Rescue Cafe

Nice woman rescues one dog, but then winds up with a bonus rescue dog who just invites himself into her house.

Horse thieves. Well, not thieves, but B&E repeat offenders.

Day two of my rigorous new exercise regime.

New climate hoax drops -- panda colony collapse!

When the public bathroom's door doesn't lock.

If you thought 2026 was the year bears would come back under control, you thought wrong.

Mud was made for children, strippers, and dogs.

After brief deliberation, he's all in.

First Friday of the year!

Posted by: Ace at 07:10 PM

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1 Hello.

Posted by: Case at January 02, 2026 07:13 PM (G1OIb)

2 First Friday!

Posted by: LASue at January 02, 2026 07:14 PM (mFhj8)

3 Yay! Friday night!

Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 07:14 PM (c115l)

4 Top five?

Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at January 02, 2026 07:15 PM (8WtOr)

5 Step up to the bar because the drinks are on me. A new year and big things are happening.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 02, 2026 07:15 PM (sDNVV)

6 GWAR cover of "West End Girls", plus bonus "People Who Died":

https://tinyurl.com/ya9rxmnz

RIP Odorus.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 02, 2026 07:15 PM (kpS4V)

7 >>>Mud was made for children, strippers, and dogs.

I think you could have made your point better with strippers.

Posted by: No Name Today at January 02, 2026 07:17 PM (8mulE)

8 Dang, how often does this happen?

Posted by: Pod Hamp at January 02, 2026 07:17 PM (nH+RN)

9 Great dog rescue video

Posted by: LASue at January 02, 2026 07:17 PM (mFhj8)

10 The pandas are, as usual, hilarious.

Evolution was about the survival of the fattest, right?

Posted by: Paco at January 02, 2026 07:18 PM (2L+MU)

11 Step up to the bar because the drinks are on me. A new year and big things are happening.
Posted by: Ben Had

I'll have a Sass-pa-rilly and whiskey for my horse.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 02, 2026 07:19 PM (cYBz/)

12 Love Roadside the kitty.

Is there anything funnier than a big dog staring forlornly at the camera while a little kitten hogs his entire bed?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 02, 2026 07:19 PM (kpS4V)

13 First work day of the year today and so far 2026 has been exhausting!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 02, 2026 07:20 PM (U81Si)

14 6 GWAR cover of "West End Girls",

Sung to the same tune:

In Somali town with massive ,fraud,
Democrats don't think it's odd.
Massive fraud.

"How much do you need? "

Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at January 02, 2026 07:22 PM (8WtOr)

15 Step up to the bar because the drinks are on me. A new year and big things are happening.
Posted by: Ben Had

I'll have a glass of milk...Er, in a dirty glass!

H/T: Bob Hope, The Road to Utopia

Posted by: Paco at January 02, 2026 07:23 PM (2L+MU)

16
Ch. Soyara's Grand Finale

September 23, 2015 - January 2, 2026

Rest well, our noble little gentleman, and wait for us.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 02, 2026 07:25 PM (tgvbd)

17 In re 15: actually, it was a glass of lemonade.

Posted by: Paco at January 02, 2026 07:26 PM (2L+MU)

18 This could be the harbinger of an horrible year, no Sea Stacks, nor Penguins so far in 2026.

Posted by: Need A Reason To Go On.... at January 02, 2026 07:27 PM (oftw2)

19 @13. I don't want to think about work. And when I go back I still don't want to think about it.

Posted by: Case at January 02, 2026 07:28 PM (G1OIb)

20 Sorry to hear the sad news, Hadrian.

Posted by: Felix, Stifel, and Floyd (My Cats) at January 02, 2026 07:30 PM (oftw2)

21 Love Roadside the kitty.

Is there anything funnier than a big dog staring forlornly at the camera while a little kitten hogs his entire bed?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 02, 2026

***
She's a beauty. I'd have given her a better name than that.

Her behavior is eccentric, even for a cat -- she *wants * to be closed in her own room all night? I'd wonder if that injury might have affected her to a degree.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 02, 2026 07:33 PM (wzUl9)

22 Sorry to hear that, Hadrian. We had to put down our lLhasa Apso on the 17th. At age 20, he had a good run, but it was still difficult.

Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at January 02, 2026 07:33 PM (8WtOr)

23 Hadrian, I am so sorry. He will live in my heart forever.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 02, 2026 07:34 PM (sDNVV)

24 Step up to the bar because the drinks are on me. A new year and big things are happening.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 02, 2026 07:15 PM (sDNVV)

Happy New Year, dear lady.

Is that Bibb and Tucker?

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 02, 2026 07:34 PM (nbLIj)

25 Whole Lotta Rosie

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 02, 2026 07:34 PM (pkeXY)

26 My year began with a mini-road trip: I returned my Tecovas boots today. They were obviously well made. But even aside from their being one size too small, they were uncomfortably *heavy* on my feet. Boot Barn's nearby store had nothing. I have my eye on one of their house brand models, and will try a pair on tomorrow to check the fit before ordering and shipping it to the store.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 02, 2026 07:36 PM (wzUl9)

27 Joe Kidd, anything for you. Happy New Year.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 02, 2026 07:36 PM (sDNVV)

28 Ch. Soyara's Grand Finale

September 23, 2015 - January 2, 2026

Rest well, our noble little gentleman, and wait for us.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

😢

Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 07:37 PM (c115l)

29 Sorry to hear about your pup, Hadrian.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 02, 2026 07:38 PM (viF8m)

30 Sorry, Hadrian.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 02, 2026 07:39 PM (kpS4V)

31 Good evening, horde.

*cheers, Ben Had!

The world's air is crackling with stuff about to happen. Hope it ends up well.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 02, 2026 07:39 PM (h7ZuX)

32 See, that panda thing is why you never stop when you are driving up hill on a snowy road.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 02, 2026 07:41 PM (Cznub)

33 The moo. Is so bright it was like a spotlight as I went out to lock the gate.

I'm taking drink and smokes outside to continue the cafe.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 02, 2026 07:41 PM (sDNVV)

34 With my cats' passings, I've generally kept each one's ashes in a box or urn here. But for His Lordship Arizona the big red tabby part-Coon, who (I always thought) believed he should have been a bobcat, I scattered his ashes up in the mountains in CO near Winter Park.

Since then I've wondered if I did the right thing . . . but it seemed right at the time.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 02, 2026 07:41 PM (wzUl9)

35 Beautiful photographic image up top (THAT BETTER NOT BE "AI"!).

First thing that comes to mind:

"There are stars
In the Southern sky
Southward as you go
There is moonlight
And moss in the trees
Down the Seven Bridges Road"

Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at January 02, 2026 07:42 PM (QbCrG)

36 Dash, it's going to be good. Happy New Year, sweet lady.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 02, 2026 07:43 PM (sDNVV)

37 Rest well, our noble little gentleman, and wait for us.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 02, 2026 07:25 PM (tgvbd)

Aw, man. Condolences to you and Her Majesty, and the dogs.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 02, 2026 07:43 PM (h7ZuX)

38 I was just checking around , and it sure looks like all of the major media outlets are trying to downplay or ignore what’s happening in Iran. I can see why it terrifies them - it dumps half a dozen of their favorite narratives on their head.

The reason I believe the government will fall - they should have called out the army already. To me, this says that they no longer trust the army to carry out their orders.

Wild protest riots are now happening in over 70 cities. And the Iranian government appears paralyzed.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 02, 2026 07:46 PM (otNgF)

39 Rest well, our noble little gentleman, and wait for us.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 02, 2026

***
Amen. A good epitaph for anyone.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 02, 2026 07:47 PM (wzUl9)

40 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 07:47 PM (Ia/+0)

41 It's hard to lose a pet. They are part of the family. I sympathize with anyone for their loss. Been there more than once myself.

Posted by: Case at January 02, 2026 07:48 PM (G1OIb)

42
33 The moo. Is so bright it was like a spotlight as I went out to lock the gate.”

I make so many typos that I should be the last to ever take note of one, but that’s particularly amusing.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 02, 2026 07:49 PM (otNgF)

43 100 million people are about to step out from under repression

Posted by: Ben Had at January 02, 2026 07:49 PM (sDNVV)

44
Hadrian,

It is with a heavy heart when we have to let them go.

Condolences to you and Her Majesty.

