Daily Tech News 16 December 2025

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Merriam Webster names "slop" the word of the year. (Tech Crunch)

Good work, dictionary. Have a cookie.

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LG has force-installed Microsoft Copilot on its smart TVs. (Tom's Hardware)

And you can't remove it.

Planning to buy Samsung instead? Same deal with their TVs and Google Gemini.
The KTC H27P3 is a 5k monitor. (The Verge)

It covers 99% of the DCI-P3 colour space and offers 500 nits of brightness and a 2000:1 contrast ratio. Only 60Hz at full resolution, but if you drop it down to 2560x1440 it can handle 120Hz. HDMI, DisplayPort, and USB-C are on offer for inputs. It nominally offers 10-bit colour but that's through PWM - it's really just a regular 8-bit panel.

All of that stuff is commonplace in semi-professional monitors, so why mention it?

According to the article (I couldn't verify this myself) it's currently discounted to $355 on Amazon.
How the CIA lost a radioisotope thermoelectric generator. (New York Times)

The article refers to it as a "nuclear device" every single time, trying to play up the danger, citing concerns that it might break down and pollute the pristine waters of... The Ganges.

Anyway, they know exactly where it is. At the top of a mountain. Probably.
Hard drive prices soared in the most recent quarter along with everything else. (Tom's Hardware)

By 4%.
Searching UTF-8 text at 5GB/s using AVX-512. (Ash Vardanian)

It's an impressive trick, but mostly because Unicode (and UTF-8 in particular) is utterly insane.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: For you is not for me.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at December 16, 2025 04:00 AM (Ia/+0)

2 guten morgen, horde

Posted by: clarence at December 16, 2025 04:00 AM (sdF4j)

3 Morning all.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 16, 2025 04:01 AM (BLOW1)

4 Sad to see dictionaries contributing to the decline of the English language.

Posted by: clarence at December 16, 2025 04:04 AM (sdF4j)

5 Well. I was going to say that memory prices seemed to have stopped increasing, but no, they've gone up another 10% or so in the past week.

64GB of Crucial DDR5-5600 SO-DIMMs (laptop memory) now costs A$949, up from about A$250 a couple of months ago.

The mini-PC I just bought, which includes 64GB of Crucial DDR5-5600 SO-DIMMs, cost A$989 for the entire system.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 16, 2025 04:06 AM (BLOW1)

6 He went to the same restaurant in FL everyday . When he didn't show up, the chef went looking:

https://tinyurl.com/ymznbhw7

SunnySkyz site

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 16, 2025 04:07 AM (Yl2Ob)

7 Morning Pixy, morning everyone.
Yall are in my prayers.
Jim is OK
Haven't heard from Theresa
tcm in AK is having shoulder work Wednesday
I'm going to bed, goodnight.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 16, 2025 04:10 AM (+e7qF)

8 I've given up trying to order Crucial harddrives on Amazon. Both times, they didn't ship. It's a problem with some things where they sit for a week but they usually go out. I think I'm good now.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 16, 2025 04:11 AM (+mUZM)

9 He carries around shelter dogs in his backpack to help get them adopted. Good News Network site:

https://tinyurl.com/4bzd2m6j

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 16, 2025 04:21 AM (2sfNr)

10 According to the article (I couldn't verify this myself) it's currently discounted to $355 on Amazon.

The Amazon link on The Verge has it at $569 now.
It reads “At Checkout” on the link button, but even if I put it in the Amazon cart it’s still $569 and I don’t see a coupon button anywhere.

KTC is another Chinese brand like AOC & INNOCN that are undercutting everybody else on cheaper monitors.

