Daily Tech News 31 May 2026

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GitHub Copilot users are aghast at the exponentially higher costs they are facing starting tomorrow with the introduction of usage-based billing. (Tech Crunch)
"What a joke," one Redditor recently wrote, claiming that, while they currently only pay around $29 per month, the new rate will balloon their costs to nearly $750 a month.
He posted this with a screenshot of his estimated bill... From a visibly unactivated version of Windows.
Another user posted "WOW, didn't expect new pricing model to be this ridiculous," sharing a screenshot that appeared to show that their costs had shot up from around $50 to some $3,000.
Both of them posted to Reddit, and both got dunked on for being obviously incompetent vibe-coders.

I use Claude Code. My company pays for the 5X plan, and I rarely hit the 1X mark. The people who do hit the limit are either experimenting - fair enough - or trying to tell the AI to generate an entire application with a single prompt, which just doesn't work.

Tech News

What to expect from Nvidia at Computex. (WCCFTech)

A new Arm-based laptop chip. Which would be great if anybody could afford a new laptop.
What to expect from AMD at Computex. (WCCFTech)

A new x86-based laptop chip, specifically Medusa Halo, the successor to the Ryzen AI Max 395+. Up to 24 CPU cores and a bigger GPU upgraded from RDNA 3.5 to RDNA 5. Which would be great if anybody could afford a new laptop.
What to expect from Intel at Computex. (WCCFTech)

Updated handheld gaming things, using the new Panther Lake chips with the B390 graphics core, which is actually faster than AMD's mainstream integrated graphics. Which would be great if anybody could afford a new handheld gaming thing.
MSI's Claw 8 EX AI, for example. (Liliputing)

It has a 1920x1200 8" 120Hz display, up to 32GB of RAM, and an M.2 2280 slot for storage, along with Intel's new Arc G3 which is a low-power edition of the Panther Lake laptop chip with Arc B390 graphics.

Don't expect it to be cheap though.
You can now print 3D objects in colour on your colour 3D printer. (Prusa)

Well, that's novel.

What they're doing here is taking an existing multi-colour 3D printer (ideally you want a 5-colour model) and then feeding it CMYKW filament spools and printing your model in halftone using a 0.1mm screen.

That's not very high resolution but it helps that it's 3D so you get some colour from the obscured layers as well as from adjacent dots.

Really have to wonder what it does to performance though. 3D printers are slow enough as it is.

You can use it with existing filament, not just the new CMYKW spools designed specifically for the purpose, but you'll need to recalibrate the colour model.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Eight nations though and all bets are off.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 04:31 AM (6wpGE)

2 Disclaimer: Eight nations though and all bets are off.

I dunno. She seems pretty formidable.

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 04:38 AM (6wpGE)

3 7.15.15.4 13.15.18.14.9.14.7

Posted by: bot is as bot does at May 31, 2026 04:41 AM (nMEUx)

4 'Woot' backwards is to ow.

Posted by: SciVo at May 31, 2026 04:42 AM (Sy6m/)

5 BOING!

Started my computer this morning to discover and MS Office update that changes the Outlook Navigation area's look and icons.

Years of academy training taught me how to restore the old setting.

Missed me again, Microsoft!!!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 31, 2026 04:45 AM (5UTWB)

6 4 'Woot' backwards is to ow.
Posted by: SciVo at May 31, 2026 04:42 AM (Sy6m/)

But w00t backwards is t0 0w.

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 04:48 AM (6wpGE)

7 Skip appears to be snoozing:

366 Way too early to get up
Posted by: Skip at May 31, 2026 03:11 AM (Ia/+0)

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 04:50 AM (6wpGE)

8 AI is nothing more than "Ask Jeeves" with better interface.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 31, 2026 04:50 AM (/lPRQ)

9 I thought GitHub was a food delivery service.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 31, 2026 04:52 AM (/lPRQ)

10 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 31, 2026 04:59 AM (hcPzc)

11 9 I thought GitHub was a food delivery service.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 31, 2026 04:52 AM (/lPRQ)

Git grub?

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 05:01 AM (6wpGE)

12 That reminds me that MS tried to shove me back on to OneDrive with the last Win 10 update.

They failed but I'm pretty damned annoyed with them changing my settings without permission.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at May 31, 2026 05:03 AM (/HDaX)

13 That reminds me that MS tried to shove me back on to OneDrive with the last Win 10 update.

They failed but I'm pretty damned annoyed with them changing my settings without permission.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent

Who do you think wants all these data centers?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 31, 2026 05:07 AM (/lPRQ)

14 GitHub Copilot users ... (Tech Crunch)

That Tech Crunch article is written at a level that even a non-techy person like me can understand it. Thank you, Tech Crunch! I can't evaluate it, but I can read it.

I much appreciate Pixy's interlinear snarks for helping with the evaluation part.

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 05:07 AM (6wpGE)

15 aha! A typo in the Tech Crunch article:

The changes, which will take place June 1, mean that users will charged

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 05:11 AM (6wpGE)

16 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at May 31, 2026 05:16 AM (9L7Ix)

17
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 31, 2026 05:16 AM (AMvSw)

18 >>>What to expect from AMD at Computex. (WCCFTech)
... Which would be great if anybody could afford a new laptop.

Uh-oh, I wonder if there are going to be riots.

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 05:18 AM (6wpGE)

19 But w00t backwards is t0 0w.
Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 04:48 AM (6wpGE)

1 st4nd c0rr3ct3d.

Posted by: SciVo at May 31, 2026 05:22 AM (Sy6m/)

20 19 But w00t backwards is t0 0w.
Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 04:48 AM (6wpGE)

1 st4nd c0rr3ct3d.
Posted by: SciVo at May 31, 2026 05:22 AM (Sy6m/)

Nice one!
("One." Let no pun go unmade.)

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 05:28 AM (6wpGE)

21 I thought I would get (and install) a dash cam for my daughter who's moving away. The "v30" SD card costs as much as the dash cam itself (or darn near). Wow!

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at May 31, 2026 05:31 AM (L1JuH)

22 Oh, I do love videos from postmodern jukebox. And I can still afford them

Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 31, 2026 05:33 AM (RuRlp)

23 Someone needs to tell Germany that the war is over:

https://tinyurl.com/944yverv

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 31, 2026 05:37 AM (5UTWB)

24 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 31, 2026 05:41 AM (Ia/+0)

25 Newark. Willowed from the ONT:

Help! I've been robbed!

https://tinyurl.com/4u3pjcbh

NOT TO WORRY!

The NJ AG has got your back:

https://tinyurl.com/4pyevtvm

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 31, 2026 05:42 AM (5UTWB)

26 Evening and morning, AoSHQ satellites and hangers-on! 'Tis Sunday again and the last day of May. Where *did* this month go?

I woke a little before the alarm -- not Stirling's fault, just mine own. In a bit I have to go work out, and I'm dreading pushing myself through -- and inhaling -- that thick hot wet air out there.

