Daily Tech News 30 January 2023

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Salesforce - yes, that Salesforce - is using AI to develop enzymes that can digest plastic and bacteria and has published the source code on GitHub so that anyone else can do the same. (Neowin)

Grey goo anyone?

Enzymes don't reproduce themselves - or at least I don't know of any enzymes that can reproduce themselves, though given the existence of prion diseases (enzymes and prions are both proteins) I would be reluctant to state that it is impossible - so you have to keep producing the enzyme somehow and the reaction can't just take over and melt the world.

Unless you genetically engineer a microbe to produce the enzyme.

Which nobody is crazy enough to attempt. The world is peaceful and stable and not at all run entirely by a coterie of imbeciles and lunatics.

Well, it's been a good run. See you all in the next simulation.
No major kidney stones today or over the weekend - though a smaller one did make a brief appearance and then pass without comment.

So I have a migraine instead.

Which is fine. My migraines pass of their own accord so long as I sit in a dark room for three hours or so and don't, uh, use a computer.

Tech News

The ASRock NUCS BOX-1360P/D4 is as the name would suggest a NUCS - definitely not a NUC, that doesn't appear to be trademarked by Intel but best to play it safe - with a 1360P, a 13th generation laptop CPU (or maybe a 12th generation laptop CPU rebranded, I'm not sure yet since this is the first such device to appear), and ECC. (AnandTech)

All DDR5 memory has internal ECC, which protects (somewhat) against data errors within the memory chip, but not against data errors that happen on the bus between the CPU and the RAM. You can get DDR5 ECC modules for servers, and there are probably unbuffered DDR5 ECC modules for desktop CPUs though since Intel doesn't support ECC on desktops and AMD doesn't officially support ECC on desktops the market for those is not huge and good luck finding any.

Except... It turns out that Intel does support ECC on desktops (except that it doesn't, more on that in a moment); it just doesn't support ECC memory. What it does instead is take regular memory, encode the ECC separately, and write that ECC data to a reserved area in the same RAM rather than to an additional RAM chip added for the purpose (or in the case of DDR5, two chips).

And... It works. It does slow down the system a bit and use about 3% of your RAM to store the extra ECC data, but it corrects single bit errors and detects double-bit errors... At which point your computer crashes because Windows has no idea what to do with any of this nonsense.
Build your own Redis. (Build Your Own)

Here's one I built* earlier.

It's a book explaining how to rather than a sensible suggestion, rather like a detailed guide to constructing Chartres Cathedral when that building rather notably already exists and has done so for eight centuries.

Though if you were going to build your own Redis, it might not be the worst possible idea to replace the hash table as the primary data structure with, say, an AVL tree, so that you can fucking find the data after you have stored it.

Also it might be handy if Chartres Cathedral had wheels so that it could be moved to a more sensible location during winters.

* That is, downloaded and compiled.

Disclaimer: I see that Redis now has wheels and Chartres Cathedral has self-organising storage buckets. This is not quite what I had in mind but I will not quibble.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 30, 2023 04:02 AM (xhxe8)

2 G'day Skip

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 30, 2023 04:03 AM (BLOW1)

3 Pixy - have a question how this place works on you and other Cobs end. Seems you have to as said a few times hit Post, but all these years been back and forth to me you can have thread and posts itself by time, doesn't seem possible Cobs are waiting for a exact moment to post year in and year out getting it spot on that much as it does happen.

Posted by: Skip at January 30, 2023 04:06 AM (xhxe8)

4 Evening, Pixy. Hope the migraine passes soon!

The idea of an enzyme, a "goo" if you will, that can reproduce and destroy objects is mentioned in passing in Larry Niven's Ringworld. Louis Wu says that on Earth a bacterium developed that could eat certain plastics. "It was eating plastic bags right off the supermarket shelves. We had to give up polylethylene."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 30, 2023 04:08 AM (omVj0)

5 And morning to the rest of you! 'Tis Monday, 'tis 69 horribly-warm-for-January degrees and humid, and I need to go work out in it.

Dagny the Defiant Kitten just hit a combo of keys as she walked across the computer and somehow pasted my last copied text from yesterday on the AoSHQ. Amazing how she can do that, but doesn't respond to her name. She's being super-sociable again -- I guess she's getting to the "Hel-lo, Sailor!" stage.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 30, 2023 04:13 AM (omVj0)

6 3 Pixy - have a question how this place works on you and other Cobs end. Seems you have to as said a few times hit Post, but all these years been back and forth to me you can have thread and posts itself by time, doesn't seem possible Cobs are waiting for a exact moment to post year in and year out getting it spot on that much as it does happen.

They may have a better way to do it. I know over the years they've scripted some little utilities like the top commenters counter. Also, it's easy to draft the posts in advance and then you just need someone to hit publish at the appropriate moment; there's just not many someones around at 4AM.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 30, 2023 04:17 AM (BLOW1)

7 hiya

Posted by: JT at January 30, 2023 04:20 AM (T4tVD)

8 Pixy it can't be set up to self post at a particular time?

Posted by: Skip at January 30, 2023 04:26 AM (xhxe8)

9 Thank you pixy, nice to see you.

Posted by: Infidel at January 30, 2023 04:46 AM (YJQJ8)

10 So my vision of Krak on weekends sleeping until his alarm goes off, reaches over to hit post then turns off alarm is close

Posted by: Skip at January 30, 2023 04:47 AM (xhxe8)

11 Seemed like a long trek from SLC yesterday and now I can't sleep.

Posted by: Infidel at January 30, 2023 04:48 AM (YJQJ8)

12 Re Salesforce bacteria

Considering how many issues Salesforce has actually doing what it is supposed to do (allowing me to clock people in and out and track time and data) I am pretty sure we should be concerned that this is the sequel to Andromeda Strain.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 30, 2023 04:49 AM (zZu0s)

13 Enzymes are not... biologic. They do their thing, but are 'not consumed'.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 30, 2023 04:50 AM (zZu0s)

14 Plastic-eating enzymes/ bacteria... whatever it is... Ugh!

I'm so old, I remember when "computer viruses" were the stuff of science fiction

Posted by: JQ at January 30, 2023 04:54 AM (o0Fxd)

15 I remember them talking about using bacteria to break down oil. The idea was that they would be able to break down oil slicks.

They always seem to want to come up with completely automated shit that inherently has little to no oversight. No WAY that could and can and will go wrong. Ever.

