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Daily Tech News 5 January 2026
Top Story
- CES 2026 starts tomorrow, so - given the frivolities of time zones - I will likely be inundated with stories then. Today is the calm before the storm of products you can't afford, can't buy, or can't avoid.
What to expect: AI slop, health-related AI slop, enterprise AI slop, energy AI slop, vehicle AI slop, and robots. (CES)
Tell Skynet it's late.
Tech News
- Blu-Ray discs are twenty years old today. (Tom's Hardware)
They were announced at CES in 2006.
- Can a social app fix the "terrible devastation" of social media? (Tech Crunch)
What? No. Are you stupid or something?
- An anti-aging injection has show promise regrowing knee cartilage and preventing arthritis. (SciTech Daily)
In mice. Little cheese fiends are gonna outlive all of us.
- Six bugs collide: How six individually harmless bugs led to a remote code execution vulnerability on a security device. (Mehmet Ince)
Might as well be titled The autistic shall inherit the Earth. No disrespect. Even I'm impressed.
- How Microsoft is betting on driving away all its customers. (GeekWire)
They are utterly convinced this is a winning move.
Disclaimer: Incoming!
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 05, 2026 04:01 AM (6eIpv)
Posted by: m at January 05, 2026 04:01 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: clarence at January 05, 2026 04:01 AM (UIfeN)
Posted by: m at January 05, 2026 04:04 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: m at January 05, 2026 04:04 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 05, 2026 04:05 AM (6eIpv)
Thanks.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 05, 2026 04:05 AM (uVThL)
The video of the song "My Favourite Game" was censored by MTV for showing reckless driving.
Posted by: m at January 05, 2026 04:07 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 05, 2026 04:07 AM (BLOW1)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 05, 2026 04:08 AM (6eIpv)
Given that, those 'bugs' were more like tunneling under the walls of a bank building.
Posted by: clarence at January 05, 2026 04:11 AM (UIfeN)
That's not the way MTV wants their little kids to pucker up.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 05, 2026 04:11 AM (uVThL)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 05, 2026 04:13 AM (BLOW1)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 05, 2026 04:13 AM (BLOW1)
I ain't watchin'.
Posted by: m at January 05, 2026 04:13 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 05, 2026 04:16 AM (6eIpv)
That's not the way MTV wants their little kids to pucker up.
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That was nasty and mean....
Man, I love this place!
Posted by: clarence at January 05, 2026 04:17 AM (UIfeN)
Continuing from the ONT, if you want to understand why Trump is so hot and bothered about Greenland, it's China. China is making aggressive moves in the High North.
Take a gander at a polar map (standard Mercator is useless) to see what the top of the world looks like.
Just last year, the Chicoms successfully transited under the ice cap via submarine. That is not good for US National Security. They've been making aggressive moves to become a polar player.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 05, 2026 04:18 AM (w6EFb)
Sounds like he's doing more than microdosing. What the hell does that even mean? Does he realize that Harvey Weinstein is in prison for orchestrating multiple models?
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 05, 2026 04:20 AM (HTCU3)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 05, 2026 04:13 AM (BLOW1)
The song My Favourite Game has a Wikipedia entry separate from the Cardigans entry. And has this:
There are four different outcomes of the car crash at the end of the uncensored video. ... In the fifth edition, it is censored all out, along with the car crashes, and Nina still is in the car, bloodless, driving and nodding along to the radio.
... which ... might be this one.
Posted by: m at January 05, 2026 04:20 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 05, 2026 04:18 AM (w6EFb)
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I remember when King Charles was prince and he played that a lot.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 05, 2026 04:21 AM (6eIpv)
Sounds like he's doing more than microdosing.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 05, 2026 04:20 AM (HTCU3)
LOL
Posted by: m at January 05, 2026 04:22 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 05, 2026 04:23 AM (HTCU3)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 05, 2026 04:18 AM (w6EFb)
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I remember when King Charles was prince and he played that a lot.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 05, 2026 04:21 AM (6eIpv)
I'm not sure this sort of punning should be encouraged and but however, I laughed.
Posted by: m at January 05, 2026 04:28 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 05, 2026 04:29 AM (kpS4V)
Somehow my alarm didn't go off yet its set
Posted by: Skip at January 05, 2026 04:33 AM (Ia/+0)
Somehow my alarm didn't go off yet its set
Posted by: Skip at January 05, 2026 04:33 AM (Ia/+0)
uh-oh
Posted by: m at January 05, 2026 04:34 AM (RuTUS)
Decades from now historians will look back at the 2020s and realize this is when Satya entered his 418- I'm a teapot period.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 05, 2026 04:35 AM (HTCU3)
I realized that the design flaw of my rig is that it runs through the battery. Now I need to go buy a new rig before I tear into this one. Long overdue.
I need a new phone too, so happy NY! $2K, I figure, I’ll get off easy.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 05, 2026 04:43 AM (nljXp)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram
I understood that reference.
Posted by: mikeski at January 05, 2026 04:44 AM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Just Wondering at January 05, 2026 04:49 AM (2Ez/1)
Price -
$869.99 on Amazon.
That's CL30 + RGB, so high performance at a premium.
CL40 then?
