Daily Tech News 20 May 2025

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Intel has announced two and a half new graphics cards aimed at workstations: The Arc Pro B50 and B60. (Tom's Hardware)

The B50, priced at $299, has 16GB of RAM and a cut-down version of the B580 GPU. It has 16 GPU cores rather than 20, and the 16GB of RAM is on a 12GHz 128-bit bus instead of having 12GB of RAM on a 19GHz 192-bit bus.

So yes, it will run slower (unless you need more than 12GB of RAM, in which case the B580 will flounder), but on the other hand it uses only 70W of power, which is tiny. The B580 specified 190W.

At just 70W it can run on power just from the PCIe slot, and it's available in a half-height version to fit in awkward cases like the Hyte Y family (which can only fit a single full-height card).

The other card, the Arc Pro B60, is a B580 with 24GB of RAM. At full power (200W) it should perform within 10% of the B580. In low power mode (120W) it will slow down by about 15%. Priced around $500.
Wait, you said two and a half.

I did.

The Intel Arc Pro Dual 48GB Turbo is the half. (Tom's Hardware)

Made by Maxsun, it's two B60s sharing a single card. Very literally: The B60 uses a PCIe 5.0 x8 connection, so each of the chips on this card takes up one half of a PCIe x16 slot.

If you're playing games you'll get the same performance as a B580 or B60. But if you're running AI, you can use all 48GB of RAM for a single task thanks to new software from Intel.

And if you have a server you can combine four of these to assign 192GB of VRAM to a single task.

Tech News

Microsoft has produced a new command-line text editor for Windows. (The Verge)

It's called Edit.

Uh... Yeah, that's it.
The judge in the Epic Games v. Apple case is mad again. (Tech Crunch)

After the recent decision demolishing Apple in every way imaginable and requiring the company to comply with the court's orders immediately, Epic Games resubmitted its game Fortnite to the App Store.

Apple responded that it wouldn't do so until the case had gone through the appeals process.

This rather irked Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, who had already ruled against exactly this kind of shit from Apple, and she has now told them to either approve the game immediately or show up in court in handcuffs to explain themselves.
Klarna's revenue per employee has soared to nearly $1 million. (Tech Crunch)

Profit per employee remains negative.
Regeneron - which sounds like a company out of a Philip K. Dick movie - has announced it is buying defunct DNA testing outfit 23andMe for $256 million. (Tech Crunch)

But not 23andMe's health business, which has the even more unlikely name of Lemonaid.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: You might think we can remember it for you wholesale.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at May 20, 2025 04:31 AM (CQE5S)

2 Thank you, Pixy!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 20, 2025 04:31 AM (a1415)

3 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 20, 2025 04:31 AM (sAmhv)

4 from the ONT

374 Say hi to Pixy for me
Have a great morning everyone
Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2025 04:18 AM (ypFCm)

He's just gotten home after (I think) a long workday.

Posted by: m at May 20, 2025 04:32 AM (CQE5S)

5 Seems like the Judge is gonna take another chunk out of Apple's ass.

Maybe.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 20, 2025 04:34 AM (a1415)

6 71.1 degrees, with 99% RH.

Kinda moist out this morning.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 20, 2025 04:35 AM (a1415)

7 Moving on to Earl Grey. Already!

Posted by: m at May 20, 2025 04:36 AM (CQE5S)

8 Tons of Horde fun yesterday, I thought, in the art thread, where there's a painting of Vercingétorix devant César [Hat Tip: MP4], and Aetius451AD chimed in when Don Black had asked "what am I looking at?" and, like, this is Aetius451AD's wheelhouse!

Posted by: m at May 20, 2025 04:41 AM (CQE5S)

9 51 29 what am I looking at?
Posted by: Don Black at May 19, 2025 09:36 AM (AOsQT)

This is after Caesar won at the Battle of Alesia. Vercingetorix had been raising a rebellion against the Romans. He had numbers and was firing granaries all along the country side. Caesar was not running supply lines, so he had to live off the land. He cornered Vercingetorix inside a walled town called Alesia. He encircled the town with a wall. Then another force of Gauls moved against Caesar's rear, so Caesar had a second wall built outside his lines and his men were between the two walls. Alesia could not get food, Caesar could not get food. And he was vastly outnumbered. Vercingetorix tried a break out and Caesar crushed it.

Vercingetorix surrendered to save his men, who were starving- and the rebellion and Gaul were now in Rome's pocket.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 19, 2025 09:42 AM (bss/y)

Posted by: m at May 20, 2025 04:42 AM (CQE5S)

10 and then:

99 And he was ritually strangled to death at Caesar's Triumph, quite a while later.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

So, Caesar LXXXVI'd him?
Posted by: Bulg at May 19, 2025 09:55 AM (77rzZ)

Posted by: m at May 20, 2025 04:46 AM (CQE5S)

11 The Cars were part of the soundtrack of my yute!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 20, 2025 04:47 AM (sAmhv)

12 “We’re going to be in the PC market forever,” said Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon at Computex. That's pretty much their whole keynote. And that they're going to have Snapdragon X V2 CPUs out in September.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 20, 2025 04:47 AM (amnH6)

13 Microsoft has produced a new command-line text editor for Windows. (The Verge)

It's called Edit.

Uh... Yeah, that's it.
-

I'd rather use TSO.

