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!

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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

Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by the lie of the century:

Posted by: WeirdDave at 10:00 PM

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1 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 26, 2026 10:00 PM (+/hEQ)

2 Yay, ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 26, 2026 10:02 PM (+9wcF)

3
O! N! T!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 10:04 PM (O0L8i)

4 Good evening good people.
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)

5 Why, Gary?! Why?!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 26, 2026 10:05 PM (Wnv9h)

6 So, both of the "ole time religion" ones and the "work" one go together, right?

Posted by: mikeski at June 26, 2026 10:05 PM (VHUov)

7 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Used Car Salesman at June 26, 2026 10:06 PM (zZu0s)

8 Good evening good people.
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)

9 No way im first.

Posted by: torabora at June 26, 2026 10:06 PM (KtOUo)

10 Why, Gary?! Why?!
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 (zZu0s)

11 Evening Horde, thx WeirdDave.
The comment about the Brits struggling is lol.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 26, 2026 10:07 PM (f6yx7)

12 Fireflies emerging tonite, on schedule. A lovely evening in N IL.

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:07 PM (Jr5Lq)

13 If they put out trash cans like that, I'd go there just to use one.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 26, 2026 10:07 PM (2WIwB)

14 /off salesman sock

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 10:07 PM (zZu0s)

15 Bananaphone is weird, but it is a jumping little jazz tune.

And trash can idea is brilliant!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 26, 2026 10:08 PM (1z8ji)

16 It's Friday? Oh right...

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)

17 Why, Gary?! Why?!
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)

18 Depends how good of an evening we all have planned.
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)

19 re: banana phone
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)

20 Thank you WD. I think the trash can idea is excellent!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 26, 2026 10:09 PM (B0dAE)

21 Beep repaired. Ha!

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:10 PM (Jr5Lq)

22 Fireflies emerging tonite, on schedule. A lovely evening in N IL.
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)

23 Beep repaired. Ha!
Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:10 PM (Jr5Lq)

Honk honk!

Posted by: Harpo at June 26, 2026 10:11 PM (1Ff7Z)

24 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)

You have to plant them very early in the season!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 26, 2026 10:11 PM (PLxDd)

25 I only got maybe 50% of the memes tonight.

Posted by: polynikes at June 26, 2026 10:11 PM (GP8V/)

26 I looked up the story to refresh my memory; Gary got 7 years probation, but no jail time.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 26, 2026 10:11 PM (O+ktY)

27 England struggled in Massachusetts? Hell, they blew a 13 colony lead.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 26, 2026 10:11 PM (2WIwB)

28
Oh, yeah. Today's Friday. So why does it feel like Saturday?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 10:12 PM (O0L8i)

29 If they put out trash cans like that, I'd go there just to use one.
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)

30 Ezekiel 23:20

I didn't know OnlyFans was around in Biblical times.

Posted by: mikeski at June 26, 2026 10:12 PM (VHUov)

31 Hats off to existential misery.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 26, 2026 10:12 PM (u/oMr)

32 25 I only got maybe 50% of the memes tonight.
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)

33 The cucumber tomato one is giving me problems.

Zucchini?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 10:13 PM (zZu0s)

34 Greetings Everyone Happy Friday!

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)

35 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
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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)

36 The cucumber tomato one is giving me problems.
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)

37 33 The cucumber tomato one is giving me problems.

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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)

38 So, my graybox frenz, we meet again at last, on the plains of the Friday ONT.

Cool.😃

Posted by: mindful webworker - still twirling at June 26, 2026 10:15 PM (C8pEi)

39 >>> 35

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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)

40 Every now and then I’ll see a firefly, but I’m in the city and they’re very sensitive to any pesticides.

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)

41
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)

42 Oh, for windows 10 fans, people have a reprieve until 2027 now for ending all security updates for it. Microsoft extended it.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 10:16 PM (E4rtv)

43 "Party" meme made me feel old. Retro-themed parties for stuff that happened after my childhood? Already? I'm only 29!!

Posted by: mikeski at June 26, 2026 10:16 PM (VHUov)

44
So, my graybox frenz, we meet again at last, on the plains of the Friday ONT.

____________

Climbing up the ladders to get here done wored me out.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 10:17 PM (O0L8i)

45 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.

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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)

46 Fireflies live most of their two years underground as voracious larvae, then emerge as adults, to live only a couple weeks more, eating little or nothing.

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:17 PM (Jr5Lq)

47 Oh, for windows 10 fans, people have a reprieve until 2027 now for ending all security updates for it. Microsoft extended it.
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)

48 Yes, and thank you.
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)

49 Oh, for windows 10 fans, people have a reprieve until 2027 now for ending all security updates for it. Microsoft extended it.
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)

50 Zucchini and Tomatoes are fruits, not veggies.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at June 26, 2026 10:19 PM (Q+gd/)

51 "Happy Father's Day to all the real men out there"

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)

52 Nvidia at least... it's interesting to see how they have screwed the last two video card offerings. They are saving the good stuff for AI.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 10:19 PM (zZu0s)

53 Nobody listened to their blackmail? Imagine that.

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)

54 "Oh, for windows 10 fans, people have a reprieve until 2027 now for ending all security updates for it. Microsoft extended it."

Good! I've got one Win 10 box I still need to maintain.

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:20 PM (Jr5Lq)

55 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)

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)

56 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 26, 2026 10:22 PM (K9xEt)

57 I backed out of a system build this year because of it.
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)

58 "Happy Father's Day to all the real men out there"
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)

59 Fireflies live most of their two years underground as voracious larvae, then emerge as adults, to live only a couple weeks more, eating little or nothing.
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)

60 I am having to do system updates on a 'new' phone using Android 15. Phone has been sitting in a box at Amazon for about 16 months--battery down to 9 percent and no updates to it since Feb 2025. So monthly updates needed--up to June 2025 now.

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)

61 "I think the slowing move by business to upgrade computers may be the heart of it."

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)

62 "Oldie but a goodie"

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)

63 Ah, thanks. I was wondering what movie reference I was missing.
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)

64 The trash cans could also hide the reflecting pool filtration system. It would protect it from some democrats.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 10:26 PM (qx7Zg)

65 The Obama monument looks like a tapered stool that stood straight up in the lavatory bowl and took four flushes to get it down. Big Mike has been gorging on Kobe beef and lobster again.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 26, 2026 10:26 PM (fkjGs)

66 Party" meme made me feel old. Retro-themed parties for stuff that happened after my childhood? Already? I'm only 29!!
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/)

67 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
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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)

68 wait wait! Is that all? I'm left hungry for more. Fortunately, it's not anesthetic.

Thanks, WD.

Posted by: mindful webworker - doctor doctor gimme th news at June 26, 2026 10:28 PM (C8pEi)

69 Love the Obama library trashcan! It is perfect for trolling.

Posted by: Iris at June 26, 2026 10:28 PM (286+n)

70 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)

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)

71 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
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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)

72 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)

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)

73 Oh, I forgot to mention, the new phone has 8gb and I think we will see that actually regress in new models to mebbe six or they increase the price to reflect newer high memory costs. Apple moved up its Neon list price $100 bucks just this month.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 10:32 PM (E4rtv)

74 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)

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)

75 The cucumber tomato one is giving me problems.

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)

76 The Brandon Herrera video.

https://youtu.be/8LBxCI3IZrc?
si=B7Jz9FUQyzOLdBAr

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 10:33 PM (zZu0s)

77 "Linux is having its own issues."