You both are amazing dog owners.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 02, 2026 07:50 PM (3ek7K)

45 The moo. Is so bright it was like a spotlight as I went out to lock the gate.”

I make so many typos that I should be the last to ever take note of one, but that’s particularly amusing.
Posted by: Tom Servo

It was so bright last night, I could see across the pasture. I got up around 5:30 and thought I had overslept.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 07:51 PM (c115l)

46 The moo. Is so bright it was like a spotlight as I went out to lock the gate.”

I make so many typos that I should be the last to ever take note of one, but that’s particularly amusing.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 02, 2026 07:49 PM

🐄

*shifty eyes*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 02, 2026 07:56 PM (Wnv9h)

47 Hey guys,

We finally have a launch. 53 minutes.

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - CSG-3
SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: January 2, 2026 (PST)
Launch Time: 6:09 p.m. PST (January 3, 2026, 0209 UTC, 03:09 CET)

https://youtu.be/Jl2UBK2Q7hc

Posted by: Joyenz at January 02, 2026 07:57 PM (2F0/Y)

48 RMBS, are you feeling better?

Posted by: Ben Had at January 02, 2026 07:57 PM (sDNVV)

49
Joyenz,

I hope you had a better day.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 02, 2026 07:58 PM (3ek7K)

50 100 million people are about to step out from under repression
Posted by: Ben Had at January 02, 2026 07:49 PM (sDNVV)

Hopefully not with the leadership of an ex-corporal Army veteran who gives great speeches and has some interesting ideas.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 02, 2026 07:58 PM (Apzx6)

51 Read and watched: there were no comments! Now where am I?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 02, 2026 07:59 PM (wWU6x)

52 Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at January 02, 2026 07:33 PM (8WtOr)

Wow 20 years. That's pretty amazing. I know it didn't make it any easier.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 02, 2026 07:59 PM (KDPiq)

53 It's hard to lose a pet. They are part of the family. I sympathize with anyone for their loss. Been there more than once myself.
Posted by: Case at January 02, 2026 07:48 PM (G1OIb)
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I am not looking forward to that day at all.

But I console myself with the thought that I've tried to give them the best life I possibly could.

They all seem very happy and healthy right now.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 02, 2026 08:01 PM (ESVrU)

54 The world's air is crackling with stuff about to happen. Hope it ends up well.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

I'm feeling optimistic that this will be a banner year in most all areas: The economy, continued decline of DEI and weirdo based politicians, and the rise of many normies whom previously felt beaten down and ignored.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 02, 2026 08:02 PM (cYBz/)

55 Well that seems wrong.

>>@Rightanglenews
·
1h
>>BREAKING - Journalists in Fulton County, Georgia, have uncovered a massive homeless ballot harvesting operation by Democrats where single addresses are being used to register thousands of homeless people to vote via a Soros backed NGO.

>>(Biden “won” Georgia by 11,000 votes.)

Posted by: JackStraw at January 02, 2026 08:02 PM (viF8m)

56
Some new shots from Andrew McCarthy.

The Elephant Trunk Nebula:
https://is.gd/9qEUpU

And the Helix Nebula, or the Eye in the Sky:
https://is.gd/i0FJbP

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 02, 2026 08:03 PM (w6EFb)

57 The reason I believe the government will fall - they should have called out the army already. To me, this says that they no longer trust the army to carry out their orders.

Wild protest riots are now happening in over 70 cities. And the Iranian government appears paralyzed.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 02, 2026 07:46 PM (otNgF)
---
The mullahs are probably terrified that a Persian Ataturk might take over if given half a chance.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 02, 2026 08:03 PM (ESVrU)

58 ...a massive homeless ballot harvesting operation by Democrats where single addresses are being used to register thousands of homeless people to vote...

Gee, if only there were some way to detect that kind of thing.

* eyeroll *

Posted by: Oddbob at January 02, 2026 08:05 PM (3nLb4)

59 Aww, so sorry to hear that H7!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 02, 2026 08:06 PM (Cjt/F)

60 Gee, if only there were some way to detect that kind of thing.

* eyeroll *
Posted by: Oddbob at January 02, 2026 08:05 PM (3nLb4)

*reaches for 'RACIST!' stamp*

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 02, 2026 08:06 PM (zZu0s)

61 The moo. Is so bright it was like a spotlight as I went out to lock the gate.

Synethesia?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 02, 2026 08:06 PM (wWU6x)

62
And this time, we've got a President not on the side of the mullahs.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 02, 2026 08:07 PM (w6EFb)

63 That would be if he said the bright moon smelled blue.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 02, 2026 08:07 PM (zZu0s)

64 The moo. Is so bright it was like a spotlight as I went out to lock the gate.
---
That's a-moooo-re!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 02, 2026 08:07 PM (ESVrU)

65 I'm feeling optimistic that this will be a banner year in most all areas: The economy, continued decline of DEI and weirdo based politicians, and the rise of many normies whom previously felt beaten down and ignored.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 02, 2026 08:02 PM (cYBz/)
===============
This. I've been absolutely choking on the big black pill lately, but I am actively praying for this.

Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at January 02, 2026 08:09 PM (8WtOr)

66 It’s a day before the full moon 🌕 (or moo 🐄, if you prefer).

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 02, 2026 08:09 PM (wWU6x)

67 Penguins pioneered collectivism, and enthusiastically enforce it's continuation thru the use of violent henchpenguins. Training is provided by the Big Penguin funded front group "Penguins Amalgamated Corporation" (PACO) at their secretive facility deep in the jungles of Argentina.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at January 02, 2026 08:09 PM (vFG9F)

68 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - AoSHQ's at January 02, 2026 08:10 PM (SRRAx)

69 The moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie

Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 08:10 PM (Ia/+0)

70
I saw a headline on Daily Mail saying Trump has doubled his net worth since his reelection.

The assholes are going to try to tie Trump to the fraud.

Anything to make people stop looking at all the fraud.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 02, 2026 08:10 PM (3ek7K)

71 What we’ve seen of the governmental fraud is just the tip of the iceberg.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 02, 2026 08:12 PM (wWU6x)

72 Gee, if only there were some way to detect that kind of thing.

* eyeroll *
Posted by: Oddbob

Often tricks are used like illegal characters--spaces, dots, etc. monkeying around with inactive and active voting by the election officials, etc. to prevent these from being picked up by normal database queries.

And that goes for states like Wisconsin, AZ, etc. Every city is a fraud center for the Dems.

Posted by: whig at January 02, 2026 08:12 PM (WDjG6)

73
This is the Wolf Moo. Exact instant of full Moon will be at 5:02 AM EST (10:02 Z) It will transit for West Coast Morons pretty close to that exact full moo.

So, I guess we should moo at the Wolf Moo rather than howl?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 02, 2026 08:12 PM (w6EFb)

74 I saw a headline on Daily Mail saying Trump has doubled his net worth since his reelection.

The assholes are going to try to tie Trump to the fraud.

Anything to make people stop looking at all the fraud.

Posted by: fourseasons

Ain't going to work. DM and other Murdoch properties are desperately screaming about Epstein and yet it really hasn't stuck to Trump.

Posted by: whig at January 02, 2026 08:13 PM (WDjG6)

75 "Journalists in Fulton County, Georgia, have uncovered a massive homeless ballot harvesting"

And it only took five years. I've seen sloths move faster.

Posted by: fd at January 02, 2026 08:13 PM (vFG9F)

76 Daily Mail isn't as bad as our Democrats Propaganda Ministry is

Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 08:14 PM (Ia/+0)

77 "Journalists in Fulton County, Georgia, have uncovered a massive homeless ballot harvesting"

And it only took five years. I've seen sloths move faster.
Posted by: fd at January 02, 2026 08:13 PM (vFG9F)
---
Somehow it's Trump's fault.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 02, 2026 08:14 PM (ESVrU)

78

Whig,

You are right. I hate the assholes who try to tie Trump to everything bad.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 02, 2026 08:14 PM (3ek7K)

79 Hearing a moo and seeing a bright light is definitely synesthesia. Besides, the moon is definitely Stilton.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 02, 2026 08:14 PM (wWU6x)

80 Gee, if only there were some way to detect that kind of thing.

* eyeroll *
Posted by: Oddbob at January 02, 2026 08:05 PM (3nLb4)

*reaches for 'RACIST!' stamp*
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 02, 2026 08:06 PM

What are we, chopped liver?

