Daily Tech News 6 September 2025

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AI will make a few people much richer and most people poorer, says Geoffrey Hinton, Nobel Laureate and so-called "Godfather of AI", who coincidentally sold his own AI startup in 2023 for $44 million. (Financial Times) (archive site)

Hinton knows where to lay the blame, too: It's all the fault of capitalism.

Yeah. He's an idiot.
Anthropic just made a lot of people richer and itself poorer. (CNN)

The company has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit over its use of copyrighted material in AI training for $1.5 billion.

The use of copyrighted material in AI training in general was ruled fair use, a blow for authors and a win for AI companies but as far as I can tell an accurate reading of copyright law.

Where Anthropic came unstuck is that it downloaded around seven million books without paying for them. It is now paying around $200 each.

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Of all the AMD Strix Halo mini-PCs that have been announced recently the Minisforum MS-S1 Max looks to be the most compelling. (Liliputing)

Well perhaps looks isn't the right term since it is an unremarkable small form-factor workstation you might find in any office, right until you check the specs.

It has four USB-C ports (two USB4v2 at 80Gbps, and two USB4 at 40Gbps), five USB-A ports, HDMI, two audio jacks at front and rear, and two 10Gb Ethernet ports - RJ-45 too, so no fiddling about here. Plus it has a PCIe slot, albeit limited to half-height half-length cards, though my QNAP 4-slot M.2 adaptor should fit. And and internal 320W power supply so you don't need to worry about a chunky external brick.

M.2 storage not mentioned in the article but presumably present. Memory is the standard quad-channel LPDDR5X providing up to 128GB of soldered RAM at 8000MHz.

As a reminder, this chip has 16 Zen 5 CPU cores paired with 40 RDNA 3.5 GPU cores, giving it a very fast CPU and the fastest integrated GPU of any PC.
Speaking of QNAP and 10GBase-T QNAP has a new 10Gb Ethernet switch - 16 ports, available on Amazon for $599. (Serve the Home)

8 10GBase-T ports and 8 SFP+ ports, and it supports 2.5Gb and 5Gb speeds. It's managed or you can save $50 and buy the unmanaged version though I don't really know why you would do that. Except probably not even QNAP can load a security flaw into an unmanaged switch.
Warner Bros has filed suit against AI image generation company Midjourney after discovering to its shock that artists - including AI "artists" - can draw pictures of things they have seen. (WCCFTech)

In this case, of Warner Bros characters.

But that is legal.

You can learn how to draw Superman.

You can draw Superman.

What you cannot legally do is distribute your artwork of Superman.

Which Midjourney didn't do.

Hoping this case reaches a sensible conclusion.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Flew too close to the ceiling.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at September 06, 2025 04:30 AM (aURVT)

2 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at September 06, 2025 04:30 AM (+qU29)

3 guten morgen, horde

Posted by: clarence at September 06, 2025 04:30 AM (uk5Yc)

4 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 06, 2025 04:32 AM (7Pnfz)

5 Morning all.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at September 06, 2025 04:33 AM (BLOW1)

6 Oink!

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at September 06, 2025 04:33 AM (aJQjq)

7 https://tinyurl.com/4zj7kh3d
Part 7 of the Illustrated Spygate scandal

It's a tragedy to one has paid for this Coup D'etat

Posted by: Skip at September 06, 2025 04:34 AM (+qU29)

8 who coincidentally sold his own AI startup in 2023 for $44 million.

Hinton knows where to lay the blame, too: It's all the fault of capitalism.

This is pretty amazing.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 06, 2025 04:35 AM (7Pnfz)

9 Isn’t AI already making people poorer? PJM auctions proof of this in real time.

Posted by: The Letter J at September 06, 2025 04:38 AM (Z/h4+)

10 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at September 06, 2025 04:39 AM (XQo4F)

11 Warner Bros. and sensible do not belong together.

Posted by: clarence at September 06, 2025 04:41 AM (uk5Yc)

12 What's going on at the Hyundai plant?

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 06, 2025 04:44 AM (y5Tpf)

13 Hinton is not much of a capitalist, either. Had he waited until Jan 6, 2025, he likely would have made a much bigger haul selling to some greater fool.

