Daily Tech News 5 August 2024

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Venture capitalists have flushed $1.6 billion down the drain trying to make lab-grown meat a reality. (Tech Crunch)

The most optimistic proponents are now hoping to someday capture 0.03% of the global meat market.

Farm grown meat is cheaper, tastes better, is readily available, and probably won't devour the world in a Gray Goo apocalypse.

Though the chickens might try. You can't trust 'em.
Please let me know if the blog is loading slow for you, and if it is, what kind of device and browser you are using. Several reports of this over the past 24 hours but it's hard to track down.

Tech News

How to run DOS on modern hardware. (Tom's Hardware)

The way the economy is going this might be useful information.
Adding RAM to an RP2040. (Dmitry)

This is the chip used in the Raspberry Pi Pico. It doesn't have a memory bus in the usual sense, but supports external serial (SPI) ROM and has an onboard cache to keep things fast.

You can also wire up SPI RAM - but it will be read-only because the RP2040 is expecting ROM, not RAM.

You can get around that, but it's, uh, interesting.
The Breville Oracle Jet is a $2000 computer that makes coffee. (The Verge)

Okay.
KOSA - the Kids Online Safety Act - is dead. For now. (TechDirt)

I haven't linked TechDirt much lately since Mike Masnick went insane, but he seems to be having a lucid day. He praises the House GOP for killing the train wreck bipartisan Senate bill, and approvingly quotes Rand Paul's scathing letter.
Need for Speed: SSD Edition. (Serve the Home)

This is Kioxia's (formerly Toshiba) latest datacenter drive aimed at low latency rather than transfer rates. It's about twice as fast as typical SSDs - access times of around 25 microseconds vs. a more typical 50 microseconds.

It's intended to replace phase-change drives in heavy workloads, now that Intel and Micron have abandoned phase-change memory entirely.

Intel's Optane drives could get access times down to 10 microseconds, but they were power hungry and expensive, and ultimately not commercially successful.

Disclaimer: I didn't do it.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:13 AM

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1 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 05, 2024 04:15 AM (N2SHT)

2 Top 5?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 05, 2024 04:15 AM (omVj0)

3 Evening and morning to all the early risers and late toilers! Yes, yes, 'tis Monday. But if you're on the right side of the ground, even a bad Monday is pretty small kumquats, nicht wahr?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 05, 2024 04:16 AM (omVj0)

4 Good morning everyone.

Pixy,
The site has been loading slow though it's mostly the photos or pictures that are a problem. I'm using a new iPad Air.

Posted by: Tuna at August 05, 2024 04:19 AM (oaGWv)

5 Right after the Book Thread yesterday, I discovered I had a quarter inch of water in both my kitchen and bathroom floors. I had to spend most of an hour mopping, and damming the leaks from next door with towels once I found the entry points. This is right on schedule; I've had a leak like this nearly every 18 months since I've lived here.

The water has either ceased to flow, or the flow is so minimal that the towels are holding it back. (Obligatory: I am so sick of this place --!)

On top of that, I have to fast this morning, and no coffee either, in prep for a blood draw at the dr.'s office. I'll go exercise in a bit, which will take my mind off being hungry, and can have coffee and a microwave breakfast bowl when I get back to work.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 05, 2024 04:21 AM (omVj0)

6 Same here. Pics. Win 10, Brave browser, everything updated. Only noticed this as of about 5 hours ago after I woke up and turned on my Lenovo notebook.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 05, 2024 04:22 AM (N2SHT)

7 Pixy, I thought the blog, maybe only the loading of pics and videos, was a little slow to refresh yesterday morning. I'm not seeing a problem now. I'm on a Mac Book Air, running the Brave browser.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 05, 2024 04:22 AM (omVj0)

8 Oops.. forgot to say I'm using Safari browser.

Posted by: Tuna at August 05, 2024 04:24 AM (oaGWv)

9 G'Day everyone
It's Monday again, isn't it?

Posted by: Skip at August 05, 2024 04:25 AM (fwDg9)