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)

78
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)

79 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

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)

80 Oh, I forgot to mention, the new phone has 8gb and I think we will see that actually regress in new models to mebbe six or they increase the price to reflect newer high memory costs. Apple moved up its Neon list price $100 bucks just this month.
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)

81 Dude didn't spill his drink during the 90's dance-off. Something I could never pull off.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at June 26, 2026 10:34 PM (QaH55)

82 Sorry I'm late, the hummingbirds wanted me to write down all the lyrics.

Posted by: tankdemon at June 26, 2026 10:35 PM (6LYkH)

83 Sgt. Hulka started a company after leaving the Army:

https://youtu.be/LEYzOqzN6p0?t=65

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 10:36 PM (qx7Zg)

84 If I were going to start an evil organization like Hydra, SPECTRE or the First Order, my headquarters would look exactly like the Obama Libary.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at June 26, 2026 10:36 PM (THY4u)

85 Oh, for windows 10 fans, people have a reprieve until 2027 now for ending all security updates for it. Microsoft extended it.
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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)

86 ... ok, except this POS wants a password before it will even let me in to the command prompt. I wish I knew what %$W)(*&%#*)(& tech jacked this up ...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 26, 2026 10:37 PM (R+iUD)

87 I lost it after hearing that sports commentary. Oh, BUUUUURNNN!

Posted by: pookysgirl, doing her best Michael Kelso impression at June 26, 2026 10:37 PM (Wt5PA)

88 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)

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)

89 Blessings upon ye, WeirdDave

You have taken the path less taken

And it's Beautiful

Posted by: Miklos, for the Joint Estates of Joyce Kilmer and Robert Frost at June 26, 2026 10:37 PM (6VErX)

90 78
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)

91 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)
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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)

92
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)

93 ok, except this POS wants a password before it will even let me in to the command prompt. I wish I knew what %$W)(*&%#*)(& tech jacked this up ...
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)

94 You know, Ceiling would be a great name for a band.

People who like them would be called Ceiling Fans.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 10:39 PM (qx7Zg)

95 Memory-intensive chores should be done on hardware better suited to the job.
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)

96 If I were going to start an evil organization like Hydra, SPECTRE or the First Order, my headquarters would look exactly like the Obama Libary.
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)

97 >>> 93
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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)

98 re: banana phone
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)

99 You know, Ceiling would be a great name for a band.

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)

100

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++)

101 Maybe Win 12 will be around by then and less full of AI slop, and thus a more appealing product, too.

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)

102 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)

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)

103 Looks like more rain moving in overnight.

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)

104 I have a soldering iron

What I apparently need is an unsoldering iron

Posted by: MicroMiklos at June 26, 2026 10:43 PM (6VErX)

105 WD - so how did you learn the "I think that I shall never see" line from the tree poem? For me it was my voice coach in high school picking a song. Pretty much my only other source of culture was Warner Brother cartoons.

Posted by: Iris at June 26, 2026 10:43 PM (286+n)

106 Maybe? This is very frustrating, setup should have been made *simpler* for the user...
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)

107 No, not a BIOS pwd; it normally asks for a pwd only after winders has booted up. But I guess something changed to prevent using cmd from safe mode. Looking further...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 26, 2026 10:44 PM (R+iUD)

108 How much memory do you need on a GD phone anyway? Memory-intensive chores should be done on hardware better suited to the job.
_-_
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)

109 "Why, Gary, why?"

Because Justice.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at June 26, 2026 10:45 PM (xcxpd)

110 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

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)

111
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)

112 "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)

Ron White. Nice.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 10:46 PM (zZu0s)

113 REALLY want to smack the snot out of the tech who worked on this.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 26, 2026 10:47 PM (R+iUD)

114 "Bloatware doesn't begin to describe it."

Modern IDEs. They've gotten so damn big.

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:47 PM (Jr5Lq)

115 I have a soldering iron

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)

116 I'm down to Windows and MacOS. Both support my music, and finance and tax software. Panzer Corps 2 is only on Windows, as is my radio scanner programming software.

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)

117 Fireflies used to be more numerous when I was a kid. We still see some here at Rancho Webworks, but never very many.

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)

118 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
=======
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)

119 104 I have a soldering iron

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)

120 These companies have paid scads of money on AI and gosh darn it YOU are going to use it.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 26, 2026 10:50 PM (Cqx++)

121 I was a 3rd class FCC tech for a radio station that had their tower array out in a field in Livingston, NJ. This time of year, the fireflies would start coming out, but the swarm would peak around July 4th. It looked like the stars dropped from the sky and hovered over the grass. Best damn job I ever had...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 26, 2026 10:50 PM (nbLIj)

122 You should have The Soldering Iron of Justice.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 26, 2026 10:50 PM (CHHv1)

123 I have a soldering iron

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)

124 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

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)

125 123 I have a soldering iron

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)

126 Holy
Shot.

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)

127 "What I apparently need is an unsoldering iron"

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)

128 Check out this one. Guy uses an old soldering iron to ben viola ribs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyKT8fX2HeI&t=33s

Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 26, 2026 10:53 PM (6ERse)

129 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

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)

130 I have a soldering iron

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)

131 OMG!!! The national anthem of Egypt is called:

Bi-Lady Bi-Lady Bi-Lady HAHAHAHA

Posted by: NC Ref at June 26, 2026 10:55 PM (JLqL/)

132 Check out the YT channels of the guys who do PCB repairs on GPUs. Absolute solder wizards.

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)

133
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)

134 I can’t even watch the Iran Egypt game in Seattle
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)

135 "Check out the YT channels of the guys who do PCB repairs on GPUs. Absolute solder wizards."

youtube.com/@northwestrepair is a real good one.

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:56 PM (Jr5Lq)

136 107 No, not a BIOS pwd; it normally asks for a pwd only after winders has booted up. But I guess something changed to prevent using cmd from safe mode. Looking further...
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)

137 I gave up on HP printers years ago. After several years, I finally reached low toner warnings on my laser printer.

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)

138 12 Fireflies emerging tonite, on schedule. A lovely evening in N IL.
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)

139 "I have two Uniden radio/police scanners. So far, I've only found the software to program the frequencies is on Windows."

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)

140 >>> 136
==
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)

141 "I gave up on HP printers years ago. After several years, I finally reached low toner warnings on my laser printer.

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)

142
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)

143 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

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)

144 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)

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)

145 Hmmm, female pastor sucking out the demons, huh? Well then, she can call me Beelzebub.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 26, 2026 11:03 PM (snZF9)

146 Helena,

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)

147 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)

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)

148 I have a soldering iron

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)

149 "And he complained that he loved repairing electronics, but his company always just wanted him to swap entire boards in and out."

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)

150 You need a desolder station. Mine is industrial level, cost $2K. It has a pencil that heats up to the same temp as the solder pen, but there is a vacuum pump that will suck the solder when it's ready and you push the button. It payed for itself in four months.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 26, 2026 11:07 PM (fkjGs)

151 120 These companies have paid scads of money on AI and gosh darn it YOU are going to use it.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot
=======
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)

152 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)

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)

153 Helena, the method in that video will work, but his steps are not perfectly ideal (specifically renaming cmd instead of copying it is a risky move). I've saved some people's bacon with that trick.

Posted by: RandomDave at June 26, 2026 11:08 PM (aJQbY)

154 Muscle memory

I try to tell Darleen that

Posted by: Miklos, attempting to optimize
------

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)

155 REALLY want to smack the snot out of the tech who worked on this.
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)

156 Awful, awful, horrible PK call. Ball never lies LOL

Posted by: NC Ref at June 26, 2026 11:12 PM (JLqL/)

157 "renaming cmd instead of copying it"

Hey, what happened to my shell??

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 11:12 PM (Jr5Lq)

158
Holy
Shot.

I can’t even watch the Iran Egypt game in Seattle
On pride night.

Only
On cable.

Posted by: nurse ratched

==============

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)

159 Spent a sizeable part of the day bash scripting and creating fzf launch/preview menus for various projects.

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)

160 REALLY want to smack the snot out of the tech who worked on this.
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)

161 Today I bought a pork shoulder and turned it into sausage, which I then stuffed into hog casings. It was quite a job, and one I have never tried before.
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)

162
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)

163 REALLY want to smack the snot out of the tech who worked on this.
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)

164 junegunn.github.io/fzf/

That looks handy! Thanks!

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 11:16 PM (Jr5Lq)

165 FWIW, 0Patch (zeroPatch), offers paid plans going back to Windows 7 for security patches if you have a critical software program on old iron you need to use and cannot use a container or VM to run it.
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)

166 REALLY want to smack the snot out of the tech who worked on this.
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)

167 She even dyed her hair pink and purple for occasion.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

I think that's a wig.

