Daily News Stuff 7 November 2024

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Who are you and what have you done with AMD?

AMD promised the new 9800X3D would be 8% faster than the previous generation's 7800X3D and 20% faster than Intel's latest high-end chip, the 285K. Independent testing said otherwise. (Tom's Hardware)

It is 15% faster than the 7800X3D and 35% faster than Intel's 285K.

The consistent theme of the reviews on YouTube is RIP Intel. Not something the struggling company needs to be hearing right now.

To be fair, until now AMD's Ryzen 9000 chips have also been met with a resounding meh. But no longer.

Tech News

Windows Server 2025 is here. (Bleeping Computer)

It's Windows. It's a server. It's Windows Server!
What does Trump's election mean for EVs, Tesla, and Elon Musk? (The Verge)

Demented screeching.

Okay then.
What Trump's win might mean for Elon Musk. (Tech Crunch)

Mostly good things.
SpaceX is planning another Starship launch in the next two weeks. (Tech Crunch)

Things like that.
You can build your own gaming PC, faster than the PlayStation 5 Pro, for about the same price. (PC Guide)

The PS5 Pro may be many things, but cheap is not on the list.

They Are Becoming Self-Aware Video of the Day

Not At All Tech News

Mint and Dokibird have been playing hardcore Minecraft for nine hours now. Calli, IRyS, and Biboo have been playing Space Marine 2.

And Hololive is adding new generations as fast as Nijisanji members can graduate.

hololive DEV_IS FLOW GLOW - the naming scheme is getting out of control - is basically the Gen 8 of the Japanese branch, or in other words, that branch's tenth generation, since the numbering scheme has also gotten out of control.

When I first started watching vtubers, back during the Wuhan Bat Soup Death Plague, there was no Hololive EN, no Nijisanji EN, no Phase Connect or Prism Project. I watched Hololive JP's Haachama and Coco, who spoke English, and Korone, who didn't really but she has so much energy and enthusiasm that it never mattered.

Now there's hundreds of them. I even watched the election results being presented by a vtuber named Kirsche.

Disclaimer: Ame, you need to update the aquarium.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 First?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2024 04:01 AM (omVj0)

2 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2024 04:01 AM (fwDg9)

3 Was wondering how many days to inauguration?

Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2024 04:02 AM (fwDg9)

4 G'morning Pixy, Wolfus, Skip, rest of the Horde when y'all get here...

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 07, 2024 04:06 AM (O7YUW)

5 Oh this is good news about AMD! I may have to build myself a new computer in the near future. This new 9800X3D sounds promising.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 07, 2024 04:09 AM (O7YUW)

6 The second-from-the-left vtuber in the thumbnail reminds me of a character from a harem anime that Pooky used to watch (not me, I hate harem animes). She had an image of a clock in her left eye and her power was turning back time. Was it Date Alive? I can't remember.

Posted by: pookysgirl, with Lil Pooky napping in his favorite spot at November 07, 2024 04:09 AM (dtlDP)

7 Thanks, Pixy.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 07, 2024 04:12 AM (i24o9)

8 Now there's hundreds of them. I even watched the election results being presented by a vtuber named Kirsche.

Kirsche is actually pretty based. She goes deep on DEI investigation and it's next step of BRIDGE where the companies no longer need DEI departments because it's fully integrated into the company at all levels.

Posted by: Buzzion at November 07, 2024 04:13 AM (On29Z)

9 TechCrunch: "SpaceX to launch Starship for the sixth time this month". . .

. . . wait, Starship launched five times in November already?

A more correct craniumline would have been "SpaceX to launch Starship's sixth test flight later this month."

Posted by: SPinRH_F-16 at November 07, 2024 04:18 AM (NezMn)

10 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 07, 2024 04:20 AM (hoCmQ)

11 AMD promised the new 9800X3D

Need to remind people that that's just gamer stuff. Everyone, you're ok with a 7800, heck, even a 5800. AM5 is not the bee's knees. Re-fucking lax.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 07, 2024 04:22 AM (IG4Id)

12 I see that MisHum announced that he is stepping down from doing the ONT's.

While I am sorry to see him turning over that responsibility, I want to also say Thank You for 8 years of dedicated writings.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 07, 2024 04:23 AM (a1415)

13 Good morning horde,

I know there’s lots of work to be done, however 24 hours later and the mood is one of optimism and opportunity.

Nice change.

Posted by: Pete Bog at November 07, 2024 04:23 AM (IW0rK)

14 Speaking of Intel vs. AMD, an article from The Register:

https://is.gd/B24yRB

Intel sued over Raptor Lake voltage instability - Failure to warn customers about chip flaw leads to fraud claim

Claims made:
- Intel knew the defects in the 13th and 14th generation Raptor Lake processors existed
- They kept marketing them anyway, touting the positives without mentioning the problems
- The chips are unstable and cause repeated crashes

And it's not a class action lawsuit (yet) but it may turn into one.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 07, 2024 04:24 AM (O7YUW)

15 'morning Pixy, Wolfus, Skip, rest of the Horde when y'all get here...
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 07, 2024

***
"The regular crowd shuffles in. . . ."

Evening and morning to all you early risers and late toilers!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2024 04:25 AM (omVj0)

16 @11/weft cut-loop: "Near future" for a build for me is when the components are a couple of generations back from "the bleeding edge" so I'm no longer paying the R&D price premium that early adopters/purchasers do. I've learned to be patient, jot down what's interesting, and then keep an eye on the price points, as well as any problems that develop (also exposed by early adopters.)

This is the "jotting down" moment.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 07, 2024 04:29 AM (O7YUW)

17 Raining hard right now

May have to postpone the morning walk

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 07, 2024 04:29 AM (a1415)

18 Greetings, fellow Morons.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at November 07, 2024 04:30 AM (qCWVV)

19 Even the State level election news is good.

https://tinyurl.com/3u49e6dn

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 07, 2024 04:32 AM (a1415)

20 ... and 'Estes, of course.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at November 07, 2024 04:33 AM (qCWVV)

21 @11/weft cut-loop: "Near future" for a build for me is when the components are a couple of generations back from "the bleeding edge" so I'm no longer paying the R&D price premium that early adopters/purchasers do. I've learned to be patient, jot down what's interesting, and then keep an eye on the price points, as well as any problems that develop (also exposed by early adopters.)

This is the "jotting down" moment.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

I've built at least 25 rigs of varying levels. Never found a need for top-tier, bleeding-edge stuff outside of gamer builds.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 07, 2024 04:36 AM (IG4Id)

22 The performance of the 9800X3D does make me think I should wait and see how the high-end 9950X3D does on productivity workloads, like compiling large programs.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 07, 2024 04:38 AM (BLOW1)

23 This is the "jotting down" moment.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 07, 2024 04:29 AM (O7YUW)

That delay also allows issues to pan out and the online reviews and dicussions begin to coalesce around any problems

After many generations of builds, CPU revisions, driver hellscapes, BSOD TSRs, chipset woes, standards revisions, you really don't want bleeding edge, unless your genuine need outweighs your unavailability to be a tech lab rat.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 07, 2024 04:38 AM (i24o9)

24 To the list of reforms as a priority should include elimination of the “Non Governmental Organization “ or NGO. Outsourcing policy implementation to alleged non profit groups with no oversight has been a source of fraud and perverse incentives. That outcome is by design.

