Daily Tech News 22 December 2025

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How Pepsi saved the Roomba, and how Lina Khan murdered it. (Tech Crunch)

I hadn't heard the Pepsi story before:
The press drove this huge initial demand - 70,000 robots. So next year we're going to do four times that. We made 300,000 robots. We even made a television commercial, but we were a bunch of geek engineers, so it totally failed. After Cyber Monday we were sitting with 250,000 robots in our warehouse like, "Oh my God, the world's going to end."

Then something good happened. The guy running our website said, "Why did sales quadruple yesterday?" We hadn't done anything. What had happened was Pepsi had started running a TV ad with Dave Chappelle. He walks into this beautiful home, picks up a potato chip, and a Roomba comes out. He's like, "A vacuum cleaner!" He throws down the potato chip, the vacuum eats it, then chases him. His pants are ripped off. He stands up in boxers. A beautiful woman appears, and he says, "Your vacuum cleaner ate my pants." We sold 250,000 robots in two weeks and realized we knew nothing about marketing.
And now for Lina Khan's FTC, the AntiPepsi:
The amount of money and time spent was indescribable. I would not be surprised if over 100,000 documents were created and delivered. iRobot invested a significant part of our discretionary earnings against fulfilling the requirements that went along with doing the transaction. Amazon was forced to invest many, many, many times that. There was a whole team, both internal and external employees and lawyers and economists working to try to, in as many different ways as possible - because it seemed like our message was falling on deaf ears - demonstrate that this acquisition was not going to create a monopolistic situation.
It was never going to create a monopoly. The FTC didn't care. It wanted scalps.
There was daily activity for 18 months associated with this. Perhaps most telling, when I was testifying as part of being deposed, I had a chance to walk the halls of the FTC. The examiners on their office doors had printouts of deals blocked, like trophies.

Tech News

Apple's always extortionate memory prices are about to escalate to excruciating when their memory purchase agreements start to expire - some of them as soon as January. (WCCFTech)

If Apple had any wits about them they'd write Nanya a blank cheque and tell them to go for it. Or just buy them outright.
IDC expects average PC prices to jump by up to 8% in 2026. (Tom's Hardware)

If prices jump by 8% it will only be because specs have been sharply reduced.
Speaking of specs being sharply reduced, is 8GB of VRAM enough going into 2024? (WCCFTech)

Probably. If you have the 8GB 9600 XT, turn off ray tracing and you'll be good at 1080p and likely even at 1440p.

Roomba Interlude

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Babies seem to be born to widdle. I think the instructions got screwed up somehow.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 04:01 AM (RuTUS)

2 G'Day

Posted by: Skip at December 22, 2025 04:01 AM (Ia/+0)

3 Poke.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 22, 2025 04:02 AM (BLOW1)

4 Morning all!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 22, 2025 04:02 AM (BLOW1)

5 Hi, Pixy.

Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 04:04 AM (RuTUS)

6 Good morning. Is it secret? Is it safe?

Posted by: Fluffy Nuggets, Jr. at December 22, 2025 04:04 AM (YmxGb)

7 from the Roomba article; invention doesn't get much cooler than this:

We built the PackBot, which was the first robot ever deployed in a combat mission for the US Army, went into caves in Afghanistan, and became the primary methodology for diffusing improvised explosive devices. We would get postcards: “You saved my life today.”

Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 04:07 AM (RuTUS)

8 As said downstairs, short week, think I can handle this

Posted by: Skip at December 22, 2025 04:08 AM (Ia/+0)

9 Howdy!

Posted by: Moonbeam at December 22, 2025 04:10 AM (rbKZ6)

10 Here's Chappelle's Pepsi commercial that features a Roomba:

https://tinyurl.com/2wb9dckt

Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 04:15 AM (RuTUS)

11 The story of the FTC interference is, sadly, too typical of the US deep state. Embedded like a tick on a blue heeler.

Posted by: clarence at December 22, 2025 04:26 AM (JUmo3)

12 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 22, 2025 04:27 AM (sAmhv)

13 If Apple had any wits about them they'd write Nanya a blank cheque and tell them to go for it. Or just buy them outright.
----

If Apple had any sense at all, it likely left the building years ago.