In the meantime: coffee. Howz about you?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 31, 2026 05:52 AM (wzUl9)

27 IS PARIS BURNING? IS PARIS BURNING?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 31, 2026 05:53 AM (qFwJc)

28 A 20 minute video of how Pink Floyd 's song, Comfortably Numb, came to be.

https://youtu.be/urVHbs_ZUys

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 06:00 AM (glnUu)

29 !!!

Graham Platner for Senate
@grahamformaine
10h
A message from my wife Amy:

A five-minute message!

Y'know, if you're both going through marriage counseling AND you're both seeing therapists to work through your "mental health issues" (I believe that's a direct quote), then maybe this is not your time to be ensconced in a US Senate position. BUT we'll leave that up to the voters in Maine.

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 06:02 AM (6wpGE)

30 Ooh, nice:

Stephen L. Miller retweeted
Varad Mehta
@varadmehta
12h
Graham Platner and James Talarico are both manifestations of Democrats' men/male/masculinity problem, just from opposite ends of the spectrum.

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 06:05 AM (6wpGE)

31 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: What is my nation? Who talks of my nation?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 31, 2026 06:12 AM (TZz9Q)

32 This made me laugh. "Babylon Bee" and new Bible translations from the James Talarico Bible:

https://tinyurl.com/asyp9xm8

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 31, 2026 06:13 AM (ZeH0U)

33 A 20 minute video of how Pink Floyd 's song, Comfortably Numb, came to be.

---------------
Lots of drugs?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 31, 2026 06:13 AM (TZz9Q)

34 on a roll:

Stephen L. Miller
@redsteeze
7h
"Honey, I've decided to run for the US Senate. A DNC PR focus group recruited me and I think I can win."

"Ok but can we talk about the thing?"

"Which thing? The tattoo?"

"No I'm cool with that. The OTHER thing."

"My Reddit posts bashing rape victims, gays, blacks and Purple Heart recipients?"

"No., THE OTHER THING."

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 06:13 AM (6wpGE)

35 "Oh, you found out about the murder dungeon?"

"No, the other... Wait, what?"

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 31, 2026 06:16 AM (BLOW1)

36 35 "Oh, you found out about the murder dungeon?"

"No, the other... Wait, what?"
Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 31, 2026 06:16 AM (BLOW1)

hahahahahahaha
It is currently difficult for me to breathe.

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 06:17 AM (6wpGE)

37 I had an unexpected and unwanted interaction with a Karen the other night.

Briefly, this all started when she told me to move my chair so her husband and her could crowd into a space at a counter where there was no room for even half a person. Basically she was demanding I hand over my perfect seat at a concert the other night. I was like, "nah that's not happening."

The final bits of this dust up had me telling her to keep her hands off me and rebuffing her demands that I speak with her. It was then that she escalated things to a place I never saw coming when she said "Fine. You don't have to speak with me but you're going to listen to me." That didn't work out for her either.

It's was all rather amusing.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 06:20 AM (glnUu)

38 37 I had an unexpected and unwanted interaction with a Karen the other night.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 06:20 AM (glnUu)

She seems nice.

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 06:24 AM (6wpGE)

39 Rebuild and open the Mental Hospitals.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 31, 2026 06:25 AM (qFwJc)

40 Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 06:20 AM (glnUu

Sorry for the trouble . And how was the concert?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 31, 2026 06:25 AM (ZeH0U)

41 Sorry for the trouble . And how was the concert?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

The music was off the charts great. The unexpected comedy routine was pretty fun too.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 06:27 AM (glnUu)

42 >>It was then that she escalated things to a place I never saw coming when she said "Fine. You don't have to speak with me but you're going to listen to me."

You laughed at her, didn't you.

Posted by: Nazdar at May 31, 2026 06:34 AM (NcvvS)

43 42 >>It was then that she escalated things to a place I never saw coming when she said "Fine. You don't have to speak with me but you're going to listen to me."

And then the murders began?

Posted by: Just kidding at May 31, 2026 06:39 AM (Ucgf4)

44 I had an unexpected and unwanted interaction with a Karen the other night.

*****

I ran into many of those back in the bad old days when I refused to wear the Muzzle of Submission for a Fake Pandemic. 9 out of 10 were old, bitter, and pompous white women.

Posted by: Biergood at May 31, 2026 06:41 AM (PwgSL)

45 That’s why you should always carry some noise-cancelling ear buds with you at all times so that just in case a Karen says “but you are going to listen to me” you can say “I don’t think I am” and put the ear buds in your ears, while turning on some Metallica.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 31, 2026 06:42 AM (6ydKt)

46 Good morning Horde. Thx Pixy , as always
Beautiful 43° this AM in the mid Hudson. Good sleeping weather

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 31, 2026 06:44 AM (SW0z7)

47 Good morning morons

Is Tehran burning?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 06:47 AM (RIvkX)

48 I prefer the traditional spelling. Teheran

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 31, 2026 06:50 AM (qFwJc)

49 @3/bot is as bot does: "7.15.15.4 13.15.18.14.9.14.7"

Back atcha.

Also: G'morning Horde.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 31, 2026 06:50 AM (O7YUW)

50 I can't see much news out there

Posted by: Skip at May 31, 2026 06:50 AM (Ia/+0)

51 https://tinyurl.com/4u3pjcbh

Want civil war? This is how you get civil war.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 06:51 AM (RIvkX)

52 Is Tehran burning?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 06:47 AM (RIvkX)

I don’t think so.
Paris was rather warm and flamey in spots last night, though.

Close enough?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 31, 2026 06:52 AM (6ydKt)

53 I have an old Intel i5 machine that ran Windows 7 quite well. I played around with upgrading it to Windows 10, and it is pig slow!

Reinstalling Windows 7 is a pain in the ass!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 31, 2026 06:52 AM (iERP6)

54 A similar thing happens regularly when I go see the car races.

The venue has designated the top four rows of the seating area to be reserved seats for two reasons. One, the venue makes a few extra bucks and two, it's a nice perk to be able to show up and have your favorite see waiting for you.

Nearly every time I show up there's people sitting in my seat and when I tell them these are reserved and this is my reserved seat everything turns into a mini battle getting the interlopers to move.

My favorite nonsense is, "we're just fine here and why don't you just go sit down front? There's plenty of space there for you there."

The point here is civility is a hit or miss proposition. Sadly, it is what it is anymore.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 06:54 AM (glnUu)

55 Reinstalling Windows 7 is a pain in the ass!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

The Windows installation process has always entertaining. Can I interest you in Linux? I heard it solves all the world's problems.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 06:55 AM (glnUu)

56 Greetings Neighbors with uteruses and Neighbors without uteruses!

Posted by: James Talarico at May 31, 2026 06:55 AM (Ucgf4)

57 Reinstalling Windows 7 is a pain in the ass!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 31, 2026 06:52 AM (iERP6)

I hear (repeatedly) that Linux works.

