Daily Tech News 2 December 2025

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Samsung and SK Hynix - two of the three major DRAM manufacturers - issued a big fat "nope" when asked if they were planning to increase production beyond work already in the pipeline. (WCCFTech)
Rather than rapidly expanding facilities, we will pursue a strategy of maintaining long-term profitability. We will minimize the risk of oversupply through a capital expenditure (CAPEX) strategy that balances customer demand and pricing.
Translation: All our competitors tried this and went broke in the last "boom-and-bust" cycle. We don't plan to go broke.
Shortages are starting to hit close to home, though, with Samsung denying a large memory order from... Samsung. (WCCFTech)

Samsung's phone division ordered more than a year's supply of memory for the new Galaxy models. Samsung's memory division told them no way.

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Did Alexander Fleming discover penicillin the way history tells it? Well... Maybe. (Asimov Press)

Attempts to recreate it exactly as Fleming described it - with the Petri dish contaminated with mold after the bacterial samples were placed - fail. But if the contamination happens before or at the same time, the results can come out pretty much as stated, under the right conditions. It's particularly temperature-dependent.

And it turns out that right when Fleming went on his week's vacation leaving his experiment unmonitored, there was a cold spell that put conditions right in the path of a happy accident.

If that is how it worked out, there was even more luck involved than we thought.
Colleges are preparing to self-lobotomise - again. (The Atlantic) (archive site)

The Atlantic is complaining about the ill-considered use of AI in higher education, which is fair enough. They are not complaining about all the other self-inflicted metaphorical head wounds in academia, which is less fair.
Santa Monica has told Waymo it can't recharge its self-driving taxis at night. (Inside EVs) (archive site)
It's unclear whether Waymo or its Virginia-based charging operator, Volterra, intends to comply.
Signs point to no.
You shouldn't shard your database. (PgDog)

If someone says you should, shard them straight out the nearest window.
Be careful what you wish for: Now I've found the Door Bypassing Summer and Autumn and Heading Straight Back into Winter.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Nineteenth thing twentieth... Wait, we messed up.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at December 02, 2025 04:01 AM (Ia/+0)

2 guten morgen, horde

Posted by: clarence at December 02, 2025 04:01 AM (4F6GB)

3 That Santa Monica story is funny

Posted by: Skip at December 02, 2025 04:04 AM (Ia/+0)

4 ??

Posted by: clarence at December 02, 2025 04:04 AM (4F6GB)

5 comments were not showing on refresh for a few minutes.

Posted by: clarence at December 02, 2025 04:06 AM (4F6GB)

6 Good morning. We'll sleep when we are dead. Or at bedtime. Whichever comes first.

Posted by: Fluffy Nuggets, Jr. at December 02, 2025 04:07 AM (Dnzqy)

7 I understood that sharding tale and it makes me glad I dropped out of doing things with computers early on.

Posted by: clarence at December 02, 2025 04:14 AM (4F6GB)

8 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 02, 2025 04:15 AM (sAmhv)

9 Belated BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 02, 2025 04:25 AM (jPh0I)

10 "It's unclear whether Waymo or its Virginia-based charging operator, Volterra, intends to comply."

Lawsuit incoming...

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at December 02, 2025 04:27 AM (/HDaX)

11 Man writes on "positive graffiti", positive words and Proverbs :15:1-4 and 25-28:

https://tinyurl.com/ms37z4eh

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 02, 2025 04:31 AM (rZCVI)

12 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. 24 cold degrees here at Stately Poppins Manor, with sleet and heavy snow on the way. I truly, truly hate winter.

A usual 3-hour workload waiting for me, so there's a chunk of my morning spoken for already. My noon nap can't come soon enough.

Later.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 02, 2025 04:34 AM (ufSfZ)

13 4 degrees - 39F - at Pixy Park this morning, and it's SUMMER.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 02, 2025 04:35 AM (BLOW1)

14 I did move up into the mountains to escape the heat, but sometimes it works a little too well.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 02, 2025 04:35 AM (BLOW1)

15 Peaceful instrumental hymn music and pictures of nature:

https://tinyurl.com/mv6rz29w

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 02, 2025 04:36 AM (rZCVI)

16 Samsung's phone division ordered more than a year's supply of memory for the new Galaxy models. Samsung's memory division told them no way.

That pretty much explains the situation.

If you aren't building out an AI data center you can't afford to buy in volume anymore.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 02, 2025 04:37 AM (6ydKt)

17 Nurse still in wedding dress stops to help injured man on highway:

https://tinyurl.com/y4eekf63

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 02, 2025 04:38 AM (rZCVI)

18 hash test

Posted by: clarence at December 02, 2025 04:38 AM (GE9Fw)

19 Seems like Waymo could build some very simple warehouses to do the charging and maintenance on these cars.

Should cut down on the noise at least.

