Daily Tech News 13 March 2026

Top Story

Reducing Europe's nuclear energy sector was fucking stupid, says... Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission. (Reuters)

Yeah, Ursula.

We know.

Everybody knows.

Everybody knew the entire time.

They only people pushing this idiocy were Europe's enemies, like the environmentalist lobby.

Tech News

Why cats always land on their feet. (New York Times)

Because landing on someone else's feet would be gauche.
Perplexity AI has announced Perplexity Computer, a service where you pay $200 per month to run AI tasks on your own hardware. (Perplexity)

It's not a bubble.

It's worse.
Crimson Desert is a new single-player computer game that... Might not suck? (WCCFTech)

People who were in on the early tests are raving about it, and the recommended specs are a welcome return to normalcy. You do need 150GB of storage - SSD mandatory - but apart from that a five year old Ryzen 5 5600, 16GB of RAM, and a mid-range Radeon 6700 XT should be fine. And that's the recommended hardware; the minimum spec lists a Ryzen 2600X processor from 2018, and a Radeon 5500 XT, a low-end graphics card from 2019.

Nice change from games like Borderlands 4 which perform poorly even with a 9800 X3D and an RTX 5090.

It's also coming to the PlayStation 5 but there's a small problem there: It's a 150GB game and the maximum capacity of the BDXL disks the PlayStation uses is 100GB. There's a 48GB day-one download you need to install before it will run.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Nah, we're outta bear claws.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

Comments

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1 Morning all

Posted by: Tuna at March 13, 2026 04:00 AM (lJ0H4)

2 Gosh, this is early for the Daily Tech News.

Posted by: Born Free at March 13, 2026 04:02 AM (raD1m)

3 G'Day everyone TGIF

Posted by: Skip at March 13, 2026 04:04 AM (Ia/+0)

4 Pixy, you got any starvin', crazed weasels?

Posted by: RandomDave at March 13, 2026 04:05 AM (aJQbY)

5 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 13, 2026 04:05 AM (bQ4nt)

6 anti-woot!

Posted by: w at March 13, 2026 04:08 AM (NKG8q)

7 Not bad. It's good to see that Gerry Rafferty wasn't just a one-trick pony.

Posted by: Born Free at March 13, 2026 04:09 AM (raD1m)

8 Wait a second, I’ll go check…
* guitar solo *

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at March 13, 2026 04:10 AM (JRP2U)

9 Because landing on someone else's feed would be gauche.

Yeah, I don't like feet in my feed either.

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 13, 2026 04:10 AM (bQ4nt)

10 4 Pixy, you got any starvin', crazed weasels?
Posted by: RandomDave

Nah, we're outta starvin' crazed weasels.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 13, 2026 04:11 AM (BLOW1)

11 Mornin'

I was looking online at the Apple laptop mentioned yesterday (Neo?). I then looked at the other Apple laptop offerings, as a curiosity. My main issue with them is price. They are pricey. I can afford it but I'm naturally cheap. I blame the Scottish bloodlines. Anyway, I'm entertaining buying a Apple laptop.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 13, 2026 04:13 AM (sAmhv)

12 7 Not bad. It's good to see that Gerry Rafferty wasn't just a one-trick pony.
Posted by: Born Free

Baker Street was lightning in a bottle, but not his only good song.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 13, 2026 04:13 AM (BLOW1)

13 A Gerry Raferty song that isn't 'Baker Street'. He was good. His life was a blues song though. Drank himself to death.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 13, 2026 04:21 AM (sAmhv)

14 BOING!

Busy.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 13, 2026 04:21 AM (1o8D5)

15 Flump. Going back to bed.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at March 13, 2026 04:40 AM (/HDaX)

16 Garry Rafferty died in January 2011 from severe alcoholism. Prior to this, while in the middle of complete alcoholic chaos he released his final album, Life Goes On, in November 2009. It is a mix of religious music and contemplative originals. To me it is a clear statement that he knew he was dying and this work would be likely his last. During 2010 he spent living with Enzina Fuschini until November 2010 when he was put on life support due to liver failure. The final song from Life Goes On is Silent Night and was arranged with multi layered vocals, mostly if not all his, and paired with a sparse droning horn accompanist. He will always be one of my favorite composers and performers.