(especially on older machines which Windows has long since abandoned)

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 31, 2026 06:56 AM (6ydKt)

58 Close enough?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 31, 2026 06:52 AM (6ydKt)
=====

It will mollify me for a few hours.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 06:58 AM (RIvkX)

59 Car races are funny that way. The higher up, the more expensive.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 31, 2026 06:58 AM (qFwJc)

60 I added a few Elvis Costello songs to my playlist on an Apple platform. My YouTube (Google) feed is now filled with Elvis Costello videos.

Do these things share that much information?

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 31, 2026 06:59 AM (l26NL)

61 The point here is civility is a hit or miss proposition. Sadly, it is what it is anymore.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 06:54 AM (glnUu)

Some people today totally believe in rules right up until it affects them personally, at which point they instantly become advocates for anarchy.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 31, 2026 06:59 AM (6ydKt)

62 >>or trying to tell the AI to generate an entire application with a single prompt, which just doesn't work.

A simple program or script can be generated in one to two prompts.

More complex apps need to be chunked out but can derived in a couple of hours, I built an app to work with and design sql schema, I also built a stock research tool that a believe is better than anything currently available.

It took roughly 6 months to develop my ERP leveraging ai tools, mostly to do the front end UI because I didn’t want my all to look like something from the 90s.

I would say for me, the ratio between ai generated code and me generated code is about 60/40 with ai at 60.

Used correctly, AI will help you produce results that would take teams of developers months to years to crank out, in a much shorter window.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 31, 2026 07:00 AM (XV/Pl)

63 I'm glad someone like DataRepublican is revealing the global nature of the conspiracy, how Palestinianism is used as a consistent vector, and more obscure groups Code Pink, AROC, and Sunrise.

That tainted shrew Zahra Billoo used to run the AROC here what a vile c***.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 07:01 AM (RIvkX)

64 Car races are funny that way. The higher up, the more expensive.
Posted by: no one of any consequence

At a dirt track sitting up high in stands saves you from getting pelted with dirt clods all night long. If you haven't yet discovered the poetry and beauty of a dozen 360 wingned sprint cars going well over 100 mi an hour, inches from each other, you are missing out.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 07:04 AM (glnUu)

65 60 I added a few Elvis Costello songs to my playlist on an Apple platform. My YouTube (Google) feed is now filled with Elvis Costello videos.

Do these things share that much information?
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 31, 2026 06:59 AM (l26NL)

Asked and answered!

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 07:07 AM (6wpGE)

66 Asked and answered!
Posted by: m

It's kind of disconcerting.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 31, 2026 07:08 AM (l26NL)

67 Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 31, 2026 06:42 AM (6ydKt

The problems with earbuds- not in this case-but generally. is that the person can't hear anything you're saying. I was trying to compliment a woman the other day, and I guess she was talking to someone, but she couldn't heard a word I said.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 31, 2026 07:09 AM (+hwtP)

68 It's kind of disconcerting.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 31, 2026 07:08 AM (l26NL)
=====
Have you considered medications?

Posted by: Blutarski's Computer at May 31, 2026 07:10 AM (RIvkX)

69 63 I'm glad someone like DataRepublican is revealing the global nature of the conspiracy, how Palestinianism is used as a consistent vector, and more obscure groups Code Pink, AROC, and Sunrise.

That tainted shrew Zahra Billoo used to run the AROC here what a vile c***.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 07:01 AM (RIvkX)

AROC = Arab Resource & Organizing Center

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 07:10 AM (6wpGE)

70 Do these things share that much information?
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 31, 2026 06:59 AM (l26NL)

I’d blame browser cookies.
But I honestly don’t know for sure.

Sometimes I’ll do a search for a musician, artist, or celebrity in a search engine and the next day I’ll see video recommendations in YouTube for the person I searched for.

I can’t believe it’s just coincidence.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 31, 2026 07:10 AM (6ydKt)

71 Today is MacBook Day! Being a former Microsoft drone I swore decades ago there would never be an Apple product in my house. Divorce is hard sometimes and then you end up whoring around.

I'm really looking forward to getting my mitts on this box. They're so sexy and that Apple silicon, oh my!, sends shivers up my spine.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 07:11 AM (glnUu)

72 @53/CBD: "...I played around with upgrading it to Windows 10, and it is pig slow!

Reinstalling Windows 7 is a pain in the ass!"

For future efforts like that, make an image of the drive on an external hard drive so you can restore the image back to the drive if things go horribly wrong.

I like using CloneZilla for this. (Link to the site for that software is under my name.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 31, 2026 07:11 AM (O7YUW)

73 I have an old Intel i5 machine that ran Windows 7 quite well. I played around with upgrading it to Windows 10, and it is pig slow!

Reinstalling Windows 7 is a pain in the ass!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 31, 2026 06:52 AM (iERP6)
I did the same thing except I formatted the hard drive and reinstalled win7 from a usb stick. Install went fine.

Posted by: Will Robinson at May 31, 2026 07:13 AM (YGJ8E)

74 Sometimes I’ll do a search for a musician, artist, or celebrity in a search engine and the next day I’ll see video recommendations in YouTube for the person I searched for.

I can’t believe it’s just coincidence.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 31, 2026 07:10 AM (6ydKt)
----
It's NOT.

I have an example of that on the Sunday Morning Book Thread this morning...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 31, 2026 07:13 AM (gnNyN)

75 For future efforts like that, make an image of the drive on an external hard drive so you can restore the image back to the drive if things go horribly wrong.

I like using CloneZilla for this. (Link to the site for that software is under my name.)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

I keep a few extra hard drives laying around for things like this. For something like CBD did I would remove the hard drive with Windows 7 on it and drop in an empty one for Windows 10. When things go wrong and they seem to go wrong all the time it saves hours of reinstall time.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 07:16 AM (glnUu)

76 @7

>>I'm really looking forward to getting my mitts on this box.

First thing to do is install homebrew which is a Linux like package manager.

2nd thing is install aerospace, which is a window managing application similar to i3 on Linux.

And then learn all of the keyboard shortcuts and your Apple experience will become that much better and productive.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 31, 2026 07:16 AM (XV/Pl)

77 Other than AoSHq, my must-see daily sites are

@bonchieredstate

and

@redsteeze

I very much admire the equanimity and mild snark all of the above deploy in conveying the news.

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 07:16 AM (6wpGE)

78 I very much admire the equanimity and mild snark all of the above deploy in conveying the news.
Posted by: m

You haven't lived until you add Daily Kos to your mix.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 07:18 AM (glnUu)

79 78 I very much admire the equanimity and mild snark all of the above deploy in conveying the news.
Posted by: m

You haven't lived until you add Daily Kos to your mix.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 07:18 AM (glnUu)

I'm assuming it is Hair-on-Fire?

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 07:19 AM (6wpGE)

80 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 31, 2026 07:20 AM (VyBeY)

81 The problems with earbuds- not in this case-but generally. is that the person can't hear anything you're saying. I was trying to compliment a woman the other day, and I guess she was talking to someone, but she couldn't heard a word I said.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 31, 2026 07:09 AM (+hwtP)

It depends on the earbuds and the settings they use.

