Daily Tech News 29 December 2021

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Steam's Winter Sale is now on so I cleared out my wishlist and spent A$200 to buy a couple of dozen games and DLC on GOG.

Which seemed a lot to me because I've been spoiled by Humble Bundle where I get twelve games a month for twelve bucks a month. (And never play them.) But A$200 is maybe two full-priced games.

Anyway, Solasta: Crown of the Magister, that new D&D game I mentioned, and its DLC, Outer Worlds, which I was looking forward to but got exclusived by Epic who I loathe, The Witcher 3 which was finally cheap enough to just throw in the cart, Sunless Skies, the followup to Sunless Seas, the classic Metal Slug games, Xcom, Xcom 2, and all their DLC, and the really old Warlords series.

Which I'll likely get to play in approximately never.
Intel's upcoming 12700 non-K may be a little faster than AMD's 5800X. (WCCFTech)

And may use less power too, since it's rated at 65W compared to 105W for the AMD chip.

There are cheaper motherboards for Alder Lake on the way for early in the new year as well, making it all a more attractive proposition.

Tech News

We keep finding these bronze Roman dodecahedrons but nobody knows what they were used for. (Mental Floss)

Barbarians.
Log4j 2.17.1 is out now, fixing a fourth security flaw. (Bleeping Computer)

Because it's just been that kind of year.
Don't store your passwords in your browser. (Bleeping Computer)
Don't store your passwords in a password manager. (Bleeping Computer)

Not sure what options we're being left with here.
Retailers are giving up and saying "just keep the damn thing" for small value returns. (Axios)

This will have the minor side effect of increasing prices on everything for everyone.
13 battery gigafactories are under construction in the US to come online by 2025. (Electrek)

Those manufacturing jobs aren't coming back, they said.
CES is going to be held in a Slack channel at this rate. (Tom's Hardware)

And nothing of value was lost.

October

On October 1, I filed my seventh appeal with Twitter over my latest ban, not expecting or receiving a better response than the previous six attempts, Let's Encrypt's root certificate expired and caused outages all over the internet, Intel's new AI chip rated 10 milliHamsters, Corsair's Xeneon 32QHD165 covered 84% of Rec.2020 or about two feet seventeen inches in Imperial measures, how to bypass that TPM report, and QNAP had another RCE*.

* Remote code execution vulnerability, meaning someone else can run their code on your computer.
On October 2, the least worst state government leader in Australia - mine - got caught up in a corruption investigation and resigned, do not use SMS 2FA, the Acer FA100 was a pretty decent basic SSD, Backblaze data showed SSDs failing nearly as often as hard drives, Arm server CPUs offered pretty good performance for the price, Crypto trading platform Compound wasn't hacked, they were just dumb, the genius of Amazon is they make you pay for the telescreen, and where there's smoke there's a dead graphics card.
On October 3, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, IBM, Salesforce, Cisco, SAP, and Atlassian joined forces to establish Trusted Cloud Principles, which are apparently "fuck you, give me my money", Ruby was the latest bunch of idiots to dive headfirst into a code of conduct war, HP's Chromebook x2 looked nice without going to the bother of being nice, don't buy an Xbox Series S even though it's the only non-portable game console you can buy - hang on - sorry, that's not available either anymore, Sony undoomed the PlayStation 4, Apple put an RCE in the AirTag interface despite being told specifically that they had done that, and all about JIT compilers.
On October 4, M1X Macbooks might have been on their way - spoiler: they were, the chip shortage would continue until morale improved, why carmakers couldn't just switch to newer chips - spoiler: because people get upset when cars crash, ransomware gangs were getting ripped off by rival gangs offering discount decryption services, a reboot of Babylon 5, and against all odds the new premier of NSW was better than the previous one.
On October 5, all Facebook services went down for six hours which caused secondary problems for everyone from Pokemon to Verizon, really, really don't trust SMS-based 2FA, Windows 11 was here, Android 12 too, and a file containing the personal data of 1.5 billion users turned out to be fake.
On October 6, there was a file leak bug in the most common web server in the world because 2021, there would be no victims of crime if we simply made being a victim a crime in itself, Windows 11 was perfectly fine mostly, the Surface Pro 8 was also fine, the perfect answer for programming job interviews, how IBM lost the cloud, and WHAT ARE YOU IDIOTS DOING?
On October 7, the Democrats launched a pre-fab whistleblower in their ongoing fight with Facebook which they are too dumb to realise is their best friend in the world, Windows 11 was all about forcing you to upgrade your hardware, Linux almost kinda sorta ran on Arm-based Macs, I ordered that monitor I wanted (two of them in fact) and they shipped the same day, and a 4chan user called Twitch a disgusting toxic cesspool - and then leaked all their source code.
On October 8, my monitors arrived, the Ampere Altra Max server CPU hovered somewhere in the no mans land between amazing and meh, Samsung announced a 17nm process node - actually old reliable 28nm updated with FINFETs, TSMC to the Biden Administration: bite me, Google and Apple were facing antitrust investigations in Japan, a judge ruled that CDNs don't in themselves constitute contributory infringement, Intel passed over Britain for new fabs because continental Europe offered bigger bribes, stablecoins weren't very, and I discovered bamboo and pandas - in Minecraft.
On October 9, throwing politicians into volcanoes, where exactly was Tether's $69 billion, unexpected sanity from two left-wing Sydney institutions, hydrogen was still a terrible fuel, the .NET Foundation kerfuffle was updated to a brouhaha, Apache has released an emergency update for the incomplete fix in the emergency update for the bug they introduced introduced in the recent update - something that would become a theme as the year wrapped up, and I established Camp Pandaton - in Minecraft.
On October 10, we were sick of these mother-beeping outages on this mother-beeping server, Firefox sent every character you typed into the URL bar to its ad network, Vivaldi blocked Googles snoopy new API, Nvidia graphics cards could have done with more RAM except the 3060 and 3090 - and the A4000, and Step One of Fixing Windows 11 Club was Don't install Windows 11.
On October 11, Australian big tech industry association DiGi went went recursively Big Brother, NEC was building a half-petabit transatlantic fiber link just for Facebook, HP leaked specs of Intel's 12th generation and AMD's Ryzen 7000 CPUs, and we built a rail line from Camp Pandaton all the way home to Riverbend through the Nether.
On October 12, laptop Availability was improving here in Oz, which PCIe 4 SSD for your laptop, memory prices were predicted to fall, if your software stack is generally crap adding encryption in just one place wouldn't fix it, and under CDA Section 230 Wikipedia wasn't responsible for its idiot users.

