Daily Tech News 6 September 2022

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So I took a little time to play with Midjourney, one of the new AI-powered art sites. I've been critical of AI often enough; it has little of practical use to show for decades of research apart from being able to destroy the last vestiges of privacy in an increasingly totalitarian world.

But this... This is pretty neat.

You just describe what you want to see, and the art style you want it drawn in - from anime to Boris Vallejo to photorealism - and it does it.

Well, most of the time there are little details that aren't quite right - it's not great at bilateral symmetry, and fairly often the results are on the wrong side of the Uncanny Valley, and while it's good on faces and clothes, including things like uniforms and armour:

It has a very shaky grasp of the concept of holding something.

It does well on landscapes and cities though:

You can get a free trial but if you get interested you'll burn through the allowance very quickly. Monthly plans start at $10, or $30 for unlimited use. If you need a lot of illustrations for something but you don't need a particular scene or action precisely, it's an amazing tool.

Just be prepared to occasionally see things that can't be unseen, like when it simply forgets to give someone a face.

If you try to put two characters in a scene, it tends to lose its marbles. I can see why artists are upset, but they're certainly not out of a job yet.

I also wondered if it's possible to get to images of recognisably the same character, given the amount of randomness involved. And I'll just say for now, yes. It takes patience, but if your prompt is specific enough, it's not that hard.

Tech News

QNAP. (Bleeping Computer)

Again.
Email is broken. (Carlos Fenollosa)

Broken deliberately by Big Tech, so that only emails sent by (or if you're luck, via) Big Tech can reach email servers operated by Big Tech.

You can receive email on your own server just fine, but sending it is another matter entirely.
Cheating at chess using computer shoes. (Incoherency)

It seems like a rather roundabout approach, but if it gets results, who's to complain? I mean, the International Chess Federation, yes, but who listens to those nerds?

Disclaimer: So exactly why did you need photos of a ten-year-old blonde girl with scary eyes wearing a Prussian military uniform?

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 05:42 AM

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1 Firsf really?

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at September 06, 2022 04:53 AM (b+v9B)

2 Good morning, then. 99% chance for rain yesterday, got zero.

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at September 06, 2022 04:54 AM (b+v9B)

3 Cool.

Posted by: m at September 06, 2022 04:54 AM (r8enq)

4 hiya

Posted by: JT at September 06, 2022 04:56 AM (T4tVD)

5 Good morning-
Heat wave this week. This is the time in CO when everything dries out, turns brown, and catches on fire.

Posted by: DB at September 06, 2022 04:58 AM (geLO8)

6 Actually a few times wondered if CBD paintings are these

Posted by: Skip at September 06, 2022 04:58 AM (k8B25)

7 Good evening Pixy
Good morning

Posted by: Skip at September 06, 2022 04:59 AM (k8B25)

8 >>>blonde girl with scary eyes

She looks a bit like a blond Nancy McKeon (Jo on Facts of Life).

Posted by: m at September 06, 2022 05:01 AM (r8enq)

9
It is supposed to be a rainy day today, all day, the first one in several weeks.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at September 06, 2022 05:01 AM (pNxlR)

10 >>>able to destroy the last vestiges of privacy in an increasingly totalitarian world. ... But this... This is pretty neat.

And that's how they win you over.

Posted by: m at September 06, 2022 05:02 AM (r8enq)

11
Actually a few times wondered if CBD paintings are these
Posted by: Skip

Now do "Fat Man on an Ottoman"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at September 06, 2022 05:03 AM (pNxlR)

12 Good early morning everyone.

Ugh - coffee's on.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 06, 2022 05:03 AM (LsEU/)

13 https://tinyurl.com/2rp8abnt
Bad Blue from last night

Posted by: Skip at September 06, 2022 05:04 AM (k8B25)

14 Morning, all!

I have a work reception to go to this evening. So I've arisen early, will work out and so forth, go back for a nap late this morning, and drift in to work about 1:00. Still it'll be a long day.

Dagny the new kitten is still not eating enthusiastically. And her inner eyelids are not retracting completely as of this morning, which I know means a cat is probably sick in some way. She'll have to go to the shop very soon. (Darn purebreds. It just confirms what I've said about Siberians, that they tend to be sickly or prickly.) Or, and I hate to say this, but maybe Vicki the breeder will take her back and refund my money. She's offered, if I'm disappointed.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 06, 2022 05:06 AM (c6xtn)

15 Disclaimer: So exactly why did you need photos of a ten-year-old blonde girl with scary eyes wearing a Prussian military uniform?
Posted by: Pixy Misa

We all have our quirks. Mine are downright creepy.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 06, 2022 05:07 AM (LsEU/)

16 11 Now do "Fat Man on an Ottoman"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at September 06, 2022 05:03 AM (pNxlR)

I wonder if you'd get the Fatman from Jake and the Fatman!

Posted by: m at September 06, 2022 05:08 AM (r8enq)

17 Off to TN, again.

Le sigh.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 06, 2022 05:08 AM (LsEU/)

18 I like the ships.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 06, 2022 05:08 AM (dNqv+)

19 17 Off to TN, again.

Le sigh.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 06, 2022 05:08 AM (LsEU/)

Could be worse, you could be going to Philadelphia.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 06, 2022 05:10 AM (dNqv+)

20 Well, it's after 2am on the left coast. Electricity is still out. 80-plus degrees in house and no AC. And no sleep. Hope the rest of the Horde will have a better day.

Posted by: La2la at September 06, 2022 05:11 AM (uun+C)

21 Could be worse, you could be going to Philadelphia.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

How true.

"How can you tell we aren't in Philly, Dad?"

They're waving with an open palm.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 06, 2022 05:11 AM (LsEU/)

22 20 Well, it's after 2am on the left coast. Electricity is still out. 80-plus degrees in house and no AC. And no sleep. Hope the rest of the Horde will have a better day.
Posted by: La2la at September 06, 2022 05:11 AM (uun+C)

Sorry to hear that. Just vaped and it is a bit foggy here in the land of the bluegrass.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 06, 2022 05:12 AM (dNqv+)

23 Is the image second from the top one of the results as well? The eyes are... wrong.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 06, 2022 05:15 AM (dNqv+)

24 Thanks Skip !

Posted by: JT at September 06, 2022 05:16 AM (T4tVD)

25 18 I like the ships.

