Daily Tech News 3 April 2026

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houston@nasa.gov, we have a problem. (Tom's Hardware)

The crew of the Artemis II mission - basically retreading the path of Apollo 10, 97 years ago - ran into an issue that didn't happen last time: The spacecraft's computer has two instances of Microsoft Outlook running, and neither one works.

At least that's better than unidentified floating poop (though we may yet come to that) or a Main B Bus Undervolt.
Speaking of things not working those new LG-made 1Hz laptop display panels have been put to the test and they don't. Don't not work, that is. They work exceptionally well. (Tom's Hardware)

These displays are designed to automatically lower the refresh rate to as little as 1Hz (from a maximum of 120Hz) when the user is looking at a static screen, since the constant refresh cycle is a major power draw.

Tested in Dell's latest XPS 14 model (which I think is the first laptop shipping with these panels) a battery life test simulating simple web browsing with the screen brightness set to 150 nits saw the laptop lasting 43 hours. That's three times longer than Apple's M5 MacBook Air running with the same settings.

Apple's CPUs are more power-efficient than Intel's so heaver workloads handed the win to the Air, but the new display panel certainly proved itself.

Tech News

OpenAI has acquired "popular" tech podcast TBPN, which I have never heard of and as far as I can tell nobody else has either. (CNBC)

Gotta burn through that latest $122 billion somehow, and buying a fawning press is one way.

And yes, Sam Altman has appeared multiple times on the show. I checked and the comments were... Not generous.
A group pushing for age verification legislation to be forced upon AI turns out to be funded by... OpenAI. (Gizmodo)

Regulatory capture is back, baby!
How Microsoft vaporised a trillion dollars. (Substack)

A six part article by a former Azure team member recounting the remarkable levels of dysfunction within that organisation.

It's amazing anything works at all.
Everyone's not doing it: Delve, the compliance startup embroiled in endless allegations of not actually doing what they claim to do, is embroiled in further allegations of... Not actually doing what they claimed to do but related to something different this time. (Tech Crunch)

At question here was Delve's software offering Pathways which looked remarkably like open-source solution SimStudio with the numbers filed off. Delve disputed the allegations... And then scrubbed all mention of Pathways from its website.
If you weren't planning to buy an iPhone, congratulations, now you are. (WCCFTech)

Apple is reportedly buying all the RAM available at inflated prices to force its competitors out of the market.

Samsung's mobile division tried to sign a long-term supply contract with Samsung's memory division last year - and was rebuffed in favour of putting the screws to Apple. A move that reportedly succeeded splendidly... For Samsung's memory division, which is now getting paid twice as much per gigabyte. Not for the rest of us.
A look at Maxsun's Arc Pro B60 Dual 48G Turbo. (WCCFTech)

Intel's Arc Pro B60 is a professional-level graphics card using the same chip as the company's B580 consumer card, but with twice the memory - 24GB rather than 12GB.

Maxsun's iteration of this puts two B60s on a single card, and it acts... Exactly like two B60s. Exactly like two B60s, because the B60 only uses 8 lanes of PCIe 5.0 (not really a constraint given its healthy allotment of RAM), and this card requires your motherboard to set that slot in x8/x8 bifurcation mode so that the two units on the card are addressed independently.

(If you have something else sharing bandwidth on that slot so that it's already in x8 mode, only half of this card will work.)

Not sure exactly how it performs - the reviewer ran multiple benchmarks but doesn't provide direct comparisons to anything else. But for gaming, it performs exactly like a B580, because games only see one of the two GPUs on the card.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: No, Houston, the poop is not floating. It's worse than that.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 Morning all

Posted by: Tuna at April 03, 2026 04:00 AM (lJ0H4)

2 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 04:03 AM (Ia/+0)

3 No reason to get up this morning yet

Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 04:04 AM (Ia/+0)

4 w00t

Posted by: m at April 03, 2026 04:05 AM (fNISR)

5
Audio of the floating turd incident with Apollo 10:

https://is.gd/qRAIgA

That is comedy gold right there. I always forget there were actually two floating turds. They noticed one, then a while later, another one popped up. Cernan said....well I won't spoil it. It's comedy gold.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 04:09 AM (w6EFb)

6
The Apollo solid waste collection system consisted of a plastic bag you taped to your butt.

And yes, there were some diarrhea incidents with the Apollo missions as well. And it went just about like you might expect. They didn't talk about that too much at the time, but it happened. And yes, it went everywhere.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 04:12 AM (w6EFb)

7 >>>Houston agreed to remote in to take a look at the issue.

