Daily Tech News 21 June 2026

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AMD and Intel have unveiled their new ACE instruction set, which extends AVX vector instructions into matrix calculations. (Tom's Hardware)

A single ACE instruction can result in up to 1024 multiplications, which is convenient but not exactly adhering to the RISC philosophy.

We'll probably be waiting a couple of years to see this. AMD previously announced a new matrix engine for Zen 7 - which is not expected until 2028.

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UK supermarket Tesco is suing Broadcom over their VMWare villainy. (The Register)

Tesco purchased perpetual licenses to VMWare and signed matching support contracts before the company was bought by Broadcom. Broadcom is now - according to the suit - refusing to provide support services unless customer repurchase the licenses at new, vastly inflated prices.
Cloudflare has announced temporary accounts for AI agents that can be deployed for an hour without human intervention. (Cloudflare)

There are nine and sixty ways I can think of off the top of my head that this could go horribly wrong. I suspect that Cloudflare can think of even more, and have already put in place countermeasures for half of them.
A $200 ChatGPT subscription used to the full could be costing OpenAI $14,000. (TechSpot)

And a $200 Claude subscription could cost Anthropic $8000.

Be right back, upgrading some subscriptions...
A suicide booth for fish? (Tech Crunch)

Marketed as humane but actually designed to preserve the flavour.

Hmm.
The Atlantic did something useful? (The Verge)

They published a searchable database for music used in training AI song generators.

Most of it copyrighted, much of it by extremely litigious labels.

And here's me all out of popcorn.
Lenovo's Thinkpad X11 is an 11" tablet. (Notebook Check)

Not the fastest and certainly not the lightest, but it has something few tablets can match: A removable battery.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Mada fada coconut.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 21, 2026 04:32 AM (3UbC6)

2 w00t

Posted by: m at June 21, 2026 04:32 AM (6wpGE)

3 Good sunshiny summer Sunday morning! Exercised, showered, and hydrated.

Gets up, lazies!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 21, 2026 04:37 AM (3UbC6)

4 Guten morgen. horde.

Posted by: clarence at June 21, 2026 04:38 AM (I5lp2)

5 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 21, 2026 04:40 AM (Hpgos)

6 Psy - Gentleman
He seems nice.

Posted by: m at June 21, 2026 04:41 AM (6wpGE)

7 >>>Psy - Gentleman
He seems nice.

Posted by: m

>Interesting. Nice editing and directing. What genre would you call that?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 21, 2026 04:48 AM (fkjGs)

8 Good morning all, time for me to try and go to sleep.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at June 21, 2026 04:48 AM (Q/FnY)

9
I forgot about this silliness. Sunrise at Stonehenge. That happen a little before midnight EDT:

https://t.ly/i5pu9

Sunrise happens there at about 1:10 in. The Druids blow some damned horn or something. Now, I don't know why they don't put a camera right dead center so they can show the sun rise over the Heel Stone.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 21, 2026 04:49 AM (w6EFb)

10 Mornin' Horde.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 21, 2026 04:52 AM (O7YUW)

11 Care for our children . Proverbs 13:1. International Fellowship of Christians and Jews:

https://tinyurl.com/4dnj2ef9

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 21, 2026 04:52 AM (dSKRp)

12 3 Good sunshiny summer Sunday morning! Exercised, showered, and hydrated.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 21, 2026 04:37 AM (3UbC6)

I failed to hydrate before going to bed and that was a big mistake.

Posted by: m at June 21, 2026 04:53 AM (6wpGE)

13 >Interesting. Nice editing and directing. What genre would you call that?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 21, 2026 04:48 AM (fkjGs)
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Korean Rot.

