Daily Tech News 17 March 2026

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Nvidia held its keynote address at its annual GPU Technology Conference, where it showed off a preview of its new DLSS 5 software, two months after DLSS 4.5 was released at CES. (Tom's Hardware)

DLSS 5 goes all-in on AI, changing game graphics into the AI developer's idea of game graphics. It's... Not great.

It uses face detection to overlay what it thinks faces should look like on your game's graphics, adding twenty years to the age of characters while leaving their clothes untouched and sometimes leaving random items looking like they've just been dragged backwards through an industrial recycling facility.

And it achieves all this in real time using the power of your own graphics card... Assuming you have dual RTX 5090s, which you don't.

Tech News

Encyclopedia Britannica has sued OpenAI for "stealing our shit". (Engadget)

They may not have used precisely those words.
"Investors" on Polymarket have threatened to murder an Israeli reporter for reporting stories that ran against their "investments". (Times of Israel)

They "invested" in predicting that an Iranian missile would be intercepted; instead it crashed in empty land outside Jerusalem so that they lost their "investments".

Yes, they are gamblers trying to nobble a horse, only the horse is a person and the nobbling would be fatal.
The cast of Firefly are looking for funds to reboot the series in animated form. (Hollywood Reporter)

Uh... Maybe? It was a great series cut off far too early, and it's probably been too long for them to reprise their roles in a live action series. Also one of the characters is canonically dead.

But animated? Anything can happen in an animated series.
Micron has begun volume production of 36GB HBM4 modules, 28Gbps PCIe 6.0 SSDs, and 192GB SOCAMM2 laptop memory modules. (WCCFTech)

You can't have any. Not unless your name is Nvidia.
Dell has introduced its new Pro Max desktop with an Nvidia GB300 CPU and 696GB of LPDDR5X memory. (Notebook Check)

They did not list a price, for obvious reasons.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: It's sunny again, dammit.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 17, 2026 04:01 AM (sAmhv)

2 w00t

Posted by: m at March 17, 2026 04:01 AM (+YA9H)

3 The previous thread, being out of date like Windows 10, has been informed.

Posted by: SciVo at March 17, 2026 04:02 AM (Sy6m/)

4 !!

Posted by: clarence at March 17, 2026 04:04 AM (H7mpT)

5 tech:

@NikitaBier
Mar 16
Me trying to close a hire
if you turn it down, i will be legally required to put you in touch with a psychologist and financial advisor

Who might it be?

Posted by: m at March 17, 2026 04:04 AM (+YA9H)

6 Encyclopedia Britannica has sued OpenAI for "stealing our shit". (Engadget)

They may not have used precisely those words.

I hope they used Michael Caines accent from 'Get Carter' when they 'said' that.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 17, 2026 04:05 AM (sAmhv)

7 Morning all

Posted by: Tuna at March 17, 2026 04:14 AM (lJ0H4)

8 >>>Encyclopedia Britannica has sued OpenAI for "stealing our shit". (Engadget)

Sounds like it's written by a bot:

When reached out for comment, a spokesperson for OpenAI told Engadget that ...

Posted by: m at March 17, 2026 04:17 AM (+YA9H)

9 >>>Encyclopedia Britannica has sued OpenAI for "stealing our shit". (Engadget)

moar botness?

Along with claims of copyright violations, Britannica argued that OpenAI was also responsible for trademark infringement. ... Britannica is also seeking an injunction to prevent OpenAI from repeating these accusations.

"from repeating these accusations"?

Posted by: m at March 17, 2026 04:19 AM (+YA9H)

10 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 17, 2026 04:22 AM (bQ4nt)

11 It uses face detection to overlay what it thinks faces should look like on your game's graphics, adding twenty years to the age of characters while leaving their clothes untouched and sometimes leaving random items looking like they've just been dragged backwards through an industrial recycling facility.

DigitalFoundry did a quick video on YT on DLSS 5.
They said that Nvidia claims that it's machine learning is simply readjusting lighting to achieve the new faces of the game characters, but I find that hard to believe.

It does look like the AI is recreating a path-traced version of in game lighting to give better depth and lighting realism but there's no way it's not recreating faces, especially in some of the examples Nvidia's demo showed.

The example of Grace from Requiem Evil they've been using, is obviously AI re-generated.

It may actually help some games look better, especially older titles.

