Daily Tech News 1 November 2025

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AMD has explained that when they said that drivers for their RX 5000 and RX 6000 graphics cards (and integrated graphics with the RDNA 1 and 2 architectures respectively) were entering maintenance mode with only bug fixes to be released and not optimisations for individual games, they didn't mean maintenance mode, they meant maintenance mode. (Tom's Hardware)

Everyone clear on that?

Good.

Long stupid story short, they will still be updating the drivers for related boards and APUs, just not promising to address the quirks of every game that comes along.

Also, the release note saying they were dropping support for the USB-C port on RX 7900 series boards was bullshit. Yes, it's in the official release notes; yes, it's officially bullshit.

The previous generation - the RX 400 and RX 500 series, which were the same thing with different numbers - is still kind of dead but we already knew that. You can still find new-in-box RX 580s but they're starting to dry up now. The XFX models I grabbed early this year are completely gone.

Update: Turns out my supplier found another four of them hiding somewhere. Priced around $100 including sales tax.

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Some crazy person has created a version of Windows 7 that fits in just 69MB of disk space. (Tom's Hardware)

Considering that a decent SSD costs about 5c per GB, that's about 0.4c of space.

Also, it isn't actually useful for anything. It runs, but it doesn't run most software without you manually installing a bunch more system files.
Those videos explaining how to bypass Windows 11's online account requirement during installation that YouTube has been merrily deleting? Blame AI. (The Register)

YouTube hasn't said anything, but when a video is taken down instantly, and an appeal is also rejected instantly, that's AI.
YouTube was probably too busy to comment on the situation because the people at the top are occupied with laying off the people at the bottom to focus more heavily on the AI that is already destroying the site. (CNBC) (archive site)

Oh, good.
Testing Highpoint's RocketAIC 7608AW. (Tom's Hardware)

This is a PCIe 5.0 card with a PCIe 5.0 switch chip on board and eight PCIe 5.0 M.2 slots. So it's fast, but it's also very expensive with the bare card priced at $1999.

The fault there seems to be mainly the PCIe 5.0 switch chip. There don't seem to be any products out there at a reasonable price.

The QNAP 4-port M.2 card that I have costs less than $200 on Amazon, but that's PCIe 3.0. Anything more recent will cost you an arm and a leg and a kidney and maybe a cornea.
Israel demanded Amazon and Google use a secret "wink" code to sidestep legal orders. (The Guardian)

Warrant canaries. What these subliterate fascists are talking about are warrant canaries.

A warrant canary is a thing that appears to be normal until and unless the company receives a warrant with a gag order attached, the reasoning being that while gag orders are still legal, they can't compel you to keep your pet canary singing.

Particularly if they don't know you have a pet canary.

No fault attaches to Israel in this. All the blame attaches to the totalitarian regimes that necessitate this sort of warning mechanism.

And their pet media mouthpieces.
When Canva bought Affinity in March last year, everyone wondered how long it would take them to fuck up a good and affordable multi-platform product range. It turns out the answer was 19 months. (Ars Technica)

Good news first: The whole Affinity product range is now free, bundled into a single application simply called Affinity.

Not really a problem news: To get the full functionality you need to pay $120 per year for a Canva subscription, but the only function gated behind the paywall right now is AI slop. The free version does everything the three Affinity apps could do before, except...

Problem news: Affinity v3 can read but not write Affinity v2 files. If you use the new app there's no going back, unless you re-export to a third-party format and lose internal history.

It could have been much worse, but they could also not have done this at all.
A new mathematical proof debunks the idea that the universe is a simulation except it does nothing of the fucking sort. (Phys.org)
"It has been suggested that the universe could be simulated. If such a simulation were possible, the simulated universe could itself give rise to life, which in turn might create its own simulation. This recursive possibility makes it seem highly unlikely that our universe is the original one, rather than a simulation nested within another simulation," says Dr. Faizal. "This idea was once thought to lie beyond the reach of scientific inquiry. However, our recent research has demonstrated that it can, in fact, be scientifically addressed."
No it hasn't.
The team demonstrated that even this information-based foundation cannot fully describe reality using computation alone. They used powerful mathematical theorems - including Gödel's incompleteness theorem-to prove that a complete and consistent description of everything requires what they call "non-algorithmic understanding."
Yes, that's cute. But we already have Gödel's incompleteness theorems (there's two of them) and this doesn't seem to tell us anything new at all - just a limit in the ability to determine the truth of certain mathematical statements.

The second problem, though, is that no-one has ever shown that "non-algorithmic understanding" exists, could possibly exist, or has any kind of clear definition.
The team's conclusion is clear and marks an important scientific achievement, says Dr. Faizal.

"Any simulation is inherently algorithmic - it must follow programmed rules," he says.
There's just one small problem here: This is completely false.
Speaking of every game that comes along Escape from Duckov, a combat game involving ducks written by a five-person team in China, has sold two million copies in two weeks, while western titles with budgets in the tens of millions of dollars continue to flounder.

Just a month ago, Megabonk, written by a one-man team, sold a million copies in two weeks... While western titles with budgets in the tens of millions of dollars continued to flounder.

And before that it was Silksong, written by three guys in Australia, selling 6 million copies, and before that it was Schedule 1, written by just one guy in Australia, selling 5 million copies.

It starts to feel like the established video game companies are doing something wrong.
Meanwhile Nintendo's patent on capturing monsters and putting them in your pocket, which the company planned to use as a legal bludgeon against Palworld, a game where you capture monsters and put them in your pocket, has been rejected by the Japanese patent office for being "boring and stupid". (MSN)

Actually they just said the patent lacked originality, which of course it fucking does because Nintendo waited thirty years before trying to patent it.

