Daily Tech News 17 December 2024

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Zotac has leaked Nvidia's new RTX 5000 series graphics cards. (VideoCardz)

The lineup includes the RTX 5090, which you can't afford and probably won't be able to buy anyway, the 5090D which is a China-only edition for communists, the 5080 which will probably be overpriced and you won't want, the 5070 Ti which will probably be decent but expensive, and the 5070 which has 12GB of VRAM like the Intel B580 but which will definitely not cost $250 like the Intel B580.

The new cards all reportedly use GDDR7, so memory bandwidth is likely to be significantly better than 4000 series cards. GDDR7 memory uses trinary rather than binary signals - a technique known as PAM-3 - so it can move data 50% faster at the same clock speed.

Thunderbolt 5 also uses PAM-3 encoding but right now it's kind of useless so we should hope that's not a sign of things to come.

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TSMC employees account for 1.8% of the children being born in Taiwan. (Boom)

That is not immediately noteworthy until you consider that TSMC employees account for 0.3% of all jobs in Taiwan.

So even if only one member of each couple is employed by the company, that's still three times the national average fertility rate.
Hygon's 16 core server CPU is kind of bad. (Tom's Hardware)

It is literally a (licensed copy of) the original Zen architecture from 2017. And it behaves like it.
Here's the full source code for the Commodore 64 version of Elite. (GitHub)

Did that version include the rescue mission where the ungrateful bastards kicked your cargo out of the hold to make room for themselves?

The GitHub repository is very comprehensive, with every line of code documented and extensive instructions on how to build and run the programs on modern systems. Also included are versions for the Apple II, BBC Micro, and the NES, and even Elite-A, a fan-made extended version.
SoftBank has pledged to invest $100 billion in the United States over the next four years. (The Register)

That used to be a lot.
The Framework 16 laptop now supports up to four M.2 SSDs. (Notebook Check)

The graphics card for this laptop lives in a plug-in module at the rear. If you don't need a dedicated graphics card it works fine without one, using the built-in AMD graphics on the CPU.

Now you can plug a different module in that holds two extra M.2 slots, and the good part is the module only costs $39.

Disclaimer: Frankly my dear, I don't give a hill of beans.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at December 17, 2024 04:00 AM (fwDg9)

2 Top 5?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 17, 2024 04:01 AM (omVj0)

3 w00t

Posted by: m at December 17, 2024 04:05 AM (VnUSN)

4 Evening and morning to all the sleepyheads and late toilers hereabouts. I've been awake since two, since I heard big black Stirling throwing up on the carpet. Great way to start the day, huh?

I'm trying some collagen powder in my coffee every day for a while. Verdict so far: It is *not* tasteless. You'd think a strong coffee blend would cover it, but not really. My second cup, minus collagen, tastes like coffee should.

Ah, there's little gray Dagny. She has finally emerged from whatever cavern she holes up in and is sitting on the end table to my left.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 17, 2024 04:07 AM (omVj0)

5 >>>TSMC employees account for 1.8% of the children being born in Taiwan. ... TSMC employees account for 0.3% of all jobs in Taiwan. ... if only one member of each couple is employed by the company, that's ... three times the national average fertility rate.

Math!

Posted by: m at December 17, 2024 04:07 AM (VnUSN)

6 TSMC = Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co

Posted by: m at December 17, 2024 04:18 AM (VnUSN)

7 Mornin' All.

Wolfus: Check the "hairballs in the dark" clause of your "owning a moggie" contract. It's in the "Nighttime Activities" section between "zoomies" and "hunt the noisy bag".

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 17, 2024 04:19 AM (O7YUW)

8 "Hairballs in the Dark"

B-side of a better known Sinatra song?

