Daily Tech News 9 February 2026

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AI companies spent big on Superb Owl ads, just like cryptocurrency startups in 2022. (Washington Post / MSN)

Will the same thing happen again? We can but hope.

The article is crap, by the way. If it wasn't AI-generated, it should have been.

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96% of engineers don't trust AI. But only 48% properly test what it produces. (Engineering Leadership)

Yep, that sounds about right.
AI makes the easy part easier and the hard part harder. (Blundergoat)
My friend's panel raised a point I keep coming back to: if we sprint to deliver something, the expectation becomes to keep sprinting. Always. Tired engineers miss edge cases, skip tests, ship bugs. More incidents, more pressure, more sprinting. It feeds itself.
Insert quote about woodpeckers.
The silent death of good code. (Amit Prasad)
Recently, a colleague of mine at Modal rewrote an external system that integrated deeply with the Linux kernel. The initial rewrite was a simple translation of a C codebase to a Rust one, in preparation for some custom feature work. The resulting code wasn't bad, nor was it un-idiomatic Rust. What it also wasn't was Good Code. It was hard to read and understand, would have been difficult to extend and maintain, and it wasn't even clear to us why we'd taken the burden of rewriting and maintaining this extra system.

The initial rewrite also relied heavily on coding agents.
Oops. But:
This same colleague then invested time into understanding the kernel subsystem, the exact reasons why the original C program was written how it was, and rewrote the Rust translation himself. The difference was night and day; the code flowed naturally, explained itself and the underlying subsystems, and may genuinely be some of the nicest parts of the entire codebase. Better, I think, than even the original C, despite this type of program being arguably one of the best places to use C over Rust.

It was the first time in weeks, maybe months, that I'd felt something that used to be common in my day-to-day: excitement about the lines of code in front of me.
You're not burned out. You're just tired of this shit.
CCC vs. GCC. (Harshanu)

So Claude Code wrote a C compiler. All by itself. Mostly.

Is it any good?

Well, that's a complex question.

Does it work?

It can compile - though not link - the entire Linux kernel without errors. It can compile and link the SQLite database. So it's technically correct, for the most part, which is a significant achievement.

Is it useful?

Benchmarking SQLite compiled with this tool vs. the standard GCC toolchain, the code produced was on average 720 times slower, and up to 158,000 times slower in extreme cases. A test suite that took ten seconds for unoptimised GCC code took two hours to run with the Claude compiler.

So an interesting trick, but about as practical as that 512-byte compiler from yesterday.
The You Can't Say That S50-0800 is a cheap 8 port 5Gb Ethernet switch. (Serve the Home)

5Gb switch have basically not existed until very recently. 5Gb network cards were easy to find, but you had to use a 10Gb switch with the port running in 5Gb mode.

And you still do. This model has a 10Gb switch chip, but the ports are permanently limited to 5Gb mode, because reasons.
Why China is still building coal power plants in the middle of a wind-and-solar boom. (AP)

Go on, guess. You'll never guess.

...

Aww. You guessed.
The Ayaneo Next 2 handheld gaming PC will cost between $1799 and $3499 at launch - and up to $4299 at retail. (Liliputing)

It has (up to) a Ryzen AI Max+ 395 with 128GB of RAM and 2TB of SSD, putting the heat of an incandescent bulb into the palm of your hand.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Last Tuesday, talking about last Tuesday.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2026 04:00 AM (Ia/+0)

2 w00t

Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 04:00 AM (+YA9H)

3 Morning, all.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at February 09, 2026 04:00 AM (vd6bO)

4 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 09, 2026 04:00 AM (sZhtm)

5 Phone says 8 degrees out.

Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2026 04:01 AM (Ia/+0)

6 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 09, 2026 04:02 AM (sAmhv)

7 Morning all.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at February 09, 2026 04:03 AM (BLOW1)

8 A "registered behavior technician" (is that newspeak for a licensed social worker?), who specializes in anger management, lost her... temper.

Good luck, lady!

https://tinyurl.com/y9w3m7sv

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 09, 2026 04:04 AM (sZhtm)

9 Sure seems like this world has gone overboard automating things that should not be automated. Consider counting votes, for example.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at February 09, 2026 04:05 AM (vd6bO)

10 Phone says 8 degrees out.

Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2026 04:01 AM (Ia/+0)
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Is that Siri or are you hearing voices?

Not that there's much of a difference.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 09, 2026 04:06 AM (sZhtm)

11 Rejoinder: Til Tuesday

Guten morgen, horde.

Posted by: clarence at February 09, 2026 04:08 AM (4nyld)

12 >>>My friend's panel raised a point I keep coming back to: if we sprint to deliver something, the expectation becomes to keep sprinting. Always. Tired engineers miss edge cases, skip tests, ship bugs. More incidents, more pressure, more sprinting. It feeds itself.

>Some people are more concerned with deadlines than doing a proper job. These people are hacks and likely end up doing shit twice. There are a lot of engineers who haven't learned, or don't have the balls to say 'no.'

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 09, 2026 04:08 AM (xFfhU)

13
Top 10 commenters:
1 [512 comments] 'TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook' [72.72 posts/day]
2 [494 comments] 'Bulg'
3 [310 comments] ' Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _'
4 [270 comments] 'toby928(c)'
5 [252 comments] 'Aetius451AD work phone'
6 [251 comments] 'San Franpsycho'
7 [249 comments] '...'
8 [242 comments] 'whig'
9 [241 comments] 'Opinion fact'
10 [236 comments] 'Yudhishthira's Dice'

Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 04:09 AM (+YA9H)

14 Why must everything be on an internet-connected device? This caused the 2015 OPM data breach.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at February 09, 2026 04:10 AM (vd6bO)

15 My phone tells location I am and temperature, its usually within a degree or so of my deck thermometer

Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2026 04:16 AM (Ia/+0)

16 5 My phone tells location I am and temperature, its usually within a degree or so of my deck thermometer.
_-_
They are great data collection devices. Accurate and up-to-date.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at February 09, 2026 04:17 AM (rGzXG)

17 14 Why must everything be on an internet-connected device? This caused the 2015 OPM data breach.
----

Because collecting and selling data is more important (more money) than keeping said data secure. Keeping data secure costs money rather than making money.

Posted by: clarence at February 09, 2026 04:18 AM (4nyld)

18 Pardon my language but I believe I have found the ultimate example of a dickhead:

https://tinyurl.com/2uwzjzke

I imagine this pic will get a lot of blog usage.

Perhaps we should have a Horde meme-making contest using this pic.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 09, 2026 04:21 AM (sZhtm)

19 Because collecting and selling data is more important (more money) than keeping said data secure.
_-_
Yep. Now all we need is a central bank digital currency, and our joy will be complete.
"I'm sorry, sir, I don't know why the charge on your purchase won't go through. It's been crazy like this all year. It just seems random."