Posted by: Aetius451AD

If you told me the ships were a detail from a 17th century painting by one of the minor masters, I would totally buy it. Even though I created it myself this morning.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at September 06, 2022 05:17 AM (BLOW1)

26 Off to TN, again.

Le sigh.
Posted by: Tonypete

Safe travels !

Posted by: JT at September 06, 2022 05:17 AM (T4tVD)

27 8 >>>blonde girl with scary eyes

She looks a bit like a blond Nancy McKeon (Jo on Facts of Life).
Posted by: m at September 06, 2022 05:01 AM (r8enq)

Kind of looks like a description of Galadriel in RoP (at least from what I have seen of the trailers.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 06, 2022 05:18 AM (dNqv+)

28 23 Is the image second from the top one of the results as well? The eyes are... wrong.

Yes, that's from Midjourney, and yes, it has trouble getting eyes just right.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at September 06, 2022 05:18 AM (BLOW1)

29 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo, No Cheetos allowed on the 'toon at September 06, 2022 05:19 AM (OlzGM)

30
I think all the rain we didn't get all summer we're going to get in the next two days.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 06, 2022 05:21 AM (jE276)

31 Everyone seeing pictures in link to the painting ?

Posted by: Skip at September 06, 2022 05:22 AM (k8B25)

32 If you told me the ships were a detail from a 17th century painting by one of the minor masters, I would totally buy it. Even though I created it myself this morning.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at September 06, 2022 05:17 AM (BLOW1)

Made me think of John Atkinson Grimshaw- who is a favorite.

https://tinyurl.com/2bw66hhm

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 06, 2022 05:22 AM (dNqv+)

33 Rainy, humid, and in the 70s in Babylon DC.

Posted by: Puddleglum at September 06, 2022 05:23 AM (sAmhv)

34 But this... This is pretty neat.

Well, it's no Rothko.

Posted by: olddog in mo, No Cheetos allowed on the 'toon at September 06, 2022 05:23 AM (OlzGM)

35 17 Off to TN, again.

Le sigh.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 06, 2022 05:08 AM (LsEU/)

Sorry that's a bad thing!

Posted by: m at September 06, 2022 05:24 AM (r8enq)

36 Can you send a sprinkle or two out West? Thanking you in advance ;-)

Posted by: La2la at September 06, 2022 05:26 AM (uun+C)

37 36: I went outside and asked but the rain ignored me. Rude rain.

Posted by: Puddleglum at September 06, 2022 05:28 AM (sAmhv)

38 Gotta go
See you on the road

Posted by: Skip at September 06, 2022 05:29 AM (k8B25)

39 6 Actually a few times wondered if CBD paintings are these
Posted by: Skip at September 06, 2022 04:58 AM (k8B25)

Every one I have ever checked out that he features is one where someone actually put paint to canvas.

I may just be biased, but this creates some interesting images that feels a bit... soulless. It is still art but seems too easy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 06, 2022 05:29 AM (dNqv+)

40 AI; Mights well be on the winnin team! Whaddaya say boys?

Posted by: They Live collaborating asshole at September 06, 2022 05:31 AM (mw3mG)

41 Have a good one and stay safe Skip !

Posted by: JT at September 06, 2022 05:31 AM (T4tVD)

42 It's coming down in buckets

Posted by: Skip's phone at September 06, 2022 05:31 AM (k8B25)

43
How does one get an invite to a Discord server? I feel uninvited.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 06, 2022 05:32 AM (jE276)

44 Heh. I just checked wiki on John Atkinson Grimshaw and he was criticized for using a light projection on canvas to be able to get perspective right and was told by some he was not a real artist. So, this is not a new debate (mid 1800s.)

Although the wiki saying Caravaggio also used the same technique seems... odd. Late 1500s seems hard to do something similar.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 06, 2022 05:33 AM (dNqv+)

45 43
How does one get an invite to a Discord server? I feel uninvited.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 06, 2022 05:32 AM (jE276)

Wait, ace has a discord server? Is he offering carries through a dungeon?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 06, 2022 05:35 AM (dNqv+)

46 It's coming down in buckets
Posted by: Skip's phone

(opens door....gets hit with a bucket !)

Posted by: JT at September 06, 2022 05:37 AM (T4tVD)

47 44 Heh. I just checked wiki on John Atkinson Grimshaw and he was criticized for using a light projection on canvas to be able to get perspective right and was told by some he was not a real artist. So, this is not a new debate (mid 1800s.)

Although the wiki saying Caravaggio also used the same technique seems... odd. Late 1500s seems hard to do something similar.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 06, 2022 05:33 AM (dNqv+)

A camera obscura?

Posted by: m at September 06, 2022 05:37 AM (r8enq)

48 A version of the shoe messaging system has been employed in the past to communicate the card count from the low betting counter to the high betting 'shark', both at the same blackjack table.

This in part is why casinos have max increases in bets of 4x over your baseline bet, and also why they prevent new players from entering the game mid-shoe.

Morning, y'all.

Posted by: GnuBreed at September 06, 2022 05:40 AM (JOtiF)

49 If you don't like the rain, move to Arizona or Southern California. The rainy season is about over and its back to "It Never Rains in Southern California". The land of milk, honey, wine and Governor Newsome who wants to be President of all of us. Great hair, talks of the utopian future of no fossil oil and gas. And the almighty EV car, and truck, and lawn mower.