Posted by: m at December 17, 2024 04:20 AM (VnUSN)

9 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 17, 2024 04:23 AM (sAmhv)

10 Beans. I miss Mexican refried beans.

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 17, 2024 04:24 AM (SSBCb)

11 Wolfus: Check the "hairballs in the dark" clause of your "owning a moggie" contract. It's in the "Nighttime Activities" section between "zoomies" and "hunt the noisy bag".
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 17, 2024

***
Oh, yeah, been dealing with that for decades. Arizona the part-Coon used to give a little distressed cry just before he upchucked, which often gave me time to grab him and slide him onto a tile floor. A lot of the others have done it stealthily. Stirling hoicks and hoicks several times before losing his lunch; if I hadn't been in bed and half asleep, I might have reached him in time.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 17, 2024 04:26 AM (omVj0)

12 Morning, jim (in hospital in Kalifornia).

Late on yesterday's tech thread:

143 122 I was fed on raw goats milk from 2wks old.
Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 16, 2024 07:08 AM (SSBCb)

Are you Greek?
Posted by: m at December 16, 2024 09:15 AM (VnUSN)

Posted by: m at December 17, 2024 04:26 AM (VnUSN)

13 Dagny has obviously found time portal within your apartment. She goes off on adventures, and then comes back to you because she likes you. She needs her rest after saving other civilizations! And maybe a pet and some food.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 17, 2024 04:26 AM (sAmhv)

14 8 "Hairballs in the Dark"

B-side of a better known Sinatra song?
Posted by: m at December 17, 2024 04:20 AM (VnUSN)

Other side has "Howl Right at The Moon"

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 17, 2024 04:27 AM (SSBCb)

15 Dagny, fortunately, is not prone to throwing up. At least not yet. The late great Wolf often tossed up something that looked like a hairball rather than food. His roommate and mine, Chekov, would quietly throw up, but sometimes it was up on a counter or my table; much easier cleanup.

Part o' the deal, I guess.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 17, 2024 04:29 AM (omVj0)

16 Barack Obama is the most evil man ever to have lived.

Posted by: PunishBarackObama at December 17, 2024 04:29 AM (tGqnW)

17 12 Morning, jim (in hospital in Kalifornia).

Late on yesterday's tech thread:

143 122 I was fed on raw goats milk from 2wks old.
Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 16, 2024 07:08 AM (SSBCb)

Are you Greek?
Posted by: m at December 16, 2024 09:15 AM (VnUSN)

Not a drop. Folks had dairy goats and knew the milk fat was baby digestible, so when I couldn't be breast-fed, they gave me fresh raw goat milk. First time I ever had cow's milk I said "Yuck!".

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 17, 2024 04:29 AM (SSBCb)

18 17 Are you Greek?
Posted by: m at December 16, 2024 09:15 AM (VnUSN)

Not a drop. Folks had dairy goats and knew the milk fat was baby digestible, so when I couldn't be breast-fed, they gave me fresh raw goat milk. First time I ever had cow's milk I said "Yuck!".
Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 17, 2024 04:29 AM (SSBCb)

Ha!

Posted by: m at December 17, 2024 04:30 AM (VnUSN)

19 I thought Hairballs in the Dark was covered by Def Leppard

Posted by: Skip at December 17, 2024 04:31 AM (fwDg9)

20 Anyway: It's Tiu's Day, a week to Christmas Eve. Linda has yet to tell me what she wants for the holiday, so I suppose I'll grab her a bottle of wine and a box of chocolates. For some reason she dislikes Godiva and prefers Russell Stover.

I'm thinking about ordering a new pipe in a shape I don't have, esp. since I have a store credit from that website that will cover it. If I order today, it *might* get here, to my house I mean, by next Tuesday.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 17, 2024 04:31 AM (omVj0)

21 19 I thought Hairballs in the Dark was covered by Def Leppard
Posted by: Skip at December 17, 2024 04:31 AM (fwDg9)

They can be wild and wooly...

