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Daily Tech News 24 February 2025
Top Story
- With AMD's launch party for its new 9000-series video cards just days away, it has held a press briefing and of course benchmark numbers have already leaked. (VideoCardz)
The 9070 XT is 42% faster than the 7900 GRE at 4k resolution, and the 9070 non-XT is 21% faster.
Absolute silence on the price. Earlier leaks put the cards at $750 and $650 respectively, which is about $100 too much. But given that Nvidia cards don't exist at all at the moment, AMD will probably price the cards too high, kill all enthusiasm, and then adjust the price in a month or two when it's already too late.
- Speaking of Nvidia cards that don't exist if you somehow got your hands on an RTX 5080 you had best check the number of ROPs onboard. (VideoCardz)
Yes, all the models that have shipped so far - 5090, the 5090D made for the Chinese market, the 5070 Ti, and now confirmed the 5080 - have been hit with the same hardware flaw. It only affects some cards, but it could apply to any model from any manufacturer.
- My 7800 XT arrived today, so my interest in all this is purely academic.
Tech News
- Richard Dawkins asked ChatGPT if it was conscious. It regurgitated a textbook on the subject and then said no. (Richard Dawkins)
Well, okay then. Stupid question, stupid answer.
- The inverse square law suggests this is bullshit. (Yahoo)
Allegedly a surge in power on a high voltage cable in California created a magnetic field which induced a current in a nearby defunct power cable, which in turn caused sparks which ignited one of the recent fires.
I doubt it. Unless the two cables were an inch apart.
Musical Interlude
Disclaimer: What a coincidence! I also love plastic!
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)I feel like an old Model T that won't crank-start easily this morning, but ... I'm here.
How's your morning going?
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 24, 2025 04:00 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 24, 2025 04:00 AM (ohSsM)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 24, 2025 04:01 AM (omVj0)
Evening and morning to all the Monday evening toilers and early morning risers out there in the vast AoSHQ empire. Yes, I know, it's a Monday . . . but compared to being on the wrong side of the ground, even a bad Monday is pretty small kumquats, nicht wahr?
It's a new era. My local NBC outlet is not pre-empting MeTV's Harry O episode with the spewings of Soledad O'Brien's Matter of Fact "news" show.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 24, 2025 04:05 AM (omVj0)
The NIH makes me sick:
https://tinyurl.com/e837xjc5
Imagine a new TV network with real journalists like this:
https://tinyurl.com/y3a58z8n
(I'm so happy to know that all charges against Dr. Haim were dropped!)
Finally - yeh - Trump:
https://tinyurl.com/5n8xr8f2
l8r.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 24, 2025 04:05 AM (ohSsM)
If I can get through Tuesday, the rest of the week will be a breeze . . . and then I'm off Mon. & Tues. of next week for Mawdi Gras and the day before, so a four-day weekend.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 24, 2025 04:11 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Farmer at February 24, 2025 04:11 AM (55Qr6)
Looking at the preliminary Bundestag seat allocations (doing all that insane MMPR shit I was ranting about on the ONT).
Once you strip out the parties that didn't make the 5% cut, and add up the remaining seat allocations, the CDU and AfD, together would have 57% of the Bundestag.
This could be a right government shore 'nuff. Indeed, this is what the majority of the German people voted for, doing a sane, non-proportional FFPT district voting breakdown. Assigning seats this way would give the CDU and AfD nearly all the seats in the Bundestag, maybe 90% of the total.
But noooo..... AfD Nazis, must firewall. So, in with the SPD and Greens the CDU goes. Don't have to include the actual communists, the Linke party, now, but other than that double plus ungood.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 24, 2025 04:11 AM (w6EFb)
The fires were started by vagrants which because it's California includes the electric company. Look up the Paradise, California fires as an example.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at February 24, 2025 04:13 AM (Q8Bj8)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 24, 2025 04:13 AM (pvqdA)
Congrats Wolfus, hope it all goes well.
