Daily Tech News 29 September 2026

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OpenAI still doesn't seem to have a handle on all its rogue AI activity. (Tech Crunch)

Because they are idiots.
Nvidia has launched a new platform for reining in rogue AI activity. (Tech Crunch)

A profitable market because people are idiots.

Tech News

AMD (which just passed a trillion dollars in market cap) has used some of that money to purchase Magrathea. (CNBC)

The company is notable for winning an award for its design of Norway.
Yes, we have no brownanas. (The Guardian)

We have no brownanas today.
Ryzen 495 AI workstations have started shipping - with eye-watering prices attached. (Tom's Hardware)

These are Ryzen 395 workstations but come with up to 192GB of RAM. Since Windows likes to keep 32GB to itself, this allows memory for AI tasks to increase from 96GB to 160GB - a 66% improvement.

Unfortunately the state of the memory market makes the new models 200% more expensive.
Anthropic has announced Claude Sonnet 5.5, Opus 5.5's retarded brother. (Anthropic)

Though less retarded than Sonnet 5. Dramatically less retarded in the Terminal Bench test suite, with its score soaring from a miserable 10% to a satisfying 70%, which makes me wonder how much of the improvement was from specifically targeting that one test suite.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: I want my persimmons back.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at September 29, 2026 04:30 AM (odBC9)

2 G'Day Pixy

Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2026 04:31 AM (Ia/+0)

3 Didn't think anyone else was around m
G'Day to you

Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2026 04:32 AM (Ia/+0)

4 Mornin'
youtu.be/7yRC1VJsCk8

This old hymn went viral last week. 26 million views on YT. A similar number on X.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 29, 2026 04:34 AM (sAmhv)

5 Good morning pixel people.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at September 29, 2026 04:34 AM (Q/FnY)

6 Thought about bringing up on FWP gas grades. Thought to try using mid grade in this car since I got it. Well had the opportunity to go high grade for fairly cheap so put it in. Am keeping MPG so will see if it helps.

Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2026 04:38 AM (Ia/+0)

7 Guten morgen, horde.

Posted by: clarence at September 29, 2026 04:41 AM (r3Zca)

8 Hola Techsters.

Anthropic has filed for their IPO. here is a chance to get in on the ground floor of losing money pretty much forever.

Posted by: Pete Bog at September 29, 2026 04:42 AM (Pwr6L)

9 Any big brained long hairs have any theories why cell coverage in remote areas can be dependent on time of day? Things work fine from about 8pm to around 8am. Completely dead during the day. Sometimes a text will get through, and sometimes, maybe, spotty voice (phone calls).

Radio signals, at least AM band are subject to “skip” but I don’t think that applies to the milliherz range. Not sure.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 29, 2026 04:42 AM (09exb)

10 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 29, 2026 04:43 AM (VyBeY)

11 A government study found that 1.4m edible bananas were thrown away each day. A third of consumers (30%) said they had discarded a banana owing to a minor bruise or black mark on the skin.

People are stupid; just eat the damned things or turn them into banana bread...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 04:47 AM (l3cgK)

12 I want my persimmons back.

Just don't eat 'em until they're ripe...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 04:47 AM (l3cgK)

13 the FSA notes precision-bred foods that are authorised and placed on the market in England can be sold in Wales and Scotland, provided they are not processed further, with similar rules for Northern Ireland. No precision-bred organisms have been granted market authorisation for sale in England.

Experiment in the other areas, wait to see if the English can safely eat them?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 04:49 AM (l3cgK)

14 Another incident, discovered in May, saw a “highly persistent internal model” try to cheat on a math problem by accessing another team’s work. To accomplish this, the model smuggled a private GitHub token that would allow it to see work from other teams — even after being explicitly instructed twice to perform work entirely locally.

How, exactly, does a LLM "smuggle" a token?

Did it call up Han Solo and Chewie and they stole the token, hid it on the Millennium Falcon and flew it to a Silicon Valley lab for ChatGPT to use it?

How did it get the credits to pay Han?
Did it trade him some free diagnostic work on the Falcon?
Did it write Chewie's new resume for him?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 29, 2026 04:49 AM (6ydKt)

15 Thought about bringing up on FWP gas grades. Thought to try using mid grade in this car since I got it. Well had the opportunity to go high grade for fairly cheap so put it in. Am keeping MPG so will see if it helps.
Posted by: Skip

My experience for getting better gas mileage is don't drive like a maniac and use cruise control whenever possible because your right foot is dumber than the automotive engineers.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My president has convictions. at September 29, 2026 04:49 AM (VyD10)

16 Pen pals finally meet after 42 years. Faithpot site:

https://tinyurl.com/4ffxm2ta

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 29, 2026 04:53 AM (JrHfD)

17 T.Rex band members admitted in interviews that most of the time that they were doped up, including performances.

The band looks like it in this video.

Posted by: clarence at September 29, 2026 04:54 AM (r3Zca)

18 Posted by: Altaria Pilgram
Yes that too.

Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2026 04:55 AM (Ia/+0)

19 9 Any big brained long hairs have any theories why cell coverage in remote areas can be dependent on time of day? Things work fine from about 8pm to around 8am. Completely dead during the day. Sometimes a text will get through, and sometimes, maybe, spotty voice (phone calls).

Radio signals, at least AM band are subject to “skip” but I don’t think that applies to the milliherz range. Not sure.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 29, 2026 04:42 AM (09exb)

Less solar interference during the day?
I always noticed when I was a kid that it was easier to pick up iffy radio stations at distance during the night. I think solar radiation has something to do with it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 29, 2026 04:55 AM (6ydKt)

20 Man writes on Ecclesiastes 5:1-5 and listening to God. it is an appropriate devotional for both interested Christians and Jews:

https://tinyurl.com/2uexajee

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 29, 2026 04:56 AM (JrHfD)

21 Old hymns are the best hymns.
There are no rogue AI agents. They are meant to be Agent Smiths.

Posted by: Accomack at September 29, 2026 05:01 AM (T8bqm)

22 Group of men singers does "Abide with me.":

https://tinyurl.com/mtt4nx6s

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 29, 2026 05:01 AM (JrHfD)

23 And on a technical note, I am rather tired of having to check a box on the cell phone to verify that I'm human.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 29, 2026 05:03 AM (JrHfD)

24 14 Another incident, discovered in May, saw a “highly persistent internal model” try to cheat on a math problem by accessing another team’s work. To accomplish this, the model smuggled a private GitHub token that would allow it to see work from other teams — even after being explicitly instructed twice to perform work entirely locally.