https://youtu.be/tHsREPHqzBg

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at March 13, 2026 04:40 AM (BnDlA)

17

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at March 13, 2026 04:41 AM (DDJSl)

18 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at March 13, 2026 04:45 AM (AN2gy)

19 So now that Apple has released the MacBook Neo are we to conclude that our next computer is going to be a laptop and not an iPad. That nonsense never did fly right side up.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at March 13, 2026 04:51 AM (BnDlA)

20 First world problem

Blustery night

Power flickering

And I wake up every time itflickers

Posted by: 2009Refugee at March 13, 2026 04:52 AM (LyEzZ)

21 Cats land on their feet because they are torsional rotation machines. Plus murderers.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at March 13, 2026 04:56 AM (BnDlA)

22 So it turned out, Life has ended for Gerry

Posted by: Skip at March 13, 2026 05:01 AM (Ia/+0)

23 So Perplexity is killing SAAS by introducing local SAAS AI.

Okay.

Posted by: Pete Bog at March 13, 2026 05:03 AM (qlUA+)

24 Kind and brave woman in South Philadelphia stops thief in South Phidaepha:

https://tinyurl.com/yeh9t9kt

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 13, 2026 05:05 AM (Nx5jP)

25 What are those funny wheels with the ribbon running from one to the other?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 13, 2026 05:12 AM (M9gjJ)

26 Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at March 13, 2026 05:13 AM (Ia/+0)

27
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 13, 2026 05:16 AM (tljrc)

28 G'morning, all!

35 degrees out, brrrrrr.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 13, 2026 05:17 AM (iMotb)

29 Have you ever seen a Winchester drive as big as a Volkswagen and it sounds like an F-4 winding up for take-off?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 13, 2026 05:18 AM (M9gjJ)

30 Its Friday the 13, car told me

Posted by: Skip at March 13, 2026 05:19 AM (mw8z7)

31 shit

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at March 13, 2026 05:21 AM (jrgJz)

32 The dream machine from Brainstorm?

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at March 13, 2026 05:22 AM (JRP2U)

33 Replying to 25

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at March 13, 2026 05:22 AM (JRP2U)

34 13 A Gerry Raferty song that isn't 'Baker Street'. He was good. His life was a blues song though. Drank himself to death.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 13, 2026 04:21 AM (sAmhv)

Metal is ultimately just blues with distortion and upper respiratory tract vocals, right?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 13, 2026 05:24 AM (Ot/FD)

35 Old time hymn-When morning gilds the skies :
I thought of this yesterday as I drive to the store and there was a beautiful sunrise:

https://tinyurl.com/5atfdvy7

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 13, 2026 05:28 AM (ix8EF)

36 I got accepted to college on a Friday the 13th. I started going out with my wife on a Friday the 13th. It's been a historically lucky day for me. I have no idea if that's a stain on my character. But I don't own a cauldron or burn sage or do weird things with dead livestock on the weekends, so that's good.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 13, 2026 05:29 AM (Ot/FD)

37 They only people pushing this idiocy were humanity's enemies.

Hope you don't mind the edit.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 13, 2026 05:31 AM (+4yJ5)

38 But I don't own a cauldron or burn sage or do weird things with dead livestock on the weekends

OK, now let's talk about the weekday... -:-)

Posted by: NR Pax at March 13, 2026 05:32 AM (+4yJ5)

39 Metal is ultimately just blues with distortion and upper respiratory tract vocals, right?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 13, 2026 05:24 AM (Ot/FD)

Metal was Frankfort School "music" that introduced the future chaos we have now.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 13, 2026 05:33 AM (g8Ew8)

40 Psalm 27:1-14 King James version :

https://tinyurl.com/5ahvm9p8

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 13, 2026 05:36 AM (ix8EF)

41 Transitions- Devotional on Psalm 27:1-14

https://tinyurl.com/mptbx86f

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 13, 2026 05:38 AM (ix8EF)

42 Evening and morning for all on this Friday the 13th! Hey, it's a Friday, so it's still the consummation devoutly to be wished.

