Daily Tech News 19 May 2025

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Why we're unlikely to get artificial general intelligence anytime soon. (MSN)

Because all the money - somehow - is working on artificial vapid idiots.
"The technology we're building today is not sufficient to get there," said Nick Frosst, a founder of the AI startup Cohere who previously worked as a researcher at Google and studied under the most revered AI researcher of the last 50 years. "What we are building now are things that take in words and predict the next most likely word, or they take in pixels and predict the next most likely pixel. That's very different from what you and I do."
This is of course true and makes me wonder how Nick has avoided being executed as a heretic.
Opinions differ in part because scientists cannot even agree on a way of defining human intelligence, arguing endlessly over the merits and flaws of IQ tests and other benchmarks. Comparing our own brains to machines is even more subjective. This means that identifying AGI is essentially a matter of opinion.
Correct. But we are at least getting good at creating vapid idiots.

I'm not sure why we are doing that, but we are good at it.

Tech News

Running the latest Nvidia RTX 5000 GPUs on a nearly 20 year old Intel Core 2 CPU turns out to deliver underwhelming results. (Tom's Hardware)

It does work. That is, Windows runs and the graphics drivers load. Doing anything useful is left as an exercise for the reader.
Fancy - and very expensive - printer manufacturer Procolored delivered a free bonus with every printer: Malware. (Bleeping Computer)

For months.
Why did Amazon's flying delivery drones crash during testing? (MSN)

Because that's what testing is for.
Tech startup Firecrawl is ready to pay $1 million to hire three AI agents as employees. (Tech Crunch)

Nuke the entire site from orbit.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Dum dum de dum de dum...

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:32 AM

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1 Thank you, Pixy!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 19, 2025 04:33 AM (a1415)

2 w00t

Posted by: m at May 19, 2025 04:33 AM (CQE5S)

3 Wow, VIA! You nailed it!

Posted by: m at May 19, 2025 04:34 AM (CQE5S)

4 Thank you again, Pixy

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 19, 2025 04:34 AM (a1415)

5 >>>all the money - somehow - is working on artificial vapid idiots

heh

Posted by: m at May 19, 2025 04:35 AM (CQE5S)

6 Refreshed the page, and comments had disappeared.

Almost like Biden's brain.

There

Not there.

Ah, there it is.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 19, 2025 04:35 AM (a1415)

7 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 19, 2025 04:40 AM (/Ghsb)

8 I know that eventually it will become accepted practice, but trying to envision drones from Amazon delivering packages in an urban setting like Baltimore successfully...

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 19, 2025 04:41 AM (a1415)

9 Creation of vapid idiots ensures an adequate supply of leftwits.

I thought that was self evident.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at May 19, 2025 04:42 AM (hKoQL)

10 >>>But we are at least getting good at creating vapid idiots.
I'm not sure why we are doing that, but we are good at it.

Like why the gain of function people created Covid?

Posted by: m at May 19, 2025 04:43 AM (CQE5S)

11 Today is gonna be a hoot.

Posted by: Don Black at May 19, 2025 04:44 AM (AOsQT)

12 6 Refreshed the page, and comments had disappeared.
Almost like Biden's brain.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 19, 2025 04:35 AM (a1415)

Except his is forever gone.

Posted by: m at May 19, 2025 04:47 AM (CQE5S)

13 8 I know that eventually it will become accepted practice, but trying to envision drones from Amazon delivering packages in an urban setting like Baltimore successfully...
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 19, 2025 04:41 AM (a1415)

We know exactly how this will end:

https://tinyurl.com/bdewcb39

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 19, 2025 04:49 AM (4/BuS)

14 I will never truly understand AI.

But if it gives the same results in other applications as it does in the writing and editing of media news articles, I don't need it.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 19, 2025 04:51 AM (a1415)

15 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 19, 2025 04:51 AM (sAmhv)

16 Because all the money - somehow - is working on artificial vapid idiots.

Artificial Idiocy is always greater than Artificial Intelligence...
It's impossible to make something idiot-proof.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 19, 2025 04:51 AM (ynpvh)

17 Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 19, 2025 04:49 AM (4/BuS)

Ooh, it's a very techy hash!

bus
Computing: a distinct set of conductors carrying data and control signals within a computer system, to which pieces of equipment may be connected in parallel.
• Electronics: short for busbar

Posted by: m at May 19, 2025 04:51 AM (CQE5S)

18 17 Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 19, 2025 04:49 AM (4/BuS)

Ooh, it's a very techy hash!

bus
Computing: a distinct set of conductors carrying data and control signals within a computer system, to which pieces of equipment may be connected in parallel.
• Electronics: short for busbar

Posted by: m at May 19, 2025 04:51 AM (CQE5S)

I heard there are certain buses that have bars...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 19, 2025 04:53 AM (ynpvh)

19 "We know exactly how this will end:

https://tinyurl.com/bdewcb39"

I had no idea that experiment was even taking place.

But yeh, just like humans, even robot dreams come dashing to an end in Democrat run cities.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 19, 2025 04:54 AM (a1415)

20 18 I heard there are certain buses that have bars...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 19, 2025 04:53 AM (ynpvh)

And bars that have buses, too, prolly!

