Daily Tech News 35 September 2025

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The Eternal September is finally over after 34 years as AOL shuts down its dialup service. (Tom's Hardware)

Looking around and seeing the current state of the internet, I think they might have left it running a little too long.
Speaking of which, how does my upgraded 500Mb internet feel?

Exactly the same as before, on 100Mb, to be honest. Moving from ADSL (I got about 16Mb down and 2Mb up) to a nominal 100/40 connection was a huge upgrade. At least it was until I got hit by lightning and my modem exploded.

Since I mostly look at (and work on) US-hosted sites, that trans-Pacific latency erases any obvious gains. The new plan is cheaper, though, and the next step down goes all the way to 50/20 and only saves $2.

Tech News

Maxsun has teamed up with case manufacturer Abee to produce a workstation powered by Intel CPUs and GPUs, the latter specifically being Maxsun's Arc Pro B60 48GB Turbo model. (WCCFTech)

The B60 is based on Intel's B580 gaming card, not particularly powerful compared with Nvidia's RTX 5060 or AMD's 9060 XT, but $50 cheaper at $250 and equipped with 50% more VRAM - 12GB rather than 8GB - which makes some memory-intensive titles run better even though the hardware is nominally slower.

The Arc Pro B60 48GB Turbo takes two of those, doubles the memory on each, and fits them on a single card for $1200. It's only really useful for certain specific tasks - you wouldn't buy one of these to play games - but it's a lot cheaper than any 48GB cards from AMD or Nvidia.
HP has launched the ZGX Nano G1n, powered by Nvidia's GB10 chip. (WCCFTech)

What?

It's an AI thing.

Oh.

It has 20 Arm CPU cores - 10 X925 full-size cores and 10 A725 mid-size cores, 48 graphics cores - the same as an RTX 5070 desktop graphics card, 128GB of soldered LPDDR5X memory on a 256-bit bus, and two 200Gb Ethernet ports for attaching it to more of the same.

Price not announced but expect it to cost around 50% more than AMD's very similar systems based on the Ryzen AI Max 395.
Food delivery robots have human names and blinking eyes. But they're not our friends. (CNN)

I might return to this item tomorrow because the article is impressively deranged.
Gmail is dropping Gmailify and POP support. (PC World)

Going forward, you will need to use an email client that supports the new IMAP standard, which came out in... 1986.
A comparison of Ada and Rust. (GitHub)

Is it just me, or is Rust kind of... Bad?

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Makes me want to say, STOP BITING ME!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at October 05, 2025 04:00 AM (aURVT)

2 Good morning all.

Posted by: Tuna at October 05, 2025 04:01 AM (lJ0H4)

3 Disclaimer: Makes me want to say, STOP BITING ME!

And it makes you want to SHOUT!

Posted by: m at October 05, 2025 04:04 AM (aURVT)

4

I excrete in your expansion slot!

Posted by: Erudite Philosopher of All The Things at October 05, 2025 04:10 AM (WKIwd)

5 BOING!

Going soon with Mrs. BD and a DIL to a distillery for some day drinking and restocking.

Nice distraction from reality.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 05, 2025 04:11 AM (z+UA5)

6 Devo - Beautiful World

Well, that's a provocative little time capsule. Can't say I'd want it playing in the background, ever.

Posted by: m at October 05, 2025 04:11 AM (aURVT)

7 Daily Tech News 35 September 2025

Is it that late?

Posted by: m at October 05, 2025 04:12 AM (aURVT)

8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September

Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 05, 2025 04:23 AM (BLOW1)

9 from the CNN Business article:

>>>They’re as much an accepted part of life in my neighborhood as the obnoxious scooters that litter sidewalks.

I hate those so much.

Posted by: m at October 05, 2025 04:24 AM (aURVT)

10 8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September
Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 05, 2025 04:23 AM (BLOW1)

ha ha!

A tongue-in-cheek program called sdate outputs the current date, formatted using the Eternal September calendar (September X, 1993, where X is an unbounded counter for days since that epoch).

Today
Sunday
October 5,
2025
September 11723,
1993

Posted by: m at October 05, 2025 04:29 AM (aURVT)

11

I refused to click on "agree" on the CNN article to allow them to use cookies, and found no way to refuse cookies but still allow me to read the article--i.e. it was either allow them or not be able to read their posting.

Thus CNN is relegated, like Windows 11, to fellating rotten maggot penis.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at October 05, 2025 04:38 AM (vFbHf)

12 G'Day everyone
Pixy back up at 4am for awhile?

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2025 04:45 AM (+qU29)

13 Pixy digs nonstandard dates. He likes to mess around with February especially.

Jan 0 used to be used a lot in astronomical epoch definitions. For example, when ephemeris time was officially adopted, it was set equal to UT(GMT) at noon, Jan 0, 1900. That was the standard epoch for a while.

Currently, J2000 is the standard epoch, but that was defined as Noon, Jan 1, 2000 (TT, not UTC or UT1). Don't know why. I dig Jan 0.

