Daily Tech News 21 February 2025

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Remarkably uncontaminated with cheese: The 5070 Ti has sold out. (Tom's Hardware)

In minutes.

The $750 sacrificial edition? Sold out.

The $1000 costs-as-much-as-a-5080 edition? Sold out.

Everything in between? Sold out as last week's limburger.

You can expect new stock in two to six weeks, at which point it will burn down, fall over, and sell out.

The 5090 could take as long as 14 weeks to restock.
Launches of the 5070 and 5060 could be delayed due to a sudden total existence failure. (WCCFTech)

Or not. They might just continue with the 90% post-consumer waste launches.
My graphics card has shipped.

Quick note on that: The 5070 Ti has listed in Australia at an effective exchange rate of $1 to A$2, which is even worse than the real exchange rate. The $750 sacrificial card is A$1500, though of course it's not available at all in either country.

Comparing retail prices on the Radeon 7800 XT that I bought, the conversion is more like $1 to A$1.25, which is much better than the real exchange rate.

I don't know precisely why, but this card is a great buy in Australia but only meh in the US. Unless something really surprising happens with AMD's new cards, I made the right decision.

I expect the 9070 XT to offer 25% to 50% better performance than the 7800 XT, but cost twice as much in Australia. America is another country.

Tech News

How Bluesky loses posts from your timeline. (Jazco)

If you follow hundreds of thousands of people.

In which case (a) this is necessary and (b) you deserve it.
Xbox Game Pass was supposed to be the Netflix of gaming - what happened? (The Verge) (archive site)

Sadly it turned out instead to be the Netflix of gaming.
Amazon is shutting down its app store on Android. (Tech Crunch)

To be clear, it is not shutting down the Amazon app store on Amazon devices running Android, because Amazon doesn't call them Android devices even though they are.

It is shutting down the Amazon app store on third-party Android devices, because basically nobody uses it.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: 1 USD to 1.57 AUD. It was worse last week.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 Mornin' Pixy and Horde...

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 21, 2025 04:00 AM (O7YUW)

2 Top 5?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 21, 2025 04:02 AM (omVj0)

3 Missed it; I was reading the ONT. Evening and morning, all yu far-flung people across the vast AosHQ Empire! I know it's Friday, Freya's Day, and I should be more enthusiastic, but I'm not. Can't put a finger on why. If I were to call in sick today . . . but I'm not sure even that would lift my spirits.

How's your Friday looking, and your weekend?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 21, 2025 04:05 AM (omVj0)

4
Jeez, and here I thought I was free of zombie Donald.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 21, 2025 04:06 AM (xG4kz)

5 I obviously know nothing about tech, but I appreciate your humor, Pixy. You must be fun to be around IRL.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 21, 2025 04:08 AM (VPVkH)

6 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at February 21, 2025 04:08 AM (dg+HA)

7 Reposted from below:

491 Well, I really didn't want to be up at 3:58 EST, but here I am. Waving to Wolfus. And for some comic political relief, go check out this link from "Legal Insurrection." It has a goofy picture of Karen Bass who apparently investigating why she decided to go abroad during the LA fires. Some of the remarks by commentators are hilarious including quotes from the brilliant British sit come, "Fawlty Towers".

https://tinyurl.com/y6hh3vww

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 21, 2025 04:09 AM (VPVkH)

8 Sitcom not sit come , the latter of which sounds like. commands at a doggy obedience class.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 21, 2025 04:10 AM (VPVkH)

9 Outside, 34 F., wind chill of 25. Warmer than yesterday, at least. And no, I don't think it's the cold week that's lowered my spirits. I'd rather have this than endless sticky heat. Freezing and broiling are not, or should not be, the only two choices in climate, nicht wahr?

Anyway! Good morning to Pixy and Fen, Grumpy and Krebs, and whoever else is poking about this morning!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 21, 2025 04:10 AM (omVj0)

10
Tomorrow is Pinewood Derby day; tonight is the set up for it.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 21, 2025 04:12 AM (xG4kz)

11 Fen, that pic of Karen Bass makes her look like a loon on meth. Which is probably why LI picked it.

How brain-clouded must the people of LA be, to elect *that* as a mayor? Or the people of CA overall, to elect Newscum as governor? (Yes, fraud came into it, I'm sure, but still there were *some* real votes somewhere. . . .)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 21, 2025 04:15 AM (omVj0)

12
Mayor Bass, downing draught after draught of NotMyFaultium Ale and sporting a "Say, Cheeze!" grin. #GurlPower

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 21, 2025 04:17 AM (xG4kz)

13 So you're saying it's Pinewood Eve?

(checks supplies of sandpaper, acrylic paint, lead weights and wood filler)

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 21, 2025 04:19 AM (dg+HA)

14 Good morning, good people, from a change in weather Adirondacks that (I think) signals the breaking of Winter into seasonal Spring temps. Jet Stream pattern is beginning to indicate such, though there will be at least one brutal betrayal.

In keeping, may all effort from you result in maximum benefit to each, and even more dreary anguish to the leftwit fungus who befoul our existence.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at February 21, 2025 04:20 AM (hKoQL)

15 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 21, 2025 04:22 AM (wBh67)

16 Video card release day seems a lot like this:

https://youtu.be/vpnkt6xFdDk?t=161

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 21, 2025 04:23 AM (O7YUW)

17 *draught after draught of NotMyFaultium Ale*

Karen, honey.
Stick with Chardonnay.
Trust me.
(cackle)

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at February 21, 2025 04:24 AM (dg+HA)

18
I'm up this early because Maddie, our PWD, kicked up a ruckus to go outside, which was unusual for her. She had been at the vets twice in the last two days for being lethargic and neither taking in nor letting out expired nutritional units. Her GI tract is inflamed because she is prone to ingesting chipped bark mulch at the dog park where the missus takes her every morning. "Don't let her do that!" was the medicos' advice.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 21, 2025 04:24 AM (xG4kz)

19
Chipped bark mulch?
It's the breakfast of champions!

Posted by: Ewell Gibbons at February 21, 2025 04:28 AM (dg+HA)

20
I watched "Miracle" and "Day of the Jackal" last night in lieu of watching the US v Canookistan ice hockey match, the outcome of which disappointed me.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 21, 2025 04:28 AM (xG4kz)

21 Fen, that pic of Karen Bass makes her look like a loon on meth.

LOL.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 21, 2025 04:31 AM (42Vb+)

22 I woke originally at 2:00, rolled on my back to try to dip back into sleep, and big black Stirling cat heard my breathing change. In a flash he was standing on the bed beside me, purring, and he milk-treaded my arm for a little bit and bumped his head against my chin. If you have to wake up an hour ahead of your alarm, that's a good way to do it.

