Daily Tech News 22 September 2024

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If you want to run Final Fantasy XVI at 4k 60Hz, you will need at least an RTX 5090, a graphics card that does not exist. (Tom's Hardware)

Well, if you turn on AI upscaling and frame generation an RTX 4090 will do it - just barely, and if you can find one.

If you have a mere mortal video card like the RTX 4070 - not at all a slow card - you're looking at 1080p medium settings with upscaling and frame generation, and 41fps 1% lows.

Why is a pretty normal game so demanding? Nobody knows.

Tech News

How to run your own generative AI instances on your own computer. (Nature)

Still useless - this is a how article, not a why article - but at least it doesn't steal all your data and sell it to the lowest bidder.
80% of software developers are unhappy. (ShiftMag)

The other 20% are day drinking.
Beelink's new Ryzen AI 9 370 mini-PC delivers great performance and soldered RAM for just... $999. (Tom's Hardware)

It is a lot faster than the models I have, but I have three of those and this costs about five times as much.
Minisforum's UM890 is a lot cheaper but also a lot slower. (Liliputing)

It's a previous generation Ryzen 8945HS. Eight CPU cores rather than the twelve in the Beelink model - but half the price.

Not At All Tech News

The stages of vtuber graduation:

1. Denial
2. Bargaining
3. Finding that their old channel has just been reactivated after four years of silence
4. Signing up for a six month subscription in advance

For those keeping track:

Kiryu Coco -> Kson*
Pikamee -> Henya
Selen Tatsuki -> Dokibird*
Pomu Rainpuff -> Maid Mint*
Yozora Mel -> Rica (@ricaaach)*
Amelia Watson -> Dooby3d**

* Their previous/simultaneous personal accounts
** A rename of their previous personal account

Disclaimer: REEEEEE!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 fake and gay

Posted by: gay and fake at September 22, 2024 04:06 AM (qE+/V)

2 nd

Posted by: boom! at September 22, 2024 04:06 AM (qE+/V)

3 guess everyone is asleep

Posted by: zzzzz at September 22, 2024 04:09 AM (qE+/V)

4 it's like an episode of the twilight zone

Posted by: rod serling is that you? at September 22, 2024 04:13 AM (qE+/V)

5 if you comment on a blog and no one read it, does it exist?

Posted by: jack handy at September 22, 2024 04:14 AM (qE+/V)

6 80% of software developers are unhappy. (ShiftMag)

The other 20% are day drinking.
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I must be doing something 100% wrong.

Oh and...

BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 22, 2024 04:15 AM (3Y5XB)

7 Well, yes, but actually no.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at September 22, 2024 04:16 AM (BLOW1)

8
They're eating the pets.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 22, 2024 04:16 AM (RKVpM)

9 Thank you, Pixy!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2024 04:16 AM (a1415)

10 I made gluten-free fried chicken yesterday. (I have celiac disease so this isn't just a fad thing for me.)

It looks like I will be making twice as much gluten-free fried chicken next weekend. It was a hit.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at September 22, 2024 04:17 AM (BLOW1)

11 Does a hard boiled egg qualify as boneless chicken?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2024 04:19 AM (a1415)

12 I'll allow it.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at September 22, 2024 04:21 AM (BLOW1)

13 It looks like I will be making twice as much gluten-free fried chicken next weekend. It was a hit.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at September 22, 2024 04:17 AM (BLOW1)
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I occasionally grill and cook gluten-free for relatives and friends. The limitations are limited.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 22, 2024 04:23 AM (3Y5XB)

14 I so much enjoy a fried egg sandwich.

But with cutting down on carbs, I have had two pieces of bread in the last three months.

And a good fried egg sandwich has to be done up on toasted white bread.

Cheap white bread.

So....no fried egg sandwich for me any time soon.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2024 04:25 AM (a1415)

15 I am very fond of computer programming.

I am not so fond of much of modern software development. Stand ups, sprints, grinding Jira tickets, devops, and on-call rotations are not what I originally signed up for.

(Fortunately, my current role is higher level/bigger picture/longer term and doesn't require me to deal with most of that.)

Posted by: Bitblt at September 22, 2024 04:30 AM (a6Ysq)

16 80% of software developers are unhappy. (ShiftMag)
The other 20% are day drinking.

Guess that would be me. Glad I bailed out when I could.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at September 22, 2024 04:31 AM (mH6SG)

17 So I just ran up the total for my walking this month. All data pulled from my Apple Watch.

And the survey says.....127.4 miles of walking this month so far.

Which sadly only translated to 4.0 pounds of weight lost this month to date.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2024 04:34 AM (a1415)

18 G'Day everyone
Don't really want to get up

Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2024 04:41 AM (fwDg9)

19 And the survey says.....127.4 miles of walking this month so far.

Which sadly only translated to 4.0 pounds of weight lost this month to date.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2024 04:34 AM (a1415)
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I have the same issue. However, it's secondary. Goals are nice but what you need to appreciate is that you have a system which works for you and is beneficial to your health in numerous ways.

https://youtu.be/L0wTDn2X5tg

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 22, 2024 04:43 AM (3Y5XB)

20 "The stages of vtuber graduation:"

Waiting for that senzawa account to reactivate, but then Gura barely streams anyway. Has she even reacted to the Amelia "graduation" yet?

Posted by: cheshirecat at September 22, 2024 04:44 AM (TwA+r)

21 Back in the day, I used to love programming. Yes, it could be stressful but I felt like I was being challenged, every day. On top of that, we were a close-knit family of geeks and really developed some great relationships. A party every Friday evening after work. I'm sure very little of that exists anymore. Sad.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at September 22, 2024 04:44 AM (mH6SG)

22 Don't really want to get up
Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2024 04:41 AM (fwDg9)
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https://youtu.be/dSQ40d8uoOI

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 22, 2024 04:44 AM (3Y5XB)

23
Happy astronomical Spring, Pixy.

For Pixy, being upside down, this is spring, not fall, for him.

Although I like Australia uses meteorological seasons for official purposes, so it's been Spring since Sept 1.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 22, 2024 04:45 AM (w6EFb)

24 The sky is blue,
The clouds are white,
There is no forecasted tornado,
So I think we can call it a good night …

Posted by: Adriane is Easily Confused . . . at September 22, 2024 04:45 AM (TX4bP)

25
Thanks to the knot stuff, I'm looking at different ways to tie shoelaces, supposed to be better. This is going to occupy me for a while, thinking about this stuff.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 22, 2024 04:46 AM (w6EFb)

26 Here's a stupid tech question. Is there a way to get the red out of my name field here at ASHQ. It's not as if I'm linking to anything? Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 22, 2024 04:48 AM (rdrCa)

27 A party every Friday evening after work. I'm sure very little of that exists anymore. Sad.
Posted by: Notorious BFD

Sadly, most HR crap put a stop to that.

"Oooo. Someone had a few to many drinks after work and not a work sponsored activity and said something that offended me!!"

Posted by: Bruce at September 22, 2024 04:48 AM (sydOP)

28 Ok. Now it's not doing it. How odd,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 22, 2024 04:48 AM (rdrCa)

29 "Why is a pretty normal game so demanding? Nobody knows."

But I'll take a guess...

We used to write tight, efficient code because we had very little processing power, memory, and storage to work with (relative to today, it was minuscule.) Rapid technology advancements brought more of the three resources programmers needed, as well as code optimization taking place in the compiler, and it was "good enough".

Programmers stopped hand-optimizing code because it wasn't necessary anymore. Management got used to programmers not having to spend time on that task, and so filled their schedules with creating more code (fair play.)

But the hand-optimization skill was mostly lost to time as a result. The machines, doing more for us, make us less intelligent.

And the same sort of thing might be happening with graphics and GPUs. "Oh, the card will do it for me..."

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 22, 2024 04:51 AM (O7YUW)

30 "https://youtu.be/L0wTDn2X5tg"

That's some pretty good video mixing.

Thanks!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2024 04:51 AM (a1415)

31 Ok. Now it's not doing it. How odd,
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Ask, and ye shall receive....

