Daily Tech News 29 November 2024

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The price of tea beans is set to hit record highs after it (checks note) rained in Brazil. (Semafor)

This apparently is an unusual event that nobody was prepared for.

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Need a faster network connection on your Thunderbolt / USB4 equipped laptop or mini-PC? The RaidenDigit LightONE might be what you need. (Serve the Home)

It is a general-purpose dock, with four USB-C ports (plus a fifth one purely for power), four USB-A ports, full-size and micro SD card slots, and a DisplayPort port. Where it stands out is that it also offers two 25Gbit Ethernet ports.

Yes, they're SFP, but while 25Gbase-T is a recognised standard using Cat-8 cables, there are approximately zero devices supporting it, so I can't really fault the designers there.

Only problem is that if you don't already have one of these you apparently can't get one. There was a Kickstarter, they delivered, the product worked, and then they disappeared.
Microsoft is not using your Word and Excel data to train AI. (Bleeping Computer)

Okay.
Australia has passed a law to ban children from social media. (The Register)

The government was repeatedly asked how this was supposed to work, and it had no idea. The legislation nonetheless passed with bipartisan support, because our nominal opposition party is as useless as our nominal government.

Disclaimer: You said the highest difficulty level was 4. You lied.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 Hi, Pixy!

Posted by: JQ at November 29, 2024 04:01 AM (YoCnN)

2 st? Everyone sleeping off the food coma?

Posted by: Bitblt at November 29, 2024 04:01 AM (a6Ysq)

3 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes. Evening, Pixy.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 29, 2024 04:02 AM (hoCmQ)

4 Yeah, every few years there's another *coffee scare* what raises the price... and yet, we never Run Out Of Beans.

Funny that.

Posted by: JQ at November 29, 2024 04:02 AM (YoCnN)

5 Morning to all, evening to Pixy.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at November 29, 2024 04:03 AM (vO42M)

6 Pixy, would you please put "Vic" into our Absent Friends list?

He was a most beloved and active contributor here for many years. He deserves to be memorialized!

Posted by: JQ at November 29, 2024 04:05 AM (YoCnN)

7 Matt Wallace

@MattWallace888
2 members of the Rothschild family have now mysteriously died this year. Something is going on!

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 29, 2024 04:05 AM (TGPs7)

8 Australia has passed a law to ban children from social media.

When this doesn't work the beatings will commence.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at November 29, 2024 04:06 AM (vO42M)

9 BOING!

Busy. At least no lime disease.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 29, 2024 04:07 AM (ohkPt)

10 Thought I read several days ago they had enough votes for that legislation to not pass. Guess not.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 29, 2024 04:13 AM (hoCmQ)

11 The annual retail orgy has begun. I am oddly not aroused.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at November 29, 2024 04:14 AM (vO42M)

12 Mornin'

Brazil was having a bad drought and then got hit with heavy rain. That plays havoc with crops.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 29, 2024 04:16 AM (L1JuH)

13 LOL, it's blk Friday again.

I celebrate the end of Fidel C. today, but will remain at home.

Posted by: JQ at November 29, 2024 04:17 AM (YoCnN)

14 Now if only my local township would pass a law banning children from my favorite restaurant.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 29, 2024 04:17 AM (R256O)

15 7 Matt Wallace

@MattWallace888
2 members of the Rothschild family have now mysteriously died this year. Something is going on!
Posted by: Mister Ghost

The Illuminati is settling all family business.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 29, 2024 04:18 AM (L1JuH)

16 G'Day everyone
No reason to be up but here I am

Posted by: Skip at November 29, 2024 04:20 AM (fwDg9)

17 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at November 29, 2024 04:21 AM (dg+HA)

18 Now if only my local township would pass a law banning children from my favorite restaurant.
Posted by: tankdemon
------

Lol. I'd settle for a law requiring parents to keep their children *at their table* for the duration of the meal.

Posted by: JQ at November 29, 2024 04:22 AM (YoCnN)

19 53 days until the inauguration

Posted by: Skip at November 29, 2024 04:30 AM (fwDg9)

20 Australia is such a Nanny State.
Even Canada laughs.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 29, 2024 04:33 AM (TGPs7)

21 Nothing more annoying than somebody else's unmanageable, squawking brats running around unchecked while you're trying to enjoy a meal...

