Daily Tech News 19 April 2025

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TSMC is planning to produce 30% of its 2nm and newer chips in its US fabs. (Tom's Hardware)

Currently US production is only at 4nm, with 3nm only active in Taiwan and 2nm still ramping up. The new plans will boost output at the company's Fab21 site in Arizona and bring to it the newer N3, N2, and the 1.6nm A16 lines.

N3 equipment is being installed right now, and construction of new buildings for N2 and A16 is set to begin next year.

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If you're looking forward to the next-generation Nova Lake chips from Intel with their rumoured extraordinary core counts, now is not the time to buy a motherboard. (WCCFTech)

Because they're changing sockets again. Arrow Lake will be the only chip running on the current Socket 1851, with new boards with Socket 1954 arriving next year.

Because Intel.
The hashing algorithms in Python have been replaced with a library that has been verified. (Jonathan Protzenko)

That is, not merely tested, but mathematically proven to be correct.

And hopefully tested as well.
OpenAI's latest generation of stochastic garbage generators generate more stochastic garbage than before and the company doesn't know why. (Tech Crunch)

Not only will they make up answers that are completely wrong, when asked how they came up with those answers, they will make that up as well.
A federal judge has ruled that dumping the entire database from a cell tower in order to find a single individual is an unconstitutional search under the Fourth Amendment. (404 Media)

Well, yes.
Those damn railroads are putting stage coaches out of work. (The Register)

Why, back in my day, we walked from London to New York and back again, and you didn't catch us complaining about it.
Blue Origin's all-girl space stunt is Elon Musk's fault. (The Verge) (archive site)

Elon Musk has nothing to do with it, has saved the day when things went south, and generally speaking has done nothing wrong at all, but Elizabeth Lopatto has to rant.
The Gorilla God's Go-to Girl is retro romance anime gold. (Notebook Check)

What?

I mean, the anime is okay, nothing amazing, but it's also remarkably free of computer hardware.
So, amid all the to-ing and fro-ing, a certain Speaker of Space collabed with a certain Warden of Time today. I was thinking, that sounds exactly like, and it sounded exactly like because it was.

(If you don't follow vtubers, you probably just said Wait, what? If you do follow vtubers, you probably just said, Wait, what?!)

Things go on.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: That's not a moon. This is a moon!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at April 19, 2025 04:31 AM (CQE5S)

2 Nooded. Good evening, Pixy.

Posted by: Nazdar at April 19, 2025 04:31 AM (NcvvS)

3 Good morning afternoon evening everyone!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 19, 2025 04:34 AM (BLOW1)

4 Not only will they make up answers that are completely wrong, when asked how they came up with those answers, they will make that up as well

But, they make up those answers very fast.

Posted by: Bruce at April 19, 2025 04:37 AM (I9mZr)

5 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at April 19, 2025 04:38 AM (ypFCm)

6 I like Puddles videos

Posted by: Skip at April 19, 2025 04:39 AM (ypFCm)

7 verb (collabs, collabing, collabed)
collaborate on a project

Posted by: m at April 19, 2025 04:40 AM (CQE5S)

8 Nice nooding, Nazdar.

Posted by: m at April 19, 2025 04:41 AM (CQE5S)

9 Nice first, m.

Posted by: Nazdar at April 19, 2025 04:49 AM (NcvvS)

10 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 19, 2025 04:52 AM (MmTZZ)

11 Good morning afternoon evening everyone!
Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 19, 2025 04:34 AM (BLOW1)

It's never good down here.

Posted by: Morlocks at April 19, 2025 04:56 AM (gKDq2)

12 Good mornin' & good night, all...

youtube.com/watch?v=n9T06UfP1S0

Yay! It's the weekend!!!!

Posted by: JQ at April 19, 2025 05:00 AM (rdVOm)

13 This is bonus Saturday

Posted by: Skip at April 19, 2025 05:00 AM (ypFCm)

14 The Python hashing bit reminds me of Knuth's humility:

"Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it." -- Donald E. Knuth

Posted by: Bitblt at April 19, 2025 05:01 AM (a6Ysq)

15 That's where I stole it from.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 19, 2025 05:02 AM (BLOW1)

16 Supposed to get into 80s today, but only today, 70 tomorrow

Posted by: Skip at April 19, 2025 05:02 AM (ypFCm)

17
SCIENTISTS HACK HUMAN RETINA, REVEAL BRAND NEW COLOR ‘OLO’

Using a precise technique called Oz, Berkeley researchers isolated the retina’s M cones, forcing five volunteers to see a hue named ‘olo’, a blue‑green no earthly scene can match.

By mapping every photoreceptor and hitting only chosen cells with micro‑doses of light, the team bent biology’s rules without surgery.

“The ultimate goal is programmable control over every photoreceptor in the retina.”

Oz could someday simulate vision for the color‑blind and model diseases with accuracy.

