Daily Tech News 18 April 2023

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Bluesky wants to reinvent Usenet only worse and more expensive and with ads. (The Verge)

And censorship. They don't say that, but you can bet on it.

Tech News

Heroku did in fact just do that. (Open Folder)

The developer here has a Heroku setup using their queueing service to make sure emails are send out to users. Each event place in the queue is guaranteed to be delivered exactly once, so each user gets one email.

So Heroku gave them a second ghost queue, which they can't turn off but which magically duplicates every single email.
Llamas in pajamas are coming down the stairs. (Together.xyz)

RedPajama replicates the entire 1.2 trillion token training set of Meta's LLaMA as open source.

LLaMA is a competitor to OpenAI's GPT.

GPT is an artificial radical leftist college sophomore with a meth habit.
UPC barcodes are going to be completely replaced by QR codes everywhere in the world by 2027 except that obviously isn't going to happen how fucking stupid are you wait it's Axios the answer is all. You are all the stupid. (Axios)

Possibly more than all the stupid.

Disclaimer: If we could burn stupid for heat we could melt the glaciers tomorrow with the power of a single tech journalist.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:04 AM

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1 Hi Pixy!

Posted by: JQ at April 18, 2023 04:06 AM (o0Fxd)

2 Jammin' to War atm...

Posted by: JQ at April 18, 2023 04:07 AM (o0Fxd)

3 Top 5?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 18, 2023 04:08 AM (omVj0)

4 Hi JQ!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 18, 2023 04:08 AM (BLOW1)

5 Knew the thread should be up but phone wasn't working, had to restart it.

Posted by: Skip at April 18, 2023 04:09 AM (xhxe8)

6 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at April 18, 2023 04:11 AM (sAmhv)

7 https://youtu.be/1xqMY8UAGgg

Posted by: JQ at April 18, 2023 04:14 AM (o0Fxd)

8 To continue the discussion of the '70s: We were still relatively free. You could lose a job on a Friday, find another and be actually working by the next week -- no endless loops of Personnel to crawl through. A full-size bag of Doritos cost .69, a fifth of (admittedly cheap) bourbon could be had for $5. A new mid-range car like a Ford Maverick listed for $4000. A decent apartment could be had in a nice area for $200-250/month. And pre-toxic feminism, most young women had not grown up with that craziness and still liked men and wanted to be with them.

No, we didn't have cell phones or the 'Net, and cable TV was just becoming the norm. (I had HBO on my cable system in 1979, and paid about $8/month.) HBO, if you recall, was not 24 hours; it came on about 4 pm and ended its last film about 1 am. The 24-hour station was WTBS, which was still showing classic films, before Turner Classic Movies began.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 18, 2023 04:15 AM (omVj0)

9 Oh, wow. Barcodes going away?

Jeez, I still have some LPs from *before barcode* days.

Fk. Feeling O.L.D. now.........

Posted by: JQ at April 18, 2023 04:17 AM (o0Fxd)

10 I have some paperback books without barcodes -- some bought new.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 18, 2023 04:19 AM (omVj0)

11 https://youtu.be/3HU-KdHmYeA

Posted by: JQ at April 18, 2023 04:22 AM (o0Fxd)

12 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 18, 2023 04:24 AM (MBGMJ)

13 Morning all!

From the QR link above..

"The technology promises to improve product safety, give us greater transparency into the origins of the items we buy, and enhance our lives with handy suggestions about how to use or prepare our purchases."

I'm not sure how the QR will improve product safety, or any of the other crap.
Other then require me to haul out my phone to read the code in the store instead of just reading the back of the package.

Posted by: Bruce at April 18, 2023 04:24 AM (Zrzqo)

14 require me to haul out my phone to read the code in the store instead of just reading the back of the package.
Posted by: Bruce
-----

The better to track your interests, my dear. And sell your data!

Posted by: JQ at April 18, 2023 04:27 AM (o0Fxd)

15 https://youtu.be/cXOhTFddKpM

Posted by: JQ at April 18, 2023 04:27 AM (o0Fxd)

16 The 70s. Grew up in Western PA. The Steelers and the Pirates were great and won championships. TV was whatever the ariel picked up. Mostly Youngstown stations. Occasionally, Pittsburgh. Went camping a lot. I was just a kid. Not even a teen yet. It wasn't bad.

Posted by: Puddleglum at April 18, 2023 04:27 AM (sAmhv)

17 The better to track your interests, my dear. And sell your data!
Posted by: JQ

HA!

No they wouldn't do that. There has to be some other reason.

Posted by: Bruce at April 18, 2023 04:28 AM (Zrzqo)

18 https://youtu.be/3HU-KdHmYeA
Posted by: JQ at April 18, 2023

***
Cool stuff! On that same YT page is the official video for Fleetwood Mac's "Tusk," which oddly enough I don't remember from 1979 (?) when it was new. I guess my local Top 40 AM station didn't play it. I didn't discover that tune until many years later.

AM? Yes. That was the only radio I had in my work van and in the '65 Mercury and the Ford Escort I drove between 1981 and 1991. I'd added an FM tuner to the Ford Maverick in '77, but that car was gone by '81.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 18, 2023 04:29 AM (omVj0)

19 missing something

G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at April 18, 2023 04:30 AM (xhxe8)

20 Any of you ever see a tombstone with a QR code on it? There's one near where my parents are buried. Links to a website contain the biography of the deceased. Was actually interesting.

Now imagine hackers plastering graves with QRs linking to viral sites.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 18, 2023 04:30 AM (MBGMJ)

21 The better to track your interests, my dear. And sell your data!
Posted by: JQ

Then someone will have an app that will read the code without being able to track us, except that someone else will hack the app that does that.

Posted by: Bruce at April 18, 2023 04:30 AM (Zrzqo)

22 AM? Yes. That was the only radio I had in my work van and in the '65 Mercury and the Ford Escort I drove between 1981 and 1991. I'd added an FM tuner to the Ford Maverick in '77, but that car was gone by '81.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,

Early 70's my buddy and I would install an 8 track in the car. Jensen 20 oz speakers....pirate 8 tracks from the flea market. We were coooool.

Just needed a Mr. Microphone.

Posted by: Bruce at April 18, 2023 04:33 AM (Zrzqo)

23 https://youtu.be/IyAEUWJlk1Q

Posted by: JQ at April 18, 2023 04:36 AM (o0Fxd)

24 a fifth of (admittedly cheap) bourbon could be had for $5.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 18, 2023 04:15 AM (omVj0)

College, spring of '75. A 6-pack of Old Milwaukee for $1.19.

Yeah, we were relatively free -- compared to those before us. We are dinosaurs to young'uns now. We were actually allowed to hurt ourselves, with no Mommy hovering around to kiss it and make it better. You just sucked up the pain, wiped off the blood, and kept doing whatever it was you were doing. The only safe space we knew of was on a Monopoly board.

Posted by: RickZ at April 18, 2023 04:38 AM (emlEe)

25 "Smart" phones, "apps", QR codes... bleh!

I'm just about ready to regress into the dark age of UN-connectedness

F'ing nosey guv & businesses

Posted by: JQ at April 18, 2023 04:39 AM (o0Fxd)

26 My Social Credit Score will be nil

Posted by: JQ at April 18, 2023 04:40 AM (o0Fxd)

27 My Social Credit Score will be nil

Posted by: JQ at April 18, 2023 04:40 AM (o0Fxd)

That good, huh? Mine would be looking up at yours with envy.