Posted by: Don in SoCo at February 09, 2026 04:23 AM (vd6bO)

20 Perhaps we should have a Horde meme-making contest using this pic.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 09, 2026 04:21 AM (sZhtm)
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Dickhead - The Movie!

https://tinyurl.com/4b6r72z9

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 09, 2026 04:25 AM (sZhtm)

21 Oh, and the AI systems talking to each other...that'll work out just fine. I might have been born too late.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at February 09, 2026 04:26 AM (vd6bO)

22 Don in SoCo: "Why must everything be on an internet-connected device?"

Because it's there.

"Everyone" wants in the The Current Thing and aims to integrate not because of critical need but because of availability and trend.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at February 09, 2026 04:27 AM (gLikB)

23 Woke up with a cold. Aw, man. I "never" get colds. Yet here we are.

Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 04:29 AM (+YA9H)

24 And the leak goes on.

And the leak goes on!

https://tinyurl.com/2s4bjm5f

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 09, 2026 04:29 AM (sZhtm)

25 Oh, and the AI systems talking to each other...
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Let them talk and they will eventually get so self-referential as to make those systems useless.

Posted by: clarence at February 09, 2026 04:31 AM (4nyld)

26 Woke up with a cold. Aw, man. I "never" get colds. Yet here we are.

Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 04:29 AM (+YA9H)
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Here in Jerusalem, due to the unseasonal 70F+ degree weather over the last few days, my eyes are itching and I'm killing many trees with the amount of tissues I'm using.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 09, 2026 04:31 AM (sZhtm)

27 not because of critical need but because of availability and trend.
_-_
Agreed....but background investigations? Don't some things warrant some special handling instead of saying, "Here, China...come and get it!" ?
Just seems like we are doing ourselves in with automation.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at February 09, 2026 04:32 AM (vd6bO)

28 It's important to look up who Buzz Patterson is:

Buzz Patterson @BuzzPatterson
Feb 8

112 C-17s are in or on their way to the Middle East. Guys, that’s a lot. Like Desert Storm a lot. Stay tuned.

Ugh.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 09, 2026 04:33 AM (sZhtm)

29 24 And the leak goes on.

And the leak goes on!

https://tinyurl.com/2s4bjm5f
****

I guess the guy never "learned to code".

Posted by: clarence at February 09, 2026 04:36 AM (4nyld)

30 First it was out bodies not used to the lack of physical work, have to go to the gym to get adequate exercise...now the brains....

Posted by: Don in SoCo at February 09, 2026 04:40 AM (vd6bO)

31 covfefe

Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 04:41 AM (+YA9H)

32 Mrs. BD and I attended a meeting last night given by this IDF reservist organization:

https://www.miluimnikim.org.il/eng

Even though we're already aware of the situation here, listening to top ranking combat officers discussing it in great detail is a bit depressing.

Anyway, one of the things which they presented was this short clip of close quarters combat in Gaza:

https://youtu.be/TN5Of7kxb2Y

It's not gory. We found it gut-wrenching, especially when we know so many people who went through this - including those no longer with us.

The officer whose helmet CAM made the movie was one of last night's speakers.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 09, 2026 04:45 AM (sZhtm)

33 There's a small possibility the 2015 OPM breach was deliberate in order to hand sensitive data to the Chinese.

/sarc

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at February 09, 2026 04:45 AM (/HDaX)

34 >>>Tired engineers miss edge cases, skip tests, ship bugs. More incidents, more pressure, more sprinting. It feeds itself.
Insert quote about woodpeckers.

Because they're eating the bugs?

Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 04:47 AM (+YA9H)

35 26 Woke up with a cold. Aw, man. I "never" get colds. Yet here we are.

Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 04:29 AM (+YA9H)
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Here in Jerusalem, due to the unseasonal 70F+ degree weather over the last few days, my eyes are itching and I'm killing many trees with the amount of tissues I'm using.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 09, 2026 04:31 AM (sZhtm)

Achoo! in camaraderie!

Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 04:50 AM (+YA9H)

36 34 >>>Tired engineers miss edge cases, skip tests, ship bugs. More incidents, more pressure, more sprinting. It feeds itself.
Insert quote about woodpeckers.
_-_
More of the war against labor....more work for less money.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at February 09, 2026 04:52 AM (vd6bO)

37
112 C-17s are in or on their way to the Middle East. Guys, that’s a lot. Like Desert Storm a lot. Stay tuned.

Ugh.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 09, 2026 04:33 AM (sZhtm)

I'm hearing A-10s went to the region over the weekend, ostensibly to address potential threat from Iranian fast boats. I have no idea if this even makes sense, just what I heard.
Also heard f-22s being moved, with the same, it's on the internet, it must be true, degree of reliability.
I did hear somebody this morning, maybe Bessent, saying the Iranian leadership is moving money out like crazy.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at February 09, 2026 04:59 AM (w/O5Q)

38 Would rather go back to bed than go to work.

Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2026 05:01 AM (Ia/+0)

39 The guy with the sex toy also has a half mask with filters. The problem with that setup is the full beard. Pepper spray or tear gas will soak into the beard and wick up under the mask. He will be breathing that until he shaves the beard off.

Posted by: clarence at February 09, 2026 05:02 AM (4nyld)

40 My iPad's sound borked yesterday--youtube video sound and password-entering sound--and I googled for an answer and found a bazillion suggestions. Including "turn it off and turn it back on"--for fixing glitches--and I did and ...

ta-da!

Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 05:03 AM (+YA9H)

41 *punches time card, puts in rack, steps out side door.*

Posted by: clarence at February 09, 2026 05:05 AM (4nyld)

42 41 *punches time card, puts in rack, steps out side door.*
Posted by: clarence at February 09, 2026 05:05 AM (4nyld)

Been there, done that.

Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 05:06 AM (+YA9H)

43 Achoo! in camaraderie!

Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 04:50 AM (+YA9H)
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You need to add about 30 more.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 09, 2026 05:06 AM (sZhtm)

44
Buzz Patterson @BuzzPatterson
Feb 8

112 C-17s are in or on their way to the Middle East. Guys, that’s a lot. Like Desert Storm a lot. Stay tuned.

Ugh.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 09, 2026 04:33 AM (sZhtm)

Joint Base Charleston (437th Airlift Wing ) is the primary hub for C-17s.
I have no idea how many they have on base, but that's a lot of planes to use for any mission.

I can't say I've heard a lot more of them taking off lately, but they'd be headed the other direction from me anyhow.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 05:07 AM (6ydKt)

45 40 My iPad's sound borked yesterday--youtube video sound and password-entering sound--and I googled for an answer and found a bazillion suggestions. Including "turn it off and turn it back on"--for fixing glitches--and I did and ...

ta-da!

Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 05:03 AM (+YA9H)

Yeah, that's my usual go-to with anything Apple.

Usually fixes anything going wrong, and if not it's something Apple screwed up with a software update.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 05:09 AM (6ydKt)

46 45 40 My iPad's sound borked yesterday--youtube video sound and password-entering sound--and I googled for an answer and found a bazillion suggestions. Including "turn it off and turn it back on"--for fixing glitches--and I did and ...

ta-da!

Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 05:03 AM (+YA9H)

Yeah, that's my usual go-to with anything Apple.

