Daily Tech News 22 December 2021

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Programmer encounters paperwork, film at eleven. (Hacker News)

Welcome to the real world, kid. Here's a nickel.

Going through this right now at my day job, but I've been there multiple times before so I know this too shall pass, just like a kidney stone.

Tech News

Threadripper Pro 5000 WX is on its way. (Tom's Hardware)

Trailing the Ryzen 5000 family by about 15 months.

Is it finally time to grab that Asus Pro WS WRX80E-SAGE SE WIFI motherboard and build myself a high-end workstation?

No.

Because it's just been EOL'd.
The 4GB Raspberry Pi will be back in stock by the end of... Oh. (Tom's Hardware)

End of next year.
40 million IOPs over 4x100GbE. (Serve the Home)

That's rather a lot.
New patches to the Linux kernel support Ethernet on Yellow Carp. (Phoronix)

Yellow Carp is the codename for Rembrandt. Rembrandt is the codename for the upcoming Ryzen 6000 APU.

It has built-in Ethernet.

So in fact do all Ryzen chips, it's mostly just not wired up to pins so you have no way to use it.
Don't update your BIOS. (Bleeping Computer)

Dell this time, but I flinch every time anything I own tries to do a BIOS update. I've been burned before.
800,000 WordPress sites are affected by a critical security issue in a popular SEO plugin. (Bleeping Computer)

SEO is a scam wrapped in a con wrapped in a swindle wrapped in a SQL injection.
The FBI seized $154 million in Bitcoin. (Bleeping Computer)

And in a novel twist, returned it to its rightful owner.
Microsoft has acquired speech recognition company Nuance for $20 billion. (Engadget)

I'm so old I remember when $20 billion was a lot of money.
Stablecoin assets increased from $29 billion at the start of 2021 to $140 billion today. (The Block)

I'm so old I remember when making up fake currencies was considered a bad idea.

March

On March 1, AMD's Genoa server chips would have stuff unless they wouldn't - now pretty much all confirmed by updates to the Linux kernel to support said stuff, WASM everywhere - except it went pretty much nowhere, Alexa had 90,000 ~~friends~~ skills, don't plug your Macbook into a USB-C dock, and Microsoft had a patch for that horrifying NTFS bug.
On March 2, Intel launched their 670p before the 665p even really reached store shelves, no USB-C PD for you, a Pi Pico carrier board with HDMI in software, fried rice was off, and fuck Apple yet again.
On March 3, lots more details on how the Pi Pico generates HDMI signals in software, the Threadripper Pro hit retail, an AMD motherboard with Thunderbolt 4, the Radeon 6700XT arrived, and the US Navy was convicted of piracy.
On March 4, CircuitPython was coming to town, SpaceX's Starship SN10 test flight was a complete succ... oh dear, Mozilla had concerns about India probably because they're racist, 117 patches to Grub on the wall, 117 patches to Grub, a lightweight UI toolkit with a 1.3GB SDK, and ladies and gentlemen please stand for the national anthem.
On March 5, bring your own damn client, eBay banned sales of the six Dr Seuss books removed from publication because fuck you that's why, HTTPWTF, ceci n'est pas une pomme, Google gave your browser cancer, and Kiara from Hololive got her shadowban lifted whereupon YouTube deleted her last two months of content because fuck you that's why.
On March 6, Rocket Lake accidentally arrived and was okay I guess (the Rocket Lake laptop chips came later and are actually pretty good), iMac Pro delenda est, and 30,000 Exchange servers got hacked.
On March 7, Seagate was planning a 100TB hard drive, Solasta: Crown of the Magister was an upcoming D&D game shortly before D&D got woke and went broke - but I'll take a look at it now as it has now released and has a ton of positive reviews, everything you never wanted to know about FFMPEG, and the Ballad of Little Boolean Bobby Drop Tables True.
On March 8, Humble had a Bundle, Hynix shipped 18GB 6400Mbps LPDDR5, there was no serverless, there was just nobody else's servers, how quickly we forget, Dell's XPS 15 still lacked the Four Essential Keys, Google killed Google Pay and replaced it with Google Pay, yes, really and freak bread accidents.
On March 9, Epyc Milan was about to launch - and did, Lunar Lake popped up in Linux kernel patches, Ice Lake Xeons leaked, Google's UI sucks - probably deliberately, and the most efficient way to solve linear equations turned out to be guesswork.
On March 10, Samsung announced the 980 Nothing edition, this was not the bear you were looking for, and there was an RCE in Git.
On March 11, the Xiaomi Mi 11 was a flagship phone priced like a flagship phone, Epic Games sued Apple and Google again, the MGM lion was a paper tiger, and you really shouldn't have been browsing North Korean websites in the first place.
On March 12, our main MongoDB cluster started to go to pieces at my day job - a clear sign of how the year would proceed, the Razer Blade 15 generally sucked, Alder Lake was going to have a lot of PCIe lanes, and looking inside Cooper Lake.
On March 13, Rocket Lake was huge, Stronghold Warlords was more Stronghold than Warlords, SQLite 3.35 could drop columns, there were no adults at Google, and we received a warning and failed to recognise it when OVH's SGB2 datacenter burned to the ground.

And Hololive EN Gen 1 celebrated their halfiversary.

Prism Gen 3, Mooyu, and Nymroot all just celebrated their respective halfiversaries. March was a long long time ago.
On March 14, Apple forced Crabhouse - a game in which you made a house for crabs - to change its name because it might mislead people, threads are better, anyhting mandatory was forbidden, and Apple wisely killed the HomePod.
On March 15, Epyc Milan was here, Nvidia hacked its own drivers, WeLeakInfo did, GitLab fell over, and the LG Gram 17 was a definite if expensive maybe.

On March 16, India was confused but had the right spirit, the new USPS truck looked dumb, Azure Active Directory fell over and not for the last time, and a hidden Epyc Milan gem.
On March 17, Asus showed off a new Thunderbolt 4 expansion card that only worked on motherboards designed specifically with that card in mind making it entirely useless, Rocket Lake actually launched officially after accidenteally leaking out to retail over a week earlier, Apple took up the Google challenge of terrible UI design, and we discovered zombie rap electroswing fusion.
On March 18, the 6700XT reached reviewers and was somewhere between pretty good and amazing depending on stuff, HP spileld the a lake of beans, which one was Van Gogh again, building SMB into the Linux kernel was a bad idea, YouTube only had your back inasmuch as they used it for target practice, and Shapecatcher was Shazam for Unicode.
On March 19, AMD did not artificially limit crypto mining performance, AWS added Lambda to S3 for and actually useful, 19 antiviri classed uTorrent as malware, and Russia threatened to ban Twitter but still hasn't followed through.
On March 20, learn science, go to jail, the PCIe 6.0 spec reached a final draft, interrupts updated, Victoria University deleted every file on every PC on their network, and alkalized water was dangerous bullshit.
On March 21, we got our Pi Picos onto the internet, Asus launched their version of Intel's useless DG1, Alder Lake was going to bring DDR5, PCIe 5, and more fast, Nividia's unhackable rate limited got hacked again, the Surface Duo could double as a 2D 3DS, and Mini-Zork II was released for the Commodore 64.

Kiara was talking about a potential outro, and her way of describing it made me laugh. She's so cute haha. So as a fun exercise, I thought I'd try to work with it! #artsofashes pic.twitter.com/KtJg9M9dsj
— Spirit だと?! 🔎💫🏆 (@MightySpirit) March 20, 2021
On March 22, the 32 core 3970X was 75% of a 64 core 3990X because TDP is a thing, the 6700 non-XT leaked but never showed up, fuck systemd, the worst possible case, Backblaze accidentally leaked all yourfilenames to Facebook, and it was millions of spiders.
On March 23, one of the MongoDB nodes at my day job simply dropped dead, a sign of things to come, I set myself up with a Minecraft server, a sign of things not to come, Crystal hit 1.0, MangaDex went very thoroughly offline, and just Windows things.
On March 24, sorr folks, canal's closed - camel out frount should've told ya, Intel is back, baby, said Intel, Google remove ClearURL because fuck you that's why, Reddit hired a known associate of rapists and paedophiles, tried to scrub all mention of her from the site, and then fired her in the space of 24 hours, and then they came for RMS and the FSF, and Cream of Bat Soup or Anthrax Leprosy Pi?
On March 25, Samsung sampled 512GB DDR5 modules, Genshin Impact crossed the billion dollar mark, were you pondering what I was pondering*, and the 11700K was a waste of sand.

* I think so, Brain, but where would we find five hundred gallons of lime jello and a polo pony at this time of night?
On March 26, Qualcomm announced the 780G, with unspeicifed Qualcomm CPU cores because you don't need to know, that ship was still stick, two gigauwus per second, the $69 million 404, and SpaceX dusted itself off and tried again.
On March 27, it was the stupid questioning the stupid in DC, which Epyc CPU is right for Factorio, and in Minecraft I found diamonds before sheep.
On March 28, Dave arrived and was loaded up with the backups from the deceased Theodore, I found sheep, pigs, cows, and chickens, testing the NUC 11 as a tiny server, and Haachama's content returned, though not Haachama herself.
On March 29, Haachama herself returned, there were no Nvidia cards in Australia, that ship got unstuck, I repaired that 12TB MongoDB cluster - or so I thought, octal considered harmful, PHP got hacked, and I had every colour except brown.
On March 30, an RTX 3060 for ants, mining Bitcoin on a Game Boy, the database I just repaired was still work - spoke too soon, we unleashed the Pigz, and there were 30 malicious Docker images on Docker Hbu - downloaded a combined 20 million times.
On March 31, Intel's 11900K was an embarrassment, we found out what mongod --repair did (not much), Arm announced Armv9, Dimgrey Cavefish leaked, TSMC outlined its plans for 4nm, and we didn't yet know the full story of the Ubiquiti hack.

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Disclaimer: I wasn't even there, nobody saw me, you can't prove anything!

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1 FIRST!!
Good morning!
I cannot sleep because my stomach hurts. Ate some crackers. Dog is snoring.

Posted by: Jmel at December 22, 2021 02:05 AM (bVhJi)

2 Mornin' Jmel! Hope your stomach settles down.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 22, 2021 02:06 AM (MqQvv)

3 Thanks Pixy! Me too. Hopefully I can go to sleep soon. Pediatrician appointment tomorrow for the boy. Think he might have hit 6 feet tall!

Posted by: Jmel at December 22, 2021 02:10 AM (bVhJi)

4 Can't stop the signal, Mal.

Politics - Trending
#BidenIsAFailure
24.8K Tweets

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2021 02:37 AM (1t5dY)

5 Was downstairs looking around, like the Somme video

Posted by: Skip at December 22, 2021 02:38 AM (2JoB8)

6 Present.

Posted by: m at December 22, 2021 02:57 AM (PfCJx)

7
Rats, it's raining and have stuff in back of truck rather not getting wet

Posted by: Skip at December 22, 2021 03:08 AM (2JoB8)

8 [From the first link:] This is insane. And this entire time I was only alllowed to interact with managers and have not spoken to a single engineer about the actual technical details. It is impossible to get anything done here now.

