Daily Tech News 30 November 2021

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Will Twitter become an ocean of suck? (Matt Taibbi)

Twitter CEO and ornamental hermit Jack Dorsey has resigned and everyone is wondering what this means for the world's favourite digital sewer, since he was - not kidding - leading the charge for freedom of speech as much as there is such a thing at Twitter.

I respect Matt Taibbi as a reporter but I think he's being hopelessly optimistic here. I can't think of any force that could raise Twitter to the level of merely being an ocean of suck.

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The SilverStone NighJar NJ700 is a 700W passive power supply. (AnandTech)

700W power supplies are nothing new. Passively cooled power supplies are nothing new. But a 700W passively cooled power supply - and one that doesn't have enormous radiator fins - is a nice trick.

It don't come cheap though.
Are there any 4K dumb televisions? (Hacker News)

Yes, but also no. The best option is a large format computer monitor, and there's even a list.

They don't come cheap though, for reasons we've seen. (Such as Vizio making twice as much money from ads as from selling televisions.)

And Samsung just demonstrated another reason you might want this. (Hackaday)

A warehouse in South Africa was robbed and thieves made off with a truckload of Samsung smart TVs. So Samsung remotely bricked the lot of them.

A lot of people don't think that should be possible. Cars - which are supposed to move in the first place, and which can contain other valuable items, not to mention people - maybe there's an argument for. Home electronics not so much.

Giving the end user some facility to configure their devices that way, sure. Giving the manufacturer carte blanche, no.
A survey of 7000 companies finds that only 3% rely on a single cloud provider. (ZDNet)

I wonder how much of that is planning to mitigate vendor lock-in, and how much is lack of planning and being captured by vendor lock-in, only at multiple vendors simultaneously. I would guess mostly the latter.
A proposed change to Ethereum gas calculations has been put forward to help deal with sky-high transaction fees. (Cryptonews)

This does not even attempt to right the sinking ship; it merely rearranges the deckchairs.
Three ex-Google employees are suing the company for being evil. (Vice)

No, really.

Party Like It's 1979 Video of the Day

Disclaimer: Please don't talk about blockchain tonight.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 02:47 AM

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1 Twatter is *already* an ocean of suck!

Posted by: JQ at November 30, 2021 02:51 AM (dB4Iz)

2 Love the music selection, Pixy!

I remember it. Sure it was '79? I think it was earlier.

Posted by: JQ at November 30, 2021 02:52 AM (dB4Iz)

3 Like that Gerry Rafferty... Baker Street{/i] was '77 maybe '78.

Hitched a lot of rides to it in '78, LOL.

Posted by: JQ at November 30, 2021 02:53 AM (dB4Iz)

5 Look at me, I'm barrel-free!!!!!1!11!!1!

Posted by: JQ at November 30, 2021 02:53 AM (dB4Iz)

6 2 Love the music selection, Pixy!

I remember it. Sure it was '79? I think it was earlier.

Yeah, I'm allowing recent hits as well as the 1979 chart, for a bit of variety. Fair amount of suck in any single year.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 30, 2021 02:56 AM (MqQvv)

7 If he was the voice of free speech... damn.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 30, 2021 02:57 AM (csEWM)

8 Yep.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 30, 2021 02:58 AM (MqQvv)

9 My Sony tv seems to work well enough- but I also do not connect it to the internet. Pipe everything on it through the PS4 (which is a whole other kettle of fish, but there you go.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 30, 2021 03:00 AM (csEWM)

10 Trying to escape the clutches of the internet while also using the internet is a tricky proposition.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 30, 2021 03:03 AM (csEWM)

11 Still digesting Cowboy Bebop. I may have to reconsider one of my fundamental tenets regarding anime- the only insanity present is really Ed- and even she is worked into the story in a way that she does not come across as anomalous. Dude with breasts makes sense in the context of the story.

Probably the best example of dramatic storytelling in the animated genre that I can think of. Certainly for the weird noir/ronin/character study/space opera niche it created for itself.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 30, 2021 03:08 AM (csEWM)

12 To all my Anime morons here, Hulu has a deal where it's 99 cents a month for a year (deal might be ending soon, not sure) but I'm really surprised how much anime they have on there and how much of it is dubbed.