Psy is most famous for Gangnum Style:

https://youtu.be/9bZkp7q19f0

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 21, 2026 04:54 AM (3UbC6)

14 God the Father. Christian devotional on Ephesians 3:16-19:

https://tinyurl.com/5mu4y9va

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 21, 2026 04:54 AM (dSKRp)

15 G'mornin' everyone!

lovely foggy morning out there, 44 degrees, and I'm getting ready for a hit-the-trailhead-at-dawn hike!

making extra coffee, woohoo!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 21, 2026 04:57 AM (VyBeY)

16 Officer plays piano to comfort family after father's fall and after he is taken care of. Faithpot site :

https://tinyurl.com/499bvm84

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 21, 2026 04:58 AM (n3VHW)

17 From the AOS home page Top Headlines side column:

Paul Sperry

NEW: Just heard something extraordinary from a former White House official who worked with former National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster in Trump45's NSC: "McMaster had weekly phone calls with George Soros. We have no idea why." Neither could be reached for comment.
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All the signs were there. I first read about the deep statesman McMaster in the 2020 book, "The Memo: Twenty Years Inside the Deep State Fighting for America First, by Rich Higgins.

Higgins kept trying to send a message way upstream to Trump WH no. 1 that something was very rotten in the NSC, where McMaster ruled.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 21, 2026 05:01 AM (3UbC6)

18 @7/Rev. Wishbone: " What genre would you call that?"

My first thought was "weird" but in actuality I believe it's K-pop (Korean pop).

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 21, 2026 05:02 AM (O7YUW)

19 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at June 21, 2026 05:06 AM (V0/Sp)

20 Shuttle driver goes into rushing water to save people:

https://tinyurl.com/4nzjtc5u

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 21, 2026 05:09 AM (OYsYV)

21
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at June 21, 2026 05:12 AM (AMvSw)

22 The soft breeze caressing the tree
Leaves gently swaying in line
Warm summer sunlight will agree
That all is right and fine

The soft scent of flowering hedge rows
Deepens our love of beauty
Colorful birds line up to pose
As if this were a call to duty

Raise your eyes up to the sky
Let your voice call to the breeze
And let all know that as we fly
All may do as they please

fin

Posted by: clarence at June 21, 2026 05:18 AM (I5lp2)

23 Posted by: clarence at June 21, 2026 05:18 AM (I5lp2

Lovely. Thanks!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 21, 2026 05:20 AM (n3VHW)

24 I am very grateful to FenSpouse who is a good man and dad ,and who is kindly preaching for me on Father's Day because I cannot talk about being a father,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 21, 2026 05:23 AM (n3VHW)

25 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 21, 2026 05:29 AM (NyXeV)

26 @24/FenelonSpoke: I'm glad FenSpouse is a good husband and father, whose presence in your life brings you joy. This is how it should be.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 21, 2026 05:30 AM (O7YUW)

27 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 21, 2026 05:30 AM (O7YUW)

Thanks. That's very kind of you. He also makes me laugh - which is important in a relationship ( at least for me) I think.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 21, 2026 05:33 AM (OYsYV)

28 Good morning you tech oriented early risers or up laters. And Pixy

Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at June 21, 2026 05:34 AM (CUnWa)

29 If I put out a whiteboard sign. "My husband is not a non gestating parent. Happy Father's Day!" Someone would knock over the sign, right?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 21, 2026 05:38 AM (dSKRp)

30 We had a nice picnic with conservatives at the park yesterday . This year nobody defaced the signs or put rude graffiti up at the entrance to the park. I am glad about that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 21, 2026 05:40 AM (OYsYV)

31 So I figured out what was obvious to everyone else. My use of ExpressVPN made all the videos on AoS HQ "not available".

Posted by: JM in Illinois at June 21, 2026 05:47 AM (4+cmr)

32 G'morning, all!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 21, 2026 05:47 AM (iMotb)

33 My use of ExpressVPN made all the videos on AoS HQ "not available".

Posted by: JM in Illinois at June 21, 2026 05:47 AM (4+cmr)
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Sometimes, changing servers under the VPN resolves such issues.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 21, 2026 05:53 AM (3UbC6)

34 G'Day everyone
Happy Father's day toalldadsout there

Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 05:53 AM (Ia/+0)

35
Good morning, Hordians. Can't go to church this morning, and maybe not today, because about half my driveway is several inches under water.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 21, 2026 05:54 AM (O0L8i)

36 ...toalldadsout there

Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 05:53 AM (Ia/+0)
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I need some space!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 21, 2026 05:54 AM (3UbC6)

37 We had a nice picnic with conservatives at the park yesterday . This year nobody defaced the signs or put rude graffiti up at the entrance to the park. I am glad about that.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 21, 2026 05:40 AM (OYsYV)
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That's so nice to hear! So did we, in fact! 😄

Missed you, VIA. Hope you and the missus can come next time.