Posted by: Fascist, Homophobic, Islamophobic, & Sexist at January 02, 2026 08:15 PM (0sNs1)

81 Stocks and property holdings alone being up will boost President Trump probably

Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 08:15 PM (Ia/+0)

82 So, I guess we should moo at the Wolf Moo rather than howl?
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 02, 2026 08:12 PM (w6EFb)
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No. That would be udderly ridiculous.

Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at January 02, 2026 08:17 PM (8WtOr)

83 It’s a day before the full moon 🌕 (or moo 🐄, if you prefer).
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 02, 2026 08:09 PM

The Wolf Moon. From the Frisian wolfmoanne.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 02, 2026 08:17 PM (jc0TO)

84 so, dan crenshaw has decided to murder his career before he gets more out of hand

Posted by: n at January 02, 2026 08:18 PM (6mSUd)

85 Howdy morons!

Hadrian,
Please know I respect You, your faith and your dedication to your wife and your pups.

You really are inspirational in your humility. Thank you for being you.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 02, 2026 08:18 PM (i2fv4)

86 Never blackpill. Be Al fucking Swearengen.

https://tinyurl.com/muur4862

Posted by: JackStraw at January 02, 2026 08:19 PM (viF8m)

87 so, dan crenshaw has decided to murder his career before he gets more out of hand

Gee, that's a shame. What'd he do now? I saw the thing about getting into a p*ssing match with a well-known (not to me but to those who follow such things) Youtuber.

Posted by: Oddbob at January 02, 2026 08:20 PM (3nLb4)

88 I'm in a death struggle with an AI Agent.

I wonder if this is how Neo felt?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 02, 2026 08:20 PM (XV/Pl)

89 I'm in a death struggle with an AI Agent.

I wonder if this is how Neo felt?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 02, 2026 08:20 PM

Charge the EMP.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 02, 2026 08:21 PM (jc0TO)

90
Perihelion is tomorrow at 12:15PM EST (17:15 Z), so this Wolf Moon is occurring pretty close to that. Moon, pretty close just opposite the sun at perihelion.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 02, 2026 08:23 PM (w6EFb)

91 @89

>>Charge the EMP.

But that would take out everything.

I probably should learn KungFu.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 02, 2026 08:23 PM (XV/Pl)

92 Moooooooooo

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 02, 2026 08:23 PM (5ecWR)

93 🎼 When the moo 🐄🐄🐄 hits your eye like a big Pizza pie, that's amore....🎶🎵

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - AoSHQ's at January 02, 2026 08:24 PM (SRRAx)

94 Gee, that's a shame. What'd he do now? I saw the thing about getting into a p*ssing match with a well-known (not to me but to those who follow such things) Youtuber.
Posted by: Oddbob

yeah, he threatened to sue a pidcaster with 5.5 milliion viewers. he was going to go to the podcasters show but then demanded special concessions to the release documents. then he did the same with another podcaster.

Posted by: n at January 02, 2026 08:25 PM (Iyd/F)

95 Happy evening! I took my tree down tonight, I am sad. I wanted to keep it up until Epiphany, but J leaves for Bulgaria tomorrow and I wasn’t dragging an 8 foot tree to the road solo.

Posted by: Piper at January 02, 2026 08:26 PM (Wmg4n)

96 Cheese you guys you butter not milk this or you will have to listen while ice cream.

Posted by: fd at January 02, 2026 08:26 PM (vFG9F)

97 I hope you had a better day.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 02, 2026 07:58 PM (3ek7K)

Thanks, it has been a lot better in the colitis area.

Posted by: Joyenz at January 02, 2026 08:27 PM (2F0/Y)

98 Apropos of nothing, I found out Musk's xAI center being constructed near Memphis (named Colossus of all things), will eventually require 2 Gigawatts of power.

The TVA can't supply that amount. Wattaya want to bet Musk develops small footprint nuclear powered for on site use.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 02, 2026 08:27 PM (cYBz/)

99 When people "discover" something that was widely known years ago, they must be either stupid or lying.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 02, 2026 08:28 PM (RIvkX)

100 Beginning to think Eyepatch McCain may not be on the up and up

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 02, 2026 08:29 PM (f0sNM)

101 Wife was takkng down Christmas stuff today

Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 08:29 PM (Ia/+0)

102 Whew, busy day.

Sorry about your doggeh, Hadrian.

Posted by: JQ at January 02, 2026 08:29 PM (rdVOm)

103 Beginning to think Eyepatch McCain may not be on the up and up
Posted by: Victo

he has something of a talent for unforced errors

Posted by: n at January 02, 2026 08:30 PM (Iyd/F)

104 They do work their way into our hearts, don't they?

I'm of an age where I've decided no more pets, even though I could really use the company.

The thought of leaving them orphaned and not understanding what happened and where I went, is just heartbreaking.

Not. Gonna. Do it.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 02, 2026 08:30 PM (IG3/x)

105
2026! Another of those years like 1989? w00t

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 02, 2026 08:30 PM (VfIDa)

106 I wonder why Musk has never taken on healthcare. Maybe going to Mars is easier than fixing the health care system.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 02, 2026 08:30 PM (f0sNM)

107 When my travelling days are over, I will get a rescue dog.

Posted by: No one at January 02, 2026 08:30 PM (qFwJc)

108 When my travelling days are over, I will get a rescue dog.

that is the only way to get a dog if you love dogs

Posted by: n at January 02, 2026 08:30 PM (Iyd/F)

109 Whig,

You are right. I hate the assholes who try to tie Trump to everything bad.

Posted by: fourseasons
======
First resort of a villain to justify their own bad deeds. Thieves think everyone else is a thief and just not honest about it. Pedoes, ditto, Boozers, Druggies, etc. ditto.

Posted by: whig at January 02, 2026 08:31 PM (WDjG6)

110 I will say this, coding agents are getting worse, It's almost as if they can longer maintain the plot and just go off on their own.

And apparently Microsoft is intent on using AI agents to convert the entire Microsoft codebase to Rust by 2030.

Which is complete f**king lunacy.

Rust has only been around for 13 years so the number of people who know the language is limited and why the f**k would you migrate from C/C++ anyway?

If I didn't have significant holding in Microsoft I'd say go for it and enjoy the crash.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 02, 2026 08:31 PM (XV/Pl)

111 99 When people "discover" something that was widely known years ago, they must be either stupid or lying.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 02, 2026 08:28 PM (RIvkX)

Kinda like the first time someone has kids (or sex, which leads to kids...) - all of a sudden they think they invented it or somethin' 😂😂😂

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - AoSHQ's at January 02, 2026 08:31 PM (SRRAx)

112
Can you imagine if Kamala was president now? omg omg omg

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 02, 2026 08:31 PM (VfIDa)

113 93 🎼 When the moo 🐄🐄🐄 hits your eye like a big Pizza pie, that's amore....🎶🎵
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - AoSHQ's

A cheese steak pizza. That sounds good.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 02, 2026 08:32 PM (FmapG)

114 "I wonder why Musk has never taken on healthcare. Maybe going to Mars is easier than fixing the health care system."

Indeed. Going to Mars is easy because you hire intelligent , educated, motivated people.

Healthcare is full of stupid, ignorant, lazy people.

Posted by: No one at January 02, 2026 08:32 PM (qFwJc)

115 So, I guess we should moo at the Wolf Moo rather than howl?
Posted by: publius

*furiously takes notes*

Posted by: Gary Larson at January 02, 2026 08:32 PM (gKWVE)

116 Rest well, our noble little gentleman, and wait for us.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 02, 2026 07:25 PM (tgvbd)
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Please accept my condolences.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 02, 2026 08:32 PM (RIvkX)

117 >>When people "discover" something that was widely known years ago, they must be either stupid or lying.

People know all kinds of stuff they can't prove.

Even Tom Cruise knows the difference between knowing and proving.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 02, 2026 08:32 PM (viF8m)

118 Moo moo hits your eye like a big pizza pie is "Amore"?

My relatives in ETEX would say "that's manure!"

Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at January 02, 2026 08:33 PM (8WtOr)

119 Can you imagine if Kamala was president now? omg omg omg
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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When I'm at wit's end, I remind myself: "At least that imbecile isn't president."