But it costs a lot more than building a parking lot with chargers.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 02, 2025 04:43 AM (6ydKt)

20 w00t

Posted by: m at December 02, 2025 04:43 AM (RuTUS)

21 18 hash test
Posted by: clarence at December 02, 2025 04:38 AM (GE9Fw)

passed

Posted by: m at December 02, 2025 04:44 AM (RuTUS)

22 Be careful what you wish for: Now I've found the Door Bypassing Summer and Autumn and Heading Straight Back into Winter.

Forecast for Syndey says you're going to feel some real summer by the end of the week - High of 35C on Friday.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 02, 2025 04:44 AM (6ydKt)

23 In mid 20s here

Posted by: Skip at December 02, 2025 04:46 AM (Ia/+0)

24 Imagine Dragons have their critics, but their drummer plays hard as steel, and I always enjoy some good drum-work (spoiled by John Bonham).

Thunder is a particular fav song for that reason.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 02, 2025 04:47 AM (6ydKt)

25 Rather than rapidly expanding facilities, we will pursue a strategy of maintaining long-term profitability. We will minimize the risk of oversupply through a capital expenditure (CAPEX) strategy that balances customer demand and pricing.
Translation:

Man, that needed a translation. At least before I am properly caffeinated.

Posted by: m at December 02, 2025 04:47 AM (RuTUS)

26 The Atlantic would have to examine itself to understand what is going wrong but that would show their own unwavering determination to not admit they are contributing to the problems they complain about.

Posted by: clarence at December 02, 2025 04:50 AM (GE9Fw)

27 Man, that needed a translation. At least before I am properly caffeinated.

Posted by: m at December 02, 2025 04:47 AM (RuTUS)

During the last RAM boom (COVID era when everybody was buying new PCs) the big RAM companies all expanded rapidly and built new production facilities (CAPEX = capital expenditures).

That strategy worked perfectly to increase production.
The problem was the COVID boom ended around the middle of 2021, and by 2022 RAM prices fell through the floor and all the companies were losing money.

They're saying they've now learned their lesson well and that won't happen again.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 02, 2025 04:55 AM (6ydKt)

28 The memory demands for the next few years will be astronomical. If Elon is right about AI and robotics then demand goes even higher before it moderates.

Technology being what it is the relentless improvement cycle will make the current supply obsolete. But still useful.

Posted by: Pete Bog at December 02, 2025 05:00 AM (21xAE)

29
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 02, 2025 05:00 AM (tljrc)

30 Disclaimer: Nineteenth thing twentieth... Wait, we messed up.

I think it only went through third things third before it hit (heh) last things last. Do you have a LONGPLAY?

Posted by: m at December 02, 2025 05:02 AM (RuTUS)

31 Mid 30s in Babylon DC.

Linux Mint 22.2 runs mostly ok on my old Dell laptop. Every now and then, the screen starts flashing and I have to reboot. Checked the logs and the GPU (Radeon 3) seems to cause errors. I'm still investigating but it's running fine now. The other annoyance is with Firefox. Every now and then, I'll type something here at AoS and it absolutely will not post. In fact, everything freezes except the mouse. I have to close the window. I'm using Brave right now. I had typed out a longer post about my problem but it refused to post. Much cursing happened.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 02, 2025 05:02 AM (sAmhv)

32 Evening and morning, late toilers and insomaniacals! I belong to the latter class, as you can imagine. And it's only Tiu's Day.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2025 05:02 AM (wzUl9)

33 I looked at memory prices out there both for the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales.

"That's no sale."
-- Obi Wan Kenobe

These prices aren't just double what they were, it's more like triple or quadruple.

Huge "NOPE."
https://youtu.be/gvdf5n-zI14

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 02, 2025 05:02 AM (O7YUW)

34 They're saying they've now learned their lesson well and that won't happen again.
-----

hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha coughcough hahahahahahahahahahahaha
coughhack-----*thud*

Posted by: clarence at December 02, 2025 05:03 AM (GE9Fw)

35 5 comments were not showing on refresh for a few minutes.
Posted by: clarence at December 02, 2025 04:06 AM (4F6GB)

It's something special in the AoSHq matrix, inside of which you find yourself at this time. If you type a comment instead of just refreshing, it seems to work out o.k. Or--maybe--if Pixy posts, everything gets all copacetic?

Posted by: m at December 02, 2025 05:04 AM (RuTUS)

36 I'm awake now from a disturbing dream.

I was in a public place, in this case a large chain grocery (not Walmart), and had my usual trouble finding a decent locking restroom. I found one with a door that bolted. But there was a second, unlocked door, and I had two other people, both women (!), come in and wait on me to finish my business. Once I left, I started looking for a complaint card -- "Can't you offer private restrooms here???" -- but woke up before I could find it.

"What does it mean, Doctor Lecter?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2025 05:04 AM (wzUl9)

37 27 Man, that needed a translation. At least before I am properly caffeinated.

Posted by: m at December 02, 2025 04:47 AM (RuTUS)

During the last RAM boom (COVID era when everybody was buying new PCs) the big RAM companies all expanded rapidly and built new production facilities (CAPEX = capital expenditures).

That strategy worked perfectly to increase production.
The problem was the COVID boom ended around the middle of 2021, and by 2022 RAM prices fell through the floor and all the companies were losing money.

