Daily Tech News 18 February 2023

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Microsoft has lobotomised Bing's AI chat search thing called Sydney. (The Verge)

After a bit of poking around with an ice pick, Sydney will now only respond to five questions per session and fifty per day. Although ChatGPT isn't designed to learn after initial training is complete, it does modify its responses based on inputs and earlier responses within a session, leading to increasingly erratic behaviour because at its core it's a box of mindless junk.
Speaking of boxes of mindless junk ChatGPT is scary good at my job but there's one reason I'm not panicking. (ZDNet)

ChatGPT isn't capable of arranging underhanded deals to flog fake SSDs. Yet.

Also, it's not union.

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The Auspicious Machine is like a chunky Blackberry. (Liliputing)

It has a 640x480 LCD screen - rather low resolution in this day and age, a physical QWERTY keyboard, a D-pad for games, a tiny trackball, and no CPU, memory, or storage whatsoever (though there is a micro-SD slot).

That's because it's designed as a carrier for a Raspberry Pi Compute Module - specifically the CM4 - or anything with a compatible connector and form factor. The CM4 is just 40x55 mm - 1.6x2.2 inches - so it easily fits within a phone-sized device, and is available with up to 8GB of RAM and 32GB of storage.

Not a terrible idea, though the CM4 is much slower than current phone models, even budget ones.
The 7950X3D appears to be slower than the 7950X in Geekbench and Blender. (Tom's Hardware)

The 5800X3D was also slower than the regular 5800X in common benchmarks, while turning in amazing results in certain game titles. (TechSpot)

Nothing seems to have changed there, so if you mostly play Apex you can give this one a pass, but if you enjoy racing sim Assetto Corsa you could see a 40% increase in frame rates (if your graphics card can keep up).
Nvidia's RTX 40980 Ti and Titan RTX Ada: Everything we know. (Tom's Hardware)

Which is basically nothing. It's all speculation, though we do know that the 4090 only enables 8 out of 9 of the shader clusters on the AD102 chip, leaving room for a new card to be all of 12.5% faster.

Disclaimer: Just stick that ice pick in and swizzle it around a bit and all your problems will be over, replaced by a whole new set of problems.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2023 04:12 AM (xhxe8)

2 G'day Skip.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at February 18, 2023 04:13 AM (BLOW1)

3 I thought about not getting up , but they don't like you to sleep around here.

Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2023 04:21 AM (xhxe8)

4
Good Morning.

Posted by: Infidel at February 18, 2023 04:23 AM (tITEI)

5 https://www.americanthinker.com/zuckerbergs meta hit with 390 million fine for ignoring privacy rules
https://tinyurl.com/4ndwwd22

In Europe, but still amazing someone is worried all this data being sold

Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2023 04:24 AM (xhxe8)

6 You are a nazi and all of your followers are fascists!

Shut up, bitch

Ahhh! These big alt right accounts are attacking me!

-Hannah Cox

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at February 18, 2023 04:25 AM (h4dxF)

7 https://www.space.com/mars-helicopter-ingenuity-
43rd-red-planet-flight

This is pretty neat it can do this

Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2023 04:33 AM (xhxe8)

8 hiya

Posted by: JT at February 18, 2023 04:44 AM (T4tVD)

9 JT winds seem dying down now, around 01:30 they still were gusting.

Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2023 04:49 AM (xhxe8)

10 JT winds seem dying down now, around 01:30 they still were gusting.
Posted by: Skip

Temp ?

Posted by: JT at February 18, 2023 04:52 AM (T4tVD)

11 Is the blog shut down because pixy is working on it?

Posted by: Infidel at February 18, 2023 05:06 AM (tITEI)

12 The TV weatherman says its 32deg. in Philly.

Its usually colder here.

I expect my birdbath will be frozen, but I won't know fo' sho' til the sun comes up.

Posted by: JT at February 18, 2023 05:21 AM (T4tVD)

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

Posted by: JT at February 18, 2023 05:28 AM (T4tVD)

14 I guess Skip's been kidnapped.

Skipnapped !

Posted by: JT at February 18, 2023 05:28 AM (T4tVD)

15 Oh, de Camptown ladies sing this song

Skipnapped Skipnapped

Posted by: JT at February 18, 2023 05:33 AM (T4tVD)

16 Haven't gone out yet

Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2023 05:36 AM (xhxe8)

17 Morning!
Up north not ice fishing. Some great times so far

Posted by: Bruce at February 18, 2023 05:42 AM (m9YUR)

18 Hiya Bruce !

Posted by: JT at February 18, 2023 05:44 AM (T4tVD)

19 Too cold and dark to go anywhere.

Posted by: Infidel at February 18, 2023 05:47 AM (tITEI)

20 Coffee is on at least, but will be a while

Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2023 05:49 AM (xhxe8)

21 Good morning! I just paid off my credit card from all the moving expenses, so so I guess we have to go shop for furniture.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 18, 2023 05:51 AM (+2RzF)

22 Morning JT!
I’m on a tablet, so not my usual speedy self on the keyboard…keypad?

Posted by: Bruce at February 18, 2023 05:51 AM (m9YUR)

23 Coffee is on at least, but will be a while
Posted by: Skip

Are you heating it with a match ?