Posted by: Farmer at February 24, 2025 04:15 AM (55Qr6)
Trump can tell the the taliban they may return our equipment or keep the junk they're going to have shortly.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at February 24, 2025 04:17 AM (hKoQL)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 24, 2025 04:23 AM (cNg+j)
The Chico PARK wildfire (600k acres) started after a maniac lit his mothers car on fire and rolled it off a road into a ravine.
My photo of the Paradise smoke plume.
https://archive.org/details/paradise-fire
Posted by: 13times at February 24, 2025 04:27 AM (Vtuzc)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 24, 2025 04:28 AM (O7YUW)
And getting it straight better. Once the
Now, again, if the CDU went with the AfD, they could have a 57% rightish government.
This is as if the RINOs decided to join the Democrats with a slim majority, instead of joining MAGA to make a big majority.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 24, 2025 04:29 AM (w6EFb)
a PA Dutch place near me, and an article was titled, "Proven Ways To Get Along Better With Everyone." This was the first suggestion:
1. Before you say anything, ask yourself three things:
IS IT TRUE?
IS IT KIND?
IS IT NECESSARY?
This was paired with another suggestion:
Forget about counting to 10. Count to 1,000
before doing or saying anything that could make matters worse.
I think this is good advice. I posted the entire list on my fridge because I need to be regularly reminded of this. Good advice for the internet age as well, because we don't see the person we're conversing with.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 24, 2025 04:31 AM (JSmho)
Well, something crazy happened with that last post, a whole paragraph was dropped. Don't know if I did it somehow or what.
Anyway, Greens are not needed for the coalition. The CDU and SPD can go it together with a 52% majority.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 24, 2025 04:32 AM (w6EFb)
Hope your night was better than mine was
Posted by: Skip at February 24, 2025 04:35 AM (fwDg9)
AMD will probably price the cards too high, kill all enthusiasm, and then adjust the price in a month or two when it's already too late.
Not like NVidia is exactly bringing the enthusiasm with what they're doing.
Also, there's a lot of the market that won't pay the bleeding edge "recoup the R&D" pricing these guys always use in the beginning and we're used to waiting for 1, 2, or even three generations-back before we purchase. They know this and they've adjusted for it.
NVidia and missing ROPs
Those will pop up later when activated by Iran. Wait, that's a different ROP...
But seriously, nVidia really dropped the ball here. This flaw should have been caught a lot earlier and never been even known to the public (because it would have already been fixed.)
...ChatGPT ... regurgitated a textbook on the subject and then said no.
Of course it did. It's a bullshit generating machine, and that's all it is. And as soon as I see that predictable waffling opening to a paragraph, I tune out completely. I know it wasn't written by a human, and what's in front of me is just there to waste my time.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 24, 2025 04:37 AM (O7YUW)
Hope your night was better than mine was
Howdy, Skip. Nah, mine kinda sucked, as well. Never could get to sleep. Ugh.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at February 24, 2025 04:41 AM (mH6SG)
Sometimes "True" and "Necessary" utterly tidal-wave the concept of "Kind" and I respond with a blunt and forceful statement that ... well let's just say I can lose some of the audience. *sighs*
I'm workin' on that, but it's taking time.
Forget about counting to 10. Count to 1,000
Or... "Sleep on it" and see if what you were about to say still seems like a good idea.
I need to do that more.
Thanks, Fen. A good reminder.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 24, 2025 04:41 AM (O7YUW)
https://tinyurl.com/bdcnjeay
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 24, 2025 04:45 AM (JSmho)
Posted by: olddog in mo at February 24, 2025 04:46 AM (hoCmQ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 24, 2025 04:47 AM (KN1W3)
https://tinyurl.com/3c6766p9
Posted by: 13times at February 24, 2025 04:49 AM (6AnmE)
before doing or saying anything that could make matters worse.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 24, 2025 04:31 AM (JSmho)
-
Fellow moron's, is this not... MATH?!?!?!?!
/hands out torches and pitchforks
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 24, 2025 04:51 AM (ohSsM)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 24, 2025 04:53 AM (O7YUW)
*ducks and runs*
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 24, 2025 04:53 AM (O7YUW)
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Dunno. Just bought a ton because they were having a 2.17352 for 1.09864 sale.
