Daily Tech News 9 August 2026

Top Story

Five of America's top tech companies - Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Oracle - are expected to burn through $125 billion in cash this year on their AI rollouts. (Washington Post) (archive site)

Oh no, and here's me all out of popcorn.
Things look even worse for SpaceX. (CNBC)

Well, that sucks.
SpaceX's revenue doubled and losses halved in the recent quarter. (Reuters)

Sucks for CNBC, that is.

Tech News

How does storage speed affect the performance of computer games? (Tom's Hardware)

Short answer: It doesn't.

Long answer: It doesn't unless you're playing Forspoken on a SATA drive, which is easily fixed by not playing Forspoken in the first place.
os8088 is actually an operating system. (os8088 )

And runs on an 8088 with 256k of RAM.

It looks a lot like classic MacOS, but offers modern comforts like pre-emptive scheduling and... That's about it, really.
Online database service Metabase was compromised. (Bleeping Computer)

Not foolish enough to use an online database? No problem, rest assured that you have your personal registered with someone who was foolish enough.

(I have received three emails so far from companies using Metabase in various ways to let me know they had been hacked and my personal data was out in the wild... Again.)
X is replacing its revenue sharing program with payments for original content. (Tech Crunch)

Revenue sharing paid based on engagement, which was obviously a bad idea because proxy measurements invite spam.

Others have also noticed this.

This much-needed change arrived exactly as Nikita Bier stepped down as X'd head of Xing.
Kleenex is investigating making Kleenex not out of trees, but out of a different kind of tree. (Yahoo)

Amazing.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: If dying, administer Pocari Sweat.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 09, 2026 04:31 AM (skLNB)

2 w00t

Posted by: m at August 09, 2026 04:31 AM (odBC9)

3 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 09, 2026 04:31 AM (Ia/+0)

4 Been fighting off ads for 3 minutes

Posted by: Skip at August 09, 2026 04:32 AM (Ia/+0)

5 Been fighting off ads for 3 minutes

Posted by: Skip at August 09, 2026 04:32 AM (Ia/+0)
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Use the Force, Skip.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 09, 2026 04:35 AM (skLNB)

6 Kleenex article: they tried a bunch of materials for non-tree buttwipe. Including chicken feathers?

Pretty sure the guy who suggested that only did it for the kinky joke potential.

Posted by: mikeski is tickled at August 09, 2026 04:38 AM (VHUov)

7 Howdy, tech peeps!

Yeesh, the ONT was all about physics and I started to get motion sickness just thinking through some of the stuff... ugh.

Publius is highly intelligent, but I can't follow it all! (Especially this late at night.)

Posted by: JQ at August 09, 2026 04:43 AM (rdVOm)

8 Hey, CNBC, when it comes to SpaceX, maybe you look further than the nose on your face:

https://tinyurl.com/mpdmdub3

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 09, 2026 04:43 AM (skLNB)

9 Yeesh, the ONT was all about physics and I started to get motion sickness just thinking through some of the stuff... ugh.

Posted by: JQ at August 09, 2026 04:43 AM (rdVOm)
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You need to stop reading and typing whenever the earth is spinning.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 09, 2026 04:45 AM (skLNB)

10 Haha, BD!

No, it's the visualization exercises... and I was always "that kid" when we went on road trips.

Posted by: JQ at August 09, 2026 04:49 AM (rdVOm)

11 Hope Pixy can "poke" the blog, to tone down the pop-up BS!

Posted by: JQ at August 09, 2026 04:53 AM (rdVOm)

12 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 09, 2026 04:58 AM (pLaQB)

13 G'night, horde!

Posted by: JQ at August 09, 2026 04:59 AM (rdVOm)

14
I'm going to pack in. Warning, JQ and others, do not get me started on geodesics on ellipsoids (which the earth actually is, well closer to than a perfect sphere).

Those things are generally not even closed paths.... But they exist.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 09, 2026 04:59 AM (w6EFb)

15
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 09, 2026 05:11 AM (AMvSw)

16 It is a bit unsettling I am sitting yet moving thousands of miles a hour

Posted by: Skip at August 09, 2026 05:11 AM (Ia/+0)

17 I have a stupid tech related question. I got a weather alert about flash flooding on the main screen of my cell phone from the National Weather Service. It's been there since last Monday . How do I get rid of it? Thanks

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 09, 2026 05:15 AM (xSAlF)

18 Here's the Kleenex news from the horse's mouth:

KIMBERLY-CLARK UNVEILS PROPRIETARY ALTERNATIVE NATURAL FIBER INNOVATION PROGRAM TO ADVANCE ITS "BETTER CARE FOR A BETTER WORLD" COMMITMENT

https://tinyurl.com/w9zszmye

Posted by: m at August 09, 2026 05:18 AM (odBC9)

19 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at August 09, 2026 05:18 AM (V0/Sp)

20 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 09, 2026 05:20 AM (zJHVr)

21 Yay for them, sounds like:

After evaluating more than 70 fiber candidates across performance, sustainability and cost criteria, Kimberly-Clark research scientists identified a promising solution in hesperaloe, a native, low-water-use plant that thrives in the arid climate of the Southwest United States.

Posted by: m at August 09, 2026 05:21 AM (odBC9)

22 Morning Horde thx Pixy.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 09, 2026 05:21 AM (gFr+v)

23 >> It is a bit unsettling I am sitting yet moving thousands of miles a hour

Depends on what that's relative to. Here at 35N, I'm moving at about 850 mph relative to the center of the earth.

The earth's center is moving about 66,000 mph relative to the sun. The Sun is moving about 500,000 mph relative the center of the galaxy.

The Galaxy itself has a certain "peculiar velocity" relative to the "Hubble flow", due to the expansion of space. It's being pulled toward a Heap Big concentration of mass known as the Great Attractor, which is about 10 quadrillion solar masses.

All in all, you're moving about 1.5 million mph relative to the Hubble flow, the "standard of rest" such as can be defined in an expanding spacetime. And that doesn't even mean what you think it means. :-)

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 09, 2026 05:22 AM (w6EFb)

24 >>> I got a weather alert about flash flooding on the main screen of my cell phone from the National Weather Service. It's been there since last Monday . How do I get rid of it?

Might be a question for a search engine.

My alerts hang around but are easily ignored.

Posted by: fluffy at August 09, 2026 05:24 AM (V0/Sp)

25 >>> research scientists identified a promising solution in hesperaloe, a native, low-water-use plant that thrives in the arid climate of the Southwest United States.

Potential downside: If demand explodes they will want to grow a lot of the stuff. A single plant doesn't take much water, but what about 50 square miles of the plant?

Posted by: fluffy at August 09, 2026 05:27 AM (V0/Sp)

26 I have replies I need to get to here from yesterday's Tech News after I took off.

@74(Yesterday)/Wolfus:

{ me } Okay, time for the Saturday morning "feed the cars and us too!" thing.

{ Wolfus } Cars, or cats?

Cars. Fueling of both the vehicles, and then a stop by a local diner my wife and I enjoy on Saturday mornings. (Might as well make it an enjoyable outing, right?)

Also: Glad your water situation sorted itself out!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 09, 2026 05:28 AM (O7YUW)

27 @87(Yesterday)/SpeakingOf:

I suspect that even consumer graphics cards will start using HBM in a few years because there are going to be a lot of leftover chips laying around when around half the data centers that were proposed are actually built.

If the demand shuts off like what happened in the dot.bomb implosion, then yeah, we might well see that.

It's going to be a great joy buying DDR5 in a few years for $50 per 16GB stick, though.

THAT I'm looking forward to, assuming that the parts reseller channels survive this nonsense.

Then they'll bring out DDR6 and the price will double, again.

Yeah, but we'll have bought up a ton of memory and older motherboards that support DDR5 and will be able to build hobby machines again (I hope.)

I wish us luck, we're gonna need it.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 09, 2026 05:29 AM (O7YUW)

28 @91(Yesterday)/Accomack:

Grumpy, everything you laid out is why the bubble was created.

Yeah, if they're trying to force us all to use essentially cheap terminals that connect to the actual computing power in their data centers/cloud and rent our computing time, you might be right. I think this plan is doomed to fail because it goes against human nature - people want to own things.

I lived through centralized computing power once already (Mainframes and terminals) and the advent of brand new home computers was such an exciting time (expensive too, at first.) The powers that be may want to try to put that genie back in the bottle. Good luck to them, they'll need it.

Reality is mutable, but they can't shut it up forever. Also, the pendulum swings. It always does.

And people are ANGRY about how many things we used to own they've tried to take away and rent back to us. That's going to go rodeo at some point.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 09, 2026 05:30 AM (O7YUW)

29 25 >>> research scientists identified a promising solution in hesperaloe, a native, low-water-use plant that thrives in the arid climate of the Southwest United States.

Potential downside: If demand explodes they will want to grow a lot of the stuff. A single plant doesn't take much water, but what about 50 square miles of the plant?
Posted by: fluffy at August 09, 2026 05:27 AM (V0/Sp)

Compared with trees, I guess:

This breakthrough has the potential to power the Company's future hygiene products with enhanced performance, quality, and sustainability.*

*Based on internal Kimberly-Clark research and development testing of Alternative Natural Fibers compared with traditional forest-based fibers used in the Company's current hygiene products.

Posted by: m at August 09, 2026 05:32 AM (odBC9)

30 @129(Yesterday)/Comrade Flounder:

I build 10 year builds for myself, because I hate setting up PCs, and I am about 5 years into my current one (128GB RAM) with a recent Intel B580 video card refresh.

