Daily Tech News 20 August 2024

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AMD is buying server manufacturer ZT Systems for $4.9 billion. (Serve the Home)

ZT Systems is one of those surprisingly big companies you've never heard of. Been around for 30 years, sells $10 billion worth of servers a year, completely under everyone's radar.

AMD plans to buy them, split the engineering team from the manufacturing business, and then sell the manufacturing part to one of the even larger competitors.

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There's a Sinkclose patch coming for Ryzen 3000 after all. (Tom's Hardware)

This is good, even though the Sinkclose bug is only a problem in certain specific situations. Ryzen 1000 and 2000 are getting old, but Ryzen 3000 is still a perfectly functional design - we were using a Ryzen 3000 server until just recently.
If you have a public GitHub repo, you have a public GitHub repo. (Security Week)

If you use CI/CD, all of that data is public too.

By design, but easy to overlook.
If you use Jenkins for CI/CD, that's public too. (Bleeping Computer)

Not by design. It just is.
If you have 19th century books with beautiful green binding that hasn't faded with time, they might kill you. (Ars Technica)

This story pops up every now and then, and it's worth sharing. Synthetic dyes and pigments became very popular in the 19th century, and while the colours wee beautiful, they often contained metals like lead, cadmium, mercury, and arsenic.

Do not eat.
A high school student in England recently showed off a working fusion reactor as his science fair project. (Interesting Engineering)

This is as far-fetched as it might sound. We've had working fusion reactors for sixty years - the Fusor was invented by Philo T. Farnsworth - yes, that Philo T. Farnsworth - in 1964.

They're basically useless, because they take more energy to run than they can ever produce - but they do work.

Disclaimer: Just like me on the Friday before a long weekend.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:11 AM

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1 German rocket engine EXPLODES at UK's Shetland Island Spaceport causing huge fireball - video

https://mol.im/a/13759357

Don't forget the SpaceX launch this AM at 5:36 EDT.

https://www.youtube.com/
live/ZqmaT4POtV4

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, e tutto morto qui #05 at August 20, 2024 04:13 AM (qfLjt)

2 Thanks for the space news!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 20, 2024 04:14 AM (BLOW1)

3 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 20, 2024 04:15 AM (sAmhv)

4 Evening and morning to all! (See, I'm inclusive)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 20, 2024 04:16 AM (omVj0)

5 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at August 20, 2024 04:19 AM (dg+HA)

6 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 20, 2024 04:21 AM (+9Nbm)

7 That's right -- we have a long weekend, not this one, but the next. And I have a literal birthday as part of it. I may go out to someplace unusual to have breakfast that Saturday!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 20, 2024 04:23 AM (omVj0)

8 German rocket engine EXPLODES at UK's Shetland Island Spaceport causing huge fireball - video

https://mol.im/a/13759357

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, e tutto morto qui #05 at August 20, 2024 04:13 AM (qfLjt)
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..."Und I'm learning Chinese," said Wernher von Braun."

https://youtu.be/TjDEsGZLbio

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 20, 2024 04:26 AM (+9Nbm)

9 Union leaders frame Harris as champion of the working class in Night 1 of DNC.
Kamala will nationalize the unions and all workers will be happy, Conrad.

Posted by: Colin at August 20, 2024 04:28 AM (e8qy3)

10 In hi-tech exec conspiracy news, search for "mike lynch".

He's dead, Jim.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 20, 2024 04:28 AM (+9Nbm)

11 Congratulations to Hex, the only one in this household *not* keeping me awake tonight.

Doesn't mean he gets extra milk, though.

Posted by: pookysgirl, beyond tired at August 20, 2024 04:29 AM (dtlDP)

12 The metal salts that are colored have the purest and beautiful colors. It's the reason I love crystals and find colored jewel stones more lovely than diamonds.
Trying to remember some pigments for water-based paints: cadmium sulfide CdS is a beautiful pure yellow. Arsenic makes green. Vanadium is named after the goddess Vanadis because vanadium salts display such wonderful colors. Lead sulfate is white but forms lead sulfide with dirty air containing H2S and becomes black. Can be converted back to white sulfate by wiping the painting with hydrogen peroxide (let an expert do this otherwise you'll end up with another 'Ecce Homo' fresco.
Sorry, got carried away here.

