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The difference between the Nazis and the Democrats is the Nazis only needed one Reichstag Fire.

The argument of this "whistleblower" is essentially that Facebook (and by implication other platforms) has not been aggressive enough in regulating and censoring "divisive content," whatever that means. Is this some kind of revolutionary opinion? Or is it banally commonplace
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) October 6, 2021

The Facebook "whistleblower" is nothing of the sort. She's a paid lobbyist for government control of social media.
Windows 11 is all about new hardware. (ZDNet)

Not about supporting new hardware. About getting you to buy new hardware.

Old system getting the job done just fine? Not anymore.
And if you were planning to upgrade to Windows 11 on your shiny 16 core Ryzen system, you might want to hold off on that. (Tom's Hardware)

It's as much as 15% slower on Ryzen systems, particularly ones with lots of cores. There's a patch coming.

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Linux now runs on Arm-based Macs. (Tom's Hardware)

Well, sort of. There's no installer, no networking, and video is a dumb frame buffer like this was still 1993, but if you somehow manage to get it on there it will in fact boot.
Amazon says don't blame us, it wasn't our game that caused the smoke to come out of your $3000 video card. (Tom's Hardware)

Narrator: Yeah, it kind of was.

A stock 3090 running Amazon's New World can draw 370W just sitting at the menu.
The PCIe 6 has reached a final draft. (Tom's Hardware)

This is four times as fast as PCIe 4 I'm not sure it's going to arrive in desktop systems any time soon, but I said that about PCI 5 and that will be shipping in about a month.
The monitor I wanted - LG's 27UP850-W - came back in stock this morning and I ordered two. It all looks good on paper; 4K panel, 95% of DCI-P3 and 100% of sRGB. It's not calibrated for Adobe RGB but I don't do print work so that doesn't matter nearly as much.

It has USB-C power delivery so it should be able to power the smaller of my two laptops directly. The laptops each have USB-C and HDMI, so they'll both be connected to both monitors and I can switch as needed.

The plan is to retire my two current desktops entirely. The larger of my two laptops has a faster CPU and GPU, and more memory and SSD (but no internal hard disk) than either of the desktops. The smaller one is for rare occasions when I'm actually in the office; the rest of the time it's backup because I can't afford to be offline just because my main computer caught fire. And for single-threaded tasks it's also faster (by about 40%) than my current desktop systems.

Update: It seems they had at least three of them, because I can see that my order has been allocated at the warehouse and is now in dispatch, and the monitor is still in stock.

Update 2: And they've shipped. I didn't pay extra for 1-day shipping because I need to clear a space for them, but I should still get them Monday.
Also just got a shipment of gluten-free snacks from Amazon, stuff that's not readily available from the local supermarkets. And a computer toolkit with about 100 different screwdriver heads. Also a pressure washer. I was looking at one for cleaning the back deck and they were on sale this week, so I threw it in the cart with the snacks.
The community is a disgusting toxic cesspool said a 4chan user - referring to Twitch. (The Record)

And then leaked a 125GB file containing all of their source code.

Disclaimer: Don't you know that I'm a cesspool?

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 03:49 AM

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1 Roomy in here.

I guess I need to learn how to cut my comps off from forced updates. I like my win 7 just fine but is the "off" button, you know, actually an "off" button?

Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80 at October 07, 2021 03:03 AM (Ocv6A)

2 hiya

Posted by: JT at October 07, 2021 03:05 AM (arJlL)

3 Or is it banally commonplace

What's banally ?

Anal with a bat ?

Posted by: JT at October 07, 2021 03:06 AM (arJlL)

4 1 I guess I need to learn how to cut my comps off from forced updates.

Just stick with Windows 10. Soon enough they'll stop trying.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 07, 2021 03:10 AM (MqQvv)

5 Mornin', all,

Up to work out. I really need to; I won't be able to do that tomorrow. Tonight I will go to a meeting of my writing group, and won't get home until late. Long long day. But then, they all seem to be now.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 07, 2021 03:10 AM (c6xtn)

6 I haven't had a Win7 update in years -- Works Fine Here.

Posted by: Lurk at October 07, 2021 03:12 AM (MIODZ)

7 Speaking of Win 7, I have a laptop with that. I only use it now and then, but it's hanging in there quite well. So is this MacBook Air I'm writing on, and which I use for most recreational 'Net cruising at home. Win 10 is on my "work" laptop from 2020, and on my desktop at work. And the old desktop here at home, which I use for most of my fiction writing, is . . . an XP!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 07, 2021 03:14 AM (c6xtn)

8 I said Francis Haugen was Gaslighting not Whistle blowing

Posted by: Skip at October 07, 2021 03:15 AM (2JoB8)

9 Ya gotta be careful when gaslighting....you can burn your bum.

Posted by: JT at October 07, 2021 03:41 AM (arJlL)

10 We have XP on our desktop. I mostly only use it for the excel program. It works just fine for that

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at October 07, 2021 03:41 AM (UljoR)

11 Better head out. Need to work extra today so I can leave early tomorrow.

Have a good day, all

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at October 07, 2021 03:52 AM (UljoR)

12 Stay safe MLii !

Posted by: JT at October 07, 2021 03:54 AM (arJlL)

13 Just stepped outside for a peek-a-boo.

Completely overcast, mild temp.