Posted by: Pete Bog at November 07, 2024 04:38 AM (IW0rK)

25 Pixy,

In a real world metric how do you measure and quantify a “performance improvement” from a chip or a piece of software?

Posted by: Pete Bog at November 07, 2024 04:41 AM (IW0rK)

26 @21/weft cut-loop: Yup, same sort of history. 30 years ago there were times I showed less patience in my purchases and I paid more than I could have. I learned. The toys were fun at the time though.

@23/Comrade Flounder: Exactly.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 07, 2024 04:42 AM (O7YUW)

27 Time to hit the sack.

Posted by: SFGoth at November 07, 2024 04:42 AM (KAi1n)

28 Pete Bog - you either time how long it takes to complete a specific task, like rendering a 3d scene or compiling the Linux kernel, or measure how many units of work it does in an amount of time - frames per second for video games, megabytes per second for file compression.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 07, 2024 04:43 AM (BLOW1)

29 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 07, 2024 04:48 AM (sAmhv)

30 @25/Pete Bog: Further to what Pixy said: Batch job run time, if you're crunching a lot of numbers. Having the jobs run faster means if you get an unexpectedly large amount of data for a given job, you stand a better chance of getting it done within its allotted time window, allowing descendant jobs to kick off on-time and with the data they need.

Or: You now have extra time to fix a problem and re-run the job before its time window expires.

Like files multiply to occupy all available filing cabinet drawer space, job load tends to grow to occupy all available processing time.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 07, 2024 04:51 AM (O7YUW)

31 Also, can we talk about the fish-tank cases? Holy H, they are ostentatious.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 07, 2024 04:51 AM (IG4Id)

32 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 07, 2024 04:23 AM

That's a lot of work everyday for a long time for a lot of people and he deserves thanks from a grateful horde nation.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 07, 2024 04:52 AM (jNNaP)

33 Thanks Pixie,

Using those examples what is a meaningful difference or improvement?

I’m trying to understand how one decides this change creates a significant difference and is worth spending money and time implementing. Particularly time. In real life I’m looking at a couple of “business intelligence “ packages and I’m not sure they are any more than slick graphics on existing numbers.

Posted by: Pete Bog at November 07, 2024 04:54 AM (IW0rK)

34 "That's a lot of work everyday for a long time for a lot of people and he deserves thanks from a grateful horde nation."

Very true.

He will still be hosting other threads, so we don't lose him completely.

Ace has some of the best COB's in the business, and I appreciate every one of them.

His announcement is near the bottom of last night's ONT, if anyone wishes to read it.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 07, 2024 04:56 AM (a1415)

35 72.7 degrees out, with rain falling at .27 inches per hour.

Bird Bath is replenished.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 07, 2024 04:58 AM (a1415)

36 Good morning, good people, from a newly invigorated Adirondacks that underwent a massive mood shift with the election. I see a bit of care to be taken until the inauguration so the left doesn't get to throw sand in the gears, they WILL cause trouble if possible.

Meanwhile, may all effort result in extreme benefit to you and a continuation of anguish for the leftwits among us.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at November 07, 2024 04:58 AM (hKoQL)

37 Hoping that we see the return of plans for the Keystone pipeline …

Hey! It’s … mid-tech … in the large …

Posted by: Adriane the Not Cynical Enough Critic . . . at November 07, 2024 04:59 AM (TX4bP)

38 Former juvenile officer fosters 85 teens over the years and transforms their lives:

https://tinyurl.com/fhpkwhkx

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 07, 2024 05:00 AM (jNNaP)

39 https://amgreatness.com/this is what an electoral-landside-looks like and-the consequences for democrats

Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2024 05:01 AM (fwDg9)

40 In your particular case, you'd have to run that on the the different hardware to see how it compares.

Otherwise, you're left with generic benchmarks on workloads similar to what you contemplate (rendering, compiling, IO, AI) to determine whether the cost and time to implement is worth it over how much time it takes on your current hardware.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 07, 2024 05:01 AM (i24o9)

41 The People have had enough.

( Hitler Parody)

https://tinyurl.com/3sb2z7ev

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 07, 2024 05:03 AM (a1415)

42 @31/weft cut-loop: Fishtank cases? *looks this up*

These? https://is.gd/pW9sA5

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 07, 2024 05:05 AM (O7YUW)

43 Mom reacts with joyful praise to Jesus after daughter passes the bar exam:

https://tinyurl.com/2xjc9ysm

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 07, 2024 05:07 AM (jNNaP)

44 The People have had enough.

( Hitler Parody)

https://tinyurl.com/3sb2z7ev

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 07, 2024 05:03 AM (a1415)

That's good.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 07, 2024 05:08 AM (i24o9)

45 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at November 07, 2024 05:12 AM (dg+HA)

46 @43/FenelonSpoke: That reaction by Mom is awesome! :-)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 07, 2024 05:13 AM (O7YUW)

47 That AG link shows its looking like 18 million votes in 2020 vanished in thin air. Subtract those from Sundowner and we wouldn't be voting for Trump again in 2024.

Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2024 05:15 AM (fwDg9)

48 47 That AG link shows its looking like 18 million votes in 2020 vanished in thin air. Subtract those from Sundowner and we wouldn't be voting for Trump again in 2024.
Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2024 05:15 AM (fwDg9)

Covid fraud from hell - lotta imaginary voters

Posted by: a dude in MI at November 07, 2024 05:18 AM (+I6Y/)

49 "That AG link shows its looking like 18 million votes in 2020 vanished in thin air. "

Moving forward, that missing 18 million votes is going to be an issue for the Left.

A giant anomaly in a 16-20 year pattern of voter turn-out that sticks out like a sore thumb, and has no logic explanation.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 07, 2024 05:19 AM (a1415)

50 Good morning! We played golf yesterday and the weather was perfect. Sunny and 68 at tee time with a 5 knot breeze and sunny and 75 with a 5 knot breeze by the 18th. Looks like the next 48 hours is gonna bring us rain and a near constant temp of 70. How strange.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 07, 2024 05:20 AM (3Ope8)

51 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 07, 2024 05:13 AM (O7YUW)

I'm glad you liked it. I hope you have a blessed day, G&C!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 07, 2024 05:21 AM (jNNaP)

52
January 19, 2037.

Posted by: J.D. Vance's last full day in office at November 07, 2024 05:21 AM (dg+HA)

53 Clear and crazy warm for early November
They say it never rains in southern Pennsylvania
Forward Dog 9 out

Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2024 05:21 AM (fwDg9)

54 Although, I think that in the long run the Donald Trump of today is a more battle hardened President than a President Trump of a 2020 election would have been.

And the electorate is certainly a different electorate after four years of unfettered Leftist power and excess.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 07, 2024 05:21 AM (a1415)

55 These? https://is.gd/pW9sA5
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

Yes, like that. I must be old and disposable, but those things are just obnoxious. I want a rig to perform, not entertain. 'Sides I have to sleep next to them.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 07, 2024 05:22 AM (IG4Id)

56 Morning, Horde...How goes it?

Just 48 hours ago, we were mentally and emotionally preparing ourselves for a Harris "victory" (spit!)

