Daily Tech News 11 April 2022

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Contract for the house came through at around 5pm. Have a call with my lawyer scheduled for noon tomorrow to go over a couple of details.
Silicon Valley billionaires plan to turn Twitter HQ into a homeless shelter.* (Bloomberg / MSN)

Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Marc Andreeson are backing the plan, as are 91% of Twitter users.

* You mean it wasn't already?

Tech News

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 had a $71 million opening weekend - the best ever for a film adapted from a video gam. (MSN)

Why should you care?

Because the initial cut of the first movie was a train wreck - and they listened to fans, fixed it, and now have a hit sequel.

Also, it probably took in more at the box office in that one weekend than all the recent Oscar nominees combined.
Here are all he annoying changes you can avoid this year by remaining on Windows 10. (Bleeping Computer)

Neat.
TVs suck. (ZDNet)
"Jump ads give participating programmers and brands the ability to present an interactive overlay at the conclusion of linear TV programs, directing viewers into a supporting app on Vizio's operating system to continue their viewing experience," Vizio said.
They're one step away from blipverts.

And if you think a premier brand like Samsung might be better you're going to have a really bad time with your new $3000 in-home LCD billboard.

I'm looking at a 48" OLED monitor for the new place. It has plenty of room for something bigger, but there aren't many monitors larger than that.

Disclaimer: Shift fifteen boxes full of books and what do you get? A broken toe from when you dropped one of them and you weren't wearing shoes.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 06:09 AM

Comments

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1 But not REALLY broken?

Posted by: m at April 11, 2022 05:12 AM (2Q+cC)

2 Probably not broken. Thought it was at first, but the pain has settled down.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 11, 2022 05:14 AM (MqQvv)

3 Rabbit ears with tinfoil sourced from TV dinners.

Posted by: klaftern at April 11, 2022 05:17 AM (taPSh)

4 Missed out on New World free weekend because they don't support Win8.1 just 7 and 10.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 11, 2022 05:17 AM (nC+QA)

5
Broken toe?

Tape it up; suck it up!

Back to work, you!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at April 11, 2022 05:19 AM (pNxlR)

6 Not sure what advice could give on my problem.
Had phone on charger 15 hours and no more than 50% charged, but at least transfered all information to tablet so have that.
So battery just decided to give up one day or a software issue?

Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2022 05:19 AM (2JoB8)

7 Probably not broken. Thought it was at first, but the pain has settled down.
Posted by: Pixy Misa

You should have got the vax booster booster booster.
i did, broke my toe, and in 2 months it healed up.
I know it was the booster booster booster that made that happen.

Posted by: Bruce at April 11, 2022 05:20 AM (vd8XM)

8 Congratulations on house Pixy, you will wonder why you didn't do it sooner.

Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2022 05:20 AM (2JoB8)

9
Convert Twitter's HQ into abattoir.

Not literally, but figuratively. Conduct Firing Fest '22.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at April 11, 2022 05:21 AM (pNxlR)

10 I have no medical training, but my accumulated lore about chipped bones on the top of toes is that there's no medical intervention for it and that it's extremely common among active adults. Those toes are just, like, sitting there waiting to be whacked.

Posted by: m at April 11, 2022 05:22 AM (2Q+cC)

11 5 Broken toe?
Tape it up; suck it up!
Back to work, you!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at April 11, 2022 05:19 AM (pNxlR)

Shorter version of comment number 10.

Posted by: m at April 11, 2022 05:24 AM (2Q+cC)

12
One wonders how hurt are the Feebies who failed to secure convictions of their marks in the Whitmer kidnapping show trial.

Toldja that the Insurrectionist merit badge was a tough one to earn, poseurs!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at April 11, 2022 05:24 AM (pNxlR)

13 Got to go soon, won't be visiting much today, will keep phone off for emergency use mostly.
Need to find out what is doing it, from comment yesterday phone is 8 years old probably, so is that it's lifespan?

Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2022 05:26 AM (2JoB8)

14 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 11, 2022 05:27 AM (ju2Fy)

15 13 Got to go soon, won't be visiting much today, will keep phone off for emergency use mostly.
Need to find out what is doing it, from comment yesterday phone is 8 years old probably, so is that it's lifespan?
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2022 05:26 AM (2JoB

Can you ask work to give you a new one, in any case?

Posted by: m at April 11, 2022 05:28 AM (2Q+cC)

16 8 Congratulations on house Pixy, you will wonder why you didn't do it sooner.

The most powerful force in the universe is not wanting to move house when you still haven't finished unpacking from last time.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 11, 2022 05:28 AM (MqQvv)

17 16 8 Congratulations on house Pixy, you will wonder why you didn't do it sooner.

The most powerful force in the universe is not wanting to move house when you still haven't finished unpacking from last time.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 11, 2022 05:28 AM (MqQvv)

hahahahaha
I'm laughing with you, not at you.

Posted by: m at April 11, 2022 05:29 AM (2Q+cC)

18 My phone is a former company phone that they gave up, ( all got new IPhone) but is mine to pay for.

No moving is why I am still in house almost 30 years

Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2022 05:31 AM (2JoB8)

19 Skip, you need a new phone and a new truck

Posted by: DB at April 11, 2022 05:32 AM (geLO8)

20 It definitely doesn't have lots of new features

Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2022 05:34 AM (2JoB8)

21
Our dishwasher's drain line sprung a leak the other night. It was pure happenstance that I was in the kitchen and caught on to that fact before too much leaking had occurred.

In attempting to replace it, I found out that the installers for the dishwasher nearly twenty-five years ago had said, "Nah, it'll be fine," with respect to the length of the power line, leaving it too short to pull out the built-in unit fully. So I have to disconnect its power, too, and install an electrical junction box, with additional line behind the dishwasher, to get the "reasonable and expected" power line length.

Then get around to changing out the discharge hose, of course. And "while I'm at it", change out the kitchen sink's faucet and sprayer. Today promises to be fun, what with there also being an obligation on my list being to take a cardiac stress test first thing this morning.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at April 11, 2022 05:38 AM (pNxlR)

22
Two "being", or not two "being"?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at April 11, 2022 05:42 AM (pNxlR)

23 Morning, Pixy and Horde.

***
One wonders how hurt are the Feebies who failed to secure convictions of their marks in the Whitmer kidnapping show trial.

Toldja that the Insurrectionist merit badge was a tough one to earn, poseurs!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at April 11, 2022 05:24 AM

Whitmer's monkeys in media call for retrials until the verdict comes out "right."

Posted by: NaughtyPine at April 11, 2022 05:43 AM (/+bwe)

24 >> Here are all he annoying changes you can avoid this year by remaining on Windows 10.

I've got my Win10 set up just the way I like it, tyvm (though I really liked Win7, kinda like a well broken in pair of shoes). Fuck off, Microsuck. I ain't upgrading.

Skip, there are phone repair places that can change out your battery, possibly for less than the cost of a new cheapo smart phone. We've got a few shops scattered around my AO, so I surmise that they are popping up everywhere. Worth a call to a couple, at the least.

Congrats almost on the new house Pixy. And good morning, y'all.

Posted by: GnuBreed at April 11, 2022 05:45 AM (F0YaR)

25 Krebs, I hope the test goes well. Dishwasher sounds like a run on the treadmill.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at April 11, 2022 05:46 AM (/+bwe)

26 Dishwasher sounds like a run on the treadmill.
Posted by: NaughtyPine

A little more intense than a walk in the park?

Posted by: Bruce at April 11, 2022 05:50 AM (vd8XM)

27 12
One wonders how hurt are the Feebies who failed to secure convictions of their marks in the Whitmer kidnapping show trial.

Toldja that the Insurrectionist merit badge was a tough one to earn, poseurs!
----
Now if our 'representatives' in Congress were truly doing their jobs and looking out for us, those guilty FeeBies would be in a world of hurt, fired, no pensions, and jailed.