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"Just wait until all requests must be approved by the vaxx and booster level manager at your $LARGE_CORPORATION, not to mention the vaxx and booster level government czars of your $STATE_LEVEL_CZAR_OF_HOURLY_JABS and $STATE_MINISTRY_OF_TRUTH_AND_SECURITY, but mostly $STATE_MINISTRY_OF_TRUTH_AND_SECURITY, comrade!"

Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! at December 22, 2021 03:09 AM (oXIiU)

9 Too cold to rain (17 degrees) but it's clear, so no snow. It won't be a white Christmas around here.

Mornin', all

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 22, 2021 03:27 AM (1R0vU)

10 Mornin' MLii!

Posted by: JQ, looking at a winter of severe illness and death FJB at December 22, 2021 03:33 AM (dB4Iz)

11 Adjusting nic....

Posted by: JQ, looking at a winter of ~~severe illness and death~~ FJB at December 22, 2021 03:34 AM (dB4Iz)

12 Had a little snow last night (Monday night). Just enough to show @#$%^%$# raccoon footprints on the deck!

Nasty creatures. Time for traps again.

Posted by: JQ, looking at a winter of ~~severe illness and death~~ FJB at December 22, 2021 03:37 AM (dB4Iz)

13
Speaking of Google, have you heard of their quantum computer woes? They were working on one, and came with an error correcting mechanism, which is critical to proper function.

But that error correcting system would blow up every ten minutes or so. Crash. ERROR!

Turns out it was cosmic rays and other sources of natural background radiation. That's a show stopper for quantum computing right there. A stray cosmic ray can come hit, and just blow the whole thing up.

And it appears to be a real showstopper for further development.

I LOL'd at this. I'm getting very mean, I think.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at December 22, 2021 03:38 AM (Mzdiz)

14 Aww but they are so darn cute.

Hey, JQ!

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 22, 2021 03:38 AM (1R0vU)

15 That thread about the startup dude trying to figure out why he can't just implement a feature on a (likely) validated system is hilarious. I often have this same mentality at my company but I've come to understand why bureaucratic nonsense exists.

Even after multiple levels of oversight and regression testing, people break sh*t at my company with their "feature implementation requests". For example, our CISO decided to just implement a rather blanket outbound firewall rule that ended up breaking our Axway/AS2 link to a very important client who we were transmitting drug safety data to. Yeah that was a great meeting where my boss basically recited to network security all of our SOP's that were supposed to stop something like this from happening - but were apparently ignored.

Posted by: Defenestratus at December 22, 2021 03:40 AM (9V81o)

16 'Coons are disease- and parasite-ridden, destructive. Trash pandas, indeed.

Raccoons are asshoe!

Posted by: JQ, looking at a winter of ~~severe illness and death~~ FJB at December 22, 2021 03:43 AM (dB4Iz)

17 I wonder if this is true.

Ben Shapiro
@benshapiro
17h
I feel like this is a bad idea

@disclosetv
20h
JUST IN - Austria is looking for employees to "hunt down vaccine refusers" in light of the upcoming compulsory vaccination.

Posted by: m at December 22, 2021 03:46 AM (PfCJx)

18 True, JQ

But still...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rfbb4yRBH64

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 22, 2021 03:46 AM (1R0vU)

19 Austria is looking for employees to "hunt down vaccine refusers"

Huh. Ahhhhnold (spit!) comes to mind. Maybe he can help them.

Posted by: JQ, looking at a winter of ~~severe illness and death~~ FJB at December 22, 2021 03:48 AM (dB4Iz)

20 I don't get anime. Don't want to either.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * 21rst century schizoid hominid at December 22, 2021 03:50 AM (JYo87)

21 I bait the traps with marshmallows or watermelon. They don't usually get to 'wash' their treats.

Posted by: JQ, looking at a winter of ~~severe illness and death~~ FJB at December 22, 2021 03:50 AM (dB4Iz)

22 17 I wonder if this is true.

Last time an Austrian started hunting people down we had to go over there and sort them out in altogether unpleasant ways....

Posted by: Defenestratus at December 22, 2021 03:51 AM (nw4wO)

23 Yeah, they're cute only until they pry the lid off of the garbage can and strew the contents. Then, not so much!

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 22, 2021 03:52 AM (1R0vU)

24 Posted by: Defenestratus at December 22, 2021 03:51 AM

Yes, but FJB would probably imitate them. Originality just isn't his 'thing'.

Posted by: JQ, looking at a winter of ~~severe illness and death~~ FJB at December 22, 2021 03:53 AM (dB4Iz)

25 MLii, our garbage containers are those tall plastic contraptions with wheels and huge hinged lids.

The varmints can't open them or tip them... yet.

Posted by: JQ, looking at a winter of ~~severe illness and death~~ FJB at December 22, 2021 03:57 AM (dB4Iz)

26 The greatest Dr. Seuss book of all is "I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew." It is a resounding conservative anthem for dealing with hardship and living with hope.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 22, 2021 04:00 AM (/0fQX)

27 Mom's village has that type for recyclables. (no choice) I've seen them open the top and climb in!

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 22, 2021 04:02 AM (1R0vU)

28 It's the fallen walnuts and apples they're after. Gonna cut those trees down one day!

Posted by: JQ, looking at a winter of ~~severe illness and death~~ FJB at December 22, 2021 04:02 AM (dB4Iz)

29 I don't get anime.

I like some anime. But weebs get the bullet.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 22, 2021 04:02 AM (QU5/8)

30 We have more squirrels than raccoons by my house. Walnut trees in abundance.

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 22, 2021 04:06 AM (1R0vU)

31 Now don't want to get up

Posted by: Skip at December 22, 2021 04:09 AM (2JoB8)

32 At least the Matrix already had shitty sequels already.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 22, 2021 04:10 AM (csEWM)

33 Not too many squirrels or rabbits anymore-- plenty of cats though. Not sure which are strays or not, they all are... well fed.

Posted by: JQ, looking at a winter of ~~severe illness and death~~ FJB at December 22, 2021 04:12 AM (dB4Iz)

34
I was just using my wife's FB account to get to a link about something Ted Cruz said. I then noticed my wife left a comment and used 'FJB' in it. Since she's not one to curse, I'm not sure she knows what that means.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 22, 2021 04:14 AM (dQvv7)

35 31 Now don't want to get up
Posted by: Skip at December 22, 2021 04:09 AM

There's coffee in the other room.

Posted by: m at December 22, 2021 04:25 AM (PfCJx)

36 Coffee is on, lunch packed

Posted by: Skip at December 22, 2021 04:25 AM (2JoB8)

37 Nic re-adjustment for less morbidity

Posted by: JQ, looking at a winter of ... FJB at December 22, 2021 04:26 AM (dB4Iz)

38
You get a free covid test kit, and you get one too, and look under your seats... everyone gets one! You're all winners!

Posted by: Oprah O'Biden at December 22, 2021 04:26 AM (dQvv7)

39 Got to test everyone! Again and again! Gotta keep that case-count high!

Posted by: JQ, looking at a winter of ... FJB at December 22, 2021 04:29 AM (dB4Iz)

40 hiya

Posted by: JT at December 22, 2021 04:29 AM (arJlL)

41 Does the Big Guy get ten percent of Fyzer's profits?

Posted by: JQ, looking at a winter of ... FJB at December 22, 2021 04:31 AM (dB4Iz)

42 Hi JT!

Posted by: JQ, looking at a winter of ... FJB at December 22, 2021 04:32 AM (dB4Iz)

43 Serious question:

Does the home-test show result privately, or does it need to be sent to a lab?

Never used one.

Posted by: JQ, looking at a winter of ... FJB at December 22, 2021 04:34 AM (dB4Iz)

44 I'm still baffled by the testing impulse. What are asymptomatic people going to do? Random testing from here to kingdom come? If you want to end paranoia, this sure isn't the way to do it.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 22, 2021 04:35 AM (QU5/8)

45 Hiya Jq !
How you ?

There are approx a dozen feral cats around casa JT.

Posted by: JT at December 22, 2021 04:35 AM (arJlL)

46 Bear, you know the answer.

Posted by: JQ, looking at a winter of ... FJB at December 22, 2021 04:37 AM (dB4Iz)

47 Hey JT, betcha don't have a rodent problem LOL

Posted by: JQ, looking at a winter of ... FJB at December 22, 2021 04:38 AM (dB4Iz)

48 43 Serious question:

Does the home-test show result privately, or does it need to be sent to a lab?

Never used one.
Posted by: JQ, looking at a winter of ... FJB at December 22, 2021 04:34 AM (dB4Iz)

I used one today; they're like pregnancy tests in that you do a nose swab, put it in a little hole and 15 minutes later you get a red stripe if it thinks you have the coof. Also like pregnancy tests, not sure that I'd want to make any high-value decisions on the results but it's at least one data point in figuring out why I'm not feeling too great this week.

Posted by: CppThis at December 22, 2021 04:40 AM (UewuT)

49 Lost my best friend today. His name was Mason and he was a 9.5 year old golden retriever. Was the bestest, goodest boy you've ever seen. We got back from vacation and picked him and his younger brother up from the kennel Sunday... Mason had a bit of a cough. Took him to the vet yesterday where they diagnosed it as an upper respiratory infection and sent us home with antibiotics.

This morning, after checking on him not 30 minutes prior, I found him unresponsive. He's gone. Vet thinks it was a bleeding tumor in his lungs.

To tie it back to the tech thread - as evil as Google is, I've been up since around midnight going through my google photos and finding all of his pictures. I've spent like $300 on canvas print orders ...

It's one of the 3 occasions that a man is allowed to cry and boy have I been.

Sorry, this is just another method of dealing with the grief.

Posted by: Defenestratus at December 22, 2021 04:40 AM (30FPV)

50
Now listen, if you happen to pee on your test kit and it turns red, Planned Parenthood is in your phone book.

Posted by: Oprah O'Biden at December 22, 2021 04:40 AM (dQvv7)

51 There are only a few cats around these days. Couple of them are known to be pets. Couple others, doubtful they're pets.

And then there's this one that is friendly toward me, always trying to get in the house. I think may have been dumped but not sure. Maybe is someone's outdoor-only pet but he's here more often than not. Have asked around.

Tomorrow, I'm going to trick kitty into a carrier and take to vet to be scanned. If not chipped, I will adopt him, or at least pay for his rabies and distemper shots.

Posted by: JQ, looking at a winter of ... FJB at December 22, 2021 04:48 AM (dB4Iz)

52 Sorry, Defenestratus

What a shock for you to lose your furry friend Mason in that way! I'm sorry

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 22, 2021 04:48 AM (AutcU)

53 The bad news is, while I fully expect all the symptoms to clear up long before I go off holiday the company probably won't let me back in the building until I go to an actual doctor for another test and written statement that I'm healthy. Irritating, but it is what it is and isolating actual sick people is a lot more sensible than ermagerd face diapers and monthly booster shots forever.

Posted by: CppThis at December 22, 2021 04:49 AM (UewuT)

54
You get a free covid test kit, and you get one too, and look under your seats... everyone gets one! You're all winners!
Posted by: Oprah O'Biden

Are they like the Fecal Occult Blood tests? 'Member those?