Posted by: clarence at September 06, 2025 04:45 AM (uk5Yc)

14 Janis Ian gives off that WNBA season ticket holder vibe.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at September 06, 2025 04:46 AM (aJQjq)

15 What's going on at the Hyundai plant?
Posted by: Boss Moss

It seems the Feds rated the construction site for a new plant that Hyundai is building and picked up 450 illegals. On the other hand, the South Koreans are screaming that South Korean citizens were arrested. It's all kind of a hairball.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at September 06, 2025 04:48 AM (aJQjq)

16 Where Anthropic came unstuck is that it downloaded around seven million books without paying for them. It is now paying around $200 each.

It Napster all over again. Dumbasses.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at September 06, 2025 04:50 AM (aJQjq)

17 Janis Ian gives off that WNBA season ticket holder vibe.

Came out in '93 and said she played for the other side.

Posted by: clarence at September 06, 2025 04:54 AM (uk5Yc)

18
Except probably not even QNAP can load a security flaw into an unmanaged switch.

I have no doubt they will accept your challenge.

Posted by: biteme at September 06, 2025 04:54 AM (xWS9V)

19 Except probably not even QNAP can load a security flaw into an unmanaged switch.

I have no doubt they will accept your challenge.

Beat me to it.

Posted by: clarence at September 06, 2025 04:56 AM (uk5Yc)

20 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at September 06, 2025 04:58 AM (xyVUR)

21 I'm awake so better get moving

Posted by: Skip at September 06, 2025 04:58 AM (+qU29)

22 14 Janis Ian gives off that WNBA season ticket holder vibe.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at September 06, 2025 04:46 AM (aJQjq)

Your gaydar is operative.

Posted by: m at September 06, 2025 05:00 AM (aURVT)

23 I can remember a time in my life when her song At Seventeen would make me want to shoot my radio. Never understood why it made it into the Top 40 rotations.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 06, 2025 05:04 AM (XQo4F)

24 15 What's going on at the Hyundai plant?
Posted by: Boss Moss

It seems the Feds rated the construction site for a new plant that Hyundai is building and picked up 450 illegals. On the other hand, the South Koreans are screaming that South Korean citizens were arrested. It's all kind of a hairball.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram

So, were they here illegally or on a work permit visa (whatever its called).

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 06, 2025 05:04 AM (7Pnfz)

25 Speaking of lesbian ghetto rats, Angel Reese got suspended by the WNBA and her team for being a shit. There never was any other possible outcome.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at September 06, 2025 05:04 AM (aJQjq)

26 So, were they here illegally or on a work permit visa (whatever its called). Posted by: Puddleglum

That's exactly what I can't find out.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at September 06, 2025 05:05 AM (aJQjq)

27 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at September 06, 2025 05:07 AM (AN2gy)

28 5 in the morning

No one in the place except you and me

So set 'em up Joe, I got a little story

Posted by: The story of Miklos and Ruby on Rails at September 06, 2025 05:08 AM (j0Rup)

29 Good morning, All. I hope Pixy is feeling better.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at September 06, 2025 05:09 AM (q/Xis)

30 Good morning, or evening, as the case may be.

Glad you're starting to feel better Pixy. Please take care of yourself. The blog could probably afford to lose Ace more readily than you.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at September 06, 2025 05:09 AM (lFFaq)

31
Good morning, good citizens of the most exceptional country on the planet. Would you call the changing outcomes of the liberal/conservative struggle a paradigm shift, or the natural result of the fictional reality of the leftwit fungi's positions?

You may celebrate either.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at September 06, 2025 05:09 AM (hKoQL)

32 Janis Ian - Fly Too High
Disclaimer: Flew too close to the ceiling.

... and too close to the light!

Hey, wait. An opportunity to tell the moth joke.

Posted by: m at September 06, 2025 05:10 AM (aURVT)

33 I can remember a time in my life when her song At Seventeen would make me want to shoot my radio. Never understood why it made it into the Top 40 rotations.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

That song always struck me as Catcher in the Rye but for East Coast women's only college attendees.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at September 06, 2025 05:12 AM (aJQjq)

34 Need some story, waiting for coffee

Posted by: Skip at September 06, 2025 05:13 AM (+qU29)

35 Janis Ian - Fly Too High

Eerily similar to "Stumblin' In."