Posted by: Colin at September 06, 2022 05:40 AM (wHmFn)

50 A camera obscura?
Posted by: m

It's behind the two way mirror

Posted by: Bruce at September 06, 2022 05:40 AM (+b0VU)

51 Can the AI do nudes? I can see that being requested by say, a certain demographic.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at September 06, 2022 05:41 AM (BOmIL)

52 It's warm (70+), i'm sore, no really cold snack food, and i just can't sleep. Ughghghghp

Posted by: SFGoth at September 06, 2022 05:41 AM (KAi1n)

53 A camera obscura?
Posted by: m at September 06, 2022 05:37 AM (r8enq)

Yes.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 06, 2022 05:41 AM (dNqv+)

54 51 Can the AI do nudes? I can see that being requested by say, a certain demographic.
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at September 06, 2022 05:41 AM (BOmIL)

You had my attention, now you have my interest...

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 06, 2022 05:42 AM (dNqv+)

55 50 A camera obscura?
Posted by: m

It's behind the two way mirror
Posted by: Bruce at September 06, 2022 05:40 AM (+b0VU)

So won't you smile for the camera?

Posted by: m at September 06, 2022 05:43 AM (r8enq)

56
When I first started painting I used an opaque projector to get my portrait sketches ideal. It was like training wheels on a bicycle. Later on my daughter would use it for the same reason - confidence building.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 06, 2022 05:44 AM (jE276)

57 "It has little of practical use to show for decades of research apart from being able to destroy the last vestiges of privacy in an increasingly totalitarian world."
Well said.

Posted by: sidney at September 06, 2022 05:47 AM (itAo5)

58 Good news is that it's been a very calm hurricane season.

Bad news is, hurricanes drive moisture into the middle fo the US, so no rain for you!

Posted by: Bruce at September 06, 2022 05:52 AM (+b0VU)

59
"Your AI scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."

Jurassic Park quote - I added the 'AI'

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 06, 2022 05:53 AM (jE276)

60 "A hole in the wall"- a devotional based on a passage from the Book of Proverbs and it deals with gardening as well as patching holes in our spiritual lives

https://tinyurl.com/3dtu5dba

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 06, 2022 05:59 AM (Nf8gX)

61 Drove through a monsoon

Posted by: Skip's phone at September 06, 2022 06:00 AM (MsmgG)

62 I don't want to talk to any machines.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 06, 2022 06:01 AM (Nf8gX)

63 61 Drove through a monsoon
Posted by: Skip's phone at September 06, 2022 06:00 AM (MsmgG)

Could you point some of it out toward the left coast?

Posted by: m at September 06, 2022 06:03 AM (r8enq)

64 And parked 200 yards from building I am working in

Posted by: Skip's phone at September 06, 2022 06:04 AM (MsmgG)

65 Moon Landrieu, former mayor of Da Pesthole and the father of e-Senator Mary "Miss Piggy" Landrieu, has passed. He was mayor in the first half of the '70s, and presided over the building of the Superdome -- and opened the door to even more Dem corruption and incompetence. He was the last white mayor until his son Mitch got the job in 2010 or so.

My father used to play tennis with him in the early '70s. I asked if he could get Moon to give me a summer job in the office. No dice, as in "Dad knew he didn't have enough pull to do that."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 06, 2022 06:05 AM (c6xtn)

66 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at September 06, 2022 06:05 AM (UqnOO)

67 Fen!

Thank you for the info on the wedding reading I did. It was this past Saturday and all went well.

Except for some early teens that came to the reception part with their parents. Parents that are of the belief that "not my responsibility" of what the little shits were up to during the course of the evening.

Posted by: Bruce at September 06, 2022 06:06 AM (+b0VU)

68
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 06, 2022 06:12 AM (ENBF0)

69 And parked 200 yards from building I am working in
Posted by: Skip's phone

Does the building have BO ?

Posted by: JT at September 06, 2022 06:15 AM (T4tVD)

70 MidJourney makes you an artist in the same way ordering at a drive through makes you a chef.

Posted by: Unclefacts at September 06, 2022 06:15 AM (euG9/)

71 MidJourney makes you an artist in the same way ordering at a drive through makes you a chef.
Posted by: Unclefacts

What if it's sous vide drive thru?

Posted by: Bruce at September 06, 2022 06:16 AM (+b0VU)

72 Good morning!

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

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

73 Doesn't look like we got much rain here if any.

Stepped outside and a VERY light sprinkle.

Still dark here.

Posted by: JT at September 06, 2022 06:17 AM (T4tVD)

74 Hi, Bruce

Thanks for letting me know that the reading and the wedding service went w ell. I am sorry about the troublesome teens.On a related note, I really don't understand people who just come to wedding receptions. I had a friend who was a pastor (Sadly, he died in his early 40's) but he said when he was going to get married there were some people he knew who said, "I won't be at the wedding, but I'll come to the reception." (It was not because they were performing some important service to humanity. They were just not church people.) His response was, "Please don't come at all then." He figured people ought to be able to show up to a church on one of the most important days of his life.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 06, 2022 06:18 AM (wvo9L)

75 And the new super conservative Prime Minister in the UK is off to a great start. Her first order of business is price fixing.
— she will set a fixed unit price for energy suppliers to sell gas & electricity to households
— along with green levy cut this will freeze average bills at current level
— costs ~£130bn over 18 months

That'll fix everything. Morning.

Posted by: lowandslow at September 06, 2022 06:20 AM (qH6FZ)

76 Am I the only one who wants to know whether computer shoes can be rebooted?!

Posted by: Biden's Dog at September 06, 2022 06:20 AM (OT1ME)

77 I am glad it is raining. We need the rain, but I'm praying for the safety of bus drivers on slick roads and that there are no deer or careless people causing problems.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 06, 2022 06:21 AM (wvo9L)

78 Most people do not have symetrical faces. One eye is lower than the other.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at September 06, 2022 06:22 AM (C1rbv)

79 The are no power outages in California. I have a friend who teaches engineering out there and he assures me they only have de-energization events.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at September 06, 2022 06:23 AM (oWBc3)

80
MidJourney makes you an artist in the same way ordering at a drive through makes you a chef.

Posted by: Unclefacts at September 06, 2022 06:15 AM

I don't think that's the intent. I think if you're in a profession that realizes the value of images to drive interest - like a blog, newsletter, newspaper - and you don't want to pay the price of a 'stock image' entity, then this is a cool tool.

