Daily Tech News 3 April 2023

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Remembering Gordon Moore and the iAPX432 debacle. (The Chip Letter)

Intel's planned followup to the wildly successful 8080 was not the 8086 or even the Z80-like 8085, but the iAPX432, an object oriented mainframe-on-a-chip (well, mainframe-on-a-board since it was a multiple chip implementation) that actually eventually worked but was so slow that nobody ever used it for anything.

It took a diametrically opposite approach to RISC: Instead of relying on clever compilers to make simple hardware work, it tried to bring the hardware up to the level of advanced programming languages like Ada.

In 1975.

It was 30 times as complicated as the 8080 but worse by almost every measure, and was completely abandoned.

The only other company I know of that has attempted this is hi-fi maker Linn, whose Rekursiv CPU suffered a similar fate when it turned out that commodity Sun 3 workstations ran the same code cheaper and faster.

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AMD's 7800X3D is the new AMD 5800X3D. (WCCFTech)

That is, not necessarily the fastest gaming CPU in every single case, but mostly faster than more expensive chips that use much more power.

It's priced the same as the 7900X which is about 50% faster for many non-gaming workloads, so if you only spend part of your time gaming it might not be the best choice.

It does avoid the issue with the 7900X3D and 7950X3D which have two slightly different CPU chiplets, because it only has one CPU chiplet.
The RTX 4070 might be a good graphics card. (WCCFTech)

Due this month (probably) for around $600 (we think), it should use the same power as the 3060 (more or less) but deliver the performance of the 3080 (ish).

It will (likely) come with 12GB of VRAM, which is the minimum you should buy these days. The 3060 Ti, 3070, and 3070 Ti all have 8GB of RAM, and are starting to suffer on some new releases.

The Xbox Series X and Playstation 5 both have 16GB of RAM, most of which can be used for graphics, so titles designed for consoles can play poorly on even some fairly recent graphics cards.

The 3060, curiously enough, has 12GB of RAM and sometimes runs better than more expensive cards with less RAM.
The Framework laptop is very exciting and I'd love to buy one but I'm sticking with my MacBook Air because I have the intelligence of a potato and am happy paying 16x the market price for storage in laptop that can never be upgraded or repaired. (The Verge)

Ijits gonna ij.

That Apple Thing I Mentioned But Forgot to Post Video of the Day

Apple has made it so that a five cent part can't be replaced if it fails - and it does fail - rendering your laptop incapable of detecting when the lid is closed.

That's the least of the anti-consumer things Apple does, but it's one of the most inexcusable.

Also MacBooks lack the Four Essential Keys.

Disclaimer: PgUp, PgDn, Home, and End.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:45 AM

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1 End of daylight savings time here, so my regular posting time is now before when I usually escape from the interminable end-of-day meetings.

Posting times might be erratic until I have time to write these things earlier in the day.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 03, 2023 04:48 AM (BLOW1)

2 Morning!

Posted by: Bruce at April 03, 2023 04:49 AM (vd8XM)

3 Second!

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at April 03, 2023 04:50 AM (gHSfI)

4 I'm exhausted from reading through all the Science on the last thread.

Posted by: LenNeal at April 03, 2023 04:51 AM (43xH1)

5 G'Day everyone
Was getting worried a little

Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2023 04:54 AM (xhxe8)

6 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 03, 2023 04:55 AM (+EodL)

7 All this science, I don't understand
It's just my job 5 days a week

How does a spaceman only work 5 days, he come home on weekends or just has off?

Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2023 04:56 AM (xhxe8)

8 Just finished watching the replay of the F1 race in Australia. Yes, it was a mess. Not quite the Indycar St. Pete race mess, but a mess. Congrats Verstappen.

Posted by: Puddleglum at April 03, 2023 04:57 AM (sAmhv)

9 Also MacBooks lack the Four Essential Keys.

Disclaimer: PgUp, PgDn, Home, and End.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:45 AM

He usually just drops that in without explanation.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 03, 2023 04:57 AM (zZu0s)

10 If you can't repair it, you don't actually own it. Renting storage is the same way: they control what you store and can rifle thru it whenever. It's all about the Panopticon.

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at April 03, 2023 04:58 AM (Eeb9P)

11 PgUp, PgDn, Home, and End
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What's this??

I kid. :-)

Posted by: Puddleglum at April 03, 2023 05:00 AM (sAmhv)

12 Have to help my sister later. She's moving stuff and I'll be a bit hungover. Probably. Guess I'll head to bed.

Posted by: Puddleglum at April 03, 2023 05:02 AM (sAmhv)

13 Clear, above freezing, think next few days will be better every day

Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2023 05:03 AM (xhxe8)

14
Spring in Wyoming.

About 8 inches of snow here in Wyoming so far. Forecast is for 30 inches before it stops snowing Tuesday.

Posted by: four seasons at April 03, 2023 05:04 AM (ichPI)

15 13 Clear, above freezing, think next few days will be better every day
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2023 05:03 AM (xhxe

According to phone, here it is supposed to be 72 today and a high of 82 tomorrow.