Posted by: m at September 06, 2025 05:14 AM (aURVT)

36 Imagine an AI-powered Janis Ian robot eating a shag rug.

Posted by: Man-Made Horrors Beyond My Comprehension at September 06, 2025 05:15 AM (ESO0m)

37 That song always struck me as Catcher in the Rye but for East Coast women's only college attendees.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at September 06, 2025 05:12 AM (aJQjq)

Always struck my as dangerously self-indulgent, nihilist crap. Learning she's a lesbian helps explain at least part of that.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at September 06, 2025 05:15 AM (lFFaq)

38
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 06, 2025 05:16 AM (tljrc)

39 Society's Child (1967) was a big fave of mine.

Posted by: m at September 06, 2025 05:17 AM (aURVT)

40 ICE went in with a warrant. An ongoing investigation into workplace practices. A lot of screaming about an agency doing their job correctly. A job that was not considered vital under previous administrations (yes, talking about democrats and rinos).

Posted by: clarence at September 06, 2025 05:17 AM (uk5Yc)

41 Up so early on a Saturday because my kids are leaving for home this morning at about 5 am and I want to be able to see them off. It's been a lovely visit and the week has gone much too fast.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at September 06, 2025 05:17 AM (lFFaq)

42 Another thing that always struck me weird about Janis Ian is she looks like Bob Dylan in the 1960s. I took that as proof that God has a cruel sense of humor.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at September 06, 2025 05:18 AM (aJQjq)

43 42 Another thing that always struck me weird about Janis Ian is she looks like Bob Dylan in the 1960s. I took that as proof that God has a cruel sense of humor.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at September 06, 2025 05:18 AM (aJQjq)

She learned the truth at seventeen

Posted by: m at September 06, 2025 05:19 AM (aURVT)

44 What's going on at the Hyundai plant?
Posted by: Boss Moss

It seems the Feds rated the construction site for a new plant that Hyundai is building and picked up 450 illegals. On the other hand, the South Koreans are screaming that South Korean citizens were arrested. It's all kind of a hairball.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram

So, were they here illegally or on a work permit visa (whatever its called).
Posted by: Puddleglum

Not likely to be 'illegal aliens'

Picked up for further screening, or
Actually here on tourist or other visas rather than for work...
IOW further screening.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at September 06, 2025 05:20 AM (/lPRQ)

45 42 Another thing that always struck me weird about Janis Ian is she looks like Bob Dylan in the 1960s. I took that as proof that God has a cruel sense of humor.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram

In the 1960s we will all look like Bob Dylan for fifteen minutes.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at September 06, 2025 05:25 AM (BLOW1)

46 I can remember a time in my life when her song At Seventeen would make me want to shoot my radio. Never understood why it made it into the Top 40 rotations.

I've been listening to cleaned-up American Top 40 broadcasts on I Heart Radio the last few years. They run shows from July 1970 to some time in 1988.

A few random things I have noted:

* Casey Kasem pushed wokeness as hard as the then-current climate would allow

* Casey Kasem had a fascination for trannies--you could hear the excitement in his voice whenever talking about cross dressers like Boy George or Sylvester (disco artist/female impersonator in the late 1970s)

* Social Justice topics and themes turned the Top 40 into damned near wall-to-wall Janis Ian wannabes by 1985

* A ridiculously high share of top hit songs celebrate or excuse marital infidelity

Posted by: biteme at September 06, 2025 05:25 AM (xWS9V)

47 ICE went in with a warrant...A lot of screaming about an agency doing their job correctly. Posted by: Clarence

Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) has been barking that cities in Illinois “will not cooperate with DHS and ICE unless there is a federal warrant, not one of these fake ICE warrants.” I'm not sure how she arrived at this fake warrants business; sounds like a lot of magical nullification thinking is going on in her head The Chicago raids could get very interesting.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at September 06, 2025 05:27 AM (aJQjq)

48 So now we have a War Department.
Comes complete with a Secretary of War and a war starter kit.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 06, 2025 05:33 AM (XQo4F)

49 Her real name is/was Janis Eddy Fink. I might change it too even if I wasn't a musician.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at September 06, 2025 05:34 AM (3rbLU)

50 Unable to sleep reached over grabbed the phone in the dark and was reading the pixy update. Felt what seemed like a thread on the back of my hand, turned the phone to my hand to light it up - GIANT GRAY SPIDER on my hand! Lol, flipped out, threw phone jumped out of bed smacking the hell out of my hand. Definitely not getting back to sleep now.