That's how I do it too, except I missed this cycle's rebuild because Covid screwed everything up for our family regarding income, so I'm still carrying on with what I built in 2012 and I'm playing the waiting game until the prices become sane again.

Looks like you prize reliability in your 10 year builds as well - hard to achieve based on research done before purchase time, but it is possible (needs a little luck too so you don't discover you bought a lemon-part.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 09, 2026 05:33 AM (O7YUW)

31 In case the New Yorker interview of a Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) co-chair has not made it onto your radar. I am delighted to have watched this, and am very glad that it has been recorded for posterity. (29:20 play time; youtube)

How Socialist Is the D.S.A.? Megan Romer Explains | The New Yorker Radio Hour (hosted by David Remnick)

https://tinyurl.com/yjxrhmp2

Posted by: m at August 09, 2026 05:42 AM (odBC9)

32 >>> This breakthrough has the potential to power the Company's future hygiene products with enhanced performance, quality, and sustainability.*

My question wasn't very thorough. This plant thrives in the Southwest. Great. They did their research in Yuma,AZ. Arizona has lots of land, but does this plant grow elsewhere? The Colorado River is already strained past capacity.

Plants are sometimes picky about where they will grow. Clearing out a tree farm in Mississippi will provide space, but will the soil be right? Will it grow in wetter conditions?

Posted by: fluffy at August 09, 2026 05:44 AM (V0/Sp)

33 And, furthermore:

The Democratic Socialists of America is the largest socialist organization in the United States, with over 100,000 members and chapters in all 50 states.

Posted by: m at August 09, 2026 05:44 AM (odBC9)

34 Tjat long march through institutions has finally gotten to the opening

Posted by: Skip at August 09, 2026 05:45 AM (Ia/+0)

35 32 >>> This breakthrough has the potential to power the Company's future hygiene products with enhanced performance, quality, and sustainability.*

My question wasn't very thorough. This plant thrives in the Southwest. Great. They did their research in Yuma,AZ. Arizona has lots of land, but does this plant grow elsewhere? The Colorado River is already strained past capacity.

Plants are sometimes picky about where they will grow. Clearing out a tree farm in Mississippi will provide space, but will the soil be right? Will it grow in wetter conditions?
Posted by: fluffy at August 09, 2026 05:44 AM (V0/Sp)

And my cut-and-paste wasn't very thorough!
Your questions are good.

Posted by: m at August 09, 2026 05:46 AM (odBC9)

36 Okay, on to today's content!

Even if SpaceX's AI/LLM initiative crashes and burns, they're making enough money to cover the losses. Can't say that about all the other AI companies that are burning through investment capital like a forest fire clearing out 40 years of deadwood.

Storage speed and how it affects games. Pixy writes: "Short answer: It doesn't." Unless it's SSD versus spinning rust, but this article was about memory devices exclusively and not hard drives, so... okay.

"os8088 is actually an operating system."

Impressive, but I really don't want to backstep to the 8088 days, unless it's just for DOS based games, and there are good emulators for that.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 09, 2026 05:46 AM (O7YUW)

37 the New Yorker podcast:

@redsteeze has been commenting a lot on this, and very sharply. He's on a roll.

Stephen L. Miller
@redsteeze
20h
They went to campus and had their heads filled with junk and have never been challenged on any of this for their entire life, by anyone.

An entire generation of privileged idiots.

Posted by: m at August 09, 2026 05:51 AM (odBC9)

38 Belinda Carlisle

Now I'm hungry

Posted by: Miklos has fond memories of the 80s Belinda at August 09, 2026 05:52 AM (XOG/m)

39 update on the Jason Arday fiasco at Cambridge:

Stephen L. Miller retweeted
Alex Griswold
@HashtagGriswold
Aug 7
The real victims of the Cambridge scandal are the students, who signed up to learn “inclusive pedagogy and decolonising the curriculum within the academy,” and instead learned totally made up nonsense.

Posted by: m at August 09, 2026 05:56 AM (odBC9)

40 @16/Skip: "It is a bit unsettling I am sitting yet moving thousands of miles a hour"

Don't fart!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 09, 2026 05:57 AM (O7YUW)

41 It is a bit unsettling I am sitting yet moving thousands of miles a hour
Posted by: Skip

Wait until they start taxing us on distance travelled

Posted by: Miklos doesn't think they haven't thought of that at August 09, 2026 05:57 AM (XOG/m)

42 @16/Skip: "It is a bit unsettling I am sitting yet moving thousands of miles a hour"

Don't fart!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 09, 2026 05:57 AM (O7YUW)
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On the contrary! They're much worse when everyone stops moving.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 09, 2026 06:00 AM (FHI8c)

43 @Comrade Flouder:

I might go ahead and buy a couple of Cooler Master's HAF II 500 cases, as based on reviews at places like Gamer's Nexus, these things live up to the true high air flow of the HAF-X case I'm still rocking on my 2012 build. (Love this case.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 09, 2026 06:00 AM (O7YUW)

44 @42/Biden's Dog: "On the contrary! They're much worse when everyone stops moving."

*laughs* Touche.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 09, 2026 06:02 AM (O7YUW)

45 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Where am I going to find a mare sweating on such a balmy day?

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

46 update on the Jason Arday fiasco at Cambridge:

Posted by: m at August 09, 2026 05:56 AM (odBC9)
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May I introduce you to quite the opposite absurd situation of Prof. Roland Fryer at Harvard:

https://tinyurl.com/3ma79puw

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 09, 2026 06:09 AM (FHI8c)

47 The Mohammunist Manifesto- Public Or Private, Nothing is Beyond Our Control at American Thinker is a good explanation

Posted by: Skip at August 09, 2026 06:09 AM (Ia/+0)

48 The Mohammunist Manifesto- Public Or Private, Nothing is Beyond Our Control

Posted by: Skip at August 09, 2026 06:09 AM (Ia/+0)
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"Shhhhh!!!!! Let's keep it our little secret!"

https://tinyurl.com/z538keed

"War is deceit." - Mohatmed, Sunan Abī Dāwūd 2637

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 09, 2026 06:16 AM (FHI8c)

49 Nice hymn, "All creatures of our God and King" written by a Mr. Draper around 1915,
based on a poem by St. Francis of Assisi . The
Video has lovely scenes of nature as well as nice singing :

https://tinyurl.com/yrh4mnsf

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 09, 2026 06:17 AM (lt7On)

50 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at August 09, 2026 06:18 AM (2Ez/1)

51 Evening to the Sunday toilers, morning to the early risers for whatever reason! 'Tis Sunday yet again.

RE: the hitchhiking marmot story on the ONT: How many comments did it take for somebody to quote the famous "marmot" line from The Dude?

In any case, I'm awake and sipping coffee, trying to get motivated to work out. Big Stirling and (I think) little Dagny were both sleeping with me at one point last night. At least, I could feel the big cat by my side and there was *something* down near my feet, so I presume . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 09, 2026 06:19 AM (wzUl9)

52 Toilet paper is still overwhelmingly made from wood harvested from forests in North America and Scandinavia – despite years of attempts to find greener alternatives.

Um, trees ARE a renewable resource, dummies...it just depends how long it takes to grow them to the point where they can be harvested.

This is obviously aimed to members of the Church of the Carbon Apocalypse...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 09, 2026 06:19 AM (l3cgK)

53 46 update on the Jason Arday fiasco at Cambridge:

Posted by: m at August 09, 2026 05:56 AM (odBC9)
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May I introduce you to quite the opposite absurd situation of Prof. Roland Fryer at Harvard:

https://tinyurl.com/3ma79puw
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 09, 2026 06:09 AM (FHI8c)

New to me.

Posted by: m at August 09, 2026 06:20 AM (odBC9)

54 Maybe someone should sell "organic" toilet paper...because the inorganic stuff made from asbestos really chafes...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 09, 2026 06:21 AM (l3cgK)

55 New to me.

Posted by: m at August 09, 2026 06:20 AM (odBC9)
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Goes back years ago. I think I recall the case from back when.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 09, 2026 06:22 AM (FHI8c)

56 Environmental groups also argue the product is typically used for only seconds before being flushed away – despite requiring decades of tree growth.

Unless you're in Mexico, where you throw the used TP into the bin next to the toilet, because their toilet paper clogs sewers and septic tanks.
In the US, we generally don't collect used TP...that would be disturbing...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 09, 2026 06:23 AM (l3cgK)

57 To combat this, manufacturers have increasingly experimented with bamboo and recycled paper, but these have struggled to win over shoppers because they are typically more expensive.

And you think this new TP made from DESERT YUCCA is gonna be cheaper to grow, harvest, and turn into TP guys? Hahahaha

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 09, 2026 06:26 AM (l3cgK)

58 I hadn't heard of this man before- Frank Jaggerstatter, an Austrian RC who refused to swear allegiance to Hitler and who was executed
. He was beatified several years ago by the RCC . This is from a Christian devotional from "Our Daily Bread" and based on Psalm 31:1-5, 7-13:

https://tinyurl.com/y3t7rwr9

I hope you all have a blessed day and know that you are a blessing to others!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 09, 2026 06:26 AM (W90Ou)

59 Last night we watched the 1996 The Portrait of a Lady, with Nicole Kidman and John Malkovich. It had no closed-captioning, so I had no idea what was going on half the time, and the film has a measured pace . . . that's being charitable; it was *slow* . . . and I don't know how I stayed awake. And the young Nicole, age 29, wore a hairstyle that looked like two brown loaves of bread on her head. I would have thought she could never look less than alluring, but she managed it here (which I admit fitted the character).