Musical Interlude

Michael Jackson's Thriller presented by the Phase Connect girls - not all, but a lot of them, including the five that debuted just last weekend.

Disclaimer: It's a double-biller!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at November 01, 2025 04:00 AM (RuTUS)

2 guten morgen, horde

Posted by: clarence at November 01, 2025 04:00 AM (qHI+E)

3 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at November 01, 2025 04:00 AM (+qU29)

4 Morning all.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 01, 2025 04:02 AM (BLOW1)

5 Lots of content!

Posted by: m at November 01, 2025 04:03 AM (RuTUS)

6 The Skillz video on the ONT is wild.

Posted by: m at November 01, 2025 04:08 AM (RuTUS)

7 Mornin’ mooncalves.

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at November 01, 2025 04:08 AM (JRP2U)

8 Good morning! So EBT and SNAP cards aren't gonna be replenished today? Are things gonna get sporty? I suspect we'll know by the end of the weekend. On the good news front, cooler weather is here in Cowtown. Let the fall gardening and landscape work begin!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 01, 2025 04:09 AM (3Ope8)

9 Good morning. Let's just put a fluffy little comment right here.

Posted by: Fluffy Nuggets, Jr. at November 01, 2025 04:13 AM (0TKix)

10 Since I got up in middle of the night, have had a cramp in my bottom of my leg.
And wife just had to fk with kitchen sink and now have serious plumbing to do.
I am not ot of bed yet

Posted by: Skip at November 01, 2025 04:15 AM (+qU29)

11 Guess I am changing the kitchen sink facet today.
Oh if I need a part nothing is open for another hour and half

Posted by: Skip at November 01, 2025 04:27 AM (+qU29)

12 9 Good morning. Let's just put a fluffy little comment right here.
Posted by: Fluffy Nuggets, Jr. at November 01, 2025 04:13 AM (0TKix)

That fluffy comment's looking a little moist.

Posted by: m at November 01, 2025 04:29 AM (RuTUS)

13 Coffee s going, will be awhile

Posted by: Skip at November 01, 2025 04:36 AM (+qU29)

14 Jewish and Christian scripture on spending time with God:

https://tinyurl.com/ysy8shxb

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 01, 2025 04:38 AM (Yl2Ob)

15 13 Coffee s going, will be awhile
Posted by: Skip at November 01, 2025 04:36 AM (+qU29)

Hope the covfefe makes the day look up, Skip!

Posted by: m at November 01, 2025 04:40 AM (RuTUS)

16 Police Officer in Atlantic City, NJ swims against current to rescue dog:

https://tinyurl.com/3enkzasc

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 01, 2025 04:41 AM (Yl2Ob)

17
Long stupid story short, they will still be updating the drivers for related boards and APUs, just not promising to address the quirks of every game that comes along.

"We're a solid 'We have your back' for Tic-Tac-Toe and Pong. It's 'buyer beware' for anything else."

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at November 01, 2025 04:41 AM (h2tDR)

18 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. 43 chilly degrees here at Stately Poppins Manor, but with the howling winds, it could almost be a day in the low 20s. It is supposed to be nearly 50 today, but again, with high winds throughout.

For the past few hours I've had a rapid, intermittent stabbing pain in the left side of my head, just above the ear. It isn't a tick - at least, I don't see one - and I think it might be just some odd muscle twitch, as it hurts when I rub a hand across the area.

So, because of that, I've been up working since about 2.30am. I had hoped it would take my mind off the pain and let it fade away, but no luck. I'm going to wrap up what I have left and take some aspirin to see if it helps; I certainly won't be able to go back to sleep.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 01, 2025 04:43 AM (ufSfZ)

19 >>>Long stupid story short

Much appreciated!

Posted by: m at November 01, 2025 04:44 AM (RuTUS)

20
Guess I am changing the kitchen sink facet today.
Oh if I need a part nothing is open for another hour and half
Posted by: Skip

Oooh, check out Mister Fancy and his rhinestone encrusted plumbing fixtures! I'll bet that they're a PITA to keep clean, though.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at November 01, 2025 04:45 AM (h2tDR)

21 Hydrate, MPPPP!

Posted by: m at November 01, 2025 04:46 AM (RuTUS)

22 Hospital goes above and beyond to keep the anniversary tradition of an older couple alive:

https://tinyurl.com/yc4xab3h

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 01, 2025 04:47 AM (Yl2Ob)

23 Good morning, good people. I trust All Hallow's Eve was enjoyed by all, it certainly was here. Now to look forward to a 25 lb turkey deep fried out in the back yard, I have a firepit specifically set up for it. I mean to eat myself into a coma as usual for the ONE time each year then it's back to sanity.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at November 01, 2025 04:48 AM (vFbHf)

24 Sorry for your pain, MPPPP. I hope you feel better soon. Please go see a doctor next week.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 01, 2025 04:48 AM (Yl2Ob)

25
Good morning. Let's just put a fluffy little comment right here.
Posted by: Fluffy Nuggets, Jr

** wistfully **

Y'all recall those halcyon days when only the best gray boxes here granted one the boon of strewing ampersands hither and yon? & & & & & & &

And in boxcar-filling quantities?

&&&!

