Daily Tech News 12 November 2025

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Japanese investment group SoftBank has sold its entire stake in Nvidia for $5.83 billion. (Tom's Hardware)

Do they know something I know?

Apparently not, because they also sold their stake in T-Mobile for $9.17 billion, making a quarterly profit of $16.6 billion, and are planning to use the funds to invest further in OpenAI.
J. P. Morgan says current plans for AI datacenter buildouts would require revenues of $650 billion per year forever to deliver a 10% return. (Tom's Hardware)

That's the equivalent of $180 for each and every Netflix subscriber worldwide.

Per month.

Eternally.

It's not a bubble.

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The worst-selling Microsoft product ever. (Tom's Hardware)

Not the worst product, not by a long shot, but there was no real market for it.

Microsoft used to sell accelerator cards for computers. They started with the SoftCard for the Apple II, which added a Z80 for running CP/M. Later they had an 8086 card called the Mach 10 and then an 80286 card called the Mach 20 for IBM PCs and compatibles, which took over from the 4.77MHz 8088 assuming that's what you had.

None of those are the thing. They all sold... Fine, basically.

No, the thing was the OS/2 operating system - for the Mach 20 card. It required a custom version.

Microsoft sold eleven copies. Eight of them were returned.
One of my former colleagues spoke with the person who took over from him as the support specialist for OS/2 for Mach 20. According to that person's memory [...] a total of eleven copies of "OS/2 for Mach 20" were ever sold, and eight of them were returned. That leaves three customers who purchased a copy and didn't return it. And the support specialist had personally spoken with two of them.
Wait, there was a time when you could return software?
Apple meanwhile is now selling a sock for $229.95. (The Verge)

It's called the iPhone Pocket.

It's not an iPhone.

It's not even a pocket.

It's pretty literally a sock.

Yes, we've been down this road before. But at least both Steve Jobs and his audience knew the idea was ridiculous, and in 2004 you got a six pack of socks in a rainbow of colours for $29.
AMD has mentioned - not announced, but officially mentioned - Zen 6 and Zen 7 as upcoming products. (WCCFTech)

No specs or prices or dates but they are officially a thing that might happen some day.
The Chinese electric vehicle market is imploding. (The Atlantic) (archive site)

I saw - just yesterday, I think - a YouTube video reporting that Chinese EV market leader BYD was losing money twice as fast as Tesla is making it - around $10 billion per quarter.
In China, you can buy a heavily discounted "used" electric car that has never, in fact, been used. Chinese automakers, desperate to meet their sales targets in a bitterly competitive market, sell cars to dealerships, which register them as "sold", even though no actual customer has bought them. Dealers, stuck with officially sold cars, then offload them as "used", often at low prices. The practice has become so prevalent that the Chinese Communist Party is trying to stop it.
Sounds like the same scam we've seen a thousand times before, right before things turn pear-shaped.

Often but not exclusively in nominally communist countries.
ClickFix may be the biggest security threat your family has never heard of. (Ars Technica)

I think not.
ClickFix often starts with an email sent from a hotel that the target has a pending registration with and references the correct registration information. ... Once the mark accesses the malicious site referenced, it presents a CAPTCHA challenge or other pretext requiring user confirmation. The user receives an instruction to copy a string of text, open a terminal window, paste it in, and press Enter.
There are two kinds of people in my family. The first kind would say Open a what? and call one of the second kind. Who is probably in the next room installing BSD 4.4 on an IBM RT they found at Goodwill for $5.

The second kind would laugh and say They're not even trying anymore! before returning to the task at hand.
The Thunderobot Mix G2 is a mini gaming PC with an Intel 275HX CPU and a mobile RTX 5090. (Liliputing)

Well, up to one of those. It starts with a 255HX and a mobile 5070 Ti (remember that Nvidia's mobile model numbers are generally equivalent to the next lower desktop model) for $2105.
The Olares On is a mini gaming PC with an Intel 275HX CPU and a mobile RTX 5090. (Liliputing)

Although it claims not to be, those are indeed the specs. One model only at $2999.

Both of these systems have, for some strange reason, only a single HDMI port.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Not all those who wander are lost but it's a safe way to bet.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at November 12, 2025 04:00 AM (RuTUS)

2 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at November 12, 2025 04:00 AM (+qU29)

3 Poke.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 12, 2025 04:01 AM (BLOW1)

4 Morning all.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 12, 2025 04:01 AM (BLOW1)

5 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 12, 2025 04:05 AM (G/BeD)

6 Good morning. There is no try. There is only do or doo doo.

Posted by: Fluffy Nuggets, Jr. at November 12, 2025 04:05 AM (WKHVO)

7 Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 12, 2025 04:05 AM (G/BeD)

Are you jumping on a trampoline while posting, or your springs came out? 😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 12, 2025 04:07 AM (Yl2Ob)

8 Went to the doctor today. All measurements are headed in the right direction.

Bought something to eat (since my grocery order this morning was short several items) and walked home up the hill.

Where I took my blood pressure again - 77/53 - and promptly fell over.

When I mentioned earlier that sometimes my blood pressure meds work a little too well, that's what I meant. If I start feeling faint I have to sit down immediately or my body will arrange things to suit itself.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 12, 2025 04:10 AM (BLOW1)

9 >>>There are two kinds of people in my family.

I am midway between those two types.

On yesterday's tech thread, Notsothoreau linked a video of PewDiePie talking about Linux and I am sure that I should never type anything into a terminal window. I know where it is, on my dock! But.

31 I posted this on the cafe but they didn't see yhe humor. PewDiePie installs Linux. Also has a great rant about Adobe. I've never seen anyone this excited about terminal windows!

https://tinyurl.com/mt7f8vtr
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 11, 2025 04:36 AM (znHU2)

Posted by: m at November 12, 2025 04:12 AM (RuTUS)

10 6 Good morning. There is no try. There is only do or doo doo.
Posted by: Fluffy Nuggets, Jr. at November 12, 2025 04:05 AM (WKHVO)

There is do-be-do-be-do!