Posted by: Rbastid at November 30, 2021 03:08 AM (XwTyM)

13 We dumped the tv lineup but kept cable internet. Since removing the boxes (smooth move, CATV co-- going *back* to boxes after 30 years, idiots!) haven't reconnected the DVD player, &etc...

Already had one Roku TV, so hubby can veg out on that.

Got a couple more Roku sticks but haven't connected to the other TVs. I just don't have time for video! Well, maybe in a few weeks when there's nothing to do outside, lol.

Posted by: JQ at November 30, 2021 03:09 AM (dB4Iz)

14 Only got Wifi for the kindle but glad now! Streaming is way nicer than the fcuking cable channels!

"Sports surcharge" can go straight to hell. Fk sports.

Posted by: JQ at November 30, 2021 03:12 AM (dB4Iz)

15
Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 30, 2021 03:08 AM (csEWM)

Top Tip: Don't watch the Live Action one next, unless you want to have the intense need to hurl yourself off a building

Posted by: Rbastid at November 30, 2021 03:16 AM (XwTyM)

16 Top Tip: Don't watch the Live Action one next, unless you want to have the intense need to hurl yourself off a building
Posted by: Rbastid at November 30, 2021 03:16 AM (XwTyM)

Well, aside from have seen a few clips so having no desire, I don't have Netflix so (outside of piracy) no ability.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 30, 2021 03:18 AM (csEWM)

17 Well just posted this in the ONT so here goes again.

Started writing again. Tackling a story I started years ago that I kinda just stopped writing on even though I have 28,000 words written. Let's see how far I get this time, perhaps to a conclusion?

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 30, 2021 03:20 AM (T/yKs)

18 Good luck with the story, Anna.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 30, 2021 03:23 AM (csEWM)

19 That's Edd.

Ein is the only smart one.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 30, 2021 03:24 AM (T/yKs)

20 Aetius, if you want space opera; there is always Space Battleship Yamato 2199.

From the original series as dubbed into English, "Hurry Star Force, you only have 315 days to save the Earth!"

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 30, 2021 03:26 AM (T/yKs)

21 Right now I am reading what I already wrote to fix it in memory and fixing/expanding stuff.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 30, 2021 03:27 AM (T/yKs)

22 'nite horde!

Good luck w/the writing, Anna Puma!

Posted by: JQ at November 30, 2021 03:40 AM (dB4Iz)

23 Alicia Bridges? Is there no shame left in the world?

Posted by: Dr. Bone at November 30, 2021 03:42 AM (BPuaD)

24
Just reading the latest from Vanden Bossche, posting to Peter McCollough's listserv. He's getting worried about ADE in the vexxed with Moronic, and what it will evolve into.

The problem with ol' Geert is he uses such precise language in his field, that he can say in a few sentences what requires pages and pages for the rest of us to understand.

Something about "allosteric mutations". I'm reading, and trying to understand what ol' GVB is saying.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at November 30, 2021 03:47 AM (Mzdiz)

25 Mornin', folk,

Up to work out; 50 F. outside, but dry (as dry as it ever gets here at night), so I have no excuse not to. Chekov the Ailing Codger Cat not only wants his breakfast, he is actually pacing around, albeit slowly, rather than simply lying on the living room floor and chirping at me. Since he has dry food, I may make him wait until after I work out. I need to give him the morning nerve pain pill, and that is supposed to be every 12 hours. It's only been about 9 since last night's.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 30, 2021 03:48 AM (c6xtn)

26 Hi, Wolfus! Glad you and Chekov are doing okay!

Ugh, can't sleep...

Posted by: JQ at November 30, 2021 03:54 AM (dB4Iz)

27 Up before alarm

Posted by: Skip at November 30, 2021 03:56 AM (2JoB8)

28 Need to get "my" outdoor kitty rounded up and to the vet... they can scan to see if he's chipped. Then I hope they can at least give him rabies and distemper vacc's if there's no ownership issue.

Would like to formally adopt this one; he's been hanging around for 2 years now.

He finally (sort of) trusts me but getting him caged and into the car just might ruin that trust for a long time...

Posted by: JQ at November 30, 2021 04:00 AM (dB4Iz)

29 Mornin', all

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at November 30, 2021 04:16 AM (1R0vU)

30 Only know they finally opened Germantown Pk and the donut shop is on my way again.

Posted by: Skip at November 30, 2021 04:25 AM (2JoB8)

31 I'm okay with Samsung being able to brick stolen televisions. To me that's a feature, assuming they have a good process for pulling the trigger. It would be nice if a thief left your TV because he knows he can't sell it.