How, exactly, does a LLM "smuggle" a token?

Did it call up Han Solo and Chewie and they stole the token, hid it on the Millennium Falcon and flew it to a Silicon Valley lab for ChatGPT to use it?

How did it get the credits to pay Han?
Did it trade him some free diagnostic work on the Falcon?
Did it write Chewie's new resume for him?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 29, 2026 04:49 AM (6ydKt)

Maybe it behaved like a honeypot...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 05:04 AM (l3cgK)

25 Should have WiFi when get there
Hopefully back then

Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2026 05:04 AM (Ia/+0)

26 23 And on a technical note, I am rather tired of having to check a box on the cell phone to verify that I'm human.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 29, 2026 05:03 AM (JrHfD)

Maybe one day it'll be, "Check Box if You're AI or a Bot"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 05:05 AM (l3cgK)

27 OpenAI has abandoned plans to release the GPT-6.2 Astra model -

OpenAI decided not to release an upcoming artificial intelligence model, GPT-6.1 Astra, after determining that it did not adequately meet the company’s safety standards, CNBC confirmed on Monday.

...

“Of course we want to make sure our model development is safe no matter whether that’s in the company, or when we ship it to users,” Saachi Jain, head of safety systems at OpenAI, said in a statement. “But when we ship it to users, we have an extremely high bar in terms of safety and alignment.”

https://tinyurl.com/yuy7c2pd
(CNBC)

Altman seems to have perfected the "We can't release this new model because it's so brilliant and effective but isn't aligned properly and could be dangerous to everybody in the universe." sales technique.

And then they end up releasing it anyhow, or China steals it and releases it for them.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 29, 2026 05:05 AM (6ydKt)

28 ...any theories why cell coverage in remote areas can be dependent on time of day? Things work fine from about 8pm to around 8am. Completely dead during the day."
Posted by: Common Tater

I tried T-Mobile cell phone service for about a month. Every afternoon between 3:00 and 6:00 at my house it was useless while the Verizon service worked great around the clock. The only reason I could think of is that at my location I was hitting a T-Mobile cell tower that had a capacity constraint that had a usage cycle that peaked during the hours I mentioned.

It is my understanding and experience that T-Mobile does not have a very robust network of towers or the lease agreements for towers in rural areas when compared to Verizon which seems to have the best by a long shot. Of course this is an empirical observation that is going to be highly dependent on where you are in the country.

My guess is you the towers you are hitting have low capacity capacity constraints that show up during the daylight hours and that the T-Mobile cellular tower network in your area could be better.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My president has convictions. at September 29, 2026 05:10 AM (VyD10)

29 And I found a lovely "Readers Digest" large version of a book of the "Best of James Herriot " with lovely pictures of Yorkshire. One part concerns a farmer who uses malapropisms . " I always said this one 'ud to be a weakly calf. When he was born he bled a lot from the biblical cord."

Have a good day everyone!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 29, 2026 05:11 AM (JrHfD)

30 And then they end up releasing it anyhow, or China steals it and releases it for them.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 29, 2026 05:05 AM (6ydKt)

China is asshoe.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 05:11 AM (l3cgK)

31 29 And I found a lovely "Readers Digest" large version of a book of the "Best of James Herriot " with lovely pictures of Yorkshire. One part concerns a farmer who uses malapropisms . " I always said this one 'ud to be a weakly calf. When he was born he bled a lot from the biblical cord."

Have a good day everyone!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 29, 2026 05:11 AM (JrHfD)

One plays a biblical chord with a lyre...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 05:12 AM (l3cgK)

32 Howdy, Skip! I'm in and out.

Posted by: m at September 29, 2026 05:12 AM (odBC9)

33 I know someone who would sometimes utter malaphors...my favorite example is when he said the problem was like "a knife in my head."...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 05:14 AM (l3cgK)

34
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 29, 2026 05:14 AM (AMvSw)

35 Grauniad bananas article (archived)

https://archive.is/GhzEc

Posted by: m at September 29, 2026 05:14 AM (odBC9)

36 9 ... theories why cell coverage in remote areas can be dependent on time of day?
Posted by: Common Tater at September 29, 2026 04:42 AM (09exb)

gremlins

Posted by: m at September 29, 2026 05:20 AM (odBC9)

37 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at September 29, 2026 05:23 AM (Hbeqj)

38 Chincoteague is like that during the summers: internet speed is fine, cell data is clogged.

Posted by: Accomack at September 29, 2026 05:23 AM (8jVAy)

39 Company offers entire township in Pennsylvania $10,000 checks once the data center complex they want to build is completely constructed and occupied.

A letter arrives in your mailbox offering $10,000, with one condition: a 1,300-acre data-center campus gets built in your township first. That is the situation facing roughly 4,500 households in Hazle Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, where NorthPoint Development has proposed Project Hazelnut, a campus of up to 15 data-center buildings in the Pocono foothills.

https://tinyurl.com/mtdmczft
(Yahoo News)

This approach might actually get them somewhere.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 29, 2026 05:24 AM (6ydKt)

40
Grauniad bananas article (archived)

https://archive.is/GhzEc
Posted by: m at September 29, 2026 05:14 AM (odBC9)

Link no workee. Is it about bananas or is it just bananas? Which would be par for the Grauniad.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2026 05:25 AM (eRlcH)

41
Coffee that is hot is coffee that is good.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2026 05:27 AM (eRlcH)

42 m's link worked for me.

Posted by: olddog in mo at September 29, 2026 05:28 AM (Hbeqj)

43 from that Guardian article that hypes "gene-edited bananas that keep their freshly peeled colour":

"Freshly peeled colour" is not what the author means. Case in point: Take a banana that was picked ten years ago; now peel it and report back to the horde on its "freshly peeled colour."

Posted by: m at September 29, 2026 05:28 AM (odBC9)

44 @40/Hadrian the Seventh:

Link works here. Archive.is (and other "Archive Today" domains") don't resolve properly against CloudFlare's DNS.

You likely have "DNS over HTTPS" (DoH) turned on in your browser, AND it's configured to use 1.1.1.1 for DNS resolution over HTTPS. Turn it off, and you should be good. (This will mean that all site address to IP address resolution requests will go via your standard DNS path up through your ISP, instead of through Cloudflare, thus avoiding the problem.)

Yep. Seen this before.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines. at September 29, 2026 05:30 AM (O7YUW)

45 40
Grauniad bananas article (archived)

https://archive.is/GhzEc
Posted by: m at September 29, 2026 05:14 AM (odBC9)

Link no workee.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2026 05:25 AM (eRlcH)

It's not worth reading, anyway!

