Daily Tech News 21 April 2025

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Discord is deploying age verification systems recently made mandatory in fascist dystopias. (Soap Central)

Like Britain. And Australia.

Fortunately they're being a lot more sensible about this than the governments that enforced the rules. The verification pops up - once - when you want to see adult content.

Which is not something I want from Discord, ever, so I don't see this as a huge problem. And you can pass the verification check with a face scan by the app and not have to upload government ID.

Tech News

Looks like there will be a 32GB variant of AMD's Radeon 9070 XT after all... Sort of. (Tom's Hardware)

AMD denied this a bit too strenuously. Looks like the 32GB model is for the Radeon Pro range, for workstation users and not gamers. It is the same card otherwise, though the clock speeds and power consumption will likely be trimmed back a little to make it more acceptable in an office environment.
It's a four-inch cube and it's blue, but it doesn't say Cobalt on it. (Liliputing)

The Beelink Me Mini supports six M.2 drives, two 2.5Gb Ethernet ports, three USB ports, and one HDMI. And an internal power supply so you don't have an inconvenient brick hanging off it.

Also available in white and gray. Or will be available. Price and shipping date TBA.

CPU is an Intel N200 which is a four core Atom CPU and delivers adequate performance for a NAS and only uses 6W of power.
Resist eggheads! (Ars Technica)

Ars Technica has noticed that people have finally woken up to the communist takeover of the education system and is desperate to put them to sleep again, by force if necessary.
Chinese APT IronHusky deploys updated MysterySnail RAT on Russia. (HackRead)

The Cold War proceeds apace, just now being fought between the Chinese and the Soviets.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Gentlemen, spin your leeks!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 21, 2025 04:31 AM (Y+jbb)

2 The Pope died.

Posted by: Ciampino - rubbing against unbelievers at April 21, 2025 04:31 AM (sPQoU)

3 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 21, 2025 04:32 AM (sAmhv)

4 Ciampino - just saw that. Thought it was a joke for a minute, but appears to be confirmed.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 21, 2025 04:34 AM (BLOW1)

5 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at April 21, 2025 04:37 AM (ypFCm)

6 "The Pope died"

It was JD Vance, he was just there and killed him.

Posted by: Demonrat Activist at April 21, 2025 04:37 AM (szqEY)

7 4
I don't think he ever recovered after a month in hospital.

Posted by: Ciampino - bad policy to lie at April 21, 2025 04:37 AM (sPQoU)

8 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 21, 2025 04:37 AM (u82oZ)

9 w00t

Posted by: m at April 21, 2025 04:38 AM (CQE5S)

10 Pope Francis, the first pontiff from the Americas, dead at 88 after long respiratory crisis

httpd://trib.al/7xBYnnw

Posted by: Ciampino - bad policy to lie to the world at April 21, 2025 04:46 AM (sPQoU)

11 Update:

My wife Linda passed in comfort under the good drugs two nights ago. I thought we had more time. Alas. This is the start of the first full day when I know she is gone. Lots to do.

I credit the prayers of the Horde with keeping her here until we said the words we needed to say. You are all a part of that powerful force. You have my heartfelt thanks.

I can testify.

Ad Astra Per Aspera
Salty Dog
Or as Anna Puma says, Salty Dawg. Must be an SEC thing.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 21, 2025 04:46 AM (u82oZ)

12 Students ordered to shelter in place amid gunfire at Harvard Square

https://mol.im/a/14630143

Posted by: Ciampino - poor hippies at April 21, 2025 04:48 AM (sPQoU)

13 Bud-bye!

https://tinyurl.com/2kwz8e55

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 21, 2025 04:48 AM (Y+jbb)

14 Loituma, "levan polkka"
Potential earworm!

Posted by: m at April 21, 2025 04:48 AM (CQE5S)

15 When Wolfus comes along I'd like to tell him that I would like to suggest a mac usb keyboard off of ebay, specifically the A1048 keyboard. It's white, and one came with an imac I bought a _long_ time ago, and which I now use with a more recent (but still ancient) imac.

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at April 21, 2025 04:50 AM (gHSfI)

16 Oh my.

NaCly, may your family and the memories be a comfort to you.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 21, 2025 04:50 AM (Y+jbb)

17 I was trying to guess the date of the video by the way they're dressed and I was guessing way too early, like, mid 60's.

Posted by: m at April 21, 2025 04:51 AM (CQE5S)

18 Oh, and probably some sort of usb hub. But I don't know what to recommend there.

Is this one of those new-fangled arm imacs he's using?

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at April 21, 2025 04:52 AM (gHSfI)

19 Traitor!

https://tinyurl.com/yanwbj38

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 21, 2025 04:52 AM (Y+jbb)

20 My wife Linda passed in comfort under the good drugs two nights ago. I thought we had more time. Alas. This is the start of the first full day when I know she is gone. Lots to do.

