Daily Tech News 1 December 2025

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Would you like to buy a clue... For $1 million? (AP)

There's a sculpture called Kryptos at the CIA offices in McLean, Virginia, which contains four panels of encrypted text. Three have been decrypted by puzzle-solvers, but the fourth has defied all attempts since the installation was created in 1990.

The artist, now aged 80, has auctioned off his notes and clues to the contents of that fourth panel... For close to $1 million.

Tech News

LLVM-MOS is a fork of the LLVM compiler suite for the 6502. (LLVM-MOS)

It supports everything from the Ohio Scientific Challenger 1, which shipped in 1976, to the Commander X16, which shipped as a developer edition last year and is available for purchase right now.
Google Antigravity just wiped my D drive. (Reddit)

Not my D drive. It's AI shit and I don't give AI shit access to anything I don't want destroyed.
Looking at a water-cooled RISC-V AI workstation. (The Register)

It costs $12,000, but it has four AI accelerator cards each with four 800Gb Ethernet ports. So if nothing else it's an astonishingly fast router.
The Lotus Diplomat is a double-wide Blackberry. (Notebook Check)

It has a 5" 2560x1920 screen - and a 1" secondary screen - and a QWERTY keyboard with a number row at the top and a function/punctuation row at the bottom. It's powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon Elite and equipped with 24GB of RAM and 1.5TB of storage.

Price is not mentioned, and you might be best off not asking.
AI is transforming spacecraft propulsion - and may lead to nuclear-powered rockets. (Fast Company) (archive site)

No it isn't, and no it won't.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: I'm the wonderer. Rebel without a clue.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 G'Day 3

Posted by: Skip at December 01, 2025 04:00 AM (Ia/+0)

2 Everyone

Posted by: Skip at December 01, 2025 04:01 AM (Ia/+0)

Posted by: Fluffy Nuggets, Jr at December 01, 2025 04:01 AM (iJ4PV)

4 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 01, 2025 04:03 AM (sAmhv)

5 How much does it cost to wipe a D drive?

$20. Same as in town.

Posted by: recycled joke department at December 01, 2025 04:03 AM (WkLxi)

6 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 01, 2025 04:05 AM (mOv6P)

7 Dion is still with us.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 01, 2025 04:09 AM (mOv6P)

8 And still working. His latest single came out earlier this year.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 01, 2025 04:14 AM (BLOW1)

9 Heh! Dudes 86! Good for him!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 01, 2025 04:16 AM (sAmhv)

10 AI is the twisted-coding, high-speed equivalent of the green movement's solar power.

It's not just a bubble, it's a shart.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 01, 2025 04:17 AM (abmp2)

11 Reddit has blocked me, or Pixy? ?.
Oh well.

Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at December 01, 2025 04:18 AM (KaHlS)

12 11 Reddit has blocked me, or Pixy? ?.
Oh well.
Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at December 01, 2025 04:18 AM (KaHlS)

Man. What a blow to the internet. InspiredHistoryMike is banned. By somebody. Somewhere. Man.

Posted by: Life is Pain at December 01, 2025 04:20 AM (s76Rv)

13 Read Dion's Wiki page. He seems normal.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 01, 2025 04:22 AM (sAmhv)

14 Good morning. Pretty chilly here in Cowtown, about 36 with only 41 on tap for later this afternoon. Got the tree up and the lights on. Gotta get 'nog and cider so the grandkids can put the ornaments on after dinner tonight.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 01, 2025 04:26 AM (3Ope8)

15 13 Read Dion's Wiki page. He seems normal.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 01, 2025 04:22 AM (sAmhv)

If you play his albums backward on vinyl it's all speeches about how legalizing cannibalism is the true libertarian position.

