Daily Tech News 24 August 2026

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The that guy who thought it would be a fine jape to hand Border Patrol a "duress password" making his phone wipe itself rather than unlocking is facing felony charges. (Law Commentary)

His lawyers say that the CBP were unconstitutionally using their clients past criminality as a pretext to search for his present criminality. Uh, not admitting that either of those occurred.

Tech News

Nvidia has announced pricing on its new GB300 home AI system. (Tom's Hardware)

It's not something that you put in your home. It's something you buy instead.
Maxell is making cassette tapes again. (Tom's Hardware)

Even I don't miss those.
170,000 non-profits lost all their data. Is Microsoft to blame? (Slate)

Apparently, yes. Good work, guys.
Surveillance company Flock is talking compromise. (Tech Crunch)

It think there's a happy medium to be found between hitting them with a relativistic neutron star and dropping them into a black hole and then dropping that black hole into another black hole.
How do AMD's AM4 X3D CPUs work on older motherboards? (WCCFTech)

Just fine, thanks for asking.
d-Matrix has reinvented IBM's eDRAM. (WCCFTech)

Basically using DRAM rather than SRAM as the basis for last level cache, giving similar performance at four times the memory density or one quarter the cost if you're looking at it from that direction.
Micron says that things are only going to get worse on the memory front. (WCCFTech)

Though they are talking a different kind of worse - a widening gap between processor speed and memory bandwidth.

Don't worry, everything is getting more expensive as well.
Can parents trust OpenAI? (CTV News)

No.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Ack. Pfft.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:35 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at August 24, 2026 04:35 AM (odBC9)

2 tech from the ONT:

81 Evening, Doof, and ONT Horde! T-storms here, too. Had a power bump 15 minutes ago that shut down the computer. Got it rebooted OK, but the monitor was whack. Unplugged power from monitor, restarted it, all's well! Just as I was about to open the ONT, another power bump. Back to Square One. Sheesh!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 23, 2026 10:38 PM (1z8ji)

My monitor's been wacky and I'm going to try this procedure: unplug power from the monitor, restart.

Posted by: m at August 24, 2026 04:37 AM (odBC9)

3 Its Monday already, isn't it?

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2026 04:38 AM (Ia/+0)

4 Disclaimer: Ack. Pfft.

"Ack!" "Thppt!"

Posted by: m at August 24, 2026 04:41 AM (odBC9)

5 Willowed...

388 372 Muh raysizzem!

https://tinyurl.com/4pr46wmt
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 24, 2026 03:35 AM (ebJJx)

I just can't even.
Good one.

Posted by: m at August 24, 2026 04:23 AM (odBC9)

Who knew shooting at repair workers would delay repairs...

https://tinyurl.com/54up88e6

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 24, 2026 04:41 AM (l3cgK)

6 Except that the evil Flock is on a charm offensive. They have been putting out ads on YT that talk up how they saved a kidnapped little boy. So sign over your freedom to them and their cameras. You have nothing to hide, right?

(If I have anything to hide myriad agencies would have found it years ago. It’s beside the point.)

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 24, 2026 04:41 AM (jPziU)

7 369 Every time I moved all night was painful
Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2026 03:31 AM (Ia/+0)

Hoping you're doing better, Skip.

Posted by: m at August 24, 2026 04:42 AM (odBC9)

8 Since Pixy's up...

Damnable Windows 11...
Latest update happened the other night...today noticed my taskbar has horizontal lines (5 of them, sometimes 5 double lines). Some weird aliasing or refresh issue, but only affects taskbar. Looked online, I'm not the only one with this issue.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 24, 2026 04:42 AM (l3cgK)

9 5 Willowed...

372 Muh raysizzem!

https://tinyurl.com/4pr46wmt
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 24, 2026 03:35 AM (ebJJx)

Who knew shooting at repair workers would delay repairs...

https://tinyurl.com/54up88e6
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 24, 2026 04:41 AM (l3cgK)

Wonder if they thought the workers were installing Flock cameras?

