Daily Tech News 30 May 2022

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The Ryzen 5800X3D is the fastest gaming CPU you can buy today. (Tom's hardware)

About 10% faster than Intel's 12900K, or 8% faster than the 12900KS with power unlocked, and about 15% faster than AMD's previous fastest gaming CPU, the 5900X.

For productivity it's a different story - the 5900X has 12 cores rather than 8, and runs at a higher clock speed. But effectively zero games use more than 8 cores because that's what the latest consoles have.
AMD's Frontier supercomputer at Oak Ridge is the fastest computer in the world. (Tom's Hardware)

Clocking in at 1.1 ExaFlops, it's almost enough to handle Microsoft Flight Simulator at 4K.

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More headlines from he 21st century: Robot orders increased 40% in the first quarter. (Business Insider / MSN)

Many entry level jobs are going to go extinct, which while inevitable, is not necessarily a trend we want to accelerate. Change is a fine thing as long as it's not deliberately pushed faster than people can adapt.
1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
4. A robot may not be repaired by anyone other than the original manufacturer.

Separate right-to-repair bills failed in North Carolina and California.

You'll own nothing, and you'll repair nothing. And you'll eat journalists, because bugs are too valuable.
This year's iPhone will stick to TSMC's 5nm, and not jump to 4nm or 3nm. (9to5Mac)

4nm chips are in early production now, but apparently not in the volumes Apple requires. 3nm won't ship until late next year. And 5nm is pretty damn good already.

But this means the iPhone... The 2022 iPhone probably won't be a significant advance over the 2021 model.
Stuck some of my 8TB SMR drives in the Synology NASes so they're at least full of working drives. Two mirrored in one unit, and one as a separate backup disk in another.

So far they haven't done anything awful; as far as I know the serious problems only arise when rebuilding a RAID-5 or RAID-6 array, where they blow the time out from days to weeks.

Disclaimer: Do do do or da da da, there is no more I want to say to you.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:47 AM

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1 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog at May 30, 2022 04:49 AM (7i8O0)

2 Everyone's still schlufing?

Posted by: Biden's Dog at May 30, 2022 04:49 AM (7i8O0)

3 1 BOING!
Posted by: Biden's Dog at May 30, 2022 04:49 AM (7i8O0)

heh

Posted by: m at May 30, 2022 04:51 AM (VnUSN)

4 hiya

Posted by: JT at May 30, 2022 04:51 AM (arJlL)

5 More headlines from the 21st century: Robot orders increased 40% in the first quarter. (Business Insider / MSN)

An upside to robots in a fast food kitchen is they won't spit in your food and get into fights in the lobby. So there is that.

Posted by: Lost In Space at May 30, 2022 04:53 AM (2mSQi)

6 G'day Pixy!

I was willowed:

Another band I saw at the infamous concert on the Rhine at LoriLei was Brand X.

I didn't know until just now, that it was a Phil Collins endeavor around the same time he was in a band called Genesis. This video has a short minute or so interview before the music.

https://youtu.be/XauOTo-BKSY

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022 04:51 AM (R5lpX)

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022 04:53 AM (R5lpX)

7 2 Everyone's still schlufing?
Posted by: Biden's Dog at May 30, 2022 04:49 AM (7i8O0)

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and California Governor Gavin Newsom are probably still schlufing, because they both have the 'rona.

Posted by: m at May 30, 2022 04:54 AM (VnUSN)

8 The rules for robots were thought up and written by Issac Asimov.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022 04:54 AM (R5lpX)

9 2. A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.

I'm afraid I can't do that, Dave.

Posted by: m at May 30, 2022 04:56 AM (VnUSN)

10 Robot insubordination reminder:

https://youtu.be/ARJ8cAGm6JE

Posted by: Biden's Dog at May 30, 2022 04:57 AM (7i8O0)

11 I'm afraid I can't do that, Dave.

-->

I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that.

Posted by: m at May 30, 2022 04:58 AM (VnUSN)

12 An upside to robots in a fast food kitchen is they won't spit in your food and get into fights in the lobby. So there is that.

Posted by: Lost In Space at May 30, 2022 04:53 AM

Yeah, but they could blow a seal during the lunch rush and get tranny fluid all over your food.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022 04:58 AM (R5lpX)

13 Top o'the morning Wolfus.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022 04:59 AM (R5lpX)

14 The rules for robots were thought up and written by Issac Asimov.
Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022

***
In one of his memoir-intros to the robot stories, Asimov swore that John W. Campbell, editor of the magazine Astounding Science Fiction, to whom the young Asimov had sold several stories, gave him the outline of the Three Laws in one of their conversations.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 30, 2022 05:01 AM (c6xtn)

15 An upside to robots in a fast food kitchen is they won't spit in your food and get into fights in the lobby. So there is that.

Posted by: Lost In Space at May 30, 2022 04:53 AM

Yeah, but they could blow a seal during the lunch rush and get tranny fluid all over your food.
Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy

As long as it is organic. I am trying be healthy this days.

Posted by: Lost In Space at May 30, 2022 05:02 AM (2mSQi)

16
Yeah, but they could blow a seal during the lunch rush and get tranny fluid all over your food.
Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022

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"Blow a seal? Hey, just fix the robot and leave my private life out of it, okay?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 30, 2022 05:02 AM (c6xtn)

17 G'morning, Yeah Buddy and all the satellites in space!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 30, 2022 05:03 AM (c6xtn)

18 You guys don't disappoint, hee hee.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022 05:04 AM (R5lpX)

19 I saw a news blurb a bit ago.
Ronny Hawkins, 87 is morte.
----
What's his claim to fame?
Posted by: Ciampino at May 29, 2022

One of the great unsung bands from back in the day was Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks. The Hawks broke off and became the back up some folk singer. If I remember correctly his name was Bob Dylan, something like that. Basically, the band went from bar band to epic band under Hawkins because live non stop.

Bo Diddley (I am pretty sure the Hawks were the Band on this recording - it is smokin hot) https://youtu.be/IDpenk9sDS8

Posted by: Lost In Space at May 30, 2022 05:05 AM (2mSQi)

20 Pixy, why is the site constantly crashing and having to restart? I keep getting the error message that something is repeating on it…

Posted by: Nan of Cats at May 30, 2022 05:07 AM (A+4Xf)

21 Good morning morons

Im up way too early on what I hope will be a day off. Happy Memorial Day and may our veterans be of blessed memory.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 30, 2022 05:07 AM (EZebt)

22 To Lost in Space from the previous thread: No, I didn't go to see the kitten at the shelter 3 hours away. They never got back to me about it. They don't have Sunday appointments. And next week it'll be tough for me to manage a visit during their 11 to 3 window. I dunno if this can happen.

What worries me a bit more is that the late Chekov's breeder has removed pics of 3 of the kittens from the 3/26 litter from her FB site. Are there space/storage limits on an FB page? If not, why would she remove them?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 30, 2022 05:08 AM (c6xtn)

23 Played a round of golf yesterday and won 25 bucks. Wasn't really feeling it, either. Back and hips were tight. Even the lubrication of three beers at the turn didn't help a whole lot, although they gave me a better outlook on the rest of the day.

Then went to Walmart to get reimbursed for ten large jars of Jiff peanut butter. Got 60 bucks back so the wife tells me to go ahead and buy some groceries while I was there. Ended up spending an additional 90 bucks.

Came home and went out to my shop and worked on my Moxon Vise prototype. Before I make one out of expensive hardwood, thought I'd practice by making it out of laminated pieces of scrap 3/4" Birch plywood.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022 05:11 AM (R5lpX)

24 To Lost in Space from the previous thread: No, I didn't go to see the kitten at the shelter 3 hours away. They never got back to me about it. They don't have Sunday appointments. And next week it'll be tough for me to manage a visit during their 11 to 3 window. I dunno if this can happen.

