Daily Tech News 1 May 2025

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AMD is reportedly preparing Ryzen 9000G desktop processors. (Tom's Hardware)

These will be repurposed laptop chips just like previous G-series CPUs. The difference is that these will offer up to twelve Zen 5 cores (or more specifically four Zen 5 cores and eight of the slower Zen 5c cores) plus up to 16 GPU cores.

And up to 256GB of RAM, since they are after all desktop chips and that's how much you can put in a regular desktop system these days.

Judging by the prices of the laptops though I expect the top models to be expensive.

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Samsung plans to enter full production with its own 2nm process node in the second half of this year. (WCCFTech)

Now they just need to find customers.
Microsoft's profits grew by 18% in the latest quarter, buoyed by rising sales of its key product, Slurm. (AP News)

It has electrolytes.
Google is spending $10 million to train 100,000 new electricians. (Yahoo)

Yeah, I don't think that's quite enough, guys.
The Minisforum N5 Pro is a NAS. (Liliputing)

It has the familiar twelve core Ryzen 370 and supports five SATA drives and three NVMe drives.

And OCuLink, without which it would be able to support five NVMe drives, and which is kind of useless in a device like this.
Moved my Minecraft server from a VirtualBox VM on my laptop to an LXC container on my server. I expected to see some improvement: They're both Zen 3 cores, but the server is a full desktop system rather than a low-power laptop.

It's four times as fast, which I was not expecting.

I'm not sure why it is so fast, or more accurately, why my laptop is so slow. I'll play around and see if I can work out what is going on there but I am not unhappy with the outcome.

Musical Interlude

From Mirror, Mirror, a Snow White remake that just has fun with the story rather than trying to tie it into knots.

Disclaimer: Somewhere, beyond the sea, somewhere waiting for me, my lover stands on gold sands, and says "Heya, stinky."

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 May 01, 2025 04:30 AM (sTuNG)

2 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2025 04:32 AM (ypFCm)

3 Skip, don't you wanna give the folks at home a link?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 01, 2025 04:33 AM (sTuNG)

4 Microsoft. Feh!

Yesterday, I had a scheduled MS Team meeting with a client. Fire up team and told it needs to be updated. Update never happened and Team refused to start. Meeting delayed for 2 hours and I had to call in.

Garbage company!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 01, 2025 04:35 AM (sTuNG)

5 Schizo Judge Amy Barrett:

https://tinyurl.com/46dkx5sm

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 01, 2025 04:36 AM (sTuNG)

6 There's a spanking new free news website available:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/wire/

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 01, 2025 04:39 AM (sTuNG)

7 I can start work whenever I want
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2025 04:42 AM (jgHGn)

8 w00t

Posted by: m at May 01, 2025 04:45 AM (CQE5S)

9 I said it yesterday:

I DO NOT LIKE THAT SENATOR RAND PAUL!

https://tinyurl.com/2ak9h56u

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 01, 2025 04:47 AM (sTuNG)

10 >>>It has electrolytes.

And it is gluten-free! And caffeine-free! And sugar-free!

Posted by: m at May 01, 2025 04:50 AM (CQE5S)

11 Good morning

Posted by: Tuna at May 01, 2025 04:52 AM (lJ0H4)

12 G'mornin all y'all. Fantastic - the rain is gone - for a day.
Really behind on yardwork. But, not flooded where I am.

Posted by: OkJohn at May 01, 2025 04:54 AM (NC/it)

13 >>>Lily Collins, "I Believe in Love"

Super-cute!

Posted by: m at May 01, 2025 04:55 AM (CQE5S)

14 EVERYTHING IS BROKEN!!!

and....

Mornin'

(annoying night at work)

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 01, 2025 04:56 AM (K861k)

15 NEW YORK (Reuters) -Google will fund the training of tens of thousands of new U.S. electricians

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Interesting wording. Usually it would be "American"

Hmm...

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Satisfy your male boss, ignore your husband's desires at May 01, 2025 04:57 AM (AluPP)

16 I nooded.

Posted by: m at May 01, 2025 04:57 AM (CQE5S)

17 I mean, unless they're not Americans and are just people from Mexico or India imported and working here in the U.S., then using "new U.S. electricians" would make sense.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Satisfy your male boss, ignore your husband's desires at May 01, 2025 04:58 AM (AluPP)

18 NEW YORK (Reuters) -Google will fund the training of tens of thousands of new U.S. electricians
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Interesting wording. Usually it would be "American"

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Satisfy your male boss, ignore your husband's desires at May 01, 2025 04:57 AM (AluPP)
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There's a gulf in Google's vocabulary.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 01, 2025 04:59 AM (sTuNG)

19 Whoa! Look at that hash!

Posted by: Biden's Dog ... (sTuNG)

Posted by: m at May 01, 2025 05:00 AM (CQE5S)

20 17 I mean, unless they're not Americans and are just people from Mexico or India imported and working here in the U.S., then using "new U.S. electricians" would make sense.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Satisfy your male boss, ignore your husband's desires at May 01, 2025 04:58 AM (AluPP)

Americans are too stupid and lazy to fill our electrician needs.