Posted by: JT at October 07, 2021 03:55 AM (arJlL)

14 Supposed to be clear day, a good chance for space station viewing at 7pm

Posted by: Skip at October 07, 2021 03:59 AM (2JoB8)

15 >>>Also just got a shipment of gluten-free snacks from Amazon

Expensively transported, it is presumed.

Posted by: m at October 07, 2021 04:00 AM (nzEdf)

16 Should get out of here, I think building opens automatically at 6am, most do. Another building need to do work in at 7am but has a lock box so can start there when I want.

Posted by: Skip at October 07, 2021 04:02 AM (2JoB8)

17 14 Supposed to be clear day, a good chance for space station viewing at 7pm
Posted by: Skip at October 07, 2021 03:59 AM (2JoB

This is reminding me about the upcoming Shatner space shot.

"Jeff Bezos' space travel company, Blue Origin, announced Monday that "Star Trek" actor William Shatner will blast off from West Texas on Oct. 12."

https://tinyurl.com/4esyecxp

Posted by: m at October 07, 2021 04:03 AM (nzEdf)

18 Got to get out of here, back on phone.
See you all soon.

Posted by: Skip at October 07, 2021 04:09 AM (2JoB8)

19 sidebar mashup, Hall & Oates vs. Nine Inch Nails: "I Can't Get Closer For That":

Not being a Nine Inch Nails connoisseur, I raced to shut that down. But the top comment made at least a brief listen worthwhile:

"4 and a half minutes of Trent Reznor getting rejected by Hall and Oates."

Posted by: m at October 07, 2021 04:17 AM (nzEdf)

20 Stay safe Skip !

Posted by: JT at October 07, 2021 04:33 AM (arJlL)

21 Someone, who shall not be named, decided to twitch all night, hence I'm on the computer after trying to sleep with twitcher for hours.
It might be a long day.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 07, 2021 04:34 AM (nwVkH)

22 Morning, all. Well, the updating of mi casa has begun. New hot h2o heater...under the house, in a crawl space, that had less than 6 inches of wiggle room and took 5 yrs to install. Now understand my friend is the licensed plumber who did most of the work. I'm just the gopher banker, however, my fingers hurt as did my head afterwards. Yesterday, new faucets all around. Kitchen one has a sensor so I don't have to touch it. Thought I would come out of the '70s. Today, lighting.

Posted by: sidney at October 07, 2021 04:41 AM (7/kmB)

23 So a game called New World is helping fuel Climate Change with outrageous power consumption...

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 07, 2021 04:43 AM (mRmSB)

24 Worked out -- a mile or a bit more in 17 minutes, half trotting and half walking. The air is supposedly drier, but I didn't really notice it. A few degrees less hot -- 72 vs. the usual 78-80, so there's that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 07, 2021 04:45 AM (c6xtn)

25 another Bill McClintock mashup, but sweet and fun:
Fleetwood Fire - "You Make September Fun"
surprise guest: Dimebag Darrell

https://tinyurl.com/rabuxczk

Posted by: m at October 07, 2021 04:45 AM (nzEdf)

26 The facebutt whistleblower reveals that facebutt isn't powerful enough.

Stunning.

Brave.

Stunning and brave.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at October 07, 2021 04:46 AM (ybIRR)

27 The core OS on apple is Unix, so I'm not quite sure what the advantage is of installing Linux on the bare metal.

Just Open a terminal and type uname -ra and you can see for yourself.

Also you could install any number of Arm based Linux distros as a VM using parallels on your M1 Mac if you like.

Posted by: Thomas Bender, 25 years until the next Tool album. at October 07, 2021 04:48 AM (6bEbz)

28 I expect there's a still worse "whistleblower" in the queue and this one's just smoothing the way.

Posted by: m at October 07, 2021 04:50 AM (nzEdf)

29 The Facebook "whistleblower" is nothing of the sort. She's a paid lobbyist for government control of social media.

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I watched the hearing and I couldn't agree with you more. At one point during the hearing, she made the case that she wanted a new Federal agency created that would regulate the social media companies and the only people like her, the really special people, needed to be in charge. The Senators wet themselves over and over and over during the hearing. In summary, I think I saw the emergence of a new priesthood. If things go the way she wants we are on an express train ride to a Chicom style social credit system.