Posted by: JQ at November 29, 2024 04:35 AM (YoCnN)

22 Yowie and the Yeren are Australia's versions of Bigfoot...
Read a book long ago by Australia's premiere Cryptozoologist, Rex Gilroy on mysteries of the continent.

But there's nothing in Australia, fauna wise, as exciting as an
Mongolian Death Worm. They hang out in the Gobi Desert...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 29, 2024 04:41 AM (TGPs7)

23 6 Pixy, would you please put "Vic" into our Absent Friends list?

He was a most beloved and active contributor here for many years. He deserves to be memorialized!
Posted by: JQ at November 29, 2024 04:05 AM (YoCnN)

JQ, in the righthand sidebar there is a list of cob-loggers' emails (under "Contact") that might be good source of contacts for you for this purpose.

Posted by: m at November 29, 2024 04:43 AM (VnUSN)

24 Good morning to one and all. I have a "tech" question.
Is it possible to split the screen and call up the same site in two languages?

Posted by: Ben Had at November 29, 2024 04:52 AM (gGMRM)

25 in the righthand sidebar there is a list of cob-loggers' emails (under "Contact") that might be good source of contacts for you for this purpose.
Posted by: m
------

Okay. Thanks. Wonder if anyone else has done this already by now?

Posted by: JQ at November 29, 2024 05:04 AM (YoCnN)

26 Is it possible to split the screen and call up the same site in two languages? Posted by: Ben Had

Clarifying. You want to have two browsers open, side by side, open to the same web site, where one is in language A and the second language B most likely is in English?

Follow on questions. What browser are you using and what operating system.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at November 29, 2024 05:04 AM (vO42M)

27 Altaria, Windows 10 and firefox.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 29, 2024 05:06 AM (gGMRM)

28 My tablet and phone (.Samsung) have split screen capability. I have no idea how it gets done but it does it often and H8 when it does it. Two different programs can happen simultaneously. No reason it can't be 2 same or totally different to me.

Posted by: Skip at November 29, 2024 05:10 AM (fwDg9)

29 Windows 10 allows you to "snap" open windows to specific locations on the screen such as half and half.
https://is.gd/YB2qzb

Next, browsers do allow one to translate websites. I do not use Firefox so I am not up to speed with how to do that using that browser. However, the search question you want is "how do I translate web pages using firefox" A couple tutorials:
https://is.gd/qY02Ok
https://is.gd/L0Dz8f

This should get you started.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at November 29, 2024 05:15 AM (vO42M)

30 There is not enough screen on a phone for split screen.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 29, 2024 05:15 AM (bss/y)

31 Aetius, This would be on a PC.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 29, 2024 05:17 AM (gGMRM)

32 Against my better judgment, got up and have coffee going

Posted by: Skip at November 29, 2024 05:18 AM (fwDg9)

33 Altaria, Thank you.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 29, 2024 05:18 AM (gGMRM)

34 32 Against my better judgment, got up and have coffee going
Posted by: Skip at November 29, 2024 05:18 AM (fwDg9)

*fistbump*

Thanks for reminding me about the coffee.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 29, 2024 05:21 AM (bss/y)

35 Good morning, good people from the now snow covered Adirondacks. Hope these fools are satisfied.

But here I am, with that big old grin STILL stuck on the face. And still wishing that all effort results in maximum benefit to you today and corresponding anguish for the leftwits among us.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at November 29, 2024 05:27 AM (hKoQL)

36 G'morning Horde.

Australia, and the new social media age-verification law:

The purpose was to create the opportunity to issue huge fines to the big tech firms, like Australia saw Europe getting away with repeatedly. "We want some of that sweet, filthy lucre for ourselves!"

So... How to deal with this if you're a social media platform? Throw the problem right back at the government that created it and let the angry people focus their anger accordingly.

Geo-fence Australia, and lock every user out from that area with a notice, "We were unable to verify with your government that you are 16 years of age or older, per the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024. In future, we hope that your government provides a digital API our service can connect with to perform this age verification so that we can let you into {Social-Media-Platform-Name} again. At that time, we will provide a page where you can update the necessary pieces of information on your profile. Once your age is verified, you may use the service again. Thank you for using {Social-Media-Platform-Name}."