BTW, "delta t", the difference between ephemeris time/TT and UT1(GMT) is now 69.09072 s. The earth has lagged behind uniform time by a minute and nine seconds since Jan 0, 1900.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 05, 2025 04:47 AM (w6EFb)

14 11 I refused to click on "agree" on the CNN article to allow them to use cookies, and found no way to refuse cookies but still allow me to read the article--i.e. it was either allow them or not be able to read their posting.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at October 05, 2025 04:38 AM (vFbHf)

https://archive.is/w3Q9B

Posted by: m at October 05, 2025 04:55 AM (aURVT)

15 I threw out the last of my dialup modems over a decade ago. I didn't realize AOL was still supporting technology that primative. I worked for Motorola Transmission Products Division building and doing tech support for dialup and banking 2 wire modems.

Posted by: Gmac - WTF did you think was going to happen? at October 05, 2025 05:16 AM (DY7Xb)

16 "I might return to this item tomorrow because the article is impressively deranged."

One of the biggest problems with self-driving cars isn't other self-driving cars but the human assholes driving their cars on the same roads as the self-driving cars.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at October 05, 2025 05:19 AM (wxYcL)

17 Have a large cup of coffee, mix 50/50 regular and a Starbucks cinnamon

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2025 05:20 AM (+qU29)

18 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at October 05, 2025 05:21 AM (AN2gy)

19 @14

Very many thanks, m. I will remember that.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at October 05, 2025 05:23 AM (vFbHf)

20 How many of us received (dozens of!) those damned AOL floppies and simply re-formatted them, for *other* uses?

*raises paw*
------

Also-- just back from ER. Hubby is mostly ok, no broken bones, and was transported back to nursing home.

Posted by: JQ at October 05, 2025 05:28 AM (rdVOm)

21 Good morning! Haven't ben able to keep up with you guys due to some aircraft delivery jackassery, so I have to as if Wolfus is around and how did his road trip go?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at October 05, 2025 06:02 AM (3Ope8)

22 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: I vant to drink your blood.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 05, 2025 06:04 AM (WvZaB)

23 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 05, 2025 06:13 AM (t0a+i)

24 Mornin'
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 05, 2025 06:13 AM (t0a+i)

Technically, yes. But it's still darker than the heart of a leftist out there.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 05, 2025 06:15 AM (uQesX)

25 Crotchety Old Jarhead, Good to see you and that you have just been too busy to drop in.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 05, 2025 06:16 AM (kurEY)

26 Mornin' Puddleglum.

https://youtu.be/6VwbyBGbqPY

Posted by: JQ at October 05, 2025 06:19 AM (rdVOm)

27 G'morning, all!

The good Doctor, Ian Roberts continues to entertain with his record of excellence in education.

https://tinyurl.com/yvx9298r

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 05, 2025 06:20 AM (a1415)

28 Evening to Pixy as he moves into a new Daylight Saving world, and morning to all the early risers. I'm up, sipping coffee, and wondering if I should brave the outdoors for a short workout. The streets are damp, there is no rain falling, but we have something like an 80% chance of the stuff today. Ah, I'll worry about it after the second cup of black juice.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2025 06:21 AM (omVj0)

29 I remember the before-eternal-September time by many years. I suppose I could now focus on the quality of people on the net as that moment passed and things continue to move forward, but it's all been said before.

But in regards to technology in general: I do miss arcades from the early to mid 1980's. What I don't miss is how slow the computer technology was, how small and expensive the data storage was, and how insanely expensive it was in comparison to what we have today.

I also don't miss phone companies' outrageous cost for long distance service per minute.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 05, 2025 06:21 AM (O7YUW)

30 Miss Linda dragged me to this Art for Art's Sake thing on the uptown shopping avenue last night. As I predicted, it was crowded, warm, and damp -- not even a light drizzle deterred these people from free wine, crackers, and cheese in various shops. I took the chance to grab some supplies from the pipe/cigar shop; and there was a vintage store with actual guy stuff, including a pair of Justin boots, Ropers that I'd have loved except they were half a size too big. And no price was on them -- a bad sign.

Aside from that, all the open stores were ones we'd visited before, and nearly all had Halloween decorations up or for sale. Yes, I'll admit that many (not all) of the attendees dressed up a little instead of wearing just T-shirts and shorts. But most of the "art" was of Lousy-ana and Da Swamp scenes. I long for some Southwestern art, I really do.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2025 06:25 AM (omVj0)

31 >>I also don't miss phone companies' outrageous cost for long distance service per minute.
------

Definitely!

But I do miss those practically unbreakable phones, and their superior sound quality!

Posted by: JQ at October 05, 2025 06:26 AM (rdVOm)

32
Thus CNN is relegated, like Windows 11, to fellating rotten maggot penis.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at October 05, 2025 04:38 AM (vFbHf)

----

I vote to add the Atlantic to the same rotten group as CNN, having seen their article equating George Floyd to Charlie Kirk. (Covered in AoSHQ late yesterday)

Posted by: JM in Illinois at October 05, 2025 06:27 AM (H4xOd)

33 G'mornin all y'all
Blessings to you and yours
Pets included.

Posted by: OkJohn at October 05, 2025 06:29 AM (NC/it)

34 ...annnnnd... Good night, horde. Finally *wound down* enough to try for some sleep. Been a long night.

Posted by: JQ at October 05, 2025 06:30 AM (rdVOm)

35 I'd like me some September 1993, please. No, I wasn't earning much money; I was working two jobs. But I'd been to New Mexico twice, I enjoyed driving my Oldsmobile Cutlass coupe, and I was studying computers at night and had (I thought) boundless possibilities in front of me.

