Daily Tech News 17 June 2021

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Declining cryptocurrency prices mean that GPU and storage prices are also dropping. (Tom's Hardware)

There's still a component shortage so don't expect magic, but things are improving. I just took a quick look around and the Nvidia 3070 Ti is in stock and cheaper than the base 3070 was two weeks ago. The Nvidia markup is down to around 100% over retail, with AMD between 40 and 50%.

Anime of the day is A Place Further Than the Universe from 2018, the story of four girls who all - each for different reasons - dream of visiting Antarctica, and do.

It's the first time I've ever seen Fremantle - my mother's home town - depicted on television, never mind in anime. It makes perfect sense if you're travelling by ship from Japan to Antarctica; it's exactly where you'd go.

The premise is a bit of a downer - one of the girls is seeking closure after her mother was lost on a previous expedition - but the show manages to remain cheerful without ever losing sight of that.

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Don't plug your shiny new Western Digital SN850 into your shiny new X570 chipset. (Tom's Hardware)

It won't explode. It will run 40% slower than it should.

It's not a problem with AMD X570 motherboards per se; plug it into the first M.2 slot, the one connected directly to the CPU, and it will work great. There's something odd going on here because the X570 chip is the exact same chip used to provide I/O on the CPU itself. And I haven't heard of this affecting any other SSD.
Meanwhile Z690 motherboards for Intel's 12th generation chips are expected in Q4. (WCCFTech)

There may even be CPUs to go in them.

AMD's socket AM5 motherboards are expected in Q2 next year. Zen 4 won't arrive until late next year, so the first chip destined for AM5 is likely the new generation Raphael - I think it's Raphael - APU with updated integrated graphics.
Tim Cook has claimed that giving users freedom to install apps themselves would weaken the company's monopoly position. (ZDNet)

Well, yes, Tim. That's the point.
Karl Schroeder, call your agent. It's time for a sequel to Permanence.

Facebook will be embedding ads into Oculus Quest VR apps. (The Verge)

In the world of Permanence, these ads are omnipresent, and ad blockers are illegal. It's good to see Big Tech experimenting with new dystopias, though, beyond the big three of 1984, Brave New World, and Fahrenheit 451.
President* Biden has said that maybe some Russian attacks on America should be off-limits. (Reuters)

Maybe, Joe. Maybe.
Amazon has blamed everyone and everything except its own shitty site for the plague of fake reviews found therein. (The Guardian)

They didn't even address the plague of fake products.
The Alienware M17 R4 has the Four Essential Keys. (Hot Hardware)

And an option for a 4K display covering 100% of Adobe RGB, plus an 8 core Intel CPU, Nvidia RTX 3070 graphics, NVME RAID, wired 2.5Gbps Ethernet, Thunderbolt 3, and 32GB of RAM.

Price is... Well, it ain't cheap. Comes to A$6000 when configured with all those options, 4TB of RAID-0 SSD and a 3 year on-site repair contract. But that's not actually insane compared with other high-end laptops, or even desktops right now.
Server monitoring platform Datadog has an agent you can download and install that will forward system stats to their collector so it can plot neat graphs for you.

It's 731MB. It seems to include a complete Python install, and possibly a complete Linux install.

I happen to know how big something like this should be because I've written one myself, and it's 324kB. The problem is not that the Datadog agent is slow, or that it uses 20 cents worth of space on my enterprise SSDs. It's that it is literally impossible to audit something like that, and you're expected to install it on every single server.

The code I wrote is 141 lines. Any competent programmer could read through it even without knowing the language I chose (Crystal).

Disclaimer: And maybe even some of the incompetent ones.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 05:14 AM

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1 first

Posted by: a dude in MI at June 17, 2021 04:16 AM (+I6Y/)

2 And not even first.
I'm out, have a great glorious day everyone.

Posted by: Skip at June 17, 2021 04:19 AM (Cxk7w)

3 https://tinyurl.com/49m7xap8

Thanks Skip watched the whole thing

Candace Owens suggested the reason for fomenting criminal violence in the streets was so the junta could federalize local policing. This makes sense. It's exactly what the Nazis did.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 17, 2021 04:17 AM (EZebt)

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 17, 2021 04:19 AM (EZebt)

4 I bet that 17th industry is like, WTF Joe, if we put your crackhead son on the board can we get some cover?

We have a CCP Meat Puppet in the White House.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 17, 2021 04:29 AM (QlVtI)

5 Re: Victoria's Secret. Pretty, skinny chicks with nice boobs will NEVER go out of style.

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at June 17, 2021 04:29 AM (xopIz)

6 Hiya

Posted by: JT at June 17, 2021 04:30 AM (arJlL)

7 Morning all. JT!

Posted by: Tonypete at June 17, 2021 04:44 AM (U8rqX)

8 'morning...

Posted by: oldowan at June 17, 2021 04:44 AM (Mfqer)

9 Good Morning Pixy-sama and hope the late night dwellers are still around having a good time. Well I can report from last night recommendation- Kimi ni Todoke- that the show is wonderfully illustrated and animated, the lead character is essentially as Pixy described her but the emotion inner voice is also very real and relatable so I'll give her and show a long look.

Also, I watched an excellent episode of Ranma 1/2 that took a more serious and even darker approach with the potential end of Grandpa Hentai- Happsoai and always welcomed Akane episode where she's not being too anti-social and almost seems not only kawaii but kind too.

