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Daily Tech News 17 July 2026
Top Story
- TSMC has committed another $100 billion for four new leading-edge 2nm fabs in Arizona. (Tom's Hardware)
I'm not sure exactly why they chose Arizona apart from the fact that China is unlikely to successfully invade, but that seems like a good enough reason.
Tech News
- India has fined Hewlett Packard 1.4 billion rupees for price fixing. (Ars Technica)
About tree fiddy in real money.
- AMD's Ryzen 7700X3D is the company's latest though not newest CPU with what they term "3D-Vcache" - an additional 64MB cache chip stacked on top of the CPU die. (Tom's Hardware)
The problem is that it's not much faster than the existing 7700X unless you're specifically using it to play games, and not much faster than the existing 7600X3D if you are playing games, and both of those chips are around $100 cheaper than the 7700X3D's $329.
- 1Password now lets Claude use your passwords - without giving it access to the passwords themselves. (Nerds.xyz)
Claude sends a request to 1Password, the user approves it, and Claude ends up with access to the desired service without ever seeing the password. It's a pretty elegant solution to a situation set up mostly by crazy people.
- Why is OpenAI selling a ChatGPT basketball? (Tech Crunch)
Good question. Next question.
Disclaimer: Roast loin of... What?
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 04:44 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: JQ at July 17, 2026 04:44 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at July 17, 2026 04:45 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at July 17, 2026 04:45 AM (Wejm4)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 17, 2026 04:48 AM (BLOW1)
Posted by: JQ at July 17, 2026 04:48 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at July 17, 2026 04:49 AM (Wejm4)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 17, 2026 04:49 AM (u82oZ)
Are they using cooling fluids other than water for the Data Center? Seems important for AZ agriculture.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 17, 2026 04:52 AM (u82oZ)
Finally (!) whole house is cooled enough to close windows and go to bed...
TGIF!!!
Posted by: JQ at July 17, 2026 04:52 AM (rdVOm)
takes internet by storm. Faithpot site :
https://tinyurl.com/3b8744vv
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2026 04:55 AM (Cjc4c)
https://tinyurl.com/2wyr4few
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2026 04:58 AM (Cjc4c)
You wouldn’t want to put a water intensive industry in Missouri or West Virginia, too much of the wrong sort of water.
Posted by: Accomack at July 17, 2026 05:00 AM (GbONR)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2026 05:02 AM (Cjc4c)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 17, 2026 05:03 AM (K861k)
And Canada. Canada is unlikely to successfully invade Arizona.
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 05:08 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 05:09 AM (6wpGE)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 17, 2026 05:13 AM (AMvSw)
I am NOT going to stay up until 4:00 this morning. not Not NOT! Good night for real, you lovely people.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 17, 2026 05:15 AM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 17, 2026 05:15 AM (K861k)
Ill bet you have singing and dancing skills from your drama background. But not the Rockettes style dancing.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 17, 2026 05:16 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: SciVo at July 17, 2026 05:16 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at July 17, 2026 05:19 AM (Wejm4)
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 05:20 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at July 17, 2026 05:19 AM (Wejm4)
Maybe they can desalinate the Gulf of California.
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 05:23 AM (6wpGE)
LOL. I was more in the straight drama or comedy line.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2026 05:23 AM (D+BhG)
In that case, go long on reverse osmosis membranes.
Data centers need cooling. There is very active research in new coolants, but water is the cheapest available.
According to Copilot: Chip manufacturing is highly water-intensive, requiring significant amounts of ultrapure water for various processes, with facilities using up to 10 million gallons per day, equivalent to the daily consumption of 33,000 households. TSMC's new facility in Arizona aims to reclaim about 65% of its water usage.
Still a lot of water needed.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 17, 2026 05:28 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 05:29 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: fluffy at July 17, 2026 05:32 AM (V0/Sp)
I had no idea such a large amount of very pure water was needed to make chips.
No wonder China has problems with manufacturing of high end chips. Takes even more effort to purify their water.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 17, 2026 05:33 AM (u82oZ)
Was up for a bit in middle of the night but didn't look at clock
Should be outta here within 2 hours
Posted by: Skip at July 17, 2026 05:33 AM (Ia/+0)
fab
noun
- a microchip fabrication plant: the process will reduce the environmental damage caused by chip fabs.
- a particular fabrication process in a manufacturing plant: it can only be made using five-layer fabs
verb (fabs, fabbing, fabbed) [with object]
- produce (a microchip).
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 05:33 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at July 17, 2026 05:34 AM (Wejm4)
Because they think the cheap land will offset the cost of air conditioning.