But Nvidia has to come up with a way to optimize DLSS 5 because very few people can afford a 5090 to run it on.
This seems to be a preview of DLSS 6, which will probably only run on 6000 series GPUs next year.

https://youtu.be/4ZlwTtgbgVA
(Digital Foundry @ YT)

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 17, 2026 04:29 AM (6ydKt)

12 G'Day everyone
What a night with high winds

Posted by: Skip at March 17, 2026 04:31 AM (Ia/+0)

13 Asmongold, like Pixy, is not impressed:

"Nvidia f*cked up real bad.."

https://youtu.be/TfgTCDNjXj8

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 17, 2026 04:32 AM (6ydKt)

14 I'm going to buy yet another IT toy. An Apple Neo. Never owned an Apple product. Is the Apple online store decent or should I use Amazon? Is there even a difference? I'll order it Saturday. I could pick it up at the Apple store in Pentagon City, but I'd rather have it delivered.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 17, 2026 04:37 AM (sAmhv)

15 I had a chance to see Supertramp in Sweden and didn't go.a few of guys with me did

Posted by: Skip at March 17, 2026 04:38 AM (Ia/+0)

16 Morning guys,

We have a launch in about 2 hours.

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 10-46
SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: March 17, 2026
Launch Time: 7:28 a.m. EDT (1128 UTC, 12:28 CET)

https://youtu.be/cP0w5qFv2IU

Alternative link if needed.

The Launch Pad

https://youtu.be/1gFjUGDuaBc

Posted by: Joyenz at March 17, 2026 04:44 AM (2F0/Y)

17 BOING!

BOOM!

https://tinyurl.com/39vtmpub

BOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!

https://tinyurl.com/37jfv59f

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 17, 2026 04:46 AM (5UTWB)

18 I got my iPads from Apple and iPhones from AT&T but all their accessories from Amazon.

Posted by: Accomack at March 17, 2026 04:49 AM (T8bqm)

19 Is the Apple online store decent or should I use Amazon? Is there even a difference? I'll order it Saturday. I could pick it up at the Apple store in Pentagon City, but I'd rather have it delivered.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 17, 2026 04:37 AM (sAmhv)

I've bought from Apple, Best Buy, and Amazon.
Not really much difference between them as far as service, etc.

Sometimes Best Buy and Amazon have sales on Apple products, which Apple rarely, if ever, does.

Best Buy usually adds in some free software or subscription trials to streaming services with their sales. With the Neo they give you Apple News, Apple Music, Apple Gaming, and Apple TV for free trials for 1 to 3 months.

If you get it directly from Apple they usually include a few free trials as well, so really up to you on how fast you want to get it delivered.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 17, 2026 04:51 AM (6ydKt)

20 https://tinyurl.com/37jfv59f

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 17, 2026 04:46 AM (5UTWB)

Never having to hear from Larijani again would be worth the entire war.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 17, 2026 04:57 AM (6ydKt)

21 Megyn Kelly has really become a nasty piece of work, going after a rival podcaster and insulting his manhood on SiriusXM.

I guess they have no standards at SiriusXM.

Levin should file a lawsuit against both of them and if that don't work, then give her a good slap across the man-jaw.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 17, 2026 05:08 AM (M9gjJ)

22 21 Megyn Kelly has really become a nasty piece of work, going after a rival podcaster and insulting his manhood on SiriusXM.

I guess they have no standards at SiriusXM.

Levin should file a lawsuit against both of them and if that don't work, then give her a good slap across the man-jaw.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 17, 2026 05:08 AM (M9gjJ)

Or ignore her?

Posted by: m at March 17, 2026 05:12 AM (+YA9H)

23 Posted by: Skip at March 17, 2026 04:31 AM (Ia/+0)

That was unsettling. The front screen door blew open and hit the porch rails so hard it woke me up.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 17, 2026 05:13 AM (ix8EF)

24 About the real St. Patrick. Happy St. Patrick's Day!

https://tinyurl.com/bdzk2dz6

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 17, 2026 05:15 AM (ix8EF)

25 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at March 17, 2026 05:21 AM (2Ez/1)

26 Not sure how it will be but making strawberries and oatmeal

Posted by: Skip at March 17, 2026 05:22 AM (Ia/+0)

27 I see small branches on deck, have to get some things into car for work today so will try to walk around yard.

Oh, and supposed to be working on a roof today

Posted by: Skip at March 17, 2026 05:23 AM (Ia/+0)