Posted by: m at May 19, 2025 04:55 AM (CQE5S)

21 11 Today is gonna be a hoot.

Posted by: Don Black at May 19, 2025 04:44 AM (AOsQT)

Just as long as it isn't hooting by your bedroom window about six nights in a row...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 19, 2025 04:55 AM (ynpvh)

22 8 I know that eventually it will become accepted practice, but trying to envision drones from Amazon delivering packages in an urban setting like Baltimore successfully...

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

Why?

(snicker)

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 19, 2025 04:55 AM (sAmhv)

23 22 8 I know that eventually it will become accepted practice, but trying to envision drones from Amazon delivering packages in an urban setting like Baltimore successfully...

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

Why?

(snicker)

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 19, 2025 04:55 AM (sAmhv)

When you don't have to steal stuff from a store because you just shoot down a drone and take the stuff...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 19, 2025 04:57 AM (ynpvh)

24 22 8 I know that eventually it will become accepted practice, but trying to envision drones from Amazon delivering packages in an urban setting like Baltimore successfully...
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

Why?
(snicker)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 19, 2025 04:55 AM (sAmhv)

But they will carry signage that says "Do Not Steal the Drone."

Posted by: m at May 19, 2025 04:57 AM (CQE5S)

25
porch pirates
drone ______

Posted by: m at May 19, 2025 04:58 AM (CQE5S)

26 "Why?

(snicker)"

The complexity of changing air currents caused by the close proximity of high rise building, and Urban Skeet Shooters.

But mostly,

Urban Skeet Shooters.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 19, 2025 04:58 AM (a1415)

27 Maybe Amazon could arm the drones with missiles and a Gatling gun.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 19, 2025 04:59 AM (sAmhv)

28 Fancy - and very expensive - printer manufacturer Procolored delivered a free bonus with every printer: Malware.

There were some hardrives made in...Vietnam or Malaysia...that had malware on the drives straight outta the factory some years ago...
I blame China for that one. This one? Dunno.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 19, 2025 04:59 AM (ynpvh)

29 thief
noun
robber, burglar, housebreaker, cat burglar, shoplifter, pickpocket, sneak thief, mugger, larcenist, stealer, pilferer, poacher; embezzler, swindler; criminal, villain; kleptomaniac; raider, looter, plunderer, pillager, marauder; bandit, brigand, pirate, highwayman; Indian English dacoit; Southeast Asian English holdupper; informal crook, cracksman, steamer; North American English informal yegg, second-story man/worker; West Indian English informal tief; British English rhyming slang tea leaf; archaic cutpurse, pickpurse, footpad, lurcher; rare peculator, defalcator.

Posted by: m at May 19, 2025 04:59 AM (CQE5S)

30 US stock futures took a hit on Monday as Wall Street processed Moody's downgrade of the US credit rating and new developments in President Trump's tariff salvos.
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Mark Zandi, the honcho at Moody's was Joey Biden's booster champ.
This is a hit on Trump but if you're in the market and don't think America's in catastrophic failure (how un-American) this is another buying opportunity.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 19, 2025 05:01 AM (nqJ7G)

31 27 Maybe Amazon could arm the drones with missiles and a Gatling gun.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 19, 2025 04:59 AM (sAmhv)

That would be a sight...I just imagine the recoil. You'd need quite a hefty drone for dampening with a Gatling.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 19, 2025 05:01 AM (ynpvh)

32 22 8 I know that eventually it will become accepted practice, but trying to envision drones from Amazon delivering packages in an urban setting like Baltimore successfully...
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice
----------------------

They will maintain altitude then drop straight down and back up.
No one will know where the drone is or is going but for a brief moment.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 19, 2025 05:03 AM (nqJ7G)

33 32 22 8 I know that eventually it will become accepted practice, but trying to envision drones from Amazon delivering packages in an urban setting like Baltimore successfully...
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice
----------------------

They will maintain altitude then drop straight down and back up.
No one will know where the drone is or is going but for a brief moment.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 19, 2025 05:03 AM (nqJ7G)

Add some nice urban camouflage...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 19, 2025 05:04 AM (ynpvh)

34 Add some nice urban camouflage...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
-----------------------

Hey, good to see you. Hope everything is coming along OK.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 19, 2025 05:09 AM (nqJ7G)

35 34 Add some nice urban camouflage...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
-----------------------

Hey, good to see you. Hope everything is coming along OK.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 19, 2025 05:09 AM (nqJ7G)

Eventually.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 19, 2025 05:10 AM (ynpvh)

36 32 22 8 I know that eventually it will become accepted practice, but trying to envision drones from Amazon delivering packages in an urban setting like Baltimore successfully...
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice
----------------------

They will maintain altitude then drop straight down and back up.
No one will know where the drone is or is going but for a brief moment.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 19, 2025 05:03 AM (nqJ7G)

Cool. Also potentially dangerous and James Bondlike, I would think.

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

37 oh

Adam Wren
@adamwren
9h
.@davidaxelrod: Conversations about Biden’s mental acuity “should be more muted and set aside for now as he’s struggling through this.”