/fires up telnet

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 20, 2025 04:48 AM (qFAfu)

14 >>>Microsoft has produced a new command-line text editor for Windows. (The Verge)
It's called Edit.
Uh... Yeah, that's it.

Is it a good witch? Or a bad witch?

Posted by: m at May 20, 2025 04:48 AM (CQE5S)

15 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. 47 cloudy degrees here at Stately Poppins Manor as I wait for the sun to rise. Supposedly up into the low 60s today, but we will see.

About 2 hours of work waiting, which is less than usual. I'll still start at the same time, though, as I like getting out by around 12. I think I am going to have to learn to use my left hand on the mouse, however; I've developed a pain in my right upper arm that I think may be connected to the reach for the mouse, although I'm pretty sure I'm ergonomically correct.

I didn't expect CBD to use my picture suggestion so soon, though I'm glad there was a good discussion raised. I only wish he'd put up some of the lovely lady suggestions I've sent.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 20, 2025 04:49 AM (Dg2sF)

16 From the ONT

374 Say hi to Pixy for me
Have a great morning everyone
Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2025 04:18 AM (ypFCm)

He's just gotten home after (I think) a long workday.

Posted by: m at May 20, 2025 04:32 AM (CQE5S)
-

But he hardly sleeps.

Ain't that right, Skip?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 20, 2025 04:49 AM (qFAfu)

17 Somebody forgot to BOING.

Posted by: m at May 20, 2025 04:51 AM (CQE5S)

18 Apple approved Spotify's New app that allows Spotify to avoid the Apple tax. This is going to make Apple's vindictive sticking it to Epic Games even more glaring.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 20, 2025 04:52 AM (amnH6)

19 But if you're running AI

Not intentionally I won't be.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 20, 2025 04:52 AM (O7YUW)

20 Microsoft has produced a new command-line text editor for Windows. (The Verge)

It's called Edit.

Uh... Yeah, that's it.
-

I'd rather use TSO.

/fires up telnet
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

Can Vi and Emacs get some love here?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 20, 2025 04:53 AM (amnH6)

21 So, Caesar LXXXVI'd him?

Posted by: Bulg at May 19, 2025 09:55 AM (77rzZ)

Posted by: m at May 20, 2025 04:46 AM (CQE5S)
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Hats off to Laura Loomer:

https://tinyurl.com/yfuhpky8

Not just on Amazon:

https://tinyurl.com/3he6zwb6

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 20, 2025 04:54 AM (qFAfu)

22 Christian man from PA talks about maintaining his
Inner and outer temple. Scripture is 2nd Corinthians 6:14-18. He seems like a thoughtful fellow. Of course, some devotionals strike me more than others but it's nice to know that people all around the world share a belief in the Lord and want to encourage others:

https://tinyurl.com/4f3zesxb

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 20, 2025 04:54 AM (KIeVT)

23 Somebody forgot to BOING.

Posted by: m at May 20, 2025 04:51 AM (CQE5S)
-

¡פNIOq

(Easier for Pixy to read)

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 20, 2025 04:56 AM (qFAfu)

24 Profit per employee remains negative.

This is the Pixy snark I love, and that keeps me coming back.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 20, 2025 04:57 AM (O7YUW)

25 I probably should have waited until the tech thread to post this...

I went to the border wall here in New Mexico in response to the federal judge here in Las Cruces who let all the illegals go who entered the border military zone using the excuse that there wasn't enough signage.

There's a new sign about 30 ft north of the border wall and about every 1/10 of a mile going east and west that states in English and Spanish you're about to enter a military zone and you will be arrested if you do.

Federal district court judges, in addition to assuming the roles of the presidency, have now taken on being in charge of signage ordinances.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 20, 2025 04:58 AM (amnH6)

26 24 Profit per employee remains negative.

This is the Pixy snark I love, and that keeps me coming back.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 20, 2025 04:57 AM (O7YUW)

[X]
[X]
????
Profit

Posted by: m at May 20, 2025 05:00 AM (CQE5S)

27 Rabbi's daughter reflects on Leviticus 21:1 and "Who are we ?"She had such a nice thought at the end about reminding others of how wonderful they are. Irongrandpa and Salty Dog are two of our many posters who have a gift for that:

https://tinyurl.com/2phs6xdx

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 20, 2025 05:01 AM (KIeVT)

28 Mornin' m!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 20, 2025 05:02 AM (O7YUW)

29 I highly recommend the comments in yesterday's art thread. Here's another one:

70 After sayin' "sup" to Ceaser, Vercingétorix rode North and settled in Switzerland where he changed his name and developed folding knives for his new Swiss Army.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at May 19, 2025 09:46 AM (MsrgL)

Posted by: m at May 20, 2025 05:04 AM (CQE5S)

30 yesterday's art thread:

https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=414797

Posted by: m at May 20, 2025 05:05 AM (CQE5S)

31 Nice and cool this morning in Babylon DC. 57 degrees. Good. The AC in my condo complex crapped out. Won't be repaired till Wednesday.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 20, 2025 05:07 AM (sAmhv)

32 Howdy, G&R!

Posted by: m at May 20, 2025 05:07 AM (CQE5S)

33 I think I told you folks about this fellow I know who has a prayer he makes every morning, "Please show me something today, Lord." Yesterday two of the things God showed me were a beautiful large yellow and black butterfly floating past, as well as a car with a decal in script across its windshield ( it didn't impede the drivers view) and it said "Blessed" and I was.😊 . I am trying to keep these things daily in a "Book of Blessings":

https://tinyurl.com/yfuhpky8

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 20, 2025 05:10 AM (KIeVT)

34 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at May 20, 2025 05:14 AM (dg+HA)

35 This is one smug MFer:

Ex-FBI Director James Comey says it’s ‘hard to have regret’ over ‘86 47’ Instagram post, doesn’t expect to face charges

“I regret the distraction and the controversy around it, but again, it’s hard to have regret about something that even in hindsight looks to me to be totally innocent,” Comey said.

