Daily Tech News 25 July 2024

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KnowBe4, a US company providing security awareness training, hired a North Korean hacker. (Ars Technica)
KnowBe4 operates in 11 countries and is headquartered in Florida. It provides security awareness training, including phishing security tests, to corporate customers. If you occasionally receive a fake phishing email from your employer, you might be working for a company that uses the KnowBe4 service to test its employees' ability to spot scams.
Or it could be a North Korean hacker whose scam was not spotted.
Meanwhile in security failure news after causing billions of dollars in damage worldwide, CrowdStrike has sent out $10 Uber Eats gift cards to its affected partners. (Tech Crunch)

No, there aren't any digits missing there. Yes, that will just about cover a medium fries from McDonalds.

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The launch date of AMD's Ryzen 9000 series has been pushed back by one to two weeks after faulty chips were detected in the initial production run. (AnandTech)

Apparently all chips shipped to retailers have been recalled for testing before any are sold. The low-end 9600X and 9700X will be available by the 8th of August now, and the 9900X and 9950X by the 15th.

Which is a lot better than selling them for a couple of years before admitting that there's a problem.
JEDEC is preparing for LPDDR6 CAMM2. (AnandTech)

CAMM2 modules have just started showing up in laptops. They are thinner than SODIMMs since they rest flat on the motherboard, and are 128 bits wide so you only need one of them for full bandwidth.

With LPDDR6 the plan is to increase the width to 192 bits, and the maximum speed from 9.2GHz to 14.4GHz - more than twice as fast overall.

That should allow for a significant increase in internal graphics performance for laptop chips, since they are currently limited more by memory bandwidth than anything else. All while retaining memory upgradability.

With two of these you'd get almost the bandwidth of a current high-end card like Nvidia's RTX 4080 Super - and be able to upgrade the memory on your graphics card to 192GB, maybe even 384GB.

Almost enough to run the new Llama 405b.
Intel's upcoming Arrow Lake-S beats the 14900K by up to 18% when both are constrained to 250W. (Tom's Hardware)

In fact, it's even slightly faster than a 9950X at 160W. Allow the 9950X to use its default maximum power of 230W and it regains the lead by about 7%.
If you fork a public repo on GitHub, push something to it you shouldn't have, and then delete the entire fork in a panic, don't worry. You're screwed anyway so there's no point in worrying. (Truffle Security)

And vice versa. If someone forks your public repo, and you delete the public repo, everything is still there.
Someone spent $22,000 trying to buy a Hugo Award, but failed because they are lazy and/or stupid. (The Guardian)
The Hugo administration subcommittee, which tallies the votes for the annual awards, issued a statement on Monday saying that they had determined that 377 votes had been cast by individuals with "obvious fake names and/or other disqualifying characteristics".

These included voters with almost identical surnames, with just one letter changed and placed in alphabetical order, and some whose names were "translations of consecutive numbers".
Most depressing point is the analysis that says that even the Best Novel Hugo is not worth $22,000 in sales.
In cheerier news OpenAI is expected to lose $5 billion in 2024. (Datacenter Dynamics)

Couldn't happen to a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.
More technical details on Zen 5, specifically the mobile chips. (Serve the Home)

Just a note: I previously said that Zen 5 increased the instruction issue rate from 4 instructions per cycle to 8. That's not correct.

Zen 3 and Zen 4 could decode 4 instructions per cycle, and issue 6 operations. (One X86 instruction can be broken up into multiple operations.)

Zen 5 increases both the decode and issue width to 8 per cycle.
The Verge is big mad that Marc Andressen and Ben Horowitz have escaped the reservation. (The Verge)

How dare venture capitalists focus on venture capitalism and not vote for the destruction of the country like good little robots?
AI needs high-quality human-generated data for training. That comes from the internet. But the internet is becoming increasingly overrun with AI-generated garbage. How screwed is future AI training? All the screwed. (Tech Crunch)
But the thing is, models gravitate toward the most common output. It won't give you a controversial snickerdoodle recipe but the most popular, ordinary one. And if you ask an image generator to make a picture of a dog, it won't give you a rare breed it only saw two pictures of in its training data; you'll probably get a golden retriever or a Lab.

Now, combine these two things with the fact that the web is being overrun by AI-generated content and that new AI models are likely to be ingesting and training on that content. That means they're going to see a lot of goldens!
The paper in Nature is pretty technical, and the supplementary content even more so, but in the Tech Crunch article there is an image that explains everything. In just four steps, the AI goes from a fairly representative idea of dogs to complete garbage.
The Fifth Circuit has issued an en banc ruling holding that the FCC's "Universal Service Fee" is a tax and therefore unconstitutional. (Reason)

They actually used the term misbegotten so you know they're serious.

This one will be going to the Supreme Court for sure.

Redbox is Dedbox Video of the Day

If you bought content from Redbox, they just stole it from you.

Disclaimer: And commercial AI isn't permitted to start out with a representative idea of anything.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

Comments

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1 BOING!

Pixy's tech thread? I've got a submission.