Happy Father's Day to all our Hordeling dads. God bless them all.

Posted by: bluebell at June 21, 2026 05:55 AM (afFes)

38 So the Volvo Intake gasket and various other small parts scheduled to arrive via FedEx between 1100-1500 did not arrive till after 2130 last night. So needles to say, the wagon did not get fixed last night.

BUT....hijinks of the political kind did rear its head yesterday during the leadoff to this Tuesdays run-off election.

I get a text in the middle of the day. And it starts with my name, and goes on to tell me how it is time to support one of the state candidates whom we shall simply call Jenny. And it tells me how she is great for women, supports all the major leftist women's causes, and we need to rally to support her.

But something, from the statements, which go completely against her platform, to the photo, which is a rather unflattering photo all make me suspect that this is an attempt to turn conservatives against her on Tuesday and vote for her opponent.

So I sent her campaign an email with a screenshot of the email that I received, and less than thirty minutes later the actual candidate called me directly, and we talked for over ten minutes.

As I suspected, someone supporting her opponent in the runoff is sending this out, quite possibly in violation of the law.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 21, 2026 05:58 AM (iMotb)

39 Bluebell!

We so wanted to come as well.

Perhaps next year, if we can pull it off.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 21, 2026 05:59 AM (iMotb)

40 Evening and morning to the vast AoSHQ Empire's satellites and satraps, on this first true morning of summer!

I dreamed I was part of a vast evacuation ahead of some apocalyptic event. My boss said,"We need to get you a gun," and we went to the armory. Nobody else was there, but guns kept vanishing from the tables even as I looked. I grabbed a .38 revolver and a box of shells before it disappeared.

Later there was some discussion about restoring medical databases after The Event. "We don't have any programmers for Cameron!" I spoke up and said, "I know it." Someone else complained that the developers had located one table *inside* of another. I explained lucidly how a one-to-many relationship works. (How we had time for this when civilization was about to collapse is beyond me.)

So. Howz yer Sunday morning?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 21, 2026 06:00 AM (wzUl9)

41 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Lime + coconut = drink it all up

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 21, 2026 06:05 AM (amcLV)

42 I don't know why my fingers can't hit space button

Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 06:05 AM (Ia/+0)

43 This morning at least, big black Stirling cat waited until I was nearly awake before leaping across and kicking me. Now he's sitting here on the couch giving me the "I want a lap" look.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 21, 2026 06:06 AM (wzUl9)

44 If you have not been watching Freddy visit and document the US, you're missing some good fun.

https://tinyurl.com/mr3ssaxk

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 21, 2026 06:07 AM (iMotb)

45 Psy is most famous for Gangnum Style:
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I prefer Klingon Style:

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=CayMeza487M

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

46 If you have not been watching Freddy visit and document the US, you're missing some good fun.

https://tinyurl.com/mr3ssaxk

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 21, 2026 06:07 AM (iMotb)
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OK. Not Elm Street Freddy.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 21, 2026 06:14 AM (3UbC6)

47 Happy Father's Day to all our Hordeling dads. God bless them all.
Posted by: bluebell at June 21, 2026 05:55 AM (afFes

Thanks, bluebell . Same to you and your husband as well. Next year I will not have a picnic, nor a service I need to be at on Sunday,, so God willing and the event is still on. I will be there. Thanks to you and all the folks who got things together!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 21, 2026 06:15 AM (6jy2V)

48 I don't know why my fingers can't hit space button

Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 06:05 AM (Ia/+0)
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Were you drinking at the ONT again?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 21, 2026 06:15 AM (3UbC6)

