Daily News Stuff 13 August 2026

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The "Godmother of AI" says the biggest risk to AI is students losing the desire learn. (Tech Spot)

Don't know how to tell you this, Fei-Fei...

Tech News

If you want to buy Nvidia's RTX 600 Pro Blackwell graphics card, it will now cost you $16,000. (Tom's Hardware)

Which is a lot.
Intel says, hey, maybe there's money to be made in the memory business. (Tom's Hardware)

As the article notes, Intel's first product was memory - specifically a 64-bit SRAM module.
Some Claude users are mad that Claude will catch them using Claude. (Tech Crunch)

Claudes don't let Claudes Claude Claudes.
Thing 4.6 is here, nearly as good as Other Thing 5 but 80% cheaper. (WCCFTech)

Save big with New Thing 3.14 Flash: It's digestible.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Don't lesnerize!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

Comments

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1 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 13, 2026 04:32 AM (Ia/+0)

2 Rise and shine!

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at August 13, 2026 04:33 AM (/HDaX)

3 Top 5?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 04:33 AM (wzUl9)

4 w00t

Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 04:33 AM (odBC9)

5 BOING!

Busy.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 13, 2026 04:33 AM (yMCWt)

6 I forget who wrote the story about "lesnerize." Robert Sheckley?

And "Superstition" is one of the great songs of the '70s. There, I said it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 04:34 AM (wzUl9)

7 I'm reposting this over here because it's a nice story:

Four teens from Florida help push an elderly woman's broken down mobile wheelchair in the rain. Faithpot site:

https://tinyurl.com/vpxcte5m

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2026 04:36 AM (W90Ou)

8 I've always thought that if someone did a movie of Robert Heinlein's Friday, "Superstition" should be the intro over credits music.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 04:36 AM (wzUl9)

9 >>>Some Claude users are mad[e] that Claude will catch them using Claude.

Old man yelling at Claude!

Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 04:37 AM (odBC9)

10 As the article notes, Intel's first product was memory - specifically a 64-bit SRAM module.

I note that the Man who Made Intel (Engineer, not MBA) was Grof Andras, better known as Andy Grove.

To the end of his days, he spoke English with a thick layer of Hungarian.

Posted by: Mere Murican Magyar Miklos at August 13, 2026 04:41 AM (XOG/m)

11 Anyway! Evening and morning, fellow satellites and satraps of the vast AoSHQ Empire on this Thor's Day.

Last night I dreamed that I had gone away to college, an Ivy League or similar place, and was in a "temporary" dorm suite with a number of other guys. Two of them woke us all at 6:30 am, saying, "We need to smoke." Which made me realize that I had not brought a pipe or tobacco with me. Nor, it seemed, had I brought more than one change of clothing; I thought in the dream that I'd have to have my mother ship a *lot* of stuff to me. Plus there were no branches of my bank in this college town.

My suitemates began to head out -- we were all moving to our permanent dorms, it seemed. I was trying to pack when a young girl about five feet tall knocked at the door, and asked me, "Have you heard about Janix?" Before she could explain whether that was a person, a product, or a movement, I woke up.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 04:42 AM (wzUl9)

12 Mornin'

And, later. Going to take a nap.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 13, 2026 04:42 AM (sAmhv)

13 Finally, 4 Mgid ads and got comment block open
If not back again before I go
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at August 13, 2026 04:43 AM (Ia/+0)

14 Four teens from Florida help push an elderly woman's broken down mobile wheelchair in the rain. Faithpot site:

https://tinyurl.com/vpxcte5m
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

How did they know it was a "woman"?

Are they teen biologists?

Posted by: Associate Justice Ketanji Jackson-Browne at August 13, 2026 04:43 AM (XOG/m)

15 10 As the article notes, Intel's first product was memory - specifically a 64-bit SRAM module.

I note that the Man who Made Intel (Engineer, not MBA) was Grof Andras, better known as Andy Grove.

To the end of his days, he spoke English with a thick layer of Hungarian.
Posted by: Mere Murican Magyar Miklos at August 13, 2026 04:41 AM (XOG/m)

Looking him up online; he sounds amazing.
(1936-2016)

Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 04:48 AM (odBC9)

16 Claudes don't let Claudes Claude Claudes.

How much code could Claude Code code if Claude Code could code code?

Posted by: mikeski at August 13, 2026 04:48 AM (VHUov)

17 Superstition has good music .As a person of faith ( and older ) I question some of the lyrics. Believing that there is a devil is "superstitious "? Then again, I don't make Stevie Wonder my spiritual guide .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2026 04:49 AM (wmzkx)

18 Willowed: On the topic of Buicks-

Mine (inherited) has never had ballots in the trunk, to my knowledge.

But it is a 2010 LaCrosse with 53k on the clock.
Posted by: Miklos don't get around much at August 13, 2026

***
One of the first generation, then, when LaCrosse was the mid-level car, the replacement for LeSabre? Later, after the demise of the model that replaced the much-missed Park Avenue, LaCrosse moved up to become the top-level car.

No, wait. 2010 was the first year of the big flagship LaCrosse, the generation I have (mine is a 2016).

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 04:50 AM (wzUl9)

19 Disclaimer: Don't lesnerize!
Posted by: Pixy Misa

I guess Martinizing is still OK

Posted by: Miklos also did the de-lousing part at August 13, 2026 04:50 AM (XOG/m)

20 With only about 4.5 hours of sleep, I'm not sure I have the energy to work out. Which might be Sheer Laziness whispering in my ear, of course.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 04:52 AM (wzUl9)

21 Post card from parents arrives 26 years later. Sunny Skyz site:

https://tinyurl.com/yyj27p2a

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2026 04:52 AM (wmzkx)

22 No, wait. 2010 was the first year of the big flagship LaCrosse, the generation I have (mine is a 2016).
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming

Only nine years until I can register it as a Classic (cheaper insurance).

Posted by: Miklos plans ahead at August 13, 2026 04:52 AM (XOG/m)

23 Disclaimer: Don't lesnerize!
Posted by: Pixy Misa

I guess Martinizing is still OK

Posted by: Miklos also did the de-lousing part at August 13, 2026 04:50 AM (XOG/m)
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Anyone here still Simonize?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 13, 2026 04:52 AM (yMCWt)

24 Anyone here still Simonize?
Posted by: Biden's Dog

I've never even considered buying an ecclesiastical office.

Posted by: mikeski at August 13, 2026 04:55 AM (VHUov)

25 Alternate musical interlude:

https://tinyurl.com/47ru8rws

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 13, 2026 04:57 AM (yMCWt)

26 6 I forget who wrote the story about "lesnerize." Robert Sheckley?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Yes, the short story "Protection", about the overly helpful validusian derg.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 13, 2026 04:57 AM (BLOW1)

27 Disclaimer: Don't lesnerize!
Posted by: Pixy Misa

WNBA has enough of them already.

Posted by: mikeski at August 13, 2026 04:57 AM (VHUov)

28 At the Book Club at the library last night, the genre under discussion was the "cozy" mystery. As usual, I was the only guy there, and so the only one to dislike the genre -- at least the ones I've read. The others did admit that the genre was kind of like cotton candy or M & Ms; you wouldn't want to make a steady diet of any of them.

