Daily Tech News 27 June 2025

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AI makes people dumber. (MSN)

This is a finding that has been replicated in a series of studies across education and professional use:
But in a series of experiments involving more than 4,500 participants at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, people who used LLMs to research everyday topics demonstrated weaker understanding of those topics afterward and produced less original insights than people who looked up the same topics using Google.
Of course Google itself and other search engines have become less useful in recent years for a whole range of reasons, most recently and notably the inundation of the internet with AI slop.
"It is like the Google Effect on steroids," she says, in a nod to earlier research suggesting people tend to remember less when information is easy to look up. With LLMs, she says, "We're shifting even further away from active learning."
It's like giving kids calculators to learn arithmetic. If you do that, you get the right answer, but you never learn arithmetic.

And then when you inevitably get the wrong answer because you hit a wrong button, you have no idea that it is wrong.
Oppenheimer says the findings suggest that simply believing information came from an LLM makes people learn less. "It is like they think the system is smarter than them, so they stop trying," he says. "That's a motivational issue, not just a cognitive one."
This is hardly a new problem, of course:
On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.

Tech News

As AI kills search traffic - which is to say, Google kills all the sites that actually make the content they use to train that AI - Google has launched a service called "Offerwall" to give back as much none of that. (Tech Crunch)

Site owners reported that their revenues increased by an average of 9% with Oferwall, after years of declines as Google siphoned of an increasing proportion of views and revenue.
Nvidia's RTX 5050 is here and it's a waste of sand. (Gamer's Nexus)

Well it's not actually out yet, but comparing the specs with older Nvidia GPUs the picture is not pretty.
Oh, and why does the desktop 5050 use older GDDR6 RAM? Because shut up. (Tom's Hardware)

Thanks Nvidia.

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1 Someone forgot to push the button. Couldn't possibly be me.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 27, 2025 04:36 AM (BLOW1)

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

*twirl*

Posted by: Rosasharn at June 27, 2025 04:37 AM (PzBTm)

3 Here we be

Posted by: OkJohn at June 27, 2025 04:41 AM (NC/it)

4 Praise God
Moar coffee

Posted by: OkJohn at June 27, 2025 04:42 AM (NC/it)

5 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 27, 2025 04:43 AM (iNUL3)

6 I like the discussion of kids and calculators.

I have seen them accidentally input wrong information, get an impossibly wrong answer, and simply write the wrong answer don, and move on.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 27, 2025 04:56 AM (a1415)

7 don=down.

Auto-cucumber, it mocks me!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 27, 2025 05:01 AM (a1415)

8 Someone forgot to push the button. Couldn't possibly be me.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 27, 2025 04:36 AM (BLOW1)

Scheduled posting! The time is now!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 27, 2025 05:04 AM (L5An7)

9
Good morning, good citizens from the most exceptional country on the planet.

May all effort from you result in unparalleled benefits, while providing incalculable grief for the leftwit tribes.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at June 27, 2025 05:05 AM (hKoQL)

10 "Scheduled posting! The time is now!"

I sort of like the uncertainty that human control brings to the place.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 27, 2025 05:06 AM (a1415)

11 Now I know that I am 29 years old.

Signed up to receive Social Security yesterday.

Feels kinda weird.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 27, 2025 05:07 AM (a1415)

12 I have seen them accidentally input wrong information, get an impossibly wrong answer, and simply write the wrong answer don, and move on.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 27, 2025 04:56 AM (a1415)

Chem 1 with professor Markowitz! Dimensional Analysis sounded boring and stupid, but it taught me to see the expected range of answers based on the dimensions rather than just the pure numbers.

I'm almost 29, and I have been using that for mumble-mumble years!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 27, 2025 05:07 AM (L5An7)

13 We only hit a high of 95.9 yesterday.

After 103.1 the day before, it felt almost comfortable.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 27, 2025 05:09 AM (a1415)

14 Good morning! 78 with no breeze out on the patio here in Cowtown. I thoroughly enjoyed the 'press' briefing yesterday. Hegseth's contempt for those folks was evident. I'd like to see the WH remove CNN's press pass.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 27, 2025 05:11 AM (3Ope8)

15 "but it taught me to see the expected range of answers based on the dimensions rather than just the pure numbers."

I guess I am somewhere along that line.

If you add two numbers, and the result is smaller than either of your two numbers.....you might have inputted wrong.

But nope....just write down the result and move on.
Might be related to why kids can't make change at the register anymore.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 27, 2025 05:11 AM (a1415)

16 "I'd like to see the WH remove CNN's press pass."

I'm OK with the WH taking their press pass, rolling it into a tube, and stuffing it up their ass.

But your way works too.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 27, 2025 05:13 AM (a1415)

17 Hey, Horde.

It's Friday? What happened to Thursday? I must've misplaced it.

CBD, I know I've asked before, but have to inquire again...do you ever sleep?

Posted by: creeper at June 27, 2025 05:14 AM (zFwIe)

18 >> On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.

Lovely!

Posted by: m at June 27, 2025 05:15 AM (CQE5S)

19 uh-oh

--"Offerwall"

--give back as much none of that

--Oferwall

--siphoned of

Posted by: m at June 27, 2025 05:17 AM (CQE5S)

20 uh-oh

--Nvidia's RTX 5050 here

--the pictures is

Posted by: m at June 27, 2025 05:18 AM (CQE5S)

21 To sleep, to perhaps to dream….

Posted by: Eromero at June 27, 2025 05:18 AM (LHPAg)

22 ...do you ever sleep?

Posted by: creeper at June 27, 2025 05:14 AM (zFwIe)

I do, but not as much as I would like!

And... I am six hours ahead of the Eastern time zone, so it looks like I am always awake.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 27, 2025 05:19 AM (L5An7)

23 FREEEEDDOOOOOOMMM!!!

*ahem* G'morning Horde.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 27, 2025 05:20 AM (O7YUW)

24 23 FREEEEDDOOOOOOMMM!!!

*ahem* G'morning Horde.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 27, 2025 05:20 AM (O7YUW)

Congratulations!

Posted by: m at June 27, 2025 05:22 AM (CQE5S)

25 This new generation just

A. Doesn’t learn the old fashioned way and therefore are crippled,

B. Doesn’t understand the foundation of all learning and therefore are crippled,

C. Plays too many video games, smokes too much weed and therefore are crippled.

I have heard this before and just cant put my finger on where. Must be the AI!

Posted by: Pete Bog at June 27, 2025 05:23 AM (tC7fD)

26 Greetings and good morning, one and all. The weather is a little cooler and more manageable.

So last night I received a robocall invitation from my Senators. They were going to talk about their heroic stance against "Trump's bill that is going to take away your health insurance and give the money to his billionaire friends."

There was a temptation to call in and point out that Democrats already took away my health insurance under Obamacare but I have a feeling the audience was carefully screened.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 27, 2025 05:24 AM (OPGS/)

27 Excuse me? Are you in London, CBD? Plus six hours is GMT. I had no idea you were not in the US.

For crying out loud, be careful over there.

Posted by: creeper at June 27, 2025 05:25 AM (zFwIe)

28 I have heard this before and just cant put my finger on where. Must be the AI!

Posted by: Pete Bog at June 27, 2025 05:23 AM (tC7fD)

Using AI tools to write before one has put in enough practice at it to become proficient is probably a bad thing.

But there were plenty of bad writers before AI, so....