Posted by: Bruce at September 22, 2024 04:52 AM (sydOP)

32 Hrm. The italics when quoting Pixy didn't go through in my comment. Let's just turn that on here for a test... and turn it off again.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 22, 2024 04:53 AM (O7YUW)

33 Okay, I must have just messed it up, but didn't summon the italicans thankfully. Time for coffee.

Mornin' Horde!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 22, 2024 04:53 AM (O7YUW)

34 11 Does a hard boiled egg qualify as boneless chicken?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2024 04:19 AM (a1415)
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Yes and at least it isn't a long yellow thing.

https://tinyurl.com/8p37nm62

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, sono gialle quando mature at September 22, 2024 04:53 AM (qfLjt)

35 35 years ago yesterday, Hurricane Hugo tore through the Low Country..

https://tinyurl.com/42yc8vc8

At the time, I lived one block off the Ashley River.

Luckily only one tree through the roof.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2024 04:54 AM (a1415)

36 11 Does a hard boiled egg qualify as boneless chicken?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2024 04:19 AM (a1415)
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I think Timmy also qualifies as a boneless dick.

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, hanno le spine dorsali gialle at September 22, 2024 04:56 AM (qfLjt)

37 We used to write tight, efficient code because we had very little processing power, memory, and storage to work with (relative to today, it was minuscule.)

Boy, ain't that the truth. I remember cutting my teeth learning Assembly language an wondering "how does this sh*t even work?". Heh.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at September 22, 2024 04:57 AM (mH6SG)

38 "Yes and at least it isn't a long yellow thing. "

It seems to defy the latest economic trends, but 'Long Yellow Things' (LYT's) are still going for about .59 per pound here.

Not a huge jump in the last four years, unlike so many other food items.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2024 04:57 AM (a1415)

39 FenelonSpoke: I think if you have anything in the URL field for your comment (even a space) that your name will show up in red, because the site is trying to turn whatever's there into a link.

Your web browser stores all three of those field values in a cookie so you don't have to type them every time.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 22, 2024 04:57 AM (O7YUW)

40 VIA that's it?

Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2024 05:00 AM (fwDg9)

41 Google is starting to run ads if you pause a YouTube video. Next will be just running ads.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at September 22, 2024 05:01 AM (oKy1o)

42 "VIA that's it?"

What, the four pounds or the 59 cents?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2024 05:01 AM (a1415)

43 Or the tree into the roof?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2024 05:02 AM (a1415)

44 I once developed and coded a series COBOL programs for a major telecom company. Years later, I ran into a guy who had inherited that subsystem. Not trying to brag but he told me it was the prettiest code he had ever seen. Mostly because of my meticulous commenting within the code. Kinda made me feel good.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at September 22, 2024 05:05 AM (mH6SG)

45 Anyhow, the night of Hugo we were underway and returning from a deployment to the Med.

The next morning by radio reports we knew it was bad, and pulled into Bermuda to fly some of the married members of the crew back to try to help families at home.

The ship got back several days later, and as soon as the Coast Guard had certified that the shipping channel was clear and the navigation aids were in their proper locations we pulled into the Navy Base.

It was a very surreal experience for several months afterward.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2024 05:07 AM (a1415)

46
From the 80:20 developers article (BTW, the 20% developers who are Day Drinkers are a hard core base for voting for Red Kammie, a hard core Day Drinker herself) --

According to the new Stack Overflow survey showed that majority of developers hate their jobs. Anecdotally, both plumbers and farmers are happier than them.

I posit this. In a world defined by cycles -- check my nickname, for example -- there is a Shit Cycle. In the Shit Cycle, shit becomes and shit unbecomes, and all in a cycle. Farmers are the unbecoming side by converting shit into food. Plumbers are the becoming side by conveying produced shit to the shit converters.

Now, why are developers less satisfied about their jobs than farmers and plumbers? I posit that it is because they do not know where they fit into the Shit Cycle. They do not know their calling, as it were.

So, here's my 5:00 AM, just woke up advice to developers: CHOOSE A SIDE -- Shit Becoming or Shit Unbecoming! Make shit, or dispose of shit!

Now get back to your keyboards -- break time is over.

Good night to you all.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 22, 2024 05:08 AM (xG4kz)

47 Beelink's new Ryzen AI ...

I can't be the only potential customer out there who when reading the model number or description of a product, loses all interest when seeing the term "AI".

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 22, 2024 05:08 AM (O7YUW)

48 Remember back when conservatives supported nuclear power for electrical generation...

And the Left hated Nuclear Power as being a planet killing method of making electricity?

Yeh, now that Tech Firms are gobbling up electricity as fast as it can be made, nuclear power is cool again.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2024 05:13 AM (a1415)

49 - Fen, there's a reply to you @85 in yesterday's tech thread in response to a comment that you made in JJ's Friday thread that I saw when I got back home.

Insert commas mentally where needed.

Posted by: TeeJ at September 22, 2024 05:17 AM (/vvA5)

50 We must sacrifice the planet for the AI Gods!!!

Posted by: pawn at September 22, 2024 05:18 AM (QB+5g)

51 Just imagine if coastal California cities currently suffering water shortages had access to massive desalination plants, powered by nuclear power plants.

Why it's as if we could suddenly afford the water needed to raise and milk all those almonds that latte drinkers seem to love.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2024 05:19 AM (a1415)

52 Yeh, now that Tech Firms are gobbling up electricity as fast as it can be made, nuclear power is cool again.

The usage is incredible.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at September 22, 2024 05:21 AM (mH6SG)

53 OK, time to get ready for the Morning Walk.

BBIAB!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2024 05:23 AM (a1415)

54 Damn, I wish I could sleep on a regular Sunday morning. Not meant to be, I guess.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at September 22, 2024 05:24 AM (mH6SG)

55 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at September 22, 2024 05:28 AM (86W+h)

56 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at September 22, 2024 05:29 AM (dg+HA)

57 Good morning.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 22, 2024 05:38 AM (I1GXe)

58 Good morning, Ben Had.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at September 22, 2024 05:39 AM (mH6SG)

59 Well, gonna try and catch a few zzzs. Hope to se y'all later. Have a good morning.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at September 22, 2024 05:47 AM (mH6SG)

60 @Notorious BFD: Like you, I loved commenting my code for those who came after. Learning touch typing in school really paid off.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 22, 2024 05:47 AM (O7YUW)

61 ...see...

Posted by: Notorious BFD at September 22, 2024 05:47 AM (mH6SG)

62 A man from AL reflects on God's unseen hand, the Holy Spirit and a passage from Colossians 1:15-17
A prayer follows the devotional:

https://tinyurl.com/bdesd267

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 22, 2024 05:48 AM (UadM1)

63 I enjoy reading about things that are way above my pay grade, helps keep me humble. Your daily posts are better than the Computer Shopper from the '90's that was an inch or two thick but also beyond me.
Thanks for your content.

Posted by: jimmymcnulty at September 22, 2024 05:48 AM (6Qw2E)

64 @Notorious BFD: Like you, I loved commenting my code for those who came after.

*fist bump*

Posted by: Notorious BFD at September 22, 2024 05:49 AM (mH6SG)

65 Posted by: TeeJ at September 22, 2024 05:17

Thanks. I did see that and I appreciate it. May you have a blessed day in the Lord.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 22, 2024 05:50 AM (UadM1)

66 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

Thanks very much.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 22, 2024 05:53 AM (xOfQi)

67 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at September 22, 2024 05:56 AM (VdhcA)

68 Evening and morning, Sunday insomaniacals! I'm up to feed two furry feline thugs, and to head over to the little 1/5 mile track and work out. Got to try out the new Asics running shoes I just bought yesterday.

