Daily Tech News 2 July 2025

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Search engines like Google and Bing will be required to verify the age of users from Australia by the end of 2025, forcing them into safe mode if they are logged in and under the age of 18. (Information Age)

Which is stupid for many reasons, not least of which even under the law it doesn't work if you're not logged in.
In more surprising but more welcome news, Chris Elston - "Billboard Chris" on Twitter - and Elon Musk won in separate cases against Australia's "eSafety Commissioner" Julie Inman Grant and some random crazy lady who goes by the name of Teddy Cook. (MSN)
In the post, Mr Elston, who goes by the name Billboard Chris on X, slammed the proposed appointment of Mr Cook, a biological female, to a World Health Organisation panel on healthcare delivery.
The post reads: "This woman (yes, she's female) is part of a panel of 20 'experts' hired by the WHO to draft their policy on caring for 'trans people'. People who belong in psychiatric wards are writing the guidelines for people who belong in psychiatric wards."
Speaking of random crazy women:
Ms Grant labelled the remarks "degrading" and issued a takedown notice to X on March 22, threatening the company with a fine of up to $782,500 for any refusal to remove the post.
Not only is the relevant law stupid - which is the ground state in these matters - but Australia's Administrative Review Tribunal ruled that Grant broke the law in forcing the content to be taken down.

Elston and Musk sued separately to have the posts restored, and both won.

Tech News

You could steal half a million dollars from a museum and nobody would notice. (Calvin.sh)

The million-dollar cube in the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago's Money Museum contains a little over $1.5 million.
Websites used to be simple. (Simplesite)

Some still are:
You're experiencing it right now. This website is looped through a RS-232 serial connection at 56k baud rate (actually a little bit extra to handle protocol overhead). I disabled the server cache so you can experience the scrollbar shrinking as content slowly loads in.
The way nature intended.
The Crucial T710 is that company's latest PCIe 5.0 SSD. (Serve the Home)

It's fast, yes. It's also expensive at $280 for 2TB. You're still better off with two PCIe 4.0 SSDs. Or even just one of them.
Speaking of expensive, Synology's new PCIe 3.0 SSD costs twice as much as that. (Tom's Hardware)

$535 for 1.6TB. It's sold as a caching device for NASes, so the critique in this article is a little misplaced. Even at PCIe 3.0 speeds it can easily keep up with two 10Gb Ethernet ports running at full speed in both directions.

It does have a pretty substantial write endurance of 2900TB, but a 4TB Crucial T500 is twice as fast, offers more than twice the storage, still promises 2400TB of endurance, and sells for around $300.
Xerox just bough Lexmark for $1.5 billion. (Nerds)

I think I ran a brief article about this last year when the deal was first announced; the acquisition has now been completed.
The GOP's spending bill could kill renewable energy projects. (The Verge)

Promise?

Totally Not Tech News

Sameko Saba, the latest incarnation of the same person behind spoiler and spoiler, just hit one million subscribers on YouTube.

It took three days.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Wanna see me do it again?

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2025 04:30 AM (+qU29)

2 w00t

Posted by: m at July 02, 2025 04:30 AM (CQE5S)

3 Morning all.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 02, 2025 04:31 AM (BLOW1)

4 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 02, 2025 04:34 AM (sAmhv)

5 Howdy y'all

Posted by: OkJohn at July 02, 2025 04:43 AM (NC/it)

6 from the ONT:

258 Pixy-misa remembering Steven Den Beste

https://ai.mee.nu/life/remembering_steven_den_beste
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 01, 2025 11:25 PM (u4KuU)

Posted by: m at July 02, 2025 04:53 AM (CQE5S)

7 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at July 02, 2025 04:55 AM (XQo4F)

8 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at July 02, 2025 04:56 AM (hoCmQ)

9 Hello late nighters and early risers. And insomniacs.

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 02, 2025 05:04 AM (g3gst)

10 People Magazine Online - Australian Edition
https://is.gd/d7bM0t

This age verification nonsense is straight up censorship. Censorship always fails especially if it involves teen age boys and porn. When this crap fails, and it will, the government will amp up the restrictions and enforcement. And when that doom loop fails enough I predict the Australian internet will be run by the North Koreans who will nuke the country when they fail. This is the origin story of Mad Max.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 02, 2025 05:06 AM (NXz8h)

11
The GOP's spending bill could kill renewable energy projects.

Oh, no!

Stop ....

Don't ...

Where was I?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! at July 02, 2025 05:07 AM (xG4kz)

12 For some reason the title of this devotional from Numbers 16:3, The problem with complaining" from the rabbi's daughter at the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews" made me laugh. I guess it's because the people spend a whole lot of time complaining through the Old Testament and then do the same through the New Testament: Anyway, some good thoughts about trusting God:

https://tinyurl.com/mr25tx6c

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 02, 2025 05:08 AM (2GCMq)

13
This is the origin story of Mad Max.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions

Make sure that you work the grounding of a cargo vessel carrying colanders and face masks on the Queensland coast into that story line.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! at July 02, 2025 05:10 AM (xG4kz)

14 I had an entire day without a major first world problem. I feel empty and depressed.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 02, 2025 05:11 AM (NXz8h)

15 And insomniacs.

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 02, 2025 05:04 AM (g3gst)

Maybe it is nature telling us to drink Bandol!