I touted the virtues of Josephine Tey's last novel, The Singing Sands. It has "cozy" elements: no gore or explicit language or sex; it takes place mostly in small communities in Scotland; and the sleuth, even though he's a Scotland Yard inspector, is on medical leave (an attack of claustrophobia!), so he's sort of an amateur detective in this story.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 04:57 AM (wzUl9)

29 Anyone here still Simonize?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs

Says who?

Posted by: Miklos awaits prompt at August 13, 2026 04:58 AM (XOG/m)

30 Sorry to repeat but Philistines upon you, America:

https://tinyurl.com/yx2pur6t

https://tinyurl.com/4ze7r2bh

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 13, 2026 05:00 AM (yMCWt)

31 Anyone here still Simonize?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs
-

Says who?

Posted by: Miklos awaits prompt at August 13, 2026 04:58 AM (XOG/m)
-

Ize said.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 13, 2026 05:01 AM (yMCWt)

32 The Google introduced its Pixel 11 phones and related products yesterday. A few things I noticed.

Trevor Noah, The event MC, is a tech illiterate who probably carries an iPhone.

Cell phone design and implementation maxed about 5 years ago, it seems, and has barely advanced since then. For example, a Pixel 11 key feature is an LED on the back camera bar that lights up when one of your favorites calls you. Yeah! Somehow this is supposed to make it easier for cell phone addicts to not interact with their phone.

AI jammed into every conceivable nook and cranny of these electronic surveillance devices now makes electronic surveillance acceptable.

Plus the prices are higher.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 13, 2026 05:01 AM (JUTN6)

33 I forget who wrote the story about "lesnerize." Robert Sheckley?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Yes, the short story "Protection", about the overly helpful validusian derg.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 13, 2026

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Sheckley was kind of a gadfly of SF magazines in the '50s -- very prolific, using at least one pen name, and producing a raft of stories with his brand of poker-faced humor. Sort of like William Tenn.

One Sheckley story in Galaxy, "A Wind Is Rising," features humans stationed on a planet where the winds blow at over 100 miles per hour nearly all the time. A very tense story that would have made a fine Outer Limits, old or new, had they possessed the budget for it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 05:01 AM (wzUl9)

34 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 04:57 AM (wzUl9

And did Tey sound like someone they would like to read or had anyone?

If you were going to start a book club for men how would you advertise that, and what would you choose?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2026 05:02 AM (wmzkx)

35 Ize said.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs

An Ize-ly Brother!

Posted by: Miklos wants to SHOUT at August 13, 2026 05:03 AM (XOG/m)

36 Posted by: mikeski at August 13, 2026 04:55 AM (VHUov)

LOL.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2026 05:03 AM (wmzkx)

37 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 13, 2026 05:04 AM (u82oZ)

38 The ghetto ride of choice in northern Minnesota is the 2000 to about 2005 Buicks.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 13, 2026 05:04 AM (JUTN6)

39 Thursday on Movies! is Noir and Mystery Day. They start off today with Joan Crawford in Flamingo Road -- the basis, I guess, for the nighttime soap in the '80s with Morgan Fairchild -- and progress through three Hitchcock films and two Michael Shaynes, before climaxing with Sunset Boulevard in prime time.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 05:06 AM (wzUl9)

40 FenelonSpoke

Military Sci-Fi Book Club: Finding the plot holes.

Many men, few women readers.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 13, 2026 05:06 AM (u82oZ)

41 If you were going to start a book club for men how would you advertise that, and what would you choose?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Jack London, Mark Twain, Chaucer

Evelyn Waugh and Winston Churchill for the advanced members

H.L. Mencken required for entry

And some things to laugh at and make fun of in a guy way because famous but why?

Posted by: Miklos has opinions at August 13, 2026 05:07 AM (XOG/m)

42 Happy Birthday, Annie Oakley!

https://tinyurl.com/4zakrndb

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2026 05:08 AM (wmzkx)

43 Friday I am going to show Monty Python and the Holy grail to a widow who has never seen it. She claims to like British humor.
We shall see.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 13, 2026 05:08 AM (u82oZ)

44 If I was to start a book club for men I would republish all the popular mechanics from the 1940s and '50s and the 1960s " men's magazines" that had a busty woman on the cover and endless articles about how Hitler escaped Argentina.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 13, 2026 05:09 AM (JUTN6)

45
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 13, 2026 05:10 AM (AMvSw)

46 And did Tey sound like someone they would like to read or had anyone?

If you were going to start a book club for men how would you advertise that, and what would you choose?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2026

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The librarian who runs the thing, who seems to have eclectic tastes, wrote down the title in her notebook, so maybe she'll look the author up.

For men? Adventure and crime stories. Some Alistair Maclean spy tales, the Bond books, Elmore Leonard's and Loren Estleman's Westerns and some of their crime/mystery stories, etc. Herman Wouk's Caine Mutiny and maybe his story of a young writer, Youngblood Hawke.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 05:10 AM (wzUl9)

47 Posted by: Miklos has opinions at August 13, 2026 05:07 AM (XOG/m)

Ive read most of those folks and I like them, but since men are sometimes lamenting the loss of male only spaces ( and I agree with them) they would have to advertise it surreptitiously , I suppose.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2026 05:11 AM (wmzkx)

48 How did they know it was a "woman"?

Are they teen biologists?
Posted by: Associate Justice Ketanji Jackson-Browne

They were homeschooled so that complicated question was already figured out by the time they were ten.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 13, 2026 05:11 AM (jjoN6)

49 The ghetto ride of choice in northern Minnesota is the 2000 to about 2005 Buicks.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 13, 2026

***
Park Avenues and LeSabres, I'll warrant, with yellow-ringed whitewalls on big sparkly rims, and paint jobs that have seen better days.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 05:12 AM (wzUl9)

50 Miklos has opinions

An alternative is Heinlein, The Asimov Robot stories, Matthew Hughes for his tales of the Archonate, and Ryk E. Spoor for his Grand Central Arena stories.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 13, 2026 05:13 AM (u82oZ)

51 Actually the Book Club is going to concentrate on Westerns next month. I've got a couple of Leonards and Estlemans that I can opine about.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 05:13 AM (wzUl9)

52 21 Post card from parents arrives 26 years later.

Thank you, Fen. Sending that along to my mom. She'll love it.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 13, 2026 05:13 AM (jjoN6)

53 8 I've always thought that if someone did a movie of Robert Heinlein's Friday, "Superstition" should be the intro over credits music.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 04:36 AM (wzUl9)

It has occurred to me, as a fan of LitRPG, that if a movie is to ever be made of one of my faves, it would fall to me to learn how to use GenAI for video. My experience of creative endeavors tells me that there would be very limited benefit from learning how to do short-form works like music videos; once the tools were mastered (after the first one or three), the workflow would be so different, it would be time do dive straight in to the deep end.