Posted by: Ciampino at April 11, 2022 05:50 AM (qfLjt)

28
Pixy - can you get snowfall at 3000' foot elevation down under?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 11, 2022 05:52 AM (dQvv7)

29 Well it was fine for 25 years, wasn't it?

Posted by: yep at April 11, 2022 05:53 AM (FnCuj)

30 Back from my workout and shower. Breakfast is a scrambled egg w/ chili powder on a toasted 1/2 bagel, plus a slice of wheat toast w/ butter and honey. No errands to run this afternoon after work. I may be home fairly early and can read my book for a bit before dinner. Funny, innit, how little pleasures become big ones after a certain point in one's life?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 11, 2022 05:56 AM (c6xtn)

31 Oddly, LCD billboards may be the solution. You might want to check out commercial grade displays. While they might not be completely dumb, they are free of 95% of the bloat.

Posted by: JSchuler at April 11, 2022 05:59 AM (g69k+)

32
I remember driving up Mt Washington in my youth. Early July, 60 degrees at the base of the mountain. At the top - somewhere around 7000' feet - snowing like a summa bitch and laying on the ground.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 11, 2022 06:01 AM (dQvv7)

33
31 Posted by: JSchuler at April 11, 2022 05:59 AM (g69k+)

Yeah I am not a huge fan of corporations "wanting to be your life coach AND best friend" anymore than I am of the government.

Posted by: sven at April 11, 2022 06:07 AM (Lzpvj)

34 27 Posted by: Ciampino at April 11, 2022 05:50 AM (qfLjt)

Well Kevin "Frank Luntz's Face Mask" McCarthy just said impeachment of Plugz is off the table....

so do you think we are in "Aegean Stables" mode?

Too many "CONservatives" think the FBI just had a "bad day or two....you know for the last 25 years.

Posted by: sven at April 11, 2022 06:09 AM (Lzpvj)

35 Good evening morons

Seventh freeway shooting this year in Oakland yesterday 3:30 PM. Driver and passenger shot.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2022 06:10 AM (EZebt)

36 35 Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2022 06:10 AM (EZebt)

Let's hear it for Kali...

that gun control sure stops criminals.

Posted by: sven at April 11, 2022 06:11 AM (Lzpvj)

37 Let's hear it for Kali...

that gun control sure stops criminals.
Posted by: sven

Midnight....um, er....Lunchtime basketball leagues!

Posted by: Bruce at April 11, 2022 06:12 AM (vd8XM)

38 So far my new fiber connection has been right where it should be at 500 m/sec. Got rid of all the stuff I never watch, and really notice the higher speed on downloading. I had DSL at 8 m/sec, and now its long gone. The installer was fast, considering he had to run the fiber from the outside of the house to my router almost the length of the house in the basement. Fiber underground isn't east, and the 50 dollars a month plus free insulation seems like a huge investment for the company. Cable TV just runs off the pole in my backyard and is easy to install.

Posted by: Colin at April 11, 2022 06:13 AM (YVx1O)

39 Forecast calls for rain today. It hardly ever rains in April so the locals will struggle with the consequences.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2022 06:15 AM (EZebt)

40 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 11, 2022 06:15 AM (u82oZ)

41 Xavier Gen's video game movie "The Hitman" turn a profit after earning $101 million worldwide opening weekend.

Posted by: sidney at April 11, 2022 06:15 AM (7/kmB)

42 39 Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2022 06:15 AM (EZebt)

GLOBAL CLIMATE DISRUPTION!

"uh listen Starbeam Climate is an aggregate tool not a daily one"

Posted by: sven at April 11, 2022 06:16 AM (Lzpvj)

43 San Franpsycho

Now that is the wild West. Just rage at traffic?

Blame all the new illegals.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 11, 2022 06:17 AM (u82oZ)

44 43 Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 11, 2022 06:17 AM (u82oZ)

It's been going on for years, it is probably gang related, and part of why all the major metros on the coast are some level of hellhole.

Posted by: sven at April 11, 2022 06:20 AM (Lzpvj)

45 28 Pixy - can you get snowfall at 3000' foot elevation down under?