28 Some doggeh had to urgently go #2
Ugh

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 17, 2026 05:27 AM (eZ5tL)

29 Oh, and supposed to be working on a roof today
Posted by: Skip a

--

It's gonna get windy
Be careful

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 17, 2026 05:29 AM (eZ5tL)

30 So Apple has an Apple Credit Card now and I think they will let you buy from them with zero interest financing or something, if that's a consideration,

Also, free trials depending on item.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 17, 2026 05:33 AM (eZ5tL)

31 21 Megyn Kelly has really become a nasty piece of work, going after a rival podcaster and insulting his manhood on SiriusXM.

I guess they have no standards at SiriusXM.

Levin should file a lawsuit against both of them and if that don't work, then give her a good slap across the man-jaw.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

Its a jungle out there in Internet iNFluENc3rz land. You have to out crazy your competition. It's similar to the shock jock morning radio guys back in the 80s and 90s. As the above post mentioned, try to ignore. Most of the 'millions' of followers these clowns have are fake.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 17, 2026 05:36 AM (sAmhv)

32 Seen over at Epoch Times: Cubans Living Abroad to Be Allowed to Invest in Private Businesses on Island, Official Says

Get rid of the communists then we can talk. But it's nice to see that things may be turning around.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 17, 2026 05:37 AM (+4yJ5)

33 30: I have enough change in between my couch cushions to pay for it without taking a loan. It's why I'm buying an Apple now. I have the cash available. I was even entertaining getting the next model laptop up, Sky, but settled on Neo.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 17, 2026 05:40 AM (sAmhv)

34 25 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering

THE WIND HAS BLOWN ME INTO ATMOSPHERE AND I CAN'T GET DOWN!!!!

HELLLLPPPPPPP!!!!!!

Posted by: Birdbath at March 17, 2026 05:42 AM (sAmhv)

35 About AI stealing original stuff
Eventually this will discourage content creators from creating
Maybe that's good if they focus their creativity on real world ingenuity instead

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 17, 2026 05:45 AM (eZ5tL)

36 Evening and morning, late toilers and early risers! Tiu's Day, and St. Paddy's as well!

: I have enough change in between my couch cushions to pay for it without taking a loan. . . .
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 17, 2026

The only things I ever find between my couch cushions are crumbs and cat fur.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 17, 2026 05:46 AM (wzUl9)

37 @14

>> An Apple Neo.

Personally, if you are Apple curious, I would buy a refurbed m1 MacBook Pro 16gb 1tb from either eBay or Amazon.

You should be able to find one for around 700 bucks, you will be getting a better overall system for the sameish price.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 17, 2026 05:48 AM (sOtT6)

38 Soul food- Christian reflection on the bread of life and Jesus, food for the soul:

John 6:35, 41-51

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 17, 2026 05:48 AM (rZCVI)

39 Only good part its on a very large flat roof and won't be on edge, i hope

Posted by: Skip at March 17, 2026 05:49 AM (Ia/+0)

40 “ The people were amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled made well, the lame walking and the blind seeing. And they praised the God of Israel.”

Matthew 15:31

Praise God in Heaven.

Posted by: Marcus T at March 17, 2026 05:49 AM (aZ9eR)

41 My Apple Mastercard financed my first iPad and was issued by Goldman Sachs. It came with a money market account that currently pays 3.65% and has been as high as 4.25.

Posted by: Accomack at March 17, 2026 05:49 AM (GbONR)

42 Miss Linda tells me that Krispy Kreme is handing out a free green donut to anyone wearing green today. I have a green sweater, a green barn coat, and a green fedora. I'll do my best not to overload by wearing all three.

Anyway! 44 F. here this morning, 38 wind chill and north winds of 12. I think I shall do my workout as a brisk walk this p.m.