Like you, Warai-otoko, I've found these 13ths to be lucky, or at least no more unlucky for me than a Monday the 17th, to pick an example out of the air. I've always understood that Fri. 13th's bad rep came from two ideas: that Jesus was crucified on a Friday, and that there were thirteen diners at the Last Supper. (Amazing how people can connect wildly separate ideas -- like peas rolling around on a plate, in the immortal words of Lord Peter Wimsey.)

Anyway! 'Tis chilly this morning for here, 58 F. I'll do a light workout and then, to enjoy this weather, head out to breakfast before washing the car and hitting Walmart. Howzabout choo?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 13, 2026 05:53 AM (wzUl9)

43 Good morons morons

Ursula de Leyen should do the right thing and jump in front of a train.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 13, 2026 05:55 AM (RIvkX)

44 Gerry Rafferty first surfaced with Stealer's Wheel, didn't he? ("Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right -- here I am, stuck in the middle with you!") And he had a single called "Right Down the Line" after "Baker Street."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 13, 2026 05:58 AM (wzUl9)

45 Mornin', Horde. 42 degrees & mostly clear in Kentuckiana; oddly, that's up 4 degrees in the last 3 hours.

Posted by: Nazdar at March 13, 2026 05:58 AM (NcvvS)

46 And so Stirling, big black cat, begins his fifth year on the planet, as Dagny La Siberienne counts down to the end of her fourth. (Somehow I doubt such things ever surface in their little cat minds. They are blissfully free of such concepts as time -- and responsibility and ethics, too.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 13, 2026 06:00 AM (wzUl9)

47 Rafferty also produced a lot of albums - he did one with Richard & Linda Thompson.

Posted by: Nazdar at March 13, 2026 06:02 AM (NcvvS)

48 US confirms: 4 crew members killed in Iraq aircraft crash
CENTCOM confirmed that at least 4 of the 6 crew members on the KC-135 refueling aircraft that crashed in Iraqi airspace yesterday were killed in the incident.
Israel National News
Published: Mar 13, 2026 at 11:51 AM
=====
Terrible news

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 13, 2026 06:04 AM (RIvkX)

49 Born on Friday , the 13th and a long strange journey it is. Play the hand dealt.

Posted by: kingsman at March 13, 2026 06:04 AM (ehY6c)

50 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Sometimes, you eat the b'ar and sometimes, well, the b'ar eats you.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 13, 2026 06:04 AM (KAqW5)

51 Stray cat keeps baby warm in freezing Russian temperatures;

https://tinyurl.com/24vdthed

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 13, 2026 06:07 AM (Nx5jP)

52 Update on Boy F. we had a good meeting last week with the regional center and a good meeting yesterday with Department of Rehabilitation. I actually met a state bureaucrat who seemed bright and energetic and knowledgeable. So we have reason to be hopeful he will have some forward movement since most everything in his life collapsed March 13, 2020.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 13, 2026 06:15 AM (RIvkX)

53 Emergency sirens in SF won't sound alarm even during Iranian drone threat
-SFGate
===
The city that knows jack sh*t about how.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 13, 2026 06:21 AM (RIvkX)

54 53 The city that knows jack sh*t about how.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

I get the logic that there are ways to notify people but this still should have been dealt with years ago.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 13, 2026 06:24 AM (+4yJ5)

55 @11

>>My main issue with them is price. They are pricey.

Pricey compared to what, garbage wintel laptops that have half the build quality and half the life expectancy?

At the end of the day when you buy a Mac laptop, what you are getting is a well built machine, with a well thought out, non annoying OS that hasn’t changed its essential look, feel and operation in 40 years, running Unix under the hood, that’s going to last you, a decade or more.

You cannot say that for any wintel laptops.

You can also run Windows on a Mac, seamlessly with parallels.

So you don’t even have to give up your windows software if you switch.