Think of it like a deployment. You're separated until you get to port in some far off future.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 21, 2025 04:56 AM (ExV1e)

21 Bud-bye!

https://tinyurl.com/2kwz8e55
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 21, 2025 04:48 AM (Y+jbb)

If it doesn't give up it's citizenship, it's a poser.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 21, 2025 04:57 AM (ExV1e)

22 Traitor!

https://tinyurl.com/yanwbj38
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 21, 2025 04:52 AM (Y+jbb)

A powerful message. When the Democrats return to power they shall not look favorably on any nation which didn't continue to fuck over the American people.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 21, 2025 04:59 AM (ExV1e)

23 I hope Salty is getting some rest, seems to be a common problem

Posted by: Skip at April 21, 2025 05:02 AM (ypFCm)

24 I can only offer my heartfelt condolences for you NaCly. She is at rest now in the hands of the Lord, and I'm sure she would want you to be a peace with that.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 21, 2025 05:02 AM (3Ope8)

25 Salty,

There is the eternal comfort of knowing that you shall be together forever at some point.

This is the gift that was given to us for the taking on that Easter morning lo, so long ago.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 21, 2025 05:03 AM (a1415)

26 Long commute
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at April 21, 2025 05:04 AM (ypFCm)

27 We'll, another trip around the sun completed.

I believe we shall drive downtown, walk the Cooper River Bridge, and then head to Sullivan's Island for lunch at Poe's Tavern.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 21, 2025 05:06 AM (a1415)

28 Raskin is in a safe seat. Maryland. He could get caught in bed with a dead girl and a live boy and still get reelected.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 21, 2025 05:09 AM (sAmhv)

29 Raskin is in a safe seat. Maryland. He could get caught in bed with a dead girl and a live boy and still get reelected.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 21, 2025 05:09 AM (sAmhv)
-

I almost made Emily Litella's mistake reading the last word of your comment.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 21, 2025 05:12 AM (Y+jbb)

30 Salty, I'm sorry to hear about your wife.

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at April 21, 2025 05:12 AM (gHSfI)

31 I used to have a different nic

Deployment. I remember the wardroom the first night at sea, "Past Thimble Shoals Light, wedding bands off. "

Got stories.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 21, 2025 05:15 AM (u82oZ)

32 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

Thank you for your comfort. This is one of the many parts of Christianity that makes it a force for good and civilization. That actions in life matter, and you can plan to meet again, if you are saved. It is a great comfort.

There needs to be a story about Elon Musk, and how he handles multiple wives and baby mommas in Heaven.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 21, 2025 05:19 AM (u82oZ)

33 May you all have a wonderful day. I am boosted by the support of all the great people here.

Take it from me, time creeps up on you. You don't have as much time as you think. So reopen your heart to those close to you, and fully express your love.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 21, 2025 05:22 AM (u82oZ)

34 NaCly Dog, I am so sorry to hear of Linda's passing. I'm glad you two had the time to say what was needed.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 21, 2025 05:23 AM (BpO1e)

35 Deployment. I remember the wardroom the first night at sea, "Past Thimble Shoals Light, wedding bands off. "

Got stories.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 21, 2025 05:15 AM (u82oZ)

I always knew surface officers were gay.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 21, 2025 05:24 AM (ExV1e)

36 Sorry for your loss Salty.

Posted by: Van Helsing at April 21, 2025 05:31 AM (kK7U2)

37 I'm worried about Pixy. Two days in a row he could have posted cartoon songs, the original diggy hole and then passed on hatsune.

Something's gone terribly wrong. Perhaps Lex Luthor has been installed as Ruler of Australia? Nah. That's already happened.

Posted by: Van Helsing at April 21, 2025 05:35 AM (kK7U2)

38 Evening and morning, all!

When Wolfus comes along I'd like to tell him that I would like to suggest a mac usb keyboard off of ebay, specifically the A1048 keyboard. It's white, and one came with an imac I bought a _long_ time ago, and which I now use with a more recent (but still ancient) imac.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at April 21, 2025

***
I'll look for that! At present I am not doing a lot of heavy typing on the machine, but eventually I plan to use it quite a bit, and would like a larger keyboard. Thanks!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2025 05:36 AM (omVj0)

39 Sorry about your dear wife Linda, Salty. May the Lord strengthen you and all you knew and loved appreciated her . May the Lord be gracious to all in their grief that they may not be overwhelmed by loss but have trust in your goodness and have courage to meet the days ahead with trust in the love and mercy of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 21, 2025 05:37 AM (3mwgw)

40 crisis

httpd://trib.al/7xBYnnw
Posted by: Ciampino - bad policy to lie to the world at April 21, 2025 04:46 AM (sPQoU)

He waited til he got to have a private audience with JD Vance!