It could be SO VERY MUCH worse!

Posted by: JQ at January 02, 2026 08:33 PM (rdVOm)

120 During Full Moo, it looks like Gouda to me.

Posted by: Don't Really Give Edam, Though at January 02, 2026 08:34 PM (oftw2)

121 'Moo Moo' is my Cat's nickname-- he's all black n white-- Holstein patterned, ya know?

Posted by: JQ at January 02, 2026 08:35 PM (rdVOm)

122 g'night, everyone

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 02, 2026 08:35 PM (Cjt/F)

123
It's clouding over here, but the Wolf Moon is shining through some gaps here. It demands howling.

These Moon names come from white colonist oppressors culturally appropriating Injun names. And also imposing a logic and consistent framework for it. I prefer the seasonal, rather than calendar-month naming conventions. These are the 12 Moon names grouped by season, starting in Winter:

Wolf, Snow, Worm
Pink(Paschal), Flower, Strawberry
Buck, Sturgeon, Corn
Hunter's, Beaver, Cold

When a 13th rolls around during a tropical year, that's the Blue Moon, and which that is depends on the seasonal vs calendar convention. Also, the Corn or Hunter's becomes the Harvest Moon depending on which is closer to the Fall Equinox.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 02, 2026 08:36 PM (w6EFb)

124 The last time I looked at Rust, it required half a page of code to print "Hello, world!".

Yeah, no one's going to use that shite, except maybe masochists of the type who build working scale models of aircraft carriers out of matchsticks, in a bottle, with their toes, while blindfolded.

It's the kind of thing that appeals to pointy-haired bosses and theoretical computer scientists who've never had to actually ship working code.

Plus violent communist Steve Klabnik is one of the mucky-mucks, which in itself would make me give it a wide berth. Besides being a reprehensible human being, he has a long history of having the "Shit Midas" touch... everything he touches turns to shit.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 02, 2026 08:36 PM (IG3/x)

125 I wonder why Musk has never taken on healthcare. Maybe going to Mars is easier than fixing the health care system.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 02, 2026 08:30 PM

We don't have millions of people demanding "free" tickets to Mars.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 02, 2026 08:36 PM (Apzx6)

126 What’s the difference between a pidcaster and a podcaster?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 02, 2026 08:36 PM (wWU6x)

127
Oh, the eagles they fly high in Mobile.
Oh, the eagles they fly high in Mobile.
Oh, the eagles they fly high,
and they sh*t right in your eye!
Aren't you glad that cows don't fly in Mobile?

Posted by: J. Random Rugger at January 02, 2026 08:37 PM (0sNs1)

128 I don't think Trump would ever be in to any fraud of the country. In fact the man gives his time and money to the country. He is the opposite of the many crooks that rip off our country. Anyone trying to say he is a crook needs to prove their allegations or f*ck off. They may not like him but he is a good man.

Posted by: Case at January 02, 2026 08:37 PM (G1OIb)

129 Full moo, LOL:

https://youtu.be/LplPi2CxNHI

Posted by: JQ at January 02, 2026 08:37 PM (rdVOm)

130 I had a rescue dog before. She loved me so much.

Posted by: No one at January 02, 2026 08:38 PM (qFwJc)

131 106 I wonder why Musk has never taken on healthcare. Maybe going to Mars is easier than fixing the health care system.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo
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Musk is not the best at dealing with people.

Health care is so expensive because it is mainly composed of masses of people, employees and consumers, and it constitutes something like 17-18 percent of the US GDP as a result.

The problem with fixing the medical system is that everyone in the US uses it or will use it and that makes it very resistant to easy fixes quickly.

Posted by: whig at January 02, 2026 08:40 PM (WDjG6)

132 When I count my blessings, I think about where we would be if Hillary had won. Probably still in fallout shelters, those who still lived.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 02, 2026 08:40 PM (wWU6x)

133 The Chaka Khan sidebar reminded me that, while I am not so enamored of gay dudes saying "Chaka Khan" over and over, I do have fond memories of her music. Especially "You Got The Love," which was my favorite cranking-up-the-bass song until I ran across the live version of Little Feat's "Spanish Moon" on Waiting for Columbus.

Listening to "You Got The Love" again, it seems like a perfect encapsulation of something...maybe a 70's funk-soul vibe, and a reminder that the singers back then were really good, because there was so little technology to make bad singers sound good. Chaka Khan's voice is beautiful, smooth and powerful, top tier.

Posted by: Splunge at January 02, 2026 08:40 PM (7DKa5)

134 What’s the difference between a pidcaster and a podcaster?
Posted by: Ne

that was a typing error

Posted by: n at January 02, 2026 08:41 PM (Iyd/F)

135 Where is Mr. Moo Moo?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 02, 2026 08:41 PM (pkeXY)

136 126 What’s the difference between a pidcaster and a podcaster?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 02, 2026 08:36 PM (wWU6x)

$20, same as in town....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - AoSHQ's at January 02, 2026 08:41 PM (SRRAx)

137 Plus violent communist Steve Klabnik is one of the mucky-mucks, which in itself would make me give it a wide berth. Besides being a reprehensible human being, he has a long history of having the "Shit Midas" touch... everything he touches turns to shit.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
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Rust programming is being inserted into the kernel now in Linux. Might want to consider BSD as I don't think they have done that yet.

Posted by: whig at January 02, 2026 08:41 PM (WDjG6)

138 If pigs could fly, more people would wear hats.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 02, 2026 08:42 PM (wWU6x)

139 Pudcaster

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 02, 2026 08:42 PM (pkeXY)

140 @124

>>The last time I looked at Rust, it required half a page of code to print "Hello, world!".

People are also pimping Zig, and Go.

I don't want to sound like an old fart, but C/C++ are the only language to program in, or C/C++ derivative languages like Swift for building mission critical applications or apps.

Although I am starting to fall in love with Python, hard.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 02, 2026 08:42 PM (XV/Pl)

141 I used to look at people with children and think they look too young to have kids.

Now I look at them and think "I want grandchildren."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 02, 2026 08:44 PM (RIvkX)

142 They may not like him but he is a good man.
Posted by: Case

The point is that the Left cannot have Trump be a good man. It literally destroys their entire ideological world based on Orangeman Bad and it makes them explicitly the baddies for what they've done to him and his family (and us by extension).

They can't have the Right be good either because that would mean they are evil themselves as well. That is why they sling the Fascist, Not See, racist, homophobic, and other epithets. It is so they don't see people on the Right as human and thus can kill them, imprison them, maim them, etc. and still think of themselves as 'good'.

Posted by: whig at January 02, 2026 08:44 PM (WDjG6)

143 Sad before, Leftists are by nature crooks so they assume everyone is

Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 08:45 PM (Ia/+0)

144 106 I wonder why Musk has never taken on healthcare. Maybe going to Mars is easier than fixing the health care system.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 02, 2026 08:30 PM (f0sNM)

Musk operates where he can have a large effect with his efforts. Health Care is so filled with special interest money that it is nearly impossible to get anything done, unless it benefits those who are already benefiting. That's why Obamacare basically amounted to "OK, insurance companies, you guys design something" and insurance turned to absolute unaffordable shite.

It's considered normal now to pay up to $1,000 per person per month for insurance that will almost never pay you a dime, because the deductible is so high. It's like paradise for health insurers.

Posted by: Splunge at January 02, 2026 08:45 PM (7DKa5)

145

Brother in law has Glloblastoma. He has had surgery and chemo and nothing is working.

His wife keeps dragging him to doctors and they tell her nothing can be done.

Chris has said he is tired and wants to go home and die in his bed.

I understand how difficult it is for family to realize the end is near.

This is tearing our family apart.

Sorry, I had to vent.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 02, 2026 08:45 PM (3ek7K)

146 119 Can you imagine if Kamala was president now? omg omg omg
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Get back, get back, back to the gulag where you belong.
get back

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 02, 2026 08:45 PM (R0Fqj)

147 135 Where is Mr. Moo Moo?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot
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Grazing in a field of f*cks.

Posted by: whig at January 02, 2026 08:45 PM (WDjG6)

148 Go is not all that bad. Swift is fun.

I still like Ruby (not, repeat not, Rails), though it seems to have fallen out of fashion.