Posted by: m at August 24, 2026 04:44 AM (odBC9)

10 Mornin'

youtu.be/9f_EziyDsZY

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 24, 2026 04:48 AM (sAmhv)

11 Wonder if they thought the workers were installing Flock cameras?

Posted by: m at August 24, 2026 04:44 AM (odBC9)

Nothing a Flock of Seagulls couldn't take care of with their aerial bombing...and afterwards, I ran, I ran so far away...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 24, 2026 04:48 AM (l3cgK)

12 Nice video
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2026 04:51 AM (Ia/+0)

13 >>>that guy who thought it would be a fine jape to hand Border Patrol a "duress password" making his phone wipe itself rather than unlocking is facing felony charges (Law Commentary)

Great story. Tough to guess which way this will go.

Posted by: m at August 24, 2026 04:54 AM (odBC9)

14 Yeah, restarted computer, power-cycled display, checked for updates on display driver...nothing worked.
This is a Windows 11 bug...I bet if I revert the latest update the issue will go away.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 24, 2026 04:55 AM (l3cgK)

15 I'm going to enjoy when they start selling Freedom Burkas so you can cover your face every time you leave the house so that The Man can't take your picture.

"Where's your Freedom Burka, boy? You some kind of commie? Filthy open-faces, struttin' around town with no shame at all...."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 24, 2026 04:57 AM (Ot/FD)

16 14 Yeah, restarted computer, power-cycled display, checked for updates on display driver...nothing worked.
This is a Windows 11 bug...I bet if I revert the latest update the issue will go away.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 24, 2026 04:55 AM (l3cgK)

Alexa: "I'm sorry, jim, but I won't let you do that."...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 24, 2026 04:57 AM (l3cgK)

17 15 I'm going to enjoy when they start selling Freedom Burkas so you can cover your face every time you leave the house so that The Man can't take your picture.

"Where's your Freedom Burka, boy? You some kind of commie? Filthy open-faces, struttin' around town with no shame at all...."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 24, 2026 04:57 AM (Ot/FD)

Is that like masking for COVID?...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 24, 2026 04:57 AM (l3cgK)

18 Is that like masking for COVID?...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 24, 2026 04:57 AM (l3cgK)

My Freedom Burka protects you, and your Freedom Burka protects me.

We're all outside in this together.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 24, 2026 04:58 AM (Ot/FD)

19 Nicolette Larson - Rhumba Girl (197

Nicolette Larson (1952-1997)

Posted by: m at August 24, 2026 05:02 AM (odBC9)

20 I think a good tactic, if it isn't already being deployed, would be to agitate for a strict law that these dumbass cameras are not allowed to have any kind of view of any kind of window on any kind of residence.

If only there were some kind of American organization, maybe a Union, if you will, that focused on things like Civil Liberties....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 24, 2026 05:02 AM (Ot/FD)

21 Nicolette Larson - Rhumba Girl ( 1978 )

Nicolette Larson ( 1952-1997 )

now without intrusive emoticons

Posted by: m at August 24, 2026 05:03 AM (odBC9)

22 Had a nice time at the 4H fair. One nice thing about the fair in seeing all the cute kids in strollers or little older kids with their parents . There was one
little girl with lovely red hair -maybe about three -taking a piggy back ride on her dad and looking delighted. I also enjoyed seeing the kids eating ice cream cones and enjoying the miniature horses -and the goats and sheep's. It brings me back to years ago attending the fair as a kid.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 24, 2026 05:07 AM (wmzkx)

23 18 Is that like masking for COVID?...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 24, 2026 04:57 AM (l3cgK)

My Freedom Burka protects you, and your Freedom Burka protects me.

We're all outside in this together.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 24, 2026 04:58 AM (Ot/FD)

Danny
@DjokovicFan_
Aug 20
Novak Djokovic in his documentary on why he refused the COVID vaccine:

"Because I didn't need it. Why should I get the vaccine? I'm healthy, I'm an athlete. I had corona. I had immunity. I wasn't a threat to anyone. There was no reason for me to get vaccinated. It's my freedom to choose which that fundamental right that you have as a human being on this planet — the freedom to choose — which was taken from a lot of people."

Posted by: m at August 24, 2026 05:07 AM (odBC9)

24
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 24, 2026 05:10 AM (AMvSw)

25 the freedom to choose — which was taken from a lot of people."
Posted by: m at August 24, 2026 05:07 AM (odBC9)

I'm not ripping on the guy with this micro-screed, it's just that it triggered a flurry of follow on thoughts.