His Lordship Arizona the big red tabby was only ten and healthy. Da Swamp had not decayed as much as it has now, and my apartment complex was a pleasure to live in.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2025 06:32 AM (omVj0)

36 Morning, Horde...How goes it?

Time for the grading marathon to commence!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 05, 2025 06:33 AM (IBQGV)

37 Da Swamp had not decayed as much as it has now, and my apartment complex was a pleasure to live in.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Here's hoping you are able to make the move up north that you so desire within the next couple of months.

Posted by: Tuna at October 05, 2025 06:35 AM (lJ0H4)

38 Looks like another couple of weeks in the 90s. Translates as 'get the golf in while you can.' Soon enough the wind will blow and things will cool off and we'll have to start the fall gardening plan to be ready for spring.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at October 05, 2025 06:37 AM (3Ope8)

39 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 05, 2025 06:38 AM (K7MIk)

40 I took the chance to grab some supplies from the pipe/cigar shop; and there was a vintage store with actual guy stuff....

I long for some Southwestern art, I really do.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2025 06:25 AM (omVj0)

A store with actual guy stuff. Man, those were the days. It's hard to find stuff like that any more. Fossil used to be like that, then they turned into a woman's purse and watch store.

It gets tiring seeing Kokopelli everywhere.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 05, 2025 06:40 AM (uQesX)

41 September 1993?

Like most things from that year - pass.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2025 06:40 AM (c44Rp)

42
Here's hoping you are able to make the move up north that you so desire within the next couple of months.
Posted by: Tuna at October 05, 2025

***
Thanks, Tuna. I'm beginning to think I'll need to pack up and store my furniture and move to a furnished apartment in my chosen area, or load up a truck and drive to an unfurnished one. Once on the ground, so to speak, I can see if I love that place, look at houses easily, meet with a lender, etc.

I don't care for the idea of paying to store my things while I look, or of driving a truck with my car trailing behind as I did to Denver in '97. Owensboro, KY, which I liked even better than Evansville in IN, seems to have no furnished apartments for rent at all (source: Apartments dot com). That might solve that question right there.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2025 06:41 AM (omVj0)

43 @13/publius: "Don't know why. I dig Jan 0."

Then you might enjoy an episode of "The Twilight Zone" from 1986, titled "A Matter of Minutes":

https://youtu.be/e9XFRfeGBVI

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 05, 2025 06:43 AM (O7YUW)

44 Sunny, mild with light breezes on the island. The ground is still squishy even tho it hasn’t rained for a week.
Never in all the years of living in New York did I ever see an ad for state legislators. WAVY10 has candidates for Virginia delegates every break.
Sears has ads on YouTube.

Posted by: Accomack at October 05, 2025 06:44 AM (Bbhox)

45
Food delivery robots have human names and blinking eyes. But they're not our friends. (CNN)

Bag 'em, take 'em to an out of the way place (a dead end alley, for example), and leave them there, on their backs.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at October 05, 2025 06:44 AM (IP+zj)

46 41 September 1993?

Like most things from that year - pass.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2025 06:40 AM (c44Rp)
Clintons top to bottom.

Posted by: Eromero at October 05, 2025 06:45 AM (jgmnb)

47 A store with actual guy stuff. Man, those were the days. It's hard to find stuff like that any more. Fossil used to be like that, then they turned into a woman's purse and watch store.

It gets tiring seeing Kokopelli everywhere.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 05, 2025

***
This one had leather blazers of the style we saw in the '70s and '80s, and some other boots too, ones too small for me. Again, no prices that I could see. Not a good sign -- like a restaurant labeling something "Market Price."

Yeah, Kokopelli gets dull. I'd rather see Arizona and New Mexico buttes, or cowboys a la Remington. But trust me, alligators, crawfish, swamp scenery, streetcars, and the word "go" written as "Geaux" gets just as old and dull.

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

48 I did see a cool T-shirt last night, emblazoned:

"I'm Killing Them With Kindness.

When Do They Die?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2025 06:46 AM (omVj0)

49 27 G'morning, all!

The good Doctor, Ian Roberts continues to entertain with his record of excellence in education.

https://tinyurl.com/yvx9298r
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 05, 2025 06:20 AM (a1415)

I think the Columbia School of Journalism has found its next President!

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 05, 2025 06:47 AM (PiwSw)

50 mornin yall. 35th of September is also the day of my birth.

Posted by: fd at October 05, 2025 06:47 AM (vFG9F)

51 "Bag 'em, take 'em to an out of the way place (a dead end alley, for example), and leave them there, on their backs.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot"

Not before harvesting their lithium batteries.