Posted by: SciVo at August 13, 2026 05:14 AM (Sy6m/)

54 Park Avenues and LeSabres, I'll warrant, with yellow-ringed whitewalls on big sparkly rims, and paint jobs that have seen better days. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,

You overlooked the rust holes in the in the body from the road salt.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 13, 2026 05:17 AM (JUTN6)

55 Posted by: NR Pax at August 13, 2026 05:13 AM (jjoN6)

You are most welcome!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2026 05:18 AM (xPsv8)

56 Happy Thursday, everyone! I have an appointment this afternoon to get an MRI done on my knee so my PA can get an idea of what is wrong and what needs to be done. My sister in law has offered to look at the images as well because as a former ER doc, she was annoyed that my follow up appointment isn't until next week.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 13, 2026 05:18 AM (jjoN6)

57 We shall see.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

The Kollidge that I attended brought in people (for a fee) to speak and inform/entertain. The contracts said that they had to spend an hour after with the student speakers' committee in a kind of reception. I was never a member, but disregarded the student committee pissants who tried to keep me out.

One was Graham Chapman of the Pythonites. The students were always shy about approaching the Famous People, I wasn't, so Mr Chapman and I were having a conversation in which I knew not to ask about Monty Python, or repeat any usual question.

Then two from the Official Committee came over and said "we love your British humour, more sophisticated than American".

Chapman looked at them and said "we did fart jokes, you know"

Posted by: Miklos well remembers at August 13, 2026 05:19 AM (XOG/m)

58 The first time I heard Superstition was at 71 or 72 Rolling Stones concert. Stevie Wonder opened for the Stones. I can barely remember what the stoves played, but I remember nearly every note Stevie Wonder played.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 13, 2026 05:19 AM (JUTN6)

59 Miklos well remembers

You are most fortunate.

What questions did you ask?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 13, 2026 05:23 AM (u82oZ)

60 >>>The "Godmother of AI" says the biggest risk to AI is students losing the desire learn. (Tech Spot)
Don't know how to tell you this, Fei-Fei...

Indeed!

Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 05:23 AM (odBC9)

61 My book club would spend months on the Bronte Sisters, if we have enough Bourbon and cigars, and PBR.

We would take turns reading passages in exaggerated girl voices while tending to the grill and smoker, and trying to get Earl's truck fixed.

Posted by: Miklos thinks hell this might work at August 13, 2026 05:24 AM (XOG/m)

62 Posted by: NR Pax at August 13, 2026 05:18 AM (jjoN6

Will keep you in prayer and I'm glad your SIL can look at the images.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2026 05:25 AM (xPsv8)

63 Old time hymn by Mormon Tabernacle Choir "Be Still, My Soul":

https://tinyurl.com/yarju59k

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2026 05:29 AM (xPsv8)

64 I can barely remember what the stoves played

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 13, 2026 05:19 AM (JUTN6)
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They were hot back then.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 13, 2026 05:29 AM (yMCWt)

65 I suspect that NVidia's is fast-milking the market for as much money as it can get before the bubble pops. No graphics card is worth $16K. That's just... stupid.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 13, 2026 05:30 AM (O7YUW)

66 They were hot back then.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

They were a gas.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 13, 2026 05:32 AM (jjoN6)

67 My Guys' Book Club could also tackle Stephen Hunter's stories of the law enforcement adventures of the Swagger men, Charles in the 1930s, his son Earl until his death in 1956, and *his* son Bob Lee from the '70s to recent times.

Charles I picture looking like Scott Glenn; Earl, like Rory Calhoun. Bob Lee I'm not sure about. Didn't Mark Wahlberg play him in one film adaptation?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 05:33 AM (wzUl9)

68 Stevie Wonder - Superstition

He's a good one.

Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 05:33 AM (odBC9)

69 64 I can barely remember what the stoves played

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 13, 2026 05:19 AM (JUTN6)
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They were hot back then.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 13, 2026 05:29 AM (yMCWt)

; )

Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 05:34 AM (odBC9)

70 What questions did you ask?
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Starting about that time, I have met some well known people, and it started then-

Nothing about what you are famous for

Nothing particularly personal

Look around-same or different (to them, not me)?

I asked if the same cheap (but French, must be French) wine was all the universities he did his appearances at (Yes, good laugh)

Do you have time to eat some New Orleans food, do you know where to go? (No actually, do you have any suggestions)

Well, I made you laugh, do I have a career in comedy (perhaps, probably not, it is a funny business).

We were talking about New Orleans food when we were rudely interrupted.

Posted by: Miklos never asks the same question once at August 13, 2026 05:35 AM (XOG/m)

71 57 Then two from the Official Committee came over and said "we love your British humour, more sophisticated than American".
Posted by: Miklos well remembers at August 13, 2026 05:19 AM (XOG/m)

They seem nice.

Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 05:37 AM (odBC9)

72 Miklos asks good questions

Thank you.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 13, 2026 05:38 AM (u82oZ)

73 Miklos

This sounds like Tulane, not Loyola.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 13, 2026 05:39 AM (u82oZ)

74 Grumbling of thunder outside. Maybe my idea of skipping my workout today was not such a bad one. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 05:41 AM (wzUl9)

75 No graphics card is worth $16K. That's just... stupid.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

Not even if it is a mint condition original signed by Rookie Joe DiMaggio himself?

Posted by: Miklos knos what he's got, or can make at August 13, 2026 05:41 AM (XOG/m)

76 I was happy to meet a neighbor yesterday whom I didn't really know , who set up lovely boxes of flowers on the bridge over our little pond by the street. She does a lovely job with them and I am so grateful .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2026 05:41 AM (wmzkx)

77 This sounds like Tulane, not Loyola.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

In Nawlins it is pronounced Lie-ola

Pretty girls right next door

Posted by: Miklos and Muldoon have a vague collegiate connection at August 13, 2026 05:43 AM (XOG/m)

78 60 >>>The "Godmother of AI" says the biggest risk to AI is students losing the desire learn. (Tech Spot)
Don't know how to tell you this, Fei-Fei...

Indeed!
Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 05:23 AM (odBC9)

Subtitle of the article:

Fei-Fei Li warns overreliance on AI could erode students' motivation, agency, and ability to think for themselves

Ayup!

archive site:

https://archive.is/oO7Lj

Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 05:46 AM (odBC9)

79 There was an American Chemical Society meeting in NO one year. My professor and I spent Saturday night touring the Tulane chemistry department. And walked the grounds of Loyola.

My major professor then failed at tenure, so he went to Loyola. Just in time for the floods. He moved to a third university.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 13, 2026 05:47 AM (u82oZ)

80 The Godmother of AI article has an embedded Huberman Lab video in which she is interviewed.

hubermanlab.com

Using AI for Good
Using AI to Increase Your Intelligence & Enrich Humanity
Dr. Fei-Fei Li

Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 05:53 AM (odBC9)

81 I'm going to be like Village Idiot's Apprentice , and go for a walk. It's only 82℉ outside.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 13, 2026 05:54 AM (u82oZ)

82 Stevie Wonder
Superstition
Sesame Street Live
https://youtu.be/_ul7X5js1vE

This is the version.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 13, 2026 05:54 AM (JUTN6)

83 I spent Saturday night touring the Tulane chemistry department.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

As a young lad, I considered the on campus beer joint the "Chemistry Department".