I could see that some people might create some dramatic image in the style of their favorite artist, have it reproduced on canvas, framed and hang it on a wall.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 06, 2022 06:23 AM (jE276)

81 ... and that there are no deer or careless people causing problems.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 06, 2022 06:21 AM (wvo9L)
-

More stop signs for bucks will solve the deer problem.

Posted by: Biden's Dog at September 06, 2022 06:24 AM (OT1ME)

82 Democratic Senate candidate Mandela Barnes claims he skipped Biden's Wisconsin speech because he was participating in other events

Litter box issues!

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 06, 2022 06:24 AM (BRHaw)

83 Price controls in the UK. Why is it so hard for people in government to understand that someone always has to pay?

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at September 06, 2022 06:25 AM (oWBc3)

84 FenelonSpoke

FenelonSpouse and his coworkers can handle it. It is when the water flows swiftly over a bridge that you start to worry. And remember -- he knows all about Traffic the rock group. That is +2 for driving saves.

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

85 He figured people ought to be able to show up to a church on one of the most important days of his life.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

I've had to miss the wedding a few times due to having to work that day. I usually try to make it.

This whole thing was in a old church that has been converted to a WEDDING VENUE. The marriage is performed in the church. Then they convert it into a reception hall.

It was okay. The acoustics are terrible for this type of thing though.
Plus many of the people before and during the ceremony were treating the whole thing like a school play in the cafe-gymatorium at their local grade school.

Hey! Watch me act the fool!

Posted by: Bruce at September 06, 2022 06:25 AM (+b0VU)

86 Indignacio Vindacatorem

If you were smart, and a doer, you would not be a politician.

Hey, Tess. Learn some economic history. Be a pragmatist.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at September 06, 2022 06:26 AM (u82oZ)

87 Am I the only one who wants to know whether computer shoes can be rebooted?!
Posted by: Biden's Dog

Only with official Cats Paw heels

Posted by: Bruce at September 06, 2022 06:27 AM (+b0VU)

88 Isn't Landrieu responsible for the red hour? (Trek reference)

Posted by: SFGoth at September 06, 2022 06:28 AM (KAi1n)

89 Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at September 06, 2022 06:25 AM (u82oZ)

He didn't seem worried. He was just hoping that the kid who could be difficult (who's moved onto another school so isn't on FenSpouse's bus route) doesn't have a younger brother (whom he does have to drive) who's just like he is.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 06, 2022 06:29 AM (wvo9L)

90 I see one of the Canadian Stabby Indian Killers was found dead, though not by suicide. I'm guessing his brother is trying to make it easier to hide.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at September 06, 2022 06:31 AM (BOmIL)

91 I'm guessing his brother is trying to make it easier to hide.
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby

Dead weight is now someone else's problem

Posted by: Bruce at September 06, 2022 06:32 AM (+b0VU)

92 FenelonSpoke

Student issues are easy, for the most part.

Please let me know how Jessie is. Gonna cut out early, as still got work preps. I'll come back later.

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

93 According to So Cal Edison, this could be a "Power Savings Reward Event." Newspeak for power outage. SMDH. Edison just came to examine the wires and transformer ... and left.

Posted by: La2la at September 06, 2022 06:34 AM (uun+C)

94 Have a great day everyone.

Be that swan gliding serenely though choppy water. Never let them see the feet moving fast.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at September 06, 2022 06:34 AM (u82oZ)

95 Posted by: Bruce at September 06, 2022 06:25 AM (+b0VU)

People who have to work are a different situation than people who just couldn't be bothered to show up.
I am sorry that a church was refashioned into a wedding venue/ Most clergypeople I know don't like weddings because you may never see the couple after they are married (They just wanted a nice setting for the wedding but, of course don't teel you that). I'd rather give comfort and hope at a funeral service.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 06, 2022 06:34 AM (wvo9L)

96 And sorry about the people acting like fools, Bruce.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 06, 2022 06:35 AM (wvo9L)

97 And sorry about the people acting like fools, Bruce.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Mebbe they weren't acting.

Posted by: JT at September 06, 2022 06:46 AM (T4tVD)

98 You all entertain, and comfort me, but I must be off to sleep. A meat loaf and cheese sandwich and I am comatose for a good while.

Posted by: Farmer at September 06, 2022 06:46 AM (55Qr6)

99 Black pedestrian fatalities were 8.21 per 100,000.

1.42 was the number of pedestrian deaths per 100,000 for Asian Americans.

Crosswalks and signs be racists!

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 06, 2022 06:47 AM (BRHaw)

100 >>> sorry about people acting like fools

This is how I mis-read this statement.

That would be a lifetime of mourning.

Posted by: fluffy at September 06, 2022 06:47 AM (UqnOO)

101 The reception had a DJ. The acoustics in the church (built in the early 1900's) were probably designed or modeled after similar churches. So a priest/pastor could speak without electronics. Without the pews, carpet, kneelers, etc. the sound just careened around the room and you couldn't really understand the music played.

The DJ then decided turning the volume to 11 would help.
My ears are still ringing

Posted by: Bruce at September 06, 2022 06:49 AM (+b0VU)

102 Top WH climate official Gina McCarthy is set to leave her post in the coming weeks.

They are preparing her G5 for a farewell tour to visit all 57 states!

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 06, 2022 06:51 AM (BRHaw)

103 Mebbe they weren't acting.
Posted by: JT

Large amounts of alcohol were being consumed at all times.
I'm no alcohol virgin, but they're all around 40 years old.
Sorry to say "kids" you look like idiots

Posted by: Bruce at September 06, 2022 06:51 AM (+b0VU)

104 78 Most people do not have symetrical faces. One eye is lower than the other.
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at September 06, 2022 06:22 AM (C1rbv)

If we are talking about that second pic, it is not eye position- it is the eyes themselves. They look wrong, like she has some sort of ocular disease. Like her eyes are dead and decaying in her skull. A beautiful zombie, if you will.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 06, 2022 06:51 AM (HJDAV)

105 G'morning, all.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 06, 2022 06:51 AM (1n+EO)

106 Posted by: Bruce at September 06, 2022 06:49 AM (+b0VU)

Sounds awful. I think as we get older we have less tolerance for loud music. At least I do.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 06, 2022 06:53 AM (wvo9L)

107 Got the two car garage emptied, and rearranged in order to be able to fit Mrs Via's Mustang inside, as well as her Miata.

