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I Think That I Will Never See A Poem As Lovely As The ONT
Hi everyone! Y'know, I should have posted this last week. Better late than never, I suppose.
Fido Friday: Feed me!
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) June 27, 2026
Gimmie that ole time religion
Speaking of ole time religion
Party
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Bored
Makes sense to me
Oldie but a goodie
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Fear me!
Work
Best commentary ever
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Heh
Haha
Gay misery
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Unifying force
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Tonypete at June 26, 2026 10:00 PM (+/hEQ)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 26, 2026 10:02 PM (+9wcF)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 10:04 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Tonypete at June 26, 2026 10:00 PM (+/hEQ)
Well, guess I'd better leave then.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 26, 2026 10:05 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 26, 2026 10:05 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: mikeski at June 26, 2026 10:05 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Used Car Salesman at June 26, 2026 10:06 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Tonypete
Well, guess I'd better leave then.
Posted by: OrangeEnt
* looks around *
Depends how good of an evening we all have planned.
Posted by: mikeski at June 26, 2026 10:06 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: torabora at June 26, 2026 10:06 PM (KtOUo)
Posted by: Used Car Salesman at June 26, 2026 10:06 PM (zZu0s)
The comment about the Brits struggling is lol.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 26, 2026 10:07 PM (f6yx7)
Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:07 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 26, 2026 10:07 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 10:07 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 26, 2026 10:08 PM (1z8ji)
Willowed -
Got a winders 10 laptop that isn't letting me log in. Anyone know if this is BS or not (dude takes a while to get to the point, so I went to mute / CC / 2x playback speed)?
https://youtu.be/OH0E6IqlkvA
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 26, 2026 10:09 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 26, 2026 10:05 PM (Wnv9h)
You know why.
Posted by: Used Car Salesman at June 26, 2026 10:06 PM
I'll just leave this here.
https://youtu.be/8LBxCI3IZrc
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 26, 2026 10:09 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: mikeski at June 26, 2026 10:06 PM (VHUov)
Any evening without Depends is a pretty good evening.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 26, 2026 10:09 PM (1Ff7Z)
I prefer this one. I can't quite say why.
https://youtu.be/AerpcJtg8Q8?list=RDAerpcJtg8Q8
Posted by: Archimedes at June 26, 2026 10:09 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 26, 2026 10:09 PM (B0dAE)
Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:10 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:07 PM (Jr5Lq)
I have never lived in a place with fireflies, but, I have visited kin in such places. Magical.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at June 26, 2026 10:10 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Harpo at June 26, 2026 10:11 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at June 26, 2026 10:10 PM (0aYVJ)
You have to plant them very early in the season!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 26, 2026 10:11 PM (PLxDd)
Posted by: polynikes at June 26, 2026 10:11 PM (GP8V/)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 26, 2026 10:11 PM (O+ktY)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 26, 2026 10:11 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 10:12 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Diogenes
I might have to build one for the house.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 26, 2026 10:12 PM (B0dAE)
Posted by: mikeski at June 26, 2026 10:12 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 26, 2026 10:12 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: polynikes at June 26, 2026 10:11 PM (GP8V/)
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It may be time for a filter replacement.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 26, 2026 10:13 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 10:13 PM (zZu0s)
Thank you Old Weird Dave!
Not recognizing where top pic (Fathers Day) is referring to?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 26, 2026 10:14 PM (jEF53)
https://youtu.be/OH0E6IqlkvA
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
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Any reason to suspect that the password file has been corrupted or changed?
But yes, system repair disks can do these things.
Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 10:14 PM (E4rtv)
Zucchini?
Posted by: Aetius451AD
VeggieTales? Knew it existed, didn't know it was Christian.
Posted by: mikeski at June 26, 2026 10:15 PM (VHUov)
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Veggie Tales Bible stories was a thing once.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 26, 2026 10:15 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: mindful webworker - still twirling at June 26, 2026 10:15 PM (C8pEi)
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Any reason to suspect that the password file has been corrupted or changed?
But yes, system repair disks can do these things.
Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 10:14 PM (E4rtv)
Yes, and thank you.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 26, 2026 10:16 PM (R+iUD)
I remember driving one evening in the countryside near Nacogdoches, and came over a rise into a little valley with a creek in it, and the whole place looked like it was filled with little sparkling stars near the ground.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 26, 2026 10:16 PM (O+ktY)
England struggled in Massachusetts? Hell, they blew a 13 colony lead.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 26, 2026 10:11 PM (2WIwB)
___________
Strange to relate, the British were more amenable to giving wildly favorable terms to America because at the time the West Indes were considered a more valuable asset.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 10:16 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 10:16 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: mikeski at June 26, 2026 10:16 PM (VHUov)
So, my graybox frenz, we meet again at last, on the plains of the Friday ONT.
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Climbing up the ladders to get here done wored me out.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 10:17 PM (O0L8i)
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Some of the richest MPs in England owned sugar plantations.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 26, 2026 10:17 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:17 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 10:16 PM (E4rtv)
Nobody listened to their blackmail? Imagine that.
Fucking business school jackoffs.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 10:18 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
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Upon fixing your password situation,
if others can access your computer, I suggest using a user account and reserving administrator privileges account for when you really need it to do things.
Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 10:18 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: whig
Samsung, Micron, nVidea: "Yeah, we're not selling stuff at prices humans can afford anymore. No hardware upgrades for a while."
Microsoft: "Well, f--k my business plan."
Posted by: mikeski at June 26, 2026 10:18 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at June 26, 2026 10:19 PM (Q+gd/)
Spoiler alert to those of you who don't know... The guy hanging up the pay phone is about to shoot the guy in the red shirt in the head. The red shirt guy just got convicted of molesting, and I think killing the other guy's young son. He was being escorted out of the court room by several police officers when he got his real sentence. Shooter was later found not guilty by the best jury ever.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at June 26, 2026 10:19 PM (THY4u)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 10:19 PM (zZu0s)
Fucking business school jackoffs.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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I think the slowing move by business to upgrade computers may be the heart of it. Costs have really escalated on memory and storage. I backed out of a system build this year because of it.
Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 10:20 PM (E4rtv)
Good! I've got one Win 10 box I still need to maintain.
Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:20 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at June 26, 2026 10:19 PM (THY4u)
The son lived. He did a podcast with the unsubscribe guys on ewetub talking about his father.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 10:21 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 26, 2026 10:22 PM (K9xEt)
Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 10:20 PM (E4rtv)
I have been considering getting a remade, but when you start looking at video cards (I do quite a bit of gaming) it is a bit disheartening to realize you are paying premium for shit. Might get a used older, better card and just see if I can upgrade mine.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 10:22 PM (zZu0s)
Spoiler alert to those of you who don't know...
Posted by: Lemmiwinks
Ah, thanks. I was wondering what movie reference I was missing.
Posted by: mikeski at June 26, 2026 10:23 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: gp
The summer light shows on my grandparents farm were amazing.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 26, 2026 10:23 PM (H/+a9)
And with Android 16 released three days ago, I have that upgrade to look forward to.
But hey, got the new phone cheap on Amazon days and part of it is last year's model issue.
Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 10:24 PM (E4rtv)
This year's AI-powered rapid discovery of old vulns may have something to do with it too. They're finding old zerodays so embarrassing, and devastating, that MS is shamed into fixing them in Win 10 too.
Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:25 PM (Jr5Lq)
Well, it was new to me. I thought I'd seen it all, but it's plantain that I hadn't.
Posted by: mindful webworker - that was grape at June 26, 2026 10:25 PM (C8pEi)
Posted by: mikeski at June 26, 2026 10:23 PM (VHUov)
He just straight up executed the guy in the middle of a bunch of cops and not one shot him.
Brandon Huerrera has a video 'recreating' the shoot. Its fun.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 10:25 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 10:26 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 26, 2026 10:26 PM (fkjGs)
Posted by: mikeski at June 26, 2026 10:16 PM (VHUov
I'm trying figure out how the gay guy got a kid.
Posted by: polynikes at June 26, 2026 10:26 PM (GP8V/)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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Nvidia has dropped even calling themselves a gaming company anymore. I think revenue from gaming cards is down to single digits of revenue for them. CUDA and their AI/high end graphics cards sold to bizness is what is making them money hand over fist.
AMD has finally reached semi parity with Nvidia only to find itself chasing after the business market as well. But, if you use Linux, AMD is probably the front runner as some Steam guys are releasing driver updates for AMD cards dating back before 2010.
Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 10:27 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: mindful webworker - doctor doctor gimme th news at June 26, 2026 10:28 PM (C8pEi)
Posted by: Iris at June 26, 2026 10:28 PM (286+n)
Brandon Huerrera has a video 'recreating' the shoot. Its fun.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 10:25 PM (zZu0s)
The cops were all thinking, "Gee, I wish I could have done that."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 26, 2026 10:29 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: gp
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That is probably some of it as well but Linux is having its own issues. AI is very good at poking holes--fortunately so far Linux vulnerabilites and really most of Windoze require machine access or agreeing to some really stupid opening trojan files, etc. The bigger problem for Microsoft is that developer Git credentials (probably scraped from AI work sessions) have been used to spike nastyware on that code sharing hub on key programming libraries.
Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 10:30 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 10:27 PM (E4rtv)
Yeah, I was looking at Meta pc (they have decent reviews) since my old remade house (loved them) stopped doing gaming PCs. I am trying to compare relative speeds, etc before deciding how big of a colonoscopy I want.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 10:30 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 10:32 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 26, 2026 10:29 PM (1z8ji)
They all knew it was a good kill. The perp had kidnapped and raped his son.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 26, 2026 10:32 PM (O+ktY)
Zucchini?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 10:13 PM (zZu0s)
Well, this season they were drawn without eyebrows
Posted by: Kindltot at June 26, 2026 10:33 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 10:33 PM (zZu0s)
Copy that. I get Trixie updates pretty much every day. Ubiquitous multiplatform software like ffmpeg is getting frequent patches too.
Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:33 PM (Jr5Lq)
Is all this chip and memory chasing at the high end? I may need a new computer and it can just be a plain vanilla desktop.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 10:34 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
Got a few hours left in Prime Days or Newegg Fantastic Deals--Microcenter is also offering deals.
For rolling your own, Microcenter has some pretty good cpu, memory, motherboard combos. And I think AMD 9060 is under $300 bucks on one of those sites.
Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 10:34 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 10:32 PM (E4rtv)
How much memory do you need on a GD phone anyway? Memory-intensive chores should be done on hardware better suited to the job.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 26, 2026 10:34 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at June 26, 2026 10:34 PM (QaH55)
Posted by: tankdemon at June 26, 2026 10:35 PM (6LYkH)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 10:36 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at June 26, 2026 10:36 PM (THY4u)
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I saw that in Pixy's thread this morning. Since they're doing all the work to have updates until 2028 for enterprise clients, it doesn't seem like it would cost much (relatively) to make that available to all of us sticking with 10, aside from losing leverage on getting us to join the Win 11 AI farm, which doesn't much matter at current prices. So I expect they'll do the same thing next year, and after that, I guess we'll see what memory prices do.
Maybe Win 12 will be around by then and less full of AI slop, and thus a more appealing product, too.
Posted by: Methos at June 26, 2026 10:36 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 26, 2026 10:37 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: pookysgirl, doing her best Michael Kelso impression at June 26, 2026 10:37 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 10:34 PM (O0L8i)
Memory is the problem there. GPUs shouldn't hurt you.
Memory is insane.
I just saw something where Nvidia made a card with 96megs of ram for AI. Fucking insane.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 10:37 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Miklos, for the Joint Estates of Joyce Kilmer and Robert Frost at June 26, 2026 10:37 PM (6VErX)
Is all this chip and memory chasing at the high end? I may need a new computer and it can just be a plain vanilla desktop.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Buy a late model used one is my recommendation. All modern systems use ssd drives for storage and the prices on those have rocketed up along with RAM. That goes for desktops.
If you get a laptop, you may get a better deal because the memory nowadays is usually soldered onto the motherboard so makes it harder for a seller to pull the extra memory and sell it off the books.