Crucial Pro DDR5 RAM 64GB Kit (2x32GB) 6000MHz CL40
$532.99
Which is a real deal at the moment as the list price is $632.99
Maybe DDR4 then?
G.SKILL Trident Z Neo Series DDR4 RAM (XMP) 64GB (2x32GB) 3600MT/s CL18-22-22-42
$469.99
That Mini-PC that Pixy bought a few months back is looking like a real steal since the 64GB of DDR5 RAM in it is worth more than the entire computer right now.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 05, 2026 04:50 AM (6ydKt)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at January 05, 2026 04:50 AM (tljrc)
Posted by: Skip at January 05, 2026 04:50 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 05, 2026 04:53 AM (HTCU3)
That's half the problem right there.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 05, 2026 04:53 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 05, 2026 04:16 AM (6eIpv)
Land yachts.
Where the speedometer moves slower than the fuel gauge.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 05, 2026 04:55 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: No one at January 05, 2026 04:58 AM (qFwJc)
https://tinyurl.com/yzhpms8b
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 05, 2026 05:00 AM (uPdai)
https://tinyurl.com/4jxyzytk
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 05, 2026 05:05 AM (uPdai)
Female Swede. Despite my disinterest, they are convincing me that they are the most evil people on the planet.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at January 05, 2026 05:07 AM (1ld0C)
Lisa Su from AMD got the late night slot at 9:30 p.m. Pacific.
My best guess is that they will mention AI... about 100 times in one speech.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 05, 2026 05:09 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 05, 2026 05:10 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 05, 2026 05:14 AM (HTCU3)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 05, 2026 05:21 AM (sAmhv)
That's half the problem right there.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 05, 2026 04:53 AM (6ydKt)
... and the other half?
Posted by: m at January 05, 2026 05:22 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: No one at January 05, 2026 05:22 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Skip at January 05, 2026 05:24 AM (Ia/+0)
That didn't solve it so she took it in to a shop last month. We hadn't heard anything so I pushed her to call the place on Friday. Turns out that the tech she talked to did not enter the fact that she authorized repairs and the replacement port was not ordered.
The manager called her, apologized for the confusion and not only ordered the part but gave her a discount on the repair.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 05, 2026 05:24 AM (BpO1e)
Posted by: No one
Same for Joan Plowright.
Posted by: Tuna at January 05, 2026 05:26 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 05, 2026 05:26 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 05, 2026 05:29 AM (qDCnE)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 05, 2026 05:31 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at January 05, 2026 05:32 AM (aKh6S)
I don't worry about China in the Arctic.
China is getting Imperial Overstretch. The Belts and Roads projects are getting the Chinese actively hated by everyone not bribed in the host nation. Their QA is crap on big projects.
All their investment in Venezuela is gone. The debts incurred there should not be repaid. It was in oil mostly anyway.
Finally, there are more Chinese over the age of 52 than there are Chinese under the age of 52.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 05, 2026 05:33 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 05, 2026 05:35 AM (qDCnE)
I always enjoy the movies with historical stuff.
I thought this had an interesting plot line, good character development and pacing. The focus was on Hermann Goering. The part was played by Russell Crowe and he was excellent.
There was an engaging scene where he and an American psychologist get into a back and forth regarding the morality of the camps vs the use of atomic weapons.
I see maybe three movies a year and went to this one almost on the spur of the moment. Glad I did.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 05, 2026 05:36 AM (2Ez/1)
Please tell FenelonSpouse that laughter of young children, the need for vigilance, and good coworkers makes the hours on the road shrink.
Hope he has at least 2 out of 3.
What he is saying, as I decode Man-Talk, is he wants to be with you rather than at work.
You two turtledoves have a great day.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 05, 2026 05:36 AM (u82oZ)
I bet AI hallucinations would give a better CES speech than the actuals BS’ing could.
Posted by: Accomack at January 05, 2026 05:39 AM (T8bqm)
The manager called her, apologized for the confusion and not only ordered the part but gave her a discount on the repair.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 05, 2026 05:24 AM (BpO1e)
Those ports can become a problem since we plug/unplug them a lot.
It's why I'm not so crazy about so many laptops using USB-C for power delivery. Those USB-Cs are only rated for so many plug/un-plugs and on a laptop battery port that can add up quick.
My older Lenovo from 2021 was having problems with the USB-C getting loose, and causing problems with CPU/GPU speeds because it was running on battery without me knowing it.
Everybody be careful out there if your laptop uses USB-C, because those port connections will get worse over time.
Getting a discount was nice, I'd stick with them for future work if this repair turns out well.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 05, 2026 05:40 AM (6ydKt)
Sucks to be Xi and Vlad, though. They'll be buying Venzuela's crappy oil at the market price, and they've been shown that all their exported air defense systems are essentially useless against the US capabilities. I'm sure their allies around the world took notes.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 05, 2026 05:40 AM (3Ope8)
I thought the Mir was de-orbited.
The Chinese have a space station up, in addition to ours. They have issues with micro-punctures?
Besides, if it was the Russians, they would get the vodka back out and drink it.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 05, 2026 05:41 AM (u82oZ)
We were in camp, taking it easy between operations.
I was painting Sgt stripes on my hydraulics. You never know when you might need "pull rank."