All kinds of shenanigans!

Posted by: m at April 03, 2026 04:17 AM (fNISR)

8 >>>Disclaimer: No, Houston, the poop is not floating. It's worse than that.

uh-oh

Posted by: m at April 03, 2026 04:21 AM (fNISR)

9
It was Rusty Schweickart, Apollo 9 (LEO test of CSM-LM docking and operations). who famously said there's nothing so beautiful as a urine dump at sunset.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 04:25 AM (w6EFb)

10 Tons of fun on ace's De Niro thread (Bobby "The Brain" DeNiro) where publius and Oldcat (maybe others) chimed in knowledgeably about Space. Highly recommended.

Posted by: m at April 03, 2026 04:29 AM (fNISR)

11 One reason I never wanted to go into space

Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 04:29 AM (Ia/+0)

12 Apple can fuck itsel.I'll never own any Apple product. I'll keep my Fold 6 going like a Cuban car if I have to.

Posted by: Defenestratus at April 03, 2026 04:33 AM (WYStd)

13 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 03, 2026 04:37 AM (ohOaC)

14 Yea! I'll never buy another Apple product. Except for the MacBook I bought a week ago. And maybe an IPhone. BUT THAT'S IT, DAMMIT!!!!!

maybe....

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 03, 2026 04:46 AM (ohOaC)

15 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 03, 2026 04:49 AM (u82oZ)

16 14 the MacBook I bought a week ago
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 03, 2026 04:46 AM (ohOaC)

How's it going?

Posted by: m at April 03, 2026 04:49 AM (fNISR)

17 It seems the IT world is committed to destroying themselves and taking everone else with them.

Posted by: clarence at April 03, 2026 04:50 AM (R9n3z)

18 publius

Tip of the hat. Your physics based info is stellar. Please give Her Grace my hello.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 03, 2026 04:51 AM (u82oZ)

19 Might as well go.make coffees while I think about going back to bed

Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 04:54 AM (Ia/+0)

20 Puddleglum,

My IPad is very handy for late night browsing. You may consider that as an exception to the boycott as well. But absolutely nothing else.

Posted by: Pete Bog at April 03, 2026 04:57 AM (WlUfk)

21
Magills retweeted
J D
@Jdkoa
Apr 1
Replying to @magills_
If we can send one Canadian to the moon, we can send them all there.

Posted by: m at April 03, 2026 04:58 AM (fNISR)

22 If that article about MS vaporizing $1T is accurate, you know MS will never back off going down with the ship on Win 11.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at April 03, 2026 05:04 AM (/HDaX)

23 "Apollo 10, 97 years ago"

The V2 wasn't around 97 years ago. Fitty-seven years ago, I'd believe for Apollo 10.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at April 03, 2026 05:04 AM (XDWwQ)

24
Magills
@magills_
Apr 1
Watching the control room makes me sad because no one is smoking

Posted by: m at April 03, 2026 05:07 AM (fNISR)

25 [i[16 14 the MacBook I bought a week ago
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 03, 2026 04:46 AM (ohOaC)

How's it going?
Posted by: m

Going well. AppleOS is not MS Win or Linux Mint, which is what I'm used too. So it's a matter of just finding where things are and what they are called as Apple names stuff differently. First world problems, nothing major. The machine its self is new, so it runs like a new Ferrari. Its very lightweight too, also a plus. Its my shiny new toy.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 03, 2026 05:13 AM (ohOaC)

26
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 03, 2026 05:15 AM (tljrc)

27 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 03, 2026 05:16 AM (MIIRH)

28 ....and maybe an IPad.

BUT THAT'S IT!!!