Aye, those were simpler times... but we were happy!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at November 01, 2025 04:51 AM (h2tDR)

26 Lively old time gospel tune, "Jesus is calling"- Hank Williams Sr:

https://tinyurl.com/5bepvbs9

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 01, 2025 04:53 AM (Yl2Ob)

27 >>>What these subliterate fascists are talking about are warrant canaries.

at the Guardian?

What these subliterate fascists at the Guardian are talking about are warrant canaries.

yes?

Posted by: m at November 01, 2025 04:55 AM (RuTUS)

28 >>>Update: Turns out my supplier found another four of them hiding somewhere. Priced around $100 including sales tax.

yay!

Posted by: m at November 01, 2025 04:57 AM (RuTUS)

29
YouTube hasn't said anything, but when a video is taken down instantly, and an appeal is also rejected instantly, that's AI.

The Intelligence is Artificial.

The Authoritarianism Insists upon itself.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at November 01, 2025 04:57 AM (h2tDR)

30 27 >>>What these subliterate fascists are talking about are warrant canaries.

at the Guardian?

What these subliterate fascists at the Guardian are talking about are warrant canaries.

yes?
Posted by: m

Very yes.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 01, 2025 05:00 AM (BLOW1)

31 >>>Warrant canaries.

The linked wikipedia article on warrant canaries is making my brain hurt.

Posted by: m at November 01, 2025 05:00 AM (RuTUS)

32 Worcester, MA woman who was an atheist convert to the RC church and who. Some folks are considering for sainthood :

https://tinyurl.com/mses3u5j

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 01, 2025 05:02 AM (Yl2Ob)

33 The Guardian

Revealed: Israel demanded Google and Amazon use secret ‘wink’ to sidestep legal orders

https://archive.is/fmfh9 (archive.is)

Posted by: m at November 01, 2025 05:03 AM (RuTUS)

34
It starts to feel like the established video game companies are doing something wrong.

Not if they really are fishwives flogging flounder.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at November 01, 2025 05:04 AM (h2tDR)

35 Have a good day, everyone, and a Happy All Saints Day to those that celebrate it I'll be back for the prayer and pet posts , I expect , but other than those I need a break from politics .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 01, 2025 05:05 AM (Yl2Ob)

36 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at November 01, 2025 05:07 AM (AN2gy)

37 >>>Warrant canaries.
The linked wikipedia article on warrant canaries is making my brain hurt.

Thanks for the warning. I feel the need understand the term.

Posted by: fluffy at November 01, 2025 05:12 AM (AN2gy)

38 Warrant canaries seem to be like a dead man switch.

Posted by: fluffy at November 01, 2025 05:13 AM (AN2gy)

39 Guardian article:

- The tech giants agreed to extraordinary terms
- Israeli officials invented a requirement

Perhaps a lawyer will be looking at those Guardian claims.

And, whoo, all the weasel words:

Legal experts, including several former US prosecutors, said the arrangement was highly unusual and carried risks for the companies as the coded messages could violate legal obligations in the US, where the companies are headquartered, to keep a subpoena secret.

Posted by: m at November 01, 2025 05:16 AM (RuTUS)

40 There's a fluffy AND a Fluffy Nuggets, Jr. in attendance.

Posted by: m at November 01, 2025 05:18 AM (RuTUS)

41 39 Legal experts, including several former US prosecutors, said the arrangement was highly unusual and carried risks for the companies as the coded messages could violate legal obligations in the US, where the companies are headquartered, to keep a subpoena secret.
Posted by: m

The Supreme Court has already ruled that compelled speech is unconstitutional.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 01, 2025 05:20 AM (BLOW1)

42
Today is day one of our two day gem and mineral show.

Setting up the hall yesterday went swimmingly, due in large measure, I might add, to putting my suggestion into practice of having the rental firm deliver the two lengths of tables in specific quantities near the center of each hall.

All of that arose out of my insistence during last year's takedown that stacking tables at multiple locations around the hall according to their length as they were released by the dealers was to our advantage. "They come and pick these up with a truck, which can go anywhere easily, and trumps the need for us to haul tables long distances to create very few caches," I opined. That and my refusal to load dollies with tables to have them hauled clear across the room. We in the "tote that barge" crowd had finally put down our foot.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at November 01, 2025 05:22 AM (h2tDR)

43 Guess if it wasn't plumbing to do today it would be the start of the annual leaf harvest collecting

Posted by: Skip at November 01, 2025 05:22 AM (+qU29)

44 41 39 The Supreme Court has already ruled that compelled speech is unconstitutional.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 01, 2025 05:20 AM (BLOW1)

I'm not seeing comments at that article. For cause, I imagine.

Posted by: m at November 01, 2025 05:25 AM (RuTUS)

45 My phone tapping to come on and off didn't seem to work well yesterday. Yet so far been fine today.
The on / off button isn't functioning.

Posted by: Skip at November 01, 2025 05:26 AM (+qU29)

46 >>> There's a fluffy AND a Fluffy Nuggets, Jr. in attendance.

I'm very case sensitive about this development.

Posted by: fluffy at November 01, 2025 05:27 AM (AN2gy)

47
The leaves are pretty much through falling here northeast of Philadelphia. Such was not the case back home when we departed in order to travel to here on Wednesday afternoon.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at November 01, 2025 05:28 AM (h2tDR)

48 NGL, purposely went shopping last week and stocked up on staples, especially in case things with stores get nuts. We're pretty much all out of meat, which is scary, it's been a while since I'd shopped. so I stocked up on stuff to freeze. I also got baked sweets, candy, and chips for the Halloween weekend. Not my usual haul, but it is what it is.