Posted by: fluffy at July 17, 2026 05:35 AM (V0/Sp)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 17, 2026 05:28 AM (u82oZ)
Hope it's getting better all the time.
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 05:36 AM (6wpGE)
Good to know the jelly isn't all going to chipmunks and grackles.
Posted by: fluffy at July 17, 2026 05:37 AM (V0/Sp)
About tree fiddy in real money."
Well, $1.4 Million USD. Enough to get the attention of a small to medium sized company, but barely a mosquito bite to a company as large as HP.
When fines are only a "cost of doing business", then the punishments need to be something they can't ignore.
Perhaps pass a law that removes legal protection for the company's copyrights and patents inside your company specific to the devices they were selling related to the conviction for cartel-like behaviour.
"Hey everyone, it's open season on HP's ink, its printer cartridges, its printers, and its software and firmware with regards to same. Reverse engineer and copy all you want so you can make your own clones of these things to use and sell. We'll slap down any attempt to seek damages in our own courts, applications from courts from other countries."
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 17, 2026 05:37 AM (O7YUW)
Something about Arizona building a tech platform and has partnered with other semi-conductor manufacturers to cluster there (e.g. intel). CHIPS Act, Phoenix building Silicon Desert infrastructure to secure supply-chain.
Also lack of hurricanes, earthquakes and floods which is critical for delicate manufacturing parts.
Also university system to attract new workers
Posted by: Community Notes at July 17, 2026 05:38 AM (pawvM)
https://youtu.be/1EBfxjSFAxQ
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 17, 2026 05:39 AM (O7YUW)
In December 2022, TSMC announced its plans to triple its investment in the Arizona plants in response to the growing tensions between the US and China and the supply chain disruption that has led to chip shortages. ...
In April 2024, the Biden administration announced a preliminary agreement to award TSMC Arizona up to $6.6 billion in direct funding under the CHIPS and Science Act, alongside up to $5 billion in proposed loans, to support TSMC's planned investment of more than $65 billion across three fabrication plants in Phoenix. ...
In July 2025, [C.C.] Wei [President, Chairman, and CEO of TSMC] indicated that TSMC would speed up its production timelines toward the completion of a "gigafab" cluster totalling six facilities after an additional $100 billion investment in Arizona.
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 05:41 AM (6wpGE)
In the meantime, redirect the windmills to power desalination since reverse-osmosis plants can (but shouldn't) run intermittently. This is where they can experiment with battery and water storage for smoothing out the power delivery without screwing up the grid.
Thermal desalination, nah.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 17, 2026 05:43 AM (U4c/V)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 17, 2026 05:43 AM (u82oZ)
AZ can use gravity water storage as a liquid battery. But again. water loss is the rate-limiting step.
Where is there too much water? Louisiana? Hurricanes are an issue.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 17, 2026 05:46 AM (u82oZ)
I guess we will be seeing a lot of H1Bs out of Taiwan settling in Phoenix.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 17, 2026 05:48 AM (U4c/V)
Posted by: SciVo at July 17, 2026 05:50 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 05:51 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: SciVo at July 17, 2026 05:50 AM (Sy6m/)
Thank you, SciVo.
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 05:51 AM (6wpGE)
Are they using cooling fluids other than water for the Data Center? Seems important for AZ agriculture.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 17, 2026 04:52 AM (u82oZ)
Brawndo's got what plants crave.
Posted by: According to the Prophecy at July 17, 2026 05:52 AM (967/Q)
Up until 2021, Nestlé, now BlueTriton Brands, was bottling water from the Phoenix municipal water supply. That angered a lot of people, but Phoenix went out of their way to provide enough water so that Nestlé could competitively bottle there since 2018.
In other words, Phoenix is very aware of the value of water, and unlike most other cities is pro-active. I'm guessing that since Nestlé discontinued there, citing competitive reasons in the bottled water market moved elsewhere and that the water capacity is now available for TSMC.
Capacity not being used is money wasted. Phoenix needed a new customer.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 17, 2026 05:54 AM (pUU4E)
The Western Kansas winter wheat harvest declines year over year as the underlying Ogallala Aquifer is being depleted.
Water use in the West continues to be a big deal. Even mega-engineering projects may not be enough.
One immediate result is higher beef prices. In Western Kansas, most of the calves were sent to meat-packing plants this spring due to lack of fodder.
Takes 3 years from calf to market normally.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 17, 2026 05:54 AM (u82oZ)
And if the U.S. Government is smart, they'll help with converting those to permanent residency and citizenship with a quickness, since these folks have mad skills that the USA will want to secure in a permanent fashion.