Indeed you can. Not a lot in this particular region, but most winters there see at least a little snow.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 11, 2022 06:21 AM (MqQvv)

46 Winter in Oz being in june....

Posted by: sven at April 11, 2022 06:22 AM (Lzpvj)

47 Yep. I'll move in just in time to enjoy probably the coldest weather of my adult life.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 11, 2022 06:23 AM (MqQvv)

48 Pixy Misa

Hope your toe is OK.

There are easier ways to meet nurses.

And for all the boxes, you need friends to assist. And 6-packs of beer to pay them.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 11, 2022 06:24 AM (u82oZ)

49 Is the first round of the French election over? I assume it's Macron and Le Pen moving on.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at April 11, 2022 06:25 AM (TJjL2)

50 And for all the boxes, you need friends to assist. And 6-packs of beer to pay them.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Remember though, the beer comes out after the moving is done.

My buddy found that out the hard way

Posted by: Bruce at April 11, 2022 06:25 AM (vd8XM)

51 sven

Sounds like morning church service would be a good thing for those yuts. Democrat governance = 3rd world hell hole.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 11, 2022 06:25 AM (u82oZ)

52 21 Our dishwasher's drain line sprung a leak the other night.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at April 11, 2022 05:38 AM (pNxlR)

Telling Pixy some of the joys of home-ownership?

Posted by: m at April 11, 2022 06:25 AM (/xkVv)

53 Is the first round of the French election over? I assume it's Macron and Le Pen moving on.
Posted by: Blutarski,

Next up, the swimsuit competition.

Posted by: Bruce at April 11, 2022 06:25 AM (vd8XM)

54 Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly

Yes. Pretty close. The realignments could be interesting. The Z man only got 7%, and I assume his support goes to Le Pen.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 11, 2022 06:27 AM (u82oZ)

55 Thunder and rain this a.m.

Guess I'll have indoor fun.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 11, 2022 06:29 AM (Dc2NZ)

56 51 Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 11, 2022 06:25 AM (u82oZ)

It is hard to value other folks' lives when you barely value your own.

Posted by: sven at April 11, 2022 06:30 AM (Lzpvj)

57 m

Home ownership is maintenance. And maybe a sense of pride. Festung NaCly needs a greenhouse, a water source, and bodies to man the bunkers and trenches.

I would not turn down basic crew serviced weapons like a Bofors 40mm gun or two. The fire control radar would be a problem to set up.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 11, 2022 06:31 AM (u82oZ)

58 https://youtu.be/rVdawx607WU

Electro-Swing

Good morning Kronoberg County!

Heading back out to Arnland to watch the brave men and women of an Airborne Division clock the invaders.

Posted by: sven at April 11, 2022 06:31 AM (Lzpvj)

59 Here is a Reuters article on the results of the first round of the French elections:

https://tinyurl.com/ydh3db96

Posted by: m at April 11, 2022 06:31 AM (/xkVv)

60 Do people down under ever fear falling off the earth into space, since they are upside down. I hate being upside down all the time, like a bat sleeping /sarc

Posted by: Colin at April 11, 2022 06:31 AM (YVx1O)

61 47 Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 11, 2022 06:23 AM (MqQvv)

If/when you go to the Doc's for the toe take a box or two of candy to the nurses.

I felt horrible that a nurse was hitting on me when I went home to Ohio for my dying sister.

Posted by: sven at April 11, 2022 06:32 AM (Lzpvj)

62 All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes

Good morning.

Saw The Quiet Man with my wife last night. First time for both of us. Good movie.

Maybe I should do movie night more frequently than once every three years.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 11, 2022 06:33 AM (u82oZ)

63 One of the China-watchers I follow, serpentza made Bad Blue last night.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2022 06:33 AM (EZebt)

64 From the Reuters article (I excerpted this in the ONT):

"A Le Pen victory on April 24 would be a similar jolt to the establishment as Britain's Brexit vote to leave the European Union (EU) or Donald Trump's 2017 entry into the White House."