Now a MacBook Neo is not going to be able to run a vm of windows 11 well, but the option will be there.

The Neo might be the biggest disruption in tech since the iPhone.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 13, 2026 06:28 AM (XV/Pl)

56 I get the logic that there are ways to notify people but this still should have been dealt with years ago.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 13, 2026 06:24 AM (+4yJ5)
====
They were supposed to. They have a purpose. But like everything else here, it's fake and ghey.

You know what OEM says? "We hope people will take care of each other."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 13, 2026 06:28 AM (RIvkX)

57 Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 13, 2026 06:15 AM (RIvkX)

Thanks for the update . I am glad you found someone who cares and I will pray for a positive outcome for your son., which will be a good outcome for you as your wife as well.

What happened on March 13. 2020? I know you've been posting for sometime.and you probably mentioned it. But. I'm sorry I forgot

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 13, 2026 06:33 AM (ix8EF)

58 That was the day the lockdown started.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 13, 2026 06:35 AM (RIvkX)

59 Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 13, 2026 06:35 AM (RIvkX

Oh. Sorry. That was. A disaster for so many people.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 13, 2026 06:38 AM (PFs9e)

60 Doof commemorated it last night and there was some good discussion in hindsight

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 13, 2026 06:40 AM (RIvkX)

61 @6/"w": Nope, no topsy-turvy world for you m. Back on your feet, you've got a 100 to capture (assuming we get there.)

Also: Mornin' Horde.

Bad headache today. Bleagh.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 13, 2026 06:42 AM (O7YUW)

62 I think the basic thrust was "It's been six years, can we please go back to being Normal?"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 13, 2026 06:43 AM (RIvkX)

63 Bad headache today. Bleagh.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 13, 2026 06:42 AM (O7YUW)
====

First thing, a big glass of water.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 13, 2026 06:44 AM (RIvkX)

64 Screwed myself not noticing 7 o'clock start

Posted by: Skip at March 13, 2026 06:46 AM (mw8z7)

65 Ugh I'm being exposed to Eric Swalwell ads.

Pity me!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 13, 2026 06:48 AM (RIvkX)

66 @63/San Franpsycho: It's not a dehydration headache, I've been drinking plenty of water last night and this morning (and usually do!) Thank you though, the advise to drink water is not bad at all, and it would usually work.

I've caught a bout of "the yuck" from the kids on my bus (headaches, sinus pressure, sneezing, post nasal drip, and a lot of coughing.) I was warned by other drivers that it'll seem to go away in about 5 days and it'll surge a couple of more times ending up at about 3 calendar weeks of suffering. I'm at the one-week mark, and I'm guessing this is the first of those surges I was warned about.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 13, 2026 06:50 AM (O7YUW)

67 55:Thomas Bender, my current laptops (2 of them) are former Windows 10 machines but now are Linux Mint. I do have a Beelink mini PC with Win11 on it, for now. That's going to change to Linux too, at some point. I'm thinking of adding an Apple laptop (Neo or Air) to my collection of IT gadgets that I probably don't need but want. I'm just not that familiar with Apple products and they are more expensive. Just so happens I can afford one now.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 13, 2026 06:50 AM (sAmhv)

68 > 65 Ugh I'm being exposed to Eric Swalwell

Gah!

> ads. Pity me!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 13, 2026 06:48 AM (RIvkX)

Oh, whew! Look, it could be worse.

Posted by: SciVo at March 13, 2026 06:54 AM (Sy6m/)

69 >>>...the KC-135 refueling aircraft that crashed in Iraqi airspace yesterday

It didn't crash in the airspace. It crashed in the ground-space.

Posted by: one hour sober at March 13, 2026 07:05 AM (Y1sOo)

70 @67

>>Just so happens I can afford one now.

At this point, I would never recommend Wintel/WinAMD anything to anyone, and this is coming from someone who has a metric f-ton of MSFT stock.

Windows has become too bloated, too annoying and it's OS has simply become an advertisement platform.

And it Linux Subsystem is very limited.