Also, build out some Buc-ee's near those new fabrication plants, stat.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 17, 2026 05:54 AM (O7YUW)
I've been having an issue with my laptop for the last few days. Every so often, when surfing the net, everything freezes up. I cannot open tabs, I cannot close down the browser. The only thing that gets me surfin' again is Cntl-Alt-Delete and selecting task manager. I don't even have to do anything when the task manager window opens. I just have to immediately close it and everything returns to normal...until it happens again
wash-rinse-repeat many times per day.
Occurs using Brave or Chrome.
Any idea what may be going on and how to fix it?
Thanks in advance.
Posted by: one hour sober at July 17, 2026 05:55 AM (J4Dwc)
If you missed the news in ONT comment #291, Captain Josepha Sabin's daughter passed from the recent sudden heart event; too long without oxygen to the brain.
____________
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 17, 2026 05:56 AM (O0L8i)
Good point on Phoenix water use, but a receding water table hints at a declining supply for the future.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 17, 2026 05:56 AM (u82oZ)
"The Rhythm of the Night" is a song by Italian Eurodance group Corona.
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 05:56 AM (6wpGE)
fab
noun
- a microchip fabrication plant: the process will reduce the environmental damage caused by chip fabs.
- a particular fabrication process in a manufacturing plant: it can only be made using five-layer fabs
verb (fabs, fabbing, fabbed) [with object]
- produce (a microchip).
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 05:33 AM (6wpGE)
adjective
fabulous
- a microchip fabrication plant during Pride Month.
- a DEI employee of said plant
Posted by: According to the Prophecy at July 17, 2026 05:57 AM (967/Q)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 17, 2026 05:57 AM (u82oZ)
In the heat of the kitchen, cooking tons, when Mrs. BD gets a call from a pup and his wife that some of their 5 pups have come down with a nasty stomach virus.
Gotta find freezer space!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 17, 2026 05:57 AM (yMCWt)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2026 05:58 AM (rZCVI)
Got the Buick's rear brakes done yesterday. While my bank account is a touch lighter, the car -- partly due to a quick wash & spray wax before visiting the shop, partly due to the better roads out in the 'burbs -- seems to drive even better than it did a few days ago. Funny how that happens, huh?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 17, 2026 05:59 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 05:59 AM (6wpGE)
Just the browser freezing? Can you open or use other applications in the operating system when the problem is manifesting?
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 17, 2026 06:02 AM (O7YUW)
Wheat is a low value crop that can be grown all over the place. Think "Wealth of Nations", sure your CPA can balance your checkbook, but...
GMO is getting better at water management with shorter stalks, more drought resistant strains. With CO2 levels rising, plants need for water declines. Continue to see movement away from water-intensive farming.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 17, 2026 06:04 AM (NzX/y)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 17, 2026 06:05 AM (amcLV)
Not just the browser. All applications frozen. Thanks.
Posted by: one hour sober at July 17, 2026 06:05 AM (J4Dwc)
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Get rid of idiotic ethanol mandates for gasoline and suddenly there'll be lots of fodder.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 17, 2026 06:07 AM (amcLV)
Posted by: Case at July 17, 2026 06:07 AM (bqIVz)
Yes. Kansas State University is part of that effort to breed better plants.
Tax policy is making corn growing more lucrative, even in a dry area.
I would need an answer from my Ag Econ neighbor on the value of winter wheat in an area that normally is used for hay, an even lower cost plant.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 17, 2026 06:08 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 17, 2026 06:09 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Rosasharn at July 17, 2026 06:09 AM (PzBTm)
The Colorado river supplies 7 Western states and it is wildly over allocated. The question at this time is not if but when water runs short that will require draconian rationing that will affect aspect of life. Arizona, Phoenix, in particular are in the bullseye of this looming disaster; it seems putting a water intensive major metropolitan area smack in the middle of a desert where summertime temperatures reach a 115° is a problem.
The current negotiations between the seven states and the federal government over what to do next is at a standstill. The issue is each state wants all the other ones to give up their water. If these states were countries they'd be at war with each other right now. At the end of 2026 the Colorado river water agreements end; the lawyers are already popping the corks on the champagne bottles.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 17, 2026 06:10 AM (/eAef)
*twirl*
Posted by: Rosasharn at July 17, 2026 06:09 AM (PzBTm)
Yay!
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 06:10 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 17, 2026 05:15 AM (K861k)
Who cares?
