Daily Tech News 27 June 2026

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OpenAI has restricted ChatGPT 5.6 to a select list of customers, saying such regulations shouldn't be the norm. (Tech Crunch)

After spending years pushing for regulatory capture.

The captor, captioned.

Tech News

Apple's upcoming M7 processor is expected to bring nearly 60% more memory bandwidth than the M5, and AI performance gains with a similar or greater margin. (WCCFTech)

If I can't reuse the RAM that I'm paying $25 per gigabyte for, I want the best CPU performance I can possibly get. If that means an M7 Max, so be it.

The M7 is expected in the first half of next year, after a lame-duck rollout of the M6 later this year. There won't be an M6 Pro or Max version.
Apple is seeking access to RAM from China's CXMT, previously blacklisted over dumping allegations. (WCCFTech)

The allegations were that CXMT was dumping DDR4 chips on the market not only below manufacturing cost for the Big Three, but below the price of second-hand modules.

The allegations were true, but that hardly matters at this point.
Apple is also planning to upgrade the iPhone 20 from the current 8GB to... 9GB. (WCCFTech)

Thanks, tech industry.
Which way DDR4 owner? (Tom's Hardware)

AMD's 5800X3D matches Intel's 14700K in gaming performance when both are paired with DDR4 memory, but the 20 core Intel chip mops the floor with the 8 core AMD model for multi-threaded productivity workloads.

On the other hand, the 5800X3D used a maximum of 120W in testing; the 14700K drew over 300W.
Also, you can't get a 5800X3D. (Notebook Check)

It sold out.
Intel's upcoming Nova Lake chips, built on the latest 2nm class processes, will deliver relief from these power budgets, right? Right? (WCCFTech)

The high-end Nova Lake models will have a peak power consumption of 474W and require three EPS 8-pin additional power connectors on the motherboard.
Polish memory module maker Goodram has reintroduced 4GB DDR4 modules. (WCCFTech)

The same stuff that was being ripped out of corporate PCs as they were trashed just a couple of years ago.

Make friends with your IT guy. He probably has a treasure trove of old parts like these.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Never.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 w00t

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

2 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 04:34 AM (Ia/+0)

3 >>>The captor, captioned.

The captor, captured.
?

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 04:35 AM (6wpGE)

4 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 27, 2026 04:39 AM (K9xEt)

5
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at June 27, 2026 04:42 AM (AMvSw)

6 - ?

Posted by: TeeJ at June 27, 2026 04:43 AM (xI6JS)

7 Guten morgen, horde.

Posted by: clarence at June 27, 2026 04:43 AM (za6ca)

8 Big trouble down under?

@visegrad24

Two Australian nurses, Sarah Abu Lebdeh and Ahmad Rashad Nadir, openly admitted that they wouldn't treat Israeli patients and would let them die on purpose at Bankstown Hospital in Sydney.

They were filmed talking to an Israeli content creator on the random chat platform.

Nurse Sarah Abu Lebdeh said, "I won’t treat them, I’ll kill them," while nurse Ahmad Rashad Nadir said, "You have no idea how many Israeli sh*t dogs came to this hospital, and I sent them to hell."
...
..both nurses were immediately stood down, subsequently fired, and banned from practicing healthcare in Australia.
...
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called the footage “disgusting, sickening and shameful,” and the New South Wales Health Ministry issued an official apology to the Jewish community.

A few days ago, New South Wales District Court Judge Michael McHugh ruled that the video was inadmissible as court evidence, as their trial is scheduled for August 2026.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 04:44 AM (Q8D76)

9 >>>OpenAI has restricted ChatGPT 5.6 to a select list of customers, saying such regulations shouldn't be the norm. (Tech Crunch)

from the article:

...the U.S. government puts new pressure on AI companies to restrict their most advanced systems ... The problem compounds ... when the government doesn’t have clearly defined safety standards, which could lead to endless launch delays that might not only give a hand to China in the AI race, but also jeopardize the billions of dollars going to AI infrastructure buildouts.

I don't know much about any of this, but: it seems as if the FAA offers a good analogy for the way that the government might usefully control this tech for safety's sake.

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 04:46 AM (6wpGE)

10 Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 04:46 AM (6wpGE)

Other companies are avoiding the problem by the slick technique of keeping their mouths shut. OpenAI wanted industry regulation that they could use to limit competition, so they were claiming that their models were so powerful they needed to be regulated, and got bespoke export/foreign use limitations. Hoist on their own petard, not a general issue.