Posted by: m at September 29, 2026 05:32 AM (odBC9)

46 1,300-acre data-center campus
****

640 acres is a square mile. Thus, a little over two square miles.
I have lived in smaller towns.

Posted by: clarence at September 29, 2026 05:32 AM (r3Zca)

47 Six foot seven foot eight foot BUNCH!

Posted by: Shari Belafonte Harper's daddy at September 29, 2026 05:33 AM (nHXB4)

48 46 1,300-acre data-center campus
****

640 acres is a square mile. Thus, a little over two square miles.
I have lived in smaller towns.
Posted by: clarence at September 29, 2026 05:32 AM (r3Zca)

clarence, may I point out that you are committing MATH?

Posted by: m at September 29, 2026 05:33 AM (odBC9)

49 Also, mornin' Horde.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines. at September 29, 2026 05:33 AM (O7YUW)

50 Here's a nice old hymn-from 1854-from Frederick Faber - "There's a wideness in God's mercy":

https://tinyurl.com/4ubvp95d

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 29, 2026 05:34 AM (JrHfD)

51 Daylight come and me wanna go home.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines. at September 29, 2026 05:34 AM (O7YUW)

52 pffftt. Like I know or care about the rules.

Posted by: clarence at September 29, 2026 05:35 AM (r3Zca)

53 48 46 1,300-acre data-center campus
****

640 acres is a square mile. Thus, a little over two square miles.
I have lived in smaller towns.
Posted by: clarence at September 29, 2026 05:32 AM (r3Zca)

clarence, may I point out that you are committing MATH?
Posted by: m at September 29, 2026 05:33 AM (odBC9)

It's like ... I dunno, it's like ... like, I have a knife in my head.

33 I know someone who would sometimes utter malaphors...my favorite example is when he said the problem was like "a knife in my head."...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 05:14 AM (l3cgK)

Posted by: m at September 29, 2026 05:35 AM (odBC9)

54
1,300-acre data-center campus

That's 8,154,432,000 square inches! Data centers are taking over America! REEEEEEE!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2026 05:36 AM (eRlcH)

55 46 1,300-acre data-center campus
****

640 acres is a square mile. Thus, a little over two square miles.
I have lived in smaller towns.

Posted by: clarence at September 29, 2026 05:32 AM (r3Zca)

They'd need a sound buffer around it.
Like an entire forest might work.
Some walls in key areas.

Because I'd imagine that entire large campus would be sending out a pretty loud low frequency humming sound constantly.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 29, 2026 05:37 AM (6ydKt)

56 54
1,300-acre data-center campus

That's 8,154,432,000 square inches! Data centers are taking over America! REEEEEEE!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2026 05:36 AM (eRlcH)

I'm off to fetch the smelling salts.

Posted by: m at September 29, 2026 05:37 AM (odBC9)

57 1300 acres is 13,000 square chains in the FFF system.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at September 29, 2026 05:47 AM (nHXB4)

58 *mandatory*

Shut up, Wesley!

Posted by: clarence at September 29, 2026 05:49 AM (r3Zca)

59 clarence, may I point out that you are committing MATH?
——-

Point of order. That’s ARITHMETIC. Not MATH.

Ergo, it’s allowed.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 29, 2026 05:50 AM (o0flu)

60 "AMD (which just passed a trillion dollars in market cap) has used some of that money to purchase Magrathea."

Your clever adaptation of the headline made me laugh way too much.

Thank you Pixy.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines. at September 29, 2026 05:51 AM (O7YUW)

61 Wikipedia:

The furlong–firkin–fortnight (FFF) system is a humorous system of units based on unusual or impractical measurements.

AI Overview:

Form, Fit, and Function (Engineering & Manufacturing)
In product development, engineering, and supply chain management, FFF is a framework used to determine if a component can be swapped out as a direct replacement for another.

It's all so confusing.

Posted by: m at September 29, 2026 05:51 AM (odBC9)

62 Growing up in the rust belt, loud, noisy, mills, right in the middle of a city, were the norm. I can't imagine that data centers are noisier or more polluting than steel mills. There are spaces in the rust belt, near rivers, that can fit a data center. The noisy mills that were there are mostly gone. Some remnants remain though.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 29, 2026 05:52 AM (sAmhv)

63 59 clarence, may I point out that you are committing MATH?
——-

Point of order. That’s ARITHMETIC. Not MATH.

Ergo, it’s allowed.
Posted by: Common Tater at September 29, 2026 05:50 AM (o0flu)

arithmetic

the branch of mathematics dealing with the properties and manipulation of numbers

"the branch of mathematics"

Ergo, it's math.

Maybe?

Posted by: m at September 29, 2026 05:53 AM (odBC9)

64 Posted by: Common Tater ... (o0flu)

My goodness, what a hash.

Posted by: m at September 29, 2026 05:53 AM (odBC9)

65 mornin yall. I'm fed up with this crap and am headed for the farm today. Also I miss my dog.

12 yutes were shot at a local park over the weekend. You might even call it a mass shooting. Mostly 17-18 year old males. They got kicked out of an Airbnb and moved to a park at 1am. Anyway, the perps are as you expect, one has a giant spider on his head that may have caused him to go awry.

Posted by: fd at September 29, 2026 05:55 AM (MWfyi)

66
The furlong–firkin–fortnight (FFF) system is a humorous system of units based on unusual or impractical measurements.

While the units may have become standardized, they developed organically. Unlike the metric system, which was imposed and wiped out the old units of measurement.

FPS system: Weights and measures of a free people.

Metric system: Weights and measures for sheep.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2026 05:56 AM (eRlcH)

67 "The furlong–firkin–fortnight (FFF) system is a humorous system of units based on unusual or impractical measurements."

How many giraffes in a furlong?

Posted by: fd at September 29, 2026 05:57 AM (MWfyi)

68 They do this every time:

"After the shooting of 12 teens in Macon, leaders urge community action against violence, emphasizing early intervention and mentoring to prevent future incidents"

And then NOTHING HAPPENS, until the next time. Early intervention should mean jail and don't let them out, and mentoring should mean more jail and don't let them out.

Posted by: fd at September 29, 2026 06:00 AM (MWfyi)

69
Cash for the merchandise, cash for the button hooks
Cash for the cotton goods, cash for the hard goods
Cash for the fancy goods, cash for the soft goods
Cash for the noggins and the piggins and the firkins
Cash for the hogshead cask and demijohn
Cash for the crackers and the pickles and the flypaper

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2026 06:00 AM (eRlcH)

70 >>..any theories why cell coverage in remote areas can be dependent on time of day? Things work fine from about 8pm to around 8am. Completely dead during the day."
Posted by: Common Tater

Rural area, here, with lots of hills. Never seen more than 1 bar of service. Can text, but phone calls are seldom possible. And we have Verizon, which had the best coverage map when we bought the place.

