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Daily Tech News 18 July 2027
Top Story
- AMD's latest Threadripper Pro 9000 WX series arrives July 23, starting at $1649 for 16 cores - actually a little cheaper than the previous generation - and going all the way up to $11,699 for 96 cores which is not cheap at all. (Tom's Hardware)
There's no 12 core model in this generation, which might explain the price cut on the 16 core model.
Also launching on the 23rd is the Radeon Pro 9700, a version of the 9070XT video card with 32GB of RAM instead of 16GB. That will only be available in prebuilt systems initially, with retail units available sometime in the Q3. Which is... Now.
Tech News
- OpenAI's new ChatGPT Agent can take over an entire computer and run tasks for you. (The Verge)
Where you can conveniently switch it off, unplug it from the rest of the world, and smash it with a hammer.
- The US House has passed new regulations on so-called "stablecoins", crypto assets that are meant to be, well, stable coins, but sometimes aren't. (CNBC)
TerraUSD and Luna suffered a $60 billion collapse three years ago and caused $300 billion in losses elsewhere because they were basically fictional. (Forbes)
So new regulations are theoretically a good thing. The problem I have personally with this bill is it has widespread bipartisan support, passing 308-122.
Also passing the House was the Anti-CBDC Act, which forbids the Federal Reserve from creating its own digital currency.
That passed with only one Republican dissenting, and every single Democrat voting against it.
- Dictionary.com deleted your words. (Ars Technica)
The histrionics over losing your wordlists are utterly cringeworthy, but as a lesson that you should never trust anything online to still be there tomorrow it is quite valuable.
This site excepted, of course.
Musical Interlude
The official video of this sounded like the band was singing through a lake full of mud. Fortunately there's a better one.
Disclaimer: I hear nothing!
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Radar at July 18, 2025 04:44 AM (139if)
Posted by: olddog in mo at July 18, 2025 04:47 AM (hoCmQ)
Posted by: olddog in mo at July 18, 2025 04:49 AM (hoCmQ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 18, 2025 04:53 AM (2GCMq)
Noticed that too.
Pixy?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 18, 2025 04:53 AM (a1415)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 18, 2025 04:56 AM (2GCMq)
Posted by: m at July 18, 2025 04:56 AM (aURVT)
Posted by: m at July 18, 2025 04:56 AM (aURVT)
Somehow, I feel...special!
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 18, 2025 04:58 AM (a1415)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 18, 2025 04:58 AM (BLOW1)
Posted by: Radar at July 18, 2025 04:44 AM (139if)
That woman--that horrible, horrible woman who has been the face of NPR--is so awful.
Posted by: m at July 18, 2025 04:58 AM (aURVT)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 18, 2025 04:59 AM (a1415)
Somehow, I feel...special!
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 18, 2025 04:58 AM (a1415)
As you should, VIA. As you should.
Posted by: m at July 18, 2025 04:59 AM (aURVT)
https://tinyurl.com/y2p4zf37
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 18, 2025 05:00 AM (2GCMq)
Posted by: m at July 18, 2025 05:01 AM (aURVT)
8:02 PM Kingston (GMT+11)
6:32 PM Adelaide (GMT+9:30)
5:02 PM Perth (GMT+
4:02 PM Christmas Island (GMT+7)
Posted by: m at July 18, 2025 05:02 AM (aURVT)
Posted by: m at July 18, 2025 05:03 AM (aURVT)
https://tinyurl.com/29zbnd9n
Scroll down past description for video:
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 18, 2025 05:05 AM (2GCMq)
Posted by: fluffy at July 18, 2025 05:09 AM (AN2gy)
Shin splints suddenly cropped up, so I am taking a several day break till the new ones arrive.
Pain has already diminished.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 18, 2025 05:09 AM (a1415)
Wow; That's a lot of walking! Good for you but it sounds like a good idea to take a break.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 18, 2025 05:13 AM (2GCMq)
It does sound high.
But, my standard route through the neighborhood is 4.19 miles.
I try to do 6 days a week, and not walk on Sundays, to both rest and get ready for Church in the morning without rushing.
So that's 100 miles per month.
I actually had not realized the distance was that high per month, as this is the first time I actually noodled out the numbers.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 18, 2025 05:17 AM (a1415)
This is confusing.
Employees at OpenAI have to request a parking space every week?
And if you forget, you’ve got to park somewhere else and walk?
Seems like a terrible way to treat your employees but at least they found a use for their own product.