Posted by: m at April 11, 2022 06:33 AM (/xkVv)

65 Salty, was it in theaters or at home? I know Fathom Events showed it in theaters.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 11, 2022 06:34 AM (Dc2NZ)

66 64 Posted by: m at April 11, 2022 06:33 AM (/xkVv)

Not by half, she is still a command economist at heart.

They are pissed off that in making natives a minority the natives may start bloc-voting like one.

Posted by: sven at April 11, 2022 06:34 AM (Lzpvj)

67 Also:

"Zemmour acknowledged disagreements with Le Pen, but said Macron was a worse choice."

Posted by: m at April 11, 2022 06:35 AM (/xkVv)

68 G'mornin' everyone !

&congrats, Pixy !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez -gaslighted?, more like napalmed at April 11, 2022 06:36 AM (enSii)

69 67 Posted by: m at April 11, 2022 06:35 AM (/xkVv)

The working poor who are moral are going to abandon the c*cksuckers who kept them from making money.

Posted by: sven at April 11, 2022 06:36 AM (Lzpvj)

70 The linked article on the French election calls LePen a "far right nationalist". Nothing subtle there.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at April 11, 2022 06:37 AM (oWBc3)

71 All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes

In our small version of a home theater. Big TV. Which worked after being off for 6 months.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 11, 2022 06:37 AM (u82oZ)

72 I wonder if the unvaccinated French will return Macron's hostility.

Posted by: m at April 11, 2022 06:38 AM (/xkVv)

73 So Elon is not taking a seat on the board of Twitter. I heard one speculation that part of it was they called a meeting when they knew he wouldn't be able to attend because he was involved with other stuff. To me this is just a hilarious trainwreck to watch.

Posted by: buzzion at April 11, 2022 06:38 AM (vMCab)

74 Mornin' Psycho. Am indeed waiting for the rain. Campos or Haney? This one is an absolute not-voting protest.

Posted by: SFGoth at April 11, 2022 06:38 AM (KAi1n)

75 The Chinese guy yelling in the streets of Shanghai, the Pennsylvania guy arrested for battling cops over Biden gas pump stickers, the French election - Peter Finch lives!

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at April 11, 2022 06:39 AM (oWBc3)

76 m

That was a typical big city paper article. Sounds like Le Pen is getting the rural / provincial votes, but the Muslims in the city centers are voting Macron.

Macron / Mararoni has pissed off a lot of people that are actually French.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 11, 2022 06:39 AM (u82oZ)

77 73 Posted by: buzzion at April 11, 2022 06:38 AM (vMCab)

The real reason is he wants to be able to get a larger stake and would have been limited IIRC to a max 15%.

He is also saying he wants to turn Jack's playhouse into a homeless shelter since the purple self-indentify as purple elephant freaks are "working" from home.

Posted by: sven at April 11, 2022 06:40 AM (Lzpvj)

78 Phone is off and battery draining

Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2022 06:41 AM (eM95x)

79 Have a great day, everyone.

Work preps. 6 more weeks of school left.

May you not have gunfire on your daily travels, unless you are in your personal Striker. Then, Weapons Free.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 11, 2022 06:42 AM (u82oZ)

80 After awhile, batteries lose the ability to hold a charge. My iPod gen 3.x (2003?) still runs on AC power. Got some great songs on it, lol.

Posted by: SFGoth at April 11, 2022 06:44 AM (KAi1n)

81 Oh, you're getting a new house too?

How quaint.

Posted by: Bay Area Homeless at April 11, 2022 06:44 AM (6FeV1)

82 And been plug into truck whole time

Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2022 06:45 AM (eM95x)

83 81 Posted by: Bay Area Homeless at April 11, 2022 06:44 AM (6FeV1)

You get paid more than he does....