If you were affected by the Crowdstrike outtage, you may be entitled to a tasty bit of compensation:

https://tinyurl.com/3wctbsda

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 25, 2024 04:00 AM (aJWJO)

2 DANG! Pixy beat me to it!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 25, 2024 04:01 AM (aJWJO)

3 G'Day everyone
Though yesterday was Tuesday so I am ahead of the game

Posted by: Skip at July 25, 2024 04:02 AM (fwDg9)

4 We're finally starting to learn the hard way that Meat Based Intelligence is just as Artificial as Artificial Intelligence.

Meat just had a significant fraction of a million years and the help of a much better developer to get to where it is.

Garbage in, garbage out.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 25, 2024 04:08 AM (BAEGB)

5 w00t

Posted by: m at July 25, 2024 04:10 AM (64Zez)

6
I wanna as Bullseye Biden why do we have to shave our democracy? Is its hair too long?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 25, 2024 04:10 AM (RKVpM)

7 I wanna as Bullseye Biden why do we have to shave our democracy? Is its hair too long?
Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 25, 2024 04:10 AM (RKVpM)

Damn hippies. Ruined everything.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 25, 2024 04:11 AM (BAEGB)

8 Our Democracy needs a good one on the sides and three up top.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 25, 2024 04:12 AM (BAEGB)

9 Our Democracy needs a good one on the sides and three up top.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 25, 2024 04:12 AM (BAEGB)
-

Gad Saad warns:

https://tinyurl.com/5f888mjz

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 25, 2024 04:14 AM (aJWJO)

10 “The Hugo administration subcommittee, which tallies the votes for the annual awards, issued a statement on Monday saying that they had determined that 377 votes had been cast by individuals with "obvious fake names and/or other disqualifying characteristics".

Apparently they were all some variation of Miklos. Perhaps we will never know the real motive.

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 25, 2024 04:15 AM (T8Fgi)

11 Shaved and ready for my workout! Later, early risers and late toilers!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 25, 2024 04:15 AM (omVj0)

12 When Pixy enstompens a Perfectly Good Thread, one must wonder if (no pronouns) Pixy subsists entirely on a diet of Koala on the the barbie and Kiwi Fruits.

Posted by: The Inquiring Mind of Miklos at July 25, 2024 04:16 AM (XIkHl)

13 8 Our Democracy needs a good one on the sides and three up top.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 25, 2024 04:12 AM (BAEGB)

Two bits!

Posted by: m at July 25, 2024 04:20 AM (64Zez)

14 2 When Pixy enstompens a Perfectly Good Thread, one must wonder if (no pronouns) Pixy subsists entirely on a diet of Koala on the the barbie and Kiwi Fruits.
Posted by: The Inquiring Mind of Miklos at July 25, 2024 04:16 AM (XIkHl)

It was the regularly scheduled enstompening. Kiwis are imported to Pixies Barbie.

Koala on the Barbie is Ozzie for sushi on the nekid chick.

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 25, 2024 04:21 AM (T8Fgi)

15 14 Koala on the Barbie is Ozzie for sushi on the nekid chick.
Posted by: Pete Bog at July 25, 2024 04:21 AM (T8Fgi)

Nuh-uh.

Posted by: m at July 25, 2024 04:22 AM (64Zez)

16 I bet there's going to be a developing crisis with this fetishization of "intelligence", too. Intelligence is ultimately not much more than pattern recognition. There's far more to humanity than our ability to put square pegs in square holes. There's discernment, "empathy" (for lack of a better word), etc etc. Raw intelligence stripped out from the rest of humanity is like saying that we know a cake has baking powder in it, so if we can synthesize baking powder in a lab and eat a spoonful of it it'll be the tastiest, cakiest cake you've ever had.

And now everyone is chomping on their spoonful of horrid awfulness and grimmacing out an exuberant "Mmmmm tasty" because they spent a billion dollars making it and need to sell the snake powder somehow to salvage this whole stupid fiasco.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 25, 2024 04:22 AM (BAEGB)

17 Koala on the Barbie is Ozzie for sushi on the nekid chick.
Posted by: Pete Bog at July 25, 2024 04:21 AM (T8Fgi)

Nuh-uh.
Posted by: m

I find myself oddly intrigued.

pics?

Posted by: The Inquiring Mind of Miklos at July 25, 2024 04:24 AM (XIkHl)

18 16 There's far more to humanity than our ability to put square pegs in square holes. There's discernment, "empathy" (for lack of a better word), etc etc.

"The certainty of death" rates a mention on the list.

Posted by: m at July 25, 2024 04:24 AM (64Zez)

19 Nuh-uh.
Posted by: m at July 25, 2024 04:22 AM (64Zez)

Uh-huh

Totally

Trust me

Posted by: Pete Isuzu at July 25, 2024 04:25 AM (T8Fgi)

20
“On that day I told you as I stood in that winter… we stood in a winter apparel… and a winter of possibilities. Apparel of possibilities.”

-- Bullseye Biden

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

21 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at July 25, 2024 04:26 AM (dg+HA)

22 I'll bet there's some interesting sociological parallels to the rise of mechanical technology in the 19th c.

Sure, machines are awesome and amazing. From modern assembly robots all the way back to steam powered jacquard looms. It's amazing what you can do with a little innovation and cleverness and luck.