10 Just to confirm, I now opened up AOSHQ in new private browser window with no cache. Loaded normal.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 05, 2024 04:25 AM (N2SHT)

11 Site's been ok on brave.

Toshiba changed their name, so maybe I'm not the only one who's been boycotting them almost 40 years for selling high tech milling machines to commies. (Jonesy wants to hear propeller cavitation)

Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at August 05, 2024 04:26 AM (L1omb)

12 Oh good. The Nasdaq's only going to open 650 points down. That's quite an improvement from nearly a thousand points a few hours earlier. I'm feeling all optimistic again. Maybe I'll go get that timeshare I've had my eye on for the last month.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at August 05, 2024 04:27 AM (rIBZP)

13 Good morning, good people. May your endeavors be blessed today. And ALWAYS remember to hold that head HIGH and PROUD as befits an American-our heritage requires it.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at August 05, 2024 04:27 AM (hKoQL)

14 Guess I better add Brave on a Samsung phone.

Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at August 05, 2024 04:28 AM (L1omb)

15
The most optimistic proponents are now hoping to someday capture 0.03% of the global meat market.

Now, there's a forecast for a world beater of a product if ever I saw one!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 05, 2024 04:32 AM (xG4kz)

16 Still running the new lappy through the paces (gotta do something while Lil Pooky keeps me awake). For my fellow Tech Threaders, it's an Alienware M18 R2. The graphics are really amazing, the fans have been doing their job all night, and yes, Pixy, it's got The Four Essential Keys.

Posted by: pookysgirl, enjoying the pretty graphics at August 05, 2024 04:35 AM (dtlDP)

17 I've been accessing the blog via Edge on my pixel 8, my Surface Pro (Windows 11), and my 8 yo desktop running Windows 10. I didn't notice any problems.

Anyone remember those tabloid size computer papers from the 1980s and 1990s that had all kinds of insane ads that made all kinds of impossible claims? I woke up a few minutes ago thinking about that. I should probably lay off the glue and spray paint.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at August 05, 2024 04:36 AM (rIBZP)

18 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 05, 2024 04:36 AM (sAmhv)

19 I did finally get my phone back to where it was in settings. Got to watch what one does with these things

Posted by: Skip at August 05, 2024 04:37 AM (fwDg9)

20 The most optimistic proponents are now hoping to someday capture 0.03% of the global meat market.

That's slightly worse than what's projected for solar energy and wind farms.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at August 05, 2024 04:37 AM (rIBZP)

21 I should probably lay off the glue and spray paint.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at August 05, 2024 04:36 AM (rIBZP)

Whatcha been makin? Pooky got the Top Gun model at Christmas in July.

Posted by: pookysgirl, base painter at August 05, 2024 04:38 AM (dtlDP)

22 For my fellow Tech Threaders, it's an Alienware M18 R2. The graphics are really amazing, the fans have been doing their job all night, and yes, Pixy, it's got The Four Essential Keys.
Posted by: pookysgirl

I bet the battery life is pretty amazing. Sounds totally fun.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at August 05, 2024 04:42 AM (rIBZP)

23 Tech Crunch: From golf to hunting, a new crop of startups want to make these experiences even better

Translation: every one of these activities is about to get far worse and to add insult to the injury you're going to need a subscription to be miserable.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at August 05, 2024 04:47 AM (rIBZP)

24
The Breville Oracle Jet is a $2000 computer that makes coffee. (The Verge)

Okay.

Mister Coffee ... Coup

https://youtu.be/
6haBMbtXSLg?si=KDzN-U6bBTWQHYEz

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 05, 2024 04:48 AM (xG4kz)

25 The Curse of the French (Immigrant) Turds Strrikes:

Belgium withdraws from mixed relay triathlon after athlete who swam in Seine River falls ill

https://tinyurl.com/ywa57fk5

Posted by: Ciampino - Tech Stuff #06 at August 05, 2024 04:48 AM (qfLjt)

26 iPad loads text normally. Twitter vids and photos usually load slowly after I hit comments. It has been going on for a long time.