Posted by: m at May 19, 2025 05:12 AM (CQE5S)

38 36 32 22 8 I know that eventually it will become accepted practice, but trying to envision drones from Amazon delivering packages in an urban setting like Baltimore successfully...
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice
----------------------

They will maintain altitude then drop straight down and back up.
No one will know where the drone is or is going but for a brief moment.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 19, 2025 05:03 AM (nqJ7G)

Cool. Also potentially dangerous and James Bondlike, I would think.

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

I'm thinking like Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible...
https://youtu.be/ifwngc8FHZM&t=231s

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 19, 2025 05:14 AM (ynpvh)

39 Ah, there it is.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 19, 2025 04:35 AM (a1415)

So not like Biden's brain after all.

Posted by: RickZ at May 19, 2025 05:15 AM (gKDq2)

40 39 Ah, there it is.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 19, 2025 04:35 AM (a1415)

So not like Biden's brain after all.

Posted by: RickZ at May 19, 2025 05:15 AM (gKDq2)

His is organic decay, not artificial stupidity.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 19, 2025 05:16 AM (ynpvh)

41 night all

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 19, 2025 05:16 AM (ynpvh)

42 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at May 19, 2025 05:17 AM (dg+HA)

43 You think of Mission Impossible,

I think more like this.

https://tinyurl.com/mwd7ah83

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 19, 2025 05:17 AM (a1415)

44 G'night, Jim

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 19, 2025 05:18 AM (a1415)

45 Birdbath needs refilling once the sun comes up

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 19, 2025 05:18 AM (a1415)

46 I am so pissed that GOP members are putting out "thoughts and prayers" posts for the most destructive, evil president in history who called half of the citizens enemies. They would be better off saying nothing.

Posted by: Angry American at May 19, 2025 05:20 AM (szqEY)

47 We'll achieve AGI after feeding it all the comments on Reddit, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, Pinterest, YouTube, LinkedIn, WeChat, Twitter, and Quora?

Yeah, I don't think so. And that certainly isn't the path there.

Posted by: Roy at May 19, 2025 05:21 AM (zhWvq)

48 46 I am so pissed that GOP members are putting out "thoughts and prayers" posts for the most destructive, evil president in history who called half of the citizens enemies. They would be better off saying nothing.

Posted by: Angry American at May 19, 2025 05:20 AM (szqEY)

Eh. They're not saying specifically what their thoughts are!

Posted by: m at May 19, 2025 05:22 AM (CQE5S)

49 "I am so pissed that GOP members are putting out "thoughts and prayers" posts for the most destructive, evil president in history who called half of the citizens enemies. "

I read President Trump's statement about Biden and thought, class act.

But hey, that is who Trump has always bee,.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 19, 2025 05:22 AM (a1415)

50 Stephen L. Miller retweeted
Bad Hombre
@joma_gc
9h
Replying to @Rep_McBride
Let this be a reminder: routine prostate exams save lives. Make sure to schedule yours, Congressman.

Posted by: m at May 19, 2025 05:23 AM (CQE5S)

51 bee, = been

Phat Phingers strike again

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 19, 2025 05:23 AM (a1415)

52 "Let this be a reminder: routine prostate exams save lives."

That reminds me.

Time to take my prostate-less self upstairs and get ready for the morning walk.

Guys, get checked out regularly.

It really could save your life.

BBIAB

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 19, 2025 05:26 AM (a1415)

53
Prolly not a good idea to shoot at it.

https://tinyurl.com/4x4pethy

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 19, 2025 05:26 AM (dg+HA)

54
Dr Steven Quay
@quay_dr
12h
Prostate cancer is the easiest cancer to diagnose when it first starts and to watch it progress to bone metastases. The PSA blood test shows the rate of cancer cell growth. For even with the most aggressive form, it is a 5-7 year journey without treatment before it becomes metastatic.
Meaning, it would be malpractice for this patient to show up and be first diagnosed with metastatic disease in May 2025.

Posted by: m at May 19, 2025 05:27 AM (CQE5S)

55 We were busy focusing all of our efforts on reviving his scalp.

Posted by: The Joe Biden crackerjack medical team at May 19, 2025 05:31 AM (dg+HA)

56 I read President Trump's statement about Biden and thought, class act.

But hey, that is who Trump has always bee,.

Thats what a president should do. The rest of the party should just keep their mouths shut. Their thoughts and prayers aren't going to gain them any respect from the democrats, and none of the assholes are going to heaven.

I hope this is Karma and it hurts real bad.

Posted by: Angry American at May 19, 2025 05:32 AM (szqEY)

57 53
Prolly not a good idea to shoot at it.

https://tinyurl.com/4x4pethy
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 19, 2025 05:26 AM (dg+HA)

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As a former resident of the Sunshine state, I'm glad to hear Florida man is maintaining his reputation

Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 19, 2025 05:32 AM (slJUi)

58 >@davidaxelrod: Conversations about Biden’s mental acuity “should be more muted and set aside for now as he’s struggling through this.”
----

this is the state-friendly media getting its talking points from The Party

get ready for all the pouncing!

