Daily Tech News 23 May 2025

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Nvidia hates you and doesn't care if you know it. (The Verge) (archive site)

They are lying to you, and also don't care if you know it.

They still want your money, but they get enough of that from the AI slop industry so they don't care all that much.

But what they really hate is reviewers telling the truth, because if you know the truth you might not hand over your money.

Tech News

Do you need a 976TB direct-attach storage array? Got $130,000 to drop on it? HighPoint has you covered. (Tom's Hardware)

Though to be fair, the standalone 8-bay NVMe storage array costs $1799. The other $128,201 is for the eight 122TB SSDs.
AI can't replace programmers. (NMN)

The companies replacing programmers with AI aren't.

They're just running stealth layoff programs.
Mozilla is killing Pocket and Fakespot. (Thurrott.com)

And Mozilla.
Destructive malware in NPM went unnoticed for two years. (Ars Technica)

It's called NPM.
The HackberryPiCM5 is a Blackberry-like device built around a Raspberry Pi compute module. (Liliputing)

It's fairly chunky by modern standards at 0.7" thick, and at the moment you'll have to build it yourself because the completed models are out of stock.

But you can build it yourself.

Maybe.
What are Jony Ive and Sam Altman building? (The Verge) (archive site)

Looking at the wreckage of the AI device market, they're building failure.

Musical Interlude

This is the intro music for new Phase Connect vtuber Clio Aite - that is, she's new to Phase Connect; she's been a vtuber for years. She's an Australian (well, Irish-British-Australian but an Aussie citizen) history professor with a fanatical devotion to 4X strategy games and an endurance to match.

Disclaimer: Pippa, we can't just hire everybody you know! Not all at once, anyway.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:40 AM

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1 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 23, 2025 04:41 AM (yS/3v)

2 Howdy, Pixy!

Posted by: m at May 23, 2025 04:41 AM (CQE5S)

3 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 23, 2025 04:41 AM (K9xEt)

4 No news is... no news.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 23, 2025 04:42 AM (yS/3v)

5 There will be news.

Soon.

It really wasn't worth springing for the fiberboard HQ membership.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 23, 2025 04:42 AM (2+SeL)

6 We can play Fill In The Blank.

There will be ___.

"Hell to pay!" My dad would say.

Posted by: m at May 23, 2025 04:43 AM (CQE5S)

7 Fiberboard?

RFK Jr. approves!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 23, 2025 04:43 AM (yS/3v)

8 TLDR.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 23, 2025 04:44 AM (p7B2H)

9 5 It really wasn't worth springing for the fiberboard HQ membership.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 23, 2025 04:42 AM (2+SeL)

h8er

Posted by: m at May 23, 2025 04:44 AM (CQE5S)

10 Has anyone seen this Titanium cutting board?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 23, 2025 04:45 AM (p7B2H)

11 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at May 23, 2025 04:47 AM (dg+HA)

12 Our future President of the Untied States is suing Trump for blocking California from making EV's mandatory in 2035. Something about Newsom doesn't like being told what the hell he is doing. Can't we just ship him back to Mars or Pluto to get rid of him!

Posted by: colin at May 23, 2025 04:49 AM (wlQdF)

13 12 Something about Newsom
Posted by: colin at May 23, 2025 04:49 AM (wlQdF)

He's so awful.

Posted by: m at May 23, 2025 04:50 AM (CQE5S)

14 No News is good news.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 23, 2025 04:52 AM (p7B2H)

15 Press every key in the next 1... seconds to skip disk checking.

Posted by: Van Helsing at May 23, 2025 04:53 AM (kK7U2)

16 AT&T has $6 billion deal to buy CenturyLink fiber broadband business. CenturyLink with keep DSL lines so they can continue to torment their customers.
https://is.gd/vbfJmo

What in the world are Jony Ive and Sam Altman building? It is a big mystery but it better be good since Open AI/Altman just paid $6.5 billion for Ive's company.
https://is.gd/hY2RAC

She's taking these 4 gadgets to the pool this summer and decided to write about it. This is what TechLand has become.
https://is.gd/hSCpfY

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at May 23, 2025 04:58 AM (amnH6)

17 Good evening, Pixy. And good morning to the others who are on the other side of the spinning globe. Thanks, Pixy, for informing the people who are tech saavy about the latest tech news with intelligent and sometimes amusingly ascerbic comments , and thanks for putting up with me, everyone, since I am dolt about tech but you allow me to yammer on about other things.

We still do not have internet access on the computer but we can get to it through the cell phone. Our internet provider on the DSL is called "Bright Speed." Unfortunately, right now-as I texted to one of our wonderful forum posters yesterday- it is now "Dumb Slow."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2025 04:59 AM (r/zVv)

18 No matter how blecchy your day might seem, remember that you are not married to Meghan, Duchess of Sussex.

Posted by: m at May 23, 2025 04:59 AM (CQE5S)

19 G'mornin all y'all.
Happy Friday.
Peace be upon you.

More & more convinced this ole world is just unreal.
Carry on.
Much gratitude for AOSHQ.