Posted by: LostInSpace at October 07, 2021 04:51 AM (ESLBo)

30 Windows 11 is all about new hardware. (ZDNet). Not about supporting new hardware. About getting you to buy new hardware.
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Ed Bott's article was pretty spot on. I am not finding much here to criticize MSFT over. One of the big headaches for MSFT is supporting every cat, dog, and frog in the Universe; I think they are taking this moment to reduce the legacy machine stack significantly. As a practical matter all the machines that missed the cut still have full support under Windows 10 until 2025. One of my boxes got whacked by this policy but it is 5 years old right now and it is on the hit list to go away in a year or so. No worries.

As for new hardware, I picked up a Surface Pro 8. It is one of the most perfect PCs I have ever used. The goodness comes from lots of places - the total effect is greater that each change. If you like this form factor you can't go wrong. Windows 11 is just fine; I figured out how to work around the new start menu limitations. I hope they bring back folders - that is a pretty bone head move cutting those. So far it is Windows 10.5. In a few years it will be Windows 11.

Posted by: LostInSpace at October 07, 2021 04:52 AM (ESLBo)

31 Hiya Anna !

Posted by: JT at October 07, 2021 04:52 AM (arJlL)

32 Good morning morons

According to the Democrats, parents who go to school board meetings are domestic terrorists. That will go over well.

Resign Capt. Merrick you Nazi tool!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 07, 2021 05:01 AM (EZebt)

33 So a game called New World is helping fuel Climate Change with outrageous power consumption...
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 07, 2021 04:43 AM (mRmSB)

It's made by Amazon, who are apparently attempting to get into the gaming sphere now, so I'm all too content to let the enviroweenies and Bezos try to wreck each other.

Is there some way they can both lose, like Apple and Epic?

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at October 07, 2021 05:03 AM (xNrL5)

34 6 I haven't had a Win7 update in years -- Works Fine Here. Posted by: Lurk

7 Speaking of Win 7, I have a laptop with that. I only use it now and then, but it's hanging in there quite well. So is this MacBook Air I'm I on, and which I use for most recreational 'Net cruising at home. Win 10 is on my "work" laptop from 2020, and on my desktop at work. And the old desktop here at home, which I use for most of my fiction writing, is . . . an XP!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

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If older hardware and software are sufficient for the task at hand and you are happy with the situation keep them running. For mainstream use cases such as email, surfing the web, and media consumption it has been my experience that older boxes work just fine. I try and get 5 years or more out of a machine. I am not doing software engineering stuff anymore so I don't need the latest and greatest. On the other hand, than has never stopped me for drooling over new hardware.

Posted by: LostInSpace at October 07, 2021 05:03 AM (ESLBo)

35 Just about every iteration of Windows has been about upgrading the hardware. One of the reasons why I took a long time to let windows on my computer and why I finally stopped doing the automatic upgrading.

It's like a dog chasing it's tail. And It's become obvious with an OS out there (linux) that doesn't need to do that that the hardware seems to be the reason for the upgrade of the OS. It should be the other way around.

P.S. Some here were wondering why our comments are time stamped from the mid west time zone. I thought maybe you missed a digit re the universal time zone and hadn't had the time or it's too much trouble to fix that. It's not important as long as we have something to mark when a certain comment was made.

I'd like to know what happened cause I like to know shit like that.

Have fun in OZ Land and hopefully more of those scumbags will quit and you all can go back to normal. Hope you've learned some lessons. Primary one being: get back your guns and don't trust the cops.

Posted by: jakee308 at October 07, 2021 05:06 AM (sgZqZ)

36 P.S. Some here were wondering why our comments are time stamped from the mid west time zone. I thought maybe you missed a digit re the universal time zone and hadn't had the time or it's too much trouble to fix that. It's not important as long as we have something to mark when a certain comment was made.

Posted by: jakee308 at October 07, 2021 05:06 AM (sgZqZ)

It's Texas Time, so the clock is correct.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at October 07, 2021 05:09 AM (xNrL5)

37 Comments from the ONT.

A set of "china" that my in-laws gave to my daughter was purchased over time at a supermarket.

Which reminds me. I should give my daughter the Noritake that my FiL gave to his mother that she didn't want.

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at October 07, 2021 05:09 AM (xopIz)

38 Fvck the Democrats with the Tsar Bomba...

Sec. of Defenselessness Lloyd takes the troops hostage on the debt ceiling debate saying they won't get paid unless it is raised.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 07, 2021 05:10 AM (mRmSB)

39 'morning...

Ack. I'm late....

Posted by: Oldowan at October 07, 2021 05:17 AM (Mfqer)

40 I try and get 5 years or more out of a machine. I am not doing software engineering stuff anymore so I don't need the latest and greatest. On the other hand, than has never stopped me for drooling over new hardware.
Posted by: LostInSpace at October 07, 2021 05:03 AM (ESLBo)

For gaming, I plan purchases and replacements in terms of a single cycle of Moore's Law. If it lasts four years, I got my money's worth. Computing power will have doubled, so it's time for a new one to run the new stuff.