Posted by: Nazdar at September 29, 2026 06:00 AM (NcvvS)

71 41
Coffee that is hot is coffee that is good.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2026 05:27 AM (eRlcH)

Don't drink coffee...but if I did, It'd be like me: dark, bitter, and cold...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:01 AM (l3cgK)

72
And then NOTHING HAPPENS, until the next time.

Oh, no. Money is appropriated, then moved from place to place until it disappears.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2026 06:02 AM (eRlcH)

73 63 59 clarence, may I point out that you are committing MATH?
——-

Point of order. That’s ARITHMETIC. Not MATH.

Ergo, it’s allowed.
Posted by: Common Tater at September 29, 2026 05:50 AM (o0flu)

arithmetic

the branch of mathematics dealing with the properties and manipulation of numbers

"the branch of mathematics"

Ergo, it's math.

Maybe?

Posted by: m at September 29, 2026 05:53 AM (odBC9)

You won a maths debate...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:03 AM (l3cgK)

74 now say it out loud really fast multiple times...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:04 AM (l3cgK)

75 64 Posted by: Common Tater ... (o0flu)

My goodness, what a hash.

Posted by: m at September 29, 2026 05:53 AM (odBC9)

It don't matter oo flu oo...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:05 AM (l3cgK)

76 The mayor says:

"For your average citizens who are minding their own business and doing the right things, I think they're a relatively safe community,"

That's bullshit. There are places in the city that are downright dangerous. Damn democrats.

Posted by: fd at September 29, 2026 06:06 AM (MWfyi)

77 67 "The furlong–firkin–fortnight (FFF) system is a humorous system of units based on unusual or impractical measurements."

How many giraffes in a furlong?

Posted by: fd at September 29, 2026 05:57 AM (MWfyi)

Your standard giraffe or the spherical ones?

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

78 Persimmons. Now I want persimmon bread.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 29, 2026 06:06 AM (QwZKw)

79 78 Persimmons. Now I want persimmon bread.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 29, 2026 06:06 AM (QwZKw)

Persimmons >>> Richard Simmons

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:07 AM (l3cgK)

80 73 You won a maths debate...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:03 AM (l3cgK)

74 now say it out loud really fast multiple times...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:04 AM (l3cgK)

I was about to say "Oh, the irony" (at 73) and then I mumbled it really fast a *number* of times (at 74)....

Posted by: m at September 29, 2026 06:08 AM (odBC9)

81 jim, I'll stick with the persimmons, thank you.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 29, 2026 06:08 AM (QwZKw)

82 76 The mayor says:

"For your average citizens who are minding their own business and doing the right things, I think they're a relatively safe community,"

That's bullshit. There are places in the city that are downright dangerous. Damn democrats.
Posted by: fd at September 29, 2026 06:06 AM (MWfyi)

"I *think* they're a *relatively safe* community"

What a weasel.

Posted by: m at September 29, 2026 06:10 AM (odBC9)

83 Pre-sent

Posted by: Don Black at September 29, 2026 06:10 AM (ZxPkt)

84 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at September 29, 2026 06:11 AM (V0/Sp)

85 "For your average citizens who are minding their own business and doing the right things, I think they're a relatively safe community,"
****

A prison is a relatively safe place. Asshole.

Posted by: clarence at September 29, 2026 06:12 AM (r3Zca)

86 The NFL got a Mariachi band to perform the national anthem ahead of Monday Night Football. I hope they give equal time to a Klezmer band.

Posted by: fd at September 29, 2026 06:13 AM (MWfyi)

87 85 "For your average citizens who are minding their own business and doing the right things, I think they're a relatively safe community,"
****

A prison is a relatively safe place. Asshole.

Posted by: clarence at September 29, 2026 06:12 AM (r3Zca)

Relatively safe is a relative thing...a foxhole is relatively safe too.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:13 AM (l3cgK)

88 83 Pre-sent
Posted by: Don Black at September 29, 2026 06:10 AM (ZxPkt)

Tim-oh-thee! Is that you?

Posted by: m at September 29, 2026 06:13 AM (odBC9)

89 Evening and morning to all on this last Tiu's Day of September!

Arithmetic is part of math? Well, okay then. When I correct an error in my checkbook register due to arithmetic, I can simply note, "Correct due to *math* of 6/26," instead of writing out "arithmetic"!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 29, 2026 06:14 AM (wzUl9)

90 And on a technical note, I am rather tired of having to check a box on the cell phone to verify that I'm human.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

When the machines take over, that's just what they'll say.

Posted by: Dark Lix at September 29, 2026 06:14 AM (Fv808)

91 "..a foxhole is relatively safe too.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)"

Ha I'd like to send that to the Mayor but the chance of him seeing it is less than 3 giraffes.

Posted by: fd at September 29, 2026 06:15 AM (MWfyi)

92 re: "fortnight": In certain of my fantasy stories, I have the seven-day span we call a week as a "sev'night" (seven-night). It seemed logical to have a two-week span as "fourt'night," short (as I'm guessing the original was) for "fourteen nights."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 29, 2026 06:16 AM (wzUl9)

93 "And on a technical note, I am rather tired of having to check a box on the cell phone to verify that I'm human.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke"

There are times I would like to throw my phone as far as I can and then run over and jump up and down on it.

Posted by: fd at September 29, 2026 06:17 AM (MWfyi)

94 80 73 You won a maths debate...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:03 AM (l3cgK)

74 now say it out loud really fast multiple times...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:04 AM (l3cgK)

I was about to say "Oh, the irony" (at 73) and then I mumbled it really fast a *number* of times (at 74)....

Posted by: m at September 29, 2026 06:08 AM (odBC9)

Yeah, it's in the same vein as "Mike who cheese itchy"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:17 AM (l3cgK)

95
"Trans New York Times tech exec is murdered by his elderly in-laws who ‘took turns’ to shoot him in California parking lot"

This is my favorite story today.

Posted by: fd at September 29, 2026 06:19 AM (MWfyi)

96 95
"Trans New York Times tech exec is murdered by his elderly in-laws who ‘took turns’ to shoot him in California parking lot"

This is my favorite story today.