Miss Linda accused me of not liking "psychological dramas." I mentioned my favorites Looking for Mr. Goodbar, Days of Wine and Roses, The Three Faces of Eve, Gentleman's Agreement, and The Accidental Tourist, and she changed the subject.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 09, 2026 06:26 AM (wzUl9)

60 Kimberly-Clark said it had tested more than 70 potential materials before settling on hesperaloe. Earlier candidates included wheat straw, corn waste, seaweed, algae and chicken feathers.

At least they weren't using the whole chicken...Did that TP tickle when used?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 09, 2026 06:27 AM (l3cgK)

61 At least they weren't using the whole chicken...Did that TP tickle when used?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 09, 2026

***
T-shirt: "Erotic is with a feather -- kinky is with the whole chicken"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 09, 2026 06:28 AM (wzUl9)

62 Psychological Dramas movies are some of my favorites
Master and Commander
Black Hawk Down
The Cowboys
7 Samurai

Posted by: Skip at August 09, 2026 06:29 AM (Ia/+0)

63 61 At least they weren't using the whole chicken...Did that TP tickle when used?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 09, 2026

***
T-shirt: "Erotic is with a feather -- kinky is with the whole chicken"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 09, 2026 06:28 AM (wzUl9)

Thanks...I couldn't remember the first part of that quote.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 09, 2026 06:30 AM (l3cgK)

64 The USPS has impressed me once again.
Instead of my package taking the most direct route from Florida to South Carolina, about a 14 hour drive up I-95, it decided to take the scenic route all the way to Denver, Colarado.

Is my package satisfied with its tour of the Rockies and a nice stopover in the Mile High City and ready to return to its roots here in the South?

No, not quite yet.
Ready for more adventure, my package has decided to travel further west:

Latest Update
Your item arrived at our USPS facility in SAN FRANCISCO CA DISTRIBUTION CENTER on August 8, 2026 at 10:22 pm. The item is currently in transit to the destination.

I can only hope, at this point, that my package, after enjoying The Golden Gate, The Tenderloin, Castro District, can escape unmolested by fentanyl addicts and unscathed by street poop, has finally decided that enough is enough and perhaps its time to head east for the first time in it’s short life and make it home before Labor Day.

This package has visited more states than I have now.

I am actually starting to get jealous,

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 09, 2026 06:31 AM (6ydKt)

65 60 Kimberly-Clark said it had tested more than 70 potential materials before settling on hesperaloe. Earlier candidates included wheat straw, corn waste, seaweed, algae and chicken feathers.

At least they weren't using the whole chicken...Did that TP tickle when used?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 09, 2026 06:27 AM (l3cgK)

"It's particularly grotty weather tonight."

Posted by: m at August 09, 2026 06:31 AM (odBC9)

66 It's been a week and the motive of the In-N-Out murderer remains unknown.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 09, 2026 06:33 AM (FHI8c)

67 I saw a thing where the hosts discussed what would happen if gravity was turned off for 10 seconds. I thought about it and decided I would get thrown into a wall at 500mph.

Posted by: Accomack at August 09, 2026 06:34 AM (/Chlc)

68 64 This package has visited more states than I have now.

I am actually starting to get jealous
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 09, 2026 06:31 AM (6ydKt)

; )

Posted by: m at August 09, 2026 06:36 AM (odBC9)

69 67 I saw a thing where the hosts discussed what would happen if gravity was turned off for 10 seconds. I thought about it and decided I would get thrown into a wall at 500mph.

Posted by: Accomack at August 09, 2026 06:34 AM (/Chlc)

The solar system scale wouldn't be pretty either...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 09, 2026 06:36 AM (l3cgK)

70 >>BOING!

Biden's Dog, it's a little sad that they made it over 3.6 million, but I think they only get 100 or so per day.

Mornin', Horde. 70 degrees and sticky, going up to 89, in Kentuckiana.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 09, 2026 06:36 AM (NcvvS)

71 Has anyone at Cambridge accounted for the stochastic element in herternormative-adjacent challenges in decolonizing inclusive pedagogies in the academy?

I'm tanned, rested, and ready to teach that class...

I can only teach one class a term, I get a very nice corner office, my salary will be $240K a year, and my office hours will be 9:45a-10:00 on alternate Tuesdays and Thursdays ( excluding holidays ) , Oh, and unliminted free M&Ms ( Smarties in the UK ).

Cambridge, call me.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 09, 2026 06:37 AM (skR0U)

72
Mornin', Horde. 70 degrees and sticky, going up to 89, in Kentuckiana.
Posted by: Nazdar at August 09, 2026

***
I'm afraid to look at the temp and humidity conditions right now.

On the good hand, I've spotted a new house listing in Terre Haute that intrigues me, and my agent and I will have a video tour on Monday.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 09, 2026 06:39 AM (wzUl9)

73 Watching Georgia’s beat down of Alabama. DeBoer is way over rated.

Posted by: Accomack at August 09, 2026 06:40 AM (/Chlc)

74 71 Has anyone at Cambridge accounted for the stochastic element in herternormative-adjacent challenges in decolonizing inclusive pedagogies in the academy?

I'm tanned, rested, and ready to teach that class...

I can only teach one class a term, I get a very nice corner office, my salary will be $240K a year, and my office hours will be 9:45a-10:00 on alternate Tuesdays and Thursdays ( excluding holidays ) , Oh, and unliminted free M&Ms ( Smarties in the UK ).

Cambridge, call me.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 09, 2026 06:37 AM (skR0U)

Don't hetero-normalize the eschaton...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 09, 2026 06:40 AM (l3cgK)

75 76° and humid now, going to a sunny blazing 90°.

Posted by: Accomack at August 09, 2026 06:42 AM (/Chlc)

76 Good morning! Gonna be another three digit day here in Cowtown. Threw some fertilizer out yesterday and the sprinklers are running today. Gotta top off the pond every other day, too. It looses about 1/2" every day due to evaporation.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 09, 2026 06:46 AM (3Ope8)

77 76 Good morning! Gonna be another three digit day here in Cowtown. Threw some fertilizer out yesterday and the sprinklers are running today. Gotta top off the pond every other day, too. It looses about 1/2" every day due to evaporation.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 09, 2026 06:46 AM (3Ope

So a dry heat...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 09, 2026 06:47 AM (l3cgK)

78 76 Good morning! Gonna be another three digit day here in Cowtown.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 09, 2026 06:46 AM (3Ope8 )

Condolences.

Posted by: m at August 09, 2026 06:47 AM (odBC9)

79 G&R, I understand your optimism but I don’t see it playing out.
I see electronic items being leased/rented on a scheduled basis, similar to phone upgrade plans. Planned obsolescence, too expensive to purchase and repair and no market of spare parts are working towards everything being a rental. The rental company will need the surveillance information to defend the integrity of their property in your home.
It is well a thought out path to owning nothing and being happy about it.

Posted by: Accomack at August 09, 2026 06:52 AM (/Chlc)

80 Triple digits and high humidity is terribly uncomfortable, but at least you don't have to shovel it.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 09, 2026 06:53 AM (2Ez/1)

81 65 60 Kimberly-Clark said it had tested more than 70 potential materials before settling on hesperaloe. Earlier candidates included wheat straw, corn waste, seaweed, algae and chicken feathers.

At least they weren't using the whole chicken...Did that TP tickle when used?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 09, 2026 06:27 AM (l3cgK)

"It's particularly grotty weather tonight."
Posted by: m at August 09, 2026 06:31 AM (odBC9)

better version:

"Particularly nasty weather."

Posted by: m at August 09, 2026 06:54 AM (odBC9)

82 mornin yall. Paper pulp from pine trees is an enormous business around here. Replacing that with weeds growing in a desert seems kind of dumb and inefficient, like EVs.

Posted by: fd at August 09, 2026 06:58 AM (MWfyi)

83 I had an idea for digital toilet paper to save the trees. Just pull up the NYT on your tablet or phone and use that.

Posted by: fd at August 09, 2026 07:00 AM (MWfyi)

84 82 mornin yall. Paper pulp from pine trees is an enormous business around here. Replacing that with weeds growing in a desert seems kind of dumb and inefficient, like EVs.

Posted by: fd at August 09, 2026 06:58 AM (MWfyi)

They could use the waste pulp from cutting trees for fertilizing the soil to grow the yucca plants used for toilet paper! Add an extra wasteful step for Mutha Earf!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 09, 2026 07:01 AM (l3cgK)

85 83 I had an idea for digital toilet paper to save the trees. Just pull up the NYT on your tablet or phone and use that.

Posted by: fd at August 09, 2026 07:00 AM (MWfyi)

Reminds me of the man that told his daughter to give him the phone book. She gave him her phone, so he used that to slam-squash the spider...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 09, 2026 07:02 AM (l3cgK)

86 G'mornin' everyone!

@64, yeah, last 10 days or so I had a package get all the way to Madison, WI (en route from AL via Olathe KS, what-ever) before taking a startling side trip to Albequerque! Finally arrived Friday.
Wonder if that was related to whatever incident crushed one corner of the box ... (contents were okay).

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 09, 2026 07:03 AM (VyBeY)

87 86 G'mornin' everyone!

@64, yeah, last 10 days or so I had a package get all the way to Madison, WI (en route from AL via Olathe KS, what-ever) before taking a startling side trip to Albequerque! Finally arrived Friday.
Wonder if that was related to whatever incident crushed one corner of the box ... (contents were okay).