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 03, 2026 05:16 AM (ohOaC)

29 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at April 03, 2026 05:16 AM (AN2gy)

30 I have a 2020 iphone SE 2nd gen which aside from only 64GB memory, I'm quite happy with. It is, however, starting to have battery and functionality issues.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at April 03, 2026 05:20 AM (KAi1n)

31 How Microsoft vaporized a trillion dollars is an excellent read. I don't understand the technical side.

But at heart it is a people problem.

The leadership of Microsoft chose poorly for a long time. The person who could have fixed many problems notified his superiors, and was eventually fired.

A story as old as time. Shoot the messenger, fail to understand the problem, then suffer.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 03, 2026 05:22 AM (u82oZ)

32 I’m too lazy to read about floating space poo. Is it due to weightlessness or fiber?
It’s pizza Friday so I need to get everything started! BBIAB.

Posted by: Unkaren at April 03, 2026 05:24 AM (OTOad)

33 Man, reading the front-page headlines of the BBC, I'm all, like, calm down. In every category. Will not click!

The Drama's horrifying twist will divide audiences
These artworks are by women - men got the credit

The dark side of the US's most divisive painter

The hoax that shook Australian literature

Posted by: m at April 03, 2026 05:24 AM (fNISR)

34 How much stock does Billy boy still have in M$? He might want to abandon ship if he has not already done so.

Posted by: clarence at April 03, 2026 05:25 AM (R9n3z)

35 Morning, Horde...how goes it?

Looks like Orion is well on its way to the Moon, traveling at a leisurely 5000 mph or so.

It's currently about 67000+ miles away, roughly a quarter of the distance to the Moon.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 05:26 AM (ESVrU)

36 31 The person who could have fixed many problems notified his superiors
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 03, 2026 05:22 AM (u82oZ)

his stuperiors

Posted by: m at April 03, 2026 05:26 AM (fNISR)

37 24, so true!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 03, 2026 05:27 AM (MIIRH)

38 A story as old as time. Shoot the messenger, fail to understand the problem, then suffer.

Absolutely, if you’re old enough, or have worked basically anywhere, you’ve watched company decisions go south from ignoring the actual problem. I could give at least 3 dozen examples, but you don’t need my old stories. NYC is one of the greatest topical lessons about to be learned in the history of ignoring problems.
Coffee first, then pizza dough making. Got to have priorities!

Posted by: Unkaren at April 03, 2026 05:31 AM (OTOad)

39
https://www.nasa.gov

Posted by: m at April 03, 2026 05:32 AM (fNISR)

40 coming up on 11 hours elapsed time

Posted by: m at April 03, 2026 05:33 AM (fNISR)

41 A blessed Good Friday to those that observe it!. I found a prayer for Holy Week in my wonderful Harper Collins Book of prayers through the ages, compiled by Robert Van de Weyer: It is by Bernard of Clairvaux who lived from 1090 until 1133. He was the main inspiration for the Cistercian order of monks: and wrote prayers for major Christian festivals which were widely disseminated.

You taught us, Lord, that the greatest love a man can show is to lay down his life for his friends. But your love was greater still, because you laid down your life for your enemies. It was while we were still enemies that you reconciled us to yourself by your death.What other love has ever been , or ever could be , like yours? You died at the hand of sinners for the sake of the sinful. You became a slave to tyrants, to set the oppressed free.

Posted by: Fenelon spoke at April 03, 2026 05:35 AM (rZCVI)

42 m

Did NASA nail the essential vector? Or are guidance burns needed.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 03, 2026 05:35 AM (u82oZ)

43
Artemis II Mission Elapsed Time
01
DAYS
11
HRS
00
MINS

Posted by: m at April 03, 2026 05:35 AM (fNISR)

44 Fenelon spoke

Good morning. Good Friday indeed.

Did your son get a job after his interview?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 03, 2026 05:37 AM (u82oZ)

45
The perigee raise burn is complete, marking another planned orbital adjustment in the early hours of the Artemis II mission.

via https://www.nasa.gov

Posted by: m at April 03, 2026 05:38 AM (fNISR)

46 Evening to the late toilers, and morning to the early risers! 'Tis Friday at last, the consummation devoutly to be wished. Stirling did not wake me up early, so the day is starting off on a pleasant note.