Posted by: Lazzari Scooter at June 17, 2021 04:50 AM (YvEh8)

10 Hiya Tonypete !

Posted by: JT at June 17, 2021 04:53 AM (arJlL)

11 Getting ready to pack up and head home - we're done down here in W NC. Nice place - pretty woke in Asheville and parking blows. Beautiful though.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 17, 2021 04:56 AM (U8rqX)

12 Meanwhile Z690 motherboards for Intel's 12th generation chips are expected in Q4. (WCCFTech)

There may even be CPUs to go in them.

Aim low, they're riding shetland ponies.

Iirc, we used to have a commenter with that verbiage in their nic.

Posted by: GnuBreed at June 17, 2021 05:03 AM (F0YaR)

13 Getting ready to pack up and head home - we're done down here in W NC. Nice place - pretty woke in Asheville and parking blows. Beautiful though.
Posted by: Tonypete

Safe travels !

Posted by: JT at June 17, 2021 05:07 AM (arJlL)

14 4 I bet that 17th industry is like, WTF Joe, if we put your crackhead son on the board can we get some cover?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 17, 2021 04:29 AM (QlVtI)

good point

Posted by: m at June 17, 2021 05:16 AM (TZgEk)

15 The guys who produced some very nice model skyscrapers starts to see them everywhere for about ten years. Hudsucker Proxy, The Shadow, Batman, 1997 Godzilla, Independence Day

https://youtu.be/l-gYCm3kuQE

The cityscapes in the Schumacher Batman movies are deliberately hideous. There is no confusing it for a creepy-but-beautiful Tim Burton movie.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 17, 2021 05:17 AM (ybIRR)

16 @PoliMath has a nice tribute to the visual-effects journal Cinefex:

https://polimath.substack.com/p/cinefex-in-memoriam

Posted by: m at June 17, 2021 05:22 AM (TZgEk)

17 Pixy...

If you're here, I have a question.

The other day when I clicked on the comments link to a thread it tried to take me to aceofspades@blogspot...and included the date from 2004 and the word 'archives'. It didn't load and the second time I clicked, it took me to the correct comments section.

Any ideas?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at June 17, 2021 05:23 AM (3D/fK)

18 I have a question for the tech folks here. Any recommendations for a VPN? I am not interested in doing hinky stuff, I just want to ensure my phone, tablet, and laptop usage can't be tracked or data grabbed off the wifi while we're traveling or out and about. Would need 6 devices between my wife and I.
I've looked at the VPN providers that show up on the "best of" reviews but all of them have numerous bad reviews such as connections that drop, slow connections, and inability to cancel the service if you decide to drop them at the end of the service period - one person had to get a new credit card issued.

Given the choice of paying a ton for 1 month of service as a trial or being locked in to a long term contract I'd rather start with something that others have used and like. So, anyone out there have a good recommendation? Thanks.

Posted by: George V at June 17, 2021 05:24 AM (U2Tva)

19 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 17, 2021 05:26 AM (u82oZ)

20 G'morning, Salty!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at June 17, 2021 05:27 AM (3D/fK)

21 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 17, 2021 05:27 AM (u82oZ)

22 Thanks for the encouragement Salty - we all need it.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 17, 2021 05:28 AM (U8rqX)

23 Bon jour morons. Safe travels VIA

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 17, 2021 05:28 AM (EZebt)

24 17 Pixy...

If you're here, I have a question.

The other day when I clicked on the comments link to a thread it tried to take me to aceofspades@blogspot...and included the date from 2004 and the word 'archives'. It didn't load and the second time I clicked, it took me to the correct comments section.

Any ideas?

Ghosts.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 17, 2021 05:28 AM (MqQvv)

25 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Start off with threatening your browser with a short trip to an electronic recycler.

Then a very detailed scrub to get Rubio's trash off your hard drive.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 17, 2021 05:29 AM (u82oZ)

26 "Safe travels VIA"

Thank you for the kind wishes, but I believe that is TonyPete.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at June 17, 2021 05:29 AM (3D/fK)

27 >>> It's the first time I've ever seen Fremantle - my mother's home town

That's right next to Perth. Does she know Ozy Man?

Posted by: fluffy at June 17, 2021 05:30 AM (UnQlg)

28 "Ghosts."

Thank you..

I guess I have a haunted laptop.

Maybe I should burn some sage, or put up a dreamcatcher.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at June 17, 2021 05:31 AM (3D/fK)

29 So Biden's apology for being cranky with the press is to ask them to be even more obsequious and submissive to him? Talk about the camel through the eye of the needle - this will be something to watch. It sure how the media can degrade themselves further without ball gags and leather restraints.

Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at June 17, 2021 05:31 AM (QZ/dC)

30 26 "Safe travels VIA"

Thank you for the kind wishes, but I believe that is TonyPete.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice.

Each of us are all hurtling through time and space. If we truly understood what the cosmos does with our puny bodies we would be to terrified to stand up.

Every good wish is well placed.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 17, 2021 05:32 AM (U8rqX)

31 Kurt Schlichter's latest Townhall column contains this paragraph:

And, of course, you can send in the clowns, like Hank Kendi or whatever his name is this week. They're getting paid $$$$ for supervising struggle sessions where guilty white libs who never owned slaves ritually abase themselves to people who never were slaves. There's a creepy BDSM vibe to the groveling of these people of pallor - the shame, as the great Ace of Spades has observed, is part of the kink.

Hmmm. Kurt dissers (you know who you are), take note.