Kowalski was working on a crossword puzzle.
"Hey Sarge, what's an eight letter word meaning "on the way.""
"Incoming! Take cover!"
*detonations*
Posted by: The Men All Knew Me As Sgt Fury at January 05, 2026 05:42 AM (biznJ)
Posted by: SpeakingOf
I was honestly impressed that the manager called and he made an effort to make things right. So I agree with your idea.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 05, 2026 05:43 AM (BpO1e)
I always enjoy the movies with historical stuff.
I thought this had an interesting plot line, good character development and pacing. The focus was on Hermann Goering. The part was played by Russell Crowe and he was excellent.
There was an engaging scene where he and an American psychologist get into a back and forth regarding the morality of the camps vs the use of atomic weapons.
I see maybe three movies a year and went to this one almost on the spur of the moment. Glad I did.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 05, 2026 05:36 AM (2Ez/1)
Thanks for the recommendation.
Posted by: m at January 05, 2026 05:44 AM (RuTUS)
https://tinyurl.com/25xwaj7a
(Fox9 - Minneapolis-St. Paul)
Yeah, that seems about right.
Few people want a retard for governor.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 05, 2026 05:45 AM (6ydKt)
I imagine Trump got the CIA onside and working for the President (for once) by offering them a pro-council role in the existing Venezuelan government. It is a test of the CIA and its ability to run a country, not just a color revolution.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 05, 2026 05:45 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 05, 2026 05:46 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: NR Pax at January 05, 2026 05:43 AM (BpO1e)
Understandable mistake in the middle of the holidays.
People's attentions are often elsewhere for the last few weeks of the year.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 05, 2026 05:49 AM (6ydKt)
I wouldn't speculate on the relationship between DTS and the Deep State, but I don't think the populace of Venezuela would tolerate any participation from them. Pretty sure the CIA is universally despised, especially in the southern hemisphere. Just my thoughts.
I'd like to see us expel the Chinese, the Russians and let the CIA work with the Venezuelan military to hunt down Hamas, the FARC and the ELN. Let them destroy the cartels as well.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 05, 2026 05:53 AM (3Ope8)
That's a shame.
Posted by: Spoken in my best Seinfeld voice at January 05, 2026 05:54 AM (2Ez/1)
Just like there are no TV repair shops anymore. TVs are disposable appliances these days.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 05, 2026 05:54 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 05, 2026 05:55 AM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Ok, I'll ask at January 05, 2026 05:55 AM (2Ez/1)
Thanks, Salty. He enjoys kids. He is just not thrilled by S & L who are the most difficult kids on the bus. They are in the first grade. Fortunately, one of them is not on on Monday morning. However, he got very nice handwritten cards and pictures from almost all of them for Christmas which was very nice of them and about 25 lbs of chocolate .
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 05, 2026 05:55 AM (qDCnE)
I like your plan. A lot.
Yes, the CIA has become the fusible link to explain failure of US policy. Just like Trump gets all the blame from Leftists for anything they don't like.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 05, 2026 05:56 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 05, 2026 05:57 AM (u82oZ)
Decides not to ask what S & L stands for.
Posted by: Just woke up at January 05, 2026 05:58 AM (2Ez/1)
Jack Posobiec @JackPosobiec
4h
Josh Shapiro is the Tim Walz of Pennsylvania
Screenshot this
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 05, 2026 05:59 AM (lRY8a)
"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 January 05, 2026 05:59 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 05, 2026 05:59 AM (O7YUW)
The notes and chocolate means FenelonSpouse is loved by most. Thats as good as it gets, as there is always that 10% you can not reach.
Let him use his Dad jokes and safety guidelines to help S & L. Likely they do not have a benevolent father figure in their life.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 05, 2026 06:00 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 05, 2026 06:01 AM (u82oZ)
Another thought. Just let the CIA be the reporting agency on VZ government action. Rubio is the hard man here. He sure has a lot of jobs to do.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 05, 2026 06:03 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Just woke up at January 05, 2026 06:04 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Great Plains Drifter at January 05, 2026 06:05 AM (mDkOn)
This is actually a repair place only. But yeah; Christmas season is a busy time and the tech was probably juggling a lot of issues at the same time.
Hopefully we hear something soon and I can return that power supply to Amazon.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 05, 2026 06:05 AM (BpO1e)
Posted by: Just woke up at January 05, 2026 06:05 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 05, 2026 06:05 AM (qDCnE)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 05, 2026 06:07 AM (qbLEp)
Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at January 05, 2026 06:09 AM (2Ez/1)
Good morning, Hordians. Woke up before 4:00. Again. This is annoying. I don't know if this makes me fall asleep in my armchair in the evening or whether it happens because I fall asleep in my armchair in the evening.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 05, 2026 06:09 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 05, 2026 06:09 AM (tgvbd)
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Yes.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 05, 2026 06:10 AM (qbLEp)
I have my little skin cancer surgery this am, and of course I dread it. Yes, I know it's minor and won't take long, and I know I'll have local anesthetic. It's just the loss of even an illusion of control over my environment, I guess.