[I'm looking for some]

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at July 02, 2025 05:11 AM (L5An7)

16
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 02, 2025 05:11 AM (tljrc)

17 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at July 02, 2025 05:11 AM (AN2gy)

18 And a Christian devotional from 2nd Corinthians 3:7-18, "From glory to glory". It is followed by a reflection, prayer and insight:

https://tinyurl.com/32s7f9we

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 02, 2025 05:14 AM (2GCMq)

19
Mankind was expelled from Eden because eating the apple led to Adam and Eve complaining incessantly.

When God came home and heard this perpetual wailing, He warned them to stop it, immediately, or He would "give them something to really complain about."

Guess what Adam and Eve didn't do?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! at July 02, 2025 05:16 AM (xG4kz)

20 So I'm going to give myself until 5:30 Eastern time to complain and then ( through God's grace ) hopefully stop. Complaint- my phone screen is still jumping around like it has St, Vitus' Dance and tells me there is a problem on this site

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 02, 2025 05:17 AM (2GCMq)

21 19-Hah, Krebs.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 02, 2025 05:19 AM (2GCMq)

22
Xerox just bough Lexmark for $1.5 billion. (Nerds)

I think I ran a brief article about this last year when the deal was first announced; the acquisition has now been completed.

Big X' plan to corner the market on the use of "x" in companies' names is just getting started!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! at July 02, 2025 05:19 AM (xG4kz)

23 >>> The GOP's spending bill could kill renewable energy projects.

Isn't 'renewable' a misnomer? After one extracts the joules, watts or calories that puff of wind is not coming back.

Heck, firewood grows on trees and is renewable, if you have time.

Posted by: fluffy at July 02, 2025 05:20 AM (AN2gy)

24 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 02, 2025 05:22 AM (Z5NUn)

25
You know who else hit one million subscribers?

Posted by: The Ppster Who Always Asks, "You Know Who Else ...?" at July 02, 2025 05:23 AM (xG4kz)

26 CBD in Bandol the big horse is Domaine Tempier which also has one of the coolest labels in the wine business.

It can occasionally be reasonably priced. Lots of less expensive ones but the consistency is surprisingly variable for a French wine region.

This is based on a relatively small sample size admittedly.

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 02, 2025 05:23 AM (g3gst)

27 Bandol is a key appellation of the Provence wine region in far south-eastern France. Created in 1941, the title covers red, white and rosé wines from roughly 1550 hectares (3830 acres) of vineyards around the Mediterranean coastal town of Bandol.

That is like a 6 square mile region or in terms I understand: it takes about 15 minutes to drive across Las Cruces in any direction. Or 9.6 km using French math.

We don't have anything like Bandol but we do have flat green chile chicken enchiladas. Flat enchiladas are the waffles of enchiladas. Now you know. Sorry.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 02, 2025 05:24 AM (NXz8h)

28 This is based on a relatively small sample size admittedly.

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 02, 2025 05:23 AM (g3gst)

Thus your insomnia.

Get cracking...open that Domaine Tempier!

https://is.gd/epVM2S

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at July 02, 2025 05:28 AM (L5An7)

29
No, not The Saturday Evening Post

Posted by: The Poster Who Always Asks, "You Know Who Else ...?" at July 02, 2025 05:28 AM (xG4kz)

30 A very nice morning psalm- Psalm 57:

https://tinyurl.com/bdhb4ed8

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 02, 2025 05:28 AM (2GCMq)

31 Flat enchiladas are the waffles of enchiladas. Now you know. Sorry.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 02, 2025 05:24 AM (NXz8h)

Is a “flat enchilada “ an open face tostada? Chicken and green chile omelette is a longtime standard in our house.

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 02, 2025 05:29 AM (g3gst)

32 They're still doing it:

Federal judge blocks Trump's immigration policy in shocking decision on Haitian protections
Judge claims DHS Secretary Noem 'does not have statutory authority' to modify TPS status for over 520,000 Haitians

https://tinyurl.com/yc3srrxr

Posted by: Don Black at July 02, 2025 05:29 AM (AOsQT)

33 >>> The GOP's spending bill could kill renewable energy projects.

I was hopeful that it would, but it seems that it will actually perpetuate and even increase the grifting.

gee. what a surprise.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 02, 2025 05:30 AM (Z5NUn)

34
thanks for The Platters, Pixy

they're the tip of the whip for that era's vocal groups

to paraphrase Bob Slydell, I celebrate their entire catalog

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 02, 2025 05:31 AM (tljrc)

35
How long will it be before The Zohran is exposed as a kiddie diddler?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! at July 02, 2025 05:31 AM (xG4kz)

36 Last time I was in Paris I found Domaine Tempier in that wine shop at that giant food hall in the Bon Marche.

The Rose at least. The red is killer.

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 02, 2025 05:32 AM (g3gst)

37
Flat enchiladas are the waffles of enchiladas. Now you know. Sorry.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 02, 2025 05:24 AM (NXz8h)

Is a “flat enchilada “ an open face tostada? Chicken and green chile omelette is a longtime standard in our house.

Gentlemen, this confusion cries out for a seasoned explainer of complexity!

Do we know anyone well versed in the arts of Venn Diagrams?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! at July 02, 2025 05:34 AM (xG4kz)

38 My long new Dell computer nightmare is over. It took 2 months, 2 mail in repairs, and 1 extended phone support session. All ended with the box not booting. Things got a bit spicy when I said I wanted my money back or a new box. At first I was told no. I encouraged them to do the right thing. I got a new machine which works. The upside here is my comprehension of Hindi English improved dramatically.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 02, 2025 05:35 AM (NXz8h)

39 Last time I was in Paris I found Domaine Tempier in that wine shop at that giant food hall in the Bon Marche.

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 02, 2025 05:32 AM (g3gst)

That's a Metro ride (or a long walk) for me, but as you know it's a great place!