Now, we get to bask in the satisfaction of a Trump victory instead. Glorious times ahead!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 07, 2024 05:23 AM (BpYfr)

57 Old Lady Emhoff, come on down!

Posted by: The Political Dustbin Of History at November 07, 2024 05:25 AM (dg+HA)

58 Agree VIA. The past four years, as bad as they were, instructed a lot of people as to the utter madness of the Left.

Pray God we do not play the unity game again, on THEIR terms. Only on our terms.

Posted by: lizabth at November 07, 2024 05:25 AM (Jfw7U)

59 Heh! https://tinyurl.com/yc385yns

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 07, 2024 05:27 AM (3Ope8)

60 Did Biden address the nation yesterday?

I thought there was going to be something mumbled by him to us.

And the Harris speech was about what one would expect from a tone deaf harridan who is intellectually incapable of reading the room.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 07, 2024 05:27 AM (a1415)

61 Didn't understand Jonathan Turley's love of the Harris speech. He thought she was brilliant.

Posted by: lizabth at November 07, 2024 05:28 AM (Jfw7U)

62 Why are states still counting for house seats? Fire everyone involved..such a bunch of oxygen thieves

Posted by: a dude in MI at November 07, 2024 05:29 AM (+I6Y/)

63 "That AG link shows its looking like 18 million votes in 2020 vanished in thin air. "

Moving forward, that missing 18 million votes is going to be an issue for the Left.

A giant anomaly in a 16-20 year pattern of voter turn-out that sticks out like a sore thumb, and has no logic explanation.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 07, 2024 05:19 AM (a1415)

Approximately 23 Zuckerbucks per ballot.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 07, 2024 05:29 AM (i24o9)

64 Is there an upside to being the butt of decades of political jokes?
Hey, at least everyone knows your name.

Posted by: Michael Dukakis at November 07, 2024 05:29 AM (dg+HA)

65 "The past four years, as bad as they were, instructed a lot of people as to the utter madness of the Left. "

Even Covid, in my opinion, had a silver lining.

When the nation moved to online learning, and parents were prevented from working outside the home, many parents were horrified to suddenly discover just exactly what was being taught to our children while we were at work.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 07, 2024 05:30 AM (a1415)

66 Christian family group ( Sounds like reign) does a nice version of a mashup of two praise songs which I am not familiar with:

https://tinyurl.com/tzp68kha

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 07, 2024 05:30 AM (jNNaP)

67 Agree re: covid. We now know how far the mad Left has gone, and will go, happily and with gusto. Stay safe!

Posted by: lizabth at November 07, 2024 05:32 AM (Jfw7U)

68 When the nation moved to online learning, and parents were prevented from working outside the home, many parents were horrified to suddenly discover just exactly what was being taught to our children while we were at work.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 07, 2024 05:30 AM (a1415)

It moved us to home school, and we have ever since.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 07, 2024 05:33 AM (i24o9)

69 And our home school community has probably quadrupled in size since then.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 07, 2024 05:34 AM (i24o9)

70 HSed ours, back in the day, and never regretted it. Wonderful to see this great form of education growing so quickly.

Posted by: lizabth at November 07, 2024 05:35 AM (Jfw7U)

71 And for four years, conservatives have been taught that individually there was something wrong with them if they did not share the same values as the left.

Singled out, isolated and silenced by intimidation.

The nation woke up yesterday to the unescapable fact that there are many more like minded individuals, believing on core conservative values than the Left ever imagined.

A sense of 'We are not alone', leading up to an almost Wolveriens! moment in our nations history and path forward.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 07, 2024 05:35 AM (a1415)

72 Yes, VIA...that is huge.

We are a force now, not some quaint oddity. Even the mad Left knows this now. We are not afraid.

They won't accept it, of course, but they know it.

Posted by: lizabth at November 07, 2024 05:37 AM (Jfw7U)

73 And our home school community has probably quadrupled in size since then.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 07, 2024 05:34 AM (i24o9)

Congrats.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 07, 2024 05:38 AM (dR6yv)

74 Here again is an example of this nation meeting and prevailing over an issue of extreme danger and the resulting victory, to add to the record of unbroken success.
A continuance of the struggle of our predecessors to ensure our Republic endures. I am honored to have participated in my small manner.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at November 07, 2024 05:39 AM (hKoQL)

75 A little heads up for the deep state from Bannon:

https://tinyurl.com/2j5sfx2d

Be interesting to see if he ends up in the admin in some capacity.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 07, 2024 05:40 AM (3Ope8)

76 And the legacy media is officially dead and illegitimate.
60 Minutes? Pfft. Who would watch it?
Sunday morning shows? Yawn.
Nightly "news?" Died long ago.
Cable "news?" Why should I pay a cable bill?
There's a thousand online alternatives, like that guy .. what's his name?
Oh, yeah. Rogan.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 07, 2024 05:41 AM (dg+HA)

77 Didn't understand Jonathan Turley's love of the Harris speech. He thought she was brilliant.
Posted by: lizabth

Lay the text of hef concession speech next to the text of Hillary's concession speech.

It's damn near word for word.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 07, 2024 05:41 AM (fs3Ts)

78 Ha..that Bannon clip was better than my triple shot of espresso.

Posted by: lizabth at November 07, 2024 05:41 AM (Jfw7U)

79 "A little heads up for the deep state from Bannon: "

Damn.....

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 07, 2024 05:42 AM (a1415)

80 Lay the text of hef concession speech next to the text of Hillary's concession speech.

It's damn near word for word.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 07, 2024 05:41 AM (fs3Ts)
---
Not really a surprise.

Harris is a serial plagiarist, after all.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 07, 2024 05:43 AM (BpYfr)

81 66 Christian family group ( Sounds like reign) does a nice version of a mashup of two praise songs which I am not familiar with:

https://tinyurl.com/tzp68kha
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Heh! I grew up in a church that sang those two songs a lot. One of them came out in the 70s. Not sure about the other. 80s probably.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 07, 2024 05:43 AM (sAmhv)

82 "Didn't understand Jonathan Turley's love of the Harris speech. He thought she was brilliant. "

It sounded brilliant when Kamala said it.

It sounded brilliant when Hillary said it as well.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 07, 2024 05:44 AM (a1415)

83 Are there any mad Left women who are not terribly derivative? Any original thought, or stepping out of the party line?

I despise them, as a woman.

Whiney, cringy, selfish, weak-minded, power-hungry fish-wives, the lot of them.