49 Happy Fathers Day!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 21, 2026 06:15 AM (DoBxX)

50 >>> I explained lucidly how a one-to-many relationship works

Collapse: When the Null Hits the Boyce-Codd Normal Fan

Posted by: fluffy at June 21, 2026 06:17 AM (V0/Sp)

51 Good morning! Had a hop up to Kickapoo and back yesterday. Lots of scattered cumulus and a little headwind to deal with but overall a very pleasant excursion. Gotta do pennance today and mow the lawn and do some chores around the house.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 21, 2026 06:17 AM (3Ope8)

52 Good Morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear into the heart of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 21, 2026 06:22 AM (whRlH)

53 @27/FenelonSpoke: "... He also makes me laugh - which is important in a relationship ( at least for me) I think."

Very important. I try to make my wife laugh at least once daily. Sometimes, rarely, I can get the type of laughter where she's giggling so hard she has to sit down on the floor exactly where she is. Big win when that happens. :-)

I also have a regular caution I give her before she heads off to drive for work or errands: "Watch out for stupid out there, it's legion". I'm sure FenSpouse will appreciate that one as well!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 21, 2026 06:24 AM (O7YUW)

54 My mother made the poor choice of feeding laughing gulls.

Posted by: Accomack at June 21, 2026 06:30 AM (/Chlc)

55 The MoMeet was excellent. Thanks go to bluebell and Weasel for the organization. The participants were delightful to talk with.

I plan to tell my friends I talked with Bunny. Who is a good conversationalist. I may leave that part out.

After the TxMoMeet, on my return my friends wanted details, because I talklked up the experience before going. I told them I got served bacon by a Bacon Wench and danced with Bunny. There was an imediate silence as they continplated my wayward path.

No bail money was needed yesterday, at least by the time I want. And CBD with a Fed sticker on his back was ... *chef's kiss*.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 21, 2026 06:32 AM (whRlH)

56 Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 21, 2026 06:32 AM (whRlH)
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Sounds like everybody was fed.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 21, 2026 06:35 AM (3UbC6)

57 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top of ta mornin to ya, govoner.

You were missed.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 21, 2026 06:35 AM (whRlH)

58 Went to Google this morning. The banner/doodle has something about it being "Indigenous People's Day". Not sure if that's a "Canada only" localization. It might be.

Once again though, Google aligns with the leftists/globalist stance on the nuclear family: Minimize it, ignore it, don't recognize it whatever you do. Jerks.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 21, 2026 06:36 AM (O7YUW)

59 Salty!

Yes, we missed being there as well.

Life has been busy lately, but I suspect that it will slow down here in a bit. Then we can get back to the important things.

Like spending time with friends.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 21, 2026 06:37 AM (iMotb)

60 Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey,

In the past it was a catered meeting, with good food. This time the local bar and grill sufficed.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 21, 2026 06:38 AM (whRlH)

61 Happy Summer (or for Pixy, Winter) Solstice. It happened a couple of hours ago at 4.24 am EDT.

Summer here in SC is like a bad house guest. Arrives too early and stays too long.

Oh well. You can buy a house here and in 20 years it's worth 30% more.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 21, 2026 06:40 AM (qFwJc)

62 Village Idiot's Apprentice

The saga of Freddy the German is amazing. As are a number of other overseas guests that discovered the part of America outside the decaying urban cores.

That is heartwarming.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 21, 2026 06:41 AM (whRlH)

63 118 days til the TXMoMe

Posted by: Ben Had at June 21, 2026 06:43 AM (afJtY)

64 Low 80s all week, I will take that gladly

Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 06:45 AM (Ia/+0)

Posted by: . at June 21, 2026 06:47 AM (sOa7t)

66 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 21, 2026 06:24 AM (O7YUW)

That's great!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 21, 2026 06:48 AM (1Vo6X)

67 {{{Ben Had}}}

You and your circle show true Texas hospitality. Time spent there is incredibly healing. Good people, good times.