At some point, if development is uninterrupted, we'll hit a wall where games are indistinguishable from movies, and upgrading every four years will no longer be necessary, because no improvement will be possible.

I expect that will never be the case, as I think we're in for another Dark Age if the Globopedo Cabal keeps things moving in their direction. Their permanent success is impossible, but if they are successful enough in the short term, there will be a dark age as society shatters and begins reforming from scratch with tribes and warlords.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at October 07, 2021 05:17 AM (xNrL5)

41 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at October 07, 2021 05:19 AM (u82oZ)

42 I wonder what Capt. Merrick will do to the domestic terrorist mayor who demanded the entire school board resign because they were pushing child pornography.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 07, 2021 05:23 AM (EZebt)

43 Anna, I'm fine with the regime not paying the guys with the training and the guns. That always works out well in the end.

Posted by: Button Pushing Monkey at October 07, 2021 05:24 AM (EcHpA)

44 Merrick Garland's daughter is married to one of the CRT peddlers of hate material to schools

Isn't that a bit of a conflict of interest?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 07, 2021 05:25 AM (mRmSB)

45 Anna Puma

Good morning. I trust you are well.

Lets piss the troops off even more. Those tangos in charge are sooo smart.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at October 07, 2021 05:25 AM (u82oZ)

46 Salty Dawg

They assume soldiers can be taken hostage to be used as props like they do when threatening police and fire fighter pay

But go ahead don't pay the people with the keys to the big guns. I double dog dare those Democrat dog face lying pony soldiers who say they 'support the troops.'

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 07, 2021 05:27 AM (mRmSB)

47 Got the PCR test results in, no Wuhan Flu imposed stay at home. Got a negative result so need to finish getting ready for work.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 07, 2021 05:29 AM (mRmSB)

48
Good morning, Hordians.

Let's get out there and enrage the lunatics by living a good life today.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 07, 2021 05:30 AM (/U27+)

49 47 Got the PCR test results in, no Wuhan Flu imposed stay at home. Got a negative result so need to finish getting ready for work.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 07, 2021 05:29 AM (mRmSB)

Woohoo!

Posted by: m at October 07, 2021 05:30 AM (nzEdf)

50 Merrick Garland's daughter is married to one of the CRT peddlers of hate material to schools

Isn't that a bit of a conflict of interest?
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 07, 2021 05:25 AM (mRmSB)

We often refer to the Left and all of its organizations as incestuous, and sometimes I think there might be more than just a little grain of truth in that...

This really is an organized crime family.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at October 07, 2021 05:31 AM (xNrL5)

51 Anna Puma

Wahoo. I have had 5 negative tests so far. PITA.

The perceptive troops have known since 1970 that the Dems hate them. Maybe earlier. When I was in it was blatant, from the 1980s.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at October 07, 2021 05:32 AM (u82oZ)

52
It's Texas Time, so the clock is correct.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at October 07, 2021 05:09 AM (xNrL5)

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Just so long as it isn't Eastern or Pacific, the Sodom and Gomorrah of time zones. Unlike Central or Mountain, which are decent, Christian time zones.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 07, 2021 05:33 AM (/U27+)

53 Posted by: Anna Puma at October 07, 2021 05:27 AM (mRmSB)

I get the feeling this will end with something that rhymes with biliary moo.

I have a feeling that Silly Milley wouldn't last long if the shit hit the fan, either.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at October 07, 2021 05:33 AM (xNrL5)

54 morning Horde. nothing like racing into work almost 2 hours early to prep for a meeting only to discover that europe moved the meeting this morning...

oh well coffee is on, and i've stil got one 3 hour meeting this morning... -_-

Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at October 07, 2021 05:33 AM (8D42x)

55 Just so long as it isn't Eastern or Pacific, the Sodom and Gomorrah of time zones. Unlike Central or Mountain, which are decent, Christian time zones.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 07, 2021 05:33 AM (/U27+)

Just to be clear from the order you posted, Pacific is Sodom. It's where Hollywood is, after all.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at October 07, 2021 05:34 AM (xNrL5)

56 It was fun watching Psaki squirm trying to defend Hunter blowing off the ROE for his art sales - telling reporters to talk to the gallery. It's this blatant "fuck you" behavior that will bring the house down.

Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at October 07, 2021 05:34 AM (QZ/dC)

57 And on the subject of an Obama judge overruling Texas, reading the opinion it basically comes down to, "because I say so" , and "it's a right". That didn't work for Dred Scott and it won't here. Texas needs to say adios to this clown show.

Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at October 07, 2021 05:36 AM (QZ/dC)

58 Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas

Any savvy, ambitious Security Detail honcho can blaze a path to Warlord now. He can outsmart the ones in nominal control.