Posted by: Dion thinks we're meat at December 01, 2025 04:28 AM (96SAf)

16 Man who had been in the military reflects on James: 1:1-8 and perseverance in Christ:

https://tinyurl.com/mwuavmp8

Posted by: FenelonSoije at December 01, 2025 04:38 AM (As86G)

17 For all the Linux Fans around here, this just dropped yesterday:

Where Linus Sebastian, creator of Linus Tech Tips, meets, interviews, and builds an AMD Threadripper system for Linus Torvalds, creator of Linux.

https://youtu.be/mfv0V1SxbNA

It's actually a decent interview of Linus by Linus.
I don't know anything about Torvalds, but he's got a pretty good sense of humor as far as I can tell, and I learned a few things.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 01, 2025 04:39 AM (6ydKt)

18 IF I CHANGE MY UNDERWEAR WILL YOU FINALLY LOVE ME!?

Posted by: MUMR at December 01, 2025 04:41 AM (1OGkI)

19 Instrumental music of hymns and scenery:

https://tinyurl.com/4mhjrce8

Posted by: FenelonSoije at December 01, 2025 04:45 AM (PFs9e)

20 The remaining features of the BlackBerry-esque smartphone include an IR blaster, so the Lotus Diplomat can be used as a TV remote, for instance.

Always a hand dandy feature in a phone that will probably cost $3000.

The Lotus watchface in the middle of the keyboard is... something.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 01, 2025 04:52 AM (6ydKt)

21 Oh, now I see the watchface is a 1"-sized Always-On IPS display.

The small display has two operating modes. When the device is in active use, the small display works in conjuction [sic] with the 4-position frame-button and, when pressed, confirms the action with an OK key. When the device is locked, the small display switches to always-on display.

You can see it on the funky-looking website.
https://www.lotus-jb.com/

If you scroll down to the bottom there's a paragraph explaining their plans and one part is to put out a watch as well, so I guess that's an explanation.

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

22 "Three have been decrypted by puzzle-solvers, but the fourth has defied all attempts"

This seems like it would be a grok-able problem. Is Musk just not aware?

Posted by: f2000 at December 01, 2025 05:05 AM (Tqtts)

23
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 01, 2025 05:12 AM (tljrc)

24 The world has boinged 1,505,477 times.

G'morning Horde.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 01, 2025 05:17 AM (O7YUW)

25 Wow...that AI space propulsion article is a mass of bullshit. The only fact they cite is that AI is an engineering tool.

Way to extrapolate!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 01, 2025 05:18 AM (HW7D1)

26 Had French Toast and sausages but just not moving too fast

Posted by: Skip at December 01, 2025 05:21 AM (Ia/+0)

27 @9/Puddleglum: "Heh! Dudes 86! Good for him!"

Tell him to avoid hanging out with James Comey.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 01, 2025 05:24 AM (O7YUW)

28 Posted by: Skip at December 01, 2025 05:21 AM (Ia/+0)

Please tell me you didn't dip your sausages in the syrup!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 01, 2025 05:26 AM (HW7D1)

29 Good morning, everyone! I now face the reality that I had to go back to work. But at least I have coffee.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 01, 2025 05:27 AM (+4yJ5)

30 I'a Owe, I'a Owe
So off to work I go
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at December 01, 2025 05:28 AM (Ia/+0)

31
Large language models, insignificant accomplishments outcomes

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at December 01, 2025 05:31 AM (xG4kz)

32 Very cold weather moving into the NE this week, much below normal. I hope all the EV school buses run, but I'm sure the routes will have to be short, leaving kids waiting at the bus stops. I've seen this before cold start to winter and then a gradual warmup later in the month of December.

Posted by: Colin at December 01, 2025 05:33 AM (wlQdF)

33 Psalm 18:1-6:

I love you, Lord, my strength.
2 The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer;
my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge,
my shield and the horn[c] of my salvation, my stronghold.
3 I called to the Lord, who is worthy of praise,
and I have been saved from my enemies.
4 The cords of death entangled me;
the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.
5 The cords of the grave coiled around me;
the snares of death confronted me.
6 In my distress I called to the Lord;
I cried to my God for help.
From his temple he heard my voice;
my cry came before him, into his ears.

Posted by: FenelonSoije at December 01, 2025 05:36 AM (ZeH0U)

34
The Conversation is a nonprofit, independent news organization dedicated to unlocking the knowledge of experts for the public good.