They all make some cheaper Mini-LED displays with multiple dimming zones for much cheaper prices than their bigger name competitors offer in Mini-LED and OLED.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 16, 2025 04:23 AM (6ydKt)

11 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come. at December 16, 2025 04:23 AM (sAmhv)

12 Moving story behind hymn: "I heard the bells on Christmas Day. Faithpot site:

https://tinyurl.com/ya3thdck

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 16, 2025 04:25 AM (2sfNr)

13 trying to play up the danger, citing concerns that it might break down and pollute the pristine waters of... The Ganges.
.........................................
The monstereous mutations that will rise out of The Ganges would terrify Godzilla.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come. at December 16, 2025 04:29 AM (sAmhv)

14 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes.

17 cold degrees here at Stately Poppins Manor. It is supposed to warm up as the week goes on, getting near 50 by Friday, which would be nice. I am not one of those people who wishes for a white Christmas.

The usual 2-3 hours' worth of work ahead. 56 days until retirement, touch wood. As always, I'll be happy to take a nap when the day is done.

Novel writing is still stuck. Depression at its usual level.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 16, 2025 04:38 AM (ufSfZ)

15 Around 20 degrees here

Posted by: Skip at December 16, 2025 04:40 AM (Ia/+0)

16 Made Cream of Wheat to warm me up

Posted by: Skip at December 16, 2025 04:40 AM (Ia/+0)

17 Thank you for that story about the fellow carrying shelter dogs around, Fen. I need that today.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 16, 2025 04:42 AM (ufSfZ)

18 w00t

Posted by: m at December 16, 2025 04:42 AM (RuTUS)

19 16 Made Cream of Wheat to warm me up
Posted by: Skip at December 16, 2025 04:40 AM (Ia/+0)

Nice!

Posted by: m at December 16, 2025 04:45 AM (RuTUS)

20 Johnny Cougar!

Posted by: no one at December 16, 2025 04:47 AM (W7XSX)

21 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 16, 2025 04:42 AM (ufSfZ)

You are most welcome. Is there anyway after work you could go to someplace that has beauty - have any art museums nearby (?) to enjoy the warmth and lovely pictures?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 16, 2025 04:49 AM (2sfNr)

22 Been up since 2:45, wish I could go back to bed

Posted by: Skip at December 16, 2025 04:49 AM (Ia/+0)

23 From the ONT, I blame R rated movies. F-bombs were not mainstream. And foreigners that watch R-rated films and come over here and think it's okay.

Posted by: no one at December 16, 2025 04:50 AM (W7XSX)

24
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 16, 2025 04:50 AM (tljrc)

25 "Simple wonders-" A devotional on Genesis 1:25-31:

https://tinyurl.com/2n4dvmrw

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 16, 2025 05:06 AM (Yl2Ob)

26 Good morning! Looks like we'll have a nice warming trend over the next few days here in Cowtown, ending with sunny and mid 70s for Christmas day. Prime grilling and chillin weather!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 16, 2025 05:10 AM (3Ope8)

27 G'morning, all!

A rather cold 20.7 degrees out, with a chance to still drop below that around 7:15 this morning.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 16, 2025 05:11 AM (Ytdv9)

28 Gaslighted about Somalian refugees at American Thinker is a good read

Posted by: Skip at December 16, 2025 05:15 AM (Ia/+0)

29 Supposed to get slightly above freezing today, better tomorrow.
Really better in May

Posted by: Skip at December 16, 2025 05:16 AM (Ia/+0)

30 "Hold on to 16 as long as you can [...]"

The refrain of Boomer liberals.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at December 16, 2025 05:22 AM (3jG6y)

31 Force installation of Microsoft Copilot:

They really want to get that Panopticon in place, don't they?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 16, 2025 05:26 AM (O7YUW)

32 "Hold on to 16 as long as you can"

Well, she's a little old, but you're on the right path.

Posted by: Roman Polanski at December 16, 2025 05:32 AM (R+nQW)

33 God is good, all the time

Posted by: CanuckJack at December 16, 2025 05:32 AM (1cCGi)

34 31 Force installation of Microsoft Copilot:

They really want to get that Panopticon in place, don't they?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 16, 2025 05:26 AM (O7YUW)

It also doesn't hurt that Google and Microsoft will pay the TV manufacturers to install the AI on the TVs.