It's the rest of the stuff they're doing with new TVs that I can't tolerate. Audio snooping. Ads. Collecting data on what you watch. Nope - none of that.

Posted by: Ace's liver at November 30, 2021 04:28 AM (wGeit)

32 Hi, MLii! How are you today?

Posted by: JQ at November 30, 2021 04:34 AM (dB4Iz)

33 "It's the rest of the stuff they're doing with new TVs that I can't tolerate. Audio snooping. Ads. Collecting data on what you watch."

Not to mention the newer cars... tracking where you go, how long you're there. Probably 'listening' to all you say, noting all your phone contacts. It's scary when you consider it all!

Posted by: JQ at November 30, 2021 04:39 AM (dB4Iz)

34 AND... We pay *extra* for all that intrusion!!!!

Posted by: JQ at November 30, 2021 04:40 AM (dB4Iz)

35 https://www.americanthinker.com/yes youre right the department of justice has a double standard

https://tinyurl.com/2p9fur65

Posted by: Skip at November 30, 2021 04:40 AM (2JoB8)

36 hiya

Posted by: JT at November 30, 2021 04:43 AM (arJlL)

37 Good luck with the story, Anna.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Seconded !

Posted by: JT at November 30, 2021 04:43 AM (arJlL)

38 OMG, the DOJ has a... gasp!... double standard?!

No. No! UNPOSSIBLE!

(sorry, Skip)

Posted by: JQ at November 30, 2021 04:44 AM (dB4Iz)

39 Hi JT!

Posted by: JQ at November 30, 2021 04:44 AM (dB4Iz)

40 Twitter Is Poison.

Suppose someone sent out a "tweet" and no one saw it?

Posted by: Cow Demon - Free Australia! at November 30, 2021 04:45 AM (CdZ4i)

41 Hey JQ,

Rushing this morning, couldnt get myself moving.

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at November 30, 2021 04:48 AM (1R0vU)

42 Hiya JQ !

How you ?

Posted by: JT at November 30, 2021 04:49 AM (arJlL)

43 Hiya MLiiGRAM !

Posted by: JT at November 30, 2021 04:49 AM (arJlL)

44 Hey, JT!

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at November 30, 2021 04:52 AM (1R0vU)

45 Sleep-deprived as usual, JT. LOL.

Doncha just hate the mornin' jump starts, MLii? Hit the floor a-runnin' to get to wrk on time...

Posted by: JQ at November 30, 2021 04:52 AM (dB4Iz)

46 Med ins will likely chew up a lion's share of my saved $, but damned if I want to ever go back to wrk. Ugh.

Posted by: JQ at November 30, 2021 04:54 AM (dB4Iz)

47 https://tinyurl.com/5n84xtrm
20 Tweets from Bad Blue w/ Lovely Rita the Panahi maid

Posted by: Skip at November 30, 2021 04:55 AM (2JoB8)

48 Where can I find one o' them do-nothing, no-show, 300k+ per/yr "j*bs" that the elite D's manage to give their families and hangers-on?

Yeah, dat's da tickit!

Posted by: JQ at November 30, 2021 04:57 AM (dB4Iz)

49 Ha JQ, pretty much what I need to do, just can't move fast today for some reason...

*coughstayed out, and up too late

I give myself an hour to do store opening prep, so I can be a little later leaving. Just makes rest of my day a bit behind.

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at November 30, 2021 04:58 AM (1R0vU)

50 Good morning morons

I'm actually old enough to have boogied.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 30, 2021 04:59 AM (EZebt)

51 Oh, retail... double UGH, MLii.

Sorry.

Had more than my share of retail wrk.

Posted by: JQ at November 30, 2021 05:01 AM (dB4Iz)

52 Someone say Boogie?

youtu.be/y9IYWwWnpuA

Enjoy!

Posted by: JQ at November 30, 2021 05:02 AM (dB4Iz)

53 I would like all morons to know that as far this blog goes, I represent Science, and like Dr. Fauci am above any criticism from any of you non-Sciency peons.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 30, 2021 05:04 AM (EZebt)

54 This video couldn't tell you if it was 1979, mostly know a year of a song by where I was when it was popular. Wasn't listening to her.