One true gift of America is the spontanious formation of groups with a purpose. This is in line with Alexis de Tocqueville's observations noted in Democracy in America (1835)

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 21, 2026 06:49 AM (whRlH)

68 NaCly, all praise goes to the wonderful Horde.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 21, 2026 06:52 AM (afJtY)

69 Have a great day, everyone.

May you all be blessed by your company, and travels be safe.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 21, 2026 06:54 AM (whRlH)

70 I prefer Klingon Style:
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=CayMeza487M
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea

I like the Blue Grass style.
https://tinyurl.com/4k3mk86z

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 21, 2026 06:55 AM (l26NL)

71 Well, more Beelink adventures. When I had all the drives in there, it went into a repair loop. So I pulled out all the drives and rebooted and it went into a proper Windows setup, which froze right around the time I was supposed to pick a PIN. I let it go all night and it was still stuck this morning.

Odd how it wouldn't start with the drives in place. I thought I had formatted them all, but maybe I didn't.

Will try again later. I'll probably end up putting TRUENas on but I figured it'd see what it could do on its own.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 21, 2026 06:56 AM (CHHv1)

72 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 21, 2026 06:56 AM (6h45X)

73 In 118 days I should run away from home

Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 06:58 AM (Ia/+0)

74 Good morning and Happy Father's Day!

Posted by: Merlin Lu at June 21, 2026 07:03 AM (PwgSL)

75 A cup of coffee and a pup in your lap is a simple treat. Pretty warm and humid this morning, and not quite sunrise but the birds are already at the feeders.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 21, 2026 07:04 AM (3Ope8)

76 Iran already saying it is the Toll Booth taker at the Hormuz Dog Leg?
If so the entire operation should be ran like crossing the Atlantic Ocean in 1943, destroy anything to open it.

Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 07:05 AM (Ia/+0)

77 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at June 21, 2026 07:12 AM (h0AkI)

78 Here's what we saw on our abbreviated walk: Butterfly weed

https://tinyurl.com/474kk5sy

and black eyed Susan which is one of my favorite flowers? and we just passed a doe and her spotted fawn.

May everyone have a blessed day, and know that you are a blessing to others!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 21, 2026 07:13 AM (m6Eem)

79 Happy Fathers’ day traditional families!
Although we have a beloved non-traditional family that is close to us, I still insist that a 100% varsity grade father should be:
POP = person of pen1s, or:
PPP = person possessing pen1s

( yeah, I’m still reluctant to spell out certain words on social media that is probably subject to snooping)

Posted by: Fenderbender at June 21, 2026 07:14 AM (1FEc1)

80
So. Howz yer Sunday morning?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 21, 2026 06:00 AM (wzUl9)

Wet

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 21, 2026 07:21 AM (O0L8i)

81 @40/Wolfus: "So. Howz yer Sunday morning?"

Sunny, delightfully cool (58 deg F). Humidity is at 93% though so I'd better enjoy the morning before it turns into "warmer and muggier". (Rain/thunderstorms are forecast starting at 2 PM.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 21, 2026 07:29 AM (O7YUW)

82 So. Howz yer Sunday morning?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 21, 2026
*
Wet
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 21, 2026

***
As I finished my workout and was on the way back to my door, a light sprinkle of rain began to fall. As if we hadn't had enough of that stuff this week.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 21, 2026 07:30 AM (wzUl9)

83 I attended my first MoMe yesterday and was whelmed! Meeting my imaginary friends was one of the finest days of my very long life. Can’t wait to do it again. Don’t cheat yourselves out of an opportunity to attend one.

Posted by: Buck at June 21, 2026 07:31 AM (z6ONu)

84 Clear and calm here in Cowtown. Well, until I start the mower in a couple of hours.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 21, 2026 07:33 AM (3Ope8)

85 Howz yer Sunday morning?"
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Sunny, delightfully cool (58 deg F). Humidity is at 93% though so I'd better enjoy the morning before it turns into "warmer and muggier". (Rain/thunderstorms are forecast starting at 2 PM.)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 21, 2026

***
I can't remember when I last saw 58 here. In Kansas in April, yes, but here? Maybe in January.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 21, 2026 07:33 AM (wzUl9)

86 Happy Dad's Day.

Mostly sunny and 64F here in Bourbon Country this morning. No chores await (that I'm aware of) so it should be a relaxing day.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 21, 2026 07:37 AM (jehhT)

87 Thanks to Bluebell and Weasel and all the attendees for making me welcome and sharing stories with me. Love you folks very much, and look forward to the next time, God willing.