I have been poking around my local shops, but so far no luck.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at July 02, 2025 05:39 AM (L5An7)

40 Is a “flat enchilada “ an open face tostada? Chicken and green chile omelette is a longtime standard in our house.
Posted by: Pete Bog

Flat enchiladas. Make enchilada stuff. Get a tortilla and put it on a plate. Smother it with enchilada stuff. Repeat until done. Top with a final tortilla, salsa and cheese. Bake until stuff melts. Serve. Andele's uses queso in their enchilada stuff - it is divine. I swear their queso is made from velvetta.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 02, 2025 05:40 AM (NXz8h)

41
From the looks of things, Teddy Cook was doing just fine degrading itself itself.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! at July 02, 2025 05:40 AM (xG4kz)

42 Good morning!

Chicken and green chile omelette is a longtime standard in our house.

Fish tacos made with grilled steelhead trout and topped with mango/habanero salsa here.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 02, 2025 05:41 AM (3Ope8)

43 Whenever I feel the need to improve my foreign language skills I just wander into Lowe's where all the signs are bilingual.

Oh, so that's how you say "toilet tank flapper valve" in Spanish?
Good to know.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 02, 2025 05:42 AM (XQo4F)

44 They're still doing it:

Federal judge blocks Trump's immigration policy...
Posted by: Don Black at July 02, 2025 05:29 AM (AOsQT)

Why would they stop? The Supreme Court? No, I don't think so.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 02, 2025 05:43 AM (wQOIH)

45 The last time I was in Paris her heart was warm and gay. And I heard the laughter of her heart whenever I would visit a street café.

Posted by: Martin Dean at July 02, 2025 05:47 AM (XQo4F)

46 Good morning Horde , thx Pixy.
The Platters were a brilliant vocal group. Thx for the early morning The Pretender

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 02, 2025 05:47 AM (eBgDF)

47
Yo. Morning.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 02, 2025 05:48 AM (/HVsR)

48 The Platters, "The Great Pretender" (1959)

Thank you!

Posted by: m at July 02, 2025 05:51 AM (CQE5S)

49 Evening and morning on this Woden's Day! We're halfway through the week. Actually, for a lot of us, more than halfway, since the U.S. has Friday off. Woo-hoo!

I'm up a little early (as usual), having coffee and a pipe before breakfast. I have my surgeon appt. this morning; with any luck he will set a surgery date sometime this month so I can get it over with and get busy recovering before the summer is over. My plan is to hit the road to Indiana in Sept., soon after Labor Day. Only five months later than I planned, but "that's the way it goes sometimes moving West." (A favorite expression of the late, and ex-, Mrs. Wolfus No. 2.)

So, whass happenin'?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2025 05:51 AM (omVj0)

50
Websites used to be simple. (Simplesite)

Some still are

One of life's simple pleasures in that simpler time was a website, "Minsky's Worst of the Web". Its curator made a point of surfing the web to find sites whose presentations and / or appearances were especially cheesy, gaudy or otherwise unintentionally hilarious.

It was truly a "you had to be there at the right moment" kind of viewing experience because sites singled out by Mirsky often worked to remove whatever it was that he had mocked about the site. Viewers late to the party thus did not experience the naked aggression of a site's original cheesiness.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! at July 02, 2025 05:52 AM (xG4kz)

51 Time to decide on my own breakfast after having fed the furry thugs. Perhaps my usual scrambled seasoned egg plus small beef & bean burrito?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2025 05:53 AM (omVj0)

52 from the ONT:

570 don’t confuse andouille with andouillette.

Posted by: Ann ExPat at July 02, 2025 04:34 AM (eZywV)

Anduillette is foul.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at July 02, 2025 04:42 AM (L5An7)

Andouillette
Gentille andouillette
Andouillette
Je te plumerai

Posted by: m at July 02, 2025 05:54 AM (CQE5S)

53
His name was Mirsky, not Minsky

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! at July 02, 2025 05:55 AM (xG4kz)

54 G'morning everyone,

Well that was a short break. I'm driving again for the summer.

@32/Don Black: "They're still doing it: "

And they'll continue to do it until someone gives them a legal smack down that actually hurts.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 02, 2025 05:55 AM (O7YUW)

55 G'morning, all!

Passed my annual physical yesterday.

Doctor was delighted with the 40+ pound weight loss, and overall improvement in health.
Gotta work on bringing cholesterol down lower without medication.

I think I can attribute that to a massive increase in egg and cheese consumption, that I need to significantly reduce.

But overall, I'm in much better shape than 12 months ago.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 02, 2025 05:59 AM (a1415)

56
Well done, VIA!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! at July 02, 2025 06:00 AM (xG4kz)

57 VIA, you're just going to have to cut down on all those omelettes au fromage. CBD has been a bad influence.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 02, 2025 06:01 AM (PiwSw)

58 VIA, That is an accomplishment. Good Job.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 02, 2025 06:01 AM (NXz8h)

59 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 02, 2025 05:59 AM (a1415)

That's great!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 02, 2025 06:01 AM (2GCMq)

60 Looks like the city of Baltimore is facing a rebellion by some Court workers.

But don't worry....Law enforcement is on it.

https://tinyurl.com/mux9d235

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 02, 2025 06:01 AM (a1415)

61
Seeing as how it rained last night and therefore the weeds are easier to extract, I'm going to put an hour or so into ending their miserable existsnce.