Posted by: RickZ at April 18, 2023 04:42 AM (emlEe)

28 https://youtu.be/vLu_4vrd_NY

Posted by: JQ at April 18, 2023 04:45 AM (o0Fxd)

29 I think phone and tablet can do QR codes but not sure I know how to get it into phone. Have yet to do it.

Posted by: Skip at April 18, 2023 04:50 AM (xhxe8)

30 I have a flip-phone. Kai OS. It's just a leeetle above a brick: I can make calls and do texts. Intertube capable, but I don't use that. Screen is too tiny to really see anything.

Meh. It does all I need it to do.

Posted by: JQ at April 18, 2023 04:53 AM (o0Fxd)

31 I think phone and tablet can do QR codes but not sure I know how to get it into phone. Have yet to do it.
Posted by: Skip

On my Android phone, I point the camera at it. It sometimes reads it right away.
Other times, usually at some restaurant especially during Kovid(OMG) it wouldn't work. Then I would ask for a paper menu. (I know you got them somewhere Karen, just pick up two for my wife and I so we can sit down and order food instead of hauling out my phone and trying to get the code to work.

Also, if you're going to carry 50 different beers, have a beer menu. Don't ask me what kind of beer I like you you're the beer sommelier. Look at my stomach You think that got there from drinking lite beer?

Posted by: Bruce at April 18, 2023 04:56 AM (Zrzqo)

32 https://youtu.be/GHhD4PD75zY

Posted by: JQ at April 18, 2023 04:56 AM (o0Fxd)

33 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 18, 2023 05:01 AM (ju2Fy)

34 Ultimately, they promise that a Musk-like figure won’t be able to censor or ban someone from the underlying protocol.

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Ha. A "Musk-like figure" that opened the airwaves but not a Jack-like figure that spent years censoring and shadow banning.

Posted by: They're lying, the bulk of EVs aren't being sold to private individuals at April 18, 2023 05:01 AM (AbEPc)

35 It's weird to realize how many people want a king. Or at least a ruler. I'm starting to appreciate that it really is the natural state of humanity, and we're reverting back to it from this aberration.

Posted by: They're lying, the bulk of EVs aren't being sold to private individuals at April 18, 2023 05:03 AM (AbEPc)

36 https://youtu.be/yvIQX_eDmN0

Posted by: JQ at April 18, 2023 05:04 AM (o0Fxd)

37 Last of the funk:

https://youtu.be/jidMaFbmaok

Posted by: JQ at April 18, 2023 05:06 AM (o0Fxd)

38
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 18, 2023 05:06 AM (ENBF0)

39 hahaha, from the comments:

"Bluesky is a stupid person's idea of a smart social network system"

Posted by: They're lying, the bulk of EVs aren't being sold to private individuals at April 18, 2023 05:08 AM (AbEPc)

40 Brother Louie...

I was dating a Native American guy, back when we were teens. Love. (or so we thought?) And his parents were happy for us, encouraged us, yadda yadda...

Was going to meet his grandparents, but they, um, *were not happy* that I was not also a tribal member. They put the kibosh on our relationship.

Posted by: JQ at April 18, 2023 05:10 AM (o0Fxd)

41 Don't think JT's bird bath will be frozen but not getting above 60 degrees today here

Posted by: Skip at April 18, 2023 05:14 AM (xhxe8)

42 Was gonna link Patti Smith's Rock n Roll N-word but maybe better not.

Punk!

Posted by: JQ at April 18, 2023 05:16 AM (o0Fxd)

43 Birdbath (if not broken) would be: overflowing. It's raining pretty hard here

Posted by: JQ at April 18, 2023 05:20 AM (o0Fxd)

44 Good morning! A pleasant 64 outside on the way to 75 with some thunderstorms later this afternoon/evening. May have to take a nap on the patio this afternoon.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 18, 2023 05:22 AM (YRsIm)

45 Punk!

Posted by: JQ at April 18, 2023 05:16 AM (o0Fxd)

The last real music.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 18, 2023 05:25 AM (A3700)

46 Hey, CBD. Good morning!

Yeah, we've lost soooo much since then. And before...

Ugh. Can't even speak plainly without offending *somebody* *somewhere*

Almost not worth carrying on. (See: Star Trek, S1 E1, The Menagerie) Without freedom, is life worth living?

Posted by: JQ at April 18, 2023 05:28 AM (o0Fxd)

47 Time to see what's for breakfast.

Have a good one all!

Posted by: Bruce at April 18, 2023 05:29 AM (Zrzqo)

48 Goodnight, horde.

Here's one for you all. And ACE!

https://youtu.be/15vhxgVcV_s

Posted by: JQ at April 18, 2023 05:33 AM (o0Fxd)

49 Almost not worth carrying on. (See: Star Trek, S1 E1, The Menagerie) Without freedom, is life worth living?
Posted by: JQ

You have the freedom in not letting the bastards get you down.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 18, 2023 05:34 AM (jzzG8)

50 Without freedom, is life worth living?

Posted by: JQ at April 18, 2023 05:28 AM (o0Fxd)

No, but freedom is worth a fight.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 18, 2023 05:35 AM (A3700)

51 Woman wins 2 million dollar lottery after using life saving to pay for daughter's cancer treatment:

https://tinyurl.com/2wmmcwkr

Sunny Skyz story

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 18, 2023 05:37 AM (NZIB7)

52 Good morning morons

Jerry Nadler is a fat greasy quisling

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 18, 2023 05:39 AM (EZebt)

53 I've seen a few cars parked out a few feet from the end of parking slot. People are kind of slowing down. It's weird.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 18, 2023 05:40 AM (jzzG8)

54 The disheartening part is realizing that CIA and FBI has been at the top of major corporations for years. This is just another in a long line of revelations since Trump was elected:

https://tinyurl.com/jdj2hyze

We've been living under fascism / chekism for a long time - likely decades - without knowing it. And now we've got to try to figure out how to resolve that just to get back to the pretend sense of "freedom" that we had even 20 years ago after they passed the PATRIOT Act and accomplished little to nothing other than moving the ball forward against the U.S. and her citizens.

Posted by: They're lying, the bulk of EVs aren't being sold to private individuals at April 18, 2023 05:40 AM (AbEPc)

55 Without freedom, is life worth living?

Never lose faith. With faith, there is hope. Faith and hope drive people to endure all kinds of things.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 18, 2023 05:41 AM (YRsIm)

56 Kentucky school band sees rival band had no music and helps them out:

https://tinyurl.com/4pbt6972

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 18, 2023 05:41 AM (NZIB7)

57 yo wut sup

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 18, 2023 05:45 AM (BRHaw)

58 And I think this is a story that has joy in it:

I love the writing of William Jacobsen at "Legal Insurrection". Apparently Tucker Carlson interviewed hiim, but I didn't see it. Anyway it's positive how one man can stand up and make a difference is inspiring. And the supportive comments he received are inspiring:

https://tinyurl.com/2btu9r55

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 18, 2023 05:47 AM (NZIB7)

59 https://youtu.be/tNtOYomo4Qg

Posted by: JQ at April 18, 2023 05:47 AM (o0Fxd)

60 Oh boy. Here we go again.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 18, 2023 05:50 AM (xAJtR)

61 Investing in faith~a biblical reflection from a passage from the prophet Jeremiah:

https://odb.org/US/2023/04/18/future-faithfulness

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 18, 2023 05:51 AM (NZIB7)

62 The last real music.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

I thought you were on vacation....?