Experience suggests that "experts" are all too eager to unlock their "knowledge", often to the detriment of others, the non-experts. Who get exactly what they deserve.

"No need to thank us!"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at December 01, 2025 05:37 AM (xG4kz)

35 Please tell me you didn't dip your sausages in the syrup!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 01, 2025 05:26 AM (HW7D1)

Have you considered seeking professional counseling for this syrup phobia of yours?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 01, 2025 05:37 AM (ExV1e)

36 Top of the Morning, Tech Thread Guvnors

A bit chilly in the heartland oasis.

Posted by: Pete Bog at December 01, 2025 05:40 AM (pearg)

37
I spent yesterday with the missus in a class creating a pendant with metal clay (i.e., particles of 0.999 silver in a binder that burned away when the piece was heated in a kiln for one hour) and a small embedded gemstone. It was both educational and enjoyable.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at December 01, 2025 05:43 AM (xG4kz)

38 Good morning Horde, thx Pixy.
37° at the moment, going to a high of , yup, 39°. Then tomorrow 5-8 inches of snow here in Mid Hudson, out to a foot in the mountains. Skiers will be happy

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 01, 2025 05:44 AM (bfwj/)

39 Lies my defunded fake news media channel told me:

Jason Locasale @LocasaleLab
18h

This is a small window into the rot of the modern biomedical system. This NPR segment gets it completely backwards.

We’re told that a breast cancer researcher at Harvard is losing a third of her staff because of funding cuts.

What the story doesn’t say:

https://tinyurl.com/3nrt6v24

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 01, 2025 05:45 AM (mOv6P)

40
How much does it cost to wipe a D drive?

We talking about single-ply or double-ply here?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at December 01, 2025 05:47 AM (xG4kz)

41 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 01, 2025 05:48 AM (Cjt/F)

42 We’re told that a breast cancer researcher at Harvard is losing a third of her staff because of funding cuts.

I'm betting that cancer researchers, particularly breast cancer researchers, could probably get reasonable funding from the public if the government weren't hoovering up every dollar in sight to funnel to their preferred causes/people.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 01, 2025 05:49 AM (ExV1e)

43 Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at December 01, 2025 05:43 AM (xG4kz)

I'm glad you enjoyed it. It sounds great !

Posted by: FenelonSoije at December 01, 2025 05:50 AM (7RYym)

44 w00t

Posted by: m at December 01, 2025 05:51 AM (RuTUS)

45 w00t
Posted by: m at December 01, 2025 05:51 AM (RuTUS)

Calm down, buddy.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 01, 2025 05:52 AM (ExV1e)

46
I am Brugge,
Researcher of scant recent accomplishments
Look on my research empire, Ye Mighty,
And fork over the dough!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at December 01, 2025 05:53 AM (xG4kz)

47 If he's retarded, then let him plead insanity.

Otherwise lock him up:

https://tinyurl.com/mu2k6v7d

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 01, 2025 05:56 AM (mOv6P)

48 24 The world has boinged 1,505,477 times.

G'morning Horde.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 01, 2025 05:17 AM (O7YUW)

; )

Posted by: m at December 01, 2025 05:58 AM (RuTUS)

49 45 w00t
Posted by: m at December 01, 2025 05:51 AM (RuTUS)

Calm down, buddy.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 01, 2025 05:52 AM (ExV1e)

w00t!!!

Posted by: m at December 01, 2025 05:59 AM (RuTUS)

50 Speaking of "Woot" the video in post 19 has an owl in snow at about the 18 or 19 second mark.

Posted by: FenelonSoije at December 01, 2025 06:01 AM (7RYym)

51
I'm betting that cancer researchers, particularly breast cancer researchers, could probably get reasonable funding ...