Posted by: mikeski at June 26, 2026 11:17 PM (VHUov)

168 Well, I scored a big win with buddy's Gravely mower with the freshly-installed Briggs and Stratton engine from a Brand X mower. I could get it to start, and kinda-sorta run, at a slow idle, going "biff-biff-biff-biff" for a few seconds, and then quit. Changed the coil, same thing. Took off muffler, thinking mice might have clogged it with a nest. Same thing, and I could see in the port that the exhaust valve was moving. Took tappet cover off. Wow! Adjusting nut for intake rocker had slacked way off, and intake valve was not moving at all. It was working, albeit very poorly, as an atmospheric valve, like on those old hit and miss engines. But pushrod wasn't moving either... I found what felt like the pushrod seat in the lifter, and gave the rod a tap with a hammer. Clink! Pushrod went in half an inch or so, and now moved as engine was cranked. (1/2)

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 26, 2026 11:17 PM (1z8ji)

169 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
---

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)

170 2/2

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)

171 REALLY want to smack the snot out of the tech who worked on this.
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)

172 That female pastor...not a female at all. The dude is a bald male.

Posted by: Orson at June 26, 2026 11:21 PM (dIske)

173 Helena,

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)

174 Tim Apple is retiring soon. I think they've already picked his successor, but I know nothing about this new person.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 11:22 PM (qx7Zg)

175 Hmmm, female pastor sucking out the demons, huh? Well then, she can call me Beelzebub.
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)

176 Shot.

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)

177 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

And cleverly neglects to mention the bulk Tannerite delivery

Posted by: Unfooled Miklos at June 26, 2026 11:24 PM (6VErX)

178 Damn. I wish you could be there and live-post it for us.
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)

179 That female pastor...not a female at all. The dude is a bald male.
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)

180 @174

>>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)

181 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

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)

182 170 2/2
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)

183 Evenin’, All.

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 11:30 PM (77rzZ)

184
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)

185
Evenin’, All.
Posted by: Bulg

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SHUT UP!!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 11:30 PM (XJ22o)

186
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)

187 Phone security updates up to Sept 2025 and looking at mfg website, have monthly security patches until June 2026 to install. PITA as I don't want to start using the phone until patched.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 11:32 PM (E4rtv)

188 I have Brave and Firefox. Brave is heavy but is a super blocker.
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)

189 184
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)

190 whig, and don't forget the healing power of AND

Posted by: RandomDave at June 26, 2026 11:34 PM (aJQbY)

191 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)

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)

192
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)

193 185 LOL

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 11:36 PM (77rzZ)

194 @181

>>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)

195 188 I have Brave and Firefox. Brave is heavy but is a super blocker.
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)

196 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)

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)

197 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
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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)

198 The kid puts 2k into the bike in cosmetics, and then tells me about the flood.
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)

199 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)

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)

200 Looks like either webkit (Safari ,Orion, etc. ) or Chrome (Chromium). Thanks Thomas. Makes it easier to go to a Mac cube or something just for taxes. Looks like Firefox still uses Gecko on Macs as well. Never ran right on my old Mac laptop but that was circa 2021.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 11:43 PM (E4rtv)

201 Thanks Mr. Bender.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 11:43 PM (E4rtv)

202 Gee, I just love all this computer and gearhead talk.

Posted by: Count de Monet, channeling Ensign Parker at June 26, 2026 11:43 PM (wVcYX)

203 Nurse, if you're still around and not listening to the Pride game on the radio, you could try a couple live streams for sea otter habitats in west coast aquariums.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 11:45 PM (qx7Zg)

204 202 Would you prefer boob talk? I can oblige.

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 11:46 PM (77rzZ)

205 Duh, I finally get the Boy Scout joke. I'm slow.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 26, 2026 11:46 PM (wVcYX)

206 Trump calls democrats godless communists. Jesus told the rich man to give his money to the poor if he wanted to go to heaven. 2Corinthians trump knows he is going to burn in hell with the devil.

Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at June 26, 2026 11:47 PM (uIF29)

207 204 202 Would you prefer boob talk? I can oblige.
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)

208 Hope you and the girls are doing OK.
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)

209 207 Yeesh, not a fan.

Tara Yazdi.

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 11:50 PM (77rzZ)

210 Ok then.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 11:50 PM (G3T/K)

211 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
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Yeah, but that's metric

Posted by: 496 at June 26, 2026 11:50 PM (z9zfD)

212 The kid puts 2k into the bike in cosmetics, and then tells me about the flood.
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)

213 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
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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)

214 >> Posted by: exodus 21:22-25

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)

215 Still waiting on huge 1.26 gb security patch for phone to install. Reboots required after each patch install.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 11:53 PM (E4rtv)

216 @201

>>Thanks Mr. Bender.

You're welcome.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 26, 2026 11:53 PM (XV/Pl)

217 Thank you for contribution. It will be given the full consideration it deserves.
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)

218
LOL
Posted by: Bulg

============

Glad you appreciated my sense of humor.
(hee hee hee!)

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 11:55 PM (XJ22o)

219 We do have a tech thread. Why do we have to discuss all of this tech nonsense on a perfectly good ONT?

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)

220 My doctor was Matt Smith.

Posted by: tankdemon at June 26, 2026 11:56 PM (6LYkH)

221 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)

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)

222 218 Blonde Morticia, 🙂.

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 11:57 PM (77rzZ)

223
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)

224 That banana phone video (which I did watch all the way to the end) has definitely cast aside any doubts anybody might have had as to whether or not you deserve the "Wierd" moniker, Dave.

Posted by: tankdemon at June 26, 2026 11:58 PM (6LYkH)

225 He identifies as a busty bikini blonde, haterz!
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)

226 13 If they put out trash cans like that, I'd go there just to use one.
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)

227 >> Posted by: exodus 21:22-25

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)

228 All OSes are crap. I wish that wasn’t the case but here we are. They are all either monetary traps to keep you tied to some family of crapware or personal info harvesters or sometimes both. And open source is getting captured by bluehaired commie freaks. You just have to deal with usability, basic functionality being the least important factor in design. Part of the general enshitification of modern life.

Posted by: banana Dream - dang I sound old at June 27, 2026 12:01 AM (G9B3a)

229 We have two crews of 5 who do nothing but desolder parts and replace them here at work. I truly is an art form as I couldn't do it to save my life. It's a very involved process with microscopes and a very steady hand.

Posted by: Reforger at June 27, 2026 12:02 AM (mTPps)

230 How about a nice round of applause for Mayor Bas. The warehouse fire was snuffed out earlier today. Eight days for a warehouse fire. That's an improvement.

Posted by: Orson at June 27, 2026 12:02 AM (dIske)

231
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++)

232 228 All OSes are crap. I wish that wasn’t the case but here we are. They are all either monetary traps to keep you tied to some family of crapware or personal info harvesters or sometimes both. And open source is getting captured by bluehaired commie freaks. You just have to deal with usability, basic functionality being the least important factor in design. Part of the general enshitification of modern life.
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)

233 How about a nice round of applause for Mayor Bas. The warehouse fire was snuffed out earlier today. Eight days for a warehouse fire. That's an improvement.
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)

234 206 .... Jesus told the rich man to give his money to the poor if he wanted to go to heaven. ...

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)

235 Oh, and Linus is not particularly woke and the recent crash and burn of the troon running the porting of Linux to Apple M1 hardware is slowly gaining function after the troon left the project.

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at June 27, 2026 12:06 AM (E4rtv)

236 234 That’s in one of the Gospels.

Posted by: Bulg at June 27, 2026 12:07 AM (77rzZ)

237

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++)

238 Would you prefer boob talk? I can oblige.
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)

239
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++)

240 That trash can... an idea for aftermarket 'upgrade' compatible with Doggie Dooley® products. LOL

Posted by: JQ at June 27, 2026 12:10 AM (rdVOm)

241 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++)

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)

242 Did Jesus say that or did Paul say Jesus said that?

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)

243 Wow, who knew that Spicoli was so Biblically literate?

Posted by: Bulg at June 27, 2026 12:13 AM (77rzZ)

244 That’s in one of the Gospels.
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)

245 Godless Communist? Trump is guilty of being redundant

Posted by: ... at June 27, 2026 12:15 AM (vE0+H)

246 244 Thanks.

Posted by: Bulg at June 27, 2026 12:16 AM (77rzZ)

247 I've been afflicted with a bad cold the past two weeks. Man flu, even. It's finally going away. To celebrate the return of my appetite, I picked up some shaved steak at Kroger today on a Special. Tomorrow, I'll caramelize some onions, drop in the steak, season to taste, melt some cheese over it and roll it up in a carb-smart tortilla with diced tomato. Tex-Mex-Philly-low rent cheesesteak.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 27, 2026 12:16 AM (wVcYX)

248 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)

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)

249 That’s in one of the Gospels.
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)

250 It would be nice to be able to buy a phone pre-loaded with Lineage at an affordable price.
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)

251 Shit posting is superior to Its posting.

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)

252 Looks pretty heavy.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

She's not heavy...she's my sister

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)

253 Would you prefer boob talk? I can oblige.
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)

254 It’s still all caps

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at June 27, 2026 12:20 AM (YlWIZ)

255 Off sock. I sometimes forget in between techie talk.

Posted by: whig at June 27, 2026 12:20 AM (E4rtv)

256 Monday - Greg
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)

257 249 Spicoli waxes theological.

