Daily Tech News 1 November 2024

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Microsoft will be offering a one year $30 support plan for users who are reluctant to move from Windows 10. (PC World)

Microsoft has its own page on this, but it is almost entirely trying desperately to persuade users to just switch to Windows 11; it's hard to even spot the support plan.

And unlike the business version of extended support, this will last for a single year, after which you will be cut off and left to install Linux.

On the upside:
Microsoft will also continue to provide Security Intelligence Updates for Microsoft Defender Antivirus through at least October 2028.
Which is really all I want. Just leave me alone, stop screwing things up, and keep blocking viruses.

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In other good news Windows Recall has been delayed yet again. (Bleeping Computer)

This is the update that collects all your most important private data - including things like readable passwords - in one convenient place for anyone to steal.
Amazon workers are still complaining about being told to come to work. (Ars Technica)

What part of "work" do you not understand?
For the third quarter Intel has posted a loss of $16.6 billion on revenues of $13.3 billion. (The Register)

That's a net margin of -125%.

That's not at operating loss, though, but an accounting loss, taking charges for severance packages for the 15,000 employees being laid off, and writing down deferred tax assets whatever that means. (I understand accounting. US corporate tax law is a foreign country.)
What sank the Bayesian superyacht that sank in a storm in Italy? (New York Times) (archive site)

A storm. In Italy.

Disclaimer: New blog who dis?

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 G'morning Pixy, G'morning Horde.

I'll let the folks in the ONT know this one's live.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 01, 2024 04:02 AM (O7YUW)

2 Poke.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 01, 2024 04:03 AM (BLOW1)

3 Furst?

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at November 01, 2024 04:03 AM (gHSfI)

4 Thanks G&R.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 01, 2024 04:03 AM (BLOW1)

5 Oh. Well, I think he's still a good bear.

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at November 01, 2024 04:03 AM (gHSfI)

6 Good morning, good people. May all effort this day result in great benefit to you, and great anguish to the leftwits among us.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at November 01, 2024 04:08 AM (hKoQL)

7 This Windows Recall thing has the potential to get Microsoft in a lot of hot water. Their legal teams should be sounding the alarm at a volume level of 11. Microsoft is still proceeding with their plan.

I'm starting to wonder if those in control at Microsoft have reached the "Caligula makes his favourite horse a Roman consul" stage of insanity.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 01, 2024 04:10 AM (O7YUW)

8 Pixy: "New blog who dis?"

Inspired by this song?
https://youtu.be/FXZ1xjCCCDk

(Madison Mars, New Vibe Who Dis)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 01, 2024 04:13 AM (O7YUW)

9 Please God, no!

Someone on Coast to Coast reciting their Halloween poetry...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 01, 2024 04:17 AM (TGPs7)

10 Evening and morning on this dawn of sanity after a night of unchecked power among the demonic forces! Or do they continue to romp around until the sun literally comes up? That's not for three hours or more here. Better watch out!

It's raining, hot, and sticky here, so I'm taking off from working out today. On the other hand: It's Friday, the consummation devoutly to be wished!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 01, 2024 04:18 AM (omVj0)

11 @9/Mister Ghost:

"Oh freddled gruntbuggly,
Thy micturitions are to me,
As plurdled gabbleblotchits,
On a lurgid bee,
That mordiously hath blurted out,
Its earted jurtles,
Into a rancid festering confectious organ squealer.

Now the jurpling slayjid agrocrustles,
Are slurping hagrilly up the axlegrurts,
And living glupules frart and slipulate,
Like jowling meated liverslime,

Groop, I implore thee, my foonting turling dromes,
And hooptiously drangle me,
With crinkly bindlewurdles,

Or else I shall rend thee in the gobberwarts with my blurglecruncheon,
See if I don't."

Posted by: Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz at November 01, 2024 04:21 AM (O7YUW)

12 And it's gonna stay warm, highs in the 80s, until maybe next Friday. Maybe. This weather is like the creepy old uncle whom nobody invites to the party, but he comes over anyway, keeps telling you the same old stories about some place called Veet Nam, and won't take even broad hints to leave.

