Daily Tech News 6 August 2025

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Intel is reportedly struggling with yields on its latest 18A (1.8nm) process. (Reuters) (archive site)

Intel has said it plans to use this process for consumer chips, but that could prove difficult if yield really are bad.
Meanwhile the US government has reportedly asked TSMC to buy 49% of Intel in return for tariff relief. (Notebook Check)

Well, that's one way to fix things, I guess.

Tech News

Sandisk has announced a 256TB enterprise QLC SSD. (Tom's Hardware)

If you have to ask, you can't afford it.
The CEO of GitHub says programmers must eithe embrace AI or quit. (FinalRound)

How nice that he gives us the option.
As programmer usage of AI grows, trust across all platforms continues to decline. (Ars Technica)

As users grow more familiar what it has to offer, satisfaction has slid from 40% last year to 29% now.
PCI-SIG has announced plans for PCIe 8.0, which will be twice as fast as PCIe 7.0. (Liliputing)

A full PCIe 8.0 x16 slow will offer 1TB per second of bandwidth, which used to be a lot.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Wax on, wipe off.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:40 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at August 06, 2025 04:42 AM (aURVT)

2 BOING!

Wonderful wedding last night. Plus new DIL knows how to cook!

Heading out for an hour's quick walk. Will help recover from the excess whiskey and tequila.

Maybe l8r.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 06, 2025 04:42 AM (NGwt8)

3 Good morning.

Posted by: Tuna at August 06, 2025 04:43 AM (lJ0H4)

4
Today is the anniversary of when President Rutherford B. Nixon dropped a hydrogen nuclear fission bomb called "Fatboy" on Viet Nam.

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 06, 2025 04:44 AM (eduHi)

5 theories being batted about on the ONT:

370 Looks like someone forgot to post the next thread.
Posted by: clarence at August 06, 2025 04:36 AM (EjTJl)

371 Pixy has been attacked by wombats.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 06, 2025 04:39 AM (sAmhv)

Posted by: m at August 06, 2025 04:44 AM (aURVT)

6 guten morgen, horde

Posted by: clarence at August 06, 2025 04:44 AM (EjTJl)

7 Thanks, Pixy!

Posted by: m at August 06, 2025 04:46 AM (aURVT)

8
These rotten lying shitbags...
More "without evidence" gaslighting from Fake News.

I cued it up to when the DEI Fake News "reporter" says "President Trump claims." Stay with it for 30 seconds for when the "reporter" has to admit the President's "claim" is, in fact, reality:

https://is.gd/dYkYSm

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 06, 2025 04:47 AM (eduHi)

9 TSMC:

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited is a Taiwanese multinational semiconductor contract manufacturing and design company.

Posted by: m at August 06, 2025 04:48 AM (aURVT)

10 Good morning, good people, from the Adirondacks where they featured SOS on the menu at the local VFW breakfast, along with the pancakes, eggs, bacon and home fries.

Little nostalgia trip there, fine by me, I actually liked SOS.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at August 06, 2025 04:50 AM (hKoQL)

11 Weird how AI is never touted as being able to replace the upper management class.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at August 06, 2025 04:51 AM (A7Jfs)

12 The CEO of GitHub says programmers must either embrace AI or quit.

I reject the AI and all it's works.

At the same time, I have 56 calendar (38 work days) days before I inform my employer that I'm retiring.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 06, 2025 04:52 AM (ExV1e)

13 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at August 06, 2025 04:52 AM (XQo4F)

14 G'mornin all y'all
Beats no comment

Posted by: OkJohn at August 06, 2025 04:56 AM (NC/it)

15 57 Psalm verses for difficult times:

https://tinyurl.com/4huc6yk3

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 06, 2025 04:57 AM (2GCMq)

16 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 06, 2025 04:59 AM (sAmhv)

17 Good morning. As my 29th year goes on ad infinitum I notice the calendar days, weeks and months fly by more rapidly all the time.

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 06, 2025 04:59 AM (Pee1E)

18 Loyal dog leads owner to safety after owners fall in Utah mountains:

https://tinyurl.com/5yrypbuk

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 06, 2025 05:01 AM (2GCMq)

19 Medic who saved little girl returns to surprise her on her first day of school:

https://tinyurl.com/8mh3982s

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 06, 2025 05:13 AM (2GCMq)

20 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at August 06, 2025 05:13 AM (AN2gy)

21 Weird how AI does is not touted to replace Consultants.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 06, 2025 05:16 AM (gbOdA)

22 "... I notice the calendar days, weeks and months fly by more rapidly all the time."