Loyola had one too, but the idjits never bothered to wander over and say hi.

Posted by: Miklos enjoyed his time there, even god good grades somehow at August 13, 2026 05:55 AM (XOG/m)

84 Our kitten is standing straight up on his back feet to play with his toy mouse. He makes me laugh

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

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2026 05:56 AM (wmzkx)

85 82 Stevie Wonder
Superstition
Sesame Street Live
https://youtu.be/_ul7X5js1vE

This is the version.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 13, 2026 05:54 AM (JUTN6)

Wow! He IS the music!

Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 06:04 AM (odBC9)

86 This sounds like Tulane, not Loyola.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
*
In Nawlins it is pronounced Lie-ola

Pretty girls right next door
Posted by: Miklos and Muldoon have a vague collegiate connection at August 13, 2026

***
Not as many pretty ones as in years gone by. A lot of them look like they've been snacking on Twinkies for a good part of the day since they were twelve.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 06:07 AM (wzUl9)

87 There was an American Chemical Society meeting in NO one year. My professor and I spent Saturday night touring the Tulane chemistry department. And walked the grounds of Loyola.

My major professor then failed at tenure, so he went to Loyola. Just in time for the floods. He moved to a third university.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 13, 2026

***
What year did you visit?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 06:08 AM (wzUl9)

88

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at August 13, 2026 06:10 AM (yM1Zs)

89 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at August 13, 2026 06:11 AM (2Ez/1)

90 *hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at August 13, 2026

***
What morning would be complete without a belch from The Hag, amirite?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 06:11 AM (wzUl9)

91 Not as many pretty ones as in years gone by. A lot of them look like they've been snacking on Twinkies for a good part of the day since they were twelve.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Ha!

Probably sad but true.

But my freshman year I went to a couple of parties at the katlick all-girl college right across St Charles. Was that Dominican? I think they closed soon after.

The girls there were man-hungry, and all about thrice my skinny 18 year old self.

I realized that nekkid activities could easily get my bones broken. ta-ta, well-fed young ladies

Posted by: Miklos made difficult decisions early in life at August 13, 2026 06:15 AM (XOG/m)

92 80 The Godmother of AI article has an embedded Huberman Lab video in which she is interviewed.

hubermanlab.com

Using AI for Good
Using AI to Increase Your Intelligence & Enrich Humanity
Dr. Fei-Fei Li
Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 05:53 AM (odBC9)

It's two hours plus a bit.

Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 06:16 AM (odBC9)

93 What morning would be complete without a belch from The Hag, amirite?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

We are the last Proud Sponsor of the Clinton Global Foundation

Posted by: Val-U-Rite (which does sound like a K&B brand) at August 13, 2026 06:18 AM (XOG/m)

94 But my freshman year I went to a couple of parties at the katlick all-girl college right across St Charles. Was that Dominican? I think they closed soon after.

The girls there were man-hungry, and all about thrice my skinny 18 year old self.

I realized that nekkid activities could easily get my bones broken. ta-ta, well-fed young ladies
Posted by: Miklos made difficult decisions early in life at August 13, 2026

***
Right, Dominican was up the street, about a block past Broadway. Loyola took the buildings over in the late '80s or early '90s -- at least Miss Linda was staying there during her first semester of law at Loyola. Not sure if they are still owned by Loyola, though.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 06:20 AM (wzUl9)

95 Isn't Andrew Huberman the self-help guru that got busted for having six simultaneous affairs with women? None knew about the other?

Charming guy.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 13, 2026 06:22 AM (nHXB4)

96 When I started working at Two-Lane in 1988, there were plenty of good-looking girls, including graduate students. And some in my night school classes, too, and one lovely lady I dated who managed the Arby's inside the university center building.

Still there were some when I returned to work there in '02, but a lot of them were slim Chinese students. Though there was one Brazilian girl, fair-skinned with black hair, who was spectacular.

The undergrads, however, steadily gained avoirdupois over the years.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 06:25 AM (wzUl9)

97 Not sure if they are still owned by Loyola, though.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

I think Tulane leased some dorms for a while, until they got in all the money and built their own.

Posted by: Miklos finds it amusing that the Alumi Association thinks I should give moneys at August 13, 2026 06:26 AM (XOG/m)

98 Isn't Andrew Huberman the self-help guru that got busted for having six simultaneous affairs with women? None knew about the other?

Charming guy.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes,

Consummate consummating one might say

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 13, 2026 06:26 AM (JUTN6)

99 Wolfus Aurelius

1994.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 13, 2026 06:26 AM (u82oZ)

100 95 Isn't Andrew Huberman the self-help guru that got busted for having six simultaneous affairs with women? None knew about the other?

Charming guy.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 13, 2026 06:22 AM (nHXB4)

None of that is on his Wikipedia page.

Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 06:27 AM (odBC9)

101 83 As a young lad, I considered the on campus beer joint the "Chemistry Department".

Posted by: Miklos enjoyed his time there, even god good grades somehow at August 13, 2026 05:55 AM (XOG/m)

heh

Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 06:28 AM (odBC9)

102 Janix isn’t right for everyone. Don’t take Janix if you are allergic to Janix.

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 13, 2026 06:28 AM (pI9r+)

103 Hillary Clinton

Web Hubble had it in for you. Webb Hubble!

Was Henry Waxman unavailable?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 13, 2026 06:28 AM (u82oZ)

104 G'mornin' everyone!

Happy Friday Eve!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 13, 2026 06:28 AM (VyBeY)

105 IIRC, Buick had the highest quality ratings in recent years of any GM product. Of course, GM had already ditched the Old- smobile and pony-act nameplates. My parents usually went GM, except several Dodges. After a lemon Dodge or two, they tried Chebby again.
I exclude GM consideration since Mr. Obama’s phony “bankruptcy” for GM, since my 401-k once held GM bonds. I was lucky that my bonds matured before the bondholders were betrayed by the “bankruptcy”.

Posted by: Fenderbender at August 13, 2026 06:28 AM (1FEc1)

106 Isn't Andrew Huberman the self-help guru that got busted for having six simultaneous affairs with women? None knew about the other?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 13, 2026 06:22 AM (nHXB4)

Let’s not get all knotted up about oo did oo.

Posted by: Pete Bog channeling Python at August 13, 2026 06:31 AM (pI9r+)

107 The undergrads, however, steadily gained avoirdupois over the years.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Mass is a mathematically measurable manifestation.

It sometimes comes down to raw numbers.

In my day

Tulane-5/3 ratio boys/girls

Loyola-7/3 ratio girls/boys

Res ipsa loquitur

Posted by: Miklosius does not remember Tulane's official Latin Motto, sure they got one though at August 13, 2026 06:31 AM (XOG/m)

108 Andrew Huberman Daily Mail article:

https://tinyurl.com/yufjs998

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 13, 2026 06:31 AM (nHXB4)

109 Wolfus Aurelius

1994.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 13, 2026

***
I was working at the Graduate School office then, down in the main building on St. Charles. Used MS Access to build them an automated payroll action form (PAF) printing system. The GS had to generate them for all the grad students except for the med school and Engineering. The lady whose job it had been took all summer to *type* the darn things, a lot of the data over and over again. That was just the sort of thing computers were for.