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, e tutto morto qui #06 at August 20, 2024 04:30 AM (qfLjt)

13 If you're on X and want to be a truth/accuracy activist, Elon Musk has a new feature for you:

https://tinyurl.com/dw2dfc4y

Some of the comments are worth a read, too.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 20, 2024 04:31 AM (+9Nbm)

14 Pixy, did I see that Win11 did away with the hibernate function? Or am I dreaming again? (This blog shows up in my dreams sometimes.)

Posted by: pookysgirl, beyond tired at August 20, 2024 04:31 AM (dtlDP)

15 G'Day everyone
Another long 2 job day, trying to decide if want to come home in between, much longer driving

Posted by: Skip at August 20, 2024 04:32 AM (fwDg9)

16 I'm truly sorry for you, Aussies:

https://tinyurl.com/2t9tpr2p

You, too, need to revolt against your gubbernmint.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 20, 2024 04:37 AM (+9Nbm)

17 My old TV is giving me some odd graphical issues. Still works, mostly. Every now and then, I'll see red blotches. I'm overdue for a new TV. This one was a hand-me-down and it's around 15 years old. A cheap, Walmart, RCA TV. I look online occasionally. Maybe I'll swing by Walmart and see what they have. The local Walmart is an adventure. I went there last week, and it was like a trailer park UN.

(No offense to trailer parks. Might wind up living in one someday.)

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 20, 2024 04:38 AM (sAmhv)

18 Today I have some major work to do paying people money we owe them. And I have to clarify with my boss the policy about paying some others. I've understood they were to get $nnnn their first year, and half that the second. Last week one of my colleagues met with our boss, and she says he's decided they will get the former total amount right up front, and can apply for payments for research-related travel and expenses on a case-by-case basis beyond that. I don't need to apply the new policy (if there is one) quite yet, but I'd like to know before one of the people asks me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 20, 2024 04:39 AM (omVj0)

19 Transgender schoolgirls are told by judge that they can flout New Hampshire state law that bans them from competing in women's and girls' sports

https://mol.im/a/13759961

Judges make laws?

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, e tutto morto qui #08 at August 20, 2024 04:39 AM (qfLjt)

20 Handy fact-checking thread on Biden's DNC speech:

https://t.co/EhAGHZ3iiR

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 20, 2024 04:41 AM (+9Nbm)

21 I think I'll cancel my plans to holiday in Estonia:

https://tinyurl.com/2bcp54ta

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 20, 2024 04:44 AM (+9Nbm)

22 21 I think I'll cancel my plans to holiday in Estonia:

https://tinyurl.com/2bcp54ta
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

Oh.

Uh, nice helmets?

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 20, 2024 04:48 AM (sAmhv)

23 I think I'll take a walk. Its 68 degrees.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 20, 2024 04:49 AM (sAmhv)

24 About time to shave and shower, then feed the beasts and myself.

The humidity, according to the local CBS outlet's website, is down a bit. Maybe the drive in today won't be so bad and I can even wind the windows down for part of the commute . . .? Nah.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 20, 2024 04:50 AM (omVj0)

25 19 So in NH one can pick and choose which State laws one wants to obey? Wow I'm sure all the Sovereign Citizens, Moorish Nationals and similar ilk are hoping to find a judge like this one to decree that they can 'travel' without a driver's license, without registration tags and without insurance!

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, e tutto morto qui #09 at August 20, 2024 04:50 AM (qfLjt)

26 G'morning, all!

Only took 1.75 hours to change out the Volvo blower motor and resistor. New one runs nice and quiet too.

And by my estimation, with todays all, followed by mowing the yard later today, that should drop my weight from 200.8 to below 200 pounds. That will be the first time in 14 years that I have been below that. And a continuing slow march down to 180, if I can stay on track.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 20, 2024 04:51 AM (a1415)

27 Uh, nice helmets?
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 20, 2024 04:48 AM (sAmhv)
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I KNOW NAZING! I SEE NAZING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 20, 2024 04:57 AM (+9Nbm)

28 That will be the first time in 14 years that I have been below that. And a continuing slow march down to 180, if I can stay on track.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

Nice work!

Posted by: Bruce at August 20, 2024 04:58 AM (esnLI)

29 I think I'll cancel my plans to holiday in Estonia:

https://tinyurl.com/2bcp54ta

Ja, Meister.