Posted by: SciVo at June 27, 2026 05:05 AM (Sy6m/)

11 - AI - My ignorant take.

Seems like it would still suffer from maybe the earliest computer saying I heard,,, GIGO
Have seen a couple of vids that showed this.

Posted by: TeeJ at June 27, 2026 05:12 AM (xI6JS)

12 This "petard" concept is intriguing

Posted by: Mayor Pete at June 27, 2026 05:14 AM (6VErX)

13 Was there an article highlighting the indifferent quality of those CXMT chips?

Posted by: clarence at June 27, 2026 05:22 AM (za6ca)

14 @Pixy: "The captor, captioned."

Autocorrect again?

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

15 Unsettled weather today, planned to go to scap yard again, don't have truck loaded yet

Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 05:38 AM (Ia/+0)

16 I see Pixy struggling with hardware costs and I'm sitting over here on my 8 year old PC with a growing list of cloud and streaming platforms on it and I say to myself "yeah I'm glad I don't have to worry about RAM prices...."

Posted by: Defenestratus at June 27, 2026 05:39 AM (j+z74)

17 10 Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 04:46 AM (6wpGE)

Other companies are avoiding the problem by the slick technique of keeping their mouths shut. OpenAI wanted industry regulation that they could use to limit competition, so they were claiming that their models were so powerful they needed to be regulated, and got bespoke export/foreign use limitations. Hoist on their own petard, not a general issue.
Posted by: SciVo at June 27, 2026 05:05 AM (Sy6m/)

Thank you! I'll read and reread this several times and maybe I'll get it?

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 05:42 AM (6wpGE)

18 12 This "petard" concept is intriguing
Posted by: Mayor Pete at June 27, 2026 05:14 AM (6VErX)

Oh, you!

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 05:44 AM (6wpGE)

19 Rabbi's daughter writes on Proverbs 14:2
I liked it it part because it mentioned someone who seems like an upright and interesting man- the "disco rabbi":

"Walking an upright path":

https://tinyurl.com/nhja42nr

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 27, 2026 05:44 AM (ELdpA)

20 There was lots and lots of tech stuff on the ONT.

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 05:46 AM (6wpGE)

21 14 @Pixy: "The captor, captioned."

Autocorrect again?
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 27, 2026 05:27 AM (O7YUW)

3 >>>The captor, captioned.

The captor, captured.
?
Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 04:35 AM (6wpGE)

Maybe not? Maybe he's making a joke?

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 05:50 AM (6wpGE)

22 Storms are passing through and we're in a power outage. My trusty generator is running but not supplying any power. I recently did a remodel and I guess something got shut off and was never turned back on.

I have candles!

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 27, 2026 05:57 AM (l26NL)

23 >>>Maybe not? Maybe he's making a joke?

Like, there's a photo of Sam Altman at the top of the Tech Crunch article, and you could maybe "caption" it

The Captor

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 05:59 AM (6wpGE)

24 Went into a computer store yesterday, looked at the prices for GPUs, memory, and hard drives. I was absolutely floored by how expensive they all are.

The employees looked worried, too. I chatted with some of them, and they told me they're not selling components to customers right now (oh, they're there to buy, but customers aren't building DIY systems due to the insane prices.)

And insane they are.

64 Gb packs of DDR5: $1,300 to $1,700 CDN.

Video cards were priced in the thousands. I saw one video card going for $5,258 CDN. (!!)

12 TB hard drives were $900 CDN.

The store is able to sell pre-built systems (for now) as the prices are still way cheaper than assembling the components yourself. I pointed out that'll stop as soon as all of the NOS (new old stock) dries up at the big computer manufacturers. Then those prices will rise dramatically as well. One of the employees said they're already seeing the prices start to tick up on pre-builts.

This AI/data center bubble needs to pop, and soon, or we're going to lose the wholesale-to-retail computer parts supply chain.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 27, 2026 06:05 AM (O7YUW)

25 Mr. Mister - Broken Wings

Mesmerizing video.

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 06:05 AM (6wpGE)

26 Evening and morning to all the Saturday toilers and early risers across the system and beyond!

Is it really Saturday? The little readout in the upper right corner of my MacBook Air says so, but you know how computers can be.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 27, 2026 06:11 AM (wzUl9)

27 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 27, 2026 06:14 AM (RIvkX)

28 At last, yesterday, I got the first of my checks from that long ago XPO Pension plan -- the part that, they say, has to be given to me as a cash payout. It's taxable, and they took state and Fed taxes out (without asking or telling me about it), but now I have a tiny bit of $$ I didn't have before. The big check, the one that I'll send to my IRA, should show up today or Monday. ("Should" is the tricky word here.)