On October 13, the Polygon blockchain raised its gas prices by factor of thirty overnight, improving things that should never have existed, Zen 4 would include PCIe 5 after all, and global hosting provider OVH announced routine network maintenance and then five minutes later every single one of their servers went offline because it's just been that kind of year.
On October 14, well don't do that then, Microsoft patched the problem that made Windows 11 run slow on AMD processors and made everything much worse because it's just been that kind of year, new Nvidia graphics cards were on their way unless they weren't, a 100MHz 6502, Southwest Airlines said it was lag, and Apple pushed back against the idea that people own the electronic devices they own.
On October 15, Ubuntu 21.10 was here, Belarus sent everyone to jail, Google Distributed Cloud ran the cloud on your own servers - which wasn't as dumb as it sounded, Apple had a looming announcement, and Crystal 1.2 was out.
On October 16, 7-Eleven Australia decided to build a biometric database of all their customers without actually informing anyone of this intent, PinePhone announced a new model that was basically adequate, there was an update for that patch for that AMD performance bug in Windows 11 but no-one ever explained what the bug was, time to bust some trusts, Apple fired the leader of the AppleToo movement, Tether paid a $41 million settlement to the CFTC over not actually being tethered, Valve banned the blockchain and there was much rejoicing, and putting guns on robot dogs because what could possibly go wrong.
On October 17, the last best Socket AM4 motherboard, the first worst Socket 1700 motherboards - maybe not actually worst but it rhymes, Alder Lake vs DRM, Canon got hit with a well-deserved class-action lawsuit, a look at the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 9, and fighting ransomware by making sure there is nothing worth ransoming.
On October 18, my new notebooks were pretty good, Microsoft was really pushy, and Windows doesn't tell you where your disk space has gone, JavaScript metastatised, does nobody write code anymore, and if you have a 9000 sq ft home you can probably afford an expensive WiFi router.
On October 19, Apple announced their new 14" and 16" MacBook Pro models complete with STUPID DISPLAY NOTCH, AMD's next-plus-one generation laptop chip would have sixteen cores, someone hijacked the REvil ransomware group's servers, and enabling Windows 11's "God mode".
On October 20, Apple's new M1 Pro and M1 Max were good but not nearly as groundbreaking as Apple claimed - for example, the 16" MacBook Pro with M1 Max was about 8% faster than my Dell on CPU tests and 30% slower on average on GPU tests - and twice the price, the Alienware x15 had four non-essential keys right where the Four Essential Keys should be, the QNAP NASbook, running Windows 11 on a 2006 Pentium 4, 15 more security vulnerabilities in Windows 11, Nim reached 1.6, a fairly standard setup for a 100GbE switch, Microsoft killed off UWP - ish, and China opened its VPN market to foreign investment in perhaps the single most disingenuous government policy announcement in the history of the Universe.
On October 21, next-gen Ryzen 6000 mobile chips were spotted - and possibly striped, TSMC scheduled 3nm for Q1 2023, Microsoft rolled out support for Android apps to Windows 11 beta testers, Windows 10 meanwhile designated Deluge as a PUP, I picked up the full version of Corel Painter (formerly Fractal Design) at 90% off, the US Senate gave NASA $100 million and told it to run a multi-billion dollar program, and thinking about 8TB laptop SSDs.
On October 22, remaking Love Canal in Chernobyl, kneel before Qod, Affinity Photo was also mentioned, and Microsoft finally rolled out the actual fix for that AMD performance bug and still refused to say what the bug was.
On October 23, all these programming language are yours except Node.js - attempt no coding there, the M1 Max was closer to a 3050 than a 3080, Intel's graphics cards were scheduled for Q1, the ASRock X570S Riptide had six PCIe slots, a security researcher did not steal $600 million from the Polygon blockchain and was rewarded $2 million for it, DDR5 RAM was expected to be 60% more expensive than DDR4 which turned out to be hopelessly optimistic, working in tech kind of sucked - partly because of the people complaining that working in tech kind of sucked, and Safari was the new Internet Explorer, ruining the web for everyone else.
On October 24, Intel's upcoming 12900HK laptop part was faster than the M1 Max on both single and multi-threaded benchmarks, all of Dell's new laptop models removed the Four Essential Keys where their predecessors had them, fucking magnets how do they work asked YouTube, Microsoft removed .NET hot reload support for CLI developers and then immediately put it back again, we survived YANA - Yet Another Node.js Apocalypse - and all we got was these rather nice screen-printed 100% cotton t-shirts, an Egyptian art robot was arrested by border security, and the Democrats rolled out another prefab Facebook "whistleblower".

Fan-made closing credits for Hololive EN Season 1.
On October 25, Dell had service manuals, inside Google and Facebook's secret and possibly illegal back-room deals, Prince of Persia was ported to the Atari XL, and AMD's Zen 3D chips entered production.
On October 26, a deep dive into Apple's M1 Pro and M1 Max, a deep dive into MacOS 12 (avoid), Node.js was being Node.js, and a close look at the Asus Pro WS WRX80E-SAGE SE WiFi which seems to no longer be available.
On October 27, Hell Week of the Eternal October commenced, AMD reported another record quarter with revenue up 137% over Q3 2020, a new Penric and Desdemona story from Lois McMaster Bujold, we were shocked, shocked, to see Ethereum 2.0 delayed, again, and Microsoft force-installed the Windows 11 upgrade checker n Windows 10 that it could tell you that you couldn't upgrade.
On October 28, Hell Week escalated, like, a lot, Intel's Alder Lake was inbound, the best cheap tablets of 2021 all sucked, and Protonmail was not a telco.
On October 29, the blockchain was a database server with a thousand-dollar-a-day crack habit, THAT STUPID DISPLAY NOTCH, AMD's Zen 5 server chips could go as high as 256 cores, MANGA was the new FAANG, and everybody made a shit ton of money. Including me, finally, because this is when my second raise of the year kicked in.
On October 30, Sananana returned to us, unexpected sanity (though it was later revoked, at least I got to sleep at night for a while), get your RTX 3080 in the cloud where it's completely useless, AMD's next generation GPU taped out, OpenWorm was an open worm (possibly Yatagarasu), and Samsung was tripling its fab capacity.
And on October 31, two down, two to go in Hell Week, key takeaways from the Facebook Papers - spoiler: you're a Nazi, new features in Python 3.10, the 11 worst features of Windows 11, and Fuck Razer.