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

16 "We have to think ahead."

https://tinyurl.com/azz6yxyk

(Nitter)

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 03, 2023 05:05 AM (+EodL)

17 Oh.

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at April 03, 2023 05:06 AM (gHSfI)

18 Also MacBooks lack the Four Essential Keys.

My Surface Pro 8 has them and you can swap out the SSD. After that, you are hosed. And don't even think about looking at it with cruelty. Other than that it is a tank. So there Apple, piss off.

Framework computers are so new they are old, like avocado refrigerators or orange shag carpets. I had a Dell E1705, circa 2005 IIRC, that was completely user serviceable. One time in Twin Falls, ID which is not renowned for being a technology center, the a couple screws fell out of a hinge - major suckage. The good news was there was a Dell call center there and the kind folks there scavenged the screws I needed out of a dead machine. Long live Dell. True Story, no kiddin'.

Posted by: Lost in Space at April 03, 2023 05:08 AM (9e/0I)

19 Welcome to the AOC burner account. Start here:

https://tinyurl.com/2p8zdmev

(Nitter)

See a doozy of an example here:

https://tinyurl.com/3rtmhem2

(Nitter)

Here's hoping that many more deleted Tweets have been saved for posterity.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 03, 2023 05:15 AM (+EodL)

20
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 03, 2023 05:16 AM (ENBF0)

21 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 03, 2023 05:17 AM (ju2Fy)

22 My Surface Pro 8 has them and you can swap out the SSD. After that, you are hosed. And don't even think about looking at it with cruelty. Other than that it is a tank. So there Apple, piss off.

Being able to swap out the SSD on the recent Surface Pro models is a major win. Sure it's only a 2230 drive, but you can easily buy 2TB drives in 2230 size now, and that's plenty for most users.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 03, 2023 05:21 AM (BLOW1)

23 Posts will likely be late the next three days, then on time over Easter (Friday through Monday) because it's a public holiday here, then late again through the following week as I'll be working long hours.

After that they should settle down a bit.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 03, 2023 05:24 AM (BLOW1)

24 My big technology excitement today was trying to figure out why, out of the blue, I suddenly was getting audio when watching standard resolution videos on my Roku TV using default settings and I had to switch the audio mode to passthrough when watching High Definition Resolution content while using the eArch HDMI port. Not even Bing AI Chat was able to offer any advice. At least it didn't threaten to ban me for asking. After trying different HDMI cables, a detour into an optical audio cul-de-sac which required changing a bunch of amp input settings and then unsetting them when that failed, various hard reboots, I stumbled into an option that enabled Dolby Vision Plus I didn't know existed in the TV menus which caused both modes to work without drama. Total time spent: 3 hours. Some days I want to burn down the house and go live in a yurt, wear nothing but a wolf skin loin cloth, and spend my days hunting coyotes for entertainment and wild pigs for food.

Posted by: Lost in Space at April 03, 2023 05:34 AM (9e/0I)

25 Just below freezing, ice in bucket in my truck

Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2023 05:36 AM (3CJbx)

26 Here's hoping that many more deleted Tweets have been saved for posterity.
Posted by: Biden's Dog
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Wow. Just wow.

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 03, 2023 05:44 AM (ju2Fy)

27 For relatively simple repairability laptop, I'm pretty sold on Samsung. I heavily dropped a Chromebook 4 in Japan, breaking the screen (it had half a screen and used that for the few remaining days). On return it was for-real 4 screws and a plug. That's it. Good as new. USD$30 for a replacement screen. Turns out I could have repaired it easily in Japan for cheaper. Utube 'Samsung Chromebook tear-down', and the whole thing is super easy to take apart and largely modular. My older 3 is now Linux so it's a decent-enough utility laptop that's easy to fix. Really, the Samsung Chromebook 4 is a tough, practical, little machine. Make it Linux, and no more Google.

Posted by: LenNeal at April 03, 2023 05:45 AM (43xH1)

28 Good morning morons from PHL

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 03, 2023 05:47 AM (m1ipM)

29 Just below freezing, ice in bucket in my truck
Posted by: Skip

I know what THAT means !

Posted by: JT at April 03, 2023 05:50 AM (T4tVD)

30 I am happy with my Chromebook.

Eventually, I needed a new battery. (Leaving it on the charger is not good.) I took it to a local computer repair shop. Good thing too. They went through 2 bad replacement batteries before they got a good one.

Cost me just under $100. About 50/50 parts and labor. Labor was a flat fee.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at April 03, 2023 05:50 AM (5u1+1)

31 Good morning morons from PHL
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Just so ya know...there's a secret law in Pa. prohibiting road repair.

Posted by: JT at April 03, 2023 05:55 AM (T4tVD)

32 Warm and sticky in Da Pesthole until Thursday, then rain and warm and sticky. Well, a little less warm -- high 70s F. instead of mid-80s. Well, I'll be off Thurs. and Fri., so I won't have to worry about it being hot in the afternoon; I won't be commuting.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 03, 2023 05:56 AM (omVj0)

33 I can forgive the bad roads for the pizza.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 03, 2023 05:57 AM (m1ipM)

34 yo wut sup

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2023 05:58 AM (BRHaw)

35 Bud Light partners with trans activist for March Madness: 'This isn't a parody

That makes it one!!