Posted by: Don Black at May 19, 2025 05:33 AM (AOsQT)

59 53
Prolly not a good idea to shoot at it.

https://tinyurl.com/4x4pethy
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 19, 2025 05:26 AM (dg+HA)

"I'm going to wind up having to find a real good defense lawyer."

Posted by: m at May 19, 2025 05:34 AM (CQE5S)

60 48 46 I am so pissed that GOP members are putting out "thoughts and prayers" posts for the most destructive, evil president in history who called half of the citizens enemies. They would be better off saying nothing.

Posted by: Angry American at May 19, 2025 05:20 AM (szqEY)

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Well said. FJB didn't do this alone; fact is, I'm not sure how much he did or knew about. But it's apermanent stain on him and the Democrats.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 19, 2025 05:35 AM (slJUi)

61 He called me garbage.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 19, 2025 05:37 AM (dg+HA)

62
; )

https://nitter.net/magills_/status/
1924257640084832389

Posted by: m at May 19, 2025 05:37 AM (CQE5S)

63 Adam Wren
@adamwren
9h
.@davidaxelrod: Conversations about Biden’s mental acuity “should be more muted and set aside for now as he’s struggling through this.”
Posted by: m

Yep. So begins the pity party.

Posted by: Tuna at May 19, 2025 05:37 AM (lJ0H4)

64 53
Prolly not a good idea to shoot at it.

https://tinyurl.com/4x4pethy
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 19, 2025 05:26 AM (dg+HA)

A paintball gun with frozen paintballs would work pretty well without the worry of "discharging a firearm"

Posted by: Angry American at May 19, 2025 05:38 AM (szqEY)

65
Magills
@magills_
7h
You can’t criticize my posts I have a hangnail

Posted by: m at May 19, 2025 05:38 AM (CQE5S)

66 Magills is really on fire with all this.

Magills
@magills_
6h
Look, if government run healthcare can’t catch prostate cancer in the President I’m not so confident in its efficacy

Posted by: m at May 19, 2025 05:42 AM (CQE5S)

67 Conversations about Biden’s mental acuity “should be more muted and set aside for now as he’s struggling through this.

Let me think about-Nah. His mental faculties are a legitimate topic.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 19, 2025 05:48 AM (99eI0)

68
Magills
@magills_
10h
Trying to decide what’s worse: Biden knew he had cancer for years and hid it from the public or that Biden’s aides knew and hid it from him.

Posted by: m at May 19, 2025 05:49 AM (CQE5S)

69 Would be nice in Biden's instance if prostate karma was a bitch. From 2023:

https://tinyurl.com/ymwvwzds

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 19, 2025 05:49 AM (qFAfu)

70 Magills
@magills_
12h
Really fucked up that White House aides let cancer metastasize to Biden’s bones instead of let Kamala become president.

Posted by: m at May 19, 2025 05:50 AM (CQE5S)

71 Let me think about-Nah. His lack of mental faculties are a legitimate topic.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 19, 2025 05:48 AM (99eI0)

Fixed for accuracy.

Now to find out who used the Autopen.

Posted by: RickZ at May 19, 2025 05:50 AM (gKDq2)

72 Now to find out who used the Autopen.
Posted by: RickZ

Have it checked for cocaine residue.

Really fucked up that White House aides let cancer metastasize to Biden’s bones instead of let Kamala become president.

Especially since that prevented the FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT EVAR! from ascending to the Golden Throne.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 19, 2025 05:52 AM (99eI0)

73 Hello, folks

I am really trying to avoid politics , but I actually have a tech question about which- not surprisingly- I’m clueless. As some of you know, my son’s phone dropped out of his pocket and a co-worker ran I’ve it. Can you transfer from one phone to another if on the broken phone you cannot see anything on the screen? Sorry; we have never had this problem before and although FenSpiuse was an excellent computer programmer and systems when he did that , he does not know much about cell phones . Thanks so much. Hopefully new phone will arrive in mail today so I can have my phone back, but son has an hour commute and I don’t want him to be without a phone. I will check later when spouse comes back from his first bus run.

May you all have a blessed day and know that you are a blessing to others.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 19, 2025 05:52 AM (RWZLR)

74 >@davidaxelrod: Conversations about Biden’s mental acuity “should be more muted and set aside for now as he’s struggling through this.”
.........................
Mary Katherine Ham replied back:

No.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 19, 2025 05:53 AM (sAmhv)

75 Liz Cheney, who's that knockin' at your door?

Ed Martin
@EagleEdMartin

Dear Fellow Americans,

The integrity of the American Pardon system requires that we examine the Biden pardons and who did what.

We will get the bottom of it. Count on us.

All the best.
Ed Martin
US Pardon Attorney

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 19, 2025 05:53 AM (qFAfu)

76 Evening and morning, AoSHQ satellites,

I know that eventually it will become accepted practice, but trying to envision drones from Amazon delivering packages in an urban setting like Baltimore successfully...
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 19, 2025

***
Visualizing whirled peas would be easier!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 19, 2025 05:53 AM (omVj0)

77 "This is the strongest healthiest smartest president in history."