Party Like It's 2012 Video of the Day

Party Like It's 1979 Vide of the Day

Disclaimer: Did we get it?

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 Not sure what options we're being left with here.
Posted by: Pixy Misa

Tattoo your passwords on the inside of your eyelids.

Then send your tattoo artist to Antarctica.

Posted by: mikeski at December 29, 2021 04:13 AM (P1f+c)

2 Been up since 2:30

Posted by: Skip at December 29, 2021 04:16 AM (2JoB8)

3 Snowed here yesterday.

Mornin', all

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 29, 2021 04:21 AM (1R0vU)

4 Dodecahedron object is fascinating

Posted by: Skip at December 29, 2021 04:22 AM (2JoB8)

5 Snow is the last thing I want to see

Posted by: Skip at December 29, 2021 04:23 AM (2JoB8)

6 re password storage - Not sure what options we're being left with here.

seppuku. No dying like like my uncle, who passed peacefully in his sleep, as opposed to his car passengers, who all died screaming...

I store my non critical pws in the browser; bank-like pws are a level tougher and are only committed to a notebook. Even there, I use codes.

Posted by: GnuBreed at December 29, 2021 04:24 AM (F0YaR)

7 10/2 Backblaze data showed SSDs failing nearly as often as hard drives...

MTBF is still a thing? Fuckity. *buys moar backups*

Posted by: GnuBreed at December 29, 2021 04:27 AM (F0YaR)

8 ...the genius of Amazon is they make you pay for the telescreen...

(still on 10/2) -- Nah, figuring out how to be the world's largest fence without worry of arrest is the true genius move. The rest is just icing.

Posted by: GnuBreed at December 29, 2021 04:30 AM (F0YaR)

9 Kaspersky Anti-Virus has a password storage program that works well. I figure that's about as secure as you can get if you're determined to use one. About half of my passwords are in there. It does make logging in easy.

Prior to that I created a list of passwords, printed it out without saving it and then erased it. That list is four pages long and covered in cat prints, coffee rings and scribbles.

There HAS to be a better way.

Posted by: creeper at December 29, 2021 04:36 AM (cTCuP)

10 Up until a few years ago I would go wild when Gamestop had their buy 2 get 1 sale on used games. I'd pick up a bunch of ones that looked like they were in good condition, and that i wanted to play but refused to pay $60 bucks for. I've maybe played like 3 of them. I feel like if I'm going to play something again it'll be GTA or Skyrim (I'd really love to replay GTA3 Vice City, but they look so bad on new TVs)

In my instagram feed the other day popped up pictures from a retro computer page. It was of a mid 90s Compaq, which looked like my first computer. Made me think of how getting something like a new CD Rom, or god willing a writable cd drive, was something magical. Even when i got my new MacBook Pro i didn't have that feeling like when I'd get the smallest thing for those computers. I can't think of anything in the last decade or so that I think I'd be nostalgic about in the future, well probably except living in a free society, but nothing fun.

Posted by: Rbastid at December 29, 2021 04:38 AM (a2IXX)

11 It'll be funny, when in our afterlife we run into a Roman ruler and ask, "So what were those bronze dodecahedrons everyone was searching for an answer for?" And it turns out they were just some gate topper or other gaudy decoration.

Posted by: Rbastid at December 29, 2021 04:45 AM (a2IXX)

12 Dr. Hook got it wrong. It's, "Walk right in, SET right down." Sheesh!

Posted by: creeper at December 29, 2021 04:45 AM (cTCuP)

13 I try to write passwords in a book, issue is more when I am sure they are right but site says there wrong.

Posted by: Skip at December 29, 2021 04:45 AM (2JoB8)

14 9 Kaspersky Anti-Virus has a password storage program that works well. I figure that's about as secure as you can get if you're determined to use one. About half of my passwords are in there. It does make logging in easy.

Russians. Russian owned. Why'd it have to be Russians? I'd throw Putin at it, but rocks are mostly lighter.

Posted by: GnuBreed at December 29, 2021 04:47 AM (F0YaR)

15 Mostly it's my fingers hitting a wrong key when typing my passwords. The ones I really hate are when the site requires you to change it every so often.

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 29, 2021 04:56 AM (1R0vU)

16 Snow is the last thing I want to see
Posted by: Skip

I thought it was a chiropractor ?

Posted by: JT at December 29, 2021 04:56 AM (arJlL)

17 hiya

Posted by: JT at December 29, 2021 04:56 AM (arJlL)

18 Better head out early. Not sure if all the roads will have been cleared.

Make it a good day, all

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 29, 2021 04:57 AM (1R0vU)

19 Russians. Russian owned. Why'd it have to be Russians? I'd throw Putin at it, but rocks are mostly lighter.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 29, 2021 04:47 AM (F0YaR)

Yah, that slowed me down a bit at first. But Kaspersky came highly recommended by gamers, who seem to be deeply concerned about security. The Total Protection Suite even includes a VPN.

What the heck. I'll cast my lot with the Russians these days. At least they know how many genders there are.

Posted by: creeper at December 29, 2021 04:59 AM (cTCuP)

20 Safe travels, MLii.

Posted by: creeper at December 29, 2021 05:00 AM (cTCuP)

21 Hiya creeper !

Posted by: JT at December 29, 2021 05:00 AM (arJlL)

22 'Mornin', JT. Happy Hump Day.

Posted by: creeper at December 29, 2021 05:01 AM (cTCuP)

23 Mornin', all,

Woke up earlier than I expected and with a soreness in my left ankle. Dunno if I will be able to work out today. I'm sitting up with some coffee while Chekov the Ailing Codger Cat wanders slowly back and forth between the couch and the kitchen. He wants his breakfast. Compared to the listless way he was in mid-September, when I had to bring him canned Friskies on a plate to get him to eat, he's almost normal.

I'm doing some quick revisions on a short story preparatory to entering it in a paying contest, deadline Friday at midnight. I think I'll make it. Otherwise, it's warm, humid, and nasty. Might be a good day to visit my pipe shop out in the 'burbs, where you can sit and smoke like an old school gentlemen's club -- but if I do I'll end up buying something.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 29, 2021 05:03 AM (c6xtn)

24 >>>On October 2, the least worst state government leader in Australia - mine

Mine. Mine! All mine!

