. Intel has some good buys on cpus and motherboards if you stay off the bleeding edge stuff and that includes their laptops. Intel no longer gets their premium price that they used to on their lower performing cpus and integrated stuff because AMD has eroded Intel's pricing power.

For the most part, software is usually about 2-3 years behind benefitting from whatever the current hardware is. Now that includes even gaming--at a certain point, it is more a bragging thing on benchmarks than an actual playability situation and graphics cards (and their drivers) often matter far more than your cpu.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2024 08:28 AM (mIs2x)

238 I thought that the first night of the convention. Everyone thought he looked so emotional. I saw a man with the "I have 3 rib fractures" grimace. There was speculation that he was shot in his vest, which would also break ribs. I am not sure why they wouldn't say so if that happened, though.

He would need John Wick technology to stop 5.56 at a 100 meter range. He doesn't appear to be wearing a plated vest and hard plate class III and IV vests are pretty bulky.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 20, 2024 08:29 AM (rHxhM)

239 It takes a good bit of processing power to record everything you do. Also, some programs are so very sloppy. I'm looking at you, Thompson Reuters.

Posted by: That's all you are going to get at July 20, 2024 08:29 AM (vFG9F)

240 Video games have always driven PC tech. They push the hardware and software more than anything else. I suppose AI is taking that over now.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2024 08:32 AM (vFG9F)

241 Speaking of the lady not being the Assistant Director of Insider Threats with the FBI, did the public manage to learn anything else new about the shooting since yesterday?

Posted by: Moron Robbie promises not to say told you so about the tranny shooter at July 20, 2024 08:32 AM (LGV1j)

242 Personally I think CPU's are getting faster because they can. It's just the way it is. Plus, a lot of AI, VR and the rest of the consumer apps are consuming more RAM and CPU cycles just to run. (Sloppy code, mostly)

I upgraded last year to an Intel i7-14700KF processor solely because one game I play frequently was nearly unplayable on my old system. Had zero to do with graphics... only CPU cycles.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2024 08:34 AM (Q4IgG)

243 NVMEs on the consumer notebook seem to have far more value to those keeping the microphone and camera open for ongoing live processing than for a true practical consumer benefit.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure

I use NVMEs more for power consumption savings and running quiet. Also takes up less space in the computer case so why not. I also hate to wait on bootup and it is the same reason I max out ram when I build a new computer. Built them since the nineties and turns out you can have a very reliable system that lasts for decades if you get to pick and choose what you put in them.

Desktop power supplies ain't sexy but one of the biggest reasons that desktop computers get fried along with never cleaning the innards. Laptops, by and large, are meant to be disposable anyway.

Don't go cheap on them and it is better to have a power supply that is larger than what you need.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2024 08:35 AM (mIs2x)

244 I meant it then, I meant it when I posted it this morning. It's how hypotheses work.
Posted by: Moron Robbie promises not to say told you so about the tranny shooter at July 20, 2024 08:20 AM (LGV1j)

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I ended up looking at the video in full several times from Trump walking on stage until he was taken off, but even looking at it just once it was clear the whole "hypothesis" was BS.

1) The resemblance between the woman and the FBI director amounted to a long hair brunette white woman

2) No smirk

3) She wasn't recording at the time Trump got shot

4) She went down as far as she could just like everyone else

5) She didn't have a sign in her hand and didn't signal anyone

6) She was taking videos off and on up to the shooting and even was doing selfies

There was nothing strange or unusual about her behavior. All that from one single viewing of the video. Sad.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 20, 2024 08:36 AM (2fIO4)

245
If Melania knows of broken ribs it sort of explains how she approached him, almost gingerly. The defiant Trump, fist raised in air? That pain will really piss you off. I know the first day I said the word 'fvck' about ten thousand times.

Also, the way the SS helped him down the steps.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 20, 2024 08:38 AM (RKVpM)

246 241 Speaking of the lady not being the Assistant Director of Insider Threats with the FBI, did the public manage to learn anything else new about the shooting since yesterday?
Posted by: Moron Robbie promises not to say told you so about the tranny shooter at July 20, 2024 08:32 AM (LGV1j)

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The shooter is reported to have flown a drone over the event area earlier in the day.

The think he hid his rifle in the area earlier too.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 20, 2024 08:38 AM (2fIO4)

247 The shooter is reported to have flown a drone over the event area earlier in the day.

The think he hid his rifle in the area earlier too.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken

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A drone in highly restricted airspace? Wow. People can't even fly them over podunk local county drunk tanks.

Posted by: Moron Robbie promises not to say told you so about the tranny shooter at July 20, 2024 08:40 AM (LGV1j)

248 240 Video games have always driven PC tech. They push the hardware and software more than anything else. I suppose AI is taking that over now.
Posted by: fd

Neural processors have been around for awhile but AI is a large tech bubble that is in the slow motion process of bursting. Remember the block chain fad a couple of years back. AI is useful for some things but generalized IQ and replacement for people, it ain't. Play around with an AI chatbot and you soon realize that it is not that big of an improvement over LISA back in the day.