Later.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! at July 02, 2025 06:02 AM (xG4kz)

62 His name was Mirsky, not Minsky

"Minsky's," of course, was a legendary NYC burlesque house. I'd recommend The Night They Raided Minsky's as a fun summer read. The movie adaptation was lousy.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 02, 2025 06:03 AM (Dg2sF)

63
Its curator made a point of surfing the web to find sites whose presentations and / or appearances were especially cheesy, gaudy or otherwise unintentionally hilarious.

The X37 Webcam pop-up ad.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 02, 2025 06:03 AM (/HVsR)

64 Good for you VIA. I've lost some weight over the last few years by removing carbs and sugar from my eating habits. Nowadays breakfast is about six ounces of steak and two hard boiled eggs.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 02, 2025 06:05 AM (XQo4F)

65 "VIA, you're just going to have to cut down on all those omelettes au fromage. CBD has been a bad influence."

And that is actually one of the issues.
Mrs VIA took to reseasoning ALL of her cast iron cookware recently. Which has led to a daily six egg bacon/peppers and cheese omelet split between us.

And on the days that we only have traditional steel cut oatmeal, I will consume 4-5 hard boiled eggs throughout the day.

And of course one of the two daily salads must have shredded cheese and thousand island dressing. With a sliced HB egg.

I think I know where I can improve on that.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 02, 2025 06:06 AM (a1415)

66 @55/Village Idiot's Apprentice:

Eggs aren't likely your problem. This from the Mayo Clinic:
https://tinyurl.com/yshd44e5

"Chicken eggs are an affordable source of protein and other nutrients. They're also naturally high in cholesterol. But the cholesterol in eggs doesn't seem to raise cholesterol levels the way some other foods, such as those high in trans fats and saturated fats, do."

Going back to butter from margarine could have a positive effect, for instance.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 02, 2025 06:06 AM (O7YUW)

67 *Going back to butter from margarine could have a positive effect, for instance.*

Ghee. It just tastes butter.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 02, 2025 06:08 AM (XQo4F)

68
But overall, I'm in much better shape than 12 months ago.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 02, 2025 05:59 AM (a1415)

I try to stay away from carbs (rice, pasta, bread, regular sodas) and walk 10,000 steps a day. At my top, I was nearly 230 but now I'm down to 180.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 02, 2025 06:09 AM (/HVsR)

69 Isn't 'renewable' a misnomer? After one extracts the joules, watts or calories that puff of wind is not coming back.

Heck, firewood grows on trees and is renewable, if you have time.
Posted by: fluffy at July 02, 2025 05:20 AM (AN2gy)

Even if one accepts the notion that oil is watery, compressed dinosaurs, oil is renewable if you have the time.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 02, 2025 06:09 AM (ExV1e)

70 Flat enchiladas. Make enchilada stuff. Get a tortilla and put it on a plate. Smother it with enchilada stuff. Repeat until done. Top with a final tortilla, salsa and cheese. Bake until stuff melts. Serve. Andele's uses queso in their enchilada stuff - it is divine. I swear their queso is made from velvetta.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 02, 2025 05:40 AM (NXz8h)

So... savory Mexican cake?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 02, 2025 06:11 AM (ExV1e)

71 "*Going back to butter from margarine could have a positive effect, for instance.*

Ghee. It just tastes butter."

One of the things that I miss is our old Wegman's store.

Wegman's is the only store that I know of that carries a French butter known as Butter Boy/with sea salt crystals in it.

What I call a 'dessert butter'.

Few things on earth taste as good as fresh warm french bread with that stuff lumped on it in incredible amounts.

Now I'm hungry.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 02, 2025 06:12 AM (a1415)

72 >>> The GOP's spending bill could kill renewable energy projects.

I was hopeful that it would, but it seems that it will actually perpetuate and even increase the grifting.

gee. what a surprise.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 02, 2025 05:30 AM (Z5NUn)

Reminder: A system's purpose is what it does. "Representative" government placates you while they loot the Treasury.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 02, 2025 06:12 AM (i24o9)

73 "I try to stay away from carbs (rice, pasta, bread, regular sodas) and walk 10,000 steps a day."

Same thing here.

My carb intake was massive.

Reduced it, and began the 4 mile almost daily walk, which is what got me from 221 down to about 178 so far.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 02, 2025 06:14 AM (a1415)

74 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Not so much.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 02, 2025 06:17 AM (XZ5S6)

75 "Even if one accepts the notion that oil is watery, compressed dinosaurs, oil is renewable if you have the time."

I think the same argument can be made for coal.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 02, 2025 06:18 AM (a1415)

76 But overall, I'm in much better shape than 12 months ago.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 02, 2025 05:59 AM (a1415)

All the bread and incredible cheese has gone straight to my midsection. By the time I return home I'll bet I will be 15 pounds heavier, having enjoyed every mouthful!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at July 02, 2025 06:20 AM (L5An7)

77 My carb intake was massive.

Reduced it, and began the 4 mile almost daily walk, which is what got me from 221 down to about 178 so far.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 02, 2025 06:14 AM (a1415)

The best, bar none.