The key to the whole thing is the Harbor Freight self jacking vehicle dollies that were on sale this weekend for 33% off. They allow me to pull the Mustang in, put it on the dollies, and then just push it sideways up against the one side wall for maximum clearance.

Then finally being able to mow the two neighbor's yards, as well as ours after the solid week of rain every day. Almost three 30 gallon bags of grass clippings from the non-self propelled push mower.

I hurt this morning.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 06, 2022 06:56 AM (1n+EO)

108 Tex AM Prof:
If the entire face to face class –- everyone –- properly wears a surgical grade mask during the entire class session (over the nose and mouth, not taking it off to talk) there [will] be a 15% extra credit boost (one percentage point per week).

Stupid is as stupid does!

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 06, 2022 06:56 AM (BRHaw)

109 Good morning morons

Every one here is freaking out it got to 75 yesterday.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 06, 2022 06:57 AM (EZebt)

110 Hate hoaxes are not exclusive to the US. Sri Lankan import politician in Germany:

However, the evidence now shows that not a single threat was real, according to German news outlet Focus.

“As part of these investigations, the suspicion was confirmed that the reported crimes did not occur, that they were faked, and that there was no threat. Search measures and an interrogation of the accused have confirmed this suspicion,” the Aachen police reported.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Pennsylvania Dad, Defiant! at September 06, 2022 06:57 AM (C4Nxb)

111 108 Tex AM Prof:
If the entire face to face class –- everyone –- properly wears a surgical grade mask during the entire class session (over the nose and mouth, not taking it off to talk) there [will] be a 15% extra credit boost (one percentage point per week).

Stupid is as stupid does!
Posted by: rhennigantx at September 06, 2022 06:56 AM (BRHaw)

Sir, Tommy has been dead the past 4 weeks!

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 06, 2022 06:58 AM (HJDAV)

112 Clinton went on to describe the very moment in history — which occurred during a 1995 state visit to Brazil — that she chose to switch to something other than dresses, at least most of the time. During the visit, she had worn a cream-colored skirt suit. Apparently, some reporters in the room took “suggestive” photos of her from below, exposing part of her underwear, which ended up on billboards used for advertising lingerie.

yuck!

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 06, 2022 06:58 AM (BRHaw)

113 Every one here is freaking out it got to 75 yesterday.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Damn climate change. If only you drove a Tesla.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Pennsylvania Dad, Defiant! at September 06, 2022 06:58 AM (C4Nxb)

114 >>> A beautiful zombie, if you will.

I'd hit it.

Posted by: fluffy at September 06, 2022 06:58 AM (UqnOO)

115 The only way to hear someone speaking was to talk into the single microphone that the DJ had.
The officiant could barely be heard. I've actually have used mic's before and know that you cannot wave them around like Harry Caray. People commented that my reading was the only thing they really heard of the ceremony.

One of the bridal party gave a little speech during the dinner and it came across as Chris Farley doing his "you remember the time....." bit

I think he was supposed to be the comedian of "the crew" also...

Posted by: Bruce at September 06, 2022 07:01 AM (+b0VU)

116 99 Black pedestrian fatalities were 8.21 per 100,000.

1.42 was the number of pedestrian deaths per 100,000 for Asian Americans.

Crosswalks and signs be racists!

Posted by: rhennigantx

Here in Babylon DC, you see all kinds suffering situational awareness when it comes to crosswalks and signs. Most people are staring at their stupid phones and the drivers are also staring at their stupid phones. Hence, lots of accidents because situational awareness is someone else's problem.

Posted by: Puddleglum at September 06, 2022 07:01 AM (sAmhv)

117 Just be prepared to occasionally see things that can't be unseen, like when it simply forgets to give someone a face.

Oh, yeah, there's no way this isn't going to be turned into a porn app. . .

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 06, 2022 07:01 AM (AW0uW)

118 Disclaimer: So exactly why did you need photos of a ten-year-old blonde girl with scary eyes wearing a Prussian military uniform?
Posted by: Pixy Misa

We all have our quirks. Mine are downright creepy.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 06, 2022 05:07 AM (LsEU/)

I can see you've never met me.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 06, 2022 07:02 AM (AW0uW)

119 San Francisco school district asks parents to rent out spare rooms to teachers because they can't afford soaring housing costs.

A one-bedroom apartment is now averaging $3,017 - meaning even the highest-paid teachers on $111,410 could not afford the rent.

Next they will want people to put up fast food workers who can't afford an apartment on $22 an hour. I guess that's ok, as long as you stipulate that tenants must take a shift on the bicycle powered generator when the power goes out.

Posted by: fd at September 06, 2022 07:02 AM (sn5EN)

120 Posted by: Bruce at September 06, 2022 07:01 AM (+b0VU)

Doesn't sound like a good place-acoustics wise-to have a wedding even if it is a wedding venue. Glad they heard you.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 06, 2022 07:03 AM (wvo9L)

121 Anyway,....Enough of the whining for the day.

Have a good one all!!!

Posted by: Bruce at September 06, 2022 07:03 AM (+b0VU)

122 Every one here is freaking out it got to 75 yesterday.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

lol. It was 101 here yesterday. 2 hikers are lost. Who goes hiking when it's 100 out?

Posted by: Infidel at September 06, 2022 07:04 AM (mBewQ)

123 Drive thru the hood and those folks will dare you to hit them.

Posted by: fd at September 06, 2022 07:04 AM (sn5EN)

124 Grandma Death panty shots. OK.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 06, 2022 07:05 AM (89T5c)

125 Every one here is freaking out it got to 75 yesterday.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Mid-town got a lot hotter than that.