*quacks and waddles fast*
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 24, 2025 04:55 AM (ohSsM)
IS IT TRUE?
IS IT KIND?
IS IT NECESSARY?
This was paired with another suggestion:
Forget about counting to 10. Count to 1,000
before doing or saying anything that could make matters worse. . . .
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 24, 2025
***
My shorter version, as I've gotten older and (sometimes) wiser: "Keep your mouth closed." Because if I open it, at least in contentious situations, something I may regret *will* pop out.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 24, 2025 04:57 AM (omVj0)
My local NBC outlet actually showed all of Harry O, and have bumped Soledad to 4 am and pre-empted Dragnet -- both half-hour shows, so that actually makes a kind of sense.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 24, 2025 05:02 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 24, 2025 05:02 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at February 24, 2025 04:17 AM (hKoQL)
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More stuff that won't be returned by the Taliban:
https://t.co/lWxNqLU7HN
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 24, 2025 05:04 AM (ohSsM)
Posted by: m at February 24, 2025 05:06 AM (v0TzN)
I feel like an old Model T that won't crank-start easily this morning
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 24, 2025 04:00 AM (O7YUW)
Me, too.
Posted by: m at February 24, 2025 05:09 AM (v0TzN)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 24, 2025 05:10 AM (ohSsM)
*takes several deep breaths*
There are a whole lot of people giving aid and comfort to the enemies of the United States that need to be doing the floorless tapdance (after proper due process and being convicted of treason, of course.)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 24, 2025 05:13 AM (O7YUW)
A much more comfortable 40.8 degrees, with 93%RH, and no wind.
Much better for walking than recent mornings have been.
Had a wonderful weekend, starting with the Church Oyster Roast to raise monies for their mission work in the Dominican Republic. Got to spend four hours grilling the hotdogs provided for those not so inclined to eat oysters. Been about thirty years since I ran a commercial grill, but it came back quickly, and I had forgotten just how much I had enjoyed grill-work in the food industry.
And who can eat oysters without a touch of cold barley soup to go with it, so Mrs VIA had a chance to share a few of both with the Pastor.
A good weekend was had by all.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 24, 2025 05:13 AM (a1415)
https://tinyurl.com/48sa3rct
Posted by: Skip at February 24, 2025 05:15 AM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 24, 2025 05:17 AM (a1415)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 24, 2025 05:13 AM (O7YUW)
-
Grok: How much US taxpayer money was funneled to terrorist organizations?
https://tinyurl.com/2s45myja
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 24, 2025 05:18 AM (ohSsM)
before doing or saying anything that could make matters worse.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 24, 2025 04:31 AM (JSmho)
-
Fellow moron's, is this not... MATH?!?!?!?!
/hands out torches and pitchforks
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 24, 2025 04:51 AM (ohSsM)
; )
Posted by: m at February 24, 2025 05:18 AM (v0TzN)
https://tinyurl.com/5eu6xsny
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 24, 2025 05:19 AM (a1415)
Good morning! The fact that we have so many maimed and crippled vets that can't get adequate treatment through the VA while we're shoveling cash to the people that maimed or crippled them is infuriating. The people responsible for those transfers need to be outed as traitors and hung.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 24, 2025 05:25 AM (3Ope8)
Posted by: Mister Ghost at February 24, 2025 05:27 AM (TGPs7)
MILO
@Nero
Bongina is another one who paid his way to stardom, buying engagement and cutting checks to radio stations to syndicate his show. Ask where the money came from.
Posted by: Mister Ghost at February 24, 2025 05:29 AM (TGPs7)
Glad you and all had a good time! I
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 24, 2025 05:35 AM (FJYJi)
Agreed. I've found myself typing out responses and then deleting it after asking myself if I really wanted to engage in conversation with this person.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 24, 2025 05:40 AM (jjoN6)
Posted by: Skip at February 24, 2025 05:43 AM (fwDg9)
No parades in my area this evening -- that is, none that will prevent or delay my evening commute. Tuesday through Friday night, though, I'll have to take a different route to get home. My boss knows about this and will probably let all of us go early; he lives right on the parade route.