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2023 06:01 AM (BRHaw)

36 12 Have to help my sister later. She's moving stuff and I'll be a bit hungover. Probably. Guess I'll head to bed.

Posted by: Puddleglum at April 03, 2023 05:02 AM (sAmhv)
----
Well I fell asleep during the ONT. My RA has been miserable for many moons now and the last week I have suffered from 'intestinal vapors' and being painfully bloated. Seems better today. Anyway all the pain has made me sleep a lot. I've even fallen off the AoS Wall of Shame!!!!

Posted by: Ciampino - Computers make very fast, very precise mistakes at April 03, 2023 06:05 AM (qfLjt)

37 Good Morning, everyone.

I need to post this.

Please watch.

https://youtu.be/gZxWRCxg0Lo?t=3689

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at April 03, 2023 06:05 AM (/DXve)

38 Anything a woman can do a man can do better

Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2023 06:05 AM (3CJbx)

39 Pixy, is there something I can use to download my stories directly from my brain? That's going to be a feature of USB 4.0, right? It's getting to the point where I'm just going to have to write down bits and pieces and stitch it all together later. I have the important "scenes" figured out, but actually writing them down is haaaaarrrrd.....

Posted by: pookysgirl, telling the characters in her head to shut up so she can concentrate at April 03, 2023 06:07 AM (dtlDP)

40 Anything a woman can do a man can do better
Posted by: Skip

Pee standing up ?

Posted by: JT at April 03, 2023 06:09 AM (T4tVD)

41 A small group of just 10 career criminals was allowed to run amok across the Big Apple and rack up nearly 500 arrests after New York enacted its controversial bail reform law — and most of them are still out on the streets, The Post has learned.

Stunning statistics compiled by the NYPD, and obtained first by The Post, show that the city’s alleged “worst of the worst” repeat offenders have been busted a total of 485 times since bail reform went into effect in 2020.

But PDT said pussy.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2023 06:12 AM (BRHaw)

42 Also, whenever I see the 4 essential keys defined, I hear Rin and Len chanting,

UP SIDE DOWN A B A B B A B A migi hidari

L R L R STOP and DASH and UP and TALK Ijou nashi

Posted by: pookysgirl has Remote Control stuck in her head again at April 03, 2023 06:14 AM (dtlDP)

43 Jane Pauley thinks that's a realistic goal for him: "Your trajectory from mayor to Lt Governor, United States Senator, was still pointing up at 53 in politics, that's a young man. Can you have aspirations? Can you serve beyond the United States Senate?"

Who da fuck knows, he could be an improvement.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2023 06:14 AM (BRHaw)

44 I saw this morning that the country music award show last night had a song that featured tranny's. I guess they figured that country music wasn't dying fast enough, I wonder if it was sponsored by Bud Light?

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 03, 2023 06:17 AM (xg55h)

45 CNN: RI Republicans desperate for another candidate! Ready to dump Trump!!

Reality: They found one fucking guy who said: Eh, Hailey is kind of interesting.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 03, 2023 06:17 AM (WzJYQ)

46 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 03, 2023 06:17 AM (u82oZ)

47 WaPo article on conspiracy theories:
Talk about the money behind misinformation
When you’re talking to someone who believes in a conspiracy theory, Wagner said it can be helpful to ask: Who’s benefiting from your believing this? Who’s raising money or making money because of the audience they’ve built from this?

Wagner said that it can be helpful to remind people that if somebody at a mainstream news outlet such as The Washington Post or NPR reports something that’s false, they can be fired.

The Washington Post and The New York Times both won Pulitzer Prizes for reporting that bolstered the narrative that Trump and his associates committed treason by working with a foreign government to win an election. The two outlets shared a joint award from the Pulitzer board for national reporting.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2023 06:18 AM (BRHaw)

48 39 Pixy, is there something I can use to download my stories directly from my brain? That's going to be a feature of USB 4.0, right? It's getting to the point where I'm just going to have to write down bits and pieces and stitch it all together later. I have the important "scenes" figured out, but actually writing them down is haaaaarrrrd.....
Posted by: pookysgirl, telling the characters in her head to shut up so she can concentrate at April 03, 2023 06:07 AM (dtlDP)

you ever thot of something like dragon or other speech to text. Then you can organize it latter.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2023 06:20 AM (BRHaw)

49 saw this morning that the country music award show last night had a song that featured tranny's

You will be made to care

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 03, 2023 06:22 AM (WzJYQ)

50 It is nice to see the country rallying around the tranny community after the Nashville shooting. The backlash was so tragic for them and the entire country.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 03, 2023 06:23 AM (WzJYQ)

51 Cat Ass Trophy

Automatic or manual trannys?

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 03, 2023 06:24 AM (u82oZ)

52 At NBC:
The horrific act of violence was committed by a former Covenant student who police officers gunned down as the suspect opened fire on arriving law enforcement.

yeah you get gunned down when you try to kill anyone else with a gun, including cops.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2023 06:25 AM (BRHaw)

53 Even Bill Barr put down the bagpipes long enough to criticize the indictment.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 03, 2023 06:25 AM (WzJYQ)

54 I don't think there is anything automatic about these trannys anymore.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 03, 2023 06:26 AM (WzJYQ)

55 You will be made to care
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 03, 2023 06:22 AM (WzJYQ)

I see they are also throwing out the word RESPECT.