Posted by: kallisto at April 21, 2025 05:39 AM (Asprk)

41 Maybe if and when you feel up to it , Salty, you might tell us how you met and what you appreciated about your dear wife. I like those kinds of accounts.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 21, 2025 05:40 AM (3mwgw)

42 Good morning good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 21, 2025 05:40 AM (vKNmo)

43 Salty, my condolences on the loss of Linda. May the thought that you will someday be reunited sustain you right now.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2025 05:41 AM (omVj0)

44 I don't think he ever recovered after a month in hospital.
Posted by: Ciampino

When I heard he was 'getting better' not long ago, I view that info in the same vein as if it was Monty Python skit. 88 year olds very rarely rally and are unaffected by a bad case of pneumonia.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 21, 2025 05:42 AM (vKNmo)

45 My sincere condolences to you, NaCly.

I can’t imagine what it’s like to lose a longtime partner. Remember in the coming days, the Hirde is always here for you!

Posted by: kallisto at April 21, 2025 05:43 AM (Asprk)

46 So sorry to hear this news - Much love and continued prayers Salty.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 21, 2025 05:44 AM (vKNmo)

47 A "mild" 72 F. here, humid, light winds from the SE, so halfway decent workout conditions. We went to Shoney's yesterday for the breakfast buffet, and lemme tell ya, friends and neighbors, bring lotsa cash. It was $17 a person! I should have let Miss Linda order one buffet, and had myself a smaller meal from the menu. Not only did I eat more (though good stuff) than I should have, but I was useless and logy for the rest of the day.

We could have gone to our regular grill and I'd have gotten us fed for $25 instead of nearly $50. When did Shoneys become a place with (semi-)premium prices?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2025 05:45 AM (omVj0)

48 of nearly $50. When did Shoneys become a place with (semi-)premium prices?

If the food is good, sounds like a good deal, compared to prices around here.

Posted by: kallisto at April 21, 2025 05:49 AM (Asprk)

49 Pixy, I raise your Levan Polkka by Loituma with this version.

Otava Yo - Levan Polka
https://youtu.be/PX5OARoNFpg

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 21, 2025 05:49 AM (amnH6)

50 He could get caught in bed with a dead girl and a live boy and still get reelected.
Posted by: Puddleglum

Go on. . . .
-- Schumer, Pelosi, McConnell, Hakeem Jeffries, Cory Booker
and on and on. . .

Posted by: Tonypete at April 21, 2025 05:49 AM (vKNmo)

51 Easter medley by a wonderful group, Anthem Lights:

https://tinyurl.com/ax2v7tcu

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 21, 2025 05:51 AM (3mwgw)

52
Good morning, Hordians.

Today, for the first time in heaven knows how long, I have nothing to do today. My time, apart from taking care of the dogs, is my own.

I pretend I'm still a scientist by doing patent searches for a search firm on the West Coast. They send me assignments, I do the search and send a report. I rarely hear what's thought of them but I continue to get work so they must not be too dissatisfied.

Over the last couple of months, a big oil company has requested a good many of these searches, with a budget limit of six hours of my time. I assure you, they take more than six hours. The most recent turned up 139 hits, all of which had to be read to see which ones had only molybdenum as the hydrodeoxygenation catalyst in less than 5% concentration on a support with mean pore diameter greater than 12 nm. Then I have to provide an analysis and write up the report, with all the niggling hierarchy of the patent classifications searched.

Sent the report off last night. Now I have nothing - sweet nothing - to do today. Her Majesty is out of town until next week. Maybe I'll go for a drive.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 21, 2025 05:51 AM (QnmlO)

53 Dear Lord, as we greet the day on this beautiful Easter Monday, may I present a small request…

We can haz Good Pope now???

Posted by: kallisto at April 21, 2025 05:52 AM (Asprk)

54 of nearly $50. When did Shoneys become a place with (semi-)premium prices?
*
If the food is good, sounds like a good deal, compared to prices around here.
Posted by: kallisto at April 21, 2025

***
It was good food, I suppose, but my Swedish heritage rebels at paying those kind of prices for the eating experience at a place that used to be, and still is, at the level of a Denny's or Sambo's.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2025 05:52 AM (omVj0)

55 Pixy, I raise your Levan Polkka by Loituma with this version.

Otava Yo - Levan Polka
https://youtu.be/PX5OARoNFpg
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 21, 2025 05:49 AM (amnH6)

I can't take a Levan Polkka seriously unless it includes a Japanese woman waving leeks around.

https://youtu.be/c17xydS2vgU

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 21, 2025 05:53 AM (ExV1e)

56 On Saturday, I posted a prayer request for my co-worker whose wife was giving birth to their first child and they began inducing labor last Thursday.

