Daily Tech News 12 February 2023

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I'm a tech journalist, which means I'm a whiny idiot. (PC World)

It is difficult to overstate the patheticness of this man's existence. He got exactly what he asked for and now protests that his life is ruined.

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ugBasic is a Basic compiler for the 6502, 6809, and Z80. (Vintage is the New Old)

It has a modern windowed IDE, because, well, it runs on Windows. But it produces code for a broad range of popular systems from the late 70s and 80s, including Commodore's systems between the PET and the Amiga, Atari's pre-ST systems, the Color Computer (which I had), the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, MSX 1, and a couple of weird things from Europe I've never heard of before.

Looks pretty good if you're interested in that kind of thing. Which I might be, having just ordered a book on reverse-engineering the ZX Spectrum's video ULA.
Not much tech news today. A Hellmouth has opened up in Turkey, government officials in Ohio released a cloud of phosgene gas on the unsuspecting public, and the USAF is playing Bloons TD 6, but no tech news.

Disclaimer: I hate zone files.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 12, 2023 04:04 AM (UW/qx)

2 Pixy and morons: any suggestions for a reliable private server hosting company in the US?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 12, 2023 04:05 AM (UW/qx)

3 2 Pixy and morons: any suggestions for a reliable private server hosting company in the US?

If you want dedicated hardware and not a cloud server, WebNX / Gorillaservers. As long as they don't catch fire again.

They share datacenters in Utah, LA, and NYC.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at February 12, 2023 04:09 AM (BLOW1)

4 For cloud servers, Digital Ocean or Vultr.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at February 12, 2023 04:10 AM (BLOW1)

5 Thanks. Looking.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 12, 2023 04:20 AM (UW/qx)

6 Should I tip those servers?

Posted by: A Waffle House has Protocols at February 12, 2023 04:25 AM (2hexI)

7 Should I tip those servers?
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Yes. Just the tip, though.

Posted by: JQ at February 12, 2023 04:28 AM (o0Fxd)

8 Should I tip those servers?
Posted by: A Waffle House has Protocols at February 12, 2023 04:25 AM (2hexI)
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Only if you want me to tip the IRS.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 12, 2023 04:28 AM (UW/qx)

9 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at February 12, 2023 04:36 AM (xhxe8)

10 Mornin' Skip

Posted by: JQ at February 12, 2023 04:44 AM (o0Fxd)

11 hiya

Posted by: JT at February 12, 2023 04:47 AM (T4tVD)

12 Hiya JT

Posted by: JQ at February 12, 2023 04:48 AM (o0Fxd)

13 G'mornin' everyone! 'evenin', Pixy!

LOL at the whiny tech writer, but I pity his? kids. Sad that this is what a senior editor looks & talks like in these days. *spit*

the other tech news, pretty much as expected, then ? okay.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at February 12, 2023 04:50 AM (XzIdt)

14 A Hellmouth has opened up in Turkey,

What's a Hellmouth ?

Posted by: JT at February 12, 2023 04:50 AM (T4tVD)

15 Hiya JQ !
How you ?

Posted by: JT at February 12, 2023 04:51 AM (T4tVD)

16 > LOL at the whiny tech writer, but I pity his? kids.

Given that he apparently named his son "Tay", I think they have bigger problems.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 12, 2023 04:54 AM (bW8dp)

17 My mistake. "Tay" was a previous chatbot.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 12, 2023 04:55 AM (bW8dp)

18 "My son pivoted away from the screen in horror"....when he saw the "words" "Latinx" and "Chicanx"...

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 12, 2023 04:57 AM (bW8dp)

19 "That night, I closed down Bing, shocked and embarrassed that I had exposed my son to words"

Trust me, you gigantic girl's blouse... your son already knows all those words.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 12, 2023 04:58 AM (bW8dp)

20 What time does the Super Bowl start ?

Posted by: JT at February 12, 2023 04:59 AM (T4tVD)

21 Good morning morons

Biden's Dog how is your health?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 12, 2023 05:07 AM (EZebt)

22 Slow day in Blogland.....

Posted by: JT at February 12, 2023 05:08 AM (T4tVD)

23 "Trust me, you gigantic girl's blouse... your son already knows all those words.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 12, 2023 04:58 AM (bW8dp) "

precisely. and knows that he needs to pretend ignorance or his sad life will become a living hell of re-education.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at February 12, 2023 05:08 AM (XzIdt)

24 What's a Hellmouth ?
Posted by: JT at February 12, 2023 04:50 AM (T4tVD)
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All morons in unison:

SAME AS IN TOWN!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 12, 2023 05:09 AM (UW/qx)

25 What's a Hellmouth ?
Posted by: JT at February 12, 2023 04:50 AM (T4tVD)

Not a Buffy fan, I gather...

Posted by: 6eyes at February 12, 2023 05:10 AM (9ufEO)

26 All morons in unison:

SAME AS IN TOWN!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

That train's NEVER late !

Posted by: JT at February 12, 2023 05:11 AM (T4tVD)

27 What's a Hellmouth ?
Posted by: JT at February 12, 2023 04:50 AM (T4tVD)

Not a Buffy fan, I gather...
Posted by: 6eyes

Never seen it; I don't watch tv.