The person ringing me up kind of gave me a pointed look at all the meat and junk food, and actually asked me, EBT card? I felt embarrassed, like I'd done something wrong. It's amazing, and a little sad, that you see a certain kind of cart, though, and it instantly stereotypes you as "oh she's an EBT user." It shouldn't have a stereotype, but it does!

Posted by: LizLem at November 01, 2025 05:29 AM (gWBY1)

49
Good morning on this fine All Saints Day. I'm up and getting the dogs taken care of before going to Mass. Because it's Saturday, the Obligation shifts to Sunday, but it won't hurt me any to go two days in a row.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 01, 2025 05:29 AM (tgvbd)

50 >>>"these subliterate fascists" at the Guardian

They are at the same time dramatic and boring.

Posted by: m at November 01, 2025 05:30 AM (RuTUS)

51
Today marks the start of a nervous and stressful time for everybody who works at a Food King grocery store.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at November 01, 2025 05:31 AM (h2tDR)

52 .>>> Good morning. Let's just put a fluffy little comment right here.

Happy little comment!

Happy All Saints' Day. Anyone doing anything for Day of the Dead? I might use it as an excuse to make guac and eat chips or quesadillas.

Posted by: LizLem at November 01, 2025 05:31 AM (gWBY1)

53 >>> The leaves are pretty much through falling here northeast of Philadelphia.

Up here in border country (I'm about 20 miles west of MPPP) we still have the oaks leafed out. I suspect a good portion came down with all the wind last night.

Posted by: fluffy at November 01, 2025 05:31 AM (AN2gy)

54 I feel a bit sorry for people in the UK, who have lost their right to free speech.
Sad.

Posted by: m at November 01, 2025 05:34 AM (RuTUS)

55 Rogan, Elon:

https://youtu.be/O4wBUysNe2k

Posted by: m at November 01, 2025 05:36 AM (RuTUS)

56
I feel a bit sorry for people in the UK, who have lost their right to free speech.
Sad.
Posted by: m

That they did not take steps to have it codified into law is their burden to bear. That they voted into office pipsqueak authoritarians to enforce its removal is similarly their burden to bear.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at November 01, 2025 05:38 AM (h2tDR)

57 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 01, 2025 05:40 AM (s1NDj)

58
Impulse buys of sombreros are bound to suffer with the cutoff of SNAP benefits.

Oh, the huge manatee!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at November 01, 2025 05:41 AM (h2tDR)

59 Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 01, 2025 05:40 AM (s1NDj)

At work on a Saturday?

Posted by: m at November 01, 2025 05:42 AM (RuTUS)

60 Twinkies are hard hit by the government shutdown, sell Twinkies stock!

Posted by: Colin at November 01, 2025 05:44 AM (wlQdF)

61 56
I feel a bit sorry for people in the UK, who have lost their right to free speech.
Sad.
Posted by: m

That they did not take steps to have it codified into law is their burden to bear. That they voted into office pipsqueak authoritarians to enforce its removal is similarly their burden to bear.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at November 01, 2025 05:38 AM (h2tDR)

Maybe they have to hit bottom before they see the problem.

Posted by: m at November 01, 2025 05:45 AM (RuTUS)

62 Yeah. I don't normally go to daily Mass because it's at the ungodly hour of 7:00am.

But today, I feel inspired.

Posted by: no one at November 01, 2025 05:46 AM (W7XSX)

63 wikipedia on Censorship in Australia

Complicated! Lots of frightening examples. Like:

In 2016, James Cook University sacked marine scientist Peter Ridd for publishing an article questioning the reproducibility of his colleagues' work on the Great Barrier Reef.
The Federal Court later ruled the University had acted unlawfully, awarding Ridd more than $1 million in damages.

Posted by: m at November 01, 2025 05:47 AM (RuTUS)

64 Maybe they have to hit bottom before they see the problem.
Posted by: m at November 01, 2025 05:45 AM (RuTUS)

The sorts who routinely vote for the censorship parties will be unaffected so they won't mind... until they do. And then it will be too late.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 01, 2025 05:48 AM (ExV1e)

65 @aelfred_D

My favorite Halloween memory was the year after I graduated college. Living in a rundown row house with a couple friends, I got really excited and bought several bags of candy. But our outdoor light was broken, so that + the shady environs meant no one showed for hours.
I was very disappointed.

As my roommates and I were drinking before the party we were going to, around 9 pm some brave kid and his brave dad knocked, at which point I ran to the door, flung it open, and handed him the CVS bag containing 3 large bags of candy.

I will never forget that kid’s eyes, like giant moons, or his dad’s, looking at me like “What the hell are you doing”
God bless them both. I love Halloween.

Posted by: m at November 01, 2025 05:50 AM (RuTUS)

66 Google and Disney are having a slap fight over $$$$. The result of that is Google has pulled all Disney networks off of YoutubeTV. So, no ESPN or ABC during a busy sports filled weekend. I do have YoutubeTV. I may change soon anyway. Try something else.

Dayshift is here!!! Later.....

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 01, 2025 05:51 AM (s1NDj)

67
Anyone doing anything for Day of the Dead?

__________

Visiting a cemetery to say some prayers for the dead. It's part of gaining the plenary indulgence for the day. It's an A.M.E. cemetery but I don't think anyone's going to be hurt by my stopping by.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 01, 2025 05:54 AM (tgvbd)

68 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at November 01, 2025 06:02 AM (XQo4F)

69 66 Dayshift is here!!! Later.....
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 01, 2025 05:51 AM (s1NDj)

cool

Posted by: m at November 01, 2025 06:02 AM (RuTUS)

70 As my roommates and I were drinking before the party we were going to, around 9 pm some brave kid and his brave dad knocked, at which point I ran to the door, flung it open, and handed him the CVS bag containing 3 large bags of candy.