It worked for me once, and I am confident it will work again, once I am away from the irresistible temptation of French food!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at July 02, 2025 06:21 AM (L5An7)

78 For some reason the title of this devotional from Numbers 16:3, The problem with complaining" from the rabbi's daughter at the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews" made me laugh.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 02, 2025 05:08 AM (2GCMq)
-

All of this could have been avoided had the suggestions box been invented back then.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 02, 2025 06:22 AM (SLJQR)

79 "I encouraged them to do the right thing."

I would love to hear the details of that. Pretty impressive that you finally got them to do their jobs. Even if we desperately need more Indian tech support centers for some reason.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 02, 2025 06:24 AM (+4yJ5)

80 "It worked for me once, and I am confident it will work again, once I am away from the irresistible temptation of French food!"

I do envy you the opportunity to enjoy their food for a while.

Now for a dumb question.

Have you ever seen a fat French mime?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 02, 2025 06:25 AM (a1415)

81 Why would I give two shits about logging into a search engine? Too bad, so sad. These things are not necessary.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 02, 2025 06:25 AM (hNiAS)

82 Have you ever seen a fat French mime?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 02, 2025 06:25 AM (a1415)

Non.

Posted by: Marcel Marceau at July 02, 2025 06:26 AM (PiwSw)

83 At some point, I do want to refocus on my long term goal of home media streaming and owning a NAS for here at the house.

That would be on topic for the morning Tech Thread.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 02, 2025 06:34 AM (a1415)

84 Poor Red Panda. Injured at a WNBA halftime performance. It's like Pavarotti straining his vocal cords at Hooters karaoke night.

Posted by: Wally at July 02, 2025 06:34 AM (TFgMp)

85 Will Thomas just had all his swimming records and titles taken away.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 02, 2025 06:36 AM (PiwSw)

86 Looks like UPenn has a policy change.

Lia Thomas hardest hit.

( But not hard enough, IMHO)

https://tinyurl.com/y6dz2pwc

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 02, 2025 06:37 AM (a1415)

87 Horde mind

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 02, 2025 06:38 AM (PiwSw)

88 Scary...in't it?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 02, 2025 06:39 AM (a1415)

89 Will Thomas just had all his swimming records and titles taken away.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 02, 2025 06:36 AM (PiwSw)

It's another Trumpmas miracle!

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 02, 2025 06:39 AM (i24o9)

90 85 Will Thomas just had all his swimming records and titles taken away.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 02, 2025 06:36 AM (PiwSw

His season in the sun…….now he has to go on The View.

Posted by: Eromero at July 02, 2025 06:41 AM (jgmnb)

91 We can ask "Lia" Thomas if this hurts more than a kick in the nuts.

Posted by: Wally at July 02, 2025 06:42 AM (TFgMp)

92 I'd like it if someone would interview all the Penn swimmers who would not speak out about the Will Thomas thing.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at July 02, 2025 06:43 AM (zeLd4)

93 Wait...Has UPenn discovered a way to identify what a woman is?

I had heard that was rather difficult to do.

So this is an amazing technological breakthrough.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 02, 2025 06:43 AM (a1415)

94 Have you ever seen a fat French mime?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 02, 2025 06:25 AM (a1415)

It is truly impressive how they manage their weight in the presence of so much deliciousness.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at July 02, 2025 06:44 AM (L5An7)

95 At some point, I do want to refocus on my long term goal of home media streaming and owning a NAS for here at the house.

That would be on topic for the morning Tech Thread.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 02, 2025 06:34 AM (a1415)

Symology makes owning and maintaining a NAS easy. And they are the least of the big names suffering security issues reported here.

Otherwise, OMV on an old PC with 3 large HDDs is a well-worn path. I stream both to Kodi boxes (RaspberryPi running LibreElec), also well-worn paths.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 02, 2025 06:44 AM (i24o9)

96 Good morning, good people. 2 more days until the birthday of the most exceptional country on the planet, populated by an extraordinary people who are governed, not ruled, by a political system unique in history.

It should be noted that during the course of our history we have met and prevailed over issues even more serious than the current mess, with an unbroken success record. I have the utmost faith that this record will remain unbroken.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at July 02, 2025 06:44 AM (hKoQL)

97 "It is truly impressive how they manage their weight in the presence of so much deliciousness."

Perhaps a support group of some type.

Where they get together and talk about their goals and support each others effor........

No, that can't be it.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 02, 2025 06:46 AM (a1415)

98 "Symology makes owning and maintaining a NAS easy. And they are the least of the big names suffering security issues reported here."

I tend to think that this is a project that I will solve the old fashioned way.....money.

After watching many videos, and reading many tech articles, I have come to accept the fact that some things are simply beyond my ability to get my brain around effectively.

And building a system seems to fall right into that category.

But not this week.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 02, 2025 06:49 AM (a1415)

99 At some point, I do want to refocus on my long term goal of home media streaming and owning a NAS for here at the house.

That would be on topic for the morning Tech Thread.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

I use a Synology NAS where I store all my media. I have this attached to my modem/router. To get things rolling, I have a Plex server running on the NAS. This setup broadcasts access to my streaming media to my home network. My Roku TV has a Plex client app which I connect to the server. At that point it looks like any other streaming media service that you can purchase. Additionally, I have on my phone an app that taps into my server and allows me to stream my music as you would Spotify. Via Android auto my Plex app shows up and it streams through my car stereo. It is all quite slick.