Posted by: Bulg at June 27, 2026 12:21 AM (77rzZ)

258 Hi, Braenyard! Howdy, horde!

I watched that movie on X last night... yeah. It was OK.

Posted by: JQ at June 27, 2026 12:21 AM (rdVOm)

259 250 It would be nice to be able to buy a phone pre-loaded with Lineage at an affordable price.
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)

260 It’s even funnier that Whig was using the Spicoli sock.

Love ya, Whig!

Posted by: Bulg at June 27, 2026 12:23 AM (77rzZ)

261 While the best os is subjective, MacOS is essentially UNIX with a pretty windows manager.

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)

262 Was it two nights ago people here were talking about little solar powered speakers scattered on the forest floor around Mt. Shasta? Love that that sort of stuff! Lemurians live inside the mountain. Lenticular clouds hide their space craft. Klamath and Modoc Indians have some wild creation myths about Shasta.

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)

263 237

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)

264 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.
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)

265 237

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)

266 INDIANAPOLIS — Kevin Singh remains in custody [...] after being charged with stalking Indiana Fever player Sophie Cunningham
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)

267 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.
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)

268 Earlier today I saw that Elon Musk is thinking about getting into the mobile phone business. I wonder if he might also venture into the consumer computer field.

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)

269 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)

He will be charged with dis-turban the piece.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 27, 2026 12:33 AM (1z8ji)

270 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.

This. Communists purposely twist Christianity to justify there demonic beliefs.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 27, 2026 12:35 AM (K9xEt)

271
It's nearing full Moon, which will be on the 29th. It's going to be pretty low in the sky, nearly as low as it was last June. Also near apogee, so a "micromoon". A low, small Moon.

To first order, this effect is easy to see. Since the Moon is near the ecliptic and a full Moon is opposite the sun, when the sun is high, the moon is low, and vice versa. So, low Moons in summer and high moons in winter.

But there's a higher order effect, nodal precession. The Moon's orbit is inclined about 5 degrees to the ecliptic, and that stays fairly constant, but precesses around in an 18.6 yr cycle. So, that 5 degrees either adds or subtracts from the tilt of the ecliptic relative to the equator at the max and min over that 18.6 year cycle.

We hit a maximum, dubbed Major Lunar Standstill(Lunistice) around Dec to Jan 2024-2025. So, this time, it's still pretty close and we get another exceptionally low full Moon this June.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 27, 2026 12:38 AM (w6EFb)

272 >>Whenever or where ever someone starts a sentence with as "I identify as..."
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At that point, it's time to walk away. No words. (must. not. eyeroll... augghhhh!)

Not certain I could handle that situation any other way, except perhaps by breaking out into hysterical laughter. I dunno.

Posted by: JQ at June 27, 2026 12:38 AM (rdVOm)

273 I like to buy and consume hot dogs exactly once a year, on or near Independence Day. I caramelize onions and add mustard. Haven't done it in maybe five years but this year I finally have again. I would be remiss if I did not share this with my fake internet friends that don't care.

Posted by: ... at June 27, 2026 12:38 AM (vE0+H)

274 The left constantly plays these stupid games.

Wages are too low! There are not enough jobs! So...let's import millions of foreigners to drive down wages and take jobs.

Or, and this is a fun one, when a lefty you know starts ranting about the cost of housing ask them what would happen to the cost of housing if tens of millions of illegals and refugees were sent home?

Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 12:39 AM (sKqQm)

275 Of all the girls to choose from he picks on a white girl.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends

Clearly a Hate Crime

Posted by: Miklos is a Jury of One at June 27, 2026 12:40 AM (6VErX)

276
What Elon is after is having global phone/internet service anywhere on the globe that cannot be controlled by governments.

See the direct to cell thing. The satellites function as cell towers themselves. You've got a phone anywhere on the planet, no need to depend on land based towers.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 27, 2026 12:40 AM (w6EFb)

277 Or, and this is a fun one, when a lefty you know starts ranting about the cost of housing ask them what would happen to the cost of housing if tens of millions of illegals and refugees were sent home?

Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 12:39 AM (sKqQm)

"We don't have to hurt people to accomplish our goals. All we have to do is kill the rich."

Posted by: ... at June 27, 2026 12:41 AM (vE0+H)

278 Singh. Indian. They're not just racist, they're shadeist. Darker-skinned fellow Indians are worse than lighter-skinned ones.

India was invaded by Arabs and Persians. While I assume there were color variations by latitude before the invasion I would also guess the invaders and their children from Indian sex slaves were lighter skin then the native population

Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 12:41 AM (sKqQm)

279 Seeing the Gary Plauche pic up top and then by some cosmic fate with the interwebs I see a post on YT that Idaho will start executing criminals convicted of child molestation by firing squad starting July 1. No less no more

Posted by: Rex B at June 27, 2026 12:42 AM (rgnea)

280 >>Of all the girls to choose from he picks on a white girl.

Not just any white girl. Caitlan Clarke's bodyguard.

If you haven't seen Cunningham's pointed finger stare down yet, you will.

Good for her.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 27, 2026 12:42 AM (viF8m)

281 Or, and this is a fun one, when a lefty you know starts ranting about the cost of housing ask them what would happen to the cost of housing if tens of millions of illegals and refugees were sent home?
Posted by: 18-1

My understanding was that there would be no math

Posted by: typical commie at June 27, 2026 12:43 AM (6VErX)

282 See the direct to cell thing. The satellites function as cell towers themselves. You've got a phone anywhere on the planet, no need to depend on land based towers.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 27, 2026 12:40 AM (w6EFb)

Now make the phones so they maximize privacy. No Google services, unless you deliberately subscribe. No cloud storage as default. Hardware switches for cameras and mics.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 27, 2026 12:44 AM (1z8ji)

283 I like to buy and consume hot dogs exactly once a year, on or near Independence Day. I caramelize onions and add mustard. Haven't done it in maybe five years but this year I finally have again. I would be remiss if I did not share this with my fake internet friends that don't care.
Posted by: ... at June 27, 2026 12:38 AM (vE0+H)

+1

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 27, 2026 12:44 AM (wVcYX)

284 What Elon is after is having global phone/internet service anywhere on the globe that cannot be controlled by governments.

It should be pointed out that at least until the early 00s it was a leftwing talking point that freedom of speech should be universal and complete. I've mentioned this before but in 1999's Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri Brian Reynold's Mary Sue insert faction, the UN Peace Keepers have this as one of their quotes:

"As the Americans learned so painfully in Earth's final century, free flow of information is the only safeguard against tyranny. The once-chained people whose leaders at last lose their grip on information flow will soon burst with freedom and vitality, but the free nation gradually constricting its grip on public discourse has begun its rapid slide into despotism. Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master."

Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 12:45 AM (sKqQm)

285 >>Whenever or where ever someone starts a sentence with as "I identify as..."
------

At that point, it's time to walk away. No words. (must. not. eyeroll... augghhhh!)

Not certain I could handle that situation any other way, except perhaps by breaking out into hysterical laughter. I dunno.

Posted by: JQ at June 27, 2026 12:38 AM (rdVOm)

I tell them I identify as a fighter jet, and get the fuck off my runway.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 27, 2026 12:45 AM (snZF9)

286 What Elon is after is having global phone/internet service anywhere on the globe that cannot be controlled by governments.

See the direct to cell thing. The satellites function as cell towers themselves. You've got a phone anywhere on the planet, no need to depend on land based towers.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 27, 2026 12:40 AM (w6EFb)

If I understand the math correctly, and I probably don't, that would make determining the phone's location more difficult. It would require the phone to send the GPS/GLONASS coordinates in an emergency.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 27, 2026 12:46 AM (qx7Zg)

287 Of all the girls to choose from he picks on a white girl.

Cunningham is arguably the best looking woman in the WNBA and she's straight.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 12:46 AM (sKqQm)

288 Hardware switches for cameras and mics.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

I remember when you used to "switch" my hardware...

Posted by: the Wretched Panhard at June 27, 2026 12:47 AM (6VErX)

289 It's nearing full Moon, which will be on the 29th. It's going to be pretty low in the sky, nearly as low as it was last June. Also near apogee, so a "micromoon". A low, small Moon.
Posted by: publius

I was in the pool!