All the sob stories these days concerning Planned Parenthood having to close centers because their funding streams are drying up. Golly gee, I thought there was an enthusiastic constituency for your abattoirs who would happily makeup any monetary shortfall because they were true believers in your cause. Might you have been lying to us?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at December 01, 2025 06:02 AM (xG4kz)

52 thx G&R, was about to post that

)

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 01, 2025 06:04 AM (Cjt/F)

53 Evening and morning, weary wanderers north and south. Yes, it's true, it's Monday again -- and after a nice long weekend, too. But please to remember:

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

(It helps if you read this in a Peter Lorre voice)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 01, 2025 06:04 AM (wzUl9)

54 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Got nothin'. Head in the oven.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 01, 2025 06:05 AM (0cOaq)

55 Anyhow! Here I am, awake (for certain values of "awake"), sipping my coffee and preparing to feed certain instances of cats. Howz ever'body?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 01, 2025 06:05 AM (wzUl9)

56 Golly gee, I thought there was an enthusiastic constituency for your abattoirs who would happily makeup any monetary shortfall because they were true believers in your cause.

I have noticed that within the hour of Planned Parenthood posting "We're going to have to shut down!" they get a lot of money to make up the shortfall. Almost as if they'd do just fine as a private entity.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 01, 2025 06:07 AM (+4yJ5)

57 "Might you have been lying to us?"

dead cert, that!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 01, 2025 06:08 AM (Cjt/F)

58 (It helps if you read this in a Peter Lorre voice)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 01, 2025 06:04 AM (wzUl9)
-----------
Just rewatched "Casablanca" last night and was reminded again of how good an actor Lorre was. Just see how many changes in emotional nuance he goes through in his scene with Bogart.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 01, 2025 06:10 AM (0cOaq)

59 Man. What a blow to the internet. InspiredHistoryMike is banned. By somebody. Somewhere. Man.
Posted by: Life is Pain at December 01, 2025 04:20 AM (s76Rv)

I'll bet you're fun at parties.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at December 01, 2025 06:11 AM (/HDaX)

60 We're seeing 53 F. now, 10 mph wind, wind chill 49. Not bad workout weather. The rain we were promised yesterday, and then for this morning, won't be here until this afternoon. No point in washing the car today, in other words. Despite the nice conditions, I do not feel like hitting the trail.

Miss Linda's birthday is today. I have to hit the grocery -- which means Walmart, as I need a birthday card. Actually two: one, more serious, from me, and one "from the cats."

She's getting some flavored coffee, two new lipsticks (she picked 'em), and I'll get her a year's phone service.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 01, 2025 06:12 AM (wzUl9)

61 All the sob stories these days concerning Planned Parenthood having to close centers because their funding streams are drying up. Golly gee, I thought there was an enthusiastic constituency for your abattoirs who would happily makeup any monetary shortfall because they were true believers in your cause. Might you have been lying to us?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at December 01, 2025 06:02 AM (xG4kz)
-

PeePee's funding ends as of today. Grok with the details:

https://tinyurl.com/2z2katw6

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 01, 2025 06:12 AM (mOv6P)

62 What the story doesn’t say:

https://tinyurl.com/3nrt6v24

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 01, 2025 05:45 AM (mOv6P)

Excellent takedown of the research scam!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 01, 2025 06:14 AM (rAKH6)

63 (It helps if you read this in a Peter Lorre voice)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 01, 2025
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Just rewatched "Casablanca" last night and was reminded again of how good an actor Lorre was. Just see how many changes in emotional nuance he goes through in his scene with Bogart.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 01, 2025

***
Besides the serial killer in M, he played Japanese detective Mr. Moto in several flicks in the late pre-war years, before Pearl Harbor ended that series.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 01, 2025 06:18 AM (wzUl9)

64 Excellent takedown of the research scam!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 01, 2025 06:14 AM (rAKH6)
-

How's about zero gubbernmint funding?

Not a single dollar anywhere!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 01, 2025 06:20 AM (mOv6P)

65 Every time I see a clip of Walz he seems to be getting nuttier. He's going to go full bleb out soon

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 01, 2025 06:24 AM (bfwj/)

66 AI is transforming spacecraft propulsion - and may lead to nuclear-powered rockets. (Fast Company) (archive site)

No it isn't, and no it won't.