Posted by: lizabth at November 07, 2024 05:45 AM (Jfw7U)

84 So the same Harris that swore to be a leader for all Americans has basically said...' and you people suck!'.

That's a unifying message alright.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 07, 2024 05:45 AM (a1415)

85 Let's see if Joe and Mika have a career going forward.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 07, 2024 05:47 AM (a1415)

86 VIA, good morning. Hope you both and the kitties are well

Posted by: Ben Had at November 07, 2024 05:47 AM (t8vHj)

87 Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 07, 2024 05:43 AM (sAmhv

I think the writer of one of them was born in the 50's. The songs I mostly know are old hymns.
With a few praise choruses.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 07, 2024 05:47 AM (ANgJI)

88 Time for work....have a delightful day, all!

Posted by: lizabth at November 07, 2024 05:47 AM (Jfw7U)

89 I'm deathly worried that Trump will back out of his promise to kill the EV mandate due to Musk...

Posted by: Defenestratus at November 07, 2024 05:51 AM (FkuFp)

90 Happy Wednesday

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 07, 2024 05:54 AM (gbOdA)

91 @ 82

And it will sound brilliant when the next leftist dusts it off and uses it for his/her/it's concession speech.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at November 07, 2024 05:55 AM (hKoQL)

92 Running away through the rain makes your socks wet
Splitting your heart and your brain makes you feel
Uncertain if thoughts were the same even back then
I feel ashamed, feel ashamed, feel ashamed

Running away through the rain with you, darling
Makes me feel safe like you saved me from drowning
I'm not ashamed, not ashamed, not ashamed
I wanna kiss you when everyone's watching

Somebody's gonna figure me out
Somebody's gonna, somebody's gonna...

Beach Bunny - Entropy

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 07, 2024 05:55 AM (TGPs7)

93 Ben Had!

Yep, the kittens have recovered from the Spay/neuter procedures with barely a brief hiccup in their romper room antics.

We may have an answer to their somewhat unique appearances as well.

The family whom Bandit (The mother cat) adopted has a photo of the male cat that is the suspected father to the kittens. And his appearance very closely resembles a Norwegian Forest Cat. Known for long and bushy tails, big paws and the male being 'much' bigger than the female.

Both of them have those characteristics, including Frog being over 8 pounds at 5 months of age, and little Margo barely hitting 5 pounds at exactly the same age.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 07, 2024 05:56 AM (a1415)

94 Posted by: Defenestratus at November 07, 2024 05:51 AM (FkuFp)

There's a place for EVs in the economy and the scale just needs to be economy driven (no pun intended). At this point, they're largely status items. When the batteries begin to reach their life limit and we need to find a way to dispose of them, people and governments are gonna see the true costs.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 07, 2024 05:56 AM (3Ope8)

95 "I'm deathly worried that Trump will back out of his promise to kill the EV mandate due to Musk..."

A good product doesn't need a mandate to succeed.

If anyone can sell E/V's to a willing population, it will be Musk.

Even without a mandate.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 07, 2024 05:58 AM (a1415)

96 Defenestrus, I highly doubt that. I think he is all in on keeping the ICE production alive in this country and has let it be known
His winning Michigan was indicative of that.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 07, 2024 05:58 AM (t8vHj)

97 Well, you can't have any abortions then...

Liberal women are threatening to withhold sex from men for the next four years after the election of Trump.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 07, 2024 05:59 AM (TGPs7)

98 lizabth,

Have a good day.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 07, 2024 05:59 AM (a1415)

99 Liberals a third as likely to describe themselves as ‘highly masculine’ than conservatives: study

ha

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 07, 2024 05:59 AM (gbOdA)

100 Good morning, one and all. I would like to thank VIA for comment 71. You're quite right about that feeling of isolation and hopefully more folks are going to start punching back.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 07, 2024 05:59 AM (lXoJ5)

101 Post #71-Nice post. Thanks, VIA.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 07, 2024 06:02 AM (3EcKf)

102 Ballot harvesting another forms of cheating are often hard to detect because of the secret ballot and the commingling with valid votes. The thing is if you stop doing it it kind of gets noticed too. Like where did the 15 million votes your candidate got last time go? Sure 15 million people could have sat this one out, but that is highly unlikely. The exit polls would have showed something far more dramatic. Anyway, either there's 15 million real people who didn't vote for the Democrat or we got our cleanest statistical sign of what happened in 2020.

Side note, look what happened to Oregon and Washington after they went full mail-in voting. Those used to be competitive States and the demographics would indicate they still should be fairly close.

Posted by: Roberto at November 07, 2024 06:03 AM (QUC63)

103 Tech joke-

I think it's a repeat ( sorry) but for a while I posted these regularly:

Why can't you use "beef stew" as a password?

It's not stroganoff.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 07, 2024 06:05 AM (3EcKf)

104 89 I'm deathly worried that Trump will back out of his promise to kill the EV mandate due to Musk...
Posted by: Defenestratus at November 07, 2024 05:51 AM (FkuFp)

—- —-

Elon said awhile back that there was no way to electrify the entire American vehicle fleet because there isn’t enough electricity generation or distribution to support EVs in their current state.

He also told Joe Rogan last week that Tesla is the only EV manufacturer that isn’t receiving government subsidies for their vehicles. I’m not sure if this is true or not but that’s what he said.

Elon won’t even try to hold Trump back from killing the EV mandate because he knows Tesla will do well regardless.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 07, 2024 06:08 AM (6ydKt)

105 o.k one more tech joke because it made FenSpouse laugh:

Why did the polar bear call tech support?

Because his screen was frozen.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 07, 2024 06:09 AM (F+Wye)

106 So, it's joke time, is it?

I first heard this from Norm McDonald, whom I met in Saskatchewan in 1987 (well, maybe not):

A frog goes into a bank and approaches the teller.
He can see from her nameplate that her name is Patty Whack.

"Miss Whack, I'd like to get a $30,000 loan to take a holiday."

Patty looks at the frog in disbelief and asks his name. The frog says his name is Kermit Jagger, his dad is Mick Jagger, and that it's okay, he knows the bank manager.

Patty explains that he will need to secure the loan with some collateral.

The frog says, "Sure. I have this," and produces a tiny porcelain elephant, about an inch tall, bright pink and perfectly formed.

Very confused, Patty explains that she'll have to consult with the bank manager and disappears into a back office.

She finds the manager and says, "There's a frog called Kermit Jagger out there who claims to know you and wants to borrow $30,000, and he wants to use this as collateral." She holds up the tiny pink elephant. "I mean, what in the world is this?"

The bank manager looks back at her and says, "It's a knickknack, Patty Whack. Give the frog a loan. His old man's a Rolling Stone."

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 07, 2024 06:10 AM (TGPs7)

107 Im reading today that even though Kamala raised over a billion dollars her campaign is ending at least $20 million in debt.

Some sore-assed ex-staffers are leaking to the press about it, blaming all those free celebrity concerts for the red ink, wondering where all the money went, and demanding audits.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 07, 2024 06:11 AM (6ydKt)

108 I have a more local concern drum to beat. Texas needs to build a couple of desalination plants now. This deal with relying on Mexico for water to supply the Texas citrus industry is insane.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 07, 2024 06:11 AM (t8vHj)

109 The View: We must censor social media to prevent this from happening again

Fascist gonna fasc

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 07, 2024 06:12 AM (gbOdA)

110 Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 07, 2024 06:10 AM (TGPs7)

I liked it. 😊

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 07, 2024 06:13 AM (F+Wye)

111 When the government issues mandates, you get the CFL light bulb. Pretty much a poorly thought out product, rejected by most, and mostly relegated to the dustbin of history.

You let market forces work as intended, and you get the now ubiquitous LED light bulb.

Adopted by many, and providing light to our homes that in many cases replicates the pleasant experience of an incandescent light.