Posted by: The Moon at June 27, 2026 12:47 AM (VHUov)

290 If I understand the math correctly, and I probably don't, that would make determining the phone's location more difficult. It would require the phone to send the GPS/GLONASS coordinates in an emergency.

It is hard for younger people to believe, but there was a time when the government couldn't track anyone and everyone they wanted in real time.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 12:47 AM (sKqQm)

291 We have to import lots of cheap labor and make damn sure they can just stroll into the country because we can’t trust native born young people to right the correct way later in life. We want power and if that means crime goes up, wages go down, the native born population gets killed off and the country’s culture and language is forever altered…well, so be it.

Posted by: Dems at June 27, 2026 12:48 AM (gfO9L)

292 >>Of all the girls to choose from he picks on a white girl.

Not just any white girl. Caitlan Clarke's bodyguard.

If you haven't seen Cunningham's pointed finger stare down yet, you will.

Good for her.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 27, 2026 12:42 AM (viF8m)

I like how she does that without all the idiotic jawboning that other players engage in.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 27, 2026 12:48 AM (wVcYX)

293 Speaking of the ultimate father in the first picture, in response to various red areas offering the death penalty to child rapists I notice the left has argued this would "unfairly" target LGBT+ people...

Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 12:49 AM (sKqQm)

294 If I understand the math correctly, and I probably don't, that would make determining the phone's location more difficult. It would require the phone to send the GPS/GLONASS coordinates in an emergency.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

It means Elon can put all the terrestrial phone companies out of business

verizon...t-mobile..ATT....bye bye

Posted by: Miklos so notes at June 27, 2026 12:50 AM (6VErX)

295 "As the Americans learned so painfully in Earth's final century, free flow of information is the only safeguard against tyranny. The once-chained people whose leaders at last lose their grip on information flow will soon burst with freedom and vitality, but the free nation gradually constricting its grip on public discourse has begun its rapid slide into despotism. Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master."
Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 12:45 AM (sKqQm)

What’s wrong with that?

Posted by: Canada at June 27, 2026 12:50 AM (gfO9L)

296 Supply and demand are the iron laws of economics.

Get more of something to market and the price goes down. Add more demand and the price goes up.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 12:50 AM (sKqQm)

297 If I understand the math correctly, and I probably don't, that would make determining the phone's location more difficult. It would require the phone to send the GPS/GLONASS coordinates in an emergency.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 27, 2026 12:46 AM (qx7Zg)

That's not a problem. You're broke down in the desert, and are risk of dying of thirst. You call 911 on your Starlink phone. "We don't have a fix on you. Turn on your GPS. Go to settings>services>GPS, and click "start"."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 27, 2026 12:50 AM (1z8ji)

298 260 It’s even funnier that Whig was using the Spicoli sock.

Love ya, Whig!
Posted by: Bulg
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If I was a standup comedian, I would forget my own punch line because of some other shiny thing.

Posted by: whig at June 27, 2026 12:51 AM (E4rtv)

299 There are a lot more fireworks stands this year than in years past.

Some say there is no excitement for the 250th. I don’t think that is true in small town/rural America.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 27, 2026 12:52 AM (gfO9L)

300 Speaking of the ultimate father in the first picture, in response to various red areas offering the death penalty to child rapists I notice the left has argued this would "unfairly" target LGBT+ people...
Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 12:49 AM (sKqQm)

Which is a tacit admission that LGBT+ people are more likely to be child rapists.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 27, 2026 12:52 AM (1z8ji)

301 296 Supply and demand are the iron laws of economics.

Get more of something to market and the price goes down. Add more demand and the price goes up.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 12:50 AM (sKqQm)

Say what?

Posted by: Socialists at June 27, 2026 12:52 AM (gfO9L)

302 296 Supply and demand are the iron laws of economics.

Get more of something to market and the price goes down. Add more demand and the price goes up.
Posted by: 18-1
=======
And yet something so simple escaped Karl Marx because he was peddling a utopia on Earth beyond such mundane matters.

Wouldn't have been so bad for one nutcase but his religion based on envy and hatred of the productive along with ignorance of economics led us to this place today.

Posted by: whig at June 27, 2026 12:53 AM (E4rtv)

303 >>I like how she does that without all the idiotic jawboning that other players engage in.

Absolutely. Just that look, she didn't need to say a word.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 27, 2026 12:54 AM (viF8m)

304 Between the "mis, dis and mal" op, they were really hot on making people fear getting the wrong information - but no fear to spread regarding getting no information at all.

Where is that ugly sow these days anyway? The one that was gonna be the Minister of Information and then I think she claimed she was going to sue a bunch of people for something or other.

Posted by: ... at June 27, 2026 12:54 AM (vE0+H)

305 What happened to all those drones flying over New Jersey?

Posted by: Orson at June 27, 2026 12:54 AM (dIske)

306 300 Speaking of the ultimate father in the first picture, in response to various red areas offering the death penalty to child rapists I notice the left has argued this would "unfairly" target LGBT+ people...
Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 12:49 AM (sKqQm)

Which is a tacit admission that LGBT+ people are more likely to be child rapists.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 27, 2026 12:52 AM (1z8ji)

More people need to be arrested until people figure out that there is nothing more important than being LGBT.

Posted by: Dems at June 27, 2026 12:55 AM (gfO9L)

307 If I was a standup comedian, I would forget my own punch line because of some other shiny thing.
Posted by: whig

Doctor Whig! I hurts when I do this!

*ensures Whig is provided an oversized hammer*

Posted by: Miklos, last of the old vaudevillians at June 27, 2026 12:55 AM (6VErX)

308 Well, it's almost an hour into Saturday here. Hope you folks will have a fantastic weekend ahead.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 27, 2026 12:55 AM (CHHv1)

309 If you haven't seen Cunningham's pointed finger stare down yet, you will.
Posted by: JackStraw

Mt. Cunningham?

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 27, 2026 12:55 AM (DZ9Lv)

310 Wouldn't have been so bad for one nutcase but his religion based on envy and hatred of the productive along with ignorance of economics led us to this place today.
Posted by: whig at June 27, 2026 12:53 AM (E4rtv)

And yet people still buy his crap. Look at Newsom’s hate tax proposal.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 27, 2026 12:56 AM (gfO9L)

311 What happened to all those drones flying over New Jersey?
Posted by: Orson

I'm guessing pizza

Posted by: Miklos, hazarding guesses at June 27, 2026 12:56 AM (6VErX)

312 I would be remiss if I did not share this with my fake internet friends that don't care.
Posted by: ...
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Hey, hey, enough of that.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 12:56 AM (Q8D76)

313 If I understand the math correctly, and I probably don't, that would make determining the phone's location more difficult. It would require the phone to send the GPS/GLONASS coordinates in an emergency.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 27, 2026 12:46 AM (qx7Zg)

That's not a problem. You're broke down in the desert, and are risk of dying of thirst. You call 911 on your Starlink phone. "We don't have a fix on you. Turn on your GPS. Go to settings>services>GPS, and click "start"."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 27, 2026 12:50 AM (1z8ji)

Never said it was a problem. I *like* the idea of being harder to track.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 27, 2026 12:56 AM (qx7Zg)

314 Posted by: whig at June 27, 2026 12:53 AM (E4rtv)

I think Marxism has existed in one form or another for as long as humans have had civilization. Hell, this entire country seemed to be founded upon curtailing the Nattering Busybodies of Elemental Ruin.

Posted by: ... at June 27, 2026 12:58 AM (vE0+H)

315 This. Communists purposely twist Christianity to justify there demonic beliefs.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work

Anyone that spent any time reading all of the Bible is fairly immune to out of context quotations. But far too many churches avoid the icky parts in order to keep the pews full and people rarely read the Bible as they should. Even aside from Christianity, the Book of Proverbs and Ecclesiastes along with the Book of Job provide a graduate level seminar in the philosophical arguments and provide more wisdom than a bookshelf at Barnes and Noble in the self help section.

Posted by: whig at June 27, 2026 12:58 AM (E4rtv)

316 And yet people still buy his crap. Look at Newsom’s hate tax proposal./i]

It is like a magic trick.

Distract the rubes with misdirection so they don't notice your actual trick is making their money disappear into your pocket.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 12:59 AM (sKqQm)

317 Hey, hey, enough of that.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 12:56 AM (Q8D76)

Okay you got me - it's been kind of a tough week.

Earlier tonight I was posting about towels, and now this. I feel much more at home complaining about what an islamic jackwagon Obama is.