This is about machine learning, not language models. ML had a good history of actually doing useful work prior to LLMs and it will survive any LLM bubble just fine.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 01, 2025 06:26 AM (QZThv)

67 Every time I see a clip of Walz he seems to be getting nuttier. He's going to go full bleb out soon
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 01, 2025

***
"Bleb"? As in flipping your lips with a finger, "blebbity-blebbity-blebbity"?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 01, 2025 06:26 AM (wzUl9)

68 How's about zero gubbernmint funding?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 01, 2025 06:20 AM (mOv6P)

Theoretically? Yes!

But very large scale projects might need government involvement...which lead to incredible waste and the gobbling up of resources.

It's a tough question.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 01, 2025 06:26 AM (rAKH6)

69 @67 Wolfus, term from when I was in college. Meant to lose your marbles in a spectacular, public way.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 01, 2025 06:30 AM (bfwj/)

70 As for what I want for myself for Xmas . . . I suppose a new pair of boots would pretty much fit within the budget. Or a new pipe (much cheaper, but I can't use that in public). I've told Linda she needs to give me specifics about any gifts for her: "I can't read your mind and I won't be responsible if you don't tell me what you want."

She wants a "surprise." Fine, but half the time, or more, I pick the wrong thing and it has to go back. I don't want that trouble.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 01, 2025 06:34 AM (wzUl9)

71 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at December 01, 2025 06:40 AM (XQo4F)

72 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 01, 2025 06:42 AM (bQ4nt)

73 Morning everyone. Still sick here.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 01, 2025 06:44 AM (WPL6O)

74 Wolfus, have you considered a voucher for a day spa?

Posted by: Button-Pushing-Monkey at December 01, 2025 06:44 AM (EcHpA)

75 Wolfus, have you considered a voucher for a day spa?
Posted by: Button-Pushing-Monkey at December 01, 2025

***
I bought her a spa visit some years ago. It went over reasonably well.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 01, 2025 06:48 AM (wzUl9)

76
Wolfus, have you considered a voucher for a day spa?

Posted by: Button-Pushing-Monkey at December 01, 2025

I bought her a spa visit some years ago. It went over reasonably well.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 01, 2025 06:48 AM

how 'bout a Palmetto State Armory gift card?

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 01, 2025 06:50 AM (tljrc)

77 how 'bout a Palmetto State Armory gift card?
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 01, 2025

***
I'm not sure what that is. I mentioned a gift card last night and got a side-eye look that would have frozen fresh lava.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 01, 2025 06:54 AM (wzUl9)

78 I am thinking a sandwich press is out of the question

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 01, 2025 06:54 AM (eQgbs)

79 So according to the Worldometer. we're at over 41.5 million abortions globally and slightly over 57 million deaths from all other causes this year.

Posted by: Button-Pushing-Monkey at December 01, 2025 06:56 AM (EcHpA)

80 Unrelated news: I'm still having fun watching people assert with the full force of idiocy that targeting smugglers is a war crime. As I mentioned yesterday, there are people convinced that Hegseth will be handed over to the Hague for trial once Trump is out of office.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 01, 2025 06:56 AM (+4yJ5)

81 I'm not sure what that is.

Whoops. Whoopsie.
You may not know it, but now you don't have a mancard either!

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 01, 2025 06:56 AM (zdLoL)

82

Walz is a sick, disgusting fuck who dishonored his service and uniform, and belongs in front of a wall.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at December 01, 2025 06:57 AM (vFbHf)

83 I gifted this a couple of years ago. It went over pretty good

https://is.gd/TSHZOM

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 01, 2025 06:58 AM (eQgbs)

84 82, yes, this!

along with many others

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 01, 2025 06:59 AM (Cjt/F)

85 I'm not sure what that is.

Whoops. Whoopsie.
You may not know it, but now you don't have a mancard either!
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 01, 2025

***
I'm not Southern, man. Anything with the name "Palmetto State" in it is outside my ken. If you mean a shooting range, hell yes, I'd like that for myself.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 01, 2025 06:59 AM (wzUl9)

86 Walz is a sick, disgusting fuck who dishonored his service and uniform, and belongs in front of a wall.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at December 01, 2025 06:57 AM (vFbHf)
-

The Wailing Walz.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 01, 2025 07:00 AM (jPh0I)

87 "LLVM-MOS is a fork of the LLVM compiler suite for the 6502. (LLVM-MOS)"

also of interest to Bender, the bending robot ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 01, 2025 07:00 AM (Cjt/F)

88 We may take comfort in the idea that when recalled Captain Giffords is assigned command of the decommissioned Space Station, he's likely to have Walz as his Sergeant Major up there.