If only OpenAI AI Agents could build a parking garage everyone could be happy.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 18, 2025 05:18 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Just Wondering at July 18, 2025 05:23 AM (XQo4F)
I actually had not realized the distance was that high per month, as this is the first time I actually noodled out the numbers.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 18, 2025 05:17 AM (a1415)
—-
Just think, at your usual pace you could start now and make it to Savannah by August 18th.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 18, 2025 05:23 AM (6ydKt)
Depending on where the office is they could be very fortunate to have parking.
Posted by: fluffy at July 18, 2025 05:25 AM (AN2gy)
Wife is still housesitting for friends so I've been on my own with six dogs. Thankfully, they are relatively low maintenance. I met up with her last night for dinner at this nice Indian place. I have leftovers so life is good.
Wolfus, I got a chance to try Unisom last night. So I got four hours of deep sleep vs two from melatonin.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 18, 2025 05:26 AM (99eI0)
Somehow, I feel...special!
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice
It's one of those Multiple Comment tests
Posted by: never claimed to be an A student at July 18, 2025 05:27 AM (6b0Dp)
Posted by: m at July 18, 2025 05:28 AM (aURVT)
And if you forget, you’ve got to park somewhere else and walk?
The stories from people who completely cease functioning when ChatGPT goes down are horrifying.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 18, 2025 05:29 AM (BLOW1)
Earworm!
Posted by: m
Added to my list!
Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 18, 2025 05:29 AM (BLOW1)
Also known as 99% relative humidity.
Cleaned and filled bird bath yesterday after mowing the yard.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 18, 2025 05:30 AM (a1415)
The hash should be on the All Time Hash List
Posted by: Imklos at July 18, 2025 05:32 AM (6b0Dp)
Little bit jaded!
When it is Christmas for everyone else
I feel like I've missed an appointment
Sing "Happy Birthday", sing "Happy New Year"
Whisper the words that we all want to hear
Or you can walk out
Posted by: m at July 18, 2025 05:32 AM (aURVT)
Posted by: fluffy at July 18, 2025 05:25 AM (AN2gy)
Their headquarters, according to the AI I just asked, is located in the Mission District of San Francisco.
I guess you’re probably correct, parking is at a premium.
Their employees are expected to walk or take an Uber or Robotaxi to work it seems.
If you must drive yourself you’ve got to request it weekly.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 18, 2025 05:32 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 18, 2025 05:32 AM (u82oZ)
Or...I could head out in February, and get there in time for St Patrick's Day.
I seem to remember that back in the day, Charleston and Savannah competed to see who could be the most 'celebratory'.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 18, 2025 05:33 AM (a1415)
BTW, how come I can remember that and not my co-workers' names after they return from a one week vacation?
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at July 18, 2025 05:33 AM (Wg6v7)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 18, 2025 05:33 AM (a1415)
Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.
♬ These shoes are made for walking. That's just what they do. 🎶
You da man!
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 18, 2025 05:34 AM (u82oZ)
I'm up, sipping coffee, with the Killer Kittenz eyeing me ("And just *when* is our breakfast coming???"). Got enough sleep. Not much pain any more, just when I move in certain ways. Still I'm a bit . . . clogged, shall we say, from the opioid treatment. I'm taking Colace, coffee, drinking more water, and warm water & bicarbonate. Anything else I can try?
Please don't say castor oil. My mother had that stuff in the house when I was a kid, and while I never tasted it, the smell alone was revolting. (Trivia: Early WWI fighter planes used castor oil in the engines, and the engines spat a mist of the oil back into the pilots' faces -- with unfortunate results. No wonder they started using those silk "flying" scarves to mask their noses and mouths. The company "Castrol" today derives its name from that time.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2025 05:34 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 18, 2025 05:29 AM (BLOW1)
It doesn’t really bode well for the future, though.
If the power goes out their entire world will come crashing down.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 18, 2025 05:35 AM (6ydKt)
Pixy is the admin. He gets to choose his hash*.
(*insert several jokes here)
Posted by: clarence at July 18, 2025 05:36 AM (wS96s)
https://tinyurl.com/yzue6dxa
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 18, 2025 05:36 AM (a1415)
I continue to be gold-digger free. With some minor social isolation.
It took five trips, but I finally donated all of my late wife's shoes to Goodwill. Plenty were new in box.
Getting ready for her Celebration of Life on the 2nd of August.
Hug those close to you.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 18, 2025 05:37 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 18, 2025 05:37 AM (a1415)
Earworm!
Posted by: m
Added to my list!
Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 18, 2025 05:29 AM (BLOW1)
hahahahaha
Posted by: m at July 18, 2025 05:37 AM (aURVT)
Do their names have a good beat? Could you dance to them?