"Not only is he deeply demented, he has a cancer he must have had for several years that you either never found or never told us about."

"That's no way to talk about a guy who is ill and dying!"

....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 19, 2025 05:53 AM (yvnLa)

78 Meant “systems analyst.”

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 19, 2025 05:53 AM (RWZLR)

79 Morning Horde, thx Pixy. Trannie Congress critter Tim McBride asked for prayers for Biden in his cancer fight . Standard response "make sure you get your prostate checked Tim"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 19, 2025 05:54 AM (ef25Y)

80 Mary Katherine Ham replied back:

No.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 19, 2025 05:53 AM (sAmhv)
-

She stole that from Marcel Marceau!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 19, 2025 05:54 AM (qFAfu)

81 Fen, from what little I know about cell phones -- which is about the same as little Dagny cat knows about calculus -- it may be possible to plug the old phone into a computer, use Windows Explorer to find the data on it, transfer it to the computer, then plug in a new phone and transfer the data to that one. I do that, phone to computer, for images when I take a pic and want to upload it to a forum.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 19, 2025 05:57 AM (omVj0)

82 Mental issues aside, it is a matter of national significance that a severely ill man was kept in office, and they were either incompetent or lying about it the entire time. It's not even about holding on to power. The reason we have such a solid succession path for the presidency is to avoid one person's health issues destabilizing the country. They wouldn't have lost power, just swapped one brain dead puppet for another. This story is about much more than one old guy's health issues.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 19, 2025 05:58 AM (yvnLa)

83 79 Morning Horde, thx Pixy. Trannie Congress critter Tim McBride asked for prayers for Biden in his cancer fight . Standard response "make sure you get your prostate checked Tim"
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 19, 2025 05:54 AM (ef25Y)

50 Stephen L. Miller retweeted
Bad Hombre
@joma_gc
9h
Replying to @Rep_McBride
Let this be a reminder: routine prostate exams save lives. Make sure to schedule yours, Congressman.
Posted by: m at May 19, 2025 05:23 AM (CQE5S)

Posted by: m at May 19, 2025 05:59 AM (CQE5S)

84 Morning Horde, thx Pixy. Trannie Congress critter Tim McBride asked for prayers for Biden in his cancer fight . Standard response "make sure you get your prostate checked Tim"
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 19, 2025 05:54 AM (ef25Y)

I'm now of the opinion Congresscritters must read into the Congressional Record random responses, including the vulgar ones (free speech and all), to their idiotic tweets. We'll have it once a month and call it America Speaks To Congress Day. Attendance mandatory or no pay for that entire Congressional term.

Posted by: RickZ at May 19, 2025 05:59 AM (gKDq2)

85 We'll have it once a month and call it America Speaks To Congress Day. Attendance mandatory or no pay for that entire Congressional term.
Posted by: RickZ at May 19, 2025 05:59 AM (gKDq2)

Or (and?) impound any investment accounts they have.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 19, 2025 06:02 AM (yvnLa)

86 Speaking of Amazon deliveries, Bezos's little hobby site says the packages I sent to my oldest friend in Clearwater were dropped off Sunday at his front door.

No phone call yet. Either he no longer lives there (and I've tried calling the numbers I have and got no answer), and somebody has a nice gift; or he lives there but was away this weekend; or he lives there, got the books, and . . . Well.

There's also the possibility that he has passed away, I guess, and his widow doesn't want to deal with calling me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 19, 2025 06:02 AM (omVj0)

87 so I clicked on one of those YouTube 'three hours of relaxing rain sounds' videos and now I'm all sleepy

Posted by: Don Black at May 19, 2025 06:04 AM (AOsQT)

88 In a way, they're right. Let's not keep harping on Biden's mental issues. It's well established that the guy was off his rocker.

Let's focus on the fact that they lied about his bodily health, on top of lying about his mental health.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 19, 2025 06:04 AM (yvnLa)

89 'Tis 78 of 79 F. depending on source, 87% humidity. No mention of a heat index, but I'll bet the air feels like 82 or more. I don't wanna go work out.

We're being promised slightly lower temps and humidity by Thurs. I believes it when I feels it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 19, 2025 06:05 AM (omVj0)

90 this is after the "oil on the windshield gave me cancer" gaffe:

ZODIAC MOTHERFUCKER
@ZODIAC_MF
21 Jul 2022
ALSO I NEVER EXPECTED PRESIDENT BIDEN TO HANG WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP ON THE COMEDY FRONT BUT THIS DEAL WHERE HE ANNOUNCED HE HAS CANCER AND EVERYONE WAS LIKE "DONT WORRY ABOUT IT. HE DOESNT KNOW WHAT THE FUCK HES TALKING ABOUT" COMES AWFULLY CLOSE

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

91 Stephen L. Miller retweeted
Townhall.com
@townhallcom
20 Jul 2022
Biden says that his mother using windshield wipers to "get literally the oil slick off the window" is "why I and so damn many other people have cancer."

Posted by: m at May 19, 2025 06:07 AM (CQE5S)

92 Headlines suck...I wake up to a story on a financial site that simply says Costco to close all stores in the US. (period) What the hell, click bait for sure.