If you aren't gaming, not as critical but the skyrocketing memory costs are hurting new computer sales and builds.
Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 10:37 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 26, 2026 10:16 PM (O+ktY)
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They are like this on our farm road from my mother's house to the lake. Carpets of fireflies in the trees as far as you can see in the woods as we drive by. They love them.
You can also see awesome stars and the Milky Way as no light pollution.
Grands also love driving, sitting in their father's lap, on this road or my mother's driveway. Granddaughter for some reason drives better in reverse. Grandson likes to pretend to drive my brother's tractor with a front end loader shovel thing (you can tell I don't know the name of it).
Grandson likes to fish. The older girlie, 5yrs, likes to talk to the fish caught, but doesn't want to hurt them.
Happy Friday, you crazy people.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 26, 2026 10:38 PM (hzuYO)
Maybe Win 12 will be around by then and less full of AI slop, and thus a more appealing product, too.
Posted by: Methos at June 26, 2026 10:36 PM (vSvIl)
_____________
Um, this is Microsoft we're talking about.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 10:38 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
Did they set a BIOS password? If so, you have to clear the bios by resetting it which may or may not work.
Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 10:39 PM (E4rtv)
People who like them would be called Ceiling Fans.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 10:39 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Muscle memory
I try to tell Darleen that
Posted by: Miklos, attempting to optimize at June 26, 2026 10:39 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at June 26, 2026 10:36 PM (THY4u)
Too obvious a target.
The real PTB would meet somewhere else.
Obama won't be there.
Posted by: LTG at June 26, 2026 10:41 PM (+ZHEV)
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Did they set a BIOS password? If so, you have to clear the bios by resetting it which may or may not work.
Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 10:39 PM (E4rtv)
Maybe? This is very frustrating, setup should have been made *simpler* for the user...
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 26, 2026 10:41 PM (R+iUD)
I prefer this one. I can't quite say why.
https://youtu.be/AerpcJtg8Q8?list=RDAerpcJtg8Q8
Posted by: Archimedes at June 26, 2026 10:09 PM (Riz8t)
She looks like she'd be a handful or two...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 26, 2026 10:41 PM (nbLIj)
People who like them would be called Ceiling Fans.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
Our attorneys will be in touch
But in nice way
Posted by: Miklosian Anti-Marketing SA de CV and bogus IPR management at June 26, 2026 10:41 PM (6VErX)
The Indianapolis Fever will defend home court on Saturday without Caitlin Clark.
Clark was ruled out of Saturday’s matchup against the Los Angeles Sparks after exiting Wednesday’s game with a back injury. Head coach Stephanie White did not indicate when Clark would return to the court, saying they just wanted the star guard to be healthy.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 26, 2026 10:41 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Methos
I am done with Microsoft. They just cancelled perpetual licenses for 2019 Office for the Mac remotely so the poor sods with it are finding their Office programs neutered. I am probably buying an old Mac laptop simply to run my tax software on it. Taxes are the last thing I need for a Windoze machine to do and I am tired of their bullshit.
Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 10:41 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Methos at June 26, 2026 10:36 PM (vSvIl)
_____________
Um, this is Microsoft we're talking about.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 10:38 PM (O0L8i)
If they make the AI features optional, they'll remove U. S. English as a language and keyboard. It will default to (dot) Indian English.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 10:42 PM (qx7Zg)
Better than the fucking monster hailstorms than dinged the shit out of our vehicles when we lived in Colorado. Not to mention having to get the shingles on our roof replaced thrice.
Boise weather is not exciting, but, nor does it destroy your stuff.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at June 26, 2026 10:42 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: MicroMiklos at June 26, 2026 10:43 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: Iris at June 26, 2026 10:43 PM (286+n)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
If you see a demand for a password before you see the swirling circle, then it is probably a bios password. If you have internet access, you will have to use the name and brand to figure out how to get around it. One way is by using a live cd of Linux that runs off the DVD drive or a live usb. But both of those depend on the boot sequence allowing boot by DVD and/or USB stick before going to the main ssd or rust based hard drive.
Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 10:44 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 26, 2026 10:44 PM (R+iUD)
_-_
You're right as usual, AOP, but you should see the slop I've seen (especially newer) software engineers create. Bloatware doesn't begin to describe it. "I didn't know how much memory usage it would take to make the system grind to a halt, but I could see how much they were going to use."
Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 26, 2026 10:45 PM (6ERse)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at June 26, 2026 10:45 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
I am pleasing for assist with such issue
Posted by: Miklos at the Bangalore Support Centre of Most Excellence at June 26, 2026 10:45 PM (6VErX)
I told Her Majesty that I couldn't understand anything these WC pregame analysts were saying. She replied she was relieved it wasn't just her.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 10:46 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 26, 2026 10:45 PM (6ERse)
Ron White. Nice.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 10:46 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 26, 2026 10:47 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:47 PM (Jr5Lq)
What I apparently need is an unsoldering iron
Posted by: MicroMiklos at June 26, 2026 10:43 PM (6VErX)
There's a youtuber named Kaida that can 'help' with that.
Posted by: Methos at June 26, 2026 10:47 PM (vSvIl)
I've tried Linux, and lose the music, finance, tax, and scanner software. It plays more of my games, though.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 10:48 PM (qx7Zg)
Decades ago, on a family trip, we drove up the east side of the Mississippi, and it was very late and the driver, me, was very weary. We found a park where we could pull out and stop for the night. I turned off the headlights, and I thought, I must be wearier than I realized, because there were flashes all over my field of vision.
It was one of the most spectacular scenes I've ever encountered. Gazillions upon gazillions of fireflies. So many that they seemed to be flashing in unison, in coordinated patterns - and for the first time, I realized why they were called lightning bugs. It looked like strings of electricity dancing all around the field.
The creators really outdid themselves on that bug.
Posted by: mindful webworker - it was an en lightning experience at June 26, 2026 10:48 PM (C8pEi)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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I have a fair number of apps and OS just like desktops are getting more memory hungry with new iterations. Old phone speaker was dying and cost to repair more than phone.