Posted by: fluffy at July 18, 2025 05:38 AM (AN2gy)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 18, 2025 05:38 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Accomack at July 18, 2025 05:38 AM (Bbhox)
Posted by: Epobirs at July 18, 2025 05:38 AM (/0z9K)
Gas Station sushi!
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 18, 2025
***
I want the results to emerge in one direction only!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2025 05:39 AM (omVj0)
A life well lived, and finally being called home is a time of celebration.
It took losing my father temporarily to understand that.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 18, 2025 05:39 AM (a1415)
BTW, how come I can remember that and not my co-workers' names after they return from a one week vacation?
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at July 18, 2025 05:33 AM (Wg6v7)
I would very seriously like to know the answer to that question. The stuff I forget is ... odd.
Posted by: m at July 18, 2025 05:40 AM (aURVT)
* Scratches Gas Station Sushi off the list*
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 18, 2025 05:40 AM (a1415)
Fully recovered from your surgery? Getting ready for your road trip?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 18, 2025
***
Not completely, Salty. Still got some discomfort when I move or bend. My plan is to gradually get back to working out during August, and to take off in early September. Maybe there will be fewer vacationers on the roads then, and the weather *may* be a little less hot north of here.
The car is ready -- new battery last week, oil change done, etc. It's the pilot who still needs reconditioning.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2025 05:41 AM (omVj0)
Do their names have a good beat? Could you dance to them?
Posted by: fluffy at July 18, 2025 05:38 AM (AN2gy)
This is a good partial answer. I would buy that.
Posted by: m at July 18, 2025 05:42 AM (aURVT)
Yes. It was a well-disguised blessing for her. She hung on until every cell of her body said enough.
But I witnessed her passing into the light.
I reflect that I am a much better person because of her.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 18, 2025 05:44 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at July 18, 2025 05:33 AM (Wg6v7)
I would very seriously like to know the answer to that question. The stuff I forget is ... odd.
Posted by: m at July 18, 2025
***
I notice that when I watch Jeopardy. Older stuff I know right away (though sometimes it takes a fraction of a second too long for me to access it). Newer things, either I don't know them (rap "artists" as a category? C'mon!), or haven't *learned* them well yet.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2025 05:44 AM (omVj0)
NPR/PBS and Late Night with Stephen Colbert wiped out on the same day. July 17, now and forever more, shall be known as Julyteenth.
Disclaimer: looted 85" flat screen TVs will not fit in a RAV 4.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 18, 2025 05:45 AM (NXz8h)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 18, 2025 05:46 AM (2GCMq)
Under Art Fleming, I could ace Jeopardy.
These days, my lack of cultural awareness really shows. But my TV is in a room, and does not connect any more.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 18, 2025 05:46 AM (u82oZ)
I seem to remember that back in the day, Charleston and Savannah competed to see who could be the most 'celebratory'.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 18, 2025 05:33 AM (a1415)
I don’t know. Could’ve been the case back in the day.
But as far back as I can remember Savannah was the place to be on St. Patrick’s Day.
New Orleans and Savannah and Charleston are all beautiful & quaint southern port cities, but Charleston is the least likely to be a party destination these days, especially compared to N.O.
I think Chucktown caters more these days to the ‘mature’ crowds who like walking tours, exploring architecture & history, and good food.
Somehow I got myself looking at tourist videos from Charleston on YouTube a few weeks back, just to see what people thought of the city. The
consensus among the various visitors seems to be what I laid out above - you can find some bars & clubs but that’s not the main attraction.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 18, 2025 05:46 AM (6ydKt)
It took five trips, but I finally donated all of my late wife's shoes to Goodwill. Plenty were new in box.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 18, 2025 05:37 AM (u82oZ)
Nothing wrong with social isolation if it is by choice.
Being alone, and being lonely, are two very different things!
As for the shoes? There is no explanation for the desire of the female of our species to surround themselves with shoes.
Cold Fusion will be a thing before we understand the shoe thing....
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 18, 2025 05:47 AM (L5An7)
I remember when I was finally able to pull of the bandage from my hernia repair. There were dogs six blocks away looking up in horror at the sound.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 18, 2025 05:47 AM (99eI0)
https://tinyurl.com/y4dcujaz
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 18, 2025 05:48 AM (2GCMq)
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at July 18, 2025
***
I describe it using a computer analogy. When we're small, our brains don't have as much in them, and it's easy to write data anywhere and to access it quickly. As the mental hard drive fills up, however, the data has to be written wherever the brain finds for it, and sometimes (as the hardware ages) the writing is faulty.