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 29, 2024 05:27 AM (O7YUW)

37 Went to see Bonhoeffer. I liked it, but I'm trying to make my mind up about it. There were a lot of flashbacks which I didn't always follow. I would have appreciated closed captions because I didn't catch all of the dialogue. I loved the Niemoller character.
I think I'm motivated to read some of Bonhoeffer's works. But hey. This is neither the movie nor book thread.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 29, 2024 05:28 AM (dg+HA)

38 Interesting question Ben Had.

I was wondering if it was important to have two different browsers doing the work. Why not use two separate Firefox windows?

Firefox seems to be unique in it's implementation in that the data stays resident in your PC and the translation is done my a neural net trained by Mozilla.

Also that this feature was sponsored by the EU.

Posted by: pawn at November 29, 2024 05:38 AM (QB+5g)

39 This is bonus Saturday

Posted by: Skip at November 29, 2024 05:38 AM (fwDg9)

40
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 29, 2024 05:41 AM (tljrc)

41 Afternoon fast walk around the neighborhood.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 29, 2024 05:42 AM (ohkPt)

42 @39 Any day you can look down on the grass instead of up at the roots is a bonus day, good sir.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at November 29, 2024 05:42 AM (hKoQL)

43 I was wondering if it was important to have two different browsers doing the work. Why not use two separate Firefox windows?

My understanding is Ben Had wants two Firefox instances side by side or using your terminology Firefox windows. I think we're saying identical things using slightly different terms.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at November 29, 2024 05:43 AM (vO42M)

44 @42/IRONGRAMPA: I regularly tell people who ask how I am, "I woke up on the right side of the lawn. Everything else today is gravy."

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 29, 2024 05:44 AM (O7YUW)

45 ...our nominal opposition party is as useless as our nominal government.

Sounds a lot like the US.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 29, 2024 05:44 AM (ExV1e)

46 Evening and morning to all the Black Friday early risers and AoSHQ satellites in far-flung places!

LOL, it's blk Friday again.

I celebrate the end of Fidel C. today, but will remain at home.
Posted by: JQ at November 29, 2024

***

Morning, JQ. Did Fidel die on the day after T-giving?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 29, 2024 05:48 AM (omVj0)

47 Split screen, open a site in Firefox in English. Open same site on screen two and change language preference to another language.

Disclosure: I know as much about computers as I do quantum physics which is nothing.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 29, 2024 05:48 AM (gGMRM)

48 AP,

I get it.

I thought it was interesting that the EU was funding an effort that advances "privacy technology"

So the user is getting something back from all the fines and awards.

Posted by: pawn at November 29, 2024 05:49 AM (QB+5g)

49 @39 Any day you can look down on the grass instead of up at the roots is a bonus day, good sir.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at November 29, 2024

***
Irongrampa, a neat variant on my usual Monday exhortation!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 29, 2024 05:51 AM (omVj0)

50 Tea *beans*? I thought it was tea leaves, coffee beans?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 29, 2024 05:52 AM (omVj0)

51 24 Good morning to one and all. I have a "tech" question.
Is it possible to split the screen and call up the same site in two languages?

If their site has done it correctly, you can even have the same site open in two different tabs and have one tab set for one language, and one set to the other.

Just tried it here with a pet food online store called EdgardCooper and it worked fine. (I found them just now by doing a web search for "sites that offer multiple languages" and going to the Weglot link titled "5 Multilingual Websites That Did Everything Right")

Test it yourself:
https://www.edgardcooper.com/en/

Open this site in two different tabs, click on the tiny globe (or flag if you've already set a country/language) at the top in one and pick "Belgium" as the country and "francais" as the language.

Reload the page on both tabs (circular arrow button or the F5 key) and see if the language in both maintains properly.

Now if the site keeps track of language based on setting a cookie in your browser, and both tabs reference it, then the setting will possibly affect both tabs.