Posted by: Coliin at May 19, 2025 06:08 AM (wlQdF)

93 Matthieu “ne plus ultra” Koekkler 🇻🇦
@koekkler
12h
@redsteeze, didn’t @JoeBiden say two years ago he had cancer and then his staff poo-pooed it and said he really meant minor skin cancers?

Posted by: m at May 19, 2025 06:08 AM (CQE5S)

94 Nodulegate

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 19, 2025 06:10 AM (yvnLa)

95 it went from nodule to cancer of the ass bone in 24 hrs

believe nothing you read or hear and half of what you see

Posted by: Don Black at May 19, 2025 06:11 AM (AOsQT)

96 Scratch that.

Assbonegate.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 19, 2025 06:12 AM (yvnLa)

97 And all of it--all of it--indicts Jill Biden as the most horrible wife.

Posted by: m at May 19, 2025 06:13 AM (CQE5S)

98 Big Bill clears the House.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 19, 2025 06:13 AM (YMw6T)

99 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Faldy raldy raldy raldy rye-o.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 19, 2025 06:15 AM (6YdsJ)

100 Has it spread to Klamato Harris's tongue?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 19, 2025 06:15 AM (YMw6T)

101 100

Posted by: m at May 19, 2025 06:15 AM (CQE5S)

102 Doh!

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 19, 2025 06:16 AM (YMw6T)

103 @redsteeze, didn’t @JoeBiden say two years ago he had cancer and then his staff poo-pooed it and said he really meant minor skin cancers?
Posted by: m at May 19, 2025 06:08 AM (CQE5S)
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Like General Melchett, he should have pooh-poohed their pooh-pooh.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 19, 2025 06:17 AM (6YdsJ)

104 94 Nodulegate
Posted by: Warai-otoko.
--------------------

Distraction Gate. That's been the topic every thread since it was mentioned. Imagine what's going on in D.C. and the MSM and what are they hiding?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 19, 2025 06:17 AM (nqJ7G)

105 >And all of it--all of it--indicts Jill Biden as the most horrible wife.

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Shakespearean-level skullduggery of the worst kind

Posted by: Don Black at May 19, 2025 06:18 AM (AOsQT)

106 103 @redsteeze, didn’t @JoeBiden say two years ago he had cancer and then his staff poo-pooed it and said he really meant minor skin cancers?
Posted by: m at May 19, 2025 06:08 AM (CQE5S)
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Like General Melchett, he should have pooh-poohed their pooh-pooh.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 19, 2025 06:17 AM (6YdsJ)

And just IMAGINE how Karine Jean-Pierre would've responded to that.

Posted by: m at May 19, 2025 06:18 AM (CQE5S)

107 "y'know, look."

--Karine Jean-Pierre, poised to lie

Posted by: m at May 19, 2025 06:20 AM (CQE5S)

108 Imagine what's going on in D.C. and the MSM and what are they hiding?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 19, 2025 06:17 AM (nqJ7G)

Turns out jimminy crockett's braincase has nothing inside and she's actually being piloted by a little rat living under her weave and tugging on it.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 19, 2025 06:20 AM (yvnLa)

109 How can he have had cancer and not have known it?
He's married to a doctor!

Posted by: Your neighborhood AWFL at May 19, 2025 06:21 AM (dg+HA)

110 Shakespearean-level skullduggery of the worst kind
Posted by: Don Black at May 19, 2025 06:18 AM (AOsQT)

Lady MacMeth

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 19, 2025 06:21 AM (yvnLa)

111 Time to take my prostate-less self upstairs and get ready for the morning walk.
Guys, get checked out regularly.
It really could save your life.
BBIAB
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 19, 2025 05:26

Yes indeed VIA. I was surprised at age 66 to learn I had prostate cancer. It was detected by a rise in my PSA tests. Looking back I think a previous sign was having hot flashes. FFS, I wasn't a pre-menopausal woman, I was puzzled.

Never seen this mentioned anywhere but I think there was a connection.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at May 19, 2025 06:23 AM (55Qr6)

112 Well to go along with the general stupidity, looks like Kash and Bongino have fully been told what’s what by the Deep State, they declared after seeing the evidence that Epstein killed himself and that you know a suicide when you see one.

No explanation for putting a cop/murderer in his cell as a roommate who proceeded to beat the shit out of him, no explanation for the guards falling asleep or the cameras malfunctioning or why every blanket in the jail was in his cell.

This is all very disappointing.

Means we are never getting to bottom of who was running Epstein.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 19, 2025 06:27 AM (XV/Pl)

113 >@davidaxelrod: Conversations about Biden’s mental acuity “should be more muted and set aside for now as he’s struggling through this.”
.........................
Mary Katherine Ham replied back:
No.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 19, 2025 05:53

I knew there was a reason I liked her!

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at May 19, 2025 06:30 AM (55Qr6)

114 mornin yall. FJB.

