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Deep Fission has an interesting idea: Rather than extracting spent nuclear fuel from reactors and burying it a mile underground, why not bury the entire reactor... A mile underground? (Spectrum)

The reactors will be small - very small, just 75cm wide though 9 meters tall - to fit down a regular borehole, and will generate 15 megawatts of power each. They plan to bring a test unit online next year - though they admit the schedule is optimistic - and commercial units within three years.
Mazama Energy, on the other hand, just plans to drill a hole - into Newberry Volcano in Oregon. (Yahoo)

Down into the depths where the rock reaches temperatures over 600F, so they can pump water down and drive a turbine off the returning steam.

The difficulty there is that at temperatures over 700F where the process is most efficient, the drilling equipment tends to go all melty itself.

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Flash memory shortages are new affecting supplies of high-capacity microSD cards. (Tom's Hardware)

Fortunately I have a small supply in hand already.
Microsoft warns that its new AI features bring with them an increased exposure to data theft, malware, and a chance of hallucinations. (ItsFOSS)

So no change from standard Windows 11, really.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Thing.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 24, 2025 04:00 AM (POgqv)

2 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 24, 2025 04:00 AM (sAmhv)

3 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at November 24, 2025 04:00 AM (+qU29)

4 w00t

Posted by: m at November 24, 2025 04:01 AM (RuTUS)

5 Now everyone shows up

Posted by: Skip at November 24, 2025 04:01 AM (+qU29)

6 Morning all.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 24, 2025 04:01 AM (BLOW1)

7 Killed myself yesterday and today to install 2 Brother printers on my new Win11 machine. Damn them all!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 24, 2025 04:02 AM (POgqv)

8 What a fun bunch!

Posted by: m at November 24, 2025 04:03 AM (RuTUS)

9 Pixy, have you ever been to an American Thanksgiving?

Posted by: m at November 24, 2025 04:03 AM (RuTUS)

10 Good morning. Even monkeys fall from trees, especially if you push them.

Posted by: Fluffy Nuggets, Jr. at November 24, 2025 04:07 AM (aDBgf)

11
Mazama Energy, on the other hand, just plans to drill a hole - into Newberry Volcano in Oregon. (Yahoo)

Down into the depths where the rock reaches temperatures over 600F, so they can pump water down and drive a turbine off the returning steam.

The difficulty there is that at temperatures over 700F where the process is most efficient, the drilling equipment tends to go all melty itself.

-----

The other problem is that once the heat starts getting harvested from the rocks, the rocks cool down. And, it takes a really long time for more heat to diffuse in. The heat in the rocks is being mined and depleted.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 24, 2025 04:15 AM (VWtfl)

12 9 Pixy, have you ever been to an American Thanksgiving?
Posted by: m

No, I haven't had the opportunity.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 24, 2025 04:15 AM (BLOW1)

13 American Thanksgivings are like Australian Thursdays. Except that instead of riding around in our mothers' pouches and yodeling, we Americans sit at a table and eat turkey.

Posted by: A Small Clarification at November 24, 2025 04:18 AM (ySvap)

14 13 American Thanksgivings are like Australian Thursdays. Except that instead of riding around in our mothers' pouches and yodeling, we Americans sit at a table and eat turkey.
Posted by: A Small Clarification at November 24, 2025 04:18 AM (ySvap)

That is a crucial clarification.

Posted by: m at November 24, 2025 04:23 AM (RuTUS)

15 SMRs ( small modular reactors) of 300 megawatts require just 10 to 15 acres of land.

A larger, 1,000 MW plant might take 830 acres.

The bird-chopping windmills generating 300 megawatts require 600 to 4,000 acres

Pressure to supply electricity for big data centers make get SMRs accepted.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at November 24, 2025 04:24 AM (7ewII)

16 12 9 Pixy, have you ever been to an American Thanksgiving?
Posted by: m

No, I haven't had the opportunity.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 24, 2025 04:15 AM (BLOW1)

I hope you do, someday. I had friends (an American and a Scot) in Melbourne who opened their home to Aussies for the Big Day. But they are not there anymore. And friends in Sydney (an American and an Aussie) who also celebrated, but I have lost touch with them.

Posted by: m at November 24, 2025 04:29 AM (RuTUS)

17 My hand is feeling much better today. I still think I mostly need to avoid scrolling. However, I did want to point out this article from today's NY Post It's about a Jewish doctor, Dr Marc Siegel , who believes that blending science and spirituality saves lives. He prays with patients who welcome that and he prays about his work . He has written a new book, "Miracles Among Us." He also has some thoughts from Cardinal Dolan.

I hope you all have a blessed day. You are a blessing to others !.

https://tinyurl.com/47k62teh

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 24, 2025 04:41 AM (2sfNr)

18 At least in my kid days that Norman Rockwell painting wasn't too far off what I had

Posted by: Skip at November 24, 2025 04:45 AM (+qU29)

19 Everything over at

https://nitter.net/bendreyfuss

is outrageously hilariously deadpan today. Starting off with:

Ben Dreyfuss
@bendreyfuss
7h
“I am willing to provide full details, as well as the names of the assassins”

Well there is this thing called a police report which anyone can fill out but the reason you almost certainly haven’t is because lying on them is a crime.

Candace Owens
@RealCandaceO
8h
I have informed people in the Federal government and the White House of the France and Israeli assassination plot and am willing to provide full details, as well as the name of the assassins and international accounts in France and Canada through which money was exchanged.

Posted by: m at November 24, 2025 04:50 AM (RuTUS)

20 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 24, 2025 04:51 AM (bQ4nt)

21 It's new today at Amgreatness VDH's article on the New Confederacy
Great points

Posted by: Skip at November 24, 2025 04:54 AM (+qU29)

22 G'morning, all!

Candace Owens, eh?

Just imagine the table talk if she and Tucker Carlson were to have a sit down dinner together.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 24, 2025 04:57 AM (a1415)

23 from a few days past (and also from long ago) ohmygoodness this is primo (language warning):

https://nitter.net/jarvis_best/status/
1990791539992494263

she is here:

@salesforcechild

Posted by: m at November 24, 2025 05:04 AM (RuTUS)

24 n Maryland, Tyson's is synonymous with 'Chicken'.

But I guess they have been screwing with US consumer beef prices for some time, as well.

https://tinyurl.com/msw8w67z

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 24, 2025 05:04 AM (a1415)

25 7 Killed myself yesterday and today to install 2 Brother printers on my new Win11 machine. Damn them all!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 24, 2025 04:02 AM (POgqv)

*Almost* killed yourself???