Posted by: Don Black at May 20, 2025 05:14 AM (AOsQT)

36 35 This is one smug MFer:

Ex-FBI Director James Comey says it’s ‘hard to have regret’ over ‘86 47’ Instagram post, doesn’t expect to face charges

“I regret the distraction and the controversy around it, but again, it’s hard to have regret about something that even in hindsight looks to me to be totally innocent,” Comey said.
Posted by: Don Black at May 20, 2025 05:14 AM (AOsQT)

See comment 21!

21 Hats off to Laura Loomer:

https://tinyurl.com/yfuhpky8

Not just on Amazon:

https://tinyurl.com/3he6zwb6
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 20, 2025 04:54 AM (qFAfu)

Posted by: m at May 20, 2025 05:16 AM (CQE5S)

37 “*I regret*

the distraction and the controversy around it, but again, it’s hard to have regret about something that even in hindsight

looks *to me* to be totally innocent”

Well, we'll see!

Posted by: m at May 20, 2025 05:18 AM (CQE5S)

38 35 This is one smug MFer:

Ex-FBI Director James Comey says it’s ‘hard to have regret’ over ‘86 47’ Instagram post, doesn’t expect to face charges

“I regret the distraction and the controversy around it, but again, it’s hard to have regret about something that even in hindsight looks to me to be totally innocent,” Comey said.
Posted by: Don Black

The citizens were forgetting about this corrupt mediocrity. So, he did the ole Manufacture Controversy tactic. It worked. He's walking herpes. He'll never go away.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 20, 2025 05:18 AM (sAmhv)

39 Evening, late toilers! Morning, insomaniacals!

71.1 degrees, with 99% RH.

Kinda moist out this morning.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 20, 2025

***
I *wish* my temps were that low. Going to be 92 today; 79-81 now depending on your source, heat index approaching 85. And I didn't work out yesterday, so I gotta go this morning. Grrr.

Anyway! 'Tis Tiu's Day yet again. Whass happenin'?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 20, 2025 05:20 AM (omVj0)

40 Ah, whaddya gonna do

Posted by: Don Black at May 20, 2025 05:22 AM (AOsQT)

41 On Comey, I haven't been able to refind it, but there was a big twitterer who screenshot Comey on a newscast defending himself about this, and the twitterer's entire comment was:

Psychopath.

Posted by: m at May 20, 2025 05:23 AM (CQE5S)

42 I highly recommend the comments in yesterday's art thread. Here's another one:

70 After sayin' "sup" to Ceaser, Vercingétorix rode North and settled in Switzerland where he changed his name and developed folding knives for his new Swiss Army.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at May 19, 2025
*
Posted by: m at May 20, 2025

***
I need to go back and have a look. Is that how to pronounce the Gallic chieftain's name, Ver-sin-GET-oh-ricks? I've been mentally pronouncing it as Ver-Sing-eh-TOR-icks.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 20, 2025 05:23 AM (omVj0)

43 Then the phrase on X "86 Comey" shouldn't be considered a threat.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at May 20, 2025 05:24 AM (FYwRX)

44 "Ver-sin-GET-oh-ricks? I've been mentally pronouncing it as Ver-Sing-eh-TOR-icks."

I've heard it both ways.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 20, 2025 05:24 AM (a1415)

45 Spouse read Psalm 17 for part of our daily devotional. The NKJV translates one phrase ( vs. 10) as " they have closed up their fat hearts" , fat hearts" being a colloquialism for being insensitive. Sounds like Comey.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 20, 2025 05:24 AM (iX9RY)

46 wikipedia

Latin wer kin GET o ricks
Greek wer kin get O ricks

I'm transliterating. Probably poorly.

Posted by: m at May 20, 2025 05:28 AM (CQE5S)

47 Woke up too early this am. Currently my coffee is a mix of Cafe Bustelo and Aldi Midnight Blend, about 40/60, with some sweetener and a teaspoon of an oat "milk" caramel creamer Linda got with a coupon at Whole Foods. It actually has cane sugar in it, so, pretty good stuff!

I'll feed the cats, have another cup, and then hit the street for my workout. I'll cut back on the length and speed because of the heat. Probably I can do a mile, maybe 1.25 miles.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 20, 2025 05:28 AM (omVj0)

48 Did Jamie Raskin ever meet with Joe Biden?

Did Jamie Raskin ever tell us that Joe Biden was mentally fine?

If so....Jamie Raskin is proven to be another 'in your face' liar.

I just want to do this, individual by individual.

Let's see who on the political left will have any credibility with the majority of the public.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 20, 2025 05:28 AM (a1415)

49 48 Did Jamie Raskin ever meet with Joe Biden?

Did Jamie Raskin ever tell us that Joe Biden was mentally fine?