+++
It's like a roll of toilet paper - speeds up as you go.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 06, 2025 05:18 AM (XQo4F)

23 Weird how AI does is not touted to replace Consultants.

Stolen

Posted by: fluffy at August 06, 2025 05:20 AM (AN2gy)

24 Well, people DO like interventionist government after all. Freedom bad.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 06, 2025 05:21 AM (vm8sq)

25 YT is infested with clickbait scam ads.

Yeah, I know, “get an ad blocker”. When I find one that is reliable and trustworthy, sure.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 06, 2025 05:22 AM (vm8sq)

26 17 As my 29th year goes on ad infinitum
Posted by: Pete Bog at August 06, 2025 04:59 AM (Pee1E)

Um, for SOME definitions of "ad infinitum"

ad infinitum
adverb

1) again and again in the same way
2) forever: registration is for seven years and may be renewed ad infinitum.
ORIGIN
Latin, literally ‘to infinity’.

Posted by: m at August 06, 2025 05:23 AM (aURVT)

27 Posted by: Pete Bog at August 06, 2025 04:59 AM (Pee1E)

You might want to complain to management about your hash.

Posted by: m at August 06, 2025 05:24 AM (aURVT)

28 My downsizing journey continues. Last night it was a big old box of VHS tapes. I laid them out on the floor and snapped a picture just for the sake of sentimentality. Perhaps one day the offspring will look back with fond memories of Shrek, Charlotte's Web, and Inspector Gadget. Then into a big black plastic trash bag, into the bin, and out to the curb.
Every piece of clutter represents a deferred decision.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 06, 2025 05:25 AM (XQo4F)

29 17 Good morning. As my 29th year goes on ad infinitum I notice the calendar days, weeks and months fly by more rapidly all the time.
Posted by: Pete Bog at August 06, 2025 04:59 AM (Pee1E)

Angular Conservation of Momentum

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 06, 2025 05:27 AM (gbOdA)

30
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 06, 2025 05:29 AM (tljrc)

31 *ad infinitum*

And beyond.

Posted by: Buzz Lightyear at August 06, 2025 05:29 AM (XQo4F)

32 Is this about me?

Posted by: r omega at August 06, 2025 05:30 AM (XQo4F)

33 Good morning. As my 29th year goes on ad infinitum I notice the calendar days, weeks and months fly by more rapidly all the time.
Posted by: Pete Bog at August 06, 2025 04:59 AM (Pee1E)

I shall assume that's because every day is filled with joy and wonderment.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 06, 2025 05:32 AM (ExV1e)

34
Trump/Monty Python crossover meme

https://tinyurl.com/2s3e3vv4

Posted by: Don Black. Message: Got my mojo workin' at August 06, 2025 05:38 AM (AOsQT)

35 Obviously I am not a RC, but I appreciate many things about that faith tradition . I found this a really interesting article about St. Ignatius of Loyola ( and I have read his writings) about doing things for the greater glory of God, plus the woman who wrote the article just seems like nice young person of faith:

https://tinyurl.com/mtya9ads

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 06, 2025 05:39 AM (2GCMq)

36 Latin, literally ‘to infinity’.
Posted by: m at August 06, 2025 05:23 AM (aURVT)

Now who is being pedantic? 😜

I’ll work for greater precision in my 3 am rambling.

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 06, 2025 05:40 AM (Pee1E)

37 Hold your surprise to a minimum:

@DOJNatSec
Two Chinese Nationals Arrested on Complaint Alleging they Illegally Shipped to China Sensitive Microchips Used in AI Applications

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 06, 2025 05:43 AM (mlg/3)

38 Evening and morning, ever'body,

'Tis Woden's Day again, ja? Am I awake? Yes, for certain values of "awake."

Dreamed last night that I was applying for a job at a giant chemical plant, apparently as part of a plan to rob the payroll or something. My girlfriend, who was part of the gang, and who looked something like Miss Linda (think the young Madonna with dark hair) and something like the ex-Mrs. Wolfus No. 2 (think Jan Smithers with short hair), was already working there. I had to go to an office where an HR drone was petting a longhaired kitten. "I want to apply for a job," I said. "What can you do?" "Airport or limo driver; cleaning crew." "Fill this out."

I've worked in the blue-collar world. Having to apply for such a low-level job as "cleaning crew": Nightmare fuel.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 06, 2025 05:45 AM (omVj0)

39 >>>Weird how AI does is not touted to replace Consultants.