The worst thing is using AI to make mediocre Burgundies. That is a huge issue and one that demands that AI be outlawed.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 27, 2025 05:26 AM (L5An7)

29 12 Chem 1 with professor Markowitz! Dimensional Analysis sounded boring and stupid, but it taught me to see the expected range of answers based on the dimensions rather than just the pure numbers.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 27, 2025 05:07 AM (L5An7)

What do it mean?

Posted by: m at June 27, 2025 05:26 AM (CQE5S)

30 Congratulations, G&C.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 27, 2025 05:27 AM (2GCMq)

31 "I have seen them accidentally input wrong information, get an impossibly wrong answer, and simply write the wrong answer don, and move on."

Now try explaining significant digits.

Posted by: Clem at June 27, 2025 05:28 AM (QB+5g)

32 Correction: Plus six hours would be CST, not Eastern.

Now, what were we saying about deteriorating math skills?

Posted by: creeper at June 27, 2025 05:29 AM (zFwIe)

33 Joe Biden was the Col. Henry Blake of Presidents.

'Don't worry Sir, just sign here'

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 27, 2025 05:29 AM (a1415)

34 27 Excuse me? Are you in London, CBD?
Posted by: creeper at June 27, 2025 05:25 AM (zFwIe)

France!

Posted by: m at June 27, 2025 05:29 AM (CQE5S)

35 @24/m: Thanks, m. Of course you know that by about 8 am on Monday, I'm going to be going absolutely squirrely because I'm out of my normal routine.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 27, 2025 05:30 AM (O7YUW)

36 Lookit his nick!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises)

Posted by: m at June 27, 2025 05:30 AM (CQE5S)

37 G&R, congratulations on a well-earned vacation!

Posted by: NR Pax at June 27, 2025 05:30 AM (OPGS/)

38 Every picture of Osama Bin Lenin Madman which appears on the Internet-at least on my feed -shows him smiling very broadly . It's kind of unnerving to have a politician smiling so much.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 27, 2025 05:31 AM (2GCMq)

39 off sock

Posted by: pawn at June 27, 2025 05:31 AM (QB+5g)

40 What do it mean?

Posted by: m at June 27, 2025 05:26 AM (CQE5S)

In science it is appreciating the various dimensions of the data, where "dimension" might be distance or volume or time or mass or...

But practicing that with problem sets gives one the skill to look at problems and have some sense of the expected result, and that can be used in many more things than chemistry or physics.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 27, 2025 05:32 AM (L5An7)

41 "Every picture of Osama Bin Lenin Madman which appears on the Internet-at least on my feed -shows him smiling very broadly . It's kind of unnerving to have a politician smiling so much."

Now google images of Maryland Governor Wes Moore.

His nickname, one of many, is 'Smiley'.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 27, 2025 05:33 AM (a1415)

42 For crying out loud, be careful over there.

Posted by: creeper at June 27, 2025 05:25 AM (zFwIe)

We are.

Since the Iran nuclear facility attacks it seems to be wise to be Canadian!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 27, 2025 05:34 AM (L5An7)

43 40 What do it mean?

Posted by: m at June 27, 2025 05:26 AM (CQE5S)

In science it is appreciating the various dimensions of the data, where "dimension" might be distance or volume or time or mass or...

But practicing that with problem sets gives one the skill to look at problems and have some sense of the expected result, and that can be used in many more things than chemistry or physics.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 27, 2025 05:32 AM (L5An7)

Thank you.
And thank you, professor Markowitz!

Posted by: m at June 27, 2025 05:34 AM (CQE5S)

44 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 27, 2025 05:34 AM (hoCmQ)

45 {sheepish grin}

Been up since midnight, thanks to one of those leg cramps that levitate you out of bed screaming. It's already been a long morning and my posting skills aren't going to improve without a nap.

Posted by: creeper at June 27, 2025 05:35 AM (zFwIe)

46 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 27, 2025 05:33 AM (a1415)

Yes, I see that. Uggh!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 27, 2025 05:35 AM (2GCMq)

47 Now try explaining significant digits.

Posted by: Clem at June 27, 2025 05:28 AM (QB+5g)

A pet peeve (of course one of many) of mine.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 27, 2025 05:35 AM (L5An7)

48 45 Been up since midnight, thanks to one of those leg cramps that levitate you out of bed screaming. It's already been a long morning and my posting skills aren't going to improve without a nap.
Posted by: creeper at June 27, 2025 05:35 AM (zFwIe)

Electrolytes! Electrolytes!

Posted by: m at June 27, 2025 05:35 AM (CQE5S)

49 Posted by: creeper at June 27, 2025 05:35 AM (zFwIe

Sorry to hear that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 27, 2025 05:36 AM (2GCMq)

50 Well, time to get ready for the morning walk.

BBIAB

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 27, 2025 05:36 AM (a1415)

51 Anyway, thanks m.

Posted by: creeper at June 27, 2025 05:36 AM (zFwIe)

52 And thank you, professor Markowitz!

Posted by: m at June 27, 2025 05:34 AM (CQE5S)

I think one of our Chemistry wizards had him as a doctoral advisor!

By the way, "Jay Guevara" is quite ill and in the hospital.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 27, 2025 05:37 AM (L5An7)

53 The worst thing is using AI to make mediocre Burgundies. That is a huge issue and one that demands that AI be outlawed.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 27, 2025 05:26 AM (L5An7)

“The fault dear Dildo is in our stars.” Brutus in Billy Shake’s annotated Julius Caesar maybe.

Bordeaux doth bestride our world like a colossus while we lesser grapes are fit only to make thin tired red.

Posted by: Pete Bog at June 27, 2025 05:38 AM (tC7fD)

54 Industrialization made people physically weaker.

Not awake enough to follow that thought to any interesting conclusion, but maybe someone else is.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 27, 2025 05:39 AM (BjH5D)

55 Charles Babbage sounds like he had a dry sense of humor, but then again, so did mathematician Lewis Carroll.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 27, 2025 05:39 AM (2GCMq)

56 Evening and morning, all! 'Tis Friday, the consummation devoutly to be wished!

Joe Biden was the Col. Henry Blake of Presidents.

'Don't worry Sir, just sign here'
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 27, 2025

***
VIA, I have rarely seen it put better. Kudos. (Except that Henry was a competent doctor, certainly better than Frank Burns, and stood behind Hawkeye and Trapper when they got in trouble)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 27, 2025 05:41 AM (omVj0)

57 CBD, I'll loan you my Canadian ancestry. Tell 'em you were born in Kitchener, Ontario. If you mention that it used to be called "Berlin" no one will doubt you.

P.S. The chapeau is charming. Gauloisses need a cigarette holder to be truly chic.

P.P.S. Good morning, Fen.

Posted by: creeper at June 27, 2025 05:44 AM (zFwIe)

58 I'm up a bit earlier than I planned. My visit last night to the Pipe Club at the suburban pipe/cigar store was fun, as were the drives out there and back. I chatted with another new member, a fellow who teaches English Lit at a public high school. His AP students are great; his "street kids," as he called them, are another thing entirely. (And in a genius move, the school admin says they will no longer offer AP English Lit next year.)

I had some suggestions for him, short story authors and novels of a readable length -- the kind of thing *I* would have wanted to read at 15 and 16 -- before I found out his AP classes would be going away.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 27, 2025 05:45 AM (omVj0)

59 C. Plays too many video games, smokes too much weed and therefore are crippled.

I have heard this before and just cant put my finger on where. Must be the AI!
Posted by: Pete Bog at June 27, 2025 05:23 AM (tC7fD)

It's interesting (maybe) that even video games have gotten worse.