But the spasmodic pop-culture dream that human labor would be completely replaced by robots was always nonsense.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 25, 2024 04:27 AM (BAEGB)

23 Trust me
Posted by: Pete Isuzu

My father Beau bought a car from that, I will get in trouble if I say this

Posted by: Random Biden think-thoughts at July 25, 2024 04:28 AM (XIkHl)

24 I guess a certain segment of humanity has just always hated humanity and sought to replace it with their own hand made humans.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 25, 2024 04:29 AM (BAEGB)

25 I bet there's going to be a developing crisis with this fetishization of "intelligence", too. Intelligence is ultimately not much more than pattern
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 25, 2024 04:22 AM (BAEGB)

Conflating “Intelligence” with credibility. And this group is neither of those

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 25, 2024 04:29 AM (T8Fgi)

26 Birdbath status?

JT status is more relevant

Posted by: Miklos at July 25, 2024 04:29 AM (XIkHl)

27 I guess a certain segment of humanity has just always hated humanity and sought to replace it with their own hand made humans.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

I had both Play-Doh and Leggos as a kid. And some Lincoln Logs.

Never inspired me to World Domination.

yet

Posted by: Miklos..... at July 25, 2024 04:32 AM (XIkHl)

28 I guess a certain segment of humanity has just always hated humanity and sought to replace it with their own hand made humans.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 25, 2024 04:29 AM (BAEGB)

A just God keeps atheists alive long enough to realize they have been consumed by the evil they swore did not exist.

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 25, 2024 04:33 AM (T8Fgi)

29 Whatever can't go on forever, can still be used to bilk people out of their money for a while.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 25, 2024 04:33 AM (BAEGB)

30 I neglected cleaning my birdbaths last night, was a rainy morning so should have water in them

Posted by: Skip at July 25, 2024 04:34 AM (fwDg9)

31 It should be noted that when people want to redeem the Uber Eats gift card from Crowdstrike the cards were rejected because too many were being redeemed. This is a perversely perfect outcome.

And if that hasn't got you all sweaty maybe this will: Microsoft says EU rules made CrowdStrike outage possible. I would was hoping for Canada cuz we have a great song for that type of situation.

https://tinyurl.com/273kuy9a

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at July 25, 2024 04:37 AM (G8tt9)

32

Don't tell, but I just bought a collectible Star Wars lunch box for little Skip.

$19 on Ebay!

Posted by: Auntie Miklos at July 25, 2024 04:39 AM (XIkHl)

33 Never inspired me to World Domination.
yet
Posted by: Miklos..... at July 25, 2024 04:32 AM (XIkHl)

This is the genesis of a great TV series. “Late Middle Aged Dictator workshop”. It could be like one of those cooking shows.
Eight contestants. Each is given a basket of random ingredients and instructed to subjugate a country. They work their way up to continents and in the grand Finale. World Domination.

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 25, 2024 04:39 AM (T8Fgi)

34 They work their way up to continents and in the grand Finale. World Domination.
Posted by: Pete Bog

I PLAYED RISK

and Stratego

Posted by: Miklos normally won at July 25, 2024 04:42 AM (XIkHl)

35 But snake powder is good for you.

Posted by: Karen McAwfl at July 25, 2024 04:43 AM (dg+HA)

36 Each is given a basket of random ingredients and instructed to subjugate a country. They work their way up to continents and in the grand Finale. World Domination.
Posted by: Pete Bog at July 25, 2024 04:39 AM (T8Fgi

"This week, Miklos has been given:

A hair dryer
A peck of apples
A rookie year Ken Griffey Jr. baseball card
and a bucket of 5/16" galvanized lock washers.

Let's see what he can do with it..."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 25, 2024 04:43 AM (BAEGB)

37 This is the genesis of a great TV series. “Late Middle Aged Dictator workshop”. It could be like one of those cooking shows.
Eight contestants. Each is given a basket of random ingredients and instructed to subjugate a country. They work their way up to continents and in the grand Finale. World Domination.
Posted by: Pete Bog

What happens after the grand finale? Do we get sent to camps where we dig canals by hand until we starve to death?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at July 25, 2024 04:44 AM (G8tt9)

38 Risk?

https://youtu.be/mBVD-81Y6Ro

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at July 25, 2024 04:45 AM (dg+HA)

39 Let's see what he can do with it..."
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Start in Australia

Posted by: Miklos thinks an on-line game of Risk among the Horde would be awesome and hilarious at July 25, 2024 04:45 AM (XIkHl)

40 The CrowdStrike/Uber Eats story is too funny. What a f*** up!

Posted by: Tuna at July 25, 2024 04:46 AM (oaGWv)

41 What happens after the grand finale? Do we get sent to camps where we dig canals by hand until we starve to death?
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at July 25, 2024 04:44 AM (G8tt9)

Well certainly the seven losers are. If we send everyone to the canal no one could afford the streaming subscription fee

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 25, 2024 04:46 AM (T8Fgi)

42 I had both Play-Doh and Leggos as a kid. And some Lincoln Logs.

Never inspired me to World Domination.

yet

Posted by: Miklos..... at July 25, 2024 04:32 AM (XIkHl)
-

Chemistry set.