Does anyone remember the insane idea for the apocalypse in Horizon Zero Dawn? The idea was that a Mark Zuckerburg type of guy develops a military robot that uses AI (of course), can replicate themselves AND can run off biological material. The obvious problem is that the robots go crazy, start replicating out of control and consume the biosphere of the entire earth. So everyone commits suicide. It is fucking retarded, but the part about someone constructing robots with that particular subset of abilities was never the problem I had with it- we ARE in fact, that stupid.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 30, 2023 04:59 AM (zZu0s)

16 Was snoozing soundly in my chair until the blanket slipped down. Holy moly! It's cold in this room!

Down to 12F outside, so I guess the walls have cooled? Heater is w*rking, just can't keep up.

Posted by: JQ at January 30, 2023 04:59 AM (o0Fxd)

17 13 Enzymes are not... biologic. They do their thing, but are 'not consumed'.

True, they're catalysts, and they aren't consumed by the reactions they trigger. But they do break down over time, and they don't multiply by themselves. I hope.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 30, 2023 05:00 AM (BLOW1)

18 True, they're catalysts, and they aren't consumed by the reactions they trigger. But they do break down over time, and they don't multiply by themselves. I hope.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 30, 2023 05:00 AM (BLOW1)

The only way I could think that an enzyme/catalyst could produce more of itself is if the reaction it is facilitating has as one of it's products be the enzyme.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 30, 2023 05:02 AM (zZu0s)

19 Ok, enzymes are proteins, so they are biologic. They are still catalysts though.

What do you want? I am running on like 2 and a half hours sleep.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 30, 2023 05:03 AM (zZu0s)

20 >>>(enzymes and prions are both proteins)

Scary-sounding:

prion 2 |ˈprēˌänˈprīän|
noun
Microbiology
a protein particle that is believed to be the cause of brain diseases such as BSE, scrapie, and Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease. Prions are not visible microscopically, contain no nucleic acid, and are highly resistant to destruction.

Posted by: m at January 30, 2023 05:05 AM (mn2bz)

21 19 Ok, enzymes are proteins, so they are biologic. They are still catalysts though.

What do you want? I am running on like 2 and a half hours sleep.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 30, 2023 05:03 AM (zZu0s)

Animal, vegetable, mineral?

Posted by: m at January 30, 2023 05:07 AM (mn2bz)

22 Watching Created Equal. I watched the hearings the first time around. I am still disgusted and shocked (maybe) at how many senators are still 'serving.'

Posted by: Infidel at January 30, 2023 05:17 AM (YJQJ8)

23 Djokovic beats Tsitsipas for 10th Australian Open
21 hours ago

Posted by: m at January 30, 2023 05:20 AM (mn2bz)

24 Djokovic press conference
(17 minutes)

https://tinyurl.com/2uz8hsn7

Posted by: m at January 30, 2023 05:23 AM (mn2bz)

25 Free from fear/

A devotional from the Upper Room by a woman from Michigan:

https://tinyurl.com/5fdyk7x5

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 30, 2023 05:24 AM (D+F6R)

26 Sometimes when you are watching videos on new weapons systems on utube, it seems to be more a commercial than an actual critique/analysis.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 30, 2023 05:27 AM (zZu0s)

27 Salesforce - yes, that Salesforce - is using AI to develop enzymes that can digest plastic and bacteria and has published the source code on GitHub so that anyone else can do the same. (Neowin)

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Not clicking, but I assume then the problem becomes what to do with the enzymes.

Same as electric vehicles, solar, etc., and same as has been happening with recycling of everything (except metals) since inception, all we can do it trade where the bad stuff happens and move the moment of bad stuff from here to over here and pretend we've accomplished something. Nothing is saved, and nothing is different except where the bad stuff happens.

Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at January 30, 2023 05:28 AM (ia0+L)

28 Also it's neat to know the AI will only have the option of choosing certain outcomes in its decisions because that's how it was programmed by the Smart People, and then the Smart People can point to the AI and say "It came up with this solution!!!"

Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at January 30, 2023 05:31 AM (ia0+L)

29 Holy crap.

I just realized humans are about to allow literal NPCs to assign us tasks and make decisions for our outcomes.

Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at January 30, 2023 05:33 AM (ia0+L)

30 just realized humans are about to allow literal NPCs to assign us tasks and make decisions for our outcomes
**

And our supposed leaders are either clueless or too stricken with fear to say a word about it.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 30, 2023 05:35 AM (F24yq)

31 Not too bad out, and no winter storms predicted for this month

Posted by: Skip at January 30, 2023 05:36 AM (xhxe8)

32 29 Holy crap.

I just realized humans are about to allow literal NPCs to assign us tasks and make decisions for our outcomes.
Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at January 30, 2023 05:33 AM (ia0+L)

The thing about the strictures that you mention in the comment before this one is that they are still making the decisions by removing possibilities from it's outputs. They just have a supposed 'impartial' system to point to 'bear' responsibility.

It is kind of hilarious. Remember... A Taste of Armageddon? Where the civilizations developed a massive AI to run the war for them virtually and the people just reported to suicide booths if they were 'killed' in the simulation? Yeah, that is what they want.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 30, 2023 05:36 AM (zZu0s)

33 31 Not too bad out, and no winter storms predicted for this month
Posted by: Skip at January 30, 2023 05:36 AM (xhxe

We're supposed to have snow starting tonight/tomorrow morning I think.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 30, 2023 05:37 AM (zZu0s)

34 just realized humans are about to allow literal NPCs to assign us tasks and make decisions for our outcomes
**

And our supposed leaders are either clueless or too stricken with fear to say a word about it.
**

Or they are completely okay with it, and will be glad to blame "AI" for what they programmed it to do to us

Posted by: JQ at January 30, 2023 05:38 AM (o0Fxd)

35 Or they are completely okay with it, and will be glad to blame "AI" for what they programmed it to do to us
Posted by: JQ at January 30, 2023 05:38 AM (o0Fxd)

This.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 30, 2023 05:38 AM (zZu0s)

36 20 >>>(enzymes and prions are both proteins)

Scary-sounding:

prion 2 |ˈprēˌänˈprīän|
noun
Microbiology
a protein particle that is believed to be the cause of brain diseases such as BSE, scrapie, and Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease. Prions are not visible microscopically, contain no nucleic acid, and are highly resistant to destruction.

Posted by: m at January 30, 2023 05:05 AM (mn2bz)
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According to recent revelations the prions are not responsible for BSE. Turns out that the original papers that started 20+ years of research and billions of dollars spent, were not quite factual and containing doctored images. This is really big in-the-shit stuff. Funny how it mostly seems to be the medical side of 'biology' that suffers from this.