The follow up: She arrived yesterday. 9 pounds, 15 ounces and 23 inches long. Mother, husband and baby are all doing fine.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 21, 2025 05:55 AM (BpO1e)

57
We can haz Good Pope now???
Posted by: kallisto at April 21, 2025 05:52 AM (Asprk)

The 21st Century Sack of Rome. They say the Holy Ghost speaks to the Conclave. I think the message from the last one is "No more Jesuits."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 21, 2025 05:56 AM (QnmlO)

58 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at April 21, 2025 05:56 AM (dg+HA)

59 Funny video explains how the gym was invented:

https://tinyurl.com/8vv82xkw

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 21, 2025 05:56 AM (3mwgw)

60 NaCly Dog, I am so sorry for your wife's passing.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 21, 2025 05:57 AM (amnH6)

61
Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering at April 21, 2025 05:56 AM (dg+HA)

I fill them up every morning, but I can't run the fountain because it's just been too windy. I think it's been too windy here since January.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 21, 2025 05:57 AM (QnmlO)

62 Today, like Hadrian, I have nothing important to do. Oh, I could run out and get some paper towels at Dollar Tree, and some canned chow for the furry thugs at Petco (oddly, their canned Friskies offerings are the same price as Walmart's!). But I don't *need* to. Time to sit at the computer and noodle around some notes for writing.

Wed. I get my SS check, so then I'll hit the grocery, pick up the repaired lamp, and get a mouse recharging cable at the computer repair store. Turns out the cable I use for my phone and the one for my LED flashlights don't fit the Apple mouse. It's nice not having wires running from keyboard and mouse to the computer -- but that means I have to keep both powered.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2025 05:59 AM (omVj0)

63 The 21st Century Sack of Rome. They say the Holy Ghost speaks to the Conclave. I think the message from the last one is "No more Jesuits."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 21, 2025 05:56 AM (QnmlO)

College of Cardinals: We have four candidates for Pope... one Communist, one Homosexual, one Muslim, and this African guy who still believes in Christ.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 21, 2025 06:01 AM (ExV1e)

64 Jesus has risen.
The Pope?
Not so much.

Posted by: I was Gumby Damn It! now I'm not. at April 21, 2025 06:01 AM (r3F/z)

65 Good morning, thx Pixy. The Pope is mort . Will the successor be a reformer or another Communist?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 21, 2025 06:01 AM (6TePA)

66 Posted by: NR Pax at April 21, 2025 05:55 AM (BpO1e

Glad to hear that. Thanks for letting us know.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 21, 2025 06:02 AM (3mwgw)

67 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Aye, leeks is goot.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at April 21, 2025 06:03 AM (6K6Eu)

68 I'm lucky, I guess - have to run over the hospital at 1000 to feed the baby and then scoot to place to get the oil changed.

Could be worse - my DIL has to pump every few hours. She just walked by on the way to the fridge and said "Moo."

Posted by: Tonypete at April 21, 2025 06:03 AM (vKNmo)

69 Maximum condolences, NaCly.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at April 21, 2025 06:04 AM (6K6Eu)

70 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2025 05:52 AM (omVj0)

See if you can order some Swedish pancake mix and lingonberries and make something at home sometime.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 21, 2025 06:04 AM (3mwgw)

71 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 21, 2025 05:56 AM (QnmlO)

Maybe we’ll get a Filipino or African. At least someone who’s not on a jihad against the Latin Mass.

And I’m not even an attendee of that rite. The actions against TLM were excess, IMO. I get it was a reaction against schismatic group, but I don’t know. Seems extreme to me.

Posted by: kallisto at April 21, 2025 06:04 AM (u+PLX)

72 College of Cardinals: We have four candidates for Pope... one Communist, one Homosexual, one Muslim, and this African guy who still believes in Christ.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Ah yes - the African is right out.
-- Powers that be

Posted by: Tonypete at April 21, 2025 06:05 AM (vKNmo)

73 Glad to hear that. Thanks for letting us know.

Happy to share some good news. The kid was taking her sweet time and the mother was doing everything she could to hurry things along such as eating spicy food and doing squats.

I told my co-worker "Have the Sheriff's Department show up with an eviction notice and do not tell your wife that joke until much later."

Posted by: NR Pax at April 21, 2025 06:05 AM (BpO1e)

74 50 He could get caught in bed with a dead girl and a live boy and still get reelected.
Posted by: Puddleglum

Go on. . . .
-- Schumer, Pelosi, McConnell, Hakeem Jeffries, Cory Booker
and on and on. . .

Posted by: Tonypete at April 21, 2025 05:49 AM (vKNmo)
----
But they could meet up with one of our 'undocumented' stabby stabbies and .......

