Daily Tech News 6 August 2024

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How dare That Devil Trump and his Ventriloquist Puppet Vance suggest that the government take action against Google? (The Verge)

They are clearly fascist racists and their racist fascism is illegal under the First Amendment and they and everyone they know and all their families should be imprisoned without trial immediately and forever. Also, Peter Thiel!!!1!
A federal judge has ruled that Google is maintaining an illegal monopoly in the search and advertising markets. (The Verge)

Amit Mehta of the District Court for DC, an Obama appointee, ruled in favour of the Biden Administration's antitrust lawsuit against Google, saying that the company had violated Section 2 of the Sherman Act.

This is clearly the work of That Devil Trump. His perfidy knows no bounds.

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Andy Warhol's lost Amiga art has been found. (The Silicon Underground)

A former Commodore engineer - the same person who trained Warhol on how to use a computer - came forward and said he had had copies of the art on display in his home for the past forty years. He just didn't realise that nobody else had a copy.
The most expensive bug ever. (Quora)

Now sadly the second most expensive bug ever.
Silicon Valley parents are sending kindergarten age children to AI-focused summer camps. (San Francisco Standard)

This is actually a lot less worse than the headline would suggest. The younger kids are playing with Lego robots, and the older ones working with image recognition systems.

Nothing to do with generative AI.
Video game actors are on strike over AI. (The Verge)

Okay.
Is the Asus ROG Ally X any good? Yes. (Hot Hardware)

This is a hand-held gaming PC similar to the Steam Deck - or the Nintendo Switch or PlayStation Vita - only more powerful and more expensive than it's competitors.

If that's what you want, it fills the role pretty well.

Disclaimer: Peter Thiel!!!1!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:15 AM

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1 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 06, 2024 04:15 AM (5nIWD)

2 Morning all

Posted by: Bruce at August 06, 2024 04:15 AM (58wuT)

3 Top 5?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 06, 2024 04:16 AM (omVj0)

4 yay

Posted by: m at August 06, 2024 04:17 AM (64Zez)

5 G'Day everyone
Made coffee same way every day, today tastes weak

Posted by: Skip at August 06, 2024 04:19 AM (fwDg9)

6 "They are clearly fascist racists and their racist fascism is illegal under the First Amendment and they and everyone they know and all their families should be imprisoned without trial immediately and forever."

= What Google says about That Devil Trump and his Ventriloquist Puppet Vance.

and

= What That Devil Trump and his Ventriloquist Puppet Vance say about Google.

Posted by: m at August 06, 2024 04:20 AM (64Zez)

7 Willowed:
You can't *spell* potassium without pot.
Posted by: m at August 06, 2024

Weedassium. Yeah, pot works better.

Posted by: SFGoth at August 06, 2024 04:20 AM (KAi1n)

8 Evening and morning to all the AoSHQ satellites across the system! (I'm reading Clarke's Imperial Earth from '76, in which he accurately envisions cell phones and the phenomena of people out of nowhere trying to sell you things you've inquired about, and of sex clubs tailored to your interests. So naturally I'm thinking about Titan, the hero's home world.)

Up early, I am, but with about enough sleep; coffee; no desire for a pipe to wake up with -- it's just not pipe smoking weather. What's up with you?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 06, 2024 04:20 AM (omVj0)

9 Mornin'

TDS is a cult.

Think I'll take a walk soon. Sun isn't up yet but it will be 'cooler'. Still crazy humid though.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 06, 2024 04:21 AM (sAmhv)

10 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at August 06, 2024 04:21 AM (dg+HA)

11 tinyurl.com/4m64twm2
Good stuff on Bad Blue, it's getting sporty in Britain, knew it would sooner or later.

Posted by: Skip at August 06, 2024 04:21 AM (fwDg9)

12 Willowed: It's Hiroshima Day.
Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at August 06, 2024

***
Indeed it is; 79 years. I hope Ace or one of the cobs has a post on it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 06, 2024 04:22 AM (omVj0)

13 The new PM of Britain has done the impossible. He united the Irish Protestants and Catholics.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 06, 2024 04:22 AM (sAmhv)

14 56 and partly cloudy here in the city that spawned the triumvirate of nancy, gavin, and kamala. You're welcome. Headed for a high of 68 and another drippy, overnight marine layer.