They tell me I can relax in the private recovery room afterward, watch TV, read, or even take a nap. I may do that last.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 05, 2026 06:11 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 05, 2026 06:12 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 05, 2026 06:12 AM (qDCnE)
Posted by: Follow me for more life hacks at January 05, 2026 06:12 AM (2Ez/1)
Will keep you in prayer.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 05, 2026 06:13 AM (qDCnE)
Little Marco has grown up to be about the best Sec of State in a long time. He wears I forget how many hats, but the other big one is National Security Advisor.
Now, you know who was the last Sec State to wear that dual hat? Henry Kissinger. That's the level Little Marco is operating at.
Not that I don't disagree with Kissinger, but the man was quite competent. Rubio is at his level.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 05, 2026 06:13 AM (w6EFb)
Everyone have a day drenched in joy and satisfaction.
Still, head on a swivel. Barbarians are inside the gate.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 05, 2026 06:14 AM (u82oZ)
***
This is about me, isn't it?
Posted by: Monica Lewinsky's ex-boyfriend's wife at January 05, 2026 06:16 AM (2Ez/1)
1. Be old.
2 Sit in a chair.
Posted by: Follow me for more life hacks at January 05, 2026
***
3. Have something on TV you've seen before many times (the original Trek, for instance), or which bores you even if it's new (almost any film made since 2000; the new TV series of Westworld is perfect).
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 05, 2026 06:16 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Common Tater at January 05, 2026 06:17 AM (umyLr)
***
This is about me, isn't it?
Posted by: Monica Lewinsky's ex-boyfriend's wife at January 05, 2026 06:16 AM (2Ez/1)
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Hey! I'm standing right here!
Posted by: John Effin' Kerry at January 05, 2026 06:17 AM (qbLEp)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 05, 2026 06:18 AM (qDCnE)
*
Will keep you in prayer.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 05, 2026
***
Thanks, Fen. This is nothing like what I underwent last July. It's just unknown and new, therefore scary.
With any luck I'll be home by 12:30, in time for lunch and a nap.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 05, 2026 06:18 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Common Tater at January 05, 2026 06:20 AM (umyLr)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 05, 2026 06:20 AM (qDCnE)
Not a bad notion. I try doing that but I'm not too consistent.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 05, 2026 06:20 AM (BpO1e)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 05, 2026 06:21 AM (qDCnE)
Posted by: John and Alan at January 05, 2026 06:22 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Common Tater at January 05, 2026
***
My suspicion is that the $15/lb. stuff is actually cigarette tobacco -- or something that could easily be used for hand-rolled ciggies -- but labeled as pipe tobacco to avoid certain taxes. The $150/lb. is about $9/oz., so that works out to current prices for a 1.75 or 2.0 oz. tin. And the cost of the tin figures into the price, I guess.
The inexpensive stuff is usually available in bags and is cut finer, too, thus the fast burning.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 05, 2026 06:23 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 05, 2026 06:24 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 05, 2026
***
"My skin is okay, but my skeleton has to come out!"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 05, 2026 06:24 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at January 05, 2026 06:24 AM (aKh6S)
There's a TV repair place not far from me. A large part of his business is people giving him the dead TV when they decide it's a better use of their money to get a new one. He then fixes them and sells them. He doesn't charge himself for labor and the fix is often fairly simple if you're comfortable with dealing with wave soldered components.
A specialty is refurbing old CRT type TVs that now have a market among retro gamers who like the authentic appearance and some accessories like light guns require a CRT with scan lines to use for sync.
You can find a lot of videos on YouTube of people who have similar businesses showing how they do a repair.
Posted by: Epobirs at January 05, 2026 06:27 AM (/0z9K)
Posted by: Common Tater at January 05, 2026 06:28 AM (0OORa)
Having the same man as both NSA and Sec. of State short circuits a lot of the turf war between those two positions, and who's in charge of what.
I think putting them both together should be formally called "wartime consigliere".
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 05, 2026 06:28 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at January 05, 2026
***
Claudia has passed too?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 05, 2026 06:29 AM (wzUl9)
https://tinyurl.com/8zpwup7f
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 05, 2026 06:30 AM (2sfNr)
Posted by: No one at January 05, 2026 06:31 AM (qFwJc)
Back to the daily grind for me today.
Which world leader will President Trump take out this week?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 05, 2026 06:32 AM (ESVrU)
When you realize you're going to have be President of Venezuela, Governor-general of Cuba, and Shah of Iran.....
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 05, 2026 06:32 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 05, 2026 06:33 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 05, 2026 06:33 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Adriane the Carefully Concerned Critic . . . at January 05, 2026 06:34 AM (3ZUWJ)
While I was watching, Tom Petty came on. At that point the movie went from a fully formed turd to a stream of agricultural grade spray manure.
Posted by: fd at January 05, 2026 06:35 AM (vFG9F)
You can find a lot of videos on YouTube of people who have similar businesses showing how they do a repair.
Posted by: Epobirs at January 05, 2026 06:27 AM (/0z9K)
Old CRTs are also very low latency compared to LCD/LEDs.
So the gamers love them for that reason alone.
The old high quality Sony Trinitrons are in high demand as they were probably the best CRTs made right up until flat-screens took over.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 05, 2026 06:36 AM (6ydKt)
The cartels also paid dems and suspect a few gope.
God settles the family business.