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 09, 2026 07:03 AM (VyBeY)

Crushed, for your pleasure...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 09, 2026 07:04 AM (l3cgK)

88 True, but, once you shovel it, it’s done. And you don’t have to shovel it everyday for 2 months.

Posted by: Accomack at August 09, 2026 07:05 AM (T8bqm)

89 "what would happen if gravity was turned off for 10 seconds."

Same stupid postulating of what would happen if the moon suddenly didn't exist anymore.

Ain't gonna happen. Think about something useful.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 09, 2026 07:07 AM (wVCl1)

90 "The real victims of the Cambridge scandal are the students, who signed up to learn “inclusive pedagogy and decolonising the curriculum within the academy,” and instead learned totally made up nonsense."

the sarcasm is strong in this one ... or is it irony?

some students are actually asking for refunds, lol

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 09, 2026 07:09 AM (VyBeY)

91 also lol at the persistent wishcasting of Elon's financial doom.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 09, 2026 07:10 AM (VyBeY)

92 >>>X is replacing its revenue sharing program with payments for original content.

Youtube is asshoe, so it will be nice to see them taken down a notch. But X is also asshoe, so not sure what can be gained here.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 09, 2026 07:10 AM (dK+Kv)

93 Out of an abundance of caution, Turkey has started to restrict traffic thru the Bosphorus. I am seeing a pattern. Are Yemen and Djibouti next? Straight of Malacca? Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand are on the clock.

Posted by: Accomack at August 09, 2026 07:12 AM (T8bqm)

94 Let a thousand Jason Ardays bloom!

https://tinyurl.com/mtsdxw8t

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 09, 2026 07:12 AM (skR0U)

95 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 09, 2026 07:13 AM (u82oZ)

96 It’s a good thought exercise about centripetal force and Newton’s 1st law.

Posted by: Accomack at August 09, 2026 07:13 AM (T8bqm)

97 I'd say Arday pretty much decolonized Cambridge's academic reputation.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 09, 2026 07:14 AM (skR0U)

98 "41 It is a bit unsettling I am sitting yet moving thousands of miles a hour
Posted by: Skip

Wait until they start taxing us on distance travelled

Posted by: Miklos doesn't think they haven't thought of that at August 09, 2026 05:57 AM (XOG/m) "

wait, what, you mean they're not ?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 09, 2026 07:14 AM (VyBeY)

99 98 "41 It is a bit unsettling I am sitting yet moving thousands of miles a hour
Posted by: Skip

Wait until they start taxing us on distance travelled

Posted by: Miklos doesn't think they haven't thought of that at August 09, 2026 05:57 AM (XOG/m) "

wait, what, you mean they're not ?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 09, 2026 07:14 AM (VyBeY)

In Kali, they want to tax both gasoline for "roads" and tax mileage for "roads" to be EV inclusive...
So those of us using ICE engines will be doubly taxed for driving. Win-win for the Left.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 09, 2026 07:16 AM (l3cgK)

100 100

Posted by: m at August 09, 2026 07:16 AM (odBC9)

101 Accomack

We need the guy. The guy that says "Nothing will happen".

Trade via the oceans is directly correlated to an advanced way of life.

Limiting sea trade brings the Stone Age closer.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 09, 2026 07:19 AM (u82oZ)

102 m

Bravo!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 09, 2026 07:19 AM (u82oZ)

103 Just remember you are standing on a planet...

https://youtu.be/buqtdpuZxvk

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 09, 2026 07:20 AM (2GVsD)

104 >Are Yemen and Djibouti next? Straight of Malacca? Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand are on the clock.
Posted by: Accomack at August 09, 2026 07:12 AM
......

This is about us, isn't it?

Posted by: The Gays of Malacca at August 09, 2026 07:21 AM (2Ez/1)

105 Bagel with whipped cream cheese and everything salt (garlic, onion, sesame seeds and poppy seeds) on one half, and fresh avocado on the other half. Accompanied by a fresh cup of percolated coffee with a little heavy cream. Just waiting for the timer to go off so I can move the sprinkler....

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 09, 2026 07:22 AM (3Ope8)

106 It is a bit unsettling I am sitting yet moving thousands of miles a hour
Posted by: Skip at August 09, 2026 05:11 AM (Ia/+0)
----
If you can't get off, don't get on!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 09, 2026 07:23 AM (FZ29D)

107 101 We need the guy. The guy that says "Nothing will happen".
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 09, 2026 07:19 AM (u82oZ)

Where'd he go?

Posted by: m at August 09, 2026 07:26 AM (odBC9)

108 107 101 We need the guy. The guy that says "Nothing will happen".
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 09, 2026 07:19 AM (u82oZ)

Where'd he go?

Posted by: m at August 09, 2026 07:26 AM (odBC9)

Nothing happened, so he left...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 09, 2026 07:27 AM (l3cgK)

109 Breakfast today was: English muffin, split, each half topped with half-tablespoon of butter, placed under broiler for 90 seconds, then add 3 slices microwaved Canadian bacon on each, back under the broiler for 30 seconds more. Twenty minutes, start to eating.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 09, 2026 07:28 AM (NcvvS)

110 @92/Comrade Flounder: Left you a couple of comments (#30 and #43) - continuing a conversation from yesterday's tech thread.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 09, 2026 07:28 AM (O7YUW)

111 108 107 101 We need the guy. The guy that says "Nothing will happen".
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 09, 2026 07:19 AM (u82oZ)

Where'd he go?

Posted by: m at August 09, 2026 07:26 AM (odBC9)

Nothing happened, so he left...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 09, 2026 07:27 AM (l3cgK)

His leaving was something happening!

Posted by: m at August 09, 2026 07:29 AM (odBC9)

112 Morning peeps.

Heavy machine gun fire off in the distance. Summer training at the base. They even post messages on the socials letting the area know about "increased noise."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 09, 2026 07:30 AM (2Cry5)

113 @101/NaCly Dog: { We need the guy. The guy that says "Nothing will happen". }

Well now you've gone and done it! If he shows up and says that, then something will have happened, and then a pair of ducks will erase all of history, or something.

(I may need more coffee...)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 09, 2026 07:31 AM (O7YUW)

114 112 Morning peeps.

Heavy machine gun fire off in the distance. Summer training at the base. They even post messages on the socials letting the area know about "increased noise."
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 09, 2026 07:30 AM (2Cry5)

Blam! Blam blam blam blam blam!

Posted by: m at August 09, 2026 07:31 AM (odBC9)

115 jim (in Kalifornia)

Where oh where is California going to get the power needed for all that EV road travel?

CA is populated and governed beyond the carrying capacity of local resources.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 09, 2026 07:32 AM (u82oZ)

116 111 108 107 101 We need the guy. The guy that says "Nothing will happen".
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 09, 2026 07:19 AM (u82oZ)

Where'd he go?

Posted by: m at August 09, 2026 07:26 AM (odBC9)

Nothing happened, so he left...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 09, 2026 07:27 AM (l3cgK)

His leaving was something happening!

Posted by: m at August 09, 2026 07:29 AM (odBC9)

This is sounding very close to having a book that lists all books, including itself...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 09, 2026 07:32 AM (l3cgK)

117 Nothing will happen.

Posted by: I was in line at the drive thru at August 09, 2026 07:33 AM (2Ez/1)

118 115 jim (in Kalifornia)

Where oh where is California going to get the power needed for all that EV road travel?

CA is populated and governed beyond the carrying capacity of local resources.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 09, 2026 07:32 AM (u82oZ)

Diesel generators hitched to the back of EVs...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 09, 2026 07:34 AM (l3cgK)

119 Blam! Blam blam blam blam blam!
Posted by: m at August 09, 2026 07:31 AM (odBC9)
-------------
What is the last sound a woodpecker hears after nurse ratched sees him?

Posted by: The Amazing Carnak at August 09, 2026 07:35 AM (VRoVL)

120 Thanks, G&R. I'll check upthread.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 09, 2026 07:35 AM (dK+Kv)

121 And you think this new TP made from DESERT YUCCA is gonna be cheaper to grow, harvest, and turn into TP guys? Hahahaha
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 09, 2026 06:26 AM (l3cgK)

I looked up Hesperaloe, and realized “oh that’s just Red Yucca!” I’ve had that as an ornamental. Some one suggested growing it elsewhere - generally, desert plants need to be grown in dry soil. Their root systems are adapted to that, and they’ll rot out if placed in soil that’s constantly moist.

Also, from what I’ve seen of Red Yucca, I’d be concerned that the product would be more like sandpaper.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 09, 2026 07:36 AM (QDJ2U)

122 Martini Farmer

The artillery fire is mostly during the day, but I hear 50 cal, 30 mm chain guns, tank main gun (120 mm) and 155 mm artillery. Not as much as most of the 1st Infantry Division is deployed.

Sometimes I can see flares dropping when I return home in the dark.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 09, 2026 07:36 AM (u82oZ)

123 The Amazing Carnak Snort.

She also shot a deer dead right in front of Insomniac. He got the message.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 09, 2026 07:38 AM (u82oZ)

124
Sustainable asswipe.

*flush*

Sustainable asswipe.

*flush*

Sus...

Posted by: Sustainable Asswipe at August 09, 2026 07:38 AM (VWtfl)

125 What's really cool is when the base has air ops with live ammo.

A couple years ago a flight of 6 AH-64 Apache gunships arrived for a few days of fun. C-130's doing cargo drops are common... flying in around 2000 feet (sometimes less.)