Posted by: SFGoth at August 06, 2024 04:23 AM (KAi1n)

15 11 tinyurl.com/4m64twm2
Good stuff on Bad Blue, it's getting sporty in Britain, knew it would sooner or later.
Posted by: Skip at August 06, 2024 04:21 AM (fwDg9)

Thanks, Skip!

Posted by: m at August 06, 2024 04:25 AM (64Zez)

16 I've got a new seersucker robe from Vermont Country Store. Feels odd; the old one, from them also, was well broken in, with a torn pocket and a rip in one side. This one feels too crisp and fresh. I guess I'll get used to it in time.

Perhaps I'll have a half-slice of toast with peanut butter. That's the ticket.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 06, 2024 04:29 AM (omVj0)

17 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 06, 2024 04:34 AM (hoCmQ)

18 Drippy Marine Layer was the Sherwin Williams paint color my Aunt Edna chose for her entry hall powder room. I didn't much care for it. But I only saw it when I was taking a whiz

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 06, 2024 04:35 AM (dg+HA)

19 Coffee and toast consumed, I must be off to make up my lunch, shave and shower, and slop the feline hogs. In short, another sloggy day.

Once I'm retired, I suspect a good part of my morning (except for the making up lunch part) will be the same.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 06, 2024 04:40 AM (omVj0)

20 In the Bad Blue tweets, there's a tweet from @TrumpDailyPosts that spells Kamala "Kamabla"! Typo? That's pretty good. Kamabla, bla, bla:

People vote with their STOMACH, and food is now at an all time high because of Kamabla/Biden INCOMPETENCE. With them in charge, IT WILL ONLY GET WORSE!

Posted by: m at August 06, 2024 04:42 AM (64Zez)

21 I clean my birdbath after work, sometimes wife does in morning. With this hot weather it is getting used well

Posted by: Skip at August 06, 2024 04:43 AM (fwDg9)

22 LOL looking at

https://nitter.poast.org/trumpdailyposts

Kamabla is a thing.

Posted by: m at August 06, 2024 04:45 AM (64Zez)

23 Meanwhile, in a dark and remote location, B.O. quietly prepares for his fourth term...

Posted by: Somber narrator voice at August 06, 2024 04:45 AM (dg+HA)

24 G'morning, all.

So far...7 inches of rain in the back yard.

30MPH gusts, and tornado warnings all through the night.

Schools, government and most of all else are shutoff the next two days as we wait for Bbbie to finish passing through the area.
H
Gonna hold off on the morning walk till sun-up, so I an see what may be lying in the road.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 06, 2024 04:47 AM (a1415)

25 Ultimately when kids are encouraged by a school or a summer camp to get into all things scientific, it means "build robots"!

Fortunately I am not in school anymore. Schools were not helpful with my interest in astronomy. For that, I had to go around them. (Yet another reason I hated school back in the day.)

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at August 06, 2024 04:47 AM (8sMut)

26 Everyone is helpful
Everyone is kind
On the road to Kambala.

Posted by: Two Dog Night at August 06, 2024 04:49 AM (dg+HA)

27 Low 90s today, 70s next few, that will be a shock

Posted by: Skip at August 06, 2024 04:50 AM (fwDg9)

28 Fortunately I am not in school anymore. Schools were not helpful with my interest in astronomy. For that, I had to go around them. (Yet another reason I hated school back in the day.)
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33

Some things you have to learn on the streets

Posted by: Bruce at August 06, 2024 04:50 AM (4Xrvl)

29 12 Willowed: It's Hiroshima Day.
Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at August 06, 2024

***
Indeed it is; 79 years. I hope Ace or one of the cobs has a post on it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 06, 2024 04:22 AM (omVj0)

Otherwise known as FAFO Day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5XJ2GiR6Bo

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at August 06, 2024 04:50 AM (8sMut)

30 Everyone is helpful
Everyone is kind
On the road to Kambala.
Posted by: Two Dog Night

HA!