Not a perfect metaphor, but 'twill serve.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2025 05:48 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Clio Weeps at July 18, 2025 05:50 AM (kSAM8)
Posted by: NR Pax at July 18, 2025
***
I took mine off after 48 hours, as they instructed. The process of removing the tape was not comfortable. I'm reapplying gauze held with tape each day, and again the tape on my personal hairs is not fun. Probably I should hop in the shower and soak it loose first.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2025 05:50 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Clio Weeps at July 18, 2025
***
I'll look for it!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2025 05:51 AM (omVj0)
Good morning, Hordians. After sleeping until 6:30 yesterday - almost unheard of - I woke up at 3:30 this morning and realized I'd never get back to sleep.
Off to do battle again at today's Houston KC show. We're praying Rosalind wins today and finishes her championship.
We're attending as "civilians" this year. No trophy-supported entry to ride herd on, no judge's education seminars for HM to attend, no stewarding, no 8:00 judging times. It's almost pleasant, if such a term can be applied to a dog show.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 18, 2025 05:51 AM (HZi96)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 18, 2025 05:52 AM (2GCMq)
Speaking is which, back to bed for me...
Posted by: Clio Weeps at July 18, 2025 05:52 AM (kSAM8)
Posted by: m at July 18, 2025 05:40 AM (aURVT)
----
Uh, oh...He's on to us!
Posted by: Memory-stealing Gnomes at July 18, 2025 05:53 AM (IBQGV)
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at July 18, 2025
***
I describe it using a computer analogy. When we're small, our brains don't have as much in them, and it's easy to write data anywhere and to access it quickly. As the mental hard drive fills up, however, the data has to be written wherever the brain finds for it, and sometimes (as the hardware ages) the writing is faulty.
Not a perfect metaphor, but 'twill serve.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
Nah. Illegal drugs and alcohol.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 18, 2025 05:53 AM (NXz8h)
It's sounds like a brief respite from some dog show responsibilities. I hope it all goes well and smoothly.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 18, 2025 05:53 AM (2GCMq)
These day, yes.
But there was a time in the early 80's that just seemed to be culturally out of place, where for the 20-something crowd, excess of everything, including alcohol seemed to rule the day.
This was the time of 'no-children' apartment living, such as Windjammer, where the weekend parties were legendary.
Flying Dutchman, Lazy-B, Private clubs such as Mirage and the Gentleman's Clubs were a staple of single living to excess.
Folks passed out on the steps of Customs House on St Patrick's day were not unknown.
It was just a blip in time for the storied history of a historic city.
But it was there.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 18, 2025 05:54 AM (a1415)
I am miserable. Nasty head cold and coughing and it's Convention day in Lancaster
Posted by: Skip at July 18, 2025 05:54 AM (rwUkw)
These days, my lack of cultural awareness really shows. But my TV is in a room, and does not connect any more.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 18, 2025
***
Art Fleming is a name I haven't heard in a while! When he was host I was a kid and literally did not know a lot of the stuff. Now I do, but I'm a hair slower than the contestants in some cases.
My TV is "connected," but I watch over-the-air channels mostly, not often streaming or YooToob vids. YooToobs I'd rather watch on my laptop -- easier to pause or rerun a section of a movie.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2025 05:54 AM (omVj0)
Is your dear hubby, FenelonSpouse, going to drive in the upcoming school year?
I will, as it is relaxing for me.
One item to tell him, the bus I was in that was hit by the cab of the semi (while unloading on the side of the road) back in September is still not repaired. Two insurance companies have spent more than it's worth to repair it, to no avail. I was back to work the next day.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 18, 2025 05:54 AM (u82oZ)
Have you ever thought about getting a cat? I heard they have shows for them too.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 18, 2025 05:55 AM (NXz8h)
Speaking is which, back to bed for me...
Posted by: Clio Weeps at July 18, 2025
***
Coffee does most of that for me. A morning pipe (tobacco) with it, as well -- though I'm off that right now as I heal up.
Sleep well, Clio.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2025 05:55 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 18, 2025 05:56 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 18, 2025 05:57 AM (u82oZ)
Yes; He plans to drive in the Fall.
How scary being hit by a semi. I am so glad you are o.k
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 18, 2025 05:57 AM (2GCMq)
Posted by: Skip at July 18, 2025 05:58 AM (rwUkw)
They even have this thing called the internet.
Created for the sole purpose of posting cat videos.