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 09, 2026 07:40 AM (2Cry5)

126 Have a great day, everyone. Chores.

May your internet connections be stable, fast, and ad free.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 09, 2026 07:40 AM (u82oZ)

127 Ask your colonoscopist if Hesperaloe is right for you.

Posted by: Big Phat Pharma at August 09, 2026 07:41 AM (2Ez/1)

128 126 Chores.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 09, 2026 07:40 AM (u82oZ)

Cheers!

Posted by: m at August 09, 2026 07:42 AM (odBC9)

129 That's how I do it too, except I missed this cycle's rebuild because Covid screwed everything up for our family regarding income, so I'm still carrying on with what I built in 2012 and I'm playing the waiting game until the prices become sane again.

Looks like you prize reliability in your 10 year builds as well - hard to achieve based on research done before purchase time, but it is possible (needs a little luck too so you don't discover you bought a lemon-part.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 09, 2026 05:33 AM (O7YUW)

Ouch. Sorry about that. I look forward to swimming in cheap machines in a few years after the AI industry implosion.

My last lemon part, which caused about a year of frustration (putting it lightly), was a glitchy PSU. I don't wish that hell on Bill Gates. It was diagnosed by first cursing Vista, replacing memory, replacing video card, etc., with concurrent loss of productivity. On the upside, it spurred me to finally convert to using a NAS, which was my last gamechanger frontier in computing ca. 2009, before the Linux conversion.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 09, 2026 07:43 AM (dK+Kv)

130 Save a Tree, Wipe Your Ass on a Spotted Owl

-- bumper sticker popular in the PNW timber country, back in the day.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 09, 2026 07:44 AM (IG3/x)

131 130 Save a Tree, Wipe Your Ass on a Spotted Owl

-- bumper sticker popular in the PNW timber country, back in the day.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 09, 2026 07:44 AM (IG3/x)

They tried chicken feathers...but NOT owl feathers!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 09, 2026 07:45 AM (l3cgK)

132 AI sez:

Using a single square of toilet paper is an internet-famous minimalist folding and tearing technique. It involves folding the sheet, tearing off a tiny corner piece to save under your fingernail, poking a finger through the center hole to wipe, and using the remaining paper to clean your finger.

Posted by: m at August 09, 2026 07:45 AM (odBC9)

133 Remember, EV’s are not price competitive. One of the 2nd order beneficiaries of the Ukraine and Iran wars are Chinese EV and renewable tech makers.

Posted by: Accomack at August 09, 2026 07:46 AM (/Chlc)

134 >>C-130's doing cargo drops are common... flying in around 2000 feet (sometimes less.)

Occasionally hear & see them here, usually a string of 3 or 4, flying east-to-west at low level. Don't see them dropping anything, though, we're not that close to any installations.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 09, 2026 07:46 AM (NcvvS)

135 @Comrade Flouder:

I might go ahead and buy a couple of Cooler Master's HAF II 500 cases, as based on reviews at places like Gamer's Nexus, these things live up to the true high air flow of the HAF-X case I'm still rocking on my 2012 build. (Love this case.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 09, 2026 06:00 AM (O7YUW)

My last two cases have been Lian Li. On a 10 year setup, I splurge. Never had a penchant for extreme cooling, finding a decent CPU cooler to be sufficient. But I haven't run a top of the line graphics card since the days of BF2.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 09, 2026 07:47 AM (dK+Kv)

136 125 C-130's doing cargo drops are common... flying in around 2000 feet (sometimes less.)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 09, 2026 07:40 AM (2Cry5)

Dropping commies?

Posted by: m at August 09, 2026 07:47 AM (odBC9)

137 Baby wipes are cleaner and more effective than paper tissue. They go right into a waste basket next to the toilet. And no, the house does not smell like a litter box.

Posted by: Accomack at August 09, 2026 07:48 AM (/Chlc)

138 There is a simple solution to the pop-ups. If you've been bitching about them for four days straight, I assume you just want to bitch for the sake of bitching.

*stares at Skip*

Posted by: one hour sober at August 09, 2026 07:49 AM (J4Dwc)

139 This is sounding very close to having a book that lists all books, including itself...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

In the pre-internet times, there was the Catalogue of Catalogues for mail order

Posted by: Miklos vaguely recalls at August 09, 2026 07:49 AM (XOG/m)

140 A friend's older brother named his band the 8088s!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 09, 2026 07:50 AM (l4RKn)

141 > 136 125 C-130's doing cargo drops are common... flying in around 2000 feet (sometimes less.)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 09, 2026 07:40 AM (2Cry5)

Dropping commies?
Posted by: m at August 09, 2026 07:47 AM (odBC9)

That sounds way more efficient than using helicopters.

Even a big ol' Chinook wouldn't hold as many commies as a C-130.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 09, 2026 07:53 AM (IG3/x)

142 The Amazing Carnak Snort.

She also shot a deer dead right in front of Insomniac. He got the message.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Insom decided it was time for some much needed rest and silence.

Posted by: Miklos vaguely recalls all that at August 09, 2026 07:53 AM (XOG/m)

143 " A friend's older brother named his band the 8088s!"

Did they have a bus?

Posted by: fd at August 09, 2026 07:53 AM (MWfyi)

144 >>A friend's older brother named his band the 8088s!

On-site assignment, one of the guys did electronic music. Called his 'band' SOC-7.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 09, 2026 07:54 AM (NcvvS)

145 > 137 Baby wipes are cleaner and more effective than paper tissue. They go right into a waste basket next to the toilet. And no, the house does not smell like a litter box.
Posted by: Accomack at August 09, 2026 07:48 AM (/Chlc)

Agreed. Don't bother buying the "flushable" type as a) they're not flushable and b) they're so flimsy they rip apart under normal usage conditions.

Go for the Gaia-murdering non-flushable type.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 09, 2026 07:54 AM (IG3/x)

146 The Movie Vault App is now at MVP status, and Wife Certified for ease of use.

I sorted out audio track and closed caption selection.

This was something I discovered as a gap when I tried to play Police Story and learned I didn’t understand Cantonese.

The only workflow that I need to figure out is how to pull down the movie file once it’s added to the library.

The app uses The Movie Database api to pull down movie metadata, but does not add a movie file, obviously.

So the workflow is going to implement a torrent search and backend transmission pipeline.

The other hurdle I surmounted was how the app looked on iPhone or android.

The one major item is making the Roku app look like the web app.

Roku uses Brightscript which is xml markup and a Visual Basic adjacent programming language.

I’ve cobbled together a rudimentary front end that loads and does the job, but could look better

All in all, I couldn’t be more pleased with the results and have largely replaced Plex in my house.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 09, 2026 07:54 AM (zTDoA)

147 8088 ("eighty-eighty-eight")

Posted by: m at August 09, 2026 07:55 AM (odBC9)

148 80 88

I have requested such from Field Marshal Kesselring

Posted by: E. Rommel at August 09, 2026 07:57 AM (XOG/m)

149 Posted by: m at August 09, 2026 07:45 AM (odBC9)

One of the hallmarks of free markets and political freedom is wealth. And wealth allows us to keep feces off of our hands by using that wealth to improve our lot in life.

But I am all for leftists smearing themselves with their own waste...it's a good way of identifying them!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 09, 2026 08:00 AM (l4RKn)

150 > This is sounding very close to having a book that lists all books, including itself...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

+++++

"But there are also many other things which Jesus did, which, if they were written in detail, I expect that even the world itself would not contain the books that would be written."

Posted by: John 21:25 at August 09, 2026 08:02 AM (2Ez/1)

151 Speaking of ducks! On Friday as I headed out to the grocery, I was driving along a four-lane avenue in the right lane. Just ahead of me on the left was a blue Ford pickup. He had stopped in his lane, puzzling me. Something emerged into my lane, and at first I thought it was a vine with leaves attached. As I slowed to a stop next to the truck, I saw it was a pair of adult ducks leading their little flock across the busy street. They all trundled across my lane, up onto the curb by the Walmart, and were gone.

I caught up to the pickup driver at the next light, blipped my horn, and rolled down my window, as did he. I grinned and called, "Nice job with the ducks!" And he grinned back.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 09, 2026 08:02 AM (wzUl9)

152 > SpaceX's revenue doubled and losses halved in the recent quarter. (Reuters)

Musk's new Terafab plant in Texas is going to be the largest building in the world when it's completed.

I wish we could get back to the day when we had multiple people with Big Ideas building stuff, but right now Elon is what we have.

Naturally the media spin is that "local residents" are "protesting", without clarifying just how many "local residents" don't want all those high-paying jobs in their county. I can't imagine that there are all that many communists in Grimes County, Texas.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 09, 2026 08:02 AM (IG3/x)

153 BJ’s fragrance free wipes> any paper tissue.

Posted by: Accomack at August 09, 2026 08:03 AM (RC5IB)

154 But I am all for leftists smearing themselves with their own waste...it's a good way of identifying them!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Did you know that if you rub your own feces in your hair and leave it for a few days, it's a natural, organic and sustainable way to turn your hair green without artificial planet-killing chemicals?

Pass it on!

Posted by: Chunky B. from HR (Xe/Xer) at August 09, 2026 08:05 AM (XOG/m)

155 That mention of of the CH-47 / Chinook reminds of all the claims when the Osprey came out, that it was going to completely replace the CH-47, because those were airframes were too old and had a bad safety.