Posted by: Bruce at August 06, 2024 04:51 AM (4Xrvl)

31 12 Willowed: It's Hiroshima Day.
Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at August 06, 2024

***
Indeed it is; 79 years. I hope Ace or one of the cobs has a post on it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 06, 2024 04:22 AM (omVj0)

I am embarassed and ashamed. Just the fact that our country has a military leaves me embarrassed and ashamed. We should have ceded HI to Japan and apologized to them for having to bomb Pearl Harbor. This way we could have stayed out of WWII. (The Germans? Give them anything they wanted. That wasn't our fight.)

Posted by: AoS Isolationists and Libertarians at August 06, 2024 04:53 AM (8sMut)

32 Columbian gang leader arrested in College Park Md.

Can you spot the series of clues showing an overall breakdown in our national security?

https://tinyurl.com/3jdpp8nf

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 06, 2024 04:53 AM (a1415)

33 Did they fix the issues with the ROG Ally X that the original ROG Allies seemed to have? I recall several reviewers loving them at first and then noticed major performance drops and such months later.

Posted by: Buzzion at August 06, 2024 04:54 AM (2L/6q)

34 20 In the Bad Blue tweets, there's a tweet from @TrumpDailyPosts that spells Kamala "Kamabla"! Typo? That's pretty good. Kamabla, bla, bla:

People vote with their STOMACH, and food is now at an all time high because of Kamabla/Biden INCOMPETENCE. With them in charge, IT WILL ONLY GET WORSE!
Posted by: m at August 06, 2024 04:42 AM (64Zez)

It's price gouging and you know it. Supermarkets must be forced by law to give away their inventories for free. Serves those hyper-evil rich wreckers and traitors right.

Posted by: Democratic Party at August 06, 2024 04:54 AM (8sMut)

35 *hic*

Posted by: Kamabla at August 06, 2024 04:55 AM (89Sog)

36 With any luck the house will cool down now that the windows are open.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at August 06, 2024 04:55 AM (8sMut)

37 Buzzion!!!!

I thought you were dead, man.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 06, 2024 04:56 AM (a1415)

38 79 years ago today my father would have been aboard a dinky wooden hulled minesweeper in the Kerama Rhetto anchorage near Okinawa, probably thinking about the impending invasion.
Little did he know it was all about to change.

There's a Russian proverb that says decades can pass and nothing happens. Then weeks can pass and decades happen.
This was about to be one of those weeks.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 06, 2024 04:57 AM (dg+HA)

39 24 So far...7 inches of rain in the back yard.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 06, 2024 04:47 AM (a1415)

!!!

Posted by: m at August 06, 2024 04:59 AM (64Zez)

40 "So far...7 inches of rain in the back yard.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 06, 2024 04:47 AM (a1415)

!!!"

But it's a dry heat!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 06, 2024 05:01 AM (a1415)

41 Britain is what happens when you disarm the people and then hire DEIs to be police officers. And also when you don't call out the militia at the first sign of trouble.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 06, 2024 05:03 AM (+H2BX)

42 Posted by: AoS Isolationists and Libertarians

Null set.

Posted by: m at August 06, 2024 05:04 AM (64Zez)

43 One piece of good news in all this Death-Storm pron is the fact that the periods of heaviest rain in the downtown Charleston area are expected to coincide with LOW tides.

Best possible scenario for a city that is barely above sea level.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 06, 2024 05:06 AM (a1415)

44 Kama kama kama kama kama
Chameleon

Which is what she's been.

Posted by: m at August 06, 2024 05:08 AM (64Zez)

45
Crap, looks like Debby is headed for SE PA. Flooding coming, that's for sure. PA is where hurricanes go to die a lingering death.

https://www.ventusky.com/?p=36.5;-72.9;4&l=radar

/ look for white line

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 06, 2024 05:08 AM (RKVpM)

46 In England they imported too many Muslims and now they have a problem tje Muslims think they own the place.
Everyone with 1/2 a brain could see that coming

Posted by: Skip at August 06, 2024 05:10 AM (fwDg9)

47 I do remember Hurricane Agnes very well, historic flooding.

Posted by: Skip at August 06, 2024 05:12 AM (fwDg9)

48 Finally last night figured out how to get my phone in way I had it.

Posted by: Skip at August 06, 2024 05:13 AM (fwDg9)

49 "The new PM of Britain has done the impossible. He united the Irish Protestants and Catholics."