To feel or show deferential regard for; esteem or admire.

Nope, not happening here.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2023 06:26 AM (BRHaw)

56 If you're using phrases like "gunned down", you're not doing journalism. You're a tabloid scribbler.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2023 06:27 AM (9UlRk)

57 Good morning everyone.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 03, 2023 06:29 AM (qoGsy)

58 you ever thot of something like dragon or other speech to text. Then you can organize it latter.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2023 06:20 AM (BRHaw)

I feel like I'd spend half my time arguing and/or specifying punctuation instead of dictating. I tried the tablet handwriting tool, but my handwriting is beyond atrocious. No, I'm just going to flip to the back of the notebook and start scribbling (and pray I can decipher it later, the husband trained in cryptography has given up on my handwriting).

Posted by: pookysgirl offends chickens with her scratchings at April 03, 2023 06:29 AM (dtlDP)

59 Google without notifying anyone put a hard limit on the number of files that can be upload by users who have paid for the storage. Single user are capped at that limit while shared accounts are limited on a per user basis. People are grumpy.

In other news that hard limit is 5 million files. In other other news people have more than file million files to store. In other other other news Google has become Oracle.

I don't understand Google's rationale for doing this in the first place. I can't imagine Google would do this without good cause - Nah, that is a joke.

https://tinyurl.com/38sk7c5s

Posted by: Lost in Space at April 03, 2023 06:31 AM (9e/0I)

60 Any bets on a Flaming Skull thread tomorrow?

Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2023 06:34 AM (3CJbx)

61 Hiya TonyPete !

Posted by: JT at April 03, 2023 06:35 AM (T4tVD)

62 Just so ya know...there's a secret law in Pa. prohibiting road repair.
Posted by: JT

The same Department adds the potholes to the roadways.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 03, 2023 06:36 AM (qoGsy)

63 The Social Security program is expected to run short of cash to pay promised benefits in about ten years, while a key trust fund for Medicare will run out of funds by 2031, according to new forecasts issued Friday by trustees of both programs.

The 2022 Annual report had 2034. So either that report was a lie or things got real bad, real fast.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2023 06:38 AM (BRHaw)

64 Any bets on a Flaming Skull thread tomorrow?
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2023 06:34 AM (3CJbx)

Only if TJM does a review of Ghost Rider.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2023 06:39 AM (9UlRk)

65 Any bets on a Flaming Skull thread tomorrow?
Posted by: Skip

Tomorrow as in Tuesday, correct? As in how many of them? 200. Or the probability of one happening? 200%. NYC EMTs are going to be overwhelmed with hyperventilating cases from the chattering class.

Posted by: Lost in Space at April 03, 2023 06:39 AM (9e/0I)

66 Just so ya know...there's a secret law in Pa. prohibiting road repair.
Posted by: JT

The same Department adds the potholes to the roadways.
Posted by: Tonypete

I believe it !

Posted by: JT at April 03, 2023 06:39 AM (T4tVD)

67 https://tinyurl.com/38sk7c5s
Posted by: Lost in Space at April 03, 2023 06:31 AM (9e/0I)

thats about 24 bits or maybe they only store a 7 digit ref but that would go to 9999999.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2023 06:42 AM (BRHaw)

68 Boker Tov Patriots

Pray for America

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 03, 2023 06:44 AM (pVWRI)

69 Have a great day, everyone.

May you have all the eggs you want, plenty of sunshine, and ice-free birdbaths.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 03, 2023 06:45 AM (u82oZ)

70 We're 30 trillion in debt right now, I don't think a Social Security shortfall in some imaginary lock box fund in ten years is a major issue in the big picture.

Posted by: lowandslow at April 03, 2023 06:45 AM (76Foq)

71 I can forgive the bad roads for the pizza.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Rental car, huh ?

Posted by: JT at April 03, 2023 06:46 AM (T4tVD)

72 Good morning! Mint is overtaking the lawn and I found lots of new fennel sprouting as I was doing lawn work yesterday. Mowing the yard is aroma therapy.

Arugula, rosemary, thyme, oregano, sage, lemon balm, onions, garlic, swiss chard, and kale all present and accounted for.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 03, 2023 06:47 AM (YRsIm)

73 We're 30 trillion in debt right now, I don't think a Social Security shortfall in some imaginary lock box fund in ten years is a major issue in the big picture.
Posted by: lowandslow at April 03, 2023 06:45 AM (76Foq)

Yeah, "xyz will run out of money by 20- whatever" just isn't A Story when the prevailing attitude is "screw it we'll just make more money".

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2023 06:47 AM (9UlRk)

74 But PDT said pussy.
Posted by: rhennigantx

Its impolite to talk with yer mouth full !