Posted by: fd at October 05, 2025 06:48 AM (vFG9F)

52 mornin yall. 35th of September is also the day of my birth.
Posted by: fd at October 05, 2025

***
Celebrate responsibly!

Or, you know, not.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2025 06:48 AM (omVj0)

53 No love for the Discordian Date format?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 05, 2025 06:49 AM (PiwSw)

54
The good Doctor, Ian Roberts continues to entertain with his record of excellence in education.

How dashing, erudite, debonair and well spoken could this clown have been to have snagged that position? And what was he competing against, toasters?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at October 05, 2025 06:50 AM (xG4kz)

55 Note to self: Don't drink coffee after 4 PM

Posted by: Halfhand at October 05, 2025 06:52 AM (7adUC)

56 This one had leather blazers of the style we saw in the '70s and '80s....

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

Only the coolest of the cool dudes could sport those.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 05, 2025 06:53 AM (uQesX)

57 No love for the Discordian Date format?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 05, 2025 06:49 AM (PiwSw)

More Apple stuff, I gather?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 05, 2025 06:55 AM (uQesX)

58 Note to self: Don't drink coffee after 4 PM
Posted by: Halfhand

Coffee at any time a day didn't used to bother me. Now I can't have anything caffeinated in the afternoon or I'm up all night.

Posted by: Tuna at October 05, 2025 06:55 AM (lJ0H4)

59
Forget real housewives for your reality television viewing, who is prepared to offer up something in the "battle of the DEI stars" space?

Claudine Gay v Ian Andre Roberts would be a fitting kick off for such an offering.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at October 05, 2025 06:56 AM (xG4kz)

60 Only the coolest of the cool dudes could sport those.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 05, 2025

***
Yeah, but now we can wear them ironically!!!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2025 06:56 AM (omVj0)

61 Hey Pixy, thanks for the DEVO...ah memories.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at October 05, 2025 06:57 AM (rii+a)

62 Coffee at any time a day didn't used to bother me. Now I can't have anything caffeinated in the afternoon or I'm up all night.
Posted by: Tuna at October 05, 2025

***
I'm generally the same. But I had a small cup of sweetened iced tea at one of the shops last night, and I slept fine. Maybe that wasn't enough caffeine to affect me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2025 06:58 AM (omVj0)

63 mornin yall. 35th of September is also the day of my birth.
Posted by: fd at October 05, 2025 06:47 AM (vFG9F)
---
Is it a leap year already?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 05, 2025 06:58 AM (IBQGV)

64 "Celebrate responsibly!

Or, you know, not.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, "

I'm going to celebrate by driving around a parking lot really fast.

Posted by: fd at October 05, 2025 06:58 AM (vFG9F)

65 It still isn't raining, but the radar on the CBS outlet says it's on its way. I think I will blow off the workout, get dressed, have breakfast, maybe a pipe, and read until the Book Thread!

Wow! Feels like getting out of school half a day!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2025 07:01 AM (omVj0)

66
I'm getting a powerful urge to take out a car and do doughnuts in an empty parking lot -- when might we expect some snowfall?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at October 05, 2025 07:02 AM (xG4kz)

67 Ol Grumpy Greta is in jail and got bed bugs. No telling what else is crawling all over her.

Posted by: fd at October 05, 2025 07:03 AM (vFG9F)

68 57 No love for the Discordian Date format?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 05, 2025 06:49 AM (PiwSw)

More Apple stuff, I gather?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 05, 2025 06:55 AM (uQesX)

It's the date system for a parody religion founded in the 1960's. Don't do drugs, kids.

https://is.gd/HI5Hj4

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 05, 2025 07:05 AM (PiwSw)

69 54, competing against wypipo with actual degrees

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 05, 2025 07:07 AM (K7MIk)

70 The latest local mug shots. Nobody really stands out except Tim Hurt. He got booked for murder.

Posted by: fd at October 05, 2025 07:07 AM (vFG9F)

71
Ol' Grumpy Greta is in jail and got bed bugs. No telling what else is crawling all over her.
Posted by: fd

She needs to secure and cultivate a colony of body lice and to develop a screaming case of impetigo to maintain her certification as the Global Doom Goblin.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at October 05, 2025 07:09 AM (xG4kz)

72 More Apple stuff, I gather?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 05, 2025 06:55 AM (uQesX)

It's the date system for a parody religion founded in the 1960's. Don't do drugs, kids.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 05, 2025 07:05 AM (PiwSw)

(snaps fingers)

I shoulda socked Paris....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 05, 2025 07:09 AM (uQesX)

73 Well....time to get ready for Church.

BBIAB

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 05, 2025 07:12 AM (a1415)

74
67 Ol Grumpy Greta is in jail and got bed bugs. No telling what else is crawling all over her.
Posted by: fd at October 05, 2025 07:03 AM

-----

I begin by not believing any of what this flake or any of her enablers say. They can provide evidence to change my mind.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 05, 2025 07:16 AM (BXl9F)

75 There’s some evidence that Starlink can provide lower latencies across transcontinental distances than fiber.

https://tinyurl.com/2tzw5993

Posted by: Jeff C at October 05, 2025 07:17 AM (5NnMe)

76 "An associate professor at The University of New Mexico says that she is concerned she will be forced to lie and teach that there are only two genders, male and female. "

Nobody is forcing you, honey. You can quit.

Posted by: fd at October 05, 2025 07:19 AM (vFG9F)

77 >>Rust kind of... Bad?

Naming the language Rust was a little too on the nose.

