Daily Tech News 12 December 2025

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Reddit is suing Australia to have itself removed from the under-16 banlist. (The Register)

Reddit is a screaming dumpster fire, but so is our government, and I can simply ignore Reddit if I choose. So I'm solidly on their side.

Tech News

Want a high-resolution monitor but still need fast refresh rates for games? Asus' new XG27JG has you covered. (Tom's Hardware)

It's a 5k model which is good enough for almost anything, and runs at 180Hz which is also good enough for almost anything. But if you drop the resolution to 2560x1440 you can boost the refresh rate to 330Hz, which is more than enough.

HDR 600 and 97% of DCI-P3 colour. One small catch: It doesn't work at its full resolution and refresh rate on an Nvidia 4000-series card, because those only support an older version of DisplayPort. Previous generation Radeon 7000 series cards do work, as do all current-generation cards.

Around $835.
Buying 1152GB of Frakenram for $8000. (Tom's Hardware)

The user put an offer in on a second-hand custom Nvidia AI system that originally cost around $80,000 and managed to get it working.
Over 10,000 Docker Hub images have been found leaking credentials. (Bleeping Computer)

It's over 10,000!

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Buggrit, buggrem, millennium hand and shrimp!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 w00t

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

2 guten morgen, ♠horde

Posted by: clarence at December 12, 2025 04:04 AM (JwHY3)

3 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at December 12, 2025 04:06 AM (Ia/+0)

4 For Billy Idol, I always like Dancing with myself

Posted by: Skip at December 12, 2025 04:07 AM (Ia/+0)

5 >>>Reddit is suing Australia to have itself removed from the under-16 banlist. (The Register)

Thanks for that article. This is gonna be big.

Posted by: m at December 12, 2025 04:09 AM (RuTUS)

6

Good morning, good people, from the Adirondacks, currently laboring under 6.5" of dreaded climate change.

I'd forgotten, as usual, how much fun moving climate change isn't. And how quickly the weather wailers spring into action, bemoaning their plights.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at December 12, 2025 04:12 AM (vFbHf)

7 Good morning. Gunter glieben glauten globen.

Posted by: Fluffy Nuggets, Jr. at December 12, 2025 04:12 AM (CVC34)

8 2 guten morgen, ♠horde
Posted by: clarence at December 12, 2025 04:04 AM (JwHY3)

7 Good morning. Gunter glieben glauten globen.
Posted by: Fluffy Nuggets, Jr. at December 12, 2025 04:12 AM (CVC34)

Leise rieselt der Schnee. (See comment #6.)

Posted by: m at December 12, 2025 04:16 AM (RuTUS)

9 Not even winter yet. Maybe we pushed this climate change a little too far. Why can't idiots leave the rest of us alone.

Posted by: Case at December 12, 2025 04:17 AM (G1OIb)

10 9 Why can't idiots leave the rest of us alone.
Posted by: Case at December 12, 2025 04:17 AM (G1OIb)

similarly:

Ben Dreyfuss
@bendreyfuss
Dec 11
the real divide in this country isn't between liberals and conservatives or left and right or whatever, it's between most people and then a smaller number of people who are total dickheads.

Posted by: m at December 12, 2025 04:20 AM (RuTUS)

11 8 2 guten morgen, ♠horde
Posted by: clarence at December 12, 2025 04:04 AM (JwHY3)

7 Good morning. Gunter glieben glauten globen.
Posted by: Fluffy Nuggets, Jr. at December 12, 2025 04:12 AM (CVC34)

Leise rieselt der Schnee. (See comment #6.)
----

Der Stuhl steht an der Wand.

Posted by: clarence at December 12, 2025 04:22 AM (JwHY3)

12 How many stories about Docker fails have there been this year?

Posted by: clarence at December 12, 2025 04:23 AM (JwHY3)

13 G'mornin' everyone! Yay Friday!

"I'll show 'em the end of a ragman's trumpet, I will!"
- Foul Ol' Ron

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 12, 2025 04:28 AM (Cjt/F)

14 um

U.S. plans to ask visitors to disclose 5 years of social media history

https://archive.is/vqhmS

(WaPo)

Posted by: m at December 12, 2025 04:29 AM (RuTUS)

15 *The proposal would affect travelers from countries on the visa waiver program, including Australia, Britain, France, Germany, Israel, Japan and South Korea.

Posted by: m at December 12, 2025 04:30 AM (RuTUS)

16 from the WaPo article:

In June, the State Department began requiring student visa applicants to have their social media accounts set to public, and the same requirement soon goes into effect for H-1B high-skilled worker visa applicants.

Posted by: m at December 12, 2025 04:32 AM (RuTUS)

17 Somewhere around 130 days until Spring

Posted by: Skip at December 12, 2025 04:33 AM (Ia/+0)

18 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 12, 2025 04:36 AM (C26rB)

19 Is Roblox on the banned list? That's a social media platform masquerading as a game.

Posted by: f2000 at December 12, 2025 04:38 AM (uOo8r)

20 So called science is taking a black eye over false claims that have been coming out over the past few decades. COVID being a real load of BS. What to believe anymore is a question left to be answered.

Posted by: Case at December 12, 2025 04:38 AM (G1OIb)

21 Not to excited about Friday, good chance have to go way up north again tomorrow if material shows up

Posted by: Skip at December 12, 2025 04:44 AM (Ia/+0)

22 "What to believe anymore is a question left to be answered."