Posted by: Kingsman at January 05, 2026 06:37 AM (ehY6c)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 05, 2026 06:33 AM (wzUl9)
Metromony - The Look -
https://youtu.be/sFrNsSnk8GM
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 05, 2026 06:38 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 05, 2026 06:39 AM (wzUl9)
"Colombia is very sick, too, run by a sick man, who likes making cocaine and selling it to the United States, and he's not going to be doing it very long.' -- GEOTUS
When asked if a miitary op against him was on the table, Trump said, "Sounds good to me."
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 05, 2026 06:40 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 05, 2026 06:41 AM (T/n61)
It's been that way for decades now.
Posted by: pawn at January 05, 2026 06:42 AM (Rmqfl)
Posted by: fd at January 05, 2026 06:42 AM (vFG9F)
I should have opened a Somalia Learing Center.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 05, 2026 06:43 AM (T/n61)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 05, 2026 06:44 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 05, 2026 06:39 AM (wzUl9)
The last CRT my father bought around the late 90s.
36" console type.
That sucker weighed at least 150 lbs.
God knows I dreaded moving that thing the few times he had to.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 05, 2026 06:46 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Person who squirrels things away at January 05, 2026 06:47 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: NR Pax at January 05, 2026 06:52 AM (BpO1e)
In 2006, I was on a contract job at the Sony (formerly Columbia Pictures) studio lot in Culver City to work on a big upgrade deployment of their Blackberry fleet and the Lotus Notes install on every desktop that was the core of their email and calendar system. Most of the excutives didn't want any interaction and left while I was working. Some were cool. I got in trouble when I was in this one VP's office. She was watching an anti-piracy video in which M. Night Shyamalan complained about 'Signs' getting leaked on the internet opening week, stating that this impacted the box office. I couldn't stop myself from mentioning that the video on the internet was very low quality (probably a 'cam' from a screening) and the real cause of the box office drop office was that word quickly spread how stupid the movie was, featuring an invasion by aliens poisoned by water.
Posted by: Epobirs at January 05, 2026 06:53 AM (/0z9K)
Have a good day everyone. You are a blessing to others.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 05, 2026 06:54 AM (qDCnE)
She agreed that Sony knowingly pushed for the delay in the DRM that caused Microsoft to drop using HD-DVD as the native disc format in the Xbox 360 and just going with DVD to meet the intended launch date for the console. This meant they had substantially less room on a single disc than the Blu-ray using PS3, causing games like Final Fantasy 13 to have 720p FMV sequences to save space. They later switched in the 1080p versions for the backward compatible version on Xbox One and Series X/S.
Posted by: Epobirs at January 05, 2026 07:00 AM (/0z9K)
Honestly, we were going to wait a bit longer before adopting another one but life said "HA!"
Posted by: NR Pax at January 05, 2026 07:01 AM (BpO1e)
Posted by: Cautiously Optimistic at January 05, 2026 07:03 AM (0OORa)
Now my whole feeding system is all messed up.
I think I can get it sorted out in a day or two.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 05, 2026 07:04 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Epobirs at January 05, 2026 06:53 AM (/0z9K)
I bet.
Most monitors back then were running at 480p or 600p.
I thought I was a bad-ass when I got to 768p in the early 2000s.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 05, 2026 07:06 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: fd at January 05, 2026 07:11 AM (vFG9F)
Yeah, they bitch about everything. They are not happy unless they bitch. Must really suck being one of them.
Running around with their ass on their shoulders.
Posted by: Case at January 05, 2026 07:12 AM (5Emhj)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at January 05, 2026 07:12 AM (DDJSl)
CRTs are a little more dangerous than most but electrolytic capacitors are not prohibitively expensive and pretty easy to replace. The problem with running defective power supply is it will fry stuff that is expensive and/or proprietary unobtanium. Now it’s only good for the landfill.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 05, 2026 07:12 AM (0OORa)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 05, 2026 07:18 AM (Cjt/F)
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Don't be so pessimistic, Pixy!
The robots will also dispense AI slop. Or run into walls, stab people, fall down stairs, drop your Faberge Egg, mis-weld a seam, etc. due to AI "hallucination."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 07:20 AM (avHHk)
The power supply has always been on the lowest rung of the design coolness hierarchy. Always considered "low risk" by snobby designers. The power supply is always left to the jr. engineer and ends up being the last element integrated.
This leads in many cases to a predictable failure scenario.
Posted by: pawn at January 05, 2026 07:21 AM (Rmqfl)
Rust has only been around for 13 years and isn’t even on version 2 for f***s sake.
You’re talking about millions of lines of code to convert, it’s insane.
This more than their embrace of AI is going to do great damage to the company.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 05, 2026 07:21 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 05, 2026 07:22 AM (2GVsD)
The robots will also dispense AI slop. Or run into walls, stab people, fall down stairs, drop your Faberge Egg, mis-weld a seam, etc. due to AI "hallucination."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 07:20 AM
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But go ahead and hop in. We'll get you there safely and on time.
Posted by: Waymo at January 05, 2026 07:22 AM (2Ez/1)
What? No. Are you stupid or something?
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LOL. Only in Silicon Valley.
From the article:
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone and Pinterest co-founder Evan Sharp have raised new funding for their social media startup West Co.
...