What worries me a bit more is that the late Chekov's breeder has removed pics of 3 of the kittens from the 3/26 litter from her FB site. Are there space/storage limits on an FB page? If not, why would she remove them?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Oh, this all suckage. No limit on what you can post on FB short of the entire internet. Get in touch, maybe they are sending them off to their new homes. 11 to 3, 3 hour drive, time to come down with Covid, or if you're fashionable, monkey pox for a day.

Posted by: Lost In Space at May 30, 2022 05:11 AM (2mSQi)

25 New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and California Governor Gavin Newsom are probably still schlufing, because they both have the 'rona.
Posted by: m at May 30, 2022 04:54 AM (VnUSN)
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Then they should have monkeypox.

Posted by: Biden's Dog at May 30, 2022 05:12 AM (7i8O0)

26 The Police were a major high point of the late 70/early 80s.

Posted by: pawn at May 30, 2022 05:12 AM (wsHtO)

27 Top o'the morning Sanfran Physco.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022 05:13 AM (R5lpX)

28 Everyone's still schlufing?

Posted by: Biden's Dog at May 30, 2022 04:49 AM (7i8O0)

Only if they're getting lucky.

Posted by: RickZ at May 30, 2022 05:14 AM (ldL4g)

29 The Police were a major high point of the late 70/early 80s.
Posted by: pawn at May 30, 2022 05:12 AM (wsHtO)

They sure were for me...and not in a good way.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022 05:14 AM (R5lpX)

30
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 30, 2022 05:14 AM (ENBF0)

31 No limit on what you can post on FB short of the entire internet. Get in touch, maybe they are sending them off to their new homes. 11 to 3, 3 hour drive, time to come down with Covid, or if you're fashionable, monkey pox for a day.
Posted by: Lost In Space at May 30, 2022

***
She told me I had first pick on the 3/26 kittens. Well, maybe I can take a day this week to "fly a kite." (My boss has told us that we can take a paid day or two every month this summer outside of our regular vacation days, as long as we let him know . . . but we should not commit anything to email. So the code is "I'm going to fly a kite tomorrow.")

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 30, 2022 05:15 AM (c6xtn)

32 G'morning AJ.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022 05:16 AM (R5lpX)

33 Phil Collins kicked serious ass with Brand X. Their guitarist John Goodsall passed away last year. I had ticket to see them(again) but canceled because of the Vid but they reformed and were going to tour again but John didn't make it.

Posted by: pawn at May 30, 2022 05:17 AM (wsHtO)

34 Sorry to keep jumping with all the odd ball music stuff. I may not know Dante but dammit, I know something about blues, jazz and rock n' roll. I have listened to endless recordings and read more than a few album liner notes when that was possible. Since album liner notes are dead, I poke around in places unmentionable on the internet, mostly here, and drink fortified wine all the time. It was quite an education, not a profitable one, but an education. Now about that robot cooking burgers, what we need is a kit version that can cook up bourbon and act as a jukebox.

Posted by: Lost In Space at May 30, 2022 05:17 AM (2mSQi)

35
hey That Guy

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 30, 2022 05:18 AM (ENBF0)

36 I'm up early to work out. Yes, I could have gone later -- but I want to see if I can pick out the planetary conjunction in the eastern sky before it gets too light. I doubt I will, as the area here swarms with trees. And there are probably clouds. Still, I'll try.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 30, 2022 05:19 AM (c6xtn)

37 I think they already have a robot that can fix drinks. Bar owners wouldn't have to worry about bar tenders over pouring liquor. On the other hand, don't have to tip the prerequisite 30% for the bar tab.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022 05:21 AM (R5lpX)

38 I love it when a planetary conjunction comes together

Posted by: DB at May 30, 2022 05:21 AM (geLO8)

39 > I think they already have a robot that can fix drinks.

does the robot show cleavage when it bends over the beer cooler to get your cold bottle of beer?

Posted by: DB at May 30, 2022 05:22 AM (geLO8)

40 I think they already have a robot that can fix drinks. does the robot show cleavage when it bends over the beer cooler to get your cold bottle of beer?
Posted by: DB

Version 2.0. It is beta testing .

Posted by: Lost In Space at May 30, 2022 05:24 AM (YwurZ)

41 Now about that robot cooking burgers, what we need is a kit version that can cook up bourbon and act as a jukebox.

Posted by: Lost In Space at May 30, 2022 05:17 AM (2mSQi)

And it has to speak sarcastically while serving those 'shot and a burger' orders like Miklos' Waffle House staff. For that total 'colorful experience'.

Posted by: RickZ at May 30, 2022 05:26 AM (ldL4g)

42 does the robot show cleavage when it bends over the beer cooler to get your cold bottle of beer?
Posted by: DB at May 30, 2022 05:22 AM (geLO

Not yet, but I'm sure someone is working on it.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022 05:26 AM (R5lpX)

43 Then went to Walmart to get reimbursed for ten large jars of Jiff peanut butter. Got 60 bucks back so the wife tells me to go ahead and buy some groceries while I was there. Ended up spending an additional 90 bucks[/n].

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022 05:11 AM (R5lpX)

So you bought a couple pounds of bacon, huh?

Posted by: RickZ at May 30, 2022 05:27 AM (ldL4g)

44 I love it when a planetary conjunction comes together
Posted by: DB

Pfft! I love it when a Pelosi cojoins with the cops. Now that we have proof that the pelosis drink to excess and drive I'm wondering how many times we've seen Nasty Nancy smashed out of her mind. I'm going with daily.

Posted by: Lost In Space at May 30, 2022 05:28 AM (YwurZ)

45 Nah...a bunch of canned goods plus a couple of CDs and a book and some chocolate and another can of coffee.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022 05:29 AM (R5lpX)

46 Spending an additional 90 bucks...So you bought a couple pounds of bacon, huh?
Posted by: RickZ

The $100 bill is the new $20. I can't wait until the federal government issues a $1,000 bill. FJB.

Posted by: Lost In Space at May 30, 2022 05:29 AM (YwurZ)

47 I'm wondering how many times we've seen Nasty Nancy smashed out of her mind. I'm going with daily.

Posted by: Lost In Space at May 30, 2022 05:28 AM (YwurZ)

Not taking that bet.

Posted by: Las Vegas Casinos at May 30, 2022 05:30 AM (ldL4g)

48 does the robot show cleavage when it bends over the beer cooler to get your cold bottle of beer?
Posted by: DB at May 30, 2022 05:22 AM (geLO

Not yet, but I'm sure someone is working on it.
Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022

***
Make the robot one of those female "uncanny valley" Japanese robots that Ace posted a video of last week. A little more busty is all that's needed.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 30, 2022 05:30 AM (c6xtn)

49 When the moon is in the 7th house
And Jupiter is aligned with Mars

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2022 05:30 AM (2JoB8)

50 Nah...a bunch of canned goods plus a couple of CDs and a book and some chocolate and another can of coffee.
Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022

***
But -- six dollars for a jar of peanut butter??!!??

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 30, 2022 05:31 AM (c6xtn)

51 Top o'the morning Skip.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022 05:31 AM (R5lpX)

52 I sure am glad I found that three pound can of Jiff from 2020 in the back of the cabinet.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022 05:32 AM (R5lpX)

53 The $100 bill is the new $20. I can't wait until the federal government issues a $1,000 bill. FJB.

Posted by: Lost In Space at May 30, 2022 05:29 AM (YwurZ)

To save money, they'll quit minting coinage, too. Why bother with the chump change?

Posted by: RickZ at May 30, 2022 05:33 AM (ldL4g)

54 >>Many entry level jobs are going to go extinct.

And yet we keep importing millions upon millions of third world peasants to compete with Americans for diminishing jobs.

I wonder how this is all going to turn out when the US is a teaming mass of half a billion angry disconnected people?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 30, 2022 05:33 AM (WVPNA)

55 Morning!

I watched some of the F1 racing this weekend. On Saturday practice, the announcers mentioned that Heels Up's stepdaughter was at the Monaco track, along with about 20 SS agents.

Musta taken an electric plane to get there and paid for the SS agents out of her own, or daddies, pocket.