Posted by: Vivek "H1B Visas Forever" Ramaswamy at May 01, 2025 05:05 AM (s522d)

21 That's only $100 per electrician. Can you train an electrician for that?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2025 05:06 AM (VWf79)

22 Rabbi's daughter from the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews writes on Leviticus 9 and inner integrity:

https://tinyurl.com/c427txfu

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 01, 2025 05:06 AM (6AO0T)

23 1 BOING!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 01, 2025 04:30 AM (sTuNG)

Makes my morning when BOING! shows up in first place.

Posted by: m at May 01, 2025 05:07 AM (CQE5S)

24 *MATH* in comment #21!

Posted by: m at May 01, 2025 05:08 AM (CQE5S)

25 That's only $100 per electrician. Can you train an electrician for that?
Posted by: Boss Moss

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Please to be the green wire, sar.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Satisfy your male boss, ignore your husband's desires at May 01, 2025 05:08 AM (AluPP)

26 $100 is only 5 times $20 same as in town.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2025 05:10 AM (VWf79)

27 *MOAR MATH* on the blog! Comment #26!

Posted by: m at May 01, 2025 05:10 AM (CQE5S)

28 Jose, get over here and install this panel. Stop complaining, you can get back to that drywall after you're done.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Satisfy your male boss, ignore your husband's desires at May 01, 2025 05:12 AM (AluPP)

29 Such a nice devotional on taking time in quiet and listening for God's voice. Appropriate devotional for both interested Christians and Jews. 1st Kings 19:8-14:

https://tinyurl.com/bdfck37h

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 01, 2025 05:12 AM (6AO0T)

30 (increases price of product by 10%, cites need to train new electricians)

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Satisfy your male boss, ignore your husband's desires at May 01, 2025 05:12 AM (AluPP)

31 In advance of the papal conclave:

Pray The Rosary
@PrayTheRosary12
19h
Pope Pius XII speaks in English to Allied soldiers in 1944

https://nitter.net/PrayTheRosary12/status/
1917568954031014092#m

Posted by: m at May 01, 2025 05:14 AM (CQE5S)

32 I have $100. Electricianing ain't easy.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2025 05:15 AM (VWf79)

33 "Microsoft's profits grew by 18% in the latest quarter, buoyed by rising sales of its key product, Slurm. (AP News)

It has electrolytes."

Futurama + Idiocracy crossover. I understood those references.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 01, 2025 05:16 AM (O7YUW)

34 Microsoft's marketing department thinks slurm is a good name for a product.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2025 05:18 AM (VWf79)

35 Whoa! Look at that hash!

Posted by: Biden's Dog ... (sTuNG)
Posted by: m at May 01, 2025 05:00 AM (CQE5S)
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https://youtu.be/2gI6yX9lHzg

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 01, 2025 05:20 AM (sTuNG)

36 35 Whoa! Look at that hash!

Posted by: Biden's Dog ... (sTuNG)
Posted by: m at May 01, 2025 05:00 AM (CQE5S)
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https://youtu.be/2gI6yX9lHzg
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 01, 2025 05:20 AM (sTuNG)

HAH! GOAT.

Posted by: m at May 01, 2025 05:23 AM (CQE5S)

37 Hang on...Google is looking to use nuclear plants for data centers? But I thought green energy from wind and solar was The Way of the FUTURE!!™

Nice to see Google realizing that they are going to need people to make the magic smoke happen but I agree that it should be US only.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 01, 2025 05:23 AM (jjoN6)

38 sTuNG

Is that the retired band Sting?

Posted by: RickZ at May 01, 2025 05:24 AM (gKDq2)

39 Normal MSM type folks have no idea how much energy is required to scrape code forums and produce images of cats in submarines.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Satisfy your male boss, ignore your husband's desires at May 01, 2025 05:25 AM (AluPP)

40 It's GNuTs backwards. It's in code.

Posted by: m at May 01, 2025 05:29 AM (CQE5S)

41 The nutty, violent teacher from Maine mentioned at around 2:00 or so in last night's ONT who wants Trump and all his voters killed said that "Trump needs to have a little talk with Jesus" ( ie. be killed and meet God") I think is not a person of religious faith.

Anyway, here 's the country/gospel song "Have a little talk with Jesus". Many artists have recorded it including Loretta Lynn but here it's done by the Gaithers:

https://tinyurl.com/42ec8e8u

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 01, 2025 05:31 AM (63ddr)

42 @41/FenelonSpoke: "I think is not a person of religious faith. "

I'd go with Mathew 7:18 and then John 8:44.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 01, 2025 05:38 AM (O7YUW)

43 The nutty, violent teacher from Maine mentioned at around 2:00 or so in last night's ONT who wants Trump and all his voters killed said that "Trump needs to have a little talk with Jesus"

As I get older, I start thinking that "demonic possession" is a good explanation for certain behaviors.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 01, 2025 05:38 AM (jjoN6)

44 13 >>>Lily Collins, "I Believe in Love"

Super-cute!
Posted by: m at May 01, 2025 04:55 AM (CQE5S)

... and ear-wormy.

Posted by: m at May 01, 2025 05:41 AM (CQE5S)

45 The nutty, violent teacher from Maine mentioned at around 2:00 or so in last night's ONT who wants Trump and all his voters killed said that "Trump needs to have a little talk with Jesus" ( ie. be killed and meet God") I think is not a person of religious faith.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 01, 2025 05:31 AM (63ddr)

Depends on your 'religion'. Commies killed a lot in the name of their religion. Same with the Allahu Snackbars of the world.