Modern Android 15 or 16 runs a lot better on 8 gb.
Same with Iphones as their OS increases burden on memory and cpu.
Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 10:48 PM (E4rtv)
What I apparently need is an unsoldering iron
Posted by: MicroMiklos at June 26, 2026 10:43 PM (6VErX)
Isn't that a welding torch?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at June 26, 2026 10:48 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 26, 2026 10:50 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 26, 2026 10:50 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 26, 2026 10:50 PM (CHHv1)
What I apparently need is an unsoldering iron
Posted by: MicroMiklos at June 26, 2026 10:43 PM (6VErX)
Isn't that a welding torch?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at June 26, 2026 10:48 PM (xcxpd)
Thermite might be overkill.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 10:50 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
You have to be careful on scanners, even good ones often don't get driver updates when Windows moves up a notch but I had an issue with Windows 10 and an old Canon all in one printer. Finally found a Windows 8.1 driver on Canon's India support website and installed it to get it to work. I have a Windows 10 machine that is largely offline just for scanning documents (don't ask--medico legal issues) and photos. I'll keep it running just for that.
On old scanners and printers, I find Linux actually has better support outside of HP which sucks. Brother and Epson do pretty well on their drivers.
Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 10:51 PM (E4rtv)
What I apparently need is an unsoldering iron
Posted by: MicroMiklos at June 26, 2026 10:43 PM (6VErX)
Isn't that a welding torch?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at June 26, 2026 10:48 PM (xcxpd)
Thermite might be overkill.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 10:50 PM (qx7Zg)
*sets up camera*
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at June 26, 2026 10:51 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 26, 2026 10:51 PM (yEz+x)
Check out the YT channels of the guys who do PCB repairs on GPUs. Absolute solder wizards.
Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:52 PM (Jr5Lq)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyKT8fX2HeI&t=33s
Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 26, 2026 10:53 PM (6ERse)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
You have to be careful on scanners, even good ones often don't get driver updates when Windows moves up a notch but I had an issue with Windows 10 and an old Canon all in one printer. Finally found a Windows 8.1 driver on Canon's India support website and installed it to get it to work. I have a Windows 10 machine that is largely offline just for scanning documents (don't ask--medico legal issues) and photos. I'll keep it running just for that.
On old scanners and printers, I find Linux actually has better support outside of HP which sucks. Brother and Epson do pretty well on their drivers.
Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 10:51 PM (E4rtv)
I have two Uniden radio/police scanners. So far, I've only found the software to program the frequencies is on Windows.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 10:54 PM (qx7Zg)
What I apparently need is an unsoldering iron
Posted by: MicroMiklos
You can make a soldering iron into an unsoldering iron by adding solder wick or a solder sucker. (Laugh it up, fuzzball.)
Posted by: mikeski (no charge) at June 26, 2026 10:54 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: NC Ref at June 26, 2026 10:55 PM (JLqL/)
He's a solder wizard
There's got to be a twist
A solder wizard
Such a subtle wrist
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 26, 2026 10:55 PM (+9wcF)
My feed keeps giving me Our Boarding House cartoons. I do identify with Major Hoople. Drawn for a different age. People had time to read his gaseous discourse. Egad!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 10:56 PM (O0L8i)
On pride night.
Only
On cable.
Posted by: nurse ratched.
Well that's pretty gay.
Posted by: mikeski isn't proud of this one at June 26, 2026 10:56 PM (VHUov)
youtube.com/@northwestrepair is a real good one.
Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:56 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
Good. Those can be a bitch as you risk bricking the bios by reverting it. So, dunno if you are familiar with linux but you can download a live version to put on a dvd or on a usb. Shutdown the computer, then try to restart it with the live usb or the burned dvd on it. Ubuntu, Mint, or Debian are good bets. From there, with the right programs installed, you can actually edit the windows password file to reflect what you want. All free.
Hopefully, the boot order in the bios goes from usb/dvd first and then to the ssd/hard drive (which you can change the order if the bios has no password).
You may have to look on the internet for how to get into the bios--usually a two key combination right at power up. Sometimes it will be very briefly flashed on the screen before boot up.
Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 10:57 PM (E4rtv)
My brother might still have a working Epson MX-100 dot matrix printer from the 80's
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 10:58 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:07 PM (Jr5Lq)
If we were in Missouri in August would we see fireflies?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 26, 2026 10:59 PM (jEF53)
Have you tried chirp? I use it. It's free, runs on all popular OSs.
https://chirpmyradio.com
Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:59 PM (Jr5Lq)
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Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 10:57 PM (E4rtv)
Saving this to try in the morning, thank you!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 26, 2026 11:00 PM (R+iUD)
My brother might still have a working Epson MX-100 dot matrix printer from the 80's"
I gave up on home printers altogether. I use the public library's printers now. Cheaper in the long run.
Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 11:01 PM (Jr5Lq)
Kiwis play Belgium in Vancouver. The stadium holds 54,000. Son, we got high-school stadiums in Texas larger than that.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 11:01 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
It appears you have to use WINE or Cross Over which is the paid version (WINE is Code Weaver's development for their paid program Cross Over). If you have a cheap old computer, try WINE on it and try to install the program.
And it appears, digging around, that Uniden offers the U/Aware app for iOS/Android, which provides Bluetooth connectivity for scanning and monitoring without a PC.
Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 11:01 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:52 PM (Jr5Lq)
When my dad repaired my TV (bad capacitors) he took more time getting his kit out than the actual repair. $400 repair for the cost of capacitors and lunch.
And he complained that he loved repairing electronics, but his company always just wanted him to swap entire boards in and out.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 11:02 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 26, 2026 11:03 PM (snZF9)
I did this once to retrieve the password on a windows 10 machine that had its motherboard die, here is a step by step guide.
https://tinyurl.com/Windows-password-retrieval
Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 11:04 PM (E4rtv)
https://chirpmyradio.com
Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:59 PM (Jr5Lq)
No, I haven't. It doesn't look like it supports my scanners, but I'll look deeper tomorrow.