Posted by: 13times at April 19, 2025 05:03 AM (N+gHJ)

18 Per the NY Post:
"Supreme Court blocks new deportations under 18th-century wartime law"

Posted by: Tuna at April 19, 2025 05:06 AM (lJ0H4)

19 The Megyn Kelly spoof of Meghan Markle that's linked in the front-page sidebar is very, very, very funny.

Posted by: m at April 19, 2025 05:07 AM (CQE5S)

20 Per the NY Post:
"Supreme Court blocks new deportations under 18th-century wartime law"
Posted by: Tuna at April 19, 2025 05:06 AM (lJ0H4)

I saw that. What is up with those fucksticks? 20 million invasion, cool. Kicking them out, not so fast. WTF?

Posted by: RickZ at April 19, 2025 05:10 AM (gKDq2)

21 The Algorithm put me onto this also hilarious Harry-and-Meghan bashing:

Why Prince Harry FEARS Meghan Markle EXPLAINED | Is Prince William a Bully? (Kinsey Schofield Unfiltered)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIb5WqV3xcc

Posted by: m at April 19, 2025 05:11 AM (CQE5S)

22 Elon Musk has nothing to do with it, has saved the day when things went south, and generally speaking has done nothing wrong at all, but Elizabeth Lopatto has to rant.

That article makes the DU quotes we get sound normal and well adjusted. It comes across as if someone figured out how to let SSRIs type. She needs, as the Empress would say, the Victorian cure for hysteria.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 19, 2025 05:13 AM (QZThv)

23 I saw that. What is up with those fucksticks? 20 million invasion, cool. Kicking them out, not so fast. WTF?
Posted by: RickZ

Alito and Thomas were the only two to dissent.

Posted by: Tuna at April 19, 2025 05:18 AM (lJ0H4)

24 The same Supreme Court tyrants who saw nothing troubling about keeping January 6th defendants in custody for 1400+ days without trial....are demanding "due process" for terrorists who are in this country illegally.

Time to tell the inherently corrupt John Roberts to go straight to hell.

This man's treacherous hand is at the heart of all of the lawfare targeting Donald Trump. He meets secretly with Norm Eisen on foreign soil. He gave us the disastrous, dishonest jurisprudence of James Boasberg. He pals around with the most poisonous personages of the American Left.

Eat a bag of dicks, John, and save some for the rest of your corrupt, unelected and unaccountable colleagues.

Posted by: Sam Adams at April 19, 2025 05:32 AM (X+xvk)

25 Not seeing any Supreme Court news out there yet, would think monumental ruling would be committed everywhere

Posted by: Skip at April 19, 2025 05:35 AM (ypFCm)

26 Gateway Pundit has full article posted at 1:30 am.

Posted by: Jen the original at April 19, 2025 05:36 AM (tGnrM)

27 1st John 1:5-10

Holy Saturday:

https://tinyurl.com/y32wssuk

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 19, 2025 05:38 AM (42Vb+)

28 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at April 19, 2025 05:40 AM (dg+HA)

29 Morning, insomaniacals! 'Tis Saturday, the consummation devoutly to be wished! (Except for me. Miss Linda is dragging me to the Earf Day Sale at an uptown store -- an area notoriously difficult to park in, and on a day when the temp is to hit a humid 85.)

The Royals' singer, the second from the left, looks very much like Shannen Doherty did when she first began on 90210 so long ago.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 19, 2025 05:41 AM (omVj0)

30 Good morning morons

Hiya JT

Also haven't seen NGU in a while.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 19, 2025 05:42 AM (RIvkX)

31 Good morning Pixy et all. A quick thank you to those that tried to help me with my browser problem yesterday. I tried everything I could without success and just shut the computer off for a few hours. Looked for a website for help on my other computer, found Just answer dot com, Turned the problem laptop back on, and everything was fine!! Go figure. Ran some diagnostics and found and corrected a few problem programs.

Posted by: Cicero Skip at April 19, 2025 05:44 AM (p6dVP)

32 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering at April 19, 2025 05:40 AM (dg+HA)

Freshly primped and shaven. Taking a walk in a bit.

Posted by: RickZ at April 19, 2025 05:44 AM (gKDq2)

33
That article makes the DU quotes we get sound normal and well adjusted. It comes across as if someone figured out how to let SSRIs type. She needs, as the Empress would say, the Victorian cure for hysteria.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 19, 2025

***
The time to stop reading it, as I did, is when you hit the phrase "Republican budget cuts." That, like thunder and distant lightning on a dark afternoon, pretty much tells you what's coming.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 19, 2025 05:47 AM (omVj0)

34 https://tinyurl.com/bdeuabyh

fox news on SCOTUS

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 19, 2025 05:47 AM (ZmEVT)

35 Hola Horde

Hope you are primed for a lovely day.

Posted by: Pete Bog at April 19, 2025 05:53 AM (lmtSm)

36 Let's go to war with John Roberts.

Let's demand he explain exactly what "legal issues" he and Norm Eisen had to discuss in private in a secure diplomatic facility in the Czech Republic.

Let's investigate his behind-the-scenes collaboration with prominent Trump-haters like James Boasberg, Beryl Howell, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Mary McCord, Cass Sunstein, et. al.

Rip the mask off of this commie grifter and his unelected accomplices. They are engaging in a coup against the freely elected leader of the United States. They should have to answer for it.