All of those Smart TVs have gotten cheaper and cheaper over the years for a reason; all the added apps and software on them are subsidizing them.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 16, 2025 05:37 AM (6ydKt)

35 For Hank Williams Sr., this is a rather low key gospel song, "House of Gold". I liked it!

https://tinyurl.com/45fp5dkv

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 16, 2025 05:42 AM (Yl2Ob)

36 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at December 16, 2025 05:49 AM (AN2gy)

37 Fear not, I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, yes, I will help you. I will uphold you with My righteous right hand."

Isaiah 41:10

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 16, 2025 05:52 AM (Yl2Ob)

38 Good Morning.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 16, 2025 05:53 AM (LjSYW)

39 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 16, 2025 05:57 AM (bQ4nt)

40 30 "Hold on to 16 as long as you can [...]"

The refrain of Boomer liberals.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at December 16, 2025 05:22 AM (3jG6y)

"You're 16, you're beautiful, and you're mine!"

Posted by: m at December 16, 2025 05:58 AM (RuTUS)

41 mornin yall

LA TILF terrorist Zachary Page, 32, who went by “Ash Kerrigan,” “AK” and “cthulu’s daughter" appears to be a tranny. Surprise surprise.

Maybe I'm wrong and it's just another deranged lefty with crazy eyes and and a taste for mayhem.

Posted by: fd at December 16, 2025 06:02 AM (vFG9F)

42 40 30 "Hold on to 16 as long as you can [...]"

The refrain of Boomer liberals.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at December 16, 2025 05:22 AM (3jG6y)

"You're 16, you're beautiful, and you're mine!"
Posted by: m at December 16, 2025 05:58 AM (RuTUS)

"Leave her alone", they said.

Posted by: Benny Mardones at December 16, 2025 06:03 AM (tfOmD)

43 Andy Ngo
@MrAndyNgo
7h
I can exclusively report that the fifth unnamed arrested suspect in the Turtle Island Liberation Front New Year's Eve mass bombing terror plot is Trantifa militant Micah James Legnon (center photo, in blue).

Legnon is on a federal hold in Lafayette, La. He is a trans activist and identifies as a female. His social media is filled with posts calling for the m—rder of people he labels as "fascists."

Authorities say the Turtle Island Liberation Front, a far-left communist "decolonization" terror group, planned to blow up ICE agents and locations with homemade bombs. Audrey Illeene Carroll, 30; Zachary Aaron Page (trans), 32; Tina Lai, 41; and Dante Gaffield, 24, are the other comrades arrested in Los Angeles after they were caught allegedly traveling to the desert to test their explosives.

Legnon is an ex-Marine and a former cop.

Posted by: m at December 16, 2025 06:04 AM (RuTUS)

44 that is:

Micah James Legnon, an ex-Marine and a former cop, a trans activist, identifies as female

Audrey Illeene Carroll, 30

Zachary Aaron Page (trans), 32

Tina Lai, 41

Dante Gaffield, 24

Posted by: m at December 16, 2025 06:07 AM (RuTUS)

45 Some fool is going to marry MTG. With any luck she will bail on him after a year or so too.

Posted by: fd at December 16, 2025 06:09 AM (vFG9F)

46 All of those Smart TVs have gotten cheaper and cheaper over the years for a reason

When we went TV shopping, I told the salesman "We want a dumb TV. As in, no fancy features whatsoever."

He quickly showed us what we were looking for. Been happy with the results.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 16, 2025 06:09 AM (+4yJ5)

47 Legnon is an ex-Marine

+1 for using that term correctly. -:-)

Posted by: NR Pax at December 16, 2025 06:10 AM (+4yJ5)

48 47 Legnon is an ex-Marine

+1 for using that term correctly. -:-)
Posted by: NR Pax at December 16, 2025 06:10 AM (+4yJ5)

I just cut and pasted from Andy Ngo, so no credit to me!