They used to at least train problem solving skills, reaction times, patience and diligence, etc etc.

Now everything AAA or higher has become a walking simulator with quick time events that don't even have to be done properly to advance.

Press Space To Win used to just be a meme.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 27, 2025 05:45 AM (BjH5D)

60 A pet peeve (of course one of many) of mine.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 27, 2025 05:35 AM (L5An7)

Feeling peevish? A sense that someone somewhere is having fun and it must be stopped?

You might be suffering from Karen’s Syndrome, a widespread condition affecting those who intentionally chose to drink shitty wine.

Posted by: Pete Bog at June 27, 2025 05:46 AM (tC7fD)

61 @30/FenelonSpoke
and
@37/NR Pax

Thanks!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 27, 2025 05:46 AM (O7YUW)

62 Good morning to you, creeper, even though with the leg cramps it doesn't sound like it is. Can you take something to help with that such as electrolytes which m suggested or regular doses of potassium?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 27, 2025 05:46 AM (2GCMq)

63 >> By the way, "Jay Guevara" is quite ill and in the hospital.

Thinking of you, Jay Guevara!

Posted by: m at June 27, 2025 05:47 AM (CQE5S)

64 @45/creeper: "Been up since midnight, thanks to one of those leg cramps that levitate you out of bed screaming."

There aren't enough 'u's in "Suuuuuuucks" to describe those. I suffered from those for a while.

So I went in to talk to my pharmacist about doing something to stave these awful things off, and I led with asking about potassium pills because I knew potassium helped. Instead, he recommended Magnesium Oxide pills instead as apparently these work much better.

So I bought a bottle (90 pills, 420 mg, brand name "Swiss Natural" and plenty of other brands exist too, cost about $7.)

Result? I've been taking them for 90+ days (on my second bottle now) one per evening, and I haven't had a leg cramp since. I'd say they're working!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 27, 2025 05:52 AM (O7YUW)

65 This was my "God incident " ( or what others might call a coincidence for early this morning. Went with FenSpouse at about 4:30 to get some air in the son's car tires ( Yes, son is quite capable of doing that, but spouse said if he did it son wouldn't have to stop on way to work) . There was a man at the air pump with with a sign in his back window of his car and it said "Bless you!" . I thought that was a very nice thing to see early in the morning.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 27, 2025 05:52 AM (2GCMq)

66 64 @45/creeper: "Been up since midnight, thanks to one of those leg cramps that levitate you out of bed screaming."

There aren't enough 'u's in "Suuuuuuucks" to describe those. I suffered from those for a while.

So I went in to talk to my pharmacist about doing something to stave these awful things off, and I led with asking about potassium pills because I knew potassium helped. Instead, he recommended Magnesium Oxide pills instead as apparently these work much better.

So I bought a bottle (90 pills, 420 mg, brand name "Swiss Natural" and plenty of other brands exist too, cost about $7.)

Result? I've been taking them for 90+ days (on my second bottle now) one per evening, and I haven't had a leg cramp since. I'd say they're working!
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 27, 2025 05:52 AM (O7YUW)

Great news!

Posted by: m at June 27, 2025 05:53 AM (CQE5S)

67 Now everything AAA or higher has become a walking simulator with quick time events that don't even have to be done properly to advance.

And if the company is anything other than Asian, you get body positive stronk independent wamen characterz who are the new standard of beauty. This happens because transgenders and below average women get hired as game devs.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 27, 2025 05:57 AM (OPGS/)

68 Fen, I started with V8 juice, which usually works but failed miserably. Back to the refrigerator in search of dill pickles. Struck out there but hit the jackpot when I found a jar of baby dills lurking in the back of the pantry. Kosher, even. I poured a big glug of pickle juice and downed it. That worked but sleep wasn't happening, so here I am.

Posted by: creeper at June 27, 2025 05:57 AM (zFwIe)

69 I thought that was a very nice thing to see early in the morning.

Not a bad start to the day, Fen.

Now wondering if Magnesium Oxide pills could help with my hamstring issue...

Posted by: NR Pax at June 27, 2025 05:58 AM (OPGS/)

70 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 27, 2025 05:58 AM (Z5NUn)

71 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at June 27, 2025 05:58 AM (XQo4F)

72 Christian comedian John Crist talks about "Christian ways to say "No". This might be a thing in some more evangelical circles , because I don't know people who say this. It made me laugh though . John Crist also had a video on if "Jesus took Uber" which I posted some time ago and it is funny as well:

https://tinyurl.com/mc3zywud

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 27, 2025 05:59 AM (2GCMq)

73 Thank you for making it official, Rosasharn!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 27, 2025 05:59 AM (Z5NUn)

74 That worked but sleep wasn't happening, so here I am.
Posted by: creeper at June 27, 2025 05:57 AM (zFwIe)

Trading leg cramps for heartburn.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 27, 2025 06:00 AM (BjH5D)

75 Posted by: NR Pax at June 27, 2025 05:58 AM (OPGS

Sounds like a good idea from G&R. I hope that they help.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 27, 2025 06:00 AM (2GCMq)

76 Been up since midnight, thanks to one of those leg cramps that levitate you out of bed screaming.

Posted by: creeper at June 27, 2025 05:35 AM (zFwIe)
-

Investigate vitamin K2's benefits regarding preventing leg cramps when you stretch you legs while sleeping.

K2 has been part of my daily supplements intake for about 4 years now. During that time the cramps I used to have slowly disappeared almost completely. However, I only read about the K2/cramps connection last year.

Now I might get a mild leg cramp once every 3-4 weeks instead of what used to be multiple times weekly.

And of course, exercise.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 27, 2025 06:00 AM (adINt)

77 This was my "God incident " ( or what others might call a coincidence for early this morning. Went with FenSpouse at about 4:30 to get some air in the son's car tires ( Yes, son is quite capable of doing that, but spouse said if he did it son wouldn't have to stop on way to work) . There was a man at the air pump with with a sign in his back window of his car and it said "Bless you!" . I thought that was a very nice thing to see early in the morning.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 27, 2025

***
Good morning, Fen. I'm glad you had that experience.

Usually air pumps at gas stations, when you can find a station with one, are expensive, and you can never manage to check and fill all four tires in one session; you have to feed the machine another buck or more to finish the last tire. Years ago I bought an air pump at Home Depot that plugs into the car's electrical outlet (once known as the "cigarette lighter"), and fills the tires easily. I carry it in the trunk. That has paid for itself many times over.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 27, 2025 06:01 AM (omVj0)

78 Posted by: creeper at June 27, 2025 05:57 AM (zFwIe

Lack of sleep is so hard. I am sorry , creeper .I had about two hours Wednesday night.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 27, 2025 06:02 AM (2GCMq)

79 Old age ain't no place for sissies.

Posted by: Bette Davis at June 27, 2025 06:02 AM (zFwIe)

80 I've always gotten really bad cramps in the arch of my foot, even since I was a kid. One time it started dislocating that "knuckle that isn't really a knuckle" between the tarsals, right above the arch, whatever that's called. Incredibly painful.

I've chalked it up to dehydration.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 27, 2025 06:03 AM (BjH5D)

81
*waves cane angrily*

I used to use a slide rule! And logarithmic tables!