Muhahahahahaha!!!!!!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 25, 2024 04:48 AM (aJWJO)

43 An online risk game is probably the only way the Horde could play that game without it devolving into cannibalism.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at July 25, 2024 04:48 AM (G8tt9)

44 Mornin'

25 I bet there's going to be a developing crisis with this fetishization of "intelligence", too. Intelligence is ultimately not much more than pattern
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 25, 2024 04:22 AM (BAEGB)

Conflating “Intelligence” with credibility. And this group is neither of those
Posted by: Pete Bog

'Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools'
Romans 1:22

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 25, 2024 04:49 AM (FmapG)

45 Posted by: Miklos thinks an on-line game of Risk among the Horde would be awesome and hilarious at July 25, 2024 04:45 AM (XIkHl)

He is right. Narration by the late night crowd. The day walkers are too serious.

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 25, 2024 04:49 AM (T8Fgi)

46 Chemistry set.

Muhahahahahaha!!!!!!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

Visible Woman kit and a chemistry set. Ha!

Posted by: Tuna at July 25, 2024 04:50 AM (oaGWv)

47 An online risk game is probably the only way the Horde could play that game without it devolving into cannibalism.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at July 25, 2024 04:48 AM (G8tt9)
-

Had an elementary school friend. Very smart but a sore loser. He flipped the Risk board every time we ganged up on him.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 25, 2024 04:51 AM (aJWJO)

48 Chemistry set.

Muhahahahahaha!!!!!!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs

Pro-kid-tip

Dried orange skins make for great smoke bombs

Posted by: The 100-in-1 experimental kit they can't sell anymore at July 25, 2024 04:51 AM (XIkHl)

49 Never start a land war in Asia. Even in Kamchatka. Over the little pipeline from Alaska.

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 25, 2024 04:51 AM (T8Fgi)

50 The comment in the ONT about music struck a "chord."

I am convinced that it would be hell to listen to that stuff over and over for the rest of eternity.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 25, 2024 04:52 AM (+H2BX)

51 45 Narration by the late night crowd. The day walkers are too serious.
Posted by: Pete Bog at July 25, 2024 04:49 AM (T8Fgi)

Is 04:49 AM a time for the late night crowd or for the day walkers?

Posted by: m at July 25, 2024 04:54 AM (64Zez)

52 I loved playing Risk as a teenager, had big group often games. There are all kinds of Risk sets now, would have liked the Napoleonic version but besides no one else to play it it was quite expensive.

Posted by: Skip at July 25, 2024 04:55 AM (fwDg9)

53 The day walkers are too serious.
Posted by: Pete Bog

Only between 10 and 4.

Posted by: The Government has New Rules at July 25, 2024 04:56 AM (XIkHl)

54 An online risk game is probably the only way the Horde could play that game without it devolving into cannibalism.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at July 25, 2024 04:48 AM (G8tt9)
-

Had an elementary school friend. Very smart but a sore loser. He flipped the Risk board every time we ganged up on him.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

You should try playing risk with four uber competitive sore losers each with a limitless supply of cold beer at his or her side. It was not for the faint of heart but was it was fun.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at July 25, 2024 04:57 AM (G8tt9)

55 The Hugos have been a bullshit PC award for a long time now. Selling then to the highest bidder would actually be more honest.

Posted by: If I Were A Dinosaur at July 25, 2024 04:57 AM (dHfdx)

56 I made the mistake of 'day-walking' a couple days ago...

Yeeeeesh.

It's the he-man woman-haterz club. Pffft.

Posted by: JQ at July 25, 2024 04:58 AM (njWTi)

57 The problem with skinsuits is they eventually start to get smelly, and no dry cleaner will touch the damn things.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 25, 2024 04:59 AM (BAEGB)

58 I like Risk. But play more complicated games now.

For a simple game that will cause true strife and ill-will, try Diplomacy.

Posted by: Black Swan at July 25, 2024 04:59 AM (dHfdx)

59 My best Risk partner had a degree in Finance.

Our strategy was always the moneys, baby.

Posted by: Miklos has conquered the world on cardboard at July 25, 2024 05:01 AM (XIkHl)

60 Maybe better to mention on Movie or book thread, on YouTube on Band of Brothers series and book War and Truth, been watching these for awhile new ones coming about every other day. He is pointing out many inaccurate stories.

Posted by: Skip at July 25, 2024 05:01 AM (fwDg9)

61 Used to play Avalon Hill military board games. Sometimes took days to play Panzer Blitz.

Midway was tepid.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 25, 2024 05:02 AM (aJWJO)

62 Too many knowledgeable, well spoken, eloquent people on the day threads. I feel outclassed and tend not to comment unless it's on the art thread.

Posted by: Tuna at July 25, 2024 05:03 AM (oaGWv)

63 For a simple game that will cause true strife and ill-will, try Diplomacy.
Posted by: Black Swan

So.

You have met Darleen, Marleen AND Charleen.

Posted by: Miklos manages. somehow at July 25, 2024 05:03 AM (XIkHl)

64 Focusing on the present . An encouragement from a person going through difficulties and. a selection from Paul's letter to the church at Ephesus:

https://tinyurl.com/y98rz6wp

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 25, 2024 05:03 AM (6AE0a)

65 Good morning, good people. This time, when sleep wouldn't come, I spent a delightful couple hours listening to songs done by Karen Carpenter and Patsy Cline.