Still my best achievement in the computer field, bar none.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 06:31 AM (wzUl9)

110
The girls there were man-hungry

Can such things be?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 13, 2026 06:32 AM (O0L8i)

111 I received a class action settlement check in the amount of $2.23 a couple days ago. I was greatly disappointed as I was counting on that settlement to continue to fund my retirement debauchery.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 13, 2026 06:32 AM (JUTN6)

112 100 95 Isn't Andrew Huberman the self-help guru that got busted for having six simultaneous affairs with women? None knew about the other?

Charming guy.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 13, 2026 06:22 AM (nHXB4)

None of that is on his Wikipedia page.
Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 06:27 AM (odBC9)

Oh, it does have this:

Enrique Alpañés, writing in El Pais in 2025, described Huberman as "He-Man in a lab coat: a bearded, muscular jock with an impressive resume and even better oratory skills ... [preaching] a Silicon Valley-style self-help approach, a kind of “pop neuroscience” focused on lifestyle changes and supplements to work faster and live longer", though opining that Huberman often "recommends activities that are more befitting a deranged shaman than a scientist".

Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 06:33 AM (odBC9)

113 Happy Friday Eve!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez

It is now Friday

Drink appropriately

Posted by: President Miklos J. Trump, by Executive Order at August 13, 2026 06:33 AM (XOG/m)

114
Posted by: Miklosius does not remember Tulane's official Latin Motto, sure they got one though at August 13, 2026 06:31 AM (XOG/m)

Deo et Patriae

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 13, 2026 06:34 AM (O0L8i)

115 111 I received a class action settlement check in the amount of $2.23 a couple days ago. I was greatly disappointed as I was counting on that settlement to continue to fund my retirement debauchery.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 13, 2026 06:32 AM (JUTN6)

My favorite class action settlement was from Zappos, due to a data breach.

A one-time 10% off coupon, which would expire in 30 days...

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 13, 2026 06:34 AM (nHXB4)

116 Six at once? Excluding the skeez and public health factors, that’s a remarkable bit of logistical work.

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 13, 2026 06:35 AM (pI9r+)

117 I think Tulane leased some dorms for a while, until they got in all the money and built their own.
Posted by: Miklos finds it amusing that the Alumi Association thinks I should give moneys at August 13, 2026

***
For many years the grad student apartments used to stand on the north end of campus, a long walk from anything else. Katrina finished that off. For a time Two-Lane leased apartments in a Garden District-area building, and they had some apartments as late as 2015 down by the med school and the public library.

They built some new grad housing, I think, but I'm not sure where.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 06:36 AM (wzUl9)

118
Isn't Andrew Huberman the self-help guru that got busted for having six simultaneous affairs with women? None knew about the other?

Charming guy.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 13, 2026 06:22 AM (nHXB4)

Must have been exhausting. One good thing about monogamy is that there's only one situation to handle.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 13, 2026 06:36 AM (O0L8i)

119 Still my best achievement in the computer field, bar none.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

University Textbook Department

Downstairs in the UC

Oh lawd

Barbara Williams was the best boss I ever had, though

Posted by: Miklos was apartially self-funded student at August 13, 2026 06:37 AM (XOG/m)

120 Must have been exhausting. One good thing about monogamy is that there's only one situation to handle.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

*smiles....?*

Posted by: Eve at August 13, 2026 06:38 AM (XOG/m)

121 Must have been exhausting. One good thing about monogamy is that there's only one situation to handle.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Do your dogs know this?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 13, 2026 06:41 AM (JUTN6)

122
Now that I'm finished with assembling my journal references, the time to assemble my patent references draws nigh. Reviewing the CPC Scheme for catalysts, at random I looked up B01J 2531/0227 (Catalysts; Compositional aspects of complexes used; Complexes comprising pentahapto-cyclopentadienyl analogues; Carbollides) and damned if the first reference wasn't one where I'm an inventor.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 13, 2026 06:41 AM (O0L8i)

123 108 Andrew Huberman Daily Mail article:

https://tinyurl.com/yufjs998
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 13, 2026 06:31 AM (nHXB4)

Thank you!

archive site:

https://archive.is/wip/QrMG3

Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 06:41 AM (odBC9)

124 I fed the furry monsters early last night, as we left for the library at 5:15. So I'll feed them a little earlier than usual this morning, and get them back on the 6 pm and 6 am schedule tonight and tomorrow.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 06:41 AM (wzUl9)

125 123 108 Andrew Huberman Daily Mail article:

https://tinyurl.com/yufjs998
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 13, 2026 06:31 AM (nHXB4)

Thank you!

archive site:

https://archive.is/wip/QrMG3
Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 06:41 AM (odBC9)

It reads like a he-said, she-said.

Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 06:43 AM (odBC9)

126 Must have been exhausting. One good thing about monogamy is that there's only one situation to handle.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

***
The most I ever tried to juggle was two women. Exhausting indeed.

But fun for all concerned . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 06:43 AM (wzUl9)

127
Her Majesty and The Big Dummy head out this morning for a four-weekend trip to points north (Waco, Twin Cities, Amana, Des Moines). Spare a thought for safe travels.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 13, 2026 06:44 AM (O0L8i)

128 For many years the grad student apartments used to stand on the north end of campus, a long walk from anything else.

Looked like Stalinist communal housing.

As a student, I was....involved in a satirical weekly for which Two-Lane was a target rich environment.

One of my first published pieces was after the old Sugar Bowl Stadium was demolished was a mock Official Study that determined the best use of the old stadium site was for a stadium.

Lot of housing there now, or so I hear. AND A POOL

Posted by: Miklos declines all University requests for gifts in my dotage at August 13, 2026 06:44 AM (XOG/m)

129 Hadrian the Seventh

Very cool.

Better than walking the stacks, seeing a familiar journal, and thumbing to your first paper.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 13, 2026 06:45 AM (u82oZ)

130 But fun for all concerned . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

GLARE GLARE GLARE

Posted by: Darleen, Marleen and Charleen at August 13, 2026 06:45 AM (XOG/m)

131 Deranged shaman?

A certain mad Russian holy man would like to have a word with him.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 13, 2026 06:45 AM (2GVsD)

132 I once tried juggling three women. The head injury lawsuits bankrupted me.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 13, 2026 06:46 AM (JUTN6)

133 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 13, 2026 06:44 AM (O0L8i)

I will do that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2026 06:46 AM (rHgXV)

134 Alteria Pilgram

Different ports is the answer.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 13, 2026 06:47 AM (u82oZ)

135
Better than walking the stacks, seeing a familiar journal, and thumbing to your first paper.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 13, 2026 06:45 AM (u82oZ)

https://tinyurl.com/3a6jp8na

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 13, 2026 06:47 AM (O0L8i)

136 Different ports is the answer.

Cruise widows wave.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 13, 2026 06:47 AM (2GVsD)

137 Hadrian the Seventh

Prayers for safe and rewarding travels ascending.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 13, 2026 06:48 AM (u82oZ)

138 Hadrian, I managed to see the brace picture of the Borzois you sent when I got home. Gorgeous dogs and it looked like they were having fun.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 13, 2026 06:49 AM (jjoN6)

139
I managed to see the brace picture of the Borzois you sent when I got home. Gorgeous dogs and it looked like they were having fun.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 13, 2026 06:49 AM (jjoN6)

Two Borzoi boys are a team.