I here it has now become more diversified, but originally created for that purpose only.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 18, 2025 05:58 AM (a1415)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 18, 2025
***
I've been to several. Some of the most beautiful cats I've ever seen have been there, Siberians, Norwegian Forest Cats, Maine Coons, Birmans, etc. And the horrors of the Sphynx and Lykoi breeds, too.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2025 05:58 AM (omVj0)
I am sorry, Skip. I know how much you look forward to that.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 18, 2025 05:58 AM (2GCMq)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 18, 2025 05:58 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 18, 2025 05:59 AM (2GCMq)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 18, 2025 05:59 AM (a1415)
Snort.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 18, 2025 05:59 AM (XQo4F)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2025 06:00 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2025 06:01 AM (omVj0)
Auto-cucumber is why I discount AI. The protein and drug scientists make big claims, but the output is meager compared with the expense.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 18, 2025 06:01 AM (u82oZ)
Folks passed out on the steps of Customs House on St Patrick's day were not unknown.
It was just a blip in time for the storied history of a historic city.
But it was there.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 18, 2025 05:54 AM (a1415)
I vaguely remember those times, but never got to partake, as I was in elementary and middle school for most of the 80s.
I think all of that changed after they closed the Naval Base in ‘94, and Mayor Riley turned most of the lower half of the peninsula into a living museum.
It worked, though, as Charleston is highly rated as a tourist destination and got a great reputation for its southern hospitality.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 18, 2025 06:01 AM (6ydKt)
We are indeed traveling in uncharted territory.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 18, 2025 06:01 AM (a1415)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 18, 2025 06:01 AM (2GCMq)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 18, 2025 05:29 AM (BLOW1)
Remember back when GPS driving directions first started and people would drive into lakes, or buildings, just blindly following the instructions?
It's only a matter of time before these AIs are programmed to start giving people instructions to kill themselves, or others.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 18, 2025 06:04 AM (ExV1e)
Through good fortune, I was stationed there 1978-1990.
So I was able to
For a single Sailor, it was a fun time, that sadly, not everyone survived.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 18, 2025 06:04 AM (a1415)
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at July 18, 2025 05:33 AM (Wg6v7)
As you get older you only retain important stuff.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 18, 2025 06:05 AM (ExV1e)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 18, 2025 06:05 AM (tljrc)
Getting an early start on chores.
May your sky be dappled with sun-shielding clouds, adding downward crepuscular rays to natures glory.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 18, 2025 06:06 AM (u82oZ)
Aren't you retired? Every day should be Saturday, except Sunday, of course, unless you're Jewish.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 18, 2025 06:06 AM (ExV1e)
That's what I did and the results were still not comfortable. But it would have been worse if I hadn't.
This was the time of 'no-children' apartment living
When I was a young pup living in Bossier City, I recall apartments with "No children allowed" signs being prominently displayed. Part of me thinks that the idea wasn't bad.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 18, 2025 06:07 AM (99eI0)
Colbert joins Carrey and Chase on the Island of Unfunny Comedians.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh![ at July 18, 2025 06:09 AM (Tv15w)
It had it's place and time.
It led to legendary competition between Apartments to see who had the reputation for the most excessive style of living.
Mrs VIA has a walking friend who is of roughly the same age as us, who has lived here her entire life.
She remembers the complex that I lived in, during it's heyday.
And her memories of the reputation and events that took place cause her to look at me in awe, that I survived them, and matured into a responsible human being.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 18, 2025 06:12 AM (a1415)
So I was able to live see it up close and personal.
For a single Sailor, it was a fun time, that sadly, not everyone survived.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 18, 2025 06:04 AM (a1415)
Things have certainly changed a lot since 1978.
It’s grown by leaps & bounds.
Yeah, I took it that it left a lasting impression on you, since you’ve moved back to the area for retirement.
The Lowcountry is a beautiful, unique, place.
If I could wish away the humidity it’d be close to heavenly.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 18, 2025 06:14 AM (6ydKt)
*
Aren't you retired? Every day should be Saturday, except Sunday, of course, unless you're Jewish.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 18, 2025
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I am retired, but I still retain the "work/school memory" of a different feel to each day of the week. And I know a lot of us here are still caught in the sharp teeth of the working world.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2025 06:14 AM (omVj0)
VIA, here's a fun book you might like:
https://is.gd/EuhNKG
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 18, 2025 06:16 AM (PiwSw)
And when you drill down to living here in that period of time, the change in their faces as we suddenly go back in time to our youth is a sight to behold.
And it's always the same.
'My husband/father got stationed here back in...'
