Daily Tech News 12 May 2021

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Intel's high-end 11th generation Tiger Lake laptop parts are here - and they appear to actually be good. (AnandTech)

AMD had a decisive edge in the laptop market with their eight-core processors, where Intel only went up to four cores with their newest chips. This fixes that, while retaining the new Ice Lake core and 10nm process. Tiger Lake on the desktop also goes up to eight cores but has been back-ported to the older 14nm process and as a result uses up to 300W at full load.

No benchmarks just yet, so take any performance claims with a pound of salt, but current Ice Lake laptop parts do perform very well on single-core workloads.

Today we go back to... I don't know exactly. The original Cutie Honey aired in 1973 while the latest version, Cutie Honey Universe, came out in 2018. Cutie Honey creator Go Nagai has been writing manga longer than I've been alive.

This one in particular is from the 1995 second part of the New Cutie Honey OVA series. Oh, and fair warning, this is from 1995, before everything went to hell, so there are brief moments of partial nudity right in the opening credits.

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Samsung's Exynos 2200 Arm processor is coming to laptops this year. (Tom's Hardware)

It will have Arm's latest X1 core and AMD's RDNA graphics, manufactured on Samsung's own 5nm process.

If this is an even moderately open design and Samsung provides information to the Linux and BSD developers, I'm all for this. I don't criticise Apple simply because they are going to Arm-based chips, I criticise Apple because they are using that CPU switch as an opportunity to lock their devices down to the point of uselessness.

And also because they run a walled app garden, prevent third party repair, and employ slave labour, all while preaching about how inclusive they are.
Have you tried turning it off and on again?

Negative, Houston, we're at 30,000 fucking feet. (The Register)

Boing 787s, it appears, must be rebooted every 51 days to prevent "misleading data" being presented to pilots and the potential for onboard control systems to crash.

Anyone with any experience in the industry - which I have come to conclude is about fifty people in the entire world - just took one look at that statement and said, Millisecond timer in an unsigned 32-bit int. Morons.
Ford has patented new technology that lets your car scan billboards and display the ads right on your dashboard in case you were watching the road and needed the distraction. (Motor1)

I think it was Karl Schroeder's novel Permanence where a major character had extremely illegal brain implants that basically did nothing but block ads.

I should read that again. And Ventus as well.
Journalists are shocked to find out that someone other than them is using propaganda. (AP)

In this case, China.

They're not against propaganda, mind you. This is a demarcation dispute.
TVs from Chinese company Skyworth were maybe a little too aggressive in collecting your personal data. (South China Morning Post)

They not only collected information on all the devices on your home network and sent it all back to a third-party company, but scanned all the WiFi access points in range and sent that back too.

I wonder if there are any dumb TVs left on the market. There are large-format computer monitors, at least. Oh, there's one. Just one I can see at 4K, but several at 1080p.

Oh, and the same Aussie retailer sells Skyworth sets. How ironic.
US tech giants Apple, Google, and Microsoft, with a collective market cap of $5.5 trillion, are calling for government subsidies for chip production. (Reuters)

Buy your own fucking chips you fucking freeloaders.
Apple's developer website fell over. (9to5Mac)

They had an outage for scheduled maintenance, and then an hour later the entire developer site as well as iTunes and the App Store all went down at once.

Now, I feel some sympathy for the engineers involved because today I tried to migrate a critical server at work and everything worked perfectly except that the portable IP for the public interface would not port. Even though I'd just tested it with another IP from the same block.

So, some sympathy. Just... Not very much.

Unexpectedly Apropos Hololive Music Video of the Day

Best doggo Korone has 1.5 million subscribers for a reason. She consistently shows impeccable taste in anime and video games that came out before she was born. Oh, and music too - in one of her Doom streams (so popular that the developers added an easter egg that changed the title to Doog) she started singing Lollipop by the Chordettes.

RGB Considered Harmful Video of the Day

Fake software for controlling your fancy new blinkenlights instead stole your crypto wallet. Sympathy.

Just... Not very much.

Aha, Found It Anime Openings Video of the Day

This syncs up the songs from Cutie Honey (1973), New Cutie Honey (1994), Cutie Honey Flash (1997), and Re: Cutie Honey (2004). The latest series, Cutie Honey Universe (2018) has an entirely different song.

I'd seen this before but the copy I had bookmarked has since been deleted; this is a fresh upload.

Disclaimer: Which is little short of sacrilege, to be honest.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:51 AM

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1 hiya

Posted by: JT at May 12, 2021 03:56 AM (arJlL)

2 Tap - Tap -Tap.......is this thing on ?

Posted by: JT at May 12, 2021 03:58 AM (arJlL)

3 First day didn't watch a Dirty Pair video or any other in weeks.

Posted by: Skip at May 12, 2021 03:59 AM (Cxk7w)

4 https://www.americanthinker.com/lets demand a recount of covid deaths

That they changed How they count ( any With Covid count as Died from Covid) in March 2020 I was thinking this morning logging in my counting why after Sundowner was installed they didn't change it back. Can only think they want this so badly to use as a cudgel.