I will never forget that kid’s eyes, like giant moons, or his dad’s, looking at me like “What the hell are you doing”
God bless them both. I love Halloween.
Posted by: m at November 01, 2025 05:50 AM (RuTUS)

As a kid, I was taking my little brother and sister around. Stopped at a house and rang the bell. Guy answered and said, "OMG, is it Halloween?" Handed us each $20, closed the door, and turned of his porch light. That was mid-70s so it was a fuck-ton of money.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 01, 2025 06:02 AM (ExV1e)

71 Silly me, missed this last night
https://tinyurl.com/76hb4x58
Kate Ferguson of 18th Century Horsemanship visits Sleepy Hollow NY

Posted by: Skip at November 01, 2025 06:04 AM (+qU29)

72 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: chinchilla.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 01, 2025 06:12 AM (x7EH8)

73 A scared-looking photo of Andrew Mountbatten Windsor has been front and center on the front page of bbc online for a full day.

Posted by: m at November 01, 2025 06:14 AM (RuTUS)

74 Greetings from the Carolinas.

Posted by: Going deep. Out at November 01, 2025 06:14 AM (jt/rW)

75 I plan to go to Confession later today so that when I visit our cemetery tomorrow, I will receive the plenary indulgence.

Posted by: no one at November 01, 2025 06:15 AM (W7XSX)

76 ... the Andrew formerly known as prince.

Posted by: m at November 01, 2025 06:15 AM (RuTUS)

77 Just have to behave myself for one evening.

Posted by: no one at November 01, 2025 06:15 AM (W7XSX)

78 @52/LizLem: "Anyone doing anything for Day of the Dead?"

Goin' to the mall!

Oh, wait, that's Dawn of the Dead.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 01, 2025 06:19 AM (O7YUW)

79
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 01, 2025 06:20 AM (tljrc)

80 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 01, 2025 06:21 AM (hoCmQ)

81 We didn't have a single trick or treater last night. :-(

Guess I'll have to get rid of all these Reese's PB bars, M&Ms and Hershey kisses....sad. There's only so much milk....

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 01, 2025 06:21 AM (3Ope8)

82 81 We didn't have a single trick or treater last night. :-(

Guess I'll have to get rid of all these Reese's PB bars, M&Ms and Hershey kisses....sad. There's only so much milk....
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 01, 2025 06:21 AM (3Ope

:-(

Posted by: m at November 01, 2025 06:22 AM (RuTUS)

83 For those of us who don't walk that particular path, what is (are?) plenary indulgence?

Posted by: fluffy at November 01, 2025 06:22 AM (AN2gy)

84 If you haven't seen TJM's video check it out as well

Posted by: Skip at November 01, 2025 06:25 AM (+qU29)

85 I do have YoutubeTV. I may change soon anyway. Try something else.

Dayshift is here!!! Later.....
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 01, 2025 05:51 AM (s1NDj)

There are only a handful of live TV streamers to choose from.

Hulu Live TV - Disney is planning on folding Hulu inside Disney+, so who knows if Live TV will make it? Maybe they”ll call it Disney+ Live TV and keep it going.

Sling TV - Has all the basic channels but you have to get the blue & orange plans to get them all, and no live local stations like Hulu & YouTube have.

Philo TV - Cheaper ($28/month) but not as many channels (83 total), and no news, sports or local channels.

Fubo - Mainly focused on sports channels.

Frndly TV - $8.99/month for 43 channels.

Most have some kind of cloud DVR feature.

Philo is probably the best if you don’t watch much news or sports. Fubo if you really like sports. Frndly if you want some basic channels and that’s it. YouTube TV or Hulu Live TV if you want the closest thing to cable/satellite without the cord or dish.

I looked into all of them a few months ago to get out from under Dish. I was thinking YT TV, but they don’t carry A&E networks, no History Channel so no bueno.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 01, 2025 06:26 AM (6ydKt)

86 My tv's have wifi YouTube

Posted by: Skip at November 01, 2025 06:31 AM (+qU29)

87 Trying to decide how far back the cold line to kitchen sink to cut and start replacing

Posted by: Skip at November 01, 2025 06:32 AM (+qU29)

88 Skip, why not just put a shutoff at the wall and go from there?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 01, 2025 06:36 AM (3Ope8)

89 84 If you haven't seen TJM's video check it out as well
Posted by: Skip at November 01, 2025 06:25 AM (+qU29)

Alright, what video?
Where’s it at?

Did I miss something?
(Probably, haven’t been able to pursue AoSHQ as much lately).

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 01, 2025 06:36 AM (6ydKt)

90 Alright, what video?
Where’s it at?
-----------
Sidebar.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 01, 2025 06:37 AM (x7EH8)

91 I have a shut off and drain above the basement sink area. So cold Line is drained already. Valve out under sink was destroyed by wife at 4:30 so somewhere there has to go

Posted by: Skip at November 01, 2025 06:38 AM (+qU29)

92 @89/SpeakingOf: "Alright, what video? Where’s it at?"

Sidebar, main page:

https://youtu.be/nX4lDKUSGtM

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 01, 2025 06:38 AM (O7YUW)

93 Sidebar, main page:

https://youtu.be/nX4lDKUSGtM
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 01, 2025 06:38 AM (O7YUW)

Oh.
I should probably look at the sidebar more often.