Posted by: Buck at June 21, 2026 07:41 AM (z6ONu)

88 Heute ist der langste tag

it's odd that peak summer comes on the first day
it should be in the middle somewhere

Posted by: Don Black at June 21, 2026 07:41 AM (sOa7t)

89 it's odd that peak summer comes on the first day
it should be in the middle somewhere
Posted by: Don Black at June 21, 2026 07:41 AM (sOa7t)
=====
No love for July 4th?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 21, 2026 07:47 AM (6h45X)

90 As I finished my workout and was on the way back to my door, a light sprinkle of rain began to fall. "

It's pouring here. I'll send it east to you.

Posted by: man at June 21, 2026 07:50 AM (XuXeR)

91 sure
why

Posted by: Don Black at June 21, 2026 07:51 AM (sOa7t)

92 As usual, I read the ONT late.
Since the recent election, I have renamed the “Commonwealth of Virginia” to “Commontrash of Virginia”, at least in my head.

Posted by: Fenderbender at June 21, 2026 07:54 AM (1FEc1)

93 >> it's odd that peak summer comes on the first day
it should be in the middle somewhere

The so-called solar seasons definition does just that. The solstices and equinoxes are the mid-points of each season, with the cross-quarter points being the boundaries.

The problem is what you mean by "peak" summer. Insolation wise, the solar season are the best. But, as for temperature/climate, inertia gives about a 1 month delay between peak insolation and peak "summer weather" (except where it doesn't, and June and Dec are the hottest and coldest). The meteorological seasons are the best match for that. Summer begins June 1st and ends Sept 1.

Astronomical seasons have always been traditional, as it divides the seasons into nice quadrants off the ecliptic.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 21, 2026 08:00 AM (w6EFb)

94 Asked ChatGPT is the NY Times had reported either on Rupert Lowe's Rape scandal report or Tulsi Gabbard's release of the files on Fauci.

Survey says "No."

Posted by: Ordinary American at June 21, 2026 08:01 AM (b4LBp)

95 Miss Linda will make waffles for us later, and possibly eggs, so I'm just having a portion of donut with my coffee. It's a Walmart donut with zebra-striped icing.

House of Strangers w/ Edward G. Robinson and Susan Hayward is on Movies! tonight at 7 Central. Today is Father's Day movies, with Father of the Bride, Father's Little Dividend,, and Cheaper by the Dozen. In real life Clifton Webb might have been queerer than a three-dollar bill, but he was great on film, both in comedy and drama. His dramatic turn in the 1953 Titanic is excellent.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 21, 2026 08:03 AM (wzUl9)

96 damn it was a throwaway comment

Posted by: Don Black at June 21, 2026 08:05 AM (sOa7t)

97 It's pouring here. I'll send it east to you.
Posted by: man at June 21, 2026

***
I like the look and sound of it, but it doesn't make things any cooler here.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 21, 2026 08:05 AM (wzUl9)

98 Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey,

In the past it was a catered meeting, with good food. This time the local bar and grill sufficed.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 21, 2026 06:38 AM (whRlH)
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Pun lost. Sigh!

/stovetop coffee in hand to cheer me up

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 21, 2026 08:06 AM (3UbC6)

99 damn it was a throwaway comment

Posted by: Don Black at June 21, 2026 08:05 AM (sOa7t)
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So... dispostable?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 21, 2026 08:07 AM (3UbC6)

100 m

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 21, 2026 08:08 AM (3UbC6)

101 I keep mashing F5 looking for the Book thread then realized I'm in Mountain time

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 21, 2026 08:10 AM (6h45X)

102 damn it was a throwaway comment
Posted by: Don Black at June 21, 2026 08:05 AM (sOa7t)
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Heh Are you new here

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 21, 2026 08:11 AM (6h45X)

103 Pun lost. Sigh!

/stovetop coffee in hand to cheer me up
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 21, 2026 08:06 AM (3UbC6)
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As an anti-puntite this pleases me

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 21, 2026 08:15 AM (6h45X)

104 And coming up on Wide World of Sports, it's the Pougkeepse Punaphobes vs the Pocatello Punaphiles.

And now a word from our sponsor...