They're saying they've now learned their lesson well and that won't happen again.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 02, 2025 04:55 AM (6ydKt)

I will begin sticking those factoids into my brain now. For which I thank you!

Posted by: m at December 02, 2025 05:08 AM (RuTUS)

38 "Sharding your database": There but for a typographical error is the story of my IT career.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2025 05:09 AM (wzUl9)

39 The world has boinged 1,927,636 times.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 02, 2025 05:10 AM (O7YUW)

40 If you type a comment instead of just refreshing, it seems to work out o.k. Or--maybe--if Pixy posts, everything gets all copacetic?
----

I had already posted and went to read the content. When I got to the end of the content there were no posts showing. I posted again and still did not see any comments until refreshing twice, again. And pixy did not post while this was going on.

Posted by: clarence at December 02, 2025 05:10 AM (GE9Fw)

41 40 If you type a comment instead of just refreshing, it seems to work out o.k. Or--maybe--if Pixy posts, everything gets all copacetic?
----

I had already posted and went to read the content. When I got to the end of the content there were no posts showing. I posted again and still did not see any comments until refreshing twice, again. And pixy did not post while this was going on.
Posted by: clarence at December 02, 2025 05:10 AM (GE9Fw)

Huh! That's a new one for me!

Posted by: m at December 02, 2025 05:12 AM (RuTUS)

42 Anyway! The Killer Kittenz From Outer Space are here. When I woke, little Dagny was on the pillow behind my head, and Stirling was curled on my other side, by my legs. He likes to be in front of me, while she prefers to be behind -- as if they want a long mountain range (me) between their territories.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2025 05:13 AM (wzUl9)

43 39 The world has boinged 1,927,636 times.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 02, 2025 05:10 AM (O7YUW)

How many times have YOU boinged while the world has boinged 1,927,636 times?

Posted by: m at December 02, 2025 05:15 AM (RuTUS)

44 Temp is 55 F. but very damp. The Fox outlet says there is a misty rain working its way through the area. I haven't looked outside yet to see. It rained solidly last night, and Linda and I decided not to go out to the library's swap meet.

If it's raining this morning, that wipes out my workout. Thurs. and Fri. will also have solid rain, so maybe tomorrow will be my only other session. We'll see.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2025 05:16 AM (wzUl9)

45 43 39 The world has boinged 1,927,636 times.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 02, 2025 05:10 AM (O7YUW)

How many times have YOU boinged while the world has boinged 1,927,636 times?
Posted by: m at December 02, 2025 05:15 AM (RuTUS)

... if you don't mind my asking.

Posted by: m at December 02, 2025 05:16 AM (RuTUS)

46 @36/Wolfus: "I'm awake now from a disturbing dream."

Mine was:

Walking towards an intersection. There's snow/slush on the ground. Time-frame, late December. Ahead the enter intersection is covered in muddy opaque water plus slush. A large delivery truck (big box truck, not tractor trailer) is backing out of a parking lot into the intersection. (Yes he should have been driving out. It's a dream, just go with it.)

Suddenly there's a loud thump noise, and the truck's back end goes down and the truck tilts nose-up in the air, and the entire truck sinks down what is apparently a giant sink-hole that's covered by the water, disappearing completely.

My thoughts immediately go to the driver, that he's dead shortly, and what an awful way to go.

This is not how I wanted to wake up and start my day. I am countering this with coffee, bacon, and eggs.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 02, 2025 05:20 AM (O7YUW)

47 I doubt I will be happy until May

I'a Owe so off to work I go
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at December 02, 2025 05:20 AM (Ia/+0)

48 45 43 39 The world has boinged 1,927,636 times.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 02, 2025 05:10 AM (O7YUW)

How many times have YOU boinged while the world has boinged 1,927,636 times?
Posted by: m at December 02, 2025 05:15 AM (RuTUS)

... if you don't mind my asking.
Posted by: m at December 02, 2025 05:16 AM (RuTUS)

... if it's not too personal.

Posted by: m at December 02, 2025 05:20 AM (RuTUS)

49 EV cars were a flash in the pan because you'd have to build a whole new power grid to make them work at the scale they envisioned. Now, we need the same scope of grid doubling to bring the AI. It's highly debatable whether there's enough to be made from AI 'stuff' to avoid bankrupting ourselves on that.

Unless -- there is a breakthrough in quantum tech. Then you get AI games without so much juice, and suddenly have all sorts of electricity surplus. Bad for investors as the bottom falls out of power rates, but at that point (surprise!) EVs make perfect sense.

Some of the hands being played in this game are short of invisible. The heavy hand of government is all thumbs on the scale. Sure brings out the greedy bastard in everybody.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 02, 2025 05:21 AM (zdLoL)

50 Dagny is trotting around me: sitting on the arm of the couch, peering at the computer screen, then sitting on the floor and staring up at me (which usually means "Play with me!!!"). Probably she's hungry. Breakfast time for them is five am, though.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2025 05:21 AM (wzUl9)

51 I had typed out a longer post about my problem but it refused to post. Much cursing happened.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 02, 2025 05:02 AM (sAmhv)

You've probably already checked, but are all of your drivers, especially for the Radeon card, up to date?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 02, 2025 05:22 AM (6ydKt)

52 @45/m: "... if you don't mind my asking."