Little gray Dagny La Siberienne is trotting around, being fairly sociable, for her anyway.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 21, 2025 04:32 AM (omVj0)

23
Chipped bark mulch?
It's the breakfast of champions!
Posted by: Ewell Gibbons

When Maddie ingests it to excess, my report to the missus when I get back after taking her on a walk is, "She's shitting pine cones again", a characterization which the missus' acquaintances at the dog park think is immensely funny.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 21, 2025 04:32 AM (xG4kz)

24
I also learned yesterday that when our (incorporated) lapidary organization gets hit up to pay the fee to maintain our registered status, that is for the past year and not for this year.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 21, 2025 04:37 AM (xG4kz)

25 I just found this on the 'net. Another autocorrect fail/this one from England:

Mum:

There's a pastor in small freezer. I finish at 3;00.
--------
O.K I meant to say pastie.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 21, 2025 04:41 AM (42Vb+)

26 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at February 21, 2025 04:43 AM (hoCmQ)

27
A virtue-posted link from a leftie on FB yesterday referred a Fortune article entitled "So many Americans died from COVID, it’s boosting Social Security to the tune of $205 billion". Which respondents appeared to think was a good thing.

We need a robust series of public outings and actual trials in order to even begin to get the real horror and criminal nature of the whole Coof experience into such clowns' minds.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 21, 2025 04:43 AM (xG4kz)

28
There's a pastor in the small freezer
Heat him up! (Heat him up!)

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 21, 2025 04:45 AM (xG4kz)

29 w00t

Posted by: m at February 21, 2025 04:47 AM (v0TzN)

30 From Jaz's blog about BlueSky and Shards:

"The average latency of a write is ~600 microseconds, but some writes take much less time and some take much more. In fact, the P99 latency of writes to the Timelines cluster can be as high as 15 milliseconds!"

Oh you poor things! I remember when the turnaround time on a one sentence message sent over BITNET from Canada to Israel was over 2 minutes.

I remember when echomail on fidonet was done once a day in the middle of the night to keep long distance costs at a minimum. (And those were significant back then.)

We have become utterly spoiled by how fast things can happen now.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 21, 2025 04:47 AM (O7YUW)

31 Currently 2 degrees here in SE MO. However, the cold snap ends today with a high of 30. The next 3 days highs will be 40, 50, then 60.

Posted by: olddog in mo at February 21, 2025 04:50 AM (hoCmQ)

32 >>>The 5070 Ti has sold out. (Tom's Hardware)

= Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti, ... the third-fastest card in the Blackwell GPU lineup (ArsTechnica)

Posted by: m at February 21, 2025 04:50 AM (v0TzN)

33 >>>Unless something really surprising happens ..., I made the right decision.

Fingers crossed!

Posted by: m at February 21, 2025 04:51 AM (v0TzN)

34 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 21, 2025 04:32 AM (omVj0)

If I can't sleep and go downstairs and sit quietly for a while on the couch, I open my eyes to see Pynchon staring at me. This is his "feed me now" stare.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 21, 2025 04:53 AM (WPHuI)

35 Time for my shower, no shave today, then it'll be time to feed the beasts and after that, me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 21, 2025 04:54 AM (omVj0)

36 Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 21, 2025 04:24 AM (xG4kz

Poor dog. It does make the vet sound like they think you're encouraging her to eat tree mulch,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 21, 2025 04:55 AM (WPHuI)

37
*I remember when echomail on fidonet was done once a day in the middle of the night to keep long distance costs at a minimum.*

With an onion tied to my belt, which was the style at the time.

https://tinyurl.com/yxjxjwpx

Posted by: Grandpa Simpson at February 21, 2025 04:56 AM (dg+HA)

38 Total existence failure is my prerogative.

Posted by: eleven at February 21, 2025 05:03 AM (0HaGk)

39 It's Friday, it's Friday! Happy, happy Friday!

*twirl*

Good morning all.

Posted by: Rosasharn at February 21, 2025 05:04 AM (PzBTm)

40 Wife came in carrying a flat box labeled "2 dozen" yesterday stating it was a small token of thanks for my changing a flat on the road for one of our parishioners, he was capable of it, but some thoughtful prick tightened the lugnuts down to "kill". Hated that when I was working, hate it worse now. I carry a socket and cheater bar in case of a frozen leg nut for myself, luckily it fit his lug nuts.

Anyway, I opened the box and there are 2 dozen fresh baked in various configurations, including a pair of French crullers that made it as far as my hand.

Turns out his wife does baking for a small specialty shop in town. It's a wonder this guy isn't 100# overweight.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at February 21, 2025 05:06 AM (hKoQL)

41 @37/Grandpa Simpson:

Yeah well I can still whistle an originate-tone to match a modem's answer-tone and hold a 300 bps connection's carrier steady without any deviation causing spurious characters to be generated on the connection.

A useless skill to be sure, but I've still got it! Harumph.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 21, 2025 05:07 AM (O7YUW)

42 "Plastic straws, high flow toilets and incandescent light bulbs could make comebacks as President Donald Trump works to end certain environmental standards."

From USA yesterday:
https://tinyurl.com/3zjc2hfm

Which of course leads to this:

https://youtu.be/AUt6BWeL1GE

Posted by: Grandpa Simpson at February 21, 2025 05:09 AM (dg+HA)

43 Quotes of encouragement from Charles Stanley, a Baptist pastor who wrote quite a few books and preached very helpful sermons on the Christian life:

https://tinyurl.com/3ezxanhm

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 21, 2025 05:15 AM (42Vb+)

44
"I carry a socket and cheater bar in case of a frozen leg nut for myself, luckily it fit his lug nuts."

Ahem.
"... luckily it fit his VEHICLE'S lug nuts."

Posted by: Because phrasing matters at February 21, 2025 05:16 AM (dg+HA)

45 40 Wife came in carrying a flat box labeled "2 dozen" yesterday stating it was a small token of thanks for my changing a flat on the road for one of our parishioners, he was capable of it, but some thoughtful prick tightened the lugnuts down to "kill". Hated that when I was working, hate it worse now. I carry a socket and cheater bar in case of a frozen leg nut for myself, luckily it fit his lug nuts.

Anyway, I opened the box and there are 2 dozen fresh baked in various configurations, including a pair of French crullers that made it as far as my hand.

Turns out his wife does baking for a small specialty shop in town. It's a wonder this guy isn't 100# overweight.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at February 21, 2025 05:06 AM (hKoQL)

Nice!

Posted by: m at February 21, 2025 05:16 AM (v0TzN)

46 "...incandescent light bulbs could make comebacks..."

I can only dream...

Posted by: Rosasharn at February 21, 2025 05:17 AM (PzBTm)

47 Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at February 21, 2025 05:06 AM (hKoQL)

That was nice of you and nice of them! 😊

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 21, 2025 05:17 AM (2ivfV)

48 BOING!

Andreas Morgensen is commander of the International Space Station:

https://tinyurl.com/7236k79x

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 21, 2025 05:24 AM (vOvpU)

49 @44/Because phrasing matters: { Ahem.
"... luckily it fit his VEHICLE'S lug nuts." }

The sound if it had been the other type:

https://youtu.be/bJGFfd6P-pk?t=53

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 21, 2025 05:27 AM (O7YUW)

50 CU CIA!

https://tinyurl.com/2p9m23dp

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 21, 2025 05:29 AM (vOvpU)

51 Quotes of encouragement from Charles Stanley, a Baptist pastor who wrote quite a few books and preached very helpful sermons on the Christian life:

https://tinyurl.com/3ezxanhm

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 21, 2025

***
We used to play his In Touch program at the Christian radio station where I worked from '88 to '97.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 21, 2025 05:30 AM (omVj0)

52 The sound if it had been the other type:

https://youtu.be/bJGFfd6P-pk?t=53
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 21, 2025 05:27 AM

Heh. An engineer friend of mine frequently makes reference to what he likes to call "cartoonian physics."