Posted by: clarence at December 22, 2025 04:28 AM (JUmo3)

14 I kinda hate to ask this, but: I have gotten onto a mailing list for really stupid ads. I've directed them into my junk/spam box.

They have an unsubscribe link. Do I click that?

Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 04:38 AM (RuTUS)

15 Probably. If you have the 8GB 9600 XT, turn off ray tracing and you'll be good at 1080p and likely even at 1440p.

I haven't cracked my box open to replace my GPU and PSU yet, as I don't want to risk not having a PC to work with if something goes wrong so it's still got the RX 7600 I originally built it with.

That card only has 8GB and I was running Cyberpunk 2077 at around 60 to 80 fps at 1440p (no Ray-tracing, I'd be lucky to get 15 fps if I turned any of that on).

Also The Outer Worlds, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Red Dead Redemption 2 all were giving me over 60 fps.

I'd run the games at Medium or High settings and tweak specific settings as needed. GotG even has some light Ray-tracing and it ran fine.

I think 8GB is still fine for most games people play.
It may cause some trouble at 1440p with some of the newer games, or specific games on specific game engines might run like crap, but for the most part people can get by on 8GB for a few more years if you don't go crazy with the settings.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 22, 2025 04:40 AM (6ydKt)

16 from the Roomba article:

Amazon’s January 2024 decision to scuttle its $1.7 billion acquisition of iRobot

That's some big bucks.

Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 04:42 AM (RuTUS)

17 They have an unsubscribe link. Do I click that?

Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 04:38 AM (RuTUS)

I'd say for a reputable company it's probably OK, as they are legit about it being an Unsubscribe list.

Some other fly-by-night or janky spam mail lists are harder to trust as they may just be using an Unsubscribe to confirm a valid address and then they'll just send you more spam.

I generally just send stuff to Junk/Spam folders, and Gmail and Yahoo are pretty good about putting it all there so I never see it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 22, 2025 04:48 AM (6ydKt)

18 17 They have an unsubscribe link. Do I click that?
Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 04:38 AM (RuTUS)

Some other fly-by-night or janky spam mail lists are harder to trust as they may just be using an Unsubscribe to confirm a valid address and then they'll just send you more spam.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 22, 2025 04:48 AM (6ydKt)

How to know! Thanks.

Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 04:53 AM (RuTUS)

19 I was just reminded that SODIMM to DIMM adapters are a thing that exist.

Since I have 256GB of DDR4 SODIMMs, that reminder might come in useful if one of my older laptops decides to stop working - which is likely to happen before the memory drought is resolved.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 22, 2025 04:59 AM (BLOW1)

20 Pepsi sucks. Nuke them from orbit.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 05:00 AM (kT/XV)

21 Reflection on final words. Matthew 28:18-20

https://tinyurl.com/yffcxa9k

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 22, 2025 05:05 AM (Nx5jP)

22 Belated BOING!

Busy coding for a living. Maybe l8r.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 22, 2025 05:06 AM (KsL+3)

23 19 I was just reminded that SODIMM to DIMM adapters are a thing that exist.

Since I have 256GB of DDR4 SODIMMs, that reminder might come in useful if one of my older laptops decides to stop working - which is likely to happen before the memory drought is resolved.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 22, 2025 04:59 AM (BLOW1)

People are going to get really creative with memory solutions if the prices keep climbing.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 22, 2025 05:07 AM (6ydKt)

24
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 22, 2025 05:13 AM (tljrc)

25 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at December 22, 2025 05:19 AM (AN2gy)

26 Well below freezing but clear
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at December 22, 2025 05:25 AM (Ia/+0)

27 @14/m: I kinda hate to ask this, but: I have gotten onto a mailing list for really stupid ads. I've directed them into my junk/spam box.

They have an unsubscribe link. Do I click that?"

What SpeakingOf told you.

Also, identify a piece of their email address from the "From:" line you can use to identify their mail, and create a couple of mail filters using that run when mail is received.