You literally made a shit sandwich and mailed it to their lab to get the results. Good times!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 22, 2021 04:49 AM (pNxlR)

55 Thanks, CppThis!

Posted by: JQ, looking at a winter of ... FJB at December 22, 2021 04:49 AM (dB4Iz)

56 44 I'm still baffled by the testing impulse. What are asymptomatic people going to do? Random testing from here to kingdom come? If you want to end paranoia, this sure isn't the way to do it.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 22, 2021 04:35 AM (QU5/

One thing I have wondered for a while (since we knew the virus was not quite the death sentence it has been made out to be) is how would people react to an actual deadly pandemic? Something on the order of one of the many smallpox pandemics or spanish flu. Set aside something like the Black Death of the 1300s because that really is end of the world kind of death numbers.

Does the relative mildness of the disease actually allow people to stay in this fantasy world and completely distort their risk-benefit calculations? Is part of the reaction we are seeing because people at least subconsciously do not actually believe that their life could end at any moment from this thing? Certainly the actions of the elites is that they do not really perceive it as a threat.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 22, 2021 04:50 AM (csEWM)

57 Margins in the refractory period?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 22, 2021 04:51 AM (csEWM)

58 Posted by: Defenestratus at December 22, 2021 04:40 AM

Oh, that's heartbreaking. Of course it's ok to cry!

Posted by: JQ, looking at a winter of ... FJB at December 22, 2021 04:52 AM (dB4Iz)

59 Get well soon, CppThis!

Posted by: JQ, looking at a winter of ... FJB at December 22, 2021 04:53 AM (dB4Iz)

60 So sorry, Defenestratus. It's never easy to lose our furry friends

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 22, 2021 04:55 AM (1R0vU)

61
At least the Matrix already had shitty sequels already.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

The wells from which all sequels are drawn, located in the world of shittiness, are infinitely deep. You are never out of the woods of shittiness.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 22, 2021 04:55 AM (pNxlR)

62 Alright, time to go.

Goodnight, horde!

Health and healing to you all.

Posted by: JQ, looking at a winter of ... FJB at December 22, 2021 04:55 AM (dB4Iz)

63 Sleep well, JQ

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 22, 2021 04:56 AM (1R0vU)

64 'Night , JQ

Posted by: JT at December 22, 2021 04:58 AM (arJlL)

65 Hiya MLiiGRAM !

Posted by: JT at December 22, 2021 04:58 AM (arJlL)

66 Bacon and egg sandwich this morning to go. With coffee, of course.

Make it a good day, all

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 22, 2021 04:58 AM (1R0vU)

67 FrontPage Magazine has a truly disturbing article
on Fauci's experimentation on children with AIDS.
Its so disturbing I don't want to add a link. Maybe J.J will add a link in the Morning Report.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 22, 2021 04:58 AM (nWzZQ)

68 Posted by: Defenestratus at December 22, 2021 04:40 AM (30FPV)

Sorry to hear that man. He sounds like a good dog.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 22, 2021 04:59 AM (csEWM)

69 Sorry for Mason, D. It's awful hard losing a dog.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 22, 2021 04:59 AM (QU5/8)

70 Margins are blown a little

https://tinyurl.com/2p82buv2
https://www.americanthinker.com/bidens speech had one point and one point only get vaccinated

Only interesting that the WH added a preamble to Sundowner's speech, never seen that before.

Posted by: Skip at December 22, 2021 05:01 AM (2JoB8)

71
FrontPage Magazine has a truly disturbing article
on Fauci's experimentation on children with AIDS.
Its so disturbing I don't want to add a link.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 22, 2021 04:58 AM

Fauci is a soulless monster. Yes, I've read of his experimentation on children, outsourcing the torture of beagles, and outsourcing gain of function research.

It is indicative how far this country has fallen that he still has a job and isn't in jail awaiting trial.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 22, 2021 05:03 AM (dQvv7)

72
The greatest Dr. Seuss book of all is "I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew." It is a resounding conservative anthem for dealing with hardship and living with hope.
Posted by: Ordinary American

I have never heard of it. For my part, I'd put forward "Thidwick, the Big-Hearted Moose", in which Thidwick's kindness is taken advantage of by all manner of idlers, revelers, spongers, and ne'er do wells until, in extremis, he discovers the way to cast off his burden of what had become life threatening parasites.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 22, 2021 05:05 AM (pNxlR)

73 Furry friends are hard to say goodbye to.

Posted by: Skip at December 22, 2021 05:06 AM (2JoB8)

74 I have to cancel seeing matrix tomorrow night since they won't let the unjabbed in, but i'm sure they'll be selling all kinds of stuff packed with sugar, fat, preservatives, and other shit.

Posted by: SFGoth at December 22, 2021 05:08 AM (KAi1n)

75 Local news is always showing how many test positive, they seldom go any further. Are they sick, in the hospital, dead......Just a big headline tests positive. And they are all Omicron now for some odd reason I don't understand.

Posted by: Colin at December 22, 2021 05:09 AM (PWsjb)

76 Good morning morons

What the hell was going on in Australia in 1979? That was awful.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2021 05:11 AM (EZebt)

77 Fauci is a soulless monster. Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus

Don't forget the Nazi death camp doctors wore white lab coats also...

Posted by: Colin at December 22, 2021 05:12 AM (PWsjb)

78 That Frontpage Mag article is frightening but adds nothing to my hatred of Fauci. I am sure his policy has killed thousands on Covid.

Posted by: Skip at December 22, 2021 05:12 AM (2JoB8)

79 Morning, folk! First day of my Xmas break. why am I up early? To work out, then run to the 'burbs for breakfast and to have the Buick's blood changed and shoes swapped around. (Oil change and tire rotation) I can hit the grocery on the way back home, have a nap, and then? Who knows? Got to wrap some presents, and keep from opening the Peterson pipe I bought for myself. I want to wait until Friday or Saturday.

Temp is 46 F. now at 4 am, rising to 62 this p.m. And it'll be 80 on Saturday. Hard to work up a Christmas spirit when the reindeer are sitting around sweating.

Chekov the Ailing Codger Cat wants his breakfast. I can tell; he's actually pacing along with me when I go into the kitchen to refill my coffee. This is a good sign, that he's moving so much (for him right now).

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 22, 2021 05:12 AM (c6xtn)

80 Thank you for the kind words. It's one of life's cruelties that these endless sources of unconditional love can't stay with us our whole lives.

It's hard to understand God's reasoning behind such a tormenting experience.

Posted by: Defenestratus at December 22, 2021 05:13 AM (nw4wO)

81 Nothing hard to do today but the surprises might change that.
See you on the road

Posted by: Skip at December 22, 2021 05:14 AM (2JoB8)

82 Stay safe, Skip !

Posted by: JT at December 22, 2021 05:15 AM (arJlL)

83 49 Lost my best friend today. His name was Mason and he was a 9.5 year old golden retriever. Was the bestest, goodest boy you've ever seen. We got back from vacation and picked him and his younger brother up from the kennel Sunday...

Posted by: Defenestratus at December 22, 2021 04:40 AM (30FPV)

How's his younger brother doing, Defenestratus? So sorry about your loss.

Posted by: m at December 22, 2021 05:16 AM (vF+oW)

84 Neighbor, you have to show papiere to get into a theater now?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2021 05:17 AM (EZebt)

85 Mason was a Good Boy

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2021 05:17 AM (EZebt)

86
A fun example of the vocal range and prowess of Julie Andrews from "The Sound of Music" that I saw a couple of nights ago.

https://youtu.be/UmmOJx_Hxto

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 22, 2021 05:18 AM (pNxlR)

87 Defenestratus, remember your friend as he was, quirks and all. To do less would dishonor him. Though I have loved all my cats, I've been exasperated by them on occasion. So when I remember them I think of them as I did when they were here -- not as perfect little furry angels, but as my friends.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 22, 2021 05:18 AM (c6xtn)

88 SFGoth, this brightened my morning at the end of the ONT; just hit a funny bone:

528 Pixy ist, wieder fruh, kommt.
Posted by: SFGoth at December 22, 2021 02:26 AM (KAi1n)

Posted by: m at December 22, 2021 05:19 AM (vF+oW)

89
Just a big headline tests positive. And they are all Omicron now for some odd reason I don't understand.

Posted by: Colin at December 22, 2021 05:09 AM

Transmittable diseases have a reproduction value (usually portrayed as R= ) that indicates how many people will become subsequently infected infected per person. Classic Covid had an R value of about 1.3. Delta variant an R value of over two, iirc, while omicron has an R value of higher then 4.

So the sequence of omicron infection is 1, 4, 16, 64, 256, etc...

If that rate were to occur each an every day in two weeks time the number is over 67 million. On the 15th day you have a number just shy of the entire population of the USA.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 22, 2021 05:21 AM (dQvv7)

90 Morning!

Cold/flu whatever is calming down. It started Monday night with a bad sore throat that came on very quickly. I'm unjabbed, the wife is jabbed, and all I can think is I will not hear the end of this if.....

So, I take some Tylenol extra, some extra D's, zinc, quercetin. Slept like a log, but the sore throat, and plugged nose was still with me yesterday. I said, fark it, I don't want to screw up Christmas for my wife, bit the bullet and had my first dose of pony paste. A little bitter but I've had worse tasting medicines.
Woke up this morning, sore throat is gone, nose is a little athletic, feeling better. Will do at least one more pony paste a little later.

Posted by: Bruce at December 22, 2021 05:22 AM (vd8XM)

91 Hope ya feel better, Bruce !

Posted by: JT at December 22, 2021 05:26 AM (arJlL)

92 Thanks JT. Me too. My wife puts a lot of time into the day and I don't want to mess it up or get people sick.
Based on symptoms, I think it's just a cold.

Posted by: Bruce at December 22, 2021 05:27 AM (vd8XM)

93 Bruce, glad to hear you're doing better. The IVM is amazing. So far I've not had any brushes with infections since late 2019 (when I may have had the coof), but I'm taking the supplements and the pony paste 1x a month anyway. Miss Linda asked for a dose last night, and I mixed it into some peanut butter on toast for her. No, she's not a covidian or hysteric, and she reads here. But the constant drumbeat of "Omicron, omicron, vax vax vax" is getting to her.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 22, 2021 05:30 AM (c6xtn)

94 Tim Pool announces he is boycotting Fox News now that they are complying with DeBlasio's vax mandate.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2021 05:32 AM (EZebt)

95 Bruce: In the olden days that sounds like the classic head cold, time for Nyquil or something. We are so mixed up that even the common cold is lock down time in many places.

Posted by: Colin at December 22, 2021 05:32 AM (PWsjb)

96 Wolfus, thanks,
I ordered up some of the injectable ivermectin yesterday, It'll be delivered Friday.

Posted by: Bruce at December 22, 2021 05:33 AM (vd8XM)

97 77 Don't forget the Nazi death camp doctors wore white lab coats also...
Posted by: Colin at December 22, 2021 05:12 AM (PWsjb)

At least the Nazi death camp doctors made some contributions to our overall medical knowledge; I'm not really getting anything from this Fauci guy other than bullshit and bad ideas for the sake of funding.