Python...eludes my affection. Giving semantic meaning to whitespace just grinds my gears. I fully understand that it doesn't bother others.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 02, 2026 08:45 PM (IG3/x)

149
Seattle's new commie mayor was sworn in, and vowed to support Somali daycare fraud.

Her father says he hopes her new mayor salary of $250K will mean he won't have to keep her up anymore.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 02, 2026 08:47 PM (w6EFb)

150 To the end of my career I programmed in Fortran. It worked for me.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 02, 2026 08:48 PM (wWU6x)

151 That's a-moo-re

Thanks you're a great crowd

Posted by: Don Black at January 02, 2026 08:49 PM (ZxPkt)

152 Rust has only been around for 13 years so the number of people who know the language is limited and why the f**k would you migrate from C/C++ anyway?

If I didn't have significant holding in Microsoft I'd say go for it and enjoy the crash.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Phoronix (Daily Linux discussion forum plus reviews) has featured this debate for a long while.

And it has a generational divide where older programmers know and like C and its derivatives, the younger ones coming out of code mills and comp sci programs avoided C and learned Rust and Python. So the yutes want the codebases to reflect their experience with Rust/Python etc. if they are going to contribute to Linux projects rather than having to maintain the older C code base which they know little about.

Posted by: whig at January 02, 2026 08:50 PM (WDjG6)

153 I'm so sorry about Finn Hadrian. My condolences.

Posted by: Tuna at January 02, 2026 08:50 PM (lJ0H4)

154 If in a year the regimes in Havana, Caracas, and Tehran are gone, the world will be on an altered trajectory.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 02, 2026 08:50 PM (RIvkX)

155 Seattle used to be a nice place, except the weather. Scandinavian vibe, nice people, a bit reticent.

Minnesota used to be a nice place, except the weather. Scandinavian vibe, nice people.

Maine used to be a nice place, except the weather. Old School New Englander vibe, nice people, a bit reticent.

It seems as though the thieving Somalians were shoved down the throats of the cultures that were too polite to complain.

Posted by: Splunge at January 02, 2026 08:50 PM (7DKa5)

156 @148

>>Python...eludes my affection. Giving semantic meaning to whitespace just grinds my gears. I fully understand that it doesn't bother others.

You can do some powerful sh*t with a couple of commands and libraries, I'm using Python and Streamlit for all of the graphing functionality in my ERP and Textual for all of the TUI's.

In fact, C++ with Python is just off the rails powerful.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 02, 2026 08:51 PM (XV/Pl)

157 108 When my travelling days are over, I will get a rescue dog.

that is the only way to get a dog if you love dogs
Posted by: n at January 02, 2026

I am obviously very supportive of rescue dogs, but no, this is not the only way to get a dog if you love dogs. If you have a specific need, or you want to be sure of getting the right personality for your family, buying from an ethical (and I really do mean ethical, see H7 for context) is fine. My Shiba is a rescue, and he happens to have some good (titled) blood lines, but only by the grace of God. He comes from a puppy mill situation and was bought at a breeders auction for me specifically to save him from that life. Even with those lines, he is hardly ethically bred, because ethical breeders are not selling to back yard breeders. I adore him, to the point of obnoxious. But he is a hard breed made more difficult by his background. He is not the dog for everyone. My Doberman was from an ethical breeder who had retained her for his program, but decided she wasn’t quite it girl enough, so she got to be my pet. We did get working titles with her, she still got to do her job. My cats are also from ethical breeders. I love them all.

Posted by: Piper at January 02, 2026 08:51 PM (Wmg4n)

158 The problem with fixing the medical system is that everyone in the US uses it or will use it and that makes it very resistant to easy fixes quickly.
Posted by: whig at January 02, 2026 08:40 PM (WDjG6)

It's also as rife with corruption as the daycare and home healthcare/assisted living systems. And the universities. And...

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 02, 2026 08:51 PM (h7ZuX)

159 Looking up Reza Pahlavi’s write-up on Wikipedia, it seems the Persians could do worse (and are doing worse, under the Mullahs). Here’s to a secular Iran under a new government!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 02, 2026 08:51 PM (wWU6x)

160 fourseasons, that is tough and horrible. May Chris and your SiL.find peace .

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 02, 2026 08:51 PM (ytIDq)

161 150 To the end of my career I programmed in Fortran. It worked for me.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
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Still works and updated compilers for it are still available because a lot of scientific computing functions rely on Fortran to this day. GNU's gfortran is a Fortran variant that a lot of Linux distros depend upon for certain math functions.

Posted by: whig at January 02, 2026 08:52 PM (WDjG6)

162 Posted by: fourseasons at January 02, 2026 08:45 PM (3ek7K)

I will make a prayer for his complete and immediate recovery.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 02, 2026 08:52 PM (RIvkX)

163 149
'Seattle's new commie mayor was sworn in, and vowed to support Somali daycare fraud.'

Seattle should swear in an actual child.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 02, 2026 08:54 PM (fd80v)

164 Now I look at them and think "I want grandchildren."

Jen fulwiler, converted from Atheist to Catholic. Her baptism MiL was like "Okay, were going to get grandchildren."

Posted by: No one at January 02, 2026 08:55 PM (qFwJc)

165 I am so sorry, fourseasons. It’s not fair. I will definitely hold you and your family in my prayers.

Posted by: Piper at January 02, 2026 08:56 PM (Wmg4n)

166 It's also as rife with corruption as the daycare and home healthcare/assisted living systems. And the universities. And...
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

Healthcare though is literally a life and death situation for people versus universities, daycare, etc. Makes it harder to change and fix. And fixing universities, daycare, and K12 education is hard enough. Loss avoidance preference means in order to get to a new health system, people have to be persuaded it is better for them than the old system.

That is why Brits are still saddled with 40's era NHS because even the Conservatives there simply cannot get their voters to agree to end it in favor of something that works.

That is why fiscons wanting to kill Soc. Security and other safety net programs simply have never gotten any traction. Telling people you will lose what you have and whatever meager safety, and not get anything to replace it is a very hard sell.

Posted by: whig at January 02, 2026 08:56 PM (WDjG6)

167 The problem with fixing the medical system is that everyone in the US uses it or will use it and that makes it very resistant to easy fixes quickly.
Posted by: whig at January 02, 2026 08:40 PM (WDjG6)

Plus, no one in politics likes to get caught admitting that health care must be limited somehow, and yet since demand is theoretically infinite, it has to limited before it sucks an entire nation’s economy down into a pit with it. (Which is kind of what happened with the UK and Canada. ). And if you don’t put limits on at the front end then you end up like Canada, killing patients at the back end because it’s all you can afford to do.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 02, 2026 08:57 PM (otNgF)

168 fourseasons quite understandable

Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 08:57 PM (Ia/+0)

169 Her father says he hopes her new mayor salary of $250K will mean he won't have to keep her up anymore.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 02, 2026 08:47 PM (w6EFb)

===

Dear Dad, congratulations on doing such a good job raising your dependent to remain dependent.

Thumbs up,
Franpsycho

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 02, 2026 08:57 PM (RIvkX)

170 @142. Post by whig.

You are so right. Only fools fool themselves.

Posted by: Case at January 02, 2026 08:57 PM (G1OIb)

171
fourseasons, I'm so sorry. It's so hard for us to let go of hope when our loved ones possess even a spark of life.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 02, 2026 08:58 PM (VfIDa)

172 154 If in a year the regimes in Havana, Caracas, and Tehran are gone, the world will be on an altered trajectory.

Posted by: San Franpsycho
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Next up, able bodied persons who are paid not to work.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 02, 2026 08:58 PM (R0Fqj)

173
Mary,

Thank you. Nothing can be done for Chris and in his state he realizes that.

It's so difficult to let people go. Most of us have been there.

I'm sorry I brought this situation up.

Hubby and I don't want to linger to assuge family's feeling of guilt.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 02, 2026 08:58 PM (3ek7K)

174 Indeed. Going to Mars is easy because you hire intelligent , educated, motivated people.

Healthcare is full of stupid, ignorant, lazy people.

Posted by: No one at January 02, 2026 08:32 PM (qFwJc)

The Mrs went to the hospital to have blood drawn for two different tests today. She nicked the tip of her forefinger before. Two blood draw places, one doctors office in a hospital and not a single bandade amongst them.