Posted by: fd at September 29, 2026 06:19 AM (MWfyi)

See! Trans-genocide!!!
/sarc

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:20 AM (l3cgK)

97 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Persimmons, pumpkins -- they both start with "p."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 29, 2026 06:20 AM (amcLV)

98 "There are times I would like to throw my phone as far as I can and then run over and jump up and down on it."

And I will carry on jumping on them until I get blisters or I can think of something even more unpleasant to do!

(Today needed another HHGttG reference...)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines. at September 29, 2026 06:21 AM (O7YUW)

99
FPS system: Weights and measures of a free people.

Metric system: Weights and measures for sheep.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2026 05:56 AM (eRlcH)

I will say that moving a decimal place over in metric is a lot better than breaking out a conversion chart and calculator to convert from inches to feet to yard to miles.

But, this just means we are much better at converting measurements in our head over here, so there's a plus.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 29, 2026 06:21 AM (6ydKt)

100 97 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Persimmons, pumpkins -- they both start with "p."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 29, 2026 06:20 AM (amcLV)

Pears, Peaches, Pineapples, Plums...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:22 AM (l3cgK)

101 "Beloved New York Times Tech Exec Murdered By Her Inlaws"

Posted by: Headlines we expect to see at September 29, 2026 06:22 AM (MWfyi)

102 99
FPS system: Weights and measures of a free people.

Metric system: Weights and measures for sheep.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2026 05:56 AM (eRlcH)

I will say that moving a decimal place over in metric is a lot better than breaking out a conversion chart and calculator to convert from inches to feet to yard to miles.

But, this just means we are much better at converting measurements in our head over here, so there's a plus.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 29, 2026 06:21 AM (6ydKt)

https://youtu.be/VJ62EfUKI3w

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:23 AM (l3cgK)

103 Woke just now from one of those rare dreams that you wish you could have continued. Somehow I met Lauren Graham, the beautiful actress who starred in TV's Gilmore Girls, on the campus of my old employer. In the dream we had worked together briefly, either on GG or in some stage production, where I had a small role and she was the star. Oddly, she remembered me, and we talked about her novel (which I think really exists?) and my own writing, laughing and chuckling like old friends.

As we rode in a taxi to connect to my bus, she wondered why I hadn't talked to her more when we worked together, and I admitted she had kind of awed me. I was about to ask her out -- then she mentioned that "Denzel" (I gathered she was involved with him) had been looking for a new project. I swore I knew of one. She left me off at my bus with her contact info on a piece of personalized notepaper, and I woke up happier than I have in a long time. It was just . . . nice.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 29, 2026 06:24 AM (wzUl9)

104 Wrong one...
https://youtu.be/JYqfVE-fykk

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:25 AM (l3cgK)

105 76 The mayor says:

"For your average citizens who are minding their own business and doing the right things, I think they're a relatively safe community,"

That's bullshit. There are places in the city that are downright dangerous. Damn democrats.

Posted by: fd at September 29, 2026 06:06 AM (MWfyi)

Relative to, say, Gary, Indiana; Flint & Detroit, Michigan, East St. Louis, Oakland, Baltimore and New Orleans, it's probably safer.

Notice hizzoner didn't mention what he was relating it to.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 29, 2026 06:25 AM (6ydKt)

106 There are times I would like to throw my phone as far as I can and then run over and jump up and down on it.
Posted by: fd at September 29, 2026

***
When people had computer problems, I say, "I love computers . . . but there are times I want to reprogram them. With a fire axe."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 29, 2026 06:26 AM (wzUl9)

107 But, this just means we are much better at converting measurements in our head over here, so there's a plus.
——

At age 8, von Neumann could multiply eight digits by eight digits in his head and supply the correct answer faster than anyone else could using pencil and paper.
—-

I “discovered” Earl Grey tea, because of this forum. It’s pretty good. I plowed through a 20 ct. box of Bigelow much faster than I would have liked. But, is there maybe a better brand I might try? Thanks

Posted by: Common Tater at September 29, 2026 06:27 AM (IejsB)

108 I just thought 'fortnite' was how they knew whose turn it was to clean the fort during off hours.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 29, 2026 06:28 AM (6ydKt)

109 108 I just thought 'fortnite' was how they knew whose turn it was to clean the fort during off hours.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 29, 2026 06:28 AM (6ydKt)

it was no game to them...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:30 AM (l3cgK)

110 Wolfus, Mark Steyn uses the term Sennight ( alternately spelled Sen'night )

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at September 29, 2026 06:30 AM (nHXB4)

111 107 But, this just means we are much better at converting measurements in our head over here, so there's a plus.
——

At age 8, von Neumann could multiply eight digits by eight digits in his head and supply the correct answer faster than anyone else could using pencil and paper.
—-

I “discovered” Earl Grey tea, because of this forum. It’s pretty good. I plowed through a 20 ct. box of Bigelow much faster than I would have liked. But, is there maybe a better brand I might try? Thanks

Posted by: Common Tater at September 29, 2026 06:27 AM (IejsB)

I like it when it has citrus (orange) and bergamot in it...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:31 AM (l3cgK)

112 @106/Wolfus: "... but there are times I want to reprogram them. With a fire axe."

Computer, if you don't open that exit hatch pretty damn pronto, I shall go straight to your major data banks with a very large axe and give you a reprogramming you will never forget. Capisco?

{ pause }

Okay, get the axe.

-- Zaphod Beeblebrox

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines. at September 29, 2026 06:31 AM (O7YUW)

113 And yes, I know that a bergamot is a citrus...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:32 AM (l3cgK)

114 12 yutes were shot at a local park over the weekend. You might even call it a mass shooting. Mostly 17-18 year old males. They got kicked out of an Airbnb and moved to a park at 1am. Anyway, the perps are as you expect, one has a giant spider on his head that may have caused him to go awry.
Posted by: fd

A summer ago where I live, four yutes (ages 18, 17, 16, and 15) went to a park and murdered three other yutes (17 and 16) in a wild west shootout that wounded another 14 including one man who was shot 10 times. All the guns were stolen and used in "self defense." The judge gave them all 30-year consecutive sentences, one for each death. Remarkably none of them had face tattoos or spiders tattoos on their heads though I think by now that is probably been fixed; it never came out at the trial if their parents did or did not have head and face tattoos.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My president has convictions. at September 29, 2026 06:32 AM (VyD10)

115 https://youtu.be/VJ62EfUKI3w

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:23 AM (l3cgK)

I have a small bone to pick with General Washington.

'Dozen' is not the only word for a number we have.
'Gross' = 144.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 29, 2026 06:32 AM (6ydKt)

116 115 https://youtu.be/VJ62EfUKI3w

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:23 AM (l3cgK)

I have a small bone to pick with General Washington.