Today, however, is the day I have agreed to go to this talk by the commie Korean professor at my old employer. It feels rather as if I escaped from East Berlin a year ago and am going back in on a secret mission. I hope I don't see anybody I know.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 03, 2026 05:38 AM (wzUl9)

47 FS, a Good Friday and a Happy Easter!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 03, 2026 05:39 AM (MIIRH)

48 Live Mission Updates in the righthand sidebar at

https://www.nasa.gov

Posted by: m at April 03, 2026 05:41 AM (fNISR)

49 And before I leave for the day- a beautiful musical selection- because some posters here enjoy this :🙂"Jesus, redeemer of my soul:

https://tinyurl.com/yjpenwnm

Posted by: Fenelon spoke at April 03, 2026 05:42 AM (rZCVI)

50 40 coming up on 11 hours elapsed time
Posted by: m at April 03, 2026 05:33 AM (fNISR)

1 day + 11 hours

Posted by: m at April 03, 2026 05:42 AM (fNISR)

51 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 03, 2026 05:45 AM (bQ4nt)

52 Have a great day, everyone.

May you be spiritually uplifted today.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 03, 2026 05:45 AM (u82oZ)

53 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 03, 2026 05:38 AM (wzUl9)

Is Miss Linda a left winger? Why does she want to go? Does she know this woman? Could you just say "How about if I drop you off and come back later ?" And then go do something you enjoy.

Posted by: Fenelon spoke at April 03, 2026 05:46 AM (rZCVI)

54 Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 03, 2026 05:39 AM (MIIRH)

Thanks, dear. Same to you!

Posted by: Fenelon spoke at April 03, 2026 05:47 AM (rZCVI)

55 I'm looking at 72 F. here, 90% humidity, winds at 8. Not *bad* workout conditions, just not great. Supposedly (supposably?) we will have less hot and less wet conditions by Monday, after some rains on the weekend. I'm glad I washed and spray-waxed the car yesterday so it will look good until we get that rain.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 03, 2026 05:47 AM (wzUl9)

56 Great prayer Fen.

As a pedant, I have to point out that Jesus was 32 years old on Apr. 3, 33 ARSH.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 03, 2026 05:47 AM (qFwJc)

57 Is Miss Linda a left winger? Why does she want to go? Does she know this woman? Could you just say "How about if I drop you off and come back later ?" And then go do something you enjoy.
Posted by: Fenelon spoke at April 03, 2026

***
No, she's not a lefty, thank God. She doesn't know the woman, but somehow the talk title caught her attention. She looks at it as a break in the monotony -- remember, she doesn't work and hardly ever has. And it's a free luncheon as well.

I agreed to this because she originally wanted to go to a $75/person buffet at a downtown restaurant. When I said no, she brought this up, knowing no doubt I'd feel I should give way somewhere. Again, it's free, and will be only about an hour long, so I'll grit my teeth.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 03, 2026 05:52 AM (wzUl9)

58 Greetings and good morning, everyone! Fen, thank you for that prayer. It's a good start to the day.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 03, 2026 05:52 AM (NR6c1)

59 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 03, 2026 05:52 AM (wzUl9

Yes, I guess you wouldn't be with her if she was a leftist. Sorry. I suppose you can practice Olympic eye rolling 😉 and she clearly wants your company I hope the lunch is nice.

Posted by: Fenelon spoke at April 03, 2026 05:57 AM (Nx5jP)

60 Posted by: NR Pax at April 03, 2026 05:52 AM

I'm glad you liked it
I hope you are feeling less sore day by day. God bless you and all the others here.

Posted by: Fenelon spoke at April 03, 2026 05:59 AM (Nx5jP)

61 Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 03, 2026 05:47 AM (qFwJc

It's ok. God loves pedants too.