Posted by: Skip at November 30, 2021 05:05 AM (2JoB8)

55 >>Had more than my share of retail wrk.
Posted by: JQ

Gas station/C-store. Locally owned. Owners treat me very well and I can work hours that let me be able to take care of mom. The morning customers are my favorites, so it's not all as bad as you'd think.

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at November 30, 2021 05:06 AM (1R0vU)

56 Has anyone asked Fauci why he is no longer wearing two masks?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 30, 2021 05:07 AM (EZebt)

57 I get it, MLii. There are "good shifts" to be had in good places.

Rare.

Glad you've got a good one!

Posted by: JQ at November 30, 2021 05:08 AM (dB4Iz)

58 Once your a minor Deity your no longer under laws of Earth

Posted by: Skip at November 30, 2021 05:11 AM (2JoB8)

59 Heading out.

Get some sleep JQ!! And have a good day, all

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at November 30, 2021 05:12 AM (1R0vU)

60 Good luck with the story, Anna.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Seconded !
Posted by: JT at November 30, 2021

***
Anna, I once did the same: started a fantasy novel, laid it aside to begin a mystery, hit a sticking point on that, and went back to the fantasy. When I finally typed "THE END" on it, I took up the mystery ms. and found that my sticking point was now obvious: too many plot complications, and therefore too many characters. I cut a lot of that out and had much more fun finishing it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 30, 2021 05:13 AM (c6xtn)

61 Mad Scientists Create First Living, SELF-REPLICATING Robots

https://tinyurl.com/2p9x6w79

via Daily Wire, I may have added Mad to the article title. Um. What could possibly go wrong? A couple of quotes:

CNN's report noted that the xenobots were "easily extinguished" by scientists and they are biodegradable and regulated by "ethics experts."

Uh huh.

"This is an ideal system in which to study self-replicating systems. We have a moral imperative to understand the conditions under which we can control it, direct it, douse it, exaggerate it." Uh huh uh huh. Sure ya do.

Posted by: GnuBreed at November 30, 2021 05:13 AM (F0YaR)

62 Has anyone asked Fauci why he is no longer wearing two masks?

In Fauci's mind: gods don't need masks.

Probably, between Fauci and the virus, its just professional courtesy. He won't hurt the virus and the virus won't hurt him.

Posted by: Reuben Hick (Bannon Didn't Kill Himself) at November 30, 2021 05:14 AM (Gbl/2)

63 Thanks Skip !

And have a good one !

Posted by: JT at November 30, 2021 05:15 AM (arJlL)

64 Latest, longest-lasting j*b was in a factory.

After all those years of dealing with asshoes, all the while wishing for a jerb in a back corner of a warehouse, with no phone... I'd finally gotten it!!!

Loved it (mostly) because didn't need to deal w/John Q. Public and didn't need to answer any phones. Oh, it was heaven except for the cleaning up after weekend shift.

Was forced into retirement, unfortunately.

Posted by: JQ at November 30, 2021 05:16 AM (dB4Iz)

65 I'd say those Samsung TVs were fair game to be bricked until they were the property of someone other than Samsung or the retailer.

Just providing a remote administrative password the purchaser can change would solve the issue of the company messing with the TV for non-legit reasons.

Posted by: Epobirs at November 30, 2021 05:17 AM (uNrGf)

66 https://thefederalist.com/hospital struggling to treat 18 waukesha parade victims because of vaccine mandate

Amazing a hospital could be that under staffed

Posted by: Skip at November 30, 2021 05:18 AM (2JoB8)

67 I would like all morons to know that as far this blog goes, I represent Science, and like Dr. Fauci am above any criticism from any of you non-Sciency peons.

Well, there are 435 "representatives" in the House
of Congress, and almost all of them don't even come close to representing a Constitutional Republic.

So Fauci saying that he "represents" science...

Posted by: Reuben Hick (Bannon Didn't Kill Himself) at November 30, 2021 05:20 AM (Gbl/2)

68 Hitting the road
Stopping at donut shop

Posted by: Skip at November 30, 2021 05:21 AM (2JoB8)

69 *Homer Simpson voice*

Mmmmm, do-nuts...