Posted by: JT at April 03, 2023 06:47 AM (T4tVD)

75 thats about 24 bits or maybe they only store a 7 digit ref but that would go to 9999999. Posted by: rhennigantx

I was sort of leaning towards the architecture had some sort of bit limit for references. I can see how this happened. Hey intern, code this up because we are going to protest management making us come to work. Intern goes nobody will ever need more than 5 million files (Intern's grandfather was they guy who caused Y2K). Google public relations thinks about their customers and goes die, nazi scum, die.

Posted by: Lost in Space at April 03, 2023 06:50 AM (9e/0I)

76 Holy Week

A prayer by St. Bernard of Clairvaux . He lived from 1090-1153 and was the main inspiration for the Cistercian order of monks.

You taught us, Lord, that the greatest love a man can show is to lay down his life for his friends. But your love was greater still, because you laid down your life for your enemies. It was while we were still enemies that you reconciled us to yourself by your death. What other love has ever been, or ever could be, like yours? You suffered unjustly for the sake of the unjust. You died at the hand of sinners for the sake of the sinful. You became a slave to tyrants to set the oppressed free.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 03, 2023 06:50 AM (88/1G)

77 Former Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson announces run for President. A true Never Trump Squish. He's probably just another vanity candidate, wanting to add candidate to his list of accomplishments and left over campaign funds to his bank account. He's already calling for PDT to drop out because of "values".

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 03, 2023 06:50 AM (lz5hY)

78 "Yeah, "xyz will run out of money by 20- whatever" just isn't A Story when the prevailing attitude is "screw it we'll just make more money".
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2023 06:47 AM (9UlRk)

Especially when it's the same old beltway "budget hawks" at the AEI and WSJ pushing the story.

Posted by: lowandslow at April 03, 2023 06:52 AM (76Foq)

79 Thank you Fen - Good morning!!

Posted by: Tonypete at April 03, 2023 06:52 AM (qoGsy)

80 He's already calling for PDT to drop out because of "values".
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 03, 2023 06:50 AM (lz5hY)

"Get F*cked" is a value. It's a Boolean. That returns "true".

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2023 06:52 AM (9UlRk)

81 60 Any bets on a Flaming Skull thread tomorrow?
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2023 06:34 AM (3CJbx)

Oh, is that when the Trump perp walk is scheduled?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 03, 2023 06:53 AM (zZu0s)

82 Any bets on a Flaming Skull thread tomorrow?

What happens tomorrow to bring about the flaming skull?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 03, 2023 06:54 AM (YRsIm)

83 F*ck Apple and the Rolls Royce they rode in on.

Posted by: JM in Fla/Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at April 03, 2023 06:55 AM (49uQk)

84 Yeah Trump's flying up to NYC today, he will 'turn himself in' tomorrow.

Posted by: lowandslow at April 03, 2023 06:56 AM (76Foq)

85 Hutchinson is going to split the votes of the Pence wing of the Republican party. Prediction. Hutchinson and Pence will end up with something in common with Kamala: both will drop out before the voting starts.

Posted by: Lost in Space at April 03, 2023 06:57 AM (9e/0I)

86 Remember the old days when a lot of people thought folks like Hutchison, Romney, Pence, Gowdy, etc., were on our side? Good times.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at April 03, 2023 07:02 AM (oWBc3)

87 I wonder if today's AI garbage is what will bring about the Butlerian Jihad.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 03, 2023 07:02 AM (p+1gI)

88 Trump will have Asa as his AG to root out corruption in the DOJ and build a bridge to Nevertrump. It will work this time for sure!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 03, 2023 07:04 AM (WzJYQ)

89 My biggest issue with Trump's relationship with the RNC is his indifference to changing it. All he has to say is anyone making a vanity run in the presidential primaries is not getting a spot in the administration, period. This tradition of rewarding these dipshit candidates is stupid.

Posted by: lowandslow at April 03, 2023 07:04 AM (76Foq)

90 Thank you Fen - Good morning!!
Posted by: Tonypete

Seconded !

Posted by: JT at April 03, 2023 07:05 AM (T4tVD)

91 My birdbath is frozen.

Posted by: JT at April 03, 2023 07:05 AM (T4tVD)

92

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at April 03, 2023 07:05 AM (vwCZJ)

93 Here's an idea. If you can't have an average management type running a cabinet department because they're not "in politics", and don't know how the game is played, then maybe that means it's time to shitcan that entire department.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2023 07:06 AM (9UlRk)

94 Sessions was amazing. Give up a senate career to be appointed AG, just to kick Trump in the balls on his first day on the job.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 03, 2023 07:06 AM (WzJYQ)

95 Here's an idea. If you can't have an average management type running a cabinet department because they're not "in politics", and don't know how the game is played, then maybe that means it's time to shitcan that entire department.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

I'm for it!!

Posted by: Tonypete at April 03, 2023 07:06 AM (qoGsy)

96 All he has to say is ~~anyone making a vanity run in the presidential primaries~~ no GOPe or GOPe affiliated person~~is not~~ will be getting a spot in the administration, period.

Edited for wishful thinking....