I'm up, I'm wearing my robe and drinking coffee. Whatta bout choo?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 27, 2026 06:15 AM (wzUl9)

29 Wolfus, it appears that for once the computer is not lying!

Posted by: RandomDave at June 27, 2026 06:15 AM (aJQbY)

30 Storms are passing through and we're in a power outage. My trusty generator is running but not supplying any power. I recently did a remodel and I guess something got shut off and was never turned back on.

I have candles!
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 27, 2026 05:57 AM (l26NL)
====

There should be a transfer switch to change your house supply from the public power to generator power. Sometimes the switch fails.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 27, 2026 06:17 AM (RIvkX)

31 "Two Australian nurses, Sarah Abu Lebdeh and Ahmad Rashad Nadir, openly admitted that they wouldn't treat Israeli patients and would let them die on purpose at Bankstown Hospital in Sydney."

I think I have spotted the real problem here. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 27, 2026 06:18 AM (wzUl9)

32 Storms are passing through and we're in a power outage. My trusty generator is running but not supplying any power. I recently did a remodel and I guess something got shut off and was never turned back on.

I have candles!
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 27, 2026

***
Don't blame us!
( -- Generac)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 27, 2026 06:19 AM (wzUl9)

33 Not seeing much interesting news out there

Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 06:19 AM (Ia/+0)

34 Mr. Mister - Kyrie (Eleison)

https://tinyurl.com/46mc3t2n

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 06:21 AM (6wpGE)

35 Last time I asked bluebell for grammie's address she said grammie wasn't ready yet. I am not sure if the note in the sidebar is good news or bad news.

{grammie}

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 27, 2026 06:22 AM (RIvkX)

36 I dreamed that I was taking a class at work, something which involved plotting two graphs. One was rising and the other falling ("consumer confidence" and "oil prices," maybe?). The intersection point, I saw, was the sweet spot where an economy should be. (I know less about econ than Stirling my black cat knows about serial ports, though.)

We were going to have another class in the afternoon, and I was looking forward to it. Then somehow I was driving at night in a town that I understood to be Detroit, and was having to negotiate around gigantic potholes on opposite sides of a narrow downtown street. A right turn had me bumping along a badly paved major avenue in a light rain. All the while I was wondering *where the hell I was driving to*. Then I woke up.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 27, 2026 06:25 AM (wzUl9)

37 Last time I asked bluebell for grammie's address she said grammie wasn't ready yet. I am not sure if the note in the sidebar is good news or bad news.

{grammie}
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Bluebell was on last night. Said Grammie is very, very ill and will share more,info this morning on the prayer thread.

Posted by: Tuna at June 27, 2026 06:28 AM (lJ0H4)

38 There should be a transfer switch to change your house supply from the public power to generator power. Sometimes the switch fails.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

It failed. All good now. Thanks. Outage map says should be good by 6:15 CST.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 27, 2026 06:28 AM (l26NL)

39 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 27, 2026 06:29 AM (Hbeqj)

40 Thank you Tuna

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 27, 2026 06:30 AM (RIvkX)

41 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at June 27, 2026 06:32 AM (CJnkZ)

42 Checking in. Remember during the Obama era when Sefton would start each day with a ton of m words. Bad m words (sorry m). Like Muzzies and MaoMaos. Also, there was a commenter then, older who (Vick?) would post news stories in the morning.

Posted by: meh at June 27, 2026 06:33 AM (kK7U2)

43 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 27, 2026 06:35 AM (VyBeY)

44 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 27, 2026 06:35 AM (u82oZ)

45 Yes Vic z"l passed about 2 years ago

He would post 10 news links on the Early Morning Thread

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 27, 2026 06:35 AM (RIvkX)

46 I am finally sleepy. Goodnight all.

Posted by: SciVo at June 27, 2026 06:36 AM (Sy6m/)

47 I knew I spelled maumau wrong. I don't even know what one is. I went and searched for a set:

4 DAY 1,413

50 to go (123 to Inauguration Day )

Muzzies, Marxists, Maoists, Mau-Maus, MFM's, Moochelle, Mao-suits, McCain's, McConnell's, Mario's, Mahdi megatons, machiavellian Mississippi mudslingers, McAuliffe's, Maduro's, MIRV's, Mexifornians, Milwaukee mayhem, McKesson's, Mizzou malefactors, mewling mattress-myth manufacturers, marriage maimers, menacing Mozillan 'mo's, Myrmidons, Mugwumps, Monrovian microbes, malicious mosquitos, mutants, malcontents, malthusians, maniacs, malignant medical mandates, martial law, miscreants, microaggressors, minions, maladjusted masochistic multiculturalists, momzers, mamalukes, mooks, mopes, mariuoli, meeskeits, maricons, marauders, malodorous militants, menstruating mons veneri, malfunctioning Moron microsites and miscellaneous meshugas notwithstanding.