For inbound mail that matches:
- Mark it as read
- Move it to trash

For a while, you can leave out the "Mark it as read" step and check the trash folder manually to ensure that it's only tagging exactly what you want. Eventually though you want this running silently and not bringing your attention to it.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 22, 2025 05:26 AM (O7YUW)

28 One thing that iRobot never seemed to realize about vision-based vacuuming robots is that you can't run the fucking things at night without leaving the lights on, since they couldn't see anything if you didn't. Maybe that was fine pre-COVID, when users probably weren't in the houses during the day, but it's a PITA when you start working from home.

The image of the woman on the toilet when the robot went in the bathroom to vacuum that leaked out on the internet didn't help a lot.

For Telsa's cars using vision, we expect human driven cars to have their lights on to see, so it's not a big deal for the robot cars to do the same.

I was an early iRobot adopter (I've got 2 to cover my house now) and the FTC fucking the goat here pisses me off.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at December 22, 2025 05:29 AM (rlXCY)

29 It's a little early yet, but here's a lovely version of Nat King Cole singing "O, holy night":

https://tinyurl.com/htcy8dsa

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 22, 2025 05:34 AM (ix8EF)

30 27 @14/m: ...

What SpeakingOf told you.

Also, identify a piece of their email address from the "From:" line you can use to identify their mail, and create a couple of mail filters using that run when mail is received.

For inbound mail that matches:
- Mark it as read
- Move it to trash

For a while, you can leave out the "Mark it as read" step and check the trash folder manually to ensure that it's only tagging exactly what you want. Eventually though you want this running silently and not bringing your attention to it.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 22, 2025 05:26 AM (O7YUW)

Thanks! They always go to junk/spam. I check junk/spam daily because some legit stuff goes there. And that's where I am forced to skim the subject line of the stupid ads and that's when I think, make it stop.

Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 05:41 AM (RuTUS)

31 Why do I talk about Silver prices? Why did President Trump declare Silver a vital National Resource? Same reasons. The Silver Price is not any longer really determined by commodities traders as a speculative price. The real determination is governed by the physical short fall in supplies of the metal, and its widespread industrial uses. Why did J.P. Morgan pay a $920 million fine to the FTC for "spoofing" the silver market? For years the bank has held the silver price low by sending out false sell orders and canceling them just before execution. That was a RICO violation and Bank executives went to prison for doing that. The reason they did that was to amass a huge physical amount of Silver at artificially low prices. Anything High tech requires the low electrical resistance of Silver, and there is no substitute for the metal. For instance: a tomahawk cruise missile uses about 500 oz of Silver and that silver is destroyed into unrecoverable vapor when the missile is used. Hundreds of millions of cell phones also use small amounts of silver which can't be recovered when the cell phone dies, because the cost of recovery is too high. Silver spot is at $69.33 per oz.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 22, 2025 05:44 AM (Da7Vv)

32 So I have a question:
Are there people that do not know Tucker is full of shit?
Seems so obvious.
Same goes for Nick dude. 1 tweet picked up by 20 to 200 bots is not a trend.
Also add in all the people that tell you this or that (D) is preaching Jesus or whatever.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 22, 2025 05:45 AM (gbOdA)

33 Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 22, 2025 05:44 AM (Da7Vv)

I read a story year ago about how the DoW needed ATT to build switches for WWII. So they needed several tons of gold to make the contacts.
After war was over they melted down the switches and got with 1% of the gold back.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 22, 2025 05:49 AM (gbOdA)

34 Posted by: rhennigantx at December 22, 2025 05:45 AM (gbOdA)
tukker and pooentes
The sooner those two bastards disappear from view the better.

That is all.