Should be a lot like Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in Space.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 01, 2025 07:01 AM (zdLoL)

89 I gifted this a couple of years ago. It went over pretty good

https://is.gd/TSHZOM
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 01, 2025

***
Damn. The late Mrs. Wolfus No. 2 would have loved that.

Linda, not so much. A candle is a good idea, just not that one!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 01, 2025 07:01 AM (wzUl9)

90 "88 We may take comfort in the idea that when recalled Captain Giffords is assigned command of the decommissioned Space Station, he's likely to have Walz as his Sergeant Major up there.

Should be a lot like Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in Space.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 01, 2025 07:01 AM (zdLoL) "

popcorn-worthy!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 01, 2025 07:04 AM (Cjt/F)

91 Reddit has blocked me, or Pixy?

Try a different browser. I'm using Brave and that site has a problem with its privacy / adblock implementation.

Posted by: Halfhand at December 01, 2025 07:06 AM (EZl3y)

92 mornin yall. The first microcomputer I ever used was the OSI 6502 clone that my dad and I built in 1976. 4k RAM, no permanent storage, programmed in hex. We typed in the code for Hangman and it lasted a few days until the power went out. We played around with it for a year or so, did some upgrades and learned a lot before it was replaced with one of the first TRS-80s. It had cassette storage! What a luxury.

Posted by: fd at December 01, 2025 07:08 AM (vFG9F)

93 Continuing my complete geeking out, picked up a three pack of touch displays that have integrated ESP32 dev boards, set up a little webserver on it to serve some system pages and a news crawl.

More than likely going to create a home management access point.

People are makign Bitcoin lottery miner's with these things.

But sky's the limit with these things.

The amount of tech we have access now is staggering.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 01, 2025 07:10 AM (XV/Pl)

94 Google Antigravity just wiped my D drive

Vibe coders. lol.

Posted by: Halfhand at December 01, 2025 07:12 AM (EZl3y)

95 Elon Musk @elonmusk

Absolutely

Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh

TRUTH NUKE: “Just so we're CLEAR - if a foreigner comes to your country and demands you accept their culture as your culture, or demands that you change your beliefs for their religious needs? That is NOT an immigrant!”

"That's an invader."

Send them all back!

X video: https://bit.ly/4iEYUGT

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 01, 2025 07:13 AM (P5BPp)

96 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 01, 2025 07:15 AM (I8Tp0)

97 Why on earth would you want AI in your... router?!

Also, what is Google Antigravity? Aside from being pompously named?

Posted by: GWB at December 01, 2025 07:15 AM (PQiTP)

98 Google Antigravity just wiped my D drive
*
Vibe coders. lol.
Posted by: Halfhand at December 01, 2025

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Wait. Gorgle has gravity control??? Can I get a unit so I can bump up the gravs to 1.25 during my workouts, then down to .7 or .8 for the rest of the time?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 01, 2025 07:15 AM (wzUl9)

99 @192

>>mornin yall. The first microcomputer I ever used was the OSI 6502 clone that my dad and I built in 1976. 4k RAM, no permanent storage, programmed in hex.

Adjusted for inflation, the C64 a 6502 based computer was almost 2k dollars.

You can pick up a three pack of esp32 SOC's for 17 bucks, that are orders of magnitude more capable, in fact you could run a c64 emulator on one and store every game ever created in a portable device the size of a Altoids can.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 01, 2025 07:16 AM (XV/Pl)

100 Carmen Di Genio - Lawyer of the Equal Opportunities Committee of the Court of Appeal of Salerno:

"We cannot expect an African to know that you cannot rape a person on the beach in Italy because he probably doesn't even know, he really doesn't know."