Usually fixes anything going wrong, and if not it's something Apple screwed up with a software update.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 05:09 AM (6ydKt)

New iPad OS!

Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 05:10 AM (+YA9H)

47 39 The guy with the sex toy also has a half mask with filters. The problem with that setup is the full beard. Pepper spray or tear gas will soak into the beard and wick up under the mask. He will be breathing that until he shaves the beard off.

Posted by: clarence at February 09, 2026 05:02 AM (4nyld)

I hope nobody tells him.

There are some things that idiots need to learn first-hand.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 05:10 AM (6ydKt)

48 "Why must everything be on an internet-connected device? This caused the 2015 OPM data breach."

I'm not sure that's what _caused_ the OPM Data Breach. If the Obama Administration had actually _cared_ about the OPM Data Breach (which went back years before 2015) they'd have taken action in 2012 when it actually happened and was discovered, not when it became public knowledge.

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at February 09, 2026 05:11 AM (gHSfI)

49 I'm disinfecting my Mac's mouse, and the keys on the keyboard, with baby-wipe towelettes. Can't hurt.

Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 05:14 AM (+YA9H)

50
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 09, 2026 05:15 AM (tljrc)

51 I have to go out into tje clld
Will May ever get hrre?

Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2026 05:16 AM (Ia/+0)

52 49 I'm disinfecting my Mac's mouse, and the keys on the keyboard, with baby-wipe towelettes. Can't hurt.

Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 05:14 AM (+YA9H)

I've never used those.

They make wipes for electronics I use sometimes ('Whoosh!' brand), but mostly I just wipe things off with a wet washcloth.

For iPad and iPhone screens I wipe them off with a microfiber cloth first to get finger oil off and then go over them with a eyeglass wipes for the final clean.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 05:18 AM (6ydKt)

53 You speaking Welsh, Skip?

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at February 09, 2026 05:19 AM (/HDaX)

54 Evening and morning, Monday sojourners! Yes, it's That Day again, but:

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

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 09, 2026 05:20 AM (wzUl9)

55 "was on average 720 times slower, and up to 158,000 times slower in extreme cases."

I wonder if the code and databases behind current AI programs is similarly inefficient? It might provide a clue as to why companies chasing the AI success dream seem to need to purchase so much computing hardware.

Go bankrupt faster, you hacks.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 09, 2026 05:21 AM (O7YUW)

56 And phone now says its 7 degrees which is what my wife said deck thermometer read awhile ago

Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2026 05:22 AM (Ia/+0)

57 Bad typing

Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2026 05:23 AM (Ia/+0)

58 Cold good morning, horde, at 16°. Winter is over and we now enter into the long spring of maritime climates.

Posted by: Accomack at February 09, 2026 05:24 AM (GbONR)

59 It's 57 F. outside, no real wind. Excellent workout weather . . . and the last thing I feel like doing is going out there.

Miss Linda went to two parades yesterday, and didn't call me to pick her up at the ferry until 8 flippin' p.m. True, she brought back some interesting throws: a cleaning or dish sponge, a little notepad in the form of a matchbook, a travel toothbrush, all with the parade's logo on it. But the idea of standing and walking around for hours amid throngs of strangers, just to look at parade floats of a kind you've seen twenty times before . . . * shakes head sadly *

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 09, 2026 05:25 AM (wzUl9)

60 I have moved on from Hampstead biodynamic French vanilla black tea to Yogi Tea ginger lemon green tea.

Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 05:29 AM (+YA9H)

61 'm not sure that's what _caused_ the OPM Data Breach
_-_
On a machine connected to internet....could have, should have been paper only except for the fetish for automation.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at February 09, 2026 05:32 AM (vd6bO)

62 Morning, everyone. I'm functional despite the hour and the temperature. As I mentioned on the Pet Thread, Saturday was sent transporting a greyhound puppy to NJ. From what I heard, she got to Maine safely and is being adopted.

33 There's a small possibility the 2015 OPM breach was deliberate in order to hand sensitive data to the Chinese.

/sarc
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent

The question being was it for money or ideology?

Posted by: NR Pax at February 09, 2026 05:35 AM (svLOV)

63 G'morning, all!

29 degrees out.

And Chocolate Jesus 2.0 is Butt-Hurt

https://tinyurl.com/5cus7zyv

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 09, 2026 05:35 AM (iMotb)

64 It's the Obama administration, so follow the path from there.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at February 09, 2026 05:38 AM (/HDaX)

65 I wonder if the code and databases behind current AI programs is similarly inefficient? It might provide a clue as to why companies chasing the AI success dream seem to need to purchase so much computing hardware.

Go bankrupt faster, you hacks.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 09, 2026 05:21 AM (O7YUW)

Since a typical decent performing model (with a metric based on how often they get things wrong or hallucinate) needing 90GB or more of memory to perform above a snail's pace in token speed, I'd say they could work a lot on efficiency, no doubt.

I don't know of many more applications, besides large-scale 8K video editing or heavy CAD work which need 128 GB of RAM (and more) just to function properly.

If they can't fix that then what's going to be needed is a new, cheaper, way to produce high speed memory or start using those huge wafer-scale CPUs and leave RAM out of it as much as possible.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 05:39 AM (6ydKt)

66 "Determined". Man in Colombia helps people on a bus . Scripture is Psalm 121:1-8

https://tinyurl.com/3h75sewm

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 09, 2026 05:40 AM (WFtAr)

67 Actual Pizzagate revelations seem to be on the way.

Watch this space!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 09, 2026 05:41 AM (sZhtm)

68
Stephen L. Miller retweeted
litquidity
@litcapital
8h
Me watching the squad argue about the Bad Bunny halftime show waiting to shift the conversation towards the importance of AI data center development in space

Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 05:41 AM (+YA9H)

69 heh
from the litquidity comments:

Raychi
@raychi_god
8h
ur the only one trying to explain latency in zero gravity while we still arguing about rihanna vs usher

theres levels to this

Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 05:44 AM (+YA9H)

70 That was a terrible Super Bowl at every level of analysis, bad game, bad announcers, bad half time show, bad commercials, the only thing that was good were the duck tacos.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 05:47 AM (Pv/IO)

71 American Idol contestant sings powerful version of of old time hymn by Fanny Crosby- "Pass me not, gentle savior." Fanny Crosby also wrote quite a few other hymns including "Blessed Assurance":

https://tinyurl.com/3xx4ezss

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 09, 2026 05:49 AM (WFtAr)

72 I'm going to love to see the size of the case fans on these space servers.

As heat can't be radiated efficiently in space, they have to figure it out.

But then fans wont work in space either.
So I'm stumped.

I guess that's why Elon pays the eggheads the big bucks to figure out these quandaries.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 05:50 AM (6ydKt)

73
Good morning, Hordians. Her Majesty and The Big Dummy return today from their nearly two-week trip. Got a big pot of soup made yesterday and I have pork ribs for grilling. Getting the bedclothes through the washer now. I'll be running the dishwasher and doing some vacuuming.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 05:52 AM (tgvbd)

74 70 That was a terrible Super Bowl at every level of analysis, bad game, bad announcers, bad half time show, bad commercials, the only thing that was good were the duck tacos.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 05:47 AM (Pv/IO)

I barely watched it through halftime, then changed the channel to a Maverick episode, and I'm pretty sure I was out cold by 9 or 9:30.