Posted by: m at December 16, 2025 06:11 AM (RuTUS)

49 Evening and morning, late toilers and early risers! I was nearly among the insomaniacals this morning. Not Stirling's fault, either. I was dreaming that Michelle Williams of Dawson's Creek was a friend of mine, and we were sitting by a fountain, reminiscing about another lady we knew who was off somewhere on a diplomatic mission (!), when I woke at 3:30. Somehow I managed to slope off to sleep again until 5:00.

Anyway! I be here, with coffee and a pipe. The temp is 46 F., so nowhere near as chilly as yesterday. What's going on with you and the world?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 16, 2025 06:12 AM (wzUl9)

50 FWIW

Andy Ngo
@MrAndyNgo
11h
... We have seen instances before of former conservatives becoming Antifa and far-left extremists after transitioning.

Posted by: m at December 16, 2025 06:14 AM (RuTUS)

51 When we went TV shopping, I told the salesman "We want a dumb TV. As in, no fancy features whatsoever."

He quickly showed us what we were looking for. Been happy with the results.
Posted by: NR Pax at December 16, 2025

***
I've had my Vizio now for about five years. It has some "smart" features, I'm sure, but they aren't intrusive, and the unit has worked well. I've ditched cable and watch most everything over-the-air, with the occasional DVD.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 16, 2025 06:15 AM (wzUl9)

52 Keep the two LA's clear! LA, CA; Lafayette, LA.

@MrAndyNgo
14h
In addition to the accused four far-left terror members of the Turtle Island Liberation Front being arrested in California for a terror pipe bombing plot to kill ICE agents, a fifth suspect believed to be linked to the group was arrested in Lafayette, La.

FBI Director Kash Patel
@FBIDirectorKash
19h
Over the weekend, the @FBI disrupted a credible, imminent terrorist threat and arrested FOUR individuals connected to the Los Angeles area.

Posted by: m at December 16, 2025 06:18 AM (RuTUS)

53 What's going on with you and the world?

**shrugs** The usual. I have been having some vivid dreams lately (two nights ago, I was somehow cast in the Burton / Taylor Cleopatra), but also a lot of night sweats, which I need to investigate.

My writing friend and muse just won an award for independent writers. I know 'awards' are a dime a dozen and I am happy for her, but it hurts.

I won't go into details, but I have found out - to my dismay, but also to my interest, as it brings clarity - exactly how fatuously superficial the term 'friend' is.

As I said upthread, 56 days until retirement. I hope.

Back to work.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 16, 2025 06:22 AM (ufSfZ)

54 Lefties on Reddit are sharing a post/image from 2021 from some indy game developer describing an activist as a member of the Turtle Island Liberation Front, proving it's not real or something?
https://shorturl.at/Hix8z

And yes, it's as DEI/queer as possible.

are people claiming to be Turtle Island Liberation Front? First I'm hearing of it

it appears the FBI ~~is referencing a fictional group to justify real world actions~~ goaded some folks into doing something indictable.

I emailed them...which probably means that I just accidentally emailed a dummy email address owned by DHS.

So, basically, the same kind of shit the FBI used to pull so they could publish a press release about how they prevented yet another terrorist attack after 9/11 by getting a bunch of alienated people from targeted and surveilled communities to basically entrap themselves.

Turtle Island is a nickname Indigenous people use for North America, if you were curious who they plan on cracking down on by pulling this stunt

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at December 16, 2025 06:28 AM (JCZqz)

55 "Sajid and Naveed Akram underwent military-style training overseas just weeks before the pair allegedly opened fire at the Jewish Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach. "

Allegedly. Ok. There are hundreds of pictures of the alleged murderers allegedly murdering people with their allegedly legally obtained firearms.