Posted by: javems at January 02, 2026 08:58 PM (E7bcI)

175 To the end of my career I programmed in Fortran. It worked for me.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

And COBOL too along with IMS DB work. When I left Monster International Financial Services Firm they still had huge backend applications running with them. Mostly in overnight international wire transfers and transaction processing. That shit was bulletproof.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 02, 2026 08:59 PM (cYBz/)

176 141 I used to look at people with children and think they look too young to have kids.

Now I look at them and think "I want grandchildren."
Posted by: San Franpsycho at

I’m right there with you.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 02, 2026 08:59 PM (IhIKR)

177 I am sorry about Finn, Hadrian. Man do these furry creatures take over our hearts.

Posted by: Piper at January 02, 2026 09:00 PM (Wmg4n)

178 We don't have millions of people demanding "free" tickets to Mars.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 02, 2026 08:36 PM (Apzx6)
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It's overrated. Trust me.

Posted by: John Carter of Mars at January 02, 2026 09:01 PM (ESVrU)

179 Prayers up, four seasons.

Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at January 02, 2026 09:01 PM (8WtOr)

180 And COBOL too along with IMS DB work. When I left Monster International Financial Services Firm they still had huge backend applications running with them. Mostly in overnight international wire transfers and transaction processing. That shit was bulletproof.
Posted by: Tonypete
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Stable and tested code has a value beyond rubies. NASA back in the day when they seriously took manned space flight used to freeze changes at a certain point before a flight because the software and hardware that they had which was tested was better than some presumptive new software or hardware that was 'better' that might have fatal glitches in it.

Posted by: whig at January 02, 2026 09:01 PM (WDjG6)

181 If congress received the same healthcare we do
they would do a much better job correcting the system.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 02, 2026 09:02 PM (R0Fqj)

182 Life isn’t fair.

God never said it would be. Quite the contrary.

I read so many folks whining about taking care of their aging parents. Blow it out your ass. My
Mom died when I was 24. Dad checked out before that.

I would love to have the chance to take care of my
Mom.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 02, 2026 09:03 PM (IhIKR)

183 You ended your career on Fortran?

Did you work on "Colossus, the Forbin Project?"

Posted by: No one at January 02, 2026 09:05 PM (qFwJc)

184 The point is that the Left cannot have Trump be a good man. It literally destroys their entire ideological world based on Orangeman Bad and it makes them explicitly the baddies for what they've done to him and his family (and us by extension).

They can't have the Right be good either because that would mean they are evil themselves as well. That is why they sling the Fascist, Not See, racist, homophobic, and other epithets. It is so they don't see people on the Right as human and thus can kill them, imprison them, maim them, etc. and still think of themselves as 'good'.
Posted by: whig at January 02, 2026 08:44 PM (WDjG6)
And yes, just as the Nazis dehumanized Jews, the left (real nazis) dehumanize every non-lefty. And Jews will be back on trains. We’ll be right along with them if we all don’t fix this shit now.

Posted by: Eromero at January 02, 2026 09:05 PM (LHPAg)

185 Is the top pic Glastonbury?

Posted by: davidt at January 02, 2026 09:06 PM (Q+gd/)

186 Telling people you will lose what you have and whatever meager safety, and not get anything to replace it is a very hard sell.
Posted by: whig at January 02, 2026 08:56 PM (WDjG6)

Definitely. And I can see some of what's wrong with it, but I'm just not smart enough to devise what would be better.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 02, 2026 09:06 PM (h7ZuX)

187 Fourseasons -- that is an incredibly difficult situation. Prayers up for all of you.

Hadrian, I am so sorry to hear about Finn. He had the best life with you and Her Majesty.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at January 02, 2026 09:06 PM (nz1sK)

188 Giving semantic meaning to whitespace just grinds my gears

"Hey, I have a great idea, let's make one missed keystroke into a hard-to-find semantic error. It'll be great."
-- Millennial who has never had to deal with make(1)

Posted by: Oddbob at January 02, 2026 09:07 PM (3nLb4)

189 Two blood draw places, one doctors office in a hospital and not a single bandade amongst them.
Posted by: javems at January 02, 2026 08:58 PM (E7bcI)

They didn't have bandages in stock, or they did such a great job that she didn't need one?

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - AoSHQ's at January 02, 2026 09:08 PM (SRRAx)

190 We all have different lives. My mom and dad died and the same convalescent home years apart. No trouble at all. My wife had chronic-progressive MS. It was horrible. But I did my duty.

We are stronger than we know.

Posted by: No one at January 02, 2026 09:08 PM (qFwJc)

191
Grandchildren rock. We have four 11 to 4 years old.

They are a blessing from God.

We have a long hall in the middle of our house and the grandchildren bring their skates and skate away here.

We're not fussy grandparents. Our thing is as long as they don't get hurt We're good to go.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 02, 2026 09:10 PM (3ek7K)

192 Definitely. And I can see some of what's wrong with it, but I'm just not smart enough to devise what would be better.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
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I think it will have to be something like how they build a new bridge next to the old bridge so they can eventually knock down the old bridge without stopping traffic flowing until the new bridge is ready.

Posted by: whig at January 02, 2026 09:10 PM (WDjG6)

193 I better call it a night
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 09:11 PM (Ia/+0)

194 The "warmth of Socialism" reminds me of ovens.

Posted by: No one at January 02, 2026 09:11 PM (qFwJc)

195 Sorry Hadrian, furry babies and their humans have a relationship that is always difficult to end. Dogs often grieve for their departed masters just like we grieve when we lose them in time.

Posted by: whig at January 02, 2026 09:11 PM (WDjG6)

196
186 Telling people you will lose what you have and whatever meager safety, and not get anything to replace it is a very hard sell.
Posted by: whig at January 02, 2026 08:56 PM (WDjG6)

Definitely. And I can see some of what's wrong with it, but I'm just not smart enough to devise what would be better.”

Unresolvable problems build up over a time in any organized society and eventually overwhelm the system. Which is probably why all human systems have to go through a complete crash and reboot every few generations.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 02, 2026 09:12 PM (otNgF)

197 Rocket Man!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 02, 2026 09:12 PM (kpS4V)

198 They didn't have bandages in stock, or they did such a great job that she didn't need one?

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - AoSHQ's at January 02, 2026 09:08 PM (SRRAx)

The nick was at the tip of her forefinger and was too little for a bandage. It did bleed.

Posted by: javems at January 02, 2026 09:13 PM (E7bcI)

199 And the Jacobins will always start with cutting off heads.

Posted by: No one at January 02, 2026 09:14 PM (qFwJc)

200 Hadrian, condolences on the loss of Finn.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 02, 2026 09:14 PM (ytIDq)

201 Is was my privilege to be able to care for my Mom for a time. I have to admit, it was mentally challenging for me to bathe her though. She thought it funny - "What's the problem Hon, you've seen lots of those!" And then she'd laugh.

Yeah, but not yours.

When she died, her face relaxed into a look that was exactly like it did in a picture I had of her when she was in her twenties. It was the damnest thing.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 02, 2026 09:15 PM (cYBz/)

202 Healthcare has been corrupted by the Insurance, Corporate, Government Corruption Complex.

When aids hit, insurance companies told Reagan that unless something was done they would go bankrupt and No One (hysterically reported by the media) would have insurance. [surely, Fauci and the butt sniffer were in the helpful mix].

Insurance went from an affordable quality policy to IPsomethings and HMO's.

(yes, I know Kennedy had already written them into law but no one was buying until the alternative was taken away.)

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 02, 2026 09:15 PM (R0Fqj)

203 I ethically bred two wonderful children, who have blessed me with 7 grandchildren. 3 were "rescues", fostered by my son and DIL, then adopted. I had lunch with 5 grands and son and DIL today at Texas Roadhouse. They are a fun bunch.

Posted by: Old Man Adams at January 02, 2026 09:17 PM (oftw2)

204
FORTRAN is still going strong, latest standard Fortran 2023, and it is still the Lingua Franca of serious scientific computing.

FORTRAN code will get us to Mars.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 02, 2026 09:18 PM (w6EFb)

205
Intel's Fortran (and C/C++) compiler suite is free now, integrates with Visual Studio.

Fortran now ain't nothing like Fortran 77, which I learned to program in at cow collidge.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 02, 2026 09:19 PM (w6EFb)

206 Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 02, 2026 09:15 PM (R0Fqj)

All you need to know about big pharma and healthcare, is look at how the supposedly healthy levels of sugar for diabetes, and Cholesterol levels, have dropped...