Posted by: Jamaica at August 05, 2024 04:49 AM (IG7T0)

27 Morning all!

Posted by: Bruce at August 05, 2024 04:51 AM (58wuT)

28 The CBS affiliate in Midland lives on!

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at August 05, 2024 04:51 AM (cBmv+)

29 25: I haven't watched any of the Olympics except for them being on at work when I get in. I usually change the channel. Nobody on shift cares. Good to see its going great over there! The crap in the river making Olympians sick and tranny dudes beating the crap out of women. Great job, IOC!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 05, 2024 04:52 AM (sAmhv)

30 All real meat is plant-based. Difference is how processed it is (single-stomach herbivore, ruminant, carnivore).

Posted by: SFGoth at August 05, 2024 04:52 AM (KAi1n)

31 Any recommendations for a wifi extender? I've got an older one which doesn't seem to be extending very well. I dusted it off to see if I could push the TMobile home internet a few about another 30 feet.

Posted by: Bruce at August 05, 2024 04:53 AM (58wuT)

32 Don’t believe for one second that her administration “accidentally” sent $239 MILLION to the Taliban.

https://tinyurl.com/4k8rmsxd

Where's my accidentally sent million eh?

Posted by: Ciampino - Tech Stuff #07 at August 05, 2024 04:53 AM (qfLjt)

33 All real meat is plant-based. Difference is how processed it is (single-stomach herbivore, ruminant, carnivore).
Posted by: SFGoth

HA!

Like plant based milk.

Posted by: Bruce at August 05, 2024 04:54 AM (58wuT)

34 From those tabloid-size computer mags did i successfully build my first pentium system in 1996. Before then, i'd been playing Doom on a 486.

Posted by: SFGoth at August 05, 2024 04:56 AM (KAi1n)

35 Translation: every one of these activities is about to get far worse and to add insult to the injury you're going to need a subscription to be miserable.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram

My dad always said that "new and improved" meant more expensive and worse.

Posted by: Tuna at August 05, 2024 04:59 AM (oaGWv)

36 33
Like plant based milk.

Posted by: Bruce at August 05, 2024 04:54 AM (58wuT)
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Yeah, that grass-to-milk is an incredible machine. Got to thank all that microflora that converts cellulose to sugars. How that becomes milk is a miracle. Imagine a world with no cheese!

Posted by: Ciampino - Tech Stuff #08 at August 05, 2024 04:59 AM (qfLjt)

37 XDA: How I turned an old phone into a NAS

Ok. I think i just found somebody else that should probably lay off the glue and spray paint.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at August 05, 2024 05:00 AM (rIBZP)

38 Still managed to not see a second of the Woke Olympics

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

39 From those tabloid-size computer mags did i successfully build my first pentium system in 1996. Before then, i'd been playing Doom on a 486. Posted by: SFGoth

I really miss those things.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at August 05, 2024 05:02 AM (rIBZP)

40 34 From those tabloid-size computer mags did i successfully build my first pentium system in 1996. Before then, i'd been playing Doom on a 486.
Posted by: SFGoth
...................
Computer Shopper? I recall it was huge.

Posted by: Puddleglum drive by pew pew at August 05, 2024 05:02 AM (hI2/7)

41 Imagine a world with no cheese!
Posted by: Ciampino - Tech Stuff #08

Unpossible

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

42 Still managed to not see a second of the Woke Olympics
Posted by: Skip

I tried watching some of it. The announcers, as are most announcers, are terrible.

Posted by: Bruce at August 05, 2024 05:04 AM (58wuT)

43 Imagine a world with no cheese!
Posted by: Ciampino - Tech Stuff #08

Unpossible
Posted by: Tuna

It's easy if you try....