Posted by: m at November 12, 2025 04:12 AM (RuTUS)

11 Nice story about about a long time teacher receiving a surprise from his students before heart surgery:

https://tinyurl.com/38w8ft7j

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 12, 2025 04:13 AM (Yl2Ob)

12 8 Went to the doctor today. All measurements are headed in the right direction.

Bought something to eat (since my grocery order this morning was short several items) and walked home up the hill.

Where I took my blood pressure again - 77/53 - and promptly fell over.

When I mentioned earlier that sometimes my blood pressure meds work a little too well, that's what I meant. If I start feeling faint I have to sit down immediately or my body will arrange things to suit itself.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 12, 2025 04:10 AM (BLOW1)

What's the solution? I don't know anything about blood pressure. I probably should.

Posted by: m at November 12, 2025 04:14 AM (RuTUS)

13 Posted by: m at November 12, 2025 04:12 AM (RuTUS

🙂 Ha. . Does this mean you're going to turn into
Frank Sinatra.?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 12, 2025 04:16 AM (Yl2Ob)

14 "Do they know something I know?"

Softbank invested heavily in WeWork. I think they lost billions iirc.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at November 12, 2025 04:19 AM (pIfcn)

15 Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 12, 2025 04:10 AM (BLOW1)

I'm sorry. This happens to my husband but he's not on Bp meds. It may be "postprandrial hypotension"There may be treatments for it .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 12, 2025 04:19 AM (Yl2Ob)

16 12 What's the solution? I don't know anything about blood pressure. I probably should.

Posted by: m

Sit down, rest, drink water, says my doctor.

Seems to work.

It's only happened to me a couple of times, and compared to the misery I was in before going on the medication, I'll take it.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 12, 2025 04:21 AM (BLOW1)

17 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 12, 2025 04:21 AM (sAmhv)

18 Morning all. Was reading about Ken Burns' new documentary about the American Revolution in the NY Post. I'm worried his leftist ideals are going to bleed into the narration. Certainly the list of voice actors doesn't inspire much confidence. The same old group of Hollywood libs. Anybody else have any thoughts on whether the production will be worth watching?

Posted by: Tuna at November 12, 2025 04:25 AM (lJ0H4)

19 16 12 What's the solution? I don't know anything about blood pressure. I probably should.

Posted by: m

Sit down, rest, drink water, says my doctor.

Seems to work.

It's only happened to me a couple of times, and compared to the misery I was in before going on the medication, I'll take it.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 12, 2025 04:21 AM (BLOW1)

Yay, you!
Also, you got me reading up about it, and that's useful.

https://tinyurl.com/4xmanm7x

(heart.org)

Posted by: m at November 12, 2025 04:25 AM (RuTUS)

20 15 Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 12, 2025 04:10 AM (BLOW1)

I'm sorry. This happens to my husband but he's not on Bp meds. It may be "postprandrial hypotension" There may be treatments for it .
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Yeah, it's hypotension, seems to be triggered by the hypertension meds after a period of physical exertion. Just have to sit down, relax, and drink fluids. Which I'm fine with.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 12, 2025 04:25 AM (BLOW1)

21 Genesis 23. Kindness in hard times. Devotional from the rabbi's daughter at INFJ:

https://tinyurl.com/mr2f7djp

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 12, 2025 04:29 AM (QW8Jv)

22 @Pixy: Also on BP meds here. I had a few dizzy spells in the beginning of that as well in the first 6 weeks after taking the medication. I'm well past that point now (1 year, 4 months on it now.)

Hang in there. Good advice you got on sitting down if you feel dizzy. That puts you a lot closer to the floor (or ground) if you do black out - less chance of injuries.

Chart when you take your med on a spreadsheet. Try to shoot for the same time-of-day within a one hour window. (Keeping track also helps re-assure you that you actually took the thing so you don't accidentally double-up, which also can cause blood pressure to crash.)

Also: G'morning Horde.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 12, 2025 04:35 AM (O7YUW)

23 Stand up comedian John Crist on things too stupid
To pray for. If you have an interest just scroll down to where it says "Play" on the left. . It doesn't need a description

https://www.faithpot.com/john-crist-prayer-request/

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 12, 2025 04:35 AM (QW8Jv)

24 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at November 12, 2025 04:38 AM (XQo4F)

25 Great to have (i think) real peeps to discuss things so early. But overall, participation isn’t what it should be. Unacceptable. Pixy needs to robo-call everyone on their cell. Get ‘em up!

Posted by: Common Tater at November 12, 2025 04:39 AM (F3yTM)

26 Well I just watched the trailer for the second season of Landman. I'll definitely be watching that.

Posted by: Tuna at November 12, 2025 04:43 AM (lJ0H4)

27 Poke.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 12, 2025 04:01 AM (BLOW1)

Ahi or Bluefin? A little soy sauce (or tamari), ginger and the green stuff that’s not mustard but wants to be.

Delicious!

Posted by: Pete Bog at November 12, 2025 04:44 AM (7Pbi9)

28 Colorado family will spend Thanksgiving giving out hot meals to families on the road:

https://tinyurl.com/58df4swu

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 12, 2025 04:46 AM (QW8Jv)

29 "Sit down, rest, drink water, says my doctor."

If you're dehydrated, your BP drops. (Less fluid to pump around, after all.)

Plus you need to be sitting calm for 5 minutes with the blood pressure cuff at your heart level before you take your blood pressure. Which means you can't read the crap that idiots like me post here while you're taking your BP.

Of course, if your readings were that low, maybe you should read more crap to raise them.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at November 12, 2025 04:55 AM (fNCQx)

30 I installed Bodhi linux on my old Thinkpad yesterday. I found a copy of version 5 burned on a CD. Wasn't anythng I needed on the computer. Went smoothly and it works. Will try and get the new version set up to use. It's Ubuntu based with a custom desktop, designed for older systems.