Today (first day of fall) also happens to have been my mother's birthday. People all her life had trouble remembering the exact date, since autumn can fall from the 21st to 23rd. After I read Lord of the Rings, in which Bilbo and Frodo also had 9/22 as their birthdays, I had a way to remember.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 22, 2024 06:09 AM (omVj0)

69 Does a hard boiled egg qualify as boneless chicken?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2024

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A potential one, rather than an actual one

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 22, 2024 06:15 AM (omVj0)

70 Happy Sunday

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 22, 2024 06:16 AM (gbOdA)

71 How to run your own generative AI instances on your own computer. (Nature)

Still useless - this is a how article, not a why article - but at least it doesn't steal all your data and sell it to the lowest bidder.
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The big question from users will always be "which one of these is without guardrails", because asking inconvenient questions about things like abortion and rape in relation to particular demographics is icky and you shouldn't do it, citizen. Which is absurd.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Feminism has failed you, patriarchy is the only thing that works at September 22, 2024 06:17 AM (7h9jE)

72 Direct quote from chatgpt on the extremely simple question regarding percentages of demographics and rape:

"Content removed"
(query deleted from even being copied / pasted)

"Discussions around sensitive topics such as crime statistics require careful handling to avoid perpetuating stereotypes or misinformation. It's important to consider that crime statistics can vary significantly based on many factors, including location, reporting practices, and societal contexts."

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Feminism has failed you, patriarchy is the only thing that works at September 22, 2024 06:19 AM (7h9jE)

73 Back in the day, I used to love programming. Yes, it could be stressful but I felt like I was being challenged, every day. . . .
Posted by: Notorious BFD at September 22, 2024

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Yes; it was like an enormous puzzle game, like putting together an intricate plastic model but one which did things. When you ran the program and the screen you'd built appeared, and the fields all showed and behaved the way you wanted? Dynamite.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 22, 2024 06:21 AM (omVj0)

74
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 22, 2024 06:22 AM (tljrc)

75 "...can vary significantly based on many factors, including...societal contexts."

In other words, it wasn't rape rape.

Posted by: Whoop Hee at September 22, 2024 06:23 AM (dg+HA)

76 "...can vary significantly based on many factors, including...societal contexts."

In other words, it wasn't rape rape.
Posted by: Whoop Hee

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You might see unfiltered information.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Feminism has failed you and your kids, patriarchy is the only thing that works at September 22, 2024 06:23 AM (7h9jE)

77 Pixy-misa

Has IronMouse's main YouTube channel been restored?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 22, 2024 06:25 AM (nuxDz)

78 Also regarding programming: With my first and last jobs in the field, about six years apart, I actually was excited a lot of the time to get to work and continue what I'd been doing.

I carried my skills over to my office manager job in '02, using MS Access to build a mini-database. Tables with data, screens for entering and editing that data, and reports using it. I had one report which sorted and grouped the data for it on Group A, and a companion report which sorted and grouped it on Group B, without changing the data at all. Lots of fun.

I haven't kept up with that in my current job (2018 - present) because there is much less need for it. And everyone I work with, including my successor, uses Excel for everything; they look blankly at me when I mention Access.

Also, I stopped caring about my work during the Sniffle Scare and just want to retire.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 22, 2024 06:27 AM (omVj0)

79 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at September 22, 2024 06:28 AM (hoCmQ)

80 Anna sure seems like it

Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2024 06:29 AM (fwDg9)

81 I also need to hit the grocery after I work out (don't worry, I'll shower first) because I am out of almost everything. With luck I won't be too late for the Book Thread!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 22, 2024 06:29 AM (omVj0)

82 What will get us in the end is the political bias of the programmers, same as always. A week or so ago the answer to "who won the harris trump debate" was something like

"As of September 2024 there has not been a debate between Harris and Trump, but this information could change with an update"

now the answer to the same question is

"The Harris-Trump debate, held during the 2020 vice presidential campaign, is often viewed differently depending on individual perspectives and political affiliations. Many commentators noted that Kamala Harris effectively challenged Mike Pence on various issues..."

That sure seems like it's been updated, doesn't it?

FWIW, bleeding-edge news about Tay-Tay and TV shows and ball games were up to date throughout.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Feminism has failed you and your kids, patriarchy is the only thing that works at September 22, 2024 06:31 AM (7h9jE)

83 Crime is down in places that stopped recording it.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at September 22, 2024 06:31 AM (+H2BX)

84 Skip

That is good to hear.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 22, 2024 06:33 AM (nuxDz)

85 https://tinyurl.com/ats3cmsx
20 Tweets from Bad Blue

Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2024 06:34 AM (fwDg9)

86 Remember the old saw about "Statistics don't lie..."

Actually, they do lie.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at September 22, 2024 06:34 AM (+H2BX)

87 What I meant by "What will get us in the end is the political bias of the programmers, same as always." is that Biden's administration already announced that the federal government will be putting rules (laws) in place to require AI guidance on important topics like Global Warming.

Ask a question, get the result, if you don't like it request and update, get the result they want, and then say "This is the Scientific approach using AI"

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Feminism has failed you and your kids, patriarchy is the only thing that works at September 22, 2024 06:34 AM (7h9jE)

88 Who has decision duty today in the Oval Office? Security guard? Janitorial staff? Building maintenance?

Posted by: The World Wonders at September 22, 2024 06:35 AM (dg+HA)

89 Who has decision duty today in the Oval Office? Security guard? Janitorial staff? Building maintenance?

Posted by: The World Wonders at September 22, 2024 06:35 AM (dg+HA)
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ChatGPT

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 22, 2024 06:37 AM (BpYfr)

90 ,"...will be putting rules (laws) in place to require AI guidance on important topics like Global Warming."

Unthinkable.

Posted by: Copernicus at September 22, 2024 06:38 AM (dg+HA)

91 Who has decision duty today in the Oval Office? Security guard? Janitorial staff? Building maintenance?
Posted by: The World Wonders

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That was one of the most sobering moments of the last few years, and we've had a bunch. Heck, we saw an actual coup in 2020.

Biden said he was done, he was no longer president, and no one cared. No one in the military, no one in Congress, no one in any federal position cared at all. Couldn't care less, honestly. Because the POTUS doesn't run anything. It couldn't have been made more clear than when they removed Biden without any action or interest to physically remove him.

Everyone is comfortable with it because nothing changed.

That's part of why they hate Trump and view him as so dangerous. He thinks the POTUS is a position of responsibility and accountability that can be used by the elected individual to accomplish the desires of the voters.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Feminism has failed you and your kids, patriarchy is the only thing that works at September 22, 2024 06:39 AM (7h9jE)

92 The "Am I racist?"movie features an interview with Professor Wilfred Reilly who is a black professor who has written a book called " Hate Crime Hoax" about incidents like Jussie Smollett.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 22, 2024 06:39 AM (UadM1)

93 Here's a stupid tech question. Is there a way to get the red out of my name field here at ASHQ.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 22, 2024 04:48 AM (rdrCa)
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Visine helps get the red out.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 22, 2024 06:41 AM (3Y5XB)

94 Good morning.
Posted by: Ben Had at September 22, 2024 05:38 AM (I1GXe)
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Ben Had, did you find my cold smoking instructions last week?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 22, 2024 06:42 AM (3Y5XB)

95 "...will be putting rules (laws) in place to require AI guidance on important topics like Global Warming."

Unthinkable.
Posted by: Copernicus

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This one seems more impressive since it's being accomplished in a nation with universal suffrage.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Feminism has failed you and your kids, patriarchy is the only thing that works at September 22, 2024 06:43 AM (7h9jE)

96 Good morning morons

Had a very nice overnight visit with lib little sis who came for a little birthday gathering.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 22, 2024 06:45 AM (RIvkX)

97 I made gluten-free fried chicken yesterday. (I have celiac disease so this isn't just a fad thing for me.)

It looks like I will be making twice as much gluten-free fried chicken next weekend. It was a hit.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at September 22, 2024 04:17 AM (BLOW1)
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Your agonizer, please.

Posted by: Col. Harlan Sanders at September 22, 2024 06:47 AM (RIvkX)

98 We depart for Sydney on Tuesday!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 22, 2024 06:49 AM (RIvkX)

99 Fen

Delete what is in the URL field, should eliminate the red.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 22, 2024 06:53 AM (nuxDz)

100 77 Pixy-misa

Has IronMouse's main YouTube channel been restored?