The "elite" do not have the Mandate of Heaven, and have lost consent of the governed.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at October 07, 2021 05:36 AM (u82oZ)

59 I got tested again yesterday. Why? Just in case. Can't be too sure. Fifteen days to flatten the curve.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 07, 2021 05:37 AM (EZebt)

60 oh well coffee is on, and i've stil got one 3 hour meeting this morning... -_-
Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at October 07, 2021 05:33 AM (8D42x)

Two meetings in one day? And one of them three hours long? Your place needs Cato Efficiency Studies, Inc.

A one-time cost guaranteed to improve productivity! (I'll just fire whoever decided that such a waste of time is useful.)

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at October 07, 2021 05:38 AM (xNrL5)

61 San Franpsycho

Did you check your antibodies to see if you actually had it, and did not know it?

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at October 07, 2021 05:39 AM (u82oZ)

62 ...of Defenselessness Lloyd takes the troops hostage on the debt ceiling debate saying they won't get paid unless it is raised.

What are we, chopped liver?

Posted by: Social Security Retirees at October 07, 2021 05:39 AM (oOIDm)

63 The "elite" do not have the Mandate of Heaven, and have lost consent of the governed.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at October 07, 2021 05:36 AM (u82oZ)

*gasp* Wait, you mean they weren't saying let's go Brandon?

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at October 07, 2021 05:40 AM (xNrL5)

64 Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas

When my Dad used to work at a big complex of buildings visible from the Baltimore-Washington Parkway, his plan was to see who was essential on snow days, and fire the rest.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at October 07, 2021 05:41 AM (u82oZ)

65 Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas

Tis a shocker.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at October 07, 2021 05:42 AM (u82oZ)

66 One final post, Crunchyroll is airing the new Muv Luv Alternative series as soon as it airs in Japan.

https://youtu.be/7qvsRRa-nGY

First episode covers the fall of Imperial Japan to the BETAs. And the Americans doing nothing to help. With an estimated 36 million Japanese being killed/dismembered/dissolved/eaten by the BETAs.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 07, 2021 05:43 AM (mRmSB)

67 Time for work preps.

Have a blessed day, everyone.

Hand washing is the new head on a swivel. Because COVID-19 Wuhan crazed politicos and bureaucrats have a flawed Mattis plan.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at October 07, 2021 05:43 AM (u82oZ)

68 Did you check your antibodies to see if you actually had it, and did not know it?
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at October 07, 2021 05:39 AM (u82oZ)
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I haven't thought about but it's an interesting question because I did catch a cold that fall.

But the answer has no practical meaning, so...

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 07, 2021 05:43 AM (EZebt)

69 When my Dad used to work at a big complex of buildings visible from the Baltimore-Washington Parkway, his plan was to see who was essential on snow days, and fire the rest.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at October 07, 2021 05:41 AM (u82oZ)

I like this plan.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at October 07, 2021 05:45 AM (xNrL5)

70 If Trump had released the Afghan prisoner days before he become the weapon that killed 13 Americans, his Presidency would be over within a week. No one is covering this re Biden. All debt ceiling all the time - there is only one party.

Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at October 07, 2021 05:47 AM (QZ/dC)

71 Good morning all!

(cue for everyone to run out of room and get more coffee, eat breakfast, wash their hair, etc.)

Posted by: Rosasharn at October 07, 2021 05:47 AM (yEBFM)

72 If Trump had released the Afghan prisoner days before he become the weapon that killed 13 Americans, his Presidency would be over within a week. No one is covering this re Biden. All debt ceiling all the time - there is only one party.
Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at October 07, 2021 05:47 AM (QZ/dC)

And journalism is completely dead. Our media is now nothing but gaslighting and propaganda.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at October 07, 2021 05:49 AM (xNrL5)

73 Can somebody explain to me the logic of "This site is under attack by bots, so I'm going to dump the source code on the internet to attack the company?"

Posted by: squid_hunt at October 07, 2021 05:51 AM (B0mGw)

74 Good morning, everybody.

Posted by: squid_hunt at October 07, 2021 05:51 AM (B0mGw)

75 64 Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas

When my Dad used to work at a big complex of buildings visible from the Baltimore-Washington Parkway, his plan was to see who was essential on snow days, and fire the rest.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at October 07, 2021 05:41 AM (u82oZ)

I'd think that could work if you selectively drop some full-timers to part-timers: say, for a vivid example, the cleaning crew might not come in on snow days but would need to come in at some time.

Posted by: m at October 07, 2021 05:53 AM (nzEdf)

76 "The "elite" do not have the Mandate of Heaven, and have lost consent of the governed."

Don't worry. They have a plan to alienate half the population and create an "other" for everyone to hate and unify us against a common enemy.

That failing, they'll start a war.