Posted by: CppThis at December 22, 2021 05:33 AM (UewuT)

98 So The Turnip is not going simply to send out millions of test kits in the mail -- you have to request one? Hmmm. That could be interesting. Go to a Panera Bread to use their wifi, order a kit, and have it mailed to your mayor's or governor's office. Heh, heh, heh . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 22, 2021 05:34 AM (c6xtn)

99
You're witnessing natural selection, survival of the fittest (the most reproductively fit, that is) in almost real time with Moronic. Moronic is an "escape mutant", selected to escape the sub-optimal (piss poor, actually) "immunity" conferred by the vaccines.

It is the most fit, and outcompetes delta.

God has apparently seen fit to spare us from our stupidity of escape mutant promoting leaky vaccines, and conferred very low virulence on this escape mutant, Moronic. It's little more than a mild cold.

It's ripping through like shit through a goose, blowing away all other variants. It's like a transmissible vaccine, actually.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at December 22, 2021 05:35 AM (Mzdiz)

100 Bruce: In the olden days that sounds like the classic head cold, time for Nyquil or something. We are so mixed up that even the common cold is lock down time in many places.
Posted by: Colin

True. I looked up the symptoms for Kovid. It's like trying to find out what that pain in your elbow is from.
9 times out of 10...cancer

Posted by: Bruce at December 22, 2021 05:35 AM (vd8XM)

101 Bruce a prayer for complete and immediate healing

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2021 05:36 AM (EZebt)

102 It's ripping through like shit through a goose, blowing away all other variants. It's like a transmissible vaccine, actually.
Posted by: publius

That's what I was thinking. If you know for sure someones got Moronic, give them a kiss

Posted by: Bruce at December 22, 2021 05:37 AM (vd8XM)

103 Thank you San Franpsycho.
I'm feeling much better today. Other than the nose part of the puzzle.

Invest in Kleenex.

Posted by: Bruce at December 22, 2021 05:38 AM (vd8XM)

104
It's ripping through like shit through a goose, blowing away all other variants. It's like a transmissible vaccine, actually.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at December 22, 2021

***
If only we had actual scientists and doctors trumpeting that from rooftops. Enough of them, that is, and a media that would broadcast the facts. Of course, if we had those things, we wouldn't be in our current fix.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 22, 2021 05:38 AM (c6xtn)

105 A friends daughter who is about 23, tested positive of Covid a few days ago. She went to the local Immediate Care Center. They gave her some Tylenol and told her to go home and just rest. But...she will now be listed as another Covid case, and the media will make sure she is listed to scare everyone to cancel Christmas with there family.

Posted by: Colin at December 22, 2021 05:39 AM (PWsjb)

106 Heh. It wasn't me who shouted FJB at Pelosi yesterday. But I wish it was.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2021 05:40 AM (EZebt)

107
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 22, 2021 05:41 AM (DUIap)

108 Heh. It wasn't me who shouted FJB at Pelosi yesterday. But I wish it was.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2021

***
What happened? A patriot shouted the actual words at Pelosi in public?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 22, 2021 05:42 AM (c6xtn)

109
It's ripping through like shit through a goose, blowing away all other variants. It's like a transmissible vaccine, actually.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at December 22, 2021 05:35 AM

Exactly. I'd hold off in actively trying to contract it for another week or two, though. Wait for it to push Delta completely out the door.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 22, 2021 05:42 AM (dQvv7)

110 In total fairness to Turnip Boy I may understand where they're coming from re: testing kits. Frontline providers have told me that they're wasting a lot of time on paperwork as they, various insurers and Uncle Sam haggle over who foots the bill and this is the main reason that getting a "rapid" test at a clinic takes forever and a day. So this may be a case where the government does need to step in and get shit done, but it would probably have been better handled at the county level.

There's also a big open question about whether the DIY antigen tests are sufficiently accurate, so they may well wind up squandering a bunch of money on test kits that corporate frenz and such don't consider to be valid results.

Posted by: CppThis at December 22, 2021 05:44 AM (UewuT)

111 @104

>>If only we had actual scientists and doctors trumpeting that from rooftops.

As has been said, the Plandemic was primarily a political Op, but it was aided and abetted by the medical and scientific community.

We are not at year one of our understanding of respiratory viruses no matter how dumb the masterminds and biomedical fascists pretend to be.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 22, 2021 05:47 AM (oHeld)

112 I mentioned this yesterday. My boss, who is apparently terrified of the coof (he says he's "lost" 5 family members and friends to it), went for his booster shot on Monday. Yesterday he told us he wasn't coming in; the effects of his booster were pretty bad. (Schadenfreude point 1)

One of our staff commiserated with him, but added, "It's good that you got the booster." (Headdesk)

Then another coworker, who'd been tested recently, turned up positive for Moronic. Contact Tracing (the new Gestapo) ordered him to go home and isolate, and -- as he put it -- will come hose down his office. (Schadenfreude point 2) I'd have demanded a second test, but he meekly obeyed.

I'm not expressing glee at their being sick, however mildly. I'm amused that these 3, who all have PhDs and could be presumed to be at least a bit above average in IQ, are so brainwashed by all this.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 22, 2021 05:48 AM (c6xtn)

113 Zip has it, she was doing a press event downtown and someone was passing by who shouted it. It also happened on a live TV report on Fox from Times Sq yesterday.

It's becoming reflexive for people to take the opportunity to shout out "eff the President" !

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2021 05:48 AM (EZebt)

114 I always forget to look at the sidebar and just saw the sad news about Tami
Can anyone point me to the thread with the news on it, or have details on why she died?
Will be praying for her family

Posted by: vmom - link to Red's fundraiser at December 22, 2021 05:49 AM (ri5Gh)

115
Yep, think of Moronic as a vaccine that actually works. And thank God for it. And pray our megalomaniacal public health lunatics don't fuck it up.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at December 22, 2021 05:51 AM (Mzdiz)

116 Neighbor, you have to show papiere to get into a theater now?
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Yeah. AMC theater website is pretty blatant about it.

Posted by: SFGoth at December 22, 2021 05:51 AM (KAi1n)

117 Let's everybody order the limit on these damned kits, and have each one sent to our local mayor or governor (if they're brainwashed and have clamped down on you, that is; FL people should NOT swamp DeSantis). If the system will let you, send it to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Heh, heh, heh.

Spread the word!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 22, 2021 05:51 AM (c6xtn)

118 Get your booster shot test kit by mail. Last night I was walking around my house, lawn, mail box looking for a package from Amazon that was coming by the Post Office, and Amazon said was delivered.
We get used to getting government stuff by PO and the ballots next November will be mailed to us. Covid you know.

Posted by: Colin at December 22, 2021 05:52 AM (PWsjb)

119
I think I'll swab my ass with the test kit and send it straight to Fauci. Or Brandon.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at December 22, 2021 05:53 AM (Mzdiz)

120 "SFGoth, this brightened my morning at the end of the ONT; just hit a funny bone"

I've long described my Gernan as shreklisch but never as funny.

Posted by: SFGoth at December 22, 2021 05:54 AM (KAi1n)

121 Still no news from Federal Express about Chekov's Rx food shipment. Chewy says they've diverted it to be delivered by Thurs. at my nearby Walgreens. No email notice yet.

If I don't get this before Christmas, I am going to raise holy hell.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 22, 2021 05:54 AM (c6xtn)

122 Let's everybody order the limit on these damned kits, and have each one sent to our local mayor or governor (if they're brainwashed and have clamped down on you, that is; FL people should NOT swamp DeSantis). If the system will let you, send it to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Heh, heh, heh.

Spread the word!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Or send to Mayor Troll Doll of Chicago. She's the one that wanted POC to jump to the head of the line for the jab in February, because non-POC get all the good stuff first. Now the city of Chicago is running commercials to get people to jab.

Send her the tests and she can hand them out to the more deserving.

Posted by: Bruce at December 22, 2021 05:54 AM (vd8XM)

123 115
Yep, think of Moronic as a vaccine that actually works. And thank God for it. And pray our megalomaniacal public health lunatics don't fuck it up.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at December 22, 2021 05:51 AM (Mzdiz)

Assuming that's the one I have, it's really not all that bad. Fever, chills, and the squirts but nothing really concerning.

Posted by: CppThis at December 22, 2021 05:55 AM (UewuT)

124 I had to go through hours of "training" and certification and sign paperwork in order to be able to administer the rapid test. Each test and results have to be entered into the state database, I had to be trained to do that too.

Now they're going to mail these test kits out Willy nilly like election ballots.

They clearly hope to jack up the case positivity numbers.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2021 05:56 AM (EZebt)

125 Yep, think of Moronic as a vaccine that actually works. And thank God for it. And pray our megalomaniacal public health lunatics don't fuck it up.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at December 22, 2021 05:51 AM (Mzdiz)

Assuming that's the one I have, it's really not all that bad. Fever, chills, and the squirts but nothing really concerning.
Posted by: CppThis

Squirts?
Maybe Sloe Joe has terminal Moronic.

Posted by: Bruce at December 22, 2021 05:57 AM (vd8XM)

126 Early good morning everyone.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 22, 2021 05:59 AM (mD/uy)

127 Fever, chills, and the squirts but nothing really concerning.
Posted by: CppThis at December 22, 2021 05:55 AM (UewuT)

===
That's not 'rona, that's gas station sushi. Confess.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2021 06:00 AM (EZebt)

128 I of course being an obedient citizen got the booster shot. About 4 days later I suddenly started having chills. Really bad chills. and felt weak. I stayed in bed for the next day and started feeling better the next day and it was gone....Never had chills quite like that before. And it all came on like within a hour, I went to bed.

Posted by: Colin at December 22, 2021 06:00 AM (PWsjb)

129 I had missed this data point. I'd appreciate any chiming in on thisl

from the "Brandon's Speech" thread:

179 Even the CDC admits that it has no confirmed cases of anybody getting infected with the virus twice.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer--F*ck Joe Biden at December 21, 2021 05:11 PM (k4dH2)

Posted by: m at December 22, 2021 06:01 AM (vF+oW)

130 Thanks for that WordPress tip, Pixy !

updated !

& g'mornin' everyone !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez (IJMH4) at December 22, 2021 06:03 AM (IJMH4)

131 109 I'd hold off in actively trying to contract it for another week or two, though. Wait for it to push Delta completely out the door.
Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 22, 2021 05:42 AM (dQvv7)

Or another month or two (link goes to Political Math twitter account):

https://tinyurl.com/58nz4hyz

Posted by: m at December 22, 2021 06:04 AM (vF+oW)

132 Has anyone had, or known of anyone having, vertigo as a covid symptom? Around early summer last year, i went to bed one night otherwise fine, and when i laid down, i started suffering vertigo. I had to sleep sitting up. Fine in the morning, aside from sleeping sitting up.