You don't have the freedom to chose, more often than not. The world doesn't care about your wishes and desires, or even your needs. You don't get to chose if you get hit by lightning or get cancer or get mugged. You can, though, chose to take certain steps to mitigate the risk of those things. We don't have some fundamental Human Right to Make Choices. What we do have is the right to not have what precious few choices that we can make in life taken from us.

It's kind of like a Negative Liberty, I guess.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 24, 2026 05:12 AM (Ot/FD)

26 15 I'm going to enjoy when they start selling Freedom Burkas so you can cover your face every time you leave the house so that The Man can't take your picture.

"Where's your Freedom Burka, boy? You some kind of commie? Filthy open-faces, struttin' around town with no shame at all...."
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 24, 2026 04:57 AM (Ot/FD)

Oh, look. Our resident apologist for a police state is back.

You are unfit to be free and incapable of self-government. (H/t, TX Declaration of Independence, 1836). Why you post here I have no idea.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 24, 2026 05:14 AM (jPziU)

27 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at August 24, 2026 05:17 AM (V0/Sp)

28 Oh, look. Our resident apologist for a police state is back.

You are unfit to be free and incapable of self-government. (H/t, TX Declaration of Independence, 1836). Why you post here I have no idea.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 24, 2026 05:14 AM (jPziU)

Resident?

I thought I was still on the books as an adjunct.

....That son of bitchin' ewok owes me back pay....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 24, 2026 05:17 AM (Ot/FD)

29 Devotional on professional boxer during the Depression, Jim Braddock. and God fighting our battles . Exodus 15:10-18. Our daily bread devotional:

https://tinyurl.com/34vbbssj

( and I think I would like to get this movie about Braddock, "Cinderella Man". )

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 24, 2026 05:17 AM (wmzkx)

30 From the non-profits data-loss article: { and told him that roughly 171,000 small nongovernmental organizations “lost everything” in their OneDrive accounts. }

I guess we can all start calling it NoneDrive now.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 24, 2026 05:24 AM (O7YUW)

31 Who knew shooting at repair workers would delay repairs

Oh, those wacky changing consumer habits! They're so funny when they take aim at repair workers.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 24, 2026 05:24 AM (OPGS/)

32 25 the freedom to choose — which was taken from a lot of people."
Posted by: m at August 24, 2026 05:07 AM (odBC9)

I'm not ripping on the guy with this micro-screed, it's just that it triggered a flurry of follow on thoughts.

You don't have the freedom to chose, more often than not. The world doesn't care about your wishes and desires, or even your needs. You don't get to chose if you get hit by lightning or get cancer or get mugged. You can, though, chose to take certain steps to mitigate the risk of those things. We don't have some fundamental Human Right to Make Choices. What we do have is the right to not have what precious few choices that we can make in life taken from us.

It's kind of like a Negative Liberty, I guess.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 24, 2026 05:12 AM (Ot/FD)

Nice, W-o.

Posted by: m at August 24, 2026 05:25 AM (odBC9)

33 I guess we can all start calling it NoneDrive now.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 24, 2026 05:24 AM (O7YUW)

GoneDrive?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 24, 2026 05:28 AM (Ot/FD)

34 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 24, 2026 05:30 AM (fdN7I)

35 Novak Djokovic: The Wolf in Winter, directed by Jason Hehir (The Last Dance).

It premiered on Prime Video on August 20, 2026

Posted by: m at August 24, 2026 05:33 AM (odBC9)

36 @10/Puddleglum: Excellent "Sippin' coffee, tryin' to get my neurons to march in file" song. Thank you.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 24, 2026 05:37 AM (O7YUW)

37 Dog list after three weeks one of the tallest peaks in England finally found after three weeks. Sunny Skyz site:

https://tinyurl.com/sfkjmach

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 24, 2026 05:39 AM (wmzkx)

38 Belated BOING!

Lunchtime already?

Maybe l8r.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 24, 2026 05:49 AM (LgsNJ)

39 Evening and morning, satellites and satraps of the vast AoSHQ Empire! Yes, it's Monday again. But remember:

"Compared to being on the wrong side of the ground, even a bad Monday is pretty small kumquats, nicht wahr?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2026 05:53 AM (wzUl9)

40 Posted by: Cow Demon at August 24, 2026 05:14 AM (jPziU)

W-O is not an apologist for a police state. He is being sarcastic.