I thought about installing Arch. Remembered that I have used a CLI installer tor Linux and decided I didn't want to repeat it.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 12, 2025 04:55 AM (Q/+Op)

31 Poke(weed) salad!

Posted by: m at November 12, 2025 04:56 AM (RuTUS)

32 Evening and morning on a fall Woden's Day to all you late toilers and early risers/insomaniacals! I'm up quite a bit earlier than I planned to be. It'll be a while before I can go work out, and I need to, so it's coffee and maybe a sip or two of pineapple juice while I wake up.

The Killer Kittenz From Outer Space are here. Big black Stirling slept with me and is now galloping around like a wild mustang. Little gray Dagny was curled on a sofa cushion when I got up, and is still sitting on it, next to me, like a real, non-aloof cat.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 12, 2025 05:01 AM (wzUl9)

33 I'd automatically be suspicious of an email like this ClickFix. "Open a terminal window" = "Throw open all the locks on your house and invite the increasingly crime-ridden neighborhood right in."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 12, 2025 05:04 AM (wzUl9)

34 Going back to sleep, now that the dog has been out.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 12, 2025 05:05 AM (Q/+Op)

35 There is do-be-do-be-do!
Posted by: m at November 12, 2025

***
"Strangers in the night,
Exchanging rubbers --
'This one feels too tight,
Let's try another!
This one feels just right,
for strangers in the night!' "

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 12, 2025 05:06 AM (wzUl9)

36 Lovely job today and yesterday, in city with no bathroom, probably tomorrow if I don't finsh

Posted by: Skip at November 12, 2025 05:08 AM (+qU29)

37
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 12, 2025 05:10 AM (tljrc)

38 We think your car might have a problem. Hand us over the title and the keys and we'll check it out for you.

Because We Care.

(Heck, sounds just like the average Senator.)

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 12, 2025 05:10 AM (06Hmj)

39
De do do do, de da da da
Is all I want to say to you

Posted by: The Police at November 12, 2025 05:12 AM (XQo4F)

40 Thunderobot is what I’ll blame when I pass gas from now on. Woah! Did you hear that? I think it was the thunderobot, again.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 12, 2025 05:13 AM (NW+2e)

41 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. 34 chilly degrees here at Stately Poppins Manor., with a day full of wind and cold predicted. I have a prescription to get after work, but I really don't want to get dressed and go out.

A return to normalcy today, with 3+ hours of work ahead, so will be popping in and out probably.

I'm never on the ONT, so I don't know if this was mentioned, but I am pretty sure that the linked sound clip of the guns falling silent in 1918 followed by the chirping of a bird was determined to be a fake.

Hope you all have a lovely day. Time for work.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 12, 2025 05:15 AM (ufSfZ)

42 “A Return To Normalcy”

How’d that work out?

Posted by: Common Tater at November 12, 2025 05:18 AM (F3yTM)

43 “A Return To Normalcy”

How’d that work out?
Posted by: Common Tater at November 12, 2025 05:18 AM (F3yTM)

Mister, we could use a man like Warren Harding again!

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 12, 2025 05:20 AM (ufSfZ)

44 Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at November 12, 2025 05:21 AM (+qU29)

45 WAVY10 is still doing SNAP famine theatre.
It is 41 on the island.

Posted by: Accomack at November 12, 2025 05:21 AM (Bbhox)

46 Same B/P meds problem Miss Pixy as you described. My cardiologist when pesented with 2 weeks of my pressures stated I had some too low numbers; but he did no adjustments. So, I cut my 40mg lisinopril to 20mg/day, felt better with repeated B/P checks to confirm better systolic/diastolic numbers. Cardiologist agreed and changed dosage to 20 mg / day. So with some too low B/P still evident, I adusted to 10mg/day and feel much better. Have not informed Cardio of what I did but am very stable. Pill cutters are your friend.

Posted by: Kingsman at November 12, 2025 05:23 AM (ehY6c)

47 Caffeine levels are into the green and rising. Brain appears to be booting normally, insofar as it is possible to tell. I’m rocking Folger’s singles, a very convenient tea-bag style in the individual foil packets. Not great coffee but handy to have around. Sometimes you’ll hear people say something like “I’m completely out of Coffee, have to run to the store today”. Insane! Don’t let it happen to you, you may save a life … possibly your own

Posted by: Common Tater at November 12, 2025 05:25 AM (F3yTM)

48 Local public school board is declaring victory. 85% graduation rate despite only 48% testing at or above grade level. 72 million dollars spent on bonuses. Only 42 million dollars missing and unaccounted for. Property taxes up 30%.

Greetings from the Carolinas.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at November 12, 2025 05:26 AM (IAE29)

49 From the ONT, the story about the distillery losing profits on sales of whiskey: A product called "Remus" bourbon and another called "Penelope" Bourbon do not exactly inspire the desire to try them, do they? ("Penelope"? Is there another blended whiskey in their lineup called "Ulysses"?)

People still drink, I guess. But at current price$$$ for a fifth (if the stuff still comes in that size), I can imagine they're a lot more reluctant to shell out on a product they don't know. And perhaps they drink less overall to make what they have bought last longer.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 12, 2025 05:27 AM (wzUl9)

50 Wolfus,

What do you think about you decision to trade hurricanes for blizzards?