A lot have ANC (Active Noise Cancelling) which uses an algorithmic sound filter to screen out all noise but the music itself. This can be adjusted to an extent to allow voices to be heard.

Other ear buds have very little or no noise cancelling.

Apple’s Air Pods are very good at noise cancelling.

Just about any modern over-the-ear headphones have ANC.

They are useful for noisy places or jobs (say, lawn mowing for example). I kinda worry about people wearing them where they should be hearing the environment, like walking on train tracks, riding a bike or driving a car down a busy street.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 31, 2026 07:20 AM (6ydKt)

82 You haven't lived until you add Daily Kos to your mix.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 07:18 AM (glnUu)
---
I think I'd prefer the eternal boredom of being an actual undead zombie rather than read their drivel.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 31, 2026 07:21 AM (gnNyN)

83 whoo-hoo talk about a nail in a coffin:

Benjamin Domenech retweeted
Dave Portnoy
@stoolpresidente
12h
Not caring about him wheeling six chicks at once when he was married is your choice

Not caring that he pretends to be a populist when he went to one of the richest prep schools in America is your choice

Not caring he went to war saying he always wanted to kill people is your choice

Not caring he went to work for Blackwater after serving and now calls the army very dumb and stupid is your choice

Not caring that he made fun of Purple Heart recipients is your choice

Not caring that he jerks off in porta potties is your choice

Not caring about all the shit he’s deleted on Reddit and he never thought would see the light of day and shows what a giant jackass is he is your choice

Not caring that he is a Nazi is your choice but if you support him and promote him don’t ever lecture anybody about the moral high ground again because you are a piece of shit

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 07:23 AM (6wpGE)

84 Don't ingest equanimity and mild snark if you're pregnant, trying to get pregnant or nursing.

Posted by: The Legal Department trying to avoid lawsuits at May 31, 2026 07:26 AM (an8XY)

85 And then learn all of the keyboard shortcuts and your Apple experience will become that much better and productive.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

There's work involved with this? That was never mentioned anywhere on the Apple website.

Thanks for the tips! Morning! My way through Mac OS is going to be a bit of an adventure, but I'm truly looking forward to it. Plus I get to bitch about everything being different for the next 6 months; that right there is worth the price of the machine.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 07:28 AM (glnUu)

86 I’ll check out the book thread and read about your example, Perfessor.

Big Tech is getting beyond creepy with their data mining.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 31, 2026 07:29 AM (6ydKt)

87 CloneZilla instruction video:
https://youtu.be/ci2VyorBjyQ

Includes:
1. Installing CloneZilla to a USB stick
2. Booting your computer using the CloneZilla USB stick
3. Making an image of your existing hard drive.
4. Restoring your drive from the image you created.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 31, 2026 07:29 AM (O7YUW)

88 Side effects include, vomiting, diarrhea, and cannibalism.

Posted by: The new intern in the Legal Department at May 31, 2026 07:31 AM (an8XY)

89 Graham Platner and James Talarico are both manifestations of Democrats' men/male/masculinity problem, just from opposite ends of the spectrum.
Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 06:05 AM (6wpGE)

I’ve been thinking that they are also the product of a radical but relatively small group of online agitators that has taken over candidate selection in the Dem Party. Very self destructive, I think we will spend years figuring out how this happened, and how to end it.

Or perhaps it’s just a symptom of the death of a political party.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 31, 2026 07:31 AM (QDJ2U)

90 85 And then learn all of the keyboard shortcuts and your Apple experience will become that much better and productive.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

There's work involved with this? That was never mentioned anywhere on the Apple website.

Thanks for the tips! Morning! My way through Mac OS is going to be a bit of an adventure, but I'm truly looking forward to it. Plus I get to bitch about everything being different for the next 6 months; that right there is worth the price of the machine.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 07:28 AM (glnUu)

We're here to help!

--Steve Jobs fanbois and fangurlz

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 07:33 AM (6wpGE)

91 @85

>>Plus I get to bitch about everything being different for the next 6 months;

Unless you’re a gamer, the only thing you’re going to be bitching about is how much Windows sux compared to MacOS.

If you install Parallels and install Windows and run it in coherence mode, it will seamlessly integrate Windows into your Mac environment and make the windows experience better.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 31, 2026 07:33 AM (XV/Pl)

92 This Tuesday I will learn whether my next congressman will be a pedo, a CCP shill, or a Maoist.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 07:33 AM (RIvkX)

93 It's a symptom of the overall feminization of society.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 31, 2026 07:34 AM (an8XY)

94 89 Graham Platner and James Talarico are both manifestations of Democrats' men/male/masculinity problem, just from opposite ends of the spectrum.
Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 06:05 AM (6wpGE)

I’ve been thinking that they are also the product of a radical but relatively small group of online agitators that has taken over candidate selection in the Dem Party. Very self destructive, I think we will spend years figuring out how this happened, and how to end it.

Or perhaps it’s just a symptom of the death of a political party.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 31, 2026 07:31 AM (QDJ2U)

It's almost as if they are both false-flag candidates.

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 07:34 AM (6wpGE)

95 93 It's a symptom of the overall feminization of society.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 31, 2026 07:34 AM (an8XY)

It = Alteria Pilgram going Mac?

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 07:36 AM (6wpGE)

96 Talarico and Platner being chosen by the dems is proof to the adage " when you believe in nothing, you will fall for anything".

Posted by: Ben Had at May 31, 2026 07:37 AM (5P5DO)

97 It's a symptom of the overall feminization of society.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 31, 2026 07:34 AM (an8XY)

It = Alteria Pilgram going Mac?
Posted by: m

Lol. That is a pretty good hit at the water line.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 07:38 AM (glnUu)

98 97 It's a symptom of the overall feminization of society.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 31, 2026 07:34 AM (an8XY)

It = Alteria Pilgram going Mac?
Posted by: m

Lol. That is a pretty good hit at the water line.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 07:38 AM (glnUu)

; )

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 07:38 AM (6wpGE)

99 I’ve been thinking that they are also the product of a radical but relatively small group of online agitators that has taken over candidate selection in the Dem Party. Very self destructive, I think we will spend years figuring out how this happened, and how to end it.

Or perhaps it’s just a symptom of the death of a political party.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 31, 2026 07:31 AM (QDJ2U)

I’m hoping it’s the latter.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 31, 2026 07:39 AM (gfO9L)

100 100

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 07:39 AM (6wpGE)

101 score!

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 07:39 AM (6wpGE)

102 This Tuesday I will learn whether my next congressman will be a pedo, a CCP shill, or a Maoist.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 07:33 AM (RIvkX)
---
Those are not mutually exclusive...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 31, 2026 07:40 AM (gnNyN)

103 @97

>>Lol. That is a pretty good hit at the water line.