Posted by: Ciampino - money creates a lack of ethics at January 30, 2023 05:39 AM (qfLjt)

37 Funny how it mostly seems to be the medical side of 'biology' that suffers from this.
Posted by: Ciampino - money creates a lack of ethics at January 30, 2023 05:39 AM (qfLjt)

I remember back in college how the 'hard' sciences (Chem, Physics, Engineering) usually made fun of bio majors as the 'education majors' of the sciences.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 30, 2023 05:41 AM (zZu0s)

38 Not too bad out, and no winter storms predicted for this month
Posted by: Skip at January 30, 2023 05:36 AM (xhxe

-8 here. Not much snowfall, except that the air is frozen and is falling lightly, like powdered sugar. Easy to clean off the windshields at least.

We've had an actual winter here in Front Range CO. Going on 50 days with snow cover and maybe 2 or 3 days where the temperature passed 40 degrees. Haven't seen this in 15 years. But, you know, glowball enwarmening and such.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Wanting to Hang Out with Tom Bombadil at January 30, 2023 05:43 AM (UQUAY)

39 I played and watched tennis my entire life. But I lost interest in watching after the Sampras era. I appreciated Federer's talent but all the pounding, endless rallies lost me. A Sampras-Agassi match was so richly mixed and nuanced. No more of that, it seems.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 30, 2023 05:43 AM (F24yq)

40 Insomnia on a Sunday night kinda blows.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Wanting to Hang Out with Tom Bombadil at January 30, 2023 05:43 AM (UQUAY)

41 Morning.
Read the ONT, got to comments of the week: Kindlot.
Related, found this on Truth
"Illbert: by Clott Adams
https://tinyurl.com/bdevz8dh

Posted by: Fool Otto at January 30, 2023 05:44 AM (DB16e)

42 37 Funny how it mostly seems to be the medical side of 'biology' that suffers from this.
Posted by: Ciampino - money creates a lack of ethics at January 30, 2023 05:39 AM (qfLjt)

I remember back in college how the 'hard' sciences (Chem, Physics, Engineering) usually made fun of bio majors as the 'education majors' of the sciences.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 30, 2023 05:41 AM (zZu0s)
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I do remember that. I'm an Organic Chemist but in undergrad I double-majored in Chem and a combo of Physiology/Biochem. The other Biology option would have been Ecology/Taxonomy stuff, which I considered the 'soft' option.

Posted by: Ciampino - money does creates a lack of ethics at January 30, 2023 05:47 AM (qfLjt)

43 I do remember that. I'm an Organic Chemist but in undergrad I double-majored in Chem and a combo of Physiology/Biochem. The other Biology option would have been Ecology/Taxonomy stuff, which I considered the 'soft' option.
Posted by: Ciampino - money does creates a lack of ethics at January 30, 2023 05:47 AM (qfLjt)

Did not like just going for a pure Biochem?

I cannot throw stones, I did a double major in Chem/History for a while- which was retarded and showed my lack of focus.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 30, 2023 05:48 AM (zZu0s)

44 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 30, 2023 05:50 AM (ju2Fy)

45 43
Did not like just going for a pure Biochem?

I cannot throw stones, I did a double major in Chem/History for a while- which was retarded and showed my lack of focus.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 30, 2023 05:48 AM (zZu0s)
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I wanted to do an Organic Chem PhD so that seemed best at the time and it worked out.

Posted by: Ciampino - thre is too much money in Science and Medicine at January 30, 2023 05:52 AM (qfLjt)

46 Sorry about your migraines, Pixy. Hope you get some relief.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 30, 2023 05:53 AM (RAb8J)

47 Insomnia on a Sunday night kinda blows.
Posted by: Pug Mahon,

and sucks.

Posted by: Infidel at January 30, 2023 05:53 AM (YJQJ8)

48 I wanted to do an Organic Chem PhD so that seemed best at the time and it worked out.
Posted by: Ciampino - thre is too much money in Science and Medicine at January 30, 2023 05:52 AM (qfLjt)

All that matters. Do you insist on being called Doctor, Dr?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 30, 2023 05:54 AM (zZu0s)

49 Not too bad out, and no winter storms predicted for this month
Posted by: Skip

There's only one day left in this month....

Posted by: JT at January 30, 2023 05:55 AM (T4tVD)

50 50

Posted by: m at January 30, 2023 05:55 AM (mn2bz)

51 You know another fascinating thing to me? We do not see much on anti-air as it relates to drones. It has to be a thing, so it makes me wonder if they just do not want to talk about it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 30, 2023 05:55 AM (zZu0s)

52 The only thing I know about chemistry is that baking soda and vinegar make a foamy fizz. But I don't know why, so I guess I know nothing after all.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 30, 2023 05:56 AM (F24yq)

53 45
Did not like just going for a pure Biochem?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 30, 2023 05:48 AM (zZu0s)
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Sorry misread your question. Pure Biochem was not available at that campus. Biology was split into Biological Sciences A and B. B was the physio/biochem and A the other.

Posted by: Ciampino - there is too much money in Science and Medicine at January 30, 2023 05:57 AM (qfLjt)

54 Nothing like watching a military analysis video sponsored by a mobile fantasy game.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 30, 2023 06:00 AM (zZu0s)

55 There's only one day left in this month....
Posted by: JT at January 30, 2023 05:55
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Well, actually two if you count today.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 30, 2023 06:00 AM (ju2Fy)

56 Insomnia on a Sunday night kinda blows.
Posted by: Pug Mahon,

and sucks.
Posted by: Infidel at January 30, 2023 05:53 AM (YJQJ

But, hey, I learned that the girl who was the original Wednesday Addams (Lisa Loring) passed away. and that she was born in the Marshall Islands. Which is basically a bunch of points of land sticking up out of the South Pacific. Her pa must have been a sailor, or Marine.

So, you know, make the best of your insomnia.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Wanting to Hang Out with Tom Bombadil at January 30, 2023 06:01 AM (UQUAY)

57 51 You know another fascinating thing to me? We do not see much on anti-air as it relates to drones. It has to be a thing, so it makes me wonder if they just do not want to talk about it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 30, 2023 05:55 AM (zZu0s)
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Are they too small to pick up on radar?
Are there no cheap missiles to knock them down? A $500,000 homing missile to knock down a $500 drone? I'm not talking about Predator drones but the small ones the Ukes used to drop hand grenades and mortar bombs on the Russians. Anything below 5000 feet or even 10,000 feet.

Posted by: Ciampino - someone is researching an anti-drone missile at January 30, 2023 06:02 AM (qfLjt)

58 There's only one day left in this month....
Posted by: JT at January 30, 2023 05:55
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Well, actually two if you count today.
Posted by: olddog in mo

Oh, all right !

Posted by: JT at January 30, 2023 06:03 AM (T4tVD)

59 So, you know, make the best of your insomnia.
Posted by: Pug Mahon,

I did, poured a bit of whiskey and made some soft boiled eggs.