If so....Jamie Raskin is proven to be another 'in your face' liar.

I just want to do this, individual by individual.

Let's see who on the political left will have any credibility with the majority of the public.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 20, 2025 05:28 AM (a1415)

I hope somebody's making that list.

Posted by: m at May 20, 2025 05:30 AM (CQE5S)

50 ... and checking it twice.

Posted by: m at May 20, 2025 05:31 AM (CQE5S)

51 "Ver-sin-GET-oh-ricks? I've been mentally pronouncing it as Ver-Sing-eh-TOR-icks."

I've heard it both ways.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 20, 2025 05:24 AM (a1415)

I pronouonce it 'Ver-chin-GET-or-ix'.

In Italian, 'ci' is 'chee'. Had this one Italian restaraunt near me called Cino's, pronounced CHEE-no's.

In Latin, some were taught 'ci' is 'kee; I was taught 'chee'. Either 'veni, vidi, viki' or 'veni, vidi, vichi'.

Posted by: RickZ at May 20, 2025 05:32 AM (gKDq2)

52 Anyway! 'Tis Tiu's Day yet again. Whass happenin'?

I am looking forward to a Bible study tonight with the dear folks at the senior care center. Sometimes the attendance varies. I hope that some people show up.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 20, 2025 05:32 AM (LWPai)

53 "I hope somebody's making that list."

I hope someone with national exposure is making it.

Think about the damage that their lying could do to their brand if broken down to the individual level.

Wes Moore, presumed Democratic candidate for the 2028 Primary.

Met with and spent time with Biden.

Liar.

Hakeem Jeffries...same thing

Just go down the list, and put faces to names.

The Left knows this already. Talk shows are getting callers trying to defuse it with 'Trump lies too' justifications.

You gotta nip it....nip it in the bud, Andy.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 20, 2025 05:34 AM (a1415)

54 @27/FenelonSpoke: Thanks for that, and an excellent reminder at the end of that article. I'm already thinking of a couple of people to encourage at work that I want to offer encouragement to this morning.

While I'm thinking of it: Your positive messages here in the tech thread have lifted me up and encouraged me and others on a pretty regular basis. You're special and you're appreciated.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 20, 2025 05:35 AM (O7YUW)

55 Welp, time to get ready for the morning walk.

BBIAB

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 20, 2025 05:35 AM (a1415)

56 I am looking forward to a Bible study tonight with the dear folks at the senior care center. Sometimes the attendance varies. I hope that some people show up.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 20, 2025

***
Sounds like a productive and fun evening, Fen. I have to write back to the book publisher who has given me notes on my mystery novel (I agree in principle with most of the changes, but have no real idea how to implement them).

Thursday evening my local pipe club meets at the cigar/pipe shop in the suburbs. The fun there is deciding what pipe and tobacco to bring, and being able to sit among like-minded people. Most of the group seem rather conservative, too!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 20, 2025 05:37 AM (omVj0)

57 FenelonSpoke: Thanks for that, and an excellent reminder at the end of that article. I'm already thinking of a couple of people to encourage at work that I want to offer encouragement to this morning.

While I'm thinking of it: Your positive messages here in the tech thread have lifted me up and encouraged me and others on a pretty regular basis. You're special and you're appreciated.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 20, 2025

***
Seconded and thirded

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 20, 2025 05:38 AM (omVj0)

58 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 20, 2025 05:38 AM (omVj0)

And Grumpy and Recalcitrant - thanks ,dear ones, for your encouragement !

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 20, 2025 05:41 AM (LWPai)

59 “I regret the distraction and the controversy around it, but again, it’s hard to have regret about something that even in hindsight looks to me to be totally innocent,” Comey said.

Does anyone - on the right or left - think that, had an FBI chief sent out a pic of "8645" or "8644," that that man wouldn't be immediately hauled up on charges and at the very least, given a massive fine if not actual prison time?

And yet, Comey is going to walk away from this with not so much as his hair mussed, laughing all the way to the bank. You know it, I know it and he knows it.

But please, tell me again how Trump's administration is filled with straight-shooting badasses who are putting the fear of God into Dems. I could use a chuckle.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 20, 2025 05:41 AM (Dg2sF)

60 Four of the ten escapees from Orleans Parish Prison have been recaptured; six are still at large. "Officials confirmed the escapees used tools to cut through steel bars and likely received inside assistance from someone within OPSO [Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office]."

Three employees have been suspended.

(My reaction: That's not nearly enough.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 20, 2025 05:43 AM (omVj0)

61 Good morning, good people. Already in the run up to Memorial Day, a time when one needs to pause momentarily in the midst of the sales blowouts and other crap to give a quiet thought to those who made the ultimate sacrifice.

Raise a glass with love to those who no longer walk among us. They died that you may live.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at May 20, 2025 05:52 AM (hKoQL)

62 Apple seems to be completely determined to never let Epic upload Fortnite to the Apple Store.

When the judge forces them to do it, I wouldn’t be surprised if Apple sneakily inserts some code in iOS/iPadOS which will specifically make Fortnite run at 5 fps just to get a little more revenge until the judge makes them walk that back, too.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 20, 2025 05:56 AM (6ydKt)

63 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 20, 2025 05:37 AM (omVj0

Best wishes with the book, and I don't smoke but a club sounds wonderfully old fashioned sort of thing- like something from a Victorian novel. My favorite English professor whom I had a crush on in college used to smoke a pipe .