Posted by: Bruce at August 05, 2024 05:04 AM (58wuT)

44 The Biden/Harris through the “Inflation Reduction Act” used American tax payers money to fund DOMESTIC TERRORISM on the U.S. soil.

https://tinyurl.com/5ch6re4b

Posted by: Ciampino - Tech Stuff #09 at August 05, 2024 05:04 AM (qfLjt)

45 Still managed to not see a second of the Woke Olympics

Me neither. One more week. I wonder how many others will get sick after swimming in the Seine.

Posted by: Tuna at August 05, 2024 05:05 AM (oaGWv)

46 G'morning,all

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

47 As this storm is headed for Charleston, bringing to 20 inches of rain and downtown is famous for flooding.....

Tomorrow's colonoscopy will probably be postponed at the downtown hospital.

I will probably get the update right after I finish my morning run this morning,

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 05, 2024 05:08 AM (a1415)

48 No plan name that a Marxist ever made up does what it says it does. Mostly the exact opposite

Posted by: Skip at August 05, 2024 05:09 AM (fwDg9)

49 40 34 From those tabloid-size computer mags did i successfully build my first pentium system in 1996. Before then, i'd been playing Doom on a 486.
Posted by: SFGoth
...................
Computer Shopper? I recall it was huge.

Posted by: Puddleglum drive by pew pew at August 05, 2024 05:02 AM (hI2/7)
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I remember getting that one in the 90s. Each copy probably took one Douglas Fir tree.

Posted by: Ciampino - Twin Peaks #10 at August 05, 2024 05:09 AM (qfLjt)

50 We have two (2) launches in about 20 and 23 hours. More later.

Posted by: Ciampino - Twin Peaks #11 at August 05, 2024 05:14 AM (qfLjt)

51 My dad always said that "new and improved" meant more expensive and worse.

Posted by: Tuna at August 05, 2024 04:59 AM (oaGWv)

Except for The Bunny Song. The fact that the Veggietales guys had to change the lyrics because kids were belting out "I don't love my mom or my dad, just the bunny" in public amuses me.

MONSIEUR BOB! WE'RE NOT ZAPPOSED TO ZING ZE BUNNY ZONG!

Posted by: pookysgirl can't have chocolate anyway at August 05, 2024 05:14 AM (dtlDP)

52 She seems nice...

https://tinyurl.com/4jdznexk

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

53 From Ciampino's link:

"Now they're saying, ‘well, we don't check out the partner organizations.’ So this NDN [Collective] would be a partner organization as opposed to an actual grantee. So, why aren't you vetting these people? I mean, this is taxpayer dollars, and what do they have to do with telling people how to live and cope better and clean up their environment?"

Holy cow. All you really have to do is slap "green" on your name and the US government will just hand you as much money as you want?

Posted by: green pookysgirl is green at August 05, 2024 05:20 AM (dtlDP)

54 "Holy cow. All you really have to do is slap "green" on your name and the US government will just hand you as much money as you want?"

Let's take that idea for a test drive...shall we?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Very Green Apprentice at August 05, 2024 05:21 AM (a1415)

55 Let's take that idea for a test drive...shall we?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Very Green Apprentice

Green green, it's GREEN they say on the far side of the hill....

...New Christy Minstrels...

Posted by: Bruce at August 05, 2024 05:23 AM (58wuT)

56 CNET: Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 Pro Review: Better Than the AirPods Pro 2

Articles like this are stupid. If you have an iPhone the chances of you buying something other than AirPods is vanishingly small.

And if you have an Android phone, what are the odds that you're even going to know what an Airpod sounds like? Not to mention airpods are probably crippled on an Android phone making them next to useless.

If this showed up in computer shopper it would have a headline like Even Bill Gates and Eddie Van Halen agree: Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 Pro have turbolicious tweeters and and woofers so tasty your mom would serve them for breakfast.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at August 05, 2024 05:23 AM (rIBZP)

57 "Articles like this are stupid. If you have an iPhone the chances of you buying something other than AirPods is vanishingly small. "

I use a pair of TOZO buds from off of Amazon that were about $24.00

Love 'em, with my iPhone.