This is where an honest to god education comes in handy. For some people.

Posted by: pawn at December 12, 2025 04:45 AM (EMg+d)

23 "Our goal should be to live life in radical amazement. ....get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted. Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed."

Abraham Joshua Heschel - Jewish Rabbi and spiritual teacher.

1907-1972

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 12, 2025 04:47 AM (rZCVI)

24 what to believe? Ohm's & Watt's laws. steam tables, the CRC handbook, ITT Reference Data, ... there are many more books of physical truths. apply the same standards when approaching philosophies.

bs content of anything from the past quarter-century or so increases asymptotically as you get closer to today.

but you gotta learn,and make your own judgements, not listen to other peoples opinions.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 12, 2025 04:48 AM (Cjt/F)

25 I've gotta thank 'Methos' for the heads up on the ONT last night that Epic Games has the Hogwart's Legacy game for Free this week.

All true.
I just got it.
Saved myself $59.99.

I wish they'd give away Indiana Jones and the Great Circle and save me another $60.

Now I've just got to get the new GPU (and PSU and a CPU cooler) in the PC and I can actually play some stuff... eventually

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 12, 2025 04:48 AM (6ydKt)

26 Janitor gets to watch he daughter become teacher in school where he built a better life as a janitor:

https://tinyurl.com/3c7praz4

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 12, 2025 04:49 AM (rZCVI)

27 nice quote, FS, thank you!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 12, 2025 04:50 AM (Cjt/F)

28 It's 'R' day!!!!

My HR has sprung into action with all the energy one expects from Human Resources in a mega-corp and noticed that today is my last day so, perhaps, they should give me a checklist or some shit about what they'd like me to do on the way out the door.

Fortunately, I had contacted them a couple weeks ago - wanted info on how COBRA works - so I already had the checklist and have been ticking things off.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 12, 2025 04:51 AM (ExV1e)

29 Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 12, 2025 04:50 AM

You are most welcome.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 12, 2025 04:55 AM (looXz)

30 For the guys (and gals) trying to build out a decent PC this Christmas without paying over $2000 just to start, JayzTwoCents has an interesting Shopping-Online Build that makes some sense.

"Is this the solution to the DDR5 Crisis?"
https://youtu.be/vwJZztIrQO8

He surfed and found deals on an Intel 12900K (MicroCenter CPU bundle with a motherboard), 32GB DDR4, Gen4 1TB SSD, 1000W PSU, and a RX 9070XT, and got the cost to around $1600 for a pretty decent gaming PC at a reasonable cost.

It's not a bad way to start a PC build the way things are with DDR5 pricing driving up the costs on an AM5 platform build.

You could also substitute some AMD 5000 series processors on a AM4 motherboard if you're not an Intel fan. Jay went with Intel because he believes they had a better product that generation. You could also go with an Intel 13th or 14th Gen CPU and still use DDR4.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 12, 2025 04:57 AM (6ydKt)

31 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at December 12, 2025 04:59 AM (AN2gy)

32 Pogo, Data & Picard

I woke up with this in my brain:

https://youtu.be/bl5TUw7sUBs

Posted by: m at December 12, 2025 05:00 AM (RuTUS)

33
bs content of anything from the past quarter-century or so increases asymptotically as you get closer to today.

___________

I'm assembling journal articles for my book. I want to be comprehensive but I'm concerned that as I get closer to the present day there will be more phony-baloney "paper mill" stuff.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 12, 2025 05:00 AM (tgvbd)

34 I still see True Believers wearing masks, at least assume they are when I see them. Considering most often it's a minority woman.

Posted by: Skip at December 12, 2025 05:01 AM (Ia/+0)

35 I don't like janitors. Smell of cabbage. Small hands.

Posted by: Bobby Hugbox at December 12, 2025 05:03 AM (MHmBy)

36
I still see True Believers wearing masks, at least assume they are when I see them. Considering most often it's a minority woman.
Posted by: Skip at December 12, 2025 05:01 AM (Ia/+0)

__________

I see very few men among the masketeers. Mostly Oriental and black women.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 12, 2025 05:05 AM (tgvbd)

37 Man rents mall store in Kansas to share his late wife's beautiful Christmas display:

https://tinyurl.com/b7kjz6kv

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 12, 2025 05:11 AM (lQ+/f)

38 Hadrian thats mosley what I see, but not exclusively

Posted by: Skip at December 12, 2025 05:14 AM (Ia/+0)

39
Good morning, everyone. I'm up n atom, gottat get over to MCO Orlando to catch a plane home to Huntsville.

Lurk ya later. Have a great day and a better weekend.

Hadrian, prayers for the safe trip home for Her Majesty and the Big Dummy. Wish i had had the time to go see the dog show, any part of it, but just couldn't get loose from work to do so.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 12, 2025 05:15 AM (48yvf)

40
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 12, 2025 05:16 AM (tljrc)

41 Boy sent to Christmas show at his school in Wales dressed as Elvis instead of Elf after a family mix up:

https://tinyurl.com/5n75tpza

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 12, 2025 05:18 AM (lQ+/f)

42 Greetings from the Carolinas. Nothing to report.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at December 12, 2025 05:22 AM (XqFM2)

43 I found out about this yesterday. It lets you publish an onlne book. The software is free. It does not publish a stand alone ebook and you have to host your own site. It would be good for an author wanting to give smeone a taste of their work.

https://once.com/writebook

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 12, 2025 05:24 AM (+mUZM)

44 Evening and morning, people of the Ace! 'Tis Friday, the consummation devoutly to be wished!

7 Good morning. Gunter glieben glauten globen.
Posted by: Fluffy Nuggets, Jr. at December 12, 2025

Leise rieselt der Schnee. (See comment #6.)
----
Der Stuhl steht an der Wand.