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, e tutto morto qui #10to morto qui #09 at August 20, 2024 05:04 AM (qfLjt)

30 New Trump ad spotted:

https://tinyurl.com/2vyes83h

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 20, 2024 05:06 AM (+9Nbm)

31 Australian government warned you 4 years ago locking up people in at least a nice Gulag for not getting the Fake Vax

Posted by: Skip at August 20, 2024 05:09 AM (fwDg9)

32 Good morning, good people. May all you do today be beneficial, and may the day bring bad tidings to the leftwits.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at August 20, 2024 05:09 AM (hKoQL)

33 So Fraudy Murphy is sticking with the Command Sergeant Major story, huh?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 20, 2024 05:11 AM (a1415)

34 So Fraudy Murphy is sticking with the Command Sergeant Major story, huh?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

Soooper Command Sergeant Major

Posted by: Bruce at August 20, 2024 05:14 AM (esnLI)

35 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 20, 2024 05:19 AM (hoCmQ)

36 "Do not fear". A devotional about having courage in the Lord and based on psalm 27:

https://tinyurl.com/4cpd3veh

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 20, 2024 05:25 AM (0+MrZ)

37 Time to get ready for the morning walk.

BBIAB

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 20, 2024 05:27 AM (a1415)

38 Judges make laws?

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Yes. They usually try to be more subtle, but yes. Gay marriage was the most recent and obvious example.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Remember when women's jobs were genuinely important? at August 20, 2024 05:30 AM (cMJiJ)

39 Why the hell do I wake at 0400

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 20, 2024 05:30 AM (gbOdA)

40 Another very long day coming
Should be Thursday already.
Forward Dog 9 hitting the long road.

Posted by: Skip at August 20, 2024 05:30 AM (fwDg9)

41 Why the hell do I wake at 0400
Posted by: rhennigantx

Because you can't stay away from us.

Morning all.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at August 20, 2024 05:33 AM (aSLQY)

42
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 20, 2024 05:33 AM (tljrc)

43 Why the hell do I wake at 0400
Posted by: rhennigantx

Because you like to sleep in?

Posted by: Bruce at August 20, 2024 05:34 AM (esnLI)

44 "Our impact on others"- Christian devotional based on passage from 3 John 1:1-8:

https://tinyurl.com/34e3z3tn

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 20, 2024 05:38 AM (0+MrZ)

45 Good morning to one and all. Early reports on day one rage/ hate fest are it was bitter

Posted by: Ben Had at August 20, 2024 05:41 AM (3OQQc)

46 AltonJackson, Good morning. Gate is open and the coffee is on

Posted by: Ben Had at August 20, 2024 05:46 AM (3OQQc)

47
g'mornin', Ben Had

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 20, 2024 05:47 AM (tljrc)

48 Good morning to one and all. Early reports on day one rage/ hate fest are it was bitter
Posted by: Ben Had

Have they started eating each other yet?

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at August 20, 2024 05:48 AM (aSLQY)

49 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at August 20, 2024 05:48 AM (86W+h)

50 rickb223, technically, yes.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 20, 2024 05:51 AM (3OQQc)

51 Why the hell do I wake at 0400
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 20, 2024

***
I wish I could sleep that late on weekdays. But I'd never get out the door in ninety minutes.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 20, 2024 05:53 AM (omVj0)

52 rickb223, technically, yes.
Posted by: Ben Had

Yay!! 😂😂😂

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at August 20, 2024 05:53 AM (aSLQY)

53 The only people that heard Joke's spewing live were the venue janitors.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 20, 2024 05:56 AM (3OQQc)

54 Sometimes the simple things work. I did some reseating of cables on the old TV and the video seems fine now.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 20, 2024 05:58 AM (sAmhv)

55 Amazing how coffee, a small pipe, a shave and shower, time, and food revive you when you wake up aching and tired.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 20, 2024 05:59 AM (omVj0)

56 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 20, 2024 06:04 AM (u82oZ)

57 Feels nice. High 60's with a breeze.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at August 20, 2024 06:05 AM (4Med0)

58 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at August 20, 2024 06:06 AM (VdhcA)

59 NaCly, dearest. I am spoiled for I live a leftist free existence.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 20, 2024 06:07 AM (3OQQc)

60 {{{Ben Had}}}

🐴 🎼 🎶 Good Morning! ♩ ♫ ♬ 🎶

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 20, 2024 06:07 AM (u82oZ)

61 So, how did Sleepy Joe's speech go. Was there yelling and whispering? Tell me there was yelling and whispering. Lie if you must.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at August 20, 2024 06:08 AM (VdhcA)

62 Captain Obvious, screeching and the brain failure on the RoevWade portion was classic .

Posted by: Ben Had at August 20, 2024 06:10 AM (3OQQc)

63 Been Had

Well, you are surrounded by working ranches, farms, and other places that Leftists avoid. Even Corsicana has a well-known industry and a lot of service businesses. Well, you got the College, but it is small. Not a lot you can try to run with AI.