Kinda like having Joe Biden in your family.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 01, 2024 04:22 AM (omVj0)

13 Sorry, guys, I'm feeling a little tired and fuzzy tonight. And I'm not in a Halloween state of mind. (*)

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at November 01, 2024 04:22 AM (gHSfI)

14 Groop, I implore thee, my foonting turling dromes,
And hooptiously drangle me,
With crinkly bindlewurdles,

Or else I shall rend thee in the gobberwarts with my blurglecruncheon,
See if I don't."
Posted by: Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz at November 01, 2024

***
"Jabberwocky" II?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 01, 2024 04:23 AM (omVj0)

15 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 01, 2024 04:23 AM (hoCmQ)

16 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 01, 2024 04:24 AM (u82oZ)

17 Today is the Solemnity of All Saints Day. A Holy Day of Obligation.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 01, 2024 04:26 AM (hoCmQ)

18 Salty!

And....

G'morning, all.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 01, 2024 04:26 AM (a1415)

19 Saw a tall woman with a very tall witch's hat yesterday. She was made up to be unattractive. She was the only woman in costume as she arrived.

I said loudly "My ex wife." Fortunately, there was laughter.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 01, 2024 04:27 AM (u82oZ)

20 Good morning !

Posted by: OkJohn at November 01, 2024 04:27 AM (NC/it)

21 221 kids at the house for treats last night.

And 97 Jello-Shots given out to the parents as well.

Overall...a good evening.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 01, 2024 04:28 AM (a1415)

22 Posted by: Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz

Oh, the ~~Humanity~~ Vogonity!

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline - Person of Refuse at November 01, 2024 04:28 AM (JRP2U)

23 Saw a tall woman with a very tall witch's hat yesterday. She was made up to be unattractive. She was the only woman in costume as she arrived.

I said loudly "My ex wife." Fortunately, there was laughter.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 01, 2024

***
I went upstairs to visit my predecessor at my old job. She was wearing an orange dress (with a hint of very nice cleavage!) and a tall black witch's hat. I grinned and called out, "Hillary! I'd know you anywhere! How are Bill and Chelsea these days?"

She laughed herself silly, as I knew she would (or I wouldn't have done it).

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 01, 2024 04:34 AM (omVj0)

24 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

Next Halloween, we're going to your house!
Party! Party! Party!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 01, 2024 04:35 AM (u82oZ)

25 Morning, Salty. You up for the day or stopping by for a pit stop?

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 01, 2024 04:36 AM (hoCmQ)

26 I'm glad Miss Linda took her Halloween treats (a bag of mini-KitKats and some other chocolatey items) with her last night. Too much temptation for me to have them sitting on the table whispering, "Taste me!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 01, 2024 04:36 AM (omVj0)

27 olddog in mo

Woke out of a sound sleep ready to go to work. 3 hours away. Maybe I should do some chores.

Are you always up this early?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 01, 2024 04:38 AM (u82oZ)

28 A storm. In Italy.

Caused by Klimate Khange

Posted by: Bruce at November 01, 2024 04:41 AM (0lNjw)

29 As an aside, we gave out NO candy last night.

BJ's had the 40-packs of veggie chips in the shape of bats and such, as well as Pirates Booty.

Believe it or not, they were both a big hit with the kids. And the parents appreciated it as well.

Plus...now I don't have tons of candy left here to tempt me to be eaten.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 01, 2024 04:42 AM (a1415)

30 Usually up 3 or 4a, Salty. Rarely sleep to 5. Cat comes in shortly after 4a if I'm not up. Sleep happens in 2-3 hour intervals.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 01, 2024 04:42 AM (hoCmQ)

31 olddog in mo

I'll take a nap after I get the kids to school.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 01, 2024 04:43 AM (u82oZ)

32 Good early morning.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at November 01, 2024 04:44 AM (MpQsq)

33 Or else I shall rend thee in the gobberwarts with my blurglecruncheon,
See if I don't."
Posted by: Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz at November 01, 2024

***
"Jabberwocky" II?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,

Joe Biden 2023?