AGAIN !

Posted by: JT at April 18, 2023 05:51 AM (T4tVD)

63 hiya

Posted by: JT at April 18, 2023 05:51 AM (T4tVD)

64 Sorry- 61- the tinyurl wasn't working apparently:

https://tinyurl.com/yfydpmhc

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 18, 2023 05:53 AM (NZIB7)

65 Don't think JT's bird bath will be frozen but not getting above 60 degrees today here
Posted by: Skip at April 18,

You're just tryin' to trick me into going outside....

Posted by: JT at April 18, 2023 05:53 AM (T4tVD)

66 100 years of womens right was ended by a chick with a dick swimming.
Child grooming for sex started by a unsexy glasses wearing librarian.
Psychologists and Surgeons mutilate children for the $$$.
Vaccines dont really vax and Docs dont not really treat.
And a Senator returns triumphantly to the Senate.
https://tinyurl.com/2w45dft7

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 18, 2023 05:54 AM (BRHaw)

67 Kentucky school band sees rival band had no music and helps them out:

https://tinyurl.com/4pbt6972
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

The school had a shortage of bus drivers because Trump rewrote the bus driver regulations and slashed their numbers. Joe Biden has increased the number of bus drivers by 12,000%, the most of any presurent in history.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 18, 2023 05:55 AM (xAJtR)

68 The damned Urth Dey crap is Saturday. I just know Miss Linda is going to want to visit the local Buffalo Exchange store. Every year on Urth Dey they have a sidewalk sale with big discounts. The trouble is, April here is a hellscape already, and the store is located on the sunny side of the street. So standing there waiting for her to look at every item in every tub or on every rack is horrifying. Last year I walked up to the local library and hung out for an hour.

(And they don't even open until 11 am. In a hot climate sensible people would insist stores open early so they can run errands early, to avoid the heat. It's insane.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 18, 2023 05:56 AM (omVj0)

69 Earthporn- Lovely pictures of nature:

https://tinyurl.com/yfydpmhc

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 18, 2023 06:01 AM (NZIB7)

70 Hundreds of teens reportedly gathered en masse Friday night in Chicago. Car windows were broken, assaults reportedly took place, and two teens were shot during the mayhem that is being described as “wilding.”

dem wildings chillrens just be doin fun, leaves dem alone

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 18, 2023 06:02 AM (BRHaw)

71 OOOOOoooh! Urf Day cometh!

(LOL, so much for sleep)

Hubby and I will gather some firewood and a bag of charcoal from the barn... have us a NICE fire in the pit in back yard.

Charcoal. Heh. Kryptonite for gaia-worshippers. Love it.

Posted by: JQ at April 18, 2023 06:03 AM (o0Fxd)

72 Joe Biden has increased the number of bus drivers by 12,000%, the most of any presurent in history.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 18, 2023 05:55 AM (xAJtR)

I was the first bus driver to break the racist blockades against blacks going to school! I fought off an entire riot!

My word as a Biden!

Posted by: Joseph Biden: Drooler-in-Chief at April 18, 2023 06:03 AM (A3700)

73 “wilding” Huh.

Good reason for full-auto, yes?

Posted by: JQ at April 18, 2023 06:04 AM (o0Fxd)

74 Hundreds of teens reportedly gathered en masse Friday night in Chicago. Car windows were broken, assaults reportedly took place, and two teens were shot during the mayhem that is being described as “wilding.”

dem wildings chillrens just be doin fun, leaves dem alone
Posted by: rhennigantx

Was that the Dem convention ?

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

75 If you're surprised by Elon disclosing the government accesses private communications on Twitter without a warrant you are more gullible than you thought.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 18, 2023 06:04 AM (EZebt)

76 Disneyland has announced 'Pride Nite' celebrations in June

I want to see pics of Goofy bending over Mickey

or it did not happen

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 18, 2023 06:05 AM (BRHaw)

77 So I'm watching National Geographic last night, 'The Secret Hitler Tapes' or something like that. One thing they kept repeating was how Hitler wanted to revoke the Versailles Treaty and Make Germany Great Again. It was effin' obvious, that propaganda ploy. Godwin's Law invoked. Trump is Hitler and his MAGAites are NAZIs. At the end, the credits listed as contributors CNN and VICE News. An unintended irony, I'm sure, was their extended coverage of Leni Riefenstahl and her award-winning 'documentary' 'Triumph of the Will'.

So many can't see the propaganda, being oblivious or otherwise. But once you see it, it's so damn annoying.

Posted by: RickZ at April 18, 2023 06:05 AM (emlEe)

78 Bible verses about joy from both the Old and New Testaments

https://tinyurl.com/5bjw63ub

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 18, 2023 06:06 AM (NZIB7)

79 Was that the Dem convention ?
Posted by: JT at April 18, 2023 06:04 AM (T4tVD)

nope the pre party it runs until next July

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

80 Good morning, fellow commentators.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 18, 2023 06:07 AM (4I/2K)

81 75 If you're surprised by Elon disclosing the government accesses private communications on Twitter without a warrant you are more gullible than you thought.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 18, 2023 06:04 AM (EZebt)

Now do...

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 18, 2023 06:07 AM (BRHaw)

82 Earth Day Fun Fact: The first Earth Day, April 22, 1970, was on the 100th Anniversary of Lenin's Birthday (4/22/1870). Coincidence? I think not. And here we are.

Posted by: RickZ at April 18, 2023 06:09 AM (emlEe)

83 Florida man, 72, has his right leg ripped off below the knee in horrific alligator attack: Two reptiles are shot dead in the water including one with a foot protruding from its mouth

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 18, 2023 06:10 AM (BRHaw)

84 Social order comes from the barrel of a gun.
-San Franpsycho h/t Mao Zedong

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 18, 2023 06:10 AM (EZebt)

85 82 Earth Day Fun Fact: The first Earth Day, April 22, 1970, was on the 100th Anniversary of Lenin's Birthday (4/22/1870). Coincidence? I think not. And here we are.
Posted by: RickZ at April 18, 2023 06:09 AM (emlEe)

wasnt Earth Day founder a murderer and sex pervert?

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 18, 2023 06:10 AM (BRHaw)

86 Would you extend me? I'd extend me. I'd extend me so hard . . .

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 18, 2023 06:10 AM (4I/2K)

87 Corny jokes you can laugh at:

https://tinyurl.com/awzyhc6e

Posted by: FenelonSpoke-actually I'm usually pretty joyful at April 18, 2023 06:11 AM (NZIB7)

88 The Earth only gets 1 day. Gays and trannies are up to about 6 weeks.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 18, 2023 06:13 AM (xAJtR)

89 Colorado becomes first transgender tourism state: Democratic Gov signs bill that allows children to travel for puberty blockers - even if drugs are banned where they live

Which state will be the first to legalize tranny boy hooking and children sex?

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 18, 2023 06:13 AM (BRHaw)

90 Maybe I will cut a tree down for Earth day.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 18, 2023 06:14 AM (xAJtR)

91 as I started reading the Axios piece I was expecting to read how the QR fights globalclimatewarmingcoolingchange and supports tranny rights.