Posted by: meh at June 27, 2026 06:37 AM (kK7U2)

48 meh

Vic. A machinist Mate in the US Navy, then a nuclear plant maintainer. He had a brief news compendium.

He has passed away, and for one reason or another is not on the Absent Friends list.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 27, 2026 06:37 AM (u82oZ)

49 Re: English is amazing. All those M words -- though "maricon" is Spanish and plenty are Yiddish.

It's been said English doesn't just adopt foreign words. It mugs them in dark alleys and takes their lunch money.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 27, 2026 06:40 AM (wzUl9)

50 Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

James Nicoll, the interesting SF icon, wrote the following epigram on the English language:

"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and riffle their pockets for new vocabulary."

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 27, 2026 06:46 AM (u82oZ)

51 James Nicoll, the interesting SF icon, wrote the following epigram on the English language:

"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and riffle their pockets for new vocabulary."
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 27, 2026

***
That's what I was thinking of!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 27, 2026 06:48 AM (wzUl9)

52 "The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."

-- James Nicoll

Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 27, 2026 06:48 AM (BLOW1)

53 - Regarding {{{grammie}}}

My prayer is for as little suffering as possible.
When she leaves this mortal world, it will be our loss.
However...
The apostle Paul writing to the church at Phillippi -

1:21 For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

See also in his second letter to the church at Corinth-

5:8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

As always, you should read the entire passage on both. Context is important.

Posted by: TeeJ at June 27, 2026 06:49 AM (xI6JS)

54 Ah, NaCly Dog beat me to it.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 27, 2026 06:49 AM (BLOW1)

55 It's been said English doesn't just adopt foreign words. It mugs them in dark alleys and takes their lunch money.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 27, 2026 06:40 AM (wzUl9)
====
This is certainly one of the sources of the magnificence of the English language.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 27, 2026 06:51 AM (RIvkX)

56 James Nicoll, the interesting SF icon, wrote the following epigram on the English language:

"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and riffle their pockets for new vocabulary."
Posted by: NaCly

The most fun college course I took was The History of the English Language.

Posted by: Tuna at June 27, 2026 06:51 AM (lJ0H4)

57 Pixy Misa

No worries, mate.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 27, 2026 06:51 AM (u82oZ)

58 Last night we watched the 2023 film The Critic w/ Ian McKellen. Sir Ian plays an acid-tongued theatre critic in the London of 1934 whose "proclivities" in his off hours (meeting up with young men in parks at night for what was then illegal gay sex) has led to his firing after forty years with his paper. So he loads and aims a weapon at his boss: an attractive actress (Gemma Arterton) whom he has always vilified, offering her his support if she will seduce his boss and allow him to blackmail his way into a new contract.

Not a comedy, not an uplifting film, but quietly fascinating and chilling.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 27, 2026 06:54 AM (wzUl9)

59 Almost time to get dressed, feed the monsters and then me, and plan my day. I might drive out to the pipe shop and see what's new in their inventory.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 27, 2026 06:56 AM (wzUl9)

60 Since Crunchyroll had removed GATE: Thus, the JSDF Fought from their online catalog, I finally ordered off Amazon the Blu-Ray of the series. The Blu-Ray is a lot better than what was broadcasted.

First they had a different subtitle script and tried to translate background text. And the sound effects like the machine gun fire and explosions are more punched up, now waiting eagerly for the episode of F-4EJs vs red dragon.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 27, 2026 06:56 AM (2GVsD)

61 46 degrees, mostly sunny ... might be the end of lovely cool mornings for a while; (maybe a week, maybe 2 months ...)
hot weather is coming to Wisconsin (aaaaugh!)

covfefe y un donetto verde, life is good !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 27, 2026 06:58 AM (VyBeY)

62 Anna Puma

How are you doing? Run out of space for your models?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 27, 2026 06:58 AM (u82oZ)

63
Good morning, Hordians. I can see the end of the tunnel for collecting journal references for my potential book. I just have to do the Royal Society of Chemistry journals and I think I'll be done. Or as done as I can be expected to be.