Posted by: m at December 29, 2021 05:04 AM (yY8d6)

25 "Not sure what options we're being left with here."

A piece of graph paper. In the left column, you write the name of the website. In the middle column, you write the user name. In the right column, you write the password. To the far right, leave a space for any incidental information.

A radical solution, to be sure. But if someone wants to steal my passwords, they have to come here, to where I keep my guns.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at December 29, 2021 05:04 AM (Mzdiz)

26 JT taking vitamins and passed today on Advil

Posted by: Skip at December 29, 2021 05:06 AM (2JoB8)

27 This is probably not very secure, but I tend to use several variations on a main password. No pet names. I use the name of an alien species from science fiction, 2 digits, the "at" sign, and a 2-letter abbreviation for the site in question.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 29, 2021 05:06 AM (c6xtn)

28 That dodecahedron looks like a COVID virus memorialized in bronze.

It really is beautiful. I don't think it was functional...more likely decorative.

Posted by: creeper at December 29, 2021 05:08 AM (cTCuP)

29 If those bronze things are Roman, why do they use a Greek word to name them?

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at December 29, 2021 05:10 AM (Mzdiz)

30 In a giveaway on another site, I won a vintage pipe rack: a vertical slab of hardwood with 12 spoonlike rests for medium to small pipes. I'd been needing a rack for some time. I'm wondering where I'll put it -- I have enough clutter now. If I insert my 6-8 favorite pipes into it, they'll be decorative as well as functional. And since Chekov is no longer a climber or jumper, and he is the only cat (miss ya, Wolf!), I can really put it anyplace.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 29, 2021 05:14 AM (c6xtn)

31 JT taking vitamins and passed today on Advil
Posted by: Skip

Glad you're feeling better.

Posted by: JT at December 29, 2021 05:15 AM (arJlL)

32 If those bronze things are Roman, why do they use a Greek word to name them?
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at December 29, 2021

***
The Romans admired the Greeks' culture and language. Among the upper classes it was considered a high mark of sophistication to speak Greek instead of Latin. Kind of the way we admire England, or used to before they became insane.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 29, 2021 05:16 AM (c6xtn)

33 It's 70 humid degrees outside at 4:30 am, in late December yet. Evil exists, my friends; don't let anyone tell you different.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 29, 2021 05:23 AM (c6xtn)

34 Lots of door hardware to do today as have to go to another job tomorrow so might be a long day.

Posted by: Skip at December 29, 2021 05:24 AM (2JoB8)

35 If I insert my 6-8 favorite pipes into it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 29, 2021 05:14 AM (c6xtn)

Really though, how does one choose which are his favorite pipes?

Posted by: Rbastid at December 29, 2021 05:25 AM (a2IXX)

36 If those bronze things are Roman, why do they use a Greek word to name them?
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess

The first passwords......

Posted by: JT at December 29, 2021 05:26 AM (arJlL)

37 Witcher 3 is an amazing game. I held off on completing it because I didn't want it to end, finally finished it this Christmas along with the expansion packs.

Posted by: stv at December 29, 2021 05:28 AM (60lnD)

38 I know I'll be branded a heretic but I honestly didn't like The Witcher. I gave up on the first one after about half an hour because the controls suck and trying to get your character to target an enemy was impossible.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 29, 2021 05:36 AM (+io4N)

39 I have a dodecahedron dice, don't use it for miniature game I play. I use two trapezohedron or icosehedron to get high low 10s to make 1 - 100% odds

Posted by: Skip at December 29, 2021 05:36 AM (2JoB8)

40 If I insert my 6-8 favorite pipes into it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 29, 2021
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Really though, how does one choose which are his favorite pipes?
Posted by: Rbastid at December 29, 2021

***
The ones I find myself smoking most often. The ones I reach for when I'm trying a new tobacco, or one I haven't smoked in a while. Ones that have been with me (though I did not smoke for almost 20 years, '04 to '21) the longest -- like the Peterson, a Sherlock Holmes-ish pipe, that I bought in 1984.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 29, 2021 05:36 AM (c6xtn)

41 38 I know I'll be branded a heretic but I honestly didn't like The Witcher. I gave up on the first one after about half an hour because the controls suck and trying to get your character to target an enemy was impossible.

They completely changed the game engine after the first one. Same storyline but much better technology under the hood.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 29, 2021 05:39 AM (MqQvv)

42 39 I have a dodecahedron dice, don't use it for miniature game I play. I use two trapezohedron or icosehedron to get high low 10s to make 1 - 100% odds

I think I have dice in every side count from 3 through 16, then 18, 20, 22, 24, and 30.

New software allows for the design of completely fair dice with any number of sides, not just the traditional Platonic solids. Plus 3D printers and CNC milling machines make it easy to test prototypes.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 29, 2021 05:42 AM (MqQvv)

43
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 29, 2021 05:50 AM (DUIap)

44 42 I think I have dice in every side count from 3 through 16, then 18, 20, 22, 24, and 30.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 29, 2021 05:42 AM (MqQvv)

I had to look up 30-sided, trying to figure out how it could be 3 and not 5.

Posted by: m at December 29, 2021 05:56 AM (yY8d6)

45 change 30-sided to 3-sided

Posted by: m at December 29, 2021 05:56 AM (yY8d6)

46
Good morning, Hordians.

Up since 4:00. Dressed, dogs taken care of, coffee made, working on my playlist.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 29, 2021 05:58 AM (/U27+)

47 Disclaimer: Did we get it?

"We got it."

Posted by: m at December 29, 2021 06:01 AM (yY8d6)

48 Don't think have site on my newer tablet but there is one that gives you dice odds I think for whatever you want.

Posted by: Skip's Phone at December 29, 2021 06:13 AM (wqfpN)

49 Morning all. May you have a wonderful day

Posted by: Ben Had at December 29, 2021 06:15 AM (Ae9yv)

50 Waiting to get into job site again

Posted by: Skip's Phone at December 29, 2021 06:16 AM (wqfpN)

51 My local TV "news" just had a tiny segment on "How can you tell if you have COVID, a common cold, or the flu?" They listed 8 symptoms -- all of which show up in all 3 conditions. Cluelessly, they advise that "You should visit your local testing center for a test, it's the only way to be sure."