Thanks for the link.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 11:04 PM (qx7Zg)
What I apparently need is an unsoldering iron
Posted by: MicroMiklos at June 26, 2026 10:43 PM (6VErX)
Isn't that a welding torch?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at June 26, 2026 10:48 PM (xcxpd)
Thermite might be overkill.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 10:50 PM (qx7Zg)
*sets up camera*
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
This might be worth the drive all the way to Alberta
Posted by: Miklos trusts AOP at June 26, 2026 11:05 PM (6VErX)
That northwestrepair guy works on gaming boards that cost thousands of dollars. He's as skilled as a surgeon.
Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 11:07 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 26, 2026 11:07 PM (fkjGs)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot
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Nope. I do find Brave AI's summary when searching useful but only when I trust the sources it cites by going to them.
Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 11:07 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: mikeski (no charge) at June 26, 2026 10:54 PM (VHUov)
The solder sucker is the way to fly. They are a godsend.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 26, 2026 11:07 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: RandomDave at June 26, 2026 11:08 PM (aJQbY)
I try to tell Darleen that
Posted by: Miklos, attempting to optimize
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Hope you and the girls are doing OK.
Haven't seen you around lately hope
everything is going OK.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 26, 2026 11:09 PM (Q8D76)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 26, 2026 10:47 PM (R+iUD)
Before you open the command prompt, see if there is an option to run it as the admin.
Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 26, 2026 11:09 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: NC Ref at June 26, 2026 11:12 PM (JLqL/)
Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 11:12 PM (Jr5Lq)
Holy
Shot.
I can’t even watch the Iran Egypt game in Seattle
On pride night.
Only
On cable.
Posted by: nurse ratched
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Damn. And there you were all planned out with your popcorn and Irish.
Damn. I wish you could be there and live-post it for us.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 11:12 PM (XJ22o)
The neovim screenwriting config is coming along nicely.
I've been testing it out using the Blade Runner screen play.
Reading through the script, they cut the dance hall scene down to the bits in the film with Zhora.
It would have been interesting to see that on film.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 26, 2026 11:13 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 26, 2026 10:47 PM (R+iUD)
Before you open the command prompt, see if there is an option to run it as the admin.
Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 26, 2026 11:09 PM (nbLIj)
And will that finally slap the tech?
Posted by: Nerd Herd at June 26, 2026 11:13 PM (NZPfR)
I am letting the links cool over night before I bag them for freezing. I am not set up to smoke anything yet.
If I plan to do this on lot I need to invest in better equipment.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 26, 2026 11:13 PM (rbvCR)
Damn. And there you were all planned out with your popcorn and Irish.
______________
She even dyed her hair pink and purple for occasion.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 11:14 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
Before you open the command prompt, see if there is an option to run it as the admin.
Posted by: Joe Kidd
And will that finally slap the tech?
Posted by: Nerd Herd
"slap yourself."
"what?"
"sudo slap yourself."
"okay."
https://xkcd.com/149/
Posted by: mikeski, professional nerd at June 26, 2026 11:16 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 11:16 PM (Jr5Lq)
I think Panda Antivirus runs updates and will run even on Windows XP SP3 as well as newer systems.
Supermium is a safe browser for old windows machines that is updated and patched for security if you must get online with the old machine. Legacy Update has all the old microsoft patches for long ago Windows systems going back to XP3 (and yes, it has service packs for them). The thing to be careful of is third parties offering drivers for old software as some of them aren't kosher. Dig around on international sites as you can sometimes find old drivers on printers, etc. abroad in places like India or Thailand (use English for most of its support websites for companies like Canon, etc.).
Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 11:17 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 26, 2026 10:47 PM (R+iUD)
Before you do, see if bluebell would like to join you and Bluebell the hen.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 11:17 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
I think that's a wig.
Posted by: mikeski at June 26, 2026 11:17 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 26, 2026 11:17 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: whig
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Tim is a voyer but he will fight the govt tooth and nail to stay out of your business, same with hackers.
All of this crap with Windoz, why? If your employer wants you to have it, it's his responsibility to provide it. If you don't feel that way buy a computer dedicated to your boss and let him be concerned about the maintenance. Then buy your own system dedicated to you. And when you do -- Fuck Microsoft. If you continue with MS there must be something you're not saying that you like\\\
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 26, 2026 11:18 PM (Q8D76)
So I reassembled the rockers, set tappet clearances, and the engine fired right up. Woo-hoo!
All that remains is to set up the electric clutch for the mower deck drive.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 26, 2026 11:19 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
Before you open the command prompt, see if there is an option to run it as the admin.
Posted by: Joe Kidd
And will that finally slap the tech?
Posted by: Nerd Herd
"slap yourself."
"what?"
"sudo slap yourself."
"okay."
https://xkcd.com/149/
Posted by: mikeski, professional nerd at June 26, 2026 11:16 PM (VHUov)
"Pseudo-slap myself?"
::limp-wristed hand-waving ensues::
Posted by: Nerd Herd hangs with language nerds at June 26, 2026 11:19 PM (NZPfR)
Posted by: Orson at June 26, 2026 11:21 PM (dIske)
Here are also a few more methods using Microsoft tools.
7 are listed and the link has screenshots of what to do for each method.
https://tinyurl.com/7-ways-Window-Password
Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 11:21 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 11:22 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
"You are....HEALED!!!"
*slaps Berserker's forehead*
If you don't know Ernest Angley, you have missed out
Posted by: Ernest Miklos-Angley at June 26, 2026 11:22 PM (6VErX)
I can’t even watch the Iran Egypt game in Seattle
On pride night.
Only
On cable.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 26, 2026 10:51 PM (yEz+x)
One word; vSeeBox
Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at June 26, 2026 11:22 PM (N5/Av)
All that remains is to set up the electric clutch for the mower deck drive.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
And cleverly neglects to mention the bulk Tannerite delivery
Posted by: Unfooled Miklos at June 26, 2026 11:24 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
I am so tempted to head over there.
Nope. Not gonna do it. But. I want to see what’s going on. If anything.
Stars and Strips vs fag flags on the beach. 10-1 favoring the red white and blue. And that’s in one of the most progtarded areas of the city.