Posted by: GnuBreed at June 17, 2021 05:32 AM (F0YaR)

32 I'm always a day late and a dollar short around here.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 17, 2021 05:32 AM (EZebt)

33 "It sure how the media can degrade themselves further without ball gags and leather restraints."

Degradation is part of the kink for those folk.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at June 17, 2021 05:33 AM (3D/fK)

34 28 Maybe I should burn some sage, or put up a dreamcatcher.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at June 17, 2021 05:31 AM (3D/fK

Aagghh. I hadn't thought of dreamcatchers in, what, 20 years?

Posted by: m at June 17, 2021 05:34 AM (TZgEk)

35 "Each of us are all hurtling through time and space"

Speaking of which....my father drove over to Letterman's on Monday.

They're closed on Mondays.

But...he's gonna try again on another day.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at June 17, 2021 05:35 AM (3D/fK)

36 NGU and CBD please see Caroline Glick today in Frontpage.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 17, 2021 05:35 AM (EZebt)

37 32 I'm always a day late and a dollar short around here.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 17, 2021 05:32 AM (EZebt)

In what way?

Posted by: m at June 17, 2021 05:35 AM (TZgEk)

38 Village Idiot's Apprentice

The media be very skeevy. Lots of examples to chose from. Even Charles Kuralt. Charles Kuralt!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 17, 2021 05:36 AM (u82oZ)

39 "I'm always a day late and a dollar short around here."

The story of my life...

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at June 17, 2021 05:37 AM (3D/fK)

40 I clicked on a link here one time and ended up at some of Pixy's blog entries from far in the future. I haven't been able to get back there.

Posted by: f'd at June 17, 2021 05:37 AM (Tnijr)

41 "I haven't been able to get back there."

Well, it is in the future.

Try again later.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at June 17, 2021 05:38 AM (3D/fK)

42 Digital currencies have to die. The sooner the better. I'm glad that prick Elon Musk bailed out even if it was for his own selfish manipulative reasons.

Imagine paying $20 for a burger just to keep the Federal Reserve in business. No way.

Posted by: Mente de Caca at June 17, 2021 05:40 AM (/Zdq1)

43 Speaking of which....my father drove over to Letterman's on Monday.

They're closed on Mondays.

But...he's gonna try again on another day.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice.

Shoot! I did not know that. It's worth the second trip. You can cover Kutztown end to end in what, seven minutes?

Also, another place he may like - the Deitsch Eck up in Lenhartsville. Traditional PA Dutch cooking in a old hotel. Not a diner type place though - family sit place. Reservations are recommended. The pies are worth fighting over.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 17, 2021 05:40 AM (U8rqX)

44 Sideloading apps is the only reason everyone should be using Android devices.

Die Apple, die.

Posted by: Mente de Caca at June 17, 2021 05:42 AM (MexjP)

45 37 32 I'm always a day late and a dollar short around here.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 17, 2021 05:32 AM (EZebt)

In what way?
Posted by: m at June 17, 2021 05:35 AM (TZgEk)

I used that expression yesterday at work, and I hadn't used it in a long time.

Posted by: m at June 17, 2021 05:42 AM (TZgEk)

46 "Also, another place he may like - the Deitsch Eck up in Lenhartsville."

I'll share that with him as well.

They live right off of the interstate there, off the exit where the meat market is.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at June 17, 2021 05:43 AM (3D/fK)

47 San Franpsycho

Israel depending on a anti-Semitic junta in charge in DC is not a good path.

Trump et al. had the right idea. Ignore the Palestinians. Focus on economic trade.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 17, 2021 05:43 AM (u82oZ)

48 40 I clicked on a link here one time and ended up at some of Pixy's blog entries from far in the future. I haven't been able to get back there./i]

Those should still be around somewhere.

Years back I spent a weekend writing blog posts from my granddaughter and great-great-somethingth-granddaughter from the future. Zebrixy Misa was a planarian rancher from Alpha Centauri as I recall.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 17, 2021 05:44 AM (MqQvv)

49 Oops.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 17, 2021 05:45 AM (MqQvv)

50 m & San Franpsycho

What memories! Way back to when the dollar was strong.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 17, 2021 05:45 AM (u82oZ)

51 It's 731MB.

LOL. That has to be the most inefficient, bloated trojan in history.

They couldn't hire a warez intro developer? Thos guys can create a 40kb Windows key generators with cool music in them.

Posted by: Mente de Caca at June 17, 2021 05:46 AM (eWZdd)

52 They live right off of the interstate there, off the exit where the meat market is.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice.

Dietrich's? OMG - that place is heaven for me. Scrapple, yum - no kidding. I'll do the 8 hour drive a couple of times a year just to stock up on items I can't get locally.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 17, 2021 05:46 AM (U8rqX)

53 mornin' y'all

Posted by: Big V Caffeinated at June 17, 2021 05:46 AM (6Pqz7)

54 "What memories! Way back to when the dollar was strong."

AAhhh....the 'Before times'.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at June 17, 2021 05:47 AM (3D/fK)

55 "Years back I spent a weekend writing blog posts from my granddaughter and great-great-somethingth-granddaughter from the future."

That was it. I stumbled on it somehow and never found my way back.

Posted by: f'd at June 17, 2021 05:47 AM (Tnijr)

56 Victoria's Secret can do,as they please with their brand, but it is telling they actually believe this gender bending nonsense since they think they can redefine "sexy". It's not Megan Rapinoe, unless you are Sue Bird.

Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at June 17, 2021 05:48 AM (QZ/dC)

57 Speaking of that 731MB system monitoring agent, this is done with 4kB of code: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jB0vBmiTr6o

Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 17, 2021 05:48 AM (MqQvv)

58 "Dietrich's? OMG"

Yup.

Coming down the ramp to the interstate right there, I wound up thinking of you and yours.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at June 17, 2021 05:48 AM (3D/fK)

59 I'm seeing some anti-ghost prejudice going on here. How dare you sir!

Posted by: Buzzion at June 17, 2021 05:49 AM (G2zl5)

60 And with that, Buzzion checks in, from the other side.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at June 17, 2021 05:50 AM (3D/fK)

61 42 Digital currencies have to die. The sooner the better. I'm glad that prick Elon Musk bailed out even if it was for his own selfish manipulative reasons.

Posted by: Mente de Caca at June 17, 2021 05:40 AM

Preach on, comrade! We need to make sure WE control the fiat currency. If the plebs had access to highly mobile funds independent of our ~~manipulation~~ oversight, we'd have a much harder time making sure money went to the right people, for the right reasons!

Posted by: Liberals with Authoritarian Ambitions at June 17, 2021 05:50 AM (3MG/9)

62 Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks

Victoria's Secret thinks Megan Rapinoe is sexy?

WTH? Not liking this dystopian future.

Even Bree Larson >>> Megan Rapinoe.

And that is not even considering repugnant personalities.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 17, 2021 05:51 AM (u82oZ)

63 And on the subject of such, wife went into Athleta yesterday who are now advertising using the "cross sectional method". As we advance into our later 60's, she admits to being closer to an 8 than a 4 anymore - still the beauty I married nearly 50 years ago - but she was amazed how the sizes In all those stretch clothes now go into the 26-28 range. I of course am aware as I do the shopping at HEB and see it live.

Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at June 17, 2021 05:51 AM (QZ/dC)

64 "And that is not even considering repugnant personalities."

Bree and Megan

Two sides of the nasty personality coin.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at June 17, 2021 05:52 AM (3D/fK)

65 Buzzion

Keep us on the straight and narrow path, unless you have some numbers from the Mega Millions you can share with Anna Puma.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 17, 2021 05:52 AM (u82oZ)

66 Oddly enough, none of the major media seems mention Jo-Jo's outburst at that reporter.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at June 17, 2021 05:55 AM (3D/fK)

67 Preach on, comrade!
Posted by: Liberals with Authoritarian Ambitions at June 17, 2021 05:50 AM (3MG/9)

What exactly are you getting "independent" from by paying $1,000 for a video card due to bitcoin mining again?

Bravo, little warrior.

Posted by: Mente de Caca at June 17, 2021 05:55 AM (O2L4/)

68 Good thing I'm married.

The though of dating in today's world ...

I saw the future as a lad, going to Hooves Bar in Manhattan, Kansas. 300 pounds of dancing flesh was advertised.

It was one dancer. Just -- no!!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 17, 2021 05:55 AM (u82oZ)

69
What the hell? What do you do all the time? I am not sitting here saying because the president and I agreed we would do these things that all of a sudden it's going to work.This is not a kumbaya moment as we used to say in the 60s in the United States. If you don't understand that you're in the wrong business.Look, guys, I might drive you all crazy, because I know you want me to always put a negative thrust on things, particularly in public and negotiate in public.

Posted by: Joe Biteum at June 17, 2021 05:56 AM (Tnijr)

70 I don't get the Alienware M17 R4. The 11th generation chips have been out, they support PCI4 which ought to greatly speed up SSD access, the memory is faster and the clocks are faster.

Yet this gaming notebook is using last year's tech.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at June 17, 2021 05:57 AM (+LCoQ)

71 Welp, chores start now.

Have a blessed day, with Mother Nature beguiling you with Ohhhs and Ahhhs, not ouch.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 17, 2021 05:57 AM (u82oZ)

72 66 Oddly enough, none of the major media seems mention Jo-Jo's outburst at that reporter.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at June 17, 2021 05:55 AM (3D/fK)

Kaitlan Collins is a c***t. She deserves every word her senile master is yelling at her.

Posted by: Mente de Caca at June 17, 2021 05:57 AM (O2L4/)

73 Be well, Salty!!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at June 17, 2021 05:57 AM (3D/fK)

74 66 Oddly enough, none of the major media seems mention Jo-Jo's outburst at that reporter.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at June 17, 2021 05:55 AM (3D/fK)

Trump does that and it would be all they talked about for the next month. But they need to pretend that Biden is a tough talking statesman. And not an arrogant elitist bully losing control of his mental faculties.

Posted by: Buzzion at June 17, 2021 05:57 AM (G2zl5)

75 Digital currency defacto right now is a gigantic red flag waving at a very angry global government bull.

Have a non SJW opinion on anything and want to be labeled a money laundering, tax avoiding, malefactor subsidizing insider threat?

Build a nice crypto rig.

Posted by: sven at June 17, 2021 05:58 AM (Lzpvj)

76 Good thing I'm married.

The though of dating in today's world ...

That and there is a direction correlation between bat scat insane and exposure to social media.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at June 17, 2021 05:58 AM (+LCoQ)

77 74 Posted by: Buzzion at June 17, 2021 05:57 AM (G2zl5)

The gal he unloaded on stated by sunset "there is no need for Groper-6 to apologize!"

She loves Big Brother.