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 17, 2024 04:33 AM (SSBCb)

22 Dagny has obviously found time portal within your apartment. She goes off on adventures, and then comes back to you because she likes you. She needs her rest after saving other civilizations! And maybe a pet and some food.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 17, 2024

***
If it's a portal into the past, can I squeeze in? I would plump for 1960. Or maybe the early '70s.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 17, 2024 04:33 AM (omVj0)

23 I fed on raw goat from the earliest of my days.

Posted by: chupacabra at December 17, 2024 04:35 AM (kJykj)

24 18 17 Are you Greek?
Posted by: m at December 16, 2024 09:15 AM (VnUSN)

Not a drop. Folks had dairy goats and knew the milk fat was baby digestible, so when I couldn't be breast-fed, they gave me fresh raw goat milk. First time I ever had cow's milk I said "Yuck!".
Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 17, 2024 04:29 AM (SSBCb)

Ha!
Posted by: m at December 17, 2024 04:30 AM (VnUSN)

True story.
Mom could be...rather gullible. One day Dad tells her we have a goat that makes strawberry milk from one teat, chocolate milk from the other. Mom was incredulous at first. So Dad takes one plastic glass, squirter milk from one of the goat's teats and gives it to my Mom to try.
"Strawberry!", Mom exclaimed.
Dad takes a second plastic glass and milks into it from the other teat.
"Chocolate! We're gonna be rich!"
Dad breaks out laughing. He had put a little Quik into the bottom of each opaque plastic glasses, and the process of squirt___ milk into them mixed it up perfectly.

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 17, 2024 04:40 AM (SSBCb)

25 'Bout time for me to shave and shower, feed the beasts, and then me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 17, 2024 04:42 AM (omVj0)

26 23 I fed on raw goat from the earliest of my days.
Posted by: chupacabra at December 17, 2024 04:35 AM (kJykj)

Where'd you grow up?

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 17, 2024 04:43 AM (SSBCb)

27 @15/Wolfus: "Part o' the deal, I guess."

It was the stepping in the wet squishy hairball while trying to navigate to the restroom at oh-dark-hundred that was the one that always got me. Ugh.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 17, 2024 04:43 AM (O7YUW)

28 I thought Hairballs in the Dark was covered by Def Leppard
Posted by: Skip at December 17, 2024 04:31 AM (fwDg9)

The original was by The Stray Cats.

Posted by: RickZ at December 17, 2024 04:45 AM (gKDq2)

29 27 @15/Wolfus: "Part o' the deal, I guess."

It was the stepping in the wet squishy hairball while trying to navigate to the restroom at oh-dark-hundred that was the one that always got me. Ugh.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 17, 2024 04:43 AM (O7YUW)

Worse when it's puke.

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 17, 2024 04:45 AM (SSBCb)

30 Seems like Pixy has some rather graphic content this morn. Well cards, anyway.

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 17, 2024 04:53 AM (SSBCb)

31 Yup, someone's done a song about this.

"Hairball" by Dusty Douglas:

https://youtu.be/v3L4h57hRXA

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 17, 2024 04:54 AM (O7YUW)

32 Supposed to be a warm day to 60 and sunny.
Mostly outside today so will take it

Posted by: Skip at December 17, 2024 05:00 AM (fwDg9)

33 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 17, 2024 05:02 AM (hoCmQ)

34 Mornin. I'm going to rest for a bit. See you later.

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 17, 2024 05:05 AM (SSBCb)

35 Howdy all y'all

Posted by: OkJohn at December 17, 2024 05:10 AM (NC/it)

36 Cloudy out but not to bad in temperature
Should have WiFi again today and back on mobile internet tomorrow anyway
Forward Dog 9 out

Posted by: Skip at December 17, 2024 05:15 AM (fwDg9)

37 Arizona the part-Coon used to give a little distressed cry just before he upchucked, which often gave me time to grab him and slide him onto a tile floor.

Benvolio would do the cry of distress followed by the noise. I caught him once, got him into the bathroom and held him over the toilet. He stopped himself from vomiting through an incredible control of his body, swallowed what was about to come out and gave me a rather pissed off expression.