That’s quite the bookshelf filled with DVDs.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 01, 2025 06:43 AM (6ydKt)

94 Never seen any Ralph movies but still think TJM did a fantastic presentation
Looking forward to the next video

Posted by: Skip at November 01, 2025 06:44 AM (+qU29)

95 59 Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 01, 2025 05:40 AM (s1NDj)

At work on a Saturday?

Posted by: m

I work every weekend. Get Sunday night off.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 01, 2025 06:45 AM (sAmhv)

96 Be sure to give a thumb 👍, somehow it matters.

Posted by: Skip at November 01, 2025 06:45 AM (+qU29)

97 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho ZOA stooge at November 01, 2025 06:46 AM (7nrYO)

98 95 59 Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 01, 2025 05:40 AM (s1NDj)

At work on a Saturday?

Posted by: m

I work every weekend. Get Sunday night off.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 01, 2025 06:45 AM (sAmhv)

Welcome home!

Posted by: m at November 01, 2025 06:46 AM (RuTUS)

99 I pictured TJM a little differently in my head.

Very disappointed he’s not wearing a frock coat, breeches, and a powdered wig.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 01, 2025 06:46 AM (6ydKt)

100 Worst problem is seem to be out of 1/2" copper,

Posted by: Skip at November 01, 2025 06:46 AM (+qU29)

101 100

Posted by: m at November 01, 2025 06:46 AM (RuTUS)

102 :-(

Posted by: m at November 01, 2025 06:47 AM (RuTUS)

103 Powerline Week In Pictures:

https://tinyurl.com/hmefuvp9

Midwest Chick:

https://tinyurl.com/47yjv5h2

Sarah:

https://tinyurl.com/58ra6pum

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 01, 2025 06:48 AM (PiwSw)

104 Bookworm Room:

https://tinyurl.com/yzbersym

I need a nap.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 01, 2025 06:50 AM (PiwSw)

105 >>>YouTube hasn't said anything, but when a video is taken down instantly, and an appeal is also rejected instantly, that's AI.

That's an algorithm programmed to do what it's programmers want it to do, autonomously, but since we're dumbing down what is called "AI," sure.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 01, 2025 06:50 AM (i24o9)

106 "Not if they really are fishwives flogging flounder.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at November 01, 2025 05:04 AM"

Is that what you kids are calling it now?

Posted by: Grandpa Simpson at November 01, 2025 06:52 AM (XQo4F)

107 A new mathematical proof debunks the idea that the universe is a simulation except it does nothing of the fucking sort.

For decades now, when trying to provide a materialistic template to explain God's Creation, the Great Simulation is a wonderful means to comprehend the concept of being omniscient, omnipresent, able to alter time and space (aka miracles), to transcend time (time travel and locality are not simultaneously possible) to know the future and know all the things simultaneously happening.

It would take an infinite mind because of all the things going on. It would also require establishing the rules and orders, the constants of the algorithm.

How God could simultaneously run the simulation and be fully part of the simulation. (to be fully God and fully man during the Incarnation) breaks my mind.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at November 01, 2025 06:57 AM (a4flb)

108 I was wondering why I know nothing of Affinity/Canva

Operating system: "macOS, Microsoft Windows, iPadOS"

Oh.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 01, 2025 06:59 AM (i24o9)

109 Skip at least you can fix it yourself. When Mrs. F. breaks something she calls Boris and its always at least $200

Posted by: San Franpsycho ZOA stooge at November 01, 2025 07:00 AM (7nrYO)

110 Sweat the old copper fitting off and clean the end, no?
Sharkbite is your friend for emergencies

Posted by: Accomack at November 01, 2025 07:01 AM (Dpv2s)

111 @Pixy: I'm checking out "No Commentary" playthrough videos of the three games you mentioned that are doing well (Escape from Duckov, Megabonk, and Silksong) to see if any of these might appeal to me.

Thanks for mentioning them.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 01, 2025 07:02 AM (O7YUW)

112 >>>while western titles with budgets in the tens of millions of dollars continue to flounder.

It's time to stop using my people as a derogatory reference.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 01, 2025 07:04 AM (i24o9)

113 Good morning! So EBT and SNAP cards aren't gonna be replenished today? Are things gonna get sporty? I suspect we'll know by the end of the weekend. On the good news front, cooler weather is here in Cowtown. Let the fall gardening and landscape work begin!

The propaganda machines have been running full tilt to generate sympathy for the land whales on the mobility scooter who have chronic metabolic dysfunction due to their SNAP dependencies.

Its like people don't know what any of the letters of SNAP stand for:
• Supplemental
• Nutritional
• Assistance

The way the narrative treats SNAP, its critical, it clearly isn't focused on nutrition and "assistance" is not a synonyn for "dependent".

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at November 01, 2025 07:04 AM (a4flb)

114 *It's time to stop using my people as a derogatory reference.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon*

Or a naughty one.

Posted by: Flogging fishwives at November 01, 2025 07:06 AM (XQo4F)

115 >>> Bookworm Room:

Oooo, another site for Saturday AM memes!

Posted by: fluffy at November 01, 2025 07:11 AM (AN2gy)

116 Can’t disagree with TJM there.
Wreck It Ralph was a decent flick but they really screwed up Ralph Breaks The Internet.