Posted by: ... at June 27, 2026 01:00 AM (vE0+H)

318 Never said it was a problem. I *like* the idea of being harder to track.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 27, 2026 12:56 AM (qx7Zg)

Tracking can be useful to the user. Using the phone as a GPS to direct you to an unfamiliar address in a city, for example. But that should require physically turning on the GPS chip.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 27, 2026 01:00 AM (1z8ji)

319 I think Marxism has existed in one form or another for as long as humans have had civilization. Hell, this entire country seemed to be founded upon curtailing the Nattering Busybodies of Elemental Ruin.
Posted by: ...

Envy is recognized as a sin

For quite a while

Posted by: Miklos, out-pointing at June 27, 2026 01:00 AM (6VErX)

320 I think Marxism has existed in one form or another for as long as humans have had civilization. Hell, this entire country seemed to be founded upon curtailing the Nattering Busybodies of Elemental Ruin.
Posted by: ...

Well, it was more that the ruler owned everything and everyone so don't piss off the ruler to live. Despotism is the most primitive of governments based on being the meanest SOB. Then came along aristocracies and kingdoms based on despots being able to make the transition to hereditary rule and class.

Organized democracies came later.

Posted by: whig at June 27, 2026 01:01 AM (E4rtv)

321 I think Marxism has existed in one form or another for as long as humans have had civilization. Hell, this entire country seemed to be founded upon curtailing the Nattering Busybodies of Elemental Ruin.

Prior to the modern era you could see massive experimentation of different sorts of cultural organization. Those societies that choose well succeeded and conquered their neighbors. Those that choose poorly face enslavement or death.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 01:01 AM (sKqQm)

322 Well, it was more that the ruler owned everything and everyone so don't piss off the ruler to live. Despotism is the most primitive of governments based on being the meanest SOB. Then came along aristocracies and kingdoms based on despots being able to make the transition to hereditary rule and class.

Set up the rules of your society to those that enrich and extend your civilization are rewarded and people will do so.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 01:02 AM (sKqQm)

323 Well, it was more that the ruler owned everything and everyone so don't piss off the ruler to live.

Posted by: whig at June 27, 2026 01:01 AM (E4rtv)

Yeah so I wouldn't have made it very long in one of those. And I'm no busybody.

Posted by: ... at June 27, 2026 01:03 AM (vE0+H)

324 >> What happened to all those drones flying over New Jersey?

That was just defense contractors doing some testing. It was authorized via the FAA. They were probably just testing to see how the public would react, giving the some handle, on say stealth penetrations of enemy airspaces with drones and all that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 27, 2026 01:04 AM (w6EFb)

325 296 Supply and demand are the iron laws of economics.

Get more of something to market and the price goes down. Add more demand and the price goes up.
Posted by: 18-1
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It's as if there is an invisible hand at work.

Posted by: Adam Smith at June 27, 2026 01:04 AM (XeU6L)

326 It's as if there is an invisible hand at work.

Posted by: Adam Smith at June 27, 2026 01:04 AM (XeU6L)

NOT FUNNY

Posted by: Michelle Fields at June 27, 2026 01:05 AM (vE0+H)

327 >>Mt. Cunningham?

I'm too old for that. I'd pull a muscle.

But I do admire her fight.

https://tinyurl.com/2py75n7x

Posted by: JackStraw at June 27, 2026 01:05 AM (viF8m)

328 Never said it was a problem. I *like* the idea of being harder to track.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 27, 2026 12:56 AM (qx7Zg)

Tracking can be useful to the user. Using the phone as a GPS to direct you to an unfamiliar address in a city, for example. But that should require physically turning on the GPS chip.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 27, 2026 01:00 AM (1z8ji)

Using the GPS on the device isn't my concern. I want to decide who can see my location outside the phone.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 27, 2026 01:05 AM (qx7Zg)

329 itsbobbyfinn has a great take on the WNBA and its refereeing: https://tinyurl.com/rupxnt33

Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 01:05 AM (sKqQm)

330 Tracking can be useful to the user. Using the phone as a GPS to direct you to an unfamiliar address in a city, for example. But that should require physically turning on the GPS chip.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Or you could pull up a map and find your way.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 01:05 AM (Q8D76)

331 I've gotten clips of Clark playing off and on and she has roughly NBA talent. She sees the field, passes, and shoots like a really short NBA player - no wonder these jokers that would lose to a Division 2 men's team are freaked out about her.

Oh and she has the hubris to be white AND straight!

Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 01:09 AM (sKqQm)

332 I find my thoughts wandering into the mists of my mind. It it's time to slumber and, perchance, to dream.

Stay well, everyone.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 27, 2026 01:10 AM (qx7Zg)

333
I'm sure the Starlinks could in principle determine the position of a station themselves.

Starlink signals can be used for GPS like purposes anyway. Some researchers at MIT figured this out. They were able to decode enough of the Starlink system's beacon signals (making some educated guesses about various encodings and timings), and were able to achieve it with 7 to 30 m accuracy.

The accuracy could be improved if SpaceX released a little more of the proprietary info. They wouldn't have to release enough to compromise much of their tricks, just a little more basic info.

They have most likely already disclosed this to the military, which was very interested in using the system as a backup for GPS. Indeed, that was probably part of the deal Elon struck with the govt to get the license for the system.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 27, 2026 01:11 AM (w6EFb)

334 There is one form of price discrimination that doctors can legally do, and that is by method of payment. A doctor that I have seen off and on since what, 2003 or so, has a special Payment In Full At Time Of App't price. So, if I want to see a guy who's known me since way back in the day -- when he was freshly minted in his first little practice, I didn't have insurance, and I was looking for help quitting smoking -- then I can always go see him again, and it's affordable.

Doesn't work for if I need a referral in a particular system, of course; but just to get a prescription or whatever, it's fine.

Posted by: SciVo at June 27, 2026 01:12 AM (Sy6m/)

335 I find my thoughts wandering into the mists of my mind. It it's time to slumber and, perchance, to dream.

Stay well, everyone.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 27, 2026 01:10 AM (qx7Zg)

I. too, am off to the land of Winkin, Blinkin, and Nod.
See you on the morrow.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 27, 2026 01:13 AM (wVcYX)

336 Y'all have fun. Installed Android 16 finally and set up to transfer to using it tomorrow.

Good night.

Posted by: whig at June 27, 2026 01:13 AM (E4rtv)

337 The problem the Left has with someone like Caitlyn Clark is she doesn't need them. It's their collective nightmare, and why they lash out.

They felt that way about Taylor Swift, who refused to be "political" for a long time, until she sold her soul. Now it's kumbaya because they own her.

Posted by: ... at June 27, 2026 01:15 AM (vE0+H)

338 Well, sleepiness is fast overtaking me. Time to shut 'er down and hit the sack. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 27, 2026 01:15 AM (1z8ji)

339
NOT the tech thread--

Holy fvk the DSA just can't stop making ads for the GOP 2028 campaign.

https://x.com/DSA_Watch/status/
2070573367350956131

ALSO: This is Colorado. It's not just a New York thing that we can dismiss.

ALSO ALSO: They do a good job of picking their candidates. She's undeniably pretty, and she's young, so she has many campaigns ahead of her.

ALSO ALSO ALSO: I keep tellin' ya, they've got a plan to get foreigners of color elected. Because if you object to them, you're all kinds of phobic. And this one is a triple whammy:

female
foreign-born
dark-skinned

ALSO ALSO ALSO ALSO: Has she ever run a lemonade stand? No, but good news! She's pursuing a Ph.D. in Public Affairs at U Colorado. AANNDDD she's quite certain that she needs to get Lockheed out of Denver -- 15,000 employees -- but "companies that profit off of war" shouldn't be in CO-1.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 27, 2026 01:15 AM (XJ22o)

340
The military is very big on PNT, Position, Navigation, and Timing. They want all the backups and redundancy they can muster for that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 27, 2026 01:16 AM (w6EFb)

341 >>>It is hard for younger people to believe, but there was a time when the government couldn't track anyone and everyone they wanted in real time.

Posted by: 18-1
---

In the not distant past, one could pull up stakes, leave town for parts distant and start a new life...completely.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 01:18 AM (Q8D76)

342
PNT. Where am I, where am I going, and what time is it?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 27, 2026 01:18 AM (w6EFb)

343 They felt that way about Taylor Swift, who refused to be "political" for a long time, until she sold her soul. Now it's kumbaya because they own her.