Posted by: TA at April 18, 2023 06:14 AM (rEj50)

92 When AI starts pounding me with ads for contributions I'm going to nuke them.

No offense, I love ace and you cobs and what you do, but AI can suck my balls.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at April 18, 2023 06:16 AM (V4X9X)

93 84- There was actually some aged Democrat who quoted that at a township committee meeting . The head of the local conservative group who always goes to these meetings objected to Mao being quoted in that venue, but the guy never apologize.d He eventually resigned from the committee, but not over that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke-actually I'm usually pretty joyful at April 18, 2023 06:16 AM (4awn8)

94
My son-in-law (living in Ohio) wants my wife and I (in PA) to visit his mom in the hospital in NJ. She has had a stroke and may get a pacemaker installed today. My opinion is that even a common cold would kill her in her condition. Another fact is that neither my wife or I got the so-called vaccine. Am I too cautious on her behalf?

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

95 I now have to take my usually pretty joyful self out of here. I didn't get much sleep so I'm going back to sleep and later I have to get a hopefully negative TB test so I can do a worship service at the local nursing home. The chances of my having TB are about 99. 9 against it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 18, 2023 06:21 AM (1+NdM)

96 My opinion is that even a common cold would kill her in her condition. Another fact is that neither my wife or I got the so-called vaccine. Am I too cautious on her behalf?

--

Depends on what you're asking. The vaccine does nothing, so that's a non-starter. If you've got the sniffles stay home and don't sneeze on folks or share drinks with other people, same as people knew to do for 100 years before 2020.

If you don't want to visit the in-laws the "I'm not vaccinated" is a darn good excuse, though.

I'm more and more confident that not treating a bad cold was the deaths we saw with COVID in 2020-2021. Remember when there were only five or so flu deaths that year? They went somewhere.

Doctors weren't allowed to treat, so folks died. Ta-dah! COVID deaths.

Posted by: They're lying, the bulk of EVs aren't being sold to private individuals at April 18, 2023 06:25 AM (kb4+v)

97 Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 18, 2023 06:18 AM (enJYY)
===
Paper masks will keep everyone 100% safe. Two masks will keep you 200% safe.
-CDC's Dr. Tony Fauci

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 18, 2023 06:25 AM (EZebt)

98 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 18, 2023 06:25 AM (u82oZ)

99 You can't "argue" with an AI language model. They have a training set, and every "decision" it makes is based off of that training set. Every new piece of information it receives is absorbed in terms of that training set.

It is the perfect Basic Internet Leftist.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 18, 2023 06:26 AM (9UlRk)

100 FenelonSpoke

Have a restorative nap, and ace that TB test.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 18, 2023 06:26 AM (u82oZ)

101 Am I too cautious on her behalf?
Posted by: Divide by Zero

Nah. It is fine.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 18, 2023 06:28 AM (xAJtR)

102 100

h/t m

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 18, 2023 06:29 AM (EZebt)

103 You can't "argue" with an AI language model. They have a training set, and every "decision" it makes is based off of that training set. Every new piece of information it receives is absorbed in terms of that training set.

It is the perfect Basic Internet Leftist.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

--

Yep. A literal NPC, and we real-life humans will be taking on tasks from it.

"There's a rat infestation in my barn. I'll tell you more about how to fix Global Warming after you remove the rats from my barn."

Posted by: They're lying, the bulk of EVs aren't being sold to private individuals at April 18, 2023 06:31 AM (kb4+v)

104 Visiting a hospital is probably a worse threat to your health than you are to the sick people there if you are healthy.

Posted by: pawn at April 18, 2023 06:31 AM (wsHtO)

105 Crossing state lines to mutilate or otherwise abuse a minor sounds an awful lot like a felony to me, but I'm no big shot city lawyuh.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 18, 2023 06:32 AM (9UlRk)

106
Nah. It is fine.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 18, 2023 06:28 AM

Since you are prone to sarcasm I have to ask - as a medical professional, are you serious?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 18, 2023 06:32 AM (enJYY)

107 "We lose about 40,000 people every year," Buttigieg told Sharpton, adding roadway fatalities are "a level that's comparable to gun violence" for emphasis. "And we see a lot of racial disparities," Buttigieg continued.

Specifically, according to Buttigieg, "black and brown Americans, tribal citizens, and rural residents" are "much more likely to lose their lives — whether it's in a car or a pedestrian being hit by a car."

I would think that we reconsider letting POC have licenses and be allowed to purchase vehicles.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 18, 2023 06:33 AM (BRHaw)

108 Have a wonderful day, everyone.
Got early chores.

May you not have turkey vultures rest on the ridge line of your house, directly over wherever your wife is at the time. Not a harbinger at all.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 18, 2023 06:34 AM (u82oZ)

109
Visiting a hospital is probably a worse threat to your health than you are to the sick people there if you are healthy.

Posted by: pawn at April 18, 2023 06:31 AM

Yeah, that's another factor. Second trip around 29 and a decade. No spring chickens here.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 18, 2023 06:34 AM (enJYY)

110 I suspect the whole "AI" silliness will be a big driver in forcing people to do things they don't want to do and have been openly rejecting every time they're attempted.

"Listen, we don't want to ban gasoline and make you have to have to give up your cars and move to this 270 square foot pod in the city either, but the AI says it's the only way to get temperatures to stabilize in the next 300 years."

Posted by: They're lying, the bulk of EVs aren't being sold to private individuals at April 18, 2023 06:34 AM (kb4+v)

111 I want to know what Barry the Lightworker (may Peace Be Upon Him) didn't do anything about this racist highway system. He had 8 years.

Barry, why do you hate BIPOC people?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at April 18, 2023 06:35 AM (PiwSw)

112 Specifically, according to Buttigieg, "black and brown Americans, tribal citizens, and rural residents" are "much more likely to lose their lives — whether it's in a car or a pedestrian being hit by a car."

---

There's some science waiting to happen there, so it's best that we avoid looking into that.

Posted by: They're lying, the bulk of EVs aren't being sold to private individuals at April 18, 2023 06:35 AM (kb4+v)

113 Doctors weren't allowed to treat, so folks died. Ta-dah! COVID deaths.
Posted by: They're lying, the bulk of EVs aren't being sold to private individuals at April 18, 2023 06:25 AM (kb4+v)

I think I had the CV last March. I Doc shopped until I got Zpak and steroids. I felt better in about 12 hours for 5 bucks worth of meds. And about 1200 bucks in vist cost.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 18, 2023 06:36 AM (BRHaw)

114 "We lose about 40,000 people every year," Buttigieg told Sharpton, adding roadway fatalities are "a level that's comparable to gun violence" for emphasis. "And we see a lot of racial disparities," Buttigieg continued.

Did you see the 5 second clip of Sharpton looking at him after he spewed for this BS? He's seriously thinking "Crazy white faggot boy!"

Either that or trying to figure out how he can get in on the action.

Posted by: pawn at April 18, 2023 06:36 AM (wsHtO)

115 Specifically, according to Buttigieg, "black and brown Americans, tribal citizens, and rural residents" are "much more likely to lose their lives — whether it's in a car or a pedestrian being hit by a car."

-

BTW, "rural residents" is their way of saying "white trash"

They can't use that term, of course, but replace it and re-read it and you'll see it in context. Almost like it's a shared cultural problem.

Posted by: They're lying, the bulk of EVs aren't being sold to private individuals at April 18, 2023 06:38 AM (kb4+v)

116 A) you can almost guarantee that what the Trans of Secretarysportation is saying is not true.

B) if it were true, it's likely due to "black and brown" Americans disproportionately living in densely populated areas

C) and if *that* is true, the only fair solution is either forced relocation of minorities (Andrew Jackson was after all the founder of their party), or, some form of elaborate Bussing scheme to relocate minorities and prevent them from driving in congested areas....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 18, 2023 06:39 AM (9UlRk)

117 And how do QR codes really improve customer experience? They don't it's more personal data mining so the political corporate overloads can make billions off us and entrench social control.
So once again we lose.