Posted by: Infidel at January 30, 2023 06:04 AM (YJQJ8)

60 Are they too small to pick up on radar?
Are there no cheap missiles to knock them down? A $500,000 homing missile to knock down a $500 drone? I'm not talking about Predator drones but the small ones the Ukes used to drop hand grenades and mortar bombs on the Russians. Anything below 5000 feet or even 10,000 feet.
Posted by: Ciampino - someone is researching an anti-drone missile at January 30, 2023 06:02 AM (qfLjt)

What's interesting when I looked it up just now, there seem to be a lot of boondoggle that is strong in that area. 'Gun' type portable and tank based systems.

The graft is so strong you can smell it through the internet.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 30, 2023 06:04 AM (zZu0s)

61 52 The only thing I know about chemistry is that baking soda and vinegar make a foamy fizz. But I don't know why, so I guess I know nothing after all.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 30, 2023 05:56 AM (F24yq)
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So you're the one to blame for all the increase in atmospheric Carbon Dioxide. Going to tell Al Gore on you!

Posted by: Ciampino - That famed Al Gore expedition eaten by a pack of satiated polar bears, reasons ? at January 30, 2023 06:04 AM (qfLjt)

62 G'morning all from sunny Walter Reed.
Spent yesterday afternoon touring Union Station and the Postal. Museum.
Union Station is a dying mess of empty store fronts, urban outdoorsmen and the rancid stench of Skunk weed.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 30, 2023 06:06 AM (qQisc)

63 I did, poured a bit of whiskey and made some soft boiled eggs.
Posted by: Infidel at January 30, 2023 06:04 AM (YJQJ

wow, that sounds good.

*eyes egg carton in the fridge*

Whiskey's gone. Alas.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Wanting to Hang Out with Tom Bombadil at January 30, 2023 06:08 AM (UQUAY)

64 So, you know, make the best of your insomnia.
Posted by: Pug Mahon,

Very sad what we have become. I'm sitting in my hovel with the fire going and being thankful.

Posted by: Infidel at January 30, 2023 06:08 AM (YJQJ8)

65 Posted by: Ciampino - thre is too much money in Science and Medicine at January 30, 2023 05:52 AM (qfLjt)

Should mov som of that mony into splling.

Posted by: m at January 30, 2023 06:08 AM (mn2bz)

66 62 G'morning all from sunny Walter Reed.
Spent yesterday afternoon touring Union Station and the Postal. Museum.
Union Station is a dying mess of empty store fronts, urban outdoorsmen and the rancid stench of Skunk weed.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 30, 2023 06:06 AM (qQisc)

You know, I much prefer cigarette smoke to wacky tabacy. Too bad I always smell much more of the latter than the former.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 30, 2023 06:09 AM (zZu0s)

67 Good morning!

Kinda cold and crappy here today. Looks like were headed for the low to mid 30s with about an inch of ice coming in about the time of the afternoon commute. I am so glad I don't have to drive to work.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 30, 2023 06:09 AM (+2RzF)

68 48 I wanted to do an Organic Chem PhD so that seemed best at the time and it worked out.
Posted by: Ciampino - thre is too much money in Science and Medicine at January 30, 2023 05:52 AM (qfLjt)

All that matters. Do you insist on being called Doctor, Dr?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 30, 2023 05:54 AM (zZu0s)
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Ha ha! I haven't been called that for a long time and it was usually by students who used 'doc' or 'prof'. Something that I used only professionally in a college setting.

Posted by: Ciampino -- That famed Al Gore expedition eaten by a pack of satiated polar bears, reasons ? at January 30, 2023 06:10 AM (qfLjt)

69 Yeh, the older dope wasn't too bad smelling. This stuff gets in your car even on the interstate at 70mph. And the city and stores reek of it.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 30, 2023 06:11 AM (qQisc)

70 Frog and his little girl friend. Cute pictures:

https://tinyurl.com/4p4t7btm

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 30, 2023 06:11 AM (LvP2s)

71 52 The only thing I know about chemistry is that baking soda and vinegar make a foamy fizz. But I don't know why, so I guess I know nothing after all.
Posted by: Ordinary American

Demons cause it too happen...Always Demons

Posted by: Bruce at January 30, 2023 06:12 AM (vd8XM)

72 65 Posted by: Ciampino - thre is too much money in Science and Medicine at January 30, 2023 05:52 AM (qfLjt)

Should mov som of that mony into splling.

Posted by: m at January 30, 2023 06:08 AM (mn2bz)
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Yu ar corrct. I shal try beter nest time.

Posted by: Ciampino - Are you M from the Bond, James Bond world? at January 30, 2023 06:13 AM (qfLjt)

73 Very sad what we have become. I'm sitting in my hovel with the fire going and being thankful.
Posted by: Infidel at January 30, 2023 06:08 AM (YJQJ

Sounds nice, actually. I am going back to bed and will await my Monday morning meeting in a few hours.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Wanting to Hang Out with Tom Bombadil at January 30, 2023 06:19 AM (UQUAY)

74 I almost forgot the floor to ceiling banner in the grand store hall of Union Station extolling someone's concern that their first'queer' experience be good for their partner.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 30, 2023 06:19 AM (qQisc)

75 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at January 30, 2023 06:20 AM (u82oZ)

76 Fenelon, so sweet!

Posted by: Infidel at January 30, 2023 06:20 AM (YJQJ8)

77 Salty!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 30, 2023 06:21 AM (qQisc)

78 A bit early so here again

Posted by: Skip at January 30, 2023 06:21 AM (k93YN)

79 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

Well, we all want our first time with a new wife to lead to more good times. Oh, wait.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at January 30, 2023 06:21 AM (u82oZ)

80 Salty..

Heh!!

Our nation's capitol has gone to crap.

Both physically and morally.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 30, 2023 06:23 AM (qQisc)

81 29º here in S IL

Two Eskimos trying to outdo each other:
One says, "My igloo is so cold that my breath comes out solid and falls to the floor!"
The other doesn't say a word, goes to his bed and pulls back the covers to reveal three greenish-yellow balls. He pokes one whereupon it pops and the stench of a fart fills the igloo.

Posted by: Ciampino - How cold is it? at January 30, 2023 06:23 AM (qfLjt)

82 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Union Station used to be more vibrant.

I went to pick up my then friend, now wife, when her train arrived at 3 AM, and it was not dead. But umm two decades ago. Sad.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at January 30, 2023 06:24 AM (u82oZ)

83 As one who watches lots of YouTube, been King what is supposed to be say for instance a Russian attack helicopter being shot down video is really a game video. First couple watched all seems fine if you accept the pilot asking for it until the crash and the explosion just isn't right.