Posted by: SFGoth at December 22, 2021 06:05 AM (KAi1n)

133 Mornin'
(sips coffee)

Go back to work tomorrow and work right through Christmas. I've had 5 days off though so it's all good. Going to throw a roast and veggies into a crock pot and that will last me for about a week.

Posted by: Puddleglum at December 22, 2021 06:07 AM (sAmhv)

134
Or another month or two (link goes to Political Math twitter account):

Posted by: m at December 22, 2021 06:04 AM

My reading was that New York City was at 75% omicron already. That's a pretty good town to start a surge throughout the entire country. But if someone can wait, that would make more sense.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 22, 2021 06:11 AM (dQvv7)

135 Hiya Tonypete !

Posted by: JT at December 22, 2021 06:11 AM (arJlL)

136 Vertigo is probably just plain aging

The fluid in your vestibular system changes and loses functionality as we age. So your ability to perceive where your body is in space decreases. This is why more older people avoid roller coasters.

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

137 JT! My Man!

Posted by: Tonypete at December 22, 2021 06:12 AM (mD/uy)

138
Good morning, Hordians.

Nobody conducts left handed, except the late Paavo Berglund.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 22, 2021 06:15 AM (/U27+)

139
Has anyone had, or known of anyone having, vertigo as a covid symptom?

Posted by: SFGoth at December 22, 2021 06:05 AM

Not me. I felt a little feverish, which I was. Then took my blood pressure which was unusually high, I mean really high for me. Slight cough. I then took about 50 milligrams of Bob Doles pill to bring down blood pressure. But then serious abdominal and bowel distress ensued for the next number of days. But no vertigo, just a little lightheaded and feeling stupid.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 22, 2021 06:16 AM (dQvv7)

140 I suppose that even Paavo Berglund isn't conducing left handed anymore.

Posted by: Button Pushing Monkey at December 22, 2021 06:17 AM (EcHpA)

141 googling "covid reinfection rates" turns up "rare" and then this news at Reuters:

https://tinyurl.com/3jcjft8k

Posted by: m at December 22, 2021 06:17 AM (vF+oW)

142 I then took about 50 milligrams of Bob Doles pill to bring down blood pressure.

The 4 hour boner pills ?

Posted by: JT at December 22, 2021 06:18 AM (arJlL)

143 Right now, I have a cough but fine otherwise. Not sleeping well but I haven't for a while. My sinuses are always bad. So, I probably have DeltaOmniSuperVarient Covid and have been dead for a while. Avenge Me!!!

Posted by: Puddleglum at December 22, 2021 06:19 AM (sAmhv)

144 143 Avenge Me!!!
Posted by: Puddleglum at December 22, 2021 06:19 AM (sAmhv)

Will do!

Posted by: m at December 22, 2021 06:20 AM (vF+oW)

145
The 4 hour boner pills ?

Posted by: JT at December 22, 2021 06:18 AM

Exactly. It's also used to treat blood pressure in low dosage, but more famous for it's 'other' ability in much higher dose.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 22, 2021 06:22 AM (dQvv7)

146 The 4 hour boner pills ?

Posted by: JT

What's everyone else do with the 3 hr and 55 minutes that are not needed?

Posted by: Tonypete at December 22, 2021 06:23 AM (mD/uy)

147 Always hard, Defenstratus, gotta just keep going anyhow ...
what you said about pictures really struck a chord with me; I still have a shot of one of my little guys as my phone desktop years later ...

not taking a test, not getting the vax, my body, my choice.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez (IJMH4) at December 22, 2021 06:24 AM (IJMH4)

148 Avenge Me!!!
Posted by: Puddleglum at December 22, 2021 06:19 AM (sAmhv)

Will do!
Posted by: m

You're gonna be busy !

Posted by: JT at December 22, 2021 06:24 AM (arJlL)

149 What's everyone else do with the 3 hr and 55 minutes that are not needed?
Posted by: Tonypete

Crack walnuts

Posted by: Bruce at December 22, 2021 06:24 AM (vd8XM)

150
Among the more annoying op-ed/essay devices is "if X was alive now he'd be horrified..." Using a dead person as a vehicle for making your points is despicable.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 22, 2021 06:24 AM (/U27+)

151 What's everyone else do with the 3 hr and 55 minutes that are not needed?
Posted by: Tonypete

Badminton

Posted by: JT at December 22, 2021 06:25 AM (arJlL)

152 "if X was alive now he'd be horrified..."

Especially if he was cremated

Posted by: Bruce at December 22, 2021 06:26 AM (vd8XM)

153 Badminton
Posted by: JT

Ah yes, I should have known. It's even in the name: shuttlecock.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 22, 2021 06:26 AM (mD/uy)

154 Among the more annoying op-ed/essay devices is "if X was alive now he'd be horrified..." Using a dead person as a vehicle for making your points is despicable.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

I like "If x was alive, he'd be spinning in his grave"

Posted by: JT at December 22, 2021 06:26 AM (arJlL)

155 King Harv wants us to have coffee!

Posted by: Huck Follywwod at December 22, 2021 06:27 AM (wXWRH)

156 King Harv wants us to have coffee!
Posted by: Huck Follywwod

Is he buyin' ?

Posted by: JT at December 22, 2021 06:31 AM (arJlL)

157 not taking a test, not getting the vax, my body, my choice.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez (IJMH4) at December 22, 2021

***
I've been dodging the automated test emails at work for a while now. Nobody has said anything; we'll see if they notice next year.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 22, 2021 06:32 AM (c6xtn)

158
My next door neighbor contracted covid and died of a brain aneurysm, which I suppose is related to blood pressure spike. That's why I reached for the sildenafil citrate right off the bat. He was mid 80's and in poor shape already.

I think it should be in everyone's home as backup medicine. The dosage is known, it's been around for decades and it works for blood pressure in both men and women. When my wife contracted covid I mixed her up a low dose cut with water and she sipped it throughout the day and monitored her BP continuously.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 22, 2021 06:33 AM (dQvv7)

159 The Great Chekov is moving better this morning. Maybe all these meds are really having a good effect.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 22, 2021 06:33 AM (c6xtn)

160
Sonny, as a reward for finishing his championship, gets shortened by a pair today. The water treatment system is to be installed. And maybe a 30-amp outlet so we can get power out to the RV and run the AC.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 22, 2021 06:37 AM (/U27+)

161 >>>Welcome to the real world, kid. Here's a nickel.

lol, the reality of big companies. At least he can fill his time with diversity training and lectures on how to be more productive and white-guilty for others' shortcomings.

Posted by: flounder at December 22, 2021 06:38 AM (SH2Zi)

162 Among the more annoying op-ed/essay devices is "if X was alive now he'd be horrified..." Using a dead person as a vehicle for making your points is despicable.
"Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 22, 2021 06:24 AM (/U27+)"

If Jeff Goldberg was alive, he'd agree with you.

Posted by: lowandslow at December 22, 2021 06:38 AM (4thlk)

163
If Joey Biden wanted to do something good for the country he'd issue every household a voucher good for a BP cuff, thermometer, and oximeter. Basic stuff for the same tests they'll do to you in an Urgent Care facility in the first three minutes. Total cost under one hundred bucks.

Free vaccines at a hundred bucks a pop? Times 3 or 4 times? Screw that.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 22, 2021 06:39 AM (dQvv7)

164 >>>The 4GB Raspberry Pi will be back in stock by the end of... Oh.

Glad I got a 4GB and an 8 GB when they came out.

Posted by: flounder at December 22, 2021 06:39 AM (SH2Zi)

165 I don't know. I think people who founded colleges based on a religious tradition would be spinning in their graves at what they've become.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 22, 2021 06:39 AM (nvPT6)

166 Pixy my daughter is posting pix from Byron Bay and Killem Falls.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 22, 2021 06:40 AM (EZebt)

167 mornin yall.Weird dream last night. Do you think the devil looks more like Vincent Price or Brian Stetler?

Posted by: f'd at December 22, 2021 06:40 AM (Tnijr)

168 The RPi thing has people I know going WTF. seriously interrupting stuff.

Too early now back to sleep 330a here.

Posted by: JEM at December 22, 2021 06:42 AM (jIeMQ)

169 >>>Microsoft has acquired speech recognition company Nuance for $20 billion.

Great. Another thing that they can fuck up.

Posted by: flounder at December 22, 2021 06:42 AM (SH2Zi)

170 Killem Falls, eh? Nice euphemism

Posted by: SFGoth at December 22, 2021 06:43 AM (KAi1n)

171 166 Pixy my daughter is posting pix from Byron Bay and Killem Falls.

Byron Bay was lovely when I was last there, though that was a while back. Got stranded when my train home hit a wombat on the tracks and derailed.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 22, 2021 06:43 AM (MqQvv)

172 mornin yall.Weird dream last night. Do you think the devil looks more like Vincent Price or Brian Stetler?
Posted by: f'd

My money is on Margaret Sanger.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 22, 2021 06:43 AM (mD/uy)

173 I was thinking of setting up a web site where people can go to see if their passwords have been hacked. You enter your user name and password for a particular site and it tells you if your account has been compromised.

Posted by: f'd at December 22, 2021 06:44 AM (Tnijr)

174 Had a little snow last night (Monday night). Just enough to show @#$%^%$# raccoon footprints on the deck!

Nasty creatures. Time for traps again.

Posted by: JQ, looking at a winter of severe illness and death FJB at December 22, 2021 03:37 AM (dB4Iz)

Were in the process of getting another six inches of global warming. No raccoons around here, but deer and turkey are the local gangbangers.

Posted by: flounder at December 22, 2021 06:45 AM (SH2Zi)

175 Got stranded when my train home hit a wombat on the tracks and derailed.
Posted by: Pixy Misa

I must admit, this is the first time I have ever seen English words in this construction.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 22, 2021 06:45 AM (mD/uy)

176 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 22, 2021 06:47 AM (ju2Fy)

177 Microsoft has acquired speech recognition company Nuance for $20 billion.

Great. Another thing that they can fuck up.

Posted by: flounder at December 22, 2021 06:42 AM

We had a guy that we had to buy that for in the Navy. Had to set him in a little booth off in a corner by himself and he sat there all day speaking letters and numbers out loud to do his work in the system.

His error rate was upwards of 60% using that software and he was constantly getting timed out because it would take so long.

Posted by: Mister Scot (Formerly GWS) at December 22, 2021 06:48 AM (bVYXr)

178 Another feature of the site would be a password manager. Put all your passwords in there and manage them on the Internet.

Posted by: f'd at December 22, 2021 06:48 AM (Tnijr)

179
Does one go on walkabout after a train derailment due to wombat?

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 22, 2021 06:48 AM (dQvv7)

180 I also said this to some rabid leftist online who thinks mandatory vaccines for students at Princeton are a good idea: Jonathan Edwards who was a theologian and pastor and who died shortly after taking a smallpox vaccination right before he was supposed to become the President of Princeton University probably wouldn't be in support of mandatory vaccinations. Hopefully he's not spinning in his grave but is with God in glory, if one doesn't believe in a general resurrection of everyone at some later date.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 22, 2021 06:48 AM (gd1ZH)

181 Boker Tov Patriots

Looks like a mistrial for that Cop out in Minn. Seems there are at least a few patriots on that Jury who understand this Police Officer should never have been charged

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 22, 2021 06:49 AM (Irn0L)

182 His name was Mason and he was a 9.5 year old golden retriever. Was the bestest, goodest boy you've ever seen.""

Oh, I am so very sorry to read this. Weep for your friend, for sure, they deserve that honor. What a good dog.