Posted by: Bruce at May 30, 2022 05:34 AM (vd8XM)

56 "Clocking in at 1.1 ExaFlops, it's almost enough to handle Microsoft Flight Simulator at 4K."

What does this mean?

I *think* this is some sort of inside joke, but I'm not sure.

Posted by: Ed at May 30, 2022 05:34 AM (uYPP+)

57 Dang I made the coffee strong this morning.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022 05:34 AM (R5lpX)

58 I wonder how this is all going to turn out when the US is a teaming mass of half a billion angry disconnected people?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 30, 2022 05:33 AM (WVPNA)

All part of the plan. They'll vote Democrat.

Posted by: The DNC at May 30, 2022 05:35 AM (ldL4g)

59 I wonder how this is all going to turn out when the US is a teaming mass of half a billion angry disconnected people?
Posted by: Thomas Bender

See 'Babel, Tower of' in the Bible

Posted by: Bruce at May 30, 2022 05:35 AM (vd8XM)

60 Howdy Bruce.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022 05:35 AM (R5lpX)

61 Dang I made the coffee strong this morning.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022 05:34 AM (R5lpX)

Wait, what? Is there any other kind?

Posted by: RickZ at May 30, 2022 05:35 AM (ldL4g)

62 Morning, That Guy.

Posted by: Bruce at May 30, 2022 05:36 AM (vd8XM)

63 And yet we keep importing millions upon millions of third world peasants to compete with Americans for diminishing jobs.

I wonder how this is all going to turn out when the US is a teaming mass of half a billion angry disconnected people?
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Welcome to the United States of India. Maybe maybe we're importing them so we'll have fertilizer.

Posted by: Lost In Space at May 30, 2022 05:36 AM (YwurZ)

64 Wait, what? Is there any other kind?
Posted by: RickZ at May 30, 2022 05:35 AM (ldL

Well, it should be strong enough taste the coffee, but not so strong that it makes your hair stand up.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022 05:38 AM (R5lpX)

65 g'mornin' everyone !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - grateful for WWV ! at May 30, 2022 05:38 AM (P57A6)

66 Clocking in at 1.1 ExaFlops, it's almost enough to handle Microsoft Flight Simulator at 4K." What does this mean?

I *think* this is some sort of inside joke, but I'm not sure.
Posted by: Ed

Don't worry about the details all you need to know is it's about Microsoft and that all you need to say is Microsoft sucks.

Posted by: Lost In Space at May 30, 2022 05:38 AM (YwurZ)

67 Well, it should be strong enough taste the coffee, but not so strong that it makes your hair stand up.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022 05:38 AM (R5lpX)

Well, hell. I've been doing it wrong my whole life. Have the melted metal spoons to prove it.

Posted by: RickZ at May 30, 2022 05:41 AM (ldL4g)

68 Welcome to the United States of India. Maybe maybe we're importing them so we'll have fertilizer.
Posted by: Lost In Space at May 30, 2022 05:36 AM (YwurZ)

Just wait until they knock on your door and inform you that you have to take in the Mexican family of illegals with six kids.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022 05:41 AM (R5lpX)

69 Just wait until they knock on your door and inform you that you have to take in the Mexican family of illegals with six kids.
Posted by: That Guy

And YOU still have to mow the lawn

Posted by: Bruce at May 30, 2022 05:42 AM (vd8XM)

70 Morning sick rat eez

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022 05:42 AM (R5lpX)

71 The junta is flying a bunch of goat milk formula from Australia to the US, what, did America run out of goats?

And won't babies start talking all funny from drinking Australian goat milk?

Unbelievable.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 30, 2022 05:43 AM (WVPNA)

72 Oops...fat thumbs and lack of proofreading Mr. Sock.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022 05:43 AM (R5lpX)

73 Welcome to the United States of India. Maybe maybe we're importing them so we'll have fertilizer.
Posted by: Lost In Space at May 30, 2022 05:36 AM (YwurZ)

Just wait until they knock on your door and inform you that you have to take in the Mexican family of illegals with six kids.
Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM

Why would anybody question that? Nancy Pelosi said that's part of our America values unlike the Bill of Rights.

Posted by: Lost In Space at May 30, 2022 05:44 AM (YwurZ)

74 The junta is flying a bunch of goat milk formula from Australia to the US, what, did America run out of goats? And won't babies start talking all funny from drinking Australian goat milk?

Unbelievable. Posted by: Thomas Bender

Wait until those kids start wanting kangaroos and begin spontaneously coding complex websites.

Posted by: Lost In Space at May 30, 2022 05:45 AM (YwurZ)

75 https://youtu.be/H9_GlqRRs0s

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022 05:48 AM (R5lpX)

76 Lost In Space at May 30, 2022 05:38 AM (YwurZ)

Heh.

Posted by: Ed at May 30, 2022 05:48 AM (uYPP+)

77 Why would anybody question that? Nancy Pelosi said that's part of our America values unlike the Bill of Rights.

Posted by: Lost In Space at May 30, 2022 05:44 AM (YwurZ)

Yeah. The Bill of Rights only talks about not quartering soldiers, nothing about quartering illegals. Penumbras and emanations all the way down the line with a Living Constitution.

Posted by: RickZ at May 30, 2022 05:49 AM (ldL4g)

78 Wait until those kids start wanting kangaroos and begin spontaneously coding complex websites.

Posted by: Lost In Space at May 30, 2022 05:45 AM (YwurZ)

They'll never be able to afford shrimp for the barbie, either.

Posted by: RickZ at May 30, 2022 05:50 AM (ldL4g)

79
Good morning, Hordians. Sitting in the Command Center at Schloss Hadrian dreading the day.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2022 05:50 AM (/U27+)

80 Of the kids could end up like this guy.

https://youtu.be/4jBBdLT3KPA

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022 05:51 AM (R5lpX)

81 Use to float iron wedges in my FiL's coffee

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2022 05:52 AM (2JoB8)

82 Today at 3 PM I'll play Taps Over America.

I don't play much anymore, but the horn is cleaned up and ready to go.

Posted by: Bruce at May 30, 2022 05:52 AM (vd8XM)

83 Good morning Hadrian. Why the dread.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022 05:53 AM (R5lpX)

84
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and California Governor Gavin Newsom are probably still schlufing, because they both have the 'rona.
Posted by: m at May 30, 2022 04:54 AM (VnUSN)

COVID is so yesterday, darling. The monkeypox is the new fashionable disease.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2022 05:55 AM (/U27+)

85 don't play much anymore, but the horn is cleaned up and ready to go.
Posted by: Bruce at May 30, 2022 05:52 AM (vd8XM)

Make sure the spit valve is in good operating condition.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022 05:56 AM (R5lpX)

86 Never thought I would see the day when other countries were sending food to starving American babies.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - AoS Ladies' Brigade, Plucky Comic Relief at May 30, 2022 05:56 AM (SRRAx)

87 I'm going to fly a kite tomorrow.")
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 30, 2022 05:15 AM (c6xtn

Catman, I love that lil asshole. He is a Flame point Siamese, is getting a Mekong Bob for a lil sister. I am going to have 2 lil mouthy assholes now. Hahaha, deserve what I get

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at May 30, 2022 05:57 AM (5s0oA)

88 @84

>>COVID is so yesterday, darling. The monkeypox is the new fashionable disease.

Well you get Monkey Pox from doing butt stuff, so that's right up Newsoms ally.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 30, 2022 05:58 AM (WVPNA)

89
COVID is so yesterday, darling. The monkeypox is the new fashionable disease.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2022 05:55 AM (/U27+)

I'm glad both those c(2? S got it

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at May 30, 2022 05:58 AM (5s0oA)

90
If Delilah is indeed pregnant (she goes in for an ultrasound on Wednesday), we fear her puppies will be as pushy, spoiled and insistent as she is. Blood will tell!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2022 05:59 AM (/U27+)

91
Well you get Monkey Pox from doing butt stuff, so that's right up Newsoms ally.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 30, 2022 05:58 AM (WVPNA)

Good phrasing

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at May 30, 2022 05:59 AM (5s0oA)

92 Make sure the spit valve is in good operating condition.
Posted by: That Guy

Always!