Posted by: 5 miles to nowhere at December 22, 2025 05:51 AM (G+z4C)

35 You can't have high speed data chips without the low resistance of silver. For years silver came out of the ground at a 16 : 1 ratio to gold. But we have exhausted the easily obtained silver, and it is now coming out of the ground at a 7:1 ration with gold. The new Samsung battery which will make electric cars practical - no fire hazard, 9 minute recharge time, 20 year life span, and 600 mile range will use about a kilogram of silver per car. Nobody mines for silver; it is a by product of copper, zinc, and lead mining. Geopolitically Mexico, Peru, and China are the major producers of the metal and there are political problems with all of those sources. A new silver mine takes 5-10 years to come on line and faces major environmental restrictions.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 22, 2025 05:57 AM (Da7Vv)

36 nicely put:

Stephen L. Miller retweeted
Peter Cook
@_Peter_Cook
6h

Journalists are widely distrusted by the public, and that is unfortunate, because the writers of the Constitution considered their jobs important enough to warrant government protection.

Journalists have burned all of that trust down over decades, and this is the result.

Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 05:59 AM (RuTUS)

37 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 22, 2025 06:08 AM (Cjt/F)

38 You are going to hear stories about "Silver Hoarders" but that is just propaganda from the big money silver hoarders to keep the attention off of them. Don't fall for "Windfall taxes" talk or physical confiscation BS for individual "stackers" of silver. The banks like J.P. Morgan have got 99.9% of the actual above ground stocks of silver.

Just thought I'd explain why I talk about Silver prices, and not soybean prices, as the smart ass here asks.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 22, 2025 06:08 AM (Da7Vv)

39 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Born to ~~eat big dinners~~ rune.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 22, 2025 06:09 AM (qbLEp)

40 Journalists have burned all of that trust down over decades, and this is the result.
Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 05:59 AM (RuTUS)

And a fair amount was on purpose.
That is, they were will to risk the loss of trust to sell an idea.
Walter stated that the Tet offensive fail when it fact about 25% of the communist were dead or fallen.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 22, 2025 06:11 AM (gbOdA)

41 21 Reflection on final words. Matthew 28:18-20

https://tinyurl.com/yffcxa9k
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 22, 2025 05:05 AM (Nx5jP)

Food for reflection. At this point in my life I want to go to the end of my time here doing those things that are pleasing to God. My early life was a denial, I want to end in affirmation.

Posted by: tubal at December 22, 2025 06:13 AM (pDt9x)

42 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 22, 2025 06:14 AM (bQ4nt)

43 39 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Born to eat big dinners rune.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 22, 2025 06:09 AM (qbLEp)

Have you considered growing a bergamot orchard?

Posted by: tubal at December 22, 2025 06:14 AM (pDt9x)

44 I did not wish anything bad on Roomba, but I would not have bought one while the Amazon deal was on the table. I’ll be damned of Jeff Bezos is going to have a map of the interior of my house.

Posted by: Hawkpilot at December 22, 2025 06:17 AM (ewuvP)

45 - An Observation

I finally took my dead Dell apart and did the same for a friend who just wanted theirs out of their garage.
Watched 3 or 4 "how to" vids on utube and other stuff, of course, started popping up.
Some talking about what you're saying about silver.
One stated JP Morgan had sent all their silver desk traders to Singapore(?) Many, many tons shipped overseas also.

Lots of folks hair on fire about the opening this morning. Guess the far east which opened last night is/will be the tell.

Posted by: TeeJ at December 22, 2025 06:18 AM (T08Hw)

46 Have you considered growing a bergamot orchard?
Posted by: tubal at December 22, 2025 06:14 AM (pDt9x)
---------
The idea had not occurred.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 22, 2025 06:18 AM (qbLEp)

47 Posted by: tubal at December 22, 2025 06:13 AM (pDt9x

That's a very positive attitude to have. God bless you, tubal.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 22, 2025 06:19 AM (rZCVI)

48 43 39 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 22, 2025 06:09 AM (qbLEp)

Have you considered growing a bergamot orchard?
Posted by: tubal at December 22, 2025 06:14 AM (pDt9x)

; )

Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 06:19 AM (RuTUS)

49 mornin yall. Some rapper named Micky Ninja is a Trump supporter? Is this going to be one of those Kanye deals where she turns out to be a loon?