YouTube: https://bit.ly/4rA5JxI

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 01, 2025 07:16 AM (P5BPp)

101 "Google Antigravity just wiped my D drive."

You mean, like with a cloth?

Posted by: Old Lady Rodham at December 01, 2025 07:18 AM (XQo4F)

102 Maybe they need some "No Raping"'signs on the beaches.

Posted by: fd at December 01, 2025 07:18 AM (vFG9F)

103 Windows 11 absolutely sucks, it's installing updates... AGAIN.

You turn it on, it installs updates, you turn it off it installs updates, you go away for a cup of coffee and come back and it's installing updates.

Ughh..

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 01, 2025 07:19 AM (XV/Pl)

104 102 Maybe they need some "No Raping" signs on the beaches.
Posted by: fd

Or the "No No Square" dance from Finland.

I am not making that up.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 01, 2025 07:19 AM (+4yJ5)

105 Carmen Di Genio - Lawyer of the Equal Opportunities Committee of the Court of Appeal of Salerno:

"We cannot expect an African to know that you cannot rape a person on the beach in Italy because he probably doesn't even know, he really doesn't know."

YouTube: https://bit.ly/4rA5JxI
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 01, 2025

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Then send said African back to his "culture." We don't let retarded people run nuclear plants or drive cars; they "don't know" about those things.

Wait. Maybe the first part of my second sentence is out of date.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 01, 2025 07:19 AM (wzUl9)

106 fd, the rapists probably can't read do the signs would have be done in a picture.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 01, 2025 07:20 AM (sDNVV)

107
Was that wrong?
Should I not have done that?

Posted by: African who raped a person on a beach in Italy at December 01, 2025 07:20 AM (XQo4F)

108
Carmen Di Genio - Lawyer of the Equal Opportunities Committee of the Court of Appeal of Salerno:

"We cannot expect an African to know that you cannot rape a person on the beach in Italy because he probably doesn't even know, he really doesn't know."

@Carmen - you're a stupid slut and should house the savage that did the raping until he does learn not to do it again.

Posted by: BifBewalski at December 01, 2025 07:22 AM (QVmho)

109 One rape a month ought to be enough for anybody.

Posted by: Karen McAwfl at December 01, 2025 07:24 AM (XQo4F)

110 You can't give a woman a gift card as a gift. Gift card says, 'screw it- just take this'.

Also, never buy sexy lingerie for a woman. It's 50/50 you even see it on her once.

Posted by: Don Black at December 01, 2025 07:25 AM (RcARn)

111 Carmen has zero compassion for abused and victimized women.

She should reap what she has sown.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 01, 2025 07:25 AM (I8Tp0)

112 Walmart opens at seven. Best if I nip over there shortly, get my groceries, and come back to shower &c. Even with my hair tousled from bed, I'm more presentable in public than 90% of the shoppers nowadays.

I'll wear a hat. Problem solved.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 01, 2025 07:25 AM (wzUl9)

113 "You can't give a woman a gift card as a gift. Gift card says, 'screw it- just take this"

This is true. Wolfus should get her one of those nifty PSA kits, with a lower for a stocking stuffer.

Posted by: fd at December 01, 2025 07:26 AM (vFG9F)

114 "Either you give me your number right now and I'll go, or we stay here until 5am and I'll follow you all the way home to your house, where you live. And then I'll find out your contact details and number that way. Therefore the first option is easier for you."

"I don't want to give you my number."

"Yeah, but where I'm from, where I come from..."

"I don't want a relationship."

"Yeah, me neither. I want exactly the same thing you do."

"Yeah, ok."

"Come on, let's do it quickly."

"No, sorry, no, no... Oh my God!"