On another note , Have you read "The Silent Meow" by Paul Gallico? It's about a cat taking over a family. His wife who was a professional photographer did pictures for the hardbound edition. I got it from my grandmother as a kid and loved it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 20, 2025 05:58 AM (nFq4j)

64 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 20, 2025 05:41 AM (Dg2sF)

People in Trump's administration who are smart and mean well and support his agenda are doing the best they can in difficult circumstances. Consider praying for them if you are not already.

Did you find a place without internet to work on your book? You have a great talent and people appreciate your work

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 20, 2025 06:02 AM (LWPai)

65 They died that you may live.

More people need to reflect on what we've done with that gift. I'd like to see something where they post the opening scene from "Saving Private Ryan" with a caption about how they didn't do that so you could show your ass on the internet.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 20, 2025 06:08 AM (ExV1e)

66 Apple seems to be completely determined to never let Epic upload Fortnite to the Apple Store.

When the judge forces them to do it, I wouldn’t be surprised if Apple sneakily inserts some code in iOS/iPadOS which will specifically make Fortnite run at 5 fps just to get a little more revenge until the judge makes them walk that back, too.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 20, 2025 05:56 AM (6ydKt)

What's going to eventually happen is that a judge will rule that Apple may not be involved in the Apple store in any manner.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 20, 2025 06:09 AM (ExV1e)

67 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 20, 2025 06:11 AM (hoCmQ)

68 Mine is ver-sin-JET-er-riks. No real reason.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 20, 2025 06:11 AM (yvnLa)

69 Officials confirmed the escapees used tools to cut through steel bars and likely received inside assistance from someone within OPSO [Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office]."

Three employees have been suspended.

(My reaction: That's not nearly enough.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 20, 2025 05:43 AM (omVj0)

They cut through rebar.
So they’d need either a blowtorch, a large chisel, or an angle grinder/rotary saw.

All of those are going to make varying amounts of noise.

The blowtorch is relatively quiet but it’s difficult to smuggle an acetylene and oxygen tank into a jail.

The angle grinder/saw would make so much noise they’d wake up the entire building.

A chisel would be the easiest to smuggle but it’s still going to make some noise while sawing through the rebar.

Maybe they got a small laser or plasma cutter in there but you’re gonna need an outlet and extension cord.

So somebody in that jail had to know and either helped or ignored what was going on.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 20, 2025 06:16 AM (6ydKt)

70 G'mornin' everyone!

I've always said it "Ver-singe-a-TOR-icks", fwiw

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 20, 2025 06:17 AM (/Ghsb)

71 Latin had already stopped pronouncing V as "w" by the time of the Caesars, I'm pretty sure. I think "C" was already beginning to become the familiar Italian "tsch" sound, too.

So Caesar probably actually did say "veni vidi vici" and not "wenny weedy weeky", but it gets hyper corrected post facto to match how classicists pronounce stuff.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 20, 2025 06:18 AM (yvnLa)

72 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: You might think that, but I can't possibly comment.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 20, 2025 06:18 AM (6YdsJ)

73 Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 20, 2025 06:16 AM (6ydKt)

Maybe they had some of that tinsel from "The Santa Claus". No one ever considers elves who've gone bad.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 20, 2025 06:20 AM (ExV1e)

74 What's going to eventually happen is that a judge will rule that Apple may not be involved in the Apple store in any manner.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 20, 2025 06:09 AM (ExV1e)

At which point, Tim Cook will do the full heel turn, and declare “If we can’t have it, nobody can!” and turn off the App Store fir every customer on the planet.

A month later they’ll update the OS and The Apple Software Market will have taken its place.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 20, 2025 06:20 AM (6ydKt)

75 Oh, this is cute!

Fr. Vikidia

https://fr.vikidia.org/wiki/Vercingétorix

Vercingétorix est le plus connu des chefs gaulois.

Posted by: m at May 20, 2025 06:28 AM (CQE5S)

76 LOL

Vercingétorix a été un peu oublié dans l'histoire de France jusqu'au milieu du xixe siècle, quand des archéologues et des historiens font des recherches sur lui et sur le siège d'Alésia.

Posted by: m at May 20, 2025 06:29 AM (CQE5S)

77 Maybe they had some of that tinsel from "The Santa Claus". No one ever considers elves who've gone bad.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 20, 2025 06:20 AM (ExV1e)

Elves in New Orleans probably isn’t that unusual around there especially around Bourbon Street.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 20, 2025 06:29 AM (6ydKt)

78 Il devient alors un des personnages les plus connus de l'histoire de France.

Posted by: m at May 20, 2025 06:30 AM (CQE5S)

79 EDLIN.COM was the original MSDOS line editor.
.COM files were executables.

Posted by: Ciampino - no joking at May 20, 2025 06:30 AM (sPQoU)

80 It’s all Greek to me so I just call him Asterix.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 20, 2025 06:31 AM (6ydKt)

81 Pixy, for that Intel Arc Pro Dual 48GB Turbo - the half - did you have a price?

Posted by: Ciampino - probably in the article which I didn't read at May 20, 2025 06:32 AM (sPQoU)

82 EDLIN.COM was the original MSDOS line editor.
.COM files were executables.
Posted by: Ciampino - no joking at May 20, 2025 06:30 AM (sPQoU)
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What do you get when you cross Lee Iacocca with Dracula?