I would suspect that Tesla is pretty close to the LED aspect of the story arc of home illumination.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 07, 2024 06:14 AM (a1415)

112 87 Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 07, 2024 05:43 AM (sAmhv

I think the writer of one of them was born in the 50's. The songs I mostly know are old hymns.
With a few praise choruses.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Twila Paris wrote one of them.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 07, 2024 06:16 AM (sAmhv)

113 Government and mandate should never be used together. Covid proved that.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 07, 2024 06:16 AM (t8vHj)

114 AZ
Donald J. Trump
GOP 1,303,793 52.3%
Kamala Harris
DEM 1,167,898 46.8%

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 07, 2024 06:17 AM (gbOdA)

115 "Government and mandate should never be used together. Covid proved that."

But it's ok to use Buttigieg and Man-date in the same sentence, right?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 07, 2024 06:19 AM (a1415)

116 Is there a reason why some people get my text messages and some don't aside from the fact that T-Mobile is a lousy provider?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 07, 2024 06:19 AM (+P5MZ)

117 SCOTT JENNINGS: A bang-up job. I mean, I -- this never-Trump whole complex that grew over the last several years, nothing has ever failed as hard in politics as this. The Lincoln Project, all these people that built millions upon millions upon millions of dollars from Democratic donors, and all the eggs that was put in this basket. The split was amazing. Trump got like 94 percent of Republicans. I don't think they accomplished anything, except probably build a bunch of beach houses. That's about what they did.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 07, 2024 06:20 AM (gbOdA)

118 97 Well, you can't have any abortions then...

Liberal women are threatening to withhold sex from men for the next four years after the election of Trump.
Posted by: Mister Ghost

Um. Ok. I will endeavor to persevere.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 07, 2024 06:20 AM (sAmhv)

119 https://tinyurl.com/2j5sfx2d

Be interesting to see if he ends up in the admin in some capacity.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 07, 2024 05:40
--------------------

That was teh awesome.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 07, 2024 06:22 AM (hoCmQ)

120 VIA, in short order Bootybuttboy will be gone and hopefully never be heard from again.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 07, 2024 06:22 AM (t8vHj)

121 "Liberal women are threatening to withhold sex from men for the next four years after the election of Trump.
Posted by: Mister Ghost "

The same folks that advocate for " No-Nut November", right?

Some folks just need to get laid more often.

Done right, it puts a smile on your face, and a spring in your step.

The antithesis of leftist harridan life.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 07, 2024 06:23 AM (a1415)

122 >>>What does Trump's election mean for EVs, Tesla, and Elon Musk? (The Verge)
Demented screeching.
Okay then.

Point and laugh!

Posted by: m at November 07, 2024 06:23 AM (VnUSN)

123 Liberal women are threatening to withhold sex from men

And nothing of value was lost.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 07, 2024 06:24 AM (lXoJ5)

124 Shapiro-Buttplug 2028

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 07, 2024 06:24 AM (hoCmQ)

125 "in short order Bootybuttboy will be gone and hopefully never be heard from again."

I wonder if he and Richard Levine will still send each other annual Winter Holiday cards.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 07, 2024 06:24 AM (a1415)

126 Nevada and Arizona have now been called for Trump. He finishes with 312 electoral votes. The most for a Republican presidential candidate since 1988.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 07, 2024 06:25 AM (gbOdA)

127 The happiest part of this win for me is all of these petty bureaucrats are losing their fiefdoms. As important as the AG is the head of DHS..

Posted by: Ben Had at November 07, 2024 06:26 AM (t8vHj)

128 "He finishes with 312 electoral votes."

What was Dave's prediction?

Seems pretty close.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 07, 2024 06:26 AM (a1415)

129 111 I would suspect that Tesla is pretty close to the LED aspect of the story arc of home illumination.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 07, 2024 06:14 AM (a1415)

—- —-

That Tesla robot, alone, will catapult Tesla to the largest company on the planet in ten years if Elon can get that walking marvel to work the way he wants it to.

Just the demos of them a few weeks ago were spectacular. They could revolutionize the home healthcare industry for the elderly here and especially in Japan whrevthey are running out of young people to take care of the old.

Elon really is something to behold once he finally gets his ideas working properly and figures out the manufacturing processes.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 07, 2024 06:26 AM (6ydKt)

130 "Didn't understand Jonathan Turley's love of the Harris speech. He thought she was brilliant. "

His earpiece told him it was brilliant.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 07, 2024 06:27 AM (ExV1e)

131 That Tesla robot, alone, will catapult Tesla to the largest company on the planet in ten years if Elon can get that walking marvel to work the way he wants it to.

Just the demos of them a few weeks ago were spectacular. They could revolutionize the home healthcare industry for the elderly here and especially in Japan whrevthey are running out of young people to take care of the old.

Elon really is something to behold once he finally gets his ideas working properly and figures out the manufacturing processes.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 07, 2024 06:26 AM (6ydKt)

I think Full Self Driving is worth more than Tesla. Ford ot GM or Toyota will come and license to get the 10 year head start.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 07, 2024 06:28 AM (gbOdA)

132 124 Shapiro-Buttplug 2028
Posted by: olddog in mo at November 07, 2024 06:24 AM (hoCmQ)

What? It's my turn now!

Posted by: Governor Hairgel at November 07, 2024 06:28 AM (PiwSw)

133 VIA, Dave said 312! Hope you get to meet him next year at the 10th anniversary MoMe.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 07, 2024 06:29 AM (t8vHj)

134 And you know who should be in charge of this?
Elon of course....

Dom Lucre | Breaker of Narratives
@dom_lucre
🔥🚨BREAKING: President Trump announced that the United States will be celebrating a return of the “World Fairs” in 3 years that left the planet speechless in the 1890s.

This will be similar to The New York World Fair of 1939. The Chicago World Fair of 1893 and The Nashville World Fair of 1897.

There are even claims of ‘free energy’ technology utilizing Tesla towers and Aether during those fairs.

Prophecies are being fulfilled right before our very eyes, America the chosen land is being revealed.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 07, 2024 06:29 AM (TGPs7)

135 "VIA, Dave said 312!"

He is a treasure, in't he?

And yes, Good Lord willing, we will be there.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 07, 2024 06:30 AM (a1415)

136 They could revolutionize the home healthcare industry for the elderly here and especially in Japan where they are running out of young people to take care of the old.

Me: Cues up Roujin Z and basks in the horror again.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 07, 2024 06:30 AM (lXoJ5)

137
I think Full Self Driving is worth more than Tesla. Ford ot GM or Toyota will come and license to get the 10 year head start.
Posted by: rhennigantx at November 07, 2024 06:28 AM (gbOdA)

You will never find me in a vehicle that isn't confined to tracks, that isn't governed by an operator with a natural born sense of self preservation.

I have too many friends in the self driving car industry and they all say..just don't do it.

Posted by: Defenestratus at November 07, 2024 06:32 AM (7P445)

138 “Jen blew through a billion dollars in a few months and it was all Jen’s idea to do all the concerts.” — Kamala campaign adviser told me

This source added that O’Malley Dillon did these “concerts,” like Katy Perry, Lizzo, Eminem, Bruce Springsteen et cetera at the expense of “prioritizing and spending money on social media and other campaign priorities.”

She owes at least 20 M they know of.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 07, 2024 06:32 AM (gbOdA)

139 Thank you Mis Hum, enjoy Saturday!

Posted by: H at November 07, 2024 06:33 AM (4N/0w)

140 Off to the electron mines, all. See you later. (Maybe JJ has his laptop back?)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2024 06:34 AM (omVj0)

141 Mornin' Horde.

VIA, well said.