Rust drools, C++ Rules.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 05, 2025 07:20 AM (XV/Pl)

78 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2025 07:21 AM (u82oZ)

79
As I counterpoint to Devo and In Memoriam, I humbly present to y'all, the Horde of the Gray Boxes:

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/t-lEezejkPM

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at October 05, 2025 07:21 AM (xG4kz)

80 One of the boats seized in the flotilla was searched. Found--- margarita machine, empty booze bottles and drug paraphernalia. No aid packages.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 05, 2025 07:21 AM (kurEY)

81
Nobody is forcing you, honey. You can quit.
Posted by: fd

A barista gig provides unparalleled opportunities to hone your fluency in gender fluidity, Toots.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at October 05, 2025 07:25 AM (xG4kz)

82 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at October 05, 2025 07:27 AM (XQo4F)

83 @76

>>Nobody is forcing you, honey. You can quit.

If asking what is a woman makes them short circuit, than asking them to name all the genders should make them spontaneously combust.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 05, 2025 07:27 AM (XV/Pl)

84
"I have a B.A. in Gender Fluidics."

"You work at Pep Boys, do you?"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at October 05, 2025 07:30 AM (xG4kz)

85 Rust kind of... Bad?

Naming the language Rust was a little too on the nose.

Rust drools, C++ Rules.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 05, 2025 07:20 AM (XV/Pl)

You're triggering me!

Posted by: "Killa" Baldwin at October 05, 2025 07:32 AM (uQesX)

86 Went to OctoberFest in Junction City yesterday. Seems like the same vendors hit every street fair.

The hit was a German food vendor. Had some great schnitzel. The cooks told me they sold out of 500 bratwursts and 300 schnitzel the day before.

The Polka band was setting up, and no one fled in terror. This is near Ft. Riley, Kansas home of the 1st Infantry Division. But where did they get those pitchforks and tiki torches so fast. Was the FBI in town?

Left before the band started playing. She wanted to go home and watch the KSU football game.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2025 07:32 AM (u82oZ)

87 I thought Rust Never Sleeps?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 05, 2025 07:32 AM (PiwSw)

88 {{{ I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper}}}

That is the secret US Navy maintenance guide. Sure, lets put steel in seawater, protected by some dodgy paint.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2025 07:34 AM (u82oZ)

89 Grading update...

50% of the way done with student submissions, though a few students haven't submitted yet.

They're in for a rude awakening when they see their 0 scores....

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 05, 2025 07:38 AM (IBQGV)

90 Waiting for sunrise to see if there's snow on the mountain peaks. And if my tomato plants survived first winter in the Bitterroot of MT.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at October 05, 2025 07:41 AM (2NHgQ)

91 I remember using a free dialup service a few times in the late 90s.

It was called NetZero, and was actually free.
Once you signed in there was a little app that ran from your taskbar and that app had rotating ads showing in it.

The speed was a little slower than dialup ISPs at the time but it worked if you weren’t on AOL.

Used that when needed, as well as AOL and AT&T dialup for a few years, then moved to Comcast cable broadband for years which was often out of service for hours (sometimes days) at a time, but had great speeds while it was working, then to AT&T DSL after cancelling cable, and finally Fiber when AT&T laid the lines in the neighborhood.

I don’t miss the excruciatingly slow download times for pages that would load in milliseconds today.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2025 07:42 AM (6ydKt)

92 "I have a B.A. in Gender Fluidics."
................................
That's great. I'd like a Dr Pepper with my cheeseburger and fries.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 05, 2025 07:42 AM (sAmhv)

93 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2025 07:47 AM (CTokg)

94 Have a great day, everyone.

May there be zephyrs and cloud-dappled sky in your local area.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2025 07:48 AM (u82oZ)

95 90 Waiting for sunrise to see if there's snow on the mountain peaks. And if my tomato plants survived first winter in the Bitterroot of MT.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at October 05, 2025 07:41 AM (2NHgQ)

They have filmed there for Mountain Men on The History Channel many times.

I just can’t remember exactly which person they followed there, Jake and his dogs chasing big cats back up into the mountains or it was the older guy who traps for a living and lives with his wife in a cabin.

I watched that show for years but finally had enough of it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2025 07:49 AM (6ydKt)

96 I used my employer's free dialup service from 2004 or so until they discontinued it around 2016. It worked okay when websites were more text-based. Then I did without Internet at home until the Sniffle Scare. To work remotely required home Internet, naturally. That was also when I bought my first smart phone.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2025 07:50 AM (omVj0)

97 I need advice from frequent flying horde members.

I haven't flown on an airliner (as a passenger) in almost 20 years. I'd like to keep that streak going, but, unfortunately, I have to fly from here in Florida to Portland, OR in a few months to attend my daughter's wedding.

I'm 6'4" tall with spinal issues. I need legroom and a seat that reclines a good bit.

Is this thing they call "premium economy seating" worth the extra cost for the additional legroom and further reclining seat in comparison to basic economy?

Posted by: one hour sober at October 05, 2025 07:54 AM (Y1sOo)

98 SpeakingOf. Two in MT, both far north of where I live. One tanned hides and the other hunted mountain lion. The area is north and west of Kalispell.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at October 05, 2025 07:55 AM (2NHgQ)

99 Most painful part of the week is done
Grocery shopping

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2025 07:56 AM (+qU29)

100 one hour sober. Yes premium economy is great, a bit more leg room. Also, if there is bulk head seating go for it, better leg room. Unfortunately since there isn't a seat in front of you everything you carry on needs to go in an overhead. Yes, I travel a lot since Mr. nec likes to travel and he's 6'2".