Still gone.

The only thing keeping Twitch alive is the sheer awfulness of YouTube.

And vice-versa.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at September 22, 2024 06:56 AM (BLOW1)

101 After 1959, the model using the SST derived from NASA
best represented the annual CO₂ increase (regression coefficient B = 2.406, P
0.9995, P

So the stuff that covers two-thirds of the Earth matters.

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 22, 2024 07:02 AM (gbOdA)

102 In OK

As part of “routine voter list maintenance,” the state has removed 5,607 felons, 14,993 duplicate registrations, 97,065 dead voters, and 143,682 voters who moved out of state, according to the release. During address verification, officials also canceled 194,962 inactive voters.

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 22, 2024 07:10 AM (gbOdA)

103 Who has decision duty today in the Oval Office? Security guard? Janitorial staff? Building maintenance?
Posted by: The World Wonders

I'm here until noon. Then I hand it off to Pedro, the mess steward.

Posted by: Javier, the lawn care guy at September 22, 2024 07:11 AM (dg+HA)

104 I'm not seeing a lot of reporting, but Hezbollah targets in Lebanon were bombed all day Saturday.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 22, 2024 07:11 AM (RIvkX)

105 The IRS agent union today endorsed Kamala Harris for President.

“She supports the issues that matter most to our members,” said the IRS agent union president.

TAX AND SPEND

But mostly TAX

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 22, 2024 07:12 AM (gbOdA)

106 No reason to waste time attempting to shape public opinion on a pretty weekend in September.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Feminism has failed you and your kids, patriarchy is the only thing that works at September 22, 2024 07:13 AM (7h9jE)

107 hahaha, oh man, Trump should ABSOLUTELY use the endorsement of the IRS as a campaign ad.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Feminism has failed you and your kids, patriarchy is the only thing that works at September 22, 2024 07:14 AM (7h9jE)

108 Imma make fried bologna for breakfast.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 22, 2024 07:15 AM (dg+HA)

109 Once you give Microcenter your address, they will send you junk mail from now until the heat-death of the universe.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at September 22, 2024 07:19 AM (lhenN)

110 94
Ben Had, did you find my cold smoking instructions last week?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 22, 2024 06:42 AM (3Y5XB)
----
You mean that at the Antrctica base smokers still have to go outside for a smoke?

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, aveva il ghiaccio dal naso at September 22, 2024 07:20 AM (qfLjt)

111 The Final Fantasy series pushed the nihilism in storylines into annihilating the gamer's PC?

Mmm, meta.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at September 22, 2024 07:22 AM (puNwq)

112 Good morning good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 22, 2024 07:22 AM (WXNFJ)

113 @102/rhennigantx: Once that task has been marked as completed and nobody's likely looking (and before the actual election) the progressive operative within the ranks will restore all that deleted data/incorrect voter roll information.

Oops! Oopsie!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 22, 2024 07:22 AM (O7YUW)

114 CHINESE ZOO ADMITS PANDAS WERE ACTUALLY "PAINTED DOGS"

ha

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 22, 2024 07:25 AM (gbOdA)

115 Oops! Oopsie!
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 22, 2024 07:22 AM (O7YUW)

AZ SCOTUS is going to leave 100k non IDed voters on the rolls.

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 22, 2024 07:27 AM (gbOdA)

116 hahaha, oh man, Trump should ABSOLUTELY use the endorsement of the IRS as a campaign ad.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie

I'm just shocked that a U.S. Treasury Department division can endorse a candidate. Is there an IRS PAC, too?

And when will the National Parks Service declare its preference?

Posted by: NaughtyPine at September 22, 2024 07:29 AM (puNwq)

117 I am taking a day off from the sturm and drang of political discussion today because it's my anniversary. I would just like to say that FenSpouse is a wonderful man and I am blessed that he is my life and our son's father. He won't see this because he's not an ASHQ poster but he does hear the sire about if from me.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 22, 2024 07:29 AM (jSapi)

118 "Site" not site

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 22, 2024 07:29 AM (jSapi)

119 >>>Disclaimer: REEEEEE!

Let it all out, Pixy! Let it all out!

Posted by: m at September 22, 2024 07:31 AM (64Zez)

120 Who has decision duty today in the Oval Office? Security guard? Janitorial staff? Building maintenance?

Magic Eight Ball.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at September 22, 2024 07:34 AM (rHxhM)

121 There is no truth to the rumor that we are using dogs in our entrees. We still only use the finest free range domestically sourced carbon neutral Pandas available.

Posted by: Panda Express at September 22, 2024 07:35 AM (vFG9F)

122 Morning peeps
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> CHINESE ZOO ADMITS PANDAS WERE ACTUALLY "PAINTED DOGS"
=====
They're painting the dogs,
They're painting the cats,
Of the people...
Who live there

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 22, 2024 07:37 AM (Q4IgG)

123 Oh no, my icloud account, McAffe, and Facebook are expiring at the same time. Better renew for another week.

Posted by: fd at September 22, 2024 07:37 AM (vFG9F)

124 >>>7 Well, yes, but actually no.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at September 22, 2024 04:16 AM (BLOW1)

Having WAFFLES for breakfast?

Posted by: m at September 22, 2024 07:38 AM (64Zez)

125 @117/FenelonSpoke:

Happy Anniversary to you and FenSpouse! May your day be full of joy and smiles at memories of your days traveled together, and I am encouraged by your description of how wonderful your husband is. This is how it's supposed to be and how God intends for us.

May you both have many more years together.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 22, 2024 07:38 AM (O7YUW)

126 @124/m: "Having WAFFLES for breakfast?"

Funny side-note, one of my favourite authors (Jim Curtis) is attending P-Con this weekend, and they list him as "Waffle Master":

https://www.p-con.us/

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 22, 2024 07:41 AM (O7YUW)

127 Happy anniversary, Fen!

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at September 22, 2024 07:42 AM (PiwSw)

128 41 Google is starting to run ads if you pause a YouTube video. Next will be just running ads.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at September 22, 2024 05:01 AM (oKy1o)

I have an ad blocker and YouTube won't let me watch videos anymore, unless I turn on their ads.

Posted by: sal at September 22, 2024 07:42 AM (f+FmA)

129 Mazel tov Fen and Fenspouse

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 22, 2024 07:42 AM (RIvkX)

130 “The Air Force finally handed over a trove of documents pertaining to its sweeping “goal” of reducing the number of white male applicants”

And when our future Air Force, completely bereft of any {White} men, has contact with Russian pilots and comes off worse, can we point to the lack of merit?

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, i piloti sono tutti negri at September 22, 2024 07:42 AM (qfLjt)

131 63 I enjoy reading about things that are way above my pay grade, helps keep me humble. Your daily posts are better than the Computer Shopper from the '90's that was an inch or two thick but also beyond me.
Thanks for your content.
Posted by: jimmymcnulty at September 22, 2024 05:48 AM (6Qw2E)

Me, too.

Posted by: m at September 22, 2024 07:45 AM (64Zez)

132
That's part of why they hate Trump and view him as so dangerous. He thinks the POTUS is a position of responsibility and accountability that can be used by the elected individual to accomplish the desires of the voters.

Or when SCOTUS dismantles any part of the Administrative State. The Administrative branch is the only "legitimate" branch now, in terms of any offense or opposition to it is an expression of attacking our Precious Democracy™

Democracy is understood to mean, the autocratic rule of credentialed experts and oligarch stakeholders.

Academia and NGOs have more influence on foreign and domestic policy than the President and Congress combined.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at September 22, 2024 07:46 AM (rHxhM)

133 85 https://tinyurl.com/ats3cmsx
20 Tweets from Bad Blue
Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2024 06:34 AM (fwDg9)

Thanks, Skip!