Posted by: VicJ at September 06, 2025 05:36 AM (Xmevw)

51 50 Unable to sleep reached over grabbed the phone in the dark and was reading the pixy update. Felt what seemed like a thread on the back of my hand, turned the phone to my hand to light it up - GIANT GRAY SPIDER on my hand! Lol, flipped out, threw phone jumped out of bed smacking the hell out of my hand. Definitely not getting back to sleep now.
Posted by: VicJ at September 06, 2025 05:36 AM (Xmevw)

YIKES!

Posted by: m at September 06, 2025 05:38 AM (aURVT)

52 Need some story, waiting for coffee
Posted by: Skip

NO COFFEE

A small glass of covfefe, maybe

Prepare your school uniform for Monday!

I ironed all the shirts for a week.

I ironed a week's worth despite "Uncle" Eugene's attempt at distraction

Posted by: Auntie Miklos at September 06, 2025 05:39 AM (j0Rup)

53 So now we have a War Department.
Comes complete with a Secretary of War and a war starter kit.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

I think you're referring to the G.I. JOE Kickstarter Boxset.
https://youtu.be/W-8GvLNYdr8

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at September 06, 2025 05:40 AM (aJQjq)

54 What's going on at the Hyundai plant?
Posted by: Boss Moss

It seems the Feds rated the construction site for a new plant that Hyundai is building and picked up 450 illegals. On the other hand, the South Koreans are screaming that South Korean citizens were arrested. It's all kind of a hairball.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram

I want to see HR get frog marched.

Posted by: fluffy at September 06, 2025 05:40 AM (AN2gy)

55 The Janis Ian Wikipedia entry about Bill Cosby outing her after seeing her "sleeping with her head in the lap" of another woman is.....uh sure Jan.

Posted by: VicJ at September 06, 2025 05:40 AM (Xmevw)

56 Definitely not getting back to sleep now.
Posted by: VicJ at September 06, 2025 05:36 AM (Xmevw)

-----

No, not all grey spiders are dangerous; many are harmless, though "grey spider" can refer to several species, some of which are venomous but not life-threatening, such as the grey house spider (Badumna longinqua) and the wolf spider,
- So says the AI internet

Posted by: JM in Illinois at September 06, 2025 05:41 AM (3TH5P)

57 GIANT GRAY SPIDER on my hand! Lol, flipped out, threw phone jumped out of bed smacking the hell out of my hand. Definitely not getting back to sleep now. Posted by: VicJ

This is what I've been watching lately when I in bed and not readily falling asleep.

https://youtu.be/uCn_FjkQIS0?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at September 06, 2025 05:44 AM (aJQjq)

58 My guess is that Pete Hegseth would be totally cool with being Secretary of War.

Posted by: Miklos is reminded of famous racehorses at September 06, 2025 05:44 AM (j0Rup)

59 Pete Hegseth, Secretariat of Man O'War.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at September 06, 2025 05:48 AM (aJQjq)

60 G'morning, all.

Calling for rainy weather here in the B'more area today.

Had a wonderful time celebrating Mrs VIA's 29th birthday yesterday with several friends.

A mostly easy day today, in preparation for the mad dash of Pennsylvania, Ocean City, back to Baltimore and a return home to South Carolina on Thursday.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 06, 2025 05:48 AM (oeJyF)

61 Imagine an AI-powered Janis Ian robot eating a shag rug.

****

Where to start on how twisted that is on so many levels. Nice.

Posted by: VicJ at September 06, 2025 05:49 AM (Xmevw)

62 No, not all grey spiders are dangerous; many are harmless, though "grey spider" can refer to several species, some of which are venomous but not life-threatening, such as the grey house spider (Badumna longinqua) and the wolf spider,
- So says the AI internet
Posted by: JM in Illinois

No poisonous spiders or scorpions or water monitors or alligators in my house or yard.

Josephina sees to that.

Well she did, before that Miguelita, not sure about the current one

Posted by: Miklos, diversity employed whos pays cash if they show up at September 06, 2025 05:50 AM (j0Rup)

63 My guess is that Pete Hegseth would be totally cool with being Secretary of War.
Posted by: Miklos is reminded of famous racehorses at September 06, 2025 05:44 AM (j0Rup)

The theory is that the US has gotten entangled in many more foreign adventures under the DoD than the DoW because "defense" can be stretched in a way "war" can't. We'll have to see if it works out that way.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at September 06, 2025 05:50 AM (lFFaq)

64 A mostly easy day today, in preparation for the mad dash of Pennsylvania, Ocean City, back to Baltimore and a return home to South Carolina on Thursday.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

My guess is that the South Carolina part is the best.