Posted by: Skip at January 30, 2023 06:24 AM (k93YN)

84 Back in the day, every and I mean every Bio major at UCSD was intending to go to Medical School.

Posted by: Henry David Thoreau at January 30, 2023 06:25 AM (TXFi7)

85 oops. Off walden pond sock

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at January 30, 2023 06:25 AM (TXFi7)

86 You want migraine drugs? I got migraine drugs. I got Maxalt and Nurtek and Ubrelvy.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at January 30, 2023 06:25 AM (iZEhM)

87 74 I almost forgot the floor to ceiling banner in the grand store hall of Union Station extolling someone's concern that their first'queer' experience be good for their partner.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 30, 2023 06:19 AM (qQisc)
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WHAT?!

Posted by: Ciampino - insane habits at January 30, 2023 06:26 AM (qfLjt)

88 Kink is supposed to be looking

Posted by: Skip at January 30, 2023 06:27 AM (k93YN)

89 mornin yall. Here we go again.

Posted by: fd at January 30, 2023 06:28 AM (iayUP)

90 Mental illness use to be something hidden and be needed to be helped get over, now it's celebrated as the normal

Posted by: Skip at January 30, 2023 06:29 AM (k93YN)

91 74 I almost forgot the floor to ceiling banner in the grand store hall of Union Station extolling someone's concern that their first'queer' experience be good for their partner.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 30, 2023 06:19 AM (qQisc)

Paraphrased: 'Groom responsibly.'

Fucking insane.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 30, 2023 06:29 AM (zZu0s)

92 Village Idiot's Apprentice

I spent plenty of time over years seeing all the sights. ~~Two~~three recommendations:
1) Take your wife to see the small art pieces in the Old Patent Office behind the National Portrait Gallery. It is an off the beaten path Smithsonian display. Hope it is still there. Stunning workmanship.
2) National Bonsai Collection at the National Arboretum.
3) Air and Space Museum downtown.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at January 30, 2023 06:29 AM (u82oZ)

93 fd yeah I know, it's Monday again

Posted by: Skip at January 30, 2023 06:29 AM (k93YN)

94 Skip

Hard to believe it, but we are the counter-culture.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at January 30, 2023 06:31 AM (u82oZ)

95 Salty,

Mrs VIA wanted to take the metro down yesterday for our first attempt at the actually rather good subway system. She was left almost in tears because she had been there almost 25 years ago, and loved its vibrancy. No mo

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 30, 2023 06:31 AM (qQisc)

96 Now 28°. Supposed to get ice.

Posted by: Ciampino - queers have insane habits at January 30, 2023 06:33 AM (qfLjt)

97 Now 28°. Supposed to get ice.
Posted by: Ciampino

When life gives you ice, make margaritas...Ole

Posted by: Bruce at January 30, 2023 06:34 AM (vd8XM)

98 Salty,

We have a list of things to do in the next seven weeks here. Many based on your suggestions. Even got my senior citizen SmarTrip card for the metro yesterday.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 30, 2023 06:34 AM (qQisc)

99 Village Idiot's Apprentice

I was on the Metro 3 years ago. Seemed OK, and not like a Thunder Run in Baghdad like the NYC system. Did you feel safe?

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at January 30, 2023 06:34 AM (u82oZ)

100 Metro felt perfectly safe. As darkness unsettled in, Union Station area began to feel like downtown Napoli.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 30, 2023 06:36 AM (qQisc)

101 Posting on the phone is a pain

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 30, 2023 06:37 AM (qQisc)

102 "The world is peaceful and stable"

Not from where I'm sitting it is. I don't know anyone right that is not feeling not safe and that the world as a whole is stable.

Posted by: sidney at January 30, 2023 06:37 AM (itAo5)

103 Village Idiot's Apprentice

I'll come back later and look at the answer. You two turtledoves have a great, but safe, time.

Don't be clubbing in the U Street corridor, stay away from the Fruit Loop (DuPont Circle) or visit the authentic third world neighborhoods in SE. I did all that when I was a stupider man. You are smarter than me.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at January 30, 2023 06:38 AM (u82oZ)

104 Have a great day, everyone.

May the only stones to worry about be the ones in your enclosed Japanese garden.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at January 30, 2023 06:39 AM (u82oZ)

105 Be safe, Salty!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 30, 2023 06:40 AM (qQisc)

106 Have fun, NaCLy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 30, 2023 06:42 AM (zZu0s)

107 fd yeah I know, it's Monday again
Posted by: Skip

Its supposed to go up in the 50's this afternoon.

Tomorrow....no more Mr. Nice Guy.

Posted by: JT at January 30, 2023 06:44 AM (T4tVD)

108 VDH at American Greatness has a good review how the Revolutionaries run the show and are no longer Revolutionary but the guards of the government

Posted by: Skip at January 30, 2023 06:44 AM (k93YN)

109 Its supposed to go up in the 50's this afternoon.

Tomorrow....no more Mr. Nice Guy.
Posted by: JT at January 30, 2023 06:44 AM (T4tVD)

Is the Weather 'Mr Nice Guy?'

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 30, 2023 06:44 AM (zZu0s)

110 My typing on a screen 1/2 the size is difficult

Posted by: Skip at January 30, 2023 06:45 AM (k93YN)

111 Is the Weather 'Mr Nice Guy?'
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop

When the January temps are in the '50's it is !

Posted by: JT at January 30, 2023 06:46 AM (T4tVD)

112 108 VDH at American Greatness has a good review how the Revolutionaries run the show and are no longer Revolutionary but the guards of the government
Posted by: Skip at January 30, 2023 06:44 AM (k93YN)

The Revolutionaries use the strength of the anti-establishment types until the revolutionaries become the establishment. Then they liquidate the anti-establishment types and talk about how great it was to be anti-establishment. As the establishment.

Our own revolution was pretty much the only one that did not do this. On the other hand, one might argue we just deferred it until 1861. Hmmm. Not sure the analogy works since the confederates were not so much anti-establishment, just had a different idea of what the establishment should be.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 30, 2023 06:47 AM (zZu0s)

113 I don't get this:

"NYC uses environmentally friendly dry ice to kill rats in Battery Park City"

What does dry ice dissipate into? Environmentally friendly CO2?

Posted by: fd at January 30, 2023 06:49 AM (iayUP)

114 Migraines: I learned that if i took three aspirins at the first sign of the pain, I was able to blunt the attack and sometimes even prevent it. But when i was a kid, oh brother.