I love that the people that complain about the rich and fossil fuel usage have united around that notion that paying thousands for concert tickets to see a woman who has just flown all around the world to sing is a wonderful progressive experience.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 01:19 AM (sKqQm)

344 Marxism is less about envy than hatred. It is hatred embodied into a "philosophy." It's less "I envy people who are successful" than "I hate people who are successful and I want to destroy them."

Islam is the same philosophy. "You refuse to accept Allah? I don't have to persuade you, I have to kill you--as my god cannot refute your philosophy."

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 27, 2026 01:20 AM (CHHv1)

345 It is hard for younger people to believe, but there was a time when the government couldn't track anyone and everyone they wanted in real time.
--------------------

And the idea that any American government would even want to was the stuff of conspiracy theorists and crazies.

Posted by: ... at June 27, 2026 01:20 AM (vE0+H)

346
ALSO ALSO ALSO ALSO: Has she ever run a lemonade stand? No, but good news! She's pursuing a Ph.D. in Public Affairs at U Colorado. AANNDDD she's quite certain that she needs to get Lockheed out of Denver -- 15,000 employees -- but "companies that profit off of war" shouldn't be in CO-1.

Moving the companies that makes weapons to red states is an interesting strategy considering they also believe a civil war is likely

Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 01:20 AM (sKqQm)

347 And the idea that any American government would even want to was the stuff of conspiracy theorists and crazies.

20 years ago the left argued the government listening in on call to Afghanistan or checking on the books a foreigner checked out of a library was a literal crime against humanity.

Now? If you are doing nothing wrong comrade you have nothing to fear from the government watching you do it.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 01:22 AM (sKqQm)

348 22 Fireflies emerging tonite, on schedule. A lovely evening in N IL.
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)

I have never seen them in person, but this synth-pop song certainly evokes a sense of whimsy and wonder:

Owl City - Fireflies (Official Music Video)
https://youtu.be/psuRGfAaju4

Posted by: SciVo at June 27, 2026 01:26 AM (Sy6m/)

349 Marxism is less about envy than hatred. It is hatred embodied into a "philosophy." It's less "I envy people who are successful" than "I hate people who are successful and I want to destroy them."

Islam is the same philosophy. "You refuse to accept Allah? I don't have to persuade you, I have to kill you--as my god cannot refute your philosophy."

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 27, 2026 01:20 AM (CHHv1)

Yes and no. Think about what hatred is. It does not exist in a vacuum - something must fuel it, whether disgust, repulsion, revulsion, fear...

A leftist's hatred is borne mostly of envy. The envy comes from a desperation to validate an inflated ego.

There is a branch of leftism that is carefully cultivated through a warping of empathy but that's a different disease. This is why I tend to distinguish between leftists and leftards. The empathy people and other assorted bleating sheep are the tards. The envy people are straight up leftists and you are correct they cannot wait to kill you.

Posted by: ... at June 27, 2026 01:29 AM (vE0+H)

350 Now? If you are doing nothing wrong comrade you have nothing to fear from the government watching you do it.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 01:22 AM (sKqQm)

I live near a lot of leftists and leftards. It's astonishing listening to one and all this last decade say variations of "I don't mind being watched constantly, I don't do anything wrong".

They have zero horse sense regarding the idea of the definition of right and wrong being changed overnight. Skin-crawling.

Posted by: ... at June 27, 2026 01:32 AM (vE0+H)

351 Evening Evening Horde.
I cracked my beer at 1:00 today and now I can actually drink it. I went and got one for after work, walked into the shop, popped it and set it on the bench and got pissed at myself. Idiot. So flat beer it is tonight. That'll teach me.

Posted by: Reforger at June 27, 2026 01:33 AM (mTPps)

352
Another big astronomical event that will happen around 1:30AM on July 4th: a conjunction of Mars with Uranus, and right close to the Seven Sisters up there.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 27, 2026 01:33 AM (w6EFb)

353 I'm perturbed by the "well, you shouldn't mind being watched, if you've got nothing to hide" whine...

Those people, I'll ask: "So, do YOU get undressed in front of your window, with the drapes open?"

Posted by: JQ at June 27, 2026 01:37 AM (rdVOm)

354 *hands a fresh, uncracked Fosters to Reforger*

Posted by: JQ at June 27, 2026 01:38 AM (rdVOm)

355 probably part of the deal Elon struck with the govt to get the license for the system.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
---

Elon probably has a very high level security clearance with USG. Very patriotic.
_Howard Hughes looks down with big 👍

Posted by: Glomar Explorer says - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 01:38 AM (Q8D76)

356 Yes and no. Think about what hatred is. It does not exist in a vacuum - something must fuel it, whether disgust, repulsion, revulsion, fear...

But many times those various things come from within, from a recognition of inferiority (no matter the source) not from outside sources.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 27, 2026 01:38 AM (CHHv1)

357 I have never lived in a place with fireflies, but, I have visited kin in such places. Magical.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

I have never seen them in person, but this synth-pop song certainly evokes a sense of whimsy and wonder:
Owl City - Fireflies (Official Music Video)
https://youtu.be/psuRGfAaju4
Posted by: SciVo

Panic Room - Firefly (Just Some Rando Posting It)
https://youtu.be/iH27h0NNZPo

Posted by: mikeski at June 27, 2026 01:39 AM (VHUov)

358 @353 Only if I want to disgust Cthulhu. It works!

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 27, 2026 01:39 AM (CHHv1)

359 India was invaded, long ago, by the Indo-Aryans who were by all accounts very fair skinned, bringing their language Sanskrit with them. The original inhabitants of India were very dark: their descendants mainly live in the south of India. The northerners are usually much paler and have more of that Indo-Aryan blood. There has been much intermingling such that I was friends with an Indian cosmologist who was of the Brahmin caste but was himself quite dark. The idea being that the Brahmin should be descendants of the original, pale, Indo-Aryan conquerors.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 27, 2026 01:39 AM (W2MUi)

360 Those people, I'll ask: "So, do YOU get undressed in front of your window, with the drapes open?"
Posted by: JQ at June 27, 2026 01:37 AM (rdVOm)

An act which is a crime if a man does it if he is seen, and which is also a crime if a woman does it and is seen. Who is the criminal changes.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 27, 2026 01:44 AM (W2MUi)

361 >>>Hi everyone! Y'know, I should have posted this last week.

Ack! I got all confuseled!

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 01:45 AM (6wpGE)

362 But many times those various things come from within, from a recognition of inferiority (no matter the source) not from outside sources.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 27, 2026 01:38 AM (CHHv1)

We might be talking at cross purposes then because I think we agree

Posted by: ... at June 27, 2026 01:46 AM (vE0+H)

363 Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 27, 2026 01:39 AM

Cthulhu? I thought your cat's name is Robert?

Posted by: JQ at June 27, 2026 01:46 AM (rdVOm)

364 Thank you JQ. My mom sent me a picture I have never seen before tonight. Me and my whole extended family in the summer of 1980. I can't figure out where we are but it almost has to be the last photo of my great grandpa.
I'm tripping on this. I don't remember any of it.

Posted by: Reforger at June 27, 2026 01:49 AM (mTPps)

365 @362 - I think we do... it's Friday.

@363 - Robert the Cat (TM) is the master, and yes, even Cthulhu is like, "I'm not going near that cat."

Cthulhu has more reach, though. For the nonce.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 27, 2026 01:49 AM (CHHv1)

366 Reading from something I thought credible on the migration from Africa there were three main routes; some went ~due north to north west, others went east; some took a northern route, others took a southern route.
Indians in the north, Mongols and Japanese took the northern route.
Southern Indians, southern regions like Thailand and indigenous island people like the Philippines took the southern route.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 01:50 AM (Q8D76)

367 Cthulhu has more reach, though.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm

Cheating with his non-euclidean geometries.....

Posted by: mikeski at June 27, 2026 01:52 AM (VHUov)

368 Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 27, 2026 01:44 AM

Hahaha, true. My point was *privacy* but I should come up with something better...

Posted by: JQ at June 27, 2026 01:53 AM (rdVOm)

369 @367 well, there's also the lack of readily available treats. Cthulhu has to cull his own; they're not handed to him on a regular basis. I think.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 27, 2026 01:53 AM (CHHv1)

370 Years past there was a commenter named Cthulhu.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 01:57 AM (Q8D76)

371 It's been cooler here, with periods of light rain today & tonight.. even rough n tough outdoor Cat has spent extra time indoors for snacks and snoozes.