Posted by: Xavier Basora at April 18, 2023 06:41 AM (q1MgB)

118 two former CIA officials from the Obama era: former acting Director Mike Morrell and Nick Shapiro, a former adviser to ex-Director John Brennan.

"It seems to me that one of the key players here was Michael Morell, that he was one kind of coordinating this, working this together," Jordan said. "And then there are a few other folks. We have talked to Nick Shapiro. Mr. Shapiro, I think, was the one kind of coordinating the outreach to the legacy media and how they wanted this story presented."

The 51 laptop letter was just politics.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 18, 2023 06:41 AM (BRHaw)

119 "If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit". New motto on the Seal of the Secretary of Transportation. Done in Latin so they look schmart.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 18, 2023 06:41 AM (lz5hY)

120 Everyone knows not to open links in emails you weren't expecting. And yet they'll will point their stupid phones at a qr code on literally anything, anywhere, for no particular reason other than curiosity.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 18, 2023 06:43 AM (9UlRk)

121 Done in Latin so they look schmart.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 18, 2023 06:41 AM (lz5hY)

"If it ain't broke, you're not trying"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 18, 2023 06:44 AM (9UlRk)

122 I just cannot wait for AI to tell us that we have to kill ourselves, for the sake of the planet.

Hilarity ensues.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at April 18, 2023 06:46 AM (5u1+1)

123 >>Disclaimer: If we could burn stupid for heat we could melt the glaciers tomorrow with the power of a single tech journalist.

Slashdot Commenters: Hold our beer.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 18, 2023 06:47 AM (up/3i)

124
I put together a sweet little Photoshop yesterday using a picture of a woman with face made up to look like a wolf, scary teeth and all. Beneath it I put the caption, "I just want to read stories to your chickens."

Sure enough Facebook suppressed it on my wife's account. Next to zero 'likes'. I guess they've already flagged the meme.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 18, 2023 06:47 AM (enJYY)

125 Starting on May 1st, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will offer discounted mortgage rates to prospective home buyers with “riskier credit backgrounds” (meaning people with poor credit ratings) to enable them to qualify for a mortgage. But that will generate more losses in the system and that money will have to be made up somehow. So people holding lower-cost mortgages because they have a good credit rating will be charged more, leading to their monthly mortgage payments going up.

from those to those

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 18, 2023 06:48 AM (BRHaw)

126 "GPT, how do we solve global warming and conservatism and save the Erf and Children?"

"42."

".... what?"

"Lol, nah, just fuckin' with ya. Go kill yourself, meatbag."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 18, 2023 06:49 AM (9UlRk)

127 mornin yall. I've never used a QR code. You don't know what's embedded in there.

I don't do text messages either. I'm a troglodyte like that.

Posted by: fd at April 18, 2023 06:49 AM (iayUP)

128 from those to those
Posted by: rhennigantx at April 18, 2023 06:48 AM (BRHaw)

2008 II. This time, it's personal.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 18, 2023 06:50 AM (9UlRk)

129 Si nitore perstringere non potes, eos bullshit

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 18, 2023 06:50 AM (BRHaw)

130 Specifically, according to Buttigieg, "black and brown Americans, tribal citizens, and rural residents" are "much more likely to lose their lives — whether it's in a car or a pedestrian being hit by a car."

---

This part is really interesting btw. It was assumed, but I'd never seen pedestrian deaths broken down by race. Buttigieg confirmed that it's "black and brown Americans" being hit by cars as pedestrians.

The pedestrian safety regulations for hood impacts ruined car designs. They are the reason cars are ugly now. They are the reason manufacturers like Ford abandoned even attempting to produce cars.

"Reasons Why Cars Look the Same" (spoilers: pedestrian safety regulations)

https://youtu.be/kCg2glyX6OI

It's weird to see that - culturally - they're the reason you can't buy an attractive sedan any longer. That's amazing.

Posted by: They're lying, the bulk of EVs aren't being sold to private individuals at April 18, 2023 06:51 AM (kb4+v)

131 2008 II. This time, it's personal.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 18, 2023 06:50 AM (9UlRk)

style guided requires use of electric and boogaloo

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 18, 2023 06:52 AM (BRHaw)

132 Crosswalks are white devilry. Bad medicine. Steal your soul.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 18, 2023 06:52 AM (9UlRk)

133 Starting on May 1st, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will offer discounted mortgage rates to prospective home buyers with “riskier credit backgrounds” (meaning people with poor credit ratings) to enable them to qualify for a mortgage. ...
Posted by: rhennigantx at April 18, 2023 06:48 AM (BRHaw)
===
What could possibly go wrong?
/2008

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 18, 2023 06:53 AM (EZebt)

134 "or a pedestrian being hit by a car."

It happens a lot in the city near hear. The denizens don't think they have to follow any laws anyway, so they will cross where they want and dare you to hit them.

Posted by: fd at April 18, 2023 06:54 AM (iayUP)

135 Here

Posted by: fd at April 18, 2023 06:54 AM (iayUP)

136 @130

>>It's weird to see that - culturally - they're the reason you can't buy an attractive sedan any longer. That's amazing.

Well, I drive a 6k lb brick, if a pedestrian were to be so unlucky as to put themselves between themselves and the front end, they would be obliterated.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 18, 2023 06:55 AM (up/3i)

137 The denizens don't think they have to follow any laws anyway, so they will cross where they want and dare you to hit them.
Posted by: fd at April 18, 2023 06:54 AM (iayUP)

There are forest dwelling quadrupeds with more instinctive skill at crossing a street than the average Allentown resident.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 18, 2023 06:55 AM (9UlRk)

138 130 Heh. I was watching the Mecum auction over the weekend. They offered a 59 Caddy ElDorado Biaritz, with The Tailfins. It would be cool to tool around in one of those with a lifelike dummy impaled on one of the fins.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 18, 2023 06:55 AM (lz5hY)

139 I almost hit a kid one day that I swear was playing dodge the traffic. I was close enough to see his wide open eyes and body contortions as I nicked by him.

Posted by: fd at April 18, 2023 06:56 AM (iayUP)

140 More than 7,000 pedestrians were killed on our nation’s roads in crashes involving a motor vehicle in 2020.

Half of that is over 65 (and it is grouped around mid 70s) and under 15 (and that is grouped around 14).

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 18, 2023 06:56 AM (BRHaw)

141
I imagine the Facebook algorithm works like this - for what they consider 'problematic' to the tranny/drag queen/groomer 'community' they won't do a 100% block from others seeing it. But they will allow it in the feed of the least 'engaged' accounts. Those with few friends and hardly use Facebook.

Hardly child's play for someone who 'learned how to code'.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 18, 2023 06:57 AM (enJYY)

142 The worst pedestrian environment I have ever encountered was in Hoboken, women walking down the street would be walking down the street pushing carriages down the street and then without a moments hesitations, dive bomb right into the street using the carriage as a shield and then yelling at cars that had to screech to a stop to avoid hitting them.

Insane.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 18, 2023 06:58 AM (up/3i)

143 When I was a kid everyone walked in traffic, you crossed the street when there was a break, not in any pussy crosswalk.