Posted by: Miklosius Caroliniensis at September 06, 2025 05:52 AM (j0Rup)

65 Miklos, Skip wants a story.

Posted by: m at September 06, 2025 05:52 AM (aURVT)

66 "water monitors"

Are we talking the reptile or the city employee?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at September 06, 2025 05:53 AM (lFFaq)

67 Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL**)

Posted by: clarence at September 06, 2025 05:53 AM (uk5Yc)

68

You may have my admiration/tolerance for insects (especially arachnids), that stops at the bumble bee on my end.

Did you know bumble bees will eat chocolate off an extended forefinger? Needs to be Cadbury's, though.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at September 06, 2025 05:54 AM (hKoQL)

69
This is what I've been watching lately when I in bed and not readily falling asleep.

https://youtu.be/uCn_FjkQIS0?
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at September 06, 2025 05:44 AM (aJQjq)

----

I was always up for what you might call adventures, I went to one meeting of cave explorers (spelunkers). I left and never went back.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at September 06, 2025 05:54 AM (ene54)

70 This is what I've been watching lately when I in bed and not readily falling asleep.

******

Very first one - the El Dudu (pronounced "el doo doo") cave - should have been the divers' first red flag.

Posted by: VicJ at September 06, 2025 05:55 AM (Xmevw)

71 I went on the tour through Carlsbad Caverns. If I never go underground again, that would not bother me.

Posted by: clarence at September 06, 2025 05:57 AM (uk5Yc)

72 The theory is that the US has gotten entangled in many more foreign adventures under the DoD than the DoW because "defense" can be stretched in a way "war" can't. We'll have to see if it works out that way.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette

Can you imagine how the "multilateral discussions" would go?

Everyone sends their Minister of Defense

US sends the guy from the Department of War

"Y'all talk French, if you like. I'll be outside shootin' dinner"

Posted by: Easily amused Miklos at September 06, 2025 05:59 AM (j0Rup)

73 Tammy "if duckfart was a person" Duckworth. Another bloated midwit that shouldn't be anywhere near law-making

Posted by: VicJ at September 06, 2025 05:59 AM (Xmevw)

74 Spider solitaire is evil

Posted by: Skip at September 06, 2025 06:01 AM (+qU29)

75 45 42 Another thing that always struck me weird about Janis Ian is she looks like Bob Dylan in the 1960s. I took that as proof that God has a cruel sense of humor.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram

In the 1960s we will all look like Bob Dylan for fifteen minutes.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at September 06, 2025 05:25 AM (BLOW1)

... and murmur vague obscenities ...

Posted by: m at September 06, 2025 06:01 AM (aURVT)

76 Miklos, Skip wants a story.
Posted by: m

He is allowed to stay up later on weekends to watch the Scary Movies.

I leave potato chips (Little Skip likes Pringles) on the kitchen table.

Posted by: Affectionate but Strict Auntie Miklos at September 06, 2025 06:04 AM (j0Rup)

77 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at September 06, 2025 06:08 AM (LnFBF)

78 "WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Sept. 5 ordered his administration to rename the Department of Defense the "Department of War," bringing back a Cabinet name abandoned in 1947 to match what White House officials call a new "warrior ethos" it is instilling in the armed forces.

Trump signed an executive order making the Department of War a new "secondary name" for the Defense Department.

The move empowers Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to use titles such as "Department of War," "Secretary of War" and "Deputy Secretary of War" in official government correspondence and communications without formally changing the department's name, which would require action from Congress." (From USA Today.)
+++

Oh. So it's not official official. Just kinda colloquial.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 06, 2025 06:10 AM (XQo4F)

79 Of all the AMD Strix Halo mini-PCs that have been announced recently the Minisforum MS-S1 Max looks to be the most compelling.

{ beefy specifications follow }

Run that small package computer on heavy CPU and GPU load for a while. *sniff* *sniff* Do you smell something burning?

(I want to see how this thing handles heat buildup.)

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

80 whitehouse.gov

https://tinyurl.com/4p8s7e8t

RESTORING THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF WAR

Within 60 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of War shall submit to the President, through the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, a recommendation on the actions required to permanently change the name of the Department of Defense to the Department of War. This recommendation shall include the proposed legislative and executive actions necessary to accomplish this renaming.