Saturday morning there is one in my immediate home area, but its route won't prevent me getting home after morning errands. Then I can be free of the whole business until it's over.
Sunday a.m. I might take Linda out for breakfast at the last remaining Denny's in the area, out in the western 'burbs.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 24, 2025 05:44 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 24, 2025 05:46 AM (jKo6M)
Posted by: TeeJ at February 24, 2025 05:47 AM (ItCQP)
Allegedly a surge in power on a high voltage cable in California created a magnetic field which induced a current in a nearby defunct power cable, which in turn caused sparks which ignited one of the recent fires.
You couldn't find a suicidal squirrel who decided to end it all in an arc of sparks on a transformer?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 24, 2025 05:47 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: TeeJ at February 24, 2025 05:47 AM (ItCQP)
"Honey, it's not the pants that make your butt look fat."
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 24, 2025 05:48 AM (jKo6M)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 24, 2025 05:51 AM (jKo6M)
Posted by: TeeJ at February 24, 2025 05:47 AM (ItCQP)
*
"Honey, it's not the pants that make your butt look fat."
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 24, 2025
***
Plump Girl Vampire: "Does this sweater make me look fat?"
Sunday the Vampire: "No, the fact that you're *fat* makes you look fat. The sweater just makes you look stupid."
( -- Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 24, 2025 05:52 AM (omVj0)
Just change format to a weekly live stream of the Monday morning staff meeting.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 24, 2025 05:52 AM (jKo6M)
Looks like Dan Bongino is giving up his talk show hosting gig.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice
He has degraded to become unlistenable. Far too many appeals to insiders and insider jokes. Now if's mostly given over to being clapping seals, himself included.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 24, 2025 05:53 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 24, 2025 05:55 AM (3Ope8)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 24, 2025 05:55 AM (3Ope
There were two hyphal filaments of a rare endangered fungus growing on it, you monster. Do you actively want the earth to die?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 24, 2025 05:56 AM (jKo6M)
I am subscribed to him on Rumble and to be honest, I have not watched much of him. I don't have an hour to sit still and listen to a full episode.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 24, 2025 05:57 AM (jjoN6)
True + Necessary = Not Kind = Hard Truth
Kind + Necessary = Not True = White Lie
So the optimal strategy is to always be unkind.
Before you speak, take time to think. Is this thing I'm about to say really unkind enough to make this person actually start crying in public, or should I hold my tongue?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 24, 2025 06:01 AM (jKo6M)
*Snort* Likely that's the case as sad as it may be.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 24, 2025 06:02 AM (3Ope8)
Posted by: TeeJ at February 24, 2025 06:02 AM (ItCQP)
https://tinyurl.com/2xyp5k72
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 24, 2025 06:04 AM (95Pwq)
I am subscribed to him on Rumble and to be honest, I have not watched much of him.
I do podcasts. Audio is enough and works for me in terms of fitting in better with the activities that I pursue on my schedule.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 24, 2025 06:07 AM (xG4kz)
Not for me but for others. My wife tested recently and earned her 3rd Kyu which puts her just below brown belt. We have another guy who is getting ready to test for 2nd which means that the teacher is calling him up to demonstrate things. -:-)
As for the lessons, they are going very well. I think later this year my teacher is going to focus on me earning my Nidan (2nd degree black belt). I expect much tearing of hair on my part.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 24, 2025 06:07 AM (jjoN6)
Lurke yang layer.
Posted by: BifBewalski at February 24, 2025 06:07 AM (MsrgL)
Posted by: BifBewalski at February 24, 2025 06:08 AM (MsrgL)
Which I should look into as an alternative for background noise for my commute. I suppose I should get off my butt and see what app I should look into for my phone.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 24, 2025 06:08 AM (jjoN6)
Here's an interesting stream of thought offering from Sargon of Arkhad to the left as to why all their ill-gotten and ill-intentioned toys are getting smashed
https://youtu.be/xFGOddatJVk
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 24, 2025 06:10 AM (xG4kz)
Good morning, Hordians. Ahhh, there's good news this morning. Ruthie was Best of Breed again at yesterday's San Jacinto KC show, good for five points toward her grand championship. She now has 20 of the 25 she needs to join her sister at that level. Just reserve wins for Fitz and Puff, but both showed well, which is why we entered them.