Posted by: Bruce at May 30, 2022 06:02 AM (vd8XM)

93 I hope that cop who nabbed Piglosi's husband doesn't end up dead. Must have been a Republican

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at May 30, 2022 06:02 AM (5s0oA)

94
Got 15 minutes into streaming one of the Vieuxtemps violin concertos when I found I hadn't turned the sound recorder on. That's annoying.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2022 06:03 AM (/U27+)

95
If Nancy was my wife, I'd be drinking heavily too.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2022 06:03 AM (/U27+)

96 So I mentioned the other day that I got an email from out of the blue, inviting me to be in the next edition of "Who's Who Professional edition.

Not sure if that's how they solicit people to be in the book. Thinking it's a scam. But even if it isn't, it's still a bit of a scam. My Clemson University honors graduate granddaughter was invited and included in the "Who's Who High School students. After your inclusion in that years edition, they dunn you for 250 bucks to buy the book with your short biography in it.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022 06:03 AM (R5lpX)

97 If Nancy was my wife, I'd be drinking heavily too.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

And shave her butt and make her walk backwards

Posted by: Bruce at May 30, 2022 06:04 AM (vd8XM)

98 Never thought I would see the day when other countries were sending food to starving American babies.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas

That is a proxy summation for everything that FJB, Ol' Hope and Change's hand puppet, has done to the country in less than 2 years. Speaking of Fort Worth, it's everything Dallas would like to be. The Dickies arena is the bomb.

Posted by: Lost In Space at May 30, 2022 06:04 AM (YwurZ)

99 Unbelievable.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 30, 2022 05:43 AM (WVPNA)

Baaad, baaad

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at May 30, 2022 06:05 AM (5s0oA)

100
Not sure if that's how they solicit people to be in the book. Thinking it's a scam. But even if it isn't, it's still a bit of a scam.

You can set your mind at rest. It's a scam.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2022 06:05 AM (/U27+)

101
And shave her butt and make her walk backwards
Posted by: Bruce at May 30, 2022 06:04 AM (vd8XM)

Heh

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at May 30, 2022 06:06 AM (5s0oA)

102 Goin back to sleep. Be good kids

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at May 30, 2022 06:07 AM (5s0oA)

103 Not sure if that's how they solicit people to be in the book. Thinking it's a scam. But even if it isn't, it's still a bit of a scam.

You can set your mind at rest. It's a scam.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Nigerians getting a fancier scam going?

Posted by: Bruce at May 30, 2022 06:07 AM (vd8XM)

104 You can set your mind at rest. It's a scam.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2022 06:05 AM (/U27+)

Pretty much thought so. Besides, I'm retired. Why would I want to be in something like that anyway.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022 06:08 AM (R5lpX)

105 Wow, this "moist" heating pad is the bomb. Back is feeling better now.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022 06:10 AM (R5lpX)

106 82 Today at 3 PM I'll play Taps Over America.

I don't play much anymore, but the horn is cleaned up and ready to go.
Posted by: Bruce at May 30, 2022 05:52 AM (vd8XM)

Cool stuff, Bruce!

Posted by: m at May 30, 2022 06:10 AM (kIwWn)

107 86 Never thought I would see the day when other countries were sending food to starving American babies.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - AoS Ladies' Brigade, Plucky Comic Relief at May 30, 2022 05:56 AM (SRRAx)

Wait til the day that those other countries say "no."

Posted by: m at May 30, 2022 06:12 AM (kIwWn)

108 Never thought I would see the day when other countries were sending food to starving American babies.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - AoS Ladies' Brigade, Plucky Comic Relief at May 30, 2022 05:56 AM (SRRAx)

When the UN starts doing food drops that's when I'll get really, really, worried. It's not the food drops per se (though that's bad enough), but the uncuttable strings that will come attached with them.

Posted by: RickZ at May 30, 2022 06:12 AM (ldL4g)

109
Pretty much thought so. Besides, I'm retired. Why would I want to be in something like that anyway.
Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022 06:08 AM (R5lpX)

The Social Register is still around and legitimate. Hold out for that.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2022 06:12 AM (/U27+)

110 96 So I mentioned the other day that I got an email from out of the blue, inviting me to be in the next edition of "Who's Who Professional edition.

Not sure if that's how they solicit people to be in the book. Thinking it's a scam.
Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022 06:03 AM (R5lpX)

It's a scam.

Posted by: m at May 30, 2022 06:13 AM (kIwWn)

111 When the UN starts doing food drops that's when I'll get really, really, worried. It's not the food drops per se (though that's bad enough), but the uncuttable strings that will come attached with them.
Posted by: RickZ at May 30, 2022 06:12 AM (ldL4g)

If it comes to that, reckon we'll find out what song bird tastes like.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022 06:14 AM (R5lpX)

112 Maybe Crow also.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022 06:15 AM (R5lpX)

113 When the UN starts doing food drops that's when I'll get really, really, worried. It's not the food drops per se (though that's bad enough), but the uncuttable strings that will come attached with them.
Posted by: RickZ

Mmmmm, slurping up a bowl of white paste.

Where's Sally Struthers?

Posted by: Bruce at May 30, 2022 06:16 AM (vd8XM)

114 And earthworms.

Posted by: m at May 30, 2022 06:18 AM (kIwWn)

115 The Social Register is still around and legitimate. Hold out for that. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Aim higher, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Posted by: Lost In Space at May 30, 2022 06:18 AM (YwurZ)

116 Aim higher, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Posted by: Lost In Space at May 30, 2022 06:18 AM (YwurZ)

Still waiting.

Posted by: Three Dog Night at May 30, 2022 06:20 AM (ldL4g)

117 Maybe New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will be stuck in California?

Posted by: m at May 30, 2022 06:22 AM (kIwWn)

118 You know, I have no real idea what's going on in Ukraine.
Russia is winning
Russia army is losing
Ukraine is regaining area from Russia
Ukraine is losing ground
Life is normal outside of fighting areas
Ukrainian refugees are flooding neighbor counties
Ukrainians are being rounded up and sent to Russia for slave labor

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2022 06:24 AM (2JoB8)

119 @117

>>Maybe New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will be stuck in California?

New Zealand elections have to be rigged worse than ours to allow that bucktoothed harridan to win any election.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 30, 2022 06:24 AM (WVPNA)

120 Where's Sally Struthers? Posted by: Bruce

Rumor has it she's importing illegal children to clean out her fat rolls and shave her back.

Posted by: Lost In Space at May 30, 2022 06:24 AM (YwurZ)

121 Rumor has it she's importing illegal children to clean out her fat rolls and shave her back.
Posted by: Lost In Space

HA!!

Do they get to keep the loose change they find?

Posted by: Bruce at May 30, 2022 06:26 AM (vd8XM)

122 Bloomberg:

Apple Inc.’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference, better known as WWDC, is just about a week away. This is the event where the company outlines its software strategy for the next year.

That includes Apple’s next mobile operating system, iOS 16. From what I’m told, the new software—codenamed Sydney—is a fairly significant upgrade. It will be chock full of changes across the operating system, including updates to notifications, iPad multitasking, and the Messages and Health apps. The makeover also includes a part of the interface that’s often an afterthought: the lock screen.

Posted by: SMOD at May 30, 2022 06:26 AM (X5CsJ)

123 I feel better this morning, I was assured by a email that all the battery's that will need to be prepossessed in the future will be done by automation. No humans involved with the messy job. Billions of battery's no problem.
Of course no one will want one in their backyard, like all other factories that make stuff. Clean energy is the future, no CO2...But Bangladesh will welcome the new factories, human robots aplenty.

Posted by: Colin at May 30, 2022 06:28 AM (YVx1O)

124 Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo pointed out on Twitter today that the public roadmap for TSMC’s silicon processes indicates that its 3-nanometer and 4-nanometer fabs will not be available for mass production until 2023.