Posted by: JQ at November 30, 2021 05:22 AM (dB4Iz)

70 I'd say those Samsung TVs were fair game to be bricked until they were the property of someone other than Samsung or the retailer.

Just providing a remote administrative password the purchaser can change would solve the issue of the company messing with the TV for non-legit reasons.

Posted by: Epobirs at November 30, 2021 05:17 AM (uNrGf)

Agreed. Say, doesn't Apple have the ability to brick stolen iPhones?

Posted by: GnuBreed at November 30, 2021 05:24 AM (F0YaR)

71 'morning...

Posted by: Oldowan at November 30, 2021 05:27 AM (Mfqer)

72 I need better 2-am-bedside-wakeup carbohydrates than pistachios. Ugh

Posted by: SFGoth at November 30, 2021 05:27 AM (KAi1n)

73 g'mornin' everyone !

double standard ? ya think ?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez (ahosz) at November 30, 2021 05:29 AM (ahosz)

74 Allosteric = enzymatic

Posted by: SFGoth at November 30, 2021 05:30 AM (KAi1n)

75 Sounds like Chekov is improving. Love helps.

Posted by: SFGoth at November 30, 2021 05:31 AM (KAi1n)

76 Honda bricked my car radio when I went in for an oil change and discovered I needed a new battery. If I ccall the car dealer I can obtain a code I can enter to make it work again. But I found that I really like the silence an the absence of advertising.

It's been just over 8 years now...

Come to think of it, absence of advertising is also the best part of giving up cable...

Posted by: Oldowan at November 30, 2021 05:32 AM (Mfqer)

77 I make various quick breads from boxed mix-- blueberry, cranberry-orange or whatever... nice for snacks.

No, not on any diet (and it shows, LOL)

Posted by: JQ at November 30, 2021 05:33 AM (dB4Iz)

78 Stay safe, Skip !

Posted by: JT at November 30, 2021 05:35 AM (arJlL)

79 Oh dear, it's nearly time to get up!

Oh, wait--- I don't have to go to wrk at 4am any more!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

Posted by: JQ at November 30, 2021 05:38 AM (dB4Iz)

80 Just as a reminder that "Green Energy" has nothing to do with sustainable or "Carbon Free" but has everything to do with hurting people and deliberately spreading misery and death...

Germany is on course to decommission six more nuclear reactors representing eight and one half gigawatts of "carbon free" power by the end of next year. Half of them, which are also the more recent designs and younger, will be closed by the end of 2021.

All the while they are increasing their dependency on Russia gas, while also NATO saber rattles with Russia.

Fortunately the mRNA mandates will effectively depopulate Germany by the end of 2022 where this base load power will not be necessary.

Posted by: Reuben Hick (Bannon Didn't Kill Himself) at November 30, 2021 05:41 AM (Gbl/2)

81 There's "amgreatness" and "amthinker", but i'm more of a pm guy. Sad.

Posted by: SFGoth at November 30, 2021 05:46 AM (KAi1n)

82 Ah, the 70s

youtu.be/KuRxXRuAz-I

Posted by: JQ at November 30, 2021 05:47 AM (dB4Iz)

83 Amazing a hospital could be that under staffed
Posted by: Skip

Well, them damn unvaxxed are taking up all the spaces.

Posted by: Bruce at November 30, 2021 06:03 AM (vd8XM)

84 Sounds like Chekov is improving. Love helps.
Posted by: SFGoth at November 30, 2021

***
He is. Either time, or this gabapentin pill, has made a difference. Mostly the pill, I suspect. The topical version was not getting into his system the same way.

If the day ever comes when he greets me at the door again, I'll be amazed and grateful.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 30, 2021 06:03 AM (c6xtn)

85 Come to think of it, absence of advertising is also the best part of giving up cable...
Posted by: Oldowan at November 30, 2021

***
I gave up cable last year and found that over-the-air channels have just as many ads, if not more. William Shatner and JJ Walker hawking Medicare supplement insurance, meds with long lists of possible side effects, ads for the Hurry-Cane or CPAP products or for compensation because your hernia mesh bit your appendix off . . . gah.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 30, 2021 06:07 AM (c6xtn)

86 JQ

https://ogdaa.blogspot.com/

Posted by: JT at November 30, 2021 06:09 AM (arJlL)

87 76 Honda bricked my car radio when I went in for an oil change and discovered I needed a new battery. If I ccall the car dealer I can obtain a code I can enter to make it work again. But I found that I really like the silence an the absence of advertising.