Posted by: m at September 22, 2024 07:48 AM (64Zez)

134 41 Google is starting to run ads if you pause a YouTube video. Next will be just running ads.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at September 22, 2024 05:01 AM (oKy1o)

I have an ad blocker and YouTube won't let me watch videos anymore, unless I turn on their ads.
Haven't checked to see if SIL's TED talks are still available. I would like to still see those and a few other things.

Posted by: sal at September 22, 2024 07:51 AM (f+FmA)

135 109 from now until the heat-death of the universe
Posted by: BourbonChicken at September 22, 2024 07:19 AM (lhenN)

heh

Posted by: m at September 22, 2024 07:52 AM (64Zez)

136 Happy anniversary, Fen and Mr. Fen, and many more.
Blessings for the coming year!

Posted by: sal at September 22, 2024 07:53 AM (f+FmA)

137 There is no truth to the rumor that we are using dogs in our entrees. We still only use the finest free range domestically sourced carbon neutral Pandas available.

Headline: "Zimbabwe to cull 200 elephants to feed people left hungry by drought"

That headline is almost word for word identical across CNN/ABC/NBC/Reuters et al.

So why are we reading this article that clearly was injected into the news cycle by the globalist manipulator of opinion?

Not that there are any recipes that include elephant meat, but its so that childless cat-ladies will demand that "something to be done to save the elephants" (rather than hungry humans) which always means millions of dollars from the multi-trillion dollar slush fund to beef-up Zimbabwe drained treasury.

I'm working this week to pay ransom for an elephant's life on the other side of the planet.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at September 22, 2024 07:54 AM (rHxhM)

138 @128/sal:

I have no problem viewing YouTube videos without any advertisements. Here's what I'm running:

Firefox 128.0.3 (latest is 130.0.1, I just haven't updated and really should do that soon.)

The pertinent ad-blocking related Add-ons are:

1) No-Script version 11.4.37 by Giorgio Maone
- Prevents java-script from running unless I grant permissions, either permanently or temporarily for the given web browsing session.

2) uBlock Origin version 1.59.0, by Raymond Hill
- This is one of the best ad-blockers out there, and they keep up with updates automatically in the ongoing war with YouTube's attempts to stop people using ad-blockers.

3) Privacy Badger version 2024.7.17, by EFF Technologists
- Blocks sites from tracking you or placing nefarious cookies on your machine

4) SponsorBlock for YouTube - Skip Sponsorships version 5.8.1 by "Ajay (SponsorBlock)"
- User driven, users submit video segment times for various in-line sponsor content, and SponsorBlock then skips over those sections for you, if that's your desire. (I absolutely love this add-on.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 22, 2024 07:55 AM (O7YUW)

139 Morning everyone.
@19 Biden's Dog , if you are still reading what is the Israeli citizenry's opinion of the pager bombings?
Is see Hezbollah increased their number of fired rickets over night. Stay safe

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 22, 2024 07:55 AM (DW4th)

140 Is today the autumn equinox or tomorrow?

Posted by: dantesed at September 22, 2024 07:56 AM (Oy/m2)

141 63 I enjoy reading about things that are way above my pay grade, helps keep me humble. Your daily posts are better than the Computer Shopper from the '90's that was an inch or two thick but also beyond me.
Thanks for your content.
Posted by: jimmymcnulty at September 22, 2024 05:48 AM (6Qw2E)

And some of us are staring at the big black monolith, that's how clueless we are.
But we are thankful for good tech people. You know who you are.

Posted by: sal at September 22, 2024 07:56 AM (f+FmA)

142 I have an ad blocker and YouTube won't let me watch videos anymore, unless I turn on their ads.

I run Brave browser and don't have that problem. I don't know if that has anything to do with a VPN (which I also use).

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at September 22, 2024 07:57 AM (rHxhM)

143 How to run your own generative AI instances on your own computer. (Nature) ... - this is a how article, not a why article -

Well, here's a why, right there in the article:

“Here in the Pacific Northwest, we have amazing places to hike, and sometimes I just don’t have network,” he says. “And maybe I want to take a picture of some flower and ask my AI some information about it.”

Posted by: m at September 22, 2024 07:58 AM (64Zez)

144 Further to 138, I also am testing out this Firefox add-on:

Port Authority, version 1.1.4 by "Hacks and Hops"

It prevents any web server that you're connecting with from using your browser to perform a local port-scan on your machine and/or local in-house network, and alerts you when the server tries it.

There is absolutely no valid reason for a web server port-scanning stuff on your machine or on your local network. That's seriously unethical behaviour (and possibly illegal as well.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 22, 2024 07:58 AM (O7YUW)

145 I don't know if this subject has been linked before, but wow:

https://is.gd/fF4hfM

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at September 22, 2024 07:59 AM (PiwSw)

146 Rockets not rickets. Hezbollah ain't firing scurvy. Well not yet anyway.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 22, 2024 07:59 AM (DW4th)

147 > Is today the autumn equinox or tomorrow?
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8:44AM EDT today

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 22, 2024 07:59 AM (Q4IgG)

148 Thank you, Grumpy.
I will print that out for future reference.

Posted by: sal at September 22, 2024 08:01 AM (f+FmA)

149 It’s not free it’s EEEEEE!

Posted by: lookwhatsnot at September 22, 2024 08:03 AM (MZkx0)

150 145 I don't know if this subject has been linked before, but wow:

https://is.gd/fF4hfM
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at September 22, 2024 07:59 AM (PiwSw)

Just ignore him. We've almost all decided he's put himself out of office, as a formal heretic. Per your link.

Posted by: sal at September 22, 2024 08:03 AM (f+FmA)

151 Kiffness youtube "Eating the Cats"

7,421,975 views

Posted by: m at September 22, 2024 08:06 AM (64Zez)

152 Just ignore him. We've almost all decided he's put himself out of office, as a formal heretic. Per your link.
Posted by: sal at September 22, 2024 08:03 AM (f+FmA)

No worries, I'm on the other side of the Tiber anyway.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at September 22, 2024 08:07 AM (PiwSw)

153 @143/m: "And maybe I want to take a picture of some flower and ask my AI some information about it."

Remember what Pixy wisely said about OpenAI on the 18th of this month:

"It still makes shit up, because it's a language model (a bad one) and not a fact model. It is somewhat improved in making excuses for its lies, but that's about it.

I am extending that to every AI out there, because all of them have been caught stating "facts" that aren't true, and using an authoritative wording to do so.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 22, 2024 08:07 AM (O7YUW)

154 No worries, I'm on the other side of the Tiber anyway.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at September 22, 2024 08:07 AM (PiwSw)

I think I knew that- we just don't want y'all to worry about us.

Posted by: sal at September 22, 2024 08:10 AM (f+FmA)

155 Back from grocery shopping, Singapore Grand Prix is on.

Happy Anniversary Fen 🔔 🎀

Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2024 08:11 AM (fwDg9)

156 153 @143/m: "And maybe I want to take a picture of some flower and ask my AI some information about it."

Remember what Pixy wisely said about OpenAI on the 18th of this month:

"It still makes shit up, because it's a language model (a bad one) and not a fact model. It is somewhat improved in making excuses for its lies, but that's about it.

I am extending that to every AI out there, because all of them have been caught stating "facts" that aren't true, and using an authoritative wording to do so.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 22, 2024 08:07 AM (O7YUW)

"a language model and not a fact model"
That's pretty good.

I maybe should have added a snark mark.

Posted by: m at September 22, 2024 08:17 AM (64Zez)

157 I'm thinking French toast, bacon and stewed fall fruits for breakfast, in honor of the equinox.
Just discovered oven bacon- he loves it! And it doesn't cover your stove with grease (even with a bacon press).

We might have a hibachi campfire tonight.

Posted by: sal at September 22, 2024 08:18 AM (f+FmA)

158 Kiffness youtube "Eating the Cats"

7,421,975 views

Posted by: m at September 22, 2024 08:06 AM (64Zez)

About 87 are me.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at September 22, 2024 08:19 AM (SfhV1)

159 Baked bacon is the best bacon.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 22, 2024 08:21 AM (dg+HA)

160 > "And maybe I want to take a picture of some flower and ask my AI some information about it."
-------
The other day I asked about a vine growing in the woods around my property. It has what looks like raspberries on it, but they are never eaten. By anything. I've taken a photo and tried to match it using AI.