Ever learn about the Anabaptists in Meunster Germany? The Catholics and the Lutheran united to drive them out.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 06, 2024 05:15 AM (+H2BX)

50 Doug Emhoff: I remember when Kamala Harris called to tell me about ... Dobbs. The first thing I thought about was my daughter. As a dad and a husband, I'm going to do everything I can to speak out and help advance reproductive freedom.

Mollie Hemingway: So your first thought was that if your daughter was used by a man like you used her nanny, you'd want to do everything you could so that man would be able to likewise avoid accountablity for what he'd done? FATHER OF THE YEAR, there, Doug.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 06, 2024 05:15 AM (+H2BX)

51 Muggy out, see heavy rain possibly later today
Forward Dog 9 out

Posted by: Skip at August 06, 2024 05:16 AM (fwDg9)

52
HC Floyd was huge, and HC Ida a couple years. Fitzwater Station has a mark on the side entrance door, about halfway up with the high water mark from Ida. Probably ten feet above the parking lot and 20-25 feet above the river.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 06, 2024 05:17 AM (RKVpM)

53 Posted by: Skip at August 06, 2024 04:21 AM

I am praying for them. I'm with the poster who's an Anglophile and my sister and BIL live there..

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 06, 2024 05:19 AM (dTTBf)

54 Good morning, good people. May all efforts today be beneficial. It looks like we'll get a weather break this week, forecast says cooler (mid 70's, seasonal for the Adirondacks) and drier.

Something I noticed prior here, the trees showed very little distress due to temp because of the constant shower activity, they have been well watered.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at August 06, 2024 05:22 AM (hKoQL)

55 45
Crap, looks like Debby is headed for SE PA. Flooding coming, that's for sure. PA is where hurricanes go to die a lingering death.

https://www.ventusky.com/?p=36.5;-72.9;4&l=radar

/ look for white line
Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 06, 2024 05:08 AM (RKVpM)

This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: Agnes at August 06, 2024 05:25 AM (8sMut)

56 Local elections matter. And I'd love to read why, but yet again, a link to a story was posted with the story...
BEHIND A PAYWALL.

Thanks, guys.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at August 06, 2024 05:28 AM (8sMut)

57 Man formerly in the Navy speaks of dangers of being on autopilot in our spiritual life and reflects on a passage from the Book of Judges:

https://tinyurl.com/4b9c6raf

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 06, 2024 05:35 AM (do/s7)

58 The voice actors are on strike! How will we ever replace them? We'll need people who can read and talk. We must be down to our last 300 million or so of those types. Let's import some people.

Posted by: Wally at August 06, 2024 05:37 AM (hqVaF)

59 52 Fitzwater Station has a mark on the side entrance door, about halfway up with the high water mark from Ida. Probably ten feet above the parking lot and 20-25 feet above the river.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 06, 2024 05:17 AM (RKVpM)

Yikes.

Posted by: m at August 06, 2024 05:39 AM (64Zez)

60 Ever learn about the Anabaptists in Meunster Germany? The Catholics and the Lutheran united to drive them out.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 06, 2024 05:15 AM (+H2BX)

Well they did think that it was going to be the new Jerusalem and Christ was coming to Germany.

Posted by: Buzzion at August 06, 2024 05:39 AM (2L/6q)

61 / look for white line
Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 06, 2024 05:08 AM (RKVpM)

This is about me, isn't it?
Posted by: Agnes

No

Posted by: Melle Mel at August 06, 2024 05:43 AM (KAi1n)

62 Insomnia - why does such an awful thing have such a melifluous name?

Posted by: SFGoth at August 06, 2024 05:45 AM (KAi1n)

63 Christ was coming to Germany? Don't tell them you're Jewish, Jesus!

Posted by: Wally at August 06, 2024 05:45 AM (hqVaF)

64 Fen stell often I lived in England 2 years so do like tje place and wish them well

Posted by: Skip at August 06, 2024 05:45 AM (AGaAY)

65 "Ever learn about the Anabaptists in Meunster Germany?"

These folks are my ancestors.

Fled from a Swiss town that historically shifted back and forth from Swiss to German territory and back.