It’s easy to tell that the Osprey has been a failure, because you hardly ever see them or hear about them anymore, while the Chinook’s are still flying.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 09, 2026 08:07 AM (QDJ2U)

156 I caught up to the pickup driver at the next light, blipped my horn, and rolled down my window, as did he. I grinned and called, "Nice job with the ducks!" And he grinned back.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

The Spirit of Chuck Berry is with you

Posted by: Miklos knows a Duck Walk when he sees one at August 09, 2026 08:07 AM (XOG/m)

157 All in all, I couldn’t be more pleased with the results and have largely replaced Plex in my house.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 09, 2026 07:54 AM (zTDoA)

Jellyfin wouldn't work for you?
Seems like it would've been a lot less work and headaches.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 09, 2026 08:09 AM (6ydKt)

158 "I wish we could get back to the day when we had multiple people with Big Ideas building stuff, but right now Elon is what we have.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 09, 2026 08:02 AM"

Check this out:

https://reotrucks.com/

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 09, 2026 08:09 AM (2Ez/1)

159 Good news from Ireland:

https://tinyurl.com/4rm6czth

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 09, 2026 08:10 AM (aI58f)

160 One word, bamboo. Grows fast like a weed.

Posted by: Ultra lurker at August 09, 2026 08:11 AM (DuE6/)

161 I never really caught on.

Posted by: TP made from Kudzu at August 09, 2026 08:13 AM (2Ez/1)

162 George Takei shot himself in the foot:

https://tinyurl.com/3xayc55p

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 09, 2026 08:13 AM (aI58f)

163 One word, bamboo. Grows fast like a weed.
Posted by: Ultra lurker at August 09, 2026

***
Imagine if the guy at the pool in The Graduate had said that to Benjamin!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 09, 2026 08:13 AM (wzUl9)

164 I just looked it up. Current models of CH-47 can carry a payload of 24,000 pounds, while current models of C-130 can carry 42,000 pounds. Nearly twice as many commies per flight.

We've got so many commies that this is going to matter.

Hell, we might even need to go to C-17s (payload 170,900 pounds).

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 09, 2026 08:15 AM (IG3/x)

165 @129/Comrade Flounder: "My last lemon part, which caused about a year of frustration (putting it lightly), was a glitchy PSU. I don't wish that hell on Bill Gates."

We've got very similar experiences on hardware it seems. My "Lemon part" was a power supply as well: Corsair's AX-860i. This was supposed to be a premium power supply (I sure paid a premium price at the time!) Well, turns out it wasn't premium, anything but.

First problem: They provided a usb interface so you could feed data on temperature back to your motherboard so that their Windows based software could report that to you. "Okay, let's try that." Seemed to work nicely... Except that the next time I plugged in a USB stick and tried to eject it, I was constantly told the device was busy. (huh?) I had to go searching for quite a while but I found a forum where others were complaining of this exact problem, and it turns out the idjits at Corsair wrote their software to poll the USB bus a few times a second, and every poll re-connected every device, so you couldn't ask it to eject safely and pull it out in time. THAT software got uninstalled, and that usb internal cable got removed.

(continues...)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 09, 2026 08:16 AM (O7YUW)

166 @Comrade Flounder (... continuing)

Second problem: About a year into its life, the power supply started crowbarring (shutting off suddenly/going into "protection".) At first it was once every few days so I couldn't figure out what was going on, but then it started doing it two or three times a day and then I clued in: "Oh great, probably a dying power supply."

Checked my purchase date and my warranty on this thing (WELL within warranty) and started looking into what it would take to ship this back and get it looked at. Well, apparently they don't really want to honour warranties because the shipping fees alone to their European location (only option) exceeded the cost to simply replace the stupid thing with another power supply. I downgraded to a 650 Watt Bronze rated power supply and never had another moment's trouble.

I still have that Corsair AX-860i in its original fancy little black velvet bag *spits* boxed up in it's original box, and it lives on my "shelf of shame" for hardware that has egregiously failed me. (That shelf reminds me to NEVER buy things from that supplier again.)

Oh, and found on various forums that this was a common problem with that model.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 09, 2026 08:16 AM (O7YUW)

167 https://reotrucks.com/
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 09, 2026 08:09 AM (2Ez/1)

Cool!

I hope they revive the Speed Wagon model name as well.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 09, 2026 08:16 AM (IG3/x)

168 Hell, we might even need to go to C-17s (payload 170,900 pounds).

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 09, 2026

***
That's only 1000 commies per flight. (Maybe less, depending on their average weight.) Still, it's a start!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 09, 2026 08:17 AM (wzUl9)

169 I've actually bought a few bamboo 'cooling' t-shirts.
I love them. They are soft but lightweight.

Made from bamboo pulp instead of cotton, polyester, etc.

I bought one, then bought three more I liked it so much.
The company, 'Bamboo Cool' has a store on Amazon.
They make all kinds of men's and women's clothing, underwear, socks, etc.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 09, 2026 08:17 AM (6ydKt)

170 > One word, bamboo. Grows fast like a weed.
----------
My dad was convinced by a neighbor to put some bamboo on an embankment to keep it from eroding.

It did that, sort of, but also took over that part of the yard. He spent years trying to get rid of it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 09, 2026 08:18 AM (2Cry5)

171 > 162 George Takei shot himself in the foot:

https://tinyurl.com/3xayc55p
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 09, 2026 08:13 AM (aI58f)

Dude simps for the same party that literally put him in a concentration camp as a child.

That's even worse than "Queers for Palestine".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 09, 2026 08:18 AM (IG3/x)

172 It's incredible watching the WNBA destroy itself over the idiotic trans madness and blatant black racism. These, for the most part, pretty average athletes are going to blow up outsized pay dates because they would rather pander to the race and gender hustlers.

Couldn't happen to a more deserving group.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 09, 2026 08:19 AM (viF8m)

173 @135/Comrade Flounder: "My last two cases have been Lian Li. On a 10 year setup, I splurge. Never had a penchant for extreme cooling, finding a decent CPU cooler to be sufficient. But I haven't run a top of the line graphics card since the days of BF2."

Yup, similar mindsets. I just like big airflow to keep all components inside the case reasonably cool, since heat is an electronics killer.

I looked at several Lian-Li cases over the years, very attractive options with decent cooling.

And yeah, on the 10 year builds I tend to splurge too. They end up costing me thousands in total, but it's thousands well spread out on solid components, with an eye to "This has to last me..."

Given that I'm now stuck in "Wait 'em out" mode, I'm really glad I built as big as I did last time, because I CAN wait them out even though I'm well beyond the 10 year mark.

And I abandoned buying "bleeding edge" stuff decades ago. Those come with a "Recover our R&D" bleeding-edge price too. Nope. One or two (maybe even three) generations back, so long as it performs well enough (and by then, stuff's usually well proven too.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 09, 2026 08:20 AM (O7YUW)

174 I take it back, the shirts aren't pure bamboo.
50% Bamboo 'viscose' and 50% polyester.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 09, 2026 08:20 AM (6ydKt)

175 I've been wiping my butt with chicken feathers for decades.

Posted by: Waste Not, Want Not at August 09, 2026 08:20 AM (JM9I6)

176 You really only need one square a visit. On those pesky occasions, two or three may be required.

Posted by: Sheryl Crow, Asswipe at August 09, 2026 08:20 AM (G5vcO)

177 Sunset Boulevard is on Movies! tonight at 7 Central. I have it on DVD, so I guess we'll pass. I have The Canterville Ghost, Payment on Demand (a Bette Davis film I've never seen), and A Woman's Face w/ Joan Crawford from the library to choose from, though.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 09, 2026 08:21 AM (wzUl9)

178 Thomas Bender:

In case you haven't hear of it:
https://jellyfin.org/

A lot of people went to Jellyfin once Plex decided they'd charge you for a worse product.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 09, 2026 08:22 AM (6ydKt)

179 > 176 You really only need one square a visit. On those pesky occasions, two or three may be required.
Posted by: Sheryl Crow, Asswipe at August 09, 2026 08:20 AM (G5vcO)

It's amazing how much her perceived hotness level dropped for me after reading about that.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 09, 2026 08:23 AM (IG3/x)

180 171 > 162 George Takei shot himself in the foot:

https://tinyurl.com/3xayc55p
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 09, 2026 08:13 AM (aI58f)

Dude simps for the same party that literally put him in a concentration camp as a child.

That's even worse than "Queers for Palestine".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 09, 2026 08:18 AM (IG3/x)

He's used to getting shot in the mouth and ass...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 09, 2026 08:23 AM (l3cgK)

181 TCM had Steve McQueen day yesterday.
I watched Nevada Smith for the first time, and then caught parts of The Thomas Crown Affair and Bullit.

Recorded part of The Blob on DVR which I'm going to finish watching here in a few.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 09, 2026 08:24 AM (6ydKt)

182 In a world...where a country's economy is so robust it can support a basketball league populated by unathletic untalented lesbians...

Posted by: Epic narrator voice at August 09, 2026 08:25 AM (2Ez/1)

183 Tough question: What is a woman?

Relax, it's a multiple choice answer:

https://tinyurl.com/48749vhs

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 09, 2026 08:25 AM (aI58f)

184 179 > 176 You really only need one square a visit. On those pesky occasions, two or three may be required.
Posted by: Sheryl Crow, Asswipe at August 09, 2026 08:20 AM (G5vcO)

It's amazing how much her perceived hotness level dropped for me after reading about that.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 09, 2026 08:23 AM (IG3/x)

Then there's the Redneck comedian who said, in response, "I single piece of toilet paper? I need an entire roll of Bounty."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 09, 2026 08:25 AM (l3cgK)

185 @155/Tom Servo: "That mention of of the CH-47 / Chinook reminds of all the claims when the Osprey came out, that it was going to completely replace the CH-47, because those were airframes were too old and had a bad safety.