Posted by: Skip at May 12, 2021 04:03 AM (Cxk7w)

5 so the letter I recently got from the 'government' about my wuflu 'payment' was actually referring to the payment sent in March. It is not new money.

Good morning.

Posted by: DB- just DB at May 12, 2021 04:03 AM (iTXRQ)

6 Whoa! Techtime.

Posted by: m at May 12, 2021 04:06 AM (fVJPF)

7 Multiple noods on the ONT.

Posted by: m at May 12, 2021 04:07 AM (fVJPF)

8 https://www.americanthinker.com energy secretary granholm just cant suppress her smiles over the gasoline shortages from the colonial pipeline shutdown

Posted by: Skip at May 12, 2021 04:10 AM (Cxk7w)

9 4 That they changed How they count ( any With Covid count as Died from Covid) in March 2020 I was thinking this morning logging in my counting why after Sundowner was installed they didn't change it back. Can only think they want this so badly to use as a cudgel.
Posted by: Skip at May 12, 2021 04:03 AM (Cxk7w)

And this might also indicate that "they" might be bigger than we had thought.

Posted by: m at May 12, 2021 04:12 AM (fVJPF)

10 Point of Sale is the second most-used use for that acronym.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at May 12, 2021 04:13 AM (ybIRR)

11 The ransoming of the pipeline people seems so scary.

Posted by: m at May 12, 2021 04:14 AM (fVJPF)

12 10 Point of Sale is the second most-used use for that acronym.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at May 12, 2021 04:13 AM (ybIRR)

heh

Posted by: m at May 12, 2021 04:14 AM (fVJPF)

13 I got that letter from Sundowner how he bestowed his hard earned money on me and I should be grateful to him last week.

Posted by: Skip at May 12, 2021 04:15 AM (Cxk7w)

14 I'm out, donut shop could be on way, not sure yet.
It's Hump day, I was thinking it was Tuesday
Have great day horde

Posted by: Skip at May 12, 2021 04:16 AM (Cxk7w)

15 Skip,
I checked for my payment at the IRS website. It's for money sent in March of this year.

Posted by: DB- just DB. at May 12, 2021 04:18 AM (iTXRQ)

16 If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem, May My
Right Hand Lose Her Cunning!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 12, 2021 04:19 AM (EZebt)

17 Just got up and I'm getting good results from some joint pain supplement. Now, has the IDF started giving the palis the number six?

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin at May 12, 2021 04:22 AM (I58tH)

18 Iron Dome is cool.

https://twitter.com/neontaster/status
/1392275873869570057

Posted by: m at May 12, 2021 04:25 AM (fVJPF)

19 I can't say I ever thought if adding Cutie Honey to my anime playlist. Anything with such a buttload of episodes, especially from that period of time, just oozes with pointlessness (granted I did buy almost the entire Dirty Pair universe when it was on sale for really cheap last year)

Though even then it can't be worse than some if the series I've sat through, like Nadia: Secret of Blue Water, and Saiyuki.

Posted by: Rbastid at May 12, 2021 04:33 AM (ogajO)

20
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 12, 2021 04:42 AM (DUIap)

21 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 12, 2021 04:43 AM (ju2Fy)

22 I love Switzerland this time of year.

Posted by: Dreamy James Comey 811 call before you dig at May 12, 2021 04:43 AM (DS/kF)

23 It's the warrior of love, and heroine of the original magical girl anime, Cutie Honey! Infinite props to Pixy-san for uploading the cool re-mix version plus the cool Karone karaoke of the original hit by the legendary Youko Maekawa.

Man, I definitely the original intro remains one of the best themes to any anime and always triggers my heart like the many a classic 80s cartoon intro.

Also, I must recommend folks should give the original a chance as the action, music, and fan-service remain top-notch for the majority of the series 25 episode run before ending on sour note the last few episodes. In particular, the 13-15 episodes are very good and even somewhat moving and tragic if I can remember.

Posted by: Lazzari Scooter at May 12, 2021 04:44 AM (YvEh8)

24 I sincerely hope every Biden voter who now is waiting in a gas line has some kind of epiphany.

You voted for that you big dummy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 12, 2021 04:44 AM (EZebt)

25 Don't worry Skip, I won't tell the Lovely Angels you missed their latest session! But don't except any cover if you keep missing their awesome lesson plan in absurd sexy time in space as Professor Kei is one tough taskmaster, I hear ;-)

Posted by: Lazzari Scooter at May 12, 2021 04:46 AM (YvEh8)

26 More American Thinker: https://tinyurl.com/596vznrk

Posted by: Pikov Andropov at May 12, 2021 04:48 AM (rt0xh)

27 Remember when Intel fanbois mocked piledriver's tdp?.....300w tdp....you can bake pizzas

Posted by: Sven at May 12, 2021 04:56 AM (Lzpvj)

28 19 I can't say I ever thought if adding Cutie Honey to my anime playlist. Anything with such a buttload of episodes, especially from that period of time, just oozes with pointlessness (granted I did buy almost the entire Dirty Pair universe when it was on sale for really cheap last year)

Posted by: Rbastid

I'd really only recommend the 90s OVA series. The original 70s TV series is dated, and the later revisits haven't recaptured the magic.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 12, 2021 04:57 AM (MqQvv)

29 Biden voters 'know' any gas shortage is OrangeManBad's fault

Uncle Joe will fix it!