Damn. I want to go down there.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 26, 2026 11:24 PM (yEz+x)
Posted by: Orson at June 26, 2026 11:21 PM (dIske)
He identifies as a busty bikini blonde, haterz!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 26, 2026 11:25 PM (1z8ji)
>>Tim Apple is retiring soon. I think they've already picked his successor, but I know nothing about this new person.
He's the guy who led the VR Headset debacle.
I'm not enthused about this selection.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 26, 2026 11:25 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Braenyard
I rarely used my office computers to check anything more than email. Last one was a Mac laptop and main reason I don't have Macs at home yet is because I hate Safari as a browser (all browsers are Safari in Macland and simply shells over them).
Chrome is it for Windoze and Linux but you can get an de googled browser Chromium that works for most websites as does Brave and Vivaldi. Firefox has improved its perfomance and still uses its own code for the most part too.
Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 11:25 PM (E4rtv)
So I reassembled the rockers, set tappet clearances, and the engine fired right up. Woo-hoo!
All that remains is to set up the electric clutch for the mower deck drive.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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In the beginning, before promotion, dad went through a series of old Chevy p/u's. We would work on them every weekend for the truck to make it through the next week. - Anyway -
He bought one truck the owner said was shot. It just wouldn't run right. Dad drove it home and loosened all the tappets then readjusted them. The owner had tightened them down till they didn't clatter. Solid lifters on those old trucks; cut them some slack.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 26, 2026 11:27 PM (Q8D76)
Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 11:30 PM (77rzZ)
It's funny, I think of myself as tech-savvy and I'm always the leader on the job and in the fam, where I'm Little Miss Tech Support, but I don't know a fraction of the politics and troubles of these OS wars. And I've used open source, Microsoft, and Apple!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 11:30 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 11:30 PM (XJ22o)
It's going to be scorching next week, I was just looking at the weather prognosticationings. Forecast high of 99F next Friday. Now that I'm 29, this heat gets harder and harder to take each year.
On the bright side, all the evening cloud mess (cold air damming thing) that prevented me from seeing all the astronomical happenings this month has lifted. Mostly.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 26, 2026 11:31 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 11:32 PM (E4rtv)
Firefox is light, smooth and super adjustable. Moving more and more to FF mostly because I can adjust the font and font size.
The standard Brave font kills my eyes and FF has a list of fonts and sizes to choose from.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 26, 2026 11:32 PM (Q8D76)
It's funny, I think of myself as tech-savvy and I'm always the leader on the job and in the fam, where I'm Little Miss Tech Support, but I don't know a fraction of the politics and troubles of these OS wars. And I've used open source, Microsoft, and Apple!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Call it the search for mo money is the problem. Companies either want your data to sell or they want to lock you into never ending subscriptions to keep paying for what you already bought.
Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 11:33 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: RandomDave at June 26, 2026 11:34 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 26, 2026 11:27 PM (Q8D76)
Back in the day, the drill on small-block Chevy's with hydraulic lifters was (on an idling engine) to back them off until they began to click, then tighten until the click just stopped, then tighten 5/8 of a turn further, to set the plunger in the lifter to the middle of its travel.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 26, 2026 11:34 PM (1z8ji)
Call it the search for mo money is the problem. Companies either want your data to sell or they want to lock you into never ending subscriptions to keep paying for what you already bought.
Posted by: whig
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I surrendered to the borg incrementally, and I think I should set aside a week, 8 hours a day, to extricate myself.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 11:36 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 11:36 PM (77rzZ)
>>all browsers are Safari in Macland and simply shells over them
This is only true for iOS, on Macs, each browser is it's own app without any Safari shell.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 26, 2026 11:37 PM (XV/Pl)
Firefox is light, smooth and super adjustable. Moving more and more to FF mostly because I can adjust the font and font size.
The standard Brave font kills my eyes and FF has a list of fonts and sizes to choose from.
Posted by: Braenyard
I have four browsers on my machine, part of it was because I use Linux at home, I could never be sure what the users on our university's courseware might see. I usually used hyperlinked syllabi to open sources on the net for a text rather than making the poor sods pay for an expensive soon to be outdated text.
Microsoft pissed me off during the 2000's, I always kept one system with Office installed (work license current) and an older paid complete version just for compatibility issues. Used Dragon Dictate for years as arthritis and loss of hand dexterity progressed until Microslop bought it and ruined that company too. Taken until now for Linux to catch up with voice dictation using Whispr.
Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 11:37 PM (E4rtv)
All that remains is to set up the electric clutch for the mower deck drive.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 26, 2026 11:19 PM (1z8ji)
Well you had a more fun day than I had. I got to work on a bike that was in a flood that was over the handlebars. This was hurricane Sandy from 15 years ago. The kid puts 2k into the bike in cosmetics, and then tells me about the flood. I said to the kid, are you insane? The salt water destroyed everything inside. He says no they drained the water, and then it sat for 15 years. I said oh that changes everything...are you fucking INSANE??? He says its jumping out of gear. I said no shit, its destroyed inside. He didn't listen, his rose colored glasses were the size of a Jumbotron . I took it apart, all the aluminum parts of the detent system were rotted away, the shafts were gone, the bearings were gone, the oil came out like mud. He's gonna shit when we call him. And...nobody is talking about the engine. He spent 2K putting lipstick on a pig with NOOO clue what the engine and trans looked like inside.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 26, 2026 11:39 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Probably what the owner did, not understanding he was working on solid lifters. What we did; on running engine, loosen all until they are clicking, then, in firing order tighten until silent and back off until it clicks. Dads rule.
First one I remember had a (don't touch it) roll out window. '39?
Didn't have a fuel pump or an oil pump either.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 26, 2026 11:41 PM (Q8D76)
Posted by: Berserker
But the bike was cheap! That's why he had $2000 for bells and streamers!