Posted by: Sam Adams at April 19, 2025 05:55 AM (X+xvk)

37 31 ... shut the computer off for a few hours.... Turned the problem laptop back on, and everything was fine!!
Posted by: Cicero Skip at April 19, 2025 05:44 AM (p6dVP)

; )

Posted by: m at April 19, 2025 06:01 AM (CQE5S)

38 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Note: tea bags work better if you actually put them in the water.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at April 19, 2025 06:07 AM (6K6Eu)

39 Discovery of garden under the church where Jesus tomb was supposed to have been . This fits in with description of garden in Gospel of John:

https://tinyurl.com/yzfmk77v

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 19, 2025 06:07 AM (42Vb+)

40 Posted by the White House an "indictment" of Fauci
https://tinyurl.com/37stptx8

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 19, 2025 06:09 AM (RIvkX)

41 Still not totally getting the Supreme Robes ruling other than I knew they would go against President Trump

Posted by: Skip at April 19, 2025 06:09 AM (ypFCm)

42 I've been drinking mint tea. It helps my GI system from twisting up in a ball and bursting out of my body like in Alien

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 19, 2025 06:13 AM (RIvkX)

43 I've been drinking mint tea. It helps my GI system from twisting up in a ball and bursting out of my body like in Alien
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 19, 2025 06:13 AM (RIvkX)
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That...sounds like a Good Thing.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at April 19, 2025 06:14 AM (6K6Eu)

44 I would say all human reason trends towards hallucination.

Posted by: Accomack at April 19, 2025 06:14 AM (oERdd)

45 I would say all human reason trends towards hallucination.
Posted by: Accomack at April 19, 2025 06:14 AM (oERdd)
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OK I'll bite. Why would you say that?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 19, 2025 06:18 AM (RIvkX)

46 I have the Mac Mini in place and it seems fine. I am going to replace the keyboard. I discovered that mechanical keyboards with "clicky" keys are a thing now. I've ordered one since I've gotten used to typing on a typewriter again.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 19, 2025 06:20 AM (cvWHI)

47 Police on Cape Cod are urging motorists to check their tires after hundreds of nails were found placed point up on several roads and in driveways on Friday morning.

Posted by: Ciampino - pointed at April 19, 2025 06:22 AM (sPQoU)

48 Happy Easter Eve.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 19, 2025 06:22 AM (dg+HA)

49 Peppermint tea slows down the muscles in your gut. I used to use enteric coated pills of peppermint oil back when I had a bout of IBS. They do work and my doctor approved of it.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 19, 2025 06:23 AM (cvWHI)

50 We are not all useless ..... right?

Macomb Illinois is home of the largest Monopoly Board in the world!

Posted by: Ciampino - can you play hockey on it? at April 19, 2025 06:24 AM (sPQoU)

51 I have the Mac Mini in place and it seems fine. I am going to replace the keyboard. I discovered that mechanical keyboards with "clicky" keys are a thing now. I've ordered one since I've gotten used to typing on a typewriter again.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 19, 2025

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The battery-powered keyboard that came with the iMac I'm using is smaller than I like, doesn't really click, and seems not to be sitting perfectly level -- i.e., when I type the board vibrates a bit. I could try putting a towel under it. Still, I'd like a full-sized Apple-type keyboard. Ae such things available without paying Apple's inflated prices?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 19, 2025 06:25 AM (omVj0)

52 Royals up top - two very pretty women.

Posted by: Ciampino - Noting Eurasians can be stupendous at April 19, 2025 06:27 AM (sPQoU)

53 Peppermint tea slows down the muscles in your gut. I used to use enteric coated pills of peppermint oil back when I had a bout of IBS. They do work and my doctor approved of it.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 19, 2025 06:23 AM (cvWHI)
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Thanks.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 19, 2025 06:29 AM (RIvkX)

54 I watched Lex Fridman's Dave Smith longform podcast. Smith is overwordy ("And he was, you know, you imagine what it must have been like from, like, the lobbyist perspective when they first tried to go there, you know?") and interminably repetitive, inserting vapid analogies all over the place. Fridman allows him to humanize himself, especially starting at about the halfway mark (in a 3-hour poscast). Worth watching.

https://www.youtube.com/c/lexfridman

Posted by: m at April 19, 2025 06:29 AM (CQE5S)

55 poscast

-->

podcast

... or maybe not!

Posted by: m at April 19, 2025 06:31 AM (CQE5S)

56 Thousands of soccer fans in the stadium chant ‘Take My Soul, Lucifer!’

https://tinyurl.com/mrbkmvud

Posted by: Ciampino - people are so ignorant at April 19, 2025 06:31 AM (sPQoU)

57 m thanks for that recommendation

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 19, 2025 06:31 AM (RIvkX)

58 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Currently 70 and that's as high as it's going to get. Rain in the forecast.

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 19, 2025 06:32 AM (hoCmQ)

59 I like Logitech keyboards. You don't have to buy an Apple branded one, just one that is compatible.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 19, 2025 06:32 AM (cvWHI)

60 Perry, Sánchez, and the other women would be guilty of delivering stale rhetoric about how doing space tourism was reclaiming science for the girlies. But here, it was all happening against the insistent drumbeats of budget cuts at actual NASA, while the other rocket entrepreneur, Elon Musk, rearranged the agency to benefit himself.