WHY WOULD YOU CARE??!!?? Take your fluids, vitamins, and horse paste, eat what you like, and sleep. Unless you have other serious health conditions, that's all you need.

Panic pr0n.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 29, 2021 06:17 AM (c6xtn)

52 Hope you have coffee, Skip.

Posted by: m at December 29, 2021 06:17 AM (yY8d6)

53 Morning!

First run of the snowblower yesterday and it was....running rough. It's a 2 stroke and about 12 years old. Doesn't idle properly and almost dies, and then revs up again.

So I guess i go to the local dealer today and see whats up with it.

Posted by: Bruce at December 29, 2021 06:19 AM (vd8XM)

54 Why am I looking at the local TV fishwrap? I want to know when the much-ballyhooed "cold front," which should have been here in late October and should have stayed and intensified, will be here. At the moment it looks like Saturday evening. Sunday looks delightfully chilly.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 29, 2021 06:19 AM (c6xtn)

55 My local TV "news" just had a tiny segment on "How can you tell if you have COVID, a common cold, or the flu?" They listed 8 symptoms -- all of which show up in all 3 conditions. Cluelessly, they advise that "You should visit your local testing center for a test, it's the only way to be sure."

WHY WOULD YOU CARE??!!?? Take your fluids, vitamins, and horse paste, eat what you like, and sleep. Unless you have other serious health conditions, that's all you need.

Panic pr0n.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

It could also be cancer....WebMD

Posted by: Bruce at December 29, 2021 06:20 AM (vd8XM)

56 My credit union keeps emailing me about a purchase I made. I have to verify that yes I did buy that. Then I started wondering if it really was the CU sending me the email.....Life used to be so simple.

Posted by: Colin at December 29, 2021 06:21 AM (PrWVn)

57 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 29, 2021 06:22 AM (u82oZ)

58 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 29, 2021 06:22 AM (ju2Fy)

59 Colin

Our economy is based on criminality. Look at our leaders.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 29, 2021 06:26 AM (u82oZ)

60 olddog in mo

Do you haul your boat out of the water in the winter? And you need a sign. Marriages conducted by the Captain are only valid for the length of this three hour tour.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 29, 2021 06:27 AM (u82oZ)

61 Wolfus Aurelius

The Eu has all our cold weather. Becase of polar oscillations. But its headlines every year. Winter is cold. then Summer is hot.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 29, 2021 06:29 AM (u82oZ)

62 My bank sent me an email, saying my ATM card will be expiring soon, and they want to check my mailing address for the new one. So I clicked their link, and the bank site says, oops, you need to call us so we can check your mailing address. So I called them and they said, "How can we help you?" I was saintly in my reply.

Posted by: m at December 29, 2021 06:29 AM (yY8d6)

63 G'mornin' everyone !

Posted by: Korben Dallas at December 29, 2021 06:29 AM (IJMH4)

64 Time to get some starter fluid for the typing fingers.

Have a great day, everyone.

After chores I'll come back to the thread.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 29, 2021 06:30 AM (u82oZ)

65 The Eu has all our cold weather. Becase of polar oscillations. But its headlines every year. Winter is cold. then Summer is hot.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 29, 2021

***
Summer should not last for 10 months

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 29, 2021 06:32 AM (c6xtn)

66 I started Witcher 3, played for a few hours and walked away for a few months. The controls were frustrating. I tried again after getting a Logitech G600 mouse and with more mouse options at my disposal combat became more fluid. Really enjoyed the game after that.

The XCom games are fun and can be frustrating if you dont manage your base well.

Posted by: Fool Otto at December 29, 2021 06:32 AM (DB16e)

67 Morning, Salty. Yes, the 'toon is dry stored over winter. And the marriage was performed by a priest. Don't think he was Captain, too.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 29, 2021 06:33 AM (ju2Fy)

68 So, I guess I should research external password vault or safe. I think they make them w/ Bluetooth now.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 29, 2021 06:35 AM (ju2Fy)

69 nic adjustment, pls stand by

Posted by: sock_rat_eez (IJMH4) at December 29, 2021 06:36 AM (IJMH4)

70 Goddamn. The suburban parish library has their damned face diaper requirement on again. All govt. buildings, of course (!), but that includes the library.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 29, 2021 06:37 AM (c6xtn)

71 I use a variation on Miley's technique ... write info, username, pswd & misc on random piece of paper, stick into file folder for future reference.
frequently used ones are stored in my head as well.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez (IJMH4) at December 29, 2021 06:37 AM (IJMH4)

72 The idiots here are waiting in long lines, hours even, to get the stupid nose swab. Jeez.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 29, 2021 06:38 AM (c6xtn)

73 Hairy Reed has assumed room temp.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 29, 2021 06:39 AM (c6xtn)

74 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: Groot at December 29, 2021 06:40 AM (UnQlg)

75 Good morning! It's pseudo-Friday, it's pseudo-Friday! Happy, happy pseudo-Friday!

*TWIRLS*

Posted by: Rosasharn at December 29, 2021 06:42 AM (yEBFM)

76 I give up. Going to try to track down those missing three hours of sleep. Later, all.

Posted by: creeper at December 29, 2021 06:44 AM (cTCuP)

77 Good morning! It's pseudo-Friday, it's pseudo-Friday! Happy, happy pseudo-Friday!

*TWIRLS*
Posted by: Rosasharn at December 29, 2021

***
Mornin, Rosasharn. What constitutes a pseudo-Friday? Are you off tomorrow and the 31st?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 29, 2021 06:44 AM (c6xtn)

78
Hairy Reed has assumed room temp.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 29, 2021 06:39 AM

another grim milestone for the biden administration

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 29, 2021 06:45 AM (DUIap)

79 78 Hairy Reed has assumed room temp.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 29, 2021 06:39 AM

another grim milestone for the biden administration
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 29, 2021 06:45 AM (DUIap)

ha

Posted by: m at December 29, 2021 06:47 AM (yY8d6)

80 Listening to some Schubert piano as I puff my morning pipe and get ready to go write.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 29, 2021 06:48 AM (c6xtn)

81 The idiots here are waiting in long lines, hours even, to get the stupid nose swab. Jeez.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

At the end of the year the PCR tests were no longer to be used, I thought.
Maybe people want to have a stranger run a swab up their snot locker before the year is over.