Keep in mind you will have to purchase a subscription to the Plex service to make this work or you can buy a lifetime license. There are other options that I did not explore because this was easily available to me.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 02, 2025 06:50 AM (NXz8h)

100 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at July 02, 2025 06:51 AM (Ul4ZN)

101 "If you push something hard enough, it will fall over."

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 02, 2025 06:52 AM (WPL6O)

102 Meanwhile, folks ask why I seem to focus on Maryland, and Baltimore in particular.

Besides having moved from there, we need to keep in mind the upcoming Presidential election.

And Maryland's Governor, Wes Moore (D) is going to be a strong contender for that title.

So it's important to keep an eye on the damage that he is doing to the State of Maryland as we get closer to 2028.

Cause we are going to see his name again.

https://tinyurl.com/352s79ah

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 02, 2025 06:53 AM (a1415)

103 And building a system seems to fall right into that category.

But not this week.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 02, 2025 06:49 AM (a1415)

Easy. Cheap. Works. Pick two.

My Synology NAS is probably ten years old and still maintained by Synology, which is just OS and application updates. It's stupid simple and utterly reliable, which is a breath of fresh air for modern tech.

About $5/month or less over its life is cheap, too.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 02, 2025 06:55 AM (i24o9)

104 "I use a Synology NAS where I store all my media..."

Thank you!

Sort of what I have been thinking of.

Although lately, Jellyfish (?) seems to be a topic of discussion if one wants to avoid the cost of Plex subscriptions.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 02, 2025 06:56 AM (a1415)

105 I do want to refocus on my long term goal of home media streaming and owning a NAS for here at the house.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 02, 2025 06:34 AM (a1415)

I'm in.

I want it to be accessible from the outside, which may be more complicated.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at July 02, 2025 06:57 AM (L5An7)

106 So it's important to keep an eye on the damage that he is doing to the State of Maryland as we get closer to 2028.

As a current resident of the GPROMD, I will be happy to feed the Horde current information.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 02, 2025 06:58 AM (+4yJ5)

107 Media storage, some thoughts.
Or more like 'questions'

I probably have near to 500 CD's of music, and about 500 DVDs. I don't see myself increasing those numbers by any appreciable amount.

And I have an interest in possibly going with SSD's as well. But I won't rule out HDD's.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 02, 2025 07:00 AM (a1415)

108 "I want it to be accessible from the outside, which may be more complicated."

Simply leave your front door open.

Easy Peasy.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 02, 2025 07:01 AM (a1415)

109 And the same tourist AWFL Karens are complaining that Saba is Loli-bait.

Uh hello you stupid twat-waffles, look at her previous avatars.

Now please go roll in the grass and find a fire ant mound.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 02, 2025 07:01 AM (u4KuU)

110 I'm in.

I want it to be accessible from the outside, which may be more complicated.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

You're upstream bandwidth from your home internet gates a lot of what's possible. I don't have sufficient upstream to do video but I can stream high resolution music files. What you want is totally doable and I don't think it would be overwhelmingly difficult to pull off.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 02, 2025 07:02 AM (NXz8h)

111 I avoided Plex, for the cost and entanglement/security, but it seems slick and people find it useful and easy.

But I don't even use Synology's external access to avoid entanglement/security. I would use a personal VPN if I wanted external access.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 02, 2025 07:03 AM (i24o9)

112 "You're upstream bandwidth from your home internet gates a lot of what's possible. "

With Spectrum I get about 600 download, but only about 20 for upload.

Factor in 9 WYZE cameras feeding the cloud constantly, and I suspect that streaming outside of the house might be an issue.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 02, 2025 07:05 AM (a1415)

113 Time for my shave and shower!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2025 07:05 AM (omVj0)

114 Money cube is hollow.

Posted by: torabora at July 02, 2025 07:05 AM (ImJx8)

115 But I won't rule out HDD's.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 02, 2025 07:00 AM (a1415)

Four Bay NAS with HDDs. You can hot swap disks that fail, and get 24 terabytes of storage for less than $1k. SSDs are a lot more than that!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at July 02, 2025 07:05 AM (L5An7)

116 83 At some point, I do want to refocus on my long term goal of home media streaming and owning a NAS for here at the house.

That would be on topic for the morning Tech Thread.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 02, 2025 06:34 AM (a1415)

I did something similar with the Plex software when it first came out to be able to stream movies from my computer to the iPad or SmartTV.

Setting it up is easy with the right hardware.

The difficult, time consuming part is encoding VHS tapes or DVDs to mp4 video for streaming.

Depending on the size of the collection, the speed of the computer and the quality settings you use to encode, all of that can take awhile.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 02, 2025 07:06 AM (6ydKt)

117 I don't have sufficient upstream to do video but I can stream high resolution music files. What you want is totally doable and I don't think it would be overwhelmingly difficult to pull off.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 02, 2025 07:02 AM (NXz8h)

I switched ISPs recently and their upstream is very fast...at least 100GB, and sometimes 6X that.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at July 02, 2025 07:07 AM (L5An7)

118 “ He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.””

Matthew 17:20

Posted by: Marcus T at July 02, 2025 07:08 AM (ittVa)

119 And I have an interest in possibly going with SSD's as well. But I won't rule out HDD's.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 02, 2025 07:00 AM (a1415)

You want HDDs for for storage cost, redundancy, reliability. I wouldn't go SSDs unless fast access is required such as for large file transfer and access such as in video editing.