In that case, use two separate browsers. Firefox and Chrome/Chromium should work.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 29, 2024 05:55 AM (O7YUW)

52 As I woke about half an hour ago, I heard a roll of thunder fairly close by. Yet there's been no rain yet (and none yesterday, which the weather mavens predicted). Not sure I can go for a walk without being caught in the rain Current temp is 52 F.

Need to hit Home Depot today for that fuse for my tire inflator; then Aldi for some supplies. Miss Linda wants to visit the Sculpture Garden in the city park. She says they have some new exhibits. Most of what they have is modern and abstract stuff, so the real value is getting a walk in the (semi-) fresh air.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 29, 2024 05:57 AM (omVj0)

53 Happy Day After Thanksgiving

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 29, 2024 06:01 AM (gbOdA)

54 Of course they had to kick in that little bit in the Tea article to get their whine in about the big bad tariffs that only ever seem to be a problem when we have them. It's just fine when other countries do it apparently.

Posted by: Thorsthimble at November 29, 2024 06:03 AM (tZXns)

55 37 Went to see Bonhoeffer. I liked it, but I'm trying to make my mind up about it. There were a lot of flashbacks which I didn't always follow. I would have appreciated closed captions because I didn't catch all of the dialogue. I loved the Niemoller character.
I think I'm motivated to read some of Bonhoeffer's works. But hey. This is neither the movie nor book thread.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 29, 2024 05:28 AM (dg+HA)

Did Niemoller write the First they came for.. lines?

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 29, 2024 06:04 AM (gbOdA)

56 50 Tea *beans*? I thought it was tea leaves, coffee beans?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 29, 2024 05:52 AM (omVj0)

Drink Maryland Club if you have all the money in the world.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 29, 2024 06:05 AM (gbOdA)

57 Oh, so the article is about coffee. Well, I'll grab a bag or two of Aldi's ca. $5.00/12 oz. coffee today.

Thunder rolled again just now. So much for washing the car today, I guess. Probably I should get dressed and see about some breakfast.

How was ever'body's T-giving, and do you plan to brave the ravening mobs at Walmart and Target today?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 29, 2024 06:12 AM (omVj0)

58 Age blocking internet use is a form of content blocking.
EU loathes your privacy.
My Black Friday shopping list has a new gas water heater. I should ask the plumber why he can't change the nipples.

Posted by: Accomack at November 29, 2024 06:14 AM (IG7T0)

59 Did Niemoller write the First they came for.. lines?
Posted by: rhennigantx

Yes.
The poem exists in many versions; the one featured on the United States Holocaust Memorial reads:

"First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out – because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out – because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out – because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me – and there was no one left to speak for me."

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 29, 2024 06:14 AM (dg+HA)

60 Sausages and French Toast this morning

Posted by: Skip at November 29, 2024 06:21 AM (fwDg9)

61 My Black Friday shopping list has a new gas water heater. I should ask the plumber why he can't change the nipples.
Posted by: Accomack at November 29, 2024

***
He hasn't transitioned yet?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 29, 2024 06:24 AM (omVj0)

62 @24/Ben Had (and further to my #51):

Since you want a split-screen solution, you should be able to have two separate instances of firefox running, each connected to the given site, one set to one language, and one set to the other. Resize both instances of Firefox, one to live on one half of the screen, the other to be on the other, and voila, split screen browsing, each with their own language.

Firefox SHOULD hopefully keep the site's cookies distinct between the two separate instances. Hopefully.

Okay, I gotta get ready for work.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 29, 2024 06:24 AM (O7YUW)

63 I'm on a black friday mission for heated gloves. Just got back from walking the dogs. It's 8 degrees. I dress accordingly and do fine except for my hands. My fingers freeze and go numb by the time I get home they are so cold. Other than that I have no interest in Black Friday.

Posted by: Molly k. at November 29, 2024 06:25 AM (j/yko)

64 "As well as climate concerns, future prices are being raised by worries about tariffs:"

Oh, here we go. tariffs, tariffs, oh my.

Posted by: Enjoyed watching election night AGAIN at November 29, 2024 06:26 AM (rzwGB)

65 Morning, all.
We had a lovely day, with just our son and girlfriend.
Thanks to Eromero, the turkey was great and the pies turned out well. (Never baked a pumpkin pie before.) There was a sad b/c there was no broccoli rice casserole, but there was lemon pie, so I was forgiven.