Posted by: pawn at November 12, 2025 05:27 AM (sPsWv)

51 Interesting study published recently - researchers found that regular coffee consumption can actually help with Vfib - doctors have historically cautioned patients to avoid caffeine altogether with this condition.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 12, 2025 05:28 AM (F3yTM)

52 . . . . Sometimes you’ll hear people say something like “I’m completely out of Coffee, have to run to the store today”. Insane! Don’t let it happen to you, you may save a life … possibly your own
Posted by: Common Tater at November 12, 2025

***
I try to have an unopened brick of Cafe Morro, my current blend, in the cabinet at all times. When I break that one open, I buy a new one at Aldi.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 12, 2025 05:29 AM (wzUl9)

53 Wolfus,

What do you think about you decision to trade hurricanes for blizzards?
Posted by: pawn at November 12, 2025

***
Blizzards don't flood your home and don't come into your car and ruin the electronics.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 12, 2025 05:30 AM (wzUl9)

54 I'm on a BP med and have been for a few years. I haven't noticed any sudden dips in pressure, not even after a workout. The vertigo I had in late 2018 happened before I went on that Rx, and was traced to an inner ear problem, not to low BP.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 12, 2025 05:32 AM (wzUl9)

55 Sometimes you’ll hear people say something like “I’m completely out of Coffee, have to run to the store today”. Insane! Don’t let it happen to you, you may save a life … possibly your own

Posted by: Common Tater at November 12, 2025 05:25 AM (F3yTM)

Preach it!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 12, 2025 05:37 AM (n9ltV)

56 Google
filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against a foreign cybercriminal group behind a massive SMS phishing, or “smishing,” operation.

Dubbed by some cyber researchers as the “Smishing Triad,” the organization, which Google said is largely based out of China, uses a phishing-as-a-service kit named “Lighthouse” to create and deploy attacks using fraudulent texts.

If you get a text or email to pay something.
Go directly to the source and do not click on the link.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 12, 2025 05:37 AM (gbOdA)

57 I’m back at my high school weight (not quite as buff sadly) and what I noticed was a marked improvement in Vertigo symptoms compared to when I was a fatboy. Maybe obesity contributes to inner ear difficulties? I couldn’t go anywhere near cliff edges or overlooks without getting kind of dizzy. It’s still there a little bit, probably part of aging

Posted by: Common Tater at November 12, 2025 05:39 AM (F3yTM)

58 "Thunderobot is what I’ll blame when I pass gas from now on. Woah! Did you hear that? I think it was the thunderobot, again."

I call it tooting the Coloniphone.

Posted by: pawn at November 12, 2025 05:40 AM (sPsWv)

59 No wind today. That's good ,because yesterday was brutal . I went into the supermarket with a cart to walk up and down the aisles to get some exercise.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 12, 2025 05:40 AM (2sfNr)

60
"Sometimes you’ll hear people say something like “I’m completely out of Coffee, have to run to the store today”. Insane! Don’t let it happen to you, you may save a life … possibly your own."

Coffee PSA:
https://youtube.com/shorts/ydCvTkTSkas

Posted by: Be Prepared at November 12, 2025 05:42 AM (XQo4F)

61 I went into the supermarket with a cart to walk up and down the aisles to get some exercise.
——-

Did you buy anything? They’re going to have you arrested. That’ll get you even more exercise

Posted by: Common Tater at November 12, 2025 05:43 AM (F3yTM)

62 I set up two more rules in the Inbox of my old work email (which, as an alumnus, I have for life). One deletes those "quarantine at messaging" emails we got all the time telling us how hard the security system was working for us. The other was a rule to forward the every-six-months email about "It's time to change your password" to my Proton account. This way I'll know to go take care of it.

When I was having trouble signing in to the old work email last week, I called the help desk. They took care of it. But when I mentioned setting up the rules above, the girl on the phone seemed puzzled and said, "Not sure what you mean. We can find someone to help you with that." I laughed and said, "But doing it myself is half the fun!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 12, 2025 05:45 AM (wzUl9)

63 Posted by: Common Tater at November 12, 2025 05:43 AM (F3yTM)

Yes; I always go there when I have things to buy.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 12, 2025 05:45 AM (2sfNr)

64 I’m back at my high school weight (not quite as buff sadly) and what I noticed was a marked improvement in Vertigo symptoms compared to when I was a fatboy. Maybe obesity contributes to inner ear difficulties? I couldn’t go anywhere near cliff edges or overlooks without getting kind of dizzy. It’s still there a little bit, probably part of aging
Posted by: Common Tater at November 12, 2025

***
I was about ten-twelve pounds heavier in late 2018 than I am now. That's hardly obesity . . . but it might have contributed to the vertigo in some way.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 12, 2025 05:46 AM (wzUl9)

65 “Freeze dried crystals. Lasts forever”. You know he’s got a point. Also great for adding to hot cocoa. Mocha!

Posted by: Common Tater at November 12, 2025 05:49 AM (F3yTM)

66 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 12, 2025 05:49 AM (bQ4nt)

67 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 12, 2025 05:50 AM (u82oZ)

68 I developed a fear of looking down from heights over they years. I'll even wake up from dreams with a start if I get a dizzying view. I'm a little convinced it has to do with converging angles and the way my brain processes them.

About 25 years ago I had my first anxiety attack and my Doc put me on a mild dose of an antidepressant, Lexapro, I believe, which I eventually quit but I was amazed that my instant, automatic freak-out over looking down in certain situations completely went away when I took it.

Posted by: pawn at November 12, 2025 05:50 AM (sPsWv)

69 Yeah, I was sporting an extra 80 pounds. I’m not suggesting you are a fatty, sorry if it came off that way lol

Posted by: Common Tater at November 12, 2025 05:51 AM (F3yTM)

70 Got to feed the furry thugs in a little bit. Then I'll drink some more water, change, stretch, and hit the road. Temp is about 52 F., humidity still down (for now), almost no wind.