And you are suddenly talking to what feels like a long lost friend.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 18, 2025 06:16 AM (a1415)
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I know it was not bad. Seems to me the complex where I moved after separating from wife No. 2 (1986) was an adults-only complex. Certainly I don't recall crowds of sprogs screeching and hurtling about by the pool.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2025 06:17 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 18, 2025 06:18 AM (a1415)
For months now I've been doing what I call "digital scrapbooking." It involves scanning and photographing lots and lots of keepsakes that were packed in boxes decades ago, photo albums, papers that I filled for some reason years ago, greeting cards, tons of stuff.
It's been time consuming but it's been good. It's given me an opportunity to reflect on decades of my life and create a digital record to pass on to other family members.
Sometimes the emotions get so intense I simply have to get up and walk away from my computer.
Mostly it has given me a reason to be thankful.
It's also rewarding to see spaces in the house almost completely empty of clutter. Every thing you own owns you.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 18, 2025 06:18 AM (XQo4F)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 18, 2025 06:19 AM (XQo4F)
Posted by: Millions and Millions of People in Flyover Country at July 18, 2025 06:20 AM (PiwSw)
I can understand wanting that especially now that I'm older and grouchier.
But there was this one complex that stood out to me back then. There was something about the...well, "aura" for lack of a better word that warned me to not even put one toe on the road leading up to that place.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 18, 2025 06:21 AM (99eI0)
I advise a pass.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2025 06:22 AM (omVj0)
Sir? Fight Club is two doors down that way. Ewok out front should have told you. -:-)
Posted by: NR Pax at July 18, 2025 06:22 AM (99eI0)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 18, 2025 06:23 AM (XZ5S6)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 18, 2025 06:23 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 18, 2025 06:24 AM (O7YUW)
I think even the grandkids have to leave after a time limit at some of these Senior Living neighborhoods.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 18, 2025 06:25 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2025 06:25 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 18, 2025 06:25 AM (NXz8h)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2025 06:27 AM (omVj0)
'Senior Living' communities.
The are cropping up around here as well.
Friends of ours just moved from our community to one of them.
Dell Webb seems to build a not small number of them around here.
And everybody in the commercials is living their best life around the pool, Pickle ball courts, etc.
And not a single walker leaning against the wall to be found.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 18, 2025 06:28 AM (a1415)
Posted by: Millions and Millions of People in Flyover Country at July 18, 2025 06:29 AM (PiwSw)
Leftists are sorry we don't have a state-run media just like they have in Europe!! to provide a properly-framed picture (to them) of news and society. All of which poisoning you have to pay for, unless you want any access cut off.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 18, 2025 06:30 AM (HZi96)
Posted by: Millions and Millions of People in Flyover Country at July 18, 2025 06:33 AM (PiwSw)
And everybody in the commercials is living their best life around the pool, Pickle ball courts, etc.
And not a single walker leaning against the wall to be found.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 18, 2025 06:28 AM (a1415)
They built one down the road from here at Cane Bay on Hwy 46.
Now there’s a small Roper hospital they built nearby it just to cater to the neighborhood.
It’s not bad other the amount of traffic it has caused on North Main/17-A.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 18, 2025 06:34 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Puddleglum, golfin' in Amish Country at July 18, 2025 06:36 AM (uGaBv)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 18, 2025 06:25 AM (6ydKt)
From what I've seen it's usually a week or so. Honestly, most grandparents are probably ready for the peace by then.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 18, 2025 06:38 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Eromero at July 18, 2025 06:39 AM (jgmnb)
Nobody watches television anymore
Nobody pays attention to the "media" anymore
People rarely go to movie theaters anymore
Most families would send kids to private schools or homeschool if they could
Most people no longer trust government information sources blindly like they used to
And there's really no reason to be subjected to banal commercials if you just spend a little money and exert a little effort.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 18, 2025 06:39 AM (XQo4F)
Posted by: Skip at July 18, 2025 06:42 AM (rwUkw)
Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said the public "deserves to know" whether CBS’s decision to cancel "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" on Thursday was politically motivated.
Posted by: Don Black at July 18, 2025 06:46 AM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Larry at July 18, 2025 06:48 AM (rzwGB)
This site excepted, of course.
Didn't some photo website did this years ago. Webshots? Something like that.
Posted by: Puddleglum, golfin' in Amish Country at July 18, 2025 06:48 AM (uGaBv)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 18, 2025 05:35 AM (6ydKt)
They are not unique.
Posted by: Pete Bog at July 18, 2025 06:48 AM (nqf1u)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 18, 2025 06:52 AM (ExV1e)
Most other sites are literally unreadable, between full page pop up ads, subscribe blegs, ads in floating divs that can't be scrolled past....