Posted by: Fenelon spoke at April 03, 2026 06:00 AM (Nx5jP)

62 Yes, I guess you wouldn't be with her if she was a leftist. Sorry. I suppose you can practice Olympic eye rolling 😉 and she clearly wants your company I hope the lunch is nice.
Posted by: Fenelon spoke at April 03, 2026

***
I got really good at keeping an impassive Spock-face during Zoom meetings at my last job there, when (for instance) they discussed who was going to give the "land acknowledgment" at an upcoming conference we were sponsoring, and yammered on about "efforts toward increasing diversity." I wanted to laugh and say, "Are you people nuts?", but kept my trap shut.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 03, 2026 06:01 AM (wzUl9)

63 Spider solitaire is evil

Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 06:02 AM (Ia/+0)

64 Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 03, 2026 05:37 AM (u82oZ

No; Thanks for asking . He has another interview for something else on Monday which is much closer

Spouse has emerged from the bathroom. Time to make coffee. Dear man spent most of the day on taxes.

Take care everyone .

Posted by: Fenelon spoke at April 03, 2026 06:03 AM (Nx5jP)

65 I hope you are feeling less sore day by day.
Posted by: Fenelon spoke

It is getting better. Obviously, my recovery time is longer due to my age but I'm trying to build up. The one thing that got my attention on Monday was when I was doing leg presses and my bad knee raised no objections.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 03, 2026 06:04 AM (NR6c1)

66 Oh
Passkng by my local Muslim community center, their electronic billboard had
No Back biter will enter paradise
Guess something Mo wrote

Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 06:05 AM (Ia/+0)

67 Anybody twirled yet?

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at April 03, 2026 06:08 AM (cxFcK)

68 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: ...he's dead, Jim, dead, Jim, dead, Jim!
It's worse than that, he's dead, Jim, dead, Jim, dead!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 03, 2026 06:09 AM (OHfJt)

69 From a friend:

Overheard co-worker asking other co-worker if he had seen the new robot Uyghurs.

My brain: "China is automating prison labor?"

Ah. Weeders. Robot weeders.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 03, 2026 06:11 AM (NR6c1)

70 57 years ago.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 03, 2026 06:13 AM (52ERr)

71 Sgt Pepper taught the band to play?

Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 06:15 AM (Ia/+0)

72 Best wishes to all the horde on this Friday morn. Hold your dear ones close.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 03, 2026 06:17 AM (CFSiX)

73 Phaul McCartney.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 03, 2026 06:17 AM (52ERr)

74 What's a DRAM?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 03, 2026 06:20 AM (52ERr)

75 If I didn’t own a crapton of msft stock, I’d be laughing my ass off at their folly, they also announced their first down qtr since 2009.

This is the part that becomes hard, where do you put your money?

Do you move it to a hold stock or do you try to find a similar growth stock?

But there really isn’t a growth stock that’s going to give you the ROI Msft has given over the last decade.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 03, 2026 06:21 AM (XV/Pl)

76 Good morning! Gonna be a bright sunshiny day here in Cowtown. Gotta get a couple more plants in around the waterfall and atop the berm, and fill in an area with late blooming irises. And refill the camera feeder. Might look into an airsoft gun to keep the squirrels at bay.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 03, 2026 06:21 AM (3Ope8)

77
Is that a Clark bar that I see flo... everybody outta the pool!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 03, 2026 06:22 AM (xG4kz)

78 covfefe

Posted by: m at April 03, 2026 06:24 AM (fNISR)

79 74 What's a DRAM?
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 03, 2026 06:20 AM (52ERr)

$20, same as in town.

Posted by: m at April 03, 2026 06:24 AM (fNISR)

80 What's a DRAM?
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 03, 2026 06:20 AM (52ERr)

-----------
1/8 fluid ounce.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 03, 2026 06:25 AM (OHfJt)

81 $20 for 1/8 fluid ounce is a lot, even for good bourbon.

Posted by: Nazdar at April 03, 2026 06:27 AM (NcvvS)

82 The Samsung phones I buy don't have chips that thin.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 03, 2026 06:30 AM (52ERr)

83 Mine is 6 nm.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 03, 2026 06:32 AM (52ERr)

84 Is that a Clark bar that I see flo... everybody outta the pool!

Wasn’t it a Baby Ruth bar? Better than a Zagnut I suppose!