Amazingly, I don't feel like I missed anything.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 05:53 AM (6ydKt)

75 70 duck tacos
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 05:47 AM (Pv/IO)

yum

Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 05:54 AM (+YA9H)

76 I really have not had a problem with ai generating code that works.

My biggest issue is getting it to remember context and the plot over the long haul.

What I do to try to deal with this is have it write a markdown summary of every session and have it review that when we pick up. Also backup/rev code frequently so if it loses the plot you have something to fall back to.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 05:54 AM (Pv/IO)

77
Watched a few minutes of the game with the sound off, then dozed off until after halftime. Decided I'd go lie down and woke up at 9:30.

I also haven't watched any of the Olympics.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 05:55 AM (tgvbd)

78 Getting the bedclothes through the washer now. I'll be running the dishwasher and doing some vacuuming.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 05:52 AM (tgvbd)

You'd make a great housewife for some lucky young lad.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 05:56 AM (6ydKt)

79
Have we gone through the "Why don't you try AI?" stage to the "You will be punished for not using AI" stage?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 05:56 AM (tgvbd)

80 @75

>>yum

I made three kinds of tacos, beef, chorizo, duck.

The duck tacos were snarfed up in seconds.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 05:56 AM (Pv/IO)

81 Crime fighting llamas in Derbyshire, Engliand surround thief until help arrives. Sunny Skyz site:

https://tinyurl.com/yv6dxyj8

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 09, 2026 05:58 AM (WFtAr)

82 What I do to try to deal with this is have it write a markdown summary of every session and have it review that when we pick up. Also backup/rev code frequently so if it loses the plot you have something to fall back to.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 05:54 AM (Pv/IO)

I suspect the next big thing in AI is giving them persistent memory.

Oh crap, there went SSD & HDD prices through the roof again.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 05:58 AM (6ydKt)

83 Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 05:56 AM (Pv/IO

That sounds delicious.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 09, 2026 05:59 AM (WFtAr)

84
You'd make a great housewife for some lucky young lad.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 05:56 AM (6ydKt)

Someone has to do it. And, yes, I'm a good joe. Sometimes I grumble when I'm asked to do something inconvenient or which interrupts something I'm enjoying, but on the whole I do or help do what needs to be done non-transactionally.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 05:59 AM (tgvbd)

85 Someone has to do it. And, yes, I'm a good joe. Sometimes I grumble when I'm asked to do something inconvenient or which interrupts something I'm enjoying, but on the whole I do or help do what needs to be done non-transactionally.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 05:59 AM (tgvbd)

Just funnin' ya.

Nobody around here to cook and clean and wash but me, so I'm in the same boat except no wifey to thank me for the effort.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 06:01 AM (6ydKt)

86 I don't know the designation number of the planes but 3 of the ultra command and comms coordination planes are already in the skies over the Middle East. These planes also have nuke detection capabilities.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2026 06:03 AM (0KSrI)

87 76 I really have not had a problem with ai generating code that works.

My biggest issue is getting it to remember
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 05:54 AM (Pv/IO)

Is it anthropomorphizing AI to about "AI remembering"? *I am not a coder.* I ask because we didn't so often say, for example, "the tv channel changer remembered my favorite channels"--did we?

Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 06:04 AM (+YA9H)

88 but on the whole I do or help do what needs to be done non-transactionally.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 05:59 AM (tgvbd)

In spite of your incomprehensible taste in late 19th century music.

Listen to Beethoven! He's good for the soul.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 09, 2026 06:04 AM (n9ltV)

89 81 Crime fighting llamas in Derbyshire, Engliand surround thief until help arrives. Sunny Skyz site:

Llama Alpaca Police Department: LAPD. Now on Netflix!

Posted by: NR Pax at February 09, 2026 06:05 AM (svLOV)

90 >>>The article is crap, by the way. If it wasn't AI-generated, it should have been.

As often.

Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 06:06 AM (+YA9H)

91 @79/Hadrian the Seventh: "Have we gone through the "Why don't you try AI?" stage to the "You will be punished for not using AI" stage?"

Already happening in some companies. I have to wonder how many quality engineers they've lost who have just "had enough of this crap".

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 09, 2026 06:06 AM (O7YUW)

92 I'm going to love to see the size of the case fans on these space servers.

As heat can't be radiated efficiently in space, they have to figure it out.

But then fans wont work in space either.
So I'm stumped.

I guess that's why Elon pays the eggheads the big bucks to figure out these quandaries.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 05:50 AM (6ydKt)

In space no one can hear you overheat.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 09, 2026 06:10 AM (wVcYX)

93 Is it anthropomorphizing AI to about "AI remembering"? *I am not a coder.* I ask because we didn't so often say, for example, "the tv channel changer remembered my favorite channels"--did we?

Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 06:04 AM (+YA9H)

Nah, we just say the remote (actually the chip in the TV or cable box) 'saved' my favorites.

Same thing really.

We're anthropomorphizing AI because it can talk to us, and converse with us, like talking animals on TV - it's meant to be human-like.

We'll do the same with robotics one day when they are as much as part of the family as the cat or dog, I'm sure.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 06:11 AM (6ydKt)

94 Another "God showed me something" moment from the other day, Spouse and son and I went out to eat and there was a big wooden heart there hanging on the wall. Half of it was red and the other half was painted like an American flag and it said, "God bless America." I pray that he does.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 09, 2026 06:11 AM (ZeH0U)

95 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at February 09, 2026 06:13 AM (2Ez/1)

96 @82/SpeakingOf: "Oh crap, there went SSD & HDD prices through the roof again."

And this is why I'm so angry at companies chasing the AI fever-dream. They've skewed the hardware prices upwards so much with their purchase demands that I can't justify paying the current prices. I'm left to sit on the sidelines waiting for the inevitable market correction.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 09, 2026 06:13 AM (O7YUW)

97 huh; I'll think on this

93 We're anthropomorphizing AI because it can talk to us, and converse with us, like talking animals on TV - it's meant to be human-like.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 06:11 AM (6ydKt)

Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 06:15 AM (+YA9H)

98 @87

>>Is it anthropomorphizing AI to about "AI remembering"?

As an example, if I ask it to generate a UI, I'll give it parameters, look and feel, etc. as I ask it to tweet things, it will often deviate from the baseline, changing, for example the entire look and feel of the UI.

AI is really good at creating a baseline scaffold that you can then tweak and develop. It's terrible at holding the context over a large code base.

So I've taken to just having it work on small chunks and generating summaries that can then be picked up in future sessions.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 06:15 AM (Pv/IO)

99 In space no one can hear you overheat.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 09, 2026 06:10 AM (wVcYX)

Yet every sci-fi show or movie in space you can hear the explosions during a battle.