Posted by: DB- just DB at May 12, 2021 04:59 AM (iTXRQ)

30 Just got back from the gas station about a half hour ago. It was packed but all pumps were working. Gas was 65 cents/gallon more than I paid on Sunday.

Posted by: Moonbeam at May 12, 2021 04:59 AM (qe5CM)

31 Nani!! Rbastid, um, did I hear you right? You didn't like Nadia: Secret of the Blue Water?!?! I'm stunned to hear such anime heresy but I'm willing to give the accuse the floor to defend himself....

The awesome intro and credit theme music by Miho Morikawa, great action, awesome villain Neo Atlantans and freakin Captain Nemo is simply the boss. Let me guess, is it our annoying heroine, Nadia or have reach the infamous 12 episode stretch between 23-34? I can comply with those complaints but, I beg you please reconsider your opinion on that beloved Sadamoto-Anno show.

Posted by: Lazzari Scooter at May 12, 2021 05:01 AM (YvEh8)

32 I think it was Karl Schroeder's novel Permanence where a major character had extremely illegal brain implants that basically did nothing but block ads.

I should read that again. And Ventus as well.

**

Thank you for this. I've never read either.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Important article about what's coming at May 12, 2021 05:02 AM (XTk1T)

33 Pixy, to defend the honor of Sadamoto-Anno classic-Fushigi no Umi no Nadia- please post the awesome opening and ending credits song for tomorrow night.

If you want, or I'll just be happy hearing another Korone video would be fine, too.

Posted by: Lazzari Scooter at May 12, 2021 05:04 AM (YvEh8)

34 " Sympathy.

Just... Not very much."

I hear ya, Pixy ... egg-zackley where I am on a lot of things these days.
which, let it be said, is better than my other common position, which is "LOL, getting what you voted for, good and hard".

G'mornin' everyone !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 12, 2021 05:05 AM (ErSvT)

35 4k computer monitor + Raspberry Pi 4 running Kodi = Instant Smart TV

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 12, 2021 05:05 AM (EGyGV)

36 31 Nani!! Rbastid, um, did I hear you right? You didn't like Nadia: Secret of the Blue Water?!?!

Two words: Island arc.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 12, 2021 05:08 AM (MqQvv)

37 35 4k computer monitor + Raspberry Pi 4 running Kodi = Instant Smart TV

It's the way to go if you don't want to pay for your own Telescreen.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 12, 2021 05:09 AM (MqQvv)

38 Also, Pixy... being fellow Cutie Honey fans- which series is your favorite? The Original? OVAs ? F? Shin?

Personally, I will always have a soft spot for the original just because of how amazing it still is despite its age and how I get pissed that I was stuck watching Speed Racer as a kid and some lucky kids got Cutie re-runs instead.

btw...I still love Mach GO GO, too. Just not as much as Cutie...and who would disagree with that notion.

Posted by: Lazzari Scooter at May 12, 2021 05:10 AM (YvEh8)

39 And another let it be said; I am enjoying the Morning Anime segment even though I know little or nothing of it ... always liked anime, just never had the spare time.
Interesting to get a view of the high points curated by experts.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 12, 2021 05:12 AM (ErSvT)

40 Pixy, I hear ya- the 12 episode stretch definitely hurt the series but you can't neglect how it nicely rebounded to close the series with those last five episodes being perfectly fine.

Plus, from episode 4 to episode 22, Captain Nemo and the Nautilus crew carry that show into a legendary status that I still think compensates for its glaring losing stretch.

Also, don't forget show creatorAnno has openly disregarded those episodes as non-canon and anyone watching can freely skip those 12 episodes if they choose to avoid unnecessary reset.

Posted by: Lazzari Scooter at May 12, 2021 05:15 AM (YvEh8)

41 Rioters in Lod last night chanting "Black lives matter!"

Pipeline hit by rocket in Ashkelon.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 12, 2021 05:16 AM (EZebt)

42 37 Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 12, 2021 05:09 AM (MqQvv)

Much zippier as well, although me being me I'd make a bigger sized beer can APU so I could do light gaming and steam as well.

Posted by: sven at May 12, 2021 05:16 AM (Lzpvj)

43 41 Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 12, 2021 05:16 AM (EZebt)

In a sane world American unity meant infrastructural advantages were cheaper and more permanent....

I miss a sane world.

Posted by: sven at May 12, 2021 05:17 AM (Lzpvj)

44 39 Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 12, 2021 05:12 AM (ErSvT)

Almost as tragic are the animes that were cool and died stillborn with one or two episodes like say "Riding bean."

Posted by: sven at May 12, 2021 05:18 AM (Lzpvj)

45
4k computer monitor + Raspberry Pi 4 running Kodi = Instant Smart TV

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 12, 2021 05:05 AM

fistbump

I ran that same rig for years

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 12, 2021 05:19 AM (DUIap)

46 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 12, 2021 05:19 AM (u82oZ)

47 Somehow, requiring owners power cycle a 787 seems, well, crazy bad.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 12, 2021 05:24 AM (f6JSa)

48 G'morning, all.

Salty!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at May 12, 2021 05:24 AM (S7VTO)

49 "Somehow, requiring owners power cycle a 787 seems, well, crazy bad."