The carpet was much more comfortable, you see.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 17, 2024 05:16 AM (svLOV)

38 5090D? 5090 douchebag?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 17, 2024 05:18 AM (bss/y)

39 Good morning! Its a very pleasant 54 out on the patio here in Cowtown. Shaping up to be kinda cloudy and warm, with a little rain. Found a gas insert fireplace for the wife for Christmas. Gonna call the place and have them come out to size it and give me an estimate to install it.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 17, 2024 05:23 AM (3Ope8)

40 37 Benvolio would do the cry of distress followed by the noise. I caught him once, got him into the bathroom and held him over the toilet. He stopped himself from vomiting through an incredible control of his body, swallowed what was about to come out and gave me a rather pissed off expression.

The carpet was much more comfortable, you see.
Posted by: NR Pax at December 17, 2024 05:16 AM (svLOV)

; )

Good cat!

Posted by: m at December 17, 2024 05:34 AM (VnUSN)

41 40 Good cat!
Posted by: m

He had quite the belligerent personality. One of his jobs was to swat foster dogs on the nose to remind them to leave cats alone. His brother on the other hand took the snuggly approach with them.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 17, 2024 05:35 AM (svLOV)

42 Speaking of color revolutions and coups, apparently people are beginning to notice that George Floyd was alive when he was at the hospital.

“The autopsy report shows that antemortem blood was collected by HHC on 5-25-2020”

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Ladies, does your job make you inspiring and feminine or stressed and brittle? at December 17, 2024 05:38 AM (+Zfan)

43 It was the stepping in the wet squishy hairball while trying to navigate to the restroom at oh-dark-hundred that was the one that always got me. Ugh.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 17, 2024

***
That's why I keep an LED flashlight by the bed and use it when I get up.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 17, 2024 05:45 AM (omVj0)

44 Benvolio would do the cry of distress followed by the noise. I caught him once, got him into the bathroom and held him over the toilet. He stopped himself from vomiting through an incredible control of his body, swallowed what was about to come out and gave me a rather pissed off expression.

The carpet was much more comfortable, you see.
Posted by: NR Pax at December 17, 2024

***
That is a cool cat name.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 17, 2024 05:46 AM (omVj0)

45 Madison murderer identified:

https://tinyurl.com/3k95a3ac

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 17, 2024 05:47 AM (LhkjR)

46 Verrrrry little BOINGing going on here today.

Posted by: m at December 17, 2024 05:50 AM (VnUSN)

47 Madison murderer identified:

https://tinyurl.com/3k95a3ac
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 17, 2024 05:47 AM (LhkjR)
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If you look at the pic from inside the school, you'll understand why at first the police didn't know whether the shooter was male or female:

https://tinyurl.com/yk7y3yfw

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 17, 2024 05:52 AM (LhkjR)

48 Verrrrry little BOINGing going on here today.
Posted by: m at December 17, 2024 05:50 AM (VnUSN)
-

Just arrived back in Jerusalem about 30 minutes ago. I'm already heading out for a short while.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 17, 2024 05:53 AM (LhkjR)

49
@beyondreasdoubt has some thoughts on the school shooter.

Posted by: m at December 17, 2024 05:55 AM (VnUSN)

50 44 That is a cool cat name.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

His brother was Mercutio of course. Wife and I received them shortly after our previous cat had died. The owner had moved into another apartment and was told that in order to keep the cats, he had to have them declawed. They both had wonderful personalities and they were great at helping train foster dogs.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 17, 2024 05:56 AM (svLOV)

51 Testing

Posted by: Skip at December 17, 2024 05:59 AM (AYz4A)

52
Chris Van Wagner
@DefendedByCVW
7h
Replying to @beyondreasdoubt
So incredibly sad all around. The troubled 15 year old. The affected families. Every grade school kid held in lockdown here will lose some innocence. And the 2nd grader who called 911 from the next classroom over. A 7 year old. Just a baby. Forget politics and remember love.