This is another indication that the A16 chip coming with the iPhone 14 will continue to use a 5-nanometer fabrication process. This is on top of the fact that we believe that only higher-end models of the iPhone 14 will feature an A16 chip inside; the base models will continue to use the A15 chip.

Posted by: SMOD at May 30, 2022 06:29 AM (X5CsJ)

125 I'm sure a parade in town, could ride my bike to parents then follow parade by side streets back towards home, watch ceremony then short trip home. But bike tire is suspect with leak.

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2022 06:31 AM (2JoB8)

126 Bring your pump with you.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022 06:32 AM (R5lpX)

127 Damn... supposed to get up to 87 degrees today. Seems like it's early for these high temps. I blame Al Gore.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022 06:34 AM (R5lpX)

128 The Apple propaganda machine is in full swing. 5 nm., 4nm, 3nm, as a practical matter most of us never do enough heavy duty computing to know the difference. I'm still using a 14nm PC and it rocks, 2gb photoshop files without breaking a sweat. I did hear the iPhone 14 is coming in purple. Apple is the master of rolling out products and I love watching it I just don't buy a lot of their propaganda. Being fair, if you're invested into their product stack this is good stuff to know about.

Posted by: Lost In Space at May 30, 2022 06:35 AM (YwurZ)

129 After HS, I no longer had to play in the school band and could sleep in on Memorial Day. The parade passed right by my house, the band sounded awful without me
Of course I was still in bed, only hearing it from my bed, under the sheets..The firemen had a band with a bass drum, a couple of wind instruments, and a trumpet. But they tried, which counts.

Posted by: Colin at May 30, 2022 06:38 AM (YVx1O)

130 118 You know, I have no real idea what's going on in Ukraine.
Russia is winning
Russia army is losing
Ukraine is regaining area from Russia
Ukraine is losing ground
Life is normal outside of fighting areas
Ukrainian refugees are flooding neighbor counties
Ukrainians are being rounded up and sent to Russia for slave labor
Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2022 06:24 AM

The fog of war.

Posted by: m at May 30, 2022 06:38 AM (kIwWn)

131 The situation in Ukraine is bad for Zelensky, even the WaPo is having to admit it.
Sure, it's ugly, but the Russians are controlling the east and the territory they control is expanding.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at May 30, 2022 06:38 AM (jTmQV)

132 122 Bloomberg:

Apple Inc.’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference, better known as WWDC, is just about a week away. This is the event where the company outlines its software strategy for the next year.

That includes Apple’s next mobile operating system, iOS 16. From what I’m told, the new software—codenamed Sydney
Posted by: SMOD at May 30, 2022 06:26 AM (X5CsJ)

Codenamed Sydney?

Posted by: m at May 30, 2022 06:40 AM (kIwWn)

133 The parade passed right by my house, the band sounded awful without me posted by: Colin.

Such modesty. I'm thinking you're a candidate to be the next dalai lama.

Posted by: Lost In Space at May 30, 2022 06:40 AM (YwurZ)

134 You know, I have no real idea what's going on in Ukraine.
Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2022 06:24 AM

The fog of war.
Posted by: m

It's hazy even when reporters are actually trying to see the true picture. (Remember that?)

Posted by: Tonypete at May 30, 2022 06:40 AM (MKu/Q)

135 Never thought I would see the day when other countries were sending food to starving American babies.

I'm waiting for the Lend Lease program.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at May 30, 2022 06:41 AM (AHeqJ)

136 Well hell...reckon I'll put some pants on. Damn vinyl on this chair is sticking to my ass.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022 06:42 AM (R5lpX)

137 From what I can tell, they have already stopped minting coinage.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at May 30, 2022 06:42 AM (lKAqb)

138 I'm waiting for the Lend Lease program.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at May 30, 2022 06:41 AM (AHeqJ)

And the Marshall Plan to fix everything afterwards.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022 06:43 AM (R5lpX)

139 This is what our DEMORAT Mayor has to say after property taxes went up on some people in the county, after being promised last year that property taxes would be rolled back if we passed a 1 percent SPLOST.

“If you’ve got a 50 percent increase in your assessment, the rollback won’t help you as much,” Miller said. “There’s nothing you can do about it. People shouldn’t have spent that much on properties."

Posted by: fd at May 30, 2022 06:46 AM (vrz2I)

140 I do have a 30gal air compressor

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2022 06:46 AM (2JoB8)

141 Has anyone noticed if there is a shortage of fertilizer at the big box stores?

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022 06:46 AM (R5lpX)

142 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 30, 2022 06:46 AM (hpPZ/)

143 And the Marshall Plan to fix everything afterwards.
Posted by: That Guy

Sadly, it'll be the Gary Marshall Plan.

Laverne and Shirley in a retirement home.

Posted by: Bruce at May 30, 2022 06:46 AM (vd8XM)

144 The Apple rumor that caught my attention was iPad OS is getting some significant multitasking upgrades such as floating windows. That and their new CPUs and you might have a viable tablet as a PC replacement for the email and office tasks crowd. It's not clear if these new features include an actual file system. My speculation antenna went off when I saw this as it looks like it could be a path to merging the mac and the iPad OS is into a single entity at some point in the future provided Macs get a touch screen.

Posted by: Lost In Space at May 30, 2022 06:47 AM (YwurZ)

145 "Has anyone noticed if there is a shortage of fertilizer at the big box stores?"

There is a big pile of it at city hall.

Posted by: fd at May 30, 2022 06:47 AM (vrz2I)

146 “If you’ve got a 50 percent increase in your assessment, the rollback won’t help you as much,” Miller said. “There’s nothing you can do about it. People shouldn’t have spent that much on properties."
Posted by: fd

Now that's some sound thinkin' there

Posted by: Bruce at May 30, 2022 06:47 AM (vd8XM)

147 Who's Who is still around.

There are astronauts that are not household names. Too many great and accomplished people.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at May 30, 2022 06:48 AM (lKAqb)

148 Not up on modern musical instruments, but does the bass drum really need a kid following along behind with a amplifier on a cart to up the sound to ear splinting levels. And the uniforms for some school bands are kind of weird. At least not made from heavy cloth like the one I had to wear, ball caps rounds out the ensemble.

Posted by: Colin at May 30, 2022 06:48 AM (YVx1O)

149 do have a 30gal air compressor
Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2022 06:46 AM (2JoB

You have a trailer to tow it behind your bicycle? That would be quite the picture.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022 06:48 AM (R5lpX)

150 "Now that's some sound thinkin' there
Posted by: Bruce"

I want to punch that personal injury lawyer democrat piece of shit.

Posted by: fd at May 30, 2022 06:49 AM (vrz2I)

151 Not up on modern musical instruments, but does the bass drum really need a kid following along behind with a amplifier on a cart to up the sound to ear splinting levels.

I've never seen that. Mostly the bass drum in a marching band is for the band members to hear the beat.
If you need it louder, you hit it harder.

Posted by: Bruce at May 30, 2022 06:51 AM (vd8XM)

152 Breakfast time. Then to do some yard work....which the wife says really needs to be done...

Posted by: Bruce at May 30, 2022 06:52 AM (vd8XM)

153 And the uniforms for some school bands are kind of weird. At least not made from heavy cloth like the one I had to wear, ball caps rounds out the ensemble. Posted by: Colin

You would love the New Mexico State University marching band uniforms. They are vaguely like something a confederate general would wear except for the hats; they have those feathers that go straight up in the air in front. Looks great as part of a band uniform but totally gay if you're a confederate general. Plus the band is top notch.

Posted by: Lost In Space at May 30, 2022 06:52 AM (YwurZ)

154 And the uniforms for some school bands are kind of weird. At least not made from heavy cloth like the one I had to wear, ball caps rounds out the ensemble.
Posted by: Colin at May 30, 2022 06:48 AM (YVx1O)

Back in the day, I used to supervise at a company that hired special needs people to make hats and helmets for high school and college marching bands. Most of my time was spent unsticking superglued fingers off of the product.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022 06:53 AM (R5lpX)

155 In the music thread nobody mentioned Queen.

Posted by: Ciampino at May 30, 2022 06:53 AM (qfLjt)

156 Most of my time was spent unsticking superglued fingers off of the product.
Posted by: That Guy

Is that on your resume now?