In the end, I'll have some 8000 citations. The next question is how to organize them into categories. If there was a use for AI, it's this and it's not even a particularly difficult task. Just off the top of my head, Derwent Innovation, CAS AnaVist and PatBase all had or have modules that analyze large ensembles. The problem is that those ensembles were assembled within those applications.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 27, 2026 07:01 AM (O0L8i)

64 High society London of the late 1930s was insane with the five mad Mitford sisters. The sanest of the bunch was the columnist, two were out and out Hitler supporting Fascists - rumour has one of them even having Hitler's love child, and another was a card-carrying Red Commie Stalin supporter.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 27, 2026 07:02 AM (2GVsD)

65 Lib little sis flew back to Portland last night after spending the week with Boy F. while we were in Colorado.

The good news is both of them suggested that Mrs. F. and I go away again, as soon as possible.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 27, 2026 07:03 AM (RIvkX)

66 Hadrian the Seventh

That would be a great help to the IP lawyers and Patent Examiners in that particular field. A definitive compendium of prior art!

You are a giver.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 27, 2026 07:03 AM (u82oZ)

67 Salty Dawg, tis always a battle.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 27, 2026 07:03 AM (2GVsD)

68 San Franpsycho

I live in this fracturing of formerly strong family bonds due to different world views as well.

Condolences.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 27, 2026 07:05 AM (u82oZ)

69 Anna Puma

I have a great deal of faith that you are going to prevail. And I have a picture of you smiling over the trigger of your mini-gun, surrounded by brass cartridges and gun smoke.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 27, 2026 07:07 AM (u82oZ)

70
I've done this compiling by myself, by cold slogging through publishers websites (ACS, Elsevier, Wiley, Springer, RSC, Taylor and Francis and MDPI), from Google Scholar or from legacy spreadsheets. It's taken months to do.

I have probably an equivalent number of patent references and those can be searched, assembled and analyzed in a day.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 27, 2026 07:10 AM (O0L8i)

71 Power Line:

https://tinyurl.com/2s32enaj

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 27, 2026 07:12 AM (l26NL)

72 High society London of the late 1930s was insane with the five mad Mitford sisters. The sanest of the bunch was the columnist, two were out and out Hitler supporting Fascists - rumour has one of them even having Hitler's love child, and another was a card-carrying Red Commie Stalin supporter.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 27, 2026

***
In the film, the critic and his long-time live-in partner and secretary run afoul of a group of Blackshirts, and the scuffle leads to his being arrested and then fired. Thus kicking off his blackmail plot.

I need to see McKellen's 1995 Richard III again, and maybe try his Mr. Holmes from 2015. Though the concept of a Holmes dealing with early dementia is not a pleasant thought.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 27, 2026 07:13 AM (wzUl9)

73 Skip

I look at the breaking news title on Tousi TV for what is the big news.

I think the interesting thing is we can now play whack a mole with the Iranians without major consequences. The Senate is not stopping our strikes, we are getting support from the Gulf states, and every time we hiit the Iranians they lose irreplaceable assets.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 27, 2026 07:15 AM (u82oZ)

74 Salty not fractured, we are so pleased boy and his aunt enjoy each other's company. It was a relief and respite to be relieved of the responsibility for supervising him a few days. But she is still a damn hippie.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 27, 2026 07:15 AM (RIvkX)

75 Wolfus

One of the Fascist Mitfords, not Unity, started as Mosley's secret lover and later became his wife.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 27, 2026 07:15 AM (2GVsD)

76 Loaded truck up, see how this goes

Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 07:17 AM (Ia/+0)

77
A post found on Facebook by one J Michael Smith --

Socialists are those who come to a potluck bringing nothing, complain about the food, then take home all the leftovers.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) - Humiliate! Humiliate! Humiliate! at June 27, 2026 07:20 AM (ixS3i)

78 Mitford sisters:

Deborah Mitford
Diana Mitford
Jessica Mitford
Nancy Mitford
Pamela Mitford
Unity Mitford

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 07:22 AM (6wpGE)

79 San Franpsycho

Thanks for the clarifying and hopeful update.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 27, 2026 07:22 AM (u82oZ)

80 42 Bad m words (sorry m).
Posted by: meh at June 27, 2026 06:33 AM (kK7U2)

Mean!