What a privilege to enjoy them, and thankful they're available with a simple keystroke. Truly 1st world.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at July 25, 2024 05:05 AM (hKoQL)

66 Good morning, good people. This time, when sleep wouldn't come, I spent a delightful couple hours listening to songs done by Karen Carpenter and Patsy Cline.

What a privilege to enjoy them, and thankful they're available with a simple keystroke. Truly 1st world.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA

Tragic ends both of them. Such a shame and Karen's could have been avoided if she had just eaten a sandwich or two.

Posted by: Tuna at July 25, 2024 05:08 AM (oaGWv)

67 and Patsy Cline.
Truly 1st world.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA

There is iron your words.

Posted by: Respected Elder Miklos at July 25, 2024 05:09 AM (XIkHl)

68 Rained overnight again

Posted by: Skip at July 25, 2024 05:11 AM (fwDg9)

69 It also occurs that Artificial Intelligence is exactly that. Never will be smarter than the humans who write the enabling code.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at July 25, 2024 05:13 AM (hKoQL)

70 Too many knowledgeable, well spoken, eloquent people on the day threads. I feel outclassed and tend not to comment unless it's on the art thread.
Posted by: Tuna at July 25, 2024 05:03 AM (oaGWv)
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If it will make you feel less insecure, we can talk about...

Colorforms.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 25, 2024 05:15 AM (aJWJO)

71 >>If you bought content from Redbox, they just stole it from you.

If you buy a book at the bookstore, you own it. You can take it home, scribble in the margins, put in on the shelf, lend it to a friend, sell it at a garage sale. But is the same thing true for the ebooks or other digital goods you buy? Retailers and copyright holders argue that you don't own those purchases, you merely license them. That means your ebook vendor can delete the book from your device without warning or explanation—as Amazon deleted Orwell's 1984 from the Kindles of surprised readers several years ago. These readers thought they owned their copies of 1984. Until, it turned out, they didn't. . .

Summary of "The End of Ownership" by Aaron Perzanowski and Jason Schultz.

And WEF: Welcome to 2030. I Own Nothing, Have No Privacy, and Life Has Never Been Better

Posted by: Lizzy at July 25, 2024 05:15 AM (Pijte)

72 G'morning, all!

So we are moving forward..

unburdened by that which has been?

Outf'nstanding.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 25, 2024 05:19 AM (a1415)

73 If it will make you feel less insecure, we can talk about...

Colorforms.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

LOL. I'm more of a scissors and construction paper type of gal. Outclassed again.

Posted by: Tuna at July 25, 2024 05:20 AM (oaGWv)

74 If it will make you feel less insecure, we can talk about...

Colorforms.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

LOL. I'm more of a scissors and construction paper type of gal. Outclassed again.
Posted by: Tuna

Shrinky Dinks.
Fun and a potential burn ward visit.

Posted by: Bruce at July 25, 2024 05:24 AM (nUwdo)

75 Used to play Avalon Hill military board games. Sometimes took days to play Panzer Blitz.

Midway was tepid.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 25, 2024 05:02 AM (aJWJO)

I have that in my collection. Can't find any ftf opponents for it. Got a game of ASL going right now. Campaign game
as Hungarian defenders in Festung Budapst.

Not gonna win but the pile of dead communists is pretty impressibe.

Posted by: Outside of Life at July 25, 2024 05:24 AM (89Sog)

76 I had colorforms once, but i dumped a bit of bleach into the well and everything was fine.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 25, 2024 05:25 AM (BAEGB)

77 I'm getting out of here, probably will be at this job some days ahead. Could be worse.
Forward Dog 9 out

Posted by: Skip at July 25, 2024 05:25 AM (fwDg9)

78 I had colorforms once, but i dumped a bit of bleach into the well and everything was fine.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

HA!

We had to do that when we sold our house.

Posted by: Bruce at July 25, 2024 05:26 AM (nUwdo)

79 Oh, and good morning fellow insomniacs!
I don't really understand much of Pixy's post - womp, womp!

Posted by: Lizzy at July 25, 2024 05:26 AM (Pijte)

80 The Hugo administration subcommittee, which tallies the votes for the annual awards, issued a statement on Monday saying that they had determined that 377 votes had been cast by individuals with "obvious fake names and/or other disqualifying characteristics".

Kinda sad that a literary award is more serious about vote fraud than the United States. I can only assume they looked into this because the award wasn't won by a disabled lesbian of color.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 25, 2024 05:27 AM (T7iTv)

81 Too many knowledgeable, well spoken, eloquent people on the day threads. I feel outclassed and tend not to comment unless it's on the art thread.
Posted by: Tuna

We kin talk

I never went to class nohow

So I cain't be outclassed

Posted by: Sekind language Hillbilly Miklos at July 25, 2024 05:27 AM (XIkHl)

82 a disabled lesbian of color.

Now you tell me.

Government contracts are a bitch.

Posted by: Aspiring disabled lesbian of color Miklosina at July 25, 2024 05:30 AM (XIkHl)

83 Time to get ready for the morning walk.

BBIAB

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 25, 2024 05:30 AM (a1415)

84 A nice story about a kindly friend:

https://tinyurl.com/ymnhymad

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 25, 2024 05:31 AM (IvcOR)

85 Kamala Harris is that witch has-been.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 25, 2024 05:32 AM (BAEGB)

86 Kumala Harris, if they scrub her any harder she just might be a virgin again

Posted by: Ben Had at July 25, 2024 05:34 AM (5MvGY)

87 Lunch time here.

Deep sleep last night, though Mrs. BD said the blasts from Lebanon and the jet noises went on all night long.