Posted by: OkJohn at May 23, 2025 05:00 AM (NC/it)

20 New phone for son still hasn't arrived yet so FenSpouse is lettting so use his because he has a long commute back and forth.

One of my blessing from yesterday was seeing / a very little spotted fawn.. Spouse saw three together yesterday. I worry about them because they don't know about cars yet and sometimes get hit.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2025 05:04 AM (r/zVv)

21 TCL FLIP 4 5G flip phone helps you escape smartphone overload. Another excellent press release rewrite by Brian F. over at Beta News. I have to give him props for having made an entire career out of rewriting press releases.
https://is.gd/PERQZ2

Tom's Guide goes to Computex.
https://is.gd/CEKPhW

Google’s New AI Puts Breasts on Minors—and J. D. Vance. No, I did not make this up.
https://archive.ph/Fjdq8

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at May 23, 2025 05:05 AM (amnH6)

22 Posted by: m at May 23, 2025 04:59 AM (CQE5S

That is a great word- bleechy.

I am glad I am not married to any of the royal family, although had I been a male who was in my 100's I don't think I wouldn't have minded being married to Elizabeth Ii. I liked her,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2025 05:07 AM (r/zVv)

23 Posted by: OkJohn at May 23, 2025 05:00 AM (NC/it)

And peace be upon you, John, and all here !

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2025 05:08 AM (r/zVv)

24 Meant " I don't think I would have minded...."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2025 05:08 AM (r/zVv)

25 It's a Big Beautiful Friday!

Posted by: Quarter Twei at May 23, 2025 05:11 AM (dg+HA)

26 I am glad I am not married to any of the royal family, although had I been a male who was in my 100's I don't think I wouldn't have minded being married to Elizabeth Ii. I liked her,
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2025 05:07 AM (r/zVv)

I'm already married but, if I had to, the Princess of Wales seems nice.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 23, 2025 05:13 AM (ExV1e)

27 25 It's a Big Beautiful Friday!
Posted by: Quarter Twei at May 23, 2025 05:11 AM (dg+HA)

Perhaps there will be twirling!

Posted by: m at May 23, 2025 05:14 AM (CQE5S)

28 Pixy has expanded the tech news at the top of the thread.

Posted by: m at May 23, 2025 05:15 AM (CQE5S)

29 Jesus, our healer- a Christian devotional based on
Mark 9:14-24 by a person ( Don't know if the writer is male or female but their first name is Donyale- ) from the great state of Texas:

https://tinyurl.com/4bpdsxpe

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2025 05:16 AM (r/zVv)

30 Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 23, 2025 05:13 AM (ExV1e)

Yes and pretty as well.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2025 05:17 AM (r/zVv)

31 We still do not have internet access on the computer but we can get to it through the cell phone. Our internet provider on the DSL is called "Bright Speed." Unfortunately, right now-as I texted to one of our wonderful forum posters yesterday- it is now "Dumb Slow." Posted by: FenelonSpoke

From the ATT article comments.
"CenturyLink already sold off most of the non-bell service areas, aka the original CenturyLink before it's merger with Qwest, a year or two ago as Brightspeed, and now they're even divesting the residential service in bell-USWest-Qwest territory." This sounds like Brightspeed DSL is a dying thing.

The ATT article I linked to earlier paints a dire situation for DSL customers in general and one that is likely to get worse. It seems months long DSL outages do occur. If you have other ISP options you might want to look into them.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at May 23, 2025 05:17 AM (amnH6)

32 Actually Bright Speed is not even "Dumb Slow" now. It is "Dumb Dead" and we are getting the blue light of doom.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2025 05:20 AM (r/zVv)

33 Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at May 23, 2025 05:17 AM (amnH6

Thanks so much for the info. That is kind of you I will tell spouse- who actually is pretty tech saavy and used to be a programmer and systems analyst in a former life) and is sitting by me.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2025 05:23 AM (r/zVv)

34 Clio Aite - Phase Invader Debut Theme

That's really beautiful, Pixy!

Posted by: m at May 23, 2025 05:25 AM (CQE5S)

35 "Looking at the wreckage of the AI device market, they're building failure."

They have a lot of competition in building failure. They'd better have a great plan to fail harder and faster than the competition.

Mr. President, we must not allow a failure gap!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 23, 2025 05:26 AM (O7YUW)

36 >>>Clio Aite - Phase Invader Debut Theme

>>>She's an Australian (well, Irish-British-Australian but an Aussie citizen) history professor

Clio is the muse of History.

Posted by: m at May 23, 2025 05:27 AM (CQE5S)

37 Coupla years ago my neighborhood's quaint amber carriage street lamps were changed out for glaring LEDs. On top of each was a small ubiquitous black cylinder smaller than a can of soup.
Turns out each one of those little cylinders is a T-Mobile 5G transmitter servicing the closest houses. As I understand it, 5G is high speed but short range.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 23, 2025 05:27 AM (dg+HA)

38 G&R, thanks for the tip about &udm=14 yesterday! I just have to stop misstyping it as "umd" and getting University of Maryland hits.