This site just has a bunch of giffy bullshit around the borders and interspersed in-line that's easily scrolled past. Occasionally a redirect on a back command, but that's injected by the advertisers and not the hamsters' fault. Powerline, for counter-example, is literally unreadable on mobile.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 18, 2025 06:52 AM (RlmPm)
Then there is the larger Dell Webb over in Nexton as well, right off Nexton Pkwy.
Too much development in the general area.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 18, 2025 06:53 AM (a1415)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 18, 2025 06:55 AM (2NHgQ)
Posted by: Again boomers at July 18, 2025 06:57 AM (XQo4F)
Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said the public "deserves to know" whether CBS’s decision to cancel "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" on Thursday was politically motivated.
Posted by: Don Black
LOL!
Posted by: Puddleglum, golfin' in Amish Country at July 18, 2025 06:57 AM (uGaBv)
Posted by: Aging boomers at July 18, 2025 06:57 AM (XQo4F)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 18, 2025 06:59 AM (dKEEs)
He's getting canceled for politics, only in the sense that his politics are shallow, boring, and endemic. Even the loyal seals are bored. Orp, orp, orp, meh.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 18, 2025 07:01 AM (RlmPm)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2025 07:02 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 18, 2025 07:03 AM (RlmPm)
Posted by: NPC who knows when to clap and cheer at July 18, 2025 07:04 AM (PiwSw)
Kieth Olberman has announced that he and Steven Colbert are moving in together and starting a Podcast.
Posted by: Auspex at July 18, 2025 07:06 AM (Y8DZL)
119 Last night Miss Linda and I finished watching the Oscar nominee film The Brutalist, about the postwar life of Hungarian architect Laszlo Toth. Adrien Brody gives a superb performance, as do the other actors. But it was actively disturbing to me to watch -- heroin use preparation, a young woman character who cannot walk thanks to osteoporosis, and other things. Not to mention the film is shot in the shadowy, "lights not allowed" style of today where you can't see what's going on or who is doing it; and it's three and a half hours long.
I advise a pass.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2025 06:22 AM (omVj0)
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I thought it was a complete fraud and ripoff. We were promised great things. but received the Royal Nonesuch instead. Interminable (3.5 hour) marxist fever dream.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 18, 2025 07:07 AM (nENH7)
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Jimmy Kimmel blasts CBS over ‘The Late Show’ cancellation as he supports pal Stephen Colbert: ‘F–k you’
“F–k you and all your Sheldons CBS.”
Posted by: Don Black at July 18, 2025 07:14 AM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at July 18, 2025 07:14 AM (/a1Sq)
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2025 07:15 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 18, 2025
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We never actually saw any of his designs being built during his working life. All of the film was about his wife and niece, his encounters with anti-Semitism, hinting at his heroin use, etc. I'll agree that the time periods, 1948 to 1960, were well drawn, with the cars, clothes, and music of the periods. that was about the only real fun I took away from the film.
Oh, and Brody as Toth smokes a pipe in one scene. That was nice to see.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2025 07:16 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2025 07:17 AM (vFG9F)
Kimmel using the "F" word is demonstrating passion!
He's gone too. Midnight Marxism isn't selling, never has.
Posted by: Auspex at July 18, 2025 07:17 AM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory,
Fun fact: Telly Savalas was Jen Aniston's godfather.
Posted by: All Greek To Me at July 18, 2025 07:18 AM (G5+As)
Posted by: Joe Biden, Swiss Cheese Brain And Rock Candy Prostate at July 18, 2025 07:18 AM (lX1hk)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 18, 2025 07:19 AM (dKEEs)
That is why AI is now writing word advertising - articles that are really just sales and marketing wrapped up in a lot of eye-wash. It was trend that started in radio and has gone to podcasting. The host will segue into some subject that at first seems interesting, but is nothing more than a setup to pitch some product or service you don't want and couldn't be persuaded to buy.
Fortunately, this kind of deception is going to lead people back to reading books since more "articles" will just be advertisements.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 18, 2025 07:19 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2025
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Even aside from the usual pleas for subscribers and money, and touting their underwriting foundations, they've been running some spots for a while about expensive cruises and the like. True, they don't interrupt the actual program with them and save them for the ten minutes before the next one starts. But they're there.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2025 07:19 AM (omVj0)
When I am feeling kind, I refer to him as Jon Stewart's towel boy.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 18, 2025 07:20 AM (99eI0)
Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said the public "deserves to know" whether CBS’s decision to cancel "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" on Thursday was politically motivated.
Posted by: Don Black
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Don't they have more important things to do than lament some lame, late night comic?
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 18, 2025 07:20 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: All Greek To Me at July 18, 2025
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Her father John was a regular, or at least recurring actor, on Search for Tomorrow in the '80s (and maybe before).