Not due to real science, but due to how many people they can get on perpetual medications.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 02, 2026 09:21 PM (mP0Kj)

207
Grok says Elon and SpaceX mostly use C/C++ for their systems, but they will be heavily relying on NASA/JPL Fortran code as well.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 02, 2026 09:22 PM (w6EFb)

208 Is the top pic Glastonbury?
Posted by: davidt
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Hmm. Not sure, though that looks like the Tor. I have a story about slogging through the sheep-soiled field(s) on a cold dark night and climbing to the tower. There may have been a pub associated earlier....

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 02, 2026 09:24 PM (XeU6L)

209 I learn something everyday around here "and it is still the Lingua Franca of serious scientific computing."

Wow. I thought C replaced it in the early 80s.

Posted by: No one at January 02, 2026 09:25 PM (qFwJc)

210 207
Grok says Elon and SpaceX mostly use C/C++ for their systems, but they will be heavily relying on NASA/JPL Fortran code as well.
Posted by: publius
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No one discusses Ada anymore.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 02, 2026 09:26 PM (XeU6L)

211 Spacex Launch was epic in the full moon! Could see booster separation easily.

Posted by: DBCooper at January 02, 2026 09:26 PM (aQNOn)

212 With the new year, I am starting over in reading the Bible. In Matthew 2:16, the KJV translation fails in that it says Herod had his men kill all the children, age two years and under, in Bethlehem, trying to kill the toddler Jesus (safe in Egypt with Joseph and Mary). I knew that was wrong so checked the Koine for this passage, and yes, Herod had all the baby boys killed. All translations lie on some level. Traduire, c’est trahir, the French say: to translate is to perform treason.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 02, 2026 09:26 PM (wWU6x)

213 Hmm. Not sure, though that looks like the Tor. I have a story about slogging through the sheep-soiled field(s) on a cold dark night and climbing to the tower. There may have been a pub associated earlier....
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 02, 2026 09:24 PM (XeU6L)
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Were you captured by the Sidhe and confined to one of their faerie mounds for a hundred years?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 02, 2026 09:26 PM (ESVrU)

214 OH, my...

Somali Woman in US says Elon Musk will soon die.

Elon replies, OK, then, it's war.

War against one of the wealthiest Men in the World.

/Pops popcorn

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 02, 2026 09:27 PM (mP0Kj)

215 So, Is Maduro searching the special ed schools for idiots that want to ride on boats?

Posted by: No one at January 02, 2026 09:28 PM (qFwJc)

216 God never said it would be. Quite the contrary.
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We were never promised smooth sailing, only a safe landing.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 02, 2026 09:30 PM (XeU6L)

217 Southern Somalia is an excellent spot to launch rockets into orbit.
And I think "Muskestan" actually works as a word in Persian.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 02, 2026 09:30 PM (gKWVE)

218 212 With the new year, I am starting over in reading the Bible. In Matthew 2:16, the KJV translation fails in that it says Herod had his men kill all the children, age two years and under, in Bethlehem, trying to kill the toddler Jesus (safe in Egypt with Joseph and Mary). I knew that was wrong so checked the Koine for this passage, and yes, Herod had all the baby boys killed. All translations lie on some level. Traduire, c’est trahir, the French say: to translate is to perform treason.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 02, 2026 09:26 PM (wWU6x)

Thou shalt not kill... when the original is thou shall not commit murder... YUGE...

Thou shall not suffer a witch to live... vice.. thou shall not allow an evil practitioner of Magic to live.. especially as Soloman was said to be one of the greatest Sorcerers who ever lived... commanded the Jinn...

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 02, 2026 09:30 PM (mP0Kj)

219 I am obviously very supportive of rescue dogs, but no, this is not the only way to get a dog if you love dogs. If you have a specific need, or you want to be sure of getting the right personality for your family, buying from an ethical (and I really do mean ethical, see H7 for context) is fine. My Shiba is a rescue, and he happens to have some good (titled) blood lines, but only by the grace of God. He comes from a puppy mill situation and was bought at a breeders auction for me specifically to save him from that life. Even with those lines, he is hardly ethically bred, because ethical breeders are not selling to back yard breeders. I adore him, to the point of obnoxious. But he is a hard breed made more difficult by his background. He is not the dog for everyone. My Doberman was from an ethical breeder who had retained her for his program, but decided she wasn’t quite it girl enough, so she got to be my pet.
Posted by: Piper

yeah, you're wrong, there's no good reason to be breeding so many dogs when so many are abused, murdered in shelters. breeding is stupid, selfish

Posted by: n at January 02, 2026 09:31 PM (vuem7)

220 . She thought it funny - "What's the problem Hon, you've seen lots of those!" And then she'd laugh.

Yeah, but not yours.
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Heh. Reminds me of a conversation I had with a buddy after we drove through his hometown:

"Hey Jerry, we saw where you came from!!"

"She showed you that? "

Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at January 02, 2026 09:31 PM (8WtOr)

221
I learn something everyday around here "and it is still the Lingua Franca of serious scientific computing."
Wow. I thought C replaced it in the early 80s.
Posted by: No one

Nope. The code we use to model lethal effects on the ground after a hit is 100% fortran. F77 to be exact.

We are using c/c++ for the medium fidelity work to get to the hit with the target.

Python and matlab for reducing the output results for analysis.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 02, 2026 09:32 PM (QVmho)

222 Were you captured by the Sidhe and confined to one of their faerie mounds for a hundred years?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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Yeats:

Where dips the rocky highland
Of Sleuth Wood in the lake,
There lies a leafy island
Where flapping herons wake
The drowsy water rats;
There we've hid our faery vats,
Full of berrys
And of reddest stolen cherries.
Come away, O human child!
To the waters and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand,
For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 02, 2026 09:32 PM (XeU6L)

223 My late wife and I cared for her mother in her last years (my wife did the hardest tasks but I lent a hand when physical strength was needed, or just cleaned out the potty). Unlike the proverbial mother-in-law, she and I got on well. I was really sorry to see her go. She is in Heaven now, and hanging out with her daughter. I will see them again some bright and sunny day. I just want to keep going until all the cats have passed.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 02, 2026 09:34 PM (wWU6x)

224 Pro tip: KJV says "peace on earth, goodwill to men."

Douay-Rheims says Peace on earth to men of goodwill."

Stick to a Catholic Bible.

Posted by: No one at January 02, 2026 09:35 PM (qFwJc)

225 214 OH, my...

Somali Woman in US says Elon Musk will soon die.

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Remind me again about the all the value that Somalians bring to American culture.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 02, 2026 09:36 PM (JkO4W)

226 Python and matlab for reducing the output results for analysis.
Posted by: BifBewalski
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*?*

Surely Excel would do for this, no? I mean...it's Microsoft !

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 02, 2026 09:36 PM (XeU6L)

227 >> Wow. I thought C replaced it in the early 80s.

There was a big effort to port a lot of stuff into C when I was still in school, late '80s. I remember Numerical Recipes came out with C versions of the all the basic Fortran stuff.

It was done sort of in parallel. C cloning of Fortran code, but not replacement.

Fortran has evolved, lots of stuff for parallel computing and all that, but F77 will still work. Again, see Intel's latest FORTRAN compiler -- F77 code will still compile (mostly).

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 02, 2026 09:36 PM (w6EFb)

228 Where dips the rocky highland
Of Sleuth Wood in the lake,
There lies a leafy island
Where flapping herons wake
The drowsy water rats;
There we've hid our faery vats,
Full of berrys
And of reddest stolen cherries.
Come away, O human child!
To the waters and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand,
For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 02, 2026 09:32 PM (XeU6L)
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Child-stealing bastards...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 02, 2026 09:37 PM (ESVrU)

229 DBCooper!

Howdy handsome!

How you? Hope the desert is treating you well.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 02, 2026 09:43 PM (IhIKR)

230 > Somali Woman in US says Elon Musk will soon die.
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Well, we will all die, sooner or later. But the implied threat suggests, to me, that this Somali woman will likely die before Musk.

Naturally, or otherwise.