***
Are we speaking German this morning? I've been out sick. I didn't know there was a German test today!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 12, 2025 05:25 AM (wzUl9)

45 I keep watching Don't Trust the Rabbit but don't seem to be picking up much German language

Posted by: Skip at December 12, 2025 05:28 AM (Ia/+0)

46 "I still see True Believers wearing masks, at least assume they are when I see them."

yup, very few, but same here, a badge of Allegiance to the Party.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 12, 2025 05:30 AM (Cjt/F)

47 Congratulations, Different Nic. Be sure to do something fun for your first week of freedom!

Because of her genealogy research, Linda wanted to drive to a town in the SW part of the state -- she said some of my ancestors came from there. Or lived there, or ate ice cream there; something like that. So off we went. A pleasant day trip, if hot (the first week of April here is already insufferable).

Think of something you've wanted to do on a weekday for a while, and just do it!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 12, 2025 05:31 AM (wzUl9)

48 >>> It's 'R' day!!!!

Congratulations!

Posted by: fluffy at December 12, 2025 05:32 AM (AN2gy)

49 Be sure to do something fun for your first week of freedom!

I'm going to drive halfway across the country and back. And see my youngest graduate college.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 12, 2025 05:33 AM (ExV1e)

50 I watched a long video interview with DHH yesterday. (He wrote that ebook software). He was funny and passionate about computers, definitely not s Nazi. I was going to say there were idiots whining in the comments about bloat in Omarchy, but whining in the comments is what they do. Why aren't people willing to spend several weeks tweaking how their setup looks? Dunno, maybr those people have a life where they do something besides stare at a screen.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 12, 2025 05:34 AM (+mUZM)

51 Below freezing, I won't be happy until May
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at December 12, 2025 05:34 AM (Ia/+0)

52 Cool this am, 54 F. with almost no wind. Good workout conditions.

Stirling once again displayed the little mealtime clock in his head today by jumping up on the bed at *exactly* four o'clock. He doesn't get any chow until five, but he figures there's nothing like being early. Little gray Dagny is lounging on a chair at the table, being quiet and patient, while he paces around and plays with one of his toys. She plays too, but usually *after* she eats.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 12, 2025 05:35 AM (wzUl9)

53 G'morning, all!
, so will wait till later to do the morning walk.

30 degrees out

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 12, 2025 05:39 AM (Ytdv9)

54 54F would be nice.
It's 34 right now here.

High of around 61 today, though, so there's that.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 12, 2025 05:40 AM (6ydKt)

55 29 here, high today of 44. It was 70 yesterday. These cold snaps just blow right through here.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 12, 2025 05:42 AM (+mUZM)

56 So while trying to lay groundwork for a home media streaming set-up, I decided to move up to mesh wi-fi.

Had a chance to pick up two three-packs of the tp-link Deco X60's for around $250.00

Using the home's cat-5 ethernet for back-haul, stuff seems to flow rather well.

Lots of little issues that have been plaguing the wifi seem to have gone away, so all in all....glad I did it.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 12, 2025 05:43 AM (Ytdv9)

57 And that's the Billy Idol song "it's a nice day for a warm cardigan", right??

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 12, 2025 05:43 AM (+mUZM)

58 Very belated BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 12, 2025 05:45 AM (copfg)

59 1 degree below zero here ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 12, 2025 05:45 AM (Cjt/F)

60 And I did find one ethernet cable that when installing it on top of the baseboard, I managed to shoot a staple and short two of the pairs.

Fixing that sped things up as well.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 12, 2025 05:45 AM (Ytdv9)

61 And as many of you know, I have a real problem with Governor Wes Moore (D), of Maryland.

Seems hi has more problems with his ever changing life history.

https://tinyurl.com/2tyr4s3h

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 12, 2025 05:47 AM (Ytdv9)

62 On the local Fox outlet, stories about the new "Catahoula Crunch," the crackdown by ICE, abound. Employers are worrying about their employees who are on work permits. Well, geniuses, if you'd hired Americans to start with, you wouldn't have anything to worry about, now would you?

I wonder if faculty, and especially staff, at universities are being checked on and sometimes rounded up. My former department was determined to be "diverse," and they continually hired foreign Ph.D.s who always required all sorts of visa paperwork and huge payments to the Feds. I muttered under my breath, "You wouldn't have this problem if you hired an American Ph.D.," but I knew no one would listen to me.

I got in trouble one time because Facilities sent three workers to repair my boss's office ceiling who did not speak any English -- not the usual crowd. I asked their office politely if they could send someone who did, so we could communicate. Some Karen over there complained -- not to me, but behind my back to my boss. He was forced to warn me about "such comments."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 12, 2025 05:48 AM (wzUl9)

63 I'm getting the following message from your "Musical Interlude": "The connection is blocked because it was initiated by a public page to connect to devices or servers on your local network."