I get all sorts of BS answers. None indicating 'what' it is nor if it's edible or poisonous.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 22, 2024 08:21 AM (Q4IgG)

161 160 > "And maybe I want to take a picture of some flower and ask my AI some information about it."
-------
The other day I asked about a vine growing in the woods around my property. It has what looks like raspberries on it, but they are never eaten. By anything. I've taken a photo and tried to match it using AI.

I get all sorts of BS answers. None indicating 'what' it is nor if it's edible or poisonous.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 22, 2024 08:21 AM (Q4IgG)

Email a photo to a local expert? I mailed a bug to a university department or park service or something many years ago, and they wrote back!

Posted by: m at September 22, 2024 08:24 AM (64Zez)

162 The other day I asked about a vine growing in the woods around my property. It has what looks like raspberries on it, but they are never eaten. By anything. I've taken a photo and tried to match it using AI.

I get all sorts of BS answers. None indicating 'what' it is nor if it's edible or poisonous.

AI: "I was raised in a middle class family..."

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at September 22, 2024 08:24 AM (rHxhM)

163 @46 Now get back to your keyboards -- break time is over.

Any time you see people demanding that no one be allowed to major in any subject but their own, because it is the royal path to knowledge? They're having a problem with their Shit Cycle.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at September 22, 2024 08:26 AM (zdLoL)

164 Middle class to Harris is 2 PHD parents and upper class Indian

Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2024 08:27 AM (fwDg9)

165 My 30 minute walk is done. Twenty pushups and twenty crunches done. Breakfast was celery with peanut butter along with a hard boiled egg. I cut the egg in half and ditch half the yolk. Vitamins and other assorted supplements taken. And the laundry is in the dryer. Now I can hang out here at my favorite playground!

Good morning!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at September 22, 2024 08:28 AM (4XwPj)

166 Is today the autumn equinox or tomorrow?
------
8:44AM EDT today

"We are literally going to see the Sun passing over the equator with our own eyes!!!"

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at September 22, 2024 08:28 AM (rHxhM)

167
A trip back in time with Jethro Tull:

https://is.gd/tds3Fo

/ lip synced I suspect but still entertaining

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 22, 2024 08:29 AM (RKVpM)

168 Still even yesterday saw a YouTube commercial pushing Harris bogus McDonald's job

Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2024 08:29 AM (fwDg9)

169 164 Middle class to Harris is 2 PHD parents and upper class Indian
Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2024 08:27 AM (fwDg9)

In accordance with her father's Marxist beliefs, were they workers or parasites?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at September 22, 2024 08:30 AM (PiwSw)

170 Email a photo to a local expert? Very good advice.

State ag departments, usually represented through the "Extension Institute" office, take an active interest in these matters.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at September 22, 2024 08:32 AM (zdLoL)

171 > Email a photo to a local expert? I mailed a bug to a university department or park service or something many years ago, and they wrote back!
Posted by: m at September 22, 2024 08:24 AM (64Zez)
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I'll probably do that next spring/summer when those vines are full of berries. Now, they're sort of dried up and getting kinda' crunchy.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 22, 2024 08:33 AM (Q4IgG)

172 I can assure you Kamala Harris just wants you to think she is "middle class" because she is BOUGIE top-to-bottom.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 22, 2024 08:33 AM (RIvkX)

173 The Teamsters Union won't endorse Kamala, but the IRS Agents Union will.

Says a lot.

Posted by: davidt at September 22, 2024 08:33 AM (i0F8b)

174 The other day I asked about a vine growing in the woods around my property. It has what looks like raspberries on it, but they are never eaten. By anything.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

"The middle class is where I come from. This vine, growing in the woods, is a woods growing vine. Raspberries - heh heh heh. Umkay? The berries have never been eaten - umkay?"

Posted by: Tonypete at September 22, 2024 08:33 AM (WXNFJ)

175 161 Email a photo to a local expert? I mailed a bug to a university department or park service or something many years ago, and they wrote back!
Posted by: m at September 22, 2024 08:24 AM (64Zez)

... or email a photo to K.T. for a garden thread!

Posted by: m at September 22, 2024 08:34 AM (64Zez)

176 What's the difference between a golfer and a skydiver?

A golfer goes whack "damn" and a skydiver goes "damn"" whack.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at September 22, 2024 08:35 AM (4XwPj)

177 Have you noticed that the media is not saying a word about the remaining hostages of Hamas?

Weird, isn't it?

Posted by: dantesed at September 22, 2024 08:35 AM (Oy/m2)

178 I was kidnapped by mimes once. They did unspeakable things to me.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at September 22, 2024 08:35 AM (4XwPj)

179 Divide by Zero- I really don't mind if you sit this one out
My words just a whisper, your deafness a shout

That is a fantastic album

Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2024 08:35 AM (fwDg9)

180 That unorganized tropical disturbance in the northern Caribbean now has a better than 60% chance of tropical cyclone formation.

https://tinyurl.com/mrrxjbuv

The low pressure system east of Nicaragua is projected to induce the circulation necessary for formation.

The latest Euro ensemble projects landfall mid-Florida panhandle while the latest GFS ensemble shows a Big Bend landing just north of Cedar Key.

Posted by: one hour sober at September 22, 2024 08:36 AM (Y1sOo)

181 First day of Fall !

Posted by: runner at September 22, 2024 08:37 AM (V13WU)

182 @19 Biden's Dog , if you are still reading what is the Israeli citizenry's opinion of the pager bombings?
Is see Hezbollah increased their number of fired rickets over night. Stay safe
Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 22, 2024 07:55 AM (DW4th)
-

Obviously, we were all amazed here by the operation. And we get to laugh at the same jokes and memes on the Internet as you do. Lotsa funneh stuff!

HisBallOff continues to attack us today. Israel should have blown Beirut to pieces on last Oct. 8, when Nasrallah decided to join in the Gazan bloodbath celebrations.

Most folks here don't understand why Gaza and Lebanon still have running water, electricity, fuel and still-breathing terrorist leaders.

The answer of course is foolish Israeli dependence on its "allies", in particular with the Biden Regime still in place.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 22, 2024 08:37 AM (3Y5XB)

183
The other day I asked about a vine growing in the woods around my property. It has what looks like raspberries on it, but they are never eaten. By anything.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

That's not a raspberry. Having said that, I do not know what you have there, either.

Raspberries grow on thorny canes, just as do blackberries. The raspberry season typically is over by this time of year, too.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 22, 2024 08:37 AM (xG4kz)

184 What's the difference between a hippo and a Zippo?

One is really heavy, and the other is a little lighter.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at September 22, 2024 08:37 AM (4XwPj)

185 First day of Fall !
Posted by: runner at September 22, 2024 08:37 AM (V13WU)
-

I can't get up!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 22, 2024 08:38 AM (3Y5XB)

186 I was kidnapped by mimes once. They did unspeakable things to me.

====

Posted by: Marcel Marceau at September 22, 2024 08:38 AM (V13WU)

187 @167/Divide by Zero:

In the actual "live performance" days (and not 'Recorded in front of a Live Audience' like pretty much everything is now) networks sometimes got nervous about possible errors or poor performance of an artist's own work, and required a band to pantomime and lip sync their own material while the actual music track was played from tape.

For a band as good as Jethro Tull, with as much experience at providing awesome live shows, that was a serious insult to them and their capabilities.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 22, 2024 08:39 AM (O7YUW)

188 MrTea has made a career of computer programming, starting in the early 80's. Mixed those skills with electrical and mechanical engineering, and he's had a variety of tasks at every job. He's done refrigeration, building test equipment and programming it, worked for a company who recycled water/oil/other fluids using centriguges, now is working in manufacturing with robotics. He has loved all his time in this field, and he's worked very hard at it. All of that with a associates degree in science.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at September 22, 2024 08:39 AM (JrYM1)

189 I was kidnapped by mimes once. They did unspeakable things to me.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at September 22, 2024 08:35 AM (4XwPj)

Were you trapped inside of an invisible box?