Two Borzoi girls are a conspiracy.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 13, 2026 06:50 AM (O0L8i)

140 Better than walking the stacks, seeing a familiar journal, and thumbing to your first paper.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

*thinks...walking the stacks....saw your favorite journal*

*maybe*

*needs work*

Posted by: Miklos, songwriter for Patsy Cline at August 13, 2026 06:50 AM (XOG/m)

141 "Sharing what we love." Devotional on Acts 4:1-8

https://tinyurl.com/46wdsxn7

Reading this reminds me of poster Marcus, a very nice guy sharing his faith in Christ. Haven't seen him for a while. Hope he's doing well.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2026 06:51 AM (rHgXV)

142 Hadrian the Seventh

OMG.
Physical Organic Chemistry and Hammett's equation. I am having a linear free-energy relationship flashback.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 13, 2026 06:51 AM (u82oZ)

143 For many years the grad student apartments used to stand on the north end of campus, a long walk from anything else.
*
Looked like Stalinist communal housing.

As a student, I was....involved in a satirical weekly for which Two-Lane was a target rich environment.

One of my first published pieces was after the old Sugar Bowl Stadium was demolished was a mock Official Study that determined the best use of the old stadium site was for a stadium.

Lot of housing there now, or so I hear. AND A POOL
Posted by: Miklos declines all University requests for gifts in my dotage at August 13, 2026

***
Was that the satirical paper that referred to the official campus newspaper, the Hullabaloo, as the "Hullabaloser?"

When the future Mrs. Wolfus No. 1 was a student there in the mid-'70s, the pool was in the "basement" (really the ground level) of the UC. Along with a barbershop!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 06:52 AM (wzUl9)

144 Old Two-Lane stadium is significant for me, not because I was ever there (I was not) but the first Super Bowl I remember watching was played there between the Steelers and Vikings. SB IX, I believe… I was a young lad rooting for the Vikes because they had Fran Tarkenton, but they got beat up that day by the Steel Curtain. Still sticks in my head…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 13, 2026 06:54 AM (MaA4a)

145 The Two-Lane Hullabaloo once used to run Dave Barry's column. I recall one suggesting a game show called "Eat Bugs for Money."

"You would do this. Yes, you! You reading this right now! For enough cash, you'd eat bugs for money, wouldn't you?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 06:56 AM (wzUl9)

146 Two Borzoi girls are a conspiracy.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

And a group of Greyhounds are a Nap.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 13, 2026 06:57 AM (jjoN6)

147 What's the Janix, Kenneth?????

Posted by: Dan at August 13, 2026 06:59 AM (DZ9Lv)

148 Old Two-Lane stadium is significant for me, not because I was ever there (I was not) but the first Super Bowl I remember watching was played there between the Steelers and Vikings. SB IX, I believe… I was a young lad rooting for the Vikes because they had Fran Tarkenton, but they got beat up that day by the Steel Curtain. Still sticks in my head…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 13, 2026

***
The old stadium was practically across the street from the future Mrs. Wolfus No. 1's dorm. Neither of us had any interest in feetsball. We'd walk (yes, it was possible to walk pretty safely after dark in certain areas then) over to a nearby restaurant for some pizza; there'd be nobody there. As we came back, the game would be over and everybody would be streaming *away* from the stadium.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 06:59 AM (wzUl9)

149 When the future Mrs. Wolfus No. 1 was a student there in the mid-'70s, the pool was in the "basement" (really the ground level) of the UC. Along with a barbershop!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

The pool was only for the swim team, not for regular students. The barber shop charged $3 for a simple and quick ROTC cut, which was OK with me.

The Hullabaloozer was based on the name of a professor named Radomir Lujza who was quite good, but whose son (a Junior of the same name ) attended for free (perk of being on faculty) and had written inbecilia in the Hullaballoo and was thus dubbed Radical Loser.

Posted by: Miklos, now it all comes back at August 13, 2026 07:00 AM (XOG/m)

150 Two Borzoi boys are a team.

Two Borzoi girls are a conspiracy.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 13, 2026

***
Two cats are a hit squad.

Especially if you happen to be a mouse, a lizard, or a salamander.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 07:00 AM (wzUl9)

151 If you were going to start a book club for men how would you advertise that, and what would you choose?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Boobs

Posted by: Average male AoS poster at August 13, 2026 07:01 AM (DZ9Lv)

152 The old stadium was practically across the street from the future Mrs. Wolfus No. 1's dorm. Neither of us had any interest in feetsball. We'd walk (yes, it was possible to walk pretty safely after dark in certain areas then) over to a nearby restaurant for some pizza; there'd be nobody there. As we came back, the game would be over and everybody would be streaming *away* from the stadium.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 06:59 AM (wzUl9)

That is interesting…. 3 of the first 9 super bowls were played there between 1970 and 1975. Does that timeframe coincide with your time there?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 13, 2026 07:02 AM (MaA4a)

153 It reads like a he-said, she-said.
Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 06:43 AM (odBC9)

Technically, a she said, she said, she said.

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 13, 2026 07:03 AM (Edxq2)

154 111
When you get those notices in the mail saying that you might be entitled to money from a class action settlement, read the fine print!
The ones that I have seen, say they can compel you to produce more documentation!
I throw them in the trash.

Posted by: Fenderbender at August 13, 2026 07:03 AM (1FEc1)

155 Posted by: Average male AoS poster at August 13, 2026 07:01 AM (DZ9Lv

If it were men only there wouldn't be only boobs, unless they were "man boobs" , but yes, that does sound like many posters at " Hootersville" uhh ASHQ. Thanks for the chuckle.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2026 07:04 AM (DzHyO)

156 That is interesting…. 3 of the first 9 super bowls were played there between 1970 and 1975. Does that timeframe coincide with your time there?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 13, 2026

***
Yes; Mrs. W. No. 1 attended from '74 to '76 before transferring to the campus in Lafayette (when we got married and moved). I didn't attend until the night school after I became an employee, twelve years later.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 07:04 AM (wzUl9)

157 The most I ever tried to juggle was two women. Exhausting indeed.

But fun for all concerned . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Guy on the Cal Poly SLO debate team tried to juggle 2 girlfriends, one on his team and one on mine. They both figured it out at nationals and publicly clobbered him.

Posted by: Dark Lix at August 13, 2026 07:05 AM (DZ9Lv)

158 "Any" not "only"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2026 07:06 AM (DzHyO)

159 The old stadium was practically across the street from the future Mrs. Wolfus No. 1's dorm.

Roommates and I "acquired" some of the astroturf from the old stadium. It was part of the 20 yard line, but only part. Became the "floor treatment" of our apartment.