Posted by: JM in Fla/Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at January 30, 2023 06:49 AM (9sYIl)

115 We weren't punny tonight?

Posted by: Ciampino - t t ttt too late at January 30, 2023 06:50 AM (qfLjt)

116 113 I don't get this:

"NYC uses environmentally friendly dry ice to kill rats in Battery Park City"

What does dry ice dissipate into? Environmentally friendly CO2?
Posted by: fd at January 30, 2023 06:49 AM (iayUP)

How does dry ice work in place of poison? You'd think that rats would avoid it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 30, 2023 06:51 AM (zZu0s)

117 Gah, forecast snow from 8 am until 10 pm.

Posted by: Infidel at January 30, 2023 06:53 AM (YJQJ8)

118 They pour the dry ice into burrows to kill them with carbon.

Posted by: fd at January 30, 2023 06:53 AM (iayUP)

119 So according to this Dr Yeadon formerly of Pfizer, the plan is to force revax for all the old stuff with mRNA equivalents and forcibly enact digital id. https://tinyurl.com/4rtamspp

Posted by: CN at January 30, 2023 06:54 AM (Zzbjj)

120 I don't get migraines but then, I don't have skills to contribute to society either.

Posted by: yep at January 30, 2023 06:55 AM (6WBZp)

121 You know another fascinating thing to me? We do not see much on anti-air as it relates to drones. It has to be a thing, so it makes me wonder if they just do not want to talk about it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop

Lot of grift and graft as pointed out above. The bigger ones aren't really susceptible to gun systems, are a little difficult to see with traditional air defense systems (they aren't in the right place for that mission mostly) and the smaller ones are difficult to see with the Mark 1 eyeball, and we don't train troops how to volley fire at UAVs anymore. So it grift and graft all the way down.

40 year career of shooting airplanes and ballistic missiles here.

Posted by: BifBewalski at January 30, 2023 06:55 AM (3CCua)

122 113 I don't get this:

"NYC uses environmentally friendly dry ice to kill rats in Battery Park City"

What does dry ice dissipate into? Environmentally friendly CO2?

Posted by: fd at January 30, 2023 06:49 AM (iayUP)
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Well CO2 is sustainable and 'green' (green plants grow). It's also a minority in the atmosphere. Now is it equitable and diverse?

Posted by: Ciampino - We should ask Carbon Monoxide at January 30, 2023 06:55 AM (qfLjt)

123 I don't get this:

"NYC uses environmentally friendly dry ice to kill rats in Battery Park City"

What does dry ice dissipate into? Environmentally friendly CO2?
Posted by: fd

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The sooner you make peace with the notion that nothing is real and nothing matters and everything Our Betters do is 100% about control and can change at their whims, the sooner you'll achieve wisdom.

See also: Recycling, EVs, wind/solar, enzymes, Ukraine, mail in voting, black white supremacy, etc.

Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at January 30, 2023 06:56 AM (ia0+L)

124 Dropping down to sub-zero again tonight.

Posted by: JM in Fla/Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at January 30, 2023 06:58 AM (jT6TR)

125 Another fire at a major food producer, the third largest egg producer. Must be their not using Gates tainted feed that sterilized chickens so no eggs are produced. This man needs to be brought to his knees

Posted by: CN at January 30, 2023 06:59 AM (Zzbjj)

126 So according to this Dr Yeadon formerly of Pfizer, the plan is to force revax for all the old stuff with mRNA equivalents and forcibly enact digital id.

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The link in m name field is why. The injection destroys the natural systems to fight SARS (and colds, I suspect)

Death is the plan. COVID was the excuse.

Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at January 30, 2023 06:59 AM (ia0+L)

127 126. So when they convert old vaccines to monsters, they will be on every school schedule. Switzerland harbors and defends these monsters. They're an enemy

Posted by: CN at January 30, 2023 07:02 AM (Zzbjj)

128 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

Posted by: Infidel at January 30, 2023 07:02 AM (YJQJ8)

129 Mornin'
(Finished coffee)

Babylon DC weather here is almost golf weather. In the high 50s today. Sunny too. My heel is making it hard to walk but it's a bit better today. May try a walk later.

Posted by: Puddleglum at January 30, 2023 07:02 AM (sAmhv)

130 Computer viruses:
I'm so old, I remember when "computer viruses" were the stuff of science fiction
Posted by: JQ at January 30, 2023 04:54 AM (o0Fxd)

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I remember when Martin Gardner wrote articles in Scientific American and treated viruses as little puzzles, playthings.

Posted by: JM in Fla/Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at January 30, 2023 07:04 AM (jT6TR)

131 Salesforce and an AI designing enzymes...

What could go wrong?

*goes rummaging in junk drawer for the Electronic Thumb*

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 30, 2023 07:04 AM (gSEwM)

132 (checks weather again)

Or its going to be cloudy. Weather services are competing against each other.

Posted by: Puddleglum at January 30, 2023 07:04 AM (sAmhv)

133
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 30, 2023 07:05 AM (ENBF0)

134 130 Computer viruses:
I'm so old, I remember when "computer viruses" were the stuff of science fiction
Posted by: JQ at January 30, 2023 04:54 AM (o0Fxd)

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I remember when Martin Gardner wrote articles in Scientific American and treated viruses as little puzzles, playthings.

Posted by: JM in Fla/Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at January 30, 2023 07:04 AM (jT6TR)
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The first one we saw was a boot sector virus "Your Computer is now Stoned."

Posted by: Ciampino - Floppy disks at January 30, 2023 07:08 AM (qfLjt)

135 G'morning.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 30, 2023 07:09 AM (XlE1Z)

136 Watching one of those sci-fi ship size comparison videos. Half of these I do not recognize. Seems like half of those are from Halo and the other half from Japanese Anime (although I get the Robotech/Macross stuff) and Eve Online.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 30, 2023 07:11 AM (zZu0s)

137 Does anyone have a good name for the little felted rings of dust that build up on the contact points of your trackball? I feel that they should have a name.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 30, 2023 07:11 AM (XlE1Z)

138 132 (checks weather again)

Or its going to be cloudy. Weather services are competing against each other.
Posted by: Puddleglum at January 30, 2023 07:04 AM (sAmhv)

In my AO, last night's forecast for today was rain. Today, no rain forecasted. But I totally trust the climate predictions for 100 years in the future...

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 30, 2023 07:12 AM (PiwSw)

139 Or they are completely okay with it, and will be glad to blame "AI" for what they programmed it to do to us

Masamune Shirow was way ahead of these imbeciles and lick-spittles in Dominion Tank Police.

You see he wrote in this little comic dystopian future that AIs could not be legally held accountable for their actions if their code was faulty.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 30, 2023 07:12 AM (gSEwM)

140 I'm so old i can remember when Charles Babbage was just an insignificant, unknown clerk with the flu.

Posted by: Taylor Lorentz at January 30, 2023 07:12 AM (9UlRk)

141 'Big rally' downtown in the city last night over reforming the police. Everytime something happens between the police and whoever, shop windows get broken. Not much downtown to break anymore, except a Dollar Tree store and a liquor store. And what that has to do with Memphis I just don't know. Since Memphis is a 1000 miles away. Disbanding the police was the theme.