Posted by: m at September 06, 2025 06:14 AM (aURVT)

81 RESTORING THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF WAR

*narrows eyes*

Posted by: She Jin-Ping at September 06, 2025 06:18 AM (j0Rup)

Posted by: Don Black at September 06, 2025 06:22 AM (AOsQT)

83
https://www.war.gov

Posted by: m at September 06, 2025 06:22 AM (aURVT)

84 Evening and morning for the Saturday toilers and early risers ever'where! I actually slept as late as I planned. The furry thugs have been fed, and I am waking up via coffee and a pipe with a mild English-style tobacco.

Not much on tap today: gassing up the car, getting a few things at a nearby Walmart, and when I return, driving through a section of the metro area I actually don't know well. And which contains a gun shop (and range, I think). I may stop in for a bit.

So, what're you planning for this Saturday?

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

85 “ “The Lord lives! Praise be to my Rock! Exalted be my God, the Rock, my Savior!”

Samuel 22:47

Posted by: Marcus T at September 06, 2025 06:23 AM (aoC8T)

86
This is what I've been watching lately when I in bed and not readily falling asleep.

https://youtu.be/uCn_FjkQIS0?
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at September 06, 2025 05:44 AM

-----

The comments are great. Sample:
" Cavers will literally see a cave named devil's prolapsed a**hole with a 0.0001% survival rate and make a weekend plan of it while telling only their pet goldfish"

Posted by: JM in Illinois at September 06, 2025 06:24 AM (b1Cn7)

87 Biblical steps to overcoming anxiety and depression. Faithpot site:

https://tinyurl.com/3ra6vnb9

And no, I'm not suggesting that people eschew medications for those conditions, which can be helpful . I just think many people are way too medicated.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 06, 2025 06:24 AM (2GCMq)

88 @50/VicJ: "...GIANT GRAY SPIDER on my hand! Lol, flipped out, threw phone jumped out of bed smacking the hell out of my hand. ..."

Meanwhile all that was going through the spider's mind when seen by you:

https://youtu.be/UWk9VkpMpQE

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 06, 2025 06:25 AM (O7YUW)

89 Posted by: Marcus T at September 06, 2025 06:23 AM (aoC8T)

Amen!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 06, 2025 06:26 AM (2GCMq)

90 50 GIANT GRAY SPIDER on my hand! Lol, flipped out, threw phone jumped out of bed smacking the hell out of my hand.
Posted by: VicJ at September 06, 2025 05:36 AM (Xmevw)

Where's the spider now?

Posted by: m at September 06, 2025 06:27 AM (aURVT)

91 When the Marxists get back in power it will become the
Department of Appeasement

Posted by: Skip at September 06, 2025 06:28 AM (+qU29)

92 91 When the Marxists get back in power it will become the
Department of Appeasement
Posted by: Skip at September 06, 2025 06:28 AM (+qU29)

DOD Department of Defense
DOW Department of War
DOA Dead on Arrival

Posted by: m at September 06, 2025 06:29 AM (aURVT)

93 83
https://www.war.gov
Posted by: m at September 06, 2025 06:22 AM (aURVT)

----

Watch the next Democrat administration change it to the Ministry of Love

Posted by: Some cynic at September 06, 2025 06:29 AM (4eB/Q)

94 VicJ, for some reason I have had spiders around my cars in the last few years. When I was driving the big Park Avenue a while back a big pale spider swung down in front of my face. It's a wonder I didn't crash. I managed to grab the thing and fling it out of the window, which fortunately was open.

I still see small ones on the outside of my current car. Must be from the trees where I park.

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

95 Edwin Starr

I said, war, huh (good God, y'all)
What is it good for?

Posted by: m at September 06, 2025 06:30 AM (aURVT)

96 Re Department of War:

Matthew 24:6 (King James Version):

"And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet."

A name change like this might just cause more than a few rumours. Hmmm...

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 06, 2025 06:31 AM (O7YUW)

97 Reaction of cats being called through the security camera:

https://tinyurl.com/3sw43kfw

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 06, 2025 06:31 AM (2GCMq)

98 The only cave I've been in is Carlsbad Caverns. I found it fascinating. Glad they warned me that the temp was pretty cool inside; I brought a jacket. The only scary part to me was the elevator going back up so fast!