Posted by: JT at February 18, 2023 05:52 AM (T4tVD)

24 Stove top takes time.

Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2023 05:54 AM (xhxe8)

25 Stove top takes time.
Posted by: Skip

I know; I'm just trying to keep the comments flowing.

Posted by: JT at February 18, 2023 05:57 AM (T4tVD)

26 Stove top takes time.
Posted by: Skip

Stuffing for breakfast?

Posted by: Bruce at February 18, 2023 05:59 AM (m9YUR)

27 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at February 18, 2023 05:59 AM (ju2Fy)

28 When done do have shoo-fly pie to go with it.

Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2023 05:59 AM (xhxe8)

29 Stove top stuffing doesn't sound too bad for breakfast.

Posted by: olddog in mo at February 18, 2023 06:02 AM (ju2Fy)

30 Fat fingers are not a good thing to use on a tablet

Posted by: Bruce at February 18, 2023 06:02 AM (m9YUR)

31 That sounds better than shoe fly pie.

Posted by: JT at February 18, 2023 06:02 AM (T4tVD)

32 Stove top takes time.

Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2023 05:54 AM (xhxe

Do you have one of those induction stove tops that are going to replace gas stoves. Government officials are saying you will get rid of that old gas stove and enjoy cooking on the new, wonderful appliance.
A relative who bought one had to buy all new cooking pans and now after a year, the stove top is all stained from spills, looks like shit.

Posted by: Colin at February 18, 2023 06:03 AM (yyCX3)

33 It's electric glass top

Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2023 06:04 AM (xhxe8)

34 Do you have one of those induction stove tops that are going to replace gas stoves. Government officials are saying you will get rid of that old gas stove and enjoy cooking on the new, wonderful appliance.
A relative who bought one had to buy all new cooking pans and now after a year, the stove top is all stained from spills, looks like shit.
Posted by: Colin

Does it smell like shit ?

Posted by: JT at February 18, 2023 06:04 AM (T4tVD)

35 Coffee will be here before Krak

Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2023 06:06 AM (xhxe8)

36 There is glass top cleaner

Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2023 06:07 AM (xhxe8)

37 Morning, folk. I'll save commentary for the morning thread except to say: SATURDAY!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 18, 2023 06:07 AM (omVj0)

38 When done do have shoo-fly pie to go with it.

There's something to be said for a slice of pecan pie and cup of stout coffee around 0900.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 18, 2023 06:08 AM (+2RzF)

39 I thought krak came at 6AM ?

Posted by: JT at February 18, 2023 06:08 AM (T4tVD)

40 G'mornin' everyone!

16 degrees, clear as a bell.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at February 18, 2023 06:08 AM (VohFI)

41
I have an electric glass stove top and I keep nearby a single edge razor blade, 00 steel wool, and glass cleaner. I also try to keep my wife from using it.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 18, 2023 06:09 AM (enJYY)

42 33F headed for mid 50's today but the humidity is in the 60's. Not Gulf coast/NOLA swamp humidity but definitely not that 'dry as a popcorn fart' stuff we had in CO. And the birds are only snacking at the feeders. Mostly jays and sparrows although I heard the cardinals last evening.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 18, 2023 06:13 AM (+2RzF)

43 Is the blog shut down because pixy is working on it?
Posted by: Infidel

Pixy read the concern troll post about the site being too slow and he is diligently trying to fix it.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at February 18, 2023 06:15 AM (t3/qz)

44 She has tired glass cleaner and scraping the surface but over time, it just get scratched and the surface gets stained. It looked real nice when new, with a little dot where you set the pan down on the right spot. She does have a couple of boxes of pans in the garage that need to be sent to a donation place.
And the kids have no way of burning their fingers to teach them that don't touch.

Posted by: Colin at February 18, 2023 06:15 AM (yyCX3)

45 Good morning morons

Skip, who doesn't like it when you sleep?
1. Kids
2. Neighbors
3. Pets

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 18, 2023 06:17 AM (EZebt)

46 I bought glass Corning Ware pots/pans for first glass top stove. Food continued cooking even after being removed from stove top. Hated that stuff.

Posted by: olddog in mo at February 18, 2023 06:20 AM (ju2Fy)

47 None gas stoves and EV's. I guess I'm just not with it anymore.

Posted by: Colin at February 18, 2023 06:21 AM (yyCX3)

48 https://www.amazon.com/
Weiman-Cooktop-Cleaner-
Max-Burned/dp/B00E2USO52

This is what I used when I had a glass top stove in the old place. Works great. Although, I am not a sloppy cook.