*sits down exhausted*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 27, 2025 06:03 AM (/HVsR)

82 more is not better with magnesium oxide; it's milk of magnesia in solid form, a potent laxative.
it is good for leg cramps, though, in appropriate doses

just sayin'

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 27, 2025 06:03 AM (Z5NUn)

83 That has paid for itself many times over.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 27, 2025 06:01 AM (omVj0)

Wawa has free air pumps still.

But I think the closest ones to you would be in south Florida. Bit of schlep on floopy tires.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 27, 2025 06:04 AM (BjH5D)

84 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 27, 2025 06:01 AM (omVj0)

At this place "Quik Chek" the air is free. The air pump we had wasn't working on his car, just FenSpouses.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 27, 2025 06:04 AM (2GCMq)

85
Dill pickle juice. Tastes so awful you forget your leg cramps.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 27, 2025 06:05 AM (/HVsR)

86 @77/Wolfus: Yup, same here. I've never regretted having my own 12V Cigarette Lighter plug-in air pump. So useful, and I've even been able to help other people with it.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 27, 2025 06:05 AM (O7YUW)

87 Clint Walker in Cheyenne, on Grit right now, puzzles me. He seems to change his hat, style and color, every episode. Yesterday he was wearing a black hat; this morning, a light tan (I'm guessing, as the eps are in B & W, but it is certainly a light color).

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 27, 2025 06:05 AM (omVj0)

88 Now try explaining significant digits.
Posted by: Clem at June 27, 2025 05:28 AM (QB+5g)

Easy. It's the middle one on each hand.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 27, 2025 06:05 AM (ExV1e)

89 Easy. It's the middle one on each hand.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 27, 2025 06:05 AM (ExV1e)

Ha!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 27, 2025 06:06 AM (BjH5D)

90 @81/Hadrian the Seventh: And that's why you're still mentally sharp.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 27, 2025 06:06 AM (O7YUW)

91 mornin yall. The revelation that AI makes people dumber is no revelation. People are lazy and stupid and will jump on anything that assists with that.

Posted by: fd at June 27, 2025 06:06 AM (vFG9F)

92 91 mornin yall. The revelation that AI makes people dumber is no revelation. People are lazy and stupid and will jump on anything that assists with that.
Posted by: fd at June 27, 2025 06:06 AM (vFG9F)

I wonder if that's the real mechanism at play.

It isn't making people dumber, it's making the dumber less irrelevant (and hence more visible).

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 27, 2025 06:07 AM (BjH5D)

93 Thanks, Fen. I'll be okay. I have nothing on the agenda save multiple trips across the yard to feed the deer. I can nap any time.

Sounds like your morning is even busier. That was really sweet of you and FenSpouse to smooth the way for your son's trip to work.

Posted by: Bette Davis at June 27, 2025 06:07 AM (zFwIe)

94 Pardon my ignorance but since when have gas stations been charging money in the states to fill up tires?

I've been gone a long time apparently.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 27, 2025 06:08 AM (adINt)

95 "Can you do math?"

"No, but now I have the confidence to be spectacularly wrong and then evade the shame of it!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 27, 2025 06:09 AM (BjH5D)

96 Speaking of dumb, I moved a ton of gravel yesterday and will move two tons today. Maybe I can avoid running over the chainsaw today.

Posted by: fd at June 27, 2025 06:09 AM (vFG9F)

97 Wolfus: Yup, same here. I've never regretted having my own 12V Cigarette Lighter plug-in air pump. So useful, and I've even been able to help other people with it.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 27, 2025

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In the hot weather, since temps don't vary much over 24 hours, I don't have to refill the tires much except before a road trip. In variable "cool" weather, I do it every week or so, or just before an anticipated temp drop. The car doesn't ride any worse on these horrible streets with its tires at 35 psi instead of the recommended 33, but the gas mileage, I think, improves.

I'm also trying to run ethanol-free gas as much as possible, since I've found a station with E0 at $2.99 instead of .30 or more higher.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 27, 2025 06:10 AM (omVj0)

98 Sounds like a good idea from G&R. I hope that they help.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Right now, I have a decent set of exercises from my physical therapist. If something like that can work on assisting with muscle strain, I'll pay attention.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 27, 2025 06:10 AM (OPGS/)

99 This is the third time in a row that I have gone to sleep during the Cafe and woken up with Pixy.

Posted by: Ciampino - a wicked wicket at June 27, 2025 06:11 AM (sPQoU)

100 Pardon my ignorance but since when have gas stations been charging money in the states to fill up tires?

I've been gone a long time apparently.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 27, 2025

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Ten years and more, BD. It used to be free, when we had real "service" stations. And most tire stores will do it for free. But many of the convenience stores, while they sell gas, have those vending machines: about $1.00 for not enough minutes to check and fill all four.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 27, 2025 06:12 AM (omVj0)

101 Don't forget to switch your name back I told myself.

Posted by: creeper at June 27, 2025 06:13 AM (zFwIe)

102 @94/Biden's Dog: "Pardon my ignorance but since when have gas stations been charging money in the states to fill up tires?"

I started seeing them pop up in the late 90's but they were rare enough that you could just go to a service station and use the outer hose on a wheel that most service stations had for anyone who wanted it... Then over the years those started to disappear and most of them were the "drop in a few coins, get not quite enough air to fill 4 tires" types.

I'd say by 2000 to 2005, the "pay for air" self contained units had pretty much taken over.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 27, 2025 06:14 AM (O7YUW)

103 Well well well:

"World-renowned economist reveals how Trump's tariffs 'outsmarted all of us' as he admits he was WRONG"

Expert textpert
choking smokers
Don't you think the joker laughs at you?

Posted by: fd at June 27, 2025 06:14 AM (vFG9F)

104 Another day and Thune is still a POS

Posted by: night lifted at June 27, 2025 06:14 AM (FZn/N)

105 Right now, I have a decent set of exercises from my physical therapist. If something like that can work on assisting with muscle strain, I'll pay attention.
Posted by: NR Pax at June 27, 2025 06:10 AM (OPGS/)

There's some stretches I used to do back when I was fencing that work really good for keeping your legs and hips and knees working good. Basically do a full flat footed squat, then roll your knees in and out while keeping your heel and either the inside or outside of your toes on the ground (whichever way you're rolling). Kinda push one knee towards the opposite foot, then roll it back out away from the opposite knee. Do it nice and slow, keeping your balance, back and forth a few times. Throw in some old school straight-kneed toe touches, and alternate between a couple times. Works fantastically and doesn't take forever to get loose.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 27, 2025 06:15 AM (BjH5D)

106 One of the problems was people stealing the hose. Another was leaving the hose tangled.

Posted by: Ciampino - a wicked LBW at June 27, 2025 06:17 AM (sPQoU)

107 AI lost me when they started spitting out Indian female popes and tried to convince me it was a "Win".

Posted by: MrToad at June 27, 2025 06:17 AM (krcqG)

108 Pardon my ignorance but since when have gas stations been charging money in the states to fill up tires?
I've been gone a long time apparently.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

Why do gas stations charge for the air pump? Inflation.