Spectacular scenery down inside there. I've always wanted to go back during a summer evening and sit with a group to watch the bats fly out for their night's hunting of insects.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 06, 2025 06:34 AM (omVj0)

99 >> Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 06, 2025 06:24 AM (2GCMq)

Amen to you as well, ma’am.

Thanks for the link.

God will lead you in the direction you need to go. He will provide you the map and the signposts. Who would embark on a journey with His directions? It may not always be the destination of our choosing. Whether it is to heal you, or bring you home into His waiting, merciful arms, He will be there for you. He will get you there safely, according to His will.

Ask. Seek. Knock.

Posted by: Marcus T at September 06, 2025 06:36 AM (YVxjx)

100 100

Posted by: m at September 06, 2025 06:36 AM (aURVT)

101 @97/FenelonSpoke: The orange cat with his head in the sandal and the "hunt!" eyes of the calico that followed: Cats are awesome. :-)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 06, 2025 06:37 AM (O7YUW)

102 Nice score there m, glad I didn't mess it up. G'morning by the way!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 06, 2025 06:37 AM (O7YUW)

103 I thought Janis Ian's "At Seventeen" was well written and very affecting. The "murmur vague obscenities" line was neat. I wouldn't want a steady diet of such fare, but it was something different in the sea of Top 40 in 1975. (My gosh -- fifty years ago???)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 06, 2025 06:38 AM (omVj0)

104 War is good to keep you out from under the Communists

Posted by: Skip at September 06, 2025 06:39 AM (+qU29)

105 *now with important typo correction “without”

>> Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 06, 2025 06:24 AM (2GCMq)

Amen to you as well, ma’am.

Thanks for the link.

God will lead you in the direction you need to go. He will provide you the map and the signposts. Who would embark on a journey without His directions? It may not always be the destination of our choosing. Whether it is to heal you, or bring you home into His waiting, merciful arms, He will be there for you. He will get you there safely, according to His will.

Ask. Seek. Knock.

Posted by: Marcus T at September 06, 2025 06:39 AM (YVxjx)

106 95 Edwin Starr

I said, war, huh (good God, y'all)
What is it good for?
Posted by: m at September 06, 2025 06:30 AM

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https://youtu.be/qqS1Ty79mOE

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at September 06, 2025 06:40 AM (XQo4F)

107 Run that small package computer on heavy CPU and GPU load for a while. *sniff* *sniff* Do you smell something burning?

(I want to see how this thing handles heat buildup.)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 06, 2025 06:13 AM (O7YUW)

MinisForum probably have their own custom ITX size board in there.

In the stand alone boards they sell there is a massive heatpipe with fins and a single 120mm fan on top to cool the APU, also lots of heat sink fins over the VRMs.

These are laptop chips so they are easier to cool, especially if they’re only using a 320W power supply.

And I think they use Liquid Metal instead of paste on the chip, which you can’t really remove from the board anyhow.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 06, 2025 06:40 AM (6ydKt)

108 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 06, 2025 06:41 AM (ppG5b)

109 And it was Eric Burdon and the group War which gave us "Low Rider" -- now used as the music for those unavoidable GA radio and TV spots.

Time for breakfast, methinks.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 06, 2025 06:42 AM (omVj0)

110 Kids are off and headed back to Colorado, with a stop in College Station to drop off Littlest Kidlet.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at September 06, 2025 06:45 AM (lFFaq)

111 That box is MinisForum competing with the Framework Desktop with the same Ryzen Max chips inside.

I’ve seen the reviews for Framework’s version and I’m pretty sure MinisForum has them beat on I/O.

Framework has a cool little box and replaceable parts but this MinisForum looks loaded with extras.

I bet it has at least two M.2 slots.
One on front of the MB, and one on the back,
They might’ve been able to fit a third slot somewhere else.

That little PC probably cost $1500+, though.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 06, 2025 06:46 AM (6ydKt)

112 https://tinyurl.com/hs8xdy78
Powerline week in pictures
Greta Bad Hair Day edition

Posted by: Skip at September 06, 2025 06:53 AM (+qU29)

113 @107/SpeakingOf: Ran into this video about Liquid Metal the other day, and it made me reconsider whether I wanted to use it on an older Intel I7 3750K that I have:

https://youtu.be/_sizf1dNHfQ

The short version: (Jump ahead to 4:08 to see the first important part of this video) Too much liquid metal was placed on the CPU in this Dell Alienware laptop, and it escaped the dam that is placed around the CPU die (intended to hold in the liquid metal and stop it from escaping to other areas of the laptop where it can short out, well... everything.)