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 03, 2023 07:07 AM (YRsIm)

97 I'd rather be governed by middle managers than by mandarins.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2023 07:07 AM (9UlRk)

98 Values?
I am a good guy that goes to the right church and I will only vote with the Progressives 65% of the time. I dont really care if children are bartered, sold, and raped at the border as we need new roofs and nice yard.

Those kind of values??

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2023 07:07 AM (BRHaw)

99 Sessions took one for the team, just not our team.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at April 03, 2023 07:07 AM (oWBc3)

100 96>>> Oh, and Jared and Ivanka are right the fuck out.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 03, 2023 07:08 AM (YRsIm)

101 94 Sessions was amazing. Give up a senate career to be appointed AG, just to kick Trump in the balls on his first day on the job.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 03, 2023 07:06 AM (WzJYQ)

There is a very big gulf between knowing and believing. I think he actually believed the Russia Shit was real.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2023 07:09 AM (BRHaw)

102 There is a very big gulf between knowing and believing. I think he actually believed the Russia Shit was real.
Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2023 07:09 AM (BRHaw)

Of course he did. Because his employers told him it was.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2023 07:10 AM (9UlRk)

103 You want Trump
You would take DeSantis
You'll get whoever the Dems decide to create 90 million votes for

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at April 03, 2023 07:11 AM (oWBc3)

104 I don't know why all the Sturm and Drang in the Trump v DeSantis wars. Asa Hutchinson has thrown his hat in the ring and the primary is OVER.

Can you feel the Asamentum?

Posted by: blaster at April 03, 2023 07:11 AM (pwExq)

105 Sessions was amazing. Give up a senate career to be appointed AG, just to kick Trump in the balls on his first day on the job.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 03, 2023 07:06 AM (WzJYQ)

Sessions is responsible as anyone for the mess of the Trump Admin. He sold the old man out on his very first day. Make him #1 on your list. Ands take the Cannoli

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 03, 2023 07:12 AM (pVWRI)

106 think he actually believed the Russia Shit was real.
Posted by: rhennigantx

But HE should have known that HE did not collude with Russians. I always felt like the recusal was his way of lending credibility to the witch hunt.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 03, 2023 07:13 AM (WzJYQ)

107 100 96>>> Oh, and Jared and Ivanka are right the fuck out.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 03, 2023 07:08 AM (YRsIm)

Can I have Ivanka then? I have...reasons.

Posted by: blaster at April 03, 2023 07:13 AM (pwExq)

108 97 I'd rather be governed by middle managers than by mandarins.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2023 07:07 AM (9UlRk)

That's more an indictment of mandarins than a positive for middle managers.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 03, 2023 07:14 AM (zZu0s)

109 Manchin is Angry Biden Regime is “Writing Rules and Regulations That are Totally Foreign” to What He Thought the “Inflation Reduction Act” Would Do

In other words, your are stupider than Charlie Brown!

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2023 07:14 AM (BRHaw)

110 Since my vote won't matter here in NM, I think I will just vote for Joe Exotic.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 03, 2023 07:14 AM (xg55h)

111 @101

>>There is a very big gulf between knowing and believing. I think he actually believed the Russia Shit was real.

Nahh, he simply understood how difficult your life could be made to be if you didn't "get with the program."

I would say Sessions betrayal was on par with the biggest Anime Betrayals there has ever been.

Certainly bigger than Kyubey revealing his true intentions.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 03, 2023 07:14 AM (up/3i)

112 "Can you feel the Asamentum?
Posted by: blaster"

All I see is a Asahole.

mornin yall

Posted by: fd at April 03, 2023 07:15 AM (iayUP)

113 But HE should have known that HE did not collude with Russians. I always felt like the recusal was his way of lending credibility to the witch hunt.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 03, 2023 07:13 AM (WzJYQ)

he BELIEVED

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2023 07:15 AM (BRHaw)

114 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 03, 2023 07:15 AM (2hlEI)

115 Hutch is gonna be clutch!

Hitch your fortune to Hutch

Let's get ready to kick some Asa!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 03, 2023 07:15 AM (aX9WI)

116 Sessions is responsible as anyone for the mess of the Trump Admin. He sold the old man out on his very first day. Make him #1 on your list. Ands take the Cannoli
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 03, 2023 07:12 AM (pVWRI)

I seem to recall at the time that there was a sense of 'Wow, Trump is getting a lot of long time conservatives in on these important positions.' Instead, what it turned out to be was a lot of swamp muck went straight to the positions where they could do the most damage.

Back then, the perception was that Trump needed insiders to moderate his 'outsider' image. Instead, it would have been far better to have nothing but outsiders to take the machete to the Insiders.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 03, 2023 07:17 AM (zZu0s)

117 I'd rather be governed by middle managers than by mandarins.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2023 07:07 AM (9UlRk)
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But those little bags of oranges are so cute...oh.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 03, 2023 07:17 AM (2hlEI)

118 115 Hutch is gonna be clutch!

Hitch your fortune to Hutch

Let's get ready to kick some Asa!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 03, 2023 07:15 AM (aX9WI)

I will admit, there are a bunch of the Dixie critters who all seem to blend together.