About 40 between yesterday and today. I'm forced to guess because I closed Firefox (which I have set to flush ALL cookies and cached data between sessions. It's part of my "Frustrate the trackers and advertisers" campaign.)

I may also have been looking at cat videos of them boinging doorstops under edges of closed doors. :-)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 02, 2025 05:22 AM (O7YUW)

53 from the Waymo article:

"That area is also home to two charging hubs for the fast-growing autonomous taxi service Waymo, and it's where neighbors have been dealing with overnight commotion for months."

= NIMBY

Posted by: m at December 02, 2025 05:23 AM (RuTUS)

54 G & R, your overnight imagination seems to be on the same drive path as mine. At least your mind did not put you in the truck as it disappeared into the sinkhole!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2025 05:23 AM (wzUl9)

55
I doubt I will be happy until May

Posted by: Skip at December 02, 2025 05:20 AM

you are not alone

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 02, 2025 05:25 AM (tljrc)

56 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at December 02, 2025 05:25 AM (XQo4F)

57 @50/Wolfus: "Probably she's hungry. Breakfast time for them is five am, though."

https://youtu.be/IO0sz40GqDA

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 02, 2025 05:25 AM (O7YUW)

58 Paramedic saves girl from fire on Thanksgiving evening:

https://tinyurl.com/mr3fvtck

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 02, 2025 05:27 AM (jPh0I)

59 The local Fox outlet is weeping that Trump's ICE raids, the "Swamp Sweep" as someone here has dubbed it, is causing fear in Hispanic communities. To which I say:

GOOD

and

LONG OVERDUE

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2025 05:27 AM (wzUl9)

60 Stuck my head out. Drizzling and cool. We'll see how it is in an hour, my usual workout start time. Meanwhile I can go shave and then feed the monsters.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2025 05:28 AM (wzUl9)

61 I'm forced to guess because I closed Firefox (which I have set to flush ALL cookies and cached data between sessions. It's part of my "Frustrate the trackers and advertisers" campaign.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 02, 2025 05:22 AM (O7YUW)

I do the same thing.
Which means I have a lot of Bookmarks.
If I export it, the bookmarks file is 4.5 MB.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 02, 2025 05:29 AM (6ydKt)

62 Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 02, 2025 05:27 AM (jPh0I)

Thanks for sharing the positive news story.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 02, 2025 05:30 AM (PFs9e)

63 "When my spirit grows faint within me, it is you who know my way."

Psalm 142:3

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 02, 2025 05:33 AM (PFs9e)

64 51:You've probably already checked, but are all of your drivers, especially for the Radeon card, up to date?

Posted by: SpeakingOf

(looks embarrassed) Ummm, no. I'm planning on it, later. I mean, I knew I should, but kept checking other rabbit holes. You never know! You might find a rabbit!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 02, 2025 05:34 AM (sAmhv)

65 59 The local Fox outlet is weeping that Trump's ICE raids, the "Swamp Sweep" as someone here has dubbed it, is causing fear in Hispanic communities.

That is horrible and it breaks my heart to hear it. I suggest that they go back to their home country for their own safety.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 02, 2025 05:35 AM (lXoJ5)

66 I'm forced to guess because I closed Firefox (which I have set to flush ALL cookies and cached data between sessions. It's part of my "Frustrate the trackers and advertisers" campaign.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 02, 2025
*
I do the same thing.
Which means I have a lot of Bookmarks.
If I export it, the bookmarks file is 4.5 MB.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 02, 2025

***
I use Brave and am free from popups. But I do flush the cache regularly. I hate to clear all the cookies, as I have to log back in to this site (retype my nic, I mean) and several others.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2025 05:36 AM (wzUl9)

67 I use Brave and am free from popups. But I do flush the cache regularly. I hate to clear all the cookies, as I have to log back in to this site (retype my nic, I mean) and several others.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2025 05:36 AM (wzUl9)

That's my main problem with my method.
But I'm used to logging in and typing names, I get over it.

I still have auto-fill on forms checked, so some things stay in that cache, but yeah, I'm typing in my name on the PC every time I come to AoSHQ. When I'm on the iPad it's pre-filled because I use Brave on it, and I'm not as concerned with tracking there for some reason (probably because I'm too lazy to change any settings on it).

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 02, 2025 05:41 AM (6ydKt)

68 @61/SpeakingOf: "If I export it, the bookmarks file is 4.5 MB."

.json or .html?