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

58 Did see much cooler later this week, not even to 80 it said, starting Wednesday.
Forward Dog 9 out

Posted by: Skip at August 05, 2024 05:27 AM (fwDg9)

59 Looks like my TOZO buds are now $19.00 on sale.

https://tinyurl.com/mwduu8vr

Like I said, I use them daily, and love them.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 05, 2024 05:28 AM (a1415)

60 Time to get ready for the morning walk/run.

BBIAB

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 05, 2024 05:29 AM (a1415)

61 I use a pair of TOZO buds from off of Amazon that were about $24.00

Love 'em, with my iPhone.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

That makes sense.

But if you were would to go out and spend $250 on earbuds would you buy the Apple or the Samsung ones if they were priced the same? That's kind of where I was headed with that.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at August 05, 2024 05:29 AM (rIBZP)

62 Looks like my TOZO buds are now $19.00 on sale.

https://tinyurl.com/mwduu8vr

Like I said, I use them daily, and love them.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

That's an incredible deal. I can't wear that style cuz they fall out of my ears all the time.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at August 05, 2024 05:31 AM (rIBZP)

63 >>> ... if the blog is loading slow for you ...

It probably needs moar covfefe. I know *I* do.

Posted by: m at August 05, 2024 05:32 AM (64Zez)

64 3 ... if you're on the right side of the ground ...
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 05, 2024 04:16 AM (omVj0)

I said that to a friend the other day, and the reaction made me think that was a First Time I've Heard That.

Posted by: m at August 05, 2024 05:35 AM (64Zez)

65 CNET: Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 Pro Review: Better Than the AirPods Pro 2

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at August 05, 2024 05:23 AM (rIBZP)

We were at Target on Saturday to get the last of the baby items on our list (7 weeks out!) and wanted to buy a baby monitor. I don't want video, I don't want an ankle monitor that gives the baby's heartrate, and I certainly don't want something that's going to hog all my phone data and battery as it sends my baby's vitals to China. So, we decided on the $20 audio monitor, and it was double-locked to the shelf. The electronics guy was baffled, because Airpods are their most stolen item, and they aren't locked up at all. But an audio baby monitor is apparently the store's most valuable item, or something.

Posted by: pookysgirl, as ready as she's going to be at August 05, 2024 05:38 AM (dtlDP)

66 19 I did finally get my phone back to where it was in settings. Got to watch what one does with these things
Posted by: Skip at August 05, 2024 04:37 AM (fwDg9)

We're watching!

--Bob at NSA

Posted by: m at August 05, 2024 05:41 AM (64Zez)

67 A slightly altered version of a lovely hymn, "It is well with my soul." I had to chuckle because the site" Faith Pot" says, "We grew up singing these hymns." Well, some of us didn't, but we're singing them now and still appreciate them. I guess some of these people are part of churches that do more praise choruses:

https://tinyurl.com/2mcejdk3

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 05, 2024 05:44 AM (PpRHu)

68 The scariest part of the fake meat article? About halfway down, when they label a section "Government funding to the rescue?"

Posted by: Wally at August 05, 2024 05:44 AM (9Uj9K)

69 Yahoo news says it looks bleak for Trump. He has said things and most people will hate him for saying. Kamala and her VP will rule the news in the coming months.
Everytime I turn on my computer, there she is telling me just send her 10 dollars and all will be fine. 'you know you don't want Trump to win this election!'.

Posted by: colin at August 05, 2024 05:45 AM (nC2FH)

70 FL, GA, SC people: Stay alert and safe with this hurricane.

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

71 Gonna hit 100 on Wed. & Thurs. this week. The temp, not the heat index; that's worse.

There's another "disturbance" in the Caribbean, possibly heading into Yucatan and the Gulf. Time to buy some water and canned goods.