Posted by: squid_hunt at October 07, 2021 05:53 AM (B0mGw)

77 Good Morning, squid_hunt

Posted by: Ben Had at October 07, 2021 05:53 AM (B2Aqo)

78 It's this blatant "fuck you" behavior that will bring the house down.
Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at October 07, 2021 05:34 AM (QZ/dC)

i wish you were correct. but no chance in hell that there's enough people to "wake up" until shit is so sideways that the great unwashed are starving and have 0 recourse, imo.

sadly

Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at October 07, 2021 05:54 AM (8D42x)

79 "i wish you were correct. but no chance in hell that there's enough people to "wake up" until shit is so sideways that the great unwashed are starving and have 0 recourse"

And Trump is racist!

Posted by: squid_hunt at October 07, 2021 05:55 AM (B0mGw)

80 Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at October 07, 2021 05:54 AM (8D42x)

They can take power but they can't hold it. I wish I could explain how I knew this, but it's the same as my knowledge that the sun will rise in the morning.

No regime this incompetent, this high on its own fart-gas, can possibly endure.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at October 07, 2021 05:58 AM (xNrL5)

81 oh well coffee is on, and i've stil got one 3 hour meeting this morning... -_-
Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at October 07, 2021 05:33 AM (8D42x)

Two meetings in one day? And one of them three hours long? Your place needs Cato Efficiency Studies, Inc.

A one-time cost guaranteed to improve productivity! (I'll just fire whoever decided that such a waste of time is useful.)
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at October 07, 2021 05:38 AM (xNrL5)

dude, that's just the beginning. i had a 3 hour meeting yesterday afternoon, with half the same people, to cover the same topics that will be covered today...

typically half, sometimes more, of my day is meeting. as the demotivational poster says, none of us is as dumb as all of us...

and there are moments this place approaches 500 millikohns...

Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at October 07, 2021 06:00 AM (8D42x)

82 dude, that's just the beginning. i had a 3 hour meeting yesterday afternoon, with half the same people, to cover the same topics that will be covered today...

typically half, sometimes more, of my day is meeting. as the demotivational poster says, none of us is as dumb as all of us...

and there are moments this place approaches 500 millikohns...
Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at October 07, 2021 06:00 AM (8D42x)

Don't worry, I charge by the firing.

It's going to be a banner year!

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at October 07, 2021 06:02 AM (xNrL5)

83 A nice morning hymn and pictures, "When morning gilds the skies"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlEYP76JJeM

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 07, 2021 06:05 AM (lQj4a)

84 Can somebody explain to me the logic of "This site is under attack by bots, so I'm going to dump the source code on the internet to attack the company?"
Posted by: squid_hunt at October 07, 2021 05:51 AM (B0mGw)

it's 4 chan...

Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at October 07, 2021 06:08 AM (8D42x)

85 Do I *have*to get up now?
Ugh

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at October 07, 2021 06:10 AM (YZG/i)

86 Doggeh says yes, yes I do

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at October 07, 2021 06:11 AM (YZG/i)

87 No regime this incompetent, this high on its own fart-gas, can possibly endure.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at October 07, 2021 05:58 AM (xNrL5)

before this administration, i would have agreed. and i'm still thinking you're right. but i have my doubts. too many people are more invested in what the latest tiktoc video is or what starlet wore the same dress twice to really understand what's happening around them. i don't know that they wake up until it's stabbing them in their house with their own kitchen ware.

we've seen so many large cities here that witness the dreaded 1 kohn level stupidity event and then they vote for the same people that just caused it. i've lost faith in a lot of my "fellow countrymen"...

Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at October 07, 2021 06:12 AM (8D42x)

88 "it's 4 chan..."

Just seems like Twitch was the same sort of people that populated 4 chan.

Posted by: squid_hunt at October 07, 2021 06:13 AM (B0mGw)

89 A lot of people who can't see what's going on are actually afraid and so they deny.

Posted by: Button Pushing Monkey at October 07, 2021 06:18 AM (EcHpA)

90 mornin' y'all

Posted by: Big V Caffeinated at October 07, 2021 06:18 AM (Adlwz)

91 we've seen so many large cities here that witness the dreaded 1 kohn level stupidity event and then they vote for the same people that just caused it. i've lost faith in a lot of my "fellow countrymen"...
Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at October 07, 2021 06:12 AM (8D42x)

My faith is not in my fellow countrymen.

I just can't imagine any scenario where these spectacularly self-deluded fools don't shoot themselves in the foot so hard it blows their entire leg off.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at October 07, 2021 06:20 AM (xNrL5)

92 I am curious about the gluten free snacks. I am always searching for good gluten free food. What did you get?

Posted by: Quirky bookworm at October 07, 2021 06:20 AM (EbJ6H)

93 92 I am curious about the gluten free snacks. I am always searching for good gluten free food. What did you get?
Posted by: Quirky bookworm at October 07, 2021 06:20 AM (EbJ6H)

I do the smoked trash panda.

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 07, 2021 06:21 AM (yrol0)

94 "I just can't imagine any scenario where these spectacularly self-deluded fools don't shoot themselves in the foot so hard it blows their entire leg off."