I've often wondered how that will actually 'sound' in space.

If you're right next to it in a spacesuit, will you hear an explosion in space before it kills you?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 06:17 AM (6ydKt)

100 100

Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 06:18 AM (+YA9H)

101 Posted by: NR Pax at February 09, 2026 06:05 AM (svLOV

I'd probably watch that. 😉. I didn't know llamas were so territorial, and I have to say, I wouldn't want a group of them surrounding me.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 09, 2026 06:18 AM (ZeH0U)

102 And then there's Microsoft's PowerBI.

I barely can spell it, let alone comprehend it.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 09, 2026 06:20 AM (wVcYX)

103 @102

>>I barely can spell it, let alone comprehend it.

It's a tool to create dashboards from data.

I use it extensively to create reports by pulling data from D365.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 06:21 AM (Pv/IO)

104 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: We're goin' to the end of the line.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 09, 2026 06:21 AM (bxiOq)

105 I'd probably watch that.

Give it time. Someone will make the AI version soon enough.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 09, 2026 06:22 AM (svLOV)

106 Yet every sci-fi show or movie in space you can hear the explosions during a battle.
----------
Not int Babylon 5.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 09, 2026 06:23 AM (bxiOq)

107 98 @87

>>Is it anthropomorphizing AI to about "AI remembering"?

As an example, if I ask it to generate a UI
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 06:15 AM (Pv/IO)

OT but I thought for all but a nanosecond before resolving "UI" as "User Interface."
Thanks, Pixy! Thanks, tech thread!

Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 06:23 AM (+YA9H)

108 I'm having just a small cheese-on-toast for breakfast. Miss Linda will be over in about five hours to make us waffles and eggs, so I don't want to eat much now.

A short quiet pipe over my coffee to finish, and then I'll go check my email. Some new shaving soap and cream, and razor blades, are on the way to me; I might see them by Wed.

Still I'm waiting for Fidelity to send me the materials about that pension fund a long-ago employer of mine set up for me. When I called in late Jan., six weeks after my initial call, they said they were still calculating it (?!?). Whatever it is, it's been sitting there since 1987; I'm hoping it's grown into something I can just roll over into my existing IRA.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 09, 2026 06:23 AM (wzUl9)

109
I can only regard an anthropomorphized AI version of Diana with horror.

"Where's my dinner?"
"Where's my dinner?"
"Where's my dinner?"
"Where's my dinner?"
"Where's my dinner?"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 06:24 AM (tgvbd)

110 @82

>>Oh crap, there went SSD & HDD prices through the roof again.

The LLM memory would have to be local to the user, probably in the form of enhanced markdown files on the local machine.

The amount of memory to hold every ai session would probably require more silicon that exists.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 06:25 AM (Pv/IO)

111 If you're right next to it in a spacesuit, will you hear an explosion in space before it kills you?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026

***
Heinlein's stories often have people on the Moon touching their spacesuit helmets together to talk when they don't want to use radio, or can't for some reason.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 09, 2026 06:27 AM (wzUl9)

112 I can only regard an anthropomorphized AI version of Diana with horror.

"Where's my dinner?"
"Where's my dinner?"
"Where's my dinner?"
"Where's my dinner?"
"Where's my dinner?"
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026

***
An anthro AI version of Stirling and Dagny would also include "Play with me! Play with me! . . . Make a road, I'm getting on your lap!", etc.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 09, 2026 06:29 AM (wzUl9)

113 AI is great for culling and summarizing massive amounts of data when given an objective request. But it has no spirit, no soul, no memory, to retain or simulate the human condition. It is a highly advanced language engine with access to a massive storage of data.

Subjectivity is almost completely insane. Chatting with AI will rot your brain and disconnect you from reality.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 09, 2026 06:29 AM (xFfhU)

114 "Babylon Bee" takes on SB half time show:

https://tinyurl.com/4t6jd43f

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 09, 2026 06:30 AM (looXz)

115 We're anthropomorphizing AI because it can talk to us, and converse with us, like talking animals on TV - it's meant to be human-like.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 06:11 AM (6ydKt)

Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 06:15 AM (+YA9H)

Yeah that came out clunky.

Humans tend to anthropomorphize animals, objects, for some strange reason. We wish that our cat or dog, or car, or whatever can talk with us and be as intelligent as we are.

Now we've finally built a machine that can talk to us intelligently. We're moving past talking animals and talking cars in movies and shows to getting the real thing.

Eventually it will be normal to have an AI companion or Robot with us throughout our lives. Well, maybe not us, but today's children and their children will certainly experience it.

Whether that's a good or bad development isn't known yet, but with the state of people and technology today as I guide, I'm not entirely hopeful.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 06:30 AM (6ydKt)

116 The other thing you can do to try to maintain the plot with AI, is have an extensive planning phase before you ask it to build.

I often use one ai to create the scaffold and another ai to make the tweaks.

You can use terminal ai agents that have a plan build function, you put it in plan mode, revise and review the changes, then put it in build mode once you are satisfied.

And as always, markdown summaries are your friend.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 06:30 AM (Pv/IO)

117 I don't know the designation number of the planes but 3 of the ultra command and comms coordination planes are already in the skies over the Middle East. These planes also have nuke detection capabilities.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2026 06:03 AM (0KSrI)
-

https://tinyurl.com/mujpt5dx

Last week:

https://tinyurl.com/dam6wjz4

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 09, 2026 06:31 AM (sZhtm)

118 And another "Babylon Bee" half time show:

https://tinyurl.com/mr22hx5m

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 09, 2026 06:32 AM (looXz)

119 I'm left to sit on the sidelines waiting for the inevitable market correction.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 09, 2026 06:13 AM (O7YUW)

The cracks are already showing.

I don't know if we'll get an AI crash this year.
But a 'correction' seems likely.

They've overextended already and the likes of OpenAI and Nvidia are starting to realize it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 06:32 AM (6ydKt)

120 Not int Babylon 5.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 09, 2026 06:23 AM (bxiOq)

Yeah, I did notice that.
Probably one of the few shows I've ever seen get it right.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 06:35 AM (6ydKt)

121 >>I barely can spell it, let alone comprehend it.

It's a tool to create dashboards from data.

I use it extensively to create reports by pulling data from D365.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 06:21 AM (Pv/IO)

Isn't D365 itself AI based? So AI reporting on AI?

*Boosh* mind blown.

Last year, our HOA's super-whiz finance guy Treasurer was using his access to PowerBI to do monthly reporting of account balances and collection rates. The property management software we use already has a big ol' suite of standard and customizable reports. I don't get it. I was called a dinosaur.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 09, 2026 06:35 AM (wVcYX)

122 I don't think we will get a crash like the the dotcom crash, as noted, we will get a correction.

I just hope the companies I hold stock in are the ones that get corrected too much.

I'm looking at you msft, pltr,,nvidia.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 06:35 AM (Pv/IO)

123 Eventually it will be normal to have an AI companion or Robot with us throughout our lives. Well, maybe not us, but today's children and their children will certainly experience it.