Posted by: lizabth at December 22, 2021 06:49 AM (L3Rsz)

183 Posted by: Defenestratus at December 22, 2021 04:40 AM (30FPV)

I am so sorry for your loss.

Posted by: flounder at December 22, 2021 06:50 AM (SH2Zi)

184 Sorry to read about Mason Defenestratus. It's so hard to lose a buddy like that. One day you will be able to smile when looking at those pictures.

Posted by: f'd at December 22, 2021 06:52 AM (Tnijr)

185 179 Does one go on walkabout after a train derailment due to wombat?

On general principles yes, but there's a pub at Byron Bay railway station (or was then) with live music - and they had a really good band that day - so I was disinclined to walk anywhere.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 22, 2021 06:52 AM (MqQvv)

186 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at December 22, 2021 06:53 AM (UnQlg)

187 Sorry to read about Mason Defenestratus. It's so hard to lose a buddy like that. One day you will be able to smile when looking at those pictures.
Posted by: f'd at December 22, 2021 06:52 AM (Tnijr)

Ditto.
Sigh

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 22, 2021 06:53 AM (Irn0L)

188 Certainly the actions of the elites is that they do not really perceive it as a threat.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 22, 2021 04:50 AM (csEWM)

They have access to any level of care they want. The masses - especially those who do not inform themselves that this is not the black death - probably, at least subconsciously, know they do not. So, for them, it is probably a failure to inform themselves and a failure to rationally risk calculate.

Posted by: flounder at December 22, 2021 06:54 AM (SH2Zi)

189 One of the best things about having a good dog are the constant memories down the road, after the sorrow of their passing has calmed. I have pics of all of our deceased 'wolves' on my fridge door, and they make me smile every day. Hubby and I talk about the 'remember whens' of all those good pups. A lifetime of fond remembrance. They still make us laugh and smile, years after they've died.

As a Christian, I believe I will know, somehow, their goodness and companionship again, one day.

Posted by: lizabth at December 22, 2021 06:54 AM (L3Rsz)

190 175 Got stranded when my train home hit a wombat on the tracks and derailed.
Posted by: Pixy Misa

I must admit, this is the first time I have ever seen English words in this construction.
Posted by: Tonypete

I would have to admit it's a first for me too. It's just missing 'and getting robbed by Kangaroos'.

Posted by: Puddleglum at December 22, 2021 06:54 AM (sAmhv)

191
On general principles yes, but there's a pub at Byron Bay railway station (or was then) with live music - and they had a really good band that day - so I was disinclined to walk anywhere.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 22, 2021 06:52 AM

Sounds like fun. I've seen two derailments in my life and in both cases all the cars spilled over on their sides. Doesn't sound like that happened to you.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 22, 2021 06:56 AM (dQvv7)

192 Got stranded when my train home hit a wombat on the tracks and derailed.
Posted by: Pixy Misa

I didn't realize a wombat could take out a full grown train

Posted by: Bruce at December 22, 2021 06:57 AM (vd8XM)

193 190 I would have to admit it's a first for me too. It's just missing 'and getting robbed by Kangaroos'.

Later on in that same trip I did get attacked by a demented emu, which is to say, an emu.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 22, 2021 06:57 AM (MqQvv)

194 172 mornin yall.Weird dream last night. Do you think the devil looks more like Vincent Price or Brian Stetler?
Posted by: f'd

My money is on Margaret Sanger.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 22, 2021 06:43 AM (mD/uy)

Bill Gates

Posted by: m at December 22, 2021 06:57 AM (vF+oW)

195 On the 15th day you have a number just shy of the entire population of the USA.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 22, 2021 05:21 AM (dQvv7)

Two weeks? This math is acceptable here.

Posted by: flounder at December 22, 2021 06:57 AM (SH2Zi)

196 I'm enjoying the monthly tech retrospectives.

Posted by: sinalco at December 22, 2021 06:58 AM (yODqO)

197
I'm sorry for your loss, Defenestratus. You gave Mason a good life. May your every memory be a happy one; that way he'll never truly be dead.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 22, 2021 06:59 AM (/U27+)

198 mornin yall.Weird dream last night. Do you think the devil looks more like Vincent Price or Brian Stetler?
Posted by: f'd

My money is on Margaret Sanger.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 22, 2021 06:43 AM (mD/uy)

Bill Gates
Posted by: m at December 22, 2021 06:57 AM (vF+oW)

Fauci

Posted by: WiNO - Now Fortified with Fraud at December 22, 2021 06:59 AM (EpDzw)

199
I didn't realize a wombat could take out a full grown train
Posted by: Bruce at December 22, 2021 06:57 AM (vd8XM)

Leaves on tracks took out full grown British Rail trains.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 22, 2021 07:00 AM (/U27+)

200 179 Does one go on walkabout after a train derailment due to wombat?

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 22, 2021 06:48 AM (dQvv7)

!

Posted by: m at December 22, 2021 07:00 AM (vF+oW)

201 I always forget to look at the sidebar and just saw the sad news about Tami
Can anyone point me to the thread with the news on it, or have details on why she died?
Will be praying for her family

Posted by: vmom - link to Red's fundraiser at December 22, 2021 05:49 AM (ri5Gh)

Sidebar is it, right now. Ace has said that he will have a dedicated memorial thread.

Posted by: flounder at December 22, 2021 07:04 AM (SH2Zi)

202 Morning. After Biden's performance art yesterday, I made a post about the COVID test kits that the administration is making available to the public after the New Year. Some clarification. If I called my employer and told hem that I'm sick and won't coming to work today, they will require two passing COVID tests administered on-site by their own staff in order to return to work. If it tests positive, they'll gladly accept that for a 10-day unpaid quarantine period. But a negative test is useless. The free at-home test is a huge waste of resources.

Posted by: Erik In Texas at December 22, 2021 07:05 AM (zO9D/)

203 Does one go on walkabout after a train derailment due to wombat?

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 22, 2021 06:48 AM

No, the dingo's will eat your baby.

Posted by: Mister Scot (Formerly GWS) at December 22, 2021 07:05 AM (bVYXr)

204 Good morning all!

Monday when I turned on the work computer a screen came up asking if I wanted to upgrade to System 11. I chose "No". Since then, my computer crashes every few hours. It's new and hadn't crashed before this week.

What do I need to do? Sacrifice a goat or something?

Posted by: Rosasharn at December 22, 2021 07:08 AM (yEBFM)

205 There are certainly a whole bunch of healthy athletes collapsing and dying lately. Gee I wonder if it has anything to do with them being ordered to get covid jab after covid jab or get fired.

Posted by: Mister Scot (Formerly GWS) at December 22, 2021 07:08 AM (bVYXr)

206 'The free at-home test is a huge waste of resources.'

As is the whole pandemic scan. They will drag it out as long as possible.

Posted by: f'd at December 22, 2021 07:12 AM (Tnijr)

207 'The free at-home test is a huge waste of resources.'

The whole testing scam is

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 22, 2021 07:12 AM (Irn0L)

208 Gee I wonder if it has anything to do with them being ordered to get covid jab after covid jab or get fired.
Posted by: Mister Scot

Who you gonna believe? Your 'betters' in DC or your lying eyes?

Posted by: Tonypete at December 22, 2021 07:13 AM (mD/uy)

209 Pixy , your year in review posts remind me of Dave Barry's year in review pieces, except that I understand the words in his

.

Merry Christmas if I don't see you again until after.

Posted by: bluebell at December 22, 2021 07:13 AM (wyw4S)

210 "What do I need to do? Sacrifice a goat or something?
Posted by: Rosasharn "

You could run System Restore and set it back to a week ago.

Posted by: f'd at December 22, 2021 07:13 AM (Tnijr)

211
There are certainly a whole bunch of healthy athletes collapsing and dying lately. Gee I wonder if it has anything to do with them being ordered to get covid jab after covid jab or get fired.

Posted by: Mister Scot (Formerly GWS) at December 22, 2021 07:08 AM

Imagine you've conditioned your musculature to perform at the highest level possible. Then you weaken the heart muscle by some percentage.

Sort of like putting a high performance vehicle in the hands of a 16 year old. A crash is inevitable.

Oh well, the trial lawyers will keep the market for high end real estate very healthy for the next few decades.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 22, 2021 07:13 AM (dQvv7)

212
Cheeky wombats getting upitty

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 22, 2021 07:15 AM (pNxlR)

213 I need a new processor with a code name like "Oliver Twist" or something. Fits a currently available mobo, costs around $12. Air, water, shade cooled, my choice.

Runs games like "First on AoS", etc.

Posted by: klaftern at December 22, 2021 07:17 AM (taPSh)

214 According to the DM, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research is set to announce the development of a vaccine that is effective against all COVID and SARS variants .

Posted by: f'd at December 22, 2021 07:17 AM (Tnijr)

215 209 Pixy , your year in review posts remind me of Dave Barry's year in review pieces, except that I understand the words in his.

Dave Barry is my spirit animal.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 22, 2021 07:17 AM (MqQvv)

216 His error rate was upwards of 60% using that software and he was constantly getting timed out because it would take so long.

Posted by: Mister Scot (Formerly GWS) at December 22, 2021 06:48 AM (bVYXr)

I find it immensely useful and a productivity aid. I don't use it all the time, however, only for specific repetitive portions of tasks. When MS bought Wunderlist, I went to a local only solution based on a Synology NAS. I really loathe MS after almost 29 years of clusterf(&*ery.

Posted by: flounder at December 22, 2021 07:17 AM (SH2Zi)

217 You could run System Restore and set it back to a week ago.
Posted by: f'd

Um, yeah.

*looking for a goat...*

Posted by: Rosasharn at December 22, 2021 07:18 AM (yEBFM)

218 I would have to admit it's a first for me too. It's just missing 'and getting robbed by Kangaroos'.

Posted by: Puddleglum at December 22, 2021 06:54 AM (sAmhv)

And Dingo ate my baby food.

Posted by: flounder at December 22, 2021 07:19 AM (SH2Zi)

219 Rosasharn, since it's a work computer I would think you could contact your IT staff about this.

Probably easier than finding a goat at this hour anyway.

Posted by: bluebell at December 22, 2021 07:19 AM (wyw4S)

220 It's very easy Rosasharn and worth a shot if you just started having problems.

Posted by: f'd at December 22, 2021 07:20 AM (Tnijr)

221 G'morning, all.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at December 22, 2021 07:21 AM (3D/fK)

222 Merry Christmas if I don't see you again until after.

Posted by: bluebell at December 22, 2021 07:13 AM (wyw4S)

Yes, this. Merry Christmas.