Posted by: m at November 24, 2025 05:06 AM (RuTUS)

26

It is very fitting that a day of thanksgiving be set aside to honor the multiple benefits of living in the most exceptional country on the planet.

Therefor, a prayer from our home that all effort from you on this and any other day results in maximal benefit to you, with commensurate and grievous heartburn for the leftwit fungi that plague us.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at November 24, 2025 05:08 AM (vFbHf)

27 3 day week, I think I can handle that

Posted by: Skip at November 24, 2025 05:13 AM (+qU29)

28
g'mornin' 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 24, 2025 05:15 AM (tljrc)

29 American Thinker- Joy Reid discovers biology in a locker room

I think if you lost Joy Reid the gig is up for pretending your a woman and are not.

Posted by: Skip at November 24, 2025 05:16 AM (+qU29)

30 25 7 Killed myself yesterday and today to install 2 Brother printers on my new Win11 machine. Damn them all!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 24, 2025 04:02 AM (POgqv)

*Almost* killed yourself???
Posted by: m

He got better.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 24, 2025 05:21 AM (BLOW1)

31 ... but he hasn't posted again.

Posted by: m at November 24, 2025 05:22 AM (RuTUS)

32 There is a similar magma chamber steam powered turbine drilling project near Yellowstone. A video I recently watched about it suggested it was still very much in the R&D phase before the first attempt. There are some tech hurdles to overcome before much can actually happen.

Posted by: Epobirs at November 24, 2025 05:26 AM (/0z9K)

33 In Maryland, Tyson's is synonymous with 'Chicken'.

But I guess they have been screwing with US consumer beef prices for some time, as well.

https://tinyurl.com/msw8w67z
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 24, 2025 05:04 AM (a1415)

On the one hand, closing a packing plant won't help lower prices. OTOH, it won't help them in any prosecution about price fixing either.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 24, 2025 05:28 AM (ExV1e)

34 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at November 24, 2025 05:29 AM (AN2gy)

35 Greetings and Happy Monday from the GPROMD. My plan for this week was to work today and tomorrow then relax at home.

Then life started giggling.

Quick summary: The contract I am on is not funded right now. I am only allowed to work seven hours and then it's home until further notice. Heck with it; an extra day at home isn't a bad notion.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 24, 2025 05:29 AM (lXoJ5)

36 Microsoft warns that its new AI features bring with them an increased exposure to data theft, malware, and a chance of hallucinations.

The executives at Microsoft will get angry if you complain about this and tell you to get with the times.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 24, 2025 05:31 AM (lXoJ5)

37 @7/Biden's Dog: "Killed myself yesterday and today to install 2 Brother printers on my new Win11 machine. Damn them all!"

Required for printer driver installation:
- Working printer
- USB cable
- installation files (available in Hades, may require a trip down the Acheron river)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 24, 2025 05:31 AM (O7YUW)

38 Beef companies are doing a planned phase out:
Raise prices
Reduce demand
Remove capacity
Repeat

Posted by: Accomack at November 24, 2025 05:34 AM (/Chlc)

39 @17/FenelonSpoke: "My hand is feeling much better today. I still think I mostly need to avoid scrolling."

Try the PgUp (Page Up) and PgDn (Page Down) keys for scrolling as an alternative if the little scroll wheel on the mouse is becoming painful.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 24, 2025 05:35 AM (O7YUW)

40 installation files available in Hades

They're on USB Styx.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at November 24, 2025 05:35 AM (zdLoL)

41 installation files (available in Hades, may require a trip down the Acheron river)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

I've been doing this job long enough that Charon has a coffee mug in his break room for me.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 24, 2025 05:36 AM (lXoJ5)

42 aise prices
Reduce demand
Remove capacity
Repeat

This too is the story of the ICE sedan. They voted for this!
The difference is, you didn't, and we'd thought we'd won.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at November 24, 2025 05:38 AM (zdLoL)

43 40 installation files available in Hades

They're on USB Styx.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at November 24, 2025 05:35 AM (zdLoL)

haha!
hahahaha!

Posted by: m at November 24, 2025 05:39 AM (RuTUS)

44 Get the butterfly net for Candy.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at November 24, 2025 05:47 AM (LjSYW)

45 .. but he hasn't posted again.

Posted by: m at November 24, 2025 05:22 AM (RuTUS)
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Copying files. Stop distracting me!!!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 24, 2025 05:49 AM (POgqv)

46 You know, I had rarely even thought of Candice Owens. I just didn't care. She 'insisted upon herself '. I ignored her. Apparently, others haven't. Maybe she should get nekid. Just a suggestion.

youtu.be/0pnwE_Oy5WI

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 24, 2025 05:50 AM (sAmhv)

47 45 .. but he hasn't posted again.

Posted by: m at November 24, 2025 05:22 AM (RuTUS)
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Copying files. Stop distracting me!!!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 24, 2025 05:49 AM (POgqv)
Yay, you're fit and feisty!

Posted by: m at November 24, 2025 05:52 AM (RuTUS)

48 @41/NR Pax: "I've been doing this job long enough that Charon has a coffee mug in his break room for me."

Made me think of this:

https://tinyurl.com/44wsk5ab
(goes to dailymotion.com)

Charon scene starts at 1:33:39
(Cerberus scene just before that)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 24, 2025 05:54 AM (O7YUW)

49 Evening and morning to all the late toilers and early risers! Yes, yes, it's Monday; stipulated. But remember:

"Compared to being on the wrong side of the ground, even a bad Monday is pretty small kumquats, nicht wahr?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 24, 2025 05:55 AM (wzUl9)

50 Required for printer driver installation:
- Working printer
- USB cable
- installation files (available in Hades, may require a trip down the Acheron river)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 24, 2025 05:31 AM (O7YUW)
-

/looks for longer usb cord to wrap around ceiling light fixture

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 24, 2025 05:55 AM (POgqv)

51 @45/Biden's Dog: "Copying files. Stop distracting me!!!"

Linux: You need help? Okay, sure, I multitask well. What do you need?

Windows: ARGH! Stop trying to do other things, I've already messed up the estimated time remaining, now I've dropped a file in the copy, and have to stop mid-way. Good luck starting over again or finding it!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 24, 2025 05:57 AM (O7YUW)

52 I'm up, weary though I slept close to enough (even with a certain thuggish black cat leaping over me an hour ago), drinking my coffee, and waiting for it to trickle into my brain cells and muscles.

Little Dagny is giving me the "We're starving. Won't you help?" look. I guess I'd better feed them.