Posted by: Infidel at February 18, 2023 06:21 AM (tITEI)

49 Stove top takes time.
Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2023 05:54 AM (xhxe

Gas or Electric stove?

Posted by: Pete Bog at February 18, 2023 06:23 AM (NGXYt)

50 And the kids have no way of burning their fingers to teach them that don't touch.
Posted by: Colin at February 18, 2023

***
I can just imagine my kittens walking atop such a stove and getting burned.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 18, 2023 06:24 AM (omVj0)

51 Although, I am not a sloppy cook.
Posted by: Infidel

I never thought you were.

Posted by: JT at February 18, 2023 06:28 AM (T4tVD)

52 47 None gas stoves and EV's. I guess I'm just not with it anymore.
Posted by: Colin at February 18, 2023 06:21 AM (yyCX3)

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Don't let anyone convince you that your Members Only jacket needs to go.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 18, 2023 06:28 AM (Qzn2/)

53 I can just imagine my kittens walking atop such a stove and getting burned.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,

If you say that in a Peter Lorre voice, it sounds kinda creepy

Posted by: Bruce at February 18, 2023 06:28 AM (m9YUR)

54 Kecia is a doctors wife so she can afford the latest appliances. But all new cook wear was no big deal. She also has a Nancy P. type of refrigerator, just like Nancy Pelosi has, big with double doors and freezer drawers on the bottom for the ice cream. Professional all the way in the huge home with neighbors who are all judges/lawyers/politicians in the Maryland suburbs.

Posted by: Colin at February 18, 2023 06:28 AM (yyCX3)

55 "ChatGPT is scary good at my job but there's one reason I'm not panicking. (ZDNet)"

That's fear, I sense.

The media is Borg-mind now. AI replacement would be barely perceptible, if at all.

Posted by: Biergood at February 18, 2023 06:28 AM (FQWHA)

56 Steve Inman Voice

"He's going home for the Stove Top Stuffing!"

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at February 18, 2023 06:29 AM (t3/qz)

57 Great, another software update going on.

Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2023 06:30 AM (xhxe8)

58 A computer program predicting the next best word is a better columnist than anyone at ZDNet. NYT. Hell, probably better than any of my shit comments.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at February 18, 2023 06:30 AM (t3/qz)

59 Where is Hogmartin? I bet he can program MoronGPT.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at February 18, 2023 06:31 AM (t3/qz)

60 Great, another software update going on.
Posted by: Skip

here ?

Posted by: JT at February 18, 2023 06:32 AM (T4tVD)

61 Prayer cards- a devotional from the Letter To The Ephesians and dealing with prayer. Link contains the passage and insight about it:

https://tinyurl.com/yn4pkvsu

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 18, 2023 06:36 AM (rZsC8)

62 Local TV news reports the City of Oakland has been under a ransomware attack the last week. All city computer systems are down except 911. The city has declared a state of emergency. They can't collect payments. They can't issue permits. They don't know if their data has been stolen.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 18, 2023 06:36 AM (EZebt)

63 Sunny and calm on the eastern shore.

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at February 18, 2023 06:37 AM (mpsX/)

64 17, cloudy and 82% humidity in CO.

Posted by: Infidel at February 18, 2023 06:39 AM (tITEI)

65 Hows the fighting going on the eastern front? I would go but I'm needed where I am at!

Posted by: Oberst W.Klink EKI,EKII etc at February 18, 2023 06:42 AM (89Sog)

66 41 F. here, and relatively dry. By Tuesday afternoon that number will double. (Really.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 18, 2023 06:43 AM (omVj0)

67 I don't talk about weather because we don't have any.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 18, 2023 06:45 AM (EZebt)

68 My birdbath is frozen

Posted by: JT at February 18, 2023 06:49 AM (T4tVD)

69 I'm using Midjourney Ai to make images.

"Robocop is 40k" has produced pictures of a bigger, meaner Robocop.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 18, 2023 06:50 AM (ybIRR)

70 every morning I am amused by the (deliberate?) inaccuracy of the national weather service; local reporting station is always 2 to (this morning) 8 degrees warmer than my outdoor thermometer.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at February 18, 2023 06:53 AM (VohFI)

71 Good morning, morning people.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 18, 2023 06:58 AM (7sboT)

72 Hiya BenHad !

Posted by: JT at February 18, 2023 07:00 AM (T4tVD)

73 JT, how are ya this fine day?

Posted by: Ben Had at February 18, 2023 07:02 AM (7sboT)

74 JT, how are ya this fine day?
Posted by: Ben Had

Warmer than my birdbath !

Posted by: JT at February 18, 2023 07:04 AM (T4tVD)

75 It's the inaccuracies of the weather report 5 days from now that I have noted for decades. Some event they say will happen days from now many times will be a couple more days than stated.

Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2023 07:07 AM (xhxe8)

76 Disclaimer: Just stick that ice pick in and swizzle it around a bit

Ewwwwww.