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 07:23 AM (6wpGE)

81 Morning peeps. Another night of thunderstorms, but thankfully no tornados. Lots of rain. Neighbor's backyard has a sinkhole... full of water. Looks like a pond. I see water running through our backyard near a creek... pretty common stuff after several inches of rain.

This likely means the grass will need to be cut next week when it's in the 90's. Great.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 27, 2026 07:25 AM (jehhT)

82 68 I live in this fracturing of formerly strong family bonds due to different world views
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 27, 2026 07:05 AM (u82oZ)

Sorry.

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 07:26 AM (6wpGE)

83 24> AI/data center bubble needs to pop.

Not a shill for Big Data, but restricting build-outs forces redistribution of computing resources. Instead of consolidating into superscalars where all of the inputs are optimized (power, location, cooling, staffing, security, backups, etc.) companies do build-outs locally and have zero motivation or ability to optimize, but to use municipal water, electric, etc.

Consolidated computing also is more efficient use of memory because they meter it. Going On-Prem everywhere replicates all of the necessary inputs which means more memory, in the aggregate because it isn't being used optimally for load.

NIMBY will make things more expensive and prolong the high price pain.

Posted by: Community Notes at June 27, 2026 07:28 AM (a4flb)

84 One of the Fascist Mitfords, not Unity, started as Mosley's secret lover and later became his wife.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 27, 2026

***
Mosley is mentioned in passing in the movie. The name sounded familiar, so I looked him up. British Union of Fascists, check.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 27, 2026 07:29 AM (wzUl9)

85 50 James Nicoll, the interesting SF icon, wrote the following epigram on the English language:

"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and riffle their pockets for new vocabulary."
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 27, 2026 06:46 AM (u82oZ)

52 "The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."

-- James Nicoll
Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 27, 2026 06:48 AM (BLOW1)

Great minds run on the same track!

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 07:30 AM (6wpGE)

86 Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly

Lots of shareable memes in your link. No more Star Trek / Star Wars humor, but still funny. Thanks.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 27, 2026 07:30 AM (u82oZ)

87 71 Power Line:

https://tinyurl.com/2s32enaj
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 27, 2026 07:12 AM (l26NL)

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 07:32 AM (6wpGE)

88 Community Notes

When flying into Dulles for the NoVaMoMeet I was amazed by the large number of data centers in Loudon County, VA. The pastoral countryside I knew is gone.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 27, 2026 07:32 AM (u82oZ)

89
One of the Fascist Mitfords, not Unity, started as Mosley's secret lover and later became his wife.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 27, 2026

Diana

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) - Humiliate! Humiliate! Humiliate! at June 27, 2026 07:37 AM (ixS3i)

90 I'm old enough to remember when the desktop PC was going to replace mainframes and data centers.

Posted by: fd at June 27, 2026 07:39 AM (MWfyi)

91 And quantum computers would give us the answer to life, the universe, and everything.

Posted by: fd at June 27, 2026 07:42 AM (MWfyi)

92 That would have been better as comment #42.

Posted by: fd at June 27, 2026 07:44 AM (MWfyi)

93 Gov. Gavin Newsom is barreling ahead with forcing California state workers back to the office, flatly rejecting calls to soften a return-to-work mandate that unions warn could trigger a “mass exodus” of employees.

Starting July 1, roughly 100,000 state workers will be required to report to the office or the field four days a week, leaving just one day for telework under Newsom’s long-delayed executive order.

Despite mounting backlash from organized labor and state employees, the governor made it clear there will be no retreat.

Asked directly whether he’d consider easing the four-day in-office requirement, Newsom didn’t blink.

“No chance.”
====

California Post calls this a "brutal" message

The last time I was in the State building here it was so empty it was like a zombie apocalypse.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 27, 2026 07:44 AM (RIvkX)

94
The good news is both of them suggested that Mrs. F. and I go away again, as soon as possible.

Posted by: San Franpsycho

"No, you go away", while simplistic and perhaps juvenile, is an equally apt rejoinder.

Our two children are on the opposite side of matters, but they never throw that nonsense at us.

It is our halfwit DiL who thunders away online by reporting others' inanities (no originality and no thoughtfulness required to play!) who might go there under the right circumstances.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) - Humiliate! Humiliate! Humiliate! at June 27, 2026 07:46 AM (ixS3i)

95 In the Power Line jokes, I don't get the egg joke.

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 07:46 AM (6wpGE)

96 I remember when they were telling us computers were going to make life simpler and easier ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 27, 2026 07:46 AM (VyBeY)

97 And quantum computers would give us the answer to life, the universe, and everything.
****

And I'm still waiting for the explanation of "42".