I'm not sure what the malware is trying to do, but it needs to stop.

Posted by: SDN at December 12, 2025 05:49 AM (til9l)

64 22deg and an 'ice storm' warning. It could get bad, but most of these weather forecasts are bogus. When commuting over 100 miles, I've encountered unexpected ice and heavy fog on a regular basis.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 12, 2025 05:51 AM (1zOXE)

65 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at December 12, 2025 05:52 AM (2Ez/1)

66 A seasonal flu is making its way through many of my acquaintances.

One "fine gentleman" wore a mask last night to a meeting. Sheesh.

Fine. No handshakes.

One good friend couldn't make the meeting. Flu. Vaccinated.

I don't trust flu shots anymore either.

Posted by: no one at December 12, 2025 05:54 AM (W7XSX)

67 This is supposed to be a nasty storm in some areas. But it is moving right on through.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 12, 2025 05:56 AM (+mUZM)

68 We'll have mid-70s as highs today and tomorrow -- ugly for December -- a chill Sunday through Wed., then back up to the 70s again by Thursday.

I'd better check and air up the tires on the Buick ahead of the cooldown on Sunday, so they will still be at a proper fill when the temp drops. Soon, too, I need to buy the oil and filter for the next six months. I hate to waste oil -- the little meter in the instrument panel says there is still 40% oil life left after six months, and it is synthetic oil. It can go longer. But I also hate to go beyond six months on any fill.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 12, 2025 05:57 AM (wzUl9)

69 67 storm ... is moving right on through.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 12, 2025 05:56 AM (+mUZM)

hooray!

Posted by: m at December 12, 2025 05:58 AM (RuTUS)

70 Had a chance to pick up two three-packs of the tp-link Deco X60's for around $250.00

Using the home's cat-5 ethernet for back-haul, stuff seems to flow rather well.

Lots of little issues that have been plaguing the wifi seem to have gone away, so all in all....glad I did it.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 12, 2025 05:43 AM (Ytdv9)

I've got a pair of Deco 6E routers, one on each end of the house.
They've been working great for about 6 months now.

Got much better speeds than with the AT&T Extender I was forced to upgrade to and has now been returned.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 12, 2025 06:01 AM (6ydKt)

71 Uh, Wolfus, synthetic oil will last years. Changing it at six months does not seem prudent to me.

Posted by: no one at December 12, 2025 06:02 AM (W7XSX)

72 “ …. most people and then a smaller number of people who are total dickheads”

In my more uncharitable moments I’ve questioned that - it’s a common refrain of course that nobody disputes e.g,, “the vast majority of people are good, but blah blah…” Are we really sure about that?

Posted by: Common Tater at December 12, 2025 06:05 AM (OtFdX)

73
I have never really adjusted to the time change. I've been waking up at 3:30 or 4:00 every morning aware that I'm not getting back to sleep, so I may as well get up. I go to bed around 10:30 and I'm getting 5 or 6 hours of sleep. I don't feel tired during the day, but by afternoon I want to take a nap.

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

74 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: THERE NOW REMAINS ONE FINAL QUESTION: HAVE YOU BEEN NAUGHTY...OR NICE?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 12, 2025 06:07 AM (E7xNt)

75 Uh, Wolfus, synthetic oil will last years. Changing it at six months does not seem prudent to me.
Posted by: no one at December 12, 2025

***
It's an easy marker for me to remember. And usually at six months the oil life is down to 20-25% with the driving I do here. It's higher than usual this time because of my 2000-mile trip to Indiana in Sept.

I'm using Walmart's own Supertech brand, so I'm not throwing too much money away. If I were running Mobil 1 or Castrol synthetic, I'd need to go longer. But an eight-month or nine-mont interval is harder for me to remember.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 12, 2025 06:08 AM (wzUl9)

76 We used those tplink mesh routers where I used to work. They seem to work pretty well.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 12, 2025 06:08 AM (+mUZM)

77 "Grandma stand " brings one connection at a time:

https://tinyurl.com/2kyfckkt

Sunny Skyz site

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 12, 2025 06:09 AM (ZeH0U)

78 I’ve questioned that - it’s a common refrain of course that nobody disputes e.g,, “the vast majority of people are good, but blah blah…” Are we really sure about that?
Posted by: Common Tater at December 12, 2025 06:05 AM (OtFdX)

It's become an axiom of mine that humans are universally loathsome, but fortunately it's only a relative few who truly enjoy being loathsome and elevate it into an art form.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 12, 2025 06:10 AM (Vq1pX)

79 Gute Nacht, alle zusammen 😴

Posted by: clarence at December 12, 2025 06:10 AM (JwHY3)

80 I don't trust flu shots anymore either.

Though the water temperatures make it uninviting Right Now, I've discovered that regular swimming at local lakes and exposed to whatever drains into them makes for a proper wide spectrum inoculation to whatever might go around.