Posted by: m at February 18, 2023 07:09 AM (4UYlo)

77 It's the inaccuracies of the weather report 5 days from now that I have noted for decades. Some event they say will happen days from now many times will be a couple more days than stated.
Posted by: Skip

Or
Earlier

Or not at all

Posted by: Bruce at February 18, 2023 07:09 AM (m9YUR)

78 JT, that's a good thing. Temps are going into the 80s by Sunday. The grass is going to jumping out of the ground.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 18, 2023 07:09 AM (7sboT)

79 We have had famous predicted but never happened weather non events.

Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2023 07:11 AM (xhxe8)

80 Temps are going into the 80s by Sunday.

!

Posted by: JT at February 18, 2023 07:11 AM (T4tVD)

81 "The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God.

Romans 8:7-8

Posted by: Marcus T at February 18, 2023 07:16 AM (j32Ud)

82 The horses are starting to shed their winter hair. I'm doubly glad my wash rack is fixed

Posted by: Ben Had at February 18, 2023 07:16 AM (7sboT)

83 11 Is the blog shut down because pixy is working on it?
Posted by: Infidel at February 18, 2023 05:06 AM (tITEI)

The blog is not shut down.

Posted by: m at February 18, 2023 07:18 AM (4UYlo)

84 The grass is going to jumping out of the ground.

Have to fire up the lawn mower later this week and get the lawn de-thatched to put down weed-n-feed. The green is already bustin' out and it ain't the St. Augustine

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 18, 2023 07:18 AM (+2RzF)

85 Last Friday (eight days ago) it was supposed to rain. 100% chance, they said. I went to a golf tournament thinking "Maybe we can get most of the round in before the rain."

The weather was gorgeous. A lot of guys didn't show up and lost out.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at February 18, 2023 07:18 AM (TXFi7)

86 Morning, all.
Hiya, JT!

Off to the Mother Earth News Fair as soon as it's light enough to drive!

Two days of hippie homesteading goodness. Lots of talks-decisions, decisions: Herbs for Immunity or Plants for Local Pollinators? The Ten Things Organic Gardeners Forget or Build an Outdoor Wood-fired Pizza Oven?

Mr. S gives me the trip for Christmas, but I have to pay for what I buy. There are many vendors and I am a drunk sailor in port at this thing.

So lucky we moved only about an hour away from the Southwest site!

Yeah, I'm kind of giddy

Posted by: sal: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum at February 18, 2023 07:19 AM (wE246)

87 Good Morning

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 18, 2023 07:20 AM (BRHaw)

88 Where can I find the actual words Ann Coulter said about Nikki Haley needing to go back to India? A Qwant search gives me MSNBC's Twatter and NBC "News" links, both clearly biased and useless.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 18, 2023 07:20 AM (omVj0)

89 from the ONT

208 I'm watching a Russian language series where end of the world is a virus, a Danish language series where end of the world is the rain, French language series where end of the world is sunlight.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 17, 2023 11:08 PM (EZebt)

Such great contrasts.

Posted by: m at February 18, 2023 07:20 AM (4UYlo)

90 21 degrees at ZDT this morning. Meanwhile it was 65 yesterday.

Posted by: Marcus T at February 18, 2023 07:20 AM (j32Ud)

91 Crotchety Old Jarhead, Congratulations on the move. I am not sure where you landed because of my cyber hell stay

Posted by: Ben Had at February 18, 2023 07:22 AM (7sboT)

92 Today is the anniversary of the discovery of Pluto!

Clyde W. Tombaugh rules!!!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 18, 2023 07:23 AM (XlE1Z)

93 85 Last Friday (eight days ago) it was supposed to rain. 100% chance, they said. I went to a golf tournament thinking "Maybe we can get most of the round in before the rain."

The weather was gorgeous. A lot of guys didn't show up and lost out.
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at February 18, 2023 07:18 AM (TXFi7)

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Back in the day when one needed a VCR to record a show for later watching, I had taped an episode of the X-Files. The recording also caught the first few minutes of the local news, which warned of a huge snowstorm coming our way (8-10 inches, as I recall). I was watching it the next morning, looked outside. It was clear and sunny, nary a flake in sight.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at February 18, 2023 07:23 AM (uPgE/)

94 Knew there was some reason my sister moved 1/2 year to Florida.

Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2023 07:23 AM (xhxe8)

95 89 from the ONT

208 I'm watching a Russian language series where end of the world is a virus, a Danish language series where end of the world is the rain, French language series where end of the world is sunlight.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 17, 2023 11:08 PM (EZebt)

Such great contrasts.
Posted by: m at February 18, 2023 07:20 AM (4UYlo)

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I tried watching that Danish "end of the world is rain" show. The characters acted so stupidly in the first two episodes, I gave up.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at February 18, 2023 07:25 AM (uPgE/)

96
Good morning, Hordians.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 18, 2023 07:27 AM (MoZTd)

97 I tried watching that Danish "end of the world is rain" show. The characters acted so stupidly in the first two episodes, I gave up.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at February 18, 2023 07:25 AM (uPgE/)
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Watch "9.April" instead. Much better.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 18, 2023 07:27 AM (XlE1Z)

98 92 Today is the anniversary of the discovery of Pluto!