It’s easy to tell that the Osprey has been a failure, because you hardly ever see them or hear about them anymore, while the Chinook’s are still flying."

Hi there!

Posted by: B-52H (B-52J in development) at August 09, 2026 08:27 AM (O7YUW)

186 > Then there's the Redneck comedian who said, in response, "I single piece of toilet paper? I need an entire roll of Bounty."
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 09, 2026 08:25 AM (l3cgK)

Sounds like someone who still has amateur status. The pros use pressure washers, aka an Alabama bidet.

Heh.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 09, 2026 08:27 AM (IG3/x)

187 They use cottonwoods to make paper and they plant fields of them.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 09, 2026 08:28 AM (bkuEU)

188 185 @155/Tom Servo: "That mention of of the CH-47 / Chinook reminds of all the claims when the Osprey came out, that it was going to completely replace the CH-47, because those were airframes were too old and had a bad safety.

It’s easy to tell that the Osprey has been a failure, because you hardly ever see them or hear about them anymore, while the Chinook’s are still flying."

Hi there!

Posted by: B-52H (B-52J in development) at August 09, 2026 08:27 AM (O7YUW)

I used to see Osprey more often flying around MCAS Miramar when I'd drive by...
Well, I had a neighbor with a biological osprey drop on his roof with a large fish and start eating it there...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 09, 2026 08:29 AM (l3cgK)

189 There's a rumor? that several retired NBA players have said they plan to join the WNBA as they now identify as women. Supposedly.

I hope it's not just a rumor. It might put this "what is a woman" joke to rest.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 09, 2026 08:29 AM (2Cry5)

190 182 In a world...where a country's economy is so robust it can support a basketball league populated by unathletic untalented lesbians...
Posted by: Epic narrator voice at August 09, 2026 08:25 AM (2Ez/1)

"Your next stop ... the Twilight Zone."

Posted by: m at August 09, 2026 08:29 AM (odBC9)

191 Welp, I got up to pee and decided to check in.

Now I've been here for 45 minutes, and it's only 0430 here in the 907.

Back for down for some more shuteye.

Later, folks.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 09, 2026 08:30 AM (IG3/x)

192 I still have that Corsair AX-860i in its original fancy little black velvet bag *spits* boxed up in it's original box, and it lives on my "shelf of shame" for hardware that has egregiously failed me. (That shelf reminds me to NEVER buy things from that supplier again.)

Oh, and found on various forums that this was a common problem with that model.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 09, 2026 08:16 AM (O7YUW)

I had endless BSODs - nonspecific and undiagnosable via Windows, of course - causing endless MEMTEST86 runs, cursing of Vista, loss of data and productivity due to TSR time spent, replacement of memory and video card as shotgun TSR expenses, and finally buying another premium 1000W PSU to as the last shotgun TSR expense.

Near as I can tell, one of the rails was dropping out periodically causing memory errors.

That PSU is in my box of shoot with shotgun then burn in a fire electronics. The replacement PSU lives on in that 2008 rig as a backup NAS using OMV. This was in a time when 8GB of ram was the bees knees.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 09, 2026 08:30 AM (dK+Kv)

193 Sounds like someone who still has amateur status. The pros use pressure washers, aka an Alabama bidet.

Heh.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

I extend the left hand of friendship and respect, infidel

Posted by: Mohammed M. Mohammed at August 09, 2026 08:31 AM (XOG/m)

194 The artillery fire is mostly during the day, but I hear 50 cal, 30 mm chain guns, tank main gun (120 mm) and 155 mm artillery. Not as much as most of the 1st Infantry Division is deployed.

Sometimes I can see flares dropping when I return home in the dark.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 09, 2026 07:36 AM (u82oZ)

That reminds me of when I had a plane parked out at the Manhattan airport in the early '90s.

Occasionally while I was washing it, or just generally goofing around out there, you could see M1 Abrams tanks rolling along the ridgeline to the west. Sometimes, Warthogs would practice tankbusting on them and once in a while, a C-141 Starlifter would boot a bunch of paratroopers out the back.

All to the sylvan sounds of automatic weapons fire.

Off hours, the 1 AM boom of the howitzers rattling the windows would get the cats a bit upset.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 09, 2026 08:31 AM (/HDaX)

195 Prone to motion sickness here. Thoughts of moving at thousands of MPH is making me ill.

Posted by: Queasy Mfume at August 09, 2026 08:31 AM (JM9I6)

196 189 There's a rumor? that several retired NBA players have said they plan to join the WNBA as they now identify as women. Supposedly.

I hope it's not just a rumor. It might put this "what is a woman" joke to rest.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 09, 2026 08:29 AM (2Cry5)

Enes Kanter
Royce White

Posted by: m at August 09, 2026 08:32 AM (odBC9)

197 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. 75 degrees here at Stately Poppins Manor, with a humid high in the 90s on its way. This is not really NE weather, and I am getting mighty sick of it.

Editing on the new book continues. Wolfus was kind enough to make some good suggestions, so I am slowly working my way through those.

It's going to be another multi-shower day. . .

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 09, 2026 08:35 AM (qRla/)

198 >>There's a rumor? that several retired NBA players have said they plan to join the WNBA as they now identify as women. Supposedly.

>>I hope it's not just a rumor. It might put this "what is a woman" joke to rest.

It does not appear to be a rumor. Enes Kanter and Royce White have both said they intend to enter the next WNBA draft. White is even threatening legal action if he is not included.

The WNBA is responding by holding a meeting to determine what a woman is which promises to be hilarious and piss off everyone.

Meanwhile, Sophie Cunningham was flat out assaulted by a black player in a game yesterday. Not fouled, assaulted. If the races had been switched the player who hit her would be bounced from the league. It really is out of control.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 09, 2026 08:36 AM (viF8m)

199 I don't think the WNBA is going to be around much longer.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 09, 2026 08:37 AM (wOO3z)

200 I'm still here, getting better each day, thanks to God and prayers of good people

Posted by: Buck Ofama at August 09, 2026 08:37 AM (z6ONu)

201 No love for hemp bathroom tissue?

Posted by: davidt at August 09, 2026 08:38 AM (Q+gd/)

202 My butt's been wiped!

Posted by: The Senator From Amtrak at August 09, 2026 08:38 AM (JM9I6)

203 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. 75 degrees here at Stately Poppins Manor, with a humid high in the 90s on its way. This is not really NE weather, and I am getting mighty sick of it. . . .

It's going to be another multi-shower day. . .
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 09, 2026

***
Now you know why I want to flee. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 09, 2026 08:39 AM (wzUl9)

204 In the meantime, a Sports Illustrated writer popped out the headline, "Sophie Cunningham Got a Bitter Taste of Karma After Drawing Flagrant Foul in Fever-Sky".

H/t Instapundit

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 09, 2026 08:40 AM (/HDaX)

205 Meanwhile, Sophie Cunningham was flat out assaulted by a black player in a game yesterday. Not fouled, assaulted. If the races had been switched the player who hit her would be bounced from the league. It really is out of control.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 09, 2026 08:36 AM (viF8m)

Clotheslined Sophie from the video I saw.
Then after the foul was called on the player, deservedly, she went in the locker room at halftime and posted on X:
"White privilege"

Obviously the W in WNBA just stands for Woke.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 09, 2026 08:42 AM (6ydKt)

206 Given that I'm now stuck in "Wait 'em out" mode, I'm really glad I built as big as I did last time, because I CAN wait them out even though I'm well beyond the 10 year mark.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 09, 2026 08:20 AM (O7YUW)

I'd be tempted to find a Craigslist deal of something more recent from someone who doesn't know what they have.

And I abandoned buying "bleeding edge" stuff decades ago. Those come with a "Recover our R&D" bleeding-edge price too. Nope. One or two (maybe even three) generations back, so long as it performs well enough (and by then, stuff's usually well proven too.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 09, 2026 08:20 AM (O7YUW)

Same. Have to see how the reviews pan out, although with AI and meatsack review spam, it is more difficult to gage. Right now, my goto mobo manufacturer is Gigabyte.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 09, 2026 08:42 AM (dK+Kv)

207
Kleenex is investigating making Kleenex not out of trees, but out of a different kind of tree.

Just how stupid are people running the world?

Trees grown for toilet paper are a crop. Like wheat or cotton.

It's the very definition of a renewable resource.

They aren't going out a chopping down virgin old growth forests. These are trees specifically growth to wind up wiping your butt.

Toilet paper trees are like the Apex Achievement of the Greentards, and they're so ignorant and stupid they don't realize it.

Sad.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 09, 2026 08:43 AM (iJfKG)

208 Now you know why I want to flee. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 09, 2026 08:39 AM (wzUl9)

I can't complain at the moment.
After hitting the 90s (usually high 90s) for the entire month of July, the past week has been in the 80s here.
That came with some rain, which was needed, so a little more humid, but I'll take it...

...until the end of this week when it's back in the 90s again.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 09, 2026 08:44 AM (6ydKt)

209 Rules regarding player eligibility in the WNBA are collectively bargained. The players union is in a bit of a pickle over the issue, I'd say.

Posted by: one hour sober at August 09, 2026 08:44 AM (J4Dwc)

210 In contrast to the wretched WNBA, I watched two Banana Ball games last night on both Youtube and ESPN. Nobody assaulted, good sportsmanship, great fun, full stadia. The Bananas vs. Coconuts game at Target Field in MN featured ten outs from fan caught foul balls. The previous record was six. Everyone went home happy.