Posted by: Bruce at May 30, 2022 06:54 AM (vd8XM)

157 150 "Now that's some sound thinkin' there
Posted by: Bruce"

I want to punch that personal injury lawyer democrat piece of shit.
Posted by: fd at May 30, 2022 06:49 AM (vrz2I)

He's not planning on running for election, I would guess?

Posted by: m at May 30, 2022 06:54 AM (kIwWn)

158 Never thought I would see the day when other countries were sending food to starving American babies.

*

I think a lot of it is a physiological tool, and a continuation of Barry's sh*tty years and his efforts to knock the US down a peg.

We were back during Trump. It's undeniable. And now other countries are looking at us as we ask for food for our children. We can make it still, and people would love to work those jobs. The government doesn't allow it or makes it too difficult via regulatory hoops, though.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - the CEO of Moderna acknowledged the presence of patented sequence in Covid-19 at May 30, 2022 06:54 AM (c1p4Y)

159 Ciampino everyone is getting tired of getting LGBQ thrown at them every chance, it's understandable.

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2022 06:55 AM (2JoB8)

160 I think I saw the planetary conjunction . . . but I'm not sure. Heading east on the road behind my complex, I could see a bright light in the NE sky, fairly low. It looked at first like the night riding lights of an airplane -- but it was stationary. The other bright spark was much higher in the SE sky. And these were not close together, at least 2 handspans when I held my hands at arm's length. So did I see the conjunction, or not?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 30, 2022 06:56 AM (c6xtn)

161 Is that on your resume now?
Posted by: Bruce at May 30, 2022 06:54 AM (vd8XM)

Shoot! That was 45 years ago. My first job after I got out of the Air Force.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022 06:56 AM (R5lpX)

162 In the music thread nobody mentioned Queen.
Posted by: Ciampin

Freddie Mercury was an extraordinary singer and composer and the rest of the band was pretty excellent too. Their music will persist and become part of the modern classical music from this period along with all the other extraordinary talent from this era. Does that work?

Posted by: Lost In Space at May 30, 2022 06:57 AM (YwurZ)

163
I just got some fertilizer through Amazon. Same day delivery and the price seemed reasonable. It probably would have cost a couple bucks in gas to drive to the big box to save a couple bucks.

I *should* feel guilty about patronizing Amazon, but I'm weak.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 30, 2022 06:59 AM (dQvv7)

164 think I saw the planetary conjunction . . . but I'm not sure. Heading east on the road behind my complex, I could see a bright light in the NE sky, fairly low. It looked at first like the night riding lights of an airplane -- but it was stationary. The other bright spark was much higher in the SE sky. And these were not close together, at least 2 handspans when I held my hands at arm's length. So did I see the conjunction, or not?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Do you have any memory time gaps and does your butthole hurt? If yes you didn't see the conjunction.

Posted by: Lost In Space at May 30, 2022 06:59 AM (YwurZ)

165 163 I just got some fertilizer through Amazon. Same day delivery and the price seemed reasonable. It probably would have cost a couple bucks in gas to drive to the big box to save a couple bucks.

I *should* feel guilty about patronizing Amazon, but I'm weak.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 30, 2022 06:59 AM (dQvv7)

Amazon is an American company, isn't it?

Posted by: m at May 30, 2022 07:00 AM (kIwWn)

166 Has anyone explained why we can remove all obstacles and time frames in order to inject people with an experimental chemical, but we can't open a factory to make baby formula with recipes that have been used for decades?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - the CEO of Moderna acknowledged the presence of patented sequence in Covid-19 at May 30, 2022 07:01 AM (c1p4Y)

167 So did I see the conjunction, or not?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
*
Do you have any memory time gaps and does your butthole hurt? If yes you didn't see the conjunction.
Posted by: Lost In Space at May 30, 2022

***
. . . Memory gaps? Huh?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 30, 2022 07:01 AM (c6xtn)

168 Cheez-its and strong black coffee... breakfast of champions.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022 07:01 AM (R5lpX)

169 Amazon is an American company, isn't it?
Posted by: m

Amazon and Walmart are ChiCom economic colonies.

Posted by: Lost In Space at May 30, 2022 07:02 AM (YwurZ)

170 I have tomatoes starting a a couple plants, whoo hoo

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2022 07:02 AM (2JoB8)

171 @144

>>Macs get a touch screen.

MacBooks will never get a main touchscreen.

What I can envision them doing and what I thought they would have already done is integrate an Ipad type screen into the area where the gigantic mouspad area is and create a niche at the top to store and charge an apple pencil.

Now that would be a compelling reason to upgrade my 2015 MacBook pro.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 30, 2022 07:02 AM (rHzJ0)

172 "He's not planning on running for election, I would guess?"

Oh yes he will and probably will win. It's inexplicable. He's a white PI lawyer in a city with a 77% black population. When the city merged with the county, we got all the city's problems and no benefits.

His catchphrase on the TV commercials when he was a personal injury lawyer was "Thanks Lester!" accompanied by some lowlife holding up a wad of cash. F'n scumbag.

Posted by: fd at May 30, 2022 07:02 AM (vrz2I)

173
Amazon is an American company, isn't it?

Posted by: m at May 30, 2022 07:00 AM

Yeah, but the owner also owns the Washington Post - the biggest left wing rag in the nation. Maybe tied with the New York Times.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 30, 2022 07:02 AM (dQvv7)

174 Cheez-its and strong black coffee... breakfast of champions.
Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022

***
Scrambled egg, a microwaved beef and cheese chimichanga with more cheese on top, and half a chocolate-topped glazed donut. Howzat?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 30, 2022 07:03 AM (c6xtn)

175 Memory gaps? Huh?
Posted by: Wolfus Aureliu

Apparently you are not conversant in alien abductions or Art Bell.

Posted by: Lost In Space at May 30, 2022 07:03 AM (YwurZ)

176 One of my daughters is trying to build a gaming PC within a certain budget and has come up with two choices for motherboard (are we allowed to say that today?)

GIGABYTE B550 UD AC ATX w/ WIFI 802.11, 1 Gigabit LAN, 5 PCIe x16, 4 SATA3, 2 M.2 SATA/PCIe
or
GIGABYTE Z590 UD AC ATX, ARGB, 802.11ac, 2.5GbE LAN, 2 PCIe x16, 2 PCIe x1, 5 SATA3, 3x M.2
SATA/PCIe [+14]

The first one takes an AMD cpu and the second is an Intel.
Any recommendations would be appreciated.

Posted by: Ciampino at May 30, 2022 07:03 AM (qfLjt)

177 168 Cheez-its and strong black coffee... breakfast of champions.
Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022 07:01 AM (R5lpX)

LOL

Posted by: m at May 30, 2022 07:04 AM (kIwWn)

178 I found a bagel that only had a little bit of mold on it. Pulled that off and figured the toaster would take care of anything else.

So far so good.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - the CEO of Moderna acknowledged the presence of patented sequence in Covid-19 at May 30, 2022 07:04 AM (c1p4Y)

179 >>Macs get a touch screen. MacBooks will never get a main touchscreen.

Don't be so certain. There is a convergence going on between tablets and PCs I use a surface pro and it's clearly a tablet and it's clearly a PC and it clearly has a touch screen and it's pretty fantastic.

Posted by: Lost In Space at May 30, 2022 07:06 AM (YwurZ)

180 Memory gaps? Huh?
Posted by: Wolfus Aureliu
*
Apparently you are not conversant in alien abductions or Art Bell.

Posted by: Lost In Space at May 30, 2022

***
Oh, I guess I didn't do that gag right. I was trying to give the impression that I had such a memory gap that I don't even know what memory gaps are.