Posted by: m at May 23, 2025 05:28 AM (CQE5S)

39 It's Friday, it's Friday! Happy, happy Friday!

*twirl*

Posted by: Rosasharn at May 23, 2025 05:31 AM (PzBTm)

40 If you can dream it, we can tax it.

Posted by: The People's Republic of Maryland at May 23, 2025 05:32 AM (dg+HA)

41 Old time hymn - " Christ whose glory fills the skies- " with words by Charles Wesley who wrote about 6000 poems which were turned into hymns, and wrote many of them while riding on horseback . This version had lovely scenic pictures too:

https://tinyurl.com/bdak4ax5

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2025 05:33 AM (r/zVv)

42 Clio Aite on nitter.net

https://nitter.net/clioaite

Posted by: m at May 23, 2025 05:34 AM (CQE5S)

43 39 It's Friday, it's Friday! Happy, happy Friday!

*twirl*
Posted by: Rosasharn at May 23, 2025 05:31 AM (PzBTm)

There she goes!

Posted by: m at May 23, 2025 05:34 AM (CQE5S)

44 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at May 23, 2025 05:34 AM (AN2gy)

45 Mozilla Kills Pocket and Fakespot

If The Google pulls the plug on subsidizing Mozilla, which is a possibility because of the anti-trust cases, how does Mozilla survive? I don't understand Mozilla's business model other than The Google gives them boatloads of money to use The Google search by default. Other browser companies, like Brave and Opera, seem to be just fine without the The Google sugar so it seems doable. I have no idea how the economics of independent browser companies works.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at May 23, 2025 05:36 AM (amnH6)

46 Those track balls don't like Coke Zero much.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 23, 2025 05:36 AM (p7B2H)

47 And sisters do a guitar and mandolin version of song, "Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus" From "Faithpot" site:

https://tinyurl.com/

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2025 05:37 AM (r/zVv)

48 46 Those track balls don't like Coke Zero much.
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 23, 2025 05:36 AM (p7B2H)

uh-oh

Posted by: m at May 23, 2025 05:38 AM (CQE5S)

49 *I have no idea how the economics of independent browser companies works.*

It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.

Posted by: Kramer at May 23, 2025 05:39 AM (dg+HA)

50 >>> If you can dream it, we can tax it.

** winks **

** fingergun **

Posted by: The People's Republic of Massachusetts at May 23, 2025 05:40 AM (AN2gy)

51 @16/Altaria Pilgram: "AT&T has $6 billion deal to buy CenturyLink fiber broadband business. CenturyLink with keep DSL lines so they can continue to torment their customers."

Let me just reach back to the year 1984 and grab this for you:

https://tinyurl.com/5n7btb5e

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 23, 2025 05:41 AM (O7YUW)

52 Good morning, and afternoon to Biden's Dog sniffs..

I am so joyful. These are the best of times. Decades of rot and corruption are being exposed to the sanitation of direct sunlight.

I worked with the guy that had the old California vanity license plate, blue with gold lettering, that said ANALYST.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 23, 2025 05:41 AM (ZmEVT)

53
https://tinyurl.com/

Oops.

Posted by: That's not the link you're looking for at May 23, 2025 05:42 AM (dg+HA)

54 Good morning, one and all! It's a gorgeous Friday here in the GPROMD and I am waiting for the day to end. Given the upcoming holiday, it's nothing less than a miracle that the govies are showing up but that does allow me to get a decent parking space.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 23, 2025 05:43 AM (OPGS/)

55 Turns out each one of those little cylinders is a T-Mobile 5G transmitter servicing the closest houses. As I understand it, 5G is high speed but short range.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

I suspect those are high band width 5g doodads primarily for wireless home internet. From the linked article: "T-Mobile calls its Mid- and High-Band 5G networks Ultra Capacity 5G. These signals offer faster speeds and more capacity than Extended Range 5G. However, they have a shorter coverage range...The 5G UC icon on your phone’s status bar means you’re connected to T-Mobile's Ultra Capacity 5G network."

https://is.gd/z4DiGO

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at May 23, 2025 05:43 AM (amnH6)

56 Clio Aite (mentioned in the musical interlude) is playing Europa Universalis IV live right now, and has been for 9 hours.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KosURqvty9w

Warning: She can be very Australian at times.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 23, 2025 05:44 AM (BLOW1)

57 Charles Wesley.

I wanted to mention that we sing "Jesus Christ is risen today" at the beginning of Easter morning Catholic Mass.

Been doing it for years.

I am not a fan of the hippy stuff manufactured in the 70's.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 23, 2025 05:44 AM (ZmEVT)

58 @38/m: "G&R, thanks for the tip about &udm=14 yesterday!"