They are almost as bad as the Fedora Commentariat Mafia.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 03, 2023 07:18 AM (zZu0s)

119 Good morning all! Happy Monday!

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at April 03, 2023 07:18 AM (wagHN)

120 Hiya Captain !

Posted by: JT at April 03, 2023 07:18 AM (T4tVD)

121 Hiya Jewells !

Posted by: JT at April 03, 2023 07:19 AM (T4tVD)

122 They are going to put a gag on trump so he can't talk about the case while the DAs office leaks out rumor after rumor.

The bail conditions will limit Trump's travel to NY and MAL so he can't hold rallies and cant respond to the endless flood of accusations against him.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 03, 2023 07:19 AM (WzJYQ)

123 Back then, the perception was that Trump needed insiders to moderate his 'outsider' image. Instead, it would have been far better to have nothing but outsiders to take the machete to the Insiders.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 03, 2023 07:17 AM (zZu0s)

Look at Comey
the boy scout ended up being a stooge and liar Obamaist.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2023 07:21 AM (BRHaw)

124 I guess the good news is, if Trump or DeSantis manages to beat the fraud, we'll know who the swamp is the minute the Senate starts confirming or rejecting nominations. I wouldn't trust anyone that makes it through that process.

Posted by: lowandslow at April 03, 2023 07:22 AM (76Foq)

125 Look at Comey
the boy scout ended up being a stooge and liar Obamaist.
Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2023 07:21 AM (BRHaw)
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Never a Boy Scout.

He's the one who railroaded Martha Stewart into jail.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 03, 2023 07:22 AM (2hlEI)

126 I'd rather be governed by middle managers than by ~~man~~XEMdarins.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2023 07:07 AM (9UlRk)
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FIFY

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 03, 2023 07:22 AM (+EodL)

127 Hey JT!

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at April 03, 2023 07:23 AM (wagHN)

128 122>> That is why he should just tell NY to piss up a rope. I'd have to ask though, why go there and subject yourself to that if you're a serious candidate?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 03, 2023 07:23 AM (YRsIm)

129 Hey JT!
Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer

Posted by: JT at April 03, 2023 07:24 AM (T4tVD)

130 I don't drink Bud Light and never will. It was already a fag beer anyway. Now thar they have gone completely homo, I think I will avoid Anheuser Busch completely. Suck on that mutafikers.

Posted by: fd at April 03, 2023 07:24 AM (iayUP)

131 122 They are going to put a gag on trump so he can't talk about the case while the DAs office leaks out rumor after rumor.

The bail conditions will limit Trump's travel to NY and MAL so he can't hold rallies and cant respond to the endless flood of accusations against him.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 03, 2023 07:19 AM (WzJYQ)

Interesting that using the NY laws to create a quote unquote seal grand jury indictment means that all info is sealed. Any leaks are a felony. Think about how the laws were written so that gangster could not be tipped off. Bragg has committed about 30 or so.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2023 07:24 AM (BRHaw)

132 Bragg has committed about 30 or so.
Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2023 07:24 AM (BRHaw)
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ALVIN!!!

Posted by: David Seville at April 03, 2023 07:26 AM (2hlEI)

133 "That is why he should just tell NY to piss up a rope. I'd have to ask though, why go there and subject yourself to that if you're a serious candidate?"
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 03, 2023 07:23 AM (YRsIm)

Meh, this ain't no average Joe telling NY to get fucked by ignoring it. If he doesn't turn himself in that would be the entire storyline going forward. He might as well get it over with.

Posted by: lowandslow at April 03, 2023 07:26 AM (76Foq)

134 I don't drink Bud Light and never will. It was already a fag beer anyway. Now thar they have gone completely homo, I think I will avoid Anheuser Busch completely. Suck on that mutafikers.
Posted by: fd at April 03, 2023 07:24 AM (iayUP)

Just like I never buy Nike products, or Gillette products, or a host of other left wing company products, I will never buy and Anheuser Bush beer ever never again

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 03, 2023 07:27 AM (pVWRI)

135 Why does the MSM hate Brandon?

Chinese spy balloon gathered intelligence from sensitive U.S. military sites, despite U.S. efforts to block it

https://tinyurl.com/42uwawum

(MSNBC)

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 03, 2023 07:27 AM (+EodL)

136 Your really have to pay attention to your beer maker. AB has numerous "microbrew" brands.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 03, 2023 07:28 AM (WzJYQ)

137 Now McDs is laying off a bunch of people. I'm actually enjoying this part of the demolition.

Posted by: fd at April 03, 2023 07:28 AM (iayUP)

138 "Chinese spy balloon gathered intelligence from sensitive U.S. military sites, despite U.S. efforts to block it"

All they had to do was shoot it down, as soon as it entered US air space over Alaska. How much effort would that have taken?

Posted by: davidt at April 03, 2023 07:30 AM (SYTee)

139 Now McDs is laying off a bunch of people. I'm actually enjoying this part of the demolition.

I just read that. Holy shit.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at April 03, 2023 07:31 AM (wagHN)

140
J
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Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2023 07:31 AM (BRHaw)

141 Only Anheuser Busch I ever liked was Michelob. Haven't had one of them in years. I couldn't boycott them any harder if I wanted to.