Posted by: Bruce at December 29, 2021 06:48 AM (vd8XM)

82
Omicron = Black Death

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 29, 2021 06:51 AM (/U27+)

83 Off, sock

Posted by: fluffy at December 29, 2021 06:52 AM (UnQlg)

84 Wolfus - yes, exactly. I only have to work two days this week. The boss thought we all needed a little time off after a VERY busy year.

Posted by: Rosasharn at December 29, 2021 06:53 AM (yEBFM)

85 And good morning Wolfus!

Posted by: Rosasharn at December 29, 2021 06:54 AM (yEBFM)

86 I clicked the link about Harry Reid. I know, I know - I should know better. What a tongue bath. Gag.

Posted by: Rosasharn at December 29, 2021 06:58 AM (yEBFM)

87 I've lost two friends to pancreatic cancer, both going very quickly after diagnosis. Harry Reid takes up oxygen for four years after the doc gave him the long face. Well, maybe it gave the asshoe plenty of time to reflect on his miserable conduct and what's in store when the lights go out.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 29, 2021 06:58 AM (lz5hY)

88 So here I sit, in an empty room, talking to myself...

Posted by: Rosasharn at December 29, 2021 06:58 AM (yEBFM)

89 Wolfus - yes, exactly. I only have to work two days this week. The boss thought we all needed a little time off after a VERY busy year.
Posted by: Rosasharn at December 29, 2021

***
My wish is that you have decent weather -- no tornadoes or snowstorms, but something wintry enough to enjoy the season!

My long-time employer used to have us come in for the week between Christmas and New Year's, but a number of years ago they dropped that and called it "the winter break" (heaven forbid they actually call it Christmas!). They also gave us the 23rd -- my boss added the 22nd to that as a bonus -- and we will not have to go back until the 5th, so I get 2 weeks. Since I have to give Chekov his evening meds, I can't drive anywhere overnight, so it's pretty much around the apartment or little day trips for me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 29, 2021 06:59 AM (c6xtn)

90
I clicked the link about Harry Reid. I know, I know - I should know better. What a tongue bath. Gag.

Posted by: Rosasharn at December 29, 2021 06:58 AM

I wonder if they'll suspend the McCain funeral for Reid's

they could run them concurrently...a twin-bill; they could do a North American stadium tour...just imagine the merch potential...

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 29, 2021 07:02 AM (DUIap)

91 It would be nice to have two weeks off, but I don't know if I could go back afterwards. We have rain coming our way - yuck. But - at home I can sit around in pajamas until noon if I want! (For some reason, that is frowned on here at work)

Posted by: Rosasharn at December 29, 2021 07:03 AM (yEBFM)

92 Searchlight,NV lost their number one citizen. Although I don't think he has been there in years. Searchlight is a pit stop between Vegas and Henderson, NV. Gas stations and a couple small casinos. Most people live in mobile homes. But...Searchlight was the go to place when they were building Bolder dam, for the ladies of the night fun.

Posted by: Colin at December 29, 2021 07:03 AM (PrWVn)

93 Outer World's was NOT an epic exclusive. It has been available on the PC Xbox App store and can be played as part of the Game Pass.

All games from Microsoft affiliated developers are on that app.

Posted by: Sistro Mondain at December 29, 2021 07:04 AM (IHX2k)

94 >>> So here I sit, in an empty room, talking to myself...

**. **

Posted by: fluffy: wallflower at December 29, 2021 07:05 AM (UnQlg)

95 I have become fluffy, killer of threads

Posted by: fluffenstein at December 29, 2021 07:10 AM (UnQlg)

96 I'll just talk to myself and snatch the tinfoil ring from m

Posted by: fluffeh at December 29, 2021 07:11 AM (UnQlg)

97 Get in line Fluffster...

Posted by: Rosasharn at December 29, 2021 07:11 AM (yEBFM)

98 Everyone has gone to breakfast - and I wasn't invited.

So, Fluffy, What's new?

Posted by: Rosasharn at December 29, 2021 07:12 AM (yEBFM)

99 "WHY WOULD YOU CARE??!!??"

Because if it's 'Rona, the Powers That Be want you to self-isolate for five days. Whereas if it's a cold or the 'flu, it's OK to go out and infect other people. Never mind that the symptoms are exactly the same: one is the Plague From Hell, the others are meh.

Me, I had what felt like a mild 'flu exactly a week after I returned from Los Angeles. It may have been the Dreaded Omnicron, it may have been the 'flu, it may have been a cold, whatever; I just rested and drank lots of fluids, and after a few days I was right as rain. And I'm a 70-year-old guy with a history of respiratory disorders. [Full disclosure: which is why I'm also fully vaccinated. YMMV.]

Posted by: Nemo at December 29, 2021 07:14 AM (S6ArX)

100 Waiting a hour again

Posted by: Skip's Phone at December 29, 2021 07:14 AM (wqfpN)

101 Hi Rosasharn!

I had a kitteh keeping me warm, but even he doesn't want to listen to my blather.

Posted by: fluffy at December 29, 2021 07:15 AM (UnQlg)

102 Good morning everyone. I am much worse than yesterday - I sneezed twice in the past 48 hours and coughed once. At this rate, I am beyond hope and the medical community has nothing more for me. I have no other symptoms but as we all are well aware, that's meaningless, feelings are all that is important. I'm turning into a newt. Damn you PDT!

If I post no more, remind the kids that my last words were to Drink. More. Ovaltine. . . .

Posted by: Tonypete at December 29, 2021 07:16 AM (mD/uy)

103 If I was Reid waiting for that date with the Devil I might have dragged a cancer illness out as long as I could too.

Posted by: Skip's Phone at December 29, 2021 07:16 AM (wqfpN)

104 Fluffy - lucky you! I don't have cats now (4 dogs), but I have had them in the past. Nothing will keep you from getting up and being productive better than a cat in the lap!

Posted by: Rosasharn at December 29, 2021 07:17 AM (yEBFM)

105 Hey Fluffy, Rosasharn!

Posted by: Tonypete at December 29, 2021 07:17 AM (mD/uy)

106 Hi Tonypete! Sorry to hear you are going downhil so quickly.

Can I have your stuff?

Posted by: Rosasharn at December 29, 2021 07:18 AM (yEBFM)

107 So here I sit, in an empty room, talking to myself...
Posted by: Rosasharn

You'll never lose an argument that way.....

Posted by: JT at December 29, 2021 07:18 AM (arJlL)

108 Give the doggehs a pet for me.

I'm off to be about my day.