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 21, 2025 05:31 AM (dg+HA)

53 From the weather forecast, looks like I'll need to work out and hit the grocery as well tomorrow. Sunday is forecast to be rainy and chill all day. Time to go out for breakfast Sun. morning, I think!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 21, 2025 05:34 AM (omVj0)

54 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 21, 2025 05:30 AM (omVj0)

Yes; That was a very popular program.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 21, 2025 05:38 AM (i9IkU)

55 G'Day everyone
Should be back on day shift next week

Posted by: Skip at February 21, 2025 05:38 AM (fwDg9)

56 Kindly firefighter in MA:

Sunny Skyz story;

https://tinyurl.com/3m8xn2uy

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 21, 2025 05:41 AM (i9IkU)

57 Big black Stirling is on my lap

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 21, 2025 05:42 AM (omVj0)

58 Posted by: Skip at February 21, 2025 05:38 AM (fwDg9

I'm glad, Skip. Changing shifts sounds very tiring.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 21, 2025 05:42 AM (i9IkU)

59 Good morning Pixy, good morning all.

I'm not normally up at this time and don't know if I'll be able to fall back asleep.

But I've been wanting to ask about home security cameras. I was thinking of putting some wi-fi outdoor cameras to keep an eye on a couple of doors.

I've heard about wi-fi jammers, but my main concern is that whoever's cameras I use will have full access to them.

Is there a way to set up a home network that's private but still allow me to use all of the wi-fi advantages, like notifications and remote viewing on a smartphone?

I could go old school with a CCTV system that is wired and saves the files on a drive, but would rather not.

Also, keep in mind I'm pretty tech-deficient, so a complicated network would be a challenge for me.

Easy peasy, right?

Posted by: haffhowershower at February 21, 2025 05:43 AM (NMT5x)

60 Trans on trans and not his/its first time:

https://tinyurl.com/24r9dfhk

Then see:

https://tinyurl.com/wcsmajx7

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 21, 2025 05:43 AM (vOvpU)

61 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at February 21, 2025 05:44 AM (AN2gy)

62 >>> Big black Stirling is on my lap

Life is better (on the whole) with a kitteh

Daffy on my lap

Posted by: fluffy at February 21, 2025 05:46 AM (AN2gy)

63 Fen, that pic of Karen Bass makes her look like a loon on meth.

LOL.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

I think she’s autistic. Her mannerisms are out of sync with ordinary things. There’s something wrong with her brain. Yet, she convinced lots of people to vote for her.

Posted by: 13times at February 21, 2025 05:46 AM (U4N2w)

64
Back after having read some email and sending this in response to a fund raising appeal --

I do wish to voice my displeasure with { charity's nsme } lowering itself to adopt the all too ubiquitous "Days of Giving" sales pitch lede for soliciting support.

The "Days of Giving" moniker, ever since its introduction during the Obama Administration, has become a universal catch-all appellation for fund raising appeals, and as such, it exudes both venality and insincerity.

Perhaps "Days of Giving" appeals satisfy those for whom giving freely to charitable causes is not their routine practice because they view paying taxes as the route to being charitable and they thereby cede to a government the decision as to which causes are worthy of support. I imagine that such people are also keen to allow commercial firms to "round up" their purchases' total to the nearest whole dollar amount and pool that pittance with others into a substantial donation to an anonymous charity of someone else's choosing. (1/2)

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 21, 2025 05:47 AM (xG4kz)

65 Woman is reunited with a person she saved from drowning in a pool 64 years earlier:

https://tinyurl.com/4phx6jw9

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 21, 2025 05:49 AM (i9IkU)

66 Posted by: 13times at February 21, 2025 05:46 AM (U4N2w

I haven't actually heard or watched her speak, but I've been told that she has odd mannerisms.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 21, 2025 05:51 AM (i9IkU)

67 Even when i was a Bible bashing, Jesus hating kid freshly minted from the state mandated idiot factory, there was something about that Charles Stanley guy i liked. He seemed like what a televangelist ought to be. Not a gurning huckster with greasy hair and 0xFFFFFF chicklet teeth talking about nothing but money, just a dude honestly preaching what he believed about how the world is made, and saying "sure, give me a couple bucks if you want, buy some of our stuff maybe, or not, whatever".

And he preached with his eyes wide open. Nothing says fraud to me more than someone who thinks squinting really hard makes them look more sincere. I've seen philosophy professors pull that trick, too, while rhapsodizing about po-mo claptrap or the labor theory of value. The harder the squint, the bigger the lie.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 21, 2025 05:52 AM (jKo6M)

68 But I've been wanting to ask about home security cameras. I was thinking of putting some wi-fi outdoor cameras to keep an eye on a couple of doors.

Far more punch than you need for monitoring doors, but I have had great success with a 4K PTZ Camera from HXVIEW. Has 30X optical zoom, 2-way audio WiFi or wired, has auto tracking of people/vehicles and operates at 2.4 and 5GHz.

Comes with an app, has on-camera storage and has been very good at alerting me when it sees vehicles a/o humans while ignoring critters.

I can sit at my desk and monitor a live-feed, have it tied to alerts so I can be notified when things fall into its field of view and the data are accessed remotely if necessary.

Mine is hard-wired since I had to run power to the camera anyway. There are other cameras and devices but the details.... OPSEC.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 21, 2025 05:52 AM (a4flb)

69
(2/2)

For the other half of the country who choose to take a more personal role in how they practice charity, a "Days of Giving" tag conveys a sense of being manipulative. It sends a clear and distinct wave off signal to not take part in any campaign so identified.

Do a better job of reading your room, please.

Correct me if I am wrong, but did not Barky institute the "Day of Giving" appeal to redirect attention away from the reality of the 9/11 attacks into something more to the liking of his statist hack self?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 21, 2025 05:52 AM (xG4kz)

70 Posted by: haffhowershower at February 21, 2025 05:43 AM (NMT5x)

Look into a (Network Video Recorder or NVR) system. You can disable the WiFi if your concerned about that and it will just record video continuously on the HD card. I think the loop is 12 hours. The cost will be a function of camera resolution. Most systems are plug and play and the only real challenge is running the cable from the box to the camera.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 21, 2025 05:54 AM (3Ope8)

71 I found out yesterday that a very nice, funny and smart conservative man who donated the campaign of my running mate and me died in car accident. He was also a drummer in a rock band as a hobby and as a realtor came and gave an evaluation of our church land without charging. His name was Charlie. I am so sorry for his family and the friends who knew him far better than I did.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 21, 2025 05:55 AM (2ivfV)

72 I think the loop is 12 hours.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 21, 2025 05:54 AM (3Ope

-

Isn't loop time much longer with today's terabyte hard drives?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 21, 2025 05:56 AM (vOvpU)

73 >>> Correct me if I am wrong, but did not Barky institute the "Day of Giving" appeal to redirect attention away from the reality of the 9/11 attacks into something more to the liking of his statist hack self?