That, and daytime walks for the Vitamin D; haven't had flu in well over a decade.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 12, 2025 06:10 AM (nAS9C)

81
It's become an axiom of mine that humans are universally loathsome...

Is that you John Calvin?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 12, 2025 06:11 AM (PVBkQ)

82 . I don't feel tired during the day, but by afternoon I want to take a nap.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 12, 2025 06:06 AM (tgvbd)

I've been working on that same sleep schedule for about a year or two now, and i feel like a champ. Used to be on a more traditional 12AM-7AM sleep time, and do the whole five minute mad dash panic to get ready for work. Now i got time to breathe and relax before going in.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 12, 2025 06:13 AM (Vq1pX)

83 >>>I have never really adjusted to the time change. I've been waking up at 3:30 or 4:00 every morning aware that I'm not getting back to sleep, so I may as well get up. I go to bed around 10:30 and I'm getting 5 or 6 hours of sleep. I don't feel tired during the day, but by afternoon I want to take a nap.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

>The gastrointestinal system is on its own regular time schedule. Like it or not, this is a good thing. Some evenings of slumber are longer but short can be good too.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 12, 2025 06:16 AM (1zOXE)

84 , “the vast majority of people are good, but blah blah…”

According to Mimetic Theory, people are only as good as their culture.

If your culture is fine with wholesale corruption and rape, then if you are corrupt and rape strangers at knife point, then you are not "bad" - as long as you make justifications for your actions according to your culture.

That is probably why the Globalists want to destroy the WASP ethics and moral structure by flooding the West with alien cultures that often are fully incompatible with the predominant culture.

From God's perspective, we are all condemnable and not a thing we do is Good.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 12, 2025 06:17 AM (+4Cf6)

85 I sometimes think of my Grandfather and what he thought about time change. He was a farmer all his life. He could tell time by looking where the sun was at on a certain day. He said they can change the time if they want to but they will come back to my time eventually. Well, he was right.

Posted by: Case at December 12, 2025 06:18 AM (G1OIb)

86 He could tell time by looking where the sun was at on a certain day.

Sundials, what kind of sorcery are they?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 12, 2025 06:19 AM (+4Cf6)

87 I found that if i fight it and try to force sleep when my meat suit says "boooo sleep, yayyyy awake", I'm a groggy mess the entire next day. If i just get up at 2:00 AM and make some coffee and do some reading or knitting for a couple hours, I'm in much better shape.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 12, 2025 06:21 AM (Vq1pX)

88 Morning peeps.

It snowed last night, so this morning will be chaos on the roads.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 12, 2025 06:23 AM (NwnyJ)

89 I used to do that, when someone would ask “What time is it?”

Put my best farmer face on (probably not very convincing) squint at the Sun, “Oh, I reckon it’s gettin’ on to about 3:30”. Sadly, with the advent of digital clocks everywhere on everything, plus cell phones, nobody asks that any longer.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 12, 2025 06:31 AM (OtFdX)

90 You have to confirm that the oil really *wants* to change.

Posted by: Ivy League Woke Psychiatrist at December 12, 2025 06:31 AM (OXYBr)

91 You have been successful keeping the old Buick alive and well, so keep up the good work.

I don't change my own oil. The hassle of getting rid of it property, etc. I have a sticker on the inside of my windshield to remind me. The oil change dudes/dudettes want me to see them every 6 months, but I just don't put that many miles on the cars to justify that.

The maker says 7,500 miles or more. When did changing it every 3,000 miles become a thing?

Posted by: no one at December 12, 2025 06:32 AM (W7XSX)

92 57 And that's the Billy Idol song "it's a nice day for a warm cardigan", right??
Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 12, 2025 05:43 AM (+mUZM)

That what I always told Daddy.

Posted by: Amy Carter, Presidential Advisor at December 12, 2025 06:33 AM (OXYBr)

93 Billy Idol at 6:30

That shakes out the cobwebs

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 12, 2025 06:33 AM (6C06J)

94 I don't change my own oil. The hassle of getting rid of it property, etc.

That is why the city thoughtfully provides storm drains.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 12, 2025 06:34 AM (kHd4y)

95 One where Billy Idol married his sidtrr?

Posted by: Eromero at December 12, 2025 06:34 AM (o2ZRX)

96 Though the water temperatures make it uninviting Right Now, I've discovered that regular swimming at local lakes and exposed to whatever drains into them makes for a proper wide spectrum inoculation to whatever might go around.

Attend your local MoMe. Chances are decent at least one attendee will have come to Texas and we get all the germs from everywhere in the country together for a party. Ain't no one died yet.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 12, 2025 06:34 AM (ExV1e)

97 When did changing it every 3,000 miles become a thing?
Posted by: no one at December 12, 2025 06:32 AM (W7XSX)

The days of conventional dinosaur juice and sloppier engine tolerances.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 12, 2025 06:35 AM (Vq1pX)

98 87 I found that if i fight it and try to force sleep when my meat suit says "boooo sleep, yayyyy awake", I'm a groggy mess the entire next day. If i just get up at 2:00 AM and make some coffee and do some reading or knitting for a couple hours, I'm in much better shape.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 12, 2025 06:21 AM (Vq1pX)

Not too long ago a lot of people had two sleeps, known as Biphasic Sleep.
First Sleep from around 7 or 8 p.m. to around midnight.
Then wake up and some activity for a few hours.
Second Sleep from around 3 or 4 to daybreak.

"Why Humans Are Supposed to Sleep in Two 4-Hour Phases"
https://youtu.be/DKBXFfEPJyg

That's just the first video I landed on.
There is a lot of info out there on it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 12, 2025 06:35 AM (6ydKt)

99 @88/Martini Farmer: "It snowed last night, so this morning will be chaos on the roads."