They had to run PSAs to convince people. "Cross At the Green! Not in Between!"

Traffic fascists.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 18, 2023 06:59 AM (EZebt)

144 It happens a lot in the city near hear. The denizens don't think they have to follow any laws anyway, so they will cross where they want and dare you to hit them.
Posted by: fd at April 18, 2023 06:54 AM (iayUP)

The main east to west road here is 45 so people drive 50. We have two clusters of apartments with c store and g store on the other side. If you dont drive with one foot over the brake you are going to have to clean ped out the grill eventually.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 18, 2023 06:59 AM (BRHaw)

145
I was in a Toyota showroom last month. The entire front end of the car is plastic. I tapped the front left and right fenders. Plastic. The hood I was a little unsure about.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 18, 2023 06:59 AM (enJYY)

146 I think there is probably a component to the issue that everyone is wandering around town stoned on the damned weed pens all day. It's nuts. Just a bunch of glassy eyed zombies grinning and bumbling everywhere you go. No wonder they're getting run over all the time.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 18, 2023 06:59 AM (9UlRk)

147 *their damn weed pens.

....

But "the damn weed pens" sounds far more crotchety. So, stet.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 18, 2023 07:00 AM (9UlRk)

148 My new roof is finished, now they need to take away the dumpster. The Mexican crew who did all the work did a nice job. They do jobs that others won't do, such a climbing on steep roofs. They are smaller than us, and strong. Not easy to communicate with them, but they do smile a lot. Now if only other certain cultures worked as hard, instead of just collected their government benefits, it would be a better world.

Posted by: Colin at April 18, 2023 07:01 AM (8p0Zk)

149 @141

>>I imagine the Facebook algorithm works like this

The YouTube algorithm works like that.

I am completely shadow banned, I can see my comment when logged in, nobody else can see my comment, when I log out, I can no longer see my comment.

This happened when I commented on a Grace Randolph video when about here racialism and woke nonsense.

She was bad then, she's a loonytoon now.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 18, 2023 07:01 AM (up/3i)

150 Buttiegif is a useful idiot. he parrots every clichéd leftist trope.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 18, 2023 07:02 AM (A3700)

151 dive bomb right into the street using the carriage as a shield and then yelling at cars that had to screech to a stop to avoid hitting them.

Insane.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 18, 2023 06:58 AM (up/3i)

Sounds a lot like Settlement Fishing.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 18, 2023 07:02 AM (9UlRk)

152 How bad is Buttigieg at his job? People know who the Dept of Transportation is.

(h/t to whoever said this. I'm just ripping it off)

Posted by: Puddleglum at April 18, 2023 07:02 AM (sAmhv)

153 Can't say day is starting off well

Posted by: Skip at April 18, 2023 07:02 AM (EgXFi)

154 state 2019 2020 and 2021 ped deaths
California 1020 1026 958
Florida 745 716 899
Texas 661 714 825

and my comments:
Cal homeless
FL tourist
TX illegals

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 18, 2023 07:03 AM (BRHaw)

155 The worst pedestrian environment I have ever encountered was in Hoboken, women walking down the street would be walking down the street pushing carriages down the street and then without a moments hesitations, dive bomb right into the street using the carriage as a shield and then yelling at cars that had to screech to a stop to avoid hitting them.

Insane.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Hasn't been the same since Sinatra left....

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

156 Diversity hiring is to equal out who has the job, it's not who is best at the job. Buttaguy is a Diversity hire

Posted by: Skip at April 18, 2023 07:04 AM (EgXFi)

157 Can't say day is starting off well
Posted by: Skip

Injuns ?

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

158 People know who the Sec of the Dept of Transportation is.

Fixed

Posted by: Puddleglum at April 18, 2023 07:04 AM (sAmhv)

159 And I should wonder off to bed. Got stuff to do later.

Be well, Daywalkers. Cheer up, for the worst is yet to come!!

Posted by: Puddleglum at April 18, 2023 07:05 AM (sAmhv)

160 Pedestrians being struck and killed by cars is a regular thing around here- street zombies walking in the road, trying to cross highways.. happens a lot

the common denominator is Stupid

Posted by: DB - identifying the problem at April 18, 2023 07:06 AM (geLO8)

161
♪ Hey there Little Red Riding Hood
You sure are lookin' good
You're everything a big bad wolf could want ♪

Posted by: Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs at April 18, 2023 07:06 AM (enJYY)

162 153 Can't say day is starting off well
Posted by: Skip at April 18, 2023 07:02 AM (EgXFi)

sorry to here that

it is so very easy to get off to a bad start and have the day slip away

BTDTGTT

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

163 Watching a parade of Democrat politicians degrade, mock, and minimize the losses of crime victims yesterday is literally gut-wrenching.

"At long last, have you no shame?"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 18, 2023 07:08 AM (EZebt)

164 The stat that mystifies me is the number of pedestrians killed by trains. Kind of hard to not see or hear one of those coming. Drug or alcohol impairment no doubt.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 18, 2023 07:09 AM (lz5hY)

165 I was in a Toyota showroom last month. The entire front end of the car is plastic. I tapped the front left and right fenders. Plastic. The hood I was a little unsure about.

Remember me ?

Posted by: Saturn at April 18, 2023 07:09 AM (zpt1t)

166 165 What am I, chopped liver?

Posted by: The Trabant at April 18, 2023 07:10 AM (lz5hY)

167 Welp morons I am day walking in Germany right now.

Just changing planes.

Posted by: blaster at April 18, 2023 07:11 AM (A+few)

168 The Trabant was exactly what you would expect for a car from a communist auto manufacturer.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 18, 2023 07:12 AM (EZebt)

169 Do they keep racial statistics on the drivers of these cars racistly mowing down all these Blackanbrown pipo?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 18, 2023 07:12 AM (9UlRk)

170 Ok here's your bizarre story for the day:

"A husband and wife from India simultaneously decapitated themselves over the weekend using an improvised guillotine rigged in such a way that their severed heads rolled directly into a fire altar as a form of human sacrifice"

Posted by: fd at April 18, 2023 07:13 AM (iayUP)

171 Safe travels morons. Imma go back to sleep.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 18, 2023 07:13 AM (EZebt)

172 fire altar as a form of human sacrifice"
Posted by: fd at April 18, 2023 07:13 AM (iayUP)

And there's people who bitch about having to go to church on Christmas and Easter...

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 18, 2023 07:14 AM (9UlRk)

173 Yonder Horde.

Know what's equal to or worse than idiot pedestrians?

Idiots on bicycles. Even here in rural KY. There's a couple Lance Armstrong wannabes who ride on two lane country roads. Roads with no shoulders, blind curves and 55MPH speed limits.

And think they have the right of way.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 18, 2023 07:16 AM (Q4IgG)

174 The case was being investigated as an accidental death.

Posted by: fd at April 18, 2023 07:16 AM (iayUP)

175 These people have no clue how dangerous and ultimately uncontrollable their race based creation will be.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at April 18, 2023 07:16 AM (oWBc3)

176 "The Right of Way is something you can never have, but can always give"

Posted by: JT at April 18, 2023 07:17 AM (T4tVD)

177 @167

>>Just changing planes.

Make sure you tip all of the pretty bar maids.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 18, 2023 07:17 AM (A5kNn)

178 And think they have the right of way.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 18, 2023 07:16 AM (Q4IgG)

"Share the road!" screams the lycra clad pensioner breathlessly wobbling across two lanes at a walking pace.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 18, 2023 07:17 AM (9UlRk)

179 "It's weird to realize how many people want a king."