Posted by: Colin at January 30, 2023 07:12 AM (P9dEw)

142 There was nothing better than the trans Finnish skier over the weekend.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 30, 2023 07:15 AM (BRHaw)

143 Your mouse still has a trackball? You poor thing.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at January 30, 2023 07:16 AM (ybIRR)

144 137 Does anyone have a good name for the little felted rings of dust that build up on the contact points of your trackball? I feel that they should have a name.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 30, 2023 07:11 AM (XlE1Z)

I had an admin assistant that used lots of lotion and her mouse balls would gag you when you had to help her clean them.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 30, 2023 07:16 AM (BRHaw)

145 Morning peeps. Looks like we might have some sleet and or freezing rain to deal with starting on Tuesday and again on Wed - Thur. Could suck bigly if there's icing on the powerlines.

I foresee prepping the Generac in my future.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 30, 2023 07:17 AM (Q4IgG)

146 Besieged by kittens.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 30, 2023 07:18 AM (XlE1Z)

147 They do not have the USS Cygnus from Black Hole. That's a travesty. One of the coolest ships ever come up with.

Also, there is a really crappy Black Hole Movie wikia. Does not have dimensions. Has models, even the scale of models, so I could do the math, but my brain is mush at the moment.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 30, 2023 07:18 AM (zZu0s)

148 I had an admin assistant that used lots of lotion and her mouse balls would gag you when you had to help her clean them.
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 30, 2023 07:16 AM (BRHaw)

phrasing

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 30, 2023 07:18 AM (9UlRk)

149 Aetius

Probably one of them is Brunhulde from Legend of the Galactic Heroes.[/i[

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 30, 2023 07:18 AM (gSEwM)

150 So I just wrote a little excel tracker that plots my SS accumulated benefits. I need to make it to 83.5 to make waiting 4 more years for full payout.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 30, 2023 07:18 AM (BRHaw)

151 So I just wrote a little excel tracker that plots my SS accumulated benefits. I need to make it to 83.5 to make waiting 4 more years for full payout.
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 30, 2023 07:18 AM (BRHaw)

Everyone needs something to live for.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 30, 2023 07:19 AM (9UlRk)

152 I foresee prepping the Generac in my future.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 30, 2023 07:17 AM (Q4IgG)

I have a Zoom meeting to get one estimated on Tuesday. My guess is $14k.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 30, 2023 07:19 AM (BRHaw)

153 Ack

still too early in the morning for me to find the keys on the keyboard reliably.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 30, 2023 07:20 AM (gSEwM)

154 Motown king Barrett Strong, who co-wrote classics including 'I heard it through the Grapevine' and breakthrough song 'Money', dies aged 81

Another grim Biden milestone.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 30, 2023 07:21 AM (BRHaw)

155 Schroedinger pinned down my left arm while Maddie stole my used teabag. They didn't get away with it, though.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 30, 2023 07:21 AM (XlE1Z)

156 149 Aetius

Probably one of them is Brunhulde from Legend of the Galactic Heroes.[/i[
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 30, 2023 07:18 AM (gSEwM)

Do not think that was one of them.

The vidya:
https://tinyurl.com/2f5mfpam

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 30, 2023 07:22 AM (zZu0s)

157 142 There was nothing better than the trans Finnish skier over the weekend.
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 30, 2023 07:15 AM (BRHaw)

"better"

Posted by: m at January 30, 2023 07:22 AM (mn2bz)

158 My birdbath is NOT frozen. (if you're keeping score at home...)

Posted by: JT at January 30, 2023 07:22 AM (T4tVD)

159 148 I had an admin assistant that used lots of lotion and her mouse balls would gag you when you had to help her clean them.
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 30, 2023 07:16 AM (BRHaw)

phrasing
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 30, 2023 07:18 AM (9UlRk)

phrasing × 3 or 4

Posted by: m at January 30, 2023 07:23 AM (mn2bz)

160 158 My birdbath is NOT frozen. (if you're keeping score at home...)
Posted by: JT at January 30, 2023 07:22 AM (T4tVD)

My guess from available anecdotal data is that your birdbath is frozen far fewer days than it is liquid.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 30, 2023 07:24 AM (zZu0s)

161 And I bet there is at least one class of starship from anime that is omitted from their video Aetius.

Since it is too old for them to even know unless they really want to dig through history - the System Destroyer, which is the size of a planet, from the Gall Force series. Yeah I know, it is a rip off of the Death Star.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 30, 2023 07:24 AM (gSEwM)

162 157 142 There was nothing better than the trans Finnish skier over the weekend.
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 30, 2023 07:15 AM (BRHaw)

"better"
Posted by: m at January 30, 2023 07:22 AM (mn2bz)

That was bizarre. After he fell down, he didn't even have the leg strength to get back up. Very odd for a "champion".

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 30, 2023 07:25 AM (PiwSw)

163 A "champion" in his "class."

Posted by: m at January 30, 2023 07:26 AM (mn2bz)

164 Since it is too old for them to even know unless they really want to dig through history - the System Destroyer, which is the size of a planet, from the Gall Force series. Yeah I know, it is a rip off of the Death Star.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 30, 2023 07:24 AM (gSEwM)

Yeah, they have multiple different videos depending on year, but in the one I linked they only have two moon/planet scale ships- both of them Death Stars from Star Wars.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 30, 2023 07:26 AM (zZu0s)

165 137 Does anyone have a good name for the little felted rings of dust that build up on the contact points of your trackball? I feel that they should have a name.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 30, 2023 07:11 AM (XlE1Z)
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Fuzz-bunnies?

Posted by: Ciampino - Floppy disks were stoned at January 30, 2023 07:27 AM (qfLjt)

166 One nice thing about optical mice is that they do not have the buildup in them in the ball in the bottom.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 30, 2023 07:29 AM (zZu0s)

167 *bangs head into keyboard*

The Alpha from "Macross" is from Genesis Climber Mospeada NOT Super Dimensional Fortress Macross. However it is part of the American Robotech universe.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 30, 2023 07:29 AM (gSEwM)

168 Salesforce - yes, that Salesforce - is using AI to develop enzymes that can digest plastic and bacteria and has published the source code on GitHub so that anyone else can do the same

Oh how fascinating. In unrelated news, I have a need to budget out for a flamethrower and shotgun shells.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 30, 2023 07:29 AM (4olE8)

169 > I have a Zoom meeting to get one estimated on Tuesday. My guess is $14k.
Posted by: rhennigantx
______________

Mine is a little portable 3.3Kw. Pull cord start, if it cooperates.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 30, 2023 07:30 AM (Q4IgG)

170 Lisa Loring, who played the original Wednesday Addams, dead at 64

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 30, 2023 07:30 AM (BRHaw)

171 162 157 142 There was nothing better than the trans Finnish skier over the weekend.
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 30, 2023 07:15 AM (BRHaw)

"better"
Posted by: m at January 30, 2023 07:22 AM (mn2bz)

That was bizarre. After he fell down, he didn't even have the leg strength to get back up. Very odd for a "champion".