Just wait for the race riots next year.

Posted by: squid_hunt at October 07, 2021 06:21 AM (B0mGw)

95 A lot of people who can't see what's going on are actually afraid and so they deny.
Posted by: Button Pushing Monkey at October 07, 2021 06:18 AM (EcHpA)

Fear helps keep people in denial.

They want to believe that someone is intelligent, someone is in control, that there's a plan.

The knowledge that you're on a driverless bus headed towards a cliff is terrifying. A lot of people simply refuse to grapple with it.

Pretty fiction beats ugly reality.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at October 07, 2021 06:21 AM (xNrL5)

96 >>> I am curious about the gluten free snacks. I am always searching for good gluten free food. What did you get?

Bacon is good.

Posted by: fluffy at October 07, 2021 06:22 AM (UnQlg)

97 *sings*
Take me freedom of speech, Peach
Take me freedom of speech
*Mmmph wmmmt fnnnm*, Peach
Take me freedom of speech!
All together now!
Take me freedoms away, sport
Take me freedoms away
Don't let me go astray, sport
Just take me freedoms away!
*https://sports.yahoo.com/australian-law-chief-wants-

defamation-010705627.html

Posted by: naturalfake at October 07, 2021 06:22 AM (5NkmN)

98 Just wait for the race riots next year.
Posted by: squid_hunt at October 07, 2021 06:21 AM (B0mGw)

These idiots thought they could control chaos, so they loosed it upon their enemies, never imagining it could turn on them.

They have severely overestimated themselves, and chaos has its own agenda.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at October 07, 2021 06:23 AM (xNrL5)

99 Bacon is good.
Posted by: fluffy at October 07, 2021 06:22 AM (UnQlg)

What is proof that God favors Christians?

We get the bacon.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at October 07, 2021 06:24 AM (xNrL5)

100 100

Posted by: m at October 07, 2021 06:26 AM (nzEdf)

101 Sources: NBA players were informed unvaccinated players who breach quarantine in Toronto face criminal offense. Unvaccinated players only able to leave hotel for team activities. Per Canada's Quarantine Act, violations could lead to up to 6 months in prison and/or $750K in fines.

Now do HPV and Herpes.

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 07, 2021 06:26 AM (yrol0)

102 Just wait for the race riots next year.
Posted by: squid_hunt at October 07, 2021 06:21 AM (B0mGw)

You mean like Tulsa?

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 07, 2021 06:27 AM (yrol0)

103 That stuck ring on a swollen finger video on the ONT is a really neat trick! Hope I can remember that if the need ever arises.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 07, 2021 06:28 AM (O+I8R)

104 The worlds largest online retailer is by far the biggest private employer in Seattle with more than 50,000 workers. That distinction has proved a headache in recent years, with some residents and government officials blaming the company for exacerbating homelessness and traffic.

Adios Seattle.

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 07, 2021 06:29 AM (yrol0)

105 Jesse Watters from Fox News mentions the Maricopa County Audit and 57,000 ballots that were left in question.

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 07, 2021 06:31 AM (yrol0)

106 G'morning, all.

Baltimore's Mayor is an idiot.

https://tinyurl.com/633fp7st

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at October 07, 2021 06:31 AM (3D/fK)

107 A nice morning hymn and pictures, "When morning gilds the skies"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlEYP76JJeM
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 07, 2021 06:05 AM (lQj4a)

Lovely! Thanks, Fen!

Posted by: Doof at October 07, 2021 06:31 AM (mZUr4)

108 yay Janice

JaniceMcGeachin
Today, as Acting Governor, I fixed Gov. Little's Executive Order on "vaccine passports" to make sure that K-12 schools and universities cannot require vaccinations OR require mandatory testing. I will continue to fight for your individual Liberty

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 07, 2021 06:32 AM (yrol0)

109 Communism is simply a high school mean girl's club writ large.

Share of AT&T are dropping today because duh duh DUHHHHHH!

"it was revealed" that they "helped establish" "far right" One America Network and wish to buy a 5% share in the company.

Attention, citizen! Drop your shares of AT&T! They express a different viewpoint and stuff!

Posted by: naturalfake at October 07, 2021 06:34 AM (5NkmN)

110 If you havent gotten your shot and you want to travel this winter, lets be clear, there will only be a few extremely narrow exceptions like a valid medical condition. These travel measures, along with mandatory vaccinations for federal employees, are some of the strongest in the world. This is no time for half measures.

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 07, 2021 06:35 AM (yrol0)

111 G'morning, all.

Baltimore's Mayor is an idiot.

https://tinyurl.com/633fp7st
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at October 07, 2021 06:31 AM (3D/fK)

Good morning, VIA!

Mayor of Baltimore an idiot?? Next you'll tell me water is wet.