Posted by: fluffy at December 29, 2021 07:19 AM (UnQlg)

109 Good morning morons

My employer yesterday informed me that surveillance testing would increase from monthly to weekly.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 29, 2021 07:20 AM (EZebt)

110 Have a good day Fluffy!

Hi JT!

Posted by: Rosasharn at December 29, 2021 07:20 AM (yEBFM)

111 Can I have your stuff?
Posted by: Rosasharn

I can earmark the woodworking and mechanic tools for you - R's soiboyfriend has no interest in even changing a lightbulb.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 29, 2021 07:20 AM (mD/uy)

112 JT!

Posted by: Tonypete at December 29, 2021 07:21 AM (mD/uy)

113 I still have the same gaming rig that I built specifically for Witcher 3. Haven't upgraded it since (except I think I added more RAM along the way).. There just hasn't been a game since Witcher 3 worth upgrading for.
Back in my college days, I had a good friend who started his own gaming company and subcontracted with the Epic guys. Back then they were still small and approachable. Tim Sweeny had his orange Lambo and "Where's my F*cking Money?" hat that he'd wear to meetings. Cliff was a fun kind of guy... traded in his Viper GTS for a damn minivan when he had kids... hilarious. So many memories of drinking down at the Flying Saucer in Raleigh with those guys. Haven't spoken to any of them in over a decade at this point.

Posted by: Defenestratus at December 29, 2021 07:23 AM (qiiRE)

114 Use to be a TV game...Password.

What did they do with passwords?

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at December 29, 2021 07:23 AM (jdsCw)

115 Hiya Rosasharn !

Posted by: JT at December 29, 2021 07:23 AM (arJlL)

116 Lab-Confirmed COVID-19 Patients Currently In Hospital 4431
Total Staffed Hospital Beds 57833 7.66%

So less than 8% of all people in the Hospital have positive PCR results.

Hospitals about 80% full. I see all they paper say things are bad here in Texas.

WTF

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 29, 2021 07:24 AM (yrol0)

117 Good morning Tonypete !

Posted by: JT at December 29, 2021 07:24 AM (arJlL)

118 Give us the micro film.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at December 29, 2021 07:25 AM (jdsCw)

119 Use to be a TV game...Password.

What did they do with passwords?
Posted by: Humphreyrobot

Wrote them down on a piece of paper and slid it under the keyboard.

Just like today.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 29, 2021 07:26 AM (mD/uy)

120 I can earmark the woodworking and mechanic tools for you - R's soiboyfriend has no interest in even changing a lightbulb.
Posted by: Tonypete

It's a deal! My Mom sold all my Dad's tools before we could see if we wanted anything. He was a woodworker.

Mechanic tools. Hmmm.

Now, go out and run through the sprinkler. That's an order! (Did your Mom insist kids got sick from that?)

Posted by: Rosasharn at December 29, 2021 07:26 AM (yEBFM)

121 Texas:

Total Number of Molecular Tests Reported (included in total test numbers) 38783742
Number of Molecular Tests Tests Reported 4486401 11.57%

Total Number of Antigen Tests Reported (included in total test numbers) 9921181
Number of Positive Antigen Tests Reported 578929 5.84%

So PCR is not even 50% accurate.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 29, 2021 07:26 AM (yrol0)

122 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes.

Two more days.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 29, 2021 07:27 AM (2JVJo)

123 109 Good morning morons

My employer yesterday informed me that surveillance testing would increase from monthly to weekly.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 29, 2021 07:20 AM (EZebt)

Man your ass is gonna get sore!

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 29, 2021 07:28 AM (yrol0)

124 Boker Tov Patriots

I got nothing new, same old crap

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 29, 2021 07:29 AM (GPwVZ)

125 That is so funny, Rosasharn. FenSpouse is sitting next to me on the couch with a cat on his lap.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 29, 2021 07:29 AM (PQse5)

126 I just keep all me passwords in notepad is a secret code known only to me.

Posted by: f'd at December 29, 2021 07:29 AM (Tnijr)

127
If I post no more, remind the kids that my last words were to Drink. More. Ovaltine. . . .

Posted by: Tonypete at December 29, 2021 07:16 AM

Yup, the omicron will annoy you into an early grave. The occasional cough and sneeze, having to reach for a tissue every couple of hours. Oh, the humanity.

Posted by: Zombie Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 29, 2021 07:30 AM (dQvv7)

128 Poisoning the well early on about even not being enthusiastic or outright not pushing vaccines and discouraging vaccines now has a lingering effect," said Dr Fauci

Fuck You PDT Created the whole thing from scratch.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 29, 2021 07:30 AM (yrol0)

129 Now, go out and run through the sprinkler. That's an order! (Did your Mom insist kids got sick from that?)
Posted by: Rosasharn

HA! Mom was one that would have the sick sibs (measles, chickenpox, mumps, etc.) sleep with the other sibs. She felt we all might as well be sick at the same time. Oh, and Vick's Vaporub apparently was the cure for every ailment under the sun.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 29, 2021 07:31 AM (mD/uy)

130 U.S. mulling reopening PLO offices in Washington
American officials say move meant to strengthen ties with Ramallah after delayed reopening of U.S. consulate in Jerusalem; Israel to condition reopening on withdrawal of ICC complaint

More appeasement

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 29, 2021 07:32 AM (GPwVZ)

131 Yup, the omicron will annoy you into an early grave. The occasional cough and sneeze, having to reach for a tissue every couple of hours. Oh, the humanity.
Posted by: Zombie Traitor Joe's Military Surplus

I first read that as "Oh the humidity."

Posted by: Rosasharn at December 29, 2021 07:32 AM (yEBFM)

132 A headline locally that the hospitals are at 80 percent wouldn't cause the fear of death like people waiting and dying in the emergency room and the clicks would be lower. So the media has to keep up the hype to make sound like life is over. Plus the Pols need the hysteria to keep their names in the news.

Posted by: Colin at December 29, 2021 07:32 AM (PrWVn)

133 129 We had one of those old electric vaporizers with the glass reservoir. Mom would put about half a jar of Vicks in the water and fire it up. House smelled like Vicks until April.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 29, 2021 07:35 AM (lz5hY)

134 About time:

The data in this report are grim. In the last 12 months, the Washington Posts online traffic is down 44%. The New York Times is down 34%.