Posted by: Bruce at November 01, 2024 04:44 AM (0lNjw)

34 Procedure* went fine yesterday. Don't have to go back for 3 years.

*Skips mentioning type of procedure. Don't want to ruin Hadrian's breakfast.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 01, 2024 04:45 AM (hoCmQ)

35 Moved into a 55 plus community this past spring.

Trick or Treaters consisted of 5 junior high girls.

Lotsa candy left. Sadly I can't have any of it until Monday, after my colonoscopy.

Posted by: Bruce at November 01, 2024 04:46 AM (0lNjw)

36 @14/Wolfus Aurelius: Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 01, 2024 04:47 AM (O7YUW)

37 The Superyacht sinking.

“Karsten Borner was planted on the halfdeck of his sailboat in the slanting rain. A grizzled mariner who had survived many storms, he was anchored in the same cove as Mr. Lynch’s yacht, at the same time, as the squall blew in during the early hours …”

Karsten is super salty. My one question about him being- how does one convert a late 1950’s tugboat into a sailboat? It simply doesn’t compute. Seems more like a littoral tramp coaster with a mast than sailboat.

Posted by: 13times at November 01, 2024 04:47 AM (Zfp9s)

38 Got to slog through one more day before the weekend. It's still too nasty and warm for me to enjoy a road trip to the tobacco shop in Jackson, so tomorrow I'll have a wheel sensor replaced on the Buick and maybe go out to breakfast afterward.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 01, 2024 04:48 AM (omVj0)

39 @14/Wolfus Aurelius: Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 01, 2024

***
Been a *long* time since I read that. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 01, 2024 04:49 AM (omVj0)

40 Looks like another grim milestone for the Biden/Harris administration.

Yup, in our sleepy little town.

https://tinyurl.com/2jkuyjdp

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 01, 2024 04:49 AM (a1415)

41 Huh. I thought I posted this comment already. Anyway, at a certain other website I ran across a link to an essay titled "Before you can have smalltalk you must first defeat capitalism?"

What I hate most is that I could probably write something that idiotic, earnest and predictable in my sleep, but I have better things to do.

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at November 01, 2024 04:50 AM (gHSfI)

42 "Before you can have smalltalk you must first defeat capitalism?"

If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding!

Posted by: Bruce at November 01, 2024 04:52 AM (0lNjw)

43 Second day of recovery for the kittens after the spay/neuter day on Wednesday.

Both are completely normal acting, including waking me at 4:00am for breakfast and romper-room.

One of the optional steps that we chose to take was some sort of blue light treatment at the surgical sites to promote healing and tissue growth at the incisions.

It works.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 01, 2024 04:53 AM (a1415)

44 Bruce: Perfect. Too bad it would get me downvoted.

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at November 01, 2024 04:54 AM (gHSfI)

45 One of the optional steps that we chose to take was some sort of blue light treatment at the surgical sites to promote healing and tissue growth at the incisions.

It works.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

Nice.
Is it like the light they use on tooth fillings now?

Posted by: Bruce at November 01, 2024 04:57 AM (0lNjw)

46 Believe it or not, they were both a big hit with the kids.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 01, 2024 04:42 AM (a1415)

Have fun cleaning up the TP and eggs.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 01, 2024 04:59 AM (i24o9)

47 "Is it like the light they use on tooth fillings now?"

I don't believe so.

That is a UV type light used to cure the filling and composite material.

This works in some mysterious manner with a all that is applied just before the exposure to light begins.

A four minute treatment. But the healing process seems to be accelerated by about 50%

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 01, 2024 04:59 AM (a1415)

48 Another day in the hospital...

Has Intel ever done anything for customers with f`d up processors due to their voltage bug in their code?