How are all o' you?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 17, 2026 05:50 AM (wzUl9)

43 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 17, 2026 05:50 AM (wzUl9

I think that's hilarious-green donuts.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 17, 2026 05:54 AM (rZCVI)

44
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 17, 2026 05:54 AM (tljrc)

45 The only things I ever find between my couch cushions are crumbs and cat fur.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Your cats are hording whatever treasures you couch has.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 17, 2026 05:55 AM (sAmhv)

46 The front screen door blew open and hit the porch rails so hard it woke me up.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 17, 2026 05:13 AM (ix8EF)
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Aunty Em! Aunty Em!!!!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 17, 2026 05:56 AM (1o8D5)

47 I think that's hilarious-green donuts.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 17, 2026 05:54 AM (rZCVI)
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I still remember the green bagels back in the States. Combined with cream cheese and smoked salmon and you have the Irish flag colors.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 17, 2026 05:58 AM (1o8D5)

48 Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 17, 2026 05:56 AM (1o8D5

LOL

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 17, 2026 05:58 AM (rZCVI)

49 Larijani eliminated !!!! Hallelujah

Posted by: Ben Had at March 17, 2026 05:58 AM (+nEug)

50 'Bout time to feed the furry thugs, and then myself. Later this morning we'll go out to the suburbs to run a couple of errands -- pipe cleaners for me, for instance -- and grab those green donuts.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 17, 2026 05:59 AM (wzUl9)

51 Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 17, 2026 05:58 AM (1o8D5

Everybody is Irish on St. Patrick's Day-even the bagels, cream cheese and lox. 😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 17, 2026 06:00 AM (rZCVI)

52 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at March 17, 2026 06:00 AM (AN2gy)

53 Silly boy, I've never nobbled!

Posted by: Just the punchline at March 17, 2026 06:01 AM (2Ez/1)

54 I still remember the green bagels back in the States. Combined with cream cheese and smoked salmon and you have the Irish flag colors.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 17, 2026

***
In the '90s there was a coffee-bakery in Albuquerque that offered green chile bagels. They weren't greenish in color, just had bits of green chile in them. Faintly spicy. I always thought some place in Da Swamp should have imported them -- people here love spicy.

The coffee-bakery also had chicory coffee, which seems rare outside the South. You could buy it in some groceries in Denver, but people there acted as if it were burned over a campfire. "You like that cowboy coffee, huh?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 17, 2026 06:04 AM (wzUl9)

55 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Who'll stop the rain?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 17, 2026 06:06 AM (Qa8VA)

56 I still remember the green bagels back in the States. Combined with cream cheese and smoked salmon and you have the Irish flag colors.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 17, 2026 05:58 AM (1o8D5)
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Or Cote d'Ivoire.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 17, 2026 06:07 AM (Qa8VA)

57 >>The only things I ever find between my couch cushions are crumbs and cat fur.

Don't use a couch, but the recliner & the office chair are of serious interest to the pup - and she is extremely interested in any places that our (rarely in-the-house) cat might have been.

Posted by: Nazdar at March 17, 2026 06:08 AM (NcvvS)

58 Nothing appears to be major damage, but its dark outside
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at March 17, 2026 06:09 AM (Ia/+0)

59 When I woke up, I went down to let the dogs out in the backyard and discovered that our front door had been blown open. Thankfully, my dogs love their comfy beds too much to make an escape but I'm going to be paranoid for at least the rest of the week.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 17, 2026 06:10 AM (+4yJ5)

60 Brothers do an Irish dance routine in Nashville:

https://tinyurl.com/4876tdea

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 17, 2026 06:12 AM (ix8EF)

61 >>Silly boy, I've never nobbled!

"If you can't nobble the machine, Courtney, you nobble the man."

Posted by: Sir Percy Ware-Armitage at March 17, 2026 06:14 AM (NcvvS)

62 The lid got blown off my trash can. I decided I would wait until daylight to search for it, but it turned out it was just the other side of the shrubs.

The neighbors across the street got some chaos inflicted on their trash by the wind so I did them a semi-solid and gathered it up a bit.

Oh, and one of the bird feeder poles was askew from the feeds flapping in the breeze.

FWP

Posted by: fluffy at March 17, 2026 06:19 AM (AN2gy)

63 St. Patrick's Day. My sister's birthday. And this evening will be my sister-in-law's wake.

Why does it always seem that the universe needs to make sure that everything happens all at once?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 17, 2026 06:24 AM (Ot/FD)

64 OK I admit I'm the only one, but I didn't like "Firefly." I thought Jayne was cool and I liked the engineer lady but the rest of it just dindu nuffin for me.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 17, 2026 06:33 AM (CHHv1)

65 Doggeh needed to go again
Kilmenow

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 17, 2026 06:33 AM (fb0M4)

66 Good morning from a very chilly western NC. Weather did an about face here. 29 with a “feels like “ 20 degrees, maybe 45 today. Be well.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at March 17, 2026 06:34 AM (t14i3)

67 BeckoningChasm, same.
Inara's job was gross.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 17, 2026 06:36 AM (YfZCH)

68 nice rhyming:

Does it feel that your life's become a catastrophe?
Oh, it has to be

Posted by: m at March 17, 2026 06:37 AM (+YA9H)

69 G'morning, all!

32.2 degrees out, and too cold to walk this morning.