Set to "Riders on the Storm" by The Doors.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 12, 2025 06:35 AM (O7YUW)

100 That is why the city thoughtfully provides storm drains.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 12, 2025 06:34 AM (kHd4y)

- EMPTIES DIRECTLY TO WATERWAY -

"Oh, well that's convenient, then!"

*glug*

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 12, 2025 06:36 AM (Vq1pX)

101 Sadly, with the advent of digital clocks everywhere on everything, plus cell phones, nobody asks that any longer.

Old people still wear clock bracelets.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 12, 2025 06:37 AM (+4Cf6)

102 91 You have been successful keeping the old Buick alive and well, so keep up the good work.

I don't change my own oil. The hassle of getting rid of it property, etc. I have a sticker on the inside of my windshield to remind me. The oil change dudes/dudettes want me to see them every 6 months, but I just don't put that many miles on the cars to justify that.

The maker says 7,500 miles or more. When did changing it every 3,000 miles become a thing?
Posted by: no one at December 12, 2025 06:32 AM
When cranks ran in lead babbitt.

Posted by: Eromero at December 12, 2025 06:37 AM (o2ZRX)

103 As I was waking up, I did ask the Lord "1%? Are only 1% saved? 1% of all humanity? 1% of the Christians? 1% of the Catholics? Did you really suffer so much just for 1%?"

Culture is really important. A bad culture is really hard for a pagan to overcome.

Posted by: no one at December 12, 2025 06:37 AM (W7XSX)

104 m is asleep at the wheel.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 12, 2025 06:37 AM (O7YUW)

105 "Humans Are Supposed to Sleep in Two 4-Hour Phases"

huh, thought it was just me ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 12, 2025 06:37 AM (Cjt/F)

106 While I’m an original card carrying member of preventive maintenance club, the rational thing here if you’re concerned would be to send off a sample to an oil analysis firm. Lots of short trips aren’t good. It’s important for the engine (and exhaust system) to reach normal operating temperature. This takes a while.

The old duffers who drive 1/2 mile every morning to the coffee club always needed a new muffler, because they would rust out right away.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 12, 2025 06:39 AM (OtFdX)

107 That is why the city thoughtfully provides storm drains.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 12, 2025 06:34 AM (kHd4y)

- EMPTIES DIRECTLY TO WATERWAY -

I challenge you to walk through a parking lot and notice the vast amount of oil drippings all over the pavement. Tell me where does the new additions go during a rain?

That is why they say to drive extra careful on the first rain after a dry spell because the rain floats the oil out of the pavement and the roads are extraordinarily slick.

So where does the oil go?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 12, 2025 06:40 AM (+4Cf6)

108 Tyler Robinson seems to be unrepentant.

Posted by: no one at December 12, 2025 06:40 AM (W7XSX)

109 Why are we owed some kind of grace or salvation? Why do we even think it's monstrous for 1% or even less of humanity to "make it", in whatever sense that is meant?

We think it because we are perfect, we are good, we aren't a bad person, and everyone else is a person too, so if they're all eschatologically boned, then so are we. And gosh darn it that's just not acceptable.

You're not allowed to do that, God. It's unfair.... we say. Without a hint of irony.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 12, 2025 06:42 AM (Vq1pX)

110 >>>As I was waking up, I did ask the Lord "1%? Are only 1% saved? 1% of all humanity? 1% of the Christians? 1% of the Catholics? Did you really suffer so much just for 1%?"

Culture is really important. A bad culture is really hard for a pagan to overcome.

Posted by: no one

>Do you have a reading comprehension disability? Everybody is saved if you live a life of giving, forgiveness and humility.

Strive to be better.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 12, 2025 06:43 AM (1zOXE)

111 "Humans Are Supposed to Sleep in Two 4-Hour Phases"

My wife has perfected the model of sleeping between one and fourteen times per day for varying lengths of time and at random intervals.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 12, 2025 06:43 AM (ExV1e)

112 I am not going down the heresy rabbit hole. Grace is a gift.

Posted by: no one at December 12, 2025 06:44 AM (W7XSX)

113 Asleep At The Wheel. Been a long time since I listened to them. Starting now....

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 12, 2025 06:45 AM (rNGRC)

114 112 I am not going down the heresy rabbit hole. Grace is a gift.
Posted by: no one at December 12, 2025 06:44 AM (W7XSX)

"Oh thanks it's perfect how did you know.... uh, you kept the receipt, right?"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 12, 2025 06:46 AM (Vq1pX)

115 Modern cars and trucks are a lot better about drips and drabs. Those with long memories can recall all the roads and highways had a black sludge line of congealed grease and oil running right down the center. If you look at photos from the “good old days” you’ll see this.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 12, 2025 06:46 AM (OtFdX)

116 I like the idea of two four hour sleep stretches. It accords with what so often is true for me.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 12, 2025 06:47 AM (rNGRC)

117 But the heavenly virtues are not natural. We who have grace (faith, hope, and charity) should not assume that everyone else has it too. They don't. They think we are fools.

Posted by: no one at December 12, 2025 06:48 AM (W7XSX)

118 "...you kept the receipt, right?"

Indeed. I have both my Baptismal and my Confirmation certificates.