Posted by: Unkaren at April 03, 2026 06:35 AM (OTOad)

85 Why do I think the Supreme Court will still try and cut the baby in half with a Birthright decision?

Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 06:36 AM (Ia/+0)

86 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 03, 2026 06:39 AM (RIvkX)

87 Don't think Apollo 10 was 97 years ago. I was in third grade and dad got an invite for us to watch from the VIP section. (Dad was an Engineer who worked on the inertial navigation.) Watched it shoot off; I remember Spiro Agnew was there and Jimmy Doolittle sat behind us. Aprilish, 1969.

Posted by: RS at April 03, 2026 06:43 AM (SuU/K)

88 The crew of the Artemis II mission - basically retreading the path of Apollo 10, 97 years ago

I feel old now.

Posted by: Halfhand at April 03, 2026 06:44 AM (IX5dx)

89 Apollo 19: May, 1969.

Posted by: RS at April 03, 2026 06:45 AM (SuU/K)

90 Bustelo rhymes with yellow

Posted by: Don Black at April 03, 2026 06:45 AM (ZxPkt)

91
Wasn’t it a Baby Ruth bar?

It was; my mistake.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 03, 2026 06:46 AM (xG4kz)

92 @85

>> Why do I think the Supreme Court will still try and cut the baby in half with a Birthright decision?

There is no scenario where the rule on the issue.

They will strike down the EO and say remedy lies in congress.

They may not even say that.

I’m expecting a very short and cryptic ruling.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 03, 2026 06:50 AM (XV/Pl)

93 Good morning everyone. Looks to be another summery day here. Maybe some cooling and (hopefully) rain this weekend. Be well.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at April 03, 2026 06:53 AM (aZxs4)

94
The day on which I was born was that year's Good Friday. My Mother used to point that out to me. That, and the fact that I was born in the Naval Hospital at Camp Lejeune, NC.

I lived in North Carolina for all of about ten days before the three of us pulled up stakes and set out for Dad's next Air Force training locale in Lubbock, TX.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 03, 2026 06:56 AM (xG4kz)

95 One of the Artemis mission controllers has a plushie on his station of Artemis, the cat from Sailor Moon.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at April 03, 2026 06:56 AM (bBeUT)

96 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at April 03, 2026 06:56 AM (2Ez/1)

97
My sister and I were the singleton births in our family. She was born in TX. Our two brothers were born in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, while our parents both were born in the vicinity of Minneapolis, MN.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 03, 2026 07:00 AM (xG4kz)

98

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at April 03, 2026 07:03 AM (DDJSl)

99 well, we're all different, innit?
I would'a chipped out $150 in a New York second to avoid a lecture about intersectional colonialism, or whatever that gibberish was.

good luck, Wolfus! Tace ut potes.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 03, 2026 07:13 AM (MIIRH)

100 Meanwhile back at home: The dogs are doing well but I think my boy is really looking forward to the poodle going home.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 03, 2026 07:13 AM (NR6c1)

101 Nice nap, morning.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 03, 2026 07:16 AM (9L6d7)

102 Sunrise outdoor stations of the cross in 2 hours. It's currently 37 degrees, luckily we didn't receive the predicted snow.
Morning Horde.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at April 03, 2026 07:17 AM (2NHgQ)

103
I thought intersectional colonialism would cover the rules under which the gimme a handout crowd decides who gets to work which intersection for their sales pitches.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 03, 2026 07:17 AM (xG4kz)

104 mornin yall. In space everyone can smell your farts.