Settled outside of Philadelphia and became Brethren.

Religious refugees.

The ones that weren't re-baptised in Europe, that is.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 06, 2024 05:47 AM (a1415)

66 he voice actors are on strike! How will we ever replace them? We'll need people who can read and talk. We must be down to our last 300 million or so of those types. Let's import some people.
Posted by: Wally at August 06, 2024

***
Hire me. I don't mind being a scab.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 06, 2024 05:48 AM (omVj0)

67 Well, I'm getting what I call the "spinning circle of doom" on any videos I try to post (It was more entertaining when prior to "pride" it was just a rainbow circle) so no videos today.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 06, 2024 05:48 AM (xFipM)

68 Mellifluous, oy

Posted by: SFGoth at August 06, 2024 05:50 AM (KAi1n)

69 Posted by: Skip at August 06, 2024 05:45 AM (AGaAY)

I am glad you feel that way, Skip. I have not lived there just visited but I so enjoyed it,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 06, 2024 05:51 AM (Dv967)

70 Morning everyone.

Posted by: Tuna at August 06, 2024 05:51 AM (oaGWv)

71 It's amazing the percentage of folks around here that don't remember Hurricane Hugo.

They know the name.

But it's only a series of stories from the 'Olds' that live here.

I lived one block from the Ashley River when Hugo came to town.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 06, 2024 05:53 AM (a1415)

72 >52
HC Floyd was huge, and HC Ida a couple years. Fitzwater Station has a mark on the side entrance door, about halfway up with the high water mark from Ida. Probably ten feet above the parking lot and 20-25 feet above the river.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 06, 2024 05:17 AM (RKVpM)

We're neighbors. I love the Fitz. During Ida, couldn't get in or out of my development...Pickering Creek was raging for a few days. And we lost power for the better part of the week. At least I have a generator this time around.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at August 06, 2024 05:53 AM (GTqXr)

73 Silicon Valley parents are sending their kids to the Latest Fad Camp.

Hint: it’s exclusive and super expensive. The kids? Half of them would rather be running with blunt scissors and eating mint flavored glue paste.

Posted by: 13times at August 06, 2024 05:53 AM (hXIua)

74 68 Mellifluous, oy
Posted by: SFGoth at August 06, 2024 05:50 AM (KAi1n)

late 15th century: from late Latin mellifluus (from mel ‘honey’ + fluere ‘to flow’

Posted by: m at August 06, 2024 05:55 AM (64Zez)

75 45
Crap, looks like Debby is headed for SE PA. Flooding coming, that's for sure. PA is where hurricanes go to die a lingering death.

https://www.ventusky.com/?p=36.5;-72.9;4&l=radar

/ look for white line
Posted by: Divide by Zero

It's going to slip to the west of Babylon DC.

Got back from my walk. Very soupy outside. 79 degrees, 91% humidity.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 06, 2024 05:56 AM (sAmhv)

76 VIA, you mentioned watching carbs. Any thoughts on that?

Posted by: m at August 06, 2024 06:00 AM (64Zez)

77 Superstorm Sandy.

Posted by: Algore at August 06, 2024 06:04 AM (DobEs)

78 Cannibals in the Superdome.

--your news media

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

79
Good morning, Hordians. Got woken before 4:00 by Diana, who wanted to be in bed with us. Could not get back to sleep. Now sitting in the Command Center at Schloss Hadrian with my coffee.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 06, 2024 06:10 AM (1Nxff)

80
Pickering Creek was raging for a few days. And we lost power for the better part of the week. At least I have a generator this time around.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at August 06, 2024 05:53 AM

When Schuylkill Township puts out sawhorses near where I live I know we're in for flooding. One end of Creek Road near the Schuylkill Township building goes under a couple feet of water. During Ida the bridge on the other end of the road was almost completely under water and sustained damage along with the road. Prediction so far is for possible five inches of rain. So far. We'll see. When it's in the eight to ten inches of rain in a few hours is when big problems start.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 06, 2024 06:12 AM (RKVpM)

81 "VIA, you mentioned watching carbs. Any thoughts on that?"

Sure...