Posted by: sven at April 11, 2022 06:45 AM (Lzpvj)

84 Good morning, neighbor. I have no interest in which Party apparatchik is elevated, because I have no real stake in the election, and my vote is worthless.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2022 06:46 AM (EZebt)

85 You get paid more than he does....
Posted by: sven at April 11, 2022 06:45 AM (Lzpvj)

Haaaaaaaaa

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 11, 2022 06:48 AM (6FeV1)

86 Krebs
If you have to crawl under the kitchen sink for your repairs, make a ramp with an ironing board from the cabinet to the floor. Your back will thank you.

Posted by: Cicero Skip at April 11, 2022 06:48 AM (FIrEF)

87 Pixy got a house! Pixy got a house!

*twirl*

Congrats Pixy!

Posted by: Rosasharn at April 11, 2022 06:48 AM (yEBFM)

88 Here's a reminder that Macron said very nasty things about the unvaccinated.

Politico:

https://tinyurl.com/4b847x42

Posted by: m at April 11, 2022 06:50 AM (/xkVv)

89 88 Posted by: m at April 11, 2022 06:50 AM (/xkVv)

Correct, fuck'em all.

I say that as a vaxed and boosted hostage to contracting.

I will accept that the Covid unvaccinated are a "menace to society" when Macaroni, Biden, Fauci and the fucks call for concentration camps for HIV users and not a moment sooner.

Posted by: sven at April 11, 2022 06:51 AM (Lzpvj)

90 Now the rain is delayed til 7. No wonder i can't sleep. That and waking up around 1 pm yesterday....

Posted by: SFGoth at April 11, 2022 06:51 AM (KAi1n)

91 Skip, have you tried completely shutting it down and restarting it?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 11, 2022 06:51 AM (Dc2NZ)

92 Thunder and rain this a.m.

Guess I'll have indoor fun.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes

What's for brekky ?

Posted by: JT at April 11, 2022 06:54 AM (arJlL)

93 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at April 11, 2022 06:56 AM (UnQlg)

94 So.... how much does it cost to buy a billboard on a highway?

Because what I'm thinking is, gigantic billboard- sized "I Did That!" next to one of those big honking rest stop gas price towers on a major highway.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 11, 2022 06:56 AM (6FeV1)

95 Skip, does your phone have bluetooth enabled? I have found that if my phone is looking for something to connect to, that it drains the battery.

Posted by: Cicero Skip at April 11, 2022 06:57 AM (FIrEF)

96 Blessed Monday of Holy Week. Here is a devotional from The Upper Room taken from the Gospel of John and listening to the voice of Christ:

https://tinyurl.com/zre9pzxr

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 11, 2022 06:58 AM (zTQ50)

97 Morning JT!

Morning fluffy!

Not sure of the weather today - Right after I got to work, there was thunder. but no rain to back it up. Weather - all talk these days...

Posted by: Rosasharn at April 11, 2022 06:58 AM (yEBFM)

98 Skip, does your phone have bluetooth enabled? I have found that if my phone is looking for something to connect to, that it drains the battery.
Posted by: Cicero Skip

So, its a male phone looking for a female bluetooth ?

Posted by: JT at April 11, 2022 06:59 AM (arJlL)

99 Hiya Rosasharn !

Posted by: JT at April 11, 2022 07:00 AM (arJlL)

100 Hiya Fen !

Posted by: JT at April 11, 2022 07:00 AM (arJlL)

101 Macron wins easily on the 24th, 20% voted Marxist and 26%+ didn't vote at all. Those are votes to be "found" if needed.

Posted by: Button Pushing Monkey at April 11, 2022 07:00 AM (EcHpA)

102 101 Macron wins easily on the 24th, 20% voted Marxist and 26%+ didn't vote at all. Those are votes to be "found" if needed.
Posted by: Button Pushing Monkey at April 11, 2022 07:00 AM (EcHpA)

One would think that, of all people, the French would be the most wary of seizing and wielding power illegitimately....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 11, 2022 07:02 AM (6FeV1)

103 well the Ukrainians never were active supporters of the Soviet Union and the 14th SS never committed war crimes. There have been no massacres by ethnic Ukrainians against ethnic Russians in the Donbas over the last 8 years.

history is fluid...