Posted by: m at December 17, 2024 05:59 AM (VnUSN)

53 Just saw my son get his ride to the airport. Headed to Chicago unfortunately. He is going with a group of trombone players for a music thing. They are supposed to be staying in the nice part. Millennium park, magnificent mile, etc. He calls is Chi-raq...he'll be back this weekend hopefully. 🤞🏻🙏🏻

Posted by: lin-duh at December 17, 2024 05:59 AM (OHXdt)

54 Cat comforts his blind dog friend. Short video;

https://tinyurl.com/yckx5ebr

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 17, 2024 06:00 AM (G+cIq)

55 Thought straight away another Trannie

Posted by: Skip at December 17, 2024 06:01 AM (AYz4A)

56 His brother was Mercutio of course. Wife and I received them shortly after our previous cat had died. The owner had moved into another apartment and was told that in order to keep the cats, he had to have them declawed. They both had wonderful personalities and they were great at helping train foster dogs.
Posted by: NR Pax at December 17, 2024

***
Didn't Shakespeare have a character named "Malvolio" too? In Twelfth Night or one of the comedies?

I recall looking at an apartment in Denver back before Arizona passed on. Decent place, too high a rent. I didn't care for the agent, either. She asked if I had cats, and I said, "One." "Are you willing to declaw?"

I lifted a brow at her. "Are you willing to chop the ends off your children's fingers?"

That was the end of that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 17, 2024 06:03 AM (omVj0)

57 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 17, 2024 06:03 AM (kPJtn)

58 42 Speaking of color revolutions and coups, apparently people are beginning to notice that George Floyd was alive when he was at the hospital.

“The autopsy report shows that antemortem blood was collected by HHC on 5-25-2020”
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Ladies, does your job make you inspiring and feminine or stressed and brittle? at December 17, 2024 05:38 AM (+Zfan)

‘A lie is halfway round the world before the truth has got its boots on.’

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 17, 2024 06:05 AM (bss/y)

59 Benvolio=good will

Malvolio=ill will

Both characters in Shakespeare.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 17, 2024 06:07 AM (bss/y)

60 Re the Madison murderer:

Men have a lifetime of experience learning how to control the killin' urges that testosterone + adrenaline can cause.

But psychologists thought it would be a great freakin' idea to dump testosterone into teenage girls because they got into a fad on TikTok where they wanted to be boys.

Without that lifetime's worth of experience at controlling those urges, Is it any wonder a significant portion of them turn into murderers?

It's way past time for the evil bastards in the medical community who are performing these unethical experiments on children to get proper horse-whippings, and worse.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 17, 2024 06:10 AM (O7YUW)

61 I have said this before here, but young dudes are kind of assholes. If we are lucky, our dads are there to kick the crap out of us to teach us to keep a handle on it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 17, 2024 06:12 AM (bss/y)

62 56 I lifted a brow at her. "Are you willing to chop the ends off your children's fingers?"

That was the end of that.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

When I was in high school, I did a work/study thing as a Vet Assistant. Part of what I did was help in surgeries.

I have heard the cats as they woke up from declawing. I will never do that to any cat I own.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 17, 2024 06:14 AM (svLOV)

63 Men have a lifetime of experience learning how to control the killin' urges that testosterone + adrenaline can cause.

If genitals don't define gender, how does removing them affirm it?

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 17, 2024 06:16 AM (kPJtn)

64 60 But psychologists thought it would be a great freakin' idea to dump testosterone into teenage girls because they got into a fad on TikTok where they wanted to be boys.

And then they deliberately downplay concerns about side effects. "Oh, it won't happen to you. It just happens to a tiny percentage but you're special."