That’s one whiplash-inducing segue, I’ll give Liz that much.

All it took was ‘But here,” and she’s off to blasting Elon and the entire idea of private space travel.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 19, 2025 06:33 AM (6ydKt)

61 willowed
A member of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz's administration has been repeatedly caught on camera allegedly vandalizing parked Tesla vehicles with his keys while out walking his dog.

https://mol.im/a/14626443

Posted by: Ciampino - people are so stupid at April 19, 2025 06:33 AM (sPQoU)

62 Student, 19, who 'fire-bombed Tesla dealership' faces 20 YEARS jail

https://mol.im/a/14626743

Posted by: Ciampino - another idiot at April 19, 2025 06:35 AM (sPQoU)

63 I never really understood coulrophobia until I watched that video.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 19, 2025 06:36 AM (6ydKt)

64 I like Logitech keyboards. You don't have to buy an Apple branded one, just one that is compatible.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 19, 2025

***
Sure, just ones with the Control, Option, and Command keys, etc.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 19, 2025 06:37 AM (omVj0)

65 Was that wrong? Should I not have done that?

Posted by: Student, 19, who fire-bombed Tesla dealership' at April 19, 2025 06:39 AM (dg+HA)

66 38
Note: tea bags work better if you actually put them in the water.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at April 19, 2025 06:07 AM (6K6Eu)
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Yeah but then they don't last as long.

Posted by: Ciampino - another fallacy at April 19, 2025 06:39 AM (sPQoU)

67 They have keys mapped to the Command key. I'm using a Logitech keyboard on it now. Will pair with three different devices. Works with Macs, PCs and Linux.

We aren't dealing with system 9 anymore and there's a lot of Mac compatible stuff out there

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 19, 2025 06:42 AM (cvWHI)

68 37 31

That computer? It was just tired.

Posted by: Ciampino - another one wakes up at April 19, 2025 06:42 AM (sPQoU)

69 61 willowed
A member of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz's administration has been repeatedly caught on camera allegedly vandalizing parked Tesla vehicles with his keys while out walking his dog.

https://mol.im/a/14626443

Posted by: Ciampino - people are so stupid at April 19, 2025 06:33 AM (sPQoU)

"A member of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz's administration"

Eh.

Adams, who works for Minnesota’s Department of Human Services, is not a political appointee in Walz’s administration, a spokesperson for the governor told The Post Friday night. (NYPost)

Posted by: m at April 19, 2025 06:42 AM (CQE5S)

70 Still, I'd like a full-sized Apple-type keyboard. Ae such things available without paying Apple's inflated prices?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 19, 2025 06:25 AM (omVj0)

Apple makes that same keyboard with a number pad on the right.
That’s as full-size as it gets with Apple.

You can buy any Bluetooth keyboard, or one with a cord or USB dongle, and it’ll work with Macs.

I have one from Logitech that works with PC and Mac (has the Apple marked keys and Windows marked).

With Bluetooth and the magic of Logitech’s software I can switch between the two computers with one mouse and keyboard since they are sitting next to each other on the desk.

It’s like a poor man’s KVM, but it works.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 19, 2025 06:43 AM (6ydKt)

71 This is what I'm using now. I bought it to use with my Windows laptop for work

https://a.co/d/gl4hkA0

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 19, 2025 06:44 AM (cvWHI)

72 They have keys mapped to the Command key. I'm using a Logitech keyboard on it now. Will pair with three different devices. Works with Macs, PCs and Linux.

We aren't dealing with system 9 anymore and there's a lot of Mac compatible stuff out there
Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 19, 2025 06:42 AM (cvWHI)

You and I might be using the same keyboard.

Is it the one with the clickless mouse?
Cuz I love the thing.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 19, 2025 06:45 AM (6ydKt)

73 This is what I bought

https://a.co/d/28wT8Cu

I had no problem getting my existing keyboard or mouse connected via bluetooth on setup.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 19, 2025 06:47 AM (cvWHI)

74 I'm team Miyazaki as far as AI is concerned.
Not only is it clearly IP theft but it will be the complete death of art as well.
The argument goes that it will lower the cost of animation but the truth is that it just guarantees that we will be flooded with generic slop by people who have no business making anything.
Far from being a positive for Western civilisation, using AI like this will just destroy another thing that makes our way of life great.

Posted by: stv at April 19, 2025 06:47 AM (+opPw)

75 Puddles Pity Party is the opening act on this year's Weird Al Yankovic Tour, and I snagged tickets for us for when they are in Dallas this August. Should be a LOT of fun - can't wait! 🥳🥳🥳

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - Ace of Spades Ladies Brigade, plucky comic relief at April 19, 2025 06:49 AM (Tiexr)

76 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 19, 2025 06:49 AM (/Ghsb)

77 72 Is it the one with the clickless mouse?
Cuz I love the thing.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 19, 2025 06:45 AM (6ydKt)

What's a clickless mouse?