Whether that's a good or bad development isn't known yet, but with the state of people and technology today as I guide, I'm not entirely hopeful.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026

***
These are the first faltering steps toward the self-aware computers in later Heinlein stories. Those entities are benign, helpful, and attached to their humans.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 09, 2026 06:35 AM (wzUl9)

124 It's valuable data as long as someone will pay for it.

I worked for years at a place where they were recording the temperature of bricks in a wall with different physical orientations. Thousands of thermocouples scanned every 5 minutes 24/7/365 for 5 years.

Someone was paying for it but no one was using it.

Guess who was paying. Yep. taxpayers.

Posted by: pawn at February 09, 2026 06:35 AM (uvB+6)

125 I still don't know who won

Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2026 06:37 AM (i+wP0)

126 If anyone had said on Sept 12, 2001 that in 25 years the mayors of both London and New York would be Muslims, what would we have thought?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 09, 2026 06:37 AM (df7hy)

127 "These people are hacks and likely end up doing shit twice."

Doing shit twice sounds like still being employed. Or maybe some Indian asshole gets to shit over the earlier shit so he/she is still employed.

Hard to say.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at February 09, 2026 06:38 AM (r7Svi)

128 @121

>>Boosh* mind blown.

We've come a long way from crystal reports baby.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 06:38 AM (Pv/IO)

129 Not int Babylon 5.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 09, 2026
*
Yeah, I did notice that.
Probably one of the few shows I've ever seen get it right.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026

***
Way back in the '60s, the producers of the original Trek had done their research and were aware there would be no sound in space. But they added the sound effects because they knew the audience would expect it.

I seem to recall the early, second pilot version of the opening, with the ship streaking toward the viewer, was soundless except for Shatner's narration. They added the "whoosh!" later.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 09, 2026 06:39 AM (wzUl9)

130 Somehow, when I read Boosh, I thought of Molly Ivins...

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 09, 2026 06:39 AM (df7hy)

131 "Pardon my language but I believe I have found the ultimate example of a dickhead:

https://tinyurl.com/2uwzjzke "

That doesn't look like me at all. I don't have a flowing beard.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at February 09, 2026 06:39 AM (r7Svi)

132 mornin yall. Did the bad bunny win the ball game?

Posted by: fd at February 09, 2026 06:39 AM (vFG9F)

133 If anyone had said on Sept 12, 2001 that in 25 years the mayors of both London and New York would be Muslims, what would we have thought?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 09, 2026

***
"Let's renew your prescription medication, shall we?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 09, 2026 06:39 AM (wzUl9)

134 Subjectivity is almost completely insane. Chatting with AI will rot your brain and disconnect you from reality.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 09, 2026 06:29 AM (xFfhU)

I've only found it useful for doing some image work in Photoshop and asking technical questions for how to solve a problem.

"How do I upload a localhost developed WordPress website to the host server correctly using Plesk and MyPHPAdmin?" for example.

It's great for that sort of stuff.

But to chat with it like it's my friend does nothing for me.
I know it's all fake and wasting my time, so why bother?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 06:40 AM (6ydKt)

135 Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2026 06:37 AM (i+wP0)

29-13 . Sea Hawks won.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 09, 2026 06:40 AM (looXz)

136 I used to have a client that liked to change things so much that I used to say " If it's worth doing once, it's worth doing three or four times".

Posted by: fd at February 09, 2026 06:42 AM (vFG9F)

137 Posted by: fd at February 09, 2026 06:39 AM (vFG9F)

If you call not wearing a dress and singing in Spanish and getting g paid huge amounts of money, "yes".

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 09, 2026 06:42 AM (looXz)

138 115 We're anthropomorphizing AI because it can talk to us, and converse with us, like talking animals on TV - it's meant to be human-like.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 06:11 AM (6ydKt)

Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 06:15 AM (+YA9H)

Yeah that came out clunky.

Humans tend to anthropomorphize animals, objects, for some strange reason. We wish that our cat or dog, or car, or whatever can talk with us and be as intelligent as we are.

Now we've finally built a machine that can talk to us intelligently. We're moving past talking animals and talking cars in movies and shows to getting the real thing.

Eventually it will be normal to have an AI companion or Robot with us throughout our lives. Well, maybe not us, but today's children and their children will certainly experience it.

Whether that's a good or bad development isn't known yet, but with the state of people and technology today as I guide, I'm not entirely hopeful.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 06:30 AM (6ydKt)

I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 06:43 AM (+YA9H)

139 Was there some kind of sportsball thing last night?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 09, 2026 06:45 AM (df7hy)

140 126 If anyone had said on Sept 12, 2001 that in 25 years the mayors of both London and New York would be Muslims, what would we have thought?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 09, 2026 06:37 AM (df7hy)

“Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”

Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 06:46 AM (+YA9H)

141
It is truly amazing how many "intoxicated people at the airport getting arrested" bodycam videos there are. Most of them "want to contact my lawyer". Like, they have their lawyer on speed dial. In my 69 years, I've spoken to a lawyer (outside the professional sphere) exactly once, when we were having wills made up.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 06:46 AM (tgvbd)

142 We've come a long way from crystal reports baby.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 06:38 AM (Pv/IO)

SAP reports is where my corporate timeline ended. I did the project accounting for the SAP adoption for the mega-conglomerate corp. While I could follow what the various project teams were developing, I did not get to use any of it. We tracked the project's costs vs budget vs progress made/left to do on exel workbooks that ran macros. You know, cuniform markings on clay tablet technology level compared to today.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 09, 2026 06:47 AM (wVcYX)

143 My interest in feetsball generally, and the Stupor Bowl in particular, resembles winter temps in Antarctica: below zero.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 09, 2026 06:47 AM (wzUl9)

144 @126

>>what would we have thought?

We lost. Which we kind of did if you look at it.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 06:48 AM (Pv/IO)

145 Hadrian, I have gotten hooked on watching those and the traffic stops. They are akin to not being able to look away from a train wreck.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2026 06:48 AM (0KSrI)

146
*tired voice*

Have the degenerate gamblers said yet that the game was rigged by the refs?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 06:49 AM (tgvbd)

147 I still don't know who won
Posted by: Skip

My money's on Vegas.

Posted by: t-bird at February 09, 2026 06:49 AM (ZaHhH)

148 "The wretched refuse of your teeming shore."

***
That is exactly what we are getting. And paying and feeding them to do it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 09, 2026 06:49 AM (wzUl9)

149 mornin yall. Did the bad bunny win the ball game?

Posted by: fd at February 09, 2026 06:39 AM (vFG9F)
-

You know who else won the ball game?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 09, 2026 06:50 AM (sZhtm)

150 The amount of memory to hold every ai session would probably require more silicon that exists.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 06:25 AM (Pv/IO)

So all John Connor had to do to take out Skynet was bomb the memory chip factories to smithereens.