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at October 05, 2025 07:57 AM (2NHgQ)

101 A new century begins.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 05, 2025 08:00 AM (uQesX)

102 I used my employer's free dialup service from 2004 or so until they discontinued it around 2016. It worked okay when websites were more text-based.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2025 07:50 AM (omVj0)

You used dialup until 2016?
Good Lord, man, I admire you for your patience.
Because by that time websites were definitely not designed for 56kbps, or even 256kbps.

Yup, text based sites load quickly.
You add in images and video, which is ubiquitous today, and that’s where the data gets large.

Once upon a time web design included optimizing images to get the file size down as low as possible while still keeping the quality up so your site would load faster. Now people rarely bother so webpages are thick with megabytes of data.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2025 08:01 AM (6ydKt)

103 Is this thing they call "premium economy seating" worth the extra cost for the additional legroom and further reclining seat in comparison to basic economy?
Posted by: one hour sober at October 05, 2025 07:54 AM (Y1sOo)
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Pay to sit in the exit row. Seat does not recline but plenty of leg room

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2025 08:01 AM (m6HS6)

104 Thank you. I'll take the bulkhead seat if I can get it. I'll be traveling light with just a small carry-on so no problem not having a seat in front of me.

Posted by: one hour sober at October 05, 2025 08:02 AM (Y1sOo)

105 98 SpeakingOf. Two in MT, both far north of where I live. One tanned hides and the other hunted mountain lion. The area is north and west of Kalispell.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at October 05, 2025 07:55 AM (2NHgQ)

It’s beautiful country, for sure.
I’d like to visit someday.
But it looks, cold, very cold, and windy, even on camera.

I do admire how those guys live up there and get things done, though, especially when they’re up to their eyeballs in snow.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2025 08:04 AM (6ydKt)

106 Booji Boy is a senator from Minnesooooda now.

Posted by: DEVO at October 05, 2025 08:05 AM (R/m4+)

107 Exit row seating is a no go if the seat doesn't recline. I may even have to spring for business class if premium seating doesn't recline more than just a few inches.

Posted by: one hour sober at October 05, 2025 08:05 AM (Y1sOo)

108 Beautiful World guy is on the money is some ways, on other ways not so much.

Posted by: Eromero at October 05, 2025 08:06 AM (jgmnb)

109 I rarely watch TV but have it on this morning for background noise. My golden kept growling and barking so I went to check. They were showing lions and she just can't take it. Now it's cougars and she isn't a fan of those either. I might have to record some of these for her to watch when I'm at work

Posted by: Molly k. at October 05, 2025 08:06 AM (j/yko)

110 You used dialup until 2016?
Good Lord, man, I admire you for your patience.
Because by that time websites were definitely not designed for 56kbps, or even 256kbps.

Yup, text based sites load quickly.
You add in images and video, which is ubiquitous today, and that’s where the data gets large.

Once upon a time web design included optimizing images to get the file size down as low as possible while still keeping the quality up so your site would load faster. Now people rarely bother so webpages are thick with megabytes of data.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2025

***
I'm guessing at that date. It might have been earlier that my employer discontinued it. At home I didn't do much surfing beyond certain text-based forums with fewer images, and reading my email from work, so it didn't bother me much. When my work email began to take a long time to load, after they added so many security protections, it began to be a problem.

I had really good email/Web access at work.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2025 08:07 AM (omVj0)

111 "54
The good Doctor, Ian Roberts continues to entertain with his record of excellence in education."

Which members of the Des Moines school board have resigned in disgrace?
Uh huh. Thought so.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 05, 2025 08:08 AM (XQo4F)

112 Once upon a time web design included optimizing images to get the file size down as low as possible while still keeping the quality up so your site would load faster. Now people rarely bother so webpages are thick with megabytes of data.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2025 08:01 AM (6ydKt)
----
No doubt a huge chunk of that data is multimedia advertising. Imagine how streamlined a website could be without that garbage.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 05, 2025 08:08 AM (IBQGV)

113 Rust drools, C++ Rules.

But if you want to get anything done you'll go with a .NET, node.js, Python or Java tech stack.

Are you writing printer drivers? Cuz every permutation of block chain has already been written in C++ or Rust.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 05, 2025 08:09 AM (a4flb)

114 rarely watch TV but have it on this morning for background noise. My golden kept growling and barking so I went to check. They were showing lions and she just can't take it. Now it's cougars and she isn't a fan of those either. I might have to record some of these for her to watch when I'm at work
Posted by: Molly k. at October 05, 2025

***
My cats rarely pay attention to TV. Though I have known little Dagny to hop up in front of it and appear to watch birds on the screen. Certainly, when she's that close, motion might well catch her eye.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2025 08:09 AM (omVj0)

115 And now that I have 'Net at home, I wonder how I did without it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2025 08:10 AM (omVj0)

116 109 I rarely watch TV but have it on this morning for background noise. My golden kept growling and barking so I went to check. They were showing lions and she just can't take it. Now it's cougars and she isn't a fan of those either. I might have to record some of these for her to watch when I'm at work
Posted by: Molly k. at October 05, 2025 08:06 AM (j/yko)

There is actually a channel called DogTV on Dish.
It’s made for that purpose, to give dogs something to watch while their parents are working.