Posted by: PM Carney at July 17, 2026 06:10 AM (8l6/L)
Otherwise, I got about enough sleep. Though Stirling the Great Black Worm took the opportunity to leap over and kick me a while back, it didn't keep me awake. Coffee, food for me, food for them, some writing time, and a quick visit to Aldi are on the schedule before workout time.
We watched 1981's Evil Under the Sun with Peter Ustinov as Poirot, and with Maggie Smith and Jane Birkin, last night. Good stuff, very clever. I spotted half of the murderous team, the essential trick, but not the murderer's accomplice. And Ustinov's Poirot lumbering out in a dressing gown, 1920s bathing suit, and bathing cap for a morning "swim" has to be seen to be believed.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 17, 2026 06:10 AM (wzUl9)
Huzzah! And she is twirling!
*Does Happy Dance to Peter White's Reveillez-vous. *
Seriously, you make Friday start on a good note.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 17, 2026 06:10 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Community Notes at July 17, 2026 06:04 AM (NzX/y)
Fuck you!
Posted by: Rice at July 17, 2026 06:11 AM (8l6/L)
Phoenix gets 98% of its water from surface-water source and uses its massive ground-water reserves for backup. Think of it as the water equivalent of the Strategic Oil Preserve.
In the meantime, Phoenix is leading in Advanced Water Purification because they are a junior partner to California in tapping the Colorado River. That in itself is interesting, because Arizona may pay for California to desalinate water so that there is no need for building pipelines from the Pacific into Arizona and thus reduce California's dependence on the Colorado River.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 17, 2026 06:11 AM (NzX/y)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 17, 2026 06:12 AM (amcLV)
Posted by: Don Black at July 17, 2026 06:14 AM (ZxPkt)
And Canada. Canada is unlikely to successfully invade Arizona.
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 05:08 AM (6wpGE)
Our old alliance and relationship with the United States…is…over.
Posted by: PM Carney at July 17, 2026 06:14 AM (8l6/L)
Thank you for this inside perspective. Sounds like there are possible solutions to lack of water.
However, depending on CA to solve problems seems fraught.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 17, 2026 06:15 AM (u82oZ)
Now we can Friday
Posted by: Don Black at July 17, 2026 06:15 AM (ZxPkt)
If Windows, check the event viewer (It's under Administrative tools in an old copy of Windows 7 I have).
In the event viewer, expand Windows Logs, System. Search near the time the problem was happening for critical events (Red X). That'll at least give you a clue.
Might be a thermal issue if you see CPU throttling. Get a tech to open it up, clean out the dust, and replace the thermal paste on the CPU and GPU.
Might be a storage device starting to go bad. Check for drive errors read-or-write in that event viewer.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 17, 2026 06:15 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 17, 2026 06:15 AM (8l6/L)
Posted by: PM Carney
War... War never changes.
The first Fallout game had the US invade Canada.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 17, 2026 06:16 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 17, 2026 06:15 AM (8l6/L)
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You dropped it?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 17, 2026 06:17 AM (yMCWt)
Might be software, especially since Microsoft just released a HUGE whack of updates. They may have broken something. Wouldn't be the first time, won't be the last.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 17, 2026 06:18 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 17, 2026 06:18 AM (wzUl9)
No kidding, right? Any piece of computing equipment I'm looking at right now results in me slamming my wallet shut and saying, "NOPE! Waiting."
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 17, 2026 06:19 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: PM Carney
War... War never changes.
The first Fallout game had the US invade Canada.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 17, 2026 06:16 AM (u82oZ)
Our middle powers alliance with counter your country. As well as our support for the PRC and the New…World…Order.
Posted by: PM Carney at July 17, 2026 06:19 AM (8l6/L)
You dropped it?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 17, 2026 06:17 AM (yMCWt)
No.
Wish the prices would drop though. Though that isn’t likely according to everything I read here.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 17, 2026 06:20 AM (8l6/L)
Posted by: Rosasharn at July 17, 2026 06:21 AM (PzBTm)
But I bet John the baptist was shredded. Think about it.
Posted by: H at July 17, 2026 06:21 AM (oLx2/)
All notebook computers can take advantage of a good session with an air compressor. Keyboard too.