Posted by: dantesed at September 22, 2024 08:39 AM (Oy/m2)

190 I can't get up!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 22, 2024 08:38 AM (3Y5XB)

fine, fine..Autumn , from latin Autumnus...

Posted by: Marcel Marceau at September 22, 2024 08:39 AM (V13WU)

191 I would be amiss if I didn't say
I H8 Fall

Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2024 08:40 AM (fwDg9)

192
I was kidnapped by mimes once. They did unspeakable things to me.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench)

Oh, well done! Well done, indeed!

* golf clap *

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 22, 2024 08:40 AM (xG4kz)

193 ~

Posted by: runner at September 22, 2024 08:40 AM (V13WU)

194 Have you noticed that the media is not saying a word about the remaining hostages of Hamas?

Weird, isn't it?
Posted by: dantesed at September 22, 2024 08:35 AM (Oy/m2)
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Apparently they are more consumed with Grim Beeper and caring concern for terrorists

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 22, 2024 08:40 AM (RIvkX)

195 Marcel speaks , LOL!

Posted by: runner at September 22, 2024 08:40 AM (V13WU)

196 AI: False statements that can be, unburdened by facts that have been

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 22, 2024 08:40 AM (O7YUW)

197 165 My 30 minute walk is done. Twenty pushups and twenty crunches done. Breakfast was celery with peanut butter along with a hard boiled egg. I cut the egg in half and ditch half the yolk. Vitamins and other assorted supplements taken. And the laundry is in the dryer. Now I can hang out here at my favorite playground!

Good morning!
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at September 22, 2024 08:28 AM (4XwPj)

Good luck with GAINZZZ!

Posted by: m at September 22, 2024 08:40 AM (64Zez)

198 So I guess today is Peak Pumpkin Spice, and Mariah Carey season starts tomorrow.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 22, 2024 08:41 AM (dg+HA)

199 So I guess today is Peak Pumpkin Spice, and Mariah Carey season starts tomorrow.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 22, 2024 08:41 AM (dg+HA)

I can feel my Seasonal Affective Disorder setting in.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at September 22, 2024 08:43 AM (SfhV1)

200 I H8 Fall
Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2024 08:40 AM (fwDg9)
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No love for pumpkin bagels?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 22, 2024 08:43 AM (RIvkX)

201 Do the Peak Pumpkin Spice Girls open for Mariah Carey?

Posted by: davidt at September 22, 2024 08:43 AM (i0F8b)

202 Good luck with GAINZZZ!
Posted by: m

I've been doing this for a few weeks now and have lost an amazing amount of weight!

Precisely ZERO pounds.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at September 22, 2024 08:43 AM (4XwPj)

203 201 Do the Peak Pumpkin Spice Girls open for Mariah Carey?
Posted by: davidt at September 22, 2024 08:43 AM (i0F8b)

Nice.

Posted by: m at September 22, 2024 08:44 AM (64Zez)

204 This has been a very enjoyable tech thread for me. I've participated much more than I normally can, given that I didn't have to dash off to work at zero-dark-hundred.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 22, 2024 08:44 AM (O7YUW)

205 I think peak pumpkin spice is Thanksgiving. When we finish the season off with pumpkin pie (not a fan...). Now, sweet potato pie and most importantly pecaaaan pie are it.

Posted by: runner at September 22, 2024 08:45 AM (V13WU)

206 Precisely ZERO pounds.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at September 22, 2024 08:43 AM (4XwPj)
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Your body composition might improve without losing "weight"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 22, 2024 08:45 AM (RIvkX)

207
All of that with a associates degree in science.
Posted by: TecumsehTea

It's the brains that matter, not the certificate. 'Twas ever thus.

The person who invented and perfected the bulking jet that operated on a moving threadline to produce bulked continuous filament fiber started as a line operator in the fiber spinning process at Seaford, DE. A billion-plus dollar revenue stream materialized out of what he had done as it transformed the carpet industry in the 60s and 70s.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 22, 2024 08:46 AM (xG4kz)

208 G'morning, all.

We ever get word what that massive explosion in Lebanon yesterday evening?

Seeing the blast, and the visible shock wave traveling as far as it did, I thought the Joooos had developed their own MOAB.

It was that big of a blast.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2024 08:46 AM (a1415)

209 We ever get word what that massive explosion in Lebanon yesterday evening?

Seeing the blast, and the visible shock wave traveling as far as it did, I thought the Joooos had developed their own MOAB.

It was that big of a blast.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2024 08:46 AM (a1415)
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It was a MOAP -- The Mother of All Pagers.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 22, 2024 08:47 AM (BpYfr)

210 "It was a MOAP -- The Mother of All Pagers."

* Golf Clap *

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2024 08:48 AM (a1415)

211 Marcel speaks , LOL!
Posted by: runner at September 22, 2024 08:40 AM (V13WU)
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https://youtu.be/dwea0LZQe9k

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 22, 2024 08:49 AM (3Y5XB)

212 I think there was sustained aerial attacks against Hezbollah arms and ammunition all day yesterday.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 22, 2024 08:49 AM (RIvkX)

213 @209/"Perfessor Squirrel":

Ring ring ring ring ring ring ring ring, Explodaphone

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 22, 2024 08:50 AM (O7YUW)

214 Every McDonalds around here has something about pumpkin spice on their signs outside.

And the "At Home" store smells like it. It's overwhelming. Sickening.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 22, 2024 08:50 AM (Q4IgG)

215 Leaves are my demon

Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2024 08:50 AM (fwDg9)

216 170 State ag departments, usually represented through the "Extension Institute" office, take an active interest in these matters.
Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at September 22, 2024 08:32 AM (zdLoL)

That's who I had mailed, long, long ago.

Posted by: m at September 22, 2024 08:51 AM (64Zez)

217 Darn it, one too many rings!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 22, 2024 08:51 AM (O7YUW)

218 Best way to dal with Hezbo is to bomb Iran. But that's just my unqualified opinion...

Posted by: runner at September 22, 2024 08:51 AM (V13WU)

219 @132

>>Academia and NGOs have more influence on foreign and domestic policy than the President and Congress combined.

Remember, Trump was essentially impeached for going against the "Interagency Consensus" on foreign policy.

If G-d willing he wins a 2nd term, he needs to take a sledgehammer to the administrative state.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 22, 2024 08:52 AM (XV/Pl)

220 I love pumpkin. There, I said it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 22, 2024 08:53 AM (RIvkX)

221 199 I can feel my Seasonal Affective Disorder setting in.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at September 22, 2024 08:43 AM (SfhV1)

Ugh.

Posted by: m at September 22, 2024 08:53 AM (64Zez)

222 217 Darn it, one too many rings!

"Hello, have I reached the party to whom I am speaking?"

Posted by: Lily Tomlin at September 22, 2024 08:53 AM (dg+HA)

223 Islamic Republic Of Iran has been a pain in the arse, without a pause, since '79. it's time.

Posted by: runner at September 22, 2024 08:54 AM (V13WU)

224 First day of Fall !
Posted by: runner
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Or as we call it down here, three more months of summer.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at September 22, 2024 08:54 AM (Lo97M)

225 Darn it, one too many rings!
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 22, 2024 08:51 AM (O7YUW)
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Obligatory:

https://youtu.be/ISZ9UOBwRFA

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 22, 2024 08:54 AM (3Y5XB)

226 @222: *laughs* Love it.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 22, 2024 08:54 AM (O7YUW)

227 I tried pumpkin spice coffee years ago. Quite repulsive.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 22, 2024 08:54 AM (4Med0)

228 "Hello, have I reached the party to whom I am speaking?"
Posted by: Lily Tomlin at September 22, 2024 08:53 AM (dg+HA)
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Great Moron's think alike!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 22, 2024 08:55 AM (3Y5XB)

229 So as someone else said earlier...

Kamala is now endorsed by
Putin
Cheney
The IRS
and a Pop-Tart who has made a career writing songs about her poor choices in life.