I've been this way since the BD pups were babies and I never heard them cry at night.

I am blessed.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 25, 2024 05:34 AM (aJWJO)

88 We had to do that when we sold our house.
Posted by: Bruce

Shoulda called it "Artisanal" and another 10k

Posted by: Miklosian Anti-marketing SA de CV at July 25, 2024 05:34 AM (XIkHl)

89 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at July 25, 2024 05:34 AM (hoCmQ)

90 https://m.youtube.com/shorts/o7X6WQym3Gw

Radiant TV. Worshipping God through scripture and song.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 25, 2024 05:35 AM (IvcOR)

91 t also occurs that Artificial Intelligence is exactly that. Never will be smarter than the humans who write the enabling code.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at July 25, 2024 05:13 AM (hKoQL)

I'm in tech. I'm not certain that's an accurate statement. It'll never be smarter than a human with a functional brain, true, but a lot of the coders don't really fall into that category.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 25, 2024 05:36 AM (T7iTv)

92 Unburdened by that has-been.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 25, 2024 05:38 AM (+H2BX)

93 People deserving of at least a bit of empathy are those of us who were born analog and have been dragged kicking and screaming into the digital age. In my case partially embracing the digital era meant the continuance of my chosen career. Only enough that guaranteed I could manage. That's worked pretty well so far.

The kids were a different story, they had no problem with the lifestyle, thankfully.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at July 25, 2024 05:38 AM (hKoQL)

94 Shoulda called it "Artisanal" and another 10k
Posted by: Miklosian

Great idea!

Posted by: Bruce at July 25, 2024 05:40 AM (nUwdo)

95 Too many knowledgeable, well spoken, eloquent people on the day threads. I feel outclassed and tend not to comment unless it's on the art thread.
Posted by: Tuna

The four rules for commenting on day threads:

1. Political comments on the art thread should always be one of the first 100 comments.
2. Quote trolls, repeatedly.
3. Link shorteners are for wimps.
4. Insulting Ace will get you personal replies.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 25, 2024 05:40 AM (T7iTv)

96 Unburdened by that has-been.
Posted by: no one of any consequence

Approved

Posted by: The Swedish Academy of Miklos at July 25, 2024 05:40 AM (XIkHl)

97 200 yds down the street I live on a loser perma-parked their shytemobile Winnebago. That was almost one month ago. It’s big enough that it creates a road hazard. Cops finally tagged it to be towed away.

An hour ago a DUI plowed into it.

Posted by: 13times at July 25, 2024 05:42 AM (nx/bW)

98 How do you know she's a witch?

Posted by: Monty Python at July 25, 2024 05:50 AM (qXjJ2)

99 I read the Crowdstrike story. It's not well written, but I think these gift cards were sent to Crowdstrike employees, not customers. The letter accompanying the cards says the gift is to compensate the recipient for having to work harder because of the incident.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at July 25, 2024 05:51 AM (CWMF2)

100 97 200 yds down the street I live on a loser perma-parked their shytemobile Winnebago. That was almost one month ago. It’s big enough that it creates a road hazard. Cops finally tagged it to be towed away.

An hour ago a DUI plowed into it.
Posted by: 13times at July 25, 2024 05:42 AM (nx/bW)

All's swell that does not end swell.

Posted by: Trailer Park Aesop at July 25, 2024 05:52 AM (dHfdx)

101 DUI karma!l and right on time!

Posted by: Good Scott at July 25, 2024 05:53 AM (mtHrN)

102 Evening and morning to all again!

We have a 60% chance of rain today, which may knock the high to a dizzying low of 88, and about the same tomorrow. But tomorrow's rain may come in the early morning. Then, for the weekend, back up to 90-92.

Stirling and Dagny have been fed, and so have I. Two more days to slog through.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 25, 2024 05:53 AM (omVj0)

103 I just can't see anyone voting for the Ho

Posted by: Skip at July 25, 2024 06:00 AM (j7ipA)

104 I just can't see anyone voting for the Ho
Posted by: Skip at July 25, 2024

***
No one with any sense would. But remember that a vast portion of the electorate is allergic to sense.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 25, 2024 06:03 AM (omVj0)

105 I just can't see anyone voting for the Ho
Posted by: Skip at July 25, 2024 06:00 AM (j7ipA)

Oh, my sweet summer child, there are far too many people who uncritically accept whatever a talking head tells them... or the words from a "respected" publication.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 25, 2024 06:05 AM (T7iTv)

106 Have a genuine tech question here...
Do ANY search engines allow the use of boolean anymore?
I have tried just about everything, and nothing seems allow exclusionary terms or anything that would "tighten" a search.
Google claims that using "" is better than using +, but even that doesn't work.
What is the reason for this seemingly industry wide step backwards?