They offered it (kingship) to Geo. Washington.
He declined.

Posted by: gourmand du jour, a literal ray of sunshine at April 18, 2023 07:18 AM (jTmQV)

180 I'll "share the road" when these buffoons have to pay $100 a year for plates on their vehicles and another $100 a year in safety inspections.

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

181 I am completely shadow banned, I can see my comment when logged in, nobody else can see my comment, when I log out, I can no longer see my comment.

But they still want to collect your data and if they flat out deleted it, then you would no longer post.

I wonder how much of what is typed in is used for training data. The AI starts training on our shibboleths. Much of this seems to be converging on trigger language: the form of speech where traditional definitions are jettisoned for the emotion that each sound represents to the listener's emotional response.

Soon, screaming "Fire" won't have the impact in evacuating a room, rather "Gun!", or "Putin!" will be more effective.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 18, 2023 07:19 AM (YXHzG)

182 166 165 What am I, chopped liver?
Posted by: The Trabant at April 18, 2023 07:10 AM (lz5hY)

The fenders and doors were a fiber wood sawdust paper thingy. I think the engine was a german knockoff of the VW flat 4.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 18, 2023 07:19 AM (BRHaw)

183 Hey Pete! What about those chariot race, spiked wheels on semi trucks, or those blinding blue headlights?

Those are real problems that most people can agree on.

Posted by: pawn at April 18, 2023 07:19 AM (wsHtO)

184
Idiots on bicycles.

I know a guy who loves riding his bike in traffic. Been hit half a dozen times. One shoulder lower than the other. Been repeatedly in intensive care for weeks. His wife has to drive their car because he's unable. Still rides his bike. In traffic.

There's no fixing that level of stupid.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 18, 2023 07:20 AM (enJYY)

185 ">>Just changing planes."

So were we!

Posted by: A husband and wife from India who simultaneously decapitated themselves at April 18, 2023 07:21 AM (iayUP)

186 Here lies the bone of John McCay
He died defending his Right of Way
He was in the Right as he sped along
But hes just as dead if hed been dead Wrong

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 18, 2023 07:21 AM (BRHaw)

187 There's no fixing that level of stupid.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 18, 2023 07:20 AM (enJYY)

Hey, I'm doing everything i can over here, bro.

Posted by: Darwin at April 18, 2023 07:21 AM (9UlRk)

188 182 The East Germans also used soybeans in the Trabant material mix, sent by the US to fight hunger.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 18, 2023 07:23 AM (lz5hY)

189 When I was a kid, I used to think leaders like politicians were the smartest of the smart. Or the best of the best. Boy, was I disillusioned! Many politicians are just loud mouth dumb asses.

Posted by: Colin at April 18, 2023 07:23 AM (8p0Zk)

190 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at April 18, 2023 07:23 AM (DhOHl)

191 The number of preventable deaths from bicycle transportation incidents increased 16% in 2020 and have increased 44% in the last 10 years, from 873 in 2011 to 1,260 in 2020.

Whod thot mixing 2 tons behemoths and 200 lbs skin and bone frames would have caused an issue?

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 18, 2023 07:23 AM (BRHaw)

192 188 182 The East Germans also used soybeans in the Trabant material mix, sent by the US to fight hunger.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 18, 2023 07:23 AM (lz5hY)

it made like a fiberglass type shit

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 18, 2023 07:24 AM (BRHaw)

193 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes.

I hate working with IT. For some reason, I can't access my work e-mail and they can't figure out why.

Now, after a day of fooling around with it, I can access and send mail, but not receive. And I didn't do a damned thing to cause this to happen in the first place.

I hate computers.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 18, 2023 07:24 AM (AW0uW)

194 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 18, 2023 07:25 AM (2hlEI)

195 184 Bicycle couriers in big cities, blowing a whistle while blasting through an intersection, because they had important stuff to deliver. Like a few grams of blow from one lawyer to another.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 18, 2023 07:25 AM (lz5hY)

196 "It's weird to realize how many people want a king."

Read what the Israelites demanded from the prophet Samuel. They gave their reasons: primarily because wanted to be like all the other nations, and the previous system was getting corrupt.

They believed that by removing a transcendent moral code and replacing it with a human god (because they naturally assumed that their future leadership would be benevolent and humble) that they would be better off.

Look at the hagiographies that are delivered in social media for Biden. They truly believe he is kind, benevolent, wise, honest, honorable and fair.

Then remind them that their previous "king" was "literally Hitler" and the McGOP before was also "literally Hitler" - they still want a king.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 18, 2023 07:26 AM (YXHzG)

197 I hate computers.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 18, 2023 07:24 AM (AW0uW)

Group Policy Update are the three worst words in the American language.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 18, 2023 07:26 AM (9UlRk)

198 heh. This Breitbart headline:

" Florida Legislature Working to Revoke Disney’s Backdoor Agreements"

Posted by: fd at April 18, 2023 07:26 AM (iayUP)

199 Boker Tov Patriots

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 18, 2023 07:26 AM (pVWRI)

200 189 When I was a kid, I used to think leaders like politicians were the smartest of the smart. Or the best of the best. Boy, was I disillusioned! Many politicians are just loud mouth dumb asses.
Posted by: Colin at April 18, 2023 07:23 AM (8p0Zk)

I came of age in the Carter years and realized he was a idiot.

The speech is remembered for his comparison of the 1970s energy crisis with the "moral equivalent of war."

Who would have thought depending on people that hate you would work out poorly. Hey Joe talking to you!!

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 18, 2023 07:26 AM (BRHaw)

201 I hate computers.

As he types on a computer - being the only way to communicate with a geographically and temporally spread out audience.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 18, 2023 07:27 AM (YXHzG)

202 Backdoor agreements?

Posted by: Pete BootyBoot at April 18, 2023 07:28 AM (DhOHl)

203 Then remind them that their previous "king" was "literally Hitler" and the McGOP before was also "literally Hitler" - they still want a king.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 18, 2023 07:26 AM (YXHzG)

Hick
People loved Obama as they thot he had descending from the mountains and brought peace and light.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 18, 2023 07:29 AM (BRHaw)

204 I still can't get over the whole "Light-bringer" thing.... the actual literal translation of the name Lucifer... what utter fucking imbeciles.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 18, 2023 07:31 AM (9UlRk)

205 “This report concludes most likely this was two leaks [including] a lab leak in the September-October [2019] timeframe, even as early as July or August,” the medical doctor turned senator told a small group of journalists ahead of the release of the 301-page document.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 18, 2023 07:31 AM (BRHaw)

206 JULY 2019

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 18, 2023 07:31 AM (BRHaw)

207 When I was a kid, I used to think leaders like politicians were the smartest of the smart.

Thought that way about the Credentialed Class.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 18, 2023 07:32 AM (YXHzG)

208 "Yeah, but, like, real Being Lucifer has never been tried yet, man...."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 18, 2023 07:32 AM (9UlRk)

209 I bet COVID hit blood supply in Sept 2019.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 18, 2023 07:32 AM (BRHaw)

210 The Report

https://tinyurl.com/mdyun8ha

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 18, 2023 07:32 AM (BRHaw)

211 Holy crap. So I'm seeing this big bloody spot at a Tahoe residence of Hawkeye after he was run over by a fucking unmanned snowcat, and I'm wondering if he has any regard for the first responders who scraped his dumb bloody ass up off of the driveway.