COVID had a very personal silver lining for me. An angry, condescending speech by my governor (Wyo, at the time) lecturing us on wearing masks and doing what we're told spurred me to delurk here, and eventually to meeting Jesse on the gun thread and then IRL.

Posted by: screaming in digital at November 07, 2024 06:35 AM (JIkaw)

142 The Iranian rial traded at 703,000 to 1 American dollar early Wednesday, an all-time low, before settling at 696,150 to a single dollar

Obama wept.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 07, 2024 06:37 AM (gbOdA)

143 screaming in digital, we are blessed with you being a part of this community

Posted by: Ben Had at November 07, 2024 06:37 AM (t8vHj)

144 If Windows Server has you share all files through One Drive. That would be great.

Posted by: Bill Lumbergh at November 07, 2024 06:39 AM (QFb2q)

145 My antiestablishmentariasm is bone deep.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 07, 2024 06:39 AM (t8vHj)

146 {{{ screaming in digital}}}

Jesse and you together were a portrait of deep love. I was blessed just to witness and testify to that.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 07, 2024 06:40 AM (u82oZ)

147 While Pixy was watching vtubers I was listening to Roy and Dale in the previous thread. Now, there's a throwback moment.

Say, I wonder how Val Kilmer is doing with all his illnesses? I heard him say once that the Rogers' hired him as a kid to take care of Trigger when they were traveling out of town, they were neighbors and that is how he made pocket money.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 07, 2024 06:40 AM (ipfbj)

148 "Liberal women are threatening to withhold sex from men for the next four years after the election of Trump.
Posted by: Mister Ghost "

The same folks that advocate for " No-Nut November", right?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 07, 2024 06:23 AM (a1415)

Ackshully, I believe the liberal women agitate against no-nut November since it is primarily about getting people unhooked from porn.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 07, 2024 06:40 AM (ExV1e)

149 Sid,

It is impossible to fully grasp just how the events of the last four years has effected every one of us.

Much of it bad, but some of it , like in your case meeting Jesse, so wonderfully good.

And it kinda brings home the truth in that often overused saying...That which doesn't kill us, makes us stronger.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 07, 2024 06:41 AM (a1415)

150 NaCly, dearest. Good morning.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 07, 2024 06:41 AM (t8vHj)

151 {{{Ben Had}}} No words for how much the Horde means to me.

Posted by: screaming in digital at November 07, 2024 06:41 AM (JIkaw)

152 {{{Ben Had}}}

🐴 🎼 🎶 Good Evening! ♩ ♫ ♬ 🎶

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 07, 2024 06:42 AM (u82oZ)

153 "Ackshully, I believe the liberal women agitate against no-nut November since it is primarily about getting people unhooked from porn."

* Johnny Carson voice*

I did not know that!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 07, 2024 06:42 AM (a1415)

154 Salty!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 07, 2024 06:42 AM (a1415)

155 131 I think Full Self Driving is worth more than Tesla. Ford ot GM or Toyota will come and license to get the 10 year head start.
Posted by: rhennigantx at November 07, 2024 06:28 AM (gbOdA)

—- —-

It’s something for sure.
And I like Elon but I don’t know if I’ll ever trust full self-driving beyond the interstate and even that is a little nerve wracking.
Too many unexpected variables for me to trust cameras, LIDAR and software with my life

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 07, 2024 06:42 AM (6ydKt)

156 Well, a certain mini-horde of possible Norwegian Forest Cat extract are telling me to get things done.

BBIAB.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 07, 2024 06:43 AM (a1415)

157 You will never find me in a vehicle that isn't confined to tracks, that isn't governed by an operator with a natural born sense of self preservation.

I have too many friends in the self driving car industry and they all say..just don't do it.
Posted by: Defenestratus at November 07, 2024 06:32 AM (7P445)

Sadly, you'll be killed by someone else's car who doesn't have friends in the self driving car industry.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 07, 2024 06:44 AM (ExV1e)

158 Oops. Good morning, Ben Had.

I was up late on election night, but I have lots of sleep in the bank now.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 07, 2024 06:44 AM (u82oZ)

159 I used to have a different nic, these skanks are screaming into a hurricane. They fail to realize that no one wants them in the first place.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 07, 2024 06:44 AM (t8vHj)

160 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

How are the newlyweds doing? Any reports?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 07, 2024 06:44 AM (u82oZ)

161 “Jen blew through a billion dollars in a few months and it was all Jen’s idea to do all the concerts.” — Kamala campaign adviser told me

This source added that O’Malley Dillon did these “concerts,” like Katy Perry, Lizzo, Eminem, Bruce Springsteen et cetera at the expense of “prioritizing and spending money on social media and other campaign priorities.”

She owes at least 20 M they know of.
Posted by: rhennigantx at November 07, 2024 06:32 AM (gbOdA)

Jennifer O’Malley Dillon is the Ronna Romney of Whoopi Goldbergs.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 07, 2024 06:45 AM (ExV1e)

162 136 Me: Cues up Roujin Z and basks in the horror again.
Posted by: NR Pax at November 07, 2024 06:30 AM (lXoJ5)

— —-

Haven’t read/seen that one but seeing that Teslabot sure did give me flashbacks to “I, Robot”.

One bad software update and the robot is cooking Grandma instead of dinner.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 07, 2024 06:46 AM (6ydKt)

163 "Liberal women are threatening to withhold sex from men for the next four years after the election of Trump."

Turnabout is fair play. I am going to withhold sex with liberal women for the next 4 years.

mornin yall

Posted by: fd at November 07, 2024 06:46 AM (vFG9F)

164 I'm a strong believer in reincarnation and I see all the parallels between Elon and Howard Hughes... it's eerie, but Elon was born in 1971 and Howard died in 1976. So, a no go.

Perhaps, he is Tesla incarnate, quite possibly the greatest genius of all time... Tesla that is.

Tech geeks and other science types bemoan the loss of Tesla's Free Energy, and it certainly seems it was suppressed at
the time by their version of the Deep State, but...

They may have had an ethical reason actually for doing so, than not being able to profit from it (this wasn't true at all, they were planning to license it and make a fortune on selling licenses).

Why, the tech was suppressed had more to do with its ability to be weaponized and proliferated.

And its destructive power. As the brilliant Dr. Joseph P. Farrell has said frequently, This technology makes nuclear bombs "look like firecrackers."

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 07, 2024 06:46 AM (TGPs7)

165 Jesse and you together were a portrait of deep love. I was blessed just to witness and testify to that.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
---
{{{Salty}}}

Finding trust and love at age 29+, both scarred from past betrayals, was a revelation, nothing short of a miracle IMO.

Posted by: screaming in digital at November 07, 2024 06:48 AM (JIkaw)

166 161 “Jen blew through a billion dollars in a few months and it was all Jen’s idea to do all the concerts.” — Kamala campaign adviser told me

This source added that O’Malley Dillon did these “concerts,” like Katy Perry, Lizzo, Eminem, Bruce Springsteen et cetera at the expense of “prioritizing and spending money on social media and other campaign priorities.”