Posted by: SFGoth at September 06, 2022 07:06 AM (KAi1n)

126 Well, imagine that...

Railroad workers are poised to go on a nationwide strike.

And reports yesterday of an impending strike by UPS drivers and loaders is becoming almost a certainty in the near future.

We could use a man like Mussolini again.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 06, 2022 07:07 AM (1n+EO)

127 119 I bet if you wanted to put up a tiny house in the backyard they would make you jump through hoops during the permitting and "environmental impact" studies. Unless you were going to rent it out to some teacher of many hair colors. Or let Dirty Jack the meth head live in it for free.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 06, 2022 07:07 AM (lz5hY)

128 My travel laptop insisted on an update, and when it rebooted it when directly to a new screen that demanded my bitlocker code.

Except...my Microsoft account doesn't have it!

Oh joy.

I have a nice, light 13" screen brick.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 06, 2022 07:08 AM (XIJ/X)

129 I think as we get older we have less tolerance for loud music. At least I do.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 06, 2022 06:53 AM (wvo9L)

I find that the older I get, the less tolerance I have for pop music. And I don't mean the swill pumped out these days, I mean the stuff that I have collected and archived over the years. Now when I play a CD or run an ipod shuffle, too many memories (most of them bad) come back and ruin my day.

I'm turning more and more to classical - Bach, to be specific. His music only gives me good feelings.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 06, 2022 07:08 AM (AW0uW)

130 OPEC cuts production by 100,000 barrels per day

Guess Fuck Joe Biden has made it around the world!

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 06, 2022 07:09 AM (BRHaw)

131 I don't know that anyone in the past 20 years has ever said, "hey, did you see today's B.C.?" but yesterday's cartoon describes me to a T:

https://tinyurl.com/2wmaz7xm

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 06, 2022 07:12 AM (AW0uW)

132 I note while doing paperwork here that CBS news is not showing pictures from his reichstag speech, but him in some other venue decrying 'division and hate.' Huh.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 06, 2022 07:12 AM (HJDAV)

133 Ig Europe starts gathering and drying cow flops now, they may be able to heat their homes this winter after all.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 06, 2022 07:12 AM (1n+EO)

134 126 Things might be intentionally slowing down already, as in labor action pre strike slowdown. I threw a bottle of supplements on an order to get free shipping, something I have in my personal stock but can always use. Shipping updates are getting downright entertaining, and this morning it flat says delayed. That bottle is on it's fifth stop in three states.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 06, 2022 07:12 AM (lz5hY)

135 Why the strikes?

Posted by: SFGoth at September 06, 2022 07:13 AM (KAi1n)

136 hey CBD

Inside BIOS, look for a tab called BOOT and select that page. Depending on the BIOS manufacturer, this page could be BOOT, ADVANCED, STARTUP, etc.

Look for a setting for UEFI Secure Boot. Each BIOS could have a different name for this. These are the keywords to look for: UEFI, Secure Boot, Legacy Boot.

Toggle to none.

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 06, 2022 07:13 AM (BRHaw)

137 Ahhh, Bach

Posted by: SFGoth at September 06, 2022 07:14 AM (KAi1n)

138 135 Why the strikes? To go along with the shortages. They want to make us into post war Italy.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 06, 2022 07:15 AM (lz5hY)

139 gooder and harderer

Justin Trudeau tells Canadians in a recent press conference in Winnipeg that we must get 80-90% of the population up to date on vaccines in order to see much less restrictions and rules this winter.

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 06, 2022 07:15 AM (BRHaw)

140 So a jogger/teacher gets kidnapped.

-they have found a body
-the incident was caught on video
-they arrested a guy who, surprise had got out of jail in 2020 after serving 20 years for... a kidnapping!

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 06, 2022 07:15 AM (HJDAV)

141 Why the strikes?
Posted by: SFGoth

No balls.

Posted by: JT at September 06, 2022 07:15 AM (T4tVD)

142 137 Ahhh, Bach
Posted by: SFGoth at September 06, 2022 07:14 AM (KAi1n)

Bach is best.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 06, 2022 07:16 AM (HJDAV)

143 Rail strike link
https://tinyurl.com/4crnb5py

UPS strike link
https://tinyurl.com/yc4v7exp

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 06, 2022 07:16 AM (1n+EO)

144 133 Ig Europe starts gathering and drying cow flops now, they may be able to heat their homes this winter after all.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 06, 2022 07:12 AM (1n+EO)

The peat bogs are still there, right?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 06, 2022 07:17 AM (HJDAV)

145 MASH reference.

Posted by: SFGoth at September 06, 2022 07:17 AM (KAi1n)

146 140 So a jogger/teacher gets kidnapped.

-they have found a body
-the incident was caught on video
-they arrested a guy who, surprise had got out of jail in 2020 after serving 20 years for... a kidnapping!
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 06, 2022 07:15 AM (HJDAV)

Terrible story...and reminder that no matter how rich you are and how nice an area you live, you have to be safe when exercising outside. Situational awareness and light (running in the dark solo?) are your friends.

Posted by: Nova local at September 06, 2022 07:17 AM (exHjb)

147 I think everyone should go on strike! Who's with me?

Posted by: fd at September 06, 2022 07:18 AM (sn5EN)

148 When a customer calls me this morning because their equipment is down, I will tell them I am on strike and they should go on strike too. That should get things moving.

Posted by: fd at September 06, 2022 07:20 AM (sn5EN)

149 145 MASH reference.
Posted by: SFGoth at September 06, 2022 07:17 AM (KAi1n)

Was Bach really about the Vietnam war?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 06, 2022 07:20 AM (HJDAV)

150 Posted by: rhennigantx at September 06, 2022 07:13 AM (BRHaw)

Thanks...I'll give it a try.