You're welcome!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 23, 2025 05:46 AM (O7YUW)

59 Perhaps T-Mobile is an option for Fen.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 23, 2025 05:46 AM (dg+HA)

60 Is there a way to get into the keyboard of a laptop?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 23, 2025 05:46 AM (p7B2H)

61 Gee. Didn't Elon Musk come up with some sort of system with thousands of low earth orbit satellites to provide high speed internet everywhere?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 23, 2025 05:48 AM (ZmEVT)

62 Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 23, 2025 05:44 AM (ZmEVT)

Thanks for letting me know. I am glad to hear that. It is a beautiful hymn and I glad various brothers and sisters in Christ enjoy it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2025 05:48 AM (r/zVv)

63 "She can be very Australian at times."

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Posted by: Ubiquitous Seinfeld reference at May 23, 2025 05:48 AM (dg+HA)

64 G'morning, all!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 23, 2025 05:48 AM (a1415)

65 Didn't Elon Musk come up with some sort of system with thousands of low earth orbit satellites to provide high speed internet everywhere?

Ayup. And it's not really an option for me since I'd have to cut down several trees.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 23, 2025 05:50 AM (OPGS/)

66 60 Is there a way to get into the keyboard of a laptop?

Do you need it to be usable afterwards?

Posted by: fluffy at May 23, 2025 05:51 AM (AN2gy)

67 MiL called yesterday to let us know that she will be visiting at the end of next month.

She chose the dates so that she could, and I quote....'Go to your church with you on both weekends'.

As my MiL is not a frequent Church attender, I guess that her last visit might have struck a cord with her.

Either way, I do both like and love my MiL, and I am glad to have her attend with us.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 23, 2025 05:52 AM (a1415)

68 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering

Shivering. 45 degrees.

Posted by: Rosasharn at May 23, 2025 05:53 AM (PzBTm)

69 And no walk this morning.
10.9 miles of walking yesterday, lawn weeding/feeding/insecticide treatment, edging and mowing, and two hours of hedge trimming, so my arms, back and legs are pretty sore.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 23, 2025 05:54 AM (a1415)

70 I wonder if NaCly Dog is enjoying sleeping in (yesterday afternoon was his last bus driving shift until the new school year starts.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 23, 2025 05:54 AM (O7YUW)

71 Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

Any opinion of the new head of the Shin Bet...David Zini?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at May 23, 2025 05:55 AM (L5An7)

72 Will I get a once over from the pressure washer in preparation for the MIL visit?

Posted by: VIA"s birdbath at May 23, 2025 05:55 AM (dg+HA)

73 And.....pressure washing the bird bath in a few weeks.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 23, 2025 05:56 AM (a1415)

74 I found a video on opening laptops. There is a screw on the battery side and about 3 clasps that you open with a flathead on the other side.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 23, 2025 05:56 AM (p7B2H)

75 And I don't have a THING to wear.

Posted by: VIA's birdbath at May 23, 2025 05:57 AM (dg+HA)

76 >60 Is there a way to get into the keyboard of a laptop?

Bigger hammer.

Posted by: Follow me for more tooltips at May 23, 2025 05:59 AM (dg+HA)

77 Those track balls don't like Coke Zero much.
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 23, 2025 05:36 AM (p7B2H)
---
They prefer Diet Coke?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 23, 2025 05:59 AM (GlyvH)

78 The guitar player on the ONT is worth a gander.

Too bad he wasn't playing Gasoline Alley.

Posted by: fluffy at May 23, 2025 05:59 AM (AN2gy)

79 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 23, 2025 05:59 AM (hoCmQ)

80 Evening, late toilers! Morning, early risers and insomaniacals! 'Tis Friday, the consummation devoutly to be wished -- and just before a three-day weekend, too!

Okay, enough of the exclamation points. I'm up, I'm sipping coffee and wearing a robe, what more d'ya want.

My oldest friend, the fellow I sent the birthday books to, called me yesterday and we talked for an hour. He's had medical issues, diverticulitis and now a pinched nerve in his neck which apparently needs surgery, etc. -- but he is remarkably upbeat and positive. I'm going to write him an actual letter this weekend (he has email and a mobile phone, but it just seems more appropriate to do it this way).

How does your Mem Day weekend look?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2025 05:59 AM (omVj0)

81 @47/FenelonSpoke
and
@53/That's not the link you're looking for

Here's a fixed tinyurl link for the song Fen was trying to link to:

https://tinyurl.com/dxr9kj5w

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 23, 2025 05:59 AM (O7YUW)

82 "How does your Mem Day weekend look?"

With it's eyes Bert.

Posted by: Ernie at May 23, 2025 06:01 AM (dg+HA)

83 Clio Aite - Phase Invader Debut Theme

That's really beautiful, Pixy! Posted by: m

More from the composer who goes by Aya811.
https://www.youtube.com/@Aya811music

The best details about Aya811 I could find are on X.com
https://x.com/a_ya811

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at May 23, 2025 06:02 AM (amnH6)

84 Didn't Elon Musk come up with some sort of system with thousands of low earth orbit satellites to provide high speed internet everywhere?