I would phrase it as, Alteria Pilgram has chosen to make a Unix based compiting platform his daily driver and ditch the janky pigslop that is Windows.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 31, 2026 07:41 AM (XV/Pl)

104 Man, Steve Jobs died at the age of 56.
Stunning.

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 07:42 AM (6wpGE)

105 I took over the job of Project Scheduler because I was the only one on the team who (sort of) knew how to use MS Project. Now that it's my day job, I have come to fully I derstand how Project takes the bloat, counter intuitiveness, and bugs of every other MS product and dials them to 11.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 31, 2026 07:43 AM (f0sNM)

106 Those are not mutually exclusive...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 31, 2026 07:40 AM (gnNyN)
====

True, but here is the surprise. Pelosi endorsed the CCP candidate not the pedo.

She always picks the winner.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 07:43 AM (RIvkX)

107 'This Tuesday I will learn whether my next congressman will be a pedo, a CCP shill, or a Maoist.'

Scott Wiener checks all of those boxes, I should think.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 31, 2026 07:45 AM (f0sNM)

108 Today is MacBook Day! Being a former Microsoft drone I swore decades ago there would never be an Apple product in my house. Divorce is hard sometimes and then you end up whoring around.

I'm really looking forward to getting my mitts on this box. They're so sexy and that Apple silicon, oh my!, sends shivers up my spine.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026

***
AP, I first learned about computers in the Intel/Microsoft world and worked almost exclusively with those products for many years. But my 2014-ish MacBook Air, despite being low on memory by today's standards, is still working for me, and the iMac of the same vintage on my desk is too. Once you get used to how Apple does things, or expects you to do things, the machines just *work.*

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 31, 2026 07:45 AM (wzUl9)

109 Scott Wiener checks all of those boxes, I should think.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 31, 2026 07:45 AM (f0sNM)
=====

He's a Marxist not a Maoist.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 07:47 AM (RIvkX)

110 I have some important news to share: According to a scientific study, James Talarico is not gay:

https://tinyurl.com/32r5fwjv

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 31, 2026 07:48 AM (Ucgf4)

111 Talarico is so secure in being SO NOT GAY that he can indulge his being SO NOT GAY (and fabulous) by going to gay bars. I mean, come on, you're never going to get that kind of pleasure out of riding a mechanical bull at some redneck Roadhouse.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 07:49 AM (glnUu)

112 she always picks the one whose backers send the most cash.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 31, 2026 07:49 AM (VyBeY)

113 From a visibly unactivated version of Windows.

I don't know what that means. It was a bootleg copy or something?

Posted by: pookysgirl, techie but not that techie at May 31, 2026 07:49 AM (Wt5PA)

114 Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 07:47 AM (RIvkX)

What would be the difference? Is the Maoist of Chinese extraction?

Which candidate is ahead currently?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 31, 2026 07:49 AM (Nx5jP)

115 AP, I don't know about the Finder feature (Mac's version of Windows Explorer) on the new machines. But I found it frustrating to use on my 2014s and recently downloaded a free app, a dual-pane thing called Commander One. It will let you find files much more easily than Finder will.

commander-one dot com

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 31, 2026 07:49 AM (wzUl9)

116 The CCP shill is currently Supevisor for my district.

She has done jack sh*t for her constituents in fact screwed them over. How this qualifies her for Congress?

Reliable. Party. Soldier.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 07:49 AM (RIvkX)

117 From Wikipedia

Born in Hong Kong, Chan's long time partner, Ed, is a member of the San Francisco Fire Department. The couple has a son.[52] Like many Chinese-American women of her generation, she is named after American news anchor Connie Chung.[

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 31, 2026 07:51 AM (f0sNM)

118 What would be the difference? Is the Maoist of Chinese extraction?

Which candidate is ahead currently?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 31, 2026 07:49 AM (Nx5jP)
====

The Maoist is Saikat Charabarti and he was AOC's handler, co-founded Justice Democrats, DSA, etc.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 07:52 AM (RIvkX)

119 *Chakrabarti

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 07:52 AM (RIvkX)

120 Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 07:52 AM (RIvkX)

Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 31, 2026 07:53 AM (Nx5jP)

121 She added 10 minutes to my daily commute because the Party wants to punish people who work and people who drive.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 07:54 AM (RIvkX)

122 "The Maoist is Saikat Charabarti and he was AOC's handler, co-founded Justice Democrats, DSA, etc."

Is that the guy who was shrieking at other Democrats for not supporting Graham "Maine Kampf" Platner?

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 31, 2026 07:54 AM (f0sNM)

123 @113/pookysgirl: "I don't know what that means. It was a bootleg copy or something?"

Just not registered with Microsoft as a "valid" by providing it with a product key.

The servers that Windows 7 could connect to in order to do that have long since been taken offline by Microsoft.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 31, 2026 07:55 AM (O7YUW)

124 Is that the guy who was shrieking at other Democrats for not supporting Graham "Maine Kampf" Platner?
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 31, 2026 07:54 AM (f0sNM)
=====

Bingo

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 07:56 AM (RIvkX)

125 The photo of Scott Weiner in his leather bondage gear ( from the torso up) which was an the internet just makes my skin crawl.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 31, 2026 07:56 AM (tmOJm)

126 I'm seeing eleven US Rep candidates in District 11:

John "Gus" Buffler Democratic Rocket Scientist
Saikat Chakrabarti Democratic Economic Policy Director
Connie Chan Democratic San Francisco Supervisor
Keith Freedman Democratic Small Business Owner
Omed Hamid Democratic Technology Advocate
Gregory M Haynes Democratic Civil Rights Advocate
Marie Hurabiell Democratic Attorney/Reform Advocate
Scott Wiener Democratic State Senator
David Ganezer Republican Local Newspaper Publisher
Jingchao Xiong Republican Social Management Scientist
Nathan Deer No Party Preference Homeowners Association Treasurer

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 07:58 AM (6wpGE)

127 ... any chance for more than the top 4?

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 07:59 AM (6wpGE)

128 The photo of Scott Weiner in his leather bondage gear ( from the torso up) which was an the internet just makes my skin crawl.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 31, 2026 07:56 AM (tmOJm)
====
He's creepy in jacket and tie as well

You can imagine what shaking his hand is like

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 07:59 AM (RIvkX)

129 Amazon's efficiency is mind-boggling. I ordered the MacBook at 10:00 p.m. on Friday. It will be here in Las Cruces, a well-known center of shipping and logistics, by 2:00 p.m. today.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 08:00 AM (glnUu)

130 Marie Hurabiell would be the outsider candidate.

A Non democrat has zero chance.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 08:01 AM (RIvkX)

131 129 Amazon's efficiency is mind-boggling. I ordered the MacBook at 10:00 p.m. on Friday. It will be here in Las Cruces, a well-known center of shipping and logistics, by 2:00 p.m. today.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 08:00 AM (glnUu)

It'd be even better if The First One was free.

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 08:01 AM (6wpGE)

132 The online left is remarkable in their delusions. The latest, over the last couple days, has them all posting and reposting some “poll” put out by a Democrat consultant saying that “30% of Cornyn supporters will vote for Talarico!!!”

Of course no attempt was made to show methodology, so the most likely method used was “we just made it up!”