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2025 07:21 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2025 07:21 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 18, 2025 07:22 AM (dKEEs)
Which has klaxon horn subtlety in informing everyone that "The Late Show" was pure Leftist politics.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 18, 2025 07:23 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 18, 2025 07:23 AM (I5+UQ)
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2025
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Every single story like this uses the same language like that, e.g., "He was turning his life around," "He was getting ready to go to college," etc. Do the relatives know to put this in, or does the media do it for them?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2025 07:24 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez"
I have one in mind for you but need to check it out and wipe the drive.
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2025 07:24 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 18, 2025 07:23 AM (I5+UQ)
Real Housewives of Boise!
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 18, 2025 07:25 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 18, 2025 07:23 AM (I5+UQ)
They should just broadcast that old Indian Head Test Pattern for the time slot.
Posted by: TV Is Dead at July 18, 2025 07:25 AM (lX1hk)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 18, 2025
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They should do what CBS did in 1971 and show reruns of the original BBC Avengers w/ Patrick Macnee, Honor Blackman, and Diana Rigg. Or Danger Man/Secret Agent w/ Patrick McGoohan. The ratings would skyrocket.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2025 07:26 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Lady in Black
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one would think=
also, the President apparently has some swelling in his ankles-
I'm sure Democrats will see this as grounds for impeachment and a threat to our democracy
Posted by: Don Black at July 18, 2025 07:27 AM (AOsQT)
I'm sure Democrats will see this as grounds for impeachment and a threat to our democracy
Posted by: Don Black at July 18, 2025
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And yet they carefully ignored the Stumblebum's obvious decline and incapacity for four years and more.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2025 07:28 AM (omVj0)
Too much development in the general area.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 18, 2025 06:53 AM
That’s a serious topic of discussion around these parts.
They plan to build something like 30,000 houses on the west side of 17-A from Nexton to Hwy 46.
So that’s like 75 - 90,000 more people if you do some napkin math.
The area roads and infrastructure were never intended to see that much population and, as usual, the motto for the county is: “Build first, get the taxes, worry about the details later.”
They’ll have to do something creative because they can’t widen 17-A through Sangaree without tearing down some buildings at this point.
The question I hear most about it is:
“Where are all of these people coming from?”
And I reply -
“Apparently, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, and everywhere up North where they’re tired of taxes and what the Democrats have done to the place.”
And the next question is -
“Where are they all going to work?”
“Good question, you got me, I have no idea.”
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 18, 2025 07:29 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2025 07:30 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Don Black at July 18, 2025 07:30 AM (AOsQT)
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2025
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I'd prefer that to gas station sushi for sure!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2025 07:31 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Don Black at July 18, 2025
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Seeing as my Dagny girl cat would probably look like Karoline Leavitt (they are built with similar compactness and solidity), I'll go with that.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2025 07:32 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Tarnished Reputation at July 18, 2025 07:32 AM (G5+As)
Posted by: Don Black"
I do not want to date someone who sheds pounds of fur daily and shamelessly licks their own balls.
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2025 07:33 AM (vFG9F)
Double J is here
Posted by: rhennigantx at July 18, 2025 07:33 AM (gbOdA)
I can't help but think that a lot of people are still in the "government is flooding the country with people from all over and showering them with money" mindset.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 18, 2025 07:34 AM (ExV1e)
This is why furries need to be bullied and ostracized.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 18, 2025 07:34 AM (99eI0)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 18, 2025 07:34 AM (dKEEs)
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2025
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Had some earlier this week. I could tell the heartburn I'd gotten rid of when I ditched sugar was getting ready to step on stage again.
Still, some Cookies 'n' Cream or a Klondike bar would be nice. . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2025 07:34 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: runner at July 18, 2025 07:35 AM (g47mK)
Just got a text from the husband of " Tecumseh Tea", a dear poster from the Midwest. She had a heart attack and is being transferred to a larger hospital. I am not at my computer so I don't have the info for where to send prayer requests . Could someone please do that? Thanks
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 18, 2025 07:36 AM (yS1tC)
I can't help but think that a lot of people are still in the "government is flooding the country with people from all over and showering them with money" mindset.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 18, 2025 07:34 AM (ExV1e)
We seem to be getting a sizable population of Brazilians around here. A lot came from Massachusetts.
The weather probably reminds them of home.
I’ll take them over Guatemalans and Mexicans but we’ve got our share of them, too.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 18, 2025 07:47 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 18, 2025 08:17 AM (O7YUW)
I'd have a beer with him. But he doesn't like beer.
And he's only 8.
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