Posted by: Ciampino - poor not so Honorable at April 21, 2025 06:07 AM (sPQoU)

75
Good morning, thx Pixy. The Pope is mort . Will the successor be a reformer or another Communist?
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 21, 2025 06:01 AM (6TePA)

Well, I'll be. He really is. The local news headline says, "Leaving behind a changed Catholic Church." Yeah, that's one way of putting it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 21, 2025 06:08 AM (QnmlO)

76
I can assure you, we will have a pope from Antarctica before we have a pope from the United States.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 21, 2025 06:09 AM (QnmlO)

77 I can assure you, we will have a pope from Antarctica before we have a pope from the United States.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 21, 2025 06:09 AM (QnmlO)
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The first Penguin Pope?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at April 21, 2025 06:09 AM (6K6Eu)

78 Posted by: NR Pax at April 21, 2025 06:05 AM (BpO1e)

Ha!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 21, 2025 06:10 AM (3mwgw)

79 Posted by: NR Pax at April 21, 2025 06:05 AM (BpO1e)

That’s a big baby!

I thought I was a heifer at birth…8 lbs. 13 oz.
But I guess they’re sending them bigger these days.

Posted by: kallisto at April 21, 2025 06:10 AM (u+PLX)

80
The first Penguin Pope?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at April 21, 2025 06:09 AM (6K6Eu)

A penguin couldn't be worse than the last one.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 21, 2025 06:11 AM (QnmlO)

81 There’s this Ukrainian bishop the may work well in this situation.

Posted by: College of Cardinals at April 21, 2025 06:12 AM (r4IU7)

82 The world thinks it was pneumonia that did in Pope Francis. But we all know better…it was JD Vance’s murder eyes.

Posted by: kallisto at April 21, 2025 06:12 AM (u+PLX)

83 >76 I can assure you, we will have a pope from Antarctica before we have a pope from the United States.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 21, 2025 06:09 AM (QnmlO)

I'm praying for a pipe hittin' African pope. One that puts the max in Pontifex Maximus.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at April 21, 2025 06:13 AM (GTqXr)

84 @Salty, prayers for you loss. Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord, and let Your perpetual light shine upon her.
May her soul and the souls of all the faithful departed
rest in peace.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at April 21, 2025 06:14 AM (GTqXr)

85 Apple is full of idiots. Got out the iPad I hadn't used in months but couldn't remember the unlock code. With Windows, you have a chance to reset that but with Apple, you have to reset the machine. Fortunately there's nothing on it, because I hadn't used it in months.

Still, Apple is full of idiots.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 21, 2025 06:14 AM (WPL6O)

86 Well, I don't have a say in who gets picked, but I rather like Cardinal Robert Sarah from Guinea who seems quite a traditionalist.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 21, 2025 06:15 AM (3mwgw)

87 I wonder who Trump will dispatch to Rome for the funeral?

I can’t see him or his wife going.

Posted by: kallisto at April 21, 2025 06:15 AM (u+PLX)

88 Posted by: Heavy Meta at April 21, 2025 06:14 AM (GTqXr

Nice prayer. Amen!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 21, 2025 06:16 AM (3mwgw)

89 I wonder who Trump will dispatch to Rome for the funeral?

I can’t see him or his wife going.
Posted by: kallisto at April 21, 2025 06:15 AM (u+PLX)
-------
If he's feeling really mean, he'd send Biden.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at April 21, 2025 06:16 AM (6K6Eu)

90 Poor little BeeLink cursor can't move until the load wheel stops spinning & spinning.

Good Morning, everyone.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 21, 2025 06:19 AM (16hyI)

91 If he's feeling really mean, he'd send Biden.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at April 21, 2025 06:16 AM (6K6Eu)

I laughed way too loud at that one!

I know there is a multitude of Catholics around the world who are sincerely mourning his passing.
But my take is I’m kind of relieved. Fell sort of unburdened by what has been.

Posted by: kallisto at April 21, 2025 06:19 AM (u+PLX)

92 I'm praying for a pipe hittin' African pope. One that puts the max in Pontifex Maximus.

Pope Marsellus the First. I like the idea.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 21, 2025 06:20 AM (BpO1e)

93 All the Eurofeg leaders will be at the funeral, even Starmer

Posted by: kallisto at April 21, 2025 06:22 AM (u+PLX)

94
He said Soviets. (snicker)

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 21, 2025 06:22 AM (16hyI)

95 All the Eurofeg leaders will be at the funeral, even Starmer
Posted by: kallisto at April 21, 2025 06:22 AM (u+PLX)
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I think I will refer to him as Der Starmer from now on.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at April 21, 2025 06:23 AM (6K6Eu)

96
Pope Marsellus the First. I like the idea.
Posted by: NR Pax at April 21, 2025 06:20 AM (BpO1e)

There have already been two. So he would be Marcellus III.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 21, 2025 06:24 AM (QnmlO)

97 Still, Apple is full of idiots.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm
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Apple is rotten to the core Starting with Tim Cook.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 21, 2025 06:24 AM (16hyI)

98 Perhaps we can get a pipe hitting African Pope from Nigeria or Uganda to put an an end to all of the nonsense our Marxist crap out South American pope got up to.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 21, 2025 06:25 AM (XV/Pl)

99 Prayers for Mrs. Salty to heaven and fill fill Salty with Your spirit and fortify him in these days of trial and loss.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 21, 2025 06:27 AM (16hyI)

100 One blessing with Francis was that he didn't seem to give a crap about anything other than getting his face in the news every couple months by saying something scandalous.