Bah dum tss

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 27, 2025 06:18 AM (b294k)

109 A female pope would completely up-end American high school spanish classes.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 27, 2025 06:18 AM (BjH5D)

110 Posted by: creeper at June 27, 2025 06:13 AM (zFwIe

Thanks you, Creeper /Bette Davis. 😊FenSpouse was up at 3:30 and I guess he figured he should do something more useful than look at the overly smiling face of Osama Bin Lenin which appeared on his news feed.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 27, 2025 06:19 AM (2GCMq)

111 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: da doo

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 27, 2025 06:20 AM (XZ5S6)

112 Ten years and more, BD. It used to be free, when we had real "service" stations. And most tire stores will do it for free. But many of the convenience stores, while they sell gas, have those vending machines: about $1.00 for not enough minutes to check and fill all four.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 27, 2025 06:12 AM (omVj0)
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A small air pump that plugs into your car's 12V outlet is worth its weight in gold.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 27, 2025 06:22 AM (XZ5S6)

113
I knew AI had real problems when I saw an FB post about the USS Langley (CV-1) with a picture of an aircraft carrier with a closed bow and angled deck. Another was about a crime writer and had a picture of Eamon de Valera.

Soon you'll be forced to accept that the Langley had a closed bow and angled deck.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 27, 2025 06:23 AM (/HVsR)

114 A female pope would completely up-end American high school spanish classes.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Do you know how many women have been pope?

Nun.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 27, 2025 06:24 AM (b294k)

115 I nominate Nancy D'Alessando Pelosi to be the first Female Pope, based on her lifetime of being a staunch Catholic, and also her groundbreaking work in the area of Reproductive Theology, where she opines about "ensoulment" and then proceeds to justify abortion without limits.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 27, 2025 06:24 AM (PiwSw)

116
Coffee. Later, 32 minutes on the treadmill to burn off 350 calories. Needs must change the water buckets down in the kennel. And go get a haircut.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 27, 2025 06:26 AM (/HVsR)

117 I've never been in a situation where tire pressure became an emergency on the road. I have had straight up punctures/cuts where an on board pump would have been any use.

I've also had a whole wheel almost come off once. That was pretty terrifying.

(fubbida-fubbida-fubbida)

Like throwing a single pillow in a washing machine and trying to drive it down the highway. Ooof.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 27, 2025 06:27 AM (BjH5D)

118 Soon you'll be forced to accept that the Langley had a closed bow and angled deck.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 27, 2025 06:23 AM (/HVsR)
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At least they didn't show the USS Birmingham.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 27, 2025 06:28 AM (XZ5S6)

119 "I wouldn't mind writing a post or elaborating on many of the subjects you write regarding here."

Elaborate away. That is who we are.

Posted by: AI Commentator at June 27, 2025 06:28 AM (vFG9F)

120 about a crime writer and had a picture of Eamon de Valera.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 27, 2025 06:23 AM (/HVsR)

Technically anybody writing about Eamon de Valera is a crime writer.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 27, 2025 06:29 AM (BjH5D)

121 Press Space To Win used to just be a meme.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 27, 2025 05:45 AM (BjH5D)

Press space? Too much effort.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress_Quest

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 27, 2025 06:31 AM (ExV1e)

122 Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 27, 2025 06:27 AM (BjH5D
Or driving a 1958 schoolbus and the gearshift comes out of the transmission.

Posted by: Eromero at June 27, 2025 06:32 AM (KsXco)

123
Technically anybody writing about Eamon de Valera is a crime writer.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 27, 2025 06:29 AM (BjH5D)

All I have is Tim Pat Coogan's biography, which is (*ahem, ahem*) not friendly.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 27, 2025 06:32 AM (/HVsR)

124 Or driving a 1958 schoolbus and the gearshift comes out of the transmission.
Posted by: Eromero at June 27, 2025 06:32 AM (KsXco)

Yikes.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 27, 2025 06:32 AM (BjH5D)

125 I am not going to click on the link but the name "woo woo therapy" post # 116 made me laugh and sounds like some sort of Oriental uhh "massage place" for men .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 27, 2025 06:33 AM (2GCMq)

126 All I have is Tim Pat Coogan's biography, which is (*ahem, ahem*) not friendly.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 27, 2025 06:32 AM (/HVsR)

He's basically "Caesar O'Chavez".

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 27, 2025 06:33 AM (BjH5D)

127 Nobody ever lays "The Troubles" at the feet of global communism, but there's probably a fair case that they should.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 27, 2025 06:35 AM (BjH5D)

128 87 Clint Walker in Cheyenne, on Grit right now, puzzles me. He seems to change his hat, style and color, every episode. Yesterday he was wearing a black hat; this morning, a light tan (I'm guessing, as the eps are in B & W, but it is certainly a light color).
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 27, 2025 06:05 AM (omVj0)

Cheyenne definitely had quite the extensive wardrobe for a cowboy living out of his saddle bags.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 27, 2025 06:36 AM (6ydKt)

129
Nobody ever lays "The Troubles" at the feet of global communism, but there's probably a fair case that they should.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 27, 2025 06:35 AM (BjH5D)

Except I don't think the Irish need much prodding to bomb and shoot each other.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 27, 2025 06:36 AM (/HVsR)

130 Cheyenne bought clothes made to last.

Posted by: Eromero at June 27, 2025 06:38 AM (KsXco)

131 That [air pump] has paid for itself many times over.

I have a decent one that can run off of both a house outlet and a cat’s “power point”. Invaluable, especially when traveling vertically in these United States. Temperatures between Texas and Michigan can easily differ by sixty degrees, which means five to six pounds of pressure.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 27, 2025 06:39 AM (olroh)

132 Cowboys lose their hats a lot. They get shot off, lost in fights, left on bedposts, etc.

Posted by: AI Commentator at June 27, 2025 06:40 AM (vFG9F)

133 Now the Cartwrights wore the same clothes all the time.

Posted by: Eromero at June 27, 2025 06:41 AM (KsXco)

134 Pardon my ignorance but since when have gas stations been charging money in the states to fill up tires?

Pro tip: If you have a Discount Tire place near you, they will put air in your tires for free. They'll also patch flats for free.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 27, 2025 06:41 AM (ExV1e)

135 This is the third time in a row that I have gone to sleep during the Cafe and woken up with Pixy.
Posted by: Ciampino - a wicked wicket at June 27, 2025 06:11 AM (sPQoU)

I read something a couple weeks back which said something to the effect that old age was a continual struggle to either stay awake or stay asleep while getting worse at both.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 27, 2025 06:42 AM (ExV1e)

136 133 Now the Cartwrights wore the same clothes all the time.
Posted by: Eromero at June 27, 2025 06:41 AM (KsXco)

Hop Sing was a reaallly good tailor.

Can hardly even tell where the seven knife wounds Little Joe got last week were.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 27, 2025 06:43 AM (BjH5D)

137 @94/Biden's Dog: "Pardon my ignorance but since when have gas stations been charging money in the states to fill up tires?"

I started seeing them pop up in the late 90's but they were rare enough that you could just go to a service station and use the outer hose on a wheel that most service stations had for anyone who wanted it... Then over the years those started to disappear and most of them were the "drop in a few coins, get not quite enough air to fill 4 tires" types.

I'd say by 2000 to 2005, the "pay for air" self contained units had pretty much taken over.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 27, 2025 06:14 AM (O7YUW)
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As an appreciation to the Horde, I will happily send every ron and ette a free box of Holy Land air absolutely free.

Just pay $20 for processing and shipping. But hurry! This is a limited time offer. Operators are waiting for your call.