Posted by: fd at December 22, 2025 06:20 AM (vFG9F)

50 49 Some rapper named Micky Ninja is a Trump supporter?
Posted by: fd at December 22, 2025 06:20 AM (vFG9F)

https://nitter.net/nickiminaj

Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 06:23 AM (RuTUS)

51 47 Posted by: tubal at December 22, 2025 06:13 AM (pDt9x

That's a very positive attitude to have. God bless you, tubal.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 22, 2025 06:19 AM (rZCVI)

You have always been an encouragement to me, over all these years at the HQ. Also Marcus T. I’ve taken on some new roles at my church that are stretching me, but hopefully they will bear fruit. Leadership classes for young members. They are the future, not me. I pray that my energy and resolve will hold up for the long haul.

Posted by: tubal at December 22, 2025 06:24 AM (pDt9x)

52 Walter stated that the Tet offensive fail when it fact about 25% of the communist were dead or fallen.

After the 1968 Tet offensive the Vietcong were destroyed as a fighting force. Everything from the Communist side after that was North Vietnam Army regulars.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 22, 2025 06:24 AM (Da7Vv)

53
@nickiminaj

Followers
25,626,122

Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 06:25 AM (RuTUS)

54 53
@nickiminaj

Followers
25,626,122
Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 06:25 AM (RuTUS)

Her support is a big deal, no matter the disapproval of some. She does not need to do what she is doing. It seems her conscience has been stirred up.

Posted by: tubal at December 22, 2025 06:28 AM (pDt9x)

55 If Bondi had any damn sense she would be indicting Democrats left and right, starting with Massie and Khanna and going all the way to Pelosi. She apparently does not realize that this is war.

Posted by: fd at December 22, 2025 06:28 AM (vFG9F)

56 $70 per oz is a critical price point for silver, because J.P. Morgan has floated out a huge number of "Calls" at that price which require them to sell Silver at that price. The calls expire tomorrow. They also have Calls at $75 and $80 per oz, which expire later.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 22, 2025 06:29 AM (Da7Vv)

57 "Her support is a big deal"

Let's see if she says the same thing in a year. I bet she flakes out like the rest.

Posted by: fd at December 22, 2025 06:30 AM (vFG9F)

58 verse 18
Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
verse 19
He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. Micah 7: 18-19

Posted by: Kingsman at December 22, 2025 06:30 AM (ehY6c)

59 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at December 22, 2025 06:32 AM (2Ez/1)

60 57 "Her support is a big deal"

Let's see if she says the same thing in a year. I bet she flakes out like the rest.
Posted by: fd at December 22, 2025 06:30 AM (vFG9F)

Well that’s the unknown part. The lunacy of Kanye West did leave us pretty gunshy.

Posted by: tubal at December 22, 2025 06:32 AM (pDt9x)

61 Yeah, I know Massy has an R by his name.

*spit*

Posted by: fd at December 22, 2025 06:34 AM (vFG9F)

62 @7 the primary methodology for diffusing improvised explosive devices.

If you are diffusing them you're about to be in a heap of trouble in a heap of rubble. There is nothing more dangerous than a diffused bomb.

You must be a great evangelist, because you just made me say "Jesus Christ Almighty!" right out loud.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 22, 2025 06:44 AM (zdLoL)

63 - @58 Kingsman

I would have to go back and read the entire passage to get the context of those verses but something tells me that the word remnant is very important there.
I do know there are a lot of "day of the LORD" passages in the so called minor prophets.

Posted by: TeeJ at December 22, 2025 06:45 AM (T08Hw)

64 62 @7 the primary methodology for diffusing improvised explosive devices.

If you are diffusing them you're about to be in a heap of trouble in a heap of rubble. There is nothing more dangerous than a diffused bomb.

You must be a great evangelist, because you just made me say "Jesus Christ Almighty!" right out loud.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 22, 2025 06:44 AM (zdLoL)

Smart military blog!
"We would get postcards: 'You saved my life today.'" is nonetheless pretty cool.

Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 06:46 AM (RuTUS)

65 Morning everyone.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 22, 2025 06:47 AM (WPL6O)

66 Evening and morning, late toilers and early risers! 'Tis Monday, I know; stipulated. But:

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

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 22, 2025 06:49 AM (wzUl9)

67 diffusing improvised explosive devices

de-fusing?

Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 06:49 AM (RuTUS)

68 I'm up late because I went to bed very late, for me. Today I have to run out to the clinic near my old work to have blood drawn, and can't eat or drink coffee. So I wanted to get up as late as I could to avoid sitting around hungry. I'll stretch a bit, get showered, and head out in a little more than an hour.

Then: breakfast and coffee at a diner on my way home!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 22, 2025 06:51 AM (wzUl9)

69 If Bondi had any damn sense she would be indicting Democrats left and right, starting with Massie and Khanna and going all the way to Pelosi. She apparently does not realize that this is war.

Posted by: fd at December 22, 2025 06:28 AM (vFG9F)
-

Catherine Herridge:

https://tinyurl.com/262b56z3

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 22, 2025 06:52 AM (E+OH8)

70 San Francisco electricity status?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 06:54 AM (kT/XV)

71 In 1964 I was playing high school football, I came home from practice one day, and I had 4 quarters and 4 dimes in my pocket. I put those in a "piggy bank", and never spent them. Today I carry those coins around in a plastic tube, and show them to people, pointing out that is one oz of silver and worth $69.33. U.S. money used to be worth something.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 22, 2025 06:54 AM (Da7Vv)

72 Good thing TechCrunch doesn't allow comments. Someone might point out that an unelected, unaccountable bureaucratic deep state decides who succeeds and who doesn't. Wouldn't want red pills, now, would we?

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at December 22, 2025 06:55 AM (ph+d0)

73 "Catherine Herridge:

https://tinyurl.com/262b56z3"

"Will there be accountability in 2026?"

Oh yeah, sure.

Posted by: guy who always says nothing will happen and is usually right at December 22, 2025 06:56 AM (vFG9F)

74 Food for reflection. At this point in my life I want to go to the end of my time here doing those things that are pleasing to God. My early life was a denial, I want to end in affirmation.
Posted by: tubal

--
Amen amen

Romans 13:12
The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 22, 2025 06:56 AM (tcsrY)

75 Today is a couple seconds more daylight than yesterday. So relax, and be of good cheer.

Posted by: Don Black at December 22, 2025 07:00 AM (ZxPkt)

76 Experts have determined that climate change makes people shorter or taller. Also, climate change makes grass grow faster or slower and cause shoelaces to break.

Posted by: fd at December 22, 2025 07:02 AM (vFG9F)

77 - just checked KITCO

$68.94 up 1.84 since Friday close

Posted by: TeeJ at December 22, 2025 07:03 AM (T08Hw)

78 Will this be noticeable?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 07:03 AM (kT/XV)

79 Bootlace Status Good.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 22, 2025 07:03 AM (kT/XV)

80 72 TechCrunch doesn't allow comments.
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at December 22, 2025 06:55 AM (ph+d0)

Ha!

Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 07:04 AM (RuTUS)

81 of course not

Posted by: Don Black at December 22, 2025 07:09 AM (ZxPkt)

82 Today is a couple seconds more daylight than yesterday. So relax, and be of good cheer.
Posted by: Don Black at December 22, 2025 07:00 AM (ZxPkt)

I prefer the darkness. Better to see Christmas lights. Get enough sun here already. Next thing you know, it'll be 110 degrees.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 22, 2025 07:11 AM (uQesX)

83 Morning.

Posted by: Mick at December 22, 2025 07:12 AM (HFx9z)

84 Kitco has silver at $69.11. Going to be an interesting day

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at December 22, 2025 07:12 AM (w3u3d)

85 We all like to blame the DoJ and the AG for doing nothing, but if the charges have to be brought in certain areas controlled by the evildoers, you won't get an indictment. See earlier Comey and James cases. Obviously guilty, but dismissed or refusal to charge.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 22, 2025 07:13 AM (uQesX)

86 If Bondi had any damn sense she would be indicting Democrats left and right, starting with Massie and Khanna and going all the way to Pelosi. She apparently does not realize that this is war.

The democrats had Eric Holder, who ran guns in and out of mexico and killed people all the while being an anti-white racist. Trump has Bondi, who cant be bothered to get her hair mussed while scheduling her next vajayjay waxing.