A lot of that dust is you. (flaked off dead skin cells)
Posted by: Community Notes at July 17, 2026 06:22 AM (nCgQz)
Posted by: Don Black at July 17, 2026 06:23 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: clarence at July 17, 2026 06:24 AM (JGS5U)
Posted by: Just Wondering at July 17, 2026 06:25 AM (2Ez/1)
The southern third of the whole Mississippi Valley, for several months a year. A canal and reservoir system to put the overage into aquifers would dwarf the pyramids as a public works project, but just think of all the topsoil and wrecked cars we'd keep out of the Gulf. You could water about five states with the wastage, and replenish farmland all over the west. And if you needed to improve employment numbers, you could do it with spoons.
Maybe we'll move into this when the Stalinists take over. They used to love that kind of stuff. And now you can call it AI!
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 17, 2026 06:25 AM (zdLoL)
327 Right now I'm just scrolling, scrolling, scrolling to keep from thinking. Keep the comments coming so I can keep on scrolling.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at July 16, 2026 11:52 PM (DK5Sh)
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 06:26 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 06:26 AM (6wpGE)
I will propose a pipeline from there to replenish the Aquifer to my State Reps. Why should the CA Train to Nowhere siphon up all the graft in the USA.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 17, 2026 06:28 AM (u82oZ)
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The North American Dignity Canal has just become feasible.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 17, 2026 06:28 AM (amcLV)
Posted by: Skip at July 17, 2026 06:28 AM (Ia/+0)
No idea what that is.
Posted by: one hour sober at July 17, 2026 06:30 AM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 17, 2026 06:30 AM (/eAef)
Posted by: NR Pax at July 17, 2026 06:32 AM (99eI0)
Posted by: one hour sober at July 17, 2026 05:55 AM (J4Dwc)
(I am not a techie!) To the techies: does this "fix" help to diagnose the problem?
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 06:34 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: olddog in mo at July 17, 2026 06:34 AM (Hbeqj)
The war in Iran is part of the US conflict with China.
Xi's actions are helping the US, so leave him in power.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 17, 2026 06:35 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 06:35 AM (6wpGE)
I never understood the reasoning of the Leftists when they say we need to save This and preserve That and leave that Other Thing in pristine shape.
Translation: I must deprive myself of the spoils of a modern prosperous, flourishing society so that third world heathen savages can do what with it?
Posted by: Community Notes at July 17, 2026 06:35 AM (xE0sV)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 17, 2026 06:35 AM (u82oZ)
I'm about to head out to Cleveland where today's events just got canceled. Tomorrow's big storms should clear out the smoke and allow my competition...never mind. My event will get canceled, too. But the air will be good!
Posted by: t-bird at July 17, 2026 06:36 AM (EJWxb)
What? Only Five Eyes have the franchise of election interference, regime change and nation building?
Our CIA exists to engage in Acts of War on every other sovereign nation on this planet.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 17, 2026 06:37 AM (xE0sV)
Have you tried rebooting the machine? If there is a pending update that needs to restart, it can cause the PC to act all wonky.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 17, 2026 06:38 AM (/eAef)
Posted by: NR Pax at July 17, 2026 06:32 AM (99eI0)
yikes
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 06:38 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: t-bird at July 17, 2026 06:39 AM (EJWxb)
I'm pretty sure that my SUV and BBQ, or use of air-con never threw off this much Carbon™ and Climate Change™
Apparently nature can tell the difference between mega-volcanoes, Saharan dust and Mexican/Canadian wildfires and the environmental crime of me merely existing.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 17, 2026 06:41 AM (xE0sV)
Posted by: Community Notes
FIFY.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 17, 2026 06:42 AM (u82oZ)
Have dried cranberries and was going to make oatmeal with them, except out of oatmeal. So use Cream of wheat. Was pretty good.
Posted by: Skip at July 17, 2026 06:42 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 06:46 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Skip
Don't feel bad. I've had my car for almost 2 years and I still haven't figured out all the gadgets yet.
Posted by: Tuna at July 17, 2026 06:47 AM (lJ0H4)
No idea what that is.
Posted by: one hour sober"
Those are common and probably insignificant. Does the laptop have an SSD? I have seen that kind of behavior with a failing drive. Nothing in the event log like read failures that would indicate it. I would try to clone the drive to see if it can make it all the way thru.
Posted by: fd at July 17, 2026 06:49 AM (MWfyi)
"Trump Exaggerates Claims About Election Vulnerabilities in Speech"
F'n commies.
Posted by: fd at July 17, 2026 06:51 AM (MWfyi)
"Trump Exaggerates Claims About Election Vulnerabilities in Speech"
F'n commies.
Posted by: fd at July 17, 2026 06:51 AM (MWfyi)
The disrespect for the office is astonishing.
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 06:52 AM (6wpGE)
DistributedCOM is a class of errors. There'll be an ID with it, and more information under the details tab, and get the GUID of what caused the error.