What's on tap for you this Thanksgiving week?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 24, 2025 05:57 AM (wzUl9)

53 @50/Biden's Dog: "/looks for longer usb cord to wrap around ceiling light fixture"

Windows, 2 minutes later:
Process hung

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 24, 2025 05:58 AM (O7YUW)

54 Cerberus scene just before that

Thank you. I'll check it out when I get home.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 24, 2025 05:58 AM (lXoJ5)

55 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at November 24, 2025 06:00 AM (XQo4F)

56 Niagara with Marilyn Monroe and Joseph Cotten, written by Billy Wilder's old collaborator Charles Brackett, is on Movies!

Odd trivia bit: A billboard poster for this film in Istanbul figures in the novel of From Russia With Love, in the chapter called "The Mouth of Marilyn Monroe." I can't recall if they used it or something else in the film version.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 24, 2025 06:04 AM (wzUl9)

57 Temp of 62 F., high humidity but low wind. Good workout weather. Now to locate that pesky motivation of mine. Perhaps Dagny has seized it in her teeth and hidden it under the couch. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 24, 2025 06:10 AM (wzUl9)

58 Yall been poo pooing me about a self powered neighborhood not happening. re Telling Reddy Kilowatt to hit the road and cheap electricity coming to boot. Well,
.
GPT-4o mini
Yes, 15 megawatts (MW) can indeed power a neighborhood, and here's how that breaks down:

Comparison to Neighborhood Consumption
If we revisit the earlier calculation, the average neighborhood might have a continuous power requirement of around 125,000 watts. Using this figure:

Calculation for Neighborhood Capacity
With 15 MW, you can power:
125,000 watts
15,000,000 watts
≈120 neighborhoods

Key Points
Capacity: 15 MW is substantial and significantly exceeds the power demand of a single average neighborhood.

Peak Demand Consideration: While continuous power is one measure, actual demand can peak during times of high usage (e.g., hot summer afternoons). This capacity would offer ample room to accommodate such peaks for multiple neighborhoods.

Conclusion

In summary, 15 megawatts can comfortably power around 120 average neighborhoods based on typical energy usage figures. This makes it a strong capacity for residential areas, especially during peak times.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 24, 2025 06:14 AM (TiGPW)

59 Required for printer driver installation:
- Working printer
- USB cable
- installation files (available in Hades, may require a trip down the Acheron river)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 24, 2025 05:31 AM (O7YUW)

Linux... "hey, I noticed this printer on your network and assume you'll want to use it... ready."

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 24, 2025 06:16 AM (ExV1e)

60 Preparing for a trip I put all my flash memory into a nice container and stashed it in case of intruders. That was two trips ago and I haven't found it yet.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 24, 2025 06:16 AM (TiGPW)

61 In summary, 15 megawatts can comfortably power around 120 average neighborhoods based on typical energy usage figures. This makes it a strong capacity for residential areas, especially during peak times.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 24, 2025 06:14 AM (TiGPW)

Sure. 15MW can power several neighborhoods. Now all you need is an area sufficient to place the generator and supporting equipment, agreement from the people living in the neighborhoods to place it near them, personnel to operate the equipment, and the equipment.

Can it be done? Yes.
Will it be done? Possibly, eventually.
Will it be done soon? Unlikely.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 24, 2025 06:21 AM (ExV1e)

62 Fenelon, wrist braces for carpel tunnel help. Even an ace wrap.
Sleep with the wrist brace a couple of nights.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 24, 2025 06:23 AM (TiGPW)

63 Odd trivia bit: A billboard poster for this film in Istanbul figures in the novel of From Russia With Love, in the chapter called "The Mouth of Marilyn Monroe." I can't recall if they used it or something else in the film version.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 24, 2025 06:04 AM (wzUl9)

“Call Me Bwana” with Bob Hope & Anita Ekberg

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at November 24, 2025 06:23 AM (JRP2U)

64 It's time I did another backup of my files from the desktop iMac (my content is small and fits on a flash drive). And maybe this could be the week to see about working with Linux on the older PC laptop.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 24, 2025 06:24 AM (wzUl9)

65 Thanksgiving is biggest feast day in America. One table is not big enough to display all the options of food. If you can, make your trip here on that date and let the folks here know you are coming.
Enjoy.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 24, 2025 06:27 AM (TiGPW)

66 A billboard poster for this film in Istanbul figures in the novel of From Russia With Love, in the chapter called "The Mouth of Marilyn Monroe." I can't recall if they used it or something else in the film version.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 24, 2025
*
“Call Me Bwana” with Bob Hope & Anita Ekberg
Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at November 24, 2025

***
That's what the filmmakers used? Odd choice for a serious Bond film. That kind of imagery would better fit the tone of The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 24, 2025 06:27 AM (wzUl9)

67 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Stuff.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 24, 2025 06:28 AM (0cOaq)

68 *Almost* killed yourself???
Posted by: m
---------

'E's not claiming to be the second coming, is he?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 24, 2025 06:29 AM (TiGPW)

69 46 You know, I had rarely even thought of Candice Owens. I just didn't care. She 'insisted upon herself '. I ignored her. Apparently, others haven't. Maybe she should get nekid. Just a suggestion.
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She got lucky with her testimony and nailed it and walked into the hearts of conservatives. Within a week she revealed the actual depth of her mental capacity.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 24, 2025 06:33 AM (TiGPW)

70 68 *Almost* killed yourself???
Posted by: m
---------

'E's not claiming to be the second coming, is he?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 24, 2025 06:29 AM (TiGPW)

Seemed possibly to be a foreshadowing, a letter written To Whom It May Concern.

Posted by: m at November 24, 2025 06:33 AM (RuTUS)

71 *Almost* killed yourself???
Posted by: m
---------

'E's not claiming to be the second coming, is he?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 24, 2025 06:29 AM (TiGPW)

Seemed possibly to be a foreshadowing, a letter written To Whom It May Concern.
Posted by: m at November 24, 2025 06:33 AM (RuTUS)
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He could be a zombie, now. Check to see if he has an unaccountable desire for brains.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 24, 2025 06:35 AM (0cOaq)

72
We have a large number of floating neighborhoods powered by small modular reactors in Norfolk, Virginia.
Guarded by Marines.
With rifles.

Posted by: The US Navy at November 24, 2025 06:36 AM (XQo4F)

73 46 You know, I had rarely even thought of Candice Owens. I just didn't care. She 'insisted upon herself '. I ignored her. Apparently, others haven't. Maybe she should get nekid. Just a suggestion.

youtu.be/0pnwE_Oy5WI

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 24, 2025 05:50 AM (sAmhv)

Good one! (Safe for work.)