We decided not to take Fitz to the National Specialty in April. He's 9 months old this week and, like all Borzoi boys at that age, is growing in six different directions at nine diffferent speeds. Young girls look charming and winsome, while young boys look gawky and weedy. The breed matures slowly, so we just have to wait.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 24, 2025 06:14 AM (dxSpM)
https://youtu.be/xFGOddatJVk
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 24, 2025 06:10 AM (xG4kz)
I generally like Carl Benjamin but he's taken to throwing in semi-obligatory "I think they're going to far in some areas" without having the balls to call out specifics. It's a bit disappointing.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 24, 2025 06:16 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Skip at February 24, 2025 06:16 AM (fwDg9)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 24, 2025 06:16 AM (0pJHx)
Our 3rd Kyu was first level brown belt and toughest physical test. After that, it was add competency for a few, new techniques and teaching experience for 2nd, 1st and thereafter.
We went hard enough in sparring classes, which were easily half of our classes, for showing the physical side. Plus the tournaments.
Look forward to hearing you've joined me at Nidan!
Posted by: TeeJ at February 24, 2025 06:17 AM (ItCQP)
The weather was more pleasant for the dogs than the humans. For three straight days, it was cold, raining and windy at the show site. My feet may never dry out nor my body warm up. Her Majesty and I got the dogs taken care of when we got home and basically collapsed.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 24, 2025 06:18 AM (dxSpM)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 24, 2025 06:18 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 24, 2025 04:29 AM (w6EFb)"
This is spot on, Marcon did the same thing.
The Euroweenies are seeing what is going on in DC now with the Second American Revolution and will do anything to keep their Precious Bureaucracy.
Posted by: pawn at February 24, 2025 06:19 AM (QB+5g)
Alexa has a text reader that is fairly good. Connect your Kindle or Good Reads library (it may read other sources) and now all of your digital books are audio books.
It isn't like listening to Limbaugh, but is better than 20 minutes of advertisements and "news" per hour.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 24, 2025 06:19 AM (a4flb)
https://tinyurl.com/575m89zr
And that's it for today. I need to take a break from political news.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 24, 2025 06:23 AM (0pJHx)
Posted by: pawn at February 24, 2025 06:23 AM (QB+5g)
Boy, there would be a lot of people attending your funeral. Mostly to just empty their bladder.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 24, 2025 06:23 AM (a4flb)
If Fred Merz (that's his name, Friedrich Merz -- if his wife's name was Ethel, well...... Lucy! 'Splain!) has any balls, he will use the threat of breaking the firewall and joining with the AfD as leverage against the SPD.
But he won't do that. Luckily, since the BSW party didn't make the 5% threshold, this keeps the Greens out of it, and they don't get the insane "Kenya coalition" (black, red, green). That disaster has been avoided, but this black-red is clusterfuck of itself.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 24, 2025 06:24 AM (w6EFb)
What I need is downloadable podcasts, of interesting stuff. History maybe. When connectivity is bad. Any good aggregated websites for that kind of thing?
Posted by: Common Tater at February 24, 2025 06:26 AM (f9G9D)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 24, 2025 06:27 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: fd at February 24, 2025 06:27 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 24, 2025 06:29 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 24, 2025 06:24 AM (w6EFb)
Good thing for them that they can ignore the will of the people forever.
The EU will just pass some additional restrictions saying that any politicians the people currently in office find icky are not permitted to communicate with others... for Our Precious Democracy. The clapping seals will eat it up.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 24, 2025 06:30 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Case at February 24, 2025 06:31 AM (NMZGW)
I cannot stress how evil proportional representation electoral systems are. If you look at the actual district votes in Germany, the AfD and the CDU/CSU together took nearly all the seats, hell 90% or more eyeballing it. You got a smattering of red and green, just a few seats.