Posted by: RickZ at May 01, 2025 05:41 AM (gKDq2)

46 Posted by: NR Pax at May 01, 2025 05:38 AM (jjoN6

Yes indeed.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 01, 2025 05:41 AM (n5ytK)

47 Atomic clocks:

https://tinyurl.com/49u48brm

(goes to nist.gov) "New Atomic Fountain Clock Joins Elite Group That Keeps the World on Time"

Watch the second video that describes how this thing works. Very cool.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 01, 2025 05:42 AM (O7YUW)

48 As I get older, I start thinking that "demonic possession" is a good explanation for certain behaviors.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 01, 205 05:38 AM (jjoN6)

Simpler: Liberalism. Get's 'em every time.

Posted by: RickZ at May 01, 2025 05:42 AM (gKDq2)

49 I don't know what this teacher's politics are, but at least she's clever and amusing. Just skip down to the video because the commentary just details the jokes:

https://tinyurl.com/yccra538

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 01, 2025 05:45 AM (n5ytK)

50 Posted by: RickZ at May 01, 2025 05:41 AM (gKDq2

I was of course thinking of her not being a practicing Jew or Christian, but you are correct .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 01, 2025 05:46 AM (n5ytK)

51 41
That was me.
325 Woke Maine teacher calls for Trump and ALL his supporters to be killed

https://mol.im/a/14665291

Posted by: Ciampino - wait it is later right? at May 01, 2025 05:48 AM (sPQoU)

52 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 01, 2025 05:49 AM (hoCmQ)

53 G'mornin' everyone!

innit?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 01, 2025 05:52 AM (/Ghsb)

54 About that magnesium oxide, surely that dissolves in the hydrochloric acid in the stomach?
We were dosed from time to time by Mom with magnesium citrate as a purgative. Divalent ions are hardly absorbed as such by the gut and need help. D2 and D3 vitamins help Calcium absorption I believe.

Posted by: Ciampino - am I right? at May 01, 2025 05:54 AM (sPQoU)

55 Good morning! Got me some air pod pros yesterday and set them up this morning. Man, they are impressive, low cost hearing aids.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 01, 2025 06:00 AM (3Ope8)

56 @54/Ciampino: "About that magnesium oxide, surely that dissolves in the hydrochloric acid in the stomach? "

Hrm. Interesting question. I'm taking magnesium oxide pills as suggested by my pharmacist as a way to prevent leg cramps. (I'd been leaning towards potassium, ie what's in bananas, but he said this is a better option.) It seems to be working well, so ... ?

Next time I talk to him, I'll ask him about the interaction with the acid in the stomach and why that doesn't react/cancel out the magnesium oxide.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 01, 2025 06:05 AM (O7YUW)

57 Posted by: Ciampino - wait it is later right? at May 01, 2025 05:48 AM (sPQoU)

Any parent (who's sane) of any kid in that school district ought to be calling for her ouster. Suppose she decided to "take out" kids of Trump voters.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 01, 2025 06:07 AM (42Vb+)

58 It has electrolytes.

But Brawndo has what plants crave!

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2025 06:08 AM (6ydKt)

59 @55/CrochetyOldJarhead: Thank you. I may be needing to look into something like this in the upcoming years.

Because whoever thought 6 to 8 thousand dollars for hearing aids was a fair price needs to be nut-kicked.

When I was a wee child, I remember my great grandparents carrying around what looked to be a little transistor radio (was a battery powered amplifier with microphones) in a front breast pocket, with wires going up to ear pieces they'd insert in their ears.

These were the hearing aids of the day, and they weren't prohibitively expensive. I do remember moments where they'd wince and have to turn the thing quickly down due to high pitched feedback though.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 01, 2025 06:09 AM (O7YUW)

60 @51/Ciampino: (from the article): "... as she dares bosses to fire her"

Next week: Surprised Pikachu face: "I never thought they'd actually fire me!"

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 01, 2025 06:11 AM (O7YUW)

61 Good morning morons

Praying for Australia and Peter Dutton today

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 01, 2025 06:13 AM (RIvkX)

62 Morning, Horde...How goes it?

Is there a word for the feeling you get when you wake up thinking it's Friday, but then realizing it's only Thursday?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 01, 2025 06:13 AM (GlyvH)

63 I don't have any experience with them, but I know that "hearing assistance" devices for hunters exist that amplify ambient noises. They're probably not tunable or bleeding-edge (and are likely just a generation or two old hearing aid technology) but they might be something worth looking into.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Ladies, you weren't liberated, you were industrialized. Now you're widgets, too. at May 01, 2025 06:15 AM (X2Rtx)

64
Xiao Wang
@xiaowang1984
19h
There were 15 volt oscillations every 1.5 seconds leading up to the event? 👀😲😱

Posted by: m at May 01, 2025 06:15 AM (CQE5S)

65 Is there a word for the feeling you get when you wake up thinking it's Friday, but then realizing it's only Thursday?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

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The Mondays

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Ladies, you weren't liberated, you were industrialized. Now you're widgets, too. at May 01, 2025 06:16 AM (X2Rtx)

66 @62/"Perfessor" Squirrel:

Yes, that word is "Crap!"