Posted by: I Am Curious, Yellow at August 09, 2026 08:45 AM (JM9I6)

211 @192/Comrade Flounder: "That PSU is in my box of shoot with shotgun then burn in a fire electronics."

Name and shame!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 09, 2026 08:45 AM (O7YUW)

212 @157

>>Jellyfin wouldn't work for you?
Seems like it would've been a lot less work and headaches.

What I’ve built is better than either Plex or Jellyfin, in both functionality and presentation.

Most important of all it’s mine, built by me, and nobody can take it away or change its functionality.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 09, 2026 08:46 AM (iBH87)

213 Sad.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 09, 2026 08:43 AM (iJfKG)

They won't be happy until we're back in outhouses wiping our butts with corncobs and old Sears catalogs.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 09, 2026 08:46 AM (6ydKt)

214 >>Obviously the W in WNBA just stands for Woke.

Biggest mistake this country made in a long time was electing Obama. Race relations were pretty good and improving, it really wasn't much of a thing at all.

And he purposefully put us at each other's throats and stoked the fire.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 09, 2026 08:46 AM (viF8m)

215 WNBA is a political op.

And there is video of two players making wagers on games. Commissioner has said jack shit about it. Coaches have said jack shit about it. Congress has said jack shit about it.

What a joke.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 09, 2026 08:46 AM (wOO3z)

216 Wolfus, I owe you an e-mail regarding your read of my new book. I've taken up your suggestion about meeting the murderer and am adjusting the Santa Monica scene to do just that.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 09, 2026 08:46 AM (qRla/)

217 Kleenex is investigating making Kleenex not out of trees, but out of a different kind of tree.

Step 1: We are gonna find a new "tree" that will save mother earth and be used to wipe your ass, your welcome!

Step 2: Use same old trees but give them a new name like "Green Ass Clean" tree.

Step 3: Market it to stupid white liberals who will demand the new "green ass clean" shit paper be made mandatory.

Step 4: Charge 3 times as much and watch profits grow!

Posted by: Kleenex at August 09, 2026 08:47 AM (G5vcO)

218 Grocery shopping done, a apple, coffee and a book until Book Thread shows up

Posted by: Skip at August 09, 2026 08:47 AM (Ia/+0)

219 Wolfus, I owe you an e-mail regarding your read of my new book. I've taken up your suggestion about meeting the murderer and am adjusting the Santa Monica scene to do just that.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 09, 2026

***
Glad to hear I was of some help. That sounds like just the scene for it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 09, 2026 08:48 AM (wzUl9)

220 Hey DuckAi,
How many trees are on earth?

Response:
About 3.04 trillion trees. That’s roughly 420 trees per person.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 09, 2026 08:49 AM (2Ez/1)

221 Most important of all it’s mine, built by me, and nobody can take it away or change its functionality.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 09, 2026 08:46 AM (iBH87)

Good point.

You could always put out the .exe files and name it MediaBender or something.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 09, 2026 08:49 AM (6ydKt)

222 Biggest mistake this country made in a long time was electing Obama. Race relations were pretty good and improving, it really wasn't much of a thing at all.

And he purposefully put us at each other's throats and stoked the fire.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 09, 2026

***
One Big Ass Mistake, America

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 09, 2026 08:49 AM (wzUl9)

223 @192/Comrade Flounder: "That PSU is in my box of shoot with shotgun then burn in a fire electronics."

Name and shame!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 09, 2026 08:45 AM (O7YUW)

That was 18 years ago. I'd have to pull down the tote from the garage to find the specs. I want to say Corsair, 1000W, since the last brand I soured on after ASUS.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 09, 2026 08:50 AM (dK+Kv)

224 Obama --> Mamdani

Posted by: m at August 09, 2026 08:50 AM (odBC9)

225 Grocery shopping done, a apple, coffee and a book until Book Thread shows up
Posted by: Skip at August 09, 2026 08:47 AM (Ia/+0)
-----
Is that my cue?

10 minutes to Sunday Morning Book Thread...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 09, 2026 08:50 AM (FZ29D)

226 "...electing Obama."

That's cute.

Posted by: Dominion Systems at August 09, 2026 08:51 AM (2Ez/1)

227 I've got more trees than I can count. I could take out half of them and still have too many to count. If I live another 7 years or so, I will.

Posted by: fd at August 09, 2026 08:51 AM (MWfyi)

228 Trees here in NC grow at a really fast rate. An area after logging looks like a war went on, but after two years, there are 8 ft. tall trees and you'd never know how barren it was. It's a crop.
We raise trees to process for pellets, and ship them to Europe to burn for electricity. The Greenies consider that acceptable for some reason. Funny world we live in.

Posted by: #1, The Larch at August 09, 2026 08:52 AM (JM9I6)

229 Biggest mistake this country made in a long time was electing Obama. Race relations were pretty good and improving, it really wasn't much of a thing at all.

And he purposefully put us at each other's throats and stoked the fire.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 09, 2026 08:46 AM (viF8m)

Yes.
While the 80s and 90s weren't perfect (Rodney King and OJ stand out) there wasn't a tidal wave of racial animosity that we now have on a daily basis.

Obama and his crew are all Maoists, I'm convinced.
They wanted a Cultural Revolution here and they got it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 09, 2026 08:52 AM (6ydKt)

230 5 year old refub HP workstations are a bargain and will last at least another 5 years. Another 15 years if you put Linux on them.

Posted by: fd at August 09, 2026 08:52 AM (MWfyi)

231 >>Obama and his crew are all Maoists, I'm convinced.
They wanted a Cultural Revolution here and they got it.

100%

Posted by: JackStraw at August 09, 2026 08:54 AM (viF8m)

232 I'm wearing bamboo pants for the Book Thread.

Posted by: The Green Orange at August 09, 2026 08:54 AM (JM9I6)

233 >>>Five of America's top tech companies - Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Oracle - are expected to burn through $125 billion in cash this year on their AI rollouts. (Washington Post) (archive site)

You have to spend money to make money.

Posted by: m at August 09, 2026 08:55 AM (odBC9)

234 Well that PT ain't gonna do itself.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 09, 2026 08:56 AM (viF8m)

235 Give Obama his due. He was an excellent Gun Salesman.

Posted by: Jumbo's Pawn Shop at August 09, 2026 08:56 AM (JM9I6)

236 Lefty nitwits should be forced to wear underwear made from pricky pears..

Posted by: fd at August 09, 2026 08:57 AM (MWfyi)

237 Minorities have been conditioned to resent the majority here. Race, political persuasion, wealth, etc.

It's the left's platform.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 09, 2026 08:58 AM (2Cry5)

238 234 Well that PT ain't gonna do itself.
Posted by: JackStraw

Being wealthy myself, I have people for that.

Posted by: Richie Rich at August 09, 2026 08:59 AM (JM9I6)

239 Hasan Piker telling it like it is!

OLD HASAN CLIP HAS RESURFACED:

“We want more immigrants to come into your countries and then they’re gonna fuck your sisters and then your daughters.”

“We’re here to Destroy the White Race, Bitch.”

https://tinyurl.com/3rnsyas7

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 09, 2026 08:59 AM (ndZc7)

240 Books!

Posted by: Nazdar at August 09, 2026 09:00 AM (NcvvS)

241 Eh, Barky is an empty suit. A cutout or wind-up toy. The machine or mechanism that produced him, along with or through the press or “media” is the problem. If it weren’t him, it would have been some other jackass. The semi-permanent bureaucracy and unelected twats that have a revolving door through marriage and think-tanks and the rest of it. The JEF had very little to do with any of it. Same with Biden. He didn’t even know what fucking day it was half the time. He wasn’t running anything either.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 09, 2026 09:00 AM (FpODx)

242 Books!

Posted by: Nazdar at August 09, 2026 09:00 AM (NcvvS)

"Boobs!" you mean.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 09, 2026 09:00 AM (dK+Kv)

243 239 Hasan Piker telling it like it is!

OLD HASAN CLIP HAS RESURFACED:

“We want more immigrants to come into your countries and then they’re gonna fuck your sisters and then your daughters.”

“We’re here to Destroy the White Race, Bitch.”

https://tinyurl.com/3rnsyas7
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 09, 2026 08:59 AM (ndZc7)

There's some doubt, out there, about whether that clip is authentic.

Posted by: m at August 09, 2026 09:02 AM (odBC9)

244 >>"Boobs!" you mean.

You catch the underlying meaning. Book thread is up.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 09, 2026 09:02 AM (NcvvS)

245 the stochastic element in herternormative-adjacent challenges
--Shady Mopes

Herternormative.
Unless you are familiar with the works Leonard Herter, "Bull Cook," this is going to be one of those "If you don't know you don't know" things. But you all are funny. To watch.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 09, 2026 09:03 AM (zdLoL)

246 Cardboard belt broke-pants around ankles. Not fit for the Book Thread, I'm afraid.

Posted by: Very Fixed Income. at August 09, 2026 09:05 AM (JM9I6)

247 @221

>>Good point. You could always put out the .exe files and name it MediaBender or something.

I will more than likely roll it out as an Electron App.

The main problem is there is a lot of Python backend scripting going on, for watchfolders and webserving, etc.

Also the system is hosted on an M1 mac so there is some Mac/linux specific stuff going on that I would have to make universal for it to deploy to a WinOS architecture.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 09, 2026 09:27 AM (XV/Pl)

248 stochastic: What an awkward word.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 09, 2026 11:18 AM (WY+aP)

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