***
He did, and it's available here . . . and it would cost $14 more per month than I'm paying now, on top of the $$ initial charges. Cox has been reliable enough for five years that I can't see shelling out for that at this point.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2025 06:02 AM (omVj0)

85 >>> With it's eyes Bert.

** ba dum bum **

Posted by: fluffy at May 23, 2025 06:04 AM (AN2gy)

86 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 23, 2025 05:59 AM (O7YUW)

Thanks for the correction ( that was kind of you) and forgive my stupidity . When is Memorial Day- Remembrance Day?) for Canada ?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2025 06:06 AM (r/zVv)

87 Currently 76 F., humidity plunged to 87% (gah!), almost no wind. Not a great workout morning, but better than earlier this week.

Last night I stopped at my Pipe Club meeting and had a good time. The owner held a miniature raffle, so that we each got a little sample, enough for one pipeful, of one of his tobaccos. A good evening of conversation.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2025 06:07 AM (omVj0)

88 *When is Memorial Day- Remembrance Day?) for Canada ?*

Right after we finish boxing.

Posted by: America's Hat at May 23, 2025 06:08 AM (dg+HA)

89 @46/Boss Moss: "46 Those track balls don't like Coke Zero much."

Isopropyl alcohol is your friend in situations like that.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 23, 2025 06:08 AM (O7YUW)

90 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2025 05:59 AM (omVj0)

I'm sure he appreciated the conversation and yes, indeed, there are still people who use and appreciate snail mail .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2025 06:08 AM (r/zVv)

91 @86/FenelonSpoke:

Y'welcome for the link fix. I've done that myself a few times. :-)

When is Memorial Day- Remembrance Day?) for Canada ?

November 11th.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 23, 2025 06:10 AM (O7YUW)

92 "Isopropyl alcohol is your friend in situations like that."

I'm sitting right here.

Posted by: Brakekleen at May 23, 2025 06:11 AM (dg+HA)

93 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2025 05:59 AM (omVj0

Well, I am happy to have FenSpouse home today. We are going to look at some gardens and then hopefully go eat crepes. I will try to visit a friend in the hospital if she hadn't been discharged . Tomorrow we have a worship service with the lovely folks at the senior care center and I am taking Sunday off! .Yay

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2025 06:11 AM (r/zVv)

94 @93/FenelonSpoke: Is FenSpouse also done driving until the school year resumes? (NaCly Dog mentioned yesterday that his afternoon shift was his last one for the year.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 23, 2025 06:13 AM (O7YUW)

95 I'm sure he appreciated the conversation and yes, indeed, there are still people who use and appreciate snail mail .
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2025

***
We talked about stuff almost as if we hadn't been apart for years. He loves Clearwater, says he's not experienced any hurricane strikes (I guess the west coast of FL doesn't get them as often as the upper Gulf Coast and TX), and tried to convince me to move there. It's not likely; I'm trying to get *away* from humidity, bugs, and hurricanes. And he admits it's expensive, too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2025 06:14 AM (omVj0)

96 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 23, 2025 05:52 AM (a1415)

I am glad you love her and she loves you and she will go to church with you Our retired organist loves her DIL as if she's her own daughter . It is very sweet.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2025 06:14 AM (r/zVv)

97 U.S. participation in the next America's Cup sailing race is in doubt citing "transparency issues" involving defending champion New Zealand's deal with the Italian government to host the next Cup in Naples.

The British sailing team is also calling on New Zealand to cough up the details.

It would be the first time a U.S. boat would be absent in the event.

That would be unfortunate.

The New York Yacht Club's boat, American Magic, is based here in Pensacola. I see it once in awhile when I'm out on my boat.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 23, 2025 06:15 AM (Y1sOo)

98 My wife has three performances this weekend at two churches and one at the American Legion. Basically, we're not going to be seeing much of each other for a chunk of the weekend.

We don't have class on Saturday and Sunday morning I'll be at the Red Cross to donate platelets and getting free cookies.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 23, 2025 06:15 AM (OPGS/)

99 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 23, 2025 06:13 AM (O7YUW)

Salty's school starts earlier so it ends sooner. We go till mid June.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2025 06:16 AM (r/zVv)

100 I found a box to click where if you are using an external mouse it ignores the touchpad. Does opening up and cleaning a laptop keyboard ever fix it?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 23, 2025 06:18 AM (p7B2H)

101 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: I got nothin'.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 23, 2025 06:18 AM (6YdsJ)

102 Still I feel foggy. I'm very tempted to skip the workout today. I've gotten three sessions in this week, after all. And it's not like it's 65 outside.