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 01, 2025 06:16 AM (O7YUW)

67 Xiao Wang
@xiaowang1984
Principal Research Scientist Semiconductor Industry, Boston Area, Cornell PhD ECE. Opinions Own

Posted by: m at May 01, 2025 06:16 AM (CQE5S)

68 Evening and morning, all. Is it really Thor's Day? Are we having fun yet?

Just woke from a dream where I was siting in a downtown office building lobby with several people, including Sean Hannity (?!!). It was raining and we were waiting (no idea why) for the 5 o'clock crowd to come down in the elevators. Sean and I were commenting on the other people sitting around the lobby. "That red-haired guy with the white patch in his hair? He looks like a really clean collie." I also discovered I had a small box of pipes that belonged to me, and I was wondering which ones to keep, when I woke up.

(Sean Hannity . . .???)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 01, 2025 06:17 AM (omVj0)

69 I DO NOT LIKE THAT SENATOR RAND PAUL!

https://tinyurl.com/2ak9h56u
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 01, 2025 04:47 AM (sTuNG)

He really is reaching here.
Literally nobody had problems with president’s setting tariff rates until Trump.

So now he wants Congress to take over a job that they’ve abandoned for my entire lifetime, just because Trump decided to use the powers granted to him as president?

Hey Rand, Congress clearly has the power to declare war in the Constitution, so why haven’t your buddies there declared a war since 1941?

We’ve surely fought a few wars in the last 80 years, so where’s your dedication to the constitution on that issue?

Is the U.S. Chamber of Commerce not interested in that little quandary as much as they are in tariff policy, or something?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2025 06:19 AM (6ydKt)

70 Is there a word for the feeling you get when you wake up thinking it's Friday, but then realizing it's only Thursday?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

***
"Are we ever going to reach the bottom of this hill?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 01, 2025 06:19 AM (omVj0)

71 Is Super 301 still a thing?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2025 06:20 AM (VWf79)

72 Is there a word for the feeling you get when you wake up thinking it's Friday, but then realizing it's only Thursday?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 01, 2025 06:13 AM (GlyvH)
=====
*stops twirling*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 01, 2025 06:20 AM (RIvkX)

73 62 Is there a word for the feeling you get when you wake up thinking it's Friday, but then realizing it's only Thursday?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 01, 2025 06:13 AM (GlyvH)

Premature elation?

Posted by: m at May 01, 2025 06:22 AM (CQE5S)

74 So now he wants Congress to take over a job that they’ve abandoned for my entire lifetime, just because Trump decided to use the powers granted to him as president?

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I'm halfway beginning to think that Trump is doing all of this on purpose in an attempt to get Congress' and the Judiciary to do their jobs as intended so that when he leaves office the roles of the branches are closer to what they're supposed to be.

I have a feeling he would smile as he signed the laws that reach his desk limiting the president's power. And the judges and representatives would looks at each other and wonder why he was so happy about something that was tying his hands.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Ladies, you weren't liberated, you were industrialized. Now you're widgets, too. at May 01, 2025 06:23 AM (X2Rtx)

75 Yesterday was a fun day. We visited a local food bank (unfortunately, I make too much money to qualify for food help) and thrift store. Miss Linda found a pair of slacks for $1.00; I found a mechanical kitchen timer, the same model that sells on Amazon for $10, for $5. It works well, so far.

In the evening we saw the 1956 movie There's Always Tomorrow on a big screen at the local library. Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck in a tale about a successful middle-aged businessman, feeling unappreciated by his family, who falls in love with a woman who once worked for him and is now a big-time clothing designer. Good drama in black-and-white -- and an interesting picture of S. California seventy years ago.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 01, 2025 06:24 AM (omVj0)

76 Super 301 Omnibus Trade and Competiveness Act of 1988.
It seems to be in the US Trade Represtatives hands after that.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2025 06:25 AM (VWf79)

77
Good morning, Hordians. Hoping to get the lawn mowed today before rain this weekend.

Miss Rosalind has adapted to being a house dog with remarkable speed. She's learned all the important lessons (don't go into the kitchen, wait on a mat for a treat) and is enjoying the privileges (bed time with Mommy!).

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 01, 2025 06:25 AM (QnmlO)

78
Happy Feast of St. Joseph the Worker. Not that commie May Day stuff.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 01, 2025 06:26 AM (QnmlO)

79 Is there a word for the feeling you get when you wake up thinking it's Friday, but then realizing it's only Thursday?

To be honest, I am off tomorrow so this is my Friday.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 01, 2025 06:26 AM (jjoN6)

80 And then the President.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2025 06:27 AM (VWf79)

81
That's only $100 per electrician. Can you train an electrician for that?
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2025 05:06 AM (VWf79)

They're supposed to be smart. They'll figure it out on their own.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 01, 2025 06:27 AM (QnmlO)

82 Very nice memoriam to David Horowitz on Frontpage this morning by his son Ben.

His daughter was Sarah was a member of my minyan. They had been estranged for 20 years.