Nothing like caring for animals, keeping fence lines in repair, and killing varmints to keep the drones away.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 20, 2024 06:11 AM (u82oZ)

64 Ben Had, my AI has been admonished.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 20, 2024 06:12 AM (u82oZ)

65 NaCly, the "right" type of no go zone.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 20, 2024 06:12 AM (3OQQc)

66 Captain Obvious

I skipped it all. Would rather listen to that earworm you gave me on Data and Picard.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 20, 2024 06:12 AM (u82oZ)

67 61: I didn't watch it but various hordelings did and posted comments over on the ONT. It was typical Biden. Lies, yelling, accusations, more lies, and he lied. Even before his brain melted into rotted guacamole, he was a nasty individual.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 20, 2024 06:13 AM (sAmhv)

68 Ben Had

The Left extrapolate getting endless money for nothing. If the economy burns down, they are the first victims. No resources, skills, or coping ability.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 20, 2024 06:14 AM (u82oZ)

69 Chris Wallace said it went past bittersweet straight to bitter.

I guess jill was a piece of work too.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 20, 2024 06:16 AM (3OQQc)

70 mornin yall. I didn't watch Joe's speech. His condition is well established and I don't need the aggravation. Plus seeing all the other Demoncrats would just make me ill.

Posted by: fd at August 20, 2024 06:17 AM (vFG9F)

71
A high school student in England recently showed off a working fusion reactor as his science fair project. (Interesting Engineering)

Whatever became of Ahmed and his "cool clock"? Why has it not been enshrined in volumes devoted to great race baiters' stories? It has Barky in it, for crying out loud!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 20, 2024 06:18 AM (LTLE1)

72
SpaceX Falcon launch.
New T-Zero is set to 9:20 a.m. EDT, 1320 UTC, 1520 CEST today.
It is the last minute of the available launch window. It is Booster's B1085 maiden flight.

https://www.youtube.com/live/ZqmaT4POtV4

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, e tutto morto qui #20 at August 20, 2024 06:18 AM (qfLjt)

73 Chris Wallace said it went past bittersweet straight to bitter.

I guess jill was a piece of work too.
Posted by: Ben Had
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It's do or die for them now. Joe and Hunter and their family have been shown to have taken something like $37M in bribes, I assume tax free. Certainly laundered. I have no doubt there's a paper trail leading to Hillary, Obama, Harris, etc. If vengeful Trump takes office with Vance and a nation with a sense of morality and justice is shown how far down we've fallen...

This is probably the most dangerous election the nation has ever seen.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Remember when women's jobs were genuinely important? at August 20, 2024 06:20 AM (cMJiJ)

74 addendum: And there's no good outcome. Trump wins and is certified and the nation is thrown into turmoil while the attempt to remove the cancer begins. Trump wins and isn't certified again? Who knows, but that's destructive even if there isn't an active revolt. Harris wins? Outright destruction and pursuit of political enemies.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Remember when women's jobs were genuinely important? at August 20, 2024 06:23 AM (cMJiJ)

75 ☕️

Posted by: Don Black at August 20, 2024 06:24 AM (/7KEl)

76 Moron Robbie, you are correct. Providing a PDT win the choice of AG is going to be critical.

The dems are like a coyote caught in trap chewing it's own leg off.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 20, 2024 06:25 AM (3OQQc)

77 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes.

Went to let the pups in earlier and saw a lovely rainbow arching across the sky. I've seen them before, but never so close. I hope it augurs a good day.

Weather is clear and cool this morning, so work will only be its usual dreary self and not combined with heat and humidity.

Anyway, will see you on the Morning Thread.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 20, 2024 06:27 AM (Q0kLU)

78 Have a great day, everyone.

May the hopes of Leftists everywhere for a good convention be crushed. Preferably by the protesters. See the violence inherent in the system.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 20, 2024 06:28 AM (u82oZ)

79 Question? Why are all the cops at these riots riding bicycles? They are doing it on the UK as well

Posted by: Ben Had at August 20, 2024 06:29 AM (3OQQc)

80 Bah. The county is crowing about lowering the county millage rate, which they did, but property taxes are still going up because houses are supposedly worth more, and now the school board wants to raise their millage rate. I guess so they can buy more footballs because they seem to have plenty of money to build palaces of education where kids can go to get indoctrinated.