"My memory? Gaps in my memory? I don't . . . What was the question again?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 30, 2022 07:06 AM (c6xtn)

181 I found a bagel that only had a little bit of mold on it. Pulled that off and figured the toaster would take care of anything else.

So far so good.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - the CEO of Moderna acknowledged the presence of patented sequence in Covid-19 at May 30, 2022

***
Little-known fact: That was how Fleming found penicillin!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 30, 2022 07:07 AM (c6xtn)

182 I found a bagel that only had a little bit of mold on it

I once had a casual friend who I swear would have ate the mold to see if he could get high off of it.

Posted by: Lost In Space at May 30, 2022 07:07 AM (YwurZ)

183 found a bagel that only had a little bit of mold on it. Pulled that off and figured the toaster would take care of anything else.

So far so good.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - the CEO of Moderna acknowledged the presence of patented sequence in Covid-19 at May 30, 2022 07:04 AM (c1p4Y)

You know what bread lasts forever and doesn't seem to get moldy...or at least I've never seen it mold...Rye Bread. Sometimes I forget I have it for a couple of months, but it's still good.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022 07:08 AM (R5lpX)

184 Oh, I guess I didn't do that gag right. I was trying to give the impression that I had such a memory gap that I don't even know what memory gaps are.

"My memory? Gaps in my memory? I don't . . . What was the question again?" Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

We both get a F. Nothing to see here move along.

Posted by: Lost In Space at May 30, 2022 07:10 AM (YwurZ)

185
I once had a casual friend who I swear would have ate the mold to see if he could get high off of it.

Posted by: Lost In Space at May 30, 2022 07:07 AM

At least you didn't use the words 'now deceased' in that sentence - which I was expecting.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 30, 2022 07:10 AM (dQvv7)

186 once had a casual friend who I swear would have ate the mold to see if he could get high off of it.
Posted by: Lost In Space at May 30, 2022 07:07 AM (YwurZ)

Supposedly, that's how LSD was discovered...from moldy Rye Bread, IIRC.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022 07:11 AM (R5lpX)

187 @179

>>There is a convergence going on between tablets and PCs

Sure, but Apple has been strenuously anti-touchscreen in their displays and if they incorporate touch , it's going to be on their terms.

And incorporating an Ipad type display kills many birds birds with one stone.

You have a mouse input device, you'll have a Wacom type drawing pad, you'll have a touch interface and you will have a secondary screen and it will be in a more natural position and orientation than reaching to touch a main monitor display.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 30, 2022 07:11 AM (rHzJ0)

188 Daily Mail says the NRA auctioned off a "Solid gold" AK-47 at the convention. No word if it has a thing that goes up.

Posted by: fd at May 30, 2022 07:11 AM (vrz2I)

189 Any recommendations would be appreciated
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I think a lot of it is influenced by what she could see herself doing or needing to do. Intel vs amd is a big one (I like amd but Intel has improved over the last couple of years), but there's a big difference in the number of available slots for upgrades. Just glancing it looks like the first has the edge in PCIe's, while the second has more storage slots.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - the CEO of Moderna acknowledged the presence of patented sequence in Covid-19 at May 30, 2022 07:11 AM (c1p4Y)

190 https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2022/05/
you-must-participate-comrade.php

Get the popcorn going

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2022 07:12 AM (2JoB8)

191 Sure, but Apple has been strenuously anti-touchscreen in their displays and if they incorporate touch , it's going to be on their terms.

Like apple has never changed its mind and done a 180. I suspect a big reason Macs do not have touch screens is because it'd be a pain in the ass to rewrite the OS.

Posted by: Lost In Space at May 30, 2022 07:13 AM (YwurZ)

192 Can I bet a solid gold AK-47 it wasn't a solid gold AK-47?

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2022 07:14 AM (2JoB8)

193 181
Little-known fact: That was how Fleming found penicillin!

Not on a bagel though but on agar in a Petri dish.

Posted by: Ciampino at May 30, 2022 07:14 AM (qfLjt)

194 Actually, you can "trip" off of moldy Rye Bread. It's called Ergot poisoning.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022 07:14 AM (R5lpX)

195
...to commemorate the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia

What is the appropriate gift to give someone celebrating that day?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 30, 2022 07:15 AM (dQvv7)

196 Huh. Paul Pelosi was not only DUI, he wrecked his Porsche.

Posted by: fd at May 30, 2022 07:16 AM (vrz2I)

197 Little-known fact: That was how Fleming found penicillin!
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Not on a bagel though but on agar in a Petri dish.
Posted by: Ciampino at May 30, 2022

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How did Shirley Temple's first husband, John Agar, get into a Petri dish?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 30, 2022 07:16 AM (c6xtn)

198 Not on a bagel though but on agar in a Petri dish.

You say poe-tay-toe...

Posted by: Moron Robbie - the CEO of Moderna acknowledged the presence of patented sequence in Covid-19 at May 30, 2022 07:16 AM (c1p4Y)

199 And smoking banana peels slathered in Floride toothpaste will make you see some funny sh!t.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022 07:16 AM (R5lpX)

200 182 I found a bagel that only had a little bit of mold on it
Posted by: Lost In Space at May 30, 2022 07:07 AM (YwurZ)

Livin' on the edge.

Posted by: m at May 30, 2022 07:16 AM (kIwWn)

201 Daily Mail says the NRA auctioned off a "Solid gold" AK-47 at the convention. No word if it has a thing that goes up.
Posted by: fd

If you had said AR-15 I might have believed it. But an AK-47? Shit that's Chicom crap. New way is the NRA going to associate themselves with that. Plus the barrel would blow up if you put a bullet through it.

Posted by: Lost In Space at May 30, 2022 07:17 AM (YwurZ)

202 Actually, you can "trip" off of moldy Rye Bread. It's called Ergot poisoning.
Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022

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Wasn't there a case of that in modern times, an entire village in France?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 30, 2022 07:17 AM (c6xtn)

203 "Can I bet a solid gold AK-47 it wasn't a solid gold AK-47?"

It's ok because it's made of recycled free range gold.

Posted by: fd at May 30, 2022 07:17 AM (vrz2I)

204
Can I bet a solid gold AK-47 it wasn't a solid gold AK-47?
Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2022 07:14 AM (2JoB

It's like those collector's coins that get flogged on TV that they say are clad in X grams of 99.9% silver. When you work it out, it comes to about $2 on a coin being sold for $100.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2022 07:18 AM (/U27+)

205 And smoking banana peels slathered in Floride toothpaste will make you see some funny sh!t.
Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022

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I'll stick to Prince Albert (who no longer is sold in a can).

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 30, 2022 07:18 AM (c6xtn)

206 Huh. Paul Pelosi was not only DUI, he wrecked his Porsche.
Posted by: fd

By now the cop and the other driver are on their way to a DC jail cell

Posted by: Lost In Space at May 30, 2022 07:18 AM (YwurZ)

207 International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia

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I hate this abuse of language.

No one is scared of you. People don't like your actions, and your grooming, and your diseases, and your sexual abuse, and your domestic violence, and your shameless public displays, and your promiscuity, but no one is scared.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - the CEO of Moderna acknowledged the presence of patented sequence in Covid-19 at May 30, 2022 07:18 AM (c1p4Y)

208 @191

>>Like apple has never changed its mind and done a 180. I suspect a big reason Macs do not have touch screens is because it'd be a pain in the ass to rewrite the OS.

Actually Apple doesn't change it's mind very often and do 180's, it's GUI, look, feel and essential operation hasn't changed in over 40 years.

And when it changes it changes slowly.

The one area where Apple changed direction was at the Enterprise Level, literally overnight they got out of the Server, SAN and storage space.

Really f**ked a lot of people over that one.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 30, 2022 07:19 AM (rHzJ0)

209 They found some gold plated, not solid gold, AKs with Hussein and his offspring's trash. Maybe somebody got one back as a war trophy.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 30, 2022 07:19 AM (lz5hY)

210 207 International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia

*

I hate this abuse of language.