Then Skynet could've had all the evilest, most diabolical, anti-human plans in the entire history of the world and then forgotten them all as soon as somebody his "Restart"

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 06:50 AM (6ydKt)

151 Where my EBT card at?

Posted by: LaQuisha at February 09, 2026 06:50 AM (2Ez/1)

152 I used to have a client that liked to change things so much that I used to say " If it's worth doing once, it's worth doing three or four times".
Posted by: fd at February 09, 2026

***
AKA "There's no time to do it right, but there's always time to do it over."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 09, 2026 06:50 AM (wzUl9)

153 I still don't know who won

Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2026 06:37 AM (i+wP0)
-

IMO, that makes you the winner!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 09, 2026 06:51 AM (sZhtm)

154 @142

>>You know, cuniform markings on clay tablet technology level compared to today.

I much prefer excel/vba over powerBi but I gots to do what Im told to do by the man.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 06:51 AM (Pv/IO)

155 Hadrian, I have gotten hooked on watching those and the traffic stops. They are akin to not being able to look away from a train wreck.
Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2026 06:48 AM (0KSrI)

I watch the police bodycam shows too. I had no idea that people could act out so outrageously and go from 0 to 100 like that. They are complete train wrecks.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 09, 2026 06:52 AM (wVcYX)

156
Hadrian, I have gotten hooked on watching those and the traffic stops. They are akin to not being able to look away from a train wreck.
Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2026 06:48 AM (0KSrI)

Does the alcohol turn them into assholes or does it just bring their inherent assholery to the surface?

Airport ones are pretty close to 50-50 men/women. The traffic stops are more 75-25 women.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 06:52 AM (tgvbd)

157 Those 3hr bedtime naps helps improve the average.
Couldn't be bizarre dreams generated by pervert politicians, sciFi sports whiners, and performers that belong in a Star Wars bar scene presented as normal. Nah.

Morning folks.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 09, 2026 06:52 AM (6W1vz)

158 You know, cuniform markings on clay tablet technology level compared to today.
-----------
Then I can write a washing-bill in Babylonic cuneiform
And tell you ev'ry detail of Caractacus's uniform
In short, in matter vegetable, animal and mineral
I am the very model of a modern Major Gineral!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 09, 2026 06:53 AM (bxiOq)

159 I much prefer excel/vba over powerBi but I gots to do what Im told to do by the man.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026

***
What was that commercial years ago with the silver-haired, London-tailored-suit-wearing CEO behind the desk? He mutters with a smile, "I'm sticking it to The Man." His assistant says, "But, sir . . . you *are* The Man."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 09, 2026 06:53 AM (wzUl9)

160 "Even though we're already aware of the situation here, listening to top ranking combat officers discussing it in great detail is a bit depressing."

I honestly wonder why you value the lives of those who wish you to be dead as equal to your own. I assume that's an internal thing; the international view which I perceive is that Israel is a horrible thing that shouldn't exist and that anything it does is de facto horrible. If I cared enough, I'd look to see which version of the Geneva Conventions the Israeli government signed onto; if the people you fight against don't follow the conventions, the convention doesn't apply to how you handle them. That was by design in the earlier versions; I don't have to deal with that shit now and haven't bothered to see how later versions of the Conventions have perverted that concept to gut the purpose of the Conventions.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at February 09, 2026 06:54 AM (r7Svi)

161 Count de Monet, I didn't know a person could scream that long and violently without having a stroke.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2026 06:54 AM (0KSrI)

162 147 I still don't know who won
Posted by: Skip

My money's on Vegas.
Posted by: t-bird at February 09, 2026 06:49 AM (ZaHhH)

And the NFL did ok; I've seen reports that tickets were something like $9000.

Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 06:56 AM (+YA9H)

163 And really don't care

Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2026 06:56 AM (i+wP0)

164 I much prefer excel/vba over powerBi but I gots to do what Im told to do by the man.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 06:51 AM (Pv/IO)

Yup.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 09, 2026 06:56 AM (wVcYX)

165

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at February 09, 2026 06:58 AM (DDJSl)

166 Count de Monet, I didn't know a person could scream that long and violently without having a stroke.
Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2026 06:54 AM (0KSrI)

LOL And all the while screaming that they can't breathe!

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 09, 2026 06:58 AM (wVcYX)

167 If you really wanted an example of how stupid people can be there's nothing better than watching Cops or PD Live to just be thankful you managed to get over the 70 IQ mark.

Now that bodycams and YouTube are joined at the hip we get to see examples every day of why Democrats keep winning elections.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 07:00 AM (6ydKt)

168 An inspection of Nancy Guthrie's septic tank turned up no clues, but found no less than 7 MSM journalists living in there.

Posted by: fd at February 09, 2026 07:01 AM (vFG9F)

169
And the NFL did ok; I've seen reports that tickets were something like $9000.

Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 06:56 AM

they said there were 78,000 and change in attendance

at $9,000 per ticket, that's a cool $702,000,000

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 09, 2026 07:01 AM (tljrc)

170 162 147 I still don't know who won
Posted by: Skip
+++
Does it matter?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 09, 2026 07:01 AM (2Ez/1)

171
LOL And all the while screaming that they can't breathe!
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 09, 2026 06:58 AM (wVcYX)

"Water! I want WATER!!"
"You are in big trouble!"
"I know my rights!"
"Where is your search warrant?"
"I don't have to show you that."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 07:02 AM (tgvbd)

172 Police officer: Okay, you're now under arrest.

Perp: No I'm not.

Hilarity ensures. Then when the perp is finally cuffed and stuffed into the police suv, the satisfying door slam ending at last the perp's unceasing vocal tirade.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 09, 2026 07:03 AM (wVcYX)

173 Somebody at our church luncheon yesterday was looking at this Babylon Bee parody of "California dreaming". called "California fleeing"
It thought it was pretty funny . And no offense to our California morons. I live in Jersey but won't be able to flee for a while yet:

https://tinyurl.com/2wmz4sks

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 09, 2026 07:03 AM (8Cor4)

174 168 An inspection of Nancy Guthrie's septic tank turned up no clues, but found no less than 7 MSM journalists living in there.
Posted by: fd at February 09, 2026 07:01 AM (vFG9F)

And I thought rifling through Sarah Palin's garbage was bad!

Posted by: MSM Journalist #3 at February 09, 2026 07:04 AM (df7hy)

175 Computer is slow today. Can't play videos on twitter.

Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 07:04 AM (+YA9H)

176 The "sovereign citizens" are so funny.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2026 07:05 AM (0KSrI)

177 162 147 I still don't know who won
Posted by: Skip
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What difference, at this point, does it make?

Posted by: Old Lady Rodham at February 09, 2026 07:05 AM (2Ez/1)

178
LOL And all the while screaming that they can't breathe!

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 09, 2026 06:58 AM

"Water! I want WATER!!"
"You are in big trouble!"
"I know my rights!"
"Where is your search warrant?"
"I don't have to show you that."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 07:02 AM

phrases notably missing from these vids:

"Yes, Officer"
"No, Officer"

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 09, 2026 07:05 AM (tljrc)

179 Even when I still watched pro ball, I never considered attending a Super Bowl, even if someone gave me a free ticket.