So you can say, using a FPTP system, the German people voted for a 90% CDU/AfD Bundestag.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 24, 2025 06:31 AM (w6EFb)
Art of Manliness, DamnInteresting, AllThatIsInteresting ...
plenty of sites that have podcasts like that.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 24, 2025 06:33 AM (a4flb)
Who will replace him? The other "Rush Replacement Show" is not any better, Clay and Buck, I think. My favorite Rush sub was Mark Steyn.
God forbid they give the slot to that putz Error Errorickson.
Posted by: fd at February 24, 2025 06:33 AM (vFG9F)
31, 48, yup, same here.
sense of futility. no one wants to hear what some old white guy has to say.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 24, 2025 06:35 AM (RP0h0)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 24, 2025 06:36 AM (RP0h0)
Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.
A warming trend here to normal late winter temps. Hurrah.
I hear VA Beach was shut down for two days with 8 inches of snow. I can imagine the carnage on the roads.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 24, 2025 06:37 AM (u82oZ)
So you can say, using a FPTP system, the German people voted for a 90% CDU/AfD Bundestag.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 24, 2025 06:31 AM (w6EFb)
In Europe, the purpose of elections is making sure that people come up with the correct decision.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 24, 2025 06:37 AM (dxSpM)
Posted by: TeeJ
I'll keep everyone posted. At the moment, my teacher is contemplating getting us out of the organization we are a part of. His logic is "Hey, I'm a 6th Dan, I've been doing this for over 40 years and I think I am able to test people up to 3rd Dan." (4th and higher are not tested. Just recommended for promotion.
But, this is Japan and he's an American. They ain't budging on their requirements. Politics wreck everything.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 24, 2025 06:40 AM (BpO1e)
That is a site I have not been to for a while. I love those guys and really appreciated the "So you think you want my job" articles.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 24, 2025 06:41 AM (BpO1e)
God forbid they give the slot to that putz Error Errorickson.
I always enjoyed Todd Herman, but his podcasts are more advertisements and proselytizing for the American Religion these days. I guess there is a market for it.
Substitute Rush's Golf for CrossFit, exchange Rush's confidence for Todd's pseudo-humility, and you have basically the same show (when Todd isn't parroting out of context Scripture as some sort of tribal signaling)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 24, 2025 06:42 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 24, 2025 06:31 AM (w6EFb)
NEIN! No true German could have voted for AfD. They are "that man with the funny mustache whose name cannot be mentioned". No, they are worse than that, they would actually limit the arrival of our beloved brown people who murder the native Germans that native Germans won't. -- everyone in Germany not in AfD
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 24, 2025 06:42 AM (ExV1e)
Closest I saw to that was Mike Church on XM. He was horrible in that regard. "Hey, I got this great story to talk about but first a word from our sponsor!"
He pulled that crap for over half an hour, finally got to talking about what he was teasing about, started to play an audio clip then five seconds later he had to stop it because he wanted to rant.
First time I've ever rage quit a program.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 24, 2025 06:44 AM (BpO1e)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 24, 2025 06:44 AM (ohSsM)
I wonder if any of it is driven by the concern that Kier Starmer might get his fondest wish and find the UK at war with Russia - but without the backing of the US.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 24, 2025 06:47 AM (ExV1e)
Yep, we lost Rush Limbaugh, Neil Boortz, G Gordon Liddy, [add your favorite local drive-time] for all day at work background talk radio.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 24, 2025 06:48 AM (a4flb)
I do not play ray tracing games, and AMD is sell mad rasterization for the money.
Posted by: sven at February 24, 2025 06:52 AM (X0I7i)
Posted by: fd at February 24, 2025 06:53 AM (vFG9F)
I'm game, I am a star at what I do for the small audience I do for my voice.....
in the real world....AM radio is near dead and Gen Tippy Cup lacks the attention span for the EIB format
Posted by: sven at February 24, 2025 06:53 AM (X0I7i)
London gold is
Flying out
Flying out
Flying out!