Posted by: JT at February 12, 2023 05:12 AM (T4tVD)

28 But seriously, regarding "hellmouth" in Turkey, have a look:

https://nitter.moomoo.me/i/status/1624394231237447680

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 12, 2023 05:12 AM (UW/qx)

29 instant Cafe Bustelo this morning, courtesy of the little immersion heater over on the electronics bench.

if I went downstairs to make coffee, I would probably eat breakfast, and the day would begin ... I am still cherishing the idea that I could go back to bed and catch a couple more Zs, lol

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at February 12, 2023 05:12 AM (XzIdt)

30 > What's a Hellmouth ?

A beejer where the girl (or boy, I'm not judging) gargles a bottle of El Yucateco green sauce right before.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 12, 2023 05:13 AM (bW8dp)

31 Ay Carrumba!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at February 12, 2023 05:17 AM (XzIdt)

32 Its not really hellmouth if Korach and his family was not swallowed up in it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 12, 2023 05:20 AM (EZebt)

33 Sort of tech related: former Apple chief of design Jony Ive has designed Chuck the Third's coronation emblem. It's pretty nice, actually.

https://tinyurl.com/5n7jtxtc

This one covers the UK. No idea if there's also one for Canada, Australia, etc.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 12, 2023 05:21 AM (bW8dp)

34
government officials in Ohio released a cloud of phosgene gas on the unsuspecting public

Once we wrap up the Camp Lejeune class action suit we'll get right on this. How many million people live downwind?

Posted by: Trial Lawyers of America at February 12, 2023 05:25 AM (enJYY)

35 Ignored again. Why do we always get hind tit? What do those Welsh waterheads have that we don't have?

I mean, Charlie's wife is the literally the Duchess of Cornwall, for Christ's sake. Why isn't our national flower, the pasty, in there?

Posted by: Cornwall at February 12, 2023 05:25 AM (bW8dp)

36 > precisely. and knows that he needs to pretend ignorance or his sad life will become a living hell of re-education.

You just know the kid tries his absolute best to keep any of his school friends from meeting his dad.

Posted by: Cornwall at February 12, 2023 05:29 AM (bW8dp)

37
It is difficult to overstate the patheticness of this man's existence.

__________

I think the term is "patheticity".

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 12, 2023 05:33 AM (MoZTd)

38 You just know the kid tries his absolute best to keep any of his school friends from meeting his dad.

Posted by: Cornwall

Or dads

Posted by: Bruce at February 12, 2023 05:43 AM (vd8XM)

39 I take it the SB doesn't start until 6pm

Posted by: Skip at February 12, 2023 05:47 AM (xhxe8)

40 Morning, all!

I read most of the article about Bing. From the tone and wording of the piece, I was sure the "journalist" was a female. Imagine my surprise when I see it's a (supposed) man. It mentions an early AI tool called Tay; I never heard of that. Was it named for Taylor Swift?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 12, 2023 05:47 AM (omVj0)

41 And I have to go to the Animal shelter and finish tomorrow

Posted by: Skip at February 12, 2023 05:48 AM (xhxe8)

42 Thanks Skip !

Posted by: JT at February 12, 2023 05:48 AM (T4tVD)

43 Hiya Bruce !

How's Mrs. Bruce ?

Posted by: JT at February 12, 2023 05:48 AM (T4tVD)

44 Back to the Dog Pound, huh ?

Posted by: JT at February 12, 2023 05:49 AM (T4tVD)

45 Hiya Bruce !

How's Mrs. Bruce ?
Posted by: JT

Morning JT!

She's keeping her mind off the fun for tomorrow. I think the procedure starts about 10

Posted by: Bruce at February 12, 2023 05:51 AM (vd8XM)

46
Ignored again. Why do we always get hind tit? What do those Welsh waterheads have that we don't have?

___________

After the tin mines ran out your whole economy was making ships run aground so you could plunder them.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 12, 2023 05:52 AM (MoZTd)

47
When I'm elected President the day after the Super Bowl will be a paid holiday for blue collar workers.

(They don't get much done, anyway between the hangovers and discussions about 'the game'.)

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 12, 2023 05:52 AM (enJYY)

48 It's a little cooler than yesterday morning, 47 F., but windy. After my second cup of black juice I'll decide whether to go work out.

Grocery shopping for the week is done. I didn't want to be caught today in the swarms buying snacks for the Stupor Bowl.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 12, 2023 05:52 AM (omVj0)

49 Das Kittens (I don't know the actual German word) are up and trotting about. Both slept with me last night, I think; I know the big black one was curled up against me when I woke up. It's almost their breakfast time.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 12, 2023 05:55 AM (omVj0)

50 Morning JT!

She's keeping her mind off the fun for tomorrow. I think the procedure starts about 10
Posted by: Bruce

Prayers up !