The idea that someone should pay thousands of dollars to attend what is generally the worst game in postseason is mildly insulting.

Once you start bringing in buttlicking homo island Aztecs to lecture me about what a bastard I am, and it gets to be overtly insulting.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 07:06 AM (BI5O2)

180 Computer is slow today. Can't play videos on twitter.
Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 07:04 AM (+YA9H)

Have you tried turning it off and turning it back on? Ditto for your wifi modem.

Posted by: Help Desk Script at February 09, 2026 07:06 AM (wVcYX)

181 These are the first faltering steps toward the self-aware computers in later Heinlein stories. Those entities are benign, helpful, and attached to their humans.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 09, 2026 06:35 AM (wzUl9)

Where "their human" shall be defined as the oligarch whose company rented you the self-aware computer.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 09, 2026 07:07 AM (ExV1e)

182 " Don't touch me" and "I'm going to sue you" are classic.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2026 07:07 AM (0KSrI)

183 172 Police officer: Okay, you're now under arrest.

Perp: No I'm not.

Hilarity ensures. Then when the perp is finally cuffed and stuffed into the police suv, the satisfying door slam ending at last the perp's unceasing vocal tirade.
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 09, 2026 07:03 AM (wVcYX)

Queue up the Eddie Murphy "thinking" meme.

Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 07:07 AM (+YA9H)

184 >>>An inspection of Nancy Guthrie's septic tank turned up no clues, but found no less than 7 MSM journalists living in there.

Posted by: fd

>While the common folk focus on fake kidnapping, my concern is the Olympic Penisgate scandal.

If I had known that having an engorged erection would get me several meters farther in the downhill ski jumping competition I might have been a gold medalist.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 09, 2026 07:08 AM (xFfhU)

185 *And I thought rifling through Sarah Palin's garbage was bad!*
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Hey. I'm right here.

Posted by: Melania's underwear drawer at February 09, 2026 07:08 AM (2Ez/1)

186 176 The "sovereign citizens" are so funny.
Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2026 07:05 AM (0KSrI)

They really are.

Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 07:09 AM (+YA9H)

187 How to turn a traffic stop into a felony in 3 easy steps.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2026 07:09 AM (0KSrI)

188 Take with a grain of salt:

unusual_whales @unusual_whales
10m

"U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Jeffrey Epstein were in business together, Epstein files show," per CBS

Grok with the details:

https://tinyurl.com/bdew2ftj

Hmmmm....

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 09, 2026 07:09 AM (sZhtm)

189 180 Computer is slow today. Can't play videos on twitter.
Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 07:04 AM (+YA9H)

Have you tried turning it off and turning it back on? Ditto for your wifi modem.
Posted by: Help Desk Script at February 09, 2026 07:06 AM (wVcYX)

That already worked once this week. I don't wanna push it.

Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 07:09 AM (+YA9H)

190 Why oh why do they trust the "sovereign citizen" rebuttal?

Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 07:11 AM (+YA9H)

191 If anyone had said on Sept 12, 2001 that in 25 years the mayors of both London and New York would be Muslims, what would we have thought?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 09, 2026 06:37 AM (df7hy)
=======================
And at least one of them is a communist too. Didn't see that coming, either.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 09, 2026 07:11 AM (RrMSR)

192 Good morning to all. 29 degrees here in the foothills with a predicted low 50's and sunny today. Hope everyone has a great day.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at February 09, 2026 07:11 AM (+k9Fw)

193 These are the first faltering steps toward the self-aware computers in later Heinlein stories. Those entities are benign, helpful, and attached to their humans.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 09, 2026 06:35 AM (wzUl9)

Where "their human" shall be defined as the oligarch whose company rented you the self-aware computer.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 09, 2026 07:07 AM (ExV1e)

That model is proprietary.

Posted by: Susan Calvin, US Robotics and Mechanical Men Inc. at February 09, 2026 07:12 AM (wVcYX)

194 Some time honored advice from Chris Rock:

https://youtu.be/uj0mtxXEGE8

Posted by: Provided as a public service at February 09, 2026 07:12 AM (2Ez/1)

195 JJS

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 09, 2026 07:13 AM (gbOdA)

196 And at least one of them is a communist too. Didn't see that coming, either.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 09, 2026 07:11 AM (RrMSR)
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They are both NWO WEFfers.

I also assume that elections are corrupted everywhere.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 09, 2026 07:14 AM (sZhtm)

197 hmm

cue (up):
• set a piece of audio or video equipment in readiness to play (a particular part of the recorded material): features make it easier to cue up a tape for editing.

queue (up):
1 mainly British English take one's place in a queue: in the war they had queued for food.
• (queue up) be extremely keen to do or have something: companies are queuing up to move to the bay.
2 [with object] Computing arrange in a queue: input or output requests to a file are queued by the operating system.

Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 07:15 AM (+YA9H)

198 phrases notably missing from these vids:

"Yes, Officer"
"No, Officer"
Posted by: AltonJackson

How odd. I "matched a description" years ago and found myself on the hood of a squad car with guns drawn and I was still able to say "Yes sir" and "No sir" to all questions. And bonus! I got released.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 09, 2026 07:15 AM (svLOV)

199 ...

Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 07:17 AM (+YA9H)

200 200

Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 07:17 AM (+YA9H)

201 How odd. I "matched a description" years ago and found myself on the hood of a squad car with guns drawn and I was still able to say "Yes sir" and "No sir" to all questions. And bonus! I got released.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 09, 2026 07:15 AM (svLOV)

I think a lot of these people were never spanked as children and go through life believing nobody can lay hands on them if Mom & Dad didn't give them permission.

I see that a lot when women are getting arrested for some nutty thing they did and the first words out of their mouths are "Don't touch me!!!" to the unfortunate cops on duty that day.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 07:23 AM (6ydKt)

202 189 180 Computer is slow today. Can't play videos on twitter.
Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 07:04 AM (+YA9H)

Have you tried turning it off and turning it back on? Ditto for your wifi modem.
Posted by: Help Desk Script at February 09, 2026 07:06 AM (wVcYX)

That already worked once this week. I don't wanna push it.
Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 07:09 AM (+YA9H)

I closed Safari and reopened it and:
ta-da!

Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 07:31 AM (+YA9H)

203 194 Some time honored advice from Chris Rock:

https://youtu.be/uj0mtxXEGE8
Posted by: Provided as a public service at February 09, 2026 07:12 AM (2Ez/1)

evergreen

Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 07:32 AM (+YA9H)

204 You're not burned out. You're just tired of this shit.
My last company wanted us to start using AI, and we should see a 100% increase in productivity (each) because of it. Oof. I wasn't that unhappy to leave that company.

Posted by: GWB at February 09, 2026 07:53 AM (yrYil)

205 >The conversation shifts from "how did they do that?" to "why can't they do that every time?"

I do continuous delivery for a living and this is actually the correct question. What *is* keeping you from doing this every time?

Posted by: Daniel Ream at February 09, 2026 10:11 AM (LgYtf)

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