Posted by: mikeski at June 26, 2026 11:42 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 26, 2026 11:39 PM (snZF9)
Yikes! Sounds like he would be better off buying another bike, and transferring all the bling to it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 26, 2026 11:42 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 11:43 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 11:43 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Count de Monet, channeling Ensign Parker at June 26, 2026 11:43 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 11:45 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 11:46 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 26, 2026 11:46 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at June 26, 2026 11:47 PM (uIF29)
Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 11:46 PM (77rzZ)
You could start with Carisa Codel.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 11:47 PM (qx7Zg)
Haven't seen you around lately hope
everything is going OK.
Posted by: Braenyard
The girls are making extra double money because the Regional Bass Master's Tournament is here at the lake again. Regional is a big thing, rich people with big-ass boats and such.
No Title Loans on any of the trucks this month.
And I get some damn peace and quiet.
Posted by: Managerial Miklos at June 26, 2026 11:48 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 11:50 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 11:50 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 11:01 PM
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Yeah, but that's metric
Posted by: 496 at June 26, 2026 11:50 PM (z9zfD)
Posted by: Berserker
But the bike was cheap! That's why he had $2000 for bells and streamers!
Posted by: mikeski at June 26, 2026 11:42 PM (VHUov)
He got the bike for free. He just showed up with it all painted nice and looking pretty good. Tells me about the flood and I damn near shit my pants. I have done plenty of flood bikes, and there is never any happiness where salt water is involved. Its the most brutal jobs we ever deal with, and very very few end happy. I told him he was insane, and he insisted the bike was good. Then he tells me about the bike jumping out of gear and says it needs an adjustment. yeah, sure it does. I hope a Claymore mine is included in this adjustment.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 26, 2026 11:51 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Probably the end of keeping Microsoft Office around for me as I decommission windows machines. I am probably going to ixnay Windows 11 when I have a replacement mac cube for the taxes, maybe next year.
OnlyOffice claims full Microslop compatibility with files and that is available for Linux now. Produces and edits native Microsoft file formats while Libre Office has to translate the files upon opening and saving unless you go old school Microsoft formats.
Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 11:51 PM (E4rtv)
Thank you for contribution. It will be given the full consideration it deserves.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 26, 2026 11:52 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 11:53 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 26, 2026 11:53 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
Trust this man
He is an Official Professor
Posted by: University of Miklos at June 26, 2026 11:55 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 11:55 PM (XJ22o)
I may have to decamp to the vibrant Hot Air ONT if this keeps up.
Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 11:55 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: tankdemon at June 26, 2026 11:56 PM (6LYkH)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 26, 2026 11:42 PM (1z8ji)
He should have broke it up into parts, sold it off in pieces, take the money and buy a nice bike. Its a sportster, you can get them for 3K. This dude is soooo fucked and has no idea. It needs tires, the wheel bearings are probably rotted along with the swingarm bearings, and steering neck bearings. The engine...jesus, all those crank roller bearings, roller lifters, etc. I'm going to stick a camera down the cylinders when I go back next week.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 26, 2026 11:57 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 11:57 PM (77rzZ)
I may have to decamp to the vibrant Hot Air ONT if this keeps up.
Posted by: Bulg
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Those guys are Fags!!!!
Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at June 26, 2026 11:58 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: tankdemon at June 26, 2026 11:58 PM (6LYkH)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 26, 2026 11:25 PM (1z8ji)
___________________
I've got a new schtick to make leftist heads explode. Whenever or where ever someone starts a sentence with as "I identify as..." and follows up with some instruction as how I am to address them, I will say the following.
"Well, now. It seems we have a problem. Unless you talk to yourself a lot, you will not be addressing yourself directly. BUT, as a third party communicating with you, it is up to me how I address you. That's my call, not yours. Sometimes I will say what the other person wishes to hear. Sometimes I will be factual. Sometimes rude. Sometimes indifferent. And, sometimes I won't give a shit. Are we clear, Ms. Control Freak?"
Posted by: Orson at June 26, 2026 11:59 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 26, 2026 10:07 PM (2WIwB)
If you work at JP Morgan, I would not suggest stealing one.
Posted by: tankdemon at June 27, 2026 12:00 AM (6LYkH)
Thank you for contribution. It will be given the full consideration it deserves.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 26, 2026 11:52 PM (w6EFb)
Until you responded, I didn't realize it posted. Its posts are automatically ignored.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 27, 2026 12:00 AM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: banana Dream - dang I sound old at June 27, 2026 12:01 AM (G9B3a)
Posted by: Reforger at June 27, 2026 12:02 AM (mTPps)
Posted by: Orson at June 27, 2026 12:02 AM (dIske)
If they put out trash cans like that, I'd go there just to use one.
Posted by: Diogenes
If you work at JP Morgan, I would not suggest stealing one.
Posted by: tankdemon
Looks pretty heavy.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 27, 2026 12:03 AM (Cqx++)
Posted by: banana Dream
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Eh, Android is getting pretty good and Lineage is moving right along with a lot more new phone supported and de googled. Ironically Pixel phones take to Lineage particularly well.
Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at June 27, 2026 12:04 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Orson at June 27, 2026 12:02 AM (dIske)
Did they put Kamala on the roof, or that woman above, to suck the oxygen out of the air around the fire? Both of them?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 27, 2026 12:05 AM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: exodus 21:22-25
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Did Jesus say that or did Paul say Jesus said that?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 12:05 AM (Q8D76)
Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at June 27, 2026 12:06 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Bulg at June 27, 2026 12:07 AM (77rzZ)
INDIANAPOLIS — Kevin Singh remains in custody on a $40,000 cash bond and a separate no-bond hold out of Hendricks County after being charged with stalking Indiana Fever player Sophie Cunningham, according to court records and a Friday hearing.
Singh told the court he does not have the financial means to post bond.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 27, 2026 12:07 AM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 11:46 PM (77rzZ)
Boobs (turn the soun on)
https://tinyurl.com/585sy4jd
Posted by: Kindltot at June 27, 2026 12:09 AM (rbvCR)
Did Jesus say that or did Paul say Jesus said that?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
Paul in the Book of Raimondo
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 27, 2026 12:09 AM (Cqx++)
Posted by: JQ at June 27, 2026 12:10 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 27, 2026 12:07 AM (Cqx++)
Gee. WNBA finally gets ONE fan, and what do they do? Charge him with stalking. Sheesh!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 27, 2026 12:11 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Braenyard
Neither. Troll is showing biblical ignorance--referral to easier for a camel to pass through the eye of the needle (which in fact referred to a specific city gate in Jerusalem) than for a rich man to enter Heaven.