We enjoyed telling girls (on the rare occasions any came over) that this is the original two yard line, number's right there

Posted by: Miklos recalls and becomes content at August 13, 2026 07:07 AM (XOG/m)

160 The most I ever tried to juggle was two women. Exhausting indeed.

But fun for all concerned . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Guy on the Cal Poly SLO debate team tried to juggle 2 girlfriends, one on his team and one on mine. They both figured it out at nationals and publicly clobbered him.
Posted by: Dark Lix at August 13, 2026

***
In my case they each worked, and lived, at opposite ends of town. A workout it was for my little Ford Escort, since I lived in a third area, about halfway between them.

One was ten years younger than me; the other about five years older. An interesting contrast.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 07:08 AM (wzUl9)

161 Intel's been a day late and a dollar short for about a decade.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 13, 2026 07:09 AM (+LSGm)

162 Kind stranger at the Birmingham airport:

https://tinyurl.com/4e67xxkc

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2026 07:10 AM (SQmE5)

163 Intel's been a day late and a dollar short for about a decade.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 13, 2026

***
Currently adjusted to six days and $7.99 thanks to inflation . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 07:10 AM (wzUl9)

164 One was ten years younger than me; the other about five years older. An interesting contrast.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

*looks for a job, any job at Loyola, Tulane, UNO, or even Delgado, if the....uh...personnel schedule works*

Posted by: Miklos is only occasionally picky at August 13, 2026 07:12 AM (XOG/m)

165 The two simultaneous girlfriends were a contrast in looks too. One looked like Claudia Cardinale's younger and less glamorous (but still super cute) sister. The older, like Marsha Mason when she did The Goodbye Girl.

Ah, for 1991 again . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 07:15 AM (wzUl9)

166 mornin yall. I got an email that Microsoft is doing away with SMS two factor authentication because it's not secure. I don't care what they come up with, as long as humans are involved, it won't be secure.

Posted by: Joe Biteum at August 13, 2026 07:16 AM (MWfyi)

167 One of my older siblings went to Georgia Tech and was in a frat. Circa 1970 the yellow jackets hosted Tulane for Homecoming and my family went to Atlanta. It was tradition for every frat to decorate the house in a "float" for a prize competition. This involved copious amounts of chicken wire, colored tissue paper and no small amount of hooch. They were extremely creative, and being Tech, the display had to be dynamic enough to pretty much get up and walk around the yard to even come close to winning.
Ten year old me was awed at all the amazing depictions of how a flying stinging insect was going to destroy the Green Wave.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 13, 2026 07:17 AM (2Ez/1)

168 mornin yall. I got an email that Microsoft is doing away with SMS two factor authentication because it's not secure. I don't care what they come up with, as long as humans are involved, it won't be secure.
Posted by: Joe Biteum at August 13, 2026

***
I'm so bloody tired of having not only to log in to a website, but also having to get a code off my phone or email and enter that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 07:18 AM (wzUl9)

169 Oh my, off brain dead sock.

Posted by: fd at August 13, 2026 07:19 AM (MWfyi)

170 The "Godmother of AI" says the biggest risk to AI is students losing the desire learn. (Tech Spot)

***

No shit? Why hasn't anyone else thought of this before?

Posted by: Biergood at August 13, 2026 07:19 AM (PwgSL)

171 Ah, for 1991 again . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming

Your adventure led to an an unanticipated series of events including the bankruptcy of Schwegman's and the end of K&B, yet you emerged almost unscathed.

Posted by: Miklos has plot concepts over here at August 13, 2026 07:20 AM (XOG/m)

172 mornin yall. I got an email that Microsoft is doing away with SMS two factor authentication because it's not secure. I don't care what they come up with, as long as humans are involved, it won't be secure.
Posted by: Joe Biteum at August 13, 2026

That stinks. Their stupid 2FA app has never worked for me on Android.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 13, 2026 07:21 AM (+LSGm)

173 "Bill Gates’ daughter Phoebe accused of ‘cookie stuffing’ scheme that has max penalty of 20 years in prison"

She fancies herself as a business person. Why bother? She's just screwing things up for others when she could go away and live a life of luxury. A Gates family trait, I guess.

Posted by: fd at August 13, 2026 07:22 AM (MWfyi)

174 Not much on the schedule here today. We might go over to the nearby mall and walk at ten am. Otherwise I need to get an (approximate and wildly optimistic) insurance quote on a house I like, and if it's not too excruciating a price, to ask my real estate agent to set up a video tour. It's a nice-looking 2BR/1BA with garage and basement in what appears on Gorgle Street View to be a nice area.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 07:23 AM (wzUl9)

175 Ah, for 1991 again . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming
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Your adventure led to an an unanticipated series of events including the bankruptcy of Schwegman's and the end of K&B, yet you emerged almost unscathed.
Posted by: Miklos has plot concepts over here at August 13, 2026

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Sometimes I get lucky. In more than one way.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 07:24 AM (wzUl9)

176 I thought Gates' kid was Phil, not Phoebe

Or will be?

I dunno

Posted by: Miklos is rather uninformed and unconcerned at August 13, 2026 07:24 AM (XOG/m)

177 The local schools started up last Friday (stupid, I know) and yesterday one of the high schools got shut down until next Monday because a student shot another student.

Posted by: fd at August 13, 2026 07:25 AM (MWfyi)

178 I thought Gates' kid was Phil, not Phoebe

Or will be?

I dunno
Posted by: Miklos is rather uninformed and unconcerned at August 13, 2026

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"Open" and "Closed" were two names they rejected.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 07:25 AM (wzUl9)

179 When the future Mrs. Wolfus No. 1 was a student there in the mid-'70s, the pool was in the "basement" (really the ground level) of the UC. Along with a barbershop!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 06:52 AM (wzUl9)

Wait. Did you say there was wimmin in the basement?

Posted by: Hick at August 13, 2026 07:25 AM (1Ff7Z)

180 The local schools started up last Friday (stupid, I know) and yesterday one of the high schools got shut down until next Monday because a student shot another student.
Posted by: fd at August 13, 2026

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That's the hard way to avoid having to write a theme on "How I Spent My Summer Vacation"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 07:26 AM (wzUl9)

181 The principal says "I want you to know how incredibly proud I am of each and every one of you,"

Posted by: fd at August 13, 2026 07:26 AM (MWfyi)

182 Sometimes I get lucky. In more than one way.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

I hope that applies to the new house elsewhere.