Posted by: Doof at October 07, 2021 06:35 AM (mZUr4)

112 I still think the play is to let this get almost to boiling over, can the retard and say, "our national nightmare is over". It was a tall task to make Kamala look good but FJB is up to it!

Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at October 07, 2021 06:35 AM (QZ/dC)

113 That stuck ring on a swollen finger video on the ONT is a really neat trick! Hope I can remember that if the need ever arises.
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 07, 2021 06:28 AM (O+I8R)

The downside being...you can only cut your finger off once.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 07, 2021 06:36 AM (5NkmN)

114 I bought a ticket to fly for Thanksgiving.

If American Airlines requires that I get the DeathShot, I will demand a refund. That wasn't rule when I bought the ticket.

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at October 07, 2021 06:37 AM (xopIz)

115 Next you'll tell me water is wet."

Water is wet.

Remember....you heard it here, first!

Follow the science.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at October 07, 2021 06:38 AM (3D/fK)

116 I get a short day at work today! The campus is shutting down and sending us all home because of a home football game. I get to leave at 4 instead of 4:30. (If my boss isn't here, I'll tiptoe out at 3:50. A rebel, that's me.)

All to the good. I can catch a quick nap before dinner, as I have to go to my writing group tonight and won't be in bed until late.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 07, 2021 06:40 AM (/XOcP)

117 Maths be hard for socialist

Bernie: 2 people do not have the right to sabotage what 48 want and what the President wants

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 07, 2021 06:43 AM (yrol0)

118 That Hall and Oates/NIN mashup in the sidebar is brilliant! And disturbing.

Posted by: blaster at October 07, 2021 06:43 AM (mbFEM)

119 JJ

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 07, 2021 06:43 AM (yrol0)

120 Bernie: 2 people do not have the right to sabotage what 48 want and what the President wants
Posted by: rhennigantx at October 07, 2021 06:43 AM (yrol0)

Completely ignoring the other 50.

Posted by: blaster at October 07, 2021 06:43 AM (mbFEM)

121 Isn't this France Haugen a millionaire? Plus very white and privileged. Dems should be taxing her into oblivion instead of taking advice from her. Weird.

Posted by: Ripley at October 07, 2021 06:44 AM (MxEKc)

122 Linux is a great character, but I prefer Charlie Browx and Snoopx

Posted by: Flea at October 07, 2021 06:46 AM (Eus9b)

123 112 I still think the play is to let this get almost to boiling over, can the retard and say, "our national nightmare is over". It was a tall task to make Kamala look good but FJB is up to it!
Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at October 07, 2021 06:35 AM (QZ/dC)

I buy this.

Posted by: m at October 07, 2021 06:54 AM (nzEdf)

124 120 Bernie: 2 people do not have the right to sabotage what 48 want and what the President wants
Posted by: rhennigantx at October 07, 2021 06:43 AM (yrol0)

Completely ignoring the other 50.
Posted by: blaster at October 07, 2021 06:43 AM (mbFEM)

Because he's speaking like a Party Man.

Posted by: m at October 07, 2021 06:56 AM (nzEdf)

125 I guess I need to learn how to cut my comps off from forced updates.

Just stick with Windows 10. Soon enough they'll stop trying.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 07, 2021 03:10 AM

Oh, they stopped trying years ago!

Or, did you mean stop trying to force an upgrade?

Posted by: Cybersmythe at October 07, 2021 08:15 AM (ezpv1)

126 Posted by: Doof at October 07, 2021 06:31 AM (mZUr4)

You are most welcome, Doof. May you feel God's presence and love with you today.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 07, 2021 08:19 AM (lQj4a)

127 "Divisive" means showing more than one side.

Posted by: OCBill at October 07, 2021 10:53 AM (SUECK)

128 >Can somebody explain to me the logic of "This site is under attack by bots, so I'm going to dump the source code on the internet to attack the company?"

Well, I'll try. Millennials think that a company and its users are one and the same, and that the former bears some kind of responsibility for the latter. Companies are supposed to refuse customers that the mob determines are "problematic".

In this case, the leaker believes that 1) Twitch is somehow responsible for the hate raid mobs' behaviour in the first place, and 2) that Twitch isn't doing enough to prevent the raids. Since Twitch has a de facto monopoly on game streaming the leaker thinks that giving away their IP and trade secrets will bootstrap competitors to the service.

No, none of this makes any sense, but remember these are the people who claim we have to destroy capitalism because Nintendo made Pokemon too easy.

Posted by: Daniel Ream at October 07, 2021 11:22 AM (ArYuy)

129 Also, if you're using a Windows XP/Vista/7 PC that isn't completely airgapped from any other computer you deserve whatever you get.

Ultimately, you have - and have always had - only two choices: you can have a computer that you completely control, or you can have a computer that works reliably. Make your choice.

Posted by: Daniel Ream at October 07, 2021 11:28 AM (ArYuy)

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