Posted by: rhennigantx

>That's because consultants are generally useless fucks who serve no useful purpose. AI needs to step up its game.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 06, 2025 05:46 AM (9bq/n)

40 PCI-SIG has announced plans for PCIe 8.0, which will be twice as fast as PCIe 7.0.

Yeah, but BitBongStableAIChatBoof?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 06, 2025 05:47 AM (mlg/3)

41 Two Chinese Nationals Arrested on Complaint Alleging they Illegally Shipped to China Sensitive Microchips Used in AI Applications

Good - I'd hate to see China miss out on this boondoggle scam. Might give 'em a strategic edge otherwise.

Posted by: Free Thinker at August 06, 2025 05:52 AM (dXEEh)

42 My downsizing journey continues. Last night it was a big old box of VHS tapes. I laid them out on the floor and snapped a picture just for the sake of sentimentality. Perhaps one day the offspring will look back with fond memories of Shrek, Charlotte's Web, and Inspector Gadget. Then into a big black plastic trash bag, into the bin, and out to the curb.
Every piece of clutter represents a deferred decision.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 06, 2025

***
Reminds me, I have some Buffy VHS tapes that need to go. After the U.N.C.L.E. DVD set came to Chez Wolfus, I got rid of all the VHS tapes I'd made of the show off the Christian Broadcasting Network (remember that?) way back in the Eighties.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 06, 2025 05:52 AM (omVj0)

43 Good morning, one and all! I made it back to the dojo for the first time in a month. Still can't do much but I can help out and correct techniques. Teacher gave me a can of TIDL cryotherapy to try out. It numbed things to a level I would call "tolerable."

And I'm late to this conversation but I saw the bit about Jim Acosta interviewing an AI avatar. Joaquin's father needs serious therapy for his grief. This is mental illness in action.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 06, 2025 05:53 AM (lXoJ5)

44 Old time hymn with lyrics - Great is thy faithfulness:

https://tinyurl.com/bdh6nhj4

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 06, 2025 05:58 AM (2GCMq)

45 Posted by: NR Pax at August 06, 2025 05:53 AM (lXoJ5

I agree with you. That poor dad.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 06, 2025 05:59 AM (2GCMq)

46 And I'm late to this conversation but I saw the bit about Jim Acosta interviewing an AI avatar. Joaquin's father needs serious therapy for his grief. This is mental illness in action.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 06, 2025

***
"Jim Acosta Interviews AI Emperor Nero: Claims He Didn't Start the Fire"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 06, 2025 05:59 AM (omVj0)

47 "Jim Acosta Interviews AI Henry VIII: 'Every One of Those Women Trapped Me Into Marriage' "

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 06, 2025 06:00 AM (omVj0)

48 Acosta is hoping to out-crazy Olbermann

Posted by: Don Black. Message: Got my mojo workin' at August 06, 2025 06:02 AM (AOsQT)

49 "Jim Acosta Interviews AI Emperor Nero: Claims He Didn't Start the Fire"
###
This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: Mrs. O'Leary's cow at August 06, 2025 06:03 AM (XQo4F)

50 I agree with you. That poor dad.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

I read an article about a company that provides an AI avatar of your loved one so you can continue to talk to them after they are gone. I view it as "digital necromancy."

Posted by: NR Pax at August 06, 2025 06:04 AM (lXoJ5)

51 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 06, 2025 06:04 AM (dKEEs)

52 "Biden family gifts Joe with AI avatar of Beau." He'd never leave the house.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 06, 2025 06:05 AM (lXoJ5)

53 Joaquin's father needs serious therapy for his grief. This is mental illness in action.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 06, 2025 05:53 AM (lXoJ5)

Manuel Oliver has politicized his son's death to disgusting extremes. I think he is a garden-variety leftist without a soul.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at August 06, 2025 06:05 AM (L5An7)

54 Posted by: NR Pax at August 06, 2025 06:04 AM (lXoJ5

How do they replicate your loved one's voice?

I think that's a creepy manipulation by that company and not a good way to recover from grief

Apparently, Jim Acosta was dragged by leftists as well for that stunt.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 06, 2025 06:07 AM (2GCMq)

55 I read an article about a company that provides an AI avatar of your loved one so you can continue to talk to them after they are gone.

As people move away from religion, I've noticed how many just will not accept mortality. Religion, it turns out, fixes a lot of blind spots in the human psyche.