I was considering de-lidding my I7-3770k to fix the heat issues it's having because Intel, in their infinite stupidity, didn't solder the IHS (integrated heat spreader) to the CPU die like they had in past, but went with simple thermal paste, which dries out over time.

I'm still going to do this, but instead of liquid metal, I think I'm going to use a high efficiency non-conductive thermal paste between the CPU die and the IHS, and also from the IHS's top to the heatsink of the CPU cooler.

I'd even bought a tube of liquid metal, but I wondered about the conductivity problem. I'm glad I waited and didn't just barge ahead boldly.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 06, 2025 06:54 AM (O7YUW)

114 Blast, didn't close the underline tag there. (This is why you put all four closure tags at the end of your name!) *laughs*

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 06, 2025 06:54 AM (O7YUW)

115 Goodness, I've killed the discussion!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 06, 2025 07:04 AM (O7YUW)

116 Good morning morons

Have you ever been mellow?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 06, 2025 07:04 AM (RIvkX)

117 I'd even bought a tube of liquid metal, but I wondered about the conductivity problem. I'm glad I waited and didn't just barge ahead boldly.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 06, 2025 06:54 AM (O7YUW)

Yeah, that’s Dell/Alienware for you.
They charge a lot for often shoddy products.

I have never messed with Liquid Metal, and don’t plan to. I’m not that precise or steady with my hands and I guarantee you I’d leave a very difficult to clean mess behind.

I’ll stick with paste or pads for now on the few times I have to install a CPU.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 06, 2025 07:05 AM (6ydKt)

118 They call me Mellow Yellow

Posted by: Skip at September 06, 2025 07:06 AM (+qU29)

119 They call me Mellow Yellow
Posted by: Skip

Quite rightly

Posted by: Tuna at September 06, 2025 07:09 AM (lJ0H4)

120 fin

Posted by: clarence at September 06, 2025 07:09 AM (qtR+9)

121 When Skip links bad blue everyone runs over there and goes down a rabbit hole of memes.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 06, 2025 07:09 AM (RIvkX)

122 I use underline very rarely here, so I haven't put the close tag for it into my username field. Maybe I should.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 06, 2025 07:11 AM (omVj0)

123 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 06, 2025 07:11 AM (u82oZ)

124 I should have sanded my bathroom ceiling yesterday, but definitely have to do it today . Will need to touch up spackle so can paint tomorrow.

Posted by: Skip at September 06, 2025 07:15 AM (+qU29)

125 So when tens of thousands of people lose their jobs to AI, who would you blame? And what will happen to local economies when all is said and done? Ass wipe Gates said this a few years ago, millions of humans will lose their jobs to AI. You think that's a good thing, do you?

Posted by: sidney at September 06, 2025 07:21 AM (rzwGB)

126 There is no point having departments of Defense and Homeland Security at the same time, is there?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 06, 2025 07:29 AM (06Hmj)

127 Coffee nood.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 06, 2025 07:30 AM (u82oZ)

128 Newd

Posted by: Gmac - WTF did you think was going to happen? at September 06, 2025 07:30 AM (5M/Mg)

129 Coming back to this thread with an afterthought:

Of all the AMD Strix Halo mini-PCs that have been announced recently the Minisforum MS-S1 Max looks to be the most compelling.

I went to the Minisforum site, and saw this statement:

At IFA 2025, Minisforum will officially introduce its next-gen AI product lineup, set to redefine the future of AI computing: AI Mini PC X1 PRO, AI NAS N5 PRO, and AI Workstation MS S1 Max.

Seeing "AI" associated with anything immediately fills me with doubts about its efficacy, accuracy, and reliability.

I can't be the only potential customer who has this reaction.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 06, 2025 08:58 AM (O7YUW)

130 I thought Janis Ian's "At Seventeen" was well written and very affecting. The "murmur vague obscenities" line was neat. I wouldn't want a steady diet of such fare, but it was something different in the sea of Top 40 in 1975. (My gosh -- fifty years ago???)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 06, 2025 06:38 AM

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I agree. The song resonated with me and a lot of my socially awkward friends. None of whom were gay to my knowledge.

Posted by: Bigsmith at September 06, 2025 08:58 AM (1Au9i)

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