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 31, 2026 08:01 AM (QDJ2U)

133 Reading the Wikipedia article on Connie Chan, her main thing seems to be opposition to any kind of building permit reform that would make it easier to build in SFO.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 31, 2026 08:01 AM (f0sNM)

134 130 Marie Hurabiell would be the outsider candidate.

A Non democrat has zero chance.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 08:01 AM (RIvkX)

Thanks!

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 08:01 AM (6wpGE)

135 Federal law requires most inactive voter registrations to be removed after two general federal elections. The new federal lawsuit alleges, based on admissions in prior Judicial Watch litigation, that 873,092 voter registrations have remained continuously inactive for at least three federal elections, and some for much longer. Of these registrations, 326,808 have remained continuously inactive through at least three consecutive federal general elections, while 151,202 have remained inactive through at least four consecutive federal general elections.

My guess is most states have 4 to 5% inactive voters on file so that elections can be stolen.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 31, 2026 08:02 AM (/+uur)

136 This is a nice story from "Frontpage" about a group in Israel that performs heart surgery on kids from Gaza and how "open heart surgery performed open heart surgery":

https://tinyurl.com/4cby37yz

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 31, 2026 08:03 AM (tmOJm)

137 So I see Alaska allowed a second Senator candidate with the same name.

Two Dan Sullivans are running for Senate in Alaska—both as Republicans.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 31, 2026 08:05 AM (/+uur)

138 132 The online left is remarkable in their delusions. The latest, over the last couple days, has them all posting and reposting some “poll” put out by a Democrat consultant saying that “30% of Cornyn supporters will vote for Talarico!!!”

Of course no attempt was made to show methodology, so the most likely method used was “we just made it up!”
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 31, 2026 08:01 AM
++++

It's prolly just bots.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 31, 2026 08:06 AM (9L7Ix)

139 Amazon's efficiency is mind-boggling.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 08:00 AM (glnUu)
-

Daughter pup is in NYC on business. Last week I signed up for free Prime shipping for a month. Ordered dozens of items on late Wednesday night US ET. Everything's already arrived except one item, which will be delivered today.

Here in Israel, since last summer, Ali Express has faster shipping than Amazon. It used to be the opposite beforehand, with Ali Express sometimes taking absurd amounts of time to ship and deliver.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 31, 2026 08:07 AM (5UTWB)

140 This is my brother Dan and my other brother Dan.

Posted by: Larry from Wasilla at May 31, 2026 08:07 AM (9L7Ix)

141 There is an ordinance here that regulates empty storefronts. There is an empty building in my neighborhood that has annual permits posted from 2022. Her office has done jack about enforcement.

That building is being held by a speculator for the day they raise the height limits here and it can be replaced with a high rise.

What do you think happens in empty buildings in this third-world sh*thole?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 08:07 AM (RIvkX)

142 Reading the Wikipedia article on Connie Chan, her main thing seems to be opposition to any kind of building permit reform that would make it easier to build in SFO.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo

"Let them have tents" - Connie Chan, Empress in waiting.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 08:07 AM (glnUu)

143 When I was young, I was fascinated by the pictures and stories of ancient cities, now in ruins and long abandoned. And I’d wonder how could any place that was so vibrant and powerful once just die? How could everyone just walk away from something they’d spent generations building?

At last, I’m finally getting to witness how that happens. It’s nothing new; in fact it’s something very old.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 31, 2026 08:09 AM (QDJ2U)

144 This is a nice story from "Frontpage" about a group in Israel that performs heart surgery on kids from Gaza and how "open heart surgery performed open heart surgery":

https://tinyurl.com/4cby37yz
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 31, 2026 08:03 AM (tmOJm)
-

Up theirs! Let them go to Europe or Egypt of Turkey.

This doesn't work. Numerous past cases of these patients and their families remaining staunch firm in their desire to slaughter the Jews. Let someone else repair the future Jihadists!

Stupid Israelis, over and over again.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 31, 2026 08:10 AM (5UTWB)

145 141 There is an ordinance here that regulates empty storefronts. There is an empty building in my neighborhood that has annual permits posted from 2022. Her office has done jack about enforcement.

That building is being held by a speculator for the day they raise the height limits here and it can be replaced with a high rise.

What do you think happens in empty buildings in this third-world sh*thole?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 08:07 AM (RIvkX)

1) broken windows

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 08:12 AM (6wpGE)

146 What do you think happens in empty buildings in this third-world sh*thole?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 08:07 AM (RIvkX)

1) broken windows
Posted by: m

Same thing that happens here in Las Cruces. The homeless drug addicts break into then and eventually set them on fire intentionally or by accident.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 08:16 AM (glnUu)

147 What do you think happens in empty buildings in this third-world sh*thole?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 08:07 AM (RIvkX)

Looks like San Fran is at the point in the death spiral where no one talks about the death spiral anymore, because it’s just too depressing.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 31, 2026 08:16 AM (QDJ2U)

148
2) Homeless
3) Meth lab
4) Big explosion and fire

Posted by: Hello from Detroit at May 31, 2026 08:17 AM (9L7Ix)

149 We voted for this:

https://tinyurl.com/daxy9k9j

I have asked here several times when this is going to happen.

Waiting.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 31, 2026 08:17 AM (5UTWB)

150 2) Homeless
3) Meth lab
4) Big explosion and fire

Posted by: Hello from Detroit at May 31, 2026 08:17 AM (9L7Ix)
-

You forgot:

5) Chinese bio lab

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 31, 2026 08:18 AM (5UTWB)

151 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, greetings from Amish Country at May 31, 2026 08:19 AM (bfy6w)

152 147 What do you think happens in empty buildings in this third-world sh*thole?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 08:07 AM (RIvkX)

Looks like San Fran is at the point in the death spiral where no one talks about the death spiral anymore, because it’s just too depressing.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 31, 2026 08:16 AM (QDJ2U)

Down south in LA, Spencer Pratt is talking about similar. Prayers up for SF!

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 08:19 AM (6wpGE)

153 I have asked here several times when this is going to happen.

Waiting.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 31, 2026 08:17 AM (5UTWB)

The day after the US takes over Greenland.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 31, 2026 08:21 AM (QDJ2U)

154 @49

>> Waiting.

We’re going to be waiting till the sixth of never because that’s when an audit will happen.

There’s no gold in Fort Knox, and revealing that would have dire economic consequences and that’s why it won’t be done.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 31, 2026 08:21 AM (XV/Pl)

155 “ It is you alone who are to be feared.
Who can stand before you when you are angry?”