Otherwise, consider a UPS in your budget if you don't already have one. Utter reliability come from safe/stable power over its lifetime.

I've not lost one device HDD since everything has been on UPS.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 02, 2025 07:08 AM (i24o9)

120 mornin yall. The day that I am required to submit my face or fingerprint to log in to something is the day I move to the far side of the swamp.

Posted by: fd at July 02, 2025 07:09 AM (vFG9F)

121 mornin yall. The day that I am required to submit my face or fingerprint to log in to something is the day I move to the far side of the swamp.

Posted by: fd at July 02, 2025 07:09 AM (vFG9F)

Thar be Linuxes there.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 02, 2025 07:11 AM (i24o9)

122 Today last of prep work for new roof.
House had zero fan vents or dormer vents. 105° typical summer afternoon.Thankfully plumbing vented through roof.

Even the cooking stove hood vent wasn't vented. Just blew stove air back into kitchen. Charcoal filter dumb dumb dumb.
Built 1989. Told inspector took bribes. That's our government for you. Just like the Soviets.

Posted by: torabora at July 02, 2025 07:12 AM (ImJx8)

123 I want to thank everyone who has responded concerning media streaming/NAS questions.

Knowing that there are Morons who have successfully walked this path already gives me comfort.

But any moment, a certain bagel loving COB is gonna show up with the Morning Report.

And we will of course, do that Corgi thing.

Because, that's the Moron way.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 02, 2025 07:13 AM (a1415)

124 With Spectrum I get about 600 download, but only about 20 for upload.

Factor in 9 WYZE cameras feeding the cloud constantly, and I suspect that streaming outside of the house might be an issue.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 02, 2025 07:05 AM (a1415)

Yeah, 20 wouldn’t be enough.

If you want to upgrade to the full 1gig up & down AT&T Fiber is the way to go, if they’ve laid the fiber in your neighborhood and you don’t mind paying more for it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 02, 2025 07:14 AM (6ydKt)

125 FenelonSpoke, thanks for the morning readings. Today's links spoke to me.

Posted by: RandomDave at July 02, 2025 07:15 AM (aJQbY)

126 "Even the cooking stove hood vent wasn't vented. Just blew stove air back into kitchen. Charcoal filter dumb dumb dumb.
Built 1989. Told inspector took bribes. That's our government for you. Just like the Soviets."

Do you have bathroom ceiling vent fans?

Might want to make sure that they didn't just exhaust them into the attic as another short cut.

Not as uncommon as one would think.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 02, 2025 07:15 AM (a1415)

127 I switched ISPs recently and their upstream is very fast...at least 100GB, and sometimes 6X that.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Aren't you all fancy.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 02, 2025 07:16 AM (NXz8h)

128 " if they’ve laid the fiber in your neighborhood"

And therein lies the problem.

No fiber.

Cellular based is slowly moving into the area, and we do have a tower within 500 yards of the house.

But I think I want to let that tech mature for a bit before I do anything stupid.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 02, 2025 07:18 AM (a1415)

129 Cellular based is slowly moving into the area, and we do have a tower within 500 yards of the house.

But I think I want to let that tech mature for a bit before I do anything stupid.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

I use Verizon cellular internet and it's been rock solid. Because we're dealing with radio waves, line of sight is an issue. My tower is about a mile away and I don't have any great interference. 500 yd shouldn't be a problem provided you don't have like a 20-story building between you and the tower. Cellular internet is one of those things where you have to try it to figure out if it works or not.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 02, 2025 07:21 AM (NXz8h)

130 But I think I want to let that tech mature for a bit before I do anything stupid.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 02, 2025 07:18 AM (a1415)

A friend who lives up in Cainhoy has T-Mobile home 5G.

His speeds are pretty decent.
Faster than cable but not as good as fiber.

All he uses it for is streaming music and TV.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 02, 2025 07:21 AM (6ydKt)

131 Does anyone know why, when I add the Ace website to my favorites, on my Mac, the icon is for the New York Post? It is an “A”, in a gray box, my iPad,

Posted by: Shipoopi at July 02, 2025 07:23 AM (t1uwd)

132 Have no idea.

Posted by: Bob from the NSA at July 02, 2025 07:24 AM (XQo4F)

133 "500 yd shouldn't be a problem provided you don't have like a 20-story building between you and the tower"

Absolutely clear line of sight.
And probably far less than 500 yards. Maybe even 500 foot.

And both Verizon and T-Mobile ride that tower.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 02, 2025 07:26 AM (a1415)

134 Trump got $16 Million from Paramount.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 02, 2025 07:26 AM (WIJBc)

135 "Trump got $16 Million from Paramount."

Plus Atty Fees?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 02, 2025 07:27 AM (a1415)

136 85 Will Thomas just had all his swimming records and titles taken away.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 02, 2025 06:36 AM (PiwSw)

Thanks mostly to Riley Gaines and the few who had the guts to speak out and take the threats and slander. No thanks for the go-along, get-along silent cowards.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 02, 2025 07:28 AM (WHfpM)

137 Heck, I'm on dsl still and i haven't had any noticeable problems.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 02, 2025 07:28 AM (BjH5D)

138 A friend who lives up in Cainhoy has T-Mobile home 5G. His speeds are pretty decent. Faster than cable but not as good as fiber. All he uses it for is streaming music and TV.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