While carbs are an essential part of our diet, I was consuming a huge amount of them a daily basis without realizing it. When my morning pot of coffee gives me 200 grams of combined sugars and carbs, before the day begins....well, it does contribute to the waistline. As well as blood pressure.

Tomorrow is one month of a single cup of black coffee a day. a conscious effort to drop carbs lower, and walking, and now even running 3.0-3.5 miles daily.

So I have

1. Gone from 221 to 205 pounds.
2. Walking pace has gone from 20:00 minute mile to a consistent sub 17:00 mile.
3. Resting heart rate has dropped almost 11 BPM
4.Blood pressure now tracks in the 120's/70's.

And I contribute it to reducing carbs, sugars and caffeine, and the introduction of the morning walk/run.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 06, 2024 06:14 AM (a1415)

82
If there's flooding on the Gulf Coast, it's our fault for living too close to the water, too much building and Global Warming denial.

If there's flooding on the East Coast, it's the fault of people on the Gulf Coast.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 06, 2024 06:15 AM (1Nxff)

83 mornin yall. In Central Ga we got some sprinkles from the storm. All the Jews we have around here must have turned it.

Posted by: fd at August 06, 2024 06:17 AM (vFG9F)

84 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 06, 2024 06:14 AM (a1415)

That's great! Keep up the good work and my the Lord continue to bless your efforts.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 06, 2024 06:17 AM (uzAFe)

85 Looks like another band of rain is overhead.

Weather station in back yard shows 2.85 inch per hour rain rate at the moment.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 06, 2024 06:17 AM (a1415)

86 Thanks, Fen!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 06, 2024 06:18 AM (a1415)

87 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 06, 2024 06:10 AM

I assume that's a dog and the Greek Goddess😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 06, 2024 06:19 AM (uzAFe)

88 "All the Jews we have around here must have turned it."

Or, it's just JJ doing what he does to look out for other Morons.

He's a giver like that, you know.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 06, 2024 06:19 AM (a1415)

89
If there's flooding on the East Coast, it's the fault of people on the Gulf Coast.

They should wring those things out before sending them north.

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

90 For the record, I am against the ONT idea of arming raccoons. Having only recently won my multi-year war against a local raccoon (I think he died), and he didn't have a gun, thank heavens, I can't support Guns For Raccoons.

And good morning

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 06, 2024 06:21 AM (UIcOt)

91 You would think that with the massive hits that Wall Street seems to be taking, that the major news organizations would do more than casual mention of it, before moving on to the next story.

But....they seem to be rather incurious about it.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 06, 2024 06:22 AM (a1415)

92 The way to secure the border is to .....

a) create a legitimate way for people and firms to get the labor that the economy really needs in legitimate, legal ways

b) make it so that no one is able to cross the border except at checkpoints where identity can be verified and goods inspected so that the citizens within the borders can be protected from harm.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 06, 2024 06:22 AM (fs1hN)

93 "b) make it so that no one is able to cross the border except at checkpoints where identity can be verified and goods inspected so that the citizens within the borders can be protected from harm."

An idea that is so crazy...that it just might work

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 06, 2024 06:23 AM (a1415)

94
I assume that's a dog and the Greek Goddess😉
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 06, 2024 06:19 AM (uzAFe)

Diana (Ch. Soyara's Dark Huntress). Delilah's daughter. The apple didn't fall far from the tree.

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

95 Being incurious is our go-to move.

Posted by: Major "news" organizations at August 06, 2024 06:26 AM (DobEs)

96 Prayer request/

Our church treasurer ( who has a sweet sweet spirit and works hard in her volunteer capacity as treasurer ) has a very kind husband ( he doesn't come to church except at Christmas but is a very practical man who has fixed all kinds of things over there and we all love him because he's just the nicest down to earth guy) and he has some brutal cough. If you could pray for his healing I'd be grateful. Thanks so much.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 06, 2024 06:27 AM (Fi68E)

97 Fen,

Of course.

Prayers being sent.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 06, 2024 06:28 AM (a1415)

98
We had a derecho storm - I think it was year 2020 - that wasn't so much rain as high winds that took down trees everywhere. Four days without power, neighbors walking up the street with gas cans in each hand. No way to drive in any direction.