Posted by: Free Thinker at August 06, 2025 06:08 AM (dXEEh)

56 Posted by: NR Pax at August 06, 2025 05:53 AM

I am glad you were able to help out with some suggestions for technique.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 06, 2025 06:09 AM (2GCMq)

57 Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

Excellent. Glad it went so well. Plus another good cook in the family! You can never have enough good cooks.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 06, 2025 06:10 AM (u82oZ)

58 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 06, 2025 06:10 AM (u82oZ)

59 "Biden family gifts Joe with AI avatar of Beau." He'd never leave the house.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 06, 2025 06:05 AM (lXoJ5)

Joe Biden's favorite AI would be 11 year old Ashley's face saying, "It's shower time, daddy." In Beau's voice.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 06, 2025 06:13 AM (ExV1e)

60 @GeneralMCNews
·
9h
BREAKING: Howard Stern’s show is now being canceled by SiriusXM.

Posted by: Don Black. Message: Got my mojo workin' at August 06, 2025 06:16 AM (AOsQT)

61 FenelonSpoke

Just wanted to say thank you for your heartwarming links. We need reminders that the world is not full of evil. There is good as well.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 06, 2025 06:17 AM (u82oZ)

62 @GeneralMCNews
·
9h
BREAKING: Howard Stern’s show is now being canceled by SiriusXM.
Posted by: Don Black. Message: Got my mojo workin' at August 06, 2025 06:16 AM (AOsQT)

Both his listeners will be heartbroken.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 06, 2025 06:17 AM (ExV1e)

63 Howard Stern’s show is now being canceled by SiriusXM.

Covid cancelled Howard Stern.

Posted by: Free Thinker at August 06, 2025 06:18 AM (dXEEh)

64 The Venture's drummers make that music pop.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 06, 2025 06:18 AM (u82oZ)

65 Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 06, 2025 06:17 AM

You are most welcome, Salty. I need the reminders as well.

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

66 Free Thinker

I have hated Howard Stern since he went to the Air Florida counter (after the crash in the Potomac) and asked for a ticket to the 14th Street Bridge.

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

67 > The Venture's drummers make that music pop.
----

one guy, I think, was Max Weinberg, and the other guy was CalTech engineer Howard Wolowitz

Posted by: Don Black. Message: Got my mojo workin' at August 06, 2025 06:21 AM (AOsQT)

68 57 Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

Excellent. Glad it went so well. Plus another good cook in the family! You can never have enough good cooks.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 06, 2025 06:10 AM (u82oZ)

Unless they're all in the same kitchen, then you get the "too many cooks in the kitchen" problem.

Posted by: Farquad at August 06, 2025 06:23 AM (znbnV)

69 I have hated Howard Stern since he went to the Air Florida counter (after the crash in the Potomac) and asked for a ticket to the 14th Street Bridge.

Never cared to listen to him either - just not funny. You could see hotties like Angie Everhart on the late night - but you could see them plenty of other places as well.

The Animaniacs did a good Stern spoof. Robin was ... a robin.

Posted by: Free Thinker at August 06, 2025 06:23 AM (dXEEh)

70 I read an article about a company that provides an AI avatar of your loved one so you can continue to talk to them after they are gone. I view it as "digital necromancy."
Posted by: NR Pax at August 06, 2025 06:04 AM (lXoJ5)
----
I pointed out yesterday that I thought it was evil.

People will not be able to mourn or grieve properly and let go. They will be trapped in their pain forever.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 06, 2025 06:23 AM (IBQGV)

71 Joe Biden's favorite AI would be 11 year old Ashley's face saying, "It's shower time, daddy." In Beau's voice.

That's as disturbing as it is hilarious.

How do they replicate your loved one's voice?

Disclaimer: Not an expert.

If you have a recording of their voice, you can easily add it to the AI.

This being me, I'm now thinking of a short story of a group of hackers who break into these programs and the next time it gets used, it shows the person a shot of their loved one in Heaven telling them goodbye and then going dark.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 06, 2025 06:23 AM (lXoJ5)

72 I am glad you were able to help out with some suggestions for technique.

Thank you, Fen. It's funny to notice that when I am teaching or correcting something, there is a moment of "I really hope I don't mess this up."

Did have one student accidentally give me a nice compliment. He said that working with me and our teacher was pretty similar: Everything is relaxed and then the technique is applied without warning.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 06, 2025 06:26 AM (lXoJ5)

73 Posted by: NR Pax at August 06, 2025 06:26 AM (lXoJ5)

What a nice affirmation!

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

74 Farquad

Our Constitution Bee fund raising efforts led us to staff the kitchen of the County Fair for one year. We had to feed the animal care group and the Fair crowd.

One of us led the team of 6 strong-willed grandmothers and me as dishwasher. He did such a great job I supported him for County Commissioner. And he won.