Posted by: flounder at December 22, 2021 07:21 AM (SH2Zi)

223 ohmygoodness
Retweeted by Joe Rogan:

Baby chimps, rescued from poachers and separated for medical treatment, see each other again for the first time

https://tinyurl.com/2y4dpm9s

Posted by: m at December 22, 2021 07:22 AM (vF+oW)

224 "Goat in an Hour" Check your zip.

Posted by: klaftern at December 22, 2021 07:22 AM (taPSh)

225 Daddy, every time Biden says something stupid..another LED street light begins to turn purple.

Posted by: That little girl in 'It's a WonderfulLife' at December 22, 2021 07:23 AM (3D/fK)

226 Yeah don't count on kidney stones passing.

I've had 3.

2 passed and I wouldn't wish that pain on an enemy. (except for a karen, a covidiot, a media fabulist, a leftist, a Democrat, Antifa, BLM (you get the idea) and for sure Hillary Clinton and Nasty Pelosi).

I had a 3rd one that did NOT pass. Very painful and I almost dies from septicemia. Had to have an emergency operation. Oh and I also had an operation to remove one cause it was way too big and the machines could see that so they took it out. It was almost as big as the kidney itself. A few more months and I would've lost the kidney.

So lots of fun. Nothing to laugh at. Well NOW it's okay. It did prepare me well for getting old and having arthritis. Really really looking hard for that silver lining.

Posted by: jakee308 at December 22, 2021 07:23 AM (cW5Gl)

227 >>> "Goat in an Hour" Check your zip.

Please confine that sort of thing to the personal ads on Craigslist.

Posted by: fluffy at December 22, 2021 07:24 AM (UnQlg)

228
Um, yeah.

*looking for a goat...*
Posted by: Rosasharn at December 22, 2021 07:18 AM (yEBFM)

"An unexpected error has occurred. All your files have been deleted"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 22, 2021 07:25 AM (/U27+)

229
Just had a weird but satisfying dream where I was having problems with my smart phone and was attempting to correct them when some young punk grabbed it and offered ro help by first making its viewable screen smaller. As he was smirking as he said that, I grabbed one of his index fingers and threatened to break it if he made one more move to "help". I told him that I was through with smart asses like him maliciously messing up settings on my devices, that I was having none of it and give me back the smart phone.

Funny thing is, I never turn over my devices to anyone to adjust their settings. But I was deriving great satisfaction from the possibility of inflicting pain on a wise ass.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 22, 2021 07:25 AM (pNxlR)

230 Yikes Jake. I'm glad you are still with us. Sounds horrible.

Posted by: bluebell at December 22, 2021 07:25 AM (wyw4S)

231 "contact your IT staff about this."

I'll ask boss' son when he gets here. "IT Staff"! That kills me! There are 8 of us, including owner. At two locations.

On the bright side, nobody has asked me to get jabbed. So there is that.

Posted by: Rosasharn at December 22, 2021 07:27 AM (yEBFM)

232 207 'The free at-home test is a huge waste of resources.'

The whole testing scam is

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 22, 2021 07:12 AM (Irn0L)

---------

The overt, naked profiteering off of the pain, misery, and death of not only millions -- but of entire societies -- is horrifying.

Reading about historical tyranny, destruction, and genocide, and societal/economic collapse -- so that the few could profit from the many is one thing -- but actually living through it is quite another and within which I cannot wrap my head around.

Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! at December 22, 2021 07:27 AM (X8XN6)

233 On the bright side, nobody has asked me to get jabbed. So there is that.
Posted by: Rosasharn at December 22, 2021 07:27 AM (yEBFM)
-----------

That is everything these days.

I should clarify that by "IT staff" I mean anyone who knows more about computers than I do. So, pretty much anyone I know.

Posted by: bluebell at December 22, 2021 07:29 AM (wyw4S)

234 175 Got stranded when my train home hit a wombat on the tracks and derailed.
Posted by: Pixy Misa

That's a big wombat. Er, that was a big wombat.

Mornin', y'all.

Posted by: GnuBreed at December 22, 2021 07:33 AM (F0YaR)

235 The free at-home test is a huge waste of resources.'

The whole testing scam is

Posted by: Nevergiveup

This entire covid scam has been a waste of resources. It could have been dealt with for probably about 1% of the cost by adopting precaution commensurate with the threat and protecting the vulnerable,. But that would have meant no massive speeding bills, free shit, petty tyranny and lots and lot lots of heroes. I'm a little surprised the country isn't just a pile of smoldering ruins after what its been been put through.

Posted by: Ripley at December 22, 2021 07:34 AM (PTDkx)

236 We went to the moon with no more computing power than a TRS-80 (or there abouts) and now 50 years later we still can't get our machines to play nice.

It's the humans in the repair stream. Either the testers or the programmers. There are just too many possible combinations of periperals, operating systems, mother boards, memory etc. etc.

You think they would come up with something that can find out what's running and deal with these issues.

Back when I did some minor programming I was never afraid about tinkering with my system. Built a couple for myself. Except for worrying about static electricity blowing a transistor or three; I had no worries. Easy peasy. Now I shudder every time I have to take the cover off to do a clone of my primary hard drive. (I know, I know; why it's a long story) I've got a hot swap plug in deally but I can't do that with this old computer so I would have to turn it on after rebooting and set the bios so it can see the new drive. And that's no big deal but it's not enough of a time saver for me to install the swapping insert. 1st world problems. Meanwhile by win 10 laptop I haven't booted up in a year. Cause reasons.

Posted by: jakee308 at December 22, 2021 07:34 AM (6vGtZ)

237 but actually living through it is quite another and within which I cannot wrap my head around.
Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! at December 22, 2021 07:27 AM (X8XN6)

Barbarians of old had the decency to kill your leaders, smash up your shit, and declare your country theirs.

These assholes are just viruses. They infiltrate, weaken, and eventually kill, and the more mystically minded of us won't even believe you when you tell them they're doing it,
because they can't seem them with the naked eye.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 22, 2021 07:34 AM (6FeV1)

238 Good Morning

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 22, 2021 07:34 AM (yrol0)

239
The whole testing scam is

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 22, 2021 07:12 AM (Irn0L)

Her Majesty worked with our handler's team last weekend at the AKC National in Orlando and several of them came down sick. The spot tests said they were positive so HM dutifully reported it to the AKC, who requested she get tested even though she feels fine.

After chasing around, no one around here has on-site testing except after long wait or by appointment. It cost me $25 to buy a home test kit. Test came up negative. Then the people she worked with said they had on-site tests and came up negative. Time, effort and money wasted.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 22, 2021 07:35 AM (/U27+)

240
Just a thought - if most of the Classic Covid cases were overweight or morbidly obese, they are the group most likely to have blood pressure issues. If part of the healing process is opening up the veins and arteries to allow the 'housekeeping crew' to identify, disable, and carry away the virus, why aren't blood pressure medications one of the first avenues of attack?

I know - 'protocol' which can not be deviated from without risk of lose of medical license. It's sad, and now deadly.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 22, 2021 07:36 AM (dQvv7)

241 The FBI is getting a bit antsy about seizing people's money. Sure a few thou here and there is no big deal but they got their hands slapped hard for trying to make off with a bank's entire batch of deposit boxes and untold millions cause they had to seize the entire thing to get at the one or two that they needed. And then they said all your boxes belong to us. And a judge said NO.

Posted by: jakee308 at December 22, 2021 07:36 AM (6vGtZ)

242 The free at-home test is a huge waste of resources.'

The whole testing scam is

Posted by: Nevergiveup

Testing without a treatment regimen is pretty fucking stupid!

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 22, 2021 07:36 AM (yrol0)

243 *see. Not seem. You asshole keyboard, you.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 22, 2021 07:37 AM (6FeV1)

244 209 Pixy , your year in review posts remind me of Dave Barry's year in review pieces, except that I understand the words in his .

Merry Christmas if I don't see you again until after.

Posted by: bluebell at December 22, 2021 07:13 AM (wyw4S)

Heh. I was thinking the same thing. Except I no longer read Dave's yearly roundups, once he went full NeverTrump in 2016 or 17.

Posted by: GnuBreed at December 22, 2021 07:38 AM (F0YaR)

245 Gonna get cold out tonight.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at December 22, 2021 07:38 AM (3D/fK)

246
This entire covid scam has been a waste of resources. It could have been dealt with for probably about 1% of the cost by adopting precaution commensurate with the threat and protecting the vulnerable

Had we done nothing beyond all the sensible stuff (wash your hands, don't go out if you're sick, etc.), we would have had at worst the same number of cases and deaths. It's a virus, it doesn't respond to government programs.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 22, 2021 07:38 AM (/U27+)

247 241 The FBI is getting a bit antsy about seizing people's money. Sure a few thou here and there is no big deal but they got their hands slapped hard for trying to make off with a bank's entire batch of deposit boxes and untold millions cause they had to seize the entire thing to get at the one or two that they needed. And then they said all your boxes belong to us. And a judge said NO.
Posted by: jakee308 at December 22, 2021 07:36 AM (6vGtZ)

Whats that Brit movie where they steal all the safe boxes and get pits of a royal doing weird shit. I think it is semi true.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 22, 2021 07:38 AM (yrol0)

248 Testing came up negative

*

And guess which results aren't accepted?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - no significant difference in ability to spread or catch regardless of vax status at December 22, 2021 07:39 AM (XWtEf)

249 Good Morning! This my first visit to the Tech Thread. So this is what you tech renegades are up to before JJ wakes up. Whoa! Fear not. I'll keep your secrets.

O/T Is this something?

Army to announce it has developed a single vaccine that protects from ALL variants of COVID and SARS

https://tinyurl.com/bddhjxfu

Posted by: Gref at December 22, 2021 07:40 AM (AMIL/)

250 Had we done nothing beyond all the sensible stuff (wash your hands, don't go out if you're sick, etc.), we would have had at worst the same number of cases and deaths. It's a virus, it doesn't respond to government programs.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 22, 2021 07:38 AM (/U27+)

I now see that over 70 the vax really dont work right and lose efficacy almost immediately.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 22, 2021 07:41 AM (yrol0)

251 Someone light the Sefton-signal!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 22, 2021 07:41 AM (6FeV1)

252 240 - Traitor Joe - because the medical "profession" doesn't want people to get better? It's easier to keep doing something that doesn't work, take the money, and "NEXT!"

Posted by: Rosasharn at December 22, 2021 07:41 AM (yEBFM)

253 39 Got to test everyone! Again and again! Gotta keep that case-count high!
_______________

It's vital that the government know exactly how many cases of sniffles and headaches are afflicting the country!

If it's too high, we will definitely need to spend a few more trillion dollars that we don't have, to save ourselves!!!!!

It's the only way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: TrivialPursuer--F*ck Joe Biden at December 22, 2021 07:41 AM (k4dH2)

254 251 Someone light the Sefton-signal!
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 22, 2021 07:41 AM (6FeV1)

The Blue Darter

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 22, 2021 07:42 AM (yrol0)

255 Had we done nothing beyond all the sensible stuff (wash your hands, don't go out if you're sick, etc.), we would have had at worst the same number of cases and deaths

*

Yep. The granny protocol. Wash your hands, keep your fingers out of your mouth and nose, cover your mouth when you sneeze, etc.