Also, is there a group of those showing up right before each freeze-in-time? (Start writing down the times of the freeze so you can check.)
But don't get too invested in chasing the DCOM errors UNLESS they're clustering up right before a freeze, because they're only "yellow" warnings, not critical events. They may not be related at all.
I'm leaning towards what Don Black suggested.
Reboot the system so you're on a clean restart, then do a system restore to before Tuesday July 14.
See here:
https://tinyurl.com/yc6x7z4u
That's a LOT of fixes for one day.
Of course this begs the question: WHEN did this problem start showing up? If it was after the most recent patch-Tuesday (the 14th) then yeah, that strongly points to "Microsoft done screwed something up. Again."
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 17, 2026 06:53 AM (O7YUW)
How can they prove that? What they are claiming is that they know for a fact that the level of fraud and the exposure to outside meddling is no where near what he says.
Which is weird, because the NYT doesn't do any investigation, they just publish narratives and unsubstantiated propaganda.
Trump, OTOH, has thrown large multiples of man-hours and subpoeana power at uncovering election irregularities.
Even with the incompetence of government employees, kicking over some rocks ought to yield more facts and data than doing nothing more than covering over a corrupt election rigging political party.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 17, 2026 06:57 AM (xE0sV)
I remember straight away in 2020 that China might have printed fake ballots
Posted by: Skip at July 17, 2026 06:57 AM (Ia/+0)
Since when does proof matter to the NYT? Propaganda does not require proof.
Posted by: fd at July 17, 2026 06:59 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 17, 2026 07:00 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: fd at July 17, 2026 07:00 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 17, 2026 07:01 AM (u82oZ)
I assume election fraud was the topic? Any big revelations? Anyone going to prison?*
*I kid, I kid
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 17, 2026 07:02 AM (jehhT)
I did an A/B with corporate computer and personal computer (I intentionally delay all updates for a few weeks because of this exact "feature" of Microsoft's H1B development core)
Lots of new irregular behavior with the most recent update. Lock ups, dropped or profoundly slow internet, tools freezing, OneDrive connection failing auth/authz, etc.
Personal... just the usual Microsoft slop.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 17, 2026 07:02 AM (BvPIe)
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 07:02 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 07:03 AM (6wpGE)
So, martial law upon everyone who doesn't have a MAGA hat, right?
it's about time!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 17, 2026 07:04 AM (VyBeY)
Posted by: fd at July 17, 2026 07:04 AM (MWfyi)
++++
*scribbles notes*
Posted by: Chamber of Commerce at July 17, 2026 07:04 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Skip
*
Don't feel bad. I've had my car for almost 2 years and I still haven't figured out all the gadgets yet.
Posted by: Tuna at July 17, 2026
***
I'd had the Buick for four years when I discovered that by twiddling the right stereo knob while playing songs from the USB drive, the screen displays the entire list of songs on the drive, and you can scroll up and down to select a particular cut.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 17, 2026 07:04 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: one hour sober at July 17, 2026 07:05 AM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 17, 2026 07:05 AM (UpmsQ)
Posted by: Community Notes
Our existence is why the ice caps on Mars are melting. There is only one solution available to us!
Posted by: NR Pax at July 17, 2026 07:06 AM (99eI0)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at July 17, 2026 07:06 AM (sUMTS)
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 17, 2026 07:07 AM (4VH0B)
"Here you are. I just happened to have that much in my couch. I'll throw in an extra ten so get my bags to the car please."
Posted by: NR Pax at July 17, 2026 07:07 AM (99eI0)
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at July 17, 2026 07:07 AM (rii+a)
And Karmelo didn't kill anyone.
This is the 'D' in DARVO, expect the other letters to arrive shortly.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 17, 2026 07:08 AM (BvPIe)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 17, 2026 07:08 AM (UpmsQ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 17, 2026 07:08 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 17, 2026 07:09 AM (u82oZ)
"Trump Exaggerates Claims About Election Vulnerabilities in Speech"
F'n commies.
Posted by: fd
Ah. So, the NYT's confirms that Trump is right about Election Vulnerabilities and its worse than we thought. Thanks NYT's.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 17, 2026 07:09 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Skip
***
Android Auto now uses Google Gemini to tell you stuff.
You can ask it to find you the lowest price gas in a two mile radius, the location of the nearest coffee shop or the airspeed of an unladen swallow.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 17, 2026 07:10 AM (2Ez/1)
More circumstantial evidence that doing a system restore to prior to July 14 might be the way to go.