You're running about double of what I have bookmarked if .html, quadruple if .json.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 02, 2025 05:41 AM (O7YUW)

69 Men save kangaroo from freezing lake. Obviously this happened when Australia had winter:

https://tinyurl.com/3ytu6s24

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 02, 2025 05:44 AM (PFs9e)

70
alexandriabrown
@alexthechick

has shown up at

Aelfred The Great
@aelfred_D

Posted by: m at December 02, 2025 05:44 AM (RuTUS)

71 Men save kangaroo from freezing lake

And then the kangaroo ate them because this is Australia we're talking about. -:-)

Posted by: NR Pax at December 02, 2025 05:45 AM (lXoJ5)

72 I doubt I will be happy until May

Ditto.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 02, 2025 05:45 AM (ufSfZ)

73 I've slopped the feline hogs. Time I shaved.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2025 05:47 AM (wzUl9)

74 I prefer the Spring but there are lovely things to see everyday . In a while the sun will come up and if the skies are clear there will be a beautiful sunrise.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 02, 2025 05:48 AM (zMLZ6)

75 Thanks for sharing the positive news story.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 02, 2025 05:30 AM (PFs9e)
-

I usually leave the job for you, with rare exception.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 02, 2025 05:48 AM (jPh0I)

76 true (in response to an article about "'glue employees' who hold everything together")

Daddy Warpig
@DaddyWarpig
22h
That’s because you morons promote idiots to “star power” positions.

They are universally people you WISH and DREAM were stars because it would make you look good if they were, while the real stars are kept in cubicles and spat upon.

And consensus-based management pushes talent out the door.

Meritocracy is banned in modern businesses, so of course the “stars” lack all merit, and are actively detrimental to the org as a whole.

Duh.

Posted by: m at December 02, 2025 05:49 AM (RuTUS)

77 Airbus FA and FO:

https://tinyurl.com/8xzdts8j

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 02, 2025 05:49 AM (jPh0I)

78 Good morning! Tree is up and lit, the first ornaments are hung and the first carton of egg nogg is smashed. And it's pretty freakin cold outside. Had to move the bougainvillea inside yesterday afternoon.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 02, 2025 05:51 AM (3Ope8)

79 Airbus FA and FO:

https://tinyurl.com/8xzdts8j

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 02, 2025 05:49 AM (jPh0I)
-

And here she is!

https://tinyurl.com/4hkz69cd

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 02, 2025 05:51 AM (jPh0I)

80 WCCTech has another price hike article from AMD.
Apparently not only will GPU prices go up but also CPU prices.

The outlet [Overclock3D] also has a very specific timeframe for when the price increase will take effect. They state that AMD CPUs will see price hikes as early as tonight (Midnight Time UK). AMD's Ryzen 9000 CPUs have been available at very decent price points with the fastest gaming CPU, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D, currently down at $399 at Microcenter in the US. Though these won't last long if the price hike claim holds.

In short, if the price increase does end up happening tonight, then it's even worse news for gamers who will be deprived of decently priced PC components. First it was GPUs, then memory, then SSDs, and now CPUs. What's left?

https://tinyurl.com/2fp6jdje

Now seems like the time to buy if people are in the market for a new, well, anything, PC related.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 02, 2025 05:53 AM (6ydKt)

81 Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 02, 2025 05:49 AM (jPh0I)

Not a 1s and 0s guy so I have difficulty understanding how aircraft certified for the HIRF environment have systems that can be corrupted by radiation from sun flares and the corrective action is to use retrograde software. Solar flares must be like global warming.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 02, 2025 05:54 AM (3Ope8)

82 And here she is!

https://tinyurl.com/4hkz69cd
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 02, 2025 05:51 AM (jPh0I)

Should have stuck to making action flicks.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 02, 2025 05:57 AM (ExV1e)

83 .json or .html?

You're running about double of what I have bookmarked if .html, quadruple if .json.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 02, 2025 05:41 AM (O7YUW)

The .json files in the folder are all pretty small (around 526kb).
When I export the entire file in the Manage Bookmarks box it gives you a html file which in my case gets up there.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 02, 2025 05:57 AM (6ydKt)

84 So when is a SWAT team going to surround Keith Ellison's house/office and haul him shackled to the pokey?

https://tinyurl.com/4tm8u79x

Waiting.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 02, 2025 05:58 AM (jPh0I)

85 Airbus FA and FO:
And here she is!
----

Complete airhead high on her supply.

Posted by: clarence at December 02, 2025 06:02 AM (lZXVL)

86 Should have stuck to making action flicks.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 02, 2025 05:57 AM (ExV1e)

The weird thing is she kinda looks like Jackie with that haircut.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 02, 2025 06:03 AM (6ydKt)

87 Morning, Horde...How goes it?

I just woke up from an unpleasant dream where I was attending TXMOME, but it didn't feel right. It's like I was attending an alternate, Bizzaro TXMOME.

I feel like I need to attend the real TXMOME just to get the taste of that dream out of my head.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 02, 2025 06:04 AM (IBQGV)

88 Meritocracy is banned in modern businesses, so of course the “stars” lack all merit, and are actively detrimental to the org as a whole.

Duh.

Posted by: m at December 02, 2025 05:49 AM (RuTUS)

It sure seems that way.