Psalm 67:7

Posted by: Marcus T at May 31, 2026 08:21 AM (Jl/ju)

156 Thanks for the tips! Morning! My way through Mac OS is going to be a bit of an adventure, but I'm truly looking forward to it. Plus I get to bitch about everything being different for the next 6 months; that right there is worth the price of the machine.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 07:28 AM (glnUu)

The biggest thing to remember on the Mac keyboard is that there is no "ctrl" only "command", but the combinations are mostly the same: ctrl+c and command+c both equal "Copy" and "Paste" is the same, too.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 31, 2026 08:22 AM (6ydKt)

157 Trump should hire Tom Cruise to go check out Fort Knox.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 08:22 AM (glnUu)

158 Looks like San Fran is at the point in the death spiral where no one talks about the death spiral anymore, because it’s just too depressing.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 31, 2026 08:16 AM (QDJ2U)
=====
TBF I was in the financial district Thursday night and was pleased/surprised to see it was pretty busy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 08:23 AM (RIvkX)

159 Clarifying, there is a "control" key on the Mac keyboard, but I'm not sure if I've used it once in 25 years.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 31, 2026 08:23 AM (6ydKt)

160 This following program is dedicated to
The city and people of san Francisco
Who may not know it but
They are beautiful and
So is their city this is
A very personal song, so if the viewer
Cannot understand it particularly those
Of you who are european residents
Save up all your bread and fly trans love
Airways to San Francisco USA...

Posted by: The Animals at May 31, 2026 08:23 AM (54bnG)

161 Just not registered with Microsoft as a "valid" by providing it with a product key.

The servers that Windows 7 could connect to in order to do that have long since been taken offline by Microsoft.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 31, 2026 07:55 AM (O7YUW)

Dankeschoen.

Posted by: pookysgirl, techie but not that techie at May 31, 2026 08:25 AM (Wt5PA)

162 The biggest thing to remember on the Mac keyboard is that there is no "ctrl" only "command", but the combinations are mostly the same: ctrl+c and command+c both equal "Copy" and "Paste" is the same, too. Posted by: SpeakingOf

Thanks for the tip!. By chance do you know the key combination for "It just works" if I get stuck. I'm getting all giddy over this thing arriving. Almost like getting a new puppy.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 08:26 AM (glnUu)

163 Looks like San Fran is at the point in the death spiral where no one talks about the death spiral anymore, because it’s just too depressing.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 31, 2026 08:16 AM (QDJ2U)
---
Rule #1 of Death Spiral: You do not talk about Death Spiral
Rule #2 of Death Spiral: You DO NOT talk about Death Spiral.

I'd go on, but there are no more rules because everyone is dead.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 31, 2026 08:26 AM (gnNyN)

164 Trump should hire Tom Cruise to go check out Fort Knox.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 08:22 AM (glnUu)

I assume the whole thing will be filmed.

Posted by: pookysgirl has not seen any of the M:I movies at May 31, 2026 08:28 AM (Wt5PA)

165 162 By chance do you know the key combination for "It just works" if I get stuck.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 08:26 AM (glnUu)

esc

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 08:28 AM (6wpGE)

166 "Almost like getting a new puppy."

You'll need to spread several layers of newspaper on the floor.

Posted by: Important user safety tip at May 31, 2026 08:28 AM (9L7Ix)

167 Wife found a major triple charge on the store receipt.
She actually finds them often, not always enough for a return trip.

Posted by: Skip at May 31, 2026 08:30 AM (Ia/+0)

168 @162

>> By chance do you know the key combination for "It just works" if I get stuck.

Command+option, escape will bring up the force quit window where you can kill a crashed app.

Or you could do that from the terminal with UNIX/Linux commands.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 31, 2026 08:32 AM (XV/Pl)

169 64 Car races are funny that way. The higher up, the more expensive.
Posted by: no one of any consequence

At a dirt track sitting up high in stands saves you from getting pelted with dirt clods all night long. If you haven't yet discovered the poetry and beauty of a dozen 360 wingned sprint cars going well over 100 mi an hour, inches from each other, you are missing out.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram

And wear hearing protection. Those sprint cars will shred your ear drums. They are LOUD!!

Posted by: Puddleglum, greetings from Amish Country at May 31, 2026 08:33 AM (bfy6w)

170 Commander One. It will let you find files much more easily than Finder will.

commander-one dot com

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 31, 2026 07:49 AM (wzUl9)

One thing I like about Macs and Finder is batch renaming.
If you select a group of files in Finder, right-click and hit 'Rename' it will bring up a dialog box which allows you to rename that batch of files all at once with your specifications.

Windows has nothing like it natively (that I know about anyhow) and you have to download a third-party app to do batch renaming.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 31, 2026 08:33 AM (6ydKt)

171 And she found I accidentally got flavored decaffeinated coffee
Might as well just get non alcohol Scotch while I am at it

Posted by: Skip at May 31, 2026 08:34 AM (Ia/+0)

172 Anderson Cooper, Don Lemon and Tim Cook walk into a bar, and the bartender says...

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 31, 2026 08:34 AM (D1E+2)

173 Pixy,

I still have an ear worm of "Who Can it be Now" from yesterday. The lead singer was in a couple of episodes of Blue Heelers and we also recently saw him in a Jack Irish TV movie. He must do quite a bit of acting.

Posted by: Brunnhilde at May 31, 2026 08:35 AM (3AwA+)

174
Welp, glad we didn't decide to go to Paris this Summer.

Muslim Riot Summer is going to be fire!!!...literally.

It's off to a good start anyway.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 31, 2026 08:35 AM (iJfKG)

175 Alteria Pilgram, the Help menu on a Mac is pretty useful and eventually intuitive and you can't break anything by trying it.

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 08:36 AM (6wpGE)

176 "...Is this a press conference, a roast, or an Apple keynote?"

Posted by: I just asked an AI search engine at May 31, 2026 08:36 AM (9L7Ix)

177 And she found I accidentally got flavored decaffeinated coffee
Might as well just get non alcohol Scotch while I am at it
Posted by: Skip at May 31, 2026 08:34 AM (Ia/+0)
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Decaffeinated coffee is a crime against nature.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 08:37 AM (RIvkX)

178 Thanks for the tip!. By chance do you know the key combination for "It just works" if I get stuck. I'm getting all giddy over this thing arriving. Almost like getting a new puppy.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 08:26 AM (glnUu)

I doubt you will.
If you can navigate Windows or Linux, MacOS is a breeze.
It has less customization than Windows in some aspects but it's a lot less complicated for sure.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 31, 2026 08:37 AM (6ydKt)

179 Looks like San Fran is at the point in the death spiral where no one talks about the death spiral anymore, because it’s just too depressing.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 31, 2026 08:16 AM (QDJ2U)

Metal Leo on YT does.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 31, 2026 08:39 AM (1Ff7Z)

180 The Maoist is Saikat Charabarti and he was AOC's handler, co-founded Justice Democrats, DSA, etc.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 07:52 AM (RIvkX)

The guy who came up with "The Green New Deal" and ended up running his communist mouth so much that Pelosi made AOC fire him.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 31, 2026 08:39 AM (6ydKt)

181 162 By chance do you know the key combination for "It just works" if I get stuck. I'm getting all giddy over this thing arriving. Almost like getting a new puppy.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 08:26 AM (glnUu)

Welcome to the Cult of Mac!

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 08:40 AM (6wpGE)

182 Decaffeinated coffee is a crime against nature.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 08:37 AM (RIvkX)

It would be like eating a chocolate chip cookie without the chocolate chips.