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 30, 2023 07:25 AM (PiwSw)
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"she" fell on her testicular tissues and harm can come to a young boy .... wait .... girl .... no that's not right.

Posted by: Ciampino - we called them neeaks instead of balls at January 30, 2023 07:30 AM (qfLjt)

172 Mine is a little portable 3.3Kw. Pull cord start, if it cooperates.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 30, 2023 07:30 AM (Q4IgG)

I have a portable too but need to get the panel set up to work.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 30, 2023 07:32 AM (BRHaw)

173 168
Oh how fascinating. In unrelated news, I have a need to budget out for a flamethrower and shotgun shells.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 30, 2023 07:29 AM (4olE

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Is that for propane gas, gelatinized fuel (Napalm) or just gasoline?

Posted by: Ciampino - Louis Fieser at Harvard invented Napalm - war contract at January 30, 2023 07:33 AM (qfLjt)

174 Good morning! How bout them Chiefs!!!!!!

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at January 30, 2023 07:33 AM (nxdel)

175 114 Migraines: I learned that if i took three aspirins at the first sign of the pain, I was able to blunt the attack and sometimes even prevent it.
Posted by: JM in Fla/Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at January 30, 2023 06:49 AM (9sYIl)

Yes, that strategy has worked for me. You cannot let them get started.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 30, 2023 07:36 AM (H8QX8)

176 That is a VF-1S Super Strike Valkyrie at 2:08.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 30, 2023 07:36 AM (gSEwM)

177
Have they started greasing the traffic light poles in Philly yet? One more win.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 30, 2023 07:38 AM (enJYY)

178 Yes, that strategy has worked for me. You cannot let them get started.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 30, 2023 07:36 AM (H8QX

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Pain control is all about getting on top of it before it gets out of hand. And maintaining the necessary med level.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 30, 2023 07:38 AM (XlE1Z)

179
Lisa Loring, who played the original Wednesday Addams, dead at 64

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 30, 2023 07:30 AM

another grim milestone for the biden administration

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 30, 2023 07:38 AM (ENBF0)

180 And while we have the fighter from Buck Rogers there is NOTHING from the original Battlestar Galactica

What utter feldergarp.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 30, 2023 07:39 AM (gSEwM)

181 166 One nice thing about optical mice is that they do not have the buildup in them in the ball in the bottom.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 30, 2023 07:29 AM (zZu0s)
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That sound quite dirty ...!

Posted by: Ciampino - Is that fuzz like navel lint? at January 30, 2023 07:39 AM (qfLjt)

182 Byeeee.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 30, 2023 07:40 AM (XlE1Z)

183 My guess from available anecdotal data is that your birdbath is frozen far fewer days than it is liquid.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop

A scientist !

Posted by: JT at January 30, 2023 07:40 AM (T4tVD)

184 Have they started greasing the traffic light poles in Philly yet? One more win.

lol did you miss it? people were climbing the already-greased poles last night!!!

I was like, did we win the SuperBowl already and I missed it?

after the second game I guess we'll have to see if the Eagles are the Anointed Team or if they'll have to play both the Chiefs and the refs like Cincy did

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 30, 2023 07:41 AM (w0NJk)

185 Lisa Loring, who played the original Wednesday Addams, dead at 64

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 30, 2023 07:30 AM

another grim milestone for the biden administration
Posted by: AltonJackson

Give 'em hell, Alton !

Posted by: JT at January 30, 2023 07:41 AM (T4tVD)

186 G'morning everyone. Genetically engineered enzyme that can eat plastic? Can't wait till it adapts to eat any oil based thing. So much for almost every creation we've come to rely on.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 30, 2023 07:42 AM (nRMeC)

187 I know this has been on but thhis link has pictures.
Lisa Loring, Original Wednesday Actress on ‘The Addams Family,’ Dies at 64
https://is.gd/zbJw6g

Posted by: Ciampino -- Is that fuzz like navel lint? at January 30, 2023 07:42 AM (qfLjt)

188 Can't wait till it adapts to eat any oil based thing.

Good news everyone! You can go back to wearing natural fiber clothing and using an abacus.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 30, 2023 07:44 AM (gSEwM)

189
Mastercard? Visa?

Now serving all your dystopian needs.

https://the-pipeline.org/your-credit-score-please-comrade

We need a President and Congress that will treat the WEF and its creatures, flunkies, and ESG mandates as a danger to America and its citizens as greater than the Nazis and Communists of yore, and will go after them hammer and tong, if-

we hope to even stand a chance for a normal life for ourselves, our children, and grandchildren.

Who knew fanaticism, insanity, and pure grade A ignorance and incompetence fueled by huge amounts of money would be an existential crisis for everyone?

Posted by: naturalfake at January 30, 2023 07:44 AM (KLPy8)

190 JJ

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 30, 2023 07:45 AM (BRHaw)

191 NOOD J.J.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 30, 2023 07:45 AM (nRMeC)

192 180 And while we have the fighter from Buck Rogers there is NOTHING from the original Battlestar Galactica

What utter feldergarp.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 30, 2023 07:39 AM (gSEwM)

I thought there was both a Viper and the Pegasus (although the Pegasus might have been the new series one.)

The Battlestars were a cool ship design as well.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 30, 2023 07:46 AM (zZu0s)

193 173 Is that for propane gas, gelatinized fuel (Napalm) or just gasoline?
Posted by: Ciampino - Louis Fieser at Harvard invented Napalm - war contract at January 30, 2023 07:33 AM (qfLjt)

Whatever one is the most efficient for stopping that stuff from getting out of control.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 30, 2023 07:46 AM (4olE8)

194 {188} ... Good news everyone! You can go back to wearing natural fiber clothing and using an abacus.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 30, 2023 07:44 AM (gSEwM)

Thanks Anna, now I have the Professor's voice from Futurama stuck in my head. ;-)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 30, 2023 07:47 AM (nRMeC)

195 >>>At which point your computer crashes because Windows has no idea what to do with any of this nonsense.

Along with thousands of other bits of nonsense.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 30, 2023 09:22 AM (PyOKD)

196
"Unless you genetically engineer a microbe to produce the enzyme."

*fires up CRISPR*

Wut?

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