Well, at least we now have something to put in Fort Knox.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 24, 2025 06:54 AM (dxSpM)
AMD is the one stock buy I wish I had made when the FX chip was being mocked....I had 11,000 sitting around I had lost track of and the buy at 1.50 would have made a millionaire.
Posted by: sven at February 24, 2025 06:55 AM (X0I7i)
It's not enough to count gold bricks. Assays are needed.
Can ICP-MS do that?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 24, 2025 06:56 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 24, 2025 06:57 AM (u82oZ)
That's why we stayed away from the USKA.
Ended up hooking up with USKK, master Koeppel. That was right as I was moving out of state.
My view, an instructor should be able to promote up to one rank below his own.
And it ain't just politics. $$$
Posted by: TeeJ at February 24, 2025 06:58 AM (ItCQP)
Posted by: fd at February 24, 2025 06:53 AM (vFG9F)
-
Bought Nvidia a few weeks ago at around 108.
BTW, ask Grok for an investment analysis:
https://tinyurl.com/2tw8fkbd
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 24, 2025 06:59 AM (ohSsM)
Posted by: sven"
I have terrible luck in the stock market. I'm going to have to build a personal butt kicking machine because I'm going to throw my back out otherwise.
Posted by: fd at February 24, 2025 07:00 AM (vFG9F)
strongly concur on the Alexa thing, coupled with Kindle and Audible you can have a wildly economic way to either have TTS level speech quality of for a spare 2-5 bucks get the Audible audiobook and a Kindle read discounted from 40 or so bucks in some cases.
I was thrilled to buy Shelby Foote's Civil War a Narrative with accomapnying audiobook for less than the cost of a set of tapes of one of the three volumes in the 90s....
that is over 120 hours of civil war narrated goodness.
Posted by: sven at February 24, 2025 07:01 AM (X0I7i)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 24, 2025 07:01 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 24, 2025 07:02 AM (ohSsM)
I respectfully disagree.
AM Talk Radio is maddenly designed for the short-attention span consumer who is half-listening and is out and about doing errands, so everything is repeated. I'm glad that Bongino is taking a different gig. He would take an hour to say something that could be said in less than five minutes.
That is the nature of AM Radio.
What is growing in a huge way is the three hour Joe Rogan format, more and more podcasters are going for long format: Sean Ryan, Tucker Carleson, Jordan Peterson then things like Lord of Spirits podcasts which runs for well over an hour on single topics.
its the older generation that is kicking and screaming on giving up ADHD Radio.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 24, 2025 07:02 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 24, 2025 07:03 AM (VJ0w/)
Posted by: Case at February 24, 2025 07:05 AM (27pJk)
Two guys I enjoy when I happen to catch them are Todd Herman and Abraham Hamilton III. Pretty much the only two worth listening to on American Family Radio.
Posted by: TeeJ at February 24, 2025 07:05 AM (ItCQP)
And you can tell Alexa to pause, slow down or speed up. Good luck with that on talk radio.
I'm going through my mother's Alexa command accounts as I'm burying her this Wednesday and noticed that 100% of the commands, at all hours of the day and night, were to change streaming radio stations (not podcasts) or to change volumes as care givers came and went.
Revealing.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 24, 2025 07:06 AM (a4flb)
Pick bars at random, drill ‘em.
Posted by: Common Tater at February 24, 2025 07:06 AM (c5vIv)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at February 24, 2025 07:06 AM (5hfjS)
Both “Morning Joe” and Chrissy Mathews filled in for Rush Limbaugh at one time. They will say whatever they need to, in order to get paid apparently. Whores at least provide a useful service.
Posted by: Common Tater at February 24, 2025 07:11 AM (c5vIv)
Posted by: Just Wondering at February 24, 2025 07:11 AM (dg+HA)
I've had radios tuned to the same local AM station almost continuously in my shops since at least the early 90s. Sometimes it's just background noise, sometimes I will catch something important or interesting. G.G. Liddy was good for that.
Posted by: fd at February 24, 2025 07:12 AM (vFG9F)
And it ain't just politics. $$$
Funny you should say that. The new instructor announced how black belt tests were going to be done. Basically a 2-3 day seminar with the test at the end. So yeah; a couple of hundred dollars for the test and the seminar fees along with travel and lodging expenses.