Posted by: Button Pushing Monkey at April 11, 2022 07:05 AM (EcHpA)

104 Choose love. A "Holy Land" devotional moment from the rabbi's daughter at the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. It's about love and prayer:

https://tinyurl.com/bdhx5h7f

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 11, 2022 07:06 AM (zTQ50)

105 I know next to nothing about French politics, but I do think that politicians should not presume they'll be reelected.

Posted by: m at April 11, 2022 07:06 AM (/xkVv)

106 Nood JJ.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, member - Ashli Babbitt Society at April 11, 2022 07:09 AM (Vav/d)

107 Numerous times
It's done for I think

Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2022 07:09 AM (BpL7I)

108 BBC on the French election:

https://tinyurl.com/28uhcz2x

Posted by: m at April 11, 2022 07:12 AM (/xkVv)

109 Nothing like marble-sized hail to wake you up in the morning.

Posted by: SMH at God's grace at April 11, 2022 07:13 AM (xzNDG)

110 For my not-smart phone that's even older than yours, I bought a replacement battery (via Amazon, I think) and it's still ticking.

Posted by: m at April 11, 2022 07:14 AM (/xkVv)

111 WTFO??

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 11, 2022 07:15 AM (yrol0)

112 For more than two years, the 43 million Americans with outstanding student loans have not had to make monthly payments. And, given that Biden has kicked the can down the road yet again, I am beginning to wonder if these 43 million Americans will ever be forced to repay them.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 11, 2022 07:22 AM (yrol0)

113 Very Very True

But it is conceived and ordered (moved, seconded, carried, and minuted) in clean, carpeted, warmed, and well-lighted offices, by quiet men with white collars and cut fingernails and smooth-shaven cheeks who do not need to raise their voice.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 11, 2022 07:25 AM (yrol0)

114 We recently bought a Samsung TV. No ads on ours, but the interface / remote is absolute shit.

We have three other TVs in the house that get significant usage. All 6-8 years old. The remote / interface is simple to understand and simple to use. Whatever happened to the idea that if it ain't broke, don't fix it ???

Posted by: deadrody at April 11, 2022 07:35 AM (/jrmI)

115 Whitmer's monkeys in media call for retrials until the verdict comes out "right."
Posted by: NaughtyPine at April 11, 2022 05:43 AM (/+bwe)

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Stunned to find out that these idiots don't know that you don't get to keep trying until you get the outcome you like.

Posted by: deadrody at April 11, 2022 07:58 AM (/jrmI)

116
Telling Pixy some of the joys of home-ownership?
Posted by: m

Enter into that joyous realm with your eyes wide open, or enter not at all!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 11, 2022 08:24 AM (pNxlR)

117 101. I read yesterday that France has very strict voting laws. No mail in ballots, one day voting, you must present ID. Tough to cheat under those conditions.

Posted by: Jen the original at April 11, 2022 09:06 AM (Bfp+D)

118 Error 500?

Posted by: Braenyard at April 11, 2022 10:18 AM (XnG/+)

119 Clear, super. ONT commenting was Error 500. Between Brave and my provider looking out for me it's a wonder I can go online.

Posted by: Braenyard at April 11, 2022 10:20 AM (XnG/+)

120 TV's suck:

Yes, they do

So buy one, and never give it a connection to the internet

Then buy a good BluRay, one that does not pull any of those games. And use IT to do any internet connecting you need to do

Posted by: Greg The Class Traitor at April 11, 2022 10:50 AM (XbP7q)

121 Any thoughts about using a projector instead of a monitor? While I'll freely admit that the OLED monitor will have much better color, a projector will get you a much larger viewing area. I don't know what's more important to you.

Posted by: HarrysNotHere at April 11, 2022 01:10 PM (QNNgF)

122 They're one step away from blipverts.

I have the same on my 65" Hisense, but since all video comes from the X Box One X I've never seen it. My Nvidia Shield tube is infested with it, though.

Posted by: Daniel Ream at April 11, 2022 08:35 PM (ArYuy)

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