IIRC he wanted 9/11 to be a 'day of service'. It annoyed me more than a little.

Posted by: fluffy at February 21, 2025 05:57 AM (AN2gy)

74
...including a pair of French crullers that made it as far as my hand.

LOL

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 21, 2025 05:58 AM (xG4kz)

75 I get very short of sleep in working nights

Posted by: Skip at February 21, 2025 05:58 AM (fwDg9)

76 Posted by: Warai-otoko

Thanks. That was a very lively testimony. To him. You have a great way with words!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 21, 2025 06:00 AM (g6+4l)

77
A truism penned elsewhere that I keep in mind when I see stories like the one linked to in the "CU CIA" post is,

When you see "DEI", think "Soviet era commissars"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 21, 2025 06:02 AM (xG4kz)

78 Posted by: Skip at February 21, 2025 05:58 AM (fwDg9

Yes; I think that would be very hard on your sleep cycle and hard to drive back home when being tired.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 21, 2025 06:02 AM (g6+4l)

79 Are you ready for the Epstein and Diddy docs? Almost there!

https://tinyurl.com/2yx45va6

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 21, 2025 06:03 AM (vOvpU)

80 Now is the perfect time for huge disruptive document dumps. All the major appointments have been confirmed, right?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 21, 2025 06:05 AM (jKo6M)

81
They've now revised the impact probability of asteroid 2024 YR4 down below 1% to 0.28%, or 1 in 360.

This is due to improved observations lowering the error bars on the orbital elements.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 21, 2025 06:06 AM (w6EFb)

82
IIRC he wanted 9/11 to be a 'day of service'. It annoyed me more than a little.
Posted by: fluffy

I think you are right. Not long afterward, then, the "Day of Giving" moniker and campaign was applied to the Tuesday after Thanksgiving as an imposed penance for folks having splurged from Black Friday through Cyber Monday. Leftist scolds just have to get their digs in, don't they?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 21, 2025 06:08 AM (xG4kz)

83 I'd love to see them pull some kind of CK style "Fabricate Claim" op where we suddenly "discover" that the US has owned Greenland all along and no one realized it.

So, you know, technically you owe us a shitton of back rent, Denmark. But you're cool, we can let it slide. Now get the hell off my island.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 21, 2025 06:08 AM (jKo6M)

84 Are you ready for the Epstein and Diddy docs?

OK...I'm going to be that guy:

They need to stop making a big production out of this topic. Just release the names and be done. Don't give anyone a chance to try and stop the release in the courts and don't give someone a chance to flee the country.

Just do it. Because this has been teased out long enough.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 21, 2025 06:09 AM (RjOoY)

85 When you see "DEI", think "Soviet era commissars"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 21, 2025 06:02 AM (xG4kz)
-

Not the same. Commissars were about favors and creating useless jobs.

DEI is about destroying capitalist society in both the public and private sectors so that afterward the chairman and the politburo can give out favors and create useless jobs.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 21, 2025 06:10 AM (vOvpU)

86 Time to make the sandwich, I hope you all have a day of blessing and know that you are a blessings to others, including those at ASHQ.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 21, 2025 06:10 AM (sitE6)

87 Chris Matthews urges another assassination attempt on Trump in his latest unhinged rant. For people who complain about "dog whistles" on the right, they seem to use them a lot.

https://tinyurl.com/mrm5vrth

Posted by: Ciampino - something ran down his leg at February 21, 2025 06:11 AM (KjLnc)

88 Leftist scolds just have to get their digs in, don't they?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 21, 2025 06:08 AM (xG4kz)

Spend 1 week treating yourself to nice things, and 51 weeks buried under their bullshit and red tape and outright theft, scrimping and saving and going without, just trying to keep the ends within earshot of meeting and your sanity close enough to the surface to catch a gulp of air on occasion....

And for them that 1 week is the problem.

Slime.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 21, 2025 06:11 AM (jKo6M)

89
Make white guys great again.

Posted by: Because DEI is racist against them at February 21, 2025 06:12 AM (dg+HA)

90 publius,

Let's hope they're better at prediciting this asteroid's path than they are at predicting the weather.

Posted by: RickZ at February 21, 2025 06:12 AM (gKDq2)

91 Time to make the sandwich

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 21, 2025 06:10 AM (sitE6)
-

"The" sandwich?

Guys, place your orders.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 21, 2025 06:12 AM (vOvpU)

92
Is Disney Corporation an advocate for slavery?

How do they justify the distinction they draw between Goofy and Pluto? Are not both dogs? Is not one subservient to the other?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 21, 2025 06:13 AM (xG4kz)

93 Make mine a Reuben.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 21, 2025 06:14 AM (dg+HA)

94 Radical leftists on Reddit are planning to bring firearms to protest in DC while claiming "It's time. It's a class war. Deny. Defend. Depose."

https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/
1892620571445199335

Posted by: Ciampino - should be fun at February 21, 2025 06:14 AM (KjLnc)

95
When you make a post on Bluesky, your post is indexed by our systems and persisted to a database where we can fetch it to hydrate and serve in API responses.

Hmmm, "hydrate".

So posting in Bluesky is not unlike taking a piss?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 21, 2025 06:16 AM (xG4kz)

96
37 right now at Schloss Hadrian. So the apocalyptic freeze one of the news channels was pushing has not come to pass.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 21, 2025 06:17 AM (dxSpM)

97 G'morning, all.

Slept in.

24 degrees out with a wind chill of 17.

Will walk later today.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 21, 2025 06:17 AM (a1415)

98 "...persisted to a database..."

Geez.

Posted by: Your high school English teacher at February 21, 2025 06:18 AM (dg+HA)

99 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at February 21, 2025 06:18 AM (6K6Eu)

100 Bluesky is built with livewire?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 21, 2025 06:19 AM (jKo6M)

101 Time to zip off to the electron mines, all. Be well.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 21, 2025 06:19 AM (omVj0)

102
And for them that 1 week is the problem.

Slime.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 21, 2025 06:11 AM (jKo6M)

_________

If you're not compelling or forbidding, what fun is there being a leftist?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 21, 2025 06:20 AM (dxSpM)

103 "It's time. It's a class war. Deny. Defend. Depose."

They're going to be Sad Pandas when people start shooting back.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 21, 2025 06:23 AM (RjOoY)

104 If you're not compelling or forbidding, what fun is there being a leftist?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 21, 2025 06:20 AM (dxSpM)

"How can you be happy if there's someone less Privileged than you who's unhappy?"

"... well how could they be happy if I'm not happy?"

"Because f*ck you, that's why."