Either way, maybe I'll go out to breakfast later.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2025 06:19 AM (omVj0)

103 Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 23, 2025 05:41 AM (ZmEVT)

Very upbeat sentiment about politics. Thanks. As far as "Christ the Lord is risen today" we happily sing that hymn and have had it as the opening Easter hymn for the****mumble mumble •••• years I've been a pastor . It makes me happy to sing it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2025 06:20 AM (r/zVv)

104 I think the guy with the worst grades should also give a graduation speech.
I want to hear both sides.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 23, 2025 06:20 AM (dg+HA)

105 I think the guy with the worst grades should also give a graduation speech.
I want to hear both sides.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 23, 2025 06:20 AM (dg+HA)
------------
Valedictorian.

Salutatorian.

...

Vomitorium.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 23, 2025 06:22 AM (6YdsJ)

106 DEI is still a thing at the U.S. Secret Service:

"Can I get a supervisor down here to Delta 2 immediately before I whoop this girl's ass."

-- uniformed DEI officer's radio call because her relief was late getting to the posting.

*sigh*

#black_fatigue_is_real

Posted by: one hour sober at May 23, 2025 06:22 AM (Y1sOo)

107 @99/FenelonSpoke: "Salty's school starts earlier so it ends sooner. We go till mid June."

Ah, okay. I go to nearly the end of June, and start up again just after Labour Day.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 23, 2025 06:24 AM (O7YUW)

108 Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 23, 2025 05:41 AM (ZmEVT)

And another note. Your self deprecating sign off is very sweet , but I would like you to know that you are not a person on no consequence. God loves you and you are a blessing to others. Thankfully you are not say-Fauci -whose name will live in opprobrium no matter how much ill gotten gains he has.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2025 06:24 AM (r/zVv)

109 [Starlink] would cost $14 more per month than I'm paying now, on top of the $$ initial charges. Cox has been reliable enough for five years that I can't see shelling out for that at this point. Posted by:

How much is Cox charging you for internet access? Their web page shows 500Mbs w/ 1.25TB data is $90.00 + stuff and 500Mbs w/ no cap is $110.00 + stuff. Starlink has a deprioritized service at $80.00 and the regular service at $120; both are without a data cap and I am not sure about taxes/fees.

My Verizon wireless home internet is 300Mbs unlimited data and costs $35.00 w/o taxes/fees. This is a discount rate because I have Verizon cell service. In all I pay $130 all in for the two.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at May 23, 2025 06:25 AM (amnH6)

110 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 23, 2025 06:24 AM (O7YUW)

Spouse says they go Until the 24th.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2025 06:25 AM (r/zVv)

111 Know who else's name lives here?

Posted by: Opprobrium at May 23, 2025 06:26 AM (dg+HA)

112 Out west, we started the Monday after Labor Day and didn't get out until mid-June. Here in SC, they start in early August and just had the Graduation last night.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 23, 2025 06:28 AM (ZmEVT)

113 The folks at "Dumb Dead" ( Bright Speed) are not surprisingly Indian and they are pleasant but spouse had difficulty understanding what they we saying because of the accent.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2025 06:28 AM (r/zVv)

114 osted by: Opprobrium at May 23, 2025 06:26 AM (dg+HA)

Most of the government under the Biden cabal?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2025 06:29 AM (r/zVv)

115

Posted by: Don Black at May 23, 2025 06:29 AM (AOsQT)

116 Good morning, good people, from the Adirondacks.

Did I mention lately what an honor it is to live in the most exceptional country on the planet?

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at May 23, 2025 06:29 AM (hKoQL)

117 How much is Cox charging you for internet access? Their web page shows 500Mbs w/ 1.25TB data is $90.00 + stuff and 500Mbs w/ no cap is $110.00 + stuff. Starlink has a deprioritized service at $80.00 and the regular service at $120; both are without a data cap and I am not sure about taxes/fees.

My Verizon wireless home internet is 300Mbs unlimited data and costs $35.00 w/o taxes/fees. This is a discount rate because I have Verizon cell service. In all I pay $130 all in for the two.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at May 23, 2025

***
I didn't see the "deprioritized" service on Starlink's website. $80 would be nice. I'm paying $106 a month, not sure what my level is; considering taxes, it's probably the lower one you mention.

My cellphone is a Tracfone and I just buy a card at Target every two months to add more minutes, since I don't need much.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2025 06:30 AM (omVj0)

118 "Here in SC, they start in early August and just had the Graduation last night."

You can thank us for that.

Posted by: The tobacco crop at May 23, 2025 06:30 AM (dg+HA)

119 @100/Boss Moss: "Does opening up and cleaning a laptop keyboard ever fix it?"

I've never gone as deep as to try to disassemble a laptop's keyboard to attempt to clean it. While it's theoretically possible, the chances of breaking switches and making things worse would just have me buying a replacement keyboard from the manufacturer or reseller, and swapping it in for the malfunctioning one. (Lenovo Thinkpads make replacement of the keyboard really easy compared to other manufacturers.)

Also: Opening up a laptop (more getting it back together correctly) without breaking any clips or components, is always such an adventure.