See #134 by Community Notes:
"I did an A/B with corporate computer and personal computer (I intentionally delay all updates for a few weeks because of this exact "feature" of Microsoft's H1B development core)
Lots of new irregular behavior with the most recent update. Lock ups, dropped or profoundly slow internet, tools freezing, OneDrive connection failing auth/authz, etc."
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 17, 2026 07:10 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 17, 2026 07:10 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: fd at July 17, 2026 07:10 AM (MWfyi)
Things are moving forward here, and it's better.
You are most kind.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 17, 2026 07:11 AM (4VH0B)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 17, 2026 07:11 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Community Notes
>Now is time to act on Cuba. Trade Ukraine for Cuba and let NATO handle Ukraine. Give Putin time to remove his emissaries but make it certain we're taking Cuba.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 17, 2026 07:12 AM (sYM3s)
God is good, patient, compassionate and He has a sense of humor.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 17, 2026 07:13 AM (4VH0B)
I fart in your general direction! {/outrageous French accent}
Posted by: Une forêt au Québec at July 17, 2026 07:13 AM (O7YUW)
F'n commies.
Posted by: fd at July 17, 2026 06:51 AM (MWfyi)
The disrespect for the office is astonishing.
--
That's exactly what it is. Disrespect, but for him more than the office itself. They treat him like trash.
Funny, he has all the federal gov't records and proof at his fingertips and explains it to the people...and the "media" has none of those records, but say he "exaggerates." How would they know? They don't. Their entire purpose is to slime and disrespect him, and do everything in their power to keep the massive fraud going.
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 17, 2026 07:13 AM (qBdHI)
The name was supposed to be: Une foret au Quebec (A forest in Quebec).
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 17, 2026 07:14 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: NR Pax at July 17, 2026 07:15 AM (99eI0)
I don't have much confidence in that happening. In fact, I expect that probably most likely there is a good chance that nothing will happen.
Posted by: fd at July 17, 2026 07:15 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Skip at July 17, 2026 07:15 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 17, 2026 07:12 AM (sYM3s)
-----------
Why? Let the Cubans decide the fate of the Castros. Just keep Russia and China out, like Trump is doing now.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 17, 2026 07:15 AM (5xBgn)
And all they found was communist propaganda?
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 17, 2026 07:16 AM (O7YUW)
Keep going! I was told by a couple married 54 years that the first 50 were the toughest. Now they are coasting.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 17, 2026 07:16 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 17, 2026 07:16 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 17, 2026 07:18 AM (4VH0B)
That's very strong evidence that the latest updates have borked things.
System restore, prior to July 14, then delay updates for two+ weeks until they sort their garbage updates out.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 17, 2026 07:18 AM (O7YUW)
Media is like a 17 year old boy, promising to love her forever. But first ...
Media is proven to be untrustworthy, and an enemy of advanced civilization.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 17, 2026 07:19 AM (u82oZ)
Considering the integration of departments and agencies under the Trump administration, I don't think it was a stretch that they borrowed SIGINT from the Department of War and watched the telephones light up from certain people to other certain people shortly after the speech.
Flushing quail.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 17, 2026 07:19 AM (U4c/V)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 17, 2026 07:19 AM (O7YUW)
@160 Tecumseh Tea, congrats many more
To Captain Sabin my condolences to you and your family on your loss.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 07:19 AM (OXYE0)
Presstitutes!
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 17, 2026 07:19 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 17, 2026 07:20 AM (4VH0B)
Microsoft has certainly abused First Mover advantages. I expect market share is dropping.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 17, 2026 07:20 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 17, 2026 07:21 AM (4VH0B)
Confirmed by Corporate IT, they are doing enterprise level roll-backs until the latest updates become settled.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 17, 2026 07:21 AM (U4c/V)
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 17, 2026 07:21 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 17, 2026 07:23 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Don Black at July 17, 2026 07:24 AM (ZxPkt)
--
The "media" bears the full force of our steep decline. They have ruined this country with as much force as any politician could ever have done.
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 17, 2026 07:24 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Don Black at July 17, 2026 07:24 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Most people at July 17, 2026 07:25 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Don Black at July 17, 2026 07:25 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Lady in Black"
The guy was charged with hate crime menacing, hate crime burglary, hate crime criminal trespass and harassment.
Hate makes all those crimes worse. The guy will be out in two weeks instead of one.
Posted by: fd at July 17, 2026 07:26 AM (MWfyi)
Looking at today's Tokyo, Hiroshima and Nagasaki compared with NYC, Detroit and LA, the Media and Dem policies they tout are more destructive than kiloton atomic bombs. For LA, more than megaton hydrogen bombs.