Posted by: no one at December 12, 2025 06:50 AM (W7XSX)

119 Do you have a reading comprehension disability? Everybody is saved if you live a life of giving, forgiveness and humility.

I hope that you are being sarcastic, because Works Righteousness is a dead letter.

So the Almighty God is just going to accept whatever ad hoc quid pro quos you toss up?

"OK God, My car needs replacement. If I quit beating my wife, then you should provide a new Lexus."

And from a ledger standpoint, how much "humility" overcomes the sin of telling a lie, or coveting the neighbor's car, or not putting in a full day's of work for your employer?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 12, 2025 06:50 AM (nCgQz)

120 But the heavenly virtues are not natural.

Insert sermon from Galatians 5

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 12, 2025 06:51 AM (nCgQz)

121
Well, that was cool. An almost perfect pass of the ISS overhead here starting at 6:34 AM and lasting about 7 mins. It popped up over the horizon to the SW, and arced pretty high overhead setting to the NE. It was quite bright, sun to the east right at the beginning of nautical twilight here.

And to top of it, saw a meteor as well while watching the sky. And as I type this, the thing is already close to Britain by now. When it first popped up over the horizon, it was just over the Gulf of America.

It was just about perfect alignment for viewing here.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 12, 2025 06:52 AM (w6EFb)

122 I like the idea of two four hour sleep stretches. It accords with what so often is true for me.

Most health experts recommend doing them back-to-back.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 12, 2025 06:52 AM (rgGn5)

123 It’s Friday, traditional pay day. That’s why I got up this morning. I was sleeping just fine.

Posted by: Eromero at December 12, 2025 06:52 AM (o2ZRX)

124 Most health experts recommend doing them back-to-back.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 12, 2025 06:52 AM (rgGn5)

Most health experts recommend being on your 114th covid booster by now.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 12, 2025 06:54 AM (ExV1e)

125 It’s Friday, traditional pay day. That’s why I got up this morning. I was sleeping just fine.
Posted by: Eromero at December 12, 2025 06:52 AM (o2ZRX)

I usually get up because I have to pee.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 12, 2025 06:55 AM (ExV1e)

126 >>>And from a ledger standpoint, how much "humility" overcomes the sin of telling a lie, or coveting the neighbor's car, or not putting in a full day's of work for your employer?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure

Whoa! Someone in a post above mentioned grace. It's not that far out of reach.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 12, 2025 06:55 AM (1zOXE)

127 Well, that was cool. An almost perfect pass of the ISS overhead here starting at 6:34 AM and lasting about 7 mins. It popped up over the horizon to the SW, and arced pretty high overhead setting to the NE. It was quite bright, sun to the east right at the beginning of nautical twilight here.

You are so fortunate to see that. A number of years ago, right at the time of maximum satellite flare in the morning, I witnessed the ISS separating from the space shuttle overhead.

I was expecting it so was out there looking for it and was not disappointed. It was kind of sad that there were also a number of people walking their dogs or just walking / running and not a one stopped to look overhead even when they saw me standing there staring up into space.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 12, 2025 06:55 AM (rgGn5)

128 Whoa! Someone in a post above mentioned grace. It's not that far out of reach.

Grace means unmerited favor and is extended to the Elect (insert Potter's Freedom sermon).

If you trade merit for grace, it isn't grace its a transaction.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 12, 2025 06:57 AM (/TiS1)

129 > Well, that was cool. An almost perfect pass of the ISS overhead here starting at 6:34 AM and lasting about 7 mins.
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Years ago we saw the space shuttle and the ISS pass overhead. We were in California at the time. Happened out over Monterey Bay.

I'll periodically see those Starlink "trains" here in KY. Not so much lately as it's been miserably cold and cloudy here for weeks.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 12, 2025 06:57 AM (NwnyJ)

130 ...a relative few who truly enjoy being loathsome and elevate it into an art form.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 12, 2025 06:10 AM (Vq1pX)

Ah...I see you have met my older sister.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 12, 2025 07:01 AM (n9ltV)

131 That Pogo - Picard-Data video that m posted is strangely fascinating.
Even the music is growing on me.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 12, 2025 07:02 AM (6ydKt)

132
I got the "Spot the station" app for the stupid phone. They used to have a website for that, but it's defunct, app only now. It's the best for accurate predictions, as they update the orbital elements all the time. Stellarium is generally pretty good, but the orbital elements sometimes won't update fast enough, especially after boosts and other maneuvers they do from time to time.

I was able to see a good pass a few weeks ago on the evening side. There, it passed into earth's shadow a little bit before halfway through the arc overhead. Unlike small satellites which wink out quickly, the ISS is big and reflective enough that it did a slow fade, turning red (red sunlight through the atmosphere, just like a sunset on the ground) before winking out. That was pretty cool.

BUt I see the morning side is the best when the alignment and terminator are just right. You can see the whole pass with the thing lit up the whole time.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 12, 2025 07:06 AM (w6EFb)

133 There's a couple things that occur to me in any kind of approach to all the faith/works/grace/etc armchair theology stuff.