We're going to be in big trouble when all of these old-timer Boomers retire and take all their well-earned knowledge with them because the colleges certainly aren't putting out patient, dedicated, deep thinkers these days.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 02, 2025 06:08 AM (6ydKt)

89
I feel like I need to attend the real TXMOME just to get the taste of that dream out of my head.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 02, 2025 06:04 AM

only 319 days to go

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 02, 2025 06:08 AM (tljrc)

90 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at December 02, 2025 06:09 AM (AN2gy)

91 We're going to be in big trouble when all of these old-timer Boomers retire and take all their well-earned knowledge with them because the colleges certainly aren't putting out patient, dedicated, deep thinkers these days.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 02, 2025 06:08 AM (6ydKt)

There are some. Trouble is that no one seems to be rewarded anymore for being diligent and good at what they do. Everyone needs to be prepared to flit from bubble to bubble as upper management tells themselves, yet again, that THIS TIME they've caught the leading edge of something that's gonna last and they'll be able to afford that second yacht and third mistress.

The company from which I'm retiring has had multiple initiatives to which they've assigned scores of developers only to bin them before they made dollar one because it was a flash in the pan. Executives always manage to get big bonuses though.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 02, 2025 06:14 AM (ExV1e)

92 I'm learning once more that there is logic to Trump's madness.

For the life of me I couldn't understand why Trump would pardon former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who is currently serving a 45-year sentence in the U.S. for drug trafficking and weapons charges.

This explains it all:

https://tinyurl.com/3dtmjs4k

People need to be hanged.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 02, 2025 06:14 AM (jPh0I)

93 In case you are wondering where the 2026 G20 economic summit will take place, wonder no more:

https://tinyurl.com/4pz7hc9s

Great promo pic! heh.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 02, 2025 06:18 AM (jPh0I)

94 I'm learning once more that there is logic to Trump's madness.

He's not nearly as much of a loose cannon as people think. Next time he spouts off on twitter, though, people will resume complaining.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 02, 2025 06:19 AM (ExV1e)

95 >>> People need to be hanged

... by their naughty bits

Posted by: fluffy at December 02, 2025 06:22 AM (AN2gy)

96 Laura Loomer smiles at WaPo:

https://tinyurl.com/ysmma45n

Good for her!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 02, 2025 06:22 AM (jPh0I)

97 >>> People need to be hanged

... by their naughty bits

Posted by: fluffy at December 02, 2025 06:22 AM (AN2gy)
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Whatever is faster and cheaper works for me.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 02, 2025 06:23 AM (jPh0I)

98 If you aren't doing it already, please pray for the safety and protection of Donald Trump and J.D. Vance. So many malignant people out there wanting their downfall.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 02, 2025 06:23 AM (PFs9e)

99 If you aren't doing it already, please pray for the safety and protection of Donald Trump and J.D. Vance. So many malignant people out there wanting their downfall.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 02, 2025 06:23 AM (PFs9e)

True. The majority of the people hoping for their downfall, however, are just sheep who hate them because they've been told to hate them and have no capacity for independent thought.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 02, 2025 06:25 AM (ExV1e)

100 You can still put together a decent rig for around 3k but if demand for computer components to feed AI increases, it going to start matching inflation adjusted 1985 prices.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 02, 2025 06:29 AM (XV/Pl)

101 Samsung's phone division ordered more than a year's supply of memory for the new Galaxy models. Samsung's memory division told them no way.

I can understand why MX wanted a one year price guarantee - they have to make downstream contracts to the various mobile service providers who bundle phones with their service plans.

On the other hand, the world should be familiar with high inflation since the IMF/WEF/Davos globalists have made that a goal so any contract may be priced out due to shortages, inflation, tariffs, etc. in less than a quarter.

Samsung's MX division is no different than any other mobile device manufacturer. Xiamoi, Oppo, Vivo, Apple all go through the same thing.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 02, 2025 06:31 AM (nAS9C)

102 former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez,
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Odds on how long before he is 'the formerly living'?

Posted by: clarence at December 02, 2025 06:31 AM (E19xE)

103 Aelfred The Great retweeted
Bryan O'Nolan 🇮🇱
@BryanONolan
Nov 30

AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THOSE WITH GAY APPAREL

THE TIME OF DONNING HAS COME

Posted by: m at December 02, 2025 06:33 AM (RuTUS)

104 Remember Trump's promise to go down to Ft. Knox and see the gold reserves for himself? He never went. Maybe Trump already knows:

https://tinyurl.com/smsxd356

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 02, 2025 06:34 AM (jPh0I)

105 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 02, 2025 06:35 AM (bQ4nt)

106 Meritocracy is banned in modern businesses, so of course the “stars” lack all merit, and are actively detrimental to the org as a whole.

Its been replaced with Mediocracy (Mediocrity as a governance platform).

As the US elevates women, foreigners and others into executive management positions, they bring their lack of excellence, pride and craftsmanship into the decision making process. It ain't just MBAs chasing the quarterly stock option laser dot.