Posted by: lowandslow at April 03, 2023 07:32 AM (76Foq)

142 Bragg has committed about 30 or so.
Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2023 07:24 AM (BRHaw)
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ALVIN!!!
Posted by: David Seville

Remember the song Charlie Brown ?
When I was a kid, when they sang "who's always goofin' in the halls", I thought they were saying "who's alway poopin' in the halls"

Posted by: JT at April 03, 2023 07:32 AM (T4tVD)

143 All they had to do was shoot it down, as soon as it entered US air space over Alaska. How much effort would that have taken?
Posted by: davidt at April 03, 2023 07:30 AM (SYTee)

Hey they were busy in pronoun class.

Posted by: blaster at April 03, 2023 07:32 AM (pwExq)

144 Remember the song Charlie Brown ?
When I was a kid, when they sang "who's always goofin' in the halls", I thought they were saying "who's alway poopin' in the halls"
Posted by: JT

That was the EPA staff.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 03, 2023 07:33 AM (qoGsy)

145 137 Now McDs is laying off a bunch of people. I'm actually enjoying this part of the demolition.
Posted by: fd at April 03, 2023 07:28 AM (iayUP)

Locked up and closed HQ for a few days to reorganize. I wonder what the shit status is over at McDonalds.

Posted by: blaster at April 03, 2023 07:35 AM (pwExq)

146 Bud Light partners with trans activist for March Madness: 'This isn't a parody

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2023 06:01 AM (BRHaw)

Babylon Bee:

https://tinyurl.com/mu6re9a8

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 03, 2023 07:37 AM (+EodL)

147 If that ain't country it'll harelip the pope

Posted by: Dr. Bone at April 03, 2023 07:51 AM (uAY3R)

148 I can remember getting the data sheets for the iAPX432.

It seemed too much of a paradigm shift.

Posted by: SMOD at April 03, 2023 10:07 AM (RHGPo)

149 I disagree with the article about the iAPX432. It's not "super CISC" or "anti RISC", it's just CISC, and there are good reasons to expect that CISC is going to be slow.

CISC comes from the observation that, in terms of performance, the hardware giveth and the software taketh away. So, if you want high performance, you want to move as much into the hardware as possible. You see that attitude in things like the context switch instructions that Intels 80286 and 80386 have and, which exist to this day in the latest Intel and AMD processor even though nobody uses them. You also see them in the REP instruction which goes back to the 8086 and which just repeats the following instruction and is intended to be used with the 8086's "string instructions." The thought being that since moving data is something that people do all the time, it would be best to add support for that in the instruction set.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at April 03, 2023 10:26 AM (iZEhM)

150 Yet, nobody ever uses those instructions except by accident because they are slow, have always been slow, and are always going to be slow. It's important to understand the reason why they're slow to explains the rise of RISC and RISC's largely undeserved reputation for high-performance.

The reason why they're slow is because at any point in any instruction's execution, the processor could be called upon to stop what it's doing and go do something else. Sometimes, this is because of an external event like a hardware interrupt, and sometimes this is because of an internal condition like a nonresident page exception.

What normally happens as a result of one of these exceptions (interrupts are considered a kind of exception) is the processor goes off and does something to handle the exception and then comes back to the point where the exception occurred. For a simple operation, that's easy to do. You just don't let the thing you were doing finish, and then just do it again after the exception handler has been executed.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at April 03, 2023 10:31 AM (iZEhM)

151 For a more complex instruction, it becomes arbitrarily difficult. If you're updating the contents of dozens of registers, then it becomes difficult because you have all this state that the hardware has to either record or discard because it's supposed to be transparent to the program.

If instead of one extra complex instruction, you build the same operation up from many smaller instructions, the program counter holds all of that essential state and it is easy to restore that at the end of the exception handler.

Which is why the performance advantage of the RISC CPUs is largely illusory. You don't have to use the x86's context switch instructions, so OS implementors don't. Neither Windows nor Linux uses them. Intel and AMD spend a lot more time optimizing the instructions most used by compilers and compiler writers focus on using the fastest instructions. The net result is performance.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at April 03, 2023 10:39 AM (iZEhM)

152 @Cybersmythe " Intel and AMD spend a lot more time optimizing the instructions most used by compilers and compiler writers focus on using the fastest instructions."

When they're smart, they do. On the other hand, one of my two interactions with Jobs came when he was trying to get IBM to add a string instruction to one of our PowerPC chips. I was on the team tasked with responding and the net was that if we were to add that instruction we'd be slowing down our chip to almost as slow as Moto's. Apple wouldn't pay to make the modifications, and we wouldn't service them without cash up front, so Apple either had to recompile on the fly or put up with an OS level interrupt to handle the instruction. Apple being Apple, they decided to do the OS interrupt and destroy performance on any program that used that instruction, and given Apple's compilers at the time, too many of them used that instruction.

Posted by: Nerdbert at April 03, 2023 01:22 PM (h9YN/)

153 PgUp, PgDn, Home, and End.

FN Up, FN Down, FN Left arrow, FN Right arrow.

FN ask a Mac user.

Posted by: DinsdalePiranha at April 03, 2023 02:06 PM (imiH4)

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