Makes sense to us.

Posted by: Cable and internet tech support everywhere at May 12, 2021 05:26 AM (S7VTO)

50 Buen dia morons!

Events seem to be accelerating.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 12, 2021 05:26 AM (EZebt)

51 >>> there are brief moments of partial nudity right in the opening credits

Someone knows how to bait clicks.

Posted by: fluffy at May 12, 2021 05:26 AM (UnQlg)

52 Cutie Honey is like Lupin III, a franchise that will remain a fan favorite.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 12, 2021 05:26 AM (4dSfq)

53 Yay! Cutey Honey! Thank you again!

Posted by: acethepug at May 12, 2021 05:27 AM (qPKAe)

54 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

3 days to go before end of school with students. Then one more day to finish up paperwork / stuff.

Went the school year without a mask. No COVID-19 Wuhan that I know of.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 12, 2021 05:27 AM (u82oZ)

55 But Airbus sounds worse, requiring a complete shut down on the A350 every 149 hours (recently fixed, they say).

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 12, 2021 05:27 AM (f6JSa)

56 Hot Coffee...sitting in a Donut Shop Skip!!!

Posted by: Qmark at May 12, 2021 05:28 AM (bPRSs)

57 "Somehow, requiring owners power cycle a 787 seems, well, crazy bad."

Makes sense to us.
Posted by: Cable and internet tech support everywhere

They can just glide for the 10 seconds, can't they?

Posted by: Bruce at May 12, 2021 05:28 AM (vd8XM)

58 Anna Puma

Good morning.

Going to send you an email. No worries.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 12, 2021 05:28 AM (u82oZ)

59 Boker Fuckin Tov

I stand with Israel

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 12, 2021 05:28 AM (3dMBM)

60 "Went the school year without a mask."

Damn....good on ya.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at May 12, 2021 05:29 AM (S7VTO)

61 Then there is Kekko Kamen which is manga, anime, and here live action. NSFW barely covers it much like our heroine's costume...

https://youtu.be/-o9JF7Wf8Rg

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 12, 2021 05:29 AM (4dSfq)

62 FYI, I filled up in Arlington VA this AM...NO lines. I was the only car there.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 12, 2021 05:29 AM (3dMBM)

63 "NO lines. I was the only car there."

Of course you were.

Everyone else is dead.

Of Covid.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at May 12, 2021 05:31 AM (S7VTO)

64 Riding Bean spawned a semi prequel there Sven - Gunsmith Cats

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 12, 2021 05:31 AM (4dSfq)

65 62 Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 12, 2021 05:29 AM (3dMBM)

The District 1 suburbs are a a good place to be....

that said the media can generate whatever they want, for the most part our systems are resilient....

donkey wants to "fix that" and will eventually there is a lot of ruin in a nation.

Posted by: sven at May 12, 2021 05:32 AM (Lzpvj)

66 64 Posted by: Anna Puma at May 12, 2021 05:31 AM (4dSfq)

Yeah, but I rather enjoyed him headbutting a car.

Posted by: sven at May 12, 2021 05:32 AM (Lzpvj)

67 Ah, Lupin III a franchise closest to my heart, Anna, as I spent many a late night on Toonami watching that rascal in red steal any loot fooling the hilarious Zanigata while losing his cool with everyone's one-time waifu, Fujiko Mine. Nothing beats Part II for me but I'll admit the recent Part 5 is probably better. Castle of Cagliostro remains the pinnacle feature and being directed by the GOAT: Hayao Miyazaki it comes to no surprise.

Posted by: Lazzari Scooter at May 12, 2021 05:32 AM (YvEh8)

68 "NO lines. I was the only car there."

Of course you were.

Everyone else is dead.

Of Covid.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at May 12, 2021 05:31 AM (S7VTO)

Good more food and grog for me

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 12, 2021 05:33 AM (3dMBM)

69 Had a scare the past few days. My wife, who has had both shots of the "vaccine" in March, started having breathing problems which she has not had for about 5 years, to the point of needing to use her inhaler. It is Oak season and the trees are indeed pollinating everything right now, but she has not had the problem for 5 years.

Yesterday we were at breakfast and she started feeling weak, and her vision was blurry. We got home and the chills set in. She was very tired. By 6 PM she felt better and slept soundly.

A reaction to "the jab"? Or something else...?

Posted by: Bruce at May 12, 2021 05:34 AM (vd8XM)

70 This is my favorite part of the day:

Alone at HQ. Not a soul around
Sipping my Coffee
Speaking with you good people

Soon people will start coming in and ruining my paradise

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 12, 2021 05:34 AM (3dMBM)

71 Car manufacturers have gone way past adding features I don't want. Now, they seem to be adding stuff I will actively avoid buying.