Posted by: m at November 24, 2025 06:36 AM (RuTUS)

74 That's what the filmmakers used? Odd choice for a serious Bond film. That kind of imagery would better fit the tone of The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 24, 2025 06:27 AM (wzUl9)

“Call Me Bwana”
Albert R. Broccoli producer
Harry Saltzman executive producer

Might have something to do with it

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at November 24, 2025 06:38 AM (JRP2U)

75 Can't stand Joseph Cotton.
Niagara, I remember Marilyn and Robert Mitchum but not Cotton.
He must have been the cuch.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 24, 2025 06:40 AM (TiGPW)

76 71 *Almost* killed yourself???
Posted by: m
---------

'E's not claiming to be the second coming, is he?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 24, 2025 06:29 AM (TiGPW)

Seemed possibly to be a foreshadowing, a letter written To Whom It May Concern.
Posted by: m at November 24, 2025 06:33 AM (RuTUS)
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He could be a zombie, now. Check to see if he has an unaccountable desire for brains.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 24, 2025 06:35 AM (0cOaq)

He's gonna pop back in to yell at us again:

45 Copying files. Stop distracting me!!!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 24, 2025 05:49 AM (POgqv)

Posted by: m at November 24, 2025 06:40 AM (RuTUS)

77 What's a cuch?

Posted by: Twenty bucks at November 24, 2025 06:41 AM (XQo4F)

78 so sad:

Jeff Blehar is *BOX OFFICE POISON* retweeted
CWBChicago
@CWBChicago
Nov 23
The fallout from last night’s Loop chaos spread quickly.

The mayor spoke of young people who “do not value their lives or the lives of others.”

Quite a shift from 2023 when he said critics were “demonizing” children.

Posted by: m at November 24, 2025 06:43 AM (RuTUS)

79 >>>Can it be done? Yes.
Will it be done? Possibly, eventually.
Will it be done soon? Unlikely.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic a
---

You missed Pixy. They are going to put it in a hole 75cm in diameter. Down in a hole. It's not going to take up too much space.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 24, 2025 06:44 AM (TiGPW)

80 >>>So no change from standard Windows 11, really.

Good thing they make it easy to create a regular, old local account when forced to install that headache.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 24, 2025 06:45 AM (dK+Kv)

81 >>> What's a cuch?

Nothing much, what's a cuch with you?

Posted by: fluffy at November 24, 2025 06:47 AM (AN2gy)

82 >>>We have a large number of floating neighborhoods powered by small modular reactors in Norfolk, Virginia.
Guarded by Marines.
With rifles.
Posted by: The US Navy at November 24, 2025 06:36 AM (XQo4F)
-------------

We have three things going for maximum innovation.

Large sums of money
Huge brains
Extreme de-regulation.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 24, 2025 06:48 AM (TiGPW)

83 She got lucky with her testimony and nailed it and walked into the hearts of conservatives. Within a week she revealed the actual depth of her mental capacity.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 24, 2025 06:33 AM (TiGPW)

Almost like conservatives should avoid going all in on the latest flavor of the month grifter until they have the record of say a Sowell or a Thomas or something.

Or nah.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 24, 2025 06:50 AM (dK+Kv)

84 You missed Pixy. They are going to put it in a hole 75cm in diameter. Down in a hole. It's not going to take up too much space.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 24, 2025 06:44 AM (TiGPW)

Reading the article, I have significant questions about safety. Further, given that Democrats managed to get Yucca Mountain shutdown over "concerns about potential groundwater contamination hundreds of years in the future," I am skeptical that this could get regulatory approval. Of course, politicians can always be bought off.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 24, 2025 06:51 AM (ExV1e)

85 Almost like conservatives should avoid going all in on the latest flavor of the month grifter until they have the record of say a Sowell or a Thomas or something.

Or nah.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 24, 2025 06:50 AM (dK+Kv)

Here what they say. Discuss what they say. Avoid the cult of personality.

We are not the left.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 24, 2025 06:53 AM (ExV1e)

86 Loop chaos?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 24, 2025 06:53 AM (0cOaq)

87 69 46 You know, I had rarely even thought of Candice Owens.
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She got lucky with her testimony and nailed it and walked into the hearts of conservatives.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 24, 2025 06:33 AM (TiGPW)

What testimony? I am drawing a blank here.

Posted by: m at November 24, 2025 06:54 AM (RuTUS)

88 >>>Reading the article, I have significant questions about safety. Further, given that Democrats ...
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Democrats aren't going to stop it. Bezos and Google and Alphabet and Meta will see to that. They are going to be built in exponential numbers and with each build size will diminish and output will increase.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 24, 2025 06:55 AM (TiGPW)

89 Microsoft warns that its new AI features bring with them an increased exposure to data theft, malware, and a chance of hallucinations.

The executives at Microsoft will get angry if you complain about this and tell you to get with the times.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 24, 2025 05:31 AM (lXoJ5)

It's a feature, not a bug.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 24, 2025 06:56 AM (dK+Kv)

90 Almost like conservatives should avoid going all in on the latest flavor of the month grifter until they have the record of say a Sowell or a Thomas or something.
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Therein lies the problem - you have a tiny number of people who prove, either through lengthy careers like Thomas, or monumental struggles like Trump, that they mean what they say.

And everyone else turns out to be a grifty little cuckling.

It makes predicting who's any good on the professional Right super easy - the answer is almost always "not whoever we're talking about today."

But that's cold comfort, because it also means politics is pointless, we can never make any progress, and the Left can't be meaningfully opposed outside the ambit of these vanishing few men of honor.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 24, 2025 06:58 AM (BI5O2)

91 November 24, 2025 06:33 AM (TiGPW)

What testimony? I am drawing a blank here.
Posted by: m
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It was some Congressional inquisition, she was asked an accusatory but open ended question and she went full Trump on them. She was clear and correct. It was her best day.
Specifically, I don't remember.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 24, 2025 06:58 AM (TiGPW)

92 91 November 24, 2025 06:33 AM (TiGPW)

What testimony? I am drawing a blank here.
Posted by: m
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It was some Congressional inquisition, she was asked an accusatory but open ended question and she went full Trump on them. She was clear and correct. It was her best day.
Specifically, I don't remember.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 24, 2025 06:58 AM (TiGPW)

Thank you! That'll help me google it.