AUTOEXEC.BAT

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 20, 2025 06:33 AM (6YdsJ)

83 Pixy, for that Intel Arc Pro Dual 48GB Turbo - the half - did you have a price?

Posted by: Ciampino - probably in the article which I didn't read at May 20, 2025 06:32 AM (sPQoU)

They guesstimate in the article around $1000.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 20, 2025 06:35 AM (6ydKt)

84 People in Trump's administration who are smart and mean well and support his agenda are doing the best they can in difficult circumstances. Consider praying for them if you are not already.

I'm not angry at you, Fen, but when I see something like this, I think of an old Herblock cartoon where McCarthy and Nixon are standing in front of a vandalized picture of Adlai Stevenson with pails and brushes of black tar while a smiling Ike chides them with a chuckling, "Naughty, naughty!"

Replace Ike with Patel, McCarthy and Nixon with Comey, the tar with a smoking gun and the picture of Stevenson with one of Trump and that's how I feel about the administration now.

If Comey were a Republican and Trump a Dem, the asshole would already have had his door blown off its hinges in a 3am SWAT raid.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 20, 2025 06:36 AM (Dg2sF)

85 Did you find a place without internet to work on your book?

I have a line on a cabin in Milo, ME, which is about 4 hours north of me. No internet, no television, no telephone and only one radio station. I'm hoping to get up there around this time next month.

I need some isolation. Not just for the book, but for myself. Thank you for asking.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 20, 2025 06:40 AM (Dg2sF)

86 25 I probably should have waited until the tech thread to post this...

I went to the border wall here in New Mexico in response to the federal judge here in Las Cruces who let all the illegals go who entered the border military zone using the excuse that there wasn't enough signage.

There's a new sign about 30 ft north of the border wall and about every 1/10 of a mile going east and west that states in English and Spanish you're about to enter a military zone and you will be arrested if you do.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 20, 2025 04:58 AM (amnH6)
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That judge should be arrested by the Military, taken to see all the signs and then fired as a judge in this case.

Posted by: Ciampino - Time to take care of judges at May 20, 2025 06:42 AM (sPQoU)

87 mornin yall. 86 Comey? How about 86 the Demorat party.

Posted by: fd at May 20, 2025 06:58 AM (vFG9F)

88 An idea popped into my head: Perhaps the name "Vercingetorix" gave rise eventually to the family name "Greatorex"? I went to school with a guy named "Greatrex," without the "o."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 20, 2025 06:59 AM (omVj0)

89 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 20, 2025 07:02 AM (u82oZ)

90 G'mornin all y'all.
I am grateful for AOS. For the comments, the nuggets that enlighten.
This world appears to be ...
UTC
Utterly
Totally
Corrupt.

So, I seek to find peace with God. I have a drive to know the truth, but it is not to be found in government endeavors. Very depressing at times.
So I put the UTC on a shelf, and try to do my small part to serve. No saint,, just my way of dealing with the world.
By the Grace of God.

Posted by: OkJohn at May 20, 2025 07:03 AM (NC/it)

91 Best wishes with the book, and I don't smoke but a club sounds wonderfully old fashioned sort of thing- like something from a Victorian novel. My favorite English professor whom I had a crush on in college used to smoke a pipe .

On another note , Have you read "The Silent Meow" by Paul Gallico? It's about a cat taking over a family. His wife who was a professional photographer did pictures for the hardbound edition. I got it from my grandmother as a kid and loved it.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 20, 2025

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Fen, we hardly sit around in club chairs wearing suits or smoking jackets and sipping brandy, but yes, it is a little like a club out of Doyle or Dorothy Sayers!

I read The Silent Meow by Gallico a long time ago and loved it too. Gallico is an underappreciated novelist. He rarely wrote the same book twice. His was the novel that became the film The Poseidon Adventure, for instance, and earlier he wrote The Snow Goose about WWII England; and The Hand of Mary Constable, about a psychic researcher who has to turn detective. Those are off the top of my head. I know he wrote a lot more.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 20, 2025 07:03 AM (omVj0)

92 The “86 47” thing … it became a thing several weeks or months ago, at least in more popular or mainstream internet culture. That was the first I heard of it. All the cool leftists were doing it. Regardless of the etymology of 86’d - I only knew of it as being kicked out of a bar or tavern, generally permanently - we all know the meaning of words can sometimes change.

It was obvious then and now, that it is a call for elimination. That is the intent, as it was coined that way. No other interpretation is possible. Comey has to know this. Either he’s dumber than we thought or he’s really dumber than we thought.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 20, 2025 07:04 AM (bAH4u)

93

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at May 20, 2025 07:04 AM (5hfjS)

94 A series of big line squalls knocked me offline until now. My broadband tower is 10 miles away in Flush Kansas.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 20, 2025 07:04 AM (u82oZ)

95 79, *fistbump* , I was a little sad they didn't use the old name ...

82,LOL!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 20, 2025 07:04 AM (/Ghsb)

96 I have a one hour reprieve this morning, so I'll hang out for a bit.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 20, 2025 07:05 AM (O7YUW)

97 My idea about the name "Greatorex" coming from "Vercingetorix"? Nope:

"The surname Greatorex is of Anglo-Saxon origin and is a locational name derived from the place called Great Rakes in the Derbyshire region of England. The name combines the Northern Middle English word 'great,' meaning large, and 'rake,' which developed from the Old English 'hrace,' meaning path or track."