They are evil, a term I do not use a lot.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 17, 2026 07:27 AM (u82oZ)
You shall not cheat!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 17, 2026 07:28 AM (s9VOe)
Yesterday, the pack almost got him. The dogs are muzzled in the yard so they couldn't grab him and he managed to duck under them and get to his tree.
Stupid tree bunnies. But at least it's entertaining to watch.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 17, 2026 07:28 AM (99eI0)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 17, 2026 07:05 AM (UpmsQ)
... and unresearched. See comment #127.
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 07:29 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Don't look now at July 17, 2026 07:29 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Don Black at July 17, 2026 07:30 AM (ZxPkt)
TSMC =
Taiwan
Semiconductor
Manufacturing
Company Limited
Posted by: m
And here i thought it meant Transylvania Marine Corps.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 17, 2026 07:30 AM (s9VOe)
1. I call 'em "Tree Rats".
2. I've seen too many drivers of cars out there that exhibit "squirrel brain" - darting out at the last second, unexpected changes in direction, etc...
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 17, 2026 07:31 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 17, 2026 07:31 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 17, 2026 07:32 AM (zyFko)
Stop using Windows to do your web browsing. Unless you're doing something really specific, you could switch to a linux distribution to do whatever you are probably doing.
That includes using Excel spreadsheets, reading Word documents, and looking at PowerPoint documents.
For some really odd reason, editing an Excel spreadsheet, Word Document, or PowerPoint document may result in something Windows users won't enjoy. There are OpenOffice document equivalents that MicroSoft Office *should* import correctly, but where's the money in that?
Posted by: Richard Cranium at July 17, 2026 07:32 AM (KDWdp)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 17, 2026 07:32 AM (u82oZ)
It's the rovers on Mars causing the ice caps to melt.
Seriously, NASA came up with a 10 Billion dollar price tag to bring back a sample of martian soil.
Posted by: Auspex at July 17, 2026 07:33 AM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 17, 2026 07:28 AM (s9VOe)
wut
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 07:40 AM (6wpGE)
I have absolutely no context about this event. Please provide some which does not assume that current readers have been obsessively reading every single AOS comment for years.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at July 17, 2026 07:40 AM (KDWdp)
There are already fabs in the area, which means they can poach some talent
Posted by: SMOD at July 17, 2026 07:53 AM (YtmxO)
204 Good night all. If you missed the news in ONT comment #291, Captain Josepha Sabin's daughter passed from the recent sudden heart event; too long without oxygen to the brain. She is survived by a husband and a twin.
I have absolutely no context about this event. Please provide some which does not assume that current readers have been obsessively reading every single AOS comment for years.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at July 17, 2026 07:40 AM (KDWdp)
type into a google search bar:
sabin site:acecomments.mu.nu
hits include e.g.
Daily Tech News 15 July 2026
68 My daughter needs every prayer the Horde can muster. Almost six hours ago she had complete heart failure. She is currently in the ICU on a heart lung machine. They will soon take her to the OR to see if they can figure out what is happening. My thanks in advance. I have faith in the Hor[d]e's power of prayer.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at July 15, 2026 06:26 AM (l4yIu)
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 07:55 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 07:56 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 17, 2026 08:00 AM (O7YUW)
Americans have seen what those numbers mean – an all-out assault on our immigration officers, sniper attacks, explosives, armed ambushes. A transgender shooter opening fire on Catholic elementary school students as they pray, his gun marked with slogans like, “Where is your God now?” A health care executive executed in cold blood in the streets. Multiple assassination attempts on a sitting president. And the murder of the greatest conservative activist of a generation, a man who happened also to be a husband and the father of two young children, shot and killed while speaking to a crowd of students.
This is a distinctive and unique evil. It has always been driven by a hatred above all else, a hatred for civilization itself.
Posted by: Vengeance at July 17, 2026 08:37 AM (RV6uI)
- Marco Rubio
Posted by: Vengeance at July 17, 2026 08:37 AM (RV6uI)
It's been more than a decade since the split happened. I missed the easy access to the color laser printers at the end of every cube row before HPE laid me off. Now, I work elsewhere and I have a Brother color laser printer at the house. I don't know if I can print anything at work.
Thank you for reading this far.
Posted by: Cybersmythe at July 17, 2026 10:49 AM (aTl7+)
Either that or they like dry heat?
Posted by: Jon at July 17, 2026 02:18 PM (woxlq)
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