Posted by: m at November 24, 2025 07:01 AM (RuTUS)

93 We are not the left.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 24, 2025 06:53 AM (ExV1e)

We like to think we are not, and a subset are not.

There exists a subset that are very much like that, and here we go again, again.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 24, 2025 07:04 AM (dK+Kv)

94 As I approached 29, or maybe 29 1/2, I gained appreciation for Billy Joel (though not for 80's pop generally). "Scenes From An Italian Restaurant" is like 3 songs in one.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 24, 2025 07:05 AM (acx3c)

95 90 It makes predicting who's any good on the professional Right super easy - the answer is almost always "not whoever we're talking about today."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 24, 2025 06:58 AM (BI5O2)

yep

Posted by: m at November 24, 2025 07:05 AM (RuTUS)

96 Yesterday Google wrote that because it doesn't know my age it will restrict my access to some AI features (since I am presumed to be under 1

. Today Google wrote again, saying that my age has been verified.
I was going to verify my age, but am glad it wasn't needed. It seems a sort of a bug. Google obviously had ways to verify my age already, so the first email was sent in error.
Full disclosure: I am over 18.

Posted by: PG at November 24, 2025 07:06 AM (DPivm)

97 Candace Owens (Wikipedia)

During her April 2019 testimony before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee on the rise of hate crimes and white supremacists in the United States, Owens made the claim that the Southern strategy employed by the Republican Party to increase political support among white voters in the South by appealing to racism against African Americans was a "myth" that "never happened".

Posted by: m at November 24, 2025 07:08 AM (RuTUS)

98 I noticed a few years ago people would write things on discussion forums like “I got electrocuted yesterday”. I’d say “no you didn’t” and they would want to argue. I understand the meaning of words can change, but they probably shouldn’t, and in the case of electrocution it was coined specifically as electricity + execution i.e. dead. It is not a synonym for getting a shock.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 24, 2025 07:08 AM (VmO84)

99 How does routine maintenance work on a reactor so deep down in a hole? A little corrosion or a loose connection means your take it off line and fill the hole with concrete?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 24, 2025 07:09 AM (acx3c)

100 100

Posted by: m at November 24, 2025 07:10 AM (RuTUS)

101 Good morning everyone, Happy Monday. Thx Pixy.
I keep the Albany police on my feed on Facebook because I went to college and law school there and have family there.
Sone guy was arrested for weapons possession and other crap.
First name : Nycream. A good chuckle for Mon morning

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 24, 2025 07:10 AM (bfwj/)

102 Yay, Elon!

Elon Musk retweeted
Fox News
@FoxNews
10h
MUSK'S MESSAGE: @elonmusk is speaking out against judges who allow career criminals to roam free, terrorizing the public.

"It is incredibly cruel of so many judges to push murderous thugs on the innocent public! And double shame on anyone who funds them to do so."

Posted by: m at November 24, 2025 07:11 AM (RuTUS)

103 CIII!

And no word yet on if we have hours again.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 24, 2025 07:12 AM (lXoJ5)

104 But that's cold comfort, because it also means politics is pointless, we can never make any progress, and the Left can't be meaningfully opposed outside the ambit of these vanishing few men of honor.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 24, 2025 06:58 AM (BI5O2)

I don't follow the mindset to that extent.

There is wide lattitude between engaging in cult of personality fangirlism and praising someone for shrewd politics, novel, effective argument and action (of say a Kirk or the GOTV guy), or of intellectual consistency and rhetoric (like an anti-Man Boy Lincoln Project grifter).

We just need not be putting up and tearing down posters in our bedrooms on only the words of other influences or fangirls is the main point.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 24, 2025 07:14 AM (dK+Kv)

105 Voices across Chicago and the nation expressed alarm on Saturday after two shootings in the Loop following the city’s annual Christmas tree lighting left a 14-year-old boy dead and eight other people, nearly all juveniles, wounded.

https://cwbchicago.com

Posted by: m at November 24, 2025 07:15 AM (RuTUS)

106 "First name : Nycream. A good chuckle for Mon morning
Posted by: Smell the Glove"

Why?

Posted by: Mishavious Tierra Jackson at November 24, 2025 07:15 AM (vFG9F)

107 If only there were some legal mechanism to remove idiot or corrupt judges from our midst whether at the state or federal level. Alas, an oversight on the founders part.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 24, 2025 07:16 AM (VmO84)

108 Voices across Chicago and the nation expressed alarm on Saturday after two shootings in the Loop following the city’s annual Christmas tree lighting left a 14-year-old boy dead and eight other people, nearly all juveniles, wounded.

https://cwbchicago.com
Posted by: m at November 24, 2025 07:15 AM (RuTUS)
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It's just Chicago's culture and all cultures are equal and deserve respect.

Posted by: JB Pritzger, safe behind armed security at November 24, 2025 07:18 AM (CORHs)

109 90 you have a tiny number of people who prove, either through lengthy careers like Thomas, or monumental struggles like Trump, that they mean what they say. ...

It makes predicting who's any good on the professional Right super easy - the answer is almost always "not whoever we're talking about today."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 24, 2025 06:58 AM (BI5O2)

Some version of the 24-hour rule, the 48-hour rule. The one-year rule?

Posted by: m at November 24, 2025 07:18 AM (RuTUS)

110 "...putting up and tearing down posters in our bedrooms on only the words of other influences or fangirls is the main point."
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Is this about me?

Posted by: Tay Tay at November 24, 2025 07:19 AM (XQo4F)

111 Again, the point of the 15MW reactor is to provide base load with gas providing the peak power

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at November 24, 2025 07:21 AM (pZ64F)

112 >>>shouldn’t, and in the case of electrocution it was coined specifically as electricity + execution i.e. dead. It is not a synonym for getting a shock.
Posted by: Common Tater
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Off hand I'd say the suffix ed indicates past tense.

Have you noticed the use of their when writing of one person to avoid her, her's or the masculine there of?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 24, 2025 07:21 AM (TiGPW)

113 Disclaimer: Thing.

🎶 "No" from "Nothing" leaves "Thing"

Posted by: m at November 24, 2025 07:22 AM (RuTUS)

114 Posted by: Common Tater at November 24, 2025 07:16 AM (VmO84)
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Establishing the same 67 vote standard for convicting a district judge as a President does in fact seem like an oversight. Except for Alcee Hastings, who was on his way to prison, I can not think of an impeached judge successfully convicted by the Senate.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 24, 2025 07:22 AM (CORHs)

115 Some version of the 24-hour rule, the 48-hour rule. The one-year rule?

Posted by: m at November 24, 2025 07:18 AM (RuTUS)

How about the Vivek Ramaswamy rule?