Now I have a portable solar panel, about 4 feet by 8 feet that folds up nicely and has handles. It weighs about 20 pounds. 2K storage battery that weighs 60 pounds I put on a little wagon to move around. Enough power for the basics like coffee, toast, microwave, battery/phone charging, etc.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 06, 2024 06:28 AM (RKVpM)

99 Le NOOD

It be here!!!!!!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 06, 2024 06:29 AM (a1415)

100 "Texas husband who chopped off newlywed wife’s head gets 40-year prison sentence"

40 years? WTH do you have to do to get the death penalty? Make it a hate crime?

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

101 An updated weather forecast now says rain, heavy at times from Friday through Sunday thus I expect some flooding. Least I get a break from mowing so there's that.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at August 06, 2024 06:31 AM (hKoQL)

102 Hadrian the Seventh at August 06, 2024 06:25 AM

I ruined the joke. I meant NOT the Greek Goddess. I wouldn't want a Greek Goddess in bed with my husband and me. We did have a rather large dog, Becket, who would sometimes jump on the bed. I don't mind the cat on there but Becket was too big.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 06, 2024 06:31 AM (Usrpz)

103 Nood JJ

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 06, 2024 06:31 AM (+H2BX)

104 Thanks, VIA.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 06, 2024 06:32 AM (Usrpz)

105 Up early, I am, but with about enough sleep; coffee; no desire for a pipe to wake up with -- it's just not pipe smoking weather. What's up with you?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 06, 2024 04:20 AM (omVj0)

**shrugs**

The usual depression and cynical fatalism. But I'll keep it to myself.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 06, 2024 06:34 AM (Q0kLU)

106 They're not really science camps.

They're science fiction camps.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 06, 2024 06:37 AM (BAEGB)

107 81 "VIA, you mentioned watching carbs. Any thoughts on that?"

Sure...

While carbs are an essential part of our diet, I was consuming a huge amount of them a daily basis without realizing it. When my morning pot of coffee gives me 200 grams of combined sugars and carbs, before the day begins....well, it does contribute to the waistline. As well as blood pressure.

Tomorrow is one month of a single cup of black coffee a day. a conscious effort to drop carbs lower, and walking, and now even running 3.0-3.5 miles daily.

So I have

1. Gone from 221 to 205 pounds.
2. Walking pace has gone from 20:00 minute mile to a consistent sub 17:00 mile.
3. Resting heart rate has dropped almost 11 BPM
4.Blood pressure now tracks in the 120's/70's.

And I contribute it to reducing carbs, sugars and caffeine, and the introduction of the morning walk/run.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 06, 2024 06:14 AM (a1415)

Thank you!

Posted by: m at August 06, 2024 06:42 AM (64Zez)

108 "Andy Warhol's lost Amiga art has been found. (The Silicon Underground)"

Link seems to be having some issues over at the site it's hosted on.

Here's the August 5 copy at archive.org:
https://tinyurl.com/3e2tzmcd

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 06, 2024 07:27 AM (O7YUW)

109 Good article from "Front Page" on England.if I try to go find anything online I get articles/ of course on right wingers and disinformation
m.? What exactly is the "disinformation"?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 06, 2024 07:49 AM (cWGcu)

110 12 Willowed: It's Hiroshima Day.
Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at August 06, 2024

Friday is Nagasaki Day

Posted by: Gref at August 06, 2024 08:58 AM (5fDan)

111 Bloomberg Confirms "Engineering Snags" Delay Nvidia's Next-Gen AI Chip Rollout

Posted by: SMOD at August 06, 2024 08:59 AM (RHGPo)

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Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at August 06, 2024 09:21 AM (w9Wax)

113 AI is going to take over animation (at least in terms of character rigging, walk cycles, etc.) in the next 10 years. Given a pretty small sample, voice already can be generated to a fair degree. Heck, modders are already doing AI voicework in things like Skyrim.

This strike represents an industry not aware of how screwed it is.

Posted by: m0lr4k at August 06, 2024 10:43 AM (MRA68)

114 And just to be clear, this is not on the fly voice generation, but pre-rendered dialog added into mods. No (terrible) voice actor needed, and dialog fully spoken in your mod, practically for free.

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