Posted by: NR Pax at December 17, 2024 06:16 AM (svLOV)

65 61 I have said this before here, but young dudes are kind of assholes. If we are lucky, our dads are there to kick the crap out of us to teach us to keep a handle on it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 17, 2024 06:12 AM (bss/y)

"Oh, we don't need to have men around to raise our little boys. It's all just social conditioning anyway."
--stupid feminists ca. 1974

Posted by: sal at December 17, 2024 06:16 AM (f+FmA)

66 @61/Aetius451AD: That's the "Old bull elephant in the herd" psychology taking place.

And when you remove the old bull elephants, bad things happen, and it's the juveniles causing the trouble.

See here:
https://tinyurl.com/3kmyt7xd

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 17, 2024 06:17 AM (O7YUW)

67 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 17, 2024 06:22 AM (u82oZ)

68 Wildlife comedy photos from 2022:

https://tinyurl.com/3zzxb7ew

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 17, 2024 06:23 AM (PpRHu)

69 It might help if I turned on the burner under my eggs to devil for today's lunch at the Thrift Store.
Too much stuff going on...

Morning, all.
Today begin the "O Antiphons", famous in "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel".
The countdown to Christmas.
And tomorrow, Friday and Saturday are the Winter Ember Days. I love the readings for them.

Tonight is Film Society. We will vote on next year's movies and then watch that great Christmas film "Die Hard".
Like I said, too much going on...

Posted by: sal at December 17, 2024 06:25 AM (f+FmA)

70 Good morning to all from a very foggy and damp western NC. It is 48 degrees and going to a predicted high 60’s today.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 17, 2024 06:27 AM (33578)

71 QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE TO SPACE ACTIVITY FOR DECEMBER 17

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - NROL-149
SLC-4E - Vandenberg Space Force Base - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: December 17, 2024
Launch Time: 5:19 a.m. PT, 13:19 UTC, 14:19 CET

https://www.youtube.com/live/yjbXgzT_hu4

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, un'altro razzo at December 17, 2024 06:28 AM (i0xsb)

72 Time for me to hit the road to the electron mines. Later, all.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 17, 2024 06:28 AM (omVj0)

73 Christmas Truce. Sabaton.

https://tinyurl.com/2cyu5tt7

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 17, 2024 06:29 AM (bss/y)

74 Gonna be cold today. Need extra preps.

Have a blessed day, everyone. May no drone ask you "Who is running America?"

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 17, 2024 06:33 AM (u82oZ)

75 Almost 80 today by the Bay

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 17, 2024 06:38 AM (gbOdA)

76 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at December 17, 2024 06:39 AM (AN2gy)

77 Been light drizzle since I left home, still saying it will clear up. Heading outside to work so it better get moving

Posted by: Skip at December 17, 2024 06:41 AM (AYz4A)

78 >>> Christmas Truce. Sabaton.

My initial thought was two houses with escalating Christmas light displays with one of them blasting Sabaton as a soundtrack.

Posted by: fluffy at December 17, 2024 06:52 AM (AN2gy)

79 We still live?

Posted by: Skip at December 17, 2024 06:52 AM (AYz4A)

80 77 Been light drizzle since I left home, still saying it will clear up. Heading outside to work so it better get moving
Posted by: Skip at December 17, 2024 06:41 AM (AYz4A)

You're not the boss of me!

Posted by: Mother Nature at December 17, 2024 06:53 AM (PiwSw)

81 Bass singer does "Carol of the bells"

https://tinyurl.com/rdbydmf2

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 17, 2024 06:56 AM (NmtXE)

82 I wonder why they say "4 M.2 slots means you can get 16TB RAM". 8TB M.2s are expensive sure, but they do, ya know, exist.