Sharp — the company’s CEO — described West Co as emerging from the question, “What could I build that might help address just some of the terrible devastation of the human mind and heart that we’ve wrought the last 15 years?”
Decry "social media" and then join a monastery and spend the rest of your life praying for your soul. Don't create yet another social net.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 07:23 AM (avHHk)
Posted by: NR Pax at January 05, 2026 07:23 AM (BpO1e)
Posted by: Common Tater at January 05, 2026 07:24 AM (0OORa)
Posted by: Joe Mannix
Mind you, he loves the fortune that he made from the destruction.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 05, 2026 07:24 AM (BpO1e)
Posted by: I gotta ask at January 05, 2026 07:25 AM (2Ez/1)
Rust isn't a line-per-line or even though-per-thought parallel of c/c++.
Maybe they can swap out black-box per black-box, but Rust would still be on a c/c++ architecture (as far as memory management in the macro sense)
Usually when making such huge changes, there is also an opportunity to revisit why this twenty year old piece of code is still kicking around.
But then you have a myriad of problems due to the fact that Windows philosophy is to be able to run software written back in the days of Windows XP.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 05, 2026 07:25 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 05, 2026 07:25 AM (NwnyJ)
Both deeply lamented their inventions. Both thought they were neat. It was a Jurassic Park "you were so caught up in wondering if you could that you never stopped to consider whether or not you should" thing. At least one of those guys (the "pull-down-to-refresh guy") had quit in horror after seeing what he had wrought, and retreated from society altogether as a form of both self-punishment and to protect society from himself.
Virtually everyone in Silicon Valley needs to follow his example.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 07:26 AM (avHHk)
Posted by: Weasel at January 05, 2026 07:27 AM (vt7xw)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 05, 2026 07:27 AM (a4flb)
Design efficiency matters a lot more. "Power, Space and Cooling" is where the wars are fought.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 07:29 AM (avHHk)
Posted by: Weasel
Thanks. He's a sweet boy and he likes being at our place. Hopefully the transition is easy on him.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 05, 2026 07:30 AM (BpO1e)
The answer, at least in its initial form, is an app that asks users, “What’s your intention for today?” Users can share their goals with friends, hopefully helping them “plan with intention, capture the reality of their days, and see the deeper threads that shape their life.”
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So just another social network.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 07:31 AM (avHHk)
And may drive through the middle of an active police/crim shoot-out in the streets.
High Adventure on the way to Starbucks!
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 05, 2026 07:31 AM (a4flb)
Shouldn't it be a US territory by now?
Posted by: Person who wonders about Greenland at January 05, 2026 07:31 AM (2Ez/1)
I immediately imagined six insects running into each other. I need more coffee.
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at January 05, 2026 07:31 AM (1Nv0l)
Posted by: Zombie Biz Markie at January 05, 2026 07:32 AM (TGdF9)
Posted by: fd at January 05, 2026 07:33 AM (vFG9F)
Given your other comments in this thread and Windows idea of creating agents to do things.
What would be an interesting venture in Windows agents would be to have it take over your social media accounts so that you can still have engagement, but can be outside and doing personal development stuff - like relearning how to behave in the real world.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 05, 2026 07:33 AM (a4flb)
“Repair” is not practical for a great many items now, or insanely expensive. Proprietary “boards”, for $199 that can’t be sourced, for a $2000 applianfe when the reality is it only needs a $2 capacitor or two and some quality time with a soldering iron.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 05, 2026 07:35 AM (0OORa)
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at January 05, 2026 07:35 AM (1Nv0l)
Great, it wants to be a replacement for friends. When will AI beat you up and make you eat a bug?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 05, 2026 07:35 AM (a4flb)
Clippy 1.0 just wanted to help.
Clippy 2.0 wants to kill you.
Posted by: Halfhand at January 05, 2026 07:35 AM (edbiH)
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at January 05, 2026 07:31 AM (1Nv0l)
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I wonder if Grace Hopper was ever bemused that her most widely-known and popular contribution to computer science was coining the "bug" nomenclature.
"Bug" had been used in other industries, but she found a *literal* bug in a computer, responsible for a failure (an electrical problem). She pinned it to her notes and commented that they found an actual bug this time.
The rest is history.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 07:36 AM (avHHk)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 05, 2026 07:36 AM (RIvkX)
Insert rant on how social media damages the amygdala which intensifies narcissism and pyschopathy.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 05, 2026 07:36 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 07:31 AM (avHHk)
They are still living in 2015 in their heads trying to come up with that killer app that will beat Facebook and Twitter.
It sounds like one huge money sink to me.
I'm surprised they didn't add the letters A & I in there somewhere to at least appear like they understand what year it is.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 05, 2026 07:37 AM (6ydKt)
I was secretly hoping that SEAL teams were doing something while Delta was busy in VZ.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 05, 2026 07:37 AM (a4flb)
That was 2005. In 2015 every business plan had to have a path to being bought out by Facebook or Google.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 05, 2026 07:38 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: fd at January 05, 2026 07:38 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at January 05, 2026 07:35 AM (1Nv0l)
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Nor do I. Both of them thought "man, this would be neat." They were right about that. Too bad both things were also disastrous. Thus their horror. The executives felt no horror. Not one of them ever considered pulling back the features. Not that it matters, I suppose. Even if they had, somebody else would have re-implemented them in the next product, which would have succeeded. You can't unring a bell, you can just stand transfixed in terror as it peels on and on into eternity.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 07:39 AM (avHHk)
... helping them “...capture the reality of their days"
The great majority of our time is still spent on the mundane.