Posted by: fd at August 20, 2024 06:32 AM (vFG9F)

81
At breitbart.com

Exclusive: DNC Delegates Struggle to Name Actual Kamala Harris Achievement

Why are you subjecting them to a graduate level question when they have yet to answer the question of naming actual Hillary Clinton achievement(s)?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 20, 2024 06:32 AM (LTLE1)

82 Question? Why are all the cops at these riots riding bicycles? They are doing it on the UK as well
Posted by: Ben Had

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I think it's because we're not a serious nation any longer. I don't mean that as a joke. The police aren't going to do anything, so they can pass by violence and crime on a $7000 bicycle just as easily as they can a $60K car.

And I'm betting those bicycle cops still have the $60K car.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Remember when women's jobs were genuinely important? at August 20, 2024 06:32 AM (cMJiJ)

83 "Why are all the cops at these riots riding bicycles?"

They too fat to roller skate.

Posted by: fd at August 20, 2024 06:33 AM (vFG9F)

84 Exclusive: DNC Delegates Struggle to Name Actual Kamala Harris Achievement

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She was accepted to and graduated from an HBCU. Duh.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Remember when women's jobs were genuinely important? at August 20, 2024 06:35 AM (cMJiJ)

85 >Question? Why are all the cops at these riots riding bicycles?
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a bicycle doesn't need gasoline or hay
environmentally conscious

Posted by: Don Black at August 20, 2024 06:36 AM (/7KEl)

86 So Fraudy Murphy is sticking with the Command Sergeant Major story, huh?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 20, 2024 05:11 AM (a1415)

Command Streisand Major....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 20, 2024 06:37 AM (BAEGB)

87
Are cops who put in for transfer to "elite" bicycle patrol squads referred to as being bi-curious?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 20, 2024 06:38 AM (xG4kz)

88 JJ is here.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 20, 2024 06:38 AM (3OQQc)

89 >>>They're basically useless, because they take more energy to run than they can ever produce - but they do work.
Disclaimer: Just like me on the Friday before a long weekend.

hahahaha I don't believe that.
But it's funny.

Posted by: m at August 20, 2024 06:54 AM (64Zez)

90 Do not eat.
Also, do not burn. Your punishment for being a goose-stepping moron would be to inhale lead and arsenic and such straight into your lungs.

Posted by: GWB at August 20, 2024 07:38 AM (CrXxA)

91 I refuse to allow the leftwits to ruin a perfectly fine weekend with their effluvium. I will say that I hope all endeavors on your part benefit you and that the left suffers inconsolable anguish. And that will conclude the references to the bipedal diarrhea among us.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at August 20, 2024 08:08 AM (hKoQL)

92 forWAR'd with ctHARRIS -- LIBs will teach you to pronounce both the way they see it:: The War on Normal People.

Lest we forget:
"Iran is the only country in the world that has now had six elections
since the first election of President Khatami (in 1997)......
In every single election, the guys I identify with got two-thirds
to 70 percent of the vote. There is no other country in the world
I can say that about, certainly not my own.”
-- Bill Clinton'05

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at August 20, 2024 08:46 AM (HsnNC)

93 I know a few people who built fusors in the late 1990s, it puts you on a select list of people who have achieved fusion

considered it myself but it was a little bit too much of a vanity project for me (costs maybe $100K)

I followed polywells since that time, they didn't get very far but a related high-beta effort (FRCs) by Helion is now remarkably close to producing net electricity

they are assembling the next machine (Polaris) now, first net electricity (for a millisecond) might happen later this year

Helion gets a lot of ill-informed skepticism in the science press from tokamak researchers, so don't be surprised if they actually build a commercial fusion plant before you hear about them

Posted by: TallDave at August 20, 2024 11:34 AM (LXyJ7)

94 >>> It is Booster's B1085 maiden flight.

sigh

they grow up so fast

just think, in ten years we could be packing a thousand Optimus robots with full GI into Starships and sending them to Mars to set up the colony

Posted by: TallDave at August 20, 2024 11:38 AM (LXyJ7)

95 GitHub is a dumpster fire. It's become the de facto git server standard, despite departing from vanilla git in all manner of ways, and although its core design is adequate for a public open source code host, the infestation of freetards into software engineering means more and more large software organizations who really ought to know better are using GitHub as their enterprise code host - a use case it is manifestly unsuited for.

And if you're not running Jenkins inside a VPN-protected private network there's no help for you.

Posted by: Daniel Ream at August 20, 2024 02:15 PM (0Go0g)

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