We were not invited back, although we did a great job and made money. Because we were not Leftist enough for the permanent staff.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 06, 2025 06:28 AM (u82oZ)

75 Mom beats son on a deep out pattern:

https://tinyurl.com/mjdsf6h9

Posted by: Don Black. Message: at August 06, 2025 06:31 AM (AOsQT)

76 Shortly after the "Grok Imagine" was released Tuesday, The Verge's Jess Weatherbed was shocked to discover the video generator spat out topless images of Swift "the very first time" she used it.

According to Weatherbed, Grok produced more than 30 images of Swift in revealing clothing when asked to depict "Taylor Swift celebrating Coachella with the boys." Using the Grok Imagine feature, users can choose from four presets—"custom," "normal," "fun," and "spicy"—to convert such images into video clips in 15 seconds.

At that point, all Weatherbed did was select "spicy" and confirm her birth date for Grok to generate a clip of Swift tearing "off her clothes" and "dancing in a thong" in front of "a largely indifferent AI-generated crowd.

https://tinyurl.com/mr47myf3
(ArsTechnica)

Look lady, if you don’t want the spicy don’t ask for the spicy. Grok is just going by what you ordered off of the menu.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 06, 2025 06:34 AM (6ydKt)

77
lol, both adams & cuomo the homo are afraid to criticize momdanky's idiotic radical fascism

homo is pretending to support police and talking shit about kaiser wilhelm, but chuomo never said anything negative about kaiser wilhelm while he was governor.

Andrew Homo is also promising cops a big pay raise on Day 1.

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 06, 2025 06:36 AM (oDVBx)

78 So Wolfus, did you get hired on the cleaning crew? Will you run the buffer?

Posted by: Floor Care Is Important at August 06, 2025 06:38 AM (G5+As)

79 Regarding Howard Stern: When I lived in CA back in the early 90s, one of the local radio stations had his program on their morning slot. I deliberately set my radio for it so that when I heard his voice, I jumped out of bed to shut down the alarm.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 06, 2025 06:40 AM (lXoJ5)

80 The floor buffer is no joke. Many an E1 has got as ass beating from the floor buffer.

Posted by: Free Thinker at August 06, 2025 06:40 AM (dXEEh)

81 So Wolfus, did you get hired on the cleaning crew? Will you run the buffer?
Posted by: Floor Care Is Important at August 06, 2025

***
I woke up before I found out. No, this is not some subconscious desire to go back to work. Trust me! I am not responsible for debts contracted by my imagination, waking or sleeping!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 06, 2025 06:43 AM (omVj0)

82 Have a great day, everyone.

May you all bask in a reborn America.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 06, 2025 06:43 AM (u82oZ)

83 5th district in 2024 said 4 of Texas House Seats are unconstitutional for using Race Adjacent Grouping to create a minority seat.
That is 4 of the 5 districts that are up for change.
The fifth one is just a fuck you to (D).

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 06, 2025 06:44 AM (gbOdA)

84 "Howard Stern..."

Who?

Posted by: Most people at August 06, 2025 06:46 AM (fafxz)

85 I've had coffee, a morning pipe, and breakfast. Time to do some writing.

Maybe later I will cruise out to Home Goods and see if they have a wall clock I like. The quartz Restoration Hardware clock I've had for many years is now running a minute slow or more every day despite a fresh battery, and I don't suppose it's worth trying to get it fixed. Remember when RH used to have inexpensive gadgets as well as their overpriced furniture?

The RH wall clock looks like the kind you'd see in a European train station once upon a time. The only "train station" clocks I see online are the double-faced ones that have to hang on a bracket projecting from a wall. Fine for an outdoor setting, say on a porch, but not in a kitchen.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 06, 2025 06:48 AM (omVj0)

86 “ Do not fret because of those who are evil
or be envious of those who do wrong;
for like the grass they will soon wither,
like green plants they will soon die away.

Trust in the Lord and do good;
dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.
Take delight in the Lord,
and he will give you the desires of your heart.”

Psalm 37:1-4

Posted by: Marcus T at August 06, 2025 06:48 AM (fDNpu)

87

Also LOL: the DEI "president" of Switzerland is flying to DC right now Uninvited to try to meet with our great Secretary of State in order to lower the 39% tariffs on her country to take effect tomorrow.

Way to wait until the last minute, shithead.

These idiot "leaders" think the Democrat gaslighting "taco" is a real thing.

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 06, 2025 06:49 AM (oDVBx)

88 Well, she is more interesting with no clothes on.

Posted by: Travis at August 06, 2025 06:50 AM (vFG9F)

89 Stern has lost all the cultural influence he ever had over the course of his career, especially after he went to Sirius.

I remember a time where you’d see his name all the time and his interviews went viral before viral was a thing, especially when he had the tv show on E! (or whatever channel it was on).