"In 2007, David was crushed by the passing of his beloved daughter Sarah Rose who, more than any of his other children, inherited his indomitable spirit and passion for politics. She had finally succumbed to long-time chronic degeneration from her genetic condition Turner’s Syndrome. He captured the experience in his most intimate, and perhaps his best, book A Cracking of the Heart in 2009."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 01, 2025 06:29 AM (RIvkX)

83 82 Very nice memoriam to David Horowitz on Frontpage this morning by his son Ben.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 01, 2025 06:29 AM (RIvkX)

A nice 6-minute video retrospective here:

https://nitter.net/horowitz39

Posted by: m at May 01, 2025 06:33 AM (CQE5S)

84 What % of votes do you need in the Congress to repeal a Law?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2025 06:35 AM (VWf79)

85 I'm halfway beginning to think that Trump is doing all of this on purpose in an attempt to get Congress' and the Judiciary to do their jobs as intended so that when he leaves office the roles of the branches are closer to what they're supposed to be.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Ladies, you weren't liberated, you were industrialized. Now you're widgets, too. at May 01, 2025 06:23 AM (X2Rtx)

I don’t think Congress wants the powers they’re entitled to.

They keep avoiding the difficult decisions to save their butts for the next election that’s coming down the pike,

Why make a budget when you can do CRs?
Why declare war when the president can do it so much more easily?
Why do anything when you can blame everything that goes wrong on the opposite party, the judiciary and the president?

Congress turned itself into the Coward Branch decades ago, so the executive and judiciary filled the gaps.

They don’t want powers back because then they’d have to make more decisions and take more blame.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2025 06:35 AM (6ydKt)

86 That post yesterday about DEI in Medical Schools made me realize that things really, really are much, much worse than I thought.

Pray for Trump. Pray for the U.S. Pray for the Church.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 01, 2025 06:36 AM (ZmEVT)

87 Bad Blue
https://tinyurl.com/tjw6mydd

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 01, 2025 06:36 AM (RIvkX)

88 I DO NOT LIKE THAT SENATOR RAND PAUL!

https://tinyurl.com/2ak9h56u
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 01, 2025 04:47 AM (sTuNG)

He really is reaching here.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2025 06:19 AM (6ydKt)
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Not a pretty portrait of the Senator. From 2 days ago:

https://tinyurl.com/46tr84vj

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 01, 2025 06:37 AM (sTuNG)

89 87 Bad Blue
https://tinyurl.com/tjw6mydd
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 01, 2025 06:36 AM (RIvkX)

Thanks, San Franpsycho!

Posted by: m at May 01, 2025 06:37 AM (CQE5S)

90 Congress is too busy with "Insider trading for fun and profit" to be concerned about their responsibilities.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 01, 2025 06:38 AM (ZmEVT)

91 What % of votes do you need in the Congress to repeal a Law?
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2025 06:35 AM (VWf79)

To repeal a law requires a new law so 50% + 1 (in both houses)... assuming the President agrees. If the President vetoes, 2/3 (in both houses).

Or, 1 district court judge.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2025 06:39 AM (ExV1e)

92 Paul is a Manchurian Candidate.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2025 06:39 AM (VWf79)

93 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 01, 2025 06:41 AM (u82oZ)

94
That post yesterday about DEI in Medical Schools made me realize that things really, really are much, much worse than I thought.

Sometimes I think I'd like to draw up a living will where I say, "Every heroic measure is to be taken to preserve my life."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 01, 2025 06:41 AM (QnmlO)

95 I used to have a different nic

When Congress passes a regular budget, then I will sorta respect them. Otherwise it is criminals and grifters all the way down.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 01, 2025 06:43 AM (u82oZ)

96 Thanks, pray-ers for the prayers for my friend, C. I expect some of her RC friends were asking for the intercession of St Joseph. She did get a new job with a considerable pay increase. Thanks be to God!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 01, 2025 06:43 AM (42Vb+)

97 from BadBlue:

Ann Coulter
@AnnCoulter
Would it be possible to have a cabinet meeting without the Kim Jong il-style tributes?

Posted by: m at May 01, 2025 06:43 AM (CQE5S)

98 Hadrian the Seventh

Quality of life should matter. But we have a death cult at the center of power, that want to erase others to save on medical expenses.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 01, 2025 06:45 AM (u82oZ)

99 Not a pretty portrait of the Senator. From 2 days ago:

https://tinyurl.com/46tr84vj
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 01, 2025 06:37 AM (sTuNG)

Oh, I figured it had something to do with some donor money from somewhere.

Rand can go after Obama and Fauci for free, but taking on Trump requires some campaign cash, because he knows if he keeps it up he’s going to be primaried by somebody who doesn’t have a religious devotion to “free trade”.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2025 06:45 AM (6ydKt)

100 100

Posted by: m at May 01, 2025 06:45 AM (CQE5S)

101 That post yesterday about DEI in Medical Schools made me realize that things really, really are much, much worse than I thought.
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Sometimes I think I'd like to draw up a living will where I say, "Every heroic measure is to be taken to preserve my life."
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Yo, what that note say? Nah, we good, he got a kidney? We need a kidney. Yeah, go ahead and pull it. He dead anyway. Naw I ain't about to put no extra work into this if he got a kidney we can sell. Put "natrul cauzes" on that def cer.. cret... paperwork.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Ladies, you weren't liberated, you were industrialized. Now you're widgets, too. at May 01, 2025 06:45 AM (X2Rtx)