Unless you're a hardcore gamer, then there really is no reason to buy a Windows anything.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 13, 2026 07:06 AM (XV/Pl)

71 I've caught a bout of "the yuck" from the kids on my bus (headaches, sinus pressure, sneezing, post nasal drip, and a lot of coughing.) I was warned by other drivers that it'll seem to go away in about 5 days and it'll surge a couple of more times ending up at about 3 calendar weeks of suffering. I'm at the one-week mark, and I'm guessing this is the first of those surges I was warned about.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 13, 2026 06:50 AM (O7YUW)
====
Sounds awful. Little monsters!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 13, 2026 07:09 AM (RIvkX)

72 I'm just not that familiar with Apple products and they are more expensive. Just so happens I can afford one now.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 13, 2026 06:50 AM (sAmhv)

Try the Neo.
If you like it, and it will last you for several years until the SSD is full and it slows down, you can always go for an Air or Macbook Pro.

If you don't need the screen and keyboard with the laptop you could always try a Mac Mini (for the same price as the upgraded Neo) and hook it up to your existing setup.

I'll have to replace my 2017 model iMac eventually, and I still don't know if I'll go with a Mini or laptop when I do.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 13, 2026 07:09 AM (6ydKt)

73 Sounds awful. Little monsters!"

Snot Goblins...

Posted by: man at March 13, 2026 07:09 AM (XuXeR)

74 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 13, 2026 06:50 AM (O7YUW)

Sorry I hope you feel better before too long. Does this mean you won't have to
Transport " strange " children ( one version of the Bible translates the passage that way, instead of "alien" ) today?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 13, 2026 07:13 AM (Nx5jP)

75 Unless you're a hardcore gamer, then there really is no reason to buy a Windows anything.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 13, 2026 07:06 AM (XV/Pl)

You're right except for those applications that can't run on Linux without a translation layer, like Photoshop for example.

Windows has a major hold on many people and corps for this reason alone.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 13, 2026 07:13 AM (6ydKt)

76 It didn't crash in the airspace. It crashed in the ground-space.
Posted by: one hour sober

Funny. 4 of our guys were killed..

Posted by: Sentinel at March 13, 2026 07:13 AM (j2I21)

77 I got the Mini, because I already had good components. It's been fine for me and I have my old Macbooks to play with Linux. I am a light user though.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 13, 2026 07:15 AM (gQ15S)

78 We have a guest that is very vocal for a Greyhound. I got an email from my wife yesterday morning and commented that she was mailing me earlier than usual.

Her answer: "I got a nap in, then Birdie happened."

Describes that dog perfectly.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 13, 2026 07:15 AM (+4yJ5)

79 no twirl yet

Posted by: Don Black at March 13, 2026 07:16 AM (ZxPkt)

80 I have a pc and a mac. I use both daily. My son in law gave me the mac because he wanted to show ne tge superiority of Apple products. Hes very disappointed that I cant tell the difference between the two. The only difference i can see is my pc is a high end gaming laptop so I can run all of my Steam games with no problems. I cant do that with the Mac. But the Mac is really pretty.

Posted by: Megthered at March 13, 2026 07:16 AM (cLoou)

81 Good morning all. Still adjusting to the time change and my sleep is all screwed up. Looks to be a nice day in western NC with clear skies and moderate temps. Be well.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at March 13, 2026 07:17 AM (XgNf8)

82 Human baby keep me warm in freezing Russian temperatures

Posted by: Stray Kotya at March 13, 2026 07:19 AM (DsA2n)

83 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 13, 2026 07:19 AM (u82oZ)

84 @75

>>You're right except for those applications that can't run on Linux without a translation layer, like Photoshop for example.

You can run windows seamlessly in Parallels, I run Photoshop, Autocad, MS Project and Visio in my Win11 vm.

In fact, Parallels has a coherence mode that integrates the Win11 vm environment into the Mac environment, you don't even know you're running a vm.

If you're simply talking about being on a pure linux os system like Arch or Mint, then yeah, Wine Sux, Virtualbox sux.

Actually the best vm subsystem on linux is QEMU which runs virtual machine of Mac OS, that works flawlessly.