Posted by: dantesed at May 31, 2026 08:41 AM (Oy/m2)

183 >>Welp, glad we didn't decide to go to Paris this Summer.

>>Muslim Riot Summer is going to be fire!!!...literally.

>>It's off to a good start anyway.

Got a feeling we might be seeing a bit of unrest ourselves. Things are not going well right now for the party of Nazi porta potti jerkers and when the left is losing they tend to get a bit violent.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 31, 2026 08:42 AM (viF8m)

184 >>Decaffeinated coffee is a crime against nature.

If you like the taste of coffee but caffeine spikes your pulse & blood pressure, you drink decaf. Was accidentally given regular once, about 20 years ago. Only time pulse ever hit 140 on no exertion.

Posted by: Nazdar at May 31, 2026 08:43 AM (NcvvS)

185 >>Muslim Riot Summer is going to be fire!!!...literally.
+++
Is this about me?

Posted by: New Jersey at May 31, 2026 08:44 AM (9L7Ix)

186 Just got home from Italy late last night. There are Surprisingly few muslims in Rome and Florence, at least in the city centers.

Posted by: LASue at May 31, 2026 08:44 AM (lCppi)

187 The idiots in Paris are rioting because their soccer team won. Go figure.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 31, 2026 08:45 AM (5P5DO)

188 I use a Dell at work but MacBook at home. I feel like the Macs last longer and there is not a new update every day(it seems like) like my work computer. My last new Mac was only because my husband was upgrading his and he gave me his old one and I gave mine to one of the kids. My first MacBook Air I had for over 10 years then gave it to my brother.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 31, 2026 08:46 AM (VCgbV)

189 The Italians really despise the Chinese, btw. They openly blame them for crashing their tourist economy with covid.

Posted by: LASue at May 31, 2026 08:47 AM (lCppi)

190 I saw Muslim Riot Summer open for Yousef Islam at The Rape Gang festival in Paris at the Islamic Cultural Center in 2020.

It was a riot!

Posted by: Morning Has Broken at May 31, 2026 08:47 AM (54bnG)

191 And if you look at the menu for any app, it shows you the key command to use

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 31, 2026 08:47 AM (7T8ei)

192 Yup, like Tom Bender said, remember Command+Option+Esc to be able to Force Quit a stuck/crashed app, similar to Ctrl+Alt+Delete in Windows.

That will save you some headaches at some point in time.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 31, 2026 08:47 AM (6ydKt)

193 Apple Support is your friend:

https://support.apple.com

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 08:47 AM (6wpGE)

194 Hurabiel is a dem. Was a repub in the 90's.

Posted by: Dark L at May 31, 2026 08:48 AM (W5mpo)

195 The last couple of days, is anybody else getting extreme lag on the site? Something here is really bogging down my computer.

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 31, 2026 08:48 AM (qBdHI)

196
Welcome to the Cult of Mac!

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 08:40 AM (6wpGE)

BONUS!!! You get to laugh and laugh as some guy tells you how overpriced Macs are as they're restarting their frozen Windows computer for the 47th time this morning.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 31, 2026 08:49 AM (iJfKG)

197 SFO is the airport

Posted by: Dark L at May 31, 2026 08:49 AM (W5mpo)

198 187 The idiots in Paris are rioting because their soccer team won. Go figure.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 31, 2026 08:45 AM (5P5DO)

Never understood this.
I could understand rioting if you're team lost, that's been a thing since the Nike Riots in Constantinople.

But rioting when they win?
Just looking for an excuse to destroy something at that point.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 31, 2026 08:49 AM (6ydKt)

199 I paid $557 for a Mac Mini last year. Looks like they are now $769

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 31, 2026 08:52 AM (7T8ei)

200 200

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 08:52 AM (6wpGE)

201 Welp, glad we didn't decide to go to Paris this Summer.

>>Muslim Riot Summer is going to be fire!!!...literally.

>>It's off to a good start anyway.

Got a feeling we might be seeing a bit of unrest ourselves. Things are not going well right now for the party of Nazi porta potti jerkers and when the left is losing they tend to get a bit violent.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 31, 2026 08:42 AM (viF8m)

We will. Newark had a big violent riot last night.

I wish Trump use the military to pick and detain the try and imprison the billionaires who are paying for antifa,etc riots, arson, and insurrection in our country.

Like they did with that Venezuelan scumbag.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 31, 2026 08:54 AM (iJfKG)

202 Metal Leo on YT does.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 31, 2026 08:39 AM (1Ff7Z)
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That dude is a bummer.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 08:56 AM (RIvkX)

203 162 The biggest thing to remember on the Mac keyboard is that there is no "ctrl" only "command", but the combinations are mostly the same: ctrl+c and command+c both equal "Copy" and "Paste" is the same, too. Posted by: SpeakingOf

Thanks for the tip!. By chance do you know the key combination for "It just works" if I get stuck. I'm getting all giddy over this thing arriving. Almost like getting a new puppy.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram

I bought an Apple MacBook Sky a couple of months ago. It has a 'control' key. Bottom left of the key board. Press that with the mouse pad, and a screen comes up for copying, pasting, etc. Different options depending where you are on the screen. Sometimes it's 'back, reload page, etc'.

Posted by: Puddleglum, greetings from Amish Country at May 31, 2026 08:58 AM (bfy6w)

204 Bring your reading glasses and head upstairs
BOOK NOOD

Posted by: Skip at May 31, 2026 08:59 AM (Ia/+0)

205 It's not so bad most places here.

Posted by: Dark L at May 31, 2026 08:59 AM (W5mpo)

206
books is nood

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 31, 2026 09:00 AM (AMvSw)

207 199 I paid $557 for a Mac Mini last year. Looks like they are now $769

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 31, 2026 08:52 AM (7T8ei)

That busts a hole in the value proposition the $500 Mac Mini was when they first released them.

RAM/SSD pricing finally caught up to reality it seems.

Still not a terrible price for the base model at $769, though.
If you want more than 16GB or RAM and 256GB of storage it's going to go over $1000 quickly.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 31, 2026 09:01 AM (6ydKt)

208 >>We will. Newark had a big violent riot last night.

Been a nightly occurrence for about a week. Time to bring in the National Guard cause NJ is not going to do squat.

Piker showed up at the riot last night. Pretty obvious who is funding all of this shit.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 31, 2026 09:01 AM (viF8m)

209 208 Piker showed up at the riot last night.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 31, 2026 09:01 AM (viF8m)

Aptly named.

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 09:02 AM (6wpGE)

210 Again, the whole Apple computers cost too much trope is silly.

You are paying for a superior product at every level of analysis.

It’s also going to last longer than the equivalent win product so the so-called Apple tax is largely eronious.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 31, 2026 09:16 AM (XV/Pl)

211 Rocks are the best way to regulate a storefront

Posted by: Ernest T. Bass at May 31, 2026 09:41 AM (jrgJz)

212 Just scanned the headlines. Time for a Mitch Rapp or a Mack Bolan.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 31, 2026 11:52 AM (2WIwB)

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