Posted by: Deep Voiced Announcer at June 21, 2026 08:19 AM (VRoVL)

105 And coming up on Wide World of Sports, it's the Pougkeepse Punaphobes vs the Pocatello Punaphiles.

And now a word from our sponsor...

Posted by: Deep Voiced Announcer at June 21, 2026 08:19 AM (VRoVL)
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https://tinyurl.com/3x2zsea4

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 21, 2026 08:23 AM (3UbC6)

106 - Prayers for the folks out in western part of Kansas.
Straightline winds that hit 100mph a few times.
Attendant rain and hail,,, and dust.
Storm chasers with cracked and broken windshields showed the story.

Posted by: TeeJ at June 21, 2026 08:29 AM (5gyQ/)

107 Worse part of day is over
Grocery shopping

Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 08:29 AM (Ia/+0)

108 "All the signs were there. I first read about the deep statesman McMaster in the 2020 book, "The Memo: Twenty Years Inside the Deep State Fighting for America First, by Rich Higgins."

(post 1 of 2)

Sigh. I wonder about my fellow West Pointers sometimes; at some point, you realize that nobody gives a shit about those that aren't glorious failures and/or glorious successes.

I was a tanker and then switched to being a signal puke. You can believe I was an West Point grad or not; I don't particularly care. I wasn't a glorious failure but I never made O4 despite staying in for 12 years; that's a merely being a failure. So keep that in mind when you read the rest.

For example, Pompeo was a West Pointer; he punched out after his 5 year commitment and became a lawyer. Oh, he was a tanker as well. Not a company/troop commander, for what that's worth.

McMaster was also West Pointer. McMaster commanded one of the units that got shot at in Gulf War I (that was him as an O-3 in the battle of 73 Easting). He, too, was a tanker and a company/troop commander.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at June 21, 2026 08:35 AM (vU0j9)

109 Happy Father's Day, gents..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 21, 2026 08:36 AM (nbLIj)

110 I don't know how well a "perpetual licence" can work for support. For ownership, sure.
Perpetual licence for support smells like slavery.
Also how the hell can company A sell a promise to thousands of people, pocket the money, and then sell the liabilities to company B then bugger off to Bermuda.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 21, 2026 08:48 AM (gKWVE)

111
Sigh. I wonder about my fellow West Pointers sometimes; at some point, you realize that nobody gives a shit about those that aren't glorious failures and/or glorious successes.

Makes you wonder, and the data should be available. What percentage of officers are ring knockers? What percentage of newly-minted officers are? What percentage of officers with X years are?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 21, 2026 08:49 AM (O0L8i)

112 it's the Pougkeepse Punaphobes vs the Pocatello Punaphiles.

Ah yes, the eternal "cougar" debate

Posted by: gKWVE at June 21, 2026 08:50 AM (gKWVE)

113 Son and family are coming up today from the city. Two granddaughters 8 and 10 will be getting on paddleboards, and I hope to be able to stand on one also. The lake is like glass right now. My balance is not what it was when I was 70. I baked him a loaf of very seedy sourdough bread for Fathers' Day.

Posted by: M. Gaga at June 21, 2026 08:50 AM (zeLd4)

114 Sunrise happens there at about 1:10 in. The Druids blow some damned horn or something. Now, I don't know why they don't put a camera right dead center so they can show the sun rise over the Heel Stone.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
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Today my umbrella begins it's slow trip back to the southern end of the porch as the angle of the sunlight slowly changes for my breakfast each morning.
I don't have a Druid horn though.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at June 21, 2026 08:51 AM (Lo97M)

115 It amazes me at MoMe's how morons can remember everything. I recognize nics but I can't remember all their comments, yet we have morons that seemingly remember every comment from every nic and can put it all together! Amazing!