Import the third world, become the third world.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 02, 2025 06:38 AM (PVBkQ)

107 Always glad to see that diversity is well represented in Correctional Facility hiring practices.

https://tinyurl.com/54hmvdx9

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 02, 2025 06:46 AM (a1415)

108 It makes sense, from a national security standpoint, as well as a general business acumen. I mean if you purposefully want to kneecap an organization, local, state, or federal, or a corporation.

Mediocrity becomes expected, something to be endured. It won’t be too long before there isn’t anyone left who remembers “how it used to be”. The social planners absolutely depend on this. It certainly has grave implications to everything large and small.

I noticed this a long time ago. Key positions filled with “placeholders”. They have enormous authority, but they never use it. Just mumble boilerplate bs and make lame excuses as to why nothing can be done, we can’t get there from here, our hands our tied, ad nauseum ad infinitum. Pathetic, but it “works”.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 02, 2025 06:46 AM (CO7ih)

109 This explains it all:

https://tinyurl.com/3dtmjs4k

Using work computer (I'll be doing work here in a minute - waiting for the covfefe to kick in so I'm not staring into space) so can't see the article due to company rulz. But let me guess, the pardoned fellow is more likely to start naming CIA handlers and administration executives who were in on the cartel operations and exploiting those relationships for all kinds of evil shit.

Which would seem smart, but in DC the guilty get rewarded and the righteous get assassinated so I fail to see the tactical benefit.

Maranatha

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 02, 2025 06:48 AM (BvPIe)

110 Everyone needs to be prepared to flit from bubble to bubble as upper management tells themselves, yet again, that THIS TIME they've caught the leading edge of something that's gonna last and they'll be able to afford that second yacht and third mistress.

The company from which I'm retiring has had multiple initiatives to which they've assigned scores of developers only to bin them before they made dollar one because it was a flash in the pan. Executives always manage to get big bonuses though.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 02, 2025 06:14 AM (ExV1e)

That does seem to be the general trend in business since at least the DotCom bubble.

I suppose that kind of thing went on before then, but I was too young to pay attention.

And I don't think we treated CEOs as rock stars before the 1980s. That's been really damaging, I believe.

Especially since most of these stars are worth nowhere near their ginormous pay packages.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 02, 2025 06:48 AM (6ydKt)

111 For the life of me I couldn't understand why Trump would pardon former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who is currently serving a 45-year sentence in the U.S. for drug trafficking and weapons charges.

This explains it all:

https://tinyurl.com/3dtmjs4k

People need to be hanged.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 02, 2025 06:14 AM (jPh0I)
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And now I'm beginning to understand this threatening announcement by Trump:

https://tinyurl.com/mpazcv2t

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 02, 2025 06:48 AM (jPh0I)

112 huh

@RBPundit
14h
What's with the Mark Kelly boomlet all of a sudden?

Are Democrats thinking of running this dude for president?

Posted by: m at December 02, 2025 06:51 AM (RuTUS)

113 I noticed this a long time ago. Key positions filled with “placeholders”. They have enormous authority, but they never use it. Just mumble boilerplate bs and make lame excuses as to why nothing can be done, we can’t get there from here, our hands our tied, ad nauseum ad infinitum. Pathetic, but it “works”.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 02, 2025 06:46 AM (CO7ih)

If you never do anything, you never do anything wrong. If no one else does anything either, you don't look bad in comparison. Innovation is the enemy of the collective. Rise in the ranks of drone-dom until AI replaces all the lessers and you may stride a world of shit like a colossus... in your own mind.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 02, 2025 06:53 AM (ExV1e)

114 How much has the memory shortage got to do with all the windows 11 devices replacing windows 10?

Posted by: JM in Illinois at December 02, 2025 06:53 AM (gC6Wb)

115 And I don't think we treated CEOs as rock stars before the 1980s. That's been really damaging, I believe.

Especially since most of these stars are worth nowhere near their ginormous pay packages.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 02, 2025 06:48 AM (6ydKt)

CEOs used to be paid a lot but they didn't tend to become stupid rich. Then, IIRC, Clinton changed the rules on how executive pay affected the company's taxes so they all started getting paid in stock. So they made sure the stock went up. To the detriment of all else.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 02, 2025 06:55 AM (ExV1e)

116 We're going to be in big trouble when all of these old-timer Boomers retire and take all their well-earned knowledge with them

I'm a Boomer and I can absolutely assure you that I put in far more hours in than all of my younger peers.

Part of it is tradition, as a Boomer I grew up during the Make Piles of Money culture and that came through hustle and long days applying one's craft. So its in my blood. Another part is the continuous conviction of Do All Things As If Unto The LORD. Which means I'm probably disappointing The Boss typing this rather than completing this project before time (so I can polish it and make it better)

So culture, faith and upbringing (and I love what I do) come into play as I hammer out the best of class products.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 02, 2025 06:55 AM (+4Cf6)

117 How much has the memory shortage got to do with all the windows 11 devices replacing windows 10?

Posted by: JM in Illinois at December 02, 2025 06:53 AM (gC6Wb)
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AI is a gigantic memory hog.