Loading and unloading the dishwasher. Personal grooming. Commuting. Sleeping. Putting gas in the car."
Create an app that will do that for us so we can spend more time in nature, savoring meals, doing creative hobbies and making love.
Posted by: Hang on. I have to empty the dishwasher. Again. at January 05, 2026 07:39 AM (2Ez/1)
You can drop a boatload of patent lawyers on it and lock it up with heavy licensing price.
Think: Amazon's One Click
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 05, 2026 07:40 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: Epobirs at January 05, 2026 07:40 AM (/0z9K)
Posted by: Hang on. I have to empty the dishwasher. Again. at January 05, 2026 07:39 AM (2Ez/1)
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Definitely. Freeing up time for those things would do so much.
Posted by: Person who will actually doom-scroll TIkTok and swipe on Hinge an extra three hours per day at January 05, 2026 07:41 AM (avHHk)
A couple of bug-bomb sessions took care of the infestation. I rarely see one now.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 05, 2026 07:43 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Epobirs at January 05, 2026 07:40 AM (/0z9K)
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But it looks great to investors and finance talking heads in the current bubble.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 07:43 AM (avHHk)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 05, 2026 07:43 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Grammar Gestapo at January 05, 2026 07:44 AM (2Ez/1)
They are going to take your house any way they can.
They will do everything possible to bankrupt middle class homeowners to ‘socialize’ their property.
This isn’t some fantasy, this isn’t hyperbole, these are now the people in charge of the City of New York and their ideology is pure evil. It is going to get ugly.
Be prepared for what’s next.
End Wokeness @EndWokeness
NYC Mayor Mamdani's Tenant Director, Cea Weaver:
"We'll transition from treating property as an individual good to a collective good. Whites especially will be impacted."
X video (0:35): https://bit.ly/4puqoRn
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 05, 2026 07:44 AM (P5BPp)
Posted by: NR Pax at January 05, 2026 07:44 AM (BpO1e)
Although I certainly would like to be around to see all of the things eternity will bring. The vast majority of human development still lies ahead of us. We are but at t=epsilon.
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at January 05, 2026 07:45 AM (1Nv0l)
Posted by: Grammar Gestapo at January 05, 2026 07:44 AM (2Ez/1)
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Ugh. True. They "peal." When they're playing a tune. Otherwise they simply ring.
Forgive me. I haven't had coffee yet today.
:: goes to rectify that ::
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 07:45 AM (avHHk)
Do you know why Microsoft made C# and F#? Because they FAFO'd with Java which was open at the time and got spanked for trying to make it their own.
If Microsoft were to adopt Rust again, which is open, they would not be able to resist the temptation to screw it up and try to make it their own.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 05, 2026 07:45 AM (a4flb)
We should have gone after commies in our country after WW2 was done with the aggression that Germany went after Nazis.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 05, 2026 07:46 AM (BpO1e)
Posted by: NR Pax at January 05, 2026
***
Wisconsin time is different from NYC time. There's more of it, for one thing.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 05, 2026 07:46 AM (wzUl9)
NYC MAYOR MAMDANI'S HOUSING OFFICIAL: "YOUR HOME SHOULDN’T REALLY BE YOURS"
According to Cea Weaver, a top housing advisor for NYC Mayor Mamdani, the idea of owning your home the way people always have is outdated.
She says we’ve treated property as something personal for “centuries,” and now it’s time to see it as “collective.”
Her words? Families (especially white ones, of course) need a “different relationship to property.”
In other words: stop thinking of your house as yours, and start thinking of it as something shared.
This isn’t a fringe activist on TikTok. This is a person in charge of housing policy for New York City.
Heads up: this "shared equity" talk is a nice way of saying ownership might not mean what you think it does anymore.
X video (0:35): https://bit.ly/4qAUjbr
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 05, 2026 07:46 AM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at January 05, 2026 07:46 AM (1Nv0l)
Posted by: Person who's glad not to live in NYC at January 05, 2026 07:47 AM (2Ez/1)
Hope you all have a wonderful day.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at January 05, 2026 07:47 AM (nz1sK)
"We'll transition from treating property as an individual good to a collective good. Whites especially will be impacted." ...
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 05, 2026 07:44 AM (P5BPp)
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It's somewhat amazing when I think about the fact that the first couple of decades of my life (I'm a Dread Millennial) were marked by generally improving race relations.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 07:47 AM (avHHk)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 05, 2026 07:47 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 07:49 AM (avHHk)
Posted by: Hang on. I have to empty the dishwasher. Again. at January 05, 2026 07:39 AM (2Ez/1)
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Definitely. Freeing up time for those things would do so much.
Posted by: Person who will actually doom-scroll TIkTok and swipe on Hinge an extra three hours per day at January 05, 2026 07:41 AM (avHHk)
Those apps will be called robots, or androids, and will do it all for the price of a used car.