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

72 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 05, 2024 05:53 AM (d5jDg)

73 . . . we decided on the $20 audio monitor, and it was double-locked to the shelf. The electronics guy was baffled, because Airpods are their most stolen item, and they aren't locked up at all. But an audio baby monitor is apparently the store's most valuable item, or something.
Posted by: pookysgirl, as ready as she's going to be at August 05, 2024

***
At one of my Walmarts a few weeks ago, I wanted to get some deodorant. That particular store had them locked up -- and no one could be found with the key. A metaphor for modern America, when you stop to think about it.

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

74 52 She seems nice...

https://tinyurl.com/4jdznexk
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 05, 2024 05:16 AM (a1415)

That whole page. Yikes.

Posted by: m at August 05, 2024 05:57 AM (64Zez)

75 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at August 05, 2024 05:57 AM (3Fz6p)

76 Spouse and I are reading part of psalm 18. Which is a very long psalm I really liked this phrase:
For thou wilt light my candle; the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness." verse 28

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 05, 2024 05:57 AM (CDoNq)

77 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at August 05, 2024 05:59 AM (DobEs)

78 Have we had any news about JT? Hello, out there, JT!
*waving*

Posted by: m at August 05, 2024 06:01 AM (64Zez)

79 Good morning morons

No stars in Sonoma this morning

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 05, 2024 06:03 AM (JvZF+)

80 79 Good morning morons

No stars in Sonoma this morning
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 05, 2024 06:03 AM (JvZF+)

A good start on a country music song.

Posted by: m at August 05, 2024 06:05 AM (64Zez)

81 We expect rain from the TS today and tomorrow.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 05, 2024 06:08 AM (+H2BX)

82 A metaphor for modern America, when you stop to think about it.

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

We all stink and there's nothing we can do about it?

Posted by: pookysgirl, trying to get the right lesson here at August 05, 2024 06:08 AM (dtlDP)

83 A good start on a country music song.
Posted by: m at August 05, 2024 06:05 AM (64Zez)
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You don't want to hear me sing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 05, 2024 06:11 AM (JvZF+)

84 83 A good start on a country music song.
Posted by: m at August 05, 2024 06:05 AM (64Zez)
====

You don't want to hear me sing.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 05, 2024 06:11 AM (JvZF+)

Lyricist San Franpsycho.

Posted by: m at August 05, 2024 06:12 AM (64Zez)

85
Stephen L. Miller retweeted
Reuters World
@ReutersWorld
8h
New Zealand scraps clean, green policies to boost economy
reut.rs/3LWWDqQ

Posted by: m at August 05, 2024 06:17 AM (64Zez)

86 A metaphor for modern America, when you stop to think about it.

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

We all stink and there's nothing we can do about it?
Posted by: pookysgirl, trying to get the right lesson here at August 05, 2024

***
Ha!

What amazes me is that they consider *deodorant* a target for shoplifting. Food and snacks, small electronics, sure. But Secret and Ban sticks?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 05, 2024 06:18 AM (omVj0)

87 Nice acapella version of another great old hymn, "Be still my soul"

https://tinyurl.com/46mp3mrv

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 05, 2024 06:20 AM (LWPai)

88 Lyricist San Franpsycho.
Posted by: m at August 05, 2024 06:12 AM (64Zez)

=====
My writing is like chewing raw oatmeal nothing lyrical about it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 05, 2024 06:20 AM (JvZF+)

89 My iPhone SE seems to be lagging a little on AoS.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at August 05, 2024 06:20 AM (2fIO4)

90 At one of my Walmarts a few weeks ago, I wanted to get some deodorant. That particular store had them locked up -- and no one could be found with the key. A metaphor for modern America/, when you stop to think about it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 05, 2024 05:53

Now there's some wisdom from NO. Are you part Cajun Wolfus?

Posted by: Farmer, with my own historical take at August 05, 2024 06:21 AM (55Qr6)

91 What amazes me is that they consider *deodorant* a target for shoplifting. Food and snacks, small electronics, sure. But Secret and Ban sticks?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 05, 2024 06:18 AM (omVj0
====

Easy to steal, easy to sell, easy to store, non-perishable.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 05, 2024 06:21 AM (JvZF+)

92
Huff
@Huff4Congress
Aug 1
I asked ten Kamala Harris supporters why they’re voting for her. Here are their surprising answers!