Simply put, probability based guesses are going to always be based on your 'prior' knowledge and when new data is incorporated, the AI systems using LLM go slowly or fastly insane depending on where it is drinking in its new data. It doesn't 'think' but fills in the gaps using probability algorithms and the dataset it was trained upon.

Bayesian statistical models are pretty amazing at first until you realize that the 'prior' depends on a whole lot of background information that is not in the formal model. Bad background information produce a bad prior and then unreliable statistical analysis results.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2024 08:42 AM (mIs2x)

249
A drone in highly restricted airspace? Wow. People can't even fly them over podunk local county drunk tanks.

Posted by: Moron Robbie promises not to say told you so about the tranny shooter

That fairground is right next to the Pittsburgh-Butler airport. Which would have been a safer venue but it was booked for something else.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 20, 2024 08:46 AM (RKVpM)

250 Where was the would be assassin's car parked?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 20, 2024 08:50 AM (dg+HA)

251 Bayesian statistical models are pretty amazing at first until you realize that the 'prior' depends on a whole lot of background information that is not in the formal model. Bad background information produce a bad prior and then unreliable statistical analysis results.

This statement is true. Very true.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 20, 2024 08:54 AM (rHxhM)

252 Where was the would be assassin's car parked?

Most often at the local FBI branch office employee parking lot.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 20, 2024 08:55 AM (rHxhM)

253 47 Time to get ready for my newly implemented morning @ 0600, 3 mile walk.

Doctor said:

Lose 40 pounds
Lower blood pressure
Lower cholesterol
Lower blood glucose a touch.

So I have work to do.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 20, 2024 05:35 AM (a1415)

w00t! Good for you. Good luck.

Posted by: m at July 20, 2024 08:56 AM (64Zez)

254 The fairground is next to an airstrip "Butler Farm Show". It is currently in the DJI Geo Zones as a Warning Area. No restrictions.

https://tinyurl.com/yu7rf45d

Posted by: pawn at July 20, 2024 09:03 AM (QB+5g)

255 Lose 40 pounds
Lower blood pressure
Lower cholesterol
Lower blood glucose a touch.

Intermittent Fasting is your future.

Read up on "improving metabolic health" or "Reducing Insulin Resistance"

Do All The Things

then you will be able to check off all of those boxes.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 20, 2024 09:10 AM (rHxhM)

256 The fairground is next to an airstrip "Butler Farm Show". It is currently in the DJI Geo Zones as a Warning Area. No restrictions.

https://tinyurl.com/yu7rf45d
Posted by: pawn

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When the SS secures a location it immediately becomes a no-fly zone.

Posted by: Moron Robbie promises not to say told you so about the tranny shooter at July 20, 2024 09:11 AM (LGV1j)

257 87 If you're Master Civilian Warai "which end do the little splodey things come out" Otoko
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 20, 2024 06:26 AM (BAEGB)

hah!

Posted by: m at July 20, 2024 09:19 AM (64Zez)

258 119 Would someone please tell me what I have wrong about the picture of the bullet that was captured in motion. PDT is facing front and this bullet seems to be traveling toward his left side.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 20, 2024 07:00 AM (5MvGY)

Late but o.k.:

We're looking at his face and we see the bullet traveling (from our right) toward the left side of his face.

That bullet is pretty far back at the back of his head; it would've entered his head (from the left) if he had stayed like that.

BUT he turned to his right! That put his right ear in the bullet's path.

Posted by: m at July 20, 2024 09:43 AM (64Zez)

259 I've loathed Microsoft for decades, going back to the early days of MS-DOS, which still lies at the heart of the Windows OS. The only Microsoft product I own is their 4K BASIC interpreter that runs under CP/M on my ancient Kaypro II. That the entire world, just about, should be running on Microsoft's piece-of-shit operating system amazes me. But as Nietzsche pointed out, "Against human stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain."

Posted by: Nemo at July 20, 2024 11:16 AM (S6ArX)

260 US finally boots Kaspersky and Crowdstrike update causes widespread crashes. Just a coincidence, I'm sure.

Posted by: crasey at July 20, 2024 12:26 PM (N6226)

261 Given a number of baskets and a bunch of eggs, only an idiot would put all the eggs in one basket.

This seems to be a foreign concept to most IT managers.

Posted by: buddhaha at July 20, 2024 02:09 PM (czWT6)

262 From what we know about the Zen 5 chips, they're using the same process node as the Zen 4 chips, but are physically smaller.

And the X3D stuff sounds like it may run much closer to the non X3D clock speeds as well.

It is quite possible that AMD may price Zen 5 less than Zen 4, to grab Intel Market share while they can without reducing their margins.

Posted by: Voyager at July 20, 2024 03:35 PM (nmL8W)

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