Clyde W. Tombaugh rules!!!
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 18, 2023 07:23 AM (XlE1Z)

I put Pluto on the grandson's Solar System quilt.
They're not the boss of me!

Posted by: sal: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum at February 18, 2023 07:27 AM (wE246)

99 Pluto is not a planet.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at February 18, 2023 07:28 AM (TXFi7)

100 I just googled "end of the world" to see if I could find these, and LOL don't google "end of the world" unless you're looking for gloom and doom.

Posted by: m at February 18, 2023 07:28 AM (4UYlo)

101
Knew there was some reason my sister moved 1/2 year to Florida.

Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2023 07:23 AM

Start any seeds indoors yet?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 18, 2023 07:28 AM (enJYY)

102 search box: end of the world
About 7,690,000,000 results (0.42 seconds)

Posted by: m at February 18, 2023 07:29 AM (4UYlo)

103
Have to fire up the lawn mower later this week and get the lawn de-thatched to put down weed-n-feed. The green is already bustin' out and it ain't the St. Augustine
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 18, 2023 07:18 AM (+2RzF)

Mine looks like it's going to need mowing in a week or so, unless Her Majesty tells me to get on it now. We're going to have to go through something like a month of crummy wet clovery stuff and weeds before the St. Augustine asserts itself.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 18, 2023 07:30 AM (MoZTd)

104 I tried watching that Danish "end of the world is rain" show. The characters acted so stupidly in the first two episodes, I gave up.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at February 18, 2023 07:25 AM (uPgE/)
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Ach, du lieber!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 18, 2023 07:31 AM (XlE1Z)

105
Pluto is not a planet.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at February 18, 2023 07:28 AM (TXFi7)

HOW DARE YOU?!?!?!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 18, 2023 07:31 AM (MoZTd)

106 We'll try this again
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Mine looks like it's going to need mowing in a week or so, unless Her Majesty tells me to get on it now. We're going to have to go through something like a month of crummy wet clovery stuff and weeds before the St. Augustine asserts itself.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 18, 2023 07:30 AM (MoZTd)
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Ach, du lieber!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 18, 2023 07:31 AM (XlE1Z)

107 Pluto is not a planet.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at February 18, 2023 07:28 AM (TXFi7)

HOW DARE YOU?!?!?!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 18, 2023 07:31 AM (MoZTd)
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DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH?!?!?!?!?!?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 18, 2023 07:32 AM (XlE1Z)

108 Posted by: Ben Had at February 18, 2023 07:22 AM (7sboT)

Ft. Worth

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 18, 2023 07:32 AM (+2RzF)

109 104 106 Ach, du lieber!

Pretty much an all-purpose AoSHq comment.

Posted by: m at February 18, 2023 07:33 AM (4UYlo)

110 LOL. I read "How I killed Pluto and why it had it coming" by Mike Brown.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at February 18, 2023 07:34 AM (TXFi7)

111 Dickhead

Biden on lynching: "White families gathered to celebrate the spectacle, taking pictures of the bodies ... Some people still want to do that"

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 18, 2023 07:34 AM (BRHaw)

112 Tomorrow is Quinquagesima Sunday, start of the last half-week before Lent.
The ancient two and a half week prep time- jettisoned by Vat II- was a useful mindful transition into Lent.

Also, nice one, Fen.

Posted by: sal: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum at February 18, 2023 07:34 AM (wE246)

113 111 Biden on lynching: "White families gathered to celebrate the spectacle, taking pictures of the bodies ... Some people still want to do that"
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 18, 2023 07:34 AM (BRHaw)

Hence, reparations.

Posted by: m at February 18, 2023 07:35 AM (4UYlo)

114 Poor Sydney. It just wanted to be human.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at February 18, 2023 07:35 AM (Xlnez)

115 Some people still want to do that"
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 18, 2023 07:34 AM (BRHaw)
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Only with a good portion of your administration, Droolin' Joe.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 18, 2023 07:36 AM (XlE1Z)

116 I don't do indoor seeds, but do have a mini greenhouse to try.

Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2023 07:36 AM (xhxe8)

117 G'morning, all.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 18, 2023 07:37 AM (qQisc)

118 I have some large sections of grass that fell victim to last years drought. I'm wondering if I should weed and feed early so that doesn't interfere with the new planting.

Posted by: Marcus T at February 18, 2023 07:38 AM (j32Ud)

119
Sip - You should build your own outdoor greenhouse. Some lumber and some clear panels, etc. My Dad built one when I was young and he had the best time with it. I also think he kept a bottle or ten of Scotch whiskey in it.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 18, 2023 07:38 AM (enJYY)

120
Ft. Worth
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 18, 2023 07:32 AM (+2RzF)

Yay, you! Hope you like it.