The topic of Church Security on YouTube really opens a rabbit hole of videos to dive down into.

So that has been taking up some of my time.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 17, 2026 06:39 AM (iMotb)

70 Jayne from Firefly and Amos Burton from The Expanse kinda from the same archetype, both cool characters.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 17, 2026 06:40 AM (YfZCH)

71 nice rhyming:

Does it feel that your life's become a catastrophe?
Oh, it has to be
Posted by: m

You talkin to me?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 17, 2026 06:42 AM (YfZCH)

72 Or ignore her?
Posted by: m at March 17, 2026 05:12 AM (+YA9H)

I don't think Mark Levin can afford to, since he's in the same attention economy. Although feuding with Megyn Kelly could raise her profile (as when Trump did), it would raise his too, and the opportunity cost could be too much to pass it up. I guess it depends if there's a countervailing cost to his dignity, and how much he values that.

As an aside, Trump is a real natural at that kind of thing. I make an effort to notice the "dog that didn't bark" kind of events, since they're hard to notice by definition, and one is that feud that Trump *didn't* have with Eminem. The rapper tried very hard; he was talking so much trash on stage at his shows, it made the news more than once.

Trump never took Eminem's bait, and that crystallized for me how there were many people he never referred to at all, even obliquely. Journalists only noticed Trump feuding here and there and seemingly all over the place, and never noticed that he was actually very carefully selective, leaving far more opportunities on the table than what he took. And when he did, he mostly benefited as much or than them.

Posted by: SciVo at March 17, 2026 06:44 AM (Sy6m/)

73 Good morning Horde. Thx Pixy
Gen Keane is on Maria's show and said "we're at the twenty yard line and about to score" talking about victory in Iran.
Sounded exactly like the general yelling at Joker in Full Metal Jackey

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 17, 2026 06:47 AM (YsPj+)

74 70 Jayne from Firefly and Amos Burton from The Expanse kinda from the same archetype, both cool characters.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 17, 2026 06:40 AM (YfZCH)

The thing I liked about Amos was that they really grew that character over the run of the show.

He went from a meathead heavy to an almost well-rounded human in five seasons.

I wish they'd have ended that show better than they did, though. The last few episodes were a let-down for me.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 17, 2026 06:48 AM (6ydKt)

75 Trump never took Eminem's bait, and that crystallized for me how there were many people he never referred to at all, even obliquely. Journalists only noticed Trump feuding here and there and seemingly all over the place, and never noticed that he was actually very carefully selective, leaving far more opportunities on the table than what he took. And when he did, he mostly benefited as much or than them.

Posted by: SciVo at March 17, 2026 06:44 AM (Sy6m/)

Trump treated Eminem like the washed up over-the-hill rapper he is by just ignoring him.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 17, 2026 06:50 AM (6ydKt)

76 It's not even a persecution complex, it's persecution theater.

So, so many washed up nobodies trying to get traction on relevance again by positioning themselves as "Trump's Rival", hurling abuse and invective in a desperate attempt to catch a volley of return fire so they can claim Victimhood. It doesn't come. But they claim it, anyway.

They're worse than a bunch of Palestinians with a pile of soviet milsurp rockets.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 17, 2026 06:51 AM (Ot/FD)

77 71 nice rhyming:

Does it feel that your life's become a catastrophe?
Oh, it has to be
Posted by: m

You talkin to me?
--

I do not mind, I must admit
Of late my nights have turned to ... sh_t
My gritty eyelids yearn for sleeep

(apologies to les miz)

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 17, 2026 06:54 AM (nLlkW)

78
JJS

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 17, 2026 07:01 AM (gbOdA)

79 But animated? Anything can happen in an animated series.

Hey, it worked for Star Trek, right?
OK, well, at least we got a couple of memes out of it.

Posted by: GWB at March 17, 2026 07:14 AM (3hunF)

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