Posted by: m at August 05, 2024 06:21 AM (64Zez)

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 05, 2024 06:21 AM (JvZF+)

94 Uh oh.

Posted by: Barrel at August 05, 2024 06:22 AM (DobEs)

95 Bold move, Farmer.

Posted by: m at August 05, 2024 06:23 AM (64Zez)

96 I asked ten Kamala Harris supporters why they’re voting for her. Here are their surprising answers!
Posted by: m at August 05, 2024 06:21 AM (64Zez)
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Taglines like that almost always indicate that the answers will, in fact, be unsurprising.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at August 05, 2024 06:24 AM (3Fz6p)

97 The @Huff4Congress link is via @HollyBriden.

Posted by: m at August 05, 2024 06:25 AM (64Zez)

98 asy to steal, easy to sell, easy to store, non-perishable.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 05, 2024

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Deodorant sticks are easy to sell? A lot of people here do not seem to care about how they smell.

And no, no Cajun in me. I'm part Swedish, German, Ruthenian, and a little Irish. I've never felt that I belonged here in this swamp, and less and less so every day.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 05, 2024 06:26 AM (omVj0)

99 The @Huff4Congress link is via @HollyBriden.
Posted by: m at August 05, 2024 06:25 AM (64Zez)
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He can leave in a taxi or he can leave in a huff. If he doesn't like that, he can leave in a minute and a huff.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at August 05, 2024 06:26 AM (3Fz6p)

100 100

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at August 05, 2024 06:27 AM (3Fz6p)

101 Awright; time to hit the road. Only about three hours to coffee and breakfast, depending on how fast they get to me at the doctor for the blood draw, and where I wind up parking the car afterward.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 05, 2024 06:27 AM (omVj0)

102 Fully updated Pale Moon, Win 7 Home, AMD dual-Athalon desktop. No unusual issues. X and YouTube have always been slow to load on all websites.

Posted by: Rusty Bill at August 05, 2024 06:27 AM (MXuIM)

103 So when is Ella Emhoff's stepmother holding her next big campaign rally?

Posted by: Curious adjacent at August 05, 2024 06:27 AM (DobEs)

104 Good morning. Chevron relocating to Texas. California has successfully shot it's foot off.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 05, 2024 06:27 AM (5MvGY)

105 Nice story of an act of kindness:

https://tinyurl.com/t8yv3tty

And now I'm going to take a walk with the family and look at beautiful flowers and "
- hopefully/ not deal anymore with tinyurl which keeps wanting me to verify that I'm human.

Have a good day everyone and remember you are all a blessing to others. Consider following the good advice of wonderful poster "Piper" and take breaks from the board and count your blessings.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 05, 2024 06:28 AM (CY3F1)

106 JJ is nood!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 05, 2024 06:28 AM (U7wke)

107 Here’s the full quote of Harris’ remarks: “This is an extraordinary day, and, um, I’m very thankful for our president and what he has done over his entire career but in particular as it relates to these families and these individuals—what he has been able to do to bring the allies together on many issues but in particular this one. This is just an extraordinary testament to the importance of having a president who understands the power of diplomacy and understands the strength that rests in understanding the significance of diplomacy and strengthening alliances. This is an incredible day.”
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You go, girl!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 05, 2024 06:30 AM (JvZF+)

108 100 100
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at August 05, 2024 06:27 AM (3Fz6p)

Wooooooo! Score!

Posted by: m at August 05, 2024 06:31 AM (64Zez)

109
Front page loads real slowly and it took about an entire minute for it to load this page. Laptop and FireFox browser, usual government spyware.

I have Twitter open in another tab. That sometimes slows things down.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 05, 2024 06:34 AM (RKVpM)

110 Bold move, Farmer.
Posted by: m at August 05, 2024 06:23

Well it's been a long time since I've embarreled myself. How you end a bolding, the strike must go before the first bracket, after the second? I think I'm getting senile here, I forget.