It's too early for internecine fighting, folks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 24, 2026 06:05 AM (y8wRt)

41 Awake I am, sipping coffee, wondering if I can find my workout motivation -- I think I saw it scurry under the TV stand when I turned on the lights. Early morning temps are almost certainly not going to be any better soon, so waiting until tomorrow is pretty pointless.

Last night, with Movies! having technical troubles, we watched a 2018 film called Black 47, a revenge drama set during the Irish Potato Famine. Hugo Weaving of The Matrix led the cast. It bore some resemblance to Westerns: The hero deserts from the army and comes back home (Ireland) to find his family starved to death or being dispossessed from their homes. He goes on a revenge mission to find and kill the people responsible.

It has every single feature of modern movies I hate, the silvery-grey, washed-out look of outdoor scenes, the darkness of indoor and night scenes, the lack of real heroism (though there is a moment at the climax where that's not true), an ambiguous ending, and more. The Outlaw Josey Wales was better.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2026 06:05 AM (wzUl9)

42 Good morning! Guatemala antigua is percolatin' on the stovetop, the tiny pups are fed and the sprinkler is running. Currently 85 headed for 108 and I gotta mow the lawn and clean out the intake pump for the pond today.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 24, 2026 06:13 AM (3Ope8)

43 42 Good morning! Guatemala antigua is percolatin' on the stovetop, the tiny pups are fed and the sprinkler is running. Currently 85 headed for 108 and I gotta mow the lawn and clean out the intake pump for the pond today.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 24, 2026 06:13 AM (3Ope

Some old Guatamalans? I think we have some neighborhoods here that have them...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 24, 2026 06:16 AM (l3cgK)

44 Morning Horde thx Pixy
Happy Monday.
Nicolette Larson had a great voice. Her cover of Neil Young's "Lotta Love" is a classic. Died too early

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 24, 2026 06:18 AM (rp63B)

45 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Gorbachev sings tractors! Turnip! Buttocks!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 24, 2026 06:19 AM (amcLV)

46 It has every single feature of modern movies I hate, the silvery-grey, washed-out look of outdoor scenes, the darkness of indoor and night scenes, the lack of real heroism (though there is a moment at the climax where that's not true), an ambiguous ending, and more.
----------
Forget it, Wolfus. It's Ireland.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 24, 2026 06:20 AM (amcLV)

47 It's too early for internecine fighting, folks.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Is not.

Posted by: mikeski had to say it at August 24, 2026 06:22 AM (VHUov)

48 42 Good morning! Guatemala antigua is percolatin' on the stovetop
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 24, 2026 06:13 AM (3Ope

I hope you made enough for everybody!

Posted by: m at August 24, 2026 06:24 AM (odBC9)

49 From the non-profits data-loss article: { and told him that roughly 171,000 small nongovernmental organizations “lost everything” in their OneDrive accounts. }

I guess we can all start calling it NoneDrive now.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

As always, replace "in the Cloud" with "on some other asshole's computer."

Posted by: mikeski at August 24, 2026 06:25 AM (VHUov)

50 @41/Wolfus: I saw that one a few years ago. You're right about the visuals, they're bleak and ashen.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 24, 2026 06:25 AM (O7YUW)

51 On the good hand, Movies! is back from its technical wandering in the wasteland, and is showing No Highway in the Sky, the early '50s drama from a Nevil Shute novel with James Stewart and Glynis Johns. One of JS's best roles.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2026 06:25 AM (wzUl9)

52 You always have the freedom to chose, what altered choices was the repercussions imposed by employers and others.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 24, 2026 06:26 AM (FHoaH)

53 @41/Wolfus: I saw that one a few years ago. You're right about the visuals, they're bleak and ashen.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 24, 2026

***
G & R, that's the word I was groping for -- "ashen"!

I'll give it this: Weaving's Inspector Hannah does prove a hero at the climax, which is the best scene in the film.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2026 06:27 AM (wzUl9)

54 47 It's too early for internecine fighting, folks.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Is not.