Posted by: jim (In Hospital in Kalifornia) at November 01, 2024 05:01 AM (0RLWl)

49 G'Day everyone
It's game day

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

50 Info on the post surgical light treatment for the kittens the other day.

https://www.phoviausa.com

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 01, 2024 05:04 AM (a1415)

51 >>>What part of "work" do you not understand?

In fairness, they were paid to not work for close to two years, then told they deserve a "living wage" for menial tasks. That destruction was intentional.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 01, 2024 05:06 AM (i24o9)

52 Back to sleep.

Posted by: jim (In Hospital in Kalifornia) at November 01, 2024 05:09 AM (0RLWl)

53 She laughed herself silly, as I knew she would (or I wouldn't have done it).
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 01, 2024 04:34

Good for you and her, what fun. That says a lot about you WA that you can judge whether others can take a joke, specially political.

I used to be pretty sarcacastically orientateted. Unfortunately I've toned it down a bit, but WTF I'm done with that.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at November 01, 2024 05:10 AM (55Qr6)

54 Alas, my cheap ($350) HP laptop that runs Windows 10, refuses to charge up anymore. Probably cost more to fix it than it's worth.

Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at November 01, 2024 05:14 AM (K8L6j)

55 Or else I shall rend thee in the gobberwarts with my blurglecruncheon,
See if I don't."

Posted by: Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz at November 01, 2024 04:21 AM (O7YUW)

*sniff* Piker.

Posted by: Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings at November 01, 2024 05:16 AM (PiwSw)

56 Time for the Morning Walk.

BBIAB

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 01, 2024 05:25 AM (a1415)

57 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 01, 2024 05:27 AM (rRMBj)

58 28 A storm. In Italy.

Caused by Klimate Khange
Posted by: Bruce at November 01, 2024 04:41 AM (0lNjw)

What was the dire warning in "Game of Thrones"? There's a "Great Storm" coming? Well, I feel a foreboding deep in my bones. And it's not Klimate Change. May Heaven help us.

Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at November 01, 2024 05:27 AM (yMyMm)

59 I hear that a lot of Federal workers have still not returned to the office. But nobody really notices.

Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at November 01, 2024 05:30 AM (yMyMm)

60 58: 'Winter is Coming'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 01, 2024 05:33 AM (rRMBj)

61 Favorite Halloween memory from several years back when we got trick-or-treaters.

Two kids dressed in black suits with black hats and sunglasses. I looked shocked as I saw them and said "Jake! Elwood! When did you boys get out of Joliet? Honey, come here! It's the Blues Brothers!"

The taller kid said "Thank you, sir. You're the first one all night to get it."

They even went so far as to write the names on the fingers.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 01, 2024 05:35 AM (jjoN6)

62 She laughed herself silly, as I knew she would (or I wouldn't have done it).
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 01, 2024 04:34

Good for you and her, what fun. That says a lot about you WA that you can judge whether others can take a joke, specially political.

I used to be pretty sarcacastically orientateted. Unfortunately I've toned it down a bit, but WTF I'm done with that.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at November 01, 2024

***
Oh, I can't always tell about people, Farmer, and so I usually keep my mouth shut. But this lady knows me -- she took over my old job and I trained her in the early stages, and she clearly likes having some fun at work. No idea of her political opinions, and I'd rather not know unless she volunteers she's for Trump, or something like that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 01, 2024 05:35 AM (omVj0)

63 58: 'Winter is Coming'
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 01, 2024

***
From what I read of that series (the first book), winter never seemed to get there. Kind of like where I live.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 01, 2024 05:37 AM (omVj0)

64 60 58: 'Winter is Coming'
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 01, 2024 05:33 AM (rRMBj)

Ah, that's it. Thanks.

Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at November 01, 2024 05:39 AM (KGsdP)

65 And yet, lumber prices are still up.
I think they bought the mill to close it. If demand returns, there will be no marginal capacity.