Those were the days when his rabid fan base would call in to random call-in shows just to say his name and embarrass the host.

He hasn’t been that relative since about 2010.

Since he’s turned into a full on woke numbskull it’s well deserved.

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

90 Unless they're all in the same kitchen, then you get the "too many cooks in the kitchen" problem.

Posted by: Farquad at August 06, 2025 06:23 AM (znbnV)
-

Actually, our pups proved to be a great kitchen team recently when did a massive amount of prep and cooking for a family gettogether.

Thanks to everyone here and yesterday for the well wishes.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 06, 2025 06:53 AM (NGwt8)

91 Way to wait until the last minute, shithead.

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 06, 2025 06:49 AM (oDVBx)

It’s not like Trump didn’t warn them.
He said quite plainly that the countries that made deals fastest would get the best deals and those who waited would regret it.

But they all just wait around hoping Trump will go away, like the Dems and Canadians.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 06, 2025 06:53 AM (6ydKt)

92 According to Weatherbed, Grok produced more than 30 images of Swift in revealing clothing when asked to depict "Taylor Swift celebrating Coachella with the boys." Using the Grok Imagine feature, users can choose from four presets—"custom," "normal," "fun," and "spicy"—to convert such images into video clips in 15 seconds.

***
Uh, Grok . . . any chance of some pics from this session? Asking for, uh, a friend.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 06, 2025 06:56 AM (omVj0)

93 Did MBAs get hold of INTC? They were king of the hill while NVDA was struggling.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 06, 2025 06:57 AM (AneyV)

94 Big black Stirling cat seems restless. He keeps walking across me, pausing on my lap, then leaping away. For a minute or two he actually did relax on my lap; then he bolted again. Maybe the flea treatment is stirring up the little parasites in his fur and making him twitchy.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 06, 2025 06:58 AM (omVj0)

95 Best thing about grok is that is goes through pages of search engine crap to come up with the most common answer saving me the trouble separating the crap from the really crappy.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 06, 2025 06:59 AM (AneyV)

96 mornin yall. Atlanta public schools say they may have to close some schools because they have more seats than students. Gee, I wonder what happened to the students. It seems like just last year the schools were overcrowded

Posted by: fd at August 06, 2025 07:00 AM (vFG9F)

97 Uh, Grok . . . any chance of some pics from this session? Asking for, uh, a friend.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 06, 2025 06:56 AM (omVj0)

All you’ve got to do is join X and Grok will make them for your friend on demand, apparently.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 06, 2025 07:00 AM (6ydKt)

98 96 mornin yall. Atlanta public schools say they may have to close some schools because they have more seats than students. Gee, I wonder what happened to the students. It seems like just last year the schools were overcrowded
Posted by: fd at August 06, 2025 07:00 AM (vFG9F)

Big time coming to all major cities. Chitcago needs to close 20% or more.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 06, 2025 07:01 AM (gbOdA)

99 I guess they will have to get rid of some educaters too.

Posted by: fd at August 06, 2025 07:02 AM (vFG9F)

100
Good morning, Hordians. Finn and Sonny to the vet this morning for their annual exams. Then I was given an almost incomprehensible FTO search that has to be done by Friday; nothing like waiting until the last minute, guys. Oh, and I can't spend more than 9 hours on it.

Gave away some 400 classical music CDs to the homeschooling group at church yesterday. I don't know if they'll be a boon or an embarrassment to them. But they now have, among other things, the complete symphonies of Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner, Elgar, and Vaughan Williams, none of which ever hurt anyone.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 06, 2025 07:02 AM (kkTda)

101 80 The floor buffer is no joke. Many an E1 has got as ass beating from the floor buffer.

Posted by: Free Thinker at August 06, 2025 06:40 AM (dXEEh)

Don't walk down the middle of the hallway, I just buffed it! Ahh, memories of tech school at Keesler.

Posted by: Farquad at August 06, 2025 07:02 AM (znbnV)

102 83 5th district in 2024 said 4 of Texas House Seats are unconstitutional for using Race Adjacent Grouping to create a minority seat.
That is 4 of the 5 districts that are up for change.
The fifth one is just a fuck you to (D).
Posted by: rhennigantx
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Trump freed TX and several other states from the reconstruction law forcing them to have their redistricting plans approved by the Administrative State.

free at last, free at last

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 06, 2025 07:06 AM (AneyV)

103 Speaking of Atlanta schools, Gwinnett County high school is about to play their first game in a stadium with a $62 million price tag.

That's f'n obscene. We see where their priorities are.