It's a shame that the GOPe can't find something to work with there.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2024 08:55 AM (a1415)

230 Or as we call it down here, three more months of summer.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at September 22, 2024 08:54 AM (Lo97M)

yeah, I know. Every time I contemplate how awesome it would be to move to Florida, I remember how horrible it is to live in 90-100 humid degree weather nonstop. It wears on you!

Posted by: runner at September 22, 2024 08:56 AM (V13WU)

231 @229/Village Idiot's Apprentice: "It's a shame that the GOPe can't find something to work with there."

More "won't" than "can't".

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 22, 2024 08:57 AM (O7YUW)

232 And Walz is campaigning on the idea that as a nation we can not survive another four years of this?

So we need an outsider like Kamala to fix this?

Am I reading that right?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2024 08:57 AM (a1415)

233 It's a shame that the GOPe can't find something to work with there.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2024 08:55 AM (a1415)
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I hear 1000 Scot Presslers crying out in the abyss, and then...nothing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 22, 2024 08:57 AM (RIvkX)

234 I have a joke about time travel, but I'm not gonna share it.

You guys didn't like it.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at September 22, 2024 08:57 AM (4XwPj)

235 Here, this is techy:

https://tinyurl.com/2p9x8ecx

A NOTE FROM YOUR CHILD’S SCHOOL ABOUT ITS APPS AND WEBSITES

Posted by: m at September 22, 2024 08:58 AM (64Zez)

236 I have a joke about time travel, but I'm not gonna share it.

You guys didn't like it.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at September 22, 2024 08:57 AM (4XwPj)

🤣🤣🤣

Posted by: runner at September 22, 2024 08:58 AM (V13WU)

237
Rare image of Donald Trump, Willie Brown, and Kamala Harass:

https://is.gd/sj3Ycf

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 22, 2024 08:58 AM (RKVpM)

238 MOre ! MORe!!

Posted by: runner at September 22, 2024 08:58 AM (V13WU)

239 @234/Madamemayhem

Now you've gone and done it!

Posted by: Time Pair o' Ducks at September 22, 2024 08:58 AM (O7YUW)

240
Rockets not rickets. Hezbollah ain't firing scurvy. Well not yet anyway.
Posted by: Smell the Glove

They'll fire scurvy dogs first.

That'll be the tell that they're close to being ready to fire scurvy itself.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 22, 2024 08:58 AM (xG4kz)

241 Bring your reading glasses and put some pants on
BOOK NOOD

Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2024 09:00 AM (fwDg9)

242 Books....

They be here

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2024 09:00 AM (a1415)

243 What do you call a Frenchman wearing sandals?

Phillipe Phillope.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at September 22, 2024 09:00 AM (4XwPj)

244 .
NOOD

Sunday Morning Book Thread is live!

NOOD

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 22, 2024 09:00 AM (O7YUW)

245 Israelis should play the Stones' "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"over S. Lebanon.

Posted by: runner at September 22, 2024 09:01 AM (V13WU)

246 236 I have a joke about time travel, but I'm not gonna share it.

You guys didn't like it.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at September 22, 2024 08:57 AM (4XwPj)

🤣🤣🤣
Posted by: runner at September 22, 2024 08:58 AM (V13WU)

Oh, I didn't get that on first reading!

Posted by: m at September 22, 2024 09:01 AM (64Zez)

247 Pantsless and quite happy here.

Posted by: G-String Gary at September 22, 2024 09:02 AM (CV8a5)

248
Book thread NOOD

All of you who have completed writing your book reports had better get up there and start reporting.

The rest of you have about ten minutes to scrawl about five or seven sentences, which you can interject among the wordier responses and thereby escape notice by the Perfesser.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 22, 2024 09:05 AM (xG4kz)

249 "I run Brave browser and don't have that problem. I don't know if that has anything to do with a VPN (which I also use)."

I use Brave just for Youtube now, because it blocks all the ads.

Posted by: cheshirecat at September 22, 2024 09:26 AM (TwA+r)

250 I'm happy with the little Beelink you recommended a while back.
If I'm not misreading it Amazon has it upgradeable to 32 GB Ram for $209.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 22, 2024 09:45 AM (fWHsP)

251 If Final Fantasy can run on a Playstation, but not on a PC with the newest, existing hardware, there's a programming problem. Much like how Grand Theft Auto ran horribly, until (if I recall correctly, IIRC) some enterprising software hacker (not pirate) figured out what stupid things were being done, and (also IIRC), passed along the info to the devs to actually fix it. Or just passed along a patch for users to run on their own PCs.

I recall, decades ago, that Final Fantasy #7 was actually ported to the PC by Eidos. The problem was getting it to run right. I think I was able to play the demo, which was the Arena/Coliseum battle section of the game, but getting the full thing to run right didn't work. Final Fantasy 11, the first MMO / Online-Only game of the series, ran, but was janky as hell with a weird installer/launcher to start the game.

In total, I think Square got away with their games because, despite any bugs, they were epic and cool enough that it touched the souls of a lot of gamers, much like Star Wars: A New Hope became a phenomenon for decades. Bethesda and their Elder Scrolls games did the same - buggy as all get-out, but epic and expansive beyond other games.

Posted by: Another Anon at September 22, 2024 10:03 AM (QNMaY)

252 I am taking a day off from the sturm and drang of political discussion today because it's my anniversary. I would just like to say that FenSpouse is a wonderful man and I am blessed that he is my life and our son's father. He won't see this because he's not an ASHQ poster but he does hear the sire about if from me.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 22, 2024 07:29 AM (jSapi)

Happy Anniversary, to you and Fenspouse!! Romantic dinner tonight, perhaps?

Posted by: Chuckles McKneepads at September 22, 2024 10:10 AM (iODuv)

253 "Why is a pretty normal game so demanding? Nobody knows."

Because Yoshi-P and Creative Business Unit III figure they don't need those old rules they made about "How to make a failure" anymore. So instead of avoiding "overemphasis on graphics/graphical quality" they're going full hog an blinding players with needlessly flashy crap that's actually detrimental to gameplay.

Posted by: Saber Alter at September 22, 2024 10:10 AM (AZg1Q)

254 /sock

Posted by: Oddbob at September 22, 2024 10:55 AM (/y8xj)

255 I have never understood why games have or need such massive hardware requirements. I confess I don't think I have ever even watched something in 4K. I just don't get it.

Posted by: WarEagle82 at September 22, 2024 11:34 AM (mQxC9)

256 All benchmarks should be based on good games. Gonna wait a year probably for the gpus to catch up.

Posted by: Draki at September 22, 2024 12:44 PM (jX1l4)

257 On games, I'm guessing they just aren't building them with running well on anything but a PS5 in mind. Apparently this week Dragon's Dogma got a patch that boosted the frame rate by 2-3x even before Upscaling and frame gen are considered, which it also added.

I somehow ended up with a bunch of the Amelia stuff popup in my timeline. I really sounds more like she decided she couldn't maintain the work load and is mostly retiring, rather than it being the usual polite way of saying someone got fired.

Posted by: Voyager at September 22, 2024 03:09 PM (nmL8W)

258 >80% of software developers are unhappy

There is a lot going on here. As a general rule, most software companies are abysmally managed, but much of that is due to an overall problem of immaturity in the software industry. By which I mean _personal_ immaturity; most software developers have a very juvenile attitude towards their work. Reading over the C3 wiki is a great example of this, from the cutesey names given to the concepts, the lack of any kind of metrics to support Agile/XP's claims, and ultimately the fact that Agile/XP failed massively there yet the C3 project is still held out as a great proof of Agile/XP's success.

I started out in conventional engineering before switching to software development and the difference in cultures is night and day. I could speculate about why and what might change that, but the difference is very real, and until software engineering *and engineers* mature there's going to be a lot of morale problems.

Posted by: Daniel Ream at September 23, 2024 12:58 AM (0Go0g)

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