Posted by: m at April 19, 2025 06:49 AM (CQE5S)

78
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 19, 2025 06:50 AM (tljrc)

79 77 72 Is it the one with the clickless mouse?
Cuz I love the thing.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 19, 2025 06:45 AM (6ydKt)

What's a clickless mouse?
Posted by: m at April 19, 2025 06:49 AM (CQE5S)

(I'm meanwhile googling it.)

Posted by: m at April 19, 2025 06:50 AM (CQE5S)

80 No, I bought the mouse separate. I was try___ to find all the stuff I used with the laptop, because I put it away when I retired. I still haven't found the mouse I used to use, so I ordered a new one. It's Logitech and looks like a regular mouse. Some of the Logitech pebble keyboards come with the clickless mouse, I think.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 19, 2025 06:52 AM (cvWHI)

81 It's true, this mouse has no click.

mornin yall.

Posted by: fd at April 19, 2025 06:53 AM (vFG9F)

82 This is what I'm using now. I bought it to use with my Windows laptop for work

https://a.co/d/gl4hkA0
Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 19, 2025 06:44 AM (cvWHI)

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Mines not the Pebble version, it doesn’t have the yellow keys.

This is the combo I have:

http://alturl.com/yk729

It’s not cheap, but the keyboard isn’t all plastic.
There’s a metal plate in it, so the thing has no flex and is actually heavier than the Mac keyboard which is milled out of aluminum.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 19, 2025 06:54 AM (6ydKt)

83 Because we agree on very little for any number of reasons, and, for any definition of intelligence, intelligence is not a good filter of bad reasoning.

Posted by: Accomack at April 19, 2025 06:55 AM (YVT+g)

84 I found a short video comparing normal clicks and silent clicks on a Logitech mouse and the "silent" is "less loud," sort of buffered.

Logitech Mouse with Silent Clicks vs Normal Clicks: Hear the Difference

Posted by: m at April 19, 2025 06:56 AM (CQE5S)

85 What's a clickless mouse?
Posted by: m at April 19, 2025 06:49 AM (CQE5S)

(I'm meanwhile googling it.)
Posted by: m at April 19, 2025 06:50 AM (CQE5S)

Well in this case, the mouse clicks, but it is virtually soundless when it does.

There’s no click, click, click, when you use it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 19, 2025 06:57 AM (6ydKt)

86 This is the mouse I got

https://a.co/d/5UFLx1N

Comfortable and seems to work well so far

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 19, 2025 06:58 AM (cvWHI)

87 85 What's a clickless mouse?
Posted by: m at April 19, 2025 06:49 AM (CQE5S)

(I'm meanwhile googling it.)
Posted by: m at April 19, 2025 06:50 AM (CQE5S)

Well in this case, the mouse clicks, but it is virtually soundless when it does.

There’s no click, click, click, when you use it.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 19, 2025 06:57 AM (6ydKt)

O.k. "Virtually soundless," I get. I was trying to imagine absolutely silent and couldn't.

Posted by: m at April 19, 2025 06:58 AM (CQE5S)

88 56 Thousands of soccer fans in the stadium chant ‘Take My Soul, Lucifer!’

https://tinyurl.com/mrbkmvud

Posted by: Ciampino

Enjoy that while you can guys. When the Caliphate finishes absorbing your entire culture, those soccer stadiums will be used for mass killings. Yours.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 19, 2025 06:58 AM (sAmhv)

89 The original Mac mouse only had one button. They were trying to keep it simple. The second mouse button signaled the end of simplicity.

Posted by: fd at April 19, 2025 07:00 AM (vFG9F)

90 Logitech makes good stuff and they made products for Macs for a long time. The keyboards with multiple connections are nice. I can use it with my ipad or phone too.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 19, 2025 07:01 AM (cvWHI)

91 IOW, we are not "factual reasoners" and we do not abide by "factual reasoning".
Of course AI hallucinates, it is based on a system that hallucinates. It will get worse until it is not humane and then AI will work and become cruel.

Posted by: Accomack at April 19, 2025 07:02 AM (YVT+g)

92 89 The original Mac mouse only had one button. They were trying to keep it simple. The second mouse button signaled the end of simplicity.
Posted by: fd at April 19, 2025 07:00 AM (vFG9F)

I have a Mac wireless mouse and love it. No buttons; lean and sleek.

Posted by: m at April 19, 2025 07:02 AM (CQE5S)

93 Someone sent me this.

https://tinyurl.com/329r3j4a

Posted by: Ciampino - another batch at April 19, 2025 07:03 AM (sPQoU)

94 Steve Jobs didn't like styluses either and we seem to be past that now.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 19, 2025 07:03 AM (cvWHI)

95 Morning peeps.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 19, 2025 07:04 AM (Q4IgG)

96 if you stop by, AtC, don't look at #93!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 19, 2025 07:05 AM (/Ghsb)

97 Seems to me that a stylus is not comfortable to use on a vertical surface.

Posted by: Ciampino - another i/o at April 19, 2025 07:06 AM (sPQoU)

98 Are you all awake now? That woke me up.

Posted by: Ciampino - another i/o tool at April 19, 2025 07:08 AM (sPQoU)

99 Someone sent me this.

https://tinyurl.com/329r3j4a
Posted by: Ciampino - another batch at April 19, 2025 07:03 AM (sPQoU)

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Pretty sure I had wolf spiders in my virginia home once. Glad they didn't make all those babies! And they are fast!