Posted by: mikeski had to say it at August 24, 2026 06:22 AM (VHUov)

You haven't paid your 5 Quid yet...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 24, 2026 06:29 AM (l3cgK)

55 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 24, 2026 06:29 AM (VyBeY)

56 What do they call your data in the cloud?

Not your data.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 24, 2026 06:30 AM (XV/Pl)

57 Morning y'all.

Still on Win10, so I shouldn't see the same taskbar display bug after I patch, right?

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 24, 2026 06:32 AM (aJQbY)

58 Well, my workout motivation has hidden itself too well. I'll take off today and relax with coffee and breakfast. About 7:30 I have to load Stirling into his carrier for his trip to the vet -- rabies shot. In the past he and Dagny have been angels about it, walking into the carrier on their own -- no struggles as I've had with so many other felines.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2026 06:34 AM (wzUl9)

59 Anyway! How is ever'body on this fine Monday?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2026 06:35 AM (wzUl9)

60 I had to do a full Win11 repair from a Win ISO file 4 days ago. Did not have any taskbar problems before or after.

The only update since was for .NET and there are no pending updates.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 24, 2026 06:38 AM (LgsNJ)

61 Well that's just great. We'll take that data in via OneDrive and store it over here on our data server in the cloud for you to access any... aaaaaand it's gone.

What?

It's gone. It's all gone.

But I just gave you our organization's data to store safely!

I'm sorry, this support call is for people who have data stored with Microsoft. Do you have any data stored with Microsoft?

No, you just said it's gone!

Please move aside for the next person in line who has data stored with Microsoft. Next please!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 24, 2026 06:38 AM (O7YUW)

62 What do they call your data in the cloud?

Not your data.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 24, 2026 06:30 AM (XV/Pl)
-

Which leads to the question:

Who's yo' data?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 24, 2026 06:39 AM (LgsNJ)

63 I have been disabling OneDrive on Windows since it became available.

I do not retain/backup my data to the cloud except for the occasional pics or file for someone else to receive.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 24, 2026 06:42 AM (LgsNJ)

64 Which leads to the question:

Who's yo' data?
Posted by: Biden's Dog

This Star Trek fanfic has taken a weird but predictable turn.

Posted by: mikeski at August 24, 2026 06:43 AM (VHUov)

65 “Compared to being on the wrong side of the ground, even a bad Monday is pretty small kumquats, nicht wahr?"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2026 05:53 AM (wzUl9)

Another way of saying the same thing: Getting old stinks! But it does beat the alternative…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 24, 2026 06:47 AM (THwi4)

66

*hic

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at August 24, 2026 06:48 AM (732Gn)

67 Another way of saying the same thing: Getting old stinks! But it does beat the alternative…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 24, 2026

***
I've been a kid, and I've been an adult (for certain values of "adult" anyway). Adult is better.

My father used to ask, "Why do you want to grow up so fast?" I had no answer for him then, but now I know. Privileges! Yes, responsibilities come with those. But the privilege -- the right! -- to hop in the car and drive anyplace I want, to eat what I please, to watch the movies I want, to dress the way I think suits me . . . all things I resented not being able to do when I was small.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2026 06:53 AM (wzUl9)

68
Maxell is making cassette tapes again. (Tom's Hardware)

Even I don't miss those.

Don't miss cassette tapes or those from Maxell? Because Maxell 90-minute Chrome cassettes were the only ones I used.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 24, 2026 06:55 AM (O0L8i)

69 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2026 06:53 AM (wzUl9)

I agree with you 100%.

I have noticed, however, that as I advance beyond 29 there are certain unpleasantries associated with age: physical aches & pains and regrets most primary among them…. But that’s life!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 24, 2026 06:57 AM (THwi4)

70 57° here in the Mid Hudson. Early, early fall

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 24, 2026 06:58 AM (rp63B)

71
Worked at the show yesterday and had a rare event: I didn't make a single mistake all day.

Of course, the only bad mistake a steward can make is to hand someone the wrong armband, or to be cumulatively so incompetent the judge has ask the Chief Steward for someone else or do it himself.

