Daily Tech News 31 August 2026

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Google Maps has correctly marked Lake America and the crazies are being crazy. (Daily Beast)

Oh no.
Speaking of crazies, they're upset that America's education system has stalled out 99% control by communist infiltrators. (LinkedIn)

Anyway.

Tech News

Nvidia's DLSS 5 upscaling technology is here. Don't use it. (WCCFTech)

Play Deep Rock Galactic - a fun but not graphically challenging game - on an RTX 3080 - an older but still powerful card - drops frame rates from 138 fps to 4.
Omarchy Linux, the new flavour, has a teeny tiny bug. (0xcc)

The default user has access to everything.
Chess.com has launched a poker website. (The Verge)

Apparently their Eight Queens Hold'em site wasn't bringing in the views.
Oops. My language blew its budget; compiler, runtime, and standard libraries now come to 7.5MB or 2.5MB compressed, making it 8% the size of Python. The two culprits were TLS (a.k.a SSL, the encryption used by every website), and regular expressions across Unicode, each contributing 20% of the total. For embedded use it automatically drops those and clocks in at a far smaller size.

Also landed today: A full "math" library (those funny buttons on a scientific calculator), alongside autovectorising vector and matrix functions (vectors 100x faster and matrices 1000x faster than native), and a more general linear algebra library built on those, hashing, cryptography, passwords, HTTP client and server modules, and a curl / Python Requests style library.

Claude has actually impressed me; it's a brand new programming language with precisely zero training data, and it's writing working code in it. Yes, it has specs; yes, it has access to the compiler and runtime internals; but the former is up to the developer and the latter will be open source.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: 996 is one thing, but 7117 is quite another.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 w00t

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

2 G'Day everyone
Its Monday again

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

3 Strangely I always thought but I like Billy Idol

Posted by: Skip at August 31, 2026 04:32 AM (Ia/+0)

4 >>>Google Maps has correctly marked Lake America and the crazies are being crazy.

Quelle unexpected réponse!

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 04:33 AM (odBC9)

5 I wish I was asleep, but there's always tonight

Lake America was the perfect reply to that fat Ontario Premier telling Trump to kiss his a$$. Unfortunately Canadians have been brainwashed into thinking Trump is the reason for all their problems.

Posted by: CanuckJack at August 31, 2026 04:37 AM (HLIsS)

6 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 31, 2026 04:37 AM (5UTWB)

7 Our gardener's here. He found a huge wasp nest. Exterminator has been called.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 31, 2026 04:39 AM (5UTWB)

8 Rather go back to bed then go to work

Posted by: Skip at August 31, 2026 04:40 AM (Ia/+0)

9 A little before eleven here. Flying home Wednesday. Back to work Thursday.

Heavy sigh.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at August 31, 2026 04:44 AM (eTPdk)

10 Billy Idol - Eyes Without A Face

excellent

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 04:45 AM (odBC9)

11 The "NY Post" had an article about Dolly Parton's swan song sung at her funeral , lIf we never meet again this side of heaven we'll meet again on that beautiful
It mentions heaven four times. The headline for the article says the song transcended race, region and religion. Uhh no. It didn't transcend religion. I doubt atheists are belting out about "meeting on that distant shore.." I was not making a judgement about whether atheists are worse people than theists. Now they're all fighting about that." Uggh

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 31, 2026 04:49 AM (FlBUK)

12 A better title for the article would have been "Dolly's swan song brings people together."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 31, 2026 04:50 AM (FlBUK)

13 I misheard so many of those lyrics!

One more bad dream/break
Ooh, gigolo pool/fool
So alive and new/in you

and

Les yeux sans visage/Pleasure's only ...

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 04:52 AM (odBC9)

14 Rather go back to bed then go to work

Posted by: Skip at August 31, 2026 04:40 AM (Ia/+0)
-

The People's Republic of New Jersey awaits you!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 31, 2026 04:52 AM (5UTWB)

15 I am over 29. My finely calibrated intestinal tract has been awakening me precisely between 0450 and 0500 quite a while since retirement from paying job. Now the circadian rhythm is drifting a bit. Have volunteer job later today.

Posted by: Fenderbender at August 31, 2026 04:54 AM (1FEc1)

16 I ought to get going, don't fell like doing 80mph
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at August 31, 2026 04:58 AM (Ia/+0)

17 16 I ought to get going, don't fell like doing 80mph
Posted by: Skip at August 31, 2026 04:58 AM (Ia/+0)

Good idea!