Posted by: sven at June 17, 2021 05:59 AM (Lzpvj)

78 Morning peeps. Tech Q... what's the connection between crypto and GPU's? I realize crypto needs processing power so I'm assuming the graphic processor is being leveraged for it and not the CPU.

Or what?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 17, 2021 05:59 AM (3H9h1)

79 @57
When Bill Gates said, you don't need more than 640k, he was kinda telling the truth.

The fact that that guys company went on to produce some of the most bloated software known to mankind is ironic.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 17, 2021 06:00 AM (QlVtI)

80 "The fact that that guys company went on to produce some of the most bloated software known to mankind is ironic. "

It's not bloated...

It's just big-boned!

-B. Gates

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at June 17, 2021 06:02 AM (3D/fK)

81 Did Joe apologize because he was wrong or because his target was a woman? Circle, square, some assembly required.

Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at June 17, 2021 06:02 AM (QZ/dC)

82 "Gal Joe unloaded on" is actually good phrasing for how the press treats the protected party.

Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at June 17, 2021 06:04 AM (QZ/dC)

83 Trump does that and it would be all they talked about for the next month. But they need to pretend that Biden is a tough talking statesman. And not an arrogant elitist bully losing control of his mental faculties.
Posted by: Buzzion at June 17, 2021 05:57 AM (G2zl5)

But "That" pesky reporter deserved that opprobium President Biden, totes unlike what Trump did, and we no longer have mean tweets, so it is all good!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Our Beloved Leaders Have, and Deserve, Their Special Privileges at June 17, 2021 06:04 AM (hOUT3)

84 So Biden's apology for being cranky with the press is to ask them to be even more obsequious and submissive to him?

Hey, beats mean tweets. Wait until they have a section of the Secret Service trained and assigned to rough up those who don't literally kowtow when they are before him.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at June 17, 2021 06:05 AM (+LCoQ)

85 78 Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 17, 2021 05:59 AM (3H9h1)

You would be correct, the graphics processors are utilized to crunch numbers which is in the end what graphics themselves really are.

You can functionally mount on a server mobo up to six to ten depending graphics carrds.

What is enraging is that what is necessary for a crypto mining card is different than a gaming card and the industry *could* if incentivized create specialized mining cards and has in fact, BUT the miners still prefer graphics cards rather than mining cards because unscrupulous a**holes amongst them burn out the memory modules and then resell them on Ebay to unsuspecting idiots who pay cartel prices for worn out equipment.1/2

Posted by: sven at June 17, 2021 06:05 AM (Lzpvj)

86 Get to work NaCly!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Our Beloved Leaders Have, and Deserve, Their Special Privileges at June 17, 2021 06:06 AM (hOUT3)

87 57 Speaking of that 731MB system monitoring agent, this is done with 4kB of code: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jB0vBmiTr6o
Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 17, 2021 05:48 AM (MqQvv)

That's pretty cool 4kb program! I looked for the source code to see what it looked like. No luck. The presentation in PDF was very informative though.

Posted by: Mente de Caca at June 17, 2021 06:06 AM (a/d9J)

88 It really is funny, the miners are all "MUH FWEEEDOOOMMMM!" but the very first thing they did was engage in a defacto cartel aiding GPU makers' bottom line, gouging hobbyist buyers, and empowering corporations to essentially print money by rewarding bad behavior all around.

The entire exercise p*sses me off.

2/2

Posted by: sven at June 17, 2021 06:07 AM (Lzpvj)

89 @85
Nobody needs more than CGA graphics and 80 columns to play Zork.
--Phil Cates, Bills Cousin.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 17, 2021 06:08 AM (QlVtI)

90 People with dementia are often frustrated because they cannot interpret the context surrounding many events, or misunderstand the event itself. Either way they tend to over react to otherwise innocuous things.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 17, 2021 06:09 AM (EZebt)

91 89 Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 17, 2021 06:08 AM (QlVtI)

I have made a pretty good profit middle manning graphics cards thanks to my access to some supply, I would still much prefer a stable and sane one that allowed the idiots at best buy to have cards closer to the public.

Posted by: sven at June 17, 2021 06:10 AM (Lzpvj)

92 Posted by: sven at June 17, 2021 06:07 AM (Lzpvj)

But, "Muh" Capitalism!

Posted by: Crypto Commissar Hrothgar - Our Beloved Leaders Have, and Deserve, Their Special Privileges at June 17, 2021 06:10 AM (hOUT3)

93 90 Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 17, 2021 06:09 AM (EZebt)

I played off having "midheimers" on my way out of the shop last night, IOW "I remember 25 minutes after it matters what I forgot."

Alzheimers is constantly forgetting what you forgot.

Posted by: sven at June 17, 2021 06:11 AM (Lzpvj)

94 That's pretty cool 4kb program! I looked for the source code to see what it looked like. No luck. The presentation in PDF was very informative though.
Posted by: Mente de Caca at June 17, 2021 06:06 AM (a/d9J)

It looks like the animation was created by a script running in a 3d rendering application.
instead of being a standalone compiled program. Still cool though.

Posted by: Mente de Caca at June 17, 2021 06:12 AM (a/d9J)

95 Alzheimers is constantly forgetting what you forgot.
Posted by: sven at June 17, 2021 06:11 AM (Lzpvj)
===

Knowing what I don't know is one of my best skills.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 17, 2021 06:15 AM (EZebt)

96 95 Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 17, 2021 06:15 AM (EZebt)

The ruthless and scrupulous honesty of one's knowledge base, and holes is what makes you useful in the end to any intellectual collective endeavor.