(although I'm not sure I want a robot to groom me unless I'm 85 and the arthritis is kicking in)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 05, 2026 07:49 AM (6ydKt)
This isn’t some fantasy, this isn’t hyperbole, these are now the people in charge of the City of New York and their ideology is pure evil. It is going to get ugly.
The World in general, and the UK and US in particular are going through a Nebuchadnezzar's Colossus phase (actually a few decades in) of the iron mixed with clay.
Spoiler Alert: It collapses. It always does. Just chronicle the Truth for the edification of the following generations.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 05, 2026 07:49 AM (a4flb)
I think it will face legal issues. Maybe.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 05, 2026 07:50 AM (NwnyJ)
Molon Labe.
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at January 05, 2026 07:50 AM (1Nv0l)
In other words: stop thinking of your house as yours, and start thinking of it as something shared. ...
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 05, 2026 07:46 AM (P5BPp)
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For now, sure.
But property isn't just real estate. A "different relationship to property" will also extend to your bank accounts, furniture, clothes on your back, factory, vehicle, your body, etc.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 07:50 AM (avHHk)
###
Come on over. You'll love it.
Posted by: People who live in Section 8 housing at January 05, 2026 07:50 AM (2Ez/1)
Just remember it was pr0n that led the adoption and technological acceleration of the VCR and the internet.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 05, 2026 07:51 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 05, 2026 07:51 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 05, 2026 07:50 AM (NwnyJ)
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It should. This is easy, and obviously flatly illegal.
But we're post-law.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 07:51 AM (avHHk)
Thought Experiment: for everything, just stick the word "public" in front of it and ask yourself if it is any better:
Let me start you off:
• education
• toilet
• transportation
• housing
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 05, 2026 07:52 AM (a4flb)
This isn’t a fringe activist on TikTok. This is a person in charge of housing policy for New York City.
Heads up: this "shared equity" talk is a nice way of saying ownership might not mean what you think it does anymore.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 05, 2026 07:46 AM (P5BPp)
If I was wealthy, or just well-off enough to own an apartment or house in NYC, I'd be getting the hell out right now while the getting is still good.
This will not end well.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 05, 2026 07:52 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: SpeakingOf
If we have robots that can groom, well, it's not difficult to imagine what they'll be spending most of their time doing...
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at January 05, 2026 07:52 AM (1Nv0l)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 05, 2026 07:52 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 05, 2026 07:51 AM (a4flb)
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Partly. It gets a tad too much credit for that.
But porno *did* eliminate the early aughts "format war" between HD-DVD and Blu-Ray. Blu-Ray was superior but much more expensive. A big chunk of the porno industry decided to back Blu-Ray and made it very clear that they were doing so to short-circuit the nascent battle between the technologies by picking the winner.
It was very likely an illegal cartelization, but it worked and worked quickly. The only major outfit left backing HD-DVD was Microsoft, which dropped it into their X-Box that generation.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 07:54 AM (avHHk)
(although I'm not sure I want a robot to groom me unless I'm 85 and the arthritis is kicking in)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 05, 2026 07:49 AM
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This is about me isn't it?
Posted by: The Roomba snowblower at January 05, 2026 07:54 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 05, 2026 07:51 AM (a4flb)
It sure did.
Supermodel Robots sounds pretty good now that I think about it.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 05, 2026 07:59 AM (6ydKt)
No, they did not. There was an accessory HD-DVD drive for the Xbox 360 but it was never the native drive in the console. It was intended to be as Toshiba's design allowed existing DVD disc manufacturing to be easily converted and the hardware ready for market sooner. Then Hollywood (including studio owner Sony) announced that the DRM wasn't good enough and the launch of HD-DVD and Blu-ray had to be put off for most of a year. This suited Sony fine because they'd fucked up big time in the early design phase of the PS3 and had to start over after it became clear the original concept was unworkable.
Posted by: Epobirs at January 05, 2026 08:10 AM (/0z9K)
Posted by: Epobirs at January 05, 2026 08:10 AM (/0z9K)
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Right, it was an add-on. I forgot about that.
HD-DVD had a lot going for it on the manufacturing side and much cheaper. Blu-Ray was the superior technology. The prono business and Sony put an end to that war very quickly.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 08:12 AM (avHHk)
They then got on the phone with Nvidia and made a deal for a chip that would be a cut down version of what was soon headed to the PC market. The game console didn't need stuff required for a PC, mainly for backward compatibility, so that could be excised to save cost. Thus when they had the first demo of the 'PS3' at E3, it didn't actually exist yet. There was no board combining the chip set yet in existence for devs to use. So the demos were CELL demos and Nvidia demos running on a PC.
This meant the PS3 wasn't going to launch in 2005, so delaying Blu-ray and HD-DVD for a DRM system Hollywood would accept worked in their favor to make Microsoft also delay or give up having HD-DVD as a native feature.
Posted by: Epobirs at January 05, 2026 08:18 AM (/0z9K)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon, on a beach, earning 20% at January 05, 2026 09:48 AM (Odz+i)
Sucks to be them.
Posted by: fd at January 05, 2026 06:42 AM (vFG9F)
"Ocsober" is a good one.
Posted by: m at January 05, 2026 10:47 AM (RuTUS)
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