Posted by: Qwinn at December 17, 2024 06:59 AM (I3XdN)

83 Er, not RAM, storage, duh, sorry.

Posted by: Qwinn at December 17, 2024 07:00 AM (I3XdN)

84

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at December 17, 2024 07:02 AM (c0tJM)

85 6 TSMC = Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co

Posted by: m at December 17, 2024 04:18 AM (VnUSN)

---

TSMC = Tech Savants Makin' Children

Posted by: The_Hoser at December 17, 2024 07:10 AM (3qNLt)

86 My initial thought was two houses with escalating Christmas light displays with one of them blasting Sabaton as a soundtrack.
Posted by: fluffy at December 17, 2024 06:52 AM (AN2gy)

Well, sort of. If you replace 'lights' with artillery shells. Also more machine guns.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 17, 2024 07:12 AM (bss/y)

87 Dumbest article EVER.

Not so happily ever after! Disney princesses plagued with health risks

https://mol.im/a/14197011

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, un articolo cretino at December 17, 2024 07:13 AM (i0xsb)

88 You all neuter your male cats, don't you?
But those claws -- that's just a step too far.
Ask the landlady that about her children.

The oddities one can argue oneself into...

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at December 17, 2024 07:14 AM (zdLoL)

89 Reminder: Scooter's Coffee Frisco Bowl, today, 5 EST

Memphis @ W VA

Posted by: Don Black. Message: go long at December 17, 2024 07:16 AM (/7KEl)

90 Yang Tengbo the alleged Chinese spy linked to Prince Andrew

https://tinyurl.com/4uzcfa49

https://tinyurl.com/mvmjbr3u

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, sono tutte spie at December 17, 2024 07:18 AM (i0xsb)

91 Northern Exposure star Diane Delano dead at 67 after brief illness

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Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, sono tutti spioni at December 17, 2024 07:20 AM (i0xsb)

92 Sesame Street fans outraged as iconic show is 'cancelled' by network

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Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, cancellato at December 17, 2024 07:24 AM (i0xsb)

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Posted by: rhennigantx at December 17, 2024 07:25 AM (gbOdA)

94 For the second time in 4 months after visiting a new doctor I come to find that 1 prescription and 1 supplement I've been using weren't beneficial. The prescription was actually treatment for another skin condition. I've been using it for 6 years, prescribed by one doctor, confirmed by another and eliminated yesterday by the new guy. Gee I wonder why it never cleared anything up and I was told I'd need to use it for the balance of my life. Also, that ruddy complexion isn't what the two diagnosed but yet another skin condition. And the supplement my gastro surgeon told me was also a lifetime need and after almost 5 years of discomfort and outright nasty reactions I've discontinued it and have zero issues. WTH. Can I blame ocare for this?

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 17, 2024 07:26 AM (2NHgQ)

95 Morning, all. 51 degrees and drizzly here at Stately Poppins Manor.

Not so happily ever after! Disney princesses plagued with health risks

For some reason, I thought the article would be about STDs. I remember reading somewhere a while back that, of all the Disney women, Pocahontas was the one most hit on by dads visiting the parks.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 17, 2024 07:27 AM (Q0kLU)

96 Very frustrating. News outlet from Madison is behind a paywall. I was hoping to get local information. Guess it's MSNBC for me. Ugh.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 17, 2024 07:34 AM (SfhV1)

97 Welp.

I got the Ol' Fuckeroo this morning.

I've got an appointment and I'm stuck at a train crossing with a gajillion car train in front of me.

*sigh*

In other news, Sheena is a punk rocker now!

Posted by: naturalfake at December 17, 2024 09:05 AM (eR5WW)

98 "Here's the full source code for the Commodore 64 version of Elite"

Oooh, shiny!

I played so so many hours of Elite on my C64.

A uni colleague had a BBC Micro, it was interesting how much better the game went on the original platform.

Just so you know how anal I am I wrote my PhD dissertation on an SX-64. I had to buy a wordprocessing cartridge from the US so that I could use a daisywheel printer (for Greek characters). Admittedly our department didn't get a computer of its own until about 6mths before I completed thesis, and that was an IBM PC...

Posted by: Bruce of Newcastle at December 17, 2024 10:29 PM (ph+ku)

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