I'm embarrassed to say my car is 17 years old. It collects some data in onboard storage but reports nothing back to Germany during operation. It certainly doesn't scan passing billboards and shove images in my face. My wife's car is only 2 years old, and she likes buying new ones, so she can deal with all this crap.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 12, 2021 05:34 AM (f6JSa)

72 Chotto Matte... Riding Bean shares continuity with one of my fave limited series, Gunsmith Cats?!? Gotta check it out thanks to the lovely Anna Puma as always for the info and sven for the initial recommendation.

Posted by: Lazzari Scooter at May 12, 2021 05:35 AM (YvEh8)

73 "NO lines. I was the only car there."

Of course you were.

Everyone else is dead.

Of Covid.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

See the blancmange episode of Monty Python

Posted by: Bruce at May 12, 2021 05:35 AM (vd8XM)

74 The International Criminal Court is concerned about escalating violence in the Middle East and the possibility that war crimes are being committed there, its prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said Wednesday.

fuck you

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 12, 2021 05:36 AM (3dMBM)

75 I'm embarrassed to say my car is 17 years old. It collects some data in onboard storage but reports nothing back to Germany during operation. It certainly doesn't scan passing billboards and shove images in my face. My wife's car is only 2 years old, and she likes buying new ones, so she can deal with all this crap.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

I recently bought a new Traverse. OnStar wants me to sign up for their snooping in all the worse ways.

Posted by: Bruce at May 12, 2021 05:38 AM (vd8XM)

76 "fuck you"

Or go with the original Amish...

Friend, please be kind enough to fornicate thine self.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at May 12, 2021 05:40 AM (S7VTO)

77 Nevergiveup

Good morning, Sir.

The good news is you are not ferried around the battlegroup in a helicopter built when you were in grade school. Especially not the "Rainbow Warriors" crewed one.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 12, 2021 05:40 AM (u82oZ)

78 "OnStar wants me to sign up for their snooping in all the worse ways."

I believe that the ability to snoop and transmit data is already there.
You sign up to allow YOU to use the ability.

The OnStar is already sending data.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at May 12, 2021 05:41 AM (S7VTO)

79 The OnStar is already sending data.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

I know. They then want you to pay extra for more snooping.

Posted by: Bruce at May 12, 2021 05:43 AM (vd8XM)

80 Men Without Hats / Safety Dance (Remastered HD)

https://youtu.be/JnA6Q-CPL3E

Dance

Posted by: sven at May 12, 2021 05:43 AM (Lzpvj)

81 Time for those work preps.

We are one human race, divided by single-nucleotide polymorphisms and culture. Mostly culture.

However, Hamas is at the bottom, as well as the enabling barriers to human progress that support Hamas.

Israeli patents as a gift to Humanity >>100,000. Hamas = zero.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 12, 2021 05:44 AM (u82oZ)

82 The good news is you are not ferried around the battlegroup in a helicopter built when you were in grade school. Especially not the "Rainbow Warriors" crewed one.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 12, 2021 05:40 AM (u82oZ)

LOL, Yeah and at this point I am usually in the rear with the gear

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 12, 2021 05:44 AM (3dMBM)

83 70 This is my favorite part of the day:

Alone at HQ. Not a soul around
Sipping my Coffee
Speaking with you good people

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 12, 2021 05:34 AM (3dMBM)

Nice.

Posted by: m at May 12, 2021 05:45 AM (fVJPF)

84 82 Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 12, 2021 05:44 AM (3dMBM)

better than the pilot gunning for your rear...

I am old enough to remember when frat was a bad thing.

Posted by: sven at May 12, 2021 05:46 AM (Lzpvj)

85 The thing I like the most about new cars is the "climate control" system.

Hit 4 different buttons on the TV screen plus take your eyes off the road to do it instead of a 3 position switch for the fan. A slider for cold to hot temp setting, and another slider that would notch into defrost, heat, vents that you could find in the dark.

Posted by: Bruce at May 12, 2021 05:46 AM (vd8XM)

86 69 Had a scare the past few days. My wife, who has had both shots of the "vaccine" in March, started having breathing problems which she has not had for about 5 years, to the point of needing to use her inhaler. It is Oak season and the trees are indeed pollinating everything right now, but she has not had the problem for 5 years.

Yesterday we were at breakfast and she started feeling weak, and her vision was blurry. We got home and the chills set in. She was very tired. By 6 PM she felt better and slept soundly.

A reaction to "the jab"? Or something else...?
Posted by: Bruce at May 12, 2021 05:34 AM (vd8XM)

Yikes, Bruce. Prayers up.

Posted by: m at May 12, 2021 05:47 AM (fVJPF)

87
E.L.O (Electric Light Orchestra) - Don't Bring Me Down

https://youtu.be/YsMtoZBM3Rw

The young ladies in the sailor outfits are a lot cuter than the Rainbow Airlines guys...

Posted by: sven at May 12, 2021 05:47 AM (Lzpvj)

88 Be safe, Salty!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at May 12, 2021 05:47 AM (S7VTO)

89 Yikes, Bruce. Prayers up.
Posted by: m

Thanks. She sleeping now. I'll check on her in a couple hours.