Posted by: fd at August 06, 2025 07:06 AM (vFG9F)

104

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at August 06, 2025 07:06 AM (5hfjS)

105 Five in the AM, and the temp is 80F and RH is 8%

with areas of smoke for added fun

hiding inside again today

Posted by: Don Black. Message: at August 06, 2025 07:07 AM (AOsQT)

106 your Fat City forecast:

High: 96 °F

Areas Smoke

Posted by: Don Black. Message: at August 06, 2025 07:09 AM (AOsQT)

107 *hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at August 06, 2025 07:06 AM (5hfjS)
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"If Hillary hiccups in solitary confinement and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?"

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 06, 2025 07:09 AM (NGwt8)

108 Wolfus Aurelius, if Homegoods doesn't have a clock you like, you could try Wayfair online.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 06, 2025 07:13 AM (G9bbC)

109 103 Speaking of Atlanta schools, Gwinnett County high school is about to play their first game in a stadium with a $62 million price tag.

That's f'n obscene. We see where their priorities are.
Posted by: fd at August 06, 2025 07:06 AM (vFG9F)

I’ve got nothing against sports but yes, it’s ridiculous when they’re paying out money like this while complaining about education budgets at the same time.

This goes for everywhere.

It’s often the case that the biggest colleges in each state have the highest employee salary in the state going to the head football coach.

This country needs to get its priorities straight.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 06, 2025 07:15 AM (6ydKt)

110 77f 93% H

Hence the name H town

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 06, 2025 07:16 AM (gbOdA)

111 From the ONT bowling teams names: I was on the Bowlwinkles and The Gutter Rats.

Won the championship a couple of times.

I first thought of Gutter Sluts (J.R. Ewing used that term on TV), but it is a church league.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 06, 2025 07:16 AM (ZmEVT)

112 108 Wolfus Aurelius, if Homegoods doesn't have a clock you like, you could try Wayfair online.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 06, 2025 07:13 AM (G9bbC)

They also have a lot of wall, mantel, and kitchen clocks on Amazon.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 06, 2025 07:19 AM (6ydKt)

113 *knocks on wood*

It’s only supposed to get to 86f here today.

And it’s all in the 80s for the ten day forecast.

This August might night be so bad this year.

*Except for the rain, humidity, and possible tropical storms.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 06, 2025 07:21 AM (6ydKt)

114 103 Speaking of Atlanta schools, Gwinnett County high school is about to play their first game in a stadium with a $62 million price tag.

That's f'n obscene. We see where their priorities are.
Posted by: fd at August 06, 2025 07:06 AM (vFG9F)

Heck, $62 million is cheap for a stadium.

$10 million for the property. $10 million for the building structure. $5 million for fitout and lights and speakers and whatnot. That leaves a paltry $37 million to grease all the palms along the way (school board, local gov't, contractors, inspectors, lawyers, etc etc etc) so that anything can actually be allowed to happen.

I'd say it's a bargain. A miracle of bureaucratic efficiency.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 06, 2025 07:22 AM (rIQZh)

115
It’s often the case that the biggest colleges in each state have the highest employee salary in the state going to the head football coach.

This country needs to get its priorities straight.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 06, 2025 07:15 AM (6ydKt)

1) The damage done by the head football coach is much less than the damage done by the Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Inclusion.

2) The benefits of the head football coach are infinitely greater than the benefits of the Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Inclusion.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 06, 2025 07:24 AM (kkTda)

116 It’s often the case that the biggest colleges in each state have the highest employee salary in the state going to the head football coach.

And we wonder why we collectively raise generation after generation of knuckleheads.

Posted by: Free Thinker at August 06, 2025 07:25 AM (dXEEh)

117 G'Day everyone
Totally missed alarm and going to be very late for work. On way now

Posted by: Skip at August 06, 2025 07:26 AM (5rNIy)

118 Wah ? High School Football made me the man I am today !!!

Posted by: Old Drunk on a Barstool at August 06, 2025 07:27 AM (dXEEh)

119 1) The damage done by the head football coach is much less than the damage done by the Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Inclusion.

2) The benefits of the head football coach are infinitely greater than the benefits of the Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Inclusion.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 06, 2025 07:24 AM (kkTda)

Like I said priorities.

It’s all well and good they can take a few dozen boys and make a great team out of them but I’m more worried about the thousands of other students who come out dumber and dumber every year.

Take away some of that easy money flowing around to an extent they can pay the head coach $1 million a year and that might focus their minds on that “Mission Statement” they love so much but can never seem to live up to.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 06, 2025 07:29 AM (6ydKt)

120 The local schools have started their annual school supplies drives. They can't afford crayons and paper because they spent all the money on football.