It is not being wealthy is a bar to entering heaven but rather it is simply one more barrier that can block one from entry. FWIW, envy of others is also a block as it is sinful behavior and it doesn't matter that one claims that their cause is just in taking other people's money. Love one another as one would love your self is pretty broad and excludes envious SOBs as it might a rich person if they love their money more than heaven.
There is no Karl Marx exception in the Bible--trying to use government to take other people's money for your own virtue doesn't work.
And Marx's to each and from each is pseudo Christian heresy bullshit.
Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at June 27, 2026 12:11 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Bulg at June 27, 2026 12:13 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Bulg at June 27, 2026 12:07 AM (77rzZ)
Three of them, actually. Matthew, Mark, and Luke..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 27, 2026 12:14 AM (nbLIj)
Posted by: ... at June 27, 2026 12:15 AM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Bulg at June 27, 2026 12:16 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 27, 2026 12:16 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at June 27, 2026 12:04 AM (E4rtv)
It would be nice to be able to buy a phone pre-loaded with Lineage at an affordable price.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 27, 2026 12:17 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Bulg
Not quite. The Bible and Jesus himself was rather precise when talking about wealth. It is more the love of money more than other people can block wealthy from going to heaven, not wealth itself.
If you love deviant sex in defiance of biblical ordinances, then again, it can block you from heaven, because Jesus talks about sexual purity and being monogamous if married. Being self righteous like a Pharisee would be another obstacle to heaven, and so it goes. Sinful behavior blocks us from communion with the Lord and often represents overvaluing the materialism of today than the promise of future riches in heaven.
The specific example is a young man that wanted to follow Jesus but went away sadly when Jesus asked him to give away all his wealth to follow him. He didn't say wealthy people were going to hell, merely that it was difficult and all things are possible with the Father.
Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at June 27, 2026 12:17 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Used to be a guy here that had done several pixel phones that way which worked for him. Hadn't seen his nic around in several years though.
Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at June 27, 2026 12:18 AM (E4rtv)
Hey JQ, glad to see you're here.
& Bulg, you know you can't leave, you know what's coming over there. You never know what's coming over here.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 12:18 AM (Q8D76)
Posted by: Miklos is still trying to figure out how to be a DEI hire or grantee at June 27, 2026 12:19 AM (6VErX)
Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 11:46 PM (77rzZ)
Boobs (turn the soun on)
https://tinyurl.com/585sy4jd
Posted by: Kindltot at June 27, 2026 12:09 AM (rbvCR)
Impressive air bag deployment at apogee. Most impressive!
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 27, 2026 12:20 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at June 27, 2026 12:20 AM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: whig at June 27, 2026 12:20 AM (E4rtv)
Tuesday - lan
Wednesday - Greg
Thursday - lan
Friday - Greg
Saturday - lan
Sunday - Greg
The Gregorian calendar
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 27, 2026 12:20 AM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Bulg at June 27, 2026 12:21 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: JQ at June 27, 2026 12:21 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
AOP, you can buy used phones at pretty decent prices (at least until they go up due to increasing phone prices as well). And I would only buy a used phone if I could hack it and install a fresh Lineage OS anyway. Amazon sells quite a few reconditioned and unlocked phones that are suitable targets.
Posted by: whig at June 27, 2026 12:22 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Bulg at June 27, 2026 12:23 AM (77rzZ)
The essential look feel and operation of Mac OS has not really changed in nearly 40 years.
Windows hoverer seems to have an entire department dedicated to finding creative ways to change where everything is, how everything operates, and how can they best piss off there users.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 27, 2026 12:26 AM (XV/Pl)
No one can just appreciate it for what it is. A giant stargate portal to Omnicron Prime.
Posted by: 13times at June 27, 2026 12:26 AM (fnZRl)
INDIANAPOLIS — Kevin Singh remains in custody on a $40,000 cash bond and a separate no-bond hold out of Hendricks County after being charged with stalking Indiana Fever player Sophie Cunningham, according to court records and a Friday hearing.
Singh told the court he does not have the financial means to post bond.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
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Of all the girls to choose from he picks on a white girl.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 12:27 AM (Q8D76)
Posted by: Orson
"And I identify as someone who identifies people. And I identify that you are not, in fact, female; you are a man in a dress and high heels."
"Sir."
Posted by: mikeski at June 27, 2026 12:28 AM (VHUov)
INDIANAPOLIS — Kevin Singh remains in custody on a $40,000 cash bond and a separate no-bond hold out of Hendricks County after being charged with stalking Indiana Fever player Sophie Cunningham, according to court records and a Friday hearing.
Singh told the court he does not have the financial means to post bond.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
I believe Sophie Cunningham is a blackbelt in Taekwondo.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 27, 2026 12:30 AM (K9xEt)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
Of all the girls to choose from he picks on a white girl.
Posted by: Braenyard
Singh. Indian. They're not just racist, they're shadeist. Darker-skinned fellow Indians are worse than lighter-skinned ones.
Posted by: mikeski at June 27, 2026 12:32 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Orson
"And I identify as someone who identifies people. And I identify that you are not, in fact, female; you are a man in a dress and high heels."
"Sir."
Posted by: mikeski at June 27, 2026 12:28 AM (VHUov)
"I have determined that speaking with you is a waster of time." Then I walk away.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 27, 2026 12:32 AM (qx7Zg)
Image true cloud computing, with all the hardware up in the sky. Now imagine Elon firing any programmer who produced bloatware, forcing them to make the product leaner and tougher.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 27, 2026 12:33 AM (twNSf)
Posted by: mikeski at June 27, 2026 12:32 AM (VHUov)
He will be charged with dis-turban the piece.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 27, 2026 12:33 AM (1z8ji)
This. Communists purposely twist Christianity to justify there demonic beliefs.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 27, 2026 12:35 AM (K9xEt)
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