Posted by: Bruce at May 12, 2021 05:48 AM (vd8XM)

90 Went the school year without a mask. No COVID-19 Wuhan that I know of.

****

I'm fairly certain this is impossible. You've probably caught it at least seven times by now.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Important article about what's coming at May 12, 2021 05:48 AM (wCgji)

91 1 dead, 2 injured after Hamas fires missile at border town
Hamas terrorists fire anti-tank from Gaza at Israeli border town, killing 1, injuring 2. 35 Gazans killed in retaliatory strikes thus far.

Only 35?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 12, 2021 05:48 AM (3dMBM)

92 1 dead, 2 injured after Hamas fires missile at border town
Hamas terrorists fire anti-tank from Gaza at Israeli border town, killing 1, injuring 2. 35 Gazans killed in retaliatory strikes thus far.

Only 35?
Posted by: Nevergiveup

It's only fair if twice as many Israeli's are killed/injured as Gazians.

Posted by: Bruce at May 12, 2021 05:50 AM (vd8XM)

93 >>>Chris Cuomo and Don Lemon to Co-Host New CNN Podcast (Exclusive)
The duo will debut 'The Handoff,' a new weekly podcast based on their on-air banter.

https://tinyurl.com/4e8r5mpf

Let the jokes begin.

Posted by: m at May 12, 2021 05:50 AM (fVJPF)

94 Electric Light Orchestra - Rock 'N' Roll Is King

https://youtu.be/QcGLRyBhE7M

Posted by: sven at May 12, 2021 05:51 AM (Lzpvj)

95 Where is "The Bulldozer" when you really need him!

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 12, 2021 05:51 AM (3dMBM)

96 Journalists are shocked to find out that someone other than them is using propaganda. (AP)

Unfortunately with the derp state keeping these tools in place, confirming the scale of their witlessness is the sole satisfaction we can get out of this. File under "you might have your boot on my neck but you're still as dumb as a bowl of fuck".

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at May 12, 2021 05:51 AM (y7DUB)

97 I despise the trend towards smooth screens for everything. It's amazing how useful simple knobs and buttons with tactic information are. They provide your brain with perfect references and input abilities without any need to take your eyes off the task at hand (driving).

But they don't have pretty colors and flashing lights for the salesman to show off before the already distracted user has to f&ck with them while driving for the next 3-7 years.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Important article about what's coming at May 12, 2021 05:52 AM (wCgji)

98 "The duo will debut 'The Handoff,' a new weekly podcast based on their on-air banter. "

So...kinda like Saturday Night Live, without the video part?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at May 12, 2021 05:52 AM (S7VTO)

99 All righty. Breakfast time and then get the car over for a wax on, wax off at the local detail shop. I used to like to do the wax myself, by the arthritis in my hands make it a painful thing now.

Posted by: Bruce at May 12, 2021 05:53 AM (vd8XM)

100 A prayer of complete and speedy healing for Mrs. Bruce

NGU your morning greeting is always bracing especially this morning

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 12, 2021 05:53 AM (EZebt)

101 Thank you San Franpsycho!!

Posted by: Bruce at May 12, 2021 05:53 AM (vd8XM)

102 It's close enough to summer that LeMon and Cuomo can record their podcast in East Hampton. How convenient for them. These broadcast people must be very well paid indeed.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 12, 2021 05:54 AM (f6JSa)

103 Oh jeez. Hang dai, Bruce.

Bacon might help.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Important article about what's coming at May 12, 2021 05:54 AM (wCgji)

104 red-alert map, Israel:

https://twitter.com/NoahPollak/status/1392185272704458752

Posted by: m at May 12, 2021 05:55 AM (fVJPF)

105 Israeli patents as a gift to Humanity >>100,000. Hamas = zero.
_________

That's what happens to people who decide that their raison d'etre is hatred of others.

The Palis spend all their time and energy trying to destroy, not create.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at May 12, 2021 05:55 AM (k4dH2)

106 Vaccines don't cause infertility cuz science AND we say so! Squaaak!

Posted by: Propaganda Parrot at May 12, 2021 05:56 AM (/6GbT)

107 Not an ELO fan, even a little.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 12, 2021 05:57 AM (f6JSa)

108 110 Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 12, 2021 05:57 AM (f6JSa)

It grew on me, like sebaceous cysts, cancer, and inflation....

Posted by: sven at May 12, 2021 05:58 AM (Lzpvj)

109 *Sniff*

*Sniff.....sniff*

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at May 12, 2021 05:58 AM (S7VTO)

110 VOLKSWAGENS RULE!!!

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Important article about what's coming at May 12, 2021 05:58 AM (wCgji)

111 @NoahPollak is a good round-up source for Israel/Hamas

Posted by: m at May 12, 2021 05:59 AM (fVJPF)

112 Good morning! Gonna be a sunshiny day here and if I'm lucky, I'll take delivery of the new scooter later today.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 12, 2021 06:00 AM (AL0d+)

113 108 Posted by: Bink at May 12, 2021 05:56 AM (zZ1wQ)

I get my 2d on the 21st, my luck being what it is I will either drop dead or have no side effects.

Considering the "worstest virus evah evah!" is 99.97% survivable by doing "nothing" playing a round of great odds "Fuaci Roulette" in order to ransom economic normalcy is a bearable though immoral price.