If the person doesn't have a track record of longer than say about six months on the scene, maybe we hold off on throwing our panties at him for a bit?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 24, 2025 07:22 AM (dK+Kv)

116 Why not just bury the whole thing? Because then you're constantly drilling new holes.

Posted by: GWB at November 24, 2025 07:22 AM (Udwv6)

117 DOGE quietly disbands. How sad. Maybe Trump's greatest accomplishment.

Posted by: Ordinary American at November 24, 2025 07:24 AM (t+TFX)

118 117 DOGE quietly disbands. How sad. Maybe Trump's greatest accomplishment.
Posted by: Ordinary American
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That's a made up story. Members of the original DOGE have been either going into specific areas of government or back into the private sector for some time.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 24, 2025 07:27 AM (TiGPW)

119 Niagara, I stand corrected:

Starring
Marilyn Monroe
Joseph Cotten
Jean Peters
Max Showalter
Denis O'Dea

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 24, 2025 07:29 AM (TiGPW)

120 The Billy Joel video was a nice flashback.

Posted by: m at November 24, 2025 07:30 AM (RuTUS)

121 HF, I agree with you. But my sarcasm is behind the fact that all these laws are useless if they aren’t used. It’s just a good ole boy’s club, and we ain’t in it.

Removal of judges should (have been) be routine and hardly cause for comment. They’ve set themselves up as above the fray and the rest of it, but they don’t conduct themselves appropriately. They have extraordinary powers and are often lifetime appointments. They should have guarded their reputation. They didn’t, and are now widely despised. Not a prescription for confidence going forward.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 24, 2025 07:30 AM (VmO84)

122 39 @17/FenelonSpoke: "My hand is feeling much better today. I still think I mostly need to avoid scrolling."

Try the PgUp (Page Up) and PgDn (Page Down) keys for scrolling as an alternative if the little scroll wheel on the mouse is becoming painful.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 24, 2025 05:35 AM (O7YUW)

This. I try to use the scrolling feature as little as possible to prevent any soreness. Coders and financial analysts learn to use hotkeys as soon as possible. I find that once I took the plunge to not use the mouse and try to use keys instead, less pain and more accuracy in where to point the cursor.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 24, 2025 07:31 AM (0CU3H)

123 One year later, 1954; River of No Return.
Robert Mitchum
Marilyn Monroe

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 24, 2025 07:32 AM (TiGPW)

124 122 Coders and financial analysts learn to use hotkeys as soon as possible.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 24, 2025 07:31 AM (0CU3H)

The Four Essential Keys
--Pixy

Posted by: m at November 24, 2025 07:32 AM (RuTUS)

125

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at November 24, 2025 07:34 AM (DDJSl)

126 JJ must be still linking away. What a task he he takes on every day!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 24, 2025 07:35 AM (ueCSF)

127 Magic Mouse (Mac) is great.

Posted by: m at November 24, 2025 07:36 AM (RuTUS)

128 That's a made up story. Members of the original DOGE have been either going into specific areas of government or back into the private sector for some time.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 24, 2025 07:27 AM (TiGPW)

https://tinyurl.com/2x2uzc59

Posted by: Ordinary American at November 24, 2025 07:37 AM (t+TFX)

129 Drilling into a volcano, what could go wrong?

Sounds like an Irwin Allen Production.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 24, 2025 07:39 AM (+k/kq)

130 >>>Microsoft warns that its new AI features bring with them ... a chance of hallucinations. (ItsFOSS)

That's not good.

Posted by: m at November 24, 2025 07:39 AM (RuTUS)

131 24-year-old man shot in head multiple times and killed Sunday night outside of a Bronx building on West 174th Street in Morris Heights, and the gunman remains on the lam, ...
_NYPost

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 24, 2025 07:39 AM (TiGPW)

132 Drilling into a volcano, what could go wrong?

I always blamed the antediluvians for fracking which triggered The Great Deluge.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at November 24, 2025 07:40 AM (a4flb)

133 "DOGE is gone. The Trump-Musk cost-cutting office was dissolved eight months early and absorbed by OPM. Bureaucrats asserted control little by little after Musk stepped out. Huge setback for federal reform."

https://tinyurl.com/yzed34y6

Posted by: Ordinary American at November 24, 2025 07:42 AM (t+TFX)

134 >>>Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 24, 2025 07:27 AM (TiGPW)

https://tinyurl.com/2x2uzc59
Posted by: Ordinary American
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Yeah, this isn't news. It's been happening for months.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 24, 2025 07:42 AM (TiGPW)

135 "DOGE is gone. The Trump-Musk cost-cutting office was dissolved eight months early and absorbed by OPM. Bureaucrats asserted control little by little after Musk stepped out. Huge setback for federal reform."

In the article, DeSantis is black pilled by observing that the bureaucrats beat DOGE.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at November 24, 2025 07:45 AM (a4flb)

136 Pixy-Misa

Have you seen this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbcEs48-v6g

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 24, 2025 07:46 AM (+k/kq)

137 from the Sunday ONT
It's almost all people who hang out on the tech thread!

Top 10 commenters:
1 [728 comments] 'Sponge - F*ck Cancer' [103.39 posts/day]
2 [382 comments] 'Axeman'
3 [371 comments] 'qdpsteve'
4 [352 comments] 'ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe '
5 [331 comments] 'Aetius451AD work phone'
6 [320 comments] 'the way I see it'
7 [314 comments] 'I used to have a different nic'
8 [313 comments] 'Its Go Time Donald '
9 [289 comments] 'r hennigantx'
10 [287 comments] 'm'

Posted by: m at November 24, 2025 07:47 AM (RuTUS)

138 How does routine maintenance work on a reactor so deep down in a hole? A little corrosion or a loose connection means your take it off line and fill the hole with concrete?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 24, 2025 07:09 AM (acx3c)

Shhhhh... don't ask questions, just give us a few million for our research.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 24, 2025 07:48 AM (ExV1e)

139 >>>Windows Latest notes that, unlike Windows Sandbox, which runs in complete isolation and gets wiped clean when you close it, Copilot Actions operates in "Agent Workspace" with persistent user accounts that keep access to these folders across sessions. Also keep in mind that the feature can also access any apps installed for all users on a system.