Today I'll run my Dan Post boots to be resoled to a suburban shoe repair place I've used many times. They resoled these boots a few years ago and refurbished my 1994 Eddie Bauer leather shoulder briefcase back in May. A good excuse, too, to fill up the Buick on ethanol-free gas and just do a little "fun" driving.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 12, 2025 05:52 AM (wzUl9)

71 I'd automatically be suspicious of an email like this ClickFix. "Open a terminal window" = "Throw open all the locks on your house and invite the increasingly crime-ridden neighborhood right in."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 12, 2025 05:04 AM (wzUl9)

This is Microsoft tech support. Please change your sudo password to 12345.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 12, 2025 05:52 AM (ExV1e)

72 Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 12, 2025 05:50 AM (u82oZ)

Thanks. I'm happy.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 12, 2025 05:53 AM (2sfNr)

73 Good morning! Gonna be a nice fall day here in Cowtown with temps in the mid 70s and lotsa sunshinyness. Plants arrived yesterday so today after school the grandkids and I are gonna put in irises and daffodils, and transplant some aloe vera. Gigi is gonna supervise and make dinner.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 12, 2025 05:53 AM (3Ope8)

74 A/I is heavily used by Pharma companies and in research into microbiology. Drug discoveries are supposedly getting better. But I have doubts on safety issues.

One could say COVID-19 Wuhan vaccine was a Crime Against Humanity. Will A/I prevent another one? Doubt it.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 12, 2025 05:56 AM (u82oZ)

75 I had several syncope episodes after being diagnosed CHF, was put on Carvedilol and Lisinopril meds. Finally the cardiologist did a Orthostatic hypotension BP test and confirmed my BP drops too much in upright position and has discontinued all meds for now. The test is so simple and I think it should have been done before the meds were prescribed. Test is just take BP laying down, sit up and wait 1 minute, test again then stand up and wait 1 minute, test again. I used compression stockings for a while, they helped but biggest help was stopping the pills.

Posted by: dawg fan at November 12, 2025 05:56 AM (WSgw8)

76 “Freeze dried crystals. Lasts forever”. You know he’s got a point. Also great for adding to hot cocoa. Mocha!
Posted by: Common Tater at November 12, 2025 05:49 AM (F3yTM)

Handy for making coffee ice cream also. Back when I did such things.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 12, 2025 05:57 AM (ExV1e)

77 The big Data Farm near Amarillo, Texas has no buyers for its services. One data point.

Loudon County, VA is overbuilt with data centers. The county gets lots of money for the land, but the companies are not making profits commensurate with outlays. Another data point.

The money coming in does not balance the outlays already. Dot.com bubble was instructive, but ignored.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 12, 2025 05:57 AM (u82oZ)

78 ClickFix often starts with an email sent from a hotel that the target has a pending registration with and references the correct registration information.

I get teased about my lack of trust but this is the reason why I am that way.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 12, 2025 05:58 AM (NR6c1)

79 Dot.com bubble was instructive, but ignored.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 12, 2025 05:57 AM (u82oZ)

As was the beanie baby bubble.
And the tulip bulb bubble.
And the NFT bubble.
And the...

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 12, 2025 05:59 AM (ExV1e)

80 FenelonSpoke

Glad to hear you turtledoves are thriving. I note your walking together, looking at the wonders of nature.

Prayers up for your organist.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 12, 2025 05:59 AM (u82oZ)

81 Good morning. The switch on my self motivator doesn't seem to be working this morning. Maybe another injection of self starter fluid will help.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 12, 2025 06:01 AM (zzXla)

82 Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 12, 2025 05:59 AM (u82oZ)

We aren't actually walking together now. One turtle dove is driving the bus and the other one is solo. It would drive spouse crazy if I wanted him to walk up and down the aisles at the supermarket . We will walk together when it gets warmer.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 12, 2025 06:02 AM (2sfNr)

83 Freeze dried would be good in Ice Cream. I add a little bit to sausage gravy, of all things.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 12, 2025 06:02 AM (F3yTM)

84 Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 12, 2025 05:59 AM (u82oZ)

Thanks. Her son and DIL brought her to the patriarchs funeral. She had known him for over 80 years. After the death of her daughter this is such a hard time for her., and prayers are. much appreciated

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 12, 2025 06:04 AM (2sfNr)

85 I used to have a different nic

Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose.

I will note that for all our 70,000 years of cultural evolution, the changes in human behavior seem to be minor. Learning outside of your own mistakes seems to be very difficult for some people.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 12, 2025 06:04 AM (u82oZ)

86
That's the equivalent of $180 for each and every Netflix subscriber worldwide.

Per month.

Eternally.

Well, that's what you'll have to pay for your crappy little shows and movies that piss all over you and your life.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 12, 2025 06:06 AM (tgvbd)

87 FenelonSpoke

Well, there is always chasing each other around the couch with a pair of ice tongs, yelling piranha.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 12, 2025 06:07 AM (u82oZ)

88 The dot.com bubble was a spin off of the telecom boom which funded the large scale deployment of the Internet.

The Internet was another in a line of technological breakthrough that impacted almost every aspect of society.

Just like the current development of AI.

Posted by: pawn at November 12, 2025 06:07 AM (sPsWv)

89
Learning outside of your own mistakes seems to be very difficult for some people.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 12, 2025 06:04 AM (u82oZ)

"The fool learns from his mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others." - Otto von Bismarck

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 12, 2025 06:07 AM (tgvbd)

90 {{{Ben Had}}}
🎼 ♭ 5/4 ♫♫ ♫♫ Good morning! ♬♬ ♩ ♪

Here is a virtual life-affirming hug, with proper hand placement and quick release.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 12, 2025 06:08 AM (u82oZ)

91 That's the equivalent of $180 for each and every Netflix subscriber worldwide.

Per month.

Eternally.

It's not a bubble.

-------

Global GDP is around $111 trillion, so $0.65 trillion doesn't sound unreasonable for a new technology coming into fruition.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at November 12, 2025 06:10 AM (Vh9CX)

92 Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 12, 2025 06:07 AM (u82oZ)

Weeell. It sounds oddly specific 😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 12, 2025 06:10 AM (Yl2Ob)

93 NaCly, thank you for that. Returned with a little slower release.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 12, 2025 06:10 AM (zzXla)

94 Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 12, 2025 06:08 AM (u82oZ)

LOL

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 12, 2025 06:10 AM (Yl2Ob)

95 Hadrian the Seventh

Exactly. I am astonished at how people can lead without the skill of learning what not to do from previous examples.