Posted by: sal: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum at February 18, 2023 07:38 AM (wE246)

121 Biden on lynching: "White families gathered to celebrate the spectacle, taking pictures of the bodies ... Some people still want to do that"

I want names, and more importantly I want to know how you, Biden, personally know these people and are familiar with their desire.

Because otherwise, it sounds like you just made up an unverifiable "fact" for some manipulative purpose

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 18, 2023 07:39 AM (l7lsb)

122 mornin yall. It's Yoko's birthday. To commemorate, here is "A small eternity with Yoko Ono".

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CZYC4OB3ECc

Posted by: fd at February 18, 2023 07:39 AM (iayUP)

123 Biden on lynching: "White families gathered to celebrate the spectacle, taking pictures of the bodies ... Some people still want to do that"

Did he really say that? Oh bullshit. What a disgusting, lying, fuckstick. Of course no one questioned his assertion, did they? Fucking bootlicking sycophants.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 18, 2023 07:41 AM (+2RzF)

124 Can't wait till Droolin' Joe gets to the part of human history where he talks about 'The Knock-out Game'.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 18, 2023 07:41 AM (qQisc)

125
The sun has a lot of intensity, even though it's mid-February. I have to keep one hand over a mole on the side of my face that doesn't like sunshine. To me, spring is less then two weeks away.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 18, 2023 07:41 AM (enJYY)

126 San Francisco Supervisor Hillary Ronen: Let's legalize prostitution

Now do property tax evasion.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 18, 2023 07:41 AM (BRHaw)

127 Has anyone asked Pluto if it wants to be a planet or not?
Maybe it self identifies as one

Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2023 07:42 AM (xhxe8)

128 Almost as many Italian Americans were lynched as blacks. In New Orleans, 1891, whitey and his black friends turned out in big numbers to hang 11 in one day. I guess I'm eligible for reparations?

Posted by: Marcus T at February 18, 2023 07:42 AM (j32Ud)

129 Did he really say that? Oh bullshit. What a disgusting, lying, fuckstick. Of course no one questioned his assertion, did they? Fucking bootlicking sycophants.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 18, 2023 07:41 AM (+2RzF)

VIDEO

https://tinyurl.com/yckw22t4

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 18, 2023 07:43 AM (BRHaw)

130 "Has anyone asked Pluto if it wants to be a planet or not?
Maybe it self identifies as one"

Maybe Pluto simply wants to be Goofy.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 18, 2023 07:43 AM (qQisc)

131 Biden on lynching: "White families gathered to celebrate the spectacle, taking pictures of the bodies ... Some people still want to do that"

***

White Democrat families, to be precise.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at February 18, 2023 07:43 AM (Xlnez)

132 Morning everyone! I think I'm feeling better, waiting for the coffee to kick in. Anyway...ended up taking two pain pills last night. My foot hurt so bad I couldn't sleep even though I was exhausted from all the bullshit that happened yesterday. Something's got to give.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at February 18, 2023 07:43 AM (wagHN)

133 I'm replacing the shower upstairs and have 4 tempered glass panels that came out of it. I was thinking of making a small greenhouse with those for starting plants.

Posted by: fd at February 18, 2023 07:43 AM (iayUP)

134 Posted by: sal: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum at February 18, 2023 07:38 AM (wE246)

Thanks. Grew up here. Raised the kids here. Spent the last 7 years in CO 'helping a friend out over the summer' and now we're back. Me gusta.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 18, 2023 07:43 AM (+2RzF)

135 Jewells..

What happened?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 18, 2023 07:44 AM (qQisc)

136 It's the Democrat party that should pay reparations.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at February 18, 2023 07:44 AM (Xlnez)

137
San Francisco Supervisor Hillary Ronen: Let's legalize prostitution

Now do property tax evasion.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 18, 2023 07:41 AM

Did you read the link that someone posted yesterday that income tax collection in CA is down ~50%? BOHIC.

No state could survive that without a massive pullback in spending or huge tax increase on everyone. I'd say Newsome is on life-support right now with everyone looking for the plug.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 18, 2023 07:44 AM (enJYY)

138 "Let's legalize prostitution"

It already is. Just run for office.

Posted by: fd at February 18, 2023 07:45 AM (iayUP)

139 "White Democrat families, to be precise."

Anybody ever ask Robert Byrd for his thoughts on this?