That sounds unwise.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 24, 2025 07:49 AM (dK+Kv)

140 Good morning morons

We are having SiL's parents come for Thanksgiving from Sydney it will be their first time at a Thanksgiving

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 24, 2025 07:50 AM (LbMjz)

141 138 How does routine maintenance work on a reactor so deep down in a hole? A little corrosion or a loose connection means your take it off line and fill the hole with concrete?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 24, 2025 07:09 AM (acx3c)

Shhhhh... don't ask questions, just give us a few million for our research.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 24, 2025 07:48 AM (ExV1e)

We gave it to the people who are blocking out the Sun.

Posted by: m at November 24, 2025 07:50 AM (RuTUS)

142 Drilling into volcanos seems unwise. No?

Posted by: banana Dream at November 24, 2025 07:50 AM (3uBP9)

143 $99 Kumma bear powered by ChatGPT discussed spanking, BDSM and even offered instructions on how to find knives

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 24, 2025 07:50 AM (TiGPW)

144 Again, the point of the 15MW reactor is to provide base load with gas providing the peak power
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at November 24, 2025 07:21 AM (pZ64F)

No one is arguing with the size of the reactor although I'd be interested in seeing how long they expect one that small to operate. It's the technology that's the issue.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 24, 2025 07:51 AM (ExV1e)

145 So it appears that if NVidia is successful in it its lobbying to remove restrictions on the sale of its H200 processor to China, while that is a boon to NVidia investors, it is yet another step in guaranteeing that China dominates the world in AI.

Being that this is being decided in Babylon DC, I think it is pretty obvious, given the multimillion dollar class of inside investors in Congress and the bureaucracies, I think we know where this trade is going.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at November 24, 2025 07:51 AM (a4flb)

146 So happy DOGE is gone. Now I have to go to WalMark and spend my EBT but first I have to check that my SS disability check hit the bank and then file for my EITC for me and my 19 chirruns and hopefully get a fat return in January even though I pay no taxes.

Posted by: democrat goblin at November 24, 2025 07:51 AM (1mUlr)

147 141 138 How does routine maintenance work on a reactor so deep down in a hole?
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Long hoses and Tide.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 24, 2025 07:51 AM (TiGPW)

148 No one is arguing with the size of the reactor although I'd be interested in seeing how long they expect one that small to operate. It's the technology that's the issue.

So what? If the device fails, its like a cat in the litter box, just bury it can continue on.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at November 24, 2025 07:52 AM (a4flb)

149 145 So it appears that if NVidia is successful in it its lobbying to remove restrictions on the sale of its H200 processor to China, while that is a boon to NVidia investors, it is yet another step in guaranteeing that China dominates the world in AI.
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Aren't they going to dummy down the chips going to Chyna?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 24, 2025 07:52 AM (TiGPW)

150 Drilling into a volcano would be a core element a Crichton disaster novel with the key take away being, don’t drill into a volcano.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 24, 2025 07:52 AM (3uBP9)

151 140 We are having SiL's parents come for Thanksgiving from Sydney it will be their first time at a Thanksgiving
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 24, 2025 07:50 AM (LbMjz)

How wonderful!

Posted by: m at November 24, 2025 07:53 AM (RuTUS)

152 So happy DOGE is gone. Now I have to go to WalMark and spend my EBT but first I have to check that my SS disability check hit the bank and then file for my EITC for me and my 19 chirruns and hopefully get a fat return in January even though I pay no taxes.

So this is likely also a sign that the SOCTUS will finally destroy the US economy and decide that District Judges are the only one who can decide tariffs.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at November 24, 2025 07:53 AM (a4flb)

153 Is JJ taking the day off?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 24, 2025 07:55 AM (wzUl9)

154 Aren't they going to dummy down the chips going to Chyna?

I still think that the H200 in all of its glory will find its way into China. There are far too many vested interests in guaranteeing that it takes place.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at November 24, 2025 07:55 AM (a4flb)

155 Maybe Candace Owens got him.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 24, 2025 07:56 AM (dK+Kv)

156 Drilling into a volcano would be a core element a Crichton disaster novel with the key take away being, don’t drill into a volcano.
Posted by: banana Dream at November 24, 2025 07:52 AM (3uBP9)
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I dunno...A volcano erupts because pressure increases under the earth. But if the pressure is allowed to bleed out slowly over time (and transformed into human-usable energy), then it might not be catastrophic.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 24, 2025 07:56 AM (IBQGV)

157 Maybe Candace Owens got him.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 24, 2025 07:56 AM (dK+Kv)

They were drilling a mile deep hole to drop a reactor into and he fell in.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 24, 2025 07:57 AM (ExV1e)

158 Professor

I think they are drilling down just far enough to make a thermocouple work. Not into the magma chamber.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 24, 2025 07:58 AM (+k/kq)

159 Drilling into a volcano would be a core element a Crichton disaster novel with the key take away being, don’t drill into a volcano.
Posted by: banana Dream

They'd definitely find something that wasn't supposed to be there and probably didn't want to be disturbed.

Posted by: Tuna at November 24, 2025 07:58 AM (lJ0H4)

160 156 But if the pressure is allowed to bleed out slowly over time (and transformed into human-usable energy), then it might not be catastrophic.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 24, 2025 07:56 AM (IBQGV)

"then it might not be catastrophic"

That's reassuring!

Posted by: m at November 24, 2025 07:58 AM (RuTUS)

161

Morning Report is currently being probed by aliens, please stand by...

Posted by: Hank of Missou at November 24, 2025 07:59 AM (1NDRs)

162 We should make a bunch of giant nuclear powered volcano drills controlled by Microsoft AI and just let them go to town.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 24, 2025 07:59 AM (3uBP9)

163 They'd definitely find something that wasn't supposed to be there and probably didn't want to be disturbed.

Posted by: Tuna at November 24, 2025 07:58 AM (lJ0H4)

Stan on the commode: Do you mind?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 24, 2025 07:59 AM (dK+Kv)

164 Elon?
•Falcon 9 boosters have landed 400+ times
•Starship (bigger than anything ever built) is flying
•Tesla sells 2 million cars a year and is worth more than the rest of the car industry combined
•Solar + batteries are now the cheapest electricity source in history
•First uncrewed Starships to Mars: 2026–2028. Crewed: late 2020s/early 2030s — exactly the timeline he gave in 2007
The vision never wavered. Not once.

The enthusiasm is the same calm, burning conviction you hear in that 2007 clip today.

The determination? He went personally bankrupt in 2008 keeping SpaceX and Tesla alive with his last dollars.

Almost 20 years later, every single “crazy” prediction from that interview is either already reality or on schedule.

This is what relentless execution looks like.

Watch the 2007 interview (25 minutes that aged like fine wine):

He didn’t just dream about the future.