Ahhh, rational discourse.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 21, 2025 06:24 AM (jKo6M)

105 Good morning morons

Is Khan Younis burning?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 21, 2025 06:25 AM (RIvkX)

106 Whose wet nose is in my face? What time is it?

Our Lily, six-year-old Pembroke Welsh corgi, has an internal alarm clock for her 6 a.m. outside ramble, poop and tinkle, then back inside at high speed, for breakfast. Vitamin pill and 1/4 cup of kibble.

Every single morning.

It was cool enough in the SW FL predawn dark that I wore a fleece robe.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at February 21, 2025 06:26 AM (KiBMU)

107 Make mine a Reuben.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 21, 2025 06:14 AM (dg+HA)
===

With pastrami not corned beef.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 21, 2025 06:27 AM (RIvkX)

108 This comes at a perfect time, when Democrats are enjoying historically low approval numbers.

And remember. while all eyes tend to focus on Governor Hair-gel, Wes Moore sees himself as Obama 2.0, with a goal of being in the White House.

https://tinyurl.com/3akw295a

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 21, 2025 06:28 AM (a1415)

109 I shouldn't be up yet but need coffee

Posted by: Skip at February 21, 2025 06:28 AM (fwDg9)

110 The whole point of "class warfare" is that it isn't actually warfare, it's just a slow, insidious rot that eats away the underpinnings of society until it collapses, leaving a busted colonnade flanked with rubble for the fat, lazy dandies to waddle down and effortlessly fill the vacuum.

Someone didn't pay attention in college.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 21, 2025 06:28 AM (jKo6M)

111
Now is the perfect time for huge disruptive document dumps. All the major appointments have been confirmed, right?
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Pound them, Mister President! Pound them!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 21, 2025 06:28 AM (xG4kz)

112 Season three of Reacher is out.

Watched two episodes last night.

Not bad....not great.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 21, 2025 06:29 AM (a1415)

113 So how does a class war work, exactly?
Are there officers and enlisted?
What are the uniforms?
Are females put in combat?
Does the Geneva Convention apply?
Will we be issued firearms or is it a BYOG affair?

Posted by: So many questions at February 21, 2025 06:30 AM (dg+HA)

114 Disclaimer: 1 USD to 1.57 AUD. It was worse last week.
Posted by: Pixy Misa

Meanwhile, a couple of Americans who normally drive around small USA towns that are quickly becoming ghost towns decided to go to Australia starting with Perth. I'm not sure what the Australians are doing wrong but the city is clean and it isn't full of homeless people, gangs, and the illegal aliens that are rumored to be eating your pets. They also note the exchange rate more than a few times. Gleefully. Now I really want to go to Perth.

Since Pixy's Musical Interlude featuring the Hoodoo Gurus I've been rooting around in their catalog for the last couple days. Their first album from 1980 is a gem. Since that album, they've recorded many others with the most recent being 2022. Australia kicks out some pretty great bands even if they don't get widely known.

Joe and Nic in Perth
https://youtu.be/9UZwphXInJo

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at February 21, 2025 06:32 AM (Q8Bj8)

115 The harder the squint, the bigger the lie.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 21, 2025 05:52 AM (jKo6M)

But I opened with a joke!

Posted by: Pastor Joel Osteen at February 21, 2025 06:32 AM (PiwSw)

116
Radical leftists on Reddit are planning to bring firearms to protest in DC while claiming "It's time. It's a class war. Deny. Defend. Depose."

https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/
1892620571445199335
Posted by: Ciampino - should be fun

You do just that, kiddos. You bring your firearms with you into DC. And open carry, to boot!

Time to break out the popcorn machine!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 21, 2025 06:34 AM (xG4kz)

117 Now I really want to go to Perth.
-----------
Drachinifel has visited some of their cool naval museums.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at February 21, 2025 06:34 AM (6K6Eu)

118 And I'm a trophy wife!

Posted by: Mrs. Osteen at February 21, 2025 06:34 AM (dg+HA)

119 mornin yall. I see Canada won their hockey match. Good for them. Lord knows they need something to be proud of.

Posted by: fd at February 21, 2025 06:38 AM (vFG9F)

120 I got a bunch of Aussie currency for our trip last year and never saw anyone else use cash there but me.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 21, 2025 06:39 AM (RIvkX)

121 Seems that Hamas really screwed the pooch with parts of the Arab world.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 21, 2025 06:39 AM (a1415)

122 Morning peeps. It's a balmy 2 degrees here this morning however the sun should be out later on... maybe even break 30 degrees today.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 21, 2025 06:40 AM (Q4IgG)

123 Tanker collides with dry cargo ship in Black Sea, both ships are stuck and cannot be separated

The vessels are reportedly not seriously damaged and rescue teams have already been dispatched to the site

https://tinyurl.com/3ampvwed

Posted by: Ciampino - a dry cargo ? at February 21, 2025 06:40 AM (KjLnc)

124 Seems that Hamas really screwed the pooch with parts of the Arab world.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 21, 2025 06:39 AM (a1415)

Hooo, nelly. Not that i trust or believe a word out of the Sunni orbit, but the very fact that they're sticking their necks out one after the other to rather bluntly condemn these animals is heartening.

Just the fact that they're willing to say the words, and recognize the need to, taqiyya or no, is positive.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 21, 2025 06:41 AM (jKo6M)

125 >>> Since Pixy's Musical Interlude featuring the Hoodoo Gurus I've been rooting around in their catalog for the last couple days. Their first album from 1980 is a gem. Since that album, they've recorded many others with the most recent being 2022. Australia kicks out some pretty great bands even if they don't get widely known.

Flash and the Pan (George Young, older brother of AC/DC guys) got a lot of airplay in Boston back in '78 ** sigh ** but I was surprised that they never reach 'hit' territory on the charts.

Posted by: fluffy at February 21, 2025 06:41 AM (AN2gy)

126
mornin yall. I see Canada won their hockey match. Good for them. Lord knows they need something to be proud of.
Posted by: fd

Wearing touques, eating poutine and patronizing Tim Horton's don't have the pizzazz they once had, huh?

Do today's Canookistanians even know who Tim Horton was?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 21, 2025 06:42 AM (xG4kz)

127 112 Season three of Reacher is out.

Watched two episodes last night.

Not bad....not great.

I got annoyed with Reacher on Season Two because the characters were doing things so mind numbingly stupid, they should have been arrested for it.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 21, 2025 06:43 AM (RjOoY)

128 Matt Schlapp lied his ass off about reversing his decision to ban J6ers and letting J6ers back into CPAC.

https://x.com/VoteHarrisOut/
status/1892673688408924167

Posted by: Ciampino - Schlap his ass at February 21, 2025 06:43 AM (KjLnc)

129 It isn't mealy mouthed half statements either, these guys are laying it down. "Disgrace to Islam", etc etc.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 21, 2025 06:43 AM (jKo6M)

130 121 Seems that Hamas really screwed the pooch with parts of the Arab world.

What happened? And how long will the annoyance last?