Posted by: Sarge at April 03, 2026 07:18 AM (UoFpr)

105 Yea! I'll never buy another Apple product. Except for the MacBook I bought a week ago. And maybe an IPhone. BUT THAT'S IT, DAMMIT!!!!!

maybe....
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 03, 2026 04:46 AM (ohOaC)

On the one hand, Apple sucks.
On the other hand, so does pretty much every other tech company.
On the gripping hand, wife decided she wanted to go with Apple years ago and we're unlikely to change at this point.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 03, 2026 07:18 AM (ExV1e)

106 Does anyone know why the Artemis rocket is painted orange?

Posted by: Don Black at April 03, 2026 07:18 AM (ZxPkt)

107 Indeed. The Lord paid the ransom for all.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 03, 2026 07:19 AM (qFwJc)

108 Does anyone know why the Artemis rocket is painted orange?

To dissuade predators?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 03, 2026 07:19 AM (qFwJc)

109
What one doesn't see these days are the street corner workers hawking newspapers and that is an outstanding example of how irrelevant the printed press has become.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 03, 2026 07:20 AM (xG4kz)

110 IIRC, Pixy mentioned that the Pixel10a is just a 9a with some slight changes.

LOL. I have a 9a, but Google is offering the 10a for $249, down the their original offer of $499.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 03, 2026 07:22 AM (qFwJc)

111 Have a blessed Good Friday!

Oh, there's the call to prayer! Gotta go!

Posted by: New York City Muslim Man at April 03, 2026 07:22 AM (5itIU)

112 I like my 9a.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 03, 2026 07:23 AM (2pORR)

113 Not tempted.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 03, 2026 07:24 AM (qFwJc)

114 Making a couple of french loaves today after letting the poolish ferment overnight. Added in a bit of einkorn flour and I hope it does not fuck thinks up. One more bit of dough handling to strengthen gluten and it'll be a rest then loaf formation in my $1.39 Dollar Tree plastic oval bins. I bake them in a pair of 2 1/2" deep Walmart roasting pans I clamshell so there's some steam inside.

And Bondie was a weak choice for AG. Glad to see her gone. The Jack Smith prosecution should have been a layup.

Posted by: M. Gaga at April 03, 2026 07:24 AM (KiBMU)

115 Me too.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 03, 2026 07:24 AM (qFwJc)

116 Today is the day that Judas Carville betrays everyone he knows and Chicago Jesus gets pegged by Big Mike across Soldier Field.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 03, 2026 07:24 AM (UqSya)

117 Does anyone know why the Artemis rocket is painted orange?
Posted by: Don Black at April 03, 2026 07:18 AM (ZxPkt)

They had a whole lot of orange paint left over from the shuttle program (external fuel tank)?

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at April 03, 2026 07:25 AM (NZIuw)

118 95 One of the Artemis mission controllers has a plushie on his station of Artemis, the cat from Sailor Moon.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo
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Buncha faggots.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 03, 2026 07:25 AM (9L6d7)

119 Back from my workout, showered, and about to start breakfast. Demetrius and the Gladiators, the sequel to The Robe, is on Movies!, but I doubt I'll watch all of it. It's time to change the furry thugs' litter box, and I need to run over to the store for some more of that Feline Pine litter. My personal jury is still out on whether it works well enough to be worth the initial cost, $12 vs. $7 for the clay stuff.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 03, 2026 07:26 AM (wzUl9)

120
It is painted orange so that Space Fido can see it in order to play Space Fetch with it.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 03, 2026 07:28 AM (xG4kz)

121 Artemis has 2 diff versions of MS Outlook
Neither were working yesterday

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 03, 2026 07:29 AM (/+uur)

122 I was hoping my former employer would be closed today for Good Friday. We used to have it off, years ago. But no luck.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 03, 2026 07:29 AM (wzUl9)

123 Does anyone know why the Artemis rocket is painted orange?"

Hunter safety?

Posted by: man at April 03, 2026 07:29 AM (XuXeR)

124 Puddleglum , wireless keypads may be purchased for them. Takes some of the tedium of the touchpad away.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 03, 2026 07:29 AM (9L6d7)

125 Does anyone know why the Artemis rocket is painted orange?
Posted by: Don Black at April 03, 2026 07:18 AM (ZxPkt)

No. But if you hum a few bars I’ll fake it.
Ba-da-dum

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at April 03, 2026 07:29 AM (NZIuw)

126 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 03, 2026 07:26 AM (wzUl9)

Do you like gladiator movies?

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 03, 2026 07:30 AM (/+uur)

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