Some of the more trad dioceseseseses (however you pluralize that) seem to have had free rein to do start they like.

Just my outsider's anecdotal singular-of-data.

Let's hope the next one is either not scandalous at all, or at least not a scandalous ramrod.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 21, 2025 06:27 AM (kBh81)

101 There have already been two. So he would be Marcellus III.

Well, I was going for the Pulp Fiction reference and using the spelling from the movie.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 21, 2025 06:30 AM (BpO1e)

102 Some of the description on the Internet of the Papal selection makes it sounds like a horse race:

Who are the top contenders for the Papal stakes? ( well, they didn't use the word "stakes" - maybe it was "contenders".

Pope Francis or some group made a regulation that if you're a Cardinal over 81 you can't vote for the next Pope.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 21, 2025 06:30 AM (dnHWQ)

103 2 The Pope died.
Posted by: Ciampino

Police suspect fair play.

Posted by: Old Dennis Miller line at April 21, 2025 06:32 AM (dg+HA)

104 Sambo's.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,
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Sambo's a good diner done in by hate grifters.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 21, 2025 06:32 AM (16hyI)

105
Pope Francis or some group made a regulation that if you're a Cardinal over 81 you can't vote for the next Pope.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 21, 2025 06:30 AM (dnHWQ)

That was Pope Paul VI, over 50 years ago. Talk about another disastrous pope.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 21, 2025 06:32 AM (QnmlO)

106 Pipe hitting African Pope?

Posted by: Say that three times fast at April 21, 2025 06:34 AM (dg+HA)

107 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 21, 2025 06:32 AM (QnmlO)

Thanks. What was the rationale for that. Simply that one is too old to have a say?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 21, 2025 06:34 AM (dnHWQ)

108 That was Pope Paul VI, over 50 years ago. Talk about another disastrous pope.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 21, 2025 06:32 AM (QnmlO)

Of all the institutions on Earth, they pick the one that actually benefits by gerontocracy....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 21, 2025 06:34 AM (kBh81)

109
Who are the top contenders for the Papal stakes? ( well, they didn't use the word "stakes" - maybe it was "contenders".

The term is papabile, or "popable". Often they don't get there. "He who enters Conclave a pope leaves as a cardinal."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 21, 2025 06:34 AM (QnmlO)

110 The term is papabile, or "popable".
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Doesn't that word occur in a tenor aria from Rigoletto?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at April 21, 2025 06:39 AM (6K6Eu)

111 Byeee...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at April 21, 2025 06:40 AM (6K6Eu)

112 Popable sounds like an amusing word to me, but maybe that's because I'm tired.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 21, 2025 06:42 AM (dnHWQ)

113 Praying for you, Salty as the next chapter begins.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 21, 2025 06:43 AM (dg+HA)

114 Find it difficult to pray for the Pope in sincerity.
I pray the council be filled with wisdom and select
a Christian Pope this time.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 21, 2025 06:47 AM (16hyI)

115 Don't mind the inconvienient brick hanging off my Beelink, in fact, have tinkered with the idea of running it off a battery.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 21, 2025 06:50 AM (16hyI)

116 Coffee is good. It's like your friend that's always there, warm and comforting.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 21, 2025 06:53 AM (16hyI)

117 Robert Silverberg predicted it years ago in a story called "Good News from the Vatican."

The next Pope will be AI.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 21, 2025 06:54 AM (WPL6O)

118 Calling hind tit.....again.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 21, 2025 06:54 AM (16hyI)

119
Ann Barnhardt: "Antipope Jorge Mario Bergoglio has died, seemingly unrepentant of his massive crimes and indifferent to his own public apostasy."

*marks her down as "Not Sure"*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 21, 2025 06:56 AM (QnmlO)

120
The next Pope will be AI.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 21, 2025 06:54 AM (WPL6O)

They need the model that says, "Go to Confession."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 21, 2025 06:57 AM (QnmlO)

121
Mr Salty,

Most sincere condolences to you and your family,

Posted by: Don Black at April 21, 2025 06:57 AM (AOsQT)

122

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at April 21, 2025 07:00 AM (5hfjS)

123 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

May she rest in peace, NaCl

Posted by: 2009Refugee at April 21, 2025 07:00 AM (2YYv2)

124 "The Pope died."

Finally.

I pray the next one is actually Catholic.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 21, 2025 07:03 AM (ZmEVT)

125 I'm throwing my hat in the ring. After Frank the Red, I don't want to hear any nonsense about how the Pope has to be a Catholic. If he can be Pope, then so can some random Jew from Appalachia.