My teacher is retired and a bit disgruntled at the demands. He's the only senior teacher who is openly challenging a lot of this nonsense.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 24, 2025 07:14 AM (BpO1e)
Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering at February 24, 2025 07:11 AM (dg+HA)
Cold weather and absence for shows means everything needs cleaning and refilling.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 24, 2025 07:14 AM (dxSpM)
Posted by: A dude in MI at February 24, 2025 07:15 AM (/6GbT)
Blew me away when I saw the metals testing guys using it.
No HNO3 digestion. No various lamps? Asked if they knew how easy they had it.
Maybe a bigger jump than quadrupole GC-MS to ion trap.
Posted by: TeeJ at February 24, 2025 07:16 AM (ItCQP)
Chris Plante.
Posted by: Chris Plante's Agent at February 24, 2025 07:20 AM (NAF5O)
Posted by: Case at February 24, 2025 07:22 AM (NMZGW)
Spotify can be your friend here.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at February 24, 2025 07:23 AM (Q8Bj8)
I was just reading about these XRF scanners. They can only go to about 2mm sample thickness. If you've got a thick gold bar you want to test throughout, you've got to take some sort of core sample. So XRF is not non-destructive in that sense.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 24, 2025 07:23 AM (w6EFb)
I once had a full set of Shelby Foote novels and the civil War series. All were first editions first printings. They ended up in the grubby hands of my ex.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at February 24, 2025 07:27 AM (Q8Bj8)
The senior student in my very small school (ended up well after I moved away doing a stint heading up the International Bushido Society) had been traveling to work out with Glenn Keeney and a, I think Yondon, in the state. This goes back 30+ years.
They wanted to promote him to Nidan.
He said thanks but I can't accept wearing the same rank as my instructor.
Mr --- is only a Nidan? (He had turned down promotions from a couple societies)
Yes sir.
Not any more he's not.
Sensei accepted that promotion.
Posted by: TeeJ at February 24, 2025 07:28 AM (ItCQP)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 24, 2025 07:30 AM (ohSsM)
That's hilarious. The former chief instructor was doing some testing with this one guy for 1st Kyu. After it was done, his instructor looked over at him.
"Errr...sensei? He was testing for 2nd Kyu."
"Really? Huh. Oh well; he's 1st Kyu."
Posted by: NR Pax at February 24, 2025 07:30 AM (BpO1e)
So you can say, using a FPTP system, the German people voted for a 90% CDU/AfD Bundestag.
Posted by: publius,
By having the other six or seven parties conspire to block the AfD The Precious Democracy (tm) was preserved. Europe is full of governments that are beholden only to themselves. We here in the US we're in that same boat until this last election.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at February 24, 2025 07:31 AM (Q8Bj8)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 24, 2025 07:31 AM (c5vIv)
Posted by: tubal at February 24, 2025 07:32 AM (PCK5/)
Posted by: tubal at February 24, 2025 07:32 AM (PCK5/)
He made an appearance yesterday for his 'hiya'. Ben Had is in touch with him. His nurse helped him with the post.
Posted by: BifBewalski at February 24, 2025 07:35 AM (yUB5Q)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 24, 2025 07:36 AM (dg+HA)
There was great rejoicing.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
Got my days mixed up. Thank you for the correction.
Posted by: BifBewalski at February 24, 2025 07:39 AM (yUB5Q)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 24, 2025 07:42 AM (dg+HA)
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Posted by: cmeat at February 24, 2025 01:56 PM (6+aIJ)
That is a site I have not been to for a while. I love those guys and really appreciated the "So you think you want my job" articles.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 24, 2025 06:41 AM (BpO1e)
https://www.artofmanliness.com/
?s=so+you+want+my+job
Posted by: m at February 24, 2025 02:01 PM (v0TzN)
There was great rejoicing.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 24, 2025 07:36 AM (dg+HA)
https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=413755
Posted by: m at February 24, 2025 02:36 PM (v0TzN)
https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=413755
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