I can still remember funny parts from the first movie but the sequel is a big blank until I saw clips in his YT video.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 01, 2025 07:11 AM (6ydKt)

117 Just for the record:

"Yes, you can generally buy Doritos with an EBT card as they are considered a snack food, provided they have a Nutrition Facts label and are not restricted by your state's regulations. However, some states may have rules limiting the purchase of certain snack items."

Or so says DDG Ai.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 01, 2025 07:11 AM (XQo4F)

118 That's an algorithm programmed to do what it's programmers want it to do, autonomously, but since we're dumbing down what is called "AI," sure.

I think AI has devolved into a generic sound/"word" that means "the computer did it without direct human supervision" or for those on the left side of the bell curve: "magic".

In any case, it is an ersatz Svengali Effect, a mastermind gets a minion to do the wet work so the mastermind is not held legally culpable.

see Robby Starbuck vs Google and Mark Walters vs Open-AI

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at November 01, 2025 07:14 AM (a4flb)

119 I’m picking up orders at Walmart Neighborhood Market and Food Lion later on this morning.

I hope the SNAP Apocalypse happens after 10:30 a.m., because that would really ruin my pickup experience and I’d have to rate that at 1 star in the app.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 01, 2025 07:14 AM (6ydKt)

120 G'mornin' everyone!

as I understand it (lol) the FSAs cards refill over the next ten days based on the last digit of the case file number, so maximal sporticity will not be achieved until the end of next weekend.

*rumor* has it that demonrats are dragging it out to boost turnout for the "election", and will then fold.

I believe nothing, at this point. we'll just see what we see.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 01, 2025 07:16 AM (kHop/)

121 “I write to you, dear children,
because you know the Father.
I write to you, fathers,
because you know him who is from the beginning.
I write to you, young men,
because you are strong,
and the word of God lives in you,
and you have overcome the evil one.”

1 John 2:14

Posted by: Marcus T at November 01, 2025 07:17 AM (Iusta)

122 Hey. We like it over here. Plenty of elbow room and no one expects us to think very hard.

Posted by: Those on the left side of the bell curve at November 01, 2025 07:17 AM (XQo4F)

123 In honor of former Prince Andrew's sacking I have printed a copy of THE photo - him with the late Virginia Giuffre and Ghislaine Maxwell on my head cleaned, after an hour of trying, Epson Eco tank printer.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at November 01, 2025 07:18 AM (Da7Vv)

124 Yes, you can generally buy Doritos with an EBT card

The EBT is ghetto Bitcoin. EBT credits are often traded for drugs, alcohol, weaves, tatts, sex, etc.

There are miners who have dozens of active EBT accounts and have traded in their winnings into expensive European cars and luxury handbags.

While YT may be banning work-arounds for account-less Windows 11 installs, the "algorithm" still lets tutorials persist on how to game the FedGov Entitlement Scams into a flourishing pseudo-crypto business.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at November 01, 2025 07:19 AM (a4flb)

125 I do have one question about that photo: Who was the photographer?

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at November 01, 2025 07:21 AM (Da7Vv)

126 Dayshift is here!!! Later.....

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 01, 2025 05:51 AM (s1NDj)

Umm . . . we're the nightshift. Just zombies is all.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 01, 2025 07:24 AM (i24o9)

127 on my head cleaned, after an hour of trying, Epson Eco tank printer.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at November 01, 2025 07:18 AM

I hope this isn’t what I’ll have to deal with.
I just got one of those printers in September.

I don’t use it every day but it’s working fine so far.

Some tips on inkjet printers, though.

Print something, anything, out at least once every few weeks to keep the heads from clogging.

Invest in a printer cover that will fit your printer.
I found one on Amazon that slips right over my Epson for like $10.

Dust and disuse are the mortal enemies of inkjet printers.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 01, 2025 07:25 AM (6ydKt)

128 It's time to stop using my people as a derogatory reference.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon*

Or a naughty one.

Posted by: Flogging fishwives at November 01, 2025 07:06 AM (XQo4F)

That's still approved.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 01, 2025 07:28 AM (i24o9)

129 In any case, it is an ersatz Svengali Effect, a mastermind gets a minion to do the wet work so the mastermind is not held legally culpable.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at November 01, 2025 07:14 AM (a4flb)

Like Congress and its swarms of officers . . . .

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 01, 2025 07:32 AM (i24o9)

130 I hope this isn’t what I’ll have to deal with.
I just got one of those printers in September.

I've had this one for more than a year, and this is the first time I had to clean the heads.

Word of warning: when you get refill ink - use as much as you need to refill the tanks then throw the bottles away. Don't try saving the bottles for a second refill. Exposure to the air that replaces the drained ink will turn the ink into a goo that will clog up the print head and feed lines, ruining the printer. Don't ask how I found that out.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at November 01, 2025 07:35 AM (Da7Vv)

131 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 01, 2025 07:35 AM (u82oZ)

132 Morning peeps.

It's messing with the clocks eve. Seems early this year.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 01, 2025 07:35 AM (Q4IgG)

133 Found a whole stick of 1/2" copper.
Also long ago have a whole coil of bendy copper that's a different smaller diameter.
Need 1 feed line, 1/2" connection, then can use 1/2" or 3/3"

Posted by: Skip at November 01, 2025 07:37 AM (+qU29)

134 Ugh. Gotta take down and store the 16 foot tall skeleton in the front yard.

Posted by: The neighbors at November 01, 2025 07:37 AM (XQo4F)

135 Would rather try local Ace Hardware but Lowes is next closest

Posted by: Skip at November 01, 2025 07:40 AM (+qU29)

136 >>>Ugh. Gotta take down and store the 16 foot tall skeleton in the front yard.