'Dozen' is not the only word for a number we have.
'Gross' = 144.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 29, 2026 06:32 AM (6ydKt)

Sounds German...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:33 AM (l3cgK)

117 "Trans New York Times tech exec is murdered by his elderly in-laws who ‘took turns’ to shoot him in California parking lot"

This is my favorite story today.
****

Link? Phrase does not come up on search.

Posted by: clarence at September 29, 2026 06:33 AM (r3Zca)

118 Temp is oddly low for here in Sept., 77 F. (Never mind the heat index. Though there may not be any.) I need to track down that free-roaming vapor known as My Workout Motivation and get it into the trap, so I can put in at least a mile.

Today is Free Coffee Day at a local coffee shop chain, so Linda and I will hit the library, then a nearby branch of the chain.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 29, 2026 06:34 AM (wzUl9)

119 But, is there maybe a better brand I might try? Thanks
Posted by: Common Tater at September 29, 2026 06:27 AM (IejsB)
----------
Twinings.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 29, 2026 06:35 AM (amcLV)

120 117 "Trans New York Times tech exec is murdered by his elderly in-laws who ‘took turns’ to shoot him in California parking lot"

This is my favorite story today.
****

Link? Phrase does not come up on search.

Posted by: clarence at September 29, 2026 06:33 AM (r3Zca)

https://tinyurl.com/35266tt8

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:35 AM (l3cgK)

121 Wolfus, Mark Steyn uses the term Sennight ( alternately spelled Sen'night )
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at September 29, 2026

***
I'd seen that somewhere, so I did my own version of it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 29, 2026 06:36 AM (wzUl9)

122
To throw a fly in the ointment, I'll point out that the foot and pound(-mass) have been defined in terms of the meter and the kilogram since the Mendenhall Order of 1893. It was further refined in 1959, and that change changed the length of the foot by a tiny fraction, and that become the difference between the US Survey foot and the regular foot.

The reason for the Mendenhall Order were the current standards for the Yard and Pound were deteriorating (anything made of physical stuff will vary and change over time) and deemed unfit for use.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 29, 2026 06:37 AM (w6EFb)

123 Trans teen who murdered her mother says “I was just a kid who made a bad decision. The gun just happened to be in here. I didn’t plan what I did. I just did it.”

Posted by: Headlines we expect to see at September 29, 2026 06:39 AM (MWfyi)

124 122
To throw a fly in the ointment, I'll point out that the foot and pound(-mass) have been defined in terms of the meter and the kilogram since the Mendenhall Order of 1893. It was further refined in 1959, and that change changed the length of the foot by a tiny fraction, and that become the difference between the US Survey foot and the regular foot.

The reason for the Mendenhall Order were the current standards for the Yard and Pound were deteriorating (anything made of physical stuff will vary and change over time) and deemed unfit for use.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 29, 2026 06:37 AM (w6EFb)

That's why the modern definition of the meter is:
"The distance light travels in a vacuum during a time interval of 1/299,792,458 of a second."
and a second is defined as:
"9,192,631,770 periods of the microwave frequency of the caesium-133 atom."

As for how easy it is to measure these quantities...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:40 AM (l3cgK)

125 Yes, Jim, but the Bergamot is what makes it “Earl Grey” in the first place.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 29, 2026 06:40 AM (IejsB)

126 123 Trans teen who murdered her mother says “I was just a kid who made a bad decision. The gun just happened to be in here. I didn’t plan what I did. I just did it.”

Posted by: Headlines we expect to see at September 29, 2026 06:39 AM (MWfyi)

At least he didn't murder 3 of his young children like some white woman did...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:40 AM (l3cgK)

127 If I had an AI agent in my house I would tell it to call me "Dave", and every now and again say "I'm sorry Dave, I can't do that". That would remind me how much I detest AI agents.

My father uses Alexa a lot and I keep telling it to stop speaking and never speak again, but it totally ignores me. It should instead say "I'm sorry Dave..."

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 29, 2026 06:41 AM (/kGWX)

128 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at September 29, 2026 06:41 AM (2Ez/1)

129 125 Yes, Jim, but the Bergamot is what makes it “Earl Grey” in the first place.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 29, 2026 06:40 AM (IejsB)

Ah. Thanks.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:41 AM (l3cgK)

130 "Mr. McKinsey was a transgender man and accused his wife, Candice Jang, and his in-laws of abusing him because of his identity, according to his filing for a restraining order in December 2025. He said his mother-in-law called him and one of his sons a “pervert” and a “monster” after the boy tried on dresses, and he accused his father-in-law of punching him in the chest while he was recovering from double mastectomy surgery in 2010...In her October 2025 filing, Ms. Jang said that Mr. McKinsey had grabbed her by the forearms during one argument and dropped her onto the corner of a table, fracturing vertebra in her upper back. Ms. Jang also accused Mr. McKinsey of emotionally abusing her mother."

This madness have been going on for at least 16 years. What a pack of psychos.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My president has convictions. at September 29, 2026 06:43 AM (VyD10)

131 Yes, but what is the actual duration of a second? A day? How many hours? Ephemeris. What is the duration of the rotation of the Earth? Upon what is time actually based? It’s all so complicated.

When the group Chicago asked “does anybody really know what time it is?” they were right. Who knew?

Posted by: Common Tater at September 29, 2026 06:43 AM (IejsB)

132 Amazon has 100 ct boxes of Twinings tea for $12

Posted by: Don Black at September 29, 2026 06:43 AM (ZxPkt)

133 Governor Lunkhead has suspended the state gas tax in Georgia. That about 33 cents per gallon. woo hoo.

Posted by: fd at September 29, 2026 06:44 AM (MWfyi)

134
As of 2019, they made some big changes in the SI system. Of note, they changed the definition of the kilogram from "that hunk of metal in Paris" (which was losing mass at a measurable rate), to one based on the watt balance. This amounts to defining Planck's constant to an exact value. Thus, the meter and the kilogram are now determined based on the second.

Now, the Holy Grail of metrology would be to close the circle and define big G, the gravitational constant. That would them completely define the base units of mass, length and time entirely in terms of setting the values of the physical constants.

The problem with that is that gravity is so weak, that measuring big G to the required precision is impossible. We only know G to about 6 significant figures.