Today is sit on the couch and watch movies recovery day, though I might make one of the pies for tomorrow.

So blessed I can't complain about anything right now.

Posted by: sal at November 29, 2024 06:29 AM (f+FmA)

66 Good Morning. It’s 33 degrees here in Western NC going up to a cold 48. Appears its going to be colder in the upcoming week.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at November 29, 2024 06:30 AM (1JHoW)

67 Have you ever noticed that some foods taste better as leftovers than when first prepared? Spaghetti being one of them. We actually tried a most interesting experiment along these lines with the pasta and it's true. Turkey day leftovers are another. though we haven't yet tried anything else. Chili is another candidate though, that will be for later in the week.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at November 29, 2024 06:31 AM (hKoQL)

68 I liked Ace's posts yesterday, with all the fun videos. The DJT tweet of all the "leading" Democrats at Thanksgiving, where ol' Mushbrain cuts into the turkey and a "YMCA" dancing Trump emerges to shock them, was delightful.

As I said yesterday, if we get nothing else -- and we can expect many more elses -- we'll be free of the joyless scolding from the Dems we're endured so much of since 2008. Trump and his team look to be having fun for the next four years.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 29, 2024 06:33 AM (omVj0)

69 Morning, Horde...How goes it?

My Black Friday plans are to stay home and read a book.

Pretty much the same plan I've had every day this past week.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 29, 2024 06:33 AM (BpYfr)

70
Have you ever noticed that some foods taste better as leftovers than when first prepared? Spaghetti being one of them.

This is well known. These tales have been passed down generation by generation by our ancestors and elders.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 29, 2024 06:33 AM (dxSpM)

71 Have you ever noticed that some foods taste better as leftovers than when first prepared? Spaghetti being one of them. We actually tried a most interesting experiment along these lines with the pasta and it's true. Turkey day leftovers are another. though we haven't yet tried anything else. Chili is another candidate though, that will be for later in the week.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at November 29, 2024

***
Chili poured over spaghetti is great stuff. Isn't that a traditional dish in Pittsburgh or some place like that?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 29, 2024 06:35 AM (omVj0)

72
Isn't that a traditional dish in Pittsburgh or some place like that?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 29, 2024 06:35 AM (omVj0)

Cincinnati

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 29, 2024 06:36 AM (dxSpM)

73 Good morning, all. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. Black Friday? Stayin' planted right here at home.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 29, 2024 06:36 AM (mH6SG)

74 67 Have you ever noticed that some foods taste better as leftovers than when first prepared? Spaghetti being one of them.

I think it has something to do with tomato sauce and acidity, but I'm no chemist and my cooking skills are limited to reading the directions from the package as it lies in the kitchen trash can.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 29, 2024 06:38 AM (dg+HA)

75 "Restraining order " Devotional on Job 13:1-12

" I want to argue my case with God himself"

Devotional contains some insights on the passage before the actual devotional and is followed by some questions and a prayer

https://tinyurl.com/55fh79s2

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 29, 2024 06:39 AM (FxQ+S)

76 Skyline Chili is repulsive.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, Chalk Demon at November 29, 2024 06:39 AM (dR6yv)

77 This is shocking, shocking I say: Hezbollah has violated the ceasefire less than 24 hours after it went into effect.

https://is.gd/y1SQPc

Sarah Hoyt's face could not be reached for comment.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 29, 2024 06:40 AM (PiwSw)

78 Skyline Chili is repulsive.

Heh. I used to love it when I was down in southern OH.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 29, 2024 06:41 AM (mH6SG)

79 . . . my cooking skills are limited to reading the directions from the package as it lies in the kitchen trash can.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 29, 2024

***
I'm gonna use that one in the future, I just know it. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 29, 2024 06:41 AM (omVj0)

80 My friends at Whataburger made my breakfast for me this morning.

Posted by: Eromero at November 29, 2024 06:43 AM (jgmnb)

81 Despite the thunder and the extra-wet feel of the air outside, the rain hasn't arrived here.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 29, 2024 06:47 AM (omVj0)

82 I'm happy to report Offspring Number One successfully navigated three flights and four airports yesterday and is now sleeping warm and safe in a hotel in Anchorage where a new career begins on Monday.
The best part?
The text message thanking me for the wool socks.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 29, 2024 06:47 AM (dg+HA)

83 Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 29, 2024 06:47 AM

Nice.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 29, 2024 06:49 AM (mH6SG)

84
Grocery shopping early, then finish loading the RV (oh, joy!) before Her Majesty takes off for Conroe with Diana and George.