1) You Don't Matter. You're not the center of the universe. Your particular salvation or damnation makes no difference to the workings of the rest of the cosmos.
2) You Are Not In Charge. Any thoughts our little neurons squirt out has no bearing on what is or what must be. It can be a fun exercise to think about stuff and see what we can figure out, but the stakes are Zero. We don't have any say in how any of it goes down, only in how we choose to live our lives before it does.
3) None of it matters if you don't have a solid prayer life and actually talk with the one who is in charge of the process. And if you *do* have that, then none of it matters because you'll already have your feet pretty firmly on the right path to do your job as a soul in a meat suit properly without fretting about the rules other people must follow.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 12, 2025 07:06 AM (Vq1pX)

134 >>>If you trade merit for grace, it isn't grace its a transaction.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure

>No argument here.
Merit and grace aren't even part of the same discussion.

One is anchored in reality, the other is anchored in you mind and personal representation.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 12, 2025 07:07 AM (1zOXE)

135 Where is the grace of the employer when they layoff people because the profit margins are two percent off what they think it should be?

Posted by: Case at December 12, 2025 07:08 AM (G1OIb)

136 I'm awake, but they just gave me a Tylenol and an oxycodone, so I may not be conscious too much longer 🤣🤣🤣 Will be seeing the surgical resident first, then Dr. Yopp will be by to see me around 8 or 9.

Apparently my liver is still intact, but I will be going home with an HAI pump. I will have to come up with a fun name for him - maybe call him "Fred". The medicine they will be putting in the pump is called FUDR - you KNOW we are going to be having fun with that acronym....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at December 12, 2025 07:09 AM (a9pSI)

137 Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 12, 2025 07:06 AM (Vq1pX)
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Well put.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 12, 2025 07:10 AM (fnAb4)

138 an oxycodone, so I may not be conscious too much longer 🤣🤣🤣 Will be seeing the surgical resident first, then Dr. Yopp will be by to see me around 8 or 9.

Apparently my liver is still intact, but I will be going home with an HAI pump. I will have to come up with a fun name for him - maybe call him "Fred". The medicine they will be putting in the pump is called FUDR - you KNOW we
are going to be having fun with that acronym....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at December 12, 2025 07:09 AM (a9pSI)
May you have some peaceful and restoring rest then. And may GOD hold you in his hands today and every day to come.
Amen

Posted by: Eromero at December 12, 2025 07:12 AM (o2ZRX)

139 Hope it all turns out well for you Teresa.
Sounds like good news so far.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 12, 2025 07:13 AM (6ydKt)

140 Wow Teresa, good to see you posting and still plucky. Will continue to pray for your recovery.

Posted by: Fred G. Sanford. at December 12, 2025 07:15 AM (oftw2)

141 Thanks for the update, Teresa!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 12, 2025 07:15 AM (Cjt/F)

142 Ah...I see you have met my older sister.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 12, 2025 07:01 AM (n9ltV)

So you use the art thread to punish us as a proxy for getting back at your sister?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 12, 2025 07:16 AM (ExV1e)

143 The newsfeed said an "Andy Dick" revived after apparent overdose.

Who is this "Andy Dick" and why waste a good Narcan on it?

Posted by: Questions at December 12, 2025 07:16 AM (YyIMQ)

144 Good luck, Teresa. And you could always call him "Hai Karate"

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 12, 2025 07:18 AM (WPL6O)

145 Who is this "Andy Dick" and why waste a good Narcan on it?
Posted by: Questions at December 12, 2025 07:16 AM (YyIMQ)

Andy Dick is the Andy Kauffman of narcotics overdoses.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 12, 2025 07:18 AM (Vq1pX)

146 Good morning morons

Thanks TiFW for checking in, a prayer for a speedy and complete recovery

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 12, 2025 07:20 AM (9ipOP)

147 Apparently my liver is still intact, but I will be going home with an HAI pump. I will have to come up with a fun name for him - maybe call him "Fred". The medicine they will be putting in the pump is called FUDR - you KNOW we
are going to be having fun with that acronym....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at December 12, 2025 07:09 AM (a9pSI)

According to AI...

A hepatic arterial infusion (HAI) pump is a surgically implanted device, typically about the size of a hockey puck, placed under the skin in the abdomen to deliver high-dose chemotherapy directly to the liver via the hepatic artery.

-- Given that it's the size of a hockey puck, maybe name it Wayne in honor of Gretzky.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 12, 2025 07:20 AM (ExV1e)

148 So you use the art thread to punish us as a proxy for getting back at your sister?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

It's not all offal. I think I remember a good painting several months ago, though it might have been on the other More Vibrant Art Thread.

Posted by: Mixed Up In My Dotage at December 12, 2025 07:21 AM (oftw2)

149 JJ is nood.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 12, 2025 07:21 AM (ExV1e)

150 And now we get to start playing whack-a-mole with all of these pesky little tumors that didn't show up on the CT Scan or the MRI (we were told that it is not uncommon to find that once they go in).

The good news is that the pump is even MORE targeted than anything I have had before, and they can use much more medication without the worry of killing "healthy" tissue in the process.

I think the oxycodone may be kicking in now - see you guys on the other side...

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at December 12, 2025 07:23 AM (U5cTn)

151 Hockey Puck in the abdomen beats an icepick in the forehead every time.

Posted by: Awl Or Nothing At Awl at December 12, 2025 07:24 AM (oftw2)

152 TIFW -
I'll start the bidding.
FUDR stands for For You, Dear.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 12, 2025 07:40 AM (2Ez/1)

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