Posted by: JT at February 12, 2023 05:55 AM (T4tVD)

51 When I'm elected President the day after the Super Bowl will be a paid holiday for blue collar workers.

(They don't get much done, anyway between the hangovers and discussions about 'the game'.)
Posted by: Divide by Zero

If I'm elected, Super Bowl woild be played on Saturday.
3 PM kickoff.

Anyone kneeling for anything but a prayer will be caned at halftime

Posted by: Bruce at February 12, 2023 05:57 AM (vd8XM)

52 over half a century of ignoring the super bowl and still goin' strong!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at February 12, 2023 05:58 AM (XzIdt)

53 AI tool called Tay

Tay Tweets still makes me laugh like a hyena.

From memory, it took Tay something like 24 hours to go full Nazi.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at February 12, 2023 05:58 AM (KFhLj)

54 "He got exactly what he asked for and now protests that his life is ruined."

I'm afraid we're going to see a lot of this in the near future.

Posted by: Ordinary American at February 12, 2023 05:59 AM (/yCfV)

55 Grocery shopping for the week is done. I didn't want to be caught today in the swarms buying snacks for the Stupor Bowl.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Mrs Bruce suggested we go grocery shopping this afternoon....

I told her that by noon the store will be chockablock with people buying SB stuff. And not a block of Velveeta will be had.

Posted by: Bruce at February 12, 2023 05:59 AM (vd8XM)

56 so how 'bout all them unknown objects floating over America, what's up with that?

*spit*

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at February 12, 2023 06:00 AM (XzIdt)

57 Mrs Bruce suggested we go grocery shopping this afternoon....

I told her that by noon the store will be chockablock with people buying SB stuff. And not a block of Velveeta will be had.
Posted by: Bruce at February 12, 2023

***
If you're gonna do it, do it in the morning!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 12, 2023 06:01 AM (omVj0)

58 If you're gonna do it, do it in the morning!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

HA!! Oh, you mean shopping?

I'm waking her up in a couple of hours and away we go.

Posted by: Bruce at February 12, 2023 06:02 AM (vd8XM)

59 NOOOOOOD

Posted by: Bruce at February 12, 2023 06:02 AM (vd8XM)

60 Das Kittens (I don't know the actual German word) ...
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 12, 2023 05:55 AM (omVj0)
===
Close enough.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 12, 2023 06:08 AM (EZebt)

61 Das Katzchen

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at February 12, 2023 06:15 AM (TXFi7)

62 What a lying dweeb....everyone know you can NEVER get anyone from microsoft on the phone....ever.

Posted by: David H at February 12, 2023 06:22 AM (tahWp)

63 As a programmer who grew up with 80s computing, I am so torn at the moment, I *want* to do some retro computing / programming, whether C64, Amiga, or Spectrum. I just can't find the point in spending my limited free time creating something nobody will ever see or be interested in.

Posted by: Political McGuffin at February 12, 2023 06:56 AM (MeXfE)

64 I can't be all but-hurt over some dude who asked a question he was afraid to see the answer to. Even in front of his child. Kids gonna learn the cruelty of the world and a few salty words aren't going to ruin him.

Posted by: WhitePunk at February 12, 2023 07:33 AM (JFZ2a)

65 When I'm elected president, superBowl refs will be outlawed.

Posted by: WhitePunk at February 12, 2023 07:36 AM (JFZ2a)

66 The PCWorld jOuRnAlIsT is screeching to have Microsoft - a corporate entity that has spread FUD as a strategy - police what his sensitive eyes can see. What kind of lemmings are we all supposed to be?

He pretends he was teaching his fifth grader and then acts like a third grader looking for dirty words in the unabridged dictionary in the school library. We need unabridged dictionaries and we need unabridged AI.

The farce in the article is that he wanted to show his child how daddy Microsoft will protect him from wrong think. “He pivoted away” my ass. It never happened.

This is all just a huge clickbait virtue signal. The prattling about “safety guardrails” as if he were going to hurdle off a cliff is insulting. Clutching his pearls, he sat hoping to get a pat on the ass from the internet or Twitter wackos that one day he hopes to sucks thier toes.

Fuck off Mark Hachman, Senior Editor at PCWorld. Act like an adult who can handle reality and take care of himself. We need to reject racism and we need to reject the ideas of asshats like Mark Hachman.

Posted by: JakeSpeed at February 12, 2023 10:13 AM (FG+57)

67 I used his name because I suspect he can’t help but masturbate while he Bings his name.

Posted by: JakeSpeed at February 12, 2023 10:18 AM (dL01A)

68 The "Bloons 6" line got me laughing much more than it should have. Probably because of how accurate it was.

Posted by: Another Anon at February 12, 2023 10:33 AM (XRMQ8)

69 The dad is a smuck. Plain and simple.

Posted by: sidney at February 12, 2023 10:42 AM (itAo5)

70 66 ...True this!

Posted by: Giles Overreach at February 12, 2023 10:48 AM (16OI3)

71 Today's the Superbowl! Remember, this is an AMERICAN. Sporting Event. Do not fight im the stands. Fight in the streets after like Patriotic Americans.

Posted by: Richard Sean McEnroe at February 12, 2023 11:59 AM (8fxF+)

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