Posted by: clarence at June 27, 2026 07:46 AM (GlOX/)

98 ... and don't forget "the paperless office" !

lol

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 27, 2026 07:47 AM (VyBeY)

99 m

This is your brain on drugs.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 27, 2026 07:47 AM (u82oZ)

100 "Gov. Gavin Newsom is barreling ahead with forcing California state workers back to the office"

What happened to the Democratic Socialist's plan for the workers to be in charge?

Posted by: fd at June 27, 2026 07:47 AM (MWfyi)

101 95 - "this is your brain on drugs."

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 27, 2026 07:47 AM (VyBeY)

102 99 m

This is your brain on drugs.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 27, 2026 07:47 AM (u82oZ)

Thank you!

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 07:48 AM (6wpGE)

103 San Franpsycho and fd

Well, bye.

Prediction: They will return to the office. And be very unhappy.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 27, 2026 07:48 AM (u82oZ)

104
I remember when they were telling us computers were going to make life simpler and easier ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez

Now there's a howler for the ages!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) - Humiliate! Humiliate! Humiliate! at June 27, 2026 07:48 AM (ixS3i)

105 sock_rat_eez

We paid attention to PSAs back in the day. Not so much now.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 27, 2026 07:49 AM (u82oZ)

106 "And I'm still waiting for the explanation of "42".
Posted by: clarence"

Once you add EVERYTHING up it equals 42. Pretty simple, really.

Posted by: fd at June 27, 2026 07:50 AM (MWfyi)

107
Diana Mitford married Oswald Moseley
Unity Mitford was a Hitler groupie
Jessica Mitford was the commie
Deborah became Duchess of Devonshire

You could drop all six into the nearest river and the world would not be disturbed in the least.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 27, 2026 07:51 AM (O0L8i)

108 Thank you!
Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 07:48 AM (6wpGE)

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Get off his lawn!
/obligatory

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 27, 2026 07:51 AM (RIvkX)

109 As much hate as they seem to get, I've had a Generac now for 8 years and never once has it failed me.

And we lose power all of the time out here on a cape in Maine.

Posted by: Defenestratus at June 27, 2026 07:51 AM (WYStd)

110 108 Thank you!
Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 07:48 AM (6wpGE)

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Get off his lawn!
/obligatory
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 27, 2026 07:51 AM (RIvkX)

I was around in the 80s!

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 07:52 AM (6wpGE)

111
And I'm still waiting for the explanation of "42".
Posted by: clarence

Douglas Adams of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". The answer provided by the computer Deep Thought to the question, "What is the meaning of life?" (That may have been the "...meaning of life, the universe and everything". I don't rightly recall.)

An entirely non-random number thrown into a mildly humorous scene.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) - Humiliate! Humiliate! Humiliate! at June 27, 2026 07:54 AM (ixS3i)

112 - "This is your brain on drugs."

Now do,,, Hey there kiddies, gather 'round. The man with the goodies is here.

Posted by: TeeJ at June 27, 2026 07:54 AM (xI6JS)

113 Prediction: They will return to the office. And be very unhappy.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 27, 2026 07:48 AM (u82oZ)
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It's been six years!

I think we can press on without hundreds of thousands of state employees whose absence has not mattered in all that time.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 27, 2026 07:54 AM (RIvkX)

114 I've had a Generac now for 8 years and never once has it failed me.

Posted by: Defenestratus at June 27, 2026 07:51 AM (WYStd)

I'm waiting for the permits for mine.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 27, 2026 07:55 AM (PLxDd)

115
... and Mitford McMitfordface launched a long lasting trope for suggested names of things.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) - Humiliate! Humiliate! Humiliate! at June 27, 2026 07:56 AM (ixS3i)

116 112 - "This is your brain on drugs."

Now do,,, Hey there kiddies, gather 'round. The man with the goodies is here.
Posted by: TeeJ at June 27, 2026 07:54 AM (xI6JS)

"The Candyman"?