She owes at least 20 M they know of.
Posted by: rhennigantx at November 07, 2024 06:32 AM (gbOdA)

Jennifer O’Malley Dillon is the Ronna Romney of Whoopi Goldbergs.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 07, 2024 06:45 AM (ExV1e
I’m tickled snotless for her.

Posted by: Eromero at November 07, 2024 06:48 AM (jgmnb)

167 "Ackshully, I believe the liberal women agitate against no-nut November since it is primarily about getting people unhooked from porn."

* Johnny Carson voice*

I did not know that!
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 07, 2024 06:42 AM (a1415)

IIRC, the "manosphere" people started it because they said porn is bad for you and believed that they could help you break the habit if you'd just give it up for a month. The OnlyFans women were not pleased.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 07, 2024 06:48 AM (ExV1e)

168 Sadly, you'll be killed by someone else's car who doesn't have friends in the self driving car industry.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 07, 2024 06:44 AM (ExV1e)

Fortunately, i always assume that every vehicle on the road near me is just on the verge of doing the most stupid and dangerous thing imaginable. Because they usually are. Replace those humans with an AI or a chatbot or a black bear and it doesn't really change things on my end.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2024 06:49 AM (DDGz9)

169 Morning, all

This guy has good post-election advice. Plus, a great logo:
https://tinyurl.com/3p9c82c5

Posted by: sal at November 07, 2024 06:50 AM (f+FmA)

170 Fortunately, i always assume that every vehicle on the road near me is just on the verge of doing the most stupid and dangerous thing imaginable. Because they usually are. Replace those humans with an AI or a chatbot or a black bear and it doesn't really change things on my end.
Posted by: Warai-otoko
---
that was my strategy for 5 years of driving in the ATL. Also, lots of profanity.

Posted by: screaming in digital at November 07, 2024 06:50 AM (JIkaw)

171 Er, how's Mrs.E's pt going?

Posted by: Ben Had at November 07, 2024 06:51 AM (t8vHj)

172 I think I want to get a poster of the final Electoral Map.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 07, 2024 06:51 AM (PiwSw)

173 I used to have a different nic, these skanks are screaming into a hurricane. They fail to realize that no one wants them in the first place.
Posted by: Ben Had at November 07, 2024 06:44 AM (t8vHj)

Even more amusingly, they already withhold sex from average guys so that's no change and they'll never withhold sex from Chad/Tyrone because they think that their vag will get those guys to give up the other hundred women bouncing on them.

In this matter, as in all matters, they are delusional.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 07, 2024 06:51 AM (ExV1e)

174 It’s something for sure.
And I like Elon but I don’t know if I’ll ever trust full self-driving beyond the interstate and even that is a little nerve wracking.
Too many unexpected variables for me to trust cameras, LIDAR and software with my life
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 07, 2024 06:42 AM (6ydKt)

Imagine going down the road and the heads up display says you need to update your software now.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at November 07, 2024 06:51 AM (OA79/)

175 Pixy-Misa

Kirsche was probably the most amusing election coverage. Tried to have Tensor generate an image of Kirsche

https://tinyurl.com/4f6huw8b

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 07, 2024 06:51 AM (Zn1jZ)

176 "Fortunately, i always assume that every vehicle on the road near me is just on the verge of doing the most stupid and dangerous thing imaginable"

That strategy kept me alive for many years when I rode motorcycles, especially in Atlanta.

Posted by: fd at November 07, 2024 06:51 AM (vFG9F)

177 Last time I saw Jesse was at the MoMe hotel, you had made him very happy too!

Posted by: Eromero at November 07, 2024 06:52 AM (jgmnb)

178 Fortunately, i always assume that every vehicle on the road near me is just on the verge of doing the most stupid and dangerous thing imaginable.

That's how I taught my kids.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 07, 2024 06:52 AM (ExV1e)

179 170 Fortunately, i always assume that every vehicle on the road near me is just on the verge of doing the most stupid and dangerous thing imaginable.

Roads are a perfect example of a low trust society no matter what country they are in.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 07, 2024 06:53 AM (lXoJ5)

180 I used to have a different nic

Meanwhile the women in stable marriages with good husbands and children are, collectively, the happiest group of women on the planet. A UN study reported that.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 07, 2024 06:53 AM (u82oZ)

181 One bad software update and the robot is cooking Grandma instead of dinner.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 07, 2024 06:46 AM (6ydKt)

To Serve Man

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 07, 2024 06:53 AM (gbOdA)

182 Imagine going down the road and the heads up display says you need to update your software now.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at November 07, 2024 06:51 AM (OA79/)

"STOP! STOP! PULL OVER!"
"I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that."

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 07, 2024 06:53 AM (PiwSw)

183 I haven't heard much about the riots. There were riots, right?

Posted by: davidt at November 07, 2024 06:54 AM (i0F8b)

184 If everything goes ok, by the end of the month I will be a tree farmer too. NOV 24 may go down as the winningest month of the decade.

Posted by: fd at November 07, 2024 06:54 AM (vFG9F)

185 I think Full Self Driving is worth more than Tesla. Ford ot GM or Toyota will come and license to get the 10 year head start.
Posted by: rhennigantx at November 07, 2024 06:28 AM (gbOdA)

You will never find me in a vehicle that isn't confined to tracks, that isn't governed by an operator with a natural born sense of self preservation.

I have too many friends in the self driving car industry and they all say..just don't do it.
Posted by: Defenestratus

Four manikins, two to a lane, can shut down a two lane road because self driving vehicles cannot determine if they are manikins or human standing there. Once stopped, trucks are ripe for the picking and cars for the jacking.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 07, 2024 06:55 AM (fs3Ts)

186 davidt

Shut down very fast in Seattle. No reports of others, but .. hey news media covers reality with a blanket.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 07, 2024 06:55 AM (u82oZ)

187 104 89 Elon said awhile back that there was no way to electrify the entire American vehicle fleet because there isn’t enough electricity generation or distribution to support EVs in their current state.

He also told Joe Rogan last week that Tesla is the only EV manufacturer that isn’t receiving government subsidies for their vehicles. I’m not sure if this is true or not but that’s what he said.

Elon won’t even try to hold Trump back from killing the EV mandate because he knows Tesla will do well regardless.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 07, 2024 06:08 AM (6ydKt)

When Rogan had Elon on his show last week, Rogan said he's on his third Tesla! He's a big fan. Getting a special paint job and detailing and other stuff on his new one.

Posted by: m at November 07, 2024 06:55 AM (VnUSN)

188 I haven't heard much about the riots. There were riots, right?
Posted by: davidt

Checks haven't cleared yet.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 07, 2024 06:55 AM (fs3Ts)

189 fd, congratulations, Organic trees like Weasel?

Posted by: Ben Had at November 07, 2024 06:56 AM (t8vHj)

190 You know what we got here? Some genuine free range locally sourced joy.

Posted by: fd at November 07, 2024 06:56 AM (vFG9F)

191 Fortunately, i always assume that every vehicle on the road near me is just on the verge of doing the most stupid and dangerous thing imaginable.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2024 06:49 AM (DDGz9)

I just assume they're going to have a massive stroke.
Probably b/c I had my car totaled by a woman who had a seizure while driving on I35.