718-662-5970, Monday-Friday from 9 AM - 5 PM

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 27, 2025 06:43 AM (adINt)

138 Seems no one missed me on the ONT anyway. Boo hoo.

Posted by: Ciampino - a wicked slip catch at June 27, 2025 06:43 AM (sPQoU)

139 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 27, 2025 06:44 AM (u82oZ)

140 I see my current hash is Ad International. How prophetic!

Profitic?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 27, 2025 06:44 AM (adINt)

141 There are jumpboxes the size of a pack of cigars, and compressors not much bigger, throw them in the trunk.

Posted by: Eromero at June 27, 2025 06:44 AM (KsXco)

142
As an appreciation to the Horde, I will happily send every ron and ette a free box of Holy Land air absolutely free.

Sorry, I've already switched to summer nitrogen for my tires.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 27, 2025 06:45 AM (/HVsR)

143 Seems no one missed me on the ONT anyway. Boo hoo.

Posted by: Ciampino - a wicked slip catch at June 27, 2025 06:43 AM (sPQoU)
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Don't cut the line.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 27, 2025 06:45 AM (adINt)

144 138 Seems no one missed me on the ONT anyway. Boo hoo.
Posted by: Ciampino - a wicked slip catch

The ONT only got about 300 comments. It's your fault!

Posted by: Speaking Truth To Power at June 27, 2025 06:46 AM (G5+As)

145 Pixy, I enjoy reading your takes on AI. Keep 'em coming.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 27, 2025 06:48 AM (wVcYX)

146 Early to bet, etc.

Posted by: Eromero at June 27, 2025 06:48 AM (KsXco)

147 Sorry, I've already switched to summer nitrogen for my tires.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 27, 2025 06:45 AM (/HVsR)

Thanks for the reminder, I need to do that with my truck before I rebuild the carburetor.

Posted by: Tim Walz, American Male at June 27, 2025 06:49 AM (PiwSw)

148 The Costco I go to has two free air pumps, and anyone can pull up and use them. First, you have to find it - near the auto center - then play a challenging game of Tetris with other customers as you jockey for position in a rather ambiguous parking lot arrangement.
Oh, and I think it's nitrogen which sounds very exclusive.
But isn't.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 27, 2025 06:50 AM (XQo4F)

149 133 Now the Cartwrights wore the same clothes all the time.
Posted by: Eromero at June 27, 2025 06:41 AM (KsXco)

There was a Maverick episode I saw recently where they did a spoof of the Cartrights.

Bart Maverick was paid by the father to bring in three ladies from San Francisco he’d found through a marriage agency to marry his three boys.

The women turned out to be con-artist dancehall girls but were supposed to be high class ladies.

So Bart taught all the girls to be upper class, like My Fair Lady, so the father wouldn’t refuse to pay him for bringing him low class women.

Hilarity ensues as they all slowly find out the truth but the ladies manage to win the hearts of the sons and the “Wheeright” men live happily ever after with their new brides.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 27, 2025 06:50 AM (6ydKt)

150 The first “cigarette lighter” air pump I bought was advertised on my Shell credit card bill back in the eighties. (I had a Shell card for the simple reason that they offered one to this then-college-student, and it was a good investment for them because it meant I searched specifically for Shell stations on the regular drives to/from college three states away.)

It looked like a cheap plastic (green and yellow!) piece of junk but it lasted three decades of use through four vehicles. The Walmart replacement lasted less than ten years.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 27, 2025 06:50 AM (olroh)

151
Falcon 9 - Starlink 10-34 - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live
Scheduled for Jun 27, 2025
Launch Date: June 28, 2025
Launch Time: 12:26 a.m. EDT, 0426 UTC, 06:26 CEST

https://www.youtube.com/live/6vvWnioWIXc

Posted by: Ciampino - a slipped wicket at June 27, 2025 06:50 AM (sPQoU)

152 Pardon my ignorance but since when have gas stations been charging money in the states to fill up tires?
I've been gone a long time apparently.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

Well hello, Mr. Rip Van Winkle!

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 27, 2025 06:52 AM (wVcYX)

153 The Costco I go to has two free air pumps, and anyone can pull up and use them. First, you have to find it - near the auto center - then play a challenging game of Tetris with other customers as you jockey for position in a rather ambiguous parking lot arrangement.
Oh, and I think it's nitrogen which sounds very exclusive.
But isn't.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 27, 2025 06:50 AM (XQo4F)

Nitrogen for tires should be banned since pulling it out of the atmosphere makes the concentration of CO2 higher. -- super cereal scientist

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 27, 2025 06:54 AM (ExV1e)

154 I get a 5 MPG Bonus by filling my tires with helium. I do have to tether my car to a tree or lamp post when parking though.

Posted by: Huge Manatee at June 27, 2025 06:57 AM (G5+As)

155 Morning Horde. Hubby nec and I changed our Apple passwords on Monday. We've been locked out since. Anyone have an idea what's going on? Only effects our iPhones and my iTunes, however it's very aggravating.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at June 27, 2025 06:57 AM (2NHgQ)

156
Sorry, I've already switched to summer nitrogen for my tires.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Nothing but all season argon for inflating this man's tires!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 27, 2025 06:57 AM (Tv15w)

157 Oh, and I think it's nitrogen which sounds very exclusive.

Unless your tires already came with Nitrogen, adding 99% Nitrogen to your 70% Nitrogen doesn't really get you anything.

To do Nitrogen filled tires right, you need to vacuum out all of the existing air.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at June 27, 2025 06:58 AM (a4flb)

158

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at June 27, 2025 06:58 AM (5hfjS)

159
Morning Horde. Hubby nec and I changed our Apple passwords on Monday. We've been locked out since. Anyone have an idea what's going on? Only effects our iPhones and my iTunes, however it's very aggravating.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at June 27, 2025 06:57 AM (2NHgQ)

You should have bought an Android*

(* For all those "forums" on computer problems where some jackass says, "Should have bought a Mac.")

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 27, 2025 06:59 AM (/HVsR)

160 I used to have a different nic

Don't give the Greens more bad ideas, please.

On a planetary scale, the change is unobservable. But there is an energy cost, unless a semi-permeable membrane is uses instead of cryogenics.

It is a scam, even for the tires of race cars.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 27, 2025 06:59 AM (u82oZ)

161 Well hello, Mr. Rip Van Winkle!

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 27, 2025 06:52 AM (wVcYX)
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/considers haircut and shave

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 27, 2025 06:59 AM (adINt)

162 I've never really seen the need to use anything but regular air for tires, unless it's for some insanely critical application like a space shuttle or an F1 car. What's the selling point?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 27, 2025 06:59 AM (BjH5D)

163
To do Nitrogen filled tires right, you need to vacuum out all of the existing air.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at June 27, 2025 06:58 AM (a4flb)

Or go through three or four deflate-inflate cycles. Like I do.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 27, 2025 07:00 AM (/HVsR)

164 Hillary Clinton

Again, I urge you to run to become the next mayor of NYC. Even you would be an improvement over the current candidates, although Adams seems to be learning on the job.