And nobody will give a shit either way.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 02, 2026 09:43 PM (NwnyJ)

231 Caregiving for a loved one is tough. I've been blessed to care for Grandparents and my difficult, mentally-ill MiL. It was challenging, and not for everyone. But I have no regrets.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 02, 2026 09:43 PM (ytIDq)

232
According to Grok's summary, C/C++ is used for flight control software, what the spacecraft and orbiters and rovers run, but the heavy, serious stuff like astrodynamics and relativistic solar system ephemeris for navigation and trajectory, and serious stuff like aerodynamic calculations for entry and reentry and all that is modern Fortran, based on old reliable, fully tested Fortran code.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 02, 2026 09:44 PM (w6EFb)

233 MiL wants to go out for lunch tomorrow for her birthday to a place where a bowl of pasta is $30. And they tack on 6% surcharge for "SF City Mandates"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 02, 2026 09:45 PM (RIvkX)

234
Surely Excel would do for this, no? I mean...it's Microsoft !
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Some, for the final plots and graphs, yes. Excel is absolute shit for handling large data sets. One of my typical monte carlo runs for a 45 minute flight at 25 herz would output well over 4tb of raw data. And I had 81 monte carlos for each scenario. Sometimes i had up to 40 scenarios to fully explore the lethal object discrimination, and guide to point end game. Interesting stuff.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 02, 2026 09:45 PM (QVmho)

235 "Let me get this straight: You think that your client - one of the wealthiest, most powerful men in the world - is secretly a vigilante who spends his nights beating criminals to a pulp with his bare hands, and your plan is to blackmail this person? Good luck."

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 02, 2026 09:46 PM (IG3/x)

236 Hey Nurse! Happy New Year! Desert is good!

Posted by: DBCooper at January 02, 2026 09:48 PM (aQNOn)

237 The best way to make healthcare more affordable is to remove people from the system who should never be entitled to access the US healthcare system. Which is happening as we speak.

It's not an insurmountable problem and reducing obvious fraud is the best way to start.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 02, 2026 09:48 PM (viF8m)

238 Space Exploration Stack Exchange

https://space.stackexchange . com › questions › 36538 › what-makes- or-at-least- made-ada-the-language- of-choice-for- the-isss-safety-cr

What makes (or at least made) Ada the language of choice for the ISS's ...
We have it on good authority that Ada is widely used for "safety critical software" on at least the US side of the International Space Station.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 02, 2026 09:48 PM (R0Fqj)

239 And I had 81 monte carlos for each scenario.
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Holy shit! That's a lot of sandwiches!

Posted by: Eduation major at January 02, 2026 09:48 PM (XeU6L)

240 It's not an insurmountable problem and reducing obvious fraud is the best way to start.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Let's hang Hotez and the mutilators first.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 02, 2026 09:49 PM (R0Fqj)

241
Grok says SpaceX flight control software, the stuff running the rockets in flight is C++ (with pure C used for low level drivers) running under Linux kernels modified for real-time specialty use.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 02, 2026 09:49 PM (w6EFb)

242 235 "Let me get this straight: You think that your client - one of the wealthiest, most powerful men in the world - is secretly a vigilante who spends his nights beating criminals to a pulp with his bare hands, and your plan is to blackmail this person? Good luck."
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 02, 2026 09:46 PM (IG3/x)

Always be yourself... unless you can be Batman...

Then be Batman.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 02, 2026 09:49 PM (mP0Kj)

243 Excel is absolute shit for handling large data sets.
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Someone remarked on a topic of mine saying it was the shits. I did not know if it was a compliment or a negative quality observation.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 02, 2026 09:52 PM (R0Fqj)

244 BREAKING: Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Strikes Down California’s Ban on Open Carry – Trump Judge Issues Scathing Opinion

Meanwhile the new mayor of FNYC is wants all guns banned.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 02, 2026 09:52 PM (/lPRQ)

245 Are we sure Elon isn’t Batman?

I mean. Has anyone seen Elon and Batman in the same room together?

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 02, 2026 09:52 PM (IhIKR)

246 Are we sure Elon isn’t Batman?

I mean. Has anyone seen Elon and Batman in the same room together?
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 02, 2026 09:52 PM (IhIKR)
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Elon seems like he's more Iron Man than Batman.

But then Batman is a master of deception, so maybe that's what Elon/Batman wants us to think.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 02, 2026 09:54 PM (ESVrU)

247 Hotez is still with the Mutilators? I heard he went solo.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 02, 2026 09:54 PM (JkO4W)

248 *weeps quietly*

Posted by: RPGII at January 02, 2026 09:55 PM (jc0TO)

249 Someone remarked on a topic of mine saying it was the shits. I did not know if it was a compliment or a negative quality observation.

Posted by: Braenyard

Negative. Microsux wants people to buy more expensive software (database) in order to have very large datasets. Both Quattro Pro (Borland and then WordPerfect) back in the day and librecalc /open office spreadsheets allowed as many data lines and columns as your memory could hold.

Spreadsheets are really nice for a lot of data cleanup before dumping into stat programs. Plus often transformations into new variables can be about as fast as doing it in stat programs by coding with the benefit of WYSIWYG.

Posted by: whig at January 02, 2026 09:57 PM (WDjG6)

250 yeah, you're wrong, there's no good reason to be breeding so many dogs when so many are abused, murdered in shelters. breeding is stupid, selfish
Posted by: n

Found the Leftist!

Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 02, 2026 09:57 PM (Cznub)

251 yeah, you're wrong, there's no good reason to be breeding so many dogs when so many are abused, murdered in shelters. breeding is stupid, selfish
Posted by: n

Found the Leftist!
Posted by: Feath

eat a bag of dicks

Posted by: n at January 02, 2026 10:01 PM (UNjbG)

252 Ada is DoD compliant (designed from teh get go for that) and kind of a specialist language for government contractors. Provides a bit of security by obscurity as well and deals with memory leaks/etc pretty well like Rust is reportedly doing.

Knew a little of it way back when it started getting into DoD software due to some software projects I did for my AF unit.

Posted by: whig at January 02, 2026 10:01 PM (WDjG6)

253 happy new year

Posted by: mindful webworker - happy happy at January 02, 2026 10:02 PM (dESj/)

254 Nood ont

Posted by: From about That Time at January 02, 2026 10:03 PM (sl73Y)

255 New NOOD ONT for 2026

https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=417929

Posted by: mindful webworker - go for it! at January 02, 2026 10:03 PM (dESj/)

256 Some, for the final plots and graphs, yes. Excel is absolute shit for handling large data sets. One of my typical monte carlo runs for a 45 minute flight at 25 herz would output well over 4tb of raw data. And I had 81 monte carlos for each scenario. Sometimes i had up to 40 scenarios to fully explore the lethal object discrimination, and guide to point end game. Interesting stuff.
Posted by: BifBewalski

R, S, or even Stata/SAS would do better than that.

I used spreadsheets (quattropro or later openoffice calc) to clean up big datasets and do certain variable transformations etc. into new columns. For hard number crunching and stat routines when working with FEC databases and such, I either used relational databases or R/Stata on Linux machines.

That is basically how and why I got into linux way back in the 00's, it performed better on less memory for big datasets than Windows did.

Posted by: whig at January 02, 2026 10:05 PM (WDjG6)

257 Stick to a Catholic Bible.

Learn Koine Greek for the New Testament. My introductory Koine Greek text makes an example early on of pointing out a passage in the Douay-Rheims that skips a single-letter word in the Koine in its translation of James to emphasize works over faith. The omission is a single letter, eta, ή, but it acts in the sentence as the article of previous reference. With it, it is clear that James is saying that works come from faith. Without it, it seems James is saying faith cannot save you. The passage is James 2:14 which the DRA translates as “What shall it profit, my brethren, if a man says he hath faith, but hath not works? Shall faith be able to save him?” The ESV, more closely following the Greek translates this as “What good is it my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?” The bold-face that is the single-letter word, ή, that is elided over in the DRA. The first appearance of the word “faith” in the Greek does not have the eta: the second appearance does. The ESV does better justice to the meaning James intended. When in doubt, read the Greek!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 02, 2026 10:06 PM (wWU6x)

258 Giving semantic meaning to whitespace just grinds my gears.
Not just white space, but specifically tabs. WTF?

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 02, 2026 10:10 PM (XMwZJ)

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