Posted by: Taft at July 25, 2024 06:06 AM (D5zge)

107 Happy Thursday

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 25, 2024 06:07 AM (gbOdA)

108 I just can't see anyone voting for the Ho

You've got that right. You won't be able to see it, either.
It will happen in the dark -- dark as a Buick's trunk.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at July 25, 2024 06:09 AM (zdLoL)

109 LOL, the Horde is en fuego this morning!

G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at July 25, 2024 06:10 AM (UWgy2)

110 Dems love being told what to do. So it goes. Voye for her : OK ! Elect us ! OK !
Amazing terrible times we are in. Pray.

Posted by: OkJohn at July 25, 2024 06:14 AM (NC/it)

111 The key to Kammy winning will be to restrict her to the teleprompter.

But, she will still sound like a condescending bitch even reading the phone book.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 25, 2024 06:16 AM (d9LQi)

112 What is the reason for this seemingly industry wide step backwards?
Posted by: Taft at July 25, 2024 06:06 AM (D5zge)

Somehow, they always want to broaden the search results. I wonder if it is so people who have no idea what they are really looking for and cannot spell might get something that makes them want to click on an ad at least.

You end up essentially explaining what you are saying in a search. I was looking for the 'longest service rifles' and ended up having to use 'longest production rifles by length' to even get a reddit post that seemed to know what the hell I was looking for.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 25, 2024 06:17 AM (y31cs)

113 Too many knowledgeable, well spoken, eloquent people on the day threads. I feel outclassed and tend not to comment unless it's on the art thread.
Posted by: Tuna

Well, that never stopped me.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 25, 2024 06:19 AM (d9LQi)

114 113 Too many knowledgeable, well spoken, eloquent people on the day threads. I feel outclassed and tend not to comment unless it's on the art thread.
Posted by: Tuna

Well, that never stopped me.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 25, 2024 06:19 AM (d9LQi)

Yeah, I think you are missing the whole Horde Idiom.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 25, 2024 06:19 AM (y31cs)

115 Yeah, I think you are missing the whole Horde Idiom.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

HEY! I'm not an Idiom, YOU'RE an Idiom!

Posted by: Bruce at July 25, 2024 06:21 AM (nUwdo)

116 The progressives living in the Oakland-Alameda Hills thought they were safely ensconced from their Lowland neighbor-savages in the comfort of the Hillfort Tribal Area - are now having second thoughts. The Lowlanders, having picked all the low hanging fruit in the lowlands, are now picking the fruits of the Hillfort Peoples.

Home invasion comes home to roost. Imagine that!

Posted by: 13times at July 25, 2024 06:22 AM (gFxR7)

117 Just think, we might get our first Ho President, what an achievement for us. Does Kamala like dogs, or does she just inherent one of old Joe's vicious breeds. The White House dog in resident. Sort of like the cat that did live a 10 Downing Street and has been replaced, for a younger cat.

Posted by: Colin at July 25, 2024 06:25 AM (nC2FH)

118
Good morning, Hordians. Rain expected this morning for Brazoria County as a low pressure system works its way up the coast and over us. It may be dryer this afternoon.

Really, I'm sick to death of rain. My house looks like a castle surrounded by a moat. And if it took X length of time for the power to be restored, it will be 10X until the county sprays for mosquitos.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 25, 2024 06:27 AM (1Nxff)

119 116 Home invasion comes home to roost. Imagine that!

You know what would solve that problem? Shooting the invaders. But first you need a more rational government in place that won't arrest you for defending your life and property.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 25, 2024 06:28 AM (/8Il0)

120 That Verge article is sickening.

"The fundamental complaint here is that these two believe that the Biden administration’s approach to AI “enshrine the two or three companies that they believe are the only companies that matter as sort of permanent monopolies,” Andreessen says. “And they’re going to just basically destroy the startup ecosystem underneath that.” "

So The Verge Statist/Marxist/Fascists want... government regulation, forced Proggie agendas on Tech, what appears to be a kind of non-profit model for ALL businesses, the elimination of small start-ups... and a bunch of other wildly anti-business stuff. Bluntly put, they want all US business to be Disney and Google.

Posted by: LenNeal at July 25, 2024 06:29 AM (bFId9)

121 It should be noted that when people want to redeem the Uber Eats gift card from Crowdstrike the cards were rejected because too many were being redeemed. This is a perversely perfect outcome.'

HAHAAHA! Damn!

Perfect

Posted by: LenNeal at July 25, 2024 06:31 AM (bFId9)

122 yeah, I am using more whole sentences in search these days to get a useful response.

last time I tried Boolean was a flat fail.
improvise, adapt, overcome.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at July 25, 2024 06:31 AM (UWgy2)

123 other wildly anti-business stuff. Bluntly put, they want all US business to be Disney and Google.

No idea why all that went strike-through.

Crowdstrike!

Posted by: LenNeal at July 25, 2024 06:32 AM (bFId9)

124 103 I just can't see anyone voting for the Ho
Posted by: Skip at July 25, 2024 06:00 AM (j7ipA)

https://is.gd/K1IlpC

Note: This is a real article, this is not satire.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 25, 2024 06:33 AM (PiwSw)

125 Just think, we might get our first Ho President, what an achievement for us. Does Kamala like dogs, or does she just inherent one of old Joe's vicious breeds. The White House dog in resident. Sort of like the cat that did live a 10 Downing Street and has been replaced, for a younger cat.
Posted by: Colin'

She seems like the kind of insane woman who would have an aggressive bird.