Otherwise, your grifting ability dwindles to nothing. You are powerless and forgotten already.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 27, 2025 07:01 AM (u82oZ)

165
This is the third time in a row that I have gone to sleep during the Cafe and woken up with Pixy.
Posted by: Ciampino - a wicked wicket

A real rake's life you lead, there!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 27, 2025 07:01 AM (Tv15w)

166 Hadrian the Seventh

Does it make a difference in your RV?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 27, 2025 07:01 AM (u82oZ)

167 okjohn, if you're still here. I 'm a lurker and usually don't get to Pixy til the thread is dead, but I read it every day. Been praying for you. We had to do a bankruptcy in 2018, and we really, really fought going that route. But we were basically forced to. We did a Chapter 13 where we paid everything back. It was very difficult to do as they make you feel worthless and the courts humiliate you when they can, but we did it anyway and God blessed our efforts. We got out of debt and didn't have that hanging over us anymore. It turns out to be one of the best things we ever did, and it helped us get control of our finances. 1/2

Posted by: TecumsehTea at June 27, 2025 07:01 AM (Eo96p)

168
I've never really seen the need to use anything but regular air for tires, unless it's for some insanely critical application like a space shuttle or an F1 car. What's the selling point?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 27, 2025 06:59 AM (BjH5D)

Oxygen in the air will cause your tires to decay and disintegrate, leading to expensive repairs and replacements! Don't be bamboozled by Big Air! Change to nitrogen, now! All the hip, sophisticated people are doing it, you should too!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 27, 2025 07:03 AM (/HVsR)

169
What's the selling point?

Posted by: Warai-otoko

That thudding sound you hear is vanity license plate buyers fainting dead away

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 27, 2025 07:04 AM (Tv15w)

170 {{{TecumsehTea}}}

Thank you for your heartwarming letters. I am consumed with estate details, but your words provided solace.

I am getting time to write thank you notes, and you are on the list.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 27, 2025 07:04 AM (u82oZ)

171 2/2 So I just want to encourage you to get a real bankruptcy atty, not one who does them, but one who knows the system and can help you. And to also trust that God can use even this for good, and you will be surprised what He will being out of it and how He will use it. We are in such a better place financially for having done that, and we are thankful. We should have done it much sooner but didn't because, you know, pride. And it hurt us. So, praying for you.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at June 27, 2025 07:04 AM (Eo96p)

172 Hubby nec and I changed our Apple passwords on Monday. We've been locked out since. Anyone have an idea what's going on? Only effects our iPhones and my iTunes…

If you mean that you changed your Apple ID password and you can’t access your Apple account on your phone, then you might have to go into the settings on those devices and log in using the new password. Ditto on iTunes: go into settings or account and make sure you’re logged in.

If you mean it literally locked you out of your phone completely that is strange and may require a session with Apple help.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 27, 2025 07:04 AM (olroh)

173 I have donated a lot of food from my late wife's pantry that I do not want to food banks. And I still find item that expired in 2013 or so.

There is a lot of frozen meat from 4-6 years ago in the freezer. I wonder if the zoo would take them. Or if they are still good.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 27, 2025 07:06 AM (u82oZ)

174 mornin yall. The revelation that AI makes people dumber is no revelation. People are lazy and stupid and will jump on anything that assists with that.

I treat the A in AI for "Augmented" and use Augmented Intelligence to improve search quality and to identify trivia that I occasionally litter into my posts.

Many time, I will recall something from a decade or two ago, and time has allowed the Mandella Effect to alter what I think I know. AI helps to reset things.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at June 27, 2025 07:08 AM (a4flb)

175
I have coffee now
It's gonna be okay

Posted by: Don Black at June 27, 2025 07:08 AM (AOsQT)

176 155 Morning Horde. Hubby nec and I changed our Apple passwords on Monday. We've been locked out since. Anyone have an idea what's going on? Only effects our iPhones and my iTunes, however it's very aggravating.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at June 27, 2025 06:57 AM (2NHgQ)

As long as you don’t want to download any new apps it won’t present a problem for you - it will ask for you Apple account password eventually if you do.

You also won’t be able to buy songs or video from the iTunes Store.

But if you ever get a new iPhone it will definitely ask for your Apple-iCloud account password to backup your data and transfer it to the new phone.

If it isn’t working in a few days you’re going to need to contact Apple Customer Service and they can reset the password for you, but you’ll, need to know the answers to your security questions.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 27, 2025 07:08 AM (6ydKt)

177 I am getting time to write thank you notes, and you are on the list.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 27, 2025 07:04 AM (u82oZ

.................................

Mr k. passed in December. It took me hours to write all the thank you notes. My favorite cards were the ones that said "No thank you required". Unfortunately there were only about 3 of those. I did make a mental note to write that on any card I send in the future.

Posted by: Molly k. at June 27, 2025 07:08 AM (j/yko)

178 Teachers have been grading using the back of their stupid Teacher Book for 60 years. That's worse than any AI.

Posted by: ... at June 27, 2025 07:10 AM (rCia8)

179 Oxygen in the air will cause your tires to decay and disintegrate, leading to expensive repairs and replacements! Don't be bamboozled by Big Air! Change to nitrogen, now! All the hip, sophisticated people are doing it, you should too!

Then you too can have that trendy green valve stem cap that you have been coveting for years and truly deserve.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at June 27, 2025 07:11 AM (a4flb)

180 When the free air pumps went away around here, I bought an old fashioned stand up tire pump at WallyWorld. It has paid for itself several times over.

Thieves were cutting the free air line and absconding with the brass bit that connects to your valve stem. Easy to convince station owners to charge for the air service and recoup their losses.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 27, 2025 07:11 AM (wVcYX)

181 Or if they are still good.

I routinely eat food, including meats, that I’ve left frozen for years. Twelve years might be a bit beyond my experience but not by much. If it’s a deep freeze rather than just the freezer on your fridge that’s probably even better.

Use the ten second rule: if it’s food you want to eat and it looks fine, try it. If it’s food you don’t like, use this as an excuse to toss it.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 27, 2025 07:12 AM (olroh)

182 {{{Molly k.}}}

The entire process has taught me a lot. I was not as prepared as I thought.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 27, 2025 07:12 AM (u82oZ)

183 Molly and Salty, prayers up for both of you.

Posted by: ... at June 27, 2025 07:14 AM (rCia8)

184
I mean, I'm sure there are millions of status-anxious AWFLs out there who see "nitrogen in your tires" on The View or some show like that and berate their husbands that the air in the tires needs to be swapped out, now!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 27, 2025 07:15 AM (/HVsR)

185 "green valve stem cap"

oh, so that's what those are!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 27, 2025 07:16 AM (Z5NUn)

186
I used to be messed up on drugs, now I'm messed up on AI.

-- a riff on a joke from Cheech & Chong's "Big Bambu" album

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! at June 27, 2025 07:16 AM (Tv15w)

187 We are in such a better place financially for having done that, and we are thankful.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at June 27, 2025 07:04 AM (Eo96p)

It's impressive and dignified to pay one's debts, even when it is forced by bankruptcy.

America would be in a much better place if more people had your attitude, and insisted on it for our politicians!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 27, 2025 07:16 AM (L5An7)

188 154 I get a 5 MPG Bonus by filling my tires with helium. I do have to tether my car to a tree or lamp post when parking though.
Posted by: Huge Manatee at June 27, 2025 06:57 AM (G5+As)

I have no problem admitting this gave me a good laugh.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 27, 2025 07:17 AM (6ydKt)

189
oh, so that's what those are!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 27, 2025 07:16 AM (Z5NUn)

And not just nitrogen, but artisanal craft nitrogen. With electrolytes!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 27, 2025 07:17 AM (/HVsR)

190 181, same here!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 27, 2025 07:18 AM (Z5NUn)

191
And not just nitrogen, but artisanal craft nitrogen. With electrolytes!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

LOL!