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 19, 2025 07:09 AM (pJXAl)

100 100

Posted by: m at April 19, 2025 07:09 AM (CQE5S)

101 Derinkuyu Underground City, Turkey Tour Documentary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=yYCk_iEDEWU

Posted by: Ciampino - another I knew nothing about at April 19, 2025 07:13 AM (sPQoU)

102 61 willowed
A member of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz's administration has been repeatedly caught on camera allegedly vandalizing parked Tesla vehicles with his keys while out walking his dog.

https://mol.im/a/14626443

Posted by: Ciampino - people are so stupid at April 19, 2025 06:33 AM (sPQoU)

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A surefire way to earn a rapid promotion in a Walz administration

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 19, 2025 07:14 AM (pJXAl)

103 I have a Mac wireless mouse and love it. No buttons; lean and sleek.
Posted by: m at April 19, 2025 07:02 AM (CQE5S)

The little white one with the charging port…. on the bottom.

I like those, too.
The touch feature is great!
But the ergonomics will kill your wrist if you use it for long periods.

I had to change my mouse gripping style to a claw grip to use the thing for years.

Now when I use the regular size egg-shaped mouse I’m still claw-gripping it,

Old habits are hard to break.

Apple is supposedly changing the design of the Magic Mouse soon, though they’ll probably leave the charging port… on the bottom.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 19, 2025 07:17 AM (6ydKt)

104 >What's a clickless mouse?

$20. Same as in town.

Posted by: Do I have to do EVERYTHING for you people? at April 19, 2025 07:19 AM (dg+HA)

105
Apple is supposedly changing the design of the Magic Mouse soon, though they’ll probably leave the charging port… on the bottom.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 19, 2025

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That's the one I have. How often do you need to charge it?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 19, 2025 07:19 AM (omVj0)

106 My Mac Mini has the power button on the bottom. Not a big deal for me but it is weird

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 19, 2025 07:21 AM (cvWHI)

107 This is the mouse I got

https://a.co/d/5UFLx1N

Comfortable and seems to work well so far
Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 19, 2025 06:58 AM (cvWHI)

Yup, very similar to mine, except it mine has the programmable center button on top.

I just use it to switch the polling rate on the mouse.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 19, 2025 07:21 AM (6ydKt)

108 The plural of "stylus" is either "styluses" or "styli."

Posted by: The more you know... at April 19, 2025 07:22 AM (dg+HA)

109 104 77 >What's a clickless mouse?

$20. Same as in town.
Posted by: Do I have to do EVERYTHING for you people? at April 19, 2025 07:19 AM (dg+HA)

Took a while!

Posted by: m at April 19, 2025 07:23 AM (CQE5S)

110 That's the one I have. How often do you need to charge it?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 19, 2025 07:19 AM (omVj0)

Been using it for almost 8 years now.
And I’m guessing, but I’d say I have to charge it once a month and a half to two months, depending on use.

I had the AA battery version before this rechargeable version and it would last longer, say every six months I’d have to replace the batteries.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 19, 2025 07:25 AM (6ydKt)

111 Someone said '30 years ago' and my mind went to the 70s, but they meant 1995. Now I am flustered.

Posted by: Ciampino - another crazy interval at April 19, 2025 07:27 AM (sPQoU)

112 My Mac Mini has the power button on the bottom. Not a big deal for me but it is weird
Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 19, 2025 07:21 AM (cvWHI)

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The YouTube reviewers said the same thing.

“It’s no big deal, but why in the world would you put it in the bottom?”

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 19, 2025 07:27 AM (6ydKt)

113 *on

Phrasing!

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 19, 2025 07:28 AM (6ydKt)

114 hat's the one I have. How often do you need to charge it?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 19, 2025 07:19 AM (omVj0)
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Been using it for almost 8 years now.
And I’m guessing, but I’d say I have to charge it once a month and a half to two months, depending on use.

I had the AA battery version before this rechargeable version and it would last longer, say every six months I’d have to replace the batteries.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 19, 2025

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Once a month sounds right. I started using the iMac the week I retired, and that's been close to three weeks now, so maybe I'll do that next week. Or the first of the month, so I'll remember.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 19, 2025 07:28 AM (omVj0)

115 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 19, 2025 07:30 AM (u82oZ)

116 Not only will they make up answers that are completely wrong, when asked how they came up with those answers, they will make that up as well.

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True wisdom comes when one realizes this might be the best indicator of sentience we could ever wish for.

Posted by: Boron Quidquid - you realize Darwin disproved evolution, right? at April 19, 2025 07:30 AM (km43Y)

117 "Recharge the mouse."
Is that what you kids are calling it nowadays?

Posted by: Homer Simpson at April 19, 2025 07:30 AM (dg+HA)

118 Glamorous mom's Walmart child abduction story 'blown apart' by shocking new video

https://mol.im/a/14615469

Posted by: Ciampino - another idiot that ignores cameras? at April 19, 2025 07:31 AM (sPQoU)

119
Not only will they make up answers that are completely wrong, when asked how they came up with those answers, they will make that up as well.