Posted by: fd at May 19, 2025 06:30 AM (vFG9F)

115 >looks like Kash and Bongino have fully been told what’s what by the Deep State, they declared after seeing the evidence that Epstein killed himself and that you know a suicide when you see one.
----

what prompted them to put this out

Posted by: Don Black at May 19, 2025 06:31 AM (AOsQT)

116 Adam Wren
@adamwren
9h
.@davidaxelrod: Conversations about Biden’s mental acuity “should be more muted and set aside for now as he’s struggling through this.”
Posted by: m

Okay, let's talk about the members of the media and government who attempted to hide and lie about his various health problems.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 19, 2025 06:31 AM (ExV1e)

117 Jeff Blehar is *BOX OFFICE POISON* retweeted
Magills
@magills_
7h
He’s a bad person who put this entire country at risk because he wanted power and money you don’t have to be nice to him

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

118 Aside from working at Truth Social wasn't most of his career that of a bureaucrat?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 19, 2025 06:32 AM (nqJ7G)

119 115 >looks like Kash and Bongino have fully been told what’s what by the Deep State, they declared after seeing the evidence that Epstein killed himself and that you know a suicide when you see one.
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what prompted them to put this out
Posted by: Don Black
--------------------

It's their way of saying - You don't get the list.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 19, 2025 06:33 AM (nqJ7G)

120
Hollaria Briden, Esq.
@HollyBriden
14h
I can’t believe Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson are bullying a cancer patient.

Posted by: m at May 19, 2025 06:36 AM (CQE5S)

121 If there ever was a list, it's long gone. Shredded, burned, encased in cement, dropped down the Mariana Trench.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 19, 2025 06:36 AM (sAmhv)

122 OK- Stanley Cup Final Four

Florida Panthers vs Carolina Hurricanes

Edmonton Oilers vs Dallas Stars

Posted by: Don Black at May 19, 2025 06:36 AM (AOsQT)

123 122: Guess I'll root for the team formerly known as the Hartford Whalers.

GO WHALERS!!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 19, 2025 06:38 AM (sAmhv)

124 And off to bed. Later daywalkers.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 19, 2025 06:42 AM (sAmhv)

125
Good morning, Hordians. A long and dreary day stretches out before me. Grocery shopping, washing dogs and RV loading. Plus the usual tasks, duties and chores. There's nothing to look forward to in any of these.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 19, 2025 06:44 AM (QnmlO)

126 Hadrian the Seventh

Not glamorous, but greatly needed. Can you hire a squat Guatemalan women to assist your support functions?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 19, 2025 06:51 AM (u82oZ)

127 There's nothing to look forward to in any of these.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

There's joy to find in all things.

Posted by: Auspex at May 19, 2025 06:52 AM (j4U/Z)

128 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 19, 2025 06:52 AM (u82oZ)

129 Doof could dance with the Dschinghis Khan.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 19, 2025 06:54 AM (u82oZ)

130 Good morning Horde!

Hadrian, sounds like a full and productive day.
To distract yourself from the repetitive nature of the manual efforts, perhaps you could start mentally planning your next steps for your book as you do chores?
Just an idea.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 19, 2025 06:54 AM (rT96s)

131
Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I fear not, 'cause David Axelrod is flacking for me.

Flipping from crazed attack dog to victimhood just like that is so Biden.

Posted by: Auspex at May 19, 2025 06:58 AM (j4U/Z)

132 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

5 days of school left. Learning is absent. We could cut the last two weeks of school off and lose nothing but the salaries of the teachers.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 19, 2025 06:58 AM (u82oZ)

133

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at May 19, 2025 06:59 AM (5hfjS)

134 5 days of school left. Learning is absent. We could cut the last two weeks of school off and lose nothing but the salaries of the teachers.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
----------------

Whatever the date things will be finished up two weeks ahead.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 19, 2025 07:00 AM (nqJ7G)

135 A rather unpleasant day outside today and not too much better the rest of the week. Next week looks enormously better.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at May 19, 2025 07:00 AM (hKoQL)

136
Joe Biden diagnosed with 'aggressive form' of prostate cancer with metastasis to the bone

HOW COULD THIS BE?

JOE CURED CANCER -- JUST ASK HIM!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 19, 2025 07:01 AM (Tv15w)

137 I thought Joe was going to cure cancer.

Posted by: fd at May 19, 2025 07:01 AM (vFG9F)

138 Mid term we had Field Day, classes but only had to attend for role call. Teachers and coaches had all sorts of carnival (hit the bullseye dunk the teacher) items and carnival food around the perimeter of the school. Some teachers thought it was despicable. School made money, it added perspective to '"institution"'.

Oh, yeah, volunteer girls were auctioned off as slaves in gym class.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 19, 2025 07:04 AM (nqJ7G)

139 "JOE CURED CANCER -- JUST ASK HIM!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM)"

The reverse is more true.

Posted by: fd at May 19, 2025 07:04 AM (vFG9F)

140 IRONGRAMPA

Is the good news PT is over?

I'll trade you the tornado forecast we have for today with your weather.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 19, 2025 07:04 AM (u82oZ)

141 Ya know, I had a lot of harsh commentary with regards to Joe's recent diagnosis. I'll just leave it at "I hope his family is holding up."