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 07:56 AM (6wpGE)

117 away back in the Before Time, PSAs were not quite so humorless-scoldy as they are these days.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 27, 2026 07:57 AM (VyBeY)

118 I was around in the 80s!
Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 07:52 AM (6wpGE)
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1. Did you have to memorize a phone number?
2. Did you have a Members Only jacket?
3. Did you pretend to like Whitesnake?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 27, 2026 07:57 AM (RIvkX)

119 I'm waiting for the permits for mine.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 27, 2026 07:55 AM (PLxDd)
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Yeah. We know.

Posted by: New Jersey Department of the Environment at June 27, 2026 07:58 AM (RIvkX)

120 118 I was around in the 80s!
Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 07:52 AM (6wpGE)
====

1. Did you have to memorize a phone number?
2. Did you have a Members Only jacket?
3. Did you pretend to like Whitesnake?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 27, 2026 07:57 AM (RIvkX)

1. Y
2. N
3. N

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 07:58 AM (6wpGE)

121 I'm so old the "computer room" used to be referred to as the "data center."

Now... not so much.

Do businesses these days actually have a "computer room" for their local software systems anymore?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 27, 2026 07:59 AM (jehhT)

122 affirm!

Y (still remember some of them, lol)
N
N

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 27, 2026 07:59 AM (VyBeY)

123
I'm waiting for the permits for mine.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 27, 2026 07:55 AM (PLxDd)

"Dear Mr. Dildo, In order to expedite the approval of your permit request, please supply the following information..."
(six pages of requests, originals only)

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 27, 2026 08:00 AM (O0L8i)

124 120 118 I was around in the 80s!
Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 07:52 AM (6wpGE)
====

1. Did you have to memorize a phone number?
2. Did you have a Members Only jacket?
3. Did you pretend to like Whitesnake?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 27, 2026 07:57 AM (RIvkX)

1. Y
2. N
3. N
Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 07:58 AM (6wpGE)

122 affirm!

Y (still remember some of them, lol)
N
N
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 27, 2026 07:59 AM (VyBeY)

Fistbump!

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 08:01 AM (6wpGE)

125 fistbump!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 27, 2026 08:01 AM (VyBeY)

126 morning coffee is being served.

Posted by: clarence at June 27, 2026 08:02 AM (GlOX/)

127 I'm in a mixed marriage. I'm 70s and Mrs. F. is 80s.

The only bands we like in common are Led Zeppelin, Talking Heads, and B-52s.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 27, 2026 08:02 AM (RIvkX)

128
A way back in the Before Time, PSAs were not quite so humorless-scoldy as they are these days.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez

That was before the Scoldy McScoldyFaces got a grip on things.

Now we've experienced the scoldiest of them all, Big Mike Obama, attempting to ply her trade in many areas beyond her ken. By "Big Mike" I refer, of course, to both Big Mikes -- Big Mike with Oppressor Hair and Big Mike of Wakanda (i.e. with Non-Oppressor Hair).

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) - Humiliate! Humiliate! Humiliate! at June 27, 2026 08:03 AM (ixS3i)

129 Youse guys crack me up.

Alas, time for home and yard maintenance.

Everyone have a day that coruscates with joy.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 27, 2026 08:03 AM (u82oZ)

130 You too, NaCly!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 27, 2026 08:04 AM (VyBeY)

131 Do businesses these days actually have a "computer room" for their local software systems anymore?
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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Are you talking about the server room or the IT closet?

Posted by: lin-duh at June 27, 2026 08:11 AM (VCgbV)

132 > Do businesses these days actually have a "computer room" for their local software systems anymore?
Posted by: Martini Farmer
----
Are you talking about the server room or the IT closet?
Posted by: lin-duh
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Probably "server room" if the "IT closet" is just telecom gear. Stuff like telephone/network switch gear... which would likely still be necessary even if the actual servers were elsewhere.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 27, 2026 08:20 AM (jehhT)

133 And I'm still waiting for the explanation of "42".
Posted by: clarence

Douglas Adams of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". The answer provided by the computer Deep Thought to the question, "What is the meaning of life?" (That may have been the "...meaning of life, the universe and everything". I don't rightly recall.)

An entirely non-random number thrown into a mildly humorous scene.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) - Humiliate! Humiliate! Humiliate! at June 27, 2026 07:54 AM (ixS3i)

You left out the part that with how long it took to get the answer, they've forgotten the actual question.

Posted by: GWB at June 27, 2026 08:42 AM (kU0PQ)

134 @95/m: "In the Power Line jokes, I don't get the egg joke."

It's a reference to this:
https://youtu.be/GOnENVylxPI

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 27, 2026 11:59 AM (O7YUW)

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