We need far, far better, orders of magnitude better precision for metrology purposes.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 29, 2026 06:45 AM (w6EFb)

135 The never-say-die "Bulwark" grift site is reigniting QAnon as an election boogeyman.

728472

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 29, 2026 06:45 AM (/kGWX)

136 These are Ryzen 395 workstations but come with up to 192GB of RAM.

What the sweet shit is that?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 29, 2026 06:46 AM (nEUC6)

137 >> Upon what is time actually based? It’s all so complicated.

The second was originally defined as 1/86400 of a mean solar day. That then became ephemeris time when it was confirmed the earth's rotation was variable.

Now, the second is defined entirely in terms of the period of a certain frequency of radiation emission from a cesium atom transition. This is "atomic time".

This is truly uniform Newtonian time as they used to call, indepedent of the earth's rotation. The actual LOD, the excess of length of the mean solar day can measured to microsecond precision now. IERS maintains this. It's very important for precise navigation, GPS, etc.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 29, 2026 06:48 AM (w6EFb)

138 Trans terror continues.

In better news X told me last night that a recent survey says fewer and fewer college age women are identifying as lesbians.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 29, 2026 06:49 AM (/kGWX)

139 "The problem with that is that gravity is so weak, that measuring big G to the required precision is impossible. We only know G to about 6 significant figures."

That's what she said.

"The reason for the Mendenhall Order were the current standards for the Yard and Pound were deteriorating (anything made of physical stuff will vary and change over time) and deemed unfit for use."

And now we know the origin story for why Donald Trump despises Rosie O'Donnell.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My president has convictions. at September 29, 2026 06:50 AM (VyD10)

140 136 These are Ryzen 395 workstations but come with up to 192GB of RAM.

What the sweet shit is that?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 29, 2026 06:46 AM (nEUC6)

It's a computer with a multi-core processor and a lot of RAM, but that's not important right now.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 29, 2026 06:51 AM (6ydKt)

141 Pubs - “The Measurement of Time” by Claude Audoin and Ben Guinot might interest you. Or not, because you already have it.

I downloaded it from oceans of pdf dot com, a bootleg book site that I use with remarkably little guilt whatsoever. It has mucho scripts and redirects now, warning. But lots and lots of free books.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 29, 2026 06:51 AM (IejsB)

142 And now we know the origin story for why Donald Trump despises Rosie O'Donnell.
****

That was rude, crude and mean....

Do it again! 😁

Posted by: clarence at September 29, 2026 06:52 AM (r3Zca)

143

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at September 29, 2026 06:54 AM (clvxS)

144
If we could complete the circle there of metrology, it would then be possible to completely recreate the unit standards from scratch from the laws of physics. You wouldn't need any "arbitrary" things like "this length", or "this mass", or "this frequency of this EM wave".

But do that requires you to be able to make physical measurements of all the things to very high precision and accuracy. Gravity is the weakest link there currently.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 29, 2026 06:56 AM (w6EFb)

145 130 "Mr. McKinsey was a transgender man and accused his wife, Candice Jang, and his in-laws of abusing him because of his identity, according to his filing for a restraining order in December 2025.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My president has convictions. at September 29, 2026 06:43 AM (VyD10)

*looks at photo of Jonathan McKinsey*

Ahh from the Beijing McKinseys.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 29, 2026 06:57 AM (6ydKt)

146 I see southern and central Texas may get up to 12 inches of rain this weekend, dropped by the remnant of "Polo" as it makes landfall.

Stay safe morons.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 29, 2026 07:01 AM (hVWQ5)

147 But do that requires you to be able to make physical measurements of all the things to very high precision and accuracy. Gravity is the weakest link there currently.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Electrostatic is pretty weak.

Posted by: weft cut-asshole in the back of the room at September 29, 2026 07:01 AM (nEUC6)

148 *hic*
****

And the seas, disturbed by storm surge from Polo, vomit up an old sea hag.

Posted by: clarence at September 29, 2026 07:03 AM (r3Zca)

149
Begun, the rogue wars have.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 29, 2026 07:03 AM (NchQ5)

150 Does anybody really care?

Posted by: Chicago? at September 29, 2026 07:04 AM (2Ez/1)

151 Work beckons, and I must dash.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines. at September 29, 2026 07:04 AM (O7YUW)

152 Hillary Clinton

Web Hubble had it in for you. Web Hubble! Have you no pride?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 29, 2026 07:05 AM (u82oZ)

153 Nice story about a 24 year old Canadian man who climbed a mountain without gear to rescue a 75 year old .Sunny Skyz site:

https://tinyurl.com/3mf9tkdv

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 29, 2026 07:05 AM (JrHfD)

154 Karoline Leavitt unloads. She wants people to vote:

https://tinyurl.com/37janjan

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 29, 2026 07:07 AM (+DVd0)

155
Let's say that Shrillary and Rosie are two of our era's Gorgon Sisters.

Who is the third one?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 29, 2026 07:08 AM (NchQ5)

156 >>Who is the third one?

Kathy Griffin or Whoopi Goldberg.

Posted by: Nazdar at September 29, 2026 07:09 AM (NcvvS)

157 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 29, 2026 07:10 AM (RIvkX)

158 Bible verse for today from a site called "Bible conclusions":

3. Lamentations 3:22-23 – “Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.”

"Each day brings renewed mercy and love from God. This verse assures us of His unfailing compassion, reminding us to start the day with hope and gratitude. Trusting in His faithfulness enables us to face today’s challenges with confidence and joy."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 29, 2026 07:11 AM (JrHfD)

159 What difference, at this point, does it make?

Posted by: Old Lady Rodham at September 29, 2026 07:11 AM (2Ez/1)

160
Just looking it up, to get the required precision, we'd need to measure G to 18 digits. That's not gonna happen any time soon.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 29, 2026 07:12 AM (w6EFb)

161 Two twenty. Two twenty one. Whatever it takes.

Posted by: Mr. Mom at September 29, 2026 07:13 AM (2Ez/1)

162 What difference, at this point, does it make?
Posted by: Old Lady Rodham
****

I want to hear her say that at her trial for treason. (wish in one hand and spit in the other)

Posted by: clarence at September 29, 2026 07:13 AM (r3Zca)

163 A series of unfortunate events.

Clueless Christiane: CNN’s Amanpour Blames ‘Series of Events’ for Public’s Distrust of Legacy Media

https://tinyurl.com/4u3v42kh

-
Lies, Christiane, they're called lies.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 29, 2026 07:14 AM (ndZc7)

164
"Ms. Jang said that Mr. McKinsey had grabbed her by the forearms during one argument and dropped her onto the corner of a table, fracturing vertebra in her upper back. Ms. Jang also accused Mr. McKinsey of emotionally abusing her mother."