It's just a travel laptop and doesn't have anything other than my browser and my email, so it isn't a catastrophe, but I had to finish my Food Thread on my phone this weekend, and that sucked!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 06, 2022 07:20 AM (XIJ/X)

151 147 I think everyone should go on strike! Who's with me?
Posted by: fd at September 06, 2022 07:18 AM (sn5EN)

I am too tired to go on strike. Swapping to first is going well. I woke up about 15 mins before the alarm- which usually means I am on schedule. The problem is I did not go to bed until about 11:30.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 06, 2022 07:21 AM (HJDAV)

152 Gotta tell ya, $95,000.00 per year to be a UPS driver isn't bad coin.

I worked several years as a Christmas time drivers helper, simply because our regular driver is a good friend, and UPS would pay us to ride around, deliver boxes, and tell each other jokes and such.

But it can be really hard work at times, and the conditions are usually not pleasant.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 06, 2022 07:21 AM (1n+EO)

153
Terrible story...and reminder that no matter how rich you are and how nice an area you live, you have to be safe when exercising outside. Situational awareness and light (running in the dark solo?) are your friends.
___________

A white woman running alone anywhere in Memphis is not a good idea.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer--FJB at September 06, 2022 07:22 AM (MvHI3)

154 Thanks...I'll give it a try.

It's just a travel laptop and doesn't have anything other than my browser and my email, so it isn't a catastrophe, but I had to finish my Food Thread on my phone this weekend, and that sucked!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 06, 2022 07:20 AM (XIJ/X)

Now you have another topic for the 'First World Problems' feature.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 06, 2022 07:22 AM (HJDAV)

155 Posted by: rhennigantx at September 06, 2022 07:15 AM (BRHaw)

Justin Trudeau just doing the tasks assigned by the WEF to help decrease the "surplus population".

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 06, 2022 07:22 AM (wvo9L)

156 Ahhh, Bach
Posted by: SFGoth at September 06, 2022 07:14 AM (KAi1n)

One of the earliest records I ever bought was Switched-on Bach. Carlos' version of the last movement of Brandenburg Concerto #3 still makes me cry from sheer joy (which, I can assure you, is as rare in my life as a snuggle session with Jessica Rabbit).

I can't find the Wendy Carlos version on YouTube, so here is one with real strings and such:

https://tinyurl.com/2p99cvyn

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 06, 2022 07:23 AM (AW0uW)

157 My UPA guy is great. Wonder what will happen?

Posted by: Infidel at September 06, 2022 07:23 AM (mBewQ)

158 UPS.

Posted by: Infidel at September 06, 2022 07:24 AM (mBewQ)

159 "But it can be really hard work at times, and the conditions are usually not pleasant.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice"

I had a 60lb gell cell battery come in last week and had to take it off the UPS truck because the girl could not lift it. I don't know what she would have done if I was not there.UPS should give me a discount.

Posted by: fd at September 06, 2022 07:25 AM (sn5EN)

160 I first heard Bach on an 8-track tape my parents had. A violin concerto that I always have problems finding. Nearly impossible, really. I can still hear it clearly in my head, but it is nearly impossible to find on youtube.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 06, 2022 07:25 AM (HJDAV)

161 So a jogger/teacher gets kidnapped.

-they have found a body
-the incident was caught on video
-they arrested a guy who, surprise had got out of jail in 2020 after serving 20 years for... a kidnapping!
_________

It seems obvious that his plan to kidnap the woman and hold her for ransom went awry when he saw the news and realized that he'd been caught on videotape.

Spending the last 20 years in the joint, he may not have realized how ubiquitous video cams now are.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer--FJB at September 06, 2022 07:25 AM (MvHI3)

162 The rail strike may be legit. There are only about 5 main RR corporations. They are trying to run them on minimal manning due to decisions they made during the Covid crap. All of those RR corps have made amazing profits on that minimal manning that they created. All things come to an end, of course. Hell hath no fury than unintended consequences scorned.

Posted by: Puddleglum at September 06, 2022 07:28 AM (sAmhv)

163 Spending the last 20 years in the joint, he may not have realized how ubiquitous video cams now are.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer--FJB

Even if someone had told him, he wouldn't have known what ubiquitous meant.

Posted by: JT at September 06, 2022 07:28 AM (T4tVD)

164 FBI access to the records in question, as requested by the incumbent President, beginning as early as Thursday, May 12, 2022” [ECF No. 48-1 p. 9]. The Government’s filing states that the FBI did not obtain access to the Fifteen Boxes until approximately May 18, 2022

Joe wanted the box RIGHT FUCKING NOW!!

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 06, 2022 07:30 AM (BRHaw)

165 Is Joe on vacation for the rest of the week? That rally with dozens of people must have worn him out.

Posted by: fd at September 06, 2022 07:31 AM (sn5EN)

166 gooder and harderer

Justin Trudeau tells Canadians in a recent press conference in Winnipeg that we must get 80-90% of the population up to date on vaccines in order to see much less restrictions and rules this winter.

==

Gooder and harderer for sure. Canadians seem to approve of this ridiculous bozo or he would've been gone by now.

Posted by: Lady in Black at September 06, 2022 07:32 AM (sVtYq)

167 and as long as you are in the setup menus, set "boot order" to place USB at the top of the list, so in emergency you can boot from a thumb drive and do file recovery

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at September 06, 2022 07:32 AM (J33tq)

168 I think as we get older we have less tolerance for loud music. At least I do.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

I find that the older I get, the less tolerance I have for pop music.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

I find that the older I get, the less tolerance I have for noise. Be it music or people.

Especially people.

Posted by: rickb223 Cruel ace is the best ace at September 06, 2022 07:32 AM (eTGN8)

169 And by "dozens" I mean "two dozen".

Posted by: fd at September 06, 2022 07:33 AM (sn5EN)

170 Joe Biden Speaks to Pennsylvania Union Members on Labor Day — Only 681 Americans Tune In to Watch Him on White House YouTube Channel #81MillionVotes

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 06, 2022 07:33 AM (BRHaw)

171 Which dem political Godzilla monster will they cook up next?

Posted by: humphreyrobot at September 06, 2022 07:34 AM (rYuS6)

172 You have to be some kind of evil retard to spend 2 decades behind bars, only to turnaround and commit heinous crimes again.