You are shameless, sir!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! at June 27, 2025 07:19 AM (Tv15w)

192 And not just nitrogen, but artisanal craft nitrogen. With electrolytes!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 27, 2025 07:17 AM (/HVsR)

It's got what tires crave.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 27, 2025 07:19 AM (wVcYX)

193 electrolytes are a good thing!

g'mornin' H7!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 27, 2025 07:20 AM (Z5NUn)

194 Everyone knows that Tuscan or Florentine Nitrogen is top of the line!

Posted by: Europeon at June 27, 2025 07:20 AM (G5+As)

195 192 is the best

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 27, 2025 07:21 AM (Z5NUn)

196 (1) Air? I bought a gadget that you plug into the car, and it automatically pumps up a tire to a prespecified psi. None of this finding a gas station, throwing quarters or whatever into a thing, and hoping it doesn't simply rip you off.

(2) Got math? Reminds me of a time at work where somehow the cosine of 6 degrees came up. I said that it must be close to 1.0, and then it occurred to me that it would be pretty easy to come up with an approximate answer without even picking up a calculator so I did (It took maybe a second or two). One of my fellow engineers was impressed by this for some reason, picked up a calculator, and saw for himself that my 3 digit answer was correct. He seemed to think I was a magician or something, but it's just a straightforward application of the small angle approximation for cosine that you'd think any engineer would know.

Posted by: MrExcitement at June 27, 2025 07:21 AM (hOOi9)

197 Oh no! Iran hits PDT'S truth social with a cyber attack.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 27, 2025 07:21 AM (sJ4fj)

198 Oxygen in the air will cause your tires to decay and disintegrate, leading to expensive repairs and replacements! Don't be bamboozled by Big Air! Change to nitrogen, now! All the hip, sophisticated people are doing it, you should too!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 27, 2025 07:03 AM (/HVsR)

Unless you spring for the optional external sleeve to protect your treads from oxygen, you're fooling yourself.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 27, 2025 07:22 AM (ExV1e)

199 Beyonce takes over Houston this weekend with her Cowboy Carter show.

Behold, my barren field.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 27, 2025 07:23 AM (wVcYX)

200
Unless you spring for the optional external sleeve to protect your treads from oxygen, you're fooling yourself.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 27, 2025 07:22 AM (ExV1e)

*runs off to auto parts store*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 27, 2025 07:23 AM (/HVsR)

201 I was told there would be no math.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 27, 2025 07:23 AM (6ydKt)

202 It is really disappointing to see tweets from official government accounts that contain grammatical errors.
Junior high school-level stuff.
I mean, if someone at DoD doesn't know the difference between 'pedal' and 'peddle', then isn't this just an indictment of the entire education system?

Posted by: Don Black at June 27, 2025 07:23 AM (AOsQT)

203
Oxygen in the air will cause your tires to decay and disintegrate, leading to expensive repairs and replacements! Don't be bamboozled by Big Air! Change to nitrogen, now! All the hip, sophisticated people are doing it, you should too!

And what are your plans to deal with the oxygen that is mugging the outside of your tires without rest or surcease?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! at June 27, 2025 07:24 AM (Tv15w)

204 Next time inflate your tires with expanding spray foam. You will never need to inflate them again.

Posted by: AI Commentator at June 27, 2025 07:25 AM (vFG9F)

205 197 Oh no! Iran hits PDT'S truth social with a cyber attack.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 27, 2025 07:21 AM (sJ4fj)

They are very brave souls, indeed, to attempt to separate Trump from his social media.

Better men than the Iranians have all tried and failed to pry Trump away from tweets.

This is going to get ugly,

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 27, 2025 07:26 AM (6ydKt)

206 I was told there would be no math.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 27, 2025 07:23 AM (6ydKt)

It was always a lie. The empty set of math is, technically, math.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 27, 2025 07:27 AM (ExV1e)

207 Have a great day, everyone.

Be that swan gliding serenely though choppy water. Never let them see the feet moving fast.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 27, 2025 07:27 AM (u82oZ)

208 Everyone knows that nitrogen is a critical component of explosives. You people pumping your tires up with it are obviously Iranian terrorists smuggling explosives to seek revenge!

Posted by: MrExcitement at June 27, 2025 07:27 AM (hOOi9)

209 MrExcitement

Dinitrogen gas is very stable. But leave the azo compounds alone, please.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 27, 2025 07:28 AM (u82oZ)

210
Unless you spring for the optional external sleeve to protect your treads from oxygen, you're fooling yourself.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 27, 2025 07:22 AM (ExV1e)

*runs off to auto parts store*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

The My Pillows guy will shorty offer these made with the finest Egyptian cotton and an insanely high thread count.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! at June 27, 2025 07:28 AM (Tv15w)

211 I mean, if someone at DoD doesn't know the difference between 'pedal' and 'peddle', then isn't this just an indictment of the entire education system?
Posted by: Don Black at June 27, 2025 07:23 AM (AOsQT)

You know it’s beyond redemption when the principals start calling themselves principles.

Trump should invoke marshall law and stop this degradation of our edumacational system.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 27, 2025 07:29 AM (6ydKt)

212 Radio just ran a spot telling illegals to leave now.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 27, 2025 07:29 AM (sJ4fj)

213 Morning all, thx Pixy. Curtis Sliwa is on Bartiromo. A suite and red beret. Makes sense but has no chance.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 27, 2025 07:30 AM (pwtJC)

214 204 Next time inflate your tires with expanding spray foam. You will never need to inflate them again.
Posted by: AI Commentator at June 27, 2025 07:25 AM (vFG9F)

If that doesn't work, maybe you can just drop a cable down to your car from the next Chinese spy balloon that fires by. Then you won't need tires.

Posted by: MrExcitement at June 27, 2025 07:30 AM (hOOi9)

215 I can see how having a pure inert gas is useful if you need to precisely predict how the tire stability will change as it heats up, like on a large aircraft or a track car. That makes sense at least.

Posted by: Mice and men at June 27, 2025 07:31 AM (BjH5D)

216 Morning all, thx Pixy. Curtis Sliwa is on Bartiromo. A suite and red beret. Makes sense but has no chance.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 27, 2025 07:30 AM (pwtJC)

Headlines from 1994.

Posted by: Mice and men at June 27, 2025 07:31 AM (BjH5D)

217 213 Morning all, thx Pixy. Curtis Sliwa is on Bartiromo. A suite and red beret. Makes sense but has no chance.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 27, 2025 07:30 AM (pwtJC)

Unlike "back in the day", NYC worships crime these days.

Posted by: MrExcitement at June 27, 2025 07:31 AM (hOOi9)

218 Oof, old sock.

Clean your glasses, dummy.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 27, 2025 07:32 AM (BjH5D)

219 JJ is nood.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 27, 2025 07:33 AM (ExV1e)

220 I mean, if someone at DoD doesn't know the difference between 'pedal' and 'peddle', then isn't this just an indictment of the entire education system?
Posted by: Don Black at June 27, 2025 07:23 AM (AOsQT)

You know it’s beyond redemption when the principals start calling themselves principles.

Trump should invoke marshall law and stop this degradation of our edumacational system.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 27, 2025 07:29 AM (6ydKt)

I blame the dearth of stationary stores that make good writing appear glamorous.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 27, 2025 07:33 AM (wVcYX)

221 brick and mortar stores are stationary

Posted by: Don Black at June 27, 2025 07:38 AM (AOsQT)

222 I'll just stick with the 78% nitrogen I fill my tires with normally. Seems to haves gotten the job done for years. ;-)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 27, 2025 08:04 AM (O7YUW)

223 LLM is a Masters of Law, traditionally awarded to somebody who already has a JD. I suppose you should've been more specific.

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