Posted by: NR Pax at February 21, 2025 06:44 AM (RjOoY)

131
The Palis in Gaza are the Arab world's rabid dogs. And Gaza was their rabid dog pound.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 21, 2025 06:45 AM (xG4kz)

132 Now is the perfect time for huge disruptive document dumps. All the major appointments have been confirmed, right?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 21, 2025 06:05 AM (jKo6M)

Still need Labor, Education, Trade Representative, and UN Ambassador but none of those are related to the docs.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 21, 2025 06:46 AM (ExV1e)

133 Seeing on weather predictions starting tomorrow and next week to get to 50s , I am tired of cold so will be glad to see it

Posted by: Skip at February 21, 2025 06:47 AM (fwDg9)

134 Susan Collins said she didnt vote for Patel because he thought the J6 prosecutions were politically motivated ....

So Collins, what you going to do when some people get convicted of doing just that?

Posted by: Ciampino - Schlap her ass at February 21, 2025 06:47 AM (KjLnc)

135 The Palis in Gaza are the Arab world's rabid dogs. And Gaza was their rabid dog pound.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 21, 2025 06:45 AM (xG4kz)

They're just sore because the Persians stole them out from under their noses.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 21, 2025 06:48 AM (jKo6M)

136
Were it done correctly, the UN Ambassador would have but one task and that would be to tell the UN and its HQ staff, "You have one year to vacate these premises and relocate to another country."

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 21, 2025 06:49 AM (xG4kz)

137 Nigel Farage finally admits Donald Trump was wrong to call president Zelensky a dictator

https://mol.im/a/14417651

Wait, he canceled elections and banned opposition plus he plays pianos with his dick ...... dick-tator.

Posted by: Ciampino - Schlapp his dick at February 21, 2025 06:50 AM (KjLnc)

138 Kate Bush was beautiful in her prime. But……odd.

Posted by: Eromero at February 21, 2025 06:50 AM (jgmnb)

139 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 21, 2025 06:50 AM (u82oZ)

140 Someone didn't pay attention in college.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 21, 2025 06:28 AM (jKo6M)

I got an 'A' in "Things that rhyme with hey, hey, ho, ho". -- Shaneequa Starshine X

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 21, 2025 06:51 AM (ExV1e)

141 https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/
1892620571445199335

Did you know...

You can replace the username in an x link with the letter i and it will go to the same place?

https://x.com/i/status/1892620571445199335

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 21, 2025 06:53 AM (ExV1e)

142 129 It isn't mealy mouthed half statements either, these guys are laying it down. "Disgrace to Islam", etc etc.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 21, 2025 06:43 AM (jKo6M)
----
Which is a joke since it says to kill Jews in their koran in so many words.

Posted by: Ciampino - Publically ask about that Jew hiding behind a stone at February 21, 2025 06:54 AM (KjLnc)

143 Insty has a link to an article about the mother's body that was returned was not even the body of the actual mother, but an unknown dead person.

That, and as Ben Had mentioned yesterday, the revelry and other crap that the Gazans pulled really pissed off the right folks.

Trump was quoted as to having said to simply level Gaza after seeing the celebratory videos.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 21, 2025 06:54 AM (a1415)

144 Salty!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 21, 2025 06:54 AM (a1415)

145 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

Are there no malls to walk inside nearby? We would welcome your temps with jubilee.

And this weekend, returning to normal late Feb / early March temps is predicted to occur.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 21, 2025 06:55 AM (u82oZ)

146 Down to 21 degrees out.

Might as well be living near Salty, with that kind of temperatures outside.

Just a few degrees lower, and even electrons begin to slow down.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 21, 2025 06:55 AM (a1415)

147 Which is a joke since it says to kill Jews in their koran in so many words.
Posted by: Ciampino - Publically ask about that Jew hiding behind a stone at February 21, 2025 06:54 AM (KjLnc)

At your throat or at your feet, as they say.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 21, 2025 06:56 AM (jKo6M)

148
I got an 'A' in "Things that rhyme with hey, hey, ho, ho". -- Shaneequa Starshine X
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

It hasn't escaped our notice that you have not disclosed your grade in "Creating Papier-Mâché Heads"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 21, 2025 06:56 AM (xG4kz)

149 Village Idiot's Apprentice

We only have a few MOABs in the inventory, but we gave Israel plenty of 2,000 pound bombs. For Gaza urban renewal.

I am for it.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 21, 2025 06:57 AM (u82oZ)

150 "Are there no malls to walk inside nearby?"

The entire goal is to be able to enjoy the gathering of early morning Morons here, then simply step outside, and with minimal impact on the day, be able to walk for 4 miles. Be done by 0715, and resume normal life for the day.

Not joining the Sliver Sneakers Club...yet.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 21, 2025 06:58 AM (a1415)

151 Trump was quoted as to having said to simply level Gaza after seeing the celebratory videos.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 21, 2025 06:54 AM (a1415)
Give Israel whatever they need, but keep our people out of the boots on ground stuff. The Israelis know what they’re doing.

Posted by: Eromero at February 21, 2025 06:59 AM (jgmnb)

152

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at February 21, 2025 06:59 AM (c0tJM)

153 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Hope your anniversary yesterday continued to be a joyous occasion. No details please. This is a smart military family blog.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 21, 2025 06:59 AM (u82oZ)

154 Sliver=Silver...
But, you knew that

Friggin Auto-cucumber.

It mocks me!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 21, 2025 07:00 AM (a1415)

155 Hillary Clinton

Ah, Hillary. What to do? What to do?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 21, 2025 07:00 AM (u82oZ)

156 "Radical leftists on Reddit are planning to bring firearms to protest in DC while claiming "It's time. It's a class war. Deny. Defend. Depose."

https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/
1892620571445199335
Posted by: Ciampino - should be fun

You do just that, kiddos. You bring your firearms with you into DC. And open carry, to boot!"

Be sure to drive through Maryland on your way there.

Posted by: pawn at February 21, 2025 07:01 AM (QB+5g)

157 I'm good with leveling Gaza.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 21, 2025 07:01 AM (lCQB8)

158 155 Hillary Clinton

Ah, Hillary. What to do? What to do?

+++

It's Friday.
I recommend Chablis.

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at February 21, 2025 07:02 AM (dg+HA)

159 Happy Friday

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 21, 2025 07:02 AM (gbOdA)

160 157 I'm good with leveling Gaza.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 21, 2025 07:01 AM (lCQB8

Well, not perfectly level. We'll want a little bit of a grade to make it easier to hose off.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 21, 2025 07:03 AM (jKo6M)

161 156
Be sure to drive through Maryland on your way there.

Posted by: pawn at February 21, 2025 07:01 AM (QB+5g)
----
Some may even go through NJ or IL ......

Posted by: Ciampino - Publicly ask about that Jew hiding behind a stone at February 21, 2025 07:04 AM (KjLnc)

162 Salty,

A quiet evening, Mrs VIA continuing to knit a baby blanket for a friends impending grandchild's arrival.

A massive sale at Jos. A. Banks for me led to several pair of proper dress trousers, shirts and THREE sport jackets, two being in cashmere.

Never have I owned as many nice clothes at once.