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 05:00 AM (odBC9)

18 whether the official lyrics are

You're eyes without a face

or

Your eyes without a face

seems to be a matter of dispute among various lyrics sites

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 05:02 AM (odBC9)

19 Saw a brief video of an out-of-control robot fighting its handlers. When it took a martial arts stance, I figured, yeah, must be AI. Instagram. https://shorturl.at/kcSp7

Skynet delayed yet again.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 31, 2026 05:02 AM (llBIB)

20 I'm only here because boy cat started meowing and scratching my door at 2am local time. F'n cat. And no, he's not allowed in my room.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 31, 2026 05:04 AM (l3cgK)

21 Wikipedia

William Michael Albert Broad (born 30 November 1955), known professionally as Billy Idol

The stage name "Billy Idol" was coined after a chemistry teacher, Bill Price, described Idol as "idle" on his school report card.

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 05:06 AM (odBC9)

22
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 31, 2026 05:10 AM (AMvSw)

23 Time is in God's hands . Psalm 31:5 International Fellowship of Christians and Jews:

https://tinyurl.com/bde776rs

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 31, 2026 05:13 AM (FlBUK)

24 moar Wikipedia

In 1994, he collapsed outside a Los Angeles nightclub due to an overdose.... He stopped his drug use after this incident, as he decided his children would never forgive him for dying of a drug overdose.

Yay!

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 05:13 AM (odBC9)

25 "Google Maps has correctly marked Lake America and the crazies are being crazy. (Daily Beast)"

Elections have consequences.

*dramatic pause*

...Bitches.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 31, 2026 05:15 AM (Ot/FD)

26 David Bowie died TEN YEARS ago; omigosh.

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 05:20 AM (odBC9)

27 Good morning! Dogs are fed, sprinklers is out and coffee is pecolatin'. Looking forward to some fall weather in the next 60-75 days.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 31, 2026 05:20 AM (3Ope8)

28 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 31, 2026 05:21 AM (sAmhv)

29 We're still in early days, so the robots can only fight in Tae-Kwon-DOS.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 31, 2026 05:24 AM (Ot/FD)

30 "Google Maps has correctly marked Lake America and the crazies are being crazy."

When the Gulf of Mexico was renamed by the United States to "Gulf of America", Google Maps had three ways of presenting the name, based on GeoIP location of the viewer:

- Those in Mexico still saw it as "Gulf of Mexico"
- Those in the USA saw it as "Gulf of America"
- Everyone elsewhere saw it as "Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)"

I suspect the same thing is going on now because here in Canada, it shows as "Lake Ontario".

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at August 31, 2026 05:25 AM (O7YUW)

31 BBC

Canada installs large Lake Ontario sign in latest jab at US

[photo: A family walks by a sign reading "Lake Ontario, Now and Always," unveiled by Ontario Premier Doug Ford at Fifty Point Conservation Area, near Grimsby, Ontario, Canada.]

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 05:27 AM (odBC9)

32 in the BBC article:

On Saturday, Google said it had changed the name on its maps for users in the US.

"Since we update Google Maps to reflect name changes in official government sources, which is GNIS [Geographic Names Information System] for the US, people using Maps in the US will see 'Lake America', those in Canada will continue to see 'Lake Ontario' and those outside of the US and Canada will see both names," the tech firm said in a blog post.

This mirrors how Google names the Gulf of Mexico for users after Trump declared it was called the Gulf of America in 2025.

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 05:29 AM (odBC9)

33 the BBC lake article:

https://tinyurl.com/5cnf7xn9

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 05:31 AM (odBC9)

34 @32/m: Well that confirms it. Thanks, m.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at August 31, 2026 05:32 AM (O7YUW)

35 34 @32/m: Well that confirms it. Thanks, m.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at August 31, 2026 05:32 AM (O7YUW)

You had a spidey-sense that that was what was going on.

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 05:32 AM (odBC9)

36 BBC article
This is some delicate wording!

The US president signed an executive order on Thursday seeking to change its name to Lake America

"seeking to"

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 05:34 AM (odBC9)

37 36 BBC article
This is some delicate wording!

The US president signed an executive order on Thursday seeking to change its name to Lake America

"seeking to"

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 05:34 AM (odBC9)

Sounds so indecisive, doesn't it?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 31, 2026 05:38 AM (l3cgK)

38 37 36 BBC article
This is some delicate wording!

The US president signed an executive order on Thursday seeking to change its name to Lake America

"seeking to"

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 05:34 AM (odBC9)

Sounds so indecisive, doesn't it?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 31, 2026 05:38 AM (l3cgK)

And powerless.

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 05:39 AM (odBC9)

39 It's as if some leftists don't feel alive if they're not ranting about Trump. They should just laugh - less likely to cause ulcers. I think Trump
Likes to see them go crazy about basically inconsequential stuff. A guy who writes in the "NY Post" ( Dan Perry) about the economy sanctions and is basically in favor of them says:

"Trump had been shockingly effective at selling millions of Americans on the deeply flawed product that is himself. Now he must sell them on endurance. He needs to find his inner Winston Churchill, however preposterous that may seem."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 31, 2026 05:45 AM (GIQYZ)

40 G'mornin' everyone!

nice work, Pixy!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 31, 2026 05:49 AM (VyBeY)

41 Dontario....

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 31, 2026 05:50 AM (3Ope8)

42 41 Dontario....
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 31, 2026 05:50 AM (3Ope

omigosh!