George and Puff will be going up this weekend for coursing tests and socialization. George, a handsome boy who unfortunately has only one nut, may have a home lined up for himself.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 29, 2024 06:50 AM (dxSpM)

85 Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 29, 2024 06:47 AM (dg+HA)

Nice to hear that. What will your young person be doing?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 29, 2024 06:51 AM (8SnGw)

86 Know who else only had one nut?

Posted by: Sorry. Couldn't resist. at November 29, 2024 06:52 AM (dg+HA)

87 George, a handsome boy who unfortunately has only one nut

Oh, dear.

Posted by: Michelle Fields at November 29, 2024 06:52 AM (mH6SG)

88 G'morning, all.

Dinner went well, with the typical excess of food.

Definitely will need the 4 mile morning fart walk to get bak on track.

Then to the dump to give some stuff to the county.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 29, 2024 06:52 AM (a1415)

89
*What will your young person be doing?*

Weather guessing. For NOAA.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 29, 2024 06:53 AM (dg+HA)

90 Isn't that a traditional dish in Pittsburgh or some place like that?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 29, 2024 06:35 AM (omVj0)

Cincinnati
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 29, 2024 06:36 AM (dxSpM)

I don't know what they pour over spaghetti in Cincinnati but, if it has cinnamon in it, it ain't chili.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 29, 2024 06:53 AM (ExV1e)

91 This anti-social media law in Australia makes the creation of the Tank Police seem positively smart.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 29, 2024 06:54 AM (TTIDC)

92 Does this Cincinnati concoction involve carrots?

Posted by: Don't tell CBD at November 29, 2024 06:55 AM (dg+HA)

93 Australian Broadcasting Corporation boss Kim Williams launches an unhinged tirade against Joe Rogan (
@joerogan
):

"People like Mr. Rogan prey on people's vulnerabilities. They prey on fear. They prey on anxiety."

"I personally find it deeply repulsive, and to think that someone has such remarkable power in the United States is something that I look at in disbelief."

This my friends is the equivalent of Hitlers Rant in Downfall. It is a tyrant seeing their empire is fake, is fallen, and is in ashes.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 29, 2024 06:55 AM (gbOdA)

94
+++
"...prey on people's vulnerabilities. They prey on fear. They prey on anxiety."
+++
Now do COVID.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 29, 2024 06:57 AM (dg+HA)

95 Australian Broadcasting Corporation boss Kim Williams launches an unhinged tirade against Joe Rogan

Waltzing Karen

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 29, 2024 06:57 AM (mH6SG)

96 Speaking of being Not So Smart.

Johnny Somali livestreamed going on a South Korean subway claiming he had a 'device' so he now has a terrorism charge

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 29, 2024 06:58 AM (TTIDC)

97 Now do COVID.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 29, 2024 06:57 AM (dg+HA)

They put my mom in the hospital twice. Uncontrolled shaking. Could not speak. TERROR.

fuck them

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 29, 2024 06:59 AM (gbOdA)

98 84
Grocery shopping early, then finish loading the RV (oh, joy!) before Her Majesty takes off for Conroe with Diana and George.

George and Puff will be going up this weekend for coursing tests and socialization. George, a handsome boy who unfortunately has only one nut, may have a home lined up for himself.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 29, 2024 06:50 AM
‘So, George, I hear you have an interesting background.’
- overheard at coursing orientation

Posted by: Eromero at November 29, 2024 06:59 AM (jgmnb)

99 Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 29, 2024 06:53 AM (dg+HA)

That's interesting . May God bless them in their new job.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 29, 2024 06:59 AM (OH2J3)

100 No, I can't imagine cinnamon in chili. My experience of "chili on spaghetti" is with the usual Tex-Mex chili over angel hair pasta. The "hair" part has always bothered me, though, and I wish they'd come up with a new name for it or go with the original Italian name, whatever it was.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 29, 2024 07:00 AM (omVj0)

101 Know who else only had one nut?
Posted by: Sorry. Couldn't resist. at November 29, 2024 06:52 AM (dg+HA)
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Wan Baw McGraw:

https://tinyurl.com/mwjwzfad

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 29, 2024 07:02 AM (BpYfr)

102 Hey Kim Williams

have you apologized yet to that Australian SAS Captain you called a war criminal by doctoring combat footage and using the unreliable testimony of an American soldier?