But with Mrs VIA on her weight loss and fitness path, I need to try to look good being with her.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 21, 2025 07:04 AM (a1415)

163 138 Kate Bush was beautiful in her prime. But……odd.
Posted by: Eromero at February 21, 2025 06:50 AM (jgmnb)

I think I have a copy of Peter Reich's A Book of Dreams around here somewhere. Never read it.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 21, 2025 07:04 AM (PiwSw)

164 Jensen Huang is taking every Nvidia chip that TSMC can send out right now and turning it into AI gold.

Blackwell top of the line GeForce RTX 5090 -
$2000.00 (MSRP)

Blackwell top of the line AI Accelerator B200 -
$30,000 - $40,000.00
(“The more you buy, the more you save!” - Jensen)

Yeah, you’ll see RTX high-end at MSRP… never.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 21, 2025 07:06 AM (6ydKt)

165 I'm just here for the twirling.

VIA and Mrs. Happy Anniversary

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 21, 2025 07:06 AM (RIvkX)

166 "Be sure to drive through Maryland on your way there."

Be sure to have your Molon labe bumper sticker, and wave to the LPR's mounted at every toll plaza and choke point in Maryland.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 21, 2025 07:06 AM (a1415)

167 Just Ctl-F'ed "twirl" . We're good.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 21, 2025 07:07 AM (PiwSw)

168 Village Idiot's Apprentice

You both are a picturesque and fit couple. Now with stunning upscale clothes.

Do the sport jackets have patches on the elbows like an English teacher seeking undergrad fems looking for a better grade?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 21, 2025 07:08 AM (u82oZ)

169 I'm retired, yet going to work today.

All my buddies work, and yet are in Aruba, Naples, Bahamas etc texting me photos.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 21, 2025 07:09 AM (RIvkX)

170 "Do the sport jackets have patches on the elbows like an English teacher seeking undergrad fems looking for a better grade?"

No, they were all out of them.

So I got some nice dress socks.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 21, 2025 07:09 AM (a1415)

171
Missed some threads yesterday because I had professional work to do. Lotsa blubbering from the artistic types about Kennedy Center being "taken over" by Trump. Lotsa wailing about the arts being burdened with politics.

That train left the station a long time ago. For time immemorial artistes have been informing us bourgeois meat lumps that artists have a special obligation to speak out and to work for social change. Of course, it's never anything like the preservation of the family or not slinging your pussy at every random cock.

And it's not like they haven't already burned their bridges with half and more of the population. When Pence went to see Hamilton he was lectured to by the cast, because assholes can't help but be assholes.

You lost, folks. Now you're going to pay the price.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 21, 2025 07:09 AM (dxSpM)

172 {{{Rosasharn}}}

Huzzah! And she is twirling!

*Does Happy Dance to Peter White's Reveillez-vous. *

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 21, 2025 07:10 AM (u82oZ)

173 Anybody here ever do a Quit Claim deed?

Posted by: fd at February 21, 2025 07:11 AM (vFG9F)

174 I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper

Thank you for pointing the way to a wholesome AoSHQ tradition. I can face Friday with more confidence due to Rosasharn's cheerleading.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 21, 2025 07:12 AM (u82oZ)

175 You lost, folks. Now you're going to pay the price.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 21, 2025 07:09 AM (dxSpM)
====

I've been trolling my lib idiot friends all month but now they never take the bait.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 21, 2025 07:12 AM (RIvkX)

176
The People's Republic of Maryland: if you can dream it, we can tax it.

Posted by: Governor Wes Moore at February 21, 2025 07:13 AM (dg+HA)

177 When its assholes lecturing assholes such as Pence at Hamilton ? Don't care.

Posted by: Who Cares at February 21, 2025 07:13 AM (Nc+h0)

178 When Pence went to see Hamilton he was lectured to by the cast, because assholes can't help but be assholes.

My remarks about that caused me to cut ties with a couple of family members. Apparently, saying things like "Shut up and entertain me you dancing monkeys!" does not sit well with liberal types.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 21, 2025 07:14 AM (RjOoY)

179 San Franpsycho

Keep the pressure on. Artists. What do they know of being great leaders? With the exception of Charlton Heston.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 21, 2025 07:15 AM (u82oZ)

180 if there is "an app" for a wi-fi camera, I assume it to be spyware, streaming my images back to Mother China.
years ago I bought a few Wyze wi-fi cams and rooted them using open-source 3rd party firmware ... I'll remember the name sometime soon, I'm sure ... but I was interested in getting live video from them so I could see around the property, and that was only through the app. now it's a stream available at 192.168.x.x
recordings are nice sometimes, after the fact, I suppose ...
years ago, like I said; probably it's all different now, but a search string like "root wifi camera" (or variations) will probably come up with it ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 21, 2025 07:16 AM (KaBJL)

181 176
The People's Republic of Maryland: if you can dream it, we can tax it.
Posted by: Governor Wes Moore

MD resident. Can confirm. Dislike living here but stuck for now.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 21, 2025 07:16 AM (RjOoY)

182 Have a wonderful day, everyone.

May you all be blessed with bliss.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 21, 2025 07:16 AM (u82oZ)

183
Apparently, saying things like "Shut up and entertain me you dancing monkeys!" does not sit well with liberal types.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 21, 2025 07:14 AM (RjOoY)

Actors and actresses were once thought of as one step up from thieves and whores. Musicians were sent off to eat with the servants. These seem like worthwhile practices to return to.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 21, 2025 07:17 AM (dxSpM)

184 I'm more pissed at Pence for daring to think he can claim the mantle of my personal whipping boy.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 21, 2025 07:17 AM (jKo6M)

185 Hollywood and the entertainment industry exist to inform, educate and enlighten the masses about all things homo, so pay attention. You! You in the back! Yes you! Wake up and pay attention.

Posted by: Big Homo, democrats and Sheryl Crow at February 21, 2025 07:18 AM (NAF5O)

186 It would be 'instructive' to see an armed mob descend on the capitol city with the intent to "declare class war and Deny. Defend. Depose."

Seriously.

I'd like to see how the city, local government, law enforcement and federal officials react... this time.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 21, 2025 07:18 AM (Q4IgG)

187 >>> Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff

Stolen.

Recommending to be added to the style guide.

Posted by: fluffy at February 21, 2025 07:18 AM (AN2gy)

188 Good morning from frosty NE IN. Going to warm up to a toasty 29 today.

Kid went back to bed, guess he's just not feeling the day yet, giving me a chance to say hi here. Usually by the time I get here you've all moved to MR.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at February 21, 2025 07:21 AM (Eo96p)

189 Salty's part of the world is -5, with a high of 25 today. It's 0 where I am. We are looking forward to warmer weather.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 21, 2025 07:21 AM (o5+a9)

190
Radical leftists on Reddit are planning to bring firearms to protest in DC while claiming "It's time. It's a class war. Deny. Defend. Depose."

37 killed in Washington riot, all by self-inflicted injuries and accidental discharges of firearms.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 21, 2025 07:22 AM (dxSpM)

191 >>> Keep the pressure on. Artists. What do they know of being great leaders? With the exception of Charlton Heston.