102 LOL. I have the opposite opinion.

No heroic measures are to be taken.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 01, 2025 06:46 AM (ZmEVT)

103 Paul sold out his country on a vote that had no chance of passing. They needed 2/3. They got like a half. Ron Paul was one of the biggest pork barrel grifters of all time.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2025 06:47 AM (VWf79)

104 And donate NOTHING!

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 01, 2025 06:47 AM (ZmEVT)

105 no one of any consequence

There is a lot of suffering that happens with medical care near the end of life. Seen it up close.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 01, 2025 06:48 AM (u82oZ)

106 Paul is a Manchurian Candidate.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2025 06:39 AM (VWf79)
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Or maybe just another self-interest Uniparty Congress critter.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 01, 2025 06:48 AM (sTuNG)

107 104 And donate NOTHING!
Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 01, 2025 06:47 AM (ZmEVT)

Why? If you don't mind saying.

Posted by: m at May 01, 2025 06:49 AM (CQE5S)

108 no one of any consequence

Just say you were in Europe during the early '80s. Mad Cow Disease cautions preclude donation of any organ, including corneas. I am uncertain why this probation is still in place.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 01, 2025 06:49 AM (u82oZ)

109
I was delighted yesterday to find on YouTube a recording of Mendelssohn's concert overture The Fair Melusine with the Chamber Orchestra of the Saar conducted by Karl Ristenpart.

Another example of what I call the "first heard phenomenon," where the first interpretation of a piece is the one that sticks with you, even though there might be other, superior ones better recorded. Only rarely are these others able to displace the first as a favorite.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 01, 2025 06:50 AM (QnmlO)

110 And donate NOTHING!

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This, like blood, has been the most amazing thing to watch in the switch from Heritage America to post 2000 Modern America.

I get the spirit behind it, but that free unit of blood makes the hospital $1000+ off of something that was given to them for free. There is no discount for you donating. Pay up.

Setting aside the motivations to change treatment based on organ donation needs, the kidney or eye or whatever is a billable item, right? Does the departed's family get anything other than a Heritage America feeling of wholesome goodwill as the corporation pockets $50K+ or whatever?

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Ladies, you weren't liberated, you were industrialized. Now you're widgets, too. at May 01, 2025 06:51 AM (X2Rtx)

111 When Congress passes a regular budget, then I will sorta respect them. Otherwise it is criminals and grifters all the way down.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 01, 2025 06:43 AM (u82oZ)

1. Work at least 180 days per year.
2. Undo every single enabling act and require that all laws/rules/regulations must be affirmatively approved by Congress.
3. No votes on bills until they have been posted, publicly, for a minimum of 5 business days without modification.
4. No stock trading, not personal or close family members.
5. No family members in positions to benefit from the member's election.
6. Pass a budget every year which spends no more than the revenue brought in during the previous year.

Then, I would consider them above pond scum. I suppose you could call that a sort of respect.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2025 06:51 AM (ExV1e)

112 I posted yesterday another DataRepulican analysis showing how the grift is sprinkled on both the red and the blue sides of the political aisle.

Here's Sean Davis' snipe today about the GOP:

https://tinyurl.com/2cfeud3z

He's right, ya know!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 01, 2025 06:52 AM (sTuNG)

113 The Mad Cow that prompted our back stabbing allies to stop buying our beef came from Canada.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2025 06:52 AM (VWf79)

114 Ann Coulter
@AnnCoulter
Would it be possible to have a cabinet meeting without the Kim Jong il-style tributes?
Posted by: m at May 01, 2025 06:43 AM (CQE5S)

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Oh, give me a break, Ann,
This is typical with any new administration and cabinet.

Like Obama & Biden’s cabinets weren’t kissing boss butt during every cabinet meeting early on?

I thought we’d never stop hearing about how wonderful O was in 2009 & 2010.

Then the shellacking happened and suddenly the fawning had toned down to manageable levels.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2025 06:53 AM (6ydKt)

115
Just say you were in Europe during the early '80s. Mad Cow Disease cautions preclude donation of any organ, including corneas. I am uncertain why this probation is still in place.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 01, 2025 06:49 AM (u82oZ)

Until just recently I couldn't give blood because I lived in England for 18 months in the early '80s.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 01, 2025 06:53 AM (QnmlO)

116 Not to mention donations aren't guaranteed to help anyone. I remember an article here a few years ago detailing all the USAID money laundering type "research" that had been discovered.

Pay the donors' families.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Ladies, you weren't liberated, you were industrialized. Now you're widgets, too. at May 01, 2025 06:54 AM (X2Rtx)

117 Sometimes I think I'd like to draw up a living will where I say, "Every heroic measure is to be taken to preserve my life."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 01, 2025 06:41 AM (QnmlO)
====
https://polst.org/

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 01, 2025 06:55 AM (RIvkX)

118 After Ann Coulter started talking $hit about the Scotch Irish I stopped reading her books.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2025 06:55 AM (VWf79)

119 I used to have a different nic

This is a good list. Maybe for Constitution 2.0 and Congress 2.1.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 01, 2025 06:56 AM (u82oZ)

120 After Ann Coulter started talking $hit about the Scotch Irish I stopped reading her books.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2025 06:55 AM (VWf79)
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Now if Coulter would have said that about Irish Scotch, I would have agreed.