You know the SAS Captain that ABC had to fork out a large sum of taxpayer money to for this scurrilous and libelous smearing?

Thankfully the SAS Captain is a far better human than you Kimmy boy.

So fvck you ABC

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 29, 2024 07:02 AM (TTIDC)

103
"But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings; and you will go forth and skip about like calves from the stall."

Posted by: Malachi 4:2 at November 29, 2024 07:04 AM (dg+HA)

104
So, George, I hear you have an interesting background.’
- overheard at coursing orientation
Posted by: Eromero at November 29, 2024 06:59 AM (jgmnb)

It's actually sad. Monorchidism is one of those things that crops up every now and then in the breed. George's uncle Peanut had only one peanut.

The AKC rule is that both testicles have to be descended and of normal size (judges check this) for them to be shown. So poor Georgie has no show career, which is a pity because he's a very handsome boy. Just one more tragedy for this litter.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 29, 2024 07:04 AM (dxSpM)

105 I blame that damned squirrel.

Posted by: Uncle Peanut at November 29, 2024 07:06 AM (mH6SG)

106 Warning: Have Kleenex handy:

https://is.gd/skWSZv

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 29, 2024 07:06 AM (PiwSw)

107 They named a dog with only one testicle "Peanut?"

Posted by: Seems kinda cruel at November 29, 2024 07:07 AM (dg+HA)

108 Warning: Have Kleenex handy:

Got a bit dusty in here again. I need to hire a housekeeper.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 29, 2024 07:10 AM (mH6SG)

109
JJ

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 29, 2024 07:11 AM (gbOdA)

110 That's interesting . May God bless them in their new job.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 29, 2024 06:59 AM

Thanks Fen.
A long time and lots of work to get to this point. Very proud of him. Finished a master's degree in May. Biggest accomplishment: no debt.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 29, 2024 07:11 AM (dg+HA)

111
They named a dog with only one testicle "Peanut?"
Posted by: Seems kinda cruel at November 29, 2024 07:07 AM (dg+HA)

He got the name before we concluded he'd only have one. More's the pity. He was a handsome dog with a very placid personality, a true gentleman. He and his brother Finn would have made an excellent brace. He suffered from health problems, all of which he bore stoically. We lost him way too soon to cancer.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 29, 2024 07:11 AM (dxSpM)

112 Iorana, Horde. Should be back to annoying you all in a few days. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving.

Posted by: Blanco Basura -Z28.310 at November 29, 2024 07:12 AM (dyzAZ)

113 Noodus Morning Report

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 29, 2024 07:14 AM (omVj0)

114 https://is.gd/skWSZv
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 29, 2024 07:06 AM (PiwSw)

Wow. Thanks for the warning.
I don't even care that they're using the message to sell stuff.
In this case, good stuff.

Posted by: sal at November 29, 2024 07:14 AM (f+FmA)

115 When I make spaghetti sauce and freeze the leftovers it tastes a lot better a few weeks later.

Maybe something to do with ice crystals forming inside and breaking things up? Kinda like what happens to steak when you freeze it?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 29, 2024 07:15 AM (6ydKt)

116 >>>Australia has passed a law to ban children from social media. (The Register)
The government was repeatedly asked how this was supposed to work, and it had no idea. The legislation nonetheless passed with bipartisan support, because our nominal opposition party is as useless as our nominal government.

Looking forward to hearing lots more about this!

Posted by: m at November 29, 2024 07:48 AM (VnUSN)

117 Dammit. You guys ever dust this place??

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at November 29, 2024 07:51 AM (hKoQL)

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