Posted by: sal at November 07, 2024 06:57 AM (f+FmA)

192 106 I first heard this from Norm McDonald
Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 07, 2024 06:10 AM (TGPs7)

Ha!
I miss Norm.

Posted by: m at November 07, 2024 06:58 AM (VnUSN)

193 "fd, congratulations, Organic trees like Weasel?
Posted by: Ben Had"

40 acres of 7 year old loblolly on this property by a creek. Another 40 of old growth hardwood. Our dream place.

Posted by: fd at November 07, 2024 06:58 AM (vFG9F)

194 174 Imagine going down the road and the heads up display says you need to update your software now.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at November 07, 2024 06:51 AM (OA79/)

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And then it bricks the firmware because you lost the 5G link in the middle of the update.

I got enough problems troubleshooting a Windows update.

I don’t want to be fiddling with a locked-up screen going 70mph down the highway.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 07, 2024 06:58 AM (6ydKt)

195 I think that there is money to be made in the US with cars that have an absolute minimum of "features."

Posted by: NR Pax at November 07, 2024 07:00 AM (lXoJ5)

196 It moved us to home school, and we have ever since.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 07, 2024 05:33 AM (i24o9)
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This warms my heart!

Good morning, everyone!

Posted by: bluebell at November 07, 2024 07:01 AM (79pEw)

197 fd. Outstanding !!! I see a sawmill in your future.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 07, 2024 07:01 AM (t8vHj)

198 If the country would get it's act together on nuclear, we would have enough electricity for anything and everything.

Posted by: fd at November 07, 2024 07:01 AM (vFG9F)

199 181 To Serve Man
Posted by: rhennigantx at November 07, 2024 06:53 AM (gbOdA)

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One of the best Twilight Zone episodes ever.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 07, 2024 07:01 AM (6ydKt)

200 that was my strategy for 5 years of driving in the ATL. Also, lots of profanity.
Posted by: screaming in digital at November 07, 2024 06:50 AM (JIkaw)

We were on the verge of divorce trying to navigate in Austin last weekend, even with GPS. Georgetown is almost as bad, but on a tinier scale.

Posted by: sal at November 07, 2024 07:01 AM (f+FmA)

201 bluebell, a glorious good morning to you.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 07, 2024 07:02 AM (t8vHj)

202 "I think that there is money to be made in the US with cars that have an absolute minimum of "features."
Posted by: NR Pax"

Absolutely. Trucks too.

Posted by: fd at November 07, 2024 07:02 AM (vFG9F)

203 “it’s a cookbook!!”

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 07, 2024 07:02 AM (6ydKt)

204 'Morning! I feel like we've been finally freed after the prolonged Covid lockdowns.

Posted by: runner at November 07, 2024 07:04 AM (V13WU)

205 40 acres of 7 year old loblolly on this property by a creek. Another 40 of old growth hardwood. Our dream place.
Posted by: fd
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Congratulations!

Posted by: screaming in digital at November 07, 2024 07:04 AM (JIkaw)

206 F'n GPS is one of the most aggravating thing in Mrs fd's car. That thing will take you 5 miles out of the way to save 3 miles. At times I have been tempted to smash it.

Posted by: fd at November 07, 2024 07:04 AM (vFG9F)

207 Last time I saw Jesse was at the MoMe hotel, you had made him very happy too!
Posted by: Eromero
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Posted by: screaming in digital at November 07, 2024 07:05 AM (JIkaw)

208 what a nightmare. late night "comedians" had a meltdown.it's at the DM, I don't watch that trash. and I am not sure anybody really does. just another propped up propaganda arm.

Posted by: runner at November 07, 2024 07:06 AM (V13WU)

209 I'm seeing more and more pre 60's trucks here in town

Posted by: Ben Had at November 07, 2024 07:06 AM (t8vHj)

210 Thanks SiD. We are keeping our fingers crossed for a done deal. This would be our first step in getting out of this county and associated beephole city.

Posted by: fd at November 07, 2024 07:06 AM (vFG9F)

211 JJ is here

Posted by: runner at November 07, 2024 07:07 AM (V13WU)

212 198 If the country would get it's act together on nuclear, we would have enough electricity for anything and everything.

My proposal:

Nuke plants made from materials recycled from wind turbines. Greta Thunberg is imprisoned for life in one of them.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 07, 2024 07:07 AM (lXoJ5)

213 187 When Rogan had Elon on his show last week, Rogan said he's on his third Tesla! He's a big fan. Getting a special paint job and detailing and other stuff on his new one.
Posted by: m at November 07, 2024 06:55 AM (VnUSN)

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I forget who Rogan was interviewing on the episode but I saw one awhile back where he was explaining why he loved his Tesla so much.

He said it was the absolute best in L.A. rush-hour traffic where he could set it to Auto-Pilot and just sit back, relax, watch videos and read, and just enjoy his non-stressful ride.

Now that I can see.
Just the absence of road rage inducing stress would be worth it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 07, 2024 07:09 AM (6ydKt)

214 "I think that there is money to be made in the US with cars that have an absolute minimum of "features."
Posted by: NR Pax"

Absolutely. Trucks too"
I am so glad to hear someone else say that! Agree strongly with both of you! I have been saying for years that we computerize things that never should be automated at all (see paper ballot in-person voting discussions, OPM loss of data from personnel records on machines that never should have been on the 'net). There is nothing in this world that works so well that it can't be computerized and brought to a screeching halt! There, now. I feel much better.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 07, 2024 07:10 AM (QDSzI)

215 Oh, yeah, and a generator whose CO sensor shuts itself off while running OUTSIDE. Nuts! Wire broken on the low oil sensor...okay, maybe

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 07, 2024 07:15 AM (QDSzI)

216 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at November 07, 2024 07:17 AM (gY0JQ)

217 ...and then there's the HVAC controller in the car that has to be programmed when replaced...a few simple switches would work just fine.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 07, 2024 07:18 AM (QDSzI)

218 208 what a nightmare. late night "comedians" had a meltdown.it's at the DM, I don't watch that trash. and I am not sure anybody really does. just another propped up propaganda arm.
Posted by: runner at November 07, 2024 07:06 AM (V13WU)

DM = ?
Daily Mail?

Posted by: m at November 07, 2024 07:32 AM (VnUSN)

219 61 Didn't understand Jonathan Turley's love of the Harris speech. He thought she was brilliant.
Posted by: lizabth at November 07, 2024 05:28 AM (Jfw7U)

Jonathan Turley
@JonathanTurley
13h
Vice President Harris gave a terrific speech tonight. While some hoped for an earlier concession, it offered inspiring elements for the young crowd at Howard University. I truly think it was one of her best speeches and did great credit to her entire campaign.

(817 comments)

Posted by: m at November 07, 2024 07:35 AM (VnUSN)

220 @51/FenelonSpoke: "I hope you have a blessed day, G&C!"

Thanks Fen, you too. I have the morning off (so far, unless anything blows up at work, I'm on call) so off to do a little grocery shopping.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 07, 2024 07:54 AM (O7YUW)

221 It's 09:50 EST, and the Ryzen 9 9800X3D is already sold out at Newegg.

Something tells me it's gonna be a popular buy for gamers who self-build computers in the next couple of months.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 07, 2024 09:51 AM (O7YUW)

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