I get paid to use my wits and when I use things I am not witty about I am in fact a twit.

Posted by: sven at June 17, 2021 06:16 AM (Lzpvj)

97 Thanks sven. That's what I thought. Make believe currency to go with our make believe president.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 17, 2021 06:19 AM (3H9h1)

98 "Disclaimer: And maybe even some of the incompetent ones."

Thanks for remembering to include me and my ilk.

Posted by: Kuiper Oort at June 17, 2021 06:20 AM (yPS6L)

99 95 Alzheimers is constantly forgetting what you forgot.
Posted by: sven at June 17, 2021 06:11 AM (Lzpvj)
===
Knowing what I don't know is one of my best skills.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 17, 2021 06:15 AM (EZebt)

What's Alzheimers?

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Our Beloved Leaders Have, and Deserve, Their Special Privileges at June 17, 2021 06:22 AM (hOUT3)

100 97 Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 17, 2021 06:19 AM (3H9h1)

If you find another foolhardy person you can use it, but in using it you are literally making yourself a marked person.

Posted by: sven at June 17, 2021 06:22 AM (Lzpvj)

101 Hey, beats mean tweets.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at June 17, 2021 06:05 AM (+LCoQ)

Riiiight. Because tweeting threats to people who refuse to get the vaccine is not mean at all.

Posted by: Mente de Caca at June 17, 2021 06:22 AM (g9orL)

102 99 Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Our Beloved Leaders Have, and Deserve, Their Special Privileges at June 17, 2021 06:22 AM (hOUT3)

WHO WAS PHONE!>!>!

//Joe from Scranton

Posted by: sven at June 17, 2021 06:22 AM (Lzpvj)

103 Fiat Administration. Can't wait to see how it goes.

Posted by: klaftern at June 17, 2021 06:23 AM (r4sI4)

104 If you find another foolhardy person you can use it, but in using it you are literally making yourself a marked person.
Posted by: sven at June 17, 2021 06:22 AM (Lzpvj)

Buying used electronics is like buying an used condom.

Posted by: Mente de Caca at June 17, 2021 06:23 AM (g9orL)

105 101 Posted by: Mente de Caca at June 17, 2021 06:22 AM (g9orL)

Hi folks, dis is Joe....nice life you have there, and if you would like to be able to work, play, or you know breathe you need to take this "non" experimental vaccine that puts your life at risk to avoid the neo-bubonic plague that kills at most 1.25 out of every 1000 exposed.....

no no we would never abuse our power and this is not functionally extortion.

//Joe from Scranton

Posted by: sven at June 17, 2021 06:25 AM (Lzpvj)

106 Agree with you Pixy on A Place Further Than The Universe. I watched it recently and thought it was a real gem. The characters were very well-developed, and the story of the technical and logistical aspects of an Antarctic Expedition were fascinating.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at June 17, 2021 06:25 AM (DkbD3)

107 Biden's always been a nasty, arrogant p****. How he reacted to that "reporter" is just how he is. I'll credit his dementia with being able to hide it less well.

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 17, 2021 06:26 AM (O+I8R)

108 Posted by: sven at June 17, 2021 06:25 AM (Lzpvj)

This Joe from Scranton fella gets it!

And what he doesn't get, his son collect$ for him!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Our Beloved Leaders Have, and Deserve, Their Special Privileges at June 17, 2021 06:27 AM (hOUT3)

109 Greetings fappers and fappees.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Psychos Rule! No, really. They're in charge now. at June 17, 2021 06:28 AM (HaL55)

110 107 Posted by: Lady in Black at June 17, 2021 06:26 AM (O+I8R)

Joey Plugz was THE politician back in the 80s that burst my young idealistic bubble that the political class was populated by special intelligent people.

He is dumber than a stump, and a thug opportunist disguised as "loveable unkka cho."

Posted by: sven at June 17, 2021 06:28 AM (Lzpvj)

111 107 Biden's always been a nasty, arrogant p****. How he reacted to that "reporter" is just how he is. I'll credit his dementia with being able to hide it less well.
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 17, 2021 06:26 AM (O+I8R)

The asshole behaved exactly that way during his basement campaign and the media simply ignored it.

Posted by: Mente de Caca at June 17, 2021 06:29 AM (g9orL)

112 107 Biden's always been a nasty, arrogant p****. How he reacted to that "reporter" is just how he is. I'll credit his dementia with being able to hide it less well.
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 17, 2021 06:26 AM (O+I8R)

Yup. You saw it happen quite often on the campaign trail. If the reporter had been a guy he would have thrown in a line about taking him out back to teach him a lesson or just straight up threaten to punch him right there.

Posted by: Buzzion at June 17, 2021 06:30 AM (G2zl5)

113 107 I don't know about JoJo's other offspring, but Hunter and the old man amaze me in how few times they have been punched in the mouth. Smart ass sneaky bastards.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin at June 17, 2021 06:30 AM (I58tH)

114 113 107 I don't know about JoJo's other offspring, but Hunter and the old man amaze me in how few times they have been punched in the mouth. Smart ass sneaky bastards.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin at June 17, 2021 06:30 AM (I58tH)

I'm sure Hunter's dealers knew to punch him in the gut since the face would raise questions.