It's been just over 8 years now...
Posted by: Oldowan at November 30, 2021 05:32 AM (Mfqer)

That's so great! Propaganda machine turned to "off."

Posted by: m at November 30, 2021 06:11 AM (TZgEk)

88 72 I need better 2-am-bedside-wakeup carbohydrates than pistachios. Ugh
Posted by: SFGoth at November 30, 2021 05:27 AM (KAi1n)
===
Just had a chocolate chip cookie.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 30, 2021 06:12 AM (EZebt)

89 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 30, 2021 06:16 AM (u82oZ)

90 Advertising is a necessary evil, I get that. But, in many cases it's been hijacked, like so much of everything else. Propaganda, and "nudging" (at the point of a gun, get right down to it, or near enough)

My tolerance for specious bullshit lectures and hectoring from pseudo-intellectual quacks, grifters, and just plain ole garden variety outright stupid fv$&ers is at something decidedly less than zero. I sure as hell ain't gonna pay for it on a subscription basis. I already gotta pay for it once when I buy certain product or services.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 30, 2021 06:18 AM (hptIz)

91 I had cherry cheese donut

Posted by: Skip's Phone at November 30, 2021 06:19 AM (DGmwp)

92 Your blog, JT?

Posted by: JQ at November 30, 2021 06:21 AM (dB4Iz)

93 On the plus side, Costco had TP back in stock today.

So there's that

Posted by: JQ at November 30, 2021 06:23 AM (dB4Iz)

94 Anna Puma

May your writing flow, and then the story sell for big bucks. Probably not as good as winning the Mega Millions, but here your winning is in your own hands.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 30, 2021 06:24 AM (u82oZ)

95 Yes, good luck & lots of inspiration for your writing, Anna !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez (ahosz) at November 30, 2021 06:25 AM (ahosz)

96 Holy moly after 3am?!

Ok, really g'nite horde.

Have a great day, all!

Posted by: JQ at November 30, 2021 06:25 AM (dB4Iz)

97 Common Tater

Agree. That is the best part of not having a TV. No ads. When I watch KSU football with my wife, on her TV, the ads are soooo stupid. Drives me away.

I have a few paperback books with card-stock inserts from cigarette maskers, but they are rarely reread.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 30, 2021 06:26 AM (u82oZ)

98
Good morning, Hordians.

Woke up past 5:00 this morning. I felt like I slept the day away.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 30, 2021 06:28 AM (/U27+)

99 I listen to two things in the car: some songs i wrote and recorded 20 years ago and some stuff i've been working on for the last 10. No commercials. (No drums either.)

Posted by: SFGoth at November 30, 2021 06:28 AM (KAi1n)

100 100

Posted by: m at November 30, 2021 06:29 AM (TZgEk)

101 I need to keep a bag of goldfish or other crackers nearby. I don't eat much sugar if it's not in a fruit or veggie.

Posted by: SFGoth at November 30, 2021 06:30 AM (KAi1n)

102
Her Majesty and Delilah arrived home last night after their 3+ week trip. At least she came home to a tidy house, a clean kennel, some nice potato and bacon soup to eat, a clean, freshly-made bed and the washing machine and dishwasher empty. Today we pick over the wreckage of her travels.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 30, 2021 06:33 AM (/U27+)

103 Gabapentin made my last kitty, Dorkie Dork, crazy. One time was enough. That cat got all the love 2 humans could give her and if we could have given her more, we would have.

Posted by: SFGoth at November 30, 2021 06:33 AM (KAi1n)

104 Hadrian the Seventh

Did your four-legged alarm clock wake you?

And sleeping in after a rigid time up can feel sinful.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 30, 2021 06:34 AM (u82oZ)

105 Hadrian the Seventh

She married well when she married you.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 30, 2021 06:35 AM (u82oZ)

106 Time for work preps.

Be the torch of American Exceptionalism to the great unlearned masses.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 30, 2021 06:36 AM (u82oZ)

107 No, not on any diet (and it shows, LOL)
Posted by: JQ

You look Mahvelous !