A certain president was an actor.

Posted by: fluffy at February 21, 2025 07:22 AM (AN2gy)

192 These seem like worthwhile practices to return to.

"But...they're speaking Truth to Power! How can you be so meeeeean?"

But yeah; I was called a bigot for what I said and "hating the First Amendment." There is a reason I don't go to the family gatherings any more.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 21, 2025 07:23 AM (RjOoY)

193 the firmware I used was OpenIPC

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 21, 2025 07:23 AM (KaBJL)

194 Sunny high 63 today. I've already started delphinium seeds for transplanting in about 8 weeks.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 21, 2025 07:24 AM (RIvkX)

195 I did a quit claim but I doubt my experience would help you. It involves lawyers, whatever you do.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 21, 2025 07:24 AM (o5+a9)

196 G'mornin' everyone!

Thanks, Rosasharn!

nine below zero here

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 21, 2025 07:25 AM (KaBJL)

197 50 series cards are still at scalper prices wherever I look. I'll stick with my 4070 which is also selling at twice what I paid for it now.

Posted by: Halfhand at February 21, 2025 07:27 AM (PRYX3)

198 The nutbars practically stormed the White House around the time of St. Floyd iirc. The president was secured in the bunker - and the press called him a coward. The mob tried to burn down an historic church, etc. The gaslighting in the media is really beyond belief.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 21, 2025 07:27 AM (gpdYK)

199 191 >>> Keep the pressure on. Artists. What do they know of being great leaders? With the exception of Charlton Heston.

A certain president was an actor.

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A certain actor killed a president.

Posted by: So there's that at February 21, 2025 07:28 AM (dg+HA)

200 IRONGRAMPA
Anyway, I opened the box and there are 2 dozen fresh baked in various configurations, including a pair of French crullers that made it as far as my hand.

and you didn't save any to share here?

Posted by: TecumsehTea at February 21, 2025 07:28 AM (Eo96p)

201 "I did a quit claim but I doubt my experience would help you. It involves lawyers, whatever you do.
Posted by: Notsothoreau"

14 acres of some property I am trying to buy apparently belongs to no one and is not on any county tax maps. A title search turns up nothing. This property is mostly in a flood plain, but is next to another property with a clear title. We thought it was all one property. After 3 months we are looking for a way to close this deal.

Posted by: fd at February 21, 2025 07:29 AM (vFG9F)

202 190
Radical leftists on Reddit are planning to bring firearms to protest in DC while claiming "It's time. It's a class war. Deny. Defend. Depose."

I thought guns were not allowed in DC.
Huh. Well, I hope they are successful and the FO.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at February 21, 2025 07:30 AM (Eo96p)

203 Turns out going to work after all, thought I had nothing to do today

Posted by: Skip at February 21, 2025 07:31 AM (fwDg9)

204 170
So I got some nice dress socks.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 21, 2025 07:09 AM (a1415)
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Ah, tit enhancers.

Posted by: Ciampino - not padded, honest! at February 21, 2025 07:31 AM (KjLnc)

205 > 14 acres of some property I am trying to buy apparently belongs to no one and is not on any county tax maps. A title search turns up nothing.
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Maybe see who does surveying in that area... or who did. They may have records.

The layout of my septic system isn't in any system other than a hand drawn diagram... filed with the county health department. 25 years ago.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 21, 2025 07:34 AM (Q4IgG)

206 "Radical leftists on Reddit are planning to bring firearms to protest in DC while claiming "It's time. It's a class war. Deny. Defend. Depose." "

LOL

popcorn!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 21, 2025 07:35 AM (KaBJL)

207
Think Weasel is giving the radlefts lessons before they show up in Federal City?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 21, 2025 07:37 AM (dxSpM)

208 Gosh, it sure would be a shame if someone in the Administration followed libsoftiktok and was forewarned about the theoretical reddit tomfoolery. Oh, wait, they do.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 21, 2025 07:37 AM (ExV1e)

209 Radical leftists on Reddit are planning to bring firearms to protest

Most Redditors aren't as photogenic as Luigi so it's not going to end well for them.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 21, 2025 07:37 AM (RjOoY)

210 Surveyor is the way to go. My quit claim was to clear the title on the river property (and the property lines there are a mess). Have you checked for Corp of Engineers' maps of the place? If it's in a flood plain, it should be mapped out.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 21, 2025 07:38 AM (o5+a9)

211 "Maybe see who does surveying in that area... or who did. They may have records."

Nope. A survey was done in the early 90s but that guy is now deceased and the survey was not recorded with the county. I don't know why.

Posted by: fd at February 21, 2025 07:38 AM (vFG9F)

212
JJ is here

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 21, 2025 07:39 AM (gbOdA)

213 " My quit claim was to clear the title on the river property (and the property lines there are a mess). Have you checked for Corp of Engineers' maps of the place? If it's in a flood plain, it should be mapped out.
Posted by: Notsothoreau"

Similar situation here. A survey is needed but still will have to do a quit claim.

Posted by: fd at February 21, 2025 07:39 AM (vFG9F)

214 95 When you make a post on Bluesky, your post is indexed by our systems and persisted to a database where we can fetch it to hydrate and serve in API responses.

Hmmm, "hydrate".
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 21, 2025 06:16 AM (xG4kz)

And "persisted"?

Posted by: m at February 21, 2025 07:44 AM (v0TzN)

215 Penguinsix is an interesting YouTube channel.

Don't know his real name, but he's a DC photojournalist who posts fairly short daily videos about whatever is happening in DC , be it local crime or world politics. He's credentialed so he gets into the White House press briefings. He also throws out little historical tidbits as he drives around. And always chronicles his fast food stops.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 21, 2025 07:45 AM (dg+HA)

216 141 https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/
1892620571445199335

Did you know...

You can replace the username in an x link with the letter i and it will go to the same place?

https://x.com/i/status/1892620571445199335
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 21, 2025 06:53 AM (ExV1e)

If you know (I don't): What does the "i" stand for in this use?

Posted by: m at February 21, 2025 08:00 AM (v0TzN)

217 174 I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper

Thank you for pointing the way to a wholesome AoSHQ tradition.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 21, 2025 07:12 AM (u82oZ)

There are so many!

Posted by: m at February 21, 2025 08:13 AM (v0TzN)

218 The Python references, they burn.

Posted by: docweasel at February 21, 2025 12:21 PM (BE0s7)

219 If you know (I don't): What does the "i" stand for in this use?
Posted by: m at February 21, 2025 08:00 AM

It doesn't mean anything. I expect you can put just about anything there because the actual essential information is the post number.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at February 21, 2025 12:47 PM (2Insx)

220 219 If you know (I don't): What does the "i" stand for in this use?
Posted by: m at February 21, 2025 08:00 AM

It doesn't mean anything. I expect you can put just about anything there because the actual essential information is the post number.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at February 21, 2025 12:47 PM (2Insx)

Oh, cool! Thanks.

Posted by: m at February 21, 2025 01:29 PM (v0TzN)

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