I still can't figure out how it was a pandemic when the vast majority of deaths were people who were over the average age of death in the United States and only died because they were refused therapies.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - no significant difference in ability to spread or catch regardless of vax status at December 22, 2021 07:43 AM (XWtEf)

256 Morning, people in gray boxes. I had total insomnia last night. At a time where I have too much to do and need the energy to do it!

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 22, 2021 07:44 AM (sVtYq)

257 252 240 - Traitor Joe - because the medical "profession" doesn't want people to get better? It's easier to keep doing something that doesn't work, take the money, and "NEXT!"
Posted by: Rosasharn at December 22, 2021 07:41 AM (yEBFM)

Like Pols and Newsreaders they have throw away respect they with not get back in most peoples lifetime.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 22, 2021 07:44 AM (yrol0)

258 Army to announce it has developed a single vaccine that protects from ALL variants of COVID and SARS

https://tinyurl.com/bddhjxfu

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Hahaha

Right when Omicron is going to give everyone natural immunity.

Pull the other one, guys.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - no significant difference in ability to spread or catch regardless of vax status at December 22, 2021 07:44 AM (XWtEf)

259 The "Granny Protocol" was EXACTLY what government punks on CNN were all advising when this shit first broke in China.

Then, at some off-stage cue, it turned into Holy Fuck We're All Gonna Die Unless You Do Exactly As We Tell You.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 22, 2021 07:46 AM (6FeV1)

260 I still can't figure out how it was a pandemic when the vast majority of deaths were people who were over the average age of death in the United States and only died because they were refused therapies.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - no significant difference in ability to spread or catch regardless of vax status at December 22, 2021 07:43 AM (XWtEf)

Or given therapies that killed them. The remedisvire?? kills your kidneys is your over 70. Killed 2 friend fathers I know of.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 22, 2021 07:46 AM (yrol0)

261 "251 Someone light the Sefton-signal!
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 22, 2021 07:41 AM (6FeV1) "

I think he is taking his birthday off.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at December 22, 2021 07:47 AM (3D/fK)

262 Well, this is embarrassing.

Got a new spotlight for the nativity set outside and it has many functions on its remote. I've set it to a soft white light and for the second morning in a row, I've come down to see that it's in a bright red strobe.

Wonder what my neighbors think.

Posted by: IrishEi at December 22, 2021 07:47 AM (0TVNF)

263 Jace Young, 6, was fatally shot watching Fourth of July fireworks in 2020
James Harbor, 18, and 17-year-old Deshaune Lumpkin were both caught for the crime about a year later
Harbor faces up to 50 years in jail while Lumpkin may receive fewer than eight
Lumpkin was tried as a juvenile because he was under the age 18 at the time

GOODER AND HARDER

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 22, 2021 07:47 AM (yrol0)

264 Or given therapies that killed them. The remedisvire?? kills your kidneys is your over 70. Killed 2 friend fathers I know of.
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 22, 2021 07:46 AM (yrol0)

Initial protocol was to wait until your lungs were completely gelatinized and then shove a tube down your gullet.

Would have been better to stick with leeches and lancets.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 22, 2021 07:48 AM (6FeV1)

265 So sorry to hear about Mason, D.

Posted by: KT at December 22, 2021 07:48 AM (0ghg2)

266 49 Lost my best friend today. His name was Mason and he was a 9.5 year old golden retriever.
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Sad. You are allowed to cry. We have cats and I've cried over several of them.

Posted by: Ciampino at December 22, 2021 07:48 AM (qfLjt)

267 Well, this is embarrassing.

Got a new spotlight for the nativity set outside and it has many functions on its remote. I've set it to a soft white light and for the second morning in a row, I've come down to see that it's in a bright red strobe.

Wonder what my neighbors think.
Posted by: IrishEi at December 22, 2021 07:47 AM (0TVNF)
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If they ask, tell them you're colorblind.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2021 07:48 AM (DU+/6)

268 The surprise just happened, not hard just way late to be calling it out noe

Posted by: Skip's Phone at December 22, 2021 07:50 AM (6n9S0)

269 242 The free at-home test is a huge waste of resources.'

The whole testing scam is
Posted by: Nevergiveup

Testing without a treatment regimen is pretty fucking stupid!
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 22, 2021 07:36 AM (yrol0)

It is worse than stupid. It is causing deaths. And pain and suffering for those hit hard by COVID.

For politics and egos. If the real history ever gets written of what was known when, and what decisions were made when by who, there would be lynchings around the world.

Posted by: Gref at December 22, 2021 07:50 AM (AMIL/)

270 RIP Sally Ann Howes

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 22, 2021 07:51 AM (yrol0)

271 Since Omicron is upper respiratory, I am wondering why people don't mention gargling with an antimicrobial mouthwash? Shown to reduce the virus with regular COVID.

Also remember that quercetin, vitamin C and zinc are a troika. C helps quercetin absorb, as does food with fat.

And D is better taken BEFORE you get the virus.

Posted by: KT at December 22, 2021 07:51 AM (0ghg2)

272 Had we done nothing beyond all the sensible stuff (wash your hands, don't go out if you're sick, etc.), we would have had at worst the same number of cases and deaths. It's a virus, it doesn't respond to government programs.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 22, 2021 07:38 AM (/U27+)
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Bingo. Lockdowns, masks, distancing, area disinfection, etc. have all done precisely dick in terms of infection control. They've had massive downsides and no upsides whatsoever. The statistical analysis, in terms of overall overage or even controlled for as many dimensions as people have thought of, show no difference. None of it worked. None.

Common sense, though, does work. Keep your hands clean and stay home if you're sick. Those are good ideas generally.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2021 07:51 AM (DU+/6)

273 Wonder what my neighbors think.
Posted by: IrishEi at December 22, 2021 07:47 AM (0TVNF)

Play some Lamb of God at full blast and it'll look much better.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 22, 2021 07:51 AM (6FeV1)

274 JJ

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 22, 2021 07:51 AM (yrol0)

275 The overt, naked profiteering off of the pain, misery, and death of not only millions -- but of entire societies -- is horrifying.

Reading about historical tyranny, destruction, and genocide, and societal/economic collapse -- so that the few could profit from the many is one thing -- but actually living through it is quite another and within which I cannot wrap my head around.

Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! at December 22, 2021 07:27 AM (X8XN6)

Yep.

Posted by: flounder at December 22, 2021 07:52 AM (SH2Zi)

276 Thank you everyone. I'll send some pics to the pet thread so you can see how good a boy he was.

His younger brother is a loveable knucklehead who I *think* knows something is wrong but is just too damn happy to show it. He'll be ok I think. I think. He needs a playmate... Less than 24 hours to his passing, he was playing with Mason in the fresh snow - chasing each other... trying to catch the snow as we shoveled it off the deck.. it was one of his favorite things to do.

Posted by: Defenestratus at December 22, 2021 07:52 AM (7b+Fd)

277 And D is better taken BEFORE you get the virus.
Posted by: KT at December 22, 2021 07:51 AM (0ghg2)
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Most people who work indoors - that is, most people in the industrial world - are D deficient. This is cheap and easy to fix and is generally very good immunity. It is one of two persistent changes I have made since this all kicked off. I take vitamins now to make sure I'm not deficient, and I wash my hands more. That's all.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2021 07:52 AM (DU+/6)

278 NOOD SEFTON

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 22, 2021 07:55 AM (DU+/6)

279 Wonder what my neighbors think.

Posted by: IrishEi at December 22, 2021 07:47 AM (0TVNF)

You are now the Disco Jesus house.

Posted by: flounder at December 22, 2021 07:58 AM (SH2Zi)

280 273 Wonder what my neighbors think.
Posted by: IrishEi at December 22, 2021 07:47 AM (0TVNF)

Play some Lamb of God at full blast and it'll look much better.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 22, 2021 07:51 AM (6FeV1)

Ha!

Posted by: m at December 22, 2021 07:59 AM (vF+oW)

281 80 It's hard to understand God's reasoning behind such a tormenting experience.
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Imagine how much harder it would be if our furry companions outlived us. What would be their fate? I'm sure it wouldn't be necessarily pleasant.

Posted by: Ciampino at December 22, 2021 07:59 AM (qfLjt)

282 Well, got an email this morning at work that I have to have one jab by 1/7 and the second by 2/7. It took all the willpower I have not to reply all with "GFY" and walk out.
They do say that I can file a "request" for an exemption by 12/30, so I'm going to work on that. It will not be a request, it will be a demand.

Posted by: Toni at December 22, 2021 08:00 AM (iZ7Xk)

283 89 Classic Covid had an R value of about 1.3. Delta variant an R value of over two, iirc, while omicron has an R value of higher then 4.
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So who came up with that 4 an is it trustworthy? Personally I don't believe any of the facts or figures the regime comes up with. After all NOW we 'worry' about the number of 'positives' regardless of the fact that no one or hardly anyone ends up in hospital or dead. We've never done this or any other disease.

Posted by: Ciampino at December 22, 2021 08:19 AM (qfLjt)

284 So who came up with that 4 an is it trustworthy? Personally I don't believe any of the facts or figures the regime comes up with. After all NOW we 'worry' about the number of 'positives' regardless of the fact that no one or hardly anyone ends up in hospital or dead. We've never done this or any other disease.

Posted by: Ciampino at December 22, 2021 08:19 AM

DDG "r= value of omicron"

Many articles, from many countries, a low of 2.75 to 4.4 - all from respected individuals in the health community of those countries. I didn't bother looking at anything from the USA, because we are no longer a trustworthy source.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 22, 2021 08:36 AM (dQvv7)

285 173 I was thinking of setting up a web site where people can go to see if their passwords have been hacked. You enter your user name and password for a particular site and it tells you if your account has been compromised.
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Test mine, it's ********
(I confess I watched my coworker and copied the password when he logged in).

Posted by: Ciampino at December 22, 2021 08:38 AM (qfLjt)

286 203 Does one go on walkabout after a train derailment due to wombat?

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 22, 2021 06:48 AM

No, the dingo's will eat your baby.
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I'm old enough to remember that debacle of a case.

Posted by: Ciampino at December 22, 2021 09:00 AM (qfLjt)

287 241 The FBI is getting a bit antsy about seizing people's money. Sure a few thou here and there is no big deal but they got their hands slapped hard for trying to make off with a bank's entire batch of deposit boxes and untold millions cause they had to seize the entire thing to get at the one or two that they needed. And then they said all your boxes belong to us. And a judge said NO.
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'all your boxes ARE belong to us'
.... fixed it for you an don't send me the bomb.

Posted by: Ciampino at December 22, 2021 09:36 AM (qfLjt)

288 Pixy,

"SEO is a scam wrapped in a con wrapped in a swindle wrapped in a SQL injection."

Can you give me some linkage that would explain this?

Just put it in tomorrows tech news and I will see it.

I have long thought it was a scam but can't articulate it to my biz partner.

Posted by: Boomer Town at December 22, 2021 11:21 AM (W1E3x)

289 I am really, really enjoying "The IT Year In Review!" Of course, being an IT geek really, really helps...

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