We leave ours up until sometime after Thanksgiving.

Posted by: The other neighbors at November 01, 2025 07:41 AM (Y1sOo)

137 129
'In any case, it is an ersatz Svengali Effect, a mastermind gets a minion to do the wet work so the mastermind is not held legally culpable.

Like Congress and its swarms of officers . . . .'

Like the democrat party and antifa.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at November 01, 2025 07:43 AM (fd80v)

138 >>Ugh. Gotta take down and store the 16 foot tall skeleton in the front yard.

We leave ours up until sometime after Thanksgiving.
Posted by: The other neighbors at November 01, 2025 07:41 AM (Y1sOo)

I'm folding Halloween into Thanksgiving and calling it Spooksgiving because I don't feel like taking down the decorations just yet.

Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at November 01, 2025 07:45 AM (kpS4V)

139 >>>Anything more recent will cost you an arm and a leg and a kidney and maybe a cornea.

ouch

Posted by: m at November 01, 2025 07:46 AM (RuTUS)

140 Morning, Horde...How goes it?

Just got back from Walmart.

The FSA had NOT looted the store like it was their last day on Earth.

Everything was normal except the Halloween candy was swapped out for Christmas candy.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 01, 2025 07:47 AM (IBQGV)

141 The FSA had NOT looted the store like it was their last day on Earth.
...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 01, 2025 07:47 AM (IBQGV)

Day ain't over yet.

Posted by: I am the Shadout "Curley" Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 01, 2025 07:48 AM (PiwSw)

142 The FSA had NOT looted the store like it was their last day on Earth.
...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 01, 2025 07:47 AM

They don't get up until noon. That'll happen later today.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 01, 2025 07:49 AM (hoCmQ)

143 > Ugh. Gotta take down and store the 16 foot tall skeleton in the front yard.

We leave ours up until sometime after Thanksgiving.
Posted by: The other neighbors
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Y'all leave the Christmas ones up until Easter, right?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 01, 2025 07:50 AM (Q4IgG)

144 Not sure if emergency plumbing is a 1WP or a Hobby

Posted by: Skip at November 01, 2025 07:50 AM (+qU29)

145 Sun's almost up so it's time to migrate to the patio with a fresh cuppa and a cigar to get prepped for the work day. Gotta supervise the birds at the feeders and make sure the pups get out before they retire to the couch and burrow into the fuzzy blankets. Got a few tons of stone, cobblestone and DG coming next week, and some yard clean up to do to get ready for it.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 01, 2025 07:53 AM (3Ope8)

146 Emergency plumbing can easily find its way into the prayer thread.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 01, 2025 07:53 AM (XQo4F)

147
Just got back from Walmart.

The FSA had NOT looted the store like it was their last day on Earth.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 01, 2025 07:47 AM

a little early, yet

according to the Free Siht Army's operational tempo, it's not Saturday 01NOV25 until about 1400 our time

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 01, 2025 07:57 AM (tljrc)

148
kauphy is nood

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 01, 2025 08:02 AM (tljrc)

149 The FSA was out in force at Sam's club yesterday around 1PM. The meat section was swamped. The fruits and veggies untouched. Cereal section was busy. Some of the frozen foods looked picked over, but didn't look real close.

Later in the month, if the shutdown continues, I figure is when the fun will start.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 01, 2025 08:02 AM (Q4IgG)

150 of course the universe is a simulation

it's a physics simulation

that's why it has physics, which you can go outside and test yourself

this makes absolutely zero difference to anyone living inside it and does not imply, in any way, the existence of a "simulator" or anything else outside of itself

furthermore, Bell's Inequality already proves there are no hidden variables hidden at the bottom, and MWI has shown all the quantum outcomes really happen, so it really makes no difference

all that said, the universe does seem to have some interesting limits on computation (the limits imposed by too many Higgs field calculation in too small a space or time, i.e. time dilation)

but keep in mind, time is just an increase in entropy, and there's no evidence the universe actually experiences anything like time per se... we started at the lowest possible entropy (Big Bang) and end at the highest (heat death) but that's really just an artifact of the fact we can only measure "time" via entropy

otoh if QMM is right and all information is preserved then the Tipler cylinders really are going to be built

https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.00039

Posted by: TallDave at November 01, 2025 09:24 AM (lLLli)

151 121 “I write to you, dear children,
because you know the Father.
I write to you, fathers,
because you know him who is from the beginning.
I write to you, young men,
because you are strong,
and the word of God lives in you,
and you have overcome the evil one.”

1 John 2:14
Posted by: Marcus T at November 01, 2025 07:17 AM (Iusta)

Thank you, Marcus T!

Posted by: m at November 01, 2025 10:39 AM (RuTUS)

152 furthermore, Bell's Inequality already proves….
——-

Where are you getting this twaddle? Non-linearities in secondary Hilbert space computations completely negates your spurious, non-sensical assertions. Sheesh.

Posted by: Bullshit! at November 01, 2025 10:49 AM (C4nCF)

153 of course I don't mean to imply time travel is possible... there are no other "times" to travel to because what we perceive as time is just the result of certain entropic states being way more likely than others

as there's no reason to think those calculations ever happen more than once, there are no other "times" that exist to go to

but if Tipler was right, the information necessary to resurrect the dead is encoded in the fabric of the universe and it's just a question of cost

Posted by: TallDave at November 01, 2025 11:17 AM (lLLli)

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