Posted by: Fight Already at December 22, 2025 07:18 AM (m8zKa)

87 Seems like you might wanna time those indictments so that they have the maximum impact on the midterm elections.
But what do I know? I didn't even sleep at a Holiday inn Express last night.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 22, 2025 07:18 AM (2Ez/1)

88 I suppose Bondi should not even bother to charge people then.

Posted by: fd at December 22, 2025 07:19 AM (vFG9F)

89 81 of course not
Posted by: Don Black at December 22, 2025 07:09 AM (ZxPkt)

That's evergreen.

Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 07:19 AM (RuTUS)

90 - @84
Yep, and yet....
More precious than silver and gold is the gift of salvation through Jesus, our Messiah.

Posted by: TeeJ at December 22, 2025 07:20 AM (T08Hw)

91 JJ is up

Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2025 07:21 AM (dAOkg)

92 Playing by the left's rules is a sucker's game. Saying that "we are better than that" is just a way for losers to lose.

Posted by: fd at December 22, 2025 07:21 AM (vFG9F)

93 TechCrunch has an 𝕏 site at which harsh comments could be placed.

@TechCrunch

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

94 It was never going to create a monopoly. The FTC didn't care. It wanted scalps.
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Sometimes. Arbitrarily.

The FTC wants scalps, but not if it will be politically inconvenient or upset someone's apple cart. iRobot's problem, if it had one in this regard, was not being an apple cart.

It is easy to look at the entire market and see the big monopolies and cartels - especially though not exclusively in high tech and medicine - and say, "where the hell is the FTC?" They're out chasing scalps that won't upset their masters. The bigger, more predatory, more damaging and more obvious scalps are politically protected.

Those scorecards on FTC office doors all need an asterisk. Not "these are the deals we blocked" but rather, "these are the deals where the dealmakers failed to have enough squeeze." I can think of *one* FTC block against major players that actually seems to have been related to its core mission, which was the AT&T/T-Mobile acquisition.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2025 07:23 AM (avHHk)

95 LOL. I have seen stuff on youtube saying 1 oz. of silver will buy a house.

I think it's hilarious.

Posted by: no one at December 22, 2025 07:26 AM (qFwJc)

96 @67/m: "de-fusing?"

I was gonna ask that too.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 22, 2025 07:29 AM (O7YUW)

97 Laypeople don’t understand the enormous problems in the legal system. There is no point - in fact it would very damaging to us - to have Bondi bring 100 indictments and have all 100 tossed out within 2 weeks for any number of reasons.

Obama and Biden could get away with ignoring many of the rules and procedures because Democrats spent the last 30 years recruiting thousands of political judges and political DA’s. Conservatives have never done that and do not have resources like that to call on. The situation sucks but that’s the truth.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 07:31 AM (trsuh)

98 "If prices jump by 8% it will only be because specs have been sharply reduced."

So the market's going to be flooded by underspecced offerings for a year or two, and buying any hardware is going to be painful for any of a multitude of reasons.

Me, I'll be watching for the inevitable specials in February as hardware manufacturers of devices that either use memory (motherboards) or support things that do (power supplies, fans, cases, cpu coolers, etc...) get desperate to sell to a customer base that has paused purchases due to the memory price nonsense.

I might buy a few select things then. From what I was seeing over at Gamer's Nexus videos, Black Friday was kinda grim for console and other electronic device sales.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 22, 2025 07:33 AM (O7YUW)

99 m, I hope you're out there watching...

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 22, 2025 07:34 AM (O7YUW)

100 100

Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 07:38 AM (RuTUS)

101 Thanks for the set-up!

Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 07:38 AM (RuTUS)

102 The author of the TechCrunch Roomba article is not a newbie, but is the Editor in Chief & General Manager, TechCrunch, Connie Loizos.

Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 07:42 AM (RuTUS)

103 @101/m: Y'welcome!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 22, 2025 07:44 AM (O7YUW)

104 69 Catherine Herridge
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 22, 2025 06:52 AM (E+OH

pass

Posted by: m at December 22, 2025 07:52 AM (RuTUS)

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