OK. It's alright in coffee and for cooking. But that's it!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 01, 2025 06:57 AM (sTuNG)

121

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at May 01, 2025 06:58 AM (5hfjS)

122 What's Ann Coulter's problem with Ulstermen? I didn't even think she was Irish, or Catholic.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 01, 2025 07:00 AM (BI5O2)

123 Hadrian the Seventh

As a species, we are already very long lived, compared with other species.

An analysis of Deep State and WEF insiders could reveal if there is existing, but secret, biotechnology that extends life.

George Soros, for example. Not high quality life, but he is not dead yet. Nor is Hillary.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 01, 2025 07:00 AM (u82oZ)

124 Good morning Hordelings. I'm watching a TimCast on how a weakening of the magnetosphere allowed a plasma surge and thence the recent power outages. Is it glitching out because of a coming polar shift?

https://tinyurl.com/4t7a9zwy

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 01, 2025 07:01 AM (kpS4V)

125 *hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at May 01, 2025 06:58 AM (5hfjS)
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Glad you're here. About your daughter, Chelsea. Willowed from the ONT:

To the voice of Tevya in Fiddler on the Roof:

If I was Chelsea Clinton...
Ya ba dibba dibba dibba dibba dibba dibba dum
All day long I'd biddy biddy bum
If I were Chelsea Clinton!
I wouldn't have to work hard
Ya ba dibba dibba dibba dibba dibba dibba dum
If I were a biddy biddy rich
Idle-diddle-didle-didle grifter

https://tinyurl.com/57janp8r

Better link, so that you see what DataRepublican was responding to. OUCH!

https://tinyurl.com/455pn7je

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 01, 2025 07:01 AM (sTuNG)

126 Somehow I read that as Irish Snatch.

And then I wondered why you’d want it in coffee or cooking it?

It’s early and my brain is playing tricks on me,

Either that or I got some Freudian thing going on that I’m vaguely aware of.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2025 07:02 AM (6ydKt)

127 Hillary Clinton

Still day drinking and posting. WTF?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 01, 2025 07:03 AM (u82oZ)

128 118 After Ann Coulter started talking $hit about the Scotch Irish I stopped reading her books.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2025 06:55 AM (VWf79)
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Scots only use Scotch to mean Scottish whisky and consider it insulting when used to mean Scottish people.

Posted by: Ciampino - honorary Scot at May 01, 2025 07:03 AM (sPQoU)

129 Not high quality life, but he is not dead yet. Nor is Hillary.

If that's true, I wonder if the push for longer lifespans is because people like that subconsciously know what is waiting for them on the other side.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 01, 2025 07:03 AM (jjoN6)

130 Here's Sean Davis' snipe today about the GOP:

https://tinyurl.com/2cfeud3z

He's right, ya know!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 01, 2025 06:52 AM (sTuNG)
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He is right. It's sobering to think those grifty losers are our best hope for passing the laws needed for Trump to do his job most effectively.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 01, 2025 07:03 AM (Tc1d8)

131 "And donate NOTHING!
Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 01, 2025 06:47 AM (ZmEVT)

Why? If you don't mind saying."

It's a moral hazard. They are motivated to harvest your organs even if you are still using them.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 01, 2025 07:04 AM (ZmEVT)

132 Hillary Clinton

Still day drinking and posting. WTF?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 01, 2025 07:03 AM (u82oZ)
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All women do it.

It's called multi-tasking.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 01, 2025 07:04 AM (sTuNG)

133 All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes

No data for that comforting conjecture that gets small tolerances in big electrical systems off the blame hook.

It would be an unusual solar event that only hits a small part of Spain.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 01, 2025 07:05 AM (u82oZ)

134 Sometimes I think I'd like to draw up a living will where I say, "Every heroic measure is to be taken to preserve my life."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 01, 2025 06:41 AM (QnmlO)
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Mine would say "morphine please, and then leave me alone"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 01, 2025 07:07 AM (Tc1d8)

135 NR Pax

They are rabid unbelievers in ever being called out for their actions on Earth. They do not fear judgement.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 01, 2025 07:07 AM (u82oZ)

136 Did the rain in Spain fall mainly on the plain before the power outage?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2025 07:07 AM (VWf79)

137 Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

I stand corrected.

But drinking at 7 AM, out of a box wine?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 01, 2025 07:08 AM (u82oZ)

138 But drinking at 7 AM, out of a box wine?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 01, 2025 07:08 AM (u82oZ)
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Otherwise it would be like a day without sunshine.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 01, 2025 07:09 AM (sTuNG)

139 131 "And donate NOTHING!
Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 01, 2025 06:47 AM (ZmEVT)

Why? If you don't mind saying."

It's a moral hazard. They are motivated to harvest your organs even if you are still using them.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 01, 2025 07:04 AM (ZmEVT)

Thank you. I appreciate it.

Posted by: m at May 01, 2025 07:09 AM (CQE5S)

140 NaCly Dog: G'morning. I'm delayed by an hour again today so I'll hang out and visit for a bit longer.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 01, 2025 07:09 AM (O7YUW)

141 Our impact speaks for itself. I don’t take a cent from the Foundation. Never have. In fact, my family personally contributes meaningfully to our work each year.

So the donations to the Clinton Foundation for the Hatian earthquake didn’t pay for your wedding, Chelsea?