Militaries are particularly rigid, but physical chemists and atmospheric chemists don't want to question models vs data.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 12, 2025 06:11 AM (u82oZ)

96 "The Internet was another in a line of technological breakthrough that impacted almost every aspect of society."

This is about us, isn't it?

Posted by: Electric vibrators at November 12, 2025 06:12 AM (XQo4F)

97 Ben Had

Ahhh. Thank you.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 12, 2025 06:12 AM (u82oZ)

98
Good morning. The switch on my self motivator doesn't seem to be working this morning. Maybe another injection of self starter fluid will help.
Posted by: Ben Had

Good Morning!

As Matt from Diesel Creek would say, "juuuuust a snif of ether".

Posted by: BifBewalski - at November 12, 2025 06:13 AM (Gjh8j)

99 Well, that's what you'll have to pay for your crappy little shows and movies that piss all over you and your life.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 12, 2025 06:06 AM (tgvbd)

Or... not.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 12, 2025 06:14 AM (ExV1e)

100 "...hug, with proper hand placement and quick release."

Could lead to dancing.

Posted by: Church Lady at November 12, 2025 06:14 AM (XQo4F)

101 OK, Aikido story from last night.

We have a new student. Great guy. I'll even forgive him for having been Army. He's an FBI agent and he came to us to learn more gentle applications of human origami.

So last night we are working on a defense from Yokomen Uchi (Side strike to the head). The trick of it is to guide the hand instead of blocking it. He was stiff and muscled things but that's normal.

I got him relaxed and was BSing with him a bit. Then without warning I came at him. He did a perfect technique because he acted on instinct.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 12, 2025 06:15 AM (NR6c1)

102 Hi Bif. I do have a can of starter fluid but it doesn't go well with my cigarette!

Posted by: Ben Had at November 12, 2025 06:16 AM (zzXla)

103 A completely cloudless clear sky here in costal central FL for a change. First cold front of the year has cleared out the humid air from the Gulf and the further south dropping the temps into the mid 40s.

Florida winter is upon us.

Posted by: pawn at November 12, 2025 06:17 AM (sPsWv)

104 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 12, 2025 06:06 AM (tgvbd)

I don't even have a TV that works now except to get movies on DVD or CD. Right now they are watching some incredibly long film Russian called "Siberian" . I'm upstairs reading Brother Lawrence .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 12, 2025 06:17 AM (QW8Jv)

105 pawn

Are mosquito attacks year round?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 12, 2025 06:17 AM (u82oZ)

106 Well, I didn't mean to"right now." Its sort of interesting to see them all together on the couch with the cat on the arm rest. Boys night in!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 12, 2025 06:18 AM (QW8Jv)

107 “Florida winter is upon us.”

You poor dears! Whaddaya do, put on an extra T-shirt or somethin’?

Posted by: Common Tater at November 12, 2025 06:19 AM (F3yTM)

108 Hi Bif. I do have a can of starter fluid but it doesn't go well with my cigarette!

Posted by: Ben Had

That would be a show! Take care of yourself.

I'm trying to get to Tx A&M in late March to judge the state science fair (7th - 12th grade). Going to attempt to at least go through Corsicana one way so I can buy you a cup of coffee and secure another hug, since my last one was summer 2020.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at November 12, 2025 06:19 AM (Gjh8j)

109
Another travel day for Her Majesty and The Big Dummy, this time from Thackerville, OK to Chickasha. It's a short trip, but HM wanted to get there early to get a hook-up, which are limited in number, for the RV.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 12, 2025 06:19 AM (tgvbd)

110 Are mosquito attacks year round?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 12, 2025 06:17 AM (u82oZ)

Depends on if the Brits can get parts in.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 12, 2025 06:20 AM (ExV1e)

111 Bif, I will be looking forward to it.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 12, 2025 06:20 AM (zzXla)

112 You poor dears! Whaddaya do, put on an extra T-shirt or somethin’?
Posted by: Common Tater at November 12, 2025 06:19 AM (F3yTM)

Longer shorts.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 12, 2025 06:20 AM (ExV1e)

113 IBM introduces the Quantum Nighthawk:

https://tinyurl.com/4vas2p87

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 12, 2025 06:21 AM (G/BeD)

114 IBM introduces the Quantum Nighthawk:

https://tinyurl.com/4vas2p87
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 12, 2025 06:21 AM (G/BeD)

So... does this mean that all computer security and encryption are obsolete? Cuz I was told that's what quantum computing meant. Instant answers to absolutely everything.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 12, 2025 06:23 AM (ExV1e)

115 I used to have a different nic

I didn't think Florida has Basil Embry flying against prisons in a Mosquito.

Here in Kansas winter kills all mosquito, chiggers, and wasps dead.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 12, 2025 06:23 AM (u82oZ)

116 IBM introduces the Quantum Nighthawk:

https://tinyurl.com/4vas2p87

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 12, 2025 06:21 AM (G/BeD)
-

Full press release here:

https://t.co/TRd7R21f6z

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 12, 2025 06:24 AM (G/BeD)

117 Hadrian the Seventh

Good luck in the next show. And may her travels be safe and easy.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 12, 2025 06:24 AM (u82oZ)

118 Hadrian, how is Finn?

Posted by: Ben Had at November 12, 2025 06:25 AM (zzXla)

119 So... does this mean that all computer security and encryption are obsolete? Cuz I was told that's what quantum computing meant. Instant answers to absolutely everything.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 12, 2025 06:23 AM (ExV1e)
-

A computer's hardware is only as good as its firmware and software.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 12, 2025 06:26 AM (G/BeD)

120 "The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie. One word of truth outweighs the world."

~Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 12, 2025 06:27 AM (XQo4F)

121 Illegals now taking babies to the ICE Capades as human shields.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 12, 2025 06:29 AM (gbOdA)

122 So noted communist and dog abuser Hassan Piker was almost arrested in China. Apparently, the cops don't like you having a meme on your phone where your head is Photoshopped onto Mao's body.

And of course, he went on about how real police oppression happens in the US.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 12, 2025 06:29 AM (NR6c1)

123
Hadrian, how is Finn?
Posted by: Ben Had at November 12, 2025 06:25 AM (zzXla)

Finn is doing just fine. We still don't know what the cause of his recent problems was. It may be that he slipped out and sprained his leg. We've replaced his mesh bed with a vinyl pad and shipping blanket and he seems to like that much better.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 12, 2025 06:30 AM (tgvbd)

124 > That's the equivalent of $180 for each and every Netflix subscriber worldwide.

The big guys investing in AI see it as an existential event. According to their reasoning, someone is going to develop AGI capabilities within the next five years. If it's not them, they're dead.

Return on investment is almost irrelevant as far as they're concerned. Although they don't admit that, of course.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at November 12, 2025 06:30 AM (1Nv0l)

125 Oh, and g'day.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at November 12, 2025 06:31 AM (1Nv0l)

126 Mosquitoes are very seasonal and are driven by how much rain has fallen in the preceding weeks. We just finished up a couple weeks of very wet weather where the typical dry sandy soil we have was wet even at midday even when it handy rained. Saturated.

I could sit in my kitchen and look out the window to all the mosquitoes just randomly flying around my deserted back yard.

The dragonflies have been very busy as I imagine the bats have been too.

The first cold front usually around Haloween is the usual end of the bad times but they are here year round especially after a good rain.

So the rainfall drives the major population but that's coupled with the seasonal rainfall.

Southern FL gets a lot of mosquitoes year round.

Posted by: pawn at November 12, 2025 06:31 AM (sPsWv)

127 Quarter Twenty

Offer not valid in Communist countries.

He was lucky to survive the camps of the USSR. 50 million out of 170 million died for the Communists to stay in power, just in the USSR. Cambodia and China have similar records.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 12, 2025 06:32 AM (u82oZ)

128 According to their reasoning, someone is going to develop AGI capabilities within the next five years.

I suspect that their reasoning is flawed unless they're secretly researching paths other than LLMs trained on Reddit drivel.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 12, 2025 06:32 AM (ExV1e)

129 60 "Sometimes you’ll hear people say something like “I’m completely out of Coffee, have to run to the store today”. Insane! Don’t let it happen to you, you may save a life … possibly your own."

Coffee PSA:
https://youtube.com/shorts/ydCvTkTSkas
Posted by: Be Prepared at November 12, 2025 05:42 AM (XQo4F)

; )

Posted by: m at November 12, 2025 06:32 AM (RuTUS)

130 “Florida winter is upon us.”

You poor dears! Whaddaya do, put on an extra T-shirt or somethin’?

Yes. 1 > 0.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at November 12, 2025 06:33 AM (1Nv0l)

131 I have 14 more workdays left (including today).

They're trying to kill me before I leave though.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 12, 2025 06:36 AM (ExV1e)

132 "You poor dears! Whaddaya do, put on an extra T-shirt or somethin’?"

Yep.

Still remember my FL native wife freaking out at the first big snowfall of the season when we moved to MD for a couple of years.

She completely came apart. "I CAN'T LIVE LIKE THIS!!!"

Posted by: pawn at November 12, 2025 06:37 AM (sPsWv)

133 75 Orthostatic hypotension BP test ... Test is just take BP laying down, sit up and wait 1 minute, test again then stand up and wait 1 minute, test again.
Posted by: dawg fan at November 12, 2025 05:56 AM (WSgw

useful; thanks

Posted by: m at November 12, 2025 06:37 AM (RuTUS)

134 *Wonders what AGI stands for. Decides not to look it up.*

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 12, 2025 06:37 AM (XQo4F)

135 AGI == Artificial General Intelligence

Essentially AI that equals or exceeds us all in capabilities.

We're close enough. It's not the existential threat these companies seem to think it is. Except to employment.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at November 12, 2025 06:41 AM (1Nv0l)

136 G'mornin' everyone!

I'm'a go make a cuppa coffee, brb

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 12, 2025 06:43 AM (kHop/)

137
The big guys investing in AI see it as an existential event. According to their reasoning, someone is going to develop AGI capabilities within the next five years. If it's not them, they're dead.

No, we're dead. The big boys will go running to the government for a bailout. The Feds will cave in when the banks say that Grandma will starve and freeze unless they get it.

Of course, if it does work, then the big boys will be sucking up most of the electrical-generating capacity in the country. They'll be faced with the choice of sailing on their East Coast yacht or their West Coast one while the rest of us starve and freeze in the dark.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 12, 2025 06:45 AM (tgvbd)

138 OS/2 Warp was a great operating system. It was everything Windows was supposed to be.

But IBM couldn't sell software if they paid YOU. So it died.

IBM bought the leading spreadsheet (Lotus 123) and word processor (WordPerfect). They were everywhere, until IBM tried to sell them. Now they are niche products if they exist at all.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 12, 2025 06:46 AM (WPL6O)

139 The G in AGI stands for: "Gee, it sure would be bad if we don't manage to get our money out before this bubble pops and leaves everyone else with the losses!"

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 12, 2025 06:46 AM (O7YUW)

140 110 Are mosquito attacks year round?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 12, 2025 06:17 AM (u82oZ)

Depends on if the Brits can get parts in.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 12, 2025 06:20 AM (ExV1e)

I got that reference!

Posted by: m at November 12, 2025 06:46 AM (RuTUS)

141 I suspect that their reasoning is flawed unless they're secretly researching paths other than LLMs trained on Reddit drivel.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

----

GPT-5 is already usefully assisting Fields Medalists (think Nobel Prize in mathematics, but even better because it's never political).