OpenAI is merely a digital Democrat / libtard. Prove me wrong.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 19, 2025 07:33 AM (Tv15w)

120 Oops. That wasn't supposed to be from me. It should have been Grandpa.

Posted by: Homer Simpson at April 19, 2025 07:33 AM (dg+HA)

121 "President Trump Appoints Conservative Commentator Mark Levin to Homeland Security Advisory Council"

That's fine, but what are you doing about those bags under your eyes? Did you buy some gold yet? You better get Carshield!

Posted by: Ol Yeller at April 19, 2025 07:34 AM (vFG9F)

122 Not only will they make up answers that are completely wrong, when asked how they came up with those answers, they will make that up as well.

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So progressive

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 19, 2025 07:34 AM (0JWOm)

123
Blue Origin's all-girl space stunt is Elon Musk's fault. (The Verge)
Elon Musk has nothing to do with it, has saved the day when things went south, and generally speaking has done nothing wrong at all, but Elizabeth Lopatto has to rant.

They set the record for most breast implants sent into space in a single launch! And that's something to brag about!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 19, 2025 07:36 AM (Tv15w)

124 118 Glamorous mom's Walmart child abduction story 'blown apart' by shocking new video

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I mean, I get it.

She watched a murderer stalk and kill someone and get a half million dollars.

Imagine how much she as an attractiveish white woman might be able to get in her gofundme, AND she gets to constantly tell a story about how some man was mean to her? Abusive, even?

Ka-ching, baby

Posted by: Boron Quidquid - you realize Darwin disproved evolution, right? at April 19, 2025 07:36 AM (km43Y)

125 Hard to type. Big black cat on desk. Send lawyers, guns, and money.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 19, 2025 07:37 AM (omVj0)

126
“It’s no big deal, but why in the world would you put it in the bottom?”

Posted by: SpeakingOf

* Pete Buttgiggity raises hand and waves excitedly *

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 19, 2025 07:39 AM (Tv15w)

127 Thinking about putting on some outside the house clothes on, and running to Walmart for a few groceries I need, then shave and shower when I get back. Compared to how most of the other WM shoppers look, even unshaved I look like Cary Grant.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 19, 2025 07:40 AM (omVj0)

128 124 118

Reading the article- she was in a motorized scooter in walmart with 4 kids

"Speaking about the incident last month, Miller clarified that she is not handicapped but was using the motorized scooter because her children wanted to ride in it."

Srsly?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 19, 2025 07:41 AM (Wx316)

129 Update on my wife.

She had a quiet night, and is getting better from the events of yesterday.

She was much improved, complaining about her situation to me, like why can't I sit up?, which is a sign of normality. The medical team was going to remove a blood pressure support pump this weekend, then she could safely sit up.

Got her Sudoku from the car, and let her rest before dinner. Small portions of some nice food like salmon. Worked on my story from a chair in the corner of the room.

Then alarms went off. Her heart went into afib. People streamed into the room, working to get her heart back. The crash cart showed up, and shock paddles were placed. Stay with us [Mrs Salty] was the chant. 12 people, including her high-powered doctors, in the room. Clear. Shock. Her body jumped.

Heart back in rhythm, but now more time needed for stabilization.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 19, 2025 07:41 AM (u82oZ)

130 Hang dai Salty

Posted by: Boron Quidquid - you realize Darwin disproved evolution, right? at April 19, 2025 07:43 AM (km43Y)

131 Salty big hugs to you and continued prayers for Mrs Salty.
What an ordeal for you both.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 19, 2025 07:44 AM (Wx316)

132 So I guess President Trump isn't allowed to deport illegal aliens anymore. This is quite a kick in the stomach.

"Supreme Court BLOCKS Migrant Deportations as Trump Pushes Presidential Powers to the Brink"

https://shorturl.at/ex9kZ (link to DM)

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 19, 2025 07:44 AM (qBdHI)

133 129
NaCly we all have your Mrs and you in mind.

Posted by: Ciampino - shocking at April 19, 2025 07:45 AM (sPQoU)

134 vmom deport deport deport

What I've learned from this is to stay healthy so you don't go to a hospital.

Your hugs are therapeutic, and I hardly felt the bandoleer of throwing knives you wear.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 19, 2025 07:47 AM (u82oZ)

135 Ciampino

Thank you. Her continued fight is beyond science, and into the realm of spirituality. I credit the Horde with her being here.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 19, 2025 07:48 AM (u82oZ)

136 Once a month sounds right. I started using the iMac the week I retired, and that's been close to three weeks now, so maybe I'll do that next week. Or the first of the month, so I'll remember.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 19, 2025 07:28 AM (omVj0)

If you go up to the top right of the Menu bar on the Mac and click on the Bluetooth symbol it will show you how much charge you have left in the mouse and keyboard.

When it gets down to 10% charge it will turn the readout red to warn you.

It’s been awhile since I’ve let it happen, but I think MacOS will throw a warning dialing box on the screen when your peripherals get to 5% charge.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 19, 2025 07:52 AM (6ydKt)

137 Compared to how most of the other WM shoppers look, even unshaved I look like Cary Grant.

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We were having a discussion about this in meatspace not too long ago.