When the Verizon towers first started broadcasting cellular home internet, there was a few glitches that could last 30 seconds to 3 or 4 minutes. That might happen once or twice a week. Since then they have tuned their towers and I've had zero downtime. Cell systems go down from time to time, but generally they're the most reliable communication systems around in my experience. Cellular home internet again is location dependent on line of sight to your Tower. A good proxy for understanding this is how well does your phone operate in your house? If you have to stand on one foot with tin foil on your head, cellular internet probably isn't a good idea for you.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 02, 2025 07:28 AM (NXz8h)

139 Heck, I'm on dsl still and i haven't had any noticeable problems.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Prior to my Verizon Cellular connection, I was using CenturyLink DSL with a twisted pair 100 megabits per second. I had zero problems with it but that isn't always the case. Companies are no longer investing into DSL and if you get a problem good luck!. I've read of cases where people are waiting months to get their DSL internet up and running.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 02, 2025 07:30 AM (NXz8h)

140 I didn't se attorney fees mentioned.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 02, 2025 07:30 AM (WIJBc)

141 " If you have to stand on one foot with tin foil on your head, cellular internet probably isn't a good idea for you."

But if I take the tin foil off, the voices come back!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 02, 2025 07:30 AM (a1415)

142 Does the tin foil help?

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 02, 2025 07:32 AM (WIJBc)

143 The voices in my head always get snippy when they catch me eavesdropping on them.

Jerks.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 02, 2025 07:33 AM (BjH5D)

144 Way to go, VIA. I hope your life is as much better as your "numbers"

Posted by: Old Toby at July 02, 2025 07:33 AM (eqWxE)

145 131 Does anyone know why, when I add the Ace website to my favorites, on my Mac, the icon is for the New York Post? It is an “A”, in a gray box, my iPad,
Posted by: Shipoopi at July 02, 2025 07:23 AM (t1uwd)

I’ve found over the years that browsers screw up the site icons a lot.

I’m not sure why but it will get them mixed up,
If you clear your browser cache and close the browser completely then restart it, the browser will reload the icon after you visit the website again.

It must be a bug to do with how the browser keeps track of site icons.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 02, 2025 07:33 AM (6ydKt)

146 Nood

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 02, 2025 07:35 AM (i24o9)

147 JJ is nood.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 02, 2025 07:35 AM (ExV1e)

148 "Does the tin foil help?"

Absolutely!

* Snickers*

Posted by: Bob, from NSA at July 02, 2025 07:35 AM (a1415)

149 I don't get an icon for this site. Just a gray A.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 02, 2025 07:36 AM (WIJBc)

150 When the Verizon towers first started broadcasting cellular home internet, there was a few glitches that could last 30 seconds to 3 or 4 minutes. That might happen once or twice a week. Since then they have tuned their towers and I've had zero downtime. Cell systems go down from time to time, but generally they're the most reliable communication systems around in my experience. Cellular home internet again is location dependent on line of sight to your Tower. A good proxy for understanding this is how well does your phone operate in your house? If you have to stand on one foot with tin foil on your head, cellular internet probably isn't a good idea for you.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 02, 2025 07:28 AM (NXz8h)

Yeah, he’d complain about everything freezing on his TV every now and then. I assumed it was to do with connection drops, but he also has a Roku TV so maybe that was part of the problem also because he could be streaming music on his PC and it would work flawless while his sports all game on the streaming TV would stop & start on him.

The most reliable service will always come across a wire but that’s not always possible.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 02, 2025 07:39 AM (6ydKt)

151 I learned recently that T-Mobile 5G home internet is available in my neighborhood because of changes made to the street lamps. They are a carriage style of lamp that used to have translucent panes and gave off an amber colored illumination.
Now the panes have been removed and a bright LED shines down with a hideous glare. But up on top is a little black top hat that looks like a photo sensor and is the T-Mobile 5G transmitter.

The more you know...

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 02, 2025 07:43 AM (XQo4F)

152 >>This Saturday, July 5 will mark 50 years of independence from Portugal for the country of Cabo Verde, an archipelago off the coast of West Africa with a large diaspora in southeastern Massachusetts.

This comes just as New Bedford kicks off its first-ever Cabo Verdean Heritage Month.

I'd like to send this salad back to the chef, please.
This is ridiculous.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 02, 2025 08:28 AM (VVnrT)

153 sock off

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at July 02, 2025 09:29 AM (w9Wax)

154 Senate GOP didn't eliminate Biden's "green energy" subsidies, it guaranteed them.

https://x.com/AlexEpstein/status/1940089077409489010

Posted by: Galt at July 02, 2025 09:30 AM (9UnaD)

155 China’s Semiconductor industry enters failure phase - Shanghai Wusheng Semiconductor is bankrupt, while 23 others have pulled their IPOs, according to a report in Tom’s Hardware. Almost 11 thousand chip companies were closed in 2023.

This does not signal that China’s semiconductor industry is in trouble. China’s typical economic policy has been not to pick winners, but to fertilize and water a market with far more money than it can absorb. This generates thousands of competitors in the initial phase, few of which ever generate the profitability to survive. Profitability is the market’s weed killer and China uses it well. This happened in smartphones in the last decade. In the end, the market consolidated into a few giants. So China’s failure phase in its economic policy is really a de-weeding of the bad and a consolidation of the good. One proof of this is that the underperformance of China’s chip stocks versus other regions has recently turned to the positive, suggesting the real winners are becoming visible. So it’s not time to do a victory lap, as the competition will get hotter.

Posted by: SMOD at July 02, 2025 10:24 AM (RHGPo)

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