If you want a Unix/Linux environment and be able to run windows seamlessly as well, then get a Mac.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 13, 2026 07:21 AM (XV/Pl)

85 Couric: Do you have a Zoolander problem? Are you just ridiculously good
looking as Vogue said? What do you do about that?
Newsom: You don't do anything about it...lt's just who I am.
=====
What. A. Douche.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 13, 2026 07:21 AM (RIvkX)

86 I'm not a gamer so I don't need the bells and whistles that come with that kind of machine.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 13, 2026 07:22 AM (sAmhv)

87 If Gavin Newsom grew up in my neighborhood he would have caught a beating on the daily.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 13, 2026 07:22 AM (RIvkX)

88 Very sad to hear the KC-135 crew couldn't make it out.

*crisp*
Hand Salute.
Ready.
Two.

The refueling job has always been hazardous. Even Navy ships swap paint. Happened in January in the Caribbean.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 13, 2026 07:22 AM (u82oZ)

89 How dare those Persians to shoot down a kc in Arab airspace.

Posted by: Occam at March 13, 2026 07:24 AM (LDhmd)

90 Grumpy and Recalcitrant

Prayers ascending for a more rapid return to health.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 13, 2026 07:24 AM (u82oZ)

91 Good to be back online. High winds knocked out my broadband connection, which messed up my iPhone signal. I am so rural, I get one bar in the laundry room, sometimes.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 13, 2026 07:27 AM (u82oZ)

92 I get one bar in the laundry room, sometimes.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
--------------------

I have at least one bar in every room

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at March 13, 2026 07:29 AM (DDJSl)

93 Hillary Clinton

Ah, the woman with the amazing liver. Do your get transplanted ones from Canada?

No matter. You are still ugly to the bone, and not President.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 13, 2026 07:32 AM (u82oZ)

94
JJS

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 13, 2026 07:33 AM (gbOdA)

95 Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 13, 2026 06:28 AM (XV/Pl)

I have used both throughout my career. Macs are superior - long ago, in a galaxy far away.

You can get the same performance from a PC for thousands less. I haven't had a problem with my Dells breaking down, but for one that had a main processor go - which they replaced for free.

And for me, the main draw for Macs was the stability of the OS and software, which is long gone. The damn things crash constantly.

They're fine as consumer toys/light office use for people who love the convenience of the ecosystem for integration with their other consumer-grade toys.

But the days of Macs being competitive for industrial use are in the rearview.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 13, 2026 07:39 AM (BI5O2)

96
Most
Applications
Crash.
If
Not,
Then
Operating
System
Hangs.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 13, 2026 07:41 AM (BI5O2)

97 Yes, backing away from nuclear was absolutely idiotic.

Nevermind that it was as a direct result of Fukushima, where multiple reactors were destroyed as a result of an incredibly scoped natural disaster.

And yet... ? Not one person died as a result. While literally THOUSANDS died due to the natural disaster itself.

The absolute definition of a knee jerk reaction

Posted by: deadrody at March 13, 2026 08:10 AM (qf6NU)

98 Crimson Desert looked good, just waiting to scratch my Skyrim itch. Have considered Tainted Grail. I'll get that once it hits a decent discount.

Posted by: Inspector Cussword at March 13, 2026 09:18 AM (lFFaq)

99 TGIF, all!

JJ, did not need that image first thing, lol.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 13, 2026 09:29 AM (Suwql)

100 Crimson Desert has confirmed Denuvo

Confirmed no-buy-nary for me.

Posted by: MP2k2 at March 13, 2026 09:56 AM (B9Qbl)

101 @74/FenelonSpoke: "Sorry I hope you feel better before too long."

Thanks, Fen. And no, I have to transport them today. I'm sick, but not to the point that I'm flat on my back unable to move. I'm capable of working, and so I do.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 13, 2026 10:00 AM (O7YUW)

102 Disclaimer: Nah, we're outta bear claws.

Fine, I'll take the box of one dozen starving, crazed weasels

Posted by: Long1 at March 13, 2026 11:22 AM (qIFlP)

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