Until the 2000s / 2010s or so people understood (and had been taught ?) that they could meet a mate, an opportunity for advancement, etc each time

Something about the internet and the idea that all of an individuals important aspects of life exist primarily online broke a lot of our brains. Normal people going outside to do business in pajamas is a great example, and you can see it constantly.

Posted by: Boron Quidquid - you realize Darwin disproved evolution, right? at April 19, 2025 07:52 AM (km43Y)

138 So I guess President Trump isn't allowed to deport illegal aliens anymore. This is quite a kick in the stomach.

And I'd like everyone to note that only Thomas and Alito opposed. That's right. Crying Cav, No Notes ACB, and Muh Law Gorsuch all joined the Dread Pirate Roberts.

Lets all applaud The Turtle for his brilliant mastery of the Senate in getting them appointed. Yay Turtle.

Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at April 19, 2025 07:52 AM (CSQIx)

139 I'm glad they were able to bring her back, Salty! Here's hoping for. quiet day today.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 19, 2025 07:53 AM (cvWHI)

140 Many prayers for you and Mrs. Salty both. May she continue to heal and recover, and no more scares ensue! Sounds like you've both been through a lot.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 19, 2025 07:53 AM (qBdHI)

141 Prayer thread will be here shortly, so...
Heavenly Father bring the river of life into that hospital room, wisdom to all the medical staff, courage into her heart, peace into Salty's and your grace into the entire situation.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 19, 2025 07:54 AM (dg+HA)

142 Prayers, Salty

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at April 19, 2025 07:56 AM (eaOja)

143 What I've learned from this is to stay healthy so you don't go to a hospital.

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Truer words were never spoken.

Six months or so ago I went to the ER for a kidney stone. I'd had them before, I knee what was happening, and I told them. Cat scans, MRI, etc, and what should be a $200 or so visit for generic IV painkillers for an hour or two was a $15,000 two hour visit.

I'm not easily getting away from my covid era suspicions about the medical industry m

Posted by: Boron Quidquid - you realize Darwin disproved evolution, right? at April 19, 2025 07:57 AM (km43Y)

144 And I'd like everyone to note that only Thomas and Alito opposed. That's right. Crying Cav, No Notes ACB, and Muh Law Gorsuch all joined the Dread Pirate Roberts

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I'm fairly supportive of this simply because it gets us a step closer to the other two equal branches saying "no, you're our equal, and you don't get to tell us what to do"

Posted by: Boron Quidquid - you realize Darwin disproved evolution, right? at April 19, 2025 07:59 AM (km43Y)

145 I'm not easily getting away from my covid era suspicions about the medical industry m
Posted by: Boron Quidquid - you realize Darwin disproved evolution, right? at April 19, 2025 07:57 AM (km43Y)

If you went to CMC - Main, navigating the parking deck is enough to give you a heart attack.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at April 19, 2025 08:02 AM (PiwSw)

146 Have a great day, everyone.

Thank you.

May you be walking is a beautiful garden, with zephyrs.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 19, 2025 08:03 AM (u82oZ)

147 Salty, prayers continue.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at April 19, 2025 08:03 AM (PiwSw)

148 I'm fairly supportive of this simply because it gets us a step closer to the other two equal branches saying "no, you're our equal, and you don't get to tell us what to do"

I'll take that bet. Congress wants no part of this - like they want no part of anything else. We are here, in no small part, because the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial are a three-legged stool. Except the Legislative just wants to do hookers and blow all day rather than take an actual stance on anything.

This is the Executive against the Judicial. Congress will sit this one out, one way or another.

Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at April 19, 2025 08:03 AM (CSQIx)

149 If you go up to the top right of the Menu bar on the Mac and click on the Bluetooth symbol it will show you how much charge you have left in the mouse and keyboard.

When it gets down to 10% charge it will turn the readout red to warn you.

It’s been awhile since I’ve let it happen, but I think MacOS will throw a warning dialing box on the screen when your peripherals get to 5% charge.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 19, 2025

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I didn't have "Show Bluetooth in Menu Bar" on. The mouse is at 56%. Maybe I'd better charge it this week.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 19, 2025 08:03 AM (omVj0)

150 I'll take that bet.
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Oh, I'm not saying anything productive will immediately come from it, but it's a necessary step on the way to the inevitable nation-states if it continues.

Posted by: Boron Quidquid - you realize Darwin disproved evolution, right? at April 19, 2025 08:06 AM (km43Y)

151 Nood

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Are you honest enough to acknowledge Darwin disproved evolution? at April 19, 2025 08:09 AM (Dv9LQ)

152 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering at April 19, 2025 05:40 AM (dg+HA)

Mine's empty, the birds are pissed and took it out on my car.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at April 19, 2025 09:15 AM (5xuJ/)

153 Elon Musk has nothing to do with it, has saved the day when things went south, and generally speaking has done nothing wrong at all, but Elizabeth Lopatto has to rant.

Unlike my wife's, this woman's bitching amuses me.

Posted by: toby928 at April 19, 2025 10:02 AM (jc0TO)

154 Godspeed, Mrs. NaCly.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 19, 2025 10:44 AM (i24o9)

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