I despise doing service work or repair on laptops, if you couldn't tell.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 23, 2025 06:30 AM (O7YUW)

120 O.K. I'll shut up now (and everybody says "Yay"! )
and do something else. May you all have a blessed day and know that you are a blessing to others.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2025 06:32 AM (r/zVv)

121 Thanks. I watched a video on keyboard replacement. Looks easy. I guess that will depebd on the model. Some may have complicated stuff going on in there.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 23, 2025 06:37 AM (p7B2H)

122
Good morning, Hordians. Up, dressed, morning prayers said, dogs let out, coffee prepared. Now sitting in the Command Center at Schloss Hadrian wondering how I'm going to organize my day.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 23, 2025 06:37 AM (QnmlO)

123 Have a good day, Fen. And hopefully, the kiddo gets his phone soon.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 23, 2025 06:38 AM (OPGS/)

124 You can buy replacement laptop keyboards for $20-40 or so.

mornin yall

Posted by: fd at May 23, 2025 06:39 AM (vFG9F)

125 Work beckons, see you all later.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 23, 2025 06:40 AM (O7YUW)

126 Some laptop keyboards will come out without splitting the case. Once you open the case it gets more complicated.

Posted by: fd at May 23, 2025 06:40 AM (vFG9F)

127 Amusing tale for you guys. I have a percolator at home. The brew indicator knob broke after lasting one year and one month. Went to the company's website to request a replacement.

After a bit of back and forth discussions, one of the managers copied me on an email telling the woman helping me to go ahead and send me the replacement part for free since I'd purchased it through Amazon. I emailed him back to say thank you and he admitted that he copied me by accident.

Still getting a replacement part. But the wife and I decided that we're getting a better quality coffeemaker the next time something happens.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 23, 2025 06:41 AM (OPGS/)

128
Part of what I need to do today is start an invalidity study on a topic with which I only have the haziest acquaintance. Typically, the request came from the client into HQ on May 6th and I got an e-mail on the 21st asking if I'd take it on, with a deadline of the 26th.

Can't say I have much affection for invalidity studies anyway. If I do a novelty study and nothing turns up, everyone is happy. If I do an invalidity search and nothing turns up, everyone is irritated with me.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 23, 2025 06:43 AM (QnmlO)

129 And one more amusing tale. I had to ship something for an RMA to get it replaced. Did everything right: Sent it through the Post Office, got a tracking number, insured it, etc.

Shipped it out on the 28th of last month. The last notification I could see was it was at the post office in Memphis since the 5th. So on the 16th, I filed a claim and demanded my money.

Less than 24 hours later, the package was miraculously found and arrived at the office it was supposed to go to.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 23, 2025 06:46 AM (OPGS/)

130
Rosalind and Zeus compete in today's Rio Grande KC show in Albuquerque. Zeus has more points than Ros, but I have more confidence in her showing than her half-brother. Zeus was sold to a couple in California, who spoil him outrageously. Unfortunately, to be a good show dog, you have to sit up straight and take orders. It's not cruel to tell them to do it. Dogs like hierarchies and want to know their place.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 23, 2025 06:51 AM (QnmlO)

131 I'm hoping to replace the socket on my reading lamp. It's a three-way, but the third level is wonky and works only intermittently. I have a replacement socket, and I've done the job on other lamps in the past.

The problem is getting the old socket out of its crimped base -- it's in there tightly. Do I try to pry the base open a little with a screwdriver to loosen it, and then crimp it back onto the new socket after I've switched the wires?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2025 06:53 AM (omVj0)

132 Good morning! Played golf yesterday afternoon and slept like a log last night. Gotta do some work this morning, then get ready for the start of the pond renovation project by prepping some dirt and digging some plants to relocate.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 23, 2025 06:55 AM (3Ope8)

133 (Wonders what an RMA is. Decides not to ask.)

Posted by: Wallflower at May 23, 2025 06:56 AM (dg+HA)

134 (Wonders what an RMA is. Decides not to ask.)
Posted by: Wallflower

Return Merchandise Authorization

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at May 23, 2025 06:59 AM (amnH6)

135 Too bad the YooTuubz don't have any videos on how to replace a lamp socket.

Posted by: Oh, wait... at May 23, 2025 06:59 AM (dg+HA)

136
Too bad the YooTuubz don't have any videos on how to replace a lamp socket.
Posted by: Oh, wait... at May 23, 2025 06:59 AM (dg+HA)

Hey, English majors. Have you considered a career in writing clear instructions for assembling a product?

Hey, aspiring film directors, how about making short videos clearly explaining how to replace the deck belt on a Z355E?

At least you'd be useful.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 23, 2025 07:03 AM (QnmlO)

137 Well well well

"The father of the terror suspect accused of gunning down two soon-to-be-engaged Israeli Embassy staffers at the Capital Jewish Museum was honored by a far-left member of Congress with an invitation to President Trump’s joint address this past March, The Post has exclusively learned.

“Eric Rodriguez was our guest during the President’s Joint Speech to Congress, but we don’t know his family,” Rep. Jesús “Chuy”
García (D-Ill.) said Thursday night."

Sure, pal.