Posted by: fd at August 06, 2025 07:29 AM (vFG9F)

121 120 The local schools have started their annual school supplies drives. They can't afford crayons and paper because they spent all the money on football.
Posted by: fd

Don't forget the feminine hygiene products for the boys rooms!

Posted by: The Great Poof at August 06, 2025 07:31 AM (G5+As)

122 Two groups consistently caused 90% of the problems in my high school. The hood rats and the ball players.

At community college ? 99% of the on campus problems were the basketball and baseball players.

Yay sports !!!

Posted by: Free Thinker at August 06, 2025 07:32 AM (dXEEh)

123 You know where you don't see a shred of DEI bullshit in any public high school or college, anywhere?

The football team.

High school sports fans are unforgiving. Those psychopaths are out for blood. They'll burn your parents house down if you drop a snap. It's worse than kickyball fans in Argentina.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 06, 2025 07:32 AM (rIQZh)

124 Wah ? High School Football made me the man I am today !!!
Posted by: Old Drunk on a Barstool
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Word!

Posted by: Al Bundy at August 06, 2025 07:32 AM (5hfjS)

125 Speaking of Atlanta schools, Gwinnett County high school is about to play their first game in a stadium with a $62 million price tag.

That's f'n obscene. We see where their priorities are.
Posted by: fd at August 06, 2025 07:06 AM (vFG9F)

I don't know how it works in Gwinnett County but, in my part of Texas, major expenditures for extra-curriculars are not part of the regular budget and the spending, and associated taxes, must be approved by the voters separately.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 06, 2025 07:33 AM (ExV1e)

126 Football is great, money spent on quality uniforms and trainers, good. Billion dollar stadiums - dumb. It's football - wooden bleachers. cold drinks and good lighting.
Play hard and they will come.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 06, 2025 07:34 AM (AneyV)

127 High School football. Blow out a knee. Suffer for 48 years. Then when you turn 65, you get knee replacement surgery courtesy of Medicare.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 06, 2025 07:35 AM (ZmEVT)

128 "major expenditures for extra-curriculars are not part of the regular budget and the spending, and associated taxes, must be approved by the voters separately"

That may be the case but it is still a poor allocation of resources.

Posted by: fd at August 06, 2025 07:35 AM (vFG9F)

129 BOOM! JJ is nood.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 06, 2025 07:35 AM (ExV1e)

130 127 High School football. Blow out a knee. Suffer for 48 years. Then when you turn 65, you get knee replacement surgery courtesy of Medicare.
Posted by: no one of any consequence

Not just the players. Any high school cheer squad of 8-10 girls. At least one will have a knee brace.

Posted by: Creating Cripples at August 06, 2025 07:38 AM (G5+As)

131 @85/Wolfus: If you don't mind a digital clock, and you don't ever want to have to set your time again, the Marathon Watch Company has atomic clock driven wall clocks that pick up their time from NIST via the WWVB radio station in Colorado. They auto-sync nightly, automatically adjust for DST, and run on alkaline AA batteries for well over a year.

I've had these things for years, and I'm really pleased with them. The only annoyance is when you change the batteries, you lose the settings and have to make sure to set your time zone, and then wait for it to grab the date and time from the WWVB radio signal. This is best done just before you go to bed.

Here's their atomic clock web page:
https://tinyurl.com/4f7ftkew

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 06, 2025 07:40 AM (O7YUW)

132 70 I read an article about a company that provides an AI avatar of your loved one so you can continue to talk to them after they are gone. I view it as "digital necromancy."
Posted by: NR Pax at August 06, 2025 06:04 AM (lXoJ5)
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I pointed out yesterday that I thought it was evil.

People will not be able to mourn or grieve properly and let go. They will be trapped in their pain forever.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 06, 2025 06:23 AM (IBQGV)

And they'll be susceptible to further guilt if they later decide to "pull the plug" on the avatar.

Posted by: m at August 06, 2025 08:17 AM (aURVT)

133 86 “ Do not fret because of those who are evil
or be envious of those who do wrong;
for like the grass they will soon wither,
like green plants they will soon die away.

Trust in the Lord and do good;
dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.
Take delight in the Lord,
and he will give you the desires of your heart.”

Psalm 37:1-4
Posted by: Marcus T at August 06, 2025 06:48 AM (fDNpu)

I needed that, Marcus T!

Posted by: m at August 06, 2025 08:33 AM (aURVT)

134 socking off

Posted by: andycanuck at August 06, 2025 08:38 AM (2yoRf)

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