So much for me being a cunning linguist. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 20, 2025 07:06 AM (omVj0)

98 G'morning NaCly Dog. Have a good morning and afternoon out there today.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 20, 2025 07:06 AM (O7YUW)

99 Hillary Clinton

I will give you a strong ego, but less judgement.

So:
Cha = 4
Wis = 3
Con = 20
Dex = 2

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 20, 2025 07:06 AM (u82oZ)

100 Grumpy and Recalcitrant

You be safe out there.

4 days of school left. It's feed the kids sugar before they go home day.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 20, 2025 07:07 AM (u82oZ)

101 87 mornin yall. 86 Comey? How about 86 the Demorat party.

Posted by: fd at May 20, 2025 06:58 AM (vFG9F)
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YES ^^^^^

Posted by: Ciampino - Time to take care of judges! at May 20, 2025 07:08 AM (sPQoU)

102 87, that really is the only viable long-term plan, innit?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 20, 2025 07:10 AM (/Ghsb)

103 @100/NaCly Dog: Congratulations on almost being done! And yes to the "safe out there": Always.

We go till June 26 up here (and start up right after Labour day weekend) so I'll be at it for a while yet.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 20, 2025 07:10 AM (O7YUW)

104 A musical interlude... place is going all High Class.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at May 20, 2025 07:10 AM (TGPs7)

105 Ciampino

The only problem is who will then represent the mentally ill? We have 30% of the population detached from objective reality.

RINOs and the GOPe represent lame and lazy grifters. We need a Trump party for the doers of society.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 20, 2025 07:11 AM (u82oZ)

106 82 EDLIN.COM was the original MSDOS line editor.
.COM files were executables.
Posted by: Ciampino - no joking at May 20, 2025 06:30 AM (sPQoU)
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What do you get when you cross Lee Iacocca with Dracula?

AUTOEXEC.BAT

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 20, 2025 06:33 AM (6YdsJ)
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I keep all my BAT files in a directory named BELFRY.

Posted by: Ciampino - Didn't have folders then just Directories at May 20, 2025 07:12 AM (sPQoU)

107 Mister Ghost

Inconceivable. It's full of Morons. Like me.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 20, 2025 07:12 AM (u82oZ)

108 Ciampino

LOL.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 20, 2025 07:13 AM (u82oZ)

109 Samuel Pepys knew a Greatorex in 1660s London; a maker of 'mathematical instruments" if I remember correctly ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 20, 2025 07:13 AM (/Ghsb)

110 Comey.lives on a beach somewhere where his neighbors keep leaving messages on the beach for him to take pics of to put on Instagram.

In the MSNBC interview he’s basically blaming his wife because she told him to take a picture of it after they discussed what the meaning of this cryptic political message could be.

The man has made a career out of being totally ignorant about what his underlings made him do.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 20, 2025 07:14 AM (6ydKt)

111 @106/Ciampino: I keep all my BAT files in a directory named BELFRY.

*golf clap*

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 20, 2025 07:15 AM (O7YUW)

112 I am still mired in Estate paperwork.

I found out I made a big mistake. I did not need the death certificate to notify OPM. So I am a month late to turn on my survivor benefits. OPM promises 30-60 days.

My mortgage would be at risk, except I do have reserve funds. Which is why I have 3 gold diggers around me now.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 20, 2025 07:15 AM (u82oZ)

113
In a life filled with stupid, ridiculous actions, I'm about to embark on the stupidest, most ridiculous one ever.

I have the freedom to do it because my stupidity and ridiculousness have ruined the possibility of other, nobler opportunities, leaving me with the time to consider this one.

The labor will be intense. The final product will fall way short of my hopes. And those who even take a passing interest in it will sneer at it.

If there was ever a case for being involuntarily committed to an insane asylum, this is it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 20, 2025 07:18 AM (QnmlO)

114 My mortgage would be at risk, except I do have reserve funds. Which is why I have 3 gold diggers around me now.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 20, 2025 07:15 AM (u82oZ)

Are they cute?
Can they at least cook and clean?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 20, 2025 07:19 AM (6ydKt)

115 The “86 47” thing … it became a thing several weeks or months ago, at least in more popular or mainstream internet culture.

Except that there is an image out there of Gretchen Witmer and in the background of her office is a cube:

86
45

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at May 20, 2025 07:19 AM (a4flb)

116 Spain suffers massive mobile network failure, emergency services disrupted

Posted by: SMOD at May 20, 2025 07:19 AM (i2xr4)

117 It was obvious then and now, that it is a call for elimination. That is the intent, as it was coined that way. No other interpretation is possible. Comey has to know this. Either he’s dumber than we thought or he’s really dumber than we thought.

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To post that picture after 2 assassination attempts on Trump's life shows clear intent on Comey's part.

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 20, 2025 07:19 AM (qBdHI)

118 Have a great day, everyone.

May there be comfortable temperatures, zephyrs, and crepuscular rays from a cloud dappled sky. All lighting up the wildflowers in the field. My north and south prairies are filled with daisies, with goldenrods starting to open.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 20, 2025 07:20 AM (u82oZ)

119 Morning peeps. Angry skies this morning.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 20, 2025 07:20 AM (Q4IgG)

120 The labor will be intense. The final product will fall way short of my hopes. And those who even take a passing interest in it will sneer at it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 20, 2025 07:18 AM (QnmlO)

Which public office are you running for?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 20, 2025 07:21 AM (6ydKt)

121 Except that there is an image out there of Gretchen Witmer and in the background of her office is a cube:
86
45
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure

Is her lesbian Eucharist video still out there?