Posted by: sven at May 12, 2021 06:00 AM (Lzpvj)

114 It would be a real shame if Tlaib and Omar decided to visit their peeps (the rock throwers) on the front lines, and the IDF had a Gee, we're sorry moment. A shame in that we couldn't watch it, over and over, and laugh and laugh.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin at May 12, 2021 06:00 AM (I58tH)

115 Hamas is funded and armed by Iran, who in turn is funded by the Biden junta. America has moved past antisemitism to actively killing Jews. And, yet, Israeli-supporting voters can still somehow rationalize voting for the fascists. Very interesting.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 12, 2021 06:00 AM (f6JSa)

116 (zZ1wQ)

Don't feed the troll.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Important article about what's coming at May 12, 2021 06:02 AM (wCgji)

117 @NoahPollack is not a fan of AOC

Posted by: m at May 12, 2021 06:02 AM (fVJPF)

118 mornin' y'all

Posted by: Big V Caffeinated at May 12, 2021 06:02 AM (6Pqz7)

119 118 Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 12, 2021 06:00 AM (f6JSa)

You have to be really smart to pay for your own demise.

//Zhou Bai-Dan

Posted by: sven at May 12, 2021 06:03 AM (Lzpvj)

120 "Don't feed the troll."

Wait... ~~Lick~~ Bink is a troll?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at May 12, 2021 06:03 AM (S7VTO)

121 Hamas is funded and armed by Iran, who in turn is funded by the Biden junta. America has moved past antisemitism to actively killing Jews. And, yet, Israeli-supporting voters can still somehow rationalize voting for the fascists. Very interesting.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 12, 2021 06:00 AM (f6JSa)

Every tribe exists under a bell curve.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at May 12, 2021 06:03 AM (y7DUB)

122 It grew on me, like sebaceous cysts, cancer, and inflation....

Posted by: sven at May 12, 2021 05:58 AM (Lzpvj)

================
heh. Lipomas. Let's not forget those bad boys.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 12, 2021 06:04 AM (f6JSa)

123 It grew on me, like sebaceous cysts, cancer, and inflation....

***

Infected you like the flu.

Wait, we cured that this year. Nevermind.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Important article about what's coming at May 12, 2021 06:05 AM (wCgji)

124 Not an ELO fan, even a little.

Found myself liking them more as I got older.

Posted by: Like A Rock at May 12, 2021 06:06 AM (9ls8w)

125 I heard from the family of an old, dear friend that they couldn't buy gas yesterday. Second person I know of that told me that. Complete shock to me because they could buy it a week ago.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Important article about what's coming at May 12, 2021 06:07 AM (wCgji)

126 127 You're forgetting teratomas. Get a few of those bad boys growing, teach them to sing numbers from Jersey Boys, and you would sell out in Vegas.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin at May 12, 2021 06:08 AM (I58tH)

127 Maybe the gas shortage thing is just an east coast anomaly. Doesn't appear to have manifested itself here. yet.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 12, 2021 06:10 AM (AL0d+)

128 So we ar sitting here in Virginia Beach, eyeing a departure for Charleston NEXT Saturday.

A single full tank will take us home, with 25 miles of gas left.

Let us hope that this resolves before that, as it would be cutting it pretty close.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at May 12, 2021 06:10 AM (S7VTO)

129 No perceived gas shortage in NE Ohio.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at May 12, 2021 06:11 AM (y7DUB)

130 I found a tootsie roll in my pants!

Posted by: Dink at May 12, 2021 06:12 AM (Tnijr)

131 Watching Jen Psucki pretend nothing is wrong in gas distribution is pretty funny until you realize the pissant press is taking their marching orders from her, and also pretending nothing is happening. It's kind of incredible how complete the smothering effect is become.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 12, 2021 06:12 AM (f6JSa)

132 Maybe the gas shortage thing is just an east coast anomaly. Doesn't appear to have manifested itself here. yet.

*

It is. That pipeline supplies 45% of transportation fuels for the easy coast iirc.

But you'll probably feel the effects soon. Supply lines are going to be affected, and there will probably be efforts to redirect trucks to the east.

Biden gas lines, and it only took four months.

Posted by: Moron Robbie is a bridge at May 12, 2021 06:13 AM (WQrYW)

133 So we ar sitting here in Virginia Beach, eyeing a departure for Charleston NEXT Saturday.

A single full tank will take us home, with 25 miles of gas left.

Let us hope that this resolves before that, as it would be cutting it pretty close.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at May 12, 2021 06:10 AM (S7VTO)

I filled up this morning in Arlington VA. So by tomorrow I will be at around 370 miles. And it is about 250 miles back home to NJ so I am set. After that we will have to see

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 12, 2021 06:14 AM (3dMBM)

134 You're forgetting teratomas.
=====================
this is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: Alexandria Ocasio Cortez at May 12, 2021 06:15 AM (f6JSa)

135 re: Ford and sign reading

We got a 2021 Bronco Sport mid-March. Instrument cluster has only 2 physical dial instruments: speedo and tach. Rest of info is digital. Bar indicators for fuel and engine coolant temp. Most other stuff is configurable.

Vehicle has a forward-looking cam on the windshield in front of the rear view mirror. It does rain sensing, oncoming headlight sensing, and road sigh reading.