Posted by: fd at May 23, 2025 07:04 AM (vFG9F)

138 "prepping some dirt"

Not sure how you prep dirt. I mean, it's just dirt.
Some small talk? A few drinks?

Posted by: How does this work, exactly? at May 23, 2025 07:04 AM (dg+HA)

139 I found a YouTube video of how to replace my exact model of laptop's keyboard. Replacement seems safer than cleaning. The plactic clasps are attached to the keyboard.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 23, 2025 07:04 AM (p7B2H)

140 What a coincidence.

Posted by: fd at May 23, 2025 07:07 AM (vFG9F)

141 Too bad the YooTuubz don't have any videos on how to replace a lamp socket.
Posted by: Oh, wait... at May 23, 2025

***
I thought I'd ask here to see if anybody has any "The videos are pretty good, but they always forget to say that . . ." pointers.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2025 07:09 AM (omVj0)

142 He's not a "terror suspect."
He's a murderer.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 23, 2025 07:09 AM (dg+HA)

143 I work with numerous AI everyday, they are not thinking machines, they are probabilistic engines that need explicit direction and prompting.

If you tell them what to fix, they will fix it with fairly good accuracy, which in turn needs to be reviewed.

It's no different from when I tell my APM to gather this or that information or create this or that report or do this or that thing, I trust him to do a good job, but It's my responsibility to very his work product.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 23, 2025 07:09 AM (XV/Pl)

144 "He's not a "terror suspect."
He's a murderer.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty"

There is no question of his guilt and his punishment should be quick and severe.

Posted by: fd at May 23, 2025 07:10 AM (vFG9F)

145 Back in the day, I used to work for Bell-Northern Research/Nortern Telecom/Nortel/Nortel Networks/(or whatever other names they dreamed up for the same damned company). (I was one of the last US layoffs in 2009, joining BNR in 1995.)

In the rush to save costs, some development was shifted overseas. NETAS (Turkish company) and TATA (Indian company with a giggity name) were the two we used.

NETAS was OK; they learned how to do things and didn't have gigantic turn-over. TATA was a fucking disaster. Anyone worth a shit left to work for someone else. There was one case where the TATA team was given task to develop a piece of software; they weren't up to it. The US team (to make a development deadline) wrote the code for them, attached the files to an email with instructions to check that code in. The TATA engineers printed out the email, printed out the attachments, typed in the attached code by hand, and submitted the change.

They made typos when typing in the code and didn't bother to check.

I'm not management track (I had enough of that shit in the Army), but I asked the US team lead what the fuck he was doing trying to act as if TATA was worth paying.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at May 23, 2025 07:11 AM (nm0Ra)

146 (Wonders what an APM is. Decides not to ask.)

Posted by: Wallflower at May 23, 2025 07:11 AM (dg+HA)

147 TATA wanted to buy Hooters. Sorry. That would be a mammary monopoly.

Posted by: Securities Exchange Commission at May 23, 2025 07:14 AM (dg+HA)

148
"A courageous canine battled a pack of rabid coyotes who wandered into a suburban Los Angeles neighborhood in a life-and-death ordeal that lasted 45 minutes, heart-pounding video showed.

Wildlife experts suggested that the pack of coyotes was simply communicating in a friendly way with Duke, according to KTLA."

F'n experts are FOS.

Posted by: fd at May 23, 2025 07:17 AM (vFG9F)

149 JJ has apparently been here for a while.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 23, 2025 07:20 AM (ExV1e)

150 66 60 Is there a way to get into the keyboard of a laptop?

Do you need it to be usable afterwards?
Posted by: fluffy at May 23, 2025 05:51 AM (AN2gy)

hahahahaha

Posted by: m at May 23, 2025 07:38 AM (CQE5S)

151 He did, and it's available here . . . and it would cost $14 more per month than I'm paying now, on top of the $$ initial charges. Cox has been reliable enough for five years that I can't see shelling out for that at this point.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2025 06:02 AM (omVj0)

Starlink is much better for those who need internet in rural areas who have no other choice than DSL or other satellite internet.

If you’re in a town or city, then coaxial cable, or fiber are a much better choice for reliability and much shorter latency.

Starlink can go out on you in bad storms/heavy cloud cover just like satellite TV.

And while Starlink has lower latency than other satellite internet because the mini-satellites they use orbit much closer to the planet it still has longer send/receive times than any cable.

Which probably isn’t a big deal to most people other than gamers but the latency is there, and you’ll notice it for certain things like video load times.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 23, 2025 07:38 AM (6ydKt)

152 I figured it out. You can open a keyboard with an eyeglass flathead. Only an ailing keyboard gets worse if you open it up and clean it.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 23, 2025 08:00 AM (p7B2H)

153
Sorry, Lizzie, I'm just being a jerk about the SS stuff.

It was never about providing old people with income, will never be asset based or reality adjacent, but is the overt theft of assets with phoney recipients and theft of wages from working people.

Posted by: Auspex at May 23, 2025 08:52 AM (j4U/Z)

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