I’ve never seen it, it costs extra per month, and I don’t have a dog, but it must be worth it for some people because they’ve been offering it for years.

I’m guessing it shows dogs and other animals all day long so your dog doesn’t feel lonely all day.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2025 08:15 AM (6ydKt)

117 No doubt a huge chunk of that data is multimedia advertising. Imagine how streamlined a website could be without that garbage.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 05, 2025 08:08 AM (IBQGV)

Ad blocker, noscript, and dark mode is the only way to surf.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 05, 2025 08:19 AM (i24o9)

118
Once upon a time web design included optimizing images to get the file size down as low as possible while still keeping the quality up so your site would load faster. Now people rarely bother so webpages are thick with megabytes of data.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

A seemingly lost knowledge among yutes is figuring out that cramming multiple smartphone camera images into their Eagle project documents may render the end product unsendable via email because of its large file size. That, and failing to rotate such images into proper orientation to read on a page are two of my pet peeves as an Eagle advisor, and I insist that they fix such issues rather than impose the inconveniences on review board members that their laziness or ignorance will create if they do not fix the problem themselves.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at October 05, 2025 08:20 AM (xG4kz)

119 My cats rarely pay attention to TV. Though I have known little Dagny to hop up in front of it and appear to watch birds on the screen. Certainly, when she's that close, motion might well catch her eye.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2025 08:09 AM (omVj0)

Your TV probably doesn’t have a high enough refresh rate for pets, most people don’t have a high refresh TV.

Most TVs today run at 60Hz refresh rate.
But dogs and cats see motion much better than we do (prime predators need better vision) so most of them don’t really see 60Hz well. It looks like a strobe light show to them so they tend to ignore it as a weird looking light.

Pets can see the images clearly on a TV or monitor that does 100Hz or better, 120Hz is where most high-end TVs are today, but monitors can get up to 500Hz now.

They’ll definitely pay attention at that point, especially if they’re see other animals on the screen.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2025 08:21 AM (6ydKt)

120 >>> But dogs and cats see motion much better than we do (prime predators need better vision) so most of them don’t really see 60Hz well. It looks like a strobe light show to them so they tend to ignore it as a weird looking light.

Knowledge worth squirreling away

Posted by: fluffy at October 05, 2025 08:25 AM (AN2gy)

121 Watching Singapore Grand Prix, almost all racing drivers have very pretty models as partners but don't think any made a honest women with them.

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2025 08:30 AM (+qU29)

122 I insist that they fix such issues rather than impose the inconveniences on review board members that their laziness or ignorance will create if they do not fix the problem themselves.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at October 05, 2025 08:20 AM (xG4kz)

Good on you,
They should’ve figured it out already,

Gmail, for instance, has a 25mb limit on uploading attachments.

You might want to consider sharing via Dropbox or another cloud storage service if they can’t get the file sizes down. I can see how that would be a problem considering how the file sizes of photos taken with smartphones today. They aren’t small pics anymore with these 30 & 40 megapixel cameras in every pocket,

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2025 08:32 AM (6ydKt)

123 @113

>>Are you writing printer drivers? Cuz every permutation of block chain has already been written in C++ or Rust.

Most system level architectures are written in C++, the Bitcoin block chain is written in C++.

Rust, to me, is just a horribly written language that really doesn't solve anything that simply writing better c++ code gets you.

Here is Rust:

struct Point { x: f64, y: f64 }

impl Point {
fn dist2(&self) -> f64 { self.x * self.x + self.y * self.y }
}

Here is C++:

struct Point {
double x, y;
double dist2() const { return x*x + y*y; }
};

Which to your eyes is more elegant and easier to understand?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 05, 2025 08:34 AM (XV/Pl)

124 Also, pretty much every triple a game is written in c/c++

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 05, 2025 08:35 AM (XV/Pl)

125 But dogs and cats see motion much better than we do (prime predators need better vision) so most of them don’t really see 60Hz well. It looks like a strobe light show to them so they tend to ignore it as a weird looking light.

Now we know why they are manufacturing 120Hz monitors. Its not for humans (~60-90) but for the cats (~100Hz or more)

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 05, 2025 08:37 AM (a4flb)

126 "You might want to consider sharing via Dropbox or another cloud storage service if they can’t get the file sizes down."

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Have them put the photos into a Word or PowerPoint file and save it as a PDF. File size drops tremendously.

Posted by: The More You Know at October 05, 2025 08:38 AM (XQo4F)

127 My cat Allie has gotten into the annoying habit of stealing my office chair whenever I leave it.

Now she's trying to steal it while I'm still sitting in it.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 05, 2025 08:42 AM (IBQGV)

128 Ad blocker, noscript, and dark mode is the only way to surf.

I'm old school and just kept expanding the hosts file with domains directed to 127.0.01

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 05, 2025 08:44 AM (a4flb)

129 Now we know why they are manufacturing 120Hz monitors. Its not for humans (~60-90) but for the cats (~100Hz or more)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 05, 2025 08:37 AM (a4flb)

Actually, if you want better motion clarity, without blur and pixellation around edges, 120Hz is awesome for anything with fast motion like sports, action flicks, or gaming.

There’s a reason for it.
My monitor will get to 165Hz, and there’s a noticeable difference, but most people couldn’t care less, rightly so.