Posted by: fd at December 16, 2025 06:35 AM (vFG9F)

56 Both furry thugs slept with me last night. I felt Stirling join me and settle against my stomach as I was drifting off to sleep. Both when I woke at 3:30 and again at 5:00, I discovered little gray Dagny (who is getting a *tiny* bit less aloof) curled up on the other pillow near my head.

Time I went to feed them, and me too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 16, 2025 06:36 AM (wzUl9)

57 G'mornin' everyone! (allegedly!)

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 16, 2025 06:38 AM (Cjt/F)

58 "Sajid and Naveed Akram underwent military-style training overseas just weeks before the pair allegedly opened fire at the Jewish Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach. "

Allegedly. Ok. There are hundreds of pictures of the alleged murderers allegedly murdering people with their allegedly legally obtained firearms.
Posted by: fd at December 16, 2025 06:35 AM (vFG9F)
---
I'm really starting to hate the term "alleged" when used in the context where the perpetrators are clearly engaged in criminal activity.

There's nothing alleged about it. THEY KILLED THOSE PEOPLE.

May they receive the divine judgment they have earned.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 16, 2025 06:38 AM (ESVrU)

59 47 Legnon is an ex-Marine

+1 for using that term correctly. -:-)
Posted by: NR Pax at December 16, 2025 06:10 AM (+4yJ5

Well I never!

Posted by: Zombie John Murtha at December 16, 2025 06:39 AM (tfOmD)

60 when I woke at 3:30. Somehow I managed to slope off to sleep again until 5:00.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 16, 2025 06:12 AM (wzUl9)

It's retirement doing that to you. Didn't even see the ONT last night. Got up a half hour ago, read KduT and Lileks, then above the fold on the ONT.

Fun fact: not only can you see Shasta from I-5, you can also see it on your grocer's shelves.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 16, 2025 06:39 AM (uQesX)

61 Yes, indeedy. The FBI wants to crack down on down on indigenous people, or is it indigenous people who identify as trans? Sometimes I wonder whether some things on DU are parody they are so dumb.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 16, 2025 06:42 AM (2sfNr)

62 If you live on the East Coast and it's clear, check out the morning sky. It's beautiful!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 16, 2025 06:44 AM (ELdpA)

63 Yeah Fen. I took out the trash an saw the beautiful crescent moon.

Just like a Dreamworks intro.

Posted by: no one at December 16, 2025 06:48 AM (W7XSX)

64 >>> If you live on the East Coast and it's clear

Full overcast in these parts, but thanks for the heads up.

Posted by: fluffy at December 16, 2025 06:48 AM (AN2gy)

65 Fen thanks for the dog backpack and diner guy stories

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 16, 2025 06:50 AM (6U1c2)

66 I finally figured out the name of that Australian lager beer I tried decades ago, and never found them again.

'Broken Hill Lager' made by South Australian Brewing Co.

Apparently there was some kind

I only remembered the name because I watched an episode of the Lotus Eaters podcast that there was a "Battle of Broken Hill" on New Years Day in 1915 in South Australia where two Muslim men ('Ghans' - laborers from Northern India) who believed they were fighting a sanctioned Jihad proclaimed by Mehmed V (Sultan of the Ottoman Empire) and killed four people by firing rifles at a passing train and then they were killed after a shootout with police & military.

Who knew Oz had a Muslim terror attack over a century ago?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 16, 2025 06:54 AM (6ydKt)

67 ^^ "there was some kind of jihad attack there."

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 16, 2025 06:54 AM (6ydKt)

68 Chief Pamela Smith coerced staff to report artificially low crime data and cultivated a culture of fear to achieve her agenda. Chief Smith’s decision to mislead the public by manipulating crime statistics is dangerous and undermines trust in both local leadership and law enforcement.