Mine are the little peccadillos: forgetting to pull ribbons, or getting one of them wrong, or calling for the wrong class. Little lapses, easily corrected.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 24, 2026 07:00 AM (O0L8i)

72 It's taking a long time to get the power back on in Gary, Indiana after the recent severe storms.

Why? "Racism", obviously. Nothing whatsoever to do with the fact that the charming local residents are shooting at the utility workers.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 24, 2026 07:00 AM (IG3/x)

73 I said Hey ( Hey ) You ( You ) Get Off Of My Cloud!

Posted by: Mick Jagger, IT Security Specialist at August 24, 2026 07:01 AM (n9eFH)

74 LVP - I try not to waste time and energy on 'regrets' because there's nothing I can do about what has passed. But I can (at least for the most part) remember the lessons learned so I don't end up with more of them.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 24, 2026 07:02 AM (3Ope8)

75 Okay. I'm awake enough, I guess. Time for a walk.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 24, 2026 07:02 AM (aJQbY)

76 Again, if your data resides anywhere else but your own local storage, it is no longer your data, it’s belongs to whoever’s cloud nonsense you’ve selected and is subject to their level of care and diligence.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 24, 2026 07:02 AM (XV/Pl)

77 it’s belongs to whoever’s cloud nonsense you’ve selected and is subject to their level of care and diligence.

I really need to take care of that problem.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 24, 2026 07:03 AM (OPGS/)

78 ___aaS is ___a$$.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 24, 2026 07:05 AM (aJQbY)

79
I try not to waste time and energy on 'regrets' because there's nothing I can do about what has passed. But I can (at least for the most part) remember the lessons learned so I don't end up with more of them.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 24, 2026 07:02 AM (3Ope

My life has been such an embarrassment to me that a great deal of effort is expended in just trying to forget. As for regrets, I know that if I had my life to live again, I'd make a whole new set of catastrophic mistakes.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 24, 2026 07:06 AM (O0L8i)

80 Halp!

I'm surrounded by kitties this morning!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 24, 2026 07:07 AM (FZ29D)

81 @78/RandomDave: I might be stealing that. (Well said.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 24, 2026 07:07 AM (O7YUW)

82 I have noticed, however, that as I advance beyond 29 there are certain unpleasantries associated with age: physical aches & pains and regrets most primary among them…. But that’s life!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 24, 2026

***
True enough. For me at this point, however, the good generally outweighs the bad.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2026 07:08 AM (wzUl9)

83 "170,000 non-profits lost all their data. Is Microsoft to blame? (Slate)"

losing the evidence of fraud en masse?
superficially clever, hope it boomerangs!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 24, 2026 07:08 AM (VyBeY)

84 Kind of semi-hot Asian chick Shelly Li founded a business that recycles electronic equipment, mostly computers, and now with the big growth of data centers, her company is stripping memory from old machines and reselling those components to hyperscalers. Smart and good looking, it turns out, is a good way to go through life.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 24, 2026 07:08 AM (2pge3)

85 Pet story: I took Domo to the vet's office because he needs to be on thyroid medication. He didn't have to be there but he was quite happy to get attention from the nice ladies behind the desk and he chattered the whole time.

At one point, one of the techs came back with a resident kitten. Domo looked up in absolute delight at seeing it and he wanted to make a new friend.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 24, 2026 07:09 AM (OPGS/)

86 @73/Mick Jagger, IT Security Specialist: " I said Hey ( Hey ) You ( You ) Get Off Of My Cloud!"

The fact that the Rolling Stones' song "Start Me Up" was licensed by Microsoft and used in their big roll-out campaign for Windows 95, makes your song reference above even more funny. :-)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 24, 2026 07:11 AM (O7YUW)

87 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 24, 2026 07:06 AM (O0L8i)

I missed the sarc tag...I find that difficult to believe. Just the considering the difference you've made in the lives of the dogs you've kept and trained would suffice to a lifetime of jackassery.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 24, 2026 07:11 AM (3Ope8)

88 Posted by: NR Pax at August 24, 2026 07:09 AM (OPGS/)

Nice story. Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 24, 2026 07:12 AM (wmzkx)

89 @69/LinusVanPelt: "But that’s life!"

Obligatory:
https://youtu.be/TnlPtaPxXfc

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 24, 2026 07:13 AM (O7YUW)

90 The inspection people are going to examine my possible new house today. With any luck I'll have the report in a couple of days, and can decide then if I'm going forward with this property. If there are minor things, I can handle them, or maybe reach a deal with the seller.