Posted by: Jamaica at November 01, 2024 05:39 AM (6HDsc)

66 This afternoon the Indie Author Project is having an event to announce the winners of their novel contest. Back in May I entered one ms. in their fantasy category and another in mystery. The event is only an hour long, and I've signed up to watch or listen to it. I presume they'll email the winners afterward anyway -- but it would be nice to hear my pen name and my book title announced, if it happens.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 01, 2024 05:41 AM (omVj0)

67 For the third quarter Intel has posted a loss of $16.6 billion on revenues of $13.3 billion

Intel is a rapidly imploding business. Eventually the assets, like real estate and intellectual property, will be worth more than the corporation as a going business. Sometime before that occurs the vultures will dine.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at November 01, 2024 05:42 AM (tPMOE)

68 40 Looks like another grim milestone for the Biden/Harris administration.

Yup, in our sleepy little town.

https://tinyurl.com/2jkuyjdp
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 01, 2024 04:49 AM (a1415)

I'm sorry for the harm to people's lives.
B/H also hurt big towns. Pepsi closes Chicago plant, 79 people lose their jobs. https://tinyurl.com/4xjb85kn

Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at November 01, 2024 05:48 AM (AuqUK)

69 The Superyacht:

I'm not sure why the writers wanted credit for such an appallingly written story. I'd want to blame AI for that rather than admit my complicity.

Posted by: Peter B at November 01, 2024 05:55 AM (kDO0w)

70 Lots of Fall to deal with

Posted by: Skip at November 01, 2024 06:00 AM (fwDg9)

71 I am good with spending $30.00 for another year of full support and security updates through October 2028 for Windows 10. By then my current PC will be 11 years old, and will have served me well. For me, what this does, is allow me to time exactly when I want to replace it.

While I can partially see my way to understanding why people are annoyed that Microsoft ended updates to their PCs at the same time I don't get it at all. Countless products reach manufacturer's end of life all the time without biblical amounts of bitching an moaning; I don't see how this is any different than that. And it isn't like these PCs will instantly quit working - they just stop getting updates.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at November 01, 2024 06:11 AM (tPMOE)

72 Has Intel ever done anything for customers with f`d up processors due to their voltage bug in their code?
Posted by: jim (In Hospital in Kalifornia)

I think they gave out coupons for a free session of go f' yourself. Actually Intel issued patches for the microcode that was causing the issue. This whole thing seems to have calmed down since then. Maybe.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at November 01, 2024 06:16 AM (tPMOE)

73 JJ up.

Posted by: Clem Kadiddlehopper at November 01, 2024 06:19 AM (PiwSw)

74 Still no coffeemaker, so I am making double shots of espresso and then topping off with hot water from the kettle, which I understand is what the Starbucks people call an 'Americano'.

Posted by: Don Black will make do at November 01, 2024 06:21 AM (/7KEl)

75 >>> Disclaimer: New blog who dis?

Is that what the D-1 countdown was about?

Posted by: fluffy at November 01, 2024 06:29 AM (86W+h)

76 Another unsinkable vessel sinks, another godlike oligarch dies. Not like unto God.

Posted by: Enough BS at November 01, 2024 07:38 AM (2NXcZ)

77 "And it isn't like these PCs will instantly quit working - they just stop getting update"

Try reinstalling from scratch after a major crash.

Posted by: pawn at November 01, 2024 09:40 AM (QB+5g)

78 59 I hear that a lot of Federal workers have still not returned to the office. But nobody really notices.

Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at November 01, 2024 05:30 AM (yMyMm)

Elon will.

Posted by: Ronald Kornblow at November 01, 2024 11:46 AM (pXRYM)

79 >Which is really all I want

Every Windows 10 system will be a botnet node or cryptominer 24 hours after the EOL date.

Windows 11 *is* Windows 10 with a couple of minor desktop shell updates. This "every new Windows is Windows Millennium" thing is getting tedious.

Posted by: Daniel Ream at November 01, 2024 12:07 PM (FMBjj)

80 @55/Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings: "*sniff* Piker."

*laughs* Thanks Shadout Mapes, that just made my afternoon!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 01, 2024 12:21 PM (O7YUW)

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