Posted by: JT at November 30, 2021 06:36 AM (arJlL)

108 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 30, 2021 06:33 AM (/U27+)
===
I wish I had just one day of solitude.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 30, 2021 06:42 AM (EZebt)

109
She married well when she married you.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 30, 2021 06:35 AM (u82oZ)

She could have done worse. And better.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 30, 2021 06:45 AM (/U27+)

110 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 30, 2021 06:50 AM (ju2Fy)

111 Good morning all! I wasn't here yesterday - got to work and had a HUGE pile of work to slog through. That'll teach me - taking an extra day off, what was I thinking.

Hi JT!

Posted by: Rosasharn at November 30, 2021 06:50 AM (yEBFM)

112
G' mornin', Miz Rosasharn.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 30, 2021 06:52 AM (/U27+)

113 Hiya Rosasharn !

Give it heck !

Posted by: JT at November 30, 2021 06:54 AM (arJlL)

114 I can't think of any force that could raise Twitter to the level of merely being an ocean of suck.

When you realize its it 90% people preening for Big Govt and 10% trying to punch the preeners in the dick you understand how little it mean in the real world.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 30, 2021 06:54 AM (yrol0)

115 G'morning, all.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at November 30, 2021 06:59 AM (3D/fK)

116
I wish I had just one day of solitude.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 30, 2021 06:42 AM (EZebt)

I added up her travels and by the end of the year, she'll have been on the road for more than half of 2021. That includes a one-month trip and several three-week ones.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 30, 2021 07:00 AM (/U27+)

117 I used to read PDT's twitter and James Woods but haven't in the last year. That concludes my connection with Twitter.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 30, 2021 07:00 AM (EZebt)

118 So Salvation Army said 'Sorry bout that whole white folk be racist' position that they took?

I guess donations really fell off.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at November 30, 2021 07:00 AM (3D/fK)

119 Good morning Hadrian! I saw Delilah went out over the weekend and won everything in sight. I met a borzoi once - gorgeous, amazingly polite and well-mannered dog.

I spent some time with a friend's litter of puppies on Sunday. Not shelties, so I didn't want one, but still a lot of fun.

Mmmm, yeah, I don't want to be here!

Posted by: Rosasharn at November 30, 2021 07:04 AM (yEBFM)

120 A TV manufacturer has every right to brick a stolen unit.

Why the fuck should they provide updates, etc. for stolen units?

Practically speaking, however, it does little to hurt the end user of that TV. Plug in a $20 Roku or Fire TV stick, and you once again have a very smart TV.

Posted by: Chi-town Jerry at November 30, 2021 07:06 AM (CjFDo)

121 118 So Salvation Army said 'Sorry bout that whole white folk be racist' position that they took?

Means nothing if they continue to employ richard munn and his Social Justice training modules.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 30, 2021 07:06 AM (F2J/s)

122 120 A TV manufacturer has every right to brick a stolen unit.

Why the fuck should they provide updates, etc. for stolen units?

I don't want my TV to get updated. Ever. By anyone.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 30, 2021 07:07 AM (MqQvv)

123 One day, TV manufacturers will decide they are no longer going to support your tv model and brick it.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 30, 2021 07:07 AM (F2J/s)

124 Good morning all! I wasn't here yesterday - got to work and had a HUGE pile of work to slog through. That'll teach me - taking an extra day off, what was I thinking.

Hi JT!
Posted by: Rosasharn

I took all last week off. Still digging out. Morning all.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 30, 2021 07:09 AM (dwZfR)

125 I took all last week off. Still digging out. Morning all.
Posted by: rickb223

Welcome back !

Posted by: JT at November 30, 2021 07:10 AM (arJlL)

126 "Means nothing if they continue to employ richard munn and his Social Justice training modules."

True.