Posted by: Farmer, with my own historical take at August 05, 2024 06:41 AM (55Qr6)

111 Pixie, older Motorola android phone, no problem.

Kindle Fire tablet, newer, no problem.
HP laptop, 2015 with Windows 10, no problem.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 05, 2024 06:57 AM (4780s)

112 Pixy, going slow on Android (Kindle Fire) Brave last night.

Last night's ONT wouldn't finish loading, ever. Never finished, somehow, loading comments of the week (that section was left blank, I thought at first it was a joke, which would be kind of funny), and never loaded the final pic in the thread.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at August 05, 2024 07:11 AM (0QFnr)

113 Firefox 128.0.3, Win 10 19045.4717.

For several hours yesterday the site was slow to load, several times would not load at all. After waiting a while, returned at 8 EDT to find the site loading correctly again.

Worked well this morning.

Posted by: Jim at August 05, 2024 07:34 AM (zhWvq)

114 Nvidia Reportedly Delays Next AI Chip As Shares Tank On Global Selloff

AI bubble pop?

Posted by: SMOD at August 05, 2024 08:33 AM (RHGPo)

115 Pixel 8, Chrome, no problems with AOSHQ this morning

Posted by: Bigsmith at August 05, 2024 08:38 AM (1Au9i)

116 Pixy, no problems so far. Firefox 115.13.0esr (64-bit) macOS 'Sierra' (10.12.6) …

Posted by: Dr_No at August 05, 2024 08:40 AM (ayRl+)

117 Blog loads fine this morning, Linux/Firefox. And that's something. The Linux version of Firefox barfs on an ever increasing number of web pages recently. Been using Brave more.

Posted by: These Fish Sticks Are Hard As Tits at August 05, 2024 09:01 AM (Somy5)

118 Site seems to run okay on my Kindle with Silk OS. I have stuff turned off though, so pictures generally load, but video and Instagram don't.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 05, 2024 09:28 AM (s9EYN)

119 Hi Pixy,

As to slow loading, mine is an extreme circumstance, but may be useful. I have a 2017 item iMac running OSX 10.14.6, 16GB RAM, Safari 13.1.2. I use an iPhone 14 as my internet connection. In the last couple of days this site has loaded very slowly, especially graphics, but today I have read the morning report and your column, am now writing this note, and the sidebars have yet to load. Good lock, and thanks for all the fish.

Posted by: Russ Rhodes at August 05, 2024 09:53 AM (OBUH6)

120 Device locks up for a loooong time and repeatedly, trying to load new pages / topics. Almost unusable.

iPad mini4
iOS 15.8.3
Brave browser

I’ve been assuming it was some sort of thwarted ad load or privacy intrusion / blocked data collection.

Site works fine on multiple Win10 PCs and Win11 laptop, various browsers.

Posted by: Rayra at August 05, 2024 10:04 AM (eJd7P)

121 Locked up on Edge browser running on iPad. Can’t close, must shut down to get out last night. Today opened for about a minute without displaying, clicked stop loading and it showed what was loading. When I didn’t do this it would continue to load indefinitely while I viewed but would not scroll or haltingly.

Posted by: Kenneth King Neil at August 05, 2024 11:00 AM (/g9JB)

122 Hi Pixy. Not only slow loading but constant reloading on my iPad with Safari. No problem with my iPhone or laptop with Windows (it’s always been a little slow to load).

Posted by: Retired, thank God at August 05, 2024 11:28 AM (9BIt9)

123 Apple/Brave/safari

Have been having trouble loading this site for years. It’s either very slow loading or it flat out crashes my stuff. I’ve been trying to tell you guys about this for years but it never gets any better.

I’m sure it’s hurting Ace’s eyeball count and this has always been my favorite blog but I can rarely access it.

Cheers and good luck

Posted by: GB at August 05, 2024 11:32 AM (nJaVc)

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