Prime-time viewership is down 38% at CNN, 34% at Fox, and 25% at MSNBC.

Nightly news viewership is down 14% at NBC, and down 12% at both ABC and CBS.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 29, 2021 07:35 AM (yrol0)

135 Beautiful pictures of nature:

https://tinyurl.com/2p99jzz2

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 29, 2021 07:35 AM (PQse5)

136 the hospitals are at 80 percent

And if they weren't, they'd go out of business! An empty hospital isn't bringing in any $$$

Posted by: Rosasharn at December 29, 2021 07:35 AM (yEBFM)

137 Will Godzilla movies go woke? Trannyzilla.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at December 29, 2021 07:36 AM (jdsCw)

138 That is so funny, Rosasharn. FenSpouse is sitting next to me on the couch with a cat on his lap.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Last night, I dreamt that 2 cats and a rabbitt were living in my apt. without my knowledge.

Posted by: JT at December 29, 2021 07:36 AM (arJlL)

139
Stolen elections have consequences to the media that supported the theft instead of doing their fvcking job.

Posted by: Zombie Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 29, 2021 07:36 AM (dQvv7)

140 And if they weren't, they'd go out of business! An empty hospital isn't bringing in any $$$
Posted by: Rosasharn

We shant let facts get in the way of our hysteria!!

Posted by: Tonypete at December 29, 2021 07:37 AM (mD/uy)

141 I really hope today is an easy day. I had the shivers last night, so much so that I couldn't hold a spoon and now I have a headache. I just want the day to be over so I can have some soup and go back to bed.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 29, 2021 07:37 AM (2JVJo)

142 More patients cancelling today. Which is fine with me since I have basically checked out for 2021.

And as far as The Navy is concerned, ain't no one in their Offices today LOL.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 29, 2021 07:37 AM (GPwVZ)

143 'Morning Captain !

Posted by: JT at December 29, 2021 07:37 AM (arJlL)

144 Transgender 'Jeopardy!' contestant, who is a biological male, congratulated for 'becoming the woman with the highest overall earnings in the show's history'

Sometime the best woman for the job is a man!

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 29, 2021 07:37 AM (yrol0)

145 I think the rangefinder explanation fits.

Posted by: Been Lurking, but clearly been posting too at December 29, 2021 07:38 AM (rDgjh)

146 I went to the local emergency room 6 months before Covid was the thing. It was a zoo then, with beds in the hallway, and every available space was full and the constant rings of patents pushing their button. Somehow the media doesn't know this.

Posted by: Colin at December 29, 2021 07:38 AM (PrWVn)

147 Mornin'

My mom put the Vicks in a big pasta pot of boiling water (or near-boiling, probably) then made you hunker over it and threw a beach towel over your head till you couldn't breathe. The comedian Sebastian Maniscalco does a stand-up bit about it that has me going "Now, how did we have the same mom?"

Posted by: Guy Smiley at December 29, 2021 07:39 AM (njfCw)

148 I really hope today is an easy day. I had the shivers last night, so much so that I couldn't hold a spoon and now I have a headache. I just want the day to be over so I can have some soup and go back to bed.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

Maybe something like Ibuprofen for the headache?

Posted by: Tonypete at December 29, 2021 07:39 AM (mD/uy)

149 I just want the day to be over so I can have some soup and go back to bed.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

Don't wait - have some soup, a cut of hot tea, and go back to bed.

Posted by: Rosasharn at December 29, 2021 07:39 AM (yEBFM)

150 J.J.'s up

Posted by: Tonypete at December 29, 2021 07:39 AM (mD/uy)

151 I had a weird dream last night.

I was somewhere with a bunch of old colleagues. I went to shake hands and they looked at me like I was crazy. Fist bumps.

I am going to stop shaking hands.

Posted by: Been Lurking, but clearly been posting too at December 29, 2021 07:41 AM (rDgjh)

152 My reaction to the booster shot was chills, and I mean chills. Shaking so bad I was really worried. Also quiet weak, and didn't dare walk very far. No headache, but stayed in bed for the whole day. Started feeling better the next day.

Posted by: Colin at December 29, 2021 07:43 AM (PrWVn)

153 Hang in there MPPP

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 29, 2021 07:46 AM (EZebt)

154 So less than 8% of all people in the Hospital have positive PCR results.

Hospitals about 80% full. I see all they paper say things are bad here in Texas.

WTF

Gell-Mann Amnesia
You must remember that those writing these articles know absolutely nothing about anything they write. Its all fiction, fantasy, and Twitter Wisdom.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 29, 2021 07:57 AM (+LCoQ)

155 Summer should not last for 10 months

[looking at utility bill]
[noticing delightfully surprisingly low number]

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 29, 2021 07:58 AM (+LCoQ)

156 Passwords? I use keeppass2 and I store the database on a WebDAV instance on one of my VPSes, among other places. Some people use Dropbox or Google Driver or similar for the same end.

I don't really trust a password management service because it would seem to me that you're giving them the keys to your kingdom, so to speak. Supposedly, keeppass2 is encrypted so it is secure no matter where you store it.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at December 29, 2021 08:05 AM (ezpv1)

157 "the Democrats launched a pre-fab whistleblower in their ongoing fight with Facebook which they are too dumb to realise is their best friend in the world"

Oh no, they realize it. But they're playing the same game on the legislation side they have played for years on the legal side: settlement games. They would bring suits against the very gov't agency that wanted to do what they desired, and the agency would settle - giving the group a bunch of lobbying money and part of what they wanted. Rinse, repeat.

Now they're doing it with legislation. "Oh noes, FB is full of misinformation! And they won't do anything about it!" Followed by hearings, followed by legislation creating more regulations cracking down on said "misinformation." And FB can say "Oh no, it's not us being Big Brother! The gov't *made* us do it!"

Posted by: GWB at December 29, 2021 10:26 AM (aMFeJ)

158 "Not sure what options we're being left with here."

Use one password everywhere, and just remember it?

Posted by: Greg The Class Traitor at December 29, 2021 11:22 AM (XbP7q)

159 > password storage

I switched from LastPass to KeePass a few years back, for a couple of reasons: (1) KeePass is open-source and (2) KeePass includes storage options that don't involve someone else's computer. (I keep my password file on my Nextcloud box, which sits at home next to my TV.)

Posted by: Scott at December 29, 2021 12:16 PM (+6eYl)

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