So I just asked Grok:

https://tinyurl.com/4utjkuxd

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 02, 2025 06:57 AM (jPh0I)

118 Good morning!

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

Here is a mellow introduction to the day.

This is the Stranglers Golden Brown with A/I use of David Brubeck's Take Five video and no funky harpsichord. https://youtu.be/2Qs1J612nZs

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 02, 2025 06:59 AM (u82oZ)

119 So they made sure the stock went up. To the detriment of all else.

The CEO is still beholden to the BoD and the stock holders so that tempers things. But I think you are on the right track w/r/t stock price.

When inflation is high, company returns need to exceed inflation or the investment money will go somewhere else. Bubble economies also wreck stable business growth because of profound FOMO in both the retail and institutional investment class. (ergo the Magnificent Seven with huge PEs)

Why keep your money in a stable utilities stock when your co-worker is buying a new car from the proceeds of a FOMO stock he got into early? (people also lie too, so there is that).

So companies, in order to attract investment dollars have to have great quarterly statements or master the art of selling bullshit (like every AI company)

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 02, 2025 07:01 AM (c3sdc)

120 Innovation is the enemy of the collective.

You will probably also notice that innovators are immune to Mimetic Theory - that is, they have their own desires, their own drum beat, their own vision that comes from themselves and not from the collective or "influencers".

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 02, 2025 07:05 AM (c3sdc)

121 “We’re going to be in trouble when the old timers retire”

I think that’s already happened to a great degree. That’s why everything went to $&@t in such a hurry.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 02, 2025 07:05 AM (CO7ih)

122 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

Trust your industrial strength thermostat is keeping you warm. Here it is 17℉.

Snow still on the ground, but it will get above freezing later today. At least we are forecast for it.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 02, 2025 07:06 AM (u82oZ)

123 How much has the memory shortage got to do with all the windows 11 devices replacing windows 10?

When having a few Chrome tabs open means 2-3GB of memory being used, along with all of the "helpful" spyware and assistance features baked into Windows 11, 8GB machines are way undersized.

I thought I would be able to live quite well under 32GB, but even my current 64GB machine feels cramped.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 02, 2025 07:08 AM (KhyP1)

124 AI is a gigantic memory hog.

So I just asked Grok:

https://tinyurl.com/4utjkuxd
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 02, 2025 06:57 AM (jPh0I

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So windows 10 obsolescence is not even mentioned. Maybe implied in :infrastructure", but nothing compared to AI demand and other factors

Posted by: JM in Illinois at December 02, 2025 07:12 AM (mn/mw)

125 @RBPundit
14h
What's with the Mark Kelly boomlet all of a sudden?

Are Democrats thinking of running this dude for president?
Posted by: m
____________

He was Obama's pick when Biden dropped out.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 02, 2025 07:13 AM (XvL8K)

126 Are Democrats thinking of running this dude for president?
Posted by: m

It wouldn't surprise me in the least.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 02, 2025 07:15 AM (lXoJ5)

127 Here is a fanfare for the morning: https://youtu.be/5LoUm_r7It8
John Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine – BBC Proms 2014

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 02, 2025 07:15 AM (u82oZ)

128 126 Are Democrats thinking of running this dude for president?
Posted by: m

It wouldn't surprise me in the least.
Posted by: NR Pax at December 02, 2025 07:15 AM (lXoJ5)

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He has the advantage of avoiding the stink of a blue state governor (or mayor) like California's newsom or Pritzker in illinois

Posted by: JM in Illinois at December 02, 2025 07:22 AM (3tRed)

129 "shard" is a noun and not a verb.

Posted by: no one at December 02, 2025 07:22 AM (W7XSX)

130 So windows 10 obsolescence is not even mentioned. Maybe implied in :infrastructure", but nothing compared to AI demand and other factors

Posted by: JM in Illinois at December 02, 2025 07:12 AM (mn/mw)

Yeah, updating for the new OS isn't a big percentage overall, but it's putting some hurt on the people/businesses who waited to do the upgrading.

Sticker shock is an understatement if you're trying to get a new PC compared to prices five or ten years ago.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 02, 2025 07:23 AM (6ydKt)

131 J.J and the News, Runway 180.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 02, 2025 07:25 AM (u82oZ)

132 We fight the invaders and Quislings because we must.

Posted by: Eromero at December 02, 2025 09:06 AM (LHPAg)

133 Pixy, I just browsed to AoS in Google Chrome, and every page, a pop-up appears saying it wants to connect to every device on your network, Allow or Block?

I hit Block, but I've never seen that before.

Posted by: SDN at December 02, 2025 10:09 AM (e1nse)

134 Sam Altman Declares 'Code Red' For ChatGPT As Rivals Catch Up; Will Scale Back Advertising Plans

Posted by: SMOD at December 02, 2025 11:30 AM (RHGPo)

135 If college students are taking classes that have homework assignments that can be done with AI, do they realize that the jobs they might have gotten with their degree won't be there because AI can do those jobs?

Students should look for courses of study where AI would be of minimal value if they want jobs when they graduate.

Posted by: Ralph at December 02, 2025 11:48 AM (8WZD4)

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