Instrument cluster includes a display of the current speed limit. I *think* it's what's in the GPS map is the base and the sign is an override. Yellow caution speed limit signs seem to turn off the display until a regular seed limit sign is passed. I am assuming this is to cue the driver to pay attention to local conditions more closely.

Reading ad signs could be helpful if they were translated to things like "miles to next fuel" or " miles to next food".

Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at May 12, 2021 06:15 AM (8C7+r)

136 "Supply lines are going to be affected, and there will probably be efforts to redirect trucks to the east. "

Except for Rt 40 going over the Mississippi at Memphis.

Shut down both ways for a discovered crack in the bridge.

And no river shipping either, as river traffic is blocked from going under the bridge.

All we need is a few railroad crossings over the Mississippi to fail, and we are in deep shit.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at May 12, 2021 06:16 AM (S7VTO)

137 VIA, that 25 mile hedge is pretty scary. Strong winds could eat that up pretty quick, or construction delays.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin at May 12, 2021 06:16 AM (I58tH)

138 This is about punishing all you Neanderthals who insist on driving gas powered individual transport units. Raycists!

Posted by: Blinky at May 12, 2021 06:17 AM (EZebt)

139 "VIA, that 25 mile hedge is pretty scary. "

Yeh, that is why I hope the situation improves before departure.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at May 12, 2021 06:17 AM (S7VTO)

140 I think the Internet of Things was an excellent idea, I can see no way it could ever be abused and I'm excited to be a part of it.

Also, if you do all your computing and leave the data on the cloud it is super secret secured and no one could ever hack it. What could possibly go wrong?

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at May 12, 2021 06:18 AM (CcOog)

141 Reading the text message negotiations between ransomware Babuk group and the Washington DC police is amazing. Extorting money from the DC cops is ballsy, I'll give you that.

Posted by: Alexandria Ocasio Cortez at May 12, 2021 06:18 AM (f6JSa)

142 Biden gas lines, and it only took four months.
Posted by: Moron Robbie is a bridge at May 12, 2021 06:13 AM (WQrYW)

Voting for Puddin was like in the movie 2001 when the apes find the monolith and after being exposed to it they start eating their own shit.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at May 12, 2021 06:18 AM (y7DUB)

143 All we need is a few railroad crossings over the Mississippi to fail, and we are in deep shit.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at May 12, 2021 06:16 AM (S7VTO)

That would bigly bad.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 12, 2021 06:21 AM (wKbHL)

144 We will be waiting on lines for soup pretty soon.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 12, 2021 06:22 AM (EZebt)

145 Nooooooood!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 12, 2021 06:22 AM (T7iTv)

146 Le NOOD

It be here

And shit!!!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at May 12, 2021 06:22 AM (S7VTO)

147 I fear, going forward and for a variety of reasons, gas shortages will soon be common place and the price will continue to climb, if not skyrocket

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 12, 2021 06:23 AM (3dMBM)

148 "VOLKSWAGENS RULE!!!"

Volkswagen is a German word meaning "I want to be a douchebag in a German car but I can't afford a BMW."

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at May 12, 2021 06:23 AM (CcOog)

149 Karl Schroeder's Permanence had some interesting concepts, like the aggressive enforcement of IP rights on everything and little floating nano-tags that were used to mark all property.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Iron Fist in Velvet Glove in Iron Gauntlet Clutching an Iron Mace at May 12, 2021 06:23 AM (Dc2NZ)

150 Nood

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 12, 2021 06:23 AM (EZebt)

151 135 and road sigh reading.

Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at May 12, 2021 06:15 AM (8C7+r)

I like this typo a lot.

Posted by: m at May 12, 2021 07:31 AM (nzEdf)

152 Posted by: Alexandria Ocasio Cortez at May 12, 2021 06:18 AM (f6JSa)

Sock fail!
San Franpsycho at May 12, 2021 06:22 AM (EZebt)

Posted by: m at May 12, 2021 07:38 AM (nzEdf)

153 um

Huck Follywood at May 12, 2021 05:24 AM (f6JSa)

Posted by: m at May 12, 2021 07:51 AM (nzEdf)

154 31�Nani!! Rbastid, um, did I hear you right? You didn't like Nadia: Secret of the Blue Water?!?! I'm stunned to hear such anime heresy but I'm willing to give the accuse the floor to defend himself....

The awesome intro and credit theme music by Miho Morikawa, great action, awesome villain Neo Atlantans and freakin Captain Nemo is simply the boss. Let me guess, is it our annoying heroine, Nadia or have reach the infamous 12 episode stretch between 23-34? I can comply with those complaints but, I beg you please reconsider your opinion on that beloved Sadamoto-Anno show.

Posted by: Lazzari Scooter at May 12, 2021 05:01 AM (YvEh

Yeah a lot of it had to do with Nadia being probably the most awful character in the history of entertainment. Miyasaki finding a way to moronically shoehorn in his hate of America didn't help either. But those are only the first few of my gripes with a show that ended up being mostly pointless, even as it devolved into a bad slice of life series.

Posted by: Rbastid at May 12, 2021 12:45 PM (XwTyM)

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