Just a quick reminder that every big blue city has FAKE crime data. DC just got caught.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 16, 2025 06:56 AM (gbOdA)

69 Both furry thugs slept with me last night.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Lucky!!!!!

Posted by: Tyler James Robinson at December 16, 2025 06:58 AM (JCZqz)

70 Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 16, 2025 06:50 AM (6U1c2

You are most welcome!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 16, 2025 07:00 AM (Yl2Ob)

71 turtle island liberation front

Is a semi-islamofascist group that want to end the US and capitalism and somehow turn the US over back to the Natives that will become fellow islamofascist.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 16, 2025 07:00 AM (gbOdA)

72 I'm ok with turning Manhattan back over to the Natives.

Posted by: fd at December 16, 2025 07:02 AM (vFG9F)

73 58 I'm really starting to hate the term "alleged" when used in the context where the perpetrators are clearly engaged in criminal activity.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 16, 2025 06:38 AM (ESVrU)

Advice of the legal department.

Posted by: m at December 16, 2025 07:06 AM (RuTUS)

74 . . . "Battle of Broken Hill" on New Years Day in 1915 in South Australia where two Muslim men ('Ghans' - laborers from Northern India) who believed they were fighting a sanctioned Jihad proclaimed by Mehmed V (Sultan of the Ottoman Empire) and killed four people by firing rifles at a passing train and then they were killed after a shootout with police & military.

Who knew Oz had a Muslim terror attack over a century ago?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 16, 2025

***
Back then, the Aussies knew how to deal with terrorists. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 16, 2025 07:06 AM (wzUl9)

75 69 Both furry thugs slept with me last night.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Lucky!!!!!
Posted by: Tyler James Robinson at December 16, 2025 06:58 AM (JCZqz)

oWo and Meow!

Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at December 16, 2025 07:08 AM (KP19t)

76 Looks like we'll have 70 F. as highs next week and all through Christmas. Lows about 55, so that's good workout weather. I might have to run the A/C on Thursday this week. Gah.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 16, 2025 07:09 AM (wzUl9)

77
JJS

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 16, 2025 07:12 AM (gbOdA)

78 JJ is early again today?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 16, 2025 07:15 AM (wzUl9)

79 from the TechCrunch slop article:

Relatedly, tech words have been big winners in the WOTY (word of the year) category this year.

- Macquarie Dictionary already beat out Merriam-Webster to make “AI slop” its annual term, while

- Oxford Dictionary chose “ragebait.”

- Collins Dictionary went with “vibe coding.”

Posted by: m at December 16, 2025 07:19 AM (RuTUS)

80 JJ is early again today?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 16, 2025 07:15 AM (wzUl9)

Hope his wife isn't disappointed.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 16, 2025 07:19 AM (uQesX)

81 The TechCrunch article reads kinda like slop itself:

“Like slime, sludge, and muck, slop has the wet sound of something you don’t want to touch. Slop oozes into everything,” the dictionary writes, adding that, in an age of AI anxiety, it is a term designed to communicate “a tone that’s less fearful, more mocking” of the technology.

less fearful than wut

Posted by: m at December 16, 2025 07:21 AM (RuTUS)

82 wow; from the Ash Vardanian blog entry:

Today, almost all of the Internet is UTF-8. Its share grew from 50% in 2010 to 98% in 2024.

Posted by: m at December 16, 2025 07:28 AM (RuTUS)

83 The 5K monitor, do not need, these old eyes can barely see the difference between 720p and 1080p.

Show of hands, how many are using a computer monitor as a TV since all the TV's are full of "smart" chickenshit bull shit?

Posted by: These fish sticks are hard as tits at December 16, 2025 09:01 AM (BLpWt)

84 I have an LG 'Smart' TV, and found one weird trick to keep Copilot off. Every single time I turn the TV on (I mostly use it as a video game console display), it tells me I need to connect it to the Internet. I just politely tell it the electronic equivalent of "F - U". It's worked so far.

Posted by: RoadRunner at December 16, 2025 09:14 AM (Lyv1/)

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