He scheduled it. And showed up.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 24, 2025 07:59 AM (TiGPW)

165 But where will you get all the dilithium crystals for this?

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at November 24, 2025 08:00 AM (vL0rw)

166 159 They'd definitely find something that wasn't supposed to be there and probably didn't want to be disturbed.
Posted by: Tuna at November 24, 2025 07:58 AM (lJ0H4)

Mole Men

Posted by: m at November 24, 2025 08:00 AM (RuTUS)

167 They'd definitely find something that wasn't supposed to be there and probably didn't want to be disturbed.

A Balrog has appeared.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 24, 2025 08:00 AM (+k/kq)

168 With China taking over the world's AI, and the revelations that AI seems to be at its highest and most profitable use in data theft, both personal and institutional, I can totally see why China is able to sell bonds and other debt instruments on the global market to bail itself out of some of its bad investments.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at November 24, 2025 08:00 AM (a4flb)

169 But where will you get all the dilithium crystals for this?

next to the box of antihydrogen for the anti-matter

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at November 24, 2025 08:01 AM (a4flb)

170 I’m just milling around waiting for JJ. He around this week?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 24, 2025 08:01 AM (/iXAp)

171 Braenyard

Might as well have added this to your post

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWZYP5jn5w4

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 24, 2025 08:02 AM (+k/kq)

172 NO KILL I

Posted by: The Horta at November 24, 2025 08:02 AM (vL0rw)

173 Russians tried drilling down but all the tools kept melting.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 24, 2025 08:03 AM (TiGPW)

174 JJ is probably recovering from watching the Giants implode yesterday. Again

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 24, 2025 08:03 AM (bfwj/)

175 171 Braenyard

Might as well have added this to your post

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWZYP5jn5w4
Posted by: Anna Puma
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It's in my Musk folder.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 24, 2025 08:05 AM (TiGPW)

176 Now there's a thought, let's put Wesley Crusher a mile down in a hole. And bury him.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 24, 2025 08:05 AM (+k/kq)

177 I'm a doctor dammit, not a bricklayer!

Posted by: "Bones" McCoy at November 24, 2025 08:05 AM (vL0rw)

178 Why don’t we pour Milk over Popcorn?

Posted by: Wonderin at November 24, 2025 08:06 AM (5j54Z)

179 Actually, this was the Shat's favorite episode.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at November 24, 2025 08:06 AM (vL0rw)

180 Well, time for first breakfast.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 24, 2025 08:07 AM (+k/kq)

181 The Devil in the Dark. I believe the first time Bones used "I'm a doctor..."

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 24, 2025 08:07 AM (bfwj/)

182 How to Change a Regular URL to a Shortened YouTube URL

In case anybody wants to know!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWZYP5jn5w4

https://youtu.be/wWZYP5jn5w4

delete watch?v=
delete .com
add the period in youtu.be
delete www.

Posted by: m at November 24, 2025 08:07 AM (RuTUS)

183 Maybe try pushing MR downhill and see if that gets the engine to catch

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 24, 2025 08:08 AM (ueCSF)

184 If you put me in a hole, how will I get out?

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at November 24, 2025 08:08 AM (vL0rw)

185 Even though the molten lava found deep below in the earth is dangerous to all life, scientists have found that if you bite off two opposing corners of a timtam and use it like a straw you can safely drink the lava and it’s delicious actually.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 24, 2025 08:10 AM (3uBP9)

186 Morons be smashing F5 like crack monkeys

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 24, 2025 08:12 AM (vL0rw)

187 185 Even though the molten lava found deep below in the earth is dangerous to all life, scientists have found that if you bite off two opposing corners of a timtam and use it like a straw you can safely drink the lava and it’s delicious actually.
Posted by: banana Dream at November 24, 2025 08:10 AM (3uBP9)

It's all well and fine until you get the timtam explosion.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 24, 2025 08:13 AM (0CU3H)

188 A little Tim Tam slam humor

Posted by: banana Dream at November 24, 2025 08:13 AM (3uBP9)

189 Morons be smashing F5 like crack monkeys
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 24, 2025 08:12 AM (vL0rw)

I’m making crack monkeys look calm by comparison…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 24, 2025 08:13 AM (/iXAp)

190 Even though the molten lava found deep below in the earth is dangerous to all life, scientists have found that if you bite off two opposing corners of a timtam and use it like a straw you can safely drink the lava and it’s delicious actually.
Posted by: banana Dream at November 24, 2025

***
I'm on it!

Posted by: Enthusiastic World Market Shopper at November 24, 2025 08:13 AM (wzUl9)

191 G'mornin' everyone!

36 degrees, mostly cloudy.

one hopes that JJ is okay ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 24, 2025 08:15 AM (Cjt/F)

192 I saw Crack Monkeys open for Smashing Pumpkins at MSG

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 24, 2025 08:16 AM (bfwj/)

193 John Furner, new CEO of Walmart.

Furner rose from a summer intern working for Walmart in Mexico to being appointed to the head of marketing and merchandising for Walmart China, based in Shenzhen in 2011. In 2017, he was appointed to lead Walmart's membership warehouse, Sam’s Club, before rising to the helm of Walmart's U.S. division two years later.
...
. Walmart credited him with championing employee development, digital innovation and operational excellence throughout his tenure.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 24, 2025 08:16 AM (TiGPW)

194 JJ

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 24, 2025 08:16 AM (bfwj/)

195 brilliant concept, Anna!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 24, 2025 08:16 AM (Cjt/F)

196 Where’s JJ????

Posted by: Bulg at November 24, 2025 08:16 AM (77rzZ)

197 -Shocking doorbell camera video captures group of teens torching car on quiet street

-NYC mob pummels couple, sets vehicle on fire as violent car meet-up turns into ‘complete melee’
_NYPost

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 24, 2025 08:19 AM (TiGPW)

198 Where’s JJ????
Posted by: Bulg at November 24, 2025

***
He hath arrived

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 24, 2025 08:19 AM (wzUl9)

199 Long Island home health aide accused of stabbing sleeping 84-year-old patient with chef’s knife

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 24, 2025 08:20 AM (TiGPW)

200 200

Posted by: m at November 24, 2025 08:20 AM (RuTUS)

201 Quite the light show outside, since 2:30 am

Posted by: Thomas Paine at November 24, 2025 08:20 AM (0U5gm)

202 If you post a shortened You Tube link, CBD will yell at you, even if it's the same length as the tinyurl one. Been there, done that.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 24, 2025 08:26 AM (+mUZM)

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