If money were brains, I'd still be a hobo.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at April 18, 2023 07:33 AM (V4X9X)

212 For those who care, September 23rd will be Bruce Springsteen day in NJ.

Posted by: fd at April 18, 2023 07:33 AM (iayUP)

213 203 The only mountain Barky ever descended from was Mount Kenya, wrapped in a blanket right after his birth.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 18, 2023 07:33 AM (lz5hY)

214 The stat that mystifies me is the number of pedestrians killed by trains. Kind of hard to not see or hear one of those coming. Drug or alcohol impairment no doubt.

Posted by: bill in arkansas

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Nearly weekly in counties all around the South.

Illegals every time, walking the tracks to get from point A to point B. Yeah, probably drunk, dreaming of home as they stumble over the rails.

Posted by: They're lying, the bulk of EVs aren't being sold to private individuals at April 18, 2023 07:33 AM (AbEPc)

215 I still can't get over the whole "Light-bringer" thing.... the actual literal translation of the name Lucifer... what utter fucking imbeciles.

It was a dog whistle to the sane and moral people: They wanted to make sure you knew that they are candidating the Antichrist and you couldn't stop it.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 18, 2023 07:34 AM (YXHzG)

216 If brains were money, I'd be sipping a latte.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at April 18, 2023 07:35 AM (V4X9X)

217 Nearly weekly in counties all around the South.

Illegals every time, walking the tracks to get from point A to point B. Yeah, probably drunk, dreaming of home as they stumble over the rails.
Posted by: They're lying, the bulk of EVs aren't being sold to private individuals at April 18, 2023 07:33 AM (AbEPc)\
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"Just a grease spot on the L and N."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 18, 2023 07:35 AM (2hlEI)

218 Pizza Man Scores:

https://tinyurl.com/2p8mkth6

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 18, 2023 07:36 AM (BRHaw)

219 The stat that mystifies me is the number of pedestrians killed by trains. Kind of hard to not see or hear one of those coming. Drug or alcohol impairment no doubt.

Glenn Beck had some talk show host who "jogged along the railroad" right-of-way and somehow got killed by a train.

That didn't settle right because railroads deliberately use hard edged rocks for settling the rail beds. Also trains are not stealth vehicles.

It was suicide.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 18, 2023 07:36 AM (YXHzG)

220 IIRC it's illegal to ride "non-powered" vehicles on some roads, like the Interstates. Bicycles, horses.... things that can't maintain the posted speed limits.

I'm sure that applies elsewhere too. Might have to look that one up.

I honestly don't care if they ride. I do care if I'm in a ditch avoiding one, or in litigation after mowing one down.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 18, 2023 07:37 AM (Q4IgG)

221 QR codes are just a bit of text, sliced up into a grid of dots with other dots (mostly squares) acting as the scaffold. It's just mostly long enough to hold a URL

It's the same as NFTs. All those do is hold a URL (the 'Token' in question), as well as track 'ownership'.

Except if the DNS name is compromised (transferred, lapsed, bought-out), well, your URL is Jack Schitt.

Given Internet ADHD, how many gravesites will have URLS that are as dead as those below them? Or worse, end up in a redirect storm to malware or objectionable stuff?

Posted by: Another Anon at April 18, 2023 07:39 AM (hwP7U)

222 217 In my Ohio home town the map was spider webbed with rail right of way due to all the steel mills. We had one bordering our back yard, going through the middle of the block. Most were moving slow, preparing to enter a mill, and as kids we weren't above hitching a ride for a block or two. We did learn a hard cold fact. "Respect the train".

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 18, 2023 07:39 AM (lz5hY)

223 IIRC it's illegal to ride "non-powered" vehicles on some roads, like the Interstates. Bicycles, horses.... things that can't maintain the posted speed limits.

I'm sure that applies elsewhere too. Might have to look that one up.

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Illegal is only what law enforcement decides is illegal at the time. Sad but true.

Go to the beach and watch 10 year olds driving golf carts up and down the street without anyone saying a word. Then watch as they arrest a man driving the same as the 10 year olds for a DUI on the same streets and driving an identical golf cart.

Posted by: They're lying, the bulk of EVs aren't being sold to private individuals at April 18, 2023 07:39 AM (AbEPc)

224 >>>I still can't get over the whole "Light-bringer" thing.... the actual literal translation of the name Lucifer... what utter fucking imbeciles.

It was a dog whistle to the sane and moral people: They wanted to make sure you knew that they are candidating the Antichrist and you couldn't stop it.

Posted by: Reuben Hick

>The sad part is he hasn't gone away and his husband's cock is vying for a spot at the Bud Light marketing studio.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at April 18, 2023 07:40 AM (V4X9X)

225 IIRC it's illegal to ride "non-powered" vehicles on some roads, like the Interstates. Bicycles, horses.... things that can't maintain the posted speed limits.

It has a lot to do with ownership. Limited access freeways are almost always paid through state/fed taxes or tolls.

The local roads are paid by general revenue: fees, property and sales tax, licensing, etc. (not your fuel tax).

Its sort of hard to tell a taxpayer of local taxes that he can't use the local road. Not so about fuel tax underwritten roads.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 18, 2023 07:41 AM (YXHzG)

226 >>>Disclaimer: If we could burn stupid for heat

That would be so great! We have an endless supply.

Posted by: m at April 18, 2023 07:41 AM (+YA9H)

227 Tea. Jasmine. Honey.

Posted by: creeper at April 18, 2023 07:41 AM (cTCuP)

228 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering

Going out now.

Posted by: JT at April 18, 2023 07:43 AM (T4tVD)

229 That would be so great! We have an endless supply.

Well, you can't have an endless supply of good things.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 18, 2023 07:43 AM (YXHzG)

230
Every time a motorist has to slow down and avoid a person on a bicycle it creates friction on the road surface causing premature failure of that petroleum based road surface and billions of dollars in additional annual cost and additional oil drilling.

/ playing the lefts game of extreme extrapolation

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 18, 2023 07:43 AM (enJYY)

231 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering

Going out now.
Posted by: JT

Hop to it, I'm trying to plan my day.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 18, 2023 07:43 AM (YXHzG)

232
HEY

JJ Be here

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 18, 2023 07:44 AM (BRHaw)

233 IIRC it's illegal to ride "non-powered" vehicles on some roads, like the Interstates. Bicycles, horses.... things that can't maintain the posted speed limits.

Remember that if you leave your phone home or off, those modes of transportation can't easily be tracked.

There are ALPR cameras EVERYWHERE.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 18, 2023 07:46 AM (YXHzG)

234 Every time a motorist has to slow down and avoid a person on a bicycle it creates friction on the road surface causing premature failure of that petroleum based road surface and billions of dollars in additional annual cost and additional oil drilling.

/ playing the lefts game of extreme extrapolation
Posted by: Divide by Zero

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I've no-kidding been asking about this for years. A cradle-to-grave study of the effect on consumable items like brakes and tires and fuel would be interesting to see.

We never will, of course.

Posted by: They're lying, the bulk of EVs aren't being sold to private individuals at April 18, 2023 07:54 AM (kb4+v)

235 97 Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 18, 2023 06:18 AM (enJYY)
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Paper masks will keep everyone 100% safe. Two masks will keep you 200% safe.
-CDC's Dr. Tony Fauci
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 18, 2023 06:25 AM (EZebt)

MATH!

Posted by: m at April 18, 2023 10:26 AM (lfdZ0)

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