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at June 21, 2026 08:55 AM (VCgbV)

116 In Ancient Times
Hundreds of Years before the Dawn of History
Lived a strange race of people, the Druids
No one knows who they were, or what they were doing
But their legacy remains...

Posted by: Nigel Tufnel at June 21, 2026 08:56 AM (PiwSw)

117 I don't know why my fingers can't hit space button
Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2026 06:05 AM (Ia/+0)

Beenhavingthesameproblemlately.Mustbealiens.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at June 21, 2026 08:59 AM (5xuJ/)

118 Ah, yes. Father's Day. Ranks just below Arbor Day in the Holiday Popularity rankings.
Here, have another set of drill bits. The cheap ones.

Posted by: Dads everywhere at June 21, 2026 09:03 AM (eDbqp)

119 (post 2 of 2)

Sorry, I'm not sure where this was going.

Some members of the classes 1983, 1982, and 1981 will know who I am, if for no other reason that "Oh, THAT dickhead".

I'm not unknown within my class (1980), but I've removed myself from the class mailing list that West Pointers have due to my providing more heat than light in our discussions there.

To discuss 2 important current West Pointers....

Pompeo and his cabal went to Harvard; that, in and of itself, tells you how he would turn out. The fact that he was able to use the West Point sieve/hammer/flame to produce a posse is worth some analysis. Maybe VDH could provide some insights.

McMaster didn't get hazed by me since he was in the class of 1984. He did appear to have a somewhat privileged life, since he didn't go to a public school prior to getting a West Point slot.

I'm thinking of my classmates; the first class with women in it (some of whom have come clean that they lied about their sexual orientation as part of the initial screening process), the class that had the focus about the cheating scandal from the class of 1976 (despite the lying lesbians referenced earlier).

TMI for this format. Done.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at June 21, 2026 09:19 AM (vU0j9)

120 'Morning, and Happy Father's Day!

Knew the VAMoMe would be rated nothing less than fabulous, especially given the hosts and weather. 👍

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P.S. - The musical interlude was just...cruel. (Note this opinion comes from someone who laughed at the local Bloodhound Gang.)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 21, 2026 09:20 AM (NFX2v)

121 AMD and Intel have unveiled their new ACE instruction set, which extends AVX vector instructions into matrix calculations.

Will the ACE instruction set be shelved? Will those shelves fall down?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 21, 2026 09:27 AM (l3cgK)

122 "Makes you wonder, and the data should be available. What percentage of officers are ring knockers? What percentage of newly-minted officers are? What percentage of officers with X years are?"

Well, ROTC provides the bulk of new officers; the academies crank out ~1,000 new officers. Army ROTC provides ~5,000
new officers.

The Navy and Air Force have their own numbers. I was neither a squid nor a zoomie, so I don't care about their numbers.

(As a former ground-pounder, I liked being able to think that the think flying above was one of ours. As a former ground-pounder, I'm not sure how any soldier can survive in the modern battlefield. Much less any vehicle.)

Posted by: Richard Cranium at June 21, 2026 09:46 AM (vU0j9)

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genuinely sharing nice thoughts.

Posted by: Metal Roofing at June 21, 2026 10:12 AM (8rrT7)

124 Wonder if Red China has a million Claude subscriptions?
Good way to bankrupt a competitor.

Posted by: Enola Gay Pride at June 21, 2026 12:54 PM (Skc+N)

125 always i used to read smaller articles that
also clear their motive, and that is also happening
with this article which I am reading at this place.

Posted by: Commercial Roofing at June 21, 2026 06:16 PM (fFRIG)

126 Re: “RISC philosophy”

I was working in the industry when RISC came up. Even then, no one could agree on exactly what it was.

Initially people associated RISC with simple instructions running at high clock rates. And that was largely true for gen1. Once superscalar & out of order came into the chat, it wasn’t so simple. I spent a lot of time doing high performance machine code for both gen1 & superscalar/OOO.

Posted by: Mike at June 21, 2026 09:58 PM (bWB2b)

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