And if a President shits his pants in *my* Vatican, I'm gonna tell the world about that baleful portent from the great beyond.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 21, 2025 07:04 AM (BI5O2)

126 It's just another Merlot Monday.

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at April 21, 2025 07:06 AM (dg+HA)

127 I pray the council be filled with wisdom and select
a Christian Pope this time.

The Catholic Church is experiencing a surge of conversions across the globe, even in France.

My prayer is that the next pontiff will be one who faithfully shepherds these new additions to our family, as well as reinforcing the commitment of the old guard.

May God’s will be done.

Posted by: kallisto at April 21, 2025 07:07 AM (mmH7r)

128 mornin yall. Here we go again.

Posted by: fd at April 21, 2025 07:08 AM (vFG9F)

129 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 21, 2025 07:08 AM (/Ghsb)

130 Salty, my heartfelt condolences to you.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 21, 2025 07:09 AM (J5RCE)

131 How old do you have to be to be Pope
and is it like in the US, where the candidate is usually the next guy in line... whose 'turn' is it?

I'm not Catholic and have no dog in this fight, but maybe get a traditional guy, who will run things by the Book, and not go off the reservation with left wing sympathies.

so here we go

https://youtu.be/BAIlVCStp3c

Posted by: Don Black at April 21, 2025 07:11 AM (AOsQT)

132 That scumbag was Pope for 12 years. It's a miracle the Church survived him.

I have to wonder if a little devil like him would have made it so long in earlier times, or if he'd have "fallen down the stairs" about six months in.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 21, 2025 07:12 AM (BI5O2)

133 The very name of the celebration — Pascha — is the Greek and Latin word for Passover. To this day, most Christians around the world — Eastern Orthodox, Greek, Coptic, Syriac, Armenian, and many others — still call it Pascha or a local derivative (i.e., Pascua de Resurrección in Spanish, Pâques in French, Pasqua in Italian, Paşti in Romanian, Paskha in Russian).

The English word “Easter” is an historical outlier, not the norm.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 21, 2025 07:12 AM (gbOdA)

134 Have they started calling for the first black lesbian pope yet?

Posted by: fd at April 21, 2025 07:13 AM (vFG9F)

135 Vigano for pope. Of course that will never happen.

Posted by: Ordinary American at April 21, 2025 07:13 AM (h/ffs)

136 n response to the Immediate Measures to Increase American Mineral Production Executive Order, the chair of the National Energy Dominance Council (NEDC) submitted the first in a series of lists of mineral production projects to be identified as transparency projects on the Federal Permitting Dashboard to the Permitting Council Acting Executive Director. This is just the beginning—many more projects are expected to be added to the list on a rolling basis over the next few weeks.
__White House

Not being picky but:
Now do refining.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 21, 2025 07:14 AM (16hyI)

137 Have they started calling for the first black lesbian pope yet?
Posted by: fd

The people at DU haven't woken up yet.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 21, 2025 07:14 AM (BpO1e)

138 Everyone needs to have an age verification system!

(Rubs Floppy Man Boobs Trying To Erect his Flaccid Small Penis)

Yeah! Oh Yeah!

Posted by: Bill Gates, Owner Of Fat Man Boobs And Tech Weirdo at April 21, 2025 07:14 AM (cnVbw)

139 Prayers Salty

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 21, 2025 07:15 AM (gbOdA)

140 134 Have they started calling for the first black lesbian pope yet?
Posted by: fd

Scissor Sisters!

Posted by: Elderly Git at April 21, 2025 07:15 AM (aLI2b)

141 Maybe the college of cardinals will make Ilhan Omar the new Pope. Why not?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 21, 2025 07:16 AM (BI5O2)

142 Guess Popes meeting with JD was too much for the old man.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 21, 2025 07:16 AM (gbOdA)

143 U.S. – Italy Cooperation for Shared Prosperity
The United States and Italy agree to work to ensure that trade between the United States and Europe is mutually beneficial, fair, and reciprocal. _White House

US and Italy are going to work for Europe. There seems to be a separation there of Italy from the rest of Europe as if Europe and the EU, did they mention the EU?, were also rans.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 21, 2025 07:17 AM (16hyI)

144 you can pass the verification check with a face scan by the app and not have to upload government ID.

It creeps me out to have to provide my biometrics. I'd somehow rather present ID.

Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at April 21, 2025 07:17 AM (Sf2cq)

145 Look up Hillaire Belloq and his quote about "knavish imbecility."

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 21, 2025 07:17 AM (ZmEVT)

146 Ann Barnhardt: "Antipope Jorge Mario Bergoglio has died, seemingly unrepentant of his massive crimes and indifferent to his own public apostasy."