Posted by: LenNeal at July 25, 2024 06:33 AM (bFId9)

126
These included voters with almost identical surnames, with just one letter changed and placed in alphabetical order, and some whose names were "translations of consecutive numbers".

Zombie LBJ smiles.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 25, 2024 06:34 AM (1Nxff)

127 We live near Baisley Pond and the mosquitoes are relentless.

Posted by: Jamaica at July 25, 2024 06:35 AM (eF17/)

128 So The Verge Statist/Marxist/Fascists want... government regulation, forced Proggie agendas on Tech, what appears to be a kind of non-profit model for ALL businesses, the elimination of small start-ups... and a bunch of other wildly anti-business stuff. Bluntly put, they want all US business to be Disney and Google.
Posted by: LenNeal at July 25, 2024 06:29 AM (bFId9)

Leftie "journalists" want big daddy government to make all the rules in the manner that they prefer, and to ensure all outcomes are as they prefer, and cannot conceive of the possibility that the government would fuck things up. Why does this surprise you?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 25, 2024 06:36 AM (T7iTv)

129 wow, and the whole website is like that, too.

thanks for bringing that view to my attention Mapes!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at July 25, 2024 06:38 AM (UWgy2)

130 The highest point in Brazoria County is Shelton's Shack, located near the Dow Chemical Plant B Truck Control Center, measuring 342 ft above sea level.

Now I want to know the elevation for Dow Chemical Plant A and who is Shelton by the way?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at July 25, 2024 06:38 AM (G8tt9)

131 Hey lady, if naming your cat Kamala is ok, wouldn't naming your mascot after an Indian tribe be ok, too?

Posted by: Jamaica at July 25, 2024 06:40 AM (eF17/)

132 No idea why all that went strike-through.

The article used the code for strikethough, [ s ] - remove spaces, and you didn't remove it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 25, 2024 06:40 AM (T7iTv)

133 JJ is here.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 25, 2024 06:41 AM (T7iTv)

134 My fellow Americans
Im sp(WTF) n to you tonight

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 25, 2024 06:45 AM (gbOdA)

135 And now everyone is chomping on their spoonful of horrid awfulness and grimmacing out an exuberant "Mmmmm tasty" because they spent a billion dollars making it and need to sell the snake powder somehow to salvage this whole stupid fiasco.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 25, 2024 04:22 AM (BAEGB)

So stealing this, okay?
As always, grateful for the perspicacity of the Horde.

Good morning.
A friend came by for me to get her knitting back on track and brought me a bag of gorgeous okra (shut up).
Which will be all for me, because he hates okra.

Love the sunny skyz story, Fen.

Posted by: sal at July 25, 2024 06:45 AM (4lnL8)

136 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 Buy Ammo & Shelf Stable Foods at July 25, 2024 06:45 AM (t8fhO)

137 126
These included voters with almost identical surnames, with just one letter changed and placed in alphabetical order, and some whose names were "translations of consecutive numbers".

Zombie LBJ smiles.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 25, 2024 06:34 AM (1Nxff)
Story goes LBJ’s people were out in rural graveyards gathering names, one name was Stein, guy in charge said ‘not that guy, he’s a Jew.’

Posted by: Eromero at July 25, 2024 06:45 AM (o2ZRX)

138 Do ANY search engines allow the use of boolean anymore?
What is the reason for this seemingly industry wide step backwards?
Posted by: Taft'

Not really, and it's industry-wide. I've noticed it in Archive, where search terms that previously brought results now don't. As for why, I assume: illiterate users, which really started with 'smart'-phones when any doltish fat-fingered retard could get on the internet; and, I note, the overwhelming majority of people I work with and know don't even use typed-in search, they use the voice inquiry exclusively.
The other part I think is 1) ad-clicks, and 2) control of information.

Posted by: LenNeal at July 25, 2024 06:53 AM (bFId9)

139 Yandex is pretty good for searches but, to really use it well, it requires Russian input! Which is a little cumbersome when looking for something arcane or using specific technical terms. It doesn't like misspellings, it's not as self-correcting as say Google.

I miss Alta Vista. That was my favorite search engine.

Posted by: LenNeal at July 25, 2024 06:55 AM (bFId9)

140 I blame the death of the promise of the Internet on smartphones and Facebook.

Posted by: LenNeal at July 25, 2024 06:57 AM (bFId9)

141 85 Kamala Harris is that witch has-been.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 25, 2024 05:32 AM (BAEGB)

LOL

Posted by: m at July 25, 2024 09:14 AM (64Zez)

142 Uh, no. $10 for Uber Eats covers your delivery fee. You'll still have to pay for some food.

Posted by: deadrody at July 25, 2024 10:03 AM (pqckr)

143 > The Verge is big mad that Marc Andressen and Ben Horowitz have escaped the reservation.

Cope and seethe, Verge...cope and seethe.

Posted by: Scott at July 25, 2024 01:05 PM (kmvkg)

144 "But the thing is, models gravitate toward the most common output......."

Regression to the mean, recursion, whatever you want to call it. An Ouroboros program. The algorithm will no doubt converge, but to what?

Posted by: timactual at July 25, 2024 05:14 PM (krsvl)

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