The kidnapping heroine statement?

Posted by: Auspex at May 20, 2025 07:23 AM (j4U/Z)

122 Bravo, H7!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 20, 2025 07:23 AM (/Ghsb)

123 I went to the border wall here in New Mexico in response to the federal judge here in Las Cruces who let all the illegals go who entered the border military zone using the excuse that there wasn't enough signage.

Its right there in the Constitution that the Judge can determine not only does a border require signage, but the sign's content and density of signage in order for there to be an actual enforceable border.

If the signs don't include Chinese, Arabic, Braille, Klingon, ASL, etc. then the signs are no barrier at all to non English or Spanish speakers.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at May 20, 2025 07:24 AM (a4flb)

124 Spain suffers massive mobile network failure, emergency services disrupted
Posted by: SMOD at May 20, 2025 07:19 AM (i2xr4)

People told them not to try to run their networks on solar panels and windmills.

They told them bad things would happen.

But did they listen? No!

Spain has had this same problem since Philip sent the Armada out during storm season.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 20, 2025 07:25 AM (6ydKt)

125 May there be comfortable temperatures, zephyrs, and crepuscular rays from a cloud dappled sky.

You know what NaCly, you don't even have to sign your posts when you write this - extremely distinctive. I'm guessing even AI can't replicate it.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at May 20, 2025 07:26 AM (a4flb)

126 @117/Lady in Black: "To post that picture after 2 assassination attempts on Trump's life shows clear intent on Comey's part."

In court, there's what you know to be true, and what you can prove to be true. That's what Comey is counting on.

Eventually this ploy will backfire on him. Something about the law of averages and not being able to get away with it every time.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 20, 2025 07:27 AM (O7YUW)

127 I've never worked in the restaurant industry and have only understood "86" to mean "eliminate". In any case, in what way would Comey propose to "eliminate" PDT?

I'm furious this little fartspray is going to get away with this. The GOP is a worthless pile of dog shit.

Posted by: fd at May 20, 2025 07:27 AM (vFG9F)

128 If the signs don't include Chinese, Arabic, Braille, Klingon, ASL, etc. then the signs are no barrier at all to non English or Spanish speakers.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at May 20, 2025 07:24 AM (a4flb)

Just bring a gun into the judge’s courtroom.

“What sign? I didn’t see any sign? Besides, I’m illiterate, so you can’t charge me because of your previous precedent, your honor.”

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 20, 2025 07:28 AM (6ydKt)

129 Then he goes on the commie loving demorat MSNBC network and acts like it's no big thing

Posted by: fd at May 20, 2025 07:30 AM (vFG9F)

130 If the signs don't include Chinese, Arabic, Braille, Klingon, ASL, etc. then the signs are no barrier at all to non English or Spanish speakers.

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Gosh, then they can effectively be excused from ignoring road signs, etc., and violate the law freely! Just claim "no speakee English, no readee English" and you're scot free.

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 20, 2025 07:30 AM (qBdHI)

131
SEF
TON

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 20, 2025 07:31 AM (gbOdA)

132 I'm old enough to remember that the opponents of the abortion pill RU-486 understood the dark irony the significance of "86" in the name, as the meme "Are you for 86?" was spread widely.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at May 20, 2025 07:32 AM (AwlwC)

133 I've never worked in the restaurant industry and have only understood "86" to mean "eliminate". In any case, in what way would Comey propose to "eliminate" PDT?

I'm furious this little fartspray is going to get away with this.

Love it or hate it, there is a 1st Amendment Right to Free Speech - especially political speech. Many fought to keep and defend this Right.

Is it in bad taste? Yes. Does it reflect poorly on his character? (actually it is on brand for Comey)

I miss the days when the consequence for mouthing off like Comey did was to spend the next few days straining his stool to reclaim lost teeth.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at May 20, 2025 07:34 AM (a4flb)

134 Yeah I don’t think it’s a big deal, either.

But it sure is nice to watch Comey squirm.

I’m sure the Secret Service just warned him and we won’t see any seashells on Comey’s Instagram feed from here on out.

But at least he got a bump in book sales out of iit.

He’s a snake and all he’s got left is about 15% of the population who think Trump is in the room with them right now.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 20, 2025 07:40 AM (6ydKt)

135 Good JJ Talking Heads

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 20, 2025 07:42 AM (6ydKt)

136 133 Love it or hate it, there is a 1st Amendment Right to Free Speech - especially political speech. Many fought to keep and defend this Right.

Is it in bad taste? Yes. Does it reflect poorly on his character? (actually it is on brand for Comey)

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at May 20, 2025 07:34 AM (a4flb)

I hope a talking head has asked him, "What did you think "86" meant?"

Posted by: m at May 20, 2025 09:35 AM (CQE5S)

137
Deer Apple:

Don't piss off the judge.

That advice might have come too late. What sort of barristers are you hiring? unless you ignored their recommendations?

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie at May 20, 2025 09:59 AM (1hM1d)

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