Posted by: Miklos wishes well at August 13, 2026 07:27 AM (XOG/m)

183 I'm so bloody tired of having not only to log in to a website, but also having to get a code off my phone or email and enter that.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 07:18 AM (wzUl9)

Especially for paying a water bill or something. Do they think someone's gonna hack it and pay the bill for me?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 13, 2026 07:29 AM (1Ff7Z)

184 177 The local schools started up last Friday (stupid, I know) and yesterday one of the high schools got shut down until next Monday because a student shot another student.
Posted by: fd

That's a self-starter right there.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 13, 2026 07:29 AM (jjoN6)

185 Sometimes I get lucky. In more than one way.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
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I hope that applies to the new house elsewhere.
Posted by: Miklos wishes well at August 13, 2026

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You and me both. The house I recently considered to be perfect and in a perfect location got snapped up before I could video tour it. I've got to move faster.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 07:29 AM (wzUl9)

186 Waiting for JJ to drop so I can understand why the feck gas jumped fifty cents overnight

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 13, 2026 07:29 AM (bGiud)

187 "Especially for paying a water bill or something. Do they think someone's gonna hack it and pay the bill for me?
Posted by: OrangeEnt"

Exactly. My ISP makes me do that every month to pay my bill. Dumb.

Posted by: fd at August 13, 2026 07:30 AM (MWfyi)

188 What stops you from renting in Tally Ho instead of the Crescent City?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 13, 2026 07:30 AM (2Ez/1)

189 Gates is a good example of what Danny Polishchul calls the "Forbes 30 Under 30-to-prison pipeline."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 13, 2026 07:31 AM (BI5O2)

190 I'm so bloody tired of having not only to log in to a website, but also having to get a code off my phone or email and enter that.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026
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Especially for paying a water bill or something. Do they think someone's gonna hack it and pay the bill for me?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 13, 2026

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I've still got my creditors sending me paper bills, and I mail my check to them. Let 'em work for their money. They're not giving me a discount for going online.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 07:31 AM (wzUl9)

191 The principal says "I want you to know how incredibly proud I am of each and every one of you,"
Posted by: fd

Lil' Miklos-"incredible" means unbelievable, impossible to believe, so I don't believe you

*lil' Miklos does one of those Free GED courses*

Posted by: Miklos should learn the virtues of silence at August 13, 2026 07:32 AM (XOG/m)

192 My mom has a lot of fun when she has to explain to companies that she does not have nor ever will have a smart phone.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 13, 2026 07:33 AM (jjoN6)

193 What stops you from renting in Tally Ho instead of the Crescent City?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 13, 2026

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Because I think I have only one big move left in me. And the money that would cost, including moving my furniture or storing it, deposits, rent on a year's lease, pet deposits, and pet rent (the usual scams nowadays) mounts up to good money I could be be putting into the house.

That said, I might *have* to go and rent for a while.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 07:33 AM (wzUl9)

194 Victor Tango. I'm guessing the fact that the strategic reserve is at 30% so the oil companies decided to gouge us since PDT cannot release reserves.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 13, 2026 07:36 AM (2NHgQ)

195 That said, I might *have* to go and rent for a while.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Fat City, baby

Welcome to Met'ry

Posted by: various Italian named property companies at August 13, 2026 07:37 AM (XOG/m)

196 Wolfus Aurelius

Donate the furniture. Ship your beloved car.

Buy new to you furniture on arrival. Rent a truck to bring the rest of your stuff.

When I moved we both sold our cars. Bought new. The difference is we had equity.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 13, 2026 07:38 AM (u82oZ)

197 Gas has been falling, for regular unleaded gas (RUG) anyway, for a little while here. The Buick is at half a tank and I'm trying to use ethanol-free (E0) when I can. That stuff doesn't usually fall much when RUG does, though. I may go back to 50/50 or 40/60 RUG/E0 for my fill-ups for a while.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 07:39 AM (wzUl9)

198 Alternatively, set up three piles before you move:

Pile 1: I need to have this. Ideally, this should be the smallest one.
Pile 2: I will donate this.
Pile 3: I will set this on fire.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 13, 2026 07:39 AM (jjoN6)

199 nood!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 13, 2026 07:40 AM (VyBeY)

200 "Lauren Boebert’s Son Arrested on Charges of Child Sexual Exploitation"

What a f'd up family.

Posted by: fd at August 13, 2026 07:40 AM (MWfyi)

201 Donate the furniture. Ship your beloved car.

Buy new to you furniture on arrival. Rent a truck to bring the rest of your stuff.

When I moved we both sold our cars. Bought new. The difference is we had equity.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 13, 2026

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Well, I have capital, but no equity. And it would be hard to replace a lot of my furniture, which is real solid wood, including my desk -- which dates to about 1960 and was my dinner, homework, and hobby table growing up. I'm scared to see what a Mission-style armchair would cost nowadays. I'll leave my ancient box spring and a fe other things behind and buy new, though.

Trying to drive three days in a rental truck with two cats in carriers? Not a good idea.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 07:43 AM (wzUl9)

202 Alternatively, set up three piles before you move:

Pile 1: I need to have this. Ideally, this should be the smallest one.
Pile 2: I will donate this.
Pile 3: I will set this on fire.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 13, 2026

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I'd be most pleased to leave Piles 2 and 3 for this place's apartment mismanagement to deal with.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 07:44 AM (wzUl9)

203
JJS

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 13, 2026 07:44 AM (/+uur)

204 "Because I think I have only one big move left in me."

Thought experiment, or at least a paper exercise.
Make it a small move.
Get rid of everything except the bare minimum you need to exist as if you were camping. One table, one chair, one lamp, one place setting, an air mattress and a single set of sheets.
Get rid of everything else. Give it away, because selling isn't worth it, unless you can find a company that does an online estate sale for you.
Make your footprint so small it will fit into a small u haul trailer.
When you get a new place buy new stuff.
Start over.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 13, 2026 07:44 AM (2Ez/1)

205
Fat City, baby

Welcome to Met'ry
Posted by: various Italian named property companies at August 13, 2026

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Nowadays Fat City looks like a Western ghost town after the silver mines closed down. Some businesses, yes, and some condos, but otherwise it's not the party magnet it was in the '70s and '80s.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 07:46 AM (wzUl9)

206 The Movie Vault Roku App, is finally at an acceptable MVP, but it looks like a year one UI.

There are no React like UI libraries to build Roku apps and I'm programming raw xml and Brightscript.

Anyhow, super happy with what I've developed so far and have replaced Plex across my entire home.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 13, 2026 07:47 AM (XV/Pl)

207 Make it a small move.
Get rid of everything except the bare minimum you need to exist as if you were camping. One table, one chair, one lamp, one place setting, an air mattress and a single set of sheets.
Get rid of everything else. Give it away, because selling isn't worth it, unless you can find a company that does an online estate sale for you.
Make your footprint so small it will fit into a small u haul trailer.
When you get a new place buy new stuff.
Start over.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 13, 2026

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Yes, I'm going to do a lot of that. My current love seat can stay or be donated, and maybe my dinette table and chairs. Certain clothes and a lot of books, too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 07:48 AM (wzUl9)

208 Yes, I'm going to do a lot of that. My current love seat can stay or be donated, and maybe my dinette table and chairs. Certain clothes and a lot of books, too.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,

Do it today.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 13, 2026 07:49 AM (2Ez/1)

209 The incident is fueling more criticism of the MAID program, which was legalized in 2016 and has dramatically expanded since, with the total number of assisted deaths set at roughly 100,000.

Yeah, true euthanasia, which does not require the consent of the condemned. MAID--Murder Accomplished, Invalid Determination.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 13, 2026 09:01 AM (l3cgK)

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