If the problems are major, well, a lot (as with most things in life) will depend on how much they will cost and if they need to be done soon. And if I want to tackle them.

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

91 in other news, 42 degrees, a few scattered clouds; the promised fog has not appeared. Should be a nice day.

I think the day's plan is canning tomato sauce / tomato juice, unless Mrs Eez has altered the plan.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 24, 2026 07:14 AM (VyBeY)

92 Nice story. Thanks.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

You're welcome. I had to gently explain that since I didn't have his muzzle with me, I was not going to let him sniff the cat out (He's not dangerous but greyhounds can have a prey drive and I was not taking chances.).

Posted by: NR Pax at August 24, 2026 07:14 AM (OPGS/)

93 I'd forgotten Nicolette Larson, so thanks Pixy. She was very good, but I guess Tylenol and liver failure did her in (or so implies Wikipedia).

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 24, 2026 07:14 AM (2pge3)

94 So Wolfus, have you had the inevitable discussion with Miss Linda?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 24, 2026 07:14 AM (3Ope8)

95 JJ is nood.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 24, 2026 07:17 AM (ExV1e)

96 JJS.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 24, 2026 07:17 AM (NcvvS)

97 Just to give an example, I've built a Movie Vault app that acts a Plex replacement, all of the images. icons, posters, banners, and gallery photos are available through an API with The Movie Database, now you can handle this in a couple of different ways, one way is that everytime you do a get from the api end-point, you download and cache what you need at the time and don't store anything locally, or you store everything locally.

This way if you lose internet connection or The Movie Database decides to change their TOS, you have all of the data stored locally and aren't reliant on an API end-point.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 24, 2026 07:17 AM (XV/Pl)

98 Obligatory:
https://youtu.be/TnlPtaPxXfc
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 24, 2026 07:13 AM (O7YUW)

The Chairman of the Board! Classic

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 24, 2026 07:17 AM (THwi4)

99 Pet story: I took Domo to the vet's office because he needs to be on thyroid medication. He didn't have to be there but he was quite happy to get attention from the nice ladies behind the desk and he chattered the whole time.

At one point, one of the techs came back with a resident kitten. Domo looked up in absolute delight at seeing it and he wanted to make a new friend.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 24, 2026

***
Most of my cats have been fine with other felines. Exceptions include Arizona the big red tabby ("This is MY territory, buddy") and Linda's Annabelle, the white shorthair. If there is a word like "misanthrope" that applies to cats who hate other cats on principle, that was her.

Chekov accepted Wolf in an hour. Stirling liked Dagny immediately, but was more of a "This is a *girl*! Hel-loo, bay-bee!" than anything else.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2026 07:21 AM (wzUl9)

100 100

Posted by: m at August 24, 2026 07:22 AM (odBC9)

101 So Wolfus, have you had the inevitable discussion with Miss Linda?
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 24, 2026

***
I've been . . . putting it off . . . until I get the inspection report. Cowardly, I know. But if I am not going ahead with this house, there's no reason to tell her.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2026 07:23 AM (wzUl9)

102 Nood Sefton.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 24, 2026 07:27 AM (IG3/x)

103 Way willowed but got to post I love Nicolette Larson.
Died way to young, glad to have her on vinyl.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 24, 2026 09:19 AM (sl73Y)

104 Re: MS nuking all those orgs

I keep telling people, h1b's are a threat to civilization

I have set people up with OS installs recently and had to explain the risks of OneDrive, and why you never use the MS provided locations for storing things locally.

Posted by: heya at August 24, 2026 10:58 AM (neSLO)

105 Maxell is making cassette tapes again. (Tom's Hardware)
Even I don't miss those.

Well, maybe folks can back up their cloud data to them. Might help a lot of folks.

Posted by: GWB at August 24, 2026 11:14 AM (kU0PQ)

106 >170,000 non-profits lost all their data. Is Microsoft to blame?

TL;DR: people are getting worse at managing organizational IT, not better.

To be fair, with vendor lock-in at cloud providers this is more complicated than it used to be but the old rules still apply: data that exists in less than three places is data you don't care about.

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