Posted by: Buzzion at June 17, 2021 06:32 AM (G2zl5)

115 113 107 I don't know about JoJo's other offspring, but Hunter and the old man amaze me in how few times they have been punched in the mouth. Smart ass sneaky bastards.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin at June 17, 2021 06:30 AM (I58tH)

Having the Secret Service in the background makes the prudent very cautious!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Our Beloved Leaders Have, and Deserve, Their Special Privileges at June 17, 2021 06:33 AM (hOUT3)

116 I'm of the opinion that the *biden family is an outlier with the Mafia.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 17, 2021 06:33 AM (3H9h1)

117 Here is the Divine Conundrum: By admitting that you are unworthy, you become worthy.

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at June 17, 2021 06:34 AM (xopIz)

118 I haven't been to Venice Beach in about 40 years. It used to be kind of a shithole. I wonder how they are doing.

Posted by: Jimco Industries at June 17, 2021 06:34 AM (buTO7)

119 116 Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 17, 2021 06:33 AM (3H9h1)

They were a figurehead bunch for the union thugs....

Plugz relied heavily on union assholery to get to power during his salad days, he is in FIB terms back when they were at least part-time criminal chasers a "known associate."

Posted by: sven at June 17, 2021 06:35 AM (Lzpvj)

120 Here is the Divine Conundrum: By admitting that you are unworthy, you become worthy.
Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at June 17, 2021 06:34 AM (xopIz)

The Mystery of Grace is hard to grasp!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Our Beloved Leaders Have, and Deserve, Their Special Privileges at June 17, 2021 06:35 AM (hOUT3)

121 New laptop arriving today, 17.3" screen, i7 10th gen, 3070 video card, 32 gb ram. My latest 3D modeling software needs this kind of speed to be able to function.

Posted by: Monsieur Gaga at June 17, 2021 06:36 AM (4ZE6o)

122 Venice Beach got gentrified.

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at June 17, 2021 06:36 AM (xopIz)

123 Venice Beach has pretty much always cycled between shithole and freak show, it's the concurrence these days that has people alarmed. Too much for even a California.

Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at June 17, 2021 06:37 AM (QZ/dC)

124 123 Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at June 17, 2021 06:37 AM (QZ/dC)

If ANYTHING was too much for Mexifornia it would not be Mexifornia.

Posted by: sven at June 17, 2021 06:37 AM (Lzpvj)

125 He is dumber than a stump, and a thug opportunist disguised as "loveable unkka cho."

--

Dumber than Joe? I've got dumber than Joe right here...the incomprehensible imbeciles in Delaware who kept sending this functioning 'tard back to Congress for 4 decades.

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 17, 2021 06:37 AM (O+I8R)

126 Same thing with Mission Beach. The riff-raff cannot afford to live there.

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at June 17, 2021 06:37 AM (xopIz)

127 Biden reminds me of the Pat Geary character in G2

Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at June 17, 2021 06:38 AM (QZ/dC)

128 Biden's always been a nasty, arrogant p****. How he reacted to that "reporter" is just how he is. I'll credit his dementia with being able to hide it less well.

**

I don't need your votes to win, you hear me? F*ck you Michigan! I DON'T NEED YOUR VOTES!

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Juneteenth, because America needs a holiday celebrating ignorance of news at June 17, 2021 06:38 AM (S9l8l)

129 I did notice that hard drive prices seem to be creeping downward, after shooting up quite a bit.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 17, 2021 06:39 AM (E+OcO)

130 125 Posted by: Lady in Black at June 17, 2021 06:37 AM (O+I8R)

Delaware was on the day of my birth a Staunch (Rockefeller) Republican state, by the time I was 5 it was on the downward spiral, the thing is because it is so small it can make the Federal graft machine work after a fashion for it.

I think they mules started product perfecting their corruption in the late 70s and we are seeing it finally go national.

Posted by: sven at June 17, 2021 06:40 AM (Lzpvj)

131 Dumber than Joe? I've got dumber than Joe right here...the
incomprehensible imbeciles in Delaware who kept sending this functioning
'tard back to Congress for 4 decades.

Given what we saw with The Great Steal last year, that's prolly more a result of voting fraud than anything else. And all those radical progressives that got "voted into office" in pink states? Dominion systems to the rescue!

Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Psychos Rule! No, really. They're in charge now. at June 17, 2021 06:40 AM (HaL55)

132 The catholic church may finally be showing some spine, with a refusal for communion for every big politician supporting abortion. Beginning with Biden. Let's see if it really happens.

I doubt it.

'Twould be nice to see the jews take a similar stand with those that dis Israel in favor of Hamas and Iran who only want to eradicate them.

And the muslims go after the somali and the arab for supporting the ghey.

Posted by: Monsieur Gaga at June 17, 2021 06:41 AM (4ZE6o)

133 Dumber than Joe? I've got dumber than Joe right here...the incomprehensible imbeciles in Delaware who kept sending this functioning 'tard back to Congress for 4 decades.
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 17, 2021 06:37 AM (O+I8R)

What about the hapless GOP who couldn't come up with a single candidate able to trounce the retard. Their Gas Chamber and credit card overlords were quite happy with Puddin so...

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at June 17, 2021 06:42 AM (y7DUB)

134 128 Was that "I don't need your votes" outburst before or after the "biggest voter fraud operation ever" outburst?

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin at June 17, 2021 06:42 AM (I58tH)

135 People trying to turn this country into Venezuela always think they can make it out before the fall. But in the end, no one gets out alive. It makes their actions perplexing.

Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at June 17, 2021 06:43 AM (QZ/dC)

136 I don't need your votes to win, you hear me? F*ck you Michigan! I DON'T NEED YOUR VOTES!

"Behold the power of this fully functional, planet-sized voting fraud machine we've constructed! You may fire when ready."

Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Psychos Rule! No, really. They're in charge now. at June 17, 2021 06:43 AM (HaL55)

137 Liberals voted for the dumbest guy in the Senate because Trump was so dumb.

They also voted for a racist because Trump was so racist.

Posted by: MJ at June 17, 2021 06:43 AM (gAMkn)

138 133 Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at June 17, 2021 06:42 AM (y7DUB)

Yup, there was technically a donk guv in 72, but the people were Republican as shown by the post 77 long run of GOPers.

The infiltration of the academy and public employee unions "worked" through the 80s and 90s.

I think frankly, we accidentally won the cold war.

Posted by: sven at June 17, 2021 06:43 AM (Lzpvj)

139 We beat Russia because they were at the time more corrupt than we were. We are closing fast on those Rooskie bastards now!

Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at June 17, 2021 06:45 AM (QZ/dC)

140 LOL, Pixy !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 17, 2021 06:45 AM (wHoql)

141
Fellow Conservative - this HAD to have been a mistake.

OR did you intentionally ignore this VERY EXCLUSIVE opportunity to be a Founding Member of the Trump Legacy Defenders Task Force?

This is your VERY LAST CHANCE before we have to open up our invitation to our second round of invitees. Please join using your personal link (see below) before it expires at MIDNIGHT!

Posted by: The Universal Truth at June 17, 2021 06:45 AM (Tnijr)

142 We beat Russia because they were at the time more corrupt than we were. We are closing fast on those Rooskie bastards now!
Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at June 17, 2021 06:45 AM (QZ/dC)

American ingenuity and pursuit of excellence knows no bounds!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Our Beloved Leaders Have, and Deserve, Their Special Privileges at June 17, 2021 06:45 AM (hOUT3)

143 I think frankly, we accidentally won the cold war.

***

I'm starting to think we didn't win, and the soviets had a better plan.

See also: Conservatives just try to be left alone and not be involved in violence, and the left infiltrates and destroys.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Juneteenth, because America needs a holiday celebrating ignorance of news at June 17, 2021 06:45 AM (S9l8l)

144 Is JJ passed out in some tub full of ice, missing a kidney?

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 17, 2021 06:46 AM (O+I8R)

145 Alas, that field isn't going to mow itself, have to catch JJ later.

Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at June 17, 2021 06:46 AM (QZ/dC)

146 NOOD. JJ is up

Posted by: Doof at June 17, 2021 06:46 AM (mZUr4)

147 - "experimenting with new dystopias"
- yes, assuming they could read ...
- tim cook is a bigger idiot than al gore.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 17, 2021 06:47 AM (wHoql)

148 145 Alas, that field isn't going to mow itself, have to catch JJ later.
Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at June 17, 2021 06:46 AM (QZ/dC)

My dog would walk himself, but knowing him, he'd fall in with bad companions, so off I go, but a great morning for a walk!

Thanks Pixy!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Our Beloved Leaders Have, and Deserve, Their Special Privileges at June 17, 2021 06:48 AM (hOUT3)

149 Pixy, I found the source code of that cool animation.

https://tinyurl.com/xf9mt5z7

It's like digital poetry. A beauty. The code of the flyby class is barely 8kb!

Posted by: Mente de Caca at June 17, 2021 06:48 AM (dZAtt)

150
Crunchyroll as a service used to have a pretty great library of old and new anime but over the last several months seems to be more and more limited.

Anyone know what's happening and if there's a better service with a better mix of anime esp new new and older old?

Posted by: naturalfake at June 17, 2021 06:48 AM (dWwl8)

151 I donno, but I been tole, Eskimo pussy is mighty cold.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at June 17, 2021 06:49 AM (eJn7u)

152 are there actually people who diss Kurt Schlichter ?
srsly ?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 17, 2021 06:50 AM (wHoql)

153 Speaking of "Permanence"-

The digital advertising stock TTD is doing a ten for 1 split today.

In theory, it should be a neutral event, but as Amazon and Telsa have shown, this can be a gate way to ten bagger "wealth". ie. people who like the stock but don't want to pay $500 are perfectly willing to pay $50 to get in while getting is good.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 17, 2021 06:52 AM (dWwl8)

154 105 plague that kills at most 1.25 out of every 1000 exposed

Posted by: sven at June 17, 2021 06:25 AM (Lzpvj)

Math?

Posted by: m at June 17, 2021 10:17 AM (cME97)

155 There was a time a few months ago I was willing to pay more than MSRP for a new video card. Now, not a chance in hell. Now I'm pissed at all of them for jacking up the prices because they can. I'll wait now for the over stock sales because no one is buying now. The desperate have theirs by now, and the rest are pissed.

Posted by: Sixiron at June 17, 2021 01:01 PM (c4Wfm)

156 154 Posted by: m at June 17, 2021 10:17 AM (cME97)

The initial math was allegedly a .5-1.9% mortality indexed to probably exposures, over at Insty I had argued that CUOMO had been in the US longer and more people had been exposed before the revelation it has been here since Nov 2019 it had dropped to 1.5-4.25 or so out of every 1000 when the dust settles this will be "the particularly harsh flu."

Sucks if you are "lucky" but in a lot of cases barely noticeable otherwise.

Posted by: sven at June 17, 2021 03:08 PM (Lzpvj)

157 There is definately a great deal to learn about this subject.
I really like all of the points you've made.

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