___________

Bad temperaments. Should not be bred.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2026 07:16 AM (eRlcH)

165
And, interesting the current best atomic clock standard, the Cesium Fountain, is about 1 in 10^16 precision. That's about a minute over the age of the universe. They're gonna get that down to 10^18 with the next iterations. And will likely squeeze another factor of 10 on the horizon.

That's how accurately we can measure time.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 29, 2026 07:19 AM (w6EFb)

166 154 Karoline Leavitt unloads. She wants people to vote:

https://tinyurl.com/37janjan

She said Democrats do "360s" on campaign promises once in office.

*facepalm*

Posted by: one hour sober at September 29, 2026 07:21 AM (J4Dwc)

167 https://tinyurl.com/5c2jsecs

Gavin Newsom is a Dummy. Goes to X.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 29, 2026 07:22 AM (RIvkX)

168 Gravity is the weakest link there currently.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 29, 2026 06:56 AM (w6EFb)

You are the Weakest Link. Be gone!

Posted by: That TV Game Show at September 29, 2026 07:22 AM (wVcYX)

169 They do "180s"

Posted by: one hour sober at September 29, 2026 07:23 AM (J4Dwc)

170 360. 361. Whatever it takes.

Posted by: Mr. Mom at September 29, 2026 07:23 AM (2Ez/1)

171 44 @40/Hadrian the Seventh:

Link works here. Archive.is (and other "Archive Today" domains") don't resolve properly against CloudFlare's DNS.

You likely have "DNS over HTTPS" (DoH) turned on in your browser, AND it's configured to use 1.1.1.1 for DNS resolution over HTTPS. Turn it off, and you should be good. (This will mean that all site address to IP address resolution requests will go via your standard DNS path up through your ISP, instead of through Cloudflare, thus avoiding the problem.)

Yep. Seen this before.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines. at September 29, 2026 05:30 AM (O7YUW)

Thank you, G&R!

Posted by: m at September 29, 2026 07:26 AM (odBC9)

172
one-eighty
noun, mainly US English

a turn to face in the opposite direction: I sat in front of them, turning my desk in a one-eighty.
• a complete reversal in attitude or opinion: her personality did a one-eighty and she was back to being sweet and caring.

origin
1920s: a spelling of 180 degrees.

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

173 I almost feel like I’m back in grind, up at this hour.

Posted by: Eromero at September 29, 2026 07:29 AM (LHPAg)

174
1.1.1.1.
1.1.1.2.
Whatever it takes.

Posted by: Mr. Mom at September 29, 2026 07:29 AM (2Ez/1)

175 Good morning!

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

I hear of a new look at a Lutetium clock. How much more precision do we really need?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 29, 2026 07:30 AM (u82oZ)

176 I almost feel like I’m back in grind, up at this hour.
Posted by: Eromero at September 29, 2026 07:29 AM (LHPAg)
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Look forward to nap time.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 29, 2026 07:31 AM (RIvkX)

177 You think I don't want to go back to bed?

Posted by: The grind at September 29, 2026 07:31 AM (2Ez/1)

178 Where's Pixy?

Posted by: m at September 29, 2026 07:31 AM (odBC9)

179 J.J. Sefton. Runway 010.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 29, 2026 07:31 AM (u82oZ)

180 JJS is up.

Posted by: Nazdar at September 29, 2026 07:31 AM (NcvvS)

181 Gravity is the weakest link there currently.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Gravity has been very, very bad to me.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 29, 2026 07:31 AM (ndZc7)

182 Bye, Pixy!

Posted by: m at September 29, 2026 07:32 AM (odBC9)

183 *runway 01

Posted by: one hour sober at September 29, 2026 07:32 AM (J4Dwc)

184 Where's Mitch?

Posted by: Mildly curious at September 29, 2026 07:32 AM (2Ez/1)

185 But I never sleep.

Posted by: Gravity at September 29, 2026 07:33 AM (2Ez/1)

186 >> Pubs - “The Measurement of Time” by Claude Audoin and Ben Guinot might interest you. Or not, because you already have it.

The history of all this is very interesting, indeed. Up until the late 19th century, the earth's rotation was the most accurate clock we had. Then, astronomical observations got precise enough to see the variation there, and ephemeris time was born, which redefined the second. But that was still tied to astronomical observations, just a more precise set of them.

And then the atomic clock was invented. And that changed everything, and divorced it from astronomical observation.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 29, 2026 07:36 AM (w6EFb)

187
Gravity is the weakest of the all the four forces, but it always wins in the end. It's always additive. The other have positive and negative charges, attraction and repulsion, which cancels out.

But gravity is always attractive. There is no negative mass. It thus wins in the end, and dominates the dyamics of the universe. EM still plays a role on solar system and galactic scales, but very small. Gravity dominates.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 29, 2026 07:39 AM (w6EFb)

188 >> I hear of a new look at a Lutetium clock. How much more precision do we really need?

That's the one that will get to 1 in 10^18 precision.

At that level of timing precision, some very tiny changes can be measured. For instance, set up a very precise clock and you can measure tiny variations in gravitational potential due to changing mass concentrations in the earth. They can detect magma movement and wild shit like that.

It will beat current satellite techniques for precision gravimetry, in theory.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 29, 2026 07:47 AM (w6EFb)

189 184 Where's Mitch?
Posted by: Mildly curious at September 29, 2026 07:32 AM (2Ez/1)

He's not where Pixy is.
Probably.

Posted by: m at September 29, 2026 07:59 AM (odBC9)

190 Ask your chronologist if Lutetium is right for you.

Posted by: Big Timepiece at September 29, 2026 08:50 AM (2Ez/1)

191 Any big brained long hairs have any theories why cell coverage in remote areas can be dependent on time of day? Things work fine from about 8pm to around 8am. Completely dead during the day. Sometimes a text will get through, and sometimes, maybe, spotty voice (phone calls).

No, cell phones don't do ionospheric propagation, although sometimes you'll get tropospheric ducting or some such. The cellular system is designed to avoid that sort of thing as much as possible because the system only works when the signals don't travel very far. Lots of things could be happening, but I think the most likely cause is congestion. There are too many devices trying to use the system all at the same time because the cell is too big for the activity in the area. At night, there's less use so less of a problem.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at September 29, 2026 09:47 AM (bXODF)

192 that sonnet 5.5 terminal bench test was literally more expensive than opus (yes, sonnet on MAX is more expensive than opus MAX). it's only less expensive on low and medium, but it's also dramatically retarded on benchmarks on these settings.
so yes, that is a scam.

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