He's not "cuddly" but at least doesn't attack when I pet him. Lucky me!

Posted by: JQ at June 27, 2026 01:58 AM (rdVOm)

372
Moving the companies that makes weapons to red states is an interesting strategy considering they also believe a civil war is likely

Posted by: 18-1

=============

lol, it takes a Ph.D. candidate to overlook something that basic.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 27, 2026 02:00 AM (XJ22o)

373 Years past there was a commenter named Cthulhu.
Posted by: Braenyard

Yeah, I 'memba. Don't remember what got Cooth banninated, but do remember he(?) is the one who tracked down Joffen on that fateful night. (Unfortunately too late)

Posted by: JQ at June 27, 2026 02:01 AM (rdVOm)

374 Time to retire--so how about a quote?

Look at me! Bap bap bap ba baap! Whaaaat?

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 27, 2026 02:03 AM (CHHv1)

375 66 Party" meme made me feel old. Retro-themed parties for stuff that happened after my childhood? Already? I'm only 29!!
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/)

Aw, man, give him a break! He was a dancin' foo!

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 02:03 AM (6wpGE)

376 Happy Friday Horde!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 27, 2026 02:04 AM (ibDUx)

377 Hi, Debby! How are you tonight?

Chivas?

Posted by: JQ at June 27, 2026 02:06 AM (rdVOm)

378 I live near a lot of leftists and leftards. It's astonishing listening to one and all this last decade say variations of "I don't mind being watched constantly, I don't do anything wrong".

They have zero horse sense regarding the idea of the definition of right and wrong being changed overnight. Skin-crawling.
Posted by: ... at June 27, 2026 01:32 AM (vE0+H)

Post-modern Leftism, informed and shaped by Critical Theory, is effectively incapable of coherent reasoning. Since they don't believe in Truth, they don't really 'believe' things in the way that we know it; they just take positions, which don't even need to be consistent. In that milieu, intellectual laziness is perfectly natural, leading directly to cognitive flaccidity. Thus, NPCs.

They get a lot of mileage out of the advantages of sociopathy: the sheer ruthlessness of bugmen, with the fluid flexibility of habitual pathological liars. We must not underestimate them as opponents. But their 'intellectualism' is entirely pseudo-.

Posted by: SciVo at June 27, 2026 02:07 AM (Sy6m/)

379 My sister is a lefty. -tard or -ist, I'm not sure, but seems she's become more ist than tard over time.

Her pure, raw, unbridled HATRED of PDJT is a frightening thing to behold. When she rants, I cannot believe that we are related or even grew up in the same environment!

No contact since Christmas.

Posted by: JQ at June 27, 2026 02:13 AM (rdVOm)

380 Movie night, and it was… a bit disappointing. Never mind what it was.

And now I'm back to say I'm leaving. Hello I must be going.

Here's a picture of a gal who was very pretty back in the day.
https://bit.ly/she-is-pretty

And here she is on stage with Roy and Dale
https://youtu.be/A8z-qTG-Yt4

G'nite, y'all. Saturday lies ahead.

Posted by: mindful webworker - so it goes and so do I at June 27, 2026 02:15 AM (C8pEi)

381 Hi JQ, I am doing fine, a Chivas would be wonderful right about now, thank you so much.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 27, 2026 02:15 AM (ibDUx)

382 141 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)

Thank you. This is good advice and I will take it.

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 02:16 AM (6wpGE)

383 Cheers, Debby!

Happy Friday night

Posted by: JQ at June 27, 2026 02:17 AM (rdVOm)

384 380 Movie night, and it was… a bit disappointing. Never mind what it was.

I watched "Scarlet Warning 666." My night was worse than yours.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 27, 2026 02:18 AM (CHHv1)

385 https://youtu.be/w96_VCwpmC4

Posted by: JQ at June 27, 2026 02:34 AM (rdVOm)

386 Earlier tonight I was posting about towels, and now this. I feel much more at home complaining about what an islamic jackwagon Obama is.
Posted by: ... at June 27, 2026 01:00 AM (vE0+H)

He cannot be an evil Muslim. I mean, what does He do when reciting the Shehada, look at Himself in the mirror? He truly believes He is Allah.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 27, 2026 02:34 AM (gfO9L)

387
ALSO ALSO ALSO ALSO: Has she ever run a lemonade stand? No, but good news! She's pursuing a Ph.D. in Public Affairs at U Colorado. AANNDDD she's quite certain that she needs to get Lockheed out of Denver -- 15,000 employees -- but "companies that profit off of war" shouldn't be in CO-1.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 27, 2026 01:15 AM (XJ22o)

So no companies should be in CO-1?

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 27, 2026 02:39 AM (gfO9L)

388 I love that the people that complain about the rich and fossil fuel usage have united around that notion that paying thousands for concert tickets to see a woman who has just flown all around the world to sing is a wonderful progressive experience.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 01:19 AM (sKqQm)

Rich people need to be violently killed. Except for entertainers and people in government, because reasons.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 27, 2026 02:41 AM (gfO9L)

389 Mmmmm, Cheers, JQ.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 27, 2026 02:46 AM (ibDUx)

390 Getting sleepy here-- good night, horde.

Have a great weekend!

Posted by: JQ at June 27, 2026 02:49 AM (rdVOm)

391 Slide a G&T night cap down this way, por favor.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 02:51 AM (Q8D76)

392 Wait, wut? The bartender's leaving? OK, I know what to do.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 02:52 AM (Q8D76)

393 "I love the imagery of struggle.
"I sometimes wish I were suffering in a good cause, or risking my life for the good of others, instead of just being a gravely endangered patient."
_Christopher Hitchens

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 02:57 AM (Q8D76)

394 Braenyard, just help yourself and lock up when you leave.

Sweet dreams Horde, it is that time.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 27, 2026 03:01 AM (ibDUx)

395 Wikipedia:

(Gary Plauche's son, Jody):

In 2024, Jody appeared in an interview for the Mirror in which he stated that he was happy with his life and regarded his father as "the greatest dad of all time".

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 03:01 AM (6wpGE)

396 Thanks for the ONT, WD. I Larfed.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 27, 2026 03:04 AM (l3cgK)

397 If you think using larf instead of laugh is a bunch of crap, you aren't far off...it's called eye dialect...

"Eye dialect is a writer's use of deliberately nonstandard spelling. This is because they do not consider the standard spelling a good reflection of the pronunciation, or because they are intending to portray informal or low-status language usage. The term was coined by George Philip Krapp..."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 27, 2026 03:06 AM (l3cgK)

398 'night, Debby, JQ

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 03:07 AM (Q8D76)

399 Peeking in, too early to get up

Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 03:09 AM (Ia/+0)

400 400

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 03:10 AM (6wpGE)

401 Good to see you jim, wish you had joined in earlier. Here's the keys, I'm out.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 03:10 AM (Q8D76)

402 Thanks, Skip!

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 03:10 AM (6wpGE)

403 401 Good to see you jim, wish you had joined in earlier. Here's the keys, I'm out.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 03:10 AM (Q8D76)

My sleep schedule is messed up. Sleep 4 to 6 hours most nights, non-contiguously...Been that way for a while now.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 27, 2026 03:13 AM (l3cgK)

404 Crap is such a funny word. It's just so onamotic.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 27, 2026 03:15 AM (DZ9Lv)

405 397 If you think using larf instead of laugh is a bunch of crap, you aren't far off...it's called eye dialect...

"Eye dialect is a writer's use of deliberately nonstandard spelling. This is because they do not consider the standard spelling a good reflection of the pronunciation, or because they are intending to portray informal or low-status language usage. The term was coined by George Philip Krapp..."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 27, 2026 03:06 AM (l3cgK)

hahahahaha

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 03:16 AM (6wpGE)

406 404 Crap is such a funny word. It's just so onamotic.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 27, 2026 03:15 AM (DZ9Lv)

onomatopoeic?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 27, 2026 03:24 AM (l3cgK)

407 onomatopoeic?
Posted by: jim

Yes

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 27, 2026 03:30 AM (DZ9Lv)

408 407 onomatopoeic?
Posted by: jim

Yes

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 27, 2026 03:30 AM (DZ9Lv)

I guess it's like plop...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 27, 2026 03:45 AM (l3cgK)

409 .. and fizz

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 04:21 AM (6wpGE)

410 Only been cat napping, might as well get up

Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 04:21 AM (Ia/+0)

411 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 04:30 AM (6wpGE)

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