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 05:53 AM (odBC9)

43 Evening and morning yet again, late toilers and early risers! True, it's a Monday. 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 31, 2026 05:54 AM (wzUl9)

44 @41/CrochetyOldJarhead: "Dontario..."

Oh man, "Lake Dontario" would have been an even better troll than "Lake America".

It's amusing watching the politicians on our side of the border be completely unable to "ignore the trolling". They literally can't help themselves, they HAVE to react.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at August 31, 2026 05:56 AM (O7YUW)

45 I'm awake, not because of Stirling leaping over me, and having coffee. The big black cat has now been on his diet for a week, and while he is still *trying* to get to Dagny's meal when she walks off from it, I've been able to forestall him. Maybe in another week I'll weigh myself with him in my arms, then weigh myself alone, and subtract, to see if there's been any change.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 31, 2026 05:57 AM (wzUl9)

46 via Hacker News
typesetting

"I chose words carefully"

https://tinyurl.com/3t8252h3

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 05:57 AM (odBC9)

47 for those (like me) who eke out survival between bulk meme-drops over the weekend, Sarah Hoyt has finally clocked in.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 31, 2026 05:59 AM (VyBeY)

48 *typesetting in monospace

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 05:59 AM (odBC9)

49
accordingtohoyt.com

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 06:01 AM (odBC9)

50 The latest tropical storm is forming right off the coast of Lousy-ana. If the local Fox outlet's weather mavens are correct, it will track along the coast westward, affecting Lafayette, Lake Charles, and maybe Houston and Beaumont, more than here. But we will get rain; 70% predicted for today, 60% tomorrow. I guess no car wash today!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 31, 2026 06:02 AM (wzUl9)

51 Post #39 Dan Perry is an Englishman. The recent PM's have been as effective as Churchill? Com'on!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 31, 2026 06:03 AM (JrHfD)

52 A woman was shot overnight on Bourbon St., the 400 block apparently. My old neighborhood. A lot has changed in the fifty years since I lived there.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 31, 2026 06:04 AM (wzUl9)

53 I just be learned that there is a hymn of the day for interested folks. Here is a old time hymn with nice music, "Trust and obey"

https://tinyurl.com/4wn5383a

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 31, 2026 06:06 AM (FlBUK)

54 for those (like me) who eke out survival between bulk meme-drops over the weekend, Sarah Hoyt has finally clocked in.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 31, 2026 05:59 AM (VyBeY)

She posted on Saturday morning as usual. Gotta have something early on the weekend as most sites don't post on weekends.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 31, 2026 06:09 AM (1Ff7Z)

55 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Number 9...number 9...number 9...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 31, 2026 06:10 AM (amcLV)

56 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Number 9...number 9...number 9...
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 31, 2026

***
My favorite love potion

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 31, 2026 06:11 AM (wzUl9)

57 Several years ago on here I used to put up stories behind the hymns. It can be interesting for those who enjoy hymns. Here's the story behind "Trust and obey":

https://tinyurl.com/59kcjkxf

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 31, 2026 06:15 AM (FlBUK)

58 @46/m: { "I chose words carefully" }

*clicks a few things and increases the entire document's font size by two points*

The author:
https://youtu.be/Up2rKmrBBmE?t=22

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at August 31, 2026 06:19 AM (O7YUW)

59 Have a good day, everyone. I'm hopefully going to (mostly) take a day off from politics today. So, may you have a blessed day and know that you are a blessing to others.

For the pray-ers, please continue to keep Tecumseh Tea's husband in prayer for complete healing from cancer. He is in about the second week of treatment for fourth stage cancer. Also, keep TT and her family in prayer for strength as well. Those of you who have been through this journey with loved ones with cancer treatments know how exhausting it can be. Thanks so much, dear ones.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 31, 2026 06:22 AM (Tgq0P)

60 philosophically, why wouldn't Omarchy run all processes as root?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 31, 2026 06:23 AM (VyBeY)

61 58 @46/m: { "I chose words carefully" }

*clicks a few things and increases the entire document's font size by two points*

The author:
https://youtu.be/Up2rKmrBBmE?t=22
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at August 31, 2026 06:19 AM (O7YUW)

They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha Haaa! with Lyrics - Jerry Samuels

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 06:24 AM (odBC9)

62 The US launched a pre-emptive attack on Larak Island last night taking out launchers and a group of IRGC troops massed there.
The IRGC retaliated by destroying two of our bases in Jordan, OH WAIT, that didn't happen. All 6 missiles were intercepted.
Tehran Tim is in full propaganda mode.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2026 06:24 AM (PbWRL)

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