Posted by: Lady in Black at September 06, 2022 07:34 AM (sVtYq)

173 90 I see one of the Canadian Stabby Indian Killers was found dead, though not by suicide. I'm guessing his brother is trying to make it easier to hide.
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at September 06, 2022 06:31 AM (BOmIL)

I had wondered if they were expecting to be killed in the act, a sort of suicide-by-cop (or by victim or bystander), and since that didn't happen, are aiming to get themselves killed in whatever way they can.

Posted by: m at September 06, 2022 07:34 AM (r8enq)

174 168 Idiot kid with a $2000 sound system, set on max base, in a $500 car.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 06, 2022 07:34 AM (lz5hY)

175 Every one here is freaking out it got to 75 yesterday.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

My overnight low got to 71.

Posted by: rickb223 Cruel ace is the best ace at September 06, 2022 07:35 AM (eTGN8)

176 Just make sure you fininsh on da Bach; never finish on DeBussy

Posted by: bed head at September 06, 2022 07:35 AM (Ju4Fn)

177 Idiot kid with a $2000 sound system, set on max base, in a $500 car.

--

I don't know who I give a bigger "you're an imbecile" look to when I'm on the road...the person described above or one who plasters D stickers on their car.

Posted by: Lady in Black at September 06, 2022 07:37 AM (sVtYq)

178 Terrible story...and reminder that no matter how rich you are and how nice an area you live, you have to be safe when exercising outside. Situational awareness and light (running in the dark solo?) are your friends.
___________

A white woman running alone anywhere in Memphis is not a good idea.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer--FJB at September 06, 2022 07:22
-----------
My thought exactly, she was running at 4:30 am, a slim woman, w/ no defensive training, no pepper spray or the like? Heck pepper spray might have saved her life.

Not her fault tho that some sicko killed her, he apparently wasn't rehabbed after 20 some yrs in prison.

Posted by: Farmer at September 06, 2022 07:37 AM (55Qr6)

179 Idiot kid with a $2000 sound system, set on max base, in a $500 car.

--

I don't know who I give a bigger "you're an imbecile" look to when I'm on the road...the person described above or one who plasters D stickers on their car.
Posted by: Lady in Black

D stickers.
We were all young once and blasting music.

Posted by: rickb223 Cruel ace is the best ace at September 06, 2022 07:39 AM (eTGN8)

180 172 You have to be some kind of evil retard to spend 2 decades behind bars, only to turnaround and commit heinous crimes again.
_________

Especially the same crime, after having been caught at it before.

One would think that after having been such a failure at kidnapping before, he'd have branched out into some different crime he might have had more success with.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer--FJB at September 06, 2022 07:39 AM (MvHI3)

181 Well fuk. The owners of a new wine bar near here say they want to "bring a little of California" here.

Posted by: fd at September 06, 2022 07:40 AM (sn5EN)

182 It's like a Warner Brothers cartoon, Bugs sees a sign. 2 days till hunting season.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at September 06, 2022 07:41 AM (rYuS6)

183 181 Maybe they'll hire a couple homeless guys to shoot dope and take a dump in the entranceway.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 06, 2022 07:42 AM (lz5hY)

184 Don't white women have some sort of force field to protect themselves because they have the right virtues? Maybe this woman had some subconscious MAGA thoughts so she probably had it coming.

Posted by: lowandslow at September 06, 2022 07:44 AM (qH6FZ)

185 "Maybe they'll hire a couple homeless guys to shoot dope and take a dump in the entranceway."

And turn the power off for a few hours every evening.

Posted by: fd at September 06, 2022 07:44 AM (sn5EN)

186 183 181 Maybe they'll hire a couple homeless guys to shoot dope and take a dump in the entranceway.
Posted by: bill in arkansas

If not, do it yourself and bill them for "culture".

Posted by: rickb223 Cruel ace is the best ace at September 06, 2022 07:44 AM (eTGN8)

187 Nood

Posted by: rickb223 Cruel ace is the best ace at September 06, 2022 07:45 AM (eTGN8)

188 >>> Hell hath no fury than unintended consequences scorned.

Work your own corner.

Posted by: the gods of the copybook headings at September 06, 2022 07:48 AM (UqnOO)

189 131 I don't know that anyone in the past 20 years has ever said, "hey, did you see today's B.C.?" but yesterday's cartoon describes me to a T:

https://tinyurl.com/2wmaz7xm
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 06, 2022 07:12 AM (AW0uW)

adless:
https://archive.ph/DfAp1

Posted by: m at September 06, 2022 07:48 AM (r8enq)

190 On a lighter note, Duchess Narcissism gave a speech yesterday, supposedly on gender inequality (her being such a well-known expert on the topic), and the audience was surprised to hear that the speech was all about Duchess Narcissism, with 54 self-congratulatory references to herself and her own life in the 7-minute speech. "It was like she didn't even know what she was talking about" said one event organizer. LOL.

A non-entity marries a rich and famous man and suddenly the non-entity is an "expert" in all things, and idiot companies like Netflix are throwing $100 million contracts at her to get her deep, profound wisdom.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer--FJB at September 06, 2022 07:52 AM (MvHI3)

191 Wow, I thought BC was extinct. Thanks for the link!

Posted by: pawn at September 06, 2022 07:52 AM (wsHtO)

192 That's interesting about the pictures from the AI.

Posted by: Draki at September 06, 2022 08:36 AM (GXviE)

193 I've been saying that email is broken for years. Nobody listens.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at September 06, 2022 10:09 AM (GNhqo)

194 > Email is broken. (Carlos Fenollosa)

I've run my own email server for about as long as the OP's author. At first, it was on a server built of cast-off parts on my home cable-modem connection, but for about the past 15 years it's been hosted by a succession of VPS providers on two different continents. (FWIW, it's currently at Linode.) The only mail-delivery problems I have had in all that time were when Microsoft started using UCEProtect's overly-aggressive blocklist (a blocklist that nobody should use, as UCEProtect is run by extortionists). A couple days' back-and-forth between Microsoft and Linode got that addressed to my satisfaction.

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