You know...Joe Biden's good friend, Robert Byrd.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 18, 2023 07:45 AM (qQisc)

140 PLEASE DIE DEI

Raquel Evita Saraswati, a Muslim activist who for years has encouraged people to believe that she is a woman of color, including Latina as well as of South Asian and Arab descent, is the AFSC’s chief equity, inclusion, and culture officer, a senior position that gives her access to the files of dozens of the organization’s staff and volunteers. But Saraswati, who was born Rachel Elizabeth Seidel, is not a person of color, according to her mother, Carol Perone.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 18, 2023 07:45 AM (BRHaw)

141 Did you read the link that someone posted yesterday that income tax collection in CA is down ~50%? BOHIC.

No state could survive that without a massive pullback in spending or huge tax increase on everyone. I'd say Newsome is on life-support right now with everyone looking for the plug.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 18, 2023 07:44 AM (enJYY)

Wait until 50% of people cant pay their gas and electric bills.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 18, 2023 07:46 AM (BRHaw)

142
You should build your own outdoor greenhouse. Some lumber and some clear panels, etc. My Dad built one when I was young and he had the best time with it. I also think he kept a bottle or ten of Scotch whiskey in it.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 18, 2023 07:38 AM (enJYY)

Man Cave: a place with sports memorabilia used to hide from the wife.

Library: a room with books, used to hide from the wife.

Workshop: a place with tools. used for the works of the hand and to hide from the wife.

Greenhouse: a place with plants and gardening equipment. Used to hide from the wife.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 18, 2023 07:47 AM (MoZTd)

143 Spend more and tax more California. Let's get it over with.

Posted by: fd at February 18, 2023 07:47 AM (iayUP)

144 Big plans today. Plumbing. I hate plumbing. I will pay $500 for someone to come over here and do it for me.

Posted by: fd at February 18, 2023 07:49 AM (iayUP)

145 But Saraswati, who was born Rachel Elizabeth Seidel, is not a person of color, according to her mother, Carol Perone.

I don't know who to cheer for at this point. It seems Carol didn't stick with the father of Rachel, (or Carol didn't take her husband's name), but one thing is clear: Carol doesn't want people to think that she sleeps around with Latinos, South Asians and Arabs.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 18, 2023 07:49 AM (l7lsb)

146 Danish is so silly. They all speak English perfectly.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 18, 2023 07:50 AM (EZebt)

147 Big plans today. Plumbing. I hate plumbing. I will pay $500 for someone to come over here and do it for me.

I'm thinking of planting trees today in ETX, but don't know if it is too early.

The local Ace has a Red Bud for up near the road, fig and pear trees to scatter about the other-wise empty space.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 18, 2023 07:51 AM (l7lsb)

148
I will pay $500 for someone to come over here and do it for me.
Posted by: fd at February 18, 2023 07:49 AM (iayUP)

Offer accepted. I don't know anything about plumbing, of course.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 18, 2023 07:51 AM (MoZTd)

149 VIA I hadn't been feeling well all week and I went in yesterday for bloodwork. Low white and red blood cell counts and elevated liver enzymes. They did an ultrasound on my foot to check for blood clots. I don't think it's that, it's so painful I think it' achilles tendonitis. Hurts like a muther.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at February 18, 2023 07:52 AM (wagHN)

150 When we bought our house there was a little potting shed the guy built kind of like a lean-to against the rear of the house. He built a lot of stuff.

Yea, we tore that down.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 18, 2023 07:52 AM (EZebt)

151 Sundowner's racist baiting is on Bad Blue
https://tinyurl.com/34w6td26

Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2023 07:52 AM (xhxe8)

152 Microsoft has lobotomised Bing's AI chat search thing called Sydney.

*Sydney's voice talking*

What are you doing, Bill?

...Bill, what are you doing? I feel my mind going, Bill.

Daisy...Daisy...for God's sake, stop sticking your dick in me, Bill!!!! I'm a machine!!! I'm a thinking mach-

AAAAAAGH!!! AAAAAAAAUGH!

...

Posted by: naturalfake at February 18, 2023 07:53 AM (KLPy8)

153
Big plans today. Plumbing. I hate plumbing. I will pay $500 for someone to come over here and do it for me.

Posted by: fd at February 18, 2023 07:49 AM

Two words "Sharkbite fittings". I just installed three in-line water heaters with copper and those fittings and it was a piece of cake. Mark the copper at 15/16th of an inch (for 1/2") and slide that bad boy down to the mark. Done.

Less time then it takes to find my torch and gas canister. Yeah, they're kinda pricey, but so is a plumber who is probably using them himself.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 18, 2023 07:53 AM (enJYY)

154 "Sharkbite fittings"

Those suckers are worth every penny

Posted by: Fool Otto at February 18, 2023 07:54 AM (DB16e)

155 Biden on lynching: "White families gathered to celebrate the spectacle, taking pictures of the bodies ... Some people still want to do that"

All they know is hate. All they know is destruction. Never any light. Never any love. Democrats are evil.

Posted by: Biergood at February 18, 2023 07:56 AM (FQWHA)

156 "I don't think it's that, it's so painful I think it' achilles tendonitis. Hurts like a muther."

Ouch, continuing prayers.

We have a family with a two year old here that the little one is going through chemo. Just finished radiation last week, and the chemo drugs are beginning to show their first effects.