I was simply noting that apparently, racist bullshit talks, and money walks.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at November 30, 2021 07:11 AM (3D/fK)

127 Dear Samsung, it has come to our attention that Pixy Misa uses a Samsung television. Are you aware that he is a racist homophobic bigot? How can you enable someone like that to be entertained, when he threatens the lives of millions? We demand that you disable Pixys tv and provide $100 million in funding to the Social Justice outreach center.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 30, 2021 07:12 AM (F2J/s)

128 A friend of mine, recently lost his wife, is a real traditionalist. In his living room is an old RCA color console, complete with one of those gubbmint hi def convertor boxes and a set of rabbit ears. However, since the wife passed, a spare bedroom became a man cave and he has something resembling a stadium jumbotron in there.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at November 30, 2021 07:14 AM (C1Lsn)

129 Watched a suggestion from the Saturday movie thread. The Holly and the Ivy from 1952. Had to stream it on my iPad since none of my Roku apps had it. Really need to investigate streaming over one of the smart tv's. The movie was good but a bit depressing as a Christmas movie. Slow start and quick ending, they needed to speed it up a bit on the background and explore the happy ending a bit more slowly. Not going on the yearly watch list.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at November 30, 2021 07:14 AM (2NHgQ)

130 Practically speaking, however, it does little to hurt the end user of that TV. Plug in a $20 Roku or Fire TV stick, and you once again have a very smart TV.
Posted by: Chi-town Jerry at November 30, 2021 07:06 AM (CjFDo)

Unless they make it so the tv does not boot up. Hit the power button and.... nothing.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 30, 2021 07:14 AM (F2J/s)

131 Rosasharn. How did your Thanksgiving day gravy come out? I know you were concerned about making it this year.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at November 30, 2021 07:16 AM (2NHgQ)

132 Welcome back !
Posted by: JT

Morning JT!

Posted by: rickb223 at November 30, 2021 07:19 AM (dwZfR)

133 neverenoughcaffeine - Actually Kidsharn made the gravy and it was delicious. Lots of memories of "How Daddy did it", and she hit it out of the park! Kidsharn pretty much handled dinner. I made the stuffing and mashed the potatoes.

Now to get through Christmas...

Posted by: Rosasharn at November 30, 2021 07:23 AM (yEBFM)

134 Le NOOD

It be here!!

And stuff.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at November 30, 2021 07:25 AM (3D/fK)

135 Turn off your television sets. Turn them off now. Turn them off right now. Turn them off and leave them off! Turn them off right in the middle of the sentence I'm speaking to you now!

Posted by: Howard Beale at November 30, 2021 07:25 AM (8m1jA)

136 Mornin'
(sips coffee)

Posted by: Puddleglum at November 30, 2021 07:27 AM (sAmhv)

137 Wow, some very rough synching on that video. And a very rough woman singing. Anyone else think that might be Hall & Oates' "Maneater"?

Posted by: GWB at November 30, 2021 08:02 AM (Gcsm/)

138 "Considering the government of Kenosha and in Madison had given a green light for the rioting in the first place by ordering the cops not to interfere and not calling in the National Guard"

This is exactly what matters and should be the takeaway from last summer's anti-White pogrom and riots. The "government" was at war with us. We owe it nothing but returning the favor in kind BAMN. The Rubicon was crossed when state-sanctioned violence became the norm.

I agree with you that Soros can end up the winner here. Let's hope what he conquers is an even more unstable, bankrupted shithole than the one he has created, a pariah in the eyes of the world (to the extent the United States is not now).

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at November 30, 2021 09:31 AM (nMx88)

139 If a "Smart TV" is one that has internet connectivity built in then I just bought two that are not "Smart" and not too expensive either. I got a 55 inch and a 32 inch with the same brand as the 27" computer monitor I bought over a year ago, Sceptre. $250 for the 55" and $140 for the 32"

Bought them as spares in case the older ones I have go down. And since I'm not a gamer they both could be used as computer monitors if needed as they have the inputs and resolution. YMMV

Posted by: geoffb at November 30, 2021 09:31 AM (r//c2)

140 There was a joke some years ago about how MIcrosoft eliminated the Blue Screen Of Death from Windows. You can set the system fault display background to any color you want except blue.

I heard MS brought back the Blue Screen of Death in Windows 11.

Posted by: SMOD at November 30, 2021 09:59 AM (RHGPo)

141 So, anything that protects the integrity of the nation is, ipso facto, evil.

With employees like that it's a wonder Google isn't more of a cesspit than it is.

Posted by: aelfheld at November 30, 2021 12:29 PM (Zy9Yy)

142 I can't hear the song "I Love the Nightlife" without the dance sequence from "Love at First Bite" coming into my head.

This is not exactly an "earworm" thing. Is there a word for this?

Posted by: MW at November 30, 2021 02:43 PM (u33s0)

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