Tim Gowers posted on this recently: "we have entered the brief but enjoyable era where our research is greatly sped up by AI but AI still needs us"

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at November 12, 2025 06:47 AM (1Nv0l)

142 I got that reference!
Posted by: m at November 12, 2025 06:46 AM (RuTUS)

You're a regular poster on a smart military blog. I should hope so.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 12, 2025 06:47 AM (ExV1e)

143 m

We are a smart military blog.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 12, 2025 06:47 AM (u82oZ)

144 "It's not the existential threat these companies seem to think it is. Except to employment."

Which reminds me: how many lawyers does it take to shingle a roof?

A: Depends how thin you slice them.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 12, 2025 06:48 AM (XQo4F)

145 Texas should be building nuke and desalination plants starting 5 years ago.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 12, 2025 06:48 AM (zzXla)

146 Texas should be building nuke and desalination plants starting 5 years ago.
Posted by: Ben Had at November 12, 2025 06:48 AM (zzXla)

And a network of pipelines to pump the fresh water everywhere.

And defensive fortifications on the borders to repel blue state zombies.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 12, 2025 06:50 AM (ExV1e)

147 110 Are mosquito attacks year round?

###

We've had zero of them.

Posted by: The Japs at November 12, 2025 06:52 AM (XQo4F)

148 I used to have a different nic

I was stunned by the scale of new construction in the Dallas area going to and from the MoMeet.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 12, 2025 06:52 AM (u82oZ)

149 I used to have a different nic

For all the mismanagement of the Texas electrical grid, the good news is it is self-reliant in energy. ANd does not tie into other state's grids. So far.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 12, 2025 06:54 AM (u82oZ)

150 Imagine an AI based HR department.

The nerds ultimate revenge.

Posted by: pawn at November 12, 2025 06:55 AM (sPsWv)

151 "ANd does not tie into other state's grids. So far."

Push comes to shove, that's an easy fix:

https://tinyurl.com/28amkskd

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at November 12, 2025 06:57 AM (1Nv0l)

152 Most of my adult life, perhaps all the worth-while part of it, has been spent messing about with aeroplanes. Kenneth Grahame once wrote that 'there is nothing, absolutely nothing, half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.' With that I would agree yet for a fleeting period in the world's history I think that aeroplanes ran boats a very close second for enjoyment. For about 30 years there was a period when aeroplanes would fly when you wanted them to but there were still fresh things to be be learned on every flight, a period when aeroplanes were small and easily built so that experiments were cheap and new designs could fly within six months of the first glimmer in the mind of the designer. That halcyon period started about the year 1910 and it was in full flower when I was a young man; it died with the second war when aeroplanes had grown too costly and complicated for individuals to own or even to operate. I count myself lucky that that fleeting period coincided with my youth and my young manhood, and that I had a part in it.

Nevil Shute - "Slide Rule"

Posted by: m at November 12, 2025 06:58 AM (RuTUS)

153 Ha ha!, the sun is coming above the usually clouded-out horizon, over the Atlantic and through the small gap in the tree line and shining right on my computer screen.

That's never happened before. I just moved here this summer though.

How annoying!!!

Ha!

Posted by: pawn at November 12, 2025 07:00 AM (sPsWv)

154 Having no electricity is an inconvenience. Having no water is deadly.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 12, 2025 07:01 AM (zzXla)

155 - NaCly
Regarding Dallas, I haven't been over to that college town by you since early '21'. Went every year for four years for work, for a week.
Always saddened me what had happened with all the building between where I lived and the lake from summer 64 to summer 66. No more "country."

Posted by: TeeJ at November 12, 2025 07:02 AM (Sq4+7)

156 m

Also in Slide Rule is Nevil Shute's keen analysis of private enterprise vs government production in the UK. He was spot on.

The private R-100 dirigible, with Shute as a key member of the design and fabrication team, flew across the Atlantic Ocean to Canada, frolicked around for a while, then flew back to the UK.

The government R101 dirigible had one test flight of short duration then on a flight to India, crashed in France, killing a number of people.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 12, 2025 07:03 AM (u82oZ)

157 145 Texas should be building nuke and desalination plants starting 5 years ago.
Posted by: Ben Had at November 12, 2025 06:48 AM (zzXla)

On 9/12 Bush should have started building a small modular nuke on every Mil Base with access to water and leasing them back to local utilities and telling the Mid East you can drink your fucking oil.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 12, 2025 07:04 AM (gbOdA)

158 TeeJ

Still got some cow pastures left. But you are also probably seeing a lot of infill development near you.

Yet Kansas is a net loser in population. Urban outmigration?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 12, 2025 07:06 AM (u82oZ)

159 Nevil Shute - "Slide Rule"
Posted by: m at November 12, 2025 06:58 AM (RuTUS)

Never slide down a slide when the Temp is over 80.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 12, 2025 07:06 AM (gbOdA)

160 J.J. and the News arriving Runway 020.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 12, 2025 07:10 AM (u82oZ)

161 Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases:

If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.

-Ronald Reagan

Posted by: pawn at November 12, 2025 07:10 AM (sPsWv)

162
Yes, we've been down this road before. But at least both Steve Jobs and his audience knew the idea was ridiculous, and in 2004 you got a six pack of socks in a rainbow of colours for $29.

For far less, you could buy a bag of Skittles candy and "taste the rainbow".

"Colour", heh. The added "u" is so cute! I tease my IRL Canadian friends about that. I also berate them for their green, greasy shitting namesake geese.

"Check our my coloured velour garment -- do you like it?"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge?h hil at November 12, 2025 07:14 AM (xG4kz)

163 - From what I could see from TC Blvd, east side of road was all housing. W side too.
And what they did to Rocky Ford at some point,,, grrr.
Used to ride my bike to there and the outlet to fish at 10-11 yoa.

Posted by: TeeJ at November 12, 2025 07:15 AM (Sq4+7)

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