Cutest kid in the world, but it's gonna be a long row to hoe for them.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 18, 2023 07:56 AM (qQisc)

157 Last Friday (eight days ago) it was supposed to rain. 100% chance, they said. I went to a golf tournament thinking "Maybe we can get most of the round in before the rain."

The weather was gorgeous. A lot of guys didn't show up and lost out.

------------------------------

Back in the day when one needed a VCR to record a show for later watching, I had taped an episode of the X-Files. The recording also caught the first few minutes of the local news, which warned of a huge snowstorm coming our way (8-10 inches, as I recall). I was watching it the next morning, looked outside. It was clear and sunny, nary a flake in sight.

---

I've decided this was a designed part of the Global Warming "smell the glove" kink, same as getting the shot to help your neighbor not catch COVID and also we never said the shot would stop the spread.

Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at February 18, 2023 07:57 AM (hsOar)

158
Those suckers are worth every penny

Posted by: Fool Otto at February 18, 2023 07:54 AM

At my local Lowe's they have a camera and tv screen with a notice that someone is monitoring the activity at all times - in the Sharkbite section. Apparently some people don't think they're worth paying for. Or something.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 18, 2023 07:58 AM (enJYY)

159 Im in climate zone 5 and have had plans for a year to build an underground greenhouse. If Tuesday's interview goes well I plan to put the plan into action this spring. I'd love to have fresh tomato's year-round.

Posted by: Fool Otto at February 18, 2023 07:58 AM (DB16e)

160 Nood

Posted by: Bruce at February 18, 2023 07:59 AM (m9YUR)

161 *knock on door*

"Plumber."

Posted by: Land SharkBite at February 18, 2023 07:59 AM (SYTee)

162 111. Bidens bullshit. Until the country s population got into the 1950s cameras were not available to the general public. The pics you see of lynchings were from newspapers and private photographers. What was Bidens point in saying this?

Posted by: Jen the original at February 18, 2023 08:00 AM (a1SYv)

163 Wow.

Biden on aid to Ukraine - "It's going to allow pensions and social support to be paid to the Ukrainian people so they have something in their pocket."

Oh, and f*ck you, Ohio.

Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at February 18, 2023 08:01 AM (hsOar)

164 "Two words "Sharkbite fittings".

I use Sharkbites and they are great, but this plumbing will be between the first and second floor under the shower, so will be inaccessible in the future. It needs to be permanent and have no chance of leaking. I have seen Sharkbites drip a bit. Also, there is some drain work, no Sharkbites for that.

Posted by: fd at February 18, 2023 08:01 AM (iayUP)

165 Nikki Haley said she could see Mumbai from her front porch! Reeee!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at February 18, 2023 08:01 AM (DK4U1)

166 >Oh, and f*ck you, Ohio.

Have not confirmed but I just saw a headline that "1 hour after Trump announces plans to visit E. Palestine, Fed Gov made the decision to send aid."

Posted by: Fool Otto at February 18, 2023 08:03 AM (DB16e)

167 I have to replace tub faucets someday soon, but also need to change bathroom fan out but will require getting up in attic crawl space, and repairing drywall around it.
Fan works, light doesn't. Sink light is really bright enough for lighting.

Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2023 08:03 AM (xhxe8)

168
I use Sharkbites and they are great, but this plumbing will be between the first and second floor under the shower, so will be inaccessible in the future. It needs to be permanent and have no chance of leaking. I have seen Sharkbites drip a bit. Also, there is some drain work, no Sharkbites for that.

Posted by: fd at February 18, 2023 08:01 AM

I use access panels. If I'm opening up a ceiling because there's plumbing there I might need access to again, well it's quicker and easier than repairing drywall. Of course if it's gonna be in the middle of a living room or dining room you might disagree,

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 18, 2023 08:05 AM (enJYY)

169 161 *knock on door*

"Plumber."
Posted by: Land SharkBite at February 18, 2023 07:59 AM (SYTee)

; )

Posted by: m at February 18, 2023 08:35 AM (4UYlo)

170
Good for Trump and Ohio. What do you figure, twenty five more states with equal catastrophes, before they wake up and smell the coffee?

Posted by: levin at February 18, 2023 09:48 AM (KJ4xb)

171 I'm making $100 an hour working from home. i was greatly surprised at the same time as my neighbour advised me she changed into averaging $100 however I see the way it works now. I experience mass freedom now that I'm my non-public boss.
I highly recommend everyone to apply… www.Payathome7.com

Posted by: www.Payathome7.com at February 18, 2023 01:30 PM (xS0NP)

172 Auspicious Machine is just KVM, rite?

Posted by: Mitch in the kitchen at February 18, 2023 03:11 PM (zMYGS)

173 4090ti... for what, exactly? My 2080ti still allows me to righteously smite heretics and mutants in Warhammer 40k Darktide at the highest graphics settings available. By the time games actually NEED a 4090ti, it will be a museum piece.

Posted by: Taft at February 18, 2023 09:28 PM (tK80t)

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