It’s a thing for people who are really into smooth motion on a screen, but it’s certainly not a necessity for the average person.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2025 08:44 AM (6ydKt)

130 Never new cnn has restricted content.
Really, someone pays for cnn content?

Posted by: From about That Time at October 05, 2025 08:45 AM (n4GiU)

131 @127/"Perfessor" Squirrel: "Now she's trying to steal it while I'm still sitting in it."

Why are you trying to lay claim to the cat's office chair? It's hers, you got up and abandoned it, and she stole it fair and square!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 05, 2025 08:46 AM (O7YUW)

132 I'm old school and just kept expanding the hosts file with domains directed to 127.0.01

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 05, 2025 08:44 AM (a4flb)

That is old school, and dedication. I've considering a pihole implementation on my network, but I lost interest after YouTube fubard itself beyond watching.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 05, 2025 08:46 AM (i24o9)

133 Kale is so versatile. It literally fits into any size trash can.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 05, 2025 08:46 AM (XQo4F)

134 The hurricane channel ‘reports’ chocolate and coffee prices will be affected by…..get this….weather.

Posted by: Eromero at October 05, 2025 08:47 AM (jgmnb)

135 Oh, had to add, most content we see is 25 frames per second for movies and 30 frames per second on TV.

There is 60fps content out there, but it’s few and far between off the internet or games. YouTube is good about encoding to 60fps in a lot of vids, though.

Increasing the fps is really where motion clarity comes in, but you need a screen that can push it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2025 08:49 AM (6ydKt)

136 "134 The hurricane channel ‘reports’ chocolate and coffee prices will be affected by…..get this….weather."
+++

Amateur.

Posted by: The Asteroid Channel at October 05, 2025 08:49 AM (XQo4F)

137 120Hz is awesome for anything with fast motion like sports, action flicks, or gaming.

Posted by: SpeakingOf
______

So if I upgrade my Xbox to a series X (120Hz), I'll have a better chance against the 12 year olds in pubG?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 05, 2025 08:50 AM (XvL8K)

138 Which to your eyes is more elegant and easier to understand?

Which one runs better in your browser?

A former client of mine had a product that is similar to Google Earth except it would track things over time and you could pan, zoom the geography while going back and forth in time and having millions of data points update the map overlays.

That sucks to do in javascript/typescript and you will lose customers. The solution to wrangling all of that in Chrome is Rust. if node.js is the backend, then Rust ties in real well. Not so much for C/C++

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 05, 2025 08:51 AM (a4flb)

139 Amateur.
Posted by: The Asteroid Channel at October 05, 2025 08:49 AM (XQo4F
Known long ago.
- The Mummy Channel

Posted by: Eromero at October 05, 2025 08:51 AM (jgmnb)

140 My monitor will get to 165Hz, and there’s a noticeable difference, but most people couldn’t care less, rightly so.

There are upper limits to refresh cycle and screen real-estate. Good luck finding a true 4k/240Hz in sizes at 40"+ (more likely 27" - 32").

Then DisplayPort 2.1 can handle 4K at 240Hz, not sure about the wealth of GPUs than can handle it.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 05, 2025 08:57 AM (a4flb)

141 Speaking of DEVO...

There a documentary about them on Netflix(i know, I know) that's really interesting.

It took them a long time to get the Devo thang together and going. What added an impetus to them that maybe? helped them succeed was the Kent State mess because they were students at KS at the time.

But, you get the idea that it doomed them too in the end because...THE MESSAGE became the most important thing to them, instead of the music. They clearly didn't understand that with quirky, kooky humorous Devo everyone "got" their message.
Devo wanted to pound the message into your head until you wanted to start a revolution.

"It's a Beautiful World" video is a pretty good idea of that.

Anyway with that as their goal they failed thoroughly and quickly.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 05, 2025 09:00 AM (iJfKG)

142 Reading.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 05, 2025 09:00 AM (uQesX)

143 Going forward, you will need to use an email client that supports the new IMAP standard, which came out in... 1986.

Not only that, but I wrote an IMAP server in 2003.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at October 05, 2025 09:09 AM (VmDLh)

144 Rust is the latest programming language for the mentally ill. It follows a long line of distinguished programming languages for the mentally ill, such as Node.js (which Pixy has covered extensively).

Rust is the answer to the question nobody asked: what if your "systems programming" language had every bad rapid-development feature we can think of, from Node.js? Wouldn't that be awesome, particularly if you had to do systems programming but can't figure out how to program?

Just a completely unreliable language--all that bizarre syntax, for nothing.

Posted by: James at October 05, 2025 09:59 AM (TZWdq)

145 109 I rarely watch TV but have it on this morning for background noise. My golden kept growling and barking so I went to check. They were showing lions and she just can't take it. Now it's cougars and she isn't a fan of those either. I might have to record some of these for her to watch when I'm at work
Posted by: Molly k. at October 05, 2025 08:06 AM (j/yko)

; )

Posted by: m at October 05, 2025 10:11 AM (aURVT)

146 Hey, I like POP email.

Posted by: MartynWW at October 05, 2025 01:38 PM (6VnWx)

147 Still using the AOL dial-up (they haven't pulled the plug yet.) After they do, it's back to the Frankenstein internet alternative I had to set up...

Posted by: As not seen on TV at October 05, 2025 06:05 PM (OvUrq)

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