Posted by: NR Pax at May 19, 2025 07:05 AM (99eI0)

142 @ 112; as expected ... because that op is still running full out.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 19, 2025 07:06 AM (/Ghsb)

143 Pick one:

A. Biden's carers were so negligent they missed getting his PSA numbers checked regularly
B. They found out he had cancer as POTUS and hid that
C. The cancer is a fake "get out of scrutiny" card

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 19, 2025 07:06 AM (rT96s)

144 Hillary Clinton

You dancing to the German disco group Dschinghis Khan would be a crime against humanity.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 19, 2025 07:06 AM (u82oZ)

145 31
The drones could go out with fighter escort? Persistent trouble spots could be bombed!

Posted by: Ciampino - would be funny at May 19, 2025 07:08 AM (sPQoU)

146 Considering the way the Dems and the media lie to us daily, I don't know why I should give Joe's diagnosis story any more credence that anything else that comes out of their corrupt rotten holes.

Posted by: fd at May 19, 2025 07:08 AM (vFG9F)

147 @ 77, LOL, that's about it, innit W-o?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 19, 2025 07:10 AM (/Ghsb)

148 Braenyard -

We need a better class of teachers. I had WWII vets as teachers. Maybe AF & Iraq War vets?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 19, 2025 07:10 AM (u82oZ)

149 146 Considering the way the Dems and the media lie to us daily, I don't know why I should give Joe's diagnosis story any more credence that anything else that comes out of their corrupt rotten holes.
Posted by: fd
---------

I'm tired of reading it.
There are other things.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 19, 2025 07:10 AM (nqJ7G)

150
To be fair to health professionals, how would you like to stick your finger up Joey's ho-ha looking for prostate bumps?

Posted by: Auspex at May 19, 2025 07:12 AM (j4U/Z)

151 Now bing videos is giving me a series of Eurosong disco tunes.

Yikes.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 19, 2025 07:12 AM (u82oZ)

152 J. J. is up. Look busy.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 19, 2025 07:12 AM (Q4IgG)

153 Have a wonderful day, everyone.

May your labors ease your path and that of others.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 19, 2025 07:12 AM (u82oZ)

154 131 Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I fear not, 'cause David Axelrod is flacking for me.
Posted by: Auspex at May 19, 2025 06:58 AM (j4U/Z)

Yea.

Posted by: m at May 19, 2025 07:14 AM (CQE5S)

155 Breakfast is done; having a leisurely pipe before my shower. Then, off to the grocery. Today I plan a fun drive out on the old but smooth Federal highway to a Walmart about half an hour away. The Buick has not been getting much highway time, or driving at all, compared to when I was working. It might not be necessary for me to gas up more often than every two to three weeks. A good thing, but the car needs a good run now and then to get the oil up to temp.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 19, 2025 07:15 AM (omVj0)

156 Moody's US downgrade stokes worries about debt time-bomb

---
Morgan Stanley: Buy any dip in US stocks after Moody's cut

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Battle of the Banks, we much?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 19, 2025 07:15 AM (nqJ7G)

157 How many mRNA Covid boosters did Joe have? Probably none but there’s a possibility that he did and now has a turbo cancer. Or he had cancer dx prior to the 2020 election but kept it quiet.

Posted by: Jen the original at May 19, 2025 07:15 AM (p6xbI)

158 and 82; yes, it reeks of malice aforethought, doesn't it?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 19, 2025 07:16 AM (/Ghsb)

159
Moody's US downgrade stokes worries about debt time-bomb

Trump has ruined the economy!!!! TAAAARRRRIIIIFFFFS!!!!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 19, 2025 07:19 AM (QnmlO)

160 JJ is nood.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 19, 2025 07:23 AM (ExV1e)

161 "I said I'd cure cancer they looked at me like, why cancer? Because we can. We ended cancer as we know it."

Posted by: m at May 19, 2025 07:25 AM (CQE5S)

162 Can you transfer from one phone to another if on the broken phone you cannot see anything on the screen?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 19, 2025 05:52 AM (RWZLR)

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I’ll try to give you an answer.
If the phone is an iPhone you can backup through the iTunes software on a PC using the USB cable.

This will basically transfer the entire contents of the phone to the computer.

After that is done, it will take some time to backup so be patient, you can then hook up the new iPhone and iTunes will allow you to setup the new phone from the old backup on the PC.

Most of the time the iTunes program will ask you iif you want to setup the new phone this way once it detects that it hasn’t been setup yet.

There is a problem, though, as iTunes may ask you to authorize the old and new phones when you first connect them.

This is done by showing a random 6 digit code on the screen of the phone which you then type into a dialog box on the PC.

That may cause you to never be able to back it up on your own.
If that all fails you’ll need to take it your phone to your provider or an Apple Store to see if they can do it.

Continued—->

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 19, 2025 08:27 AM (6ydKt)

163 If your son has an Android phone there are similar programs that will allow you to back it up to a PC and then do a similar procedure as above.

I’ve never owned an Android phone so I can’t run through it al with you but if you do a search for “backing up an Android phone to setup a new one”, there should be plenty of tutorials online to help.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 19, 2025 08:29 AM (6ydKt)

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