No one is scared of you. People don't like your actions, and your grooming, and your diseases, and your sexual abuse, and your domestic violence, and your shameless public displays, and your promiscuity, but no one is scared.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - the CEO of Moderna acknowledged the presence of patented sequence in Covid-19 at May 30, 2022 07:18 AM (c1p4Y)

Hear, hear! Comment of the week nominee.

Posted by: m at May 30, 2022 07:20 AM (kIwWn)

211 Brought up before, theory is gold Egyptians wore many millennia ago is still around.

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2022 07:20 AM (2JoB8)

212 ..to commemorate the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia What is the appropriate gift to give someone celebrating that day?
Posted by: Divide by Zero

A blowjob in a public restroom?

Posted by: Lost In Space at May 30, 2022 07:20 AM (YwurZ)

213 A guy I was stationed with in Germany found some 'Shrooms when he went to visit his grandfather in France. He stuck them up in a cabinet to dry out. His grandfather, not knowing what they were, except for being mushrooms, cooked them up in an omelette.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022 07:20 AM (R5lpX)

214 I hate this abuse of language.

No one is scared of you. People don't like your actions, and your grooming, and your diseases, and your sexual abuse, and your domestic violence, and your shameless public displays, and your promiscuity, but no one is scared.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - the CEO of Moderna acknowledged the presence of patented sequence in Covid-19 at May 30, 2022

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It should be whatever Greek word there is for "aversion" or "dislike," which is not a handy word, and doesn't demonize their opponents. So they grabbed "phobia."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 30, 2022 07:21 AM (c6xtn)

215 I worked on Frontier. Some of my code helps keep the nodes cool.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at May 30, 2022 07:21 AM (LJSpF)

216 195
...to commemorate the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia

What is the appropriate gift to give someone celebrating that day?

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A wet used gym sock?

Posted by: Ciampino at May 30, 2022 07:21 AM (qfLjt)

217 I only go to the Daily Mail for the pert, peachy, and toned articles.

Posted by: fd at May 30, 2022 07:22 AM (vrz2I)

218 They found some gold plated, not solid gold, AKs with Hussein and his offspring's trash. Maybe somebody got one back as a war trophy.
Posted by: bill

To be fair to our fellow commenter who mentioned the daily Mail article about the solid gold AK-47 I think intended to say gold-plated. But if we'd stopped right there it wouldn't have been as much fun, right?

Posted by: Lost In Space at May 30, 2022 07:23 AM (YwurZ)

219 216 For the homo, a cucumber. For the bi, a Magic 8 Ball. For the tranny, duct tape.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 30, 2022 07:23 AM (lz5hY)

220 219 216 For the homo, a cucumber. For the bi, a Magic 8 Ball. For the tranny, duct tape.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 30, 2022 07:23 AM (lz5hY)

And if you're friends with a Homo, you'll go to town, get two blow jobs and bring him one back.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022 07:25 AM (R5lpX)

221 214
It should be whatever Greek word there is for "aversion" or "dislike," which is not a handy word, and doesn't demonize their opponents. So they grabbed "phobia."

My pet peeve too. It should be homomisia or similar (I'm not a linguist /s), as in misogynist.

Posted by: Ciampino at May 30, 2022 07:27 AM (qfLjt)

222 221 214
It should be whatever Greek word there is for "aversion" or "dislike," which is not a handy word, and doesn't demonize their opponents. So they grabbed "phobia."

My pet peeve too. It should be homomisia or similar (I'm not a linguist /s), as in misogynist.
Posted by: Ciampino at May 30, 2022 07:27 AM (qfLjt)

Too close to "Pixy Misa"!

Posted by: m at May 30, 2022 07:27 AM (kIwWn)

223 "To be fair to our fellow commenter who mentioned the daily Mail article about the solid gold AK-47 I think intended to say gold-plated."

No, the article said "solid gold". That's why I mentioned it.

There are some good articles on the Daily Mail. Just this morning there is one titled "Why Do Breasts Start To Sag?".

Posted by: fd at May 30, 2022 07:29 AM (vrz2I)

224 My pet peeve too. It should be homomisia or similar (I'm not a linguist /s), as in misogynist.
Posted by: Ciampino at May 30, 2022 0

If you were a really good linguist, the gals would love you, IYKWIM.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022 07:29 AM (R5lpX)

225 Woodhouse English-Greek Dictionary

https://dcthree.github.io/woodhouse

Posted by: m at May 30, 2022 07:29 AM (kIwWn)

226 My local FM talk station keeps playing this beyond-annoying PSA for "Kars for Kids." Gah.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 30, 2022 07:29 AM (c6xtn)

227 >>Like apple has never changed its mind and done a 180. I suspect a big reason Macs do not have touch screens is because it'd be a pain in the ass to rewrite the OS.

Actually Apple doesn't change it's mind very often and do 180's, it's GUI, look, feel and essential operation hasn't changed in over 40 years.

And when it changes it changes slowly.

I've been reading articles that apple is actively working on merging iPad OS and Mac OS. At that point it's a no-brainer to stick a touch screen on a Mac. And if you've ever used a touch screen laptop they're pretty nice. At one point Jobs said nobody wants a big phone and now Apple makes phones the size of a wall. Another time Tim Cook dissed the surface pros as being a waffle iron in a toaster or some other cock up like that and what do you have today, the iPad pro which is kind of a cock up of the surface pro. I'm sticking to they didn't want to rewrite the OS

Posted by: Lost In Space at May 30, 2022 07:30 AM (YwurZ)

228 JJ NOOD

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at May 30, 2022 07:30 AM (R5lpX)

229
Has anyone explained why we can remove all obstacles and time frames in order to inject people with an experimental chemical, but we can't open a factory to make baby formula with recipes that have been used for decades?
Posted by: Moron Robbie - the CEO of Moderna acknowledged the presence of patented sequence in Covid-19 at May 30, 2022 07:01 AM

"If we put the federal government in charge of the Sahara desert, in five years there would be a shortage of sand"

-Milton Friedman

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 30, 2022 07:31 AM (ENBF0)

230 My local FM talk station keeps playing this beyond-annoying PSA for "Kars for Kids." Gah Posted by: Wolfus Aurelis

Is it Thanksgiving already? I hate that ad campaign and song. I'd like to go hunt down the person that came up with that and and make them listen to febreze commercials 24 hours a day for the next 6 years.

Posted by: Lost In Space at May 30, 2022 07:34 AM (YwurZ)

231 I have got to agree with Thomas Bender on Apple’s use of touchscreens. If they wanted to they could’ve made the iMac or MacBooks with touchscreens a few generations back but they didn’t.

Instead Apple went with the 12” iPad Pro concept which can be used like any laptop by attaching a keyboard. The only drawback is iOS which is terrible for productivity, especially file management, compared to a standard laptop. I’ve always hated Apple’s idea of multitasking on iPads as well. It’s clunky and uses way too many gestures in order to open/close anything. It’s gotten better in iOS 15 but is still a pain in the butt every time I open second windows by accident.

I think Thomas is on to something with a second screen incorporated onto MacBooks used for touch/drawing similar to the Asus Zenbook Duo laptop. I could see that being very useful if put on the bottom below the keyboard in place of a touchpad.

Posted by: QuikReview at May 30, 2022 07:41 AM (6ydKt)

232 Is June gay pride month where the LGBQ celebrate a month of parades and festivities?

Posted by: Colin at May 30, 2022 07:49 AM (YVx1O)

233 A friend of mine has a surname that rare and very recognizable in certain circles due to his father's success in fiction and non-fiction genres. About 30 years ago he got a call from Who's Who trying to sucker him into paying for an entry. When asked to what he attributed his success, he said "Blatant nepotism!"

Posted by: Epobirs at May 30, 2022 07:57 AM (uNrGf)

234 Tap-Tap-Tap......is this thing on ?

Posted by: JT at May 30, 2022 08:50 AM (arJlL)

235 1.1 Exaflops per second. That's even faster than the flops the Biden administration commits.

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