YouTube: https://bit.ly/4rA5JxI

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 01, 2025 07:27 AM (P5BPp)

115 Be sure to wear your pajamas and fuzzy slippers.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 01, 2025 07:27 AM (XQo4F)

116 You can't give a woman a gift card as a gift. Gift card says, 'screw it- just take this'.

Also, never buy sexy lingerie for a woman. It's 50/50 you even see it on her once.
Posted by: Don Black at December 01, 2025

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Exactly. The late Mrs. Wolfus No. 2 was an exception to your second rule, though. But she was one in 50,000,000.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 01, 2025 07:27 AM (wzUl9)

117 We have ironing board covers on sale.

Posted by: The good people of Target at December 01, 2025 07:29 AM (XQo4F)

118 “We cannot expect an African to know that you cannot rape a person on the beach in Italy”

Heck no, getting an ID is super tough, too

Posted by: Democrats at December 01, 2025 07:32 AM (V+4tn)

119 Your rulers laugh when a Muslim or an Aztec street gladiator rapes someone in your family.

That's one of the reasons they brought them to you.

They hate you.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 01, 2025 07:33 AM (BI5O2)

120 YouTuber Sasha Yanshin explains hot tech companies, especially centered around AI, are using "round-tripping" to inflate revenue numbers:

"Big Tech is Faking Revenue"
https://youtu.be/CBCujAQtdfQ

It's a very good explanation on what's happening right now.

If this isn't bubble behavior, then I don't know what is.
It reminds me of all the "Collateralized Debt Obligations" (CDOs) that caused the 2008 meltdown.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 01, 2025 07:34 AM (6ydKt)

121 119 ... and want you to suffer before you die,.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 01, 2025 07:34 AM (Cjt/F)

122 I'm reading a novel and finding it annoying that the adjective "black" must be capitalized when describing a person.

Posted by: M. Gaga at December 01, 2025 07:35 AM (KiBMU)

123 121 And that is why my default mode will be "I will harm you and I don't care what happens afterward."

Posted by: NR Pax at December 01, 2025 07:36 AM (+4yJ5)

124 No it isn't, and no it won't.
++++
Summarizes much of high tech.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 01, 2025 07:36 AM (Zp1WF)

125 first FWP of the day:
I hate it when the Norelco's battery dies halfway through shaving.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 01, 2025 07:41 AM (Cjt/F)

126 When I come to power, the operator - the responsible parties themselves, not an amorphous "department" or "corporation", and if such cannot be identified then it will be all personnel - of any website who's cookie consent manager does not include a prominent "Object/Reject All" button shall be knouted for six consecutive hours in a room of at least 85 degrees Fahrenheit, with the punishment repeating each week that the button is not present.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 01, 2025 07:42 AM (Zp1WF)

127 I love the idea of Grump calling Maduro, and telling him, "You're done, you're out, you're through!"

Afuera Maduro!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 01, 2025 07:42 AM (I8Tp0)

128 Nood

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 01, 2025 07:44 AM (I8Tp0)

129 Grump?

Posted by: Typos R Us at December 01, 2025 07:44 AM (XQo4F)

130 ... If this isn't bubble behavior, then I don't know what is.
It reminds me of all the "Collateralized Debt Obligations" (CDOs) that caused the 2008 meltdown.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 01, 2025 07:34 AM (6ydKt)
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Somewhat, but not much. There is that kind of action, too, but it isn't significant yet.

What it *is*, however, is essentially identical to the vendor financing schemes of the last tech bubble. Those schemes caused the outright failure of Lucent Technologies, Nortel Networks and Sun Microsystems (though Sun had enough residual value to be appealing as a takeover target, and Oracle bought it).

Vendor financing in high tech is very dangerous, and the AI bubble manufacturers are wading in hip deep. It will not destroy the bigs like Nvidia, AMD and Broadcom, but it might take out some smaller players. It will leave smoking craters in the bigs' balance sheets, though.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 01, 2025 07:45 AM (Zp1WF)

131 5 How much does it cost to wipe a D drive?
Posted by: recycled joke department at December 01, 2025 04:03 AM (WkLxi)

🎶 The one with the waggly tail?

Posted by: m at December 01, 2025 10:49 AM (RuTUS)

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