Can we get an audit?
Because your last name is Clinton, and that fact, alone, pretty much screams AUDIT.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2025 07:10 AM (6ydKt)

142 Buck brought back Dave Barry, one of old favorites. I wonder if he still does his year in review, in which he usually blamed all odd events on squirrels. Terrorist squirrels.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 01, 2025 07:10 AM (Tc1d8)

143 "Quality of life should matter. But we have a death cult at the center of power, that want to erase others to save on medical expenses. "

beg to disagree, NaCly ... their words are always lies; it's all about increasing the pain and suffering.

demonic, in short.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 01, 2025 07:10 AM (/Ghsb)

144 Biden's dog, are you in Jerusalem? What is the fire situation?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 01, 2025 07:11 AM (RIvkX)

145 OK. I've finished my stove top brewed Columbian blend coffee with some of Mrs. BD's whisky cookies (not Irish scotch - none stocked at home).

Time for the daily fastwalk around the neighborhood to get rid of those cookie calories.

l8r.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 01, 2025 07:11 AM (sTuNG)

146 Off to the gym. Have a great day horde!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 01, 2025 07:12 AM (Tc1d8)

147 Dave Barry did a bit about how everything came in large size, extra large size, and Holy Roman Empire Size.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2025 07:12 AM (VWf79)

148 I wonder if he still does his year in review, in which he usually blamed all odd events on squirrels.

Well, killing a squirrel and a racoon did wonders for our last Presidential election.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 01, 2025 07:12 AM (jjoN6)

149 Can we get an audit?
Because your last name is Clinton, and that fact, alone, pretty much screams AUDIT.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 01, 2025 07:10 AM (6ydKt)
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The comments there are to die for!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 01, 2025 07:13 AM (sTuNG)

150 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at May 01, 2025 07:13 AM (dg+HA)

151 nood jj

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 01, 2025 07:14 AM (ZmEVT)

152 Grumpy and Recalcitrant

Answered John Van Stry.

He has a cogent response. I may want to give him a few ideas for incorporation into the third novel. Would that be a good idea?

Like Diamond Age books for education of the elite. Plus Dave having to stay in Ceres while other people he trained go out and adventure. And EMP protected electronics.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 01, 2025 07:15 AM (u82oZ)

153 Have a great day, everyone.

May you thrive.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 01, 2025 07:15 AM (u82oZ)

154 Biden's dog, are you in Jerusalem? What is the fire situation?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 01, 2025 07:11 AM (RIvkX)
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Fires are still burning and international teams still on way, if I understood correctly.

Here in Jerusalem, we're OK. Yesterday I could see the smoke billowing 10s of kilometers away over the mountains.

Horrific damage. Miracle no casualties. As far as I'm concerned, Arab villages need to be napalmed.

l8r.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 01, 2025 07:15 AM (sTuNG)

155 136 Did the rain in Spain fall mainly on the plain before the power outage?
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2025

***
Spanish omelets hardest hit

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 01, 2025 07:16 AM (omVj0)

156
The Mossad: Satirical and Awesome
@TheMossadIL
17h
Who here believes in the hand of Elohim?
Because rain is falling on the fires right now.

Posted by: m at May 01, 2025 07:21 AM (CQE5S)

157 “Google announced that it was becoming a pain in the posterior to update the outdated hardware on some Nest Learning Thermostats, specifically the 2011 first generation, the 2012 second generation, and the European version of the 2014 second generation. Updates on those devices will grind to a screeching halt on October 25.”

Posted by: SMOD at May 01, 2025 07:31 AM (ZoLdO)

158 @152/NaCly Dog:

I'm not surprised John had a cogent response. He really thinks things through.

"I may want to give him a few ideas for incorporation into the third novel. Would that be a good idea?"

No, absolutely not, and here's why: Once an author has read your suggestion, they can't use it because it's yours, and opens them to copyright claims as well as accusations of plagiarism and idea stealing.

Several authors have made posts along these lines, because it's not something eager fans/readers tend to realize, so it needs to be pointed out.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 01, 2025 07:45 AM (O7YUW)

159 “This video contains content from StudioCanal, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds.”

“Hey, guys, you know what would be really good for business? Blocking free advertising for our movies and making ourselves look like humourless penny-pinching misers on the internet. People love that.”

Get bent, StudioCanal.

Posted by: Sam Duncan at May 01, 2025 08:13 AM (ZBurU)

160 Lol, Bollywood Snow White. Cute take.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 01, 2025 09:51 AM (lFFaq)

161 To be fair, Google just scrounged around under the couch cushions for some change to donate to groups intent on encouraging the training of new electricians. If Google thought they were genuinely in danger of projects grinding to a halt for lack of electricians, they'd cough up a billion to take over or start their own school and give the education for free in exchange for a contracted period of working solely on Google or Google partner facilities, with the option to short term freelance during periods when Google has no need of them.

Posted by: Epobirs at May 01, 2025 10:10 AM (/0z9K)

162 They'll be expensive, but should have GPU performance comparable to the xx50-xx60 grade cards, especially with desktop power and cooling margins. So they could very well still be worth it.

I could see using a memory heavy toaster as a relatively affordable CAD or AI box too.

Posted by: Voyager at May 01, 2025 11:22 AM (WcNzu)

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