I was going to say something rude, but Ann covered it better than I could.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at April 21, 2025 07:19 AM (a4flb)

147 Muslims to Sue Spain in Strasbourg Over Holy Week Processions, Claim They Offend Islam

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 21, 2025 07:19 AM (16hyI)

148 "It's a miracle the Church survived him."

It's always been a miracle. Wouldn't have lasted a fortnight without divine protection.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 21, 2025 07:19 AM (ZmEVT)

149 Finally got my dev system squared away, it’s beefy enough to run a macOS sequoia and win11 vm with no noticeable lag.

Win 11 took a bit of fiddling to disable TPM checking.

I will say this, getting back into programming has been a lot more fun than I thought it would be.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 21, 2025 07:19 AM (XV/Pl)

150
Look up Hillaire Belloq and his quote about "knavish imbecility."
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 21, 2025 07:17 AM (ZmEVT)

"The Catholic Church is an institution I am bound to hold divine – but for unbelievers a proof of its divinity might be found in the fact that no merely human institution conducted with such knavish imbecility would have lasted a fortnight."

The shorter way I've seen it said is, "The Catholic Church must be divine, otherwise it wouldn't have survived 2000 years under such incompetent management."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 21, 2025 07:21 AM (QnmlO)

151 The people at DU haven't woken up yet.

I thought Evil never sleeps.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at April 21, 2025 07:21 AM (a4flb)

152 Muslims to Sue Spain in Strasbourg Over Holy Week Processions, Claim They Offend Islam
Posted by: Braenyard

Good. Be offended.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 21, 2025 07:21 AM (vKNmo)

153 142 Guess Popes meeting with JD was too much for the old man.

JD was like Trump’s consigliere, going over to meet the head of a rival family.
After Vance left, Pope Francis understood the assignment.

Posted by: kallisto at April 21, 2025 07:22 AM (mmH7r)

154
Guess Popes meeting with JD was too much for the old man.
Posted by: rhennigantx at April 21, 2025 07:16 AM (gbOdA)

There's a long list of other modernists that the VP can visit.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 21, 2025 07:23 AM (QnmlO)

155 (notices that people have to enter age verification confirmation to look at gun store websites or read gun articles online, but not to go to places where activists groom kids to shoot up schools)

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Were you taught the absurd lie that new animals lived on the Galapagos Islands? at April 21, 2025 07:23 AM (SVUeu)

156 Guess Popes meeting with JD was too much for the old man.

By the end of the day, there will be calls for him to be impeached for murdering the Pope.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 21, 2025 07:23 AM (BpO1e)

157 I need to call my old man later. He's gonna be in a good mood today.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 21, 2025 07:24 AM (BI5O2)

158
After Vance left, Pope Francis understood the assignment.
Posted by: kallisto at April 21, 2025 07:22 AM (mmH7r)

JD: Tom Hagan

Francis: Frankie Pentangeli

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 21, 2025 07:25 AM (QnmlO)

159 biometrics vs showing ID; I choose neither, there is nothing on the internet I want to see that badly

opsec, opsec, opsec ... not just an empty slogan!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 21, 2025 07:25 AM (/Ghsb)

160
J und J

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 21, 2025 07:26 AM (QnmlO)

161 Right-ring wonks huh? Great moniker if no one's already taken it. These guys do all the hard work for us.

"Right-wing wonks have already begun to push for 'a never-ending compliance review' of elite schools' admissions practices..."

Posted by: H at April 21, 2025 07:27 AM (2gjbv)

162 Alito's last paragraph of dissent against SCOTUS' botched justice.

In sum, literally in the middle of the night, the Court is-
sued unprecedented and legally questionable relief without
giving the lower courts a chance to rule, without hearing
from the opposing party, within eight hours of receiving the
application, with dubious factual support for its order, and
without providing any explanation for its order.

I refused
to join the Court's order because we had no good reason to
think that, under the circumstances, issuing an order at
midnight was necessary or appropriate.

Both the Executive and the Judiciary have an obligation
to follow the law.

The Executive must proceed under the terms of our order in Trump v. J. G. G., 604 U. S.. (2025) (per curiam), and this Court should follow established pro-
cedures.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 21, 2025 07:28 AM (16hyI)

163 Well, at least we still have memes

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 21, 2025 07:31 AM (NwxS3)

164 >>>159 biometrics vs showing ID; I choose neither, there is nothing on the internet I want to see that badly

opsec, opsec, opsec ... not just an empty slogan!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez
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Dr.s wanted Face time Zoom appointment
_I can't to that
Wut?
_My equipment is inadequate but I can do telephonic
We can't do that you need to come in
_Cancel the appointment
Huh?
_Either telephonic or cancel. It's your dime.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 21, 2025 07:32 AM (16hyI)

165 Prayers up for Salty.
God is merciful and He is good.
He will comfort you in your sorrow and bring you to peace.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 21, 2025 08:36 AM (Eo96p)

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